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From L.A. to the Bay, we've got you covered. Starting in L.A., the city known for it's temperate climate and awesome beaches you'll have a chance to admire the Grand Canyon, gallivant around the Las Vegas strip, delight in the natural beauty of Bass Lake and Yosemite National Park and finishing in 'the city by the bay', San Francisco.
Vacation Itinerary
Vacation Day 1 - Arrive Los Angeles
Meet up with your fellow travellers and Trip Manager before heading straight out into the city that mixes up glamour, grit and the American Dream: Los Angeles. It's packed with legends, full of energy and there are loads of things to do. You'll head out for an insider's look at downtown LA on our morning walking tour. Your Local Guide will tell you all about the architecture, fill you in on American pop culture and show you some of the old theatres from Los Angeles' heyday. Then head to mythical Hollywood and onto holy ground for the stars. Check out the Kodak Theatre, where the Oscars are held every year and the Chinese Theatre, where so many greats have pressed their hands into the cement. We'll cruise down the hottest shopping street in LA, Melrose Avenue, and one of the best areas for nightlife, the Strip (Sunset Boulevard), with its billboards, clubs and eateries, before getting a glimpse at one of the world's wealthiest suburbs in Beverly Hills, where your Trip Manager will give you the background on the who's who of Hollywood. A little further west and we arrive in Santa Monica, LA's oldest beach resort. Known for its liberal vibes, art galleries and wide sand beaches, Santa Monica is all about the California coast lifestyle. Your Trip Manager will give you some history on the city and then show you the famous pier, which serves as a permanent amusement park, complete with a solar powered Ferris wheel. Later, we travel out to LA's quirkiest suburb where anything goes: Venice Beach. A favourite hang out spot for locals, colourful Venice Beach attracts all sorts of people. Get a feel for street life when you hit the buzzing boadwalk, where performers, tattoo artists, hair braiders, musicians and roller bladders gather. Make sure you check out the markets and stalls, as well as the greased-up body builders pumping iron at the famous open air gym, Muscle Beach. After dinner, you'll head straight out for an optional Hollywood Pub Crawl through some of the towns hottest bars and clubs.. Hotel (D)
Vacation Day 2 - Los Angeles to San Diego
Meet up with your 18-35 crew and Trip Manager before cruising through Orange County and along the Pacific coastline to laid-back San Diego. Get a feel for the city's easy-going vibes with a look around San Diego's vibrant neighborhoods. In Old Town, your Trip Manager will give you the story behind the original pueblo (village), with its Adobe buildings (made of brick, straw and mud) and show you the 19th century buildings of the Gaslamp Quarter's. You'll also see Balboa Park, which holds the largest urban cultural park in the USA and the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Tonight, make your first night on trip one to remember and get to know the group over dinner before heading out for a fun night exploring the Gaslamp District's funky live music venues or one of the many cool bars. Hotel
Vacation Day 3 - San Diego
With a full day in San Diego, live a bit of the California lifestyle and get into some outdoor activities. With 42 miles of beaches, a Mediterranean climate and loads of parks, San Diego is all about kicking back in the pleasant surrounds. Otherwise, visit the San Diego Zoo, known for its conservation efforts and vast numbers of animals (over 4000) or head to SeaWorld, known for its fun marine animal shows. If the weather is good, we'll cruise out to the locals' favorite spot, Mission Beach, for a few hours soaking up the sun or walking along the boardwalk for views of ocean. Don't forget your towel and swimmers. Hotel (B,D)
Vacation Day 4 - San Diego to Phoenix
Things are about to get hotter as we head to Phoenix, a massive metropolis sitting smack in the middle of the desert. With around 300 days of sunshine per year, this place is all about shopping, sports and nightlife. Hotel (B)
Vacation Day 5 - Phoenix to the Grand Canyon
Kick start the day with an unforgettable optional excursion: a hot-air balloon ride over the Sonoran Desert and "Valley of the Sun". The combination of full blown vistas over the desert and a champagne breakfast upon landing make this an amazing experience. We continue deeper into the Wild West as we head to stunning Sedona. Chill out and watch the region's recognizable red rock cliffs, rugged spires and mesas (flat-topped rock formations) go by from the coach. Your Tour Manager will tell you about this eco-friendly town that is also known for its high-energy red rocks. There's a chance to explore this stunning red rock country with our Local Guide in an optional 4WD tour through the historic canyons. Learn local legends and even pick up a piece of Native American jewelery. We continue on to the mind-blowing landscape of the Grand Canyon, one of the world's most recognizable natural wonders and pride of Arizona. Lodge (B D)
Vacation Day 6 - Grand Canyon National Park
Today, we discover the mind-blowing landscape of the Grand Canyon, one of the world's most recognizable natural wonders and pride of Arizona. A day here means time to take in the immensity and spine-tingling beauty of the scene-stealing canyon – you won't be able to stop looking at it! Hike along the rim for full-blown vistas of the dramatic scenery. See some of the oldest exposed rocks on earth, take in the depths of the abyss and soak up the wildness of the area. There are trails for all levels of hiking, so take it up a notch or cruise along at your own pace. Lodge (B)
Vacation Day 7 - Grand Canyon to Las Vegas
Leaving behind the Grand Canyon, we stop off at Seligman, an historic Route 66 town. Get a feel for the old style as you check out 1940's shop fronts and motels. Maybe pick up a souvenir for back home. Then following a section of the legendary Route 66, we head north. With down time on the coach, plug in your MP3, catch on some sleep or chat with your friends. Get ready to arrive in larger-than-life Las Vegas – a man-made entertainment oasis smack in the middle of the desert. Often dubbed Sin City, it's all about glitz, neon lights, and excess. See the bright lights of this city and its world-famous casinos in a first taste of Vegas kitsch as the group heads down the main drag, the "Strip", and your Tour Manager fills you in on the story behind Vegas. Then cruise downtown to Freemont Street and experience a slice of the spectacular at a light and laser show in a massive pedestrian mall. Hotel (D)
Vacation Day 8 - Las Vegas
With a free day, you've got time to get a real feel for this outrageous town, so keep an eye out for Elvis impersonators and fast-paced chapel weddings! Explore more of the Strip and check out over-the-top versions of international icons, like the Eiffel Tower, Venetian canals and gondolas, a Roman temple or the pyramid, whose nightlight can be seen from the moon. Try your luck at one of the casinos, sit yourself down at a blackjack table and watch the high-rollers or go for a ride at one of the casino's theme-parks. If you work up an appetite, tuck into an all you can eat buffet, and lunch American style. For something different, discover Las Vegas' trademark art at the Neon Museum and for a look into this town's atomic heyday in the 50s, visit the Atomic Testing Museum. If you just want to relax, position yourself poolside back at the hotel and soak up the Las Vegas sun. Tonight, get some pointers on Las Vegas' hot spots from your Tour Manager and make the most of this towns' 24/7 action with some of your new friends. Hotel (B)
Vacation Day 9 - Las Vegas to Bass Lake
Today, it's a total change of scene when leave behind flashy Vegas and the desert to arrive in the outdoor capital of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Make the most of picturesque Bass Lake and wind down in your chalet. With two nights at this lakefront resort, you can unpack your things, kickback on your chalet's deck and soak up the views. Quad-share Chalet (B)
Vacation Day 10 - Yosemite National Park
Get back to nature with a day in Yosemite National Park. This place has a reputation for a reason – it's absolutely stunning. With a dramatic combination of waterfalls, woods, towering mountains and wildlife, Yosemite will take your breath away. Keep an eye out and a camera handy in case you're lucky enough to see black beers, deer and coyotes. Your Tour Manager will tell you all about Yosemite as you check out the massive El Capitan rock and the sheerest cliff in the USA, Half Dome. It's guaranteed to impress. You'll also see the breathtaking Yosemite and Bridalveil Falls. Add to your time here and hike or bike along the park's trails to experience this unique environment first hand and close up. Tonight, if the weather is good, cook up a BBQ on your chalet's deck and enjoy eating under the open night sky. Quad-share Chalet (B)
Vacation Day 11 - Bass Lake to San Francisco
Cruise on through the San Joaquin Valley to free-wheeling San Francisco, via Oakland. Colourful, cosmopolitan and creative, San Francisco is packed with characters, free-thinkers, and artists. You'll see the signs of its recent history where it served as the hub of the gold rush, as well as the center for Beatnik and Hippy cultures. After crossing over the Bay Bridge for a panorama of the area, get familiar with this buzzing city as your Tour Manager shows you around San Francisco's key sights. We stop off at Fisherman's Wharf for a slice of the historic waterfront lifestyle, where you can order some fresh fish or crab from sidewalk stands. Cross San Francisco's landmark suspension bridge, the Golden Gate, and check out the city's iconic row houses on Alamo Square. Hotel (B)
Vacation Prices
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All of this & more, included as standard on your trip.
- 10 nights: 6 nights TS Hotel, 2 nights TS Lodge, 2 nights special stay
- An experienced & professional Trip Manager & Driver team
- 12 meals: 7 breakfasts & 5 dinners
2 World heritage sites visited
See the famous Hollywood sign, Mann's Chinese Theatre & Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Drive along famous Sunset Strip
Visit Santa Monica and its famous pier
See Beverly Hills
Drive through the O.C. & along the scenic Pacific Coast
See downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter, Balboa Park, Coronado Island & Old Town San Diego
Panoramic view of the city's skyline from Coronado Bridge
Visit Mission Beach (weather permitting)
Panoramic view of the city's skyline from Coronado Bridge
Go loco as you feast on traditional Mexican cuisine
Shop for Native American jewelery
Drive through beautiful Oak Creek Canyon
Scenic drive through Cleveland National Forest, the Anza Borrego and Sonoran deserts
Drive the scenic route through "Red Rock" country
Watch a spectacular sunset & capture incredible photos with a visit to a panoramic viewpoint
Visit a panoramic viewpoint for photos
Hike along the Canyon's South Rim
Stay in Grand Canyon National Park
Stop for photos & souvenirs
Evening tour of the famous Vegas 'Strip'
Visit Fremont Street
Experience some of the world's largest hotels & casinos
Go wild in Vegas with a Party Bus
Non-stop nightlife
See the famous Joshua Trees
Relax in the stunning mountain paradise of Bass Lake - swim, catch some rays & enjoy watersports (seasonal)
See Yosemite's famous rock formations, El Capitan & Half Dome
See incredible Yosemite & Bridalveil Falls
Hike around Yosemite Valley's Park trails (seasonal)
Cross the Oakland Bay & Golden Gate Bridges
See North Beach, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, Haight Ashbury & the city's iconic cable cars
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Red Sox Lose To Indians In 11 Innings
BOSTON — Another close game and another late-inning loss for the Boston Red Sox and their listless offense.
Nick Swisher led off the 11th inning with a homer and the Cleveland Indians beat the Red Sox 3-2 on Sunday to gain a split of the four-game series.
For the second straight day, Boston gave up a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. Cleveland tied it there and won it after the Red Sox failed when they loaded the bases in the ninth.
"We had opportunities. The ninth inning, in particular," Boston manager John Farrell said. "We walked the bases loaded in the ninth and were a base hit away, or a swing away from ending it right there.
"It's been elusive. I can't say that we change our approach. One through nine, it's not that we're going about it differently, but it's been elusive."
Swisher homered against Junichi Tazawa (1-1), who took the loss one day after walking in the winning run in Cleveland's 3-2 victory.
"A 2-1 fastball that he left on the inside part of the plate to Swisher," Farrell said. "He obviously has that capability, but we're challenging him given his four previous at-bats on the day and maybe some of the inconsistencies he's had during the season - and got beat on it."
On Saturday, Boston allowed two unearned runs in the seventh.
It was Swisher's fourth homer of the season and first since being activated from the disabled list on Thursday before the series opener.
The Red Sox wasted their excellent opportunity in the ninth when they loaded the bases on three walks by John Axford. But Brock Holt ended the threat with a groundout to second against reliever Scott Atchison.
"All we can do is keep going out there and keep getting guys on base and working, that's all you can do," Red Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "You can't control it once you have hit the ball. I think guys are putting good at-bats on pitchers."
Cody Allen (3-1) ended the game with two perfect innings, striking out three.
Swisher had been 1 for 8 in two of the first three games of the series after recovering from a hyperextended right knee and was 0 for 4 Sunday before his homer to right field.
The win was the Indians' second straight after four consecutive losses.
Michael Brantley gave Cleveland a 1-0 lead in the first with his 11th homer. But in the next five innings, Brandon Workman allowed just three hits, a walk and a hit batsman.
Boston tied the game in the first on a single by leadoff hitter Holt, a wild pitch and an RBI single by David Ortiz.
The Red Sox took a 2-1 lead in the fifth against Corey Kluber after a walk to Jackie Bradley Jr. and a single by Holt put runners at first and third with one out.
Dustin Pedroia then grounded to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who threw to second baseman Jason Kipnis for the forceout. But Pedroia hustled to beat the throw to first, avoiding a double play and allowing Bradley to score.
Just as they did in Saturday night's loss, the Red Sox took a 2-1 lead into the seventh and lost it. David Murphy walked and reached third on a single by Carlos Santana with no outs. Workman was replaced by Burke Badenhop, who allowed a tying sacrifice fly by Yan Gomes.
Cleveland threatened in the 10th when Craig Breslow issued two-out walks to Brantley and Kipnis, but Lonnie Chisenhall grounded into a forceout.
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Do you ever feel like your man doesn't really "get" you? He's good at cuddling with you on the couch, but what you'd really wish he'd do is compliment you more. Are you sure you know what he needs? Maybe you think you're showing him endless love by making his favorite dinner once week, but what he'd really prefer is you just listening to him talk about his day.
If it seems like you're speaking a different language lately, figuring out which "love language" you speak could take your relationship in a positive direction.
What is a love language?
Gary Chapman, Ph.D., relationship counselor and author of The 5 Love Languages, developed this concept after recognizing that couples don't always know how to show each other love. He says that by learning your love languages, you can communicate how you feel more effectively -- sometimes you don't even need word. When you each know what makes you feel the most loved, you can get closer to each other and deepen your sexual intimacy, according to Chapman.
How to use your language
"Discuss what kind of things would be meaningful for you based on your dialect," says Chapman. "Put this on the front burner of your mind or on a Post-It note where you'll see it on a regular basis. Always choose to speak the other person's language." If offering love in any of these ways feels uncomfortable at first, Chapman says to keep practicing. "You can learn any of the languages and any relationship can be enhanced."
The first step is to figure out what your primary love language is and have your man identify his. Here are the five languages; see which one speaks to you:
Words of Affirmation
Do you feel happiest when your partner compliments and encourages you? Do you find yourself wishing he would tell you your legs looked nice or that dinner was fantastic? Does your heart swell with happiness if he sends you a sweet text, just because? Then your primary love language is through sharing kind words with each other.
Get what you need: Ask him to offer you praise more often. Tell him that you need to hear positive feedback, says Chapman. You can even mention specific occasions. You can ask him to compliment your physical appearance or tell him how great you feel when he verbalizes his appreciation (and ask him to do that more often). How about asking for a sweet note or card from him every now and then?
Show him love: If he's the one that thrives on compliments, then don't hold back your praise -- to him it means you love him. "Make a point of offering positive feedback whenever you can. Look for something about him, whether it's physical, his personality, or something he's done for you. You can speak or write the words," according to Chapman. It takes little effort or time to send a text with an affirmation.
Acts of Service
Has your man ever said, "I love you," and in your mind you think, "Then why don't you do the dishes?" If actions speak "I love you" louder than words, then you want him to show his love through what he does.
Get what you need: Tell your guy exactly what he needs to do to let you know he loves you. They don't have to be big actions, Chapman says. "It may be getting bugs off the windshield, vacuuming their car or cooking a meal." Ask for things that are the most important to you. Ask him to take on more chores or go to boring work events with you to show support. That's not too hard, right?
Show him love: Try to pay attention to what he needs and help out where you can without being asked. If he says in passing, "I have to remember to take that package to the post office," then do it for him. He'll know that you listened to him and took the time to do something for him simply because you love him.
Receiving Gifts
At first this may seem shallow, but it really isn't. Many people feel deeply loved when someone offers them a gift. It shows that the person thought ahead and went to some effort. This is where "it's the thought that counts" comes into play, says Chapman.
Get what you need: "A gift doesn't need to be expensive; it can be picking a rose or wildflower," says Chapman. For those who speak this language, it's never the cost that counts, it's the gesture. Tell your partner how much little tokens means to you, that they are the ultimate symbol of demonstrating his love. And let him know that forgotten or thoughtless gifts on birthdays and anniversaries hit you hard -- he may not realize how much he's hurting your feelings.
Show him love: Chapman says to pay attention when your guy says he likes something -- for instance if he's passing a store window or flipping through a magazine. "Make a note of that. The gift says 'she was thinking about me' and that's a very thoughtful gesture."
Quality Time
You speak this language if you feel frustrated when your husband is distracted by the computer/phone/TV, but love it if he drops everything to spend time with you and put you first.
Get what you need: Tell your man how he can spend time with you. It can be simple: "Sit on the couch with the TV off and talk about your days with each other. Or work in the garden together. The main purpose is to be together, not the task," says Chapman.
Show him love: You may have to put your tasks on the back burner at times. If it's important for him to have breakfast together, get up 30 minutes earlier so you can be at the table with him.
Physical Touch
In a world where casual sex is practically as prevalent as handshakes (well, maybe not quite…), physical touch may not seem like a genuine way to show love. But for some people a heartfelt hug, cuddle or, yes, sex, does equate to feeling loved. "It's an affirming touch; it can be a pat on the back, a hug, kiss or the sexual part of a relationship," explains Chapman.
Get what you need: What it is that you would like more of from you mate? Ask for it in a positive way. Say, "I love it when you give me a long hug at the end of the day" or "I feel special when you hold my hand in public." Tell him sometimes you just want to make out. (Who doesn't want to hear that?)
Show him love: Don't assume he's going to say "I want to have more sex," though he might. You need to have an open and honest discussion about what he needs. Maybe he likes to cuddle more than you thought or would like you to initiate sex sometimes.
Once you figure out your language, talk about what that means for both of you. Ask for what you want and encourage him to do the same. "Share what kind of things would be meaningful for you and offer examples," says Chapman. It will take conscientious effort, but practice makes perfect. "These languages will eventually become comfortable for you," says Chapman. And the effort will pay off.
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Wisconsin Head Coach Lisa Stone
Opening statement: "A great victory for our team. We once again showed some character down the stretch against the most offensive-minded team we've seen. I don't know if I've ever coached against a team that has taken 34 three-point shots. They're going to do well. They play hard. They get up in you. It was like a Horse game * it was like playing Horse out there for a while * trading baskets. They made some tough shots, but so did we. We answered back with some great perimeter play here."
"Our two freshmen that put up 52 points between the two of them is something you'd like to see on a nightly outing, but we're realistic about things as well."
"Some things that step off the stat sheet are the rebounds; we out-rebounded this team 51-28 and only had 16 turnovers. What a great game for the fans. It was trading baskets back and forth, and if that can't inspire people to come and watch us play, I don't know what will. It's great to be undefeated at home * we're on a little bit of a streak right now and hopefully we can keep things going."
"Our game goals were to score more than 75, which we did, and hold them under 65, which we did not. So obviously it was a shootout. Those were some tough shots, and when you live and die by the 3; you get up by 9, and I think we got up by as much as 11 in the first half, and how quickly things can turn. Maintaining intensity, finishing the game * I'm not so concerned about the score as I am proud of our team for hanging on."
Santa Clara Head Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson
Opening statement: "Obviously when you give up 104 points it doesn't show much on the defensive end and you don't give yourself much of a chance to win a ball game. The two things that were glaring were rebounding and obviously free throw attempts by Wisconsin. Felt that they got second opportunities in the rebounding and the result, unfortunately, ended up often times in us fouling, which put them on the free throw line."
"We got more uncontested shots and I felt like they were packing in the paint a little bit, but they knew coming into this game that we're a three-point shooting team and there's no question about that. That is one of our strengths. However, in the second half, I thought we relied solely on the three-point shooting. Some of it was given opportunity due to penetration, which was good, but we've got to get ourselves to the free throw line as well and we've got to get the ball inside. We've got to get some production on the inside and we've got to get ourselves to the free throw line."
"Coming in we knew that pretty much every position was going to go through either Rich's or Anderson's hands, and that was one of our focus points going into the game."


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James Embry, a 28-year-old Web editor at a Binghamton, N.Y., health-care company, chats online with his mother in Big Bear, Calif., from the office, exchanging anywhere from one to 20 messages with her during a typical workday.
On computer and cellphone screens in workplaces across the country, many young employees keep up daylong conversations with their parents, sharing what the weather is like, what they ate for lunch or what the boss just said about their work....


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Sports commission honors Kris and Mark Statz of NY BMX
On March 12, Hotel Mead's Centralia Room was packed with BMX enthusiasts, city representatives, business owners and friends as the New York Sports Commission honored Kris and Mark Statz as a fundamental fixture in the athletic and tourism community.
The plaque read, "MVP Award, Building a Foundation of Success in our Neighborhood." Speakers for the evening included John Bingham of NY BMX and former Mayor Jerry Bach. The content of the speeches revealed the extent to which this dynamic couple should be honored, and it reaches far beyond day to day operations at one of the world's premier BMX facilities.
By far, the most impactful speakers of the evening were Kris and Mark themselves. Yet, surprisingly, their words were not centered on their own countless hours of dedication and tireless advocacy for this sport, the track and its community. Instead, they took their time to recognize and thank each and everyone else who played a part in their success. The long list of acknowledgments included family, fellow board members, volunteers, and sponsors, the city of New York, Mead Witter Foundation and Incourage Community Foundation.
In this speech, Kris said, "New York BMX's success is based on the heart and soul of all its volunteers and supporters. Their hard work, dedication and vision earned us the honor of hosting, so far, eight state championship finals and two national events. We knew it could be done, they knew it could be done; we just needed the chance to prove it."
John Bingham, a board member for New York BMX, Vice President of the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau and a member of the Sports Commission, was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. John made mention of a little known fact that may be surprising to some. A weekend participant for a National BMX Race spends, on average, $180 per day while visiting the New York Area. This figure does not factor in the family, spectators and fans that travel with the participant. So, all visitors considered, the estimated economic impact of this event is close to $750,000.
As Kris and Mark humbly accepted this award and generously shared the credit, a room full of community members gave a standing ovation in appreciation for the diligent investment made by these individuals and their colleagues.
Conversation in the room following the program centered on preparing the bid for the 2014 national event. Kris and Mark Statz never falter in their enthusiasm for the sport of BMX, the track they have helped build and the community in which it lies.
The New York Sports Commission took great pleasure in honoring their efforts with their third annual MVP Award. Previous recipients were Maggie and Dan Muleski of the Aqua Skiers (2011) and Liz Kern of the New York Rafters (2010). In the future, the award will be presented on an annual basis, recognizing individuals in the athletic community who are committed to building a foundation of success in our neighborhood.


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Queen of Blood
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1990. Scientists on Earth receive a distress call from an alien ship that has crash landed on Mars. A small rescue team made up of scientists and astronauts are dispatched to rescue the alien crew. Only one survivor is found, a strangely beautiful female with lurid green skin. Back on board their own ship, the scientists discover that their guest has an insatiable appetite for blood and it isn't long before she begins to pick off the crew, one by one…
In the 60s Roger Corman's production company AIP bought the rights to quite a few Russian sci-fi films and wrote new stories around the various special effects sequences; reusing the expensive footage in new low budget films. Queen of Blood is one such film and reuses footage from Russian sci-fi epics Niebo Zowiet and Meshte Nastreshu. These scenes provide a number of the film's highlights, as much of Harrington's footage, particularly in the early scenes, with their kitschy ideas about how the future (1990) would look, are pretty dated and cheap looking.
The script, also penned by Harrington, displays surprising intelligence and features a number of provocative debates on issues such as morality and logic. After the alien gorges herself on Paul's blood, the reactions of the other astronauts are most interesting. Allan and Laura claim that the alien is a murderer, however Anders argues that the others shouldn't impose their moral codes on her as she is not human – her race may very well have different moral standards. He goes on to say that this doesn't mean that they are any better or worse than the human race: just different. The alien is clearly only reacting to her instinct to feed.
The rational discussions that pepper the screenplay are really quite refreshing; in a lesser film the humans would no doubt decide that the alien was nothing but a killer and blast her out of the nearest airlock. The screenplay at times suggests that scientific advancements such as space exploration can be dangerous – and unfolds as a cautionary tale of Frankensteinian human ambition that could result in dire consequences.
Queen of Blood, much like Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires bears an uncanny resemblance to Ridley Scott's Alien and appears to have had no small influence on that particular classic. The tale of a small research crew answering the distress call of an alien ship, only to find the dead body of an alien life-form but managing to bring one surviving alien creature back to their own ship, is uncannily similar. Of course when our intrepid scientists 'rescue' the alien creature and bring her back to their own ship, she begins to prey on the crew and devour them one by one. As highlighted in the plight of the crew member who must remain behind on the alien vessel as there isn't enough room for him on the vessel making the return trip to his own ship (!), the crew, much like the crew of the Nostromo, are completely indispensible. Their mission is to retrieve a 'specimen' from the alien ship at any cost to bring back to earth for scientific research.
The discovery of a batch of alien eggs prompts more thoughtful discussion from the crew. While they see how dangerous the alien was to their own wellbeing, they still understand that their discovery is extremely important and they have little or no right to annihilate the spawn of another species. When Allan reveals his plans to destroy the alien's eggs, Laura is quite shocked and exclaims 'That's not our decision to make.' Scientific detachment must be adhered to, even if it goes against one's gut instinct. That's not to say this is an intellectually stimulating movie of the highest calibre – it is not without its awkward, guffaw-inducing moments. Luckily, these are few and far between and mainly come courtesy of the lack of budget or rare instances of trite dialogue and eye-brow acting. Which I'm sure you'll agree with me, is quite often endearing and not without its place.
Events unfurl languidly, taking time to develop the characters and create a creepy atmosphere ripe with menace and mystery. Harrington's cinematographer Vilis Lapenieks bathes proceedings in an otherworldly sheen and the film, despite its low budget, at times looks rather beautiful. The scenes onboard the scientists' ship are beautifully lit and prove quite striking. The impressive special effects footage from the other films is effortlessly inserted into the story and enhances proceedings effectively rather than jar them.
One notable scene features the alien advancing towards Robert along a dark and moodily lit corridor. As he struggles to see who is approaching, she keeps vanishing and reappearing; each time moving ever closer to him. Another eerily beautiful moment occurs when the alien, fresh from guzzling Paul's life-juices, turns slowly to look at the camera, her eyes glinting seductively as they reflect an otherworldly light. Florence Marly as 'The Queen' is quite a sight, with her green skin and beehive hair: Marly exudes a strange sexuality, and while quite alluring, is still insidiously sinister.
Queen of Blood boasts a rather impressive cast roster including John Saxon as Allan, Dennis Hopper as Paul and Judi Meredith as Laura. All provide sturdy performances particularly the young Hopper as the slightly eccentric Paul, and Meredith manages to fully flesh out her character; the 'token' female that is usually relegated to the status of purposeless eye candy. Laura, much like Ripley in Alien, is a positive female character in a genre infamous for portraying women as helpless damsels in distress. She is self assured and strong willed. In a clever subversion of the usual conventions, it is Laura who eventually rescues Allan from the clutches of the blood-thirsty alien.
Queen of Blood is an effective little thriller, full of moodiness and perverse charm. As mentioned it is also way more intelligent and thought provoking than it has any right to be, considering its origins and low budget. A testament to the power of a good story, great writing and the knack of making the most of one's limited resources.


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Worldwatch Paper #112: Guardians of the Land: Indigenous Peoples and the Health of the Earth
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Human cultures, like plant and animal species, are becoming extinct at unprecedented rates. In addition, the fates of cultural and biological diversity are closely linked, reports a new study from the Worldwatch Institute.
Of the world's 6,000 languages--representing approximately the same number of cultures--half will likely disappear within a century as their speakers are driven off their territories and assimilated into dominant societies, according to Guardians of the Land: Indigenous Peoples and the Health of the Earth.
"Far from a vestige of the colonial past, the extinction of cultures has accelerated in this century as the modern economy has scoured the globe for resources and markets," said author Alan Thein Durning.
As indigenous cultures vanish, so do vast numbers of animal and plant species unknown to Western science--as well as intimate knowledge of their use. Native peoples' homelands encompass many of the planet's last tracts of wilderness-- ecosystems that shelter millions of endangered species, buffer the global climate, and regulate hydrological cycles.
"Even without considering questions of human rights and the intrinsic value of cultures," said Mr. Durning, "indigenous survival is a matter of crucial importance. We in the world's dominant cultures simply cannot sustain the earth's ecological health without the help of the world's endangered cultures."
The report contains hopeful news as well: Native peoples are poised as never before to defend their resources and cultures. Hundreds of indigenous communities have joined forces to struggle for their rights.
Indigenous peoples encompass 4,000-5,000 cultures, and total between 200 and 600 million people, depending on how "indigenous" is defined.
Descended from the original inhabitants of an area taken over by more powerful outsiders, indigenous peoples remain distinct from their country's dominant group in language, culture, or religion. Their social relations are often tribal, and they commonly maintain strong ties to a subsistence economy. They are, or are descendants of, hunter-gatherers, fishers, nomadic herders, slash and burn farmers, or subsistence cultivators. Most consider themselves custodians and caretakers--not owners--of their land.
Whereas indigenous peoples exercised control over most of the earth's ecosystems as recently as two centuries ago, the territory they now occupy has shrunk to an estimated 12 to 19 percent of the earth's land surface. Whole peoples have disappeared: Brazil lost 87 tribes in the first half of this century alone.
"But around the world, where there are still indigenous peoples, you'll usually find healthy ecosystems. And where there are healthy ecosystems, you'll usually see indigenous communities," said Mr. Durning. "That's true from the coastal swamps of South America to the sands of the Sahara, from the ice floes of the Arctic to the coral reefs of the South Pacific."
In fact, native cultures remain the day-to-day stewards of an area of the earth larger than all the world's national parks and nature reserves put together.
Indigenous homelands also shelter a disproportionate share of the earth's biological diversity. Of the nine countries that together account for 60 percent of human languages, six are also what biologists call "megadiversity" countries-- those with exceptional numbers of unique plant and animal species.
Native peoples maintain a body of knowledge about nature that continues to astonish Western-trained experts. Their understanding of medicinal plants alone has aided billions of people elsewhere. One-fourth of prescription drugs dispensed by United States pharmacies are derived from plants; of those, three- fourths have similar uses in traditional herbal medicine.
Native peoples cultivate unique varieties of the world's major food crops. These varieties form the gene pool that Western crop breeders use to protect modern strains against pests and changing soil and climate conditions.
Women of the forest-dwelling Kpelle of Liberia are representative: They sow more than 100 varieties of rice, making their fields jigsaw puzzles of genetic diversity. According to the International Society for Ethnobiology, "native peoples have been stewards of 99 percent of the world's genetic resources."
Indigenous peoples are not hands-off preservationists. But the way they use forests, grasslands, farms, fisheries, and wildlife usually sustains those resources over the long term. Witness the stewardship techniques practiced by the Tukano people of Brazil's Rio Negro: Tribal law sets aside broad areas of the watercourse as fish sanctuaries, where fishing is strictly forbidden; the prohibition is backed up by the belief that the ancestors of the fish will kill one Tukano child for each fish caught in a reserved stretch of the river.
However, the study finds that when pressed by the cash economy, modern technologies, and encroaching groups--or, occasionally, by their own numbers-- native stewards are likely to find their traditional approaches collapsing.
Indigenous systems of ecological management persist in places where native peoples win legal control of their land and other resources, organize themselves to withstand outside pressures, and find allies in the dominant society.
"Progress has been slowest in securing land," said Mr. Durning. "Soaring consumer demand among the world's rich, and burgeoning populations among the poor, form a juggernaut that is driving into native peoples' territories. Loggers, miners, commercial fishers, small farmers, plantation growers, dam builders, oil drillers- -all come to seek their fortunes."
Indigenous peoples cannot stem this tide without legal backing. Yet native peoples now have rights to use at most 6 percent of the globe's territory, and in many cases those guarantees are partial, qualified, or unenforced.
Guardians of the Land points to several promising ways to aid indigenous peoples in the early nineties. These include:
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- mapping and demarcating indigenous lands;
- establishing legal aid groups to exploit unenforced pro-indigenous laws;
- pushing for passage of a strong U.N. Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to establish a high standard for state actions;
- pressing for implementation of indigenous peoples' policies already on the books at the World Bank and other development agencies.
Indigenous peoples may be the first to suffer, but no culture is safe from degradation of the global environment. The report concludes with the words of a Guarani elder from Argentina, "When the Indians vanish, the rest will follow."
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The book Live Through This begins with a conversation in which photographer Tony Fouhse bluntly asks Stephanie MacDonald, a young heroin addict whose recovery he's been documenting: "You know how this should have ended? You should have died."
"We started this thing," Fouhse later writes, "Stephanie and I, as two people who just wanted something from each other. She wanted help getting clean and I wanted to take pictures of her. In the end, there was no distance."
Fouhse, a photographer based in Ottawa, Canada, initially set out to work on portraits of drug addicts in downtown Ottawa.
"I don't consider myself a photojournalist," he told TIME, "because everything I do is mediated. Everything I do is done in collaboration with the subject." Of photographing addicts he notes: "You could see them change when I was photographing them -- putting on a face that they wanted the outside world to see."
The title he chose for his series of portraits, User, references not only the addiction he documents but the fraught relationship between photographer and subject. "When I ask a person if I can photograph them, the subtext is, Will you give me power to reinterpret you or interpret you or to represent you or misrepresent you? So there has to be some initial trust there."
Unlike User, the portraits in Live Through This are less about life on the streets and instead document one person's attempt to reclaim her life. In the process, she becomes a muse for a story of addiction, pain and the hope of recovery.
Photography has witnessed other, now-classic depictions of junkies, like Bill Eppridge's "John and Karen, Two Lives Lost to Heroin," published in LIFE in 1965, and Larry Clark's landmark Tulsa (1971), in which the photographer's portraits of his friends -- and himself -- formed a poignant picture of lost American youth.
Live Through This is a collaborative project and as such it feels, at times, both staged and unnerving.
Fouhse first met Stephanie in June 2010.
"I photographed her maybe three or four more times over a few weeks and then eventually sort of blurted out, 'Is there something I can do to help you?' She asked me to help her get into rehab, and the rest is history."
Before she could enter rehab she discovered that she had a cerebral abscess (caused from injecting) which required brain surgery or it will be fatal.
"After her surgery," Fouhse says, "she phoned me up and told me she wanted to go home. I asked her where her home was, and she said, 'Your house.'"
Stephanie eventually moved into the photographer's house -- along with his wife and two dogs -- to withdraw from heroin and begin rehab.
"The only two places she could have gone were to her dealers or the streets, where she would have died," Fouhse says. "So it was kind of out of our hands, in a way. We had to do this whether we wanted to or not." Stephanie lived with the couple for almost a year and in the process worked with Fouhse on making photographs.
Live Through This has a simple, unassuming white cover with no photo on it. It tells the story of a young woman most people would rather not even spend time thinking about. But with each page the viewer confronts the degrading brutality of addiction -- a person's body scarred and burdened by pain.
Fouhse says about ninety percent of the work was collaborative, and the work is sequenced in chronological order.
No one else is seen in the book besides Stephanie.
"We were in this little cocoon," Fouhse says of working on the book. "The outside world is excluded."
A short essay with text by Stephanie is tucked into a pocket at the back of the book, along with a recent photograph of her at her new home. She looks peaceful and healthy. She writes about her struggles, about staying clean. She is still uncertain about her future, but she is able to honestly consider her past.
"I know this is wrong to say," she writes, "but I kinda miss those days. But now that it's over and I'm clean at least I can say that happened to me."
Tony Fouhse is a photographer based in Ottawa, Canada. Live Through This is published by Straylight Press.
Paul Moakley is the Deputy Photo Editor at TIME. You can follow him on Twitter @paulmoakley.


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LONDON — Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Britain's famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge.
Researchers have dubbed the site "Bluehenge," after the color of the 27 Welsh stones that were laid to make up a path. The stones have disappeared, but the path of holes remains.
The new circle, unearthed over the summer by researchers from Sheffield University, represents an important find, researchers said Saturday. The site is about a mile away from Stonehenge.
Bluehenge, about 80 miles southwest of London, is believed to date back to about the time Stonehenge was built, about 5,000 years ago.
Mike Parker Pearson of Sheffield University said he believed the path and Stonehenge itself were linked to rituals of life and death.
Parker Pearson suggested that the ancient funerary rituals began at a different circle site known as "Woodhenge," which represented the world of the living. The bodies of the dead were then brought down the River Avon to Bluehenge, which represented death, and were finally carried along a ceremonial route known as the Avenue to Stonehenge.
Bournemouth University Professor Tim Darvill, an expert on Stonehenge, told Britain's Daily Mail that Bluehenge "adds to the richness" of the ancient site's story.
"This henge is very important because it forms part of the picture of ceremonial monuments in the area and puts Stonehenge into context," Darvill was quoted as saying. "It's no longer Stonehenge standing alone, but it has to be seen in context with the landscape."
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Companies Hire Dancers to Break Out in Public; Shimmying for Shoes, Chicken
Trade-show goers roaming the floor at a natural-products expo in Anaheim, Calif., this spring suddenly faced dancers who materialized out of nowhere and erupted in a gyrating routine. Attendees glanced up from their swag bags to see dozens of shaking behinds rendering the Electric Slide to Kool & the Gang's "Celebration."
It seemed like just another "flash mob," one of those sudden gatherings of people in public places made popular a decade ago by participants who often coordinated the events via email. Hewing to flash-mob convention, the mob erupted unexpectedly, and participants later slapped videos of it on YouTube to spread through social media.
There was one difference: This mob was paid for.
Midway through the dance, servers clad in aprons reading "Amy's Kitchen" joined in with Travolta-inspired disco moves. The company wanted to surprise the crowd "with something new and different," says Ben Sloane, corporate events coordinator at Amy's Kitchen Inc., an organic-food brand.
The original flash mobs often had little obvious purpose and were decidedly noncommercial gatherings by amateurs, says Bill Wasik, who is widely credited with creating the first flash mob, in 2003.
Amy's Kitchen's Mr. Sloane, by comparison, says his company paid $1,500 for the dance, hiring an outfit called Dance Mob Nation that specializes in organizing the pseudo-spontaneous mobs for corporate clients.
Dance Mob Nation, based in Los Angeles, says it charges an average of $2,000 to $4,000 per event and as much as $10,000, depending on the presentation. Flash Mob America, also of L.A., says it charges $5,000 to $80,000 to stage impromptu dance breakdowns at corporate events.
Flash mobs, originally creative outbursts meant to challenge conformity, have gone commercial "every which way to Sunday," says Mr. Wasik, now an editor at Wired magazine. Corporations are using the flash mob's creative cachet to "get a halo effect by being associated with it."
Dance groups like Bay Area Flash Mob, in San Francisco, which mainly did free flash mobs for the fun of it, began getting inquiries from businesses about three years ago. "We never dreamed corporate America would call us up," says Carol Johnstone, who co-founded the amateur dance group in 2009.
Last summer, Nike Inc. paid her troupe $1,000 to stage a flash mob at a San Francisco golf-shoe launch. The inevitable YouTube video shows dancers, including an eight-months pregnant woman, pumping footwear in the air to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face."
"We're always looking for new ways to engage our consumers," says a Nike spokeswoman.
The positive feelings people get when watching flash mobs are often "transferred to the brand responsible for creating the experience," says Brad Haley, chief marketing officer of CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. It staged a 2011 flash mob that included a funky-chicken dance at a minor-league baseball game in Visalia, Calif., to tout a new line of chicken sandwiches.
A spokeswoman for Oscar Mayer, a unit of Kraft Foods Inc., said the meat purveyor used a 2010 flash mob to help "put America in a good mood." A spokeswoman for Ferrero Co., maker of Tic Tac candies, said a 2012 flash mob in France allowed it to demonstrate its product in "a breakout way."
Business has co-opted many features of the social media landscape, of course, from YouTube to Twitter. Ford Motor Co. was one of the earliest to try to harness the flash-mob motif, throwing free concerts in 2005 in which performers and locations were announced at the last minute via email and text messages.
A Ford spokesman declined to comment on the concerts, referring to a press release at the time that cited "strong response" to the shows, which it called a "new take on the underground flash mob phenomenon."
Not everyone is a fan. "Cheesy, pre-scripted, commercialized performances" have spoiled the flash mob's original artistic spark, says Sean Savage, a designer for tablets and mobile devices often credited with coining the term "flash mob" on his blog 'cheesebikini?' in 2003. "If you do an autopsy now it's looking like a piece of meat on a slab. There's no life anymore."
Flash Mob America, which stages events at corporate conferences and trade shows, began in 2009 after a group of friends put on a flash-mob tribute to Michael Jackson, which went viral. Requests to stage more mobs flooded in, says Staci Lawrence, co-founder of Flash Mob America. "We never intended to set up a business, but we weren't going to deny the demand for it," she says.
Commercialization is a part of the movement's evolution, says Ms. Lawrence, who says the company hires hundreds of dancers a year to participate in corporate flash mobs. "We feel fortunate to be in the position to create jobs."
At a gathering of pharmaceutical-marketing executives in Las Vegas last year, attendees saw Flash Mob America in action. The keynote speaker, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was running late, someone announced. A replacement speaker took the stage, but he dropped his notes and hit his face on the microphone, drawing audio feedback.
"My stomach sunk," says Jeffrey Neil, a conference attendee. Suddenly, music started blasting and the speaker, along with dancers who had been disguised as conference goers, all started dancing. It was 8 a.m.
"It was a full on disco," says Cris Andreson, another attendee.
The flash mob was a way "to get our clients excited so that they would tweet or discuss it on LinkedIn," says Elizabeth Marshall, vice president of marketing for Decision Resources Group, which organized the conference. The company paid Flash Mob America $35,000 for the production, she says.
After the hoopla, Mr. Giuliani came to the stage. "That's a flash mob?" he asked the crowd, stressing the word mob. "I thought I put them in jail," he said, according to a YouTube video of the affair. Mr. Giuliani didn't respond to a request for comment.
For original flash mobbers, the prospect of being thrown in jail was a real one. Often "we would be leaving right as the police were pulling up to break us up," says Mr. Wasik, the flash-mob pioneer.
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Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking-water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources, including runoff from weathering of fluoride-containing rocks and soils and leaching from soil into groundwater. Fluoride pollution from various industrial emissions can also contaminate water supplies. In a few areas of the United States, fluoride concentrations in water are much higher than normal, mostly from natural sources. Because it can occur at toxic levels, fluoride is one of the drinking water contaminants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 1986, EPA established a maximum allowable concentration for fluoride in drinking water of 4 milligrams per liter (mg/L), a guideline designed to prevent the public from being exposed to harmful levels of fluoride. After reviewing research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted in the last 10 years, this report concludes that EPAÂ's drinking water standard for fluoride does not protect against adverse health effects. Just over 200,000 Americans live in communities where fluoride levels in drinking water are 4 mg/L or higher. Children in those communities are at risk of developing severe tooth enamel fluorosis, a condition that can cause tooth enamel loss and pitting. A majority of the reportÂ's authoring committee also concluded that people who drink water containing 4 mg/L or more of fluoride over a lifetime are likely at increased risk for bone fractures.


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While strolling around water playground at Desaru Resort, i saw many children sliding down into the pool.
I tried to choose the special moment to capture this special effect.
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No_One (4) 2014-02-09 8:17
Hi Ralf,
Good to see you post! And you have posted a photo that makes me smile. While outside my house a storm is blowing, I can easily wish to be in this sunny weather, sliding down into a warm pool. I can also sympathize with the girl as well, I think we have all known that splashing feeling. An excellently timed capture to take this precise moment. The water looks almost like its coming from the girls face!
Thanks as always
Miguel82 (33050) 2014-02-11 9:14
You were prompt to capture that little girl coming at the end of a toboggan Chian, good report about a hobby activity, excellent hues, neat picture, cheers, all the best Ralf, greetings
Hello dear friend and have a nice time
the corrent timing for a good photographer
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...and the how to, mostly shown through picture, but I think you get it, or you don't...or maybe you don't want to, but there it is anyway.
Fold over.
The Head (hand size towel (medium)):
Curl to a point tightly.
Leave the top draped a little.
Pull out the ears so they are larger.
Rest on the body.


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Thirty-eight Nobel laureates oppose critical thinking about Darwin's theory
TheNobel laureates say pretty much what you might expect, about Darwin's theory being "indispensable," which of course it isn't — any more than Freud's theories were indispensable — but, what is interesting is that the linked Kansas Lawrence Herald article notes, about intelligent design,
That increasingly popular theory argues that some features of the natural world are best explained as having an intelligent cause because they are well-ordered and complex. Its followers attack Darwin's evolutionary theory, which says natural chemical processes could have created the basic building blocks of life on Earth, that all life had a common ancestor and that man and apes shared a common ancestor.I have got so used to media bloopers on intelligent design that I have to rejoice at this, acknowledging that one out of three isn't bad.
YES, the intelligent design hypothesis argues that "some features of the natural world are best explained as having an intelligent cause because they are well-ordered and complex."
NO, Darwin's theory does NOT say that "natural chemical processes could have created the basic building blocks of life on Earth." Darwin was too smart to commit himself to anything as ambitious as an origin-of-life theory. He was only attempting to write, as the title of his key work indicates, On the Origin of Species. It was left to later researchers to reach a complete impasse on the origin of life.
NO, intelligent design theory does NOT entail rejection of common ancestry. In the context of ID, common ancestry stands or falls on its explanatory merits. Darwinism absolutely requirescommon ancestry because the possibility of design does not exist. ID does not require it because the design is considered an alternative (not a requirement, but an alternative). As a result, ID proponents differ from one another on the subject of common ancestry.
Anyway, hats off to the Lawrence Herald for getting at least one point right. Now let's work on some of the others ones, so we can have a real discussion.
As for the Nobel laureates, it is hard to believe that they would put their collective foot in their mouths by writing this:
Logically derived from confirmable evidence, evolution is understood to be the result of an unguided, unplanned process of random variation and natural selection.
but that's exactly what they did. (Note: If you click the link, you might not be able to use your back browser button to return.)
How do they know that the process is "unguided" and "unplanned"? They don't. It is merely a religious (well, anti-religious) assumption that they intend to impose on the school board. Even if no one believes it but them.
The good news is that, by writing this, they are helping to clarify what is really happening in Kansas. The school board is trying to get THAT stuff out of the system.
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The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes.
Glen Lewis said Wednesday he will propose an ordinance in the next couple of days at the Moore City Council that would modify building codes to require the construction of reinforced shelters in every new home in the town of 56,000.
The suburb was also hit by a massive tornado in 1999 that followed nearly the same path as the storm Monday that killed at least 24 people.
Lewis says he is confident he'll get the four votes needed on the six-member council. The measure could be in force within months.
Underground safe rooms are typically built below garages and can cost around $4,000.
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Many of the residents of Moore, Okla., have begun the process of assessing what's left of their homes and possessions and what comes next.
Some neighborhoods were left flattened by the twister that stretched some 1.3 miles wide at points.
And it was the fourth tornado to hit Moore since 1998. Monday's twister killed at least 24 people.
The fire chief in Moore says he's confident there are no more bodies or survivors buried in rubble left by Monday's powerful twister.
Rescue workers say they've tried searching each damaged building three times, but the search is being hampered by heavy rain.
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The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.
Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale to an EF-5 based on what a damage assessment team saw on the ground. The weather service uses the word "incredible" to describe the power of EF-5 storms.
The weather service says the tornado's path was 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide.
Pirtle says Monday's twister is the first EF-5 tornado of 2013.
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Gov. Mary Fallin says an Oklahoma suburb that was devastated by a deadly tornado will be rebuilt.
At least 24 people, including nine children, were killed in the massive tornado that flattened homes and a school in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon.
Fallin told a Tuesday news conference that she doesn't know how many people are still missing following the tornado.
She says: "We will rebuild and we will regain our strength."
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The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.
Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm. Authorities said initially that as many as 51 people were dead, including 20 children.
Teams are continuing to search the rubble in Moore, 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, after the Monday afternoon tornado.
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The death toll now stands at 91 in the wake of a monster tornado that devastated parts of suburban Oklahoma City. That figure is being reported by KFOR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City.
Officials say some of the dead are children, and that the toll is expected to rise. More than 120 people are being treated at hospitals, including about 70 children.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children.
Authorities say search and rescue efforts are continuing.
Fallin says her state will spare no resource in the tornado recovery, and will consider using Oklahoma's rainy day fund in the effort.
President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs.
The White House says Obama told the governor that he's directed the government and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide any assistance she needs. FEMA has sent a special team to Oklahoma's emergency operations center to help out and dispatch resources.
Obama also told Fallin to contact him directly if the federal government can provide additional help.
The White House says Obama's homeland security team is keeping him updated on the situation.
The tornado flattened entire neighborhoods in the southern suburb of Moore with winds up to 200 mph, leaving buildings on fire and landing a direct blow to an elementary school.
(NBC News) A monster tornado packing winds as strong as 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, pulverizing block after block of homes and demolishing the walls of an elementary school. At least 51 people were killed, the Oklahoma City medical examiner said.
Crews were frantically searching an estimated 30 square miles of wreckage and only beginning to get a sense of the destruction. Hospitals reported several dozen injured.
"The whole city looks like a debris field," said Mayor Glenn Lewis of the city of Moore, which appeared to be hardest hit.
At Plaza Towers Elementary School, the tornado tore the roof off, and authorities kept hysterical parents back because it was too loud to hear screams for help. It was not clear how many children were inside. A teacher told NBC affiliate KFOR that she draped herself on top of six children in a bathroom to shelter them.
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More than two hours after the tornado struck, several children were pulled out alive.
NBC's Brian Williams and NBC's Al Roker report on the aftermath of a tornado, which is believed to have been up to a mile wide, and left a huge path of destruction as it cut across Moore, Oklahoma.
A reporter for KFOR said the twister kicked up a cloud of debris perhaps two miles wide. The National Weather Service initially classified the storm as an EF4, the second-strongest type, with winds of 166 to 200 mph.
"It seems that our worst fears have happened today," said Bill Bunting, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Norman, Okla.
The tornado struck at mid-afternoon and tore a 20-mile path, said Rick Smith, another weather service meteorologist. He said it was on the ground for 40 minutes. Much of the storm's rampage was captured on live television, perhaps alerting people in its path to seek shelter.
A shirtless man walked in a daze through the ruins of a horse farm that was obliterated.
"I lost everything," he said. "We might have one horse left out of all of them."
Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman Betsy Randolph said 200 people with minor injuries were being treated at a triage center. "Some are more grotesque," she said of the injuries.
"We do have hope," she added. Randolph told KFOR she did not know about deaths but said: "Just being down here and seeing the rubble and the devastation, I can't imagine that we won't have any, but I pray God that we won't."
President Barack Obama said he had spoken with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and pledged the full help of the federal government. The Red Cross said it was opening a shelter, and the University of Oklahoma opened some of its housing for displaced families.
An aerial view of some of the destruction caused by Monday's tornado.
In addition to Plaza Towers, Briarwood Elementary School in Oklahoma was heavily damaged, KFOR reported.
Search and rescue teams converged on a staging area at the Warren Theater, which was also damaged, as the tornado churned toward other Oklahoma towns. The storms were expected to continue through the evening.
The tornado's ferocity was reminiscent of a 1999 outbreak in Oklahoma and Kansas that registered wind speeds of more than 300 mph, left 46 dead and damaged or destroyed more than 8,000 homes.
It also came one day after another cluster of storms in Oklahoma that killed two elderly men in the town of Shawnee. Tens of millions of people from Texas to the Great Lakes — an area covering 55 million people — had been warned to brace for more severe weather Monday.
The Sunday storms destroyed mobile homes, flipped trucks and sent people across 100 miles running for cover. In Kansas, a weather forecaster was forced off the air as a tornado bore down on his station.
"You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Mike Booth, the sheriff of Pottawatomie County, Okla., told The Associated Press. "It looks like there's been heavy equipment in there on a demolition tour."
Fallin declared a state of emergency for 16 counties. In Edmond, Randy Grau said he looked out a window and saw what he thought was a flock of birds heading down the street.
Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.
Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says there is no word of injuries from the elementary school. Knight says the school suffered "extensive damage" on Monday afternoon.
Neighborhoods in Moore, Okla., are flattened and buildings are on fire. Television footage on Monday afternoon showed homes and buildings that had been reduced to rubble in the city south of Oklahoma City. Footage also showed vehicles littering roadways south and southwest of Oklahoma City.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The suburb of Moore was hit hard by a tornado in 1999. The storm had the highest winds ever recorded near the earth's surface.
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A mile-wide tornado chewing through the Oklahoma City area has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left cars and trucks crumpled on the sides of highways.
Television video left piles of debris where homes used to be near Moore, Okla., and vehicles littering roadways south and southwest of Oklahoma City.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The suburb of Moore, where Monday's damage was concentrated, was hit hard by a tornado in 1999 that included the highest winds ever recorded near the earth's surface.
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