The mayor of India’s capital, Delhi, admits the city has been paying salaries to more than 20,000 employees who do not exist…. From BBC News. Full story

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No,  I’m not going Dem. I’ve decided that quick follow-up shots and high magazine capacity are more valuble than immediate knockdown power, (unless you can get all three in one package.  read: shotgun)  now to get a Kel-Tec PMR-30 pistol, ok- so maby not that extreme, but you get the picture.

This book reminds me of being at my grandmother’s house. It lived there along with a hodge-podge of other toys that had just always lived at Grandma’s. Like my mother’s old baby doll and the clothes my Grandma sewed for it. And the life-sized stuffed pink python my Grandpa brought my mom from a toy convention he attended in NYC in the 60s.

I haven’t been able to find any stats on what the average age is for obtaining one’s first passport, but in my opinion, 24 is pushing it for when a person should be traveling out of the country for the first time. As Saint Augustine said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

Given my own lack of a passport, you might think that I’ve never been out of the country, but that’s certainly not true. I’ve actually been to seven countries outside of the United States, none of which I needed passports to travel to at the time: Aruba, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  (Though I suppose you might only call that five if you don’t count the last two, which are technically owned by the U.S.)

When I put “Get a passport” on my list, I figured I would fulfill that goal under one of two circumstances: 1) We’d be traveling to Europe to meet goal #4, or 2) The ridiculousness of not being able to drive a mere six hours and cross the border into Canada would finally get to me.

Though somewhat bummed that it’s not the former, I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be using my BRAND NEW PASSPORT to travel to Belize this coming January. I’ll be going with a group from the college to work with a number of Christian radio stations down there as well as help run a training seminar on radio and television. We leave on January 4 to fly down there, so as soon as I was confirmed to go, I raced off to the passport office to take care of business.

Making great time, my passport book showed up in my mail this week, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve been looking forward to getting one for awhile, especially because I’m the last one in my immediate family to own one (even behind all three of my younger siblings!).

Here’s to crossing another goal off my list, and to a fabulous trip in a few weeks!

JLo falls onstage...then pops up and keeps it moving

Last night,Dick Clark and ABC television hosted the annual American Music Awards, where all kind of crazy and cool happenings went on,and Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert still stood out.

I like it how every year some new act feels the need to shock and push the limits of the public morals to the breaking point, and this year the winner for that category is Adam Lambert.

Adam,the runner-up for last seasons American Idol competition,decided to out do Katy Perry who kissed a girl, or at least had a hit record about it, by kissing a guy on stage.

And, as if that was not enough to get his point across, he then grabbed a male dancer, and had him kiss,…or do something like that, to his crotch. Many guys have done this on stage before,except with women.

I think the best one was that awards show on Spike TV hosted by Jamie Foxx,when he grabbed Halle Berry’s nice behind and laid a good kiss on her…remember that.

Jamee and Halle...very hotJamee hugs Halle...

Halle hugs Jamee,who hugs her back...

I know that was kind of different, but I think many will get my point. I became a bigger Jamie Foxx supporter after that one.

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2009/06/01/jamie-foxx-and-halle-berry-make-out-fondle-each-other-on-tv/

If you missed Adam’s act…we have the pictures here…

He showed up looking like this…

Edgy…or just another way to market his album…who knows.He is from San Diego, so good luck with that Adam…

Anyhow, here is a selection of the beautiful people who were there, and of course my favorites,Rhianna,Alicia Keyes, and all the other cute sexy and talented musical superstars….and oh yes, JLo fell,see image above article,watch video below before it gets deleted,and read the story in the link provided under the video…

http://www.examiner.com/x-6788-TV-Trends-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Jennifer-Lopez-falls-at-American-Music-Awards-with-video

…Oh yeah…as usual,like clockwork…Lady Gaga got down!…she is the most interesting performer out there currently, and whenever she performs…I simply can not take my eyes off of her,because of her performances.

She has way more concept than the rest of her fellow performers,and I can tell she is having a big influence on others stage shows. Good going Gaga….

Follow the JLo story here,their video may not be deleted very quickly because they got more pull…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/22/jlo-falls-video-amas_n_367094.html

Hoje o dia tá bem cinzento, meio down, meio nada a declarar.

Pra não deixar o péssimo humor de São Pedro interferir no meu dia, já comecei toda empolgada ouvindo musicas que me façam bem.

Hoje vamos de Lily Allen. Eu até que me identifico com algumas partes desta canção … rs

Ahh, esta música também faz parte da Trilha Sonora de Viver a Vida.

22 – LILY ALLEN

the space natives played an awesome show then we went back to the hotel room that andy rented and shaun passed out and had to be drug on and off the elevator by the rest of the band and myself. oh, and this is before the reverb was no more

Not enough time to draw her vehicle….

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Chieri: Terza vittoria di fila per il Chieri Rugby che sul campo di casa si impone sul Santorre di Santarosa per 57- 7. I Picchi, con l’infermeria piena e dunque in emergenza, nel primo tempo hanno a volte subito l’imposizione di gioco dei dragoni, ma segnando tanto e subendo solo una meta. Nella seconda frazione, invece, i torinesi hanno sofferto il migliore atletismo dei ragazzi di mister Spagnoli cedendo definitivamente il passo al Chieri Rugby che conquista la terza vittoria con bonus consecutiva e che si prepara a sfidare il Novara, squadra che era, in attesa dei risultati di oggi, appaiata con lui in classifica.

Formazione: Lisa, Capodicasa (46′ Cauda), Matteis (66′ Amato), Cietto, Vanzo (46′ Berruto), Lingua, Albarosa, Bevilacqua, Malano, Gastaldi, Simoni, Burzio, Artusio, Fornito (71′ Lavarini), Nocerino. Non entrati: Borsotti.

Marcature: Mete: Gastaldi (7′), Fornito (20′, 48′, 63′), Malano (30′), Nocerino (39′), Bevilacqua (52′, 71′, 77′), Albarosa (57′), Artusio (75′). Trasformazioni: Nocerino (7′).

Allenatore: Massimo Spagnoli.

 i had to help my mom this morning preparing food for my brother’s family birthday party. This tomato made me really happy….maybe I was just tired…

Personalităţi: Cine a fost Francisco Franco (n. 1892)?

R: toate răspunsurile sunt corecte

Care era porecla lui Rică Răducanu în liceu?

R: Babicu

Cu câte procente se va scumpi carnea de pui de la 1 ianuarie 2010?

R: 20%

Evenimente: În ce an a fost recunoscută independenţa Libanului?

R: 1943

Jocuri Olimpice: În ce oraş a avut deschiderea Jocurilor Olimpice de Vară din anul 1956?

R: Melbourne

Atracţii turistice: În ce zonă a ţării întâlnim muzeul etnografic “Hanul Domnesc”?

R: Bucovina

Memo: duminica, 22 martie  – duminica, 22 noiembrie

What’s up everyone! What a great show we had tonight With great new music… who would wanna do anything else but listen to us at 1AM in the morning haha…

Anyways here’s the playlist for tonights show :

BENI
- KIRA☆KIRA☆ (KIRA☆KIRA☆ Single 2009)

JoJo
- Safe With Me

Tae Yang 태양
- 웨딩드레스 Wedding Dress (Digital Single 2009)

Brown Eyed Girls
- Sign (Sound G. Sign Single 2009)

Jay Sean
- Do You Remember feat. Seal Paul (All or Nothing Album 2009)

Alan
- Swear (Swear Single 2009)

Beyonce
- Video Phone feat. Lady GaGa (I Am… Sasha Fierce 2009)

Lady GaGa
- Telephone feat. Beyonce (The Fame Monster 2009)

Brown Eyed Girls
- Abracadabra ~Fraktal Voodoo Remix~ (Sound G. Sign 2009)

BIG BANG
- オラ Yeah! ~Ora Yeah~ (声をきかせて ~Let Me Hear Your Voice~ Single 2009)

Lady GaGa
- Dance in the Dark (The Fame Monster 2009)

CL & Minzy
- Please Don’t Go (Digital Single 2009)

Lady GaGa
- Teeth (The Fame Monster 2009)

Jay Sean
- Down feat. Lil Wayne (All or Nothing Album 2009)

Nadia
- Twinkling Boy (Twinkling Boy Single 2009)

That’s it for us… I hope you guys enjoyed the night!

HP—Apparently, the latest thing in “Debasing The Institutions You Pretend To Hold Dear In Order To Suggest That President Barack Obama Should Be Murdered Without Actually Coming Right Out And Saying So” goes by a shorter name: Psalm 109:8.

And Psalm 109:8 is just straight up memetastic, appearing on bumper stickers and T-shirts, all of which carry the benign sounding message, “Pray For Obama.” But, as Gawker’s John Cook points out, this is just one more in a “long line of cheekily coded Obama death threats.” The verse in question reads: “May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.” That leads fairly naturally into the Psalm 109:9, “May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” You know, in case you miss the point.

Rachel Maddow took up this issue last night, inviting Patience With God author and Huffington Post blogger Frank Schaeffer to explain whether or not the citation of this Biblical text “means something less threatening to people hearing this in a Biblical context.”

***UPDATE I From The Rachel Maddow*** Show

Statement by CafePress to TRMS
Regarding the appropriateness of Psalm 109:8 products

“Cafepress looks at content on a case by case basis, and makes decisions about what content is permissible based on our content usage policy.

We initially pulled the Psalm 109:8 content from our products today because broader media dialog indicated that these designs potentially suggested violence towards the president. Based on current public discourse and further review of the actual content, we have determined that it is fair political commentary and we are in the process of reinstating this merchandise. As with all of our content, these designs will continue to be reviewed and if at any time their meaning is construed as advocating violence we will revisit our decision.“
—Amy Maniatis, CafePress VP of Marketing

If you would like to contact CafePress, see below:

CafePress Email
CafePress Phone # 1-877-809-1659. International customers, please call 1-402-517-4480.

***UPDATE II From Thinkprogress.org***

Yesterday, Cafe Press announced that it was again reversing itself and removing all the merchandise in response to strong public pressure:

The public debate started with questioning if the design was simply intended to be criticism of the President or something much worse. The discourse was surprisingly civil online, given the heated nature of the topic. Given that, and the positions of groups like the ACLU and the Anti-Defamation League, we decided to let the dialogue play out publicly before making a final decision.

Last night we posted a poll on our blog, read through the emails we’ve received and weighed the nature of the calls we’ve received on the topic. In the process we also learned that many of the original designers of the Psalm 109:8 designs had already decided to remove them on their own.

General consensus has proven that the design does point to a broader interpretation of the Psalm and thus has been deemed inappropriate for sale at CafePress.

The results of the Cafe Press poll were 76 percent calling the slogan “overly inflammatory and inappropriate” and 22 percent saying it was fair.

Es gibt keinen Zweifel daran, dass 2 2 ist das größte und wahrscheinlich am besten Poker Forum da draußen. Aber Größe ist nicht nur ein Segen, weil es eine Menge Gauner heraus dort versuchen, etwas Geld zu verdienen sind. Eine sehr neue Welle sind unseriös Rakeback Angebote speziell für ipoker und Ongame.

Sie haben einen Blick auf den Affiliates zu fassen und Rakeback Abschnitt am 2 +2. Dort können Sie nach Angeboten (über PM), und sie wird eine Menge Angebote zu erhalten. Aber viele dieser Angebote werden von unseriösen Partner dieses Angebot unter den Tisch Angebote. Unter dem Tisch Angebote sind sehr riskant, da nur die Partner ist verantwortlich für das, und wenn die Partner nicht ernst Sie haben ein Problem. Er kann im Urlaub, nicht bezahlen kann oder was er behauptet, wenn das Geld nicht kommt. Dies alles sind Anzeichen dafür, dass er ein Betrüger und will ein paar schnelle Geld zu machen.

Natürlich gibt es auch ernsthafte Partner, die Sie bezahlen in regelmäßigen Abständen. Aber in der Regel müssen Sie mit dieser Angebote, vorsichtig. Die besten Fall, wenn die Transaktion wurde durch die Haut selbst initiiert. Das bedeutet, dass Sie Ihre Rakeback in Ihrem Spieler-Konto in regelmäßigen Abständen erhalten und der Affiliate nur erhält seine Provision und nicht Ihr Rakeback!

Klar, könnten Probleme mit der Haut ipoker bekommen und muss eine Strafe zahlen. Aber das wird nicht das Ende der Haut. Ein Partner-Beziehung ist zwar schnell und es gibt ein zusätzliches Risiko mit so unter den Tisch Angebote eingestellt.

Buongiorno bellas! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the birthday wishes! Wow, you certainly know how to make a dame feel loved.

As I awoke Wednesday, I pondered how far I’ve come in 22 years. To think I once was this little bean is crazy:

Cheeks so big they could rest on my shoulders. And look, I was already hamming it up for the camera, despite the drool!

I’m so refined now I can hardly stand it:

Post-workout hair and no makeup other than the new lip gloss I bought for myself as a present. Covergirl Fruit Spritzers in Raspberry. Delicioso.

I kicked off my morning right and took a shot:

Of DayQuil!

It’s a wretched feeling to wake up on your b-day and not be able to swallow, accompanied by the overwhelming throb of headache as your background music. Thankfully, I felt better an hour after choking that puppy down. (Odd phrasing, as I’d never want to eat animals, especially puppies.)

To celebrate my 22 years, I ate what I wanted all day. Truthfully, I eat what I want, when I want every single day. Wednesday, however, I gave in once again to something for which all my vegan peeps are going to shun me:

Greek yogurt is hiding under a blanket of half a sliced naner, sunbutter, pumpkin butter and cinnamon. GASM.

I may or may not be OK with having yogurt every once in a while. I’m contemplating this.

I read for a while after breakfast and eventually hauled my hiney to the gym. For 50 minutes, I toned my thighs and buns and caught up with a few years of film history. Thrilling.

On my way home from the gym, I was feeling much better. All I needed was a little cardio. I felt so good I stopped by CVS to pick up toilet paper, lozenges, lip gloss and new gum. That’s the shopping trip to which I treated myself. Extravagant, right?

By the time I made it home I was hungry and thinking about what to eat. I walked up the stairs to my humble abode and found a darling little box of joy. Holly is amazing (but you already knew that):

Best cookies and handwriting ever. THANK YOU LOVEPIE!

This woman is seriously talented. She also knows me extremely well:

Vegan pumpkin molasses cookie in one hand, brew in the other. Yes, please.

Naturally, I ate a cookie as I thought about lunch:

Perfect soft texture sweetness factor. I ate a couple more throughout the day.

My actual lunch was one of my favorite things, a snack plate:

Raw veggies, pear and Sabra. Love.

How gorgeous are vegetables?

Enough to make me water-logged.

My afternoon was a little dull, as it was filled with writing, reading, trying to study but tweeting instead and clearing out my Reader. Adding to my distraction were the sweetest emails from my VegNewsies. I miss them like mad!

However distracted I may have been, I managed to learn about Hollywood blacklisting and write a final case study about Nation’s Restaurant News. At one point I had some reduced-fat Triscuits and a pumpkin ale to celebrate. I am ridiculous.

I had dinner arrangements with my roomie and Muffin at 7pm. We went back to the Mediterranean restaurant, where I continued to feed my addiction:

Hummus, dolmas, olives, roasted red peppers and baba ganouj. Eaten with many triangles of warm flatbread and a glass or two of vino.

I barely made a dent in this, which is shocking. Well, by “barely made a dent” I mean half the hummus was gone, three dolmas were consumed and most of the baba ganouj was intact (surprisingly not a fan).

While enjoying dinner, Popsicle called to surprise me with the best birthday present ever. I get to fly home for Christmas!!!! Made my day, fa sho.

After dinner, the roomie went home to study and Muffin and I went to our favorite bar, Broney’s. As soon as I announced it was my birthday, the hot, not-single bartender said, “Oh, you’re going to die.” I really like living, so I was somewhat hesitant. He fixed me a creamy shot that curdled as I gagged it down. Vomit in my mouth. Absolutely disgusting. Thank the sweet heavens for Christmas ale to wash the pain away.

Muffin and I didn’t stay long, as we had other establishments to visit and strangers to ask to take pictures of us:

Eating Muffin's hair. Whoah, how orange am I?

But before we knew it, we had to return to Broney’s for one reason: Karaoke Night (it deserves to be a proper noun, thus the capitalization)! At this point, I was crumping and didn’t sign up for a song. Is there such a thing as Karaoke Crashers, though? Because I definitely did that.

Some friends joined us for the last leg of the night, one of which was Italio-Bro. I’m not sure he’s ever going to understand that I’m not into him. I’m more into this:

Choking Muffin. Hahahaha oops.

Fun was had by all, and I tucked myself into bed at 2:30am, clothes hung in my closet, face washed, teeth brushed. Success.

I slept until 11:30am Thursday, which is completely shocking! I didn’t wake up with a headache, but my throat was so sore I could barely swallow (is that what she said?). I discovered this when I tried to eat breakfast:

Toast AKA the worst food for a sore throat. Blonde moment.

Between meals and gargling salt water all day, all I did was read and study for film. Not fun, but necessary. I had half a melted banana with almond butter about an hour after the torture toast:

Simple, easy to eat.

Oh! There was a thrilling part to the day, but I have to keep it a secret for a few months. So sorry And no, I didn’t land a book deal like these fabulous women. (I’m aiming for a TV show anyway, duh. Kidding…kinda.)

Two hours after banana snack and two eras of film, both my throat and stomach needed soothing:

TJ's black bean soup doused with Frankie.

I definitely followed that lovely soup with a vegan pumpkin molasses cookie. Thank you again!

Reading, studying, writing…that’s all that took place for several hours until Muffin stopped by to say goodbye. She’s already back in Cincinnati and I’m not sure when we’ll get to see each other again. I do now, however, that we’ve made it through three months of separation before. We can do this.

Dinner time rolled around and I had a bizarre craving that fit into my attempt at eating throat-friendly foods:

Sweet n' spicy.

I microwaved the potato for seven-ish minutes, topped it with TJ’s cranberry apple butter, chopped balls and Frankie. It was so good! Also, a reader once asked what to do about TJ’s products, such as cranberry apple butter, and what to do if there isn’t a TJ’s around. I wouldn’t hesitate to go to your local grocery store (Kroghetto, anyone?), buy some cranberry spread/canned cranberry and regular apple butter and mix the two. It may even be better than the TJ’s stuff, as it’s mostly cranberry anyway.

Like a good student, I still stayed off the Reader, out of G-chat and off Twitter and returned to studying. An hour or so later, it was time for a snack:

I had to let it soggify. This gorgeous thang understands.

In the bowl: plain shredded wheat, So Delicious coco milk, vegan carob chips, raisins and cinnamon. It was so good I went back for a second, smaller bowl.

I pulled my bum out of bed and trekked to the music building at 8:40. Sometimes you don’t know how sick you really are until you start walking around. I’m not enjoying the pounding, which always makes me imagine people passing bags full of sand back and forth in my head.

I sat and listened to the girls for an hour, and then met up with a fellow student to talk about Film 201. Turns out I learned a ton in one day.

I’ll be up for the rest of Thursday and well into Friday morning studying. The silver lining? New York. Saturday. I’m there.

Love you all!

Ciao for now,

Kailey

QUESTION: How do you kill a cold in two days? Possible? Also, because I didn’t have one and will make up for it in New York, what’s your favorite flavor combo of cake+icing? Mmmm.