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Sephora VIB SALE Picks
If you don't already know, Sephora is having their VIB sale November 10th to 15th. VIB Rogue gets 20% OFF + Beauty Insider receives 15% OFF! These sales do not happen often so it's important to take advantage of them when you can! Today I want to share with you my top 10 picks for the VIB Sale. Some of these products I have used and LOVE + some I am dying to try out! So let's jump right into it! *This is a collaboration with a few of my favorite beauty bloggers! Be sure to check out their posts after! Will link them at the end of this post.
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Naked 3 Palette (4 Pack)
This is a palette that I REALLY want to try out for myself. I have yet to try it out but I am a HUGE fan of the first Naked palette. I love how creamy the shadows are. The naked 3 palette has gorgeous blush tones and nudes that I could use for my everyday looks. I am even debating on splurging for the sale and getting the 4 pack of all the Naked palettes because I love them so much!
Glam Glow Masks
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Another palette on my list is the Huda Desert Dusk palette. This palette is stunning, I saw it in person at Sephora and melted. I love Huda Beauty and so far have only had positive things to say. Hoping to try this out and purchase this soon!
Too Faced Melted Mattes
I LOVE these liquid lipsticks. I have this line in the shade Ginger Bread and I am absolutely in love with it. The color payoff is incredible and it's long lasting. They are matte so if you don't enjoy mattes then you probably won't be a fan. However, I really enjoy these!
Ole Henriksen's Truth Serum
If you are purchasing anything from the VIB sale it should be the Ole Henriksen's Truth Serum! I absolutely swear by this product! It's helped transform my skin into clear, bright, glowing skin. I apply this at night before bed and when I wake up, my skin is glowing with reduced redness. Anything with vitamin C in it is life changing.
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
This is my absolute favorite setting powder! I have been using it for years. It gives me a poreless, porcelain finish. It also helps to combat my oily complexion. Leaves my skin looking matte and flawless throughout the day. Need to pick up more!
Nars Creamy Radiant Concealer
This is by far one of my favorite concealers, especially for my under eye! I suffer with dark circles under my eyes and this concealer helps to brighten without creasing or drying. I love how creamy it is, makes for an easy application.
Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Foundation
I have been dying to try this foundation out! I will absolutely be taking advantage of this sale to purchase the Fenty Beauty foundation. I have heard such great things about this foundation. Not to mention the color selection is wild! So many options!

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Published Jun 30, 2009It's no big secret that a whole lot of people have been begging the Smiths to reunite in recent years. Little did we know, however, how badly some admirers want the legendary Brits to get back together. In a recent interview, guitarist Johnny Marr revealed that the Smiths have been offered no less than a whopping $50 million to reform.
Marr was recently asked by XFM about the continuing rumours that he and Morrissey would bury the hatchet and get the band back on stage. Apparently, Marr was hesitant to reply at first, but eventually said, "I think we were offered $50 million for three... possibly five shows. It's pretty obscene, it's pretty gross."
However, Marr said the band didn't bite and will not be cashing in. "It's absolutely nothing to do with money," he said. "It's really abstract, it's pretty random." And with the Moz saying he would "rather eat his own testicles" than reform the Smiths, a reunion is looking as unlikely as ever, $50 million or not.


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Subject: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Leadbelly
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 03:29 PM
Well, I haven't, although he spent some of time in Germany. But there must be a lot of other people (and especially Mudcatters) which have had the opportunity to listen to him. If you like, please tell us about your impressions and when and where it was. Do you still remember?
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 03:56 PM
Surely he is dead?
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Leadbelly
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 05:49 PM
Is he? What a surprise! Which difference does it make concerning to my serious question? Nevertheless, Richie, thanks for your reply on a hot saturday evening.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Bill H //\\
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 06:27 PM
Just yesterday-- in the express checkout lane at the local 7/11---he was just behind Michael Jackson. They both seem to enjoy purchasing Heavenly Ham Sandwiches. Strange.
Bill Hahn
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 07:14 PM
Respectfullly, I think that Mudcat isn't the place to find tons of Elvis fans. More often than not, many of us were repulsed by him and his personna--his voice--his sound and also his repertory. I know I was.
On a personal note, I'll be mailing your small package out to you after our holiday here in the U.S. of A. Hope you'll enjoy it.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 07:16 PM
I thought it was the man down the chipshop ...
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 08:19 PM
I sawchim live at Bloomington Indiana -- I think it was about the last concert he did -- if I remember correctly his concert in Indianapolis was cancelled due to his death. It was a huge facilitiu -- you could only really see him on the huge video screens they had there. But I had loved him as a young teenager and it was exciting to see him -- and he can (could) sing......
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 10:12 PM
I was around 10 when Elvis hit the radio and t.v. Hank was already dead. Then there were all the other greats, most of them gone. However to say Art, that "many of us were repulsed by him and his personna--his voice--his sound and also his repertory", I do not agree with. We may not discuss Elvis much on Mudcat but I would gladly wager that many if not most Mudcat members loved his music and what he contributed to music.
Beer (adrien)
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:09 PM
I respect your feelings. Really. Your posts here at Mudcat are always thoughtful and enlightening.------- The things I said about E.P. were true for me right from the beginning. It was hard to ignore his phenomenon, like it is impossible to ignore Michael Jackson or the popularity of soccer or curling. Nothing about Elvis, or anything that he did musically, ever clicked with me in any way. Lurking here at Mudcat are many folk folks who possibly do agree with me. Inexplicably, there are others who liked him as well.
I'm reminded about how shocked we were when, after Watergate and the presidential resignation, old Richard Nixon was not only coming out and making speeches, but crowds of people were coming out to hear him. ----- We, then, took note of the fact that: Even a dead whale on a flatcar draws crowds!
All the best,
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:31 PM
Thank you Art for those kind words. My Dad could not stand him. I remember how upset he would get when "All Shook Up" was played. But i had brothers and sisters older than me who were picking up the guitars and playing or forming R&R bands. So although country was very poplar in the house the rock and roll was making it's way in as well. You have also explained it well when you mentioned "Michael Jackson". I for one am not moved in any way by his music but I recognize his musical genius even though it is not to my liking.
Be well Art and thank you for your explanation.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Peace
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:35 PM
"Nothing about Elvis, or anything that he did musically, ever clicked with me in any way."
I liked Jailhouse Rock and Fools Rush In. That was it. Never saw him live. Never wanted to.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:53 PM
I really loved the way Arlo Guthrie did "Falling in Love with You". The live concert version form Europe somewhere.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:58 PM
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Mick Tems
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 07:58 AM
Fascinating article from years back in the Western Mail about Elvis and his Welsh connections, including the Pembrokeshire chapel dedicated to St Elvis, who was a Welsh saint. Can't remember the facts exactly, but it's an interesting theory: Was Elvis Welsh?
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Duke
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:18 AM
I was a big fan of Elvis and his music from day one and I still enjoy listening to him today. It was Elvis who got me started on playing guitar. I saw him live once and will remember it all my days. I was in the front seats for his concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. It was magical!
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: olddude
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:35 AM
Funny but I only liked some of his music after he passed away. Before that I didn't care much. I was never a big fan but I did like "love me tender"
along with a couple of others. Now many of my friends and family absolutely lived for his music. There is no doubt the impact his music had on the evolution of rock and roll however. Some song I could not handle even a little were things like "hound dog" boy I never understood the appeal of that one but many folks sure did. He was another troubled soul that passed way before his time sadly
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:45 AM
I used to think I was weird because I always disliked Elvis. He was a bit before my time, but I just never understood how everyone seemed to love him. Then I found out I wasn't the only one who couldn't stand him.
I felt pretty much the same way about Michael Jackson. I never understood how so many people liked this guy - and then blamed it all on music. In the case of Elvis, his musical skill was pretty limited.
In the case of Jackson - if he had musical skill he did his best to hide it.
I just don't get it, with these guys.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:50 AM
You know I don't mean to disparage Elvis fans (or Michael fans). I realize that I am in the minority on this issue. This is just my personal response to these guys.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Becca72
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 09:34 AM
He was due to play in Portland, Maine but died something like 2 days before. I never saw him, but I was 5 when he died. I would like to have, though.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 10:04 AM
Oh come on, guys, Elvis was very sexy at times! :0) He had the most beautiful face....I loved his later stuff, because I was a born a little later I guess. 'In The Ghetto' was my favourite...
I loved his jumpsuits...they were cool..and the way he wiggled those hips...made me smile. :0)
It was pouring with rain in Pinner, where I lived then, the day Elvis died..Torrential rain, flooding everywhere, and folks were canoeing down in Pinner Village, where the mighty River Pinn, normally little more than a stream, had burst its banks....They were canoeing er..in the road, all very strange.
Maybe the angels were all Elvis fans, and were crying tears of joy that at long last he was going to be wiggling those hips amongst them.
I think, like Michael Jackson, he had a very sweet nature, and one that was taken advantage of terribly, by those who made a fortune from him. It was sad the way he ended his days, very sad indeed.
a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ox1Tore9nw">In The Ghetto - Youtube
My kids love his music, especially this one..
Jailhouse Rock - In Colour - Youtube
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 10:06 AM
In The Ghetto - Youtube
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 10:12 AM
Ooh, just found an interview with a 21 year old Elvis...He sounds so *little* ...
1956 interview - Youtube
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Art Thieme
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 12:38 PM
I think I've mentioned before that I was a member of a folk quartet with Elvis, Patti Page and Rosemary Clooney.
We were known to one and all as:
Pressley, Page, Rosemary, and Thieme.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 02:52 PM
I wish I'd seen Elvis before the films became so awful. That is, with Scotty, Bill and DJ. The two people I know who saw Michael Jackson, saw him in the early 1990s and reckon it was an amazing show.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Bugsy
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:21 PM
I always thought that Elvis had a good voice and quite a large range to boot. I really liked his early stuff, (stuck on you, don't, etc)
He also came across as quite a shy man off stage.
I saw Michael Jackson in Australia a few years ago (My wife made me go). That said, the music and dancing was top notch and the show was quite spectacular. He even ended one song with a Sherman Tank bursting through a wall at the back of the stage!
I don't think there's any denying they were both very talented men. Their private lives is a whole other story.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Arkie
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 10:07 PM
Sometime in the early 1950s, when I was 16 or 17, a cousin and I drove to Norfolk, Virginia to see a country music concert featuring Hank Snow. Elvis had a spot on the show. I saw him for the first time and heard of him for the first time. He was an interesting contrast to Hank Snow and Slim Whitman who was also on the bill. He did not steal the show as far as I was concerned nor did he "bring down the house". We all wanted to see Hank Snow. The M.C came out after Elvis' performance and worked the crowd for an encore. I said to my cousin "it looks like someone is trying real hard to promote this fellow". I was glad to have seen him and really enjoyed Hank and Slim. I began to enjoy some of his recordings more and bought copies of "That's All Right Mama", "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" and "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" and was in the audience for his first film, "Love Me Tender". I was never an Elvis nut though and lost interest as he became an "idol". I did enjoy some of his recordings over the years.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 05 Jul 09 - 11:44 PM
I grew up on rock and roll and am still a rocker deep in my heart, and to Elvis Presley he is one of the greatest voices in rock, perhaps THE greatest. His influence is still reflected in rock, and country, and blues, to this day. Heartbreak Hotel is probably the earliest, gutsiest recorded performance by a white man of what had previously been a black music idiom. He probably also did more to forge the image of what a "Rock Star" is than anyone after him...isolation, wealth, excess, drugs, drama on stage...and I know many resent that.
Never saw him live. I would love to have seen the pre-army Elvis, raw, bluesy, and breaking down barriers left and right. The Vegas Elvis was long past his sell-by date.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: GUEST,Jimmy. C.
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 12:32 AM
I liked him but was never a huge fan. My wife was and she had the opportunity to see him in 1975 in Buffalo(I believe). She went with some friends but I took a pass, a bit sorry that I did not go. All they saw was a little figue in white a good distance from their seats.
I did go to Graceland though and from what I gather he was a very ordinary chap and really like the simple things in life, but having to live day after day with that level of publicity around you would change anybody. I much preferred Little Richard.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 12:45 AM
as much as i love some of Elvis classic culure definitive performance,
I'd have been so much more enthralled to see Billy Fury
in concert
in his prime..
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 01:34 AM
I never saw Elvis live, but we were living near Memphis, in Oxford MS, when he died. The Michael Jackson coverage reminds me of the wall-to-wall coverage the Memphis media gave Elvis' death and funeral. They couldn't have hyped the story any more if Elvis had risen after in three days.
I like Elvis' very early stuff. In 1956 his music was tremendously exciting compared to the bland, predigested tinpan alley crap on the radio at our house -- and once Elvis was on the radio they started playing other exciting musicians, too. Some of the other guys had been around for years, but I'd never heard them on our radio. It was quite an eye-opener. Those first couple years were great, but I didn't care much for anything Elvis did after that.
- Phil
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 04:46 AM
Billy Fury !! Punkfolkrocker, I saw BF 3 times in package shows at the (then) Ritz cinema, Cleethorpes in the early 60s. The first time he was...slightly incapacitated..and only sang Wondrous Place. the other two shows were great.He could rock a bit as well as the ballads he was best known for.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Will Fly
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 05:34 AM
I remember being totally knocked out when I (at the age of 12) first heard "Heartbreak Hotel". It just blew a gust of fresh air through what was, in the UK at any rate, a cloud of dull, drippy, boring musical crap. That's how it seemed to me as a young lad at the time.
And time, of course, has coloured and changed that initial impression. I found out later about the earlier Sun recordings, which I think are outstanding - gutsy, rocking, and a great mix of musical styles from the black and white racial sides of America. He was a great singer and a great performer in those days - and incredibly influential. I didn't care much for him post-1969, and I never saw him live. Presley was an original. I actually preferred rockers like Little Richard and Chuck Berry, but early Presley is not to be dismissed.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 08:09 AM
"I'd have been so much more enthralled to see Billy Fury
in concert
in his prime.."
I did, Lincoln ABC (or might have been Donny). One of the first shows, if not the first, I ever went to. He was excellent.
"Was Elvis Welsh?"
Not unless they moved Tupelo.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 08:32 AM
Sorry, I was a Buddy Holly fan.
And the first major performer(s) I saw was, believe it or not, the Beatles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (followed a few months later by the Rolling Stones).
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Leadbelly
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 05:19 PM
Art: I didn't expect to find "tons of Elvis fans". And obviously he has a splitted image amongst Mudcatters and in the universe, too.
On the other hand, this question which has nothing to do with gone Michael Jackson was made by pure interest in this singer and people, who have had a chance to see him live.
At least at the beginning he was an impressive phenomena. By the way, in contrary to Jackson his music came in first place. His music worked without clips on television. He-like all others in this period of time- managed to impress people by pure music while Jackson impressed by dancing/ choreography in first line.
Art, I'm absolutely sure that I will enjoy your package! Counting days..
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Arkie
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 05:42 PM
I am very glad to have seen Elvis live and in his early days with Scotty and Bill at his side. In the days before the high collars and fancy scarves. There was a little movement but not the exaggerated and rehearsed gyrations that later became trademarks. At that time showmanship in country music meant lavish rhinestone suits. Elvis put something personal in his performance and was dressed in a red blazer and black pants. While I was not blown out of my seat, it was a historic occasion for me and I enjoyed it enough to seek out a Sun 78rpm record.
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 06 Jul 09 - 05:59 PM
By the time I was old enough to have seen Elvis live, he'd already made the transition from "King of Rock-'n-Roll" to "King of Overpaid Lounge Singers".
Subject: RE: Ever seen Elvis live?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 07 Jul 09 - 12:20 PM
Never saw Elvis. Never saw Michael Jackson. Ahh, it's been a good life!
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text: Smart & Connected Life Travel Tech 43 43 people found this article helpful 7 Tips for Sharp Sports Photos How to shoot sharp action photos with a DSLR by Jo Plumridge Writer Former Lifewire writer Jo Plumridge is a photography professional and writer for photography and travel venues such as BBC, Digital Camera Magazine, and Saga Magazine. our editorial process Twitter Jo Plumridge Updated on November 05, 2019 Travel Tech Digital Cameras & Photography Tips for Mobile Photography Tweet Share Email As you migrate from basic photography skills to advanced skills, learning how to stop action on your DSLR camera will be one of your biggest challenges. Gaining a feel for this skill requires a certain degree of know-how and plenty of practice, but the sharp results are well worth the work. Change the Autofocus Mode Lifewire / Marina Li To shoot sharp action photos, switch your autofocus mode to continuous (AI Servo on Canon and AF-C on Nikon). The camera constantly adjusts focus as it tracks a moving subject when using continuous focus mode. Continuous mode is also a predictive mode. It sets the focus to where it believes the subject will be after the split-second delay between the mirror rising and the shutter opening in the camera. Know When to Use Manual Focus In some sports, you can pretty much determine where a player is going to be before you press the shutter. In baseball, you know where the base stealer will end up, so you can focus on second base and wait for the runner who is on first base to arrive. In cases like this, it is a good idea to use manual focus. Switch the camera to manual focus (MF) and focus on a preset point, such as second base. You are focused and ready to press the shutter as soon as the action arrives. Use AF Points If you shoot in continuous autofocus mode, then you are better off leaving the camera with multiple AF points activated so it can choose its focusing point. When using manual focus, you may find that choosing a single AF point gives you a more accurate image. Use a Fast Shutter Speed A fast shutter speed is required to freeze the action so that it is sharp. Begin with a shutter speed above 1/500th of a second. Some sports require a minimum of 1/1000th of a second. Motorsports may require even faster speeds. When experimenting, set the camera to TV/S mode (shutter priority). This setting allows you to choose the shutter speed and forces the camera to sort out the other settings. Use a Shallow Depth of Field Action shots often look stronger if only the subject is sharp and the background is blurred. This framing evokes a greater feeling of the speed by the subject. To nail this shot, use a shallow depth of field by adjusting the aperture to at least f/4. This adjustment also helps your camera reach faster shutter speeds. The shallow depth of field allows more light to enter the lens, which allows the camera to use faster shutter speeds. Use Fill-In Flash Your camera's pop-up flash can be put to good use in action photography as a fill-in flash. It can be used to help illuminate your subject and to give you a wider range of apertures to play with. It can also be used to create a technique called flash and blur. This result follows from a slow shutter speed and the flash is fired manually at the beginning of the shot. The visual artifact is that the subject appears frozen while the background is filled with blurred streaks. If you rely on a pop-up flash, keep its range in mind. The flash may work well on a basketball court, but it may not reach the other side of a baseball field. Also, watch to make sure that you do not get shadows while using a telephoto lens with the pop-up flash. It is better to get a separate flash unit and attach it to your DSLR's hot shoe. Change the ISO If you have tried everything else and you still do not have enough light entering the camera to stop action sharply, increase the ISO, which makes the camera's image sensor more sensitive to light. Though, be aware that increasing the ISO creates more noise in the images.


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A Cowboy's Challenge
by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Bad timing never felt so good…
Wes Sawyer knows a risky proposition when he sees one. Pursuing a woman fresh from a breakup who happens to be his sister Roxanne's best friend? Definitely a bad idea. But how's he supposed to ignore the beautiful baker? He has a sweet tooth, and Ingrid Lindstrom's kisses would taste even better than the pastries she creates…
After Ingrid's ex turned out to be a cheating bastard, she vowed to take an extended vacay from men. That goes double for the hot cowboy down the hall. Getting involved with Roxanne's big brother could spell disaster, putting friendship and family loyalty on the line and destroying the life she's built in Eagles Nest.
But she never expected to face the temptation of a muscular Wes wearing only a towel…
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The present extravagance visiting bike advertise is an entirely different pot of fish than it was in the 1980s and '90s, when advanced German and Japanese bicycles with their smooth multi-chamber motors characterized the class. Harley-Davidson's ensuing strength of the heavyweight visiting market and the modernization of its bicycles has affected extravagance visiting inclinations, to the point that today we're left with quite recently the Honda Gold Wing and BMW K 1600 GTL conveying the multi-chamber hail among an ocean of V-twins. What's more, as our Kings of Comfort examination appeared (Rider, August 2015), the most recent Harley and Indian dressers have advanced to the point that a level six or four-chamber motor is never again required for a bike to exceed expectations as a leader extravagance visiting machine.
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The fact that Detective Lee (Jon Foo), one half of the duo at the center of CBS's Rush Hour, is Chinese is brought up an awful lot in the pilot episode of the show. If asked, I couldn't give you a particularly good reason for this, as it doesn't add any sort of kick or nuance to any of the would-be jokes. Neither, for that matter, does the series seem even remotely interested in modern Chinese law enforcement, which is where Lee, and his younger sister, come from. If there was any comment about the rampant corruption and bias inherent in China's police department, or similar, unwavering strains of complex political and philosophical problems that have dogged America's police forces, Rush Hour might have turned out to be something worth watching, worth caring about. Unfortunately, this is simply not the case.
This remake of the film franchise of the same name, which pairs Foo's Lee with Justin Hires' Detective Carter as partners at the LAPD, takes the cultural differences of these detectives as one of the roots of its humor, possibly even the main crux of the comedy. There have been plenty of great jokes and strings of clever insights between races and cultures that major comedians have crafted to illicit tremendous guffaws, but those bits of humor came from wisdom, considerable thought, and more than a little bravery. The jokes that are deployed in Rush Hour, though certainly not the worst I've heard on TV recently, are so deeply uninspired, so uncaring in relation to the story and the characters, that the focus on such things leaves a sour aftertaste.
This tendency is made all the more startling in light of the show's near weightless tone and sunny surroundings. Though clearly billed as a procedural, with each episode following a singular case, the show is anchored to Lee's relationship to his sister, Kim (Jessika Van), while Carter's close ties with his former partner, Didi Diaz (Aimee Garcia). The series is misguided on numerous levels, to an often repugnant degree, but it's clear that the series is hopeful, optimistic, and means no ill will. With the cast filled out by talented veterans like Wendie Malick and Kirk Fox, who proved to be a consistent hoot on Parks & Recreation, there's a sense of fertile ground in the performers but the writers and creators are either unwilling or incapable of yielding anything fruitful from the actors and actresses they work with. Indeed, even if the series means no ill will, that's hardly an acceptable reason for such mediocre, ineffective, and wrong-headed nonsense to go on for much longer.
Rating: ★ Poor – Skip it
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With a government contract on the table in exchange for their pardons, Nate and Ed open the doors of their social networking company, YourLife, to the CIA to continue their operations in Tunisia. However, Ed may already be thinking a few moves ahead of them all, with bigger, more dangerous plans for sve_Urs3lf.
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Love Constrained to Obedience
A hymn-poem by William Cowper (1731-1800) to encourage you and prepare you for worship on the Lord's Day (based on 2 Corinthians 5:14-15:
No strength of nature can suffice
To serve the Lord aright:
And what she has she misapplies,
For want of clearer light.
How long beneath the law I lay
In bondage and distress;
I toll'd the precept to obey,
But toil'd without success.
Then, to abstain from outward sin
Was more than I could do;
Now, if I feel its power within,
I feel I hate it too.
Then all my servile works were done
A righteousness to raise;
Now, freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose His ways.
"What shall I do,†was then the word,
"That I may worthier grow?â€
"What shall I render to the Lord?â€
Is my inquiry now.
To see the law by Christ fulfilled
And hear His pardoning voice,
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
William Cooper
ESV 2 Corinthians 5:14-15: For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.


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Wisdom — the ability to take the perspectives of others into account and aim for compromise — comes much more naturally to those who grow up poor or working class, according to a new study by social psychologist Igor Grossman at the University of Waterloo in Canada and his colleagues. Science Magazine reports: To conduct the study, Grossmann and his graduate student Justin Brienza embarked on a two-part experiment. First, they asked 2145 people throughout the United States to take an online survey. Participants were asked to remember a recent conflict they had with someone, such as an argument with a spouse or a fight with a friend. They then answered 20 questions applicable to that or any conflict, including: "Did you ever consider a third-party perspective?" "How much did you try to understand the other person's viewpoint?" and "Did you consider that you might be wrong?" Grossmann and Brienza crunched the data and assigned the participants both a "wise reasoning" score based on the conflict answers and a "social class" score, then plotted the two scores against one another. They found that people with the lowest social class scores — those with less income, less education, and more worries about money — scored about twice as high on the wise reasoning scale as those in the highest social class. The income and education levels ranged from working class to upper middle class; neither the very wealthy nor the very poor were well represented in the study.
In the second part of the experiment, the duo recruited 200 people in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, to take a standard IQ test and read three letters to the Dear Abby advice column. One letter, for example, asked about choosing sides in an argument between mutual friends. Each participant then discussed with an interviewer how they thought the situations outlined in the letters would play out. A panel of judges scored their responses according to various measures of wise reasoning. In the example above, thinking about how an outsider might view the conflict would earn points toward wisdom, whereas relying only on one's own perspective would not. As with the first part of the experiment, those in lower social classes consistently had higher wise-reasoning scores than those in higher social classes, the researchers reported today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. IQ scores, however, weren't associated one way or another with wise reasoning.
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Scott is god of love. I'm glad that both of them met in the end. The story was realistic, and lots of elements that made me remember silly things. In the end god bless Scott, you are my hero.??
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Don't Miss The Call
Don't Miss The Call
The A.C.
The door chimes at All Morning Diner when a young brunette lady walks out. Her loose white blouse and frilly black skirt, along with her sweet smile, foreshadows no hint about the hectic day she is about to have.
Moments later, Craig, an average looking young man simply wearing a plain blue t-shirt and khaki shorts, spots a cellphone laying in a booth as he is about to leave the diner. "Hey look Scott; this phone is the same model as mine," comparing it next to his own.
"Okay, so what?" Scott seems to always have a smirk on his face. His tight jeans and black jacket go along with his intended sleek look.
"Never mind, let me turn this in real quick." Craig goes over to the cash register and gets the attention of a cashier, "um excuse me, someone left their phone here."
A cashier turns from a customer he is helping, "oh, just leave it there. I will get it in a moment."
"Hey man, hurry up." Scott is waiting impatiently by the door.
"Yeah I'm coming."
The door chimes, and Craig does not realize he has accidently left his phone on the counter and slid the phone he found into his pocket and set in motion his hectic day.
"Crap dude, I have the wrong phone!" It took a few minutes in a taxi for Craig to pull out what he thought would be his phone and then shout this to Scott. "I need to go back to the diner and get my phone."
"No man, we have to get to Horizon Park; there is no time to go back." Scott has been trying to drag Craig to some event at this park all day.
"You still haven't told me why we are going. Let me use your phone to call the diner."
"Whatever, here." Scott tosses his phone to Craig.
After a few rings someone picks up, "Hello, All Morning Diner."
"Hey, I was there not long ago and turned in a phone," Craig sounds as if he is about to tell a joke, "but I accidently turned in my phone and took the one I found."
"Yes, I remember…,"
"Oh, good! I will come right back," Craig interrupts too soon.
"…no, listen. Sorry, but someone kind of snatched your phone," the cashier sounds hesitate to say this.
"How did that happen?"
"Um, well, so the girl, that owns the phone you must have, came in looking for it. I showed her the phone you left, she knew it wasn't hers, and then you called and she snatched your phone and took off as I answered your call…just now." He sounds like the one telling a joke now.
Craig does not say anything; only a groan escapes him as he hangs up.
"Are you done?" Scott reaches for his phone.
"Hang on, there is a problem. I need to make another call." This time Craig calls his own phone, but the voicemail answers. "Ugh, dumb!" He hangs up and tosses the phone back to Scott.
"So, what's the problem?"
"The owner of this phone has my phone. I just tried calling my phone, but of course someone wouldn't answer a stranger's phone."
A quick chuckle comes from Scott.
"What?" Craig stares at the phone in his hand.
"Nothing, just call with their phone," Scott says this like it should be obvious.
"Well duh! I would, but the phone is locked." Craig is getting slightly annoyed.
"Here, give…" Scott starts to reach for the stranger's phone.
"Wait, my phone is calling!" Craig is surprised by this.
"Is your phone not locked?"
"Guess not," Craig shrugs then answers. "Hello?"
"Hello? Good you answered," a friendly feminine voice answers.
He pulls the phone from his face. "It is a woman, and she sounds cute."
Scott nods, and his smirk grows.
"You think…um…" If a voice could blush, the voice coming through the cell phone definitely was now.
"Oh yeah, I'm Craig. Sorry about the whole phone mix-up."
"No it's okay; I'm the one who forgot my phone in the first place," she does not seem upset at all, "and my name is Sasha by the way."
"Hi Sasha," Craig smiles, "I tried to call my phone with your phone, but yours is locked."
"Yeah I noticed yours was unlocked, so I tried calling mine, too."
"About my phone, um… since it is unlocked please don't look through the stuff on it," now his voice is blushing as well.
"Oh, no no no. I wouldn't do that, but I did see that you have a voicemail…"
"Oh, okay?" Craig does not know how to respond.
There is a brief moment of awkward, but strangely not uncomfortable, silence.
"Get on with it man," Scott is somewhat disgusted.
"So," Craig returns to the original issue, "can you meet me at the diner so we can swap phones back?"
"Yeah I can…um, I don't think I am too far away," for some reason Sasha sounds somewhat puzzled.
Craig does not notice, though. "Cool, I'll see you there in a bit."
"Okay…see you."
"So, cute huh?" Scott teases Craig as soon as he hangs up.
"Yeah…okay so I am going back. Hey driver, can you just let me out right here."
"What? You don't need to go now; we'll be late." There Scott goes again about getting to the park.
"I'm not hanging onto some other person's phone all day. I'll meet you later; besides, traffic is slow right now so I'm sure it'll be easy to catch up." Craig hops out of the taxi.
"Dude, you seem too excited about this dumb phone incident!" Scott shouts as the taxi's door shuts.
Craig waves off what Scott said, but he knows it is actually kind of true.
"Aww man, I'm further from the diner than I thought," Craig complains to himself while sitting and waiting at a bus stop. "At least this next bus should take me to the bus stop right by the diner."
A young lady, wearing a white blouse and black skirt, walks up to the bus stop and seems like she is looking around.
Craig notices she is pretty cute, but also wonders what she is doing. "If you are waiting for the bus, there is room on this bench for you to sit and wait."
"Okay," she says while gently sitting down next to Craig.
There are a few minutes of silence, since neither of them are any good at striking up conversations with strangers.
Craig is the first to gather the nerve to say something. "So, you kind of looked a little lost earlier."
"Oh, yeah. I'm new to this area, so I'm still trying to figure out the best ways of getting around to different places."
"Maybe I can help. Where…" Craig is cut off by the sound of buzzing.
"Sorry, that's um…my phone." She gets up and walks over to the side of the bus stop to answer the phone.
It is at that moment Craig gets a feeling something is wrong. He checks inside all his pockets and panics. He forgot Sasha's cellphone in the taxi. "Oh crap!" Craig shouts as he jumps up and sprints across the street. Luckily, the bus heading to Horizon Park just arrived, and he makes it on just in time.
As the bus drives away, he watches the cute lady still talking on the phone and feels a little guilty about running off before helping her find her way.
Fortunately, traffic had cleared up, so it does not take long for Craig to get to Horizon Park. He spots Scott right away, but the event about to start in the background surprises him. "Um Scott, is this LARP?"
"Shut up dude. It's fun, and I thought you might like it, too." Scott's smirk is gone.
"Okay," Craig is trying so hard to hold in so much laughter. The park is full of people dressed in an array of costumes and carrying a variety of foam weapons. This is just not something he could ever picture Scott doing. "Anyways, do you have Sasha's phone?"
"Yeah here," Scott tosses the cellphone to Craig, "you forgot it in the taxi, dummy."
"I figured that, but thanks. Now I need to hurry and go meet Sasha."
"Wait. There is something you should know," Scott's smirk is back.
"I don't have time, dude. I will see you later, so you just have fun here." Craig chuckles and immediately runs off. While rushing to the street, Craig saw a taxi just drop someone off, and is able to catch it before it drives off. "Can you take me to All Morning Diner?"
"No problem," the driver replies flatly.
Craig hops in the taxi, and it occurs to him that the person who got out sort of looked like the woman from earlier. Whoever it was, though, has already disappeared into the crowd, so he must have just been seeing things.
He looks at Sasha's cellphone and realizes it is unlocked now; Scott must have messed around with it. He calls his phone.
"Hello?" Sasha answers, but there is a lot of noise in the background.
"Hey Sasha, it's Craig again. Sorry it is taking me so long. There was a slight problem, but I really will be at the diner soon," Craig rushes through what he is saying.
"Oh uh, but I just got to…" Sasha's voice cuts off.
"Hello? Hello? Crap!" Craig's cellphone must have just died. He does remember now that the battery charge was already pretty low when he had it earlier. Oh well, he will be at the diner soon, so it should be okay.
When Craig walks into All Morning Diner, the only person there is the cashier from earlier that he originally, accidently, entrusted his cellphone to.
"Hey I'm the one who had the cellphone mix-up earlier." Craig addresses the cashier approaching the door. "Did the other woman come back yet?"
"Oh, not since she ran off with the phone, but my shift is finally over so I am out of here." The cashier walks right past him.
"Wait man. At least tell me who to look for before you go."
The exiting cashier says nothing else.
"Ugh, I'm so dumb!" Craig is upset with himself for not asking Sasha what she looks like, and all the other dumb stuff he had done today. Since his phone is dead he cannot call again, either. He could look through her cellphone, but he asked her not to look through his phone and it would make him a hypocrite if he looks. All he can do now is wait and hope to get lucky.
Moments later, in what seems like a huge surprising coincidence, Craig sees the woman from the bus stop walking up to the diner's door. He opens it for her and is about to greet her, but the person he sees behind her shocks him.
"Guess who." Scott looks really amused with himself.
"Scott, what are you doing here?"
"Do you two know each other?" The woman squeezes in her question.
"Well allow me to introduce the two of you." Scott's egotistical tone bugs Craig. "This cute lady here is Sasha, and this pal of mine is Craig."
"What?!" Craig and Sasha are almost in perfect unison.
"Sorry, I didn't recognize your voice when we met earlier." Craig is making sure he does not stammer even in his excitement.
"No, I'm sorry. I didn't recognize yours either." Sasha's voice is soft, but still a little frantic sounding.
"So, you have already met. Well that doesn't make sense," Scott looks like there is a lot more he wants to say. "Anyways, let me explain how this whole situation got extended longer than it should have been."
"After you, Craig, forgot Sasha's phone in the taxi," Scott is making sure to gesture toward each person when he says their name," I was able to use a couple tricks to unlock her phone. I called her, while she was apparently waiting for a bus, and let her know I had her phone. She took a taxi to meet me at the park, but before she got there, you did. You took the phone and left without letting me tell you she was on her way, which would have saved us from this last step. Sasha showed up right after you left, and, since I'm a gentleman, I escorted her all the way here to you. Hmm, doesn't sound as long of a day when I say it all out loud."
There is an awkward silence between the three of them once Scott finishes talking.
"Oh, come on. Isn't there something you two need to do?" Scott seems annoyed by the awkwardness among them.
Craig and Sasha exchange cellphones back without saying a word.
"Okay, you two, I guess you can just dwell in this awkwardness. I am going back to the park." Scott leaves aggravated.
As the door chimes, the laughing begins.
"I don't really know what to think of him," Sasha giggles.
"Yeah, I just try not to ever think about him too much," Craig jokes.
After a long day of back and forth for the two, they are both actually left in a really funny mood.
"So…" Craig is preparing himself for his next cheesy line, "…would it be weird for me to ask for your number?"


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Calling all Rick and Morty fans! We've got yet another update on the status of Season 4 straight from Dan Harmon himself, so get ready.
In a recent interview with Den of Geek at the Tribeca Film Festival, Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon gave an update on the status of the much-anticipated fourth season of the show. Will it happen? What's going on?
"I'm optimistic right now, at the moment," said Harmon. "Negotiations are tough. It's an unprecedented situation, and everybody's being real cool and wants to make an agreement happen so that we can get started. That's about all I can say."
Phew! Last month, the status of the show seemed a little more dire as Harmon tweeted that the network had yet to order Season 4 of the iconic show, which began airing in 2013. But since, Harmon clarified his statements on an episode of SModcast, saying contract negotiations were the reason for the holdup. This latest update seems to say about the same, but hopefully if "everybody's being real cool" it's a good sign for fans.
The finale of Rick and Morty Season 3 aired last October on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. However, there was an almost two-year wait for fans between Seasons 2 and 3. Hopefully, the negotiations for Season 4 will get worked out soon and we'll have more Rick and Morty on our screens in no time at all.
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As one of Midwest America's most well-loved vacation destinations, especially for fishing enthusiasts thanks to its abundance of stock, the city of Hayward offers an opportunity relax in one of the most tranquil cities in the state of Wisconsin. The city features large lakes and miles upon miles of scenic woodland and nature trails for both novice and experienced hikers. Public events, such as the Lumberjack World Championship and the Sawyer County Fair are thrown throughout the year. The city is accessible via Highway 63, Wisconsin Highway 27, and Wisconsin Highway 77 and the Sawyer County Airport. CDC information for travelers. Hours/availability may have changed.
1.Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
2.American Birkebeiner
3.Out of the Woods Winery
4.Park Theater
5.Northwood's Humane Society
6.Italia Ristorante
7.Angler's Bar and Grill
8.Angry Minnow Brew Pub and Restaurant
9.The Ranch
10.The Chippewa Inn
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Green Pastures Christian Nursing Home
Award amount: £25,000
Organisation: Green Pastures Christian Nursing Home
This grant was awarded to contribute towards the cost of the new Green Pastures Christian Nursing Home in Banbury.
A new care home was required because the previous building was limited in space and there were no avenues for further expansion. The bedrooms were not all single occupancy and only a few had en-suite facilities. Furthermore, not all the rooms were able to fit the specialised equipment needed, such as hoists and high dependency armchairs. Staff were also unable to move beds out of bedrooms to the communal areas if a resident was bedbound but wanted to join in communal activities. An additional issue was that the lift was not big enough for a stretcher, which restricted the types of admission Green Pastures could take.
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Fans Will Not Be Happy About This Male R&B Singer Calling Out Beyoncé, SZA And Cardi B
"Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy..."
Surviving R. Kelly aired over 2 weeks ago and people are still talking about the longtime allegations against R. Kelly. His brother, who was interviewed in the Lifetime docuseries, is speaking out again and making some contradictory statements.
When asked by CBS Chicago if his brother was pedophile, he answered, "I mean, I can't honestly say that for sure. I just know that he has a problem with control. I love my brother, but he do have a problem, and if anybody out there love him, they should want to see him get help."
However, when mentioning his brother marrying a 15-year-old Aaliyah when he was 27, Carey said, "He married Aaliyah. It don't get no truer than that."
On August 31, 1994, R. Kelly illegally married Aaliyah. Her age was listed as 18, but the marriage was annulled in February of 1995.VIBE published the wedding certificate, even though both Aaliyah and R. Kelly had denied the marriage.
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They haven't spoken in 10 years and Carey explained, "Once he beat that case, I called him. And I said, 'Hey man, you know, God gave you another chance, you know. God gave you another chance. And his arrogance, and people not believing different things that he's accused of said, 'God didn't give me another chance. I gave me another chance. My money gave me another chance.' Those are the words that he said to me, and I looked at the phone like, 'Are you serious?'"
Carey continued, "These allegations that you was accused of are very serious, and for you to escape through the loophole and still get another chance, that's maybe a sign from God that you need to change your way of living, change your habits and change the things that you're doing that's causing people to bring cases up on you like that."
He also said he doesn't think his brother will change and he needs psychological help. See the rest of the interview below:
Since Surviving R. Kelly aired an investigation has been launched by authorities in both Chicago and Georgia. R. Kelly has denied all allegations.
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"Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy..."
Here are all the artists who posted tributes to the late R&B singer.


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EA CEO Andrew Wilson has recently spoken about Anthem and its successes and failures in an interview, which led to him sharing his thoughts on what is it, exactly, that Bioware has managed to accomplish with their game-as-a-service.
While he wasn't outright critical of Bioware's take on Anthem, the way he worded his thoughts may allow us to glean what his stance on the matter actually is.
According to Wilson, Anthem was a rather exciting release at the very start, though he was political about wording his opinion: "I don't want to go as far as to say a great game—it was a really good game," he said.
"It had some issues with the progression system, and the team made a lot of promises about what they were going to put into the game. I'd like to believe that a lesser company would have just tossed it and moved on."
Wilson also noted that, due to Anthem's nature as a service, EA doesn't see a problem in sticking with the game while Bioware attempt to fix things up: "If I think about Anthem on a seven to ten year cycle, it may not have had the start that many of us wanted, including our players." According to him, Bioware is onto something, though: "I feel like that team is really going to get there with something special and something great," he said.
On Bioware's end, mostly radio-silence. Let's hope they pull a No Man's Sky, then.


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Sheriff Craig Webre announced the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office will join other local law enforcement agencies in participating in the Click-It or Ticket campaign which runs from May 23 through June 5. The campaign is coordinated and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.
Additional deputies will be assigned to saturated patrol efforts, and there will be multiple checkpoints held in conjunction with the campaign. Seat belt checkpoints will be conducted on Thursday, May 26, Sunday, May 29, and Thursday, June 2. In addition, a DWI checkpoint will also be conducted on Sunday, May 29.
During the seat belt checkpoints, deputies will be checking motorists for seat belt and safety seat violations, as well as other violations such as expired inspection tags. During the DWI checkpoint, deputies will be looking for drivers who are possibly impaired while checking for other traffic safety issues, including but not limited to seat belt usage. Remember that Lafourche Parish is a "No Refusal" parish, meaning if a suspected drunk driver refuses a breathalyzer test, deputies will seek a search warrant to have that person's blood tested.
"Click It or Ticket" is a seat belt enforcement campaign aimed at increasing the national seat belt usage rate. Every year during the annual Memorial Day Weekend holiday period, law enforcement agencies join forces day and night, from coast-to-coast, for an enforcement blitz that delivers a simple message: "click it or ticket." According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, at least 9,385 vehicle occupants killed in 2014 were not wearing a seat belt, but the administration also estimates that 12,802 lives were saved due to seat belt usage.
Sheriff Craig Webre thanks citizens in advance for their patience and cooperation when passing through these checkpoints and for recognizing the importance of raising awareness for safety issues.