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The $1.3 million paid to take over an entire wing of Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City, plus another $200,000 for extra security. The $20,000 crib (a perfect item for MTV's new show, MTV Cribs: Cribs). The customized Mercedes van for Beyonce that was improved, retrofitted and upgraded to the tune of $1 million.
It is through the lens of these maybe-true-maybe-not tabloid morsels that I listen to "Glory," Jay-Z's ode to his newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter, released the day of her birth. I listen with skepticism. I mean, here's an infant with a hit single: B.I.C. (as she's credited on the song) just became the youngest artist ever to appear on the Billboard charts. Yesterday, "Glory" debuted at No. 74 on the R&B/hip-hop hit list.
But I quickly found myself listening through the lens of fatherhood. As a result, snippets of certain lines began to stand out like images in a stereogram. This led to a full on deep-dive into the lyrics.
The portrait Jay-Z paints of fatherhood and family life is at times impossible to relate to...
You're the child from the child of Destiny's Child.
Most dads (by that I mean, all but one) can't identify with this. I sorta can. Before having children, my wife Brandy was a dancer for the Dallas Mavericks. Let me see if I can make that cool: "My wife got a belly like a basketball/Used to dance for the basketball/It paid for shoes at the shopping mall."
You was made in Paris/And mama woke up the next day and shot her album package.
Tanner was made in my mother-in-law's spare bedroom. His mama woke up the next day and went to the gym. (I think it was bi's and tri's that day.)
Bad ass lil' Hov/Two years old, shopping on Savile Row.
Sorry, Jay. Did you mean to say Ross Dress for Less?
But there are also lyrics in "Glory" that are quite familiar.
Hard not to spoil you rotten lookin' like me.
We're with you, H to the Izzo, V to the Izzay. There is no greater ego stroke than making someone that resembles you. When you meet someone who likes the same music or has a similar political viewpoint, you connect with them a little bit more. When you meet someone with your nose and eyes, you give them the upstairs bedroom, spoon-feed them and wipe their butts.
False alarms, false starts, all made better by the sound of your heart/All the pain of the last time, prayed so hard it was the last time.
Six years ago, I pulled into the parking garage where I worked, and cried. The night before, we lost Jackson's future sibling. Studies show that 10 to 25 percent of all pregnancies will end in miscarriage. And it's a brutal equalizer: No amount of privilege or access can save someone from it. In that moment, she's not Sasha Fierce, and he's not Hova. She's Beyonce Knowles from Houston, and he's Shawn Carter from Brooklyn. And like Jay-Z says, there was no greater joy than Tanner's first ultrasound.
In the end, the song proves what we already know: There are different sides to every father. We are overprotective and we are oblivious. We curse and we coo. We are Saturday night scoundrels and we are Sunday morning guests at dollhouse tea parties. We are successes and we are failures. For me and Jay-Z, we are Daddy and we are Shawn.


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Hughes mentions skirmishes in the Civil War, rather than the great battlefields. The Chiltern Hills were the front line between King and Parliament. Here it was a war of brief encounters between mounted regiments in the beech woods; Cavaliers with feathers in their hats, Ironsides with Bibles in their boots. At one time it was very evocative to stand on the hills and look across the plain towards Oxford, the King's capital. Here history and landscape combined. In the 1640s, the King's horsemen would have been moving in the lanes down there:
For God! For the cause! For the church! For the laws!
For Charles, King of England, and Rupert of the Rhine!
The verse is from Naseby, by Thomas Babbington (Lord) Macaulay, 1800-1859. The Neolithic Ridgeway runs along these hills, too, so Hughes's undergraduates could have walked here all the way from the Vale of the White Horse with just one crossing of a river, the Thames. Disraeli, bought a small stately home — Hughenden Manor — in the hills. It has views across the plain and a fine collection of conifers from around the world. Today it's owned by the National Trust. You can eat cheese and apples, or egg-and-bacon pie, in the stable yard where the horses were groomed. Many of the Victorian fittings are still in place in the stalls in the stable-coffee shop marked with the names of foundries and workshops in towns which are no longer industrial at all.
Milton, by the way, had to sneak through the lines to get to Oxford to see the woman he was so disastrously to marry. Later, in the Commonwealth or Interregnum (the only brief period when England was a republic) he was Cromwell's Latin Secretary — the Secretary of State of his day.
Perhaps this accumulation of trivial detail — like Hughes's insistence on wood sorrel and bog bean — makes my case better than I can. If you were English in the 1950s, and old enough to be aware, all these things were yours as much as your personality or childhood memories were. They informed and shaped you, made you into what you were — for better or worse.
Hughes, Thomas. Tom Brown's Schooldays. Electronic version from Project Gutenberg produced by Gil Jaysmith and David Widger.
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Were you eagerly awaiting a sequel to Tobe Hooper's "Toolbox Murders" remake? Me neither, but they're trying to placate me by throwing Jeffrey Combs, Tony Todd and Lance Henriksen into the mix. Did it work? You can check out the teaser trailer at the site and tell me.
Jaume Balaguero to direct "Flatmate". Balaguero is one half of the duo behind the original Spanish film "[REC]", but little else is known about the project at this time.
Sweet Jesus, a sequel to "The Messengers"? ME NO WANT. If you want, there's a trailer at the link.
Simon Baker to star in "The Killer Inside Me, as a really handsome murderer who kills other handsome people, like Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson. It's just so realistic!
Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of "Piranha 3D". I'm officially going to start having wet dreams about this movie. Stay tuned for details.
The adaptation of Steve Niles "Wake the Dead" is delayed because the WETA workshop has to work on "The Hobbit" for Guillermo Del Toro. Jesus, the guy's so freaking busy that now he's delaying other people's projects? Will his reign of pudgy Mexican tyranny ever end? (I kid, I kid)


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Why Candy Crush Is a Success That Cannot Be Copied
Games industry analyst Nicholas Lovell explains why building a successful game like Candy Crush might be harder than you think.
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Am trying to use ASP.Net to write a software that acts as report sheet for students inschools, i have been able to insert my data and pictures now remaining how to loAD THEM ON TO THE REPORT SHEETusing Index with select statement.My Database is MYSql.pls help.
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you need to give us a little more information. When you say report sheet what do you mean? are you using a reportviewer control with a reporting services report? are you using Crystal reports? is it just an html webpage to display data? Show us your code, what you've tried, and what errors your getting.
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If you're talking about loading the data back into the same web form that it was entered from (that's assuming you're using webforms), just perform a SQL SELECT statement and pass the values back to the corresponding textboxes.
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Bob Koshinski, vice president and general manager of WBBZ-TV, welcomed Buffalo Bills star running back Fred Jackson back to television Monday for "The Fred Jackson Show. They hosted Bills running back C.J. Spiller, who discussed the Bills season-opening loss to the New England Patriots.
During the program, Spiller said he felt like he wasn't on his game, and that he could have tried harder. Jackson discussed how he and Spiller work together on the field and off to meet their goals. Jackson said he felt he played better and even offered that he put on some weight during the offseason. He was plagued with injuries last season, and said he looks forward to winning with a new quarterback and coach.
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Positive Data for Nektar's New Mu-Opioid Analgesic Molecule to Treat Acute Pain Highlighted at Neuroscience 2011
NKTR-192 Demonstrates Rapid Onset of Analgesia, Slow Uptake into the Brain, Reduced Abuse Liability and Less Sedation Compared to Standard Opioid Therapies
Nov 14, 2011, 08:00 ET
SAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) announced today that positive preclinical data for NKTR-192, a novel mu-opioid agonist, was presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience being held November 12-16, 2011 in Washington, DC. NKTR-192 is a new oral analgesic candidate being developed for the treatment of acute pain. It is designed to minimize the unwanted central nervous system (CNS) side effects observed with standard opioid therapies and to reduce abuse liability by slowing the rate of drug entry into the brain. NKTR-192 is a novel mu-opioid analgesic molecule that was created using Nektar's proprietary polymer conjugate technology and its differentiating properties are inherent to the design of its new molecular structure.
Approximately 140 million prescriptions are written annually in the U.S. for acute pain indications, such as muscle injuries, post-operative pain, and kidney stones.(1),(2) Although prescription opioids are considered the most effective treatment for moderate-to-severe pain, their abuse has been identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as a significant public health issue. The abuse properties of opioid drugs are believed to be related to their rapid rate of entry into the brain.(3)
"NKTR-192 is an exciting new opioid molecule that builds on Nektar's pain platform, which includes NKTR-181, our novel opioid for chronic pain, currently in Phase 1 development," said Rob Medve, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Nektar Therapeutics. "NKTR-192 has the potential to offer highly effective short-acting pain relief with a wide therapeutic window, including reduced abuse liability and sedation. A new opioid analgesic with this compelling profile would be a major advance in the treatment of acute pain, such as post-operative pain and other painful conditions like muscle or bone injuries. We look forward to advancing this compound into the clinic in the first half of 2012."
Data from multiple in vivo and in vitro preclinical studies were presented at Neuroscience 2011. NKTR-192 exhibits a relatively fast onset of analgesia, within 5-15 minutes, in multiple preclinical in vivo models of pain. Analgesia with NKTR-192 is comparable to oxycodone. In preclinical in vivo models of self-administration used to predict the abuse liability of compounds, NKTR-192 shows a marked reduction in self-administration of drug as compared to both oxycodone and cocaine. Additionally, in a series of in situ brain perfusion studies, NKTR-192 exhibits a significantly reduced rate of entry into the CNS as compared to fentanyl, oxycodone and hydrocodone. The preclinical data presented also demonstrated that NKTR-192 is a mu-opioid agonist, binding to receptors in the CNS and in the periphery, believed to be the primary mechanism of pain relief for opioid therapies.
These data will be highlighted during today's Neuroscience 2011 press conference to be held at 1:30 pm eastern time in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the Press Room. The poster presentation entitled Harrison et al. "Pharmacological characterization of an orally active opioid analgesic with rapid onset of activity and low abuse liability (NKTR-192: An Orally Active Opioid Analgesic with Rapid Onset of Activity and Low Abuse Liability)" can be found on Nektar's website at http://www.nektar.com/product_pipeline/cns_pain_nktr-192.html .
About NKTR-192
NKTR-192 is Nektar Therapeutics' product candidate for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain. NKTR-192 is a novel mu-opioid analgesic created using Nektar's advanced polymer conjugate technology designed to slow drug entry into the CNS. By dramatically slowing the rate of drug entry into the CNS, NKTR-192 is intended to maintain opioid-like efficacy without the abuse potential and other CNS side effects associated with rapid-acting opioids. In preclinical testing, NKTR-192 demonstrated a rapid onset of analgesia and relatively short half-life, without exhibiting sedative or abuse potential at analgesic doses. Nektar intends to file an IND for NKTR-192 in the first quarter of next year and expects to advance NKTR-192 into clinical trials in the first half 2012.
About Opioids and Pain Management
Opioid drugs are widely prescribed in pain management and are highly effective for treatment of moderate-to-severe pain. Each year, there are over 250 million prescriptions written for these opioid painkillers in the U.S. alone.(1) However, the FDA has identified prescription opioid abuse as a significant public health issue. The abuse of these drugs has led to extremely high societal costs estimated in the tens of billions of dollars annually in the U.S.(4) Rapid-acting opioids enter the brain quickly, frequently causing a euphoric effect, or "high" which results in high potential for drug abuse, addiction and diversion. In addition to their potential to be abused, opioids can also cause drowsiness, impacting a patient's ability to function normally. The pharmaceutical industry has invested heavily in the development of new formulations of these drugs in order to combat the abuse and diversion of these painkillers. However, these reformulations have been primarily focused on physical means of deterrence, and abusers have found ways to overcome these formulation barriers.
About Nektar
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its PEGylation and advanced polymer conjugation technology platforms. Nektar has a robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics in oncology, pain and other therapeutic areas. In the area of pain, Nektar has an exclusive worldwide license agreement with AstraZeneca for NKTR-118, an investigational drug candidate, being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical studies as a once-daily, oral tablet for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. The agreement also includes NKTR-119, an earlier stage development program that is a co-formulation of NKTR-118 and an opioid. NKTR-181, a novel mu-opioid analgesic molecule wholly-owned by Nektar, is being evaluated in Phase 1 clinical studies. In oncology, NKTR-102, a novel proprietary topoisomerase I-inhibitor, is being evaluated in Phase 2 clinical studies for the treatment of breast, ovarian and colorectal cancers.
Nektar's technology has enabled seven approved products in the U.S. or Europe through partnerships with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including UCB's Cimzia® for Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis, Roche's PEGASYS® for hepatitis C and Amgen's Neulasta® for neutropenia. Additional development stage products that leverage Nektar's proprietary technology platform include peginesatide, for which Affymax and partner Takeda submitted an NDA to the FDA in May 2011, and Baxter's BAX 855, a long-acting PEGylated rFVIII program planned to enter Phase 1 clinical development in 2011.
Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional R&D operations in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, India. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
Nektar Investor Inquiries:
Jennifer Ruddock/Nektar Therapeutics
(415) 482-5585
Susan Noonan/SA Noonan Communications, LLC
(212) 966-3650
Nektar Media Inquiries:
Karen Bergman/BCC Partners
(650) 575-1509
Michelle Corral/BCC Partners
(415) 794-8662
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect Nektar's current views as to the therapeutic potential of NKTR-192 to effectively treat acute pain while reducing abuse liability and certain serious side effects associated with traditional opioid therapies, preclinical observations regarding the biological effect of NKTR-192, the timing of the planned start of clinical studies for NKTR-192, the potential of Nektar's polymer conjugate technology platform, and the potential for certain of Nektar's other drug candidates and those of its collaboration partners. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties including but not limited to one or more of the following: (i) the preclinical data for NKTR-192 described in this press release and presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience may not be predictive of future success in clinical trials; (ii) the commencement of a Phase 1 clinical study for NKTR-192 in the first half of 2012 could be delayed due to regulatory delays, the need to successfully complete certain toxicology studies, drug manufacturing challenges, and other important factors that can impact clinical development efforts; (iii) scientific discovery of new medical breakthroughs is an inherently uncertain process and the future success of the application of Nektar's technology platform to potential new drug candidates such as NKTR-192 is therefore very uncertain and unpredictable and one or more research and development programs could unexpectedly fail; (iv) Nektar's patent applications for its proprietary or partner drug candidates may not issue, patents that have issued may not be enforceable, or additional intellectual property licenses from third parties may be required; and (v) the outcome of any existing or future intellectual property or other litigation related to Nektar's proprietary drug candidates including without limitation NKTR-191. Other important risks and uncertainties are detailed in Nektar's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, those risks and uncertainties set forth in Nektar's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 filed with the SEC on November 4, 2011. Nektar undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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3. Winger et al. (2002), JPET, 301, 690-697; Marsch et al., (2001). JPET, 299, 1056-1065. Webster and Dove (2007). Avoiding Opioid Abuse.
4. Birnbaum, et al. (2011) Pain Medicine 12(4): 657-667.
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How can you take advantage of football lines when all of the sportsbooks seem to have their finger on the pulse? You could just accept the lines that are on offer, place your bet and then simply move on to something else. That is what most people will do but then again, most people don't take their football lines seriously and treat the whole thing as nothing more than a bit of fun. There is nothing wrong with that at all but when you see what lengths a professional will go to to take advantage of the football lines, and when you also see how big their profits are you will perhaps change your mind, I did anyway!
If you do decide to take it all a little more seriously you will find that there is so much information to help you on your way that the job of studying the form is far easier than it ever was a few years ago. To start with I would advise that you take a close look at ScoresAndOdds.com. There really isn't a better place to start and it doesn't matter what level of gambler you are, there is something there for everyone.
Now, back to the professionals. To beat the football lines the thing that they are always trying to achieve is to get an edge. This edge will basically allow them to spot when football lines are out of line and this is when they jump in and make their investment. Spotting when the sportsbook has made an error in judgement such as this is also more commonly known as finding value. If you only get involved in football lines where you can obtain value you will find that your profits will increase in size by an amount that you just would not believe.
So, how do you find value in the football lines that are on offer. Well, you really need to look for something that the sportsbook may have not taken into account, you may think that would be impossible but you would be surprised by how often something will shout at to you and you will realise that a mistake has been made..
A good start is to look at the stats on offer at ScoresAndOdds.com and you can often spot things there that may not have been picked up, but in all honesty you really do have to go much further than that if you want to take advantage of the football lines on a regular basis. A favorite of many of the pro's is to get involved with the online forums. You will be amazed at how often information will be leaked out regarding an injury to one of the players or perhaps gossip about other personal problems. When you have been around these forums for a little while you will be able to spot straight away if something is true or in fact just gossip. Some posters on the forums will be known to have their fingers on the button, so to speak, and the posts that they make could in fact make you a great deal of money.
As an example you may find that a player has an injury but the newspapers haven't reported it yet. The sportsbooks may not have noticed either so the football lines on offer may well be there for the taking. You should realise though that these methods don't allow you the luxury if thinking about it, you really do have to get the bet on quickly because when other gamblers have discovered the same news as you the football lines will move accordingly.
I know of at least two pro gamblers who actually employ someone to look through the forums for them in order to spot any worthwhile news. These are people on an attractive salary as well so you can see how important the forums can be and why if you really want to get up to the next level you to should take a look around and see what you can find out.
It should be noted that many professional gamblers will only place a bet when they can see that they are obtaining value, when they are not obtaining value they simply don't bother to place the bet. Many people find this extremely difficult to understand with regard to football lines and it is for this reason that the ability to find value in football spreads is most definitely a skill that need to be learnt because if you do master it, you will be able to use websites such as ScoresAndOdds.com as well as many of the other websites online to ensure that your profit from football lines will have the potential to be substantial to say the very least.
Don't be overwhelmed by all that should be taken in. Just take it slowly and start with ScoresAndOdds.com, you will no doubt find value football lines there, not as many as if you were investigating all of the other Avenues but it will give you an idea of what you can achieve and tempt you into looking into things further.
It was by using ScoresAndOdds.com that got many people into looking into the world of value betting so I can't really think of a better place to advise you to start.


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even with 2016 (oh, 2017) still find each day too short for
"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see."
John Burroughs
I originally wrote this at the end of 2016 for 2017 and when rereading I said "Holy Shit!" <to myself> … I want to say the same thing heading into 2018. So I am. I have gone back through and made some slight revisions but the thought still remains the same <2017 was almost as shitty a year as 2016>.
It seems at the end of every year I have written something about predictions for the upcoming year <some right and some wrong>. But this year it is about attitude … and only about attitude … for
2017 2018.
It would be incredibly easy to say
2016 2017 sucked.
I don't care if you made gobs of money or got married or had some unfathomably awesome experience … you only had to look around you … and see that pretty much everyone but you <and some nutjobs who still believe Trump is a smart businessman, smarter than the rest of us & authentic> had a shitty year.
Trump being
elected president was only the bacteria ridden cherry on top of the melted sundae made with a scoop of your least favorite ice cream.
But back in July I said, unequivocally, I did not want to cancel 2016 <and I listed all the reasons why I would not> and just because some asshat
was elected became president with the most powerful position in the world since then, a bunch of people passed away that seemed like it was too soon and there were a variety of misguided deeds and words randomly dispersed around the world … nothing has changed my mind. I did not want to cancel 2016 or even 2107.
And, maybe more importantly & relevant to how I view
2017 2018, I do not believe because this year was shitty <and it was> … next year will be worse <although I was wrong about 2017 which was just a different shitty>.
And, frankly, I don't think it is healthy to fill your face book page or Instagram or even the coffee room in the office with all the negative perspective bullshit <or if you are a pseudo intellectual … be a nihilist>.
I will not unfollow anyone nor will I 'de-friend' anyone nor will I even stop talking with the doomsayers … in fact … I will take them on. I will not try and convert anyone to optimism but I certainly will lay out some pragmatic practical possibilities of what could be which do not suggest a shittier
2017 2018 than 2016 2017 but rather how each year is simply another year as a 'work-in-progress.'
My view is always progress is progress and movement is good. Sometimes you step up. Sometimes you step back. Sometimes you step out of the way. But at all times you are moving and not stagnant.
I am not an optimist nor am I even optimistic <overall>.
I read the news and watch far too many of the alternative universe spouting news channels.
I live in the real world where bills can sometimes be tough to pay and friends lose jobs and die.
I can certainly get discouraged on occasion and can get concerned about genuinely threatening things.
I get a little nervous about the safety, security and direction of a nation I love.
I am human and not out of touch.
I do not think we are doomed or Armageddon is upon us.
In some ways I am … well … the Sisyphus of pragmatic idealism <let some philosopher try and tease out the contradictory truth in that>. In The Myth of Sisyphus we view a man's futile search for meaning, unity, and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God … and eternal truths … or values … and, yet, it is suggested we should never quit in the face of seeming futility but rather "no, it requires revolt."
That said.
I am fairly sure it is within the final chapter we view the situation of Sisyphus, the guy in Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. It is here in which far too often we ignore the conclusion … "The struggle itself … is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
"I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
Albert Camus
Many people just do not want to get out of bed in the morning. I am not one of those people <and, I admit, there are times I don't understand the people who do not want to get up and get doing>. In my head it can be just as hard for those of us who always keep going as it is for those who find it hard to get going.
'Hard' is hard in my book.
There are days when I find myself trudging along stubbornly rather than bounding along battling … but no matter what … I just cannot envision any alternative to doing.
"Doing" is what I do.
I kind of figure that doing is the only thing that will enable the pragmatic practical 'better shit' I believe needs to be done versus the 'bad shit' that may be done … if I am not doing my good shit.
And, you know what?
I am doing it in
2016 2017 and I envision doing it in 2017 2018.
"I'm not into convincing people I'm worthy.
I'm into people who'll convince me on my worst days that I'm still worth the world."
Reyna Biddy
I have said before and will continue to say … I am not an optimist. I may be slightly idealist with regard to the inherent good in people and the belief that the arc of history bends toward what is right versus what is wrong … but an optimist I am not.
I am far too cynical and far too much of a pragmatist.
That word 'idealistic' or 'Idealism.' I am always hesitant to toss that one out because far too often someone wants to add on 'infantile' or 'unrealistic' to it.
Maybe in my version of idealism there isn't fantasy but rather pragmatic understanding that people do bad shit and people do good shit and that you either seek out those who do the good shit, and want to do the good shit, or sit back and let the bad shit-ters do the voodoo they do.
I refuse to let the bad shit-ters win.
I refuse even when faced with uncertainty or faced with some asshats who think their version of what good shit is the right shit.
That is my attitude. It was my attitude in
2016 2017. It has been my attitude for years. It will be my attitude in 2017 2018. And, I imagine, it will be my attitude until the day I die.
Here is what I <and all of us> have going for me in
2017 2018.
The future is uncertain. It isn't written in stone.
The pessimistic 'we are doomed' people seem have a more certain view of the future – one in which it is impossible to imagine an alternative future to be optimistic about.
That seems silly to me.
I do not think it is optimistic to still find each day too short to get done what I want to get done and too short to do all the good shit I know should be done. That's not optimism … that is simply a desire to do something and, preferably, to do good shit.
Doing is what I do.
If I were to say one thing about myself with regard to what I am good at <and I mostly think I am average at best> … it would be my ability to get up every day and find some good shit to do. I don't really care about the day itself nor do I pay much attention to whether any particular situation is good or bad … I just wake up every day thinking it is going to be too short to do all the good shit I want to do.
That there will be another 'too short day' the following day and I will wake up that day and get going all over again.
That is my
2017 2018. That is the only thing I find certain about the year.
That is neither hopeful nor is it optimistic … that is pragmatic, practical and focused on contributing the arc of Life that I believe in.
Do I now what I am doing?
Hell no. But I am doing. And that is my attitude for 2017 and beyond.
There truly are few certainties in this world … but … I do believe that inevitably good trumps bad and that good shit gets done by people who do not believe bad shit is better.
That is my attitude for
2017 2018. And I tend to believe 2017 2018 will be a shitload better than 2016 2017 if more people had this attitude. I think we would all be able to do more good shit if we all believed each day was still too short for all the good shit we want to do.
With that … Happy New Year.
And … go do something good.


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Koalas are slow-moving animals that sleep up to 22 hours a day. When they are awake they spend their waking hours munching on eucalyptus leaves. Koalas aren't bears as many people are led to believe. Rather, they are members of the pouched marsupial family, which includes kangaroos and wombats. Found only in Australia, koalas are threatened by habitat destruction, bush fires and road accidents.
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Sloths come in at a close second with 20 hours. Native to Central and South America, the tree sloth is also the slowest mammal, reaching a maximum speed of 1.5m (5 feet) per minute when on the ground. Of the six living species, only one, the maned three-toes sloth, is classified as "endangered". Destruction of South America's forests, however, may soon prove a threat to other sloth species.
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UK Recording Industry Doesn't Want Google To Reduce Piracy Until It Reduces Piracy
from the trapped-in-the-past dept
The body which represents the UK's biggest record labels says it "doesn't make sense" for Google not to tackle piracy when it's launching a new, legal music service.We know that when music streaming services became available in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, illegal downloads were halved. The BPI's obsession with punishing illegal download sites blinds it to the fact that Google plans to launch a far better way of dealing with them: not through extrajudicial censorship in the form of doctored search results, but simply by offering something that people are happy to pay for. The UK recording industry should be embracing new ventures like Google Play Music wholeheartedly, not using them as bargaining chips in its pointless fight over search results.
Google says it wants its new music service, Google Play Music, to wipe out piracy on Android devices.
But the BPI claims the firm is not keeping its promise to make it harder to find illegal download sites.
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Mississippi Man Arrested in Ricin Letter Case
FBI agents arrested a Mississippi man early Saturday in connection with ricin-laced letters sent this month to government officials, including President Barack Obama.
J. Everett Dutschke, 41 years old, of Tupelo, Miss., was charged with possessing a toxin for use as a weapon, among other charges, the U.S. attorney's office said. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Oxford, Miss. on Monday.
Mr. Dutschke was taken into custody without incident, according to an FBI spokeswoman. The arrest follows a tumultuous week in which the man initially charged with sending the letters, Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45 year-old Elvis impersonator who had quarreled with Mr. Dutschke, was released after evidence and testimony in federal court led investigators to focus on Mr. Dutschke.
Mr. Dutschke, a martial-arts instructor, rock musician and failed political candidate, allowed FBI agents to search his home and his business this week. His attorney, Lori Nail Basham, said earlier this week that he was cooperating fully. Later in the week, investigators searched places that Mr. Dutschke recently visited.
Neither Mr. Dutschke nor Ms. Basham could be reached to comment Saturday.
The Ricin Letters Saga
April 8, 2013 -- Three ricin-laced letters are mailed with a Memphis, Tenn., postmark. Mail from several northern Mississippi counties are handled now through Memphis mail sorting centers.
April 15 -- Investigators intercept a letter laced with ricin addressed to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi before it reaches Capitol Hill.
April 17 -- Two more poison-tainted letters emerge, one addressed to President Barack Obama, which is intercepted before it reaches the White House, and the other to an 80-year-old Mississippi judge, Sadie Holland. Judge Holland opens her ricin letter and is found to be fine. Authorities arrest Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator, at his home in Corinth, Miss., in the case.
April 22 -- Charges against Mr. Curtis are dropped and he is released from jail. Law-enforcement officials say they are tracking and investigating another individual, J. Everett Dutschke, for links to the crime. Lawyers for Mr. Curtis indicate in court testimony they believe Mr. Dutschke framed their client.
April 24 -- Federal authorities search Mr. Dutschke's home and former business in Tupelo, Miss., in connection with the letters.
April 27 – Mr. Dutschke is arrested at his home, the FBI says.
Ricin-laced letters were sent April 8 to U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R., Miss.), President Obama and Sadie Holland, a local county judge. No one was injured, but ricin may be fatal if ingested. News of the letters came about the same time as the April 15 bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon, leading to speculation that the two acts were part of a coordinated terrorist plot.
On April 17, FBI agents arrested Mr. Curtis, of Corinth, Miss., in connection with the letters. Sections of the letters contained phrases that Mr. Curtis had used in some posts online and the letters were postmarked from Memphis, which handles mail from northeast Mississippi. Mr. Curtis, however, professed his innocence and told investigators that he believed he could have been set up by enemies, possibly Mr. Dutschke.
Mr. Dutschke has been in a feud, mostly online, with Mr. Curtis for at least several years, over a range of subjects, from their musical talents to membership in Mensa, a group for highly intelligent individuals. Lawyers for Mr. Curtis indicated in the court testimony they believe Mr. Dutschke framed their client.
The pair worked together briefly at the Tupelo insurance agency of Mr. Curtis's older brother, Jack, and may have had a falling out over plans for Mr. Dutschke to publish in his newsletter information from Mr. Curtis about what Mr. Curtis alleges was a scheme by a northern Mississippi medical center to traffic in human body parts and organs, according to the court testimony.
Mr. Dutschke was also arrested in January on state child-molestation charges involving three girls under the age of 16. Those cases are pending. His attorney said he had pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Dutschke, the owner of Tupelo Taekwondo Plus, ran as a Republican for the state House of Representatives in 2007 and lost. The Democratic incumbent whom he challenged was the son of the judge who received a ricin-laced letter.
Mike Maynard, chairman of the Lee County Republican Party, recalled Mr. Dutschke could be "a little overbearing. He could be very intense and then just disappear."
In one instance, Mr. Dutschke became incensed that someone kept taking down a campaign sign for Haley Barbour, who was running for governor, Mr. Maynard recalled. Every day Mr. Dutschke would put a new sign up only to find it removed, until one early morning Mr. Dutschke waited in his car near the location to catch the perpetrator in the act. He filmed the individual removing the sign and followed him in his car.
"He chased him into town," said Mr. Maynard. And "there were some words."
The U.S. attorney's office said in a statement that Mr. Dutschke was charged "with knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system for use as a weapon, to wit: ricin, and with attempting, threatening and conspiring to do the same." The federal criminal charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, the statement said.


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Maybach O, (Yeah)
Rozay,(I think I'mna pull up right here)
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[Verse 1: Omarion]
Lame ass niggas in your ear all night
Ciroc got me loose, but your dress fitting tight
My Rolly says two, but the time is three
Even though my watch wrong, girl, the time so right
I ain't selling no dreams, I ain't telling no lies
That dress so cold, but that body on fire
Ain't the smartest in the world, but looking at you girl
I'd be a fool to let the chance go by
So I'm gone
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To convince you, I'm the one you should leave with
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If this conversation leads us
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Cause girl I want to please you
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[Hook: Omarion]
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Let's talk about tonight, baby
Let's talk about all the good things that could happen if you leave with me
You could see 'em hating if you want to
But he can't do your body like a player do, girl
(Who they attracting with that line, "What's your name? What's your sign?"
Soon as he buys that wine, I just creep up from behind)
Let's talk
[Verse 2: Omarion]
Look at them, ey-ey-eyes over here
Pop a few bottles like the first of the year
Stare so right, and the visual probably better
But I came over just to make things clear
No disrespect, girl, we both so grown
Just want you by my side when I say, "So long"
Been paying attention, niggas steady missing
Turning you off, Let me turn you on
So I'm gone
[Pre-Hook & Hook]
[Verse 3: Rick Ross]
Uh, she lookin' like a bag of money
Like a boss, so you know I let her count it for me
Like to floss, new watch, gold rings
People next door swear I'm dealing cocaine
Me and O gettin' dough like it's no thing
New Maybachs, boy, that's way out of your range
All the chicks came like we at a Knicks game
Carmelo numbers first and the fifteenth
We the best in the biz', baby there it is
I'mma handle mine, little homie handle his
At the Portofino, I just bought the top floor
I'm living like Nino baby, and want more
Now double that, Rev Run bubble bath
Overlook the city, blowing out her back
She better blow my mind or she can holla back
I get better with time, and it's a fucking wrap
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There's a reason that those clever stylists employ the color coding trick so often: it grabs attention without shocking the senses in the way that a riot of color might. Spread around the room, objects of similar colors can add a subtle continuity, but can also get lost in the mix. Together in a grouping, it's all about a pleasing impact.
If you're like most people, you are probably drawn to a certain color. And if you are, you may have the start of a fabulous collection without even realizing it. Ever since I was in middle school, I've loved the color green, and have slowly amassed a collection of green-shade objects: pottery, boxes, vases, etc. Together, the variety of forms and subtle color variations make a pleasing display that was lost when some were tucked away in the bedroom, others in the kitchen, and still more scattered around other rooms.
Objects need not be of the same family to work. Dishes, sculpture, and one dimensional artwork can all be part of the same cohesive display— the variety of forms and slight color variations is what adds the interest. I prefer monochromatic groupings, but for a bigger impact, try grouping other colors in close proximity (picture 10) — half-sister of color-coded bookshelves.
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March 5, 2013
by John Gasaway
The best month of the year has arrived, bringing with it a resurgent North Carolina, a struggling Baylor, and a strikingly SEC-heavy bubble.
February 26, 2013
With March just days away, John scans the per-possession horizon and finds Kansas resurgent, Wisconsin recurrent, and Gonzaga resplendent.
February 19, 2013
If you see John's wife's brother today, tell him to have a good one. Also tell him Louisville is underrated, Missouri is mysterious, and tonight should be an amazing evening of hoops.
February 12, 2013
No labored and tendentious linking devices here, just good honest hoops insights. Virginia's under-hyped, the Big 12's over-balanced, and the Gonzaga-Saint Mary's game is finally here.
February 5, 2013
John's fact-checking preseason promotional claims, and he strongly urges the FTC to look into deceptive advertising run by NC State, UNLV, and San Diego State. That plus your weekly shot of Florida gazing in this week's Truths.
January 29, 2013
With all 11 Tuesday Truths conferences now represented, John says KU is still KU, Michigan's defense looks good enough, and Florida is still downright scary.
January 22, 2013
Florida has opened SEC play with some fairly ostentatious per-possession numbers, Arizona is excelling on offense, and Notre Dame is surprisingly bad on D. Tuesday Truths have arrived.
January 15, 2013
John has parsed the conference season's first per-possession performances, and he has superlatives to offer for Creighton's offense (insane), the Big Ten's overall strength (incredible), and USC's timing (interesting).
March 5, 2012
In a special double-issue of the Truths, John celebrates Tuesday a day early, presents the final per-possession numbers from the past season, and looks ahead to the conference tournaments and a certain big event beyond.
February 28, 2012
With just one week left in the regular season, John says Syracuse is radically different this year...even if they do play zone every year.
February 21, 2012
As March draws ever closer, John says more people would have a correct view of Carolina if not for a certain game-winning shot by a certain player from a certain opposing team.
February 14, 2012
This Valentine's Day there's nothing to love about misperceptions, and the per-possession numbers are telling John that Missouri, Kentucky, Memphis, and the entire Big Ten are all misunderstood.
February 7, 2012
In his latest portrait of per-possession tumult, John says Ohio State, Kentucky, and Syracuse are dominant. And so are Cleveland State and New Mexico. Who knew?
January 31, 2012
With all 14 conferences (finally) reporting, John looks at the per-possession numbers and says the ACC may not need to bring in Syracuse and Pitt to give North Carolina and Duke a challenge after all. It's already happening.
January 24, 2012
In his latest survey of the per-possession landscape, John keeps the focus on offense and finds Missouri mystical, Syracuse misunderstood, and Illinois misbehaving.
January 17, 2012
In his first look at 2012 per-possession happenings, John says Kansas is really good (even though they're less talented than ever), Pitt's really bad (even though their offensive rebounding's better than ever), and Georgia State is just plain scary on D.
March 7, 2011
The regular season's in the books, so this week the Truths arrive a day early. Did we finally get some clarity on a wild season? Well, yes (Big Ten, SEC) and no (ACC, Pac-10).
March 1, 2011
Notre Dame and Virginia Tech are scoring points, Gonzaga and UCLA are preventing points, and teams on the bubble are trying to earn some points. It's March, at last.
February 22, 2011
Over the past eight days Pitt, Ohio State, Texas, and Kansas all lost. Then again teams like Purdue, Duke (remember them?), and George Mason (ditto) are looking pretty robust. It's chaos, which must mean it's almost March.
February 15, 2011
March is in sight and it's time to be blunt. Georgetown and Wisconsin are both looking strong, but both face tough road tests this week. Meantime Kentucky's struggling on the road, the West Coast is struggling at home, and everyone's struggling to figure out Washington.


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NEW CARLISLE — After beating New Prairie three times earlier this season, John Glenn's boys believed this might be the year to end the Cougars' 15-year stranglehold on the Northern State Conference cross country championship.
But sometimes, emotions get in the way of a good race plan.
"I think our boys were a little too pumped up and went out way too hard," said Glenn coach Rob Carrasco, whose team faded badly over the final mile of Tuesday's league meet on New Prairie's famed 5,000-meter course.
Despite a solid second-place effort from Luke Runyan and a fourth from Joe Mahank, the Falcons ended up 25 points behind New Prairie when the final team scores were announced.
New Prairie senior Nick Arndt repeated as individual champion, running step-for-step with Runyan through the first 2,000-meters, then surging away over a portion of the course known as "The Snake."
He clocked 16:06.9. Runyan claimed runnerup honors in 16:20.9.
Mahank clocked 17:07, but then it was almost a minute-and-a-half before the next Glenn finisher — Nathan Palmer — crossed the line in 15th place.
Things looked good for the Falcons in the early going. They were neck-and-neck with the Cougars after one mile and trailed by only a slight margin at mile two.
But the third mile was a mess, and six Cougars moved up to finish among the top 14.
"I wanted us to go out more conservatively and run smart," said Carrasco. "We paid the price over that last mile."
Triton ended up third in the boys race, followed by Bremen. Culver Community was sixth and LaVille eighth.
Bremen's Thomas Dean finished fifth in 17:07.
New Prairie's girls also claimed an NSC title, their 14th in 15 years.
The Cougars scored 24. Bremen – the last conference team to beat New Prairie — was second with 49.
"I'm happy with that," said Bremen coach Mickey Gardner. "We knew nobody was going to beat (New Prairie) this year, we just wanted to compete."
A 3-4 finish from Sara Slabaugh (20:18.7) and Brooke Bahr (20:24.1) carried the Lions a long way. But, as with Glenn's boys, there was too large a gap between the Lions' No. 2 and 3 finishers.
Jorgi Klockow placed 14th in 22:24.
"Our 3-4-5 runners do well together, we've just got to get them to move up," said Gardner.
Triton finished fourth in the girls team standings, with Allie Kann placing sixth to lead the way.
New Prairie junior Rachel Thompson won the girls individual title in 19:01.5. Culver Community's Tori Shank was 11th.
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Team scores: New Prairie 24, Bremen 49, Jimtown 83, Triton 85, Knox 123. These teams incomplete: Culver Community, John Glenn, LaVille.
Top 20 finishers: 1, Rachel Thompson (NP) 19:01.5. 2, Alex McBride (NP) 19:42.9. 3, Sara Slabaugh (B) 20:18.8. 4, Brooke Bahr (B) 20:24.1. 5, Erin O'Laughlin (NP) 20:33.6. 6, Allie Kann (T) 20:45.9. 7, Heather Shore (NP) 21:17.8. 8, Lexi Miller (T) 21:24.4. 9, Jaylyn Fites (NP) 21:30.7. 10, Maura Romstadt (NP) 21:37.4. 11, Tori Shank (CC) 21:47.3. 12, Raelle Hurtekant (Jim) 21:52.5. 13, Justice Newland (Jim) 22:16.9. 14, Jorgi Klockow (Bre) 22:24.2. 15, Tatum Schultz (CC) 22:36.4. 16, Zoe Heying (JG) 22:41.5. 17, Brittany Sahlhoff (B) 23:06.3. 18, Allison Cullers (B) 23:06.3. 19, Kiley Gimson (Jim) 23:13.3. 20, Kayleigh Craig (Tri) 23:25.3.
Team scores: New Prairie 35, John Glenn 60, Triton 65, Bremen 80, Jimtown 141, Culver Community 162, Knox 166, LaVille 229.
Top 20 finishers: 1, Nick Arndt (NP) 16:06.9. 2, Luke Runyan (JG) 16:20.9. 3, David Kampf (NP) 16:59.7. 4, Joe Mahank (JG) 17:07.0. 5, Thomas Dean (B) 17:21.2. 6, Trenton Stackhouse (T) 17:26.4. 7, Kris Wickens (B) 17:35.1. 8, Justin Baltes (NP) 17:55.4. 9, Trenton Cooper (T) 18:01.0. 10, Bryan Starcevich (B) 18:03.6. 11, Timothy Weaver (NP) 18:06.1. 12, Jared Rose (NP) 18:27.1. 13, Landon Kaufman (T) 18:28.2. 14, Blake Kirkham (NP) 18:30.2. 15, Nathan Palmer (JG) 18:34.2. 16, Nick Travino (Jim) 18:35.3. 17, Bryce Wanemacher (Tri) 18:36.3. 18, Ryan Kulwicki (JG) 18:38.1. 19, Collin Babcock (NP) 18:39.2. 20, Derek Johnston (T) 18:40.4.


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Corey Taylor splits his worlds between making music with melodic rockers Stone Sour and masked metallers Slipknot, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
"People wonder if it's a hassle or a chore, and honestly, it's not," Taylor told Gibson.com. "If you're like me and go off pure instinct when it comes to music, it's way easier than you would imagine."
Stone Tour's fourth studio album, House of Gold & Bones Part 1, was released last year, and House of Gold & Bones Part 2 will hit stores and online outlets on April 9. The two make up the band's epic concept album: a collection of ambitious hard rock songs that present a harrowing story from the standpoint of colorful characters.
Read on for Part 2 of our recent chat with Taylor, covering everything from his Top 5 favorite rock albums of all time (some are surprising!) to why, "When I think of rock 'n' roll or heavy metal, I think of Gibson." Check out Part 1 of our interview with Taylor, here.
For more on Stone Sour, including upcoming tour dates, visit www.stonesour.com.
Let's talk guitars! What are your go-to Gibson guitars?
The J-200 is my go-to. It's got a nice, deep, rounder body, and when it comes to acoustic stuff, with right strings, it really sings and has brightness but is still really dark. It doesn't feel like I'm going to break it like a lot of acoustics do. It feels tough and has a great personality to it.
For recording, I have a bunch of different Les Pauls. I'm such a spoiled Les Paul kid, it's not even funny! I've been collecting them all over the world. I have a great '84 Silverburst. I've got an old, 1960 reissue, and I used a couple of those on the new album.
Why do you prefer Gibsons over other guitar manufacturers?
When I think of rock 'n' roll or heavy metal, I think of Gibson. I think of people standing on stage with those Les Pauls. Something about a Les Paul has always made it my favorite. Maybe it's because when you plug it into a Marshall and crank it up, you get a naturally awesome and gravely rock sound.
To me, it's embedded in my mind that a Les Paul is synonymous with rock and heavy metal. And it doesn't feel like you're going to break it. I like heavier guitars because you get a nice, darker tone from them.
Stone Sour have this double concept album that you're releasing, House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 and 2. Part 1 arrived last year, and Part 2 arrives on April 9. What should we expect from Part 2, and how does it fit with what you created on Part 1?
Part 2 seems much more thematic than Part 1. It feels like Part 2 moves the narrative more than Part 1. Where Part 1 feels like a kick ass heavy metal, hard rock album, Part 2 feels like the score or soundtrack to a movie. It really lets you get into the story more instinctively. It's darker. It's heavier in a lot of ways than Part 1. It's much more intuitive, and there's more introspection. I'm really looking forward to it coming out, and it's some of our most complex music and best music we've ever done. I can't wait to see peoples' face when they hear this new album.
What are some of the new bands out there you're currently digging?
That's a great question! I'm so busy making my own music that I don't really get to check out newer stuff. There's a band called Graveyard I'm really into. Other than that, it's hard to say.
This might be easier: What are your Top 5 rock albums of all time?
Oh, good question! Highway to Hell from AC/DC. Too fast for Love from Mötley Crüe. Fear, The Record. Led Zeppelin II. And, what the heck-- Journey, Escape.
What's next for you? Will this year be dedicated to Stone Sour, or do you have plans with Slipknot, as well?
Most of this year will be Stone Sour. We're doing five shows with Slipknot in Japan and Europe, but aside from that, Stone Sour will take up the majority of this year and into next year. We have big plans for these albums, and we're starting to gain momentum. Other than that, I'll release my next book probably this summer, and the comic series that goes along with these albums will come out right around the release of Part 2. The first issue of the four-part Dark Horse comes out same the same month as Part 2 does. Part 2 comes out on April 9, and the first issue comes out on April 17.
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This has been one of the most interesting seasons of South Park's long history, with stories that were surprisingly introspective and revealing at times. So how did Trey and Matt decide to finish it off? With a classic irreverent story with no meaning at all, but lots to laugh at. South Park Renewed Through 2016!
It seemed like we might be getting set up for a story that would mean major changes for our characters, as Kenny and his rarely-seen siblings get removed from their home because of the evils of Pabst Blue Ribbon -- the nectar of the lower class. This could have marked a big turning point for Kenny, who has probably seen more change than any of the other characters. But instead it's just another joke of the week. It's a good joke for sure, but ultimately just more of the same.
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Still, this is a decent episode with a long string of small but enjoyable gags. Once Kenny and his sibs are taken from their parents, Cartman sees the opportunity to make new jokes. But the tables are turned when he finds out that he's now the poor kid at school. His yo momma jokes become my momma jokes at his own expense, and the results are pretty funny. Some of the classic zingers include - "My momma so poor, she uses Cheerios for earrings." and "My momma so poor, she waves around a popsicle and calls it air conditioning." It's the best kind of schoolyard humor, even though it's old.
We also encounter the "soft room" with its creepy clowns, and the Child Protective Services case worker with a bad sense of humor. The Penn state jokes are constant and the humor in them wears off quickly, but part of the joke is poking fun at not knowing when to quit with these things, so it works. It's especially funny when Cartman meets his match when the case worker greets him in the soft room and a battle of cheesy jokes ensues. It's Penn State jokes versus momma jokes in a confrontation that is seemingly self-referential and points to South Park's own tendency to milk old jokes for all they're worth. But it's unclear whether this means that the series is going to change (especially now that there's a new contract extension to 2016), or whether the growth we saw this season will take a backseat to the usual South Park fare.
The "usual fare" includes Trey and Matt's affinity for poking fun at religion, which they do again here but with enough of a twist to make it fresh. Kenny and his siblings get put into a strict Agnostic home where indifference and uncertainty rule, and Dr. Pepper is the beverage of choice because it is neither root beer nor cola (hilarious). Trey and Matt have tackled extremism in pretty much every religious stance before, but here they pull off the clever trick of portraying extreme Agnosticism. Never saw that one coming.
Meanwhile Kenny reprises his role as Mysterion, and protects his family like a boss. Like a true hero, he protects the weak, punishes the guilty, and sets things right. But the episode ends in an epic WTF moment as Kenny is killed by a giant reptilian bird-creature the Agnostics kinda-sorta-maybe believed in the possibility of. This was a very odd way to end the story, and the only thing it really accomplishes is providing a chance for Cartman to make one last my momma joke (which is one of the funniest, but also one of the oldest). But it does bring up an interesting question: Is this another sign that the writing team is going back to its old ways, including the thematic deaths of Kenny (which we haven't seen in a long while)? Even if that's the case, it doesn't really say anything about the future success of the show, because episodes like this one prove that SP can stick to its old tricks, add a few tweaks, and still be pretty funny.
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Arnold Reeves stood in a holding cell at North Charleston City Hall on Aug. 13 and tried to get a police officer's attention.
After appearing in municipal court that morning on a charge of marijuana possession, the 49-year-old complained that the handcuffs on his wrists were too tight. His ankles also were shackled.
What happened next resulted in the firing of Pfc. Abraham Montes-Altamirano after North Charleston Police Department internal investigators found that he used excessive force for the second time in less than a year.
Police spokesman Spencer Pryor did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday after Reeves' attorney released video and documents about the incident.
Montes-Altamirano yanked Reeves from the cell, which contained other inmates awaiting transportation back to the county jail.
Reeves' hands had been cuffed in front of him, but Montes-Altamirano wanted them switched to the back. After a co-worker unlocked the handcuffs, Montes-Altamirano twisted the man's left arm behind his back, according to video of the encounter. (Click here to watch the video.)
That's when, according to Reeves' attorneys, his arm was dislocated.
"Stop resisting," Montes- Altamirano yelled, according to documents from the internal probe.
Other officers told investigators that Reeves hadn't been putting up a fight. Montes-Altamirano said he wanted to assert control over the situation so that Reeves wouldn't attack him.
The scuffle spilled into a second cell, where Montes-Altamirano aimed to isolate Reeves from the other prisoners.
The video showed the officer jabbing his knee into Reeves' back, pinning the man to a concrete bench. Reeves' attorneys said he suffered bashes that caused bruises on his forehead and an eye.
At some point, Reeves defecated in his black-and-white striped jail garb.
Montes-Altamirano continued to shout at the prisoner, creating a commotion that caught other officers' attention. One walked in, grabbed Montes-Altamirano by an arm.
"I got this," Montes-Altamirano said.
"I got this," the officer responded.
After several pleas from a co-worker, according to the documents, Montes-Altamirano let go of Reeves and walked out of the cell.
Reeves shouted about police brutality and complained of dizziness. A half-hour after Reeves was pulled from a cell, Montes-Altamirano returned and loosened the prisoner's handcuffs.
Montes-Altamirano was fired Aug. 26 after the internal investigation revealed that no force was needed that day, according to documents released by Reeves' attorney, Joseph Weston of Mount Pleasant. He had been with the department since November 2009.
Though no criminal probe has been started in the case, it prompted talk of a civil lawsuit against the police department for the second time as a result of an incident involving Montes-Altamirano.
Weston said Reeves, whose marijuana charge was later dropped, still complains of pain and eyesight problems.
His criminal record shows convictions for breach of trust, grand larceny and crack cocaine possession.
He had faced a charge of resisting arrest in 2005, but his attorney said he's not a violent man and did nothing to provoke Montes-Altamirano.
"He's been having problems with his memory since then," Weston said. "He has nightmares."
Montes-Altamirano and Officer Doug Armstead were targeted in a State Law Enforcement Division inquiry after their arrest in November of 22-year-old James Cannon of Hanahan.
Cannon suffered facial fractures, a broken nose, an injured eye and a dislocated shoulder.
The SLED probe resulted in no criminal charges against Montes-Altamirano or Armstead. Agency spokesman Thom Berry said the case was closed in March.
But that same month, a document showed that the police department gave Montes- Altamirano a two-week unpaid suspension for excessive force during an arrest.
Pryor would not say whether the suspension was connected with Cannon's arrest.
Cannon's attorney, David Aylor, said he's pursuing litigation in the case, though no lawsuit has been filed.
"We're still moving forward with it," Aylor said. "We still contend that excessive force was used against our client."
In the case last year, Montes-Altamirano reported that he was trying to arrest Cannon for trespassing on railroad property when the young man charged him. Armstead managed to slap handcuffs around one of Cannon's wrists, but Montes-Altamirano reported that he feared for his life when Cannon started swinging and using the handcuffs as a weapon.
Montes-Altamirano described similar fears when internal investigators questioned him about the most recent episode.
While other officers reported seeing no trouble from Reeves that day, Montes-Altamirano said the man started getting other inmates in his cell riled up about his handcuffs being too tight.
"He was causing problems by making them complain too," Montes-Altamirano told investigators.
Other officers had heard Reeves' complaints and told him that they'd help him when they got a chance. But those officers said Montes-Altamirano took exception to that.
"You can't jump at everything they tell you to do," he said, according to the account one officer gave. "You gotta show them who's in control."
Reeves started banging on the cell door, trying to get someone's attention.
Montes-Altamirano grabbed the keys to the cell and unlocked it.
The officer first pinned Reeves against a counter where an officer was doing paperwork. Montes-Altamirano used what officers said was an "iron wrist" takedown to counter Reeves' attempts to pull away.
Montes-Altamirano told the prisoner to stop putting up a fight.
"I stopped," Reeves said, according to another officer. "I stopped. I stopped."
While Montes-Altamirano acknowledged that Reeves began to relax, he said the prisoner continued to argue.
Montes-Altamirano worried about recent incidents in which prisoners were found with drugs even after being searched. He thought Reeves could have a weapon, so he continued using the "pain compliance" methods he had effectively employed on the streets, he said.
"I like to do it to a certain level when I know I'm in control," he told investigators. "I always try to put them in a very (uncomfortable position), not painful."
As Montes-Altamirano escorted him to a new cell, Reeves lost a shoe.
During the walk, Reeves later told his attorney, he was slammed against a wall.
But no officers reported that, and they denied seeing Reeves suffer significant head trauma.
An officer who had heard the commotion tried to defuse the situation.
But Montes-Altamirano used his right index finger to point at Reeves' face as he yelled.
"He was not actively resisting," the other officer said of the prisoner. "He was not fighting with any officers."
After that officer asked him to leave, Montes-Altamirano walked through the door. On the way out, he kicked Reeves' shoe back into the cell.
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2.5 stars (out of 4)
After two albums of mostly breezy, upbeat pop-rock tinged with exotic rhythms, Vampire Weekend gets darker, slower and weirder on "Modern Vampires of the City" (XL). With the band's ace multi-instrumentalist, Rostam Batmanglij, producing alongside Ariel Rechtshaid, who has worked with Usher and Major Lazer, the album is steeped in studio trickery: warped vocals, oddball percussion, unexpected mergers of elegance and distortion.
"Obvious Bicycle" signals the shift, with what sounds like a stapler setting the tempo while Ezra Koening's voice spirals into its upper register. "Listen, listen up, don't wait," he sings, as if urging fans to take the dive with him.
An ode to skepticism, "Unbelievers," and the neo-rockabilly "Diane Young" recycle the familiar pep, but with warped vocals and machine-gun percussion. "Step" suggests a collision between chamber-pop and hip-hop, and "Hudson" weaves classical strings through industrial clang. Koening's lyrics mix specific images of city life – falafel shops, street names – with a lurking anxiety about fading youth. "I want to know does it bother you/The low click of a ticking clock," he sings on "Don't Lie."
The band still can come off too clever for its own good, with the spoken-word interlude in "Ya Hey" and the annoying chirpiness of "Finger Back." But overall, the band has sacrificed the immediacy of the earlier records for something knottier and stranger. For those who once found the band a pleasant diversion at best, "Modern Vampires of the City" represents an intriguing left turn.


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LAMOILLE — The LaMoille School District will begin its 2013-14 school year with a new superintendent in place.
Ricardo Espinoza comes to LaMoille from the Rockdale Elementary School District 84, near Joliet in Will County. He replaces Collen Sutton who has retired from the LaMoille district.
A graduate of Mendota High School, Espinoza graduated from Western Illinois University in 1986 and taught in Texas for several years before moving back to Illinois 12 years ago. In Illinois, he worked in the Mendota Elementary School District 289 in a combination position as an English Language Learner (ELL) teacher, assistant principal and grant director. Most recently at Rockdale, he served four years as principal and then four years as superintendent.
Espinoza has a master's degree from University of Houston, Clear Lake, a doctorate from Western Illinois University and received his superintendent certificate from Western Illinois University.
Espinoza said he's looking forward to his time in LaMoille. The district seems like a good fit for him because he's familiar with rural schools and rural environments. He has worked in elementary school districts and is looking forward to being superintendent of the high school as well as the elementary school. The LaMoille district was the only one to which he applied, Espinoza said.
When asked what led to his decision to apply for the LaMoille superintendent's position, Espinoza said he likes smaller school districts that have a home environment, like LaMoille. He had heard many wonderful things about the LaMoille school and staff. He believes a lot can be done in the smaller schools, like getting to know the staff and students better, as well as the parents and community, he said.
"It's going to be a nice long journey together. We are going to enjoy it and have fun and continue to see a lot of great things going on here," the new superintendent said.
Espinoza and his wife Rose have three children, Beatriz, 23, Iris 12, and Aaron, 8.
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Preston's the center of my universe—probably because he IS my universe. With no other kids to divert my attention, he gets all of it. I'm a get-on-the-floor, Mr. Potato Head Mom. Lately my hours at work have been killer, spending 50-60 hours a week at the office, so of course I spoil him with copious amounts of attention when I'm home. He says "Mom!" I say, "How high?"
It's not just the working-mom guilt; it's the infertility guilt. Though he's pretty independent, he loves a playmate, and I've always been his go-to girl. Plus, since I work so much, I have a very hard time justifying doing anything without him, or allowing myself any "me time." It's probably not the healthiest thing for me, or my relationships, but it feels like the right thing for him.
The irony in all of this is I used to go out for a living, as a nightlife columnist and professional party girl. Now I'm such a master homebody, I need a new name for it. I choose to spend every available minute I have with my son, even if that means missing nights out with my friends. This might be hard for some people to understand, but working full time plus not knowing if I'll have more children makes it hard for me to do anything that doesn't involve him—every moment of his life is that much more precious. Weekends are spent together as a family, whether that means going to Michigan, running errands or seeing Preston's grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Weeknights are spent at home, playing Mr. Potato Head.
"Mommy, will you play with me?" is the first question he asks when I walk in the door after a 10-hour workday, and no matter how tired I am, I rarely say no. He's not the kid that's asking for new toys. He's not asking for much of anything. He just wants to play with his mommy, and—unless I have more work to do at night—I almost always oblige. He chases me around the house while I ride on his Plasma car; we color together; he cooks me pretend dinner; we read books; do puzzles; shoot hoops; play catch; whatever he wants. I often wonder what it would be like if he had a sibling to play with…would he still want his Mommy?
He recently told my husband that I was his "best friend"—Barkely (our dog) is apparently my husband's best friend, according to Preston. Glad we got that straight.
Are you your child's regular playmate? Do you ever feel bad that he or she doesn't have a sibling to play with? Between the working-mom guilt and the infertility guilt, I don't know how I'll ever squeeze in some guilt-free "me time," but I appreciate every second we get to spend together. And I realize the sad reality is, I may never get to do this again. So I'll gladly play Mr. Potato Head with him as long as he wants me to…
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