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1. CORRECT ANSWER: A. The Help America Vote Act requires that all polling places be accessible to voters with disabilities.
2. CORRECT ANSWER: C. Poll workers should familiarize themselves with the accessibility features and equipment in their polling place.
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By: Dr Frank Köhler, Michael Hugill, Category: Science, Date: 05 Sep 2012
The humble land snail can be an important environmental indicator. Malacologist Dr Frank Kohler reports on the first ever land snail survey in Timor-Leste, conducted during the Museum's terrestrial expedition.
Why is the Australian Museum in Timor-Leste? To assist with conservation planning and more.
Timor-Leste's land snail fauna is very poorly documented and only a handful of species have been reported until recently. Even if they're not amongst your favourite garden pets, land snails represent a significant proportion of overall biodiversity and are an important element of the food chain in all kinds of natural habitats.
Moreover, because many land snails have quite specific habitat requirements with respect to moisture, soil type, elevation and habitat structure and so forth, they are also considered good environmental indicators. Such indicator species, for example, may tell us about the condition of ecosystems and the effects of disturbances relating to land use or climate change.
What little is known stems from a few studies mainly undertaken during colonial times in the western part of the island of Timor (which today is part of Indonesia). Thus, the Museum's 2012 Timor-Leste Expedition 2012 is also the first ever land snail survey in this country.
In order to find as many different species as possible, the Museum's land snail experts Vince Kessner and I, together with Timorese students, searched for snails in all sorts of habitats throughout the country.
During this survey we found about 100 species of land snails, increasing the number of known species in Timor-Leste by the order of a magnitude. We estimate that perhaps up to 70% of these species may be new to science.
The identification of species requires detailed studies, which entails both morphological and molecular methods; their completion will take probably two years.
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In Iraq's Mosul, radicals unleash their vision
BAGHDAD (AP) — Residents of Mosul have watched helplessly as extremists ruling the northern Iraqi city blew up some of their most beloved landmarks and shrines to impose a stark vision of Islam. Next up for destruction, they feared: the Crooked Minaret, a more than 840-year-old tower that leans like Italy's Tower of Pisa.
But over the weekend, residents pushed back. When fighters from the Islamic State group loaded with heavy explosives converged on the site, Mosulis living nearby rushed to the courtyard below the minaret, sat on the ground and linked arms to form a human chain to protect it, two residents who witnessed the event told The Associated Press on Monday.
They told the fighters, If you blow up the minaret, you'll have to kill us too, the witnesses said.
The militants backed down and left, said the witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the militants.
But residents are certain the militants will try again. Over the past two weeks, the extremists ruling Iraq's second largest city have shrugged off previous restraint and embarked on a brutal campaign to purge Mosul of anything that challenges their radical interpretation of Islam. The militants — though Sunnis — target shrines revered by other Sunni Muslims because the sites are dedicated to popular religious figures. In the radicals' eyes, that commits one of the worst violations of Islam: encouraging worship of others besides God.
The scene on Saturday was a startling show of bravery against a group that has shown little compunction against killing anyone who resists it. It reflects the horror among some residents over what has become of their beloved city.
"The bombing of shrines ... has nothing to do with Islam," Abu Abaida, 44, a government employee, told the AP by phone from the city. "They are erasing the culture and history of Mosul." Like other residents, he spoke to the AP on condition he be identified by a nickname or first name for fear of retaliation.
When militants from the Islamic State group first swept into in Mosul in June, they proclaimed themselves the mainly Sunni city's savior from the Shiite-led Iraqi government in Baghdad. Their first priority was to rebuild infrastructure and provide services like garbage collection that the government had neglected. They held off from implementing their strict version of Islamic law, urging modesty for women but doing little to enforce it and generally leaving alone the Christian population that had not already fled.
The aim, it seemed, was to avoid alienating a Sunni community whose support they needed.
Now, the honeymoon is over. In recent weeks, they have purged the city of nearly its entire Christian population, moved to restrict women and began the systematic destruction of city landmarks.
"No place is safe," said Dia, an engineering professor in Mosul. "If I say one wrong thing, I am dead."
The Crooked Minaret — al-Manara al-Hadba in Arabic — was built in 1172 as part of the Great al-Nour Mosque, and it it leans about eight feet (2.4 meters) off perpendicular. It's so well known it is pictured on Iraq's 10,000-dinar note.
Its national symbolism appears to be one reason why the militants despise it — since they see nationalism as another anathema. Moreover, local legends surround the minaret, and extremists generally see such stories as un-Islamic inventions that mislead the faithful and must be purged.
Local lore, for example, has it that the minaret tilts because it bowed in reverence to the Prophet Muhammad as he made an ascent to heaven.
Nearly daily, the militants have been destroying some of the city's most famed sites.
On Thursday, they lay a wall of explosives around the Mosque of the Prophet Younis — or Jonah, the prophet who in both the Bible and Quran was swallowed by a whale. They ordered everyone out of the shrine, which is said to contain the prophet's tomb, and blew it up.
The next day, it was the turn of the Mosque of Sheeth, or Seth, said to be the burial site of the third son of Adam and Eve. On Saturday, they reduced to rubble the Mosque of the Prophet Jirjis.
Last week, they removed the crosses on the domes and brick walls of the 1,800-year old Mar Behnam monastery, then stormed it, forcing the monks and priest to flee or face death. The move came days after jihadists proclaimed over loudspeakers from mosques that Christians must convert to Islam, pay a tax or die, prompting the flight of almost all the Christians who remained in the city.
Women's rights are now being abruptly restricted. The militants hung banners at on the wall of the Heibat Khatoun mosque before Friday prayers instructing women to wear loose clothing and cover their faces. No bright colors. No patterns.
They then distributed a statement to tailors and shops that sell women's clothes informing them of their newly imposed dress code, shopkeepers told the AP. An Associated Press reporter saw several female mannequins in shops with their faces covered.
"Even at the time of Prophet Muhammad, the there was no face veil," said Um Farouq, 55, a Mosul resident. "These people with Daesh are just making up ideas that do not exist in Islamic Shariah," she said, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
The group had already shown its true colors in Syria, where it holds a large swath of the east and north. There, its fighters have banned music, imposed full veils, imposed taxes on Christians and killed people in main squares for defying their Shariah rules. Earlier this month, for the first time, they stoned to death two women accused of adultery.
Iraq's Mosul was once famed for its religious and ethnic diversity, and it is one of few cities in Iraq where a significant number of Christians remained after the U.S.-led invasion. It was a traditional stronghold both for Islamic conservatives and more secular pan-Arab nationalists.
Mosulis who cannot bear the extremists' rule have joined more than a million other Iraqis who have fled their homes in areas under the group's control.
"The situation is becoming really miserable for us," said Abdul-Rahman Odai, a 25-year-old from Mosul who fled to the Kurdish province of Dohuk with his family. He said militants have seized government buildings and the homes of local officials. "They will not stop until they take everything."
Associated Press reporter Sameer N. Yacoub in Baghdad contributed to this report.


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A dynamic timeline serves up an archive of images to tell the story of Oregon's history in diverse, personalized presentations.
The Oregon Historical Society's TimeWeb builds interactive timelines that create historical webs of ideas, events, and places with over 800 records from their archival collection. Visitors can customize the presentations by focusing time parameters, by selecting from dozens of tags or topics, or by filtering items on the timeline according to regions, materials, or keywords. Spotlights provide thematic tours on the timeline with essays and curated record sets. Relationships between items on the timeline are visualized when multiple tags are selected and records coalesce along thematic bands in the interface. Through a robust content management system the Oregon Historical Society can continue to add records and spotlights in the future in order to expand the storytelling capabilities of TimeWeb.
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Visitors can create custom-themed timelines (with over 800 records from an archive) by focusing time parameters, selecting from dozens of tags or topics and by filtering items according to region, materials or keywords."Blowing the Dust Off," The Oregonian, Mary Pitman Kitch, March 26, 2009
If you haven't checked out the Oregon Historical Society's dynamite 'Time Web' and brilliant trove of historic photographs and documents online, you should. Whether you're in grade school or graduate school, it is simple to gain access to the online collection...The society's spectacular online resources are invaluable for rural Oregonians. Many can only rarely visit the society's research library in downtown Portland.
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text: Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969) If we ignore the Captain Pike-shaped elephant in the room, Kirk was the first exposure many fans had to a Star Trek Captain. An adrenalin junkie who took to space exploration with all the swagger of a sailor on shore leave, Kirk endeared himself to audiences with a testosterone-fuelled approach to intergalactic diplomacy that typically ensured first contact came complete with a bout of fisticuffs and a romantic liaison with a green-tinged species of space siren. Fortunately he had the help of one of the best crews to ever grace the series and could rely on Spock's nerve pinching, Scotty's engine tweaking, Sulu's swordsmanship and an endless supply of red-shirted security officers to get him out of even the tightest of scrapes. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) Picard's sci-fi skipper is about as far removed from Kirk's original space cowboy as you can get. A master diplomat and expert tactician, he was the very model of a modern Starfleet captain, commanding a crew prepared to follow him to their deaths – and periodically did. He may not have had Kirk's panache, but Picard was an altogether more intelligent leader, thanks in no small part to Stewart's Shakespearian roots and stentorian delivery which added an air of gravitas to even the most absurd of intergalactic exploits. Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) More of a glorified dock manager than a fully-fledged Starfleet captain, Sisko didn't enjoy the same advantages as his contemporaries because he was shackled to the space station from which this series took its name. Nevertheless in this altogether darker wing of the Star Trek universe he still had to contend with issues from single parenting to policing the holodeck suites of the station promenade, and all while facing off against the constant advances of the Dominion. He also shouted. A lot. Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) The first female captain to grace a Star Trek series, Janeway also faced one of the toughest challenges in the franchise's history. After being marooned in the Delta Quadrant, some 70,000 light years from home, Janeway had to navigate a 70-year return journey while dealing with a quarrelsome crew and the ever-present threat of the Borg. While the series itself failed to live up to expectations, Janeway remains perhaps the best example of a captain forced to lead under truly trying circumstances. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) Enterprise (2001–2005) While Enterprise was the final Star Trek series, it was in fact the first in terms of timeline – making Captain Archer the first to truly go where no man had gone before. Unfortunately, he had to do so in the Skoda of Star Trek spaceships and spent much of his four series in charge fluctuating from wide-eyed explorer to morally questionable commanding officer. So who do you think did it best?


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Mario Bava Collection: Volume 1 (US - DVD R1)
Gabe's in Bava heaven, and hopes that there are more volumes on the way...
For those not in the know (and for those who didn't read my Bay of Blood review, from which I'm taking most of this intro), Mario Bava is quite possibly the most influential filmmaker to ever come out of the spaghetti factory. More influential than Argento, more influential than Antonioni, more influential than Bertolucci, even more influential than Felinni. The only Italian director I can think of that may've had a larger and more lasting effect on modern film is Sergio Leone, but it's a very close call. Unfortunately for Bava no one seems to know this but a select few rabid fans.
A few of these rabid fans include Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante, Dario Argento (who worked with both Bava and his son Lamberto), Tim Burton, John Carpenter, and of course, Quentin Tarantino. Bava's influence is most obvious in three films – Black Sunday, Planet of the Vampires, and Bay of Blood (aka: Twitch of the Death Nerve, Blood Bath, and Reazione a Catena among others).
Planet of the Vampires was an obvious visual influence on Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi masterpiece Alien. Scorsese has been known to use Bava's work as short hand when describing a shot to a DP. The little girl inhabited by the Devil in Last Temptation of Christ is an image ripped straight from Kill Baby, Kill. Bay of Blood was specifically copied by the ne plus ultra of slasher film series, Friday the 13th, right down to the style of sweater its killer wears (who if you'll remember was Mrs. Voorhees, not Jason). The first sequel even lifted two of Bay of Blood's most popular murder, the steak-through-a-couple bit, and the machette in the face bit.
Like many of Italy's most accomplished directors, Bava is not best known for his plots or his work with actors, but his visual prowess is second to very, very few. Originally a director of photography, Bava's intuitive eye has charted some of the most breathtaking shots in film history. This collection of five features need only apply to those interested in the secret history of modern film, and those able to appreciate a film on a purely visual level. There are some fine stories too, but they often get lost in the flood of colours and shadows.
Black Sunday
An evil witch (or vampire, depending on which version you happen to catch) played by the voluptuous Barbara Steele is put to death for her crimes against humanity, but vows vengeance from beyond the grave. 200 years later, she is accidentally resurrected and attempts to possess the body of her look-alike descendent. Spooky happenings abound.
Black Sunday (aka: Mask of Satan and La Maschera del demonio) is the quintessential Bava film, and its unabashedly gothic atmosphere had an obvious effect on young filmmakers like Roger Corman in the 1960s. Its influence continued for decades and has since become the director's signature look.
Considering the time it was made, 1960, the film is shockingly violent and tonally dark. There is a dated charm to the asthetic, but really it transcends its era more than most films ever have (Hitchcock's Psycho and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, also from 1960, are two of the few I can personally recall). Like early Hammer Studios productions (and later Tim Burton's ode to Hammer and Bava, Sleepy Hallow), Black Sunday is filmed entirely on gothically dressed stages, with artificial structures, flora, and earth, though it's meant to appear filmed on site. Bava actually manages to outdo his English brethren, and though his film is stylized, it is often easy to forget we're still on a rather small set.
Black Sunday also appropriates a lot of classic Universal style, specifically evoking Tod Browning and James Whale's work. Bava takes all the lessons learned in the black and white era, and ends up upstaging almost all of them. I personal think the film is more impressive than almost all comparable films, and though it was made three decades after the best of Universal's output, I'd like to think that Bava would still outshine the genre godfathers had he been making films in their day. The film is so visually striking that I found it nearly impossible to decide on screen caps for this review. Every shot is a masterpiece of photography.
The film's visual prowess isn't only based in simple and pleasing beauty, but represents an overall filmic intelligence on Bava's part. There are specific and clever visual metaphors throughout the feature, and the bulk of the film is deliberate beyond simple looking good. There isn't a single moment wasted, not a single shot left unorchestrated. On top of this is an uncommonly impressive use of decades old, in-camera special effects techniques. In the digital age it's often easy to forget that such simple tricks can still be so effective.
Thematically the film is uncommonly dense, requiring quite a bit more of the audience's attention than most horror films produced in its time. The story doesn't depend strictly on shock tactics to rattle its audience, and the dialogue and characters are quite cleverly constructed. Some of the acting is ripe, as is to be expected, but despite the film's fantastic elements and super-stylized look, most of the actors manage reasonably realistic performances. Several actors found their trademarks on this film, not the least of which was Barbara Steel, the true queen of Euro-horror.
It's incredible that such an old film can still elicit such a palpable feeling of fear. Black Sunday is genuinely frightening on several layers. It contains lo-fi, but honestly repulsive gore effects, there is a deeply upsetting sense of impending dread, and there are some decent jump scares to boot. A certain amount of leeway must be considered when critiquing older films, and obviously Black Sunday couldn't just be dropped in modern theaters as is and expected to make money, but I believe even jaded horror aficionados, raised on a diet of colour film stock and digital gore effect, will still find something to love in this nearly perfect horror classic.
Black Sabbath
The anthology film was nothing new at the time of Black Sabbath (aka: Le tre volti della paura), but after the film's release the model became popular. Whether this was a case of foresight on Bava's part is up for discussion, but the finished film is another of the maestro's most influential works. Between Black Sunday and Black Sabbath Bava made a handful of adventure films, and his practice at colour comes to the forefront here, in his first colour horror film.
The Telephone is the tale of a woman terrorized via phone by an escaped convict she helped to put away. Decades before Scream or even When a Stranger Calls (the original), Bava filmed a beautiful woman descriptively threatened by an unseen mad man via telephone. This is the weakest of the three films, but features two twists, and plenty of thrills. I imagine that it was positively nerve racking in its day.
The Telephone is the most 'realistic' of the three features, and Bava's saturated colours are reduced to a relative minimum. The suspense is thick enough that the emphasis on realism is probably preferable. The problem is that this possible situation doesn't really have a place among the other two shorts, and has nothing to do with Boris Karloff's fantasy based intro.
The Wurdalak is several steps beyond The Telephone, in both story and execution. Bava appears much more comfortable amongst the wonderfully decorated, brightly coloured sets. The fantastical, historical drama is more his cup o' tea. The story's base is one very common to horror fiction, and follows a man who stumbles across a family locked in a centuries long battle with vampire-like creatures. When our hero arrives, the aging head of the family (Boris Karloff, looking very old), has returned from a battle with the wurdalak, and his allegiance is in question. Our hero proceeds to fall in love with the family's youngest daughter, and tries to take her away from the chaos.
The Wurdalak is positively dripping with atmosphere, and features several deeply haunting images. The performances and plot are a little stilted, but rarely hurt the short's overall tone. I can think of one scene in particular must have caused a series of heart attacks in 1960s theaters. In the sequence Karloff has killed his grandson, and the boy's father has buried him outside. The boy reawakens, de-buries himself, and wanders the night pleading for his mother's attention. His mother allows her maternal nature get the better of her and runs to his aid, stabbing her husband as he tries to stop her. When she finally opens the door it is not her son, but Karloff waiting for her. Cue cardiac arrest.
The story is a bit of a mini-epic, and the longest of Black Sabbath's three parts. It also subscribes to Karloff's opening monologue a bit better. The Wurdalak could've been a stand-alone feature, but it's probably for the best that it wasn't, as it lags a bit in its middle section. The AIP release moved this story to the end, which makes sense because the bookend features Karloff in costume wishing his audience a good night.
This original Italian Black Sabbath saves the best and creepiest tale for last. A Drop of Water follows the horror anthology formula made popular in later anthology films (often based on EC comics anthologies like Tales from the Crypt), as it is a morality tale. The story follows a nurse who is summoned in the middle of the night to prepare a freshly dead patient's body for burial. When she's left alone with the corpse, a truly upsetting make-up effect, she steals a ring from its finger. When she gets home she's haunted by the deafening sound of dripping water, a hold over from her recent crime.
Drop of Water's final act is a nerve wracking work of abstract colour and sound as our protagonist (or I suppose antagonist in this case) wanders through her house searching for the cause of the infernal dripping sound. One notices a few dashes of inspiration Dario Argento 'borrowed' for his chef d'oeuvre Suspiria (Argento would later use both Bava and his son Lamberto as effects assistants on Suspiria's thematic sequel Inferno). The reveal at the end of the sequence is another shot that must have given rise to a few premature babies and wet pants, as it still holds a disturbing power. On a level of shock, this may be Bava's finest work.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
An American tourist named Nora (Letícia Román) has a really bad night. The elderly women she's been put in charge of dies, she's mugged, and then she's witness to a brutal murder. The next morning there is no murder weapon or body, and what Nora's witnessed appears to have happened several years before. With the help of her new doctor boyfriend (a very young John Saxon), Nora decides to solve the mystery on her own.
Bava brought the Giallo genre to the forefront of Italian cinema with films like Blood and Black Lace. Dario Argento would soon popularize the genre with his solo directorial début, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. These Giallo films had an influence on the slasher genre (genre forerunner John Carpenter has admitted as such), but in Italy the genre started in the form of lurid murder mysteries with yellow covers (Giallo literally translates to yellow).
The Girl Who Knew Too Much is often credited as the first Giallo film. Though obviously lurid and flamboyant murder mysteries had been on film for years, Bava did a lot to define the genre's style here. The film features an innocent tourist witnesses a murder, and despite Police protests decides to solve the case on her own. Along the way she picks up a sidekick/love interest, finds that an important clue was under her nose the entire time, and the killer's true identity is obscured by a bright red haring. Garish colours are the one signature element of the genre that the film lacks.
The missing hues are more than made up for with deep and textured shadows, enough to create a feeling and look that even the most expensive special effects couldn't touch. The film owes an obvious debt to Hitchcock, beyond its title of course, not to mention lead actress Letícia Román bares more than a passing resemblance to Psycho's Janet Leigh. There's also a bit of Carol Reed's black and white mystery masterpiece The Third Man for good measure. Much of the picture looks like a Hollywood production, it's very well polished, and Bava does very little to define the picture are specifically Italian.
The plot is involving enough, once you're able to accept the fact that our heroine witnesses a murder that happened years ago while in a anxious stupor. The film's most intriguing asset is the fact that it references the Giallo genre constantly. Several decades before Scream hit theaters, Bava's film features an protagonist utilizing the rules of a standardized genre to save herself in a familiar situation. This angle also leads us to some of the films more humorous and charming sequences.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much is another of this set's true classics, and encompasses all of Bava's most endearing assets. Like the best the Giallo genre had to offer in the following years, the film is equal parts thriller, horror film, and romantic comedy, and more or less succeeds on each of these levels, for the most part. It's slimly edited, and moves at a thrilling but thoughtful pace. The actors are effective without chewing too much scenery (though the Italian dubbing is occasionally not so great). Only Bava's later work in the genre, and a few of Argento's better productions stand above this on my personal Giallo scale.
Kill Baby, Kill!
A doctor is summoned to a small villa to investigate the bodies of apparent suicides. The townsfolk's aren't too happy about the autopsies, which turn up pieces of gold lodged within the victim's hearts. Rumours of an evil ghost child abound, but modern medicine and folk tales don't gel, and the doctor searches desperately for a natural cause.
Kill Baby, Kill! is another of Bava's more well known features, thanks in no small part to a lapse in copyright. It's also one of the most commonly referenced (ie: ripped off) films in Bava's kludge. Unfortunately, unlike some of Bava's more successful films, Kill Baby, Kill! really only manages to be memorable on a visual scale.
The film is very colourful, but not as garish or neon as some of the director's more flamboyant features ( Baron Blood, Lisa and the Devil). With a few exceptions the film has a rather standardized pallet. The gothic atmosphere isn't quite as abstract as some of Bava's other films either, though everything still appears very obviously set on stages, and there is a wisp of fog in pretty much every single outside shot.
Kill Baby, Kill! is one of the first films in Bava's filmography to over do focus pulls, overlaps, and warped mirror effects, all items that end up ruining some of the director's later work. Surprisingly the film is kind of lazily directed overall, and is a mish-mash of the better images from earlier films.
The lapses in total originality are forgivable, especially when the finished product still looks better and is more influential than most horror films from the era. My issue is with the film's bland plotting. Bava's films rarely move at breakneck pace, but Kill Baby, Kill! is often terminally slow, featuring a solid beginning and end, but a very saggy midsection. The story is often repetitive, and there isn't much to say for plot twists, or real 'plot' in general.
The film is unfortunately dated as well, and probably won't do much to scare a modern audience, but there are some haunting images, and the last act has a wonderful subconscious quality. I consider this one a miss, but still well worth the time for anyone interested in discovering their favourite director's greatest influences.
Knives of the Avenger
When the king has left, and is presumed dead, the queen is forced into hiding from the king's unchecked enemy. A knife-throwing stranger promenades into town just in time to save the queen from bandits, and becomes her protector and suitor. But this stranger is not what he seems, and has an agenda all his own.
Knives of the Avenger was a brief return to the adventure/fantasy genre that Bava seemed to hold dear in the wake of Black Sunday's success. I am not familiar with this part of his career, but have read about it, and know it was a big part of what made Bava who he was. This particular entree in the filmography is more a standard Italian adventure flick than the usual Bava visual feast, but it gets the job done in a sort of old fashion B-Hollywood kind of way.
I can't find much information about the film, but based on its date it was made in a time when interest in historical adventures was waning in favour of Westerns in Italy. Full on fantasy flicks didn't hit big until after the release of John Milius' Conan the Barbarian. The film's plot, pace, and the use of popular American actor Cameron Mitchel all point to a Spaghetti Western slant, and it's possible that Bava was hoping to reinvigorate the genre by appeasing Western fans. It's just as possible that Bava made the film for the money alone, as it's not exactly the most exciting flick in the man's collection.
The film is very anachronistic, which would be fine, had it actually been made in 1935, but seeing that it was made in 1966 this olde time feel is a hindrance. The music is hugely over-the-top, the acting is brutally hammy, the fight scenes are awkward, and everything looks as if it was filmed during a stage play. This can all be rather charming, but the sloppy pacing and editing is not so easily excusable. Bava is a master filmmaker, and was an established talent at this time.
From what I understand, Bava's Hercules and the Haunted World is a much more entertaining and important film than this, and Knives of the Avenger probably wouldn't sell many copies had it not been included in this box set (though it was available from Image, I've never seen a copy). I'm kind of thinking of it as a bonus feature, not equal in value or genre, and its plodding nature really did bore me overall. Not exactly Mystery Science Theater 3000 worthy, but pretty painfully average overall. Keep an eye out for the tattoo that was obviously drawn with a ballpoint pen.
Based on other recent Anchor Bay re-releases of other studios work, I'm going to assume that most of these transfers are very similar to those of the Image releases. I've never been able to get my hands on these releases, so I can't be sure, but hopefully someone will do a comparison review someday.
Black Sunday is absolutely gorgeous. The film's age shows in the form of artefacts and grain, but on the whole this transfer is nearly perfect. Details are sharp when needed, gradients are subtle without disturbing the deepness of the deepest blacks, and highlights are bright enough while rarely blooming. There is a slight flickering of brightness levels as the film advances, but this is a very minor quibble.
Black Sabbath appears slightly washed-out, some of the brighter hues are a bit dull, but overall the transfer's colours appear vibrant. The film is pretty grainy, and dark areas are at a slight loss for detail. Beyond these dark spots details are nice, but never quite as crisp as I may've liked. It appears that someone attempted to remedy this general lack of saturation by increasing the films overall contrast, and some scenes suffer from harsh shading. I'm not positive that the film could look any better, but imagine it could. Sufficient, but not perfect.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much is another black and white feature, and isn't quite as immaculate as Black Sunday. The overall dirt, grain, and artefact levels are pretty high, but vary throughout, and are still pretty damn impressive. Contrast levels are high, creating especially deep blacks and bright whites, and though midtones suffer, I beleive this is the way the film is meant to look.
Kill Baby, Kill! is thankfully widescreen (the copyright free copies circling the market are all full frame), but doesn't look quite as nice as the other features in the set. It appears that sharpness levels have been cranked to uncomfortable highs, which was the exact problem of my old Brentwood copy. Colours are bright enough, but tend to bleed, and reveal a lot of compression artefacts and noise. Edge enhancement is everywhere, and distracts from some of the better compositions.
Knives of the Avenger looks strange. The colours are solid and similar the way colorized black and white films often look. All the skin tones are nearly identical. Often there is a strange coloured edge enhancement to characters, kind of like the double image seen when a 3-D film is viewed without glasses. Detail varies, but is pretty sharp overall, though I still noticed a whole bunch of compression noise. This is a decent transfer, above average for the film type, but there's something fishy goings on.
Every film in the set is presented in Dolby Digital Mono, and sound about as good as should be expected. Some films ( Black Sunday, Black Sabbath) benefit from a little more remastering than others it seems, but only Knives of the Avenger (if memory serves correctly) has a lot in the way of distortion and popping. Everything here is relatively clear, if not a bit flat (even for a Mono mix). The music tracks on Kill Baby, Kill! and Knives of the Avenger are tinny, and dialogue scenes are too often devoid of ambient noise, which is a bit jarring. I do wish that the English dub would've been included with Black Sabbath and The Girl Who Knew Too Much as the lead actors appear to be speaking English. Even the Italian dubs of Italian actors often miss the lip-sync.
Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, and The Girl Who Knew Too Much all feature commentaries by Mario Bava expert and biographer Tim Lucas. Lucas is a great 'expert' commentator, who doles out facts by the dozens, but still finds time to critique the shortcomings of the films he loves. These tracks have some blank spots, but answer all the important questions. I'm personally a big fan of Lucas, he's probably my third favourite critic behind Kin Newman and Maitland McDonagh, and his tracks make me feel like a plagiarist. Though I can guarantee I didn't copy my Bava knowledge from these tracks, I can't say that I didn't learn a lot of it from the man's writings.
Besides the commentaries these discs are pretty bare, sporting two interview/featurettes, the same Mario Bava bio (well written by Lucas), and a whole bunch of trailers. The first featurette can be found on the Black Sabbath disc, and is entitled A Life In Film - An Interview with Mark Damon. I admit to know little to nothing about Damon, who went from a heartthrob actor in the '50s to a hotshot producer today. Damon's takes a lot of credit for a lot of things I'm not positive he's earned (ghost directing Roger Corman's Pit and the Pendulum, along with introducing the Poe stories to Corman, introducing Clint Eastwood to Sergio Leone, and creating the modern independent film), but he's an easy going guy, and doesn't strike me as a braggart like say, Robert Evans. I also can't prove that any of his claims are false, so I'm just as likely to believe him as I am to not believe him.
The other featurette is a discussion with John Saxon called Remembering the Girl on the The Girl Who Knew Too Much disc. Saxon is always pleasant, charmingly dumbfounded by fan culture, and tends to get some of the facts wrong in a cute old man way (he refers to a story from the set of Cannibal Apocalypse, but doesn't remember the film's name, and mistakenly calls Lucio Fulci Luciano Fulci). He doesn't remember Bava too fondly, but fell in love with Italy when he made the film in 1963.
The trailers are most entertaining simply for the comparison, as American International Pictures sold the films to American audiences in amusing ways. It makes one long for their cuts of each film for further comparison.
You can't lose with three classics, one pseudo-classic that's been ripped off a billion times, and one entertaining flop. If you don't know Bava here's a good place to start. Here's to hoping Volume 2 is on the way and will house Blood and Black Lace, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Lisa and the Devil, and Baron Blood, and here's to more commentaries from Lucas.
Black Sunday: 9/10
Black Sabbath: 7/10
The Girl Who Knew Too Much: 8/10
Kill Baby, Kill!: 6/10
Knives of the Avenger: 5/10
Review by Gabriel Powers
Matt Contributor Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,113
Argh! That shot of the corpse from Black Sabbath still freaks me out to this day. LOL
Yes, it's amazing what such a simple make-up effect can do.
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God, is there nothing coming out from the DVD industry these days that isn't some blood and gore fest horror flick?
I think this is a reason why I've started buying CDs now instead of DVDs.
I think this is a reason why I've started buying CDs now instead of DVDs.
Um...these are from the 60s and nearly bloodless. The gore, what little their is, is very lo-fi. Three of these are classic films equal to those of Hammer and Hitchcock. I don't really understand what the difference between 'blood and gore horror' and popular ultra violent films like Bad Boys 2 or Die Hard. I mean, you do realize you own both Predator films, right?
And like, every single Steven Segal flick...
And like, every single Steven Segal flick...
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
These were back when Italian movies didn't suck. I'm glad they're being made available again.
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Isn't it true that in reality the best Horror movies are very much goreless and rely on plot rather than special effects?
It is for me...
Oh and great review Gabe....
It is for me...
Oh and great review Gabe....
Well, with the exception of some of my favourite European horror films, I agree on the plot being the most important part. The use of gore is dependant on the film for me. When it's played for laughs, over-the-top gore is a-okay with me, as when it's genuinely disturbing, but when it's used in place of an interesting plot or visuals it usually isn't worth it. I can't think of a single film I like for gore alone. The gore in Fulci's 80s flicks is fun, but I like those films for their dreamy visuals and Fucli's amazing controll of his frame. I think they'd still work without the gore.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd April 2007
Discs: 5
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: Various
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital Mono Italian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Tim Lucas Commentaries, Two Featurettes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Barbara Steele, John Saxon, Letícia Román, Cameron Mitchel, Mark Damon
Genre: Adventure, Film-Noir and Horror
Length: 508 minutes
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A total of 16 wickets tumbled - 10 of them in a hapless Australian effort of 128 all out - as the 2013 series continued to write its own idiosyncratic script.
By stumps on day two the hosts, already 1-0 up from Trent Bridge, were 264 ahead on 31 for three, having opted not to enforce the follow-on.
Swann played the starring role, returning figures of five for 44 - his 16th Test five-for - and getting the occasional ball to turn lavishly out of the footmarks.
That the picture was not even bleaker for their opponents owed everything to Siddle, who picked up the scalps of Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen in the final hour.
England's first innings was ended for 361 in the morning, Swann and Stuart Broad adding 48 quick-fire runs in a merry last-wicket stand that mitigated a strong start from Australia seamer Ryan Harris (five for 72).
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By Marc Normandin
Sometimes the trade deadline feels like a letdown. We get weeks of rumors -- which come nonstop in the days leading up to the deadline itself -- and then often, no real payoff. Maybe there's an intriguing trade here or a weird one there, but it never feels as big as we want it to.
That's not always the case, however. There are plenty of trades that reignite our love for mid-summer rumor season, like the one that the Red Sox and A's just pulled off. Our goal today is to recap some of the most significant of the wild-card era. After all, that's the time period in baseball with the most playoff spots, and therefore the most teams fighting desperately to remain relevant past July's closing days. Presented in no particular order, the biggest deadline trades of the last 20 years. Will Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes for Yoenis Cespedes end up on this list one day?
July 31, 2008: Dodgers, Red Sox and Pirates
The Red Sox were tired of Manny Ramirez' controversy. He had helped them win two World Series in a four-year period, but they felt they could win another without him or any of the antics that kept him in the headlines for reasons other than his amazing bat. The Dodgers needed offense for the stretch run and the Pirates wanted to capitalize on the last season-plus of team control they had on their own budding star, Jason Bay, so the three clubs got together and worked out one of the larger deadline deals in recent memory.
Third baseman Andy LaRoche and minor league reliever Bryan Morris went to the Pirates from the Dodgers, with the Red Sox sending change-of-scenery relief candidate Craig Hansen along with outfield prospect Brandon Moss to Pittsburgh. The Pirates sent Bay to Boston, and the Sox sent Ramirez to the Dodgers, completing the swap of sluggers without Boston having to take too far of a step back offensively.
Well, in theory. In his 53 games with the Dodgers, Manny batted .396/.489/.743, helping propel the Dodgers to first in the NL West in what was a tight and mediocre race. As they finished just two games up on the Diamondbacks, it's easy to point to this Ramirez deal as the reason they pulled it off. The Dodgers would lose to the Phillies in the NLCS, but they ended up keeping Ramirez around through 2010, with the still-slugging outfielder finishing his Los Angeles career with a 171 OPS+ in 223 games, when he wasn't busy being suspended. Bay wasn't quite as successful with the Sox, but he helped lead them to the ALCS, an event that briefly teased a Red Sox vs. Manny World Series until both the Dodgers and Sox lost. Bay then went on to have an excellent 2009 season before the Sox let him walk as a free agent, but used his draft pick compensation to acquire Anthony Ranaudo, who could very well be part of the Red Sox rotation before 2014 is over.
The Pirates were left out in the cold with basically the entire deal. Hansen remained a bust, and neither Morris or LaRoche ever turned into anything significant: As for Moss, he's incredible now with the A's, but posted a 77 OPS+ over parts of three seasons with the Pirates.
July 31, 1998: Mariners and Astros
Randy Johnson was a pending free agent on a mediocre Mariners club. His ERA wasn't what you'd expect from a pitcher with four top-three Cy Young award finishes in the previous five seasons, but all the numbers were still there, and he was an absolute workhorse, with 160 innings already logged by deadline time -- that was seven innings per start, on average, during the start of baseball's most prolific period for offense. The Astros had need of an arm as they pushed for a playoff spot, so they gave up Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen and eventually John Halama to pluck the Big Unit from the M's.
Garcia and Guillen would go on to successful and lengthy careers, but the star of this swap was without a doubt Johnson. He made 11 starts for the Astros in the season's final two months, compiling another 84 innings while going 10-1 with a 1.28 ERA; the average NL ERA in 1998 was 4.28, three full runs higher.
The Astros would end up winning 102 games and the NL Central, but lost in the NLDS to the San Diego Padres, who had their own ace in Kevin Brown. Brown beat Johnson in the series opener in a game that remained scoreless until the sixth, then Johnson lost to Sterling Hitchcock in the series finale. Neither of these were Johnson's fault, as he allowed just three runs over 14 innings, and saw just two runs of support from what was normally a fantastic lineup.
July 31, 1997: Red Sox and Mariners
The Mariners were cosmically owed the return they got for Johnson in 1998, in large part due to their horrific 1997 deadline deal. In order to receive closer Heathcliff Slocumb, who was a decent enough pitcher but hardly an elite stopper, the Mariners traded two prospects: catcher Jason Varitek and pitcher Derek Lowe.
Varitek would go on to play for the Red Sox for 15 years, developing a reputation as one of the top defensive catchers and game callers in baseball while also managing to bat .273/.353/.460 from 1999 -- his first year as the full-time starter -- through the end of his peak in 2005. Varitek was also a key contributor on both the 2004 and 2007 World Series-winning Red Sox teams, especially in 2007, where his abilities behind the plate helped a relatively shaky Red Sox staff through the season. He's now an assistant to the general manager, tasked with scouting and helping to develop future Red Sox.
Lowe pitched for the Red Sox for eight years, posting a 127 ERA+ in time split between relieving and starting, with the bulk of his 1,037 innings coming in the latter role. He was on the mound for each of the clinching games of the 2004 playoffs, and managed to finish his 17-year career without ever landing on the disabled list.
Slocumb posted a 92 ERA+ for Seattle over parts of two years and 96 innings.
July 31, 2007: Braves and Rangers
Franchise-shaping trades do happen in July sometimes. Ask the Rangers, who sent Mark Teixeira to the Braves with a year and change of service time left on him in exchange for a couple of prospects you might recognize: Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Yeah, Salty never quite developed with the Rangers, but he eventually turned into a quality catcher for the Red Sox before signing a free agent deal with the Marlins this past winter. Harrison was quietly becoming one of the better pitchers in the AL before back surgeries derailed him, but it took hundreds of quality innings before that happened. Andrus is one of the top defensive shortstops in the majors, even if his bat sometimes leaves something to be desired, and Feliz was a successful closer before arm trouble derailed his career and conversion to starting. The Rangers used much of the return from this deal to help turn them into perennial contenders just a few years later, which was the entire point of the trade from their side.
The Braves got a lovely two months out of Teixeira, with the first baseman batting .317/.404/.615, but it wasn't nearly enough, and Atlanta ended up finishing in third place in the NL East in spite of his efforts. They would trade him a year later to the Angels while mired in another mediocre season, and would only get back Casey Kotchman.
July 7, 2008: Brewers and Indians
It came a few weeks before the deadline, but its impact was undeniable. CC Sabathia had been a force of nature for three straight years, but was only pretty good in 2008 after three months of Indians baseball. With Sabathia a free agent at season's end, Cleveland dealt him for a package centered around Matt Laporta, and then the Sabathia of old arrived in Milwaukee. The now ace of the Brewers made 17 starts for Milwaukee, throwing 130 innings while posting a 255 ERA+ and striking out five times as many batters as he walked. Had he been eligible, that ERA+ would have easily led the Senior Circuit, as NL leader Tim Lincecum was only at 168.
Sabathia helped propel the Brewers to a wild card, their first-ever playoff berth since the switch to the NL, and first overall since losing the World Series in 1982. They would lose in the NLDS to the Phillies, but Sabathia made them good enough to finish ahead of the Mets, Astros and Cardinals, who likely all would have come out ahead of the Brewers had they not added Sabathia before the strongest stretch of his career.
Laporta played in parts of four seasons for the Indians but contributed little, and hasn't seen big league time since 2012. Pitcher Zach Jackson never amounted to anything either, but the player to be named later in the deal, who wasn't officially traded until three months later, was Michael Brantley. After a slow start to his career, Brantley is in the midst of a breakout campaign, having made his first All-Star team earlier this month.
July 29, 2009: Indians and Phillies
The Indians decided to give the Sabathia deal a second go, this time with Cliff Lee as the main piece. Lee was the Indians' top hurler in a post-CC world, and he was offered up to the Phillies, fresh off their 2008 World Series victory but hungry for another, in exchange for a package including Jason Donald, Carlos Carrasco and Lou Marson.
It's okay if you feel bad for the Indians right now.
Lee went on to post a 124 ERA+ for the Phillies, helping bring them back to their second consecutive World Series. While he allowed just five runs in his two starts and 16 innings, the Phillies fell to the Yankees, and dealt Lee to the Mariners months later -- like the Indians before and the Mariners after, the Phillies got little in return -- before eventually re-signing him to a lucractive long-term deal as a free agent 364 days later.
July 26, 2000: Phillies and Diamondbacks
The Phillies traded an ace to the Diamondbacks nine years before the Lee deal, sending longtime Phillie Curt Schilling to Arizona in exchange for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee and Vicente Padilla. Padilla is the only one of the bunch who stuck around long enough to be productive, but Schilling took to the desert like he always belonged there. He posted a 130 ERA+ in his initial half-season with the D'backs, then, in 2001, was part of the 1-2 punch with Johnson that landed Arizona their first World Series championship. Schilling threw a league-leading 256 innings, led in strikeout-to-walk ratio with 7.5 times more punch outs than free passes, and led in wins, complete games and starts. He would finish second to his teammate, Johnson, in the Cy Young vote, who deserved to win in spite of how good Schill had been.
It's incredible the Diamondbacks almost lost the World Series despite the presence of these two, but they did not -- and got there in the first place -- in thanks to this deal a year earlier.
July 31, 2004: Red Sox, Twins, Cubs, Expos
This might not be the best, biggest, or whatever descriptive word you want to use for these deadline deals, but it's likely the most famous of the bunch. It's the deal that's believed to help give the Red Sox the last pieces they needed to make a run at the postseason and bring home their first World Series title in 86 years.
The Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra, who could still hit but was lacking defensively after age and injuries began to take their toll, to the Cubs along with prospect Matt Murton. The Cubs sent Francis Beltran, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to the Expos, and minor leaguer Justin Jones to the Twins. The Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Red Sox to replace Nomar, and the Twins sent first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz to Boston.
The result was the unthinkable for Red Sox fans, with Nomar in a Cubs jersey -- or any jersey besides Boston's, really -- but it ended up working in the end. The Red Sox wanted to improve their defense, so they found a defensive replacement and platoon partner for incumbent first baseman Kevin Millar in Mientkiewicz, and replaced Nomar with Cabrera, who didn't have the same bat but was considered a high-quality defender at the position. Cabrera ended up batting .294/.320/.465 in 58 games, dominated at the plate in the ALCS and posted a .381 on-base percentage in four World Series games. Mientkiewicz didn't fare so well offensively, and spent most of his time as a replacement, but he did his job defensively and managed to hit in the first two rounds of the postseason before sitting for all but one at-bat in the World Series.
It didn't end there for the Red Sox, either. With the pair of draft picks they received as compensation for letting Cabrera leave as a free agent after ending their 86 years of futility, they selected Jacoby Ellsbury and Jed Lowrie. Ellsbury ended up as a major component of two additional World Series winning Sox clubs, and Lowrie has had a fine career at the plate when healthy as well.
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Marc Normandin writes and edits for Over the Monster, a Boston Red Sox blog, as well as SB Nation's baseball hub. He's one of many behind the e-book "The Hall of Nearly Great," and has written for BaseballProspectus, ESPN, and others. You can follow him on Twitter at @Marc_Normandin


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It's official —Brian Frieda appointed new police chief
The appointment of Brian Frieda as Sweetwater Police Chief was approved by the City Commission on Tuesday morning, April 17, 2012 at a special-called meeting at City Hall.Prior to the vote, City Manager Eddie Brown recapped the hiring process and how the Texas Police Chief Association was utilized in the process. A regional committee of law enforcement leaders was formed for the local panel, which included Abilene Police Department chief Stan Standridge who was the chairman.The applicant list was whittled down to five candidates who were interviewed, in which Frieda was noted by Brown as the "best candidate". The purpose of the meeting was to ratify Brown's selection, which complies with Section 143.013 of the Texas Fire and Police Department Civil Service Law.The appointment was then unanimously approved by the city commission. Following the meeting's adjournment, a brief meet and greet between Frieda and local police officers and civic leaders was held at City Hall.Frieda has served as the Muleshoe Police Chief since 2006 and has over 20 years of law enforcement experience. He is a graduate of the Alamo Area Council of Government Regional Law Enforcement Academy and is also a 2002 graduate of the Bill Blackwood Leadership Command College.He is also a TCLEOSE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education) instructor, as well as a firearms instructor. In addition, Frieda holds a Master Peace Officer License and is certified as a Crime Prevention Inspector, a Basic DEA Narcotics Investigator, Fire Investigator, an Emergency Management Coordinator.While Frieda's role in law enforcement is extensive and varied, he stresses the fact that his new position in Sweetwater will not be one that is overbearing or brings about sweeping change. "That wouldn't be fair to the police department or the community," Frieda noted.His desire for himself is to get out and be involved in the community through visiting people, participating in civic clubs and getting local input. For the citizens of Sweetwater, Frieda shared that he has an open door policy, reiterating the fact that everyone--no matter who they are--has a voice to be heard.Interaction with his staff, said Frieda, will also be pertinent in order to learn from their experiences and give officers the chance to pitch ideas. Additionally, he hopes to see officers also get involved and interact in the community to be seen and informed. He knows that the Sweetwater Police Department has been successful, but Frieda desires to see the department take it to a higher level to ensure that their service is the best for the community.


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OTTAWA (AP) -- Mark Messier was one of three recipients of the Order of Hockey in Canada for his contributions to the game.
Messier, who won six Stanley Cups during a Hall of Fame career with Edmonton, the New York Rangers and Vancouver, was honored along with Paul Henderson and coach Dave King.
During a two-hour ceremony held on Parliament Hill, Messier broke down as he spoke of the national pride he felt as a young boy watching Henderson score the goal that sealed Canada's hockey supremacy over the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summit Series.
Others who have been awarded the Hockey Canada honor include Jean Beliveau, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Gord Renwick.
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Full-time: Darlington 0 Ramsbottom 2
Darlington will remain in the First Division of the Evo-Stik League after they lost their play-off semi-final with Ramsbottom on a hugely controversial night at Heritage Park.
First-half goals from Billy Priestley and Jordan Hulme secured Ramsbottom a place in Saturday's play-off final against Bamber Bridge.
However, the final scoreline told only half the story as Darlington finished with nine men and also had manager Martin Gray sent to the stands.
Referee Kevin Mulraine infuriated Darlington's players when he failed to send off Ramsbottom full-back Owen Roberts for an awful first-minute challenge that led to Leon Scott leaving the field on a stretcher.
Stephen Thompson was sent off at the start of the second half after he picked up a second booking for diving, and Jordan Robinson was also dismissed in the final minute after he also received a second yellow card for a foul.
Ramsbottom opened the scoring in the 24th minute when Priestley headed home Grant Spencer's corner, and doubled their lead shortly after the half-hour mark when Hulme dribbled in from the left flank and slotted home.
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Wakefield Named Top Trainer to Watch
Top HeadlinesDate: October 25, 2011
On Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at the 26th annual Club Industry Show in Chicago, Dominique Wakefield, director of fitness and exercise studies at Andrews University, assistant chair of the Department of Nutrition & Wellness and assistant professor in that department, was named one of ten "Personal Trainers to Watch" by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Life Fitness.
After a six-month nationwide competition, ACE and Life Fitness, the leading manufacturer of commercial fitness equipment, named ten finalists along with the one "Top Personal Trainer to Watch" from a pool of 300 nominees, taken from over 260,000 fitness professionals in the U.S. Wakefield, one of the finalists, was recognized for her "significant commitment to fitness and in helping their clients achieve a lasting lifestyle change," said Chris Clawson, president of Life Fitness. A video of all the finalists is on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C81jJlyw3VU.
Christopher Clawson, (left), president of Life Fitness Division
Wakefield has initiated a number of fitness initiatives on campus since arriving in 2008, including the FitZone fitness lab, a Bachelor of Science in Health & Fitness, a Bachelor of Health Science in Wellness and a minor in Fitness Education; programs to certify students as personal trainers or group fitness instructors, the annual Fitness Expo, and has helped to encourage an atmosphere of fitness across campus. She is also instrumental in PMC's Health and Wellness Ministries, and assisted with the organization of the first Let's Move Day. She holds a leadership role in the faculty fitness initiative AhealthyU, is an ACE-certified personal trainer, and is assistant coach for the Lady Cardinals soccer team.
Wakefield was nominated for her dedication to physical fitness and motivating the Andrews campus to achieve their God-given goal. She says, "God has created us so wonderfully and He has created our bodies to be active and to move! Caring for the body is an essential part of our beliefs in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but physical fitness has not received nearly as much focus and attention as have other parts of the health message. Our community is struggling with the same issues and diseases that the rest of America is dealing with and physical fitness will provide many solutions to these problems!"
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Hello all. A friend of mine had participated in a programming competition for his school. He did pretty well, but he couldn't get one question. The question was, given the numerator and denominator of a rational number, determine if the decimal expansion terminates. This is to say, if I gave you 1/3, you would say it doesn't because the expansion is "0.3333..." Likewise, if I gave you 1/10, you would say it does terminate because the expansion is "0.1"
My friend had tried to solve this problem with string operations, but I found a better way. According to the Wikipedia article for repeating decimals, rational numbers that terminate are in the form a/b -> b = 2^c*5^d where c and d are natural numbers. Given this identity, I developed the following (obfu) one-liner:
Given $ARGV[0] = a; $ARGV[1] = b the program will say "Y" if the decimal terminates and "N" if it doesn't.
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One reason users like to bring in their own technology: They typically get the latest and greatest, and they can keep up with the pace of change as they prefer, finances permitting. That's the opposite of how companies typically plan out their capital expenses, which for accounting reasons often need to be spread out over three or five years so that computer equipment is replaced no sooner than it is capitalized.
For most of the 2000s, that was OK. PCs built in 2002 were often perfectly good in 2007 or 2008 -- and likely running the same operating system (Windows XP) and apps (Office 2003 and so on). Maybe the Wi-Fi was slow, but corporate Wi-Fi access points were upgraded less often than the PCs using them anyhow. Mice and keyboards also worked perfectly fine on USB 1.0 even as USB 2.0 became the standard.
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iPads, iPhones, Windows Phones, Macs quickly orphan old models
But today, vendors obsolesce their products much more quickly. For example, when Apple ships OS X Mountain Lion next month, it will not run on most Macs built before 2009, including all models of the popular white MacBook line discontinued a couple years ago. That's a three-year life on a product typically expensed over five years by a company. That is, if you want to use the current technology -- those older Macs will continue to run OS X Lion, which nearly every Intel-based Mac supports, covering Apple back to 2006 models. But who wants to use old technology?
The iPad and iPhone are updated annually, often with major (from a user perspective) improvements. Apple's compatibility window for such devices is even shorter than for Macs: This fall's iOS 6 will support only iPads and iPod Touch models from the previous two years; for iPhones, it's the previous three years. According to reports, some features won't run on even two-year-old devices, such as turn-by-turn voice navigation and Siri voice assistance.
But what got people riled was Microsoft's revelation last week that its forthcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system won't run on any Windows Phone 7 devices. The biggest maker of Windows Phones, Nokia, had released just a few months ago in the United States its Lumia series of smartphones on which it is hoping to resurrect its fast-fading fortunes. (Nokia's Lumia Windows Phones were released in Europe last fall.)
Who would buy a Lumia now, knowing it won't run Windows Phone 8 this fall? And what about all the Lumia and Samsung Focus owners whose Windows Phones are less than a year old? As a user, your consolation prize is the 7.8 update to Windows Phone and the knowledge that your Windows Phone 7 apps will run on a new Windows Phone 8 device when your current contract lets you get one. As a Microsoft "key" partner, however, Nokia may be unclear on its consolation prize.


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9. Referral marketing is a powerful way to grow your business, particularly if you're in a service, health care or financial-related position. Reward referrals by giving away an iPhone case as a thank you gift.
10. When the holiday season arrives, you can impress those on your company's gift list with custom logo cases. Unlike food gift baskets, cases can be used throughout the year and offer lasting benefits for recipients.
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For decades, the affordable roadster segment consisted solely of cars hailing from England or Japan. General Motors changed that overnight with the Pontiac Solstice (and its Saturn Sky twin), which was built right here in America. The Solstice brought some genuine excitement to the Pontiac brand with its gorgeous styling and available turbocharged power. It was briefly available as a targa-topped coupe, too.
The Pontiac Solstice began its life as a concept vehicle at the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. After it received rave reviews and plenty of public interest, Pontiac decided to fast-track the creation of a production model. When the Solstice debuted for the 2006 model year, the concept's styling was nearly intact, with big alloy wheels, fluid lines and a smooth, retro-style front end that gave the car a very distinctive look.
But GM's financial woes in 2009 required the elimination of Pontiac, and with that the Solstice was relegated to the past. That's a shame, because with another generation of refinement, the Solstice could have really been something. A used Solstice is a mixed bag, equal parts seductive sheet metal, hit-or-miss driving dynamics and disappointing reliability and quality.
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Produced from 2006-'09, the Pontiac Solstice convertible stuck with the classic roadster formula, featuring a front-mounted four-cylinder engine, rear-wheel drive, a four-wheel independent suspension, a near 50/50 front/rear weight balance and a manually operated convertible soft top. The coupe, which was produced for 2009 only, was identical save for its targa roof -- think T-tops without the bar in the middle.
Underneath the hood of base models was a 2.4-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine. Although the engine featured an aluminum block, dual overhead camshafts and variable valve timing, it didn't feel much like a sports car engine. Tall transmission gearing and a lack of responsiveness resulted in a slow-to-rev nature, and the soundtrack near redline was far from the glorious wail roadster aficionados expect.
A better choice, resources permitting, was the Pontiac Solstice GXP (sold from 2007-'09). This version provided dramatically improved acceleration thanks to a powerful turbocharged direct-injection 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The GXP also had a sport-tuned suspension, stronger brakes and high-performance tires.
In reviews, we found that while both versions were entertaining in terms of handling, they couldn't match the precision of the benchmark Mazda Miata (or, for the GXP, the Honda S2000). Inside, Pontiac chose to go with markedly cheap materials, and the ownership experience was further dampened by three other unfortunate qualities: a fussy multistep top operation process for convertibles (complemented by awful rearward visibility for coupes), a dearth of interior storage space for things like cell phones and wallets, and a small trunk that was unusable in either model.
The Pontiac Solstice received some notable tweaks during its run. For 2008, OnStar, an acoustic headliner for the soft top and a trip computer became standard equipment for both the base and GXP versions. Also for '08, a Club Sport package with firmer suspension tuning and silver-painted wheels became available. In addition to the arrival of the coupe, 2009 marked the advent of the soft-top Solstice Street Edition, which included upgraded standard features and a sport suspension. Also in '09, ABS, stability control and a limited-slip rear differential were made standard across the board, and Bluetooth connectivity was newly available.
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This week on Conversations with Al McFarlane, guests included second generation musician Ernest "EC3" Coleman, celebrating his 3rd solo release "Life is All About The Rhythms." Also featured were Senior Research and Policy Analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) Dr. Menna Demessie and 5th District Congressmen Keith Ellison discussing details of the March 1st sequester.
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Constituted as an AUS division August 26, 1941 from the 27th and 35th Infantry regiments of the Hawaiian Division. Activated October 1, 1941 at Schofield Barracks, the division spent December 1941 on beach defense duties in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack; it then engaged in a period of intense training before moving to Guadalcanal in November of 1942 to relieve the First Marine Division. Fighting on Guadalcanal continued until February 1943, with mopping up of scattered Japanese survivors continuing through July. The 25th moved on to New Georgia later that month, where it took Vella Lavella on September 15 and the Bairoko Harbor in October. Organized resistance ended on New Georgia ended on August 25th, which allowed the division to seize Vila Airport on Kolombangara October 6. The 25th spent the remainder of 1943 and the start of 1944 in New Zealand resting and then moved to New Caledonia in February 1944 for more training. The 25th landed in Luzon on January 11, 1945, as part of MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and drove across the Central Plain to engage the Japanese at Binalonan on January 17, where they destroyed much of the Japanese armor. Operations in the Caraballo Mountains began on February 21, with the division continuing its advance along Highway #5 despite fierce counterattacks. Balete Pass fell on May 13, and the way to the Cagayan Valley opened with the fall of San Jose on May 27. It was during the Luzon campaign that the division's rapid movement and demonstrated effectiveness earned it the nickname "Tropic Lightning". Mopping up continued until July 1, when the division began training for the invasion of Japan; this was cut short and the division assigned to occupation duties there on September 20.
As part of the Japan occupation force, the 25th was one of the first units to be committed to the Korean War, landing at Pusan in July 1950 and playing a significant role in the defense of the Pusan Perimeter. The division lived up to its nickname during the breakout from the perimeter in October 1950, pursuing the routed North Korean forces to the Yalu River. Unfortunately, the approach of UN forces to the Yalu triggered intervention by the Red Chinese, and the 25th was forced to retreat to the Chongchon River and then to positions south of Osan in late November. Six weeks later, after much planning and reorganization, the division took part in a series of attacks throughout the spring which freed Inchon, Kimpo Air Base, and parts of the Iron Triangle, which put the UN in a good position for the armistice negotiations. The remainder of 1951 was spent on routine patrolling as the negotiations got under way, In May 1953, the 25th took responsibility for guarding the approaches to Seoul. Three weeks later, the Chinese hurled their considerable weight against the division in a sustained assault that continued through July, but the 25th held, earning its second ROK Preisdential Unit Citation. After its epic defense, the division moved into reserve at Camp Casey, where it remained until September 1954 when it finally returned to its home in Hawaii. Fourteen soldiers from the Tropic Lightning would earn the Medal of Honor in Korea, making the 25th one of the most decorated divisions in the Korean War.
Elements of the 25th began arriving in Vietnam as early as 1963, with the transfer of 100 helicopter door gunners to MACV. More elements of the division arrived throughout 1965, until the entire division was baed at Pleiku in the Central Highlands in January 1966. For the next six years, the Tropic Lightning division would be engaged in nearly continuous combat. It played a key role in the defense of Saigon during the 1968 and 1969 Tet Offensives, and the Cambodian Incursion, while gradually shifting its emphasis away from combat and toward Vietnamization. With security increasingly in the hands of the ARVN, the division was able to being redeployment to Hawaii in December 1970, and the Second Brigade completed the withdrawal in May 1971. Twenty-two of the division's soldiers earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.
As part of the overall demobilization in the wake of Vietnam, the 25th was reduced to a single brigade, but was reactivated in March 1972 as a "roundout" division, whose missing brigade would be supplied in wartime by the 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii National Guard; this unit included the famous 100th Battalion of the 442nd Infantry as well as a battalion from the California National Guard. 1985 saw the division undergo reorganization under a light infantry TO&E, which was completed in 1986.
As part of the strategic reserve in the Pacific, Tropic Lightning soldiers did not play a significant role in the first Gulf War. A composite platoon from the 27th "Wolfhound" regiment was detailed as replacements but instead served as headquarters guards for Third Army (Forward).
More reorganizations followed during the decade from 1995 through 2005; the division currently has two Stryker brigades, one airborne brigade, an infantry brigade, along with various artillery, aviation, and support assets.
The 25th did not play any role in the Second Gulf War, but the Second Brigade deployed to Iraq in January 2004, returning in February 2005; the Fourth (Airborne) rotated through Iraq as well in October of 2006, and the bulk of the division deployed there in March 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In contrast, elements of the division began deploying to Afghanistan in March 2004 (Third Brigade), with the 4th Brigade arriving in March 2009 for action in RC-East. The First Brigade followed in RC-South a few months later, and the 3rd Brigade in April 2011. The 4th Brigade returned in late 2011, while the 3rd rotated home to Hawaii.
While all these deployments were taking place, reorganizations continued. The 4th Brigade (Airborne) was created in Alaska in July 2005, and in 2006 the 2nd Brigade reorganized as a Stryker Brigade while the 3rd Brigade transitioned to the Unit of Action TO&E. In January of 2006, the 25th dropped the (Light) from its name. At the end of 2006, the former 172nd Separate Brigade was reflagged as the 1st Brigade, replacing the 1st (Stryker) Brigade which had in turn been reflagged as the Second Cavalry Regiment and redeployed from Fort Lewis to Vilseck, Germany.
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"All Kinds of Weather"
Rain, sleet, sun, and snow: Caillou is amazed by all the ways that weather changes. He's nearly in a state during a thunderstorm until Dad explains what thunder is (and how to tell it's going away). Caillou also makes the best of a rainy day by splashing in puddles. D
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