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TV Shows Canceled Before Their Time
List Rules TV shows that you believe were still in their prime or had not yet reached their peak at the time they were canceled. Most shows on this list should have been canceled before their fifth season.
This list of canceled TV shows that didn't deserve to die is ranked by TV fans around the world. From shows that ended too soon to shows that shouldn't have been taken off the air at all, these are the TV shows canceled well before their time was up. Popular shows on this list include more recent hits like Arrested Development and Party Down, but this list of the best canceled TV shows isn't only about comedies. Sadly (for fans), this list includes shows that have been pulled off the air in the past few years, 1990s TV shows, shows from the 80s and more.
Canceled shows like The Grinder starring Rob Lowe can also be found on this list of good television programs that never made it. Fans will never understand why these shows got discontinued, but thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, we can watch them again and again.
What are the best TV shows canceled before their time? What TV shows were canceled but came back? Vote on your favorite comedy shows, dramas, sci-fi series, and crossover TV programs, or add your own list of TV shows that should have been given a second chance.

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The statistics on Sullivan Gardner coming into the 2012-13 season were far from what anyone could consider to be impressive; six games played, two points scored — those coming in his sophomore year.
SOUTHINGTON — The statistics on Sullivan Gardner coming into the 2012-13 season were far from what anyone could consider to be impressive; six games played, two points scored — those coming in his sophomore year.
There was no reason to believe back then, last year or even for most of this season, that the 6-foot-5-inch senior center would be the one who would play a pivotal role in the biggest win, to date, in the history of the Woodstock boys basketball program. The overtime win over Bunnell in a Class L state tournament semifinal game at Norwich Free Academy Wednesday means the Centaurs will play for their first state title against Trinity Catholic at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Gardner scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the semifinal and no one was more surprised than the senior himself.
"It was a great feeling and to be here (Thursday) with my friends and teammates, it's awesome to say that I helped them get here," Gardner said on Thursday at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference state championship luncheon.
Times have not always been easy for Gardner.
The senior never played the sport in middle school and didn't play in his freshman season, despite his height, which will normally attract the attention of coaches. But with that height came bulk, Gardner weighed in at 263 pounds as a sophomore. He played, for the most part at the junior varsity level, before coach Greg Smith gave him a few varsity minutes.
It could easily have been his first and last varsity minutes for the Centaurs.
"I had some issues at home and with the school," Gardner said. "I needed to get my grades up and I needed to stay focused on school."
For that reason, Gardner never came out for his junior season. A decision he now says, he could kick himself in the behind for, "I wish I could re-do that, but I can't."
Smith said what happened to Gardner was pretty simple, he matured later in life, but "better later than never."
Gardner was confused enough to consider not only leaving the Academy after his junior season, but leaving town period. He had talked to his sister about moving in with her and finishing school in California and participating in athletics out there. But one thing kept drawing him back, his friends were playing for the Centaurs and he wasn't ready to end that portion of his life yet.
He made the decision to return and then talked to Smith early in the school year, telling him of his intention to try out; Smith was noncommittal.
"To be quite honest, I didn't know if he would make the team because I didn't know if he would fit in," Smith said.
But one factor quickly changed the coach's mind. Every single one of his seniors expressed their support for Gardner, including Cameron Henry.
"I said, 'Cameron, if Sully plays, he's going to take all your minutes' and Cameron told me that was fine. (Gardner) needs to be on this team," Smith said.
But to do that, he still had to prove he could fit into Woodstock's scheme.
"I owe a lot to Coach Smith," Gardner said. "He's turned me into who I am because he never gave it to me easy. He never let me just walk on to the court, I had to show him with my hard work and sweat that I was ready to earn it."
Gardner said he has grown some since his sophomore year, but he's also shrunk. He said he weighs 215 pounds. Smith said that might be "fudging it a little" and placed Gardner closer to 205.
Gardner scored 12 points in the first game of the season versus Ellington. He didn't return to double-digits until the seventh game of the season when he was thrust into the starting lineup after Will Bourgeois went down with a season-ending knee injury.
"When Will went down, everyone's eyes turned to me and kind of said, we're going to need Sully to help get anywhere," Gardner said. "Will was a very good rebounder and a very good offensive player. Unfortunately, until (Wednesday night), I didn't have the offense."
His teammates have been patient, however.
"I understand that though, after not playing last year, it took him awhile to get back into the swing of playing varsity basketball," Woodstock junior guard Chris Lowry said. "He's really starting to figure out where he belongs on the team and his role on it. I think he would be great for any Division-III school around here. I think he's underrated."
Gardner has clearly saved the best for last, milking the last games of his high school career and hoping to turn it into something for the future.
"He made some bad decisions, as we all have, and he's overcome them," Smith said. "He's realized what's important for him and his family and he's come out a young man that is going to achieve great things. His work ethic is second to none, he's a respectful young man — he's going to make some college coach very, very happy."


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We don't cover Gusgasms much these days, and we've sort of come around to editor emeritus's viewpoint about Fox's top college announcer. But when Gus Johnson goes overboard, we have an obligation to highlight it.
Eric Ward's touchdown catch to put Texas Tech up 20-7 on Baylor tonight was outstanding. But was it worthy of this outburst? What would Gus Johnson have done had he been calling today's Georgia-Auburn game? Could any dry cleaner ever erase the resulting pants stain? [Fox]


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Which amendment protects free speech in America?
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech. This means that the government cannot make any law restricting this freedom and cannot punish people for exercising this right.
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Do you know how much you really know? There are certain facts and figures that everyone takes for granted, but how accurate are they? Even more often, things get lost or left unexplained all the time because people just assume everyone knows them. This can lead to mistranslations, miscommunications and a lot of things just slipping right through the cracks. Sometimes, people don't even know what they don't know.
General knowledge is the basics that get taken for granted by most people. No one thinks they have to teach them or pay particular attention to them. From math to science to literature to even art and pop culture, there is a lot that everyone just assumes to be correct, whether it is or not. People do not question these supposed truths, but some of them are far trickier than meets the eye at first. Some things have been repeated for years and even for generations, contributing to confusion rather than illumination. Do you have what it takes to walk the winding road between fiction and fact and come out on top?
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The First Amendment protects freedom of speech. This means that the government cannot make any law restricting this freedom and cannot punish people for exercising this right.
While cat breeds are often not as big of a deal as dog breeds, they are still very much real and very distinctive. For example, a Siamese cat and a chartreux look entirely different.
Beethoven is one of the most famous composers who ever lived. He wrote "Ode to Joy," and some of the most famous music on earth, when he was going deaf.
In 1996, Nic Cage won a Best Actor Academy Award for the film "Leaving Las Vegas." He was nominated for the same award for the 2003 film "Adaptation."
Paris is the capital city of France. It is a world famous city of art, food, culture and love.
This song by Michael Jackson is one of the biggest selling and most successful of all time. It features Vincent Price in a chilling vocal cameo.
The face of Alexander Hamilton is on the tenner. He was the first US Secretary of the treasury.
"The Catcher In The Rye" is a novel written by JD Salinger. It was published as a novel in 1951.
King Solomon prayed to God for the wisdom to rule his people. In turn, God said he would give him more wisdom than anyone ever had before or will have again.
The ancient Egyptians famously built large pyramids. Many of them were tombs for royalty.
Vegans do not eat or use any products derived from animals. This includes things like leather, makeup tested on animals and cuts of meat.
Muhammad is the most important figure in all of Islam. He transcribed the Koran.
Canada is actually one of the most oil-rich countries on earth. Only Venezuela and Saudi Arabia have larger oil reserves.
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. It's a small rainy city known for its old architecture.
The popular and trendy avocado in fact grows on trees. But are they vegetables or fruits?
This is a basic algebraic equation used to find the slope of a line. Teens often come across this in school.
Shakespeare was an English playwright. He invented many words English speakers use today, like lonely.
Different parts of the new testament are ascribed to different authors both historically and according to religious tradition. The events of Jesus's life are described by others.
Ovulation is when a woman is most likely to get pregnant. Many women who are trying to conceive keep track of this cycle.
Outside America, soccer is called variants of football. There is a big difference between American football and the football the rest of the world enjoys.
Statistically far more people get hurt or die while in a car than in an airplane. This is partially because far more people drive than take airplanes.
Statistically, most of the world is Asian, which often, but not always, means dark hair. While people from all backgrounds can potentially be born with red hair, it is such a recessive gene that it is uncommon.
The Film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is a comedy classic. This 1975 spoof of Arthurian legend has a global cult following.
Florida is a peninsula. This means that it is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
"The Simpsons" has nearly 30 seasons, making it the longest-running scripted show on American primetime TV. It has had over 600 episodes.
Marilyn Monroe is often remembered as a glamorous natural beauty, but this is not entirely accurate. She had a nose job and surgery on her chin to change their appearance.
The US dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the only time nuclear weapons have been used in warfare.
The Middle Eastern world is usually considered to include North Africa and parts of Western Asia. Most of it is actually in Asia.
PEMDAS is the order of operations used to solve math problems. That would be Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction.
In the UK, pounds are used. This includes England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
German shepherds are a distinctive and popular breed. They are also quite large.
British author JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books. She is now one of the richest people on earth.
Montevideo is the capital of the South American country Uruguay. It is the country's largest city, with a population of over 1 million.
Mark Zuckerberg is the most famous inventor of Facebook. It began as a way for men to rank their female classmates.
Thomas Jefferson first had macaroni and cheese while working on US government business in France. He liked it so much that he brought the idea back to the states with him.
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Carlos Boozer scored 20 points, D.J. Augustin had 19 against his former team and the Chicago Bulls won their fourth straight game Wednesday night, edging the Toronto Raptors 94-92.
Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points, Jimmy Butler had 16 and Taj Gibson fouled out with 10 as the Bulls won for the fifth time in six games and halted Toronto's winning streak at three. Joakim Noah had eight points and 13 assists for the Bulls.
DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 32 points but had a couple key misses at the end, while Kyle Lowry fouled out with 16. Lowry, who had seven assists, failed to extend his career-best streak of double doubles to four games.
Augustin, who was waived by Toronto in December before signing with the Bulls as a free agent, hit two 3-pointers early in the third as Chicago took a 76-66 lead at 9:34.
A free throw from DeRozan and a jumper by Terrence Ross brought the Raptors to within 86-82 with 3:23 remaining.
After a Chicago timeout, Augustin hit his third 3 of the fourth quarter and Gibson followed with a jump shot, putting the Bulls up 91-84 at 2:10.
Lowry made a pair of free throws, then hit a 3 at 1:30 as Toronto cut it to 91-89. The 3 was Lowry's 130th of the season, matching a career-high he set with Houston in 2010-11.
Butler missed a jumper for Chicago and Toronto called timeout with 1:03 left. The Raptors gave the ball to DeRozan, but his jump shot from the elbow missed the rim. Hinrich hit a jumper at the other end, putting the Bulls up 93-89 with 41 seconds left.
Gibson fouled out as Amir Johnson hit a layup and converted his free throw, making it 93-93 with 34 seconds left. Chicago called timeout with 1 second left on the shot clock, then couldn't get a shot off, giving the Raptors the ball with 10 seconds remaining. Toronto gave the ball to DeRozan again, but Butler blocked his shot and grabbed the loose ball before being fouled by Lowry, his sixth. Butler made one of two with 2 seconds left, and DeRozan's half-court heave bounced off the glass as the final buzzer sounded.
Toronto's Tyler Hansbrough and Chicago's Nazr Mohammed had to be separated after Mohammed pushed Hansbrough down as the two battled for a rebound early in the second quarter. Mohammed was called for a personal foul on the play and both players were given technical fouls.
Hansbrough was involved in a minor skirmish with Mike Dunleavy in the final minute of the third, resulting in a double foul.
DeRozan scored 12 points in the opening quarter, but no other Raptor had more than four. Boozer had nine points and six rebounds in the first as Chicago used six offensive rebounds to take a 31-21 lead after one.
Toronto called timeout at 6:46 of the second after a 3-pointer by Augustin gave the Bulls a 40-25 lead. Ross scored five points as the Raptors responded with a 14-2 run, cutting the deficit to 42-39 on a 3 by Patrick Patterson at 3:12. Jimmy Butler stopped the run with a free throw and Hinrich added a 3-pointer and a layup as the Bulls took a 48-41 lead at halftime.
DeRozan scored nine in the third, but Boozer also had nine and Chicago led 70-62 heading to the fourth.


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Hello, darlings. We're back in the ballroom, this time with a bunch of new dancers. That All-Star season had its moments, but was kind of a dud overall.
Lordie. Someone's given Barbara Barrie's hair to Kellie Pickler. (Relevant fact about Barrie: She's 81-years-old.) I get that Kellie shaved her head in solidarity with a friend being treated for cancer. But that doesn't answer why the hairstylist tonight hates her.
This new Lindsay pro (who I have a vague recollection of from "So You Think You Can Dance") looks all of 12 years old. Like, the Disney kid star looks older than this pro. Ai-yi-yi. Speaking of Zendaya, she's all about the hand gestures. Stop it, kid, you're bothering me.
"The Bachelor" guy has stolen Hugh Hefner's smoking jacket, which somehow seems appropriate. (Full disclosure: I have never watched "The Bachelor." But, it's a guy who lived in a house and "dated" a lot of women and yet manages to remain unmarried. Not far off from the Playboy Mansion for many years.)
Wynonna Judd looks about like I'd like if you put me in that dress — like something that should be on the front of an old-timey ship. "Prow" is never a word you want to bring to people's minds with your outfit.
Jacoby Jones is in purple (not quite Ravens' purple, but more like the Mardi Gras purple of his native New Orleans, especially since it's paired with gold), as is Karina.
As the theme music ends and the announcer finishes his introduction, Tom looks ceilingward and says, "Thank you, disembodied voice." Y'all, I know it's early in the episode, but I'm ready for my first "I LOVE HIM SO MUCH" of the season.
Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough: Cha Cha Cha
Kellie talks about how much "American Idol" changed her life. Regarding their nearly identical hair lengths, Kellie tells Derek that she'll be his Tinkerbell and he can be her Peter Pan. That's cute. Derek thinks she's got the tools to go really far. He's impressed with her flexible back.
It's a basic-enough routine, but Kellie looks comfortable with it and has some great sharpness to her poses and finishing her moves.
Tom introduces Len Goodman as a newlywed. What? What? I don't want to think about Len's sex life. It's like thinking about your school prinicipal that way. Ew.
Len liked it, saying her legs were a little bit stiff but it was a great start. Bruno is happy about the "shapes of things to come." Bruno looks critically at her leg movements as well. Carrie Ann tells her she has "incredible torso movement."
Kellie describes Derek as "a big brother," thereby cutting off at the pass any showmance speculation about these two.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 7; Bruno: 7
Fair. It was a good showing for the first week. Derek says 21 is his lucky first-week score.
Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold: Foxtrot
Victor's mom left when he was 7 and his dad left when he was 12. He and his siblings raised themselves and then Victor made his pro-boxing debut at 17.
He has a new pro Lindsay and their first dance is the Foxtrot. He tells Lindsay he assumes that means he'll be in a fox suit, trotting around. Nice try, Victor, but you're not dancing with Mark Ballas.
Victor's got a million-dollar smile, but he misses at least one move and they're probably going to carp on his hunched-up shoulders.
Tom mentions Victor's smile, predicting that it alone will get him some votes. Ohmigod, I'm thinking like Tom Bergeron. This may be my definition of nirvana.
Bruno tells him to work on his foot placement, his frame and to watch his arms ("It's not 'Gorillas in the Mist.'") Carrie Ann likes his posture. Len wants more wows and thinks Victor can knock him out with the jive next week.
Lindsay uses the word "amazing" three times in one sentence while answering a question from Brooke. I find that ... not so amazing, actually.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6
Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson: Contemporary
He's played Jax on "General Hospital" for 18 years and is an accomplished athlete. Did Kym get to go to Hawaii for their "first meeting" segment? That's a win right there.
I can't say I'm happy about the addition of "Contemporary" to the "DWTS" stable of dance styles. I think it's mostly just an excuse for people to dance barefoot and not have to point their toes.
Because they're dancing to Coldplay's "Yellow," the yellow gels are on the lights and it manages to look like sunshine instead of making them look jaundiced. Well done, lighting guys.
Carrie Ann explains that Contemporary includes elements of modern lines, contact improv, ballet and lifts. She thought the routine was "raw" and "passionate." Aw, they show Ingo's son in the audience and he's the cutest thing. Len complains that Kym's feet were in the air more than they were on the floor. Len is with me in not loving Contemporary. Stick with me and Len, we'll lead you down the coot path. Bruno loved it.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 6; Bruno: 7
I'm thinking that score from Len was more about not liking Contemporary than him not liking the routine.
Lisa Vanderpump & Gleb Savchenko: Foxtrot
Apparently this Vanderpump person has a furry barnacle named Giggy? I wonder if there's a term for the sore arm you must get constantly carrying around your tiny dog — like tennis elbow, but "Air dog bicep" maybe?
Oh my gosh. I thought that was a plush toy dog she had in her arms descending the staircase. But given that a stagehand dressed as a bellhop came in and took it away from her, it must have been the actual living creature. I may have to start a "Free Giggy" campaign.
The Foxtrot was probably one of the best dances Lisa could've drawn for the first week. It's a dance that's kind to the Women of a Certain Age.
Len calls it "acceptable" but not exceptional. He says there was "too much staggering about."
Carrie Ann says the dance suited her, but she was out of sync a little bit. Lisa says something off-color that I can't make out. It makes Carrie Ann erupt in a fit of giggles.
After the break, the "bellhop" brings Giggy up to the crow's nest to be reunited with Lisa. I still can't believe that's a live dog. I'm worried maybe his leg muscles have completely atrophied over the years. #FreeGiggy.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6
D.L. Hughley and Cheryl Burke: Cha Cha Cha
Apparently D.L. grew up in South Central Los Angeles and was in a gang before comedy saved him. I'm totally digging his preppy style in the interview segments.
Ooh, this is not good. I mean, it's Kenny Mayne levels of bad. If D.L. makes it far, Cheryl's got her work cut out for her with this one. He's not even making the "club" moves look good.
Bruno says he "terminated" the dance. He doesn't mean it in a good way. He comments that the timing was off throughout most of the routine. Carrie Ann can only say "Yikes" and "Whoa." Len calls it "rough" and tells D.L. he's going to have to "work his butt off."
D.L. says he hasn't danced in 30 years, so the judges' comments were like "bullying a second grader." He's joking, but I feel compelled anyway to point out that the judges were judging. Let's save the word "bullying" for actual bullying.
D.L. also jokes out that comes from a place where you want the judges to give you a low number. Ha!
Scores: Carrie Ann: 4; Len: 4; Bruno: 4
Terrible, but deserved. And has me wondering what you'd have to do to get a 1.
Zendaya and Val Chmerskovskiy: Contemporary
Zendaya's another brunette from the Disney child-star factory. She seems really poised and put together for a 16-year-old. That's a compliment, but, man, it's got to be hard to be a teenager and under all that scrutiny.
Val's trying to find a balance between the "passion" of contemporary and being age-appropriate for the sake of Zendaya.
There's fake rain and dry ice and Zendaya's not wearing shoes. Contemporary, folks!
She's really good. Long legs and light on her feet and so very graceful. Carrie Ann is all smiles, as is Len. Bruno calls it "superb."
Scores: Carrie Ann: 8; Len: 8; Bruno: 8
Not that she wasn't good, but I have to think there's a little "We want to let the audience get to know her better."
Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd: Foxtrot
Sean won't say the word "virgin" so they helpfully show all the tabloid covers that did. I totally do not care what this grown man has or has not done with his private parts. That's between him, the deity of his choice and his GP.
During rehearsal, Sean says he must look ridiculous. Points for stating the obvious, guy. He says what he lacks in "raw talent" he'll make up in "dedication." As he's doing an absolutely ridiculous hip shimmy, he asks Peta if that move will work for his wedding dance. The look of amused horror on her face is priceless.
There's some sort of pinball lighting scheme on the floor and they're dancing to "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News. Two things I love and this show is going to try its hardest to ruin them for me. It's also bugging me that the red of his jacket clashes with the red of her dress.
Sean's not great, but he's not D.L.-levels of bad. Len liked it, but thought it lacked finesse and quality of movement. He adds that Sean's posture and footwork were good. Bruno calls him a "dance virgin" and tells him he has a powerful pelvic thrust. Oh, Bruno. Carrie Ann liked it, complimenting his "fearless exuberance."
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 6; Bruno: 6
Alexandra Raisman and Mark Ballas & Mark Ballas' Spats: Cha Cha Cha
Mark points out that Aly's used to hitting her poses very sharply in gymnastics and she needs to be more fluid for dancing. He rolls up his pants to show her what he means by moving his own legs. That's actually a pretty good way of teaching by showing. (See, I can say nice things about Mark.)
Bruno has some very specific criticisms for Aly but overall liked it. Carrie Ann liked it, but has some concerns about musicality. Len wants her to have "crisper" legs, but says "well done."
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 7; Bruno: 7
Dorothy Hamill and Tristan McManus: Contemporary
Dorothy won gold in the 1976 Olympics. She says she wasn't prepared to handle all of the attention afterwards. Five years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she was recovering from her surgery, she was watching Kristi Yamaguchi compete and win her season of "Dancing with the Stars."
Contemporary routine shoe watch: She's barefoot, he's not. And that's what ticks me off. If the guys can dance the style with shoes on, shouldn't the women be able/allowed to as well?
It's a lovely routine, graceful and beautiful. All the judges love it, even if Len points out that there were a couple of bobbled moments.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 7; Bruno: 7
Wynonna Judd & Tony Dovolani: Cha Cha Cha
Wynonna's been caring for her husband since last summer when he was badly injured in a car crash. He lost a leg. So, this is something for her.
This is some sort of "gospel Cha Cha Cha." Baptist ancestors everywhere are spinning in their graves. Wynonna can't resist singing along to the song as she dances. Tony's going to have to drill that out of her.
Len says it was a bit too "careful" and Bruno tells her she needs to go for it more. Wynonna tries to sneer/snarl seductively at Bruno and she looks like my cat that had one of his upper fangs pulled and now sometimes his lip doesn't close right over the bottom fang on that side. Carrie Ann thought she did a good job of giving it her all.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6
Huh. I didn't that was that much better than D.L.
Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess: Foxtrot
Andy Dick talks about his drinking and drug use right up front, and tells us he's currently sober. He calls this the "biggest opportunity he's ever had." Good for him for realizing the chance he's getting to rehab his public image, but I think he might be exaggerating. And he's crying on Day 3. I'm worried for him already.
He's a little awkward, but he's got a good frame for dancing, slender and elegant. Bruno says it was like watching "Woody Allen do the Foxtrot" with "skittish charm." Bruno enjoyed it "in a very crazy way."
Carrie Ann says he "touched her" with that dance. Careful, Carrie Ann, if he's still on probation somewhere, that might violate it. Len says it had no fluidity.
Brooke asks if Andy's worried about the pressure of the show driving him back to drink. Andy calls her on it, saying, "Oh, you went there." Andy, it's not you, she's a woman that doesn't know how to read a room or interview at all.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6
Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff: Cha Cha Cha
Their introduction package begins with his 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. It still looks impressive. Jacoby explains that his dad left when he was only 2 (and we see a cute, cute, cute picture of baby Jacoby in a stroller). We meet Jacoby's mom, Emily London-Jones, and she's wearing this great tweed suit and tells us if Jacoby has any dance skills, he got them from her. And then there's a sweet clip of the two of them dancing in her dining room.
On the first day of rehearsal, Karina asks Jacoby about his knee surgery. He had to start rehearsal later than the other contestants. Karina's freaking out about the reduced rehearsal time.
They've got the Cha Cha Cha (to Flo Rida's "Good Feeling") and start the dance on a square platform at the top of the stage. It's exploding with fireworks and they've darkened the audience area and given everybody glow stick thingies and it's all so much.
It's a fun routine and Jacoby seems to be having fun and looks comfortable. He's got some good hip moves and a face that really connects with the audience.
Carrie Ann loves it and tells him, "You've got some moves." Jacoby is doubled over gasping for breath and Carrie Ann is afraid he's going to faint. She says the routine looked like a "medley of touchdown dances," but she's smiling as she says it, and points out that they only had one week to practice.
Len rips Jacoby's technique. I don't think there's any part of Jacoby's body he doesn't criticize. His mom is in the audience along with some men I assume are friends and family and she's booing Len's criticism. Jacoby responds with a joking, "I love you, too."
As Bruno says he thinks Jacoby could be the "screaming sex machine of Season 16" (and how long do we think Bruno worked on that line), Len rolls his eyes and blows a raspberry. Bruno does want him to work on his foot placement, as apparently Jacoby's pigeon-toed. That's been a problem for a lot of the former football players, hasn't it?
Jacoby is still sucking wind during the interview with Brooke, explaining that there's "no play in the NFL that lasts a minute and a half." Because Brooke still and always is terrible at this, she follows up with a question that Jacoby just answered.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7, Len: 6, Bruno: 7
Nobody gets eliminated this week. Everybody will be back to perform a second dance next week and the votes and scores from both weeks will be combined to eliminate the first couple next week on March 26.


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Is the reported 2009 Obama enemies list a road map for a great purging of critics in the lead-up to the 2012 elections?
Aaron Dykes
March 3, 2012
With the sudden death of Andrew Breitbart immediately prior his plans to release footage damning of Obama, the recent firings of Judge Napolitano and Patrick Buchanan, and the IRS harassment of anti-war critic Cindy Sheehan (notably alone in left-leaning protests of Obama in the post-Bush era), we have the suggestion of a great purging of critics in the lead-up to the 2012 elections.
Breitbart, in particular, was reportedly meeting with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and others in his final days, signaling a possible resurgence of challenges to Obama's eligibility and re-electability. Meanwhile, an admitted secret media war has been taking place against the Ron Paul campaign.
"Right," wrong, or in between, several prominent critics of President Obama, or of the controlled, staged elections & left-right paradigm in general, have been targeted in recent months (or, alternately, fallen on bad luck). With respect to the fact that the full picture is still obscured, something is brewing here.
FLASHBACK: Reported Obama Enemies List
Breitbart, Napolitano, Buchanan and Sheehan weren't on the list reported by the Globe in September 2009, released well within Obama's first year in office. But at least some of those who've come under fire lately were listed on the reported "enemies list" tied to the Obama White House. Among those are Glenn Beck, Rupert Murdoch and country music legend Hank Williams, Jr. Whatever their own issues, baggage, or integrity in reporting, all have been targeted in a larger suppression of free speech.
While most of those on this list are typical neo-con rightwing critics, some like Jesse Jackson were anything but. Others, like Larry Sinclair, were leveling allegations at the time, but have since failed to gain significant traction or larger media attention.
But does the list, which also included Alex Jones shortly after the release of his film The Obama Deception, prove accurate in highlighting the vindictiveness and methodical targeting of the Obama team or its allies? Does it paint a picture of media targets yet to come as the 2012 vote approaches?
• #1 Glenn Beck was pressured off of Fox News, according to analysis, due to over-reporting on George Soros, including a great deal of legitimate and damning info. Undoubtedly, the Soros network of operations was hitting back.
• #11 Rupert Murdoch, a veritable media Don, has been targeted via the News of the World scandal, with the various roles of he and his staff and family still under investigation. Reports of behind the scenes threats of blackmail or compromise have circulated, while fresh attempts at lawsuits are underway.
• #17 Hank Williams, Jr. was booted from the NFL's Monday Night Football after comments he made on Fox News comparing Obama to Hitler. Bizarrely, Williams was an obscure and infrequently outspoken critic, not nearly in the same limelight or spheres of political influence as the others mentioned here.
Certainly, the Globe's 2009 report is not the only account of an Obama enemies list or of the embrace of such tactics.
Investigative Journalist Wayne Madsen received what he termed 'credible' threats against his life during his investigation of Barack Obama's numerous, overlapping ties to the CIA and intelligence front community. Here he is yesterday with Alex Jones describing the pursuit of great critics' purge:
Is Obama Targeting Key Patriots on Enemies List? Wayne Madsen Reports 1/3
In February 2012, only a few weeks ago, the Washington Times reported on a separate element in Barack Obama's counter-opposition enemies list phenomenon that it argued as critical to the re-election strategy:
While he may not have an official "enemies list" in writing like Richard Nixon did, he certainly has spent far too much time demonizing private citizens for a sin no greater than disagreeing with him.
He tried demonizing Fox News. They were derided as not being a real news network. Everything Mr. Obama does is poll-tested, and the bashing of Fox News stopped once the polls showed that the strategy was failing. Fox News has a larger audience than its competitors combined, and attacking over half the news watching public was not smart.
He tried demonizing talk radio, starting with Rush Limbaugh. This strategy failed miserably because Rush thrives on such criticism. If Bill Clinton was the best thing that ever happened to Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama was a close second. Attacking Rush allows him to rally his supporters, energizing them in a way Mr. Obama does not want. This is like stoking the bear, and Mr. Obama quickly surrendered that fight.
[…] He wanted to demonize Congress, but for the first two years of his presidency the Democrats controlled everything. The Republicans held a majority on the Supreme Court, so he attacked the High Court. That failed.
The Wall Street Journal, like this Washington Post article, also reported on the heated and sustained targeting of the Koch Brothers, in describing the Obama White House's use of an enemies list.
Back in the 2008 presidential campaign, the Obama campaign concerted under the color of law to intimidate critics against telling "lies," threatening to arrest those trying to portray the then-aspiring candidate in a manner counter to the image the O-team projected. Now, with a total dedication to war, fronting for Wall Street's record looting and very real questions about the sitting president's providence and qualifications for office, it is clear the projected image was itself the real "lie."
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- 1 onion, small diced
- 1/2 pound of carrots, small diced
- 1/2 pound leeks, small diced
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- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 bunch parsley stems
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- Salt to taste
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- Some Traditional Garnishes: Brunoise-Consomme garnish with small cubes of carrots, turnips, leeks, celery, peas, and chervil
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- In a mixing bowl, whip the egg whites slightly. Combine the lean meat, vegetables, tomato puree, herbs, and spices together. Mix in the egg whites. In a spigot stock pot, blend the cold chicken stock with the meat mixture. Place the stock pot on medium heat. Stir the liquid occasionally until the raft forms. (The liquid should reach 160 degrees F) Simmer the soup for 1 1/2 hours, making sure the raft does not break or sink. Remove the first cup of the consommÈ from the spigot to remove sediment and discard. Line a china cap with 5 layers of cheesecloth. Strain the liquid slowly. If the liquid is cloudy, strain the consommÈ again with fresh cheesecloth. Season with salt, hot sauce, and garnishes.
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Some peeps over the the University of York are organising a conference on the advances in visual methods for linguistics (AVML) to take place in September next year. This might be of interest to evolutionary linguists who use things like phylogenetic trees, networks, visual simulations or other fancy dancy visual methods. The following is taken from their website:
Linguistics, like other scientific disciplines, is centrally reliant upon visual images for the elicitation, analysis and presentation of data. It is difficult to imagine how linguistics could have developed, and how it could be done today, without visual representations such as syntactic trees, psychoperceptual models, vocal tract diagrams, dialect maps, or spectrograms. Complex multidimensional data can be condensed into forms that can be easily and immediately grasped in a way that would be considerably more taxing, even impossible, through textual means. Transforming our numerical results into graphical formats, according to Cleveland (1993: 1), 'provides a front line of attack, revealing intricate structure in data that cannot be absorbed in any other way. We discover unimagined effects, and we challenge imagined ones.' Or, as Keith Johnson succinctly puts it, 'Nothing beats a picture' (2008: 6).
So embedded are the ways we visualize linguistic data and linguistic phenomena in our research and teaching that it is easy to overlook the design and function of these graphical techniques. Yet the availability of powerful freeware and shareware packages which can produce easily customized publication-quality images means that we can create visual enhancements to our research output more quickly and more cheaply than ever before. Crucially, it is very much easier now than at any time in the past to experiment with imaginative and innovative ideas in visual methods. The potential for the inclusion of enriched content (animations, films, colour illustrations, interactive figures, etc.) in the ever-increasing quantities of research literature, resource materials and new textbooks being published, especially online, is enormous. There is clearly a growing appetite among the academic community for the sharing of inventive graphical methods, to judge from the contributions made by researchers to the websites and blogs that have proliferated in recent years (e.g. Infosthetics, Information is Beautiful, Cool Infographics, BBC Dimensions, or Visual Complexity).
In spite of the ubiquity and indispensability of graphical methods in linguistics it does not appear that a conference dedicated to sharing techniques and best practices in this domain has taken place before. This is less surprising when one considers that relatively little has been published specifically on the subject (exceptions are Stewart (1976), and publications by the LInfoVisgroup). We think it is important that researchers from a broad spectrum of linguistic disciplines spend time discussing how their work can be done more efficiently, and how it can achieve greater impact, using the profusion of flexible and intuitive graphical tools at their disposal. It is also instructive to view advances in visual methods for linguistics from a historical perspective, to gain a greater sense of how linguistics has benefited from borrowed methodologies, and how in some cases the discipline has been at the forefront of developments in visual techniques.


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Caribou Camp
Published as an Environmental Essay by Patagonia
by Karsten Heuer
Winter 2007
Sounds pull me from my slumber – the same sounds that interrupted the last nap and the nap before that: snorts, groans, coughs, sneezes and footfalls, punctuated by the clip-and-pull of grass. But there's also something different – something new and urgent. I shuck off the damp sleeping bag, fumble for my glasses, and open my eyes, trying to discern if it's day or night.
Judging by the softening light it's late evening. Leanne is already up, silhouetted inside the vestibule, hunched over the whirring video camera. Without looking up from the viewfinder, she flashes me a smile and drops a shoulder, silently inviting me to come alongside. I lean forward and kiss her weather-beaten cheek, then squeeze past to look out the tent door. There, 100 feet in front of us, a groaning caribou cow lies on the tundra, her ribs rising and falling in great heaves.
It is June 2. We have migrated alongside the Porcupine Caribou Herd for six weeks and 400 miles to witness this moment, and despite the demands of my bladder, I stay put. I watch as the thin cow struggles up then drops to her knees again, sliding into a nest of dwarf willow bushes and grassy tussocks. She's surely uncomfortable, even in pain, but of the thousands of animals sharing this fertile strip of ground with her, Leanne and I are the only ones who notice. Dozens of other pregnant caribou continue to graze, a nearby pair of Brant's geese continues their courtship, and the Lapland longspurs keep filling the air with their trilling songs.
This indifference, however, is redressed by how well the cow fits into this corner of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Wedged between the 8,000-foot peaks of the Brooks Range and the icy Arctic Ocean, this 20-mile-wide swath of coastal plain is more caribou than anything else. The sun-bleached tines and mossy beams of antlers cast by the millions – if not trillions – of laboring cows that came here before our cow protrude from a mat of tundra layered with hair, scat, bone fragments and afterbirth that are generations deep. From these layers grow the protein-rich grasses she'll convert into high-fat milk for her newborn, repeating and completing a nutrient cycle spanning tens of thousands of years.
Perhaps it's this history that graces our cow with such confidence. In her eyes is the same calm fortitude and patience that Leanne and I saw in the caribou during each wolf chase, river crossing, blizzard and grizzly encounter that peppered the spring migration. It's as though the land itself gives these animals courage, speaking in tongues of trampled rock and breaths of scat, urine and other traces left by the legions of animals that have come before them. I watch as the cow closes her eyes, places her head on the ground, and taps into that ancestral language. A moment later, she shudders as a wave of contractions sweeps down from her shoulders and grips her bony hips.
It's not the first birth of the year – a few one- and two-day-old calves already cavort in the curtain of caribou milling in the background – but because of fogbanks rolling off the nearby Arctic Ocean, it's the first we've seen. We watch as a miniature muzzle suckles the air, then gasp when, minutes after emerging into the world, the tiny torso rises up off the tundra and teeters on oversized legs. It's amazing how disproportionate they are – four stiltlike limbs wedged beneath an undersized body – ready for a life of journeying to begin. For now, though, the calf falls, blinks, then falls again, a fragile bundle of misfiring muscles and undeveloped nerves short-circuiting under paper-thin skin.
For the next half-hour, Leanne offers whispered updates of the calf's progress – standing and nursing in five minutes, walking in 20 – while I fiddle with camera gear, cook breakfast, clean up and finally attend to my bladder, all within the confines of our 4-by-6-foot tent. It'd be better to go outside, but the caribou will have nothing of it. Contrary to what the oil companies and pro-development politicians proclaim, these expectant and new mothers are skittish. Here, on the cusp of birth and nurturing a newborn, they bolt at the sight of anything noncaribou, even if it's half a mile away. We remain still, hidden and quiet, hostages in our tent.
When I next look out I'm astounded by what's happened. A wave of births has swept across the tundra, and in its wake jaegers, gulls, terns and foxes dart in and out of the newborns, vying for the blood-rich placentas already soaking into the earth. In the center of all the activity, I find the calf I'm looking for. Covering the hummocky ground in smooth, stumble-free leaps, it arcs around its mother, orbiting like a new moon around a tired sun.
I watch it for a long time – longer than it takes the glaciated flanks of the Brooks Range to go yellow and then pink, trying to imagine what the same place might look like with airstrips, pumping stations, pipelines, drill rigs, compressors and the other infrastructure required by oil development. While I watch and ponder, birds that have been quiet since late morning begin singing again, seemingly confused about whether it's another day that's coming or simply another sunny night.
I, too, am confused. I lean back on my sleeping bag and close my eyes while the now-familiar sounds of birth, courtship and bonding continue to unfold around me. My heart is in turmoil, my mind torn by two competing realities: one of timelessness, another of time running out.


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This series of challenges was developed by Amy Coffin at The We Tree Genealogy Blog. I do these challenges almost every week but somehow I never seem to get around to writing about them. It's a great series and you can find the previous weeks here at GeneaBloggers. This particular challenge was for last week so I'm a little late.
Here's the challenge:
Monitor genealogy on Twitter at least twice a day for seven days. To do this, go to Twitter.com and type #genealogy in the search box. Examine the information being shared and exchanged. Twitter is a web site for sharing information in a format that allows only 140 typewritten characters. Much of the information on Twitter is useless (kind of like television). The trick is to control the information coming to you and ignore the rest. By indicating that you are interested in genealogy, you'll get only information that contains the word genealogy. Check this #genealogy Twitter feed (not the regular Twitter feed) for a week. Notice the genealogy "tweets" that are posted. What type of information is being shared? Authors of genealogy blogs can write about their impressions of using Twitter for genealogy. Active Twitter-using bloggers can describe the benefits/drawbacks of the micro-blogging service to their readers.
I've had a Twitter account for a while but used it only as a news source. I followed my favorites for University of Kentucky football and basketball news and also followed a few genealogy news types. I had a couple of them routed to my phone (which is just a basic cell phone) and checked the others on the computer a few times a day using Tweetdeck to organize things. Beyond that, I didn't see much use for Twitter.
Then I went to FGS in Knoxville last week and saw the light.
Before I left home, I'd seen the #fgs10 hashtag and started following it (on the computer). Wednesday evening I saw tweets from @ACoffin and @geneabloggers saying where they were, who was with them and inviting others to join them. Several bloggers (@genwishlist, @toniasroots, @baysideresearch and @jtrahan2003 to name 4) made full use of Twitter during FGS, tweeting out sessions they were attending, who else was there, making lunch plans, etc.
About a year ago, I couldn't see any use in text messaging but I gradually came around to seeing the benefits of that. Now Twitter is growing on me but I've seriously got to get a better phone.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Forward is This Way
There's still a few formatting tweaks forthcoming (the paragraphing is unintentionally oddly spaced out) but my first piece for KyForward is live on the web now! Woo-hoo!
I'm excited to be on board as a part of the KyForward team, because their positive, constructive outlook meshes well with my own stubborn views on newsmedia sensationalism and real winning (as opposed to Charlie Sheen's hijacking of the word.)
KyForward is a brand new site - so new, in fact, it's still under construction and beta as all get out, but come along for the ride with me and watch it continue to grow and flourish in the days and weeks ahead.
I'll be doing a weekly column for KyForward doing my usual unusual thing, as well as spotlight features on notable Kentuckians who are out there achieving, accomplishing, and acting rather than doing nothing. If that sounds like somebody you know - heck, maybe it sounds like you! - call me, email me, send me smoke signals.
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2 comments:
- DH said...
All aboard!!! Signed on for the RSS Feed, sir! Thanks!!!
- May 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Nicosia said...
Nice pic! You look very distinguished :D
- May 28, 2011 at 8:32 AM
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3,000 people suffered casualties in May attacks
3,000 people suffered casualties in May attacks
KABUL (Pajhwok): Around 1449 people were killed and 1550 others wounded in 205 attacks across Afghanistan in May, with one-fifth of the assaults happening in Kabul.
The statistics indicate a 58 percent increase in attacks and a 39 percent spike in casualties in May, compared to the previous month.
Based on different sources of information, Pajhwok reports show the insurgents carried out armed attacks in 29 of the country's 34 provinces last month.
During the month, 102 face-to-face clashes, 40 targeted attacks, 22 airstrikes, 32 explosions and nine suicide attacks took place.
Of every 19 casualties, 10 resulted from direct engagements, two from airstrikes, five from suicide assaults and one from targeted attacks and blasts.
Pajhwok reports show 31 or most of the attacks in May occurred in Nangarhar, followed by Kandahar where 26 attacks took place. There were 12 attacks in each Farah, Faryab and Helmand provinces, 10 in each Ghazni and Herat provinces, nine in each Logar and Uruzgan provinces, seven in Zabul, and six in each Badakhshan, Kabul and Kunar provinces.
Five attacks happened each in Laghman and Maidan Wardak provinces, four each in Jawzjan and Kunduz, three each in Badghist, Baghlan, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Parwan, Samangan and Tahkar, two each in Balkh, Ghor and Kapisa and one in Sar-I-Pul.
Pajhwok received no report of violence from Daikundi, Bamyan, Nimroz, Nuristan and Panjsher provinces in May and April.
A Wolesi Jirga member, Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, believed the high number of attacks in Nangarhar province could be linked to the presence of both Taliban and Daesh (Islamic State (IS) militants there.
Another reason may be that Nangarhar shares a border with Pakistan. Militants on both sides could cross the Durand Line, the public representative argued.
The legislator accused the Pakistan government of supporting militant groups in Afghanistan. He claimed Pakistan could easily assist militants in the Afghan provinces bordering that country.
Reports show 97 people suffered casualties daily or four people suffered casualties every hour during the month. At least 1,449 people were killed and another 1,550 were wounded in 205 attacks last month.
The victims included militants, Afghan forces and civilians. But Pajhwok does not release exact casualty figures because different sources provide different accounts.
Most of the attacks took place on May 16, but the deadliest day was May 31 when 569 people were killed and wounded. To be specific, 90 people were killed and 460 others wounded in a truck suicide bombing in the Wazir Akbar Khan diplomatic quarter.
Also a defence analyst, Qahraman sees many factors behind the war in Afghanistan. With the available resources, he said, the government was unable to control the situation.
He said the government needed to improve the capacity of its military, particularly intelligence network, so it could thwart attacks like the one in Kabul and other parts of the country before they were executed.
After Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Uruzgan witnessed the second highest number of casualties. The smallest number of incidents took place in Sar-i-Pul, Parwan and Balkh provinces.
On average, 15 people were killed or wounded in each attack in May compared to 17 in each incident during April.
Qahraman said a fierce guerilla and intelligence war was ongoing in Afghanistan. The rise and fall in casualties was tied to fighting tactics, he maintained.
A Pajhwok report says October was the deadliest month of 2016, but the fatality rate had been on the decline since December. Casualties once again increased after December, 2016.
Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), acknowledged an uptick in fighting and casualties.
Asked how long the casualties would continue to rise or how the violence in Afghanistan could be curbed, he responded the secrutiy forces were confidently fighting against militant groups but pressure on Pakistan was essential to stop backing rebel groups.
"The international community, particularly the United States, should pressure the states, particularly Pakistan, that are aiding militants in Afghanistan. Pakistan is obviously providing safe havens for the militants fighting in Afghanistan," Waziri claimed.
He added the global fraternity, including the Muslim world, should raise their voice for peace in Afghanistan and take practical steps in the regard.
Waziri told the Taliban the war offered no solution and that was why should follow in the footsteps of Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) who has signed a peace deal with the Ghani administration. He said the Taliban should stop killing Afghans and work for the development of the country.
Abdul Jabbar Qahraman asked the Afghans to stand united for peace. With one voice, he suggested, the Afghans should ask the International community, the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to either help them achieve peace or kill them all at a time to rescue them death on a daily basis.
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This is also the voice of those who lost their near and dear ones to the war. Zabihullah, 11, is a resident of the Dokan village of Pushtrod district in western Farah province. His father was killed in a roadside bombing. He wants the warring parties to stop fighting and make peace.
Forced to support an eight-member family at this tender age, he desires peace and hates. He does not want more children to be orphaned like him.
Ahmad Zubair, hailing from central Parwan province, is another teenager who lost his father to a suicide attack while teaching. He is yearning for peace and stability in the country.
The 18-year-old said he was worried about daily atrocities, suicide bombings, killings and attacks. The young man fears he would also lose his life one day to a similar incident.Abdul Qadir Munsef
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So, someone is interested in adopting your foster dog! Here is a step-by-step guide to the process involved in your foster dog's adoption. Contact us at any point for help!
1. Only "approved" applicants will be referred to you. An applicant is "approved" only when a) they have completed an adoption application and it looks great, b) they have had a home visit and they still look great, and c) their vet (if they have one) gave us a positive recommendation.
2. Once an applicant is "approved," it is time for them to meet your foster dog. We will give them your name and phone number so you can arrange a meeting. We usually recommend bringing the potential applicant to your home, where the foster dog is comfortable, for a first meeting.
Issues to be aware of:
1. Applicants are not allowed to meet your foster dog until they have been "approved." There is nothing worse than someone meeting a foster dog, falling in love with him/her, and then being told that they are not approved to adopt the dog. It can be very upsetting, so we avoid that.
2. Potential adopters might need more than one meeting with your foster dog. Sometimes they just want to be sure, and will need 2 meetings. Sometimes they have pets in their own home, and will require a first meeting in your home just to meet the dog and see if they feel a connection, and then a second meeting where they introduce their pets to the foster dog.
3. If your foster dog is going to have a second meeting to meet their pets, do it in "neutral territory." A park, downtown on the Commons, a fenced yard, or any outdoor area is better than taking your foster dog inside another dog's home. Here, we are trying to avoid the normal territoriality dynamics of bringing a new dog into the home territory of another dog. Talk to us when you get to this stage, so we can all figure out a good way to arrange the "pets" meeting.
3. The meeting between your foster dog and the potential adopter is both to let them see if they want to adopt the dog, and to let YOU see if they seem a good match for your foster dog. Just because an applicant is "approved" does NOT mean that they get to adopt your foster dog!!!
You will be getting new information about the potential adopter, because you will see them interact with your foster dog. You will see their reactions, hear their questions, notice their comments. Your task is to be extremely honest about everything you know about the dog, her/his characteristics/ temperament/challenges and see if this person/these people seem like they will offer a wonderful home to this particular dog. Please ask about any issues that you foresee with this dog. For instance, if the dog isn't yet housebroken, ask about how they plan to achieve this. If the dog chews on furniture, ask how they are going to deal with this. If the dog has some separation anxiety, discuss this with them and see how they react. Let them know that any dog adopted from CDR comes with a lifetime of consultation and advice, so they will have help with any issues that arise.
If you think the adopter is a great match:
Let them know that you think they are terrific and would be a great home for your foster dog, and that you will report back to CDR that this is how you feel. Let them know that CDR will be in touch with them shortly about finalizing the adoption.
If you have any concerns, bad feelings, or aren't sure how you feel:
Thank them for visiting with the dog, encourage them to take a few days to think about their feelings and what's best for them, and tell them that CDR will be in touch about where things go from here. If they ask directly about whether they get to adopt this dog, just tell them that CDR makes that final decision, not you.
4. When everyone agrees that a great match has been made, it's time to finalize the adoption.
We will email you the following before the adopter comes to pick up their dog (if you prefer them sent by regular mail, let us know):
A) An Adoption Contract (please print out 2 copies)
B) A Vet Care List (please print 1 copy)
C) An Adoption/Your New Dog/Your New Puppy Booklet (please print 1 copy)
D) ????????Spay/Neuter Contract (if your dog is not yet altered...)?????
When the adopter comes to pick up their dog, you will need to:
A) Have them read and sign both copies of the Adoption Contract. They keep one, and you send one copy to CDR (Cayuga Dog Rescue, P.O. Box 722 Ithaca, NY 14851)
B) Give them the Vet Care List and advise them that they should schedule an appointment for a general physical checkup with their veterinarian within 2 weeks. Also advise them that their dog will need to be tested for heartworm and be started on monthly preventive heartworm medications ASAP (all dogs in the US are advised to be on this medicine monthly).
C) Give them the Adoption Booklet/Your New Dog/Your New Puppy Booklet. Go over any section in the booklet that you think is pertinent to this dog. Remind them that CDR will be checking in with them in one and 6 months to see how things are going. Remind them that they are welcome to contact CDR at any time to let us know how things are going, or to ask for our help with any behavioral or emotional problems that arise with their dog.
D) Remind them that if they ever, in the life of the dog, feel the need to give the dog away, that they have promised (in the Adoption Contract) to give the dog back to CDR.
E) Have them write a check, made out to Cayuga Dog Rescue, for the adoption fee.
The adoption fee for a neutered/spayed dog is $115. This fee is not refundable, even if they decide to return the dog.
The adoption fee for a dog who is not yet spayed/neutered is $160. This higher fee includes a refundable $45 spay/neuter deposit. Once the dog is spayed/neutered, tell them that they need to send us written documentation of the spay/neuter procedure (their vet will provide this) . We will then refund them the $45 deposit.
F) It's helpful to the new adopters to know as much about their new dog as is possible. If you could write up a list of:
– things the dog likes (types of toys, kinds of playing, types of petting/scratching)
– what kind of food she/he has been eating (it's good to mix new food with food the dog has been eating for a few weeks to avoid stomach upset),
– what sort of exercise she/he is used to/would be good for her/him
– animals the dogs enjoys socializing with
– animals to keep the dog away from
– anything that the dog is scared of
–what the dog dislikes
–what you've learned about how to help this dog be at her/his best
– what training the dog already has, and what training he/she might still need
F) Time to bid your foster dog farewell. This is a happy, wonderful, and often very sad occasion. It's very common to feel upset for a few days before your foster dog is leaving, and for a few days after she/he is gone. Encourage the adoptive parents to send updates and pictures to CDR so that everyone can know how the dog is doing. Comfort yourself with the knowledge that this dog's new home has been meticulously screened, and that your beautiful foster dog is off to his/her wonderful new life. You have served the most crucial role in this dog's rescue. You have saved her/him from whatever terrible fate she/he was facing, gave her/him safe harbor and love, instilled a sense that humans can be kind, compassionate, and supportive, and given her/him a chance for a full new life. You are wonderful!!!!


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14 Cory Urkuski
- Height:
- 5-2
- Year:
- Jr.
- Hometown:
- Mohnton, Pa.
- High School:
- Twin Valley
- Position:
- Major:
- Elementary Education
2012: Enters her junior year as a player that has continued to improve for the Spartans … will have the opportunity to play everyday after the departure of four-time All-CAC third baseman Kelly Smith … also has the ability to fill in on the mound if needed for the Green and White … has great power from the right side of the plate while also has the ability to hit for a high average … is a good defensive player with soft hands and a good arm.
2011: Played in 15 games with two starts for the year while she also made a pair of appearances in the circle for the Spartans ... hit .294 as she was 5-for-17 with a run scored, five RBI, and one double ... had a .353 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage ... in the circle, she tossed 4.2 innings, allowing a run on five hits with two walks ... posted an ERA of 1.93 as opponents hit .278 against her.
2010: Played in seven games with one start during her freshman year … hit .333 with two hits in six at-bats including a home run against Stevenson … her home run against the Mustangs was her first collegiate hit … also had a good game against Gallaudet on April 9 as she was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored … pitched 1.2 innings for the year as she did not allow a run with only one hit in her duties in the circle.
Personal: Is the daughter of William and Candel Urkuski … is an elementary education major … lists Tony Dungy as her favorite professional sports personality.


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I am wondering because i feel Pathfinder RPG improved the d20 System used for Grappling do you think it would help in M&M
So here is a link to the SRD for Pathfinder on Grappling and Combat Maneuevers
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/c ... -Maneuvers
So in M&M we would create a CMB and a CMD for each hero and villain and run it a lot like the Pathfinder RPG
What do you guys think would this be better worst or not worth the hastle?
Grappling in M&M House Rule Idea Using Pathfinder Rules
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Just when Republican candidate for state treasurer Walker Stapleton thought he had put the matter of his 1999 DUI arrest behind him, a liberal group and his Democratic opponent, Treasurer Cary Kennedy, have brought the issue back to life.
A statement today from the Campaign for a Strong Colorado, a coalition of liberal groups, said the group had obtained San Francisco Superior Court documents that appeared to indicate Stapleton had struck and injured two pedestrians in the drunken-driving accident in San Francisco and had been charged with hit-and-run. Those documents were posted on the ColoradoPols blog today.
The documents appeared to tell a different story than the one Stapleton had given to the The Denver Post in which he said a taxi cab struck his vehicle, and then he stopped a block later, where police later arrested him after he admitted he'd been drinking.
While Stapleton was initially charged with hit-and-run and DUI, his plea agreement concerned only the DUI charge, and he was sentenced to community service for his offense.