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AICN-Downunder: Elektra; Long Tan; Sideways; A Very Long Engagement; Alexander the Great; I Heart Huckabees; Wolf Creek
Father Geek here with the latest from the Upside-down land downunder, where winter is summer and the future is the past, or something like that...
I'm a fingerprint on the window of a skyscraper.
With Summer drawing to a close (and most of us in Melbourne wondering where the hell Summer was in the first damn place), it's good to follow up pat sentence beginnings with a generic closing statement to cover the fact you don't have a good opening statement.
I took a road trip up north which was planned to be relaxing, but instead ended up being an endurance test to see if I could make it to my destinations on time without pesky interferences like eating and sleeping. Now returned, I'm trying to catch up on as many flicks as I can. On with the show...
* It's good to kick off the year with high expectations, and none seem to be higher than first-time producer Martin Walsh. Walsh is planning to film the Battle of Long Tan (best known from its existence in the hit police action Vietnam) with a budget of up to $23 million, unheard of for an Australian production. With playwright and screenwriter Louis Nowra signed on to pen the script, Walsh is hoping to bring Russell Crowe, Eric Bana, Hugh Jackman, Sam Neill and Bryan Brown on board. I suppose that would explain where the $23 million is going... Walsh is looking for a big-name director in the realms of Phillip Noyce, Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford or, er, David Caesar. More on this when we hear it...
Trusty news source Lennox has let us know that Baz Luhrmann is *still* planning to make his ALEXANDER THE GREAT picture, despite Leo opting out. If the man finds funding for his script, I'll be mighty impressed. Or not. Baz recently became a father when his wife gave birth to their first child, despite the fact that Oliver Stone fathered at least two children yeeeeears ago...
* BEING IN THE NICK OF TIME: the most grammatically-questionable title since CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, or a US-backed time travel movie being prepped for a Gold Coast shoot? If you chose one of the above options, you are fifty per cent correct. Auditions will start later this month, with "Farscape" actress Virginia Hey potentially up for a role. Director Geoffrey Brown and writer Paul David Grover both hail from the US, and will shoot the project on HD.
* It's been well-reported, but it's worth mentioning: Australian horror film WOLF CREEK has been picked up for over three million dollars by Miramax, who have yet to put the VHS in the machine and see what they've purchased. Pretty ballsy; I won't even buy a DVD unless I've seen it and know it's high quality. The film, loosely based on the notorious Ivan Milat serial killings from a few years back, features genial lifestyle program host John Jarratt as the killer.
* If you're seeing a film on the morning of January 23rd, you might be inadvertently helping some people out. Most cinema chains are devoting the proceeds from tickets sold for sessions that morning to Care Australia, benefiting the victims of the tsunami in Asia.
The Melbourne-based short film festival is on again. While I missed the first one, I'm told it was very successful and I plan to attend the next. A venue for the April screening hasn't been locked down yet, but if you're looking to enter you'll want to be sending along your work to:
The 2nd Angry Film Festival
16 Salisbury Street
Newport 3015 Melbourne, Australia
Your film should be under fifteen minutes, and any genre will be accepted provided the film itself is entertaining. Make sure you've sent your stuff off before the February 24 deadline.
It's Summer holiday fare, with kids being either stimulated (THE INCREDIBLES) or insulted (RACING STRIPES) depending on the quality of guardianship. Have I pissed enough people off? Excellent!
Here's what made
the cash...
Silvio Soldini releases his fan-crazy sequel to BREAD AND TULIPS, a potential tragedy merely evokes the Greek kind, a new documentary refutes outlandish internet claims that Tommy Ramone is still alive, and Liam Neeson finally succumbs to pressure and gets his kit off.
Here's what's new...
As I'm not going to review, I'd just like to give a brief shout-out to LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, which I caught late last year. If you haven't seen it and you're disappointed at the state of children's films outside of Pixar, go. Go now. It's as beautiful as any film I've seen in the past year, and its darkness brought back memories of the great Roald Dahl, and, in some small part, Enid Blyton and Hugh Lofting. I'm hoping for more.
This is a very strange film. Very strange. I mean, Mark Wahlberg is actually really good. How weird is that? I'm suddenly remembering BOOGIE NIGHTS again, as if some secret compartment has opened up after years of being wedged closed by PLANET OF THE APES, THE PERFECT STORM and THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE. Wahlberg is excellent.
Good thing too, because Jason Schwartzman is better than he was in RUSHMORE, Jude Law and Naomi Watts give far better than they could have got away with, and Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin are as note-perfect as you expect them to be. These six characters, along with Isabelle Huppert's Caterine, are some of the most engaging, interesting characters. Their dilemmas, which could easily have been depicted in an uninteresting, offhand, narcissistic way are all fascinating. I cared about all of them.
The most interesting one is the central idea, the thing that sparks off the story itself. Schwartzman's character Albert visits two existential detective for hope in explaining a "coincidence". He saw the same person three times over and wants to know what it means. The richness in that idea... I mean, it hooked me right away. Is there anything behind it? Even if there isn't, what's the deal with Albert in that he's fixated on it? Beyond that, who are these people that they can "solve" his problem? Two nights ago I was at work, and saw a girl who works nearby. The next morning I ran into her in the middle of the city, just walked right passed her. Normally I would put that down to the fact that we are all connected and run into these people all the time and we only notice them occasionally, but writers David O. Russell and Jeff Baena had worked their way into my brain, and I suddenly wanted this coincidence explained.
It's not a film about nothing. It's not the result of an excess of espressos (as David Stratton remarked). It's about the interconnectedness of all things, and the simultaneous futility of it all. It presents us with ideas we don't even know we're being presented with, and then uses seemingly random events to explore them further. It's a rich, rich film, and while it may possibly owe a lot to my favourite book, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" (by Douglas Adams), it's going places we rarely - if ever - see on film.
LEMONY SNICKET would have blown me away even more if I hadn't been completely unfair to it and seen THE INCREDIBLES a few hours later. CATWOMAN, a film I had no expectations of, was by no means the worst film I saw that day, as I walked into the stunningly-overrated SHARK TALE a few minutes later. Last week, I saw the brilliant I HEART HUCKABEES, and then blew it out of the water by walking into A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT not one hour later.
AMELIE was a brilliant, beautiful film. It is, perhaps, the best example of heart being a totally different thing to sentiment. Amelie herself was perfect; beautiful, vulnerable, devious and heart-wrenching. One of the best things about the film - the glorious asides and digressions into histories and characters and histories of characters - was executed better, even, than RUN LOLA RUN. As much as I enjoyed those deviations in AMELIE, I wasn't looking for it in ENGAGEMENT, and when the opening scene did that very thing with five different characters, I nearly rolled my eyes.
A friend pointed out recently that it's a detective story, and he's right. That's exactly what it is. It's also the perfect follow-up to AMELIE. Because we are all expecting the cute asides that Jeunet does, we assume that it's more cuteness to fill up the running time. Of course, if we're paying proper attention, we realise that every detail we are given is vital to the story. Mathilde is searching for her fiancé, and every little clue takes her in a different direction. Jeunet must have laughed for days after reading the novel by Sébastien Japrisot, realising how perfect a project it is for him and how perfectly-situated it is in his career.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet has almost begun his filmography from scratch. As much as I love DELICATESSAN, CITY OF LOST CHILDREN and even ALIEN RESURRECTION, it's an entirely new career he's embarked upon with his latest works.
It's apt that he looks like the French Terry Gilliam, as his directorial detail is as rich as the Python's. Things don't just look beautiful for the sake of looking beautiful; they have meaning. The colours force you to recollect previous characters and incidents, the manner in which an object is placed on a table will later become of vital importance, the colour of the sky and the direction of the wind forces comparisons with the plight of the characters they affect.
This is the film you show that annoying friend who "doesn't like films with subtitles". This is the film that COLD MOUNTAIN wasn't. This is a film every bit worthy of AMELIE.
So begins the season of post-Christmas Oscar baiting. Australia generally gets the best arthouse flicks from the tail end of the previous year in January, and while it's a vaguely frustrating wait, it's always welcome.
SIDEWAYS, billed as a dick flick in the hopes of sparking a new genre, is, in my humble opinion, Alexander Payne's best work. I've not seen CITIZEN RUTH, but I enjoyed ELECTION and ABOUT SCHMIDT. Both were complex character studies, painful at times and hilarious at others. SIDEWAYS is the first one of Payne's films I've seen that I've truly loved. It's his most affectionate look at a character, never threatening to devolve into schmaltz or saccharine, always maintaining believability. The wine metaphor works perfectly, but it isn't the best allegory in the piece. No, it's the differences and similarities between Miles and Jack, the comparison between the two seemingly-opposite friends, that is the most interesting aspect of the film.
Paul Giamatti, apparently playing Richard Schiff's younger brother, is at career best here. Even better than his phenomenal work in AMERICAN SPLENDOR, Giamatti characterises Miles in a way I think few other actors could. It strikes a chord because it's one of those rare, honest performances. It's a character you can honestly believe exists, because of (not despite of) his flaws.
I'm finding it interesting at the point to stop and look back at what I've written so far. It seems strangely uninspired. In fact, I stopped after the last paragraph and scrolled down to write the ELEKTRA review. Why does this film - a film, I should point out, I've filed away for potential inclusion in my 2005 Best Of list - not want to make me write pages and pages? I mean, there's a lot to say about it. I suppose I don't like giving away certain things to those who might not have seen it. One of the great joys of the film was discovering the subtexts and metaphors that would constantly work their way through and around the narrative. Why would I want to deny someone the pleasure of discovering it themselves?
On the other hand, it is a small character study. I had the same problem with GARDEN STATE. That's a film that *did* make my 2004 Best Of list, yet I found very little I could write about. If was writing a full-blown analysis of these films, I could go on for pages and pages at a time, but I'm not. I'm writing a review for those who might not have seen it. There's more to write about when discussing the background of, say, a new Marvel film - particularly on this site and for this readership - because there's a history and certain expectations, certainly more expectations and pre-release interest than was experienced by SIDEWAYS, but I could not write an analysis of ELEKTRA. Well, I could, but I'd be relying on the obvious and oft-mentioned Greek tragedy parallels.
So, without telling you too much, without giving anything away, without spoiling your potential enjoyment of the film and its excesses of small treasures, I will simply say this: see it. It's one of the best and most enjoyable character studies you'll likely come across.
The Marvel backlash was bound to happen. After being on such a high with X-MEN, SPIDER-MAN, and the sequels they spawned, it was inevitable that people would turn against the company. Oddly, the backlash coincided with the myriad of crap films Marvel began to make...
I am one of the very few who liked HULK. No, I didn't like it, I LOVED it. I thought it was art. I'm comfortable being in the extreme minority on that one, it's fine. DAREDEVIL I thought would have been a fairly good film if it had actually contained a third act. PUNISHER was as close to unwatchable as a comic book adaptation can get. I mean, it was purely turgid. That was the point at which I realised the brief golden age of Marvel adaptations was definitely over. A month or so back I turned down an offer to walk the red carpet with Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds and David Goyer because it would have meant that, once reaching the end of the carpet, I would have had to sit through BLADE TRINITY, and that prospect did not appeal to me. (Fair enough, I wouldn't have been Biel's arm candy, I would have been in the press rabble being herded by a blue heeler, but I can still make it sound like I'm cool.)
ELEKTRA showed promise. For starters, Rob Bowman isn't half bad at pointing a Bolex. THE X-FILES MOVIE was a terrific TV show-to-cinema adaptation, and REIGN OF FIRE is fairly underrated. Also, the film featured Terence Stamp, who, studies have shown, can raise the coolness factor of a film by an average of ten per cent.
The surprising this is that, while the film could have easily been a cheap knockoff designed to get Garner fans to buy tickets, they actually let a writer near the material. The first half of the film is a character piece, containing very little action relative to other comic book films (SPIDER-MAN 2 notwithstanding). Elektra is portrayed as someone deeply affected by the events of DAREDEVIL; the subtle way in which the film is acknowledged without getting bogged down in sideways winks is expertly-handled. There is no Daredevil cameo in the film. I was initially hoping for one, but I'm now glad it wasn't in there. It would have thrown it off-balance. Besides, Elektra is clearly more affected by her father's death in the previous film than her relationship with Murdoch, and that's how it should be.
Garner's performance is nuanced and complex. It's what elevates the film from being more than just a grrl power sock-it-to-the-blokes. She handles the action equally well, and never seems embarrassed to be in a mere comic book movie. Garner gives the film the credibility that makes it work.
Well, most of it.
If only the same amount of thought had been given to the villains. Elektra's nemeses are stock standard Asian stereotypes that appear to have been transplanted from a 1950s propaganda piece. Their high rise building even has a frigging Chinese hut attached the top. If the main bad guy (who is so inconsequential, I doubt the actor even received a paycheque) had started singing "I'm So Ronery", it might have worked. Unfortunately, the bad guys are as unengaging as Elektra is interesting. You'll be left wondering who the hell they were, what the hell they wanted, and why the hell you should care.
The second half of the film goes into the necessary action that is required. While the character development of the first half doesn't disappear (notable exception: McCabe's random and pointless martyrdom), it takes a back seat as Elektra is forced to take them all out. As a side note, one of the things that impressed me most was the character of Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic). While the romance between he and Elektra is rather contrived, they don't make him into a fist-wielding tough guy so he doesn't get too overshadowed by the girl. I can't recall a single instance of him fighting; a smart choice by the filmmakers.
Ultimately, ELEKTRA could have been much better. If the villains and their motivation had been given the care and attention that the good guys had received, we might have had another Marvel film that could notch itself up with the best of them. What we have, though, is a film that will probably forever reside in the middle. A respectable divider between the highs of SPIDER-MAN and the lows of DAREDEVIL, the successes of X-MEN and the failure of THE PUNISHER.
- Richard Linklater preps BEFORE SUNTAN, featuring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy on their honeymoon discussing their weddings whilst lying on a Hawaiian beach
- Joel Schumacher once again counts his blessing for returning to non-commercial honest filmmaking as he goes into production on the Alicia Silverstone-starring sequel THE FANTA OF THE OPERA
- William Friedkin, on instructions from his managers, weds new Paramount CEO Brad Grey
Peace out,
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Jan. 15, 2005, 1:06 p.m. CST
Can't wait to see Wolf Creek
by theoneofblood
Maybe for once I can think of the Australian film industry and refrain from weeping.
Jan. 15, 2005, 1:55 p.m. CST
Wow, could this actually be a positive Elektra review?
by caerlas
CNN had one too. Why so late in the game?
Jan. 15, 2005, 2:02 p.m. CST
Don't feel loney, Lat, I like Hulk too.
by raw_bean
LOVE it, even. Actually, since we seem to have similar opinions of most comic book films, I think I'll give Elektra a go on your modestly positive review. Although of course, I WILL kill you if it turns out to be shit. :^)
Jan. 15, 2005, 3:01 p.m. CST
Hulk was crap.
by Lou C.
For me, at least. I liked the use of comic book pages, I liked the casting, I thought the Hulk looked good. Bottom line is, though, it was boring. The whole beginning was a long, dull setup with banal dialogue. I like that it wanted to be more character-based and dialogue friendly, it's just that the dialogue sucked balls.
Jan. 15, 2005, 4 p.m. CST
by joe brady
Apparently, he dropped out of "The Proposition" at the last minute. To do what, I wonder? Also, if I could get away with spelling the word "check" as "cheque", I would totally do it all the time. As it is, I can't even spell "color", "colour". Life's not fair.
Jan. 16, 2005, 12:08 a.m. CST
Funny, I kinda figured John Jarratt already was a serial killer.
by Monkey Butler
C'mon, I dare someone to say that the old Better Homes & Gardens wasn't slightly off. An Joe Brady, an increasing number of people here are writing color instead of colour, so there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to use proper english in America.
Jan. 16, 2005, 2:17 a.m. CST
I'm REALLY looking forward to "HULK 2" ... as Ang Lee's original
by JDanielP
Sure, "HULK" was a bit long ... almost completely humorless, with the direction (of the film) a bit off from where most fans desired to venture. But you have to give Ang Lee credit for attempting to "raise the bar" of how serious you can interpret such a fantasy character and his comic book roots, .... whether that be the HULK or any other comic book character or superhero. Really, how dare we fault Ang Lee for that?! -- I think we owe the man a HUGE round of applause and a BIG FAT "THANK YOU!!!!" -- Personally, I think if the film was just a bit more streamlined ... with the scenes of the Hulk fighting the military being EXPANDED ... and by cutting the scene's of Bruce's father being physically altered and the climatic battle (between them) ... then maybe you'll see a HULK MASTERPIECE coming into focus. -- Here's to having high hopes for the sequel!
Jan. 16, 2005, 3:49 a.m. CST
Apparently John Jarratt is Quentin Tarantino's favourite Aussie
by Cash Bailey
When he was here for KILL BILL he invited Jarratt and director Richard Franklin to the premiere and fanboy-ed all over them. Wh knows, maybe we'll see him in in INGLORIOUS BASTARDS. That'd be cool.
Jan. 16, 2005, 11:25 a.m. CST
I liked 'Hulk' too!
by Ribbons
Yay! We should start a support group. Seriously though, I did. I think that 'Daredevil' could have been good with a director like Alfonso Cuaron (does that seem out there? The entire movie seems like a piece on adolescence, plus he shoots pretty pictures), who probably would have had more tact than to introduce the Kingpin with an N.E.R.D. song. 'Tis a shame that Marvel Enterprises is getting bogged down in a mire of crappy films right about now, because they got off to such a great start. They're bleeding, but not moribund: at least there's still that 'Deathlok' script floating around out there somewhere, which is supposed to be pretty good.
Jan. 16, 2005, 11:37 a.m. CST
HULK would be my second favorite Marvel (after X-2) if there was
by Judge Doom
Bruce Banner=great. CGI Hulk =fantastic! Much better than this Thing crap from FF.Betty Ross= Hubba-Hubba!. Now why put half of the damn movie centered on bruce's father, a character that not even apeared in any Hulk comic, and worst, turn him into a supervillain in the end?? That killed the movie.
Jan. 17, 2005, 2:23 a.m. CST
Why does EVERYONE call it 'I heart huckabees" when it is clearly
by TheGinger Twit
Everyone is stupid. and so is HULK.
Jan. 17, 2005, 3:47 a.m. CST
A group response...
by Latauro
By Summer's end, I meant my own personal holidays. Summer may still officially exist, but to me it's simply work-period-that's-very-hot. As for Hulk 2, I am not looking forward to it *because* I loved the first film. It bombed financially and critically, and they've spoken frequently about the sequel being more "action-oriented". Daredevil 2, more like... Ginger Twit, it's I Heart Huckabees. All the press material says so. imdb says so. David O Russell says so. Regarding the passion of the Passion review in the AICN-D Annual, yeah. I know. I managed to piss off both the people who love the film (by saying it was anti-semitic) and the people who hated it (by saying other than that, it was flawless). My intent was to provide a counter-counter argument, show people where I'm coming from. I admit I came off as preachier than I'd intended, but the fact remains that most of those talkbackers were jerks. Needless to say, I've put my dog into witness protection in case Mr Gibson comes after him. Hey, does anyone else think The Matrix sequels have anything to do with Zionist propaganda? No? Anyone?
Jan. 17, 2005, 11:33 a.m. CST
Sideways has adult appeal
by hatchling
Perhaps it's not a movie the kiddies would relate to, but for those of us who have experienced some of life's hard knocks and disappointments, it's dead on target funny. The great characters are superbly portrayed by the acting ensemble, there's deft direction from Payne, a terrific script and enough nuance to intrigue. The wallet retrieval scene is one of the most hilarious I've seen in years... the audience was howling in laughter when I saw it.
Jan. 17, 2005, 11:42 a.m. CST
by Ribbons
When the marketing campaign specifically refers to the film as "I HEART Huckabee's" in commercial narrations, I'm pretty sure that it's "clearly" 'I Heart Huckabee's.' Pompous ass.
Jan. 17, 2005, 9:13 p.m. CST
I appreciate that it's HEART.... but the original script was LOV
by TheGinger Twit
So there
Jan. 20, 2005, 3:40 a.m. CST
by Marco_Xavier
I enjoyed the film, slightly less than I did "Kinsey," but neither will find their way into my DVD collection like their predecessors did ("Election" & "Gods and Monsters"). However, my best friend loved "Sideways" to tears. Unfortunately, I think much of his enjoyment came from his perceiving strong similarities between myself and Paul Giamatti's character. Suddenly, I really miss being compared to Rob in "High Fidelity" instead...
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Disney's theme parks prepare to implement their new disability access system
Written by Robert Niles
Disney today announced details about its new Disability Access Service [DAS] program at its U.S. theme parks.Tweet
We've been talking on Theme Park Insider about this new program for a few weeks now:
One important point of clarification in Disney's announcement today: Guests using wheelchairs will not be required to use the DAS program, as they were not required to use the current Guest Assistance Card [GAC] program. They can continue to use wheelchair-accessible queues or to get return times for alternate entry (usually through the exit) from cast members at an attraction entrance.
Obviously, the loss of the GAC is upsetting many Disney visitors who had come to rely on its front-of-line access. And that's eliciting frustration from many other guests who have felt pushed aside by Disney's current access procedures. But as theme park fans debate Disney's actions to provide more equitable access for all, let's acknowledge that achieving true equality of experience for all guests is impossible. We're each too different from one another to experience parks in the same ways, whether we have disabilities or not.
On that topic, we'd like to thank the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for sharing our Daniel Etcheberry's post on the differences he experienced before and after he became a full-time wheelchair user:
The new system at Disney goes into effect on Wednesday, October 9.
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From Daniel Etcheberry on October 5, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I feel honored to have my article posted on the Christopher and Dana foundation's Facebook page. Wow!
From Annette Forrest on October 5, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations Daniel! I am so happy that your column got picked up by the Reeve Foundation. I just love Daniel's writing. Always educational and informative but always readable because he writes in such a positive voice. I just love him! Go, Daniel, go!!!! :)
From 22.214.171.124 on October 6, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Looking back at the hundreds of comments I've come to realize that there was a clearly organized bombardment of post from families with autistic members. While by no means is their argument invalid, I think it's made all the response look exceedingly negative when it's not.
So we got it. It's going to be tougher for he autism community, but the campaign to explode all and any type of media ( even Fox News presented a very lopsided story with a mother of an autistic son who knew nothing about the new system but still blasted it with furry) is unnecessary and tiring. Things are tough in real life. Things were easy at Disney. But the post ruled by passion were getting rude and aggressive, not helping the cause.
Disney has specifically pointed out that they consulted with advocacy groups to make sure the plan was fair and workable for everyone. They even specifically mentioned Autism Speaks because they know there is a specific resistance from that group.
My proposal is that if the autism community insists of having the GAC treatment, why not encourage Autism Speaks or other advocacy groups to work with Disney to set up a special issued pass like the Make A Wish pass?
Is that solution too simple?
From Vaughn Miller on October 7, 2013 at 9:01 AM
I have to agree with the comment made earlier about the stance by some in the Autism community against the new system. I know that this will be different and may not be the best but give the system a chance. How can you be so against something when you haven't tried it.
I know I will get the "he doesn't understand" responses and I don't completely understand, my 12 year old son has Aspergers, often called high functioning autism, and his reactions will be much different then someone who is non-verbal but all we can do is wait and see how he reacts before we make a decision if the new system is good or bad. We never used the GAC on the two times we have taken him to Disney, we live in Canada so not a weekend trip.
From Anon Mouse on October 7, 2013 at 1:21 PM
The Disney site's explanation leaves more questions then answers.
1. DAS is not tied to Fastpass. Potential for abuse in using both systems since regular customers can only use Fastpass and the Standby lines. Which leads to...
2. Why not fake a medical, non-visible condition? At least you can take advantage of DAS and Fastpass simultaneously.
3. Wheelchair and scooter users do not use DAS. They go directly to the exits. Unanswered question is how long do they wait? Can they use Fastpass anymore? Does this mean their whole party must wait at the exits in the handicap equivalent to Standby lines? This will be a big problem at Disneyland.
4. Oh so a wheelchair companion and/or family can get some fastpasses. First go to the exits. Ride once. When fastpasses are valid, the family can go again via the regular fastpass line. A 2-fer benefit.
Again, too many unanswered questions and too many ways to continue to work the system.
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Knicks playmaker Raymond Felton returns to practice
New York, NY, United States (4E Sports) – New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton returned to practice Wednesday, one day after he was released on $25,000 bail after being charged with two counts of felony weapons possession.
Earlier, Knicks coach Mike Woodson confirmed that Felton will travel with the Knicks to Miami and play in Thursday's road game against LeBron James and the Heat.
"This is not a distraction to this team," Felton said in a statement. "You know, I'm focusing on finishing out this season, finishing out these games with my teammates and going down to Miami and focusing on this next game at task, versus the defending champs."
"As far as what's going on off the court with me, there will be no comment speaking on that. If you got any questions anything doing with that, speak to my lawyer," he added.
Felton, who was charged after a lawyer for his estranged wife turned in a loaded handgun to police, said he will concentrate on New York's push for a playoff spot.
"We're 5 ½ games out, 25 games left, so I'm really focusing on that with these guys, with the team and trying to make that happen," he said.
Woodson said he spoke to Felton on Tuesday night after he was released, and he believes the 29-year-old point guard "was committed and focused" when he arrived at practice.
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Chronic drought and decades of war took a toll on the health of Eritreans in the second half of the 20th century, although conditions had improved somewhat after the first decade of independence. In the early 21st century the infant mortality rate was slightly higher than the world average but significantly lower than the African average. The average life expectancy was in the mid-50s for men and about 60 for women—about a decade shorter than the world average for each sex.
More than three-fifths of Eritreans over age 14 are literate; the male literacy rate is significantly higher than the rate among females. Children are taught in their native languages, and in the higher grades they are also taught foreign languages, especially Arabic and English. There is a university in Asmara.
Cultural life
The "golden oldies" of Tigrinya pop, a style that was popularized throughout Africa in the late 1960s by such artists as Beyene Fre, Tewolde Redda, and Alamin, remain popular in Eritrea. Contemporary popular musicians in Eritrea include Sami Berhane, Wedi Tukul, and Faytinga. Reggae, which originated in Jamaica, also has a presence in Eritrea.
Eritrean cuisine has not yet gained the popularity that its Ethiopian counterpart has found in many countries around the world. The two cuisines share some ingredients, techniques, and staples, including injera, a chewy flatbread made of teff, wheat, or sorghum flour, and kitcha, an unleavened bread. Meals typically are served on a communal platter, and diners use bread, rather than utensils, to serve themselves portions of such dishes as zigni (a stew made of fish, vegetables, and meat), ful (baked beans), dorho (roasted chicken), ga'at (porridge), and shiro (lentils). These dishes are seldom eaten without a side dish of fiery berbere, a locally produced pepper that figures prominently in Eritrean cooking. Eritrean food also shows many influences from the country's erstwhile Italian occupiers, with such dishes as capretto (goat), frittata (vegetable omelet), and pasta featured on many menus.
Coffee is an important ingredient of Eritrean social life. Making a good cup of coffee, Eritreans say, requires both patience and skill. The commonly accepted method of making coffee suggests the need for both: coffee beans are roasted in a skillet or oven, pounded and ground with a mortar and pestle, and then poured into a pot that is half full of cold water and, sometimes, ginger root. After the mix is boiled, it is poured through an oxtail filter and served in small porcelain cups with sugar cubes. Popcorn or other snacks may be eaten as accompaniments to the coffee.
Eritreans enjoy playing sports, especially football (soccer), which was introduced during the Italian occupation. Eritrea's national football team is known as the Red Sea Boys. Eritreans also participate in basketball, cycling, and athletics (track and field). Outdoor activities include fishing and snorkeling, which is especially popular on the Dahlak islands.
Precolonial Eritrea
Rule from the highlands
Beginning about 1000 bce, Semitic peoples from the south Arabian kingdom of Sabaʾ (Sheba) migrated across the Red Sea and absorbed the Cushitic inhabitants of the Eritrean coast and adjacent highlands. These Semitic invaders, possessing a well-developed culture, established the kingdom of Aksum, which, by the end of the 4th century ce, ruled the northern stretches of the Ethiopian Plateau and the eastern lowlands. An important trade route led from the port of Adulis, near modern Zula, to the city of Aksum, the capital, located in what is now the Ethiopian province of Tigray.
After extending its power at times as far afield as modern Egypt and Yemen, Aksum began to decline into obscurity in the 6th century ce. Beginning in the 12th century, however, the Ethiopian Zagwe and Solomonid dynasties held sway to a fluctuating extent over the entire plateau and the Red Sea coast. Eritrea's central highlands, known as the mereb melash ("land beyond the Mereb River"), were the northern frontier region of the Ethiopian kingdoms and were ruled by a governor titled bahr negash ("lord of the sea"). The control exercised by the crown over this region was never firm, and it became even more tenuous as the centre of Ethiopian power moved steadily southward to Gonder and Shewa. Highland Eritrea became a vassal fiefdom of the lords of Tigray, who were seldom on good terms with the dominant Amhara branch of the Ethiopian family.
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Disneyland veteran Matt Ouimet to take over Cedar Fair
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The man who helped engineer Disneyland's turn-around in the post-Paul Pressler/Cynthia Harriss era is stepping in to run the Cedar Fair amusement park chain.Tweet
Matthew Ouimet will succeed the retiring Dick Kinzel. Ouimet takes over as president immediately, and will assume Kinzel's CEO role in January. Kinzel earlier this year was forced out as board chairman by Cedar Fair shareholder Q Investments, a hedge fund which is battling Cedar Fair management in court.
Ouimet drew near-universal praise for his term as president of Disneyland Resort leading up to the parks 50th anniversary in 2005. Ouimet left Disney to become president of Starwood Hotels in 2006.
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From Bill Lohr on June 20, 2011 at 1:07 PM
I would hope this is a great thing. I feel that Cedar Fair has moved from quality entertainment and I hope that this will mean that it may return to the parks. Kings Dominion would be much more complete if this was brought back. I am sure others would be much better as well and the parks could once again be a place for all age groups. Coasters are great but a true quality park needs to have something for everyone. Dark rides, family rides and QUALITY shows as well as good food, all help make a park the best it can be.
From Robert Niles on June 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM
Ouimet helped many Disneyland fans fall in love with that park again by reestablishing its commitment to cleanliness, maintenance and show quality after the disastrous run of management in the 10 years prior. Let's hope he can do the same for Cedar Fair.
After visiting Holiday World, I felt a bit cheated when I visited Kings Island and Cedar Point on my recent trips to the Midwest. There's just too much nickel-and-diming at the Cedar Fair parks. And as for the flagship (jn terms of attendance) Knott's Berry Farm? I visited that park with my son a few weeks ago and have yet to write about it, because I just couldn't think of anything to say. Underwhelming is not good in this business.
Ouimet's not going to have the capital he had at Disney. I hope he doesn't end up like Mark Shapiro did at Six Flags, chasing the Disney family market without the capital to rebuild his parks in that mold. Instead, I hope he looks more toward Holiday World and the Herschend parks, and finds ways to provide high quality and good value within the context of a regional amusement park.
From m johnson on June 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM
What a great hire for Cedar Parks. For the short time he was President of Disneyland he had a big influence in the park today. My son says thanks for Buzz Lightyear ride.
From James Rao on June 21, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Most Cedar Fair parks I have visited have been pretty well maintained from a cleanliness perspective, so that trend needs to continue. Most of the theming is decorative only, so it would be nice to see the narrative elements improved. Also, some of the old special effects (at the former Paramount parks especially) might actually receive some refurb love....
As for ride selection, unless Ouimet has the budget to start a team of in-house Imagineers, Cedar Fair needs to keep its focus on coasters and thrill rides. Sadly, they just aren't that good at anything else, probably because they don't have the funds to "go all out."
As I said, I do think there will be more narrative details going forward, and most everything will probably require a story of some sort (known only to designers, sadly), so they days of random ride placement might be over. And perhaps the food offerings will improve to the point of being edible, at least. All good things.
I especially hope Ouiment looks to the Midwest and Worlds of Fun, cause that park definitely needs a lot of work. More coasters, updated flats, more whole-family (not kiddie) attractions, and dare I say it, a dark ride or two (at least a shooter would be nice). And maybe a show that is more entertaining than embarrassing for performers and audience members alike!
Incidentally, I wonder what good old Jake Rivers will say when he finds out a former Disney exec is running the show at his favorite iron ride park? Probably the same thing he's been saying since he was first incarcerated: "No, I will not pick up that bar of soap!" ;)
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Chicken & Golden Rice
Photo: Seth Smoot
This homey Vietnamese dish is simply shredded chicken with fresh herbs and turmeric-scented jasmine rice. Using a rotisserie bird makes speedy work of it.
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Total: 40 Minutes
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon oil
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 cup jasmine rice, rinsed
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Salt
- Ground pepper
- 3 cups chicken, cooked, shredded
- 1/2 (small) white onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup torn Thai basil
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- Lemon wedges
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha chile sauce
- In a small saucepan, cook the garlic in the oil over moderate heat for 1 minute. Add the turmeric and rice and cook for 1 minute. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff the rice, season with salt and pepper and cover.
- In a bowl, toss the chicken with the onion, basil, cilantro and 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice and transfer to plates. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce and Sriracha. Serve the chicken with the rice, dipping sauce and lemon wedges.
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X5-494 learns something about himself -- only to promptly forget all about it.
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He shifted on the hard chair, slouching a bit further in an attempt to relieve the pressure on his tailbone and the growing ache in stiffening joints. He had long since mastered the art of patience--one didn't survive Manticore for long without it--but the way they made him wait this time was rapidly moving from the realm of Tiresome to Absurd.
The glare of the fluorescents overhead, the single illumination in the windowless room, gave no indication how much time had passed since they sat him down on this chair right before breakfast. There was no clock on the wall, of course, and they had taken away his watch the second they'd dragged his ass into Psy Ops--for reasons they'd yet to reveal. But the hole in the pit of his stomach told him that lunchtime had to be a distant memory while dinner was just around the corner.
They had to know that he'd finished their inane test, the questions so insultingly simple he had considered ignoring the questionnaire altogether. It had taken him less than three minutes after picking up the felt-tipped pen to answer the two hundred or so questions; questions that would drive anyone insane, let alone someone with his IQ.
But perhaps that was the entire point of the test: see how far they could push him before he snapped. Well, he'd be damned if he gave them the satisfaction. He wished he knew where the camera was hidden. Undoubtedly he was being monitored by an array of psychiatrists right about now and he'd enjoy staring them down. Then again, perhaps it was better he didn't. He doubted getting cocky would get him out of Psy Ops any sooner. Still, it was hard to suppress that natural inclination while they left him to cool his heels with nothing to divert his attention and his overactive imagination coming up with worst case scenarios as to their reasons.
/Count yourself lucky/, he mentally told himself. He slunk down even further until he could lift his legs up and rest them on the table, ankles crossed. At least he wasn't restrained, drugged, or cuffed spread-eagled to one of the examining tables downstairs, subjected to one of their more... physical... trials. He closed his eyes in an attempt to catch a nap but the room was cold and he shivered involuntarily. Was this all part of their games? Or had they truly forgotten about him?
It was almost--but not quite--as if they were subjecting him to another sensory deprivation experiment. He still had his eyesight; except there wasn't much to look at, just four naked off-white walls, a light-blue vinyl floor, the chair he sat on, and the table.
They hadn't taken away his hearing, but the room was soundproofed. He concentrated for a while on the thud of his heartbeat, the rush of blood in his ears, refusing to give them the satisfaction of talking out loud just to hear the sound of his own voice. After all, wasn't talking to oneself a sure sign of insanity?
The next sense: taste. His mouth was dry and even water would have tasted sweet. Yet there was nothing.
Touch--again, smooth walls, slick vinyl, the slippery steel of the table. Or himself. He chortled. Not an option.
The last sense left was smell. He grimaced. If they kept him here long enough he might wish they had deprived him of /that/...
He shoved away the urge to hop up and start pacing. Instead, he dropped his head, closed his eyes, and pretended to have fallen asleep.
Many, many hours later--definitely past dinnertime, and he suspected the moment for midnight snacks had come and gone too--the door finally clicked open. He lifted his head, instantly wary but refusing to show it--and blinked rapidly.
For the longest time he wondered if perhaps his tormented brain had cracked after all, after the long hours of mindless boredom. She had to be a hallucination. Or else he had died and gone to heaven.
"Hey," she said. Her peppy voice broke the spell. He regarded her cautiously. Large, bright eyes. A dazzling smile, showing a row of even, white teeth. Curvaceous body clad in a dress covered with brilliant red and blue and yellow flowers almost painful to his eyes, used as they were to drab walls. She wasn't a doctor.
"Who are you?" he asked. "What are you?"
"I'm Mia." She closed the door behind her. "My specialty is telecoercion."
Mia wandered around the table and he twisted on the chair to follow her with his eyes.
"Telecoercion." She smiled brightly. "Means I make people do--"
"I know what coercion means," he interrupted. "Why are you here?" Even as he asked the question, he had a sinking feeling in the pit of his empty stomach that he wasn't going to like the answer.
"What do you think?"
He rolled his eyes. "More tests. You're not going to make me do embarrassing things, are you?"
"What sort of things?" Her cheeks dimpled and she cocked her head at an odd angle.
"Quack like a duck? Hop like a bunny? Dance a jig on the table. Naked."
Her eyes widened slightly. /Shit. /Had he just put an idea in her mind? Seemed like his big mouth was running away with him again. He clamped his jaws shut, determined not to say more.
"Would you like that?" Her voice was a bit lower, more husky.
"No!" he squeaked. Squeaked! Time to take the initiative back.
Mia cocked her head a little further, blinking those large, bright eyes at him. They sparkled with merriment.
"Well, okay, I would. The naked part, at least. With you." His hands flew up to his mouth. Where the hell had that come from? Way to go, 494. Try and flirt your way out of Psy Ops. Yeah, right.
But Mia merely giggled. "Don't worry, soldier. I can only work with feelings already there. I can't make you do anything you really, really have no desire to do, or say anything that deep down you do not believe. And I see no ducks in your secret fantasies."
She paused, her expression growing serious for the first time since she had entered the room. She crossed over to him, and despite himself he drew back in the chair when she leaned forward, catching his chin between her small hands. Her palms were cool and dry. She pitched her voice low, barely audible even in such close proximity. "Hang in there, 494. Don't let them vanquish that spark of free spirit. Some day, it might turn into a blaze."
He blinked, not sure what she was talking about. She let go, offered him a quick wink and went to the door. She knocked, then turned around and cocked her head again in that strange way she had. "You'll forget I said anything," she said.
The door opened, and she slipped out.
By the time they came to take 494 out and back to his cell, all he could remember was how long the dreadful day had lasted, and how hungry he was.


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Maybe you don't think about purchasing flowers all that often. I generally don't. But after having to buy them for an event for work, and stumbling across this gem of a flower shop called Coriander Girl in Parkdale, I'm rethinking the importance of flowers in my life.
The shop was just so cute, and the arrangements she made we so pretty that I felt compelled to share photos. And if you are considering purchasing some for yourself, here are 10 reasons you should go to Corriander Girl…
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3. Alison has a bunny that hangs out in the shop with her.
4. Local products. Local!!
5. Recycled vases (you can buy, rent, or bring your own!)
6. She can fit any budget. You give her your money, and in return she will give you that amount in flowers.
7. Reason to make a trip to Parkdale and explore the many cool shops in the vicinity.
8. Her style is so much more rustic and unique than all those cookie-cutter flower shops out there.
9. Because sometimes it's just nice to by flowers for someone (that someone can be yourself.)
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GigaomMicrosoft layoffs part deux: Coming soon
It looks like Microsoft is going to finish up promised layoffs on Thursday as it continues to reshape its board of directors. Read more »
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I feel a little guilty here by tasting a Riesling outside the New York Finger Lakes, but I thought it may be time to see what the rest of the world has to offer with what has become my favorite white wine. What I did find, is the Vin D'alsace region of France can produce a very nice Riesling. The wine, Willm Riesling Reserve 2010($12)
I opened this wine with a dinner of broiled white fish, rice and asparagus. This is a regular fare in our house and one that I would usually open one of my favorite Finger Lakes white wines, but this night it would be a French Riesling.
Aromas were very much what I expected with lot's of honeysuckle, some peach and green apple and just a bit of citrus. Very smooth mouth feel and a zesty finish with some apple.
Nothing really here that would change my opinion of Finger Lakes Rieslings, but now know that I will be comfortable ordering European Reislings when traveling to areas where I cannot find my favorite Finger Lakes wines. Now onto what is supposedly the best, or at least I've be told, Rieslings, Germany. For now, I am still a Finger Lakes fan, but still may sneak in an Alsace. Recommended
A few of the many reasons for the growing popularity of wine. Some wine facts, a little bit of history and wine reviews from an amateur wine lover for the amateur wine lovers
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One of several reviews of Morrissey's debut solo gig at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in 1988, in honour of the gig's recent video leak.
Original news article about Johnny Marr leaving The Smiths, from Melody Maker, 8th August, 1987.
News article about the controversy over 'Suffer little children' and the 'Heaven knows I'm miserable now' single, from Melody Maker, 15 September 1984.
Short, quote-based interview with Morrissey from Melody Maker, 11 October 1997 - considered a follow-up to Jennifer Nine's earlier Morrissey interview, published a couple of months earlier.
Review of "The world won't listen", by Steve Sutherland for Melody Maker.
Review of Morrissey's July 1991 at the Wembley Arena, by Simon Price for Melody Maker.
Part 2 of a two-part interview - the first half appearing in the 12th of March issue.
Part 1 of a two-part interview - the second half appearing in the 19th of March issue.
Note: A 7" interview disc comprised of audio from this interview was given away with issue #3 of Spiral Scratch magazine in December 1988. A vinyl rip of this disc (both sides in a single file) can be listened to/downloaded HERE (MP3 format, 256kps).
Frank Worrall interviews Morrissey for one of The Smiths' earliest interviews in Melody Maker, 3 September 1983.
Read from scans only. (No transcript currently available.)
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Business Interests in Sustainability: Parts 1 and 2
These courses provide a survey of the many topics related to sustainability – from a business perspective. Readings, discussions, and field trips focus upon business interests in sustainability. They help students relate the opportunities and challenges sustainability issues create to own their future careers. This survey also helps students appreciate the efforts of businesses which are engaged in sustainable practices worldwide.
Metrics in Sustainability
This course will provide a practical understanding of processes for identifying and implementing sustainability goals, indicators and metrics in business operations. The European Community and other entities increasingly are requiring the reporting of certain metrics. Students will explore such metrics in the financial, environmental and social aspects of sustainability through readings, discussions, and lectures.
Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainability
As the focus upon sustainability continues to increase, so does the number of business opportunities and related occupations within the field. Sustainability provides the potential for entrepreneurial development in products, services, consulting, processes, and systems. This course focuses on how to identify and take advantage of the numerous opportunities found within the field of sustainable development.
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In this course students will research and analyze the role Social Entrepreneurship plays globally. Social entrepreneurship is an emerging field that has significant importance in most countries, especially in developing nations. This course will look at actual case studies including major foundations and non governmental organizations (NGOs) that have had both positive and negative impact in the field of social entrepreneurship. In addition, the course will also provide an opportunity for students to look into how to start and implement a social entrepreneurial initiative.


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Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection, When My Brother Was an Aztec, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2012. She is a 2012 Bread Loaf Scholar, a recipient of a Lannan Residency in Marfa, Texas, and was awarded a 2012 Lannan Literary Fellowship, as well as a Native Arts Council Foundation Artist Fellowship. Diaz teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Rez MFA program and splits her time between Brooklyn and Mohave Valley, Arizona, where she directs the Fort Mojave Language Recovery Program, working with the last remaining speakers at Fort Mojave to teach and revitalize the Mojave language.
Excerpt from "How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs"
If he's wearing knives for eyes,
if he's dressed for a Day of the Dead parade—
three-piece skeleton suit, cummerbund of ribs—
his pelvic girdle will look like a Halloween mask.
The bones, he'll complain, make him itch. Each ulna
a tingle. His mandible might tickle.
If he cannot stop scratching, suggest that he change,
but not because he itches—do it for the scratching,
do it for the bones.
Okay, okay, he'll give in, I'll change.
He'll go back upstairs, and as he climbs away,
his back will be something else—one shoulder blade
a failed wing, the other a silver shovel.
He hasn't eaten in years. He will never change.
Be some kind of happy he didn't appear dressed
as a greed god—headdress of green quetzal feathers,
jaguar loincloth littered with bite-shaped rosettes—
because tonight you are not in the mood
to have your heart ripped out. It gets old,
having your heart ripped out,
being opened up that way.
Your brother will come back down again,
this time dressed as a Judas effigy.
I know, I know, he'll joke. It's not Easter. So what?
Be straight with him. Tell him the truth.
Tell him, Judas had a rope around his neck.
When he asks if an old lamp cord will do, just shrug.


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Do you remember when Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Daniel Hudson exploded onto the scene and became one of the most promising starters in all of baseball? Well, it seems like a lifetime ago, but in case you've forgotten, the D-Backs are set to remind you, as they are reportedly negotiating a new deal with Hudson during the off-season.
#Dbacks talking contract with Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) http://t.co/0pwMP7KAcj
— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) November 28, 2013
The 26-year-old Hudson exploded onto the scene with a 95-inning debut between the White Sox and D-Backs in 2010, where he posted a 2.45 ERA, but his 2011 season is the one that leaves pundits salivating. Hudson posted a 4.8 fWAR season in 2011, throwing 222 innings of a 3.49 ERA, but unfortunately, that was the last time we saw the "real" Hudson.
Since then, he has made only 9 starts over 2 seasons, and in that time, the right-hander has undergone two Tommy John surgeries. It'll be very, very interesting to see what kind of contract the two sides could agree to, given that he's expected to miss most of the 2014 season while rehabbing. If the D-Backs can rediscover a healthy, productive Hudson, it'll likely be at a bargain-basement price, and that is a gamble that is certainly worth pursuing.


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(Rahm to Obama "Your so my tall glass of Kosher Chocolate Milk baby!" "Do those legs like Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct." "I will not arrest YOU for smoking baby.")
Ted Duplessis-Like the Old Saying Goes, "Behind Every Powerful Black Man in America; Stands a Jew"
When-this week
What-30 Democrats voted to block Americans from getting cheaper Pharmaceutical Drugs imported from Canada
Where-Washington D.C.
Why-Obama and his Boyfriend, Rahm, cut a deal with Pharmaceutical Companies which banned them from running any anti-Health Care Reform Advertisement, in exchange for Obama/Democrats protecting their financial interest, even if it is at the expense of the American people.
Democrats are the official party of corruption. Every last one of them are corrupt. From Congressional Democrats, who are in bed with these amnesty and abortion lobbyist (when there is a pill called Plan B-I don't even see why women still want to kill babies in America)-and the President and his boyfriend have cut a very bad deal with Pharmaceutical companies that should land Obama in jail!
(Rahm-"Hercules!" "Hercules!" "You Go Boy!" "Yes we can!")
For the first tim in my life, I have to agree with (R) John McCain even though the man is senile and needs to hurry up and catch a stroke before he starts up with this amnesty mess. All of these politicians are corrupt but McCain appeared to be the only one ready to stand up to big pharmaceutical companies in the Senate.
("Code word for tonight will be (Spoken in a soft, sexy Marilyn Monroe whisper)...."Pfizer." "Who says a Jew can't drink his milk and have his beef too?")
First, Democrats are allowing Medical Insurance Companies to gang rape us without any lubricant, by forcing us to buy their insurance or be jailed/fined if we refuse and now Obama and Democrats have blocked legislation that would allow Americans to get less expensive prescriptions from Canada! I mean, it's the same dam drugs and there is no rhythm or reason that just because a drug is sold in the U.S. that it should be 60% more costly! What reason could Obama and his boyfriend still have tp be in the pockets of pharmaceutical companies? The dumb Heath Care Bill didn't even work out right, so Big Pharmaceutical companies can't wreck what is already a hot ass messy wreck!
Pharmaceutical companies kill 2000 people each day in the U.S. alone. Nexium/ Prilosec destroys the bones in your body and weakens bones by 44% but yet the U.S. Government pushes these drugs onto Seniors and this single drug makes $4.6 billion in profits per year-so Pharmaceutical companies will not be hurting. Pharmaceutical companies aren't anything but legalized drugs and Obama is their drug dealer-just selling their crack/cocaine to the American people.
According to Death by Modern Medicine by Carolyn Dean- from 1990 to 2000 about 8 million people died at the hands of Pharmaceutical companies. This is why so many people are getting back to natural and holistic medicine & didn't get that H1N1 flu shot, which killed more people than it protected. This is the main reason why the U.S. Government and Obama wanted to shut sites down that did offer good alternatives to boost the immune system. I take Colloidal Silver and Oil of Oregano and I haven't even had so much as a sniffle this flu season. These idiots, put out that supposedly H1N1 flu vaccine so fast, that they are recalling it because the viral compound proved to be useless and unstable. The U.S. Government went around and injected this viral toxin into any idiot that stood in a 6 hour line begging for it, like a peasant.
The American FDA (Food & Drug Administration) is the most corrupt body of people, in the history of the U.S. They knew that VIOXX was killing people for years, and allowed the pharmaceutical companies, to not only break even but make profits in the billions-before issuing warnings and taking it off the shelf! They are fully aware that Ritalin creates a dependency on cocaine, being that Ritalin is just "Crystal Meth" in a pill form, but they still prescribe this drug to 5 year olds in the U.S.! The FDA and Pharmaceutical companies went from targeting white kids in the Mid-West, decades ago, by test marketing Ritalin and now one sees more pushing of this narcotic in the South and minority communities via Medical Doctors in these areas.
(Obama- "I have your Eight long days of hanukkah right here in my boxers." " Ya know, once you go mulatto; everything else is just a shadow!")
A Short While Later
(Rahm-"See ya round.......(said in the sexy Marilyn Monroe whisper) Mr.President." Obama-"Later Dude.")
Americans need to get off of these Pharmaceutical Drugs because they are toxic and now we have our first, Drug President in Obama. Obama should be recalled or jailed. Democrats and Obama blocking drugs from Canada(for all of these drug addict Seniors in America created by Doctors and the U.S. Government loose regulation of Pharmaceutical Drugs)-should be an outrage that we still pay 60% more for the same medicine that is 60% less in Canada and Europe. Our government isn't looking out for us as a people.
(The First Black President and he turns out to be a drug dealer! Isn't it ironic?)
For more on this shocking case of corruption by Democrats and Obama see following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI4Pp-cPWw4&feature=related


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Nick Whalen writes about fantasy sports for RotoWire.
June 23, 2014
2014 Team Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars
Moving on From Gabbert
February 28, 2014
NBA Daily Games Cheat Sheet: Friday
Seven games are on Friday's NBA slate, and RotoWire's Nick Whalen is here to break down the night's best value plays.
February 7, 2014
With 10 games on the docket, there are a bevy of options to pick through when setting your lineup.
October 16, 2013
NBA Team Previews: Milwaukee Bucks 2013-14
With a whole host of new players on the roster. Who's going to have good fantasy value?
October 3, 2013
Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Friday's News
LaMarcus Aldridge has the first meaningful injury of the preseason and Nick gets a girlfriend.
October 2, 2013
Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Thursday's News
Thursday's Fantasy Basketball Podcast from RotoWire. Kyle McKeown and Nick Whalen take a look at the day's news.
September 29, 2013
NBA Team Previews: Brooklyn Nets 2013-14
The Nets are stocked to the ceiling with talent, but that may limit the value of individual players in fantasy. It's your high-floor/low-ceiling 2013-14 Nets.
September 26, 2013
Fantasy Basketball Podcast: International Players
Nick Whalen and Kyle McKeown take a look at all of the international players to try and give everyone a base of knowledge on some of the more mysterious players in the NBA going into the 2013-14 season.
September 13, 2013
NBA Draft Kit: International Players
Who's the next Danilo Gallinari? The mystery men of international basketball continue to migrate to the NBA, but which of these overseas MVPs should be on your roster in fantasy this season?
June 30, 2013
NBA Barometer: Playoff Performance Value Changes
Nick Whalen (@wha1en) takes a look at players whose value rose and fell thanks to their playoff performances.


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Pardee Resources Company Completes Oil and Gas Acquisition
PHILADEPHIA, Dec. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pardee Resources Company (OTC: PDER) announced today that it closed on the acquisition of approximately 400,000 acres of oil and gas mineral interests located in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky for $60.1 million. "The single largest portfolio of its kind in the Central Appalachian Region, these assets increase our oil and gas holdings in the Region to over 600,000 acres, while creating shareholder value and developing a platform for future growth," said Carleton P. Erdman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The acreage is currently leased to 27 different operating companies and generates royalty income from over 2,500 active natural gas wells. The properties are expected to continue producing for decades while providing significant development opportunities as technology and markets allow." The acquisition was financed through available cash and will be immediately accretive to earnings.
In addition to historical statements, this press release contains statements relating to future events and our future results. These statements are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and include statements that relate to impact of the acquisition described above. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to: difficult economic conditions, the possibility of increased or adverse government regulation, and the risk that the oil and gas reserves and prices may not be as we currently expect, and other risks and uncertainties. As a result, these forward-looking statements may turn out to be incorrect. We are under no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any obligation to) update or alter these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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The Reign home struggles continued as they lost to the Utah Grizzlies 1-0 at Citizens Business Bank Arena Friday night.
Ontario has had trouble at home, winning just one game in 11 chances. On the road, the teams fares much better, recording a 7-4 record away from the Bank for an 8-13-0-1 overall record.
"We got a good hockey club, just for some reason we are not clicking at home right now and we are just clicking on the road," Ontario's goalie Beau Erickson said about their slow start at home. "We will come together here. It's just a matter of time. As soon as we turn that corner it's going to be great for us."
After a scoreless first period, Utah broke the tied game via the power-play with 7:23 remaining in the second period. The Grizzlies, Simon Ferguson, stationed himself in front of the Reign net and stuffed the rebound past Erickson, to take a 1-0 lead with the eventual game-winning goal.
"We give up one power-play goal and we do not score on the power-play and that's the difference in the game," Reign Head Coach Karl Taylor said. "At times I thought we played well, but we have to generate more and we have to score."
Thirty seconds into the third period, Ontario's James McEwan tried to spark something for his club. McEwan and Utah's Nick Tuzzolino got the 6,491 in attendance roaring when they decided to settle their differences with the gloves off.
"He brings a lot of energy," Taylor said about McEwan's attempt to get his team back in the game. "He met the challenge."
The Reign had their chances to net the equalizer late in the third period. They had three power-play opportunities, but could not generate any offense past Grizzlies goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux.
"Obviously it was huge. We lost the game. We did not score," Taylor said about his team going 0-for-5 on the power-play. "We generated some good looks but we just did not score. We got to score. You are not going to win if you do not score."
Erickson looked sharp in his second start of the season, making 33 saves in the loss.
"The first five minutes I was a little shaky but I felt like I settled in and played well the rest of the game." Erickson said about getting the rare start.
Lamoureux was equally excellent, stopping all 26 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season and his seventh win.
"We needed to generate a few more shots but we never gave up and that's a positive thing. It would have been easy to fold up, ten minutes left and things are not going our way, but we kept working and kept plugging away," Erickson said.
The Reign will head to Bakersfield to battle the Condors in a critical contest at Rabobank Arena Saturday night. Ontario is riding a five-game road winning streak and hope to make it six in a row with Bakersfield only two points ahead of the Reign in the Pacific Division.
The Grizzlies will remain on the road as they take on the Stockton Thunder at Stockton Arena Saturday night.


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By Robin Sissons Things are going well in Korea. I am working hard on preparing and researching fossils at the lab. The Russian ankylosaur is unfortunately in pretty rough shape. It was partially excavated initially by the Russian-Mongolian joint expedition in the … Continue reading
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Giant winged reptiles walked here
We didn't expect it either. For those of you that follow us, you might have seen in the news that our team recently published on the long list of dinosaur footprints that have been found over the years around the … Continue reading
Dinosaur Skin, Scars, and Bad Behaviour
If there's one thing that gets me jazzed up about palaeontology, it's behaviour. Not that of other palaeontologists (although that's an interesting side topic) but that of the animals we study. Recreating behaviour in animals that no human has ever … Continue reading
Nutty Biology – A Nervy Journey
Everyone knows that cells are those tiny, little building blocks in living plants and animals. Right? Well, here's one for the Biology textbooks: the incredible journey of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. This is the nerve that controls some of the … Continue reading
Dinosores? Injury and Disease among Dinosaurs
Bones can tell us a lot about the owner: What species was it? What did it look like? How old was it? But one of the most interesting questions to me is, what did it suffer from? Perhaps that's … Continue reading
Ultimate Dinosaurs in Toronto
Last week i paid a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to see their latest dinosaur exhibition; The Ultimate Dinosaurs, a collection of some of the most spectacular beasts to grace this planet. Forget Triceratops and all the dinosaurs … Continue reading
The aliens have landed!
Dinosaurs never seem to cease to amaze with their weird and wonderful designs. The newest discovery from southern Alberta, Xenoceratops foremostensis is no exception. Xenoceratops is another horned dinosaur or ceratopsian, a group of dinosaurs that has seen an incredible explosion of … Continue reading
A computerised look inside a 70 million year old dinosaur
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Pachyrhinosaurus gets a new cousin
Grande Prairie's poster-boy of dinosaurs, Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai now stands alongside the newest member of the group, this time from Alaska. The new species, Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum, was officially announced last week by palaeontologists Anthony Fiorillo and Ronald Tykoski. The species name pays tribute to … Continue reading
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E Van Dorn St & S 72nd St has a Walk Score of 49 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in Lincoln. Nearby parks include Holmes Park, Colonial Hills Park and Trendwood Park.
Nearby schools include Lux Middle School, Morley Elementary School and St Joseph School.
The closest grocery stores are The Saucy Cook, Melissa's World Vrty Produce and Springer's Monavie Team.
Nearby coffee shops include Scooter's Coffee & Yogurt and Nu Vibe. There are five restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Brewskys Food & Spirits, Oso Burrito-East and YAMI Korean Cuisine.
E Van Dorn St & S 72nd St is near Union College, Nebraska Wesleyan University and University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
There are excellent bike lanes and the terrain is flat as a pancake. E Van Dorn St & S 72nd St is bikeable, there is some bike infrastructure.