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November 07, 2013
Gourmet Express, LLC, Voluntarily Recalls 32-Ounce Packages of "Fusia Chicken Lo Mein" and 21-Ounce Packages of "Bremer 3 Cheese Chicken" and "Bremer Garlic Shrimp" due to Possible Undeclared Eggs
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information that Gourmet Express, LLC, has voluntarily recalled 32-ounce packages of "Fusia Chicken Lo Mein," 21-ounce packages of "Bremer 3 Cheese Chicken," and "Bremer Garlic Shrimp" Skillet Meals due to possible undeclared eggs. People who have allergies to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. The recalled products were distributed to Aldi distribution centers in Mt. Joliet, Tenn.; Jefferson, Ga.; Batavia, Ill.; Valparaiso, Ind., and the Webberville, Mich., areas. The products may have been shipped to Aldi retail stores. The Fusia Chicken Lo Mein comes in a 32 oz multi-colored plastic package, Bremer 3 Cheese Chicken and Bremer Garlic Shrimp come in 21 oz multi-colored packages, and all three are marked BEST BY APR 9 2015, stamped on the top tear strip.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
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Former UC San Diego standout player and assistant coach Clint Allard returned to the Triton staff in April of 2014 as Associate Head Coach.
Allard came back to La Jolla after spending the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons as an assistant coach with CCAA member school Cal Poly Pomona.
Prior to his stint at Cal Poly Pomona, Allard spent four seasons as an assistant coach at UC San Diego, joining the staff for its 2008-09 campaign.
Allard's coaching experience includes coordinating recruiting, travel, camps, scouting, video/film operations, team equipment, academic oversight, and community outreach. He also has extensive knowledge in player development as well as running individual workouts for both post and perimeter players.
A four-year starter and three-time team captain at UC San Diego, Allard posted career averages of 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 112 games as a Triton.
One of the most prolific players the program has seen, Allard's name can be found all over UC San Diego's record books. The former Archbishop Mitty High School product ranks fourth in all-time career assists (414) and 10th in career assist average (3.7). His 1,150 career points rank in the top-15 in school history.
In terms of UC San Diego's Division II-era (since 2000-01) career records, Allard ranks first in steals (130) and can be found in the top 10 for points (1,150), field goals made (364), field goals attempted (835), three-point field goals made (123), three-point field goals attempted (320), three-point field goal percentage (.384), free throws made (299), free throws attempted (402), rebounds (387), assists (414), assists average (3.7), steals average (1.2), games played (112), minutes (3,378) and minutes average (30.2).
In 2007-08, Allard was named to the All-CCAA Second Team after averaging 9.8 points and career-highs in rebounds (3.9), assists (4.6) and steals (1.2). He also earned All-CCAA Tournament Team honors that season after leading the Tritons to their first conference tourney championship. The victory advanced UC San Diego to the NCAA Division II West Regional for the first time. The Tritons went on to finish the season with an overall record of 18-1.
As a freshman in 2004-05, Allard led the Tritons in scoring, averaging 9.3 points per game over 26 contests.
Allard graduated from UC San Diego in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science. In 2010, he earned a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration in Exercise and Sports Science from Concordia in Irvine.
Allard and wife Sara (Robinson), a former UC San Diego softball standout, have a daughter named Everly.


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This training protocol has two objectives: 1) to train NINDS fellows in specialized
techniques for diagnosing neurological disorders, and 2) to gather data from healthy
volunteers and from patients with various disorders needed for tests to diagnose disorders of
nerve, muscle, and the areas of the brain controlling movement.
Healthy volunteers and patients with neurological disorders of nerve and muscle who require
specialized diagnostic testing may be eligible for this study. Candidates must be 18 years of
age or older. They are screened with a medical history and neurological examination.
Immediately after screening, participants undergo one or two of the following tests:
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation: This procedure maps brain function. A wire coil is
held on the scalp, and a brief electrical current is passed through the coil, creating a
magnetic pulse that stimulates the brain. During the stimulation, the subject may be
asked to tense certain muscles slightly or perform other simple actions. The stimulation
may cause a twitch in muscles of the face, arm, or leg, and the subject may hear a click
and feel a pulling sensation on the skin under the coil. During the stimulation,
electrical activity of muscles is recorded with a computer, using electrodes (small
metal disks) attached to the skin with tape.
- Electromyography (EMG): This test measures the electrical activity of muscles and is
used to diagnose problems with the nerves or muscles. For surface EMG, electrodes are
filed with a conductive gel and taped to the skin. Needle EMG involves inserting a
needle into a muscle to record the electrical activity. Single fiber EMG uses
specialized needles that allow recording from single muscle fibers. The needle is
inserted into a muscle and the subject is asked to tense that muscle slightly.
- Nerve conduction study: This test measures the speed with which nerves conduct
electrical impulses and the strength of the connection between the nerve and the muscle.
It is done by taping wires on the skin to record the impulses and placing a probe on the
skin to deliver a small electrical stimulus.
- Near-nerve recording: This test is a nerve conduction study that is used to measure
responses from very small nerves. It uses a needle placed under the skin to record the
nerve response.
- Quantitative sensory testing: This test measures how well the subject feels vibration
and cold. A probe that can vibrate or cool down is attached to the subject's finger or
foot. The subject presses a button when he or she feels the stimulus. A computer adjusts
the intensity of the stimulus to find the lowest level the subject can feel.
- Nerve ultrasound: This test uses sound waves to examine the nerves. Warm gel is applied
to the skin and a probe is held on the skin surface.
Objective: This is a training protocol. The goal of this protocol is to train fellows in
advanced physiological techniques used for diagnosing neurological disorders. A secondary
objective of the protocol is to gather normative data for diagnostic neurophysiologic tests.
Study population: Patients and healthy adult volunteers may be studied under this protocol.
Patients must have a clinical indication for the diagnostic test. Most patients will be
enrolled in a primary NIH protocol, and this protocol will serve as a secondary protocol.
Occasionally, patients will be enrolled in this protocol as a primary protocol when they are
referred from hospitals that participate in the NINDS fellowship training program. Healthy
adults will be studied by fellows-in-training to practice a new testing procedure or to
provide normative data when required by changes in instrumentation or laboratory technique.
Design: Testing will be performed during an outpatient clinic visit. One or two of the
following procedures may be performed as clinically indicated: single fiber EMG, macro-EMG,
near-nerve recording, single-pulse transcranial or peripheral nerve magnetic stimulation,
quantitative sensory testing, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, nerve
ultrasonography, or autonomic testing.
Outcome measures: This is a training protocol. No research will be carried out under this
Adult patients, over age 18 years old, with a clinical indication for the diagnostic
procedures will be enrolled
- Suspected disorders of neuromuscular transmission, such as myasthenia gravis or
- Suspected Central demyelinating disorders such as multiple sclerosis or
- Suspected Myelopathy or
- Suspected motor neuron disease or
- Suspected Movement disorders that impair intracortical processes or
- Suspected neuropathy or myopathy or
- Suspected autonomic dysfunction
Healthy adults, aged 18 years or older, willing to participate
- Patients with implanted devices, such as pacemakers, or metal in the cranium
(excluding dental work) will be excluded from magnetic stimulation studies.
- Children under age 18 will be excluded, since the goal of this protocol is to provide
training experience.
- Subjects who are unable to provide informed consent
- Persons undergoing the autonomic testing will be asked to refrain from smoking,
caffeine, alcohol and vigorous exercise 24 hours before the study. Several medications
should not be taken 48 hours prior to the study; these include tricyclic
antidepressants, antihistamines, cough and cold medications, anti-Parkinson
medication, muscle relaxants, anti-psychosis medications, opioid drugs, and blood
pressure medications. No one is to stop their prescribed medication without discussion
with their primary care physician though the ability to complete all of the autonomic
testing may be affected.
- Medical conditions that require medications that affect the physiological measures
being tested
- History of stroke, peripheral neuropathy or spine surgery
- Implanted devices or metal in the cranium (except dental work) if undergoing magnetic
- Persons undergoing the autonomic testing will be asked to refrain from smoking,
caffeine, alcohol and vigorous exercise 24 hours before the study. Several medications
should not be taken 48 hours prior to the study; these include tricyclic
antidepressants, antihistamines, cough and cold medications, anti-Parkinson's
medication, muscle relaxants, anti-psychosis medications, opioid drugs, and blood
pressure medications. No one is to stop their prescribed medication without discussion
with their primary care physician and you may be excluded from the study.
- NIH employees and staff may participate, except if they are EMG Section, OCD, NINDS
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ThinkBox needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Note: the prize for the contest is actually $100. It should be a really easy project as the logo is already good to go along with most of the other branding such as the letterhead, etc.
We just want a business card that looks flashy and sleek and we are coming to you folks who have given us a solid logo!
ThinkBox National Marketing Inc.
Exceeding expectations, and WOW'ing our clients
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue, orange (primary) and white, grey (secondary)
Desired Style:
Sleek and sharp - but professional. Modern.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Note: As mentioned in short summary, the prize is only $100 even though it is listed as $150. This is because it should be a super easy project :)
Our colours: blue, orange (primary colors)Â with grey and white being secondary colours
In one of the following URL sis a ZIP file containing many versions of the logo along with our current letterhead header and footer. The header has our address and the footer has our slogan.
The other URL is a mockup of our new re-branded website.Â
 The font we have been using for the slogan is Franklin Gothic Demi (I think) and we are trying to make our branding all matching and consistent.
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I have been obsessed with the small cool kitchen contest that was put on by Apartment Therapy and this week they shared the winner!
I found this chart of the "6 people you need in your corner" interesting. Who are your six? Are you one (or more) of them?
I'm liking these living art photographs! So cool!
What happens when you don't have an ingredient on hand? Here are some substitutions you could use. Also, what not to eat.
There are many recipes I have saved to write about and some to make soon. Hope to follow up on that soon!
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West Coast coach Adam Simpson predicts Scott Lycett will become a critical component of the club's AFL future, but the Eagles face a fight to retain the talented 21-year-old.
Port Adelaide are rumoured to be interested in luring Lycett their way, while other clubs are also starting to circle the out-of-contract South Australian.
Lycett and Callum Sinclair have struggled for opportunities this season behind star pair Dean Cox and Nic Naitanui.
But with Cox at the tail-end of his glittering career and question marks still hovering over Naitanui's body, the Eagles are desperate to retain Lycett.
However, Simpson will find it tough to keep all four of his ruckmen happy.
Lycett produced the best fortnight of his fledgling AFL career in recent wins over Gold Coast and GWS.
But the 203cm ruckman has been dropped for Saturday's derby against Fremantle in Perth in order to accommodate the return of Cox, who was rested for the previous two weeks.
Cox is yet to announce whether he'll play on next season.
That decision could influence whether Lycett stays at West Coast or seeks opportunities elsewhere.
Simpson said Lycett's omission this week was more about managing his body rather than a selection snub.
"We feel he's a critical part of our future," Simpson said on Friday.
"Hopefully he's not seeing this as a demotion. This is part of a management and I'm sure he sees it in the right light.
"We've got big plans for him and we want him as part of our club and he understands and hopefully I've explained it well enough.
"No one wants to sit aside … but his body needs to be managed just as much as the others.
"He's 21, so hopefully it's just a part of his apprenticeship.
"It's a good problem to have, having three and potentially four ruckman who are AFL standard."
The Eagles sit two wins adrift of eighth spot and can ill afford a fifth-straight loss to the Dockers.
Fremantle haven't lost a derby since round nine, 2012, but a recent spate of injuries in defence will test their mettle.
Already without Luke McPharlin and Michael Johnson, the Dockers were dealt a fresh blow this week when Alex Silvagni was ruled out due to a rib injury.
That left Zac Dawson as the only established key backman in the side, with the likes of Garrick Ibbotson (186cm), Paul Duffield (188cm) and Chris Mayne (188cm) in line to get key defensive jobs.
Eagles spearheads Josh Kennedy, Jack Darling and Jeremy McGovern will be licking their lips at the prospect of taking advantage of Fremantle's undersized defence.


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This just in: Congratulations to the 2014 NAHA Winners!
Below are winners from each of the 14 categories as announced at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on July 13, 2014. MODERN SALON was thrilled to co-host the event and livestream both the red carpet and the awards ceremony.
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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Newcomer Stylist of the Year: Chris Rushton
Logan 14 Salon & Spa in Washington, DC
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Contemporary Classic: Sonna Brado
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New Movies This Week: 'Noah,' 'Sabotage'
This week we get a big-budget Hollywood retelling of one of the most famous biblical stories of them all, plus the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger in kicking-butt mode.
Noah has visions of a massive flood coming, so he builds a giant ark for his family to survive the coming disaster. (More about 'Noah' here.)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson
After a team of DEA agents takes down a powerful drug cartel, the team's members start getting killed off one at a time—the question is, by who? (More about 'Sabotage' here.)
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The AHA and the American Stroke Association recommend a daily intake of 1,500 milligrams of sodium -- the average is 3,400 mg.Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. For the estimated one in three Americans who will develop high blood pressure, a high-sodium diet may be to blame. In some people, sodium increases blood pressure because it holds excess fluid in the body, creating an added burden on the heart. Too much sodium in the diet may also have other harmful health effects, including increased risk for stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer and kidney disease.
97 percent of children and adolescents eat too much salt, putting them at greater risk for cardiovascular diseases as they get older.
The American Heart Association wants to help all Americans lower the amount of sodium they consume.
It's inviting the public to particpate in the Sodium Swap Challenge:
Week 1: Watch your bread consumption. One slice can have 230 mg sodium and a serving of turkey cold cuts can contain as much as 1,050 mg. Check labels and track your consumption.
Week 2: Read labels for pizza and poultry. Eat less cheese on pizza and add veggies. Eat fresh, skinless poultry that is not enhanced with sodium solution.
Week 3: Check up on soups and sandwiches. One cup of chicken noodle or tomato soup may have up to 940 mg. Try lower sodium varieties of soups; make sandwiches with lower sodium meats and cheeses.
Finally, control portion sizes and look for the Heart-Check mark on products in the store, www.heartcheckmark.org
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Posted: Mar 10, 2011
Harvard went 23-5 overall and 12-2 in the Ivy League during the regular season (Mitchell Layton).
- Complete Harvard Ivy Playoff Game Notes (PDF)
- Live Video (ESPN3.com)
- Live Statistics
- Live Free Audio (GoCrimson.com with Chris Villani)
- Live Audio (WHRB.org)
- Ivy League Playoff Central
- Detailed Parking Information at Yale
- Keith Wright Named Ivy Player of the Year
The Particulars
Ivy League co-champion's Harvard and Princeton need one more game to decide who will earn the league's automatic berth to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. The Crimson concluded its regular season with the most wins (23) and conference victories (12) in program history and finished tied with the Tigers atop the Ivy League standings, earning hte program's first Ivy title. With a win against the Tigers, Harvard would receive its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946.
Follow From Home
Saturday's game will be shown live on ESPN3.com. In addition, Sirius Satellite Radio 130 and WHRB.org will carry the game, as well as GoCrimson.com free of charge. As always, Chris Villani will have the call on GoCrimson.com. Live statistics will also be available on GoCrimson.com.
Saturday's game will be shown live on ESPN3.com. In addition, Sirius Satellite Radio 130 and WHRB.org will carry the game, as well as GoCrimson.com free of charge. As always, Chris Villani will have the call on GoCrimson.com. Live statistics will also be available on GoCrimson.com.
Series History
Harvard and Princeton have played 163 times, with the Tigers owning a 126-39 advantage in the series that dates back to 1900-01. Princeton won five straight games until the Crimson topped the Tigers at Lavietes Pavilion March 5. Saturday's game is the first in the series at a neutral site.
Last Time Out
Brandyn Curry, who was honored as Ivy Player of the Week for his effort, recorded his second straight double-double (10 points, 10 assists) and Kyle Casey tallied 24 points, as the Crimson topped Princeton, 79-67, to earn a share of the program's first Ivy League title. Oliver McNally went 10-of-10 from the foul line and Keith Wright added 13 points in the win. Harvard shot 60 percent from the field (24-of-40) and 90 percent from the foul line (27-of-30).
Princeton's Last Time Out
Kareem Maddox sank 6-of-11 shots from the floor and converted 11-of-12 free throws, as Princeton downed Penn, 70-58, March 8 to force a tie with Harvard. Ian Hummer (14 points) and Dan Mavraides (10 points) also reached double digits for the Tigers, who shot 77.8 percent from the field (14-of-18) as a team in the second half.
Ivy League Playoff History
Saturday's playoff game between Harvard and Princeton marks the eighth time a playoff has been needed to decide the Ivy's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. The previous games were played in 1959 (won by Dartmouth), 1963 (Princeton), 1969 (Columbia), 1980 (Penn), 1981 (Princeton), 1996 (Princeton) and 2002 (Penn).
In 2002, there was actually a three-way tie among Princeton, Yale and Penn. Yale topped Princeton, 76-60, before Penn won the final against Yale, 77-58. Saturday marks the first time Harvard has appeared in an Ivy League playoff, while the Tigers have played in all eight Ivy postseasons, owning a 3-4 record.
Keith Wright, Ivy Player of the Year
Keith Wright was honored as the Ivy League Player of the Year, becoming the second Harvard player to take home the award (Joe Carrabino '84-85 in 1983-84). Wright was also a unanimous pick to the All-Ivy first team, while Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry earned spots on the second team and Christian Webster received honorable mention.
Ivy Champion Harvard Crimson
For the first time in school history, Harvard earned at least a share of the Ivy League title, as the Crimson topped Princeton, 79-67, March 5. Harvard also established a new program record for conference wins in a season with 12, surpassing the 1970-71 team that went 11-3.
Harvard Against Princeton This Year
Kyle Casey is Harvard's leading scorer against Princeton this season, as he is averaging 17.5 points per contest in the two games. Keith Wright is also averaging double figures against the Tigers (14.5 ppg) and is Harvard's leading rebounder (8.0 rpg). The Crimson is shooting 51.1 percent from the floor, while holding Princeton to a 42.0 percentage. Harvard owns an edge in rebounds, 46-36, and in blocks, 14-7.
New Victory Mark
With its 23 victories this season, Harvard has established a new program record for wins. The previous mark was set in 2009-10, when the Crimson finished 21-8 overall.
Casting Ballots
For the third straight season and fourth time in six years, Harvard received a vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this year Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 21 and March 7. The Crimson also earned a vote in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll March 7, marking the first time in program history Harvard has been highlighted in that poll. Harvard is the only Ivy League team to have received a vote in a major national poll this season and currently sits 35th in the NCAA's Rating Percentage Index (RPI) entering this weekend's action.
Harvard Down The Stretch
The Crimson is shooting 50.8 percent from the floor (67-of-132) and 36.4 percent from long distance (16-of-44) in the final five minutes of games this season. Harvard has only been called for 72 fouls in that time span, while drawing 116 fouls by opponents.
Lavietes Is The Place To Be
Harvard is riding a 17-game win streak at home, a program record. The current win streak at home is the longest for Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion and is tied for the ninth longest current streak in the NCAA. With a 14-0 home record, Harvard has established a new record for home victories in a season, surpassing last season's 11 wins at Lavietes. The 1937-38 Crimson finished the season 10-0 at home.
McNally Closing Out Games
In the last four minutes of games, McNally leads Harvard with a .750 shooting percentage. He has made all six of his eight shots in the final minutes, four of which were from beyond the arc. He is averaging 1.6 points in the last four minutes of games and is 28-of-30 from the foul line (.933).
Scoring In Bunches
Harvard is 6-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points, topping Colorado, 82-66, Nov. 28; Fordham, 80-57, Dec. 1; Boston University, 87-71, Dec. 11; MIT, 84-58, Dec. 31; Penn, 83-82, in double overtime Feb. 5 and Brown, 85-78, Feb. 12.
Season Honors
Keith Wright...... Ivy League Player of the Year
Keith Wright........... All-Ivy League First Team
Kyle Casey..........All-Ivy League Second Team
Brandyn Curry.... All-Ivy League Second Team
Christian Webster... All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
Weekly Honors
Keith Wright........ Ivy Player of the Week (Nov. 15)
Christian Webster....Ivy Co-Player of the Week (Nov. 22)
Keith Wright........ Ivy Player of the Week (Nov. 29)
Laurent Rivard......... Ivy Rookie of the Week (Dec. 6)
Laurent Rivard........... Ivy Rookie of the Week (Jan. 3)
Laurent Rivard......... Ivy Rookie of the Week (Jan. 17)
Kyle Casey.........Ivy Co-Player of the Week (Jan. 31)
Keith Wright....... Ivy Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 14)
Brandyn Curry.......... Ivy Player of the Week (March 7)
Shooting Success
Harvard has made 47.6 percent of its baskets, which ranks first in the Ivy League. The Crimson has buried 195 treys overall for a 37.7 shooting percentage from beyond the arc, ranking the team tied for first in the Ivy League in 3-point proficiency.


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but do I need to call my ISP or anything?
Thanks! Maybe I'll stick to my home network.
My internet comes through a cable into a modem, but I have NO IDEA how to change settings on the router
If I had apache installed, I would see the apache splash screen. Now I get nothing.
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I was under the impression that the only character not allowed in file names was
/, but I don't seem to be able to create a file whose name contains characters such as
< or
> either. For instance,
$ echo "*"
> *
$ touch "*"
> touch: setting times of `*': No such file or directory
I'm writing a shell script that requires the user to type a file name and I would like to make sure the name doesn't have any invalid characters. Is there a list somewhere?
I didn't realise I was doing this in a FAT32 filesystem (USB stick), which does not allow `*' and other characters in file names. No wonder it didn't work. Sorry, my bad!!


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An informational meeting regarding wind turbines is scheduled June 27 at the Morenci American Legion on Morenci Road.
Seneca Township resident Lori Glisson has invited representatives of Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition (IICC) to speak at the meeting and answer questions.
The IICC describes itself as dedicated to raising public awareness of the potential impacts from the construction of industrial wind turbines, stating that protection of health, safety and welfare should be the primary concerns of government leaders.
After the Seneca Township board approved an ordinance in March to govern the development of wind energy facilities, Glisson and her husband, Ron, launched a petition drive to seek a referendum on the ordinance. The Glissons contend that the ordinance falls short in guaranteeing the well-being of township residents.
Township residents will decide at the Aug. 7 primary election whether the ordinance should stand as is or be recalled for additional work.
The public is invited to attend the meeting.


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The Woman Attacked By Matthew Fox Is Pressing Assault Charges! New Details!
The 'Lost' star is in for some serious legal trouble — and we're glad! Violence against anyone, but especially against women, is never OK!
The more we hear about Matthew Fox's assault on Cleveland bus driver Heather Borman, the more we'd like for him to just get 'lost' already! Prosecutors are now telling CNN they have photographic evidence of Heather's bruises that Matthew, 45, caused when he punched her this past weekend.
"He smelled like a liquor cabinet, like a bar," Heather reveals to Cleveland.com. "I told him, 'Sorry, buddy, this is a private party. You get off my vehicle.' I told him three times."
As for the cut on Matthew's lip, Heather apparently punched him in the mouth after he assaulted her. Matthew was arrested in the early hours of Aug. 28, and released later that day.


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BALTIMORE – Franklin & Marshall gave Johns Hopkins its toughest game of the year Saturday at Homestead Field. The Diplomats held leads of 10-0 and 17-14 against the No. 11 Blue Jays before Hopkins rallied to escape with 28-23 win in Centennial Conference (CC) football action. The Diplomats (3-6, 3-5 CC) held Hopkins (9-0, 8-0 CC) to its second lowest point total of the year, keeping the Blue Jays out of the endzone in the first 20 minutes of the play.
The Diplomats came in with a ball-control game plan that worked to perfection as F&M out-possessed Hopkins 40:00 to 19:55.
F&M struck first with a 28-yard field goal by Chris DeStefano midway through the first quarter. The kick came at the tail end of a 12-play, 60-yard drive that chewed up over seven minutes. The drive started courtesy of a Ty Savastio interception just four plays into Hopkins first possession. F&M picked up two fourth-down conversions to keep the drive alive, one a fake punt, the other a John Harrison strike to John Kaschak for 13 yards.
The Diplomats took a 10-0 lead at 8:04 in the second quarter when Harrison found Jordan Zackery for a 77-yard touchdown. Zackery took a bubble screen near the line of scrimmage, picked up a few blocks, and outran the JHU defense to paydirt.
Hopkins quickly answered when Daniel Wodicka took a Hewitt Tomlin pass and outran the Diplomats secondary to the endzone to cut the deficit to 10-7 with 7:32 remaining in the second quarter.
F&M moved the ball out to midfield on its ensuing possession before being forced to punt. E.J. Schneider's 37-yard punt pushed Wodicka back to the Blue Jay 13-yard line before Wodicka raced up the sideline, and deep into F&M territory, before being caught by Schneider and Lamont Jackson. The 72-yard return set the Blue Jays up at the Diplomat 15 and Tomlin scored on a 10-yard run three plays later to give the Blue Jays a 14-10 lead at the half.
The Diplomats took a 17-14 lead on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Harrison to Brian Kelly with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter. The touchdown pass capped a stunning 16-play, 91-yard drive that took more than nine minutes off the clock.
Hopkins quickly responded, to the take the lead for good, when Scott Barreltta capped off an eight-play, 65-drive with a two-yard run to put JHU up 21-17 at the end of the third quarter.
The Blue Jays extended their lead to 28-17 when Scott Cremens caught a Tomlin pass for a four-yard score with 3:21 remaining in the game.
F&M answered in under a minute as Harrison moved the Diplomats 63 yards in 48 seconds with the final 17 yards coming from a perfect pass to Tim Muller for the touchdown. The Diplomats two-point conversion failed, to make it 28-23.
The Diplomats attempted an onsides kick, but Hopkins covered the ball up at the Diplomat 40-yard line and the Blue Jays were able to run out the final 2:27 to seal the victory.
Harrison went over the 300-yard mark for second time this season. The senior signal caller threw for 302 yards on 23 completions and three scores on the top-ranked defense in the CC, hitting seven different receivers. Muller and Paul McGann each had six receptions for the Diplomats, who rolled up 430 yards of total offense.
John Kaschak rushed for 86 yards to lead the way on the ground for F&M. Kaschak will enter the last game of the season two yards shy of second place on the F&M career rushing list.
Brian Velasco led the way of the defensive side of ball with eight tackles while Nick Barbieri finished with seven stops. Savastio turned in six tackles, with a forced fumble, a pass break-up, and an interception, which set the tone for the game.
F&M returns home next weekend for the season finale when the Diplomats host Gettysburg at 1:00 p.m.
Franklin & Marshall vs #11 Johns Hopkins (Nov 05, 2011 at Baltimore, MD)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Franklin & Marshall 3 7 7 6 23 Record: (3-6,3-5)
Johns Hopkins 0 14 7 7 28 Record: (9-0,8-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 06:52 F&M Chris DeStefano 28 yd field goal, 12-60 7:11, F&M 3 - JHU 0
2nd 08:04 F&M Jordan Zackery 77 yd pass from John Harrison (Chris DeStefano kick), 3-80 1:38, F&M 10 - JHU 0
07:32 JHU Daniel Wodicka 47 yd pass from Hewitt Tomlin (Richie Carbone kick), 2-70 0:25, F&M 10 - JHU 7
02:14 JHU Hewitt Tomlin 10 yd run (Richie Carbone kick), 3-15 1:14, F&M 10 - JHU 14
3rd 02:19 F&M Brian Kelly 20 yd pass from John Harrison (Chris DeStefano kick), 16-91 9:09, F&M 17 - JHU 14
00:00 JHU Scott Barletta 2 yd run (Richie Carbone kick), 8-65 2:14, F&M 17 - JHU 21
4th 03:21 JHU Scott Cremens 4 yd pass from Hewitt Tomlin (Richie Carbone kick), 7-67 3:03, F&M 17 - JHU 28
02:27 F&M Tim Muller 17 yd pass from John Harrison (John Harrison pass failed), 6-63 0:48, F&M 23 - JHU 28
RUSHING: Franklin & Marshall-John Kaschak 19-86; Lamont Jackson 19-42; John Harrison 3-minus 23. Johns Hopkins-Nick Fazio 8-61; Jonathan Rigaud 7-27; Scott Barletta 5-25; Tyler Porco 3-24; Hewitt Tomlin 1-10; Matthew Berry 1-1; TEAM 2-minus 2.
PASSING: Franklin & Marshall-John Harrison 23-33-0-302; TEAM 0-1-0-0; E.J. Schneider 1-1-0-23. Johns Hopkins-Hewitt Tomlin 18-26-1-219.
RECEIVING: Franklin & Marshall-Paul McGann 6-90; Tim Muller 6-62; John Kaschak 4-34; Brian Kelly 3-44; Jordan Zackery 2-79; Joe Goggin 2-8; Lamont Jackson 1-8. Johns Hopkins-Sam Wernick 7-37; Daniel Wodicka 5-105; Scott Cremens 5-63; Matthew Berry 1-14.
INTERCEPTIONS: Franklin & Marshall-Ty Savastio 1-2. Johns Hopkins-None.
FUMBLES: Franklin & Marshall-Lamont Jackson 1-1. Johns Hopkins-Tyler Porco 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Franklin & Marshall-None. Johns Hopkins-Joe DiTrolio 1-0; Brian Peters 1-0; Taylor Maciow 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Franklin & Marshall-Brian Velasco 6-2; Nick Barbieri 5-2; Ty Savastio 3-3; Brendan Wengerter 3-1; Jonathan Struss 3-1; Ryan Young 3-1; Mike Shin 2-1; Kurt Rogers 1-2; John Gandolfo 0-3; C.T. Marsh 0-3; Donald Wiezik 2-0; Leo Chubinishvili 1-1; Kenny Provost 1-0; Peter Gumas 0-1; Chris DeStefano 0-1; E.J. Schneider 0-1; Lamont Jackson 0-1. Johns Hopkins-Taylor Maciow 6-8; Mike Milano 5-3; Sam Eagleson 4-4; Ryan Piatek 3-4; P.J. Caufield 1-5; Tyler Brown 1-5; Dan Keenan 0-6; John Gardus 5-0; Joe DiTrolio 4-1; Kale Sweeney 1-4; Adam Schweyer 0-5; John Arena 2-1; Hani Annabi 0-3; Ryan Rice 1-1; Nate Winek 1-1; Brian Peters 1-0; Kevin Rems 1-0; Josh Hertel 1-0; Neil Vranis 1-0; Michael Longo 0-1.


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The most important part of bulk food storage is getting your food. If you're looking for an inexpensive hand mill. This will work. It will not produce a superfine flour. It works OK for bread. You'll want to have some sort of hand grain mill in case of a power outage.
Water is even more important than food. Think ahead. What are you going to do if you can't get clean drinking water?
There are many ways to purify your water. Here are a few different methods:


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Public tour in English
Tracing 2500 years in the history of humankind, the tour takes visitors along the Processional Way of ancient Babylon, to the Market Gate of the Roman city of Miletus, on to the early Islamic Mshatta Façade, before ending at the Aleppo Room, dating from the 17th century. The symbols, forms and colours of these architectural structures continue to move visitors to this day.
Tickets can be reserved online and on the day from the museum ticket desk. Spaces are limited.
Offers for: Adults
Date: Sat 16.11.2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
More Dates: jeden Sonntag 15:00 Uhr
Location: Pergamonmuseum
Meeting point: information (upstairs foyer James-Simon-Galerie)
Price: 4 EUR
plus admission
Registration: no booking/prior registration required
Exhibitions: Architecture of Antiquity. Market Gate of Miletus, Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Art of Islamic Cultures
Collections: Antikensammlung, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Museum für Islamische Kunst


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Deserved better.
Mathieu Garon allowed 4 goals on 31 shots for the overtime loss.
First Period
TB Stamkos (36), (Connolly, Wyman), 18:56
Second Period
NYR Callahan (18), (Del Zotto, Stepan)(PP), 4:33
NYR Stepan (11), (Girardi, Gaborik), 5:27
TB Lecavalier (21), (Purcell, Gilroy), 5:48
TB Gervais (4), (Stamkos, St. Louis)(PP), 12:26
Third Period
NYR Boyle (5), (Hagelin, Stralman), 10:13
NYR Richards (17), (Anisimov, Del Zotto), 2:37
The shot totals don't reflect it, but I thought that, on the balance, the Lightning outplayed the Rangers. They had excellent puck movement and puck possession, even on the much maligned power play, and they had a lot of good chances. Unfortunately, the Rangers got kind of a lucky goal to tie the game at 3, and once you get to the 4-on-4 in OT, the smallest mistakes can end up in the back of your net with that much open ice. It speaks well that the Lightning could have such a competitive showing against one of the best teams in the East, but moral victories count for nothing at this time of year.
Brett Connolly had an assist and was +1 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 3:52. His next game will mark his graduation from prospect status on Bolt Prospects, at which point we'll finally be able to move on our Midterm Rankings update.
J.T. Wyman had an assist and was +1 in 6:01.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.


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The second season of RISING ICONS, a television series recognizing eight of the most influential artists currently taking the music scene by storm, has just been announced. Talent for this season includes: B.o.B, ELEW, Estelle, J. Cole, Jay Sean, Jeremih, Laura Izibor, and Melanie Fiona.
Premiering this August on BET and Centric Networks, each episode takes viewers behind the scenes with modern day pop stars, musical revolutionaries, sexy soulful singers and emerging hip hop artists.
RISING ICONS chronicles the artists' lives both on and off the stage, at home and on the road, giving an inside glimpse into their roads to stardom. The presentation of this series on BET and Centric Networks also completes a multi-platform execution with further visibility on BET.com. Cool stuff! Read more here.


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How to Add Color and a Key to Lattice Charts in R
Many lattice graphics types in R — but bar charts in particular — tend to display multiple groups of data at the same time. Usually, you can distinguish different groups by their color or sometimes their shading. If you ever want to add different colors to your plot to distinguish between different data, you need to define groups in your lattice plot and then add a key so the reader knows what they mean.
How to define groups in your lattice plot
Say you want to create a bar chart that differentiates whether a car has an automatic or manual gearbox. The mtcars dataset has a column with this data, called am — this is a numeric vector with the value 0 for automatic and 1 for manual. You can use the ifelse() function to convert from numeric values to a character values "Automatic" and "Manual":
> mtcars$cars <- rownames(mtcars) > mtcars$am <- with(mtcars, ifelse(am==0, "Automatic", "Manual"))
Now you plot your data using the same formula as before, but you need to add an argument defining the group, group=am.
> barchart(cars ~ mpg | factor(cyl), data=mtcars, + group=am, + scales=list(cex=0.5), + layout=c(3, 1), + )
When you run this code, you'll get your desired bar chart. However, the first thing you'll notice is that the colors look a bit washed out and you don't have a key to distinguish between automatic and manual cars.
How to add a key
It is easy to add a key to a graphic that already contains a group argument. Usually, it's as simple as adding another argument, auto.key=TRUE, which automatically creates a key that matches the groups:
> barchart(cars ~ mpg | factor(cyl), data=mtcars, + main="barchart with groups", + group=am, + auto.key=TRUE, + par.settings = simpleTheme(col=c("grey80", "grey20")), + scales=list(cex=0.5), + layout=c(3, 1) + )
One more thing to notice about this specific example is the arguments for par.settings to control the color of the bars. In this case, the colors are shades of gray.


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Online Team Play Released for NBA Live 08
Online Team Play Enables 5 Friends To Play On One Team
Online Against 5 Rivals From Another Team
Electronic Arts has released a free downloadable feature called Online Team Play for NBA LIVE 08 that will enable 10 people on 10 different consoles anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match. The new feature is automatically available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system when connected online. It will be available on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system later this month.
In NBA LIVE 08, all 10 players on the floor can now be controlled by individual users on 10 different consoles, removing the use of artificial intelligence altogether. Player movement, decision making and game outcome can now be completely dependant on how you play as an online team, bringing you closer to a real life game of basketball than ever before. This new game mode enables any number of players from one to five on different consoles to connect and play online against another team of up to five players on five different consoles. The CPU will take control of any players not controlled by users.
NBA LIVE 08 is available at retailers everywhere. The game's official website is www.easports.com/nbalive08.com


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3 p.m., Nov. 22
It seems impossible to speak of Mel Gibson's "comeback" in Edge of Darkness without speaking of what it is he is coming back from. But speaking strictly, the aftermath of his arrest for drunk driving in 2006 was altogether another form of entertainment, another medium. And while his behavior on that occasion may have rendered him unfit for any number of things (political office leaps to mind), it could hardly be said to exclude him from the role of a Boston police officer tracking down his daughter's shotgun killer. Perhaps, given Mad Mel's inflammatory views of Jews in The Passion of the Christ and under the influence of tequila, it was asking for trouble to have him in the course of this role spew a line like, "You had better decide whether you're hangin' on the cross or poundin' in the nails," and further to highlight this line in the trailer. In context, though, it is the trouble of no more than a moment. To make anything at all of it would be to make too much. People who can no longer look at Mel Gibson without hearing in their mind's ear some of his more unfortunate turns of phrase from the arrest report have a choice to make: either hereafter avoid the tabloids or avoid the movies. Mel Gibson is not the only movie star about whom we know more than we need.
Nearer the point, he has done nothing to unfit himself for the role at hand in his gracious surrender to the advances of age. (It has been eight years since his last leading role in Signs.) The thinning hair, the sagging jowl, the three deep horizontal grooves in his forehead crossed with two vertical diagonals give him a humanity that is vital to the grieving avenger. And, with or without any outside knowledge of his inner demons, he is very believable when angry. He wears the role well. The detective work — the mistaken first assumption is that the detective himself was the intended target — is solid and followable, and it offers a fair share of ah-ha moments. (Nice one: the lock of the daughter's hair snipped on the coroner's slab later reads as radioactive on the Geiger counter in her personal effects.) If the investigation depends overmuch on bullish Dirty Harry tactics to move it along, it at least pulls up short of the overscaled action — the outrageous chases, the explosions, the Hong Kong combat — that has so numbed the contemporary action film. Thanks primarily to the scale, it's a sufficient thrill when Gibson simply unholsters and cuts loose with his sidearm. Thanks secondarily, right before that, to the alarming agitation of Caterina Scorsone at a secret roadside assignation, and to the suddenness of the interruption of that meeting, and thanks in general to the self-effacing professionalism of director Martin Campbell and cameraman Phil Meheux.
There are other ways to heighten the scale, however. And at this late date we can scarcely be surprised, we can at best be resigned, that a grade-A mainstream murder mystery (based, like Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and Kevin Macdonald's State of Play, on a British TV miniseries) would lead ultimately to matters of national security and nuclear weaponry. The components of the paranoia thriller are by now mere conventions, and the shadowy figure of the lone-wolf federal troubleshooter, the Mr. Fix-it, the "cleaner," although played with relish by Ray Winstone, brings with him no measure of reality. No doubt it took a little crust to identify the complicit U.S. Senator as a Republican, especially as this is likely to irk some of the staunchest defenders of The Passion of the Christ. (Jesus, we've been taught to believe, was at some point converted to the GOP.) The greedy corporate type has been, so to speak, democratically photo-shopped into companionship with Clinton and Pelosi as well as Bush and Cheney, but that won't throw anyone off the scent: Eau de Républicain.
At the finish, as the film sank into slow-motion sentimentality, I could not help but look back nostalgically — not terribly far back — to another Boston murder mystery, which, for all its social breadth and emotional depth, was finally just a murder mystery: Mystic River. The fate of the free world did not have to hang in the balance. The crime did not have to be pinned on Big Brother. The scale could stay local. There is a passing reference in Edge of Darkness to F. Scott Fitzgerald's familiar quotation about "the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time," and although I don't offer it up as evidence of "a first-rate intelligence," I can say in that spirit that I myself am of two simultaneous minds about the film. I found it to be as enjoyable as I found it lamentable.
When in Rome, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, is a frightfully unfunny romantic-comic fantasy revolving around a junior curator at the Guggenheim, a single girl in Rome for her younger sister's wedding, who does as the Romans do not: pilfering five coins from the Fontana d'Amore and in magical consequence drawing their last owners to her like a magnet. If nothing else, with creamy-dreamy cinematography by John Bailey, this serves as a test of whether or not the chiselled and clenched Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Couples Retreat, etc.) can carry a movie by herself, albeit only a balsa-light one. Reckless would it be, off the results, to repeat the experiment taking away the helping hand of the casually confident Josh Duhamel or adding a bobby pin of extra weight.
Dear John weaves a wartime romance beginning in the spring of 2001 (you know what's coming) and stretching up to today, staggeringly basic and banal in its specifics, turning on a senseless withholding of information for the sole purpose of contrived misunderstanding and revealed nobility. It issues from a novel by Nicholas Sparks, always a harbinger of goopy absurdity, and the chief function of director Lasse Hallstrom, at one time a halfway serious filmmaker, is to pour sunlight, moonlight, and firelight over it like syrup. The buggy-eyed Amanda Seyfried manages to convey maybe a month's worth of maturation over the decade-long storyline, but Channing Tatum makes a tiptop military type, a strong, silent type, guarded, humble, a tad pent-up, a tad petulant, several tads chivalrous. He merits some sort of medal for his recitation of the "I am a coin" letter to his dying numismatist dad. I can see good things in his future. Not in his past or his present.
Honesty compels me to admit I screened La Danse on DVD. But inasmuch as the Reading Gaslamp, which opens the film on Friday, has taken to projecting some of its "alternative" fare on disk, the point might be moot. I can't say for a certainty that that's how this film will be shown to the public. I only have my suspicions. With that caveat, this privileged peek inside the Paris Opera Ballet — more than a peek, a thorough probe — ought to be catnip to anyone interested in classical and modern dance, or for that matter in artistic creation in any form, the process of bringing execution in line with conception. Veteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman provides no narrative thread and no commentary from within or without the picture frame, just random drop-ins on rehearsals (predominantly), polished performances, conferences in the inner sanctum, costume and makeup departments, the cafeteria, the corridors, anywhere and everywhere, down to the lone custodian picking up trash in the baroque auditorium. At over two and a half hours, it would be difficult to say that it couldn't have been tightened. Illuminating as it all is, it would be equally difficult to say exactly where it could have been tightened. Honesty again compels me to admit I watched the two disks at separate sittings.
Glad I wasn't planning on seeing Edge of Darkness...the Edge seems like it would be significantly duller for moviegoers who bring along the foreknowledge communicated in this review. Was it really necessary to mention the Geiger counter?
And the warm recollection of Mystic River reminds me of how lame the ending of that movie was. "Hey, turns out there was another murder that same night, just took us awhile to find the body!" Weak weak weak. The very definition of deus es machina.
Good grief, another reader bitching about critics "revealing" too many details about a movie. Put it to music, shizzyfinn. I appreciate Duncan or any critic who gives specifics about what exactly they liked and why they did so. Besides, that's why critiques are called RE-views. As for your beef about the brilliant Mystic River, you'd know all about "weak." Get a clue before posting here again with your irrelevant observations.
Wowsers, what happened to you today, SB? Find something other than butter on your popcorn?
I'm entitled to my opinion, friend. And I think reviewers can convey that they appreciate a suspense thriller's a-ha moments without spoiling one of those a-ha moments in a throwaway reference that also divulges a key part of the plot's development.
I also stand by my Mystic River opinion. I thought the movie was cool up until the end, which struck me as contrived and unbelievable.
Perhaps I can buy that, in the most amazing of coincidences, the Tim Robbins character happened to murder a child molester at exactly the same time that his mobster buddy's daughter was killed in the same town - and then that the murder of the child molester wouldn't be discovered until a week or so later, just after the mobster had exacted revenge on Tim Robbins.
But what struck me as utterly ridiculous is that Tim Robbins, knowing what had happened and how it reflected on him, wouldn't have tried to fill the mobster guy in on what happened before it was too late. I guess it's hard to put oneself in the shoes of Tim's character, but if I found myself there, I'm pretty darn sure I would have taken the time to say "psst...mobster friend...let me show you the bad guy I did kill, just so you don't think I killed your daughter, okay?"
In fact, Mystic River would have been great if it turned out that Tim did kill the daughter...then the movie would have been an interesting study of loyalty, revenge, and so forth. Instead, the movie sucked. IMHO. The value of movies, like all art, being completely subjective at the end of the day.
Anyway, glad my comment reached ya!
One of the finest American films of the past decade "sucked"? Is that really the best you can do? Sigh.
You're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong. ;)
I think my critique above is a pretty elaborate explanation of my conclusion of "sucked." Could you share a little on why you found Mystic River so fine?
Personally, I enjoyed some of the performances, particularly Sean Penn's and Marcia Gay Harden's. I was feeling their pain. But as I mentioned, the resolution of the mystery kinda ruined it for me.
There's not enough space here to expound on why Mystic River is a masterpiece. Besides, you could always look up Shepherd's stellar assessment. ;)
Didn't mind your detailed explanation. I just take exception to your initial post's sarcasm, then your ultimate summary that the movie "sucked" -- an outlandish summary that I don't think even YOU believe.
At least we agree about Penn and Harden, though I'd say performances were excellent across the board. Laurence Fishburne's was the most overlooked of all.
I took your advice and looked up Shepherd's Mystic River review. He gave it more stars than the Big Dipper, but also said this: "Admittedly, the outcome of the case depends upon a fortuitous coincidence that reeks of mystery-making for its own sake: a previously unrevealed second murder on the same night as the first."
So he's with my on the lousy ending. And his review of Mystic River had an even bigger spoiler than his review above!
Well, aren't you Clever Clogs. Here's your banana. ;)
I realize Shepherd pointed out the coincidence. But that didn't prompt him to say the entire film "sucked" did it.
As for your latest beef about spoilers, why do you read RE-views at all? Their point is to review, to reassess, what was seen on screen. Critiques would be moot without glimpses into fascinating details and particulars.
Thank me for my time.
SantaBarbarian, I don't think we've heard enough from you to justify the 'tude--you're going to have to share a little more in order to earn your smug.
Why don't we start here?
Of course there is. Plenty of space in the blogosphere. I have not seen Mystic River, but--can appreciate some filmic techniques, and how they interact with narrative. Whatever you have to say, I will understand.
Perhaps we will, but let's hear what you have to say first--and let's not rely on Duncan Shepherd too much, ok? We want SantaBarbarian's analysis.
Definitely a lot of sass for a newcomer...look out, this Santa's got some sharp Claws! (tee hee...how's that for clever clogs?) But I think it's because the Barbarian take his/her movies seriously, to which I can relate.
And I gotta give it to SantaB on pointing out that they are called RE-views after all. I do try to hold off on reading reviews of movies I want to see until after I've seen them, because it's impossible not to have some of the fun spoiled when you read someone else's opinion of the movie before seeing it yourself. As noted in my first comment, I don't expect to see Edge of Darkness (didn't Mel already do the raging parent bit in Ransom? "Give me back my son!") which is why I indulged in this week's installment from Mr. Shepherd.
That said, a review is typically published before the release of the movie, and most people read the REview to get a PREview of the flick. So writers need to be careful about giving away too much, particularly in mysteries and thrillers where the twists and turns are what it's all about.
I think Shepherd's reviews are great at avoiding the plot summarizing that so many other reviewers seem to rely on, perhaps to pad out their reviews' word counts. But IMHO he could be a little more careful about divulging spoiler details, be they small (like the geiger counter moment in Edge) or hefty (like Mystic River's Achilles heel of an ending).
Shizzy wrote: "a review is typically published before the release of the movie, and most people read the REview to get a PREview of the flick"
Shizzy, I'm used to reading critical reviews that give away everything but the kitchen sink, and don't care what is revealed, because, though I do watch them for narrative strategies, I don't primarily watch films for plot. SB seems to be of like mind, perhaps just tired of hearing people moan about plot spoilers when there are so many other elements of a film to concentrate on, important aspects of the creation of film that the general public tends to ignore right along with the directors who employed all of these filmic devices (instead focusing on the actors, as though they created the film alone). So, continuing to speak for SB, there is a lot of resentment behind this issue, I guess--on the part of a culture of filmgoers who revere the directors for their work, and the film as an analysable cultural object not limited to hasty consumption for plot and story values.
However, you are not the only one out there angered by reviews that reveal too much of a film's plot.
I agree that everyone should follow IMDB's lead, and announce "Plot Spoiler Ahead," or something of the like. ;)
Lady and gentleman,
Funny I'm considered a "newcomer" despite reading Shepherd's work for about 20 years now. The "attitude" is a sense of humor -- surely you recognize one? ;)
Sorry, but I don't feel any need to cave into the peer pressure by writing a review here (for all intents and purposes) for a movie that's several years old. You and shizzy already have formed opinions about Mystic River. You already know I loved it, despite the aforementioned coincidence. Nothing to be gained from my praising its acting, the dialogue, cinematography, and so forth.
And before you amp-up the encouragement, I'll point out as a professional writer/editor that I no longer write for free anyway. Except when I'm debating under Shepherd's reviews. ;)
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful online friendship.
SB, props to you for being pro writer/editor. Living the dream. Is it true what the psychologists say..."the over-justification effect"...some of the joy goes out when the money starts coming in?
I'm just an amateur, but I'll still point out that your words in post #2 come off as much more vitriolic than humorous, at least from where I'm reading.
"Newcomer" was based on you being a first-time contributor to the comments pages. Kinda hard for the rest of us to have any idea how long you've been reading Duncan Shepherd, ya know?
"And before you amp-up the encouragement, I'll point out as a professional writer/editor that I no longer write for free anyway."
Uh, yeah. Uh-huh. Sort of like being a stripper and charging a fee when you take a shower? Let me put it another way: If you really are getting paid for writing, then you're writing for free more often than getting paid for it. That's how it works in this century, or you find yourself with disinterested publications to write for.
Your snarky attempts at humorous wit were mildly amusing (sort of) until you slipped this in.
Has anyone heard of Dennis Lehane? He wrote the book Mystic River, and he orchestrated the ending. Had the director departed from the received text, others would no doubt be on his tail.
As for Mel... well... perhaps no one else here has ever gotten himself plastered and misbehaved. I don't know. But what did Mel allegedly say? "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Did any writer even for a moment consider that statement on merits? I don't think so. Instead everyone went, Oh you can't say that!
In vino veritas? Who knows?
At any rate the arresting/reporting officer was himself Jewish. Did that color the report? Who knows? Also these reports are supposed to be kept confidential but this one was leaked. By whom? Who knows?
While I am a huge admirer of Duncan, I believe he mistepped in devoting so much space to Mel's supposed "anti-semitic" exploits.
The exact quote is, "F***ing Jews...Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." He then asked the arresting officer if he was a Jew, and refused to get in the car with him.
Since the very industry that Gibson works in has a large percentage of Jewish people working in that industry, then yes, the review that includes Gibson's obvious bigotry seems quite appropriate.
You said:
"Did any writer even for a moment consider that statement on merits? I don't think so. Instead everyone went, Oh you can't say that!"
What merits? Are you proposing that if the Jews hadn't invaded Germany, then... well, that didn't happen, so it couldn't have been that war. Korea? Vietnam? The war of 1812? Seriously, you think that the statement that Gibson made actually has merits?
Shepherd says, "Perhaps, given Mad Mel's inflammatory views of Jews in The Passion of the Christ and under the influence of tequila, it was asking for trouble to have him in the course of this role spew a line like, "You had better decide whether you're hangin' on the cross or poundin' in the nails," and further to highlight this line in the trailer."
WHAT??? Mel, himself, disappoints in his in 2006 rant, his adultery and divorce, but there is and never was anything anti-Semitic in The Passion. Mel did, however, express his mea culpa on the rant. Does Mr. Shepherd know history? Does he know the difference between The Passion's evil characters and slandering entire ethnicities? Must Mr. Shepherd be so obscure and verbose in reviewing The Edge of Darkness? Sigh.
Mr Shepherd did say (as you quoted) "inflammatory views of Jews in The Passion of the Christ." The review never makes the claim that "Passion" itself is anti-Semitic, or that Mr. Shepherd shares the opinion of those who felt offended by it. He simply states that the film contained "inflammatory views", as in "sparking the anger of others."
Ironically, the word also means "tending to arouse passion", as in "The Inflammation of the Christ". (Jesus with hemorrhoids perhaps)
This word is more akin to "controversial" than anything else, which by merit of "history" is true: Gibson's film did spark much controversy over its depiction of Jews.
So, what exactly are you accusing Mr. Shepherd of here? Accurately depicting currents events? Commenting on the relevant public awareness of why Mr. Gibson has been so long absent from film? Do you know know history? Can you tell the difference between the words "inflammatory" and "anti-Semitic"?
re: #12:
SantaBarbarian, you came on and made your thesis statement, and I simply asked for some evidence to support them. As I said, I have not seen Mystic River, so how can I have preformed opinions about it? I also have no interest in how long you've been reading Shepherd, or whether or not you are a "newcomer" to the boards. I am interested in your elaborating upon your claims.
shizzyfinn opined that the film "sucked," and you responded by berating him for not elaborating on his claim. He came back and with good will took a stab at it, but from you we have only:
"There's not enough space here to expound on why Mystic River is a masterpiece."
Why ask others to support their opinions, but withhold your own as much too valuable to share? You've contributed five odd comments of no substance but plenty of snark. If you have time to snark, I imagine you have time to let us know exactly why this film is a 'masterpiece.'
I don't at present write for a living, but if by some miracle I were hired to write, I don't think that would stop me from contributing a simple film review to a publication I've been reading for twenty years, especially when I have issued challenges to others to do just that.
In other words, put up or shut up. ;)
re:#19: Fixed: "asked for some evidence to support it."
Refriedgringo, you sound disgruntled. Please tell us you're not just another frustrated screenwriter.
I "slipped in" my profession because it was pertient to this point: I haven't the time nor inclination to write essays and blogs on this Website or any other. And since you brought it up, I don't write "more for free" than I get paid. Why should I? (Why would anybody, for that matter?)
SDaniels, that pretty much answers your question as well. OK, so I called out shizzy for inexplicably claiming Mystic River "sucked." That doesn't mean I'm going to write a review here about the movie, especially considering shizzy didn't care for it and you didn't even see it! Hell, you can ask anybody who has seen Mystic River why it's worthwhile.
Funny, I began posting here by attacking shizzy, but he's ultimately been the most sensible since his initial post.
P.S. I hate the words snark and snarky. ;)
I just ripped the nastiest IHOP omelet fart you could ever imagine. :-D
re: #21:
If you hate the words "snark" and "snarky," you'll probably want to change your attitude, SantaB, because if you don't, you'll be hearing those words again--that is, should you decide to continue posting online.
You know, it is hard to figure out what your purpose is here, SantaB. You don't mind writing while unpaid, as long as it is empty snark. You like to pick on others for having opinions that aren't quite fully formed, but can/choose to support none of your own. I'm trying to help you rectify this situation, so...
to your original thesis--
"There's not enough space here to expound on why Mystic River is a masterpiece."
--or let's call it a topic sentence, rather, we now have only this unpromising non-qualifier:
"Hell, you can ask anybody who has seen Mystic River why it's worthwhile."
SantaB, I don't wish to ask anybody why it's worthwhile. I want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, from someone who finds it to be a masterpiece. Especially someone who writes for a living.
Now we know that whatever you do, you are certainly not a film critic, because a film critic would not claim that it is useless to describe or review a film for someone who has not yet seen it.
No matter, I'm still interested, and waiting to hear what you have to say :)
SB, not only am not disgruntled, I don't write screenplays. Nice try, though, if I did write screenplays I would love the chance to have that "slipped in" somehow.
Speaking of which, you didn't slip anything in, you stated it, and then stated that you don't write for free. Then, you're not a novelist and you don't work for a large newspaper. Pick up any large newspaper and find columnists and then go to their website and find their weblogs. It's free!
And if you were a novelist, you would have to have your own website and two of the following: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace. Publishers demand it. It's 2010. If you don't have a social network with plenty of followers, along with a website complete with a weblog that is updated frequently, the publisher will not be keen on offering you a contract.
SDaniels, when did you become the legislator for this site? LOL. Did Mr. Shepherd hire you to see who's following the "rules" in this readers' forum?
Hate to break this to ya, but I've been a movie critic -- writing reviews professionally for years. Currently write them for a weekly, and until recently contributed reviews to a Website. Several years ago at a New Mexico daily, I wrote a full-length review of Mystic River (that great movie you inexplicably haven't seen). All the more reason I'm not going to rehash my assessment here. If you truly want to read my critique, I'll try to retrieve it from that publication's archives. ;)
Refriedgringo, you're spot-on about the majority of novelists and big-paper columnists blogging and such for free. More power to 'em. I've been too lazy, or too uncreative, to crank out a novel or screenplay -- so I needn't blog. Would I if the circumstances dictated doing so? Of course.
What makes you think I'm a legislator? I'm a blogger on this site who happened on this thread, and your cheap bullying tactics in progress. Decided to call you on them, and in straightforward fashion, ask you to make good on your claims. Thus far we have nothing from you but more of the same--only now you reveal that you are a film critic.
"All the more reason [won't] rehash [your] assessment here?"
If you weren't so full of crap, SB, you would have posted a portion of your review here. You got nothin.' Nada, niente, rien. And yet, "inexplicably," you are still here, commenting on nothing. What gives?
"Cheap bullying tactics?" LMAO. "You got nothin"? Pot, meet kettle.
Do yourself a favor and rent Mystic River. Above all, lighten up and have a good weekend.
If you really want to read reviews of Mystic River, SD, there are plenty here, written by critics who aren't shy about posting theirs: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mystic_river/
Numerous trailers for it are at IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/
Also available at Netflix, of course. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Mystic_River/60031232?strackid=5a572593dadeab7a_0_srl&strkid=501292513_0_0&trkid=438381
Regrettably, it's not available for Instant Viewing, or I'd take a second look at it this afternoon. I haven't seen it since it came out, and don't remember it that well. Nominated for a healthy bunch of Oscars, including Best Picture, both Tim Robbins and Sean Penn won for their roles.
And despite the fact that Duncan does not sound terribly enthusiastic about it here, he evidently gave the film 5 stars.
Pot, meet kettle.
Uh, not quite, SB. I don't see that you keep a blog here. Anyhoo, done wit yoo.
AG, you're coming in late. It's not that I was so terribly eager to read a review. I was inviting this bloke to put money where mouth presumably is. But he got nuttin. ;)
SD, did you rent MR yet? It'd seem like time better spent than trying to get into an online boxing match.
Taken as a whole (including the plot), the film didn't suck nor rise to the level of masterpiece. (I was with shizzy, except when he slipped in the S word merely to stir up the pot.)
Sdaniels, are you really resorting to grade-school tactics as a means of persuasion? Seriously.
I simply don't care to write another assessment of a well-documented movie, particularly one that is several years old. Also not in the "business" of writing for free, or posting links to my previously published reviews here. Sue me.
At any rate, it's hard to believe Mr. Shepherd and I are the only two Mystic River supporters on this forum. Carry on, my wayward son(s).
"...are you really resorting to grade-school tactics as a means of persuasion? Seriously."
Ahhh, he finally gets it. Now, carry on ;)
"At any rate, it's hard to believe Mr. Shepherd and I are the only two Mystic River supporters on this forum."
Hmm...It's not so black and white. From my amateur perspective, I gave the film a solid 8.5 out of 10. I still find some of the plot coindences indefensible, though not necessarily serious flaws.
Perhaps I'm just perplexed by Shepherd's unforgiving attitude toward the coincidences in Leaving Las Vegas. I'd take consolation in Ebert's favorale review of LLV, but he gave Jennifer's Body a 3/5.
Leaving Las Vegas was fing awesome! Not fin' awesome but f***ing awesome! Mystic River? Eh.
re: #30: Alas, besides twiddling my thumbs (neither up nor down) around here, I've been hard at work grading the used dental floss of toothless minds in an Englush that proves the world is as doomed as PistolPete would have it. Time for a film? Absolutely. Did anyone convince me to get Mystic River? No, but I'll give it a shot, since it at least appears to recommend itself by rendering some folk irreversibly inarticulate. ;)
And here I've been avoiding watching Mystic River ... or was it Mystic Pizza?
Wait, was I supposed to care?
There are plenty of online reviews of MY to peruse. Why did you feel like you needed convincing here?
And what grade do you teach? If I had a dime for every teacher who had disdain for her pupils.
Oh Lord, now there's an MY added to this mix ....
Mystic Yahoos? Mystic Yaks? Mystic Yaddayadda?
How bout a big mystic yawn ........
SD kvetched about:
"...an Englush that proves the world is as doomed as PistolPete would have it."
Not the world, dear. Just Amerukuh. :)
dionusos, SD is a university instructor. Her constant disappointment is the result of dealing with the products of our U.S. system of education -- grown adults who, in most cases, cannot even master the ONE language that they've grown up with, written and spoken all their lives.
I think it's understandable.
Re #38:
"Mystic Yahoos? Mystic Yaks? Mystic Yaddayadda?"
I like all 3 of those. I'll bet you could actually FIND all 3 in one location, too.
Sometimes I wish I could just project the picture in my head onto Google Images. Now THAT would be some Mystic Yaddayadda!
LOLOL I wish I could project my pictures, too! :P
You guys are boring. Sorry.
Shizzyfinn started all this, only to vanish like the morning mist. ;)
Awww dionusos, like Grandpa used to say, Don't go away mad, just go away. :)
Did you bore your grandpa, too?
LOL He was actually speaking to yo mama when he said that, I just happened to be in the room. BTW, I never really thought Frederick's of Hollywood sold those to anybody, but she really carried it off well. :)
Aww, HELL no!!!
dionusos, yo momma so ugly her psychiatrist makes her lie face down.
ah, the resident troll. I'll write your name on the list of dimwits to ignore.
I'm out distributing my resume all day and I miss all the fun?
Yo daddy's name at the top of the list, but we won't tell anybody, you know about the unfortunate incident .... BTW how did he manage to get that flashlight up in there like that?
"ah, the resident troll."
You say dat like it's a "bad" thing. :)
Here, you could try this: http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t164/zaxtax/258Troll_spray.jpg
"I'll write your name on the list of dimwits to ignore."
You can write?
Re #50. He must have known something.
Oh, I'm getting it now. I gotta earn my smug (to feel sophisticated enough to lob adolescent insults). Maybe I'll engage in a witty repartee that begins with "Alas" and earn ya'll respect. Kind of like the ending in "Juice." Except you all will be saying, "Yo, you got the smug now, man."
Alas, probably not.
(smug smile)
Oh my gracious alack and alas, AG, I do declare where do you find these pictures????
I have a special antenna that picks them up.
Ooooh, special antennae, hey? :P
uh oh...MEAN LADY ALERT!!!
i think ur work here is done homey
and antiG ..u r a dirty...dirty...woman
and SDaniels
and alack
i'm lots more fun
when i'm on my back
Oooooh dang, nan!!!!
Moi is never mean, unless the occasion calls for it.
CuddleFish, why would you post that? The only person who was effectively mean there was SDaniels. Both of you know how to leave your opponents speechless, but for different reasons.
That's the point. SDaniels ain't mean.
I let my inner troll out for little walks when people mess with her. Also, when I'm bored listening to eggheads like you go on and on and on and on like you think you gonna change the world arguing over a dumbass point about a movie. :)
She's barbed, so I can look past her apparent desire to humiliate someone who's new to the comment section. Your inner troll enjoys 'jokes' that fall well below the level of sophomoric humor. But if the goal is to run out the outsiders, then it seems like an OK strategy. I'm still going to post here when I encounter substantive posts like the one shizzy made. As for me going on and on, are you serious? Re-read the thread. First, it was shizzy who was arguing over the "dumbass point" and what Shepherd had to say on the matter. I merely said I agreed with him. If anyone appeared to be trying to change the world, it was SDaniels with her incessant demands that SantaBarbarian justify his assertion about mystic river. But that's fine. I had asked her if perhaps her time would be better spent watching the film herself and wondered why she needed anyone to 'convince' her to do so. I now see that you guys have a little tight-knit online village here and are highly defensive when any newcomer appears to "mess" with one of the members. But I think SDsaniels is well equipped to take on any criticism without her fans injecting static into the thread.
neither SDaniels nor Cuddlefish r mean...or mean spirited either
Cuddles was awarded her name Cuddles to go along with her spiffy moniker FISH because of her wonderful kindness
have u noticed this is just a blog peeps...when i came here a few months ago i was tickled with my mispellings..questioned about most everything i was writing for a while...but then uberintelligent SDaniels and Cuddlefish rallied around some of the most nonsensical irreverent and often insipid material ever typed
many of us r pranksters...we enjoy humor..u now have 65 comments here...and most of it has nothing whatsoever to do with the movies critique
we r not "noses in the air" peeps
if i had been questioned about "Mystic River" i would have said
"isn't that a float trip river in Arkansas"
so SDaniels likes to flex her mind...bring out her...DIMWITTED???
Dionusos...which planet do live on??
these people r brilliant!!!
SDaniels even showed me her Menses Certificate...of course it was the one she received in Kindergarten...but.....
come on laugh!!!
you'll feel better and make all kinds of new friends here
it's called DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT!!!
try it
I'm telling ya, nan, some people just wound too tight!
Lighten up, dionusos, life's too short to stuff a mushroom. :)
And welcome to the community!
u b right Cuddles...and u also b right welcoming newcomers to this diverse community
fish kisses pucker up!!!
Commenting on the comments. I thought the idea of posting comments was to comment on the week's review or the movie, or at least some topic regarding cinema.
My personal experience with commenting on the comments was when I posted that I disliked a comedy skit on You Tube and someone suggested that I should not watch it if I did not like it and that I should 'get a life.' First, that person was much smarter than me because they know what they like before they watch it. Me. I have to watch something first. Secondly, 'get a life' is very stale. I just don't understand the name calling, when someone disagrees with someone else's opinion. It happens a lot on Hulu, too. I read comments in the hope of learning something interesting, and I post comments in hope they are interesting. The name calling is boring.
And yes, yes, I realize I am commenting on the comments.
I love Duncan Shepherd's reviews. They are helpful and educational. Is that too sappy? As Bill Murray once should have said, "Don't post angry."
Spoilsport. :)
re: #69 gcubed, commenting on comments is sorta what I 'do' to relax. The folk here appreciate my comments for the most part, and I don't troll around looking to be contrary for contrary's sake. It does happen that I'll intervene, and it does happen that I protest some injustice or other and spar with this or that poster. It's all part of the richness of random exchange, in which I find a curious, complex aesthetic at work. It's not squandering one's writing, but spreading it like wildflower seeds in a rough field. Some seeds take, others don't, and the crop is fragile and transient. This is what you can tell the naysayers ;)


text:
Adele's multi-Grammy winning album "21" has dropped out of the UK Top-40 Albums Chart for the first time in nearly two years, NME reported.
The record, originally released January 24, 2011, charted at 42 in this weekend's countdown after 96 weeks in the top 40. It debuted at number one selling over 200,000 copies following its successful singles "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You."
Despite the dip in album sales, Adele has much to be proud of. Her sophomore album has gone platinum 15 times in the UK for moving more than 4.5 million units, according to the Examiner. It is also the fifth best selling album of all time in the UK. In the United States she has sold 10 million copies and had three number one Billboard Hot 100 Hits.
Late last month the singer gave birth to a son with boyfriend Simon Konecki. She also sang the theme to the latest James Bond movie "Skyfall."


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Numerous shallow bays, weed edges and rock structures hold a solid northern population on Lake Vermilion.
Lake Vermilion Northern Pike
The Northern Pike, also known as a snake, slimer, waterwolf, etc., is one of the most exciting fish to catch. Filleted properly, the smaller pike under 24 inches, make excellent table fare and are often preferred over walleye. If you are looking for action, Northerns are generally cooperative in keeping your rod bent no matter what the conditions. I've heard Doug Stange, editor in chief of In-Fisherman magazine, say "A 40 inch northern pike anywhere (in the country) is a real trophy!" I agree and you couldn't find a better lake to catch one than Vermilion. Early in the season from opener until about mid June, casting in-line spinners and shallow running minnow baits in muddy bays with cabbage is hard to beat. As weed growth peaks through August, fish spinnerbaits and larger in-line bucktails over deeper weeds and weed edges. As weeds begin to die in September, key in on green weed beds and rocky points, casting crankbaits, big bucktails and try some trolling.
Hopefully some of these tactics will help you put that 40 inch plus, pike in the net!
Please release these big fish, as they tend to hover around being 20 years old or more. Take a nice photo with measurements and have a replica made. Don't be surprised if you hook into a muskie or other species of fish, while following these tactics.
Hang On and Have Fun!
Billy Rosner
Wild Country Guide Service
The fishery has been improved in recent years by the application of a special regulation in 2003. All northern from 24" to 36" are protected. Three fish under 24" or two fish under 24" and one over 36" may be kept. The result is an improved size structure in the northern population. Currently, the average northern sampled in DNR test netting is nearly 27", with larger northerns into the mid 30's and the 40's very possible.