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It would be hard today to write a blog about anything other than being angry. We are all pissed off this week, we are all simply beside ourselves with anger and we have good reason to be. We have every right to be. We are all angry about the same thing but we are all also angry about our own things, about how this public tragedy affected each of us personally. We all have a connection to this, a way that it touched us, whether it is because you are from Boston, or are a runner, or have an eight year old son, or any other number of things, we all have a small personal connection to this thing that happened to Boston, that happened to all of us.
As an American, as a mother, as someone from New England, I felt many personal connections to this tragedy but one in particular really stood out. I'm angry because I've spent four years trying to convince my son that for him the war is over, that's he's home now, the he can feel safe. I'm angry because for him this week, for several of his friends and for thousands of vets just like them suffering from PTSD, the war came home. How many of them, especially those in the Boston area, are back to square one now, trying to rebuild their lives, trying to believe they are safe, trying to live each day without overwhelming fear, anxiety and anger.
I'm angry because I'm tired of seeing the faces of dead American school children on the news, tired of it!!! And I'm angry because so many Americans are ignorant of the fact that dead children, casualties of violence and war, happen every single day in other places, places we've sent our grown sons and daughters and then expect them to come home and pretend that none of it ever happened.
I'm angry that as the mother of a combat vet I even have a perspective on this that other people don't always understand. I'm angry that the scenes of people's legs blown off were not something new for my son, for my child. I'm angry that I should have to carry around the stories my son has shared with me in my own head and that because of that when I see faces of children blown up by bombs I am no longer shocked. I'm angry that I've already heard these stories before, from other places. I'm angry because that's not a perspective I ever intended to have in my life.
I'm angry because my 78-year-old mother doesn't feel safe anymore. I'm angry that my children don't feel safe. I'm angry that your children don't feel safe. I'm angry that we were reminded once and again that none of us are ever, actually safe, that the United States of America is not, in fact, somehow protected from things that happen to the rest of the world. I'm angry because, like so many people, I would prefer to ignore that fact, just not believe it to be true and yet once again we were jolted back into reality.
And I'm angry because I am so angry. I am angry that so many of us have had outrageous thoughts of violence, thoughts of revenge. I'm angry because we are better than that, and yet we've been pushed to it, provoked.
We are better than that. Anger is a powerful emotion. It's the one that enables us to survive. It's the emotion that kicks in when we are threatened. It's the emotion, along with fear, that brings on the adrenaline that will give us the strength to fight for our own lives when physically harmed.
It's also often the thing that saves us when we are emotionally harmed. It's what we use to cover our vulnerability when we have been hurt, when the pain of something is so great we can't bear to look at it, can't stand to let anyone else see it. Being angry is more socially acceptable than dropping to the ground and weeping in public, so we go with that one, when really what we want to do is weep.
Anger helps us survive. We need to acknowledge it, embrace it, channel it constructively but we also need to very, very careful with it. It's also what can ultimately kill us. Anger held onto too long makes us weak, it drains us. It makes us make decisions that are not in our best interests, or the best interests of those we love. Like fire, we must use it wisely. Anger is also war, and revenge and violence.We must not let it overtake us or instead we become those people that we fear. We become those people capable of senseless violence in the name of justice, and then those people win, because they have made us one of them.
We need to feel angry this week but we can't let it take over. We need to leave room to feel fear. We need to feel our vulnerability. We need to embrace our mortality. We need to allow space for love and compassion. We need to remind ourselves, and our children, that we are not those people we fear, that we are better than that. We deserve better than that. Our children deserve better than that. We need to stop and think before we react. We need to step back and take a look at everything, everything, that has led us as a country to this moment in our history. Just stop for a moment, before we react.
That is our only hope for peace. That is our only hope for security. It doesn't start with guns, or laws, or revenge. It happens when we each find peace in our own hearts, in our own lives. It happens when we find peace with those around us, in our own families, in our own communities and in our own country. It happens when we value all those people equally! It happens when we pull each other closer, when we love a little harder, when we forgive a little more. It starts with you, and me, right now, one person, one heart, one day at a time.
"In a time of anger or despair, even if we feel
overwhelmed, our love is still there. Our capacity to
communicate, to forgive, to be compassionate is
still there. You have to believe this. We are more
than our anger, we are more than our suffering.
We must recognize that we do have within
us the capacity to love, to understand,
to be compassionate, always."
"Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late."
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Queen Latifah may be awesome but she's the first to admit she's not perfect—and she wouldn't have it any other way:
People say, "You have such beautiful skin!" But guess what? I get pimples, too. I mean, (expletive), I'm a woman, I have hormones. Who knows what is going on? I've just got to roll with it…The reality is, I like imperfection. You take away from the world when you're not yourself. Whatever is unique and special about you was designed by God. And when you try to be someone else, we don't get you.
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A winner was selected from 105 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
We are new website/blog that is fun yet biting, making mockery of the hypocrites, goofs, media whores, etc.
We are fun with teeth. We mock Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, self-absorbed entertainers, etc. We highlight items in the public domain and do not seek out to make news, just offer our spin.
Typically male (70%) 18-50, educated, aware of current events, likes the edge.
They may like to show their views through shirts, mugs, hats, etc. and hopefully return to the site for entertainment.
Looking for a logo of the website name as well as an icon that can go on merchandise for the website: WorldClassDouchebag.com
I am open to the full name, letters WCDB, an image, etc…
The site selects people in the news who are total douchebags. Definitions include: hypocrite, two-faced, fraud, ego inflating, duplicitous, no self-awareness, self-promoter at expense of others, jerk….
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Muppets Tonight Episode 102: Garth Brooks (1996)
Most recent appearance...
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Best known role(s)...
Spicy, Spanish king prawn with a penchant for women (of the hot and sexy variety), tutus, popsicle stick puppets, and money. Previously seen as an elevator operator, chef, one-time partner of Seymour, spokesprawn for Long John Silvers, Toto, assistant to Rachel Bitterman, and non-believer of Santa Claus.
Full name...
Pepino Rodrigo Serrano Gonzalez
Well known quotes...
"I am not a shrimp--I am a king prawn, okay!"
"You tell him... and I will smack you. I will smack you like a bad, bad donkey, okay!"
"I like my coffee like I like my womens--a latte."
"Si, and I'm so gosh darn sexy, it hurts."
Pepe the King Prawn is not a shrimp--and don't ever try to tell him otherwise, okay? He is the only one of the new Muppet characters introduced in the short-lived television series Muppets Tonight to break the mold and become a part of the main cast of Muppets alongside the likes of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
Pepe was not always a star, however. When he first arrived on the scene in 1996, Pepe was no more than a background, one-note character. In his first appearance in the second episode of Muppets Tonight, Pepe merely hung around in the background. It wasn't until Episode 107: Sandra Bullock where he was fully introduced as one half of a singing/dancing/comedy act with Seymour the Elephant. After Pepe's infamous "El-if-ino" joke bombed with the studio audience, he and Seymour were yanked off stage by a cane and a star was born.
Pepe would appear alongside Seymour throughout the run of Muppets Tonight where they would work as the KMUP Studio cooks, host their own cooking show, "Hey, What Smells (So Good? It's Time to Cook With Seymour and Pepe)," and act as Jason Alexander's dual-conscience.
It wasn't until Muppets From Space (1999) that Pepe first started appearing as a solo. In the film, he lives in the Muppet Boarding House with the rest of the Muppets, but Seymour is nowhere to be seen. Instead, Pepe developed a cheeky friendship with Rizzo the Rat, scamming Gonzo into building a jacuzzi (so they will come, okay?) and joining Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, and Animal in rescuing Gonzo and Rizzo from C.O.V.N.E.T.
Muppets From Space was a huge turning point for Pepe's career. From then out, he was no longer a cheap act with an elephant; he was now an ad-libbing, extremely funny, somewhat racy, almost anti-Muppet who could hold his own alongside established characters like Gonzo and Kermit. In the early 2000's, Pepe would become one of the main Muppet characters. In fact, from about 2000 to 2002, Pepe appeared more often than Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and other popular characters. He became so well-loved that in 2002 Pepe became the official spokes-prawn for Long John Silver's restaurants, appearing in national commercials and on their website.
In It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), Pepe was a featured player once again, becoming seduced by the villain, Rachel Bitterman (Joan Cusack), into working for her as an assistant. It was Pepe who saved the Muppet Theater at the end of the telefilm, securing the paperwork to make it an historical landmark. This was Pepe's largest role at that point, practically solidifying himself as one of the main six Muppet characters: Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, and Pepe. On the DVD for the TV special, Pepe hosted all of the bonus features with a new segment titled "Inside Pepe's Studio."
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) saw Pepe's return to stardom and his acting abilities tested as he played Toto, usually a non-speaking part, which he fully made his own, stealing every scene he was in and, according to most fans, becoming the best part of the television movie. To promote the film, Pepe appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson where he got to be racy and raunchy, talking about various women, engagements, and more. Pepe would once again appear on the show in 2008.
In the 2005 Disney DVD re-releases of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island, Pepe hosted a new special feature segment called "Pepe Profiles" where, on the respective DVDs, he interviewed and profiled the four main Muppets: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, and Fozzie Bear.
When Disney launched its new Muppets.com in 2008, Pepe was one of the six Muppet characters given his own "room" on the site, where new videos of Pepe were showcased. In the videos, Pepe was seen pogo-sticking with Rizzo, riding in the elevator, going to a drive-thru, interviewing celebrities at the Grammys, teaching Tae Prawn Do, developing a new, ultra-popular act: Topo Sticky, and hosting Elevator Bingo, the biggest game show craze since nothing.
2008 was a banner year for Pepe, as he wrote his first book, It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp: Life, Love, and Living Large offering his special take on women, money, friends, family, and numerous other subjects delivered in humorous quips as dictated to Jim Lewis.
Studio DC: Almost Live! (2008) also featured Pepe fairly prominently, where we saw he and Rizzo acting as managers to Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, conning Miley Cyrus into performing with them. Normally one to scrap at any form of cash, Pepe and Rizzo stated that they could be paid in "Cash." "All credit cards accepted." "Personal check." "Belgian waffles..." In the second installment of Studio DC, Pepe and Rizzo attempted to sell their new act: "Polka Rap" which combines the two musical styles for an... interesting outcome.
Pepe closed out the year with a major role in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) where he traveled alongside Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, and Rizzo to reach the North Pole and find Santa Claus--even though he spent most of the special arguing the existence of the jolly fat man. In the special he fell for Joy the Flight Attendant (Uma Thurman) and Claire's Mom (Jane Krakowski), tried to get a favor from the mafia, and wound up becoming a fabulous opera singer thanks to a little Christmas magic.
Since then, Pepe has appeared in the Muppet group whenever a large group was shown, including the "Bohemian Rhapsody" viral video (2009), singing "Jingle Bells" with Andrea Bocelli (2009), crooning about the nine ladies dancing in "The 12 Days of Christmas" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009), offering "mini-apple-juice" and "mini-soda" on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2010), freaking out about a prawn being eaten on America's Funniest Home Videos, and volunteering in most of the promotion for Disney's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" campaign (2009/2010).
Pepe's most recent role was alongside Cat Cora and Angelo in The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora (2010). At the end of every installment, Pepe reminded the viewers where they could find the recipes and more Muppety fun. He also acted as a co-host in the short-form series "Hasty Tasty Cooking Tips."
Pepe appeared for a cameo in one scene of The Muppets in 2011. Pepe was brought on as Miss Piggy's new dance partner after Kermit slighted her. Pepe was crushed by Miss Piggy's talent (and other things) during their rehearsal for a Dirty Dancing-inspired number. Pepe will also appear in Muppets Most Wanted in 2014 in a much more substantial role.
Bill Barretta has been the sole performer of Pepe since his very first appearance fifteen years ago. Barretta was instrumental in developing not only Pepe's personality, but his mannerisms as well. Pepe's trademark "okay" which comes at the end of many of his sentences comes from Barretta's wife's aunt, who would always tack "okay" on to her sentences even when it wasn't needed. When asked why he thought Pepe rose to the popularity that he has, Barretta answered, "I don't know exactly. Maybe timing? Or maybe he's just a little bit more naughty than most of the Muppets and people like naughty puppets?"
So yes, even Pepe's performer can't figure out why he became a star... but I'm sure Pepe could answer that if asked.
I think what I love most about Pepe is that he is so unscripted and wacky all the time. He doesn't stop firing off jokes, or quips, or comments. Pepe really is the uninhibited (okay, not completely uninhibited) showcase of Bill Barretta's comedic and performing talents--talents that I think rival that of any and all Muppeteers. Bill and Pepe's way of delivering a line or interacting with Rizzo, or Kermit, or Seymour, or Gonzo is always hilarious, and all of these things combine to make Pepe one of the great Muppet characters. I dare you to watch the Elevator Bingo sketch on Muppets.com and not agree with me.
Over the past decade or longer, the Muppets haven't exactly been in their prime, and no one would dispute that. But with the inclusion of Pepe, they found a new voice for a new age. It really is a wonder to see how far Pepe has come--and to think that he has been around for 15 years and can still be considered a new character. Hopefully Pepe will steal a few scenes in The Muppets this fall and cement himself as a favorite Muppet character with any and all fans--where he absolutely deserves to be.
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Bob Lippman, the local Community Firewise coordinator said that, "as a 10-year Firewise Community, we have benefited greatly from the fire prevention and mitigation resources available through the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. These include lot hazard assessments, crew work for thinning and fuels reduction and chipping on private lots and the Castle Creek Greenbelt and adjacent state and federal lands. We have also developed a Community Fire Plan that will be available for public review this summer."
The Castle Valley Fire Department worked with the Utah State Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to conduct a wildfire hazard assessment and develop a plan to address safety concerns. Residents then worked together to implement the plan. A committee comprising local and state officials is currently updating the assessment plan.
Castle Valley was the third community in Utah 10 years ago to be recognized as Firewise Communities/USA, joining many other communities nationwide that have been recognized since the program's inception in 2002. To date, there are nine other Firewise communities in Utah and 884 nationwide.
To receive Firewise Communities/USA recognition, Castle Valley met a rigorous set of requirements by completing the following activities: 1. Conducting vegetation and fuel mitigation at various points around the perimeter of the town. 2. Working with local fire and forestry agencies to remove flammable vegetation from around homes and other neighborhood structures. 3. Creating and distributing questionnaires to determine public attitudes and awareness about wildfire risks and distributing Firewise information during local public events such as the annual Gourd Festival.
"Achieving Firewise recognition is not a quick or easy process. Castle Valley has done an outstanding job of creating a local Firewise Task Force and implementing Firewise principles," said Michele Steinberg, support manager of the Firewise Communities program. "By preparing homes, structures, and landscapes before a wildfire occurs, Castle Valley has dramatically increased the chance that homes an structures will be protected when a wildfire occurs."
Working through the National Association of State Foresters, state forestry agencies support the Firewise Communities/USA recognition effort. The program is a nationwide initiative that recognizes communities for taking action to protect people and properties from the risk of fire in the wildland/urban interface. This program is of special interest to small communities and neighborhood associations that are willing to mitigate against wildfire by adopting and implementing programs tailored to their needs. The communities create the programs themselves with cooperative assistance from state forestry agencies and local fire staff.
Anyone desiring a hazard assessment or free crew work on their lot may contact Lippman at 435-259-1182 or Alison Lerch, the Southeast Area Wildland-Urban Interface/Sovereign Lands Coordinator for the State Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands at 435-259-3767.
With all of the hype about the nighttime closures of state Route 128 this week, an apparent delay in the delivery of bridge components caused the closures to be moved back a week. There will be no nightly closures from April 2 to April 5. Full closures will begin on the night of April 8 at 11:30 pm. A news release states that during the next two weeks work will consist of setting bent caps and girders for the pedestrian bridges. Nighttime closures will be in place to allow for the crane to set bridge girders. Bent caps will be set during daytime one-way closures as well as the final construction of abutments. Trail construction near Negro Bill Canyon and utility installation at the transit hub will continue.
Paving of SR 128 near the newly finished pedestrian tunnel should take place during the first week of April and traffic will return to normal traffic pattern, and the shoo-fly removed. "Any and all emergencies will be handled only through 911, which will be in direct contact with the contractor to allow responders access through the canyon," according to the news release.
Thirty years ago this week, this column reported the death and funeral services for Ernest G. Foust, a pioneer resident of the community of Castle Valley. He lived a full and exciting life before retiring to the valley. He worked in maple camps, lumber camps and as a cowhand, deputy sheriff and followed the rodeo circuit, where an accident in the chute eventually caused the loss of his left leg. He traded five leather jackets that he made for a down payment on a piece of land on Shafer Lane, where he farmed and did tractor work for his neighbors.


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Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association selects 2013 Plants of Year
1:56 p.m., March 11, 2013--In her role as executive director of the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association, Valann Budischak's responsibilities are wide-reaching. She's even expected to organize an annual beauty pageant. In this case, however, the contestants are plants, not people, and strength and vigor are just as important as good looks.
The association has just announced its 2013 Plants of the Year and both the woody plant -- Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' – and the herbaceous winner -- Heuchera macrorhiza 'Autumn Bride' -- are much more than just pretty faces.
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"The idea behind the 'Plant of the Year' designation is to give recognition to hardy, attractive plants that are well-suited to local growing conditions but may be a bit under-the-radar screen," says Budischak. "Heuchera macrorhiza 'Autumn Bride' makes a great groundcover if you have shady areas, like I do. Or, if you have sunnier conditions, consider Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' for its multi-season interest."
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' is a cultivar of Delaware's native fragrant sumac. It's a dense, low-growing shrub that looks good almost every month of the year. In spring, tiny yellow flowers bloom at the twig tips before the foliage appears. During the growing season, Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' has glossy, dark-green leaves, which are accompanied by small clusters of hairy, red berries in late summer. In fall, the leaves turn brilliant shades of orange and red.
"This sumac cultivar makes an impact when planted in masses," says Budischak. "When I am asked to recommend a plant for sloped areas, I usually mention Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low.' Because it has the ability to develop roots as the stems touch the soil, it's great for stabilizing banks and slopes."
Birds, butterflies and other wildlife like it, too.
Budischak has bunches of Heuchera macrorhiza 'Autumn Bride' in her backyard. She loves this groundcover's large, velvety foliage, which gives this plant its common name of hairy alumroot. Although it's billed as being tolerant of full sun to deep shade, Budischak begs to differ. "Around here it's not as happy in full sun unless you give it adequate moisture."
Heuchera macrorhiza is a plant that really comes into its own as the growing season progresses.
"In spring it's a nice, fuzzy, light green groundcover," says Budischak. But by summer the large leaves are eye-catching. Then, in late summer, when almost everything else in the garden is solid green, Heuchera macrorhiza erupts in fountains of tiny white flowers that rise up out of the foliage mound on slender fuzzy stems.
The 'Autumn Bride' cultivar of Heuchera macrorhiza is considered to be tough and easy to grow. "It is great for covering bases of trees or other spots that get little moisture," says Budishak. It also does well in moist shade.
The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens has a nice display of Heuchera macrorhiza 'Autumn Bride' at the entrance. People also can find Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' there, planted alongside a fence next to the herbaceous garden.
The folks at the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association aren't the only ones holding beauty pageants for plants. The Perennial Plant Association recently named Polygonatum odoratum "Variegatum" as its 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year. Commonly known as variegated solomon's seal or striped solomon's seal, this shade-loving plant is a great companion to ferns, hostas and astilbes. In mid- to late spring it produces small, bell-shaped, white flowers. Its sweet fragrance makes it a great choice along a pathway.
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Niantic labyrinth winds its way into hearts, minds
East Lyme - Dozens greeted Easter in the minutes before dawn on Sunday, clustered together in worship high on the upper level of McCook Point Park Beach.
An annual tradition, the ecumenical service - hosted by Niantic Community Church and attended by ministers and members of several other area churches - was followed by a new tradition this year of a seaside labyrinth walk, set up in stones along the water.
Worshippers began to make their way down to the labyrinth just as the sun's rays slowly began to peek over the horizon. Liz Buhler of Niantic paused to stand with her uncle, Bob Blodgett, and admire the sky.
Blodgett said he's been coming to the beach for 77 years - since he was a boy growing up in Niantic.
"I always think it's fabulous. I come every year," Buhler said. "It's a great way to start Easter morning."
Brian and Cynthia Tucker of Waterford sat with their two daughters - Ava, 5, and Aubrey, 2 - tucked between them on a bench overlooking the water.
"I thought it was beautiful," Brian Tucker said of the service. "A little challenging, with two kids, two young ones. They were wondering why we were getting up in the middle of the night. But it was worth it."
Cynthia Tucker said she used to attend Easter sunrise services when she was growing up, but this was the first occasion that they all went together.
"We don't see sunrises very often in our family," she said. "We're not early risers."
Down on the beach, the labyrinth - designed by Niantic Community Church labyrinth ministry members Joanne Moore and Susan Laurencot - was set up by a handful of volunteers in a couple of hours on Saturday.
Moore said Niantic Community Church's own labyrinth tradition originated 10 years ago at a women's retreat - an indoor version with canvas laid on the floor.
As a broader religious and spiritual tradition, Moore said, labyrinths exist all over the world as a tool for prayer and meditation. In the versions built into the floors of European cathedrals, she said, they could have been symbolic of an ancient pilgrimage to the Holy Land for those physically unable to make the actual journey.
"It was a way to have a path to a holy place," she said. "Or some people think that's it's just a way to kind of start your life over again."
The beach labyrinth idea has been in the works for some time now, she said. Last year, poor weather got in the way. But this year, it all came together.
"It's a dream come true for me," Moore said.
Shaped in the sand like a giant mushroom cap, the labyrinth's seven narrow circuits were laid out in stones and some wispy bits of driftwood along the short stretch of beach, just a few yards from where the cold water lapped at the shore.
Around the labyrinth stood three small signs stapled to stakes parked in the sand: "Meditation labyrinth. Welcome. Enjoy. Please don't disturb the stones."
People wended their way delicately through the circuits, footsteps muffled in the sand. When they reached the middle, many paused in silent prayer or reflection, closing their eyes or tilting their heads downward or gazing pensively out over the pale horizon.
"You wait until you feel enlightenment or peace, forgiveness," Moore said. "And then you come back out, following the same path, to the same world, but as a new person.
Though the morning was frigid enough to see your breath - most people were tightly bundled, some with their hands wrapped around warm thermoses - the complaints were scarce. Around the labyrinth, those looking on - those who had already completed their journey - spoke in reverent whispers, careful not to disturb.
"On your way in, you're seeking or you're shedding," Moore said - seeking forgiveness, perhaps, or shedding guilt. "And there's only one path. You can't get lost. You will come to the center."
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Jamaica Travel Information
The Basics
Local time is GMT -5.
Electrical current is 110 volts, 50Hz. Flat two- and three-pin plugs are in use.
The official language of Jamaica is English but a local patois is also spoken, a mixture of English, Spanish, and various African languages.
Travel Health
Dengue fever is a risk in Jamaica so visitors should take measures to protect against insect bites. No vaccination certificates are needed for entry into Jamaica, but yellow fever certificates are required for travellers coming from an infected area. Vaccinations for hepatitis A and hepatitis B are recommended for travel to Jamaica.
Although generally safe, the tap water can cause stomach upsets and visitors are advised to drink bottled water if on short trips. Private medical facilities are of a reasonable standard but can vary throughout the island, and facilities are limited outside Kingston and Montego Bay. Medical treatment can be expensive so insurance is advised. If you require prescription medication it is best to take it with you, with a signed and dated letter from your doctor naming the medication and explaining why you need it.
Outside the all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica, where tips are part of the package, visitors should tip 10 to 15 percent for taxis, personal services, room service and restaurants where a service charge is not already included in the bill. Parking attendants, bellboys and porters also expect a small tip.
Safety Information
There are high levels of crime and violence in Jamaica, especially around Kingston, and tourists should be alert. They should not resist in the event of attempted robbery, and avoid walking or using public transport at night. If you are self-driving do not give lifts to strangers. When travelling to or from the airport in Kingston avoid the Mountain View route. Travellers on the Hummingbird route should also be cautious at night. Avoid walking alone in isolated areas or on beaches, even in daylight hours. Jamaica is not an LGBT-friendly destination, and affection between same sex couples can be met with violence.
Jamaica is prone to hurricanes between June and November and is in the earthquake zone.
Local Customs
Contrary to popular belief, smoking ganja (marijuana) is illegal in Jamaica. Homosexuality is also prohibited by law, and the country is notorious for its intolerance towards it.
Business in Jamaica is surprisingly formal, with proper titles used and suits and ties the norm despite the tropical climate. Introductions are usually made with a handshake and an exchange of business cards. Punctuality is key, and socialising is an important aspect of the business meeting. Business hours are usually from 8:30am to 4:30pm or 5pm on weekdays.
The international access code for Jamaica is +1, in common with the US, Canada and most of the Caribbean, followed by 876. The outgoing code is 011 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 01144 for the United Kingdom); the outgoing code is not needed when calling the US or Canada. City or area codes are not required.
Direct international telephone services are available, and operators can also facilitate calls. Wifi is available in the main towns and resorts, and internet access is also available from most hotels and parish libraries.
Duty Free
Travellers to Jamaica over 18 years do not have to pay duty on 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 230g of other tobacco products; 1L alcoholic beverages and wine; and perfume up to 170ml. Prohibited items include products made from goatskin (e.g. drums, handbags and rugs).
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A memorial fund has been established to help Amanda Eluziario bury her 9-month-old daughter, Ariel, who was brutally beaten, and a candlelight vigil will be held Saturday to honor the baby's memory.
NEW BEDFORD — A memorial fund has been established to help Amanda Eluziario bury her 9-month-old daughter, Ariel, who was brutally beaten, and a candlelight vigil will be held Saturday to honor the baby's memory.
Sharon St. Pierre, who was the day-care provider for Eluziario's two children, said she established the fund to help the family with funeral-related expenses.
Anything remaining after the funeral is paid will be used for a scholarship fund for Eluziario's 5-year-old son, Seth Miller.
Ariel's funeral services are Thursday at the Aubertine-Lopes Funeral Home at 129 Allen St., according to St. Pierre. Visiting hours are 8-10 a.m. and a service will be held at 10 in the funeral home. Burial is in Sacred Heart Cemetery No. 2.
St. Pierre said donations should be made out to the "Baby Ariel Memorial Fund" and can be mailed to the New Bedford Credit Union at either the main office at 1150 Purchase St. or the branch at 120 Dawson St.
She said checks and money orders are being accepted and she is working to set up a PayPal account so people can make donations online with their credit cards at "Baby Ariel Memorial Fund," a memorial page for the baby on Facebook.
She said $175 had been raised as of Tuesday.
St. Pierre said she is upset about the baby's death and wanted to do something positive to help Eluziario.
"I needed to find an outlet for what I was feeling inside to help her," she said. "I just want people to understand this could be them. This could be their child and they need to have compassion."
She said the baby's death was so sudden and unexpected that Eluziario has no way of paying for the funeral by herself.
"She was having trouble making ends meet before the baby died," she said.
Eluziario's boyfriend, Ethen Harrison, 21, is charged in connection with the baby's death, which occurred at the apartment they shared on Adams Street, and he is being held without bail.
Harrison is currently charged with reckless endangerment of a child under 18, assault and battery on a child with substantial injury and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and prosecutors are considering upgrading the charges to include murder.
Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the District Attorney's Office, said Tuesday he "can't comment on the status of a pending investigation" when asked if prosecutors had received autopsy results.
"It's a homicide investigation right now," he said.
Investigators will make a determination later this week or early next week on whether to upgrade the charges, he said.
Missie Campbell, the baby's great aunt, said she and a friend, Kathleen Gottlich, are organizing a candlelight vigil from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Buttonwood Park.
"We're all trying to make sense of this tragedy. I can speak for my family that we're all suffering a great loss because of this," she said. "I just wanted to do something to honor her memory."
She added the vigil will be "a peaceful event" to honor the baby's memory and the public is invited.
She said Tuesday that Eluziario is planning to attend.
The vigil will organize at the field opposite the warming house and participants will walk through the West End park, she said. Candles will be available for those who need them or people can bring their own, she said.


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When most people think of the Scandinavian seasons, they either think of the bitter cold and round the clock dark winter days – or the vibrantly colourful summer season with its rolling green hills and sparkling silvery lakes (although, some, admittedly, think only of blonde women, Ace of Base and meatballs, but these have little to do with this post). However, the often forgotten thing about autumn in Scandinavia is that it is certainly also a time to cherish and a time of exceptional beauty – as well as being full of some of the most amazing foodie treasures known to man.
With all the hoo-haa of Midsummer Parties and dancing around maypoles well and truly over, summer in the Nordic countries comes along in fleeting bursts and before we know it, the days are once again getting shorter and the nights colder. By the middle of September, the whole of Scandinavia has changed its green summer coat for the rustling, golden comforting blanket of fallen leaves, and it is time for long walks in the forest, for slowing down and fattening up for winter time.
Back in the Viking times, autumn signalled the time for preparing for the days when hardly any daylight at all shone through. From the summer with its abundance of fruit and vegetables, winter proved always to be a testing time and our forefathers hunted and gathered everything they could for easy storage. In the Northern countries they hunted for game which they salted and dried. In the south they fished, preserving what they could by drying and curing – as well as slaughtering a good proportion of their farmed animals. Everywhere, the Vikings harvested and milled – and stored grain and oats for the long months. Yep, it was porridge for everyone, all year long, even back then.
Autumn nowadays in Scandinavia is first signalled by the arrival of the crayfish season in August, which carries on well into September. Mainly in Sweden and Finland is this season a big celebration, with most people spending many a weekends enjoying the fruits of the sea along with the jolly company of some amazing aquavit and some good friends (whilst being attacked by the last hungry mosquitoes of the year). Plenty of "snapsvisor" – aquavit songs – are sung during the crayfish season and many a horrific hangover endured.
The game hunting season is another big autumn signal in Scandinavia. In all of the Northern countries, the moose hunting season starts and eager hunters stalk out in the forest, hoping to get the catch of the season – and that all important moose-head to stuff and display on the wall at home. Roe deer, wild ducks and red grouse, to name but a few, are also hunted. Game in Scandinavia today is not intensively farmed at all and is of the highest of quality in the world, giving it a seriously hefty price tag – but well worth a taste if you're ever lucky enough to be offered it. Lately, the much publicised Nordic Diet has claimed that wild game is the meat we should all be eating for health reasons, likely ensuring even heftier price tags in years to come.
Scandinavia also harbours a vast amount of incredible treasures when it comes to late summer berries. From wild raspberries, the plumpest, juiciest blackberries and blueberries imaginable, you can find them all here. Of course, not forgetting the all important lingonberry either, an essential jam served with Swedish and Norwegian meatballs.
Towards the end of July to beginning of August, the much sought after cloudberry blooms across the colder areas. The cloudberry is an orange berry that looks a bit like a plump, overgrown fat raspberry but which grows on stalks instead of bushes – and the plant itself can withstand temperatures of down to -40 C. It is very difficult to cultivate and is most often found only in the wild; it is very hard to pick as the fragile berries burst instantly in the hands of unseasoned pickers. Most cloudberry is therefore made into jam and sold across the world, but nowhere is it more popular than in Sweden, where this jam is often heated and served with vanilla ice cream. Cloudberry is expensive – even during harvest season locally, prices often top £12 a litre – but the tart, unusual taste of this wonderful berry is certainly worth splashing out for.
In Finland, cloudberry is often made into an exceptional liquor called Lakkalikööri – and you can also find cloudberry yoghurt and cakes in certain shops. Lately, the humble cloudberry has also enjoyed quite a bit of press attention, which has hailed it as one of the best berries to eat if you want to follow a Nordic Diet because of its high vitamin content.
In the UK, cloudberry jam is available in a few different brands, the best, and the one that has the highest fruit content, is the Felix version – which is also less sugary than others. Fresh cloudberries or even frozen ones are pretty much impossible to get hold of outside Scandinavia.
But even if you can't make it to the Nordic countries to collect your own fresh berries this autumn, it is easy to sample some of the other the treasured goods from the comfort of London. Arrange a bit of a crayfish and aquavit party for a fantastic, traditional Scandinavian feast. Get hold of some of the amazing autumn berries on offer – either in fresh or jam form – and get cooking and inventing for both savoury and sweet dishes. All you need then is a good bunch of mates and an autumn evening and you're all set. Hold off on the moose hunting, though, even after the 4th glass of aquavit when it all seems like such a good idea (even in Hackney): it's usually not.
Three easy-peasy ways with Cloudberry:
Cloudberry Jam and Vanilla ice cream
The ultimate Swedish dessert. Get hold of some good quality vanilla ice cream and heat a few spoonfuls of cloudberry jam – pour over the ice cream just before serving. Alternatively, make it a bit more exciting by adding some crushed meringue and whipped cream and gently fold in – a sort of "Swedish Mess" (inspired by the British dessert "Eton Mess").
Cloudberry layer cake
Three sponge layer cakes (we recommend Karen Wolf "Lagkage", which comes in three pre-made thin layers, easy to assemble, or make your own Victoria style sponge and split to three). Pop a layer on the serving tray, add a thin layer of cloudberry jam, add a thick layer of patisserie cream. Add sponge layer 2, repeat over. Cover cake with a nice layer of whipped cream all round and on top and decorate with a light dusting of chocolate shavings. Leave to set for a bit in the fridge before serving.
Cloudberry baked cheesecake
200g 'NICE' biscuits or other plain biscuits – most can be used, even plain Hobnobs.
75 g melted butter
800g full fat cream cheese
180 g Caster sugar
4 eggs plus 3 egg yolks
3 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
300 ml sour cream
1 jar of cloudberry jam (use as much as you need/like to – most likely just over half a jar)
Pre-heat the oven to 180 C degrees. Grease a 23cm spring form tin. Sit the tin in foil – and wrap the foil all around the side to prevent water from seeping in (the best way to bake a cheese cake is to bake it in a bain marie).
Crush the biscuits and combine with the melted butter. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the tin.
In a mixer, put the cream cheese, 160g of the sugar, the eggs, yolks and 2 tsp vanilla sugar as well as lemon juice and mix really well. When smooth, pour over the biscuit base.
Put the cake tin, which is tightly wrapped in the foil, in a larger tin or roasting tin and pour boiling water all around it, till about half way. Bake for 1 hour exactly.
Beat the sour cream, the rest of the sugar and vanilla, pour over the cake and return to the oven for a further 10 minutes. Remove from oven and roasting tin (discard water). Heat the jam gently and very carefully pour/smooth it over the top of the cake (you can also do this when the cake is cold). Leave the cake alone for at least 4 hours – ideally longer – to set properly- before opening the spring form (or else the cake may well crack).
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Despite high oil prices and growing economic uncertainty, the number of airline passengers on international routes has risen every month as of April compared to 2011, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
In addition, the world's second largest aircraft maker — Boeing — predicts that global air traffic will continue to rise by 5 percent a year over the next 20 years. As more people decide to fly, there are some airlines that have a distinctive edge over their rivals when it comes to providing the best service.
With this in mind, we look at the world's 10 best international airlines that were recently announced at the annual World Airline Awards.The awards are run by U.K. market research firm Skytrax, which audits airlines and airports, conducts research for commercial airlines and runs the consumer review site AirlineQuality.com.
The rankings are based on overall customer satisfaction across first, business and economy class, using surveys from more than 18 million airline passengers worldwide. The survey covered 38 individual aspects of airline service, such as check-in, boarding, seat comfort, cleanliness, food and beverage and staff service.
This year, no North American or western European carriers made the top 10 cut.
So, which are the best airlines in the world? Click ahead to find out.
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Stone Sour have entered a Des Moines, Iowa studio to begin recording their progressive, ambitious and evolutionary new concept album, which is also believed to be a double-disc release.
Stone Sour have decided to get incredibly ambitious with their fourth studio album — not only is it a concept album, but frontman Corey Taylor has previously mentioned it will be a double-album as well — clocking in at around 29 tracks. In a new press release, the band confirms that the recording process is officially underway with producer David Botrill (Muse, Tool).
"This album will be another progression for the band. Musically, we have always challenged one another to push things to our limits, and this record is no exception," says guitarist Josh Rand. "Lyrically, the album follows one character to that complex moment in his life, when he finally has to decide which path to take. It's a spiritual and moral power play for control of what this man will be for the rest of his life. Each song will tell the story from different sides of the character's personality, with the listener ultimately deciding how the story ends."
The new album follows their 2010 release, 'Audio Secrecy,' and has a tentative fall 2012 release date on the books. In addition to recording with Stone Sour, Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root will tour with Slipknot this year as the headlining act on the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Fest.


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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona have denied wrongdoing after local media said Spain's public prosecutor had asked for charges to be brought against the club for alleged tax fraud in last year's signing of Brazil forward Neymar.
The prosecutor had written to the judge overseeing a probe into the deal, accusing Barca of drawing up "pretend contracts" and engaging in "financial engineering" to defraud the tax man of 9.1 million euros ($12.5 million), according to the reports which did not identify the source of their information.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said she was unable to comment on the veracity of the reports.
"The club's actions have, at all times, regarding that operation (to sign Neymar) and in line with the available information, been fully compliant with existing law," Barca said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Spanish champions added they would be sending legal representatives to court "in the coming days" to defend their rights and interests.
"At the same time (Barca) states its complete availability to collaborate with the justice authorities in this process, as it has been doing from the first moment, or in any other that might require its intervention."
Neymar's high-profile move from Santos in the close season is already being investigated for possible misappropriation of funds following a complaint from a Barca member.
Sandro Rosell, who was named in the lawsuit but denies wrongdoing, stepped down as president last month. He said he wanted to protect the club's image and alleged he and his family had been threatened.
Rosell was replaced by his deputy Josep Bartomeu who said Neymar cost Barca 86.2 million euros, including payments to the player and his family, and not 57.1 million as they originally said.
Barca initially refused to reveal all the details of the deal, citing a confidentiality agreement with Neymar's family, but Bartomeu announced Neymar's father had given them permission to go public.
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Anyone who read GetReligion for more than a week or two knows that we are not big fans of religious labels. What does "devout Catholic" mean? Beats me.
What does it mean when American diplomats (or journalists) to call someone a "moderate" Mulim, other than the fact this is a Muslim who is acceptable to the interests of the speaker?
Who are what is an "emerging" evangelical? Come to think of it, what does "evangelical" mean (as opposed to a word like "fundamentalist," which has a precise meaning that many journalists seem to have forgotten)?
I could go on and on -- obviously.
The journalistic goal -- whenever time and space allows in hard-news coverage -- is for reporters and editors to offer readers precise information, rather than vague labels. Labels are great for commentary, but rarely much help when doing straightforward news.
With that in mind, check out this "language cop" piece in The New Republic by Timothy Noah. This is not a news piece, but it is closely related to the journalistic terrain covered by this blog.
The key to his piece is that Noah is sick and tired of how many journalists are using the word "Christian." I assume that this is, almost certainly, related to the whole messy "Barack Obama is not a Christian" scene. Thus, Noah proclaims:
Today I banish "Christian" -- not the word itself, but a specific, erroneous usage.
Every morning I wake up to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," and this morning my first stirrings of consciousness concerned the new movie October Baby, about a young woman who finds out that she was adopted after her birth mother underwent a failed abortion. Ten percent of the film's profits will be donated to an anti-abortion charity. NPR's piece about October Baby (audio, text), described it as one of several "Christian" films that Hollywood studios have started churning out. Jon Erwin, who co-directed the film with his brother Andrew, told NPR that he was "raised in the South in a Christian home and family," and that the values of many contemporary Hollywood films felt alien to him. Quoting The Hollywood Reporter's Paul Bond, NPR observed that "Hollywood doesn't like to leave money on the table," and noted that Fox and Sony have set up subsidiaries to serve the niche "Christian" market.
As I lay in bed struggling to wake up I thought: Christian? Christians aren't some twee boutique demographic. Christians represent the majority. About 78 percent of Americans self-identify as Christian, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. What NPR and Fox and Sony mean when they say "Christian" is "Christian right" or "Christian conservatives," terms that adherents don't like because they think they're pejorative. "Fundamentalist" and "evangelical" are imperfect substitutes because a) the two categories, though they overlap a lot, aren't precisely the same; and b) some of these folks consider themselves political liberals.
There is much that can be said about this, including the fact that the term "Christian conservatives" is usually served up as a term describing political stances that may or may not be linked to 2,000 years of Christian doctrine and tradition. Whenever I hear people -- some of my students, for example -- use the term "conservative" or "liberal" to describe themselves, I quickly ask them to tell me the issue that they have in mind when they use this or that term. They are a conservative or a liberal when it comes to WHAT question, with what doctrine? Without an answer to that question, the whole discussion is meaningless.
Now, Noah proceeds to offer a wide variety of snarky and at times questionable commentary about the beliefs of evangelicals and other Christian conservatives, which he has every right to do. It's his commentary, after all. He is upset because NPR used a term that gave comfort to his political and moral enemies. I get that.
However, my goal here is to note the fact that the journalistic point hidden in his angry blog post is solid. The word "Christian" is way, way too broad to describe the niche-market products associated with one chunk of the wide spectrum of believers in this land who can -- in one way or another -- describe themselves as Christians.
A long, long time ago a young man named Bono told me that he was totally opposed to his band's music being called "Christian music." He was not ashamed of the word "Christian," he stressed. He simply thought it was sinfully presumptive to use the word "Christian" as a mere marketing term for the music of someone as sinful as himself. He had a valid point back then and it remains valid today.
And so does Noah.
Now, truth be told, I would assume that most of NPR's listeners knew what the word "Christian" meant in the context of this particular news report. It was used by NPR to describe a small market for niche entertainment. "October Baby" may or may not deserve being stuck in that niche. However, Noah is right that listeners could have used a bit more information in order to understand the artists and interests behind this film (which looks rather mainstream to me and I hope to see it).
Vague labels cannot take the place of accurate, balanced journalism. It also helps to allow believers to describe their beliefs in their own words. Might that have been possible in this case?


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Colorado Criminal Defense Bar v. Hickenlooper is an NACDL-supported lawsuit filed in the United States District Court in Colorado in December, 2010, by pro bono counsel at Morrison & Foerster LLP. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate Colorado Revised Statute § 16-7-301(4) which requires a defendant to meet with a prosecutor before being assigned counsel. In Rothgery v. Gillespie County, 554 U.S. 191, 213 (2008), the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant's right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution attaches at "a criminal defendant's initial appearance before a judicial officer, where he learns the charge against him and his liberty is subject to restriction."
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-7-301(4) provides that, in misdemeanors, petty offenses and traffic offenses an indigent defendant's "application for appointment of counsel and the payment of the application fee shall be deferred until after the prosecuting attorney has spoken with the defendant". It then requires the prosecuting attorney to "tell the defendant any offer that can be made based on the facts as known by the prosecuting attorney at that time." It also permits the prosecuting attorney to "engage in further plea discussions about the case" and charges the prosecutor with advising the defendant that they have "the right to retain counsel or seek appointment of counsel."
The Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition allege that the statute violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by deferring the appointment of counsel for indigent criminal defendants until they engage in discussions with prosecuting attorneys regarding potential plea offers.
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And you don't think it's been the legal and other threats that he's repeatedly made - along with his "deep pockets" of course - that've kept the long arm of the law at arm's length over the years?
When we fail to voice concerns over what's right and wrong in our community, then the rot really will have set in.
And for the record, yes, he has.
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Film Review: The Hunger GamesIn a grim future, kids fight to the death for televised games. Efficient adaptation of the Suzanne Collins bestseller won't disappoint fans.
The juggernaut that is The Hunger Games reaches the big screen in a version that will draw seasoned fans and curious newcomers alike. And Lionsgate can breathe a sigh of relief over what is being positioned as a Twilight-replacing franchise. Those who hoped for extraordinary or just compelling moviemaking can grumble quietly in a corner.
For the uninitiated, The Hunger Games is the first entry in a trilogy of novels by Suzanne Collins set in a dystopian future in which the leaders of Panem rule over 12 impoverished rebel districts. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and his elite keep rebels in check by demanding that child representatives from those districts hunt each other to the death in annual Olympics-style "Hunger Games."
To protect her younger sister (one of the unlucky chosen ones), Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games. Along with her district's male selection, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), Katniss is whisked to the Capitol, where she receives a makeover from Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) and minimal training in survival skills from mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), a former games winner who hides his self-loathing behind drink and unkempt hair.
Both digressive and hurried, the film covers a lot of ground in its two-and-a-half-hour running time, while setting up a framework for sequels. It takes an hour for the games themselves to begin, at which point the film devolves into standard action fare: chases, traps, betrayals, along with stabbings, stranglings, explosions and, when the pace starts dragging, monster dogs. The fact that it's kids committing the mayhem gives The Hunger Games its kick, and also raises troubling moral issues. The film's PG-13 rating keeps violence and gore to a minimum, but these are still children murdering each other for a mob of cheering viewers.
The Hunger Games does set up a contrast between "good" contestants and "bad" ones. Katniss kills in self-defense; Cato (Alexander Ludwig), from blood lust. But moviegoers, just like the Capitol viewers watching on television, are still encouraged to root for Cato's violent death.
Director Gary Ross doesn't dwell on the implications of the premise, taking a quick, businesslike approach to the story instead. The film includes characters (like a boyfriend back home played by Liam Hemsworth) and details (like the use of sponsors) readers expect, although they will make more sense in sequels. Action scenes are effective, even if some other touches—like the wildflowers placed on a tiny corpse—feel forced.
Jennifer Lawrence handles her acting chores with aplomb, earning respect with her dignified portrayal of Katniss. Josh Hutcherson's Peeta can seem spineless, but at least he plays his role with a straight face, unlike the relentlessly mugging Elizabeth Banks (as gaudy games promoter Effie Trinket). The best performance comes from the gracefully malevolent Donald Sutherland.
The screenwriters (director Ross, novelist Collins and Billy Ray) dress up the story with allusions and references both classical and pop. Characters are named Seneca, Cato and Caesar, and it's easy to pick out resemblances to "Survivor," The Running Man, even Spartacus. Is The Hunger Games saying something about the insatiable maw of celebrity? About the dog-eat-dog essence of capitalism? Or is it simply playing out the tropes of countless stories about killers, using children instead of adults as the leads?
There will be plenty of time to find out in the three planned sequels, which hopefully will move beyond simultaneously criticizing and wallowing in violence.


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Steve Inskeep is host of Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio news program in the United States. He co-hosts the program with Renée Montagne and David Greene.
Traveling from Baghdad to the wreckage of New Orleans, Inskeep has interviewed the survivors of disasters both natural and man-made. He has questioned Presidential candidates, warlords, authors, and musicians. He also interviews people who otherwise would be overlooked: a steelworker, a school board member, the mother of a soldier killed in war.
Inskeep's first full-time assignment for NPR was the 1996 presidential primary in New Hampshire. He went on to cover the Pentagon, the U.S. Senate, and the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush.
After the September 11 attacks, Inskeep covered the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for al-Qaida suspects in Pakistan, and the war in Iraq. In 2003, he was honored by the Press Club of Atlantic City with a National Headliner Award for investigating a military raid that went wrong in Afghanistan. He has twice been part of the NPR News team that was honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton award for its coverage the war in Iraq.
In 2004, Inskeep joined a team that reshaped Morning Edition. The new program aggressively covers breaking news. It is the place to hear the stories, not the sound bites, of people in the news. He led Morning Edition teams that hosted the program from New Orleans; investigated Iraqi police in Baghdad; and received a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy journalism award for "The Price of African Oil," a series on conflict in Nigeria.
He still enjoys the offbeat stories: rats and the people who love them; a town in a West Virginia gorge with a population of 11; a writer looking back on her decades of observing other people.
Raised in Carmel, Indiana, Inskeep is a 1990 graduate of Morehead State University in Kentucky, where he also worked as a radio sportscaster. Inskeep went on to work for public and commercial stations in and around New York City. His journalism has appeared in several publications, including The New York Times.
Inskeep lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Carolee, an author of several reference books on genealogy, and with their daughter Ava, who was born in 2005.


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I'm assuming you mean that powerhouse Argos team that plays in the beloved CFL? I can't say that I'm a fan of the CFL, with all due respect, I just grew up watching the NFL and watching the Niners dominate with Young, Rice, Waters, etc. Been a fan ever since. Or maybe you meant the Cowboys? In which in return I say, aha-aha, I'm not a traitor, never. Convince me? Come on.... I love my Toronto sports teams, but my heart goes with the Toronto Raptors, I used to be a die hard Leafs fan, but I've grown a little sour on them over the years, I'm not liking JFJ calling the shots, they're going to be a perennial treadmill team like they have been the last decade. Time to blow it up and rebuild, at least they got a good coach in Maurice now. As for the Raps, that's my heart and passion, basketball, they finally got a team worth watching, Andrea Bargnani, Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon, T.J Ford, Jorge Garbajosa, my personal favorite Euroleague MVP Anthony Parker. They know how to flat out ball. Go Raps Go..Baby...
It's a little known fact that Hockey was invented by Norwegian scientists as a war time (a war, don't ask which one) experiment to alter and control human behavior. It was seen by Canadian government officials almost immediately as a way to provide an outlet for the pervasive trait of passive-aggressive behavior that exists in Canadian society (predominantly among Canadian men). It was also seen as a way to sell hats and ugly shirts.The rest as they say, is history.
I missed this one too and with condolences to ytterbiumanalyst (you'll see why in just a sec) I'll list mine:BASEBALL: The Reigning World Champion BOSTON RED SOX (Sorry about '04 ytt)With a 162 game schedule and a pre- and post-season that runs from mid-February to November I don't have the time or the energy for other sports. I have to watch or listen to EVERY Red Sox game...Stephen
Aaaarrrggghh! My wound! My wound! Ah, we got our World Championship a couple of years later
Sweet Caroline, good times...
Shall I bring up all the world championships we've had since you lost Babe Ruth?
Montreal Expos otherwise - beautiful city that stole my heart!! (If they are still about - the team that is).Soccer - Yawn. Who could follow a sport when everyone gets excited when the score is 0-0??
Baseball - Anyone who plays New York!! (Ha Ha - was in the US long enough to dislike the NY baseball teams). Montreal
How in Mor's good nameone hundred fifty four postsNo Rachel Weisz picSelam
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
How about that come-from-behind Blackhawks win over the Canucks tonight? I agree that I think it will be the Canucks and the Red Wings in the western conference final, but I think that Detroit will prevail and repeat as cup winners against the Hurricanes.Did I mention that I absolutely loathe Anaheim? Hopefully the Wings will prevail in that series despite the refs handing the last game to Anaheim on a platter because of the disallowed tying goal. What a joke the officiating can be in the NHL. (I note with some satisfaction that Detroit has just scored an empty-net goal to make it 6-3 in the third.....looks like this series is tied at 2.) By the way DavidBryan, I am not a Detroit fan, I just dislike them less than Anaheim. How did all those Wing fans get tickets tonight? A lot of octopi on the ice in Anaheim. lol.
Caps vs. Carolina, Caps winVancouver vs. Anaheim, Vancouver WinVancouver wins the Cup
Quote from: Ukiemeister on May 07, 2009, 10:49:48 PMCaps vs. Carolina, Caps winVancouver vs. Anaheim, Vancouver WinVancouver wins the CupBlues suck for most of the year, then rally at the end to make the playoffs.Blues lose to the first team they play.I stop watching hockey until next year.
I hate sports....that is all.
^Actually, Pravoslavbob, Greinke's ERA after a 6-0 start is 0.40. That's been done by only two other people. One of them was Fernando Venenzuela back in 1980, I think. Can't remember the other guy. Either way, it's damn impressive.
Quote from: scamandrius on May 07, 2009, 05:45:57 PM^Actually, Pravoslavbob, Greinke's ERA after a 6-0 start is 0.40. That's been done by only two other people. One of them was Fernando Venenzuela back in 1980, I think. Can't remember the other guy. Either way, it's damn impressive.I think Randy Johnson did something like that once.
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The Muppet Mindset Repentantly presents...
Live on Sesame Street
- First and foremost, come to terms with the fact that your friendly neighbors there will be monsters, talking food, singing cows, massive birds, hairy Snuffleupaguses (Snuffleupagi?), grouchy Grouches, arithmetic-loving vampires, fairies, Berts, Ernies, and normal people named Bob, Gordon, Susan, Maria, Luis, Alan, Gina, Chris, and Leela.
- Become accepting of everyone's faults and flaws and learn that everyone is special and can do anything they want if they believe in themselves.
- Sing, sing a song. Sing out loud, sing out strong. Sing of good things--not bad. Sing of happy--not sad. Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song.
- Find your niche. Will you be a grouch? A friendly monster? A caring adult? An operatic flamingo? A Count? A Snuffleupagus? Whatever you choose, you're sure to be welcome on Sesame Street.
- Learn to live with terrible waiter service when you visit Charlie's Restaurant.
- Accept that you may never be able to make fresh baked cookies again without getting visited by a large, ravenous blue monster.
- Buy a calendar so that you can clearly label every day with the Letter, Number, and Word of each day. It'll save you a lot of embarrassment if anyone--especially a celebrity--asks you about them.
- Put aside money for a roof repair budget in case Super Grover decides to pay you a visit.
- Remember that Zoe's pet rock, Rocco, is not just a rock, he's a rock with a passion for great art.
- Be careful around pumpkins. Anyone of them could be anything accidentally turned into a pumpkin by Abby Cadabby.
- Do NOT step on any insects! You never know if any of them are Twiddlebugs with a wife and kids or a worm who has been to the moon and back.
- Most of all... find out how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.
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Best of SEMA: Crazy Custom C1 Corvette
There weren't a ton of Corvettes at the show?all the builders are presumably waiting for the C7?but that doesn't mean America's Sports Car was absent.
Now, I realize plenty of purists might turn up their noses at seeing a classic like this so radically modified, but SEMA isn't about stock. And hey, if you did happen to run into a gang of gray beards, the LS7 under the hood should insure a speedy exit.
I personally loved the retro black, white and red paint scheme, and while I feel the wheels might be a tad too big, the fact that this baby was parked in the Wilwood Brakes booth insures there won't be any donk-esque stopping issues…