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Jen Bender said her win for "Best Bartender" was a huge surprise.
That's because the 28-year-old hasn't been bartending much recently, as she's been out on maternity leave.
Though she's tended bar at Tailgators for over two years, Bender said with a smile that she's been staying off her feet as much as she can while she's expecting.
When asked what makes her this year's best bartender in the River Wards, Bender simply laughed and thanked her friends.
She said that over the years, nearly all the bar's customers have become her close friends.
"I mess with everybody and tell them how it is," she said. "But I met a lot of my really close friends here, and almost everybody who comes in here is invited to my baby shower."
Bender added that she's lucky that the bar's owners, Brian and Maria Winans, treat the employees well and make Tailgators a fun place to work.
"It doesn't hurt that the owners are so nice," she said. "It's just fun. The people make it fun."
Bender said that she is thankful to everyone who voted for her, and when asked if she had some special tricks that make her successful behind the bar, she said no.
Instead, she said she believes her good attitude and friendliness helped her secure the win.
"I mean, it's a great place to work. What else can I say but 'thank you' to everybody?" said Bender.
Visit Bender at Tailgators Sports Bar at 2436 Gaul St.
- Hayden Mitman
Runner Up: Stacy Gorman at Donna's Bar at 2732 E. Allegheny Ave.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay remained defiant as he faced a judge's sentence to three years in prison for a scheme to illegally influence Texas elections, insisting he committed no crime and was the victim of selective prosecution by authorities targeting his politics.
"Everything I did was covered by accountants and lawyers telling me what I had to do to stay within the law," the Houston-area Republican said. "I can't be remorseful for something I don't think I did."
But Senior Judge Pat Priest disagreed with DeLay, saying those who write laws should be bound by them, and sentenced the man once considered one of the nation's most powerful and feared lawmakers to three years in prison.
The sentence came after a jury convicted DeLay in November on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money launder for using a political action committee to illegally send corporate donations to Texas House candidates in 2002.
Prosecutors said DeLay will likely be free for months or even years while his appeal makes its way through the Texas court system.
DeLay declined to talk to reporters after he posted a $10,000 bond following three hours in the Travis County jail, where he was taken after being sentenced.
During a 10-minute speech to the judge before his sentencing, DeLay said the politically motivated case against him had affected his wife's health, forced him to raise and spend $10 million in legal fees and cost him everything he had worked for — including the second-highest post in the U.S. House.
"Just because somebody disagrees with you they got to put you in jail, bankrupt you, destroy your family," he said.
DeLay was convicted in Travis County, one of the most Democratic counties in Texas, which is one of the most Republican states in the country.
Lead prosecutor Gary Cobb said there was nothing political about DeLay's prosecution and called the former congressman "arrogant" for not taking responsibility for his crime.
"He's been accusing us of (politics) ever since Day One. But every time someone opposes him, tries to hold him to account for something he's done, he accuses those people of politics," Cobb said.
After the sentencing, DeLay's attorney Dick DeGuerin said only that the case would not stand on appeal.
"Tom DeLay did not steal. He did not rob. He did not line his own pockets. He did what he did because he believed he was doing right," DeGuerin, who had asked for probation for the ex-lawmaker, said before the sentencing.
Prosecutors, who wanted a 10-year sentence, said DeLay should not be given probation because he had shown no remorse.
Priest sentenced DeLay to the three-year term on the conspiracy charge. He also sentenced him to five years in prison on the money laundering charge but allowed DeLay to serve 10 years of probation instead of more prison time. DeLay had faced up to life in prison.
The ruling came after a brief sentencing hearing in which former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert testified on DeLay's behalf.
Hastert, an Illinois Republican who was House speaker from 1999 to 2006, said DeLay was not motivated by power but by a need to help others. Hastert talked about DeLay's conservative and religious values, his efforts to provide tax relief for his constituents in Texas, his work helping foster children and the help he provided to the family of one of the police officers who was killed in a 1998 shooting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
"That's the real Tom DeLay that a lot of people never got to see," said Hastert, who was DeLay's only witness.
After a month-long trial in November, a jury determined DeLay conspired with two associates to use his Texas-based political action committee to send $190,000 in corporate money to an arm of the Washington-based Republican National Committee. The RNC then sent the same amount to seven Texas House candidates. Under Texas law, corporate money can't go directly to political campaigns.
Prosecutors claim the money helped Republicans take control of the Texas House. That enabled the GOP majority to push through a Delay-engineered congressional redistricting plan that sent more Texas Republicans to Congress in 2004, strengthening DeLay's political power.
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In Reply to: Morris explanation posted by Amos Jackson on January 02, 2000
: : : It's clear that "the pot calling the kettle black" refers to criticism that could equally apply to the critic. But why is "black" a criticism in this phrase? I am specifically wondering if this is one of those nasty ethnic slurs that is left over from a time when such things were more commonly spoken, or if some other interpretation might apply. Any ideas or information? Please send an e-mail. Thanks.
: : POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK - The "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris has more detail about this phrase than other reference books. (Note: iron pots and kettles are already black, even when new.) Judge for yourself whether the phrase has racial connotations. I guess that issue hinges on whether the color black being associated with "evil" has a connection to racial prejudice towards dark-skinned people:
: : "There are two slightly varying interpretations of this phrase, which is used figuratively to apply to persons. One theory is that such action is ridiculous because they are both black, presumably from standing for years on a wood-burning stove or in a fireplace. So the pot as well as the kettle is black (evil) and neither one is better than the other. This supports the explanation of the phrase as given in 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable': 'Said of one accusing another of faults similar to those committed by himself.'
: : The other theory is that the pot was black but the kettle polished copper and the pot, seeing its own blackness reflected in the shiny surface of the kettle, maintained that the kettle, not it, was actually black. In any event, it seems that the best, if slangy, retort by the kettle may have been: 'Look who's talking!'
: : Usually the source of the phrase is given as Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' and simply as 'The pot calls the kettle black,' but another version of Don Quixote comes out as: 'Said the pot to the kettle, get away black-face!' Henry Fielding, eighteenth century writer, reverses the roles in 'Covent Garden Tragedy': 'Dares thus the kettle to rebuke our sin!/Dares thus the kettle say the pot is black!' Even Shakespeare used the idea in 'Troilus and Cressida': 'The raven chides blackness.'"
: To use a technical term, I fear you're guilty of 'Churning'.>>>
An elaboration of that term would be appreciated.
And another point, can you really be posting the transcript of a conversation between a copper kettle and a pot and expecting to be considered serious.>>>
Could Cervantes?
Methinks you're still influenced by overindulgence in the the kind of festive cheer that comes from bottles marked "100% Proof" - and that's the kindest explanation I've got.>>>
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Matt Every's caddie, Derek Mason, can be quite persuasive when he needs to. With Every struggling on the 16th hole at Bay Hill, Mason made quite the compelling, f-bomb fueled case for the golfer to lay up.
Every listened to his caddie and went on to notch his first career PGA victory.
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Sounds from the archive of the future, sonic drilling into the past, dissonant rumbling, lyrical melodies, noises (human, animal, mechanical, digital) inscrutable yet honest, desultory but consistent.
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September 2, 2013: The Inner Ear Detour Has a Master Plan
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Mon. 9/2/13 12:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Good to hear the detour again. How is it going? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:07pm
Inner Ear:
Hi, Ken! Nice to be back in the saddle. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
DavidPower ! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:12pm
yo, david! looking forward to your labor of love. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:13pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Hello David! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:15pm
Inner Ear:
Good to see you, good people. Monica, great show last night, top to bottom. I too have a signed Bootsy Collins picture! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:15pm
Marmalade Kitty:
RRN63, Every Track I "favourite", has your approval also :) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:16pm
I now like two things called Abba | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- I'm quite loose w/ the ☆s : - I like a lotta stuff ! - & it still helps me remember & keep track of it all... | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:18pm
Doug W.:
good vibes | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:19pm
Marmalade Kitty:
For me, keeping track of everything is as useful as keeping track of nothing! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:23pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...plus - it's my way of voicing approval - the only vote I sort-of have - altho' prob. pretty much incosequential... ...I wish one could Rate tracks as well as just ☆ or not... | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:26pm
Susie Strasser:
Detouring this afternoon, David. Happy Labor Day to you! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:26pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Those archives are cavernous! I need mOAr.. time! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:30pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Punkus! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:31pm
Inner Ear:
Ahoy, Susie! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:33pm
Really enjoying the show, dude! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:34pm
pgw in mntclr:
good Fahey-listening weather today | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:37pm
Marmalade Kitty:
I'm on the right track I'm on it! the Detour is the rail | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:41pm
ken in denver:
Thanks for your labors today, David! Enjoying their fruits here. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:50pm
Marmalade Kitty:
children are scaaary! when they wanna be ;) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:51pm
David Redbranch:
What a great set! Really enjoying everything you've played, especially the Fahey and the greek guitar stuff. You should have a regular show! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:51pm
Inner Ear:
What happened to those kids, I wonder | |
Mon. 9/2/13 12:57pm
Marmalade Kitty:
they joined the secret police.. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:05pm
There must be an incredible story behind this Armstrong vocal. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:07pm
Marmalade Kitty:
thats the groove! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:08pm
Inner Ear:
Yes, absolutely. Perhaps Armstrong went off in search of late-in-life street cred, the way Ella did covers of songs like Sunshine of Your Love in search of popularity. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:14pm
Marmalade Kitty:
It's good when the oldies come back and teach the young a thing or two.. "we still got it, whippit snappers..!" :D | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:19pm
Late arrival diggin the Pharoah Sanders. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:20pm
Inner Ear:
You didn't miss anything | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:20pm
Marmalade Kitty:
cacophony of cowbells! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:24pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Tizer and vodka time! D'ja get Tizer in Jersey? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:27pm
Wow. What an Impulse! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:30pm
Inner Ear:
And speaking of Impulse!, the Louis Armstrong number came from a comp. of music from the Flying Dutchman label, launched by Bob Thiele after he left Impulse! in '69 or '70 | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:31pm
Marmalade Kitty:
It's a british pop, used to be red! now its a pee colour! laws on E numbers and that! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:32pm
No Tizer in L.A. What flavor is 'pee colour'? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:37pm
Marmalade Kitty:
like looks like ginger ael, but is fruity and stuff! your guess good as mine.. Sparkling mixed flavour soft drink with sugar & sweetner ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar, citric acid, flavourings, concentrates (carrot, safflower), sweetner (aceslfame K) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:38pm
David, you have to detour up the Turnpike more often! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:39pm
Marmalade Kitty:
I am not drunk! honest.. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:40pm
Didn't know Mavis Staples covered this. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:42pm
Inner Ear:
@ gus - it just came out, prod. by jeff tweedy | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:43pm
Marmalade Kitty:
maybe thats just what they have to add to the pee, to make it drinkable. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:48pm
Marmalade Kitty:
there's a lot of pee out there, but where on earth do they source it in such quantity? I'm off the tizer for now :P | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:48pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
If I recall correctly, Mavis Staples may have performed that tune on Colbert's show earlier this year. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:53pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Rawk, what happened here? :) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:54pm
Brian in UK:
@MK Tizer the appeTizer. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:55pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Yes! But it has turned.. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:55pm
Brian in UK:
Could be worse Irnbru | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:56pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Bloody limey drinks! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:56pm
We have no fear of artificial colours here. I have Powerade drops that turn water electric blue, and the resulting hallucinations are mild and fleeting. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:58pm
Brian in UK:
Just eat loads of asparagus and beetroot that wil scare the life out of you. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 1:59pm
Brian in UK:
The only pop I like rotates at 45 rpm. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:00pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Diana Nyad has reached Key West. Good for her! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Let me add that WFMU's dead air is better than the others' air. ("Test Pattern 1000", playing, so probably not technically dead air.) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:04pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Barrs (based in Glasgow?), they used to serve a drink called "American cream soda"! It used to be as green as this board! Then it turned to a pee colour as well.. :) | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:07pm
This is mixing with CNN really nicely. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:14pm
Marmalade Kitty:
whats happening on cNN? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:17pm
Marmalade Kitty:
what crisis? There's just fucking good music here. How long will it last? My little bubble..? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:18pm
Syria blah blah blah Syria blah blah. Russian lawmakers coming here to lie to Congress, who will lie right back. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:20pm
Marmalade Kitty:
my bubble by any means necessary!!! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:36pm
Chris from DC:
Last Great Challenge may be the reissue of the year. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- had a nap whilst listening - & boy did you mess w/ my mood... | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:42pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Cookstown sausage -George best ad.. Apparently he was given Cookstown sausage free on contract, for the rest of his life! :) www.youtube.com... Mmmm! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:44pm
Marmalade Kitty:
No rest for the wicked, RRN63! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:45pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- apparently. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:47pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- uh - tea & aspirin... | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:50pm
Marmalade Kitty:
Wonder what Beckam gets free for the rest of his life? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:51pm
! I X Key !:
WOWIE ZOWIE I can't believe we heard that Zola Jesus stuff!!!!! | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:53pm
Marmalade Kitty:
David beckham.. Super star * | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Victoria's not enuff ?!? | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:56pm
Brian in UK:
@MK a haircut. | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:57pm
Marmalade Kitty:
mentally or physically? Probably not :/ | |
Mon. 9/2/13 2:58pm
Marmalade Kitty:
or probably..!? | |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Donations to DA candidate's campaign criticized
A candidate for San Bernardino County District Attorney accepted campaign contributions from family and associates of a defendant at the center of a high-profile criminal corruption case, according to finance reports.
Documents show that Deputy District Attorney Grover Merritt received two donations totaling $6,000 on March 6 – one from a business partner of Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum and the other from a friend of Burum. And on March 14, Merritt took $4,100 from the chairman of a nonprofit group that Burum founded. Most recently, on March 19, he received $1,000 from Phillip Burum, Jeff Burum's brother.
Jeff Burum and three former county officials face conspiracy and bribery-related charges over a $102 million settlement the county paid to Burum's company, Colonies Partners, in November 2006. He and the other three defendants have pleaded not guilty and deny wrongdoing.
The district attorney's office is prosecuting the case in partnership with the state attorney general.
Merritt is the sole challenger to District Attorney Mike Ramos in the June 3 election. Ramos is seeking a third term.
Merritt said there's nothing wrong with accepting the contributions.
"The people who sent the money, as far as I know, have never been prosecuted by this office," he said. "I see this as nothing more than their willingness to exercise their First Amendment rights to participate in the political process."
David Ellis, Ramos' campaign consultant, criticized Merritt for taking the donations. He said Ramos would not comment because the criminal case has not yet been resolved.
The donation from Phillip Burum describes him as a homebuilder with Cayman Construction in Rancho Cucamonga. The company's address is the same as Diversified Pacific, the company owned by Jeff Burum.
Another donation on March 6 came from Upland Realty Equities, owned by Mark Davidson, who is listed on business records as a co-owner with Burum of Second Avenue Saloon, an Upland restaurant.
Also on March 6, the Paul and Diane Olivera Family Trust of Alta Loma contributed $2,000. Paul Olivera, a dentist, has been described by Burum as a friend. An August 2011 newspaper photograph showed Olivera accompanying Burum at a San Bernardino court hearing.
Those donations, including $3,000 from two other donors, came at a critical time, a day before the candidate filing period, allowing Merritt to pay for his filing fees and candidate statement. Prior to that, he had raised $4,557 since he began his campaign in September.
Since then, Merritt has received a total $39,800 – all in March.
Those include $4,100 on March 14 from Andrew Wright, chairman emeritus of National Community Renaissance, a nonprofit affordable housing development that Burum started and of which he once served as chairman. Burum's criminal attorney, Stephen Larson, is also a member of its board of directors.
Merritt said he would not accept money from charged defendants but otherwise had no concerns about donations from others who support his campaign.


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Catch a Glimpse Carries on to Edgewood Score
When the rubber hit the road on raceday May 6, the Canadian Horse of the Year was in the zone for her sixth straight victory
When the rubber hit the road on raceday May 6, the Canadian Horse of the Year was in the zone for her sixth straight victory
Catch a Glimpse has already won at Woodbine, Keeneland, and Gulfstream Park, and looks to add Churchill Downs to that list in the Edgewood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
Ten Broeck Farm's grade I winner Sunset Glow, runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT), will try to get back to the winner's circle in the $150,000 Edgewood Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 1 at Churchill Downs.
A Little Bit Sassy tracked pacesetter Istanford into the homestretch and eventually pulled away to capture the $171,750 Edgewood Stakes May 2 on the turf at Churchill Downs.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey's 3-year-old homebred filly Kitten's Dumplings overcame a poor effort in her last start and notched the first victory of her sophomore season in grand fashion in the May 3 Edgewood Stakes.
After just missing her first career stakes victory March 2 in the Herecomesthebride Stakes at Gulfstream Park, Tokyo Time will try to reach that milestone May 3 in the $150,000 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Diva Ash didn't let a lack of experience stand in the way of victory in the May 6 Edgewood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.
Unbeaten filly is mild 4-1 morning line favorite in 10-horse Edgewood field; $100,000 race kicks off stakes action on Oaks day at Churchill Downs
Laragh, the only graded winner in the May 1 Edgewood Stakes, won the race in wire-to-wire fashion over favored Magical Affair.
Zayat Stables' Zee Zee zoomed to a front-running victory in the $168,600 Edgewood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on a wet afternoon at Churchill Downs.
Eclipse Award-winning filly Dreaming of Anna all but cemented her Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) credentials Saturday when she drilled a bullet five furlongs in :58 3/5, fastest of 47 workouts at the distance.
Not every 3-year-old filly racing on April 30 will be running for the lilies. Twelve sophomore fillies are entered for the $100,000 Edgewood Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs, which will be contested over 8 1/2 furlongs on the turf.
Maliziosa, a Florida-bred daughter of Dynaformer, rallied in the middle of the turf course to post a 1 1/2-length triumph over favored Cellars Shiraz in the $100,000-added Edgewood Stakes, the first stake on the Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.
A field of 10 fillies and mares were entered for Friday's $100,000 Edgewood Stakes, the newest edition to the Kentucky Derby week stakes lineup. The one-mile turf contest was contested later in the spring meeting in previous years.


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Black Hills State University will display "Symbols: New Artwork" by Gina Gibson, assistant professor of digital media, in the Ruddell Gallery July 6- Aug. 13. The exhibit, "Symbols," features digital illustration, video, and mixed media works of art by Gibson. A reception for the exhibit will be held Tuesday, July 6 from 12 to 2 p.m. in the gallery. All shows in BHSU's Ruddell Gallery are free of charge. Ruddell Gallery is open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Ruddell Gallery is located on the second floor of the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union. For more information contact Jim Knutson, professor of art,¬ at 642-6104 or the Student Union Information Center at 642-6062.
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Basketball Mariners win all their games
The VIU Mariners didn't just defeat the league leaders, they thrashed them.
Vancouver Island University's women's basketball team blew out the Capilano Blues 73-43 on Saturday at the VIU gym.
Bill McWhinnie, coach of the Mariners women, said his players gave a complete 40-minute effort in both their weekend wins – VIU also beat the Quest Kermodes 68-39 on Friday – which allowed the M's to compete with two good teams.
"It's important. We needed two victories to enhance our playoff position and it gives us momentum going forward for the rest of the season," McWhinnie said. "And I think it showed the girls we can play with anybody if we play well."
Saturday's result lifted VIU (8-5) to third place in the Pacific Western Athletic Association standings, six points back of Cap (11-2).
Shayna Worthington led the M's against the Blues with 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals. Jocelyn Jones scored 13 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists and Erin Vekic had 13, as well.
"We took away a couple of [Cap's] strengths and went on a huge run between the third and fourth quarters that kind of put them away," McWhinnie said.
The previous night against the Kermodes, Jones's 17 points led the way.
The Mariners men (10-3) also won both their weekend games, topping the Kermodes 77-64 on Friday and beating the Blues 93-59 the next day.
The first game Brandon Jones was top scorer with 22 points and nine rebounds, Clayton Billett scored 17 points and Tyler Olsen supplied 16. Jason McKee finished with 14 points and nine boards. The next day Ryan Davidson scored 19 points to lead the M's. Jones had 18 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and six steals and Billett had 18 points and six assists.
GAME ON … VIU's b-ball teams are on the road for the next three weeks, starting Friday (Jan. 25) with games at Columbia Bible College.


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Crohn`s fistula05/13/2009 |
I have a 28-year history of Crohn`s with multiple resectional surgeries. About two years ago I developed a perianal abscess which then turned into two and then into two fistulas, one of which is complex.I had draining setons in for almost a year, tried Remicade,and as a last try I had the Surgisis Plug last September which failed. I then swore off doctors for good and have done nothing further even though the plug surgeon said I need to see a GI doctor to get my Crohn`s in control or risk having my colon removed. Oh, please!!! I have no symptoms of Crohn`s currently other than the fistulas and diarrhea 5-7 times a day which is my normal.
I have learned to deal with the pain by taking OTC Motrin and deal with the continuous discharge of pus and blood.
The surgeon who did the plug told me the complex fistula was an ischiorectal fistula and the track was "extremely long."
1. Is a very long track of any significance? 2. Can I really do any harm by not treating the fistula as long as I do not get another abscess?
Thank you.
It sounds as if you are unhappy with the advice you have received. In such a situation it is always a good idea to have another opinion. The symptoms of Crohn's disease are widely varied, and include fistulas, abscesses, and drainage. Medical treatment of the inflammation is the best first step, and may lead to fistula healing after the seton is removed. Untreated inflammation can result in strictures, intestinal obstruction, and abscesses- all of which may indeed ultimately require surgery to remove the colon. An untreated Crohn's fistula is prone to develop undrained infection and increasing complexity of the fistula. A long tract is evidence of the difficult nature of the fistula, and makes it much more difficult to heal with or without surgery.
Janice Frederick Rafferty, MD Professor of Surgery Chief of Colorectal Surgery Division College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |


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Mindful Qigong: Meditation in Motion
This eight-week Mindfulness–Based program incorporates Qigong to support mindfulness practice. Qigong (pronounced "chi gung"), Chinese energy exercise, although gentle and easy to learn, is a powerful practice suitable for all ages and physical conditions. It relaxes and strengthens the body and mind, releases stagnant energy, revitalizes our inner life-force, and touches the deepest sense of our well-being. Each class begins with mindfulness meditation, transitioning into mindful Qigong movement and culminating with self-reflection through group discussion.
This program incorporates a gentle orientation and is geared for students new to qigong as well as those who want to deepen their practice. Participants experience increased flexibility coupled with a deep sense of relaxation, and the joy of living in the present moment through a variety of methods for identifying and releasing stress.
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Those interested in making soup bowls for the Oct. 22 Empty Bowls event at CV United Methodist Church are welcome to come to the workshops in Sierra Madre on July 24 & July 31; Aug. 7, 14. Experienced potters will be present to guide beginners through the satisfying process of transforming clay into beautiful bowls. Those bowls will be part of a friendly and festive soup event in the fall that will raise substantial aid for local hunger relief agencies. Many hands make light work. Come and join in the fun with other caring neighbors who want to help those in need.
There is a $5 charge to cover the cost of materials.
For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call (818) 383-3137.
The workshops are being held at Creative Arts Group, 108 N. Baldwin Ave. in Sierra Madre.
The Friends of the Library presents Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, the author of one of the year's most anticipated debuts, "The Nest," tonight, Thursday, July 21. "The Nest" is a warm, funny, and acutely perceptive novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their relationships, their choices and their lives. Tender, funny and deftly written, "The Nest" explores what money does to relationships, what happens to ambitions over the course of our lives, and the fraught but unbreakable ties with our families.
She will be at the Adult Recreation Center (next to Central Library), 222 E. Harvard St. in Glendale from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga announce that poet Bill Cushing and musician Chuck Corbisiero will be featured at the next Monthly Reading Series on Sunday, July 24 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. Prior to the main feature, Mariko Kitakubo from Japan, with Kathabela and Rick Wilson (flutes), will celebrate Asian music, instruments and the art-form tanka.
Poets bring your poems and sign up for the open reading upon arrival. Light refreshments will be served; a $3 donation is appreciated.
Bolton Hall Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga
The La Cañada High School class of 1976 is holding its "20 X 2" reunion on Saturday, July 30 at the Pasadena Westin Hotel.
For more Information visit the website: www.lacanada76.com or email- firstname.lastname@example.com.
On Friday, July 29 the Celtic Consort of Hollywood will be performing as part of the Brand Library Plaza Series at 7 p.m.
Free admission.
The Celtic Consort of Hollywood consists of award winning concert and studio musicians Christina Linhardt (voice), two-time Grammy winner Susan Craig Winsberg (flutes) and Carolyn Sykes (Celtic harp). Together the Celtic Consort bring their love of classical baroque and Irish Celtic music to the Brand Library Plaza, along with a special hands-on harp and petting zoo.
Performances will run 60 and 90 minutes without intermission on the outdoor Plaza. The free performances are supported by the City of Glendale and Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program and the Brand Associates. For more information call Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051.
Brand Library Plaza is located at 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale.
On Saturday, July 30 at midnight, Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, releases the script book for a new play based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. The play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II," written by Jack Thorne, is being published in a special hardcover Rehearsal Edition, and Flintridge Bookstore is throwing a launch party to celebrate. Festivities for the eighth story in the Harry Potter series start at 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 and the books become available at midnight.
This is a ticketed event. Pre-orders are recommended. There will also be face painters at the bookstore starting at 1 p.m. so revelers can get adorned and then return for the evening's activities. The store will also be hosting a costume contest with prizes,
Harry Potter Trivia game with prizes, Find the Golden Snitch game with prizes plus more.
For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 790-0717.
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Angeles Crest Highway.
Glendale Noon Concerts is a free admission concert series that takes place every first and third Wednesday from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. at the sanctuary of Glendale City Church.
The next concert is on Aug. 3 and features Tujunga residents cellist Mary Anne Steinberger and pianist Alan Steinberger performing works by Couperin and Vaughan Williams.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (818) 244-7241.
Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. (at Isabel) in Glendale.
Beltran-Arechiga, Nicholette Kominos, Melissa Manfull, Kristan Marvell and Sonja Schenk challenge an evolution of perception in the new exhibition "Gravitas" at the Brand Library & Art Center.
Working in various mediums, the artists are able to create work that upon first viewing appears to have the physicality of weight, of gravity. Concrete blocks, monolithic forms, sturdy structures, complex constructions and yet, upon further reflection, the viewer is led to question the tangibility of the fabrications in front of them. Encouraged to move beyond aesthetic beauty, the question of intent arises and a search for meaning and interpretation begins. In short, viewers are challenged to evolve their perception.
"Gravitas" will be on view through Aug. 5.
Brand Library & Art Center is located at 1601 W. Mountain St. in Glendale.
On Sunday, Aug. 7 at 4 p.m., Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse welcomes sustainable and urban farming experts Rachel Surls and Judith Gerber for a discussion and signing of their book "From Cows to Concrete: The Rise and Fall of Farming in Los Angeles."
Los Angeles was the original wine country of California, leading the state's wine production for more than a century. Until the 1950s, Los Angeles County was the agricultural center of North America. And where today's freeways soar, cows calmly chewed their cud. From the earliest pueblo cornfields to the struggles of farm workers to the rise of the environmental movement, the new book "From Cows To Concrete" chronicles the tale of how agriculture forged Los Angeles into an urban metropolis and how, ultimately, this farm empire spurred the very growth that paved it over, as sprawling suburbs swallowed up thousands of acres of prime farmland. Authors Surls and Gerber tell the continuing story of how, on the same land once squandered by corporate greed and "progress," urban farmers are making inroads to a greener future. More than 150 vintage images expand the fascinating, detailed history.
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Angeles Crest Highway. For more information, call (818) 790-0717.
On Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m., Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse welcomes professional wrestler, football player, actor, producer and writer Pepper Martin for a discussion and signing of his memoir "Shrapnel of the Soul and Redemption." He is joined by co-author and publicist Penny Lane.
Martin is a self-made man with little formal education. His book is a deeply personal reflection on a life marked by violence, controversy, physical pain, emotional suffering and ultimately peace found through family and religious awakening. Within the pages of "Shrapnel of the Soul and Redemption," he describes his childhood as the son of a bootlegger, life on the road as a professional athlete, the many women who crossed his path, the stars he befriended, his ties to organized crime both in the United States and Asia and the joys of being a husband, father, grandfather and person of faith.
For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 790-0717.
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Angeles Crest Highway.
The next presentation of Salon de Musiques is on Oct. 2 and features the music of L. Beethoven, "String Quartet n.9 in C Major Op 59 n.3," G. Lekeu, "Molto Adagio" for String Quartet and F. Schubert, "String Quintet in C Major D 956."
The concert will be performed by artists William Hagen and Jessica Guideri, violins, Rob Brophy, viola, Robert De Maine and John Walz, cellos. An informal Q&A with the artists will follow the performance and a gourmet buffet dinner provided by Patina with French champagne will be served.
To reserve a ticket, visit LeSalondeMusiques.com or call (310) 498-0257.
The performance takes place at 4 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, fifth floor, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles.
Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital's 50plus Program is offering a senior lecture on the aging voice on Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Join Dr. Karla O'Dell and learn about the changes that occur in the vocal cords with age and how they impact the voice. Learn about treatment options for this common problem.
The lecture will take place in the Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center auditorium at 1420 S. Central Ave. in Glendale. RSVP by Aug. 19 by calling (818) 502-2378. Seating is limited.
On Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, both 501(c)(3) organizations, are hosting the Annual Art Walk & Wine Tasting. The event draws over two thousand visitors annually for an afternoon of great wine and art. Art lovers can visit the Art Walk that begins at 10 a.m. It is free to the public and maps will be available at 54295 N. Circle Drive.
Art of Wine begins in the afternoon from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. when 18 Southern California wineries from Temecula, Warner Springs, Escondido, Fallbrook, Julian and Idyllwild share a selection of great wines at 13 locations around town. The fall weather makes walking from location to location a fun experience, but shuttles will also be available to transport guests between venues.
There will also be a limited number of tickets available to a Friday night VIP event when wine enthusiasts can mingle with the wineries.
Tickets for the wine tasting are $35 each with a special price of $30 each for groups of 10 or more before Sept. 24. Wine tasting tickets can be purchased in advance on the Art Alliance website (www.artinidyllwil.org) or, if not sold out, on site the day of the event. Included in the package are the wine tastings, a keepsake wine glass designed by a local artist, live music and a wide selection of cheeses and crackers.
For more information about the 18 participating wineries and locally owned galleries, visit www.artinidyllwild.org or call (951) 692-6135.
The American Heart Association invites the community to join its annual heart walk at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Oct. 8 at 8 a.m.
Team up with family, friends and coworkers and together take steps to fight heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and stroke, the leading cause of serious long-term disability. There is no fee to participate. To register a team, visit www.HeartWalkLA.org.
The heart walk aims to create a culture of health by engaging community members in physical activity and heart-healthy living, while raising much-needed funds to fight heart disease and stroke. It includes a non-competitive 5K walk/run and a festival area featuring interactive and fun activities, health information, Kids Zone, entertainment and more.
For more information and to join a heart walk, visit www.HeartWalkLA.org, or contact Rachel Axelrod at (213) 291-7025 or email@example.com.
Foothills Community Toastmasters Club meets 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Monday night at 10700 Hillrose Circle in Sunland. Guests are always welcome at no charge.
Toastmasters International is a 91-plus-year-old worldwide organization of small neighborhood, company, community or organization sponsored clubs where people practice and get training in public speaking and leadership skills.
Foothills Community Toastmasters Club is the only official chapter in the Foothills area stretching from La Cañada Flintridge to Sylmar.
Anyone interested in visiting or learning more about the club should contact
email@example.com or visit www.foothillscommunitytoastmasters.club.
The community is invited to take part in free Tuesday night dance classes at Sunland Recreation Center. Dances include Zumba, hip-hop and swing. No prior knowledge or experience required.
Couples and families are encouraged to attend.
Classes are from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunland Rec Center, 8651 Foothill Blvd., Sunland
A stroke support group hosted by Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center meets the second Tuesday of each month from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rehabilitation Conference Room on the third floor of the hospital.
The support group is open to caregivers, family members, friends and stroke survivors and will help with communication, education, and coping styles while building friendships, solving problems and sharing resources and experience.
RSVP by calling (818) 502-4725.
Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital is located at 1420 S. Central Ave. in Glendale.
Life Improvement Courses are offered on "Principles of Prosperity," "How to Obtain Financial Security" and "Overcoming Financial Stress" at the Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills.
These courses help empower a person with the knowledge to overcome financial stress to prosper in life. Each course is $50, is done at the individual's own pace and timing is flexible. A stress-free financial future can be attained and having the right knowledge can make all the difference.
These are just a few of the life improvement courses offered. Others available address various subjects. The classes are open Monday-Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information contact (818) 957-1500.
Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills, 2254 Honolulu Ave. in
Montrose (entrance off Market Street, behind in parking lot).
The Foothills Professional Group meets every Wednesday morning from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Leon Lounge and Café. The group provides a structured and supportive system of giving and receiving business. It does so by providing an environment in which participants develop personal relationships with many other qualified business professionals. By establishing this "formal" relationship with other people, you may have the opportunity to substantially increase your business.
The cost is $15, which includes breakfast.
Leon Lounge and Café is located at 2519 Cañada Blvd., Glendale.
Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) has a support group meeting every Tuesday at Vallejo Drive Adventist Church in Glendale every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. DBSA provides hope, help, and support through peer-based, recovery oriented empowering services, and resources when people need them and how they need to receive them.
For more information, call Wanda Sellers at (818) 352-4346, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit dbsalosangelesne.org.
Vallejo Drive Adventist Church, 300 Vallejo Dr., Room 106 in Glendale.
The bookstore of the Friends of the Sunland-Tujunga branch of the library, which is located inside the library, is filled with used books on almost every subject. There are books on psychology, religion, self-help, cooking, classics and many more subjects. It is open during library hours (except evenings). Prices range from 10 cents to a few dollars. All books are donated.
All monies collected from the sale of these books support the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library in purchasing new books, DVDs and equipment. The Friends also supports programs for children and young adults as well as adults. It is a 501(c)(3) organization, so donations are tax deductible. Arrangements can be made to pick up large donations. Call the library at (818) 352-4481 to schedule a pick-up.
Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library, 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
T.O.P.S. – Take Off Pounds Sensibly – is a self-accountability group meeting held every Monday. Weigh in is from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
An hour meeting follows in the education building of Center for Spiritual Living, 4845 Dunsmore (at Santa Carlotta). For more information, call and leave a message for T.O.P.S. at (818) 957-8442.
A meeting is also held in Sunland on Thursdays. Weigh-in is at 6:30 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m. at New Hope Community Church, 10438 Oro Vista St., Sunland. Contact Jeanie Druebert at (818) 353-5015.
The Diabetes Care Center at Glendale Adventist Medical Center invites the community to a free diabetes community education class held every Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the hospital (Committee Room A).
Participants will learn more about living with diabetes – care and treatment, healthy eating strategies – the importance of blood glucose monitoring and AIC and tools for healthy life style to reduce the risk of complications.
For more information or to RSVP, call (818) 409-8100.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center (Committee Room A – Ground Floor), 1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale
The Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA, in partnership with the La Leche League, is hosting a monthly lactation and infant development support group to help support new mothers. This monthly group meets on the third Friday of each month from noon-1 p.m. This group is free and open to the community and will answer all breastfeeding-related questions that new mothers may have.
The Y is also offering a Mindful Parenting Course designed to help parents connect to their children and raise them to thrive. This course is adapted from the work of Dan Siegal, M.D and will focus on reducing daily stress while connecting with your child. The classes meet weekly on Tuesdays. The course is open to all and there is a fee to attend.
For more information, contact the Y at (818) 790-0123.
The Y is located at 1930 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada


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Prince Fielder is not used to finding himself way out in center field. However, on Tuesday in Lakeland, Fla., that is precisely where the massive Detroit Tigers first baseman found himself as pitchers and catchers reported for Spring Training duty.
Fielder and 76 Little League players were on hand at Peterson Park, just a few miles from Joker Marchant Stadium, where the Tigers play their Spring Ball, as Topps unveiled the world's largest baseball card.
[Random Musing: Leonard is the greatest Teen Jeopardy winner of all time, no question]
At 90 feet long and 60 feet wide, the unveiling served a a larger-than-life preview of Topps' Series 1 baseball card set for the 2013 season.
According to the Detroit Free-Press, the card would fit 82,944 regular-sized baseball cards to fill the massive likeness of Fielder, or 83,966 baseballs.
And that, boys and girls, is a lot of sticks of stale chewing gum.
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After months of erratic behavior, Amanda Bynes was placed on a 5150 -- involuntary psychiatric hold -- by police Monday night for mental evaluation.
According to Ventura County Sheriff public information officer Captain Don Aguilar, she was involved in a disturbance at a residential area in the 200 block of Avenida de Los Arboles, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Deputies responded and held her on a 5150 welfare and institutions code.
According to TMZ, the incident started when Bynes allegedly attempted to start a fire in the driveway of an elderly woman. Reports say that the former actress was seen starting a small blaze while carrying a "little red gas tank." The random homeowner claimed that Bynes set fire to a piece of clothing.
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text: So, Bitchin' Kitchen's host, Nadia G, has a new Christmas song. It supports Meals on Wheels, which is a good cause. And it features Vegan Black Metal Chef and the Epic Meal Time guys, which probably sounded like a good idea at the time. But this song: yeeeeesh. Go ahead and watch it if you have a thing for red spandex, or have ever wondered what Andrew Zimmern rapping sounds like. Just prepare in advance for a serious case of secondhand embarrassment.


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Cooper has been around. Literally. The 3-year-old Catahoula Leopard Dog, then called Henry, was relinquished to an animal control facility in Mississippi. Janeen Jackson, way off in Roundup, MT, got wind of it. She has been rescuing Catahoulas for years, and the distance didn't discourage her from getting involved. She …


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"I used to be somebody in this town... now everybody's got a gimmick."
id-i-o-syn-cra-sy: a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
cra-zy: mentally deranged; demented; insane.
The type of Supervillain who can only commit a crime a certain way. This goes way beyond the Calling Card. These villains will fixate on one idea, one thing that they will continue to use over and over, which eventually becomes their entire philosophy. Everything becomes about this thing.
In real life, this is called monomania, an obsessive fixation on one idea or thing or person. It's particularly common in Superhero fiction, where villains often only have one gimmick to establish their identity.
Compare Beat It By Compulsion. See also Calling Card, Criminal Mind Games, The Gimmick. Frequently coincides with Steven Ulysses Perhero, with the villain's destiny apparently set from birth.
— The Riddler, Batman Hush
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Batman's rogues' gallery has enough examples that it's probably easier to list the ones that aren't crazy.
- The Riddler and riddles. Sometimes treated as an actual psychological disorder. At one point, he tries to stop leaving riddles, without success. Usually, though, he makes his disorder work for him, as the obvious answer to his clue masks the real answer, which is much more difficult to figure out.
- Cluemaster, the father of Spoiler, felt a compulsion to leave clues behind at the crime scenes, but he eventually got over it and stopped. Leaving clues, not committing crimes.
- Two-Face is usually compelled to commit crimes based on the number two or the concept of duality. Whether or not he kills a given individual is often determined by the outcome of a coin toss.
- The Joker, Depending on the Writer, may only commit crimes based on the theme of jokes or pranks. Alternatively, the crime itself must be "funny" (albeit according to the Joker's own highly warped sense of humor).
- Back in the day Joker also had a compulsion to leave clues to his future crimes.
- The Film Freak only commits crimes that are re-enactments of famous movie scenes.
- The Calendar Man (real name Julian Gregory Day) commits a different crime each day, but will re-create that crime exactly, one year later to the day.
- The Black and White Bandit (real name Roscoe Chiara), a Mad Artist who became obsessed with black and white after going colorblind. He's got a Skunk Stripe in his black hair, he has a Dalmatian named Domino, steals things like antique chess sets, etc.
- Joe Coyne (pictured above) was a failure as a criminal. Not only was he regularly caught by the police ("coppers"), his crimes only netted him pennies. Thus, to get back at "coppers and pennies," he launched a career as the Penny Plunderer. A career that Batman ended on his very first outing, but Joe's theme outlived him; he (not, as is often assumed, Two-Face) provided the giant penny that became a fixture of the Batcave.
- The Silver Age version of the Mad Hatter - the one with the red handlebar mustache - centered all his crimes around hats and other headgear.
- Crazy Quilt (who's technically more of a Robin villain than a Batman one) was an artist who was also something of a cat burglar on the side. When an accident made him go blind, he opted for experimental surgery that restored his vision but distorted his perception of color. He then went crazy and became obsessed with color.
- It's Depending on the Writer, but Catwoman has a tenancy to go after anything that has to do with cats.
- Early versions of the Penguin were obsessed with committing umbrella-based or bird-based crimes, though these days he's usually simply a portly sociopath with a high opinion of himself.
- Maxie Zeus is a gang leader who believes himself to be the reincarnation of the Greek god Zeus. He is not. It's almost laugable given that the Greek Gods' existence is an established fact within the DC universe, what with a well-known superheroine tracing her origin back to Greek Mythology. The key word being almost, as he's very intelligent and resourceful despite his delusions.
- Some of the villains made up for the 1966 Batman TV series make Batman's comic book rogues gallery seem calm and subdued by comparison:
- Egghead (Edgar Heed) was a big-headed bald guy who considered himself "the smartest man in the world" despite his obsession with egg-based crimes.
- King Tut was a guy who got hit on the head and started to believe he was an Egyptian pharaoh, and of course is obsessed with Egyptian stuff.
- False-Face (Basil Karlo) ingested a chemical formula that let him change his face any way he wanted, but at the cost of his own identity, so he started commiting crimes involving forgeries and impersonation.
- In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Clock King", Temple Fugate is The Sociopath without any emotion, whose only interest in the world is being a Schedule Fanatic, clocks and time: he uses a Time Bomb triggered by an expensive watch, has an Abandoned Warehouse with a Room Full of Crazy Clocks, and conducts a Bank Robbery by messing with a time lock. All those tropes were exploited to lure Batman into a trap: Fugate acknowledges his obsession, and uses it against his enemies. The real Evil Plan is to kill someone in a Clock Tower with the clock hands.
Comic Books
- Flash villain Rainbow Raider (real name Roy G. Bivolo), a failed artist who became obsessed with colors as a result of his colorblindness.
- Superman's enemy Bizarro feels compelled to do the opposite of everything normal people do. This leads to some truly strange behavior, such as building a basement on top of his house.
- The pre-Paperinik New Adventures Paperinik villain Inquinator makes you happy that Garth Ennis never will write Disney comics: he is a musophile, obsessed with dirt, filth and garbage, and his crimes are invariably littering and vandalism made out to be something special by the sheer scale. He later tried to rain black ink down on the White House.
Films — Live-Action
- The villain in the Saw movies is compulsive about his sadistic torture games, and becomes known and feared for them, his whole life seems to revolve around it. In fact, a major plot point in the later movies is being able to tell the real Jigsaw killer's death traps from those of a copycat using this trope; he always has to give the victim a means of freeing themselves from the death trap (as he firmly believes he's "helping" them better appreciate life by facing their sins through the game), whereas the copycats usually make the death traps inescapable.
Live-Action TV
- Though The Middleman thinks the Palindrome (Ivan Avi) is like this, it turns out to be a subversion: he only left the mirrors behind because he thought he was a good artist.
Video Games
- The World Ends with You: Sho Minamimoto is obsessed with math and algebraic functions to the point where he uses them in his hints for each day's mission, but when you actually fight him... he kicks you. Over and over and over. No math except the ability to use it to create Taboo Noise, and cast Level ''i'' Flare by reciting pi to a hundred digits.
Web Original
- The Global Guardians PBEM Universe featured several supervillains who were this: The Conundrum has to leave puzzles as clues; The Great White Hunter, who hunts superheroes for sport; and The Widdershins Man, who only commits crimes based on opposite concepts are only three examples.
Western Animation
- Danny Phantom: Almost all the ghosts are like this about something.
- The Box Ghost and boxes. At one point, he even steals Pandora's Box.
- Technus at one point vows to stop announcing his secrets and plans all the time, which is apparently quite difficult for him (he eventually slips up and announces when he's about to make a getaway, which enables Danny to stop him).
- Most of the villains on Darkwing Duck fit into this. There's Quackerjack, who uses toys, and the cinematically-inclined Tuskernini, who "directs" his crimes as if he were a movie director, and Ammonia Pine, whose crimes invariably involve cleaning things up, and Splatter Phoenix, fixated on paintbrush artistry.
- Kim Possible has fought her share of Idiosyncrazy villains: Duff Killigan, the homicidal golfer; Frugal Lucre, the world's cheapest criminal; and so on.
- Spoofed in Futurama, "Less Than Hero", with the Zookeeper, who commits crimes using a pack of highly trained animals.
Fry: Pack of highly. Got it.
- Used extensively in WordGirl. Take as examples:
- The Butcher, whose attacks all involve calling forth some type of meat.
- Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy, who uses a condiment gun (also parodied in that he, tired with the same old routine, tried to become the "Handsome Panther").
- Tobey, who continually uses giant robots to attack and destroy the city.
- Dr. Two-Brains, who will only ever attempt to steal cheese.
- Lady Redundant Woman, who's crimes mostly revolve around copying and redundancy.
- Most of the villains on Cool McCool fit this mold.
- A number of Sushi Pack villains are like this: Oleander's various schemes are (usually) a ploy to eat the eponymous Pack, Paradoxter's crimes have an element of paradox and oxymoron to them (such as using literal jumbo shrimp as henchmen), and The Collector is always involved in collecting something when he shows up in the series, regardless of whether he's committing an actual crime.
- Parodied on Drawn Together when Captain Hero convinces Xander to pose as a supervillain for him to defeat. The persona they come up with? Two Hands.
Xander: You'll never defeat me and my... TWO HANDS!!


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Hi, my name is (the)Nik, and I was once a voracious reader.
My affair with reading didn't start as a very young child. It came a little later, that first summer I spent in Maine with my grandparents. That first rainy day, trapped indoors with two grandparents who had their noses stuck in novels… On that day, we completely immersed ourselves in the far away place of the written word. I was eight years old. It was the first time I'd been away from mother. All the way on the other side of the country no less, and it was the first time I'd been given free reign over what to do with my time. I sat curled up next to my grandmother, whom I'm pretty sure I already idolized, with a very old first edition copy (that's all they had) of something from their bookcase. I am sad that I can't recall what book it was, but I'm pretty sure it was a Hardy Boys mystery. They had a big open room downstairs next to the kitchen, with a couch that had more broken springs than not, and an old wood burning stove in the middle of the room to take the chill out of the air. I didn't know it at the time, but it was the kind of place that dreams were made of. Summers in Maine were idyllic.
As the years passed, I looked forward most to those rainy summer days cooped up in my grandparents' summer house. I'd actually hope for a few rainy days. I usually brought five books or so with me in my suitcase from California, and sometimes I'd even have to make my way into "town", Blue Hill, to a tiny bookstore (thus the inception of my love for quaint independent bookstores). The way we all cozied up quietly immersed in whatever story we were reading, it could only lend to a great affair with reading and books. Of all my memories with my grandparents, those days with such remote conversation are my most cherished.
I'd come home from Maine exhausted every summer. I'd stay up way too late reading, and I was up early with the sun because I didn't want my grandparents to feel I was lazy. There were no clocks in their summer home. There were books stacked up in every room, though. I can still close my eyes and smell those old musty books they'd acquired while antiquing every summer.
But lately, since having a child…I read far, far less. Last year, in fact—confession time—I only logged six books completely read. I'm embarrassed for myself, and I want to get back into my groove (as I've said every year since his birth).
So this year, I'm pledging to double that to 12 books. Not necessarily one book a month, because some months won't allow for that and some books might be read much more quickly than a month. I figure it's a good challenge, though, and maybe one I'll even surpass. I just need to get back to double digits. I might even do a few audio books on the road trips we have planned cross-county. I've never done an audio book, but since some of my favorite living voracious readers today do them, there must be no shame in them! So, I'll give them try. Anything to rekindle my affair with reading, really.
I'm currently really quite enjoying A Visit from the Good Squad. I've been under the weather the last couple days, and I've used every spare moment to rest with this book. It's that good.
So, I ask you, what are you reading currently? What's on your nightstand to be read? Who is your favorite author? Let's jive about books.


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Right, but I doubt that the banks tell the realtors what the size of the shadow inventory is.
If the banks are holding some 440,000 units off the market, then they are manipulating the market and if they are also lending on a house that isn't really worth what they got for it, then we're got another mess on our hands. Right?


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The Spanish side twice came from behind to win in epic fashion thanks to Cristiano's late winner, drawing a line under recent poor performances in La Liga in front of their fans
By Ben Hayward | Spanish Football Writer
Madrid twice trailed in a game they could have lost but ultimately beat Manchester City 3-2 thanks to Ronaldo's last-gasp winner. Having dominated the first half, Edin Dzeko gave the visitors something of a shock lead after some wonderful play from former Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure. Suddenly, Madrid were staring down the barrel at a damaging defeat in front of their restless fans. Losing a fourth game out of seven this season - and at home, to boot - was not a good idea.
73' | Modric and Benzema replace Khedira and Higuain as Madrid look for a way back into the game at 1-0 down. |
90' | GOAL!!!!! Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Cristiano Ronaldo has got the goal in the final minute of normal time. The forward finds room on the left and hits it hard towards goal but as Kompany ducks, instead of heading it away, the ball zips underneath Hart and fizzes in. What a game. What a turnaround. |
Ozil and Modric looked lively and showed no shortage of quality around the City area. The Croat's probing, in particular, seemed to spark Madrid into life again. But it was Marcelo, who came close several times with long-range efforts, who levelled with a fierce deflected effort, only to see Aleksandar Kolarov's free kick go in off Alonso and restore City's lead at the other end. Madrid were behind once again and time was ticking.
But Benzema, without a goal since May for club or country, turned and beat Hart with a fantastic finish inside his left-hand post with four minutes left. It was game on once again.
And now it was Ronaldo's turn to shine. The Portuguese completed every single one of his 50 passes over the 90 minutes, but had looked less dangerous than he can be at his brilliant best. Something still did not seem quite right following his revelations of unhappiness and refusal to celebrate his two goals against Granada before the international break.
Madridistas had been frustrated by the Portuguese's poor performance in the defeat at Sevilla on Saturday, too, and some had even reached the somewhat hasty conclusion that perhaps it was time for him to move on.
But in an instant, all of that was forgotten. The Portuguese had work to do in the area as he took possession in the final minute but cut inside his marker and beat Hart with a fizzing effort the England goalkeeper will have thought he should have saved. Ronaldo won't care, though - and nor will Madrid.
Mou-reka! Mourinho finds winning formula in the nick of time |
It may have been a rollercoaster ride, but the home fans left happy. And instead of waking up to headlines of player mutinies (Sergio Ramos was surprisingly left out of the starting line-up, a decision described as "technical" by his coach) and a lack of decisiveness, Mourinho and Ronaldo made peace with the Bernabeu.
La Liga is still not lost, even though they trail Barcelona by eight points, but there is a sense this season that the one they really want is the Champions League. This win sets up their campaign just nicely. Indeed, coming through such a test will do Madrid no harm at all and Mourinho could barely contain himself after the match. "That's what I want from my team," he said. "I am sorry for the journalists who had their story written and then had to change it," he added later.
But he wasn't sorry, of course - he was loving it. The feelgood factor is back and this comeback could just kick-start the campaign for Madrid. In this mood, they look like true champions - and their two main men went home happy, not sad.


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Sound-Squared "ECLIPSE" earphones earbuds for ipod or MP3 player
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Sound-Squared "ECLIPSE" Replacement earphones earbuds for ipod or MP3 player w/Free Earphone Case - GREAT VALUE!
The "Eclipse" stands out for fantastic sound quality in a comfortable design. The crafted aluminum alloy casing reduces vibration to enhance a full range of sound - rich bass response blending nicely with clear mid-ranges and crisp highs. Comfort is maximized with foam earpads and flexible strain reliefs, ensuring comfort during extended periods of use. Enjoy your favorite music or...
SOUND-SQUARED "GMS-104" Sport earphones, earbuds for Ipod or MP3 players w/Free Earphone Case - GREAT VALUE!
SOUND-SQUARED Co. specializes in precision-engineered stereo earphones that reduce noise while creating highly accurate, clear sound reproduction. Only high-quality speaker elements are used and they are protected in durable aluminum alloy casings to ensure long lasting value. Listening pleasure is enhanced through rich bass response, distinctive mid-ranges, and sensation-driving highs!
Sound-Squared "SOUNDXTC" earphones earbuds for ipod or MP3 MP4
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Yamaha EPH-20
"These buds came from amazon I was simply looking for something more suited to the bass head genre of music that really packed a punch. True these do pack a punch but to be very honest with you all they only pack a punch. The bass is actually extremely poor, there is a difference between punch and tight punch. The bass in these gives a punch that makes your ears rumble but the actual detail and..." --Hawkinssa
Yamaha EPH-M100 High-Performance Earphones
" Bought these two months ago, and they are my favorite IEM to date. One thing to note is that I did indeed get the condensation problem. It has only happened a handful of times, and has completely cured up, but it is something to be aware of. I had to dock a half star from the Design rating because of this issue. They're still my favorite IEMs, though. I might have some funny ear canals too,..." --regiapemid
YAMAHA EPH-M200 In-ear headphones Brack
"Hello fellow Head-fiers!. This is my first review in Head-fi, but before I begin, I'd like to give a brief introduction about me. I'm an average individual who loves listening to almost wide range of music genres from classic to rock, except current pop, rap, and hip-hop, but I mainly listen to songs as long as they sound good! I primarily listen to metal and rock; but recently, I've gotten..." --Gandasaputra


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One dealer at the Big Flea market today had a nice selection of Czech glass, all from the same estate. It was tempting to just buy it all! But I couldn't, so I chose this one for its wonderful color combo, condition, and affordable price. The flower frog is actually borrowed from another vase. :)