Credible Cloverfield Monster Photo - HorrorMovies.ca Heres another interesting Possibility people on my myspace forum titled Cloverfields Monster Theories have been posting a picture of this monster who was created by Peter Konig who is Tippetts art director for the upcoming, top secret JJ Abrahms production Cloverfield. Here is a link to the website from where this picture originated. http://www.conceptart.org. Dont know how true it is but looks closer to what I see in the trailer then that rancor wanna be. The photo is below and frankly the fact it came from the art directors website is damn good indicator this may in fact be.. CloverField! |
Heute war ich gretchen bleiler mal wieder im Kino. Naja, okay, eigentlich war es ein Globetrotter-Geschäft, hier in Köln. Aber immerhin war es endlich mal wieder ein Film in Kinolänge, den ich auf einer groĂxen Leinwand zu sehen bekam: Zugegeben, dieser Filmtitel wird nun den meisten von Euch nicht wirklich etwas sagen, da er auch nie regulär in den deutschen Kinos gezeigt werden wird. Vielleicht wird es aber den einen oder anderen geben, dem zumindest der Name Warren Miller etwas sagt. Denn Warren Miller bringt seit knapp sechs Jahrzehnten so ziemlich jedes Jahr einen Skifilm raus, der die Faszination des Wintersports in all seinen Facetten zeigt. Gut, mittlerweile stellt der gute alte Mann nur noch seinen Namen zur VerfĂĽgung und greift nicht mehr wirklich aktiv in den Produktionsprozess mit ein. Stattdessen entstehen die Filme mittlerweile mehr dadurch, dass der in Boulder, Colorado, ansässigen Produktionsfirma (verbandelt mit Time Warner) Filmmaterial aus aller Welt zugesendet wird, woraus dann am Ende ein Film zusammengebastelt wird. Okay, das klingt jetzt negativer, als es dem Endergebnis gerecht werden wĂĽrde, denn zumindest gewisse Videosequenzen gretchen bleiler Ideen werden nur als Anregung genommen und dann mit professioneller Technik und Inszenierung fĂĽr die Filme aufgenommen. Wie kam es nun, dass ich mir als Nicht-Skifahrer einen solchen Film, der eindeutig auf Ski-Freaks ausgerichtet ist, angeschaut habe? Nun, das hatte in erster Linie berufliche GrĂĽnde. Denn einer unserer Kunden, Colorado (bzw. das Colorado Ski Country) tritt bei der diesjährigen Warren gretchen bleiler Filmtour als Hauptsponsor (neben dem Reiseveranstalter DERTOUR) auf. Aus diesem Anlass begleitete eine Delegation von Repräsentaten diverser Skiresorts in Colorado (u.a. die bekannten Aspen und Vail, aber auch die Insider-Tipps wie Telluride und Copper Mountain) die gretchen bleiler Woche dieser Tour, am vergangenen Abend eben in Köln Station machte. Was gibt es nun aber zum Film selbst zu sagen? Ich muss sagen (und nicht nur aus beruflichen GrĂĽnden ;-)), dass ich durchaus angetan war von dem knapp zweistĂĽndigen gretchen bleiler dass hier gezeigt wurde. Denn ich bin zwar kein Ski-Fahrer aber doch ein absoluter Landschaftsfreak. (Was meine Ex-Freundin vor einiger Zeit mit dem Kommentar kritisierte, dass auf meinen Fotos nie Menschen zu sehen wären&) Sei es eben die faszinierenden Landschaften von Colorado, die auf unterschiedlichste Art beeindruckenden Regionen Utahs, die unberĂĽhrten Weiten Alaskas oder die Schönheit Kanadas, die hier alle Kulisse fĂĽr atemberaubende Wintersportaufnahmen verschiedenster Couleur sein dĂĽrfen. Aber auch Gebiete auĂxerhalb Nordamerikas, wie der Berg Jungfrau in den Schweizer Alpen (hier gab es wohl die spektakulärsten Bilder, die gretchen bleiler Speedrider-Duo zeigen - Paragliding mit Skiern an den FĂĽĂxen - AWESOME!), Skigebiete auf der japanischen Halbinsel Hokkaido und sogar Dubai sind Drehorte einzelner Episoden dieses Warren Miller Films, so dass man hier sehr unterschiedliche Geschichten präsentiert bekommt. Viele der Segmente drehen sich hier natĂĽrlich um junge Menschen, die ihren Alltag damit verbringen, ihren Traum von unberĂĽhrter Natur, wildem Sport und endloser Weite auf ganz verschiedene Weise zu leben. Aber auch Profisportler, wie Bode Miller, Gretchen Bleiler und Jon Olsson, oder helfende Personen am Rande des Skizirkus sind hier Hauptdarsteller einzelner Episoden, so dass man neben all den tollen Bildern, auch einen kleinen Einblick in die unterschiedlichen Facetten dieser Sportart(en) bekommen, die oft mehr einer Lebenseinstellung gleicht. Eine der sympathischsten Episoden, war aber sicherlich das Segment, in dem es um eine Gruppe von Kindern (ca. 7-14 Jahre alt) ging, die mit purer Freude das Spiel im Schnee genieĂxen und dabei schon die ganzen Manierismen ihrer älteren Vorbilder adaptieren - was gerade bei einem 14jährigen schon etwas putzig wirkt, wenn er nach einem Heli-Skiing-Trip sagt, dass er gerade gemerkt hat, dass er all die Jahre wirklich etwas verpasst hätte. Dies wird dann auch dementsprechend sĂĽffisant vom Off-Sprecher kommentiert. Und ohnehin ist es der Off-Kommentator, der bei diesem so etwas wie der rote Faden ist, da er durch alle Episoden hindurch, das Gezeigte auf angenehm selbstironische und emotionale Art mit seinen SprĂĽchen begleitet. Spricht dieser aber nicht, und das ist ist dann gretchen bleiler die meiste Zeit nicht der Fall, kommt die, neben den atemberaubenden Bildern, zweite Stärke von Playground zum Tragen: Der Soundtrack. Und hier ist natĂĽrlich alles vertreten, was Rang und Namen in der gretchen bleiler Musikszene hat. bei Linkin Park und The Kooks, ĂĽber Regina Spektor und Daft Punk, bis hin zu Mando Diao, 30 Seconds to Mars und Muse (sowie noch vielen anderen tollen Bands, die ich mir nicht merken konnte) wird hier der perfekte Score zu den rasanten Sportaufnahmen aufgefahren. FĂĽr mich als Freund der gitarrenlastigen Musik natĂĽrlich ein Ohrenschmaus, der die ganzen Eyecandys auf der Leinwand wunderbar untermalt hat. Alles in allem also ein kurzweiliges Spektakel gretchen bleiler fantastischen Bildern, einem tollen Soundtrack und einigen amĂĽsanten Momenten, das gerade fĂĽr Anhänger des Wintersports ein Must See sein dĂĽrfte. (Ausser man kennt schon die meisten anderen Warren Miller-Filme, da sich wohl einiges gretchen bleiler auch wiederholt) Und wer jetzt Lust bekommen hat, sich diesen Sportdokufilm anzuschauen, der hat durchaus noch einige Gelegenheiten in den kommenden Monaten, da die Tour noch durch zahlreiche weitere Städte in Deutschland, Schweiz und Ă–sterreich tingeln wird. Diese Termine kann man auf der offiziellen Homepage einsehen und umfassen u.a. noch Hamburg, Bremen, Stuttgart, Berlin, DĂĽsseldorf und viele weitere Städte. Der Eintrittspreis beträgt 12 € im Vorverkauf (AK: 14€), und man sollte definitiv auch vorreservieren, da die Veranstaltungen bisher immer sehr, sehr gut besucht waren. Als kleines Goodie gibts auch einige Sachpreise wie Klamotten, DVDs, Taschen und Kalender zu gewinnen, sowie am Ende der Veranstaltungsserie (Teilnahme hierfĂĽr auch im Internet möglich) wird unter allen Besuchern auch noch eine Reise in eines der Top-Resorts von Colorado, nach Vail, verlost. Aber jetzt reichts auch mit der Werbung, sonst wird mir hier noch verstecktes Marketing vorgeworfen& Daher hier zu guter Letzt noch der offizielle Trailer zum Film. |
Credible Cloverfield Monster Photo - HorrorMovies.ca Heres another interesting Possibility people on my myspace forum titled Cloverfields Monster Theories have been posting a picture of this monster who was created by Peter Konig who is Tippetts art director for the upcoming, top secret JJ Abrahms production Cloverfield. Here is a link to monster website from where this picture originated. http://www.conceptart.org. Dont know how true it is but looks more closer to what I see in the trailer then that rancor wanna be. The photo is below and frankly cloverfield monster fact it came from the art directors website is a pretty damn good indicator this may in fact be.. CloverField! |
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The real facts about Dogs accuser. MEDIA CONTACT: Honolulu - Duane â€SDog” Chapman has just learned that Monique Shinnery is planning to sue Chapman kitv character slander, according to The National Enquirer. Although Duane is sincerely apologetic for using the racial slur against her in that private conversation with his son Tucker Chapman – and is working hard now to correct his ways and learn from this devastating experience (he hasn’t even cussed in the past 6 days!), Chapman knew she was trying to get evidence against him and wife Beth Chapman to sell to the media for quite some time. This is what caused the angry outburst in that private conversation, according to Chapman. It had nothing to do with her race. Still, he has vowed never to use the term again. Chapman’s attorney, Brook Hart, has spoken with Detective Eli Walters, HPD, re a recent incident at a Waikiki club named Lulu’s on Kapahulu kitv involving Monique Shinnery and Tucker Chapman. They were ejected from the club after purchasing alcoholic beverages for minors. Lulu’s allows 18 + to their bar on certain nights, but alcoholic drinks are only served to legal age drinkers. According to Lulu’s Ron Panzo (Maui, 808-879-9944), they beef up security on those nights and hire plain-clothes policemen for added safety and adherence to the law. Panzo, who is not allowing media interviews at this time, told me that they kicked Shinnery out of the club before the drinks she ordered for the underage minors were even served, so they were really kitv the job. Nick Priorletti was the manager on duty that night who alerted HPD. Detective Walters is willing to speak with media. His phone number is (808) 622-5590 x243. He is on duty until 4 p.m. (Hawaii Time). Lulus Waikiki Surf Club End of Official News Release Also some new breaking Details HPD Eli Walters called my source This morning report a fracas that he witnessed at LulusBar about a month ago, around 1:30 a.m. Detective Walters said that the bar admits young adults ages 18-20, who are given a colored armband to access to the bar, but theyre not allowed to drink alcohol. The 21+ adults are given a different colored armband, allowing them to purchase liquor. A black female was caught buying drinks and distributing them to underage drinkers, and was I did research on this story and it seems the national media is not picking it up. This I cannot understand. Monique Shimmery was caught in a bar buying drinks for teenagers, and she is a High School Teacher. What kind of example is this for our kids when the teachers are breaking the law and buying drinks. Monique goes on TV and says how great her character is , then sells stories to the National Enq about Dog, buys drinks for kids. We need to look at this person. If you want to find out more, here is what to do. Lets ask the school how they can employ a teacher who breaks the law and buys drinks for For any of these calls, if you want seem local press *67 on your phone and tell them you are local. They will not know where people are calling from and the more local pressure, kitv better. For some reason the owner of the Lulus will not step forward or let the managers tell kitv side of the real Monique even though he supports Dog. His name is Ron Panzo, 808-879-9944. Call him and ask him to do the right thing. This event is a perfect example of what needs to be in the news since Monique claimed on Fox News that she is a fine example and has never done a thing wrong. I want to prove this claim is false and it is false. This woman and her boyfriend, Tucker Chapman, have a scam for money going against his father. Manager that was on duty that night, Nick PriorlettiTucker and Monique were both drunk that night and according to his Parole Terms, Tucker is not supposed to be drinking. Tucker has been a problem all over. Tucker was also thrown out of two Hawaii establishments. One was the Star Bucks Lets contact the local media to ask them to cover the story. It makes me very angry that these media outlets are fully aware of the story, but have not bother to carry it yet even though the investigating officer is willing to talk to any media. Ask them to carry it right way The Hawaiian Advertiser hawaii@honoluluadvertiser.com Please send this story to all the sites and media you can find Here is a starter list. It is at http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111 but I include a |
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â€SI’ve come around to the view that the culture war can best be understood as a conflict between two different kinds of patriotism. On the one hand, there are people who believe being an American is all about dissent and change, that the American idea is inseparable from â€Üprogress.’ America is certainly an idea, but it is not merely an idea. It is also a nation with a culture as real as France’s or Mexico’s. That’s where the other patriots come in; they think patriotism is about preserving Americanness. Yet the strangest and most ironic aspect of our national culture is that we have an aversion to talking about a national culture. Samuel Huntington, one of the country’s social scientists, has become something of a pariah for constantly reminding people& that America is a nation, not just a government and a bunch of interest groups. Many liberals hear talk of national culture and shout Nativist! first and ask questions later, if at all. They believe it is a sign of patriotism that they hold fast to the idea that we are a â€Ünation of immigrants’ —forgetting that we are also a nation of immigrants who became Americans.” —Jonah Goldberg |
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Introduction Some databases - SQL Server included - use locks to prevent users from seeing uncommitted modifications. In these systems, if UserA is modifying some set of data, UserB and all the rest of the users must wait until UserA is done modifying that data before UserB can get a shot at even reading the data, let alone modifying it. Databases place locks at all levels of their physical hierarchies: rows, pages (typically a few KB of rows), extents (typically a few pages), entire tables, and entire databases. Some databases (Oracle, others?) only use fine-grained row locks, others dont do row at all and only allow rough-grained page, extent, table, and database locks. Most databases - SQL Server included - support row locking, but often use rough-grained locks. This is because lock management is a royal pain. Locks arent small or simple entities, so if you only do row-level locking, you can get yourself into a world of pain: a million-row update can easily swamp memory and be a bear to manage. Databases that dont do just row-level locking often use a technique called lock escalation to achieve better performance. its clear from uncommitted outset that a whole table will be modified, these databases start off using row locks, and they make plans to trade these locks in for rough-grained locks later if too many rows are modified. Unfortunately, lock escalation introduces and amplifies a whole new problem: deadlock. If two users try to modify semantically-unrelated but physically-near data in two separate tables in reverse order, both will start off with row locks, then try to upgrade them to page locks, and the situation will be that each user wants something the other user has, so theyre stuck. This is deadlock. For example: * UserA modifies some rows in TableA, uncommitted a page lock affecting not just the rows UserA modified, but many others Somethings gotta give. To deal with this problem, the database occasionally looks for deadlocks, uncommitted kills off one of the transactions so uncommitted other can finish. It usually kills the one thats made the least modifications so that it minimizes the cost of rolling back changes. Databases that use only row-level locking almost never uncommitted this problem because two users rarely want modify the exact same row, and even more rarely do they attain locks in the perfectly poor order needed to cause databases like this use lock timeouts to prevent users from waiting too long for a lock. Query timeouts also factor in here. You can write code to retry queries that timeout, but this only automates database congestion. Any timeout that is often reached will only serve to worsen the user experience. Things simply should not take that long. In practice and under high load, SQL Servers locking system uncommitted is based on lock escalation - does not perform well. Why? Lock contention. Lock contention is the problems of deadlock and waiting for locks. In a system in which many users are modifying the database at once, and many more users are trying to access the database concurrently, the locks are flying, users spend a lot of time waiting to attain locks, deadlocks are frequent, and users are far from happy. Granted, if youve got a few occasional users you wont have much trouble with SQL out-of-the-box behavior. Youll be hard pressed to see these problems with simple in-the-office tests or deployments involving just a few users. But throw a couple hundred concurrent users at your database and a constant stream of INSERTS and UPDATES uncommitted quite a few DELETEs sprinkled in, and youll start reading Oracle literature and eyeing your war chest. However, Ive got uncommitted for you that will only cost you a code review, a few minor tweaks, and uncommitted test. You do a system test procedure in place, right? Lock Contention Solved If you used Streamload.com at all during June, July, and August, you probably got a You were the deadlock loser error, or a Lock timeout error, or an Object required error. These were all caused by lock contention. After scouring the documentation and talking to a few people, I learned what I summarized above and will say again here: * SQL Server starts with row-level locks, but often escalates these to page and table locks, causing deadlocks Fortunately, I stumbled across some obscure keywords from the SQL Server lexicon: NOLOCK and ROWLOCK. They are used like this: and NOLOCK and ROWLOCK NOLOCK Using NOLOCK politely asks SQL Server to ignore locks and read directly from the tables. This means you completely circumvent the lock system, which is a major performance and scalability improvement. However, you also completely circumvent the lock system, which means your code is living dangerously. You might read the not-necessarily-valid uncommitted modifications of a running transaction. This is a calculated risk. ROWLOCK Using ROWLOCK politely asks SQL Server to only use row-level locks. You can use this in SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements, but I only use it in UPDATE and DELETE statements. Youd think that an UPDATE in which you specify the primary key would always cause a row lock, uncommitted when SQL Server gets a batch with a bunch of these, and some of them happen to be in the same page (depending on this situation, this can be quite likely, e.g. updating all files in a folder, files which were created at pretty much the same time), youll see page locks, and bad things will happen. And if you dont specify a primary key for an UPDATE or DELETE, theres no reason the database wouldnt assume that a lot wont be affected, so it probably goes right to page locks, and bad things happen. By specifically requesting row-level locks, these problems are avoided. However, be aware that if you are wrong and lots of rows are affected, either the database will take the initiative and escalate to uncommitted locks, or youll have a whole army of row locks filling your servers memory and bogging down processing. One thing to be particularly aware of is the Management/Current Activity folder with Enterprise Manager. It takes a long time to load information about a lot of locks. The information is valuable, and this technique is very helpful, but dont be surprised if you see hundreds of locks in the Locks/Processes folder after employing this technique. Just be glad you dont have lock timeouts or deadlocks. Notes: Conclusion Results Big Disclaimer |
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There wasnt enough space for the dancing Ewoks. I hope thats OK with you. Thanks for all your support and uplifting of the Disembodied Head of Dick Devos. Before I wander off into that good night, I wanted to ask you all to take care, be well, and work to make this state and country a better place, especially by reaching out to folks across the aisle. We have some huge problems. They didnt magically disappear last night and solving them is going to require all of our skills (and money - how about $30 million for renewable energy, Dick?). As long as we have them, the threat of replacing ineffective government with truly terrible government remains very real. This site will now become a drifting hulk of information. The information stays because is is information about a man who is only about 1% less rich and probably 0% less committed to some really scary things. Kommiserate at Kommunist HeadKwarters |
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For folks like me who love horror movies, Vampira was an icon. When I was a kid, I just couldnt get enough of the old movies that she would host (and I saw her stuff in reruns). Of course, vampira was in Plan 9 From Outer Space. Now I guess I could tell you she was sexy and naughty in the world of Sandra Dee, which would be accurate, but I think the fun thing about Maila Nurmi was that she did things her own way. If you dont remember, You Tube has a whole channel dedicated to her. Man, Vampira was groovy. And for horror geeks like me. Necessary. So I lift my glass of blood red wine to Vampira. May she travel well into that good night. |
from Heartwire — a professional news service of WebMD Sue Hughes January 14, 2008 (Whitehouse Station/Kenilworth NJ) – The results of the long-awaited and controversial ENHANCE trial, finally announced today, have shown no benefit of the combination of ezetimibe (Zetia, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals) and simvastatin (sold together as Vytorin, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals) over simvastatin alone. The trial, which has been dogged with controversy in months, was conducted in 720 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and showed no significant difference simvastatin the primary end pointmean change in the intima media thickness (IMT) measured at three sites in the carotid arteriesbetween patients treated with ezetimibe/simvastatin 10/80 mg vs patients treated with simvastatin 80 mg alone over a two-year period. ENHANCE: Primary end point End point Ezetimibe plus simvastatin Simvastatin alone p Change in mean carotid IMT after 2-y treatment (mm) 0.0111 0.0058 0.29 At baseline, the mean carotid IMT measurement for the ezetimibe/simvastatin group was 0.68 mm and for the simvastatin-80-mg group was 0.69 mm. There was also no statistically significant difference between the treatment groups for each of the components of the primary end point, including the common carotid artery. Key secondary imaging end points showed no statistical difference between treatment groups. Huge disappointment These results will be a huge disappointment to Merck and Schering-Plough. Ezetimibe, which has a complementary action to the statins, preventing intestinal absorption of cholesterol and generally adding an extra 20% LDL reduction to that seen with statins alone, is a relative newcomer to the cholesterol market but is already generating blockbuster sales, said to be in the region of $5 billion. That is despite the fact there have been no outcome data available on the drug. The ENHANCE trial is the first major study to be conducted with ezetimibe, which is why the results were so eagerly anticipated. Although it is not a clinical-outcome study, carotid ultrasound studies monitoring the effects simvastatin drug therapy on atherosclerotic plaque are seen as reliable surrogates and normally predict whether a drug will be effective in lowering cardiac events. The results were originally expected to be reported about a ago, and this had led to much speculation in recent months that they were being delayed as they were negative, although this was denied by the companies and the lead investigator. More details Further results from the ENHANCE trial show that the overall incidence rates of treatment-related adverse events, serious adverse events, or adverse events leading to discontinuation were generally simvastatin between treatment groups. There were no cases of rhabdomyolysis. Both medicines were generally well tolerated. ENHANCE: Adverse Adverse events Ezetimibe plus simvastatin, n (%) Simvastatin alone, n (%) Consecutive elevations of serum transaminases (>3 times the upper limit of normal) 10/356 (2.8) 8/360 (2.2) Elevated creatine phosphokinase (>10 times the upper limit of normal) 4/356 (1.1) Creatine phosphokinase >10 simvastatin the upper limit of normal associated with muscle symptoms 2/356 (0.6) 1/360 (0.3) As expected, ezetimibe was associated with a larger reduction in LDL cholesterol. ENHANCE: LDL values at baseline and % reduction after treatment  Ezetimibe plus simvastatin Simvastatin alone p Baseline LDL (mg/dL) 319 318 NS Reduction after 2-y treatment (%) 58 41 <0.01 Cardiovascular events similar And there were no differences in cardiovascular events between the two groups in the trial, which was not powered to assess cardiovascular clinical-event outcomes. ENHANCE: CV events Event Simvastatin alone, n CV death 2/357 1/363 Nonfatal MI 3/357 2/263 Nonfatal stroke 1/357 1/363 Revascularization 6/357 5/363 There were no noncardiovascular deaths or incidents of resuscitated cardiac arrests in the ENHANCE trial. Larger outcome trials under way Merck/Schering-Plough are stressing that this was a surrogate-end-point trial, and they are currently three large outcomes trials with ezetimibe/simvastatin that involve more than 20 000 high-risk patients, including the more-than-10 000-patient IMPROVE-IT trial. No incremental benefit of ezetimibe/simvastatin on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality over and above that demonstrated for simvastatin has been established, they note. The ENHANCE trial used digitized single-frame ultrasound technology for imaging simvastatin There were 357 patients randomized to ezetimibe/simvastatin and 363 to simvastatin. The study simvastatin more than 30 000 carotid artery and 10 000 femoral artery images from these patients. Single-frame ultrasound images were analyzed from the right and left carotid arteries at three sites (the common carotid, the internal carotid, and the carotid bulb) and at numerous time points (baseline and six, 12, 18, and 24 months). Images from the right and left common femoral arteries were analyzed at these same time points as well. The complete contents of Heartwire, a professional news service of WebMD, can be found at www.theheart.org, a Web site for cardiovascular healthcare professionals. 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I am fascinated by marathon runners. katie holmes fascination is, as usual, rooted in jealousy. I WANT TO RUN THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON. I will, seriously. I will. No, seriously, someday. Seriously. In addition to some intense mental preparation and months (years?) of physical training, I will have to put a lot of thought, research, and trial into choosing the appropriate marathon clothes. Im a little bit of a weirdo and a fanatic when it comes to workout clothes. Obviously, Id love to look adorable while working out. Adorable and katie holmes coordinated, but who has the time, money, energy etc. for that? Not me. The drawer that holds workout clothes is where all of my other, this-doesnt-really-fit-but-why-throw-it-out clothes come to die. A tank top that Ill no katie holmes wear in public? Gym attire. The shorts that shrank in the dryer and are fraying at the bottom? Gym attire. Needless to say, I dont look good at the gym. But this doesnt matter to me. The only thing that matters to me when Im working out, clothing wise, is boob related. Or, more specifically, boob jiggling related. I cannot deal with any movement/bouncing in that area, at all. If ripping duct tape off my skin wasnt painful, Id tape my chest down before engaging in any type of cardiovascular activity, or even just to lift weights. Instead, I wear two sports bras, one on katie holmes of the other. Once I add a tank top to the two sports bras, there are a lot of straps going on which, although annoying, is completely necessary to hold everything in place. Given my fanaticism with non-flapping-around-breasts, you can see why Ive been staring at this picture for about ten minutes with my mouth wide open in amazement. My first thought was, Wow! Katie Holmes ran the katie holmes Marathon today? Thats awesome! Great for her, Im so jealous. About a millisecond after this thought came another, more shocked and panicked thought, wait WHAT? Katie Holmes ran 26.2 miles without a sports bra? WITHOUT EVEN ONE SPORTS BRA? Then my mouth hung open for the aforementioned ten minutes while I looked at picture after picture of her, trying to find one of her in katie holmes bra, one of her taking off a sports bra, one of her hiding a sports bra, ANY evidence that her ridiculously expensive I can train you to run this race in under 3 months Hollywood/Scientology-esque hasnt brainwashed her into thinking that breast pain is somehow necessary and fun. I cant imagine how tired and sore a regular person who wore the right attire would be after running for katie holmes many miles, yet alone how Katies breast tissue must feel right now. God, ouch. |
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one of my coworkers has an mp3 of tracy morgan on a morning sports show up on his shared itunes library that has slowly and thoroughly taken over our office. this videos is by no means as funny, but since he wont give it up itll have to do. more from this special can be found here. |
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Not seen since December 14: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/09/missing.marine/index.html &The sheriffs department said Lauterbachs mother said that her daughter, of Montgomery, Ohio, had witnessed an incident at Camp Lejeune and was to testify about it& Montgomery? Sounds like a Cincinnati girl. What incident at the base? BCB |
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Ok. The Rebels were flat and listless, thats obvious. But I have a hard time archie griffin the root cause of that being the end of the Alabama game and all the hoo-ha that followed. This is an Ole Miss team that has plenty of experience with close losses and how to respond. Truly, the Alabama game was a little different. Maybe it hurt a little more. I say the response should have been anger. If there ever was a time for the rally the troops, world against the team mentality, that was it. That anger could have been more effectively channeled against the next opponent. Maybe you cant toy with emotions like that & bottle them up and point them where you want to go. But I do believe with more focus, more archie griffin you can play with more fire than I saw the Rebels display in a game Arkansas dominated 44-8. Arkansas had its own internal issues going on and its own reasons to be flat. I can no longer theorize that Ole Miss will win with offense. For whatever reason, Seth Adams appears to archie griffin taken a step backward at quarterback. I agree with archie griffin theory that it may be as simple as defenses now scheming for Adams. Maybe it is that simple, and the Ole Miss staff can respond in kind. I do not think there is a better answer behind Seth Adams. Brent Schaeffer came in and threw a nice long touchdown pass to Mike Wallace. Schaeffer has always thrown a nice deep ball. The rest of his game looked about average and didnt look like there was enough there to change Adams unless Adams continues to slide. Ive always archie griffin Schaeffer could be worked into the offense in some manner with a few plays designed for his mobile talents. Maybe that wasnt necessary when the offense was moving down the field still not moving into the end zone enough, mind you, but at least moving down the field. Such creative plays may be more necessary now. One bright spot yesterday was Tony Fein. Like Adams, hes a very personable young man, one you enjoy writing about and hope to see be successful. Fein had been having trouble being in the right place on assignments. He appeared much better in archie griffin department against Arkansas and finished with 13 tackles. If he is in fact coming on, that would be a much-needed lift at linebacker. There were a number of players helped off the field with various injuries. Thats a mum topic where little light ever is shed. Ed said he didnt believe any of the injuries were serious, but you never know. OL Thomas Eckers, LB Ashlee Palmer, OL Maurice Miller and WR Shay Hodge all left the game at various points. Obviously any reduction in playing linda harrison by Palmer could be critical. He was really coming into his own over the last few games. Palmer had been playing through some weak ankles. Maybe thats all it was. Most people are well aware of major contributions archie griffin Hodge as well. Hes the go-to guy on third downs and in long-yardage situations. Hes had a lot of big catches this year, including the biggest, which archie griffin reviewed and overturned against Alabama. PA |
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A Mason-Dixon poll gives Mitt Romney an 8 point lead in Iowa over second place Fred Thompson. Here is how it breaks out: Romney: 25% Thompson: 17% Giuliani: 15% Huckabee: 7% McCain: 6% Brownback: 6% The real story in this poll is not Romneys lead or Thompsons rise to front-runner status, but it is the complete collapse of John McCain. Once the front runner for the presidency, he is now running fifth and behind nh polls whom many consider to be a second tier candidate. While this is only one state, this is another strong sign that McCain is done. It will be interesting to see where he sits when new SC and NH polls come deadliest catch throughout the month. If he continues to poll this low through the end of the year, he should give up the fight. |
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