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The Terry Richardson-directed Lady Gaga video "Do What U Want," which features R. Kelly, mysteriously went missing earlier this year after the "Poker Face" singer accused people who "gravely mismanaged my time and health," for its delay. But today TMZ managed to get its hands on a highlights reel and, well, it's just as unsavory as you would expect from a director who has been accused of sexually assaulting his models, an R&B singer who was once tried for alleged child pornography and a singer who's fame is plunging faster than her neckline. Have a look and, remember, it's totally NSFW — no matter where you work.
Predictably, the people of Twitter are not taking it well.
Just watched a clip of the Terry Richardson directed, Lady Gaga/R Kelly music video. Didn't they realise they were filming a simulated rape?
— Katie Wass (@katherinewass) June 19, 2014
You're gross @ladygaga
— Jon Kortajarena (@TheJuanDs) June 19, 2014
Gaga coulda worked with anyone on Earth & decided to roll around singing "Do what you want with my body" with R. Kelly and Terry Richardson.
— Craig Jenkins (@CraigSJ) June 19, 2014
I think it is disgusting that @ladygaga can claim to be a youth ambassador and work with sick perverts.
— Crazy Gaga (@crazyGagaaa) June 19, 2014
Lady Gaga is very pro-woman, girl-power etc etc but totally cool with hiring Terry Richardson and R. Kelly for this Ode To Rape.
— Scaachi Koul (@Scaachi) June 19, 2014
@ladygaga When I see this video I might barf! @rkelly is the most disgusting creature on the planet!
— Germanotta ♥ (@GagasLaugh) June 19, 2014
I see. Lady Gaga is so mad she's irrelevant she had to make something incredibly disgusting like the DWUW music vid for her 20 mns of fame
— billy the kid (@taintedsheart) June 19, 2014
Wow, Lady Gaga, time out for a moment to consider WTF you've done with that rape-y video. Astonishingly bad judgement.
— Jennifer Dyal (@JennDyal) June 19, 2014
@Interscope I'm glad you forced @LadyGaGa not to release her rape propaganda Do What U Want music video. Mocking sexual assault = gross!
— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) June 19, 2014


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Natural Black and White Solar Druzy Quartz Slices with 24K gold electroplated brass edge on high quality handmade Artisan Gold Fill Ear Wires. These earrings drop approx 2" from the ear lobe. I consider these to be medium to heavy weight earrings and the quartz piece measures approx 1 6/8" tall.
I handcraft the ear wires from gold filled wire and added a hammered texture to the front. I also include rubber stoppers to prevent loss while wearing!
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Record 11 EPS Front Derailleur
In the lead-up to the new model year, Campagnolo spent a lot of time redesigning its three top mechanical groupsets, so the nigh-perfect shifting of the Record 11 EPS (Electronic Power Shift) Front Derailleur's smart, precise, and corrective operation remains unchanged. After all, this model took 20 years to develop, and it's the result of an R&D cycle that wasn't satisfied until the product matched the ever-evolving vision. So while we're sure there will be updates in the future, we're equally confident that Campy will take the time to make sure those updates are, in fact, improvements.
The Record 11 EPS Front Derailleur is a technological marvel. Like Campagnolo's Record 11 EPS Rear Derailleur, it operates on an electronic actuator comprised of a gear motor and an electronic sensor. Where it differs is in the details. The gear motor for the front derailleur's electronic actuator was developed with a Swiss company that manufactures electric motors for space missions to Mars, so it's not just space age — it's space worthy. Its high over-torque transmission results in precise, strong pulls, and the Magnetic Hall Sensor Resolver technology uses an internal sensor to automatically center the derailleur on the chain. It also communicates with the rear derailleur via the D.T.I. technology, which auto-trims the front to avoid chain rub, regardless of the gear combination.
There are some differences between the Record and Super Record EPS front derailleurs, but they're small. Record 11 has alloy chainguide plates instead of carbon, and steel motor mounts instead of alloy. While this does result in a slight weight gain, there's a corresponding drop in price and no loss of functional performance, and Campagnolo has spent a great deal of time on the Record 11 EPS front derailleur to guarantee that function by addressing the effects of road noise and maximizing rigidity.
The derailleur's co-molded frame mounting hardware consists of an aluminum polymer blend, and the external derailleur rod, which works in conjunction with the electronic actuator, is held by a hollow hub and double wing with a double-finned pin for maximum precision through stiffness. The actuator itself is housed in a cascade gearbox that, along with the vibration-damping technopolymer-carbon body, minimizes vibration and allows movement to be transferred precisely.
One of our favorite features of EPS is that you can tune it in the saddle using controls on the shifter body, near the thumb lever. This enables the derailleur to make seven incremental adjustments, at 0.1mm per adjustment. The Record 11 EPS front derailleur is also IP67 compliant, a rigid international standard for electronics that requires protection of electronic components from water and dust alike, operating perfectly while submerged under water for 30 minutes.
Campagnolo's EPS groups do retain some technologies from their mechanical counterpart, chief among these being the familiar Extreme Performance Shifting Systems (XPSS). XPSS comprises eight up-shift sectors of the large chainring and two down-shift sectors of the small ring to ensure the smoothest and most direct chain transfer possible, so the burden for fast, precise shifting isn't all on the derailleur's shoulders.
- A powerful electronic front derailleur for accurate front shifting
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A famous atheist passed into eternity just before Christmas.
Charles Darwin once claimed the human body contains evolutionary leftovers, and Fox news ran with the story—150 years later.
A collection of a few fossils called Australopithecus sediba is being paraded as the oldest-known direct ancestor of Homo erectus.
Researchers William Ratcliff and Michael Travisano recently earned accolades for—as they put it—"re-creating" evolution.
According to a recent survey by Lifeway Research, most Protestant pastors in the United States realize the Bible and evolution don't mix.
Late last year the planet welcomed its seven billionth living resident, according to estimates by the United Nations.
Even the most extreme parts of our planet contain life, including the bottom of the so-called Dead Sea.
Even a year later, debris remains from the March 11, 2011, tsunami that devastated Japan and caused thousands of deaths.
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It was a big big pleasure and so much fun, meeting you all at this years vetcamp! THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH for coming, helping, talking, dancing and supporting us and our unique idea of an unconventional congress. YOU kept that real VETCAMP SPIRIT alive.
Hope to see you all back in Saarlouis for the 3rd int. vetcamp 2015!
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text: Home- Academics- Departments and Programs- Economics- VITA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance - VITA Student volunteers power our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, in which we file income taxes for low-income families in Madison and Chenango Counties free of charge, while students gain practical real-world experience. Menu Menu Locations Volunteer Information Each spring, approximately 30 Colgate students prepared tax returns for 700 families in central New York. More than $1 million in tax returns were refunded to the local communities, with nearly 30% coming from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Getting Tax Assistance To qualify for assistance with filing your taxes, you must be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Please visit the IRS website to determine if you are eligible to receive assistance from VITA. Visit the Facebook page for the CASH Coalition of Madison and Chenango Counties for the most up-to-date information. Tax preparation sessions are offered multiple days per week from February–April in the following locations: Wampsville, Madison County Department of Social Services Norwich, Cornell Cooperative Extension FIND OUR LOCATIONS Make an Appointment If you are a potential client interested in receiving assistance with filing your taxes, please make an appointment: In Madison County, contact Community Action Partnership at 1-315-697-3588, ext. 17 In Chenango County, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 1-607-334-5841 ext. 11 Volunteering Students who volunteer with the VITA program find the experience extremely fulfilling. While you help thousands of local low-income families ensure they receive the full returns to which they are entitled, you will also learn practical skills and gain real-world insight into the United States tax system. To volunteer, you must enroll in SOSC 275 in the spring. More information about volunteering For answers to questions, contact Casey Frazee or Professor Nicole Simpson. About the Program VITA is funded by the Upstate Institute at Colgate and is part of the C.A.S.H. Coalition of Madison and Chenango Counties. The C.A.S.H. Coalition of Madison and Chenango Counties is a collaboration of the following community organizations: IRS NBT Bank Madison County Department of Social Services (DSS) Chenango United Way Opportunities for Chenango (OFC) Cornell Cooperative Extension Chenango County Department of Social Services AARP Tax Aide Madison RSVP Academics Majors and Minors Departments and Programs Africana and Latin American Studies Art and Art History Asian Studies Biology Chemistry The Classics Computer Science East Asian Languages and Literatures Economics Academic Program Department Courses Faculty and Staff Colgate-Hamilton Seminar Series Off-Campus Study Honors Fed Challenge Economic Data Sources VITA Locations Volunteer Information News and Announcements Educational Studies English Environmental Studies Film and Media Studies Geography Geology German History International Relations Jewish Studies LGBTQ Studies Linguistics Mathematics Medieval & Renaissance Studies Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Music Native American Studies Neuroscience Peace and Conflict Studies Philosophy Physics & Astronomy Political Science Psychological and Brain Sciences Religion Romance Languages and Literatures Russian and Eurasian Studies Sociology and Anthropology Theater Women's Studies Writing and Rhetoric Off-Campus Study Core Curriculum Research Fellowships & Scholarships Scholars Programs Pre-Professional Planning Academic Calendar University Catalogue Course Offerings Libraries RELATED LINKS


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About the Event
Hastings Musical Festival takes place at the White Rock Theatre over 2 weeks in March each year. Dancers, singers, musicians and actors of all ages perform in classes which are marked by an adjudicator who is a specialist and an expert in the field. Feedback is given to everyone and the winners of each class are announced. In many classes a trophy is also awarded.
Classes are open to the public. Tickets for individual sessions or for a whole day can be purchased from the White Rock Theatre Box Office from January 2019 (add link) A season ticket for the whole Festival is also available.
Some of the best performances from the Festival are chosen to create a Festival Finale Concert which showcases the range and diversity of the talent on display during the previous two weeks. Prizes are awarded for the audience's favourite acts.
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Hey everyone! My name is Aimee and I live outside of Columbus, OH, and I just started my first year of veterinary school at OSU. I have a 2 year old black and tan named Reilly, and he is like my child :) . In the future I hope to rescue at least one cavalier, but that probably won't happen until I graduate, because I'm home a lot less since classes started. Today Reilly had his first experience at my friend's barn while I was vaccinating her horses, he had a really good time, but I don't think he would make it as a barn dog :shock: . Reilly says HI to everyone, and it's nice to know there are others out there completely in love with the breed like I am.
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Studs has a conversation with Easley Blackwood, and Ralph Shapey, composers and Paul Fromm philanthropist and patron of the music arts. They discuss contemporary music, composing music, composers and the passion of creating music.
Claudia Cassidy discusses being a critic of theater and opera etc. Includes about 1.5 minutes of another interview.
Miss Dillon discusses being a bookseller, bookselling, and life in London. [Interview with Miss Dillon ends at 41:27] James Cameron discusses law and order, Chicago, and spending time with Studs Terkel. Studs Terkel interviews them in England. Includes the songs "Amazing Grace" and another song called "Amen".
Interview with Andreas Papandreou Leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, Leader of the Opposition, and Prime Minister of Greece. Discussing the censoring of musical and theatrical arts by the Junta in Greece before the Coup.
Interview with the classical guitarist Carlo Pezzimenti, which contains classical music fragments
In the of first of many appearances on Studs' radio show, Oliver Sacks discusses his book "Awakenings" and recounts several patient profiles from his groundbreaking treatment application of L-DOPA to sufferers of Sleeping sickness and Parkinson's disease. They explore his work in the context of Studs' concept of Feeling Tone and Sacks tells of a remarkable scene with aphasic patients reacting to a speech of then President Ronald Reagan.
American singer-songwriter Don McLean discusses his career and events in the 1960s and 1970s that have influenced his music.
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Moscow concert.
The set commences with a sassy and energetic Trespassing followed by Kickin' In, which I'm still finding a but repetitive. There are a few close-ups of Adam's sunglasses which are great for seeing the reflection of the crowd. The shades come off at the end of Shady to a loud cheer, I guess because we need to see his eyes to make that all-important connection, especially for the next song, a stirring WWFM.
Naked love brings the tempo back up with a singalong, which I thing should be topped off by a grand finish instead of petering out, but I guess I'm starting to sound like a broken record. IIHY follows and I'm guessing Adam has problems finding his pitch as he doesn't actually start singing until quite a way into the song. The set gets a bit emo with Broken English and some impressive vocals, though I think there are parts of the guitar solo that sound a bit off. Chokehold is beautifully dramatic.
There's a little bit of banter before another change in mood, where Adam uses jetlag as an euphemism for feeling the effects of the weed wafting in from the crowd. A fun smiley NCOE gives way to a tribute to Donna Summer with a performance of Hot Stuff. It's a wonderful and unusual treat for us all to hear a new song, a classic with the twist being Adam's fantastic vocals over it. It leads straight into Cuckoo with band intros where Adam gets all potty-mouthed with his mo-fos. It ends on a high with an almighty note plus trademark run.


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(quote from your provided link above): Before the Huronian Ice Age, most organisms were anaerobic, but around this time, the cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis. These bacteria were able to reproduce at exponential rates due to their new ecological niche, exploiting the near-limitless energy of the sunlight. Their photosynthesis produced oxygen as a waste product expelled into the air. At first, most of this oxygen was absorbed through the oxidization of surface iron and the decomposition of life forms. However, as the population of the cyanobacteria continued to grow, these oxygen sinks became saturated.[3] This led to a mass extinction of most life forms, which were anaerobic, as oxygen was toxic to them. As oxygen "polluted" the mostly methane atmosphere, and methane bonded with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water, a different, thinner atmosphere emerged, and Earth began to lose heat. Thus began the Huronian Ice Age.Doc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:08 pmMy point is it is in the winds and the currents as much as anything.neverfail wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:38 pmVery well Doc. But you realise this earlier Ice Age that occurred at the birth of terrestrial life is outside the terms of reference with which I began this discussion, don't you?Doc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:38 am
The Earth's BIGGEST ice Age (note the singular) nearly ended life on the Earth.
No mention of winds and currents as the cause of this earliest ice age Doc. I concede though that winds and currents did likiely play an auxiliary role in perpetuating the more recent serial ice ages.


text: Received your card. Congratulations on 25 Years! We speak often about the great times we had at Ogoki! A Tribute to you both! Best Regards, Rich Craddock. What a nice surprise to find your post card in my mail yesterday. Twenty-five years is a long time to do anything; much less a business like yours with all the uncertainties of weather, exchange-rates, two-country economies, etc. There is a reason why your business has survived and (hopefully) thrived. you do the wilderness fishing experience better than anyone in the outdoor sport vacation business. Dear Judy and Paul, Congratulations on 25 years. I have many fond memories of my time with Jack at Ogoki. Hope all is well with you. . . . Nicole will take you on a guided tour! This website will take you every step of the way for a worry free fishing vacation! Let us introduce ourselves; Judy & Paul Boucher and family. Weve been doing this for 25 years and have learned a thing or two on how to take the worry out of the wilderness experience. Our staff will help you with anything you may not understand or solve any mechanical glitch right away. In short: we treat you like family! Just a note to let you know our recent fishing junket to your Mojikit South Outpost. Ive been coming to Armstrong area since 1972 and have probably flown in with 6-7 different outfitters over the years to numerous outposts. Your Mojikit South camp is clearly the nicest camp I have been to. The cabin is beautiful and roomy. Great kitchen and dining area. Beautiful screened in deck and outside porch overlooking the channel. Large chest freezer and a frig that actually keeps things cold. Screened in fishing cleaning house with running water. Bedrooms that are roomy. Vaulted ceiling the the cabin is a plus. The cabin is centrally located to both the lake and the Ogoki Reservoir. The boats are the best that Ive ever experienced at an outpost. The inside bottoms consist of flat carpeted panels. easy to get in and out of. 1st time Ive fished an outpost with "dry" feet. The boats had comfortable swivel seats and 15 & 20 hp 4-stroke engines that worked great. We will definitely be back. Everything about Ogoki Frontier was quality. My two grandchildren had the time of their lives, as did the other 2 members of our party. Thanks for the memories.


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Planning forum considers setting up steering committee to work with UPMC on closing of South Side hospital
September 16, 2008
A proposal for the Planning Forum to form a steering committee to deal with the future of UPMC South Side was one of the issues discussed at the September 9 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum.
"Rather than sit on the sidelines and see what happens, we would have a pro-active role," said Rick Belloli, executive director of the South Side Local Development Co., who proposed the idea.
The steering committee would be modeled after the LTV Steering Committee, which was negotiated to guide the development process when the URA bought the former steel plant site in 1994.
While UPMC South Side officials have stated the hospital will close within five years as it consolidates with UPMC Mercy, local residents and elected officials have vowed to fight to keep it open.
Tracy Myers, board member and business development chair of the SSLDC, said the SSLDC board wants to establish a steering committee to ensure that whatever happens, the community is represented.
Mr. Belloli said he would like all side conversations on the consolidation to get funneled some way.
"When we're not speaking as one, we're really not speaking," he said.
Forum chair Hugh Brannan said that if adopted, policy guidelines would be established. He asked members to confer with their organizations about the matter, with a vote taken at the next meeting.
The meeting began with an overview of local crime by Commander Catherine McNeilly and Crime Prevention Officer Christine Luffey.
The officers said the "Zap It!" program is close to being up and running in Zone 3. Under the program, Officer Luffey will communicate via email — to the entire zone or specific officers – information she gleans from the public meetings she attends.
That information would range from specific complaints to concerns to tips about suspected illegal activites. Commander McNeilly will receive a copy of all email.
"Then I can tell if they are being responded to," she said.
Officer Luffey said residents should sign up for free crime alerts from the police through the CitizenObserver. The website is: http://www.citizen-observer.com.
Mr. Belloli suggested having citizen volunteers enter information instead of utilizing valuable police time.
Commander McNeilly said she proposed hiring retired police officers for such tasks — and other jobs like watching surveillance cameras and conducting background checks — but state law prohibits it as "double dipping."
She said she wants to have the law changed to hire such officers —wages only, no benefits — for which the pub
lic gains from the officers' wealth of experience, and the officers supplement their pensions.
"It's so simple and everyone wins," she said.
Officer Luffey said to send crime statistics, such as she prepared about the Flats, she would like to organize residents into block watches, so she can enter the statistics readily into the CitizenObserver site for access by all block watch members.
Communities groups should contact her at 412-488-8425 to receive crime statistics about their neighborhoods.
Next, an audience member said he was concerned about outdoor activities to be staged by the Birmingham Bridge Tavern the upcoming weekend, which included closing streets.
The tavern planned to serve drinks outdoors until midnight and provide band entertainment.
Commander McNeilly said the department would check on it. Mr. Brannan said he would contact the city as it was the first time the Planning Forum heard of it, and all special events permits are supposed to go through the forum.
In another matter, Wanda Jankoski, of the South Side Community Council, said she is concerned about the noise and health issues of selling pizza until 3 a.m. on weekends on Carson St., which a restaurant is illegally doing.
Commander McNeilly said the Health Department should be contacted.
When forum members were polled on their respective groups' responses to the latest draft of the Good Neighbor Cooperation Memorandum, it was learned the South Side Community Council and the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association did not approve.
Without a consensus, the forum cannot endorse it.
Ms. Jankoski said the community council could not come to a consensus, as there were concerns about the URA being involved; about who would manage it; and that it was "way too watered down."
At the prior forum meeting, Josette Fitzgibbons, of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on the South Side, said the latest draft was watered down, in response to comments from forum groups, so as not to sound "so legal."
The document, which is not legally binding, was to operate as a pledge by participating parties — such as landlords, renters, business owners, and community groups — to comply with all applicable laws; to cooperate to establish the safety and prosperity of the South Side; and more.
While it was only for Carson St., the goal was to expand it onto other streets.
Ms. Jankoski said if another version is presented, her group would look at it.
In the LTV report, Mr. Belloli said the widening of East Carson St. between 25th and 34th streets will not take place as scheduled.
That is because the contractor picked was not the lowest bidder; the declared reason was that PennDOT felt the lowest bidder did not have the capacity to do the job under the bid constrictions.
That bidder is appealing PennDOT's decision.
Mr. Brannan said the holiday schedule will be respected regardless of the contractor. So as not to impact Christmas shopping, there will be stoppages in November during which off-Carson St. work will occur.
A town meeting on the project will be held once the legal issues are settled.
In other news, Mr. Belloli said Hofbrauhaus, on-site brewers specializing in German beer and food, is on schedule for a spring, 2009, opening.
Groundbreaking is expected to occur this winter on the Soffer hotel on South Water St.
Construction of the Dick Corporation headquarters on Sidney St. is currently stalled. One reason is that the company is looking for another tenant to share a substantial part of the building. Another reason is the overall credit market.
Reconstruction of the streets behind the IBEW building is moving along.
A new building at 28th and Sidney streets will house restaurants which will soon be appearing before the Design Committee of the SSLDC.
The Hot Metal Grille will reopen under a new name with the same ownership.
Recently, a valet drop-off was built by the restaurant, without authorization, in front of the building along Carson St. It is not clear what action will be taken, said Mr. Belloli.
The forum's next meeting will be on October 14. It will begin at 5:15 p.m. with a crime update from Commander McNeilly.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – To Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, an approach to illegal immigration that includes the DREAM Act makes good business sense.
"From my perspective, the DREAM Act is good economic policy as we increase trade with Mexico, Latin America, as we increase the number of jobs associated with that," he said Tuesday. "The more we can do in that regard the better off we'll be."
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention were set Tuesday to endorse a platform that doesn't explicitly endorse the DREAM Act but calls for "comprehensive immigration reform that supports our economic goals and reflects our values as both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants."
Stanton and other Arizona delegates said the DREAM Act is integral to the party's approach to immigration reform.
The DREAM Act would allow many people brought illegally to the U.S. as children a pathway to citizenship if they enroll in college or serve two years in the military.
In June, Obama signed an executive order allowing people who would fall under the DREAM Act to apply for renewable two-year work permits.
The Democratic Party's immigration goals stand in contrast to the Republican Party's platform adopted the week before.
The GOP called on the federal government to drop lawsuits against states like Arizona opposing strict immigration policies. It also called for a border fence and denying funding to so-called sanctuary cities and to universities that offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.
Emily Verdugo, a delegate from Coolidge and a Democratic candidate for state House, said the GOP is scared of the growing Latino population.
"I really believe it's fear that a culture or a socio-economic status will have more power than they do," Verdugo said. "That's the only way they can control it, is through fear."
Gov. Jan Brewer's office didn't respond to phone calls seeking comment on the Democratic platform.
Arizona Democratic Party spokesman Frank Camacho said state Republicans use immigration to scare voters but that primary losses by immigration hardliners Russell Pearce and Ron Gould show that immigration is losing its punch as a political issue.
"The Republicans have not gotten it yet that the vast majority of Arizonans want comprehensive immigration reform," Camacho said. "The DREAM Act is an integral part of any comprehensive immigration reform."
U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Phoenix, said the federal approach to illegal immigration needs to cover more than just young people.
"I support the DREAM Act, obviously, but we also have to deal with the parents and the siblings," he said.
Dulce Matuz, president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, a youth-led group that fights for educational and immigrant rights, is in Charlotte attending events and protests. She said Democrats appear to support the DREAM Act, but she added that she doesn't trust either party to act without pressure.
"For me it's not enough when people say they support the DREAM Act or say they're going to pass it," Matuz said in a phone interview. "I've been hearing that for the past three years. I want to see action."
Stanton said he is confident the DREAM Act will happen because it has to.
"We're going to pass comprehensive immigration reform, we're going to pass the DREAM Act," he said. "Bringing people out of the shadows and into the economy, paying taxes as they should, getting to the back of the line, not the front of the line, paying an appropriate penalty, that's just good common-sense public policy, particularly for a state like Arizona."


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Why can't every weekend be like this last one? Seriously? I am racking my brain, but I can't come up with a decent reason. We laughed, we drank, we ate, we told embarrassingly-hilarious stories, we walked, we ate... did I mention we ate? It was in a word, fabulous -- but not without it's little trials and tribulations.
I consider myself to be rather naive. That said, after having tried to leave the city on a Friday after 6:30pm, it's clear that naivety is the tippy-tip-top of an iceberg the size of Canada that is, my cluelessness about driving. Getting in and out of Paris is like trying to squeeze a traffic hippo through the eye of a needle.
It should've been simple. Pile in the car, & hit the road. Le sigh. Our satellite reception was scrambled. We were cut off by an endless string of douches and a-holes. Motorcyclists were kicking the passenger's windows as they nearly tipped over while trying to zip between our car and our neighbor's. We were cramped on Paris' midget Periph', bumper to bumper, praying for deliverance from our highway hell.
But, it was worth the toil. When we arrived at our little house in the middle of nowhere, the guys were waiting for us, armed with comfort cocktails. As the fire crackled, and our chefs whipped up a tomato basil risotto that knocked us on our asses in one of those happy-food-comas.
On Saturday I felt like I was at big-kid-camp. We gathered around the flames, sipping our coffee and chatting while the eggs sizzled. We mowed that food as if dinner were a vague, far-off dream.
Mulled wine was concocted and half the group went off to Provins for a tour and the rest of us attacked the turkey!
We made all the classics:
- Turkey
- Stuffing
- Green bean casserole
- Cornbread
- Cranberry sauce
- Pumpkin & Pecan pie
The feast was sumptuous, and we maintained the American tradition of saying what we were all thankful for, it never fails to lift spirits even higher.
Miraculously, we had the energy to play charades until the wee hours of the night. Did I say play charades? I meant, the girls team beat the boys team to a pulp with our impressive miming skills.
Miraculously, we had the energy to play charades until the wee hours of the night. Did I say play charades? I meant, the girls team beat the boys team to a pulp with our impressive miming skills.
Sunday, with heavy hearts, we packed our bags and enjoyed a last brunch, complete with French Toast! We capped off the weekend with a long walk in the woods. It was an anti-Parisian trip, we felt miles away from our daily lives and jobs. I loved every minute of it.
This year I didn't spend the holiday with my family, but we had plenty to be grateful for.
This year I didn't spend the holiday with my family, but we had plenty to be grateful for.
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CHICAGO, March 7 (Reuters) - Syngenta AG will require U.S. farmers who plant a new and controversial type of genetically modified corn this spring to pledge in writing not to ship it China or the European Union, a trade association said on Friday.
The mandate is the latest step by the world's largest crop chemicals company to calm concerns among global grain exporters about corn seed containing the Agrisure Duracade trait, which is available for planting for the first time this year.
Top traders Archer Daniels Midland Co, Bunge Ltd and Cargill Inc have said they will limit their handling of crops containing Duracade because the trait is not approved by China or the EU, both major importers.
Their stance has divided the U.S. agricultural sector, with Syngenta and some farmers insisting that growers need access to new technology to save money and improve harvests. Corn seeds containing Duracade are engineered to combat pests called rootworms.
Growers who plant Duracade crops must sign a "Syngenta Stewardship Agreement" that requires them to feed the harvest to livestock or poultry on the farm or to deliver it to a grain facility that does not export it to China or the EU, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) said in a newsletter.
To prevent Duracade corn from accidentally mingling with approved varieties, Syngenta will advise farmers to harvest it separately, store it in separate bins, and surround fields of Duracade corn with "buffer" rows of another variety, the newsletter said.
"Naturally one could ask why even go to all this trouble to release it if they're going to ask the farmers and the buyers to follow these recommendations so rigidly," said Bob Nielsen, an agronomy professor and extension corn specialist at Purdue University.
"The devil will still be in the details as to whether growers and buyers faithfully abide by these recommendations."
Syngenta has not responded to questions from Reuters about the plan.
Company officials, including Syngenta Seeds President David Morgan, presented details of the Duracade agreement in a March 4 meeting with the NGFA and the North American Export Grain Association, according to the newsletter. The groups have urged Syngenta to halt sales of Duracade and another GMO variety until they are approved by major importers.
Syngenta has declined and "rejected direct requests" at the meeting to assume liability if Duracade corn is accidentally sent to buyers that have barred it, according to the NGFA.
Syngenta estimated Duracade corn will be planted on approximately 250,000 to 300,000 acres in a "launch zone" that includes top growing states such as Iowa and Illinois, the newsletter said. Corn was planted on 95.4 million acres in the United States last year.


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Not Just Oranges: More Fruit Pomanders
With the start of the autumn season, we are always excited to decorate with items straight from the kitchen, like poking whole cloves into orange flesh and seeing what lovely new patterns we can come up with. At once decorative and fragrant, orange pomanders are a true sign of the season. This year, however, we've found examples of a few other fruit pomanders studded with whole cloves that we just might try out for a change:
Some other fruits to try:
- Lemons
- Pears (which won't cure and last as long as the thick-skinned citruses)
- Limes
- Grapefruit (not pictured)
Related: From the Spice Cupboard: Cloves
(Images: Southern Living, Upper West Side Mom, Martha Stewart, DIY Home Staging Tips)


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Best laid plans and all. Tired of shoddy play on the field, and with shortstop Hanley Ramirez out because of a sore left calf, the Dodgers fielded what they thought was their best defensive lineup.
They then allowed three unearned runs on a pair of errors in their 5-3 loss to the Phillies on Saturday in Philadelphia.
Unable to do much against right-hander David Buchanan, who was making his major league debut, the Dodgers started fumbling this one away early.
Dan Haren was shaky early but managed to hang around for six innings. In the first inning, he gave up a leadoff double to Ben Revere. One out later, catcher A.J. Ellis dropped a little Chase Utley pop-up near the Phillies' on-deck circle for an error.
Given new life, Utley drilled a two-run homer.
In the second inning, Haren issued a pair of leadoff walks and singles by Revere and Jimmy Rollins scored two more.
Haren settled down after that, and the Dodgers started chipping away with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
The Phillies had added a fifth run in the fifth inning, aided by another error. Revere hit a tapper up the first base line that Haren threw away for an error. The Dodgers argued Revere ran out of the baseline to no avail. Revere scored on a groundout.
Haren (5-3) gave up six hits and walked two. He struck out seven. Buchanan went five innings without walking a batter. He was charged with two runs on six hits, striking out two.
The Dodgers got the tying runs on with two outs in the ninth inning, but closer Jonathan Papelbon struck out Scott Van Slyke to earn his 13th save.


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Charles Fey invented the aperture apparatus in the 1890′s. He apparently never envisioned that his conception alleged the "Liberty Bell" would advance into the a lot of accepted anatomy of bank bank today.
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States began to able down on actionable casinos and began to appropriate and abort bank equipment, including aperture machines. Mayor LaGuardia of New York City alleged them "mechanical aces pockets", destroyed them with a sledge hammer, and dumped them into Long Island Sound. (You can watch the activity on YouTube.)
In 1931 Nevada legalized gambling. Aperture machines busy the attic in the states' casinos but were there alone to charm the wives and mistresses arena their pennies and nickles while the men did all the abundant bank at the tables. (A assuming of this is depicted in the 1952 movie, "The Las Vegas Story" with Vincent Price, Victor Mature, and Jane Russel.) Slots remained a "ladies" bold until Atlantic City legalized bank in 1978.
Bally Manufacturing invented a assemblage powered by electricity and slots began to "light up" and aftermath assorted complete effects. If multi-coin acceptors were introduced, new dollar machines meant beyond jackpots for customers. If the Random Amount Generator was invented top cost amounts could be added on four and 5 reel versions. A circuit button became an addition to the handle.
The Indian Gaming Act was accustomed in the 1980′s which accustomed casinos on catch acreage and anew allowable dockside riverboat bank admiring new aperture players while racetracks added the one arm bandits..
IGT launched Megabucks in 1986 and slots were now affiliated beyond Nevada by buzz curve alms a behemothic action admeasurement jackpot that grew with anniversary bread wagered. The Progressive Jackpot was built-in and players could now become millionaires. Players began abandoning the table games, flocked to the machines and casinos took notice.
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The admeasurement of slots paved the way for new inventions. A video slot with 25 lines, up to a bet of 10 credits per band accustomed for a admission in, admission out, (TITO) system. The bill and the handles followed the dinosaurs.. Operators could now lower the denominations to as little as a penny and still about-face a profit.
In the new aeon aperture makers were quick to advance the themed slot, units based on accepted movies, TV shows and entertainers. Players could now circuit the Wheel of Fortune, giggle at Curley, Larry, and Moe, take a ride with Captain Kirk, or carol over Ol' Blue eyes. All the amateur accept video clips from admired shows.
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Newer amateur saw the addition of CSI, Sex and the City, Iron man, Michael Jackson, David Copperfield, The Walking Dead, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Wonder Woman, Ellen, Let's Accomplish a Deal, the Godfather, Monopoly, and The account goes on and on.
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The themed aperture will no agnosticism abide to grow. About there's a huge articulation of bank assemblage searching for something different. They are the Millennials.Born in the aboriginal 1980′s to the backward 1990′s who grew up arena video games. Casinos took apprehension that this bearing didn't affliction to sit in foreground of a apparatus that did all the plan for them in adjustment to win. They wish to be complex to accomplish it happen. This led to the addition of Games of Accomplishment at the 2016 Global Gaming Bazaar in Las Vegas.
Two companies, GameCo and Gamblit Gaming introduced their articles at the bazaar and by all accounts, things attending actual promising. Other companies, Konami and Scientific Amateur are creating their own versions to allure the Gen Y's. Other companies will anon follow.
Some of the amateur are based on poker area a bound amount of players use their accomplishment to grab the cards they need. In addition bold players accept to aggregate attenuate treasures in Pharaoh's Secret Temple afore time is up.
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The American Gaming Association reported that there are 832,988 aperture machines in 1,151 casinos beyond 44 states, with added on the way. This begs the question: with added than 50 actor visitors to casinos annually, will the aperture chic continue?
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KS_Newton -- Although ICM will be taking down its prototype gasifier at the Harvey County Transfer Station, the company said the technology won't be going away.
The gasifier technology — which the Colwich-based company has been testing in Harvey County — didn't prove to be a viable option in Harvey County at this time, but ICM plans to continue marketing the project in other areas and still hopes to return to Harvey County someday.
"We are fortunate to look ahead and see what other opportunities are here in the United States and even abroad," said Monique Pope, government affairs with ICM.
ICM's Biomass Gasification System, also known as a "gasifier," burns trash and converts it to synthesis gas, which can be used to generate power in industrial and commercial settings. ICM tested thousands of tons of different types of waste, which are referred to as "feedstocks." Feedstocks tested included wood chips, wheat straw and refuse-derived fuel (this includes junk mail, cardboard and other paper products thrown away).
Jon Orr, capital sales manager in gasification at ICM, said ICM was disappointed they were unable to attract sufficient investments from interested financial partners due to the lower projected returns, based on limitations of available feedstocks. Limitations of developing off-take agreements to facilitate renewable power capabilities also was a factor, the company said. The project would have needed to operate closer to the gasifier's capacity of 150 tons of material per day, while Harvey County officials estimated supplying only about 90 tons per day.
The gasifier still is sitting at the Harvey County Transfer Station, but ICM has begun to remove some of the pieces. The company's lease will expire at the end of June. ICM plans to leave some of the structures and buildings at the site for Harvey County to use.
The company reports it continues to market its technology throughout North America and the Caribbean. Orr said the technology is attractive to areas with greater constraints on landfill space who are looking for better solutions to deal with waste.
Orr anticipates the need for technology like the gasifier will continue to increase in the future. Some areas have only a short time space left before their existing landfills are filled to capacity.
Both Pope and Orr thanked Harvey County officials for partnering with ICM on the project and making the gasifier's test run a success.
"None of this would have been possible without the opportunity to do the work that we did at the Harvey County site," Orr said. "... What we learned and the data that we collected, there's just a tremendous value there."
"I was always just so impressed with the vision of the commission," Pope agreed. "You guys are light-years ahead of other communities. ... It's always been a privilege to be a part of this project."
The plan is to continue working on scaling down the technology so it will be more feasible for areas the size of Harvey County.
"We're excited for potential collaboration again in the future," Pope said.
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The Kansan - Newton, KS
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In celebration of the artist's 80th year, New Craftsman presents an exhibition of work by Colin Orchard, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and one of Cornwall's most respected painters.
Born in 1935, Orchard had no formal art training and began his career in the art department of The Times newspaper, initially as a messenger and later as a typographer and layout artist. From 1963 to 1973 he was Art Director for Letraset International, then freelanced as a graphic designer until 1983 when he moved to St Ives and became a full time painter.
This new collection of oil on board works takes the artist back to some of his favourite subjects, including landscapes of Cornwall, and of his travels to Suffolk, Venice and Tuscany, alongside a series of Orchard's distinctive 'non' portraits of fictional subjects in fictional interiors, inspired in this instance by women artist friends. Exuding an air of late 19th Century painting in both form and palette, Orchard's subjects are in fact highly contemporary, and the paradox of turn of the century style and 21st century subject give his paintings a uniquely appealing quality. Drawn from both observation and snatches of remembered scenes his powerfully composed, square format paintings are predominantly figurative, but also embrace areas of deliberate abstraction and strong, unmoderated brush marks.
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If any good comes from the federal government's high-handed seizure of Associated Press telephone records in a national security leak investigation, it could be new impetus for a federal shield law.
The need for such a law has been apparent since at least the 1970s, when prosecutors at every level of government began going after reporters who used confidential sources to develop stories that exposed corruption and incompetence in government. In some cases the release of certain information was the crime; in others the sources provided information alleging that crimes had been committed.
Either way prosecutors, unable to find the sources, went after the reporters in an effort to get them to divulge their sources, who might then be subject to prosecution. A prosecutor's subpoena supposedly would compel disclosure, but in many cases reporters refused to comply and were cited for contempt of court.
Some were sent to jail under order to stay there until "purging themselves of contempt."
New York Times reporter Myron Farber spent 40 days behind bars over material relevant to a murder trial. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner reporter Bill Farr spent 45 days in jail for refusing to disclose who gave him a statement of confession for one of the defendants in the Charles Manson murder case.
A case involving a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter, Paul Branzburg, went to the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in a 5-4 landmark decision in which the high court rejected the argument that the First Amendment gives journalists a right to refuse to reveal confidential sources. However, the decision recognized a "qualified privilege" — that is, a reporter cannot, because of the First Amendment, be forced to identify a confidential source unless there is a compelling reason to require such a disclosure.
Since that time media organizations have unsuccessfully pressed Congress for a federal shield law to clarify the confidential sources issue.
Many states, including Arkansas, have shield laws that may help in state and local cases. Our law, originally passed in 1936 as the first state law of its type and amended in 1949 to cover radio journalists, says:
"Before any editor, reporter or other writer for any newspaper or periodical, or radio station, or publisher of any newspaper or periodical or manager or owner of any radio station, shall be required to disclose to any grand jury or to any other authority, the source of information used as a basis for any article he may have written, published or broadcast, it must be shown that such article was written, published or broadcast in bad faith, with malice, and not in the interest of the public welfare."
In a 1978 case involving the Arkansas Gazette the state Supreme Court upheld the law, ruling that the plaintiff in a libel case could not require the newspaper to disclose a primary source used in an allegedly defamatory article. The court also cited the 3-part test established in the Branzburg case as a necessary burden for such a plaintiff.
Journalists receive offers of "off-the-record" information frequently, most often from public officials or employees who simply don't want their names attached to the disclosure. Usually it's not worth much because your mission is to report, not gather information you can't use, but occasionally such an exchange can be helpful in understanding and-or finding other sources.
Much different and less common, though, is a source who comes forth with newsworthy information but seeks a guarantee of confidentiality. Often such a source holds a job that would be at risk. The journalist, unless his or her employer has a specific policy about confidential sources, must make a personal decision about whether to proceed.
Identifying your sources in a news story is basic journalism, allowing readers to judge the credibility of the information. Using anonymous sources can weaken credibility so most news organizations avoid it except in unusual circumstances.
Prosecutors have learned that trying to compel reporters to testify under threat of contempt of court citations is not wise strategy. They still do it sometimes. Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller spent 85 days in jail in 2005 for refusing to reveal her source of information in the Valerie Plame spy case.
Those occasional incidents show the need for a federal shield law, but the issue is more complicated when federal officials claim that disclosure of certain information may cause harm to national security.
That's the issue in the AP leaks case. The government contends that a May 7, 2012, story that disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bombing plot, as well as subsequent news reports, represented "a very serious leak, a very grave leak."
The government apparently decided that the best way to find out who leaked the information was to go after the phone records of AP reporters and editors who might have talked to the source(s). In theory, by examining lists of thousands of phone calls, the government could focus the blame and then go after the leaker(s).
The problem with that is when news organizations are used as prosecutorial tools, whistleblowers and others acting to expose government wrongdoing won't take a chance. Thus the corruption never gets exposed.
Imagine how history might have changed if Richard Nixon had thought of this strategy instead of hiring burglars.
Roy Ockert is editor emeritus of The Jonesboro Sun. He may be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The benefits of a custom ROMThe most basic benefit of custom ROMs is getting rid of "bloatware" — the trial or otherwise unwanted software carriers often include in the ROM to get you to buy more stuff, that you may not need, and that takes up precious room on your device. When ROM "cooks" (ROM terminology often uses a kitchen metaphor, with cooking being a common name for the process of building a custom ROM) create a ROM, the first thing they leave out is the space-consuming trial software. They may also leave out many of the included utilities, letting their users add them back only if they need them. Often they also strip out vendor- or carrier-specific versions of the launcher, replacing them with Google's original versions or a version they prefer.
Beyond simple fixes, custom ROMs can also open a whole world of new possibilities for your device. In many cases newer versions of Android are available for your device as custom ROMs, beyond what your carrier has released or is planning to release. The Viewsonic gTablet is a great example of that, with several different custom Honeycomb (Android 3.0) ROMs available for it, even though there is almost no chance Viewsonic will ever bother to try to port Honeycomb to it.
Custom ROMs can also include other cool features, like overclocking, themes, private browsing support, and so on. The gTablet's Nvidia Tegra chipset, clocked at 1GHz "by the book," can be overclocked to 1.6GHz with the right combination of ROMs and a custom kernel, with corresponding performance improvements. In some cases custom ROMs can even completely re-invent existing devices. There is already an alpha version of an Android ROM out for the HP Touchpad, a webOS device, for example.


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A sedentary lifestyle, smoking and hypertension all raise the risk of heart failure to roughly the same degree. But, although less than 10 per cent of women over 75 smoke, more than 70 per cent are too inactive (Arch Fam Med, 1998; 7: 285-9) - in itself a major cause of illness.
Almost all older individuals can benefit from additional physical activity that includes a mix of aerobic exercise (such as walking), strength training (using weights), and balance and flexibility (yoga or tai chi). Older adults who remain active reap many rewards (Am Fam Physician, 2002; 65: 419-26, 427-8), including:
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After several years of R&D Atlas Copco are proud to launch the new generation Mobile Miner product line. The Mobile Miner product line offers a continuous hard rock mining system which enables faster advance rates, easier scheduling and safer work environment than traditional methods. The new generation Mobile Miner product line currently comprises three different product models. "We are very excited to launch our Mobile Miner product family, with this revolutionary technique we put safety and continuous mining and tunneling first. Mobile Miner is the next step in the evolution of mechanical rock excavation", said Mikael Ramström, Director of Mechanical Rock Excavation at Atlas Copco.
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Better efficiency The biggest problem with mining hard rock is that it is difficult to break mechanically. Using the traditional drill and blast method is a slow start and stop process. The mine has to be evacuated before a blast, and various gases are created by the explosion. When using mechanical rock excavation based on soft rock pics, the cutting parts wear down quickly, advance rates are low and energy consumption is high. Atlas Copco is now introducing steel disc cutter technology to the mining industry, a technology used and proven in civil construction industry for a long time. "With the new generation Mobile Miner, the rock cutting process is continuous and predictable which makes planning and scheduling much easier - a critical factor for the mining industry to become more cost efficient and predictable in their operations," said Johnny Lyly, Global Product Manager for Mobile Miner at Atlas Copco.
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An Acquired Distaste
By Michael S. Goldberger
Special to the Observer
Dr. Halberstoddter, my favorite professor and mentor back at Olde Ivy Film Criticism College, would roll over in his grave if he read my review of the Brothers Farrelly's "The Three Stooges." I liked it. Not in the Facebook sense. But in the way we really liked Sally Field when she won the Oscar. Yep, he'd roll over in his grave… if he were dead.
Make sense of that incongruous irreverence and you, too, might be on the way to enjoying the iconoclastic, so-called lowbrow absurdity that is "The Three Stooges." And since one can't help but feel as much apologist as critic when giving a positive review to a movie that so embraces the eye poke, I hope to explain it to both you and the good doc.
Point of disclosure: In a reverse on the usual pattern, as a child I disliked the title characters for all the socially correct reasons. Chiefly, they were violent, boorish and just plain stupid. But then for some reason or another, in mid-adulthood came a revelation. I would have preferred the secret of life. All the same, it was a rethinking on the Stooges.
Comically reaffirmed in this homage/reconstruction of things Stooges, they were poor man's Pagliaccis…uncultured pearls devoted to a controversial form. Here, given a back story about growing up in an orphanage they now must rescue from foreclosure, like the challenge Jake and Elwood faced in "The Blues Brothers" (1980), they are made human.
Well, not too human. Because what the filmmakers are particularly successful at recreating is the insular world within a world these guys occupy. It's an existence of no rules they completely abide by, even if it means Moe, the, uh, brains of the operation, can abuse Larry and Curly for absolutely no reason whatsoever and with only rare retribution.
Of course it makes no sense…that's the point. It's anarchical humor with an angry edge. And, unless you're a bit mad yourself, you know that finding the Stooges funny is its own ridiculousness…a liberating frivolity you allow yourself in an otherwise rather serious world. You laugh at yourself for guffawing… you, who graduated from the Sorbonne.
Sliced into three segments to emulate the shorts that first brought the Stooges to showbiz notoriety, the first cut begins with the triad in babyhood, dropped on the doorstep of the Sisters of Mercy Orphanage. Soon not deemed the bundles of joy the nuns hoped they'd be, a mutual aggravation society forms. To the sisters' chagrin, they are never adopted.
But oh, they almost were, by a rich couple, who instead chose normal little Teddy, and from that springs the plot that leads the grown-up hell-raisers, now working as the orphanage handymen, to their adventure in the outside world. This will include being part of a murder plot and rubbing elbows with no less a personage than reality TV's Snooki.
Laughing when Miss Polizzi is the recipient of a classic Stooge eye poke, you wonder, if Emily Post were alive, if this one instance of bad taste would earn her dispensation. Other contemporary cues, allusions and placements help ensconce the comic trio in the 21st Century. A creatively assembled supporting cast suffers well their mischievous nihilism.
Larry David is a stitch as Sister Mary-Mengele, the martinet nun. Jane Lynch plays the unfazed Mother Superior. And Sofia Vergara is the vamp who tries to dupe the boys into bumping off her spouse by dangling $833,000…ironically just what it'll take to save the orphanage. But fret not. Despite all proof to the contrary, the Stooges are nobody's fools.
In the finest comic tradition, they are heroes despite themselves…their ultimately noble deeds a seemingly unconscious byproduct of their harebrained bumbling. If you think about it, it's a metaphoric microcosm for all of humanity's wonderings and wanderings. That the Farrellys found three actors to actualize their vision is itself a lucky inspiration.
Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso as Moe, Larry and Curly, respectively, slip into their living oxymorons with seamless aplomb. The physical similarities, the likeness of voice and spot-on gesticulations go a long way to convince us that the spirit of this odd little niche in the realm of slapstick has indeed been resurrected.
Still, it bears noting that those who find these Vaudevillian rabble-rousers total anathema will doubtfully be converted. Likewise, were it not for the built-in paean, it probably wouldn't be as funny. Thus, plaudits aside, and using logic "The Three Stooges" might themselves appreciate, I can't possibly give a movie more than one popcorn per Stooge.
"The Three Stooges," rated PG, is a Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation release directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly and stars Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso. Running time: 92 minutes


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Depending on your car's brake system, it may use between 4 to 8 brake pads. When you step on the brake pedal, the master cylinder sends fluid under pressure to the brake calipers (which hold the brake pads). The caliper presses the brake pad against the brake rotor, causing friction that slows down the car. During normal usage of the brakes, brake pads wear out and become thinner. If the thickness of brake pads is less than 3mm, it is time to change the pads. Depending on where you drive (city driving tends to wear pads out quicker) brake pads usually last between 15,000 to 50,000 kilometers.
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Aim to advance food security in region - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today proposed the creation of a Near Eastern Trust Fund to advance food security in the region.
Addressing the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East, Graziano da Silva noted that FAO, at the request African Member Countries, was helping draw up an African Food Security Trust Fund, in which civil society and the private sector were also due to participate. "A similar effort could also exist in the Near East," he declared.
OECD has recently reported a fall in international development assistance because of the global recession and it is therefore important that countries, especially higher-income developing countries "commit to additional funding and sharing agricultural and rural development experiences among one another," Graziano da Silva noted.
Among the Members covered by the FAO Regional Office for the Near East, three - Mauritania, Sudan and Yemen - were low-income countries the remainder were either high-income or middle income. Outside of the LDCs, less than five percent of the region's population was undernourished, but a number of other challenges needed to be confronted, he continued.
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Such as a human bone?
Heh heh heh heh heh. No, not quite that earthshaking. Fossils of previously-existing microbial life or very simple multi-cellular organisms, I mean. I don't think Mars had enough time to develop anything very complex. It cooled pretty rapidly, being so much smaller and further from the sun.
NASA came out saying that there was nothing of importance, I guess what there looking for is Hydrogen
This is an update? Were they mistaken about what they thought they had found?
This is from their website:
NASA will provide a Curiosity update on Monday,
Dec. 3 at noon EST, at the American Geophysical Union. Rumors of major new findings at this early stage are incorrect.
The news conference will discuss Curiosity's use of instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. Audio and visuals from the briefing will be available via UStream.
Nice. So, we're still on for a big, shocking discovery?
If I recall the last time they had a major announcement is was something dull and not very major. but yeah were still waiting, the NASA scientist that came out and hinted toward life was jumping the gun and didnt know what he was talking about apparently.
Interested in a Ticket to Mars?
Well, isn't that special?! We can just continue as we are, polluting our waters, soils, and air and when the temperature gets too high we can just pay $500, 000 per person, and go to Mars. Don't know what housing will cost, though. Maybe that would be a bit costly, too. Or we could stop trying so hard to make Earth like Mars.
The findings should be interesting to follow.
Actually, NASA has thrown cold water on the parade -
John Grotzinger, the principal investigator for the rover mission, says they recently put a soil sample in SAM, and the analysis shows something earthshaking. "This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good," he says.
The findings at this point are reported by NASA as only simple organics - so much for the history books.......damn it!
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