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Abraham Licoln: Vampire Hunter (US - BD RA)
Gabe didn't think Bekmambetov's latest to be great, but boring is unexpected...
Spurred on by his desire to avenge the gruesome death of his mother, this white-knuckle adventure follows Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) as he is thrust into an epic fight against vicious creatures that threatening the future of the United States. Aided by the mysterious Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper) in his quest to rid the country of the undead and, in particular, their diabolical leader Adam (Rufus Sewell), Lincoln risks his presidency, his family and his life to protect America from an uprising of blood-thirsty vampires. (Taken from Fox's PR release)
Director Timur Bekmambetov earned a lot of capital with me when he made Night Watch and Day Watch, two films that fulfilled all my silly action movie needs with a proper dollop of horror, a smattering of wit, and a dash of originality in character and story. Perhaps the key element that pushes the Night Watch movies over the edge is their shared oddball mythology and almost fetishistic supernatural rules, which I'm sure have their basis in Sergei Lukyanenko's original novels. Bekmambetov has a rare ability to treat such strange material quite seriously without being humourless about the material's goofier qualities. His Night Watch series follow-up and first Hollywood release was Wanted, which took Mark Millar's high concept R-rated comic book and added a whole bunch of positively ridiculous mythology and even more fetishistic supernatural rules. Wanted wasn't very good, but Bekmambetov continued honing his daft yet fun action style (daft yet fun seems to fit) and proving his talent with actors, despite something of a language barrier since arriving in the United States.
Meanwhile, a new fad has developed among trashy paperbacks – parody mash-ups of classic novels/historical stories and modern horror sensibilities. Without having read a single book in the genre, I find the new trend of sliding historical figures and literary characters in with popular (read: overused) horror movie creatures cute, but mostly uninteresting. Like the post- Grindhouse 'trailer movies,' it seems to me that the joke is best served by the title, cover art, and a brief synopsis and that an entire novel would become excessive. However, there are some filmmakers out there that can work within the trailer movie subgenre, so I'm willing to believe that mash-up novel adaptations aren't a loss right out of the gate. Author Seth Grahame-Smith scored two huge mash-up hits with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (which has been festering in development hell for quite some time) and the basis for this film, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Without reading either book, but understand that the latter sits within Bekmambetov's wheelhouse due to a serious treatment of a spoof mythology. There's also plenty of excuse for over-the-top action sequences that spit in the face of the laws of physics.
Bekmambetov actually reels his style in quite a bit for material this outrageous, which is, at first, a pleasant surprise, but soon gives way to something resembling cheap. I imagine the big screen, 3D treatment could give the film a bit of a boost in terms of production value, but there are many scenes here that verge on boring and the quickened pace of William Hoy's editing (a valuable asset, otherwise) doesn't allow the audience much time to absorb the good stuff. Finally, around the 40-minute point, the director cuts loose with the kind of CG enhanced, utterly impossible action sequences we've come to expect from the guy that tried to make bending bullets a cinematic reality. Here, Abe chases his (im)mortal enemy as they jump over the backs of stampeding horses. But the real Bekmambetov-esque cherry on top is the playful manner he cuts to the next sequence – by having Lincoln's axe literally carve out the walls that create an alleyway set-piece. There are other surprises and highlights, but, even here, the director tends to sabotage himself with weird lighting choices and color schemes. He continues to keep away from shaky-cam, over-edited madness, but it doesn't matter if the smoky/dusty landscapes are being littered by sunbeams or an utter lack of light. Bekmambetov also largely drops the ball in terms of including horror amid his action and oddly adept historical drama. Much of my affection for the Night Watch movies pertains to the gruesome violence and authentic creepy factor, which is blended throughout the genre tapestry without overwhelming it. Day Watch, in particular, excelled at toeing the line between awesome and utterly stupid. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter does very little to earn its R-rating, leaving me to wonder why no one bothered cutting things down for a more audience-friendly PG-13.
Grahame-Smith wrote this screenplay from his book and does a decent job of getting down to business. This is a very efficient screenplay at the very least, which gives it a bit of an edge over its problems, chiefly its lack of originality. It seems that Grahame-Smith didn't have many ideas beyond the admittedly cool idea that the Civil War era South was kinda-sorta ruled by vampires, not just slave owners. There are occasional hints at story-specific vampiric elements and he has a little fun with the true history of the characters. Revisionist history has a long, fine tradition in horror movie literature (Nazi werewolves and Frankenstein monsters, anyone?) – but the basics here are simply snagged from other films. Grahame-Smith grabs a wide range of genres (vampire movies, action movies that require a training montage, historical dramas, costume romances), but doesn't do much to invert the tropes in his favour. The biggest issue structurally, however, is that the stuff I'm sure most audiences are going to care about, the vampiric civil war stuff, doesn't start until almost an hour into the film. It would likely be more expensive to make a fully war-based film, but the story anatomy is such that the first two acts feel more like an elongated pre-credit sequence than a build up to something more spectacular. I blame Batman Begins for making movie studios think everything has to be an origin story, myself.
I much prefer the straight-faced approach to ridiculous material in situations like this. Spoofs are boring and satire often requires a level of smarts the average blockbuster is incapable of. The emotional character moments and dramatic bits don't hit very often, but among the silly bits are some genuinely affecting interactions. Despite some seriously underwhelming dialogue, Bekmambetov's underrated abilities with actors gives way to likeable, if not particularly multi-faceted characters and most of the acting staff appears to be having fun with the material. The biggest surprises are the scenes between Walker and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays the rather thankless role of Mary Todd. They are shockingly believable as a couple moving throughout different phases of their relationship, despite a relatively brief runtime.
Bekmambetov has never been above exploiting a good digital gimmick, so I'm kind of surprised it took him until Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to mess around with the format. Besides the cash-in on popular historical mash-up literature, this film was sold heavily as a 3D experience, one I personally missed. This review pertains to the 2D Blu-ray release, which is presented in gorgeous 1080p video and 2.40:1 widescreen (1080/24p AVC). This film was shot using the RED system's biggest competitor, Arri Alexa cameras. My non-expert eyes see more soft blending abilities in the RED system, while the Arri Alexa does a slightly better job exacting the look of 35mm film. Bekmambetov and Caleb Deschanel pull out all the stops in terms of digital capabilities – pulling focus, desaturating and super-saturating the colours accordingly, and embracing both the sharp and satiny possibilities of the format. I'm not entirely fond of Bekmambetov and Deschanel's use of diffused glows (maybe they look cool in 3D?), but can't say they do anything to sully the clarity of the image here. And when important, fine details and textures are very well represented without a hint of sharpening or enhancement effects. The basic palette is mostly divided by daylight and nighttime sequences, though the entire movie is pretty dark. Daytime is cast in desaturated browns with similarly dulled reds and greens. These hues are properly supported by deep, hard-lined blacks and the aforementioned diffused whites, and every once and a while, by a nice, smooth, blue highlight. The night sequences are usually a mix of rich blue and the oranges leftover from the daylight sequences. In one particularly cool moment, a trap is set and the palette literally changes from orange to blue and back to orange as the fight is instigated and completed. Flashbacks tend to be more stylized, including an incredibly blurry-along-the-edges look at Lincoln's childhood and a duotoned (green and orange) look at Henry Sturges' tragic back-story, neither of which reveal any major digital noise or compression artefacts.
If Bekmambetov's comparatively cheap Russian releases feature incredibly rich and aggressive digital surround sound mixes, one can only assume that the healthily budgeted (though still comparatively modest) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will sound spectacular. This DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 mix doesn't disappoint. This track features quite a bit of dynamic range without ever sacrificing a channel of the mix, including subtle ambience to maintain the illusion of immersion during the important lower-impact moments. It is, of course, the bigger blasts of sound that will delight most listeners and many of these are demo disc-worthy. Nice examples of the more aggressive sound include a training regiment in a blackened room, the room-filling sound of a bellows Abe uses to burn the hell out of an unnamed vampire, the multi-channel horse stampede battle, a handful of Civil War sequences, dozens of extremely loud vampiric roars and abstract supernatural sounds that create unexpected stereo and surround flourishes. The climactic train sequence alone is a master class in modern sound design. Henry Jackman's score is par for the action/horror course, but the familiarity makes sense for the material and is given the proper dynamic and directional support throughout. The music often lies quietly on the track, waiting to spring a jump scare cue, but also features some large blasts during action-heavy moments. These threaten to muddy the already noises sequences, but never overwhelm the important dialogue or effects and never exhibit distortion. The LFE channel is given a huge boost anytime electronic drums and bass effects come into play.
The extras start with a solo commentary track from book writer/screenwriter, Seth Grahame-Smith. He starts off with an early warning that this is his first commentary track, in hopes of covering some of his commentating shortcomings. He's not a bad commentator; at worst, he spends a bit too much time describing the on-screen action, rather than explaining the behind the scenes process. He's most comfortable discussing his part writing the film, including his inspirations and surprising adherence to historical fact, but obviously paid attention throughout production (despite working on Tim Burton's Dark Shadows as well) to let fill his audience in on some basic details. He's also good at crediting Bekmambetov and the producers with story elements where such credit is due, and finds good places to insert personal stories without moving too far from on-screen descriptions. Most telling are his descriptions of the very messy screenplay, which didn't feature a villain or climax until well into pre-production.
The Making of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (1:15:20, HD) is divided into five parts – Dark Secrets: Book to Screen, which covers selling the book to the producers before it was even written and adapting it to film; On Location: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which covers location shooting, cinematography and production design; Vampire Hunting: Fight Choreography, The Art of Transformations: Make-Up Effects, and A Visual Feast: Timur Bekmambetov's Visual Style. Interview subjects include Bekmambetov, Grahame-Smith, producer Jim Lemley, cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, producer Tim Burton, production designer Francois Audouy, producer/production manager John Kelley, set decorator Cheryl Carasik, costume designers Carlo Poggioli and Varvara Avdyushko, reenactment coordinator Christopher A. Petro II, Civil War reenactor Dave Sullivan, stunt coordinator Mic Rogers, fight choreographers Don L. Lee and Igor Tsay, property master Guillaume DeLouche, make-up department head Fionagh Cush, make-up artists Steven E. Anderson and Elvis Jones, storyboard artist Indar Dzhendubaev, effects supervisor Michael Owens, and actors Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Erin Wasson, Alan Tudyk and Dominic Cooper.
Next up is The Great Calamity (7:40, HD), a computer animated short (it's listed as a 'graphic novel,' but it moves a whole lot better than a motion comic) that parallels the events of the film. Here, Honest Abe is told the story of Elizabeth Báthory (via Joseph Sheridan le Fanu's Carmilla) by none other than Edgar Allan Poe, in perhaps an understated bit of synergy with Fox's other 2012 historical/supernatural mash-up – The Raven. The disc is completed with a Linkin Park music video, a trailer, and trailers for other Fox releases.
My anticipation levels for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter were about as low as could be expected, based on the silliness of the concept, but I was more than willing to embrace the silly concept, especially since director Timor Bekmambetov was involved. In the end it seems that silliness was not the problem – the problem is lack of real identity that makes for a surprisingly dull movie. Perhaps a bit more Bekmambetov and a bit less costume drama would've worked. Oh well. Anyway, this disc looks and sounds great (assuming you're all right with a heavily digitally augmented image) and the extras cover quite a bit of ground throughout a feature-length commentary and behind the scenes documentary.
* Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd October 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, English Descriptive Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and French
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Writer's Commentary, The Making-Of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Animated Graphic Novel, Music Video, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas, Jimmi Simpson
Genre: Action, Adventure and Horror
Length: 105 minutes
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More than 40 years after the Catskills first began battling for that elusive casino, the fight once more rages.
More than 40 years after the Catskills first began battling for that elusive casino, the fight once more rages.
Now the setting is the current legislative session in Albany. Two prime combatants are Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Sen. John Bonacic, R-C-Mount Hope.
Cuomo just proposed legislation that would allow three upstate casinos, with the possibility of downstate casinos five years after the first upstate one opens. Under his plan, which doesn't specify locations, the Catskills could only get one casino. The Empire Resorts plan for the Concord near Monticello is believed to be the front-runner under that scenario.
Bonacic, chairman of the Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, introduced legislation last month calling for five upstate casinos, with three in the Catskills. Two would be in Sullivan, the only county with more than one. He mentioned four possible spots: the Concord site, the old Grossinger's site in Liberty, the former Nevele resort near Ellenville and the property of upstate developer David Flaum in Mamakating. Two downstate casinos would be allowed in five years. But even if that legislation is hammered out, a Catskills casino must clear more hurdles. Once lawmakers agree on the number and location, they must again pass a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling in New York. The amendment would then have to be approved by voters in a statewide referendum.
While Bonacic feels the amendment has a better chance for approval if locations are specified, one constitutional expert says Cuomo believes the opposite.
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If she could, Rhodesian-born tennis player and coach Diana Seggie would outfit every child who wanted to play tennis with a new T-shirt, tennis shoes that fit and racquets that sing on the court. It's part of the many efforts she's making to pay back and pay forward the good fortune of her own youth.
In February, Seggie was presented with the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Professional Tennis Registry, an international tennis teaching organization.
"It was the very last award," said the Sun City resident, "and I was very, very humbled by it."
Seggie, 72, was selected from more than 14,000 PTR members from 117 nations. The organization's goal is to train tennis teachers and coaches and spread tennis around the world.
"When I was a little thing, there were always tennis racquets laying around and I was hitting balls against the wall," Seggie said.
Those racquets were her mother's, who was "still a fabulous tennis player" when Seggie was a small child. Her mother, Beryl Kiernander Ward, was part of a tennis-playing family and played at Wimbledon in front of Seggie's grandparents who had reserved seats for many years at the famous courts.
"She played juniors at Wimbledon, and she and my aunt both played for their counties, Sussex and everything," Seggie said. "My aunt was better than my mother, and she represented her country in competitions."
Growing up in Africa
The Sun City resident's parents moved in 1939 from England to Rhodesia where her father worked for a gold mining company. Seggie, born in 1940, was surrounded by tennis equipment. Life a few years later became more difficult for the family.
"Things in my mother's life changed and she couldn't afford to get me the professional tennis lessons, but she had the most fabulous friends and they helped me to get to be the best I could be," she said. They also helped her continue to play field hockey by purchasing uniforms and equipment for the young athlete.
"From those years and seeing the poverty around me and knowing what it was like to live that life," Seggie said she taught tennis anywhere she could. "The BATA shoe company paid us to go into the inner cities in Zimbabwe to teach tennis."
On two broken tennis courts, 60 young people showed up to learn how to play. Seggie recruited her family to help her fix the court and teach. Four of the young players progressed enough to play on overseas circuits. She married, moved and lost touch with the athletes but she still thinks about them.
"I don't know how good they became, but they had a life and that's the real start," she said.
Forced to move in 1983 with few personal possessions by a changing government in Zimbabwe, Seggie, her husband, Mike, and children fled to South Africa.
Coming to America
They applied for admission to the United States, lured by Seggie's frequent tennis teaching trips to America, including the Van der Meer Tennis Center in Hilton Head.
After years of fulfilling the dream of helping children discover tennis in Rhodesia -- now Zimbabwe -- and South Africa, Seggie continued her efforts when she came to the United States and saw there was just as great a need to help children discover tennis as there was in Africa.
"My mother was poor but not like when you have to have a meal at school," she said.
The Seggies moved to Sun City in 1999 where she became immediately involved with the women's tennis and helping with Public Tennis Inc. That is where she met Bob Brown, the Bluffton High School tennis coach and founder of the Bluffton Today Open Tournament which will be played May 11-13 on courts throughout the area.
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Seggie volunteers as a coach for boys and girls, Brown said. "She sits on the Women's Tennis Organization for Sun City and they raise money and provide the Toni Sarver Scholarship" he said. "They award a couple of $500 scholarships for kids to help with lessons and equipment and tournaments fees."
Brown said his players also go to Sun City and volunteer with the annual Rally for the Cure tennis tournament with which Seggie is involved.
"Those things just scratch the surface of what she does," he said. "She collects clothing, tennis balls and racquets from her community and distributes them among underprivileged kids up through Beaufort, Hampton, into Georgia and sometimes takes them over to South Africa. She's also worked for years for Special Olympics and Wheelchair Tennis.
"She has 40 years of tennis experience working with some great juniors. I've always considered her gifted, working with the really young kids. And she works individually with several of my players outside of my practices," said Brown.
Seggie sets her focus on how she can help "to get tennis players out and enjoying their lives without worrying about the expense," she said. "I want to give them something that can carry them further."
She credits her friends, neighbors and strangers with helping her.
"The people in Sun City have been fabulous. I ask and I end up with bags of clothes, shoes, tennis racquets. Most of the donations are anonymous and left at my door," she said. "I had thought I had a rough life but nothing like this. Without the people around me, I could not do the things I do. That makes it all worthwhile."


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MOSCOW, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A recruiting office to join pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine is in Moscow, although the Russian government continues to deny a role in the conflict.
The U.S. State Dept. acknowledged the presence in Moscow of an organization dedicated to engaging those willing to fight, as well as to collecting funds and equipment.
The Donetsk People's Republic can be contacted by telephone or e-mail, although it currently has no street address. Offers with the slogan "Join Strelkov's Army," a reference to insurgent leader Igor Strelkov, are visible at Moscow rallies and on websites.
A page on the Russian social network VKontakte gives instructions about contacting those who can arrange for volunteers to fight in Ukraine, and support for the insurgency is strong in Russia, where the conflict is viewed as a battle against a pro-Western regime it considers hostile to Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens.
"If weapons and aid are going into eastern Ukraine, then that cannot be happening without the approval of the Kremlin. Several different (factions) of the Kremlin might have their own policies, but one man approves this," said Alexander Konovalov of Moscow's Institute of Strategic Assessments, a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.


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Susan Blackmore's Memes lecture is great, really like "temes" idea as well; have not heard that term before. Kind of charges my imaginations.
Please note my blog, "Poo Fools (us all)," is a defense of memetics.
This LOLcat reminds me of our relationship to memeplexes. "I has memes... No wait, memes has me!"
In particular, it reminds me of Dominator culture memes. Riane Eisler, in The Chalice and the Blade, describes two strange attractors of human culture Dominator And Partnership. Dominator culture memes exploit our instincts for dominance and submission. Dominator culture is hierarchial, with violence used to maintain the hierarchy. Partnership is equality/cooperation based. Ever since weapons technology such as that of the ancient Greeks and Huns, Dominator culture has had the edge. It was more cost effective to take by force than to make or grow, because somebody could just take the products of your labor. We have Dominator culture worldwide. The problem is, taking assumes an environment of natural abundance. As we keep taking and taking from the earth, we reach natural limits such as Climate Destabilization. Dominator culture is a local optimum, not a global optimum, not once you exceed your home planet's carrying capacity.
It came to me that a similar dilemma must face all emerging civilizations, some analog of their gene/meme coevolution having a Dominator/Partnership dimension. This should be included in the Drake Equation. In other words, memetics can't be ignored when we calculate the probabilities of alien contact.
Memetics also can't be ignored when we calculate our own chances of surviving to reach the stars.
Have you seem Susan Blackmore's Memes and Temes lecture? It blew my mind.
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Sprint made a big splash in the Android community when they launched the HTC EVO 4G last summer, but since that time we have yet to see another device that created the same level of buzz and excitement. Everyone was hoping that would change this year, but Sprint had a lackluster CES and their big media event to reveal the Kyocera Echo disappointed customers who were expecting a high-end device. Thankfully, we have now discovered that Sprint has multiple dual-core devices in the works. Check out the full rumor report after the break.
The Rumor
Next month Sprint will announce the Motorola Atrix smartphone (with lapdock) and Xoom tablet. Both devices will support Sprint's 4G WiMAX network.
The Source
This tip came from a regular source who has provided accurate information on Sprint in the past. As with most people that hand over sensitive information, they wish to remain anonymous.
One Android Insider's take on the rumor
Last year we were the first to report on a secret Motorola device which we referred to as Terminator. It eventually landed on AT&T as the Atrix 4G, but our original sources said it would come to multiple carriers this year.
Motorola invested a lot of time and money on developing the Atrix 4G and lapdock, so we always believed it would come to as many carriers as possible. It sounds like AT&T had an exclusive period on the initial launch, but that must be expiring soon since Sprint is about to announce their version.
Verizon was always Motorola's biggest Android customer, but increased competition from the new iPhone has forced Motorola to reach out to more customers to expand their sales. Sprint has only launched the Motorola i1, but it appears the two companies worked out a long term deal now that Motorola's flagship products will appear on Sprint.
Announcing the two Motorola devices next month sounds a little weird since we have CTIA next week, but Sprint is expected to focus on the EVO 3D so that could be why they decided to space out the releases. Samsung is also announcing the Nexus S 4G for Sprint next week, so that's another possible reason that the big Motorola unveiling got bumped to next month.
I believe the Atrix branding is owned by AT&T, so look for Sprint's version to launch with a different name. The outer casing and design might be a little different, but it still needs to fit in the lapdock accessory so don't expect anything too radically different.
Motorola owns the Xoom brand, but they were hit with a trademark lawsuit so Sprint's version might also be marketed under a different name.
Everyone assumes that the EVO 3D will become Sprint's flagship 4G phone, but the dual-core Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm is untested and early performance benchmarks show that NVIDIA's Tegra 2 could be faster.
If you are on Sprint, which dual-core phone would you choose? The HTC EVO 3D or the Motorola Atrix 4G?


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1306 - Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland.
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1911 – Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967) He was convicted of the murder November 24, 1963. He shot Oswald two days after Osie was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He successfully appealed the conviction and death sentence, but died of lung cancer before his next trial. At least that is what "they" say. The truth is out there.
1913 - Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens in New York.
1918- Howard Cosell, American sports journalist. (d. 1995)
1947 –Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight). He changed his middle name to Hercules? Here is more on his fight with Georgie Porgy.
1966 - Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album. It was later pulled when it became known the "meat" was real butchered babies.
1998 – Steve Schiff, United States Congressman (b. 1947) was our United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Local! He received a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law, and was an assistant city attorney for Albuquerque, until his entering Congress. He was a Republican. He died of Squamous Cell Carcinoma.


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Cannabis Science, Inc. Appoints Harold C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Oncology and a Member of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester, School of Dentistry and Medicine, to the Company's Scientific Advisory Board
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (NASDAQOTC: CBIS) has appointed Harold C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Oncology with secondary appointments as Professor in the Department of Genetics and Pathology and a Member of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester, School of Dentistry and Medicine, to the Company's Scientific Advisory Board. At the University of Rochester Dr. Smith directs a research laboratory and teaches undergraduate and medical school courses in biochemistry. He is a member of the RNA Society and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the SUNY at Buffalo's Distinguished Alumni Award as well as several awards from the University or Rochester for contributions to the teaching mission and leadership in mentoring. Dr. Smith has been an opinion leader in RNA biology where he established the first Gordon Research conference on RNA Editing. Dr. Smith has also been the recipient of a number of grants, including grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the NIH, the United States Air Force, and the Office of Naval Research. In total, Dr. Smith has received federal and foundation research grants in excess of $6.5 million. Dr. Smith has been an opinion leader in RNA biology where he established the first Gordon Research conference on RNA Editing. Dr. Smith is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and reviews during his career, exceeding more than 9,973 citations.
Dr. Smith received his Ph.D. from SUNY at Buffalo, following BS and MS degrees from Purdue University and an MA degree from SUNY at Buffalo. Dr. Smith also held post-doctoral positions in biochemistry at SUNY at Buffalo followed by three post-doctoral positions in biochemistry, pharmacology, and medical genetics, respectively, at Baylor College of Medicine.
In addition, Dr. Smith is the Founder and CEO of OyaGen, Inc., a biotech company in Rochester, New York developing novel therapeutics for infectious disease and cancer. OyaGen has raised in excess of $4 million from venture and angel investor sources and two federal grants for assay development.
Dr. Smith stated, "It is my pleasure to join the scientific advisory board of CBIS. In joining the Company's SAB, I hope to bring over 30 years of research experience in cancer and HIV to assist in developing a clear platform for the commercialization of CS-TATI-1 and CS-S/BCC-1. I look forward to assisting in the realization of bridging macro and microbiology in discovering new applications for the medicinalization of cannabinoids."
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That's about where all the praise for the game ends. As much as I enjoy weaving through giant packs of traffic in every track, that's not how things work in the sport, and the lack of any caution flags, unless I'm facing the opposite direction for several seconds, really punishes me for getting into an accident, regardless of whether or not it was my fault. The game's tendency to destroy any and all progress you've made through the course race is one of the biggest turn-offs I've ever come across. In a game that clearly touts itself as the most realistic NASCAR experience ever, it's flat out inexcusable to overlook this detail.
So, let's say that you want to take out some frustration and race human drivers online. You have the option to race against up to fifteen other drivers at any NASCAR track…supposedly. Out of the 50+ lobbies I entered, maybe a fifth of them actually ever got to the track, thanks to loading screen freezes and random lobby drops. Half of those races didn't even work probably, due to bugs that caused my car to face head first into a wall, or not even move at all. Finally, the races I did actually compete in weren't the same as they were in the NASCAR season. The frenzy of racing against forty-two other drivers was gone, and it was replaced with a ho-hum experience of only about six other drivers, most of which didn't even last the entire race.
NASCAR The Game 2011 isn't all too much to look at. The graphics aren't bad, per se, but they're not good either; they're average. Crowd models appear to be flat and two-dimensional, and the loading screens/garage menus look incredibly dated. Things don't get much better for the game's audio: commentary is an afterthought, as you'll hear some small talk before the race and that's about it. No in-game commentary, or even a soundtrack to listen to; all you get is the hum of your car, adding to a really poor polishing job.
Deep between all of its issues, there's a successful core to NASCAR 2011. The idea of combining an arcade feel to a sport sim is one that could work really well in this case, but the game's bugs, errors, and lack of realism bring it down far too much to be enjoyed. It's almost as if the game was rushed out to meet the start of the NASCAR season, which is already a month old as of this writing. Should Activision bring NASCAR back for another lap next year, we could have a really good game on our hands. As for now, it's extremely avoidable, to say the least.
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Porter's Chairs: The Surprising Origins of a Glamorous Chair
Canopied chairs carry a sense of drama and ceremony fit for a monarch. Kelly Wearstler, glam queen, loves to use them in restaurants, to add a touch of romance (images 1 & 2). So it surprised me to discover that historically, they were used as chairs for hall porters to sit in while they kept watch at the doors of grand homes and palaces — like very well-appointed bouncers!
Porter's chairs originated in 16th-century France, where they were often made of cane or wicker, and were known as "guérites" (French for "sentry") with high backs and sides. These chairs were commonly used for invalids and the elderly to protect them from draughts (images 3 & 4), though the association of the form with the word for "sentry" suggests that their true original purpose was for hall porters.
An essential position in the homes of the well-to-do, the hall porter was the gatekeeper, admitting or refusing callers based on his memory for faces and names of his employer's acquaintances, his knowledge of the acceptable members of high society, and even on his learned understanding of class attributes and distinctions. In an 1857 book, The Household Manager, Charles Pierce writes of the hall porter:
"If his master be a rich man, and a charitable one, that master is being for ever applied to by the distressed, the needy, and the impostor … Hence is called into exercise the necessity for the porter's searching and discriminative eye, and his scrupulous pause before receiving a letter or answering an inquiry."
Entrusted with such a crucial role in the security and well-being of the people he served, the hall porter was expected to maintain his post at all times, even sleeping in his chair after dark, and occasionally taking meals there, as well. Some porter's chairs were equipped with drawers under the seat where supplies could be kept, or where hot coals could be placed keep them warm (they were often stationed in chilly, damp entrance halls). The chairs occasionally had a hinged shelf that could be propped up at night to hold a lantern (you might be able to make one out on the right side of the chair in image 5).
Many porter's chairs were hooded, or at least were ample, with high sides, in order to protect him from draughts (images 5-9). The hooded chairs were also thought to be acoustically helpful, so as to help the porter be as vigilant as possible.
Hall porter's chairs were already considered old-fashioned by the mid-19th century, and they became obsolete in the early 20th century, thanks mostly to the rise of the latch key as the preferred security measure of countless homeowners. Presumably, advances in interior climate control and of course the dwindling number of households full of servants contributed to the chair's demise, as well.
Hooded wicker chairs were also an appropriate form of sun and wind protection out of doors. Scheveningen Beach, outside the Hague, was famous for its canopied beach chairs (image 10) until the 1970s. Apparently, some German beaches still feature chairs like these (image 11) — a cozy option on a windy day.
You can find more traditional porter's chairs at antique sales, or buy them new from places like Restoration Hardware (image 12) and Jayson Home & Garden (image 13), or even updated in a sleek, modern idiom by Hayon Studio (image 14).
Source: Charles Pierce, The Household Manager. London: Routledge & Co., 1857. Via Google Books.
Images: 1 & 2 Images from the Kelly Wearstler-designed BG restaurant at Bergdorf Goodman, featuring updated porter's chairs, via Kelly Wearstler; 3 Jacob Jordaens, The Satyr and the Peasant, Flemish, ca. 1620-21, via Wikipedia; 4 Jacob Jordaens, As the Old Sang, so the Young Pipe, Flemish, ca. 1638-40, via Wikipedia; 5 Antique porter's chair from Aston Hall, a 17th-century mansion in England; 6 Pair of vintage caned porter's chairs sold at Pieces, an Atlanta furniture store, via Have Degree Will Travel; 7 An English Regency (early 19th c.) hall porter's chair sold by Christie's in 1999 for $5737; 8 A hall porter's chair from the early 20th century, sold by Christie's in 2009 for $4362; 9 Pair of 20th-century wicker hall porter's chairs from the Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island, via Meghan Mary Morrow; 10 1906 image from Scheveningen Beach, near the Hague, via Happy Hotelier; 11 Contemporary wicker beach chair, via Chair Blog; 12 Porter's chair at Restoration Hardware; 13 Porter's chair from Jayson Home & Garden; 14 Updated porter's chair form by Hayon Studio.


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- Internal quality control through regular feedback and benchmarking
All Swiss hospitals admitting patients with acute coronary syndrome are eligible. Data are collected on demographics, risk factors, symptoms, laboratory results, invasive therapy, complications and medication.
Since the start in January 1997, the method of data collection has continuously improved in order to suit the different needs and technological advancements of the participating hospitals. Participants can either complete paper questionnaires and send them directly to the AMIS Plus Data Center at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in Zurich where these questionnaires are then checked and entered online or they can enter data directly online (AMIS online questionnaire). Data security has a high priority. Participant identification (code for hospital and physician) and a password are required to access the data entry form and send data.
|Study Type :
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|60000 participants
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|Official Title:
|National Registry of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Switzerland
|Study Start Date :
|January 1997
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Probability Sample
Acute myocardial infarction definition:
- Characteristic ischemic symptoms
- ECG changes indicating new ischemia (ST-T changes or new left bundle branch block) or developing pathological Q-waves
- A dynamic increase or decrease in biomarker or troponin (I or T) levels above the individual hospital cut-off for MI. The internationally accepted guidelines for troponin levels are set at least one value above the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit (URL). Cut-off levels for either total creatine kinase (CK) or creatine kinase MB fraction (CK-MB) at least twice the upper limit of normal.
Inclusion Criteria: Patients who had symptoms within the last 48 hours at hospital admission with a discharge clinical diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction or patients who suffered an acute myocardial infarction in hospital during a hospitalization for other reasons.
Exclusion Criteria: Since January 2012, patients with unstable angina are no longer included.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01305785
|Contact: Paul Erne, MD
|++41 41 205 51 06
|University of Zurich
|Zurich, Switzerland
|Contact: Dragana Radovanovic
|Study Director:
|Paul Erne, MD
|AMIS Plus Data Center
Additional Information:
Publications of Results:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Prof. Paul Erne, AMIS Plus Steering Committee President, Luzerner Kantonsspital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01305785 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
AMIS Plus
|First Posted:
|March 1, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 17, 2013
|Last Verified:
|April 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myocardial Infarction
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases


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Press release from the West Nebraska Family Research and History Center via Floyd Smith III
In recognition of National Family History Month, the West Nebraska Family Research & History Center at 1602 Ave A in Scottsbluff will be having two programs with discussion sessions on Saturday, October 15th. The first program will start at 9:30am and will be presented by Dennis Kramer of Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel. Mr. Kramer will discuss the benefits of writing your own obituary and tips on how to do it. Mr. Kramer will also address mortuary records and the information they contain. The second program will begin at 11:00am and will be presented by Janet Gifford and Ann Herbel. Their program will focus on DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) membership, the application process and the documentation required to apply for membership and research assistance options available for those interested in joining the DAR. A question and answer session will follow each program. The sessions are free and open to the public. Staff will available all day to answer your genealogy and local history questions. Questions about the schedule or the topics of discussion can be directed to 308-635-2400 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Perhaps it's the pristine location, the classic beauty, or the history that has evolved here. Or maybe it's the fact that one cultivates a sense of contentment throughout every season at Stowe. Now, with the advent of Stowe Mountain Lodge, this unique New England ski town in Vermont reaffirms its place as a renowned destination for discerning world travelers.
For over a century Stowe has attracted the world's most discerning travelers, who have cherished the beauty of the area's covered bridges, sparkling lakes, rambling woodlands and majestic peaks. Having opened in June 2008, Stowe Mountain Lodge sets a new standard of luxury and aesthetics for the East Coast's most magnificent resort. Built in the new "Vermont-Alpine" style, Stowe Mountain Lodge offers a truly luxurious setting, while still paying respect to the Vermont traditions of utilizing local artisan products and embracing the tranquility of nature.
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Sculpey Premo Polymer Clay 2oz Block RHINO GRAY
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Versatile and Durable Polymer Clay Perfect for Creative Projects
2oz blocks of Premo Sculpey Polymer Clay in a range of colours and effects. Premo Sculpey Polymer Clay is an artist?s dream come true! After conditioning this clay is soft enough to blend easily but firm enough to hold fine detail and for specialized techniques. Because Premo retains flexibility, the finished product remains very strong and durable. This unique characteristic makes it Sculpey's most durable clay, ideal for jewelery, home d?cor and functional items that are used every day. This combination of strength and beauty is easily transferred to any project you have in mind. Whether creating sculpture, models, millefiore beads and canes or glass adornments, Premo Sculpey is the clay to use. Also included in this range is the Premo Accents Polymer Clay; Accents includes pearlized colors that are great for creating faux semi-precious stones, metallics containing tiny mica particles to create a reflective effect, translucents to lighten clays and provide a transparent effect, glitters for creating projects with a glittery, sparkly finish and 1 granite containing elements that give the appearance of natural stones. Bake at 275 ?F (130 ?C) for 30 minutes per 1/4 in (6 mm) thickness. DO NOT MICROWAVE. Baking should be completed by an adult. Baking temperature should not be exceeded and items should be monitored whilst baking to prevent burning or over baking.


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Lawyering Practice Externship
Summer 2018 Externship Information
Faculty: Amany Ragab Hacking , Adjunct Faculty
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LAWYERING PRACTICE EXTERNSHIP students learn advocacy and litigation skills working under the supervision of field supervisors in government law offices or legal departments of tax-exempt charitable organizations.
Students have the opportunity to engage in various phases of lawyering practice, including interviewing, counseling, investigation, drafting, negotiation, litigation, and settlement. Depending upon the placement, externs work on civil, criminal, lawmaking, or policymaking matters.
Students also meet for regular class meetings that cover professional development topics.
Professor Mary L. Perry directs this externship program.
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HARVEY: Should be named NL starter in All-Star Game
After tonight's start for the New York Mets, the next time Matt Harvey steps on the Citi Field mound should be to start the All-Star Game.
Support for Harvey to start has gone on for several weeks to the point of it now being a brushfire. San Francisco and National League manager Bruce Bochy all but named Harvey the starter yesterday in a national radio interview. Speaking on MLB Network Radio, Bochy marveled at Harvey's dominance and acknowledged the location of the game, "should play a part, if all things are equal.''
After tonight, factoring in four complete days of rest, Harvey's next starts should be July 8 at San Francisco in an up-close audition in front of Bochy and July 13 at Pittsburgh. The latter date is the Saturday prior to the break so there shouldn't be any scheduling snags.
Terry Collins will undoubtedly speak with Bochy when the Mets are in San Francisco, and already said he would change his rotation if it meant getting Harvey a start.
St. Louis' Adam Wainwright and Los Angeles' Clayton Kershaw are having strong seasons, as are Washington's Jordan Zimmerman and Philadelphia's Cliff Lee. All are worthy in most years, but Harvey's season is flying off the charts. He's not first in wins, ERA or WHIP, but in the top five.
Harvey has just seven victories, but nine no-decisions, with him giving up three or fewer runs in seven of them.
"You look at Harvey, I don't think what team he's playing for,'' Bochy said, which is a polite way of suggesting playing for the Mets shouldn't count against him
"This guy should be strongly considered to start the game. It hasn't been determined. That's how good he is.''
Starting the hometown pitcher is considered a goodwill gesture by the All-Star manager, but in Harvey's case Bochy knows there's no charity involved. Toronto's Cito Gaston wouldn't pitch the Orioles' Mike Mussina in the 1993 game at Baltimore – Mussina made the team – and was booed the remainder of his career in Camden Yards.
Bochy is smart enough to know not to make any enemies if he doesn't have to.
While the Mets have had a myriad of pitchers in the All-Star game, only Dwight Gooden and Tom Seaver started.
While Harvey is nearly a given to make it three, David Wright is currently running away with the vote over the Giants' Pablo Sandoval at third base to the point where he has nearly an 800,000-vote lead with two days remaining in the balloting.
For Wright, it will be his seventh All-Star Game and fifth as a starter. Seaver is the franchise leader with nine All-Star Games, while Mike Piazza and Darryl Strawberry each made it seven times.
As always, your comments are greatly appreciated and I will attempt to answer them. Please follow me on Twitter @jdelcos


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Hulu Puts Gun To Own Head: May Require Users To Show Proof Of Pay TV Subscription
from the preserving-the-problem-to-which-they-are-the-solution dept
Well, now it appears that phase one of making Hulu absolutely useless to people who might cut the cord from pay TV is going into effect, with plans to join the networks silly "TV Everywhere" setup and require users to have a pay TV subscription in order to access parts of the service. Hulu's main (non-studio) investor, Providence Equity Partners, sold its shares last week because it heard about this plan and knew it was suicidal.
In no rational world would Hulu move in this direction on its own. Hulu's key selling point is that it's the go-to source for cord cutters, helping it build up a very large audience. Taking that crowd out of its audience makes it close to useless. While the studios love this because they make so much money from pay TV companies, it's incredibly short-sighted in the long run. It's pure protectionism of legacy revenues, done by sacrificing the one truly innovative platform they've invested in.
Meanwhile, along the same lines, the THResq story that we link to above also notes that NBC Universal will, once again, seek to marginalize its own online coverage of the Olympics, by also requiring proof of a pay TV service. Way to raise a giant middle finger to all the cord cutters out there -- guaranteeing that they seek out alternative streams for which NBC Universal gets no money.


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Poets Inspired by Titian: Tony Harrison (Metamorphosis: Titian 2012)
Hear Tony Harrison describing his creative process and how he drew inspiration from the artist. Leading contemporary poets have been invited to respond to three of Titian's paintings - 'Diana and Actaeon', 'The Death of Actaeon' and the recently acquired 'Diana and Callisto' - which depict stories from Ovid's epic poem 'Metamorphoses'. You can also hear Tony reading his poem 'Diana and Actaeon' in our Poems Inspired by Titian playlist.A multi-faceted experience celebrating British creativity across the arts, 'Metamorphosis: Titian 2012' brings together a group of specially commissioned works responding to the three Titian paintings.Featuring new work by contemporary artists Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger, including sets and costumes for three new ballets at the Royal Opera House. Leading poets including Seamus Heaney, Wendy Cope, and Patience Agbabi have also responded to Ovid's text and Titian's paintings.Buy the book -- Metamorphosis: Poems Inspired by Titian: http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/products/p_1034100Watch more on our Channel: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/channel/Find out more about the exhibition 'Metamorphosis: Titian 2012' on the National Gallery website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/metamorphosisExplore the life and work of Titian, including a special Titian playlist: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/artists/titian/Follow us on Twitter @nationalgallery and use #Titian2012 in your tweets
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I found this recipe by Paula Deen and used it at Harper's birthday party. I thought it was really good.
Cheese and Pesto Layer Dip
2 8oz cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
16 oz smoked provolone shredded (I used mozzarella instead)
1 5oz parm cheese
1 cup Pesto
1 cup toasted pine nuts
Beat cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Add cheeses and beat until combined.
Line a 9x5 loaf pan with heavy plastic wrap allowing edges to extend over sides of pan. Spoon 1/3 of cheese mixture into pan. Spoon 1/4 of pesto on top and repeat layers twice.
Cover and freeze for 4 hrs & up to 2 wks.
Before serving - unmold onto a platter, remove plastic and let stand for one hour. Press pine nuts on side (this takes a lot of work and I got lazy and just did a row instead of covering the whole thing).
Top with remaining pesto.
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Local police notes.
Friday, June 14, 2013
9:00am Officers investigated probation violation in the 200 blk of E. 11th. (occurred 6-12-13).
1:05pm Libby L. Driver, 25, City was issued a notice to appear charged with Disregard a Stop sign.
3:46pm Officers investigated Contributing to a Childs Misconduct in the 300 blk. N. A, city. known suspect
4:42pm Officers investigated a theft in the 2000 blk E. 16th, city.
5:07pm Officers took a report of Found Property in the 1400 blk. E. Lincoln, city. bicycle
5:42pm Injury accident in the 100 blk E. Lincoln, city involving vehicles operated by Donald L. Wilson, 74, City, Gerald L. Kessler, 63, Oxford, and a Parked and unoccupied vehicle owned by Violet F. Peterson, Argonia.
10:10pm Non-Injury accident on private property in the 1100 blk. N. A, city involving a vehicle operated by Zachary W. Bacon, 15, South Haven and a Fixed Object/Speaker owned by Sonic Drive-In, city.
10:30pm Officers investigated a Theft in the 2000 blk of east 16th, city. known suspect
10:54pm Shirley J. Herl, 34, city, was arrested and charged with Theft. (bonded)
Saturday June 15, 2013
12:40am Officers investigated a Battery and Disorderly Conduct in the 100 blk N. Washington city.
1:50am Courtny M. Stover, 22, city, was arrested and charged with Battery and Disorderly Conduct (bonded)
3:10am William E. Daves, 33, city, was arrested and charged with Battery and Disorderly Conduct. (bonded)
9:14pm Wesley M. Reusch, 19, city was arrested on a City of Wellington Warrant for Giving Wothless Check. (bonded)
9:41pm Officers investigated Criminal Damage to Property in the 1200 blk S. F, city.
Sunday June 16, 2013
4:48am Kathleen J. Ryberg 18, city was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol influence of alcohol and minor in possession/consumption of alcohol, no proof of insurance and defective tail lamp in the 1000 blk. Shadylane, city. (bonded)
6:20am Officers took a report of Suspicious Activity in the 400 blk. N. Terrace Drive, city.
10:07am Officers investigated Criminal damage to property at the Wellington City Lake. known suspect(s)
6:03pm Officers investigated a theft in the 2000 blk E. 16th, city.


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Let's start with the Dodgers.
- Dodgers lose by eight runs. Nothing to talk about. Just a terrible game. View the box score if you want to suffer.
- Andre Ethier had two hits in his final rehab game. He's scheduled to play Monday for the Dodgers. How about if the Dodgers give away his Bobblehead again? You know, to celebrate his return! :) So what's odd about this? Well, Ethier could have gone to Inland Empire and play for the 66ers like Manny Ramirez did last month. But no, he played Triple-A ball. That's the way it's suppose to be.
- More odd notes. Denver Police decided to do a Press Conference to tell us that Vicente Padilla will not be charged in domestic violence case. Couldn't they just write a press release. Was it really necessary to do a press conference?
Other odd notes around MLB:
- Roy Halladay pitched a Perfect Game for the Phillies. It's the 20th Perfect Game in MLB history. It was great seeing former Dodger Juan Castro making some great defensive plays.
- See this video and tell me if it's funny? I don't know why a lot of Dodger fans were laughing about it on Twitter. Just because it's a Angels player? I guess we all see the game differently. Kendry Morales will have surgery tomorrow. It was embarrassing but not funny. I'm hoping Morales goes through a speedy recovery.


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ND Secretary of State Al Jaeger Receives School Start Petition
On Monday, North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced he has received a proposed petition to ask state voters to OK a requirement that school classes start after Labor Day.
Jaeger said the proposed initiative was proposed by Kelly Heinert of Mandan and Linda Striebel of Bismarck, and has 25 sponsoring committee members.
More in Tuesday's issue of the Times-Record.


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Gary Habermas' D.D. degree
Dr. Habermas holds an M.A. in philosophical theology from the University of Detroit; a D.D. in theology from Emmanuel College, Oxford; and Ph.D. in history and philosophy of religion from Michigan Sate [sic] University.The D.D. in theology from Emmanuel College, Oxford is also mentioned in the description of Habermas on a website advertising the DVD "Jesus: Fact or Fiction." It shows up in his bio for a talk he gave at First Family Church in Overland Park, Kansas.
There's a slight problem with a doctorate of divinity in theology from Emmanuel College, Oxford--there is no such college at Oxford. This same false claim is made in the Wikipedia article for Gary Habermas, with a link from "Emmanuel College" to the Wikipedia entry for Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, not Oxford. (Emmanuel College at Cambridge does have a "sister college" at Oxford, but its name is Exeter College.)
Habermas's current online resume lists no D.D. degree at all.
So what's the story? Is this Habermas's error, or someone else's? And what kind of error is it? If Habermas has a D.D. degree from a UK school, why doesn't his current resume list it?
(Hat tip to Roger Stanyard, who pointed this out in a comment at RichardDawkins.net last year.)
I once exchanged some letters with Gary Habermas, beginning with a critique I wrote of the first edition of the book on immortality that he co-wrote with J.P. Moreland. I don't believe anything in my critique was accounted for in the second edition of their book; the second edition still includes this false statement about psychic detective Peter Hurkos, even though I pointed them to critical material: "In carefully documented situations, Hurkos demonstrated very precise knowledge of cases as famous as the stolen Stone of Scone...and the Boston Strangler murders." Even if they rejected my criticism, shouldn't a matter of simple honesty to their readers have demanded that they include a reference to the existence of published rebuttals?


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I was one of 46 women who, in 1970, sued Newsweek magazine for workplace gender discrimination. We were protesting a system in which all but one of the writers and editors were men and the women clipped newspaper stories, checked facts and did research — lower-paying jobs without much opportunity to move up. In our job interviews, we were told: "Women don't write at Newsweek. If you want to be a writer, go someplace else." Which is exactly what Nora Ephron, Ellen Goodman, Jane Bryant Quinn and Susan Brownmiller did. They left.
The rest of us "good girls" stayed, thrilled to be working in a newsroom on the important issues of the day. But it was also the "Mad Men" era — married bosses had affairs with women who reported to them; a randy writer passed by the desk of one young woman and planted a kiss on her neck; a researcher was stalked by her senior editor, who had a crush on her. He told her if she didn't marry him, she would have to leave Newsweek — which she did.
We were the first women in the media to sue, but our landmark lawsuit had largely been forgotten — even at Newsweek — as if it had all been a dream. A little more than two years ago, I got a call from two young women at Newsweek who, in the course of writing about workplace issues facing women today, discovered our 40-year-old lawsuit.


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Manage Partner and Vendor Access Using Azure B2B Collaboration - Option 2
Learn how to invite your partners and vendors to collaborate in your organization's applications securely. This session will show you how Azure B2B Collaboration can help you manage their access without having to own or manage their identities or credentials.
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A French View Of Los Angeles
Yesterday, we rounded up some inspiring French spaces in honor of Bastille Day. Today, we're looking at a space that illustrates what the French might imagine life in Los Angeles is like.
The lush garden is visible from every room in the house. White walls, wooden furnishings and wooden floors let nature be the star. Cloaked in wood shingles, the house blends into its surroundings, sinking into the landscape. To see more of this house and read the full article (albeit in French!), click here.
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The shooter market is definitely a saturated one, rife with derivative titles that rarely buck any trends. But every so often, a title comes along that does things a little bit differently. F.E.A.R. 3 is one such game. A horror and gore-inspired romp, F.E.A.R. 3 approaches the conventions of first-person shooters from a different perspective and successfully mixes together familiar gameplay elements with a unique and authentically chilling setting. F.E.A.R. 3 isn't without its problems, and these problems stop it from being a top echelon shooter. Still, its tendency to go off the beaten path is largely successful and will appeal to shooter fans and horror aficionados alike.
In F.E.A.R. 3, gamers are placed in the role of the genetically-enhanced Point Man, the protagonist from the original F.E.A.R. As you may remember from the end of F.E.A.R. 2, the mysterious female foil Alma forces herself upon that game's playable character -- Becket -- and becomes pregnant with his child. Alma is an evil psychic dynamo manipulated by Armacham, the same company responsible for Point Man's genetic enhancement, but her powers far outweigh his own. Thus, stopping Alma from having this kid is the name of the game in F.E.A.R. 3. Because after all, if Alma is so powerful, who knows what that kid is capable of?
Stopping Alma's pregnancy will be no easy task for Point Man, especially because he's accompanied continuously by the apparition of fellow Project Origin prototype Paxton Fettel, another character fans of the series will be familiar with. One of F.E.A.R. 3's great strengths is that you can actually play as Fettel through any level that Point Man already beaten, which gives a completely different feel for getting through the main campaign.
While Point Man is your typical gun-toting badass, Fettel is able to possess enemy soldiers and generally cause an insane amount of havoc. Better yet, you can play the campaign together with a friend locally or online, utilizing both characters' strengths simultaneously.
In terms of aesthetics, F.E.A.R. 3 provides passable graphics that look slightly dated but still get the job done. And the game runs fairly smoothly, with the exception of some stuttering when the game is loading and saving mid-play. Regardless, you won't mistake F.E.A.R. 3 for a top tier shooter in terms of its looks. On the other hand, F.E.A.R. 3 is a sonically appealing game. The voice-acting is at times over the top, but the sound effects and music add greatly to the scary feel of the game. There's audio nuance everywhere.
Both single player and co-op will require you to work your way through the same eight stages (known as Intervals). Playing through on co-op will allow you to blaze through the game significantly faster than playing on your own, but F.E.A.R. 3's campaign is best enjoyed as a solo affair. Though the game is much more difficult this way, playing on your own maximizes the frights and scares. Co-op is a fun experience in its own right, but should definitely be left for those who have already played through the campaign once before.
Mechanically, F.E.A.R. 3 will feel familiar to fans of the FPS genre. Your characters will have access to a number of firearms, explosives and more. Point Man and Fettel can also use their own psychic powers, primarily in the form of time slow-down and enemy possession respectively. The combination of the conventional and the supernatural isn't revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination, but it works well in F.E.A.R. 3. And though the stages are generally linear, there's reason for ancillary exploration, mostly to take in the sheer amount of ambiance present on most levels (not to mention to find collectibles).
If I have one major complaint about F.E.A.R. 3's core gameplay, it's in terms of grenade throwing. It's hard to use grenades in the game with any modicum of accuracy. Chucking grenades way over the intended target is more likely to happen than the perfect toss. Additionally, the AI glitched out on me once in a while, not reacting to my presence when I was clearly in view. None of this breaks the experience, but it certainly hampers it unnecessarily.