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Enterprise visits a Vulcan monastery, only to find that it is in the midsts of being taken over by the Andorians.
Several hooded Vulcan priests are meditating in a monastery, when there is a loud banging. The doors fly open and four aliens walk into the room… Andorians.
Act OneEdit
In the ready room, Trip Tucker is telling Captain Archer that using the Vulcan star charts takes all fun out of being explorers. Archer replies that Humans have never been to these places and mentions that a protostar encountered a week before was nowhere to be seen on the charts. Tucker jokes that if the charts are inaccurate, good luck getting the Vulcans to admit it.
T'Pol enters, saying that Archer wished to see her. He explains that while going through the charts he found a remote outpost on a planet a few light years off their current heading. T'Pol replies that she is aware of the outpost, which she calls P'Jem. She describes it as an ancient Vulcan spiritual retreat, a place for kolinahr and peaceful meditation. Archer's interest is piqued and he asks if they could visit. T'Pol replies that the Vulcans may object to the intrusion. However, Archer decides that it is worth a detour and has Ensign Mayweather change course. T'Pol notes that she will find the proper protocols for the visit, and leaves.
Later, she is sharing a meal with Dr. Phlox in the mess hall. He observes that she seems hesitant about being seen with a Human crew. She remarks that it would create a "certain awkwardness." Phlox states that he sometimes feels out of place aboard Enterprise and reminds her of the Vulcan motto 'Infinite diversity in infinite combinations'. Phlox states that the Human mission is to seek diversity, so a Human/Vulcan cultural exchange is simply fulfilling that mission.
In the launch bay, Tucker incredulously asks if the monks don't even know that they are coming. T'Pol states simply that it was not possible to hail the monastery, as the monks consider technology a distraction from their spiritual pursuits. T'Pol then explains that they should not speak to anyone unless spoken to first, talk to anyone who appears to be meditating, or touch any relics or ornamentation. The three then enter the shuttlepod.
Planetside, the trio notes that door to the monastery looks bashed in. T'Pol rings for admittance, but no one answers. They enter anyway, but are told by a solitary monk that they have arrived at the time of kolinahr and that the order must remain in silent reflection for the rest of the lunar cycle. Disappointed, they only wait for the reception of the stone of J'Kah before leaving. However, T'Pol notes that there are too few monks in the main atrium, and that a figure of Surak appears to have been knocked over. Archer and Tucker pretend to wander around aimlessly, looking at the monastery. When Tucker remarks on a broken vase, the monk states that kohlinar encourages the members of the orders to face their emotions and that the repercussions can sometimes be violent. The threesome are not convinced, and continue to wander until Archer spots the reflection of a blue alien hiding behind a wooden frame. Tucker and Archer rush the frame, knocking over the alien. Before they can restrain him fully, more rush in and take the three hostage.
Act TwoEdit
The three are led to a back room where the rest of the monks are being held. The blue-skinned aliens are from the Imperial Guard of Andoria – Commander Shran, Tholos, Keval, and Thon. When Shran questions Archer about their reasons for visiting the monastery, he explains that the Humans have come out of simple curiosity. But given that they are traveling with a Vulcan, the Andorians find this incredible. Shran states that their arrival has proved that P'Jem is far more than a spiritual sanctuary.
After the Andorians leave them in confinement, T'Pol and the elder monk explain that Andorians are known for their suspicious and volatile nature. Vulcans and Andorians are from neighboring systems and have been in conflict for many years. A treaty was signed to alleviate tensions, but some Andorian factions still believe that the Vulcans are bent on the conquest of their homeworld. When Tucker asks why the Andorians have invaded P'Jem, the Elder points to their suspicion that the Vulcans may be hiding a long-range sensor array here. The Andorians have actually come twice before, he says, both times leaving on the same day. Unfortunately, Archer's arrival has amplified their suspicions and – in the words of an initiate – "endangered us all." Learning that T'Pol has been aboard the Human vessel for "nine weeks and four days", the Elder asks her how she has been able to bear it. She tells him she has used a nasal numbing agent.
Back on Enterprise in the situation room, Lieutenant Reed points out an alien vessel that the sensors have detected. He is distressed that they had scanned for alien ships before sending down the landing party and that they have not heard from Archer in some time. Sato and Mayweather feel he's over-reacting – the captain is probably on a tour or observing some meditation ritual.
Archer is brought out for interrogation. Shran wants to know where the sensor array is. Wrongly disbelieving Archer's protestations of ignorance, Shran beats him. He is no more satisfied with Archer's explanation for the use of a Vulcan science officer aboard a Human vessel. Enterprise tries to contact its captain by his confiscated communicator. Shran seizes it and declares the landing party to be prisoners of the Imperial Guard – and its hostages, to be killed if Enterprise attempts any action. Shran terminates the conversation and destroys the communicators, one after the other.
When Archer is returned to confinement, Tucker is appalled by the signs of torture. Even the Vulcans now relent; there is a transmitter which the Humans may use, it turns out, in the monastery's catacombs, amongst the sacred relics.
Act ThreeEdit
Following the initiate by torchlight through the catacombs, Tucker spots some natural light coming in through holes at the top of a stairway. Next he is startled by the remains of Haadok, one of the founders of P'Jem, and addresses the other dried bodies as "fellas". Just before reaching the transmitter he asks about another passage, and is told it leads to the reliquary of sacred artifacts. Tucker recognizes the transmitter as using a krellide power cell and is sure he can fix it. He gets back in time for the Andorians' midnight headcount.
The merits of a transporter landing are debated. The Andorians do not have this technology, T'Pol says. Archer offers to share his blanket; she says she'd rather freeze, as "it's been 24 hours since I took my nasal numbing agent." Finally lying down beside her captain, she debates his planned resort to non-pacifistic means then turns away and snags the blanket from him.
Tucker raises the Enterprise and tells Reed that the landing party has walked into a "hostage situation". Reed has read about the Andorians in the Vulcan database. Tucker tells him that they suspect P'Jem to be a covert spy station, and have left Archer with "a face full of bruises". Nonetheless the captain's orders to Reed are to wait.
In the morning the monks and the landing party make a model of the catacombs. The Elder lies to Archer about the reliquary, saying "no one has entered it in years." T'Pol notes that the stairway must be under the atrium. Tucker models the pattern of light he saw there and Archer wonders if it might not be the large face on the atrium wall. He braves one more torture session, feigning such desperation to escape confinement with the Vulcans that he would even promise information for Shran and then delay giving it. After a punch in the kidney and a kick in the stomach, Archer offers trivia about Earth – the fact that bacteria accounts for 70% of the planet's lifeforms, and amusing anecdotes about historical Humans in Canton, Ohio, the USA, and in Denmark. Archer is returned to confinement – but he has tossed a green figurine through one of the openings in the atrium wall for Tucker to recover.
Reed has the two tactical crewmen in his rescue party set their phase-pistols on stun. One expresses hesitation about beaming down; Reed dismisses his fears and orders him onto the transporter platform – but confesses to some nervousness of his own.
Act FourEdit
The rescue party heads off into the catacombs. The Andorians come fast but are too late to find anything that might account for the energy surge. T'Pol suggests that their detection equipment may be at fault; Shran prefers the possibility that the Vulcans may have equipment of their own. He leaves Tholos to watch the prisoners.
Reed's party finds the stairway and places charges inside the Atrium wall face.
Tholos pays T'Pol unwanted sexual attention, telling her what he has heard of her world's exotic mating rituals. Intervening, Archer is threatened with death.
Reed sets off the charges and Keval is knocked forward onto the floor. The rescue party enters the atrium and stuns Thon before he can rise and fire. Shran fires and hits the hesitant beamer; Reed drags him to safety. Keval has come to; Shran calls his name and tosses him a weapon. The two escape the Humans by plunging into the exposed stairwell.
In the confinement room, Tucker has failed to subdue Tholos and has been beaten for his efforts. Archer nearly succeeds but he too is thankful for Reed's entry. The Elder hypocritically –and with some emotion – says: "You've turned a place of solitude into a war-zone." Reed, Archer, and T'Pol prepare to hunt for the two Andorians in the catacombs. Tucker is given a phase-pistol and told to stun Tholos if he wakes. The initiate takes up Tholos' weapon and will come along, saying to the Elder meaningfully: "We must protect what is ours."
T'Pol locates the fugitive aliens in the reliquary. The initiate tries to block the Humans, but Archer pushes through. A firefight ensues, smashing several religious treasures – but sparing a statue of what looks very much like a horse. Even the initiate gets off a shot.
A great metal portal is uncovered and Archer opens it. Beyond it is a huge multi-level spy station. Archer calls a ceasefire and invites the Andorians to take a look. The sensor array is powerful enough, Reed observes cynically, to tell the Vulcans "what every Andorian is having for breakfast." Archer commands T'Pol to make full scans of the station. The initiate briefly takes Archer hostage in a last attempt to protect the remaining secrets of the base. Archer's blow, which handily disposes of this threat, is quick but "boy," Archer says, "did it feel good."
He commands T'Pol to hand her scan records over to the Andorians; she commands Enterprise to allow them to leave the planet unmolested. Shran remarks that he is in Archer's debt.
Memorable quotes Edit
"I thought Starfleet training was tough."
- - Archer, to Tucker after T'Pol briefed them on the numerous rules on visiting the monastery
"You say this is a place to purge emotions? Looks like somebody had to purge pretty bad. He bashed the door in."
- - Tucker, to T'Pol when they come across the damaged entrance to the monastery on P'Jem
"Energize… before we change our minds."
- - Reed, to Sato
"Okay, okay. Don't get your antennas in a twist!"
- - Tucker, to Keval
"Why did you come here? Answer me, pink skin!"
- - Shran's first words to Archer
"Take a look at the Vulcan database. See if it has anything on these Andorians."
- - Reed, to Sato
"I'll enjoy having you – as a prisoner."
- - Tholos to T'Pol
"The smell must be intolerable."
"You get used to it. And I was given a nasal numbing agent."
- - The Vulcan Elder to T'Pol, on living with Humans
"Whose idea was it to visit this place?"
- - Archer
"I don't take orders from a com voice, ensign, unless that voice belongs to the captain."
- - Reed, to Mayweather
"Sir, you're wearing a hole in the deck plating."
- - Mayweather, on Reed's nervous pacing on the bridge
"So if anyone has a suggestion… I'm all ears. No offense."
- - Archer, to Vulcan monks
"For people without emotion you sure have a flair for the dramatic!"
- - Tucker, upon witnessing the Vulcan elder open the secret entrance to the catacombs
"Andorians, yes. I've been reading about them in the Vulcan database. Militaristic, blue-skinned?"
"That's them."
- - Reed and Tucker
"I've heard about your mating rituals… that Vulcan women force their men to fight to the death. Would you like me to kill someone for you?"
"Leave her alone."
"Would you like me to kill him?"
- - Tholos to T'Pol and Archer to Tholos
"Violence in a sanctuary, captain?"
"Very disrespectful, but, boy, did it feel good!"
- - Reed and Archer
"All this time… they've been calling these monks liars - and all this time, they've been right!"
- - Archer, after discovering the listening post
"We're in your debt."
- - Shran to Archer after he gives him evidence that the Vulcans are spying on Andorians
Background informationEdit
Production Edit
- The final draft script of this episode was issued on 16 August 2001.
- This episode marks the first appearance of an updated makeup design for the Andorians, which was created by Michael Westmore and used for the species whenever they made subsequent appearances on Enterprise.
- This is also the first Enterprise episode which was directed by Roxann Dawson, who very much enjoyed helming the installment. She later reminisced, "I think we were just starting to define that world and it was so much fun to be at the inception and to really explore what the series was going to be like and look like." [1]
- Enterprise staff writer Chris Black, a longtime Star Trek fan, first arrived at Paramount the same week this episode was in production. "And I couldn't believe it, you know?" he related. "To go down to the set and see Andorians there with their antennas moving around. And Vulcans, and guys running around with phase pistols, flip-open communicators–I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!" (Star Trek: Communicator issue 143, p. 28)
Continuity Edit
- This episode depicts the first contact between Starfleet and the Andorians. It was the first episode to prominently feature Andorians since TAS: "The Time Trap" in 1973. This episode additionally introduces Commander Shran, who became a major recurring character. It is also the first of many episodes dealing with Andorians owing Humans a favor or vice versa, others being ENT: "Shadows of P'Jem", "Proving Ground", "Zero Hour", "Kir'Shara" and "These Are the Voyages...".
- This is the first episode in which Reed commands the ship in the absence of Archer, T'Pol, and Tucker.
- This episode further establishes that Vulcan and Andor are neighbors, which was first implied in DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight".
- Surak is mentioned for the first time on Enterprise in this episode; he later appears in the Season 4 episodes "The Forge" and "Awakening".
- It is implied that Reed came up with the future stipulations that landing parties had to check in every ten minutes and scan for alien ships before arriving at their destination.
- T'Pol notes that she has been on Enterprise for nine weeks and four days, placing this episode on June 19, 2151.
- Before using the transporter, a concerned tactical crewman says he has heard "stories" regarding transporter usage by Humans. Some of these stories are elaborated in "Daedalus".
- While harassing T'Pol, Tholos mentions kal-if-fee although not by name.
- The fate of P'Jem is revealed in "Shadows of P'Jem".
Reception Edit
- Roxann Dawson cited this, from the ten Star Trek: Enterprise episodes she directed, as the one she was personally fondest of. She based this opinion on the highly enjoyable experience of directing it and related, "It's my favorite, I think […] That one stands out in my head." [2]
- There were many complaints from fans about how this episode portrays the Vulcans. "We took a lot of heat on 'The Andorian Incident'," said Chris Black, "that [the Vulcans] flat-out lied – they flat-out lied – that they have this spy station [on P'Jem]." (Star Trek: Communicator issue 143, p. 30)
- This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.5 and was watched by a total average of 7.19 million viewers. [3]
- This episode was chosen as the #2 "fan favorite" in an on-line poll conducted by UPN. It was re-broadcast on 1 April 2005 in this capacity. (Note: the poll was conducted before the final six episodes of the series were aired.) When aired as a fan favorite, the opening credits were updated to the Season 3 and 4 version. However, this is not the case on the season one DVD and Blu-ray releases of the episode.
- Star Trek Magazine's "Ultimate Guide" rated this episode 5 out of 5 arrowhead insignias and referred to it as the third best episode of Enterprise's first season, also naming Jeffrey Combs as the "Best Guest Star" in the same season based on his performance herein. (Star Trek Magazine issue 164, p. 78)
- Jeffrey Combs made frequent appearances on DS9, as the recurring characters Weyoun (a Vorta) and Brunt (a Ferengi).
- The unofficial reference book Beyond the Final Frontier (p. 361) comments about this episode, "If there was one person in the audience who didn't see the twist coming, it would be extraordinary. Despite that, it's a good episode for Archer and T'Pol, and an important one for the running plotlines. There's a fine mix of threat and intrigue, and a nice contrast between Archer's naive and direct approach and the Vulcans' shiftiness disguised as restraint."
Video and DVD releasesEdit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 1.4, 24 June 2002
- As part of the ENT Season 1 DVD collection
- As part of the ENT Season 1 Blu-ray collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
- Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
- John Billingsley as Doctor Phlox
- Jolene Blalock as Sub-Commander T'Pol
- Dominic Keating as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
- Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather
- Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato
- Connor Trinneer as Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Guest stars Edit
- Jeffrey Combs as Commander Shran
- Bruce French as Vulcan Elder
- Steven Dennis as Tholos
- Jeff Ricketts as Keval
- Richard Tanner as Vulcan Initiate
Co-star Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Bill Blair as a Vulcan monk
- Solomon Burke, Jr. as Billy
- Steve Chvany as a Vulcan monk
- Amy Kate Connolly as a science division crewman
- Phil Culotta as a tactical officer
- Bob Earns as a Vulcan monk
- Evan English as Ensign Tanner
- Jack Guzman as a science division crewman
- John Jurgens as a Vulcan monk
- John Kepley as a Vulcan monk
- Martin Ko as a command division ensign
- John Linares as a Vulcan monk
- Monica Parrett as command division crewman
- Woody Porter as a Vulcan monk
- Gregg Sargeant as Thon
- Larry Tolliver as a Vulcan monk
- Thelma Tyrell as an operations division crewman
- Cynthia Uhrich as an operations division crewman
- John Wan as an operations division crewman
- Walter Warner as a Vulcan monk
- Gary Weeks as an operations division crewman
Stunt doubles Edit
- Vince Deadrick, Jr. as stunt double for Scott Bakula
- Kim Koscki as stunt double for Jeffrey Combs
Stand-ins Edit
References Edit
Andoria; Andorians; Andorian Empire; Andorian Imperial Guard; astronomer; bacteria; belly; Blarney Stone; Brahe, Tycho; breakfast; Buddha; Canton; Earth; ethics; generation; gesture; Haadok; hemisphere; hostage; IDIC; kolinahr; krellide power cell; logic; mating ritual; monastery; motto; mummy; nasal numbing agent; Ngari; Ohio; outpost; P'Jem; pat; "pinkskin"; protostar; salad; San Francisco Zoo; science officer; Stone of J'Kah; string; Surak; Tibet; torch; transmitter; Vulcans; Vulcan database; Vulcan High Command; Vulcan monastery planet; Vulcan mummies; Vulcan star charts
Unreferenced materials Edit
Atlanta; evolution; Hall of Katras; Memory Alpha; Mount Seleya; Starfleet Ranger School
External links Edit
- "The Andorian Incident" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "The Andorian Incident" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "The Andorian Incident" at Wikipedia
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Bids for Kids Charity Event Deemed a Success
May 6, 2013 by Barb Riley · Comments Off on Bids for Kids Charity Event Deemed a Success
Saturday's (May 4) 2013 "Bids for Kids" charity dinner and auction benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Goshen, Ind., was reportedly a huge success, largely due to local RV industry supporters.
Boys & Girls Club Director of Resource Development & Stewardship Michilah Miller said the local RV industry's participation has made all the difference in bringing "Bids for Kids" to a new level in recent years. She said Jason Lippert, chairman and CEO of Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier Lippert Components Inc., past president of the board of directors and chairman of the "Bids for Kids "committee, has encouraged fellow members of the local community's RV industry for their support of the event — and the RV industry has responded.
More than 550 ticket-holders and upwards of 30 volunteers were in attendance at the Northern Indiana Event Center at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind. The Event Center has been the auction's home for the last four years after the program outgrew its previous location in Goshen.
The 2013 event included 56 live-auction items, a number that swelled to around 100 when including the IU & Notre Dame and Ohio State & Purdue silent auction tables. Live-auction items included such big-ticket packages as two tickets to the French Open tennis quarterfinals in Paris with air travel vouchers and five nights in a hotel near the Champs Elysees; tickets to the Country Music Association Awards with a hotel stay; tickets to the Jimmy Fallon Show in New York City; and a sports package to a Miami Heat NBA playoff game with a hotel stay, first-class air travel, parking in the players' garage, VIP seating at the game, a meet-and-greet with players and a pair of shoes signed by LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade.
Some items were subjects of such heated competition that sponsors doubled their donations so both of the two contending bidders could have one.
The enthusiasm and volume of support was overwhelming to club representatives.
"Humbled is not a strong enough word and grateful cannot quite capture the magnitude of thanks, awe, and joy I am filled with," stated Miller. "To our volunteers, bidders, sponsors, donors and our many cheerleaders at 'Bids for Kids': Your generosity is a loud proclamation of hope, and I, speaking on behalf of many, am thrilled to work by your side to better enable our kids to live a full life. Thank you for investing so boldly in a new generation of stories."
Miller, who is also on the "Bids for Kid"s committee with Lippert, said it's all part of a larger picture that transcends one fun night's worth of good deeds among business people who happen to work in the same field.
"People understand that 'Bids for Kids' is bigger than any one company. At the end of the day, after the business meetings, the contracts, and the competition within the industry, we are all just people and we are meant to live life together," she explained. "Bids for Kids allows the RV industry to live life together, and for a whole lot of kids who need to know that they're not alone.
"It was an amazing night and we could not be more thankful to live in an area that stands behind the kids who need us the most."

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When Beyoncé launched her first fragrance, Heat, in Februrary, both the scent and the campaign left you wanting more–until now. The ad for the Coty perfume has been deemed "racy-but not explicit" by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), who has banned the sexy commercial from running before 7:30 p.m., when kids are most likely to be sitting in front of the TV, reports
. And while the commercial was supposed to reflect Beyoncé's personal 'sexy chic' style–not to suggest sex!–it looks like British officials are sticking to their guns. In the controversial commercial, the star appears to be lying in a state of suggested undress in the middle of a room before she rises in a barely-there red silk robe, caressing her neck while seductively singing "You Give Me Fever." And although her first fragrance has shown to be yet another blockbuster for the star–making $3 million in one month–if her British fans want some heat, they'll have to either wait until the sun goes down or head to a department store and pick up a bottle. But before you go anywhere, check out the commercial below and see what all the fuss is about! Tell us: Do you think Beyoncé's Heat commercial should have been banned? —Jessie Goldberg


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we need to wait for 3 years for the new era!
Source : http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696467/star-wars-episode-seven-disney-lucasfilm.jhtml
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is this real or hmm besides years gap from return of the jedi to 2015 besides either GCI it or expect new generation of it?
Really? OMG
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It sounds bloody terrible.
Don't Ever Take Yourself That Seriously
Now that the dust has settled on last Tuesday's news worthy announced that the Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm and then release a seventh "Star Wars" film for the possibility of 2015 (with more to follow!), but my speculation about what "Episode 7" will be about is the scripts George Lucas have already wrote back in 1970s, I think? I mean, he already written Episode 7-9 back in the day he was thinking of doing after ROTJ but first let's go over what I hope it's not about.
I hope they find someone in our younger generation that is resemble to Harrison Ford when he played Han Solo, & Leia is probably easy to find since there are hundreds of actress that can play Princess Leia very well! As much as we all love the original three films, the thought of seeing Mark Hamill back being as Jedi Master elder to train new Jedi after ROTJ since Mark Hamill must be in it! I think they can find some room to fit Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher as guest star. Anyways, Mark Hamill still got the look as he did in 1970s but all he need is a little talent makeup professionally from Hollywood to make him look younger like some movies we see that make elders actors look ten-twenty years younger on screen.
If Disney must, give the original trio a nod, maybe use Yoda in cool Jedi blue ghost flashbacks from holocrons or something he left behind that Luke Skywalker wasn't aware of since George Lucas said to Disney that Yoda must be in it, but Disney must not screw up Star Wars brand since they officially brought Lucasfilm rights to make Star Wars films. I am uncertain if Disney owns Lucasart as well? I hope Disney let Lucasart makes games since I know Disney not into games these days.
We don't need a Kingdom Hearts style in Star Wars future! I thought it work well with SquareEnix Final Fantasy!
The first six films chronicled the journey of the hero of father (Anakin) to son (Luke) which was fantastic entertainment, so this "Episode 7" I hope Disney throw us something completely unexpected and excited. I'd love for the new Star Wars story after Disney completely finish 7-9 original tale - to do as so many do for future of Star Wars, completely bring Star Wars entertainment to audiences worldwide! I would love to see Star Wars live-action TV series in the future like the series starts from the very beginning where they learn and journey on finding out the mysteries of Jedi and so on before the old republic!
I think George Lucas has some control of Star Wars IP and making sure Disney doesn't make any mistakes with his Star Wars he created when they were signing contract agreements for Disney to own Lucasfilm for 4 billion dollars.
Can't wait to see what Disney will conjure up with this installment.
The SW universe is huge, so anything can be explored. Im a huge fan of the cartoon series and their take of various SW adventures never seem dull.
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If anyone has been reading the expanded universe for Star Wars Disney will not be following it so everything should be original an original, Im also confused is Disney making this or distributing it, because they made Pirates of the Carribean and distributed The Avengers
I suspect it could be set along time after the new republic is made. I still haven't read all the books after episode 6, if they are canon then some very dark & twisted events have happened.
If anything, the original cast might make cameos with a whole new story and cast in favour. I'd like to see darker characters i.e. like grievous from the original clone wars cartoon, because he kicked ass and was unstoppable, then he was ruined for the film.
Either way, I believe it's in safe hands with J.J.Abrams as director, after all he did write cloverfield and directed the new star trek. So he knows scale of these universes and while bringing something unique to the universe, he also respects the originals.
Ever since finding out J.J. Abrams is directing I lost all interest in seeing the movie. Not because of him being a bad director. He's pretty good, I liked the new Star Trek even though not being a Star Trek fan beforehand. But geez get someone who isn't already tied to the Star Trek reboot films!!! That just bothers me.
As long as Disney don't have this in mind, I'm excited to see the new installment:
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Pfeiffer University's Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, VA) dropped in a game high 25 points as the Lady Falcons rolled Queens 73-64 in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action on Saturday night in the Merner Gym. Pfeiffer shot 51% in the win setting a new school record for blocks in a game with eight while moving to 4-9 overall, 3-4 in league play. The Royals, who shot just 31% from the field, dip to 5-7, 4-2.
The Lady Falcons jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead in the first half after a Brittany Cox (Winston-Salem, NC) layup at 16:21. After Queens trimmed the lead down to two, Pfeiffer spurted out on a 15-2 run to grab a 22-7 advantage at the halfway point. Domonique China (Durham, NC) put the hosts up 19 and 20 on consecutive shots with just under seven minutes left in the half until a three by Shelley Reese (Brown Summitt, NC) moved the lead to its largest of the night at 21 with 1:51 remaining. Queens cut the lead down to 15 at the break on a late Marissa Hudley (Charlotte, NC) jumper as Pfeiffer led 40-25 at the recess.
Back-to-back baskets by Harvey put Pfeiffer up 19 midway through the second half as the Lady Falcons held a healthy lead throughout the final 20 minutes. A pair of Dyonna Battle (Rocky Mount, NC) free throws cut the Royals deficit to nine with under a minute to go, but free throws from China and Harvey helped seal the nine point win.
Behind Harvey, China followed with 15 point for the Lady Falcons finishing one rebound shy of a double-double. Reese also concluded in double-digits with 11. Queens also put three in double figures led by Hudley's 19. Jessica Lewis (Hampton, VA) had 15 while Battle wrapped up with 14. Pfeiffer dominated Queens from long range 9-2 and held a 41-37 rebound advantage to go along with the record eight blocks.
Pfeiffer will now head to St. Andrews for a 5:30 p.m. league matchup on Tuesday. The Lady Falcons swept both contests against the Knights a year ago.


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A mom degrades her 10-year-old son on Facebook and is forced to go to in front of a judge for cyberbullying. Did she deserve to be taken to court?
Do you let your kids have sleepovers?
Jessica Kim, co founder of BabbaCo.com, and Krystel Spell from armywife101.com weigh in. Do you agree with what they said? Tweet your thoughts with the hasthag # RaisingAmericaor weigh in on Facebook.
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Monocane needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Westhorne Vets
New Veterinary Practice due to open soon. Logo required to be used on the main sign, on stationary material, web site in acolourful version. Possibly to be used also in 2 coulours on scrubs/ clothing.
New practice is a 3 men partnership, we are 3 Italians but practice will be located in South East London, urban area.
Practice is very colourful, decorated in bright yellow,with a main entrance in the same yellow colour.
Clients will be people requiring a professional but pet -friendly veterinary service. It is located on a main road, the building is very visible, therefore we think logo and sign are essential.
We are thinking about a logo incorporating a globe and pets, perhaps a dog. The reason why we chose a globe is that the name of the partnership is Mondocane Ltd, which would mean "Dog's world". We also thought about a globe with the shadow of a dog, but then thought that the result could be a bit scary. At the bottom there should be written the name of the Practice "Westhorne Vets".
If you have any better ideas of the logo I would be delighted to hera from you anyway. We think the globe should not be too big anyway, if you decide to continue with this idea.
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CHAMPAIGN — Illinois head coach Tim Beckman announced Wednesday that Rochester graduate Wes Lunt will be the team's starting quarterback this season.
CHAMPAIGN — Illinois head coach Tim Beckman announced Wednesday that Rochester graduate Wes Lunt will be the team's starting quarterback this season.
And really, no one should be too surprised.
"I think what Wes has shown through spring football, through two-a-days, and 20 practices, 1,200 plus snaps, 750 passing attempts, I thought that if you look at the numbers, he's proved that he can lead this football team," Beckman said.
Lunt has the goods. His strong arm fits offensive coordinator Bill Cubit's system, and he has experience at college football's highest level after playing as a freshman at Oklahoma State.
"Every throw is great" Cubit said of Lunt. "Decision first, accuracy, whether it's a hard throw or easy throw.
"We just thought he was the best one to give us a chance to win right now."
Two years ago, Lunt went 81-for-131 passing for 1,108 yards, six touchdowns and seven interceptions for the Cowboys. NCAA transfer rules kept him out last year, during which he bulked up by about 10 pounds.
The lingering question about the 6-foot-5, 225-pound Lunt isn't his size, though. It's about how well he has learned to run the Illinois offense during the preseason. And just how well he can run it with a herd of inexperienced receivers.
Any Illini receiver knows the answer to those questions.
Wide receiver Martize Barr got a taste of what it's like to play against Lunt's arm when he took defensive reps covering receivers at Camp Rantoul.
"Wes is a guy who can make all the throws on the field," Barr said. "I love going against Wes because he's going to make you work every single rep, every play, because if you fall asleep, he's going to make you pay.
"He makes throws sometimes you wouldn't even think could get there," wide receiver Geronimo Allison said.
And no one knows that better than Lunt, who doesn't use Facebook or Twitter to avoid distraction. He'll be the first to tell you Cubit's system takes repetition, but so far, he likes what he sees.
"I have not been in an offense where the quarterback has so much control," Lunt said. "As a quarterback, if you're not comfortable with a play before it starts, then it's probably not going to be a successful one. Being able to change that, if you can, is a big plus."
The future of Illinois football now has a plan, but it's far from being determined.
But if anything, this decision reinforces the program's belief in Lunt by reiterating what Beckman told him during his recruitment: "The state needs you."
Illinois got him. Now the Illini will see what he can do.
Bailey's future
Aaron Bailey spent the entire offseason trying to earn the job he wanted most.
"He wants to be the quarterback," offensive coordinator Bill Cubit said.
But with the position filled, the question remains: What's next for Aaron Bailey?
Well, his mobility and athleticism are the first things that come to mind.
"For me, I can stay in the pocket, but also keep the play going," Bailey said. "If the play breaks down and seems dead, going to be a sack, I feel like I can create a play."
Last season, while Nathan Scheelhaase took most of the snaps, Bailey was used to keep defenses off balance.
In nine games, Bailey was 2-for-5, including one touchdown against Wisconsin, and rushed 20 times for 83 yards and three touchdowns. His best performance came against Miami (Ohio) with 56 rushing yards and a touchdown on six carries, which earned him Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.
A nagging neck injury has kept Bailey out of practice the past few days, but Cubit indicated it wasn't anything major. Otherwise, Bailey's role in the offense this season has been vague, aside from being one of two backup quarterbacks.
"We have to sit down and talk, and see where we're at," Cubit said. "The last five practices, he started looking like a natural quarterback guy, and that opens up his running ability."
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Two locals have teamed up to bring South Walton its first bottled signature cocktail � No. 850.
No. 850 is the first drink to be bottled by Ricky Fannin and Bess Grasswick's newly-formed company, Chaste.
Fannin designed the drink in his home kitchen several years ago after he began working as a bartender at WaterColor in 2007 and served it to friends. One day while he was working at the Tiki bar, a woman said she wanted something different and refreshing. Fannin served her the drink he had concocted in his kitchen and she loved it. She asked what the name of it was. When told it did not have a name, she said she would call it The Ricky.
After that day, Fannin got many requests for The Ricky.
When Fannin's childhood friend, Grasswick, came by to see him at the bar one day, he made the drink for her and she loved it also. She watched as others asked for it.
When Fannin asked Grasswick if she wanted to go in with him to bottle The Ricky, she said sure, as long as they didn't do it halfway.
A few days later they incorporated. That was the end of September 2011.
"We didn't know the first thing about doing this," said Grasswick. "It has been a whirlwind and a long path of educating ourselves."
Prior to beginning the journey, Grasswick was living in Atlanta and working for her alma mater, Agnes Scott College, and applying to grad school. Fannin was also looking at returning to school to take pre-med classes.
Grasswick quit her job and moved back to South Walton to work full time for their new company they named Chaste.
"Deciding on a brand name was the toughest part," said Fannin. "A friend suggested Chaste on the Beach. We looked up the meaning of chaste and liked it. And our tagline is 'proper made easy.' It's a proper cocktail."
Chaste is the company brand and The Ricky cocktail is now No. 850, the first cocktail bottled by Chaste.
As for the name, Fannin says "850 is unique to our area and this is where it all began and we wanted the drink's name to reflect that," he said.
Fannin describes the 850 as a unique combination of different rums, pineapple and coconut, ending on a sour note that tends to make you want to keep drinking it. Grasswick says it is really refreshing � not super sweet or sour with subtle tropical notes.
"It's a cocktail without the burn, very smooth," she said. "You can drink it on the rocks, as a Chaste fizz, with green tea, or as a base for making a pina colada. It's good all year 'round.�
Standing alone, the drink is gluten free and has less than 200 calories, said Grasswick.
No. 850 is still at the manufacturer and won't be at the distributor until September, but the hype has already begun.
"I would say there is a lot of anticipation about No. 850 coming out," said Fannin. "WaterColor wants to carry it, and our Facebook page was launched just last week and it already has more than 500 likes."
No. 850 will be distributed by Republic National, and Fannin and Grasswick hope to see it distributed throughout Florida.
Grasswick said it helps if there is a demand.
But before No. 850 even hits the shelves, plans are in the works for other cocktails, but they are keeping the details close to the vest.
"We haven't decided if we want to use another area code," said Fannin.
Fannin graduated from Freeport High School in 2002 and FSU in 2007 with a degree in social science with a concentration in economics and history. Presently, he is still tending bar at WaterColor, at least until Chaste makes it big. Even though he has not used his degree, he says all education is relevant in whatever you do.
"Not in a million years did I ever think I would be doing this," he said. "But I like to say some day we'll be on the cover of 'Forbes� and on 'Oprah.�"
Grasswick, who was also born and raised in Walton County, said, "Life takes you in all sorts of directions. I haven't closed the door on going back to school. During the economic downturn it made you look at different options and opportunities and how to take skills you learned and keep going. This is an incredible opportunity to accomplish something different. It's something we're passionate about."
Visit Chaste online at http://www.chaste.co.


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Nokia is reported to be looking to change the strategy used when marketing upcoming Windows Phones to include the youth of today and get more 'young people' on board. The manufacturer is set to increase social media usage and presence with a more direct connection to consumers. It may be no coincidence that the winning ring tone from the contest is dub step.
John Nichols, Nokia's head of marketing for the UK and Ireland, had the following to say about their vision of a younger Nokia:
"This isn't a standing start, we already have a huge youth market but for teenagers we need to ensure that we create the content and partnerships that matter. As a teenager, the brands I loved had an opinion and told me whether to engage with them or not. The trick is to remember to not just wade in; otherwise our personality could look like the drunken uncle dancing at the wedding."
Nokia is also set to spend a reported £80 million on advertising in the UK and Ireland, so the Finnish handset maker is pulling out the big guns.
Source: MarketingWeek


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Please post some examples.
I have used PC and glass ports extensively, and the choice is clear (no pun intended) to me.
Much like the glass vs PC debate, there has been no evidence provided that Glass is better than PC, or that a larger dome is sharper than a smaller dome.


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Domain names at Gandi
A system of tags
You can attribute tags to your domain names (customer, date, extension, company, importance, etc.), which in turn lets you sort them by the criteria of your choosing.
Your administration area lets you quickly and easily view your domains of your choice, depending on the tags that you attributed to them.


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So I am moving to spain to learn spanish for the summer .. I am a university student moving to one of the coasts.... either along the mediterranean or along the atlantic coastline. I was hoping that somebody could give me some direction .. i am looking for a great kiteboarding destination as well as a student community ... is that possible?
Other questions ... where is some good wave riding, flat riding ... and im bringing with me 12m and 16m kites.
Appreciate any help you can give.


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Excerpt from Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting
The Captain of Chenille
As God is my witness," Mother shouted, "I will not live in this chaos!"
It was a muggy St. Louis summer night in 1969. As our mother
screamed at our father behind the closed door of their bedroom -- "Did
you even get halfway through
this list?" she hollered, slamming the daily checklist of duties she
made for him onto the dresser -- Val and I focused on the faint
electrical buzzing of the Black & Decker bug zapper hanging over
the patio, as it systematically executed unsuspecting mosquitoes.
It was ten P.M. and no one was outside, but our
mother kept the zapper running twenty-four hours a day as a silent
screw-you to Mother Nature. To offset the cost of this outdoor insect
patrol, she set the air-conditioning of our suburban tract home at a
toasty eighty-four degrees, so we all slept in small pools of
perspiration, secure in the knowledge that those bugs knew who was
I clung to my twelve-year-old sister Valerie, both of us sweating
profusely as she climbed into her canopy bed fringed in multicolored
hippie beads. She squeezed my hand tightly.
"One day," she whispered, "we'll look back on this and laugh."
"I will not be married to a sloth!" Mother thundered as I quietly
reached for Val's dictionary to look up what Dad had just been called.
The bedlam Mother referred to was that created by our father opting
to play Kerplunk with Val and me that afternoon, instead of completing
item #7, alphabetizing the Christmas decorations stored in the garage,
or #13, washing the lightbulbs on the dining room chandelier.
The hippie beads shimmied as Val, my only sibling, settled between
the sheets. She was a petite but bossy brunette who spent hours each
day ironing her long hair Marcia Brady-straight -- in an effort, she
told me years later, to distract from the nose that made her appear to
be the love child of Karl Malden and Barbra Streisand. As she attempted
a smile and turned to switch off the lamp that I had just traded her
for the Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest
Hits album (thus unwittingly sealing my sexual identity at the
tender age of eight), I began to ritualistically rake the shag
carpeting around the bed with an avocado-green plastic carpet rake,
vigilantly erasing all signs that anyone had trod upon her floor. The
carpet slowly became a pristine meadow of brown, white and gold, a
lush, undisturbed wool and nylon Astroturf.
With the well-rehearsed precision of hundreds of nights' practice, I
worked my way down the hall, slowly approaching the closet where the
rake would be stored upon completion. Fortunately, the closet door --
along with all other doors in the house -- could be closed without
disturbing the integrity of the finished job. Following an apocalyptic
moment after the carpet was installed -- when our mother discovered
that entering a room created the shag version of snow angels -- Dad had
planed each of the doors, sawing off a full inch of wood at the base,
rendering them so high-water that each doorway now appeared to be
wearing wooden capri pants.
As I passed the bathroom, Val stuck her head out of her bedroom.
"Don't forget to pee!" she whispered, reminding me that I would need to
go now or hold it until morning, since Mother tolerated no
disruptions in the placid waters
of this sea of shag once the requisite raking was finished. I had
learned not to consume large amounts of liquid before bedtime, ever
since the night I had drunk an entire quart of Coke and, in
desperation, had tried to pee out the bedroom window screen.
My pursuit of a flawlessly raked floor did not strike me as odd,
since perfection was not optional in the Poole family militia; it was
compulsory. It was also the means by which I attempted to maintain
control over the rapidly shifting ground beneath my feet.
Our family had just moved from Iowa to Missouri for a new and better
life. Dad had accepted a job in contract administration with a major
aircraft company, and Mother was to become the executive assistant to a
corporate chieftain, and together, their new careers were to be the
start of a prestigious change of life for the Pooles.
What transpired instead was a series of matinee and evening
performances of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? sans the Edward
Albee script and intermissions,
as our parents' relationship seemed to be disintegrating before our
eyes, and my sister and I attempted to determine which of us was
As I worked my way down the hall with the carpet rake, closing in on
my parents' bedroom, the level of Mother's voice rose. "How I married
someone so completely devoid of competence," she barked, "is an
absolute mystery. I had my pick of any man in Kansas City -- "
Outside the door, I carefully coaxed each carpet strand into
absolute alignment. There would be no defectors in my Carpet Crusade,
no errant soldiers in this battle for perfection.
"The kids can hear you," Dad whispered. "You need to stop this right
"Or what?" she hissed. "Don't you dare threaten me."
"I'm not threatening anybody, I'm just saying -- "
"You make me sick, you know that?"
The bedroom door flew open. Dad -- a slender, six-foot-tall man with
a prominent nose and a glossy shock of wavy black hair -- grabbed his
car keys from the dresser and stomped down the hall.
"Don't leave!" I cried, before even realizing the words had escaped
my mouth. I grabbed my father's leg, my hands clutching his ankle.
Mother appeared in the hall wearing a floral print duster and a
thick layer of cold cream on her face. She was a petite woman with a
stunning figure and a graceful, angular beauty that was, perhaps
unsurprisingly, lost on me in this moment.
"Fine. Get out!" she bellowed, as my fingers dug deep into the thin
flesh above my father's foot. He moved slowly toward the door,
attempting to gently dislodge me as I hung on for dear life beneath a
hanging glass swag lamp.
From WHERE'S MY WAND?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting by Eric Poole. Published by arrangement with Berkley Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. Copyright (c) Eric Pool, 2010.


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ATDI is proud to announce its participation in the ITU-D Study Group 2 meeting this year. Participants will have the opportunity to share and promote innovative ICT solutions and achievements through a dedicated 30-minute presentation session from Mr. Haim MAZAR, Radio Spectrum Management ITU Expert and Mr. Rubén Perdiz, Business Development Manager.
The scope of ITU-D Study Group 2 meeting on "ICT applications, cyber security, emergency telecommunications and climate-change adaptation" is:
– Services and applications supported by telecommunications/ICTs.
– Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs.
– The use of telecommunications/ICTs in mitigating the impact of climate change on developing countries, and for natural disaster preparedness, mitigation and relief, as well as conformance and interoperability testing.
– Human exposure to electromagnetic fields and safe disposal of electronic waste.
– The implementation of telecommunications/ICTs, taking into account the results of the studies carried out by ITU T and ITU R, and the priorities of developing countries.
Date: September 26th, 2016
Time: 18h00 – 18h30
Venue: ITU, Geneva
Mr. Rubén Perdiz, Business Development Manager
Mr. Haim MAZAR, ATDI – RF Spectrum and Engineering
ITU Expert – Vice Chair ITU-R Study Group 5 (terrestrial services)
With 26 years of experience, ATDI offers the best of software products & expertise for radio spectrum management & monitoring, radio network planning, design & optimization, fiber optics.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a device (Provent) that attaches to the outside of the nose for the treatment of sleep apnea and snoring. The device, called an expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) device, looks like a disk. One disk is attached over each nostril. A valve positioned over the nostril does not block air that you breathe in. But the valve makes it harder to breathe out. A little back-pressure builds up in the airways, and that pressure can help keep the airways open during sleep.
One study tested the device on people with mild to severe sleep apnea. Results showed that it reduced the number of times breathing was disrupted while sleeping.1 Use of the nasal disks also reduced daytime sleepiness in the people who used them.
Results of another study showed that half of the people who used the disks had a measurable improvement in their sleep apnea.2 The device worked best for people with mild sleep apnea.
You need a prescription from a doctor to get the disks.
CitationsBerry RB, et al. (2011). A novel nasal expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: A randomized controlled trial.
Sleep, 34(4): 479–485.Patel AV, et al. (2011). Predictors of response to a nasal expiratory resistor device and its potential mechanisms of action for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
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Why do fat people make us insane?
I was struck by this recent, powerful post by fellow True/Slanter Ethan Epstein:
Imagine a television show on a major American network in which AIDS victims were paraded in front of the cameras and hectored by ultra-conservative evangelical ministers. The ministers inform the victims that they are being punished for their "decadence" and "hedonism." Or perhaps a different program – one centered on people dying an agonizing death from lung cancer. They'd have cameras shoved in their faces as anti-smoking campaigners told them that if they wanted sympathy, well, tough. After all, they should never have smoked in the first place! Or, best of all, how about a show concerned with fat people. A chef from a foreign country would come stateside and lecture the citizens of America's "most obese city" about how their unhealthy eating habits are going to consign them and their children to an early grave. This infantalizing message would be accompanied by lots and lots of camera shots lingering on the fatties' rolls of flesh.
This week, kicking and screaming like a three-year-old who really needed a nap, I went to see a dietitian who put me on a severely restricted diet, on doctor's orders. I don't look obsese to most people. Curvy, yes. Definitely a candidate to shed some weight. I've gone into surgery more eagerly.
As Jamie Oliver is learning with his ABC television show, getting anyone to change what they eat — size, portions, taste, fat, salt, sugar — is a task far more complex than it appears. Set aside his show and the drama of battling school bureaucrats. Our emotional relationship to food and drink is like some tenacious desert plant, its wiry, tough roots buried deep in our psyches.
We eat what we eat, whether sipping, swallowing or gulping, for many many reasons, some unconscious.
Here's what happened today at lunch. I ordered a small Caesar salad with grilled no-sauce chicken and a Diet Coke. I'm allowed, for that meal, two cups of salad and 2 tablespoons of oil and vinegar and 6 ounces of lean protein. No starches. I brought (hidden beside me, I ate alone) a measuring cup and set of measuring spoons. Waiters stared. I didn't care.
The small salad, in our local Greek restaurant, was four cups of lettuce. It also had croutons that looked fried. A huge plate of fresh pita bread — I love warm pita! — dropped onto the table. A thick dish of creamy sauce. I had both taken away.
Were I my usual weary, distracted self, reading a newspaper or magazine or deep in conversation with a friend, I could easily have eaten both, inhaling a delicious 500 extra calories, all while eating "healthy" food. In only one meal.
My diet, for now, is about 1700 calories a day. Sounds like a lot to me. Hah! Hunger is now a constant companion. It's like a little dog gnawing on my ankles, day and night. I'd like to drop-kick it across the room, (not a dog, the discomfort), and have two more weeks to go.
Millions of people today would be desperately thrilled to have access to half these calories.
We need to acknowledge to ourselves — our kids, our doctors, our mirrors, our fridges and grocery carts — that food is not simply fuel. We cling to it, and savor it and gobble it and gorge on it, for many reasons:
Culture: For many people, certain foods mean "home", whether the fat-marbled smoked meat sandwiches Montreal is famous for; the creamy hummus of the Middle East; the flaky delight of a burek or baklava or croissant. It brings us, with every bite, closer to our country or culture of origin, in a nation of immigrants, no small thing.
Family: Feeding your family is the most primal act we commit, from the moment the baby latches onto the breast to deathbed purees.
Love: There are few easier, quicker, more affordable ways to show your love for someone than to cook them a meal, whether chicken soup or a birthday cake. "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach," women are told. And it is.
Memory: For my friend Dalina, it's her Nana's spaghetti sauce. For others, their mother's pie or uncle's barbecue. For my partner, who grew up in the Southwest, his late Mom's posole. My Dad always adds fresh apple to his salads so when I do it I think of him. (I also do it when I sip a great glass of Scotch.)
Pleasure: In a time of terrible financial difficulty for millions of Americans, food and drink remain, for the fortunate, a ready and cheap source of refuge and comfort. If the fridge or cupboards are full, so, too will be our belly, if not our gas tank or bank account. The salty crunch of a fresh potato chip or the creamy smoothness of a rice pudding — bad for you!!! –– carry tremendous allure when everything else is simply too damn expensive right now.
For low-income families, "right now" can be a lifetime.
Yes, I know and I agree — everyone needs to make wise(r) choices, eat small(er) portions, stop choosing to consume fried crap crammed with chemicals and color and sugar and salt. Have you tried to buy a loaf of commercially made bread with no added sugar or high fructose corn syrup? Good luck!
The United States — unlike France, Germany, Canada, Japan — was founded by Puritans. People not, perhaps, wild about the sensual pleasures of the flesh. Consider this in the finger-wagging culture that mistakenly and punitively conflates the size of your ass with the value of your soul.
I am now doing physical therapy for my arthritic hip at an upscale health club. The parking lot, at 9:00 a.m, is so packed I can hardly find a space, jammed with Range Rovers and Mercedes and BMWs as dozens of lean, ropy women head inside for yoga or a class or a workout. They are not, clearly, distracted from their goals by a long commute or a job. It's a lot easier to be skinny and nauseated by fatties when you've got hours to burn off every calorie that goes into your mouth.
The cheap easy rush — sort of an addictive sugar high, really — of loathing fat people needs to be moderated by compassion.
Some fat people have no money. Some work three jobs and have little time to find and cook fresh foods with the lowest calories. Their local stores or bodegas may not stock the right foods and drinks. They work weird hours and/or it may be dark, cold or too dangerous in their neighborhood before or after work to even go out for a healthy, vigorous walk. A gym or health club can cost a shocking amount; our small, crowded, worn suburban Y charges more than $80/month for a family membership. That's not cheap.
And who will watch your kids?
Too many people are forced to gulp (!) meals at their desks, shoveling food into their faces as fast as possible to avoid looking slack or weak — someone who can be fired. Many are constrained by physical pain or injury — I haven't been able to exercise since January. To the ignorant and judgmental observer, I'm PiggyGirl — clearly someone with zero awareness of how she eats, obviously overweight from (not), snarfing Twinkies and double cheeseburgers.
When some of us can't even cross a room without agony, and 46 million Americans suffer from some form of athritis, (only aggravated by obesity), it's time for the skinnies to lay down their self-righteous whips.
The next time you feel like sneering at a fat person, whether their flesh is jammed up against yours on a bus or airplane, or on TV or at the gym, ask yourself why.


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Twins – Mets Rescheduled Due To Weather
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A windy, wintry mix of light snow and rain forced the Minnesota Twins to postpone their inter-league series finale against the New York Mets on Sunday.
The game will be made up on Monday afternoon, Aug. 19.
The Twins announced the decision about four hours before the scheduled game. On Sunday morning, light snow was falling, and the forecast called for rain and a high of 38 degrees.
"We certainly knew the day's forecast was not promising," Twins president Dave St. Peter said. "The best decision for the Twins and the Mets, and ultimately for our fans, was to postpone today's game."
New York won the first two games of the series at Target Field, with temperatures in the low 30s.
It's the sixth time the Twins postponed a game since moving from the climate-controlled confines of the Metrodome to Target Field in 2010.
The Mets are scheduled to stop in Minneapolis on Aug. 19 after finishing a weekend series in San Diego before heading back to New York. The Twins are at home the day before and play at Detroit the day after.
Dillon Gee (0-2) was scheduled to start for New York and Kevin Correia (0-1) for the Twins. The projected rotation has Gee pitching on Monday at Colorado, where the Mets aren't exactly expecting warmer conditions — forecasts called for snow in the Denver area and highs in the low 40s.
Correia's start was bumped back to Monday against the Los Angeles Angels.
"I'm sure those guys will take the day off and regroup and hopefully get a precipitation-free day tomorrow," St. Peter said.
The Twins also suspended a game against the New York Yankees after five innings because of rain during the ballpark's inaugural year.
"The first three years have been great, to be honest, much better than many people had predicted," St. Peter said of the weather for outdoor games.
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Brian Wilson, the Dodgers' biggest get at the 2013 trade deadline?
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Coupled with what looks like a thin market for reinforcements as clubs hold on tight to their biggest stars or demand overly exorbitant returns on them, things are looking quiet for the two local teams — if not everyone else around baseball.
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Three things they should do:BOLSTER THE BULLPEN
The Dodgers' bullpen has been a concern all year, although Brandon League has helped solidify things by turning his season around recently.
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Granted, things are looking so good right now the Dodgers actually seem to have a surplus of starters. But we all know pitchers tend to wear down over the second half of the season, so there is never a time you can have too many starters — especially ones with experience pitching in a pennant race. Kansas City starter Ervin Santana makes sense, for the right price, with Jake Peavy off the market after being dealt to Boston.DON'T DO ANYTHING CRAZY
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti always has something up his sleeve this time of the year — remember Manny Ramirez? And getting Hanley Ramirez, Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett last year was a stunner.
Those moves, coupled with plenty of others he's made over the years at the deadline, suggest an aggressive nature. But there is no need to be reckless this year. The Dodgers are in a tremendous position, with no glaring needs. If anything, they have an overabundance of depth across the field. And while it might be tempting to deal Andre Ethier and the money he's owed the next five years, with Crawford's and Matt Kemp's injury issues, can Colletti really afford to move Ethier right now?
Needs: Starting pitching, bullpen, bench, first base
Three things they should do:GET STARTING PITCHING
It's going to take a miracle for the Angels to rally back into the playoff race, but that doesn't mean they should close up shop. If anything, they need to be looking at ways to improve for the future, and with so much money tied up in payroll next year, that's likely more attainable on the trade front than free agency. The goal should be identifying young, controllable pitching — perhaps targeting teams with a surplus whose needs the Angels can meet. The offensively-challenged Mets have a ton of young pitching bubbling to the big leagues, which could tempt them to deal a young starter like Dillon Gee for a bat. Also, Ian Kennedy from Arizona, Chris Sale from the Chicago White Sox and Bud Norris from the Houston Astros could also be had.TRADE HOWIE KENDRICK
This isn't so much about pointing a finger at Kendrick. You could say the same thing about Erick Aybar or even Mark Trumbo. Point being, the Angels need to shake things up, and with little to offer from the farm, the best way to address long-range needs is by selling off established players. Kendrick is having a fine season and would be a welcome addition at second base for a team in a pennant race. There is value in that, and the Angels must investigate how much by at least shopping him around. The same is true for Trumbo and Aybar.DON'T FOOL YOURSELF
Let's face it, the Angels are not in the playoff hunt. And they need to be honest with themselves as they approach the final hours of the deadline. General manager Jerry Dipoto was reckless last year, dealing Jean Segura for Zack Greinke, knowing Greinke was headed to free agency. As it turns out, he got burned when Greinke left for the Dodgers last winter and Segura developed into a star in Milwaukee. That is exactly the sort of move the Angels can't afford to make this season. They are not in the playoff hunt, and their thinking must reflect that reality.


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Deadline (US - BD RA)
Gabe probably should've finished this review sooner, now it feels a bit creepy...
Alice Evans (Brittany Murphy) is behind schedule on a screenplay following a shocking event involving an abusive ex-boyfriend, which led to a psychological breakdown (note: the 'screenplay' aspect of her 'deadline' isn't specified until the end of the film). Even though the abusive ex is on his way out of prison, and apparently looking for her, Alice decides it's a good idea to seclude herself for the week in an empty Victorian-style home, against the advice of her supportive friend Rebecca (Tammy Blanchard). Alice stops taking her medicine, and discovers a series of video tapes in the house's creepy attic. The tapes reveal the eerily analogous tale of the house's previous tenants, who mysteriously disappeared.
First time writer/director Sean McConville, who has apparently worked in Hollywood special effects for a long time, certainly has an eye for theatrical visuals, and he's certainly watched and studied just as many ghost stories as the rest of us. Deadline develops a mood quickly, and it's all dread-caked and unnerving. The visuals are graceful, and the compositions are filled with enough to really sell the likely super-cheap film as one with better than average production values. McConville explores the fine details of his haunted house, and the mechanics of the suspense are built in to every inch of ever close-up, which are eerily contrasted by the wide shots, which feature centred pale subjects engulfed in oppressive darkness. Yet the narrative follows a structure so well travelled the scares work more out of anticipation instead of genuine surprise.
In my concerted effort to enjoy the film I keep coming back to this banal script. Deadline is so frustratingly predictable I spent my time accurately guessing exactly what was going to happen next. Conville makes attempts at structural complexity by telling two stories at once, but even this is a prototypical ghost story element. Coincidence and generally unbelievable elements are beside the point in the case of most ghost stories, especially ones with a slightly moralistic slant, but this particular story doesn't really add anything new to the well-treaded formula. At best this is a padded episode of Tales From the Crypt, minus most of the comedic irony. Murphy does what she can with the character, but Alice's arc is sudden, and her actions are exactly the kind characters should avoid in such movies that it doesn't really matter. I've seen enough horror films to know that these characters don't know they're in a horror movie, but this one was hard not to scream at.
Deadline makes its Blu-ray debut (which seems to be tandem with its DVD and Netflix On-Demand debut) in full 1080p HD, and things are certainly fine, though far from spectacular. On the whole the colours are still pretty muted and blued, and there aren't very many highlights. Most of the scenes between the mysterious couple (past tense) are quite a bit warmer and richer than the scenes of Alice in the house (presence tense). Black levels are surely deep, which is important based on the film's overall shadowy look. The print isn't the cleanest I've seen on Blu-ray, but the grain and minor artefacts are pretty consistent throughout. There's no heavy blocking on richer reds, or extra noisy whites. The grain isn't particularly fine, which appears to be a symptom of the disc's generally average sharpness. In the case of a lower budgeted feature less sharpness is preferable to over-sharpening and edge-enhancement, but detail-philes will likely be disappointed in the transfers overall look. The depth of field is reasonably deep throughout the film, and there is no loss of detail in the backgrounds, unlike the DVD release (which I also received, and which I took these captures from), which almost matches the Blu-ray in close-ups.
The box art is badly designed. Under special features the sound is listed as '5.1 Digital Surround'. Below that, along the bottom of the specs, is a Dolby Digital logo, and a DTS logo. The menu system lists the sound available as Dolby TrueHD 5.1 or Dolby Stereo, which is apparently accurate. Despite these problems, and the films generally lacklustre quality, this 5.1 mix is certainly effective. The surround channels are quite active throughout the film. The mood effects give away the film's budget because they sound like they're taken straight off of an effects CD, but the placement is fantastic. Outdoor scenes feature chirping crickets and unseen birds, while the interiors are awash with pointed creaks and clatters. The directional clarity is nearly perfect, and the separation is quite discreet. The centre channel is perhaps a bit lower than preferable, but certainly clear, and dynamically as busy as the rest of the track. The soundtrack reminds me a lot of the 'you're in a safe zone' melancholy music that plays during survival videogames. The line between music and effects is blurred plenty of times, like when crying children infiltrate the rear channels. The lack of aggressive LFE is the tracks only notable shortcoming.
The only extras on the disc are a fluffy making-of featurette (10:00, SD), that covers the basics of the script, casting, and production, and a series of trailers. The interview subjects (cast and crew) are full of spoilers in their praise of what they swear up and down is a solid and intuitive script.
A bigger problem than the generally bland quality of Deadline, which shouldn't be enough to chase away the curious, especially not Murphy's fans (note, I wrote this before Sunday the 20th, and it wasn't supposed to be so sad), is the back cover art. Besides generally being an unattractive jumble of images, and not making any changes from the DVD's back cover art, the technical facts are misleading. The random placement of a DTS logo, the lack of a Dolby TrueHD logo or notation, and the inclusion of a Region 1 logo (on a Blu-ray) is bizarre and random. Fortunately this isn't an indication of the disc's A/V quality, which isn't incredibly impressive, but a distinct upgrade from the DVD copy.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
dvdtakeaway Member Join Date: February 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 94
Have not seen this yet - but very sad news about Brittany Murphy. Very talented and underrated actress, who still had not done her best work, but was so magnificent in Girl Interrupted.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
I always liked her, right back from the Clueless days. Would her character have been in Sin City 2 (assuming it's going to happen at some point).
Phil92 Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 760
Couldn't believe it when I read it earlier. Sad, sad news. 2009 is notorious for celebrity deaths.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
From what I understand her Sin City character was once again going to be used as a central element. I hope she has something else coming soon, I'd hate this to be the last thing she's known for.
SeanB102 Member Join Date: January 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 19
I think the DVD cover is offensive to Brittany's memory.
Tyler Foster Member Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 717
SeanB102 wrote: I think the DVD cover is offensive to Brittany's memory. Well, you are aware that the cover was approved and printed literally months ago, right?
Edgeman05 Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,076
Very odd that this review is posted near her death. This movie looked like a rental at best and I might just give it one.
liono86 Member Join Date: June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 258
I hate it that the only reason I'm gonna netflix this is to see the late Brittany Murphy's work. She was a splendid actress, just got som "meh" jobs. The first time I laid eyes on her was in the Torkelsons spin off show. Love you girl and rest in peace.
Kyle Mertes Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 700
I was impressed with her role in 'Girl, Interrupted' but I have to say my favorite film with her was 'Love and Other Disasters' a gem I recently stumbled upon via Instant Streaming NetFlix. So very sad about her death. She still had so much going for her.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
Gabe Powers wrote: From what I understand her Sin City character was once again going to be used as a central element. I hope she has something else coming soon, I'd hate this to be the last thing she's known for.
She's in the new Stallone film (The Expendables).
She's in the new Stallone film (The Expendables).
Michael Greenwaldt Member Join Date: November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 790
It is very sad about her death. I always liked her.
As for DEADLINE, I hadn't watched it yet but had been planning on it. My boss told me it was good. I still plan on watching it, and as bad as it sounds, I'll be more likely to pick it up sooner.
Anyway, I loved CLUELESS growing up. SIN CITY was great. LITTLE BLACK BOOK was an underrated, surprisingly clever romantic comedy. I loved the little-seen LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS. I also highly enjoyed RAMEN GIRL, which was released on DVD this past summer and was quite cute. In January she has the movie ACROSS THE HALL arriving on DVD, which I'll check out.
As for DEADLINE, I hadn't watched it yet but had been planning on it. My boss told me it was good. I still plan on watching it, and as bad as it sounds, I'll be more likely to pick it up sooner.
Anyway, I loved CLUELESS growing up. SIN CITY was great. LITTLE BLACK BOOK was an underrated, surprisingly clever romantic comedy. I loved the little-seen LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS. I also highly enjoyed RAMEN GIRL, which was released on DVD this past summer and was quite cute. In January she has the movie ACROSS THE HALL arriving on DVD, which I'll check out.
BoBoi Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 1,109
I'm truly sad about her death. R.I.P Brittany Murphy.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st December 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Behind the Scenes Footage, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sean McConville
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Bianchard, Marc Blucas
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Length: 89 minutes
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