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With their enthusiastic backing of President Obama and the Democratic Party on Election Day, the bluest parts of America may have embraced a program utterly at odds with their economic self-interest. The almost uniform support of blue states' congressional representatives for the administration's campaign for tax "fairness" represents a kind of bizarre economic suicide pact.
The author goes on to explain what he means, and cites the following example:
Of course, one can argue that these changes follow the precepts of social justice: Rich people and rich regions should pay more. Yet being "rich" means different things in different places, due to vast differences in costs of living. The cost of living in New York and Los Angeles, for example, is so high that the adjusted value of salaries rank in the bottom fifth in the nation. In other words, a couple with two children with a $150,000 income in Austin or Raleigh may be, in terms of housing and personal consumption, far "richer" than one making twice that in New York or Los Angeles.
That last sentence is telling: people in the south live far better on half as much as people in LA or NY.
It is high time for true tax reform. No, it is past time for that, but nobody in either party in congress has the political will to even attempt doing so.
It's time, past time, for a new party to emege. Maybe that will be the Tea Party, which I fully expect to emerge in full force next summer or the summer after. Now if only they can agree NOT to talk about those hot button social issues and focus on what is important and best for America. Now there's a thought.


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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Beware if you're invited to a "picnic" in Ohio
A 40-year old Ohio man, Art Price, Jr., has been charged with four counts of public indecency after he admitted -- and this is no April Fools' Day joke -- having sex with his patio picnic table. Repeatedly.
Yes, repeatedly. As in four times in one day!
Apparently, this wasn't a one night stand, folks, this was a relationship.
Now, I really think highly of my couch. And sometime my armoire just looks at me like it wants it. But so far, I've resisted those urges we all have to just let our passions run wild with the furniture. And while I've heard some guys say, in their more vulgar moments, "Gee, I'd like to bend her over the table," I've never heard -- as drunk as any of them have been -- "Gee, I'd like to bend over my picnic table."
So how did this sexual furniture predator get caught?
Police were tipped off after someone anonymously taped one of the incidents then gave it to authorities. Uh, how did that go down:
HUSBAND: Uh, Helen, you need to get over here. And bring my video camera.
WIFE: I'm watching Deal or No Deal.
HUSBAND: No, you need to see this. Because if somebody else doesn't, I'm not gonna believe it's happenin' myself.
WIFE: What the hell is it? A UFO or somethin'?
HUSBAND: Better. Art next door is fuckin' his picnic table. Again.
Even worse, I read in one of the (many) links sent my way about this story that Price is married with three kids. You think Elliot Spitzer had a lot of explaining to do? Ha! Today his wife wishes he were with a high-priced call girl. Or any girl for that matter.
ART PRICE: Honey, I have something to tell you and, well, you better sit down for this--No! Not at that table.
So how does one consummate a relationship with his patio furniture? (A cursory glance of my outdoor arrangement leaves me a tad confused as to what exactly is to go where if I were so inclined). Well, leave it to a perv to figure it out. Allegedly the neighbor who videotaped the incident (and wants to remain anonymous--surprise, surprise) saw Price walk outside, stand a round metal table on its side and insert himself into the umbrella hole.
Yeah, that sounds pleasurable. (And you think you need a lot of lubricant when you have intercourse without foreplay.)
Finally, while we have no proof Mr. Price is a TOSU/TUOS fan, he looks like a donut thrower to me.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I hear a coffee table calling my name if you know what I'm saying. And if I'm feeling really randy, maybe I'll try to get the ottoman to join in. That's right: three-way! Schwing!
Ed. Note: Before we go, I'd like to offer a small prayer of thanks to the benevolent Comedy Gods...
"Thank you, oh thank you, ever-bountiful Comedy Gods for this story. I do not deserve such abundance. I humbly knee before you -- but not like Art Price's table -- in gratitude at your comedic blessings."
(Thanks to all who sent this story our way!)
52 comments:
- Feelin' Blue said...
Doesn't he know that vacuum cleaners are the way to go?
- April 01, 2008 12:07 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Well, with those kind of family values, he's a perfect fit for the Michigan football program.
- April 01, 2008 1:10 AM
- dtw2phx said...
You mean to tell me the Mrs. never wondered WHY the pages of her Pottery Barn catalogs were always stuck together??? Wow.
- April 01, 2008 1:34 AM
- Dezzi said...
I can't help but think of the circumfrence..... I mean... those holes aren't small.
- April 01, 2008 3:40 AM
- phil said...
I heard he was on the rebound. The gas tank hole on the riding lawnmower and him had just broken up.
- April 01, 2008 6:08 AM
- Catie said...
he is one big dude, 6ft 9 inches, I agree with Dezzi, the circumference ....... my my my.
One would have to sell their house and move after such an incident!
- April 01, 2008 8:13 AM
- Vadatripp said...
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- April 01, 2008 9:03 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
"Hopefully it stays between the adults and the kids don't get a lot of the information so they aren't so cruel to the little kids," says Emily Grote, a neighbor.
I bet he would prefer that it just stays between himself and the porch table!
- April 01, 2008 9:26 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Art: Honey, how 'bout a little loving tonight?
Wife: Umm, I'm not n the mood right now. Why don't you table that idea for now.
Art: Well, ok....
- April 01, 2008 9:53 AM
- Da Vest said...
AS president of NAMFLA (North American Man/Furniture Love Association), I just want to say we are misunderstood sector of society. Is the love a man feels for his patio furniture any different than the love he feels for his wife or children? No. Love is love. How dare anyone stand in the way of such a pure love as this. Please write your congressman and voice your support for the Freedom of Furniture Love act now being drafted. Free Art!!
- April 01, 2008 9:57 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
What would "inspire" someone to do such a thing? It all began last September - Labor Day weekend - when Art's kids began twirling the umbrella planted in the middle of the patio table...counter-clockwise.
- April 01, 2008 10:23 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Catie, I hate to break it to you, but he's only about 5'11" (tall).
- April 01, 2008 10:27 AM
- Dezzi said...
5'11"... with a dick the size of a damn patio table umbrella!
- April 01, 2008 10:41 AM
- Killing My Liver said...
Well, I guess that Ohio thinks that penalty is a little harsh(taking a page from Urban, I see):
- April 01, 2008 10:42 AM
- zen wizard said...
For a more lasting relationship, eHarmony.com can match you up with a picnic table based on, "29 dimensions of compatibility."
(I would think knotholes and lead-free paint would be substantial parts of the algorithim.)
- April 01, 2008 11:12 AM
- phil said...
This is a picture of that same table at a party last week. Apparently it is bisexual.
- April 01, 2008 11:58 AM
- goat7ed said...
I hear he has two illegitimate chairs.
- April 01, 2008 1:08 PM
- KG said...
Nicely done zen wizard...but to be fair, this is the Toledo area which is in Ohio, but the lion's share of Northwest Ohio back the Wolverines.
- April 01, 2008 2:21 PM
- Jennifer said...
"Mom, Dad, I'd like you to meet my fiance, Patti.
Patti O'Furniture."
(I totally stole this from someone who stole it from someone else. It was too funny not to share but I won't take credit for the creativity.)
- April 01, 2008 2:22 PM
- Da Vest said...
It is better than burning furniture isn't it??
- April 01, 2008 2:46 PM
- Yost said...
Folks, if we put up "Best of" posts based on reader comments, this would definitely make the list. Funny, funny stuff!
Thanks for the laughs, all.
- April 01, 2008 3:21 PM
- Randy said...
If convicted, Ohio law will prevent him from living within 1000ft. of any store selling outdoor funiture.
- April 01, 2008 4:24 PM
- ohio_guy said...
this guy is from my hometown...which means there's a 25% chance he's a Michigan fan.
- April 01, 2008 4:32 PM
- Catie said...
"Catie, I hate to break it to you, but he's only about 5'11" (tall)."
Oh brother! Thanks BIB, how embarrassing!
- April 01, 2008 4:59 PM
- BARman said...
...believe it or not (true story), my wife once found her ex-boyfriend using the washer (the machine, NOT the hired help) as a "receptacle". Cheaper than bleach??
- April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
- Wolverine419 said...
Yeah but its his picnic table...
- April 01, 2008 5:07 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
well, seeing how tuos plays b-ball in the value city furniture arena, odds are he's a tuos fan.
probably likes to sit in the "dinette" section of the arena.
- April 01, 2008 5:17 PM
- Out of Conference said...
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- April 01, 2008 5:30 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Art: Guys, uh, what exactly does third base feel like?
Kevin: You want to take this one?
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Like a nice patio table.
Art: Yeah?
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Yeah.
Art: A patio table, huh?
Chris "Oz" Ostreicher: Uh huh.
Art: Wal-Mart or homemade?
Art's Dad: I have to admit, you know, I did the fair bit of
Art's Dad: masturbating when I was a little younger. I used to call it stroking the salami, yeah, you know, pounding the old pud.
Art's Dad: I never did it with patio furniture, but you know your uncle Mort, he pets the one-eyed snake 5-6 times a day.
- April 01, 2008 5:32 PM
- zen wizard said...
Good point--I don't keep up with it very much, but the last I heard, loyalties in the Toledo are were rather "mixed."
- April 01, 2008 5:38 PM
- zen wizard said...
Good one on the Patti O'Furniture...I just saw that...
- April 01, 2008 5:39 PM
- TitleIX said...
spring game will be at Saline HS and not open to the public....
- April 01, 2008 6:31 PM
- TitleIX said...
seriously tho, this proves to me that some men will put there penises ANY ol' place.
that, or the sheep all ran away...
- April 01, 2008 6:34 PM
- Out of Conference said...
T9 - are Michigan's spring games usually open to the public?
- April 01, 2008 8:30 PM
- TitleIX said...
- April 01, 2008 9:18 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
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- April 01, 2008 9:21 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
i believe it went something like this:
HUSBAND: Uh, Helen, you need to get over here. And bring my video camera.
WIFE: I'm watching Deal or No Deal.
HUSBAND: No, you need to see this. Because if somebody else doesn't, I'm not gonna believe it's happenin' myself.
WIFE: What the hell is it? A UFO or somethin'?
HUSBAND: Better...
*ART dancing naked on table*:NEEEEEEEEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP...
WIFE:Oh snap! I've just been rick rolled!!!
- April 01, 2008 9:22 PM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
If the spring game is at Saline, I guess it makes sense that it's not open to the public; the logistics would be brutal. Saline may have great facilities, but they're not set up for that sort of public event.
Ah, well. At least Vince Helmuth will feel at home.
- April 01, 2008 10:28 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
If any of you are interested, the stock number on that patio set is 867-5309.
- April 01, 2008 11:24 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
And you know this how?
- April 02, 2008 1:03 AM
- TitleIX said...
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to???
- April 02, 2008 7:41 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed...
- April 02, 2008 9:06 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Nice catch, T9!
Art: You were working as a table on a sunny wooden deck
When I met you
I picked you out, I lubed you up, and stuck my junk in you
Turned you into something new
Four times in one day we're on cam-er-a
I guess I'm heading to the pokey.
But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too
Don't, don't you want me. You say you like umbrella, but it's me your really want... don't, don't you want me. You say I disgust you but I really don't believe you...
Table: I was working as a table on a sunny wooden deck.
That much is true.
But even then I knew I'd find a much better thing.
To stick in that hole in me.
The four incidents we have had have been such weird times
You freak me the hell out,
But now I think it's time I stuck with umbrellas
I guess it's just what I must do ....
- April 02, 2008 9:08 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Outstanding, OOC! This thing could roll on for days. Yes, the comedy gods are smiling on us all.
- April 02, 2008 9:16 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Art: Table Jean is not my lover
She's just a eating surface who claims that I am the one,
But the coffee table is not my son.
- April 02, 2008 9:54 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Thanks, BiB. This thread could definitely wreck billable hours around the MZone nation for days to come.
- April 02, 2008 9:58 AM
- goat7ed said...
I'm a desk
I'm a desk
Not a table, I'm a desk I'm a desk
Rock me, Art, I'm a desk
- April 02, 2008 4:28 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Goat7ed - I'm going to need a hint. You've got me stumped.
- April 02, 2008 9:57 PM
- Mikoyan said...
So will the patio furniture give this guy the cold shower?
"I think you know what you did...."
- April 03, 2008 12:04 AM
- goat7ed said...
One hit wonder by Falco
There is more shame in knowing it, than not.
- April 03, 2008 7:50 AM
- TRM073 said...
Eliot Spitzer should have tried this. He would still be my Governor.
- April 03, 2008 5:31 PM
- GoBlueBob said...
This was the basis for Letterman's top ten list last night.
Top Ten Excuses Of The Man Caught Having Sex With A Picnic Table
Check out the CBS website.
- April 04, 2008 8:26 AM


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Hitchens did manage to say he was going to have an article in The Weekly Standard on the subject. Now, the article is available.
An excerpt:
I am one of those who believe, uncynically, that Osama bin Laden did us all a service (and holy war a great disservice) by his mad decision to assault the American homeland four years ago. Had he not made this world-historical mistake, we would have been able to add a Talibanized and nuclear-armed Pakistan to our list of the threats we failed to recognize in time....Read the article.
The subsequent liberation of Pakistan's theocratic colony in Afghanistan, and the so-far decisive eviction and defeat of its bin Ladenist guests, was only a reprisal. It took care of the last attack. But what about the next one? For anyone with eyes to see, there was only one other state that combined the latent and the blatant definitions of both "rogue" and "failed." This state--Saddam's ruined and tortured and collapsing Iraq--had also met all the conditions under which a country may be deemed to have sacrificed its own legal sovereignty. To recapitulate: It had invaded its neighbors, committed genocide on its own soil, harbored and nurtured international thugs and killers, and flouted every provision of the Non-Proliferation Treaty....
I have a ready answer to those who accuse me of being an agent and tool of the Bush-Cheney administration (which is the nicest thing that my enemies can find to say). Attempting a little levity, I respond that I could stay at home if the authorities could bother to make their own case, but that I meanwhile am a prisoner of what I actually do know about the permanent hell, and the permanent threat, of the Saddam regime. However, having debated almost all of the spokespeople for the antiwar faction, both the sane and the deranged, I was recently asked a question that I was temporarily unable to answer. "If what you claim is true," the honest citizen at this meeting politely asked me, "how come the White House hasn't told us?"
I would love to have heard what Hitchens said about Jon Stewart after that interview. I wonder if it would have been something like this passage from the article:
There are an astounding number of plain frauds and charlatans (to phrase it at its highest) in charge of the propaganda of the other side. Just to tell off the names is to frighten children more than Saki ever could: Michael Moore, George Galloway, Jacques Chirac, Tim Robbins, Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson . . . a roster of gargoyles that would send Ripley himself into early retirement. Some of these characters are flippant, and make heavy jokes about Halliburton, and some disdain to conceal their sympathy for the opposite side.Too harsh for Stewart? Perhaps, but if he were interviewing any of Hitchens's gargoyles, I think he'd treat them far differently from the way he treated Hitchens.
UPDATE: Here's the video of the Hitchens interview, available at Crooks & Liars, which opines:
Jon was very focused tonight and made Hitchins lose his place a few times. (How did he ever do that?) When intelligence is met against blind ideology, intelligence usually wins. (I just made that up)Gargoyles, indeed.


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This crunchy, savory-sweet mixture can be doubled or cut in half, and it would make a colorful addition to your holiday table.
MAKE AHEAD: The salad can be refrigerated for up to 1 hour; this is preferable, to blend the flavors. Adapted from a recipe by chef Raphael Duntoye of La Petite Maison, in "GQ Eats: The Cookbook for Men of Seriously Good Taste," edited by Paul Henderson (Hachette, 2013).
3 servings (Makes 4 cups)
For the dressing
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 1/2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
3/4 teaspoon sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons hazelnut oil (may substitute walnut oil)
Pinch kosher salt
For the salad
2 medium (4 or 5 ounces each) Pink Lady apples
2 medium oranges, preferably navel
5 ounces (3 generous cups) thinly sliced red cabbage
2 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts, toasted (see NOTE)
2 tablespoons golden raisins
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8 to 10 chives, finely chopped
For the dressing: Whisk together the orange juice, vinegars, oils and salt in a mixing bowl to form an emulsified vinaigrette.
For the salad: Core the apple, then cut it into medium dice, adding the pieces to the dressing as you work.
Cut off the top and bottom of the oranges; stand on each one end. Working vertically around the oranges, one at a time, use a serrated knife to cut away and discard the peel and white pith. Slice between the membranes to remove all the orange segments, letting them drop into the mixing bowl with the dressing and apple.
Add the cabbage, hazelnuts, raisins and 1/8 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper; toss to incorporate. Taste, and add the remaining seasoning as needed.
Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with the chives; serve right away, or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 hour before serving.
NOTE: Toast the chopped hazelnuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes or so, stirring to avoid scorching, until lightly browned and fragrant. Cool completely before chopping.
TIPS: Using prepped cabbage from the grocery store salad bar cuts the chopping time.
If you buy skin-on hazelnuts, their skins will crack as they toast. Transfer them immediately to a dish towel and rub to remove the skins before cooling and chopping.
Because the salad's flavor improves with a little time, we've reordered the recipe so the dressing is made first, in the same bowl you use to build the salad.
As you prep the salad ingredients, they can be tossed in the dressing. That will keep the apple from oxidizing as you chop other ingredients.
Refrigerate any nut oil after it has been opened, to prolong its shelf life (up to a year) and keep it from getting rancid.
NUTRITION Per serving: 320 calories, 3 g protein, 33 g carbohydrates, 21 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 180 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 22 g sugar


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The first of the crossovers, for the 7 Line Extension, was inspected and shipped well in advance of the required date. The 2nd Avenue project will begin next year, consisting of the same low vibration technology.
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Shown above is the box and outside of the palette itself. It's sort of a spongy, soft, fleshy-rose color. Not bad, not great, aesthetically. However, I really like the actual make-up of the palette. The actual way it's made. It's very similar to the way the first Naked palette is made with the large flap and magnetic closure along the front. It's very easy to get in and out of.
As far as the inside, it's gold and gorgeous...
The palette consists of fifteen shades total. Fourteen of those are actual colors, ranging from more natural tones (highlight colors, tans, browns, and light gray-taupes), as well as some more rose-y mauves, a sunny coral, purples, a navy blue, and a jet black. All of these shades are labeled as being "matte", however they are so much more. They aren't a typical flat, chalky matte at all. They are my absolute favorite type of matte... almost with a bit of a satin-y sheen. Just enough to keep them from looking chalky on the lid. They definitely still appear matte on the lids, but they have a more natural finish. They are smooth, buttery, and almost creamy (they are definitely a powder), in that they apply so smoothly. They all blend together like a dream (even the darker shades) to create that glowing and beautiful, blended eye effect. Like I said in my recent video, they basically blend themselves.
What makes this so palette unique (other than the quality) is that larger shade in the lower right corner of the palette. This "transforming pearl" shade is made to layer over the shades to almost create fourteen entirely new pearlescent, shimmery shades.
Here's a better look...
Here's a swatch of all the shades applied straight from the palette, without the transforming pearl shade over them.
|taken in the sunlight, without the transforming pearl
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And here they are with the transforming pearl blended over them...
Pretty right??
So aside from all the great things I've already said, it gets better. The actual formula is anti-aging! It has ingredients that actually make your lids appear younger and smoother. Very unique for a powder eye shadow.
Here's the description from IT Cosmetics:
"Includes Hydrating Age Reverse and Prevent Complex and infused with Peptides, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Silk, Anti-Oxidants and Drops of Light Technology. Paraben-free, fragrance-free, sulfate-free, cruelty free.
...All shades can be used wet or dry as shadows or liners and are designed to make your lids look younger with lid-loving ingredients including Peptides, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Acai, Green Tea, Silk and antioxidants!
These luxe, anti-aging shadows were developed with plastic surgeons to instantly diffuse the look of lines and wrinkles on the eyes and lids."
Pretty cool, huh?
The palette is available at Ulta.com (and in stores as well) for $42.
If you missed my latest video about this, check it out here to see the palette in action! I can't wait to do more looks with this one! Maybe even later this week... ;)
*I've also added ANOTHER tutorial! Check out the latest one here (Brightening Smokey Eye).
So what do you all think? Have you tried this one??


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Four new episodes of DINOSAUR TRAIN blow into the schedule for "Weather Week," Feb. 6-10th.
Buddy and his family learn all about how earthquakes, forest fires, droughts and hurricanes affect animals and the environment.
Don't panic! Mom, Dad and the Conductor have excellent advice on how to stay safe during a variety of different weather events!
Monday, Feb. 6 & Friday Feb. 10 at 9:30am
Mom takes the kids on a playdate with Tank Triceratops to the desert, where they meet a distant relative of Tank's, an early Ceratopsian named Penelope Protoceratops. The Conductor points out that Penelope lives in a part of the world that gets a lot of earthquakes, and sure enough, the kids experience their first quake with Penelope. Mom and the Conductor have prepared the kids with excellent advice about what to do in an earthquake, so everyone does fine. When the family rides the Dinosaur Train, they learn that a new car has been added – a Nursery Car, with dozens of eggs in little, padded nests, attended by their expectant moms and dads. The kids watch the eggs hatch, and try to guess which hatchling goes with which dinosaur parent.
Tuesday, Feb.7 at 9:30am
When a forest fire comes to woods not far from the family nest at Pteranodon Terrace, the family takes the Dinosaur Train to visit a nearby area where a fire has already been, and the Conductor leads the kids on a Nature Tracker hike through the woods to see how new life is growing back – even after the forest fire's devastation. Buddy and Tiny ride the Dinosaur Train for a playdate with their old friend Petey Peteinosaurus, and learn that the train has added a new Aviary Car, for their various flying passengers. Suddenly, they are joined by a lost bird named Judy Jehelornis, who was displaced by the recent forest fires, and can't remember where her home is. Buddy, Tiny, and Petey act as detectives to figure out from clues where Judy's home is, and the Conductor makes sure she's brought safely home on the train.
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 9:30am
When the weather has been extremely dry for several weeks, all the water holes at Pteranodon Terrace dry up. The Lambeosaurus family decides to move away in search of water, which upsets the kids. Dad and Mom decide to take the kids to the Big Pond on a camping trip, where they will wait out the drought and return home when it rains again. Don doesn't want to leave his home, even temporarily, and decides to perfect a "rain dance" that will make the rain return. Dad learns that he's been chosen to compete in the big annual Fishing Contest at the Big Misty Sea, and is one of three contestants. The whole family rides there on the Dinosaur Train to cheer Dad on. They learn that the contestants are Dad, the Old Spinosaurus, and Dad's childhood friend and rival, a huge raptor named Marco Megaraptor. The three all end up fighting over Chester, the legendary biggest fish in the Big Misty Sea.
Thursday, Feb. 9 & Monday, Feb. 13 at 9:30am
The long-awaited rains finally return to Pteranodon Terrace, but grow into a huge rainstorm that grows even bigger – into a hurricane! Dad hasn't seen it blow like this since he was a kid. They seek shelter, and Don discovers an entrance to a cave below their nest, where not only the Pteranodons, but also their other neighbors, the Lambeorsaurus family and Cindy Cimolestes, all take shelter for the night. In the morning, the storm has passed, but everyone must pitch in to rebuild their various nests. The family is cleaning up the mess left over from the hurricane, and discover that a raft of logs has washed up two refugees from across the Western Interior Sea – a turtle named Aidan Adocus, and a small mammal named Tommy Ptilodus. Our family learns of their adventure, crossing the sea in the storm, and washing up at Pteranodon Terrace. They decide to take their new friends to the Dinosaur Train, and ride back with them to their home in Appalachia.


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I think I posted this a while ago...I don't have any new pics.
i love pics of balls. and especially love the feeling of the skin of a ballsac. so delicate, love to lick them!
I'd love to get each set of the above balls in my mouth mmmmmmmmmmm
Hi lovelyhole - great idea! I have a weakness for balls. Here are a few shots of mine. Do you approve?
A few new pics of mine
my balls are tiny..
^ all good things come in small packages!
I wouldn't mind playing with yours
My smooth balls and cock!
Adore that foreskin for docking.
can i eat that?
Lucky banana....wish it were my tongue (or cock!) there instead!
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
i like both
not. love me some foreskin to play with!
Love it both ways. Love the pubs also.
I love you with your skin intact!!
Ill take on both of you!!!
I love it both ways!
^ nice balls Beenjee! Love a guy with a natural bush!
Very nice!
Could I swap places with this banana :P ?
When you monkey around, You Monkey around!
Full on hood!
I will be merciless with your hot tight hole!
That's some crazy-ass monkey business going on! But I love it.
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Free workshop: Stress-busting for Freelances
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Part of Equity's work within the Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) we have a major training programme which is delivered free of charge to our members in the form of workshops and online.
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- The Sso was an initiation rite practiced by the Beti of Cameroon in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The participants were young men between 15 and 25 years of age who, by completing the rite, became adults and enjoyed added privileges, such as passage into the land of the ancestors at death. Each boy was sponsored by an esia Sso. The sponsor of the rite was a village headman; he was expected to provide food and lodging for guests and to pay for several large feasts during the rite's six-month duration. Other important figures were the zum loa, who revealed past sins that the sponsor had committed and which would be expiated by the rite's completion, and the mfek Sso, who organised and administered the rite. The Sso candidates lived away from the sponsor's compound in a barracks called the esam Sso. The rite consisted of numerous feasts for the sponsors and elders and harrowing trials for the candidates. The boys had no instruction or supervision and relied on hunting and stealing to survive. After five months, the mfek Sso gathered the candidates around the ritual Sso tree and signalled the rite's last stages. In the final ordeal, the boys danced around their compound, were sprayed with ants or itching powder, and crawled through a tunnel from the esam Sso to the sponsor's compound. After one final hunt, the rite was completed and the boys obtained adult status.
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We can either discuss Battlefield 4 maybe coming to Wii U or I can lock down this thread. Please start playing nice, guys.
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I have a pair of these boots I bought in 2004; I've ridden countless miles in them since then on the road; ridden a season of motor-X in Florida, District 36 enduro season in Norcal in them back in 2010, I just finished the 2012 LAB2V in them. 2 OMC Sheet Iron 300's..
The velcro is sacked and I have to tape them shut with electrical tape now. But they still don't leak through water crossings.
I do have to use a shin guard but it also protects my knee so I'd wear them anyway.
In short, I love this boot, they're very comfortable and durable, I'm going to get another pair just to rotate them and resole the old ones, maybe have some new velcro sewn in.


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In his latest comments on the situation, Bush said it was "kind of funny" how the whole situation was "blown out of proportion." Really? I can think of a lot of things about this story, but if you're a USC fan facing an NCAA investigation, funny probably doesn't come to mind.
Bush then goes on to say his parents "leased a house like any other parent" but then declined to say who paid the rent. Uh...is this sort of arrangement really how most parents do it? Guess again. Besides, they're not "most parents." They are the family of the best college football player in the country. So even IF this "lease" was on the up-and-up, don't you think Reggie might have had this conversation:
REGGIE: Hey, coach.
PETE CARROLL: What's up, Reggie?
RB: Listen, my folks are renting a house from a some guy who's trying to start a sports marketing firm called New Era Sports to rep me and steer me to some agent near him in San Diego. Thought you should know because people might take it the wrong way.
PC: Gee, thanks for telling me that, Reggie. Because on the surface, that could look really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really bad. Thus, it was smart of you to tell me up front so it doesn't potentially hurt the program and those of us who see how that might look incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly stupid.
But wait, you say. Reggie didn't know, right? Because it only gets worse when Bush's attorney tries to explain it away with that excuse: "Reggie Bush was a full-time student at the University of Southern California and never lived in the house. As is the case with most 20-year-old college students, Reggie was not aware of personal or financial arrangements relating to his parents or their house."
So, besides the conversation above, I guess that means this little chat never took place either:
REGGIE: Mom, wow! Nice house. How did you and stepdad afford going from an apartment here in Spring Valley, California, which run from, oh, $1,000 to $1,500 a month, to buying this two-story $757,500 house with 3,002 square feet...which, in mortgage payments alone, not including taxes and insurance, would cost $3,631 a month...and that's with 20% down!?
MRS. BUSH: Shut up and eat your breakfast, dear.
Seriously, folks, common sense here. And keep in mind, this is coming from a site that has been very supportive of USC in the past. But, as mentioned, this doesn't pass the smell test. Not even close.
I guess the reason I get so upset about situations like this is, like Michigan's Fab Five fiasco, punishment, if meted out, never falls on those that cause the problem. Instead, the hammer comes down only on innocent student-athletes (and the fans) left behind to deal with the mess. Chris Webber is a multi-millionaire while Michigan basketball is only just starting to recover from his deeds of over a decade ago.
Same goes here. If rules were broken, Reggie Bush will be in the NFL counting his millions and buying his family an even bigger house. But like a rude houseguest, all the clean-up will be done and faced by others.
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Amtrak plans to replace ties on tracks starting with Track 4, the local outbound (to Trenton) track, between New Brunswick and Metuchen stations.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
Classes? We don't need no stinkin' classes!
Yes, "independent study" means not going to class but, according to the NYT, the classes in question include core subjects like statistics, theory and methods, which normally require class instruction.
Former Auburn RB "Cadillac" Williams took only two clases the spring of his senior year, both one-on-one courses with Petee. One was a statistics class. When Petee was asked if that course, considered the most difficult in the sociology major, was available to regular students as a directed reading, the professor said, "No, not usually."
Cadillac described the class this way: "You're just studying different kinds of math. It's one of those things where you write a report about the different theories and things like that."
Yes, things like that. Sound like your stats class?
Cadillac went on to say in the Times story that he appreciated the convenience of the two courses, because he was traveling around the country auditioning for N.F.L. teams at the time. Naturally.
When he found out Petee was being investigated, Caddy said, "I didn't do nothing illegal or anything like that. My work was good. It was definitely real work. To be honest with you, if they think that's a problem, they need to investigate all the teachers at Auburn."
Gee, no wonder in the NCAA's new rankings of student athletes' academic progress, Auburn had the highest ranking of any D-1 public university among college football's six major conference.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Put it this way, Vandy, the only private school in the SEC had a graduation rate of 88%, Auburn's was 48% yet, according to the NY Times story, Vandy finished well behind Auburn in those NCAA rankings.
Thanks to MZone reader "BamaPerry" for the tip.
UPDATE: For more on the story, check out Orson's post over at EDSBS.
33 comments:
it is a sociology class. when exactly is attending a sociology class ever actually attending a class anyways?
- July 14, 2006 11:03 AM
97 COMBINED hours divided by 18 players equals an average of 5.388889 hours per person. That is barely enough to make a blip on someones GPA. One quarter of the students were athletes???? No way??? It isn't like no student athletes ever take independent study classes or any other easy classes at other schools. This is a non-story.
- July 14, 2006 11:23 AM
- Yost said...
Non-story? Keep believing that Aubu-- I mean, "Anon".
- July 14, 2006 11:28 AM
War Eagle !!!!!!
- July 14, 2006 11:29 AM
- The King said...
I have to agree that this is a non-story. I took a class at UM called "Oceans" that was basically DESIGNED for football players. I'd say at least 75% of the class were football players, and they not only never came to class, they had special "review sessions just for athletes" taught by the prof to help them prep for the tests.
This kind of thing happens with total regularity at any D1 program in the country, and anyone who thinks their program is above it is hopelessly naieve.
- July 14, 2006 11:57 AM
They have independent study classes at UM also. Guess what, no one goes to class there either. Its because it is an independent study class, you meet with the professor and do the work on your own.
Yes I am an AU fan.
- July 14, 2006 1:06 PM
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- July 14, 2006 1:20 PM
King: I took the Oceans class you are talking about (almost 20 years ago) and got a "c". I was no football player, but it was not a blow-off class that I expected.
- July 14, 2006 1:24 PM
likewise with my dinosaurs class at UM. Didn't take it seriously, and got a C+
- July 14, 2006 1:25 PM
- Maize n Brew Dave said...
Anon- Most Indepent Study classes require more than a 10 page book report on Clifford the Big Red Dog in return for three credit hours.
King- I took my share of the blow-offs too. The thing was, Oceans and Waves (I think that was what it was called) was a class with hundreds of students, and worth 1 credit. The classes in question were "one-on-one", some worth three credits, required no attendance, and a faceless 10-pager or less to turn in at the end of the semester. My independent studies required a lot more than that.
One of the alleged classes that was "taught" by this guy was statistics. I sat through hours of in class lecture, albeit with a foreign professor and grad instructors, and was completely lost. I'm not buying it that joe-starting/benchwaming football player was gonna pick it up without actually talking to a professor who spoke english.
It's partly a non-story because we've come to expect this kind of crap is being pulled.
The problem here is just to blatancy of it. If this was caught going on at osu, we'd flip out and say "Dammit, I knew it!" Its a story, because if its true, its cheating and its also a SERIOUS problem for Auburn following their not-so-legal courtship of Bobby Petrino. Aurburn's got a history of this stuff, and its big news because of that.
- July 14, 2006 1:36 PM
- John Frum said...
Hmmm. It appears to me that Dr Petee wears an professorial version of a Buckstache.
- July 14, 2006 1:54 PM
In general, I agree that FB players get somewhat easier treatment in just about every major D1 program (UM included). I am not surprised by this story about Auburn. It could just as easily come from Michigan State/Ohio State/Texas/Alabama/Florida State/Fill in the blank university.
This is the type of stuff that makes radio talk show hosts and bloggers very happy.
- July 14, 2006 1:56 PM
wow. many football players take easy classes. That took some real hard nosed investigative journalism to figure that out.
Is there anybody who didn't already know this?
- July 14, 2006 2:07 PM
Considering that of 272 students to take the class only 18 were involved in sports it doesn't appear to be a class designed specifically for football players. The large number of students alone taking that IS class should indicate it was easy.
Taken a couple of independent studies, one involved alot of time and the other was a joke.. read textbook and two take home tests.
Plenty of regular students across universities that obtain alternate methods to complete coursework or substitute classes to finish degrees. Also plenty of students that get late IS classes added for various reasons.
Took statistics myself, first time had a guy that gave all problems and said screw that. Researched instructors and took the guy that gave all multiple choice based on understanding the concepts. Like any other class its as easy or as hard as the instructor makes it.
Course the NYT doesn't mention things like the guy making accusations was passed over for a position by the guy he is accusing.
Findings will probably resemble what happened with Duke and its sociology basketball players couple years back. Sociology is a easy major and there are easy instructors in the major.
Not sure how you can label it as cheating, don't believe there is a NCAA rule that says a class must have X pages of reading, X number of tests, or X number of papers.
Takin a couple of upper level research classes that had not book, no lecture, it was all independently researching articles on a chosen topic and grade completly based off one paper.
At most its a departmental problem and the instructor in question could be punished for not requiring his students to perform at what the university deems a proper academic level in accordance with the class level.
- July 14, 2006 2:26 PM
- Cool Hand Mike said...
Bo was named Bo cuz he couldn't spell Bob. Now Moo Eagle U got popped. hehehe. That's what you get you cow tippin motherfuckers.
P.S.: WHEN the NCAA drops the bomb Auburn's asses, I'll just smile and remind you that you'll be back in 4-6 years. Plus, why aren't you out rolling Toomer's Corner now like you did the day Bama was butt fucked by the NCAA. Remember? Because we all do.
- July 14, 2006 3:57 PM
- Bacon said...
As much as defending the war chickens makes me want to puke, I think this is much ado about nothing.
Anonymous made a couple of good points, and I'd like to add one--they accommodated Cadillac when he was going to NFL minicamps. If a non-athlete was flying around the country for job interviews, professors would have an obligation to accommodate them, and this is no different.
/off to take a shower...ugh!
- July 14, 2006 4:21 PM
- Reed4AU said...
I'm not suprised and I don't care. The joke's alway been in the SEC if your not cheating your not trying.
Nothing is gonna happen, remember a couple years ago when Tennessee players got caught having some woman write their reports, nothing happened.
CH mike, it's not remotely the same thing as what BAMA did to get probation or even remotely closed to what got Aubrun put on probation in the 90's.
Everyobdy does it, some just get caught. Since this is a Michigan site, do you honestly believe most of the football players would even get in to your school if they didn't play football? Of course you don't because they play for your team. A small minorityof schools such as Duke(although they certainly waver on Bball), Vandy, Stanford, and a couple others require their athletes to meet their academic standards or at least close to them.
Yes I think the SEC might be the worst at it, but just look at the rosters of OSU,Miami,FSU,OU,TEX, even your beloved UM, all of them have some players(Miami 90%+) who can barely read let alone deserve to attend that school.
CH mike, and although I felt it was stupid to celebrate Bama's probation I did find it funny. But don't forget it's a 2-way street. I remeber when Auburn went undefeated but couldn't go anywhere due to the probation. Although I didn't like it, Bama's chant of "11 and O and no placed to go" was funny albeit disheartening.
- July 14, 2006 4:30 PM
- harry hasselhoff said...
Just to jump into the "I took ___ class at UM" discussion, I took "Waves and Beaches," (I still laugh when I think about it) but it was not a total blowoff - had to earn that "A," and I can still have a halfway intelligent discussion about why seawalls and jetis lead to more beach erosion than they prevent. God I'm a dork...
- July 14, 2006 7:07 PM
Just took History of the Oceans for 1 credit with Prof. David Rea last semester - walk in the park.
- July 14, 2006 7:36 PM
If there is one shocking thing bout this kinda news, it's that it was only 18 players or so. This is much more common then all these sports writers want to believe at just about every school, with the Stanford's and Vandy's of the world being the exceptions. Just take a glance at the requirements to get into Michigan, see how its ranked with the Ivy League schools as far as best schools (thats not the official name of the ranking, its late, blow me), and then explain how a guy like Larry Harrison gets in, he of the man who unloaded his seed on a fellow students door.
- July 15, 2006 12:43 AM
Bacon, you make a fair point about Carnell. These type of classes are also given to students that are doing co-ops and internships.
I know a girl at Texas that got a IS class midway though the semester. Her advisor had her drop a class saying she didn't need it and then turned out he was wrong. She was slated to graduate and had a job lined up and living accomadations arranged in the state she was moving to. She was given the class so she could graduate. The instructor took it real easy on her to because of what had happened.
These things also go on at the Vandy's and Stanfords. I have a cousin that is a Vandy graduate, and she will laugh and tell you the hard part about Vandy is getting in.
- July 15, 2006 3:32 AM
- BAMAPERRY said...
The hypocrisy of the NCAAzi is that they feign an "academics first" approach when an athlete intially tries to enter an institution, with various standards, and then say they have no control over a schools academic policies once admitted. If they're admitted by an institution, shouldn't they be declared eligible to compete in athletics immediately? I mean, if schools are cheating to keep players eligible (most do) what difference does it make if they cheat to get them into school?
- July 15, 2006 9:25 AM
Most of the comments on here are correct that many schools do this, but they miss the point. This is not an NCAA issue but an issue for Auburn University whose athletic department has once again severely embarrassed the parent institution. I hope the athletic department has a back-up plan for finding easy majors because I can't imagine they will be welcome in Sociology any more. That will impact recruiting athletes, but, perhaps more importantly (!), will impact recruting regular students looking for an honorable school to attend. I also can't imagine the faculty will be supportive of the athletic department in this, but you never know...
- July 15, 2006 11:00 AM
I can't beleive the excuses being made here. This is blatant cheating! What ever happened to that reputation for academics that UM is supposed to have? Is this college football or just a farm system for the NFL?
The bottom line is that there are rules. The rules are for everyone: eleven players or a side, 60 minutes of play, no holding, catch the ball in bounds, etc.
If you are doing 95mph on I96 and see a cop, you slow down because you know you are breaking the rules. If you don't slow down and get pulled over, you fully expect to get a speeding ticket, regardless if others are speeding. If you sister or daughter is assulted on campus, you don't say it is ok because it happens all the time.
This is the Big Ten. Do we really want to be grouped with and compared to SEC schools?
- July 15, 2006 12:03 PM
This aint your daddys big 10. People do what they have to do. Just ask Jim Tressel.
- July 15, 2006 3:04 PM
so do they have a class on how to blow a fourth quarter lead, because a lot of UM's football players must've taken it, and lloyd carr must be teaching it.
good luck in the alamo bowl this year and WDE.
- July 15, 2006 11:38 PM
When he found out Petee was being investigated, Caddy said, "I didn't do nothing illegal or anything like that. My work was good. It was definitely real work. To be honest with you, if they think that's a problem, they need to investigate all the teachers at Auburn.
You took this out of context as I am sure the NYT did. He was referencing the fact that Petee asked for an autographed football, then said basically any Auburn prof would do the same. Please fix this.
- July 16, 2006 8:36 AM
- Yost said...
Read the article again, Anon. It's not out of context according to the NYT article. He wasn't referring to autographed footballs.
- July 16, 2006 10:39 AM
Has the idiot at the NYT ever attended college? Is is scandalous that students seek out easy courses? Is it unusual that people don't take classes from the a-hole professor that gives "C"s as high grades? It is understandable that the trailer park bammers who have never set foot on a college campus don't understand how it works. At least they can calculate scores and can count to 5. WDE!
- July 16, 2006 10:56 PM
This is not the Auburn athletic departments doing in this. It is the sociology departments doing, again of 272 people to take that class over two years only 18 of them were athletes.
Gundlach, the accusor, in other articles talks about how he feels Petee over stepped with the number of students and teaching classes that Gundlach teaches. Even today in a article he said this wasn't about athletics, but without athletes noone would care.
This is a internal dispute between two sociology professors about how classes in that department should be taught and AU athletics got dragged into it cause of 18 athletes. It makes for alot prettier story. Gundlach used the athletes, do you really think the NYT would have printed this story if all they had was interviews from John who went into sociology to have a high GPA to improve his chances of law school acceptance? Or Mary who aspires to insure section 8 housing is better for the poor?
Maybe Carnell wasn't referring to the football. It follows him saying he did real work. If having students do work is a crime then he is correct, you would have to investigate all the other instructors. Williams was being sarcastic.
And for the person that said it is blatant cheating, sorry it isn't. For it to be blatant cheating the athletes would have had to had preferential treatment vs the non-athlete students in that class. Even Lagenfeld adding Petee course late is not unique to athletes, Gundlach said that in an article today.
Not all degrees are rocket science. Sociology is actually the degree that a majority of athletes across the United States goes into, perhaps because it is easier than most others.
I'm sure if you go through all of UM's athletes you will find a pattern of alot being in a paticular major, and it will probably be one of the easier ones at UM.
So maybe some kids will see this and say wow, I'm not going to Auburn for a sociology degree. To be honest, I'd slap my kid and tell him to pay for it himself and not waste my money if he wanted a degree in that.
- July 17, 2006 9:59 AM
Hahaha .... BamaPerry lecturing others on hypocrisy. That's got to be the funniest thing I've seen in a long time
- July 17, 2006 10:33 AM
- Blou said...
Haha, I too took Dinosaurs. What a class.
- July 19, 2006 4:26 AM
Yost, Thanks for setting me straight.
Mr. Williams said Professor Petee asked him to autograph a football once when they met in his office. "To be honest with you, if they think that's a problem, they need to investigate all the teachers at Auburn," Mr. Williams said.
They were trying to prove Petee was a Carnell fan by asking for his autograph.
- July 19, 2006 7:38 AM


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September 20, 2012 10:40 am
Panthers hoard votes in latest rankings
It's taken three weeks, but the Powell Panthers have made believers of the entire state. Well, maybe not, but they have at least convinced all those casting ballots in the Wyopreps coaches and media Class 3A football poll.
September 20, 2012 10:35 am
Having worked in a university public relations office a decade ago before making my return to the sports scene, I'm all too familiar with the fact that those in higher education are always looking for all the positive publicity they can generate. Northwest College accomplished that feat in spades this past week.
September 18, 2012 8:44 am
Powell special teams return another kickoff for score in friday night victory
It stayed close for a quarter, but after that the floodgates opened as the No. 1 Powell Panthers cruised to a 49-7 victory over Torrington in Wyoming 3A football action on Friday night. The win sends the Panthers into the start of conference play with a 3-0 record.
September 18, 2012 8:41 am
Soccer teams stumble against LCCC
The Northwest College soccer teams split Region IX games at Trapper Field over the weekend. Both the NWC men's and women's teams scored 4-1 victories over Western Nebraska on Friday. Both teams lost by identical 3-1 counts to Laramie County Community College on Saturday.
September 13, 2012 8:58 am
Bloomer triggers late rally for Northwest
For the longest time, it didn't look like Tuesday night was Nicolette Bloomer's night. Through three games, the Bakersfield, Calif., freshman carried a negative hitting percentage against No. 16 Casper College, meaning she'd amassed more errors than successful hits.
September 13, 2012 8:57 am
Women look for return to CNFR
College rodeo season got off to a wild start over the weekend in Cody with Northwest College hosting the first two events of the 10-rodeo calendar in the Big Sky Region. Once the dust settled, Northwest was sitting in third place in the region's men's standings and in second place in the women's standings.
September 13, 2012 8:55 am
PHS a near unanimous choice
As expected, the Powell Panthers held firm to their No. 1 ranking in Class 3A following last week's 41-14 rout of then-No. 3 Buffalo. Powell picked up 25 of a possible 26 first-place votes in this week's Wyopreps coaches' and media rankings.
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September 11, 2012 8:50 am
Teams sweep weekend opponents
Northwest College opened the home portion of its 2012 soccer schedule sporting a new scoreboard in the northwest corner of Trapper Field. They spent the remainder of the weekend ensuring that it got a workout.
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Asperger's is now merged with autism as "autism spectrum disorder." As for "gender identity disorder":
It has been used for children or adults who strongly believe that they were born the wrong gender. But many activists believe the condition isn't a disorder and say calling it one is stigmatizing. The term would be replaced with "gender dysphoria," which means emotional distress over one's gender.Meanwhile, people with "severe recurrent temper tantrums" have gained a label: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
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3. While we're at it, here's some more famous voice actors:
That's Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) and Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life, Jessica Walter (Arrested Development) and Fran from Dinosaurs, and James Avery (Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince) and Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
4. Here's the right way to eat a cupcake:
5. And cheetos:
6. Now get ready to have your childhood mind blown:
Moving on…
9. DID YOU KNOW? The "YKK" on your zipper stands for "Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha:"
10. DID YOU KNOW? 3.14 is PIE backwards:
11. DID YOU KNOW? The dot over over an "i" is called a "tittle:"
12. DID YOU KNOW? Cashews grow like this:
13. And pineapples like this:
14. Before we move on, here's the ending to "Inception" explained:
15. Now let's shrink things down. Here's what velcro looks like close up:
16. Here's what chalk looks like under a microscope:
17. And here's what sand looks like under a microscope:
18. Speaking of sand, there are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth:
Thanks to Carl Sagan for this knowledge.
Let's go deeper:
19. If you shrunk the Sun down to the size of a white blood cell and shrunk the Milky Way Galaxy down using the same scale, it would be the size of the continental United States:
20. Speaking of things that are huge, a Blue Whale's heart is so big, a small child can swim through the veins:
21. There's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of water:
22. Here's the true size of Africa:
23. And the Pacific Ocean:
24. Let's think bigger: If you dug a hole to the center of the Earth and dropped a book down, it would take 45 minutes to reach the bottom:
25. Here's what Jupiter would look like if it were the same distance to Earth as the Moon:
26. And here's what a sunset on Mars looks like:
Too much? Just breathe:
27. DID YOU KNOW? There are more bacteria cells in your body than actual body cells:
Anywhere from 2 to 9 pounds of them. We're more bacteria than we are human!
28. DID YOU KNOW? John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, has a grandson that's alive today:
John Tyler had a son, Lyon, when he was 63. Lyon had a son, Harrison Tyler, at 75.
29. DID YOU KNOW? A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed one:
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31. Speaking of the ocean, there are more atoms in a glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on Earth:
Now let's talk about time:
36. Speaking of time: The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series:
37. Keep this in mind, too:
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38. The Great Pyramid was built circa 2560 BC…
… and Cleopatra lived 69 BC – 30 BC…
… and the first Moon landing was in 1969, AD…
… which means Cleopatra lived closer to the Moon landing than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.
39. Speaking of the pyramids, they were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us:
40. Should we keep going? The difference in time between when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now:
41. Here's one more: In 1903 the Wright Brothers flew for the first time…
…38 years later, in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor…
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Jalapeno contest kicks off annual car showApril 22, 2013
A jalapeno-eating contest at Emporia State University will be an early kick-off to the 16th annual Super Custom Car Show in downtown Emporia. Proceeds from both events benefit Emporia State University's general scholarship fund.
The Caliente (hot) Jalapeno Contest begins at noon Wednesday, April 24 on Main Street of the Memorial Union. From noon to 1:30 p.m. contestants will be eating jalapenos. Contestants will be divided into two categories — students and faculty-staff-administration. Within those categories, women will compete against women, men against men. Free soda pop and popcorn will be available for everyone.
Winners of the contest will take home $50 cash.
Prize drawings during the event will include merchandise and Clint Bowyer memorabilia. Bowyer's NASCAR car will also be on display.
The car show will follow from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the 1000 and 1100 blocks of Commercial Street. Registration for entrants will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The entry fee is $20 in each of four categories — cars, trucks, sound-off stereo and SPL.
First-place trophies and second-place plaques will be awarded in each individual category — antique, classic, domestic 1980-95, domestic 1996-2012, Corvette, street rod, hot rod, low rider, muscle car, imports, Camaros, trucks, SUV, under construction and miscellaneous.
First-place trophies will be awarded for paint, graphics, interior and club participation. First-place trophies will be given in the Sound Off Stereo competition in multiple competition classes — 10-inch subwoofers, 12-inch subwoofers, 15-inch subwoofers and no-wall.
The vehicle awarded Best of Show will receive the Dan Tebbetts Memorial Trophy.
Admission to the show is free, and family entertainment will be on hand including DJs, a Zumba dance class by Genesis Health Clubs, the Raices Hispana Folkloris dancers.
The events are sponsored by Emporia Brown Express Athletic Club, ESU Karate Club, Emporia State Federal Credit Union, Sodexo, Memorial Union Corp., Navrat's Office Products, Community Hornets, Clint Bowyer Autoplex, Davis Moore, Becker Auto SS, Complete Works Custom Engraving, Mussato Brothers, T Mobile, Genesis Health Clubs, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and Emopria Area Chamber and Visitors Bureau.
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Completely improvised session, recorded in a London, apartment in 1980 following Dead Kennedys' first European tour. Features Biafra with Adrian Borland (late of The Sound), Morgan Fisher, Christian Lunch and East Bay Ray. An early hint of his later spoken word style is here. Possibly the most demented Biafra project ever?
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"Dead Kennedys mouthpiece Jello Biafra chose an unusual diversion from his main band's agitprop doings with this determinedly anonymous EP (recorded in Britain and initially released in France). The sole credit goes to engineer (and former latter-era Mott the Hoople keyboardist) Morgan Fisher, while the co-conspirators' identities remain a mystery. This may be deliberate, because Biafra's theatrical style is unmistakable. So are his lyrics, although he's not just affecting some shock horror pose to scare your mom; bigger game is afoot here. Jangling, repetitive synthesizers and guitars become the building blocks for scabrous broadsides against the faceless powers that be: "Trapped in the Playground" is a graphic sketch of environmental poisoning run amok from the viewpoint of the scarred survivors ("The elephant man poses nude in our centerfold"). "Meat Beat" is an equally grim look at sexual assault from the perpetrator's standpoint — a well-established device for Biafra to slip into the mindsets of the people that he condemns. "Humanoids From the Deep" is the standout, with Biafra gleefully reeling off the penalties of genetic manipulation, which yield the monstrous mutations referenced in the title — nearly 20 years before such topics became common daily newspaper fodder. The sparseness and throbbing synthesizers only add to the effect. "The Taser" is the ultimate horror story, where a smug cop matter-of-factly demonstrates an electric shock device's effects on hapless, unwilling suspects. Like many of Biafra's solo ventures, Witch Trials is an acquired taste; the appreciation depends on if you enjoy a dash of subversive disturbance in your artistic diet. Still, Biafra proves every bit as clever as in his parent band — and, for fans of his hot-wired, razor-edge wordplay, the results don't get any better than this effort." - iTunes review


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This is an interesting article that will be affirmed by those on the left who base most of their disagreement with the republican party on their policy stances that deny rights to many. Likewise it will be immediately disregarded by those leaning right who simply like arguing defense or think it cant be that bad. However I would ask you to read it and go into it with an open mind despite the rather divisive article title.
The piece revolves around the concept of the southern block of states that vote reliably republican based off of their white vote primarily. It is very well written in my opinion and pulls somewhat empirical data although it is survey or poll based.
Is the Republican Party Racist?
It depends on race-baiting tactics and the votes of former Confederate states.
It does make an interesting point that without that reliable southern block no modern republican would find and hold a major national office.
This was the key evidence I found compelling in the argument that without race baiting there is no republican national presence.Looked at another way, as things stand, there would be no presidential "race" at the moment if it weren't for those ex-confederate stateseven if they split their votes. Mitt Romney would have little or no chance of winning and might as well quit the race now. Nor would the GOP have much chance of re-taking the Senate or even winning the House again. They would be dead as a political party if not for the legacy of racism. I think that's a fact. Do you think it's "he said/she said"?
So I can almost predict the results and from which players on the board. But I found it an interesting read. So weigh in if you so wish.Schaller builds this conclusion on one of the most impressive papers in recent political science, "Old Times There Are Not Forgotten: Race and Partisan Realignment in the Contemporary South," by Nicholas Valentino and David Sears. Running regressions on a massive data set of ideological opinions, Sears and Valentino demonstrate with precision that for example, a white Southern man who calls himself a "conservative," controlling for racial attitudes, is no less likely to chance a vote for a Democratic presidential candidate than a Northerner who calls himself a conservative. Likewise, a pro-life or hawkish Southern white man is no less likelyagain controlling for racial attitudesthan a pro-life or hawkish Northerner to vote for the Democrat. But, on the other hand, when the relevant identifier is anti-black answers to survey questions (such as whether one agrees "If blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites," or choosing whether blacks are "lazy" or "hardworking"), an untoward result jumps out: white Southerners are twice as likely than white Northerners to refuse to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate. Schaller writes: "Despite the best efforts of Republican spinmeisters the partisan impact of racial attitudes in the South is stronger today than in the past."