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Nipples No More

Smallville comes to an end and Humpy still maintains Tom Welling’s nips have become a national embarrassment.
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In a week filled with crappy season finales, there is one TV show that I hate – yet “hate” to see go. Yes, this week brings the final episode EVER of Smallville (CW, Fri May 13, 8 pm). As a young TV columnist, I grew up with this hilariously operatic teen drama featuring postpubescent hunky hunkster Clark Kent (played by the muscley if not particularly talented Tom Welling). I've written at least umpteen columns about Smallville, all of which have devolved into lengthy, practically unreadable essays involving Welling repeatedly whipping off his shirt, accompanied by intense descriptions of the height, circumference, and hue of his nipples.

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When Aliens Attack… Again: Saving the world in Crysis 2

In Crysis 2, familiar shooter features flow together at a furious, fast pace.
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The aliens attacked while I was on a submarine. My marine squad was getting ready to go into New York City when the ship started shaking. Walls collapsed. Electronic equipment exploded. Along with most of my squad, I swam out of the escape hatch and surfaced in a nightmare. The Statue of Liberty was smoking – the victim of some kind of attack. The skyline was ragged and burning. And above us, a ship bigger than any aircraft on earth swooped in and attacked while we bobbed in the New York Harbor.
The next thing I remember, I woke up wearing a new suit. Apparently, somebody took my bloody marine uniform off and put a new suit on me. (I'm a little weirded-out about that – I like to change my own clothes.) Now everybody hates me – the aliens, the soldiers, even the diseased humans. I've heard that “the clothes make the man,” but this suit has made me everybody's enemy.

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Udderly Delicious: Cada Dia brings local farmstead cheese to Prineville

The Sullivan family, owners of Cada Dia Cheese in Prineville, make farming look easy. In fact, Pat Sullivan doesn't even consider himself a farmer.
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The Sullivan family, owners of Cada Dia Cheese in Prineville, make farming look easy. In fact, Pat Sullivan doesn't even consider himself a farmer.
“I'm not a real farmer,” Pat explains, chuckling as he cleans equipment in the cheese-making facility he and his family built from scratch just two years ago.
“I look at the American dairyman and do everything differently. They milk twice a day, I milk once a day. They bring their feed in to the cows, mine harvest their own out in the pasture. I have three acres per cow and milk seasonally, when I have grass,” he says.
Pat's background is in engineering, working most recently in the oil fields of West Texas. He started making cheese in New Mexico and was drawn to Central Oregon because of the similarities in the landscapes.
“It's harsh, grim, big, open country, but it's awesome country,” he exclaimed with another chuckle, “Why do I need those damn trees anyway?”

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Bill Callahan – Apocalypse

Since ditching his stage name (Smog), Bill Callahan has been on a course of personal questioning.
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Bill Callahan started out in the early '90s as more of an experimental musician, partnering his lyrics with dissonance and odd instrumental choices, slowly building his melodies over multiple albums and eventually recording in a proper studio with other musicians. Since ditching his stage name (Smog), Callahan has been on a course of personal questioning. His songs still reflect his experiences with personal relationships, but on Apocalypse and 2009's excellent Sometimes I Wish I Were an Eagle, Callahan's focus seems more concentrated on landscapes and how people respond to distance.
Apocalypse finds Callahan all at once wearing the shoes of a gardener, cattle driver, sailor and songwriter as he ponders the rugged and untamed background of America. He does so with brief distorted riffs, flutes, distant keys, whistling and earthy percussion paired with his baritone vocals. This album is beautifully executed yet never feels like it was labored over. Callahan's voice is confident and casual (listen for Callahan's vocal clicks, and “oohs”) just as the instrumentation is assuredly rehearsed, but at times feels improvised over Callahan's delivery.

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Out of Town 5/11 – 5/19: The Slants, The Raveonettes, Trampled by Turtles, 12th Annual UFO Festival

Heading out of town this weekend? Here are a few of our suggestions if you’re looking for live music.
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The Slants
Described as “Chinatown dance rock,” The Slants have gained plenty of attention with their controversial name, but explain they are proud of who they are. The band came together over a shared love of The Faint, Depeche Mode and New Order which might make them seem like new-agey wusses… until you learn that The Slants have been banned from at least one Portland venue for breathing fire onstage. 9pm, Dour Fir Lounge.
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The Raveonettes
“I think she looks like a nice vamp/ Looking for love in a trash can,” the Danish duo The Raveonette's sing on their single “Love in a Trash Can.” This catchy tune features harmonies from both members, Sune and Sharin, and has one of the greatest titles we've heard in a long time. Out of Town likes The Raveonette's because their music is simple, but features driving beats and both male and female vocals. 8pm, Wonder Ballroom.

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Our Picks for 5/11 – 5/19: Last Band Standing, D’s Place: Opening Night, Cicada Omega, Mosley Wotta, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers and more

Looking for something awesome to do in Central Oregon this week? Here are our picks.
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COCC Student Art Exhibit & Juried Show
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Last week, you very well may have seen some great pieces of art during the First Friday art walk, but expand your art-viewing scope a bit and take a look at some of the hidden artistic treasures to be found up on the hill at COCC. This exhibit and juried show just opened this week and runs throughout June 3, but you should head up there and take a look at all the drawings, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, sculptures, jewelry, photography and watercolors that students have produced this term. 4pm-6pm Thursday, May 12. Pinckney Center, COCC. 2600 College Way.

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High Noon for Open Government

Kroger is on the right side in this fight, and the government agencies that think their own convenience is more important than the public's right to information are on the wrong side.
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When a new sheriff rides into town the locals sometimes can get riled up, especially if the old sheriff's been there a long time and the new sheriff has a different way of doing things.
That's the situation John Kroger finds himself in. Kroger was elected in 2008 to succeed Hardy Myers as Oregon's attorney general, after Myers had been in the job for 12 years.
Kroger is an ex-Marine with an undergrad degree from Yale, a law degree from Harvard and a resumé that includes prosecuting Mafia thugs and Enron crooks. As attorney general he's aggressively gone after bad guys ranging from pharmaceutical companies to child pornographers to giant Wall Street banks.

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100% Fresh Straight Poop – for Best Results Use by 05/12/11

Scoop Lewis reports on the past week’s most newsworthy events.
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Monday,
May 2
Osama, The Aftermath: US officials say “mother lode” of intelligence seized from compound where Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden last week; “hundreds of people” examining contents of computers, thumb drives, etc. … Meanwhile Rush Limbaugh belittles the exploit, says President Obama almost botched it and staged it as re-election ploy. Way to keep it classy there, Rush … Elsewhere in the Middle East: More than 2,000 reportedly arrested in latest crackdown against Syrian protesters, another 5,000 missing … Yes, that's a 1 plus 11 zeroes: Wall Street Journal estimates Facebook stock could be worth $100 billion in initial public offering, making it bigger than Amazon or Cisco.

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This Week’s Number: 251

251: that's the number of species that the Department of Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service have pledged to evaluate over the next six years for Endangered Species Act protections.
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That's the number of species that the Department of Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service have pledged to evaluate over the next six years for Endangered Species Act protections. The pledge is part of a settlement with one of the key litigants in a series of cases brought against the federal government over its inaction on more than 250 threatened species, including the western sage grouse.

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Take Time to See the Roses

Recently while walking through Drake Park I witnessed a bald eagle dive bomb a flock of ducks, nearly getting one.
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I preface this letter by saying: I am a big music fan. I know how sweet it can be to bop through the park listening to your own private soundtrack.
Recently while walking through Drake Park I witnessed a bald eagle dive bomb a flock of ducks, nearly getting one. The duck got away and my companion and I stood in awe as the eagle flew directly over our heads and landed in one of the lodge pole pines. There was a young man standing about five feet away from us with head phones on, oblivious to the seven foot wingspan right above his head. I tapped him on the shoulder and pointed out the bird, still in the tree. He grinned sheepishly and replied, “Damn iPod.”

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