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My children have been attending primrose of rockwall for almost 2 years, they are currently 4 and 5. When we first started attending we were extremely happy with the teacher/student ratios and the quality of the education. Over the last 6 months the school has taken a drastic turn for the worse. Poor management and owners who are NEVER there have run this school into the ground. Teacher turnover is insanely high, every time they hire a qualified new teacher they are gone within weeks, several walking out midday. I feel like the star is treated with extreme disrespect. Teachers frequently are now alone in the classroom with 25 children. If it wasn't for the fact that the teachers in my children's classroom are excellent I would have pulled my kids out months ago. As it is we done at the end of August and I'm looking for a new school for my youngest child's last year of preschool.
My daughter (17 months) attended this school for 6 weeks. Prior to starting the school called and said they had her starting May 1 but hadn't seen her. I reminded them that per several conversations she would be starting May 15. Our first bill had to be corrected several times to reflect the days my daughter was actually there. I start wondering who is running the place. Around this same time I notice that one of the two teachers is changing day to day. My daughter then starts crying at pick up and drop off. Next thing you know she comes home with bruises down her spine. We paid the $50 summer fee and realize most of the summer activities take place on T&TH when she isn't there. We share our concerns with asst director. She seems concerned, tells us these matters will be addressed, and asks us to give them a few days. The director NEVER says a word to us about this. After days of no follow up and no changes we turn in our notice. On our last day, my daughter was bit again and nobody noticed. Combined these issues show that this school is poorly run. We also found out that the owners are changing now as well. 6 teachers in 6 weeks is not acceptable to me.
I worked as a director for this school for 6 years and it was ran very well and the owner were very involved! Primrose is a well organized school from its individual owners to its cooperate office!!!!! The curriculum is top notch!
High turnover, no communication about your child, absent owner. A few of the teachers are good, but overall not managed well at all. Very disappointing.
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THE LONE RANGER Returns!
Nordling here.
Once it was reported that Disney's THE LONE RANGER was going to cost upwards of $250 million, the studio rightfully balked, and put the film in turnaround. Granted, this film was going beyond the scope of a normal Western, introducing supernatural and shamanistic elements into the story, most likely coming from Tonto (Johnny Depp). But now that the cast, crew and studio have settled on a 20% pay cut, according to Variety, it's heigh-ho Silver away for the film and possible franchise.
Johnny Depp still has a lot of pull in Hollywood, and reports are that he really wanted this film to happen. He told MTV recently that "it's an opportunity for me to salute Native Americans," and even with Armie Hammer as the title character, Tonto would still very much be center stage in this story. Now that the supernatural elements have been sidelined (or at least reduced), I'm curious to see where the film goes now.
I'm not hoping for an overly dark and gritty take on the famous story - I think that would steer kids away, and this is a film that could very much bring Westerns back for a new generation - but I'm glad that they seem to be taking a more serious tone with the tale. It's still a long way off from filming, and Depp has a lot on his plate, but THE LONE RANGER will happen after all, and I'm glad.
Nordling, out.
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Oct. 13, 2011, 2:08 p.m. CST
Thank God!!!!! first
by MoshMasterD
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:08 p.m. CST
Shouldn't Tonto...?
by KnowItAllFromCali
Be played by an Indian?
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:09 p.m. CST
Depp is part American Indian
by MoshMasterD
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:10 p.m. CST
In spanish Tonto is called Toro
by The_Maxx
Because Tonto means "dumb fuck"!
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:11 p.m. CST
by jim
you mean like Shaun Majumder or Russell Peters?
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:11 p.m. CST
by pikazerox
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:11 p.m. CST
Depp as Tonto
by Michael Lunney
You gotta be fucking kidding me, right? Ugh - Depp want heap big wampum to play Injun. Right up there with Buster Keaton playing an injun in one of the beach films from the early 60s
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:12 p.m. CST
Um, who dat?
by KnowItAllFromCali
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:12 p.m. CST
How a western could cost 250 million is beyond me.
by eric haislar
Hell they use to make westerns all the time because they where cheap.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:14 p.m. CST
by KnowItAllFromCali
Dots, not feathers...gotcha! That would be a funny twist...The Ranger's gone Bollywood!
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:20 p.m. CST
Don't really get why anyone thinks this is a lucrative property
by THE_CHOPPAH
There's very little to no nostalgic value for the 10-40 crowd. I'm one of the oldest heads around here and I barely remember LR airing on tv in repeats. And to be honest, I always found LR too vanilla and kind of lame. And Tonto was an embarrassment to Native Americans. If Depp wants to salute NAs he can start by changing the characters name. Doesn't it mean "shit" or something like that. Sorry, I don't get it. But, then I've seen everything from MY childhood get bastardized by Hollywood (Speed Racer, The A-Team, Starsky and Hutch, The Night Stalker, Batman) so why not something from my Great Grandfather's.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:27 p.m. CST
Lone Ranger isn't returning...it had never gone away. AICN had misreported that they pulled the plug
by Bobo_Vision
I even mentioned this in that talkback and offered a link but the story was never updated. They slashed the budget and put things on hold until then but they never pulled the plug. <p> Does it make sense that Disney would pull the plug on a Depp franchise after giving them their most lucrative franchise ever? Of course not.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:30 p.m. CST
re: "Hell they use to make westerns all the time because they where cheap."
by jim
yeah, but these days studios have to buy insurance, and pay fines if they blow up horses and/or extras.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:30 p.m. CST
Depp already saluted the Native Indians with The Brave
by Bobo_Vision
Unfortunately no one saw that film and I even had to purchase my DVD copy from Japan, but I guarantee when The Lone Ranger comes out and grosses a gajillion jillion dollars...The Brave will finally get released on DVD in America...but I won't hold my breath for a Blu ray.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:35 p.m. CST
Re: THE LONE RANGER
by ArmageddonProductions
Who wanted this? Surely not the crowd that completely blew it off back in '81, the last time somebody got the bright idea to make a LONE RANGER movie. Unless Depp is trotting out his Captain Jack shitck as "Tonto", I don't see this one ending well. DEAD MAN, anyone?</p><p> I'll have to check the figures, but ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, THE WILD BUNCH, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and TOMBSTONE didn't cost $250 million. COLLECTIVELY. Maybe they should invest all that dough in paying off the asshole studio executives from coming anywhere near the development or production of the movie?
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:39 p.m. CST
I usually think bringing back old-timey heroes is a mistake
by Beezbo
but this might work because of Depp's involvement. Also, the Lone Ranger is much more iconic and recognizable than, say, the Shadow or the Phantom or John Carter of Mars (sigh). Don't think it will bring back the western though - did Jack Sparrow bring back the pirate movie?
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:41 p.m. CST
Dark And Gritty Is Sooooo 2010
by THX1968
No more dark and gritty. Seriously. That shit has always been producer hyperbole anyway. And not for The Lone Ranger. I'm happy to hear this is moving forward, but a Tonto-centric Lone Ranger flick sounds lame. Equal screen time, at least. C'mon, man!
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:43 p.m. CST
It's not 250 million...it was slashed by 20%...that makes 200 million
by Bobo_Vision
And who wants this movie? I do. And most of the people who paid to see Pirates of the Caribbean will. As for no one wanting to see a western....you could have (and many did) easily said that no one would go see a movie based on a lame Disneyland ride...and here we are. <p> I'll wager with everyone here, I'll take bets right now, that Lone Ranger will be a box office success...and we can revisit this thread in about a year and a half.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:52 p.m. CST
Using the Dynamite comic as a springboard
by You Have MY Voice
would be the smartest thing they could do with this film. Recasting Tonto would be the second smartest thing, but you have to choose your battles.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:56 p.m. CST
They got my money.
by CoursinLarry
12 down, 199,999,988 million to go.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:57 p.m. CST
Who says they reduced the supernatural elements?
by The Garbage Man
Other outlets are reporting the budget cuts came from reduced salaries and that the werewolf / shapeshifter / mysticism aspects remain intact.
Oct. 13, 2011, 2:58 p.m. CST
Forget this unless they bring in Brian Cox to reprise his role as the Lone Ranger
by ray a
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:05 p.m. CST
Unless Depp plays Tonto as a clown this will fail
by THE_CHOPPAH
The success of Pirates hinged on Depp's clownish performance as Jack Sparrow. If Depp plays this straight, which is what the character calls for, then I predict the film will open well, but after that tank as word of mouth spreads of Depp's boring non-Sparrow-like performance. Depp for the most part is at his best or worst when is plays the clown.
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:08 p.m. CST
Johny Depp doesnt how how lucky he was several days ago,when he was caught drunk
by KilliK
on camera but fortunately he didnt say anything about the Jews.lucky indeed,not like someone elsem,a Mad guy we all know...
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:17 p.m. CST
Willie Barnabas Tonto Sparrow Scissorshands
by elmo
One thing in common for all characters as played by Depp, they'll wear some lovely eye liner
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:18 p.m. CST
Now it's only 200 mil? What a low budget film...
by darthliquidator
....now they'll only have a mere 2000 CGI shots of fake landscapes, fake horses, fake people, fake train crashes, fake Indian Spirit-Monsters, fake explosions, fake stunts, fake Zimmer-music...I for one refuse to support such a cheap, penny-pinching enterprise....what's this world coming to if Disney can't spend its own money the way the banks and Wall St spend ours??
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:28 p.m. CST
for The MAXX
by mumbutu
you're right, they couldn't use the original name, because in spanish the word "TONTO" means "dumb"
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:32 p.m. CST
and the white kids in LAST AIRBENDER were saluting Eskimos, I suppose...
by chaburchak
Deep's about as Indian as I am. Or, as he said in a quote over on COLLIDER not long ago... "I guess I have some Native American somewhere down the line. My great grandmother was quite a bit of Native American, she grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian. Makes sense in terms of coming from Kentucky, which is rife with Cherokee and Creek." Wow, that's some prideful talk there, in an ambiguous, not-really-sure kinda way. If minority groups don't raise a shitstorm over this the way they did LAST AIRBENDER, I call shenanigans on the lot of them.
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:32 p.m. CST
Tonto means stupid in spanish
by Mars
that is all...
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:39 p.m. CST
Let me guess...Depp's Tonto wears heavy white face make-up and wears dark glasses.
by The_Maltese_Vulcan
Just like most every other character he does.
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:42 p.m. CST
This will be a BUST!
by Shaun1138
No one wants this film. I think it will be Depp's first BUST!
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:46 p.m. CST
I know its a Western, but the whole concept is dated.
by impossibledreamers
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:47 p.m. CST
Cowboys & Aliens mustve made them pause for thought...reduced the budget and tone down the supernatural elements
by CARTMANEZ
they quite brave going ahead with this actually...Westerns arent exactly popular in HW at the moment - especially not ones with any SF/Supernatural vibe (WILD WILD WEST, HEX, C&A)
Oct. 13, 2011, 3:54 p.m. CST
It *is* possible to ressurect an "old-timey" hero and make it work
by Nasty In The Pasty
The Mask Of Zorro was, I thought, a shamshing piece of entertainment, corny in all the right ways. And just this last summer, they managed to release a Captain America movie that worked in the same "old-fashioned" manner. I can see a well-made Lone Ranger film having appeal for a new generation of film fans, but I do NOT see why it has to cost $200 bloody million dollars. Do renting a few horses cost THAT much?!
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:02 p.m. CST
So are they building robot horses or something, 250 million, for a western?!?!?!?!
by Arkhaminmate001
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:03 p.m. CST
Actually, we need a westworld movie, now THAT would be MAZIN'!!!!!!!
by Arkhaminmate001
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:03 p.m. CST
choppah how old are you?
by Monolith_Jones
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:07 p.m. CST
Depp definitely looks part-indian.
by AshMcQ
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:09 p.m. CST
And of course:
by AshMcQ
Iron Eyes Cody wasn't native american either and ist still remembered as one of their finest. Plus, I haven't seen a lot of good native american actors, if any.
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:15 p.m. CST
Tonto want to speak esperanto in Toronto pronto
by SmokingRobot
I miss Johnny Carson.
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:15 p.m. CST
Does Gore Verbinski wipe his ass with money, or something?
by Kammich
I know his films rake in the dough, and they're pretty awesome aesthetically to boot... but did the 'Pirates' sequels REALLY need to cost $200M+ a piece? And does a Lone fucking Ranger movie REALLY need to cost $250M? It just seems excessive. Some of my favorite movies from him are "The Ring"(a really good adaptation destroyed by the awful sequel and the ensuing tidal wave of J-horror SHIT that hit America), "The Mexican" and "The Weather Man." And those 3 films, combined, probably equaled the catering budget on "Dead Man's Chest."
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:22 p.m. CST
by DementedCaver
I was around 6 when I first saw WESTWORLD on TV, and it was just months after being to the new Walt Disney World. I just so believed that the movie was really a documentary. Mom just couldn't convince me that the animatronic figure going out of control was really Yul Brenner. Mom, they just made it to look like Yul Brenner just like they made them to look like all the presidents....man...it was better when I believed it was real. ;)
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:26 p.m. CST
This film is a waste of money
by D o o d
even if it cost $50m to make! However, it's going to cost around $150m. I guess the horse will be cgi and able to talk!
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:28 p.m. CST
The only Lone Ranger that matters...
by DickBallsworth
is THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWGO3ePMcMg&ob=av3n
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:30 p.m. CST
Heigh ho is The Ramones, not the Lone Ranger.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Try hi yo.
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:31 p.m. CST
"It's an opportunity for me to salute Native Americans"
by Randolph_Manboobs
Good lord, he sounds like Robert Downey Jr.'s character in Tropic Thunder.
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:33 p.m. CST
Don't ya just want Johnny Depp to just die, and stop ruining films.
by scriptgirl_nipples
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:58 p.m. CST
If it knocks back Thor 2
by JADSTERSDAD
...then fuck it. Royally. Patty Jenkins confirmed for Thor, by the way, but you knew that.
Oct. 13, 2011, 4:58 p.m. CST
I think it is cool!
by Mike Wyant
I have been waiting for a Lone Ranger Movie with Werewolves for a long time! Why does he wear a mask? His face is scarred. Why does He use Silver Bullets? To Kill Werewolves of course!
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:08 p.m. CST
I'm cool with Depp since all real Indians are dead because we wholesale slaughtered them.
by UltraTron
The American way.
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:11 p.m. CST
America surpressed the brave. Still playing cover-up after all this time.
by UltraTron
Go to disneyworld everyone
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:19 p.m. CST
Why don't they cast a real Indian? Because then no one would see the movie you fucking morons
by Bobo_Vision
I'm sure all you people dying to see a real Indian in a lead role were lined up to see Windtalkers.....right? Right? Shut up.
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:19 p.m. CST
Bring back Jon Lovitz as Tonto.
by Doctor_Strangepork
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:26 p.m. CST
Oh please...let it die.
by The Puma Man
Oct. 13, 2011, 5:34 p.m. CST
It's gonna be wierd seeing Tonto get first billing
by krabklaw
Oct. 13, 2011, 6:49 p.m. CST
I'm in...
by Andrew Coleman
Who would see this movie? I would. Also Depp in a big Disney movie is pretty much $$$ anyway. Look at Alice in Wonderland. Disney doesn't give a fuck... They'll probably make a ride based off the movie that will help push the sequel. Disney can make almost anything into cash cows.
Oct. 13, 2011, 6:53 p.m. CST
Who's that sleeping in my teepee? It's me! It's me!
by epitone
Uh huh, uh huh. Uh huh uh huh uh huh! Native Americans!
Oct. 13, 2011, 6:53 p.m. CST
by majortom25
For all the people saying why dont they cast a real indian, Johnny Depp does have Native american heritage.
Oct. 13, 2011, 7:25 p.m. CST
THE LONE RANGER will happen after all, and I'm indifferent
by ATARI
Oct. 13, 2011, 7:28 p.m. CST
I don't care if Depp is 100% Scandinavian
by Queefer Sutherland
I don't want to see this overexposed fucker in another movie. His participation guarantees I won't see the movie. I'm so fucking sick and tired of Johnny Fucking Depp. How is his performance going to be a salute to Native Americans? The same way his Jack Sparrow is a tribute to the British? Fuck you, Johnny. Fuck you and the ego you rode in on.
Oct. 13, 2011, 7:49 p.m. CST
Depp has been drunk publicly lately in preparation for his role as a Native Indian
by Bobo_Vision
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:10 p.m. CST
ok look.........Johnny Depp again, as an indian!?!?......nobody probably remembers but i really did like the 1980's Lone Ranger it was gritty and it had Christopher Lloyd
by NorthTronic
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:10 p.m. CST
Lone Ranger got blasted in that one!!
by NorthTronic
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:10 p.m. CST
Pirates were a dead topic until Depp stepped in..
by Quake II
I agree with the talkbacker who said The Lone Ranger is a dead property but watch it made 400 million US just like the Disney Pirates movies.....Any genre done in an entertaining way can made bank.
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:13 p.m. CST
and cast a REAL indian you FUCKS!!!
by NorthTronic
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:44 p.m. CST
They're not "Indians", you racists
by Dr. Hfuhruhurr
They're Native Americans. None of them were or are from India.
Oct. 13, 2011, 8:56 p.m. CST
by JaredP
god almighty get it right. the native americans acme from siberia originally. they used an ice bridge to cross over to america
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:03 p.m. CST
by JaredP
he is part cherokee, so why can't he play tonto?
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:04 p.m. CST
Why don't they just call this Tonto: Guest Starring The Lone Ranger?
by IndyCollector
PC Hollywood fucks. Tonto is a SIDEKICK.
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:15 p.m. CST
It has nothing to do with PC
by Dr. Hfuhruhurr
Depp is the star and he wants to play Tonto, so the studio goes where the money is and builds the film around him. That's why they didn't go with a bigger star for the Lone Ranger.
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:40 p.m. CST
Should use "The Lone Ranger and Tonto" Topps comics by Lansdale and Truman as sprigboard
by chubasqueiro
It respected the characters, developed quite a bit Tonto into a character of his own and had the supernatural elemente. Of course, it was very well writen... This Depp 200 mil thing smells like a Wild Wild West fiasco.
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:48 p.m. CST
jaredp you're a pc dumbfuck
by Queefer Sutherland
To quote Depp: "I guess I have some Native American [in me] somewhere down the line. My great-grandmother was quite a bit of Native American, she grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian. Makes sense in terms of coming from Kentucky, which is rife with Cherokee and Creek." Hm, yeah, sounds like he's boiling over with INDIAN blood. And I use the term freely. I know a lot of Indians, and Sherman Alexie is a friend of mine. Look him up on Amazon Books if you don't know who he is. He and the other Indians I know don't give a rat fuck if I use the term. Only the Indian activists, who need to get their dander up to attract attention, quibble over the word. And don't give me that India/Indian shit. Another friend of mine is from Turkey, and we don't call him Asian! Regional terminology is not always region-specific. Ask any Indian who isn't an activist/politician if they care. I've met hundreds and they think you're an idiot, too. Fucking PC dumbshit.
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:49 p.m. CST
But my problem isn't with Depp playing an Indian
by Queefer Sutherland
I don't give a damn. It's called ACTING and an actor is supposed to become something they aren't. My problem is that I'm fucking sick and tired of Johnny fucking Depp!
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:54 p.m. CST
Can we all agree...
by OfficerJunior
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:55 p.m. CST
to keep this a secret
by OfficerJunior
from Tim Fuckin Burton?
Oct. 13, 2011, 9:57 p.m. CST
Hollywood is just consolidating it's influence when it couches it's opporuntism in "social progress"
by seansarto
Depp can shove it with "paying tribute to Native Americans"..Hollywood doesn't want anyone outside the industry to have any opportunities that doesn't somehow benefit their investment agendas..but if you bring them ideas they will steal them and then claim they "were also think the same thing." That is why there all the "reboots" ..because the royalties help pay for Uncle Schepp's visit to Thailand...Where he can go and fing more crooks to con people (specifically Anglo Based Americans..for now ..but they will stoop lower) out of their hard earned money. They are the first to destroy the individual and any "Mom and Pop" enterprises..and they figure if they play the "oh, he's an Indian...or Oh, he's Chinese..or Oh, he's Black!" game they are somehow being socially relavant..all they are doing is strip-mining the influence of a community in order to consolidate it under their influence.
Oct. 13, 2011, 10:01 p.m. CST
by Queefer Sutherland
AMEN! Ain't that the fucking truth!
Oct. 13, 2011, 10:04 p.m. CST
seansarto, Hollywood follows the almighty dollar
by Bobo_Vision
The reason Hollywood won't cast a real Indian in this role is because truce realized from experience that blowhards like yourself don't back up their words with actions and won't pay to see Indians in the lead roles you claim you want them to have. <p> You own The Windtalkers DVD, right? And you paid to see it on opening night, right? Of course not, you haven't even seen it...and Hollywood knows it because they have the movie receipts. Hollywood sees through your bullshit. Put up or shut up. Come back when you've bought Windtalkers on Blu ray.
Oct. 13, 2011, 10:07 p.m. CST
by Bobo_Vision
Damn you, Steve Jobs.
Oct. 13, 2011, 10:53 p.m. CST
Werewolves now just particularly ornery German Shepards
by mdk
Oct. 13, 2011, 11:38 p.m. CST
If Depp wanted to do the Lone Ranger...
by chaburchak
...why didn't he just sign on to play the Lone Ranger his own self, and let someone who's actually Native American (and not 12/16's on their mother's brother's cousin's side) to play Tonto? His pull would've still gotten it made and he could've saluted Native Americans by having an actual Native American as his co-star. Nah, that makes too much sense. Instead they'll carve a few mil out of the budget to make a DVD extra tracing Depp's lineage and telling us how proud he is of his roots (once he's told what they actually are, of course...) Personally, I don't care -- acting is acting, as long as they can pull it off. I loved Joel Grey as Chiun in REMO WILLIAMS, something you'd never get away with today. I just hope the people who regularly bitch about this sort of thing do so with some degree of continuity. You can't raise a stink about Shyamalan casting white and then give Depp a pass on it -- that's crap.
Oct. 14, 2011, 12:10 a.m. CST
good song at least
by DarthBlart
i'm sure dj whatever will make some lame remix
Oct. 14, 2011, 1:01 a.m. CST
by josh hubanks
i was more interested when the proposed plot was bat-shit crazy and involved werewolves...
Oct. 14, 2011, 2:04 a.m. CST
bobovision - Hollywood is on thin ice asshole in the next 10 years ...
by seansarto
There will be government regulations placed upon its ability to contrive political influence based in social pretensions all for the sake of marketing their profit margins... I don't intend to pay a f'n dime for their product..They've stolen plenty from me..in terms of my intellectual property..in terms of my time and energy....integrity and my time on this planet...and they ' are not f'ckin' special people...because all the business they did with me with they did under the lie that they are legitimate partners. Advertising is based in influence to get you to buy a PRODUCT...And if that product has some VALUE in making your life less difficult then you will be a consumer of that product....Hollywood sells you a PRODUCT that has no VALUE..so they are constantly compelled to CONTRIVE value where none exists...Tell me how a movie about a "superhero" is going to solve one fucking problem in life..Other than to dtstract people like you, who might have a brain, from getting in the way of criminal enterprises running you out of house and home..Wake UP bobo...Put the DVDS in the trash can....If you want to help the windtalkers..Nicholas Cage ain't the one to do it..You are. That is what Hollywood wants you to forget and sit idle about while they figure out how to steal more of your tax dollars and GUARANTEE their profits..
Oct. 14, 2011, 2:22 a.m. CST
by gregg benac
This is good news. My 4 year old nephew discovered my Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold dvd and he cant get enough of it. Maybe they'll, ya know,actually have him act like a hero. Hey! remember My Favorite Year? Remember the line Mark Lynn Baker had? "I need my Alan Swans(ie:my heros)as big as i can get them, bigger than life!" I would like a simple code for him. Do the right thing just because its the right thing to do. Here's hoping.
Oct. 14, 2011, 2:49 a.m. CST
jaredp done fucked up
by Roger Moon
Oct. 14, 2011, 5:06 a.m. CST
They've ditched the supernatural elements?
by John
That was the only thing this had going for it. Who really wants to see a straight Lone Ranger adventure? I want to see the Lone Ranger wrestling a fucking werewolf, for chrissakes. I can't stand Johnny Depp and can already see his fine-boned prettyboy face brooding in the firelight as he recounts some bullshit story about 'his people' to the Lone Ranger around the campfire one night.
Oct. 14, 2011, 7:13 a.m. CST
bring back the werewolves
by chien_sale
Oct. 14, 2011, 7:16 a.m. CST
After COWBOYS AND ALIENS, this could be really good!
by ninpobugei
Oct. 14, 2011, 7:55 a.m. CST
"Return w/us now to those thrilling days of...
by Master Bruce
yesteryear...The Lone Ranger rides again!" Nothing by Depp or Disney is ever gonna top Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels...just ask Klinton Spilsbury & Michael Horse.
Oct. 14, 2011, 8:31 a.m. CST
by Bobo_Vision
Then what are you doing on a movie website if you despise Hollywood and don't want to contribute a cent to it? The government wants to keep us blind to their evils with movies? I think TV is the real evil. We can pick and choose which movies to watch.
Oct. 14, 2011, 9:25 a.m. CST
The script is in the fashion of a Tall Tale
by Laserhead
Old Tonto is narrating to a couple kids, telling them the story of the Lone Ranger. Sometimes he describes the Ranger doing something that is completely impossible. Hammer is basically just a generic hero who acts out the parts of Tonto's story. It actually works pretty well. But grim and gritty it ain't.
Oct. 14, 2011, 9:30 a.m. CST
It's not the Lone Ranger if it has supernatural elements...
by ZodNotGod
Why not remake that awful 1981 movie? Take the premise, not the story and make a good ole' fashion western adventure. Honor the character, don't crap on it.
Oct. 14, 2011, 9:34 a.m. CST
The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a terrible film...
by ZodNotGod
but damn, that poster for it is awesome!
Oct. 14, 2011, 9:36 a.m. CST
All involved are doing themselves a huge disservice...
by ZodNotGod
by not doing a legitmate adaption in the vein of the old tv show. Silver bullets, mask, 1812 overture, narration etc... Would be cool, but I guess its only me.
Oct. 14, 2011, 10:02 a.m. CST
Uh, hello people. It's obvious where the money is going
by Lamerz
Three straight months of hookers and blow during filming costs a lot. Plus you gotta pay extra to get the hookers to spend three months in BFE.
Oct. 14, 2011, 12:08 p.m. CST
Remember when Johnny Depp was cool?
by Dr Gregory House
Yeah, I'm starting to forget, too. Here's hoping The Rum Diary brings some coolness back.
Oct. 14, 2011, 12:59 p.m. CST
Remember when Johnny Depp was cool?
by ZodNotGod
Yeah. Never. He lost with the shittastic 21 Jump Street. Awful.
Oct. 14, 2011, 4:25 p.m. CST
@bobo_vision YOU WON THIS TALKBACK
by KilliK
You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
Oct. 14, 2011, 10:42 p.m. CST
by JaredP
don't be a douche. lou diamond phillips played ritchie valens in la bamba, and hes asian, NOT mexican. so who even cares what background johnny depp is as long as hes truthful to the character
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As the 2013 NHL Draft wound down and the New Jersey Devils selected their last draft pick in the sixth round (160), many hopes dropped. The only way that Martin Brodeur's oldest child would be drafted is if the Devils made a trade at some point in the final round.
As the arena began to file out, a late announcement in the final round that the LA Kings had sacrificed their seventh round pick (208) in the 2013 draft to New Jersey for a seventh round pick in the 2015 draft, that meant only one thing.
Martin Brodeur sat at the Devils table on the draft floor where it was announced that he would make the official announcement of who the Devils final pick of the 2013 Draft would be.
"The Devils are proud to select from Shattucks-Saint Mary's, Anthony Brodeur," Marty announced over the microphone.
Marty stood at the table holding his son's draft jersey. As Anthony approached, he attempted to shake his dad's hand to accept his jersey. Instead, Marty grabbed him and hugged him, kissing him on the cheek.
It's not so often that a player gets to announce the selection of their son in the draft, but this was a big moment for the Brodeur family. In what could be Marty's final year as a New Jersey Devil and as a goaltender, it was announced earlier this week that he was selected to grace the cover of the EA SPORTS NHL 14 video game due out in September. Now add the fact that his son is now a New Jersey Devil… this was a big night for the Brodeur family, as well as the New Jersey Devils family.
As for newsmakers during the NHL Draft, the Devils stole the spotlight. After all, they were hosting the Draft. They came out the winners as they acquired Cory Schneider (G) from the Vancouver Canucks for their 9th pick in the Draft and drafted Martin Brodeur's son late in the overall draft.
Now rumors are beginning to swirl surrounding the future of Johan Hedberg. He currently has one year left on his contract. The 40-year-old has been backing up Brodeur since 2010. With the addition of Schneider, it would appear that Devils' GM Lou Lamoriello is preparing to transition Brodeur out of the #1 spot and pass the puck on to his successor.
Brodeur will remain #1 in the 2013-14 season, but that leaves the question of the #2 spot and who will play: Hedberg or Schneider. As of now, there are talks of a possible buyout or trade. Currently, Hedberg is due $1.4M for the last year in his contract with New Jersey.


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For those who are saying the Atlanta Thrashers didn't get nearly enough for Ilya Kovalchuk, what exactly did you expect?
A lot, apparently.
And for that, we are all guilty to varying degrees.
Atlanta GM Don Waddell told teams he wanted a top six forward, a top four defenceman and a first-round pick and/or a prospect. And who can blame him? You have to start somewhere, might as well be at the high end.
We all reported that, but did we honestly, really, believe he would ever actually get that?
Did we actually think Patrick Sharp or Kris Versteeg or Cam Barker – or all three as some reported – would be the yield on an admittedly superstar offensive player, but one who is going to unrestricted free agency and just turned down one of the most lucrative long-term contracts in NHL history? One hundred freakin' million dollars large?
Did we honestly believe Wayne Simmonds and Jack Johnson would be packaged? Or that Brandon Dubinsky or Marc Staal or Ryan Callahan were Atlanta bound?
If any of those possibilities were on the table, Waddell would have taken one of them. But they weren't, so he had to deal in the reality of what was.
We'll never know for sure what the actual best offers from the other teams were. Whether Waddell, could have gotten Alexander Frolov, another roster player from the Kings (not Simmonds or Jack Johnson) and a good prospect or two and if a package like that would have eclipsed the New Jersey Devil offering of prospect/player Niclas Bergfors, veteran defenceman Johnny Oduya, prospect Patrice Cormier and a late first-round pick that is minimized somewhat by the fact the playoff bound Devils will flip flop second rounders with the Thrashers.
So we are left to decide the merit of the deal based on what did change hands.
The fact Oduya, a proven and somewhat underrated NHL defenceman who plays more than 20 minutes per game, is under contract to Atlanta for the next two years is the most noteworthy takeaway. That is the most tangible asset Atlanta received. There is no mystery to what they got there. It's not exciting, but it is effective.
Bergfors, a first-round pick who has 13 goals this season, is a tougher read.
TSN canvassed a variety of NHL scouts, pro and amateur, on Bergfors and the opinions were mixed. Some see him as a potential second-liner, a top-six forward in waiting. Others say his lack of dynamic speed and size make him no better than a third-liner. It was noted he started the season much stronger than he has been of late. No one doubts he's an NHL forward but whether it's in the top six or top nine remains to be seen.
There is more certainty on Cormier. For all the negativity associated with his season-ending suspension in the Quebec League, most scouts peg Cormier as a solid third-line NHL prospect with a few suggesting he may only be a fourth liner. But the consensus was as a third liner.
Oduya and Bergfors go immediately into the lineup to help offset the loss of Kovalchuk, but that's a big hole to fill.
If all goes well, Oduya, Bergfors and Cormier will be in the Thrashers' lineup for years to come and what we do know is that Kovalchuk wasn't sticking around past this year.
Kovalchuk was walking at the end of this season. The Thrashers could not have done any more to sign him than they did. There is no doubt about that. They could not have offered him any more than they did. And it wasn't enough.
So Waddell was backed into a corner. He knew it. Everyone knew it. And as valuable as Kovalchuk is as a player, the truth is the potential offers were never going to be anywhere close to what we all imagined they might be.
It's a good deal for New Jersey, regardless of how the players traded to Atlanta fare, and it really doesn't matter whether the Devils are able to sign Kovalchuk to a contract extension.
Devils' GM Lou Lamoriello knows the East is relatively wide open this year and his surprising Devils have a chance. That's all he needs to hear to take action on a player like Kovalchuk, who can be a game breaker. Odds are Lamoriello won't be able to sign Kovalchuk, unless the player is prepared to take a nice haircut to stay in New Jersey.
Still, for a team like New Jersey, which remains competitive year after year, the Devils can withstand the loss of Bergfors, Oduya and Cormier, both in the short and long term. The addition of Kovalchuk provides them with a dynamic they didn't have. So it's well worth it for an established NHL franchise that doesn't have many mood swings, regardless of who comes and goes, to take a swing for the fences.
We were all delusional to think the Thrashers could really win this trade outright in the short term. I mean, how can you replace the loss of a franchise player, but how can you get market value either, not when everyone knows he's going and what it's going to cost to sign him to a contract extension.
So we are left to question whether Waddell could have done things differently to a get a better result. And the answer would appear to be, probably not.
He worked the teams that were interested. Worked them hard. Once he had a tangible offer he knew he could live with – from the Devils – he went public that he was trading Kovalchuk in order to flush out any late bids and leverage other teams with the Devils' offer. On the day he knew he was trading Kovalchuk, he issued a statement demonstrating exactly how far the franchise went in an effort to re-sign him and ensure that no one could make Waddell or the Thrashers culpable for Kovalchuk walking. And then he acted, obviously believing the market was as good as it was going to get.
Tactically, he played it about as well as he possibly could.
Now, he'll hope the Thrashers don't fall out of the playoff race. He'll hope Bergfors will score a few goals and Oduya will solidify things on the blueline. He'll hope that Cormier hasn't been damaged by the suspension experience and can step into the lineup next season.
That's a lot to hope for, but maybe not as much as we all hoped he would have gotten from Chicago or the Rangers or the Kings. Honestly, though, those blockbuster deals with the big names were never happening and we were kidding ourselves to think they were.
Waddell said he wanted a top six forward. Bergfors could be that. We'll see. He said he wanted a top four defenceman. Oduya, based on minutes played in New Jersey, is that. Just. He said he wanted a prospect and Cormier is that. He said he wanted a first rounder and he got one.
Mission accomplished, for the most part, though it didn't turn out to be nearly as exciting and impactful as many would have liked.
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Portuguese advertising agency MSTF Partners firmly believes that there's no better way to remember a journey than a book and that nothing makes one travel more than reading. With this in mind, they developed Tell a Story, a mobile book shop that sells translated Portuguese books, as a way to promote literature as "postcard" of their culture.
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11am and hoards of devoted horror fans assemble at the Empire for the first screening of the day – Aussie revenger The Horseman.
An hour an a half later the crowd emerges having just witnessed what must surely be a contender for the most brutal film at the festival? (we'll get back to you Monday...). Throats are slit, nipples are snipped, baseball bats deployed, and errr.... a bicycle pump is inserted into a man's urethra. Eeeek.
"I walked around my house and just noted down different objects – nasal sprays and fishing hooks and soldering irons and I just thought 'hmm, where could I put that on the body? What would I do?' director Steven Kastrissios tells us.
"There were other things I wrote down that people had threatened me with over the years and I thought 'that's a really interesting way...!'"
So what about the pump? "That's something that my girlfriend used to threaten me with." He laughs. "My ex-girlfriend... She would threaten me with a pencil but I thought a bike pump would be more interesting."
Thing is at least one of the TF crew was moved to tears. And not cross-your-legs tears, either. It's a film about grief as well as violence
"That's good to hear. I love making girls cry!" says Kastrissios.
A cross-genre action horror, The Horseman sees quiet pest control worker Christian turn into a single-minded weapon of torture after his daughter is found dead in an alley having been drugged, raped and filmed for a porno. Torture aside, Kastrissios isn't convinced it's a horror, "horror is when the good guys are getting killed, when the bad guys are getting killed it's action." But Taken this isn't, filled as it is, with ambiguity, humanity and moments of stillness. "It's definitely not a film for the squeamish." He says "People who are ok with cinema violence seem to understand the subtleties."
If you've missed it at FrightFest, The Horseman opens in theatres 30th October. In the meantime Kastrissios will be pushing on with his next project, an action horror creature feature called Remnants: "it's an R Rated Ghostbusters in the bush, but they're not ghosts they're monsters". Sold.
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GamerParenting: The 411 on 4/20
It?s Friday as I write this, but I?m too busy getting ready for 4/20. Just so you know, these are the most important numbers in my life. They guide me, challenge me, and hold my universe together. They force me to take a break and reflect on my career, my family and the choices I?ve made. Oh yes, I?ll most definitely have a party on 4/20.
It?s an interesting date, 4/20. It?s rife with meaning.
4/20/99 -- that?s when the modern age of anti-videogame sentiment began and I was tasked to cover it. Once upon a time, I did political news for CNet?s fondly missed GameCenter. I?d cover whatever politicians were saying about games. I usually didn?t cover breaking news, but during the week of 4/20, I was tasked with covering a different kind of story.
Remember Columbine? On 4/20/99 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold executed a plan that they had been nurturing for months. They hunted their fellow students methodically. First they set off a firebomb in a field about a half-mile from the high school to divert authorities and rescue workers from the scene of the next crime. They arrived at the school in separate cars, then killed 12 teenagers and two adults, wounded 23 more children, and then killed two more (themselves). They horrified a nation and sparked a debate that can basically be summed up as follows: ?What caused this??
4/20/1889 happens to be the birthday of Adolph Hitler, and the racist writings Harris and Klebold left behind did obsess on the date enough to make it clear that April 20 was chosen for a reason. Others blamed guns and our gun culture: How did two kids so easily obtain so many firearms and why didn?t anyone notice? Videogames were blamed, particularly the then six-year old Doom, and these guys were huge fans of violent movies. (Given that they?re teenage boys, to this point I say, ?Of course.?) Their rampage sent everyone casting about for reasons. That's an important human quality, seeking order in chaos, and since very few people (including 99.9 percent of the people who regularly play violent videogames) can actually imagine gunning down innocent people, it's natural to cast about for reasons why.
What I saw when covering this was that the news media wasn?t looking for reasons, it was largely looking for causes, and that meant reacting to everything but the real problem. Security was increased in schools nationwide -- despite Columbine, violence and crime was already down in American high schools, but people wanted to feel better now, so instead of funding guidance counselors or making an effort to help kids who might be on the edge, the focus was put on prevention and capturing kids before they committed a crime. Don?t even think about blowing up the school, man -- Big Brother is watching you!
I realized that a media willing to scare parents with lies and false information after a horrible tragedy is not a media looking to HELP. After something like Columbine or Virginia Tech, parents are already scared, everyone is scared. What they need are facts, not more fears. Think of all the parents watching the news and wondering if their "A" student upstairs is going to kill people because they let him play Halo. To a parent who has never played a videogame it sounds reasonable, but gamers know that it?s absurd. There is research that suggests violent media can cause short-term aggression, but there?s no research indicating that it changes personalities. It won't make a good person bad, but it could be a trigger if your child is already disturbed. Of course, anything could be that trigger. History shows it could be "The Catcher in the Rye," "Taxi Driver" or even the Holy Bible. The events of 4/20 helped launch GamerDad.com and serves as an annual reminder to me of why I'm on this quest and how videogames are still misperceived in our culture.
A year passed and the planets aligned again and the path was further illuminated. My first child, Maggie, arrived on the morning of April 20, 2000, one year after Columbine. You might say that one 4/20 inspired the gamer, and the next one created the dad.
That?s what 4/20 means to me. It?s the day I became a parent, it?s the day I began my career and heard my calling, it?s the most important day in my life. Oh, yes, I am going to party, and at the party I?m going to have a hot dog and big slice of pink cake shaped like a teddy bear. I?m going to hug my little girl and we might put in a few rounds of Super Smash Brothers, Kabookii or LEGO Star Wars with the friends she has sleeping over. Aw? Who am I kidding? It?ll be Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour and High School Musical: Sing It! for us. Still, later on, after the kids go to bed, I might enjoy a single cigar to celebrate.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
Note to parents: If you can?t think of any more meanings for 420, and you hear your kids or their friends mention it, you might want to Google the term and get hip. This column only endorses 4/20 as a time for remembering Columbine and saying ?Happy Birthday? to Maggie.


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Logrolling in the U.S. Congress
AbstractDoes exchange, i.e., vote trading, occur in legislatures? If so, is it quantitatively important or optimal? How important are political parties for the organization of logrolling coalitions? To address these questions, this paper investigates a broad range of votes where logrolling has been reported among interests favoring subsidies for urban, labor, and farm interests. The findings suggest that logrolling agreements are widespread, that many Democratic congressmen changed votes because of logrolling agreements, and that the Democratic party served to facilitate logrolling between its members. Furthermore, logrolling coalitions exhibited a strong degree of stability. Copyright 1995 by Oxford University Press.
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Volume (Year): 33 (1995)
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Belfast, Maine: Perry's Nut House
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- On the south side of US Hwy 1/Searsport Ave. less than a mile west of the Belfast bridge.
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Several outdoor animal photo-ops and an indoor "forgotten" mummy indicate that this once-classic attraction may be on the rebound, bulking up with crazy exhibits. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Mostly a tourist souvenir stand with a few mounted animals, Perry's still has a charm about it with Ape-Raham the gorilla, a gator strapped to the ceiling and assorted random stuff all around. Not a bad place to stop.[Chris Meiman, 06/23/2010]
Billed on RA as a house of oddities. Well, yes there are a few oddities there...but it is more of a tourist trap selling some of the cheapest stuff around!
O.K., I will admit there was this sweet little old lady selling fresh homemade fudge (of all flavors/varieties) and so I indulged. The fudge made at Perry's Nut House is well worth the stop!
There was a giant stuffed Gorilla as you walk in the front door (contest to name it...and if you win...you get your picture with the gorilla). A large stuffed albatross, a mummy (looked a bit doctored up). Some cool things outside to get your picture with.[Ryan from Michigan, 11/23/2009]
Hooray for "Jay the Forgotten Mummy!" Perry's is on the comeback trail...
I was very disappointed with Perry's Nut House because I used to go here all the time as a kid. However, the careful observer will notice that some of the old Nut House charm still exists.
They have a "lost mummy," which is obviously fake, but still kind of cool, a big stuffed albatross, some shrunken heads, and maybe a few other oddities. However, the focus is definitely on buying candy and tacky Maine souvenirs. Still worth a stop if you're on your way somewhere, but definitely not worth a trip just for that.[Matt, 07/29/2007]
After the sell-off of the older exhibits in the late 1990s, new Perry's management tells us they have been slowly building up there own collection of oddities, and re-acquiring some Perry's classics. Old Perry's had the advantage of decades of dusty accumulation -- and they were in it for the retail commerce as well, make no mistake!
You will be happy to hear that Perry's Nut House, under the management of new owners George and Ellen Darling, is back and better than ever. I'm their next door neighbor and have seen Perry's coming back to life.
Perry's Nut House is celebrating their 80th Anniversary this year. The dusty old store is being spiffed up with lots of great things to see and do. They still make their own fudge, a favorite far and wide.
They are also working on getting a new giant elephant, as the previous one was purchased at auction about 10 years ago and currently resides at the local movie theater. It may not be the Perry's Nut House that your grandparents remember, but there are many things that are even better. And the Albatross is back and bigger than ever![Kim Dunn, 07/02/2007]
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BURRILLVILLE- Lorraine E. (Tibbetts) Mowry, 52, Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at home in Pascoag.
Born in North Smithfield, she was the daughter of the late Stewart Tibbetts and Barbara (Pariseau) Degnan.
Lorraine worked as a CNA and dental assistant at Zambarano Hospital in Pascoag. She served in the RI Army National Guard.
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ROYERSFORD, PA- John Joseph Martin, 54, of Royersford, husband of Susan M. (Serratore) Martin, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Phoenixville Hospital.
Born in Woonsocket, R.I., he was the son of Margaret (Valente) Martin of Woonsocket and the late John Martin.
John was an Operation Desert Shield War Navy veteran serving for 11 years.
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Why do cosmetics never go on sale? It's a question that nine women took to federal court in California in 1998. Their suit accused manufacturers of setting a suggested retail price in their contracts with department stores, while prohibiting discounts. In return, cosmetics companies guaranteed a 40 percent margin on the products as well as paying salaries of salespeople and supplying store displays.
More than a decade later, consumers everywhere can benefit from the settlement of the class action lawsuit. Starting Tuesday, January 20, department stores nationwide will be giving away cosmetics worth $175 million. The sale lasts a week on a first-come, first-served basis, but Bloomingdale's in Bloomington expects the freebies to be gone within a day or a day and a half. Anyone who purchased cosmetics between May 1994 and July 2003 is eligible to take part. Consumers must sign a form declaring that they purchased products during that period. Will there be anyone checking to see if you received more than one freebie? Only you and Estee Lauder, God rest her smelly soul, will know.
More than 14 department stores will be participating in the giveaway, including Bloomingdale's, Dillard's, Herberger's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Younkers. The list of freebies includes perfume by Boucheron, Christian Dior and Guerlin, body lotion by Clarins, Chanel, Vera Wang and Calvin Klein, shower gel by Sarah Jessica Parker, Lancome, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren, Advanced Night Repair by Estee Lauder, Moisture Surge by Clinique and mascara by Lancome. The freebies are larger than "sample" sizes. Although they were created specifically for the giveaway, the value placed on each is supposed to be between $15 and $23, according to the settlement.
Bloomingdale's plans to set up six tables with signs above each to indicate the products available at that desk. The Mall of America store received as few as 20 of some products and more than 100 of others. Supplies will vary among department stores, with stores distributing goods that they ordinarily sell. Macy's spokeswoman Sharon Bateman indicated that the supplies were created specifically for the giveaway, not taken from the stores' regular inventory. Bloomingdale's expects supplies of Estee Lauder, Clinique and Lancome to go first.
The retailers have claimed no wrongdoing in the settlement, which probably explains why nothing has changed. Cosmetics still never go on sale. The best you can hope for is a freebie with a purchase, and now the minimum purchase is often $75 or $100. I'll bet there will be many "free with purchase" offers while us "plaintiffs" pick up our "settlements."
I don't support this class action lawsuit and won't be taking any product from these cosmetics companies. If they want to charge full price and never discount their products, that is their right. If a consumer wants cheaper discounted products they have to choose from other brands. That is the free market. If these non-discounting cosmetics companies didn't have enough business by charging full price, they'd fall in line and begin discounting. On that note, every Christmas there are tons of promotions where you buy one "thing" and get a bag and other stuff for free – isn't that a discount of sorts? Keep your laws off my consumerism! I can make up my own mind, thank you! And for you women who sued because you didn't see your favorite cosmetics on sale, we have you to thank for future higher prices! Shame on you!
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"India has become a much harder sell of late. Even with the introduction of FDI into multi-brand retail, American firms now view India with suspicion. While the negative feelings surrounding the country might be exaggerated, the positive outlook has gone away," said Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business, Dartmouth College.
The professor, who was previously the chief innovation consultant for General Electric, was in India recently as part of his work in helping American firms adapt to the Indian business climate.
Mr. Govindarajan pointed out that while the opening up of the retail sector was a step in the right direction, the road-blocks that came along the way dampened some of the more positive sentiment.
"American firms primarily feel that they aren't welcome anymore. However, while the short-term indicators aren't good, India is still a robust long-term story. Which is what I remind people," he said.
When asked whether some of the fears of lobbying with regard to FDI were unfounded, Mr. Govindarajan said that it was primarily a mixture of both fact and sensation.
"Some of it is sensationalism, but some of it is real. The heart of the matter is unsure regulation. Even if the rules are bad, it doesn't matter. When everybody is clear about the rules, then investment will flow. If, for instance, tax codes are changed, then it becomes a problem," he said.
Talking about the way forward for India, Mr. Govindarajan stressed the need for India to stick to its strengths—namely, what he refers to as 'process innovation'.
"What India really needs is its population participating as consumers which happens when enterprises innovate on their processes. Look at what Arvind Eyecare has done for the healthcare centre. One needs to be able to provide the product at low prices without sacrificing on quality," he said.
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The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band's concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up.
Fort Eustis spokesman Rick Haverinen told The Associated Press he couldn't comment on the specifics of the investigation. At the Pentagon, Army spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said the military shouldn't impose religious views on soldiers.
"If something like that were to have happened, it would be contrary to Army policy," Collins said.
Pvt. Anthony Smith said he and other soldiers felt pressured to attend the May concert while stationed at the Newport News base, home of the Army's Transportation Corps.
"My whole issue was I don't need to be preached at," Smith said in a phone interview from Phoenix, where he is stationed with the National Guard. "That's not what I signed up for."
Smith, 21, was stationed in Virginia for nearly seven months for helicopter electrician training when the Christian rock group BarlowGirl played as part of the "Commanding General's Spiritual Fitness Concerts."
Smith said a staff sergeant told 200 men in their barracks they could either attend or remain in their barracks. Eighty to 100 decided not to attend, he said.
"Instead of being released to our personal time, we were locked down," Smith said. "It seemed very much like a punishment."
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation first reported on the Christian concert. The foundation said it was approached by soldiers who were punished for not attending or offended by the religious theme of the event.
The group's president, Mikey Weinstein, claims Christian-themed events are "ubiquitous" throughout the military, and he credited the soldiers for stepping forward.
"Whenever we see this egregious, unconstitutional religious tyranny our job is to fight it," he said.
Smith said he and the other soldiers were told not to use their cell phones or personal computers and ordered to clean up the barracks.
About 20 of the men, including several Muslims, refused to attend the concert based on their religious beliefs, he said.
Smith said he went up the chain of command and traced the concert edict to a captain, who said he simply wanted to "show support for those kind of events that bring soldiers together."
While not accepting blame, the officer apologized to the soldiers who refused to attend the concert and said it was not his intent to proselytize, he said.
"But once you get in there, you realize it's evangelization," Smith said.
Associated Press writer Pauline Jelinek in Washington contributed to this report.
Military Religious Freedom Foundation: http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
Fort Eustis: http://www.eustis.army.mil/
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That's outrageous. The military has it's head up (where the sun don't shine). To force the troops to attend anything with religious overtones is completely out of order and whoever thought that loony tunes idea up should be demoted. We don't have ayatollas in this country. Damn. When I was in the service they would have tried that stunt on me, I would have refused also.
Chain of command screw up with a low level officer a bit confused. Should have had AC/DC play and they would have no problem.
THIS is exactly what the USA is turning into, if we don't fight it.
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I really like that Golfsmith swing speed chart! Thanks for sharing. I'm no expert on shafts but I fit the golfsmith criteria for stiff shaft. I have played stiff shaft Ping Eye 2 irons and now stiff Pinemeadow Mark II irons. My driver and woods have been regular shaft and I am extremely inconsistent with my driver (high and right). Woods have a playable fade. My irons are dead straight.
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Do-Ahead Christmas Breakfast
Christmas breakfast is a wonderful meal, especially if it's done ahead of time! I have good memories of digging into hot cinnamon rolls and strong black coffee as I watched my siblings open gifts. Here's a few more ideas for Christmas breakfast dishes that can be prepared ahead of time and still served piping-hot on Christmas morning.
• Deep-Dish Brioche French Toast, from Leite's Culinaria. This French toast can be made the night before and baked in the morning. It's rich, cinnamon-y and gooey-delicious.
• Almond croissants, from Chocolate and Zucchini. This recipe uses day-old bakery croissants. They can be filled and glazed ahead, and then popped into the oven in the morning. These are also very rich and sweet, with a crispy sugar-glazed top. My favorite!
• Crockpot Ham and Egg Casserole, from About.com. This sounded scary at first, but after I read it I was intrigued. With good ham, a mix of cheeses, and the fluffiness of slow-cooked eggs it could be really good.
• Easy Crepes, from Epicurious. Crepes can be made ahead of time and stored, well-wrapped, in the fridge for a day or the freezer for longer. Set out jam, mascarpone, yogurt, whipped cream, or fresh fruit to roll up in the crepes for a lighter Christmas breakfast.
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We do cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning too, but I love your ideas as well.
We always take a break from opening presents and do scrambled eggs topped with a family recipe of tomatoes, cheese, jalapeno peppers, mushrooms, and other good things. It's fabulous. We lovingly call it Christmas Goop. It wouldn't be Christmas without it!
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast is the tamales left over from Christmas Eve. Usually cold, but my gringo husband warms his up.
The ham and egg casserole sounds intriguing, but how do you keep the eggs from being way overcooked in the crockpot? 1 cup of milk to a dozen eggs isn't a whole lot of liquid. 0.o
My family has no sort of Christmas breakfast tradition. However, if I have quiche for Christmas Eve dinner like I'm currently planning, it will almost certainly be my breakfast the following morning! Quiche Lorraine is good at any time of the day.
In our Irish/Scottish family its always scrambled eggs and smoked salmon.


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We first learn about the famous "Board Shorts" in Season 3, Episode 17: "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno" when Emily finds an old conversation with Ali in her biology notebook:Ali had a fling with a "beach hottie" in Cape May the summer before she "died." Further information provided by the less-than-reliable CeCe revealed that Ali had been hooking up with a mysterious older man without protection, and totally thought she was pregnant. When Emily and Jason find a photo collage including a picture of Ali with Detective Wilden in Cape May, they immediately suspect the creeper cop of being "Board Shorts." Later, Mona tells Spencer that Ali's pregnancy was a false alarm, and Ali was never actually pregnant, but we don't know how much "Board Shorts" knew.
1.Wren in board shorts/We see A in Pilot
a)So Wren has a history of wearing board shorts.
b)Marlene said on twitter that we see A in the first episode
Guess who was seen in pilot wearing nothing else but board shorts.If you ask me this could be the big clue.
2.Thing for younger girls
Wren is engaged to Melissa who is gorgeous and smart but he still goes for her younger sister?
Later in the series he got closer to Hanna and they kissed.
So it looks like he has a thing for younger girls and it doesn't surprise me if he was the one having a thing with Ali in Cape May.
3.He is a doctor
a)He provided medication
Wren was in fact providing pain killers for Ian and remotely treating him for his accident at the church. Spencer corners him at his workplace, St. Anthony's Hospital of Philadelphia, and gets him to admit his participation and knowledge of Ian's existence. He is helping Melissa, because, he says, he owes it to her after what he has done.
b)Emily and HGH
When Emily was in hospital for ulcer he was her doctor(Surprise,surprise!).Later, he checks up on Emily. He has good news and bad news. The good - the ulcer will heal, the bad - Emily's blood test says she has HGH (human growth hormone, a steroid used to improve sports performance) in her system. He says that since she is a minor, he must tell her parents. She begs him not to tell, and denies having knowledge of the HGH, which is later proven to be the truth. He doesn't believe her, but agrees to ask the attending to run the test again before informing her parents.
Wren would know how much steroid to put in Emily's pain-killer cream to have it show up in her blood work and send her to the hospital but not kill her.
c)Season 3 episode 5 "That girl is poison"
Emily is on her computer looking up the drug while talking to Aria, who is going through Lucas's bag. She tells Aria that the drug in Paige's system is:
A strong sedative prescribed for sleeping disorders. Also used to subdue aggressive patients and inmates. Side effects: memory loss
At that very moment, Aria is going through Lucas's film and finds three pills. She asks Emily what the pills look like and they're the exact ones that Aria found in Lucas's stuff.
In the final scene, we see our hooded, still-anonymous villain rifling through someone's bag. What do they pull out? A wallet, a picture of Emily, and a medicine bottle. Who's is it?Wren could be the one that gave those pills to Lucas to put them in Emily's drink.
Ali tells Emily that she knows someone,a doctor who could prescribe her a pill.(Possibly Wren,I mean he is the only doctor we know on the show)
e)Hanna's blood sample
"Moments Later"
This is episode when Hanna is in the hospital cause she was hit by a car. Wren's a doctor, he had easy access to all of her blood work.
Later in "Crazy"
Early in the episode Officer Wilden drops by Hanna's house and says the police want a sample of her blood. Hanna fears she is being framed and then tells Spencer, Spencer says that her mom can have the court order dismissed. Then later in the episode A leaves Hanna the Ouija board piece that she put in Ali's grave on her kitchen table. When Hanna picked it up she pricked herself, why? Because a put staples on the bottom of it with a note that said:
A: "See how easy it is for me to get your blood? -A"
f)A message
A sent a message to all four the girls saying:
A: "Mona played with dolls, I play with body parts. Game on, bitches. -A"
Sounds like a doctor to me…
In "Blood is the new black" Emily finds necklace with teeth on it.Of course she thought they were Ali's.Again this could easily be Wren.
4.Vodka soda
In "The Jenna thing" when the Hastings sisters and Wren go out for drinks with their father, Spencer orders a vodka soda, but Melissa interferes. It seems expected that Wren order the same drink as his future father-in-law and his fiancée, but he opts for Spencer's choice instead, secretly providing her with a few sips, sensing she could use it while Melissa and their father talk about their accomplishments of the day.
In the end of "Kingdom of the blind" A(Wren) grabbed a Vodka Soda out of a giant freezer and poured it into a cup which looked exactly like the drink that Wren ordered. Coincidence? I don't think so…
In "Happened that night" Wren informs Hanna that he volunteers at the Radley Sanitarium a few days each month when he catches her visiting Mona using a false name.Wren is working as one of Mona's doctors(Again "surprise")
Wren also helped Hanna talk to the board members at Radley and got Mona to stay in Rosewood.I'm pretty sure it's not just because he wanted to help Hanna and do her a favour.He needed Mona to stay in the Rosewood cause she is on the A team.
-In "Birds of a Feather" At the end of the episode we see A hacking the computer system of the Radley Sanitarium allowing Mona to have visitors. My guess is that Wren has an access to patients files online, making this to easy for the A team.
In "the lady killer" we see Mona wearing a nurse outfit and getting in to Radley with an I.D badge.But who would give Mona that stuff,the only person that has easy acces-Wren.
In "I'm your puppet" Wren comes to see Spencer when he finds out she's been checked into Radley. There is obvious tension between him and orderly Eddie Lamb. Wren asks Spencer if he's done anything for her to be there and she says it doesn't have to do with him. Later when Eddie talks to Spencer he indicates Wren was involved with the issues with the badges and that he always thought he was there for the wrong reasons. In a different scene Wren stops Eddie from taking a book to Spencer's room and there is further tension.
Later Spencer follows Mona's map to an abandoned wing of the asylum and Wren shows up when she is going through some items Mona hid in a rocking horse. He admits to issuing a visitor pass to CeCe Drake to see Mona, even though she wasn't allowed visitors. He tells her that CeCe had gotten kicked out of university because of a stunt Ali had pulled at a frat party and she desperately wanted to talk to Mona. He let her in because he thought she could be a role model for Mona. He also reveals that Melissa was the one who told CeCe about Mona being in Radley.
He probably knew CeCe from Cape May…
In "What Lies Beneath" we see A watching the news. When the camera pans over to A using the remote to change the channel we see a box with the words "Hopkins" written on it. Hopkins is a medical school and the only doctor is Wren…
In "Blood is the new black" Wren comforts Hanna after her ordeal with Mona. He mentions his father was also in a mental institution and that he was schizophrenic.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by impaired emotional responses. Commonsymptoms include delusions, such as paranoid beliefs; hallucinations; disorganized thinking; and negative symptoms, such as blunted affect and avolition. Schizophrenia causes significant social and vocational dysfunction.
You can inherit schizophrenia .So this might be the main reason why Wren is A and why is he so desperately trying to find Alison.I mean you got to have some serious problems to be capable to do all those things A does.
8.British english
A trashed Dr.Sullivan's office and left a note on the wall:
"Nosey bitches die.-A "
At first I thought it was Mona but American spell it "nosy" and in British english nosy is spelled with an e.The only british person on the show is Wren…
a)Wren is a sophisticated guy and he loves to wear suits.We see him wearing them in many episodes…
b)Later in season 4 episode 12 Ali lead the girls to the lair and they find suits hanging inside the lair.They realised that A is a guy.But everyone think it's Ezra just because he wears suits and was seen in a lair.(I'm not saying Ezra is not A,I'm just saying there is a possibility that he isn't.It will be so easy if he is,we all know and where is fun in that?)
Wren is a smart guy I mean not everyone can be doctors.So I think that he put his picture in the lair so it would look like A is watching him to.The only thing that says about Wren is "Wren at Radley" and that's very odd.
In "Breaking the code" while Spencer was at Wren's apartment he mention he had OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder)-which means that he is very obsessive about cleaning and that everything has to be in order.
Later in "What Lies Beneath" A is perfectly hanging black hoodies
11.Red coat
I think that Wren is working with CeCe.It has been confirmed that she is red coat and she was seen making phone calls in the lair.Also he did help her to get in Radley so she could talk to Mona…
Could CeCe be talking with Wren?
In the end of "Mirror has three faces" we witness Wren talking on his phone. He ends the conversation claiming, "you can't trust anyone." While chatting, he was coloring the coat red on the picture that we see at the beginning of the episode.
This could be a huge clue.But if you ask me this looks more like Jenna then CeCe.Maybe this tell us that Jenna is also a read coat and that she is working with Wren too.
In "Grave new world" Mrs. Grunwald says "One of you has been touched by the one Alison fears the most". As she says it her eyes are fixed on Spencer.Everyone thought that she is talking about Ezra and Aria but why would she be looking at Spencer with that crazy look in her eyes.But Spencer did have a fling with Wren and maybe he is the one Mrs.Grunwald is talking about.
When Ali visited Aria while she was sick,Aria asked her if she knows who A is(does she sees A?).
What Spencer has to figure out?All this clues make me believe that Wren is Beach Hottie/Big A.He is probably the one searching for Ali.I really don't trust that guy,there is something strange about him…
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If your 4th of July is anything like mine, you spend 99.9% of your day in a swimsuit- but still want to find a way to show your patriotic spirit. This year, I'm going to take a cue from the girls of "The Hills" and rock a little red bikini like this one. It will look perfectly festive on the 4th, but still be wearable year round when I hit the beach. So, tell me, what do you plan to wear for your Fourth?


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Pixel-peep the Canon T2i/550D with Imaging Resource test-samples
The Canon T2i/550D action continues to pick up steam! Just now, Imaging Resource has published dozens and dozens of test-sample pictures taken with the camera. The picture are part of their testing series, which means you can use the Comparometer to square it off with any other camera in their database!
The T2i with the 18-55 is shipping from multiple retailers at $900 as you can see at the T2i stock status page.


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Sweeping Views of City Living
99 Union St 1404 Seattle, WA 98101
2 Bed / 2.5 Bath
Cumulative Days on Market: 1410
|Taxes: $23,158 (2014)
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|Type: Condo/Townhouse
|Year Built: 2008
|Style: Condo 1level Unit
|Views: City
|School District: Sea
|County: King Co.
|Community: Downtown
Experience this 2 bedroom residence at the remarkable Four Seasons Private Residences. Walls of windows frame views from the iconic space needle to pier 59 & the mountains, providing the perfect backdrop for entertaining. Flexible spaces. Timeless design. Located in the pulse of downtown Seattle, enjoy first-class service that only the Four Seasons can offer: 24 hour staff, restaurant & spa, plus an infinity-edge pool, outdoor fireplace & fitness center.
Interior Features
- Walk-In Closet
- Insulated Windows
- Balcony/Deck/Patio
- Master Bath
- Kitchen W/O Eating Space - Main
Community Information
- Cable Tv
- Elevator
- Exercise Room
- Fire Sprinklers
- Hot Tub
- Lobby Entrance
- Pool-Outdoor
Lot Information
- Curbs
- Paved Street
- Sidewalk
Property Features
- Fireplace: 1
Heating and Cooling
- Forced Air
- Radiant
- Central a/C
Homeowners Association Information
- Dues: $2,942
- Ceramic Tile
- Hardwood
- Wall to Wall Carpet
Exterior Features
- Cement/Concrete
- Metal/Vinyl
- Roof: Metal
Utility Information
- Energy: Natural Gas
- Common Garage


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Yoga classes have even made their way into the military! I actually read a really cool journal from a yoga teacher who was hired to teach on base, and will have to try to source it soon.
Yoga class builds strength, eases stress for Soldiers in transition - FMWRC - US Army - 101005 (by familymwr)


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I Love Blurb vs. I Hate Shipping Policy and COSTLY editing Policy
I LOVE BLURB and I HATE YOUR SHIPPING POLICY and thus can NOT SELL my THREE High Quality 'REAL' BOOKS!!
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People ASK FOR MY BOOKS all the time but I can NOT recommend that they PAY $12 SHIPPING for a $12 BOOK!!! These policies are keeping you from dozens of sales per month for EACH of my 'real' books. And, as I stated, I would ADD 9 MORE books which would also draw dozens of sales per month. I get e-mails about this all the time, Blurb guys/gals.
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The Boston Fire and Police departments report a man in his 20s was found dead in a car outside 57 Woolson St. in Mattapan around 4:20 p.m. on Saturday.
Authorities say the man, who may have gotten in the car as early as 11 a.m., may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a blocked exhaust pipe.
Earlier in the day, a boy on Nazing Street was pronounced dead after he took refuge from the chill of snow shoveling inside his father's running car.
Authorities urge residents to ensure exhaust pipes are not blocked before they start their cars and get in them.


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While spinning round and round on a tire swing with an old childhood pal one summer in his grandmother's backyard, I inadvertently ruined Christmas in July.
My friend Jake collected Star Wars action figures by the dozen and had carrying cases that looked like the torsos of the film's biggest stars: C-3PO, Darth Vader and R2-D2 all opened up to reveal rows and rows of carefully positioned plastic miniatures of Chewbacca, Han Solo and any other character you could possibly think of from the original three films.
He had duplicates and triplicates of many of them - too many Stormtroopers to count, really. And I think I remember Princess Lea appearing in each case at least once sporting a new look and costume, including one in a bikini from Return of the Jedi that Jake was especially fond of.