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Obama warns spending cuts could idle shipbuilder
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - President Obama traveled to the Navy's sole builder of aircraft carriers to drive home his argument that his political foes and their constituents will be among the hardest hit by across-the-board spending cuts that start March 1.
Obama used the backdrop of the shipyard of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Va., to emphasize the effect on defense industry jobs if $85 billion in automatic budget cuts for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year kick in as scheduled on Friday. With 21,000 workers, the facility is Virginia's biggest manufacturing employer.
"The impact of this policy won't be felt overnight, but it will be real," Obama said Tuesday. "It's not just restricted to the defense industry."
Earlier, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, staged a preemptive news conference in Washington, accusing Obama of using the military as a "prop" to promote tax increases. He said the House won't act until the Democratic majority in the Senate "gets off their ass" to pass a fiscal plan.
With three days to got before the spending reductions known as sequestration begin, there was no public sign that the White House and congressional Republicans are in negotiations on an alternative fiscal plan.
Half of the reductions will affect defense spending, while the rest will be spread over other federal agencies. Obama and Democrats want to replace part of the cuts with higher tax revenue, while Republicans oppose more taxes.
Unless there's a resolution in the coming weeks, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that budget reductions will cause a 0.6 percentage-point reduction in growth this year. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday that "this additional near-term burden on the recovery is significant."
The cuts are hitting amid signs of public optimism about the economy. The Conference Board's consumer sentiment index climbed to 69.6, exceeding all forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists, from a revised 58.4 in January. Other reports Tuesday showed home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in the 12 months to December by the most in more than six years, and purchases of new homes jumped in January to the highest level since July 2008.
The House passed a proposal to avert the spending cuts last year. The measure expired when the last session of Congress ended in early January.
"We have moved a bill in the House twice; we should not have to move a third bill before the Senate gets off their ass and begins to do something," Boehner said. Obama is more interested in "holding rallies" than negotiating to find a way to avert the spending reductions, he said.
Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., whose district includes the nearby Naval Station Norfolk and has the highest concentration of military personnel in the nation, said he disagrees with his party's leadership on raising revenue.
Rigell, who accompanied Obama on the flight from Washington, said he'd support closing some loopholes in the tax code to bring more money into the Treasury.
Before Air Force One departed, Rigell said he planned to use the travel time to urge the president to offer a "specific alternative" to the sequester rather than his general call for a package that mixes new revenue with spending cuts.
"I boarded the plane knowing that some would potentially misinterpret" taking the trip with the Democratic president, Rigell said.
While there's little chance the sequestration can be replaced by Friday's deadline, Rigell said, there is enough time to get a compromise shortly afterward that would mitigate the impact and trim spending.
Also on the flight was Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., whose district includes the shipyard.
The Navy already has delayed the repair and overhaul of its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln at the Huntington shipyard that was supposed to begin this month.
"If the Lincoln doesn't come here by the end of March or beginning of April, we'll be letting people go because of that," Mike Petters, chief executive officer of Huntington Ingalls, said in a Bloomberg Television interview Tuesday.
Petters introduced Obama at the event, saying that solving the fiscal challenge, like building a ship, will require "all the tools in the tool bag." Repeating a term frequently used by Obama, Petters said a "balanced" approach is needed.
Cutbacks affecting Newport News Shipbuilding would ripple across Huntington Ingalls' suppliers in all 50 states, according to the White House.
"We're very concerned," said Betty Hazelwood, a pipefitter for submarines who has worked at the Newport News shipyard for 13 years. "We're middle class and we really take pride in what we do. We're all on pins and needles."
Virginia has a high concentration of defense installations and about 90,000 civilian employees of the Defense Department would be furloughed if the full effects of the automatic cuts hit, the administration said in a statement.
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Mike Timlin allowed three more runs in the eighth (on Seattle's first back-to-back home runs of the season, both hit on the first pitch) and that was that. In the top of the ninth, after Drew walked and Pedroia doubled, Youkilis brought them both in with his own double, making the score look somewhat close.
Toronto won in Minnesota, so they are now 10 GB. Idle New York is 11 GB.
Julian Tavarez (4.50, 100 ERA+) / Jeff Weaver (8.56, 49 ERA+)
Tavarez is coming off his best start of the year, shutting down the Braves in a seven-inning masterpiece. In four June starts, Tavarez is 2-0 with a 2.81 ERA, and he's allowed three earned runs or fewer in seven of his past nine starts. ...Jason Varitek is 8-for-19 against Weaver with a double and two homers.
In his first start of the season, Boston jumped all over Weaver, who allowed seven runs on seven hits in only two innings ... Two months later, Weaver appears to have found his groove, and is coming off his best start of the season, a four-hit complete-game shutout against the Pirates ...


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NU Wraps Up Preseason with Second Intrasquad
Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska's men's gymnastics team completed their last intrasquad meet on Saturday in their practice areain the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Red team snagged the overall victory over the White team, claiming half of the six event titles.
The Huskers competed on floor exercise, pommel horse and rings on Friday. They completed the meet Saturday with vault, parallel bars and high bar. Almost everyone on the team competed in the meet, with only two sitting out due to injury.
Unlike NU's first intrasquad, team scores were compiled from each team's three best scores in each event. The Red team led after both sections of the competition, landing them with an overall win.
Junior Mark Ringle performed a solid routine on high bar (13.95), earning him the event title while Sam Chamberlain excelled on parallel bars (14.0), making him the first of the four freshman on the team to earn a collegiate title.
Grant Perdue recaptured the title on floor exercise, scoring a 15.5. The closest competitors to the All American were senior Wyatt Baier and Ringle, who tied for second with a 14.2.
Eric Schryver, one of the team's four co-captains, reclaimed his intrasquad title on pommel horse with a 14.3, followed by all around champion Wyatt Aycock and sophomore Connor Stillwell.
Still rings was dominated by specialist Donovan Arndt, who finished a solid performance with a score of 14.6. Baier and Robbie Kocks rounded out the top three on the event.
Video highlights of the intrasquad will be available on the team's Facebook page later this week. A play-by-play breakdown of the meet can be found on their Twitter account (@NebraskaMGym).
The Huskers will begin their regular season at the Rocky Mountain Open on Jan. 12, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Nebraska's debuts at home on January 27 against the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames. The meet will begin at 1 p.m. CST at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.


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The Augusta City Council approved more than a quarter of a million dollars in street repairs Monday night.
The Augusta City Council approved more than a quarter of a million dollars in street repairs Monday night.
Most of the work will be completed by the early of July.
The bid for the main projects came in more than $50,000 below the city engineer's estimates. The bid from Cornejo and Sons came in at just over $156,000. The estimate for the work had been over $208,000.
That allowed the council to select on of the alternates for be completed as well.
The asphalt projects that will be completed include:
• Knebler Addition entrance from Ohio St.
• Josephine between Robbins and Dearborn St.
• Colonial Drive between Ranchwood and Woodland.
• Timber Drive between Ranchwood and Woodland. And
• Broadway between West and Lulu.
The alternate project that was selected was Quail Dr. between Ranchwood and Woodland.
That project was selected because it works well with the Colonial and Timber Dr. projects that will be completed in the same area.
Councilor Mike Wallace wasn't happy that Gregg St. in his ward was going to stay on the alternate list for another year.
He questioned whether the alternate projects truly advanced or if some projects remained alternates indefinitely.
City Manager Bill Keefer assured him that the alternate projects do advance in priority but Quail was just too expensive at this point to be included.
"I know it isn't getting done because it is expensive and it isn't in ward three or four," Wallace said. "But it is expensive because it is bad."
Keefer didn't disagree that sometimes the process of selecting the projects could be subjective but he said the city was addressing that problem.
"The new pavement management plan will help prioritize and keep the process from becoming as subjective," Keefer said. "It will help give direction to both the committee and the council going forward."
The council also agreed to contract with Andale Paving to do a demonstration project for $132,832. That project will replace Oak St. between 4th and 6th streets, including curb and gutter work with a new paving method called roller compacted concrete.


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DURHAM, N.C. - Sophomore Ester Goldfeld cruised to an easy singles victory on court three to lead the third-ranked Duke women's tennis team to a 6-0 win over No. 74 Wisconsin in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. With the win, the Blue Devils are set to face the winner of the match between College of Charleston and Wyoming in the championship match Sunday at 4 p.m. for a spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Women's Team Indoor Championship, to be hosted next month by the University of Virginia.
"I thought we played okay, but I really thought we competed well in singles," said head coach Jamie Ashworth. "I thought across the board we got some quick wins, and it was great to see Ester [Goldfeld] play better than last week. She struggled a bit last week, and for her to be the first one done in a quick match was good for her confidence and for our team to see that."
In doubles action, the Blue Devils came out with a lot of energy and grabbed a quick 1-0 lead on all three courts. In the No. 2 position, junior Marianne Jodoin and sophomore Annie Mulholland cruised to an easy 4-1 lead in their match against Lauren Burich and Helen Rabot, and continued their good play to win easily, 8-2.
In the No. 1 spot, senior Mary Clayton and Goldfeld traded early games with Hannah Berner and Lauren Chypyha before breaking serve and finding themselves up 4-3. At a crucial point in the match, Goldfeld ripped an ace, giving the duo a 5-3 lead. The Badger tandem responded by holding serve, but Clayton and Goldfeld won the next three games to clinch the doubles point. Junior Hanna Mar and sophomore Monica Turewicz held a 5-4 lead in their match against Katie Hoch and Anastasia Tripolskay before the doubles point was clinched, and the match was left unfinished.
Last week, Ashworth told Goldfeld she needed to do a better job of starting matches aggressively. In her three matches this spring, Goldfeld had fallen behind early in two of them, but was able to come back and win the match, something that Ashworth commended, but encouraged Goldfeld not to let happen any longer. In singles play Saturday, Goldfeld responded by dominating Hoch, 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 3 position, setting the tone for the Blue Devils.
Jodoin cruised through the first set against Rabot, 6-2, and closed the match by breaking serve with an outstanding lob to claim the second set, 6-1, at No. 6. Turewicz rushed out to a 4-1 lead in the first set, and continued her great play to easily dispatch of Tripolskay, 6-2, 6-1, to clinch the match. On court four, Mulholland traded games with Burich early on to level the match 2-2, before finding her rhythm and only dropping one more game in a quick victory, 6-3, 6-0.
In the top-spot, 10th-ranked Mar came out with energy and broke serve twice to take a 4-1 lead against Berner, en route to a 6-1 win in the first set. Mar continued her solid play in the second, with a number of outstanding defensive plays to keep points alive and forcing Berner into errors.
While Mar topped Berner, 6-1, 6-3, Clayton, ranked No. 53 in the ITA poll, dropped her first set, 3-6, to Chypyha, but was able to break serve in the second set to take an early 3-0 lead. Chypyha battled back, eventually pushing the set into a tie breaker, where Clayton edged Chypyha, 7-5, to claim the second set. Due to time constraints, the match with Clayton and Chypyha was left unfinished.
"[Before the match] we talked about playing with a purpose, I mean it is the same stuff as always, and playing disciplined," Ashworth said. "I thought we did a good job with our decision making and that is something that we talked about. We have to be smarter when we play. We also want to play with energy, I said trust that your teammates are going to do the same thing and believe that your teammates are going to do the same thing, but with six matches going on, when you win a point, I want to hear you four courts away, so I thought at the beginning we definitely did a good job with that."
The Blue Devils take to the court Sunday in the championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend against the winner of the College of Charleston and Wyoming match. The championship is slated to begin at 4:00 p.m. at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
Wisconsin vs. Duke
Jan 26, 2013 at Durham, N.C.
(Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center)
#3 Duke 6, #74 Wisconsin 0
Singles Competition
1. #10 Hanna Mar (DUKE) def. Hannah Berner (WIS) 6-1, 6-3
2. #53 Mary Clayton (DUKE) vs. Lauren Chypyha (WIS) 3-6, 6-6 (7-5), unfinished
3. #40 Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Katie Hoch (WIS) 6-1, 6-0
4. Annie Mulholland (DUKE) def. Lauren Burich (WIS) 6-3, 6-0
5. Monica Turewicz (DUKE) def. Anastasia Tripolskay (WIS) 6-2, 6-1
6. #53 Marianne Jodoin (DUKE) def. Helen Rabot (WIS) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles Competition
1. Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Hannah Berner/Lauren Chypyha (WIS) 8-4
2. Marianne Jodoin/Annie Mulholland (DUKE) def. Lauren Burich/Helen Rabot (WIS) 8-2
3. Monica Turewicz/Hanna Mar (DUKE) vs. Katie Hoch/Anastasia Tripolskay (WIS) 5-4, unfinished
Match Notes:
Wisconsin 0-1; National ranking #74
Duke 2-0; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,6,5,4,1)


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Moving day for Homeless Hospitality Center
New London - Mark Irish was the first to check into the new 50-bed Homeless Hospitality Center on State Pier Road Tuesday night. He chose a bed in the corner of the dormitory-style room, next to a window.
Not so he can open the window on the third floor of the former church or because he wanted more light, he said. He just didn't want to be in a bed in the center of the room.
"It's near an outlet," said Irish, who said he liked the smell of the new wood and paint in the renovated space.
Earlier Tuesday, a dozen volunteers from the Naval Submarine Base in Groton hauled mattresses, beds and shelves out of St. James Episcopal Church, where the shelter has been housed for the past seven years, and moved the furniture less than half a mile to the new shelter at the former Sts. Peter & Paul Polish Church.
Starting at about 6 p.m., workers began driving guests, six at a time, from St. James to the new shelter.
"It's going. Slow going," said Cathy Zall, executive director, as she sat at a desk at the entrance to the three-story facility. Facing a video monitor with various images of the shelter's nooks and crannies, and armed with spreadsheets with bed assignments, locks for the two rows of new orange lockers and forms for guests to sign, Zall tried to keep order.
"Go upstairs, pick a bed, then come down and tell me the number," she directed the guests as they lined up with their bags. "I'll give you a locker and a lock when you come back down. No drugs, no alcohol, no food in the lockers."
More than 50 men and women moved into the shelter Tuesday. About half were regulars with assigned bunks, which means they stay at the shelter at least five nights a week and meet strict criteria for living there. Others were known to the staff but don't stay there on a regular basis. A handful were brand-new and were sitting at tables in the day room waiting to be processed.
The shelter has a no-freeze policy, meaning no one is turned away on cold nights.
Melissa Roy, one of the regulars, works for LV Computer Solutions in New London. She was on the women's side of the sleeping room, putting clean sheets on her top bunk, plugging in her cellphone charger and pushing a bag of belongings under the bed.
Every few minutes, she had to step out of the way as other guests passed by, hauling backpacks, pillows and plastic bags filled with bed linens.
"It's chaos," Roy said.
"First, they said we were moving in the morning. Then they said we're moving tonight," she said, losing her train of thought and apologizing as she struggled to make the bed in a room where she would be sleeping with 24 other women.
"That's what happens when you move into a new place - you get frazzled," she said.
But Roy, who has gone through three bad marriages, lost a few jobs and two apartments, is grateful for a warm place to stay.
"It's not easy being homeless. I don't want to be homeless," she said. Her plan, now that she has earned her high school diploma and is working, is eventually to move to Virginia, where her fiance lives.
Construction on the $1.2 million project has been ongoing for the past year. Workers divided up the sanctuary and added walls, ceilings, floors and bathrooms with showers to the former church. Sleeping quarters are on the third floor. A day center is on the main floor and the basement houses a 10-bed medical respite center.
The former rectory, which includes a room where the few remaining members of the Polish National Church attend services on Sundays, has offices, meeting rooms and a kitchen. Programs that help the homeless with medical and mental health issues and with finding permanent housing will be located there. There is also a laundry room.
"It may be a little tight, but it's comfortable," said Charles Boyd Jr., director of operations. "Everyone's feeling good about it already."
For Larry Seckley, a cook whose goal is to get a full-time job, make back child support payments and eventually find a permanent place to live, the new shelter is an improvement.
"It's clean," he said, quickly adding that the old shelter in the community room at St. James wasn't dirty. But the new shelter has a place for the homeless to spend time during the day and staff in place to help with job applications, he said.
"And they treat me fairly and they treat me with respect," he said.
The overnight shelter at St. James is now closed, as is the day center at 19 Jay St. All services will be housed at the new facility. There is also a van that will transport guests from the shelter to meal centers and to medical appointments.
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The Rolla area is experiencing a nice, warm Monday, but don't expect this weather to stick around for long.
According to National Weather Service Meteorologist Andy Boxell out of Springfield, the warm weather will still be in the area Tuesday, but we will be back to normal temperatures Wednesday.
Overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning he expects showers to move into the area, making for a rainy Tuesday.
Throughout the day Tuesday, there is a possibility of strong to severe thunderstorms, but they will be isolated and the worst of the storm should pass to the south of Rolla.
"It's not looking like a severe weather outbreak," said Boxell. He said there is the potential for damaging straight-line winds and possibly a tornado. He said if that does happen, the incidents will be few and far between.
After the storm system moves through the area, temperatures will return to normal for this time of the year.
"We may see some light flurries on the back side of this system," said Boxell. "It's going to feel like a pretty chilly end to the work week."


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^ Maybe he'll get together with that freckly guy that was semi-flirting.
^ Maybe he'll get together with that freckly guy that was semi-flirting.
Looking for inspiration
The Warbler thats supposed to tempt Blaine is pretty cute!
Looking for inspiration
^But do we know he's supposed to be straight? The last 2 lead Warbler's have been gay, maybe it's traditional.
Looking for inspiration
My thoughts on this last episode:
-What a sad episode...But realistic for a change.
- I didn't like the fact that when Blaine was confessing to Kurt what he did, they started singing...It was such an emotional scene and I think the song just took away the emotion.
-I've hated Blaine since he was first introduced but for some reason even though I hate cheaters and liars with all my guts, the fact that he actually showed some testosterone in this episode by cheating actually made him kinda sexy to me. Now I want Kurt to get a SUPER HOT and SUPER MASCULINE boyfriend.
-The Coldplay cover was really bad...like terribly bad. I've never really complained about them butchering songs, but that one in particular made me realize how others percieve Glee sometimes.
-I kinda see where things are going, Schuester is going to move to Washington for a few months and Finn will replace him as Glee director for a while.
- I thought we were gonna see more of Finn's reaction when he walked in on Rachel and Brody. It felt like that scene was missing the entire episode.
-Finn is looking fiiiiineeeee.
Overall this season has been amazing and emotional. I love it.
darren is the best singer in glee imho
chord is looking extra sexy this season
finn is looking hot as well.
i like jacob as well
Totally agree with most of what I read here. Few points specifically:
Finn totally gonna be Schue's replacement while he's on that panel.
Kitty is EVIL... but I kind of lover her. That girl sure knows how to play a cunt, and she does the role VERY well
I actually kinda like that they followed people out of mcKinley... makes it less "highschool".
Unique is amazing this season... but as a result of her being there I kept forgetting Mercedes was gone. Heavy-set black "chick" quota was still filled, so when they're all in a group, you forget the black chick has a wiener lol!!
Santana and Britney's breakup was def. the saddest. They have a way of giving Santana songs that get totally twisted meanings to them when she sings them, and get so flipped around that you're like "wow... I never thought of that as a sad song" (or Landslide "huh, never thought of that as a lesbian song" lol). I persoally think santana is the best singer on the show. i love her voice.
That...was the most intense, and probably well written episode of Glee ever. The actor who plays Blaine is amazing. All the things he said with just his eyes when he sung Teenage Dream...my God. I cried, not gonna lie.
New Glee!!
My thoughts on this episode:
-The new kid Ryder is totally cute.
-The scene between Ryder and Finn when they were singing was SOOO cheesy I was cringing.
-I kept hoping for Blaine to be tackled by one of the football players when he was singing in the field.
-I love Kitty's lines, she's like a combination of Santana, coach Sylvester and Becky but worse.
-Tina keeps being ignored...
-I don't know how to feel about the way they are handling the Unique situation. At first I thought they were introducing a transgender character, so I thought they were gonna treat her as a "she" and she'd be dressed all the time. But it seems like they lowered him to a dragqueen...From that scene when Wade's sitting in the couch crying with Finn I can totally tell that she's transgender so I don't really know if I'm 100% comfortable with the fact that the characters refer to her and treat her as a boy.
-I was right when I said Finn was going to become the new mr. Schuester!!! I get extra cool points for that .
Good lord. Now I want to hit Kitty with a truck...repeatedly.
Glad to see Mercedes and Coach Bieste back. CB is rocking the jheri curl!
It was nice to get a Kurt and Rachel-free episode for once, so I won't get sick of them.
I feel sorry for Unique, being stuck between worlds. But I cannot wait to see her kill it as Rizzo and make Coach Sue eat shit.
- Fuck the pity party for Finn and "Unique".
- Ryder is kind of cute. Not usually my type but he needs to go bi.
- Marlie looks like a 40 year-old woman.
- I keep thinking hand "job" instead of hand "jive". Born to hand job makes a much better premise.
- "heroic doses of Chardonnay" good writing.
- I'll choose to ignore the plot holes and bad acting.
I never was a fan of her. Just in love with all the hot guys but Finn is and always will be my fav. come on guys more fakes of all the hot guys of glee. We have seen justin bieber and jensen ackles and everyone else over and over and over. Love all them fakes, dont get me wrong BUT.... I wanna see more of Finn, Blaine, Sam, Chang, and all the other hotties.
Just saw the latest Glee on Hulu Plus, so here's my thoughts:
Now I want to throw Kitty in a wood chipper, then feed the remains to pigs so they she can return to the shit from whence she came. Being a bitch like Quinn or Santana is one thing, but continually sabotaging, cockblocking and tearing down Marley makes her an outright CUNT. Then she goes and out-cunts herself by nudging Marley into an eating disorder. Die and go to hell, Kitty.
Speaking of cunts, Finn should have told Coach Sue to go fuck herself and let Unique perform as Rizzo. On the plus side, it left the role open for Santana!
As long as we're talking about cunts, let's not forget Rachel's dance teacher. I KNEW that evil bitch was being too nice to her, but I wasn't sure what her angle was until she started slutting it up...I mean, dancing with Brody. Ooh, you sneaky bitch! Then she goes and gloats about it to Rachel? There's a circle of Hell made just for people like that. I hope Brody was a lousy lay and gave her a really nasty STD.
Oh, and Blaine was just about to spill the beans on who he cheated with, until Kurt cut him off. Goddamnit Kurt, you might not care, but I do! Shut the fuck up and let Blaine reveal who took his black cherry!
I'm here for Kitty.
Sam was perfect as Kenickie. Beautiful as always! I'm here for him too.
Oh SANTANAAAAAAAAA!!! <3
Ever wonder whats going on when your back is turned? A
I'm falling in love with Ryder. He's sooooooooooo cute, and those arms...*sigh*.
I saw this on TV last night and totally forgot the show even existed. Judging by the comments it hasn't improved since season one anyway.
^Season one will always be the best, it was so fresh and funny. But this season's been good so far.
The show just seems on autopilot. Just watched last night's episode and it just an average show. B-
They need to have Sue take a leave of absence to deal with her undiagnosed bipolar disorder - it is like one set of writers want her to be nice and the other set want her to be a bitch. From episode to episode her character jumps. But I guess I should not be real surprised - there is little to no consistency in the show now.
Maybe if they had let the graduates move away and started with a whole new crew they might have had a chance but I am afraid the show is probably in its last season...
Just watched the latest episode. It was awesome!
Some points:
1. Mega Studs, indeed.
2. Kitty is such a biatch. Worse than Quinn ever was and lacking Quinn's grace.
3. Who was Blaine's manstress? Did they keep him out of focus because his identity was unimportant or because they are gearing up for a big reveal?
4. So many good songs. [Minor Spoiler] I just wish Ryder and Jake had finished theirs before punching each other in the face.
where was Unique in this episode?
That's not the first time one or more of the characters have gone MIA throughout an episode with no explanation. I think they did the same thing with Rory once or twice last season.
I can't believe they ran a new episode on Thanksgiving night!
I did not see it at all -
Outside of Some Nights (none of the guys are tenors or maybe that is just bad autotune) and Hero (love some Bonny Tyler) this episode was a complete wash. Darkside was cringe worthy. Blaine can't carry an aria and he needs to control his jazz hands. Whenever Glee goes "afterschool special" I just roll my eyes. Glee is no Degrassi.
Now that it was pointed out, absolutely no Unique which is messed up. Would have been awesome to see him/her in a superhero costume and I wonder what his power would be.
While Finn has become a Mr. Shue clone, I prefer him over Mr. Shue. They really should just drop the "graduates" and focus on the new kids.
Loved the duets on Superman, Heroes, Some Nights, and Holding Out For A Hero. They should have done "Superman" by Five For Fighting instead of Dark Side, or even better, "Batdance" by Prince.
Nice to see Marley gaining more confidence and getting loose from Kitty's influence. Sad to hear she's still hugging the toilet.
I also missed Unique. Where the hell was she? Nice to see more of Bieste and Becky at least. Didn't miss Emma, Shue, or Sue at all. I only miss Rachael and Kurt because I want to the aftermath of Brody banging the teach and Kurt trying out dating in NYC.
Overall, the episode was great fun, especially the part with Blaine and Sam taking back the trophy.
BTW - what the fuck was up with blurring out Blaine's regret-fuck? At least it was apparent that it wasn't Karofsky or Sebastian.
-Finn sucks as the new mr. Schuester lol.
-The Slaine part was soooo cute.
-Becky saying "freeze bitches!" was awesome.
The rest of the episode was cheesy and kinda meh. But I guess I don't expect anything different from Glee.
- Oh look, it's Quinn's one episode of the year. I just hope there isn't another shitty x-mas special.
- Still hate Finn.
- Gangnam style, really?
- "Blow my whistle" is a euphemism for "suck my cock". Sadly, I learned that from playing DDR.
- With an audience full of extras they still have to phone in the cheering? /sigh
- Kiki, ugh, again.
- Kurt shouldn't cry. It ages him like 10 years. With that, I hope Blaine fucks up and sends Kurt running again. I assume that mystery guy will spoil it.
My thoughts on this Thanksgiving episode:
AH-MAZING!!!! It was too awesome I loved it.
-Shangela and the whole "Lets have a kiki" performance gave me life!
-I loved how they are being more realistic with how they approach some things, like for example when Brody was talking to Rachel about sleeping with Ms. July. And also the fight between Quinn and Santana was perfect, it seemed very real and broke the whole corny vibe the return of the old New Directioners brought.
-I loved Gangnam Style but lol @ it taking an Asian song in order for Tina to get a solo (is she even Korean?)
Loved the performance of "Come See About Me", as well as the bitch-off between Quinn and Santana.
What the fuck was with the singing Mennonites? That was corny as fuck. So was Rachael's song about turkey in the middle of "Kiki". (Which is the gayest song since Kylie Minogue's "Your Disco Needs You".)
5 minutes of Sue was 5 minutes too many. Ever since she had her baby, she's been a depressing sourpuss. All the fun has been sucked out of her character.
Ryder can barely read English, and they're having him read Korean? What the hell?
Kitty is getting dangerously close to going all Single White Female on Quinn. I have to give her props for manipulating Quinn into getting between Noah and Marley - that's some Queen Bitch level stuff right there.
Brody did have a point. He can't read Rachel's mind, he's an adult, and wasn't going to sit around waiting for her to choose between him and Finn. Still shouldn't have fucked that bitch Cassie. Now he's going to pee fire for the next few months.
Kurt should have told Blaine to go fuck himself.
Great to see Unique and Mercedes back. Too bad neither got a solo or a duet.
I actually like Finn in place of Mr. Shue. He's not as cloying earnest, and he's doing a lot less of that look that says "Did I forget to turn the oven off?".
Unless Ryder is gonna get his twink ass plowed, I could not care about him. We need more bisexuals like Britney.
How nice and cute did Dean Geyer look this episode, especially when he was surrounded by drag queens!?
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-Happy they lost.
-I don't get them removing the sound proofing from the room.
-LMAO! Britney got into Brandeis? She's not Jewish. Although I could see Blaine frequenting bathhouses looking for a "daddy".
-Chord is a smoker. Those eye wrinkles at his age make it obvious.
-Britney broke the 4th wall!
-I'm glad that everyone went their own way and Kurt got shut out only to get in again =(.
-I don't remember this much piano accompaniment in episodes.
-Sad that Rachel didn't get panned. Opera or bust. They totally sliced Oh Holy Night together due to the bad lip syncing.
-Kurt's pants should be burned. More bad slicing.
-Finn point types. It's cute in a neophyte way.
-Finn should totally bang Marley.
Is it just me, or does it seem like that was a "this is the finale in case we get cancelled/don't get renewed" episode? Even the name of the episode - "Swan Song" - hinted at this.


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So, which style of bike should you buy? This largely depends on for what purpose you plan to use the bike, though a lot of people will buy a bike just for its looks!
We sell mainly 3 types of bike:
These should be sufficient for most people's needs...
Mountain bikes have tough frames, good brakes, lots of gears, and knobbly tyres - perfect for riding off the beaten track. The riding position is fairly upright so you can see where you are going quite easily. Suspension is now common, for two reasons: it's more comfortable, and it can increase traction. However, not all mountain bikes have suspension.
Hard-tail mountain bikes have rigid frames and forks. They are ideal for general road and occasional mild off-road use.
Front suspension mountain bikes have rigid frames with suspension forks. They are ideal for general road and mild off-road use with more comfort.
Dual/full suspension mountain bikes have suspension at the front (suspension forks) and rear (via a rear swing arm with coil spring). They are ideal for general off-road use, but not so good on the road.
Mountain bikes are available with other wheel sizes, although these smaller wheeled (12", 14",16", 18", and 20") bikes are purely childrens' bikes.
Advantages & disadvantages:
Here is a list of some "types" of mountain bike:
ATB or All Terrain Bike: low cost version of a mountain bike
The BMX bike started life in the late 70's but peaked in popularity in the early 80's. It was originally the human powered form of Moto-Cross where instead of using a motorbike, riders would tear round a circuit of bumps and jumps on a small wheeled push bike with a single gear. They were fitted with 20" wheels, had a relatively small frame and high bars.
This style of bike became very popular with the younger rider, particularly teenagers who adopted this new "style" of bike as their own. As with many types of bikes, the BMX evolved into more than just a race circuit bike. Although BMX bikes faded away in popularity when mountain bikes really began to catch on, a core of riders and enthusiasts has kept the "style" alive. More recently, the BMX bike has seen a resurgence in popularity.
BMXs tend to be stronger than other types of bike, due largely to their small frames and because they have only a single gear. Consequently they tend to need less maintenance.
There are essentially 2 types of BMX:
Race BMX (the original): A basic, no frills machine built for speed around a dirt covered track with humps. Typically fitted with frame pads to protect the rider.
Freestyler: The first evolution of BMX bikes, designed to be ridden purely to perform tricks and stunts. They are fitted with smooth tyres instead of knobbly ones, and have some form of mechanism to allow the steering to be rotated fully through 360 degrees without entangling the brake cables. In addition, you will usually find stunt pegs fitted to one or both wheels.
BMX bikes are available in other wheel sizes, although these smaller wheeled (12", 14", 16" and 18") bikes are purely children's bikes.
Advantages & Disadvantages:
Here is a list of some "types" of BMX bike:
Race: Original, basic, no frills BMX
The Hybrid is a relatively new style of bike. Also referred to as Trekking bikes, they are ideally suited to most leisure riders and commuters.
Hybrids were first seen in the late 80's and early 90's, but have taken a while to catch on. They feature the best elements from 3 styles of bikes available at the time. They originated at a time when most people buying a bike were buying a mountain bike, but often a mountain bike was simply too cumbersome, heavy and slow for the average rider. Designers took the best elements from mountain bikes, tourers and racing bikes and built a bike which met the requirements of the average rider.
A hybrid is fitted with 700c wheels but with wider tyres and rims than a racing bike. These tyres are generally multi condition, in that they have a smooth centre line for efficiency on tarmac, but have a knobbly outer tread, to give good traction if the bike is ridden on a non-tarmac surface. They are fitted with the same gear systems as mountain bikes, with between 18 and 27 gears, and similar braking systems. Better models come factory fitted with mudguards and pannier carrier(s), and some even offer suspension seat pillars and adjustable rise handlebar stems. These are often referred to as "fully equipped".
All in all, the hybrid is the best all round bike there is - it suits the majority of riding that you might wish to do. It is perfect for tarmac riding, even longer journeys, and yet it is more than capable of being taken onto canal footpaths and forestry tracks.
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There are still some noteworthy players looking for suitors, but the biggest period of the free agent frenzy is behind us. This year was special because compliance buyouts added guys like Vincent Lecavalier to the list while the shrinking salary cap complicated matters for some teams.
So now seems like a good time to step back and see which teams are better or worse for their efforts. Of course, opinions will differ greatly.
All I'll say in my defense is that as with everything, context is key. This will be about which teams did the most with their money in the context of the salary cap and the team's current situation.
We'll get the negative out of the way first with the worst five teams of the off-season:
5) Toronto Maple Leafs
I'm fine with them trading Ben Scrivens and Matt Frattin to the Los Angeles Kings for Jonathan Bernier. Toronto's obsession with getting another goaltender seemed a little misguided, given how well James Reimer and Scrivens did last season, but Bernier has a lot of potential and at least this hedges the Maple Leafs' bets.
What I disagree with is them getting out of Mikhail Grabovski's bad contract and then entering into a new one by signing David Clarkson to a seven-year, $36.75 million deal. Clarkson does a lot of things well. He's physical and he can score, even though he's only reached the 30-goal plateau once in his career. He's basically a great third liner or a subpar top-six forward. On top of that, he's 29 years old, so if anything, he'll decline as this deal goes on. It just seems like a contract the Leafs will come to regret.
Their decision to re-sign Tyler Bozak to a five-year, $21 million deal by itself wasn't too bad, but might prove to be problematic on top of the Clarkson signing. The Maple Leafs still have a handful of restricted free agents to sign including Carl Gunnarsson, Cody Franson, and Nazem Kadri. Next season they'll have to re-sign Jake Gardiner, James Reimer, Phil Kessel, and – if they're so inclined – captain Dion Phaneuf. This didn't seem like the best summer for them to be spending freely.
4) Vancouver Canucks
It's hard to see how the Vancouver Canucks could have messed up their goaltending situation more than they did. They had an established elite goaltender signed to a lifetime contract and an up-and-comer with a ton of potential. When Cory Schneider became a restricted free agent, they could have decided to trade him then and stick with Roberto Luongo as they clearly had originally intended.
Instead, Vancouver decided to pay Schneider like he was the team's starting goaltender and move Luongo. The entire situation, led to an awkward attempted breakup, made worse by the fact that Vancouver ultimately couldn't move Luongo's contract because of its length. Instead, they opted to trade Schneider, which wouldn't have been a bad idea at the start, but they ended up dealing him for the ninth overall pick (Bo Horvat) and nothing else.
Maybe they got desperate, but a single pick towards the end of the top 10 doesn't seem like good compensation for a top-tier goaltender who's entering his prime and is signed to a decent contract.
Beyond that, they lost Derek Roy, Andrew Ebbett, and Maxim Lapierre, but did sign Yannick Weber and Mike Santorelli.
3) Washington Capitals
Washington watched Mike Ribeiro, Joey Crabb, and Matt Hendricks walk away and didn't respond with any noteworthy signings. They do have some cap issues, but it's still surprising that they couldn't have at least found a way to retain Ribeiro's services.
The Capitals have been trying to find a way to win a Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin for eight seasons now and they haven't even come close. They're certainly not devoid of hope going into the 2013-14 campaign, but if anything, they do look like a worse team than the one that lost in the first round of the 2013 playoffs.
2) Florida Panthers
The Panthers lost Stephen Weiss over the off-season and so far their only noteworthy addition has been Joey Crabb. On the one hand, they're a young and still developing team, so it's hard to get too worked up about their quiet summer. However, this is a franchise that went 10 straight seasons without making the playoffs. They finally got there in 2012 and although they were eliminated in the first round, at least they were showing signs of moving forward.
Then they took a major step back last season with a 15-27-6 showing. Even though they're still moving in the right direction, given how uniquely bad they've historically been, it would have been appropriate for Panthers GM Dale Tallon to have made some kind of statement to show that level of failure is no longer acceptable. Maybe he still will, but from a roster perspective, they've barely batted an eye over their latest failed campaign.
1) Tampa Bay Lightning
Their decision to get rid of Vincent Lecavalier was understandable. It was a tough pill for the team to swallow, but getting out from under his $7.73 million cap hit through 2019-20 was important for the team to move forward.
It's just unfortunate that the team chose to use that cap space to give Valtteri Filppula a five-year, $25 million contract. It's not uncommon for a player to break out during his contract season and cash in accordingly, but this is the rare example of a player that broke out a full season before his contract expired, crashed down to Earth hard, and then still got paid as if his one good season was a better indicator than his most recent campaign or any of the ones that followed it.
By contrast, here are my top five teams for the 2013 offseason:
5) Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins didn't make a big splash this summer, but they did get a valuable piece of the puzzle when they signed Rob Scuderi to a four-year, $13.5 million deal. He's a great defensive defenseman who is particularly valuable in the playoffs. He has already won the Stanley Cup twice – once with the Penguins – and could prove to be the difference again in 2013-14.
Beyond that Pittsburgh locked up two of its core players in Evgeni Malkin (eight-years, $76 million) and Kris Letang (eight-years, $58 million). Those are huge cap hits, but then again, it's for one of the best forwards and top defensemen in the league respectively. They also helped balance that out by signing Pascal Dupuis and Chris Kunitz to below-market contracts.
The Penguins now have four players (Malkin, Letang, Sidney Crosby, and James Neal) who will take up $30.45 million in cap space through 2017-18. As good as those guys are, maintaining a core around them will be a challenge with them eating up that much of the pie. That's a significant concern, but it's lessened by the fact that they're a win-now team and so it's understandable that keeping their core intact is priority number one for now.
4) Phoenix Coyotes
The Coyotes have a fighting chance to stay in Glendale now and part of that battle will be demonstrating that they're capable of attracting top players to their organization. With that in mind, snagging Mike Ribeiro to a four-year, $22 million contract is a big deal for them. Ribeiro can't be expected to produce at a point-per-game pace again, but he should surpass the 60-point milestone.
His cap hit isn't great, but not bad and it's made more tolerable by the fact the Coyotes have some cap room to play with. But this move is as much about the statement as it is about the player. Ribeiro was one of the best players in this year's unrestricted free agent market and they got him.
Even more important than that was their ability to convince Mike Smith to bet on the franchise staying put by inking a six-year deal. They also brought in a decent backup in Thomas Greiss, who inked a one-year, $750k contract.
3) Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers seem to operate recklessly a lot of the time, but they deserve credit for what they've done this summer: They were in a terrible position from a cap perspective and still found a way to improve.
They used their compliance buyouts on Ilya Bryzgalov and Danny Briere and used that money to secure Mark Streit, Vincent Lecavalier, and Ray Emery. Of them, Streit's $5.25 million annual cap hit looks a bit excessive, but not terribly so for a great offensive defenseman and a team leader. Plus it's counterbalanced by Emery's one-year, $1.65 million contract and Lecavalier's five-year, $22.5 million deal. Yes, Lecavalier comes with a smaller cap hit than David Clarkson or Valtteri Filppula.
So give them credit for responding to a year out of the playoffs with some strong additions.
2) Dallas Stars
Tyler Seguin's Twitter hacking incident aside, the Stars added a superbly talented 21-year-old who can immediately make a difference on their team. They also got Rich Peverley in the same trade with the Boston Bruins, who has been tremendous on the draw. Throw in the acquisition of Shawn Horcoff and the Dallas Stars are looking great up the middle.
Dallas did have to give up some significant parts in the process, including Loui Eriksson, but Seguin alone has the potential to replace what was lost offensively. The Stars look like a solid team going into the 2013-14 campaign and with Seguin and Jamie Benn projected to lead the team for years to come, the Stars certainly have the potential to be competitive for quite a while.
1) New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils lost David Clarkson, but it's hard to blame them given the price Toronto paid. Instead they added Michael Ryder to a very reasonable two-year, $7 million deal and Ryane Clowe to a less appealing five-year, $24.25 million contract.
Ryder should be good around 60 points per season over the next two years, which makes his $3.5 million cap hit look very good in this market. Clowe, on the other hand certainly has the potential to give the team blend of secondary scoring and grit, but he's coming off an inconsistent 2012-13 campaign, which makes the decision to commit to a five-year deal a curious one.
The Devils also gave Patrik Elias a three-year, $16.5 million deal to keep their franchise leader in points.
Still, those moves remain secondary to the Devils' ability to acquire Cory Schneider from the Vancouver Canucks for the ninth overall pick in the first round. For years, the question has been who will succeed Martin Brodeur. Now the franchise has an answer to that question, which is vital to the franchise's long-term health.


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PRINCETON, N.J. – The 10th-ranked Blue Devils received a late goal from senior forward Emmie Le Marchand but ultimately fell to third-ranked Princeton in a showdown of top-10 teams Friday evening at the Tigers' Bedford Field. The 3-1 setback to the reigning national champions marked Duke's first loss of the season, sending the squad to 2-1 on the fall.
Both teams posted 10 shots for the match, with the Blue Devils placing eight shots on goal to Princeton's seven. Duke held a slight edge in penalty corners at 5-4, generating its lone goal off of a corner opportunity late in the second half.
"This was just a real even match with Princeton being able to finish on their opportunities," said head coach Pam Bustin. "I think we handled the challenge really well. There were times we had really great control of the game and great opportunities in the attacking end … We can take away a lot of confidence knowing that so early in the season we were able to play such a high level of hockey."
The Tigers took advantage of their second penalty corner, striking in the 10th minute on a pass inside from Teresa Benvenuti to Michelle Cesan. Duke would get several opportunities of its own on the offensive end of the field before the end of the half, earning two corners, but the score remained 1-0 in Princeton's favor at intermission.
The defensive battle continued into the second half, with the Blue Devils thwarting several scoring threats by Princeton. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Blazing helped keep the Tigers off the board for nearly 40 minutes following the first goal, making a critical one-on-one stick save and anchoring the defense to several successful clears.
Despite the strong defensive effort, Princeton broke through for its second score in the 51st minute, as Hailey Reeves deflected in a cross from Allison Evans to put the Tigers up by two. Duke answered a short while later on a penalty corner opportunity, as senior Brenna Rescigno found an unmarked Le Marchand by the back post to cut Princeton's lead to 2-1 with just over seven minutes remaining.
"Emmie definitely has a nose for the goal," Bustin said. "Every team needs somebody who has the will and desire to score. We just need to keep feeding her and help her get in a position to score."
The Blue Devil offense pushed the pace the rest of the way, looking for the equalizer. However a goal by the Tigers' Julia Reinprecht on an empty cage with five minutes to go wrapped up the 3-1 contest.
Blazing finished the match with four saves against 10 shots while Princeton's Christina Maida tallied seven saves in the Tigers' season opener.
Duke continues its road trip in New Jersey Sunday, Sept. 8 with a 1 p.m. tilt against Rutgers in Piscataway. Live stats will be available for that game.
- Senior forward Emmie Le Marchand's goal in Friday's contest pushed her career points total to 98. She stands to become the 11th player in program history to top the century mark for her career.


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Latin American women — like mujeres across the globe — face structural and everyday discrimination and violence. As their Northern hermanas, we should recognize their struggle, not because they are victims in need of our saving, but rather because their stories need to be heard and their fight supported.
1. Abortion Ban
Five of the seven countries that have a complete ban on abortions are located in Latin America.
Women in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Chile can't obtain a legal abortion, regardless of rape, incest or potential health risks. Abortion is so taboo in these countries that some pregnant women, experiencing abnormal vaginal bleeding, are terrified to even visit a hospital, as some nurses and doctors assume the hemorrhaging is a result of an attempted abortion, which is grounds for an arrest. Only six of the countries in the region allow abortion without restriction.
2. Unsafe Abortions
Unsafe abortions are widespread.
In 2008, 95 percent of the 4.4 million abortions in Latin America were unsafe, while 46 percent were high-risk in the Caribbean. Almost 1 million women are hospitalized each year due to complications from unsafe abortions in Latin America and the Caribbean, demonstrating the danger of abortion bans.
3. Indigneous Women
Indigenous women have a high rate of maternal mortality.
While Latin America has experienced many advances in maternal healthcare, indigenous women remain particularly vulnerable to pregnancy complications and death. In Peru, where 23 percent of women are indigenous, the maternal mortality rate in 2009 was 103 per 100 thousand births. However, figures from 2011 show that in Puno, where the population is mostly indigenous Aymara and Quechua, maternal mortality rose by 45 percent.
4. Teen Pregnancy
Latin America has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world.
With 72 births per one thousand girls between 15 and 19 years old, Latin America has the third largest teen pregnancy rate in the world. In Guatemala, where the teen pregnancy rate in the region peaks, 61 thousand girls and women — between 10 and 19 years old — became pregnant in 2013, with experts attributing gestation to poverty, lack of education and sexual abuse — primarily by relatives.
5. Trans Women
Trans women are much more vulnerable to HIV.
At 35 percent, trans women in Latin American countries contract HIV at significantly higher rates than cis women (a person who was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman), who become infected less than one percent.
6. Street Harassment
Street harassment is a really big problem.
Street harassment like groping and verbal attacks on Mexico City buses became such a huge problem in 2008 that the city rolled out new women-only bus lines. While similar actions haven't been taken throughout the rest of Latin America, recent news show that street harassment is a problem in most countries, including Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
7. Murder Rates
Latin America has some of the most troubling murder rates of women in the world.
More than half of the 25 countries with the highest femicide, gender-motivated killing of women, rates are in Latin America. According to a 2011 study, El Salvador, where, in 2011, 647 women were killed, leads, with Guatemala at third and Honduras close behind at sixth.
8. Wage Inequality
Wage inequality is a problem for women in Latin America.
On average, women in Latin America earn 17 percent less than men, similar to the gender pay gap between non-Latina white women and men in the US. While the wage gap is shrinking, progress remains slow. Even with more education than men, women hold just 33 percent of better-paid professional jobs like law and engineering, where the gender wage gap actually increases to 58 percent.
9. Dangerous Working Conditions
Dangerous working conditions hurt women.
Millions of women in Latin America work in hazardous fields, where there's a lack of protection from labor laws. For instance, women compose more than 75 percent of the workers in Export Processing Zones in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. In an effort to attract foreign investors, labor and environmental standards at these jobs are often relaxed or totally removed. Further, women are the overwhelming majority in domestic work, which commonly lacks basic employment rights and privileges.
10. Imprisonment
Women imprisonment is drastically rising.
The number of women incarcerated in Latin American prisons has almost doubled between 2006 and 2011, growing from 40 thousand to more than 74 thousand inmates. A surge in harsh domestic drug laws is driving the increase, having little effect on the drug trade but hurting families.


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Duane Neal Cranmer, born May 27, 1935 in Lincoln, Arkansas to Ed and Louise Cranmer, graduated
to heaven on March 31, 2013, at the age of 77. He will be deeply missed by his wife, Leora; son and
daughter-in-law, Daniel and Bernadette Cranmer; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Nick Terry;
four grandchildren, Alyssa and Jonathan Cranmer, Joshua and Elizabeth Terry; brother and sister-in-
law, Ed and Brenda Cranmer; brother, Jim Cranmer; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends. Duane loved the Lord. He was a caring, involved father, grandfather, and husband. He worked
at Hughes Aircraft for 30 years as an environmental engineer on the Apollo program, satellites, and
Triton missile. Graveside services will be Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the West Side
Cemetery, 440 East Cedar Street. No visitation hours are scheduled. To convey condolences or sign an
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text: This series is something new that I'm trying this offseason so that we can all get our football fix during the gray days of late winter and early spring. I'm going through all 32 teams in alphabetical order and reviewing all of their 2012 games, discussing each offensive-skill position group and wrapping up with a one-paragraph overview of the defense.First up are the Arizona Cardinals.The Offense: The Cardinals were one of the most pass-happy teams in the league this season. Unfortunately, they weren't good at it, and they were forced to throw due to constantly trailing on the scoreboard. The offensive line was historically bad in pass protection, giving up the most sacks in the league (58), while the running game didn't offer any help as they cycled through different ball-carriers all season long. This offense was probably one of the worst at running and setting up screen plays as well.QuarterbacksKevin Kolb: Kolb can be an adequate starter if he gets time to set and throw, and he's at his best when he can get the football in the hands of his receivers in the short-to-intermediate range and between the numbers. ... This was evident on the game-winning drive in Week 1 versus the Seahawks as Kolb moved the chains with Larry Fitzgerald on quick slants and hooks before finding Andre Roberts on a simple out route for the game-winning eight-yard touchdown. In Week 3 versus the Eagles, Kolb effectively sold a play-action fake and found a wide-open, streaking Fitzgerald for an easy 37-yard score over the middle of the defense. ... Outside the numbers and further than 20-25 yards downfield is where Kolb struggles, especially with pressure around him. ... Kolb missed a wide-open Todd Heap down the right seam in Week 2 in New England that would have gone for an easy 20-yard touchdown. A few more examples of this are in Week 5 against the Rams when he missed three potential touchdowns. One was a 55-yard shot to Roberts, another a would-be 27-yard play to Fitz, and before those two he simply didn't see a streaking Fitzgerald on the opening drive. The offensive line ineptitude really started to faze Kolb in Week 6 against the Bills when he sacked himself in Arizona's own end zone for a safety. Pressure was bearing down on him from both sides, but instead of stepping up in an open pocket, Kolb crumbled and gave up two points. Overall, Kolb showed more good than bad in 2012, but his future with the organization is obviously unclear for salary cap reasons.John Skelton and Ryan Lindley: Take the names and numbers off these guys' backs and you could hardly tell the difference. Skelton and Lindley yo-yoed between the bench and starting roles after Kolb's injury. ... Although strong-armed, neither signal caller showed any semblance of consistent accuracy, while both threw mind-numbing interceptions and frequently missed high. Skelton was benched on two separate occasions, the first in Week 11 at Atlanta when he started 2-of-7 and missed an open Fitzgerald on what would have been an easy 18-yard touchdown. He didn't start again until Week 14 at Seattle, and wound up throwing four interceptions by halftime. Lindley replaced Skelton in both contests but wasn't any better. The sixth-round rookie had the ability to get in grooves with easy pickups in the short passing attack, but he'd then get comfortable and throw soft tosses off his back foot that defenders would gobble up with ease. The two pick-sixes to Rams CB Janoris Jenkins in Week 12 are perfect illustrations of this. At this stage of his career, Skelton simply lacks ball placement to be an NFL regular. Lindley remains a huge project.Running BacksRyan Williams: Coming off a torn patella tendon that forced him to miss his entire rookie year, Williams got his first NFL game action this season. ... Williams seems like a natural pass catcher out of the backfield, shows some vision, and has the ability to shed tackles. ... His best game of the year was in Week 3 versus the Eagles, but a large chunk (63) of his 83 yards came in the fourth quarter when the game was already out of hand. One run really sticks out, though. On a designed run to the right, the right side of Arizona's line was overwhelmed, so Williams rolled off the wall of bodies and cut it all the way back around left edge for a 20-yard pickup to get the offense in the red zone and into clock-killing mode. He broke a handful of tackles in the game. ... Williams does have a fumbling issue, didn't display game-breaking speed, and struggled in limited blitz-pickup opportunities. ... Williams lost a fumble in each of the first two weeks of the season. His second was nearly a back-breaker in New England. Williams was asked to kill the clock with Arizona up by two points, but with 1:01 left, he fumbled it away and set up the Pats for an easy field goal opportunity. Fortunately, they missed it. ... Overall, Williams was probably the best back on the team in 2012. I'm excited to see whether he'll recover some short-area burst in 2013, a full year removed from the knee injury. On the rare occasions Arizona's offensive line did give Williams space, he didn't explode through the hole.Beanie Wells: Wells battled hamstring, toe, and knee injuries all year and was limited to eight games. ... For such a big back, he really didn't show much power to run through defenders. ... The most memorable example was in the Week 14, 58-0 blowout loss in Seattle. It was late in the game and Wells got a carry around the right edge. He had just Richard Sherman and himself in the open field. Instead of running over smaller Sherman, Wells did a little tap dance and was ankle-tackled with ease. ... Not breaking news, but Wells offers nothing in the passing game. ... He was later benched for the remainder of the season in Week 16 after getting a handoff in the shadow of his own goal posts and slipping and fumbling the ball away for a gimme Bears touchdown. ... Wells broke maybe a handful of tackles all season long.La'Rod Stephens-Howling: "Hyphen" handled a lot of the passing-down work when one of Williams or Wells was healthy, but held his own when asked to carry the load in their absence. ... Despite diminutive stature, Stephens-Howling wasn't afraid to run between the tackles. His Weeks 7 and 11 starts in Minnesota and Atlanta were prime examples. ... Against the Vikings, Arizona got the ball at the eight-yard line and gave it to LSH three straight times. He eventually pounded it into the end zone. ... The Cardinals tried to use him as a lite version of Darren Sproles, lining Stephens-Howling up in the slot a lot. ... Stephens-Howling, an impending free agent, is much better suited for a bit role on offense in the future, but he's shown enough to be No. 2 on the depth chart in 2013, if the Cards move on from Wells.Receivers and Tight EndsLarry Fitzgerald: The quarterback disaster really wasted a season of Fitzgerald's prime. ... In six games with Kolb at the helm, Fitz put up at least 60 yards five times. But, down the stretch in the final ten games with Skelton and Lindley calling signals, Fitzgerald was just blatantly thrown at even if he was draped in double coverage. The high amount of targets translated to just two games with more than 52 yards receiving. ... If a real quarterback is under center in 2013, Fitzgerald should have no problem getting back atop 1,000 yards and to double-digit scores. He still has the ability to own the best corners in the league, and that showed in Week 16 versus Charles Tillman and the Bears. Fitz caught six balls against Tillman and posted his second 100-yard game of the year.Andre Roberts: Roberts was more of a movable chess piece for the offense as the season went on. He had the ability to line up in the slot or out wide. Most of his production came as the result of being around the line of scrimmage, available on short throws for the inept quarterbacks. ... Roberts does need to correct his drop problem, though. He had double-digit drops on the season, and a few came on critical third downs. One was in Week 1 against Seattle, while another came in Week 6 against the Bills and forced the Cardinals to settle for a field goal in a game they eventually lost in overtime. ... Roberts should still be a quality slot receiver in 2013, working between Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd.Michael Floyd: Floyd was my favorite Cardinals player to watch during the second half of the season. The first-round rookie out of Notre Dame didn't do much with his early-year opportunities (three drops in the first three weeks) as he sat behind Early Doucet, but I really liked his play down the stretch. Floyd, at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, adjusts well to the ball in the air, and was often the offense's only big-play threat. ... Two efforts stand out. One came on a 37-yard catch on fourth-and-six against the Packers in Week 9. He contorted his body in the air to face the quarterback and reeled in a pass while reaching over the head of a defender. I also liked his Week 17 finale in San Francisco. Floyd was targeted a season-high 14 times and beat 49ers CB Chris Culliver like a drum. He finished the day with three separate catches of 34-plus yards. ... Floyd flashed tremendous run-after-catch ability, too.Rob Housler: Housler was looked at a lot on third downs, has the ability to just run over opposing safeties and smaller corners, and is a good seam-stretching tight end when he's matched up with linebackers. ... Housler breaks tackles by simply running through defenders. ... One of his better catches came in Week 3 against the Dolphins when he had a 33-yard pickup down the seam to set up a 46-yard touchdown to Roberts on the next play. ... Housler still isn't much of a blocker.The Defense: Under since-departed Ray Horton, Arizona ran an extremely blitz-happy 3-4 and had at least one stud on each level of the defense. ... RE Calais Campbell wreaked havoc as both a pass rusher and run defender all season long. If it wasn't for J.J. Watt, we'd be talking about Campbell as the best 3-4 end in football. ... ILB Daryl Washington was a beast in the run game and as a pass rusher. His second-level closing speed might be the best in the league. His only real struggles were with C.J. Spiller in Week 6 and Adrian Peterson in Week 7. ... Patrick Peterson isn't quite at the shutdown level, yet, but he's as close as you can get without being there. He was whipped by Michael Crabtree on a Monday night game in Week 8, and then was abused by Crabtree again in Week 17. In their two 2012 meetings, Peterson allowed four combined touchdowns to Crabtree. Peterson more than held his own with Brandon Marshall in Week 16, though, and wasn't embarrassed by Calvin Johnson in Week 15. ... FS Kerry Rhodes also deserves credit. He was dynamite in coverage all season. ... The weaknesses on Arizona's defense were at outside linebacker, inside linebacker next to Washington, and cornerback opposite Peterson.2013 Fantasy Player to Watch: Michael Floyd


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"Meant to be together forever" -- sounds like a Bieber joint, yes? This Jesus cover boy, Christopher West, goes in for the usual Anti Sex League ordnance -- he counsels "infinite bliss" over rim jobs, and asks leading questions like "can't we see that such a notion of choice is actually the negation of freedom?" But he has a softer, daisy-strewing side, too, and rhapsodizes that "art is the language of the heart." Kathryn J. Lopez asks him if there's any art around now that he likes; he replies,
I'm not an art critic. I can only speak to what moves me personally. And I'd have to say that today, in the specific sense of right now, I am stunned by the artistry expressed in the movie adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. I saw it three times in its first week of release. Treat yourself and go see this movie.Roger Scruton he ain't. Instead of having to beg change all the time ("National Review is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable"), NR should just convert to a pictoral format a la Tiger Beat.
UPDATE. Commenter Montag2 directs us to this intriguing 2009 item at the Catholic News Agency: "Christopher West's ideas on sexuality ignore 'tremendous dangers,' Alice von Hildebrand says." Excerpt:
The news segment showed [West] calling for Catholics to complete "what the sexual revolution began." He also described "very profound" historical connections between Hugh Hefner and Pope John Paul II.
West spoke to CNA on Friday, claiming the report somewhat sensationalized his views. He also denied several characterizations conveyed by the news story, explaining that he believed Hefner to be right in rejecting "the disease of Puritanism" but radically wrong in beginning the "pornographic revolution."
He had told ABC that Hefner had a "yearning," an "ache" and a "longing" for love, union and intimacy.Well, clearly Hef's a fan of marriage. I expect after this scare West went and sinned no more, or he'd never have gotten close to K-Lo's inbox. True, he's responsible for provocative titles like The Love That Satisfies, but the Theology of the Body Institute West serves as a "research fellow" seems to have no hot tubs or encounter rooms. Still, his theology stirs some controversy -- for example, there was
the argument between Dr. Scott Hahn and Christopher West on the set of "Franciscan University Presents" which turned Dr. Hahn into a "closet critic" of West and his theology after West disagreed with Hahn when Hahn said the proper response if he was to see his colleague's naked wife's would be to turn his eyes away.His colleague's naked wife's what, I'd like to know. Maybe it was something innocent, like a tax-exempt contribution.
UPDATE 2. Oh wait, they explain further down:
... [Dr. Scott Hahn] told West that if he were to see a friend's wife [the friend being fellow panellist Dr. Regis Martin] naked, it would be his responsibility to look away. West responded, 'No, it would be to not lust.' [Hahn] and West took turns repeating themselves until the moderator called for a break in the program.You gotta admit, it beats This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Also from that same report: "James J. Simons, who by his own admission listened to West over 100 times... argued that it is right to baptize people naked in front of an entire church so everyone can see them and it is right for women to read in church topless." Next time a conservative starts going off about wacky liberal arts courses, I'll bring this up.
UPDATE 3. "And, as if on cue," comments Alexander von Humbug, "Sullivan quotes West approvingly." Looks like there's a big PR push for West among the sort of people who would like him, and I wonder why, as they could disseminate the book as effectively by just handing out copies at David Brooks' parties. It's not like normal people will ever give a shit.


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All I can say is that you guys all have way too much time on your hands. nuff said
All I can say is that you guys all have way too much time on your hands. nuff said
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Stuff that has to go!
Genx-3 w/ Full matching freak and Dye Hinge for sale
I thought I'd improve on Grasshoppers idea a little bit.
If I could get some good pictures of more of the AGD staff I could try to put them in the other spots.
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this is the coolest/funniest thread in the world...i had to save all these for later date, cypres...thats pritty cool stuff, yurs looks ALOT better
A classic...
oh god i love this thread
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A soon to be classic....
oooooooooo spmeone get the old little shop of horrors cover, with jack nicholson. you can have some major fun with that
my favorite movie that tom was in was mallrats.. go tom go.. star of the cinema
another personal fav of mine:
*picture quote*
"i believe you have my x-mag.."
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These are GREAT!! Carol and I are laughing at every one! Please send hi res versions to email@example.com so I can keep them on file for "future use"
Thanks and keep 'em coming!!
All right TIME FOR A CONTEST!! Everyone submit your best movie poster pic and we will vote on winner and that person
will win a Warp Feed!!
Multiple entries ok, all submisions the property of AGD. We reserve the right to change the rules any time for any reason. Decisions of the AGD staff are final. Mods and employees of AGD not eligible. Multiple submissions of the same poster will have the first submission given priority. Contestants may be disqualified if vote tampering is found.
Let them rip!!
This is the last version of Wrath of Tom, with noise and blurr added to the hair.
All your farm animals are belong to us.
So do we post here or send it to that email?
Post here.
I think Tom maybe wants posters. If you have a larger version, 1000 or 1200 Pixels wide mail it to him so he could have it printed up.
HEHE, did you know tom also starred in a very contreversal cartoon movie a couple of years back, it was the first ever preview of teh xmag.(i need some one with photoshop to help, all i have is paint and id like to put Seton Court inplace of southpark in the poster and maybe clean up teh text and look )
can I have em when yer done? She can assimilate me anyday hehOriginally posted by Star_Base_CGI
I was thinking I could go online and buy some of Jerry Ryans panty hose and hang myself from the refrigerator door.
but seriously I like all those posters. I don't think there's anything wrong with the Wrath of Tom one...
A heckuva lot better then anything I could do.
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It was the only tournament I've been to where they have more cases of beer than paint. - gimp
Did anyone notice Tom is now giving away a Warp Feed? Who will win?
I like the Blue one the Best.
The T Om(B Rad) one still has me laughin', I nearly choked to death!
Man, I have PS 7.0, but I can't figure it out for the life of me. Wheres a good place to learn?(sites)
meh couldnt find a bigger orig pic
i was waiting for somebody to put up a porn one. i knew it had to happen eventually!:oOriginally posted by Xen
meh couldnt find a bigger orig pic
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This is why I love AO
"Why would anyone need this"
"I just ordered one - though I can see no use for it"
"Me too"
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TK's da man yo!
lets see what would he look good on... how bout a freddie couger movie poster
nother cause i was borred
set up: Micro e-mag with 32 degree chrome flame drop, Level 10, 88/4500 crossfire, 12 in CP, 32 degree whisper and ARADUS 14in barrel, EVO II.
Stare at Mr. Humpey!!Stare at Mr. Humpey!!
you spelled toms name wrong in your poster
boo fricken hoo xen, he always spells it wrong leave him alone
oops didn't know there was a e in kaye always thought it was kay (Im a bad speller always have been always will be)
i figured a mindless drone like yourself danism would try to dethrone me of my power!
what throne?
anyway heres another pic i slapped together in ms paint..sorry i dont have photoshop im not as cool as you and yes i know the hands dont match toms skin color i got bored


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Seattle secures funding to design First Hill Streetcar line's Broadway ExtensionWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
Seattle, Wash., has secured funding to plan and design the First Hill Streetcar line's Broadway Extension.
With $850,000 in federal funds secured and another $900,000 pending final approval, the city will have sufficient funds to fully design a half-mile line extension sought by the Capitol Hill community.
The project will extend the line into Broadway's retail core and better support its residents by moving the terminus from Denny Way to Roy Street or beyond.
"This is good news for expanding transit in Seattle," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. "The community did a great job detailing why this extension helps better support the neighborhood. I want to thank community stakeholders and city staff for working to make this possible, winning these two grants to plan for extending the First Hill Streetcar on north Broadway."
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is currently constructing the First Hill Streetcar line with funding provided by Sound Transit from the Sound Transit 2 measure.
On October 25, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) adopted its Regional Transportation Improvement Program, which included $850,000 of Federal Transit Administration funds for the first phase of design and preliminary engineering for the Broadway Extension. By securing the funds through this competitive process, SDOT can begin its design process for the extension in early 2013.
Additionally, PSRC's Regional Project Evaluation Committee has recommended that Seattle receive $900,000 in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds to complete the design work. Final approval and award of these funds is scheduled to occur in early December.
With the extension's planning and design work expected to cost $3 million through final design, Seattle has potentially secured $1.75 million in federal funds via these two competitive grants. The remaining $1.25 million will be covered by the city of Seattle using local funds.
When completed, the line currently under construction will allow riders to easily travel between neighborhoods on Capitol Hill, First Hill, Yesler Terrace, the Central Area, the Chinatown/International District and Pioneer Square and better access Link light-rail service.
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The state agency that regulates oil and gas extraction in Colorado has ruled that the company that started drilling earlier this month near the Weld County property of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis may have placed its rig too close to a road and a power line.
The possible violation by Denver-based Sundance Energy Inc. of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's setback rules remains under investigation.
"It's too soon to know the outcome of the alleged violation of our setback rule, but violations always have the potential to result in an enforcement action, and those actions can include a fine," Todd Hartman, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, said in an email.
Sundance Energy did not respond to requests for comment.
The drilling activity at the rural Weld County weekend getaway of Polis, a Democrat who represents Boulder and the rest of Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, came to light last week when Polis said he had joined the list of those whose quality of life was under attack due to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Polis reported -- initially by way of a guest opinion piece written for Sunday's Daily Camera -- that heavy equipment appeared July 18 directly across the street from his 50-acre retreat on Weld County Road 5, just east of Berthoud. A drilling operation quickly followed, soon manifest by a tall rig on his neighbor's property, which Polis estimated loomed less than 100 feet from his own guesthouse and garage.
Polis filed a complaint in Denver District Court on July 22 seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the drilling. But he withdrew that complaint Friday, leaving open the option of re-filing it after he gathers more information on Sundance Energy's operation.
On-site inspection
However, separately from his aborted court action, Polis also had filed a complaint about the drilling with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which sent an inspector to the Weld County operation last Wednesday and Thursday.
In his email, Department of Natural Resources spokesman Hartman said the inspector did not identify any odors, and that a noise survey couldn't be completed due to windy conditions.
However, Hartman said, "While investigating the complaint, the inspector discovered what appeared to be a violation of our setback rule. The well was believed to be less than 1.5 times the total rig height away from a power line and road, as COGCC setback rules require."
Hartman added, "The operator was informed of this, and instructed it must move the planned location of two other wells to conform to the setback requirement and get COGCC approval for the new locations."
The Sundance Energy permit applications to the state for the land across from Polis's property showed plans for three wells drilled to setting depths of 7,565 feet to 7,820 feet.
Hartman said that because the existing well was at the planned depth and drilling already is completed, the commission is not requiring Sundance Energy to plug and abandon it. Sundance Energy is voluntarily taking steps for noise reduction, including installation of a noise wall and sound curtains, he added.
Also, Hartman said, "We continue to communicate with Rep. Polis' attorneys on this matter."
'Violations of law'
Polis, in an email discussing the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission inspection, said the company "grossly mischaracterized the facts" when it claimed last week that he had dropped his lawsuit because his claims were completely without merit.
And, Polis wrote, "We have reasons to believe Sundance was aware or should have been aware of its material violations of law," and said his own independent surveyor found "the same violations as the state inspectors," citing both the location and the height of the derrick.
"We hope that the penalties imposed by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are significant enough to deter other companies from violating the law and are not just a symbolic cost of doing business," Polis stated.
"I am concerned that I had to hire lawyers and file a complaint with the COGCC to uncover these violations," he added. "Homeowners should not have to hire surveyors and lawyers at their own expense to defend their neighborhood from illegal fracking."
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LOS ANGELES — Virtually every entertainer has a misfire.
But it's news when an album by one of the best-selling recording artists in history quickly tumbles down the charts.
Celine Dion's first all-new English-language album in six years, "Loved Me Back to Life," entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2. But just five weeks later, it's plummeted to No. 35.
"Of course, the record company wants to be the No. 1," said Dion. "They want to sell records. They want to make money. And don't get me wrong, I want to. But I'm proud about what I have done with this record."
According to the Metacritic website, the majority of the album's reviews have been positive. And even some of the negative critiques have paused to praise Dion's emerging vocal maturity.
Over the next few days, millions will hear a sample when she performs her new ballad "Incredible" with Ne-Yo on "The Voice." The pair will perform the mid-tempo ballad live on the Tuesday (9 p.m. ET/PT) season finale of NBC's singing-competition show.
Then on Wednesday, Dion is the principal performer and host of the CBS special "A Home For the Holidays," which underscores the need for children to be adopted from foster care.
"As a mom, I could not refuse (the gig)," explained Dion on Saturday night after the "Holidays" taping.
The singer and her husband René Angélil have three biological sons, all through in-vitro fertilization. "But adoption (had) always been taken into consideration," she added.
The 45-year-old Dion said motherhood is the cornerstone of her life, as well as what propels her career, which also includes a recent return to residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
She said she'd like to try acting, but she isn't interested in following Carrie Underwood into the live-TV musical arena. Underwood's "The Sound of Music Live!" was a recent ratings smash for NBC, and the network has announced it's seeking another musical for the small screen.
"I'm not crazy about musicals, to be honest with you," Dion explained. "I don't know why. I prefer to rock on stage."
For Christmas, she'll take a break from rocking at Caesars, instead spending the day in Vegas with "my four boys," she joked, including her 71-year-old husband in the mix. "When we have an opportunity to stay home for the holidays, it's pajamas, home food, simplicity of life."