text: Shelley Smith says the stress of The X Factor made her boobs grow. She said this. Posted by Joel Golby on 22 October 2013 11:09 Comments Shelley Smith has opened her mouth carefully on one side and told The Sun that, weirdly, the stress of The X Factor made her boobs go up a cup size. Close your eyes now and think of Shelley Smith's boobs. You're welcome. Apparently Shelley's 38FF cleavage went up to 'whatever is bigger than that, is that even possible' over the course of two weeks singing out of the side of her mouth on the Saturday night show. "It's all the pressure," she said, as her rejected cleavage deflated like a beach ball. "I can't take it. It comes out in my boobs." Jubblies aside, Shelley admitted she – much like pregnant Sese Foster and stair klutz Abi Alton – fainted on Saturday night, and struggled through her performance after contracting a virus. "A virus is going through the X Factor house," she told the paper. "I was really poorly and passed out. I was lucky to get through the song." Yesterday Shelley told us she was looking forward to her post-X Factor career, with mentor Sharon already bagging the 'Devonshire Diva' a few gigs – but she also has other, sexier plans. "I'd love to do the audio book of Fifty Shades of Grey," she said. "I could do a comedy version with my Devon accent." RIP culture. You had a good run. Gallery Kim Kardashi-boob Kim Kardashi-boob To celebrate Kim Kardashian's amazing show of side-boob we thought we'd have a look through some of the (fairly) recent celebrity flashers. Some are accidental some not-so accidental, but all are pretty LOL. BEWARE! The following gallery contains nipples. Famous nipples. You have been warned... Actual boobage Actual boobage Lindsey Lohan has some fairly sizable funbags so it always surprises us when we see the actress sans bra on the red carpet. Here Lohan flashed the world not just a side boob, she went the whole hog and showed nipple too. Can we just point out how pale Linds' boob is? Missed that bit with the fake tan, did we? Stealth flasher Stealth flasher Who needs to show off a bit of side boob when you can show your under-udders, eh! Rihanna gave fans a treat when she flashed her lower boob at London's Wireless festival in Hyde Park this year Naughty witch! Naughty witch! Even the pap who took this pic can't quite believe what they're seeing/snapping. The blurred focus and shaky pic is of Harry Potter star Emma Watson accidentally showing off her nude knicks at the London premiere. It was raining too. She must have been chilly-willy! It's a bit nippy It's a bit nippy We doubt traditional Indian outfits should have added nipple thrown in but hey, it's Elizabeth Hurley Overexposed Overexposed We feel we have seen Lady GaGa's naughty nipples more than we've seen our own, FACT Uh-oh, J-Lo! Uh-oh, J-Lo! Oh dear. You don't expect this sort of malfunction from a swanky Lanvin frock, do you? Unfortunately Jennifer Lopez's nipple saw light and decided to make a run for it Free publicity Free publicity When Kelly Brook rocked up at then-boyfriend Jason Statham's film Snatch wearing a barely-there sparkly pink dress, she got the whole world's attention. Side boob? Tick. Bum? Tick? Crotch covered in matching pink sparkly fabric? TICK Phil & Grant on tour Phil & Grant on tour Helen Flanagan's knockers always look like they're having the best time, don't they? Oh haiii Nicki's nip! Oh haiii Nicki's nip! Why the heck should Nicki Minaj get to sing on stage and get all of the attention! Her little boob decided enough was enough and popped out to say "Hey" Strapped in Strapped in Ellie Goulding's strapped those puppies down for this year's GQ Awards. But we can still see 'em Nude In Chelsea Nude In Chelsea Made In Chelsea's Lucy Watson appears to be oblivious to the knicker flashing Rita Phwoara Rita Phwoara Rita Ora shows us exactly why Calvin Harris is a fan... Braveheart Braveheart Gwyneth Paltrow is actually wearing NO underwear with this dress. NOTHING. She is a braver lady than we are... Tits up Tits up If we looked like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, we'd be going about naked everyday Fla$ha Fla$ha Why oh why did Ke$ha's mum not tell her to put her pants on before her sausage skin tights? Sineater Sineater All in all, this is probably one of Sinitta's tamest outfits Wonky bum Wonky bum We're not quite sure how Madonna's bum has come to be this wonky, but we salute her for being loud and proud Lana Del Rey-hey! Lana Del Rey-hey! Racy lady! Yawn Yawn Katie Price, aka Jordan, could be the subject of her very own top 100 nipple slips and knicker flashes gallery. Watch this space... Nicole Scherz-slipper Nicole Scherz-slipper Nicole Scherzinger's REALLY keen on establishing herself as a judge on The X Factor... Freid-erm Freid-erm Poor Freida Pinto's suffering from an unfortunate angle here. Those knicks are making a bid for freedom Getting knicked Getting knicked Lady Victoria Hervey obviously hasn't heard of an invention called a slip Breezy Breezy All it would take is a gust of wind and Lauren Pope would be in trouble... A bit pants A bit pants Looks like Tulisa Contostavlos was about to sing the Thong Song at the X Factor auditions... A touch of Hollywood A touch of Hollywood Britney Spears brings Hollywood with her wherever she goes... Diana Knickers Diana Knickers When will these slebs learn to wear hotpants during a performance? One day in Paris One day in Paris Paris Hilton gives us a glimpse of her next flick Lady in lace Lady in lace We know Jaime Winstone's probably trying to make some kind of fashion statement but we don't think it's working out too well. All we can focus on is the black bra and pants We're gonna lift it, lift it higher We're gonna lift it, lift it higher Pixie Geldof's purple lacy maxi is riding up a little too high. She doesn't seem to mind though Sacked Sacked A shapeless see-through sack. What a great idea for the red carpet Lauren Conrad Peep show Peep show Mutya Buena considers the best way to get up without doing a full-on reveal... Voila! Voila! Courtney Stodden's got nothing to hide Chilly Allen Chilly Allen Lily Allen's see-through panelled gown unfortunately has the panel in precisely the wrong place... What a load of pleather What a load of pleather Is that a pleather thong we spy under there Jodie Marsh? That whole outfit (or lack of) looks incredibly sweaty... Strictly naked Strictly naked Naomi Campbell's incredible body under this Strictly-esque get-up actually has us a little bit (or a massive bit) jealous Aisleyne Horgan-Wally Aisleyne Horgan-Wally Ex Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace has made great use of her mum's old net curtains Boob atta-xi Boob atta-xi Alicia Douvall confirms there's no elegant way of getting out of a taxi Teri Flasher Teri Flasher There's not really any kind of excuse for Teri Hatcher's frilly see-through curtain now is there? Wiggle it, just a little bit Wiggle it, just a little bit Kimberley Walsh (along with 80% of Girls Aloud) is another lady guilty of flashing her pants Big Brothers Big Brothers Remember Big Brother's Makosi Musambasi? You will now Just keep smiling Just keep smiling And nobody will notice your panties are on show, Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Apart from us. Because we notice EVERYTHING Bright whites Bright whites If only Cat Deeley hadn't used the new Ariel whitening powder we might never have noticed. That's a lie, of course we would Diaz-arrrster Diaz-arrrster Cameron Diaz has got tangled up in a rather unfortunate fishnet, but she's still smiling. Good on you, Cam Jessica Rabb-tit Jessica Rabb-tit Pamela Anderson, surely you might aswell be wearing absolutely nothing? Oh, pants! Oh, pants! Black knickers. A mint green see-through dress. Konnie Huq obviously hasn't been reading the red-carpet rules of fashion no-no's... Can you see that thong? Can you see that thong? Of couse you flippin' well can! Tara Palmer-Tomkinson should have got a tighter maxi skirt Flashdance Flashdance At least Beyonce's realising what's happened and is at least attempting to stop it. Which is more than we can say for the next flashing culprit... Plastic fantastic Plastic fantastic Yeah, Tara Reid. Just pretend everything's fine and your boob is not hanging out. If you're gonna fork out for a boob job, you may aswell show it off right? X-tina X-tina Living up to her namesake, Christina Aguilera works that boot-ay Ke-knickie Ke-knickie Lil' Kim is only one tug away from displaying Big Kim Charlize Ther-ong Charlize Ther-ong We bet it was a bloke who asked Charlize to turn round and sign that wall Knickerla McLean Knickerla McLean Seriously, when will these slebs learn to cover up when they're climbing out of a cab?! Sags-olutely horrific Sags-olutely horrific Uh-oh, Pink! should have worn a more supportive bra. And a dress which didn't show it Kimberley Garter Kimberley Garter Made In Chelsea's Kimberley Garner shows off her religious ways once more Strip tease Strip tease Cate Blanchett took her stripper audition very seriously Spinning around Spinning around If we didn't know her better, it would appear to us that Kylie Minogue was hitching up her frock Absolute pants Absolute pants Michelle Collins has obviously been spending a bit too much time in the Rovers Spicy Spicy Emma Bunton falls prey to the over-performing on-stage bug once more... Fancy pants Fancy pants Chloe Sevigny shows off some matching sequinned hotpants to go with her hideous frock Gillian Ander-thong Gillian Ander-thong We barely (geddit) recognise Gillian Anderson in the G-string age Bridget Kidd? Bridget Kidd? Jodie Kidd's opted for some high-waisted Bridget Jones knickers. And opted for us all to see them too. Maybe Hugh Grant was at the 2001 Fashion Awards with her? Nightittie Nightittie Jennifer Ellison's suffering from a classic case of a too-small nightie What a tit What a tit We bet Katie Holmes wishes she was Katie-take-me-Holmes after this display Taking Liberty Taking Liberty Liberty Ross remains perky throughout the evening Windy Windy The Apprentice's Luisa Zissman's suffering a Marilyn moment Sophie And-tit-ton Sophie And-tit-ton Celebrity Big Brother star Sophie Anderton cleverly tries to cover up. But soz Soph, you've failed Les-tits Les-tits We are very jealous of Les Miserables actress Anne Hathaway's perkiness! Patriotic Patriotic Red, white and blue for Alesha Dixon Dreadfully on show Dreadfully on show Back in the dreadlock days, Cheryl Cole was still all up for showing her butt Very coy indeed Very coy indeed At least Nadine Coyle's pants are a little bigger than her bandmate's Smarty pants Smarty pants Jade Jagger's at least co-ordinated her knickers to her jacket "Thank God I had a Brazilian" "Thank God I had a Brazilian" Rafe Spall's wife and ex-Hollyoaks actress Elize du Toit thanks her lucky stars (well, waxer) Cynthia Nipson Cynthia Nipson Sex And The City's Cynthia Nixon's tit tape is failing her on the red carpet Forgotten something? Forgotten something? Strapless, bra-less, strapless bra-less. Thandie Newton is suffering On the side On the side An unfortunate angle doesn't do Tamara Beckwith any favours... X-rated! X-rated! When you're a supermodel, you don't even have to wear knickers apparently, as Kate Moss demonstrates Looking back...over her shoulder Looking back...over her shoulder Maybe Rachel McAdams should have paid more attention to looking downwards Just chilling Just chilling Janice Dickinson's nipple is having a well deserved rest on the side of her dress Ouch! Ouch! Milla Jovovich appears to be wearing the most uncomfortable bra of all time Taut-ou Taut-ou Audrey Tautou's looking a wee bit perky The BIG reunion The BIG reunion Kerry Katona certainly didn't disappoint her fans Mesh-tight Mesh-tight TOWIE's Chloe Sims is not letting those bosoms breathe Lift it, lift it higher Lift it, lift it higher Nicole Kidman's nipple is very weirdly high up, non? Moody boobs Moody boobs Woah, Jessica Szohr is not happy about those nipples showing. Better get down to La Senza, then eh? Give us (half) a push Give us (half) a push Courtney Love seems to be wearing one half push-up bra and one half normal Go to M&S! Go to M&S! Sharon Stone's black tee is emphasising both a camel-toe and no bra. Both of which should not be emphasised Triple whammy Triple whammy Poor Vanessa White from The Saturdays has nowhere to hide! Holy Mendes! Holy Mendes! Ryan Gosling is one lucky man. Check out Eva Mendes. We can't work out if this is an accident or not? Winey-boobs Winey-boobs Amy Winehouse (yes, every bit of her) is sadly missed Bra-less Bra-less It's feeling a bit nippy for Meg Ryan Cleavarrrge Cleavarrrge Erm, that corset isn't quite doing its job, Nicola Roberts Royal puppies! Royal puppies! Kate Middleton's catwalk fashion show (well this Royal pair in particular) seduced Prince William while they were at uni Over-excited Over-excited Jumping up and down on stage might not have been the best plan, Kelly Rowland Feeling nippy Feeling nippy A stray nipple has somehow managed to find its' way out of Abbey's gown Insecure Insecure How young does Amanda Holden look here? But she should have bought a more secure dress perhaps... Top class Top class If we were ever going to show off a boob, it would be in the most classy way possible like Uma Thurman Whoops-a-booby Whoops-a-booby Keira Knightley almost (read almost) gets away with it, but we can still see those nips "See, I am a woman!" "See, I am a woman!" Sharon Osbourne had a really strong point to prove apparently Shy and retiring Shy and retiring Boy, Coco Austin, that dress fits really well Step 1. Pick a gallery. Step 2. Click on it. Step 3. Have the time of your life. Teen Choice Awards 2014 best dressed: Taylor Swift, Nina Dobrev and more All the outfits from The British Soap Awards 2014 Kim Kardashian-West and Kanye West's wedding! ALL of the pictures!! EXCITING! First official photos from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding. Just look at that dress! Eurovision: the worst outfits EVER featuring nipples, camel toes and men in jewelled knickers NSFW The 45 sexiest celebrity selfies EVER! From Courtney Stodden to James Franco Tagged as: shelley smith x factor Tweet Tweet Comment using Facebook RELATED STORIES Simon Cowell wants to bring back Celebrity X Factor – YES please! Overload said they'd NEVER go on the X Factor because they wanted to be 'organic'. Awkward. VIDEO: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini hits herself in the face with a straw. Bless her. X Factor reject Christopher Maloney is getting married! Mile-high booze cruise for Mel B's X Factor boys… Latest in Celeb News Peter Andre reveals Princess Tiaamii 'hates her name' Has X Factor's Rylan Clark just got engaged to his boyfriend, Dan Neal? Latest in Star Style Alexa Chung, Laura Whitmore, Little Mix and more - all the fash pack style from LFW SS15 Jeremy Scott's NYFW show was brilliantly mad! And Miley Cyrus designs accessories now, y'all Latest in Entertainment Iggy Azalea secures '7-figure' royalties deal, so will probably feat on every song from now until the end of time 'Curse of Strictly' strikes again as rugby winner Ben Cohen splits from his wife Latest in Fun Stuff VIDEO: Joey Essex is Standing Up To Cancer with #cancerREEMsearch. Are you? VIDEO: Mischa Barton searches for Style Icon at UK Festivals!


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Good news Harry Potter fans! Mr. Elijah Wood has been confirmed to be taking on the lead role in the upcoming "Maniac" remake. Yes I know he didn't play the little wizard boy but now that I mention it they do kind of look alike right? Man it's fun to do things. A remake of the 1980 cult classic, Wood will play the role of a serial killer who stalks his pray while experiencing strange hallucinations. Avada Kedavra!
Ryan O'Nan is the latest name to be added to the ever growing cast list of "Frozen Ground". The film, which stars John Cusak and Nicolas Cage tells the story of a real life serial killer who hunted people like game on his land in Alaska. O'Nan will play a state trooper who helps with the hunt. I don't think I've ever seen a movie this guy was in so I'm really drawing a blank on any witty comments. I'm sorry I've let you down.
It's time to throw another shrimp on the barbie and drink a spot of tea! Why you might ask? Because the 1978 Australian flick "Patrick" is getting the remake treatment. The movie, which tells the story of a man who starts to flex his psychokinetic powers when he goes into a coma after killing his mother and her lover, will have a release date sometime in 2012 and will be directed by Mark Hartley. A cast is already shaping up and right now I don't see Paul Hogan's name anywhere on the list but I assume it's only a matter of time.
NBC has given the thumbs up to a new series titled "Hannibal" which will be based on everyone's favorite cannibal Hannibal Lecter. The show will skip the whole pilot process and go directly to 13 episodes in the hopes that the kids will go gaga for it. Not little kids though. It would be weird if you sat a 3 year old down to watch a show about a guy who eats people. That's just how I parent though. I'm not judging you.
We've all been so in love that when our better half decides to leave us we feel like ending it all. If you're going to go all the way though pick a better solution then this guy in Florida who decided to overdose on Flintstone Vitamins. Not only will you not die, you'll probably be in better shape and might even live forever.
A Texas mechanic is in hot water after he took a bunch of up-skirt photos of a costumer while she was waiting for her... lube job. not going to lie, I'm a little confused. Based on numerous movies I was under the impression girls not only enjoyed this sort of thing while at the auto shop, they rewarded it in a big big way.
Canadian director Bruce McDonald has named "Dark Highway" as his next venture into the world of horror. The film tells the story of a man who struggles with what is real and what isn't while he tries to complete a day long journey. You might know McDonald from his previous film "Pontypool" which the majority of us went gaga for. Or if you're Canadian you might know him from the maple syrup isle of your local grocery store.
Vanessa Hudgens has joined the cast of "Frozen Ground", a new film which tells the story of serial killer Robert Hansen, a Alaskan man who abducted 24 women and hunted them on his land. John Cusack and Nic Cage were previously confirmed to play Hansen and the officer who must find the bodies of the victims and I've already used my "Con-Air" jokes so lets just move along.
"Resident Evil: Retribution" is the next installment in the "Resident Evil" series and it looks like Colin Salmon, who you might remember from the first film, has joined the cast. Fans of the VH1 series "Single Ladies" might also recognize Salmon from his role of Jerry Waters, the witty fast talking lawyer with a heart of gold. I'm kidding, I have no idea what that show is about or if it's still on the air.
A gaggle of new stills and a teaser for "Dog Soldiers: Legacy", a new web series based on the 2002 Neil Marshall film, have popped up online thanks to Ryan Lightbourn. I say thanks because it looks kind of fun but if it turns out to be crap I'll take that thanks right away Mr. Lightbourn, if that is your real name. Anyway it looks like a sequel for the werewolf flick is also in the works so get excited. Or don't.. no skin off my back either way.
Now I'm not an expert on the subject but I'm thinking if you're going to be shooting kiddie porn on your camera you might not want to take it down to the local CVS for development. But here's a D.C. man who did just that. Who uses regular film anymore? Upgrade to digital buddy, it's what all the deviants are doing.
It's good to be proud of your daughters for winning a fight, I think. It's bad to video tape your two daughters fighting and posting it on the internet though. I know that because this Indiana woman went to jail for it. That's the only reason I know it to be honest.
Looks like "Tales From the Crypt" might be headed back to the little screen sometime in the not too distant future. But before you go getting your Crypt Keeper thong dusted off you should know that the series will in no way resemble the original series that went off the air some 15 years ago. The show will be an hour long series with a continuous storyline focusing on characters from the comic book, meaning no anthology here. The project still needs to be pitched to networks so there's a good chance this might not even land on HBO. God willing it'll at least be on cable though. No blood and boobs would just be sad.
Everyone's favorite cuddly Brit Simon Pegg is set to star in a new horror comedy title "A Fantastic Fear of Everything". The movie will follow a children's novelist turned crime scribe who is researching serial killers and becomes paranoid that the world is out to get him. I hope he ends up combining the two genres and eventually begins fearing little baby murderers because that would be adorable.
While we all sit and wait patiently for a "Con Air" sequel it looks like Nicolas Cage and John Cusak are teaming up for a new film titled "Frozen Ground". The movie is based on the true story of serial killer Robert Hansen who abducted 24 women, let them loose in the Alaskan wilderness and hunted them. Cusak will play Hansen and Cage will pay the law man who cracks the case. So it's kind of like "Con Air" if it had made you want to cry in the shower for an hour or so after watching it.
Legendary director Robert Zemeckis is in talks to get behind the camera again for a new sea beast flick currently titled "Here There Be Monsters". The films story focuses on Revolutionary War naval fighter John Paul Jones and his battle with sea monsters. I can't confirm this but I think it's based on a true story. The film is still in it's early stages but I'm already excited for the "Sea Men" jokes on the podcast.
An Arizona man is under arrest after he reportedly murdered his girlfriend after she confessed to cheating on him and then proceeded to continue living with her for about two months. But that would have to smell you might be thinking. Don't worry, he covered her in carpet cleaner and deodorizer. Problem solved.
And here's a warm little story about a man who took the only action you really can when you're refused alcohol at a restaurant because you're too intoxicated. He took out his manhood and shook it at the waiter. Just a warning though that the "only action" is also very much illegal and will get you tossed in jail.
This week we discuss alchemy, camera technology, a first time guest host joins the show, and we review "As Above, So Below".

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HILLSDALE ŚĀBowing as they walked through the door, students of the Anderson Institute of Tae Park Tae Kwon Do entered the gym Thursday night. After changing into their simple white uniforms with a Tae Park patch on the sleeves and their designated colored belts around their waists,Āthey began warming up for their nightly lesson. Students were put through their paces in preparation for SundayÆs testing for those looking to raise through the degrees of colored belts. Senior Master Brian Anderson said the art of Tae park Tae Kwon Do is about more than self-defense. ōIt is about discipline, self motivation and self confidence,ö he said. It is respect that Anderson demands from all his students the minute they walk through the gymĀdoors. ōBrian is a great instructor and great leader. It transfers over to the kids at home,ö said Mike Jenkins, whose daughter Lauren has been taking lessons for the past year. Lauren. a third-grader, has advanced through the ranks and is currently a blue belt. She looks to move up after testing. She became involved after coming to a practice with a friend. ōIt has taught her honor, loyalty and discipline,ö Jenkins said. Jenkins said learning the discipline is also good for Lauren for safety aspects later in life. He said he has seen a big change in LaurenÆs attitude since beginning with instructor Anderson. Lauren was one of several students under the instruction of Anderson that competed at the Tae Park World Class Tae Kwon Do Championships at Grand Rapids Community College. She won a silver medal for form and a bronze for sparring. Marshall Burlew, 23, a graduate of Reading High School, came to Anderson for training as he looks to his future. Burlew is a student at Trine UniversityĀand wantsĀto pursue a career in criminal justice as a trooper with the Michigan State Police. After a year in the program, he is a green belt. ōIt has helped me to develop the self-defense skills for my future profession,ö he said. ōI am now capable of protecting myself.ö
Burlew is a former athlete said it is alsoĀa good way to keep that mind set. ōI have also picked up a lot of discipline which will definitely help me in the future,ö he said. Anderson has been an instructor for the last 37 years after beginning Tae Park Tae Kwon Do his freshman year at Hillsdale College. Anderson said becoming an instructor wasnÆt something he was planning; rather, Āit was something which was bestowed on him as a red belt. ōI enjoy it though,ö he said. Anderson became a black belt in 1999. He has graduated over 300 black belts over his years. He has taught at Hillsdale College since 1977. Four of AndersonÆs students are currently being looked at by the United States Olympic Committee to represent the United States. Jared Moore, 11, a red belt, won a gold and aĀbronze medal at the Michigan State Games earlier this summer. He also won two silvers at the championships. He said he enjoys taking lessons because he likes to figure out how to protect himself. For more information about the Anderson Institute of Tae Park Tae Kwon Do contact Anderson at 439-8656 or 437-2838. Students earning awards at the recent championships included white belts Kristen Carl (two golds), Emily Dahlberg (two golds), Holly Frankfurt (silver, gold), Grace Thomson (silver, gold), Bryan Trone (two golds), Jack Wiseman (two golds) and Katie Keane (two silvers); yellow belts Morgan Landel (gold, silver) and Paul Rahe (gold, silver); green belts Sam Beach (two silvers), Kiralyn Brakel (silver, gold), Caleb Eatough (silver, bronze), Peter Kalthoff (gold, bronze), Dominic Pestritto (gold, bronze), Chloe Stuchell (gold, silver) and Olivia Stuchell (gold, bronze); blue belts Lauren Jenkins (silver, bronze) and Garrett Rogers (gold); red belts Katherine Chandler (gold, silver), Mark Carscadden (two silvers), Logan Coy (two golds), Carson Loader (silver, bronze), Jared Moore (two silvers), Hanna Ritchey (silver) and Samuel Stoneburner (silver); black belts Nathaniel Birzer (silver, bronze), Ian Blodger (two bronze), Daniel Chandler (two bronze), Travis Korn (two silver), Gregory Moreno (silver), Alexi Noble (silver, bronze), Angelo Pestritto (Silver), Carmelina Pestritto (silver), Sabastian Pestritto (silver, bronze), Jacob Pitts (silver), Francesca Rahe (gold, silver), Tristen Strodtman (silver, bronze), Brian Vear (silver, gold) and Katherine Helmick (gold, silver).
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This is what is happening when I try to shoot a missle.
I am stuck and do not know what to do, will somebody please help?
When you spawn the bullet, check to make sure you've set its _y coordinate correctly.
I have it like this currently.
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) && shootLimiter > 8)
shootLimiter = 0;
var missle = _root.attachMovie ("Missle", "Missle" + root.getNextHighestDepth(),_root.getNextHighestDepth());
missle.x = x + 50;
missle.y + _y + 2;
should I be changing this somehow?
I tried changing values for missle.x and missle.y, but nothing works.
missle._y + _y + 2;
Compare that to your statement for x values:
missle._x = _x + 50;
Your one for x values is setting the _x value, while for y values, is only adding the _y values. You need to set the value for any changes to take place.
Originally posted by UnknownGuardian:
missle._y + _y + 2;
Compare that to your statement for x values:
missle._x = _x + 50;
Your one for x values is setting the _x value, while for y values, is only adding the _y values. You need to set the value for any changes to take place.
I'm going to finish all the way up to 8, I thought I would never do it, thanks again!
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An 11-year old autistic child gets his head stuck in a classroom chair but instead of helping, the teacher recorded it.
The incident happened in a fifth grade classroom at Oaktree Elementary in Goodrich last November.
Officials say the teacher, Nicole Mcvey, recorded it all on her cell phone as the rest of the class stood by.
You can hear the teacher ask him if he wants to get tasered and then the principal comes in referring to it not being an emergency. He resigned shortly after.At a meeting Monday night, parents rallied behind her at the school board meeting.
Patrick Greenfelder was hired by the boy's family as the incident has sparked so much controversy in the community.
Greenfelder says the teacher is on paid administrative leave while private tenure hearings debating her future take place. Late last year the board voted to fire her. Goodrich Superintendent Scott Bogner sent TV5 this statement.
Under Michigan's tenure law, that teacher has a right to a private hearing of any charges against her. The district is obligated to respect that right and will not discuss specifics of this case.Greenfielder says the incident happened in November and the community has rallied behind teacher without seeing this video. At the Goodrich school board meeting, parents continued to stick by her.
We're told the boy was stuck in the chair for roughly ten to fifteen minutes.
His parents' attorney says they are considering a lawsuit against the school district, but they want to wait and see how the tenure hearings playout for the teacher involved.
AttorneyGreenfelder has told me that the video was distributed to not just schoolstaff, but to the friends of the principal and teacher who were not schoolstaff. He says this is a violation of the Family Educational Rights and PrivacyAct (FERPA) and contradicts the argument that this was a "teachingmoment."
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Ganesh takes a look back at the players that made all of the difference in the World Twenty20 in the Carribean. Will you agree with Cricket Web's best XI of the tournament?
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Ganesh takes a look back at the players that made all of the difference in the World Twenty20 in the Carribean. Will you agree with Cricket Web's best XI of the tournament?
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Lacks a fifth bowling option. Don't really know who I would've picked though.
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Rejecting 'analysis by checklist' and 'skill absolutism' since December 2009
Would pick Tait/Mohd Aameer instead of sidebum and Cameron White ahead of Butt. Line up would be:
M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
C White
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
M Aameer/ S Tait
White, Raina and KP can share the 5th bowler duties.
Take a look at the three Twenty20 World Cup champions and the bowling lineup's for the finals.
India 07
- RP Singh
- S Sreesanth
- J Sharma
- Y Pathan
- I Pathan
- H Singh
Pakistan 09
- M Aamer
- A Razzaq
- S Afridi
- S Ajmal
- S Malik
- U Gul
England 10
- Sidebottom
- Bresnan
- Broad
- Swann
- Yardy
- Wright
A successful Twenty20 team needs five/six bowlers better than part-time status. I would be seriously worried if I was relying on one of KP, White or Raina to provide an option outside of the four named bowlers.
Nice. Really backs up what we were talking about in the other thread a few days back. The seventh batsman rarely plays a big role, but the fifth bowler is every bit as important as the first four.
Gotta have Tait in there too, IMHO. Bowled his overs for less than a run a ball. Vettori the only other bowler who bowled more than 15 overs to do that and he took 3 wickets to Tait's 9.
My XI:
White +
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my XI
M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
A. Mathews
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
R. Sidebottom
I still can't believe that u people left Mathews out..
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I reviewed this thing and re translated a lot of it as well as corrected stuff from the auto correct and my own rushed mistakes.some points are more clear now and some remain ambiguous, they also are unclear on the spanish version. it'd be great to listen to how he actually said all these things, as some of them have clearly a colloquial humour element, for the crowd; like the stuff about editor demanding higher body counts, readers not buying books with poorly drawn women, grinning superheroes, aikido or jodorowsky's dead horse allegation … which is something he did often speaking in public. "Brief Manual for Cartoonists" by Moebius
1. When drawing (by drawing), one must cleanse oneself of profound feelings; hate, happiness, ambition, etc.
2. It's important to educate the hand, attain obedience, to fulfil our ideas; But we must be careful with perfection. To much perfection and too much speed, as well as their opposites are dangerous.
When there is to much ease (looseness, fluidity), as on instant drawings, aside from there being mistakes, there's no will of the spirit but only the body.
3. Perspective is of sum importance, it is a law of manipulation in the good sense of the word, to hypnotise the reader.
It's recommended to work on real spaces (directly from reality), more that with photographs, to exercise our reading of perspective.
4. Another thing to be learnt with affection is the study of the human body, the positions, the types, the expressions, the architecture of bodies, the difference between people.
Drawing is very different when it comes to a male or a female; because in the male you can change the lines a little, there are some imprecisions that it can support to have. But with the female precision must be perfect, if not it may become ugly or look upset. then they wont buy our book!
For the reader to believe the story, the characters must have life and a personality of their own, gestures that come from their character, from their diseases (illnesses);
The body transforms with life and there's a message within the structure, in the distribution of fat, in every muscle, in every crease of the face and the body.
It is a study of life.
5. When a story is being made one can start without knowing everything, but making annotations (in the actual story) about the particular world of that story. That way the reader recognises himself and becomes interested (invested).
When a character dies in a cartoon, and such character does not have a story drawn in his face, in his body, in his attire, the reader does not care, there's no emotion; Then the editors say: "Your story is worthless! There's only one dead guy and I need 20 or 30 dead guys for it to work!". But that is not true, if the dead, or the wounded or the ill or whomever is in trouble has a real personality that comes from study, from the artists capacity for observation, emotion will emerge (empathy).
In these studies an attention for others is also developed, a compassion and a love for humanity (mankind).
It is very important for the development of an artist; If he wants to be a mirror, he must contain inside its consciousness the whole world, a mirror that sees (looks at) everything.
6. Jodorowsky says that I don't like to draw dead horses. It's very difficult. It's very difficult to draw a body that sleeps, that's abandoned, because in comics action is always being studied. it's easier to draw people fighting, thats why Americans draw superheroes.
It's more difficult to draw people talking, because there are a series of movements, very small, but that have a significance, and that accounts for (costs) more, because it requires a love, an attention to the other, to the little things that speak about personality, about life.
The superheroes have no personality, all of them have the same gestures and movements (pantomimes ferocity, running and fighting)
7. Equally important is the clothing of the characters, the state they're in, the materials and the textures are a vision of their experiences, of their lives, of their situation within the adventure, that can say a lot with out words.
In a dress there are a thousand folds; 2 or 3 must be chosen, but the good ones.
8. The style, the stylistic continuity of an artist is symbolic, it can be read like the tarot.
I chose, as a joke, the name Moebius, when I was 22, but in truth (in reality) there is a significance to that. If you bring a t-shirt with a Don Quixote, that speaks to me of who you are.
In my case, I give importance to a type of drawing of relative simplicity, in this way subtle indications can be made.
9. When an artist, a drawing artist goes out on the street, he does not see the same things other people see (normal people). What he sees is documentation about the way of life, about the people.
10. Another important element is composition. Composition on our stories must be studied, because a page or a painting, is a face that looks towards (faces) the reader and that tells him something. It's not a succession of panels with out meaning.
There are full panels and empty ones, others that have a vertical dynamism or a horizontal one and in all of that there is an intention. The vertical excites (cheers); the horizontal calms, an oblique to the right , for us westerners (western readers), represents the action that heads towards the future; an oblique to the left directs the action toward the past. Points (points of attention) represent a dispersion of energy. Something placed in the middle focalises the energy and the attention, it concentrates.
These are basic symbols for reading, that exert a fascination, a hypnosis (over the reader).
A awareness must be had about rhythm; set a trap for the reader to fall into and he falls, gets lost and moves inside it with pleasure, because there's life (inside the trap).
The great painters must be studied, the ones that speak with their paintings, of any school or period, that does not matter, and they must be seen (studied) with that preoccupation for physical composition, but also emotional. In what way the combination of lines by that artist touches us directly in the heart.
11. Narration must harmonise with the drawing. There must be a visual rhythm even from the placement of words, plot must correctly manoeuvre cadence (tone), to compress or expand time.
Must be careful with the election (casting) and the direction of characters. Utilise them as a film director and study all the different takes.
12. Careful with the devastating influence of north american comics in Mexico, because they only study a little anatomy, dynamic composition, the monsters, the fights, the screams and teeth (grin).
I like them as well, but there are many other possibilities that must be explored.
13. There's a connection between music and drawing. But that depends also on the personality and the moment.
For around 10 years I've been working in silence, and for me the music is rhythm of the lines (the music he listens to).
To draw is sometimes to hunt for findings; an exact (fair, just) line is an orgasm!
14. Color is a language that the artist (drawing artist) uses to manipulate the readers attention and to create beauty. There's objective and subjective color, the emotional states (moods) of the characters influence the coloring and lighting can change from one panel to the next, depending on the space being represented and the time of the day.
The language of color must be studied with attention.
15. At the beginning of a career, specially, one should attempt to create short stories but of a very high quality. There's a better chance to finish them successfully and place them on books (anthologies) or with editors.
16. There are times when knowingly we head to failure, we choose a theme (subject), an extension (page length), a technique that does not suit us (convene).
Must not complain afterwards.
17. When new pages are sent to the editors and are rejected, we should ask for the reasons. This reasons for failure must be studied and learn.
It's not about the struggle, with our limitations or with public or the publishers. It's more about treating it like in aikido; the strength (power) of who charges is used to knock him with a minimum effort.
18. Now it is possible to find readers in any part of the planet. We must have this present.
To begin with, drawing is a way of personal communication, but this does not imply that the artist must envelop himself in his own bubble; it's communication with the beings closest to us, with oneself, but also with unknown people.
Drawing is a medium to communicate with the great family that we have not met, the public, the world.
Mexico, August 18th 1996 compiled by Perez Ruizlink to the original article in spanishhttp://www.jornada.unam.mx/1996/08/18/sem-moebius.html
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Buffalo, NY – Johan Larsson scored twice, Joel Armia picked up a goal and an assist, and Brayden McNabb racked up three points in the Sabres' 5-2 preseason win over Carolina on Thursday. In the middle of the youth movement — Ryan Miller, who stopped 34 shots.
Carolina pressed Miller and the Sabres early, outshooting Buffalo 19-8 in the first period. Zach Boychuk finally capitalized for the Hurricanes at 15:45, making it 1-0 after 20 minutes. The Sabres responded about midway through the second period when Joel Armia shoveled a loose puck past Anton Khudobin, but Carolina regained the lead just a little over two minutes later on a Chris Terry goal. With 1:24 remaining in the second, Johan Larsson — who came to Buffalo in the Jason Pominville trade — finished off an impressive shift by tipping home a Brayden McNabb shot, tying the game 2-2.
The Sabres broke the game open in the final frame, beginning with Cody Hodgson's first goal of the preseason at 14:12. Thomas Vanek got the play started with a pretty pass to the streaking Hodgson, who beat Khudobin to give Buffalo its first lead of the game. Less than a minute later, right after a faceoff win, Larsson got his stick on another McNabb shot for his second goal of the evening. The goal was originally credited to McNabb and was changed following the game. Moments later, McNabb finally got on the scoresheet with a goal of his own to make it 5-2.
Miller picked up the win while seeing a full 60 minutes of action. His counterpart, Khudobin, also played the entire game and stopped 24 of 29 shots. With the victory, Buffalo improves to 3-0 in the preseason with the Toronto Maple Leafs visiting First Niagara Center on Saturday at 7 p.m. Hear the call on WGR 550 with Rick Jeanneret and Rob Ray.
1st Period
15:45 - CAR - Zach Boychuck (1) (Patrick Dwyer)
6:21 - BUF - Brian Flynn (2 min., hooking)
13:25 - BUF - Colton Gillies (2 min., interference)
2nd Period
10:39 - BUF - Joel Armia (1) (Unassisted)
12:41 - CAR - Chris Terry (1) (Radek Dvorak)
18:36 - BUF - Johan Larsson (1) (Brayden McNabb, Ville Leino)
6:03 - BUF - Luke Adam (2 min., tripping)
13:05 - CAR - Brett Bellemore (2 min., roughing)
13:40 - BUF - Cody Hodgson (2 min., slashing)
3rd Period
14:12 - BUF - Cody Hodgson (1) (Thomas Vanek, Joel Armia)
15:08 - BUF - Johan Larsson (2) (Brayden McNabb)
17:51 - BUF - Brayden McNabb (1) (Unassisted)
10:15 - BUF - Nikita Zadorov (2 min., roughing)
CAR - Anton Khudobin (24 saves, 29 shots)
BUF - Ryan Miller (34 saves, 36 shots)
Power Plays
CAR - 0 of 5
BUF - 0 of 1
Three Stars
1.) BUF - Brayden McNabb (1 G, 2 A)
2.) BUF - Joel Armia (1 G, 1 A)
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TSN.ca's MMA staff takes a look at some of the hottest issues in the world of mixed martial arts.
1) Is the UFC making the right move having Jon Jones fight Vitor Belfort at the UFC 152 in Toronto?
James Lynch, TSN.ca - I'm glad we'll be seeing Jon Jones on the Toronto card to finally add some star power to the event. This is definitely the right move and having an exciting middleweight like Vitor Belfort move up and take the fight is exactly what the Toronto event needed. It's also interesting because Belfort hasn't fought at light heavyweight since his 2007 Cage Rage victory over James Zikic, and it will be interesting to see how his power and speed translate.
Other things to consider are that at 41 years of age, Dan Henderson may be on the shelf for a while, and the right thing for the UFC and Dan Henderson is take their time with his injury while keeping Jones active. While on paper the Jones vs. Belfort match favors the current champion (in terms of his height and reach advantage), Belfort has knockout power, and is a much more thrilling matchup than Lyoto Machida, who was rumored to face Jones on this card initially.
Justin Boone, TSN.ca - As someone who resides in Toronto, I am definitely happy that the UFC has added more muscle to the upcoming event. However, I feel the move was made out of necessity. The promotion had no other event to slot the championship bout into. UFC 153 already has a title fight at the top with Jose Aldo now taking on Frankie Edgar in what should be an exciting fight. Waiting any longer only pushes back the next light heavyweight title fight, so Jones slides on top of the Toronto card and fans in Ontario get a chance to see him defend his title once again.
While the card might look better on paper, the choice of opponent for Jones is highly questionable. Last time Belfort faced an elite opponent, he was violently knocked out in the first round by Anderson Silva. Jones is a bigger fighter, with a seven-inch reach advantage over Silva and a 10-inch reach advantage over Belfort. In the first meeting between Machida and Jones, at least Machida was able to remain competitive in the first round before being submitted a round later. Sonnen would at least entertain us with words before succumbing to the champion's talent. Both Machida and Sonnen were much better options than Belfort. There is a reason why Belfort is a massive underdog in this bout and yes, in the UFC anything can happen, but it's awfully hard to challenge for the title when you don't present a challenge at all.
2) Did Jon Jones make the right choice by turning down a title defense against Chael Sonnen at UFC 151?
Boone - I guess this is the part where we pile on Jones for forcing the UFC to actually cancel a pay-per-view. I feel like the overwhelming majority of people would say that Jones made a mistake by declining a fight on short notice to save the event, but I also believe that Jones is paying the price for his decision. The light heavyweight champion's popularity has taken a significant turn for the worse as Sonnen used the move to launch an all out assault on Twitter.
While Jones' decision may have been a bad one for his image, it could ultimately be a great turn of events for the UFC. It's been well documented that Jones' pay-per-view numbers have suffered, perhaps because he has been so dominant in his short time in the octagon. Regardless, fans may tune in now in hopes of seeing the king get knocked off his throne. Sonnen has done his best to berate Jones and assuming the main event at UFC 152 goes like the oddsmakers expect it to, there could be a fight between Jones and Sonnen in the cards after all.
Lynch - Jones shouldn't dictate who he fights, leave that up to matchmaker Joe Silva and the UFC. You're the champion, and you should be taking on all comers, regardless of the fact that Sonnen doesn't deserve a title shot (going 2-2 in his last four fights and none at light heavyweight). Dana White revealed on the conference call that Jones' coach Greg Jackson believed if Jones had taken the fight it would have been "the biggest mistake of his career". Really? So an opponent who fights at middleweight, coming off a brutal loss and clearly has a size disadvantage is a risk for Jones? I don't think so. Clearly Jones would have a variety of advantages including a full training camp, where as Sonnen would be taking a fight on a week's notice. I'm also pretty sure the UFC would have given Jones a nice payday if money was a concern.
The irony about this whole situation is Jones recently stated that he didn't want a fight with Lyoto Machida in the near future because it's not "a big money fight". Not only would a fight with Sonnen have been a big money fight but Jones has been rescheduled to fight Belfort, which is a much greater challenge than Sonnen posed. On top of all this, his boss is disappointed he turned down the fight and all the UFC 151 fighters had their bouts cancelled (first time in UFC history) because of his selfish attitude. Luckily many of the UFC 151 fighters have had their bouts rescheduled.
3) Does Frankie Edgar deserve the title shot he's been given against Jose Aldo at UFC 153?
Lynch - In any other situation, I'd say no, but in this case I agree with the UFC's decision to pit the former lightweight champ in a super fight against the Brazilian 145-pound title holder. The New Jersey native lost not one, but two close fights to Benson Henderson and is still arguably the second best fighter in the lightweight division. He hasn't been finished through 18 fights and poses an interesting threat to the Nova Unio fighter with his wrestling and solid ground game.
In addition, the lack of contenders in the featherweight division is evident, with injuries to Erik Koch and Chan Sung Jung, and other contenders like Chad Mendes and Mark Hominick have already lost to the featherweight king. What's more interesting, is to see how Edgar will perform at featherweight, as he's revealed he didn't cut any weight when he was making his run in the 155-pound division. I think this fight has potential to be fight of the year and I'm excited that the UFC is making this fight sooner rather than later.
Boone - This may be the first time in recent history that an injury replacement has actually made a UFC main event more intriguing. Aldo is one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world and he hasn't been seriously tested in a while. Edgar is more of a contender in the featherweight division than anyone that could have stepped in otherwise and he will push the pace on the champion. With two straight close losses in lightweight title fights, it was going to be a while before the UFC could justify giving him another shot at the champion, so a move to featherweight and an instant championship bout is the perfect solution.
While the opportunity is well deserved, Edgar will face the most difficult opponent of his career in Aldo. The reigning featherweight champ is undefeated in the UFC and hasn't been beaten in almost seven years. Edgar will try to become only the second man to ever earn a victory over Aldo. Edgar has gone the distance (five rounds) in five of his last six fights, with the other bout lasting four rounds. Edgar is someone who tends to get stronger as the fight goes on and he may get that chance against Aldo, who has seen the championship rounds in three of his last five bouts. With Jones and Belfort meeting in the main event at UFC 152, Edgar stepping in to challenge Aldo at UFC 153, Georges St-Pierre likely returning at UFC 154, and a heavyweight title fight between Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez headlining UFC 155, the UFC is set up for nice run to end 2012.
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a conversation with their maker.
When a friend lets you down, smell a flower. it'll make you smile.
If your heart is broken, put a bandaid on it, silly.
If you have a song to sing, be like tarzan on a rope swing.
if you're a man, protect the women around you, don't objectify them.
if you're a woman, be who you are. you're beautiful.
hug a tree
jump into some cold water
take a breath and feel the air flow into your lungs
buy a slurpee and set it free into the snow
and remember kids, that through the storms and torrents, you have an umbrella
i totally had an awkward moment tonight! I watched a documentary over at TWU, and afterward I saw a friend. She's one of those friends that I see around and we've known each other a long time, but we don't really know each other. It kind of went like this:
She held out her arm. I think she must have been stretching or something:
I interpreted it as follows:
So I did what I thought she wanted:
She really wasn't expecting it. neither was I, really. We then proceeded to stare at each other and have an extended moment of awkwardness:
I then found some random excuse to run away:
Everything being said and done, it was the best awkward moment I've had in a while.
To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity.
Forgive us. Forgive us for the embarrassing things we have done in the name of God.
To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity.
The other night I headed into downtown Philly for a stroll with some friends from out of town. We walked down to Penn's Landing along the river, where there are street performers, artists, musicians. We passed a great magician who did some pretty sweet tricks like pour change out of his iPhone, and then there was a preacher. He wasn't quite as captivating as the magician. He stood on a box, yelling into a microphone, and beside him was a coffin with a fake dead body inside. He talked about how we are all going to die and go to hell if we don't know Jesus.
Some folks snickered. Some told him to shut the hell up. A couple of teenagers tried to steal the dead body in the coffin. All I could do was think to myself, I want to jump up on a box beside him and yell at the top of my lungs, "God is not a monster." Maybe next time I will.
The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination. But over the past few decades our Christianity, at least here in the United States, has become less and less fascinating. We have given the atheists less and less to disbelieve. And the sort of Christianity many of us have seen on TV and heard on the radio looks less and less like Jesus.
At one point Gandhi was asked if he was a Christian, and he said, essentially, "I sure love Jesus, but the Christians seem so unlike their Christ." A recent study showed that the top three perceptions of Christians in the U. S. among young non-Christians are that Christians are 1) antigay, 2) judgmental, and 3) hypocritical. So what we have here is a bit of an image crisis, and much of that reputation is well deserved. That's the ugly stuff. And that's why I begin by saying that I'm sorry.
Now for the good news.
I want to invite you to consider that maybe the televangelists and street preachers are wrong — and that God really is love. Maybe the fruits of the Spirit really are beautiful things like peace, patience, kindness, joy, love, goodness, and not the ugly things that have come to characterize religion, or politics, for that matter. (If there is anything I have learned from liberals and conservatives, it's that you can have great answers and still be mean… and that just as important as being right is being nice.)
The Bible that I read says that God did not send Jesus to condemn the world but to save it… it was because "God so loved the world." That is the God I know, and I long for others to know. I did not choose to devote my life to Jesus because I was scared to death of hell or because I wanted crowns in heaven… but because he is good. For those of you who are on a sincere spiritual journey, I hope that you do not reject Christ because of Christians. We have always been a messed-up bunch, and somehow God has survived the embarrassing things we do in His name. At the core of our "Gospel" is the message that Jesus came "not [for] the healthy… but the sick." And if you choose Jesus, may it not be simply because of a fear of hell or hope for mansions in heaven.
Don't get me wrong, I still believe in the afterlife, but too often all the church has done is promise the world that there is life after death and use it as a ticket to ignore the hells around us. I am convinced that the Christian Gospel has as much to do with this life as the next, and that the message of that Gospel is not just about going up when we die but about bringing God's Kingdom down. It was Jesus who taught us to pray that God's will be done "on earth as it is in heaven." On earth.
One of Jesus' most scandalous stories is the story of the Good Samaritan. As sentimental as we may have made it, the original story was about a man who gets beat up and left on the side of the road. A priest passes by. A Levite, the quintessential religious guy, also passes by on the other side (perhaps late for a meeting at church). And then comes the Samaritan… you can almost imagine a snicker in the Jewish crowd. Jews did not talk to Samaritans, or even walk through Samaria. But the Samaritan stops and takes care of the guy in the ditch and is lifted up as the hero of the story. I'm sure some of the listeners were ticked. According to the religious elite, Samaritans did not keep the right rules, and they did not have sound doctrine… but Jesus shows that true faith has to work itself out in a way that is Good News to the most bruised and broken person lying in the ditch.
It is so simple, but the pious forget this lesson constantly. God may indeed be evident in a priest, but God is just as likely to be at work through a Samaritan or a prostitute. In fact the Scripture is brimful of God using folks like a lying prostitute named Rahab, an adulterous king named David… at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey. Some say God spoke to Balaam through his ass and has been speaking through asses ever since. So if God should choose to use us, then we should be grateful but not think too highly of ourselves. And if upon meeting someone we think God could never use, we should think again.
After all, Jesus says to the religious elite who looked down on everybody else: "The tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the Kingdom ahead of you." And we wonder what got him killed?
I have a friend in the UK who talks about "dirty theology" — that we have a God who is always using dirt to bring life and healing and redemption, a God who shows up in the most unlikely and scandalous ways. After all, the whole story begins with God reaching down from heaven, picking up some dirt, and breathing life into it. At one point, Jesus takes some mud, spits in it, and wipes it on a blind man's eyes to heal him. (The priests and producers of anointing oil were not happy that day.)
In fact, the entire story of Jesus is about a God who did not just want to stay "out there" but who moves into the neighborhood, a neighborhood where folks said, "Nothing good could come." It is this Jesus who was accused of being a glutton and drunkard and rabble-rouser for hanging out with all of society's rejects, and who died on the imperial cross of Rome reserved for bandits and failed messiahs. This is why the triumph over the cross was a triumph over everything ugly we do to ourselves and to others. It is the final promise that love wins.
It is this Jesus who was born in a stank manger in the middle of a genocide. That is the God that we are just as likely to find in the streets as in the sanctuary, who can redeem revolutionaries and tax collectors, the oppressed and the oppressors… a God who is saving some of us from the ghettos of poverty, and some of us from the ghettos of wealth.
In closing, to those who have closed the door on religion — I was recently asked by a non-Christian friend if I thought he was going to hell. I said, "I hope not. It will be hard to enjoy heaven without you." If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world… well, we should at least pray that it is.
Your brother,
green shoe
green is shoo
green issue
issues are bad
I sue sore bed
Green from mywin
afro myra
myra is a girl
a hurl
hurly burly
bowl over the girl
over the rainbow
bow and arrows flying
through the sky is a shooting star
we are like the toothpaste that gets all messy at the opening of the tube. we get all sticky and gummed up with mistakes. but Christ is like simple tapwater.. gets rid of the gunk.
ive broken ive stolen ive crushed ive hated ive screamed ive yelled ive cried ive stated ive lied ive cheated ive smiled ive fucked ive jumped ive stopped ive stooped ive ducked. you thought you read you moaned you viewed you spat you cracked you kicked you chewed you grinned you frowned you teared you farted you skipped you ate you slept you started it.
Im gonna tumble my way to victory.


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PHILADELPHIA — Cleaning crews are boldly steering janitorial carts into office buildings'' lobbies, work cubicles and restrooms when such potentially disruptive activity has long been considered a no-no: In the daytime, according to The Inquirer.
They are buffing and wiping and collecting trash in the middle of other workers'' workdays — even as those employees take phone calls, pore over spreadsheets or write reports, the article noted.
They cite reasons such as these: Daytime cleaning reduces operating costs — lights and heat don''t have to stay on all night and, as an added benefit, reports of workstation theft all but disappear, the article stated.
"It''s one of those almost-no-brainer changes that you look back and say, ''Why weren''t we doing this forever?''" said Dave Campoli, regional vice president for REIT Management/CommonWealth REIT, owners of One Franklin Plaza in Philadelphia, where tenant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been serviced by a daytime cleaning crew from ABM Industries since the fall.
Of all the sustainability initiatives, day cleaning is "the biggest bang for the buck; it doesn''t cost anything," said Marion Coker, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority''s (SEPTA) manager of strategic business planning and sustainability.
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The 2013 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists were announced live today at 11:30 a.m. from Charleston, S.C., where there was some very good news for a few Atlanta restaurants and chefs.
Steven Satterfield of Miller Union made the cut for Best Chef Southeast.
Holeman & Finch Public House was a finalist for Outstanding Bar Program.
In the Book Awards American Cooking category, Southern cookbooks ruled, with "Fire in My Belly" by Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim (Andrews McMeel Publishing), and "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart (Gibbs Smith) among the three nominees.
Some major Charleston love went to Sean Brock of McCrady's for Best Chef and The Ordinary for Best New Restaurant.
Check the complete list of nominees here:
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Congratulations to Sean Brock! He is old school and cutting edge at the same time.
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Surprised The Optimist didn't make the Best New Restaurant cut, unless it opened too early last year to be nominated.


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Date of News Release: 03/16/2013
(Hickory, Ky.) -- Kentucky State Police was investigating a collision on I-24 at the 37 mile marker on March 16th. 2013. According to witness statements and preliminary investigation, Joseph Cummins was traveling east in the right lane pulling heavy equipment tires on a trailer. David Jones was operating his semi-truck on I-24 also traveling east in the right lane behind Cummins. Jones misjudged the distance when closing the gap and quickly steered into the left lane in an attempt to avoid striking Cummins. Jones' semi-truck struck the trailer as he changed lanes. After Jones changed lanes, he began to lose control of his semi. The semi cross both lanes and flipped onto its' side. The semi-truck then slid up an embankment off the roadway. Joseph Cummins and his three passengers did not receive any injuries. Both eastbound lanes of I-24 were closed for brief moments while the helicopters landed and while Stinnett's Wrecker Service up-righted and removed the semi.
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consuming an alcoholic beverage shot that has been poured down the lower back of your bud/girlfriend, catching it in your mouth just before it descends into his/her butt crack. Exemplified by US embassy security in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Dude 1: Did you see Josh take a moon shot off Wes?
Dude 2: Yeah, he was a little low on the intake, and caught a dingleberry!
Dude 2: Yeah, he was a little low on the intake, and caught a dingleberry!
από woode 4 Σεπτέμβριος 2009
A close collection or group of stars. The word gets it's name from the term 'buck shot', which is a shotgun round that releases a multitude of tiny lead balls upon firing. In the same way, moon shot is very many stars or other heavenly bodies. Sometimes associated with a full moon.
noun; The couple looked up at the glistening sky, admiring the moon shot above them.
verb; The sky was so moon shot that one could see shadows in the dead of night.
verb; The sky was so moon shot that one could see shadows in the dead of night.
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adjetive. Something intended to be genuinely awesome, but is only so in its ironic appreciation. ie, something that's "so bad, it's good". Must be sincere and lacking irony in its intent. Parody, therefore, is not moonshot. It derives from the notion that it's something that's "shooting for the moon".But because it's so awful, it actually becomes awesome.Things that are moonshot usually have a cult following.
"Plan 9 from Outer Space" is classic moonshot.
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The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS), in partnership with Etsy and Citi, congratulated the 53 graduates of the first cohort of 2014 of the NYC Craft Entrepreneurship program. Since launching a pilot program in September 2013, a total of 98 New Yorkers have graduated from NYC Craft Entrepreneurship. With a contribution of $155,000 from Citi Community Development, the program takes place on a quarterly basis in all five boroughs, and will be expanding this quarter to include courses taught in Spanish.
NYC Craft Entrepreneurship provides micro-business training to underemployed, low-income adults with existing artistic skills to help supplement their income and sell their product to new markets. The program utilizes Etsy's platform for selling creative goods as a real-world learning lab, and leverages SBS' expertise in helping small businesses start, operate, and grow, and connecting New Yorkers to jobs.
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The Maryland Public Service Commission convened its annual hearing for utility companies to report on their contracts with diverse suppliers. The proceeding reviewed participating companies' diverse supplier procurements, which totaled more than $522 million, a 67 percent increase over the previous year. This year's proceeding demonstrated the continued overall effectiveness of the program, with several companies reporting that spending goals were met or exceeded, whereas others committed to undertake measures that would accelerate progress in achieving supplier diversity goals.
The Commission's Public Conference 16 on Supplier Diversity (PC 16) is aimed at providing women-, minority- and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses greater opportunities to participate in and compete for contracts and subcontracts with public utilities. The participating companies have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Commission that outline a goal to award 25 percent of their total dollars spent on contracts, subcontracts and purchase orders (governed by the MOU) to diverse suppliers. Nine of the 14 companies that reported data for 2013 provided 2013 targets; seven of which met or exceeded their targets. The targets set in 2013 by the companies ranged from three percent to 28 percent of the company's total procurement spending.
Utility companies represented at the hearing included electricity and gas, transportation and telecommunications. Despite some overall positive strides reported, the Commission expects the companies to strive toward meeting the 25 percent goal in the MOU and engaging more of the underrepresented diverse suppliers in their business operations. Utilities are encouraged to explore additional education, training and outreach initiatives to increase utilization of diverse suppliers as they undertake reliability and infrastructure improvement projects statewide.
More information on PC 16 and supplier diversity is available on the Commissions website, www.psc.state.md.us under the Supplier Diversity link on the homepage.
Women-owned businesses are a $3 trillion economic force and support 23 million jobs but still face significant barriers compared to their male-owned counterparts when it comes to obtaining loans and growing their businesses, according to a report released by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Women entrepreneurs account for just $1 out of every $23 in small business lending, despite representing 30 percent of all small companies. Women also are more likely to be turned down for loans or receive less favorable terms than men, according to the report.
The report, entitled 21st Century Barriers to Women's Entrepreneurship, was presented during a hearing led by Cantwell and Senator James Risch (R-ID), ranking member on the committee. Testifying before the committee were several distinguished businesswomen such as U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, Barbara Corcoran of ABC's Shark Tank, and former Telemundo president Nely Galn. The hearing focused on the unique challenges that women face in starting their own businesses and legislative solutions that could help boost women-owned small businesses and create jobs.
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Police arrest 3 on drug chargesMarch 09,2013BURLINGTON University of Vermont police have arrested three people from New York on suspicion of bringing about $70,000 worth of drugs by bus.
Police said they seized 1,400 bags of heroin, 1,000 oxycodone pills and 4 ounces of crack cocaine during the arrests this week of Shirley Colon, 21, and, Desean Nisbett, 21, both of the Bronx, and Sahirah Rasul, 17, of Brooklyn. More arrests are possible, police said.
UVM Police Capt. Tim Bilodeau said that campus, municipal and federal law enforcement have for months been aware of potential criminal activity where the Megabus docks at the universitys Davis Center, UVM Police Capt. Tim Bilodeau told the Burlington Free Press.
We were aware there was information in the police community that the buses had criminal activity around drugs. Weve specifically made our patrol aware of it for weeks now, he said Thursday.
Megabus.com/Coach USA spokesman Mike Alvich said his company had been notified of the drug investigation.
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