If Roger Clemens can’t discredit the steroid allegations made against him in the Mitchell Report, the four Cy Young awards he won after he allegedly started using performance-enhancing drugs should be taken away, Curt Schilling wrote today.
1) "Don't tase me bro!" - Andrew Meyer
2) "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children." - Lauren Upton
3) "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
4) "That's some nappy-headed hos there." - Don Imus
5) "I don't recall." - Alberto Gonzales
6) "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." - Joseph Biden
7) "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating." - Harry Reid
8) "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." - Larry Craig
9) "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." - Joseph Biden
10) "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." - Jimmy Carter
I, for one, will be adding every single one of these quotes to my Facebook profile.
WAKEFIELD - The existing town-wide Housing Rehabilitation Program will continue in Wakefield for at least another year using $240,000 from the Program Income Fund to assist low and moderate income homeowners with needed repairs. Another $65,000 will be spent to keep the local Community Development office open and administer the Housing Rehabilitation Program through Dec. 31, 2008. A portion of the remaining $68,000 in the Program Income account will likely be used to replace one of the town's senior citizen transportation vans.
After meeting with Wayne Darragh, the town's Community Development Block Grant Program Director, the Board of Selectmen voted this week to expend the funds and continue the low to moderate income housing rehab assistance program through December 2008.
Darragh reminded the board that the $373,000 currently in the Program Income account has been generated through the repayment of liens placed on residential properties that participated in previous housing rehabilitation programs.
Did you know that Sears used to sell ready-to-assemble houses through mail orders?
Yet another piece of information to add to your short term.
The annual Monitoring the Future survey of eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders found that the percentage of students reporting illicit drug use in the past month is continuing a decline that began in 2001.
I am pretty much against people under the age of 16 doing said drugs. I don't know why anyone would want to get into the drugs that I bolded. You might be thinking "no alcohol and cigarettes? Come on." Both are addicting (as are the other things I bolded) and addictions aren't fun. If you have good self control then I suppose they could be. If you have good self control, I don't know why there would be an addiction in the first place. Alcohol is what naive teenagers drink to feel socially acceptable. When was the last time you heard of a teenager drinking alone? Yeah, I know you are saying "that would be stupid." Cigarettes are just stupid. Can some cigarette smoker out there convince me that they aren't?
The percentage of those in the three grades who said they had used any illicit drug -- including marijuana, Ecstasy, LSD, amphetamines, inhalants, methamphetamine, steroids, cocaine, heroin, alcohol and cigarettes -- in the past month went from 19.4 percent in 2001 to 14.8 percent in 2007, a 24 percent drop. The decline was most dramatic among eighth-graders but was also seen among those in 10th and 12th grades. - Catholic News Service
`(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C.
`(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.
`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
`(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.
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`(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating domestic terrorism.
`(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security.
`(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.
`(4) While the United States must continue its vigilant efforts to combat international terrorism, it must also strengthen efforts to combat the threat posed by homegrown terrorists based and operating within the United States.
`(5) Understanding the motivational factors that lead to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence is a vital step toward eradicating these threats in the United States.
`(6) Preventing the potential rise of self radicalized, unaffiliated terrorists domestically cannot be easily accomplished solely through traditional Federal intelligence or law enforcement efforts, and can benefit from the incorporation of State and local efforts.
`(7) Individuals prone to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence span all races, ethnicities, and religious beliefs, and individuals should not be targeted based solely on race, ethnicity, or religion.
`(8) Any measure taken to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism in the United States should not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.
`(9) Certain governments, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have significant experience with homegrown terrorism and the United States can benefit from lessons learned by those nations.
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`(A) IN GENERAL- The Commission may request directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this section. The head of each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent practicable and authorized by law, furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chair of the Commission, by the chair of any subcommittee created by a majority of the Commission, or by any member designated by a majority of the Commission.
`(B) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DISSEMINATION- The Committee and its staff shall receive, handle, store, and disseminate information in a manner consistent with the operative statutes, regulations, and Executive orders that govern the handling, storage, and dissemination of such information at the department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality that responds to the request.
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`(k) Postal Services- The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments and agencies of the United States.
`(l) Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act- The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
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`(a) In General- The Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism as described herein shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.
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MLB 2k8 Producer Interview
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/841/841745p1.html
Says Ben Brinkman, the Producer of MLB 2k8: "Well, a lot of the stuff in the game gameplay mechanic wise, a lot of the stuff was kind of dated. It had been in the game for a number of years and fans buying the game year after year were getting a lot of the same experiences – last year, it looked a lot better, but we wanted to do something new and different and hopefully innovative and fun. We believe they are innovative and fun, but we want the people playing our game to feel the same way, as well as reviewers. We've done a lot of stuff this year – let's leave it at that. It's across the board, we did primarily focus on a couple of areas, but we also touched on everything. Like we talked about with fielding, it's a much different and more fluid and responsive experience. One thing that we're going to roll out later o
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COD4 Multiplayer Patch
http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/4D3A1C1C-BA96-49E6-BCD0-D2FC09DA24E5.htmTeam Deathmatch
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Mercenary Team Deathmatch
• Brand New Playlists: No Clans / Parties allowed.
• Players who don't want to be matchmade with clans (or people in parties) can team up with fellow lone wolves and play some TDM.
Free-for-All
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
• Score Limit Change: 100 Points
Domination
• Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now available in map rotation.
Ground War
• No changes.
Sabatoge
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Headquarters
• Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now available in map rotation.
Search and Destroy
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Team Tactical
• Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
• Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now available in map rotation.
Hardcore Team Deathmatch
• Brand New Playlist: 100% Hardcore Team Deathmatch Only
• No longer switched between Hardcore Search and Destroy and Hardcore Team Deathmatch
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Hardcore Search and Destroy
• Brand New Playlist: 100% Hardcore Search and Destroy Only
• No longer switched between Hardcore Search and Destroy and Hardcore Team Deathmatch
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Old School
• Rule Set Change: Free-for-All Only w/ Old School Rules
• Increased Health (slightly)
• No Health Re-gen
• Score Limit Change: 100 points
• Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Cage Match
• Rule Set Change: No Longer Old School Mode
• 1 v 1: Normal Rules
• Map Added to Rotation: Countdown - now available in map rotation
• Map Added to Rotation: District - now available in map rotation
Oldcore
• Playlist Removed
Team Objective
• Playlist Removed
• All gametypes included now available individually.
Upcoming Patch Updates (Seperate from above Playlist changes):
Addition of Host Migration
• If Host of lobby leaves, all players will be deposited back to the lobby where next best host will be selected before new game restarts. Players will no longer be kicked out of game entirely.
Improved Network Performance For Larger Games
• 18 player games now require more bandwidth to host, resulting in smoother performance for players.
Optimized Server Selection for First Match
• Server selection is now optimized to select best bandwidth servers associated by LSP.
Updated Spectator "Chase Cam"
• Change Spectator Mode: Switch between First Person and Third Person.
• 360 Degree rotation around character you're spectating.
Fixed "Playlist Older Than Host" Error
• Player will no longer get error when entering games.
Optimized Corrupt Create-a-Class Handling
• Players will no longer be kicked from game when their create-a-class data is corrupted.
Added Kill Cam To Everything
• Kill Cam view Added: Air Strike Bombs (Follows bomb from plane to target)
• Kill Cam view Added: Grenades (Follows frag from hand to ground, then rotates to view target)
• Kill Cam view Added: RPGs (Follows RPG from launch to target)
• Kill Cam view Added: M203 Rounds (Follows round from launcher to target)
• Kill Cam view Added: Claymores (Views from behind claymore until explosion)
• Kill Cam view Added: C4 Packs (View from pack rotating to watch target)
• Kill Cam view Added: Martrdom (View from grenade rotating to watch target)
Optimized Old School Experience
• Added Unlimited Sprint
• Doubled Magazine Size
• Added Ragdoll Cam
Additional Start Spawn Locations in All Maps
• Added a minimum of 9 extra start spawns on each side of all maps.
Optimized Sniper Rifle / ACOG Scope Accuracy
• Sniper Rifles and ACOG scope accuracy improved due to fix.
Fixed Weapon Sprint Bug
• Bug which gave players more sprint when using particular weapons.
Thanks again for your constant feedback and support of the game, keep in mind that playlists are constantly evolving, so everything is subject to change based on feedback and results. If we feel something isn't fun or based on your feedback we'll continue to change it up and I'll continue to keep you in the loop.
Russia has delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel to a reactor it is helping to build at Bushehr in Iran.The two sides reached agreement last week on a schedule to finish building the plant after years of delays.
The UN has demanded that Iran halt uranium enrichment but has approved the Russian nuclear fuel deliveries.
US President George W Bush supported the move, but said it proved "the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich" uranium for themselves.
Some Western countries fear Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons but Tehran says its programme is for peaceful power generation only. - BBC NEWS
I think the world "nuclear" should just cease its existence.
Boston (AP/WBZ Newsroom) -- Boston School Superintendent Carol Johnson is apologizing to parents and students who were left out in the cold Monday morning.
About 680 public school students were left at bus stops after 70 drivers called in sick or took personal days off.
Johnson calls the high number of absences "very problematic." Those students won't be penalized if they missed school.
Johnson tells WBZ Newsradio1030 she wants a review and documentation explaining the absences.
It's official: "The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" are returning to the airwaves -- sans writers -- on Jan. 2.
WAKEFIELD — Snow made heavy by a steady mist and then rain hampered the town’s cleanup efforts yesterday and today. The 10 inches received late last week made the removal effort take that much longer.
About eight inches of snow fell between 2:30 a.m. and around 11:30 a.m. Sunday before turning to mist, drizzle and rain, which made the snow extremely heavy and hard to move.
“With all the snow already on the ground, this really was a major storm,” said DPW Director Richard Stinson of yesterday’s weather event. “We had a three inch storm that included about an inch of ice (on Dec. 2) which never really melted. Then we got 10 inches last Thursday. There really is nowhere to put it and the snow yesterday was very heavy. We tried to push it back and widen many of the town’s streets but it was difficult. Pickup trucks were having a hard time moving it.”
Stinson noted that the DPW will be cleaning the Square beginning at 10 tonight, going through to 7 a.m. Tuesday.
SAN DIEGO - Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing number of attacks by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks.
The counteroffensive has drawn complaints that innocent families are being caught in the crossfire.
"A neighbor shouted, 'Stop it! There are children living here," said Esther Arias Medina, 41, who on Wednesday fled her Tijuana, Mexico, shanty with her 3-week-old grandson after the infant began coughing from smoke that seeped through the walls. - Associated Press
DALLAS (CBS 11 News)
A Dallas high school has banned students from wearing anything that might keep their heads and ears warm. But the weather isn't what sparked the so-called "hoodie ban" at Kimball High School.
The school district calls it a safety and security issue.
We weren't allowed inside Kimball. But the jackets and sweatshirts with hoods and hats that kids wear on the outside are banned on the inside.
There have been some fights at Kimball lately. School officials say they can't identify teenagers who attacked other students, because hoods hid their identity.
School district officials say the hood ban is within the principal's discretion. And students must adhere to the rule.
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