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Scream Queens – TV
by Geoff on Sep.26, 2015, under Other Musings
So, just how good was Scream Queens? The outrageous comedy horror TV series from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning executive producers of GLEE and "American Horror Story." Being treated to 2 episodes on its launch evening, this show is a rollercoaster of sarcasm, gore, scorching dialogue and ingenious ways to die, with a killer cast which includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Skyler Samuels, Nasim Perdad, Billie Lourde, Oliver Hudson, Diego Boneta, Glen Powell, Lucien Laviscount and Guest Starring Ariana Grande & Nick Jonas to name a few if not all.
The 'Scream' inspired TV series revolves around a college campus which has an unusual high number of gruesome murders, mostly within the desirable sorority house, Kappa Kappa Tau, which also holds a dark secret.
This is great stuff and pretty damn perfect and with two episodes viewed, i'm already a huge fan, but i just wonder how long this show can keep up the momentum. 2 episodes and maybe 15 deaths so far, we could soon run out of cast.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife looking on, signed a memorandum Tuesday setting up a federal task force to tackle childhood obesity.
During the signing ceremony, Obama recognized the groundwork first lady Michelle Obama and several Cabinet secretaries "have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country, and that is the increase of childhood obesity."
Michelle Obama later kicked off "Let's Move," an effort involving public and private sectors to coordinate public information available to help parents get their children to be more physically active and eat healthier foods. The Web site, LetsMove.gov, also was unveiled as a one-stop resource for parents.
"Let's Move is a campaign that will rally our nation to achieve a single but ambitious goal of solving the problem of childhood obesity in a generation, so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight," the first lady said.
Overcoming childhood obesity is not a political or government issue, she said, and it depends on "commonsense steps we can take in our families and communities to help our kids lead active, healthy lives."
Obama said the initiative includes working with companies such as Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal and Viacom to start a public awareness campaign and working with the American Academy of Pediatrics to ensure doctors regularly measure children's body mass index.
Noting many kids consume up to half of their daily calories at school, the White House also said it is seeking an additional $10 billion over 10 years to improve school meals.
Another part of the initiative would invest $400 million a year into Healthy Food Financing, a public-private plan that would bring grocery stores to underserved areas and get healthier foods into convenience stores.
Let's Move also has gotten commitments from many professional sports organizations to help encourage physical activity among children.
An independent foundation, Partnership for a Healthier America, will help oversee the "nationwide movement that continues long after we're gone," Michelle Obama said.
"Rarely in the history of this country have we encountered a problem of such magnitude and consequence that is so eminently solvable," she said. "So let's move -- let's move to solve it."

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Cards rally behind Lackey's debut to stun Brewers
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday may have provided the jolt with a 442-foot home run, but Brewers starter Matt Garza played a key supporting role in creating an opportunity for the Cardinals to steal a win in a key division showdown.
It was when Garza exited stage left that the Cardinals' offense finally appeared.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday may have provided the jolt with a 442-foot home run, but Brewers starter Matt Garza played a key supporting role in creating an opportunity for the Cardinals to steal a win in a key division showdown.
It was when Garza exited stage left that the Cardinals' offense finally appeared.View Full Game Coverage
Forced out by a left oblique strain after twirling a one-hit shutout for six innings, Garza watched as the Cardinals warmly embraced the change in opposing pitcher. The Cardinals pounced on the bullpen to flip a two-run deficit into a 3-2 win, credited to John Lackey in his debut with the club. The victory, which came in front of 44,662 at Busch Stadium, pulls St. Louis to within one game of National League Central-leading Milwaukee.
"Anytime you can come back from that -- being shut down the whole game and rallying and guys coming through and keep battling -- those are some really good at-bats," said Trevor Rosenthal, who finished the series win with his Major League-leading 34th save. "It was pretty big."
The offense had all but succumbed to Garza, who had a no-hitter until Matt Adams doubled in the fifth inning. But with 71 pitches and a shutout in sight, he told his manager he couldn't go any further. He felt a grab on his left side on his second to last pitch.
"It was like, 'Son of a gun,'" Garza said. "You put a bullpen in that situation where everybody is caught off guard. Your starter has 70 pitches, nobody assumes he's coming out."
The Cardinals showed new life upon Garza's exit. They strung together five consecutive hits off relievers Zach Duke and Jeremy Jeffress, beginning with Holliday's solo home run. The homer, Holliday's sixth in 51 at-bats since the All-Star break, was his 13th hit in 27 career at-bats against Duke.
Adams and Jhonny Peralta followed with singles. A.J. Pierzynski added another, driving home Adams to tie the game and take his batterymate off the hook for the loss.
"We had one hit at the time, so we weren't really trying to do anything except get guys on base," Pierzynski said. "Matt hit the home run and then we just strung a bunch of singles together to kind of get us to a point where we were able to get a lead and then the bullpen did what they've done."
Oscar Taveras fell behind, 0-2, against Jeffress but worked the count even by taking two borderline pitches. Jeffress said afterward that he thought he had Taveras struck out on his 1-2 fastball.
"These umpires haven't seen me much, and my ball moves a lot," Jeffress said. "I made a good pitch."
Taveras connected on Jeffress' next fastball and dropped it into right for a go-ahead RBI single. He now has five RBIs in four games since the Cardinals' trade with Boston created everyday playing time for the rookie.
"In that count, I feel some pressure, but I didn't change my swing," Taveras said. "I knew in that moment I had to get a hit to score the run. He is a great pitcher, and I went looking for a fastball."
The timing of the string of hits made a winner out of Lackey, who carried the game through seven innings while pitching for the first time in eight days. Aramis Ramirez took a mistake fastball in the first to tag Lackey for a two-out run. In the second, Mark Reynolds tattooed a flat slider into the left field seats.
Lackey was otherwise stingy, allowing only four more hits, all singles.
"From the start, my arm felt good," Lackey said after earning his 150th career win. "I started locating some balls better as the game went on."
"You guys saw John Lackey today," added Pierzynski, behind the plate for 19 of Lackey's 22 starts this year. "I think the first couple innings he was really excited and then he really settled in and does what he does. He makes big pitches and gets guys out."
Lackey came to a crossroads in the seventh after allowing a pair of two-out singles to turn the Brewers' lineup over. At 100 pitches and with Seth Maness ready in the 'pen, Lackey took a visit from his new manager. But Mike Matheny left the mound alone, convinced that he'd be best served to leave the game in the veteran's hands.
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Seven pitches later, Lackey induced the inning-ending popup to keep the deficit at two.
Pat Neshek and Rosenthal followed with scoreless innings to give the Cardinals their third series win in four series against the Brewers this season. Garza didn't mince his words afterward, noting that the Cardinals "dodged a bullet today."
The two division contenders will meet another seven times in September.
"It's not necessarily do or die," Holliday said. "But you've got to win games if you want to make the playoffs."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.


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|When the Lipscomb University Basketball team leaves Nashville this week for the 2006 Atlantic Sun Basketball Tournament, the Bisons will be heading back to Johnson City, Tennessee attempting to take care of some unfinished business that occurred the first weekend in March, 50 years ago. It was in 1956 that the Bisons compiled one of the single greatest seasons in Lipscomb history and put in motion the building of the storied Lipscomb basketball program. It all started with the arrival of new Lipscomb coach Charlie "Tiger" Morris. After completing his service in the Naval Academy, Coach Morris joined the team in mid-season on December 12, 1955 during the Bisons road swing through Texas. Prior to Coach Morris, Lipscomb had experienced only minimal success since the start of basketball in the early 1930's. What Coach Morris did with the Bison program was a prelude to what Bruce Pearl has done with the The University of Tennessee basketball program in 2006. At the time "Tiger" Morris took the reigns of the team the Bisons were a dismal 1-10 and headed in a different direction than Coach Morris was interested in going. Immediately, the Bisons started playing at a different level and the results were evident on the floor and on the scoreboard.
The Bisons improved on their 1-10 record, winning 14 out of their last 19 games. Along the way the 1956 Bisons would pick up a 71-56 win over rival Belmont College. It was Lipscomb's first win over Belmont since the Rebels had started playing basketball in 1950. The Bisons marched through the Volunteer State Athletic Conference Tournament surprising everyone by advancing to the championship game. In the finals the Bisons lost a heartbreaker to East Tennessee State University by a score of 65-63. For the Bisons it was their fifth game in seven days. As a result of their play in the VSAC tournament, the Bisons played a week later in the NAIA Regional Tournament in hopes of advancing to Kansas City, Missouri for Lipscomb's first-ever appearance in a National Tournament. In the Semi-final game the Bisons shocked everyone by upsetting Austin Peay in Clarksville by a score of 74-73.
Along the way Lipscomb fans passed the time with competitive games of Scrabble and Rook. Lipscomb Food Service Director G.O. Traughber turned the Baggage Car into the school cafeteria and rolled out a lunch that consisted of Fried Chicken, Potato Salad, Ice Cream and Cold Drinks.
Now, 50 years later, the 2006 Bisons head to Johnson City once again during the first week in March and seek to bring back to the Lipscomb campus that championship that has alluded the Bison basketball program since 1956. The Bisons enter the tournament with the same hopes, dreams and excitement that the past Bisons had many years ago. Replacing the names such as Gary Colson, Archie Crenshaw, Ken Donaldson and Coach Charlie Morris are Brian Fisk, Trey Williams, Eddie Ard, Cameron Robinson, James Poindexter, Shaun Durant and Coach Scott Sanderson. When Coach Sanderson leads his team in the 2006 Atlantic Sun Tournament, not only will he represent the current student body and Bison fans but, he'll also represent Coach Charlie Morris and his players who long ago had the same desire to advance and play in a National Tournament.
While the 1956 season raised Lipscomb basketball to a level never seen before, the 2006 season will also go down in the history book as arguably the greatest season in the history of Lipscomb basketball. February 26, 2006 will be recorded as the date that Coach Sanderson and the Bisons cut down the nets in Lipscomb's Allen Arena claiming their first conference championship of the Division I era. In only the third season of NCAA eligibility the Bisons amazed everyone by capturing this incredible feat. Along the way some of the milestones the 2006 Bisons achieved were: Winning 19 regular season games; winning an impressive 11 of 13 conference games during one stretch of the season; held Campbell University, the leading scoring team in the nation to a season low 70 points in a key conference game; set a new conference single game attendance record, as 5,273 packed into Allen Arena on January 20, 2006 to watch the Bisons defeat Belmont before a standing room only crowd; throughout the years more fans than ever before had the opportunity to watch the Bisons as several games throughout the year were televised on CSS and ESPN.
But maybe two of the biggest highlights of the year came even when the Bisons came up short on the scoreboard. In what would seem like an impossible opportunity by past Bisons of the pre NCAA-era, Lipscomb took on both The University of Kentucky and The University of Tennessee on the hardwood. On November 14, 2005 the Bisons played Kentucky in historic Rupp Arena and on December 29, Coach Sanderson led his team against the Vols in Tennessee's Thompson Boiling Arena. In both games the Bisons competed with the SEC schools right up until the final minutes before coming up on the short end of the scoreboard. Even though the Bisons were not able to pull off the upset the experience and exposure was priceless to the program and the University as thousands and thousands of sports fans and non-sports fans learned about Lipscomb University. In the present it is hard to appreciate what the 2006 Bisons have accomplished, but in future years the appreciation will grow in historical fashion, just as what the 1956 Bisons accomplished. Both the 1956 and 2006 Bisons created a path for future Bison teams. Thanks for a great season and let's hope not only can the Bisons add a few more highlights to an already unbelievable season, but also take care of some unfinished business 50 years later.
This story is dedicated to: 1956 Bisons: Ed Binkley, Jerry Brannon, Archie Crenshaw, Gary Colson, Wally Colson, Ken Donaldson, John Friend, Walter Glass, Gayle Napier, Roger Villines, Hoyt Kirk, Phil Hargis, William Brown, Jack Hogan and Coach Charlie Morris. Note: Gary Colson was named Conference Most Valuable Player.
2006 Bisons:Kris Alpers, Eddie Ard, Ryan Daniel, LaKory Daniels, Shaun Durant, Brian Fisk, Jason Guyette, Brandon Hartwell, Israel Kirk, Michael Lusk, Will Mantlo, Joe Peters, Thomas Pfaff, James Poindexter, Cameron Robinson, Trey Williams and Coaches Scott Sanderson, Shaun Senters, Hubie Smith, Jay Walton and Ryan Daly.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Some lawmakers and liberal groups say a bill to bolster legal protections for religious freedom in Kentucky will undermine civil rights protections and other laws.
There is little evidence to support these fears. Sixteen states have passed such laws, often called Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. Experts say they're often underused, if used at all. And the people who claim religious infringement lose in court more than they win.
The legislation would give stronger standing to people in court who claim the law puts a burden on them because of their religious beliefs.
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With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returns to Earth.
On April 11, the third manned lunar landing mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise. The mission was headed for a landing on the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon. However, two days into the mission, disaster struck 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blew up in the spacecraft. Swigert reported to mission control on Earth, "Houston, we've had a problem here," and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted. The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures. The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth.
On April 17, 1790, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84.
Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin became at 12 years old an apprentice to his half brother James, a printer and publisher. He learned the printing trade and in 1723 went to Philadelphia to work after a dispute with his brother. After a sojourn in London, he started a printing and publishing press with a friend in 1728. In 1729, the company won a contract to publish Pennsylvania's paper currency and also began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette, which was regarded as one of the better colonial newspapers. From 1732 to 1757, he wrote and published Poor Richard's Almanack, an instructive and humorous periodical in which Franklin coined such practical American proverbs as "God helps those who help themselves" and "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure.
Fidel Castro had been a concern to U.S. policymakers since he seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959. Castro's attacks on U.S. companies and interests in Cuba, his inflammatory anti-American rhetoric, and Cuba's movement toward a closer relationship with the Soviet Union led U.S. officials to conclude that the Cuban leader was a threat to U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. In March 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the CIA to train and arm a force of Cuban exiles for an armed attack on Cuba. John F. Kennedy inherited this program when he became president in 1961.
Heavy eruptions of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia are letting up by this day in 1815. The volcano, which began rumbling on April 5, killed almost 100,000 people directly and indirectly. The eruption was the largest ever recorded and its effects were noted throughout the world.
Tambora is located on Sumbawa Island, on the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. There had been no signs of volcanic activity there for thousands of years prior to the 1815 eruption. On April 10, the first of a series of eruptions that month sent ash 20 miles into the atmosphere, covering the island with ash to a height of 1.5 meters.
Five days later, Tambora erupted violently once again. This time, so much ash was expelled that the sun was not seen for several days. Flaming hot debris thrown into the surrounding ocean caused explosions of steam. The debris also caused a moderate-sized tsunami. In all, so much rock and ash was thrown out of Tambora that the height of the volcano was reduced from 14,000 to 9,000 feet.
The Ford Mustang, a two-seat, mid-engine sports car, is officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York, on April 17, 1964. That same day, the new car also debuted in Ford showrooms across America and almost 22,000 Mustangs were immediately snapped up by buyers. Named for a World War II fighter plane, the Mustang was the first of a type of vehicle that came to be known as a "pony car." Ford sold more than 400,000 Mustangs within its first year of production, far exceeding sales expectations.
The Mustang was conceived as a "working man's Thunderbird," according to Ford. The first models featured a long hood and short rear deck and carried a starting price tag of around $2,300. Ford general manager Lee Iacocca, who became president of the company in October 1964 (and later headed up Chrysler, which he was credited with reviving in the 1980s) was involved in the Mustang's development and marketing. The car's launch generated great interest. It was featured on the covers of Newsweek and Time magazines and the night before it went on sale, the Mustang was featured in commercials that ran simultaneously on all three major television networks. One buyer in Texas reportedly slept at a Ford showroom until his check cleared and he could drive his new Mustang home. The same year it debuted, the Mustang appeared on the silver screen in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger." A green 1968 Mustang 390 GT was famously featured in the 1968 Steve McQueen movie "Bullitt," in a car chase through the streets of San Francisco. Since then, Mustangs have appeared in hundreds of movies.
I think they got a bit confused here, the Mustangs I saw were front engined and 4 passenger but, it was still a sweet ride. Thanks, Lee Iaccoca.
And from the soundtrack of my life,
On this day in 1976, Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits four consecutive home runs in a game against the Chicago Cubs. Schmidt was only the fourth player in the history of Major League Baseball to accomplish this feat.
After attending Ohio University, Schmidt was drafted by the Phillies as the 30th overall pick in the 1971 MLB draft and made his big-league debut on September 12, 1972. In 1974, he led the National League in home runs for the first of what would turn out to be eight times in his career. In 1976, Schmidt, who became known for a batting stance in which he practically turned his back to the pitcher, knocked out a record 12 homers in the first 15 games of the season. Included in the dozen round trippers were the four in a row he hit on April 17 of that year to help the Phillies defeat the Cubs in 10 innings, 18-16. Bobby Lowe of the Boston Beaneaters was the first player on record to hit four home runs in a row, in a game against the Cincinnati Reds on May 30, 1894. He was followed by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees on June 3, 1932, in a game against the Philadelphia Athletics. On June 10, 1959, Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians knocked out four straight homers against the Baltimore Orioles.
One other event occurred on this day in history that is kind of important, to me, at least: I was born. You guys hold the fort, I'm gonna go play.
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Tag Archives: Asia
Xitang cont.
Xitang is a small town between Hangzhou and Shanghai. In Xitang 9 river converge, and the city is built in little square blocks that are all interconnected by footbridges. It's quite lovely, although I'd advise skipping it during the weekends as the large amount of tourists there make it a bit harder to enjoy.
Winter Smog
Gotta catch up on posting what I've shot so far in China. Sorry for the delay. This is what an average city looks like when the pm2.5 count is above 500.
The Last of Shanghai
Ok. This is the last one, afterwards we're done. No more Shanghai.
So I took a lot of photos in Shanghai
But I swear we're almost done…sort of.


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Darryl Linington from ITF Gaming writes:While the gaming world is sitting in front of their screens playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, either competitively or just for the hell of it… some gamers are getting creative with their Playercards… maybe a little too creative. While creating an awesome Playercard is generally the norm amongst players, some players are going a little too extreme.
Lol what were they expecting with custom emblems?
They should have expected genitals and breasts. Lots of them.
And before people start their anti-censorship rants and whining about how violence is worse than sex, remember this....
Black Ops 2 is rated M for Mature, but sex/nudity isn't one of the descriptors. They may not be obligated to keep users from creating these things (as multiplayer to the extent of unpredictable human interaction isn't rated by the ESRB), but they're fully in their right to TRY to keep the multiplayer experience within the parameters of those descriptors.
Today i saw one with a penis chopped in half. There was little blood splatter too.
And no this isn't a joke, while it was funny because of how random it was to just see it pop up.
i wondered if the person hated men or was just expressing the limits of their maturity.
They don't really bother me. its not really offensive but I report the emblem just to p*ss them off when Treyarch delete it :D
If you play online games (>.>) the ESRB doesn't rate the online section of games for this reason.
the emblems are not nearly as offensive as the crap people say. what is worse seeing a cartoon cock or having an 8 year old talk about raping you
If an 8-year-old talks about raping me I admit that's offensive, but funny; just as funny as observing that an 8-year-old doesn't have the mental capacity to realize what he actually just announced about his sexual orientation.
In other words, he might (barely) have the mental capacity to string together those words to say that to me, but I'll spin that so that he'll be crying by the end of the race.
'Cuz he's a kid.
"the emblems are not nearly as offensive as the crap people say. what is worse seeing a cartoon cock or having an 8 year old talk about raping you"
.....and? They monitor that, too, even if not all that effectively.
How do they monitor chat?? Since the days of Halo2 (and earlier of course) ppl have been saying some pretty bad stuff. That is the reason I mute everyone when I play online with my son.
Eh they can have their explicit emblems.
I'm perfectly content with my cookie monster.
I'm pretty proud of the one I made for my friend. 8D
This actually makes me want the game. hmmm... I'll wait for a discount.
Just so you know, the majority of your time will be spent running and shooting. Not looking for or at questionable avatars, unless you choose to do only this.
God help us all
They are showing HUMAN ANATOMY
All the children will DIE
Run to the nuclear shelters before mankind is destroyed from all this intolerable obscenity
Yeah give the general public creation tools and expect to see a LOT of male genitalia
Yeah, seriously, what is up with that? Why are kids so obsessed with penises these days? What the hell his wrong with kids this generation...
I dont think its just kids tho i hear plenty of what sound like grown men on the chat that have a penis or naked woman as a card emblem.
i seen stuff way worser then that. lol i seen some really crazy stuff. i just keep it moving..
Some of the stuff is actually pretty impressive. Gamers sure do have crazy but creative minds.
Since when is genitalia creative?
If on ps3 checkout mine on kingthrash I'm known for my BOLPS art. No genitelia I swear.
Where in my comment do I mention anything about genitalia?
yea they can get pretty cool
I don't understand the article.... All I see is crying over nothing.
Reminds me of the Brando speech in Apocalypse Now.
"They send young men out to drop Napalm on innocent children but they won't let them paint the word Fuck on their airplanes because it's offensive".
This is a game where one of the objectives is to shoot other players avatars in the head as often as possible, putting a doodle on your playercard and trash talking your opponents isn't obscene in this context, if it was a G rated game the whiners might have a point.
Agreed, you don't like "fuck" and you're scared of female breasts but no don't worry about the guy's heads who are being sliced off or the AC-130 devastating an entire camp. Wait, what ever happened to the slicing their throats while they sleep? Oh? No? Thought so...
In the bright side: I've noticed this time around there aren't as many penises ejaculating.
Just a lot of dolphins with thunder-cocks...I can't believe that's actually a thing
"Just a lot of dolphins with thunder-cocks..."
*Rushes out and buys Black Ops 2*
I have a tatted dolphin with a machine gun poking out of a car.
Who cares, I am so sick of whiny little Opinionated people ruining games. Here is a clue its rated 17+, if any parent complains they need to be slapped for letting their little hellions play the game.
I really don't have a complaint against these things as I generally just tend to ignore them and play as I do, but how exactly do opinions, especially about a complaint regarding just a simple thing such as custom emblems, ruin games??
Well generally it leads to such behavior being punished.
I don't do these sorts of things, but I find them funny as hell.
People worry about stupid stuff like complaining about penises and meanwhile everything real crumbles around them because they aren't complaining about that. It's sad.
These nerds sure do like spending a long time perfecting, tweaking, looking at, creating and playing with penises.
It's a shame it isn't worth a 6/12h ban or something. Imagine that, explaining to your friends how you got banned for having a fixation on cock.
I actually find it hilarious. Not when people just make a dick their emblem necessarily, but if they have a creative, well thought out emblem with a dick thrown in, I can't help but laugh. Unless they beat me, I don't report them >____>
Wah, this is like rusk-tier.
I'm so offended by player-cards. PLEASE stop them now!
same thing happend in first BLOPS. if they were a bit too offensive I reported them, not before owning them first ;)
If you gain bubbles, do you evolve into Combusken and then Blaziken? Always wanted to know.
Oh yeah I forgot this game is rated E.
Well I thought that was funny. :D
Ohh lord. THIS GAME IS RATED M FOR MATURE , if your kid is playing that its your fault , anyone that is over 17 could watch stuff like that , why do they whine about things like that when it clearly says 17+
I posted the same thing at the same time you did. XD
I always ask this question though. I really don't understand why 6 year olds and stuff are playing these games. Then parents wonder why their kids have bad mouths etc. I mean, what do you expect? Most parents don't even watch their kids these days.
It is a rated MA game. Children aren't supposed to be playing it.
Exactly. Mothers buy this game for their little kids every day (just go into any game store and you will see it happen all the time), and then complain about sexually explicit images? What about the violence?
Either way, it just goes to show that once again violence is okay, sex isn't. It also shows that the parents have the IQ of used toilet paper as their kids are underaged in any case.
You buy a kid something they shouldn't have and then expect a babysitting service? GTFO and Grow the hell up.
Bravo! You are so correct but drawing big dicks and pussies isn't exactly a sign of "maturity" is it?
Where else can you draw those things for the public to see without being arrested?
"While the gaming world is sitting in front of their screens playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2..."
I got tired of it already. I'm sitting in front of my screen alternating between playing Doom Classic Complete and getting ready for GTA5 by playing GTA4 Complete Edition.
I'm pretty happy with my BO2 emblem though. It took me awhile but I made a yin yang symbol, a silhouette of an acoustic guitar, and the I Ching hexagram that apparently stands for "the army" and has to do with teamwork... at least according to the two I Ching books I have. Black and white with a grey background.
As for the "offensive" emblems, on the one hand I guess a mature rated game doesn't guarantee mature gamers, but on the other hand it is rated M so I don't see the problem, at least not with those emblems. They aren't promoting hate crimes or anything like that.
Call of duty is as much for kids as Porn, both require u to be minimum age of 18 to get hold of them but the only difference is that CoD is not as popular as Porn. I was watching news afew weeks ago ..they report 80% of 12 year old have seen pornography.
dat ass.....? :/
M for Mature, eh? Funny. "FUK YEAH! BLACK OPS II! SO FUKIN BADASS! I WILL FUKIN PWN ALL U FAG N00BS!"
*gamercard is a picture of a penis ejaculating*
Wouldn't put too much stock in any of that.
I'm not shocked in the least. People will do the strangest things when given the tools to do so.
I generally only report racist or other wise extreme icons, boobs and knobs don't really offend me, when the game consists of popping heads you do have to wounder what the fuss is about. Some ppl make awesome emblems, I enjoy making pictures that are nonoffensive just like slot of people. IMO these crude icons are still in the minority, and the really horrible ones are ultra rare and can be reported, like I saw a jimmy savelle rape scene last week, seriously a few strange people spend to much time tying to get banded. On another strange note Blops2 does seem to have attracted the dolphin fetishises this time around... Kind of complexing of you ask me.
Game is rated for mature audiences, Mature audiences see dicks, tits and asses all the time.
Nothing here is new, uproar over nothing because people like something to moan about.
While I don't give a care either way, I really don't understand why people put said images in their gamecard's anyways. Maybe it's just me but I really don't care to look at someone else's junk or make a picture of but hey I got nothing against homosexuals.
I dont think its offensive. I think its funny. I guess people are easily offended nowadays.
these days ppl get offended (or at least pretend to be) just because they can its getting very silly.


text: Inquisitor Balthazar J. Skult 3 Posted March 6, 2013 YES or NO and WHY? Myself: Yes, I've known the universe of WH40K for just over a decade now and have become bored of the supposedly "unique" setting and "Grimdark" nature. Video games and certain novels have already made way for a much more interesting story. (personal opinion) Sandy Mitchell's Ciaphas Cain novels embody this with an actual sense of humor and action whilst retaining setting and suspense. What most people seem to forget when loving their disgusting "Grimdark" setting is that, regardless of any setting, universe, rediculous faiths, cults threats to humanity, mutants, etc., that humans are still human. Often people cite that any form of love-making is instantly involving Slaanesh, or enjoying the slaughter of your enemies is on grounds of Khorne worship. Too often do I find other forum surfers spouting their bull about how "this is heresy" or "this is right because that is what makes Warhammer 40k unique". They sound the voracious radical Inquisitors that hinder the Inquisition. (also opinion) Note: Warhammer 40K was unique in the 90's. With the progressive medium of good videogames and excellent writers, sci-fi fantasy is mainstream…in essence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his Roland Park home.
He was 87.
"I first met Jerry in the 1980s when he was executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence," said Brian C. Rogers, chairman of T. Rowe Price, who had served as a member of the organization's board.
"He was always so committed to the kids and believed that there were ways to be creative and innovative when it came to education. His dream was to find ways to improve things for both the students and teachers," said Mr. Rogers.
"He was such an idealist and believed that every kid deserved the same shot. Jerry was really a great man," he said.
"Jerry had a clear understanding of what had to be done with city public schools," said Dr. Walter G. Amprey, who was superintendent from 1991 to 1997. "He was actively involved and helped me with the strategic planning of schools."
The son of the president of Hickey-Freeman, a manufacturer of men's suits, and a homemaker, Morton Baum was born and raised in Rochester, N.Y.
After graduating from the Harley School in Rochester in 1943, he entered Yale University, where he studied for a year before enlisting in the Navy in 1944. He served aboard the USS Stribling, a destroyer, until 1946.
Mr. Baum returned to Yale, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1948, and two years later, earned a master's degree in business from the Harvard Business School. In 1985, he earned a master's degree in liberal arts from the Johns Hopkins University.
He began his business career in 1950 working for Hickey-Freeman in Rochester. He worked there for a decade before joining J.P. Stevens in New York City.
In 1965, he joined L. Greif & Bros., the Baltimore clothing manufacturer, in New York. Two years later, he transferred to the Baltimore office and moved to a home on Midvale Road.
His interest in public service and education was sparked while serving as president of the Roland Park Public School PTA in 1969. After retiring from Greif in 1974, he went to work as a special assistant to the director of the Mayor's Office of Manpower Resources.
In 1984, Mr. Baum founded and served as first executive director of the nonprofit Fund for Educational Excellence, a foundation established to finance innovative projects in Baltimore public schools that was modeled on a pioneering public education fund in Pittsburgh.
The Fund for Educational Excellence raised private funds that in turn were used to improve Baltimore public schools.
Mr. Baum championed efforts to give schools more autonomy "in matters ranging from curriculum to the length of the school day," reported The Baltimore Sun in 1993.
"My job exposes me to many schools, teachers and parents," Mr. Baum wrote in a 1992 op-ed article for The Sun.
"I know magnificent teachers, strong principals and decent buildings in which learning takes place. These schools provide the order, security and love children need in stark contrast to the streets from which so many come," he wrote. "Despite the horrendous problems, I see the strengths on which we can build."
"He was always very clear about what should be happening to the kids and he understood core education very well," recalled Dr. Amprey, who was a director of the Fund for Educational Excellence.
"He helped bring about great changes, and I credit him with a lot of the strategic planning that took place. I relied upon him heavily and was extremely indebted to him," he said.
By the time Mr. Baum retired in 1996, the fund had grown from a part-time staff of one and a budget of $45,000 to a staff of eight and budgeted revenue of more than $780,000 in its fiscal year 1996.
Not content to be retired, Mr. Baum became involved with the National Association of Olmsted Parks, where he served as co-chair from 2001 to 2005. He remained on its board from 2000 until his death.
Established in 1980, the organization protects and promotes the legacy and landscape designs and work of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. and his sons, who landscaped Mr. Baum's Roland Park neighborhood.
He also was a past treasurer and emeritus director of the organization's Maryland affiliate, Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks and Landscapes.
Mr. Baum was an avid runner, mountain climber and reader.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. May 28 at the Maryland Club, Charles and Eager streets.
Surviving are his wife of more than 50 years, the former Serena Savage; two sons, Jonathan Baum of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Matthew Baum of Chatham, N.J.; a daughter, Susan Baum Finizio of Pittsburgh; a sister, Helen Oakes of Philadelphia; and seven grandchildren.


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Last Friday, Dec. 7, Milford held it's annual Holiday Stroll, a night for residents to shop during extended store hours and visit with each other under the twinkling lights of Walnut Street.
Downtown Milford's annual Holiday Stroll kicked the weekend into gear last Friday night with lots of people taking advantage of the special hours set aside just for holiday shopping.
At 5:45 p.m., the night was just getting started but Eco Chic owner Teri Carter said that she was expecting a great turn out, just like last year.
"Come back in an hour or so and it will be jam packed in here," Carter said. "It's been a good season all together this year, though. Small Business Saturday was a great success."
Carter was right, too. An hour later, her boutique was bustling with shoppers. She wasn't alone either. The shops, galleries and restaurants located all over the downtown shopping district between S.E. and S.W. Front Streets and N.W. Front St. were busy all night, with several seeing long lines and wall-to-wall shoppers.
The longest line of all, though, could be seen at the little red cottage known to all as "Santa's House."
The weather, though mild, turned to rain mid-way through the evening, driving people inside rather than away. People could be seen scurrying about, frantically pulling out umbrellas and donning rain-resistant hats but no one appeared to be leaving.
And, while the rain seemed to propel some to get serious about their shopping lists, others took the opportunity to peruse the artwork at the Mispillion Art Gallery and take in the entertainment at the Milford Public Library, where carolers and the Milford Community Band regaled residents and visitors with a few Christmas classics.
Julie Greenly of Lincoln, who dresses up with four other friends in Victorian fashions, said that she and her friends look forward to this every year.
"We always come and we always dress up," Greenly said. "It's a tradition."


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SANFORD — The following boys and girls recently were born at Goodall Hospital.
A daughter, Emily Brynn Jalbert, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, on Dec. 31, 2012, to Juan Jalbert and Kylie Jade White, of Sanford. Grandparents are Tracy White, Jody Lachance, Juan Martinez and Shirley Jalbert.
A son, Hunter Scott Berube-Liston, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, on Dec. 29, 2012, to Jacob Liston and Chelsea Berube, of Shapleigh. Grandparents are Erne and Julie Mathieu, Scott Berube and Elizabeth Guzman.
A son, Bradley Romulo Binette, 9 pounds, 15 ounces, on Dec. 28, 2012, to Jeffrey Ryan Binette and Maria Del Carmen Alicia (Rosales Rumero) Binette, of Sanford. Grandparents are Patrick and Louise Binette, and Romulo and Carmen Rosales Rumero.
A son, Arlo Willamette Kurz, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, on Dec. 26, 2012, to Justin and Elinor (Saunders) Kurz, of Sanford. Grandparents are Dorothy Mayville, Robert Saunders, Avis Jones, and Will and Barbara Kurz.
A daughter, Bayleigh Mae Nadeau, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, on Dec. 25, 2012, to Kyle Nadeau and Brandi Cox, of Sanford. Grandparents are Shelly Jones, Darryl Cox, Kim Smith and Richard Nadeau.
A daughter, Alexandra Ashley Ann Cray, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, on Dec. 22, 2012, to Gary William Cray, Jr., and Alyssa Ashley Snyder, of Sanford. Grandparents are Roger and Pauine Camire, Roger and Cecile Snyder, James and Jennifer Snyder, and Ray and Tammy Gordon.
A daughter, Evelyn Grace Cacace, 7 pounds, 3 ounces, on Dec. 19, 2012, to James and Kristy (Kostis) Cacace, of Shapleigh. Grandparents are William and Julie Kostis, and Carol Cacace.
A son, Isaiah Robert Bagley, 6 pounds, 9 ounces, on Dec. 16, 2012, to Nicholas Andrew Bagley and Tracie Malynn Love, of Wells. Grandparents are Cassie Love-Searles, Dale Searles, Christopher Bagley, Sabrina Bagley, Scott Boudreau, and Robin Boudreau.


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Are you ready to fly?
End of the world forecasts come and go.
Throughout history, various seers, psychics and false prophets have predicted when all time will cease, the world will be obliterated and the righteous will be snatched away into heaven.
Christians have a major problem with such forecasts – Jesus said even He didn't know the date or hour when the Almighty would draw history to a close.
Here are 25 of the more fascinating doomsday predictions over the last 2,000 years.
Incidentally, a couple of the seers insisted that their forecasts were completely valid ... and you and I just weren't paying good enough attention and ... we missed it!


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Nick Offerman races into the lobby of West Los Angeles' Odyssey Theatre, pulls off his green trucker's cap and wipes his brow. Megan Mullally, right behind him, smooths her magenta-tinted hair and adjusts her cat-eye glasses.
"It's a thing with us," Offerman says, only slightly abashed for arriving 30 minutes after rehearsal was set to begin for their new play "Annapurna." "We're chronically late."
Mullally slips her arm through Offerman's, he pecks her cheek and they exhale in tandem.
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The gesture is so in sync they burst into laughter as if under the spell of some kind of loopy love dust.
"We just like each other," Mullally says with a girlie giggle.
Most people know Mullally and Offerman from their well-known sitcom characters — she played the shrill and self-obsessed Karen Walker on "Will & Grace"; he's the cranky and carnivorous Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation."
They are also one of Hollywood's most enduring couples. Married nearly 10 years, they've been together 13 years and constantly find ways to work together. Offerman appeared as a plumber on "Will & Grace"; Mullally shows up on "Parks" as Ron's ex-wife, the hot and evil Tammy II.
On Adult Swim's "Childrens Hospital," he's Det. Briggs to her Chief. And they're the voices behind the hippie-farmer couple on Fox's animated "Bob's Burgers."
This spring, they're in the indie film "Somebody Up There Likes Me," which Offerman produced. They just finished shooting "Townies," starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron. And on May 31, they'll appear in "The Kings of Summer," Jordan Vogt-Roberts' coming-of-age comedy, which opened at Sundance with the title "Toy's House."
Right now, they are starring in Sharr White's "Annapurna," directed by Bart DeLorenzo, their longtime friend, collaborator and founding artistic director of the Evidence Room.
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The two-person play, which will be at the Odyssey through June 9, is a languid, emotionally suspenseful love story about an overdue reckoning between two deeply entwined people, Emma and Ulysses, who haven't seen each other in 20 years. Set in the Colorado mountains within the confines of a dilapidated trailer, it's more a drama than a comedy, exploring love, addiction, the constructs of family and impending death. Yet as the story unfolds, it's studded with funny and poignant moments.
"These are hard parts to cast," DeLorenzo says. "You need terrific comedic actors who can also bring enormous depth, which is rare. Megan and Nick, they bring the depth of their relationship to it. They spark different reactions in each other, they inspire each other; and I knew that would add a whole other layer to the production."
During rehearsal, there's an almost visible electricity as their characters spar.
In the scene, which DeLorenzo calls "a really dark moment in these characters' lives," Emma reveals a terrible truth from their past. It couldn't be further from Mullally and Offerman's real life; but the depth of connection and intimacy rings true and is especially potent in the 99-seat theater, where even the back row feels as if it's in the on-stage mobile home.
"I can't write something about me, without it being about you!" Offerman's character, a poet, says at one point.
"Nice, nice, very nice," DeLorenzo says. Offerman walks to the edge of the stage for more notes, an intense, pensive look on his face.
Mullally, meanwhile, does an exaggerated chicken-dance across the stage — something of a reverse moonwalk, with her neck jutting out — to blow off steam. Offerman cracks up.
"It's a lot of alone time together," Mullally says later in the green room about having no other cast members. "It's great. There are no annoying others."
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Much needed time together is largely what lured them back to the theater. Not only has their TV and film acting kept them busy, they're engaged in a whirl of music and writing projects. Offerman has a humor book coming out this fall and has been touring with his one-man comedy-music show, "American Ham," which he describes as "songs and woodworking tips with minor nudity." Mullally is co-writing a sitcom for IFC, "Two Idiots," a broad, Laurel and Hardy-like physical comedy; and she's been performing with her new two-person band, Nancy and Beth, with "Friday Night Lights" actress Stephanie Hunt (they met filming "Somebody Up There Likes Me").
Mullally and Offerman's frenzied schedules take them on and off the road separately, making them crave a slower, more singularly focused schedule — not to mention each other. "Annapurna" was a way to return to their first love, the theater. Not to mention, Offerman adds, "lockdown time — we can't leave town."
A DeLorenzo-produced play, "The Berlin Circle," first brought Mullally and Offerman together in 2000. At the time, "Will & Grace" was a hit — Mullally would win her second Emmy later that year. Offerman was new to L.A. and didn't own a TV. "I had never seen an episode of 'Friends' or 'Seinfeld,'" Offerman says. "I was anti-television."
He was also the only one in the cast, he says, who wasn't "freaked out" by Mullally's fame. "I went up to her and said, 'Hey, I'm Nick. I think this is going to be a lot of fun.'"
They began an under-wraps romance that solidified during a July 4 Glen Campbell concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
"We'd been courting, but I was putting him through his paces," Mullally says. "The orchestra was playing all these patriotic, rousing numbers. I turned to him while the fireworks were going off and said, 'OK, you're officially my boyfriend.'"
They got engaged a year and a half later and married in 2003.
On the surface they appear worlds apart — Mullally, wearing a white blouse and beaded choker, comes off as an arts sophisticate; Offerman typically sports more rustic attire, such as the Miller High Life T-shirt he has on today.
But they're actually cut from the same cloth. Both were raised in Middle America — she comes from Oklahoma City, he grew up on a farm outside Chicago — and share a love of comfort food, musicals, small poodles and Tom Waits. And both describe themselves as "down home neo-luddites" who share an email address.
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She's passionate about interior design; he's an accomplished woodworker who crafts furniture at his Offerman Woodshop.
Even their career arcs have been oddly parallel. Though she's 54 and he's 42, both spent time in Chicago's theater scene and moved to L.A. at 26 for romances that quickly soured, both landed career-defining sitcoms at 39 and both have always found solace in the theater.
"We're both interested in doing work that uplifts the spirit, rather than action movies," Offerman says.
Not quite along those lines, they made DIY-style "bong videos" to virally promote "Somebody Up There Likes Me." One video featured Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, Alison Brie and Hunt.
"It's not the normal stuff that most couples do together," Mullally laughs.
At the end of Offerman's recent "American Ham" show at Largo, Mullally and Hunt as Nancy and Beth skipped out on stage. With a soft, breathy voice that so often precedes a vicious attack from one of her TV characters, Mullally cooed, "It's not so much a song as it is kind of a poem." The guitarist plucked a few, sweet, melodic chords. Then they smashed into a crude, profanity-filled number, a hilarious cover of a rap by Riskay.
In the upcoming "Kings of Summer," Mullally and Offerman play grating parents, in separate families, to teen boys who escape to the woods to build their own house and live off the land. Like "Somebody Up There Likes Me," it's a coming-of-age story with a smart, indie sensibility.
But Offerman says he and Mullally aren't drawn to any particular film aesthetic, "just good writing."
"I found Chris [Galletta's] script incredibly touching and really funny," Offerman adds. "The director said, 'Do you think we can get Megan Mullally?' I said, 'Lemme make a few calls!'"
Among Offerman's other film projects are "We're the Millers" with Jennifer Aniston and Diablo Cody's directorial debut, "Paradise," alongside Holly Hunter.
More than anything, however, he loves doing meaty acting scenes with Mullally. "The chemistry we have is similar to Ron and Tammy," Offerman says of their "Annapurna" and "Parks" roles. "Those are the only two times we've ever gotten to fully engage in a complex relationship together" while acting.
"Annapurna" has so many layers," adds Mullally. "The rhythm of how they are peeled back, how information is disseminated, the secrets revealed — that's what ultimately sold us on it."
Then, just to make sure things don't get too serious, Mullally pulls out her cellphone and shows off a series of text messages from Offerman. Instead of words, there are colorful strings of Emoji images. One shows a setting sun, a taxi cab, an airplane, a rainbow and a flag.
"He's just letting me know he's landed," she says in the tone of "Duh!" "It's less cute and funnier from here. It gets into all these phallic-shaped vegetables."
"See, part of what makes us work," says Offerman, "is that I'm a hog and Megan is refined."
"Humor is the glue," Mullally says. "If we think it's funny, we'll pretty much do anything."
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Christmas Holiday Greetings
Schools on the last day of term before Christmas holidays are like parallel universes... Teachers are told at the last minute that they must teach their normal 4 morning lessons, but each lesson will last just 35 minutes, instead of the customary 50 minutes. You are also warned that lesson lengths might vary and we should only "move on the bell". My games of "Qui a tué Père Noël?" (like Cluedo) had varying degrees of success, but were invariably interrupted by the aforementioned bell, which resulted in madness and hysteria.
Two older members of my tutor group were in charge of providing the music for our party (11.30 - 12.05). I was relieved I had thought ahead and brought some crappy, cheesy 80s music when my tutees' selection included Eminem and other swearing gangsters. We have a vertical tutor group, which means I have students from Years 7 to 11 and Eminem's "cause I still don't give a fuck" saw me heading for the off button, images of Year 7 parents and their inevitable phone calls in my mind!
The staff then spent hours in the staffroom and the local pub, saying goodbye to the three leavers and generally all looking very tired... could be due to our staff Christmas party the night before, when we went to a casino. I left at 1ish, but apparently 3 members of staff got back from clubbing at 5am... and enjoyed a champagne breakfast! Makes me glad I don't drink anymore. I felt rough enough from lack of sleep without adding a hangover too.
Now I can enjoy the 2 weeks off, with just a little marking and planning to do.


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Workday Co-Founder Pays $25.5 Million for Lake Tahoe Estate
By Sarah Tilton
Workday co-founder David Duffield has paid $25.5 million for the Osprey Estate in Incline Village, Nev., according to public records. It is the largest sale at Lake Tahoe since 2008, according to listing agent Kerry Donovan of Chase International; the firm represented both the buyer and the seller.
Mr. Duffield, also the co-founder of PeopleSoft, bought the 8-acre lakefront property through the Nevada Pacific Development Corporation, of which he is president. The property is the former home of inventor Jerome Lemelson and includes more than 670 feet of lake frontage, a private beach and a pier. There is also a contemporary-style 7,100-square foot main house, a guest house and a conference center. The late Mr. Lemelson and his wife, Dorothy, built the house in 1995. The Dorothy Lemelson Qualified Trust was the seller.
Mr. Duffield's other properties in Incline Village include a separate 8-acre lakefront estate that he purchased for $27.6 million in 1999 through the same corporation. The mountain town's high profile homeowners include Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and financier Michael Milken.


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5 Must-See Artists at Beyond Wonderland 2012
By Scott Butterworth
Music is in the air this month as March is the official start of festival season! Austin has South By Southwest, Miami has Ultra and Winter Music Conference, and Los Angeles Electronic Dance Music (EDM) promoter Insomniac brings us it's third installment of Beyond Wonderland to Southern California. Insomniac has made a name for itself throughout the world for curating some of the most successful and sought out festivals by audiences and artists equally, right in our own back yard. This time they get a little help, as three current national/international tours converge on the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino this Saturday, each curating one of the festivals five stages.
Armin Van Buuren's "A State Of Trance 550":
Armin Van Buuren; Gareth Emery; Arty, Aly & Fila, etc.
- Celebrating the 550th episode of his A State Of Trance worldwide radio show, Armin curate a stage of Trance music's freshest talent.
"Hospitality Tour":
Netsky, High Contrast, Camo & Krooked
- UK Drum & Bass label, Hospital Records, brings its top talent across the pond to take over the festivals Drum & Bass/Dubstep/Bass stage


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Clinical Process Review Before an EMR Implementation
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
In a recent EMR vendor demo I did, they talked about strongly encouraging purchasers of their EMR software to do what they called a "clinical process review" before implementing their EMR. They had a contract with a third party group that would do the analysis and give the organization an idea of their current processes and what the future processes would be with an EMR. It highlighted things that would need to change, additional processes that would be added and processes that would be removed.
I've talked about this a lot in the past and I think it's essential to a successful EMR implementation. I called it mapping your workflows, but clinical process review sounds prettier.
Certainly if you're a large organization it can sometimes pay off to get someone else to do this for you. However, if you're a small organization you can often do this yourself. Many EMR vendors will work with you on your current workflow and help you work that into their EMR software. I believe it's absolutely essential.


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Erddig - National Trust
Atmospheric house and estate, vividly evoking its family and servants. Erddig is one of the most fascinating houses in Britain, not least because of the unusually close relationship that existed between the family of the house and their servants. The beautiful and extensive range of outbuildings includes kitchen, laundry, bakehouse, stables, sawmill, smithy and joiner's shop, while the stunning state rooms display most of their original 18th- and 19th-century furniture and furnishings, including some exquisite Chinese wallpaper. The large walled garden has been restored to its 18th-century formal design and has a Victorian parterre and yew walk. It also contains the National Collection of Ivies. There is an extensive park with woodland walks. Horse-drawn carriage rides are available.
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Historic house or home, Heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site
Please check the National Trust website before visiting.
£7.40, child £3.70, family £18.40.
Groups £6, child £3.
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Groups £3, child £1.50.
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How much care will you need?
On average, someone who is 65 today will need some type of long-term care services and supports for three years.
Women need care longer (on average 3.7 years) than men (on average 2.2 years), mostly because women usually live longer.
While about one-third of today's 65-year-olds may never need long-term care services and supports, 20 percent will need care for longer than five years.
Why should we support a care center in our community?
We know from talking to friends and family in Grand County that there is a need for this service. Everyone knows someone who has found himself or herself in a situation where they are unable to care for a loved one. Canyonlands Care Center is a positive solution.
With a care center, we keep our community members in the community. They are still part of our family and our community. Residents are happier and healthier when visited regularly by family and friends. Having a local care center makes that possible. Long-distance travel to care, sometimes hundreds of miles away, is difficult and expensive for many families. A care center in our own community makes frequent visiting a natural and pleasant experience for both residents and their friends and family. It also enables family members to interact with caregivers on a regular basis, which builds trust and friendship between all concerned.
Residents, families and friends do better when there is a "community feel" about the facility. Our own local center means visits by local school children, bishops, clergy, artists and musicians are made up of members of the residents' community with meaningful connections to their lives. Barbers and beauticians they have known for years can come to them. Holidays can be celebrated with their own community. The residents' healthcare needs are provided by their own doctors, dentists, physical therapists and ophthalmologists. These are people they have an established relationship with, with offices nearby.
Canyonlands Care Center residents can visit the Grand Center to have lunch with friends, and they can go to local events. The residents can be taken on outings with family, staff or senior transportation to local sites that are familiar to them. Never underestimate what good a trip to the La Sal Mountains or the Colorado River can do.
—Kyle Bailey


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The Bundesliga is the most exciting league in Europe. Long overshadowed by England, Italy and Spain, the last few seasons have signified progression for Germany's top division.
A significant factor for the progress displayed by German clubs is their mutual agreement to produce young talents from their academies and nurture them into the stars of tomorrow. Germany is now a breeding ground to some of the most talented footballers across Europe.
Below is a list of the best talents in the Bundesliga.
Marco Reus | Borussia Dortmund
At just 23-years-old, Marco Reus isn't shy of the sight of goal, having scored 11 in the Bundesliga already following his big-money move from Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer. Now it is clear why his price tag was so high.
Possibly the most prolific of the divison's strikers, Reus has deputised for Robert Lewandowski this season playing second fiddle to the Polish international but, given the chance, he has certainly produced for Dortmund. He has picked up a valuable 14 caps for the competitive German national team, scoring five goals. He certainly has a very bright future ahead of him and has attracted interest from a host of top-flight clubs in recent times.
A match winner with blistering pace with or without the ball, his ability to make runs through the defence makes him one of the hottest properties on the market in the striking role.
He grew up in Germany, north of the Rhine, and made his debut for local club Rot Weiss second team, and then the first team. In 2009 he was scouted by Monchengladbach and made a whopping 97 league appearances bagging 36 goals and leading Monchengladbach to European heights. He then made a big money move to Borussia in 2012 where, in his first season at the club has put away 11 in 22 appearances.
Mario Götze | Borussia Dortmund
Dubbed the 'next Lionel Messi', the 20-year-old German has a buy-out clause of £30m inserted into his contract in an attempt to keep potential admirers at arms length. Capped 20 times by Germany at the tender age of 20, you can understand why various Premier League clubs have been linked with a move for the Memmingen-born midfielder.
Götze plays either off the striker or drops onto the wings, where he can produce venomous crosses for Reus or Lewandowski to attack. He is known for his speed down the by line and his calmness in front of goal. He can strike the ball very well and his most recent goal was against Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 of the Champions League, where he guided Borussia Dortmund to a place in the next round, taking the third goal on the night with a cheeky flick towards the far post from a well-delivered cross.
His father was a professor and fan of football, which somehow transpired into an extremely sporting family with Fabian Götze and Felix Götze making their way into professional Football in Germany, with older brother Fabian playing in the second division with Vfl Bochum, and Felix in the Borussia Dortmund youth set up. Mario Götze made his way up the ladder to fame through the academies of Ronsburg and Hombruch, eventually making his move to Borussia Dortmund in 2009. Since then he has made over 78 league appearances, having scored 20 goals for the club.
Kevin Trapp | Eintracht Frankfurt
Kevin Trapp is a newcomer on the block at just 22 years of age, having come from Germany's lower divisions with Eintracht Frankfurt's newly-promoted side breaking all the rules to sit fourth in the Bundesliga, having kept two clean sheets in his last three matches.
He's a real shot-stopper, who could prove to be a real star and I would invite Premier League bosses to try him out. Trapp has to be accredited with Frankfurt's success having been in superb form this season.
Trapp was in West Germany in Merzig, where he learnt his trade at a very young age, starting off at Bachem and then going on to play at Mettlach. He was then discovered by second division side Kaiserslautern, where he made a total of 71 appearances for both the first and second teams. He then moved to Frankfurt for this season's promotion, where he has performed exceptionally and is possibly the main reason why Frankfurt are currently fourth in the German league, shipping very few goals since the 22-year-old's arrival.
Julian Draxler | Schalke
Julian Draxler is German International with a very bright future ahead of him, at the very young age of 19. Much like Lewis Holtby, he is a young attacking midfielder, who has certainly made his mark on a number of occasions against some of Germany's top clubs. In many ways, he has kept Schalke in contention for Europe. He has bullied his way into the starting 11, and even has a few goals to his name in the blue of Schalke.
Draxler plays in the midfield, either in the centre or out wide. His ability to cross is on display with some very fine assists this season and some very fine finishes at that. At such a young age it is odd that he shows such composure in front of goal and can strike a ball extremely powerfully.
Since he made his debut at 17 for Schalke, he has made 67 league appearances already and has put away 10 goals in that time. The club's scouts clearly saw the talent that was Draxler, picking him up in 2001 when he was eight years of age.
David Alaba | Bayern Munich
David Alaba first came on the scene a few years ago when he made it into Bayern's reserve team. The young Austrian certainly made an impact and was promoted to first team action after a year, joining up with the likes of Franck Ribery and Miroslav Klose. He left his mark as one of the only Austrians in the Bayern team and was called up to the international squad after 4 caps for the U21's. He was just too good. At 20, he has already racked up 18 caps, almost one for every year of his life.
Alaba is possibly the most versatile player in the Bundesliga, with a staggering ability to chop and change his positions. He is certainly fast and has played on the wings, servicing the likes of Gomez, but has more recently dropped into the left-back role where he has not failed to get forward. His outstanding performances last year ensured him a permanent place in the team, with no one really challenging to replace him.
Alaba was born in Vienna where he grew up with football, joining local club SV Aspern before moving onto Wien. From there, he was recruited after an impressive youth career and made the switch to the Allianz in 2008, six years from when he had joined the ranks of Wien. Since joining Munich, he has flourished as a very creative player and has solidified his place for both club and country at 20 years of age. He enjoyed a loan spell at Hoffenheim for a season, but apart from that looks to be set to stay at Bayern for the rest of his career. If not, the scouts will certainly be watching.
Son Heung-Min | Hamburg
Without a doubt, one of the Bundesliga's hottest properties at just 20 years of age. Currently playing in the colours of Hamburg FC, he was recruited when he was just 15 to Hamburg's youth academy, a move that is apparently about to pay off, with a whole host of clubs interested in winning his signature this summer.
Son usually accompanies Rafael Van der Vaart on the opposite wing, utilising his agility and presence to full effect. Whether it be nipping around a set of defenders and playing the ball square for the forward to tuck away, or if he is the forward he can certainly do a job, having put away 17 for the Blues since his arrival in 2010.
Born in South Korea in the area of Chuncheon, Son's early footballing career was mute to say the least. He played for his school, Dongbok, until scouts picked him up and brought him into the German scene, where he hastily earned a place in South Korea's U17 and then immediately into first team action after a year and seven goals for the U17 team. He now has made a total of 12 appearances for his country, and there is constant competition to make it into South Korea's much improved team. This one is certainly a talent to watch out for.
Marc-André ter Stegen | Borussia Mönchengladbach
Here's another keeper who has certainly made his mark on the footballing world. Ter Stegen has been utterly sensational for Mönchengladbach this season, adding to their Europe dream. At the young age of 20, he has a real future ahead of him, already having played in the Germany national team, which we all know Manuel Neuer has wrapped up in his pocket as the undoubted number one in the team.
Unlike my previous picks, ter Stegen is a true Mönchengladbach boy, having played there all his life - he joined when he was just four years old, incredibly. So not much history here: young boy joins his local club and never moves. This one is definitely the next No. 1 for Germany, if Neuer ever pulls up.
Sebastian Jung | Eintracht Frankfurt
Sebastian Jung has made 103 appearances for the Frankfurt and 17 appearances for the Germany U21s.
Jung has been solid at the back and is certainly not shy of getting forward to offer another route via the wings. Frankfurt may go into the Champions League in their first season back in the Bundesliga which would be an outstanding feat.
The 22-year-old has been very solid at the back, providing support to both the centre backs and the wingers. He is a right-back so, at the moment, there is no replacing Phil Lahm in the Germany national team but when Lahm moves on, this one is certainly a possible replacement for him. A real talent here.
Jung started his footballing career at FC Königstein and made several appearances for them, until he was recruited into the ranks of Frankfurt, where he started to play regularly for the Frankfurt second team. He was then promoted into the first team where he has played for a mammoth of games for his age. Truly rather remarkable. A bright talent to watch for the future.
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