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Rushing out the fast-and-dirty TV movie of a big news story before the Hollywood class-act hits is nothing new. It's just odd that Harvey Weinstein got into the act with fiction film "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Bin Laden." This is hardly Oscar or even Emmy fare. What exactly motivated the movie mogul to plunk down $2.5 million for this run-and-gun movie at last year's Cannes?
Well, the presidential election. Harvey Weinstein likes to keep up his big-man-in-the-Democratic-Party bonafides. Any movie that could make Barack Obama look good ahead of the election was a winner. So Weinstein dug into John Stockwell's in-the-works fictionalized account of the CIA raid on Osama bin Laden, grilling the filmmaker about where all his information came from. He gave the filmmaker ("Blue Crush") some extra budget for adding expensive footage of Obama that could be intercut throughout the movie. And he rushed the picture into release ahead of November 6. (For maximum impact, the film airs at 8 PM on The National Geographic Channel on Sunday, November 4 and hits Netflix the following day.) NatGeo has had to increase security due to the controversial film.
But the movie is no big whoop. "SEAL Team Six" is an oddly fictionalized account of the raid on Osama bin Laden that for all its attempts to convince the viewer of its "you are there" veracity, comes off as utterly false, from the Navy SEALs talking to the camera (which adopts different POVs) to the intercut footage of the president after the fact. This forces the viewer to leave the movie to calculate when and how that footage was obtained.
Who are these SEALs addressing? An interrogator? Is it a debriefing? Why is the CIA agent (played with heavy lip gloss by "Boss" star Kathleen Robertson) also being debriefed? The best material was shot on the fly in India with small cameras, especially the actual recreation of the raid itself, which has taut immediacy. Weirdly, the film shows a fuzzy Bin Laden with his head out of frame, mostly, and is vague about how threatening he was to the soldiers. Stockwell opts to make definitive the SEAL's orders to kill their high-profile target.
I spoke to Stockwell on the phone about how this unpretentious $5 million scrappy movie produced with foreign funding by Kathryn Bigelow's producer on "The Hurt Locker," Voltage's Nicolas Chartier, came to be made. That day, Stockwell was reacting to a New York Times "SEAL Team Six" story emphasizing its political focus, and had just been interviewed on CNN. "This movie is about history, not politics," Weinstein protested to CNN. Methinks he doth protest too much.
Anne Thompson: What did you dislike about the way the New York Times reported this story?
John Stockwell: The story inaccurately portrays the way the film originated with Nic Chartier and Seth Forman at Voltage, who had it written in-house. Nic is the least political person.
AT: Isn't it odd that Chartier, who produced "The Hurt Locker," pursued the same subject as Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty"?
JS: I don't know, of course Voltage produced "The Hurt Locker." Even to this day no one has read the script for "Zero Dark Thirty," which was written prior to Bin Laden being found and killed. It's a different movie. Nic saw an opportunity to make a good tense taut thriller. It came into being on May 2, 2011, when I went into Nic's office and he said, 'You want to make movie about this?' I got the script on November, 2011. We started shooting in February in New Mexico and India.
AT: What was your budget?
JS: Nic Chartier's good at squeezing, getting a lot of value on-screen. This is much smaller than "Zero Dark Thirty." We shot it for under $5 million on the Red Epic. We used the GoPro and Contour cameras, small waterproof mounts on helmets and rifles, in multiple formats. We did some remote-controlled 5D Canon and 60D helicopter shots of the compound, some of it is VFX. At a certain point when Harvey came along, we were hoping he'd be able to get us access to real security drone footage of the actual compound to root it in reality. But that didn't happen. Harvey never talked politics. Not with me. The only thing he allowed us to do was to pay Getty Images a lot of money.
AT: What was Harvey Weinstein's involvement in the film? How much money did he give you for that expensive stock footage?
JS: I don't have exact number. The exterior of the White House is a $10,000 shot from Getty Images. It can add up to millions. We're relying less upon stock footage. Harvey came in when the project had some press; he knew about it. He came into the edit room. I was going to show a scene or two. It was early on; we didn't have a director's cut, we didn't have the final third assembled. I showed one scene. He said, 'show me this and that,' I showed him the whole movie in rough form. He asked all these questions, 'How do you know this? Where does this info come from? Where did you come up this and that?' He was fascinated by the story, knew the details, had read the script before. In the editing room he asked me why I made certain choices.
AT: Where did your information come from?
JS: The screenwriter (Kendall Lampkin) talked to ex-Navy SEALs, I talked to intelligence sources, everything was conflicting. The writer had taken way too many liberties, it was much more fictionalized than it is today, we had little information. We dug deeper and talked to more people, read more things.
AT: Are the actors based on real people?
JS: The actors play composites, that's not the real team leader, not the special forces who went in to get Osama bin Laden. We don't pretend to do that.
AT: Will you alert audiences that the film is not based on fact?


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A U.S. District Court jury in San Francisco has awarded $28 million to a group of 2,062 retired pro football players in a class-action lawsuit against the National Football League Players Association. The NFLPA is the union which represents active NFL players.
The jury returned a $7 million verdict against the NFLPA and then piled on $21 million worth of punitive damages.
While Madden publisher Electronic Arts was not a party in the case, the NFLPA's negotiations with EA over licensing the images of retired players was a central piece of evidence in the trial, which lasted for three weeks.
As GamePolitics reported before the trial began, lawyers for the retired players uncovered several "smoking gun" e-mails which indicated that the NFLPA not only sold rights to the retired players at below market value, but deliberately undercut potential competition from rival sports publisher Take-Two Interactive.
Those critical e-mails include a message from former NFLPA exec LaShun Lawson to Madden producer Jeremy Strauser:
For all retired players that are not listed… their identity must be altered so that it cannot be recognized [by Madden players]… Hence, any and all players not listed… cannot be represented in Madden 2002 with the number that player actually wore, and must be scrambled.
In an apparent reference to Take-Two's failed All-Pro Football 2K8, an e-mail from NFLPA exec Clay Walker touches on how Take-Two lost out in the union's deal with EA:
Take Two… went after retired players to create an "NFL" style video game after we gave the exclusive to EA. I was able to forge this deal with [the Pro Football Hall of Fame] that provides them with $400K per year (which is significantly below market rate) in exchange for the HOF player rights. EA owes me a huge favor because that threat was enough to persuade Take Two to back off its plans, leaving EA as the only professional football videogame manufacturer out there.
At issue was the depiction of old school players on classic NFL teams included with Madden. The Los Angeles Times reports that each retired player involved in the lawsuit will receive $13,000. Lead plaintiff Herb Adderley, who wept when the verdict was read, told the L.A. Times:
If you look at the 1967 Green Bay Packers in that game, you'll know that the only left cornerback that year had to be Herb Adderley, but they scrambled my face and took the number off of my jersey. Yet, they had my correct height, weight and years of experience.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that defense lawyer Jeffrey Kessler expects the jury's verdict to be overturned, calling it "unjust as a matter of law." An appeal to the 9th Circuit Court by the NFLPA seems virtually assured.

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Post-doctoral Fellows:
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Research Interests
How do the interactions between the vastly many electrons in solids produce the emergent phenomena we recognize as the macroscopic behavior of the materials we encounter in everyday life, and in the exotic materials and devices we engineer in the laboratory?
The central source of intellectual vitality and practical importance of condensed matter physics is the richness and diversity of behaviors exhibited by strongly interacting systems with many degrees of freedom, ranging from the collective behavior of neurons in the brain to the collective condensation of Cooper pairs that produce the macroscopic quantum phenomena associated with superconducting order. The main thrust of the research carried out by Professor Kivelson is the search for theoretical characterization of qualitatively new behaviors of interacting electrons (i.e., new states of matter) as well as new regimes of parameters in which familiar states of matter behave in new and different ways. In particular, he seeks to explore, qualitatively, the relation between the microscopic interactions between electrons and the effective parameters that control the macroscopic behavior of solids.
Current areas of focus:
- theory of quantum liquid crystalline phases of highly correlated electronic fluids
- intertwined orders and the theory of high temperature superconductivity
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The course is one of the longest-established postgraduate courses in the field and is designed for people who want to work in interactive design and media, web, digital and interactive installation. It combines theory and practice, covering conceptualisation, planning, design, coding, production, project management and usability testing. Students are encouraged to explore, experiment and take risks.
The unique approach of this MA lies in its emphasis on the role of theory in underpinning multimedia design practice, and on making interactive design to challenge and test theories of interactive communication.
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Ukraine must release Somali asylum-seekers
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Amnesty International is calling on the Ukrainian authorities to release Somali nationals who are currently on hunger strike in protest at being detained for up to a year "for the purposes of deportation" following court orders issued in December last year.
Approximately 60 Somali nationals including possibly as many as 20 children have joined the hunger strike in Zhuravichi Migrant Accommodation Centre in Western Ukraine, where they are currently being detained.
They were rounded up by police at the end of December 2011 and detained for being illegally present in Ukraine.
"Somali nationals in Ukraine have been driven to despair by a vicious cycle of detention and harassment by the police, as well as by an asylum system that fails to protect them," said Heather McGill, Amnesty International's expert on Ukraine."
"Everyone knows the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Somalis themselves that they won't ever be deported. What they need and are entitled to is protection, not repeated punishment for fleeing famine and war."
"Many flee across the border to the EU, only to be returned to Ukraine. Many have been detained repeatedly for the purposes of deportation' at the Zhuravichi Migrant Accommodation Centre."
In a letter to Ukraine's Minister of Interior, Amnesty International called on the Ukrainian authorities to live up to their obligations by ensuring that Somalis have access to a fair asylum procedure and to complementary protection if they cannot be recognized as a refugees.
Sultan Haib, one of the Somali nationals being held in Zhuravichi, told Amnesty International that detention for the purposes of deportation is pointless:
"Nobody is going to return and nobody is going to deport you. After 12 months you are let out. We are not criminals. Why is the government doing this to us?"
"Those currently detained include children. Children should only be detained as a last resort and unaccompanied child asylum-seekers are particularly vulnerable and should be offered additional protection," said Heather McGill.
"There can be no question of returning Somalis indiscriminately to Somalia where the ongoing armed conflict will endanger their lives. Ukraine has an international obligation not to send anybody to a country where they would be at risk of serious human rights violations."
"The Ukrainian authorities must immediately release all those they have no practical prospect or principled justification for deporting and ensure that they have access to asylum procedures."


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Fall camp for the Washington State University football team is officially underway. To watch interviews with players and Head Coach Paul Wulff, and for recaps from practice, check out First and Crimson, the official blog of Cougar Football.
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Images: Trading a guitar for a gun [Image 1 of 3]
Photo by Sgt. Neil Gussman
Sgt. Nicholas Raia of Altoona, Pa., strums his guitar on top of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Raia, who performs in the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Infantry Division Band, volunteered to deploy as a door gunner with the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade.
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§ 18.2-59. Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit.
Any person who (i) threatens injury to the character, person, or property of another person, (ii) accuses him of any offense, (iii) threatens to report him as being illegally present in the United States, or (iv) knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, withholds or threatens to withhold, or possesses any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person, and thereby extorts money, property, or pecuniary benefit or any note, bond, or other evidence of debt from him or any other person, is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
For the purposes of this section, injury to property includes the sale, distribution, or release of identifying information defined in clauses (iii) through (xii) of subsection C of § 18.2-186.3, but does not include the distribution or release of such information by a person who does so with the intent to obtain money, property or a pecuniary benefit to which he reasonably believes he is lawfully entitled.
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poetry, critiques would be appreciated and reciprocated.
with nothing said of dignity;
there is bravado in a lad of ten
trembling before the open casket:
those smile-wrought wrinkles
condensed round the corners of
the mouth and at the junction
of eyes and brow
now succumbed to the creeping blue
of death like the first freeze of a
shallow pond- slow at first,
then all at once. it comes upon me;
the spin of the world like cheap wine
turns men to lush and heroes to
ghosts; an urgency, it sweeps over me-
the light streaming through high windows
illuminates those blank eyes
and casts a shroud over the pews;
the music coerced from the guttural
bellows of the organ frenzies and
crescendos in bacchanal fury,
while the silence of the pew peals
solitary in the caverns of my chest;
and the nothing, that stagnant loneliness
that envelops my torso and squeezes
in upon my ribs until i cough, i spit,
i foam at the mouth and i
asphyxiate upon the choking dust
and the nothing; that
pall sprawled still and pale as
fresh-laid snow in the open casket
behind those marble eyes that
meet apollos gaze; that
stare to infinity,
and i am him and he is me; we and i and us-
blink and suddenly he is staring down at
me and he is crying and i am still
and i am in the coffin and i am crying
and he is crying and i am in the coffin
but how could i be he when he is
how could i be he or death or dead
or died i wont die i-i wont die
how could i be he when he- dead
i wont no i wont die i wont
i will.
a great weight shifted then
from my heart to my head and traced
through every vein as deep as those
continental passages; a loneliness
crept upon me unique to them
tall cathedrals- an abrupt
and total emptiness as brave
and broad as i was not- life.
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This was really really good. The only thing that doesn't work so well to me is this
"and i am in the coffin and i am crying
and he is crying and i am in the coffin
but how could i be he when he is
how could i be he or death or dead
or died i wont die i-i wont die
how could i be he when he- dead
i wont no i wont die i wont"
I know it's frenetic and probably I am alone in this opinion, but some punctuation would be good, and maybe rephrase it a bit. However this was a really strong read.
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I am still searching for my perfect folder.
People on this forum convinced me to go for a derailleur system. I have already blew up a Nexus 7 hub gear (wear) from a normal bike, and you can't see anything (easy), and this hub gears are really expensive (in retail 20-25% of the new price of the bike)!
Now I am back again at the Giant Halfway. The problem with the Giant Halfway is only the large folding size (height = 80 cm). The Dahon P8 is folding better (height 56 cm). Size does matter for me: I am carrying it arround every day at a train. (I don't consider a 16" folder).
So I am looking for the SMALLEST 20" folding bike which is suitable for longer rides (with derailleur).
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A great idea for people to connect, help each other, and keep many useable items out of the landfill. This guide is about using online recycling groups.
Recycling is good, reuse is better. Before tossing things out, see if someone else can use them. Post on Freecycle or Craigslist for free and see if your trash is someone else's treasure.
Here's an example. We take a lot of prescription medications in our house (even the dogs) and I always removed labels, washed, and saved bottles for our own reuse. When cleaning the cellar recently I found 2 bags of bottles - more than we would ever use. Before putting them in our recycling bin, I posted them for free on Craigslist just on the off-chance someone would want them. In an hour there were 4 replies! The first 2 people came for them, the other 2 asked me to save their email addresses and contact them when I had more. So not only did I find a home for clutter from my house, I can continue my habit of saving the bottles and someone will use them.
NOTE: Pharmacies cannot reuse the bottles because of the possibility of medications having leached into the plastic, so do not reuse them for food products (spices and the like). The folks who took mine were planning to use them for beads and for electronic parts.
Source: Inspired by a craigslist post by someone wanting plastic peanut butter jars.
By Soup-Lady from near Boston, MA
Where can I get my children 2 queen mattress sets? They are 16 and 17. Please can someone help with ideas. Thank you.
By Bobbie from Southside
My Grandson sleeps on a blow up mattress. It thinks it's "neat" and has never complained. He shares a bedroom with his little brother where space is limited so when not in use the bed is either deflated or leaned up against the wall making room for play, etc.
Can someone tell me how find bed and other furniture for a needed family?
By Michelle
Your local food pantry many times has access to donated household items; also church sponsored thrift stores will often have a list of things available. Don't hesitate to call because you have nothing to lose but a little time. Good luck.
Where can I find free beds and dresses for my children?
By Shewana
I have friends who do the food-pantry thing. They get some really nice clothes there, and have brought me some. I still wash them before I wear them, though, just for safety's sake. I got an old refrigerator & a chair once at a ministry here. The fridge shelves were rusty, but I was able to scour it off. That fridge served well enough for two or three years before giving out. You may also be able to get information on how to get what you need by dialing the national information/referral hotline, 2-1-1.
Is there anyone that is giving away furniture in west Philly or southwest?
By Kori from Philadelphia, PA
Go to www.freecycle.net, look for your state, then the closest town. They will ask you to join the group. I have given and received many items from my group.
Good luck.
I live in Indonesia. My name is Adi. I really need a free used wedding dress size 10 for my bride. We don't have enough money to buy it and she really wants it. Can somebody help us? Thanks.
By Adi from Indonesia
Adi, The best sources are local. Churches, community listservs (online "bulletin boards"), freecycle, Craigslist. You could also just "borrow" a dress. Check with Indonesian-American communities online; perhaps someone is returning to your area and could bring a freebie back for you. If all else fails, promise to have a second wedding in the future, the wedding of her dreams (people do that!). But I'm sure that someone will come through for you! Especially check churches in your area!
If you can't find an item on ebay, or can't afford to bid on ebay for the item, try searching the yahoo groups in the appropriate category for the item you are looking for; i.e. toy collectors groups, etc. If you find a group you are interested in, join the group and post your wanted item. Often, group members who might not have thought of selling an item, offer to sell to members of the group.
By Monica from Cortez, CO
My husband became disabled in 1985 and then I became disabled in 2005. So we have had to think of ways to cut back and save money. I recently found out about some groups on Yahoo that have helped us considerable. You have to join Yahoo if you haven't already, then you can sign up for these groups. The groups are freecycle, petcycle, tag sale and barter groups. You need to offer something first and then you can put on for a wanted item. It is a good way to spring clean any time of the year also. They have a lot of these sites all over the place. There is even a site you can go to (www.freecycle.org) and pick your state or a neighboring state and it gives a list of sites in that state or county.
We have managed to get rid of some stuff sitting around the house and have received free items which this year helped us out with Christmas for my son and his girlfriend. We were desperately trying to figure out how to be able to get their Christmas presents so we offered some magazines (5 bags full) and put on a wanted ad for what we wanted. We got a well cared for oak medicine cabinet with mirrors, light bar(w/oak veneer)w/bulbs, oak vanity with sink top with fancy spigot and knobs, a toilet, 2 towel holders and a toilet paper holder. This is going to be given to our son and his girlfriend for Christmas so they will be able to realize their dream of putting a half bath in the upstairs of their home. The cost for us, only the gas to go pick it up. It completely changed our whole outlook on Christmas because we were pretty down in the dumps and this helped to give us back our Christmas spirit. We really enjoy seeing what is being offered and wanted by others and it has helped us clean out some of the stuff we don't use anymore. You know the old saying, "One man's junk, is another man's treasure."
Source: Go to Yahoo and register or if already registered sign in. You can search for groups on that site by typing in freecyle or one of the other types of sites I listed.
By Connie S. from Towanda, PA
Does anyone know where I might be able to get a used computer that works on the internet? It is for a 79 year old lady on a fixed income and housebound.
By Pauline
Contact the share project .com There's a woman for California that gives laptops and also desktops to those who can't afford them. Good luck
There is an online Recycling group here in the Manatee County area of Florida. If you've got more "stuff" than you know what to do with this is the place!
I belong to several recycling groups in my community. After you join, you write your own postings with items that are either "Want", "Need" or "Offer", but ALL items must be for FREE.
If you live anywhere near a large, or mid-sized city, it is easy to get free used items in a hurry! All you have to do is use your computer.
Go onto an Internet classifieds site, such as http://www.Craigslist.org, and search for "free" items under the "for sale" section. You can then search for the items you want by keyword; some of the ads even include photos of the item. When you find what you want, simply email the person who posted the ad; you do not have to join the site or even give your name!
It is important to contact people as quickly as possible, since the terms are usually first-come, first-served. If you can't find what you're looking for at first, be patient. New ads are posted every day!
We got our 20-inch color television and huge wooden computer desk this way; these were items that worked fine, but that the owners no longer needed. How nice to be able to pick up free items from my own neighborhood within a day of emailing these generous folks!
By Melinda
Editor's Note Please do not post personal ads in the feedback. They will be deleted. Go directly to Craigslist for those sorts of posts.
How would you find something like that in the Fredericksburg, VA area? (07/13/2005)
By sholzshu
You can also try Freecycle.com for posting your needs or those items you would like to get rid of, it's amazing what shows up in the postings. I just lent an arch with lights to a young woman who wanted to make a wedding service for an 85 y.o. couple at her church a little special. She used her creativity and made two special areas with it, decorated the arch with tulle and flower garland for the ceremony, and tacked the lights to the ceiling (with some garland also) over where the couple sat at the reception that followed.
Freecycle is an organization that started out in Ariz. or New Mexico (Senior Moment is upon me) and has spread across the country. There are chapters all over. NJ has them by county or area, there are so many. Doesn't cost to join and no article may be charged for. Happy Hunting! (07/14/2005)
By GraNita
I always use craigslist.com and they have everything there. Free stuff, free furniture, free everything for all your needs. Just go and look around, you will not look back! It is a great site for people who don't mind used furniture! Happy Hunting! (11/26/2007)
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Taizhou Jiangsu Travel Guide
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Taizhou Jiangsu Overview
Taizhou, owns great tolerance of exotic cultures and lifestyles and has developed water and land transportation systems, is an open city along the Yangtze River and near the Yellow Sea.
Taizhou, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province and on the north bank of the downstream of Yangtze River, is a newly-established industrial and commercial city. In July, 1996 approved by the state council, it became a prefecture level city and is in charge of four county-level cities: Xinghua, Jingjiang, Taixing, Jiangyuan and two urban districts: Hailing and Gaogang. Its total area is 5790 square kilometers and the total population 5.04 million. The basic territorial shape of Taizhou is like a long and broad belt with its east and west narrow and its north and south lean and long.
Taizhou enjoys a history of 2100 years and has not only a developed transportation and prosperous economy but also a profound cultural ground; therefore it gained a name as "An ancient county in Han and Tang Dynasties and a famous district in Huaihai area". It is a place for talents and men of letters to gather and also a place which has plenty of scenic spots. The famous human resorts here are a historical and cultural treasure for Taizhou such as the antiquity monastery- Guangxiao Temple, Rishe Garden, Anding Shuyuan(a college in ancient times), the Manorial to Shi Nai'an, the Former Residence of Zheng Banqiao, Mei Lanfang Park and Garden and Boat Hall(a hall like a boat) of the Li Family etc.


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A member of our team is complaining that he has lost e-mail between some specific dates.
How do you go about finding them or restoring from backup?
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Money, time, blood
Interview | Scholar Arthur C. Brooks on how religious belief affects charitable giving
"Money, time, blood" Continued...
Arthur C. Brooks spent 12 years as a professional French horn player with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles. Then he entered academia and is now Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University. In his well-researched book, Who Really Cares: the Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (Basic, 2006), Brooks uses statistics to demolish years of propaganda.
WORLD: Overall, do liberals or conservatives give more to charity and volunteer more of their time?
BROOKS: Conservatives give privately more to charity than liberals do. For example, households headed by a conservative donate, on average, 30 percent more dollars than households headed by a liberal. And this isn't because conservatives earn more: On the contrary, liberal families earn an average of 6 percent more per year than conservative families, and conservative families give more than liberal families within every income class, from poor to middle class to rich. These differences go beyond money as well. Take blood donations, for example. In 2002, conservative Americans were more likely to donate blood each year, and did so more often, than liberals.
WORLD: You note, though, a big difference in giving and volunteering among conservatives, depending on whether they are "religious people" (attending a house of worship nearly every week) or "secularists" (attending never or almost never, or explicitly saying that they have no religion) . . .
BROOKS: Exactly right. In fact, it's not politics per se that appears to make most conservatives charitable, but rather much more fundamental cultural factors like religious faith. Indeed, if I want to predict anyone's charity habits-conservative or liberal-and I can only ask one question, it will be about his or her religious faith-so important is that to most people's giving. To give an idea just how important, consider that religious conservatives are 28 percentage points more likely to give than secular conservatives, give nearly four times more dollars per year, and volunteer more than twice as frequently.
WORLD: How do religious liberals and secular liberals compare?
BROOKS: Just like conservatives, these two groups are worlds apart. Religious liberals give at extremely high rates-very similarly to religious conservatives, actually-while secular liberals give little. The big problem for liberal charity today is that the population of religious liberals is shrinking quickly, as the American political left secularizes due to low liberal fertility and the attrition of people of faith to the political right. Today, there are nearly twice as many secular liberals as there are religious ones. In contrast, there are nearly three times as many religious conservatives as secular ones.
WORLD: You compare the charitable giving of a person who goes to church each week and strongly opposes governmental income redistribution with that of a person who never attends a house of worship and strongly believes in government income redistribution . . .
BROOKS: That's correct. A person who goes to church every week and strongly rejects the idea that it is the government's responsibility to redistribute income will give, on average, 100 times more money to charity each year than a person who never attends a house of worship, and strongly believes that the government should reduce income differences between people. The religious person who is a government skeptic will also give about 50 times more to explicitly nonreligious causes. In other words, attitudes about the government compound the charity gap we see due to faith.
WORLD: The conventional understanding is that religious people give largely to religious groups, and that secular people give more to secular groups than religious people do. Same goes for volunteering-but your findings are different . . .
BROOKS: The assumption that religious Americans are just giving to their churches is one I made myself when I first started writing about giving. But it's wrong. The fact is that religious people are more personally charitable in every measurable way than secularists. For example, religious people are 10 percentage points more likely than secularists to give money to explicitly secular charities, and 21 points more likely to volunteer. The data show the same pattern for informal giving to friends and family, blood donations, small acts of kindness-everything you can think of. Religious people are even more ethical than secularists: If a cashier accidentally gives a churchgoer too much change, the odds are better than half that he or she will return it, while the odds are more than six in 10 that a secularist will choose not to give it back.
WORLD: What does your research show about the "crowding out" effect-that as governmental assistance to the poor increases, church-based charity decreases?
BROOKS: Numerous studies by economists over the past decade have demonstrated that a dollar in government spending on nonprofit activities directly displaces between 25 and 50 cents in private giving. The highest level of this "crowding out" occurs in assistance to the poor and other kinds of social welfare services-including to religious organizations-indicating that government social spending for the needy benefits recipients, but only by about half its face value. While less than a full-blown indictment of the usefulness of public money, it still means that the true effects of government assistance are weaker than government officials and nonprofit proponents think they are.
WORLD: How do you deal with the New York Times argument that the share of contributions going to organizations helping the poor has fallen?
BROOKS: That argument makes it sound as if people were donating less and less to causes that help America's poor. However, that's not true. First, the inflation-adjusted, per-capita amount given by Americans to human service charities was 14 percent higher in 2004 than it was in 1960. Second, over the same period, the percentage of the American population living in poverty fell by half, and the amount of real federal government payments to the poor increased by more than 500 percent. In other words, there still is need in the U.S., but it has clearly decreased over the last 50 years-while private charity to alleviate this need has not.
WORLD: Europeans tend to lecture U.S. residents about "American individualism" that purportedly leads to selfishness. Do Europeans or Americans tend to be more personally charitable?
BROOKS: We do hear this criticism frequently: Americans are consumerists, capitalists, individualists, and thus uninterested in the good of others. But this assertion falls apart when exposed to even the smallest bit of evidence. In per capita private charity, Americans give three and a half times as much as the French, seven times as much as the Germans, and 14 times as much as the Italians. To give an idea how much Americans give, consider the fact that American annual charitable giving exceeds the entire GDP of many European countries, such as Norway and Denmark. Of course, Europeans often note that they have more generous government welfare systems than America. That's mostly true, but should not be confused with giving. Government welfare and private charity are very different things.
WORLD: Do children raised in religious households or secular ones tend to be the most charitable?
BROOKS: People who were taken to church every week as kids are 22 percentage points more likely to give charitably as adults than people who were never taken to a house of worship when they were young. The effect of childhood church attendance is clear even among those who fall away from their faith as adults: Secularist adults who were taken to church every week as children are 21 percentage points more likely to give than those who were brought up in secular households. From my perspective, this is one way that religion appears to create beneficial "hardwiring" in people. I intend to do more work on this topic because I think it is so important for understanding the deep benefits of religion in American society, and the long-term costs of a secularizing society.
WORLD: Should the government create more incentives to be charitable? If so, what kind do you think would work best?
BROOKS: Policies such as tax-deductibility for contributions are sensible, but they will never create a population of givers. On the other hand, government at its worst can create massive damage when it creates the perception that there is less need for private charity. The most effective government efforts for private giving would probably be just to avoid regulatory barriers and financial disincentives.


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Willoughby Hills Man Sentenced for Bribery
|U.S. Attorney's Office December 10, 2010
Vincent Russo was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000 in restitution, Bernard A. Smith, Appellate Chief, Criminal Division, the United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Ohio; Harold Bickmore, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI; and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced today.
Russo, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, pled guilty in September to four charges: one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, one count of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, one count of Hobbs Act conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The charges were part of the ongoing Cuyahoga County corruption investigation.
U.S. Distict Judge Kate O'Malley sentenced Russo to 18 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. She also ordered Russo to pay $3,036.49 in restitution to the Maple Heights City Schools (MHCS).
The schemes involved contracts sought by clients of Russo's company, Vincore LLC, from MHCS.
Russo admitted delivering two televisions to the home of former MHCS board member Santina Klimkowski in December 2007 and instructing Klimkowski to deliver one of the televisions to MHCS Treasurer Christopher D. Krause. The televisions were bribes paid in an effort to get contracts awarded to a company that employed Russo's company, Vincore LLC, as a consultant, according to the charges.
One of the televisions, a 46-inch Sharp Aquos Liquid Crystal television, was obtained by an agent of Business 14.
On or about Aug. 3, 2008, about six days after federal agents searched the offices of Vincore LLC, Cuyahoga County offices and other businesses, Russo told Klimkowski to "get rid" of the television Russo had given her and instructed her to tell Krause to "get rid of" the television Russo had given to Klimkowski to give Krause, according to the charges.


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IRVINE, Calif., December 22. MICHIGAN State's Spartans swamped U Cal Irvine in a dual meet at the Anteaters' Student Aquatic Center Thursday, winning the women's meet, 130-94 and the men's competition, 128-93.
UCI freshwoman Lara Bjargardottir, a native of Reykjavik, Iceland, won three events for the Anteaters. Bjargardottir was victorious in the 200 yard free with a 1:52.78, just slightly off her school record 1:52.47 from earlier this month; the 200 IM, with a 2:09.03 and the 100 breast with a 1:06.78.
Sophomore teammate Kim Do (Milpitas, CA.) won the 100 back with her 58.95 and junior Semah Zavareh of Sunnyvale won the 500 in 5:02.30.
In men's competition, Anteater sophomore Phil Garcia won both the 50- and 100 yard frees with 21.29 and 45.94 clockings. The UCI 200 free relay team of Garcia, freshman Larry Chong, freshman Sean O'Grady and junior Hazem Amr — who hails from Cairo, Egypt — won that event in 1:26.80.
Diver Anton Slobounov won both the one meter and three-meter competitions with scores of 329.55 in the one meter and 366.45 in the three-meter. His scores also qualified him for the 2003 NCAA Regional Diving Championships.
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In related Anteater news, Bjargardottir was named Big West Co-Athlete of the Week for her fine showing at the Speedo/UCI Invitational at Belmont Plaza the second weekend of this month.
Bjargardottir — the Reykjavik native who hopes to emulate the success of another Icelandic swimmer, Alabama's Regga Runolfsdottir, who became an All-America breaststroker for the Crimson Tide back in the early '90s — earned her award by breaking four Anteater school records during the meet.
She smashed her own school record in the 200 yard freestyle with a 1:52.47. In the 500 yard freestyle, her time of 4:59.89 broke the record set last year by her teammate, sophomore Alexis Sheridan of Crescenta Valley HS. In both the prelims and again in the finals, Bjargardottir broke the 200 individaul medley record previously held by another teammate, senior Sara Showalter of Irvine's University High.
The record is now 2:05.15 and, for good measure, Bjargardottir twice broke the 400 IM standard — set by Laurel Hooper in 1995, — splashing to a pr 4:25.59 in the finals.
UCI coach Brian Pajer is hopeful that his Icelandic star's continued imrpovement will not only make her a factor at the Big West Championships in a couple of months, but also qualify her for The Big Dance, i.e., the NCAA Division 1 Championships the third weekend of March at Auburn.
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Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, presents the Fort Carson Hero Award to 1st Lt. Nicholas Mueller, who currently serves in the Army National Guard, during the Combined Federal Campaign award ceremony at the Special Events Center, Jan. 15, 2013. "I was shocked to hear that I was nominated for the Hero Award. I'm very honored that I've been selected, but it should go to my noncommissioned officers," said Mueller. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Nathan Thome, 4th Infantry Division PAO)
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Alright most of you must have watched or at least heard about the news of a strange creature which freaked out plantation workers in Sibu, Sarawak in late January. Well, in case you missed it, below is the video.
As much as I object hitting a helpless animal let alone a potentially new cryptid in Borneo, the workers may had the rights to knock it out seeing how potentially dangerous the beast was. I mean look at it! Look at those claws! If I were the plantation worker I'd whack it too when I see this malnourished Smeagol with manicure issues come charging at me.
But as it turned out I've seen this creature and its picture floating in the internet (sic 9gag) and the Sarawak Forestry Corporation confirmed my speculation. That strange creature was a Helarctos malayanus or also known as a sun bear.
"Woi it's 6am why you switched on the lights I wanna sleep cannot ah?!"
Picture from a-z animals
Well instead of being corrupted by the One Ring. the bear found at the plantation was most likely suffering from a skin condition due to recent floods in Sarawak. And this bear disease which causes it to lose its fur happens to bears in other countries. So imagine the cute furry bear up there turning to look like its cousin in Leipzig zoo as shown below:
"Well, at least I still have my side burns and good personality"
Picture from dailymail.co.uk
But unlike the American counterpart where we capture shaky videos of strange animals and build a cult or TV shows around it, the Sarawak Forestry Corporation viewed the video as a distress call from the bear. Almost immediately the SFC launched the SWAT team to find the creature.
Nope, unlike the American fully-armed black-clad law enforcement counterpart, the SWAT here refers to Swift Wildlife Action Team which is conducting a search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate and help the sick bear. Kudos to them for taking such prompt initiative to conserve Sarawakian wildlife.
The SAR is still ongoing at the time of writing this post, but we can only hope and pray the ailing bear will be found alive and in time to be healed.
BONUS FAST FACTS - The sun bear is native to the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia. They are also called as the "Honey Bear" due to their voracious appetite for honeycombs and honey. It is a protected species in Malaysia but little enforcement occurs. Luckily, there is a special rehabilitation and conservation centre for Bornean sun bears in Sandakan, Sabah managed by wildlife biologist Wong Siew Te. In addition, due to its diet the sun bear has a tongue measuring from 7.9 to 9.8 inch. Whoa! Imagine the things you can do with that!
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Manchester City fans should take time out appreciate the fact that they are more decisive in the market than most other clubs.
Chelsea also regularly seem to get deals done before you have even heard the rumours about a player. But Manchester City's neighbours Manchester United, and most others, tend to drag their heels with much longer negotiation periods before a deal gets done.
Perhaps it comes down to simple economics. Manchester City don't muck about with a couple of million pounds here or there. When they really want a player they usually seem to stump up what the selling club wants with minimum fuss. What a bonus for the fans!
Accordingly they seem to have two more deals virtually in the bag. The Guardian reports:
Manchester City expect to announce Fernando's £16m signing this week
• Porto midfielder is likely to be followed by Bacary Sagna
• City want centre-back but Eliaquim Mangala needs persuading
Sagna seems to have plumped for Manchester City after deciding that he's definitely leaving Arsenal this summer. It's impossible to imagine that money didn't play a big part in his decision. But Sagna is perhaps also more likely to win a trophy at Manchester City.
Fernando has being tracked by Manchester City for some time now. The Porto midfielder looks like another highly skilful and mobile midfielder – understated yet brilliant.
If Manchester City do manage to persuade Mangala to join the club then it's surely all bets off as to The Premier League champions for next season. Because a partnership of Mangala and Kompany may not let a goal in all season! It's a frighteningly good centre back pairing.
So Manchester City could complete the lion's share of their business before The World Cup and have all the new recruits on board in time for pre-season (World Cup permitting).
Let's take a look at Fernando in action. Manchester City: top quality additions?Follow @soccersweep10


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Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is an oral infection caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It appears as white corrugated lesions (sometimes "hairy" in appearance) primarily on the lateral aspects of the tongue. The infection may spread across the entire dorsal surface onto the ventral surface of the tongue, and occasionally may be found on buccal mucosa. It is common in people with HIV infection, particularly in those with advanced immunosuppression (CD4 count <200 cells/µL), and may serve as a marker of HIV.
S: Subjective
The patient notices new, white lesions on the tongue that cannot be wiped off or removed by scraping or brushing. The OHL lesions usually are asymptomatic, but occasionally may cause alteration in taste, discomfort, or other symptoms.
O: Objective
Perform a focused examination of the oropharynx. OHL appears as unilateral or bilateral white plaques or papillary lesions on the lateral, dorsal, or ventral surfaces of the tongue or on buccal mucosa. The lesions may vary in appearance from smooth, flat, small lesions to irregular, "hairy" or "verrucous" lesions with prominent vertical folds or projections.
A: Assessment
A partial differential diagnosis for OHL includes:
- Oral candidiasis
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Geographic tongue
- Lichen planus
- Smoker's leukoplakia
- Epithelial dysplasia
- White sponge nevus
- Irritation leukoplakia
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Diagnostic Evaluation
A presumptive diagnosis of OHL usually is made on the basis of the clinical appearance of the lesions. OHL often is confused with candidiasis; the diagnosis of OHL should be considered for lesions that do not wipe away, as would be the case for pseudomembranous candidiasis. Definitive diagnosis of OHL requires biopsy and demonstration of EBV.
- Perform biopsy of lesions only if they are ulcerated or unusual in appearance, to distinguish OHL from cancer or other causes.
- Because OHL usually is asymptomatic, specific treatment generally is not necessary.
- Immune system reconstitution through antiretroviral therapy will resolve OHL; encourage initiation of HIV treatment if the patient is not yet on antiretroviral therapy.
- If specific treatment is required, the following options may be considered. Relapse is common after discontinuation of treatment.
- Acyclovir 800 mg PO 5 times per day for 2 weeks; famciclovir and valacyclovir may be considered.
- Topical tretinoin (Retin-A) 0.025-0.05% solution, podophyllin 25% in tincture of benzoin, and other treatments also have been used.
- For relapse of severe OHL, consider maintenance therapy with high-dose acyclovir, famciclovir, or valacyclovir.
- For severe symptomatic cases, surgical treatment (e.g., cryosurgery, excision) may provide temporary resolution.
- Candidiasis may be present concurrently; treat candidiasis if it is present (see chapter Candidiasis, Oral and Esophageal).
Patient Education
- Advise patients that OHL rarely is a problem in itself, but may be a marker of HIV progression.
- Encourage patients to start antiretroviral therapy.
- Advise patients to contact their care providers if new symptoms develop.
- Instruct patients to comply with regular dental and medical care regimens.
- Agbelusi GA, Wright AA. Oral lesions as indicators of HIV infection among routine dental patients in Lagos, Nigeria. Oral Dis. 2005 Nov;11(6):370-3.
- Coogan MM, Greenspan J, Challacombe SJ. Oral lesions in infection with human immunodeficiency virus. Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Sep;83(9):700-6.
- Greenspan JS, Greenspan D. Oral Complications of HIV Infection. In: Sande MA and Volberding PA, eds. Medical Management of AIDS, 6th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1999:157-169.
- Kufe DW, Pollock RE, Bast RC Jr., et al., eds. Cancer Medicine, 6th ed. Lewiston, NY: BC Decker Inc.; 2003.
- Shiboski CH, Patton LL, Webster-Cyriaque JY, et al.; Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, Subcommittee of the AIDS Clinical Trial Group. The Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance: updated case definitions of oral disease endpoints. J Oral Pathol Med. 2009 Jul;38(6):481-8.


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yeah im going to aberdeen or portsmouth... do you have an unconditional?
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ah cool. No I don't but I only need 200 UCAS points... basically all I need to get in Geography is an E lol
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haha i need 180 to get into portsmouth, thats 3 Ds.... oh yeah, we;re wanted
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I know its awesome, i can't wait for uni. No i live in Germany, but I'm studying at bore ding school in Blackpool. do you live in bedfordshire? did you do the exam today?
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I know its awesome, i can't wait for uni. No i live in Germany, but I'm studying at bore ding school in Blackpool. do you live in bedfordshire? did you do the exam today?
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By night's end, it was perfectly clear who would have that 2-1 record as the Lions put their balanced offense and aggressive defense to use to defeat the Yellow Jackets 49-7.
"We worked on it all week, trying to get balanced and have more kids touch the ball and get more involved on offense," said Kenedy Head Coach Lin Havron.
Despite the score being in Kenedy's favor, it was Runge who got the first strike. With 7:46 left in the 1st quarter, junior quarterback Rob Molina and freshman running back Marvin Yanta connected on a 12-yard pass for the Yellow Jackets' only score and lead of the game, with Molina adding the extra point as well.
"We started off the game ok with the lead," said Runge Head Coach Ken Wallace. "Then, Kenedy just steamrolled from there."
The rout began with 5:22 still left in the 1st quarter, as junior quarterback Rolie Zepeda found some space and took it to the house on a 39-yard run. Junior receiver Weston Hallmark added the extra point and went a perfect 7 for 7 on PAT attempts for the game.
The final score of the 1st quarter came with 3:20 to go as Zepeda and senior receiver Tristan Mejia teamed up for a 26-yard score through the air.
The Lions would continue their first half scoring in the 2nd quarter on the legs of senior running back Sammy Martinez scoring from 5 yards away at 5:53 to go and again with 2:19 until halftime from 4 yards out, giving the Lions a 28-7 halftime lead.
In the second half, the Lions continued to dominate up front and kept victory well within their grasp. With 10:43 on the clock in the 3rd quarter, running back Jon Asebedo punched the ball into the end zone for a 1-yard rushing touchdown.
Later in the quarter, at the 3:41 mark, Martinez would score his third and final touchdown of the game on a 47-yard run.
The Lions' final touchdown of the game came with 10:19 left in the 4th quarter as junior running back Jared Weatherly ran in for a 10-yard score, sealing the game for the Lions.
Statistically, the Lions ended the game with 365 yards of total offense, with 270 rushing and 95 passing.
The Yellow Jackets would gain 46 yards of total offense, with 25 rushing and 21 passing.
Both coaches summed up the statistics as a matter of experience.
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This week the Lions will welcome the Three Rivers Bulldogs to Kenedy.
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Over 140 episodes of The Muppet Show and it's 90s spin-off Muppets Tonight, Kermit and the crew have befriended a load of famous people. Each episode guest-starred a different celebrity, from old school entertainers like Bruce Forsyth to superstar musicians like (The Artist Formerly Known as) Prince.
So when it came time for Piggy, Fozzie and Gonzo to hit the big screen, they naturally brought along some of their showbiz pals.
Here are just some of our favourite celebrity appearances in the Muppet films from over the years.
1. Steve Martin (The Muppet Movie – 1979)
Role: Insolent Waiter. This sarcastic fellow serves Piggy and Kermit the only thing within their price range – one of the finest sparkling wines from Idaho.
Key Line: 'Don't you want to smell the bottle-cap?'
2. Richard Pryor (The Muppet Movie)
Role: Balloon Vendor. At the county fair, he tries to up-sell Gonzo on some of his wares.
Key Line: 'A beautiful chicken like that deserves two balloons!'
3. Orson Welles (The Muppet Movie)
Role: Hollywood bigshot Lew Lord. He makes the Muppets' dreams come true by signing them to his studio. The character's name is an obvious homage to the Muppets' real-life producer Lord Lew Grade.
Key Line: 'Miss Tracy, prepare the standard 'Rich and Famous' contract for Kermit the Frog and Company.'
4. Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie)
Role: Piano Player at a dive bar.
Key Line: 'Showtime! Showtime at the El Sleazo!'
Williams co-wrote all the movie's songs – including Kermit's anthem, Rainbow Connection. You might also know his songs in Bugsy Malone, and as that small guy who accepted Daft Punk's Grammy earlier this year.
5. John Cleese (The Great Muppet Caper – 1981)
Credited Role: Neville. In an effort to maintain her ruse of being a high-powered fashion designer, Miss Piggy breaks into a well-to-do London townhouse, much to the mild apathy of its stuffy British inhabitants.
Key Line: 'There's a… pig… climbing up the outside of our house.'
6. Peter Falk (The Great Muppet Caper)
Role: Man in Park (uncredited). With Kermit at his lowest ebb in the movie, ol' Columbo himself spots the frog and claims to be able to see his whole story
Key Line: 'I know exactly what happened to you. You and your brother-in-law, Bernie, cashed in your stock certificates and your insurance policy and you went out and bought a dry cleaning establishment.'
7. Joan Rivers (The Muppets Take Manhattan – 1984)
Role: Eileen, Miss Piggy's colleague at a department store perfume counter who tries to cheer her up/
Key Line: Piggy: 'Do you think I'm pretty?' Eileen: 'You're more than pretty!' Piggy: 'Gorgeous?' Eileen: 'Don't push it, pig.'
8. Michael Caine (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
Role: Ebenezer Scrooge. Caine doesn't just make a cameo, he's the star attraction here.
Key Line: 'If I could work my will, every idiot who goes around with "a Merry Christmas" on his lips would be cooked with his own turkey and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!'
9. Kevin Bishop (Muppet Treasure Island – 1996)
Role: Jim Hawkins. The star of The Kevin Bishop Show and Keith Lemon: The Film was once the lead in a Muppet movie!
Key Line: Jim: 'I hate my life.' Gonzo: 'I hate your life too.'
10. Jennifer Saunders (Muppet Treasure Island)
Role: Mrs Bluebridge, the proprietor of the Admiral Benbow Inn.
Key Line: 'Look at the state of this place! How did it get to be such a pigsty' <a group of pig patrons snort in disgust> 'No offence, gents'
11. Billy Connolly (Muppet Treasure Island)
Role: Billy Bones, the old sea dog who gives young Jim the map to buried treasure before his untimely death. By our estimation, he's the only character to die in a Muppet film.
Key line: 'Beware runnin' with scissors or any other pointy object. It's all good fun, until somebody loses a — Ahhhh!'
12. 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan (Muppets from Space – 1999)
Role: 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan. In this short part, the Hulkster breaks the 4th wall and speaks directly to his fans. But he doesn't address why a celebrity like him is working security for Jeffrey Tambor's character.
Key Line: 'This is for all my NWA-ites out there: I will continue to dominate wrestling!'
13. Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson (Muppets from Space)
Roles: Pacey and Joey, their characters from Dawson's Creek. For reasons unbeknownst to anyone, they're there to see Gonzo's mothership arrive on Earth.
Key Line: Joey: 'Too bad Dawson isn't here for this.' Pacey: 'Yeah, tell me about it – this whole situation is like something out of one of his sci-fi movies.'
We really love Muppets from Space, but the topical late-90s references really date it badly.
14. Dave Grohl (The Muppets – 2011)
Role: Animool, the drummer for The Moopets: a poor Muppet 'tribute act'.
Key line: 'No RVs!'
15. Emily Blunt (The Muppets)
Role: Miss Piggy's receptionist at Vogue Magazine. This is likely a reference to a similar role Blunt played in The Devil Wears Prada.
Key Line: 'She is the plus-size editor. She is a huge deal and extremely busy.'
16. Neil Patrick Harris (The Muppets)
Role: Neil Patrick Harris. He plays one of many celebrities manning the phone bank during the Muppets telethon.
Key Line: [on telephone] 'No, I don't know why I'm not hosting this.'
17. Jim Parsons (The Muppets)
Role: The human version of Walter in the song 'Man or Muppet'.
Key Line: 'I'm a very manly Muppet'
18. Zach Galifianakis (The Muppets)
Role: Hobo Joe, one of the gentlemen of the road who turn up for the Muppet Telethon.
Key Line: 'Why does everybody forget about Hobo Joe?'
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So I've returned from 2 whole weeks of London, which essentially was a lovely mix of London Film Festivaling (more on that a bit later) and London debauchery (more on that never). Who'd of guessed much of the latter was a bit gay bar heavy, and through these adventures came a journey of self-discovery to a world I knew little of: ridiculously gay pop music that seems to exist solely in the UK.
As embarrassing as it is to admit they've all found a way into my iPod (for work out purposes only, me swears), but here's four examples for your pleasure:
The Saturdays - Up:
Alexandra Burke - Bad Boys:
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Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love:
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ATLANTA -- Five people were killed in four separate crashes overnight in Metro Atlanta. Four of those killed were riding motorcycles and a child was killed in a rollover crash on I-20
46-year-old Shawn Head of Winston, Ga. was killed around 10:20 p.m. Friday when his motorcycle left the roadway on Cobb Parkway in Marietta. Marietta police spokesman Officer David Auld said no other vehicles were involved in the wreck.
Two motorcyclists, 38-year-old Kendrick Brown of Smyrna, and 48 year old William Small of Lithia Springs, were killed around midnight in a wreck involving their motorcycles and two other vehicles. It happened on southbound I-285 between Camp Creek Parkway and Washington Road.
Roswell police say 28-year-old Sarah Howell of Alpharetta was a passenger on a motorcycle that clipped a wall on Ga. 400 northbound near Mansel Road around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Police information Officer Lisa Holland said Howell was ejected and a passing vehicle struck and killed her. The operator of the bike, David Neil Howell, brother of the woman killed, survived but has been arrested. He faces numerous traffic charges including driving under the influence, reckless driving and vehicular homicide.
Officer Holland said the Roswell Police is actively looking for a black 2005 Jeep Liberty. There should be damage to the front passenger side of the vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department at 770-640-4100.
Early Saturday morning, in Douglasville on the ramp from I-20 to Fairburn Road, a small child was killed when a SUV hit the guard rail and overturned. A number of others, including children, were reportedly injured. No other vehicle was involved.
In Cartersville, troopers are investigating a car-bicycle crash that occurred Saturday morning around 12:15 a.m. in Paulding County four miles from the Polk County line near Wayside Lane.
A 52-year-old man on a bicycle was traveling east on GA 6 in the right lane when his bicycle was hit from behind by a 2006 Pontiac G6 GTP being driven by Lindsay Harris, age 20, from Hiram.
The bicyclist died in the crash.