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Injury collision on KY 189 in Muhlenberg County
Date of News Release: 02/03/2011
(Madisonville, Ky.) -- Lynard Clark pulled out of Copper Creek Drive onto KY 189 traveling North. Eric Bryan was traveling North on KY 189 and failed to observe Mr. Clark traveling at a slow rate of speed. Mr. Bryan then struck the back of Mr. Clark's vehicle causing Mr. Bryan's passenger to be thrown into the windshield. Mr. Bryan was determined to be under the influence and was charged with Dui. Upon further investigation, Mr. Bryan was found to be in possession of marijuana, and an assorted amount of pills. Mr. Bryan was charged with Operating Motor Vehicle under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs 2nd offense, Failure of owner to maintain required insurance, Possession of marijuana, Possession of Drug paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd degree 1st offense, Possession of Controlled Substance 2nd Degree 1st offense, Possession of a legend drug, and Prescription Controlled Substance not in proper container 1st offense. Both of the juvenile passengers in Bryan's vehicle were transported to the Muhlenberg Community Hospital. The other driver, Mr. Clark, was not injured.


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Sweet Potato-Pecan Cheesecake
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- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
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- 1. Preheat oven to 325°. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Press mixture on bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- 2. Beat cream cheese and next 2 ingredients at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until blended and smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add sweet potatoes and lemon juice, beating until blended. Pour batter into prepared crust. (Pan will be very full.)
- 3. Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until almost set. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake stand in oven, with door closed, 15 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven, and gently run a knife around outer edge of cheesecake to loosen from sides of pan. (Do not remove sides of pan.) Cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Cover and chill 8 to 24 hours.
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Mods/upgrades for fender starcaster
I have a cheapo fender starcaster guitar that I got awhile ago when I was a noob and didn't know much about guitars. Please don't tell me to go ahead and sell it and buy a new guitar because the local music store will only give me $35 for it, and it seems like to little money to part with it for, plus it has a full size basswood body which should be at least worth $35 dollars alone, and the neck is not the worst either. What are some reasonably cheap upgrades and mods i can do to it to make it more playable and decent sounding.
I already bought some fender vintage style tuning machines to replace the crappy tuners it came with. hopefully I'll get those in tonight.
Just learn to give it a good set up, that should deal with the playability. Block the trem because trems are just recipes for tuning disaster. You could upgrade the pickups if you were so inclined.
What do you want to upgrade about it? Sound, Tuning stability, Playability? all of these things are fixable to some extent
I would like to upgrade all three of those, although the tuning stability is already increased greatly with the new tuners I put in. Maybe I'll block the term like the other poster suggested since I never use it.
You can block the trem with springs or with a wooden block, there are plenty of guides how to do that, just search it. And for the sound, I own one of those cheapo fenders aswell and I simply threw the single coils out and put a single humbucker in. It's cheap guitar but hey, it plays well and it's nostalgic guitar for me. You can also get pretty low action with these, if you prefer that. I had to adjust the truss rod quite a bit to get the low action without buzz but now it's atleast playable :)
Feel free to ask anything, I can help you to make it more playable!
Thanks for your help! I will be doing some research on blocking tremolos soon since that sounds like an easy inexpensive way to improve the tuning. I really like the sound that single coils have so I would prefer to upgrade to better singles. If I put Squier vintage modified or classic vibe pickups in it would it improve sound quality at all? I've also read that changing the pots and upgrading the capacitors help the tone on cheap guitars as well, is this true?
As for playability, it already has quite low action, but is there anything else I can do to make it even easier to play?
I'd leave the pots and caps. Upgrades there will really only improve durability. Anyhow, check out gfs for cheap decent pickups http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Guitar-Pickups_c_7.html
By easier what do you mean? What would you like to improve on the playability? I have tried the classic vibe strat (60's) and I liked the pickups it had although I'm not a single coil guy myself :) But they were better than the ones I had. My guitar had pretty decent pots, but since I swapped the single coils to a humbucker I had to get one 500K pot instead of a 250K. I'm not an expert with the pots and stuff but I think you won't notice a big difference between let's say a classic vibe strat's pots and your current one's.
Thanks for all the help guys I appreciate it. Is there any way i can make my neck more playable.
Depends on what you don't like about it, is the action too high, is it too thick, is it too wide?
If it's a gloss finish on the back of the neck, you could make it matte.
Playability usually goes hand in hand with build quality. Ultimately you can mess with the action, trussrod, intonation... ect. to get it to play better but none of those are "mods". Thats just proper setup and maintenance. Even the best guitars need that treatment. New tuners will help stability. Good move there. But in reality there is nothing you can "mod" to make a cheap guitar play like a better quality guitar. If there was, Shur and the like would go out of business.
In your case (I'm assuming you're new to guitar playing) I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just push through and practice. If you stick with it and learn on a cheap guitar once you do finally move onto a more expensive guitar, a couple years down the road, it's like the flood gates have opened and you'll only then truly appreciate what a good quality guitar is and what it does for your playing. Believe it not, for the first 7 years of playing I only ever played my MIM Fender Strat. Actually not a cheap guitar, more average quality than cheap, and pretty good quality for the price (back in 03 that is). That was basically the only guitar I ever owned or played for all that time. I never put much stake in more expensive guitars, but eventually I bit the bullet and $1500 bucks later I had a Ibanez S Prestige of my own.
Holy S&$%... this thing is built like a god!
I'm not saying you have to go to that extreme before upgrading. But you just cant appreciate a well made guitar until you become VERY familier with everything thats inferior. Not only will you then appreciate A spec craftsmanship, but also you'll be a "tough" player and easily go back to playing anything else. If you learn on a cheap guitar, you'll be very good at playing cheap guitars with poor playability and you'll be a GOD on the prime gear.
I see a NGD thread every so often of a kid whose parents with deep pockets went out and bought him top of the line stuff and hes only got a few months or maybe a year experience. What a waste. Not only will he not appreciate what a good guitar he has, but he'll be "babyed" as he learns and will only ever be comfortable playing on gear of that caliber. Players that start off like that develop really picky preferences later on, and they find that they struggle to play on different styles of guitars, and also require "warming up" when switching to another guitar. They NEED a shred neck to shred.
Not to be smug, but I can jam for hours on my Ibanez and then pick up my MIM Strat and the change in playability is not a hinderance at all, and it takes very little getting used to.
I'm rambling too much. In short, stick with a cheap guitar for the first few years. It makes you a tough and adaptable player later.
I'd disagree. My number one guitar is a yamaha eg-112 that I've modified heavily (however the hardware is 100% stock). I've played american strats, gibsons, etc. And my yamaha still plays just fine and I can beat the shit out of it and not worry. I've also played american strats with poor set ups and such and I can say that playability is really almost all in the set up. Now the yamaha does have a fantastic neck on it, I can't say the same for a starcaster because I haven't played one in quite a while.
Well playability is a pretty opened ended term and can mean different things to different players. Proper setup, and personal setup, is required of ANY guitar, good or bad. So I always take that into consideration when I try out a guitar in a shop. I also didn't want to imply that only expensive guitars are well made. In the case of Ibanez's prestige line that is the case, they are MUCH better than their standard line, but you can find jems at any price point really. I scored a 1989 Charvel Fusion on craigslist for $300 and it plays almost as well as my S. I've heard good things about some Yamaha models too so that doesn't really surprise me. But when a guitar is made to stricter tolerances and out of the most prime materials... there is something about it that you cant really put into words. And in my opinion you can only really pick up on that if you are not too picky about your instrument as you're learning. Just makes you a more rounded player and you'll avoid developing picky preferences.
I'm not saying a cheaper guitar has bad playability. One cant generalize that anyway. Quite the opposite in fact. I'm saying if you learn on average quality you'll never feel like you need the best quality just to play at your typical level of proficiency. You can then play any quality of guitar with no issue.
IMO, yes my S plays better than my Fender, but I still have no trouble at all playing my MIM strat, or even my cheap as chips Epiphone SG.
Ah I think I read you wrong, we were agreeing haha. Yeah stick with the chepo, I've even been considering buying my friends old starcaster to hack up as I don't have a strat.
Haven't read the entire thread yet, but my first electric guitar was a Starcaster. I upgrade mine with a new nut, more springs on the trem to effectively block it, graphite saddles to eliminate the constant string breakage, replace the bridge single coil with a GFS power rails humbucker, replaced the other two singles with Lace Sensors, upgraded the tuners, and changed string gauge to .12's (tuned to e-standard). After all that it was actually a pretty good guitar. It was my main guitar for years until I built a guitar. But it just never had the magic my Coffin Guitar does.
Thank you for your help! I will look up how to properly set up my neck since that seems like the way to make it easier to play. If you guys have any more suggestions be sure to tell me.
Thanks again
Yep, truss rod, bridge saddles and trem are the most important points of a setup. Also look into lubricating the nut.
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Drool. Cooked homemade chicken pot pie for dinner, it was beyond delish!
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My chicken pot pie was DELISH to say the least! Perfect for this cold weather
I made an amazing chicken pot pie casserole…completely from scratch! Even the pastry puff crust! It was so delish :)
The recipe was from Paula Deen…you know that means yummy butter goodness! Or greatness for that matter!
~~ http://copycat-recipes.8m.com/copycat_restaurant_recipe_Paula_Deen's_Lady_and_Sons_Chicken_Pot_Pie.html
For the puff pastry I used this recipe ~~ http://allrecipes.com/recipe/puff-pastry-2/detail.aspx#
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The Most Important Thing to Teach Your Public School Child
- Monday, August 15, 2011
Do your kids see in you a passion for pleasing the Lord? Do they sense that God is the most precious Person in your life? Do they know that you would never consciously displease Him? Watching how you live out your love for the Lord is how they will learn to love the Lord wholeheartedly.
All Your Soul
Closely related to loving God with our whole heart is loving God with our entire soul. (These four phrases, by the way, are not separate boxes on a table, distinct from one another. They are all intertwined in ways none of us fully comprehend.)
"Soul" is an interesting and somewhat perplexing word. We know it refers in some way to our eternal being, the part of us that lives forever—the part of us that survives the death of the body. The bumper sticker that reads, "He who dies with the most toys wins" is blatantly false. There's a better one out now that says, "He who dies with the most toys still dies!" Our society has always struggled to get the right perspective on material prosperity. We live in the most affluent economy in the history of the world, yet here in the United States depression is rampant, suicide is common and the misuse of prescription drugs is skyrocketing—in other words, our souls are sick. People arrive at the twilight of their years and realize too late that they spent their entire lives chasing a phantom. Jesus said, "What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul?" (Matt. 16:26, TNIV).
The eternal destiny of every parent and every child is too important to assume that God will welcome us all into His heaven one way or another. Don't consign this crucial matter to the church, the youth pastor, the parachurch ministry to students (like Young Life, with whom we happen to work), or some evangelist on television. Make sure a salvation decision is made by every person under your roof, because it is truly a matter of life or death.
All Your Mind
One of the most important armaments you must give your children as you send them out the door to the public school is a relationship with God that fills all their minds. If the foundation of their faith rests on the good feelings they have while standing next to you in church, they are in trouble. If they don't know in their mind why they love God, if they are not "prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks [them] to give the reason for the hope that [they] have," and to "do this with gentleness and respect" (1 Pet. 3:15-16), they will be sitting ducks for any antagonistic teacher. When teachers and classmates ridicule anyone who has the audacity to believe in a sovereign, loving God, your kids won't know what to do or say.
What chance does a kid have against an "expert" unless that kid knows in his mind what he believes and why he believes it? It is not enough to counter with "My mom and dad said so."
The older your child gets in the public-school system, the more important this becomes. Certainly by middle school, the challenges to your child's faith will begin to come fast and furious, and will only intensify in high school. Then some evening you'll be sitting at the kitchen table with your son or daughter, looking over the slate of possible courses at university the next year—courses with titles like "The Problem of God" or "Perspectives on Science, Faith and Reality." You will sense by the way the course descriptions are written that some of these professors are just licking their chops in anticipation of exploding the "foolish myths" the next class of naïve freshmen will bring along from home.
Only the son or daughter whose mind has been stocked with what God thinks—and who has come to love those reliable, unshakable truths—will be prepared "so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand . . . with the belt of truth buckled around your waist" (Eph. 6:13-14). The love of God will be not only emotional and relational but also logical and intellectual.
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Israel's Great Unknown Chef
The revered chef Hanoch Bar Shalom, who died last week, reinvented Israeli cuisine by embracing local food
The biography of great artists isn't always relevant to understanding their work, but Hanoch's is. As he started his career, in the late 1980s, Israeli chefs mainly looked outward for inspiration. Yisrael Aharoni, the scene's patriarch and a supremely talented chef, gained his reputation with Yin Yang, a stylish and stellar Chinese restaurant, and the Golden Apple, a pristine and proper temple for French haute cuisine. The idea behind these restaurants, and most of Tel Aviv's finer establishments, was that there was nothing more desirable than allowing Israeli diners to feel for a moment as if they were temporarily transported from their sweaty and noisy town and whisked away to Paris or New York or Hong Kong, somewhere cooler, sophisticated, and more urbane.
That logic offended Hanoch, the hard-working kid from the moshav, the Yemeni Jew, the perennial outsider. Time and again, he said, smiling, that none of those great restaurants people flocked to could ever surpass the pleasures of his beloved shuk, with its colors and smells and produce still covered with fresh dirt. And why would Israeli cooks look to overseas, he asked, when so many Jews from so many corners of the world all brought their native traditions here? Together, we interviewed elderly Israelis who were born in Lvov or Aleppo or Cairo or Marrakech or Moscow, collecting recipes, trying to understand what, if anything, bound together the kasha and the couscous and all the diverse traditions that one could find side by side in kitchens everywhere in Israel.
Hanoch's answer was simple. Russian Jewish cooking and, say, Moroccan Jewish cooking went together like shakshuka and mint; not the most evident combination, they nonetheless had washed up on Israel's shores and, once there, complemented each other, entering into a dialogue rather than a competition. He realized that Israeli cuisine was just like the Israeli population, all intermarried and intertwined, a thousand variations on the same theme. And he became that cuisine's greatest champion.
This is why he was the best choice to reinvent El Al's menu. Beyond the obvious challenges of making airline food edible—a feat only a genius like Hanoch could accomplish—there was the idea that the meals on board Israel's national carrier were more than just sustenance; they were a calling card, a traveler's first introduction, perhaps, to the country and its flavors. Simple omelets, freshly cut vegetables, cheese, yogurt: Hanoch's creations reflected what ordinary Israelis would eat for breakfast or dinner, and they gained instant and immense popularity. And it was a pleasure to help him prepare to cater an exclusive party for some captain of industry and watch as he made the sort of food that a poor factory worker might enjoy, just some eggplant with a drizzle of tehini, say, or roasted peppers on fresh bread.
Whether it was Hanoch's stature or the luster of his beliefs, this attitude to cooking soon inspired a new generation of chefs to advocate a similar approach. Within less than a decade, Tel Aviv's hottest spots all served the sort of food Hanoch made famous. The scene had matured; it was now secure enough in its own sense of self-worth, curious enough about its own heritage, respectful enough of its basic ingredients to cook freely, with great joy and pride.
As was I. I still lacked the master's talent, or his grace, but I had inherited his sense of local pride, his disdain for decorum, and a touch of his unbridled, childlike passion. I had, in other words, become not just a cook but an Israeli cook.
When Hanoch was found dead in his apartment last week, he was 52 years old. The cause of death is still undetermined, but his friends and admirers suspect that fatty foods, ample smokes, and a weak heart had something to do with it. A few days after learning of his passing, I went shopping in one of those ludicrously overpriced, harshly lit emporia that Manhattan loves so much. It was the first chance I've had to think about my friend, and about my debt to him. I thought how much he would have hated New York, where good eggplants are hard to find and handsome tomatoes can easily go for $4 a piece.
He would have probably hated this obituary of mine, too. It would have embarrassed him. He would probably break out the simple man routine, and that gorgeous smile. So, I'll let Hanoch do the talking, with his recipes. Farewell, friend, thank you, and forever be'teavon.
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The Do-Nothing Congress Heads Home
September 27, 2012 - Posted by Maurice Belanger
At the end of last week, the House and the Senate adjourned until after the election, making this one of the earliest adjournments prior to an election since 1960. In one of its last non-accomplishments before adjournment, the House considered an immigration bill—a bill to increase visas for STEM graduates—and failed to pass it. (More on that below.)
According to the New York Times, the 112th Congress passed 173 laws as of last month. By comparison, the 80th Congress, the Congress that President Harry Truman dubbed the "do-nothing Congress," looks positively productive, passing 906 laws in its two years. To be fair, it is likely additional legislation will pass in a lame duck session after the November elections. Still not resolved are, among other things, income and payroll tax cuts that are slated to expire at the end of the year and steep, across-the-board budget cuts to defense and domestic programs that have been triggered by Congress' failure to come up with a package of revenue increases and budget cuts to reduce the deficit. (The combination of the expiration of tax cuts and budget cuts are popularly called the "fiscal cliff.") There is also the farm bill, the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, a bill to save the U.S. Postal Service from default, and the list goes on. (Here is another evaluation of the 112th Congress, with charts and graphs.)
Continuing Resolution will keep Government Running through March
September 30 is the end of the federal government's fiscal year. By that date, Congress should have wrapped up the process of allocating money to fund the various government agencies for the next fiscal year. This year, Congress failed to complete a single appropriations bill. (There are a dozen of them.) Instead, just before leaving town, the House and Senate passed a "continuing resolution," which will give Congress until late March 2013 to make final decisions on the budgets of federal agencies for the fiscal year that will by then be half-way completed. The continuing resolution continues funding the government at fiscal year 2012 levels (with a minor increase).
Immigration and the Fiscal Cliff
On September 14th, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a report, "OMB Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012." In it, OMB presented its preliminary estimates on the impact of "sequestration," the automatic across-the-board budget cuts that will be spread out across all agencies on January 3rd, unless Congress comes up with a more rational approach to attain deficit reduction (or decides to postpone tackling the deficit altogether). The automatic cuts were included in the Budget Control Act of 2011 and triggered by the failure of the so-called "super committee" to construct an acceptable alternative deficit reduction plan.
According to these preliminary estimates, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will lose more than $450 million, and Customs and Border Protection will lose more than $800 million. USCIS could lose more than $200 million, most coming from the Examinations Fee Account—that is, fees paid by immigrants to have their applications for naturalization and other benefits processed appear to be fair game for diverting to deficit reduction.
We are told that, with further refinement, the impact of sequestration on what OMB terms "mandatory spending" (in this case, spending out of fee collections, as opposed to appropriated "discretionary spending") may not be as great as these estimates indicate. More detail will become available in the coming weeks.
House Considers and Fails to Pass STEM Immigration Bill
On September 20, the House considered a bill sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), H.R. 6429, the "STEM Jobs Act of 2012," that would provide immigrant visas to foreigners who graduate from U.S. universities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and have a job offer in the U.S. in a STEM field. While there is broad bipartisan support to increase immigration levels for persons with education or skills in these fields, the Smith bill contained a controversial provision to eliminate the diversity visa program and reallocate its immigrant visas to STEM graduates. The bill was brought up under special procedures usually reserved for non-controversial bills requiring a two-thirds vote for passage. With the controversial provision, Smith's bill failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds vote, and the bill became another non-accomplishment of the 112th Congress.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (R-Calif.) introduced a similar bill, H.R. 6412, the "Attracting the Best and the Brightest Act," which also provided visas for STEM graduates with STEM-related job offers, but did not take away visas from other parts of the immigration system. Lofgren's bill, which was not considered by the House, also provided minor fixes within the family immigration system and included a provision that would sunset the new visa program after two years. A similar bill was introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) in the Senate, the Benefits to Research and American Innovation through Nationality Statutes Act of 2012 ("BRAINS Act," S. 3553).
With congress completing its regular season play without accomplishing much of anything in the immigration policy realm, what developments there are continue to come from the agencies, the courts, and the states.
DOJ Completes Investigation of Alamance County, N.C. Sheriff's Office
On September 18, the Department of Justice announced that it had completed a two-year investigation of the sheriff's office of Alamance County, North Carolina. In its release, the department said that its investigation found "reasonable cause to believe that [the Alamance County Sheriff's Office] engages in a pattern or practice of discriminatory policing against Latinos…." To remedy its "egregious pattern of racial profiling," the department will require the sheriff's office to commit to "long term structural, cultural and institutional change," and it will "seek to obtain a court enforceable, comprehensive, written agreement remedying the violations…."
Witnesses interviewed by the Justice Department said, among other things, that the Sheriff told his deputies to arrest motorists who appeared Latino for minor traffic infractions while letting white drivers off with a warning. Latinos were as much as 10 times more likely to be arrested by sheriff deputies than white residents.
In a statement, the Sheriff denied that his office had discriminated against Spanish-speaking persons "in any way, shape or form" and he asserted that the Obama administration was waging "war on local law enforcement."
In response to the Justice Department's findings, the Department of Homeland Security announced it is terminating the Alamance County 287(g) jail model agreement, and is restricting the sheriff office's access to Secure Communities.
TPS for Haitians Extended
On September 21, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a release announcing that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians who had been in the U.S. since prior to January 12, 2011. Haitians were first granted TPS in the wake of a January 2010 earthquake that made more than one million people homeless. For these Haitians, this will be the second extension of TPS, which would otherwise have expired in January 2013. As of this writing, the official notice with additional information had not been published in the Federal Register.
USCIS Announces Integration Grants
On September 17, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it was awarding approximately $5 million in grants to 31 immigrant service provider organizations that help immigrants prepare for U.S. citizenship. This year's grantees are located in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
The agency's immigrant integration grant program began in 2009 and has provided extra funding to a total of 132 organizations to support their naturalization assistance work. In the past, the program had received funding from Congress. Continued funding for the program is very much up in the air, and it will not be known whether Congress will allocate money for this purpose in the 2013 fiscal year until Congress completes its work on the Department of Homeland Security budget sometime in the spring of 2013. You can find more information and the list of recipients here.
In a related development, on September 24 the Migration Policy Institute announced the winners of its E Pluribus Unum awards, which go to organizations with exceptional immigrant integration initiatives. The three awardees this year each received a $50,000 prize. A Corporate Leadership award went to Citi, a financial institution that, among other things, works with non-profit and public-agency partners to reduce financial barriers to citizenship.
A Little Opportunity for an Engineer
The first handful of requests for deferred action for childhood arrivals have been approved, and one of the first to receive deferred action and a work permit is an engineer from Arizona. Carlos Martinez was nine when he was brought to the U.S. by his family 21 years ago. Since then, he graduated from a Tucson high school with a 3.93 grade-point average, got his B.S. in computer science from the University of Arizona and a master's degree in software engineering. Unlike most Americans, he did not find opportunity at the end of all that education, because he could not work legally. Instead, he has made money by doing yard work. Thanks to his new work permit, he will be able to start using that education. Read more about this story here.
Courts Allow Show-Me-Your-Papers Provision of Arizona Law to go into Effect
On September 18, Section 2B of Arizona's S.B. 1070 took effect. That provision requires Arizona law enforcement officers to make a "reasonable attempt" to determine the immigration status of persons they stop, detain or arrest if they have a "reasonable suspicion" that the person is unlawfully present. The implementation of the provision followed a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton on September 5 not to maintain the injunction against Section 2B. Advocates went to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an emergency effort to reinstate the injunction, but on September 25, the Court rejected the request. Section 2B is now in effect.
The coalition that brought a lawsuit against Section 2B on discrimination grounds is exploring its legal options on the injunction. In the meantime advocates will be monitoring police, and will bring additional complaints if the provision leads to racial profiling by the police.
Arizona Re-affirms no Driver's License for DACA Recipients
According to the Arizona Republic, the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles has confirmed it will not issue driver's licenses to recipients of deferred action for childhood arrivals. The decision may end up in court, as civil rights groups have pointed out that, in other situations, the state grants licenses to persons with federal work permits. Recipients of deferred action are given work permits by the federal government.
Summit to Explore Importance of Immigration to Midwest
On October 12, leaders from the business, faith and law enforcement communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin will gather in Indianapolis for the Midwest Summit: Forging a New Consensus on Immigrants and America. In the Midwest's broad-based economy and increasingly diverse population, immigrants are increasingly crucial to the region's prosperity. The summit will explore topics such as the role of immigrants in the region's economy, how communities of faith are being shaped by the arrival of immigrants into the region, and how the relationship between immigrant communities and law enforcement affects public safety of the broader community. You can find out more about the Midwest Summit on the event's registration page.
Follow-Up: Chicago Passes Welcoming City Ordinance
On September 13, the Chicago City Council approved an ordinance that prohibits Chicago law enforcement from holding undocumented immigrants for the federal government except in certain limited circumstances. The "Welcoming City" ordinance, introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel as part of his pledge to make Chicago the "world's most immigrant-friendly city," makes clear that undocumented immigrants will only be detained and held for federal immigration authorities if there already is a warrant for their arrest, if they have been convicted of a serious crime, or if they are otherwise a threat to public safety. The effort is part of the revolt taking place in cities around the country against Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Secure Communities program. (The Policy Update previously reported on Chicago's "Welcoming City" ordinance here.)
Immigration on the Campaign Trail
Last week, President Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, appeared separately at a candidate's forum in Miami sponsored by the Spanish-Language television network Univision. On September 19, Mitt Romney was pressed for his views on immigration, to which he responded without specifics. Mr. Romney was critical of President Obama for not living up to his promise to fix the immigration system. However, the candidate would not reveal his plan other than to say that he would "put in place an immigration reform system that resolves this issue." (Read more here.)
President Obama's appearance at the event the next day gave moderators a chance to challenge him for his failure to keep his promise on comprehensive immigration reform. The president admitted that "my biggest failure so far is that we haven't gotten comprehensive immigration reform done." He asserted that, going forward, strong public pressure on Congress could bring about reform. (Read more here.)
Currently, the president has a sizeable lead among Latino voters. A September 17 ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions weekly tracking poll shows the president with a 62% to 20% lead over Romney among Latino registered voters.


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As August comes to an end and the kids go back to school, there is no denying that fall is on it's way. You can smell it at night when sleeping with the windows open. It's cool enough in the mornings that you need a sweatshirt to go outside and pick up the paper. You can even see it on the mountains if you look close enough. There's the slightest twinge of orange scattered amongst the green. It's such a beautiful time in Park City with the farmers market peaking, with offers of local peaches, juicy tomatoes and sweet corn. The hiking and biking trails are perfectly tacky and if you go at the right time, often you get the mountain to yourself.
If you couldn't tell, I love this time of year in Park City. The boys and I take full advantage by using our Canyons season passes to take a ride up the Gondola whenever we're looking for a little outdoor adventure. Between the hiking, fishing, paddle boating and simply pulling up a seat on the rock to watch the bikers jib they're way down the trail, we can easily pass an afternoon up at the Red Pine Lodge area. We always make sure to grab a bite to eat (grilled cheese and fries for the kids, Greek salad for me), before the day's adventure to fuel our legs and fill our bellies. If we go as a family we often take the High Meadow lift up and do the quick (but still beautiful) walk over to Alpine lake and hike down as my little one gets tired and whiny. When it's just my older son and I, we opt for taking the Alpine Trail up and down as he's bound and determined to see some wildlife. It hasn't happened yet but we're always on the lookout!
With still another month of the summer schedule, there's no excuse not to get out and enjoy all the summer activities Canyons offers. If you're hiking solo or venturing out with the whole family, there is something for everyone. Starting September 2nd, the gondola will run Thursdays-Sundays only until it closes on October 6th until the winter season starts up.
For more information on dining and on mountain activities for the remainder of the summer season, visit the website here.


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Microsoft, as well, has had to pay a price.
"[Standardization] hurts Microsoft's reputation as an innovator; as a forward-thinker," he says. "When people's impression of using Microsoft technology - whether it's a browser, whether it's an operating system - is something that is two or three versions old, because they're dealing with it through what enterprises want."
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Some things in your medicine cabinet are superfluous -- and some could actually be harmful.
How many bottles of lotions and moisturizers do you own? Too many, maybe.
In "9 unnecessary skin care products" on the TotalBeauty.com website, Beverly Hills dermatologist Harold Lancer says that "what most people really need is a good face and body wash and moisturizing sunblock -- that's it."
This isn't some minimalist talking. It's a medical doctor who works with one of the richer (and vainer) populations on Earth.
Why do we think we need so many other products? Guess.
(Hint: It has to do with money.)
That's right: The same marketing forces that sell cupcake bakeries and greeting cards from pets would like you to think the moisturizer you put on your face isn't effective on your neck, or that you need a specialized unguent just for your heels or elbows.
Forget the latest gadgets and gimcracks. Make your presents count. Bonus: Some of these options cost little or nothing but time.
A woman I know was recently given two kitchen gadgets: one that produces "cake pops" and one that promises shell-less hard-boiled eggs.
I looked up these "as seen on TV!" items online and found they both got fairly negative customer reviews. Yet they'll probably sell like gangbusters this Christmas.
And you'll probably see a lot of them at yard sales and thrift stores in the coming year.
Why just grab the first thing you see in the store? Forget the latest gadgets and gimcracks, and make your presents matter.
That doesn't necessarily mean "homemade," either.
This simple tactic will keep you at (or under) budget -- and move you closer to your dreams.
Specifically, he suggests putting a list of all current financial obligations in your wallet. "When tempted to overspend, remind yourself of what you owe," says Woolsey, director of marketing and consumer research.
That's a good idea, but I'd like to take it further. In a post called "Goal-oriented groceries," I suggested a simple way to stick to your budget: Start each list with a dream.
Seriously: At the head of the list write some personal finance goal, such as "pay off consumer debt." Then write "bread, eggs, milk," and write the goal again. Add a few more grocery items, and reiterate your money ambition.
This will work in any store. Thus I propose "goal-oriented holiday shopping."
The price can vary 400% or more even within the same market. Use these tips to save money and prevent waste.
Most important of all: How much did you pay for it?
Take a look at the unit price label on the grocery shelf. At one market I visited the store-brand ground ginger goes for $3.33 per ounce, or $53.28 per pound.
That is, if you were buying it from the baking section. Just a few aisles over you could get ginger for $13.19 per pound -- and you could buy as much or as little as you needed.
These simple tactics will help you ignore the 'buy! buy! buy!' hype.
Some of those "new" tips are actually pretty well publicized throughout the personal finance blogosphere. ("Check your credit report annually," "Stop using disposable products" -- really, Mikey?)
However, he did list three shopping-related ideas that I think are pretty smart. Better yet, they're timeless.
Right now the Internet is awash in "how to get the best price" holiday articles. But this trio of tips is applicable all year long.
Frugality can reduce your carbon footprint -- and increase control of your life. But a greener lifestyle doesn't have to happen overnight; small changes help, too.
Others may feel vaguely guilty about their oversized carbon footprints, yet they are convinced they have neither the time nor the talents to take the greener path in life.
But it's not an all-or-nothing approach, says author Deborah Niemann. You don't have to give up all creature comforts in favor of outhouses and butter churns, or turn your front yard into the back 40.
What you do have to do, though, is quit thinking you're incapable of change.
"Start questioning things that you have always assumed to be true," says Niemann, the author of "Eco Thrifty: Cheaper, Greener Choices for a Happier, Healthier Life."
What kinds of things? So glad you asked.
Done right, the practice is frugal, eco-friendly and a great help in de-cluttering. Avoid these pitfalls, though.
Have you ever received a regifted present? If you answered "no," I'd like to ask a follow-up question: How can you be sure?
Savvy regifters fly under the radar. They avoid giving presents that are obviously used, in poor condition or personalized to someone else.
If the practice makes you twitchy, perhaps you should move to Tennessee. That state was tops on the "no regifting" list in a new survey from ShopAtHome.com.
The cash-back shopping site surveyed 828 consumers about re-gifting. While 63% of all respondents believed that regift = thrift, some 70% of Volunteer State residents said "ho, ho, NO!" to the practice.
Want true savings? Use this simple trick to make rewards credit cards and other programs work for you.
My daughter loves rewards programs as much as I do. While I tend to give the gift cards outright as holiday presents, Abby uses them to buy gifts for the folks on her list.
A frugalist's dream: Free presents! Think of all the money she's saving, right?
Not really.
"It's more a case of 'not spending' as opposed to 'saving.' Chances are (those) funds will still get sucked up in the whirlwind of random expenses that is life," she writes in this post on I Pick Up Pennies.
"To truly save money, it has to be . . . well . . . saved. Put away. Not spent."
Know anyone who actually does that?
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In a May 1, 2012 letter to AFSA and the Department of State Under Secretary for Management, United Airlines confirmed plans to extend to Foreign Service personnel a pet travel policy exception, matching that in effect for military personnel. The letter states in part: "
Effective June 1, 2012, Foreign Service Personnel will be able to transport their pets as checked luggage at the terminal ticket counter areas." The letter also states that while Foreign Service Personnel will not be required to ship the pet as "cargo," "checking a pet (in crate) incurs (cargo) rates charged under the United PetSafe program." Reservations can be made under this program beginning May 20, for pets weighing 99.9 pounds or less with travel crate and travelers with pets will not be required to use professional pet shippers.
AFSA and the Department are now actively engaged with United Airlines senior staff to confirm the waiver policy particulars. We expect to receive further written clarification in the next week. AFSA
sent a letter May 15 to United Senior VP Hershel Kamen seeking answers and clarification to several points and asking some questions about the cargo rates. Meanwhile, knowing that many of you have time-sensitive questions about the pet travel waiver policy, we are writing now to provide updates on both the points that have already been clarified, and those on which we are seeking additional clarification.
Are all civilian personnel with official or diplomatic passports traveling on PCS orders covered?
: Many of you have asked whether all U.S. Government civilian Foreign Service personnel will be eligible for the waiver. Although the terminology in United's May 1 letter is somewhat inconsistent, senior airline representatives have asked the Department for advice on how airline staff can best identify Foreign Service personnel from all government agencies who should be eligible for the pet transport waiver. The Department has made clear the importance of the waiver covering all USG personnel traveling on official PCS travel orders to take up assignments at our embassies and missions abroad and recommended that official or diplomatic passport, agency ID cards, together with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) travel orders, will indicate "Foreign Service" status regardless of U.S. Government agency. So, a priority and a probable yes, with final confirmation still pending.
What are the PetSafe rates that will apply?
Many of you have asked for clarification of what rates will apply under the new program. United's letter indicates that "applicable PetSafe (cargo) Rates will apply," that "rates start at $229 one way (excluding freight processing fees, security fees, and other applicable surcharges)," and that "based on past information, the average rate charged is approximately $440 one way." AFSA has reviewed PetSafe rate charts, and we have ongoing concerns that these are closer to cargo rates than to excess baggage rates - potentially resulting in very significant increases in the cost of transporting pets. We are asking that United clarify how they have calculated the $440 average rate. If United does apply PetSafe rates to our personnel, this in AFSA's view does not meet the checked luggage/accompanied baggage definition – and we will urge that civilian Foreign Service personnel be allowed to seek out another U.S. carrier in accord with GSA authorization and the Department ALDAC of 00032126 of 04/03/2012. See text of AFSA's letter to United.
Seeking clarification:
AFSA is requesting clarification of other key points in the letter, including a) the meaning of "excludes United Express and other partner airlines," b) whether United could consider re-instituting the former excess baggage rates, or a flat rate approximating the average cost of $440 they cited to us in their letter; c) whether United could consider allowing Frequent Flyers to use their FF miles to get discounts on PetSafe rates; and d) whether travelers with small pets can bring them in cabin if the pets meet the size/weight limits; and e) whether pets checked in at passenger terminals will be delivered at baggage claim areas.
AFSA appreciates United's decision to extend this pet transport waiver, demonstrating recognition of the service and sacrifice of the U.S. Foreign Service on behalf of the United States. We will continue to publicize waiver details as we learn them and are seeking to meet with United to both explain our concerns and better understand their goals and needs. Meanwhile, please refer to the pet issues page of AFSA's Web site for related information.
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Harry Shearer -- who voices Smithers, Mr. Burns and several other major characters on "The Simpsons" -- says he is willing to take an even BIGGER pay cut than FOX wants him to ... but he has a demand of his own.
Shearer and the rest of the cast have been asked to take a 45% reduction in salary in order for the show to continue. Shearer says he's willing to cut his salary a whopping 70% -- but he wants a percentage of the show's profits ... something he says the cast has been denied for years.
Shearer says his reps approached FOX with the idea ... but we're told there are "simply no circumstances under which the network would consider allowing me or any of the actors to share in the show's success."
Ironically, Mr. Burns would probably have the same answer.
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How much do the animators in Korea get? Just wondering...
I don't think this request is unreasonable. A lot of actors get producers credit and profit perks for a show long before now. Sure the actors are getting paid a TON of money for sitting there and talking, but if they take a pay cut I think they should be compensated somehow.
BS BS BS they overproduced the simpsons and at 500 shows plus they are competing with thier own reruns and THAT is the only reason the show Has to end.Ten years of standard TV and than into rerun to double the market of your product.Even if they made the whole show for free it would still lose money as it is in the way of the marketing of the reruns,Like I said if I watched 200 times a year for 20 years in rerun I would only see each show 10 times and that is a huge lose of markets of a show in the can that is free and cost nothing to rerun.BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS in american rerun markets and overseas rerun sells.A movie in a few years and maybe one more after about ten years and 20 years of reruns that would mean a 43 year run on the markets and I would only see each show 20 times or so.It`s marketing time makes it a must kill but the product is still selling NO show has ever done that and it has outlived it`s own cost effective markets.NO one will watch the same show over about ten years than the tail end rerun markets takeover.The producers are playing games with the unions again trying to lower cost ALL productions UNION BUSTING the simpsons has to die or lose billions of market rerun sells.
23 years and 500 shows IS TO MUCH PRODUCT to market so they produced it for TOO LONG no show ever runs that many years without loseing some of it`s rerun markets.UNION BUSTING BS the product has overlived it`s rerun marking thus it MUST be killed or they lose billions in rerun markets.The writers and actors could PAY to make the show and it would still lose billions competing with it`s reruns.PURE UNION BUSTING kick at ALL SAG and UNION actors writers and talents both union and non-union.Say same BS about the market than cook thje books and MJ for some more billions in tail end marketings


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New coaster at Universal Orlando in 2009
Written by Michael Smith
Editor's note: Thanks to the many, many readers who submitted this. Michael was the first, and I've combined all the posts in one.Tweet
Universal is building a new high tech coaster set to debut in 2009!
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will ride over, around and outside the entrance to Universal Studios Florida (fixed). Not only will there be an on-ride soundtrack, but riders will get to choose it, selecting from five genres (classic rock, rap, country, pop and disco), or just letting the system pick songs for you. ("Shuffle" mode?)
Rendering courtesy Universal Orlando
Riders will be recorded on video, and riders will be given the chance to edit the video of their ride, then to e-mail that video to their friends.
Top speed of the coaster will be 65 mph. No other specs yet, but Universal's press release offered a height of "17 stories" and "six near-miss moments and first-ever thrills including a record-breaking loop."
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From Claudine Deshaies on March 19, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Nice. I can't wait for something new there! I'm curious about the "soundtrack" thing, though.
From Todd Houts on March 19, 2008 at 10:23 AM
The story begins:
Universal is building a new high tech coaster set to debut in 2009!
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will ride over, around and outside the entrance to Universal Studios "Hollywood".
I think that last word is supposed to be Orlando, not Hollywood. Easy to make the mistake since the Orlando park is getting the Hollywood coaster.
Very excited about this!
From Olivier Sanguy on March 19, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Well, Universal is still alive... Harry Potter coming, and now this brand new roller-coaster. WDW should react for sure. At least, will the Beastly Kingdom rise from its ash? ;-)
In general, this could be good news for us as theme park customers. With projects like these, perhaps the big bosses up there get the fact that even if a rehab/revamp of an older ride can be a good thing (depends...), nothing can replace a new attraction and if possible an innovative one.
From Iris Hernandez on March 19, 2008 at 10:31 AM
I was totally thrilled when I read this announcement early this morning on OrlandoSentinel.com. My hands even started shaking cuz I was so excited.
Universal Studios is definetely bringing its A-game now. An outside rollercoaster there is LONG overdue and they are going to be reaping in millions of dollars. Who cares what it costs to build it? THe darn thing will be payed off in a week if not less. I am so glad that I got an annual pass there last Sunday and I will definetely be renewing it next year. Cant wait to see the construction started. Slight concern with the "supposed" opening time... I was there a week ago and didnt see any construction started, can they really pull off this coaster and all its glorious technology in a year?
From Robert OGrosky on March 19, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Im always happy to see a new coaster being added!!!!
I just wondering who will be building the coaster??
From James Rao on March 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Round two of the Great Orlando Coaster Wars? Last time USF/IOA and WDW knocked heads we got Hulk, Dueling Dragons, Rock n' Roller, and Everest. You've gotta love when these two companies compete!!!
At any rate, 2009 will be a banner year for Studios with this new attraction as well as the Harry Potter changes (although there are rumors that the HP development has been scaled way back already, so we'll have to wait and see).
As for Beastly Kingdom, I thought that was already scratched at AK and those "laid off" imagineers went on to build the Lost Kingdom at IOA? Oh well, I am sure there are other ideas in the Disney pipeline....one is the planned refurb (or possible re-engineer) of SPACE MOUNTAIN....it will be down for all of 2009 and maybe longer....
Disney will definitely have to make a counter move...I can't wait to see what it will be!! It is good to be a theme park fan in the first decade of the 21st Century!
From Diane Graebner on March 19, 2008 at 11:18 AM
It's a Maurer Sohne coaster.
From Deidre Dennis on March 19, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Curious if anyone knows WHEN in 2009 it will debut...
From Iris Hernandez on March 19, 2008 at 3:02 PM
The article states it will open in spring 2009, roughly a year from now.
From Susan Pfeil on March 19, 2008 at 4:59 PM
There is a difference between Disney's rollercoasters and Universal's. I think IOA gets amusement park attendance because of the rough rollercoasters (Hulk and Dueling Dragons). The majority of the visitors do not like those types of rides. In addition, the other rides are either water related where you get soaked or it's itsy bitsy kids rides at Suess. Spiderman is the only ride that is a nice mix. Where Disney's rides are more tolerable and all ages can ride them. I truly believe that makes the difference in theme park attendance. This sounds like another rough one!
From James Rao on March 19, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Here's the link to the Orlando Sentinel article about the new coaster if you don't already have it.
From Greg Shilton on March 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM
This is very exciting. But USH needs something new too. Ugh. Come one now, we could have a roller coaster that travels around the park (oohh. Imagine the drop from the upper lot to the lower lot, haha).
Ok ok, it would be difficult to build that at USH, but it's possible. And USH is....well...limited in rides.
From Jordan Siegert on March 19, 2008 at 9:37 PM
My only question is where the heck is it gonna go... now the press release says near jimmy neutron, but looking at my satiellte map at work i cant figure it out. my only thought now is if there gonna shut down something.....anyone else know more?
From Eric Malone on March 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Sounds pretty ambitious. Definitely gives me a reason to stick around Florida for a few more years! Can't wait to see how this turns out.
From Joshua Counsil on March 20, 2008 at 2:02 AM
Well, I gotta be the first to say - I'm not impressed. I fear for Universal, actually.
I love the concept. Choosing your own music is a totally bad@ss idea. And I'm sure the ride will be great. But it swoops around the park entrance and over CityWalk? What the hell is this, Six Flags? Won't this ruin the allure of the big Universal gates, and the big globe, and obstruct the views across the lake?
Now, there is nothing I would love more than to be clubbin' at CityWalk and to have a roller coaster swooping over the night scene. That's a real adrenaline pump. But it just doesn't seem right to me ... am I too old-fashioned? Anyone with me?
From James Rao on March 20, 2008 at 6:45 AM
From the artist's rendition it looks like a SkyLoopXT 450. If you follow the link, then click on the Adobe Acrobat product info, you can see some bigger pictures and get a decent description for the coaster.
Anyone been to a theme park in Spain recently?
From Brian Emery on March 20, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Any new top ride like this is great for all parks in Orlando. You go to Universal for a new ride and you end up going to Sea World and Disney also….
From Pat Ott on March 20, 2008 at 8:57 AM
I think this is a great boost to the park in trying to keep up with the times. I'm not a big fan of coasters that go over an audience as in CityWalk where people are eating, drinking and shopping then to have a coaster overhead with people getting sick on the folks down below.
From Adrienne McDonald on March 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM
I can't wait but just wondering, how are we supposed to choose the soundtrack in agreement w/all the other riders? Is there a poll conducted by the operators? This will be interesting to find out.
From Jeff M on March 20, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Yes, I have just visited Port Adventura in Barcelona, Spain.
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Germany's Spiegel Quotes Me…
July 28, 2008 | Filed Under 00Publius Contributor, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, News, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
And now, as an International man of mystery, I find that the famed German magazine Der Spiegel has quoted me making fun of one of their competitors, Bild newspaper.
In my July 25th piece on the "gushingly immature" Bild newspaper reporter that had a workout with Barack Obama, I lambasted the German daily for acting like a "rock-star struck teeny bopper" instead of a serious, adult reporter.
Well, now Der Spiegel, one of the largest selling German language magazines in the world, ran a story today reporting that Barack Obama is claiming he was "hustled" by the Bild reporter. In the Spiegel report, my July 25th piece is quoted and I am referenced by name.
The translated Bild report was rapidly picked up by US blogs, where it became the subject of endless derision.
Blogger Warner Todd Huston wrote: "Apparently, Bild, a newspaper in Germany, hires 14-year-old, starry-eyed, fan-girls as reporters instead of serious grown-ups. Or, at least one would be excused in thinking this reporter was a rock-star struck teeny bopper upon reading her gushingly immature account of having an exercise workout with Barack Obama on the German leg of his trip."
Bonesky is actually 27. "Let's enjoy her sexytime memories, together," the Washington blog Wonkette said, recalling the encounter in a wooden translation of the Bild report that evokes fictional reporter Borat in his comedy "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
So, me and the Wonkette are heard 'round the world.
This is so much fun!
Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men's News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston
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TrappedI try to good, I try to be careful, but I always manage to **** up some how, I just feel like a huge **** up. I should be happy but I'm not. I deserve happiness but I am denied it. Is there anywhere I can find happiness.
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happiness is inside, not outside. you have to like yourself before others will like you. look at the popular kids - they go around happy about something and others just seem to pick up on it and hang around them. figure out what youre good at and what makes you happy and go for that - others will notice it and those are the ones that will start hanging around you
The only person who should be able to make you happy is you. I know that its a cliche and trust me, I've been there. I've tried to make myself think maybe it's because I'm not in a relationship or I'm not where I want to be in my life but in all honesty it's because I felt I couldn't be happy without those things. Just try.