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Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon.
It's a jam-packed Jameson-fueled Jamboroo this week, so I'm not wasting any fucking time. I've got puds to pull and douchebag quarterbacks to insult from the safety of my home like the gutless coward that I am. This week's installment also features 40% more gratuitous profanity, which I'm really fucking jazzed about. So let's dive right into the games, shall we?
The Games
All games in the Jambaroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms.
Five Throwgasms
Colts at Chargers: I watched the Chargers play last week, and I think there's a highly underreported story going on in the NFL this year. And that is that Philip Rivers is a douchebag. Big douchebag. HUGE douchebag. He's the kind of fuckhead that wears Nantucket reds to a cocktail party and then pinches your sister's tits. He's the kind of shit-eating cockgobbler that throws Bacardi Silver peepee parties with JJ Redick. He's the kind of guy who ends up working at an investment bank and spending his weekends beating his girlfriend as she tries to put herself through graduate school. I know the type. I live in Washington, okay? There are loads of these douches here, overcrowding the bars, rocking visors and running the Federal government.
Rivers is the kind of douchebag that, quite literally, stomps his feet when things don't go his way during the game. As Ufford once said, "He looks like the kind of asshole who treats waitresses like shit, then stiffs them." We should make this prick an honorary lacrosse player. Norv gets his fair share of blame for what's going on in San Diego. But Rivers deserves equal ire. IRE, I say! You're ruining LT with your inaccuracy and your cattiness, Rivers! And I'm calling you out!
In fact, I'm gonna give Rivers a new nickname. Rivers, from now on, your name is fucking Marmalard. Don't like it? Well, go cry to the officials about it. It's all you do anyway. Fucking Marmalard. Maybe you and Jimmy Clausen can go bowling sometime.
Cowboys at Giants: Say, isn't this just about the time of year when the Giants suddenly give up on Tom Coughlin? (checks watch) I believe it is. Tank Johnson is back for this game. Michael Strahan has already scheduled a special "Arsenal Consult" with Tank once the game is over. Jean Strahan won the battle, but I tell you, she's not winning the war. I'd let the butler start the car for you from now on, sweetheart.
Browns at Steelers: After having their fun with two teams from the
Mountain NFC West, the Browns get a second chance to prove themselves against a Steelers team that curb-stomped them 34-7 to start the year. Ah, but that was before the emergence of Derek "Horse Balls" Anderson! HB isn't scared of you and your brawny, virile coach, Steelers. He had the toes on his left foot sheared off in a Flexible Flyer accident at age 5. Motherfucker didn't even blink. You think that 3-4 defense scares him?
Four Throwgasms
Vikings at Packers: I've heard a lot of commentators (looking your way, JC Pearson) refer to Adrian Peterson as a good "downhill runner." Football analysts have a lot of idiotic expressions, but "downhill runner" has to be near the top. Last I checked, an NFL football field is flat. It is not on a fucking incline. Perhaps one day, moguls will be introduced to the red zone. Then you can boast of Purple Jesus' ability to run down a goddamn slope. But until that kind of topological diversity is introduced to the league (the asshole who thought up the London game adores the idea), there's no such thing as a downhill runner. If you want to say he's so fast he appears to be running downhill, say that. And if you want to say that Shaun Alexander is so slow he appears to be running uphill, go right ahead. Both statements are accurate.
In other Purple Jesus news, I strongly recommend you read Ufford's piece at FreeDarko on the man (now with 50 percent more flowery metaphors!), and purchase yourself a PJ t-shirt from 289.
And lest I get too homerific here, a quick note on the Packers. One of the reasons Brett Favre has been so good this year is that he has his best complement of receivers since 2004, which was Javon Walker's last good year with the team. Greg Jennings does a pretty nice job outrunning people. Surely he should get in on a little bit of the media knobslobbing. He shouldn't have to jerk off in the corner while Peter King works his magic on Favre's "Mississippi Rebel." Share the love, people.
Three Throwgasms
Eagles at Redskins: Uh, shouldn't Andy Reid have quit by now? Oh, your kids were busted running drugs right out of your home, Andy? Well, I'm sure you can find some free time during your 100-hour workweek to set them right. Shouldn't be any trouble at all. Holy Jesus.
One thing Reid could do is fine and suspend his sons for conduct detrimental to the family. Then he could release them at the end of the year. The Dallas metropolitan area has had a real shortage at Crackhead ever since Michael Irvin left, and they're willing to pay top dollar.
Jaguars at Titans: Last week's 1 p.m. games felt extra late because of Daylight Savings Time. I find it interesting that Congress has the power and ability to manipulate time itself, yet they can't pass a simple budget bill without fucking it up.
Two Throwgasms
Broncos at Chiefs: A friend of mine who is a Bronco fan would like to point out that the Broncos were 41-17 with Jake Plummer and are 5-8 since his departure. Ah, but my friend fails to realize that those 17 losses with Jake at the helm were just fucking excruciating, with late fumbles and picks and God knows what else Jake had planned for the afternoon. Losing 44-7 to the Lions with Patrick Ramsey at the helm isn't fun, but at least it's over quickly and painlessly.
Bengals at Ravens: Hey, everyone! Chris Henry is back! I heard that Odell Thurman is giving Henry a ride to the stadium Sunday, and that he stocked his '76 Continental with lots of paper towels and Pine Sol. Smart move, Odell.
Lions at Cardinals: Shaun Rogers is still on supplemental oxygen.
Bills at Dolphins
Rams at Saints
Bears at Raiders
One Throwgasm
Falcons at Panthers: Horrid fucking game. Why not focus on the advertising instead? Who doesn't like watching a group of suburban moms ordering a hit on a fictional character for making a double bacon melt no sane mother in the world would serve to her children? Or how about a children's choir dusting off an old Poison gem for Xbox? Fact: putting a children's choir in a rock song makes me 378 times more likely to commit arson.
Niners at Seahawks
Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"Fake Healer", by Metal Church. Thrash metal bands in the 80's raged about a lot of things: parents, the government, cops who bust you for going over 55, being a soldier who's had a landmine rob him of his speech, hearing, sight and limbs. But few bands were ever able to craft a good metal song around the fact that doctors are complete pricks. Well, Metal Church covered that shit and then some. You don't see many lead singers rock a tattered denim vest anymore, and we are all the poorer for it.
I saw "Knocked Up" a few weeks back, and all the hospital shit it in it is accurate, save for one thing. You know that scene where Seth Rogen pulls the asshole doctor aside in the hospital and convinces him to NOT be a dick? I call bullshit on you, Judd Apatow. That doctor would have blown Rogen off like a bouncer blowing me off at Marquee. Doctors are assholes. You can't un-asshole them. It's part of the Hippocratic Oath. It's right there in the text: "Do no harm, and be sure to treat your patient like he's a total fucking nuisance."
One last bitch about doctors. Whenever I call a doctor's office now, it always goes directly to voicemail. And that voicemail always takes five fucking minutes to get to the part where they tell you which button to push if I want to schedule an appointment. And it's usually 4, or some other number besides 1 or #, so I can't guess correctly and push it in order to bypass the voicemail. They totally do that shit on purpose. Fuckface asshole shitboxes.
Embarassing Cassingle I Once Owned That Will Not Fire You Up
"I Touch Myself," by Divinyls. You can't understate the importance of this song to lonely young teenage masturbators such as myself back then. I was insecure and desperate for acceptance. Then this song came along, and it took real load off my psyche. "Oh, you mean other people do it? Oh, thank God! Maybe if I masturbate enough, I'll be cool!" I'm also happy the band produced a video that allows you to masturbate to the song. It really makes everything come full circle.
Fantasy Player That Deserves To Die A Slow, Painful Death
Frank Gore. Fuck you, Frank Gore. You were drafted in the Top 5 in most leagues, assfuck. That means you are expected to fucking PRODUCE. And so far, the only thing your injured ass has produced is an overwhelming desire for fantasy owners to hunt you down tear out your gall bladder with a goddamn meathook. What happened to you, man? You were a chic pick. Chic, dammit! Now you are passé. That's right. Passé! If there's a more damning thing to call a football player, I don't know what that would be. Fucking anklegrabber.
Five Potential Key Injuries
• Larry Johnson (ankle)
• Travis Henry (pussyholism)
• Tom Brady (bad Opie and Anthony joke)
• Mike Holmgren (lobotomy)
• Ben Roethlisberger (Down's Syndrome relapse)
This Week's Suicide Pick
Last week's suicide pool pick of San Diego was incorrect. Uh, sorry about that. Off the board now are San Diego, Cleveland, Washington, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Green Bay and New England (Record for the year: 6-3). We once again pick a both a suicide pool team and an actual way of committing suicide. This week's pick: New Orleans, and Bunny Suicides!. Each one more inventive than the last! Here's my favorite. It's got a real Australio-Japanese feel to it:
I never realized bunnies were such a hopeless lot. They fuck and shit all day. Sounds like a little slice of heaven to me.
Gametime Snack Of The Week
Goldfish. Why buy Cheez-Its when you get them in seafood form? Goldfish are disturbingly edible. I could eat about 7,800 goldfish in five minutes and not even realize what I've done. I like seeing how many I can fit into one handful, then cramming them all into my big fat piehole at once. It's real hit at cocktail parties. I also like to pretend the goldfish are begging for their lives before I mercilessly chomp them into little tiny bits. Again, it's a real crowd-pleaser.
Goldfish also make a fine college snack. As you college folk know, there's nothing more exciting then going to the grocery store with your mom before the semester begins, loading up with every fucking snack item you can find in the place and then sticking her with the tab. I threw everything in the cart: Goldfish, chips, soda, beer, applesauce, raw ground chuck. I cleaned that woman out twice a year. By the end of the first week up at school, that shit was all gone. Guaranteed. One time my roommate came back with a giant milk carton pack of Goldfish. It was gone in two days. I turned orange.
If you're in college, you also know that this is not the only goldfish you might be eating. Who's up for a Doghead?! Huh? Anyone?
When you go to school in Bumblefuck, Maine, you make your own entertainment! They're wiggly in my tummy!
Gametime Cheap Beer Of The Week
BEAST! Ah, yes. Milwaukee's Best. The cheapest beer in the whole land. Beast comes in three varieties: Beast, Beast Ice and Beast Light. Why is there a Beast Light? Your guess is as good as mine. A fourth variety of Beast, Beast Urinal, is due in 2009. I remember getting quarter barrels of Beast in college because getting quarter barrels of Budweiser was just too darn pricey. You know you've got one shitty beer when Budweiser seems fancy and unattainable by comparison. Fact: Beast goes flat within two minutes of popping the can. It's also the only beer in the world that tastes the exact same with or without a cigarette butt floating around in it.
I'm an avid fan of sleazy beer posters like the one above. I enjoy the unapologetic sluttiness of them. Oh no! This greased-up lass can't fix her muscle car because she's a girl! And she's drunk! Will YOU help her, good sir? Perhaps, as your reward, she will share her frosty Beast Light with you and show you the backseat of her Correte! That Correte is one hot car!
Sunday Afternoon Movie Of The Week For Dolphins Fans
Tombstone. Fuck and yes. A lot of modern Westerns, like that one new Brad Pitt movie, like to turn the genre on its head, stripping away traditional Western myths and deeply probing the real psychological ramifications of gun violence in early America. Well, FUCK THOSE MOVIES. Tombstone's all about hopping on a horse and going to fuck some shit up, and that is A-OK with me, man. Plus it's got Jason Priestly rocking a fake beard (looking good, Jason!), Powers Boothe rocking a real mustache (I wish my name was Powers. Then I could be a private investigator with a robotic hand), a fat Billy Bob Thornton getting his shit ruined by Kurt Russell ("I said throw down, Boy!") and lots of helpless women. Fucking sweet.
Oh, and it's got one of the most badass characters in film history. God, Doc Holliday kicks ass. "My dear, you're not wearing a bustle. How lewd." Nice. I wish I had tuberculosis.
Gratuitous Simpsons Quote
"If you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way." (Are you listening, Writer's Guild of America? It ain't like you were busting your ass on the job to begin with. I saw 30 seconds of "'Til Death" once. You clearly aren't putting your heart into this shit.)
Halftime Masturbation Kit
• For the guys: Transformers star Megan Fox. Megan is engaged to Brian Austin Green. Really? Jesus. I'm gonna go drink a liter of battery acid now. Megan has Brian's name tattooed on her stomach, which I assume provides a useful target for her fiancée. She also has a tattoo quoting Shakespeare: "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies." Not one of Shakespeare's better quotes. I bet one of the 1,000 monkeys in his workshop coined that one.
• For the gals: Reader Erin M. submits this shirtless pic of Paul Walker. You remember Paul Walker. He played that guy with no personality in that movie you forgot about five seconds after leaving the theater. A quick glance at Paul's lower abdomen reveals a distinct ridge of muscle running along the crest of each hip. I totally have abs like that. I call that feature my "Love Parabola."
Blatantly False, ProFootballTalk-Style, Fred Edelstein-esque Rumor Of The Week
WE HEAR... that The Eagles will play the halftime of this year's Super Bowl. It's the perfect musical accompaniment to a 57-point Patriots blowout.
Three Questions Sideline Reporters Should Ask But Won't
• "Philip, mind if I call you Marmalard? Fucking Marmalard."
• (to anyone) "Seriously? Megan Fox is boning Brian Austin Green? That's fucked."
• "Reggie Wayne! Your mom's name is Euwayne Wayne. I don't have a question, I just thought I'd make fun of that fact."
Your Motivational Pregame Quote for The Weekend
"No time for tiddlywinks."
Enjoy the games, everyone.


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You Cant Take Them With You
In preparation for leaving this world a wealthy Orthodox philanthropist who spent his last years in
When the first envelope was opened his survivors were astounded to read, among all the other details, a request that he be buried in his stockings. But when they conveyed this request to the local Chevra Kadisha burial society they were firmly told that there was no way that they could accommodate this wish since it was contrary to custom.
When the shiva was over the second envelope was opened. In it was a letter to the deceased's children that stated that he was well aware that the Chevra Kadisha would not bury him with his stockings on. He had only made the request to dramatically drive home to his children that when a man leaves this world he cannot even take his stockings with him.
What he did take with him was the merit of all the good he had done with his money for Torah study and the needy.

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Kevin Hartman had a good run with the Kansas City Wizards, but when he faces his former team on Saturday night at Pizza Hut Park as FC Dallas' starting goalkeeper, it won't be much different than any of the other eight starts he's made thus far in 2010.
While it will be good for him to see a number of his former teammates who remain with the Wizards, he isn't about to lose focus on the most important thing: getting three points.
"The biggest thing is I get to see some of the guys I played with," Hartman said after training on Monday. "I'd obviously love to play well in this game but it's difficult to get up more for one game than the next because I feel like I put so much into each game."
However, he doesn't expect any problems maintaining such a good perspective as he prepares throughout the week to face his former side.
"There are a lot of people there that I have a lot of respect for," Hartman said. "I've just got to make sure I get to say hi to my friends who I have a lot of respect for, but the most important thing is to keep everything in perspective because the most important thing is trying to get three points."
On Saturday night, in a 2-1 win over Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center, Hartman made several big saves; a performance which didn't go unnoticed by FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman.
"I just think he's a solid keeper," Hyndman said. "The goal that was scored on him by (Osael) Romero was a header that was deflected. If the ball wasn't deflected, he probably would have intercepted it."
The FCD coach also liked how Hartman responded after the goal.
"We were ball watching a little bit and Romero ends up getting a head ball and scoring the goal," Hartman said. "Then, he [Hartman] made a couple of nice saves, especially at the far post when diagonal balls came across and they were going with four strikers trying to find anything to get a goal."
Hartman arrived at FC Dallas several months back, and at the time Dario Sala was entrenched as the club's starter with the newcomer his backup. However, the roles have recently reversed and Hartman now finds himself starting with Sala as his backup.
Hartman has a 4-1-3 record this season for his new club with a goals-against-average of just 0.75. He also has three clean sheets.
"The confidence is a big thing and the fact that Dario (Sala), Drew (Keeshan) and Schellas (Hyndman) have been very supportive has made it so that I can just concentrate on working now," Hartman said. "Dario knows that if he's playing I'm going to support him 110 percent and I know that I have that support from him. That makes it a really good work environment."
The league mainstay also feels like he is getting more comfortable with the FCD back line with each passing week.
"I feel like I learn more and more about my defense as games go on," Hartman said. "The more points that we're able to accumulate makes it easier on everybody."


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – On the first day of action at the Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships the Lipscomb track and field squad had five all-conference efforts in Johnson City, Tenn.
"We had a really good day one," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "I think we are slightly ahead of our performance predictions for day one with both the men and the women."
Junior Dani Walker led Lipscomb with an A-Sun record performance in the 3000m finishing in 9:37.98, more than 14 seconds faster than second place Chelsea Clark of ETSU. Walker's run was 13 seconds faster than the previous record set last year and more than 20 seconds faster than the previous school record.
"Dani was certainly a big highlight," Taylor said. "She was in control the whole race and ran so smooth. Watching it, she didn't look like she was running a time 13 seconds faster than the A-Sun record."
The event, showing the depth of the distance program for the Lady Bisons, saw Tessa Hoefle earn all-conference as well with a third place run while Maggie Lawrence, Emily Longden and Minna Fields finished seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively.
"Tessa had a big breakthrough," Taylor said. "She ran really smart and earned her first track all-conference honor. All our 3000 men and women ran great tonight."
Sophomore thrower April Terry earned all-conference honors in the shot put, breaking her own school record with a toss of 13.62 meters. She achieved the distance on her first throw of the day on the way to a second place in the event.
Fellow sophomore thrower, Houston Ward, also garnered all-conference with a toss of 15.71 meters. The personal record gave Ward a second place finish and second-straight A-Sun honor.
"The shot put was a big event for us today," Taylor said. "Houston moved up a spot from last year, and April matched him with her second place all-conference finish."
The women's distance medley relay squad also garnered all-conference by finishing third in a time of 12:02.76. The team consisting of Kayla Droessler, Brenna Thompson, Katie Bunker and Madelin Talbert finished behind Jacksonville, who set an A-Sun record in the event, and North Florida.
"The women's DMR earned All-A-Sun honors for the fourth year in a row," Taylor said. "We have a great tradition in that race."
The meet got started early Friday morning with the pentathlon that saw junior Katlin Collier break her own school record for total points, as she finished fifth overall. A point total of 2,905 was aided with a victory in the shot put. Collier's toss of 11.69 meters was just under two feet further than Brittany Walls of USC Upstate.
In preliminary action, junior Tucker Peabody qualified for the 60-meter dash, which will take place Saturday. His time of 6.91 seconds places him sixth overall.
"We had a great first day and we're looking forward to tomorrow," Taylor said.
Entering day two of action, the women's squad is fourth overall with 39 points. Jacksonville is the current leader with 66 points.
The men's team is fifth overall with 17.5 points. Kennesaw State is the top team with 63.5 points.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – On the first day of action at the Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships the Lipscomb track and field squad had five all-conference efforts in Johnson City, Tenn.


text: Where could the lyrical mastery of Charles Gounod – a 'musicien de l'amour' par excellence – come into its own more than in a passionate love story like that of Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, about the forbidden love between two young people who belong to warring families, has inspired many operas, none of which have followed the original as faithfully as that of Gounod. After Faust, Gounod, the 'emancipator of French music', set a new standard for French opera with Romeo and Juliet: in his unique lyricism he manages to mix simplicity and poetic intensity with a highly sophisticated idiom. This work was justifiably almost as popular as Faust and one of the huge hits of 19th century French opera. Following Rossini's Otello, Evelino Pidò will once again appear at La Monnaie for the concert performances of this masterpiece by Gounod.


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Exopack Advanced Coatings Announces Name Change to Coveris Advanced Coatings
The Magic Inkjet brand and website will remain the same.
Exopack Advanced Coatings and five other Sun Capital Partner manufacturing companies – Exopack, Britton Group, Kobusch, PACCOR, and Paragon Print & Packaging – have joined together to create one company identity under the name Coveris. Coveris Advanced Coatings is a manufacturer and distributor of precision coated papers, films, and specialty substrates for imaging, electronics, medical, optical, and security technologies.
Coveris has implemented a new organizational structure to optimize delivery of service to global customers and enhance the company's investment in world-class technologies and people, according to its press release.
"This new global dimension opens the door to opportunities for Coveris Advanced Coatings that will add value to our products and businesses," says Ed McCarron, vice president of digital imaging at Coveris Advanced Coatings. "Please be aware that this name change will not affect our current Magic product offerings or distribution channel."
Coveris Advanced Coatings has two ISO-certified manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA, both having multiple coating lines, cleanrooms, and laboratories. The company manages 64 plants across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and China, including an ISO-certified converting and distribution center in China.
Exopack Advanced Coatings purchased InteliCoat Technologies in August 2013, but kept all InteliCoat's Magic, Magiclée, Museo, and JetSet offerings. The Magic Inkjet brand and website, for all digital imaging product resources, remain the same.


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S.I.S.T.A. Sisters Informing Sisters About Topics on Aids (S.I.S.T.A.)
This program is currently on pause.
S.I.S.T.A. is a peer-led, skill-building intervention project to prevent HIV infection in African American women. The overall goal is to reduce sexual risk behavior by heterosexually-active African American women at highest risk for HIV. S.I.S.T.A. is packaged by CDC's Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions project. The intervention project is delivered in 5 sessions and includes discussions of self-esteem, relationships, and sexual health. Each of the sessions has a specific goal and objectives. It is important to conduct all 5 sessions. Depending upon the clients, the sessions may last 2 hours or longer.
Session 1: Ethnic/Gender Pride
Goal: Generate a discussion about being African American and female, having pride in oneself, and valuing oneself.
Session 2: HIV/AIDS Education
Goal: Provide factual and statistical information on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, correct misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and discuss the importance of protecting oneself
Session 3: Assertiveness Skills Training
Goal: Teach women how to differentiate between assertive, aggressive, and nonassertive behaviors, and teach skills for initiating assertive qualities.
Session 4: Behavioral Self-Management
Goal: Decrease clients' anxiety about condom use, demonstrate and role-play how to use condoms, and discuss reasons that women do not insist on using condoms.
Session 5: Coping Skills
Goal: Initiate discussion about coping with life experiences, including the link between alcohol and AIDS, coping with alcohol and sex, and coping with negative responses. This session also serves as a review of the previous sessions.
Booster Sessions
The booster (refresher) sessions are offered after the project is completed. Each session lasts 2 hours. These booster sessions provide an opportunity for clients to ask more questions and provide peer support. Although 2 booster sessions are recommended, they are not required.
For Further Information contact: 206-6333


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The NBC comedy series Community is finally returning with new episodes for the remainder of its third season on March 15th, much to the happiness of its devoted fans. Telling the story of a tight-knit Greendale Community College study group, that includes actress Alison Brie as high-strung perfectionist Annie, the show is always smart, always clever and always funny.
During this recent interview to promote the return of the show, Alison Brie talked about how it feel to finally be back on the air with new episodes, what the outpour of love and support from the fans has meant to them, what's new for her character's romantic life, her favorite scene in the series, her favorite upcoming episode, and the prop that she stole from the set to play with for a day. She also talked about her return to Mad Men this coming season, and the best and worst things that could happen to her characters on both that show and Community. Check out what she had to say after the jump:
Question: How does it feel to get so many Tweets from fans who love the show, and how does it feel to be back?
ALISON BRIE: We've always had such a great love for the show. The show is our baby. Seeing the fan reaction and this outpour of love and support, and the outrage that the show wasn't going to be on the air, made us feel like the show was the most important thing that's ever been on television. It's this amazing thing that happened with the hiatus, where you'd expect for it to be a time where you feel really down and question the show that you're doing. Instead, it was totally the opposite, like, "What we're doing here is the most incredible thing ever! People love it!" It was so nice to have that support, and that really kept us going.
Now that the show is coming back on the air, we're all just ecstatic. It's just such a good feeling. It's so nice to feel like the fans are getting the show back because they're the ones that have been fighting for it to come back. It feels like, "Here, we've been working on all these great episodes for you guys!" It's so nice to finally share it. We've always had a strong relationship with the fans through Twitter, and stuff like that. Usually, it's great because it's while the show is airing, so fans are seeing the episodes and we're getting immediate feedback about how they're feeling about those episodes, and then we're working other stuff in that they say the want to see. So, we haven't had the interaction, and that's been a bit of a bummer, but it's also going to be great that we have so much now to show them.
Are you guys going to do anything specific on Twitter to make sure people watch the show live?
BRIE: We're just gonna keep saying it. I don't know what's going to happen with the show. We're back on the air. They're definitely gonna air these last 12 episodes, hopefully no matter what. I hope people watch it live, but I don't know what there is to do. It's not what it used to be. Appointment television doesn't really exist these days, with DVRs and stuff like that. I'm not home at 8 to watch the show, so it's hard to get people to do it.
What famous people have told you guys that they love your show?
BRIE: Our fans are so great. Gosh, I don't know. I'm working on a film with Anna Kendrick (called Get a Job). I just met her and she was like, "I am such a fan! I love the show!" That's a cool thing because I'm such a fan of hers. She's obviously so great at what she does.
What is going on with Annie's romantic life, in the remaining episodes?
BRIE: In the second half of the season, it's not so romantic for Annie. It's more friendship-based. I also think she returns to her initial values – her core values of school and her education. It's a good thing for Annie to reel it in and not be such a slut, all the time. She gets more focused on school and her friends. There's a great episode with Annie and Abed (Danny Pudi) that takes place entirely in the Dreamatorium, and I think it's going to be really awesome, but I'm not sure. I have yet to see it. It's so out there, but it might be my favorite episode of the season. It was so fun to shoot with Danny. It's a great episode where you're looking at these two characters, re-evaluating why they're friends and why they love each other, as friends and roommates, and how they actually have a lot of similarities. Maybe that's why they butt heads on certain issues. They just gain a deeper understanding of one another.
Do you have a favorite scene that you've done in the series?
BRIE: That whole episode is my favorite. It was fun to play with Danny. And, because we were in the Dreamatorium, we did get to take on different roles, almost like we're being different people.
Do you have a favorite episode coming up, in the new episodes?
BRIE: The Law & Order episode is a really great one because Jeff (Joel McHale) and Annie get to team up and be lawyers together, and it was fun to play that drama on the set of Community.
Were you familiar with (show creator) Dan Harmon's work before you got onto this show?
BRIE: No, I was not familiar with the Channel 101 stuff, and I didn't even learn about it until probably half way through the first season. That, coincidentally, is when things started to get a little bit weirder on our show. I feel like we got through the first six episodes, being a pretty straight-forward show, although that's not totally true. By our second episode, I was suddenly Pocahontas, crying with Joel's butt in my face. But, I went back and watched some of his videos, and it helped us to have a greater understanding of Dan and everything that he was capable of.
With you guys all being friends, what is the mood like on set?
BRIE: I think the heart has always been a big part of our show, with the characters connecting on that deeper level. It's not just about joke, joke, joke, even though our writers are incredible and the comedy is there. On set, it's the same. We're so close. If the show were to go away and not come back, I think the greatest gift I've gotten from the show are some of the best friends of my life, aside from the fact that we have so much fun together on set and are constantly joking and laughing and cracking each other up. These people have grown to be a great support system for me, and I hope that I do the same for them. It's these people that you check in with, every day, and tell every detail of your life to. You're there weighing out some of the most important decisions of your life with them because you see them for hours, every day, and yet we still want to spend time together, when we're not on set.
If the show was renewed for another season, what direction would you like it to go in?
BRIE: Oh, gosh, I don't know. I like to leave those decisions up to Dan Harmon and our incredible writers. I'm still pushing for an underwater episode. I don't know why they haven't taken that into consideration. I look really good in a scuba suit. I think it would be great if the show got a fourth season, to wrap things up even more and cap off their collegiate experience at Greendale. I'd love to see Annie continue living with Abed.
What are your three favorite TV shows?
BRIE: I love Children's Hospital because they're so irreverent and great and funny. That's so my type of humor. I laugh constantly when I watch that. There's such an air of, "We don't give a fuck! We're just gonna do a bunch of weird, funny stuff." I love that show. 30 Rock is probably one of my favorite shows. It's just joke after joke after joke. It's so funny, and it's meta. I feel like you can draw so many comparisons between Community and 30 Rock. And I loved Bored To Death, but I'm so sad that it's gone. All of those guys are so charming. I just was constantly charmed by the show. Ted Danson is amazing. He's incredible. I love that show so much! All those boys are so great.
What makes you want to jump back and forth between TV and film?
BRIE: I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things. For me, I just love to work and I love movies. That had always been a goal of mine. That was probably part of the master plan, all along.
Will you be back on Mad Men this season?
BRIE: I will.
Can you tease anything?
BRIE: I cannot.
What is the best and worst thing that could happen to your Community character, Annie, and your Mad Men character, Trudy?
BRIE: Oh, my god. Well, the worst thing that could happen to Annie would probably be failing out of school. The best thing would probably be marrying Jeff Winger (Joel McHale). The worst thing that could happen to Trudy would be divorce because she takes such pride in her marriage, and in everybody thinking that their marriage is perfect. Even if they didn't get divorced, I think the most devastating thing would be for someone to see through the cracks. As far as the best thing, I don't know. Her materialism knows no bounds. Probably keeping that life going and having a few more kids would probably be the best thing.
Is there a prop that you would want to take with you from Community, if you could get away with it?
BRIE: I have a weird relationship with the props on our show because Danny [Pudi] and I always get in trouble for playing with them and breaking them, so I'm like, "No, I obviously wouldn't take any of the props. I wouldn't even touch them!" But, my favorite one that we stole and played with for a day, and got in trouble for, was this mechanical cat's paw, that I think was made from a real cat's paw. It looked just like a cat's paw and arm, and had this weird cord. You can set it somewhere and squeeze the cord, and the wrist flicks. It's a little morbid, but it's super-fun to surprise people with.
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SOPA Should Have Ended Backroom Deals About Copyrights & Patents; So Why Is TPP Still Secret?
from the bring-it-in-the-open deptThere's a fantastic op ed in the NY Times, by Lori Wallach and Ben Beachy from Public Citizen, questioning why the TPP negotiating texts are still secret. As they note, this level of secrecy is unprecedented:
Even the George W. Bush administration, hardly a paragon of transparency, published online the draft text of the last similarly sweeping agreement, called the Free Trade Area of the Americas, in 2001.But, of course, we all know the answer as to why. As they note, for all this secrecy, the administration has given tremendous access to "600 trade advisers" -- basically employees from big companies who get privileged access to the draft text and to negotiators that even Congress is denied. And it's pretty damn clear that the administration just doesn't want Congress to have much say in this, because Congress might actually do its job and represent the public's interest. In fact, the op-ed notes, former USTR Ron Kirk was pretty explicit about this:
So why keep it a secret? Because Mr. Obama wants the agreement to be given fast-track treatment on Capitol Hill. Under this extraordinary and rarely used procedure, he could sign the agreement before Congress voted on it. And Congress's post-facto vote would be under rules limiting debate, banning all amendments and forcing a quick vote.But, you would think that the administration had learned something from the SOPA fight (and the ACTA fight in Europe) -- and it's that the public is not a fan of deals regarding copyright and patents that are negotiated by big business representatives in back rooms. Administration officials who think that TPP is different than SOPA because it let a few tech companies into the back room may find themselves mistaken.
Ron Kirk, until recently Mr. Obama's top trade official, was remarkably candid about why he opposed making the text public: doing so, he suggested to Reuters, would raise such opposition that it could make the deal impossible to sign.
Remember the debate in January 2012 over the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would have imposed harsh penalties for even the most minor and inadvertent infraction of a company's copyright? The ensuing uproar derailed the proposal. But now, the very corporations behind SOPA are at it again, hoping to reincarnate its terms within the Trans-Pacific Partnership's sweeping proposed copyright provisions.If the administration is betting that as long as they keep big business happy, that the public protests won't matter, they may be in for a surprise.
From another leak, we know the pact would also take aim at policies to control the cost of medicine. Pharmaceutical companies, which are among those enjoying access to negotiators as "advisers," have long lobbied against government efforts to keep the cost of medicines down. Under the agreement, these companies could challenge such measures by claiming that they undermined their new rights granted by the deal.
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Key Senate Republicans to watch
With the U.S. House of Representatives paralyzed by the GOP's Tea Party caucus, the Senate could play a crucial role in finding ways to break the gridlock and taking the lead on key legislation for the rest of President Obama's tenure in office. Not to mention that some of the potential 2016 presidential contenders who are generating the most buzz right now—from Elizabeth Warren to Ted Cruz—are denizens of the upper chamber. And as if that weren't enough, the battle for control of the Senate figures to be the major storyline of next fall's midterms, with most analysts predicting a down-to-the-wire race that could hinge on one or two contests.
That's why it's worth getting to know some of the key Senate players on both sides—as well as a few of the candidates who may soon be joining them. With a view to 2014 and beyond, here are some of the Republican senators—plus one high-profile candidate—to keep an eye on.
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Leah Gibbs made a date with a man she met on Facebook, but soon found herself enmeshed in a crime investigation when he duped her into driving the getaway car after he robbed a nearby store.
Gibbs, 23, of South Wales, Australia, made a date with 21-year-old Adam Minton for a quiet evening at his home, but then Minton asked Gibbs if she would drive him to briefly meet a friend, the Daily Mail (U.K.) reported. As she drove him to a nearby shopping center, she waited five minutes before he appeared again, frantically yelling, "Go! Go! Go!" She said she had no idea that he had just robbed a betting establishment at knifepoint for a little over $400.
Gibbs decided she didn't like his brusque attitude and tried to end the date as she dropped him off at his home. Minton, still wanting a little romance, tried to coax Gibbs inside but that's when the police showed up and arrested them both. After spending a night in jail, she was finally released by police who believed her story that she had been tricked into being Minton's getaway driver.
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"I'm grateful he told the police I knew nothing of the robbery, but still bitter he involved me," Gibbs said.
Minton was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for the robbery he claimed was to repay a drug debt.
Gibbs' nightmarish date should serve as a warning to would-be Facebook daters. Meet in a public place and arrange your own transportation so you can leave at any time if things get creepy. (But really, should you be dating any guy that doesn't have a car?) Like in the general population, there are heartbreakers and criminals on Facebook, so it's up to users to be smart about dating.


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The Daily Show comedian says she and her husband Jason Jones are always "up in each others' grill."
We had a blast recently interviewing The Daily Show comedian Samantha Bee. If you haven't seen her segments, please watch everything on this site and then come back to us. No! Just kidding. Hope we didn't lose you. In her zany Daily Show interviews, Bee, a Canadian actress debunks everything from women in the military to gay marriage — with a witty, slightly awkward flavor like none other.
Bee also happens to share her work with her husband of 12 years, Jason Jones, also an actor on The Daily Show, with whom she has three young kids. Now, common wisdom tells us that if you're constantly spending time with your husband or significant other, it's bad for your relationship. You need time apart to let yourselves grow as individuals. But Bee and Jones have such hectic schedules that this seems to take care of itself.
"We work together, we walk to work together, we share an office," she told YourTango. "We have our desks up against each other, and our computers face each other." Wow, that sounds like more than we'd like to see any of our significant others! (Sorry, guys.) "In general, I love it," Bee says.
As unintuitive as it may seem, working in the same (awesome) office has also made the celebrity couple better parents. "It's good for us as parents, because we have three little kids, so we get a lot of our adult conversations — and by adult I don't mean X-rated," she clarified, "out of the way when we're at work and walking to work, and accomplishing tasks together. So when we go home, we're really focused on our kids. It's not relationship check-in time for us; we've already done that. It's been a really great arrangement. I don't really know what we would do if we didn't work together. And we write together outside of work, too. Man, we are really up in each others' grills all the time." Keep reading ...
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...But then when I told Ewan what I was planning, he emailed back to say, "Wouldn't it be cool if we had a separate screen for the questions...". So I asked the technicians (at ridiculously short notice) and they said, "Yes!". :-)
The attendance at the lecture was ridiculously poor. (I suppose Friday afternoon isn't the best time slot.) However, I enjoyed myself. Ewan enjoyed himself (I think - see his post from before and during the session). Also, I think that most of the students enjoyed themselves. I hope that they were inspired. (They know where my blog is now, so perhaps some will tell me here.) Why not watch the video and let me know what you think. :-)
Coming up with the idea of texting questions was easy but I thought doing it might be trickier. However, Google came to the rescue. A quick search threw up a step-by-step guide on the iX Conference Wiki about how to use a free service from intelliSoftware. The wiki even suggested making the blog auto-refresh every thirty seconds to keep the content displayed up-to-date. Brilliant! The only problem is that the sender's phone number is displayed as the subject of the post. (I've edited the numbers out now, but they were there for a good while until I had time to go in and fix it.) For that reason, I wouldn't use this technique in a school. However, I'm going to contact the techie types at the University and intelliSoftware to see if there is any way to hide the numbers.
I think the texted questions added something to the presentation. Some of the comments were silly, some were fun, some were interesting, some were useful... all of them added something to the session. I would definitely do it again.
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US willing to hold talks with Taliban, says report
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 28: The US is willing to hold direct talks with elements of the Taliban in an effort to quell unrest in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified Bush administration officials.
The Washington Post reported that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had shown openness to the idea of repudiating Al Qaeda, which encouraged the Bush administration to explore the possibility of holding direct talks with the militia.
Jane's Defence Weekly reported that the Taliban had conveyed this message to representatives of the Afghan government during a meeting in Saudi Arabia last month.
Amid these reports of a possible breakthrough in the search for a peaceful solution to the Afghan conflict, Christian Science Monitor noted that on Monday the Taliban militia showed "a new potency" in the fight against coalition forces, bringing down a US military helicopter near Kabul, while a suicide bomber struck and killed two Americans in northern Afghanistan.
The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday highlighted the significance of the attack, noting that "choppers are a crucial mode of transport for troops and supplies" in Afghanistan.
Speculations about a possible breakthrough in the talks with the Taliban follow a series of meetings last month in Saudi Arabia between representatives of the Afghan government and the militia.
But even before the Saudis initiated the talks, the Karzai government had been putting out feelers to the Taliban for negotiating an end to its insurgency in exchange for some sort of power-sharing deal.
Though the US has so far been on the sidelines but at a recent news conference Gen David McKiernan, the commander of US troops in Afghanistan, grudgingly said he would support the Afghan government if it chose to go down the path of negotiations.
And now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the US might get involved in those negotiations directly. "Senior White House and military officials believe that engaging some levels of the Taliban — while excluding top leaders — could help reverse a pronounced downward spiral in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan," the report said.
Both countries have been destabilised by a recent wave of violence.
Senior Bush administration officials told the Journal that the outreach was a draft recommendation in a classified White House assessment of US strategy in Afghanistan. The officials said that the recommendation called for the talks to be led by the Afghan central government, but with the active participation of the US.
The US would be willing to pay moderate Taliban members to lay down their weapons and join the political process, the Journal cited an unidentified US official as saying. The Central Intelligence Agency has been mapping Afghanistan's tribal areas in an attempt to understand the allegiances of clans and tribes, the report said.
WSJ noted that joining the talks would only be a first step as the Bush administration was still in the process of determining what substantial offer it could make to persuade the Taliban to abandon violence. "How much should (we) be willing to offer guys like this?" asked a senior Bush official while talking to the Journal.
Gen David Petraeus, who will assume responsibility this week for US military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan as head of the Central Command, supports the proposed direct talks between the Taliban and the US, the WSJ said.
Gen Petraeus used a similar approach in Iraq where a US push to enlist Sunni tribes in the fight against Al Qaeda helped sharply reduce the country's violence. Gen Petraeus earlier this month publicly endorsed talks with less extreme Taliban elements.
Gen Petraeus also indicated that he believed insurgencies rarely ended with complete victory by one or the other side.
"You have to talk to enemies," said Gen Petraeus while pointing to Kabul's efforts to negotiate a deal with the Taliban that would potentially bring some Taliban members back to power, saying that if they were "willing to reconcile" it would be "a positive step".
US Afghan experts outside the Bush administration have also been urging the White House to try to end violence "by co-optation, integration and appeasement", as one of them said.
They urge the Bush administration to give the Taliban a positive reason to stop fighting. This, they argue, would allow Washington to separate hardcore militants from others within the Taliban and would also expose the extremists before the Afghan people.


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Governmental energy aggregation: Local community buying power
In Ohio, local communities are allowed, by law, to join their citizens together to buy natural gas and/or electricity as a group and thereby gain "buying power" to solicit the lowest price for the group's natural gas and/or electricity needs. This is called governmental aggregation. The PUCO presents the following information to help you understand the process if your community decides to aggregate.
What is aggregation?
Aggregation is when a group of customers join together to form a single, larger customer that buys energy for its members. A large buying group may be able to get a better price for the group members than you can get on your own.
What is governmental aggregation?
Ohio's laws allow for communities – such as townships, cities and counties – to form the aggregated buying groups on behalf of their citizens. The governmental aggregator chooses an outside supplier for all of the customer-members in its group. Aggregations can be formed to buy natural gas, electricity or both.
All governmental aggregators buying electricity must be certified by the PUCO. Communities that aggregate to buy natural gas are required to be certified by the PUCO unless they aggregate under an Ohio Constitution provision which allows "home rule" or the right for communities to take action under their own charters. If an aggregator is going to provide natural gas and/or electric buying services, it must be certified separately for each industry. Certification by the PUCO, means they have met strict requirements for doing business in Ohio. Therefore, you can participate with confidence.
The law allows for opt-in aggregation or opt-out aggregation.
Opt-in aggregation
Opt-in aggregation is a program that permits each customer to sign up individually to participate in the program. If the local government chooses opt-in aggregation, it must pass a resolution in support of the program, develop a plan and hold two public hearings. It must also be certified by the PUCO before signing up customers.
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Opt-out aggregation is a program that automatically enrolls all local residents, unless they individually opt-out of the program (choose not to be included). If a community chooses this form of aggregation, a number of steps are required:
- A majority of voters must authorize opt-out aggregation in an election. The issue appears on a primary or general election ballot for your consideration.
- If authorized by a majority of the vote, the local government must form a plan of operation and management. They must also hold at least two public hearings to allow customers to voice any concerns over the proposed plan.
- Once the local government has adopted the plan, each customer to be aggregated must be notified that they will be automatically enrolled in the program unless they specifically elect not to participate. This notification must also state the rates, charges and other terms and conditions of enrollment in the program. The opt-out notice is usually a letter accompanied by a post card to be mailed back if you do not want to participate or sometimes, a phone number to call or web site to visit to opt-out.
- Natural gas aggregation customers may opt-out every two years without paying a switching fee. Electric aggregation customers may opt-out every three years without paying a switching fee.
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When deciding to join an "opt-in" government aggregation or deciding whether to stay in an "opt-out" government aggregation, here are some things to think about:
- The goal of the buying group –will the aggregator be looking for the lowest price, sources used to generate the electricity or additional services when finding a supplier?
- Number of group members – larger groups will usually have better "buying power".
- Length of the contract – how long is the contract and how will it be renewed?
Terms and conditions – be sure you read and understand them, including membership requirements, how you will be billed and any fees.
For both natural gas and electric aggregation, customers who are already enrolled in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP PLus) are not eligible. PIPP Plus is an extended payment arrangement based on a percentage of the household income for those customers who are at or below 150% of the federal poverty income guidelines.
For natural gas and electric aggregations, the only other customers who are not eligible to participate are those that are already under individual contracts with suppliers as part of a natural gas choice program. These customers will not appear on eligible customer lists provided to the governmental aggregator or the governmental aggregator's chosen supplier.
It is important to note that if recently switched to a supplier and your community aggregates, there is a possibility that your name was not removed from the eligible customer list. You should return the opt-out notice if you do not wish to be switched to the aggregations' supplier. That is a decision for you to make. You will want to talk to your chosen supplier if you consider switching to the aggregation's supplier to find out if there are any penalties for the early cancellation of the contract.
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Is my community voting on aggregation?
The Secretary of State maintains a list of local issues on upcoming ballots. To see if governmental aggregation is an option for you in an upcoming election, find your community listed in the Local Issues spreadsheet on the Secretary of State website here.
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If you have specific questions about your community's aggregation plans, please contact your local government offices – city, county or township. For general information about aggregation, please call the PUCO consumer call center at (800) 686-PUCO (7826).


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Hardee's Names Lisa Smith of Greenfield, Ind. the Best Made from Scratch Biscuit Baker in America
May 15, 2010
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– May 14, 2010 – Who
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Biscuit bakers were judged on their knowledge of Hardee's biscuit procedures and standards as well as on their ability to prepare and bake a batch of Made from Scratch biscuits to performance standards and expectations. Baked biscuits were evaluated and judged on appearance, height, weight, diameter, texture, color and, of course, taste.
"Lisa is a highly skilled biscuit baker and proved to us all that she knows how to make the best biscuits," said Bob Starke, executive vice president of operations for Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. "With the best-of-the-best competing, the competition was intense and very close between all of the bakers. Though Lisa came out on top, all of the finalists did a fantastic job during the challenge and we are very proud of each and every one of them."
Hardee's signature Made from Scratch biscuits have been helping folks of all ages rise and shine for over 30 years. The world has changed a lot since the mid-1970s, but not Hardee's biscuits. They are still made fresh daily by dedicated biscuit bakers who arrive to work in the early morning hours to prepare and roll the dough by hand, and bake the biscuits to their signature fluffy texture and golden-brown color.
Selling well over 300 million biscuits a year, Hardee's is famous for its biscuit-centric breakfast, which accounts for nearly half of the chain's overall sales, among the highest in the industry. Because of this, Hardee's biscuit bakers, who each bake upwards of 800 biscuits a day, hold a highly esteemed position in the company; they are responsible for ensuring that the celebrated breakfast item is prepared consistently and held to the restaurant's rigorous quality standards.
"Our biscuits are a very big part of the company's heritage," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Hardee's. "As an industry leader, Hardee's has often been targeted by many imitators trying to duplicate the success of our Made from Scratch biscuits. However, while some companies think that machine-produced, frozen biscuits are acceptable, a true biscuit connoisseur knows that nothing compares to Hardee's steaming-hot, buttermilk biscuits made fresh and from scratch by dedicated bakers who love what they do."
Five of the regional winners with the highest scores were flown to St. Louis to compete in the national finals of the Biscuit Baker Challenge at Hardee's test kitchen headquarters. They were presented with custom-made Hardee's hats and baker/chef coats and attended a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game in the Hardee's box suite where they were recognized on the field before the game. In addition to bragging rights for being the best, Lisa also received a commemorative plaque, $1,000 and an all-expense paid trip to the San Antonio River Walk for winning the Biscuit Baker Challenge. The runner-ups were also awarded $500 and finalist plaques.
Fans can view all of the excitement, nerves and candid footage of the competition at the Hardee's YouTube Channel. The video is housed under the "Best Breakfasts" tab. Pictures of the competition are also posted on the Hardee's Flickr site. For more pictures, videos and real-time updates, visit Hardee's on Facebook and Twitter.


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The Nintendo Wii uses a controller dubbed "the Wii Remote". Microsoft's Project Natal uses a controller called "the human body". What does Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto think?
I don't think I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.
Oh. So we need controllers for people to play? If the goal is immersion, isn't simple gesturing more intuitive than holding a plastic remote and pretending its something else?
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario, Zelda, Project Natal and More [Game|Life via Infendo]


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"Fracking: Promise or Peril?" Forum to be Held at Kent State University
The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University announces its inaugural Global Communication Issues Forum, "Fracking: Promise or Peril?" featuring Dimiter Kenarov, a Pulitzer Center journalist on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Paid parking is available. This event will examine the practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from the earth.
The event will feature a recent reporting project by Kenarov on natural gas extraction in Poland, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Mitch McKenney, assistant professor in Kent State's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The forum is free and open to the public.
Panel representatives include:
Dimiter Kenarov, Pulitzer Center journalist specializing in natural gas extraction in Poland. He is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey, and a contributing editor at the Virginia Quarterly Review. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Outside, The Nation, the International Herald Tribune, and others, and has been twice anthologized in "The Best American Travel Writing." He is currently working on a book-length project about the Black Sea.
Bob Downing has served at the Akron Beacon Journal for more than 40 years and writes for the Ohio Utica Shale blog for the Akron Beacon Journal. Downing covers the environment, parks and the outdoors. His reporting has examined several environmental issues in Ohio, including ozone and soot problems, landfills, toxic waste, Superfund sites, brownfields, wetland preservation and other topics.
Donald Palmer, Ph.D., emeritus professor of geology at Kent State, has had an extensive academic career in the geological sciences, with research focusing on geophysics. Palmer's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Yoram Eckstein, Ph.D., is a professor of geology and hydrogeology at Kent State with extensive research in hydrology, focusing on modeling ground water flow and transport. Eckstein has served as a consultant for numerous hydrogeological projects.
Future Global Communication Issues Forum discussions will center on the global effect of a topic, such as natural gas extraction, and how consumers and the media communicate about the practice.


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The other day in the mail, we received a lovely surprise. Erin at SnackTaxi sent us a pair of their bags to try out, use and blog about! We do love surprises in the mail and honestly, take a look at these!
Did she not pick the absolute perfect ones for me? Right off the bat, I was in love with the sushi pattern and already thinking that these were for Mommy, not F&B!
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Whether you are on a hardcore diet trying to lose major pounds or just someone trying to stay in good shape, you should be aware that there are a lot of so-called "healthy" drinks out there that will do you more harm than good. To help you steer clear of these devilish drinks, Men's Health has compiled a small list of 5 of some of the most unhealthy drinks. The drinks, inside...
5. Worst "Healthy" Drink
Glaceau VitaminWater (any flavor 20oz bottle)
130 calories, 33 grams of sugar.
Vitamins and water might seem like a good idea but what they don't advertise is that this water contains nearly as much calories and sugar as a can of soda. It should be no surprise that this stuff is made by The Coca-Cola Company.
4. Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)
360 calories, 84 grams of sugar.
These bottles which are just 5 percent juice cost 99 cents which makes them one of the cheapest source of empty calories in the country.
3. Worst Smoothie
Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 oz)
169 grams of sugar, 30 grams of fat
Whether you call it a smoothie or a milk shake, it has more sugar than a bag of chocolate chips.
2. Worst Summer Cocktail
Pina Colada
625 calories, 75 grams of sugar
Because of the super sweet pineapple juice and fatty coconut milk, the only wise thing to consume here may be the garnish. Try a lime daiquiri or mojito instead and save 400 calories.
1. The Unhealthiest Drink In America
Baskin Robbin's Large Heath Bar Shake (32. oz)
2,310 calories, 266 grams of sugar, 108 grams of fat
73 ingredients go into this milk shake.
66 teaspoons of sugar.
11 Heath bars equal the calories in this shake
8-12 minutes to consume this drink.
240 minutes on a treadmill running at a moderate pace to burn it off.
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Hello Dear Followers,
Well, I finished "Much Ado About Loving" by Jack Murighan and Maura Kelly. And I have to admit, I found it boring. I didn't feel like I got anything from this book, like at all. Well, that's not true, I was given a good list of new books I would want to look into.
While I know the book's premise was to relate our relationship issues to our favorite novels, I wish they hadn't. I didn't want someone to tell me about a book I could honestly find out about myself.
I'm finding that like most "self-help" books, like I thought this one turned out to be, are boring. Some are funny and some are just plain annoying. Telling us what is wrong with today's relationships, if we didn't know already.
I may be a little harsh here, but I'm not sure I'd recommend this book, I just thought it was boring and struggled to finish it, I honestly have to admit I skimmed the end, because I had had enough. I do think if you do choose to read this book, that you take with you a notepad and pen and start making a list of the books they mention.
I also found them to be repetitive. I believe, and I could be mistaken that they talked about the same topics more than once. I don't have much more to say about this book, so I am going to leave you here. I will be back shortly to introduce my March book! Stay tuned.
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2Base Case IRR was calculated assuming a $1,250/oz gold and $16.00/oz silver price
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Acquired along with the Ağı Dağı and Kirazlı projects project for approximately $90 million in 2010.
Located approximately 4 km SE of Ağı Dağı project.
Given its close proximity to Ağı Dağı, Çamyurt has low capital requirements with mineralized material expected to be trucked and processed through Ağı Dağı's infrastructure.
The Çamyurt project is located approximately four kilometres ("km") southeast of the Company's development-stage Ağı Dağı project which is situated about 50km southeast of Çanakkale, Turkey. Alamos acquired Çamyurt along with the Ağı Dağı and Kirazlı projects on January 6, 2010 from Teck and Fronteer Development for total consideration of approximately $90 million.
A preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") was conducted in 2017 on Çamyurt on the basis that the project will have minimal standalone infrastructure. Mineralized material from Çamyurt will be mined and trucked approximately 8km to be processed through the infrastructure at Ağı Dağı once the Baba and Deli pits have been mined out. Under the PEA, Çamyurt is expected to produce an average of 93,200 oz of gold at mine-site all-in sustaining costs1 of $645/oz over a 4 year mine life. As more detailed economic studies are completed on Çamyurt, there are opportunities to both accelerate the processing of the Çamyurt mineralized material before the end of the mine life at Ağı Dağı and build a standalone crushing circuit and leach pad facility at Çamyurt which would reduce haulage and mining costs.
Alamos announced an initial Inferred resource of 640,000 oz gold, grading 0.81 g/t at Çamyurt in June 2012, concurrent with the results of the positive Pre-feasibility study for Ağı Dağı and Kirazlı. The Company subsequently upgraded the majority of this Inferred resource into the Measured and Indicated categories while also improving the grade. This measured and indicated mineral resource formed the basis for the PEA completed in 2017.
Drilling at Çamyurt has defined a mineralized zone that is continuous for at least 1,200 metres ("m") along strike with additional potential to extend mineralization to the northeast and at depth. Gold mineralization is hosted within a tabular, steeply-dipping oxidized zone starting at surface and with a cross-strike width up to 150m. The deposit has an average drill spacing of 55m along strike with a total of 59 core drill holes included in the resource estimation.
Conventional open pit mining methods will be utilized at Çamyurt with contract mining to be employed as with Ağı Dağı. The final pit designs are based on a 5m bench height. A traditional drill, blast, load and haul sequence will be used to deliver ore to the crushing circuit at Ağı Dağı. Waste produced over the life of the mine will be sent to the waste rock dump located near the Çamyurt pit, or backfilled into the pit once the ultimate pit bottom has been achieved.
Çamyurt has been designed as a 15,000 tpd mining operation with mineralized material to be hauled approximately 8km to the crushing circuit at Ağı Dağı where it will be processed by primary and secondary crushing to a nominal size of 26 millimetres. The secondary crushed mineralized material will be drum agglomerated, stacked on the leach pad by conveyor stacking and processed with conventional heap leaching methods.
The crushed mineralized material will be stacked in 10m lifts on the Ağı Dağı leach pad facility which will be expanded in three phases and have an ultimate capacity of 73.6 million tonnes. This is sufficient to accommodate the 54.4 million tonne Ağı Dağı mineral reserve and 16.6 million tonnes of mineralized material included in the PEA mine plan for Çamyurt. A dilute cyanide solution will be applied to the crushed mineralized material over a 90 day leaching cycle with the pregnant solution collected and processed through the ADR plant where gold and silver doré will be produced.
Based on column tests conducted on the different alteration types at Çamyurt, gold and silver recoveries are expected to average 76% and 48%, respectively.
Production from Çamyurt is subject to a 2% net smelter return ("NSR") royalty payable to Franco-Nevada Corporation.
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The non-GAAP information is not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to non-GAAP information used by other companies. The non-GAAP information should not be viewed as a substitute for, or superior to, other data prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Alamos Gold Inc. ("Alamos" or the "Company"), has taken all reasonable care in producing and publishing information contained in this website, and will endeavour to do so regularly. Material on this site may contain technical or other inaccuracies, omissions, or typographic errors, for which Alamos assumes no responsibility. Alamos does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any claims, statements, or information on this site. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to, negligence, shall Alamos be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages, including but not limited to, loss of programs, loss of data, loss of use of computer or other systems, or loss of profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, arising from your use, or inability to use, the material on this site. The information is not a substitute for independent professional advice before making any investment decisions. Furthermore, you may not modify or reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise, any information on this site, except for personal use, unless you have obtained our express written permission. The TSX and NYSE have not reviewed and do not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of information on this website.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Certain statements in this website are "forward-looking statements", including within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this website, including without limitation statements regarding forecast gold production, gold grades, recoveries, waste-to-ore ratios, total cash costs, potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of Alamos, are forward-looking statements based on forecasts of future operational or financial results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management that involve various risks and uncertainties. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "estimates" or "intends", or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward-looking statements." Alamos cautions that forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Alamos' actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information, including, but not limited to, gold and silver price volatility; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates; the impact of any hedging activities; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, between actual and estimated reserves and resources or between actual and estimated metallurgical recoveries; costs of production; capital expenditure requirements; the costs and timing of construction and development of new deposits; and the success of exploration and permitting activities. In addition, the factors described or referred to in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in both Alamos Gold Inc.'s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 of AuRico Gold Inc., (each a predecessor to Alamos Gold Inc.), along with each of these entities' subsequent public filings available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com, should be reviewed in conjunction with the information found in this website. Although Alamos has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there can be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate or that management's expectations or estimates of future developments, circumstances or results will materialize. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
Alamos prepares its disclosure in accordance with the requirements of securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. Terms relating to mineral resources in this website are defined in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects under the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") permits mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. Alamos may use certain terms, such as "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources", "inferred mineral resources" and "probable mineral reserves" that the SEC does not recognize (these terms may be used in this website and are included in the public filings of Alamos, which have been filed with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar authorities in Canada).
Note that for purposes of this section, GAAP refers to IFRS. The Company believes that investors use certain non-GAAP and additional GAAP measures as indicators to assess gold mining companies. They are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared with GAAP.
Additional GAAP measures that are presented on the face of the Company's consolidated statements of comprehensive income include "Mine operating costs", "Earnings from mine operations" and "Earnings from operations". These measures are intended to provide an indication of the Company's mine and operating performance.
"Cash flow from operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital" is a non-GAAP performance measure that could provide an indication of the Company's ability to generate cash flows from operations, and is calculated by adding back the change in non-cash working capital to "Cash provided by (used in) operating activities" as presented on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows. "Free cash flow" is a non-GAAP performance measure that is calculated as cash flows from operations net of cash flows invested in mineral property, plant and equipment and exploration and evaluation assets as presented on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows and that would provide an indication of the Company's ability to generate cash flows from its mineral projects. Return on Equity is defined as Earnings from Continuing Operations divided by the average Total Equity for the current and previous year. "Mining cost per tonne of ore" and "Cost per tonne of ore" are non-GAAP performance measures that could provide an indication of the mining and processing efficiency and effectiveness of the mine. These measures are calculated by dividing the relevant mining and processing costs and total costs by the tonnes of ore processed in the period. "Cost per tonne of ore" is usually affected by operating efficiencies and waste-to-ore ratios in the period. "Cash operating costs per ounce", "total cash costs per ounce" and "all-in sustaining costs per ounce" as used in this analysis are non-GAAP terms typically used by gold mining companies to assess the level of gross margin available to the Company by subtracting these costs from the unit price realized during the period. These non-GAAP terms are also used to assess the ability of a mining company to generate cash flow from operations. There may be some variation in the method of computation of these metrics as determined by the Company compared with other mining companies. In this context, "cash operating costs per ounce" reflects the cash operating costs allocated from in-process and dore inventory associated with ounces of gold sold in the period. "Cash operating costs per ounce" may vary from one period to another due to operating efficiencies, waste-to-ore ratios, grade of ore processed and gold recovery rates in the period. "Total cash costs per ounce" includes "cash operating costs per ounce" plus applicable royalties. Cash operating costs per ounce and total cash costs per ounce are exclusive of exploration costs. "All-in sustaining costs per ounce" include total cash costs, exploration, corporate and administrative, share based compensation and sustaining capital costs. Non-GAAP and additional GAAP measures do not have a standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. For a reconciliation of non-GAAP and GAAP measures, please refer to Alamos' Managements' Discussion and Analysis as presented on SEDAR and the Company's website.
Except as otherwise noted herein, Chris Bostwick, FAusIMM, Alamos Gold's Vice President, Technical Services, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this website. Chris Bostwick is a Qualified Person within the meaning of Canadian Securities Administrator's National Instrument 43-101. For more information, please refer to the Alamos Gold Inc. and AuRico Gold Inc. 2014 Annual Information Forms and the technical reports referenced therein and in this website, available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).


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IRVING, Texas - The Dallas Cowboys have signed cornerback LeQuan Lewis.
Dallas announced the move Wednesday, a day after Lewis was released from the New York Jets practice squad. Lewis filled the roster spot created when the Cowboys released tight end Colin Cochart on Tuesday.
Undrafted out of Arizona State, Lewis signed with the Tennessee Titans in July 2011, but was released at the end of camp and out of football last season. He was signed and released by Oakland this summer, then signed Aug. 15 with the Jets, who put him on their practice squad Sept. 4.


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Held the second Tuesday of October, Tales of the Crypt is an annual Mount Holly Event during which drama students from Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School are each given a person buried in the cemetery to research. They then prepare short monologues or dialogues, complete with period costumes, to be performed in front of the researched person's grave. Award-winning local costumer Debi Manire will once again provide the wonderful historical characters' costumes. Audiences are led through the cemetery from grave to grave by guides with candles. Al
The 20th Annual "Tales of the Crypt" will be held at Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 South Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, October 14, 2014, from 5:30 pm until 8:30 pm. Admission is free to the public, however donations to Mount Holly Cemetery are appreciated and aid in the maintenance of the cemetery.
Don't forget to find the grave of James Hornibrook, the original owner of The Empress of Little Rock, and view his well-known death mask. Then come stay at The Empress and view his portrait in our Hornibrook Room!