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PHILADELPHIA - Mitt Romney's own Republican Party has made religion fair game, and Romney will be asked how his faith would affect his policies.
Few Americans voiced concerns about the Mormon faith when Romney's father ran for president 40 years ago, probably because the guy flamed out so quickly.
Mitt Romney is a serious contender in 2008, and he's running in an era when presidential candidates are virtually expected to parade their religiosity. This is particularly true in the Republican camp, where religion and politics are routinely intertwined.
So it's no surprise Romney is facing questions about his lifelong devotion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the breakaway theology that considers itself humankind's "one true church." He had hoped to stonewall this issue, insisting in a TV interview 18 months ago that "I'm never going to get into a discussion about my personal beliefs."
But today word is circulating that Romney will discuss his faith in an autumn speech, and seek to disarm the skeptics much the way John F. Kennedy in 1960 dampened fears that a Catholic president would take orders from Rome.
Romney is dealing with potential hostility on several fronts. Many Christian fundamentalists, particularly Southern Baptists, dismiss Mormonism as a cult (thereby imperiling Romney in the GOP primaries, particularly in pivotal South Carolina). Many secular voters are uncomfortable with the church's passion for proselytizing and its superior attitude. Pollsters say that at least 30 percent of voters won't back a Mormon.
Romney's biggest problem is that skeptics are simply weirded out. They cannot quite envision having a president who believes that a man named Joseph Smith dug up a book of golden plates, long buried in a hillside, with the help of an angel named Moroni in 1827; that these plates, written in Egyptian hieroglyphics, spelled out the precepts of the true Christian faith; that Smith translated these hieroglyphics by wearing decoder glasses and burying his head in a hat; that Jesus visited North America after the resurrection; that the Garden of Eden was really in Missouri.
But does all this mean Romney is too weird to lead America? The truth is, most religions look weird to outsiders. Perhaps it's no more appropriate to ask Romney whether he rationally believes the Garden of Eden was in Missouri than it would be to ask a Catholic candidate whether he rationally believes that the wafer he eats on Sunday is the actual body of Jesus, or to ask a Jewish candidate whether he rationally thinks that Moses parted the Red Sea.
Most Americans, rational in their professional lives, accept religious doctrine as a matter of private faith, or as metaphor.
Romney will undoubtedly try to "do a JFK" when he confronts these issues.
But Romney has a more difficult task. Whereas Kennedy mollified skeptics by declaring that "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute," Romney can ill afford to say that.
Conservative Christian voters, who wield great influence in Republican primaries, do not believe in "absolute" separation.
Romney would commit political suicide if he echoed JFK; nor would he want to. He has signaled repeatedly that religion belongs in the public square, and that the tenets of his faith have infused his conservative politics.
Those arguments might be enough to propel him through the primaries; the general election might be another story.
Some questions do seem appropriate.
First, the Mormon faith puts a high premium on "faith-promoting" information, sometimes at the expense of unpleasant facts. As a high-ranking Mormon leader said in a famous 1981 speech, "Some things that are true are not very useful."
Would Romney be able to assure swing voters that he would not merely perpetuate the faith-based thinking, and the rejection of empirical reality, that has trapped us in a ruinous war?
Second, since Mormons consider themselves stewards of "a quintessentially American faith" (Romney's words), and since Mormons believe Jesus will return and rule the world from U.S. territory, does this suggest that a President Romney might wave the flag a bit too fervently, at a time when we need to repair our relations around the world?
The Mormon faith is rooted heavily in what is commonly called "American exceptionalism," the belief that we are special and we know best. Would Romney govern accordingly, and, if so, would that be a help or a hindrance in the war on terror?
What matters, in other words, is not whether he really thinks Joseph Smith met an angel in 1827. The crucial issue is whether, or how, a devout Mormon would apply his faith on the job in 2009. His supporters have suggested that any such questions are symptoms of religious bigotry, but it is the Republican Party, over the past several decades, that has put religion front and center. Republicans have made Mitt Romney fair game.
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Energy and Global Warming News for December 18
NASA and Google team up to track GHG emissions by satellite; Is ocean acidification the 'evil twin' of human-caused climate change; Flat-earther Inhofe gets blown off by Denmark delegates
NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking
The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?
The answer is in space, experts say "" both outer space and cyberspace.
NASA, the wonder agency of the 1960s, and Google, the go-to company of the early 21st century, are trying to give the world the ability to monitor both the carbon dioxide pollution and the levels of forest destruction that contribute to global warming.
For NASA, this is both an opportunity and an embarrassment. NASA had a science satellite, Orbiting Carbon Observatory, that as a side benefit would be able to see where carbon dioxide was being spewed. But a February launch of the $280 million satellite failed, sending the satellite into the cold Antarctic waters.
Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change
Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global deal to cut greenhouse gases.
These foragers of the sanctuary's frigid waters, flipping in and out of sight of California's coastal kayakers, may not seem like obvious beneficiaries of a climate treaty crafted in the Danish capital. But reducing carbon emissions worldwide also would help mend a lesser-known environmental problem: ocean acidification.
"We're having a change in water chemistry, so 20 years from now the system we're looking at could be affected dramatically but we're not really sure how. So we see a train wreck coming," said Andrew DeVogelaere, the sanctuary's research director, while out kayaking this fall with a reporter in the cold waters.
Nothing in the treaty negotiations specifically addresses the effects of carbon absorption in the oceans on marine life, which studies show is damaging key creatures' hard shells or skeletons.
For more, see "The Sounds of Science: Lubchenco gives a demonstration of the science of ocean acidification").
Air Force agrees to solar power project near base in Nevada
A collision between the Air Force and a solar power company has been averted.
The Air Force has dropped its objections to a $750 million solar power project near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada after the company agreed to move the project about a mile and a half from its proposed location.
Nellis commanders had asserted earlier that a concentrated solar power project — featuring a vast field of mirrors that would direct sunlight to a 600-foot "power tower" and store the heat in a molten-salt facility — might interfere with training and radar. The company, SolarReserve, which had already moved the location once, pressed for permission to build on two square miles near the base in the Nevada desert, where the sun shines brightly virtually all year.
Ahmadinejad: Green Proponent or Greenwashing Politician?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells Copenhagen that Iran, a fossil fuel giant, wants to dive into renewable energy and stitch cooperative links with other developing nations to develop non-fossil fuel energy.
He wants solar, wind and other renewable energy to become part of the energy fabric in the Persian nation.
A Greenpeace bystander listening to his speech sniffed that it was nothing more than "greenwashing," the disparaging idea "" usually aimed at U.S. and European energy companies "" of one basically peddling environmentally friendly technology simply for good PR.
Senate bill would extend Treasury grant program (sub's required)
Two Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday that would extend a program allowing qualified renewable energy projects to exchange tax credits for Treasury Department grants.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Jeff Merkley of Oregon are proposing the extension of grants of up to 30 percent of project costs for wind, solar, biomass and some other types of projects until 2012 and a program expansion to include public electric utilities. The recession rendered traditional tax credits useless because large banks and other investors had no profits and thus no need for tax credits.
The grant program has been hailed by the wind and solar industry for reigniting project construction (Greenwire, Oct. 14).
Mich. lawmakers approve $220M for makers of next-gen vehicles
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The Michigan Legislature has approved $220 million in tax credits for businesses developing battery packs, aimed at helping companies such as Ford, General Motors and Dow Chemical to create components used in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Republican state Sen. Jason Allen said the credits would create more than 2,000 jobs in Michigan while positioning the state to gain from the expected rise in demand for energy-efficient vehicles.
"The next generation of battery vehicles will be assembled in Michigan," he said.
In exchange for the tax breaks, Ford agreed to move production of battery packs to southeastern Michigan from a plant in Mexico (Karen Bouffard, Detroit News, Dec. 18). — GN
Jim Inhofe gets cool reception in Denmark
Sen. Jim Inhofe flew across the Atlantic and "" on little sleep "" braved the snow, the cold and the dark to deliver his skeptical message at the international climate conference.
What he found when he got here: a few aides and a single reporter.
"I think he's going to be a little disappointed," one of his aides remarked.
Inhofe was at least impatient.
The ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hoped to spread two messages in Copenhagen: Global warming is a hoax, and there's no way the Senate is going to pass a cap-and-trade bill.
But it was early morning when he arrived at the Bella Center, and the halls were still half-deserted. He walked quickly, brushing off an aide who suggested that he slow down and take a breath.
"I don't want to breathe "" I want to get something done," he said.
NATIONAL LABS: Sandia portfolio grows with water power projects (sub's required)
Sandia National Laboratories will expand its renewable energy research capabilities in the next three years as part of a collaborative effort on water power.
Sandia — best known for its work on nuclear weapons — is the lead research group for studies of marine and hydrokinetic energy and for environmental assessments and mitigation methods for those technologies.
The lab said today that the water research awards will help create the Wind and Water Power Technologies Group.
"Water power technologies contribute to the diversification of our nation's energy mix" by generating energy close to population centers, said Jose Zayas, the wind and water group's manager. "Water power technologies could leverage an indigenous resource in parts of the country where other technologies may not be viable."
FACTBOX: Obama's achievements on climate change
Shortly after winning the November 2008 election, he reiterated that promise and cheered the world with signs the United States would negotiate seriously on an international pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
So what has Obama achieved since taking office in January? A law to cut U.S. emissions has not passed, but other initiatives to tackle climate change are in place.
Here is a list of some of the things the Obama administration has and hasn't achieved:
Not achieved: a law. Obama's wish to push climate legislation through Congress by the end of this year and in time for the Copenhagen climate talks was stymied by the long debate over healthcare reform. Lawmakers are now focusing on 2010 for the climate and energy legislation, which has passed the House of Representatives but must still clear the Senate.
The White House has highlighted the following accomplishments since Obama's inauguration.
– $80 billion of investment in "clean" energy through the $787 billion stimulus package
– new fuel economy standards for cars and trucks
– more stringent energy efficiency standards for appliances such as microwaves and light bulbs
– an emissions inventory rule in which the United States will catalog greenhouse gas emissions from large emission sources
– relaunching the Major Economies Forum, or MEF, to facilitate discussion on climate change between developing and developed nations and promote clean energy
– securing an agreement for all G20 countries to phase out their fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term
– bilateral partnerships on energy and climate with China, India, Mexico and Canada
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney)
14 Responses to Energy and Global Warming News for December 18
RE: Ocean Acidification. How could this not have been a rallying point for the past few years? The science is MUCH simpler than global warming, and points to the same policy actions. Its a no brainer to promote this.
From NRDC.
Things would have been much easier if the OCO(Orbiting Carbon Observatory) made it to orbit in February of this year.
All is not lost…
There is some good data coming from the AIRS(Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) satellite. The AIRS program is providing information on GHGs which is beyond the satellite's original purpose.
From the AGU 2009 and posted on Nature.com website by Harvey Leifert:
"On Tuesday, AGU attendees heard about an instrument aboard a NASA satellite that has opened a new window into climate change observations, well beyond its original purpose. In NASA's inspired acronymal lexicon, the instrument is called AIRS, for Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, and it orbits the Earth aboard the Aqua satellite. AIRS was designed to improve weather forecasting, and it has done that, scientists say, but it has also done much more, monitoring greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
In a well-attended press conference prior to their formal session, researchers told reporters that AIRS, containing no moving parts, has proved remarkably robust, measuring carbon dioxide, ozone, water vapor, and carbon monoxide in the mid-troposphere, five to 12 km above Earth's surface, with far greater precision than anticipated prior to launch in 2002.
In particular, said Moustafa Chahine of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "AIRS provides the highest accuracy and yield of any global carbon dioxide data set available to the scientific community." Seven years of these data were made available to researchers worldwide in conjunction with the AGU meeting. NASA said it was the first ever release of daily CO2 data based solely on observations.
AIRS researchers have learned over the past seven years that CO2 does not mix well in the troposphere, but is what Chahine called "lumpy," concentrated more in some places than in others, driven by the jet stream. AIRS has tracked the dispersion of CO2 from Indonesian forest fires, which accounts for a staggering 20% of global anthropogenic CO2. Where does it go? Along with the northern hemisphere's other CO2 emissions, much of it winds up over the southern hemisphere, according to AIRS measurements, as reported here.
AIRS tracks carbon monoxide, also. The Station fire, which devastated over 40,000 hectares of forest and destroyed scores of homes north of Los Angeles a few months ago, produced strong concentrations of CO over the south central US and over the Great Lakes. Globally, though, CO was most concentrated over central Africa and the Indian Ocean, reported JPL's Tom Pagano.
Another member of the AIRS team, Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University, reported on the unique view the instrument is providing of water vapor distribution in the atmosphere, and in particular the feedback of water vapor that he says amplifies warming due to CO2. He warned that warming of a few degrees Celsius is "essentially guaranteed" over the next century, unless there exists a "presently unknown offsetting feedback (e.g., clouds)."
Dessler took issue with a statement, attributed to Lowell Wood, in the recently published book, Superfreakonomics, that current climate models "do not know how to handle water vapor and various types of clouds….I hope we'll have good numbers on water vapor by 2020 or thereabouts." Dessler told reporters that AIRS, using the infrared spectrum, sees right through clouds and is providing accurate water vapor data today. Current models do a good job of simulating the water vapor feedback effect, he said.
As with so many sessions here, it was encouraging to know that AIRS scientists are getting so much good data, but somewhat depressing to learn the messages sent down from their instrument."
I'm not sure if Obamma should get any credit for it, but I noticed that immediately after his recent visit to China, China announced that they would spend an additional $450 billion subsidizing renewable energy over the next 5 years.
Joe, I know that you like to allow only civil discussion here. I will try. But we need to be clear that Inhofe more than just a hyperactive crank.
Senator Inhofe continues to inflict real damage to the future of all humans on the planet. He is beyond delusional, and now secures his place in history as a villain (and such a difficult and limited history that we may be able to secure). The tragedy is that we support his right to express his dangerous ignorance and poor judgment. He is far beyond partisanship – this is not merely a Joe McCarthy-like fear of communism, or anti-tax, or favoring one religion or another; he has worked to prevent the rescue response, he has stopped the fire brigade, and he poisons knowledge itself. I cannot think of any acts more treasonous, anti-civilization and directly harming millions, billions of people. He is a reminder that our imperfect government allows an anti-science representative a seat of power that works to harm us all. I choke on the political correctness that tolerates his actions.
And if you are going to report on his actions, then I think we should be open about it. Thanks for reporting on him, and for allowing my words.
Bah, 'evil twin to global warming' that might imply that global warming is the 'good twin'.
I believe that Admadineyad is likely not a "greenwasher" because he had tried for years to reduce Iran's Carbon footprint,SUBSTITUTING FOSSIL FUEL POWER WITH WIND AND NUCLEAR POWER.
He knows that Tehran is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and specially knows that Iran's Oil resesrves are shrinking rapidly(Iran oil production had, as the US, peaked a long ago).
Then the decision of the government is to diversificate the power sources, and the chosen ones were WIND and NUCLEAR.
It's really a shame that the western countries are trying to stop Iran nuclear program. There are UN inspectors that are already controlling the Uranium enrichment facilities, and there is no sign of any process that could produce the 90% enriched U-235 needed for a nuclear bomb.
So fearing a possible nuclear attack from Iran is something very stupid.
Instead the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is really an hypocrite greenwasher.
He had attacked the Capitalist System, and called for a Socialist Revolution, quoting Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg and even Jesus Christ.
What he doesn't mention is that his regime depends on the exportation of Oil to the US to sustain Venezuela economy. If he really want to fight Global Warming, he should stop immediately selling Venezuelan Oil to the US (and that will never happen, because his regime depends on the money received from the US by Oil exports).
Right Bob,
We prefer to call it "the OTHER carbon problem".
Amazon Losing "Flying Rivers," Ability to Curb Warming
National Geographic, December 18 – The Amazon's "flying rivers" – humid air currents that deliver water to the vast rain forest – may be ebbing, which could have dire consequences for the region's ability to help curb global warming, an expert said this week at the Copenhagen climate conference.
Food Security Bangladesh in Great Peril from Climate Change
IPS, December 18 – Unless the world comes to its aid, Bangladesh says the vulnerability of its agriculture sector to climate change could spell severe consequences for its millions of people, who stand to lose their main source of livelihood.
Also see: 'Climate change a "ticking time bomb" for food: UN expert'.
New York plugs in first electric car solar charging station
BusinessGreen, December 18 – Off grid charging station to allow New York firm to recharge electric car using solar power.
Computer simulation strengthens link between climate change and release of subsea methane
PhysOrg.com, December 17 – A first-of-its-kind computer simulation that mirrors real-world observations of methane bubbling up from a seabed in the Arctic Ocean provides further evidence that warming oceans may unleash vast quantities of methane trapped in hydrate deposits buried beneath the seafloor.
My interpretation would be that since global warming is obviously already evil, the evil twin ocean acidification is malevolent and diabolical. And you are right, Christopher Johnson, it should be at the top of the discussion. It's easier to understand, the effects are already demonstrable, and enough people rely on life in the sea for food and employment that being informed of the problem would ring very loud alarm bills.
That is my favorite video. Almost lost in the narration is the fact that most of the oxygen we breathe comes from life in the ocean. When the food chain collapses, and we have killed all the trees on the land with our toxic fuel emissions, what are we to breathe?
Good job, Sean, thanks.
Inhofe should have come at night, when vodka and beer are flowing, so he could schmooze with fellow oil criminals from Russia and malevolent coal exporters from Australia.
Delegates to Copenhagen danced around the coal power plant issue. If we're serious about getting to even 2C, we need to not only stop building coal plants, but accelerate retirement of existing ones. This will mostly anger banks, who are stuck with long term coal plant loans. We can solve this problem by telling them that they deserve to go busted due to their bad judgment, and that more responsible competitors will grab their business. Leaders who speak in those terms should be the only ones who get elected.
Money for the temporary utility bill increases would come from additional taxes on oil and wood products.
Governments that object will be publicly humiliated for being corrupt tools of dirty and extractive industries.
Problem solved.
Richard Pauli (#4) says: "I cannot think of any acts more treasonous, anti-civilization and directly harming millions, billions of people [than Sen. Inhofe's advocacy of climate science denialism]. He is a reminder that our imperfect government allows an anti-science representative a seat of power that works to harm us all. I choke on the political correctness that tolerates his actions."
I agree wholeheartedly with RP's description of Sen. Inhofe. His actions (and that of his fellow climate science deniers in influential government positions) can be described simultaneously as homicide, suicide, genocide, and treason.
The democratic controls that should prevent people like Inhofe from gaining a government seat have failed. The press, now owned and controlled by large corporations, gives climate science deniers a legitimacy they do not deserve. While deniers should have the freedom to express themselves, a truly free press would also ignore or ridicule deniers in media reporting. Without a truly free press, the people are misinformed. The falsely "balanced" nature of U.S. media reporting raises false doubts and confuses the real science in people's minds.
Under these conditions, it is easy for climate science denialism to stall the actions that will save life as we know it.
Our contemporary civilization developed in CO2 concentrations of 180-300 ppm, thriving at 275 ppm for the last several thousand years. Common sense suggests 275 ppm should be the target and 300 ppm should be the upper limit. The official scientific recommendation is already compromised to 350 ppm. "Politically expedient" recommendations are further compromised to 450 ppm. By the nature of the political process, we can only expect further compromises from here, and that's before we even take into account the inadequate time frame for action.
Pauli and Wonhyo,
I agree that Inhofe is evil, but he's pretty far down the food chain. He's really just a useful idiot who acts as a foil for ignorant sectors of the public, and a lighting rod for people who understand climate science. His reward is seven figure "campaign contributions".
The real crimes, which are far more horrifying, are being committed every day by the oil, coal, and timber companies, and the banks who support them. They are working to protect and expand their markets, and know perfectly well that they are dooming us. Money in hand means more to them. I've got a piece coming out in a week at buffalobeast.com that explores this.
I found your website about a month ago and check it several times a day. It is by far one of the funniest sites that I have come across. I just wanted to say thank you for the laughs and keep up the great work!

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3.30 – 4-45 Board games/drawing etc. – (ages 4-7) with Georgia
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3.30 – 4.50pm – Film Club with Caroline
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Ian Lucas is a politician with the Labour party. He is the Member of Parliament for Wrexham.
Virgin Media announces plans for ultra-fast broadband to come to 24,000 homes in the town
Home Office says Ellice Way site is set to close as one of 16 set for the axe
Members of the public applauded as the proposal to build 365 homes was rejected
Former Undertones frontman, who opened The Vic back in 2006, is 'disappointed' its future could be under threat as part of council budget cuts
Ian Lucas wants to sit down with George Osbourne to stress importance of the site which employs nearly 400 staff
Highways Agency chiefs confirm lane closure roadworks which sparked massive tailbacks will be in place until March 20
Council officers are recommending the approval of the £250m prison in what would be the final hurdle
Education bosses deny amalgamation 'agenda' but believe Glyndwr would be better off 'as part of a larger structure'
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has raised concerns over lack of certainty on Halton Curves line upgrade announced by earlier this month
The UK Government has signalled that the super-prison will not be named based on where it is located
The plans can help give the region's economy a shot in the arm and keep skills in the country
David Cameron motion back the use of force is defeated by 285 votes to 272
A FORMER alcoholic told how he battled through his 15 year addiction to turn his life round.
MUSICIANS are being urged to sign up for a rock competition with a difference.
SHADOW Minister for the Middle East and Africa Ian Lucas MP has begun a week in the Democratic Republic of Congo as an election observer today.
PRESSURE was mounting yesterday to scrap proposals which would see a university swallowed up by others.
THE ROLE played by North Wales in the Battle of Britain came under the spotlight yesterday on the struggle's 70th anniversary was celebrated.
HOME improvement activity can play a key role in helping to revitalise the North Wales economy, says a leading builders' merchant.
NORTH East Wales Institute in Wrexham is to become a full university.
POLICE chief Richard Brunstrom and deputy Clive Wolfendale yesterday made a grovelling public apology to the MP they derided in a TV documentary.
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Mars Curiosity Rover Beams Back First Nighttime, Ultraviolet Photos
The Mars Curiosity Rover has beamed back its first nighttime pictures. It sent one taken while using its white LED lights and another using its ultraviolet LED lights.
It's a milestone and the pictures are pretty cool. But they don't tell us much of anything yet.
"The purpose of acquiring observations under ultraviolet illumination was to look for fluorescent minerals," the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Principal Investigator Ken Edgett said in a statement Thursday. "These data just arrived this morning. The science team is still assessing the observations. If something looked green, yellow, orange or red under the ultraviolet illumination, that'd be a more clear-cut indicator of fluorescence."
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Gears of War 2 Labor Day XP Event Offers 25x XP
Written Tuesday, August 24, 2010 By Richard WalkerView author's profile
Epic's Rod Fergusson (aka GearsViking) has been tweeting about the upcoming Labor Day Gears of War 2 XP event again via his Twitter page, and it looks like the final figure has arrived at 25x XP, meaning that 25,000 people now 'like' Gears of War on Facebook.
Fergusson tweeted the following earlier this week: "Labor Day Event update - congrats everyone for taking it to 25x XP! Bring on the Veteran Gears!"
Labor Day falls on Monday 6th September apparently, so that would make Labor Day weekend the 4th and 5th, but the event is slated to run from September 3rd until September 7th, giving you plenty of time to grind your way towards that hallowed Veteran Gear status.
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Investigators appealed to the public for help in the case, which they're handling as a homicide.
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Puerto Aventuras Things to Do Tips by kentishgirl
Puerto Aventuras Things to Do: 13 reviews and 26 photos
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Spa Palace Gardens
The gardens of the hotel complex are beautiful and well kept......always clean and tidy.
They were fantastic for some shade and walking when you tired of the pool or beach or bar!!!
Michael chilling at the beach!
The Aventura Spa Palace isnt exactly set on a beach, instead they have lagoon areas, which are brilliant for snorkelling, swimming and generally chilling out.
Yes, they are man made, but the sand is white and the waters are clear and fairly shallow.
People would snorkel, swim and kayak.
In the Pool!
The hotel is kind of split into two, the north lobby and the south lobby areas. Both have restaurants, bars and pool areas.
The pool areas are clean, with plenty of sunbeds, swim up bars and snack areas.
The Dorsal tow - fab pic !!
This truly was one of the most memorable experiences of my whole life.
You can partake in this any many places in Mexico - including Xel Ha the eco - logical park.
We decided that we would prefer in a more natural environment, and so swam in the harbour at Puerto Aventuras
There are a variety of different options that you can do, from just stroking the dolphin, to a full swim.
The animals are not harmed in ANY way, and you must watch a safety video beforehand - this includes safety for yourself and the dolphins.
It is really expensive if you go the whole hog - Full programme with dolphins including foot push and dorsal tow, then playing games with them, buy the photographs and video, worked out in the region of approx ?400stg!!
(for 2 adults)
It was worth every penny and I would certainly do it again.
Address: Puerto Aventuras Harbour
Directions: Right in the centre of the resort
Michael snorkelling at the lagoon
We enjoyed this within the grounds of our hotel, The Aventura Spa Palace has lagoons with man made beaches - which is far better than it actually sounds!
After initially nearly choking ourselves with the snorkelling equipment, we enjoyed snorkelling in the lagoons - we saw loads of amazing fish - some big, some small, in a variety of bright colours.
This is offered on various excursions in the area, but we did it at our hotel because it was all inclusive - so did not cost us any extra!
Spa Huts
Well staying in a "Spa" Resort, you just had to take advantage of some of the treatments on offer! They had a huge long list of all the different treatments that they did, this was not included in the all inclusive cost, so you did have to pay extra for it - but how relaxing!
They ranged from Marine Scrubs, Back Massage, Manicure etc etc....
If you were lucky, your treatment would be in one of these small air conditioned huts out on the lagoon.............Otherwise you were in a Spa area underneath the lobby (which was however very nice!)
The Indoor pool at Spa Palace
The Aventura Spa Palace resort not only has outdoor pools but an indoor one as well.
Very handy if you get sunstroke like me!!
The pool has sunbeds around it, a bar, 2 jacuzzis (1boiling 1 freezing) and underwater music!
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Doctors Encouraged by Giffords's Response After Shooting
Suspect in Shooting Spree Is Charged With Murder; Second Possible Suspect Is Cleared
TUCSON, Ariz.—Doctors said Sunday they were encouraged by the nature of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's injuries and her response to brain surgery performed after a man shot her at point-blank range at a political function Saturday.
Ms. Giffords, 40 years old, who was conscious when she arrived at University of Arizona Medical Center, was able to move two fingers when asked by doctors, a tell-tale sign of high-level brain function, said Dr. Peter Rhee, head of the hospital's trauma center. She remains in critical condition.
The suspected gunman, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, allegedly shot Ms. Giffords and 19 others outside a Tucson Safeway supermarket where she was meeting with constituents. Six of the victims died.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Loughner was charged with five federal counts—two for murder and three for attempted murder. He is in federal custody in Tucson.
"This is an attack on our institutions and our way of life," Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller said Sunday at a news briefing held at the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Tucson.
Authorities released a photograph and a description in the early hours Sunday of a man "possibly associated" with Mr. Loughner in the shooting of Ms. Giffords. The sheriff's department said it was looking for a man between 40 and 50 years old wearing jeans and a dark blue jacket. But later on Sunday the authorities said they had identified the man as a cab driver who had brought Mr. Loughner to the scene, but had no involvement in the shooting.
Ms. Giffords was taken to the operating room 38 minutes after arriving at the hospital, and the intervention lasted about three hours, Dr. Rhee said. The doctors removed bone fragments and wounded brain tissue, as well as the left part of the skull, to minimize swelling.
The bullet that tore through her brain from the back of her head damaged only the left hemisphere; that type of wound is less critical than if the bullet had damaged both hemispheres, said Dr. Michael Lemole, UMC Chief of Neurosurgery.
"We are all very happy at this stage," Dr. Rhee said, although he cautioned that the consequences of brain swelling could be potentially dangerous. Dr. Rhee said it wasn't uncommon to see people achieve "tremendous types of recovery" from similar wounds after a rehabilitation process. That process could last "weeks or months," he said.
The other four patients who suffered critical wounds were moved out of intensive care and are recovering "relatively well," Dr. Rhee said.
The shooting occurred Saturday morning at a shopping center called La Toscana Village during a small "Congress on Your Corner" event that the lawmaker was holding in her district.
Among those killed at the scene was Tucson's chief federal judge, John Roll, a friend of the lawmaker who had dropped by the event to say hello. Judge Roll had ruled on a number of heated immigration cases in the southern part of Arizona, which includes Ms. Giffords's district.
A nine-year-old girl, Christina Taylor Green, was among the dead. She died of her wounds at the hospital. Born on Sept. 11, 2001, Christina had recently been elected to her school's student council and had come to the event with a neighbor to meet the congresswoman, according to local news reports.
The others who died were identified by the sheriff's office as Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; Phyllis Schneck, 79; and Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, a staff aide to the congresswoman.
Law enforcement officials said Sunday that the shooting was captured on a surveillance video that showed Judge Roll chatting with an aide to Ms. Giffords moments before the violence erupted.
After the shooting, investigators searched a safe connected to Mr. Loughner, and found a letter in which Ms. Giffords's office thanked him for attending a similar event in 2007.
Much remains unknown about what may have motivated Mr. Loughner. But the initial evidence, including the constituent letter, has led law enforcement officials to think that the suspect had been thinking about the congresswoman for years, according to people familiar with the case. Investigators also found paper on which the suspect apparently wrote the word "assassination" and "I planned ahead." The meaning or significance of that writing isn't clear.
Law enforcement authorities said Mr. Loughner used a Glock 9-mm pistol that he had purchased Nov. 30 from a local Sportsman's Warehouse. A manager at the store declined to comment on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses at the Saturday shooting said that a couple dozen people had assembled in a line at around 10 a.m. to talk to the congresswoman when the gunman arrived. He cut in front of the line and shot her point-blank in the head with a semi-automatic pistol.
The gunman then sprayed the crowd with shots in rapid succession. The sheriff's office said the pistol had an extended magazine, which allowed him to take more than 30 shots at the crowd, which was hemmed in by a table and concrete pillars.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said that the shooter was stopped when a woman on the scene, who was herself injured, grabbed a fresh magazine of bullets from his hand when he was trying to reload. Mr. Loughner allegedly was able to fire 31 shots from the first magazine, according to the sheriff.
After the injured woman, who wasn't identified by authorities, grabbed the second magazine, the suspect was able to load a third magazine with 31 additional rounds. The gun then malfunctioned and at that point two other male bystanders were able to subdue Mr. Loughner and take control of his weapon, according to authorities.
Steven Rayle, a Tucson area primary care physician and a former ER doctor, had come to the mall with a friend to meet Congresswoman Giffords. He was only moments from meeting her when the shooting began.
"I looked up and saw someone firing at Ms. Giffords," Mr. Rayle said. "Young guy. He looked determined and just kept firing."
As the shots continued, Mr. Rayle said he sought cover behind one of the concrete pillars. "I laid on the ground and pretended to be shot and dead," he said.
Moments later, Mr. Rayle saw that the shooter had been tackled to the ground. He said he looked over to see Ms. Giffords leaning against a wall, and a staffer had placed an arm around her.
"Her face was bloody, but she was moving -- she was conscious, moving her fingers. So that was an encouraging sign."
Bob Feinman, a local trade consultant, arrived on the scene moments after the shooting. "People are laying there in pools of blood, people hysterically crying, saying, 'Gabby Giffords got shot! Gabby Giffords got shot!'" he said.
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"It wasn't chaos, because it was a very small group -- and most of the people were shot," Mr. Rayle said. "There were some mortally injured people that obviously were dead immediately."
Eyewitnesses said it took more than 10 minutes for the first ambulances arrive. Five people died on the scene.
The U.S. Army said in a statement that Mr. Loughner had tried to join the Army but was 'rejected for service. In accordance with the Privacy Act, we will not discuss why he was rejected."
Sheriff Dupnik told reporters Saturday that Mr. Loughner had had run-ins recently with local police, but didn't elaborate. "He was a subject of some police interest in the recent past," he said.
Pima Country College in Tucson said that Mr. Loughner had been a student there from 2005 until September, when he was suspended for "violating the Student Code of Conduct." In a statement, the college said that police at the college had had "five contacts" with Mr. Loughner last year "for classroom and library disruptions."
Mr. Loughner was then suspended after the college police found an objectionable video he made online. The college then informed Mr. Loughner and his parents that he would be allowed to return only if obtained a "mental health clearance indicating, in the opinion of a mental health professional, his presence at the college does not present a danger to himself or others."
In his press briefing Saturday, Mr. Dupnik, a Democrat, repeatedly lashed into political extremism and said that Arizona had become "the Mecca of prejudice and bigotry." He said Ms. Giffords was the explicit target of the attack.
"There's reason to believe that this individual might have a mental issue, and I think that people who are unbalanced might be especially susceptible to vitriol," the sheriff said of Mr. Loughner.
Ms. Giffords, a Democrat, was first elected to Congress in 2006 after serving several years in the Arizona state House and Senate. She married the space shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly in 2007.
The shooting unleashed numerous statements of sorrow and outrage from leaders and lawmakers in Washington. House Speaker John Boehner ordered the flag at the Capitol to be flown at half-mast. All voting in the House will postponed for the week, including a key vote to overturn Mr. Obama's health-care overhaul.
The shooting stirred debate about the country's political tone.
"We are in a dark place in this country right now, and the atmospheric condition is toxic," said Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, on NBC's Meet the Press.
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, speaking on CNN, disputed that the shooter had any ties to either the right or the left. "What we know about this individual is that he read Karl Marx; he read Hitler," he said. "Most of the incivility doesn't come from people who are elected to public office. It comes from other people."
Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona advised against a "rush to speculate," saying "we really don't know what motivated this young person, except to know he was very mentally unstable."
Ms. Giffords was recruited to run for Congress in 2006 by Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff who was at the time head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Mr. Emanuel noted that she was shot while "doing the Congress on your corner" kind of event that he pioneered in his home district in Chicago and that he encouraged new Democratic lawmakers to do regularly when back home.
The shooting was not the first time the congresswoman has had brushes with violence. Following the health care overhaul vote this year, her district office was vandalized.
"The rhetoric has gotten incredibly heated," she told MSNBC in March. "Not just the calls, the emails, the slurs. Things have really gotten spun up."
She also specifically called out a "targets" website created by Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for the 2010 midterm elections that featured cross hairs over her district as well as others. Republicans campaigned heavily against Ms. Giffords, a moderate Democrat in a Republican-leaning district, last year.
In a posting on her Facebook page Saturday, Ms. Palin expressed her "sincere condolences" to the families of those killed or injured in the shooting and said she was praying "for peace and justice."
Ms. Giffords earned a reputation as a strong fund-raiser and campaigner who was deeply engaged in Arizona's bitter immigration debate.
A member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, she won a tough re-election battle last fall against a Republican, Jesse Kelly, who was championed by many tea-party groups. She won the race by fewer than 4,000 votes.
The 8th District shares a 100-mile-long border with Mexico.
Ms. Giffords's district is overall politically moderate, represented for years by an openly gay, moderate Republican, Jim Kolbe, then by Ms. Giffords. But the GOP in southeastern Arizona is deeply divided. A moderate Republican hand-picked by Mr. Kolbe to succeed him after he retired in 2006 was beaten badly by Randy Graf, a staunch conservative who ran a strong, anti-immigration platform. He was in turn beaten badly by Ms. Giffords.
The pattern repeated itself in 2010. While Arizona Democrats were swamped in November, Ms. Giffords survived in large part because Republican primary voters picked the most conservative candidate to challenge her.
The district includes part of Tucson, but also large stretches of ranch lands stretching to the Mexico border, where anti-illegal-immigration sentiment runs strong. During the run-up to the November election, the other Tucson representative, liberal Democrat Raul Grijalva, had his office vandalized.
—Peter Sanders, Jason Gay and Darren Everson contributed to this article.
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Corrections & Amplifications:
Dorothy Morris, 76, has been identified as one of the victims of the shooting. Because of erroneous information provided by law enforcement, an earlier version of this story mistakenly identified her as Dorothy Murray.


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When we first looked at a vacation in Argentina, my plan was to rent a car and then drive to a few locations like we did in Portugal and England. However, after looking at the size of the country and also finding out that rental cars are not a good idea (expensive, no unlimited mileage and dangerous roads/driving habits) a change of plans was called for. As the Loney Planet guide book says, often a tour booked from outside the country is cheaper than just the airflights alone. Consequently, I got on the internet and, through Ripio Turismo, was able to book two separate internal package deals for US$500 per person per tour. This included the 1.5 hour jet flights from/to Buenos Aires, airport transfers, 4 nights accommodations with breakfast and two day-trip tours at each location. It ended up working out very well !
By the time we reached Mendoza, at the foot of the Andes mountains, we had been in Argentina for just over a week. We had done the big-city thing in Buenos Aires and both sides of the world-famous Iguazu Falls. However, I would have to say that this was the favourite part of our 2-week trip. The city of Mendoza itself is fantastic but the day-trip tour that we took into the Andes Mountains was really special.
The drive up the rugged river valleys leading to the mountain top border-crossing into Chile, the amazing yellow rocks at the Puente del Inca spa, the sight of the highest mountain outside of Asia, standing on top of the Andes, the fantastic weather and the great mini-bus passengers and guides all made this a special part of our trip!
The photo shows me bracing against the very strong back-winds at 12,500 ft (3,800 m) elevation on the continental divide between Argentina and Chile.
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Glenn, gorgeous page with outstanding photos of the Provincia de Mendoza. I must admit that I haven't been to South America, but Argentinia would be one of the countries I am most interested in.
I just realized that I have viewed this page before but I agree Argentina is a beautiful country.
Wonderful inspiration here for a future trip - and very helpful tips! The natural bridge and sulphur spa is on the main pg today - fascinating place!Thanks and hope youre having a good weekend!
A place reachable only by car with very few & rustic hotels. But the experience of that very hot vulcanic, and almost boiling water in your skin is somehting certainly unique. Dont�miss to bath naked during snowy winter & temperatures r below 0�C.
This looks similar in effect to the petrified waterfalls of Hierves el Agua in Mexico. Everywhere, there's that golden yellow sulphurus colour (and many others too). An amazing place. I felt like I'd landed on Mars. Thanks for shairing the photo.
Glenn, amazing stuff from Cristor Redentor to Natural stone bride, spa, rock slides, ruins, and mountains. Some trip, indeed.
Only thre weeks now until we head off for SA. Reading your pages has been a great prep. Thanks for all the tips and tales. leyle
"Doing my weekly `Surf and Rate` couple of hours and ended up here! Gr8 pics and info. I wish I could be in Mendoza now. Big SIBERIAN FREEZE COMING HERE .! ":*�`*:�~My�tic�l~�:*.隐形的 ღ (~_~)♫♫" TIM"
You have been to some fantastic places Glenn,Mendoza looks great,i love the picture of the stone bridge and im glad you didn't drink any more water.
Maybe my next destination in SA You did a great job here Glenn - and the info is top ! Read VT member Trekki aswell - a good combination
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Alternative therapies for arthritis range from A (acupuncture) to Z (zinc sulfate), with much in between -- from copper bracelets to magnets to glucosamine to yoga, to name just a few. But do alternative therapies really provide arthritis pain relief?
Many arthritis sufferers are looking into alternative therapies in an effort to find relief from the pain, stiffness, stress, anxiety, and depression that accompany the disease. Indeed, the Arthritis Foundation reports that two-thirds of those suffering from the disease have tried alternative therapies.
Some Work, Many Don't
A survey conducted for Arthritis Today by Leigh Callahan, PhD, reported that the favorite alternative therapies of the 790 arthritis sufferers who responded to the survey included everything from prayer and meditation to glucosamine and magnets. Callahn is associate director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Of the 2,146 physicians who responded to the survey, the alternative therapies most recommended were capsaicin, relaxation, biofeedback, meditation, journal writing, yoga, spirituality, tai chi, acupuncture, and glucosamine.
And some of these alternative treatments really work, say leading arthritis specialists, and even have scientific evidence behind them (although most doctors admit that more research is needed). On the other hand, many more of the alternative treatments don't work or need more studies to support anecdotal claims.
Battling Arthritis With Movement
Deborah Litman, MD, a clinical assistant professor in the division of rheumatology at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, is a strong proponent of exercise (though it's not listed as an alternative treatment per se) in the treatment of arthritis.
Biking, for example, she explains, strengthens the quadriceps muscle above the knee; the stronger the muscle, the more likely you are to see an improvement in your symptoms.
"Impact-loading" activity, on the other hand, such as jogging or high-impact aerobics, is not recommended, but more gentle exercise, such as swimming or water aerobics, is.
The mind-body practice of yoga may also help arthritis sufferers.
Though there are few studies that look at the effects of yoga on arthritis per se, a 1994 study published in the British Journal of Rheumatology did find that people with rheumatoid arthritis who participated in a yoga program over a three-month period had greater handgrip strength compared with those who did not practice yoga.
The same year, another study published in the Journal of Rheumatology reported that arthritis sufferers who practiced yoga showed a significant improvement in pain, tenderness, and finger range of motion for osteoarthritis of the hands.
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This morning, multiple sources reported that Peter Laviolette, the Flyers' coach for the last four seasons, was fired Monday morning after the team matched last year's franchise-worst 0-3-0 start.
According to ESPN, it is the fastest firing in NHL history, matched only by Chicago's canning of Dennis Savard in 2008 after a 1-2-1 start. The team has looked sluggish in each of its losses this year in being outscored 9-3 by their opponents.Laviolette's firing has not seemed to affect his reputation, as the Pierre LeBrun tweet that follows was an opinion echoed by his collegues across Twitter. The coach won the 2006 Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes, whom he coached from 2003-2009 before coming to the Flyers.
Laviolette led the Flyers to the playoffs three straight seasons, including a 4-2 loss to the chicago Blackhawks for the 2010 Stanley Cup. Last year, however, the team stumbled mightily en-route to a 23-22-3 record, with management condemning the lockout-affected season as an "abberation." The stance was reinforced when the team bought out the contracts of goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, who had signed for nine years just one season ago, and Danny Briere, a veteran player who many believed to be washed up, over the summer. Some have been wondering why the Flyers, if they were so close to firing Laviolette, didn't just release him following the 2012 season instead of in-season. The hope was that things would be different this year, that the Flyers would be faster and perform up to their capabilities. The roster is chock-full of young talent, and the team's AHL prospects are looking better and better by the day. Unfortunately, it was more of the same to start 2013, and management must have decided a different voice was needed to get the players moving.
While many of Laviolette's regulars might not be listening, Casey Feeney, producer at Comcast Sportsnet, noted that "Vinny Lecavalier told John Boruk [of CSN] 6 days ago that one of his key reasons for signing in PHI was Peter Laviolette." Feeney's claim makes sense, considering that Lecavalier, the veteran center, has outperformed many of his younger teammates so far, with two points and contributions on both sides of the ice.
Laviolette will be replaced by former assistant coach Craig Berube. Berube played 17 seasons in the NHL before retiring following the 2003-04 season. Eight of those seasons were spent with the Flyers organization, and after retiring, Berube served as coach for the Adirondack Phantoms, as well as assistant head coach with the Flyers, where he was positioned before Monday's news.
Pierre LeBrun tweeted that there will be "No interim tag" on Berube, who will try to turn things around for the team tomorrow, when they play the Florida Panthers. Laviolette took over in Philadelphia early in the 2009-10 season, replacing then-coach John Stevens after 25 games.


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World of Warcraft has once again lost more "subscribers" in a few months than most (close to all) MMOs could ever dream of having. They dropped something like 3 million subscribers in a three month period, marking the sharpest decline in the history of the game. I think they remain at a lowly 7.1 million? All according to plan.
Over the years I have been saying that WoW's slow decline is in Blizzard's best interest, and a decline in WoW subscribers is ultimately beneficial for them financially, and realistically their goal. You'd think I was crazy back then given the responses I got in the comments, but look at the landscape of Blizzard's revenue stream now.
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The sun never sets on Blizzard's empire. So yes, WoW's decline is good for Blizzard. Those players can now be transitioned into other titles where they will spend more money more often. All according to plan indeed.
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I need to come up for a breath of air and actually post something! Sorry for the slow posts, but I've been having a blast in EverQuest on the Ragirefire server. I have a lot of stuff to write about, but for the most part I want to focus on giving you guys a brief update with where the game/server is at in general and some of my impressions of EverQuest after over a decade of not playing any official version.
Daybreak just announced tonight that a NEW progression server is coming because of how popular Ragefire has been. The new server will be called Lockjaw. Right now it remains to be seen if a merge will take place down the road, or if this server will suffer the same fate as Vulak (Fippy's counterpart) did when it became a ghost town. The reason for the server? Yeah, it's due to the success, but that success has meant queues. On average, the wait time to play all weekend was about 1.5 hours. Oh, and yeah they added a queue. Before the queue, it was mashing the login to see if you could get lucky.
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Leveling is also much, much quicker. Not only is it hard-coded at 2x, with the decrease in difficulty you can plow through mobs without breaking a sweat. Last night in North Ro I was pulling mobs to my group. I'd bring in 2 red con Dry Bone Skeletons, a Yellow Crypt Mummy, and anything else I could possibly snag all at once. In a matter of a few hours we had each gained 3-4 levels. That's absolutely unheard of in the Norrath I remember. To top it all off, I was tanking — a Bard.
Zones have also changed considerably. They turned South Ro and Oasis into one zone, did something to North Ro to make it squat, merged the Commonlands into one zone, and completely destroyed Freeport. I'm not sure how I feel about the other zone changes, but Freeport definitely sucks.
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Runic Games, known for their Torchlight series, have announced a new, somewhat enigmatic game called Hob. This initial reveal isn't exactly bursting with information, but that's possibly appropriate because this title will be "presented without text or dialogue".
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Hob's world won't be a lifeless one. There's said to be life "buzzing" above ground, and curious mechanical devices lurking beneath the surface. As well as acquiring skills, the player's overall purpose will be to "transform the nature of the world itself".
The teaser trailer (also below) gives a bit of a clue to how this might take place, depicting segments of the landscape raising, interlocking and lowering. Presumably this kind of environmental manipulation will play a significant role.
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While it's true that few trends define contemporary Broadway like the proliferation of adaptations of popular movies, cynical charges of unoriginality tend to discount the overall quality of such productions. Taken as a starting point, not a rote scene-by-scene reiteration, screen to stage transformations can prove inspired. In exceptional instances, like that of the currently touring production of Sister Act, the stage version has been known to even improve upon the source material. Based on the Whoopi Goldberg-starring 1992 film, the story follows an admittedly predictable pattern: a murder witness (in this case, a nightclub performer) is placed under protective custody in a comically unlikely spot (here, a convent), only to find that her irrepressible passion is exactly what the stodgy institution needs to rediscover its groove. But while the narrative follows a familiar formula, the material is energetically elevated, thanks to nonstop vocal dynamics and a rousing musical arrangement that unites Gospel choruses with R&B, soul, and funk. Such musical dexterity can be largely credited to acclaimed composer Alan Menken, an eight-time Oscar winner with an unerring ear for crafting exhilarating atmospherics, whether through a softly delivered ballad or via show-stopping anthems. With a company of nuns swirling in unison, choreographed by Anthon Van Laast, Sister Act looks to achieve a kind of Broadway miracle, transcending its previous incarnation via impassioned talent and singular spectacle. $49-$109. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, 612-339-7007, www.hennepintheatretrust.org. (Photo by Joan Marcus)
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