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Pirates Release Seth McClung
The Pittsburgh Pirates released right-handed pitcher Seth McClung on Wednesday according to the Tampa Bay Times. McClung was signed as a minor league free agent in November. He made one appearance during Spring Training and struck out the side in his only inning of work. McClung spent last year pitching in Mexico and last appeared in the majors in 2009 with the Brewers....
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Washington, D.C. (January 18, 2007)—The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) called on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to let Congress, rather than federal regulators, decide whether industrial loan corporations should be owned by non-financial firms like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and others. ICBA made its comments this week in a letter to FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair.
"No one should fall prey to the 'grand illusion' that commercial firms which own a bank can't fail," said Camden R. Fine, ICBA president and CEO. "If the world's largest commercial firms own a bank, and the commercial firm was to fail, the FDIC insurance fund and taxpayers would have the liability."
In its letter, ICBA said that the FDIC Board is on solid legal ground to reject the current applications of Wal-Mart and Home Depot. "If the FDIC board must act, it should reject these applications because they place undue risk on the federal deposit insurance fund and increase the liability of the nation's taxpayers to an unacceptable level," Fine said.
ICBA has been leading the effort to maintain our nation's long-standing policy against the mixing of banking and commerce. Allowing commercial firms to own banks concentrates economic power, jeopardizes the impartial allocation of credit, and poses serious competitive issues for local merchants. In addition, owners of ILCs are exempt from regulation and supervision under the Bank Holding Company Act, making them a threat to the safety and soundness of our financial system.
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A barking dog can be annoying and disruptive to a neighborhood for both the neighbors and owners. In Marion County Code 6.05.050, a disturbing dog noise is described as barking, whining, howling or similar sounds. If a dog(s) barks, whines, howls or makes similar sounds for more than fifteen minutes on at least three different days within a ten-day period or for more than five minutes during at least three different nights between 10:00pm and 7:00am within a ten-day period this is a violation of this ordinance. The fine for violating this law is $250.
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We used the MagneHis™ Protein Purification System (Cat.#V8500) to purify two different polyhistidine fusion proteins from transfected CHO cells. The purified MAPK9 and calmodulin polyhistidine fusion proteins were identified by Western blot analysis. We tested two concentrations of G418 for transfection selection. The higher concentration of G418 (500µg/ml) resulted in better selection and more purified protein.
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The expression of recombinant polyhistidine-tagged proteins in mammalian cells, and their subsequent purification, is becoming more and more common in research laboratories investigating specific protein structure and function. This article describes the successful expression and purification of two polyhistidine-tagged proteins in a mammalian cell line using the MagneHis™ Protein Purification System.
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were transfected with either a CMV-promoter-based mammalian expression vector for polyhistidine-MAPK9 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9) or polyhistidine-calmodulin (CAM1) using TransFast™ Transfection Reagent (Cat.# E2431) in a 24-well plate (200µl Opti-MEM® medium, 3µl TransFast™ Reagent, and 0.5µg plasmid DNA per well). Two separate experiments were performed to test different selection conditions. Following transfection (3 days), the cells were incubated with either 100µg/ml or 500µg/ml of G418 to select for those cells that stably express the polyhistidine-tagged protein of interest.
Aliquots of selected cells (2 × 106/ml) from each transfection (including mock-transfected cells) were lysed using 100µl FastBreak™ Cell Lysis Reagent, 10X (Cat.# V8571), with 5µl RQ1 DNase (Cat.# M6101) for 15 minutes at room temperature with shaking. MagneHis™ Ni-Particles (20µl) were then added, and the polyhistidine-tagged proteins were purified as described in Technical Manual #TM060(1)
. An aliquot of each purified sample (13µl) was then separated on a 4–12% Bis-Tris PAGE gel and transferred to Hybond®-C-supported nitrocellulose. The blot was developed using Anti-Penta-His primary antibody (Qiagen), anti-mouse HRP-conjugated secondary antibody, and chemiluminescent detection reagents. The blot was exposed to autoradiography film for 5 minutes.
Lane designations: lane 1, mock-transfected cells; lanes 2 and 3, cells transfected with the polyhistidine-MAPK9 expression vector; lanes 4 and 5, cells transfected with the polyhistidine-CAM1 expression vector. Lanes 2 and 4 represent selection with 100µg/ml G418, while lanes 3 and 5 represent selection with 500µg/ml G418.
The results of the expression and subsequent purification of polyhistidine-MAPK9 and polyhistidine-CAM1 from transfected and selected CHO cells are shown in Figure 1. The successful transfection, expression, and purification of polyhistidine-MAPK9 (~50kDa) in CHO cells can be seen in lanes 2 and 3, while the successful transfection, expression, and purification of polyhistidine-CAM1 (~25kDa) can be seen in lanes 4 and 5. A protein of ~60kDa detected in all samples, even the mock-transfected cells, is possibly an endogenous Ni-binding protein that reacts with the Penta-His primary antibody and is seen in elutions from similar purification resins from other vendors. The transfection and selection using 500ug/ml G418 appeared to be more successful for both polyhistidine-MAPK9 and polyhistidine-CAM1 as the intensity of the protein bands is greater (compare lane 2 with lane 3 and lane 4 with lane 5). This results is most likely due to more efficient selection with a higher concentration of G418 selection reagent. The MagneHis™ Protein Purification System is a convenient and efficient system for the purification of polyhistidine-tagged proteins from mammalian cells.
The MagZ™ Protein Purification System (Cat.#V8830) can also be used for the purification of polyhistidine-tagged proteins from mammalian cells using FastBreak™ Cell Lysis Reagent, but the ~60kDa background protein copurifies with this system as well (data not shown). For the MagZ™ system, the purification protocol is similar to the MagneHis™ Protein Purification System, except that 40µl MagZ™ Binding Particles are used and the washing steps are performed using the MagZ™ Binding/Wash Buffer.
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Gross Combined Vehicle Weight (GCVW) is the total combined weight of a fully loaded vehicle, including passengers, payload and everything in tow.
Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) is the total weight of a fully loaded vehicle, including passengers and payload – but excluding all towing.
Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) is the total weight of the trailer plus all the cargo in it.
Curb Weight
The weight of a vehicle without any passengers or cargo, but including all necessary fuel, fluids and standard equipment.
Axle Ratio
The ratio between the revolutions per minute of the driveshaft and the rear axle. In general, a higher number offers more towing power; a lower number offers better engine efficiency. How does axle ratio affect my capability?
Trailer Tongue Weight
The downward force exerted on the hitch ball by the trailer coupler. In most cases, it should fall between 10 to 25 percent of GTW. Trailer tongue weight must be accounted for in total payload.
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Boat trailer: 300 – 1,512 pounds
6 x 4 box trailer: 430 pounds
7 x 5 box trailer: 507 pounds
Car trailer: 2,800 pounds
Equipment trailer: 1,600 pounds (aluminum, 6'8" x 24'6")
Horse trailer: 2,400 pounds (unloaded)
Kayak trailer: 220 pounds
Canoe / kayak: 50 pounds
Motorboat: 2,500 pounds
Sailboat: 7,000 pounds
Racecar: 1,600 – 3,500 pounds
Sedan: 3,000 pounds
Station wagon: 3,600 pounds
Pickup truck: 5,500 pounds
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19,000 pounds (3,126 pounds trailer tongue weight)
Travel trailer:
5,000 – 12,000 pounds
Camping trailer:
3,000 pounds
Truck camper:
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14,500 - 17,500 pounds
Case Crawler Dozer:
16,250 - 44,269 pounds
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5,000 - 8,300 pounds
Cement mixer (6 cubic feet):
670 pounds
Cement mixer (1 cubic yard):
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181 pounds
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209 pounds
Generator (9000 watt):
225 pounds
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4,500 - 8,000 pounds
Stump grinder:
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Plywood: 3 pounds / square foot
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Gravel: 3,400 pounds / yard
Cement mix: 80 pounds / bag
Mulch: 500 pounds / yard
Sand: 2,600 pounds / yard
Pavers: 3,170 pounds / pallet
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New Holland T7000 Series Tractor: 16,000 pounds
New Holland Bale Wagons:
5,500 - 16,000 pounds
New Holland Pull-Type Forage Harvester: 500 pounds
Rollback: 1,500 pounds
Stake bed: 1,500 pounds
Cherry picker: 2,000 – 5,000 pounds
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At an estimated 150 pounds per passenger, passenger capacity plays a significant role in your GCVW. Driver weight of 150 pounds is included in the payload calculation.
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Seats up to three passengers, for maximum towing and payload capability. By limiting the number of passengers, more of your vehicle's GCVW can be devoted to towing/payload.
quad cab
Seats up to six. A good balance of passenger comfort and greater towing/payload capacity. Only available on Ram 1500.
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Seats up to six, with plenty of legroom. The Crew Cab focuses more on passengers which may increase your vehicle's curb weight.
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Seats up to six, with maximum legroom. The Mega Cab® increases your vehicle's curb weight and plays a role in your overall GCVW. Only available on Heavy Duty pickups.
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Box length is about more than just how much cargo you can fit. It also affects how much your truck can tow and haul. Knowing how you're going to use your truck is key when choosing a box length.
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A truck with a shorter box length generally has a lower curb weight, which translates to slightly higher towing capability.
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The 6-foot 4-inch box is the perfect compromise between maximum towing and maximum payload capability.
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Driving with an available manual transmission may be preferred by certain drivers when on uneven terrain or when towing heavy cargo. By letting the driver select the appropriate gear, manual transmissions offer direct control.
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The axle ratio describes the relationship between the driveshaft revolutions per minute and the rear axle's revolutions per minute. For example, an axle ratio of 4.1:1 means the small pinion gear at the end of the driveshaft must rotate 4.1 times for every single rotation of the rear axle.
Finding your ideal axle ratio will be a compromise. You want a ratio that will give you good towing power without handicapping your non-towing performance too severely. By determining how much weight you'll be towing and how often you'll be towing it, you'll be able to find a ratio that will maximize both power and engine efficiency.
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The plan for tomorrow night's Anime Club is what we like to refer to as Food Night. This time around we'll be featuring a couple of last year's FN activities like the ramen noodle eating contest and we'll most certainly have a chopsticks race of some sort. New for this year, we'll be making our own candy sushi, and showing off a few select dishes pulled from The Manga Cookbook.
The Manga Cookbook, one of our newer YA non-fiction books, is full of great recipes and ideas for all the hungry manga lovers out there. It even has instructional tidbits on how to properly use chopsticks, and set the table in a traditional Japanese fashion, not to mention a list of some the more uncommon ingredients and tips on where to find them.
I'm wondering if Naruto Rolls go well with Ramune? Guess there's only one way to find out…
Tomorrow night. 5:30. Fairmount Library.
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I'm pumped for the season.
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5 Things Your Future Grandkids Won't Believe Were Real
There are some things from the recent past that are so ridiculous that we almost don't believe they really existed. In 25 years, though, they'll seem even more unbelievable. Here's our list of 5 things we'd like to put in a time capsule, so we have proof that they were, in fact, real.


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dhamma follower wrote:Dear Mr Man,but a ritualized practice may actually help one give up attachment to rules and rituals and the belief in self, don't you think?
By simple logic, if ones thinks that ritualized practice is the way, one will not give up attachment to rules and rituals.
One gives up only when one realizes than it is the wrong way.
Similarly, if one believes that there is a self who can condition dhammas as wished, which is the underlying idea of "formal practice" how can there be detachment from an idea of self?
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I think there is much in our mental habits that is conditioned, rigid, unexamined and often harmful, in other words like the worst kind of ritual. To introduce a positive ritual which fosters greater awareness, spaciousness and clarity actually serves to shed light and dismantle existing negative patterns.
It seems to me that in time, when the rigidity of the mind is loosened, what used to be a ritualised practice turns more organic and natural and begins to permeate other aspects of one's life.
But in the beginning (and maybe the middle too if one can make such distinctions) introducing formal practice is very useful for many many people. And I don't just mean meditation, sitting and walking. Prostrations and chanting can also be very useful. But this is not to say that this way is for everyone.


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'''Title:''' antique antics - part 1
'''Title:''' antique antics - part 1
'''Date:''' February 4, 2005
'''Date:''' February4, 2005
'''Summary:''' Steve's in love, but the object of his affections is in love with someone else...
'''Summary:''' Steve's in love, but the object of his affections is in love with someone else...
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Link: Comic 45
Title: antique antics - part 1
Date: February 4, 2005
Summary: Steve's in love, but the object of his affections is in love with someone else...
Onomatopoeias used: None
Number of panels: 6
Panel 1
Beaver finds Steve looking unhappy on the floor.
Beaver: "Hey Steve! Why so glum?"
Steve: "Sigh... I'm in love Beaver."
Panel 2
Beaver: "In love? But that's wonderful! You should be happy!"
Steve: "But the object of my affections loves another. She only has eyes for the guy off the Antiques Roadshow!"
Panel 3
Steve shows Beaver a photo of a girl who looks Steve only with eyelashes, lipstick and a bowtie.
Beaver: "Hmm...I can see why: He commands a lot of respect. So who's this girl that's making my buddy so blue?"
Steve: "It's Stevetta. Her beautiful visage fills my every waking thought."
Panel 4
Beaver: "Ooh - She's pretty hot. But don't worry - I think I have a plan!"
Panel 5
Beaver: "We're going on the Antiques Roadshow to win Stevetta back!"
Steve: "Really?"
Beaver: "Yes, but first we're going..."
Panel 6
Beaver (dramatically): "TO EGYPT!"
[To be contd.]
Fun Facts
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2010)
Using an offensive surge in the opening minutes of the second half and posting another strong defensive effort, the ETSU men's basketball team rolled to another exhibition victory by dropping Tusculum 78-41 Monday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The Bucs, who will open their 2010-11 regular season slate Friday evening at 7 p.m. against SEC foe Kentucky, got a game-high 16 points and double-double effort thanks to 13 rebounds from junior
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"We didn't have a very good start, but the last 30 minutes were much better," said ETSU head coach
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whose team committed 28 fouls on the evening compared to just 14 by the Pioneers. "We fouled way too much, and you can't just keep putting the other team's best players on the line. Isiah was good the first half and the press was big for us in the second half. I wish we were further along as a team, because we're not really where we want to be in preparation for Friday."
ETSU did not get off to a good start in this one, trailing by a score of 7-2 five minutes into the game. However, the Buccaneers would outscore the Pioneers 30-9 over the next 15 minutes and ultimately led 36-21 at the break.
After the intermission, the Bucs did not repeat their mistakes of the first half and for the second straight game used their aggressive full court press to ultimately outscore Tusculum, 42-20 the rest of the way. ETSU held the Pioneers to just 29 percent shooting for the game, while hitting on an impressive 59.3 percent clip.
The Bucs also forced 22 turnovers in the contest and picked up 11 steals. In addition, ETSU blocked eight shots and out-rebounded the Pioneers 36-26. The Bucs shot well from 3-point range, knocking down 41.2 percent from beyond the arc (7-of-17).
Tusculum was led in scoring by Johnson City native and former Science Hill High School standout Dionte Grey.
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The Bad Seed
I never really like the idea of having to change your expectations for a film based on the time it was made. I tend to avoid condescending lines like For a silent film its a good movie or Considering its black and white its pretty scary, because really, if a film is good it should be able to transcend these superficial barriers. Robert Wises The Haunting, for example, is still an infinitely scarier film than the modern Jan de Bont remake. Nosferatus horrific imagery still endures, and films like Vampyr, Cat People and Carnival of Souls are still frightening. Where such an asterix need be applied though, are on films made during the Hays code era (1934-1968) where the MPAA made it impossible to distribute any film that could not play to a large audience. The rise of independent cinema in the late sixties and the success of films like Night of the Living Dead, I am Curious and Bonnie and Clyde effectively ended that, but for over thirty years it was near impossible to tackle scandalous subject matter without wrapping it up in a bow. Rape, sex, bloody murder or even the idea of a killer child were just simply not possible under this regime. You can see these topics hinted at, introduced and danced around in Hollywood pictures before 1968, but nobody could ever really explore and permeate the very fears that affect us most until the modern rating system we know today was implemented.
Its with this in mind that we explore The Bad Seed, the first in what has become one of the most enduring horror sub-genres the killer kid. Predating Village of the Damned by 4 years, it was the first film to flat out focus on the notion of a child being inherently evil. Every horror movement needs its predecessors, and like Black Christmas before Halloween, The Bad Seed is the gate crasher before the flood of movies like The Omen, Devil Times Five and Who Can Kill a Child? Like the big brother before his siblings before him, The Bad Seed couldnt get away with a lot of the things they could in the seventies and they still do today with movies like Orphan or Ils. How does that affect the film, and how has the lil girl aged today?
The Story
Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack, Bug and later Mommy, an unofficial sequel to Seed, which itself spawned a sequel) is the kind of daughter any mother would kill to have. With tight, symmetrical blonde pig tails, perfect posture and an assortment of laced dresses and matching garments she presents very well. Shes incredibly polite, a top student, respectful to adults and even curtseys for every person she meets. Shes the kind of person whod grow into a Stepford Wife if appearances meant anything. But behind that prim exterior is a mind thats far from proper. Rhoda gets what she wants, even if she has to kill for it.
Its evident early that Rhoda is impulsive and greedy, asking her kind old aunt, Monica (Evelyn Varden, Night of the Hunter), for extra sweets or jewelry when it is initially offered. What kid isnt like that, though? Monica laughs it off, and Rhodas mother, Christine (Nancy Kelly) does too until one of Rhodas classmates ends up drowning during a school trip. Reportedly, little Claude Daigle fell off the pier moments after having a little incident with Rhoda. See, he won the classs penmanship medal, an award Rhoda felt should have been hers. Without coincidence, Claudes medal remains unfound at the crime scene. Claudes mother (played harrowingly by Eileen Heckart in an Oscar-nominated performance), drunk with anguish, shows up uninvited one day at the Penmark house to interrogate Rhoda about the medal and the motive, but everyone passes her accusations off as grief-stricken ramblings. Except Christine. She begins to question whether or not her perfect little girl could actually do something so horrid. Could her daughter be a bad seed?
Slowly, Christines sanity starts to unravel as she spends more time with Rhoda and the facts of guilt gradually start to point in Rhodas direction. How could this girl, raised in affluence and with nothing but love from her and her husband, whos currently gone on military duty, do these things that only the darkest and most tormented souls could do? Christine asks friends and family psychological questions regarding nature versus nurture, and that has her exploring her own childhood and some dark secrets within. When more bodies start turning up around the Penmark estate, though, Christine must answer some hard questions about her and her daughters future, for if the seed is this bad already, what could it possibly grow into?
Adapted from the Maxwell Anderson play, from which all the principal actors recreated their roles, The Bad Seed certainly plays to the trappings of theater. Almost the entire picture takes place in the Penmark living room, with almost all the other scenes an earshot away in their back yard. Its talky, with Nancy Kelly spending a lot of time in soliloquys of a sort trying to explore themes that are often left in shadows in horror films. As a result it runs over two hours, the performances are exaggerated and projected out to the back row and the camera setups are simple in a head-on, proscenium arch kind of way (which makes the Oscar nomination for cinematography all the more puzzling). Just because its theatrical that does not mean it makes for a bad film, for like 12 Angry Men, it makes good use of its sparse surroundings to instead really key in on the mental arcs of its characters.
Patty McCormacks performance as Rhoda is certainly well beyond her years, exhibiting an incredible range of emotion. Shes one way to strangers, another way to her parents and still a different way to her self, and shes able to really reveal these different characteristics and emotional states convincingly throughout the movie. So often we associate the killer kid as this one-dimensional force of evil like Damien or Macaully Culkin in The Good Son, but here McCormack shows just how rich a role can be when the character is humanized. Shes great, and Nancy Kelly more than treads water in a performance that occupies the vast majority of the picture. The Bad Seed puts the Christine character through the ringer, and Kelly is certainly up to task. For how theatrical many of her emotions are throughout the movie, she really shows her range in the final act, especially in that show stopping reading to little Rhoda as she lies on the couch. What a dark scene.
While I was watching that ending scene, dont worry, no spoilers, I couldnt believe how dark the filmmakers were going with the material. Ive never seen or read the play, nor the William March book it stems from, so I dont know how dark it was originally, but it certainly resonates in that kind of unforgiving, matter-of-fact black and white pallet thats on screen in The Bad Seed. I kept asking myself how they were able to get away with that in the Hays code era and then I saw the ending. And then the wait, theres more! curtain call with all actors in happy, smiling faces. And then the pandering text card to further remove any sort of weight to the subject matter. What happens during the last ten or so minutes of The Bad Seed is a tragedy. The original story ends with a true tragedy, but what transpires in the movie is a tragedy of censorship. At best it nullifies all sense of tragedy that existed in the original text, and at worst it reduces the complex psychology the film worked so hard to explore into a deus ex machina. A good Christian lightning bolt of vindication. Its terrible.
Of all the films Ive ever seen, never have I wanted to chop off the ending more. The Bad Seed is the kind of movie that cries for a remake today. Not to update it to modern audiences the subject matter more than holds up today. Instead, a remake could actually do justice to the darkness, to not have to concede with a smile. Theres even some black comedy that could be explored during the ending should the filmmakers chose that route. Any route would be preferred to where the film goes. With the original The Bad Seed, you could see the filmmakers planted a dark kernel for societal reflection (something Village of the Damned and Invasion of the Body Snatchers would grow from as the Cold War reached its height) but instead of letting the seed grow, the Hays code for moral decency or artistic stifling, however you want to call it, cast this monolithic shadow upon any sort of creative fruition. Its a film thats well made and engaging, but right as its about to bloom the production code takes out the sheers. If ever our remake era can do a film right, its The Bad Seed.
Image Quality
Up until this Blu-ray release, The Bad Seed had always been presented on home video in a full frame 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Without having the 2004 DVD for reference, Im assuming previous iterations of the film simply lopped off the edges of frame, given how the credits are centered and how much head room already exists. The film came during an era when film houses were converting over to widescreen as a way to compete with television, and as a result a lot of films at the time were captured so all the information could safely be presented in the center of the frame. So in addition to being based on a mostly one set play, the frame is also safely framed in a most uninspired manner. So whether its 1.33 or 1.78:1, the visual information isnt of the most pressing importance.
With that out of the way, The Bad Seed looks pretty underwhelming on Blu-ray. The flags go off when you notice the entire disc (which includes a fairly lengthy video interview with Patty McCormack among a few other extras) only clocks in at 14 GB on a 25 GB disc. Then, you actually see the transfer. Compression artifacts are immediately visible, the film grain clustering up into distracting blocky chunks that dance all across the frame throughout. Whats worse, detail is muffled and indistinct. The entire picture is incredibly soft, alarmingly so. It looks more like an upconversion than a genuine 1080 mastering. The blacks and whites do project accurately, but the lack of detail and the artifcating make it very hard to appreciate. Warner usually has a great track record, but the soil for this seed is arid.
Audio is presented mono in DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0. Dialogue is clean and discernible, and the flighty flute and piano music project fine. The storm effects that bookened the film are really muted and certainly feel clipped at both ends of the spectrum. For a film thats 90% talking, though, this mono mix is acceptable.
Supplemental Material
The extras from the 2004 DVD are all ported over to this release. First is a commentary with Patty McCormack and playwright Charles Busch. Busch is a large fan of the picture and asks a lot of the questions the viewer would want to know, like about how the film diverges from the source material, or what films were shot on a stage (the answer, pretty much all of it!). McCormack really remembers a lot for being so little for the picture, and she also recalls plenty from her initial performance on stage, too. Its a warm, nostalgic little commentary, one that happily basks in anecdotes and trivia rather than asking any more probing questions about the themes of the story or the execution of the style of the picture.
Theres also a 15-minute video interview with Patty McCormack, who I must say, looks damn good for 59 (shes 66 now and still holding!). Its kind of an abridged version of the information she peppers through the commentary, but its nice to see her on screen and to see her face as she talks about the role that gave her the life she enjoys today. She talks about growing into the part through her role in the play, how director Mervyn LeRoy directed the picture and how the film affected her through various stages in her life.
Lastly, theres a campy theatrical trailer to close off this release.
Final Thoughts
The Bad Seed may be talky, bulky and overly theatrical, but it explores the subject matter of the root of evil and how it can lurk behind the quaintest of appearances in a refreshingly psychological and probing fashion. The climax of the film goes to a very dark place, and when there its some of the most arresting moments in horror. But then the film really gives out on its morals in favor of holding a fake smile for censorship, which makes the film oh so frustrating to watch today. Its a frustrating watch visually, too, for Warner has delivered one of their worst transfers yet, with softness, blocky artifacting and a genuine lack of detail. Sound is fine and extras are solid, but considering all the supplements are ported from the DVD, its hardly worth the upgrade for fans unless the idea of seeing the film widescreen for the first time is that important. Considering how safely everything is framed in the center of the frame, trust me, its not. The Bad Seed could bud and bloom in todays progressive film climate. Remake Gods, strike lightning on Suspiria, Hellraiser and The Monster Squad. Do justice, instead, to the harrowing ending of The Bad Seeds source material. This is a story that doesnt deserve to conseed.
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Great review, Rhett! Haven't seen this movie in quite a while but must admit that I love the ending. I've always found the original ending in the book to be too Hollywood, or at least what we've come to expect from most of the Bad Seed knock-offs of today. The first time I saw the movie, it totally caught me off-guard giving me one of those WHAT?! Did I just see that? moments. The only problem I've ever had with this movie is the fact that Mervyn LeRoy didn't tone down Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack's over-the-top performances in some of the scenes. Eileen Heckart is brilliant! Definitely time for me to revisit the Penmark house.
This is a definite revisit for me, it has been many years since I have enjoyed this one. Thanks for a great review.
Fantastic review of one of my favorite films! I really wish I could go back and see it on stage (and I normally despise theater...and child actors). Sure, it hits a lot of "campy" notes but the performances are so wonderful across the board that I am always prepared to forgive it.
Great review! One of my favorite movies :)
I was actually in this play my Freshman year, I was Richard Bravo. I agree, the ending in the play/book is so much better than the ending in the movie.
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Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11 ...and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.
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Several years ago, Kansas City leaders decided to boost future economic growth by developing science and engineering skills in the area's work force. There was a problem though: Kansas City's workers and students weren't very interested in science and engineering.
So, five organizations, including a library and museum, founded KC Science, INC to improve science literacy in the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan region. Partners included the Johnson County (KS) Library as the lead partner; Science City, the region's premier science museum; KCPT, the local public television station; Science Pioneers, a group that produces educational materials and activities for teachers and students; and Pathfinder Science, an online collaborative community of teachers and students engaging in scientific research. The group received a 2006 Partnership for a Nation of Learners* grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) because the community partnership's focus on science-related careers and lifelong learning helped build a foundation for an informed citizenry.
"We were really trying to create a public appreciation campaign for science, and help broaden people's idea of science," said Erica Reynolds, project director and Web content manager at the Johnson County Library.
In talking with science educators before applying for the grant, KC Science, INC learned that to boost public appreciation for science they would have to reacquaint the public with science as nature and the scientific process as an outgrowth of natural curiosity. Hence, the KC Science, INC slogan, "Inspiring Natural Curiosity."
"We really wanted to focus the science-related programming on things that everybody can appreciate," said Reynolds. "Science isn't just the polarized debates. Science isn't just a person in a lab coat. Science really is our world and our curiosity and our discovery. Science isn't about answers. It's about asking questions."
KC Science, INC produced several cross-promotional media campaigns in 2007, as well as a Web site – kcscienceinc.org – and more than 100 library programs. Among the partnership's biggest hits were its Family Science Nights featuring more than 50 hands-on science exhibits and the opportunity to meet local scientists at the library and Science City.
The science television programming was also very popular. KCPT televised four national science programs on the topics of science education, global warming, science and religion, and genetically modified foods. The station also produced and broadcasted four local community forums exploring the same issues from a local angle. Each set of broadcasts was coupled with a library-based forum discussion.
In addition, KCPT created 10 one-minute "I'm a Scientist" TV vignettes about local scientists and their careers. The clips profiled a broad range of science professionals, such as the director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center, a forensic scientist, and a meteorologist. The station showed the vignettes regularly, especially during the October 2007 promotional push. KC Science, INC also promoted the videos on its Web site and on YouTube. The clips were also shown continually by a local school district TV channel during the 2007-2008 school year.
"What we did is to really broaden the public's idea of what a science career might be like and to feature different sorts of science superstars who are engaged in our community. My favorite example is with a color scientist, or a color engineer, from Hallmark. It's a great example of how we stretched people's concept of what science is," said Reynolds.
The library hosted hands-on Mad Science programs, held in conjunction with the summer reading program, and integrated science into other children's activities.
"It stretches people's idea of what science is when their youth services librarian is talking about science at story time," said Reynolds.
Efforts Pay Off
KC Science, INC tapped into a vein of latent community interest in science. During the 18-month program, more than 150,000 people engaged in hands-on science activities and science-based discussions designed to inspire their natural curiosity. The free Family Science Nights at the Science City museum drew great crowds; three of the four nights drew more than 2,000 people and the total attendance of 7,395 almost doubled the goal of 4,000. These events took place at a downtown location – historic Union Station – on Monday nights in all seasons of the year.
One science-issue forum ("The Burning Question: How do we solve our energy problem?") was the largest – 74 people attended -- in the library's five-year history of hosting forums. The national TV shows drew a total of 138,000 viewers, including 33,000 for the NOVA special, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial." That night 94 percent of the viewers stayed tuned for the community forum. More than 10,000 people viewed the one-minute video vignettes on YouTube about local scientists and their careers.
Another measure of success was the addition of five more partners to the project: the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology; Children's Museum of Kansas City; Wonderscope, another children's museum; Uplink/Youth Friends, which partners with school districts to connect young people with caring adult volunteers to promote success and healthy behaviors; and the Astronomical Society of Kansas City.
In his program evaluation, Dr. Steven Case noted that KC Science, INC has created a well-coordinated community that synergistically produced awareness and appreciation of science in the region. He added that Family Science Night at Science City has done an outstanding job of reaching underserved populations in the region.
Another measure of the program's success is that the partnership continued after the grant ended in April 2008. KC Science, INC now has more than 13 formal and informal partners; this "group of groups" plans to continue to promotescience careers in the near future.
"Now we're kind of seen as more of a player in the whole area, so people know that if they want to get their information out to the public about math- and science-related fun activities or events going on in town, then they just need to contact us," said Reynolds.
* The Partnership for a Nation of Learners was a two-year collaboration between IMLS and CPB. IMLS will issue a full report on the program, including additional grantee profiles, later this year. IMLS continues to support collaborative activity in many of its grant programs. One category of the National Leadership Grant program is specifically devoted to museum-library collaborations. For more information, please click here.


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Comments On Dec 22, 2014:Works well, I bought this model so I could haul it without it taking lots of space. I do like that feature, but a tire changing stand that you can stand up while changing tires is easier to use. I think I might try modifying this to be able to use both ways depending on my needs.
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Comments On Oct 02, 2013:WORKS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD!!
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Comments On Jan 17, 2013:bead breaker works good. The center bolt could stand to be about an inch longer. Other than that it works good
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Comments On Jan 11, 2012:Well, I normally can accept you get what you pay for and did not have high expectations for this tire changer. BUT. This thing is a total piece of poorly design garbage. The top ring is not adjustable so if your wheel isn't the exact size this is made for, you are SOL. The bead breaking arm will not stand upright on its own so you are constantly fighting that while trying to lift a wheel on and off. I totally wasted hundred bucks. Hopefully you won't.
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Comments On Dec 26, 2011:To preface this, I know it doesn't change a tire for me while I finish a cold one. What it does do, holds the rim in place and allows you to install a tire. It does this job well, although without a base of any kind it dances all over the place when you need it to be most stable. That said, the bead breaker works well when its not hitting you in the head! The spring that SHOULD hold the arm to the bead breaker is weak really WEAK and instead of staying in the upright position and out of the way its always falling down and hitting you in the HEAD! when your trying to work. One star (poor)is generous as this thing is no better than a 25 gallon plastic drum with the top cut off that I used to use; and plan to use in the future.
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Comments On Oct 20, 2011:You guys that think this is a tire changing machine - as if it does the work for you are crazy. All you have to do is look at it and see that it's a modified changing stand with a bead breaker. We got one and shipped it to Finland for the ISDE and my son changed mousse tubes with it day in and day under the gun. It worked great. In fact - other racers were borrowing it instead of the ones they had. As mentioned elsewhere, the alltread is too short. But other than that, it works great. The hooks on the side of the handle are great for holding the extra tire iron.
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Comments On Oct 04, 2011:The bead breaker works great. The stand also holds the wheel for working the tires off and on. It is a very usefull tool. I am glad that I bought it.
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Comments On Aug 15, 2011:I was expecting this product to do what the title describes - change tires. It breaks the bead on some tires - ones that have a big enough axle diameter. It does not at all change tires. It is not a tire changer at all. Frustrating because that's what I bought it for
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Comments On Jul 02, 2011:I have broke beads on two Dunlop tires on cast wheels, they are 16 inch OEM wheels. The bead breaker needs to be improved and the center threaded rod needs to be an inch longer which I am modifing today with a longer threaded rod. I had to have an additional person stablize the machine and tire.
I am very disappointed with this machine, I am considering modifying it and mounting it to the floor to make it more stable. If I had more work I would purchase another machine more functional and higher price unit. All I can say is, it did not meet my expectations. I will not recommend this machine to anyone. It ws a waste of money.
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Comments On May 09, 2011:This was a pretty good deal. I have a 200 size rear tire on my Harley and this did pop the bead with no problems. One issue I found was that the center post with a wing nut isn't long enough for the larger size tire, but its just an all-thread rod and can be easily replaced by running down to your hardware store and getting a longer piece.
One other tip, use a rim protector when trying to pop the bead. It will mar the rim. To fix this issue, I pushed the tire down using the bead breaker away from the rim. Then I slipped in the rim protector. After getting the rim protector in, I reset the bead breaker and went to town.
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I thought underclassmen could declare after being removed from high school for one full year?
I was watching film on a bunch of WRs for this draft. I was checking in on them vs draftable DBs, and during the South Carolina/UGA tape I saw a LB who kept flashing. I wasnt sure who he was but he stole the show on tape. I looked him up and it was Jarvis Jones. have seen a few more game tapes and I think hes going to be a star! Good call, OP!
I like T.J. McDonald, but his doppleganger -- Markelle Martin -- just went in the 6th round. High cut safeties with small calves never seem to get drafted very high. Just my opinion. Tyrann Mathieu gets a lot of publicity and is a playmaker but he's another guy I wonder whether is going to be a first rounder. He's a star nickel corner at the next level but Jamar Fletcher aside you don't see many of those guys get taken in the first round. I don't see the great speed you need to be a top corner prospect, but used the way the Packers use Charles Woodson now he could have a real impact. You have to have a plan for him.
The major debate next year will probably end up being Tyler Wilson vs. Matt Barkley. Outside of some very silly people looking for publicity no one really believed RGIII was close to the prospect Andrew Luck was, but I can see the Wilson versus Barkley debates having some real teeth. Should also be interesting to see what kind of season Landry Jones has. After Ryan Broyles went down Jones' season went up in flames, but at worst he's like a better Nick Foles (and physical tools are easy to fall in love with, just look at Brock ****ing Osweiler, who went in the 2nd round). And then there's other interesting guys like Aaron Murray, Tyler Bray and even AJ McCarron, who showed a lot of promise in the National Championship game. He probably won't get the attempts to really show his stuff but he has some real ability.
One team I'm going to make sure I watch a lot of this year is South Carolina. There's a lot of quality prospects on that team. Florida State, too (though EJ Manuel is absolute fool's gold that some people seem to buy into). They've had a few monster recruiting classes the last couple of years and those guys are going to start paying dividends.
Im all in for Manti Te'o....ILB.
A few WRs I'll be watching next year.
Terrence Williams - was Kendall Wright's partner in crime at Baylor.
Cobi Hamilton - Good size WR with some speed at Arkansas
Ryan Swope - Was a target of Tannehill's at TAMU
Quinton Patton - Ellusive in the open field, already seems to display a lot of the little nuances of playing the WR position, does a very nice job of working the sidelines (Louisiana Tech)


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Art Festivals attended by The Binding Bee
Cheers 2013
By Megan on December 31, 2013
I just finished packing up from the last show and trip and getting ready to go into a much needed hibernation for the winter. I am incredibly grateful to everyone who came out to visit me on the road in 2013 – Thank you! It was a very full and vibrant year with so many […]
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West Elm & Binding Bee
By Megan on October 22, 2013
Binding Bee is going to be at West Elm in Indianapolis! Come and visit me on November 2, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the West Elm location at Keystone at the Crossing Mall. It is one of Binding Bee's last events here in Indianapolis this fall and is the perfect chance to […]
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Gypsy Summer
By Megan on October 10, 2013
It has been a gypsy sort of summer this year, made up of quite a bit of traveling (gone from home more weekends than not), traipsing all over the mid-west with our truck and camper top packed up to the brim with crates of my work and a tent to set up and sell all […]
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Art Fair! July Edition
By Megan on July 18, 2013
We travel all summer long attending fine art shows around the Midwest to sell my work. Our most recent (and one of our biggest events) was in Madison, Wi. for the MMOCA's annual fund raiser. Here are some photos from the set-up as well as from the show. I never get a chance to get […]
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I love you, Indy! Thanks for being amazing.
By Megan on May 20, 2013
This weekend was the Broad Ripple Art Fair – One of my very favorite shows in the state. It's a hometown show which is always nice and it never fails to produce crowds of amazing, thoughtful, art-supporting people who come out to shop, visit, and ooh and ah over the work of the hundreds of […]
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An Arena Football League team could be a key tenant of a proposed 6,500-seat arena near the Shady Grove Metro station in Rockville, a principal of the development company working on the project said Tuesday.
Tom Doyle, principal of Rockville-based D&A Sports and Entertainment Group, said he has been in ongoing talks with AFL Commissioner Jerry Kurz about bringing an indoor football team to the area.
His company is also negotiating with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which owns about 8 acres that is now a parking lot for the Shady Grove Metro station, on leasing that property for the arena.
The Metro negotiations are going well, he said, with parties "close to having a contingent agreement." There would need to be studies of engineering, traffic and environmental matters, along with other processes, so an exact groundbreaking date would be hard to pinpoint, he said.
But his talks with Metro and county officials had Doyle encouraged to the point that "it's looking more like a reality that the arena will get built so we wanted to get a commitment from the Arena Football League," he said. "It's more than just a letter of interest [from Kurz]. We've been having ongoing talks for several years."
BJ Pickard, director of communications for the AFL, which has its headquarters in Chicago, said in an email that he does not "have any further information" on a potential team in Montgomery County.
Doyle, an attorney and lifelong Montgomery County resident, said he has a group of investors lined up for a potential AFL franchise. His partner at D&A Sports is another longtime Montgomery resident, Bill Askinazi, an attorney and former assistant secretary with the state Department of Business and Economic Development.
Doyle is no stranger to sports leagues and franchises, having owned the Maryland Nighthawks, a pro basketball team that played in North Bethesda, and co-founded an interactive sports television network and the Premier Basketball League, a professional hoops league. He has also founded the charitable organization Green Hoops for Hope.
The AFL has been around since 1987 and is a "major sport with a national [CBS] television contract," Doyle noted. "It's a very exciting game that puts fans close to the action."
The AFL's season runs from March to August. The games feature more scoring, with the Arizona Rattlers outscoring the Philadelphia Soul, 48-39, in the recent ArenaBowl XXVI.
There are 14 teams, with another, the L.A. Kiss, scheduled to begin next year. The Los Angeles franchise is partly owned by members of the hard-rock band Kiss. It will not be the first AFL team to have noted musical owners, as Jon Bon Jovi was an owner of the Philadelphia Soul for a few years.
The AFL last fielded a team in the area in 1990, the Washington Commandos, which played at the Patriot Center, a 10,000-seat arena on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The franchise was called the Maryland Commandos in 1989 when it played at the old Capital Centre in Landover. It formed in 1987 as one of four teams during the AFL's inaugural season but did not field a team in 1988.
The Capital Centre, which had a capacity of 18,130 for Washington Capitals hockey games and almost 19,000 for NBA basketball contests, was demolished in 2002 to make room for The Boulevard at The Capital Centre shopping mall.
The proposed Shady Grove arena would be designed to allow up to 8,000 or so seats with suites, floor seating and standing area, Doyle said. "I'm confident it will be an adequate size," he said.
The AFL championship game played before more than 12,000 in Orlando, and L.A.'s new team will be in the Honda Center in Anaheim, where the NHL's Anaheim Ducks play. That venue has a seating capacity of 17,174 for hockey and more for other events.
The arena would take 13 to 15 months to build at a cost of $35 million to $50 million, Doyle said. It would be entirely privately funded, he said.
"That's not the norm for these types of facilities," Doyle said.
Besides sports events, the multipurpose arena could house trade shows, conventions, graduation ceremonies and concerts. The American Red Cross would also be able to use the space as an emergency shelter and storage for relief supplies, Doyle said.