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I have a sneaking suspicion that Yoshiaki Kawajiri really likes John Carpenter movies. Because Demon City Shinjuku could be summed up as an OVA that mixes both Escape from New York and Escape From L.A. (despite being made after this OVA) together, has a little bit of Halloween thrown in there, and some has supernatural elements added for good measure. Good thing I'm a Carpenter fan then, right? In Cyber City Kawajiri lifted the basic premise of criminals having to do complicated missions for the state, with the chance of being pardoned (and with the risk of being blown up if they failed), just like Escape from New York. Here Kawajiri instead takes the idea of having to rescue the President, deep within a city that has long been abandoned by decent people, and now overrun by crazy things, and turns that into an anime, with mixed results.
Demon City Shinjuku is and OVA from 1988, animated by Madhouse studios, and directed by none-other then Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Madhouse and Kawajiri have worked on countless other ultraviolent movies and OVAs over the years, and Urban Vision, CPM, and Manga Entertainment have released many of them here in the US, since he once had a huge following here. This movie-length OVA is very similar to his other works, perhaps too similar for it's own good. Anyway the OVA is about how the evil psychic Rebi Ra, deep within what's left of Shinjuku, Tokyo is attempting to complete a portal to hell. He is also a powerful swordsman, and seems to have sold his soul for all his powers. Once the portal to Hell is opened, demons will take over the entire planet. He must do this, because it is another price he has to pay for gaining all this power. The entire world seems to have become one single government, and it's hinted that the former countries have now become states or provinces, and that includes Japan. The World President is making a trip to Japan, when he ends up being captured by Rebi Ra in an attempt to destabilize the world, and send the world into chaos, and also prevent any counter measures against him. However he does not only kidnap the president, but his aid and spiritual adviser, Master Rai. Master Rai is well aware of who has kidnapped them and left them for dead, it is revealed that Rebi Ra is former student of his. Another student of his headed out to stop Rebi Ra many years earlier but failed and died in the process. Now all of mankind's hope rests with that man's son, a kid named Kyoya. Because only Kyoya and Master Rai have this hidden ability that could defeat Rebi Ra, and Rai must remain near the President's side or he will die and the world may fall into another dark age!
Kyoya gets contacted by Master Rai's spirit, and told he has to fight to save the earth. Kyoya explains that while it's true he learned some skills from his father, he only learned the basics before his father passed away. Master Rai pleads with him to try and save the president and defeat Rebi Ra anyway, because he doesn't, no one will. Kyoya's still not very eager to run off on some quest to save the world, and so he leaves his house and goes out for a walk. This is where he runs into the Presiden't daughter, Sayaka Rama, who tries to convince him to go with her to the city and save her father. He still refuses, and so she decides to try her luck on her own. When she gets there however she is attacked by some criminals hanging around the outskirts of the town, and Kyoya comes out of the shadows and saves her at the last second. Seems he can't let some innocent girl waltz right into the city of hell on her own. The rest of the OVA follows these two on their quest through the city, where they will meet some Escape from New York- esque allies and enemies, and finally save the day.
The main problem with this anime is it's very by-the-book, standard and unoriginal. It's even very predictable at times. It's not a bad story, but it feels like we've seen it before. Now you have to forgive it a little bit, as the OVA probably predates many other shows we've seen that have this kind of plot, but still it's nothing groundbreaking either. That's not to say that this is a bad movie by any stretch, because it's not. It's just the plot is not as strong as it should have been. The best part of the story is the initial premise of people from the outside trying to rescue to President deep within the city, and going through hell to do it. And you know what, I credit Carpenter more for that, then Kawajiri. Still it plays out decently, and many of the Escape from New York characters show up, like your token double crosser and insider who helps the main characters out a bit. And these characters are all quite interesting, although they don't get enough screen time sadly. The main character, Kyoya is actually not that interesting of a person. He's sort of boring and 2 dimensional. He's not a bad character, but probably better fit for a side character, as he's not interesting enough to carry the weight of an entire OVA. His struggle with becoming stronger, and awakening his potential is well done however. Sayaka, the President's daughter is instead a very interesting character, perhaps she should have been the lead. She's not too tough ina fight, but she's a strong willed person, eager to help if she can, and shows that she's scared, but willing to press on despite that. She feels helpless at times, but tries to do whatever she can. She's a very strong character. Her romance with Kyoya towards the end seemed forced, There was no development there, and felt like the only reason they kiss is because she's a girl, and he's a dude. The two have very little chemistry and really don't seem to be hitting it off, so why do they seem to become a couple? Because the movie needs a little romance I guess. Another interesting character is Chibi, a midget (I think?) who helps the two, and gives them pointers and hints about the city. He saves them while they're fighting a monster, and guides them to where they want to go. He's not eager to get invovled with a fight, but he won't leave anyone to die either. He's an intriguing character who probably should have been a more important character. Master Rai is another compelling who doesn't get nearly enough time to develop, but he's very likeable. The themes the movie deals with are nothing special, and sort of generic. While no one would ever go into this film looking for something very deep, it reall doesn't help that the themes of innocents, love, and inner strenght are very generic and tossed around very lightly. Perhaps if they were more explored the OVA would be a bit better.
The fights in Demon City Shinjuku are less frequent then I had imagined. But when they do come up they are very well choreographed, and very fun to watch. The main character has to fight a few demons and monsters as the show goes on, and many others get involved as well. The tone may be a little dark, but it is not at all depressing. While not a light or funny show, it's not overbearing either. Another problem with the show however is its tendency to use expository dialogue. By that I mean characters backstories, the history of the city, and even the plot are revealed through way too much dialogue. Instead of showing us what happened, the characters oddly explain things, and some of these explanations go on way too long. While I would have no problem with one or two of these, four or five in one movie is a bit much. At times when they could have used a flashback or something, they go for the easy way out and have the characters explain things. This, mixed with some sloppy writing at times really hurts the overall show. The final fight scene is also very anticlimactic. I hate to keep criticizing this OVA, as it is a fun watch and I did enjoy it. But I can't leave out these these things either. I guess what I'm saying is despite these problems it's still a good anime.
Production values for this OVA are all over the place. The animation is sometimes as choppy as a bad Yogi Bear episode, while other times everything on screen flows incredibly well. Most of the fight scenes are impressive for 1988 (very fluid motion), but other parts can either look ugly, or pretty depending on the scene. The artwork is a great style, with a very nice color palette. The color palette is dark, but not gloomy, and looks quite nice at times. The character designs are pretty original looking, and very attractive, especially the President's daughter who looks very pretty. However the opening scene, and some scenes deep within the city look very odd, with a dated looking color palette that's very different from the rest of the movie. Everything will have a blue or red tint, and it looks very ugly. This was obviously done to either emphasis how this scene is in the past, or emphasis how close the gateway to hell, is getting to earth, but they just don't work very well at all. The make the OVA look more dated then it otherwise would, since this is a pre-Akira anime after all. But other then that the visuals are quite impressive, and those scenes are quite short. The music is very electronic and unimpressive. While the soundtrack is not exactly bad, it's very generic and mostly forgettable.
The dub on this is pretty good for it's era. While I've heard better from this time, it's not at all bad. This is another one of the older Manga Video UK dubs, directed by Michael Bakewell and with mostly a British and Canadian cast. And most of the actors fit their roles very well. There is a tendency to use accents in this dub, and on the large this works quite well and gives the show a worldly sound. The President and his daughter have British accents, which is very fitting in my opinion as they seem to be Europeans, so this is a great way to emphasis that. Chibi (pronounced "Chippy" by the cast, although I'm not sure why? Perhaps that's a British thing?) has a Mexican accent which sounds a little stereotypical, but it does seem realistic and works for the character. Another character has a Spanish (Spain) accent, and this also comes off very well. Master Rai is played by George Little, and he gives the character a very authentic Indian accent, which fits since not only is his character from India, but very spiritual and he needs an accent to demonstrate this. The rest of the cast, including Brad Lavelle, who plays Kyoya, put on American accents and they seem real. The dub is mostly well acted, with all of the main cast doing a good job for the most part. Sadly it seems every major actor has an awkward line somewhere in this dub, but it's not that bad.
Brad Lavelle fits the lead very well, and has a great chemistry with George Little, specifically in the begining of the OVA. Sayaka, the President's Daughter is played by Teresa Gallagher, who gives the best performance of the dub. She has a very distinct voice, and her different sounding voice fits the character well. She puts on a British accents that some may find a little different then the norm, but she's a native Brit so you can be sure this is authentic, and personally I thought it sounded great. Chibi is played by Alan Sherman, who really fleshes out the character, with his Mexican accent, and adult way of talking. The Japanese dub made him seem more like a child, which I'm pretty sure he's not one. He plays off the two main characters very well. One problem with this however is some of Chibi's lines seem left out. Two or three times in the dub you will see his mouth move, but nothing come out. Switch the Japanese track for a second and you clearly hear dialogue (and it's tranlsated in the subtitles). I wonder what happened here? Some overlook or mistake perhaps? It's nothing major, but it's just very jarring to hear a character answer him when he doesn't say anything in the dub, or him answer someone with silence. Rebi Ra is played by Bob Sessions, and he is the weakest actor of the dub by far. Some of his lines in the opening scene are outright terrible, and really bring down the quality of the dub. By the ending of the anime he's much better, but still not good enough as he should be. While the casting of him as the character works because he fits Rebi Ra, the person casting should have thought about weather or not he could act, because from this my answer is "not really...". It's a good thing he doesn't have many lines. Some of the smaller roles are sort of bad, although no one sounds outright like an amateur. Other smaller roles sound really good, like the children who appear for a small scene, or the old short lady who wants money from the two leads. The script is the real problem of this dub though. At times it's very clumpy, cluttered and rough. At you can really hear the actors tripping over their lines. It's not that the actors are bad, most of them are at least decent, but you can tell the script needed some work. Cursing is frequently used in the dub as well. While I'm never against some good cursing in an anime, and in this OVA the content really does call for it, I must question the times and placement of the curses. Many times a curse just feels oddly placed here or there, and other times it feels like they could have used a curse word but didn't. The dub is sort of odd, and very different sounding. But I find it has more positives then negatives, and I like a lot of things about it. I just wish the script was a little better, then it would be more then enough. As it is it's quite all right, but Bakewell has done better.
Central Park Media has released this many times on VHS and later DVD. I have the 2004 DVD release, which was inlcuded with the Kawajiri Brick Pack which actually is quite nice to look at. The DVD includes an insert, which is a nice little postcard thing, although I like the ones inlcuded in the Birdy the Mighty and A Wind Named Amnesia DVDs a little more. But it's still very cool. I think I like the 2005 release cover artwork a little better then my DVD, but both are nice. The DVD menu however is very ugly, and looks quite cheap. I've made better DVD menus messing around with Media Center on my computer. Besides looking ugly it's also quite slow to load. This is quite a shame becuase it is my opinion that CPM has some of the best DVD menus out there, looking through my collection they have some of my favorites. The extras included are just "meet the cast" type extras. These are there to remind you who these characters are, by showing a small clip from the OVA focusing on them. Cool little extra, but no real content.
So far this is the weakest Kawajiri anime I've seen. But weak Kawajiri, is still pretty good in my book. This is worth seeing a few times, but there are better titles in the genre. I was thinking about my star ratings last night, and felt they were kind of pointless, since I kept giving things 4/4 stars. So now I've thought hard about this, and will be re-doing all the ratings on all my reviews, only this time out of 5 stars. 5 stars not only gives me more room to work with, but allows 5 stars for true masterpieces, and everything else that's really great, but not yet a masterpiece would be 4.5 stars, etc . I think I like 5 stars much more then 4. That being said I'd rate this about a 2.5 out of 5. It's worth watching, don't get me wrong. And if you can find it cheap go out and buy it. But it has a lot of problems. I really wanted to like this more then I did.
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The Walton County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Power of Business luncheon April 2 at Baytowne and hosted three power players who talked about the state of development in South Walton, and what's to come.
Addressing the lunch crowd of more than 100 people were the Howard Group's John Heiser, Crystal Beach Development's Jay Odom, and standing in for Sandestin Development owner Tom Becnel was Sandestin Real Estate's Kitty Whitney.
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Grand Boulevard is looking forward to the upcoming second-annual South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival that will take place the last weekend in April, said Heiser. He said the Boulevard still has 2,000 square feet to develop as the development group is planning for growth in the lot across from the cinema.
Heiser was excited to announce the addition of Another Broken Egg restaurant on the Boulevard, which is set to open this summer.
He said that Silver Sands Outlets, with more than 100 leased spaces, is looking to expand, and the Howard Group is working with Florida Department Of Transportation for six laning of U.S. Highway 98 from Tang-o-Mar in Miramar Beach to Airport Road in Destin. He said the project is moving forward faster than anticipated.
Seeing a record year last year were the Boulevard's Marriotts, Heiser reports.
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Odom noted his longevity in the area, beginning at Shalimar Elementary School.
He said he has seen a lot of things happen he never thought would happen.
"Back then, Destin was the stepchild of Fort Walton," he said. "It's changed. Fort Walton is now more of a permanent market."
Odom called his Hammock Bay project "a 15-year overnight success."
He said there are 1,300 residents there now and believes the development offers a tremendous opportunity for building lots off the beach. He believes the strong growth at the beach will drive people north of the Choctawhatchee Bay.
Odom likened South Walton to Hilton Head.
He said the intersection of U.S. Highway 331 and State Road 20 in Freeport will be the epicenter of new development in 10 years. Odom said Freeport is being proactive and aggressive in anticipation of what they see coming.
"Hammock Bay hopefully will be a leader in that," he said. "It's a very family oriented community. With us seeing us tremendous growth along the beach, in 10 years Freeport will be the newest town on the beach."
He said in his developments he has seen a need for activities for people in the communities because of the amount of time spent online where people don't leave home as much any more. He called it a need for connectivity.
"I've seen tremendous growth," he said.
Odom said he has contributed to that growth, with more in the works.
Despite past opposition to the project, Odom said his Grayton Grand will come out of ground with 153 rooms, a pool, and restaurant, which will be built at the busy intersection of County Roads 283S and 30A. Odom says the hotel will be family oriented, and only one of three on 30A.
Becnel bought Sandestin Development in 2010. There are two projects currently in the works on the 2,400-acre property. The first is the resort's new welcome center being built at the northeast corner of the entry onto the resort from U.S. Highway 98. In addition to serving as a welcome center, the three-story building will also house human resources. This project's estimated completion date is December.
Becnel's second project is Osprey Point, a 76-unit development that is still in the process of getting approval. It will be built on the Bay northeast of Jolie Island on Heron Drive.
Whitney said with less than 300 properties now available for sale on the resort, Osprey Point is needed as a viable property to sell.
Sandestin Healthcare Services has now been open for three months on the resort. Whitney said the concept is concierge style health care in a partnership with physicians. Whitney said it can be used for tourists needing medical attention or celebrities can come here for surgery and have a place to rehab. The facility currently operates on a cash basis.


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Joseph Sestak, former congressman and a former U.S. Navy three-star admiral, the Gen. Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership, a faculty appointment shared among Penn State Law, Penn State School of International Affairs, Dickinson College, and the U.S. Army War College, will present "Leadership to Restore the American Dream," from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Nov. 4, on the Carlisle campus of Penn State's Dickinson School of Law. The public is invited to attend.
"We once had leaders who recognized the expectations of the people, and turned them into demands that advanced the American Dream for both individual opportunity and the common good of the nation. Leadership must once again be accountable for brokering the shared alliance that deepens the individual strengths of these two great values of our American character so that we can restore the dream," Sestak said.
His presentation will draw on his distinguished 31-year career in the U.S. Navy and his tenure as director for defense policy on the National Security Council, the first director of "Deep Blue," the U.S. Navy's counterterrorism unit, a sea-going Commander of an aircraft carrier battle group in war, and a U.S. Congressman representing Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.
Sestak plans to discuss the "American Dream," the belief that one's children will have the opportunity to do even better than their parents. "It was a unique alliance of rugged individualism and our collective response to challenges that created an unparalleled environment in America for this opportunity," he said. He will address what is missing in today's leadership which he identifies as a willingness to be accountable for this special character of America.
Sestak is the recipient of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of Merit awards, two Meritorious Service Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals and the Navy Achievement Medal. He holds a doctorate in political economy and government from Harvard University.
Penn State Law, Penn State School of International Affairs, Dickinson College and the U.S. Army War College are all sponsors of this event. Its objective is to advance the study of strategic leadership and enhance civilian-military dialog by offering distinguished individuals the opportunity to contribute to the educational and research activities of the partner institutions.
This event will be held in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium in Lewis Katz Hall, 333 W. South St., Carlisle, Pa., simulcast to the Greg Sutliff Auditorium, Lewis Katz Building in University Park., and offered via live webcast.


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Shane and I walked in the boys' room the other night, to find them "playing" with Ethan. This actually turned out to be a game of "climb up the toy box to get high enough to hurl ourselves over into Ethan's crib and then practically smush him."
If you can't tell in the picture, Ethan is in red, and that is Colin's gray sleeve/green shirt. He had his arm wrapped around Ethan's neck and his head was actually under Ethan's. It was quite a sight. Cameron was in mid-climb, going back out of the crib only to turn around to come back again.
But they were really enjoying themselves.
Ethan was laughing too, which I thought was quite incredible, considering the fact that the crib is so small and he was under a pile of his brothers most of the time. Despite what these picture may show, the boys were being really careful with Ethan. They usually are, they play really well together (especially Colin, he loves to play with Ethan.)
See Colin in the second picture? Shane actually caught him in mid-dive. If you look really hard, you can see his legs sticking out of the crib.
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Actress Mackenzie Foy is reportedly close to signing on for "The Twilight Saga's" pivotal role of Renesmee, Bella and Edward's vampire/human child.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the 9-year-old actress is "inches away" from landing the role that plays a major part in "Breaking Dawn."
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An EW source said director Bill Condon might use digital effects like those seen in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to age the actress. During the last installment of "The Twilight Saga," Renesmee grows to the age of 17 in only seven years.
Mackenzie has previously appeared on the small screen in one episode each of "FlashForward" and "'Til Death."
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"Breaking Dawn," which will be released in two installments, is slated to start filming in November.
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Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles (CLA-LA) provides free legal counsel to the most vulnerable in society: veterans, the elderly, homeless families, victims of domestic violence, and refugees. Both attorney and non-attorney volunteers are needed to serve on the following teams at CLA-LA's monthly legal clinics:
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Facts about young women and breast cancer, as well as a listing of resources.
Young women and breast cancer
- 11,000 women under age 40 are diagnosed each year
- Women under 40 are only 6 percent of the overall breast cancer population.
- Women have approximately a 1 in 1,800 risk of developing breast cancer in their 20s and a 1 in 230 risk in their 30s.
- Breast cancers make up 26 percent of all cancers affecting women ages 15 to 39.
Source: American Cancer Society
Resources for young women
- Young Survival Coalition, 877-YSC-1011 or youngsurvival.org
- Facing Cancer Together, 617-607-9444 or facing-cancer.org
- Young Women with Cancer Networking Group, fourth Thursday of the month, 5:30-7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 430 Walnut St., Newtonville.
- Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 617-632-3916 or dana-farber.org/pat/adult/breastcancer/program-for-young-women-with-breast-cancer
- "No Way, It Can't Be!," a guidebook for young adults facing cancer, published by The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, 888-393-383 or ulmancancerfund.org.
- 10th Annual Young Survivors Conference, February 26-28, 2010, Atlanta, youngsurvivorsconference.org.


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Warning: This write-up contains severe spoilers for "Se7en"
David Fincher's "Se7en" is a dark film. Dark in tone. Dark in spirit. Dark, literally – Fincher released a select number of prints to theatres after putting them through a process called silver retention, a process which increases the contrast between light and dark by rebonding silver to the film (silver leaches out during conventional film processing).
In the nameless city the film is set in, it's always raining. Things are in a state of disrepair. Decaying. Paint is peeling from walls, everything is dirty. Thematically, this reinforces the "moral decay" the film deals in. Tonally, it creates a dim and dreary atmosphere which seeps into the viewer. When it seems as though everything is falling apart, it discomforts you, subconsciously. It gets to you. It's depressing.
The people we see who live there… the non-lead characters… include an angry cop who doesn't care if a child saw his parents get killed, a junkie, a S&M leather shop owner, a pimp.
This is not a city you'd want to live in.
And there's a killer on the loose.
Someone is murdering people who personify the seven deadly sins, in a manner which epitomizes the sin itself. An obese man is forced to eat himself to death. Gluttony. An avaricious lawyer is forced to pay his pound of flesh. Greed. An aimless junkie is strapped to a bed to rot. Sloth.
The two cops who catch the case serve as a study in contrasting ideals. One is the world-weary, about to retire veteran. Burned out. Reluctant to accept the assignment. The other is brash and eager. He transferred in to this city. He wants the case.
Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) is the young hotshot who still gives a shit. He'll be replacing Detective William Sommerset (Morgan Freeman), and the two are given Sommerset's final week together so that Mills can be shown the ropes. What he's shown instead is how badly the world can hurt a person.
In Pitt and Freeman, Fincher cast the perfect pair. No one plays exhausted as well as Freeman can. And you'd be hard pressed to find a better brazen hot-head than Pitt. They embody these characteristics.
The characters they create serve not only to forward the plot, but to offer the film's central discussion as well. Freeman's Sommerset has given up. Literally. He's quit. With most cop movies that feature an officer retiring, it's a narrative gimmick, at best. Here, it's a reinforcement of the character's worldview. Sommerset has seen enough. He's through.
Pitt's Mills, however is still full of vim and vigor. He wants to make a difference, and believes he still can. He refuses to buy into the apathetic philosophy Sommerset is espousing. He still has hope.
In fact, his home is the brightest environment in the film. With his pet dogs, R&B, and pretty, pregnant wife, Mills' apartment represents the pleasant, bright world that he's fighting for. Of course, in the world of "Se7en", domestic bliss is an illusion. The apartment – too close to train tracks – shakes as if built on a fault line. An inherent instability that foreshadows the utter collapse of it to come.
The two detectives dance to the murderer's tune, following his trail of bloody bread crumbs only as quickly he allows. They connect the dots as he lays them out, seeing what he wants them to see… finding the bodies as he wants them to find them.
When the two detectives take the lead, the movie gets suddenly frenetic. The world tilts wildly out of balance and suddenly there are gunshots and footraces through tenement buildings. Jumping and running. Oncoming traffic. Mills is beaten and bloodied for his impunity. The killer gets away.
Though they've momentarily disrupted his rhythm, the killer, John Doe, remains the maestro. They may have violated his sanctum, but he remains the conductor.
The killings continue.
There's a perverse fixation in modern society with serial killers. They're the subject of countless movies and non-fiction crime documentaries. They're real life monsters. Non-imaginary Boogey Men.
Fincher gives us a fascinating one in John Doe. He kills with a purpose, his murders strung together in a series, each exemplifying one of the seven deadly sins. He's an evil artist, leaving macabre crime scenes replete with posed victims, each killed in symbolic fashion. Each new victim scratches another sin off the list in morbid fashion. His voluminous writings are part Son of Sam diaries, filled with insane delusional perceptions, and part Unabomber manifesto, spouting dangerous diatribes about society's ills.
And when he finally appears, shouting for Detectives, fingers bloody from cutting off the skin from his fingertips… he's the meek looking Kevin Spacey.
Spacey's name does not appear in the opening credits. Nor was it on any posters, or in the trailer. He is briefly shown earlier in the film as the photographer on the stairs, and you can hear his voice, but even then most people would only momentarily think "Was that… Kevin Spacey?" and move on. His appearance at the Police Station would be a surprise for the audience.
Spacey was coming off an Academy Award winning performance in the previous year's "The Usual Suspects", a performance that made quite an impression on movie fans. He was quite a hole card to slow play, here.
His John Doe is one of the most memorable villains of all time. As Mills and Sommerset drive him to the promised location of the final two victims, Doe sits in the back of the cop car, stoic, smug, and soft spoken. Even imprisoned… handcuffed… he's dangerous. Not even simply due to the final act he has left to play, but due to his forked tongue. Like all great villains, he offers a dangerous element of truth. He offers a dangerous temptation to see his side of things. The world IS twisted. In many, many ways. We HAVE grown apathetic to many of evils… they're commonplace now. He offers a wicked temptation to see things from his point of view…
John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man… a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets!
David Mills: Murderers?
John Doe: A woman…
David Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself?
John Doe: A woman… so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed… forever.
Of course, "Se7en" isn't finished with you yet. David Fincher and John Doe author one of the bleakest, darkest conclusions in film history.
The infamous "What's in the box?" scene.
The final two seven deadly sin victims are Doe himself (Envy), and Detective Mills (Wrath), who is unable to resist executing Doe after learning Doe killed his pregnant wife earlier that morning. It's a scene of utter despair. The bad guy wins; the hero, crushed. All that he loved in the world reduced to a morbid prop in a perverse play for a sick psychopath's personal edification.
It's a scene that almost didn't happen. When New Line initially purchased the script, they demanded revisions to have the scene removed. However, fate intervened. When they contacted Fincher to gauge his interest in the project, they accidentally sent him the original script. Once they eventually learned of their mistake, New Line attempted to force rewrites again, but Freeman, Pitt and Fincher all said they wouldn't do the project without the box. Even after production was completed, the studio stayed at it, trying to force reshoots, or to have them use an alternate ending where Sommerset executes Doe. Pitt and Fincher fought them, and kept the original ending intact. Their only concession was the addition of the Ernest Hemingway quote narrated by Freeman at the conclusion of the film.
It winds up being an unrelenting dark movie. A journey into the circles of hell as shown on earth. Given the ending, where the optimistic Mills is hopelessly destroyed, the movie's tagline ought to have been "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
Fincher uses a number of techniques to emphasize the film's themes. The killing scenes are laden with references to Dante's "Inferno"; one of the primary sources of the seven sins in literature (they are not listed as such in the bible). The gluttony victim was forced to lie face down in food while he ate continuously, as in the Third Circle of Hell where those guilty of gluttony are forced to lie face down in slush, in continuous cold rain while eating. As was the greed victim. In the divine comedy, those punished for greed were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. Prior to the lust victim being discovered, a heavy wind is blowing – as in the Second Circle of Hell, were the overly lustful were constantly buffeted by a heavy winds. Sloth was lying in a wet bed, with a ceiling full of air fresheners hanging above him, reminiscent of the Fifth Circle of Hell the Slothful where the Slothful are condemned to lie beneath the surface of the Styx while the Wrathful fight, above.
Add in the decaying setting, the mal-adjusted secondary characters, the bleak ending, and the devilish, evil figure that orchestrates and presides over it all… everything which happens, happens in accordance with his wishes…
Fincher has truly taken us on a tour of Hell with this film. It's a police procedural, yes. A mystery and a crime drama, true. But it's also a meditation on the frightening pervasiveness of evil. A bleak vision of the world we live in.
It's definitely a "Movie That Everyone Should See"


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DARIEN -- Smacking a go-ahead triple in a critical spot simply wasn't enough for Darien catcher Anthony DiMeglio. In the midst of his return from a hitting slump, he still needed more.
Upon stepping to the plate with two outs in a tied, extra-inning game, he got it.
DiMeglio crushed a walk-off home run to left field in the eighth inning Monday to hand the Blue Wave a 5-4 win over Greenwich. The long ball capped a 3-for-3 day for the junior, who collected two RBIs and scored twice. Darien improved to 11-1 and kept its grip on the FCIAC's top slot with a 9-1 conference mark.
"We're in a spot where we're not normally in the league," Wave coach Mike Scott said. "So, we have a bit of a bull's-eye on our back. I think these guys are embracing it a little bit. But we've got to be ready to take other teams' best punches now."
Cardinals starter James Hintzen threw his best uppercut at Darien with seven, strong innings that included 12 strikeouts. By way of two fielding errors and a string of Wave hits, he surrendered four runs in the fourth inning, his only subpar inning. Greenwich (8-4, 4-4 FCIAC) came back to tie the game in the sixth, but failed to plate a go-ahead run.
"JT did great. We just have to make basic plays behind him," Greenwich coach Phil Tarantino said. "We were doing that for the last four games, and today we had one bad inning."
Darien's Brendan Donohue picked up the win after relieving starter Stephen Barston in the top of the sixth of a 4-2 ballgame. The Wave's regular second baseman began by handing two walks to the first three Cardinals hitters and giving up a game-tying RBI single to Michael Genaro, before settling down.
Once the game became tied, Donohue allowed only a single base runner, while striking out five.
"Brendan's our guy," Scott said. "He's the heart and soul of this team as far as the way he plays and what he brings to the team. He was probably a little amped at the beginning, leaving a couple balls up. But he settled down and did a tremendous job in those last two innings."
Greenwich cruised through the opening three frames with a 1-0 lead, following a Kyle Dunster RBI double in the first. Dunster then added a solo home run in the fourth, only to watch his team lose its edge in the home half of the inning.
Darien third baseman George Reed led off by hitting a pop fly that dropped into shallow left, setting the table for back-to-back doubles from Conor Davey and Mike O'Malley. Next, DiMeglio brought O'Malley home on a triple to deep right and scored one at-bat later via a Peter Archey single that pushed the Wave lead to two.
"(Hintzen) was keeping everything down and away and that's a tough pitch to hit," DiMeglio said. "But once you drive it the other way, it feels good. When we saw him a few times, I think we got the hang of him."
Greenwich will travel to Fairfield Ludlowe on Wednesday, while Darien will host another conference power in St. Joseph. However, DiMeglio and the upstart Wave fail to be fazed by their upcoming schedule, one that includes every top FCIAC contender in the next two weeks.
Just ask him.
"We can beat any team in this league."
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Records: Darien 11-1, 9-1 FCIAC; Greenwich 8-4, 4-4 FCIAC. Batteries: G--James Hintzen, John Mikalopas (8) and Jon Dreher; D--Stephen Barston, Brendan Donohue (6) and Anthony DiMeglio. Highlights: G--Hintzen struck out 12 over seven innings. Kyle Dunster had a solo home run to left in the fourth inning. D--Anthony Dimeglio smashed a walk-off home run in the eighth inning, after plating a go-ahead run in the fourth with a triple. Mike O'Malley tied the game on a two-run double on a full count in the fourth inning.


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KINGSTON, OTTAWA -- A defiant Gordon O'Connor said yesterday he has no intention of quitting as Defence Minister, and warned his critics not to assume he is about to turfed from the portfolio in a widely expected cabinet shuffle.
"I can assure you of one thing: I'm not retiring and I'm not resigning," Mr. O'Connor told reporters at a military conference in Kingston. "And if you want to run a pool, go ahead. You're going to lose."
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The minister won't say how much money the sponsorship of the race car is costing the Conservative Party: "That would be Pepsi telling Coke what its recipe is."
Liberal Leader Kevin Taft, who is not a shark, but in an aquarium full of these preying creatures, sees victory ahead in the next provincial election.
If so, my friends, put your wallets in a safety deposit box, because a Liberal government will ransack taxpayers, and lead our province into Depression-era debt.
Why do you think Albertans have never elected a Liberal government since the First World War era?
Because we have long memories.
So lock up your daughters, as the Broadway musical proclaimed.
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A few morning after thoughts...
-Don't read anything into this as far as the federal voting intent in Alberta.
-On a completely self-indulgent point, I'm fairly pleased I managed to call Elbow nearly bang on.
-That said, my Drumheller predictions sucked. Liberal Tom Dooley won 9 of 13 polls in Drumheller, but got absolutely obliterated outside of the city. If there's any doubt about the Tory base, look no further than Big Valley, home of the creationist museum, where the Tories beat the Liberals by a 35 to 1 margin. I'd say rural Alberta is set to march behind the PCs yet again.
-There are still some positives for the Liberals to take out of the Drumheller byelection. If they can break through in some of Alberta's small to mid sized cities, there are ridings to be won outside of Calgary and Edmonton.
-How much does it suck to be an Alberta Alliance member today. Sure, Elbow was always a write-off for them. And, sure, they didn't have a very strong candidate running in Drumheller-Stettler but...fifth place? In the heart of rural Alberta, they lost to the "NEP Party", a party that hasn't existed for thirty years, and a crazy pro-Alberta independence independent candidate. Ouch.
-The news isn't much better for the NDP, coming 5th in Elbow and 7th in Drumheller.
-The win in Elbow will be huge from a momentum stand-point for the ALP and should help them attract volunteers and candidates over the next year, leading up to the next election.
-While it's dangerous to read too much into byelections and stupid to extrapolate those results to other ridings...what the heck, let's give it a try.
Adjusting the Elbow vote through to the rest of the City of Calgary, gives the Liberals 8 seats next election, the PCs 8 seats, and leaves 7 as too close to call (within 5% either way). Given the Liberals need at least 15 seats in Calgary to have any chance of forming government, that shows there's a still a long way to go...but at least they're in the game.
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CALGARY — Brian Heninger's message at a doorstep in Calgary-Elbow seems downright bizarre from a candidate running for a party that has governed Alberta for more than 35 years.
"I'd choke our premier," Heninger says to the disgruntled voter, the latest in a string of citizens who have expressed frustration with Progressive Conservative Premier Ed Stelmach.
According to reports, [Henninger] told a constituent at the door he would like to "choke" Stelmach. The premier said that kind of enthusiasm is exactly what he wants in his MLAs.
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Ed Stelmach is, yet again, in trouble for unethical donations - this time, from a landfill site that donated $10,000 to Stelmach's leadership campaign. Now, Ed did return the donation...six months after he received it and three months after winning the PC leadership. And in fairness, by this government's standards, that certainly qualifies as "rapid response".
Now, if you're saying I'm being too partisan and shouldn't be so hard on Ed Stelmach, I'll turn to someone far more impartial than myself. A man called "Honest Ed" by many:
"The donation might have been legal, it certainly was not ethical."
Again - Ed Stelmach's assesement of Ed Stelmach:
"it certainly was not ethical"
I've got a say - if the Alberta Liberals have a video or audio clip of Stelmach saying "it certainly was not ethical", they've just got their "I'm entitled to my entitlements" moment for the next election campaign. Splice in a few shots of Eddie bumbling and some Calgary Herald/Sun headlines and you've got yourself a winner, right there.
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OTTAWA — Canada has denied a visa to South African anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was to have been the keynote speaker at a fund-raising gala in Toronto on Tuesday featuring an opera about her life.
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The leaders reacted harshly after the Commons question period where Harper challenged the credibility of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion because he hasn't served in the military, and took a shot at deputy leader Michael Ignatieff because he lived outside the country for three decades.
"I will just say it is true I have never served in the Armed Forces," Harper replied when Ignatieff noted that Harper had not served in the military either. "I consider that an experience in my life that I have missed, but I can say I have always lived and worked and paid my taxes in this country."
When Dion pressed O'Connor to voluntarily resign since the prime minister "doesn't have the courage" to fire him, Harper defended the retired brigadier-general as he has in the past, by emphasizing O'Connor served in the military for 32 years.
"And when the leader of the opposition is able to stand in uniform and serve his country, then I will care about his opinion of the performance of the minister of national defence," Harper added.
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EDMONTON - Premier Ed Stelmach isn't surprised by a recent poll showing his support slipping, particularly in the province's two largest cities.
"There's a lot of pressures on Alberta today," Stelmach said Tuesday. "Anything from taking longer to get to work because of congested roads, to issues tied to housing, more people moving to the province -- this is a result of Alberta growing economically."
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Mars Express watches a dust storm engulf Mars
This summer, Mars suffered a titanic dust storm that engulfed the entire planet. The dust storm contributed to a temporary warming effect around Mars, which raised the temperature of the atmosphere by around 20-30°C.
However, the surface temperature of the planet itself dropped.
Imagine a dust cloud on Earth that started in the Sahara desert and grew to encompass our whole planet. Such a catastrophe would block sunlight from reaching the surface and plunge us into twilight for months. It happens on Mars on a regular basis. Planetary scientists watched the latest dust storm take shape at the end of June. By mid July it had covered the Red Planet, dispersing gradually over the next few months.
Whereas some of the spacecraft's instruments, such as the Visible and Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer (known as OMEGA) and the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), which both rely on a clear view of the surface have to wait until the dust subsides, the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) instrument was able to work throughout the event and has gained new insights into the effects of the dust storms on the atmosphere of Mars.
"Once the atmosphere becomes full of dust, only 20% of the solar radiation can reach the surface of the planet," says Vittorio Formisano, Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy, and the principal investigator of the PFS instrument.
The dust absorbs the solar radiation which directly heats the atmosphere, creating a strong warming effect. This year, PFS saw the temperature of the Martian atmosphere rise by between 20-30°C. As the atmosphere heats up, the atmosphere inflates around the planet. Formisano estimates that this increase was probably by about 20 km and hopes that a fuller analysis of the PFS data will give a precise figure.
PFS determines the composition of the Martian atmosphere from both the wavelengths of sunlight absorbed by the various molecules in the atmosphere and from the infrared radiation they absorb and emit. It collects infrared radiation in the range of 1.2–45 micrometres (microns).
There is still a lot to understand about Martian dust storms. They begin during summer in Mars's southern hemisphere. Southern summer is hotter than the northern summer because Mars's orbit is elliptical and draws the planet closer to the Sun during southern summer than during northern summer.
The Hellas Basin obviously plays a very important role as the dust storms usually begin in its vicinity. Hellas is a vast impact structure, 9 km deep and about 2300 km across. It is so large that it disrupts the circulation of the atmosphere. "How the dust propagates into the whole atmosphere is still a complete mystery," says Formisano.
One puzzle is that the dust storms reach the poles of Mars. Polar regions on planets are usually distinct atmospheric pockets that prevent warm air from the equatorial regions from entering. On Mars, however, the dust reaches everywhere and smaller particles remain suspended for a long time. "The micron sized particles fall back to the surface in a few months, the sub-micron sized particle can remain up there for years," says Formisano.
"Another mystery is why such large dust storms happen some years and not others," says Francois Forget, Université Paris, France, and Mars Express Interdisciplinary Scientist.
Interestingly, whereas the atmosphere of the planet heats up, the surface of the planet cools down because it receives much less solar heat. This poses an additional problem for Martian landers, which rely on solar arrays for power. They have to hibernate during the storms. It also presents a clear challenge to potential visiting astronauts.
"We have beautiful data from PFS of this dust storm and we now intend to analyse this fully," says Formisano.
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Vittorio Formisano, Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy, Principal Investigator for the Mars Express Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 24, 2011) – U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and his Polish league team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów won their last two playoff matches, but fell in CEV Cup play.
On Feb. 16, Millar and Resovia Rzeszów defeated ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 3-2 (22-25, 25-27, 25-22, 25-18, 17-15. Millar scored 16 points on 10 kills (0.53 hitting percentage), five blocks and one ace.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Feb. 19, Resovia Rzeszów topped Tytan AZS Częstochowa, 3-1 (30-28, 24-26, 25-22, 26-24). Millar scored seven points on five kills (0.42 hitting percentage) and two blocks.
Resovia Rzeszów sits in second place in the playoff battle for first through sixth place behind PGE Skra Bełchatów.
In the semifinals of the CEV Cup on Feb. 23, Italy's Sisley Treviso topped Resovia Rzeszów, 3-2 (25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 22-25, 12-15) in Poland. The two teams will play again on Feb. 26 in Italy.
To view photos from the match, click here.
To read an interview with Millar (in Polish), click here.
U.S. libero Rich Lambourne is playing in the Polish league for KS Fart Kielce, which is in the playoffs to determine seventh-10th places. It is in second place in the playoffs.
On Feb. 19, it defeated Pamapol Wielton Wieluń, 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 25-23). Lambourne was credited with 20 receptions, 65 percent positive and 25 percent excellent.
To view photos from the match, click here.
Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), continues to lead the league despite going 1-1 in its last two matches.
On Feb. 20, Kazan took a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 25-16) victory over Gazprom-Ugra Surgut.
Ball started all four sets and did not score, but set the team to a 0.53 hitting percentage. Priddy substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth. He scored 11 points on six kills (0.75 hitting percentage) and a match-high five blocks. He was credited with 13 receptions, 54 percent positive and 23 percent excellent.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Feb. 23, Kazan fell to Dynamo Moscow, 3-2 (20-25, 24-26, 25-21, 25-22, 15-11). Priddy scored 18 points on 16 kills (0.62 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was also credited with 29 receptions, 55 percent positive and 28 percent excellent. Ball scored one point on a block and set the team to a 0.30 hitting percentage.
Kazan will take a couple weeks off from the Super League to play in the CEV Champions League tournament against PGE Skra Belchatow of Poland. The teams will play on March 2 and 9. Matches can be viewed at www.laola1.tv.
U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa defeated Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 on Feb. 19. Stanley led all scorers with 15 points on 12 kills (0.31 hitting percentage), two blocks and one ace.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo beat Dynamo-Yantar Kaliningrad, 25-18, 25-23, 25-16 on Feb. 19. Lee scored four points on one kill, two blocks and one ace.
U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and his team Fakel Novy Urengoi beat Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, 3-1 (36-34, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21) on Feb. 19. Hansen played as a substitute and scored one point on an ace.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian Superleague team Vivo/Minas have won two straight matches.
On Feb. 17, Vivo/Minas swept Sao Caetano/Tamoya, 25-23, 25-19, 25-21). Holmes scored six points on four kills and two blocks.
On Feb. 19, Vivo/Minas defeated BMG/Sao Bernardo, 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10). Holmes started the first three sets and scored six points on two kills, three blocks and one ace.
Vivo/Minas is in fifth place in the league.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and his German league team SCC Berlin swept A!B!C Titans Berg. Land, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 on Feb. 20.
Touzinsky started the first two sets and scored nine points on eight kills (0.73 hitting percentage) and one ace.
U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) and his Korean league team Korean Air won three matches in the last week and did not drop a set.
On Feb. 20, KAL defeated Hyundai, 25-20, 25-15, 25-23. Patak scored 17 points on 14 kills and three aces.
On Feb. 22, KAL beat Sangmu, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18. Patak started the first two sets and scored 13 points on 11 kills, one ace and one block.
On Feb. 24, KAL topped Samsung, 25-18, 25-23, 25-19. Patak led all scorers with 19 points on 15 kills, two blocks and two aces.
In a match between two Greek league teams with U.S. players, U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Olympiacos defeated U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and GS Lamia, 3-2 (25-27, 25-23, 20-25, 28-26, 15-13) on Feb. 20.
Jablonsky scored 13 points on 11 kills, one block and one ace. Price scored 12 points on 10 kills, one block and one ace.
Olympiacos is in third place in the league while Lamia is in sixth.
Iraklis, including U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.), is tied with Panathinaikos for the league lead after taking a 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12) victory over EA Patron Lux on Feb. 19.
Billings scored 21 points on 18 kills (0.24 hitting percentage) and three blocks. Owens started the first two sets and added eight points on seven kills (0.40 hitting percentage) and one block.
For photos from the match, click here.
U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) and PAOK won their fifth match in a row on Feb. 20, defeating ESOP Epikouros, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20. Winder started the match and scored three points. PAOK is in fourth place in the league.
Olympiacos will play Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup semifinals while Iraklis will face PAOK. Both matches will be March 2.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his Italian Serie A League team Copra Morpho Piacenza swept RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino, 25-15, 25-23, 27-25 on Feb. 20.
Holt scored five points on two kills, two blocks and one ace.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia suffered a 3-2 (25-17, 23-25, 26-28, 25-18, 20-18) loss to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, the league's second-place team, on Feb. 20.
Anderson led Vibo Valentia with 21 points on 19 kills (0.34 hitting percentage) and two blocks. He was also credited with 40 receptions, 65 percent positive and 35 percent excellent.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and his team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza were swept by BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19. Rooney scored nine points on eight kills (0.33 hitting percentage) and one block. He was also credited with 24 receptions, 67 percent positive and 21 percent excellent.
Marmi Lanza Verona, including U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), were swept by Sisley Treviso, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 on Feb. 20.
Lotman scored eight points on six kills (0.33 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was also credited with 15 receptions, 53 percent positive and 20 percent excellent. Brunner added seven points on five kills and two blocks.
U.S. opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) led all scorers with 22 points as his Italian Serie A2 league team Sir Safety Perugia defeated Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia, 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23).
Gardner scored on 17 kills (0.41 hitting percentage), three blocks and two aces.
Unicaja Almeria, the Spanish league team of U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), suffered a rare loss on Feb. 19 when it fell to Tarragona SPiSP, 3-1 (25-15, 25-18, 23-25, 27-25).
Smith started all four sets and scored eight points on six kills (0.60 hitting percentage) and two aces. Salmon substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth, scoring 13 points on 12 kills (0.69 hitting percentage) and one ace.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and outside hitter Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) led their French B league team Chaumont to a 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-17) victory over Dunkerque on Feb. 19.
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Brad Pickett has several times been told his next bout has title implications. But his shot has yet to come.
Now, "One Punch" has given up thinking about what comes next with a win.
"There's only one person in the division that's solid in the rankings," Pickett told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).
The solid person is, of course, Dominick Cruz, who holds the UFC bantamweight title despite a knee injury that's put him on the shelf for the near future.
"Now (Renan) Barao's got the interim belt, so you would put him at No. 2," Pickett said. "After that, it's really people's opinions as to where they should be."
Pickett was told he might get a title shot if he beat Barao at UFC 138. Instead, he wound up submitted in the first round of the fight, which took place on home soil in his native England.
Moving forward, the Brit has decided it would be best not to distract himself with the meaning of a fight.
"I know I'm there, but I've fallen over at the final hurdle a couple of times," Pickett said. "For me, my job is just to keep winning and whoever they put in front of me, if it's someone in the top 10 or not the top 10, I need to win, and winning is going to put me in a better position."
Pickett (21-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) most recently earned a submission win over Damacio Page that put him back on the right track after the loss to Barao. It's unclear what a win over his next opponent, Yves Jabouin (16-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC), would do for his career, if anything, when they meet on the FUEL TV-televised main card of UFC on FUEL TV 5, which takes place Saturday at Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Both of them are known as exciting fighters that put on a show; Pickett's finishing percentage is 75 percent while Jabouin's is 66 percent.
It might be hard, however, to make an argument that a title shot hangs in the balance, and that's OK with Pickett.
"I think both of us are capable of finishing the fight," he said. "Either way, both of us have the gas tanks to go the distance. I will be trying to finish him from the start, and I know he will. If it goes the distance, it will be an action-packed fight."
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Roxanna stands on the doorstep holding Baby Gray while I drag Sam, literally kicking and screaming, to the car. She's probably thinking I've snapped and that Security Forces is the safest place for all of us.
Max is already in the car. Evidently he figures Sammy is making enough noise for the both of them so he's barely even protested. Yes, I'm taking Max too. He may not make as much noise, but he's usually the instigator of their fights. And like my Mama always used to say, "It takes two to fight."
I stick Sam in the car, close the door, and start walking around to get in.
He opens the door, and sprints, screaming for help, to Roxanna--managing to get his arms around her legs before I get to him.
I detach him, drag him back to the car, and manhandle him in.
This time I flip down the child lock before closing the van door. Then rush to the other side to do the same thing before Sammy can make his way past the car seat.
We drive the short distance to Security Forces which is just across the street from the base Burger King. Max is sitting with his arms folded tightly across his chest glaring at me. Sam is screaming; "PLEASE! NO MOMMY! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!" over and over again.
I talk calmly about anger and choices and how I decided not to make the choice to spank them and am choosing to do this instead.
We arrive and I have to drag Sam inside. All of the sudden, instead of trying to get away from me, he's clinging to me with all his might. I look through a glass partition and speak to the first person I see.
"Hi...I'm the one who called......"
(You know, the crazy lady with the out of control kids...?!)
"Yep, come on back Ma'am."
"Ma'am, may I just see your I.D.?"
"Uh oh...I forgot it. Sorry..."
(No biggie. Please say 'No biggie...!!!')
"Okay Ma'am! I'm just going to need you to get that! Don't worry, I'll keep these two here with me!"
(Me: Stunned silence. No choice. Must get I.D.! AHHHH!!!)
"Okay. I'll be right back."
I am now officially leaving my kids--with cops--at the police station. If this whole experience wasn't traumatizing enough, now I'm made it 100 times worse. I run to my car and speed back home.
Pull in, leap out, run inside, grab wallet, back in the car, speed back.
I feel like bursting into tears, but I'm too wound up. Instead I just keep thinking how I am clearly the WORST.
I go back into the station, back behind the glass partition with the officers and boys are waiting for me and Sam immediately runs to my side and starts to whimper again.
The officer says, "HEY! What did I tell you!? No crying! Come back here. Stand up straight and look at me!!
He then proceeds to lecture both boys in a very stern voice, pausing occasionally to question them on their actions and motives. He tells them that when grown-ups fight, they get to come here!
Does it look fun to come here? No it is NOT fun!
They need to respect their mother.
They need to respect each other.
They need to make better choices.
They need to apologize.
"And now I'm going to have Officer Jones* show you the cell!"
He picks up a large key. The BIGGEST brass key I've ever seen. It's bigger than my whole hand. He gives it to Officer Jones who says "Follow me!"
We walk down the hall, through a door and stop in front of one of the cells.
"This is where we put the bad people!"
(Opens cell.)
"Go inside there Sam!"
(Puts Sam inside cell and LOCKS HIM IN. Speaks through the wire grate window:)
"Do you like it in their Sam? No? Then don't make me put you back in here!"
He unlocks the door and lets Sammy out.
We are all free to go. I thank the officers and we leave. Right outside the door, I squat down and give both boys a hug. Sammy starts crying again and says "Sorry Mommy!"
And we go.
Like I said:
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In her young career, actress Saoirse Ronan has already broken up a romance and been killed by a small-town fiend. So what's next? Murdering her way across Europe.
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It's the story of a 14-year-old girl raised by her father to be an assassin, but later taken in by a French family which tries to help her assimilate to life in a world where it's inappropriate for children to kill. But things go "Bourne"-shaped when she reconnects with the world she left behind and learns the truth about herself.
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CHICAGO - It's been 20 months since Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks took on Zdeno Chara and the Boston Bruins.
Two of the NHL's marquee franchises sure picked a perfect time to renew acquaintances.
The Stanley Cup series kicks off Wednesday nig
CHICAGO - It's been 20 months since Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks took on Zdeno Chara and the Boston Bruins.
Two of the NHL's marquee franchises sure picked a perfect time to renew acquaintances.
The Stanley Cup series kicks off Wednesday night when the Blackhawks host the Bruins in the first finals matchup of Original Six franchises since Montreal beat the New York Rangers in five games way back in 1979.
The mighty Blackhawks, winners of seven of the last eight games, feature a deep roster that really found its identity when pushed to the limit by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Then there are the playoff-tested Bruins, who rolled over favored Pittsburgh during an impressive sweep that gave them a chance for a second NHL title in three seasons.
It's a gift wrapped in a bow for a league still trying to recover from a bitter lockout that wiped out 510 games and pushed the start of the season back to Jan. 19.
"It's a special couple places, the tradition of the Bruins and the Hawks is special," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "I'm sure, you know, the rivalry could return instantly come Game 1. I think it's good for the league. It's good for hockey. Two great hockey markets. We're very excited to be a part of it."
Chicago advanced with a 4-3 double-overtime victory over Los Angeles on Saturday night, using a hat trick from Patrick Kane to eliminate the defending champion Kings in five games in the Western Conference finals. Back in the title series for the first time since 2010, the Blackhawks are in search of another Stanley Cup to pair with their six-game victory over the Philadelphia Flyers three years ago.
"These opportunities don't come back all the time," Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith said. "I think we want to make the best of it."
Boston is rolling again after losing its spot atop the Northeast Division in the final days of the regular season. The Bruins have won five in a row and nine of 10, boosted by a familiar group of stars who led the way when they won it all in 2011. David Krejci scored four times in the Pittsburgh sweep and leads Boston with nine goals and 12 assists in the playoffs.
"The excitement is there," Bruins coach Claude Julien said Sunday. "You've heard people say, 'Once you've been there, you want to go back.' It's true, we really want to go back; we made it happen. We're excited about it and we also know what kind of challenge lies ahead for us. It's about acknowledging that and being ready for it."
While Boston and Chicago have kept an eye on each other for a while now, there's no way for either team to grab a real hold on what to expect at the very beginning of the series. That's because the abbreviated 48-game schedule due to the lockout included no games against teams from the other conference.
That's right, the Bruins and Blackhawks haven't played since Oct. 15, 2011, when Boston won 3-2 in a shootout in Chicago. There are no mutual opponents this year, not even an All-Star game to compare the players from each conference.
"The only advantage you have sometimes is that you know from going head to head with them what's worked and what hasn't worked," Julien said. "When it comes to that, it's the same for both teams.
"I think we've done a lot of pre-scout and watched them play enough, have an idea of how they've played, just like I'm sure they do with us."
The Bruins were on the brink of elimination when they trailed Toronto 4-1 with less than 11 minutes left in the third period of Game 7 in the first round. But they managed to beat the Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime.
The Blackhawks had their own great escape in the second round, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the rival Red Wings in seven games. The comeback included a three-goal flurry in Game 6 that erased a 2-1 deficit heading into the final period.
The twin comebacks for Boston and Chicago increase the potential for a compelling series when the sides face off for the title. Now mix in a couple of the NHL's best all-around forwards in Toews and Patrice Bergeron of the Bruins, plus a slew of talented players on each side, and there are convincing arguments to be made for either side to win the title.
"Here we are again," Toews said. "We got a great chance to go back to where we want to be. We know there's going to be some more tough moments that we'll have to battle through. We're confident we can do that as a team."
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After the recent post on the completely stripped 59/65 Fender "Sonic Master"...
We have a completely stripped Stratocaster, with probably the most understated eBay listing I've seen for a pre CBS Strat in a looooooong time. And no sign of exclamation marks except to say "We only accept PAYPAL! ". Which is great, really.
The only pity is the lack of detail in the listing. I quote...
"The guitar has had the finish stripped.
There is light play wear on the body.
There is some surface rust on the body.
All electronics work".
That's it. There is no more.
I'm not a big Strat fan and in fact only own one Fender guitar (the FR48) but seeing this cheeky little number stripped to the wood, I'm kind of warming to them.
I've posted about guitars from these guys before. They claim to be nothing more than buyers and know nothing about guitars per se. However they do have a knack of coming up with some tasty vintage guitars - They have some very sweet lap steels at the moment - so well worth putting on the "favourite sellers" list. The only down side (for me) is they're in the US of A and that always means you have to factor in the shipping (which isn't that bad, considering) and the totally unpredictable import duty which can really mount up.
Stop Press: For those of you wondering about the date...
I just got this email from them.
"According to the serial #81987. The guitar dater project says its 1962". 2112Jefferson
Thanks Jefferson.
Thanks Jefferson.
I don't normally edit posts once they're up but, in case anyone is in doubt... I think this is a CRACKING guitar and if I could afford it, I'd be glad to have it hanging over my rotund, middle aged belly.
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Former "Bachelorette" Ali Fedotowsky and her fiance, Roberto Martinez, have hit another bump in their road to the altar.
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"We're still engaged; we're still living together," the 27-year-old, who appeared on Season 6 of the hit ABC series, told the mag. "We just don't feel the need to walk down the aisle right now."
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(Reuters) - A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and cannibalize women had been having dark fantasies since he was a teenager, but had no intention of ever turning those thoughts into reality, his attorney said on Monday at the start of his federal trial.
Attorney Julia Gatto also said that Officer Gilberto Valle, who faces 20 years to life in prison if convicted, talked online about torturing his own wife and her female friends and colleagues.
"What really turns on is the idea of a woman - oiled, bound, laid out on a platter with an apple in her mouth, about to be cooked," Gatto told jurors in opening arguments. "That's his dirty little secret."
She argued that Valle was engaged in online sexual fantasy role play involving a little-known internet subculture where people with unconventional desires gather to act them out in cyberspace but with no intention of every carrying out criminal acts. (source)
What do you think about the idea of prosecuting people for unacted-upon thoughts? Is that a horrible idea or a creative way of putting away people with homicidal, phedophiliac, or larcenous thoughts before they commit a crime.
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When thought becomes a crime, then 99.99% of the human population had better stop thinking!
The problem with this story is not that it's just a thought, it's been put on the internet, but since I too have what some might call dark fantasy, I'd disagree that it's the business of the court to get involved, it's a very personal thing.
"a little-known internet subculture where people with unconventional desires gather to act them out in cyberspace"
Yeah, some of us refer to it as BDSM, other sub cultures of similar nature exist online such as Gor based on the books by John Norman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norman
It seems to me this cop has done nothing, his actual fantasy makes me a little uncomfortable, but it's still just a fantasy.
Thought Crime, Orwell was right!
I saw a discussion of this on CNN. The lawyers thought that the prosecutor is going to lose on the criminal thought aspect. The cop did abuse police department resources in researching some of his fantasy targets, and they will probably get a conviction on that.
I am afraid I can't go for punishing bad thoughts. They don't violate people's rights in any way, shape or form.
Acting upon them is another story.
Welcome to the department of Pre-crime!
What do you think about the idea of prosecuting people for unacted-upon thoughts? Is that a horrible idea or a creative way of putting away people with homicidal, phedophiliac, or larcenous thoughts before they commit a crime.
That depends. Are we as cruel as God now?
I have an idea.
Let's find a big empty desert, dig a really deep hole, and fill it with all kinds of flammable material. We'll set it on fire, and call it... I dunno... "Hell" !
Then we take all the people who commit thought-crime and send them there!
Then we take all the people who commit thought-crime and send them there!
There I fixed it.
Thinking potentially evil thoughts or carrying out a warped fantasy online w/ others may be troubling for a spouse or loved ones who learn of it. But how is this any different than playing an FPS game where you maim and murder street side innocents in a sea of blood and guts?
I believe that laws exist allowing authorities to force people into psychiatric evaluation against their will. I don't think that treating potentially dangerous thoughts should be taken to the level of a crime.
someone else, or the person themselves, would have to come in or be brought in to the emergency room, if no crime has been committed yet. And they can hold you for 1 week. a doctor stating your a risk to yourself or others cane enlongate that by 2 weeks, really because they can't force treatment only the hospital stay. Then if your doc deems your a risk to others, usually because of denial of treatment, it can be another week or until a court can hear the case. then a committment hearing will occur with the judge siding either way, but they could mandate treatment and a hospital stay for as long as the doctors require, but the doctors do have to state how long that will be once treatment begins. all this is per state btw.
Most people understand the difference between reality and fantasy and for most of them reality would be very disapponting and the reprecussions, if they are not insane completely, would lead most to enact these fantasy in a safe enviroment whether with just private thoughts or clubs with like minded people.
I assume the case will come down to if he used his police role illegally. but I do not see how his thoughts and plans can be used to make a case for something that has not been committed. they would have to have tangible events of some kind of actual attempt in order for the prosecution to have a case on that issue. but that may exist depending on the information he aquired by being a cop.
One problem, I think, is that many believe that people have no control of their thoughts. In fact they do (free-will discussions aside). Dark thoughts can, indeed, flash through our minds, but we do have control over which thoughts we nurture. Only a psychopath would act on a single thought which flashed through their mind. Those who commit vile crimes probably only do so after having cultivated and rationalized their "daymares" for some time.
I think the time may well come when thought reading is possible. When is does people will become experts in nurturing constructive thoughts and banishing destructive ones.
Happily I won't be around long enough to have to decide if I would prefer such a society.


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About Us
About Boston Children's at Martha Eliot
Boston Children's at Martha Eliot Health Center has been an essential part of the community for 40 years. We provide primary and preventive care for children, adolescents and young adults (up to the age of 25). With our multi-lingual staff, we provide compassionate programs and services that keep our community healthy and strong.
Located at 75 Bickford St. in Jackson Square, Jamaica Plain, Boston Children's at Martha Eliot is a state-of-the-art 25,345 square foot building with 21 exam rooms. Each year, more than 120 employees, consisting of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, therapists, nutritionists, social workers, and patient service representatives serve thousands of patients from throughout Greater Boston. We also are a training site for medical students, residents, and fellows.
We partner with numerous community organizations and host an annual health fair and many other events throughout the year to raise awareness about the importance of preventive care. Boston Children's at Martha Eliot is proud to serve a diverse patient population.
We have the following departments at Boston Children's at Martha Eliot:
- Pediatric Department
- Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic
- Mental Health Services
- Nutrition
- Optometry