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Sunday is the 87th annual Academy Awards. It's the time of year when all the biggest movie stars get together and try to piece together what happened after they blacked out at the Golden Globes.
I heard that this year's Oscar nominee gift bags are each worth over $167,000 and include items like free luxury car rentals and a stay at a five-star hotel in Tuscany. As opposed to the Emmys, where we get an AOL CD and two loose Twizzlers.
President Obama is giving fourth graders and their families free admission to parks for a year. You can tell kids don't get outside enough, because the last time they saw a sunset they said, "Hey, there's that thing I saw on Instagram."
This week Wal-Mart announced that it will increase its employees' hourly wages by 40 percent. Workers are pretty excited because they'll finally make enough money to shop at Target.
It's Fashion Week in New York City and the cold was playing havoc earlier today. It got so cold that a supermodel actually snapped in half.
Alex Rodriguez will be back with the New York Yankees after being suspended for a season. He wrote the fans of the Yankees an apology. We're still waiting on one from the Knicks.
The FCC has delayed the decision on the Time/Warner Comcast merger. So how do you think those folks like being put on hold?
Kim Jong Un shaved his eyebrows and got his hair sticking right up. How would you like the leader of your country looking like Lady Gaga? Even Dennis Rodman told him he looks weird.
The Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or as I call them, 50 shades of white.
All I could think of all day yesterday while watching all of the Oscar-related shows was how much I miss football.
I don't want to say the Oscars ran long but the kid from "Boyhood" just moved into a senior living facility.
There really weren't any Oscar surprises last night. The only real surprise of the night was Lady Gaga wore a regular dress. They should have had Julie Andrews come out covered in lunch meat or something.
The Oscar telecast went smoothly. It helped that Bradley Cooper was in the balcony with a rifle in case any of the speeches went on too long.
How many of you watched the Oscars last night? And how many of you are still watching it?
I don't want to say the Oscars ran long, but the best picture Oscar was awarded on "Good Morning America."
The ratings for last night's Academy Awards hit a six-year low. So few people saw the Oscars that it's been nominated for an Oscar.
A woman in Mexico was arrested at a movie theater this weekend during "Fifty Shades of Grey." She was sad about being arrested, but really psyched about being handcuffed.
I'm your host, Jimmy Fallon. I would say we've got a great show tonight, but instead I put all my predictions in a briefcase that we'll open at the end of the show.
At the Academy Awards last night, "Birdman" won for best picture even though many expected "Boyhood" to win. I guess voters felt like if they wanted to see people age 12 years, they could just watch last night's Oscars.
Last night was the 87th annual Academy Awards. All the big designers were on display. Emma Stone's dress was designed by Elie Saab, Scarlett Johansson was done by Versace, and John Travolta was designed by Madame Tussaud.
A theater in Colorado accidentally played "Fifty Shades of Grey" instead of "The SpongeBob Movie" to a theater filled with children. Which explains its new name: SpongeBob NoPants.
This will be a four-hour show, ladies and gentlemen. We're following the Oscar pattern.
During her Oscar acceptance speech, Patricia Arquette called for equal pay for women. Then Oprah stood up and said, "She's right, I can't live like this. I can't take another second of this living hell."
"Interstellar" won the Oscar for best visual effects. They made it look like Matthew McConaughey understood physics.
During his acceptance speech, the winner for best supporting actor, J.K. Simmons, told everyone to call their parents. I tried to call my parents but they were at the movies watching "50 Shades of Grey."
Thank you very much for being here. We're going to zip right through the show. We'll get you out of here in time for the rest of the Academy Awards.
The Academy Awards is an annual event that swallows all time and matter.
I thought Meryl Streep did a great job as Neil Patrick Harris.
"50 Shades of Grey" has already made $400 million. But to be honest, that money's tied up.
Alaska today officially legalized marijuana for recreational use. I think they did this years ago. That's how the Palin kids ended up with those names, right?
Alaska does have some special rules. You're not allowed to smoke marijuana in public, and you have to follow special disposal rules. You can't just throw a joint in the trash. The last thing you want is a grizzly with the munchies.
We have a brand new crop of dancing stars. Rumer Willis is one of the stars this season. You may know her from such work as her father being Bruce Willis.
"Dancing With the Stars" will be announcing one more surprise contestant before the season starts. I happen to know who it is. It's actually Pope Francis. He's really loosening things up at the Vatican.
New research shows marijuana is by far the least dangerous recreational drug. Studies have shown again and again that it leads to virtually no recreation. That's how safe it is.
A new CBS News poll shows Chris Christie is ranked ninth out of all Republican presidential candidates. He's just behind Bobby Jindal and just ahead of a gun wearing a cowboy hat.
Boston's city council is considering increasing its alcohol tax. The plan would raise an estimated $900 million billion trillion.
The White House announced that many Obamacare customers got the wrong tax information and may have to refile their taxes this year. It's pretty inconvenient — mainly just remembering what you lied about the first time you filed your taxes.
New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no reason to prevent people from being generals just because of their privates.
Admission to Disney World now costs $105. Disney said that after giving it much thought and looking at the economics of it all, parents won't have a choice anyway. There's only one Disney World.
The country continues to deal with brutal weather. A group of teenagers in Colorado surprised their neighbors by shoveling 50 driveways and walkways for free. They didn't mean to. They were just too stoned to remember which house was theirs.
Nicolas Cage is going to be starring in a film based on Edward Snowden. Cage said he's perfect for the role because he knows what it's like to go into hiding after doing something people don't like.
The new James Bond movie in production features the oldest ever Bond girl. Which explains why he spent a lot of the movie repeating, "I SAID BOND. JAMES BOND!"
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are renting a house in Los Angeles for $150,000 per month. The house was renting for $2,000 a month until the landlord got a rental application from Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
It's cold in New York City. It's so cold that Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris is wearing long underpants.
For the fifth year in a row the Academy Award for best animated short went to Tom Cruise.
Alex Rodriguez reported to spring training with the Yankees two days early. He's ready to play ball. Here's his schedule — tomorrow a urine test. Next day, he's suspended for a year.
Alex Rodriguez showed up two days early. There was nothing to do so his lawyers took batting practice.
According to a new poll, the value of baby teeth is skyrocketing, up 25 percent from last year. In the U.S., the tooth fairy left a total of $255 million last year. The Vikings believed that children's teeth had magic powers that would help them fight in battles. This explains why there are no more Vikings.
When you think about it, the tooth fairy is definitely the creepiest lie we tell our kids, right?
On May 2, Las Vegas will host the fight of the decade, Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. It's a long time coming. Tickets are expected to start at $1,000 for the worst seat. It's estimated a child would have to lose around 230 baby teeth to afford a ticket to this fight.
I'm glad to see Manny and Floyd are finally putting aside their differences to fight.
John Boehner said yesterday that President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline was a "national embarrassment." And then, out of habit, Joe Biden said, "Here!"
A study has found that the most popular type of business in New Jersey is golf equipment stores. Though most customers come in and say, "I need a blunt object and a bag about as big as a guy."
Jamaica has officially decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Which would be great news if anyone in Jamaica had small amounts of marijuana.
A student at Philadelphia University has created a Batman costume that can withstand punches, machetes, and baseball bats. In fact, the only thing it can't withstand is his father's disappointment.
President Obama vetoed the Keystone pipeline yesterday. Everyone expected him to do that, but Republicans say he vetoed the bill only because their party was in favor of it, while Obama said, "That's what you guys have been doing for how many years?"
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald got in some hot water this week for saying that he served in the military's Special Forces when he never did. It gets even worse when you find out the place he actually served was Old Navy.
Waffle House is partnering with a mail delivery service app so customers can pick up their packages at the restaurant. So if you're someone who is interested in getting packages delivered to a nearby Waffle House, congrats on being the sketchiest person on earth.
A new study found that smoking weed is 114 times less harmful for people than drinking alcohol. And if you want to learn more, you can ask people waiting for their deliveries at Waffle House.
Some people are saying Bill O'Reilly exaggerated his war experience in the 1980s. People became suspicious because O'Reilly said he was injured in the East Coast/West Coast rap wars.
Disneyland just raised its ticket prices to $99 a day for kids over 10. However, kids with measles still get in free.
A new study suggests dishwashers may increase a child's risk of developing allergies. So the message is clear: Stop washing your kids in the dishwasher!
A new study claims muscular men make the worst boyfriends. Come to think of it, I was kind of a jerk back in the day.
It's so cold in New York City today, the No. 1 movie is "50 Shades of Grey Flannel."
Guess who's turning 21 today? Justin Bieber. He's turning 21, so now he can finally drink.
If you're thinking of getting something for Justin Bieber's birthday, you can't go wrong with bail money.
Pitcher CC Sabathia is in the Yankees spring training camp at 305 pounds. He says he feels better at 305 than he does at 290. Yeah, try that one on your doctor.
As of midnight last night, marijuana is officially legal in our nation's capital. Or as President Obama put it, "Clear some space, Michelle. Barry's getting his OWN garden!"
Hillary Clinton is receiving criticism after telling a crowd to "unlock their full potential," because that line is commonly used by another possible candidate, Carly Fiorina. People said, "You can't just steal someone's slogan like that!" And Hillary said, "Yes we can!"
Lady Gaga will become a series regular in the FX series "American Horror Story." The new season is going to be called "American Horror Story: Hotel." Or as most people call that, staying at a Red Roof Inn.
Donald Trump says that he is more serious than ever about running for president in 2016. He hasn't spelled out his platform yet. But he has spell the out the word "Trump" on his platform.
I'd vote for Donald Trump just to find out how he and Melania would redecorate the White House.
President Obama's former press secretary, Jay Carney, will reportedly become a senior vice president at Amazon. Carney says he's excited to work for someone who doesn't take six years to deliver.
The Kardashian family has signed a deal keeping them on the air for four more years and paying them $100 million. So let that be a lesson. If you really work hard and apply yourself, you are wasting your time.
Police in Florida are searching for someone who stole 360,000 nickels during a house party. Police believe the suspect is almost to the end of the street.
There's this picture of a dress that someone took, and people online are fighting over what color it is. Some people say it's black and blue. Some say it's white and gold. I think someone should ask Obama, our country's first gold president.
After the FCC issued the net neutrality rules yesterday, President Obama posted a thank you letter online addressed to the millions of people who helped support the change. He finished with a heartfelt plea, "Could someone please tell me what net neutrality is?"
In New Jersey, Chris Christie joked that he gave up The New York Times for lent. But then his priest told him he had to give up something he'd actually miss.
KFC has teamed up with scientists in the U.K. to create edible coffee cups made with cookies and wrapped in sugar. It's perfect if you've ever wanted to wake up and give up at the same time.
This weekend the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, featured several speakers including Sarah Palin and Phil Robertson from "Duck Dynasty." It was a good weekend for conservatives — and a great weekend for wild animals.
During the CPAC conference, Rand Paul told the crowd it was time for a new president and that people need to help make the change. Of course, most people agreed with him, since that's how term limits work.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus criticized Joe Biden, saying that he can't control his mouth. That's kind of like someone trying to say the name "Reince Priebus," which sounds like a drunk person trying to say "rented Prius."
Kanye West revealed on Twitter that his upcoming album will be named "So Help Me God." Or as Kanye calls it, "Self-help."
Yesterday Justin Bieber turned 21 years old. Justin started celebrating on Saturday — five years ago.
Over the weekend a fire broke out at Disneyland. Witnesses say the fire spread like measles at Disneyland.
UFC champ Ronda Rousey beat her opponent in 14 seconds. A former NFL player said if he had eight weeks to train he could beat Rousey in a fight. When they heard that, the NFL said, "Uh, not helping."
Leonard Nimoy passed away. Sad news. To honor Nimoy, Canadians have been sketching Spock's eyebrows, hair, and ears. As a result, Canadians will now be called Canerdians.
Happy birthday to Justin Bieber. Yesterday he turned 21, which means he can be tried as an adult.
Justin Bieber celebrated the milestone on an island in the Caribbean. Big party — all of his closest freeloaders were there.
Forbes released its annual list of billionaires. Once again the richest person on the planet, with $79.2 billion, is Bill Gates. To put that into perspective, that's enough money to never have to drink tap water at a restaurant ever again.
The third season of House of Cards premiered on Netflix this weekend. There was corruption, deceit, and betrayal, and that was just me cancelling plans so I could watch it.
The latest ranking of the world's richest billionaires came out this morning. Bill Gates came in first with $79.2 billion. I feel bad for him. Can you imagine having that much money and you still don't have an iPhone 6?
Taco Bell is testing a new product called "Cap'n Crunch Delights," which are balls of sweet dough, covered in crushed Cap'n Crunch cereal, and filled with a "milk icing" — you know, Mexican food.
Another scandal for Hillary Clinton — they're saying she used a private email address when she was secretary of state, which means the government couldn't archive and preserve her emails. Then Obama said, "Don't worry, we saw them. We see everyone's emails."
Hillary Clinton used a private email account to conduct official state business. Experts say that if this violates any federal rules, then she . . . will still be president.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech to Congress. It aired in Israel with a five-minute delay. Israelis had to wait five minutes to hear what their president was saying, or as Americans call that, watching Obama live. "Every speech … I make … takes … three hours.
CBS has extended Judge Judy's contract through the year 2020. It's good to hear she'll have a job because when you're unemployed, the only thing to do is watch "Judge Judy."
Jeb Bush is getting his presidential campaign in gear. Last week he said he supports a path to citizenship for immigrants. He said, "I believe in an America where hard work and dedication can lead to any job that your brother and dad once had."
China soon will begin casting for its own version of "Saturday Night Live." And apparently it is so much like "SNL" that it too won't have any Asian performers.
It was reported today that Edward Snowden may return to the United States. He is going to carpool with Julian Assange and Roman Polanski.
Two California teachers charged with having sex with students and giving them cocaine. On the plus side, the students involved had perfect attendance.
Taco Bell is testing a new dessert item called Cap'n Crunch Delights. They are warm doughnut holes filled with sugary cream and rolled in Cap'n Crunch. They really know how to capture the flavors of old Mexico.
Taco Bell is essentially what you get if you gave a stoner a research and development team. Cap'n Crunch Delights is what happens when people start thinking outside the bun.
Leonard Nimoy passed away last week. In Canada, where he's not even from, they're paying him an unusual tribute called "Spocking." They draw Spock ears, hair, and eyebrows on the guy on their $5 bills. Spocking is not illegal in Canada, although it could incur the wrath of Khan.
I can think of no better way to honor the life and legacy of Leonard Nimoy than by defacing Canadian currency. It's perfectly logical.
Today during his speech in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly referred to Congress as "my friends." It was a move that had many in Congress Googling the word "friend."
Nancy Pelosi said she was "near tears" during the prime minister's speech to Congress because it insulted America's intelligence. So please, nobody tell Nancy Pelosi about "The Bachelor."
Archaeologists in Nazareth believe they may have found the house that Jesus grew up in. And in the backyard they found the pool where he learned to walk.
It's being reported that the Apple Watch will be able to check people in and out of hotel rooms. And give Apple a history of everywhere I stay? — not on my watch.
President Obama said he wants the United States to establish an embassy in Cuba by April. When asked if Cuba would establish an embassy here, Obama said, "What do you call Miami?"
Joe Biden will speak to the nation's largest gay rights group during a human rights convention on Friday. Then on Saturday, he is scheduled to speak to them again to apologize for whatever he said in Friday's speech.
MAC Cosmetics is launching a line of makeup that's inspired by the new live-action "Cinderella" movie. Because what girl doesn't want makeup inspired by a story where the woman turns into an ugly loser at midnight?
A DEA agent in Utah is warning against passing a medical marijuana bill because it could cause rabbits near marijuana farms to become addicted and lose their natural instincts. Rabbits said, "You mean our natural tendency to eat and have sex and act super paranoid all the time?"
Boston Medical Center found that 15 percent of 2-year-olds in the Boston area drink as much as 4 ounces of coffee a day. The parents claim they give the kids coffee only when they need it, like when the kid wakes up with a hangover.
Pediatricians say giving caffeine to toddlers can cause depression, diabetes, sleep disturbance, and obesity. On the plus side they get a lot more finger painting done.
The state of Utah, which you think of as a very conservative state, is considering a bill that would allow the sale of edible marijuana for medical use, which is very good news for people with imaginary back problems.
A DEA agent is speaking out against edible marijuana. He said it could lead to a lot of stoned rabbits. He says rabbits will eat the pot that is grown at marijuana farms and start following the band phish around the country.
The agent said there's danger the rabbits might become addicted to pot and lose their natural instincts. Come on. I mean, how adorable would it be to walk in on a bunny sitting on your couch playing games and eating pizza?
Today is National Grammar Day. But come on, who cares? Sorry, I mean, WHOM cares?
According to a new study, men are naturally programmed to want more than one woman even when in monogamous relationships. And the scientists who conducted the study want to know if they can crash on your couch for a while.
A developer has created a zero-gravity martini glass, which promises to let astronauts drink cocktails in space without spilling. Our astronauts are drinking? Guys, the first step is admitting to Houston that you have a problem.
I hope everyone here in the audience is comfortable. Because with this snow, there's a good chance that none of us are ever leaving.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court spent over an hour listening to arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional. Yeah, listening to arguments about Obamacare for an hour, or as most people call that, "Thanksgiving Dinner."
There are reports that Russia is actually working with North Korea to encourage "collaboration and cooperation" between the two countries. Yeah, they believe that with Russia's economic power and North Korea's technology, they can be a real threat to 1987.
Psychologists have found that going to sleep early may help ward off mental illness. In other words, if you stayed up late to watch my show, you're insane. We cause brain damage.
A Chinese family was kicked off a flight to Hong Kong because their 3-year-old wouldn't sit in his seat. As a result, the 3-year-old missed his first day of work.
In a recent speech, Pope Francis called money the devil's dung. That's also the name of the Pope's garage band.
According to new video, a lion at a South African safari park has reportedly learned how to open the doors on tour jeeps. The video was taken with an iPhone that was recovered from the stomach of a lion in South Africa.
The world's oldest person turned 117 today. And she celebrated the same way she did last year — by driving her car into somebody's living room.
Music duo Hall & Oates is reportedly suing a company over a cereal named Haulin' Oats. Though the company says it's totally different because in their cereal, oats is the star.
Yesterday was not only daylight saving time, but also International Women's Day. What better way to address the issue of inequality for women than giving them a day that's missing an hour.
The new Apple Watch is out. I'm on the waiting list to get the new Apple hearing aid.
Your Apple Watch gets email. You can send texts. It has a corkscrew, nail clipper, tooth pick, scissors, tweezers, a compass, and if you put it on the floor and stand on it and it will tell you how much you weigh.
Hillary Clinton could use one of these Apple Watches. She could hook it up to her secret email account. If you want to contact Hillary, she's at hillary@pantsuit.com.
Today is my least favorite day of the year. It's the Monday after daylight saving time starts. It throws me completely out of whack. I don't know why they do this. Even if it is necessary, which it isn't, why do we have to spring forward all at once? Can't we tippy-toe forward one minute a day over two months?
I am proud of myself. Yesterday I got in my car and looked at the clock. I'll admit it took 12 minutes to do it while I was driving but I did manage to adjust the time in my car one hour ahead.
I still haven't adjusted the clocks in my house. I'll need four to six weeks. We can send a satellite to Mars, yet we cannot have a microwave that automatically adjusts its clock.
For those who don't know, daylight saving time was put into practice so farmers could propose to their reality dating-show contestants an hour later.
Mayor de Blasio has legalized ferrets. Now you can legally own ferrets in New York City. I want to tell you something. If I want to see anymore beady-eyed little weasels, I'll just keep riding the subway.
Tim Tebow is coming back to the NFL. I'm telling you, this guy has been on the bench more than Judge Judy.
Tim Tebow, you know, originally was thrown out of the NFL for using his personal email account.
Finally, a Clinton scandal the entire family can enjoy.
Today would have been the birthday of Osama bin Laden. It makes me remember when Seal Team 6 threw him a surprise party.
There's a new study that says giving your child too much praise can harm them later. They become more narcissistic. Narcissism is a condition of excessive self-interest that affects approximately one out of every one Kardashian.
If you're too hard on your kids, they grow up with no self-confidence, but if you praise them too much, they grow up to be narcissists. What do these little monsters want from us?
It's all about parents. My parents for instance kept me grounded by forcing me to wear Toughskins jeans and forgetting to pick me up a lot.
Now in Utah if you get the death sentence, they have the firing squad. In Russia, they call that early retirement.
Because Utah is largely Mormon country, the firing squad's a little different. You're blindfolded but no cigarette.
President Obama's trying to work out a nuclear deal with Iran, and the Republicans are steamed. They got together and sent Iran a letter about the nuclear deal. They said if this doesn't work, by God, they're going to send Seth Rogen and James Franco.
The ayatollah in Iran says he believes that he got the letter, but he thinks he accidentally threw it out with his Crate & Barrel catalog.
This is a very big week for us here. Tomorrow night on our show we get a visit from President Obama, which means that all of you here tonight just missed having to get a cavity search to get in here tonight.
On May 2 in Las Vegas, at long last, Floyd Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao. It's the most-anticipated fight in many years. Floyd and Manny? That doesn't sound like two guys who fight. Sounds like guys you'd play chess with in Washington Square Park.
Before their press conference, they held a red carpet event for Floyd and Manny, which to me seems overly glamorous for guys who wear shorts to work.
Manny is with us now. Hey, if you come back tomorrow we won't need the Secret Service to protect President Obama. You can do it with your fists alone.
Some Secret Service guys crashed a car into the White House. And they had been drinking when it happened. Actually, they hit a barrier trying to get to the White House. It's the same thing that is happening to Hillary.
Today Mitt Romney is 68 years old. It's kind of sad, a 68-year-old guy with no job, no future — wait a minute, that's me.
I always liked Mitt Romney. He looks like the salesman who follows you around at Brooks Brothers.
They found a scrapbook with photos of Osama bin Laden from the '90s, and they're studying each and every photo very, very closely. My favorite shot of Osama bin Laden was right between the eyes.
We have quite a show for you tonight. The leader of the free world is on the show tonight. Sean Penn is here to promote his movie "The Gunman."
President Obama is here tonight to promote a project he's been working on called the United States.
We had two former presidents. President Clinton and — was Morgan Freeman president? OK, we had one.
There is controversy surrounding Obama's appearance on the show. Monday we announced the president would be here. This morning I got a letter from 47 Republicans telling me not to sign any deals with him.
A bomb-sniffing dog came into my office today — for real, a Belgian shepherd named Pistol, a great dog. A very happy dog, but he obviously has no idea what happens if he ever finds what he's looking for. But then, do any of us, really?
Since I announced my retirement a lot of people come up to me on the street and say, "Hey, Jimmie. I understand you're retiring. What are you going to be doing after retirement?"
I just found out today I've been accepted into the CBS page program.
Alex Rodriguez hit a home run in a spring training game. You know what that means, ladies and gentlemen? I'll tell you what it means. He's back on the juice.
Scientists have discovered a black hole that is 12 billion times the size of our sun. It's full of Hillary Clinton emails.
We are here in Austin, Texas, for a whole week — because that's how long it takes to get to the front of the line at Franklin Barbecue.
I've been doing a lot of drinking here in Austin too. Here's how you know you're having a good time — when you go for coffee in the morning and realize that the key to your hotel room is still in the door from the night before.
In addition to eating, there's also a music festival going on in Austin right now. For a minute I thought people were standing in line to get their beards trimmed. It's like a swarm of hipster locusts descended on the city.
The festival started last Friday and goes through Sunday. Al Gore kicked things off. You know Austin isn't like the rest of Texas when the guy they bring in to get the crowd fired up is a Democrat who hates oil.
After a mysterious absence, Vladimir Putin appeared today in public for the first time in nearly two weeks. You know what that means — a boob job. And we're going to find out quick because that guy doesn't wear a shirt a lot.
March Madness is upon us. That's the big tournament where you start out with 64 teams and in only three weeks you're down to no girlfriend.
Pope Francis said that one of the things he misses most about ordinary life is the ability to go out and eat pizza without being recognized. I wouldn't worry. Nobody's going to believe the guy who works at the pizza place when he says, "Hey, you know who came in today? The Pope."
During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, "The most important skill you can sell is your knowledge." Or as English majors working at Starbucks put it, "No it's not."
This weekend President Obama attended the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, and during his speech he joked that he is getting older and crankier. Which explains why he announced he no longer supports President Obama.
Disney's live-action movie "Cinderella" — which also featured a short "Frozen" cartoon — came in No. 1 at the box office this weekend, with an estimated $70 million. That story again: A short "Frozen" cartoon made $70 million this weekend — and "Cinderella" was involved toward the end there, too.
A grandmother in South Africa celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday by going skydiving. It's pretty impressive — most people turning 100 usually go the other direction in the sky.
Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of "The Bachelor."
Yesterday was the L.A. Marathon. It's the only time of year you see someone running in the streets of Los Angeles when it's not the end of a car chase.
Some people are still angry about the letter written by Republicans to Iran. It's also not helping that they said, "Dear Iran or Iraq, we can never keep you two straight."
We've broken the back of winter. And now here in New York City it's the beginning of the pothole season. Earlier today Mayor de Blasio cut the ribbon on a brand-new one over on 8th Ave.
They're now saying that the 2nd Ave. pothole should be ready around 2017.
They're trying to get a deal with Iran. They don't want Iran to get a nuclear weapon so they're trying to make some kind of a deal. They think within the next month they'll have a deal, and then some time after that the deal will be available on Netflix.
Hillary Clinton was actually inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame yesterday. Hillary said she's very proud of her Irish heritage or her Italian heritage or her Asian heritage. Whatever it takes to seal the deal with you guys. I've got to get into that Oval Office.
Mitt Romney announced he will fight former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match. You can tell that Romney is serious about it. Today, his butler gave him a piggyback ride up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum.
It turns out they're already trying a bunch of nicknames to try to hype up the match. First they considered "Vanilla in Manila." Next up, they tried "Lean and Mean versus L.L. Bean." Finally, "Mitt Romney Loses to Another Black Guy."
The prime minister of Ireland will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the White House. So finally the Secret Service agents will have a drinking buddy.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said if elected president he would abolish the Department of Education. But not to worry. He promised to replace it with the less expensive Bureau of Book Learning.
Officials in Indiana have discovered a working meth lab inside a Walmart. They became suspicious when they noticed a Walmart employee making a decent living.
It's rumored that Arnold Schwarzenegger's son is cheating on his girlfriend Miley Cyrus. After hearing about it Arnold said, "That's my boy."
Today, we honor St. Patrick. His full name, of course, was St. Neil Patrick Harris.
St. Patrick's Day is the fourth biggest drinking day in America. It's not the biggest. It's right behind New Year's Eve, Fourth of July, or any Secret Service party.
Remember evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? He vanished for 10 days. He had disappeared and there were a lot of rumors. One rumor was he had disappeared because he had himself executed.
Mitt Romney has a fund-raiser. He's going to get in the ring and fight Evander Holyfield. This is the dumbest thing Republicans have done since they wrote that open letter to Iran.
On St. Patrick's Day, Americans are expected to drink over 13 million pints of Guinness. To give you an idea how much beer that is, go outside and look at the sidewalk.
Pennsylvania police say the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at Penn State ran a private Facebook group for drug sales called "Covert business transactions." Which is like trying to hide your porn by putting it in a folder called "People in states of undress."
A flight from Washington, D.C., to Denver made an abrupt U-turn after a pastor ran through the aisles yelling, "Jihad, jihad." Passengers say they were scared by the guy yelling, "Jihad." But the abrupt U-turn really calmed them down.
Actor Vin Diesel announced yesterday his girlfriend has given birth to their third child. Though it is hard to say it is definitely his because Vin Diesel looks like every baby.
We are in Austin, Texas. I've been away from L.A. for five days. I've already forgotten what kale tastes like. I now eat my vegetables fried as God intended.
I have now consumed every food Austin has to offer. My body is dangerously close to no longer being considered a temple.
This is how I know I have a problem. Last night when asked if I wanted sparkling or regular water, I said, "Bring me a glass of queso."
South by Southwest is quite an event. It's where music, movies, and technology come together. The tech portion came to a close last night so don't worry, the nerds are gone. They zoomed off in their driverless cars to who knows where.
Dick Cheney said in a Playboy interview this week that Barack Obama is the worst president of his lifetime. Come on, you can't tell me Obama is worse than Martin Van Buren.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was stopped by police in Australia this week for riding a bike without a helmet. It's especially dangerous for Schwarzenegger because if he got a concussion, how would you know?
Blackberry and Samsung are working together on a new project to build a high-security tablet. The way it works is this: It says "Blackberry" on the back and nobody wants to steal it.
Everyone's busy filling out their March Madness brackets. Even Jeb Bush filled one out. And you can tell he's running for president because his picks for the Final Four are Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, and Iowa.
President Obama recently sat down with ESPN and said the NCAA should reduce the shot clock for basketball games. Then he said, "And while we're at it, is there any way they can reduce the 'being president clock?'"
According to a professor at DePaul University, if a person randomly fills out his March Madness bracket, he has a one in 9.2 quintillion chance of getting it perfect. Or as gamblers put it, "So you're saying I've got a chance!"
In an interview with Playboy magazine, Dick Cheney criticized President Obama and said he's quote, "the worst president of my lifetime, without question." Then Cheney said, "But enough talk. When do I take my clothes off?"
During an interview with Playboy — that's right, Playboy — Dick Cheney said President Obama is the worst president in his lifetime. Meanwhile, subscribers to Playboy said Cheney was the worst centerfold in their lifetime.
President Obama filled out his March Madness bracket. You can tell Obama's mind is elsewhere because his top two picks were Israel and Iran.
President Obama has decided that he wants his presidential library to be in Chicago, not Hawaii. Today Hawaii's governor said, "Great, who's going to want to come to Hawaii now?"
A new study has shown that women who get more sleep have better sex. Unfortunately, the study was conducted by Bill Cosby.
According to a new study, doctors now say that loneliness is more dangerous than smoking and drinking. So they recommend that you smoke and drink with others.
What is also dangerous is criticizing Vladimir Putin.
Everybody was upset that Vladimir Putin was missing. He was in Switzerland with his girlfriend. She had a baby in Switzerland because in Russia childbirth is not covered by Putin-care.
Mitt Romney, two-time Republican presidential candidate, is going to fight Evander Holyfield for charity. I hope they save some of that money for funeral expenses.
During a speech yesterday, President Obama discussed the country's successful economy and said, "I'm going to take a little credit." Then the people at the rally said, "Dude, we're all here in the middle of the day because we don't have jobs. So stop talking about how good the economy is."
Obama discussed the successful economy and said "I'm going to take a little credit." Then the economy got bad again and he said, "Republicans did it."
President Obama was photographed wearing a fitness tracker that features a GPS, heart monitor, and step counter. Not to be outdone, Joe Biden was photographed wearing a necklace with his name, address, and allergies in case he gets lost.
A lawmaker in Nevada just introduced a new bill that would provide pets with medical marijuana. Weed for pets. Which raises the question: Is it possible for cats to sleep 25 hours a day? Is that possible?
March Madness is officially underway and there have already been some major upsets. For instance, I told my wife I was going to watch basketball all weekend and she was really upset.
Mitt Romney said this week that his biggest campaign mistake in 2012 was not communicating well with minorities. The only minority he did well with was Romney voters.
Yesterday President Obama addressed climate change by signing an executive order to cut the country's gas emissions by 40 percent over the next 10 years. Then he said, "And if it fails, who cares? I'll be halfway to Mars by then."
It's rumored that Obama recently purchased a house in Hawaii that was featured on the show "Magnum P.I." Not to be outdone, Biden is moving into SpongeBob's Pineapple.
Prince Charles visited President Obama at the White House yesterday. They each had a good laugh and then shook ears.
Amazon introduced its one-hour delivery service to parts of Miami yesterday. When asked what they want to get delivered so quickly, people in Miami said, "Are you a cop?"
Thank you for joining us here in Austin, Texas. I don't want to leave but I have to leave because if I stay any longer my body will turn into brisket.
I really do have to go home. None of my clothes fit anymore. My socks are even tight. That's when you know.
The South by Southwest festival, which is the reason we came this week, goes on until Sunday. This morning Snoop Dogg spoke about the future of music. His speech went great but he was a little freaked out by the screen full of words that seemed to know everything he was about to say.
The first known candidate to enter the presidential race in 2016 is Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Announcing your candidacy before everyone else does is kind of like being the first celebrity to show up on the red carpet at the Oscars. It's not a great thing.
Chelsea Clinton is here tonight. Chelsea's here to promote the "Serve a Year" campaign. A lot of celebrities do this. They serve a year, sometimes less with good behavior.
UCLA will play Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament. Gonzaga comes from the land of imaginary schools that only exist during March Madness.
Most NCAA office pools are illegal. That's what makes it so exciting — the thrill of potentially doing hard time for circling the word "Valparaiso" on a piece of paper. It's sad that the one thing that we actually enjoy about work is against the law.
Senator Ted Cruz has officially announced that he is running for president. But if you see a T-shirt that says "Ted Cruz 2016," those aren't election shirts. That's just how old he thinks the Earth is.
March Madness is now down to the Sweet 16. Here's who's out: the team of all white guys that passes well but only shoots threes. They're out. The small school where the coach is one of the players' dads. Out. And the team you picked to go all the way. Out.
Starbucks is discontinuing its "Race Together" initiative where baristas were asked to discuss race relations with customers. Apparently, there aren't many combinations worse than "racial discussions" and "hot liquids."
Larry King reportedly tweets by calling a designated voice mail and leaving a message, and then an assistant tweets the message for him. Which I guess explains why so many of his tweets begin with "Hello, operator?"
Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially announced that he's running for president. Cruz said that after doing exhaustive research to see if he had a real chance to win, he said, "I'm gonna run anyway."
Republican Ted Cruz announced that he will run for president in 2016. So finally, Carnival is no longer the most dangerous cruise in America.
According to a new poll, exactly 50 percent of Americans view President Obama's presidency as a success. While the other half of Americans are actually candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
While he was discussing U.S.-Israeli relations yesterday, John McCain told Obama to quote, "Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President." I didn't even know Obama could get mad.
Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the 1950s.
Ted Cruz released a presidential campaign video in Spanish. Cruz explained, "It's important for me to reach out to the people I'm trying to deport."
People are questioning if Ted Cruz can legally run for president because he was born in Canada. And the last thing we want to do is pave the way for a President Bieber.
The FDA has approved a potato genetically engineered not to bruise. Scientists are so confident the potato will not bruise that next weekend they're having it fight Manny Pacquiao.
Burger King is now making a Whopper-scented cologne. But there is a warning. If you wear Burger King's Whopper cologne, don't go near a lion cage. You know, I think I'll just stick with my Steak and Shake aftershave.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced he is running for president. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, his father fled to the United States from Cuba, and yet Ted Cruz is against immigration. Isn't that odd?
Ted Cruz could be president of the United States. If you thought the Secret Service was drinking before . . .
During a recent interview, President Obama revealed that he doesn't always get enough sleep. And I think I speak for everyone when I say, "Good! We pay you to worry about stuff so WE can sleep. That's why you are the president. "
President Obama admitted that he doesn't get enough sleep. But doctors said he should find little tricks to doze off, like counting intruders jumping over the White House fence.
Over the weekend, a man in Italy hand-delivered a pizza to Pope Francis while he was riding through the streets in his Popemobile. That means he just achieved "peak Italian."
A man delivered a pizza to Pope Francis. Francis actually liked it more than the pizza he gets from his usual place — "Pope-a-John's."
Tea party candidate Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He says he wants to abolish the IRS. So today Cruz was endorsed by Nicolas Cage, Wesley Snipes, and Willie Nelson.
Ted Cruz says he used to like rock music but after 9/11, he prefers country. Upon hearing this, al-Qaida said, "That was the plan."
Burger King announced its chicken fries will be served year round now. Previously, the chicken fries have only been sold during heart attack season but now you can get them whenever you want.
A new article states that millennials have terrible conversational skills. When asked for comment, millennials texted a series of crying frowny faces.
President Obama and Hillary Clinton had lunch today. Of course, Hillary had a private server.
Tea party candidate Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas, wants to be president. That means he's one step closer to being a Fox News analyst.
Republican Congressman Peter King called Ted Cruz a carnival barker. That is such an insult to carnival barkers.
Ted Cruz is the first official candidate for the 2016 presidential election. As history has shown, the first declared candidate always goes on to win the election — except in 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1960, 1956 . . .
Former president George W. Bush will be in Dallas this week raising money for his brother Jeb's presidential run. He plans to raise the money by campaigning for Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz said today that if elected president, he'll tell the truth and do what he said he'd do. And guys, I know we've been burned 44 times on this, but I have a good feeling about this guy.
Despite being Pope for only a short time, Pope Francis is already being credited with a miracle. Apparently, he called Time Warner Cable and got a representative right away.
A new study has found that 70 minutes of math and science homework per night is best for teenage students. Said teenage students, "What? That's two hours!"
Yesterday presidential candidate Ted Cruz said that he will in fact be signing up for Obamacare despite saying earlier that he wants to repeal every word of it. It's a good thing he's signing up, because Cruz just went to the hospital in hypocritical condition.
A new poll shows that TV presidents featured on shows like "The West Wing," "24," and "Battlestar Galactica" have a higher favorability rating than President Obama. But he's not the only politician that people prefer fictional characters to. Instead of Texas Governor Rick Perry, people prefer any male soap opera actor over 50.
Today Zayn Malik announced that he is officially leaving One Direction. They asked him, "Where are you going?" He said, "Another direction."
Kraft Foods and Heinz will merge to create the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world. The merger will combine brands like Kraft Mac & Cheese, Heinz ketchup, Oscar Mayer wieners, and Philadelphia cream cheese. Or as stoners put it, "Already did that, bro."
After years of bashing Obamacare, tea party candidate Ted Cruz just signed up for it. And next week he plans to get gay married at Planned Parenthood.
A new report says the U.S. faces a severe shortage of doctors. In fact, things got so bad that yesterday a triple bypass was performed by Dr. Dre.
NASA's Mars rover has just completed a marathon traveling 26.2 miles. And once again it was beaten by a Mars rover from Kenya.
A pitcher for the Chicago Cubs who was supposed to start a spring training game accidentally drove to the wrong stadium. The Cubs pitcher realized he was at the wrong stadium the moment he saw hope in the eyes of a fan.
How many of you intentionally don't pay your taxes? Me, neither. Whenever I go there to my accountant's office, I'm taken up in the elevator blindfolded. I said, "I'm worried about having money for retirement." He said, "Don't worry, you'll get your cut."
We have Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham all running for president. It's all part of the Republican plan to make Jeb Bush look presidential.
And by the way, did you know that Ted Cruz was born in Canada? Now Canada has released this statement: "American voters should be aware that while presidential candidate Ted Cruz was in fact born in Canada, he has renounced his Canadian citizenship." One down, one to go.
Mitt Romney, two-time presidential campaigner, will step into the boxing ring and he will be fighting Evander Holyfield, who, to my knowledge, has never run for president.
Zayn Malik has officially left One Direction. I saw this coming as soon as he started dating Yoko Ono.
Ted Cruz is signing up for Obamacare. This is like finding out Jenny McCarthy went in for a flu shot.
Burger King stores in Japan are reportedly planning to sell Whopper-scented cologne for those special occasions when you want to smell like the inside of a fat guy's car. You probably have the surrounding odors. Save your money.
A new restaurant in New York has just opened and serves dishes made only from food scraps donated from other restaurants. Said Arby's, "They're on to us, every man for himself."
In some good-luck news, a man coming out of surgery has won $7 million on a lottery ticket that was tucked in his get-well card. And after paying his hospital bills, he still has $900 left.
Republican candidate Ted Cruz said recently that in the 36 hours after he announced that he's running for president, he's raised over a million dollars. And Hillary Clinton closed her checkbook and said, "Happy to help. Can't wait."
Ted Cruz raised over a million dollars after announcing that he's running for president. Which is why today RadioShack announced that it is also running for president.
NASA's Mars rover just completed its first marathon after it spent the last 11 years traveling over 26 miles. Of course, the rover from Kenya was able to do it in just nine years.
It took 11 years for NASA's Mars rover to go 26 miles. Or as my grandma calls that, "driving."
At March Madness one of the Sweet 16 teams is Notre Dame. I'm sorry, but if I want to watch the Fighting Irish I'll visit my parents.
Vin Diesel said that "Fast and Furious 7" will win the Oscar for best picture. He's being kept in a hospital overnight for observation.
McDonald's is introducing a Big Mac clothing line. Of course there already is a clothing line for Big Mac lovers. It's called a hospital gown.
According to a new study, human waste contains gold and other special minerals. In the future this could make things awkward when a cashier asks, "How would you like to pay for that"?
Today is the 20th birthday of the Starbucks Frappuccino. The CEO of Starbucks wrote in his book about the story of the Frappuccino: "It's experimental, it's adventurous, it fires people up and engages their imagination." Does it, though? Seems like a coffee milkshake to me.
To commemorate this momentous occasion Starbucks is offering a birthday cake-flavored Frappuccino now until Monday. Go out and drink yourself a birthday cake. Don't swallow the candles.
Yesterday, the White House confirmed that President Obama will meet with Pope Francis during his visit in September. Some experts are wondering if they'll discuss their disagreement over contraception. Then Joe Biden said, "I didn't even know they were dating."
Yeah, the president will meet with Pope Francis at the White House in September. The two will meet for about an hour or so, and then the Pope will spend the rest of the day hearing confessions from Secret Service agents.
Oprah is auctioning off over a million dollars' worth of her belongings from her Chicago apartment. Or as she calls them, "her least favorite things."
Willie Nelson is apparently developing his own brand of weed and bongs. Which I guess is like his version of Oprah's garage sale.


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Liești () este o comună în județul Galați, Moldova, România, formată numai din satul de reședință cu același nume.

Așezare
Comuna se află în marginea vestică a județului, în Câmpia Tecuciului, la limita cu județul Vrancea, pe malul stâng al Siretului. Este străbătută de șoseaua națională DN25, care leagă Galațiul de Tecuci. Prin comună trece și calea ferată Galați–Tecuci, pe care este deservită de stațiile Liești și Șerbănești.

Istoric
La sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea, comuna făcea parte din plasa Bârlad a județului Tecuci, și era formată din satele Liești și Șerbănești, având în total 3763 de locuitori ce trăiau în 885 de case. În comună funcționau două mori de foc, trei biserici și trei școli: una de băieți (cu 96 de elevi, înființată în 1865) și una de fete (cu 26 de eleve, înființată în 1881) în Liești, și una mixtă în Șerbănești, cu 42 de elevi, înființață tot în 1881. Anuarul Socec din 1925 consemnează separarea satului Șerbănești pentru a forma o comună separată; cele două comune făceau parte din plasa Ivești a aceluiași județ, având, respectiv 2197 de locuitori (comuna Liești) și 1762 de locuitori (comuna Șerbănești).

În 1950, comunele au trecut în administrarea raionului Măicănești din regiunea Putna, dar în 1953 a devenit reședința raionului Liești din regiunea Galați, tot atunci comuna Șerbănești fiind desființată, iar satul ei revenind la comuna Liești. Raionul a fost desființat în 1960, când comuna a trecut la raionul Galați din aceeași regiune. În 1968, comuna a trecut la județul Galați, iar satul Șerbănești a fost desființat și el, comasat cu satul Liești.

Demografie

Conform recensământului efectuat în 2011, populația comunei Liești se ridică la  locuitori, în scădere față de recensământul anterior din 2002, când se înregistraseră  de locuitori. Majoritatea locuitorilor sunt români (88,07%), cu o minoritate de romi (7,67%). Pentru 4,2% din populație, apartenența etnică nu este cunoscută.
Din punct de vedere confesional, majoritatea locuitorilor sunt ortodocși (94,21%), cu o minoritate de ortodocși de rit vechi (1,11%). Pentru 4,2% din populație, nu este cunoscută apartenența confesională.

Administrație
Comuna Liești este administrată de un primar și un consiliu local compus din 17 consilieri. Primarul, , de la , este în funcție din . Începând cu alegerile locale din 2020, consiliul local are următoarea componență pe partide politice:

Din 1 iulie 2002 funcționează Judecătoria Liești. Judecătoria Liești a mai funcționat în perioada 1950-1968.

Economie
Localitatea are o fabrică de zahăr aparținând concernului Agrana, un abator deschis cu fonduri structurale nerambursabile de la UE cu peste 200 de angajați, o fermă de animale, câteva fabrici de bolțari, câteva brutării, o ciupercărie, o multitudine de SRL-uri care se ocupă cu comerțul, 3 bănci(BRD, Carpatica și Raiffeisen), o cooperativă de credit și de asemenea un CAR (învățământ). Majoritatea populației se ocupă cu agricultura, puțini încă mai lucrează în Combinatul Siderurgic de la Galați, aflat de câțiva ani în proprietatea magnatului indian Lakshmi Mittal.

Începând din anul 2000, mulți dintre săteni au părăsit țara, pentru a munci în Italia sau Spania.

Cultură

Învățământ
Lieștiul are o școală de arte si meserii, alte 4 școli de 8 clase, 4 grădinițe și o bibliotecă publică (14.000 volume).

Cele patru școli cu clasele I–VIII sunt:

 Școala Gimnazială Nr.1 Liești
 Școala Gimnazială Nr.2 Liești
 Școala Gimnazială Nr.3 Liești
 Școala Gimnazială Sfântul Nicolae

Sport
Echipa de fotbal locală, CS Sporting Liești, joacă în Liga a III-a în sezonul 2018-2019, și în același sezon al Cupei României a ajuns până în faza șaisprezecimilor de finală.

Personalități
 Ion Iancu (medic) (1902 - 1992), medic;
 Anghel Saligny (1854 - 1925), inginer constructor, membru al Academiei Române;
 Costică Bulai (n. 1926 - d. 2014 ), jurist, judecător la Curtea Constituțională a României;
 Dan Mihăilescu (n. 1929 -d. 2016), publicist, psiholog și estetician;
 Liliana Hodorogea (n. 1959), actriță;
 Antonel Borșan (n. 1970), sportiv;
 Dimitrie C. Pennescu (1874 - 1938) diplomat;
 Fănică Lupu Liești, (n. 1938 - d. 2020), balerin, coregraf;
 General de brigadă Ioniță  Borșan (7 aprilie 1919 comuna Liești, județul Galați).

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Liești
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Can Omega-level Telepaths Mind-control Gods in the MU?
I was wondering if mutants like Legion, Professor X, Rachel Grey, Franklin Richards, Hyperstorm, Jean Grey, X-man, or Kid Omega et cetera could use their mind control powers on mythological gods such as Hercules or Thor?
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So vote! Share this link with your friends! Whittle this field down to eight by Wednesday night at 6 pm PST.
Robin Mohr contributed what I'm giving the #1 seed, a beautiful version in Assyrian. The words of this carol fit what children in Syria are experiencing in many ways.
They face off against #16 The King's Singers, nominated by Ed Knoch. It's a strange one, but one could argue it fits the lyrics better than any other entry.
In the difficult #8/#9 matchup, Bethany Lee contributed Libera, who earns the #8 seed (and taught me about Picardy Thirds).
Nate Macy nominated #9 Sting…fast forward to 1:10:38 for the start of the Coventry Carol.
I betrayed my anti-folk bias over the last two years of Advent Caroling Madness, but here I give the lucky #12 seed to Joan Baez. Becky Ankeny nominated this one.
She goes against #5 Annie Lennox, nominated by Martha Wood. Annie's effective use of African children also reminds of the heartache of this song.
I'll confess…I love the #4 seed from The Ecclesian Choir, nominated by Bethany Bylsma. It's not the traditional tune, but so good…like a strong team from the Pac 12 going up against the Kentucky and Duke traditionalists.
David Sherwood offered #13 from the Philadelphia Brass.
#6 Phil Keaggy is a very nice instrumental version nominated by Paula Hampton.
He goes against Bethany Bylsma's nod to Tori Amos at #11.
Had to do this! Our own Newberg Friends' Bell Choir played the Coventry Carol this past Sunday, so they get the #3 seed.
They face #14 Cynthia Clawson, another from Bethany Bylsma.
An unorthodox offering at #7 is Deas Vail (Bylsma again)…like a strong mid-major, senior laden team who does its own thing.
#10 is a strong a cappella male choir called Cantus, nominated by David Sherwood.
I hope Cambridge's King's College Choir at #2 will go a long, long way. Steve Sherwood offered this strong contender.
They face off against #15 John Denver, thankfully without the Muppets this time and nominated by Robin Mohr.
There you are! Hit those votes! Get the word out!
I have returned. For the 4th time in 24 hours. To check on my babies….eeeer…songs. I am rallying the people of Seattle. THE RIGHT WILL TRIUMPH. If not….how can we believe in anything good?!?


My friend Elana gave me this recipe and she was right that the kids can make them but they are good enough for adults to enjoy as well. At only 92 calories each these are worth making.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, pour boiling water over zucchini. Add all other ingredients and stir just until well combined. Line muffin pans with paper muffin cups, and use a 1/4 cup measure to pour batter into cups. Bake for 30 minutes. Yields 18 muffins.
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Soccer triumph galvanizes Canadian women's hockey team ahead of world championship
CALGARY — Canada's women's hockey team is bent on replicating the success of its soccer counterparts on the world stage.
Canadian Press Aug 19, 2021 11:40 AM Aug 19, 2021 12:05 PM
The hockey players were up early at their Calgary hotel and glued to the dining room television when Canadian women beat Sweden in penalty shots to claim Olympic soccer gold in Tokyo earlier this month.
"We wanted to get on the ice right after that game. We were all fired up," Canadian hockey captain Marie-Philip Poulin told The Canadian Press.
"For us watching the soccer game, it was amazing. Those girls really stood together. It's a different sport, but at the same time, we do all the same sacrifices, we do all that hard work for that moment.
"I think they really inspired us."
Just two weeks after the soccer triumph in Tokyo, Canada opens the women's world hockey championship Friday against Finland in Calgary.
Canadian teams have won gold in 10 world championships, but not since 2012 in Burlington, Vt.
Canada lost to host Finland in a semifinal in Espoo, and didn't reach the final for the first time, in the last world championship held in 2019.
The Canadians finished third. The United States edged Finland in a shootout to claim a fifth straight world title.
Canada downed the Finns 4-1 in Wednesday's pre-tournament game and faces them again in the tournament opener.
The host country then meets Russia on Sunday, Switzerland on Tuesday and concludes the preliminary round Thursday in Pool A against the Americans.
The Czech Republic, Japan, Germany and promoted Hungary and Denmark are in Pool B.
The quarterfinals are Aug. 28 followed by the Aug. 30 semifinals and the medal games Aug. 31.
No tickets were sold for the preliminary round at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre, but Hockey Canada hasn't ruled out spectators for playoffs.
Both the 2020 and 2021 women's championship in Nova Scotia were cancelled because of COVID-19.
The relocation and rescheduling of the 2021 tournament to Calgary in late summer is an unusual start in Canada's preparation for February's Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Twenty-nine women arrived in Calgary in late July for "centralization".
Hockey Canada's standard practice six to seven months out from a Winter Games is to centralize the women together in Calgary for training and games in order to choose top performers for the Olympic roster.
A world championship off the hop had head coach Troy Ryan quickly choosing his 25-player roster.
"Having the world championship at the front end of your centralization, there's no template for that definitely," he said. "Any time you're selecting a national-team roster, it's also about a body of work.
"Difficult decisions, but ones we were comfortable making at this point."
Poulin and assistant captains Brianne Jenner, Blayre Turnbull and Jocelyne Larocque lead a Canadian side intent on reclaiming women's hockey supremacy over the next seven months.
Poulin played just a few shifts in Espoo because of a knee injury that would have still hampered her in 2020 had that world championship gone ahead.
"While it really sucked we couldn't play that world championship, time heals a lot," said the 30-year-old from Beauceville, Que.
"It really helped me be able to take care of myself physically and mentally."
A third of Canada's roster makes its world championship debut in Calgary — goaltender Kristen Campbell, defenders Ashton Bell, Claire Thompson, Ella Shelton and forwards Victoria Bach, Emma Maltais and Kristin O'Neill.
That's significant turnover on what's been traditionally a veteran squad.
Forward Jessie Eldridge of Barrie, Ont., was added to the centralized roster in July. Veteran defender Meaghan Mikkelson is sidelined with an undisclosed injury.
Mikkelson, Eldridge, defender Micah Zandee-Hart and forward Julia Gosling were left off the world championship roster.
"We're very optimistic they'll compete during centralization and ultimately, hopefully find themselves on roster spots for the Olympics," Ryan said.
Canada has played just seven international games in the more than two years since the last world championship, going 4-3 against the U.S. in 2019-20.
Pandemic restrictions not only eliminated international and domestic games for months, but even group skates where the Canadian players lived were not allowed at times.
The players invested the extra time into physical fitness Both players and management say the women posted the highest scores of their lives in fitness testing upon arrival in Calgary.
"Everyone did the hard work on their own and when it came time to come together, we're ready to go," Poulin said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 19, 2021.
Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
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Sprint announced on Thursday that it would begin selling a white variant of the HTC EVO 4G LTE starting on July 15th for $199.99.
Last month TechnoBuffalo exclusively revealed the existence of a white EVO 4G LTE and later confirmed its release details. Aside from a new color scheme the white EVO 4G LTE is an exact duplicate of its darker counterpart, except this version of the device will play nice with Google Wallet out of the gate.
The white EVO 4G LTE will be available exclusively through "Sprint-owned sales channels," which means we won't be seeing any third-party bargains like we've seen with the original EVO 4G LTE in the past.
If you're a Sprint customer in the market for a new smartphone does the addition of a white EVO 4G LTE motivate you to purchase this handset, or do your have you eyes focused on other devices?
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), July 12, 2012 – Sprint (NYSE: S), the only national wireless carrier offering truly unlimited data for all phones while on the Sprint network1, and HTC, a global designer of smartphones, are giving customers another reason to love the smartphone lauded by respected reviewers with the addition of HTC EVO™ 4G LTE in white. The stunning white smartphone is framed by its aluminum unibody and sports a matching silver kickstand and aluminized back plate for a sleek and refined look.
"HTC EVO 4G LTE sets a new standard for smartphones and boasts Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, HTC Sense® 4, a blazing-fast processor, 4.7-inch HD display for a rich multimedia experience and the ability to have HD Voice capabilities in the future," said Fared Adib, vice president–Product Development, Sprint. "Pairing the HTC EVO innovation with Sprint's Everything Data Plans for a truly unlimited data experience gives customers a powerful combination."
Martin Fichter, vice president-Product Management, HTC America, said, "HTC's amazing camera and authentic sound experience bring the HTC EVO 4G LTE to life as a true successor to the original HTC EVO, one of the most successful Android franchises in the United States."
HTC ImageSense™ brings improvements to the amazing camera experience featuring a superfast autofocus to enable continuous shooting of up to 99 images, the ability to capture still images while taking video, and increasing the quality of photos taken in adverse conditions such as low light, no light or with bright backlighting. It also contains HTC's authentic sound experience integrating Beats Audio™. The technology is enabled across multiple facets of the phone experience, including playing music stored on the device, streaming from a favorite service, watching a movie or YouTube™ video, or playing the latest hot game.
HTC EVO 4G LTE customers can enjoy an unlimited data experience with Sprint Everything Data plans. Sprint Everything Data plans with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM include unlimited Web, texting and calling to and from any mobile in America while on the Sprint Network, starting at just $79.99 per month for smartphones – a savings of $20 per month versus Verizon's comparable plan with unlimited talk, text and 2GB Web3 (excludes taxes and surcharges).
Founded in 1997, HTC Corporation (HTC) is the creator of many award-winning mobile devices and industry firsts. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC pushes the boundaries of design and technology to create innovative and personal experiences for consumers around the globe. HTC's portfolio includes smartphones and tablets powered by HTC Sense, a multilayered graphical user interface that vastly improves user experience. HTC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2498). For more information, please visit www.htc.com.
1Everything Data Plan with no data overages or throttling.
2HD Voice Capability: Requires a call between two HD Voice capable handsets on an HD Voice capable Sprint network. Sprint plans on deploying HD Voice networks in the future as part of its Network Vision upgrades.
3Additional pricing options are available for Verizon.


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Rick Collingwood
Rick is the world's premier clinical therapeutic hypnotist. He is an internationally renowned Hypnosis Trainer, Author, Counsellor, Public Speaker, Sales Motivator, Corporate Speaker, and the founder of Mind Motivations™ & The Australian Academy of Hypnosis™.
During the past twenty eight years he's been at the forefront of the hypnosis profession. He has developed a unique style of hypnosis from a combination of traditional hypnosis, Ericksonian hypnosis, and traditional Mesmerism. With his vast knowledge of the direct and rapid hypnosis methods used by modern hypnosis and the hypnotists of the past; Rick has moulded the techniques into a powerful therapeutic model.
He's personally assisted countless thousands of people, using his own unique therapeutic hypnosis techniques. His clients include international Movie Stars, Sales Motivators, Commercial Airline Pilots, Psychologists, Medical Professionals, Business People, Home makers and Children. People from all walks of life, facing challenges such as stress disorders, nicotine and drug dependency, gambling, addiction, pain management, depression, panic disorder, insomnia, motivation, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancer and many other various behavioral challenges.
Rick has an extensive knowledge of all aspects of all styles of hypnosis, combined with his many years of practical experience. He continuously demonstrates that the effectiveness of his hypnosis and subconscious counselling skills are unequalled by many other hypnosis methods and hybrids. Rick's advanced hypnosis techniques were used in the successful "Hypnosis & Improvement in The Quality Of Life" cancer trial that he conducted in 2005. Since that time those techniques have been further developed during thousands of hours of clinical experiments and research. His cutting edge hypnosis techniques combined with years of clinical expertise are a Quantum Leap beyond the often semi effective relaxation and visualisation techniques used by many of today's hypnotherapists.
Rick has appeared as an invited guest in many major newspapers and magazines, on national and international radio and television, including twice on Channel 9s "A Current Affair" and Kerri Anne Kennerley, Channel 7s "Today Tonight", Channel 10's "9AM with David & Kim", Optus Vision, Bris 31, and the ABC. Internationally he has featured on BBC TV in the UK, and in the United States on Good Morning America. KTLA Los Angeles and the NBC News San Diego, and Florida. He has been a guest on thousands of US radio shows, including George Noory Coast to Coast Radio, The Adam Carolla show and Valentine 98.3fm. The Joey Reynolds Radio Show WOR New York, The Mancow Show Chicago, Bulldog Radio Show IRIE Ocean City Maryland, KDKE Radio Phoenix Arizona, Sirius Playboy Radio LA, Good Health Radio, Moneydots Radio, WMT600 Iowa, WDJQ Ohio. Armed Forces Radio Network. Between November 2008 and January 2014, he appeared on many national U.K. radio and television shows, newspaper and magazine articles.
Peer acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled professional hypnotists and hypnosis trainers. Rick is the principle of The Australian Academy of Hypnosis and has trained more than 2500 therapists in the correct and effective use of his unique therapeutic hypnosis styles. In 2006 his Lose Weight Now program became the only hypnosis CD ever in the world to win a Gold Aria Award. In August 2008 it went platinum as did his incredibly successful Quit Smoking Now program, whilst the Mind-Body Healing, Stress Management, Happiness & Self Esteem, and Beat Insomnia programs all went gold. A truly remarkable feat that demonstrates Rick as one of the top hypnotists in the world today. Between January 2002 and January 2018 "The Life Improvement Series" has sold more than 2,000,000 copies all over the world.
In conjunction with a Pharmacist colleague, Mr. Nathan Elliott, Rick conducted Australia's first monitored clinical study to evaluate improvements in the quality of life, using hypnosis as an adjunct to conventional medical treatments. The participants of the trial were nine, medical doctor referred and monitored, volunteers suffering various types of cancers at various stages of progression. Both the Clinical and the experiential results were very positive and ethics approval is being sought to conduct a much larger study (all study participants were signed into the trail and monitored independently by their Medical Doctors).
Rick is one of the world's leading professional clinical therapeutic hypnotists. He is an internationally renowned hypnotist, hypnosis trainer, mesmerist, author, counsellor, public speaker, corporate speaker, and the founder of Mind Motivations™ & The Australian Academy of Hypnosis™. His official qualifications include: Dip. Hypnosis, Dip. Adv. Hypnosis, Dip. 1-2 Counselling, Dip. Mental Health, B.A. Counselling, Cert IV Workplace Training & Assessment, and 'Mesmerismus Magnetista' (Mesmerism).
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TORONTO -- Crackle, Sony Pictures Entertainment's video hub aimed at young men, is now available in Canada.
Canadians can now access Crackle online, and via domestic web-based services like RogersonDemand, YouTube, Boxee and Metacafe.
Rogers Digital Media, a division of mobile and cable giant Rogers Communications, has signed on as the ad sales agent for Crackle.com north of the border, and will sell the site's Canadian inventory across its online distribution channels.


I have a question regarding the rendering of a large image (about 4.5 x 3 meters). My machine doesn't seem to be able to handle such amount of pixels. I have tried 300dpi, 150dpi, 100dpi and 72dpi. It just crashes (Connection with the Background Rendering wa unexpectedly lost). I have even toggle the Render in Background option on and off with no result. I am using CPU for rendering. Here is my question: is there a way to render the image in sections or parts or even passes?
It actually automatically tiles the image into segments.
I would probably suggest around 50dpi for an image that size unless your viewers are going to be walking up close enough to touch it. That will help.
Save your file with raytrace mode turned off.
Restart your machine, don't open Anything except move.
Open your file and render to background. Close as soon as it gives you the message. Make sure you don't render with the image visible in the display. Make sure you have Win7 Aero turned Off. You should be using the basic mode.
I have a beast of a machine, but occasionally I can't render in the background without restarting first.
If you have access to Pro it gets even easier because you can send to the queue, then restart your machine, then open queue and start rendering. That way you never have to run it on the machine.
The guys from Bunkspeed might be able to give a few more suggestions, but that's what works for me. I've been rendering hand tool sized things lately for print though, so I usually max out around 7000 pixels, not 12. And I'm camera matching often, so I can also render region to save memory and lots of speed.
Hope that helps a little. Once you get it going it should handle the tiling ok. Sometimes it's just hard to get it to start rendering.
Thanks for your reply Andy!
I will try that and get back with the results.
yeesh, that sure takes some time. I'm glad it's at least rendering though.
it's a bit easier with Pro because you can send to queue, Close completely, Then start the render.
I'm using Balanced right now and haven't been crashing over lunch lately. My computer is locked and the screen went to sleep when I get back. My rendering still completes.
OH, and one more thing. Disable AERO. I was getting some strange behavior with 3dsMax, Showcase, and Bunkspeed. Nothing huge, but it seems much more stable after I turned that off.
Easiest way I know of to do that is to switch your "personalization" setting, pull up the Window color, and switch it to basic. All it does is get rid of the transparent window borders and their shadows. No harm done.
Yes, make sure you set sleep to never, i would also urge to turn "turn display off" to never (Just turn off your monitor manually). The act of Locking the session in Win7 disables the display driver which will stop the rendering and cause it to fall back to CPU. if you are rendering on CPU anyway, then that should affect you but i wouldn't take the risk if you can avoid it..
Good luck and i hope our suggestions help.


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Q: R shiny subset based on user-input and then code based on the subset I tried to use shiny server to do a calculation based on a subset - called sub1.
sub1 works fine until I try to select certain column or try to run calculation on it.
sub1 is a subset from a large dataset.
Attached is my code. Let me know what i did wrong. Thank you so much.
server <- function(input,output) {
  data1 <- read.csv("..",fileEncoding="UTF-8-BOM")

  sub1<- reactive(subset(data1,Sex == input$sex & AVS.Impairment ==
  input$impairment & Year == input$yr & Mortality <= max(input$mm) & Mortality
  >= min(input$mm)))

  output$text<-renderDataTable(sub1())
  # I want to use the sub1 to run more calculation.
  # But when I try to select the column and create column it won't work

   sub1$table = paste0(sub1$Sex) %>% tolower # this line doesn't work
   # error is object of type 'closure' is not subsettable

}

shinyApp(ui=ui, server=server)

A: I have created a reproducible example that can, if the indicated code us uncommented, produce the two errors you mention.  You will notice that the errors you are experiencing are very common with people when the first start using Shiny, so this answer is nothing new.
# Show two errors that occur in Shiny.
# 1. The error that occurs when you try to use and input$var outside of a reactive context
# 2. The error that occurs when you treat a reative function as an dataset instead of a function.

library(shiny)
library(lubridate)
d <- datasets::longley
# Create a date field for dateRangeInput
d$date <- as.Date(as.character(d$Year),"%Y")
# Define UI for application that draws a histogram
ui <- fluidPage(

   # Application title
   titlePanel("Use of reactive in Shiny"),

   sidebarLayout(
      sidebarPanel(
        dateRangeInput("yr", h3("Date range"),
                       start = min(d$date),
                       end = '1962-05-01'),
        sliderInput("mm","Minimum GNP", 500,min=min(d$GNP),
                     max=max(d$GNP))
     ),

      # Show a plot of the generated distribution
      mainPanel(
         textOutput("text"),
         textOutput("text_err"),
         dataTableOutput("table")

      )
   )
)

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram
server <- function(input, output) {

  sub1 <- reactive({
    subset(d,GNP <=input$mm & Year >= year(input$yr[[1]]) & Year <= year(input$yr[[2]]))
  })

  # Uncomment this will produce
  # Operation not allowed without an active reactive context. (You tried to do something that can only be done from inside a reactive expression or observer.)
  # sub2 <-   subset(d,GNP <=input$mm & Year >= year(input$yr[[1]]) & Year <= year(input$yr[[2]]))

  output$text <- renderPrint(paste(year(input$yr[[1]]),year(input$yr[[2]])))

  # This will generate the error Warning: Error in $: object of type 'closure' is not subsettable
  # output$text_err <- renderPrint(paste(sub1$Year))

  output$table <- renderDataTable(sub1())

}

# Run the application
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

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