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1. We have nearly hit the midseason mark so let's go out on a limb here (not really) and proclaim Tennessee running back Chris Johnson as the biggest fantasy bust thus far in 2011. Johnson has been simply atrocious, helping to bolster two arguments often espoused by fantasy owners: don't acquire players who are holding out and don't acquire player who have just signed a lucrative, long-term contract. Johnson hit on both counts and maybe that's why he's not doing much on the field. In six games, Johnson has just 268 rushing yards, 143 receiving yards and a single touchdown while averaging 2.9 yards per carry. That's not a typo, folks. And neither is this – his fantasy points per game average sits at 7.9, making him the 31st highest points producer at running back. If you put him ahead of a couple of players who have yet to have their byes, Johnson would rank 29th. That's not even automatic start territory. The big plays just haven't been there for Johnson in 2011. Or maybe he's just not making the most of his opportunities. Either way, he's been held under 54 rushing yards five times, topped 100 rushing yards once and had three games with less than 25 rushing yards.
2. Bears running back Matt Forte is having an outstanding, MVP caliber season and is the main reason that Chicago remains in the hunt for a wild card spot at 4-3. With 151 yards rushing and 39 receiving yards this week against the Buccaneers in London, Forte became the first player since 2004 to top 1,000 total yards in just seven games. Both Priest Holmes and Tiki Barber accomplished the feat that season.
3. The Cam Newton Show keeps on rolling in Carolina. This week, the Panthers defeated the Redskins 33-20 in a home game, lifting their record to 2-5. Newton added to his league leading quarterback rushing total, gaining 59 yards on the ground and scoring another touchdown, giving him seven on the season. That touchdown allowed Newton to tie the record for the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback. Here's banking on Newton shattering that record by season's end.
4. After looking decidedly mediocre and completely overhyped for the first five games of his NFL career, Cowboys rookie running back DeMarco Murray looked like the second coming of Jim Brown this week, running roughshod over a Rams defense that had more holes that swiss cheese. Murray finished the game with 25 carries for 253 yards and a touchdown, breaking both the Cowboys single game record for most rushing yards and accumulated the 9th best rushing performance in league history. After the game, Murray stated that he'd never expected to have "a game like this." Suffice it to say that after his first five games, his fantasy owners didn't either and many of them likely had him planted on the bench.
5. At the start of the season, the Redskins offense was playing surprisingly well with Rex Grossman at quarterback, Tim Hightower churning out decent production at running back, Santana Moss once again leading the wide receiver corps and a pair of talented tight ends in Chris Cooley and Fred Davis. What a difference a few weeks. In a key game this week against the Bills in Toronto, Washington will trot out John Beck at quarterback, Ryan Torain at running back, Davis at tight end and Jabar Gaffney as their top wide receiver. It also doesn't help that the Redskins placed starting guard Kory Lichtensteiger on injured reserve a week ago. If you don't see trouble ahead for Washington's offense, take off the rose colored glasses. There is but one solid fantasy option in the Redskins offense and that is Davis, who is on the verge of becoming a top five fantasy producer at his position.
6. Sticking with the Redskins, don't expect Cooley back in Washington for the 2012 season unless he accepts a massive pay reduction. Cooley will turn 30 prior to next season, has lingering knee problems and is due $3.8-million next season. Considering that he has been surpassed on the depth chart by Davis who is clearly an ascending player, Cooley will need to accept backup money to return to Washington in 2012.
7. Here's a shout out to Vikings defensive end Brian Robison. After the Vikings 33-27 loss to division rival Green Bay, Robison tweeted that he was sorry for kicking Packers offensive lineman T.J. Lang in the groin, that he didn't aim for the groin and that he is not a dirty player. Which begs a couple of questions. Where exactly was Robison aiming? Does Robison think that kicking is okay, provided it's not in the groin? Here's hoping NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell kicks Robison really hard somewhere – like say his bank account.
8. The Rams keep getting mentioned as a candidate to land the top overall pick in the draft and the opportunity to land Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. Of course, with Sam Bradford on the roster, a Luck selection by the Rams would be followed quickly with a trade of the Stanford star to another team. However, that scenario isn't likely to happen. After this week's game against New Orleans, the Rams play each of their NFC West rivals twice, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Presumably, the Dolphins and Colts are the front-runners in the Suck for Luck sweepstakes.
9. Owners of Jermichael Finley have, for the most part, been disappointed in the Packers tight ends fantasy performance in 2011. Expected to be a top five producer at his position with many pundits having him pegged as the second ranked tight end behind the Chargers Antonio Gates, Finley has just 25 receptions for 334 yards and four touchdowns this season, with 85 yards and three touchdowns coming in the Packers Week 3 win over the Bears. While the consensus has generally been that his performance will turn around, a look at the tight end stats tells us that Finley is the 17th most targeted tight end on a per game basis. As you read here all the time, opportunity is the first ingredient in production and Finley just isn't getting much of either. Over the Packers last two games, Finley has been targeted just six times.
10. Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz has been a boon to the team's offense since taking over in the slot, producing a number of big games prior to his two reception, 12 yard performance in Week 6 against the Bills. In the three games prior to that, he had 17 receptions for 369 yards and 3 touchdowns and the assumption by most is that he had put a stranglehold on the slot receiver role for New York. However, 2009 3rd round pick Ramses Barden is eligible to come off the physically unable to perform list and there are rumblings out of New York that the team is anxious to see what he can do. Despite having solid size at 6'6" and 225 pounds, the team thinks Barden can produce out of the slot as well as on the outside spelling Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham.


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A vandal's casual attitude and smiling face are met with the judge's wrath after she sees photos of a car destroyed in a parking lot; an unemployed man waits until the week his son is born to start looking for a job.
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Oh How I Wish I Hadn't Taken That Nude Photo of Myself!; Sushi...
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Alcohol Poisoning Brought to You by Beer Pong!; Detox Cookbook...
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Where's the Love?!; Small Dog Takes Bite Out of Delivery Man?!
Episode 15
Why Are You Women Attracted to this Man?!; It's My Stupid Dog...
Episode 16
Back Child Support Eats Up Settlement Check!; $65,000 Black Ice...
Episode 17
Car Wash Road Rage Powered by Disability!; Mechanic Destroys...
Episode 18
Bad Driver Caught on Tape?!; Teen Sues for Repo After Great Car...
Episode 19
Teen Buys Stolen Dirt Bike
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Children in Kitchen Lead to Alleged Assault?!
Episode 21
Tooth Knocked Out in Dog Fight?!; Puppy From Hell?!
Episode 22
Dog Owner Laughs at Woman's Bloody Injuries?!; Malicious Harley...
Episode 23
Your Husband Is My Man?!; Mobile Home Scam?!
Episode 24
Used and Confused!; Pregnant and Owing?!
Episode 25
Hypodermic Needle Fence Dispute?!; Chihuahua Death by Chocolate?!
Episode 26
Heartbreaking Dog Custody Verdict; Mutilated Flower Fiasco?!
Episode 27
Tag Team for Child Custody?!; Mother-Daughter Cruise Fail!
Episode 28
Great Pyrenees Attacks Delivery Boy?!; The Judge's Nail Appointment?!
Episode 29
Horse Put Down by Financially Strapped Owner; Illegal Deportation?!
Episode 30
Vicious Pit Bull Kills Again?!
Episode 31
Shameful Squatter and Pit Bull Pushover?!; Tree Trimming Travesty
Episode 32
Emotional Vandal Pulls a Knife?!; Birthday Corvette and Abandoned...
Episode 33
Unbelievable Semi-Nude Photo Post?!; Quinceanera Loan or Friendly...
Episode 34
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!; Those Are Not My Texts!
Episode 35
Love Triangle Vandalism?!
Episode 36
Dog Abuse vs. Puppy Deaths?!; High Kick to Antique Dresser?!;...
Episode 37
House Flipping Scam Artist?!; Pit Bull Mix Goes for Woman's Throat?!;...
Episode 38
Vandalism Excuse at its Finest?!; Amazing Townhouse Profit?!
Episode 39
Big Bucks Fish Tank Botch?!; Lover's Lexus Mix-Up!
Episode 40
Hair Stylist Left in the Dark?!; Solar Tree Trimming Disaster?!
Episode 41
Woman Desperate for Degrading Job?!; The Infamous Afghanistan...
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Dove Release Runaround; Uber Driver Payback?!; Clueless Young...
Episode 43
A Mother's Worst Nightmare
Episode 44
Thanksgiving Pit Bull Terrorism?!; Mysterious Mexican Van Vacation?
Episode 45
The Wild Party Injury and the Uneducated Fool?!
Episode 46
Fight Over Boy Equals Baseball Bat Vandalism?!; Married Military...
Episode 47
My Brother Broke My Arm!; Ex-Con Hops on One Foot for Judge Judy!
Episode 48
Dog Grooming Trauma Caught on Tape!; Broken Love, Broken Lease?!
Episode 49
Innocent Black Youth Threatened by Police?!; Botox Me Baby!
Episode 50
Abysmal Wedding DJ?!; I'm Not Paying for Your Child!
Episode 51
Short Marriage, Long Wedding Debt!; Jeweler Shares Business Secret!
Episode 52
Random Vandalism or Hilary Clinton Attack?
Episode 53
Man Ejected From His Own Home!; Father Son Car Project Fail!
Episode 54
Children Witness Violent Tasering?!; Baloney Story From Squatter?!
Episode 55
Unbelievable Toll Bill!; Holiday Betrayal!
Episode 56
Drunk Driving Freeway Brawl!?; Don't Double-Talk Me!
Episode 57
Kid Bullies and Vandals?!; Get Outta My Lane!
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Pepper Spraying Parent Catastrophe!
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Wild Tequila Bar Catfight!; Older Woman Takes Advantage of Young...
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Wedding Dress Distress; Pregnant and Panicked!
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I Need You to Love My Lamb!; Playing the Ride Share Game
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Pet Sitter Kills Dog?!; You're an Idiot for Helping Someone in...
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Woman Left Dying on Bathroom Floor?!; 5K Credit Card Free Ride?!
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You Made It Awkward! You Pay for It!; I Am Not My Adult Son's...
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Woman Whacks Husband's Ex in Head With a Gun?!; My Arm Was Almost...
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Teenager's Night in Prison!; Completely Hideous Bridal Gown?!
Episode 67
Guess Which Breed of Dog Annihilates Another!; Upcoming Rap Star...
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Shady Supervised Child Visits?; Bromance Party Fail!
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House Flipping 101: What Not to Do!; I Threw a Pingpong Ball,...
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Scary Healthcare Rip-Off; Senior Tricked Into Nursing Home Facility?!;...
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Damning Vandalism and Theft Caught on Tape?!; Don't Call My Antiques...
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Man's Face Caught in Blacklisted Dog's Mouth!; Bengal Cat Breeding...
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Drone Under Attack Takes Fatal Dive!; Mysterious Cat Attacks...
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Intimately Transmitted Disease Drama!; Dog Destroys $3,000 Mattress!
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Drug Bust and Jail Time!; Roof Falls on Daughter's Head?!
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Don't Even Think About Writing Hate Mail to Judge Judy!; Men...
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Skateboard Boy Wonder; Mud-Dragging, Big Tipper?!
Episode 78
Husband in Prison, Lover on the Side?!; Stealing From a Little...
Episode 79
Endangered Child Rescue!; Child Surrogacy Meets Plastic Surgery!
Episode 80
Stealing Workers and Money?!
Episode 81
Alabama Crackheads Beware!; Rib Bones Sicken Puppy!
Episode 82
Dual Driving Disaster; Aggressive Accounting
Episode 83
Kicked Back Home to Saudi Arabia?!; Wake Up! You're a Squatter!
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Most Ridiculous Error in Judgment Award Goes to...; Hooters'...
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Son Spits in Father's Face!; Ex-Fiances Cut Their Losses!
Episode 86
Dog Uses Bathroom in Shared Hallway?!
Episode 87
Ex-Lovers Lifetime Protective Orders!; Vandalizing Fit of Jealous...
Episode 88
Locked and Loaded Neighborhood Patrol?!
Episode 89
Trucking Venture Disaster?!; Waffle Whammy!
Episode 90
Adultery and Assault?!; Border Collie Puppy Sent Packing!
Episode 91
Fresh Mouth Dismissed From the Courtroom!; Toddler Daycare Injury;...
Episode 92
Repo Assault and Neglect?!; Dog's Broken Nail Leads to Amputation?!
Episode 93
Kid Carnival Fail!; Attempted Murder and Million Dollar Bail
Episode 94
Homeless, Evicted and Robbed?!; Sentimental Family Property...
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Tree Trimming Travesty?!; Graduation Expediter to the Rescue!;...
Episode 96
Clueless Young Bookkeeper?; Mother's Ashes Traded for Car?
Episode 97
Deceased Father's Truck Totaled!; Adult Son Breaks Dad's Rules?;...
Episode 98
Stalking Through the Ceiling?!; BB Gun Shootout?!
Episode 99
Sentimental Fence Feud!; Juice-Bar Owner Fail?!
Episode 100
What Are You NOT Suing Me For?!; When Smog Comes Between Friends!;...
Episode 101
Older Woman Mauled by Boxers?!; Grizzly Moving Accident!
Episode 102
Bad Teen Driver Crashes Into School!
Episode 103
Cheated Out of 20K?!; Cyclists Don't Own the Road!
Episode 104
Bitter About Boy Toy?!; Handsome Lawyer Remodel Fail!
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Get Out -- You're a Squatter!; Maserati Madness!
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A Dingo Mauled My Shepherd?!; Customized Nightmare!
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Special Needs Nanny Drama; World's Most Expensive Finance Class?!
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Car Flipper Backfire!
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Muzzle Confusion and Attack!; Swamp-Hunting Dog Meets Pit Bull!
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When Faulty Drivers Collide!; Kitty Litter Misstep!
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Sneaky Kickback Party!; Fraud and the Smelly Cat?!
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Illegal Power Rip-Off!; Wage Garnishment Travesty!
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50th Birthday Party Grand Entrance Upset!; Shoddy Work or Slanderous...
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Pigs Leave a House Like This!; Toxic Ex-Roommate?!
Episode 115
Huge Ego on Display?!; Masseuse on the Loose!
Episode 116
Hotel Heist or Gold-Digger Guest?; West Nile Virus Threat?!
Episode 117
Anxious Toy Spaniel Tug of War!; Courts Don't Care About You!
Episode 118
Misguided Binge Shopping?; Jet Ski Stupidity!
Episode 119
Race Card Played in Reckless Driver Drama; Dog Sitting for the...
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Death Threat Caught on Tape!; Mother/Daughter Debt Duel!
Episode 121
Unfit Dog Owner?!
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How to Tell if You're a Crazy Cat Lady!; Diamond-Encrusted Pawn...
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Stabbing, Slashing and Kidnapping?!
Episode 124
$44,000 Child Support Bill?!; Drug Addiction Duo!
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Blind Man's Outrageous Request!; Service Dog Attacked in Coffee...
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You Look Scared to Death... I Like It!; The Bank Is Closed!
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Dad's Therapy-Dog Scam?!; The First Lady of Hats
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Windshield Smack Down!; Show Me the Proof!
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Advocate Against Horse Slaughter
Episode 131
Sex, Drugs and Surveillance?; Barn Wedding Fail!
Episode 132
Stroke Victim's Frivolous Family Fight?!; Photo Cookie Bust!
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Episode 134
Vandal Trapped by Bad Spelling?!; Lonely Puppy Damage
Episode 135
Gender Reveal Party Pooper!; Judge Judy's Joy for $500 Alex!
Episode 136
Halfway House Fail!; Son Paid to Care for Sick Mother
Episode 137
The Duped Duo!; Co-Worker Hang Up!
Episode 138
Don't Let Children Watch This!; Go Back to Where You Came From!;...
Episode 139
Never Pepper Spray a Cop's Kid!; Vandal's Apology Caught on Text?!
Episode 140
Divorcees Fight over Son's Assault!; House Flipping Flop!
Episode 141
Dirty Politics in a Union Election?!
Episode 142
Sub-Lease Deadbeat?!; Neighbor Survey Changes Everything!
Episode 143
Arrested for Mysterious Thigh-Kick?!
Episode 144
Recess for a New Generation!; Bag of Rice Cellphone Trick!
Episode 145
Mother's Mortgage Mishap!; Company and Fish Start to Stink...;...
Episode 146
Equestrian Bucks Responsibility?!
Episode 147
Kidnapping and Assault?!; Define Restitution, Your Honor
Episode 148
War Waged Over Gucci the Yorkie!
Episode 149
My Pit Bull Is Like Scooby Doo!; Car Slammed Into Newspaper Stand!
Episode 150
Condemned!; Dating Inventors Butt Heads!
Episode 151
Alimony Hell!; Police Witness Vandalism!
Episode 152
It's Not My Fault You're a Bad Driver!; Tyrannical Roommate?!
Episode 153
Your Deceased Mother Would Be Ashamed of You!; Clueless Tenant?!
Episode 154
Repossession Roulette!
Episode 155
Grieving Sisters Try to Keep It Friendly!; Vanishing Carpenter?!
Episode 156
Nine Phones, One Deadbeat Ex-Lover?!; Unlicensed Teen Coming...
Episode 157
Arson Payback for Vet Bill?!; Spay and Neuter Your Dogs!; Crime...
Episode 158
Smiley Face Vandalism Fuels 13-Year Feud!
Episode 159
High on Meth Home Invasion?!; Music Collaboration Battle!
Episode 160
Foster Cat Fail!; 40th High School Reunion Disaster!; Stolen...
Episode 161
Cat Abandonment?!; Drugged and Beaten by Tijuana Police?!; Cyclist...
Episode 162
Volatile Mother/Daughter Feud!; Artist Van Rental Stupidity?!
Episode 163
Roommate Meets Jail Cell!; Pushing, Shoving and Bleeding?!
Episode 164
Stop Laughing! Your Dog Is Dead!; Man Jumps on One Foot for the...
Episode 165
He'll Never Find Me in Egypt!; Oh No! Judge Judy's Making a Call!
Episode 166
Extreme Bullying and Life-Threatening Texts?!
Episode 167
Artist's Botched Gallery Attempt!
Episode 168
Child Abandonment?; Beamer Trap!
Episode 169
Pepper Spray Showdown in Atlanta!; Charge Party With the Company...
Episode 170
Fractured Jaw at the Rodeo!; A Pit Bull Is a Stupid Dog to Have!
Episode 171
Man's Fear of Large Dogs Comes Back to Bite Him!; Gas Explosion...
Episode 172
Child Support From Hell!
Episode 173
Coon Cat Custody; Crash Sob Story!
Episode 174
America Not So Great Again!
Episode 175
I Won't Rat Out a Friend!; Bartender Blackmail?
Episode 176
Vigilante Boutique Thief Caught on Tape?!
Episode 177
Landlord's Legal Troubles
Episode 178
Nervy Son Sues Mother for Being Late?!; Baby Daddy Blues
Episode 179
Pit Bull's Eye Poked Out!; Outrageous Roommate!
Episode 180
Slick Senior Picture Operation?!
Episode 181
Woman Terrified by Ex-Friend?! (Part One)
Episode 182
Therapy Pit Bull Vs. 8-Year-Old Child; Alabama Child Support...
Episode 183
The Terror Continues... Part Two!; DUI and Domestic Abuse?!
Episode 184
Babblers Are Usually Liars!; Battle Over the Bronze Lions!
Episode 185
Account Missing $30K?!; The Party That Was Never Planned!
Episode 186
Manhunt for Criminal at Large!; Married Teen Victim of Odometer...
Episode 187
Man Brings Wife and Girlfriend to Court?!; If You're Psychotic...
Episode 188
Who Robbed Who?!; Child Visitation Fight; Surprise! I Left You...
Episode 189
Don't Mess with the Corvette!; Truck Facelift!
Episode 190
Teen Sued by Mom for Pitching a Fit!; Ex-Lover Steals Shotgun...
Episode 191
Scissor Hand Assault?!
Episode 192
Golf Cart Collision!; Marriage on Drugs?!; Pregnant Dog Attack!
Episode 193
Six Dachshunds Wreak Havoc?!; Egged House Payback!
Episode 194
Judge's Biggest Fan Professes Love for Her!
Episode 195
Permanently Disabled Entrepreneur!; Fiancée Father Fight!; Bingo...
Episode 196
$25 a Week Doesn't Feed a Gerbil!; Polyamorous Relationship Fail
Episode 197
Child Slapped for Wetting Bed?!
Episode 198
Car Full of Children Headed Into Pond!; Fishing for Friends on...
Episode 199
Dramatic Cyclist Meets Drunk Peddler?!; Where There's Smoke......
Episode 200
Petri Dish for Scammers?!; Pit Bull Rescue Wreaks Havoc... of...
Episode 201
You'll Get Dizzy From All the Lying!; Clueless Mechanic or Clever...
Episode 202
When Exotic Cats Attack?!; Off to the Races!
Episode 203
My Yard Is Not Your Pet's Bathroom!; Speeding Away With Identity...
Episode 204
Bleachtastic Break-Up!; Auburn Football Lights It Up?!
Episode 205
Girlfriend Vandal Hacks Into Lover's Phone?!; South African Carpet...
Episode 206
Coin-Throwing Road Rage Stunt!
Episode 207
Family Business Bust!; Property Thrown Down Snow Bank?!
Episode 208
Don't Mix Business With Pleasure!; Identity Theft Between Cousins?!
Episode 209
Malicious Forest Fire Eviction?!; I Didn't Become a Judge to...
Episode 210
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February 6, 1937 - February 20, 2013
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Peggy Marie (Maggie) Ross, of Warwick, NY, passed away on February 20, 2013 at Westchester Medical Center. She was born on February 6, 1937 in Allentown, PA.
She was the beloved wife of Jamie Ross, a loving mom and grandmother, and a dear friend to many.
She was a former "Miss Allentown" and a runner-up for "Miss Pennsylvania". As an actress/singer, her main success was in commercials. Out of the many that she appeared in, she was especially proud of being the "Easy-Off Oven Girl", which ran on television for over nine years, making it the second longest running commercial of all time. She was an avid gardener, loved cooking and never tired of playing Scrabble.
She is survived by her husband, Jamie; her daughter, Noelle Ross Sherer and her husband, Dan Sherer of Milford, PA; her daughter-in-law, Joan Peters of Great Barrington, MA; her grandchildren: Lily Marie Peters of Great Barrington, MA, Julia Marie Nebel of Stroudsburg, PA, and Robert James Sherer of Milford, PA.
She was predeceased by her son, Tarn C. Peters and her granddaughter, Rachel S. Peters.
Memorial visitation will be on Saturday, February 23rd, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick.
Memorial donations may be sent to Warwick Valley Humane Society, PO Box 61, Warwick, NY 10990.
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"This delectable pie makes a great hostess gift for a holiday get-together or a wonderful ending to a meal for company," suggests field editor Cynthia Kolberg of Syracuse, Indiana.
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + chilling
Makes10 servings
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked
- 20 caramels
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1-1/2 cups salted peanuts
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Whipped cream and salted peanuts, optional
- 3 caramels
- 5 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- In a small saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat; stirring until smooth. Spread onto the bottom and up the sides of crust; refrigerate until the chocolate is set.
- For peanut layer, in a small saucepan, melt caramels and cream over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in peanuts. Spoon into pie shell; refrigerate.
- For chocolate layer, in a microwave, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring until smooth. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl beat cream and vanilla until soft peaks form. Carefully fold a third of the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture; fold in the remaining whipped cream. Spread over peanut layer; refrigerate until set. Garnish with whipped cream and peanuts if desired.
- For topping, in a small saucepan, melt caramels, cream and butter over low heat. stirring until smooth. Drizzle over pie. Store in the refrigerator.
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Do you ever get in the design doldrums? Clearly you are a blog browser – do you ever get style ennui? Sometimes I feel very overloaded with so much information that I fail to see freshness because my brain is short circuiting. How do you get the juices flowing again?
One thing I do is climb up and take down one of my many art and design books (I'm a bit of a book hoarder and I'm starting to get a little scared for myself after watching this crazy show called Hoarders on A&E the other night (by the way, this show is really good at inspiring you to clean out the attic, the basement, the fridge, and any other place clutter can gather!). Last week it was this charming little book on Paul Klee that I picked up at my favorite used bookstore on the planet for two bucks. Not only was he a master of form and composition, but Paul Klee mastered color baby! Next time you are in the design doldrums, I highly recommend going to the library and checking out a monograph. For now, I'll show you a few that jump-started my creative engine:
The next time that I fear picking out FLOR tiles is overwhelming, I'm just going to grab some that make this pattern:
Or this pattern:
This color palette is very Don Draper's office:
Hmm, in a room this combo might come out looking a little 1980's Miami, but it could still be great in a nursery or used with the just the right amount of each hue:
Seriously, if you are a clutterbug and you want to be scared straight, check out Hoarders over here.
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Parishes cross barriers of language and culture to make their Sunday celebrations more inclusive.
When Gini Eagen came to Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia three decades ago, the parish had "a very white population," she says. Now Eagen is the church's pastoral associate, and things have changed. "We are today the Catholic Church I used to picture in my prayer life," she says. "When you're young and you hear that there are people all over the world saying the same prayers that you say, you can picture it, but this is the reality we can see on Sunday."
Corpus Christi has parishioners from Sudan, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea, Mexico, Jamaica, Colombia, Cuba, and Peru—among others.
"You name it, we got some," laughs pastor and U.S. Catholic editor Father John Molyneux, C.M.F. "The town next to where we live in Stone Mountain is where Georgia has chosen to settle the refugees; therefore whoever comes we settle into our parish because we're the closest Catholic parish."
The community's diversity might have transformed it into Eagen's childhood ideal, but it has also created challenges. With a symphony of languages and a collage of ethnicities, culturally specific ministry is difficult to organize. Meanwhile, the sanctuary cannot accommodate the whole parish, so full-community, multicultural liturgies are logistically impossible.
Corpus Christi is not alone with these blessings and challenges. In the increasingly diverse U.S. Catholic Church, emerging multicultural, multilingual parishes are struggling to celebrate liturgical unity in the absence of uniformity.
Many tongues, one church
The church has been diverse since its birth at Pentecost, when the disciples "were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim" (Acts 2:4, 7-11). Now, Christianity's millennia-old diversity is reshaping the Catholic Church in the United States. "The numbers are very clear. Most Catholics in the United States are not Euro-American, and the Hispanic population soon will be the majority. Other ethnic groups will continue to grow," says Hosffman Ospino, director of graduate programs in Hispanic Ministry at Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry. "This will become more evident in the next two decades. We are transitioning into a new way of being U.S. Catholics that is more diverse. Instead of hoping for some sort of assimilation, we are giving birth to a new way of being Catholic."
A 2008 U.S. Census Bureau report supports Ospino's claim. "Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042, with the nation projected to be 54 percent minority in 2050," it says.
One reason for the demographic shift is immigration. In its statement Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops explains, "War, economic distress, the desire to be reunited with families, and the new legal opportunities since the 1960s have prompted a diverse immigration from Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia."
Meanwhile, the 2008 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life finds almost half of all immigrants are Catholic.
Birthrate variations and changes in religious affiliation are also causing diversification in the U.S. Catholic Church, according to Pew Forum director Luis Lugo.
Linguistic logistics
"Continuing immigration and the mobility of populations is constantly changing the ethnic composition of many of our parishes," says Viatorian Father Mark Francis, professor of liturgical inculturation at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. "The question, then, is raised: How [do we] to minister to these diverse populations? Especially, how is the established monocultural parish to welcome and minister to people who are of different cultures and some who speak different languages?"
He admits "separate but equal" ministry is sometimes the only option, and that is the predominant model at Corpus Christi in Georgia. Linguistic and spatial restrictions there mean weekend Masses are limited to Spanish and English. The Eritreans hold a prayer service Sunday afternoons, and the community celebrates periodic "African-style Masses" with native garb and traditional songs.
The only time everyone can come together is during the Easter Vigil bonfire because it takes place outdoors. "It brings a sense of unity for a while so that we are one community," says Molyneux. "We separate, not because we don't want to be together, but because of language and space." After this bilingual fireside service, the parish divides so it can continue the liturgy in separate languages and spaces.
Even then the Eritreans follow the Ge'ez Rite, so they do not always celebrate Easter on the same day as the rest of the parish.
Still, refugees from all over the world celebrate the parish's English-language liturgies together at Corpus Christi. "When you look out at the Our Father and you see so many different people holding hands, you think, 'This is what the reign of God looks like,' " Molyneux says.
Change can grow on you
Like Corpus Christi, St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Romeoville, Illinois has seen significant demographic transitions in the life of the parish. The community has celebrated Masses in English and Spanish for decades but has more recently added Polish liturgies and attracted a growing Filipino community.
Parishioner MaryEllyn Peterek has been at the church 46 years, and she admits her initial reaction to its diversification was "not good."
"When this all first started, I was like 'This is America. They should speak English,' " she says. "I came around because it just kept growing and growing and growing. And then I got to know the people personally, and that helped me come around a lot, too."
She still senses tension in her community but says her parish's diversity is a blessing and a positive example for the next generation.
Celebrating that blessing is the difficult part. "[Liturgical planning] has its challenges—space and time," says the pastor, Father Gregor Gorsic. "There are 24 hours in a day, but it gets worked out."
The staff tries to gather the parish for multicultural celebrations like the 50th anniversary Mass (held outdoors), Holy Thursday, Ash Wednesday, and the Feast of Corpus Christi. "[Coming] together with cultural differences and being able to join as one with Christ is just such a great treasure," says Polish ministry director Marta Wysocki.
During multilingual celebrations the St. Andrew community sings in a variety of languages and styles. The homily is always in English, and lectors proclaim the readings in alternating languages. This avoids what Francis calls the "deadly practice" of repeating the same text in several languages.
He explains why multilingual liturgies, like those at St. Andrew's, can be difficult to organize. "One of the things to bear in mind in multicultural settings that are also multilingual is that every time the spoken word is used, there will be some part of the assembly that is not going to be able to understand," he says. "Choosing languages for the prayers, the readings, and the homily needs to be done with a good knowledge of the people who make up the assembly—and this can be very complicated."
To get over this linguistic hurdle, the St. Andrew's staff puts translations in worship aids for multilingual celebrations. Because of this, Peterek says, "I never feel unable to participate."
Patience is a virtue
Parishioners at St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts pray like the disciples at Pentecost. "People have learned to pray in their own language in the same rhythm," says Father Paul O'Brien, pastor of the large, multicultural community.
He estimates his parish is about 45 percent white; 40 percent Hispanic, mostly Dominican and Puerto Rican; and 15 percent Vietnamese. The parish has Sunday and holy day Masses in corresponding languages, but O'Brien says people feel comfortable attending liturgies in languages they do not speak. They just participate in their native tongues.
The parish was not always so diverse, and parishioners are still not always so tolerant, says Ospino. In addition to his work at Boston College, he serves as the co-coordinator of the Hispanic apostolate at St. Patrick. "The parish served primarily Catholics of Irish descent until the end of the last decade, when the parish began to reflect more the ethnic makeup of the city," he says. "There have been tensions given the fact that some parishioners are already established and would like things to move in 'the usual way,' and parishioners who are newcomers [place] demands on the community that require adaptation."
Still, he sees value in overcoming these obstacles. "The church is continuously sent throughout the world to share the Good News with everyone. St. Patrick's is a culturally and linguistically diverse parish that embodies the universality of that world where the church must go. I believe that evangelizing and worshiping as one community, while honoring the diversity that identifies us, is a tangible actualization of what God wants for humanity. This is what the church has done for centuries and will continue to do," he says.
To that end, the parish celebrates multilingual, multicultural liturgies for occasions like Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil. O'Brien explains, "We do the Mass parts in Latin, and arguably those are most successful because they have the greatest participation. We do the other music mixed, and I don't think we have any music that fosters full participation in multilingual settings. It's partial participation no matter what." He says organizers divide the readings among the languages of the congregation and distribute comprehensive worship aids. Lectors repeat shorter texts in multiple languages.
O'Brien also believes strict adherence to the rubrics of the Mass allows people of all backgrounds to worship together.
All together now
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is one of the most diverse Catholic dioceses in the nation, and the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress reflects this reality. The event opens and closes with multicultural liturgies and features Spanish-language, Nigerian, Vietnamese, African American, Celtic, and Indonesian Masses—as well as cultural concerts and displays.
"We couldn't do a congress without this dimension to it. It wouldn't be a part of our character," says Sister Edith Prendergast, R.S.C., director of the archdiocese's Office of Religious Education.
The opening ceremony features ritual dance, drumming, and "woven" text. "We say one sentence in Spanish and the next sentence in English," she explains. The scripture readings are in Spanish, English, and a third language that rotates annually. A lector proclaims one language while the other two appear on large screens.
For years Renette Scott organized each congress' African American Mass. "I had to . . . do something to bring out the ethnic flavor," she says. "We would have dancers to bring up the gifts. I would assign the ministers. I would select the lectors. I would have to find the altar servers."
Francis of Sant'Anselmo in Rome commends this attention to unspoken language. "Processions, banners, how the church is decorated for the liturgical seasons, areas of devotions, and choice of sacred images are all important ways in which we communicate," he says.
Scott learned about multicultural liturgy at St. Philomena in Carson, California, where she was the longtime director of liturgy. The church has parishioners with roots in Samoa, Cuba, the Philippines, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, and other nations. It is mainly Filipino, and that community usually worships in English. Scott says her parish gets together for liturgies such as the dedication of its new church and the Easter Vigil.
"It's work, and it's messy, and it's never ideal," Scott says of multicultural liturgies. On the other hand, "We articulate our Catholic faith in light of our many different heritages. Each culture strengthens and sustains our own people and contributes to the building up of the church that we love and, in particular, St. Philomena."
Francis has a similar perspective. "The most important element that makes multicultural liturgy possible—that enables all to participate fully, consciously, and actively—is the obvious care that the parish takes outside the liturgy to welcome cultural diversity," he says. "The liturgy is a kind of mirror on the parish. Multicultural worship cannot be reduced to a series of 'techniques' or 'strategies' to manipulate people into participating.
"We celebrate our life in Christ together in the liturgy—and a multicultural liturgy is possible only when there is an atmosphere of basic trust and respect. That is the place to start, and even though the liturgy itself may not be perfectly executed, people will leave the celebration and say, 'Yes, we really prayed as one parish in this celebration.'"
This article appeared in the May 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 76, No. 5, pages 18-22).
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This Claddagh ring is made from sterling silver and is hallmarked 925. It was individually handcrafted by a Silversmith in Ireland. This ring has a Emerald green heart shaped stone set in the middle with 2 white cubic zirconia stones set on each shoulder of the ring. Meaning of Design The Claddagh: the crown represents loyalty, the heart represents love, and the hands represent friendship. It is widely known as a symbol for great friendship. This ancient Gaelic design is also used in engagement rings and in traditional wedding rings for the irish. If worn on the right hand with the heart facing out it means you are single, facing in means you are dating someone. If worn on the left hand with the heart facing out it means you are engaged and facing in you are married. An original symbol of the \"Fisher Kings\" of the Galway town of Claddagh, Ireland, (pronounced clada) the design was first fashioned into the traditional ring back in the 17th Century during the reign of Mary II. Legend has it that an Irish young man, Richard Joyce, bound for the West Indian slave plantations - no doubt the Irish Carribean island of Montserrat - was kidnapped himself in rough seas by a band of Mediterranean pirates and sold to a Moorish goldsmith who over the many long years of his exile helped him perfect the skills of a master craftsman. When in 1689 King William III negotiated the return of the slaves, Joyce returned to Galway - despite, it said, the Moor\'s offer of the daughter\'s hand in marriage and a princely dowry of half of all his wealth. Back in Ireland a young women had never stopped faithful waiting for her true love to return. Upon which time when he presented her with the now famous Royal Claddagh gold ring - a symbol of their enduring love. Two hands to represent their friendship, the crown to signify their loyalty and lasting fidelity, and the sign of the heart to symbolise their eternal love for each other. This ring is available in size 4(H) to 10(T)


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Two more casting notices to close out the night:
- Freddy Rodriguez and Ryan Hurst signed on to CBGB, a story about the quest of Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) to turn a small club into the legendary punk venue CBGB
- Jemima West joined the adaptation of The Mortal Instruments led by Lily Collins and Jaime Campbell Bower
Hit the jump for details on each project.
The setting of CBGB allows for a revolving door of famous musicians: Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry, Taylor Hawkins as Iggy Pop, Rupert Grint as Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome. Joel David Moore, Stana Katic, and Donald Logue also star in less famous supporting roles. Deadline says the perpetually youthful Rodriguez will take on a leading role, Idaho, an addict who loitered around CBGB. Hurst will play the biker, Mad Mountain, another regular at the club who "provides Hilly Kristal with some much need help when the CBGB owner gets leaned on by local crooks." Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) will begin shooting CBGB later this month in Georgia before moving to New York.
The Mortal Instruments is based on Cassandra Clare's young adult book series about Clary Fray, "a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers she is the descendent of a demon-hunting clan." Variety offers no details about who West might play. Any fans of the book care to guess? Here's the official synopsis:
CLARY FRAY (Lily Collins) is an ordinary Brooklyn teenager until the night she meets the mysteriously tattooed JACE, who turns out to be a half-angel warrior known as a Shadowhunter. When Clary finds out her mother JOCELYN has been abducted, she desperately hopes Jace will be able to help. After a whirling golden portal transports her across time and space in a heartbeat, Clary realizes she too has the powers of the Shadowhunters. But can she harness them in time to save her mother?
Clary, Jace and their fellow Shadowhunters endure one breathtaking battle after another against vampire, warlocks and demons—only to discover Jocelyn hid a terrible secret from the fiercest warrior of all: VALENTINE. Cast out from the world of Shadowhunters, Valentine abducted Jocelyn believing she had a powerful tool known as the Mortal Cup. Using her newfound gifts, Clary finds the Cup, only to be brutally betrayed and forced to relinquish it.
Still reeling from this setback and racing to save Jocelyn before it's too late, Clary finds herself caught in a battle between forces she barely understands. Based on the best-selling series by Cassandra Clare, MORTAL INSTRUMENTS is a magnificent urban fantasy rich in detail and suspense, about a girl's journey to the darkest corners of the underworld to save those she loves.


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Another week, another trove of video games - including another crack of the whip for the Wii U in the latest Donkey Kong venture - but I get the feeling none of them might be the video game you've been seeing most of this week. But ignoring a certain beta for now, let's get our Kong on in another edition of Tuesday Game Room!
What have you been playing this week?
I have of course, been playing a bit more WoW, and my Hunter is juuust about ready to start raiding the latest content this week, when the raid reset goes out alongside a new patch tomorrow. I'm coming for you, Garrosh! Although for now I've just been hanging out on that swanky rare mount I found last week:
(Eagle-eyed TGR readers might be able to spot a particular theme going on with my Hunter's name and his pet...)
But yes, aside from WoW I have been playing the PC beta of Titanfall. You can read an in-depth look at how I feel about the game in the post I made yesterday but for now I'll reiterate a bit. I just haven't got the Titanfall hype since its E3 reveal - I thought it looked fun, but I wasn't getting the heebie-jeebies or the 'this is the future of Next-Gen/FPS games/whatever' vibes. I put it down to maybe having to play to understand, but even then, after a few days of playing, whilst I do think it can be bloody good fun, I still kinda don't get the fuss. Doesn't stop it from being a blast though! I think knowing I can use my Dualshock 4 with my PC, I might be tempted to pick up that version on the cheap (oh wait it's published by EA ahahahaha) down the line, if not at launch. Could be a fun thing to futz about with in the summer doldrums or something.
New Releases!
Rayman Legends gets a next-gen upgrade this week with a release on the PS4 and Xbox One, and the new Strider makes its way there too, alongside PC/360/PS3 releases. Back on last-gen we've got your annual dose of driving around in circles with NASCAR 14, and an onslaught of creepy crawlies and infamously dodgy gameplay with Earth Defense Force 2025. Finally, the week is capped out with the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Wii U - and it's kinda the last thing in a while, Wii U gamers, so you might wanna pick it up just to have something to play.
Oh, and of course, the Titanfall Beta is accessible to all on Xbox One (provided you have Xbox Live Gold, that is), as well as PC users who registered interest in the beta before February 15th - it ends tomorrow at 6pm PST, so if you meet the requirements and want to try it, get on that!
And now, the News
Once again it's time for a few select picks from the last week of Gaming news, via Eurogamer:
- Yoshinori Kitase would love to remake Final Fantasy VII, but it's not happening any time soon - Here's your bi-annual update on whether FFVII is getting its much-desired remake: still nope! Kitase cites staff availability and budgeting as the major limiting factors, but let's also remember that Square-Enix has a lot of Final Fantasy on its plate, with last week's dodgy end to the divisive Final Fantasy XIII saga in Lightning Returns, western ports of the HD remasters of Final Fantasies X and X-2, the ongoing maintenance of Final Fantasy XIV, as well as continuing development on Final Fantasy XV. I think we can wait a bit to see FFVII in sparkly new graphics, honestly.
- With Flappy Bird gone forever, let the cloning begin - Hot off the Flappy Bird phenomenon, Tom Phillip's look at the seedy, weird underworld of Phone game cloning is a really interesting read. Just goes to show what an insane industry Phone gaming is these days.
- Sega secures the future of Atlus - And good news, they're just gonna let them get on with making games! After the troubling bankruptcy of Index last year, western Atlus fans got a little worried at what would happen to the makers of the adored Shin Megami Tensei and Persona franchises, but at least this new commitment by Sega shows that they'll be making games for hopefully a good long while yet. Now Atlus, just... just announce western ports of Persona 4 Dancing All Night and Persona Q while your at it, right? I'm jonesing for a fix here.
- PS4 smashes its Financial Year 2013 estimates with a month to go, with 5.3 million+ consoles sold worldwide - The PS4's crazy sales continue, despite stock shortages practically across the world, with a wopping 5.3 million units sold through to consumers as of February, with the console outselling its rival almost 2:1 in the US last month. It can only bode well for Sony's results by the end of the financial year, with the console finally releasing in Japan this weekend. As of the end of last month, the Xbox One had sold 3.8 million units worldwide.
- Irrational Games, 1997-2014 - In a shock announcement, Ken Levine, the creative force behind the likes of Bioshock and System Shock, has announced that the rights to the Bioshock license have been directly handed over to Take-Two, and that all but 15 members of the studio's current would be laid off. Levine's new team, according to a statement that now wholly encompasses what was the Irrational Games website, will be focusing on small-scale, Digital Download titles that are 'narrative-driven games for the core gamer that are highly replayable', and will work within the confines of Take-Two. Bioshock Infinite's Burial at Sea Part 2, due out later next month, will be the last piece of content made for the game, as well as the last content Irrational make as a studio after 17 years of existence.
We'll be back this time next Tuesday for more gaming discussion, but for now, sound off in the comments with the games you've been playing, and what you're looking forward to this week - and don't forget to join us on Steam!
And, as Balmut asked nicely, here is the Twitch Community's livestreamed attempt to Play Pokémon Red... with thousands of users providing the button inputs. It may autoplay with sound, so beware:


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Vegas is betting big on family drama.
Winter Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe freshman CBS drama has cast The O.C. and Nikita star Melinda Clarke to play the mother of Sarah Jones' Mia Rizzo, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Clarke will play Lena, a charismatic, shrewd, strong woman who is attracted to even stronger men. Although Mia's father (Michael Wiseman) insisted that Lena died when Mia was a baby, she's alive and well, having been forbidden to see or contact her daughter. Naturally, her arrival at the Savoy will ruffle a few feathers.Speaking of ruffled feathers, as we first reported, Lena catches the eye — and a whole lot more! — of Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis) before he learns her true identity.
Check out 16 TV bad guys we root forBesides her starring roles on The O.C. and Nikita, Clarke also had a memorable turn as Lady Heather on CSI. She's also appeared on such shows as Entourage, The Vampire Diaries and Chuck.Vegas airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on CBS. An airdate for Clarke's episode has not been set.


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A Face That Ignited A Generation, Mod Squad Muse Penelope Tree Talks Capote's Black and White Ball, the Thrill Of Dating David Bailey, and Why She Doesn't Miss the Spotlight
A Face That Ignited A Generation, Mod Squad Muse Penelope Tree Talks Capote's Black and White Ball, the Thrill Of Dating David Bailey, and Why She Doesn't Miss the Spotlight
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Seen from behind, she could have been any ole shopper, perusing the racks at Liberty London. But after a tap on the shoulder the woman turns, and the big, brown, wide-set eyes gazing out from under her trademark fringe are instantly recognizable. It's Penelope Tree, whose face remains a hallmark of the 1960s. When John Lennon was asked to describe her in three words, he replied: "Hot, hot, hot, smart, smart, smart!" When she came to Richard Avedon's studio for the first time, he sighed: "She's perfect. Don't touch her." We head to the Liberty Café, a nondescript eatery which happens to overlook the site and scene with which she will always be synonymous: Carnaby Street. She's happy to take a trip down memory lane. Like many stories of that era, this one begins with Diana Vreeland.
When did you first meet Vreeland?
PENELOPE TREE When I was 13. I was peering at her through the balustrades of the staircase at my parents' house. They had given a big party and I could hear her in the hallway making all these pronouncements. I was a very rebellious teenager at the time, and I thought, Who is that woman? She's so affected!
A few years later you were in her office at Vogue.
PT We met again at Capote's Black and White Ball, and afterward she invited me up to that famous red office. The peanut butter sandwich and glass of scotch that she had every day for lunch were on her desk. Within three minutes I was having the best time you could imagine. We became great friends.
Did you have fun at the Black and White Ball?
PT No, not really. It wasn't fun. It was a spectacle. Everyone was blowing kisses and telling each other they looked wonderful, but it was more people looking at each other.
The picture of you coming down the stairs has become an iconic image.
PT I don't really remember it being taken. The only thing I remember is that I had never seen paparazzi before. It was very scary. But it was also very exciting.
From that moment, your whole world changed.
PT Vreeland sent me to see Dick Avedon a few days later, he did some test shots and we hit it off. The concept of fame in those days was different than now. Back then someone could be famous without being such a towering figure of adoration, whereas now someone can be famous for nothing. Dick was very alive, very in the present, incredibly good company.
What got you to London?
PT Unfortunately I fell in love. I fell in love with someone highly inappropriate: David Bailey.
He's still inappropriate.
PT He would love that. "Fuck all that political correctness," I can hear him saying. He was my first boyfriend. We had met when I was 16 and an intern at a publishing house in London. I met him at a party and it was like, Wow. He was just electrifying. It was exactly what I was looking for at the time, because I was a rebel.
What were you rebelling against? Your family?
PT It was a very complicated family. They weren't exactly stiff, but they were smart. My father had been an MP during the war and my mother was an ambassador to the UN and a city planner. They had great taste, style, everything that a person could possibly want. But my mother was very different at home. She wasn't really a mother at all. She had no maternal instinct. In England I went to do a photo shoot with Bailey and there was a lot of chemistry, but I refused to go near him because he was married to Catherine Deneuve. A year later, though, he was unmarried to her, and he came to New York to collect me.
Just like that?
PT Yep. When he showed up, my mother opened the door and tried to close it on him. He stuck his pointy-toed Cuban boot inside and said, "Don't worry. It could have been much worse. It could have been a Rolling Stone." Such a great line. So Bailey.
What did you wear at this time?
PT Miniskirts. I can remember my favorite piece of clothing was this belt with foxtails hanging from it. I find it kind of revolting now, but it was just 10 foxtails dangling from my waist. I wore it with everything. I never went out of the house without drawing those black eyelashes on, which took about three minutes.
Had you thought about being a model?
PT It was nothing I considered before I turned 15. But I remember being in the library in my boring boarding school and staring at that famous Time magazine article "Swinging London." I looked at it and thought, I'm going to have another life, I'm going to be there. And I was right.
My generation glamorizes that era, but I have to ask, were you aware it was such a fantastical moment while you were living in it?
PT There was something in the air. It felt like something was happening that hadn't happened before. It started with the music, and it was something that adults didn't understand and all the young people did. Suddenly it turned into a culture.
How did that era draw to a close?
PT Bailey and I split up, then I stayed in England until 1978. London went from being the happiest, most exciting place to miners' strikes and grim conditions. I moved to L.A. for a few years, and then to Australia for 17 years, in 1981.
When did you stop modeling?
PT I developed this skin ailment. It left scars, ended my career as a model, and no one wanted to talk to me. It forced me to look into myself and figure out what the hell was going on and why I had reacted to life in that extreme way.
That must have been frustrating.
PT More than that I was ashamed. It was painful, especially when I would see Bailey's new girlfriends on the cover of Vogue and I knew that I had lost my outward glow. It had been generated by my own body too, which was very strange. It wasn't like it was a car crash. So I went into analysis, which started to help. I started dancing. I wasn't very good. But I had been very clumsy and dyspraxic, and somehow dancing got me in a different headspace and centered me. I started studying anthropology of religion and I got my head back together again.
After spending so much time focusing on the outside, you started to look within.
PT I needed to do that. My whole life was lived through another person. Bailey is a very powerful, magnetic person, and he took all his energy from those around him. He just demands it and you can't do anything about it. As much as I still love the old geezer, it wasn't very healthy. So, it was a difficult time, but who doesn't go through difficult times in their lives? It's hard to grow from getting everything. I had to learn some humility over the years, and so did that entire generation.
Are you flattered when you hear that your face ignited a generation?
PT I don't identify with it much anymore. It feels like a different person, even though I'm glad that those images exist and that girl lived. Honestly and truly, even though it doesn't appear to be exciting to be 62 years old, I would rather be my age now than that girl then. I wouldn't be 18 again for anything. I have more awareness. I know what I'm interested in and I know exactly what I don't want. Life is clear now, and it wasn't then.
So you are happy that you were an It Girl?
PT But I'm much more fulfilled as a woman.


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Chicago Museums Seek Summary Judgment in Rubin v. Iran
The Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute filed a motion for summary judgment last week seeking to end a case that has pitted victims of a terrorist attack against two Illinois museums and Iran. The Chicago-based institutions argue that the plaintiffs' wish to take museum "property that Iran neither owns nor has ever claimed." And regarding Persian artifacts owned by Iran but on loan to the museums, the museums say that the plaintiffs cannot take title to these objects in order to satisfy a court judgment. American lawyers representing Iran filed their own motion in agreement [Read the rest]
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Dr.RW discusses aspects of this general issue here quoting two sources with significant insight content from Kathleen Parker and Wesley Smith. Smith's quote is particularly noteworthy;
The bill might not create punishments [ in regard to quality measurement that the Secretary may enact concerning physicians who fail to counsel] , but the regulations that would be created in the shadows outside the direct democratic process could.
So the question arises is the bill written is such a way as no one really knows what it means which in turn raises the question "Are the bill's authors (whoever they are) merely bad at statute composition and are unable to clearly delineate what is to become law or is the ambiguity really quite artfully, purposely inserted so that HHS technocrats can do pretty much what they want"?
In another posting Dr. RW offers this comment:
Although a good palliative care service can save an institution money its focus is on what's best for the individual patient. Sometimes those goals are in conflict, sometimes not, but an excellent palliative care team will manage the conflict appropriately by putting the individual patient first, no matter the impact on the medical commons. When an end of life counseling provision is part of a bill with a clear agenda to control costs some degree of skepticism is appropriate.
How many other sections of the House bill suffer (or benefit) from this same type of opaque wording?


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Prince William welcomed a bevy of stars including Cate Blanchett, Kate Moss and Emma Watson to Windsor Castle for a charity gala on Tuesday night.
The Duke of Cambridge invited over 200 notable figures into the royal residence in support of London's The Royal Marsden hospital, of which he is president.
Among the famous faces who filed into the benefit at Queen Elizabeth II's residence were Blanchett, Moss, Watson, Cara Delevingne, Benedict Cumberbatch, photographer Mario Testino, Helena Bonham Carter and singer Emeli Sande, who also performed at the event.
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren was the toast of the evening, with the prince revealing the style guru is funding a new state-of-the-art breast cancer research facility at the hospital.
The fashionable evening had one noticible absentee, however – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge had stayed at home with their son, Prince George.
During the event, Bonham Carter admitted she was nervous about meeting Prince William again after a previous embarrassing encounter.
She told reporters, "The Duke and I met before, along with the Duchess, before they were married, when I was staying on Mustique (island). I got very drunk at one point and I was determined to ask him to be a godfather to my daughter. He quite wisely said no. I admire him. He has got the same grace as both his parents."


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Learn about Deception Pass, the Bridge and surrounding area on this amazing tour aboard the Island Whaler. Hourly tours leave daily from April 1-October 1.
Anacortes, Washington 98221
United States
Skagit Aggregates LLC - Steven Dahl
in Construction, Landscaping, Yard & Garden Services, Aviation, Flight Training, Charter Flights, Sedro-Woolley Rotary Club
Skagit Aggregates LLC was formed in 2012 and purchased the gravel pits from Day Creek Sand and Gravel LLC. We carry Pitrun, Drain Rock, Pea Gravel, Utility Sand, C-33 Sand, Crushed Asphalt and Concrete. Call today for your sand and gravel needs.
PO Box 398
Clear Lake, Washington 98235
United States
Archer Halliday, PS (Public Accounting & Business Consulting) - Bernadette Halliday
in Accounting & Bookkeeping, Burlington Rotary Club
Archer Halliday, PS, is a Certified Public Accounting and Business Consulting Firm whose mission to each client is, "Providing solutions to your success".
1621 Cornwall Avenue
Bellingham, Washington 98225
United States
MSWhite & Co. - Michael White
in Advertising, Promotion & Marketing, Burlington Rotary Club, Internet advertising, Web design/SEO
PO Box 165,
Burlington, Washington 98233
United States
Bayside Specialties, Inc - Darrell & Stephanie Hooper
in Advertising, Promotion & Marketing, Communication & Media, Burlington Rotary Club
12135 Jacqueline Drive
Burlington, Washington 98233
United States
NW TEL, LLC - Timothy Absten
in Business Services, Burlington Rotary Club
Move your company's phone system to the cloud with VOIP technology (Voice Over Internet Protocol). Save costs and combine your phone and internet plans. We sell and service the best equipment the market has to offer.
Suite 204 - 2114 Riverside Dr.
Mount Vernon, Washington 98273
United States
Skagit Auto Licensing, Inc. - Beverly Harrington
in Vehicle Licensing & Registration, Burlington Rotary Club
Over 35 years in business as a Subagency of the Department of Licensing providing vehicle and vessel licensing and registration services. Same day titles available. Drive-up window.
327 S. Burlington Blvd.
Burlington, Washington 98233
United States
Fax: 360-755-9758


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At Digitas the most precious assets are the people who go up and down our elevators every day. They are essential to our business and it's our duty as an organization to inspire and provide a purpose. We celebrate smart, curious, and collaborative talent and invest in their professional craft and personal passions.
Each panelist reinforced what Digitas and I believe about creating and developing workplace happiness.
Here's what stood out to me from the conversation and what we stand behind:
Let's make Mondays not suck: If someone comes to work without understanding their contributions, that negativity will bleed over to Tuesday, clients, and the entire agency.
Happiness does not equal perks: Your office doesn't need to look like a start-up company to make people happy. When we find people who are really happy, they have been empowered. They feel accountable and have a sense of purpose.
Do you have a connection? When interviewing someone, ask yourself, "Could I be stranded in an airport with them for 8 hours?" This is a telling question that has been adopted by big and small organizations. It's not just about the resume, but who they are as a person.
Michael's one takeaway to create happiness: Love what you do.
Focus on people so your creativity doesn't suffer: Culture will get your talent through positive and negative times. If a level of happiness isn't developed, your creativity to clients will be the casualty.
Talent with adversity creates culture: One of the threads when finding new talent is to see how they deal with adversity in both their professional and personal lives. How they answer is an indicator of how they are going to deal when times get tough.
Shawn's one takeaway to create happiness: View vulnerability as a strength that requires exercise.
Resilience is #1 Key To Success: If you aren't building people from a personal level, they will never have the resilience to bounce back when times aren't the best. Because in this business, highs are super high, and lows are super low.
People need to like each other: If there is negativity or animosity between people, it is a poison that will spread from team to team and infect the entire company. Leaders must be fully aware of this.
Becca's one takeaway to create happiness: Resilience.
And my one takeaway to create happiness? Live into our values.
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Michelle Tang, EVP Head of New Business
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After working on my sharpening skill for the past year I know it's time to get some expert guidance before I wreck any more knives. It seems that self-teaching yourself how to sharpen knives is akin to self-teaching yourself how to play golf. Sure you can go out and buy a bag full of high-price clubs and golf shoes and play golf, but you'll never be very good without some lessons from a golf pro.
So Dave, any chance for a class in April, May or June?
So Dave, any chance for a class in April, May or June?