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Toppling of ancient rock formation spurs death threats
SALT LAKE CITY Two Utah Boy Scout leaders who purposely knocked over an ancient desert rock formation in a state park say they've received death threats from around the world since a video of the toppling went viral.
In the video shot by Dave Hall of Highland, fellow Scout leader Glenn Taylor pushes a large boulder from its delicate perch, sending it tumbling down a small embankment as the men cheer and high-five.
Hall said they've received more than 100 online death threats from people who disapproved of their Oct. 11 action in Goblin Valley State Park. The central Utah park is dotted with thousands of the eerie, mushroom-shaped sandstone formations.
"I've gotten death threats from people in Germany and Spain and New Zealand ... I mean hundreds and hundreds of hateful messages," Hall told the Deseret News.
He acknowledged the video makes it look like they are "guys just out enjoying themselves by destroying stuff," but insisted they took the action because they believed the balanced rock was about to fall and could hurt their Scouts and other park visitors.
He said he has learned state and national parks are "very, very sacred" to many people, and they should have instead notified park officials about the situation.
"There is a right way and wrong way to handle a dangerous situation in the park," he told the Tribune. "And it is not to take it into your own hands. It is to find someone in authority and let them be the one who does it."
Taylor told KSL that he regrets his actions and agrees "there's a better way to treat the outdoors."
Hall said the men cheered because "it was a huge adrenaline rush seeing a boulder the size of a car being pushed over by one man. It's like fireworks going off. It was like a spontaneous, 'Wow, I can't believe that just happened.'"
The Boy Scouts of America was "shocked and disappointed by this reprehensible behavior," said Deron Smith, national spokesman for the organization. The action ran contrary to the organization's longtime leadership in conservation and teaching of "leave no trace" principles, he added.
"We are reviewing this matter and will take appropriate action," Smith said in a statement.
Utah State Parks officials found the video disturbing and have asked that criminal charges be considered in the case, spokesman Eugene Swalberg said.
The Emery County Attorney's Office confirmed that it has been contacted by state park representatives and will review the case once an investigation is complete.
Hall and Taylor are leaders of a Varsity Scout team for boys ages 14 and 15 sponsored by their Mormon church ward in Highland.


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The latest Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is one of those rare critical and commercial successes that have become even less likely as record sales decline.
Not bad for a virtual band created by Blur front man Damon Albarn and his then-flatmate Jamie Hewlett (co-creator of Tank Girl), in response to what they saw as too many gilded personalities making their way onto the airwaves and MTV.
If the world wanted a fake band, the Gorillaz co-conspirators reasoned, why not deliver the goods?
The group they invented, made up of fictional cartoon avatars, went on to score several worldwide hits on the strength of its accessible sound, informed to equal extents by hip-hop and Albarn's Britpop past, with a healthy dose of sonic experimentalism thrown into the mix.
Plastic Beach tastes like candy, but it packs a deceptively nutritional punch, mixing classical elements, world music overtones and loops seemingly crafted in a studio with thousands of instruments, all of which combine to attract the ear to repeated listens. Albarn's melodic sense never ceases to amaze, while celebrity guests — Snoop Dogg, Mark E. Smith, Gruff Rhys, Bobby Womack and other heavy hitters — on all but four of the tracks add variety to the sound.
Maybe that's why this record has been stuck on repeat in Wired.com's Brooklyn satellite office, where it sounds better each time. (And there could be more to come: Albarn recorded more than 70 songs for this release, the Gorrillaz's first in five years. He and Hewlett are apparently considering sequels, in true comic-book-hero style.)
The dynamic duo sat down with Wired.com in New York hot on the heels of an appearance on The Colbert Report and a headline performance at the packed Coachella music festival. "This is the first day we've really talked about [Plastic Beach]," said Albarn as we began the interview, "and we won't be talking about it again." (The interview has been edited for length and clarity.)
Update: Gorillaz will play a live online show on Friday, April 30, at 5pm ET.
Wired.com: For starters, I'd like to get your stance on technology …
Damon Albarn: Can we call a friend? (Laughs.) Can we ask the audience?
Wired.com: The videogame aspect of the Plastic Beach album is a fairly unique use of technology — that's not something every band does.
Albarn: We've always put fun and games on the website, but we started out doing stupid games like potato-peeling games as a bit of a joke, really. They were so popular that we started doing more, and realized that people really, really enjoyed playing them.
Wired.com: Are you up on the Twitter and everything?
Albarn: I haven't got a computer. But I do like drum machines and keyboards — everything I can get my hands on.
Wired.com: I've been told that during this tour, you're moving away from the cartoons onstage and more toward live performance.
Albarn: I don't get that. Someone said that, but it's more cartoons, in a sense. Yes, we do have a very strong, identifiable band — Mick Jones and Paul Simonon [both of The Clash] and all the guests that come along, almost on a conveyor belt. On each song, a different spirit arrives on the stage. But we've got a 70-foot screen behind it, which is all animated.
Jamie Hewlett: We'd never actually used the animations in a live-show sense before — we'd only done it for the Grammys and the [Video Music Awards], which works on television. But if you're there at those events, you'll notice that you can't turn your bass up, because it's a visible screen that you project onto. As soon as you play, it goes boom-boom-boom-boom.
Wired.com: I'd never thought of that.
Albarn: You can't do a live gig with [3-D] holograms at the moment. There is no technology to do it. We know how to do it, but you can't play a proper, stonking, kick-ass gig with holograms because — [whispers] it has to be super quiet. If anyone who reads this knows a way of doing it — we'd love to have [the virtual Gorillaz members] dancing around with us onstage. It'd be brilliant.
Wired.com: Maybe some Wired.com reader will have an idea.
Albarn: Well if they have, please get in contact with us, because we need that.
Wired.com: On to the music. I love the new album, and everybody else seems to be really happy with it, too — what's the theme behind it, the Plastic Beach motif?
Albarn: If you meditate on plastic or the sea, I think all the songs kind of fit into that in one way or another. And then we kind of developed it and situated the new Gorillaz "base" at Point Nemo [the most remote island on earth] and alluded to the fact that the plastic detritus in the Pacific Ocean had all collected. It's gentle, it has environmental thoughts scattered and peppered around every bit of this record. But at the end of the day, it's not just that. It's in a way more colorful than that.
Wired.com: And it's fun, not preachy. When you think of environmentalism, you don't always think of fun.
Albarn: Fun! Exactly, it's fun. Especially with kids, you've got to capture their imagination before you say anything. Otherwise it's going to go in one ear and out the other, isn't it? Forget about it — they're not going to listen.
Wired.com: I'll try to keep this about Gorillaz, but I was a big Blur fan, and I'm also a big fan of The Fall. I'm envisioning you and Mark E. Smith working together — what was that like?
Albarn: Ffffffsshhh…. Well, if you know of Mark E. Smith, you know he's a … he's quite a … He's quite the individual, is young Mark.
Hewlett: It was a very pleasant day — he's really, really cool. By the end of the day …
Albarn: Very bright. A little bit beaten-up through the years, you know.
Wired.com: Yeah, he's been going pretty strong.
Albarn: He has been going pretty strong, and I think that catches up with him a bit later in the evening, but we're all fans, so we could just listen to it forever. There was a lot more stuff he did, but I felt on this record you get a sense of him. I know it's not much of him, but he's there. And that's important. He's at the top of the charts in America. He's there.
Hewlett: There's another version of "Glitter Freeze," which is quite an epic song, where he was having a long, long chat, and we'll put that out at some point. He plays the part of a pirate on a ship, the Glitter Freeze, and he's just singing about swabbing out the deck. Einar from the Sugarcubes plays his mad parrot, squawking in his ear, and it has a real sort of [Ennio] Morriconian lift to it at some point with some of the harmonies that Damon does. Personally, that's my favorite version, but it was [Albarn's] decision.
Albarn: I can't even remember how I did that, I should really go back in. We'll put the other version out, but it just didn't sit with the other songs on this release.
Hewlett: I like when there are all sorts of different versions of songs; it shows it's loose and playful — that's what's really strong about Gorillaz. It doesn't take itself too seriously.
Wired.com: But I read somewhere on Wikipedia or somewhere, where it's all true — everything on the internet is true …
Albarn: Of course it is …
Wired.com: … that you had over 70 songs for this record at one point. That's pretty hard-working for a playful group.
Albarn: No, it's just having fun. It's not hard work. Music is not hard work. It requires a lot of concentration, on occasion, and it can be hard work keeping your concentration up. But the actual process of creating music is fun. If you think that making music is work, then don't make music.
Wired.com: What is your songwriting process like? A lot of the songs are cinematic and visual — do you have a visual aesthetic in your head, going in?
Albarn: No. Jamie gets the demos as they're evolving, and he just goes with it, and does his own thing. We talk, because we work in the same building. We're in each others' hair most days anyway, but no, no, no — that's his thing, the music's my thing, and we just let it go where it goes. [To Hewlett] Do you think we're disorganized?
Hewlett: No, not really. It's a little bit chaotic, but it always comes together, because, basically, you make it come together. We don't sit around a boardroom table on a Monday morning and discuss what we will achieve — he's just making music and I'm just drawing, and everyone else in our studio is doing what they do. It's quite exciting and fresh.
Albarn: Anyone who's got a good idea — it goes in. Paul [Simonon] has really worked on the look of the band onstage, and it really works now. Cass Browne, who writes all the storyline and dialogue for the characters — he goes and does his own thing, but there's always a loose approach, and Plastic Beach is the kind of glue that glues everybody's ideas together. If you can make the connection from someone else's idea back to there somehow, then we're happy — it all doesn't really have to make too much sense (laughs).
Wired.com: I asked my Twitter and Facebook people for questions for you, and one was, "What kind of sunshine was in the bag?" (Listen to the right.)
Albarn: I don't know that we can answer that one for you. That's top secret. That's the kind of information governments don't give out until 50 years after.
See Also:
- Blur's Damon Albarn Making Opera About Enlightened Monkey King
- Playlist: Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and a Tribute to Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous
- Keeping It (Un)real
- Gorillaz Front Man Goes Ape Over Opera

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It looks like Disney's purchase of Marvel Entertainment has lit a fire under Fox. After all, they own the film rights to the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Silver Surfer and Daredevil for as long as they continue to make movies. So, now that it's been two years since the last FF movie, they're getting ready to reboot the franchise. Frankly, I'm glad. The first film was good, clean kiddie fun (except for the fact that Jessica Alba kept taking her clothes off), but the second was boring, had Mr. Fantastic stretch-dancing and managed to make Marvel's biggest (literally) villain look like a rain cloud. Fox wouldn't say what they're doing, or even if they hope to bring back the serviceable original cast, but I hope they announce reboots of the rest of their Marvel properties (and Sony's, while they're at it), because, frankly, they all need it.
Despite the controversial changes to the character of Deadpool, and a lack of any real costumes, I liked X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It treated the supporting players of the Marvel Universe with more dignity and respect than X-Men: The Last Stand did, and I'm certainly looking forward to the sequel, which will follow Wolverine's adventures in Japan. However, that film won't have any of the other X-Men in it (Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Angel, Nightcrawler, Colossus), and neither will the proposed Magneto prequel, which seems like it would be boring anyway. So why not skip Magneto and go directly to the next movie in development, X-Men: First Class, which would spotlight the original group of students taught by Professor X? The dude scored a helicopter full of kids (including Cyclops and the White Queen) at the end of Wolverine, so it's not even that big of an intuitive leap.
Awful from the word "go," Daredevil had two wooden actors who fought on wooden see-saws and a scenery-chewing villain in Colin Farrell's Bullseye. And the less said about the Elektra spin-off, the better. Relaunch it with a more impetuous, angrier Daredevil, have him fight the Hand ninja clan, and maybe don't make him a stone cold murderer in the first five minutes.
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Silver Surfer
He certainly looked cool in FF 2, but the movie was dull overall. I presume a solo flick would show how Galactus turned young Norrin Radd into the Surfer, so as long as they show Galactus as a hungry, 1,000-foot-tall astronaut, it could be okay. Have the Surfer go up against the shape-shifting Skrulls, setting up their invasion of Earth, or have him face off against one of Galactus' previous heralds.
Ghost Rider
The Ghost Rider has famously inhabited two men in his comic book career -- Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch. Nicolas Cage took Johnny Blaze for a spin in the first movie, so now let's hand off the motorcycle to a new rider, one who isn't played by Nicolas Cage. The younger Ketch could assume the flaming skull of the Rider in order to avenge the death of his sister at the hands of Deathwatch, a demon-possessed crime lord.
There's already talk of re-booting the franchise with the fifth and sixth movies, which are being written as we speak, but I say do it with the fourth one, which starts filming next year. Get rid of Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst... even director Sam Raimi, who gave us a musical dance number in the last installment and has therefore forfeited our faith in him. And stop tinkering with Spidey's origin -- someone killed his uncle because he let the guy get away. He's guilty about it. End of story.
Re-boot or not, I just want another Blade movie, period. Vampires are hot right now, so what's the holdup? Get Wesley Snipes back, if you can, New Line, and think about introducing Morbius, the Living Vampire.
...I don't know if this character is salvageable. Or even relevant anymore, for that matter. Retire him, or make him a misguided bad guy to be stopped in the Daredevil or Spider-Man re-boots.
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Rating: 2.5 out of 4
156 Laurier Ave. W. (at St. Urbain St.)
Phone: 514-276-5864
Website: www.juni.ca
Open: Tues. to Fri., 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Mon. to Sat. 6 to 11 p.m.
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Vegetarian-friendly: Soup and salad starters. Little choicewithout fish
Price range: Starters, $4-$18; wide range of prices for sushi, sashimi and maki; desserts: $9-12
MONTREAL — When Parisian pâtissier and chocolatier Jacques Genin posted a sign on his chic pastry shop last January saying he decided to focus solely on chocolates and confiserie from now on instead of continuing to produce his famous pastries, the foodinistas gasped. His towering Paris-Brest was no longer, his bracing lime tarts were but a memory. It reminded me of all the fabulous foodstuffs that had vanished in Montreal: James McGuire's bread, Les Halles' pamplemousse Marie-Louise, Café Toman's strudel, Logan's bakery's butterscotch cookies. The day those cookies disappeared, a part of me died with them.
I thought of Genin and company when dining recently at one of my favourite sushi restaurants,Jun-i. What always made Jun-i such a treasured establishment was the fact that chef Junichi Ikematsu didn't only feature sushi, but menu items best described as French-Japanese fusion. In fact, Ikematsu's background is French cooking. The sushi making came along only after he arrived in Montreal and eventually took over as executive chef at Soto.
What I always appreciated most about a night at Jun-i was that you could always eat above and beyond the usual Montreal sushi canon. Yes, the sushi and sashimi were sublime, but the fusion dishes (think pan-roasted Peking duck breast topped with honey and spices paired with seared foie gras, almonds and a balsamic reduction sauce) raised Jun-i into the realm of creative fine dining that extended beyond the nori-rimmed perimeter of a maki roll.
Yet lo and behold, when I entered the restaurant right after Christmas, I was told the fusion part of the menu was no longer. Gasp! Hoping this was merely a short-term proposition, I returned again last week to find out that, no, indeed, the French-inspired main course section was history. Double gasp!
Glancing around the packed room on a Saturday night, I watched Ikematsu working at a furious pace behind the sushi bar. No doubt, in this effort to pare down the eclectic menu, the sushi offerings won out. So now the question begged: Without its fusion plates on offer, could Jun-i withhold its stellar reputation on sushi alone?
Well, before I get too dramatic here, pounding my fist on the table between gulps of sake, it's worth pointing out that there are still some items on the menu that display Ikematsu's Nouveau Nippon style.
We began with what must be the most elegant tuna tartare in Montreal. Served in a glass, the hand-cut tuna was lightly laced with truffle oil and paired with honey mushrooms and sprouts, along with a few taro chips for support. Truffle oil gets a bad rap because it's often used in quantities comparable to that of a teenager slapping on the aftershave. But here it's used sparingly, and the fish has this great sweet flavour and nice resilient texture enhanced with the spongy mushrooms and crisp greens. I could have used a few more taro chips in the mix, but all taken, it was a great debut to the meal.
A salad featuring grilled yellowtail (a.k.a. hamachi) wasn't much of a salad. Still, it was fantastic. Featuring a half dozen yellowtail tuna slices, lightly grilled and dressed with yuzu and miso, the plate was finished with orange supremes and a yuzu cream dressing. The fish was so delicate and delicious, and all those citrusy flavours elevated the whole with absolutely nothing to weigh it down. Gorgeous.
And finally we opted for the sashimi tasting plate that included slick slices of salmon, Arctic char, red tuna, hamachi and scallops, each paired with a different dipping sauce. Though I didn't care much for the Japanese plum and maple syrup combo with the salmon, the Arctic char with a miso and soy sauce mix was delectable, as was the yuzu and miso paste with the hamachi.
Once the starter plates were cleared, the sushi plates hit the table — first the more elaborate maki rolls, then a larger platter filled mainly with nigiri sushi. I cannot deny I'm hitting a wall of sushi ennui of late, having spent years now navigating maki descriptions like crab/avocado/fish roe/rice krispies or eel/tempura flakes/cucumber/spicy mayonnaise. At Jun-i there are fewer of them (and — merci! — no kamikaze rolls), and all are expertly prepared.
The only major letdown was the "funny" maki, a tempura roll that tasted as if it had been fried a while ago, as it wasn't that crisp. Then there was the dynamite roll, the rainbow roll and the B-52. All good save for the fact that I found most of the rolls too big to manage. Two-bite rolls spell disaster — as in, after the first bite, it all falls apart into your saucer of soy sauce. Not. Too. Classy.
Better yet was the nigiri sushi, with perfectly prepared rice and fish gorgeous in both its freshness and slice. I would have preferred a more generous smear of wasabi between fish and rice, but that's a matter of personal taste.
Though not swept off my feet by the sushi, the desserts made up for disappointments. First off, I enjoyed the deep chocolate tart based on a chocolate crust and served with a quenelle of chocolate mousse. But what I really loved was the mille crêpes cake, made up of countless crêpes layered with a light custard cream paired with a caramel sauce and banana slices. How I relished every piggy bite!
Despite such enthusiasm, I'm a bit on the fence about my night at my beloved Jun-i. Though understandable, the reduced menu is a pity. But there's still so much to like here. Service is excellent, and the wine list is elaborate, well chosen and fairly priced. And the buzz in this room, with some mysterious techno tunes wafted above at the end of the night, is oh so appealing.
All that said, though, I missed that extra edge of excitement, the "nouveau" that I always cherished here. A little bit of Jun-i is gone. Here's hoping this is but the beginning of a new adventure.


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In a podcast interview, Nolan North, the voice of Nathan Drake, indicated that Hugh Jackman is the preferred actor - by producers - for the upcoming Uncharted movie.
Desmond - er, Drake - er, North - told the Official Playstation Magazine UK's podcast that not only is Jackman who he'd like to see take on the treasure hunters role, but the film's producers agree too.
Jackman is who I'd like to see. I think the producers would like to see Jackman too, because he has that tough guy exterior, but [...] there's also a lot going on behind his eyes. A lot of emotion and sensitivity on that brusque exterior, and he has great comic timing. He's a phenomenal actor. I just hope I get a part on the movie so I can work with Hugh."
For his part, North said he'd of course "love to do the movie; obviously I'd love to do it as Nathan Drake," however, "I've done film and television and I understand the reality of the business."
Those who follow me on Twitter know I've spent a ton of time in Borderlands lately, but I am also playing Uncharted 2 and for my money, North's work is the best of any big-budget game I've played. And this isn't his first rodeo (Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed). North does have screen credits, but he's right that he's not a marquee name. And it's a shame. He's a heavyweight in video game voice acting and if this business ever delivers a big Hollywood breakthrough for a game actor or actress, he'd be very deserving.
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Not everything at Perla is deliciously, deliriously excessive. The pizza, for starters, and also this Crispy Branzino Sandwich ($16) on the Friday and weekend lunch menu. It has a higher price-to-absolute-fullness ratio than the other lunch and brunch items we've tried, but size isn't the reason this disappeared so quickly.
It's a fish sandwich we can really get behind, with a delicate crust (more a light flour dredge) and perfect supple flesh. A lemony mayo and some thin slices of pickled peppers brighten it just enough—a bit of creaminess, a bit of tart, a bit of spice—but it remains all about the fish. The sandwich is far more evocative of seaside fish shack eating than you'd expect from a classy restaurant on Minetta Lane, only helped by a heap of chili- and tomato-dusted fries that disappeared as quickly. It's a lighter lunch—if a whole fish filet is your idea of light—but a fish sandwich the West Village can be proud of.
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Last week: 8-7. Season totals: 51-52-4, Pct. .495. Best Bets: 10-9-2, Pct. .524.
Home team in capital letters; point spreads (opening line) in parentheses after underdog team; selections with point spreads in bold.
Carolina 20, TAMPA BAY 0 (+6) - What if I told you that the last seven home underdogs on Thursday night have not covered the spread? Well it's true - and Carolina's defense appears to be "true" too, and as such should have no trouble at all facing a Bucs offense that now can't run the ball with Doug Martin out indefinitely due to a shoulder injury, in addition to not being able to throw the ball because Greg Schiano couldn't get along with Josh Freeman.
San Francisco 41, Jacksonville 3 (+17) - First we send two bad teams to London, now we send one very good team and one extremely bad team over there. Is the NFL trying to cause an international incident? And Frank Gore is an international good thing in fantasy this week, as he gets to "gore" what is the NFL's worst run defense by 26 yards per game (the Jags are allowing 153 yards rushing per game; the next worst run defense - New England - is giving up 127).
NEW ENGLAND 27, Miami 13 (+7) - Do you really think that the Patriots are going to lose two in a row within the AFC East after having won their last 12 consecutive such games prior? They have also beaten the Dolphins six straight times, and right now Miami's offensive line couldn't block a driveway.
PHILADELPHIA 28, N.Y. Giants 27 (+6 1/2) - This is the first instance this season of a team having to go on the road and play a team they have already lost to at home earlier in the year - and such teams have won at a .332 clip dating all the way back to 1997, when all other road teams since then have a .423 winning percentage. But this line is too high given the Giants' huge comeback on Monday night and Michael Vick's hamstring virtually guaranteed to be significantly less than 100% so take the points.
Dallas 34 (+3), DETROIT 21 - The Lions continue to fall short against good teams, even at home, and Dez Bryant should have a huge day against the highly flammable Detroit secondary.
NEW ORLEANS 51, Buffalo 17 (+12 1/2) - Back-to-back fatigue games for Buffalo, both on the road (and New Orleans has won and covered four in a row off the bye) - and between the Bills having dropped their last three to the Saints by a combined 50 points and their 7-15 spread record indoors since 1999, this has all the makings of an old-fashioned blowout.
KANSAS CITY 24, Cleveland 10 (+7) - Honestly thought the Chiefs would be favored by 10 or 11. It's a steal at 7 unless they leave 10 sure points on the field the way they did last week against Houston (failed to convert on fourth down inside the 1-yard line, from which they also ran out the clock after returning a fumble off a sack there).
CINCINNATI 27, N.Y. Jets 23 (+6 1/2) - You can see with your own eyes how Geno Smith is improving game to game, and with the Jets having won nine of their last ten over the Bengals, including the last four by a combined 113-38, they are certainly worth a shot at least with the points despite the obvious letdown danger.
Pittsburgh 16, OAKLAND 10 (+3) - The Steelers haven't been winning any beauty contests with their play the last two weeks, but they nonetheless won them both and the Raiders following a bye week are about as ugly as it gets: Ten straight losses, and 1-9 against the spread.
DENVER 41, Washington 35 (+13) - The Broncos may have peaked too early, and RG3 hadn't looked the way he did last Sunday since before the knee injury. Definitely willing to take.
Atlanta 27 (+2 1/2), ARIZONA 14 - Even with their assorted injuries the Falcons still have vastly superior personnel, and until someone comes along and breaks "The Seattle Curse" - not one of the last 11 teams to play the Seahawks has covered in their next game - there is no reason to go against it.
Green Bay 24, MINNESOTA 20 (+7 1/2) - Josh Freeman simply needed a game, much like a horse that hasn't run in a long time may have needed a race - and all the talking heads were surprised at that? The home team not covering the spread in a Packers game - now that would be surprising, in that it has covered in their last ten games going back to last year.
Seattle 24, ST. LOUIS 0 (+10) - Until now I have resisted subscribing to the "Tim Tebow Has Been Blacklisted Theory." But the Rams contemplating signing proven failure Brady Quinn and/or obvious hack Austin Davis over Tebow in the wake of Sam Bradford's season-ending injury? Maybe they're afraid that Tebow will go on the kind of tear he went on in Denver two years ago and ruin their 2014 draft plans? The Seahawks have stepped it up greatly on the road in the last calendar year or so and can win this game however they want to - and if series trends are your gig, Seattle is 14-2 straight up and 10-5-1 against the spread versus St. Louis since 2005.
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The London home where Amy Winehouse passed away is now on the market for $4.155 million, reports Curbed. The late singer-songwriter's home has only changed owners once in over 40 years. With three bedrooms, two baths, front and rear gardens, and a recording studio this estate is sure to be a hot commodity.
Curbed reports that after Winehouse's death, there was speculation that the property would be converted into the headquarters for the Amy Winehouse foundation, but with this official listing, it appears as if those were indeed just rumors.
In addition to the three bedrooms and two baths, Winehouse's former home features 2,500 square feet of living space, new electrical and heating systems, integrated sound systems, CCTV, and a master suite with vaulted ceilings.


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Rumour: iPhone 5 set for liquid metal casing and June launch
Rumours from South Korea claim the next generation Apple iPhone 5 will showcase a redesigned liquid metal casing.
The report, which also says the device will launch in June at WWDC, expects Apple to employ liquid metal alloys in place of the glass featured on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
This technology would, apparently, make the device thinner and lighter than those previous models.
Not that far-fetched
The report does have solid grounding, due to a licensing agreement Apple signed with Liquidmetal Technologies in August 2010.
The accord grants Apple the IP rights to the company's "amorphous metal" technology for use in any of its future devices.
While it seems the use of such technology isn't that far-fetched, whether it'll be ready in time for a June launch is debatable, considering the iPhone 4S is still early in its lifespan.
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Of course, when we think liquid metal, it instantly conjures memories of the deadly T-1000 the antagonist from the second Terminator Movie
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I think Barbara Luderowski and Michael Olijnyk should write a business book. I know they would laugh at the thought, but I'm being sincere.
For the past couple of weeks I've been immersed in watching and transcribing individual oral history videos of Barbara and Michael in which they discuss their early childhoods, their first experiences with art, and eventually the origins and the early years of the Mattress Factory.
They each speak eloquently about wanting to create a place that was intellectually stimulating and supportive of artists, a place that would incorporate all artistic disciplines by focusing on installation. There was never a master plan. The place grew "organically" (as Michael described) – both physically and organizationally. They slowly purchased and renovated nearby buildings for gallery and artist apartment space. They developed education programs, added a café, and began developing digital media initiatives.
They grew by capitalizing on opportunity. They tried to make intelligent decisions. They learned to avoid easy money when it did not align with their core mission. They took chances. During one interview, Barbara recounts how the museum's relationship with James Turrell began. He was already a well-established artist by the early 1980s, but Barbara and Michael approached him anyway, drove to New York City and boldly invited him to the museum while sharing a cab ride.
The museum grew by experimenting. This is what artists do. But normally they do it in the privacy of their studios. Here, the Mattress Factory does it publicly as an organization in a very transparent way. They're willing to try to new things. Good ideas are acted upon more quickly in part because there are fewer barriers. "Go for it!" Barbara would say.
It's no wonder then that the museum was the first in the U.S. to utilize QR code technology as a visitor engagement tool in its galleries. Jeffrey then shared the easy-to-use and free technology in a September, 2009 blog. Or that the Mattress Factory was the first museum in the country to offer an entirely paperless "green" membership. These are just two examples of staff-generated ideas that were acted upon and which now serve to distinguish the museum.
This is not the world I had come from. Originally, I thought I would write this final blog about how the Mattress Factory ruined me. How my first few weeks here felt like a recovery program from the years I had spent at an old, large, cultural not-for-profit with a traditional top-down management style. In January when I first spoke with Jeffrey and talked myself into working for him (I am sure that's what happened), I remember telling him that I was "ready for lean and mean." And that's exactly what I got.
The Mattress Factory operates with just 12 full-time employees – a talented, creative, multi-tasking, collaborative group of people. Many are artists themselves. The organizational structure is extremely horizontal. Of course everyone knows that the buck stops with Barbara and Michael, but otherwise there is no hierarchy. Bureaucracy is almost nonexistent.
The fundamental characteristics of the museum struck me right away. Frankly, it took some getting used to. And now I'm ruined. At least that's what I was going to write about. But then I learned that the museum has always been this way. It's how the place started, and in that respect, not much has changed.
From a business perspective, I think these are all reasons why the museum has been so successful. People want to be a part of something exciting. The uniqueness of the work and the process of discovery – for the artist, the museum go-er, and for the organization itself – are the museum's most compelling features. You never know what you're going to get, but you know it's going to be something you've never experienced before.
One last quick story. As the last vestiges of the February snowpocalypse began to recede, Michael popped in on his usual rounds and asked, "Has anyone noticed that big mound of grey snow on the corner?" Snow was all anyone had been looking at for months, but no one in the office seemed to know what he was talking about. Something was brewing. "I think we should do something with it," he said.
Over the course of the next two hours Michael made art out of the last remaining, stubborn, grit-covered pile of snow in the neighborhood, conveniently located at the well-traveled intersection near the Annex Gallery. An eternal optimist with a little streak of devilishness, Michael wanted to send a message of hope to the community that Spring was on its way.
As my time at the museum comes to an end, these are the memories I will take with me. And I leave reassured that a vibrant arts organization can thrive – not by mimicking the for-profit business world and organizational structures but by capitalizing on the creativity and flexibility that come naturally to artists. Be bold. Take risks.
Thank you Mattress Factory!
Lesley Williamson is a guest blogger. While completing a Master of Arts Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University, she is interning in the Mattress Factory's marketing department and will be posting here regularly through May. Lesley and her husband David Coester, a classical guitarist, make their home in Dunkirk, NY where they occasionally share custody of two small brown geriatric border terrier dogs. (It's a long story.)


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Alyce made contact with one of Samuel's daughter.
This is what I sent Alyce so she could send it to her.
Alyce found the two daughters of Samuel Jean-Baptiste Jacques Lagasse and Marie-Anne Lepage. Marie-Anne's ancestors were from Rimouski, Quebec. Dolores died in 2003 but Claudette is still alive.
Claudette phoned me from Florida and we talked for 58 minutes about her parents and her family. As Alyce, Claudette knew very little about Idala LaGasse but what she knew she shared with me. She told me she had some pictures and that I should contact one of her sons because she is not that good with computers.
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I truly love this hobby but it's time for me to step away. The past several months have been a whirlwind of great but consuming change. It's too ambitious to itemize and price everything here but I have the bulk of my figures in a few pictures on my flickr. I'm also getting rid of all of my bricks so if you want something like bley, sand green, dark orange, etc... ask me and I'll get you pictures as soon as I'm able. I've been hard to pin down. If I don't respond within a few days, feel free to message me again and I will do my best to answer your questions. Expect prices to be comparable to the lower end of going bricklink prices. I miss being involved here. It was by far the best part of the hobby.
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Morning Five: 05.02.12 EditionPosted by rtmsf on May 2nd, 2012
- The biggest non-Amare Stoudemire basketball news on Tuesday was that the Atlantic 10's courtship of Butler appears to have finally resulted in a match. ESPN.com reported last night that Butler will formally accept an offer today to join the league in 2013-14, replacing Temple in all sports. As one of the few truly elite mid-major basketball programs unaffiliated with a top 10 conference, this represents a major coup for the A-10 going forward regardless of whether the league is also able to also poach VCU and George Mason from the CAA. Butler's admission helps to bolster the midwestern footprint of the conference, along with existing members Xavier, St. Louis and Dayton, and it will allow Brad Stevens an entree into the fertile recruiting grounds of the mid-Atlantic with multiple trips to the East Coast cities of New York, Philadelphia, Washington each year.
- The other conference realignment news that shook out on Tuesday related to another Atlantic 10 school, Charlotte, and whether that school will be on the move in coming days or weeks as well. The school rejected an offer to join the Sun Belt on Tuesday and reportedly did so because it anticipates an opportunity to join Conference USA after it adds a football program next year. Where this would leave C-USA is really anybody's guess, as the conference is slowly but surely maneuvering toward an incomprehensible 30+ team behemoth (with the eventual pairing of the Mountain West). Whoever wrote the law of unintended consequences when all of this conference realignment stuff (re)started a couple of years ago could not have predicted this morass.
- In the 2008 presidential election, the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky voted for Republican candidate John McCain over Democrat Barack Obama by a 58% to 41% margin. That 17% victory margin will be put to the test on Friday when the thing that Kentuckians love more than anything else in the world — their national champion Wildcats — will visit the Obama White House to honor and celebrate the school's eighth NCAA trophy. Of course, these events are rarely political in tenor (apologies to the Boston Bruins' Tim Thomas), but that hasn't stopped full-time politicos from speculating that both Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), who refused an invitation, and the White House, are playing partisan games in scheduling the event on Kentucky Derby week (which occurs Saturday). Is this an election year?
- Tuesday was a busy day in the world of comings and goings, but the most disheartening news is that college basketball will not get another year of Tim Abromaitis at Notre Dame. Abromaitis had petitioned for a sixth year of eligibility because he tore his ACL in November after playing only two games last season — he also had taken a redshirt year in 2008-09, meaning that he ultimately only suited up in South Bend for three full seasons. In other news, Tennessee's Renaldo Woolridge (aka SwiperBoy) will spend his last year of eligibility at USC, no doubt spending his free time outside the gym over on the Sunset Strip pitching his audio wares.
- It was 10 months ago when Michigan recruit Austin Hatch lost his family, his dog and very nearly his own life in a horrific plane crash that left him with a severe brain injury and the possibility of a very restricted way of life. The Detroit Free-Press revisited his story on Tuesday and found that although there are still many steps to go, Hatch's doctors say that his rehabilitation has been "as successful as anyone they have seen." Hatch still plans on attending Michigan in a little over a year, and says that he keeps in touch with head coach John Beilein a couple of times a month. He hasn't yet been cleared to play basketball, but he has the spirit and will to believe that he'll get back on the court eventually. Considering how far he's already come and with 17 months before his first collegiate practice in Ann Arbor, it's hard to believe that he won't get there and become one of the best stories in all of amateur athletics.


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Since the Enlightenment, many have said the resurrection is impossible and that we can still have Christianity even if we deny the supernaturalism of Scripture. However, if Christ has not been raised then our faith is in vain (1 Cor. ...Read More
Life After Death
It is possible to become so preoccupied with the cares of this world that we forget that our deaths are not the end. The sufferings and travails of life will one day give way to the bliss of heaven for ...Read More
Dying in Faith
The Bible is clear that all those with true faith will persevere until the end. No one can snatch us from Christ's hand (John 10:27–28). However, our perseverance is not accomplished outside of our own efforts. Though faith is a ...Read More
A Divine Vocation
Lest we think that Christ bore His pain with ease, let us remember that even Jesus asked for the cup of suffering to pass from Him (Luke 22:39–42). Yet He did this in faith, submitting to the Father's will when ...Read More
Surprised by Suffering
When we come to the issue of suffering, we can see how God's sovereignty is a comfort to us. Because He is in full control of all events past, present, and future, we know that ultimately there can be no ...Read More
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Today's passage, which also says that the righteous are scarcely saved, does not warn us that salvation can be lost. Rather, as John Calvin says, it tells us that no one enters the kingdom without experiencing hardship. Even in our ...Read More
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The history of God's people indicates that judgment always begins within the covenant community. For example, the Israelites were sent into exile before the wicked Babylonian empire was judged. Today's passage expressly states that judgment begins with the house of ...Read More
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Day One of the New Leidos
Today's uncertain and evolving world demands a company that delivers meaningful and timely solutions. Leidos is that company.
With diverse expertise and a history of performance, we embrace and solve some of the world's toughest challenges. Our key markets — civil, defense, intelligence and homeland security, and health — are rife with opportunity.
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Simple Homemade Chocolate Sauce
(recipe source: adapted from Barefeet in the Kitchen)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup water
1 1/2tsp vanilla extract
1. In a cold saucepan, whisk together the cocoa and the sugar until all lumps are removed.
2. Add the salt and the water and bring to a boil over medium to medium high heat.
3. Reduce to a simmer; stirring constantly. Simmer for about 30 seconds and then remove from heat. Let cool and then add vanilla.
4. Pour into a glass jar and refrigerate until needed.
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Local art, fashion, music, poetry and food are set to be showcased Saturday in the first annual LafayEPIC Festival, produced by teen interns at Lafayette's Project YES youth organization.
The community is invited to attend the event, slated for 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Centaurus High School, 10300 South Boulder Road in Lafayette.
From 5 to 7 p.m., youth volunteers will coordinate a free youth volunteer fair with refreshments provided via food trucks.
Lafayette Mayor Pro Tem Gustavo Reyna will open the showcase portion of the event at 7 p.m. Tickets are required and are available for purchase at lafayepicfestival.eventbrite.com for between $5 and $50.
The showcase will feature musical performances from Beth Preston, Coal Music, EarthGuardians, Eric Sugarsnap Pea, Dub'l Dragon, Alais Clay and several teen acts.
Also included with the showcase ticket is the Body Peace Fashion Show, celebrating "all shapes and sizes of beauty" as youth models show off new fashions from local designers.
The event is designed to bring awareness to Project YES's arts and service empowerment programs, while also serving as the kick-off for the organization's fundraising campaign to generate $40,000 for a new youth center.
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Lara Croft has returned in (almost) all her glory today, appearing in a promo trailer for the new Tomb Raider game, out next year.
With E3 round the corner, Square Enix decided now was a good time to give fans a taste of things to come.
And there's no better way of showing off Tomb Raider than with a spot of that age-old fan-favourite sadism - a clip of poor Ms Croft drowning.
Then again, this is meant to take place before Angelina Jolie gave the character a boost when she portrayed her in the Tomb Raider movies.
Despite being set during Lara's origins as an adventurer, though, the CGI clip seems to show the cave explorer using an iPhone. Either she got fed up of dodgy signal failures and went back to an older model after this, or someone's got their history askew.
Either way, I bet she wishes it was waterproof. By the end of the video she's stranded on a desert island, from where the game will take place. We know little more, bar details of a 2012 release.
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DirectX 9.0 includes security and performance updates. This release also resolves an issue with DirectX 9.0 where some multi-player games or MSN Messenger may not work correctly.
This latest version of DirectX offers support for massively multi-player games. It also offers immersive audio when running and displaying programs rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3-D animation, and surround sound.
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