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Comic-Con: Quint at Warner's panel! WICKER MAN, HARRY POTTER and THE REAPING!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm typing this about half an hour before the panel starts. I'm getting a jump on today's panels by doing my intro now. I have a huge day today with 6 interviews (that I know of) and 6 panels, talking about 20 plus movies. The day kicks off with Warner Bros's second of 3 panels of the Con. Their first panel was their animation spectacular yesterday, their next tomorrow featuring 300. So, below is what we have for today's panel featuring WICKER MAN, a video greeting from the set of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, THE REAPING and an update on SUPERMAN RETURNS.
Neil LaBute was there to talk about the flick and show something. Footage:
Neil LaBute brought the opening sequence from his remake. The scene starts with Nicolas Cage in full motorcycle cop outfit rolling along the rolling country side. The first impression of the footage is a good one. The cinematography looked sharp as hell. So, Cage is driving along and follows a station wagon. A rag doll is thrown from the car. Cage smiles, swings down and scoops it up as he passes by. He pulls the car over and doll in hand he walks to the driver's side window, giant 18-wheelers thundering by.
The woman driving unleashes a torrent of excuses... she's moving, she's so sorry... He hands back the doll, to the kinda creepy little girl in the back seat. The woman says the girl has been acting up and apologizes for it, all the while giant 18 wheelers rumbling past. The girl throws the doll back out the window, into the street. Cage chuckles, walks in the road, picks it up just as the car in the background on the shoulder gets totaled by a giant truck. You see this bit in the trailer as well as some of the rest of the clip that had Cage running to the crushed car... We see the crumpled lady in the front seat. The car's on fire. Cage tries to open the back door. It won't budge. He smashes the window with his cop helmet. We see the creepy ass girl just staring back at him through the broken hole. He reaches in, calling for her to give him her hand. She just stares. The car explodes, throwing Cage back.
Tidbits from the panel:
- The film is a reimagining, not a slavish remake.
- The society here is not a patriarchal society like the original, but rather a matriarchal society, which is why Ellen Burnstyn is in the Christopher Lee role.
- Instead of a paganism/christian struggle, it's more of a male/female clash.
- The island produces honey, not apples. It's sort of a Queen Bee analogy with Burnstyn.
- From LaBute: "There will be precious little singing."
- Edward Woodward cameos
- No Chistopher Lee cameo
- Aaron Eckhart has a small role
No footage shown, but they had the cast (Hilary Swank, AnnaSophia Robb) and some of the creative team (director Stephen Hopkins and Joel Silver) were on hand. Here are some tidbits from the panel.
- The film is about a professor that scientifically explains miracles... so she goes to Louisiana and finds one she can't explain
- Hilary Swank said the script was a page turner with a twist that caught her completely off guard.
- Both hurricanes hit while filming... (I remember hearing the production was moved in to Austin when Katrina hit)
- Swank did tons of research, including getting a subscription to Skeptical Inquirer
The video was really short, but had Daniel Radcliffe sitting in Trelawney's classroom, introducing David Yates. He acts like he's about to tell us a big Potter secret when Yates shows up and interrupts. They talked a tad about getting to see Umbridge (who Yates called a genetic splice between Doris Day and Freddy Kruger) and Hagrid's big giant brother.
Tons more stuff coming. SNAKES ON A PLANE, SUPERMAN RETURNS, KONG: EE and more!
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July 21, 2006, 6:47 p.m. CST
by The Dum Guy
July 21, 2006, 6:51 p.m. CST
by Mechasheeva
no pics of Umbridge? disappointing!
July 21, 2006, 6:58 p.m. CST
by Turd Furgeson
I was hoping to get some more potter stuff.....
July 21, 2006, 6:58 p.m. CST
"There will be precious little singing."
by The Dum Guy
God, I hope they don't mess this remake up by not having the classic song "Corn-rigs and Barley-rigs" not included. Come everyone at once, "Corn-rigs and barley-rigs, corn-rigs and barley-rigs" [repeat for thirty minutes].
July 21, 2006, 6:59 p.m. CST
Thanks, Quint...
by paulh
Will you be at the Veronica Mars panel discussion tomorrow afternoon, 4:30PM Pacific? Looking very much forward to that one, and maybe you can ask Rob Thomas about how Ellen Burstyn can get an Emmy nomination this year for a 15-second performance while KB got the shaft. :|
July 21, 2006, 6:59 p.m. CST
paganism/christianity is a female/male thing
by HypeEndsHere
and the other changes do not bode well. especially the played out creepy kid thing. now every time i see an intentionally creepy kid (like in The Ring and Silent Hill) i burst out into laughter.
July 21, 2006, 6:59 p.m. CST
by banditmania
Britt Ekland cameo?
July 21, 2006, 7:05 p.m. CST
you know why Christopher Lee doesn't cameo?
by RealDoubleJ
Cause it's a shitty remake. Men/woman clash "re-imagining" bullshit. They're taking an outlandish cult film and turning it into a by-the-numbers hollywood thriller (Shylaman style) with all the requisite jump scares and moody music. Fuck it. I'm quite happy with my creepy folk songs and i like my policeman "FELAAAMING!" and not the atypical hero of the hour (cause in hollywood, children can't die). The insidious nature of making these remakes is making me angry to the point where i'm feeling like I'll turn into a snarling troll over it, maybe the average film-goer will know this pain once Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid is done with Affleck/Damon or the ultimate taboos: Casablanca & It's A Wonderful Life get "reimagined". Not to rant but you can't truss this turkey up with fairylights & call it art. This is to british cinema history, what it would be like if Gus Van Sant decided to kill off Norman Bates & have Lila Crane find Marion in the cellar locked up with 'Mother' in "Psycho".
July 21, 2006, 7:34 p.m. CST
Next Summer will Rule
by Darth Evil Dead
Pirates, Potter, and Spiderman...Enough said. Transformers sucks...because of Michael Bay
July 21, 2006, 7:50 p.m. CST
-sigh of relief-
by Anna Valerious
I'm glad they're doing that instead of beliefs...though to quote a line from "Death Race 2000", "Women are the superior race."
July 21, 2006, 7:54 p.m. CST
I hate that cliched beginning of The Wicker Man...
by BigTuna
So he fails to save the little girl (which wasn't his fault at all) then he goes into a deep depression and gets a second chance by saving a girl on the Island that looks like the creepy girl in the car that died. I hate how all the heroes in these movies have to have some sort of redemption. Should have made it like the original more.
July 21, 2006, 8:01 p.m. CST
No point in it being more like the original
by performingmonkey
The original is a classic movie. They don't need to tell the same story because if you want that story, go watch that movie! It doesn't look too bad. Night would actually have been a good choice to direct this, but he's got his own stories to rape so leave him to it!
July 21, 2006, 8:52 p.m. CST
The Other Reason Christopher Lee Is Not Cameoing...
by DirtyRatBastard
He is signed to be in "Cowboys for Christ", Robin Hardy's remake of The Wicker Man, where he will basically be reprising the role of Lord Summerisle...
July 21, 2006, 9:29 p.m. CST
So it will be a Malinist movie?
by chien_sale
July 21, 2006, 9:41 p.m. CST
Is it just me....
by CerebralAssassin
...or do the movie panels at Comicon suck this year. Snakes on a Plane? The Reaping? Some movie directed by David Arquette? I guess the era of big budget nerd cinema is over. Heh.
July 21, 2006, 10:14 p.m. CST
by CRanapia
"The film is a reimagining, not a slavish remake." Gee, you know what I hate more than pointless hack re-makes of films that don't need them? Directors of pointless hack re-makes who condescend to their source material.
July 21, 2006, 11:15 p.m. CST
I believe they offered the part to Christopher Lee 1st.
by Shan
... and he said no. Hence the adjustment to give Ellen Burstyn the role.
July 21, 2006, 11:38 p.m. CST
About The Wicker Man
by Black Satin 2
After watching the 100 scariest movies and seeing where Wicker Man ranked, I wouldn't want to see that movie either. I know how the movie ended and the twist that happens is one that you really can't have no information going into this movie. That dooms it right there.
July 22, 2006, 12:35 a.m. CST
god, I hate matriachal societies...
by Everett Robert
because it's a myth that early paganism societies were all matriachial. There is absoutly NO evidence of ANY matriachial society, NONE, ZERO, NADA. All that films like this do is foster the misconception of a matriachial soceity. Actually I don't know if this film does that or not, I just feel like ranting and raving right now. anyways, paganism/christianity ISN'T patrichial vs matricihal as one poster suggested above. Look at all the pagan socieites, most of them (Greek, Roman, Druid, Indian(as in India), Native American) and 2 of the 3 monothestic societies didn't empower woman, it held them done, however look at early christianity did empower women, look at the New Testement, many woman are mentioned and held in high esteem, despite what Wiccans, socialigests, and Dan Brown want you to believe, ok...flame on
July 22, 2006, 12:50 a.m. CST
"Reimagine there's no Heaven..."
by tonagan
Rolls off the tongue, it does...
July 22, 2006, 1:26 a.m. CST
King Kong: Extended Edition? Isn't that redundant?
by Zardoz
I mean shit, how long is this one gonna be? Ten hours? The theatrical version was lo-oong enough, thank you!
July 22, 2006, 1:31 a.m. CST
Even in an unrelated thread
by Lovecraftfan
we have to have a poke at Night. Cracks me up.
July 22, 2006, 4:05 a.m. CST
by Cloud_Leonheart
That's all you have? Fuck...
July 22, 2006, 4:35 a.m. CST
Matriachal Societies
by ROBE
Most modern paganism were started by guys who wanted to have sex with lots of naked chicks dancing around forested glades. Feminists then adopted these religions as their own. Even ancient cities that had a principal goddess like Athens (Athena)were male dominated. Most so called stone age goddesses were the ancient version of Playboy or Page 3 Girls.
July 22, 2006, 4:38 a.m. CST
Doris Day + Freddy Kruger = Umbridge
by ROBE
I have to love that idea.
July 22, 2006, 7:22 a.m. CST
Daniel Radcliffe Vs Alex Petyfer
by emeraldboy
Stormbreaker has just been released over here. Views are mixed but positive. Seems to be a fun film. got a great british. Mcgregor, Nighy, Okendeo, Coltrane, Alcia silverstone and andy serkis and Mickey Rourke as the villian who wears blue eye shadow. Jonathon Freeland who first book was published under the name sam bourn, made a interesting point on the Telly last night. He reckons that petyfer is better actor than radclifee. Petyfer was in tom brownes school days with Stephen fry.
July 22, 2006, 8:10 a.m. CST
Piss off, Hollywood.
by fitzcarraldo2
"There will be precious little singing" sneers the director of the repackaged, lifeless, plasticised version of a genuine cult classic. The original worls so well because it's so fucking... odd. At times a police procedural, then a musical, sometimes a comedy. It fits into no cosy little niche and it's undettling. What the fuck is going to happen next? Now Hollywood remakes it for 14 year old dimwits in Nebraska starring the dullest man in tinseltown. Smart move on Christopher Lee's part to have nothing to do with this.
July 22, 2006, 9:27 a.m. CST
What about the "The Wigger Man" with Kevin Federline?
by I Hate Movies
July 22, 2006, 5:10 p.m. CST
just tell us how big hermione's boobs have gotten...
by Spiderhulk
that's all we care about.
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Children's Health
Cochlear Implants for Kids: Earlier Surgery Works Best
April 20, 2010 -- The sooner children with hearing loss receive cochlear implants, the better, according to new research in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Children who receive cochlear implants before 18 months of age are better able to hear, comprehend sound and music, and speak than are their counterparts who receive the implants at a later age.
"Early-onset deafness is a common childhood disability that we can do something about," lead study author John Niparko, MD, the director of otology, neurotology & skull base surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, says in an email. "Using this technology in a strategic manner appears to carry profoundly positive effects."
What Are Cochlear Implants?
Often referred to as "bionic ears," cochlear implants are much different than hearing aids, which only amplify sounds. By contrast, cochlear implants bypass damaged parts of the ear and stimulate the auditory nerve. The implant generates signals that are sent to the brain via the auditory nerve. The brain then recognizes these signals as sound. These small electronic devices consist of an external component that sits behind the ear, and a second part that is surgically placed under the skin.
Hearing loss can completely disrupt a child's ability to learn to talk and understand what people are saying, Niparko says. "Children normally begin to pair the sounds of speech with meaning between six months and one year, [but] if a child cannot hear the full range of speech sounds at this age, the opportunities of learning speech and reflecting their thoughts by talking begin to diminish," he says.
Earlier Implants Can Close Language Gap
Enter cochlear implants.
In the new study, 188 children aged 6 months to 5 years were followed for three years after they received cochlear implants. Researchers then analyzed their language development and compared it to that of 97 children without hearing loss.
Children who received the implants before they turned 18 months showed speaking ability that stayed close to that of their hearing counterparts, the study showed. Children who received the cochlear implant after they turned 3, however, still exhibited some gaps when compared to same-age children without hearing loss.
For each year that a child with hearing loss does not receive a cochlear
implant, they will lag behind in the rate of improvement in language
development, Niparko and colleagues write.
"Children who receive the cochlear implant early and are supported with
experiences that engage their interest through speech can overcome early
deprivation effects," he says. "Their rate of learning to understand and
produce speech can approximate those of hearing children."
The more support and interaction from caregivers and loved ones, the greater the benefit, the study showed.
"If you have a child who has severe hearing loss in both ears, implanting earlier is associated with better language and speech outcomes and less of a gap versus kids with normal hearing," says Kay W. Chang, MD, an associate professor of otolaryngology at Stanford University and a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon at Lucile Packard Hospital of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
Everyone can benefit from cochlear implants, but the kids that were younger when they received the implants benefited more, he says. "This highlights the importance of the early identification of kids with hearing loss." Early diagnosis coupled with implant evaluation by a team that includes a speech pathologist, an audiologist, a child psychiatrist, and a surgeon is needed to make sure children can receive cochlear implants in a timely manner.

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Among the flowering plants now nearing the height of their beauty in the vicinity of Paradise, are three which, in addition to their graceful forms and attractive colored blooms, possess medical value of recognized potentcy.
Of these the most valuable for such purposes is the giant hellebore, or veratum vitride. This member of the lily-of-the-valley family occurs abundantly on the hillsides, its dense clumps of large, strongly-veined, creased leaves being easily distinguishable among less prominent plants. The drooping panicles of greenish-white flowers borne on a single tall stem four or five feet high add strikingly to the color scheme of the fields.
From the leaves is distilled a compound used as a heart depressant; in cases of convulsions also, and for certain other purposes. An insecticide too, is prepared from hellebore.
The valerian's white blossom, now seen so plentifully, waving gracefully on its stem, several feet in height, has also been found to posses curative characteristics, when crushed and formed into a medical compound. Alive and growing, the blossom is very fragrant, but the compound's foul odor will almost "blow open a drug store door," as someone aptly phrased it. Perhaps the valerian takes this method of retaliating upon those who would interfere with its desire to grow unmolested, preferring to serve by adding its peculiar touch of beauty to the landscape, rather than to be manufactured into a nerve sedative. Possibly too, the odor produces a pyschological effect in the mind of the patient more powerful than the quieting influence on his nerves.
The third of the medical plants is the arnica. From this growth a household liniment is made for external application to sore muscles and bruises such as those of wearied climbers returning from the hike to Rainier's summit. Several species of arnica are now in bloom, their yellow blossoms rising conspicuously above the heather, the gentians and the blue of the arctic lupine. One variety has rather large heads or groups of flowers, while another's blossom occurs in solitary fashion on a tall stem.
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"Bee and PuppyCat" Cast and Creator
Posing at Friday's recording session at Salami Studios in North Hollywood. In the back row we've got Tiny Kitten Teeth's Frank Gibson, Tom "Heffer Wolfe" Kenny, and Uncle Kent Osborne. The ladies are creator Natasha Allegri and the hardest-working woman in commercials, Allyn Rachel. A good time was had by all. Thanks, Kent, for directing.
One more actor to record, and we're good to make those animatics.
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@PkmnGreen; why change the vote? Fresa said that she placed a vote on Croag to prove her ability.
@PkmnGreen; why change the vote? Fresa said that she placed a vote on Croag to prove her ability.
Oh, I missed that, derpderpderp :I
Unvote: コジロウ
Vote: Croag
Something has happened!
2. @SageGaga;
5. @America*;
10. @Callisto;
11. @Neon Borealis;
12. @Syxx;
13. @mwto;
14. @Tris79;
15. @Joltik;
16. @Fresa;
17. @Baron Dante;
18. @コジロウ;
19. @FinalArcadia;
20. @Smasher 101;
21. @Hawkeye;
22. @Greece;
24. @Neonsands;
26. @Soulmaster;
There has now been created a general chat for this mafia game on skype, which allows for discussion at a faster pace than it could be in the thread. Those who are mentioned are the ones not yet added to it. If you have skype and want to be added to this chat, my skypename is Mijzelffan like my username. Alternatively if you're lazy you can also just give me your skypename so that I can add you.
I was planning on unvoting mwto after the watcher claim but I guess it would ruin Fresa's plan now, so I'll leave it at that.
How will my non-death prove anything? There's always the thing of vote immunities, double votes... anything.
"Result against me"... wat?
You seem to know Sour's role. Why?
??? Excuse my ignorance, but I don't see anyone named Sour on the players list. Does that name refer to someone?
1. @Mintaka;
2. @SageGaga;
3. @Zenax;
4. @DrumBeats;
5. @America*;
6. @PkmnGreen;
7. @Croag;
8. @Synthesis;
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10. @Callisto;
11. @Neon Borealis;
12. @Syxx;
13. @mwto;
14. @Tris79;
15. @Joltik;
16. @Fresa;
17. @Baron Dante;
18. @コジロウ;
19. @FinalArcadia;
20. @Smasher 101;
21. @GliscorMan; @Hawkeye;
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"So where are we going next, Lady Palutena?" Pit asked.
"Our next destination wil be... the ocean palace." Lady Palutena replied.
"The ocean palace?"
"That's right, this is where Medusa's most important commander can be found: Tanatos, the god of death."
"Actually it's Thanatos now." A voice said. "The extra H is for Hamazing!"
"So Thanatos." Palutena asked. "You're the god of death are you not? Shouldn't you outrank Medusa in that case? Why are you working for her?"
"Oh I'm sorry, what?" Thanatos replied. "I didn't quite hear you there."
"Allright, a crushing victory!"
"Ugghhh, crushing defeat...."
Pkmngreen, you are Thanatos!
No not Tanatos, it's Thanatos now. The extra H stands for hamazing! You are the god of death, and outrank even Medusa. However, you're way too lazy to actually do stuff, so you take orders from Medusa and let reapers do most of your work for you. You're quite a weird person, even compared to the other characters in the game.
Should you ever decide to do anything on your own though, you can smash straight through any kind of protection to kill the target. But with how lazy you are, you can only do this once in the game. Just pm me with "activate death powers". You will have to be sent out as the killer to do this.
You are allied with the underworld forces, you win when all the innocents are dead.
hidden: every time Thanatos is the killer his kills will be invisible and untrackable due to the reapers doing the job for him.
Pkmngreen was lynched. He was Thanatos, underworld forces.
It is now night 1! Achievements and shop stuff will be sent out soon, untill then make sure to send in your nightactions.
Whoa, day 1, and the strongman is out! Nice. XD
Lynch redirector?
Anyways, strongman out. Nice~


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While serving our civic duty of sitting in a room full of strangers for jury duty, our view was of the latest construction rumblings going on in downtown Brooklyn.
We can't wait for the sun to be blocked even more so, all in the name of progress.
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We found this zen piece of information tagged up at the 59th Street subway station recently, while waiting FOREVER for the R train to arrive.
Mr. Miyagi would be proud of this subtle warrior.
Where is the R train?
We've often wondered the very same thing while waiting patiently at 59th Street for an R train to arrive after waiting for 20 to 30 minutes. We predict that the 59th Street station of the N/R at 4th Avenue will be the very last station to receive countdown clocks because the wait time is just too embarrassing for the MTA to show.
This is the Avenue X subway station along the F train in Brooklyn.
It has recently come to our attention that this station is the number one likely place to freeze ones balls off in the middle of winter while waiting for an F train.
This very well might be the remnants of a sad day for someone. They dropped an ice cream onto the filthy floors of an MTA bus in the backwoods of Brooklyn.
It melted completely, but it has been so cold, that when we stumbled across it, it had solidified into the melted version of itself. RIP: lost ice cream bar.


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Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you based on how you got in that situation.
Drove drunk, got in an accident and need an organ transplant? No problem.
Messing around with a gun, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg and need surgery? Of course.
Smoke tobacco for most of your life and need treatment for lung cancer? Yep.
Climb a tree, fall out and break your leg? We'll fix that right up.
Have sex and get pregnant when you don't want to be? YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS SITUATION AND YOU DESERVE NO MEDICAL HELP OR COMPASSION! THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND YOU WILL DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES!
Worry About Your Own Uterus (via quoilecanard)
(via earthmoonlotus)
Wow this is one of the best pro-choice arguments ever
(via meadows-momma)
I've never heard this argument before but it is on point.
How We Teach Our Kids That Women Are Liars
Two weeks ago a man in France was arrested for raping his daughter. She'd gone to her school counselor and then the police, but they needed "hard evidence." So, she videotaped her next assault. Her father was eventually arrested. His attorney explained, "There was a period when he was unemployed and in the middle of a divorce. He insists that these acts did not stretch back further than three or four months. His daughter says longer. But everyone should be very careful in what they say." Because, really, even despite her seeking help, her testimony, her bravery in setting up a webcam to film her father raping her, you really can't believe what the girl says, can you?
Everyone "knows" this. Even children.
Three years ago, in fly-on-the-wall fashion of parent drivers everywhere, I listened while a 14-year-old girl in the back seat of my car described how angry she was that her parents had stopped allowing her to walk home alone just because a girl in her neighborhood "claimed she was raped." When I asked her if there was any reason to think the girl's story was not true, she said, "Girls lie about rape all the time."
She didn't know the person, she just assumed she was lying.
No one says, "You can't trust women," but distrust them we do. College students surveyed revealed that they think up to 50% of their female peers lie when they accuse someone of rape, despite wide-scale evidence and multi-country studies that show the incident of false rape reports to be in the 2%-8% range, pretty much the same as false claims for other crimes. As late as 2003, people jokingly (wink, wink) referred to Philadelphia's sex crimes unit as "the lying bitch unit." If an 11-year-old girl told an adult that her father took out a Craigslist ad to find someone to beat and rape her while he watched, as recently actually occurred, what do you think the response would be? Would she need to provide a videotape after the fact?
It goes way beyond sexual assault as well. That's just the most likely and obvious demonstration of "women are born to lie" myths. Women's credibility is questioned in the workplace, in courts, by law enforcement, indoctors' offices, and in our political system. People don't trust women to be bosses, or pilots, or employees. Pakistan's controversial Hudood Ordinance still requires a female rape victim to procure four male witnesses to her rape or risk prosecution for adultery. In August, a survey of managers in the United States revealed that they overwhelmingly distrust women who request flextime. It's notable, of course, that women are trusted to be mothers—the largest pool of undervalued, unpaid, economically crucial labor.
Pop culture and art are just the cherry on the top of the icing on a huge cake. The United States is among the most religious of all countries in the industrialized world. So, while some people wring their hands over hip hop, I'm more worried about how men like Rick Santorum and Ken Cuccinelli explain to their daughters why they can't be priests. I know that there is hip hop that exceeds the bounds of taste and is sodden with misogyny. But, people seem to think that those manifestations of hatred are outside of the mainstream when, in reality, it's just more of the same set to great beats. Hip hop has nothing on religious misogyny and its political expression.
An entire political party's "social policy" agenda is being pursued under a rubric that insists women need "permission slips" and "waiting periods." The recent shutdown? Conservatives holding the country hostage because they want to add anti-abortion "conscience clause" language to legislation. Whose consciences are we talking about? All the morally incompetent and untrustworthy men who need abortions?
It's no exaggeration to say that distrust of women is the driving force of the "social issues" agenda of the Republican Party. From food stamps and "legitimate rape," to violence against women and immigration policy. "We need to target the mother. Call it sexist, but that's the way nature made it," explained the man who penned Arizona's immigration law. "Men don't drop anchor babies, illegal alien mothers do." I could do this ad infinitum.
See entire piece at Role/Reboot here.
Free tattoo cover-ups for victims of human trafficking or former gang members
Based in Illinois, the non-profit covers up tattoos like the ones shown above. Those bar codes (which can be scanned by smartphones like regular bar codes you find on retail items) are tattooed on to victims of human trafficking by their "owners" to facilitate easy identification and retrieval of their "property" in case they escape.
The organization also covers up gang tattoos.
In any case, it's a chance for a new lease on life. Reblog and spread the word, if you're so inclined.
Skully Pens: 11 Signs You're A Men's Rights Activist
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1. You have no problem with the gender wage gap. But you hate having to pay for dates.
2. You insist that it's a scientifically proven fact that men are stronger than women. But you complain about society believing that it's worse for a man to hit a woman than for a woman to hit a man.
3. You believe that the age of consent is unfair and that there's nothing wrong with having sex with teenage girls. But when you find out that a teenage girl enjoys sex, you believe she's the biggest slut in the world.
4. You hate when a woman automatically assumes that a man is a douchebag before getting to know him. But when you like a woman who likes another man, you assume he's a douchebag just because he's not you.
5. You believe that if women want equality, they should be drafted into the military. But you also believe that the military is not a place for women.
6. You hate when women assume that men are like wild animals. But you believe that a woman who doesn't cover up and make herself invisible to men is just like someone wearing a meat suit around wild animals.
7. You hate the fact that men are bullied for not conforming to their male gender roles. But when you find out that a man disagrees with your beliefs about women's rights, your immediate response is to try to emasculate him by comparing him to a woman as an insult.
8. You hate when women assume that there are no nice guys. But you call yourself a nice guy and act like it's a rare quality that should cause women to be all over you.
9. You hate when women assume that men just want to get laid. But when you find out that a man is a feminist, you assume that he's just doing it to get laid.
10. You hate when women make generalizations about all men. But when a woman calls you out for being sexist, you claim that all men think like you.
11. You insist that women should be responsible for protecting themselves from being raped. But when they follow the one piece of advice that actually works, which is being aware of red flags, you complain about them assuming that all men are rapists.
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Said no real radical feminist ever, just individualistic bratty *cough* all *cough* liberal feminists
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The Twins have cut infielder Brian Buscher from their 40-man roster, outrighting him to Class AAA Rochester. He can become a minor-league free agent 16 days after the World Series.
Buscher, 28, batted .235 with two home runs and 12 RBI in 61 games for the Twins this season, posting a .360 on-base percentage and a .316 slugging percentage.
The Twins did not have Buscher on their original 25-man playoff roster, though he did replace Matt Tolbert after Tolbert suffered a strained oblique muscle.


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This holiday season will be a bit more festive at the Brick Store Pub with the opening of the Decatur beer bar's new beer cellar.
The vintage program has taken years of planning and a substantial investment in rare and limited edition beers. But now, beer geeks can peruse a list of some 500 different offerings, with prices ranging from as little as $7 or $8 for a 12-ounce bottle of American craft beer up to $300 for a 6-liter bottle of Belgian ale.
The genesis of the project goes back to 2006, when Brick Store partners Dave Blanchard, Tom Moore and Mike Gallagher took a trip to Belgium that included a stop at the Kulminator beer bar in Antwerp, a place famous for its telephone book-size list that includes as many as 800 vintage beers.
"We realized that was the next frontier for what we'd been doing," Blanchard said. "But the big question was, 'Where in the world are we going to store that all that beer?'"
As it turned out, the answer was down in the alley behind the pub, where a heavy steel door leads to a winding stair and a series of underground caverns that were once part of a bank vault.
Blanchard and beer-buyer/manager Lee Dickson have been hoarding and aging hundreds of cases there. And the secret space has become a pilgrimage for visiting guests. One wall features scrawled notes from brewers, including Allagash's Rob Tod, Dogfish Head's Sam Caligione and Stone's Steve Wagner.
Recently, Adam Avery of Colorado's Avery Brewing marveled at the stockpiles of goodies.
"You need to start selling some of this and make some money," Avery said.
The Brick Store is doing that now, after constructing a cellar room upstairs in the pub, just across the hallway from the cozy Belgian beer bar. The crafty build-out features a Gothic-style wooden door and floors and shelves hewn from vintage timber. But besides being a temperature-controlled showcase, it allows servers easy access to the beers on the cellar list.
So far, the demand for the cellar's beers has been steady, but not overwhelming. And that's good news, as they continue to refine the list and tweak the prices, Blanchard and Dickson said.
"We didn't have any idea how this would go," Blanchard said. "We didn't know if we'd sell a lot or a little. We wondered if we were buying way too much or not nearly enough. Really, there was nobody around we could ask for advice."
Armed with a smart phone, it's easy for beer geeks to look up beer ratings on sites such as BeerAdvocate and RateBeer and check the prices for collectible beers on sites such as eBay.
Among the super limited edition brews on the cellar list, look for the likes of Yeti Imperial Stout and Old Ruffian Barley Wine from Great Divide Brewing Co., aged 20 months in Stranahan's Colorado whiskey barrels and packaged in 750-milliliter bottles. Only 470 bottles of each beer were released in 2009. The current Brick Store price is $75 per bottle.
"We're probably averaging about 10 or 12 cellar beers a day right now," Blanchard said. "If that number gets any higher, we run the risk of running out of vintage beers faster than we can replenish them. So far, we haven't had a rush on anything, which was my biggest fear.
"But as a game-changing endeavor, this is one of the biggest things we've ever done. And as more people come to discover what a rarity this is, who knows what will happen next. When we build up a couple more years, it will get really fun. We can offer five-, six- and seven-year vertical tastings of certain beers and find out how they age and change over time."
— Bob Townsend, AJC beer columnist and blogger
December 7th, 2010
1:30 pm
What is the $300/6-liter offering? St. Bernardus Abt 12? I think they released some bottles in that size back in 2008.
December 7th, 2010
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Truly great concept. Visited Sunday and enjoyed my first from the cellar… a $14 Depth Charge that was totally worth it.
December 7th, 2010
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Thanks for the write up there Bobby. Great article and, as usual, you nailed it. One thing Lee wanted me to mention however, Beer "Manager", not just "Buyer". You know how tall guys are…
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December 9th, 2010
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Yep. 6 Liter St. Bernardus 08, Val Dieu Grand Cru 07, St. Feuillien Tripel 08 & Duvel 08.
December 9th, 2010
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look forward to visiting when next in town. Westvleteren/St. Sixtus on offer?
December 10th, 2010
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Congrats Dave and Brick Store guys! This is a fantastic addition to the area. Can't wait to stop by and check it out. After this article, I might be waiting in a line!! Best of luck.


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Preaching is slowly becoming this dreary thing that I can't help but thinking of it as an empty routine. ĀI enjoy formulating arguments, doing research and thinking about theology a lot. ĀI enjoy reading and thinking and asking questions and then asking them out loud again in front of a bunch of people and gauging their reactions. ĀWhat I don't enjoy is repetitiveness. ĀEven if I thinkĀrepetitivenessĀis right and good and needed for a bunch of undisciplined folks like ourselves, I can't help but continually get frustrated. ĀI don't like doing something over and over again if it doesn't seem to be doing anything or being effective.
I know I'm in a rut right now for a few reasons. ĀLast month I said to someone 'I should just send out my sermon to everyone by e-mail ahead of time, so everyone can read it over and be more prepared on Sunday.' ĀThis week I asked, somewhat sarcastically if I could jut read a chapter out of a book instead of preaching a sermon. The last few months I find myself reading my sermon verbatim rather than using my notes to set me off into the directions that I want to go. ĀFor whatever reason, I have lost my love for the sermon in the service.
I think I am more academically minded than most. ĀI tend to look at the sermon as a time to transfer ideas from my head to everyone else's. ĀWriting sermons for me have become kind of a academic outlet for me as I tend to spend more time reading the material than I do writing any of my own. ĀLately I've just resorted to grasping concepts out of books and mashing them together in what I consider to be artful mess of brilliance that I think other people just have to hear. ĀTo some, this is unacceptable. ĀThis is a cop-out of what preaching should be, it's lazy and it shows no heart. ĀBut for me, it's sharing with people the brilliance of some of the greatest thinkers in the world. ĀWhy would I presume I can formulate these ideas better than they can? ĀWhy not just share their thoughts and then go from there?
Then I go to an Anglican church, and the sermon is a five minute devotional and the the rest of the service moves right along with the climax being the Eucharist instead of the sermon. ĀPart of me is jealous of this. ĀWhy in the world is the teacher and what he is saying at the climax of an Evangelical service? ĀGod knows we are making it up half the time and just trying to fill in space because we just have never done it any other way. ĀIt makes sense for the sermon to be a throw-in, an afterthought, something just to bring it down to earth for a few minutes to remind people that there is some practicality and real life relevance to the Sunday routine. ĀBut really, the reason we are there is to gather around the Lord's table right? ĀWhy in the world does the evangelical church put so much emphasis on the sermon then?
Evangelicals might say it's because we need to create a sacred space for people to ponder and reflect. ĀIt's one of the reasons why we do Q&A in the middle of our sermons. ĀBut really, listening to someone talk for 25 minutes and then other people who are just hearing this stuff for the first time reflect out loud about it isn't really the greatest environment for introspective analysis. ĀSome of us are emotional beings and we love the pick up we get from hearing a motivational sermon and we leave re-charged. ĀNothing against that I guess, but is that really the point either? ĀIs it really just for a spiritual fill up? ĀA weeklyĀedification?Ā ĀI wonder how much 'preaching' went on in early churches? ĀWas it 45 minute sermons and arguments trying to convince everyone of a new truth of the gospel and that they really should do everything that Jesus said to do with funky illustrations and pictures and Powerpoints? ĀWas it just reading scriptures out loud and then silence for a time to reflect? ĀWas it the main place for all teaching of the scriptures?
The right answer of course is that we preach to proclaim the gospel. ĀWe preach so that the Word goes forth and challenges and shapes and forms God's people. ĀThe Word goes forth through God's people to form God's people. ĀSo I know it's right at some point. ĀI know this is the way of God's people and the way it should be done to a degree. ĀJust lately it doesn't feel right. ĀIt's like there is something missing or better, we are doing too much. ĀSomething that just isn't blatantly obvious in the way we gather. ĀSo in the meantime I'll keep it up and just wait patiently until more understanding is revealed to me about what in the world is going on with the Sermon.


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"Handicap" was another lackluster episode of Army Wives. I wondered if the title might be what they wanted going into it, to get a better rating.
If so, it didn't work. I know the historical capabilities of the show, so excuses are not allowed. I put my hand in the bag and come up empty every week.
Roland and Marcus: I really liked that Marcus went to Roland for help - and Roland helped him. Roland has always had the biggest heart and it would have been disappointing if he had changed his tune this late in the game. That Marcus thought enough of Roland to go to him meant he spotted that big heart on his own.
Keeping it from Joan, however, was not the best idea. Roland knew fully well she would disapprove and to find out on her own didn't do either one of them any favors. The way Joan reacted in the end, I got the feeling there is something we don't know about her past that's keeping her from dealing with Marcus rationally.
Kevin and Jackie: Was I missing something? Or did Kevin have a paralyzing injury only one week prior to starting physical therapy? I'll be honest, I don't know much about it, but it seemed soon. Not only for the therapy but for him to be so ornery and angry that he wasn't already sure about his future and his ability to walk. You have to wonder if anyone ever watches television on these shows.
I hated how Kevin was back to treating Jackie like she was one of his lowest ranking soldiers. His lack of respect for what she had done for him, how she supported him through the years and gave her life to better his should be noticed. Even when his life is falling apart he fails to see it. It's quite degrading and I truly hope that it's not indicative of the average general. Prove me wrong, Wives!
I hate to say it, but I was happy to see Kevin on the floor, under the weights, pinned to the ground. He's so damned stubborn he's going to get himself killed without even giving himself a chance to get well. Is that something we would expect of a true leader? A general? I don't think so.
The LeBlancs: Trevor got his Ranger Battalion assignment and it meant a move away from Fort Marshall. Whereas in the past Roxy would have been extremely upset at even the thought of moving, she didn't even think twice. It shows just how far the wives have come. So far that they are barely recognizable anymore.
Denise the nurse practitioner: It's been difficult to remember Denise is a working nurse practitioner because of the five-year time jump. But there she was, running cases on her own. Thank goodness they sent her on the field call when the helicopter was ready to give out, because it wasn't enough that she did a great job freeing the soldier from the tank, and was proving herself good at her job. It was made all the more exciting by having the helicopter crash.
Note to Army Wives writers - I am being sarcastic! Allow me to remind you that sometimes the story is in their everyday lives. Being the best they can be without the extracurricular activities.
Other things of note:
- It appears Gloria did leave, and with very little fanfare.
- Claudia Joy is on the longest trip with the first lady in the history of said trips. I'm fairly certain it started prior to the five month time jump. Will we see her again?
- Did you notice Roxy didn't even care about giving up the Hump Bar or the truck stop?
- Another week went by without even a mention of Nicole and Charlie. Did the writers forget they existed?
What could have been a very interesting story about Denise and her nursing career fell flat for me. Were you otherwise engaged and entertained? Chat about your thoughts in the comments!
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I had wondered what happened to Claudia Joy- I missed a couple of episodes-I agree, the show is very lackluster- I never used to miss it,now I forget it's on....
I believe they're squeezing everything in as AW indicates there are only two episodes left. Gloria is coming back, and my guess is that she will become the new owner of The Hump Bar. After all, the bar was given to her after the death of the original owner. Kim Delaney is in the mini-series "American MacBeth" in the role of Mary Todd Lincoln. I believe the series is in post-production. I'm surprised that all the characters remained for as long as they did. Getting transferred usually happens more often. Roxie has probably become acclimated to the Army. She now has four children and knew this day was coming. I really hope this is not the end of the series.
is the show going off air completely or just for the season?
you mentioned that Kim Delaney had "issues" during the filming for this season, but can you expand on what those were specifically? I can't find any info. on it. Thanks
Perhaps Claudia Joy is having some work done in Washington - if you get my drift. It seems there are some good plastic surgeons in Army. Are botox and breast implants covered under their medical plan? Just wondering as all the wives continue to look better and better. I just hope none of the taxpayers' dollars are involved!
Got too wordy I guess on my post below...my cut off statement: Kevin would have needed total bed rest to give his back time to heal...not bench pressing like He-man. I think Joan's response was reasonable for a woman trying to protect her family. She doesn't have to have something in her own past to induce that reaction to that relapsing, drug addict, ex-con...then add in the pain of Roland keeping it from her & ignoring her concerns & feelings. In my opinion, she's the only one on the show being real. Go Joan (Wendy Davis)!!! Ok...I'll shut up now. Just disappointed in how this show is being handled.
I've been in the medical field for 20 yrs...I've worked a crap load of trauma as an X-ray & CT tech...& have EMT training. The way Denise handled the paratrooper stuck on the gun was ridiculous...he slammed into a tank with enough force to shove that gun through his shoulder by a foot or more. The first thing she did was grab his head to look into his eyes & check his level of consciousness.... With no consideration for possible c-spine injury or a closed head wound. BUT what really got me was when she had the same guy hold the flashlight for her to insert that chest tube into that doctor (who was not acting like a person with a pneumothorax).. At one point telling him to hold the light higher (with the injured arm) ...that man shouldn't have been conscious...or maybe even alive. Yes...ur dead on about Kevin. If they thought his paralysis might not be permanent it would be due to swelling around the spinal cord. The only chance for that to correct itself= total bed rest...no movement, much less bench pressing like He-man.
I too was amazed at Roxy's lack of concern about the Hump Bar and Truck Stop. Perhaps the lightbulb will go on in this week's episode and we will see what she does. This show is getting sooooooo boring, used to be my go to Sunday night show(well, other than Leverage) now I tape it and watch days later. Characters have all become stale, even Michael, my favorite. Kevin Deserves a swift kick you know where to shape up, no wonder his wife turns to pills and where is the spoiled brat during all of this? If she was so close to Daddy, she should be there with him. Yes, there has to be something in Joan's past to be this hostile to Marcus even though he is a loser
Without Brigid Brannagh, I have lost all interest in this show.
The show has no spark left anyway.
Nothing to do with the show, but I hate the name Claudia Joy. Noone in real life would allow such a childish name.
I watch the show every week and maybe I am not critical enough but I love the show. I do get sad though every time someone is taken from the show for one reason or another. You can get so attached. For the comments on time line and reality of different situaions; remember folks, this is TV and they only have an hour each week to accomplish their mission and it is there not only for some insight into the lives of Army Wives and Husbands but to entertain us. Just like on the shows where they get DNA so fast; we know that is not happening that fast but you get my drift. Anyway, I love the showe and will miss it when they are gone.


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Bellmont scored eight pins and a tech fall, winning 11 of 14 matches in a 59-11 rout of Fort Wayne Snider Thursday at Bellmont. The victory put Bellmont at 11-2 on the season. The Braves travel to East Noble Saturday for a conference triple-dual involving DeKalb and Norwell.
A 175th anniversary is, admits Decatur Mayor John Schultz, an in-between event, but, with the city on the verge of its 175th year in 2011, "We need to do something. I don't think there's a right way or a wrong way to celebrate this. It's a moment in history that needs to be addressed."
What that "something" will be was discussed at two public gatherings on Wednesday at Riverside Center and some decisions were made.
(Tim Ehlerding of Decatur has written a novel, "Always a Loser, Forever a Champion," a story inspired by the 2008 Bellmont High School football team's state championship. "If you read the book, it's pretty clear who the various characters are," Ehlerding said. The general story line follows the actual events, "but I took quite a bit of literary license." Following is the first of five edited installments being published by the Daily Democrat.)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels released more details of his Indiana education agenda Wednesday, but said he's still working on specifics of some proposals, including using state money to help students attend private schools and giving them college scholarships if they graduate high school a year early.
Bellmont's all-time top runningback, Daniel Meyer, received recognition this week as an All-State linebacker, and on the area Top 50 GameNight team, it was announced by team coaches.
KOKOMO — Adams Central's Derek Roe was named Most Outstading Wrestler at the Northwestern 7 Super Duals this past Saturday as he went 5-0, leading the Jets to a perfect 5-0 mark and the tourney win.
Roe scored a 1:26 fall over Brennen Popp of Cass, won by injury default over Bishop Luers' Will Thoma, pinned Marion's Kyle Arenas in 2:53, and pinned Shannon Soloman of Lafayette Jeff. He also took a forfeit against Madison-Grant. Roe is 11-1 on the season.
The ball simply didn't bounce the way the Bellmont Squaws wanted it to on three different occasions late in the game Tuesday night and Bellmont was handed its second straight overtime loss of the season by the Leo Lions at the Teepee, 50-48.
Bellmont's best chance at victory came with just 2.6 ticks to go in regulation with the score tied at 42-42. After having called a timeout eight seconds earlier, Bellmont got the ball into the hands of guard Dana Kaczmarek who drove to the basket and was fouled while shooting.
NEW HAVEN — Bellmont senior middle weight wrestler Anthony Stebing pronounced himself "fine" Tuesday night, answering concerns over dropping three weight classes to land a slot in the BHS lineup. He sure looked fine against 2010 state streeter Zach Zurbrugg as he jumped out 5-0, hitting his favorite fireman's carry, en route to a solid 8-6 win at 152 pounds, and that ignited a 50-19 Braves rout of their NHC foes.
Approximately six months from now — when the weather is significantly warmer than it is these days — Decatur's Industrial Park III, located off CR 450N, will have its first tenant.
Plans for New Prime, Inc., a division of Prime, Inc, of Springfield, Missouri, to build on the site were unveiled at Tuesday night's meeting of Decatur City County as the process to provide a tax abatement was launched.
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The Miami-Dade police public corruption bureau is being scaled back as the department beefs up its cooperation with federal authorities, the county's top cop said Tuesday.
Ten detectives, three sergeants, one lieutenant, three civilian analysts and an administrator will be transferred to other units within the department, while four detectives will be detached to the FBI's anti-corruption task force.
"It's an effort to enhance our synergy and our collaboration with our partners who are already here," Patterson told the Miami Herald on Tuesday. "It's not an effort to avoid or dilute anything."
That leaves one lieutenant, one sergeant and six to eight detectives in the police department's public corruption unit, which had been tasked with investigating wrongdoing by county and municipal employees or contractors, as well as cases in which taxpayers are victims. That mission will be downsized now, targeting county matters only.
Miami-Dade's police union quickly criticized County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, its longtime nemesis, accusing him of pushing through the changes.
"I think the mayor sends a strong message he doesn't have an appetite to fight public corruption," said Police Benevolent Association President John Rivera. "It's an embarrassment, especially in a corruption-rich community like Miami-Dade."
Gimenez called the criticism "laughable," noting that the FBI came to him seeking stepped up cooperation.
"They asked for some help on public corruption, and I said that we would provide that help," the mayor said, adding that working closely with the feds is particularly important when it comes to investigating county officials.
"To me, it seems that the FBI would be better suited to that, at least to take the lead while still having Miami-Dade police officers involved in the investigation."
In 2011, the mayor successfully pushed for $56 million in labor concessions with the PBA. After months of tense negotiations, a new contract, struck in early December 2011, slashed some incentive pay and overtime costs for officers while imposing fees for take-home cars.
The PBA backed Joe Martinez last year in the mayoral election, which was marked by a Miami-Dade police public corruption probe into absentee ballot fraud.
The probe into ballot brokering, spurred by tips from a private eye, netted the arrest of one woman, Deisy Cabrera, who was seen entering Gimenez's Hialeah campaign office. He denied wrongdoing.
Miami-Dade public corruption detectives, in an unrelated absentee ballot brokering case, arrested another man, Sergio Robaina, for alleged voter fraud. He and Cabrera are pending trial.
The PBA also backed Gimenez's chief opponent, Julio Robaina, in an election two years ago.
Since the new contract was approved, the county's largest police department has been downsizing.
On Tuesday, Director Patterson announced in a memo that the department's public corruption bureau is merging with the professional compliance bureau, better known as internal affairs. The organized crime bureau was also merged with economic crimes.
The most high-profile case recently spearheaded by Miami-Dade public corruption detectives resulted in the June arrests of two former county employees accused of a complicated kickback scheme involving a technology contract that cost taxpayers more than $3 million.
Patterson said he hopes the new moves will free up his detectives to focus on crimes within county government, while allowing the feds to take the lead in cases involving other cities.
"The FBI has been trying to build our relationship since I've been here," he said.
The FBI's Miami Area Corruption Task Force also includes city cops from Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah, as well as internal affairs agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The task force is the FBI's largest anti-corruption squad in the country, John Jimenez, the supervisory special agent overseeing it, told the Herald last January.
Miami police have committed nine detectives to the FBI's task force in recent years. They have partnered with their department's Internal Affairs unit in the ongoing investigation of at least 10 officers suspected of providing protection to a Liberty City gambling house, or committing ID theft and tax-refund fraud.
The task force also cracked down on a Miami Beach code enforcement-extortion racket that led to convictions of seven code officers, including fire-rescue officials.
Jimenez told the Herald that participation on the FBI's team can be politically risky for the police departments, because the task force could unearth embarrassing information. "We're really proud of the fact that police departments are willing to participate,'' he said in the prior interview.
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Nostalgia bomb! - AV Club had a review of the books - http://www.avclub.com/article/cheesy-sci-fi-animorphs-books-heightened-strangene-202287?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds that I don't completely agree with but I miss those books so much. I also found this link from EW from November - http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/11/14/animorphs-tv-show/ - I know that the show existed (see above) but it was terrible. It'd be amazing to see a decent show a la Teen Wolf or Arrow style or even a few movies. They're always looking for the next big thing in YA films and this was popular YA before that was even a thing, it's dystopic and dark, and it has diversity of characters unlike most YA. Besides it'd have two sets of fans—-the current age millenials and younger just discovering it AND the adults in late twenties and early thirties who loved it as kids. Seems a bigger no brainer than ALL the vampire twilight wannabe attempts…
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Taken a close gander at DNC big wheels lately? At least a couple are not so big. His Mayorality Anthony Foxx, left, told the CarolinaFest crowd Monday that, inspired by Michelle Obamas Lets Move initiative, hes lost 25 pounds. Meanwhile, convention honcho Steve Kerrigan, right, also is sporting a trimmer silhouette, as you can see.
Which leads us to assume both will eschew the latest release from hometown chain Bojangles: the return this week! of its made-from-scratch smoked sausage biscuit for just 99 cents! Timing completely coincidental?
(We suspect The Daily Shows Jon Stewart will also abstain: Asked Monday if he had any CLT-specific material yet, he told book editor Pam Kelley: Were trying to figure out why, no matter what youre eating, they put it on a biscuit.
More than 30,000 people are clamoring via Facebook and Change.org for a DNC answer to Clint Eastwood: Betty White. She hosted Saturday Night Live after a similar push in 2010, saying: When I first heard about the campaign to get me to host ... I didnt know what Facebook was. And, now that I do ..., I have to say ... it sounds like a HUGE waste of time.
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In big party news, we veer screechingly to the sedate: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Dem√ senators plan to lunch with Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers Wednesday at Rogers Eastover home. Were picturing an energy-conserving hot-dog cookout, yes?
Not everything Obama will disappear when the DNC packs up: A billboard-sized Shepard Fairey mural/collage including the now-iconic HOPE portrait stays at the Mint forever, a gift from D.C. power lobbyists Heather and Tony Podesta. (Heather, you may recall, called the QC grim to Reuters.) Monday, she and Tony hosted an extravagant brunch at Halcyon, wrote the New York Times, noting both were wearing Prada shoes. Said Tony: The Pope wears Prada. And so do I.
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Grammy Winners Take Wales By Hale-Storm
Striding out onto the stage with upraised hands and genuine grins, the four piece band is greeted by a roar of applause from and anxious, excited crowd. The relatively small Cardiff venue is packed with hundreds of adoring fans, whose ages seem to range from young teenagers, to older men in their forties or fifties – complete with biker jackets, tattoos and hairstyles that scream that they've been in the music scene before some of the other guests were even born. As if hypnotised, the moment that the singer, an attractive brunette in her twenties, opens her mouth and her smooth yet melodically gravelly voice floats through the air, the entire crowd quietens in awe. "In case you guys don't know who we are, we're Halestorm! This is our first time here in Wales, and we're so excited to be here."
The introduction's clearly unnecessary, though, as the crowd is abundant with people wearing their shirts, hats and other merchandise, and the atmosphere takes on an electric quality during the wait for the set to begin. Fronted by the enigmatic and beautiful Lzzy Hale, Halestorm is a band that has taken the world of rock music by storm in recent years. Founded by herself and younger brother (and the bands drummer) Arejay, back in 1998 and having their career kick-started by Atlantic Records in 2005, the band has been on incredible journey over the last fifteen years and, after years touring the globe, have found themselves for the first time in Wales – a long way away from their small hometown in Pennsylvania.
As soon as the set begins, it's clear how and why Halestorm have been able to make it so far and collect such a large fan base so far away from home. The music is reminiscent of an older generation of rock, but with a fresh new twist. Both Hale siblings also possess a brilliant stage presence, with Lzzy freely interacting with the crowd between songs, as well as belting out flawless powerful notes, whilst Arejay's drumming is less of a musical skill and more of a show, as he does tricks and spins with his drumsticks, all whilst never missing a beat.. But breaking up from the heavy rock songs and powerfully brutal lyrics, the band falls silent and still, and Lzzy takes her place behind the keyboard on stage. With a soft smile the singer declares "this song is for all of our fans; without you guys we'd never have gotten this far." With that, a soft melodic ballad begins to play, and sure enough it's a love song – though an unconventional one as it addresses the bands fans, and not a lover. The sincerity behind the lyrics is painfully obvious to all those in the vicinity, and all at once it's clear to all in sight that this is a band whose kept a level head and still care deeply for the people who love their music – despite their rise to fame and recent success.
On February 10th of this year, just one month before kick-starting their UK tour in the heart of the Welsh capital, Halestorm won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for their hit song "Love Bites (So Do I)". It is the first major award for the band, and one which they never expected to win as they beat a cluster of major rock legends such as Iron Maiden, Lamb of God, Megadeth and Marylin Manson – all of whom Lzzy admits were the source of inspiration for her own music career. In a touching and sincere statement of humility, Arejay says of their win: "It's still surreal. I'm still waiting for somebody to jump out of the bushes and tell us we're being pranked. It was pretty obvious we didn't expect that at all. Our version of winning was getting the nomination." The shock of their win was evident at the Grammy's themselves; a stunned and tearful Lzzy clearly had no speech prepared as she tenderly thanked the family, friends and fans that had brought her beloved band so far, as well as their record label.
Despite the band's own shock at their well-deserved success, to the fans it's clear that the recognition is well deserved. Starting off when they were as young as 10 and 13, the Hale siblings have dedicated nearly 17 years of their life to crafting a career out of the thing they loved most – music. Born and raised in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, the siblings were encouraged to indulge in their musical talents from an early age. Both siblings were taught how to play the piano at the tender age of five, before Lzzy eventually progressed onto the guitar, and Arejay found his calling as a drummer. From that point, the pair made a valiant effort to become successful starting off small and entering local fairs and talent shows (they placed third in one, Arejay laughing that "We lost to a tap-dancing cowgirl, who came in second. That was the only time [previous to the Grammy's] we ever won an award.").
Persistence proved to be their strong point, and in a bid to prove how dedicated they were to making it big, the band went on an almost permanent tour – at one point doing as many as 260 shows per year. Their persistence paid off, however, and soon the former small-town band was getting the recognition it deserved; touring with rock giants such as Shinedown, Welsh legends Bullet For My Valentine, and Three Days Grace. Lzzy even found herself with her own custom made range of Gibson guitars, and in April 2012 their latest album "Strange Case Of…" dominated the number one spot in the rock charts. In the same year, the hit single from the album "Here's To Us" featured on the popular show, 'Glee' allowing the band to reach out to a larger, mainstream audience. It's an incredibly different world from the one they used to live in, and going from placing third in county fairs to winning Grammy's is a testament to their skills and determination to never back down. "16 years I've been working at this," Lzzy states, demonstrating how hard work prevails yet still retaining modesty "and be a part of the event was more than four kids from Pennsylvania could ever ask for."
But far from being simply the heart-warming tale of a small town band rising to the top, Halestorm's recent Grammy win also signified a new era in music. Halestorm currently holds the title of being the first and only female fronted band to have won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/ Metal Performance – a massive achievement for a genre that's dominated by men and male fronted bands. Working hard to set themselves apart in a musical niche that see's very few females grace the stage, Halestorm have seemingly done the impossible. In a massive achievement for women vocalists everywhere, particularly of the metal and rock genres, Lzzy Hale has risen to the top and is now one of the most popular and sought after rock-stars of the era. With her powerful, inspiring lyrics, often describing how women can be strong and independent, she has become an inspiration for girls across the globe. With a delighted, if not a little awed grin, Lzzy recognises her achievement for her gender with pride, accepting the award on behalf of female rockers the world over: "I'm so proud to represent for my genre, which is the beating heart and inspiration for so many other genres. I'm also proud to represent for all my female rockers out there as I am the first female to win a Grammy in this category."
Back in Cardiff, the show comes to an end, and a perspiring Lzzy grins at the crowd, speaking as the last of the guitar riffs still linger in the air, "we've been Halestorm, and it's been an honour playing here tonight. I'd like to thank all my Welshmen and women for supporting us and being so patient. You rock and we love you." Finishing with a bow, Arejay throws his drumsticks into the crowd, whilst Lzzy scatters her picks at her adoring fans. Then, in a touching display of affection, all four band members hold up a Welsh flag, with the promise than they will return to the country shortly. Despite their tired eyes and obviously aching muscles the four-piece linger backstage to meet as many of their fans as possible – including some that had waited in line for up to five hours, just to catch a glimpse of their idols. As Halestorm sign merchandise and tickets, their soft smiles indicate just how overwhelmed they are by their own success and with the next stretch of their next tour about to kick off, refreshingly it is blatantly obvious that their recent triumph has not transferred to their egos.


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" Obviously it's nice to score..but honestly I'm not too focused on that. I'm more focused on doing other things well. "
- Dominic Moore
" My goal is to make the team out of training camp, take advantage of the opportunities with guys out (injured) in training camp. I feel I am playing good hockey right now, and thought I played well tonight. "
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" You couldn't even compare (tonight) to the game I played in the playoffs (last spring), the way I felt. So it went really good (tonight). "
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The Rangers may have lost their pre-season opener Monday night in Newark, but there were plenty of things to make head coach Alain Vigneault feel good. Dominic Moore played his first game in 16 months and scored the Rangers only goal; rookie Danny Kristo picked up an assist and had a string of solid scoring chances; and defenseman Marc Staal said that he felt "really good" after battling back from an eye injury last March.
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Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, are back in the news again today following a further drop in their market share.
But is it really a drop? In comparison to last year, it certainly is. The 30.9 percent share at this time in 2011 has dropped 0.2 percent over the 12 week period leading up to mid April. However, it is a 0.5 percent increase on last quarter's figures, which brought about their first ever profit warning in January.
Back in February, when those figures were announced, a profit drop of one percent to £2.5 billion was revealed, alongside a 1.6 percent drop in like-for-like sales in the UK including a 2.3 percent decrease over Christmas. Not even an international increase of 17.7 percent was enough to drag them out of the mire.
It would seem that they haven't quite recovered either, with new Chief Executive, Philip Clarke unable to bring the UK store back to the dizzy heights they have reached in recent years, or even up to last year's standards.
A common complaint regarding Tesco during their slump has been the levels of customer service and store quality, and Mr Clarke has vowed to address this as he attempts to steady the ship. An estimated £1 billion is expected to be pumped into the company, distributed around 8,000 new staff members and an interior overhaul within the individual shops.
But where have their customers gone? It would seem that Walmart's influence is coming to prominence more and more in the UK through their Asda stores, whose 8.3 percent increase in sales put further pressure on Tesco to change their fortunes. Sainsbury's have also continued their progress with an increase of 5.4 percent.
Kantar retail have revealed that this represents an overall grocery market increase of five percent, which is the highest since January 2010. High food prices have been attributed to the trend, however.
Sam Hart, an analyst at Charles Stanley, believes that while there is need for a revamp, the road back for Tesco may be a long and complex one, with things getting worse before they get better.
"We think the plan to revive the UK business is credible, but the process is likely to be a protracted one," he explained.
"There is also a material risk that further investment in the UK business could be required in subsequent years, putting additional downward pressure on profitability."


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