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Lauren Conrad called 'basic' by major mag, calls them out on it
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Whoever thought it was O.K. to diss Lauren Conrad should think again. When Allure magazine deemed her as "Basic" in their latest magazine, it didn't go unnoticed.
L.C. originally famous from the hit T.V. series, Laguna Beach and The Hills, is now a blogging genius. However according to Allure magazine that is not the case! The fashion magazines article entitled, Beauty and the Beat, featured stars like Vanessa Hudgens, Leandra Medine, and other style icons. While some were represented as 'Bohemian Hippie", Lauren Conrad was called "Basic" as they made reference to her hair that looked like "sausage curls" and a "vanilla-cupcake body milk" scent.
The main insult though is the reference that Allure made to the hip-hop song, "Gucci Gucci" by Kreayshawn. For those of you not familiar with the song, her rap focuses on the term "basic b*tches", which, for the most part, talks about girls that are average or sub-par. The feature goes on to say that "the basic woman is remarkably unremarkable. What's noteworthy about her style is its very plainness. Except to her. She swears those red-soled shoes are cutting-edge."
Just yesterday, Lauren Conrad tweeted:
I definitely just got called a basic b*tch! Haha! Sausage curls!? Really @Allure_magazine? pic.twitter.com/m7CsNqvU0Z
- Lauren Conrad (@LaurenConrad) July 21, 2014
We know that Conrad isn't afraid to fight her own battles on Twitter. In the past she has taken a stance with both Kristin Cavallari and Heidi Montag. So far there has not be any sign of a battle back from the magazine. The whole situation is even more interesting because we know that Lauren has been on the cover of Allure multiple times, and looked absolutely stunning. Maybe it won't be much of an argument from Allure's end and more of an apology.
Click through the gallery above to see Lauren's pretty darn fabulous style.

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As the Series A crunch quietly begins to take outseed-stage startups, the largest tech companies are happy to soak up their talent. Fortunately New York has a rising class of tentpole companies, including Google and eBay, that are soaking up tech talent faster than ever.
In New York, digital media and Internet jobs grew by 18.7 percent last year, according to new research from Cook Associates Executive Search. The majority of that growth came from the second half of the year, with job growth slowing to 3.6 percent in the third quarter and 3.4 percent in the fourth quarter. A whopping 27,000 individuals work at the city's tech companies, which means every single one of them (plus 2,000 hangers-on) belongs to the New York Tech Meetup.
Cook Associates Managing Director John Barrett says the sector's job growth was unsustainable and has simply stabilized in the back half of the year. Still, 60 percent of NY's 327 tech companies with ten or more employees increased their headcount last year.
The biggest tech employer in NYC is Google, with AOL, eBay, Fab.com and LinkedIn rounding out the top five. Notably, Fab, the city's biggest privately held startup, runs most of its tech operations overseas. Below that, AppNexus, Etsy and Warby Parker round out the biggest NYC-based startups, giving us a hint as to who might emerge as the next generation of NYC tech leaders. Yelp and Pandora finish out the top ten as they grow their sales teams in NYC.
I'm unclear on the inclusion of Warby Parker, though. The company recently said it only had 113 employees. Meanwhile 10Gen, excluded perhaps because Cook Associates says it focuses on "pure play" digital media and Web companies, has said it has 200 employees. Also excluded from the ten ten is Tumblr, which has 150, or Foursquare, which has something like 135.
The Cook Associates survey also outlined a list of companies with fast-growing headcounts. Some of the obvious suspects were there — Indeed.com, Buzzfeed, Birchbox, Squarespace, Bitly, Yext, and Tumblr.
Others to look out for, or perhaps apply to, include Chloe & Isabel, Complex Media, Moda Operandi,FiftyOne, Yodle, Operative, Conductor, MediaMath, Lot18 and Quirky.


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Civil rights evolve
Full access to civil rights is an evolving dream, as evidenced by Wednesday's commemoration of the 1964 March on Frankfort by citizens demanding an end to racial discrimination in Kentucky.
Fifty years ago, tired of African Americans being refused service in restaurants, denied rooms in hotels and blocked from many amenities and accommodations, more than 10,000 people, black and white, held a peaceful march to the Capitol.
The march, which included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was recounted by former state Sen. Georgia Davis Powers in Sunday's Courier-Journal Forum section. And it brought results — two years later the General Assembly enacted the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.
Yet Wednesday's march, which drew thousands to Frankfort, was a stark reminder that discrimination continues in many areas of daily life in Kentucky — with people among those marching who still seek the right to vote, marry and work and live without fear of reprisal.
Felony offenders who have served their time can't vote in Kentucky without the arduous and often futile effort to try to persuade the governor to restore the right to vote.
Kentucky is one of only a few states with such harsh laws but House Bill 70, meant to restore voting rights to many who have completed sentences, foundered this year after the state Senate gutted it and replaced it with what one critic described as a voter suppression bill.
Gay couples can't marry in Kentucky and supporters of marriage equality were among marchers Wednesday.
A federal judge's recent ruling that the state must at least recognize same-sex marriages from other states suffered a setback this week when Gov. Steve Beshear, who appeared at Wednesday's march, announced he will appeal the ruling.
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said he will no longer defend a law he views as discriminatory.
And as the event was ending, the House Judiciary Committee heard from several people who said gay and lesbian Kentuckians continue to suffer discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.
The committee did not vote on House Bill 171, a measure for a statewide "fairness" law sponsored by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisville Democrat.
But its time is coming in Kentucky, as surely as gay couples will win the right to marry and ex-offenders who have served their sentences will resume their rightful place as voters.


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Immigration's new rival: Gun control
President Barack Obama promised immigration reform leaders that their cause would top his second-term agenda, making January their month.
But immigration advocates are beginning to worry that their fight could slip behind a cause that wasn't even an issue during the election: gun control.
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( Also on POLITICO: White House recruits foundations on gun effort)
This month the White House was supposed to begin its push in earnest for immigration reform. Instead, after a gunman killed 20 school children in Newtown, Conn., Obama tapped Vice President Joe Biden to lead a group that will release a reform proposal in mid-January — just when immigration activists had hoped all eyes would be on their issue.
Immigration advocates believed that their best shot at comprehensive reform was to push it early in Obama's second term — when the election results were still fresh in Republicans' minds and when the president could use the bully pulpit of his Inauguration and the State of the Union Address to rally the public.
If those speeches become about gun control, it'll make it that much harder for advocates to pick up the momentum needed to get a big, controversial bill through Congress.
"To say it's not a concern would not be truthful," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), a veteran lawmaker, who has been a dogged proponent for immigration reform.
( Also on POLITICO: Stars call for gun control)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) also told POLITICO he has heard worry from at least one outside group concerned about gun control overtaking immigration reform.
While both the Senate and House have small groups meeting on immigration issues, no official proposals have been released publicly or even floated behind the scenes. The White House did move last week to ease visa requirements which is expected allow more illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. while seeking permanent residency.
Meanwhile, gun control reform is on the move. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden will meet with the NRA on Thursday. He's already held meetings with law enforcement and gun control advocates.
The administration is also reaching out to major philanthropic organizations not typically associated with gun reform asking for their support.
Former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot by a gunman in 2011, launched a new anti-gun violence website this week with her husband and published an op-ed in USA Today, urging reform.
( Also on POLITICO: Giffords launches anti-gun website)
And long-time advocates are pushing hard on Capitol Hill. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), along with other gun control advocates, introduced legislation the first day of the 113th Congress that would ban high capacity ammunition magazines. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has also pledged to reintroduce the assault rifle ban legislation.
And Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), who is leading a task force in the House, has met with gun violence prevention groups, sportsmens groups, gun owners, people from the entertainment industry mental health experts, law enforcement officials and victims groups, among others.
Plus, Congress has two other fights queued up for early in the year. Lawmakers punted in December on how to handle automatic spending cuts as part of a fiscal cliff deal. And lawmakers also face an impending vote to raise the debt ceiling.
Obama had promised immigration would be a top priority after the fiscal cliff debate.
"I definitely think [the fiscal debate] impacts the effort to pass immigration reform," LULAC President Brent Wilkes said, noting that Obama has said he wants to get beyond the fiscal issues before moving onto other priorities. "Inevitably that kind of distraction is not helpful on immigration reform."


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The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday to uphold a government policy that would fine broadcasters for airing even a single curse word.
The court determined in a 5-4 decision that even the one-time-use of expletives like the "F-word" and the "S-word" could considered be "actionably indecent."
The case stemmed from two separate incidents at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards, where Cher and Nicole Ritchie both dropped the F-bomb on-air. After the show, the FCC was bombarded with complaints from parents who said their kids heard the swear words.
Fox Broadcasting challenged the FCC "fleeting expletive" policy that caused the network to get steeply fined after the show aired and won its challenge in the state of New York. The Supreme Court decision Tuesday overturned that verdict.
Judge Antonin Scalia, writing for the court, said that the decision was neither "arbitrary nor capricious" and was a reasonable way to keep the airwaves appropriate for all audiences.


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The Evolution of a Dream: A Legacy that Endures
Students participate in the March and Speak Out during JMU's MLK week
It was while presenting to children at Harrisonburg's Boys and Girls Club last year during James Madison University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week that senior Korey Lamb decided he wanted to take a leadership role in this year's activities. "In talking to the kids and even my peers, there's not a whole lot of depth of understanding Martin Luther King," said Lamb.
Lamb, a communication studies major from Richmond, Va., is co-chairing the formal program for 2012 and helped to choose the theme for this year's celebration week, "The Evolution of a Dream: A Legacy that Endures." Lamb thinks educating students about King's impact needs to continue from one generation to the next. "I want to refresh the memory of Dr. King's legacy and show the evolution of his impact on college students."
Sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Student Services and planned by student-led committees, the week focuses on King's legacy of social justice, civic engagement and community service. "The whole week we should see the past, reflect on the present and feel encouraged about the future," said CMSS Director Valarie Ghant.
One of the highlights of the week is the March and Speak Out on Jan. 12. Freshman Daniella Roberts of Danville, Va. co-chairs the planning committee for the March and Speak Out. She said a lot of thought went into planning the skits along the route that bring attention to civil rights issues still affecting us today. "I hope that students participating in MLK Week are able to learn something new and to recognize the scope of MLK's reach," said Roberts. "His efforts were not just for African Americans, but for all people, regardless of their color, orientation and so forth."
Lamb wants JMU students and community members to know that we are lucky to be on a campus that offers so many activities during MLK Week, which culminates with the formal program on Jan. 16.
This year's keynote speaker, Dr. Calvin Mackie, grew up in New Orleans and attended Morehouse College where he was placed in a remedial reading program. From his initial struggles as a college student he went on to graduate magna cum laude. A member of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Mackie earned his master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been a leader in Louisiana's clean-up efforts after Hurricane Katrina and is an entrepreneur, co-founding a clean-energy company.
Ghant says Mackie brings all his experiences to his speeches. "He speaks with such inspiration and is so transparent," said Ghant. "He compels you to be better and do better."
That is the exact message that Lamb wants people to hear and take to heart. "MLK Day is so important for us to celebrate" said Lamb. "It shouldn't be a day 'off,' it should be a day 'on.' Be productive, come out to the formal program, learn more and see how unified the campus can be."
The community is invited to join JMU in honoring King's work at the following events:
Jan. 10-13: Commons Days, noon-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, on The Commons: Several student organizations sponsor booths and events in the spirit of service embodied by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; activities include canned food and clothing drives, arts and crafts and other philanthropic opportunities.
Jan. 11: Community Service, 4-6 p.m., Boys and Girls Club, Simms Center, Harrisonburg.
Jan. 12: March and Speak Out, 4-6 p.m.: Members of the university community are asked to gather at 3:50 p.m., at the James Madison statue in front of Varner House for the march through campus that ends in Transitions in Warren Hall. Along the route, participants will witness several interactive scenes that depict past and present injustices that touch the civil rights movement. During the Speak Out, people are encouraged to share their reflections on King, his dream and legacy.
Jan. 13: Community Service, 3-5 p.m., Emeritus Senior Living, Harrisonburg.
Jan. 15: Unity University Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Transitions, Warren Hall: Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.
Jan. 16: Formal Program, 7 p.m., (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Wilson Hall Auditorium: The program will honor the life of King through words, drama and music. Keynote speaker Dr. Calvin Mackie is an award-winning mentor, a former engineering professor, an internationally renowned motivational speaker and a successful entrepreneur. Through his national and international travels and online mentoring presence, Mackie reaches millions of youth and professionals annually.
Jan. 21: Community Service, 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Habitat for Humanity, Franklin, W.Va.
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The 1,200-acre estate of Morven Park was home to two governors: Thomas Swann, a governor of Maryland in the 19th century, and Virginia's reform governor Westmoreland Davis. Morven Park was the last home of Governor Davis, who served his gubernatorial term from 1918 to 1922, and his wife, the former Marguerite Inman of Atlanta, daughter of a wealthy New York cotton broker.
The mansion, a focal point of the estate, evolved from a fieldstone farmhouse in 1781 to its present turn-of-the-century appearance. The first owner of the 1780s farmhouse was Wilson Cary Selden. Judge Thomas Swann acquired the place in 1808 and added the Doric portico and dependencies in the 1830s. In 1858 Swann's son, Thomas Swann, Jr., later governor of Maryland, engaged Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind to remodel the house into a grandiose composition calling for four Italianate towers. The main tower was omitted, and the tops
From the time he acquired the property in 1903, Davis set a standard for grand-scale living and made Morven Park a model dairy farm and an agricultural showplace. Today the grounds at Morven Park offer not only spectacular views from manicured lawns, but trails shaded by evergreens, magnolias and dogwoods. In 1955 Governor Davis's widow established the Westmoreland Davis Foundation, and Morven Park was opened to the public as a museum, cultural center, and equestrian institute.
Morven Park is located 1 mile northwest of Leesburg off business
Rte. 7. It is open 11:00am to 5:00pm, April-October, and 12:00pm to 5:00 pm, November-March. The last tour starts at 4:00pm. The park is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. There is a fee
for admission. Call 703-777-2414 or visit the Virginia Tourism website
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I believe teams weren't allowed to roll.. but since the cheese just rolled down on their own.. they can't do anything anyway.. or maybe the teams who had their cheese rolled down, had to carry another cheese down.. just that the edit didn't show?
I agree Tory! This clearly looks to me like a task that "got away" from production, I'm sure they were making rules as things starting happening. It looked so dangerous, I am surprised no one got hurt. But so much fun to watch!
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Yesterday was the Superclásico, the big showdown between Buenos Aires sides River Plate and Boca Juniors. As is customary for this derby, there were scores of injuries reported—most of them among stewards in the visiting Boca Juniors' stand. The actions captured in this video, I will never understand—fans savagely pummel a man just for doing his job, until another fan tells them to stop, and they instantly do? Shit cray.
Another video, from a slightly different angle:
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Chuck Schumer's triumph
Everyone presumes that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the media hungry Democrat from New York, wants to be the next Senate majority leader. If his performance in the Gang of Eight negotiations over immigration is any indication of his skills in such a role, Harry Reid should abdicate and turn over his leadership position to the New Yorker immediately.
Schumer has been at the center of crafting a bill for a mass amnesty of undocumented immigrants that has high-profile, bipartisan support and a chance of becoming law. He had the shrewdness to realize what he needed to do to make the bill viable and the wherewithal to effect it.
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If you are going to have any hope of passing a sweeping amnesty bill in a divided Congress, you need a conservative Republican with credibility with the party's base invested in it and willing to go out and aggressively advocate for it. If he is a potential front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, all the better.
You need bells and whistles about triggers and enforcement so the aforementioned conservative Republican can portray the bill as a toughening of the nation's immigration laws.
But, to make it palatable to your own side, you need a near instantaneous amnesty before anything else meaningful happens.
Check, check and check. Even the most incorrigible Schumer critic has to concede: Well played, senator, well played.
Schumer rightly recognized the importance of keeping on board Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been tireless and fearless in making the case for the Gang of Eight's approach. The muted reaction of the right to the bill is a testament to its fondness and respect for Rubio.
If it were Schumer rather than Rubio out making the case for the bill on seven Sunday shows last weekend, it would be a different matter. "He's been a tremendous asset here," Schumer remarked the other day.
Schumer managed to hold Rubio and win his grudging respect, while selling him a lopsided deal. Rubio traded amnesty — although he refuses to call it that — for an enforcement plan and a commission to be named later.
Under the bill, no additional enforcement has to take place before undocumented immigrants get legalized. The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security merely has to come up with a strategy for enforcement and notify Congress that it has commenced. It doesn't matter if it is a good, bad or indifferent plan, so long as it is a plan. Then, an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants get legal status.


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Shortly before the death of guitarist Mike Scaccia, Ministry had begun work on their 13th studio album, 'From Beer to Eternity.' Having heard the album, we can diligently report that thanks in part to Mike, the record absolutely rips! But to introduce you to a part of 'From Beer to Eternity,' we've got an exclusive video premiere of the photo shoot for the record's cover art and collection of promotional pictures. Oh yeah, and the footage is laced with some brand-new, never-before-heard 'From Beer to Eternity' Ministry material!
Teaming up with photographer Allan Amato for the 'From Beer to Eternity' album art, Ministry recruited a gaggle of gorgeous women, only to turn them into monstrosities later on. The behind-the-scenes video begins innocently enough, but nearly a minute in, the shoot becomes disturbing as each women begins to personify each of the Seven Deadly Sins. "The Seven Deadly Sins is the intention and the women are not really women," Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen told us during an exclusive interview. "If you look at them, they're not some hot models — I mean, they started out that way, but we completely mutated them just to parody the entire sexuality thing."
Ministry's 'From Beer to Eternity' behind-the-scenes video also showcases how the album cover was created. The seven models were draped in a net in order to look caught, with Jourgensen himself acting as the captor. "I guess I'll be taking some heat for being a misogynist by carrying seven women in a bag like they're groupies or something," Jourgensen tells us. "If I ever saw a groupie look like that on my bus, I guarantee my road manager would have them off the bus within a minute, so it's not a sexual thing. [Laughs] And it's certainly not misogynistic." Stay tuned for our full interview with Jourgensen.
The photo shoot captured some truly incredible and perhaps disturbing images. To check out footage from the shoot and hear bits and pieces of new Ministry material, watch the video above! 'From Beer to Eternity' is set for a Sept. 6 release.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Senior Dani Gallucci (Orlando, Fla.) was awarded the Bobcat Athlete of the Week after her three pitching performances with the Georgia College softball team (25-11, 9-3 PBC).
Gallucci started as pitcher three times for the Bobcats, coming away with a perfect 2-0 record. Both of her victories came in complete games.
In 19 innings this week, the senior only allowed 14 hits with just three earned runs. She also added an additional 10 strikeouts to her record.
Gallucci is currently second in the PBC with a 1.07 ERA. In 84 1/3 innings pitched, she has only walked eight batters.
In her most impressive game against UNC Pembroke, the senior held the Lady Braves to a miniscule three hits and gave up just one run.
The Bobcats will be back in action Thursday March 21, against No. 9 University of North Georgia at 5 p.m. The match will be a home game, a doubleheader and a conference game for the Bobcats.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Forty Under 40
Chris Adams, 38
Vice president, finance and operations, OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd.
People used to tell Chris Adams that he should go into sales. After all, that's what outgoing people do.
Instead, when Mr. Adams, 38, enrolled at the University of Toledo, he decided to study something he knew nothing about: accounting.
"I'm going to turn a weakness into a strength," he said.
The ability to combine technical knowledge with the people skills he's always had served him well during his time as chief financial officer of Park Place Technologies LLC, which provides post-warranty maintenance for computer servers and other services.
When Mr. Adams joined Park Place in 2006, the growing Chagrin Falls company needed tools to help analyze its sales, budget and various business processes. That meant he had to revamp the company's entire information technology infrastructure.
Now, Park Place can tell how many customers who request price quotes make purchases — and how long it takes them to pull the trigger.
"None of these existed when we started," he said, flipping through a folder full of charts in mid-September, just before he left Park Place to become vice president of finance and operations at OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd. OnX, based in Toronto, established an office in Solon when it bought a division of Agilysys Inc. in August.
Of course, the 1991 Mentor High School graduate — who said Alex P. Keaton, the business-minded son from the TV comedy "Family Ties," sparked his interest in the business world — doesn't just drop reams of data in front of colleagues and expect them to use it. Instead, he works to extract the key facts they need to know, which he said too few financial professionals do.
"They always fall into a trap of not being able to tell the story — just seeing the numbers," he said.
While studying for his MBA at Case Western Reserve University, he spent a year at Nestlé in Solon and another at meeting planning firm CPS in Eastlake before joining business services provider CBiz Inc. in 1998. There, Mr. Adams helped integrate more than 20 businesses that CBiz had acquired and built a division that provided them with back-office services.
Chris Spurio, chief operating officer for CBiz's financial services group, described Mr. Adams as an entrepreneurial guy skilled at dealing with people and technology. Mr. Spurio said he never had to manage Mr. Adams too closely.
"He pretty much takes it and runs with it," Mr. Spurio said.


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you stole this from House of Leaves
cry about it.
Does it matter? That's hilarrrrriouss
What kinda job do you think she`s got?
Yes, it is hilarious and yes it does matter that it's plagiarized. If your going to steal a joke don't go out of your way to make it overly long. Adding your own "personal" BS to a joke online is pointless because we don't eve FN know you so it's pointless. Keep it short and to the point without adding making it your uncle tom and adding an irrelevant mall or OOOH he was 66. This crap may add credence in person or to your friend but means absolutely ZERO to the internet.
so does your complaint of the telling of the joke …means absolutely zero to the internet
there are always people there to ruin the fun, who cares?! ^^^^ Just laugh and get over it!
Actually I enjoy the added story and i laughed… Most people did, aside from you who over analyze and suck the fun out…
I´m trying to give a f**k about this joke being original or not.
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I hate some of you
Who cares if it was added too…I thought it was funny…
I'd do her.
House of leaves is a horrible book. It promotes mental disorders with it's confusing bulls**t like plot line so stfu. It's better that this joke was adapted for the norm.
Oh just laugh about the damn joke and go tickle a baby!
SERIOUSLY WHAT THE F**K! just laugh at it…. who cares if he 'stole' it or not… he's just telling the joke…
House of Leaves is such a better story than this tacked on garbage, it IS an insult….pretty much to rationality all together. This is like sucking the fun out of a funny moment but sending in your tape to Americas Funniest Home Videos.
The internet is for minimizing retarded. Not justifying it.
I can't stop commenting just because all these comments are so retarded. It's not a big deal he stole it? Really? Who is J.K. Rowling? Pretty sure I wrote Harry Potter–ME.
If anyone were making money on the joke it would matter! If its not making any money stop complaining and grow up its all just for us to get a laugh.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Wow that was a great one I don't believe I have had the pleasure of laughing about or ever hearing and seeing till now! I love it.


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada bluntly told the United States on Thursday to settle the fate of TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, saying the drawn-out process on whether to approve the northern leg of the project was taking too long.
The hard-line comments by Foreign Minister John Baird were the clearest sign yet that Canada's Conservative government has lost patience over what it sees as U.S. foot-dragging.
Baird also conceded that Washington might veto the project, the first admission of its kind by a Canadian government minister.
The 1,200-mile (1,930-km) pipeline would carry 830,000 barrels a day from the Alberta tar sands in western Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Ottawa strongly backs Keystone XL, which it says would create jobs and provide a secure supply of oil to Canada's closest ally and trading partner.
"The time for Keystone is now. I'll go further - the time for a decision on Keystone is now, even if it's not the right one. We can't continue in this state of limbo," Baird said in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Although the State Department is responsible for ruling whether the pipeline meets the national interest, President Barack Obama has made clear he will make the final decision.
Obama is under heavy pressure from environmental activists to veto the northern leg, and Washington seems in no hurry, despite the growing irritation in Ottawa. Canada is the largest single supplier of energy to the United States.
The State Department issued a largely favorable initial environmental impact assessment in March 2013, which was followed by a public comment period. On paper, at least, the department should have issued an updated impact assessment and then a final recommendation by the end of 2013.
But the timetable has slipped badly, and political observers expect Obama will act later this year, possibly after midterm congressional elections on November 4.
White House spokesman Jay Carney referred questions about Baird's comments to the State Department, citing the current review. When a decision is made, it will be announced, he told reporters.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said earlier this month that Obama had "punted" the decision but expressed confidence that the United States would eventually approve the pipeline.
Last September, he told a New York audience that the logic behind the pipeline was "simply overwhelming" and said "you don't take 'no' for an answer.
Green groups say building the pipeline will speed up extraction of oil from the tar sands - a process that consumes more energy than regular drilling.
Canada has long promised to unveil rules on curbing greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands. Obama said last July that Canada could be doing more to curb emissions, which some Canadian politicians took as a hint that he wanted to see the new rules before making a decision on Keystone XL.
Baird's comments made it clear this would not be the case. Harper told the Global News television network last month that he was prepared to work with the United States on a joint regulatory regime to cut emissions and hoped this could be done "over the next couple of years".
A poll by Nanos Research this week said support for the pipeline in Canada had slipped. It said 47.5 percent of Canadians had a positive or somewhat positive impression of the project, compared with 60.1 percent in April 2013.
Canadian-born rock star Neil Young this week played a series of concerts to raise money for an aboriginal group which is trying to prevent the expansion of the oil sands.
Baird, who is due to meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday, said that if Keystone XL were approved, less oil would have to be shipped by rail.
A train carrying crude derailed in eastern Canada earlier this week. On December 30, an oil train hit a derailed car from a grain train in a fiery crash in North Dakota. Earlier in the year, 47 people died in Quebec when a train pulling oil tanker cars derailed and exploded in the small town of Lac-Megantic.
Additional reporting by Jeff Mason in Washington; Editing by Andre Grenon and Jonathan Oatis


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WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce presented its first Leadership in Health Care Award to Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer for Verizon and vice president of the Verizon Incubator, at the Chamber's first annual Health Care Summit. The event brought together experts in the health care industry to discuss how the private sector is transforming our nation's health care system through innovation, improved transparency and technological advancements.
The Chamber's Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Bruce Josten presented Tippett with the award. "We are honored to present Dr. Tippett with the Chamber's first-ever health care leadership award for his work to improve transparency and reward innovation through the modernization of the exchange of health information technology," said Josten. "His ground-breaking innovations are helping to drive down costs and promote quality of care for both employers and consumers . His leadership will continue to enable health care organizations to transform the delivery of patient care, improve access to medical services, and better manage costs to further advance comprehensive reform of the U.S. health care system."
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Tippett served on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee from 2003 to 2005 guiding U.S. efforts in health care IT and information security. InfoWorld recognized him as one of the 25 most influential chief technology officers in 2002. He also previously won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Tippett has worked as an emergency room doctor and as a helicopter emergency physician and carries a California physician and surgeon license. His Ph.D. work included the discovery and modeling of new regulatory mechanisms for glucose by the enzyme glucokinase. He obtained a bachelor's degree in biology from Kalamazoo College and an M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University. He is board certified in internal medicine.
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Monday's night's amazing finish that gave the Seattle Seahawks a miraculous 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers inspired a storm of outraged tweets from NFL players, many directed at the replacement officials. Here's a sampling:
13th man beat us tonight.
- Tom Crabtree (@TCrabtree83) Sept. 24, 2012
Crazy last play @Seahawks win. Amazing game by D pass rush, special teams and heave by @dangeRusswilson and @Showtimetate catch! Wow.
- Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) Sept. 24, 2012
Seattle u can't feel good about tht win... Because y'all really lost... The refs give y'all the game...
- Nick Collins (@nickthepick36) Sept. 24, 2012
Players and coaches work to hard and have too much on the line to have games robbed from you by obvious blown calls! I feel sick for GB.
- Chris Chamberlain (@Chambo57)Sept. 24, 2012
Wow. I don't even know what to say right now. One ref signals Touchback and the other ref signals Touchdown?!
- Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) Sept. 24, 2012
It was a bad call but great effort by GTate!! Games over now can't do anything about it...GN tweeps.
- Jimmy Clausen (@JimmyClausen) Sept. 24, 2012
This is what the NFL has come down to, &yet they tell you to respect the shield! Lol. But they'll try to fine us for everything thing we do.
- Darnell Dockett (@ddockett) Sept. 24, 2012
Wow #REFS guess that's why you just bat the ball down. Smh
- Cullen Jenkins (@CullenJenkins) Sept. 24, 2012
Refs single handedly blew this one...
- Reggie Bush (@reggie_bush) Sept. 24, 2012
Lost in all of this, why didn't Jennings knock it down instead of trying to intercept.
- Kirk Morrison (@kirkmorrison) Sept. 24, 2012
I don't want to play with these refs on the field! They are costing good teams important games
- Calais Campbell (@Campbell93) Sept. 24, 2012
Ok fa real these refs are getting outta hand....
- Mike Sims-Walker (@MikeSimsWalker) Sept. 24, 2012
This is completely unacceptable.. something HAS to be done
- Visanthe Shiancoe (@VShiancoe) Sept. 24, 2012
Com'on can we please get the real refs back. Destroying the game that we all grew to love. WOW!!!!!!
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Former Kansas football players are coming out of the woodwork now to tell the us all how awfully "inappropriate" Mark Mangino is when he yells at his players. It's clear that when it comes to emotional devastation, he's the king.
Raymond Brown, a wide receiver who was a senior last season, said Mangino would "say personal, hurtful, embarrassing things in front of people," which kind of makes Jayhawk football players sound like sensitive little daisies. Until you learn that when Mangino wants to say something hurtful, the man cuts like a surgeon.
"One day, [Mangino] said in front of the entire team, 'Are you going to be a lawyer or do you want to become an alcoholic like your Dad?'"
Ouch. In another instance, when confronting a KU player who had received a "minor in possession" ticket, Mangino told him "You'll be drinking out of a brown paper bag the rest of (your) life." Brown, who had a brother that was once shot in the arm, says that Mangino once said to him, "If you don't shut up, I'm going to send you back to St. Louis so you can get shot with your homies." So basically, if Mangino ever learned about a painful incident from a player's background, he stored that little nugget away so he could break it out at the precise moment when it would do the most damage to the player's psyche. That's talent.
Several others also confess that Mangino occasionally gets physical with players, although it never seemed to rise above the level of poking or grabbing jerseys. And as at least one former player pointed out, it is curious that all these stories are flooding in now that Kansas football is having its worst season in years.
"I'm not going to deny that some of those things didn't happen," [former defensive lineman Russell] Brorsen said. "But I think part of the problem here is you have four or five years worth of stuff hitting the fan within a period of three or four days. I think [Mangino] could get pretty intense. And I think there was swearing. But my personal opinion is it's not much worse than what you would get at another university."
It is curious that no one seemed to have any complaints about Mangino's vicious temper when the Jayhawks were 12-1. But despite the program's "turnaround," they have only had 3 winning seasons since Mangino took over in 2002—and this year isn't one of them. His days are likely numbered.
Ex-Kansas players: Coach Mark Mangino said 'hurtful' things [ESPN]
Mangino confident probe will clear him [Fox Sports]
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Liberty hopes to peak at national championships in Arizona
April 4, 2014 | Tempe, Ariz.
Members of Liberty University's triathlon team will be in the same boat as many of the 1,200 competitors from 119 clubs at Saturday's USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe, Ariz.
Extended wintry conditions prevented the Flames from doing much outdoor training heading into the biggest collegiate race of the year.
"Most athletes are probably not at their best unless they live in Florida, Texas, or California, because they don't have the luxury of going on long bike rides," Liberty Head Coach Beth Frackleton said. "It's a challenge because where we live, we haven't had a spring at all. The past several weeks, they've been doing a lot of high-intensity (indoor) workouts and I'm hoping we've peaked at the right time."
The Olympic-distance course starts with a 1.2-mile swim, followed by a 25-mile cycling stage and a 10-kilometer run.
"If they followed their plan like they should have, the training schedule has prepared them for that distance," Frackleton said.
The women's race starts at 10:30 a.m. (EST) followed by the men's event, in the heat of the day at 1:30 p.m. For the second straight year, the races will be webcast live.
Half of Liberty's 10 team members who flew to Arizona with their bikes on Wednesday have experience from last year's nationals, held on the same course in Tempe, where junior Joey Anderson placed 31st individually and Liberty's men's and women's squads came in 36th out of 104 teams.
"At this point in the game, the training is done," Frackleton said. "It's just a matter of resting up. They'll be putting their bikes together and getting ready."
On Friday night, Anderson will be Liberty's lone representative in a draft-legal sprint triathlon (700-meters swim, 25K cycling stage, 5K run) which could give the Flames bonus points.
"He's going to be at a disadvantage because he's going to be racing the night before," Frackleton said. "But he's in good enough shape that he can do it."
This will be Anderson's third trip to nationals, after placing 45th to lead Liberty to a 19th-place finish out of 122 teams in 2012 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
"He's hoping for a top-20 or top-25 finish," Frackleton said of Saturday's main event. "I don't know how realistic that is because you just don't know until you get there what the competition's going to look like. We know enough to know our competition is very steep, but because it's so expensive to fly, it's sort of this unknown."
The men's team also features senior Josiah Slaydon, freshman Robert Weisbach,
senior Blake Williams, and junior alternate Jake Ingersoll.
"It's going to be real interesting to see who will get second, third and fourth," Frackleton said. "Blake has the most experience, but we're kind of curious. It could be a tie between the three. It depends on who has the best day."
The women will likely be led by senior Katie Mullaly, who will be pushed by junior Hannah Baldino, Zoie Dobrzanski, junior Ginny Mitchell, and freshman Elizabeth Vernon.
Team-wise, Frackleton would like to see Liberty improve upon its 36th-place combined showing from last year.
"I hope for the best," she said. "We're sending the five best that we've got (for men's and women's events). As a team, it would be great if we could get top-30."
Liberty is very competitive in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, as it showed when it hosted several MAC schools in a triathlon on campus last fall, but it doesn't race against the rest of the teams in the field on a regular basis.
"The thing about triathlon is there's no NCAA level," she added. "This is it. It's the same for everybody. It's pretty much all a club sport. That's why it's just so competitive."


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Has it really been a year since the last World Gin Day?
No, seriously, don't -
Look, it's called a rhetorical question. Of course it's been a year since the last World Gin Day. This year, however, marks the first year that it's fallen - for me, at least - in winter.
This is because I'm currently in the Southern Hemisphere and things are weird here. I'm told it's winter, but seriously? It's 18° Celsius (64° Fahrenheit) and, as a native of Scotland, I'd call that positively toasty but I'm surrounded by people wearing scarves and more layers than the middle act of Inception.
People are drinking mulled wine. In June. This I cannot deal with.
I'm used to thinking about drinks for summer right about now, so it's been a fun challenge to think about something a little more seasonally appropriate for where I am. It helps that I work at a bar that is famed for its house-made ginger beer, because what could be more warming than the rich spiciness of ginger beer?
Besides actual hot drinks, yes.
The obvious choice is Audrey Saunders' Gin-Gin Mule, although the one we make at Grandma's could be called a version of it rather than a strictly authentic recreation - the original calls for a still ginger beer and the addition of soda water whereas our ginger beer is carbonated; we also like to thrown in a dash of Angostura Bitters because reasons. It's turned out to be one of the most popular drinks on our new menu - that shouldn't be surprising, given that it has been named as one of the 25 most influential drinks of the past century by Imbibe (US). Described by its creator as an "ambassador to gin," maybe - like its base spirit - that's worth celebrating all year round?
Yes, again with the rhetorical questions.
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A Connoisseur's Revenge! (Japanese: ソムリエ対決!イシズマイVSフタチマル!! A Sommelier Showdown! Ishizumai VS Futachimaru!!) is the 19th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 676th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 17, 2011 and in the United States on June 11, 2011.
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As Ash and his friends travel to Castelia City, site of Ash's third Unova region Gym Battle challenge, they come across the grand opening of a huge new Poké Mart. It's as big as a shopping mall!
Inside, they find a shop where a Pokémon Connoisseur is checking the compatibility between Trainers and Pokémon. Ash lines up to be evaluated as well, but just as he's getting impatient with the wait, another shopkeeper invites him over. The proprietor is a girl named Burgundy, who insists that she's a Connoisseur, too. But Ash gets suspicious when Burgundy says he should get rid of all his Pokémon because he isn't compatible with any of them—even his best buddy Pikachu!
We then discover that she went up against Cilan at the Striaton Gym—and since her defeat there, she's been holding a serious grudge. So, she studied to become a Connoisseur, then returned to challenge Cilan again. But by the time she got back, Cilan was already on his journey with Ash and Iris!
Burgundy challenges Cilan to a revenge battle, saying that if she wins, Ash has to give up all of his Pokémon. Ash is very worried, but Cilan accepts anyway, and in the process of defeating Burgundy, gently attempts to teach her the value of open-mindedness when evaluating Pokémon and Trainer compatibility. Angrily, she vows to come back again to beat Cilan, then stomps away. Ash is just happy that he can keep all his Pokémon, and they can again set their sights on the Castelia City Gym!
On their way to Castelia City, Ash and his friends run into a newly-opened Poké Mart. Excited, Iris runs in, followed by Ash and Cilan. In the market, Iris looks around excitedly until she spots a Gem. The manager explains to her that it is a Dragon Gem, a rare item that increases the power of Dragon moves by 50 percent. However, Iris decides that the item might be too early for Axew, and she passes it, smiling.
Behind Iris, Ash spots a line of Trainers and a Pokémon Connoisseur checking the bond between the Trainers and their Pokémon. Ash becomes puzzled, and Cilan explains the concept of Pokémon Connoisseurs to Ash, along with a system that ranks the rank of Connoisseur, from C, B, A, and to the highest rank, S. Cilan also adds on to his speech, informing Ash that he is an A-class Connoisseur. Ash is surprised to see that the Connoisseur that everyone wants to see is a woman. Cilan then informs him that female Connoisseurs are known as "Connaisseuses".
Ash becomes excited and stands at the back of the line to get his Pokémon checked by the Connaisseuse. He sees how long the line is and becomes dismayed. However, behind Ash, another Connoisseur calls for him behind a curtain. When Ash approaches the curtain, the Connaisseuse forcibly brings him in the shed to talk to him about his Pokémon. The Connaisseuse introduces herself as Burgundy, and tells Ash that she could check the happiness of his Pokémon. She tries to start with Ash's Pikachu, but Ash politely refuses with a smile, telling her that he's certain that the bond between him and his Pikachu is strong. Burgundy then tells Ash that she'll check his other Pokémon, if that is the case.
Ash brings out his Sewaddle, which Burgundy takes numerous pictures of it with her Pokédex. Burgundy is highly opposed to Ash's Sewaddle and furiously informs Ash that his Sewaddle's Ability is Swarm, and that he should switch his Sewaddle with a different Sewaddle with a Chlorophyll Ability, an Ability she thinks is better than Swarm. Sewaddle becomes annoyed and responds by hitting Burgundy in the face with its String Shot. Burgundy becomes furious, rips off the String Shot from her head and asks Ash to show her a different Pokémon of his.
Ash then brings out Snivy. Burgundy indicates that Snivy somehow has a 'bitter' taste to it and has the aroma of "black pepper" and she actually tries to "taste" Ash's Snivy with her tongue. Snivy isn't really excited about Burgundy licking her, and so Snivy uses her Vine Whip attack, lashing Burgundy's tongue. Ash then brings out Tepig. Tepig smiles at Burgundy, which she observes with distaste. Then, she says that Ash's Tepig smiles too much and how that it doesn't really look like it's suited for battle. Tepig, much like Snivy, responds by letting its Ember loose and "roasting" Burgundy's head for a split second.
Then, Oshawott suddenly pops out of Ash's Poké Ball on its own and tries to butter up Burgundy by hugging one of her legs and smiling cutely. Burgundy responds with distaste, seeing how Oshawott is flattering her to get a good overview. Oshawott then replies with a Water Gun that hits Burgundy square in the face. Then, Ash sends out his Scraggy. Burgundy states that Scraggy smells like an old shoe, and when Scraggy pulls his "pants" up, she tells him he should be ashamed of himself, and Scraggy uses Headbutt on her.
Finally, Burgundy takes a look at Ash's Pikachu, saying he wasn't as cute as pictures she had seen before, and Pikachu responds with Thunderbolt. Burgundy says that all of Ash's Pokémon are horrible and that he needs to get rid of all of them and get new ones, and Ash begins to argue with her.
Then, Cilan and Iris come into the shed to see what is going on. Burgundy turns around, and as soon as she sees Cilan, she screams and points at him. Ash becomes confused and asks Cilan if he knew Burgundy. Burgundy sets out explaining about her past with Cilan. Apparently, she had challenged Cilan with her Oshawott a year ago, and had lost. Burgundy then states that she has been waiting for this day as today is her revenge day. Cilan asks why she wants revenge. Burgundy answers that she wants revenge on Cilan not only because the latter had defeated her, but also for the hurtful comments he said about her Pokémon. She then conjures up an image of Cilan and his Pansage the way she viewed them (Cilan and Pansage, who both have a purple aura around them, are both shown grinning evilly and the former is showering Burgundy with mocking comments). Cilan replies by saying that he had never actually done these things to Burgundy.
Burgundy still goes on explaining about what had happened at her past. After being defeated by Cilan (and hearing countless 'Connoisseur-ish' comments from him), she had set on a journey to become a Connaisseuse herself, just to have revenge on Cilan after she became a Connaisseuse and defeat him. She goes in a Connaisseuse school, passes the test, and becomes an actual Connaisseuse. Then she returns to the Striaton Gym for the planned revenge, but Cilan had already gone with Ash and co., much to Burgundy's total dismay.
After Burgundy tells her story, Cilan tells her that since this isn't a Gym, there can't be a battle for the Badge. Burgundy then brings out the Striaton City Gym Badge, telling Cilan that she had already beat the Gym with her battle with Chili. Then, Burgundy challenges Cilan to a Pokémon battle. Burgundy brings out Dewott and Cilan brings out Dwebble. As the battle begins outside of the market, Burgundy wants to have the battle with a special condition: if she wins the battle, Ash will have to change all of his Pokémon with different ones. Cilan agrees without a moment of hesitation, much to Ash's shock and dismay.
Burgundy mocks Cilan, seeing how he had picked a Bug-type and Rock-type to battle a Water-type, as Rock types are weak against Water types. Burgundy then immediately commands Dewott to use Fury Cutter. Cilan tells his Dwebble to use Protect. Dwebble immediately withdraws into its shell while Dewott repeatedly scratches Dwebble without much success. Burgundy then commands Dewott to use Water Pulse, which hits Dwebble squarely. Burgundy is convinced Dwebble will faint. However, Dwebble quickly recovers, much to Burgundy and her Dewott's confusion. Cilan goes on to tell Burgundy how his Dwebble's Ability is Sturdy, and how it cannot be KO'd by one move. Then, Cilan orders Dwebble to use Shell Smash. Dewott also leaps into the air and uses Razor Shell. Quickened by the move Shell Smash, Dwebble blocks off the move with its X-Scissor. Both Pokémon seem to have received a glancing blow, but it's obvious that it was too much for Dewott. It staggers, drops back down to the ground, and faints.
Burgundy can't understand why she had lost against a type that was weak against her Pokémon. Cilan replies, telling Burgundy that Pokémon battling isn't all from the manual. His strategy was to focus on Dwebble's Ability and its powerful defenses, and then attack Dewott when it was weak from attacking Dwebble. Burgundy then sends out her "premium-brand" Sawsbuck. Cilan sends out Pansage, his "premium-brand" Pokémon. Burgundy orders Sawsbuck to use Horn Leech, which Pansage dodges with ease. Burgundy then orders Sawsbuck to use Megahorn. Cilan commands Pansage to use Dig, allowing it to avoid Sawsbuck's Megahorn.
Then, Pansage leaps out from the ground behind Sawsbuck and unleashes a flurry of Bullet Seeds, some of them hitting Sawsbuck square on its behind. Cilan smirks and commands Pansage to finish it off with SolarBeam. Pansage uses SolarBeam, lighting the whole field. Sawsbuck then passes out and topples down to the ground, ending the battle with Cilan's victory. Burgundy calls her Sawsbuck back to her Poké Ball.
Later, the sun is setting, and apparently, Burgundy is setting on a new journey to become a better Connaisseuse. As Burgundy leaves, Cilan gives some final advice to Burgundy on how to be stronger. Burgundy replies with dislike and swears to beat Cilan next time, which Cilan responds with a kind smile. Then, Burgundy dashes away. The episode ends with Ash thinking of the next Gym he will face, the Castelia Gym.
Major events
- Cilan is revealed to be an A-class Pokémon Connoisseur.
- The gang meets a C-class Connaisseuse named Burgundy, an old challenger of Cilan's.
- Ash's Sewaddle is revealed to have Swarm as his Ability.
- Cilan's Dwebble is revealed to have Sturdy as its Ability.
- Cilan has a rematch against his new rival Burgundy and wins.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
- Ash
- Iris
- Cilan
- Burgundy
- Chili (flashback)
- Cress (flashback)
- Stall holders
- High-class Connaisseuse
- Little boy
- Trainers
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Oshawott (Ash's)
- Tepig (Ash's)
- Snivy (Ash's)
- Scraggy (Ash's)
- Sewaddle (Ash's)
- Pansage (Cilan's)
- Dwebble (Cilan's)
- Oshawott (Burgundy's; flashback)
- Dewott (Burgundy's)
- Sawsbuck (Burgundy's; Spring Form; debut)
- Minccino (little boy's)
- Snivy (Trainers'; multiple)
- Tepig (Trainers'; multiple)
- Oshawott (Trainers'; multiple)
- Dewott (Trainers'; multiple)
- Patrat (Trainers'; multiple)
- Pansage (Trainer's)
- Pidove (Trainers'; multiple)
- Sewaddle (Trainers'; multiple)
- Sandile (Trainer's)
- Minccino (Trainers'; multiple)
- Deerling (Trainers'; multiple)
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Dwebble
- This episode reveals that the Pokémon who Ash sent to Professor Juniper in the previous episode was his Pidove, as she was the only one absent in this episode.
- This episode marks the first time in the anime when a Pokémon's Ability is confirmed without said Ability getting activated.
- Cartoon Network's website misnamed the episode as "A Connoisseurer's Revenge", adding an er at the end of Connoisseur.
- The dub title A Connoisseur's Revenge is inconsistent with the fact that female Connoisseurs are called "Connaisseuses", as it was Burgundy who wanted revenge. This was corrected in the Polish, Spanish, and Hindi versions of the title.
Dub edits
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|En Kender's hævn!
|De wraak van een deskundige!
|Tuntijan kosto!
|Kenner gegen Kenner!
|Η Εκδίκηση ενός Ειδήμονα!
|Connaisseuse का बदला! Connaisseuse ka Badlaa!
|Pertarungan Sommelier! Dwebble Melawan Dewott!!
|Una vendetta da Intenditori!
|En kjenners hevn!
|Zemsta Znawczyni!
|A Vingança de um Especialista!
|Uma Vingança de Perito!
|Месть ценителя!
|Latin America
|¡La revancha de la Conocedora!
|¡La venganza de una Sibarita!
|En kännares hämnd!
|ศึกซอมเมอลิเยต์! อิชิซึไมปะทะฟุตะจิมารุ!!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma: Everett Golson has come a long way—and is carrying the Irish with him
NORMAN, Okla. —With 154 points in its past three games, No. 8 Oklahoma was supposed to provide the stiffest test yet for No. 5 Notre Dame's vaunted defense when the Fighting Irish visited the Sooners on Saturday night, the storied programs' first clash at Memorial Stadium since 1966.
Led by 11 tackles, a sack, and an interception from senior linebacker Manti Te'o, the Irish defense proved up to the challenge in a 30-13 win to move to 8-0. But it would not have been possible without the best performance of Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson's young career.
Golson, a sophomore playing only his seventh college game, put up impressive numbers, but not exactly ones that pop out of the box score. He was 13-for-25 passing for 177 yards. He also ran 11 times for 64 yards and the tiebreaking touchdown—a one-yard plunge with 5:05 left in the fourth quarter. A more important figure was 32:28, Notre Dame's time of possession, including 19:57 in the second half.
"That was a big help for our defense," Te'o said. "Not only keeping us fresh, but allowing us to make the corrections and adjustments that we needed to. It was a great team win—all three sides of the ball: offense, defense, and special teams."
The biggest question mark for Notre Dame as a serious contender for the national championship was offense. Yet, the Irish came into Memorial Stadium and put up 30 points, the first time a visitor had done that since Texas Tech last Oct. 22. The only turnover of the game was Te'o's interception, and Notre Dame was 7-for-15 on third downs to Oklahoma's 4-for-14 conversion rate.
"I thought that Everett Golson led our team," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "He had obviously been challenged to continue to grow, and it's been a process, but I thought tonight was a big step for our quarterback, and our offense elevated itself against great competition on the road."
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It was the third downs and the big plays—a 62-yard touchdown run by Cierre Wood in the first quarter, and a 50-yard pass from Golson to speedster Chris Brown on the tiebreaking drive—that took the air out of a stadium-record crowd of 86,031.
"The environment was great," Golson said. "I kind of like playing away. That's just me, personally. I think it's because I like people counting me out. That's just how I've always been. ... You know, I think what we've been hearing was a lot of people didn't think we could win this game. That just added a lot of fuel to my fire that was already burning. I just wanted to come out and show them that we could."
Golson was not sure that he could have led an effort like this at the beginning of the season—"I can admit that six or seven weeks ago, I didn't really feel that I was ready," he said—and credited both his game experience over the course of the campaign and the experience of watching from the sideline last week against BYU, as he sat out with a concussion. It took a good deal of patience to lead those methodical drives that ruined Oklahoma's rhythm, and Golson's ability to run and throw effectively and consistently, if not spectacularly, gave Oklahoma fits as the game wore on.
"I thought Golson made it difficult for us," Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. "I thought he threw it effectively. He's the guy that makes things a little bit uncomfortable for you. I thought he played an excellent football game."
And he reacted to it like a veteran, parrying a question about Notre Dame's undefeated start with the old "one game at a time" line. Straight from a coach's manual, sure, but also sure to make the coach happy.
"If we start listening to national championship and BCS (talk), we'll lose," Kelly said. "We'll lose a football game. They're a pretty smart group, and they know that if we stick with what we've done, stick with the process of just preparing for Pittsburgh, they'll be fine. But if they start listening, we'll lose."
The Irish haven't lost yet, and with Florida's loss on Saturday, Notre Dame figures to rise to in the BCS standings behind Alabama. Notre Dame, Oregon and Kansas State, which dealt Oklahoma its other loss this season, are all jockeying for position.
Golson helped Notre Dame solidify its case as a national title contender. The Irish now have four weeks to make a closing argument.


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Projector delivers DCI-compliant images at 8,000 lumens within the DCI colour space and 10,000 lumens when presenting alternative content.
Christie has announced the launch of its Christie Solaria One digital projector.
Aimed at emerging markets and community cinemas with screen sizes under 10.6m (35 feet) wide, the projector delivers DCI-compliant images at 8,000 lumens within the DCI colour space and 10,000 lumens when presenting alternative content.
The Solaria One ships with a zoom lens, a high-performance Xenon lamp, an Integrated Media Block (IMB) for playing high frame rate content and Screen Management System (SMS) for controlling the system.
Don Shaw [pictured], senior director, product management of Christie said: "Exhibitors will also appreciate Christie Solaria One's built-in dual DVI (HDMI) and network ports, rendering it capable of displaying virtually any form of alternative content. And customers should also note that they are not locked into a projector-based, proprietary storage system.
"We strongly believe that mechanical hard drive platters should not coexist within the projector chassis and that such systems featured in competing solutions are a failure waiting to happen. DCI-compliant, robust, external storage systems based on the very latest commercial RAID5 technology are available through Christie sales representatives for use with Solaria One."
The Star-Kinekor Theatres, South Africa's largest exhibitor, will be the first to use the Christie Solaria, having ordered 198 of the projectors.
Ster-Kinekor CEO, Fiaz Mahomed, commented: "The Christie Solaria One projectors offer superb quality with a heightened viewing experience for movie lovers. These projectors are perfectly suited for smaller screens and are very cost effective. Ster-Kinekor is proud to be the first chain in the world to deploy this product and we believe that this partnership meets the very real demand from our valued audiences in seeing the best film content at its greatest."
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Oct. 20, 2006
Head Coach Jerry Smith
On the match:
"I'm proud of my team today, I thought we played well for about 80% of the game, and I thought we created some good chances there. I think it was a really well-played game by both teams."
"Give credit to Portland, they didn't give up when down 3-1, they got a good goal on a corner kick and they were pressing and taking the game to us a bit there."
On the team's slow start then rebuilding the momentum:
"I really think it was a couple things: one, I can't believe how tentatively we started the game, really on our heels. We played very nervously, which is a concern for me. But at the same time, we ultimately did settle down a little bit and did begin to settle down and started to play well and create several good chances."
On the importance of the win:
"It puts us back in the race for the conference championship, and that's obviously one of our goals. With seven points, we're tied for first place so I'm happy about that."
Freshman Forward Kiki Bosio:
On her game-winning goal:
"Originally I was looking to pass it, but I turned and saw a bunch of open space so I just took it, I think the defense thought I was going to pass too because they shifted, and things opened up for me and I just took the shot."
On getting a game-winning goal against Portland:
"Words can't even describe [the intensity], I was so excited. Having all the fan support here was amazing."
Junior forward Meagan Snell:
On the importance of the win:
"It's an important win because it helps us in the WCC standings and also in terms of the NCAA Tournament, and also we just beat the defending national champs. It's great motivation for us and its going to help us so much going on."
On her team-leadign 11th goal
"I was just making a `C' run, and it was a great ball over from Lauren, and I was glad it went in. I was happy that I could just stay composed and put it in the corner."
On getting the win at home against Portland:
"You have to take into mind that we did play them on our field. It was awesome seeing Portland bring their fans down, it just shows what a great program they have, but I thought it was also great how our fans showed up tonight, how we had the drummers out there, it was awesome."
On the team staying composed and bouncing back from the early deficit
"When they scored, we knew we had to stay relaxed. Marian kept telling us to relax, stay focused, and work hard. One of the big things we focus on is the `Big Five' moments, we have to be the more aggressive team and I think scoring got that momentum and we just went with it."


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This is part of a series about using World of Logs to evaluate raiders.
First, a big thank-you to my guildmate Nazaniel and Kurnmogh from Kurn's Corner for sharing their pally secrets and helping me with this guide.
Here are specific things to look for when analyzing holy paladin logs. It's best to look at specific kills or attempts in order to get meaningful numbers.
Healing Done
Paladins are masters of tank healing and have a lot of utility spells and cooldowns to juggle. More than straight healing output, the mark of a good paladin comes from how well they make use of their abilities.
Player Details
Healing by Spell
There are a number of things to look for on this screen, including:
Spell selection – Is the paladin using all their available spells?
Paladins have: Divine Light, Holy Light, Beacon of Light, Holy Shock, Holy Radiance, Word of Glory, Light of Dawn, Lay on Hands, plus passive healing from Protector of the Innocent and Illuminated Healing. Healing from all of these spells should be seen on most fights. The only spell that is not typically used much, if at all, is Flash of Light due to it's poor mana efficiency.
Top 3 spells – A paladin's top spells will vary based on the fight and their assignment. For fights that are heaviest on tank damage (Omnitron, Nefarian, Halfus) the top spells will usually be: Divine Light, Holy Light and Beacon of Light, followed closely by Holy Shock.
As raid damage gets heavier (Magmaw, Cho'gall) Holy Radiance will generally creep up into the top 3, along with Light of Dawn (though this will generally only be prevalent in 25s). The more grouped up the raid is, the more effective these spells are.
Notes on specific spells:
Divine Light vs. Holy Light
Two slow, direct healing spells, but one costs 3x the mana and heals for 3x as much. The amount these spells are used will depend on the fight and damage taken. Check the amount of overheal on these two spells. If the overhealing on Divine Light is too high (nearing or over 40%), the paladin is wasting mana and should be relying more on Holy Light.
Holy Shock
Holy Shock should be used very often to maximize Holy Power gains. Though it won't be on top in terms of healing done, it should be near the top in terms of number of times it is cast.
Word of Glory and Light of Dawn
These are basically free spells and should be used frequently. Word of Glory is most likely to have higher use in a 10-man, and Light of Dawn will likely be used more in a 25.
Lay on Hands
The first thing to look for is whether Lay on Hands was used at all. In addition to providing a huge amount of healing, with Glyph of Divinity LoH also returns mana.
Though it may not get used on every fight, it should be used on most fights. A lack of LoH over a raid night should set off warning bells.
Guardian of Ancient Kings
This will show up as a pet on the Healing Done screen. When activated, it will heal the target of your next 5 heals and everyone within 10 yards of them. This should be present on every boss fight.
Buffs Cast
This screen will tell you how often a paladin is using their cooldowns, along with the uptime on key abilities.
Aura – Whether it's Concentration, Resistance, Devotion or Retribution, an Aura should be up 100% of the time.
Beacon of Light – Paladins' signature ability. Ideal uptime is 100%.
Judgements of the Pure – Increases casting speed for 1 minute after a Judgement. The goal is to have this up 100% of the time, though it's generally a couple percent less (due to range issues, waiting a few seconds at the start of the fight, etc.).
Seal of Insight – Gives the paladin mana back on melee swings and judgements. Should be up 100% of the time. This does not always show up under buffs. If it doesn't, check the Power Gains table on the Buffs Cast screen. Seal of Insight should be the number 1 source of mana return.
Conviction – When properly talented this increases healing done by 3% and
stacks three times. Uptime is based on how often a paladin crits. This should have an uptime of 90% or above. If the uptime is much lower than 85%, your paladin needs a bit more crit to help ensure this is constantly running.
Avenging Wrath – Increases healing by 20% for 20 seconds, 2 minute cooldown with talents. This should be used as often as possible. Generally 2-4 times per boss depending on the length of the fight.
Divine Favor – Increases haste and crit chance by 20% for 20 seconds, 3 minute cooldown. This should be used as often as possible. Generally 2-3 times per boss depending on the length of the fight.
Divine Plea – Restores mana over 9 seconds at the cost of reduced healing, 2 minute cooldown. The reduction in healing means it's best used during down times, so it won't necessarily be used on cooldown. If a paladin complains about running oom, but doesn't use this often, there is a problem. Avenging Wrath and Divine Favor can be used to offset the healing reduction.
Divine Protection – Reduces damage taken by 20%, 40 second cooldown with correct talents. This should be used often, but not necessarily on cooldown. Check my guide to Barkskin in Tier 11, as all the uses apply to Divine Protection as well. There is a glyph for this which removes the physical damage compontent and doubles the magic damage reduction, making it extremely useful on fights like Nefarian.
Aura Mastery – Doubles the effect of your Aura. Is very handy to use this with Resistance Aura on fights with shadow, fire or frost damage, or with Concentration Aura to make the raid temporarily immune to silences and interrupts. It should be used regularly on fights where these effects are helpful.
Hand of Sacrifice – This is great for times of heavy tank damage. Paladins should be making regular use of this.
Divine Shield – Used in emergencies. It won't be used often, but if you find the paladin is often dying without ever using it, there is a problem.
Hand of Salvation/Protection/Freedom – These are situational spells. They probably won't be used too often, but I see their proactive use as a sign of excellent raid awareness.
Trinkets – If the paladin has an on-use trinket equipped, check the cooldown on it and the amount of times used. They should be used the maximum amount possible.


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Ok, so I built the box, I rebooted, I got the twinkly array of AV Wizard noises followed by black screen.Hit 2 -twinkly beep beep, black screen. Hit 7, twinkly beep beep, black screen. 2,6 twinkly beep beep, black screen. Getting the picture? because I'm sure not going to.Using VGA, monitor definitely supports both resolutions.I am using an NVidia Ti4800SE with UI2. I know 4xxx is not supported but worked fine in 1.1 Also works fine if I swap to another TTY, fire up xwindows and run the linuxmce startup sequence (even runs and completes the damn AV Wizard).Save the settings, reboot the system..... twinkly beep beep ----- black screenAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Mariner Wealth Advisors, the Leawood, Kansas-based advisory firm, continued its acquisitive ways Monday by announcing that it had bought a majority interest in Housen Financial Group, based in the New Jersey Shore town of Manasquan, adding Housen's $817 million in client assets under management and 13 professionals to its growing network.
Mariner Wealth Advisors now has $9.5 billion in total AUM, including $2.4 billion in the Northeast; in late 2012, it acquired another New Jersey firm, Brinton Eaton, and its $700 million in client assets under management.
Why Housen? Marty Bicknell, CEO of Mariner Wealth, said in an interview Tuesday that buying a majority stake in RIA firms was standard procedure for Mariner. "We left relatively significant ownership in the hands of local leadership," he said, referring to Housen but also to Mariner's typical acquisitions. "With only two exceptions, we maintain the local existing brand and management team." Bicknell declined to provide the acquisition price for Housen, though he said Housen will keep its name.
So are the Housen acquisition and Mariner's others a succession planning strategy for the owners? "In the last couple of acquisitions, the founders have been relatively young, so it's not a short-term succession plan" for them, but rather the Mariner acquisition helps provide "fuel for growth and strategies for growth" with the acquired firms' "partners and lead people." As part of their acquisitions, Bicknell says Mariner likes to provide more junior employees with small ownership stakes as well.
Is Bicknell happy with Mariner being called a 'rollup firm?' "The name doesn't bother me," he says, but adds that there is a difference between Mariner and other firms that acquire RIA practices.
"We don't have an exit strategy" or plan on going public within the next three, five or seven years, he said. "We want to be the partner for a firm that wants a second chance" for growth.
Within the RIA universe, Bicknell says there's a "large portion of the firms where the principals start out as practitioners, then wake up one day to find that they're running a business, and it takes them away from serving the clients." Mariner's proposition is to "take that away from them," meaning running the business, and "support them with hiring business development people" and other resources so those founding advisors can focus on client service. "Our departments [at Mariner] are larger" than what the advisory firm will have, he points out, in areas like human resources, technology or compliance, so the acquired firm benefits from that scale as well.
Will Mariner continue to acquire more RIA firms? "Yes," Bicknell says. "There are lots of firms in that $500 to $750 million (in AUM) range that are looking to bust through" that hurdle and achieve significant new growth, and that's where Mariner comes in. "We want firms and advisors who put their clients first, their associates second and the firm third. That's easy to say, not easy to find," he says. In addition to buying firms — Bicknell says Mariner has bought six in the past two years but visited 200 potential acquisitions — Mariner has also launched two initiatives lately. One is establishing Mariner Trust Co., providing trust and estate planning services to Mariner clients. The other is First Point Financial, launched in October to provide the "same type of services Mariner offers" but for mass affluent clients.
"We founded Mariner Wealth in May 2006," Bicknell says, and while the firm "focused on the HNW individual … contrary to a lot of firms that focus on HNW individuals, we've never had an account minimum." Bicknell says that "if someone wants our help, I've felt it to be my responsibility to help them, so over the past seven years, we've amassed a bunch of mass affluent clients."
First Point was founded "because of our belief that that market is dramatically underserved." While the Trust Company and the standard HNW client at Mariner is provided with investment, tax and estate planning services, and insurance resources, for the mass affluent, he says that with First Point "we're making a conscious effort to bring financial planning, not just investment advice, to the mass affluent, to achieve their planning goals."
First Point has actual advisors, but Bicknell says that "the type of advisor and the experience of an advisor" necessary to serve a "$350,000 relationship is different than the type of advisor and the experience of an advisor you need to serve a $20 million relationship." First Point doesn't "need to hire estate planning attorneys" to serve its clients, but rather "CFPs who understand the basic nuances of financial planning." Those advisors are compensated "for retention and retention only" of clients, as part of Mariner's strategy to "separate business development from advice." After all, he says, "in the wirehouses the best advice giver is rarely the same person as the biggest producer."


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Final Announcement and Invitation to A Regional Short Course on Microalgae Cultivation Technology ( 29 June - 3 July 1998 ) Microalgae are a great source of many highly valuable products such as polyunsaturated fatty acids(EPA and DHA etc.),astaxanthin, lutein, phycocyanin, bioactive compounds and health food. Microalgae can generally be grown photoautotrophically in various pond systems and photobioreactors. Many microalgae can be grown heterotrophically or mixotrophically on organic substrates using conventional fermenters and specialy designed bioreactors. In this course, participants will learn basic concepts, principles and techniques involved in microalgal biotechnology. For more details and registration form, please visit our website: http://www.hku.hk/botany/MCT/index.html Organiser, Asia-Pacific Society for Applied Phycology Department of Botany, The University of Hong Kong


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MySQL for Excel: Append Data
Append Data
MySQL for Excel provides a way to insert Excel data into existing MySQL Tables; users can select Excel data to append to the desired table and through a friendly interface map Excel columns to the actual MySQL Table's columns by dragging and dropping them. MySQL for Excel automatically maps columns for users, by trying to match the source and target column names or the data types so users may usually accept the defaults and export the Excel data in a single click operation. If users override the automatic column mapping, they are able to store it for future use. Inserting Excel data into MySQL Tables is really easy.
Advanced Options
The Append Data dialog offers advanced options for users who want to tweak the column mapping or field data options. In this screen users are also able to rename and delete column mappings already stored for future use.


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Vermont County Selection Map
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