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I've got something going on every single night this week! All good things, too! I don't usually like to stay that busy, but it does make the work week fly by. (The housework tends to go by the wayside, but we'll catch up on the weekend.)
Last night I had Small Group Ministry, which included a meal...tossed salad, fresh beans and onions, and vegetable stromboli. Very tasty. The topic for discussion was "Regrets"...it was good to hear most people didn't have any huge long lists of regrets.
Tonight is yoga, quick meal, UCCCA film (last of the fall season). I'm not sure what the film is...I guess I could look it up on their website....maybe later.
Tomorrow I've got a chiropractice appointment and then I'm helping a friend rearrange furniture.
Thursday is a lecture at SUCO that a friend is giving.
Friday is an opening at a local gallery.
Unfortunately, I'm up a few pounds and nearly every one of these activities involve food! I'll really need to make some good choices! I really don't want to gain back the few pounds I've taken off since the summer!
I've got to go get the newspaper and get my supplements together.
Although I didn't get up the first time the alarm went off, as planned (to do some yoga before showering), I did get up and do some stretching and I feel good...strong, positive, relatively happy (remarkably happy for a Monday following a mini-vacation), and ready for any challenges at work!
Tonight is Small Group Ministry/potluck. Darryl made a huge crock of lentil soup, so I'm taking that. I don't remember what our topic of discussion is for tonight...oh well...it will be surprise!
Tomorrow I can call and see what the results of my biopsies were. And decide what the next course of action will be. I'm thinking she'll say it's just my body adjusting to the weight change and that I should just give it more time. (At least that's what I'm hoping she says!)
Tomorrow is also yoga class and UCCCA film. (Last film of the fall series, I think.) Wednesday I'm helping our friend prepare for hosting the monthly foreign film potluck. Thursday I've got nothing and then it's the weekend...I can do this!!! The week should fly by!
I made a scarf for Devon, for Christmas, over the Thanksgiving break. Nothing fancy...crocheted with some fringe on the ends. It's a nice dark beige color that matches the gloves we bought him for Christmas.
We had another eternal flame candle break on us...that makes like five that have done so. I guess that's what you get when you buy your religious candles at the dollar store! I should find a place online and order them by the case. I tried doing that with these cheap ones...but at least when we go to the store and buy them, we can pick through and get the ones with the wicks at least MOSTLY in the middle, with no huge air bubbles in them. The ones we bought by case from there came with wicks right up against the glass, huge air bubbles, no wicks at all...just awful!
It's warmer here today...it's supposed to get up to the mid 40's later. Even our cold weather has been seasonably warm. It doesn't really feel like it's the end of November or that Christmas is fast approaching.
Have to go make some tea and get my supplements together.
We got a good start on Christmas shopping yesterday. Since both kids are leaving home (to live on campus) in January, we got a lot of things they'd need on campus as gifts...new flannel bedding (darn dorm beds are TWIN XL...do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find that size this time of year?!), new pajamas, robes, slippers, underwear, toiletries.
Today we're going to visit my grandmother in the hospital. She's leaving tomorrow for the nursing home, for rehabilitation. The nursing home is about an hour away, so we'll have to only visit on weekends once she's there. Hopefully, she won't be there long.
I'm up a couple of pounds...but I think my menses is right around the corner (AGAIN!) as my ring is feeling tight, I'm craving salt and my breasts are tender. Oh yeah...and my mood is not so great. (Gotta love PMS, right?)
Tons to do today...must get moving...
I didn't really have time to write a journal entry yesterday...what a glorious day/meal we had.
Darryl was responsible for the dressing...and was asked to make a cornbread dressing, as some people had wheat allergies. He decided to make two kinds...cornbread, which was very tasty, and pumpernickel, which was EXCELLENT!!! He didn't have a recipe...just made it up. But he knows what he put together. He promised me he could reproduce it.
I should back up a bit...we didn't go to my family's house for Thanksgiving, which we usually do...my family changed the date to last Saturday (which we couldn't do, since we already had plans) and then after we made other plans for yesterday, they decided to have two meals and the second would be back on Thanksgiving Day. So we told them we could not go, since we'd made other plans when they'd canceled it.
Although I missed seeing my family, I must admit, it was the BEST Thanksgiving meal I've ever had! Being vegetarian, a meal based around a dead bird isn't so great...my family is a bunch of meat-eaters...they had all kinds of meat there...turkey, goose, duck, fish, bear, pork...not my idea of a feast!
So anyway, back to our meal...we had called our friend Esther, to ask her if she'd like to come over for a vegetarian meal, since we THOUGHT my family was not doing anything on Thanksgiving Day. (She lives on a sort of commune, I should add.) She said all the board members of her commune were coming over for a feast, so why don't we just go over to her place? Now let's see...stay home and make a meal here or go to a vegetarian feast? No brainer!
I don't think I could even list all the foods we had. There was so much, nobody could possibly have sampled a little bit of everything there. And it was all vegetarian and organic...it was phenominal!!!! Certainly the best meal I've ever had! The faux turkey was something one of the members got in a place in NYC. Best I've had...if only they sold it locally! Like I mentioned earlier, Darryl made the stuffings, which were both a big hit. He also made up a vegetarian gravy there, from ingredients they had on hand. There were several different kinds of stuffed squash, some Native American layered corn/bean dish that was great, tons of vegetables (mixed, asparagus, peas, glazed carrots, beans and almonds, mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes with garlic, sweet potatoes, and others I'm not remembering), corn breads, with and without salsa, other dishes that consisted of tofu, tempeh, seitan, tossed salads, and an entire dessert table! I won't try to list all the desserts...just the ones I took a bite of...buttermilk blueberry pie (OHMYGOSH...delicious!), cranberry pie (What?! Who's ever even heard of making pie out of cranberries?!), pear tart (wonderful), and a bunch of other things that looked incredible but I couldn't possibly eat. I had a bite of each of the things I mentioned and feared anymore would cause me to have dumping syndrome.
I avoided dumping syndrome and left feeling completely satiated! It was amazing. We had fantastic company, incredible food, and a simply marvelous time.
They invited us to join them again for New Year's Eve. I think we're going. And Kate and I were invited to a women's only weekend in February...facials, manicures, pedicures, deep conditioning our hair...sounds wonderful! I really, really want to go to that! I can offer up hair-cutting for anyone who wants one. Kate said she'd paint fingernails. It sounds like so much fun.
I guess I should be glad my family kept switching around when they were going to have Thanksgiving. Had they not, I'd have gone to my parents' place and had potatoes and beans and some pie and heard all of my family talk about politics (we don't agree with their political beliefs). We would not have met all those wonderful people, not been invited to New Year's Eve and not been invited to the Women's Weekend in February. So I AM thankful they were so indecisive!
Today's been a bit of a laid back, easy day...I've read and took a 25 minute nap. I've had some tea and cuddled with our animals...the kids have been hanging out here today. Darryl's watched football. It's been nice.
Tonight Kate's having a friend come over (they're meeting some friends out for bowling later) and tomorrow night Devon's having a friend crashing here (on his way back to his place from his girlfriend's place...guess our place is mid point). So I'm just enjoying the time when it's just the four of us.
Darryl made a good dinner tonight...a wonderful tossed salad with beans and avocado in it and he roasted some vegetables with rosemary. (Then Kate heated up some vegetarian gravy to pour over the veggies...YUM!)
I've been cold all day...think I'll close now and take a hot shower...maybe that will warm me up. I've got some new decaf/sugar-free chai tea to try. And I'm reading a good book, so I'll put on some flannel pj's and thick socks and get in bed with my book.
(I know, I know...no mention of exercise...but I've not eaten a lot today and tomorrow I'm back on top of things. I'm just enjoying being a slug today!)
Well, I had my doctor appointment yesterday...I ended up having a couple of procedures done...biopsies, actually. Endometrial and endocervical, specifically. Results should be back in a week.
Today was my interview. I think it went fairly well. The place is extremely run down and very cold. It's dingy and depressing there...the people were less than friendly and kind of boring. I'm kind of hoping they don't offer me the job, as I'd probably take it if they did. (More money, free education, they like to promote from within.) It would certainly only be a stepping stone. Not a place I'd want to stay for a long time.
Anyway, they said they'd have a decision in about two weeks.
My grandmother's still in the hospital...it looks like she's going to a nursing home for rehabilitation...we're hoping it won't be a long stay, as the place she's going is like an hour away. I think we're going to go visit her tomorrow morning.
I'm extremely tired...can't really focus any longer...am going to bed.


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Ok Sorry once again for lack of consistent updates, but the next batch of songs I pick will be about boats and ships and the such. And as always I will be posting any other random stuff that comes my way on internet trolls.
With those two Bonnie "Prince" Billy songs (which are occassionly considered one song) marks the end of my first two playlists. I will try to think of a decent theme for the next playlist. So far I'm thinking of an animal theme probably will decide by tomorrow.
I hope that the few of you that do check this site out are enjoying it because I'm planning on continuing for a while longer.
Sorry for the lack of updates. I was away for 5 days and then worked for 14 hours straight so I've been a bit beat. But I will try now to get back on track.


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- It will make cupcake making more exciting
- It has all those cool attachments so I can make ice cream and pasta if I'm really daring
- It's more consistent for mixing, since it has a steady speed
- It actually has the "paddle" attachment that everyone suggests I use in recipes, but can't because I don't have a thing.
- I can walk away from it for a minute and it will continue to mix things for me without my hands.
- Because it's beautiful and the ferrari of kitchen supplies.
- Because it has a lifetime warrantee so if anything were to happen to it (god forbid) I could get it fixed.
- Because my whisks and mixing tools won't be falling on the ground due to poor balancing on the edges of the bowls
- Because then I can truly aspire to be the bake-sale mom that every mom dreams of being, once they're a mom. That happens, right? My kids will have the best birthday cake. And my house will be the best because I'll just be stuffing the kids full of sugar. All other parents will hate me.
My fiance swears that I'm only marrying him because I was promised a kitchenaid for a wedding gift.
While it may be a motivator, it's just plain not true. (98 days left!)
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WAXAHACHIE - Faculty member Garland Owensby and Drama student Taylor Johnson began a stand-up comedy tour this semester.
The purpose of this comedy outreach is two-fold.
"We want to make students laugh," said Owensby.
"Which leads to a devotional presentation of the Gospel. Its secondary reason is to promote SAGU Campus Days in a unique way."
Owensby and Johnson have worked together previously doing stand-up and thought it would be fun to take the show on the road to youth groups and churches.
Taylor has performed at venues such as The Improv, Addison and After Hours Improv, as well in local churches.
According to Owensby, "Taylor has such a unique sense of humor and storytelling that connects with the audience."
The duo has performed in Wichita Falls and Grand Prairie, with upcoming dates in Colleyville, Keller and Nacog-doches.
They are currently taking dates for the Spring 2011 semester. Both comedians have clips on YouTube.
"I recently had the privilege of hosting Garland and Taylor at my youth group and they both hit it out of the park," said Youth Pastor Wade Bearden.
"My students loved them! I even had one Jr. Higher asking if they could come back and do their 'Comedy Night' once a month."
Students Joe Garza from Laredo and Derrick Malnar from Lufkin, recently joined the comedy group and will be touring with Owensby and Johnson.
For more information on the comedy group, contact Garland Owensby at gowensby@sagu .edu.


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The College of Charleston's Gibbs Knotts said Haley likely would have more of a go-it-alone leadership style that doesn't work too closely with the legislature. Her first term, he observed, was somewhat adversarial with the General Assembly.
"I don't see her as somebody who is going to sit down and partner with the Republican leadership on a consistent basis," he said. "She's somebody who is going to be a public advocate, but not somebody who is going to say let's sit down and work together."
Vincent Sheheen (campaign web site)
Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, however, is more likely to bring people together to get things done, in part because he would be a Democratic governor with a Republican legislature. But as GOP Gov. Carroll Campbell showed in his eight years in office, significant progress can be made when the General Assembly and governor are in different parties.
"He has the potential to be a consensus-builder," Knotts said, adding that his party allegiance also could cause gridlock if he didn't work with the legislature. "He doesn't seem to have a lot of enemies in the legislature, but he's got the challenge of governing with a party that he's not a member of."
Vinson said she thought Sheheen has outlined the differences between him and Haley, but that he seemed to be underfunded in getting out that message, particularly in the Upstate.
"He fully understands the legislature because he's been there a while," she said. "He is someone who will be more likely to confer with them [legislators] and come up with policy together, instead of thinking up policy on his own and trying to get things done."
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Ervin, the independent Republican who is running as a petition candidate, is more of a wild card. A former judge and state legislator, he's got experience in two branches of government, but his executive style is murky to many.
Knotts said Ervin might be able to bring people together because he wasn't saddled with partisan baggage. That might cause more coalitions to build on issues like DSS, roads and more. He might be able to bring new ideas to the table and reboot state government.
But he's untested, in some ways. "Being a judge is very different than being either a legislator or chief executive," Knotts said.
Vinson added, "I don't know enough about him. He seems to me like a thoughtful person in terms of policy, but I have no idea what his leadership style is like."
Fast forward to looking at issues
Haley clearly is the frontrunner in the days leading up to the election. Sheheen and Ervin have ramped up the attacks on DSS, ethics and more.
If Haley does win, something that many will look for is whether she plans to lead the state for the next four years, or will dilly-dally with trying to be part of the national presidential ticket in 2016.
Below is a summary of some major issues to give some indication how each of the major candidates would lead. The information is taken from news reports, speeches and candidate websites.
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News of a plea deal for ex-House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, reminded us of the furtive environment surrounding the General Assembly more than two decades ago in now-famous Operation Lost Trust, the federal sting that led to indictments of 28 people, including 17 lawmakers.
If you forgot to read the newspaper this morning, Harrell pleaded guilty Thursday to six counts of using campaign funds for personal expenses. In return for probation, Harrell agreed to resign from the legislature, not hold or seek office for three years, pay $130,000 in fines and penalties, and cooperate with authorities, including taking lie detector tests.
It's this last part that brings to mind the famous federal sting. Harrell's deal to be a government informant sounds eerily similar to deals with key legislators made by federal authorities in Lost Trust. As one former judge has remarked, "It sounds like a federal plea deal."
And that's significant because it illustrates that Harrell's fall is likely the start of a domino effect that will ripple through the legislature. As we suggested two weeks ago, folks have been shaking in their boots about the Harrell deal and whether there's another big scandal ahead for vote swapping, misuse of campaign funds or something else.
Right now, it's pretty clear to veteran observers that state and federal authorities have something that is going to break soon. Three big questions are looming:
Hold on for a wild ride.
The next speaker
The next speaker of the House will be elected during the body's organizational session on Dec. 2 and 3.
After members are sworn in, the first action that they'll take is to elect a speaker.
Until then, Speaker Pro Tem Jay Lucas, R-Hartsville, will carry out the speaker's duties. He is widely viewed as the leading candidate to assume the House's top job.
Note: As of noon today (Oct. 24), the S.C. House Web site no longer opened with a welcome from ex-House Speaker Bobby Harrell. He was, however, still listed as a member of the chamber here and as an officer.
A few referenda ask voters whether Sunday alcohol sale should be allowed. But most seek permission from voters to determine whether they want to pay a penny more in sales taxes or borrow money for capital projects.
And why do they have to ask? Because state government generally isn't doing part of its job. All of these referenda illustrate how state government is pulling the same trick the federal government has been doing for years -- shifting responsibilities.
This is a contrived ploy by state legislators to look good for re-election. They essentially say, "Look at us, we lowered your taxes." But in reality, reduced revenue sources cause cuts that lead to the need by strapped counties for local referenda to get things done. And that causes more local taxes, which more than offset any lowered state tax burden dreamed up by state lawmakers.
Yes, it's a shell game of taxing proportions.
"This has been going on a long time," said veteran lobbyist Bill Ross, who runs the S.C. Alliance to Fix Our Roads. "The state has been pushing it down to the counties for years. This is not new, but it is just becoming so critical that the counties have to be able to do something at the local level, particularly with roads and schools."
Just look at Greenville County where residents are being asked for another penny in sales tax to fund $673 million in road and infrastructure needs. One city council member told the local newspaper that if the county doesn't pass the special tax, "We're looking at 50, 60, 70 years of not repaving state roads, and we have a tremendous challenge. Truthfully, if we do not [approve it], the chance of us getting a Fortune 500 headquarters or expanding our manufacturing business will be nothing. We will not be able to grow if we do not have infrastructure."
The story is the same across South Carolina, which has an amazing $42 billion -- yes billion -- in road needs. In Lexington County, officials want a penny for pavement. Berkeley County officials want to extend a penny tax for $141 million in improvements. In Georgetown County, voters are being asked to fund more dredging, roads and capital improvements. Sumter County seeks a penny for progress, including more money for roads. And Lancaster County officials estimate 85 percent of the county's nearly 900 miles of state-maintained roads need paving improvements. They want an extra penny in sales tax to pay for $41.7 million in improvements, two thirds of which would be to pay for repaving state roads.
Schools demand attention in other places, such as in Aiken County, which seeks an extra penny sales tax to pay for a little property tax relief, but mostly for $234 million in school capital improvements. More money for schools is being sought in Anderson, Cherokee, Dorchester and Kershaw counties.
In Charleston County, funding is so stretched that voters are being asked to approve two major referenda -- one to extend the penny tax for schools for $540 million in construction, maintenance and technology, and another to borrow $108 million to build new libraries and renovate others. Why? Because no significant library capital improvements have been funded since before the Internet became a reality.
Clemson economist Holley Ulbrich says counties often turn to adding another penny in sales taxes because they're frightened to raise property taxes. "That's been beaten into them," she observed.
But continued reliance on more sales taxes eventually will hurt and bite everyone in the behind, she said. It will erode the tax base because tourists won't visit because of high sales tax rates. Residents who live near a border will cross state lines to get better deals. And others will turn to the Internet for purchases, which will hurt state retailers.
South Carolina legislators need to take a good look soon about how they are taxing so they can meet responsibilities, not just shift them to local governments.
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OCT. 24, 2014 -- We have mourned the sad failure of our General Assembly to pass ethics reform in the past two sessions. However, it is time to look toward the new session in 2015, and the House of Representatives is off to a very promising start. Following on the suspension of Speaker Bobby Harrell, Acting Speaker Jay Lucas (R-Darlington) has pulled House members back to Columbia to begin work on both ethics reform and on the excessive concentration of power in the office of the speaker that has helped to feed ethical problems. There is reason for considerable optimism about this effort. Lucas has given very well-defined charges to all involved in laying the groundwork for 2015.
Two years ago, the League of Women Voters recommended to the S.C. Commission on Ethics Reform that the role of the speaker of the House of Representatives and of the president pro tem of the Senate be reformed, beginning with setting term limits for service in these leadership positions. The long-term concentration of power in the hands of one individual is not a recipe for a healthy governing body. At the time, there was no realistic expectation that we would actually see any response on this issue (perhaps in our lifetimes), and in fact there was none then. Now there is.
Acting Speaker Lucas has laid out an impressive array of goals and concerns for the Ad Hoc Committee on Rules. The Committee is charged with making recommendations for changes in rules that can be adopted when the House convenes for its organizing session on December 2. It seems very likely that the House will set term limits for the Speaker, substantially decentralize power, and insure a more powerful voice for both rank-and-file members of the majority party and for the minority party as a whole. Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, an experienced legislator with a solid knowledge of the rules and the dynamics of the House, chairs that committee.
The new House Ethics Reform Committee is chaired by attorney Rep. Derham Cole. R-Spartanburg, with the goal of having thoroughly vetted reform bills ready to pre-file for the 2015 session. (One of the learning experiences of the past two years has been the danger of moving a bill forward prematurely before both legislators and public have a chance to review and study it.) The task of this committee is so broad that initial study has been turned over to three subcommittees:
The subcommittees have met already to take public testimony, getting off to a fast start. The chairs are well qualified for their roles. Newton has an impressive legal background, and has also served on the board of the South Carolina Association of Counties, giving him insight into the concerns of the local governments that must comply with FOIA laws. Pope is an experienced prosecutor who knows what it takes to investigate and prosecute offenses first-hand. He was an active member of the original House Republican Caucus Ethics Reform Committee that met in late 2012 and made recommendations in early 2013. Finlay has worked intensively on ethics reform during his first term in the House. He sponsored bills that addressed significant problems in campaign finance (H.4452 - 4457). He also introduced H. 5368, an excellent bill that is designed to expose potential conflicts of interest without intruding unnecessarily on the privacy of officials.
Overall, those who are involved in reform both inside and outside the General Assembly have learned a lot about the issues, about the concerns of other participants in the process, and about the obstacles to reform. There are other reasons for optimism. There is hope that with the November 2014 elections behind us, there will be less distortion of the debate by partisan considerations.
However, all of this is taking place in the House. What of the Senate? Some senators worked very hard for reform in the last two sessions. Sens. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, Wes Hayes, R-York, and Chip Campsen, R-Charleston, were especially important in trying to find a path forward. However, it is in the Senate that reform failed. Further, the Senate is moving toward greater concentration of power in the office of the president pro tempore, rather than less.
Will opponents of independent oversight in the Senate continue to cling to the belief that their ethics enforcement system is adequate when it has been shown adequate only for dealing with those offenses that can be identified with a campaign finance disclosure report and a bank statement? (There are problems even with that, for example the dual role of advisor and prosecutor held by staff attorneys.)
The leadership of the House is aware that some offenses (for example, solicitation and acceptance of bribes) must go to criminal law enforcement authorities immediately, not after a committee of legislative coworkers of the accused has muddied the waters. We hope that the conversation with the Senate will also move forward, to deal with this issue and others that have come into much sharper focus during the past two years of debate.
Lynn Shuler Teague of Columbia is a vice president and director of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.
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While watching Ghostbusters for the billionth time recently, I thought about how the movie would be different if it were made today today. Besides the fact that it probably wouldn't get made today since it's not based on any intellectual property, it could go one of two ways. Firstly, it would be made as a rated-R comedy staring the likes of Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, and Christopher Mintz- Plasse as pot head versions of the Ghostbusters. Or it could go the dark and gritty route. The boys have black armor and carry huge mechanized guns. Peter Venkman reluctantly joins the group because he's still suffering from PTSD from when his wife was murdered by. . . ZUUL!
Comparing and contrasting how filmmaking was back then to what it is now really made me appreciate the movie more than I already did. That's saying something considering the fact that it's my second favorite movie of all time and I quote it like scripture ("what about the Twinkie?"). But it's true. Despite all the parodies, merchandise, and rip-offs that has come since,Ghostbusters is a special movie.
The idea first came to Dan Aykroyd while reading an article on quantum physics. Because while we like to flip throughReader's Digest to past the time, Dan Aykroyd flips through science journals. He and Harold Ramis (R.I.P.) fleshed out the story about a group of scientists who become the first ever ghost hunters. It's the type of concept that is so simple that you scratch your head and think how it hasn't been done before. The stroke of genius to this is to not make the team a group of government agents with slick weapons (no, that is not a knock against the awesomeness that is Men In Black), but paranormal pest controllers or firefighters, if you will. Their tech is highly advanced, yet it looks like something that you could make in your garage. It's this type of practicality that gives me the film a relatable factor that most Hollywood screenwriters wouldn't dream of doing.
The ace in the hole to the cast is another SNL alumni, Bill Murray. He has essentially played the same character in every comedy he has made since, but it is perfectly captured in his Peter Venkman. Murray is the modern Groucho Marx, delivering his lines with such sharpness and sincerity that we can't help but love the guy. No matter how many times he shocks the kid during his experiment in order to hit on the girl. No matter how lazy he is. No matter how much he makes fun of people, we still root for him. If Aykroyd's Ray Stanz is the heart of the team, then Venkman is the soul of it. This is why without him (or Egon for that matter) you can't have a third movie.
It also struck me during this viewing how great the supporting cast is. Rick Moranis is comedic gold as Louis Tully. His performance is the perfect combination of sweetness and awkwardness that he didn't quite nail in his other films. Sigourney Weaver shows quite a bit of range as Dana. Especially when she becomes possessed during the latter half of the film. William Aherton gives us one of the best cinematic jerks of all time with EPA agent Walter Peck. Everyone is just as good as the main four are.
It's also surprising how well the special effects hold up thirty years later. The ghosts were a combination of animatronics and visual effects and still have that spooky vibe to them. I love how the ghosts are a mixture between science (balls of light, stream of energy) and Lovcraftian monster. Slimer is the most popular of the creatures in the film (it's really weird how they basically turned him into Snoopy for the cartoon), but for me, it doesn't get better than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. I get giddy every time I see him. He's just so happy to destroy things! He crystallizes the tone of the film, he's both absurdly funny and kind of scary at the same time.
Along with other films like Back To The Future and theIndiana Jones trilogy, Ghostbusters has become a staple of the pop culture that the 80's brought us. A film that is great not just because of its laughs, its scares, its smarts, or its theme song. But because of its purity. Ghostbusters did something incredible. Like catching a proton beam in a bottle.


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Ed Reed is expected to give the Texans secondary a lift and bring the team over the top. He is expected to be one of the missing links to make some things happen in the playoffs. If he is ready to play, the team is going to throw him out there. They just need to make sure that he will still be fresh at the end of the season.
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Facebook is forging ahead with plans to give third-party developers access to members' information — from phone numbers to home mailing addresses, according to a letter sent from the company to Congress.
The letter written to Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) said it will grant users the ability to control which third-party sites could gain access to their private information.
Although Facebook initially launched the feature in January, it pulled back on the move amid concerns that members would be inundated with spam, identity theft and other issues.
"We got some useful feedback that we could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this data," Facebook said in a blog post. "We are making changes to help ensure you only share this information when you intend to do so."
When accessing certain applications on Facebook such as FarmVille and Bejeweled Blitz , a page will pop up with a note from the third-party developer asking permission to access certain information. Facebook said in the letter to Congress that if users do not feel comfortable sharing the information the application is requesting, they can decline authorization.
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There is no end in sight to Iraq's devastating humanitarian crisis.
So far, an estimated 1.2 million Iraqis have been forced to leave their homes. Many have been in fear for their lives from Islamic State (IS) militants.
In recent months, attacks by IS in Ninewa province, in the north, have led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Many of them are persecuted religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians.
Terrified and traumatised by the atrocities they have witnessed, many families fled to the mountains, others took refuge in increasingly crowded churches, mosques and disused buildings, without water or even the most basic amenities.
In the daytime many are exposed to temperatures that can reach 45C, often without anything to eat or drink. At night men and women sleep in shifts because their shelters are so overcrowded there is not enough room for them all to lie down at the same time.
It is thought 200,000 people are now living in these kinds of terrible conditions in refugee camps across northern Iraq. Most want nothing more than to return home but are fearful for their future.
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Yes, I did make molten chocolate cakes for dessert tonight. But no, I didn't melt marshmallows even if G wanted me to. (He did get mini marshmallows over his while I had dried cranberries, the only berries I had in the kitchen, on mine.)
It was gooey and decadent (weird combination of words but that's how it is). Because the repair man hadn't come by yet to replace our ceiling light, we only have our trusty lamps on, hence, this seductive molten chocolate cake photo.
Will post the step-by-step recipe tomorrow. You will never need to order those "special" molten cake desserts available at most restaurants once you get this recipe right. ;)
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Michael Richards is telling Jerry Seinfeld ... he's still pretty damaged from the fall-out of his infamous N-word laced tirade at the "Laugh Factory" ... and refuses to return to the comedy stage ... but insists he has learned his lesson.
TMZ posted the shocking video back in Nov. 2006 -- when the former "Seinfeld" star repeatedly pointed to an African-American heckler and called him a "n**ger" while in the middle of his comedy set.
At one point, Richards even said, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass."
But in a brand new interview on Jerry Seinfeld's Crackle TV show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," Richards opens up about the incident, telling Jerry he's finally learned that entertainment is all about the audience ... not about the performer.
"Now that's a lesson I learned 7 years ago when I blew it in the comedy club and lost my temper because somebody interrupted my act and said some things that hurt me and I lashed out in anger."
"I took it too personally ... and I should have just said, 'Yeah you're absolutely right. I'm not funny ... I'll go home work on my material and I'll see you tomorrow night.'"
Richards also says he "busted up" after the incident ... and hasn't performed a comedy act since. He also thanked Jerry for sticking by his side throughout the years ... saying, "[Your support] meant a lot to me."
Calling Audience names like that is definitely UNCALLED FOR!!!! I, too, use to love Seinfeld. But haven't watched it since this Ahole made his disgusting remarks on Black people. So sad.
I've seen Michael Richards around Santa Monica.
Guy needs to forgive himself. It was awful, but it's time to move on.
Would love to see him do something again on TV.
Of courses Jerry stood up for Kramer. As one of the top 1% of Hollywood Sinfield is obligated to defend racist remarks. Typical Hollywood response is Do as I say not as I do. Surprised that BUSH wasn't blamed.
Good bye your career is still over
Anyone who sits here and says they have never spoken out of anger is lying, it just wasn't captured on tape. People say things they KNOW will offend the other person when they're angry. It doesn't mean he actually feels that way about the entire African American race. I think he knew when he called them that word is was going to piss them off as much as he was pissed off. I think childish, but not rasict.
The people on here still saying negative things about him, and say he isn't sincere or whatever. If you haven't t said or did anything you regret, then by all means lash out. He is great. He slipped up. Let him be great again. Kramer was one of the best characters on TV. Michael Richards is genius. So funny. He made millions laugh.
"...Mr Richards comments, were to me, unforgivable...". That is exactly why you are a racial bigot.
The thing is, Michael Richards didn't know what he was doing. He was right to call the heckler whatever he wanted to call him. Fark a heckler. You heckle someone, the gloves are OFF. Michael Richards did everything else wrong though, including this interview.
Michael Richards lost his temper because some ignorant people were talking during his set. It wouldn't have mattered if his material was "gold", if people are going to talk and disrupt the show, they should be thrown out immediately. You wouldn't put up with someone doing that in a theater or a piano concert. These people are ignorant. Now maybe he did go over the line with the N word...but he tried to turn it into a harder edged bit, but he's not known for that or stand up. If it was Louis CK or George Carlin, Lisa Lampinelli etc everyone would be laughing - same goes for Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle etc - it would have been a non-event. But because it was TVs beloved Kramer, it's a big deal. The aforementioned white comedians would have been completely unscathed by this because they are known for going over the top and saying things to make you think.
If I was Michael Richards, I would apologize and move on. Out of all of this, I've never seen an apology from the a-hole that started this. Where is he? Is he just playing the race card? You started it big mouth. How about taking some responsibility for it? No one wants to hear what you have to say at a comedy show, so shut your effing mouth.
So to recap. We've got Michael Richards who is one quarter of the BEST ensemble cast in television history. The awesomeness of Seinfeld will live on for generations. Think about it, have you ever seen a Seinfeld episode while flipping through channels and said "Oh this one isn't very good..." No. Because every single episode out of nine seasons is a CLASSIC.
And then we have some African-American ignorant bigmouth who can't shut up in a comedy theater who got yelled at a little harshly. His friends call him the N word all the time, let's face it. Boo fricking hoo.
Sorry, gotta go with Kramer on this one. He's a brilliant TV and stage comedian and the world deserves more of him.
Micheal No groveling required! You were set up by a group of goons who came in late, interupting your show, started yelling drink orders, then insulted you by yelling your not funny. WTF? They got their five minutes in your spotlight. Why did they pay to see you and then pull the stunt????? Come back not everyone buys the B.S.
the best tv show on tv is Seinfeld. It's amazing how blacks, and Hispanic comedians on comedy central and in comedy clubs get on stage and repeatedly say the N word and call other Hispanics spics and call whites hill billy but now if a white man gets on stage and says the N words he's scrutinized.
i wonder why it's OK for blacks to use that word but not whites?
Why bring this story back? always gonna be some white people who condone what he said and stick up for the racist ****er how many black people were ever on sienfeld? 2 maybe 3 .....white people love to bring up black comedians but they been talkin bout white people since "slavery ended" so to mold paul mooney in with the likes of kramer is absurd mooney is a Legend to stand comedy and has always talked about racial topics
Poor kramer. Own the word
the way Kramer did it u could tell was Offensive!..even white people in the crowd that night were said to offended so to defend against it now is ridiculous....people love to defend their individual racist thoughts behind the comfort and safety of a computer screen to these people i say...Have a Seat in a corner somewhere


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Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the cricket commentator, journalist and former MCC president, has died at the age of 67. He had been diagnosed with cancer in January last year.
Martin-Jenkins, born in Peterborough, joined the BBC in 1970 after a period with the Cricketer magazine which he joined straight from university and would later return to edit between 1981 and 1991.
He became an integral part of the Test Match Special commentary team from the early 1970s until his ill-health forced him to step back in 2012 and for a period in the 1980s was part of the television team. He was the BBC's cricket correspondent in two spells from 1973 to 1980 and 1985 to 1991
He was also a huge figure in the newspaper industry as cricket correspondent for the Daily Telegraph between 1991 and 1999 before moving to the Times where he held the same position until 2008 before handing over to Michael Atherton.
He continued to contribute to the paper until as recently as Monday, when he wrote about the death of Tony Greig: "It was probably for him a merciful release because the late stage of any cancer is often hell on earth."
Martin-Jenkins was awarded an MBE in 2008 and stood as the MCC president in 2010-11. He also played cricket for MCC on 67 occasions. Shortly after his illness was diagnosed, he released his memoir, CMJ: A Cricketing Life.
Mike Griffith, President of MCC, had known him since schooldays at Marlborough College. "Christopher gave tremendous service to cricket and to MCC," he said. "As a commentator and journalist he was passionate about upholding the values of the game and always expressed his views with clarity and humour. Everyone at MCC shares the sadness now being felt by the cricketing world that his live commentaries will never be heard again."
In 2007, he became the only career journalist and broadcaster to deliver the annual MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture. Previous lecturers had all been former international cricketers.
Jonathan Agnew, the BBC's cricket correspondent, praised Martin-Jenkins for having earned the respect of the cricketing world despite having never played at the top level.
"He was one of cricket's most respected writers and broadcasters," Agnew told BBC Radio 5 Live. "With modern media now preferring the views and experiences of former Test cricketers, Christopher's authority and respect was gained not through a high-profile playing career, but a deep-rooted love of the game.
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Tributes from colleagues and former players were quick to appear on Twitter. Derek Pringle, now the Telegraph correspondent said: "Desperately sad to hear that CMJ has passed away. Always engaging company and a superb broadcaster and journalist he will be missed by many."
Ian Botham posted: "Very sad to hear of the death of the 'Major'... Christopher Martin Jenkins. Our thoughts are with the family. A true gentleman."
In statement, Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, said: "Cricket has lost one of its greatest champions. Christopher was a supremely talented broadcaster and writer; a fount of knowledge about cricket - both past and present; and, as a devoted supporter of Sussex, someone who cared deeply about county cricket and the wider recreational game.
"These were the qualities which made him an excellent president of MCC and it was always a privilege and a pleasure to be in his company and share discussions with him about our great game. He was man of great personal integrity, a true gentleman and our thoughts today are with his family and his close friends."
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Grew up in a black hood rockin a black hood/
Rhymed on a corner til my rap ? could/
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Rhyme for rhyme I abuse it get used up, please don't confuse us/
For happy niggas at the back of the bus/
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Or a Stephen King page or a dying grandmother growing braids/
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They need their head examined like the AVN awards/
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On a powertrip like Ahmadinejad on acid/
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They can't stand me I'm known to keep a slammy/
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- Background: Panic disorder is common (5% prevalence) and females are twice as likely to be affected as males. The heritable component of panic disorder is estimated at 48%. Glutamic acid dehydrogenase GAD1, the key enzyme for the synthesis of the inhibitory and anxiolytic neurotransmitter GABA, is supposed to influence various mental disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders. In a recent association study in depression, which is highly comorbid with panic disorder, GAD1 risk allele associations were restricted to females. Methodology/Principal Findings: Nineteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) tagging the common variation in GAD1 were genotyped in two independent gender and age matched case-control samples (discovery sample n = 478; replication sample n = 584). Thirteen SNPs passed quality control and were examined for gender-specific enrichment of risk alleles associated with panic disorder by using logistic regression including a genotype×gender interaction term. The latter was found to be nominally significant for four SNPs (rs1978340, rs3762555, rs3749034, rs2241165) in the discovery sample; of note, the respective minor/risk alleles were associated with panic disorder only in females. These findings were not confirmed in the replication sample; however, the genotype×gender interaction of rs3749034 remained significant in the combined sample. Furthermore, this polymorphism showed a nominally significant association with the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire sum score. Conclusions/Significance: The present study represents the first systematic evaluation of gender-specific enrichment of risk alleles of the common SNP variation in the panic disorder candidate gene GAD1. Our tentative results provide a possible explanation for the higher susceptibility of females to panic disorder.
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- The signal transducer and activator of transcription Stat5 is transiently activated by growth factor and cytokine signals in normal cells, but its persistent activation has been observed in a wide range of human tumors. Aberrant Stat5 activity was initially observed in leukemias, but subsequently also found in carcinomas. We investigated the importance of Stat5 in human tumor cell lines. shRNA mediated downregulation of Stat5 revealed the dependence of prostate and breast cancer cells on the expression of this transcription factor. We extended these inhibition studies and derived a peptide aptamer (PA) ligand, which directly interacts with the DNA-binding domain of Stat5 in a yeast-two-hybrid screen. The Stat5 specific PA sequence is embedded in a thioredoxin (hTRX) scaffold protein. The resulting recombinant protein S5-DBD-PA was expressed in bacteria, purified and introduced into tumor cells by protein transduction. Alternatively, S5-DBD-PA was expressed in the tumor cells after infection with a S5-DBD-PA encoding gene transfer vector. Both strategies impaired the DNA-binding ability of Stat5, suppressed Stat5 dependent transactivation and caused its intracellular degradation. Our experiments describe a peptide based inhibitor of Stat5 protein activity which can serve as a lead for the development of a clinically useful compound for cancer treatment.
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- Background: The aim of this study was to compare outcome of patients with previous cardiac surgery undergoing transapical aortic valve implantation (Redo-TAVI) to those undergoing classic aortic valve replacement (Redo-AVR) by using propensity analysis. Methods: From January 2005 through May 2012, 52 high-risk patients underwent Redo-TAVI using a pericardial xenograft fixed within a stainless steel, balloon-expandable stent (Edwards SAPIEN™). During the same period of time 167 patients underwent classic Redo-AVR. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify covariates among 11 baseline patient variables including the type of initial surgery. Using the significant regression coefficients, each patient's propensity score was calculated, allowing selectively matched subgroups of 40 patients each. Initial surgery included coronary artery bypass grafting in 30 patients, aortic valve replacement in 7 patients and mitral valve reconstruction in 3 patients in each group. Follow-up was 4 ± 2 years and was 100% complete. Results: Postoperative chest tube drainage (163 ± 214 vs. 562 ± 332 ml/24 h, p = 0.02) and incidence of early permanent neurologic deficit (0 vs. 13%, p = 0.04) was lower in patients with Redo-TAVI and there was a trend towards improved 30-day survival (p = 0.06). Also we detected a decreased ventilation time (p = 0.04) and lower transfusion rate of allogenic blood products (p ≤ 0.05) in the Redo-TAVI group. At late follow up differences regarding incidence of major adverse events, including death and permanent neurologic deficits (25% vs. 43%, p = 0.01) statistically supported early postoperative findings. Conclusion: The encouraging results regarding early and long-term outcomes following TAVI in patients with previous cardiac surgery show, that this evolving approach may be particularly beneficial in this patient cohort.
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- Chronic ethanol abuse is known to increase susceptibility to infections after injury, in part, by modification of macrophage function. Several intracellular signalling mechanisms are involved in the initiation of inflammatory responses, including the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. In this study, we investigated the systemic and hepatic effect of chronic ethanol feeding on in vivo activation of NF-κB in NF-κB(EGFP) reporter gene mice. Specifically, the study focused on Kupffer cell proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α and activation of NF-κB after chronic ethanol feeding followed by in vitro stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We found that chronic ethanol upregulated NF-κB activation and increased hepatic and systemic proinflammatory cytokine levels. Similarly, LPS-stimulated IL-1 β release from whole blood was significantly enhanced in ethanol-fed mice. However, LPS significantly increased IL-6 and TNF-α levels. These results demonstrate that chronic ethanol feeding can improve the responsiveness of macrophage LPS-stimulated IL-6 and TNF-α production and indicate that this effect may result from ethanol-induced alterations in intracellular signalling through NF-κB. Furthermore, LPS and TNF-α stimulated the gene expression of different inflammatory mediators, in part, in a NF-κB-dependent manner.


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