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Miguel Arteta's "Cedar Rapids" is a film of non-epic proportions. This small film out of Sundance could have just come and gone but a premium mixture of an outstanding group of supporting actors and a genuine sweetness that persistently washes over you makes for a winner. "Cedar Rapids" takes the raunch shenanigans of a "Hangover" and cradles it with the small town values and self-discovery of a Capra film. This doesn't have the emotional punch and scope that "The 40-Year Old Virgin" challenged us with but Artera's focus on characters instead of situations creates humor that will make you happy and sad. Gotta love the sad humor.
A grand supporting player himself, that is up to now, "The Office's" talented Ed Helms takes the lead as Tom Lippe. Lippe is a uber-naive Midwest insurance salesman from the very small town of Brown Valley, Wisconsin. When the top salesman suddenly passes away, the big boss (Stephen Root) hands over the reigns to Lippe to travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the annual insurance convention to bring home the coveted Two Diamonds Award. This will be a trip of firsts for Lippe. Including his first trip to a metropolis that he gets to by taking his first plane ride, where he will stay in his first hotel. While on the plane Lippe endearingly takes the emergency exit seat responsibilities to heart.
Lippe is roomed with convention veterans Ronald Wilkes ( Isiah Whitlock Jr.) and the one man he was warned to stay away from, Dean Ziegler, played by professional scene-stealer John C. Reilly. Reilly ignites the screen instantly with belly laughs as the foul-mouthed party animal Ziegler. Reilly is the pepper to my mothers pork chop; a decent dish by itself but you can never add enough pepper to it. More Reilly pepper please. Rounding out the crew is the goofy sexy Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche). Heche really brings a playful attractiveness that I haven't seen from her in years. Heche captures Joan, a mother of three, who treats these excursions with the attitude of what happens in Cedar Rapids, stays in Cedar Rapids. Heche is funny and dangerous as that sweet woman who seeks out the nerd, making Lippe a prime target.
Small town Lippe of course gets in way over his head where the big lights and characters of Iowa's second city challenges moral convictions. Helms is just right for this role of a man who gets nudged out of the nest but goes kicking and screaming. When Helms flashes that child-like grin it makes you happy and when consequences make for a frown and regretful eyes you're right there with him as well. A hilarious drug addled scene of Lippe screaming "So bummed out" shows Helms is capable of staying in the lead.
Director Arteta is responsible for the squirmy " Chuck & Buck" and fellow Reilly flick "The Good Girl". "Cedar Rapids" might be his best one yet as he delivers a fast paced 86-minute roller coaster ride that never falls off despite loose bolts about to rattle off. When situations get extreme, we're not calling BS because of those sublime characters that were developed along the way. Arteta and scribe Phil Johnston don't quite go for the jugular with the religious satire as much as I'd liked, making for missed opportunities. "Cedar Rapids" makes up for it with it's blessings of fine performances that also include the wonderful Sigourney Weaver and "Arrested Develpments" Alia Shawkat. "Cedar Rapids is a film that may not have the staying power of others but while you're watching you'll be in a better place for it.
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Cedar Rapids is a decent comedy aiming to be Ed Helms's attempt to
segue into leading man status as fellow "Daily Show" reporter Steve
Carell did with "The 40 Year Old Virgin". This is a less successful
attempt, due in large part to some strange story decisions (he's
sleeping with his former teacher, one scene involving illicit drugs
comes out of nowhere and seems like part of a completely different
movie). Ed Helms is funny enough, likable although he lacks Carell's
goofy charm that makes it so easy to look past his quirks. This renders
much of the comedy more awkwardly uncomfortable than it otherwise
should have been.
Anne Heche is the real highlight here, portraying a married woman who uses her annual trips to an insurance convention as an escape from her mundane family life. She is charming, funny, and easy to sympathize with, even if her motivations are entirely selfish. John C. Reilly chews the scenery in an over-the-top performance--a very hit-or-miss performance here. Isiah Whitlock Jr. pulls off his role very well, and he does offer up one of the most hilarious scenes in the film as he attempts to escape from a hostile group of partygoers. Alia Shawkat (excellent on Arrested Development) shines when she's on screen, making me wish the film had focused more on her than it did. Her role as a drug-addled prostitute does eventually lead to some unfortunate plot turns, but Shawkat is able to rise above the material. The same can't be said for Sigourney Weaver, who has the thankless role of former teacher, and while she's entertaining on screen, she seems to be here more for name recognition than anything else.
This is a somewhat entertaining comedy, lacking technical expertise (excruciatingly bad lighting, lackluster cinematography, poor direction and editing) but bearing some bad storytelling decisions. The art direction seems to suggest this film takes place during the 1980s, and had it not been for the cars and cell phones, I would have believed it. Did the costumer design team purposefully hit thrift stores looking for the most unfortunate clothes around? I imagine this was for comedic effect, but it sadly misses the mark and makes the film oddly anachronistic instead.
Cedar Rapids looked like the type of comedy that could go either way.
The trailer seemed to hint at Ed Helms channeling his Stu Price
character from The Hangover. In fact, that was my initial thought
process going in; that Cedar Rapids would probably be an extension of
Helms' character in The Hangover. Other than the trailer being attached
to one film before a screening, I've never seen the film advertised
anywhere else as most haven't seen anything relating to the film at
all. Luckily, the film was able to offer a little more than what it let
on and actually turned out to be a rather solid R-rated comedy.
This shouldn't be a downright comparison between The Hangover and Cedar Rapids though; no matter how blatant it may seem. There is very little in common between the two films other than Ed Helms starring in both films and the crazy occurrences that can transpire under the influence of alcohol (in addition to some sort of hallucinogen, as well). Cedar Rapids is a comedy that is driven by Ed Helms' dorky yet alluring charm.
The cast is easily the film's most valuable asset as the scenes featuring all of the main cast are the most hilarious and the most memorable. Other than Ed Helms nerding it up to perfection, John C. Reilly almost steals the show as the loyal sex-hound Dean Ziggler. This also may be the best Anne Heche has looked in any film she's been a part of. The Cedar Rapids yearly ASMI convention being her character's only means of escaping the redundancy of everyday family life added a bit of depth to her character and made what would otherwise be scandalous actions a little more meaningful. Heche's real charm comes out in the scenes she shares with Helms. Their relationship is one of the driving factors of the film. Isiah Whitlock Jr plays Ronald Wilkes, a man who takes his job as an insurance salesman incredibly seriously but who also lets his dry humor and constant admiration of "the HBO program The Wire" shine at the best of times. Sigourney Weaver's character seemed to catch me off guard. Mostly because when you think of Weaver, you think of Aliens, Ghostbusters, or Avatar. In Cedar Rapids, she plays an on the prowl cougar who teaches and is just looking for a good time. So much for typecasting, eh? Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, and Alia Shawkat all have their moments, as well.
Cedar Rapids does have an indie feel to it though, which is probably a fair assessment to make since the film's budget was only $8 million. Cedar Rapids has a Little Miss Sunshine kind of atmosphere to it. Not so much in tone, but more of the way it was filmed. It could be a turn-off for some viewers who aren't fans of movies with small budgets.
Cedar Rapids is easily the funniest film to be released in 2011 so far. The entire cast plays off of each other in the best of ways and even some of the smaller roles given to more recognizable stars are pivotal to the laughs in the film. Unpredictable at times and extremely over the top at others, Cedar Rapids is definitely worth a watch if you enjoy R-rated comedies or films similar to The Hangover or Little Miss Sunshine.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This film is a foul mouthed fairy tale of friendship and
self-discovery, but it does ask its audience for a big indulgence. You
have to be willing to believe that someone could be so naïve and
sheltered that Cedar Rapids, Iowa could be New York City to their Joe
Buck. If you can buy that and aren't put off by somewhat Fargo-ish
portrayals of Midwesterners, you'll get a lot of laughs out of this
Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) is an insurance agent from small town Wisconsin who, due to a fatal sexual mishap, is sent to the annual insurance convention in Cedar Rapids. His mission is to win the coveted Two Diamonds award for his firm, which Tim's to dorky, 20-years-behind-the-times brain is a challenge on par with climbing Mount Everest or finding a cure for cancer. Almost immediately upon arrival, Tim falls in with a delightfully wrong crowd. There's Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly), a gregarious amalgamation of cursing and inappropriate behavior; Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche), a sexy and mischievous woman who uses the annual Cedar Rapids convention as her own personal Las Vegas escape; and Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), who is essentially a more functional, African-American version of Tim.
Facing temptation from his new friends, pressure from his boss (Stephen Root), the allure of a local hooker (Alia Shawkat) and the looming presence of the moralizing convention president, Tim has to learn that there's more to life, love and sex than fooling yourself about being "pre-engaged" to your 7th grade teacher.
While it's not nearly as mannered as Fargo, Cedar Rapids includes a similar take on Midwestern values and social norms. But instead of being about deceit, greed and murder, this is a story of a man having to put aside his underdeveloped, childlike view of himself and the world and become a real grown up. If you can accept that Tim Lippe starts out from such an immature place, this becomes a really entertaining coming of age movie about a guy who should have come of age a long time ago.
The script is full of humor, from Dean Ziegler's crude one-liners to Lippe's alternating unbridled joy and crushing shame at everything from booze to sex to drugs. Anne Heche does a marvelous turn as the woman who finds herself caring about Tim more than she wants. It's a shame that most people probably know Heche from some bad, big budget productions and her weird personal life because she's turned into a very pretty and very talented character actress in little films like this one. John C. Reilly is great, as always, in taking an overblown caricature and finding some way to make you care about him. There are times when Ed Helms seems to be veering off into sketch comedy, but he brings it back under control.
I had a good time visiting Cedar Rapids. I think you'd enjoy making the trip.
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Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) is a goody insurance agent who's goal in life is
to actually help people. His companion, Roger, is successful and won
the insurance award three times. Tim, in hope of getting an award
himself, took Roger's spot after Roger died to go to the convention in
Cedar Rapids. What happens at Cedar Rapids stays in Cedar Rapids? Well,
Tim sure hoped so, because what Tim did, it was like The Hangover
version but subtract Zach Galifinakis.
Ed Helms plays an emotional guy who had never been out of state and is afraid to use his credit card. And he does it well, considering his role in The Office is quite similar. But the stand-out in this film is how John C. Reilly is a playboy who always talk about girls. Although he doesn't get any, but he's hilarious. The film was helped by the smart writing that made the film almost as funny as The Hangover. Suceeded at the Sundance, Cedar Rapids had made its way into my list of Best Comedy of the Year.
"Cedar Rapids" an independent release comedy certainly brings plenty of
laughs and fun in fact it's one of the better comedy and feel good
movies I've saw recently. After viewing I had a smile on my face and
felt happy with feel good energy. It proves that life is about having
fun and you can still be true to yourself and those around you. Plus
the all star cast had well working chemistry that made the film more
enjoyable to watch.
Set in a small Wisconsin town a nerd and dork of an insurance salesman Tim Lippe(well done by Ed Helms)only has one thing to occupy his time besides selling insurance, and that's being seduced by a former seventh grade teacher of his and that is Macy(Sigourney Weaver who still looks good after all these years!) a serious no commitment professional cougar type. Yet after the local firm's top selling agent dies Tim's world is turned upside down when he's picked to attend a Midwest regional insurance convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And this will be a big step for the sheltered small town boy Tim who's never traveled to far.
Upon arrival in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the nice hotel suite things seem different and more wide open. As with any new travel entrance and journey new people are encountered and new adventures await as life is all about discovery and exploring. Tim's roommates are like daylight and dark first is veteran Minnesota salesman Ronald Wilkes(a strong turn by Isiah Whitlock Jr.)and he's knowledgeable and serious but helpful. And then you have the wide open and party boy drinker Wisconsin salesman Dean Ziegler(over the top and wildly done by John C. Reilly). Now enter the spice and sugar to the cake Tim encounters Joan(Anne Heche in a very sexy performance especially the pool scene)a free spirited and talkative lady who's not shy about having fun even though she's a married lady with kids. This trio will clearly help Tim open up and come out of his shell. Along the way the late nights, alcohol, and parties are just downright fun and laughable. Neat was also seeing at the hotel club the Jack Nicholson impersonator! Thru it all Tim will learn a lot as a side of him is opened up along the way though he learns still to be truthful to himself and his new trio of friends which will lead to a new path for all of them by the end of the film. "Cedar Rapids" is an excellent feel good comedy with plenty of laughs and feel good fun it proves life is about opening up as it's meant for new friends and new discoveries on each adventure trip one takes. In the process one will learn to to be truthful with themselves and others making for a meaningful lesson after discovering newfound fun and breaking out of a sheltered living like Tim did. Overall a smiling face and thumbs up for "Cedar Rapids" as both the cast and story was excellent and meaningful.
OK. I guess, to be honest, that Cedar Rapids, Iowa (population about
125,000) isn't really a BIG city, but it serves the purpose for this
movie. Ed Helms is Tim Lippe, a child-like, immature insurance salesman
from Brown Valley, Wisconsin (of which there is no such place, although
there is a Browns Valley, Wisconsin) who after the unexpected death of
the insurance agency's top salesman gets sent to Cedar Rapids for an
annual convention and awards ceremony. Tim has never been out of Brown
Valley, and the lure of the big city proves to be a little too much for
On his first night in the city he meets the very friendly Bree (Alia Shawkat) - a local prostitute. At the convention he hooks up with first with Ronald Wilkes (Isaiah Whitlock, Jr.) - his roommate, who scares him to death at first because he's never before seen an African-American! Then he meets the somewhat crude Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly) and finally Joan (Anne Heche), married, but willing to check Tim out so to speak. These five take up most of the screen time in the movie, and in fairness they do pretty well with some pretty silly material to work with.
There's nothing deep about this. It's sometimes funny, but more often it's a little bit crude - not really appealing to my taste in movies, but still enjoyable in places. Tim is a little bit too much the caricature of the innocent, small town boy lost in the big city. His relationship with Macy (Sigourney Weaver) - who was his teacher when he was 12 years old - actually reaches the point of being mildly disturbing when Macy finally breaks up with him over the phone, telling him that baby bird has to fly away from the nest. Right. Too weird. The movie also goes for what now has to surely count as the cheap and easy laugh by once again (as Hollywood loves to do these days) caricaturing hypocritical Christians - because the award the agency wants to win also has something to do with God, and let's just say that everyone involved will go the extra mile for it in spite of what they supposedly believe. That's really just starting to get so tired.
The best scenes are perhaps the pool scene, and also the party scene when Ronald pretends to be a gangster from the hood to get his friends out of some big trouble they had gotten into. So there are some memorably funny scenes in this, meaning it can't be a bad movie. It's just mediocre, a little too over the top with the small town boy routine and too crude for my tastes. (4/10)
"This whole place smells like chlorine, it's like I'm in Barbados."
After being picked to go the the annual insurance agents conference in
Cedar Rapids Ted Lippe (Helms) thinks it's the greatest day in his
life. After meeting a group of veterans including Dean Ziegler (Reilly)
he begins to change his view on life, and the insurance group he works
for. Much like "Elektra Luxx" this week this was not what I expected.
This was also better though. While this does have some very, very funny
parts, this movie is also very moving and will have you pulling for all
the characters to get what they want. Ed Helms is the perfect choice
for this movie. He is great at playing the shy, awkward man that has
the talents to succeed but just can't ever seem to. This character is a
little more toned down then Andy from "The Office", but it's much
closer to him then Stu from "The Hangover". This is not the
laugh-out-loud comedy like in "Hangover" or "Step-Brothers", but if
your looking for a smart, intelligent, heartfelt independent comedy
then this is exactly what you are looking for. Overall a great movie
filled with equal parts humor and heart. Very good movie. I give it an
Would I watch it again? - I would.
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Ed Helms is on the up and up. Great TV comedy with The Office, great
mainstream comedy with The Hangover and now this. Can this man do no
wrong? In Cedar Rapids he plays Tim Lippe a man who has lived most of
his life sheltered from some of the more harsh or brash realities of
life and people.
Through a twist of fate and a belt(see the movie, I won't say any more) he ends up representing his insurance company at a convention. Here we meet Ronald Wilkes(Isiah Whitlock Jr) a sensible but non risk taking type, Dean Ziegler(John C. Reilly) a wild guy & Joan Ostrowski-Fox(Anne Heche) a bored housewife. The insurance convention seems to be the high point of the year for all 3 of them, not so much for it's professional merits but for the opportunity it gives them to party and escape from the rest of their lives.
Tim meanwhile is anxious about being away from his hometown for the first time with the added pressure of having to secure the 2 Diamond Award which his predecessor won for the last several years for his over domineering and unlikeable boss. What ensues sees the values and preconceptions of the likable but naive Tim tested and opportunities for him to come out of his sheltered shell(ya that makes sense!).
Great supporting cast here too from Stephen Root(nerdy middle aged guy in dodgeball) Kurtwood Smith (Dad in 70s show) Alia Shawkat(young cousin in Arrested Development) & Sigourney Weaver (chick with kid in Ghostbusters!).This movie will leave you with a smile on your face.
'CEDAR RAPIDS': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
Fish out of water small town boy in the big city tale. This one stars Ed Helms (most famous as Stu in 'THE HANGOVER', Andy Bernard on 'THE OFFICE' and a former correspondent on 'THE DAILY SHOW') as a naive insurance agent sent to the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa by his company for an important convention there. The film is directed by Miguel Arteta (who also directed such films as 'YOUTH IN REVOLT', 'THE GOOD GIRL' and 'CHUCK & BUCK') and written by first time feature film writer Phil Johnston. The script was on Hollywood's 2009 'Blacklist' of the best unproduced screenplays. The film co-stars John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Stephen Root and Kurtwood Smith.
Helmes plays Tim Lippe, an insurance agent in Brown Valley, Wisconsin. When the top agent at his company dies suddenly, in an explicit sex act, Lippe is sent as his replacement to the big annual insurance convention in Cedar Rapids. He literally knows nothing about big city life and how the modern world works and is quite frightened by most everything upon his arrival. He slowly grows comfortable with his two roommates though (Reilly and Whitlock Jr.) as well as a friendly and flirty female insurance agent (Heche). When he finds himself and his company in trouble he has to rely on his new friends for help.
The film is pretty simple and somewhat slow paced. It's not frequently laugh out loud funny but it does have plenty of good jokes and laughable situations. The real reward of this film is the lovable characters and the impressive cast filling them out with good performances. The film has a good heart as well, although it delivers a pretty simple and predictable message. I have a hard time seeing why the script itself was so well hyped but the performances and characters are worth the price of admission (especially when it's only 5 bucks, like the showing I saw) and the directing is more than adequate as well.
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The agency will take action if Smith enters a security zone, Klinker said, but so far he has stuck to recreational areas.
"It's not a major concern for the Coast Guard right now," Klinker said. "A lot of people who don't have a place, live by the water. But on the water is unique."
On Monday night, Smith tied up and slept on a floating dock about 100 yards offshore from the New England Aquarium.
The Boston Police Department's harbor unit has offered him city services, but he declined, police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca said Tuesday. Smith did accept a new life vest with reflectors and a whistle, she said. Police also told him not to operate his canoe at night because it doesn't have lights.
Smith said he spent about a year camping farther north in Massachusetts before his sister helped him get his canoe to Boston's Seaport District. He put the vessel named the Alice Williams in the water behind the InterContinental Hotel, the same neighborhood where Red Sox baseball team owner John Henry has been known to dock his 164-foot yacht, the Iroquois.
The name of Smith's canoe is a tribute to the family of Roger Williams, because he said he admires the freedom-loving principles of the founder of Rhode Island. He used the name of Williams' mother because, he said, women need more recognition.
Smith said he has spent years trying to advocate for better public schools and has passed on a newsletter he's written on the topic to politicians, including Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Smith said that he thinks about public policy as he is paddling through the harbor and that living on the water has taught him balance, patience and fortitude.
He dresses in layers to stay warm, but also doesn't seem to mind that colder weather will be coming as winter arrives.
Smith plans to sleep out in Boston Harbor all winter and prefers to concentrate on the beauty of his surroundings rather than the bareness of his accommodations.
Before sunup Tuesday, Smith saw a shooting star skitter across the New England sky and said later he made a wish meant for all people, no matter where they bed down at night.
"I wished self-esteem for all of us," he said.
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Today, I slipped as I was about to take a shower, knocking myself out cold. I woke up to someone banging on my door. It was a cop checking to see if I was okay. When I asked how he knew to come, he said he was notified by "a male neighbor who called anonymously." I guess I have a peeping Tom. FML
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Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
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- Summary: The third album for the Portland, Oregon-based indie pop singer Liz Harris.
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More than just a pretty acoustic record, Harris, through Grouper, has created a startlingly vivid and brooding shoegaze gem that works in spite of its length and first impressions.
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, can simultaneously be one of the most delicate, affecting albums of the year, and, yet, at the same time have such a strange, menacing name.
MojoA psych-folk bent for harmonic discord and atmospheric dread finds something forever sinister lodged at the album's heart: the kind of beauty that makes sailors run aground. [Dec 2008, p.102]
Despite all these potential distractions, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill remains, quite simply, a beautiful album, possibly because. Harris feels so comfortable in her own skin.
I can't help but feel that this album wants to have it several ways, but the net result of following all those paths means it plays out only one way.
This Liz, however, can still produce a satisfying forty-five minutes or so of 4AD-styled mysterious, drifting amorphia (complete with acoustic guitars and pretty vocals), and that's rare enough that Grouper are worth watching.
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Apr 26, 2013Grouper craft a compelling listen with Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill. From the first track, the vocals and the minimalist approach to theirGrouper craft a compelling listen with Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill. From the first track, the vocals and the minimalist approach to their sound are haunting. The production I thought was fantastic for being an independent record. The way the songs lap onto each other as if it is still the same song was really unique.
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Rick Perry Revives The Fight Over Anti-Abortion Bills In Special Legislative Session
This year, Texas ended its legislative session without advancing a single one of the two dozen anti-abortion bills introduced by the state's Republicans. The Democrats in the legislature credited their successful defensive strategy to the fact that attacking women's health has become deeply unpopular among voters, particularly after Texas slashed family planning programs and defunded Planned Parenthood. But Gov. Rick Perry (R) isn't taking note.
On Tuesday, Perry announced that he will add anti-abortion legislation that wasn't able to advance during the regular session to the docket for a special 30-day session. His decision comes after weeks of pressure from the state's Republicans, who have repeatedly pushed the governor to use a special session to revive the abortion issue. Anti-choice groups believe that their agenda has a better chance of advancing during the 30-day session because Texas' Lieutenant Governor has indicated that he will "suspend Senate procedural rules that give Democrats a strong voice in legislative debates."
Specifically, the GOP governor wants to give the legislature another opportunity to consider banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requiring abortion clinics to make costly and unnecessary renovations, and imposing additional restrictions on abortion providers that could force most of the clinics in the state to shut down. If the abortion clinic restrictions become law, an estimated 80 percent of the clinics in the state will have to close their doors.
State Rep. Carol Alvarado (D) — a lawmaker who unsuccessfully fought against some of the abortion restrictions that passed during the 2011 session — told the Texas Tribune that focusing a special session on abortion issues represents a "major departure" from the regular session, when politicians on both sides of the aisle reached somewhat of a truce and worked together to get things done. Republicans even agreed to work to restore some of the family planning funding that has been cut over the past two years.
"I think we have so many other priorities," Alvarado explained. "We've been able to compromise. We've keep those wedge issues off the House floor, and this is going to change what progress we've made with a bipartisan take-care-of-business attitude."
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Seasonic Flagship PRIME 750W, when they upgrade they mean business
Subject: Cases and Cooling | July 25, 2016 - 04:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: modular psu, Seasonic PRIME, 750w
It has been about a year since Seasonic released a brand new PSU as they do not tend to flood the market with incremental upgrades to their PSU families. While this may hurt their business a little as newer users do not see reviews or advertisements frequently, long term enthusiasts take note when a new PSU arrives. This fully modular PSU offers a single 12V rail capable of delivering 744W @ 62A and offers six 6+2 PCIe power cables, it even still has a floppy connector for those desperate times when you need to pull one out. [H]ard|OCP strapped the PSU to their torture bench and this Seasonic unit came out with a Gold medal. Check out the full review here.
"Seasonic has never been big on marketing-speak. Outside of its impressive specifications, and a list of features, this is all it has to say. "The creation of the PRIME Series is a renewed testimony of Seasonic's determination to push the limits of power supply design in every aspect." Let's see if that is true, or the shortest sales pitch ever."
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- Enermax Revolution X't II 750W @ [H]ard|OCP
- Silverstone Strider Platinum 750W ST75F-PT @ Modders Inc
- Thermaltake Smart DPS G 700W @ NikKTe
- APC Power Saving Back-UPS Pro 1500VA (BR1500G) @ Custom PC Review
Phanteks Launches Full Cover Water Block For Reference GTX 1080 Graphics Cards
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 29, 2016 - 02:51 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: water cooling, RGB LED, phanteks, GPU Water Block
Phanteks, a company that produces cases, CPU coolers, and fans has unveiled its first GPU cooler in the form of a full cover water block for Nvidia's GTX 1080 Founder's Edition (and any partner PCBs that use the reference design) graphics card. The PH-GB1080-X is a full cover nickel plated copper block with acrylic top and black (aluminum?) accents on the edges of the block. There are two ports for inlet/outlet on both top and bottom (so users could SLI multiple cards and water cool in series or parallel). Phanteks allegedly uses Dupont Viton for the gaskets which is a "high-performance seal elastomer" for the aerospace industry (and overkill for the temps that will be seen in a PC water loop heh).
In addition to the acrylic top, users can plug in three (1mm) RGB LEDs into the bottom edge of the card to add a glow effect. Oddly, Phanteks shows the LEDs using three individual cables that then go off to a reported proprietary power adapter that can plug into RGB motherboards or Phanteks' cases. Having the LEDs running off of a single cable (or bundled together) coming of the back edge of the card closest to the motherboard would have been helpful to cable management!
Phanteks' new water block is available for pre-order now for $129.99.
Using a water block on the GTX 1080 should allow users to easily achieve above 2000 MHz GPU clocks and have the card clockspeeds be much more stable than on air. Gamer's Nexus tested their GTX 1080 with an EVGA all in one cooler and managed to crank the GPU clockspeeds up to 2164 MHz and the memory clockspeeds up to 5602 MHz. That 2164 MHz clockspeed is quite the overclock and while it was only a bit above what they achieved on air, the clocks were much more stable and actually able to be maintained during long gaming sessions unlike on air. A custom water loop and a water block like the one Phanteks is selling should do just as well as Gamer's Nexus' results if not ever so slightly better.
If you already have a water loop in your system and have been waiting for a block to go with your GTX 1080 you now have another option!
Also read: The GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Review - GP104 Brings Pascal to Gamers
ASRock Releases H110M-STX Mini-STX Motherboard
Subject: Motherboards | July 28, 2016 - 10:04 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: small form-factor, SFF, mini-stx, mini-pc, H110M-STX, asrock
The motherboard within ASRock's DeskMini mini-PC kit has been released as a standalone product, and this H110M-STX motherboard offers Intel processor support up to 65W in its 5" x 5" Mini-STX form-factor.
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Specifications from ASRock:
- Supports LGA 1151 6th Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors up to 65W TDP
- Supports Dual-Channel DDR4 SO-DIMM 2133
- Graphics output: D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort
- ALC283 Audio Codec
- 2x SATA3, 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
- 3x USB 3.0 (Type-A & Type-C from front I/O; 1 from rear I/O)
- 3x USB 2.0 (2 from onboard header; 1 from rear I/O)
- Intel Gigabit LAN
- 1x M.2 (Key E for WiFi + BT module)
Like thin-Mini-ITX motherboards the H110M-STX requires an external 19v power adapter. ASRock recommends a 120W adapter for 65W CPUs, while 35W Intel CPU builds can manage with a 90W adapter.
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As to availability/price, this has yet to appear in the usual e-tail channels in the U.S., with no results currently on Amazon or Newegg. ASRock's larger H110-ITX board sells for $69.99, so this may give us an indication of where pricing might be - though the smaller STX form-factor could increase cost.
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A sub-mITX form-factor might seem a bit unnecessary, but the smaller board does provide builders with a way to create their own mini-PC boxes with upgradable processors. Naturally, one would need an enclosure for this tiny motherboard, and the only one I have seen thus far came from SilverStone's booth at CES - though ready availability for all products in this newest form-factor is still an issue.
You can run your RX 480 on Linux kernel 4.7
Subject: General Tech | July 25, 2016 - 01:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, kernel 4.7, security, rx 480, LoadPin
For now we are awaiting the benchmarks but with the release of this new kernel, Linux users will be able to run the new RX 480 from AMD. The new kernel also contains a new security feature called LoadPin which ensures that kernel-loaded files come from within the same file system in an attempt to maintain security without requiring each file to be individually signed. There were also some improvements made to network drivers along with several other changes which The Inquirer covers in their own unique manner.
"Despite it being two weeks since RC7, the final patch wasn't all that big and much of it is trivial one- and few-liners. There's a couple of network drivers that got a bit more loving."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- We threw a Minecraft party to test Samsung's Gear VR headset @ The Tech Report
- Free Windows 10 upgrade: Time is running out – should you do it? @ The Register
- Tesoro Interview @ techPowerUp
- Moore's Law to be revoked in five years' time @ The Inquirer
Podcast #410 - Data Recovery, New Titan X Launch, AMD builds a GPU with SSDs and more!!
Subject: Editorial | July 28, 2016 - 01:03 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: XSPC, wings, windows 10, VR, video, titan x, tegra, Silverstone, sapphire, rx 480, Raystorm, RapidSpar, radeon pro ssg, quadro, px1, podcast, p6000, p5000, nvidia, nintendo nx, MX300, gp102, evga, dg-87, crucial, angelbird
PC Perspective Podcast #410 - 07/28/2016
Join us this week as we discuss the new Pascal based Titan X, an AMD graphics card with 1TB of SSD storage on-board, data recovery with RapidSpar and more!!
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SIGGRAPH 2016 -- NVIDIA Announces Pascal Quadro GPUs: Quadro P5000 and Quadro P6000
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 25, 2016 - 04:48 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: siggraph 2016, Siggraph, quadro, nvidia
SIGGRAPH is the big, professional graphics event of the year, bringing together tens of thousands of attendees. They include engineers from Adobe, AMD, Blender, Disney (including ILM, Pixar, etc.), NVIDIA, The Khronos Group, and many, many others. Not only are new products announced, but many technologies are explained in detail, down to the specific algorithms that are used, so colleagues can advance their own research and share in kind.
But new products will indeed be announced.
The NVIDIA Quadro P6000
NVIDIA, having just launched a few Pascal GPUs to other markets, decided to announce updates to their Quadro line at the event. Two cards have been added, the Quadro P5000 and the Quadro P6000, both at the top end of the product stack. Interestingly, both use GDDR5X memory, meaning that neither will be based on the GP100 design, which is built around HBM2 memory.
The NVIDIA Quadro P5000
The lower end one, the Quadro P5000, should look somewhat familiar to our reader. Exact clocks are not specified, but the chip has 2560 CUDA cores. This is identical to the GTX 1080, but with twice the memory: 16GB of GDDR5X.
Above it sits the Quadro P6000. This chip has 3840 CUDA cores, paired with 24GB of GDDR5X. We have not seen a GPU with exactly these specifications before. It has the same number of FP32 shaders as a fully unlocked GP100 die, but it doesn't have HBM2 memory. On the other hand, the new Titan X uses GP102, combining 3584 CUDA cores with GDDR5X memory, although only 12GB of it. This means that the Quadro P6000 has 256 more (single-precision) shader units than the Titan X, but otherwise very similar specifications.
Both graphics cards have four DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, as well as a single DVI output. These five connectors can be used to drive up to four, 4K, 120Hz monitors, or four, 5K, 60Hz ones. It would be nice if all five connections could be used at once, but what can you do.
Pascal has other benefits for professional users, too. For instance, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) is used in VR applications to essentially double the GPU's geometry processing ability. NVIDIA will be pushing professional VR at SIGGRAPH this year, also launching Iray VR. This uses light fields, rendered on devices like the DGX-1, with its eight GP100 chips connected by NVLink, to provide accurately lit environments. This is particularly useful for architectural visualization.
No price is given for either of these cards, but they will launch in October of this year.
Xiaomi Launches Sleek Mi Notebook Air Ultrabooks
Subject: General Tech | July 28, 2016 - 05:33 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xiaomi, ultraportable, ultrabook, thin and light, Intel, core m3, core i5
According to the guys over at The Tech Report, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is jumping into the notebook game with two new Mi Notebook Air ultrabooks. The all aluminum notebooks are sleek looking and priced very competitively for their specifications. They are set to release on August 2nd in China.
The new Mi Notebook Air notebooks come in 13.3" and 12.5" versions. Both models use all aluminum bodies with edge to edge glass displays (1080p though unknown what type of panel), backlit keyboards, and dual AKG speakers. Users can choose from gold or silver colors for the body and keyboard (Xiaomi uses a logo-less design which is nice).
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air via Ars Technica.
Both models sport a single USB Type C port (which is also used for charging), two USB 3.0 Type A ports, one HDMI video output, and a headphone jack. The Xiaomi website shows an USB Type C adapter that adds extra ports as well. Internally, they have a M.2 slot for storage expansion but the notebooks do not appear to be user serviceable (though iFixit may rectify that...). Also shared is support for the company's Mi Sync software and Mi fitness band which can be used to unlock the computer when the user is in proximity.
The smaller 12.5" Mi Notebook Air is 0.51" thick and weighs just over 2.3 pounds. It is powered by an Intel Core M3 processor and Xiaomi claims that this model can hit 11.5 hours ouf battery life. Other specifications include 4 GB of RAM, a 128 GB SATA SSD, and 802.11ac wireless.
If you need a bit more computing power, the 13.3" notebook is slightly bulkier at 0.58" thick and 2.8 pounds with the tradeoff in size giving users a larger display, keyboard, and dedicated graphics card. Specifically, the 13.3" ultrabook features an Intel Core i5 processor, Nvidia Geforce 940MX GPU, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, a 256GB NVMe PCI-E SSD, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. This laptop is a bit heavier but I think the extra horsepower is worth it for those that need or want it.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about what many will see as an Apple MacBook Air clone is the pricing. The 12.5" laptop will MSRP for RMB 3499 while that 13.3" notebook will cost RMB 4999. That translates to approximately $525 and $750 USD respectively which is a great value for the specifications and size and seemingly will give Apple a run for its money in China. That's the bad news: Xiaomi does not appear to be bringing these slick looking notebooks to the US anytime soon which is unfortunate.
Also read:
The Huawei MateBook Review: A Denial-of-Surface Attack
LeEco To Buy US TV Manufacturer Vizio For $2 Billion This Year
Subject: General Tech | July 28, 2016 - 03:52 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: vizio, LeEco, China, business
Chinese technology company LeEco (SZSE: 300104) will purchase US television manufacture Vizio (NASDAQ: VZIO (not trading)) in a deal worth $2 Billion USD set to close in the fourth quarter of this year.
LeEco plans to acquire Vizio's hardware and software divisions and run the US company as a wholly owned subsidiary while spinning off Vizio's Inscape television viewership data arm as a privately held company. With approximately 400 employees, yearly revenue in the billions ($3.1 billion in 2014), and at least 20% of the US television market, the acquisition would allow LeEco to enter the US market in a big way. Vizio is best known in the US for its televisions where it is a respected brand, but the company also produces ultrabooks, tablets, smartphones, and sound bars. It is a private US-based company with manufacturing in Mexico and China.
Founded in 2004, LeEco is involved in a number of technology related fields across China, India, and soon the US. The Vizio brand (and partnerships such as the one with Walmart to carry its TVs) alone will be instrumental in LeEco's plans to break into the US market which has been resistant to Chinese brands making inroads (Lenovo apparently being the exception, but even Lenovo was not able to get its smartphones into the US market in a big way). The company of 5000+ employees is involved in Internet TV, video production and distribution, e-commerce, smartphones, tablets, gadgets, home automation, and even (soon) driverless cars.The company had 2014 revenue of $1.6 billion.
It is interesting to see all of the buy outs of US tech companies by overseas companies. To be clear, I don't necessarily think that these deals are a bad thing or being done with malicious intentions, but they do piques my curiosity. In this case it could be a good partnership that would allow both companies to benefit with LeEco getting a strong US brand and the recognition and market trust that entails and Vizio getting a much larger staffed company with experience in Chinese markets where it could help Vizio push its smart TV platform and ultrabooks and phone aspects further. Here's hoping that a LeEco owned Vizio grows and maintains its quality and price points.
What do you think about LeEco buying out Vizio? What will the future hold for the US TV maker?
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Skip to comments.Polygamist Family Speaks About Sex: 'We're Not Perverted or Twisted'
Posted on 03/04/2014 4:15:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Brady Williams and his five wives are the stars of a new reality series on TLC. The six Williams family members decided to go public with their story in order to dispel myths about polygamy, including about sexual relations between Brady and his wives.
"All of America is having sex," Brady told HuffPost Live. "It's no big deal to answer [questions]. We're not perverted, we're not twisted. We're normal we're just normal times five."
However, Dean Gregory Alan Thornbury of the school of theology at Union University in Tennessee has been quick to point out that polygamy, even within "Christian" families, makes void God's command for one man and one woman to "become one flesh," as it is written in the Bible. He notes that the nouns used in this command are singular for a reason, in reference to the Garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were brought together by God -- one man, one woman.
The Williams family is the second polygamist family to be featured on TLC. Kody Brown and his four wives have starred in their own series for four seasons. The Brown family, like the Williams, wanted to go public in order to dispel myths about polygamy and religion. In fact, the Williams family has the Brown family to thank for allowing them to safely live in Utah.
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The Brown family sued the state after being "forced" to leave for practicing polygamy. The Browns won the lawsuit and now other polygamists are able to practice their beliefs in the state of Utah without fear of persecution.
"It's a first step in the right direction toward the de-marginalization of polygamists," Brady told the Associated Press soon after the court decision came down. "Women are not a commodity and they shouldn't be treated as such. There needs to be complete symmetry within a marriage."
However, there are others who feel that the Utah ruling sets a dangerous precedent for the institution of monogamous marriage.
"Same-sex marriage advocates have told us that people ought to be able to 'marry who they love' but have also always downplayed the idea that this would lead to legalized polygamy, a practice that very often victimizes women and children," Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said in a statement after the ruling. "But if love and mutual consent become the definition of what the boundaries of marriage are, can we as a society any longer even define marriage coherently?"
The Williams family has 24 children and will be featured in the series, which returns on Sunday, March 9 at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.
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My guess is that the libertarians will be less aggressive in pushing for polygamy than they are on homosexual issues, but only because polygamy doesn't interest them as much as the gay agenda and drugs, or abortion.
They'll support it of course, but they just won't be as obsessed with it.
This is "more normal" than gay marriage is. If gay marriage is okay than anything goes.
Here it comes!
I have my doubts that it's about sex. I've never seen any of these "wives" that I'd consider pretty. And to me, if she's ugly, there is no sex.
Somebody is having sex. There are 24 kids.
If they are paying themselves for their 24 children and take no welfare, the gubmint should butt out. If they are moochers then they obviously cannot properly take care of their own, so put the kids up for adoption.
Uhh, yes you are!
"But if love and mutual consent become the definition of what the boundaries of marriage are, can we as a society any longer even define marriage coherently?"
Precisely. That is the end game. "Gay" marriage destroys the definition of marriage. It becomes a meaningless term, simply a way for people to step through bureaucratic hoops to get certain privileges from the state, having nothing to do with the structure or stability of society.
What a bunch of freaks.
But you want that same thing for all the other "moochers" who aren't in a polygamous relationship, too, right? Or are you aiming to single them out? Because there are tens and tens of millions of people who fit your definition who couldn't spell "polygamy" with a gun to their head, much less tell you what it means.
"If they are paying themselves for their 24 children and take no welfare, the gubmint should butt out."
Can that go for two guys or women that are "married" with some kids?
Help with the math here...
If a man and a woman are made one flesh that's 1+1=1.
He's Jehovah, I'm not going to correct his math homework.
Now, take that 1 and add 1 more to their "one flesh"... Should still be 1.
If the guy can afford to feed five wives and 26 children without my help via welfare...
Better that than some baby Daddy with 20+ kids, no responsibility for those kids, and a massive drain on the social services I personally feel we shouldn't have in the first place...
My only comment would be that I don't have a problem with it if that's what they want to do—AS LONG AS THEY DON'T ASK THE TAXPAYERS TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN WITH WELFARE PAYMENTS and the Dad (along the respective Mothers) FULLY supports the children.
You've never made love to a woman who isn't classically pretty? Wow! We sure haven't lived identical lives. LOL
See my #12.
..and the big, fat check from TLC didn't have anything to do with their decision.
See my #12.
Well, I don't think that anyone, in ANY "marital" situation, should have a child they can't take care of financially and emotionally. It's a plus if they can raise the child to be god fearing.
The guy is winning man. Banging 5 wives. Just like a Muzzie. Probably a few headaches along the way. Bottom line...who cares. How does what they're doing effect your life in any way?
I wonder if that's the case, though.
The Brown family, of "Sister Wives", has received food stamps and other forms of assistance. They filed for bankruptcy several times.
I'd rather have the check going to a committed family like that than say.... The Kardasians...
# 5 on the right seems to be a little chunky. As she adds weight, will she find herself getting less sex? None of them are babes.
In your eyes the guy might be winning, but the women are miserable. They're fools for getting into such a situation.
Myths? Apparently Rocky Rooster is no myth.
An angel told me it was okay.
Is it just me or do no. 2 and 4 look to have the classic look/features of fetal alcohol syndrome?
"Freakier" than two men using their exhaust ports as pseudo vaginas? Or a "tongue and groove" relationship?
Obviously they don't take The Bible seriously.
So, this is the story of a man named Brady who was stringing along five somewhat lovely wives ...
I was thinking that or inbreeding, haha... #1 has crazy eyes, and also #2 and #3 seem to be wearing the exact same top! That being said, if somebody held a gun to my head and said "choose," I'd have to go with #3... just sayin'...
The Torah includes specific regulations on the practice of polygamy, such as Exodus 21:10, "If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights." Deuteronomy 21:1517, says that a man must award the inheritance due to a first-born son to the son who was actually born first, even if he hates that son's mother and likes another wife more and Deuteronomy 17:17 states that the king shall not have too many wives.[3]
The first polygamist mentioned in the Bible is Lamech, whose two wives were Adah and Zillah (Genesis 4:19). Many important figures had more than one wife, such as Esau (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:6-9), Abraham (Genesis 16:3, Genesis 21:1-13, Genesis 25:1, Genesis 25:6), Moses (Exodus 2:21; Exodus 18:1-6, Numbers 12:1), Jacob (Genesis 29:15-28), Gideon (Judges 8:29-32), Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-8), David (1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 5:13-16) and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3).
Thats the other possibility. the compressed eye to mouth proportion is a giveaway.
Number 2, then number 1 for me.
I have a feeling that numbers 2 and 4 are sisters. Do you see it?
Yup, agreed. But there's still something wrong with them..other than the polygamy.
lol. Now I'm humming it, thanks...
No one of more note than Issac and Rebecca lived the singular sense of Genesis 2:24.
IMHO, this was the goal, though not met well for centuries.
ell, I can see having someone else to clean the toilet and do the laundry! But Mr Kitty is all mine and I wan't want to share him with someone else!!
Yep. Mr. GG2 is a one woman man and I'm it. :-)
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We're from France. :-)
The harsh truth is that gay people didn't destroy marriage, contraception among Christians did.
The acceptance of serial civil divorce and remarriage also played it's part. Folks became conditioned to think it's just another lousy state contract that can be broken and resumed between any parties the state allows. Not that the acceptance of bc within marriage didn't have a lot to do with it also.
The Anglican Church has much to answer for, IMHO.
Sure does sound like you are.
Yes. They're nuts.
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