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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The boy who was freed from an underground bunker is acting like a typical 5-year-old by all accounts, playing with toys and running around, but psychology experts and a woman who suffered through a similar ordeal warn there could be long-term emotional scars.
Ethan, the boy whom law enforcement officials have identified only by his first name, was rescued Monday when the FBI stormed the shelter and killed his kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, in a shootout. Ethan, who was not physically harmed, was taken to a hospital and reunited with family. He had his sixth birthday Wednesday.
"He's old enough that he will remember this. If he were 2 or 3, it might be another matter. But if you think of something really bad that happened when you were 5 or 6, you can remember those things," said Nadine Kaslow, a family therapist and psychiatry professor at Emory University in Atlanta.
She said he will need to be evaluated for nightmares and lingering signs of fear or trauma, like aggression.
"The most important thing for him is going to be to connect with the therapist and have a safe place to go," said Kaslow, the president-elect of the American Psychological Association.
Katie Beers was kidnapped in 1992 as a 9-year-old and kept in an underground bunker in suburban New York for 17 days before her captor surrendered and showed police where she was hidden.
She credited her foster family with giving her a loving home life and structure, noting the best decision they made was to keep her out of the public spotlight.
"In my experience, not being in the public eye helped out tremendously," she said.
Beers ended 20 years of silence last month, when she released a book co-written a television reporter who covered her kidnapping: "Buried Memories: Katie Beers' Story"
The boy's aunt and grandmother — with whom Ethan and his mother have lived — said they are intent on protecting him from the media spotlight and helping him return to as normal a life as possible.
"I just want him to be all right," aunt Debra Cook told The Associated Press in an interview this week.
Kaslow, the psychiatrist, said family support and friendship will be key.
Authorities have said boy has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Ethan's medical condition and any past difficulties in his short life could make recovery from the hostage ordeal even tougher, said Dr. Niranjan Karnik, an assistant psychiatry professor at the University of Chicago.
"This incident has probably put him at more risk for having difficulties later on," he said. "He could be more susceptible to depressive episodes ... and anxiety."
But young children often can recover from traumatic episodes faster than adults, he said.
"Kids in this age range typically do remarkably well ... in the face of a terrible thing. In a way, kids have more of that bounce-back that adults do. Things don't gel as hard in kids as they do in adults," said Karnik.
While only a town of 2,300 people, Midland City is less than 10 miles away from Dothan, which has the largest medical infrastructure in southeast Alabama. Aside from two hospitals in the city, patients also can receive treatment through a state-affiliated mental health center in Dothan, said Alabama Mental Health Commissioner Jim Reddoch.
Angie Bradley is clinical director for SpectraCare Health Systems, a state contractor which provides mental health services in the area that includes Midland City. While declining comment on Ethan or whether workers have treated him, she said the nonprofit organization provides a "myriad" of services for children in a rural, five-county area.
"We have psychiatrists, therapists, case managers who work with children in their home," she said.
A neighborhood friend described Ethan as being friendly and playful before the hostage drama, and authorities said they were able to provide him with toy cars, crayons and coloring books during the standoff. Kaslow said those descriptions were signs of normal behavior that could help him recover.
Authorities said the standoff began a week ago Tuesday when Dykes boarded a bus full of children and gunned down driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. as he sought to protect the 21 children on board. According to officials, the gunman then seized the boy, and fled with his hostage to the nearby bunker.
Authorities said Thursday that Dykes was shot multiple times during the shootout with FBI agents and his body has been taken to a state lab for an autopsy.
The FBI said it was still at the bunker but hoped to be done soon so residents could get back to their homes.
"We came in as uninvited guests and the entire community has welcomed us like neighbors who have known each other for a long time. We will never be able to thank them enough," said Steve Richardson, head of the FBI's office in Mobile.
Officials hope to eventually throw an event to celebrate Ethan's birthday and recovery, but family members of the boy told AP they were not yet ready.
Associated Press writer Frank Eltman in Mineola, N.Y., contributed to this report.


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August 2nd, 2003. At a Knight Breed in West Milford, NJ.
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We have changed the location of the New Jersey AO Day III to Knights Breed Paintball in
West Milford, NJ. We feel that this location can better accommodate the number of people
we are expecting. They have more fields and cabins which can be rented out for our
out-of-town guests.
In our efforts to go beyond what we have done in the past, we will be working feverishly
to provide all the AO�ers in attendance for this year�s event with an awesome array of
activities. Organized by the same people who gave you the first Official AO Day and hold
the record for the largest AOD. The venue will be at PBX field to be announce with a
slew of sponsors far greater and more numerous than what you may have seen before in an
AO Day. We will be making the announcement detailing the event as soon as they are
Activities at the event will once again include a Black Cell sponsored Bar-B-Q, Mini
3-Man Tournament, Sydarm Competition, Open Speed Ball, Open Woods Ball, Plus more!
Field Pass / HPA / CO2 / Rentals Pricing/Availability :
The cost to play at this event is Fifteen Dollars! This is simply to help PBX cover
the cost of insurance and cleanup. HPA fills will be free all day to pre-registered AO
If you visit the Pre-Registration Thread between now and the time
of the event, you will qualify for the discount. Non-preregistered players can purchase an
air / field pass for $25. See the bottom of this post for more information on pre-registration.
CO2 will be available, pricing is yet to be determined, CO2 refill prices will nominal
(just to cover costs). Rentals will NOT be available at this time. If you know someone
who wants to come but doesn't have a gun or if you have a gun you would like to lend, post
here so we can find one to lend them.
Paint Prices :
Thanks to our sponsors Severe Paintball and Paintballistix, paint for this event is VERY
affordable. Field paint will be available starting at $45 a case (Note: These are special
lowered AO Day III prices and do not reflect standard pricing at Knight Breed and Paintballistix) All
MAJOR credit cards will be accepted.
Pre-registration Information:
We STRONGLY encourage you to pre-register for this event. Not only will pre-registration get
you a free air pass, but it allows us to plan ahead for food for the BBQ and other things.
To pre-register, please visit the following thread: Here
Attendees who do not pre-register will have to pay $25 for Air + Field Pass.
Field Location :
Knights Breed Paintball / Camp Ocawasin
625 Macopin Road
West Milford, NJ 07480
Available Lodging :
Knights Breed & Camp Ocawasin provide cabin rentals and camping sites.
Each cabin has electric, heat, satellite TV and high speed internet access. Standard Cabins sleep up to eight
in four bunk beds. Several cabins are configured for couples and families and have queen and twin beds along
with a sofa and easy chairs.
Cabin & Camping Rates:
Play Time:
We will be playing from 9-4, after that people are welcome to hang around and enjoy the BBQ.
Field Setup:
1 American Paintball Supply Sup Air Field *special*
1 Ten Man Ultimate Air Field, Dementia.
1 Ten Man Speed Ball Field, Angel Alley.
1 20+ Man Wooded Field, D-Fence City.
1 Large Wood Field, Bloody Stump Run.
1 Bridge Field, Kazimars Last Stand.
Food and Drinks:
The Bar-B-Q will still be sponsored by Team Black Cell. Cheese / Hamburgers, Hotdogs and whatever
other type of meat people would like to bring. Drinks will be available at cost. Donations are appreciated.
We are trying to plan an after party at the lodge at the field. Cost for this party would probably be
around $15/$20 per person. The food and drinks will be catered and of course, ALCOHOL!
(for those of age) =]
Bea Youngs
Clare "CaPoEiRa" Benavides
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$10 - Mag Part Kit
$15 - RT Parts Kit
$15 - Airgun Hats
$9 - AGD Mouse Pads
$110 - Warp Feeds
$65 - Level 10 Kits
$110 - Nickel Plated Intelliframe
$105 - Black Intelliframe
$5 - AGD Ball Detents
$45 - 10 Pack of AGD Ball Detents
TBA - X-Valve
$145 - ULE Body
$80 - ULE Rail
$8 - Automags.org Barrel Condom
$16 - Gas Thru Grip
$20 - Vertical Bottle Adapters
Clare will be autographing her posters at the event. We will also see if we can get Bea to do the same.


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jk ..hehe.
its sad, but before inventing the automag line of markers, Tom's life had very little direction. (but he did have a tremendous craving for ding dongs, and twinkies!)
jk ..hehe.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
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so it's my turn to put in my 2 cents.
please don't hate me for this Tom.
..and now
Pardon the crudness of the photo
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a little Grecian formula could help here....hehe
ok ive seen the yado one but i wanna see tom as jar jar binks or queen amadala
looks like someone beat me to this idea but I couldn't resist anyhow....
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This thread is too funny!!
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Janice West Christman, vice president, Y-12 Quality Assurance, agreed to share her story the week she was retiring.
Janice West Christman, vice president, Y-12 Quality Assurance, agreed to share her story the week she was retiring. Maybe I caught her at just the right moment because I had been after her to do this for some time and she just had not had the time to do so. For whatever reason, she agreed to tell first her story about her attendance at the historic training program, Training and Technology, or what was known locally as "The TAT School."
Janice has also agreed to provide a story that will take us on a journey from her first job at Y-12 working for utilities at a time when she was the only woman among many men doing utility engineering and operating work, and let us travel with her as she advanced and rotated through numerous organizations and positions throughout her career at Y-12. She has had opportunities to lead in many ways, she has experienced working in a wide range of technical and managerial positions, and has always been characterized as an excellent team member and known for her ability to produce timely results.
I have known her for most of her career and we have stayed in touch even when she worked in organizations other than the one I happened to be in at the time. She has helped with Y-12 History Center tours and other activities when we had public events and has been one of the several reliable persons on whom I call when the need arises. So, I am sure you will enjoy what Janice writes.
As you know, the TAT School was a joint venture of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Y-12 that flourished at Y-12's Building 9709 from 1966 to 1984. It was a model training program with a high percentage of successful job placements.
You can read more about the history of the Training and Technology program at: http://www.y12.doe.gov/library/pdf/about/history/10-05-21.pdf
Here is Janice's story:
"In 1978, an acquaintance working at the Knoxville Women's Center told me that grants were available to train women in 'nontraditional' careers at the Y-12 Training & Technology (TAT) program in Oak Ridge. I signed up without a clue about what I was getting into. With a liberal arts bachelor's degree, I had been working in social services jobs that were low paying and not really a fit for me.
"We toured the TAT facilities at Y-12 and saw all of the programs that were being taught, including welding, pipefitting, drafting, and physical testing. I wanted to get into the drafting course since I at least knew what drafting was; however, that course was full and the physical testing course was not. So I chose physical testing. When you are young and still wet behind the ears, some of your most fateful career choices can be that simple.
"On our first day, the physical testing department head met with us for an overview of what the coming weeks would be like. He discussed the 'split-shift' schedule, security and safety requirements, attendance policy, and tardiness rules. It was sounding more like the military than a training class, but I figured I could stick it out for six months.
"We settled into our physical testing training, supplemented by math and physics classes. The training was structured to produce teamwork, as well as technical skills. The small group of trainees I was thrown in with gradually became a close-knit team. The instructors who seemed so intimidating that first day became mentors who showed interest in us. They encouraged us to join the National Nondestructive Testing Society that met monthly at the Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge, where we met world-class physicists and technical experts from Y-12 and ORNL. We were in over our heads, but they made us feel welcome in their world.
"Within a couple of weeks of graduating from TAT, I landed a good job as a quality inspector at a Knoxville manufacturing company. I progressed in the technical career track, went back to school to get technical degrees and eventually came back to Y-12 in 1981 for what has become my life's work in support of our national security missions. TAT was definitely a life changer for me."
Wow, what a testimony for TAT! Like many others who attended that phenomenal training program, Janice readily admits that it was a huge turning point in her life. We published several TAT stories from other graduates and would welcome more.
We have collected several artifacts of the work done there and have at least one certificate now, Janice gave us hers for our display at the Y-12 History Center's exhibit hall. We also just received from Bobby Miller in Humble, Texas, a copy of the "Trainee Handbook for Training and Technology Project!" If you have artifacts from TAT School that you would share with us, it would be appreciated. Contact Ray Smith at (865) 576-7781.
The TAT School is but one example of the heritage that is Y-12 history, however, it is one that profoundly affected the people who were involved, the instructors as well as the training participants. Thanks to Janice for bringing back the memories of this wonderful training program for all to recall.


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Congressman Albio Sires (D–8th Dist.) said on Monday that he is planning to meet with officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington in an effort to have tourist helicopters from New York City banned on the Jersey side of the Hudson River. He held a press conference in Hoboken on Monday that was attended by the mayors of Hoboken, Weehawken, North Bergen, West New York, Guttenberg, and several other towns.
Sires, a member of the House of Representatives' committee on transportation and infrastructure, said that in addition to meeting with the FAA to discuss banning the helicopters, he will work with his colleagues in the House to introduce legislation that will have the same effect.
"The practice of having helicopters fly at lower altitudes creates a constant noise nuisance and safety issues for those in New Jersey living along the river," he said.
The issue has intensified recently, as helicopter density in the Hudson County skies has increased since tourist helicopters were banned on the East River last year.
Sires said that a helicopter crash in the Hudson River on a recent Sunday was only the latest in a string of events that has raised concerns over the noise and safety issues associated with the helicopter tourism business.
"It's not a quiet place, and we realize that and we're used to it. But lately it's sounded like a warzone." – Mayor Dawn Zimmer
Mayors at the event included Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, North Bergen Mayor and State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D–32nd Dist.), Mayor Gerald Drasheff of Guttenberg, Mayor Felix Roque of West New York, and Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner.
"We already deal with the Coast Guard and we already deal with Medivac helicopters, and we understand that," Sires said. "Why should our residents bear the brunt of these helicopters just because people want to see the New York City skyline?"
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Union City and State Sen. Brian Stack, and Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith were not present, but offered their support in statements.
"The number one priority must be safety, for those on the ground as well as for pilots and anyone who boards a tourist helicopter to see the sights along the Hudson River," said Menendez. "Given the amount of tourist helicopter traffic over the Hudson, an FAA restriction of those flights over the New Jersey side makes sense."
Council members and commissioners from various Hudson County towns attended the press conference as well, including Hoboken 2nd Ward Councilwoman Beth Mason, who has been increasing awareness on the issue since some Hoboken residents raised concerns in recent months.
"This is an issue that's actually very personal to me," she said prior to the press conference. "I've worked with airlines and it's very easy to see why people would be upset by this, and it is a problem."
Brian Wagner, a Hoboken resident who has been the public voice of discontent over the helicopters, said the best views of the skyline are from the ground.
"People should come over here and see our parks and rent a bike and ride the waterfront," he said. "We've got great views, but they're also views we want to enjoy on Saturdays with our families."
Mayor Zimmer said, "We live in Hudson County, and it's not a quiet place, and we realize that and we're used to it. But lately it's sounded like a war zone. It's excessive, unreasonable and unfair."
"This is very simply a matter of protecting both public safety and the quality of life of residents living off the river," said Sacco, who recalled a time when a helicopter crashed on Route 495 in North Bergen.
"Whether we're talking about sightseeing flights over the Hudson or executive charters over Bayonne, our citizens deserve to be safe and sound in their own homes," said Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith in a statement.
Mayor Brian Stack has also been dealing with the FAA recently, and said in a statement that he had written to them "conveying concern with low-flying helicopters that cause a disturbance and potential hazard."
He added, "The recent crash demonstrates that stricter guidelines are needed in the immediate future and that the concerns of local residents were warranted."
One more noticeable absence from the press conference was newly-elected Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. Recently, a new tourist helicopter pad was built in downtown Jersey City, possibly intensifying the traffic.
Fulop said Thursday that he agreed with the other mayors about the copters, but was unable to attend the press conference due to time conflicts.
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The Wellington City Council voted to put a sales tax measure on the November ballot, and decided to not put voting on fluoride on the ballot, at its meeting Tuesday night.
The Wellington City Council voted to put a sales tax measure on the November ballot, and decided to not put voting on fluoride on the ballot, at its meeting Tuesday night.
The council voted unanimously to put a sales tax question on the ballot for November to support the hospital. This has been discussed for several meetings. Hospital officials say they are doing better financially since they hired a surgeon, but they still need the city's report to survive.
People in Wellington already pay a half-cent sales tax to support the hospital. That is due to expire next year. If the measure passes in November, the half-cent tax would be cancelled. The sales tax would be in effect for 10 years.
The council had until the end of November to put questions on the November ballot.
A couple of meetings ago councilman John Tracy raised the idea of putting a fluoride question on the ballot. The city already does treat the water with a small amount of fluoride, and has done so since the early 1980s.
Some people have complained, and Tracy wanted to let the citizens decide whether to continue the practice.
Tracy said he has heard from people on both sides and both sides have their evidence.
"To me it is not an issue of whether it is good or not, it is an issue of giving the public a choice," he said.
He said communities that fluoride their water are "medicating citizens without permission."
Councilman John Brand said it was an exaggeration to say the city is medicating without permission.
"I feel this would needlessly stir up controversy," he added.
Brand noted that most mainstream health organizations back the practice. He said studies show it makes the most difference in children who do not have access to good dental services.
He said the people it affects the most are too young to vote, and he opposed putting it on the ballot.
The vote was 3-3, with Tracy, Jim Valentine and Jan Korte voting yes. Brand, Vince Wetta and Kelly Green voted no.
The city attorney pointed out that with a tie vote, the mayor may vote yes to break the tie, or decline to vote. Mayor Roger Stallbaumer declined to vote so the measure failed.


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News..Exclusives..Relationships..Everything You Need To Know & YES The Word of God
Monday, January 14, 2013
Photo: Mercy Aigbe & Husband, Larry
55 comments:
Ladun,I forgiv u.U are obviously having one of ur dumb blonde moments,hence ur comment..hard indeed as if na by looks man no go cheat.yimuReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:48
My dear Neks, I just taya for Ladun o...Delete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:56
Dats eh ladun; What kind of dumb comment is ds??Delete
Neks, fo this comment alone, u will have twins. Twale! Bushrat LadunDelete
Neks, fo this comment alone, u will have twins. Twale! Bushrat LadunDelete
Neks tell her oooDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:28
It was probably her turn to hang out with him that day. She does shift work with the other wife. Two wives rotation stuff....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:34
Ladun lol.......what kind of dumb comment is that , how does beautiful and husband snatching relate. Keeping husband is by God's graceReplyDelete
loll ladun o serious oh!ReplyDelete
Dont be surprisrd if one wowo girl snatches him cos beauty hss nofin to do with making a marriage workReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:52
Am sure that was what the first wife though before Mercy snatched her husband.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:57
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:56
U mean like she snatched d man frm her predecessor? Look as d man dey look as him dey anothr world sef.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 17:57
So beauty now equals 2 NO CHEATING??ReplyDelete
Ladun if not cos I have mad luv 4 u babe I wud hav dissed d fuck outta u!
Even if u r d most beautiful woman...
Can cook d most tasteful dishes eva..
Can fuck a man RAW..
Can scrub d floor..
Can give d best blowjob eva...
Ur MAN will still CHEAT!!
Billie jeanReplies
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 13:05
mehn..... u so nasty!!! luv u tho.Delete
- Anonymous18 January, 2013 12:11
ure a sad person billie jean! ur mentality is just awful... i'm a lady n i know there re gud men out there the way u present urself to them they ll equally take you. Men can be contented when dey find "That" woman. So if none of ur men have bin faithful begin to check urself.Delete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:12
Ladun, u ar out of stories abiReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:16
even halle berry as she fine and hawt reach , dem still nick her hubby !ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:17
Ladun can be so snide! Ahn ahn! Beru Olorun nau; see how you are washing d girlReplyDelete
i dont know her personally and never paid much attention to her gists but purely judging from the way she acts and her personality outside generally it ll be hard for any woman to snatch her husband o the girl is street wise and knows the usual tricks desperadoes get up toReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:58
if she was so streetwise then her first marriage would not have ended in divorce....... leave story, all na GodDelete
- Mama somtee14 January, 2013 20:01
Luca leave story oooh , dis one sef she snatch am , very rass edo girl wey come tear eye for Lasgidi , the bros get wifey for Ireland and London she wan dey form madam aaaaaaaabeg .Delete
@anon and mama somteeDelete
lool na wa for you both o han han …at least she is fully in charge of nigeria garrison command let the other wives hold ireland
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:27
pls what cream is mercy usingReplyDelete
her skin is flawless
make una no chop me oh , just asking
I am tired of discolorations in my lifeReplies
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 01:11
ask her when you see her.Delete
- Anonymous17 January, 2013 14:06
dumass when will i get to see herDelete
she dey come this site na!
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:34
Ladun, no. You are not that naïve or stupid. I'll assume you were joking.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:37
lol....... Ladun that comment is funny. Wasnt she having the same face when her first marriage crashed .ReplyDelete
Now she has joined the second wives club . who knws what the future holds, only time will tell if her husband will marry a 3rd or 4th wife
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:43
Says who? She snatched him and Nemesis ll allow another person snatch him from herReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:45
Wise woman sha..... Below is comment Mercy made during an interview with Vanuard newspaperReplyDelete
Interviewer: Divorce cases are many now. How do you hope to remain married again?
Mercy: It's not me and I don't have the power to keep my home. All I'm determined to do is my best in the relationship. What I've done as a woman is to take my marriage to God because the divorce cases are scary. It's everywhere. Ladies of nowadays are independent and don't care about marriage.
In the past, single mothers used to lie about their status but today, ladies flaunt it, the world is changing. I'm going to sound a bit spiritual here- the devil is against marriage because it was instituted by God. And anything that has been done by God, he wants to make sure he pulls it down.
Marriage is meant to be sacred but it is no longer like that anymore. A lot of things have changed, even men don't care what broken home can do to their kids. I feel our spiritual leaders should address it and make people start thinking of the vision God had about marriage.
I've been a victim of divorce once and I know what my daughter went through because I had an issue from that marriage. I don't want to see any of my children go through that again, and that's why I've taken my marriage to God.Replies
Says the woman who broke another woman's home. Highest level of hypocrisy.Delete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 22:18
as in.......the woman is a joker for this comment.Delete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 18:51
Abeg tuface get fine wife or wowo all join he has snatched nd has bn snatchedReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 19:02
Na true ladun talk o..she over fine pass her husband well well. she no get correct eye as she fine reach.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 19:09
Please who r these people and what's their story?ReplyDelete
- Ginika14 January, 2013 19:16
I smell sarcasm from Ladun.ReplyDeleteReplies
Dokinta!!how far!!..are u thru wt ya ward rounds?Delete
I c u here and I rememba some lines 4rm a song,it goes
Check on me
I'm feeling shortness of love
I can't breathe
Check on me
Connect my heart
2 ur love-support machine.
Lol!!try as much as I like,I can't get d title of dat song..so just stay cool wt doz lines,dats d only doctor song I know.hehehehe
- Ginika14 January, 2013 22:19
Nne Neks. I'm laughing so hard. I'm fine, thanks. You are right, that's some Frankie. J lyrics there. Work never finishes, it's 24/7 with children as patients.Delete
fucking ugly child with her fugly daughter!ReplyDeleteReplies
That is such a rude comment, Mccoy - very very very RUDE! Call Mercy whatever names you wanna call her - call her a slut/tramp/trifling/bitch/whatever, I really don't care. But to call her daughter "fucking ugly"?! How dare you?Delete
- Anonymous14 January, 2013 23:00
Adekaz tins.......Mercy is cool! Larry na wash ooo. Poor guyReplyDelete
- happy Yoruba bunny15 January, 2013 01:08
No commentReplyDelete
I wanna see them in 10yrs time
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 01:21
FROM THE BODY LANGUAGE IT LOOKS LIKE HER HUSBAND IS ALREADY VERY BORED WITH HER. SMHReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 21:00
Body language shows disinterest....if he was tagged as her Husband, he could be some random stranger who just happens to sat at the same table..
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 01:58
Read the body language in that foto:ReplyDelete
Can you see the husband leaning to the opposite direction of his wife?
He mentally checked out of the image she is trying to present.
Anyway, I wish them happiness.
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 14:27
Oh Mercy, after snatching Larry u still have the gut to talk about having a fulfilling marriage,siddonReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 14:34
Mercy is a pretty and talented woman, anytime any day. all the best in your marriageReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 14:40
That Larry man did his best to stay out of the picture but as God would have his way, the phographer catch am,lolReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 15:02
body contact is 0%,that is all i seeReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 15:05
I dont know why Larry is trying to bail out of the picture,we all their story naw,so whats there to hide from or who is there to hide from should be my question?ReplyDelete
Lol,i notice that he doesnt want to be in the picture, guilty conscience kissing him in the public alreadyReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 January, 2013 16:40
Since they say all men cheat, single girls should stay unmarried, and the married ones sudnt care...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 January, 2013 05:16
larry is a cool headed guy but i swear with my life mercy dey do runs gba but larry bobo is cool but na real onigbese na mercy dey make the money he has money too but not like before welldone mercy u have a cool headed hubby ur decoration husbandReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous24 January, 2013 09:38
Hmmmm! U swear on ur life dat Mercy dey do run? Omo araye! Elenu Ebo! Humans fear God ooooooo! Reading ur comment u sound like someone who is bitter and wants to use dis medium to get to her! Or maybe u r just hating on her? Could u be one of Larry's girlfriend? If u r so sure pls give us proof! We want pics, substantial evidence! But it den SHUT UR MOUTH! HATER!Delete


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But what is the partial derivative with respect to, I ask? What is it with respect to!
I'm a fan of the show, but I really just don't like the shirt.
There's just nothing really special about it - I'm not a math wizard, but it doesn't seem very clever to me as the equation doesn't seem to mean anything.
I'll be popping up and around in the ball pit if you need me.
LOVE.......I don't even know what to do with myself in the presence of something so awesome.
I need an XLT ( X Large Tall), what size here would best fit that?
but what about "h" and "p3"?
andyor wrote:Exactly!
A beta is represented by Unicode character U+03B2 and looks like this: β
The sharp-S used in German is U+00DF and looks like this: ß
They look similar but are completely unrelated whatsoever. The shirt is clearly depicting the wrong one.
i love it. you just completely marginalized this shirt.
I don't understand the formula , but I love shirt!
Despite devouring TV shows like a T-Rex at an all you can eat lawyer buffet, I've never watched The Big Bang Theory. (geek cred -4)
107 episodes have aired. Should I start?
Spiritgreen wrote:Despite devouring TV shows like a T-Rex at an all you can eat lawyer buffet, I've never watched The Big Bang Theory. (geek cred -4)
107 episodes have aired. Should I start?
Yes, I just started watching after a certain basic cable station starting airing episodes and now wonder why I hadn't started watching sooner
kingrobert wrote:I wish the shirt used proper symbols... I'd really like one. But I would bug me too much knowing that it wasn't a real beta.
number of people who would not buy the shirt if it had a proper beta character instead of the character used: 0
number of people who would not buy the shirt because it used the wrong math symbols: at least 1, probably more.
I for one like the wrong symbol being used. It will get all the real life Dr. Sheldon Cooper's of the world discussing your shirt with you.
rom wrote:This. Community > BBT
I love both shows. One's a traditional multi-cam sitcom with a live audience, the other is a single camera show with no audience. Two completely different formats, two very different shows, both hilarious.
The first "a" looks more like a "d" for a partial derivative. My OCD can't get past that.
Used instead of gotcha or fooled you after a prank. I like it, those who watch the show will understand
Durn it, for a moment I thought it said "Bazoombas." Was totally gonna get one for belly dance.
I don't know, it's a bit too close to "bazonga" and I don't think
I'd be wearing a shirt that has that written across it in that location
Awesome! Love this shirt, Jason. Congrats on the print! :D
Its a little too obvious for me. I prefer the kind of shirts that make people stop and turn their head all confused... then I think to myself, "Bazinga!" Its no Schrödinger's cat.
I don't know what to do with that partial derivative (lower case delta). Do I take the derivative of z^2 - i with respect to z? Is i a variable or imaginary?
So confusing!
I wonder what Wil Wheaton thinks of this shirt? ;)
As a physics major, I love the reference...
I would never wear a shirt with nonsensical math symbols on it for the sake of pretending to be math. This shirt is awful.
bluejester wrote:Sorry woot, I'm not really into the overload of pop culture shirts that are being offered up lately.
Not that I'm saying artsy stuff has to be the only thing you ever print. Just it feels like there has been an overkill on it for the past few weeks.
Maybe it just seems that way. I dunno...
You are not alone sir.
I hate you, shirt.woot! I swore, absolutely swore no more t-shirt purchases (with the noted exception for a certain raven, if it should qualify) and you go and go and do this.
After all the work I put in to resisting penguins.
I've been told the solution is to stop coming here, but honestly, the art work is often so great even when it isn't something I necessarily would buy. I still think some of the best don'ty make to a tee.
neuropsychosocial wrote:Ah - thank you. I've heard it's a wonderful show.
You heard wrong.
Word Mark BAZINGA!
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How cool is this! I've craved a Bazinga shirt for ages but they're all so...samey. Thought the maths was mostly just decorative though a glance over some of the other comments suggests otherwise. I don't care; I'm not mathematical anyway. Really, I struggle with addition sometimes. It's a bit special. But darnit I can use a semicolon! (Go on, tell me I've got it wrong again. I'll keep trying.)
The write up! That was- WindRunner- Yes.
I've bought a lot of tees recently...
Love the show but can't get past the equation. True physics has actually nothing to do with the math...would have been happier if it was just written in all proper Greek letters...I'll take my chances on getting it on random shirt day.
I'm not even a physics major but at university I was a chemistry minor and I, too, would never wear a shirt with a nonsensical equation. If I saw someone wearing this I fear all I'd do is shake my head.
dissapointed again...this is a terrible shirt.
Live long and suck it Zachary Quinto
I have to admit all the comments regarding the inaccuracies of the equation itself, such as incorrect symbols just translates in my head as "It would annoy the hell out of Sheldon" which just makes me love it all the more.
I agree with You on this also. Secondly I just think that show is an atrocity. My yearly Shirt.Woot purchases are dwindling down quick with alot thats been offered.
If only they had put the words to "Soft Kitty" on the back.
I know I'm showing my nerd-side...but the ∂ in "b∂zinga" stands for delta...meaning it's a d, not an a...
albuquerquemat wrote:If only they had put the words to "Soft Kitty" on the back.
Here, stare at the picture. It will help.
lonelypond wrote:Also, flesh tone (one of the beiger of the vast variety of skin tone options) seems an odd color for ink choice.
Agreed. Why couldn't the text be orange, yellow, white, or some other color that would really pop?
My niece is getting one of these. She's only 16mo, but she insists on Soft Kitty, and only Soft Kitty, as her bedtime song.
bluejester wrote:As an English major I find this shirt highly offensive. Not everyone enjoys math Woot! Lit. nerds have feelings too. Oh sure, we may look like hipsters and losers as we sit there, alone, reading our stack of Shakespeare and Tolkien novels, but we have feelings too.
Then maybe you'll like this weeks derby?
No don't. Watch it w/o the laugh track, and then decide.
happy kitty
sleepy kitty
purr, purr, purr
People, you are over thinking it. Be like Penny, do not talk. The shirt is awesome.
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Lansing allows just six second-half points in win; PR captures first win while Immaculata's slide continues
Thanks to a huge burst in the third quarter Tuesday, wherein the Lansing boys' basketball team outscored Bishop Ward 22-2, the Lions cruised to its fifth-straight victory.
"I didn't feel good about the first half," Lansing coach Rod Briggs said. "We gave up 25 points. I challenged them at half time and we only gave up six. Pretty happy with our effort in the second half, but we still have to play a lot better than we did."
After the opening two quarters saw the Lions build a 39-25 advantage, the home team shut down the visiting Cyclones to the tune of just six second-half points.
That lock-down defense gave way to a 67-31 Lansing win. The Lions improved to 5-0 on the season.
"It was a good win for us," Lansing forward Clay Young said. "We did better defensively and offensively in the second half so hopefully we can carry that into Friday."
Khalil Bailey had 13 points to lead the red and white, Lucas Mein added 11 while Joe Schneider pitched in 10 and Zach Jackson had nine. Clay Young chipped in seven, Roy Clayter had six and Donte Gibson had five.
"You always want a lot of guys to score and have some balance," Briggs said. "It makes us a lot harder to scout. We don't have one guy, we have a lot of guys that can contribute any given night."
Lansing will travel to Bonner Springs Friday for a 7:15 p.m.
"We got to make sure we play hard and get in a running game with them," the Lions coach said. "We need to get up and down the floor and play hard defensively and just take care of what we need to take care of."
PR pulls out road victory
The Pleasant Ridge boys' basketball team tallied its first win of the season Tuesday, defeating Kansas City Christian 44-41.
"We grinded it out," PR coach Sean Murphy said. "The first half went back and forth, but then we did a really good job of neutralizing their big guy. My seniors showed up in a big way and played like they are capable of so it was exciting."
Ridge, 2-1, will try to even out its record Friday when it hosts Riverside at 7:30 p.m.
Imac slide hits three straight
Failing to come up with an answer to its visitor's inside presence, the Immaculata boys' basketball team lost Tuesday 54-30 to St. Mary's.
The Raiders had an 8-7 lead after the first quarter, but a 12-4 second quarter by St. Mary's opened the contest up.
The visitors continued its effective offense in the third where it compiled a 20-point lead, which the Raiders weren't able to narrow.
"We got some good looks, but nothing was going in for us tonight," Imac coach Mike Connelly said.
Sean Murray led the Raiders in scoring with 10 while Connor Goetz put in eight.
Immaculata, 0-3, looks for its first win Friday when it plays at 7:30 p.m. vs. Doniphan West.
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HAMILTON, Ont. — The struggles against the Hamilton Bulldogs continued for the Rockford IceHogs, even when it seemed they had a game in the bag. Rockford coughed up a two-goal lead late in the third period Tuesday and eventually fell 5-4 in overtime at Copps Coliseum.
Rockford has never beaten Hamilton in regulation and are now 2-8-1-0 all-time against the Bulldogs.
With Rockford up 2-1 entering the third period, the final frame featured several momentum turns. In a strange sequence of events in the third period, Rockford went from killing a 5-on-3 power play to gaining on one. In between, however, Hamilton tied the game at 2-2 with a 4-on-3 shorthanded goal. Sven Andrighetto blasted his second goal of the season over the shoulder of Kent Simpson.
But another chance on the power play put Rockford back on top. The Broadhurst brothers, Terry and Alex, set up Mark McNeill in front of Dustin Tokarski and the rookie buried his third goal of the season to put the Hogs up 3-2.
McNeill struck again for Rockford to stretch their lead to 4-2. In transition, the rookie rifled his four goal of the season under the glove of Tokarski and in at 16:05.
Hamilton came storming back and scored twice in the final 2:28 of the third period to force overtime, similar to what the IceHogs did to Grand Rapids on Saturday. Andrighetto began the comeback with his second goal of the night at 17:32, pouncing on a rebound.
Then with time winding down, Akim Aliu found a rebound on the doorstep and he knocked in his second tally with 18.4 seconds left in regulation. Overtime would last just 1:03 as Louis LeBlanc found yet another loose puck in front of the Rockford goal and scored the game winner with his first marker of the season.
For third time in seven games, the IceHogs tallied in the game's first 1:28. On Tuesday, Garrett Ross fired a McNeill pass over the shoulder of Tokarski from the slot for his first pro goal 31 seconds into the contest.
Moments after a Hamilton power play expired, the Bulldogs would tie the game at 1-1. LeBlanc fed Nick Tarnasky in the Rockford slot and he blasted his third marker of the season past Kent Simpson at 15:37.
In the second period Rockford reclaimed the lead at the 14:29 mark. Terry Broadhurst was set up by Jimmy Hayes and Pat Mullane and the winger deeked out Tokarski for his second goal of the season.
Simpson made 31 saves in the overtime loss and Tokarski turned away 24 Rockford shots to earn the win.


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A man suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a Denver hospital Wednesday morning after Colorado State Patrol investigators say he slipped while crossing the road in Niwot and was dragged under an SUV for 100 feet.
The man, a 27-year-old garbage company employee, was attempting to cross 73rd Street just north of Niwot Road around 8:55 a.m. on foot when he slipped on the ice, according to officials with the Colorado State Patrol.
A black Honda SUV heading south on 73rd Street was unable to stop and hit the man, dragging him for about 100 feet, according to Sgt. Carol Nero
The man was wedged under the SUV and first responders had to lift the vehicle up in order to get him out. The man was airlifted to Denver Health Medical Center.
Nero said slick road conditions were a factor in the crash.
Trooper Josh Lewis with the state patrol said the victim, whose identity has not been released, suffered serious injuries, but they are not considered life threatening.
The driver will not be cited for his involvement in the accident, Lewis said.


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SPRINGFIELD — Since the federal government "shut down," some liberal folks I know have been making a lot of noise.
To hear some of them talk, the apocalypse is upon us.
Funny — I haven't noticed.
A friend working overseas is steamed that college football games won't be broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. But for the most part, critical services are still being provided as politicians on both sides posture and finger point.
I only wish that could be said for the state of Illinois.
You see, the Land of Lincoln has been slowly shutting down over the last decade because of fiscal mismanagement and overspending. And unlike this so-called "federal shutdown," people other than government workers are actually getting hurt.
Our state prisons are overcrowded and dangerous.
Our governor's response? Close prisons and pack inmates into fewer facilities.
The super-maximum security prison at Tamms has gone dark.
And now the most dangerous prisoners in the system are interspersed with less violent inmates. The women's prison in Dwight closed despite women being among the fastest growing incarcerated populations.
Two homes for the mentally disabled and two more for the mentally ill have shut their doors or are in the process of closing.
This is an embarrassment.
There are core government functions that must go on.
Incarcerating criminals is one of them. Another is caring for low-income disabled folks who have nowhere else to go.
But instead of focusing on basic services such as these, the state has been on a spending spree.
Government worker pensions gobble up larger and larger portions of the state budget each year. About 17 percent — or almost $6 billion — of the state operating budget now goes to pensions.
While politicians give the matter a lot of talk, we have yet to see comprehensive pension reform — and as a result, the growing pension obligation is squeezing out some of the most basic state services.
Escalating Medicaid costs also are putting the squeeze on the state budget. The state's response has been to expand the number of people eligible for Medicaid rather than contract it.
And our Medicaid woes don't end there.
In fact, 35 percent of all Illinois physicians don't take new Medicaid patients, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
Illinois is the eighth-worst in the nation in that regard.
The Prairie State's "shutdown" of core services happened through government overspending.
Of course, few people are actually calling it a "shutdown." But that is what is happening. State government is failing its citizens.
Bills go unpaid. Medicaid patients are turned away. Prisons are closed. Mental facilities are shuttered.
It's a government shutdown in all but name.
Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and the journalist in residence at the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at email@example.com. Readers can subscribe to his free political newsletter by going to ilnews.org or follow his work on Twitter @ScottReeder.


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One of the highlights of my real estate career has been my involvement with the green home movement in Central Pennsylvania. Through those involvements I had the great fortune to connect with the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center's building trades program, which has been pursuing a green home agenda for about four years.
The mission of the school program is to develop students in the building trades with specific knowledge of advanced building technologies – everything from plumbing to mechanicals to framing. The program is overseen by Michael Dodson, himself a veteran contractor and craftsman.
Teachers in the trades are all reputable pros as well, so the students have a wealth of experience to draw from. Since they pivoted to green technology, they have completed two homes in a small community entitled "Apprentice Green" that adjoins their Mount Joy school property. Now, a third home is rising on the street. Dodson expects the home will be ready in time for the 2013 Lancaster/Lebanon Parade of Homes in June.
I love hanging around the project. The leaders are working with the National Association of Home Builders as part of the green certification process, and there's a lot of detail work that goes into crafting a serious low-energy-usage home site.
An equal focus has been making the homes attractive to Central PA buyers – no geodesic domes here. The current home will have solar hot water, a rainwater catchment system that powers the "grey water" usage and many other smaller bits, like recycled/local materials. The frame of the ranch-style home itself is ICF (insulated concrete forms), which are incredibly energy-efficient. These guys are working hard and it shows; the last home they built tested out at an energy rating well below the best local homes being built and won them a top rating from the NAHB Green Building division.
If you're looking for inspiration on how to build green within the bounds of realism, you should check these homes out. The community website is www.apprenticegreenhomes.com.
Jeff Geoghan is vice president of marketing and communications for Coldwell Banker Select Professionals and Select Services, based in Lancaster City, with 10 offices in eight Central Pennsylvania counties. Jeff lives in East Petersburg, where he also serves as mayor. Jeff has been actively involved in local government and business and has been used as a source by local, regional and national publications.


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Brussels, 17th October 2007
European Electronic Toll System: Commission refers Denmark to Court of Justice
The European Commission today decided to take legal action against Denmark, for failure to transpose EU legislation on European electronic road toll systems. The Directive lays down the conditions to be met for the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the EU. It applies to the electronic collection of all types of road fees on the European road network. According to the referral decision, Denmark has an additional three months to bring into force the laws necessary to comply with the European rules. If there are no satisfactory measures taken within this deadline, the Commission will refer the matter to the European Court of Justice
The Directive[1], which should have been implemented by 20 November 2005, paves the way for interoperable electronic toll payment systems, requiring that all new systems put in place as from 1 January 2007 use at least one of the existing technologies.
Today, the different tolling technologies used across Europe are not compatible with each other. It means that hauliers operating all over Europe must equip their vehicle with several on board units, depending on the national tolling systems being used. An operational European electronic toll system will allow driving all over Europe with one single on board unit compatible with all European tolling systems.
A reasoned opinion was addressed to Denmark in July 2006, which has not adopted since then the necessary measures to comply with the EU legislation.
[1] Directive 2004/52/EC of 29 April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community (text with EEA relevance, OJ L166, 30.4.2004, p. 124).
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George Loegering captured this video of a large, spinning circle of ice in North Dakota's Sheyenne River last weekend.
"At first I thought, no way! It was surreal," said the 73-year-old.
The unusual circle of ice likely formed because of cold, dense air and an eddy in the river — a feature that happens downstream of an obstruction and can make the water swirl.
Though it looks like a solid sheet of ice, National Weather Service hydrologist Allen Schlag said it's actually a collection of little pieces of ice.
Loegering estimated the circle had a diameter of about 55 feet.
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This week we look back at some photos from 1998.
Anita McKinney, our first executive director, was leaving MSGL to live closer to her family in Florida. Her MSGL family held a farewell reception in her honor just before the winter break. These are photos of some of the children wishing her well.
Anita started working at MSGL in July, 1991 when the parent-owned school decided it needed a full-time. Up to then, the office staff coordinated with the Board of Directors. This next photo is actually from about 1996. It shows Anita with Beth Nichols, who was then the office manager, in the teeny, tiny office at Morton Center.
Beth is still with us and now works as our accountant. Anita has been working with Florida's Duval County Extension office since 1998. She is currently teaching personal financial management in Jacksonville. She is retiring in January and will start another "job" taking care of her twin grandchildren Dominic and Danica. She is excited about this new chapter in her life and told me, "They will be three by then , so I will start my own little Montessori home-school with them. I am looking forward to this next step!"
Best wishes, Anita! And happy Wednesday to you, faithful readers.
The MSGL photo archives are a bit disorganized and I usually have to sift through them to come up with a Wayback Wednesday post, but this week the work was already done. After leading the toddler families on this field trip to Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo in the Spring of 1998, teacher Suman Harshvardhan put together this little photo album for the children.
These kiddos are college freshmen (or nearly) now. Thanks for reading and have a great Wednesday!
1998 was a big year for MSGL because we announced our expansion so we received lots of media coverage. This week's Wayback Wednesday post features another story from the Lafayette Journal and Courier. On July 7th, a story about our summer camp cooking class filled the 4 Kidz Only page. (I love that the J&C embraced phonetic spelling!)
The photos are beautiful and the children's quotes, especially about date math, are really sweet.
Featured teacher, Revati Nemani is still with MSGL today in the Catalpa class. The children featured in this article are now in college. Are any of them studying to be chefs? We would love to know. If you know Alie Magnante, Daniel Plesniak, Asher Bogdanove, or Andrew Staiger, please pass this along. It would be great to hear from them.
And maybe you and your young ones will give one of these recipes a go? We would love to hear about that, too.
15 years ago the Lafayette Journal and Courier announced MSGL's plans to add an elementary program and move all of its programs to a new space.
The Morton Community Center on Chauncey Avenue had been MSGL's home since 1985.
As the article states, the new elementary program was originally going to be housed in a home on Rainbow Drive that had been donated by an MSGL family. A change of plans relocated that first class to some available classroom space inside the Temple Israel on Cumberland Avenue.
In February 2001, all of our programs, from the parent-infant class through elementary, moved into our permanent home in the former Calvary Baptist church on Soldiers Home Road.
In 2007, the elementary classes moved into the Montessori House, a remodeled home adjacent to the campus.
MSGL has plans to expand once again in the near future to add a second toddler classroom and a gym/gross motor space.
Suman Harshvardhan, Executive Director of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette (MSGL) since 1999, is stepping down in October.
Suman was hired as an assistant teacher in 1989 and she worked as lead teacher for the Toddler and Parent-Infant programs from 1990 - 2012. During Suman's 16 years as Executive Director, the school added several new preprimary programs, expanded to include lower and upper elementary programs, and moved from the Morton Community Center to its current campus on Soldiers Home Road.
Board Member Hilary Cooke said, "We are sad to see Suman leave this position, although we are whole-heartedly grateful for her many years of loyal service to MSGL and this community. We also know that Suman will continue to remain connected to MSGL." Suman looks forward to spending more time with her children and their families.
The MSGL Board has formed a search and hiring committee. Interested applicants should contact email@example.com.
Winter is upon us and the staff of the Wayback Wednesday department is preparing to head south for the season. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, we're not really going anywhere but we have discovered a treasure trove of awesome photos. We will be scanning them and organizing them over winter break. When everyone returns in January you can look forward to the beginning of "Building MSGL." It's the story of how our families built the MSGL campus that we know and love today.
To whet your appetites I am posting one photo from that winter of 2000. Look at this photo and see if you can figure out where in the school it is. The first commenter to get it correct wins a free Wayback Wednesday t-shirt. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, no t-shirt but you can still be first. Have fun guessing!
Have a terrific Wednesday and an awesome winter break!
Montessori School of Greater Lafayette Staff, 1992
Here are the year's class photos. If you recognize any of the children, all should be in their mid-twenties now, consider directing them here. We would love to hear from them and from the teachers.
Class A - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class B - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class D - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class E - Afternoon Preprimary, 1992
Class C - 3-day and 5-day Toddlers, 1992
Class C - 2-day Toddlers, 1992


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This week, Bill Gates was at a summer fair in Washington State, but he was not eating deep-fried butter on-a-stick, or checking out livestock.
Gates was inspecting cutting-edge toilet technology on display at an event his foundation hosted in Seattle — the Reinvent the Toilet Fair.
The centerpiece of the exhibit, as Shots reported last week, was a competition between eight teams of engineers to develop a super toilet that runs on a shoestring and doesn't need water or a sewage system. Many of those toilets use fake poop for demonstration purposes.
Gates announced the winners of the competition on Tuesday. You can listen to Wendy Kaufman's report on All Thing Considered for more details from the scene.
A team from the California Institute of Technology, lead by environmental engineer Michael Hoffmann, won the top prize of $100,000 for a solar-powered toilet that produces hydrogen and electricity.
A group from Loughborough University in the U.K. took second place for a toilet that uses energy from the feces to decompose the waste and recover clean water.
And chemical engineers from University of Toronto grabbed third place for their technology, which sanitizes waste within 24 hours by dehydration and smoldering.
In contrast to these high-tech commodes, the traditional toilets we know so well are clunky relics. They haven't changed much since the 18th century and require between 1.6 and 3 gallons of water per flush and a hookup to a expensive sewage system.
They are also luxuries that most communities around the world don't have. Some 2.5 billion people lack clean, safe bathrooms; this costly sanitation problem kills nearly 1.5 million children annually.
Over the past two years, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested nearly $150 million into improving global sanitation, Carl Hensman, a program officer at The Gates Foundation, tells Shots.
The next step, Hensman says, is to take the top-performing technologies at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair and start making larger scale pilots. The foundation's goal is to have one of these super toilets up and running in a community by the end of 2014 or 2015.
One of the world's richest men wants to reinvent the toilet. That's right. Bill Gates says it's time for a radical redesign. He believes the current design doesn't meet the needs of the two and a half billion people who lack access to sanitation. NPR's Wendy Kaufman has this story on Gates' vision.
WENDY KAUFMAN, BYLINE: Bill Gates himself is quick to say that toilets are not something most people want to talk about.
BILL GATES: Oh, yeah. No, it's absolutely a topic that people shy away from.
KAUFMAN: But that's not the case for the scientists, engineers and designers who, this week, are crowding the halls of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. After beginning to fund innovation and big ideas in this area, the world's richest private philanthropy is holding what it calls a Reinvent the Toilet Fair.
CARL HENSMAN: As we're walking down the corridor, you see here, as well, Poop to Power. I love that name.
KAUFMAN: The foundation's Carl Hensman, a project manager, has stopped in front of an exhibit from the University of Colorado.
HENSMAN: They have a septic tank. They have locally sourced materials, so it's nothing they have to import in; it's things they can get at the local market. They combine them together, they drop them into the septic tank and the chemistry in the septic tank and the biology in the septic tank gives them electricity out.
KAUFMAN: Now, if you're evaluating proposals for new 21st century toilets, you have to find out if they really do the job, so the foundation has just purchased about 50 pounds of fake solid waste. We find it inside the refrigerator in the first floor's gleaming kitchen. Dozens and dozens of small, brown logs are neatly arranged on trays.
HENSMAN: Do you want to smell it? You'll recognize the smell from the restroom. Yeah?
KAUFMAN: The modern western toilet has been around for more than 200 years and it makes absolutely no sense in the third world. Bill Gates suggests that our squeamishness about the topic has kept us from devising an alternative and, beyond that, he says we haven't done a good job of connecting the dots.
GATES: You'll often hear that clean water is a key thing for health and that's absolutely true, but why is water a problem? It's when it's got human feces in it.
KAUFMAN: He calls sanitation the single most neglected area in efforts to improve the lives of the poor. Last year, the foundation challenged scientists at major universities worldwide to create an inexpensive, aesthetically pleasing toilet that transforms human waste into clean water and energy or other useful resources. It needs to operate off the grid with no sewer, water or electrical connection.
MICHAELHOFFMANN: You can go up the ladder if you'd like and you can see.
KAUFMAN: That's Michael Hoffmann, who headed up a team from Cal Tech. It won first prize in the competition for its solar-powered unit that generates electricity. Other teams are taking a different approach. One, for example, is using microwave technology to turn human waste into electricity. Another is creating biocharcoal.
RUTH COTTINGHAM: It's an amazing project to work on.
KAUFMAN: Ruth Cottingham and Christopher Buckley from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, are converting waste into fertilizer and hope to eventually produce water clean enough to drink.
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY: It's fascinating and there actually no limits to where one can go.
COTTINGHAM: And it's amazing to be able to work on something, as well, which is more futuristic and visionary and something that can be - really turn around the way people are doing sanitation completely.
KAUFMAN: The Gates Foundation's financial wake and its moral suasion on this issue is gratifying to Kenya's minister of water, irrigation and sanitation, Charity Kaluki Ngilu.
CHARITY KALUKI NGILU: Let me say that I'm extremely excited and happy to see some of the inventions that people have come up with here.
KAUFMAN: And she hopes they will help spur third world countries to invest more of their own resources in tackling a problem that affects 40 percent of the world's population.
Wendy Kaufman, NPR News, Seattle. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The ninth-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team had its run in the 2014 NCAA Championship come to an end in the quarterfinals, as the Blue Devils fell to top seed Maryland by a 15-8 score Saturday at the Terrapins' Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.
Head coach Kerstin Kimel's team concluded the season with a record of 11-8 after making the program's 10th consecutive appearance in the tournament quarterfinals.
"We never put ourselves in a position to create any good momentum," Kimel said. "Even after we scored, we didn't necessarily win the next draw or make a stop defensively. You have to be able to do something to gain momentum ... Maryland was able to create momentum off of saves and stops by their defense and I don't think that's something that we did as well today."
Juniors Kerrin Maurer and Brigid Smith each recorded a hat trick to pace Duke's attack, while sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea accounted for eight saves and three caused turnovers. Senior defender Taylor Virden added three ground balls, two caused turnover and one draw control and concluded her collegiate career ranked second all-time at Duke in draw controls with 184 over four seasons.
The Terrapins got on the board first on a tally by Beth Glaros, and after a counter by junior midfielder Maddy Morrissey, added two more for an early 3-1 advantage. Sophomore Maddy Acton found Smith at the 20:17 mark to cut it to one, but Maryland took off on a three-goal run, fueled by Glaros, Kristen Lamon and Taylor Cummings.
Following a save by Duryea, Maurer notched her 56th goal of the season to bring Duke within three at 6-3. Despite being held scoreless by the Blue Devil defense for over 15 minutes, the balanced Terrapin attack tacked on three more markers before the end of the period to take a 9-3 lead at the break.
Maryland utilized another scoring burst at the beginning of the second half, getting two goals from Cummings and one from Kelly McPartland to go up by nine at 12-3. Though the Duke defense struggled to contain the Terrapins on their offensive end, Duryea stepped out of the cage to intercept a couple of Maryland passes. That resulted in a pair of scores by Maurer and Landon, narrowing the gap to 12-5 with 21:43 to play.
Cummings tallied her fifth and McPartland her second to bump the Terrapins' lead back out to nine. Duryea came up with several one-on-one saves but Maryland continued to fire at the goal, adding another marker by Glaros with just over nine minutes left on the clock.
Maurer and Smith completed hat tricks inside the final seven minutes of regulation, bringing the final score to 15-8.
"Maryland played great today – kudos to them," Kimel said. "They are an excellent team. We were excited about the opportunity to come and play them. We were happy to be in the tournament. We were happy we had two good wins on the road last weekend against two good opponents."
For the game, Maryland outshot the Blue Devils 28-20 and held a 16-7 advantage at the draw. The Terrapins also picked up 19 ground balls to 15 by Duke and went 4-of-5 on free position opportunities.
Cummings led all scorers with five goals and Glaros and McPartland registered three each, while Abbey Clipp had seven saves in goal for Maryland. The Terrapins advance to next weekend's NCAA semifinals.


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Monday, December 8, 2008
The talented, young Frenchman who made that charming animation trailer of "Mukhsin".
His name is Adrien Tache. He turns 18 on December 30th.
But don't get too excited, girls. He already has a girlfriend by the name of Olivia Nouvel.
80 comments:
- troisnyx* said...
Ohhhhh alors c'est LUI !!!
Talk about hot with a capital H.
- December 8, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- Siron Pereira said...
haha. c'est bien la.
peut-etre, je suis plus beau? hahahahhahahahaha.
- December 8, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- hans said...
owh god...
he's hot
- December 8, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- andy boy said...
kak yasmin=)
u tracked him down... wow.
and he is just my age.
amazing what young people can do now days.
i'm flattered=)
i guess he will get that special dvd u promised him... *giggle*
- December 8, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- le petite. said...
he looks like ashraf sinclair.
- December 8, 2008 at 10:54 PM
- yasmin said...
errrmmm... i don't think so.
- December 8, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- troisnyx* said...
ek ? pourquoi ? thought you were gonna send him the best existing copy of the dvd ?
- December 8, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- yasmin said...
ah, troisnyx, i've already asked him for his mailing address on facebook, which was where he contacted me.
- December 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- troisnyx* said...
fuyoh, that's sweet........ :D (I don't know why, but all of a sudden my face just started lighting up)
- December 9, 2008 at 12:04 AM
- crux said...
me love stop animation...
hence why my favourite is robot chicken...hehe
he has a bright future...
- December 9, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Lucky girlfriend.
- December 9, 2008 at 1:32 AM
- abi said...
Whoa! U got him! Well done to him! :)
- December 9, 2008 at 2:46 AM
- madame blossom said...
six degress of separation.. or less. I think the internet makes it lesser than that. ;)
- December 9, 2008 at 2:54 AM
- Jumping Jane. said...
dang, 1 year younger and already has a gf? am i the only one old and lonely? haha
he's good!! kudos!
- December 9, 2008 at 4:25 AM
- i'M yORkE said...
hensem..m'aider..m'aider..i think i already fall in love with this kid..harhar~
- December 9, 2008 at 4:44 AM
- andy boy said...
hahaha.... maybe we all should come up with our own videos so that we too can earn that dvd.... dying still to watch muallaf.
- December 9, 2008 at 5:01 AM
hello kak min. lovely video he made! and you know what? i just realized the existence of this page >.< silly me. my google reader was set to the old storyteller page, patutler so long takde update... sigh. anyway have read all the posts on this blog! and yes nani does have truckloads of character ;) mwah kak min, i'm back!
- December 9, 2008 at 5:21 AM
- Kris Law said...
Only those who truly love and who are truly strong can sustain their lives as a dream. You dwell in your own enchantment. Life throws stones at you, but your love and your dream change those stones into the flowers of discovery. Even if you lose, or are defeated by things, your triumph will always be exemplary. And if no one knows it, then there are places that do. People like you enrich the dreams of the worlds, and it is dreams that create history. People like you are unknowing transformers of things, protected by your own fairy-tale, by love.
- December 9, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- SpidEy d'lEfty said...
kak min, ANIMATION TRAILER OF MUKHSIN??? Did I miss something?
- December 9, 2008 at 7:31 AM
- afams-chan said...
i agree with le petite. I tought Ashraf Sinclair at first glance. Maybe because of the cam angle.
By the way,he's cute! Kawaii-neh!! Can i be ur sister? Hehehe :P
spidey d'iefty maybe u can see in yasmin sensei previous blog. It's you tube..
n yasmin sensei, hope u dont mind i call u sensei..^__^
- December 9, 2008 at 8:40 AM
spidey, watch her previous post.. there's a video of it.. it's great that u get to track him down.. he's very good...
- December 9, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Darkone said...
how come u can tracked him down hehe...by the way...when muallaf will be shown at malaysian cinema's
- December 9, 2008 at 11:07 AM
- troisnyx* said...
yeah, when ar ? we're waiting and waiting and...
- December 9, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- azwad said...
Girls, he's too young for you all :)
- December 9, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- scenenseen said...
what a talent. il est genial!
he looks like gaspard ulliel, the french actor.
- December 9, 2008 at 7:26 PM
- ArENa OH ArENa said...
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- December 9, 2008 at 10:15 PM
- anastasia said...
Wah...good looking that guy..very creative....
- December 9, 2008 at 11:06 PM
- Muhamad Taufik Bin Kamarudin said...
salam miss, my name is taufik, i like all your works especially your iklan and if you dont mind i want to learn how to make a good iklan can ha miss..
- December 10, 2008 at 12:05 AM
- Lynna said...
hahahaha! azwad.. Age is never a factor when it comes to love.. especially love at first sight.... Hellooooooooooo MR TACHE! hehehe!
- December 10, 2008 at 12:16 AM
- yasmin said...
down, girl! down!
- December 10, 2008 at 12:25 AM
nak tau bile cerita muallaf masih tayang kat singapore? nak pg tgk la... sy br balik study dr abroad;) im just one of fan..
- December 10, 2008 at 3:08 AM
- yasmin said...
salaam, syafiq.
muallaf is still showing in singapore. today, on its 14th day of screening, muallaf showed to an almost full house at 7:15. only a few seats in the front row left.
- December 10, 2008 at 4:21 AM
- chico said...
he has that alex yoong look, don't you think?
oh kak min, please tell me you're gonna have a screening of muallaf, maybe a private one, just for your fans, with limited seats in malaysia...
screw those scene-cutters whatever pegawai~!
- December 10, 2008 at 5:28 AM
- yasmin said...
alex yoong, yes!
- December 10, 2008 at 7:29 AM
- afams-chan said...
i agree with chico..maybe do screening for fans!~
- December 10, 2008 at 7:51 AM
- yasmin said...
i think i just might. choose... wanna see muallaf or talentime?
- December 10, 2008 at 8:12 AM
- Lynna said...
hahahaha! BOTH!! back to back!! *jumps around* i wanna go.. i wanna go!!! orrrrr.... you can do like a movie marathon thingy.. starting from rabun.. all the way to talentime!! weeeeeeeeee! coz i believe most of your singaporean fans did not have a chance to watch rabun at all... waaaaaah... soo fun lah!! I dont mind travelling all the way to KL just to watch Rabun since it is truly impossible to get the vcd/dvd here... :D
- December 10, 2008 at 8:58 AM
muallaf!! hehehe since talentime might be out next year kn? i hope that film won't have any problem screening here... so? pretty please heheheh
- December 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- chico said...
owh no~ driving me crazy..talentime or muallaf? it's like choosing cheesecakes or chocolates..
ok, i'll vote for talentime! ^^
i think i could go all the way to singapore to watch muallaf, haha..
i'll persuade my mum
- December 10, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Ain said...
Omg can I answer that? Muallaf please? I really want to watch it :(
- December 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Pame 26 said...
Hye Mdm Yasmin.
Cngratulations on your achievements and I would like U to know that I watched all your movies and I can say I like all of it.No turn down.
U r such a star send by Heaven to make people like me who are searching for the like-minded (spiritually free and just believe in God),amazed by your admirable works.
Continue doing your very best and put smile on people faces.
P/S:It is such a shame that I can't watch Muallaf or Talentime.If U do come to France, please let me know.
Oh ya.I regret it very much every time I remmber maself being a coward not saying hi to Nani and her family at Bngsar. Not once but many times.
God bless U Yasmin.
- December 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- Helmi Razali said...
kak yasmin, can't it be both??
sebagai hadiah hari merdeka ke.
Although merdeka masih jauh. hehehe.
tak pun, hadiah tahun baru.
tahun baru dah dekat. kan.. ha ha ha
dua2 pun saya yakin best.
so tak tahu nk pilih yg mana
*migrain fikir pasal ni*
- December 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- fadz said...
ohh, trailer mana ni?
- December 10, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- fadz said...
bonda, salam aidil adha :)
- December 10, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- *cosmic freak* said...
"am i the only one old and lonely?"
Jane needs to be spanked by me!
Madam, Mualaf please. I haven't seen it. :-(
This boy doesn't look like Ashraf Sinclair at all. Think he is 10 times Hotter. Haha. Not to mention unmarried, young and French. Altho my preferences lie differently, I wouldn't mind a frenchie like him. ;-)
Ah. And that slight smile. *sigh* Lucky Olivia!
Yes Jane, you ARE OLD AND LONELY! Hahaha.
- December 10, 2008 at 7:20 PM
- troisnyx* said...
Any one of them will do. But er. If I were given a choice, Talentime because... I don't know - the title just appeals to me.
- December 10, 2008 at 7:25 PM
- Hemanth said...
yasmin - wonderful job. i dont know if i've ever told you this during my tenure at LBKL but you are truly an inspiration to alot of people and the work that you produce, exceptional darling - exceptional!
Keep it up!
- December 10, 2008 at 8:29 PM
yasmin, how long will muallaf be in singapore? cuz i juz got d green light from my parents to go to s'pore wif my kazens but 23 dec.. rsnyer sempat x?
- December 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- Kris Law said...
Only one of the above? (secretly hoping for both)
Muallaf please? :-)
PS: new entry in my blog.
- December 11, 2008 at 1:44 AM
- eti said...
muallaf plissssssss..id really like to experience it.
- December 11, 2008 at 3:00 AM
- yasmin said...
salaam, fadz. go 2 postings back and you'll find the french trailer video.
- December 11, 2008 at 3:04 AM
- akusiktauk said...
dia ke jadi budak utk soundcheck utk animasi mukhsin?
- December 11, 2008 at 5:38 AM
- farah said...
Please include me in the list for the muallaf/talentime screening k.min. If I had to choose one - I'll go with Muallaf. Thx very much.
- December 11, 2008 at 6:54 AM
- ogy said...
salam. i'm not an actress just a lovely and career mom but really teringin nak act in ur film (x pernah berlakon drama/film except masa kt sekolah he he
whatever bonda yasmin ur film is amazing -really enjoy ur film and always want to be a part of it. best of luck in ur next film.
- December 11, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Can do a pyjamas marathon and watched it together wth some of ur cast esp the 'anak emas'? My sis was saying films that were screened at the picturehouse are usually 'deep'. Got deep meaning... I believe all ur films is deep. So only the intellectuals and pple wth and open mind wld watch ur films... when u do a marathon.. deepthinking viewers get to meet one another... tat wld be fun! u nvr noe wat cld be discussed during intermission...
- Anonymous banker (naik sedap lak dgn nick nie) haha
- December 11, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- Azmi Danuri said...
mak, buat marathon screening la.
i think i'm one of the fortunate few in Singapore who got to watch Rabun. hehe.
nak tgk Muallaf and Talentime lagi la!
- December 11, 2008 at 6:19 PM
- *cosmic freak* said...
My friend went to Singapore just for Mualaf. She adore the caption on the poster "A Movie Malaysia May never get to see" (or so something like that).
And I'm in Malaysia.
- December 11, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- ~*caryn*~ said...
hello kak min... can we have both? :P it's been so long since i've seen you, mishiumucho!
- December 12, 2008 at 4:58 AM
- Lynna said...
waaaah! dengar tu mak.. anak mak dah bersuara tu.. and he agrees with me!! hahaha! best nyer!! :) thanx azmi! marathon screening for all your films pleaseeeeee kak yasmin... maybe can set up a table selling popcorns and drinks... and maybe can sell those "I LOVE YASMIN AHMAD" tees and buttons too... hahaha! ALL PROCEED WILL GO TO CHARITY!!! weeeeeeeee! kan best?!?! hehehe!! i dont mind volunteering to mend the popcorn or kacang putih stall.. :D please please please... or.... im not sure if you have thought of this before.. but you can come out with a boxset!! you know like those star wars or lord of the ring trilogy thingy.. You should definitely come out with a YASMIN AHMAD's COLLECTION DVD! *singing* wouldn't it be nice if this could happen.. wouldn't it be nice if it came true.. :D
much love,
Lynna Gilmore.
ps: i totally agree with anonymous banker.
- December 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- yasmin said...
a marathon of my film would be unbearable even for me!
but that"proceeds will go to charity" part is a very good idea.
- December 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Azmi Danuri said...
mak, you don't have to watch.
kita peminat-peminat aje yang tengok.
- December 12, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- troisnyx* said...
Hm. Let's see. Screening of films. Yasmin Ahmad merchandise, proceeds go to charity. :) Or maybe we should do it all in one month ?
- December 12, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Anonymous banker.. I may not be so intellectual but i still love kak yasmin movie...
I just got back from touring Indonesia, no more money to go Singapore *darn!* so when the dvd coming? I'm collection good movies =) so i can watch it everytime I wish to do so yay
- December 12, 2008 at 7:09 PM
- the Razzler said...
Kak Min ..
If there's a screening, I would like to register now!!
Who do I email to?
- December 12, 2008 at 9:20 PM
- *cosmic freak* said...
Yasmin's films are too deep, you can't do a marathon. You can do a week-a-thon, like one night a movie tho. At least you got the rest of the 21 hours to think about the message encrypted in it.
But I seriously agree about the "PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CHARITY" thing too. I bet most of her cast are pretty much in the charity and pro bono acts as well as.
Its like, Govt doesn't help fund these NGOs, and Govt censored Yasmin's movies, so Yasmin make screening and help raise funds for the NGOs that Govt don't provide funds for. Hehe.
I'll surely help up in distributing positive feel good vibe and hugs.
- December 12, 2008 at 10:13 PM
unbearable? i dun think so.. i think it'll be nice to watch ur films back 2 back maybe starting from mukhsin to gubra (will rabun be in between sepet n gubra?) den watch muallaf n talentime... dat's like heaven hehehe
- December 12, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- yunosar said...
Assalaamualaikum kak min,
ill be back to KL and will be in JB from 24th sampai 28th December. Im thinking of crossing over to watch Muallaf during that time. Agaknya still showing tak kak min masa tu?
- December 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- andy boy said...
kak yasmin,
please do have a private screening of muallaf... me and chico already planned to watch it togather. after all, i dont think talentime will have probs with censorship tough the kampung medan tragedy was included in the movie. i am willing to pay big bucks... seriously!!! it will be my christmas present. PLEASE... IM ON MY KNEES...sob..sob (a better present is to play an extra in ur movie)
- December 13, 2008 at 3:14 AM
- afams-chan said...
yeah..? why not yasmin-sensei..
sambil beramal bagus tu..
- December 14, 2008 at 5:37 AM
hey andy boy, u shld get on ur knees with a stalk of rose or anytg of yasmin's favourite perhaps she might consider... correct or not k.yasmin? n y dun u spend the big bucks getting on a flight down to spore to catch it at picturehouse whilst its still screening here in spore..
k.yasmin, abt the movie marathon thingy.. it wld be great if it do comes thru.. im quite sure u will get supports for tat.. esp if u do it for charity purposes as in part of the tickets $ will go to charity? coz im not too sure abt the buttons and tees tingy..
- December 14, 2008 at 10:29 AM
i sacrificed my lunch cum dinner (limited budget on my one week holiday in Spore lah.huu) to buy the Muallaf ticket dat cost me 10 sing dollar ma..but still,its worth it..
watched it at cathay cineplex on last Sat.n i dont think i was the only Msian there coz a couple besides me brought MAS nye blanket.heh.feels good watching a Malaysian film together-gether with the Singaporeans ;)
-Anonymous Hardcore Backpacker
- December 14, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- asybedazzle said...
good job.:)
- December 14, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- fadz said...
semua filem yang ditayangkan dipaparkan dengan trailer, seperti trailer secomel yang dibuat oleh budak peranchis itu.
- December 14, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- maberik said...
see Ed Gonzalez's list. :)
- December 16, 2008 at 6:04 AM
- Atira. said...
wow he's hot!
- December 16, 2008 at 10:39 PM
it's 8/10
- December 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- Juan Danza said...
meminjam kata-kata tuan haji shaharudin mustafa, editor hiburan Utusan Malaysia sewaktu menjadi pengkritik AF3...
"Wajah anda membantu kami untuk melariskan akhbar dan majalah..."
kan kak min?
- December 18, 2008 at 7:12 AM
- Ashleigh said...
Screen both! =D I'd love to watch them back-to-back!
- December 22, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Nabz said...
Hello there!
I manage to find your blog finally!
Fellow malaysian here and wanting to watch all these movies coming up without the censorship parts XD
If possible, yes..make a gathering.
- December 27, 2008 at 9:02 PM
i am infatuated =D
- December 31, 2008 at 3:46 AM


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