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"The attempt and not the deed confounds us." in Shakespeare's play the "deed" is a murderous one so the quote may seem misplaced in an article on a Shady Cove city council meeting. Yet with citizens packed into City Hall like sardines and tension so thick it could be cut with the proverbial knife – one was hard pressed to keep in mind the issue discussed was "merely" an application to re-zone two parcels of land. The quote rings true in the most literal sense; the deed; the re-zone itself should be a matter of simplicity; it is the attempt which seems the confounding point of contention.
Applicant Attorney Mark Bartholomew spoke directly to rumors of innuendo, backroom deals and/or conspiracy regarding the original sale of the property (first from ODOT to the city, then from the city to developer Mike Malepsy) stating that a) the rumors are false b) even were the rumors true and the property bought by "unclean hands" it would be irrelevant to the hearing at hand. All the applicant needs to do for zoning approval is meet the criteria for same. To that end Clark Stevens the applicant's consulting planner took his full 15 minutes of speaking time verifying how each condition has been met.
However, before the hearing even reached this point, the attempt was questioned during the jurisdiction and ex parte section of the hearing. To the first Jane Hagan began reading her comments noting she felt some or all of the council members had pre-decided how they would vote on the issue. She was cut off by Mayor Ron Holthusen as her point seemed off the topic of jurisdiction. City Attorney Steve Rich intervened asking Hagan for clarification. Hagan noted bottom line, she felt the council could not make an unbiased judgment. As Hagan then began to speak to the ex parte issue, she was again cut off by Holthusen as the ex parte question is not one to the public, but to council only. This time the intervention came from applicant council Bartholomew, he advised the public could speak to this issue. Later he said he'd intervened because he wanted no one to have cause to question the proceedings at a later date. Hagan questioned council – had any of them discussed this application outside of public view – a la executive session? Rich clarified that executive session is council and staff only and does not fall under ex parte. Hagan asked that minutes from the 11/1 executive session be entered into the record as the sale of the property had been discussed. After much discussion the minutes were entered, Rich still confirming a) the sale is separate from the zoning b) regardless the session was attended by neither the applicant nor public – so no ex parte.
Back to the prop/opp section of the hearing: following Bartholomew and Stevens, Ruth Keith stood as the sole public proponent of the zone change. She felt it was a much needed step toward the city having a park and should be approved.
Five – some traveling from Ashland – stood on the opposing side. Though opponents ranged from individuals to those representing groups such as the Flyfishers Association and the Rogue Riverkeepers, the overall opposing theme ran in a similar vein. The opposition at large felt the land should remain public. With little public access left on this section of the Rogue it was felt to develop this last bastion of fishing and recreation would be a disservice to the city, tourists and not least of all to the salmon. Last up for the opp was Bud Rees who called for a continuance based on the approximately 500 pages of documentation the city has received on this issue (some coming in the day of the meeting) and conflicting language within city codes regarding construction in the flood plain. Rees felt the tome should be turned over to a Special Master for review before a decision was made.
The continuation Rees suggested was denied, Rich felt it wasn't prudent as no such path has been taken before and rules would need to be made up "on the fly". However following a brief recess the applicant requested the hearing be closed, but the deliberation/decision be continued for at least 30 days. Their proposal: allow anyone to submit even further written documentation on the matter for 14 days (11/18); allow the applicant another 14 days (12/2) to rebut to these final submissions. Deliberate/decide at a date certain in December. After the Mayor confirmed with Rich that he could allow this continuance without motion or vote and a 12/16 date was decided as allowing enough time for final review; he granted the continuance.
As the bulk of the audience left City Hall, the meeting continued with the appointment and swearing in of a new councilor to fill former Councilor Bradburn's vacant seat. Two applications were submitted and council recommended appointing Jim Ulrich; who was lauded for his participation on the budget committee, work with the Sheriff's Department contract and other community contributions. The motion to appoint Ulrich was passed 4/0. Interim Admin Dale Shaddox performed the "repeat after me" swearing in; upon being asked to affirm that he was accepting the position with "without any mental reservations" Ulrich paused dramatically, holding for the inevitable laughter from the audience who all felt the tension from the earlier proceedings release with that pregnant pause.
Ulrich gave a brief speech advising his only promise would be to always give the public the truth. He said that was the best and only promise he could make as everyone had earlier witnessed that the council would always face issues of controversy with firm opinions on either side.
"Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail." William Shakespeare
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South Park has attempted to cover and satirize a large number of topics over the course of its run. South Park Studio's use of computer animation allows it to edit episodes in days, quickly commenting on recent events, including Elián González, 2000 U.S. presidential election, the capture of Saddam Hussein, and the election of Barack Obama/Donald Trump. The creators also have engendered a mix of socially liberal and fiscally conservative viewpoints, espousing a libertarian ideology in both real life and on the show. However, the show's creators call themselves "equal opportunity offenders",[1] and reject the notion that they are trying to put forth any consistent ideological agenda through the show.[2][3]
Abortion is heavily lampooned in South Park.
- "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut": Cartman's Mom attempted to get her son a "42nd trimester" abortion, and finds out that such a late abortion is illegal, she says "Well, I think you need to keep your laws off of my body." Later in the episode, Mrs Cartman says "I should've thought of raising a child before having sex." She was later informed that she confused the word "abortion" with "adoption".
- "Cartman Joins NAMBLA": Upon learning that his parents want to have another child, Kenny attempts to prevent the event of having a younger sibling. He attempts to give his mother morning-after abortion pills, tries to get her to drink liquor and encourages her to ride on an intense amusement park attraction in order to provoke a miscarriage. None of his attempts work, however, leaving the newborn child to become a miniature reincarnation of Kenny himself.
- "Chef Goes Nanners": The substitute teacher shows that the class had participated in different debates, with one being "Pro-Choice vs. Cartman".
- "Kenny Dies": Cartman attempts to get stem cell research (using aborted fetuses) legalized in a feigned attempt to save Kenny's life. It is revealed at the end of the episode he really wanted to use stem cells to clone his favorite pizza restaurant.
- "A Ladder to Heaven": Upon realizing that Kenny's soul is inside his body, Cartman decides to go somewhere where they "remove living souls from inside" of him. He then proceeds to go to an abortion clinic where he gets into an argument with the lady at the counter, stating that he can't live this way and demanding that they just suck Kenny's soul out. A couple walk in and upon hearing Cartman's rant, the girlfriend states that she "can't do this" and runs out. At that point, the visibly angry boyfriend throws a rock at Cartman.
- "Woodland Critter Christmas": The mountainlion cubs are taught at an abortion clinic how to stop the Antichrist porcupine from being born. During the episode's final confrontation, they give Kyle an "abortion", expelling the Antichrist from his body so that Santa can crush it with a sledgehammer.
- "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina": The newly sex-changed Mrs. Garrison becomes convinced she is pregnant because she doesn't start menstruating. She asks the doctor whether he would "vacuum it (the fetus) out or scramble its brains" because "a woman can do whatever she wants with her body," only to find out at the abortion clinic that uteruses are not created in sex change operations; therefore she cannot get pregnant.
- "Eek, a Penis!": Cartman spends most of the episode teaching inner-city kids that it is okay to cheat. In counseling a pregnant teenager, he says that "Abortion isn't wrong...abortion is the ultimate form of cheating. You're cheating nature itself. Why do rich white girls get ahead in life? Because they get abortions when they're young. They get pregnant, but they still want to go to college, so, whatever, they just cheat. They cheat that little critter in their belly out of a chance at life."
- South Park: The Stick of Truth: A section of the game takes place in the abortion clinic, named Unplanned Parenthood, as the New Kid goes undercover dressing as a girl to recover a girl's abortion records for Wendy's crew. Along the way, he has to perform an "abortion" on Randy Marsh in disguise to fool the government agents and deal with an outbreak of Nazi Zombie Fetuses that overrun the clinic. This section was censored in the release of the game in certain regions.
- Barbra Streisand: in "Mecha-Streisand", "200", and "201", she gains evil-powers and destroys the town as a Mechagodzilla-style creature; in "Spookyfish", different visages from her TV and film work appear as "Spooky Streisand" sidebars. Her name also seems to be something of a curse word in the South Park universe, as in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants."
- "Starvin' Marvin" and "Starvin' Marvin in Space" lampoon the charity efforts of Sally Struthers, who appears as a Jabba the Hutt figure in the latter episode.
- Dr. Oz: in "Butterballs (South Park)", Dr. Oz spouts false medical babble and bullies Butters while interviewing him about the anti-bullying video he is starring in.
- "Butters' Very Own Episode": The parents of Butters Stotch try to conceal his attempted murder with the help of Gary Condit, O. J. Simpson, and the parents of JonBenét Ramsey.
- "Fat Butt and Pancake Head": Cartman makes a Jennifer Lopez hand puppet, which suddenly develops a personality of its own and becomes a singing sensation. As a result, the real J-Lo is fired from her record label and Ben Affleck falls in love with the hand puppet.
- Affleck, prior to "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", also appears in "How to Eat with Your Butt", where it is revealed that he is the long-lost son of a couple suffering from a fictitious congenital condition called "torsonic polarity syndrome" (TPS), which causes victims to appear to have buttocks in place of their face.
- Rob Reiner is derided as a hypocritical activist who works to outlaw smoking in public places for reasons of health, despite the fact that he is obese on account of poor dietary habits, in "Butt Out".
- John Edward's mentalist/medium practices are criticized in "The Biggest Douche in the Universe".
- Jared Fogle is satirized in "Jared Has Aides": a play on his use of personal trainers in the episode. He also appeared in the episode "Stunning and Brave".
- Russell Crowe is playfully mocked for his Gladiator role and his violent fights in "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer".
- "The Biggest Douche in the Universe": Rob Schneider is shown in four movie previews. The previews depict Schneider transforming into a stapler, a carrot, and Kenny McCormick. One of the previews is more like a template with often used phrases "Until one day", "From the creators of", and "Rob Schneider is" between which it's filled with nonsensical gibberish. Schneider is shown dancing in a discothèque, walking into a lamp post, drinking some liquid in a laboratory, and falling down stairs.
- Mel Gibson is the subject of Cartman's admiration after Cartman watches Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ, culminating in "The Passion of the Jew", wherein Gibson responds to Stan and Kenny's demand for a refund of the money they spent on The Passion by masochistic tendencies with which he accuses Stan and Kenny of threatening to torture him, and by chasing after the two after they steal the money from his home. He later defecates on Cartman and smears his feces on a South Park building, ruining his standing with Cartman and his Christian South Park fans. He later appears in the "Imaginationland Episode III", in which he provides story ideas to the United States government, in order to inspire a possible avenue of investigation into the invasion of Imaginationland. Despite his bizarre, erratic behavior, the Pentagon officials observe, his experience as a director and his understanding of story structure actually provide a useful idea, where previous directors consulted, Michael Bay and M. Night Shyamalan, merely suggested special effects and plot twists.
- Michael Jackson is portrayed with the character "Mr. Jefferson" in the episode "The Jeffersons", in which he moves to South Park with his son Blanket to a house full of arcade games and animals, inevitably attracting all the kids in the town. He is later parodied in the season 13 episode "Dead Celebrities" as a ghost possessing Ike because of his denial of being dead, being a man, being an adult and being black.
- Paris Hilton is caricatured as a "skank" in "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset". The episode implies (and in some cases explicitly states) that Paris Hilton is a stupid, spoiled, drunken whore who has done nothing to deserve her fame except being rich and spoiled. The episode also criticizes how she has become a role model for young girls (the girls of South Park, with the exception of Wendy Testaburger, quickly take up her supposedly promiscuous and mindless attitude towards life after the opening of the "Stupid spoiled whore" shop).
- Tom Cruise and John Travolta are famously caricatured in "Trapped in the Closet" for their participation in Scientology. This episode resulted in the departure of Isaac Hayes as Chef in "The Return of Chef", where Chef is brainwashed into a made-up organization lampooning Scientology (of which Hayes is a member, and claimed religious insult because of "Closet")[citation needed]. The title of the "Closet" episode references "Trapped in the Closet" by R. Kelly, who is also a participant in "Closet."
- Prior to "Trapped in the Closet", Travolta was featured in "The Entity", demonstrating Mr. Garrison's mono-wheel vehicle known as "IT."
- George Clooney is considered a source of "smug" in "Smug Alert!" for his speech giving Hollywood credit in the American Civil Rights Movement, and in the movie for the doctor.
- "Super Best Friends": David Blaine is the leader of a cult known as "Blaintology".
- "Red Hot Catholic Love": Martha Stewart uses Cartman's method of digestion (which involves shoving food up the anus and defecating out the mouth) to eat a whole turkey.
- "Here Comes the Neighborhood": Token convinces rich African-American celebrities such as Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sean Combs and Bill Cosby (who is shown having an obsession with Jell-O pudding) to move to South Park. Oprah also makes an appearance on the episode "A Million Little Fibers", where she talks about selecting Towelie's memoirs as her book of the month.
- U.S. Army troops mistake a goat for Fleetwood Mac lead vocalist Stevie Nicks in the episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants".
- "Tsst": Cesar Millan from the show Dog Whisperer is brought in to discipline Cartman after Nanny 911 and Supernanny fail.
- Al Gore is satirized in the episode "ManBearPig", where he warns the town of South Park about a terrible creature that is "half-man, half-bear and half-pig."
- "Ginger Kids": When Cartman presents his report about red-haired, pale-skin, freckled people, his slideshow displays pictures of Carrot Top and Ron Howard.
- The Fab Five from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy are parodied as Crab People in the episode "South Park Is Gay!".
- "The Snuke": Hillary Clinton has a nuclear weapon in her vagina.
- "Britney's New Look": Britney Spears' popularity is due to her being a sacrifice for corn Harvest.
- Taylor Swifting and Faith Hilling was parodied in South Park.
- "About Last Night...": Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama are members of an elite team of professional thieves after the Hope Diamond.
- "Imaginationland Episode II": Kurt Russell is depicted making fun of the film Stargate. He goes into the imagination portal where he is raped by Cartman's made-up forest critters.
- "The Ring": The Jonas Brothers are part of an evil plot by Mickey Mouse, unbeknownst to The Jonas Brothers, to help Mickey Mouse sell sex to young girls.
- "Sexual Healing": Instead of claiming responsibility for the sex scandals, various celebrities such as Michael Douglas, Michael Jordan, Ben Roethlisberger, David Duchovny, Charlie Sheen, David Letterman, Bill Clinton, Billy Bob Thornton, Kobe Bryant, Elliot Spitzer, and Tiger Woods use excuses such as sex addiction cast on them by an "Alien Wizard" to justify their own actions.
- "Prehistoric Ice Man": Marilyn Manson is performing a song called "Stinky Britches" on a TV in a shop before Larry angrily smashes the glass and the TV.
- Caitlyn Jenner was mocked in several episodes of the nineteenth season, with many episodes referencing Jenner's hit-and-run accident (by showing Jenner driving over numerous people).
The primary subject of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is censorship, also a repeatedly cited concern in multiple episodes. Notable episodes involving censorship include "Death", "It Hits the Fan", "Cartoon Wars Part I", "Cartoon Wars Part II", "200", and "201".
- "Cartoon Wars Part II": Cartman wishes the President a major news corporation to prevent an episode of Family Guy from airing, and to prevent Kyle from interfering with his plan, Cartman states, "okay, I'll make it easy for you", and pulls out a gun and aims it at the President. When the President responds with, "okay, I'll listen to you", Kyle states to the President, "you can't do what he wants just because he's the one threatening you with violence!" When the president then responds with, "I can't be responsible for people getting hurt. Especially me", Kyle states, "yes, people can get hurt. That's how terrorism works. But if you give into that... you're allowing terrorism to work. Do the right thing here".
- "Ike's Wee Wee": Mr. Mackey is forced out of his job for losing a marijuana bud in a drug-education class. Ironically, he goes through a cycle of experimentation (ending up in his adopting hippie ideology and happily marrying a woman he meets), before an enforced treatment (after being captured during his honeymoon in India by the A-Team, no less) and reverting to his position as a spokesman against drugs.
- "My Future Self n' Me": Stan and Butters' parents find an indirect and strange way to try to prevent their children from using drugs. They hire representatives to act as though they were future versions of the children, who travel back in time to tell them how the use of drugs has made their lives miserable. While the episode does condemn the use of drugs, it parodies the tendency of people (especially parents) to overreact to the substances and deceive their children to ensure their safety.
- "Towelie" and "A Million Little Fibers": Towelie is forced to confront his marijuana addiction in times of crisis, eventually coming to the "conclusion" that he should only partake in drug use when he accomplishes something good, not in order to.
- "Up the Down Steroid": Jimmy Valmer is chronicled through his use of steroids; combines the subject of performance-enhancing drug controversy frequently seen in baseball and other sports with a Lifestories: Families in Crisis episode about steroid use.
- "Die Hippie, Die": The hippies have their Jamfest in South Park to "Stop Corporations" and Kenny, Kyle and Stan join the hippies. In the end, the boys realize the hippies smoke way too much pot and are just as selfish as the corporations they complain about by trying to forget about their troubles when they don't have any.
- "Major Boobage": Kids across the nation, particularly Kenny, have found a new way to get high. The episode references the glue-sniffing, paint snorting, and marker sniffing epidemics.
- "Quest for Ratings" To get ideas for South Park Elementary's closed-circuit television system, the boys decide to get high on cough medicine. Remembering that they had seen Craig's program while high and thought it to be brilliant, they conclude that a majority of the school must be perpetually high on cough medicine, accounting for his ratings. They then decide to produce a special report that gets cough medicine banned from school.
- "Medicinal Fried Chicken": Medical marijuana becomes legal while KFC is portrayed as a newly illegal addictive drug, featuring a Cartman subplot that parodies the film Scarface.
- "Best Friends Forever": An archangel presenting a battle strategy to Kenny on a whiteboard while casually sniffing the marker he's using.
- "Guitar Queer-O": Stan plays a video game called "Heroin Hero", in which the only objective was to shoot up heroin and chase a dragon around.
Environmentalism and global warming[edit]
- "Rainforest Shmainforest" parodies environmental activism and portrays celebrity environmental activism as motivated by a desire to feel better about themselves.
- "Spontaneous Combustion" uses global warming as a source of trouble for the townspeople, caused by their own flatuence.
- "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" and "ManBearPig" making fun of overreactions and doomsday predictions concerning global warming. ManBearPig is also more specifically a mockery of Al Gore.
- "Smug Alert!": Hybrid automobiles, while praised, nonetheless have owners who are touted as a source of "smug" (caused by the incredible selfish and self-centered behavior of their owners); San Francisco is considered as the "smug" capital, destroyed in a "smug-storm" à la The Perfect Storm.
- In "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" Earth Day people come to South Park. The Earth Day people utilize a jedi mind trick to make the townspeople not only believe that all they say is correct, while that which conservatives say is slander, but to also build for them a massive Earth Day celebration. When Stan says "My dad is a geologist and he says there actually isn't any concrete evidence of global warming", they answer "That's not true, global warming is going to kill us all. The Republicans are responsible".
Homosexuality and gay marriage[edit]
- Big Gay Al is used in several episodes and the movie to promote tolerance and acceptance for homosexuals.
- Mr. Garrison later comes out as gay for several seasons, and lives with Mr. Slave until he undergoes a sex change operation in "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina". Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave are later married in "Follow That Egg!". South Park parodies the real-life "civil union" compromise by proposing gay couples be allowed to have the same rights as married groups, but be called "butt buddies".
- The 2007 episode "Cartman Sucks" parodied and criticized the ex-gay movement, focusing on children whose parents force them to attend conversion therapy.
- Stan's dog 'Sparky', who is voiced by George Clooney, is gay, and humps other male dogs in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride".
- In "The F Word," the word fag is used quite satirically to reference middle-aged men who ride Harley-Davidsons and even the homosexuals petition for the word's definition to be changed from meaning homosexuals to middle-aged bikies.
- In "Trapped In the Closet", many references are made about the rumors of Tom Cruise being gay. He locks himself in Stan's bedroom closet and the characters say "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet." John Travolta and R. Kelly also join in.
- In "A Ladder to Heaven", kittylitter is a collection of books.
- In "Pip", the book Great Expectations is parodied throughout.
- In "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", books that (allegedly) cause the death of a major celebrity are often barred from sale. It is also a fact that if an author finds success, people will always assume that the written work contains hidden meanings.
- Every author is obsessed with receiving approval from Oprah Winfrey, especially Towelie.
- "Starvin' Marvin in Space": Christian missionaries and Pat Robertson attempt to cajole Starvin Marvin's people and the Marklar into accepting their faith. This episode in general portrays missionaries in a rather unfavorable manner, as when the missionary character attempts to get the Africans to read the Bible. "Remember, reading the Bible plus accepting Jesus equals FOOD", suggesting that the Christians would have let the emaciated Africans starve if they did not convert.
- "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus" addresses the Year 2000 hype/hysteria and introduces God (in a non-stereotypical visage) to the series.
- "Super Best Friends" has the key members of the world's faiths join together to fight a cult.
- Christian rock music is the subject of "Christian Rock Hard": Cartman attempts to start a Christian Rock band as a scheme to win a bet with Kyle.
- "Red Hot Catholic Love" parodies the Catholic sex abuse scandal (the town's pastor is seen trying to convert other Catholic priests from molestation) and the separation of church and state as demanded by atheists.
- Cartman Sucks features Butters' stay in a Christian conversion therapy camp, where he, completely oblivious to the euphemisms used to designate homosexuality ("confusion", "bi-curious"), witnesses suicides and the psychological pressure applied on homosexual children. The episode ends with Butters realizing that "If I'm bi-curious and I'm made from God, then I think your God must be a little bi-curious too."
- "All About the Mormons?" chronicles the arrival of a Mormon family in South Park, and lampoons the story of Joseph Smith. Yet in conclusion to the episode, Gary, Stan's Mormon friend, tells Stan, "Look, maybe us Mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe Joseph Smith did make it all up, but I have a great life. and a great family, and I have the Book of Mormon to thank for that. The truth is, I don't care if Joseph Smith made it all up, because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice and helping people. And even though people in this town might think that's stupid, I still choose to believe in it. All I ever did was try to be your friend, Stan, but you're so high and mighty you couldn't look past my religion and just be my friend back. You've got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. Suck my balls".
- "Bloody Mary" was criticized for its portrayal of a Virgin Mary statue as bleeding from her anus (later found out to be from her vagina, as declared by Pope Benedict XVI in the episode). It also addressed the religious origins of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" and "Probably" depicts Stan, Cartman, and Kenny being frightened by the town Priest's descriptions of hell and those who are headed there. Determined to save their souls and those of their friends, including Kyle, a Jew and Timmy, who is mentally handicapped, they seek out advice from the local clergy. When the boys find the priest having sex in the confessional, they decide to make their own church aimed at salvation. They continue this course until it is revealed that Cartman, in an obvious nod to televangelism, only did it to make ten million dollars, and Jesus shows up to bring an end to Cartman's prosperity gospel church. The episode pokes fun at charismatic evangelicals.
- Scientology is the subject of "Trapped in the Closet" where Stan is declared the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard.
- "Go God Go" and sequel, "Go God Go XII" attempt to show that atheism can be just as radical as religion. In the future, all religion has been destroyed by Richard Dawkins and Mrs. Garrison and everyone is atheist in hopes that reason will prevent war. However, fanaticism nonetheless grows and there are several warring factions trying to decide whose logic is correct in determining their name. They also use 'Science' as an alternative to 'God' as a curse, e.g. 'Science Damn You', 'Science H Logic!'.
- In "Fantastic Easter Special", the episode suggested (lampooning The Da Vinci Code) that Saint Peter was a rabbit and that God wanted all the popes to be rabbits so they would keep their mouths shut.
- "Canada on Strike": A husband and wife driving are witness to Ike holding a sign: "Honk if you support Canada", the husband honks twice, and upon his wife confirming to him "Oh, we're supporting unions" he states to her "That's right; we're a very progressive couple", and later "Well we've done our good deed for the week. I think now I can make love to your anus without making God angry".
- "Imaginationland Episode III": Within a plead to US generals not to "nuke our imagination" despite it having gone wild in the Pentagon's Operation Imagination Doorway, Kyle states that "I mean, whether Jesus is real or not, he... he's had a bigger impact on the world than any of us have. And the same could be said of Bugs Bunny and, a-and Superman and Harry Potter. They've changed my life, changed the way I act on the Earth. Doesn't that make them kind of 'real'. They might be imaginary, but, but they're more important than most of us here. And they're all gonna be around long after we're dead. So in a way, those things are more realer than any of us"
- "Ginger Cow": Cartman's prank, dressing a cow as a "ginger", fools Christians, Muslims, and Jews into thinking it is a doomsday prophecy. They come together in peace and harmony, while Cartman blackmails Kyle to hide the truth to keep the peace going.
- "Trapper Keeper": The kindergarten class votes for Class President; satire on the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the inclusion of many famous figures (especially Rosie O'Donnell) only further complicating issues.
- "Douche and Turd": the school votes for a new mascot, and P. Diddy terrorizes the cast into voting; satire on the 2004 U.S. presidential election. This episode essentially depicts the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as being not particularly desirable (a douche and a turd sandwich). When Stan points out that there isn't any point in voting if the only options are a douche and a turd, at the end it is pointed out that most elections that will ever occur will be between a douche and a turd.
- The concept of political correctness is criticized in "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", "Chef Goes Nanners", "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", and virtually the entire nineteenth season, where it served as a central theme and introduced a new character, PC Principal.
- The first episode of the seventeenth season, "Let Go, Let Gov", satirizes the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures in which Cartman infiltrates the NSA and eventually becomes a whistleblower, similar to Edward Snowden.
- The sixth episode of the eighth season, "Goobacks", deals with illegal immigration.
Saddam Hussein, 9/11, the War on Terror, and the Iraq War[edit]
- In "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and onward, Saddam tries to take over Canada, becomes Satan's lover in Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in future episodes is caught trying to manufacture weapons of mass destruction in Heaven, and is eventually captured in "It's Christmas in Canada" (after the real-life one was captured in Iraq).
- The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and September 11 attacks are used as backgrounds for "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants".
- The Iraq War is also premised or discussed in "Red Sleigh Down".
- In "I'm a Little Bit Country", war protesters are portrayed as needing the war supporters so that the United States would not become weak and unable to defend itself from attack, while war supporters are shown as needing the war protesters so the U.S. would not seem like a power hungry or tyrannical government. The theory was discovered by Cartman (in a flashback) to have originated from the founding fathers, who referred to it as "having your cake and eating it too".
- "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" discusses and parodies many of the 9/11 conspiracy theories, which are shown as being created by the government in an effort to appear to have power over the events.
- "Conjoined Fetus Lady" and "Timmy 2000" address the acceptance of people with disabilities.
- "Proper Condom Use" addresses the teaching of sexual education in schools with a Mad Max 2-esque storyline.
- "Sexual Harassment Panda" addresses frivolous lawsuits – especially those against public institutions.
- "Here Comes the Neighborhood" lampoons Class hate with allusions to racism by pitting townspeople who happen be white against "richers" who happen be black.
- "Gnomes" addresses corporate take over of small businesses, and makes the point that America was founded on free enterprise and capitalism.
- "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" has a subplot about Kyle and his father having both self and body image problems with themselves not being perfect. They refuse to accept their physical appearance (Kyle not being tall black and Gerald not being and wanting to be a dolphin) and they used cosmetic surgery to "help" the problem.
- "Night of the Living Homeless" addresses homelessness with a storyline similar to George Romero's Living Dead series.
- "Butters' Bottom Bitch" points out the social disadvantages to prostitution being illegal, and proposes an alternate system wherein prostitutes need not suffer abuse and instead receive housing and health care.
- "Whale Whores" addresses the subject matter of Japanese whaling.
- "The Hobbit" also addresses body and self-image issues as well as the views of a world with programs like Photoshop.
- "You Have 0 Friends" addressed the matter of Facebook and social isolation.
- "Cock Magic" deals with the issue of Illegal gambling, Cockfighting in particular .
- "Le Petit Tourette deals with the issue of Tourette syndrome.
- "W.T.F." parodies several aspects of professional wrestling, highlighting the sport's emphasis on such theatrical elements as costumes, back stories and scripted storylines
- ^ Raphael, Rebecca (May 22, 1998). "Who is Kyle Broslofski?". New Voices. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
- ^ Anderson, Brian C. (2003). "We're Not Losing the Culture Wars Anymore". Manhattan Institute. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ Cohen, William (November 4, 2005). "Respect Its Authoritah!". The Cornell Review.
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- Arp, Robert; Decker, Kevin S.; Irwin, William (2013). The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah!. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1118386569. OCLC 940807046.
- Simpson, Brandon (2013). The Libertarian Lessons of South Park: An Analysis of Libertarianism in South Park, How Ron Paul, Gary Johnson & South Park Created a New Generation of Libertarians & South Park Conservatives. Dry Ridge, KY: Small Town Press. ISBN 978-0981646664. OCLC 844727134.


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Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.
A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
An American in Paris falls for a model and the two become intertwined in the criminal underworld of the European modeling industry.
Months after the events of Batman v Superman, inspired by Superman's sacrifice for humanity, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
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I have been looking everywhere for wooden die cut beads like this for forever. I finally found some necklaces at a novelty toy store but they were quite expensive. Then lo and behold I found these two adorable bead kits, and at the dollar store of all places! I just love the dollar store for reasons like this.
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How To Find the Colleges that Give Out the Most Financial Aid
As you probably know by now, there are a whole host of variables in determining financial aid.
It starts with your income and assets, as well as your Expected Financial Contribution, which helps determine if and how much financial aid your child will receive.
But, just the same, there are in fact ways to get ahead of the game, including how to figure out which schools may give you the best financial aid.
Keep reading to learn more…
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How To Find the Schools That Will Give You the Most Financial Aid
Not all colleges and universities are equal in how they award financial aid.
In fact – only a small percentage of schools even bother to claim they'll fill the full need of students.
The rest tend to give varying degrees of help – with varying combinations of money.
So to begin with, the first step is to do whatever research you can online. (You can also call the schools individually).
If you look closely in your research, you can find the following for your desired college or university:
• How many incoming students applied for financial aid
• How many students were judged by the school to have need
• How many students then received financial aid from the school
• How much of that need was met (100% is the goal, but keep in mind, this is rare.)
• How big the average financial aid package was
• How much was awarded as grants and scholarships vs. loans and work-study jobs
• What the percentage breakdown was between grants and loans
• Finally, the average amount of debt per student (on average) at graduation
This combined information should give you an excellent idea what kind of financial aid package your child is likely to get.
For example, if the average need met is low, you're not likely going to be happy with your package.
And if most of the package comes in the form of loans, your child may graduate with a big pile of debt.
Now here's a point that bears repeating…
Don't assume anything at the start when looking at colleges and universities.
For instance, more expensive schools can appear daunting when you see their retail cost – but those schools also tend to have the biggest financial aid packages.
You could easily find that, after financial aid is taken into account, the expensive schools can actually be the same cost – if not cheaper – than the "lower-priced" schools.
Another important point: Don't wait until you have a favorite school, or you're accepted somewhere. Many schools have financial aid deadlines that pass before they send out acceptance letters.
Apply for financial aid at one of these schools, and you'll probably have fewer eligible students chasing the money.
Of course, if that will truly work in your favor, you should see it in the statistics and information you've compiled in your research.
So our recommendation is to begin here… with the questions you've put together to ask the financial aid office (at the school you're considering.)
And don't forget to ask this question:
Will the financial aid package I receive change after the first year?
This way you'll have a very good idea what kind of help you can expect.
And you can start to make informed decisions on where to spend your time – and money.
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hi, i'm new to this site and I have a question, I'm hoping I can get some information about taking the NCLEX-PN. I am a RN nursing student, at a diploma program, that is 2 years long. I only have... Read More
Apr 28, '05Quote from New_Mom_LPN_StudentWow, I have never heard of a four or five semester LPN program. What program are you attending and where is it located?I agree we all are resposible for what and how we learn. Bu just to comment I know there still are many 2 semester LPN programs in the US, but just not down my way. Maybe that is the reason why I got the answers I did from schools. Down here you will find programs about 4 to 5 semesters in length (including summer), with clinicals starting in the first semester right down to the last.
Apr 29, '05Quote from GN1974Most of the programs down here are that long. New Orleans,LAWow, I have never heard of a four or five semester LPN program. What program are you attending and where is it located?
Apr 29, '05Quote from New_Mom_LPN_StudentMost of the programs down here are that long. New Orleans,LA
Good luck New Mom! I am glad you are accepted and ready to go! Let us now how it goes.
Apr 29, '05Quote from GN1974Hi there. I just finished my LPN program in Canada :hatparty: -- it was four semesters. And just FYI, it included 700 clinical hours.Wow, I have never heard of a four or five semester LPN program. What program are you attending and where is it located?
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May 2, '05Best wishes, choosing to be an LPN for now is a great idea. Here in Mass, they make about $20-25 an hour and more when with an agency. Because of this, many LPN's feel comfortable with this and do not go on to the RN. I will be in this boat soon, as I did get into the LPN program for fall. So hopefully I will remember my own advice to you Please continue to the RN soon.
May 3, '05[QUOTE... but considering that one of the people that gave me the wrong info as you say, what the department head of the nursing program, in that instance I'm pretty much assured that info in right on. So take it how you want.[/QUOTE]
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Elizabeth Y. Ibarra, 91, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a coffee farmer, died in Life Care Center of Kona. She was born in North Kohala, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Bert, Ronald and Randolph; daughters Joycelyn Murakami and Elaine Harada; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services.
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K-pop group KARA officially loses Nicole
In sad news for fans of the K-pop girl group KARA, Nicole Jung has officially left. There has been no official explanation as to why Nicole made this decision, but KARA's agency has reassured fans that she will have a new start in another project soon, and that KARA will continue as a group.
KARA's agency, DSP, commented, "Nicole, who has been with KARA for about seven years, is no longer part of the group as her exclusive contract with DSP Media expires as of Jan. 16. Although her work as KARA is regretfully completed, we hope the fans encourage her as she is preparing to have another new start."
Three members of KARA, Gyuri, Seungyeon and Hara have all renewed their contracts for two more years, but it is still up in the air whether or not Jiyoung will resign in April or leave to focus on her education. DSP has promised fans that KARA will continue as a group regardless of whether or not individual members leave.
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Players, coaches, and staff from the Marian University football team made two NAIA Trophy Tour stops this week to celebrate the 2012 NAIA Football National Championship and to invite local youth football players to the season opener on Saturday, August 31.
Monday, August 19, sophomore receiver Jacob Fleet spoke to the parents, coaches, and players at Saint Michael the Archangel School, while Tuesday, August 20, Head Football Coach Mark Henninger visited his Alma Mater, Our Lady of Greenwood. Coach Henninger spoke to the players and coaches about the Catholic education he received and how it important it was to his overall formation.
The Knights will hold a championship celebration on August 31 at St.Vincent Health Field to officially kick off the defense of the NAIA title; that night is also Youth Football Night, when any youth player wearing their team jersey will get in free of charge at the 6 p.m. game against Kentucky Christian University.
The trophy tour will continue Monday, August 26, with a stop at Saint Matthew Catholic School in Indianapolis and Tuesday at Our Lady of Grace Catholic School in Noblesville. Knights single game and season tickets and tailgate passes are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.marian.edu/tickets.
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Arrangement of Test Specimens at Treat Island Natural Weathering Exposure Station
Monday, June 01, 2009
To register once more our fascination with testing grounds, or sites of experimentation and simulations, here is the rack map of concrete slabs at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' materials testing facility at Treat Island, Maine.
On the island, material specimens are exposed to natural severe environmental conditions to test for durability. They are subjected to between 100 and 160 freeze-thaw cycles, cyclic inundation of saltwater and air-drying, chloride intrusion, wetting and drying, and abrasion-erosion. There and in many other testing grounds, arranged in museological, Donald Judd-like intervals of solids and negatives, these perfect geometries are coming undone. The building blocks of future cities and monuments fracture and decay in a way that belies their solidity and intended permanence. Bit by bit, atom by atom, structures get nullified and give way.
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Mary Rita Olivares of Oak Lawn didn't want much in her prenuptial agreement. Just three simple things:
"I get my nails done once a week. I don't cook. And I have a constant supply of Tab at all times."
Mary Rita Olivares of Oak Lawn didn't want much in her prenuptial agreement. Just three simple things:
"I get my nails done once a week. I don't cook. And I have a constant supply of Tab at all times."
In the 12 ensuing years of marriage, Olivares said her husband has become "hump-backed" carting 24-packs of the bright-pink canned soft drinks from the grocery store back home to the family laundry room where she stacks them.
But his load soon will be lighter. In the continuing war for supermarket shelf space, Tab has become the loser.
The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Chicago has decreed it's suspending production of cases and liter bottles, a development that has fans of the soft drink once hawked by sprightly models as "a beautiful drink," well, feeling flat.
The Niles-based bottler has declared it now will only produce six-packs of the retro drink. And even this represents something of a reprieve; Coke initially planned to halt all Tab production in the Chicago area this spring.
"Our plan is to make it available because of the consumer outcry," said Bob Nasshan, spokesman for the bottler.
Tab fanatics, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jim Epstein among them, are hardly mollified.
"This is very bad news," said Epstein, who works out of the Skokie Courthouse. "I have a case [of Tab] in my chambers at all times. I drink Tab like it's going out of style--and I guess it is."
It all began 37 years ago, in 1963, a signpost in the annals of modernity that stands out as the year the ZIP code was inaugurated, the first touch tone phones went into service and the first regulation nine-hole golf course was lit up for nighttime play.
But the most mod thing about 1963 was the introduction of the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co.'s first diet soft drink, Tab.
Tab became much more than a soft drink. It ascended to a prominent place in popular culture. The "beautiful drink" jingle was inescapable, for instance.
But in 1982, Tab became the proverbial dinosaur hit by the meteor. Tab was still the nation's leading diet soft drink, but that year Coca-Cola introduced Diet Coke.
Roberto Goizueta, then Coke's chairman and chief executive, pushed for Diet Coke, telling the chairman of the firm's finance committee, Robert Woodruff, that Tab had become too popular.
According to Goizueta's biographer, Chicago Tribune columnist David Greising, Goizueta warned Woodruff that "... slowly but surely the Coca-Cola Co. is becoming The Tab Co."
Diet Coke went on the market with the theme "Just for the Taste of It." Men, who hardly touched Tab in its hot pink can, were the prime target.
By 1983, Diet Coke--with its unisex market appeal--was the leading diet soft drink in the nation. Tab was left to die and the company eventually stopped supporting it with advertising dollars.
It's been downhill since for Tab.
In 1985 the Coca-Cola Co. nationally sold about 69 million cases of Tab and 435 million cases of Diet Coke, according to John Sicher, editor and publisher of the industry newsletter, Beverage Digest.
In 1999 the Coca-Cola Co. sold about 4.4 billion cases of soft drinks of which 843 million were Diet Coke. Only 4.6 million cases were Tab.
"I extend my sympathies to the Tab loyalists in Chicago, but they need to understand market realities," Sicher said. "A bottler has to use its production lines as efficiently as it can and Tab is such a small volume brand today that production runs would be quite small."
A spokesman at Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta said the Chicago bottler's action was "a local decision."
Nasshan wouldn't cite Tab sales figures for the Chicago area, but said Tab sometimes sits too long on supermarket shelves and then gets stale. "We have to pull them off the shelf and throw them away," he said.
Still Tab appears to have a lingering retro appeal, which has helped give the soft drink a starring role as a prop in movies with pop culture themes. Austin Powers went on a Tab binge in his first film. In "A Very Brady Sequel," Marcia Brady sipped Tab by the pool.
And here in Chicago, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. came up with its six-pack compromise.
Debbie Clamage, 49, an Evanston mother and Tab drinker, was not appeased. "It's not a compromise unless I can get four six-packs at the price of a case," Clamage said. "It's discriminatory. I'm not going to switch to another diet drink. If they take it off the market, I'll drink root beer."
Nasshan acknowledged that the six-packs won't be on sale as often as the 24 packs. "But," he asserts, "it will be on sale often enough to satisfy the loyal consumers."
Tab drinker Alice Cammon, 28, seemed to recognize the hard economic realities coming between her and the beverage.
"I guess their move to cut Tab production makes sense," she said. "Ninety percent of the population does not like Tab. But it's no fun for me. It's tragic."
Tab aficionados have difficulty describing its unique appeal, but speculate that it must have something to do with the combination of calcium saccharin and aspartame used to sweeten it.


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News and Views from All Things Photography
Hi all,
How has your February been? If you are feeling a little down and deflated due to the weather or economic crisis, bear in mind that February is typically a slow month for most people and businesses anyway.
March always brings a new feeling of hope, motivation, inspiration, determination and all that jazz…well for me it does anyway. Maybe it is some primeval instinct built into us to feel relief at the end of winter as we look forward to a warmer climate with longer days?
Anyway, February has actually been quite busy as I am writing the new section for ATP and also went to the Focus exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham (more of that later).
So, what is this month's short "waffle" all about?
- 1D Mark III for sale – Needs must I'm afraid
- Tasty 5D Mark II sound accessories
- Focus on Imaging
- Pocket Wizards
Tasty Canon EOS 5D Mark II sound accessories
If you have recently bought a Canon 5D Mark II or are thinking of doing so, maybe the reports of the sound quality has put you off a little? To be honest, I had a play with the Mark II at the Focus exhibition recently and was actually quite impressed by the sound considering the size of the mic.
I have actually got some footage with sound to show you in the Focus report later too.
It was inevitable that at some point, and I mentioned it in my brief review of the 5D Mark II, that there would be some new add-ons for sound technology soon enough and boy was I right.
"So my prediction for the next generation will include the continuation and improvement of dynamic range, low light and high ISO performance over a higher pixel count. Plus possibly improving the video capabilities to include animation (stop motion), varying resolutions and recording/sound modes whilst creating more peripherals such as "hot shoe microphones", on camera lighting and maybe even a new form of solid state media?"
Well, you can find a whole host of such goodies on sale at B and H now…
The Sweet Sound of HD at B & H
Focus on Imaging Exhibition
I spent two days at the exhibition as I really don't think one day is enough. For me, it is not so much the size of the place and the amount of exhibitors, but the people showing off their wares were so enthusiastic and forthcoming, I lost three hours on day two talking to just 3 people!
Pocket Wizards
If you have just read my review of Focus above, you will know that I don't just promote any and every product that hits the shelves. Basically my attitude towards products is (at the moment and until I enlist more help), if I like it and it is worth telling people about, I will write about it. I don't like to waste my time promoting rubbish for the sake of it.
That is why I am writing this short review on three of Pocket Wizards latest creations the Pocket Wizard Plus 2, Pocket Wizard Multi Max and the Pocket Wizard TTL.
B and H are currently offering a great deal with free shipping for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. If you are thinking of buying one, now is the chance for a limited time for just $2699.95…
B and H Offer on Canon EOS 5D Mark II
So, that is it for now. I have a ton of work to do and hope to make next months newsletter a little bigger, and also promise to start including more Nikon news ; )
Have a mad March…I feel Spring is in the air!
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Multiple-Instrument Polyphonic Music Transcription using a Convolutive Probabilistic Model
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Source:SMC Conference 2011 (2011)
In this paper, a method for automatic transcription of music signals using a convolutive probabilistic model is proposed. The model extends the shift-invariant Probabilistic Latent Component Analysis method. Several note templates from multiple orchestral instruments are extracted from monophonic recordings and are used for training the transcription system. By incorporating shift-invariance into the model along with the constant-Q transform as a time-frequency representation, tuning changes and frequency modulations such as vibrato can be supported by the system. For postprocessing, Hidden Markov Models trained on MIDI data are employed, in order to favour temporal continuity. The system was tested on classical and jazz recordings from the RWC database, on recordings from a Disklavier piano, and a woodwind quintet recording. The proposed method, which can also be used for pitch content visualization, is shown to outperform several state-of-the-art approaches, using a variety of error metrics.


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Powerful article by Marva Hinton that highlights the successes of a South Carolina after school program called WINGS for kids.
This is a fantastic story about educating students after school emotions and social skills that helps them to building confidence in themselves and abilities and it translates to success in education. Sounds similar to the growth mindset to me and my previous article.


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A Colorado Watchdog analysis found more than a third of Colorado's registered voters are considered "inactive," which increases the threat of potential voting fraud in one of the nation's most important swing states.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, told Watchdog "Colorado is among 12 states that have significant numbers of individuals on the rolls that ought not to be there."
"In Colorado, a fifth of the election rolls are composed of voters who ought not to be on the list. When you have lists as dirty as the ones in Colorado, it provides opportunities for fraud," Fitton said. "There is no doubt about it."
Earl Glynn, a special a special projects coordinator and researcher at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity, conducted the analysis. He said of the state's 3.4 million registered voters, 1.2 million are considered inactive.
"There is always the potential for voter fraud," Glynn told Watchdog. "I like to use the word potential. If there is a name on the voter roll that could be borrowed by a corrupt official, that is an opportunity for fraud. When you can borrow a name on the list and it's been there a long time, it will be very hard to prove anything one way or the other."
According to Glynn, voters could search the names of inactive voters and show up as them to the polls to commit voter fraud since Colorado does not have Photo ID laws.
Logan Churchwell, spokesman for True the Vote, said that 10 counties in Colorado have more than 100% of the eligible population registered to vote.
Churchwell said "federal law says every jurisdiction that maintains voter rolls has to put in place a reasonable effort to keep dead, felon and ineligible voters off the rolls."
"We're seeing instances where some counties had 130 percent voter registration, 113 percent voter registration and 108 percent voter registration," Churchwell said. "Usually, whenever you see more than 105 percent, you've got a pretty bad problem in terms of maintaining your rolls.
Churchwell also cited a Judicial Watch investigation that "found that the percentage of invalid voter registration forms in Colorado public assistance agencies was four times the national average."
According to Glynn, "the number of inactive voters in Colorado is much higher than in many other states" because voters are placed on "inactive status" if they do not reply to mailed requests from election officials.


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Himalayan Salt: Hand-mined from ancient sea salt deposits from the Khewra Salt Mine in Pakistan, Himalayan salt is rich in minerals and believed to be one of the purest salts available
How can salt (NaCl) be both "rich in minerals" and "one of the purest salts" at the same time? "Pure" means not having stuff in your substance that isn't the substance itself. If you are talking about salt,
Impurities might be good, but they are what they are.
I've been hearing about Himalayan salt now for several years, and it's always hyped as a miracle medicine that can cure you of essentially any ailment, and it can do it in a variety of ways. When some substance that is purported to actually exist somewhere is said to be able to cure you of anything, then it is helpful to ask about the health of the people living near the miracle substance. Nepalis who mine this salt do not, despite all the claims for this miracle drug, live forever.
And, by the way, most Himalayan Salt is mined in Pakistan hundreds of miles from the Himalayas.
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A reputed gang member was sentenced to 85 years in prison today in Cook County Criminal Court for fatally shooting a former Marine who had served two tours in Iraq.
The victim, Ricardo Martinez, had attended a Cubs game at Wrigley Field in 2006 when Steven Bryant mistook a friend of Martinez's for a rival gang member and fired multiple gunshots, hitting Martinez.
Judge Bertina Lampkin called Bryant, 24, "cowardly" in imposing the sentence."There's few people I have seen that have as malignant a heart as Mr. Bryant," the judge said.


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Kentucky's legislators have shown unusual willingness this year to waste their time and taxpayers' money.
Keep teenagers in school? Protect the elderly in nursing homes? Create a more fair and adequate tax system? Can't get it done. But lawmakers have plenty of time to push legislation that belabors the obvious.
Republicans want schools to set aside time for children to say the pledge of allegiance, which, by law, they already do. Democrats want a constitutional amendment to protect the right to hunt and fish, which has never been threatened.
Most telling of all, two lawmakers want to proclaim the right of Kentucky's coal industry to do as it pleases. Every Kentuckian knows the coal industry has always done that, with plenty of help from our politicians.
Rep. Jim Gooch, a Providence Democrat and climate-change denier, proposed legislation that would exempt coal mining from the Clean Water Act and other federal environmental regulations if the coal never leaves Kentucky.
Even more ridiculous is a Senate joint resolution calling for Kentucky to be a "sanctuary state" for the coal industry, freeing it from regulation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That proposal was made by Sen. Brandon Smith, a Hazard Republican who once managed a company the EPA went after for spilling 7,000 gallons of oil into a Laurel County creek.
Gooch and Smith say the coal industry should only be regulated by the state. But what they really want is no effective regulation at all. Too often, they amount to the same thing.
Consider this example from last week's headlines: State regulators must submit a plan to the U.S. Office of Surface Mining by April 1 to raise the cash bonds coal companies must post to ensure that land is reclaimed after mining. In dozens of cases since 2007, companies shut down and left a mess that their bonds didn't begin to cover. This time, as previously, state regulators are raising bonds only because federal regulators are forcing them to.
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— Bamburgh Castle: The Archaeology of the Fortress of Bamburgh AD 500 to AD 1500 by Graeme Young.
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— You can read Gerry Twomey's article in the online magazine Past Horizons, go here and click on 'read the publication'. You'll find Gerry's article on page twelve.
— Groves, S. et al., 'The Bowl Hole Early Medieval Cemetery at Bamburgh Excavations 1998 to 1999', in Archaeologia Aeliana 5th Series, Vol. 38
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151:462–476 (2013)
Mobility Histories of 7th–9th Century AD People Buried at Early Medieval Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. S.E. Groves, C.A. Roberts, S. Lucy, G. Pearson, D.R. Grocke, G. Nowell, C.G. Macpherson, and G. Young
Archaeology in Northumberland, Discovery Series 1: Bamburgh, Burgess, C. Cadwallander, T. Gething, P. Miket, R. Murray, D. Rushton, S. Young, G. L. Young, Northumberland County Council 2007
Antiquity: Project Gallery, Issue 318, Volume 82, 2008
Excavating an Archaeologist: Brian Hope-Taylor at Bamburgh.
Young, G. L. http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/youngg318/
British Archaeology (CBA), May-June 2011 – At the Heart of Bamburgh Castle, Young G. L. pg 44-47.
Medieval Archaeology, Notes and News, Geophysical Survey at Bamburgh Castle Northumberland. Vol. 49, 2005. Wood, P. N. pg 305-310
Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Britain and Ireland, Northumberland, A 9th Century Industrial Area at Bamburgh Castle. Vol. 55, 2011. Castling, J. and Young, G. L. pg 311-317
— Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice by Colin Renfrew & Paul Bahn.
— Techniques of Archeological Excavation by Philip Barker:
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— Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoples
— Beowulf
— The Cambridge Old English Reader by Richard Marsden.
Other Reading
— Grace Darling: Victorian Heroine by Hugh Cunningham
— Y Gododdin trans. A.O.H.Jarman
— Old Irish Wisdom Attributed to Aldfrith of Northumbria: An Edition of Briathra Flainn Fhina Maic Ossu by Colin A. Ireland
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A Dauphin County caregiver faces multiple charges of stealing from an elderly couple. Carlisa R. Clark, 49, is accused of financially abusing an elderly couple, whom she was hired to assist.
Clark is alleged to have made numerous unauthorized purchases and payments utilizing the couple's debit card and a Mastercard. Susquehanna Township Police arrested Clark last Tuesday. She was also served with a bench warrant on a previous theft.
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Cheetahs trip Sharks up
The Cheetahs scored three tries on their way to a 27-20 victory over the Sharks in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The Sharks will be the only South African team in the Super Rugby play-offs this year, but they were outplayed by their hosts who made far better use of their opportunities.
The Sharks started at a ferocious pace, putting the Cheetahs under heavy pressure from the start, but it was the hosts that got the first points on the scoreboard.
Springbok flyhalf Johan Goosen kicked a penalty as early as the second minute to give his side the early lead.
That gave the Cheetahs valuable momentum which they used to pin the Sharks down in their own half.
It resulted in the first try of the evening for the hosts, when the Cheetahs put together a driving maul, allowing flanker Torsten van Jaarsveld to dive over for the five-pointer.
Goosen converted to give the Cheetahs a ten point lead.
The Sharks regrouped and launched numerous attacks that forced the Cheetahs to infringe.
Sharks flyhalf Tim Sweil kicked his first penalty of the evening in the 19th minute after missing an earlier attempt.
Soon thereafter the Cheetahs were left to ponder their defensive structures after Sharks scrumhalf Cobus Reinach broke away from a line-out and beat a number of Cheetahs defenders to score his seventh try of the season.
Sweil converted to draw the scores level at 10-10.
Sweil was again called to kick a further penalty to give the Sharks the lead for the first time in the game.
The Cheetahs kept attacking, however, and soon No,8 Philip van der Walt dotted down in the 33rd minute to regain the lead for the hosts.
Goosen kicked the conversion, leaving the Sharks four points behind at half-time.
The hard-fought contest at the break down area continued in the second half, with both the Cheetahs and Sharks conceding penalties as the result of heavy pressure.
The hosts made the better of the possession and Springbok lock Lood de Jager crashed over for a try, which Goosen converted to stretch the lead to 11 points.
The Sharks tried their best to make up the deficit, but the Cheetahs kept building momentum and soon resulted in more points as Goosen kicked his second penalty of the evening to leave the Sharks trailing by two converted tries.
The Sharks lost momentum as a result of poor handling errors or penalties, but finally scored their second try of the evening after replacement hooker Bismarck du Plessis burst over and Sweil converted.
Man of the match: Cobus Reinach and JP Pietersen were impressive for the Sharks whilst the biggest heroes for the Cheetahs were in the pack with Teboho Mohoje and captain Adriaan Strauss making an impact, but the stand-out player was Lodewyk de Jager who reigned in the line-out and made his presence felt in the loose as well.
The scorers:
For the Cheetahs:
Tries: Van Jaarsveld, Van der Walt, De Jager
Cons: Goosen 3
Pens: Goosen 2
For the Sharks:
Tries: Reinach, Du Plessis
Cons: Swiel 2
Pens: Swiel 2
Yellow card: Johan Goosen (Cheetahs, 80 mins – Cynical infringement)
Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Ryno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Caylib Oosthuizen, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Carl Wegner, 19 Jean Cook, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Hennie Daniller.
Sharks: 15 SP Marais, 14 Sibusiso Sithole, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Lubabalo Mtembu, 7 Jean Deysel (captain), 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Stephan Lewies, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Thomas du Toit, 17 Bismarck du Plessis, 18 Jannie du Plessis, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Etienne Oosthuizen, 21 Charl McLeod, 22 Odwa Ndungane, 23 Tonderai Chavhanga.
Referee: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
Assistant referees: Stuart Berry (South Africa), Francois de Bruin (South Africa)
TMO: Deon van Blommestein (South Africa)


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Our Under-18s remain on course for the FA Premier Academy League Group B title after a 5-0 win against Chelsea.
Our Under-18s remain on course for the FA Premier Academy League Group B title after a 5-0 win against Chelsea.
The lads maintained their four-point lead over Aston Villa - who beat Ipswich 4-2 at the weekend - with a fine performance at Chelsea's Cobham training HQ.
However, coach Alex Inglethorpe was quick to point out that the start wasn't quite what the scoreline suggested. "Chelsea have a good team with good, technical players and in the first 20 minutes we hardly touched the ball, they had a lot of possession.
"Oscar Jansson made a key save in that start but the game changed midway through the half when Kudos Oyenuga outmuscled their centre-halves and fired in to open the scoring.
"We soon made it 2-0 with a good move, Yaser Kasim, Nathan Byrne and Adam Smith were all involved before Ryan Mason fired in from the edge of the box.
"We kept that momentum at the start of the second half and that was important.
"After 55 minutes David Hutton broke through and was brought down and Ryan tucked away the penalty for 3-0.
"Dean Parrett capped a fine display individually with a super strike for 4-0 after 70 minutes and then two substitutes combined for the fifth as Harry Kane sent away Paul-Jose M'poku who dummied the keeper before tapping into an empty net.
"It was a very professional performance in the second half, we weren't complacent in any way - it was a complete performance."
There are now six games left in the FAPAL - they travel to Fulham next on Saturday.
Spurs U18s: Jansson, Smith, Cox, Parrett (Ekim, 80), Caulker, Butcher, Byrne, Kasim, Oyenuga (M'poku, 70), Mason (Kane, 75), Hutton. Unused subs: Butler, Nicholson.


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Walnuts are one of the healthiest (and tastiest) foods you can and your family can eat. Our walnut feature will show you why. You'll also learn how and when to buy the best walnuts, how to store them for the longest possible shelf life, and lots of a fabulous recipes to make with them. We've even included fun walnut facts and trivia, should you want to add to your trivia knowledge. After reading this page, be sure to check our the Related Articles and Related Recipes sections below for the rest of our comprehensive walnut coverage.
Buying and Storing Walnuts
Fresh walnuts taste and smell sweet and mildly nutty. When walnuts are harvested, handlers keep them in cool, dry storage until they are shipped to retail stores.
Walnut meats naturally come in different shades, from the extra light to darker amber colors. This is part of nature and doesn't affect quality. You will find dark and light walnuts on the same tree or in the same orchard. In general, commercial bakeries prefer the lighter shades because their appearance is often more desirable. On the other hand, ice cream companies prefer the dark shades because they often have a more intense flavor.
Ninety-nine percent of walnuts grown in the United States are grown in California specifically throughout the Central Valley of California and in Coastal Valleys, from Redding in the north to Bakersfield in the south. California walnuts are also known as English or Persian walnuts.
The black walnut, on the other hand, is a Native American species. Currently the black walnut is used mainly as a rootstock for English walnuts. The meats are tasty, but a lot of work to crack and remove from the shell.
There are over 30 varieties of walnuts grown in California; however, two varieties—Chandler and Hartley—account for nearly 60 percent of total production.
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- If you buy walnuts in sealed packages, you can store the walnuts in that original packaging. Once you open the bag, transfer the walnuts to an airtight container to maintain freshness.
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- One final tip: Wait to shell or chop walnuts until you're ready to use them. The same applies for ground walnut meal; don't grind your walnuts until you're ready to add the walnut meal to your recipe. This will help maintain great flavor.
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian border police have questioned 30 migrants who are suspected of illegally entering Romania from Serbia.
Police used heat-detecting equipment to spot the migrants, 29 Afghans and a Pakistani man, who were hiding in fields early Monday on the border between Serbia and southwestern Romania.
Border police and local police rounded up the men and drove them to the local border police headquarters for questioning.
A statement said none of migrants was carrying documents. They told Romanian authorities they wanted to reach western Europe.
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