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Connecting all foodies in India….
A plethoara of Home Bakers have come up in Kolkata in the last couple of years. Recently opened Suchantika Dey's Cake Counter is fighting the battle of 'desserts' in Kolkata's Bakery Battle. Suchantika left her job and took up home baking as a profession in the last few months. With one eye on the horizon and one on her oven she is galloping forward.
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This fellowship is for European and North American doctoral students as well as postdoctoral scholars in the fields of German history, the history of German-American relations, and the history of the role of Germany and the USA in international relations. Applicants may also be European doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in the field of American history.
How easy is it to apply?
This scholarship has application requirements that could take a lot of time and effort.
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The combination of Friday the 13th and Valentines day seemed like a really good time to tell this story. Now everyone that I know of who reads this blog is married but they can pass this on to their single friends or maybe there are single readers I don't know personally (if so hi!).
When I was in high school I volunteered to be the fortune teller at a charity event. I am not claiming to be psychic as a matter of fact you'd probably do better to never make life decisions based on anything I say but it was for charity and all in good fun. I already knew how to read Tarot cards (at least sort of) and the crystal ball is easy you just make stuff up but I didn't know anything about reading palms. So I read a book about it and it was quite interesting there's a lot more to it than just this line is this and this line is that. I had all kinds of fun and we made some money for our cause and I didn't think about it again until.....
I eventually discovered that if you say, " I can read palms" the immediate reaction of most people is to stick out their hand.....Hmmmmmm as a teenage girl how can I make this opportunity to hold hands work to my advantage? Oh that's rite tell cute boys! It was the perfect excuse to sit next to a guy you liked and hold his hand so he had to stay there and talk with you. Strangely many of the boys I met had the same fortune, "you will begin a new romance with a cute blond". I kept doing this for years until I was in my 20's although now that I think about it I never tried this on Dave (ironic as he really did start a new romance with the cute blond I kept trying to foist on people).
These days I have no real use for this skill. I suppose some day I'll pass it on to Fiona along with how to tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue, which I did use on Dave to great effect (I'll leave that part out when I tell Fiona. She will NOT want to know that).
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Sharing the ride to work, school, or even occasionally, with one or more other people is known as "carpooling" or just "pooling". In some carpools, one person drives all the time. In others, the carpoolers take turns driving their own cars. Carpooling is a smart way to share commuting costs, driving and, cut your stress. You may even get where you're going faster if your carpool travel route has HOV lanes for carpools, vanpools and buses.
Metro has Ridematch Services to help people find partners for carpool commuting or special events. Call Metro or visit RideshareOnline.com to get a free list of interested people in you area. Also talk with your residential transportation coordinator and the transportation coordinator at your work site.
Once you've found your carpool partners, the rest is very easy. For a smooth commute, make sure you:
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'Empire' Season 2 Spoilers: Episode 8 Synopsis Released; What Will Happen In 'My Bad Parts'? [VIDEO]
Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and Hakeem's (Bryshere Y. Gray) new company Lyon Dynasty has been competing with Empire all season long on Fox's "Empire." The stakes in episode 8, titled "My Bad Parts," will reach a new high when Cookie and Lucious (Terrence Howard) make a bet with one another over who gets Hakeem.
In recent episodes, Lucious has shown he has an attachment to Freda and looks at her as his protégé. He'll try to get under Hakeem's skin once again when he has Freda call out his son and say she's the true heir to Empire. Hakeem responds to Freda and a rap battle between the two is set up. Cookie makes a bet with Lucious that if Hakeem loses he can take him back to Empire.
The synopsis reveals that Jamal (Jussie Smollett) will look to get a big sponsorship deal. However, getting a deal done won't be Jamal's only concern in episode 8. Cookie helped Jamal with his latest song in episode 7 and he will continue to turn to her for help. Lucious will discover the two have been working together and he'll force Jamal to make the difficult choice of selecting to work with his mother or his father because he can't have both.
Anika (Grace Gealey) has had a difficult season on "Empire" as nothing seems to be going right for her. Cookie refuses to allow her to work for Lyon Dynasty and Hakeem basically used her for a quick hookup after he was kidnapped. It appears things might not get better for Anika in episode 8, where she is expected to get some "life-changing" news.
Cookie seems very happy with Laz (Adam Rodriguez), but she also doesn't know who he really is yet. Laz is a part of the gang that grabbed Hakeem and is secretly trying to take money from Cookie and give it to his gang. Things are going to get a bit complicated for Laz when Hakeem calls him out for starting problems. The promo video shows Laz shove Hakeem, which strikes a nerve with Cookie. She slaps Laz across the face and tells him to never put a hand on her son.
Vivica A. Fox will make her "Empire" debut in episode 8 as Cookie's sister, Candace. We all know how outspoken Cookie is, but is her sister the exact same way or will she be mellower? Candace will pay her sister a "special visit" but it's unclear what her intentions are for dropping in.
Watch the episode 8 promo below:
"Empire" Season 2, episode 8, "My Bad Parts," will air on Fox Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 9 p.m. EDT.


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If you want to see what it looks like to see an NFL team quit halfway through the season, look no further than the New York Giants.
Coming off a bye week, the Giants have laid a massive egg at home in the first half vs the Rams, fumbling twice and looking indifferent defensively. The Rams lead 24-7, but it's much worse than that.
It started mid-week with the Giants injury report being full. They just had a bye week, in which you're supposed to get healthy. Then, their best cornerback, Janoris Jenkins, was suspended by coach Ben McAdoo.
Now, the Rams bloodbath: It's 3rd and 33 for the Rams … and this happened
That's embarrassing.
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New Baby, Old Dog
Considerations for introducing your baby with your dog.
So, your family is having a baby! Congratulations! Among the many things to consider with the new baby, is how is your dog going to accept it? A major consideration is to start long before the baby's arrival. Preparation now could save many headaches, and heartaches later.
First, consider your dog's personality. If your pet has shown any aggression to children in the past, recognize that you will never be able to completely trust your pet-but you can do a lot to lessen any problems. Is your pet possessive of toys, or does your pet suffer from any condition that may cause pain if touched in the hind-end or ears? For example, if your pet is sensitive to sudden movements, the baby could trigger unwanted behaviour. Always keep in mind that not all pets will be aggressive, some will just need to keep space between themselves and the baby. Adjusting your furniture to allow easy escape from a baby may be one idea.
While the pregnancy progresses, a refresher obedience course is a wise first option, even if you anticipate few problems with your pet. Among the basic behaviours to reinforce are two additional ones. I like to teach the pet the meaning of the word 'careful' said slowly-it sounds a bit like a growl and, you don't fall into the trap of saying 'No' repeatedly. In fact anything the dog sees as punishment, if used after the baby's arrival, could be misread by your pet-causing increased anxiety anytime the baby is around your pet. The second technique to build into your pet's behaviour is to say '…What was that?' Try saying this calmly while gently pinching the skin or, tugging lovingly on an ear or tail for example. Anytime you begin to use either technique, reward your pet for acceptable behaviour with verbal praise and an occasional treat.
Another useful technique is to start changing your pet's routine before the babies' arrival-not getting up on the couch, or any change in your walks. If you anticipate the need for a head halter-now is the time to have your pet get used to it. In fact, if you anticipate that your pet will be nervous, a halter gives increased control during introductory periods.
During the first meetings, please stay calm. Having the dog comfortable in the room first and bringing the baby to your pet is best. One key to reducing anxiety now is to have lots of treats handy, and while encouraging your pet to interact with your baby, add in the occasional command, such as sit, or down, and give lots of praise. Soon your pet will expect to behave normally with the baby, and know that treats are a part of it!
Once your baby has arrived, a productive method to lessen your pet's anxiety is to pay them more attention when the baby is awake and, less when the baby is asleep or out with your partner. Ensure that you allow your pet to be a part of the family in every way, using a chew bone while the baby is crying for example will help with any fearful response, or feeding both the baby and your pet at the same time can really build up a positive relationship!
The Staff of Sunnyview Animal Care wish you congratulations on your new addition!
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♦ Violent Crime appears to be on the rise again in the 9th ranked most dangerous city in North Carolina. Folks still fear diming out their assailants because they fear retaliation and even if the perpetrator is arrested, how long will it take before they bond out of the overcrowded Rowan County Detention Center?
Salisbury Police report that Eric Lamont Graham, 36, living on Goodnight Road in Salisbury, was the victim of an "assault-knife" at an apartment complex at 326 Mahaley Avenue on Monday. Knifed by a stranger, Graham sustained severe lacerations. The crime was reported to 911 dispatch at 10:38 p.m.. According to reports drugs/alcohol were involved in the knifing.
The case was closed/cleared due to prosecution being declined.
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Location 326 Mahaley Avenue, Salisbury, N.C.:
♦ According to sources in the Salisbury Police Kierre Gillespie, 27, living on Filbert Street in Salisbury, was the victim of a "robbery-firearm" in a parking lot on N. Long Street by Park Avenue. A revolver was held on Gillespie during the robbery when he was forced to part with a $100 cellphone. He was acquainted with the man who pulled a gun on him. The crime was called into 911 dispatch at 2:07 p.m. No injuries were reported.
No arrests and no suspects named at this time.
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Location N. Long Street and Park Avenue, Salisbury, N.C.:
Citizens having any knowledge about this crime are urged to call the Salisbury Police at 704-638-5333. If you fear retribution, want to remain anonymous and possibly collect a reward of up to $1,000, information can be submitted 24/7 via the web: http://tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org/ or by calling the Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.


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That tradition will probably never die, but as time marches on it's apparently spread beyond the dusty shelves in the back of your Alma Mater.
Case in point, the ongoing battle happening between those who are trying to maintain the underlying ideology of Wikipedia, and those who would prefer to replace pictures that are supposed to depict famous historical figures with MS paint drawings of penises.
While I'm well aware that it's not a 100% reliable source, I'm still among the many that consider Wikipedia a valuable resource when trying to find out more information about a given topic. Usually I'll drop in on it when I'm trying to get an idea of what something I'm not familiar with is, or if there's a better resource available on the web to read about whatever it is that I'm curious about.
At the same time, whenever I'm lucky enough to trip across one of these "edits" of the Internet encyclopedia it's hard not to laugh just a little bit at them, even if the whole practice seems kinda juvenile.
Wikipedia is so vast though that at least in my personal experience these incidents are far and few between. You hear about them all the time, but the Wiki faithful are apparently pretty quick about removing potentially offensive things from the site (which when you think about it might have something to do with it happening so much).
Anyways, today while looking for something else I came across a watchdog site of sorts that apparently was designed to track which pages on Wikipedia were getting the most views/updates (possibly for the purposes of trending current public interest) but has more often than not become a storehouse for tracking (and ranking) which pages are vandalized the most.
As an added bonus, it links to information regarding the vandalism -- which probably wasn't intended to become sort of an encyclopedia of the vandalism itself, but sorta becomes one anyways.
Long story short, if you weren't among the lucky ones to see the period of time where the entry in Wikepedia about Keanu Reeves included this piece of info:
Well, now you can see what it was like."Reeves has one full sister named PENIS JEEVES (born 1966 in Beirut) who was diagnosed with erectile dysfunction in the early 1990s. Additionally, through his mother he has a half-sister named Karina Miller (born 1976 in Toronto) and through his father another half-sister named Emma Reeves (born 1980 in Hawaii)."
I think I found this interesting because as a former middle school teacher, one of the things I had to be wary of was kids copying things verbatim from the web to use in reports I assigned. This was something I was guilty of myself (except that I was copying from The World Book) back in the day -- with the added advantage that I could easily tell that copying the things scribbled on the pages of the book in ball point pen probably wasn't a good idea.
A kid copying and pasting things from the web doesn't always have the same advantage. And while I can't say I've ever had a student hand in a report telling me that Keanu Reeve's sister was named PENIS, it's not that much of a stretch to believe that it could happen.
Anyways, an interesting time waster if you need it.PS -- I also suspect these were the kinds of files that the principal was looking to dig up from the archives during that one scene from The Breakfast Club.


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They have ended up in terrible order, so I'll label them for location.
|Backyard: Mid right. This is the area where I want to put in a flagstone patio. This used to be a wall of cedars. I took this one up a lot higher today, and now we can see into the gully from the bedroom
|Backyard: Mid left. I cleaned up this side over the last few days. I've limbed up a lot, and now we can see the stream. I will probably cut down those laurels as well, though they are supporting the hillside.
|Here is some terrace and pruning work. The rocks are coming tomorrow.
|Back of the house. I found a stream leaking from what looks like our drainage pipes into the neighbor's yard. I am slightly concerned.
|Backyard: Right hillside. This is where I have roughly cleared a spot down to the bottom. This hill is extremely steep and very fragile. Ill be removing that ivy soon.
|Frontyard: Terrace. More work on the terrace. I believe this is the before picture.
|Frontyard: Terrace. A before picture. This is before I pruned this bush. I was also shaping out how I want the terrace to be cut.
|Frontyard: reverse view. This picture is taken looking from the terrace. I am trying to shape out the lawn to flatten it out as much as I can, while still maintaining a slight grade.
|The grass was darker in the area between these two tools. I thought this must mean that the drainage system was here. Talking to a neighbor, I found that the previous owners had had some water trouble and the water company dug up the yard.
|An Orange blossom, post pruning.
|Backyard--center hillside. I need to cut out the ivy on these trees.
|Backyard: Right hillside. I was thinking of either cutting a pathway, or a creekbed here. Or both. Lately I've been thinking maybe I should do neither. This is a nice hillside though. I should try to reinforce it.
|It's hard to see here, but this is an old growth cedar stump, likely left over from when the area was logged--at least I am going to believe it is. It is surrounded by alder saplings and just hard to see. Could use a good shave.
|The stump close up.
|The source of Stream B. Compared to Stream A, this one is coming out of the hillside quite strong. Much of the hill above this seems to be riddled with water erosion and very fragile.
|Here is the stream B hillside after I did a bit of pruning. I made the stump visible, and it is possible to just see down into the swamp.
|A wider view of the same hillside.
|This is the reverse view while standing at the start of Stream B and looking up at the house.


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Datta-Roy, Aniruddha and Singh, Mewa and Praveen Karanth, K. (2014) Phylogeny of endemic skinks of the genus Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from India suggests an in situ radiation. Journal of Genetics, 93 (1). pp. 163-167.
Datta-Roy, Aniruddha and Singh, Mewa and Srinivasulu, C. and Karanth, K. Praveen (2012) Phylogeny of the Asian Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals an `into India' endemic Indian radiation. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 63 (3). pp. 817-824.


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Implication of the Social in Emile Durkheim's Study of Suicide
Emile Durkheim was the first French academic Sociologist. The main thrust of his overall doctrine was his insistence that the study of society must eschew reductionism and consider social phenomena sui generis. He was a Positivist, influenced by Saint Simon, and Comte. He believed that society should be studied through empirical observations and that the subject matter of Sociology is "social facts". Social facts are the collective ways of acting, thinking and feeling which are external and coercive in nature. One social fact can only be explained in terms of other social facts. His thesis on the Division of Labour laid the foundations for his subsequent works; His later works were all introduced in this thesis, and his detailed writings on them are mere refinements or extensions of his ideas regarding Division of Labour.
One such phenomenon that was initially introduced in the division of Labour is that of suicide. His ideas on suicide are organically linked with his ideas on division of labour. He was influenced by several 18th century scholars who had written on suicide as a way of understanding the moral character of society. He defined the act of suicide by saying that Suicide is applied to all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result. Durkheim, however, maintained that there must be very strict analytical separation between the study of suicide as a social fact and understanding the individual motivations of suicide. He believed that increase in suicides always attested to a serious upheaval in the organic conditions of society. For his study on suicide, he accessed data through statistical reports. He focused only on some regions of Western Europe, an aspect that was critiqued later on, because his deductions were hence not universally applicable. He concentrated on the rate of suicide rather than looking at individual cases. It was a social phenomenon, the causes being social in nature rather than individual or physiological. Durkheim believed that there was also a functional aspect of suicide in society.
Durkheim constructed a typology of suicides based on what he deduced from the statistical reports. He named the first type "egoistic" suicide. In this type there is an inverse relation between the rate of suicide and the degree of social integration. He argued that egoistic suicide takes place when the individual asserts himself in excess of the social. This type was usually characterized by its occurrence in contemporary societies. "... Social man superimposes himself upon physical man. Social man necessarily presupposes a society which he expresses or serves. If this dissolves, if we can no longer feel it in existence and action about and above us. Whatever is social in us is deprived of all objective foundation... Thus we are bereft of reasons for existence: for the only life to which we could cling no longer corresponds to anything actual; the only existence still based upon reality no longer meets our needs... So there is nothing more for our efforts to lay hold of, and we feel them lose themselves in emptiness..." He explained this in terms of a number of examples. He observed that the rate of suicide among Catholics is less than that among Protestants. He pointed out that both sections condemn the act of suicide with equal stringency. However, the Protestants are liberal and they believe in the cult of the individual and promote the spirit of free enquiry. The Catholics on the other hand are conservative...
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Oscars 2017: The Shape of Water wins Best Picture plus full winners list
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The 90th Annual Academy Awards nominees were announced this morning. The Shape of Water leads the nominations, followed by Dunkirk. Check out the list! full story
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Rainbow Moonstone & Pearl Pendant
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Moonstone has been used in jewelry for centuries, including ancient civilizations. The Romans admired moonstone, as they believed it was born from solidified rays of the moon. Both the Romans and Greeks associated Moonstone with their lunar deities. In more recent history, the moonstone became popular during the Art Nouveau period; French goldsmith René Lalique and many others created a large quantity of jewelry using this stone.
Ancient Romans believed moonstone rocks were created from drops of moonlight. According to them, each moonstone rock contains an image of the moon goddess Diana. It was believed that the moon goddess Diana would grant love, victory, wealth and wisdom to whoever possessed a moonstone.
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Join us this Friday May 3rd for the last potluck of the semester. Each guest is encouraged to bring a dish to share, as well as a friend. Additionally, at the potluck, we will be holding elections for the Executive Board positions. All positions are up for re-election and their requirements are listed below. All members are encourage to run for the positions regardless of prior experience.
Positions Include:
Outreach Coordinator (President) – the job of the Outreach Coordinator is to make sure day-to-day that Boston University is vegan and vegetarian friendly. Simply put, the outreach coordinator acts as a point-person. The Outreach Coordinator is required to plan one event per semester as well as one movie screening per semester. The Outreach Coordinator also moderates the meetings to that they stay relatively structured and on task. This does not mean that they talk the most or dominate the meetings in any way.
Volunteer Coordinator (Vice President) – the job of the Volunteer Coordinator is to make sure we have enough volunteers at leafletting and other events. The Volunteer Coordinator bottom-lines monthly leaflets and oversees their distribution. The Volunteer Coordinator must also plan one event per semester.
Public Relations Coordinator (Secretary) – the PR Coordinator's tasks include taking minutes at each meeting to be used to write the newsletters, sending out the bi-weekly newsletters to the email list, overseeing the Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as working to advertise our events to account for proper event attendance. The PR Coordinator also drafts press releases as necessary for our events.
Activism Coordinator – the job of the Activism Coordinator is generate our own veg activism alongside other activist groups on campus. This position requires that you plan one event in tandem with another activist group on campus per semester as well as a group trip or community service project.
Financial Coordinator (Treasurer) – the Financial Coordinator plans at least one fundraising event per semester (to donate to whichever organization we collectively choose). They also cooperate with the Allocations Board to provide funding for our events. The Financial coordinator also makes sure that there is food at all of our meeting. The Financial Coordinator also ensures that we have food at all our meetings!
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An Ounce of Prevention - How The History of DED is Affecting Arboriculture in Ontario (Focus on EAB)
Issue:July-August 2010
SOME INDIVIDUALS AND MUNICIPALITIES across Canada in different situations with different opinions and different budgets scrambled to preserve Canada's tree heritage when Dutch elm disease (DED) struck. Other municipalities gave up or did nothing, losing the many benefits of the mature elm in their areas. Now armed with a strong history of DED management and knowledge, we are making similar decisions regarding ash and the emerald ash borer (EAB). And take note, as Dr. Les Magasi of New Brunswick said, "Disaster is not inevitable."
Over fifty years ago, the beautiful city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, with its monoculture of majestic elms, had a looming crisis. Dutch elm disease was decimating elms in North America and appeared unstoppable. Today, Fredericton continues to uphold their motto of Clean and Green. The elm many gave up on is continuing to thrive and "work" for the city but it wasn't easy and many wanted to give up along the way.
Nine years before DED entered Fredericton, a group of citizens recognized the devastation potentially heading their way. Looking around the city, they saw the benefits of the elm – especially after travelling and viewing the almost complete loss of elms in hard hit areas. Stirred to action, a tree commission was established and they went to work. Over 500 elms were cut. Many more were pruned, and most importantly according to Dr. Les Magasi, now the longest serving member of the tree commission, they established bylaws allowing city personnel to enter private property, inspect and remove diseased trees. This was all free of charge to the landowner.
In 1961, when DED was finally discovered in Fredericton, there was no panic. They were ready for battle. "Beetles don't know property lines," says Magasi. "For a control program to work, you have to deal with both public and privately owned trees."
Don Murray, city forester in Fredericton and ISA member, says they now consider DED a reoccurring urban pest. "We are planting white elm again! "When I graduated, many wondered why I would want to work for Fredericton when there is money to be made in industry. Today, graduates come to me looking for work. I have a good pension and steady work." Murray's voice escalates with enthusiasm as he adds, "We have a well trained staff. We're current. I have the best trained people in pruning with almost a million dollars in equipment. We take pride in our city being Clean and Green."
Dr. Magasi emphasizes that it wasn't an easy road from a monoculture to an arborists dream. Don Murray lists many other Maritime cities that faced with the same crisis started well but didn't continue and their DED programs died. He says the difference in Fredericton is the Tree Commission. "This is not a lobby group. They give advice. If counsel says no, they accept it. They do not start public campaigns. Counsel respects the Tree Commission. Mayor after mayor and their council support is passed down. Our commission is all volunteers from a variety of backgrounds including specialists in tree management and media experts (and Dr. Magasi's advice is priceless). We rarely hear 'no' from council. Tree care doesn't work unless it is publicly funded. If you lose support for one year when you are fighting an invasive pest, you lose it all."
Dr. Magasi reflects on their success differently. He clearly recalls years when DED was on the increase and people were saying they were wasting their money. Between 1976 and 1980, the situation looked pretty dire. The city lost 20% of its elms while outside city limits, 95% of the elm died. "The city was a green island of trees. We tried everything. We clear cut. We tried injections, but we were really fighting the doubters."
Magasi continued, "We had to be dedicated to the program. We did things to demonstrate to the public the need for elms. We went to a street corner with two elms on one side and none on the other. We took the temperature during the day. There was a twenty degree differential. We asked them where they wanted their children to play. People understood. We succeeded because we stuck with the program even when it looked grim. Disaster is not inevitable."
"In 1981," said Magasi, "we saw the first decrease in DED losses. After that the graph was so perfect I was accused of cooking the books. I say it costs one penny per day per citizen to save the elm long enough to convert the urban forest to diversity. We lost 30% in 30 years compared to areas that did nothing and lost 95% in eight years.
How has experience with DED affected expectations and treatment of EAB?
Dr. Magasi and Don Murray may express issues differently and offer independent opinions, but they are united in their goals and work. They both agree that working together and respecting each other is a big part of their success.
Murray says Fredericton is a growing city. New residents have no memory or loyalty to the elm. "People don't know we prune 7,000 trees each year. It's up to us to go to the citizens and explain what and why we do what we do. They look to us as a resource. It raises our credibility in the city. We consider EAB and Asian longhorn are just one day away. We're promoting "Burn it where you buy it." We won't back down. We will do everything in our power. We stopped planting ash. If it arrives, we know what we will do."
Magasi's answer reflects Murray's last statement. "Because we fought DED we have a tree commission, a trained staff, a program, and a plan. We are holding public meetings to educate the general public. Citizens need to know we can't have a watchful eye everywhere."
Fredericton's budget for tree care is a quarter million per year. Previously, they spent 75% of there time on elm but this was recently reversed so they now spend 75% of their time on the rest of the urban forest.
What if Fredericton had done nothing? Magasi replies, "The dead elms would still have to be removed and there would be no benefit." Murray says, "By fighting back, we allowed science time to catch up with hybrids and disease resistant trees."
The Sault's DED Story
In Ontario, the situation was different when DED threatened Sault Ste. Marie. The Sault, as it is affectionately called, is also home to a Natural Resources Canada forestry centre. It is a relatively small city with limited funds. However, as the disease threatened, because the city was not a monoculture and there was not the same level of public interest, the same emphasis seen in New Brunswick was not placed on tree management.
Don D'zama is supervisor of forestry in the Sault. He's been an arborist for 32 years. He says from the sixties through the nineties they maintained a program of sanitation and injection on both privately owned and city trees. As a direct result, the Sault maintained a large number of mature healthy elms. But then came funding cuts, and provincial and bylaw changes.
DED entered the Sault around 1968 and sanitation started in 1971. With the funding cuts they recognized the loss of elm was inevitable and they stopped planting elm in the 1990s. Today the Sault only removes dead elms on city property. The budget is about $20,000 per year for elm. They do not enter private lands. They do not practice sanitation for DED. They did identify one hundred stately elms and these are injected as per protocol. They have noted a loss of mature elm and regeneration.
Tony Hopkins is at Natural Resources Canada in Sault Ste Marie. He emphasizes the importance of control and sanitation in the protection against DED. He understands the frustration of a small city and the costs involved with a tree care program. "Our laboratory is a significant resource in the city. We give the best advice we can but we don't have the mandate or funds to manage their urban forest. We provide management plans and the new one for identifying EAB infested trees should be out soon.
How has experience with DED affected expectations and treatment of EAB?
D'Zama says, "EAB entered the Sault two years ago and we stopped planting ash at that time. The downtown core is a monoculture of ash – I just got those trees to a mature canopy over the street." His voice is low and discouraged. "We've never won against an insect. The hybrids and disease resistant elm we had are now being attacked differently. The ash we injected last year don't look good. We will get the survey results next week. We are suspecting it is our colder climate. The timing might be the issue but we may have to inject annually. Spruce budworm is attacking the north end of the city for the third year in a row. Many of the spruce are done."
He continues: "Our budget is $25,000 for ash and tax increases don't go over well. Here in northern Ontario everyone thinks we have an over abundance of trees. They go out of the city and see no houses, just trees. We have no tree protection bylaw. Tree concerns are always getting shut down. It is hard to even protect trees on city property. People get tired of raking one year and they cut down the tree. They don't see any reason to panic while in the arboriculture industry, we can see a crisis is coming. I would have to start over completely in the downtown. I believe you shouldn't take a tree down unless it is dead. Move your driveway! But the public doesn't see it that way."
Hopkins, Natural Resources Canada, said, "With different invasive pests there are similarities in the management plans." So if you have one management plan it is easier to implement the second. "The big issue is preventing invasives from entering the country in the first place. We have an international agreement on wood packaging. So often when these insects are discovered little is known about them in their home country. They usually aren't a problem where they have natural predators. On the flip side, sometimes insects we predict to be a problem are not."
Hopkins advises: "Your shade trees are a valuable resource. If you don't invest in prevention you will have an expensive bill to replant as urban dwellers will demand trees. It is the frontline workers who provide detection."
Moving West
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a battle was also waged against DED. Martha Barwinsky has a Master of Science and is the city forester. She says before DED arrived in Winnipeg, they already had seen its impact on other areas. The Province of Manitoba started its DED program in the late 1960s. The disease didn't strike until 1975. The City of Winnipeg is maintaining the largest urban elm population in all of North America with an annual budget of $3.68 million (one million is from the province.)
Barwinsky said, "Elm is our best urban tree. It is tolerant to our urban conditions and climate and is indigenous, a good overall tree. We are planting elm. We are also involved in testing for hardiness on the disease resistant cultivars. We don't know if they can survive our climate yet. We have about 155,000 elm left standing in a full range of sizes. At our peak, before DED, we had about 280,000."
"We are partnering with the University of Manitoba and the province on research on the native elm bark beetle and the banded elm bark beetle in Manitoba. The U of M is studying their life cycles and behaviours, including their impact as vectors for DED and how we can better manage them.
How has experience with DED affected expectations and treatment of EAB?
Barwinsky said, "We have more ash then elm. We estimate we have 280,000 ash. EAB will definitely be a greater challenge. We are at high risk of losing a significant part of our urban forest. We have a strong track record of successfully managing DED and are hopeful we will get the support we need to battle EAB. We know that, especially with EAB on our doorstep, managing DED and maintaining our great canopy of elms has been worth it."
"The new provincial Forest Health Protection Act will help us more in managing DED but also will help us deal with EAB. We have stronger authority for enforcing such things as prohibiting transportation and storage of firewood. With DED, we conduct elm firewood surveys and ask home owners to dispose of the wood. In general, we have pretty good compliance, but as time goes on, compliance is decreasing as complacency tends to set in. We have the authority to go on private property, remove firewood, and charge it to the property owner, if we have to take that route."
"Winnipeger's put a high value on their urban forest. The group Trees Winnipeg got a lot of community action going – especially in the early days of DED."
"We have a complete DED program with surveillance, sanitation, pruning, vector control and public education. If you drop just one element, the whole program falls apart. Public education can't be stressed enough. Eighty percent of the diseased trees are on private property. People get really upset when a diseased tree comes down. We couldn't live in Winnipeg without the urban forest and must foster appreciation for it."
"For EAB, we started awareness and education a few years ago within the green industry and with the general public through the media. People are already watching and concerned. We have developed a preparedness and response plan and have started preventative measures. We have trained our staff to monitor for EAB. This year, we will have signage about the risk of moving and storing firewood. We are working with CFIA and the province to install traps in the city. We aren't testing TreeAzin but we are watching its effect in Ontario.
In summary, we've examined DED and EAB strategies in three jurisdictions across the country. The bottom line appears basic: tree management plans need to be adapted to reflect the personality, budget and needs of each municipality. When arborists stand together and work with our governments and involve the general public, "Disaster is not inevitable."
Sidebar 1: Dutch Trig's Debut in Canada
People who should know how Dutch elm disease works and can be treated, often still don't seem to know," says Philip van Wassenaer of Urban Forest Innovative Solutions. Urban Forest is the Canadian distributor for the newly registered preventative Dutch Trig. Van Wassenaer doesn't pretend or suggest this micro injection is the cure-all for every elm. Rather he suggests it should be part of a complete DED program that includes monitoring, pruning and even fungicides. "It is a preventative, not a curative. It will not protect a tree that is already infected."
Dutch Trig was injected into 2,000 Canadian trees this spring. All will be monitored to determine if the Canadian rates come close or match the over 99% success seen in the Netherlands. In fact, van Wassenaer claims that in The Hague they have 35,000 elms and one third are injected annually with Dutch Trig. Before the preventative was used, they had an 8-9% infection rate among their elm tree population. After they started using Dutch Trig, the rates of loss in the non-injected trees dropped as well to around 4%. He says the preventative may have literally reduced the infection rates across the city.
Here in Canada, our only test over one year-old is in Winnipeg. City Forester Martha Barwinsky says, "We are cautiously optimistic but can't formulate a solid opinion until we have tested it for a few years. I believe it may be best applied in a residential setting where a homeowner has a mature, healthy elm of great value. The product is quick, safe and easy to use, though there is a very small window of time in spring to apply it (during leafing out stage up to 75% leaf expansion and ideally before the elm bark beetle starts feeding in the canopy) and it should be applied only by a qualified arborist/pesticide applicator."
Van Wassenaer says of the 202 trees injected in Winnipeg's first treatment year, five developed DED. Samples from these five were sent to an independent laboratory and all were found to have been infected prior to the injection.
The residential sector in Winnipeg isn't waiting to see if Dutch Trig works under their conditions; 800 plus trees were injected on private land this season. Phil van Wassenaer says this was a difficult year to market since the registration came so late in 2009. They expect to double sales next year.
In Fredericton, one large tree was injected with Dutch Trig as a demonstration. Don Murray says, "The cornerstone of Fredericton's DED program has been sanitation. We still have elm trees that are from the 1880's plantings and many elm trees from the early 1950's plantings. Sanitation is expensive as it is labour and equipment intensive. Fredericton did inject trees with different chemicals on a trial basis and also used trap trees and whole tree spraying for beetle control. Other communities during the same time period put their funds towards injections and today they have few, if any, white elm trees left. Fredericton is fortunate in that we have our own arboriculture staff and consistent yearly funding for a tree program. Our sanitation program is working. The incidence of DED is not rising but I do recognize it as a cyclic pest and I fully expect that we will see DED numbers increase once again as new elms in outlying areas grow and are infected with DED. Bark beetle populations will rise in the outlying areas and then move into Fredericton and infect elm trees within city limits. At that point sanitation will once again prove its effectiveness."
When asked directly if Fredericton will use Dutch Trig, Don replied: "We will not be giving up sanitation as the method of controlling DED. If budgets permit, we would consider injecting a few of our older elm trees that are located in the historic centre of the city with Dutch Trig. We will not relax our sanitation program to fund a full scale injection program. We will be watching for success stories from other communities and always evaluate new methods of DED control. Lastly, we will be planting DED tolerant varieties of white elm."
Sidebar 2: The Ontario Government Weighs In
Interview With MNR's Jolanta Kowalski
Q: Some have criticized the Ontario government saying municipalities are the highest level of government fighting EAB. How do you respond?
A: The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is very concerned about the spread and impact of the emerald ash borer in Ontario but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has legislated responsibility and is the lead for dealing with invasive forest insects such as the emerald ash borer. MNR has focused its efforts on research to develop methods for finding new infestations and the search for parasites to provide long-term control.
Q: Why do municipalities not get provincial funding for invasives in Ontario when other places like Winnipeg get a million a year from Manitoba?
A: MNR did have a program in the 1980s and early 1990s which provided assistance to municipalities to control gypsy moth. This program was ended in 1992 for financial reasons. Since then, the ministry's view is management of trees and forests on private land is the responsibility of the landowner. This is similar to native pests, windstorms, and other things that may affect tree health. MNR did provide $1 million in funding split between Essex County and Toronto for re-greening areas affected by emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle. This funding was in response to the need to rehabilitate the areas after CFIA had cut and chipped trees.
The Manitoba funding is through a cost-sharing arrangement with the city of Winnipeg to combat Dutch elm disease. Unlike Manitoba, Ontario has several other invasive tree pests (e.g., gypsy moth, butternut canker, beech bark disease, sirex woodwasp, pine shoot beetle, chestnut blight) which would be very expensive for the province to try to manage on private land.
Q: There is also the accusation that the province is not providing leadership in the fight against EAB. Can you respond? How are you or why not?
A: The Ministry of Natural Resources has focused its efforts on research to develop methods for finding new infestations and the search for parasites to provide long-term control:
MNR and Canadian Forest Service (CFS) staff made the original discovery of EAB in Canada as part of the forest health program conducted by the two agencies. Since then the province has continued to look for EAB, which has resulted in finding the beetle just outside London at Dutton, and in the city of Toronto. MNR has also conducted aerial surveys to assess the impact of EAB on the forest in southwestern Ontario.
In November 2009, MNR together with the CFIA and CFS, hosted a workshop Guiding Principles for Managing the Emerald Ash Borer in Urban Environments, which had over 100 participants. Many of the participants were urban foresters and arborists. Town of Oakville Forestry Services Manager John McNeil was featured as one of the speakers.
During the winter of 2009-10, two field technicians from MNR's forest health program worked with Oakville and the Canadian Forest Service to field test and collect data on the use of a new branch sampling method developed by the CFS to find emerald ash borer and determine which trees are infested.
In 2010, MNR staff are working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to carry out surveys to detect new infestations. In 2009, MNR conducted surveys at high risk sites (e.g., campgrounds)
MNR is also supporting research by the Canadian Forest Service to determine the impacts of this insect on our forest ecosystems, and to develop new survey tools to find infestations as early as possible. MNR is collaborating on and providing funding for a project with the CFS and the University of Toronto to evaluate the role of native parasites in the long-term biocontrol of emerald ash borer.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, on behalf of CFIA and CFS, MNR successfully obtained an emergency registration of TreeAzin insecticide for protecting high value ash trees. TreeAzin, which is derived from the neem tree of India and injected in ash trees, was developed by CFS.
Our government continues to work with the federal government regarding the establishment of a Canada-Ontario Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.


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I made my way home from the wedding about 5:50 PM. My day was coming to an end. I was worn out. Bless God, I made it through that day. Thank God for strength for the day.
On Sunday, I made to the church gathering. It was nice. I was a bit tired. I greeted the people and so forth. As I said that the beginning of this blog. I survived the weekend. There hasn't been none like the past weekend.
I don't think I can do this again. I think, I put too much on myself. The wedding was planned. But, the funeral fell on the same day of the wedding. Death isn't plan. Funeral come when the do.
Life is so precious. We have to flow with things. We have to change things around. Even when we least expect too.
May the Lord grant us strength when things have to be rearranged in our lives.
May we use wisdom to do what we need to do.
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I thought I would write a little about this since it is a major issue for many. One thing I truly believe is people must start out in their relationships the way they intend to hold out. In a nutshell it means know what you're getting into before you get in to it. When someone shows you their true colors, believe them. Stop thinking you can change or fix people, because you can't. In the beginning of your relationships if you don't know what you're getting into or if you accept what you're getting into; it is what you're most likely stuck with. Too many people get into relationships ignoring all the important signs. They see them, but they are blind to them.
There are a lot of issues in relationships concerning baby mama and baby daddy drama that simply shouldn't be. Men and women, if you're in a relationship with someone other than the mother or father of your children and there's always crap spilling over into your current relationships from your ex's, this will become an epic problem.
Too many people allow their ex's to cause havoc in their current relationships. This shouldn't be the case. If people aren't able to handle the drama their ex's bring, it will be a chaotic and possibly volatile situation. It's complete nonsense!
I understand fathers and mothers will always be fathers and mothers to their ex's children, but it doesn't mean it give ex's free passes or the right to interfere in current relationships. Oftentimes when this happens it's because someone hasn't let go. You can let go of the person without letting go of the children. People must learn when it's over it's over (children or not). They can have children and still be cordial and civil to one another.
A lot of women try to use their children as pawns and it's a sad thing. Verbally they say their relationships are over, but they think they have power over the men, because they have their children. These types of women try to control the men although the men are in new relationships. Some men have difficulty taking control of the situation out of fear of not seeing the children or because they still have feelings for the mother of their child. As I always say, when it's over it should be OVER! If a new significant other has to contend with problematic ex's this is a terrible relationship to be in. It will continue to happen if people don't nip things in the bud (sooner versus later).
Men use excuses too! Some claim they don't want another man raising their child when some of these men know they weren't helping raise them in the first place. It's an excuse to try to control the situation. It's an excuse to stay connected to the women.
I firmly believe if it's not over (completely) don't move on to another relationship. There are plenty of people who are unhappy, because they are constantly bombarded and harassed by their current significant other's ex. If people are handling their situations with their ex's properly it would eliminate unnecessary problems in their current relationships. As long as significant others choose to not do this, it will develop into bad situations and unhappy relationships. Take a stand and do the right thing. If you're no longer with the mother or father of your children and have gotten into another relationship, don't allow your ex to control or manipulate what's happening in your current relationship.
There are many people who claim it's all about the children knowing it's a blatant lie! You can be a mother or father to your child without all of the shenanigans. Those who can't have other agendas and intentions. If you find your children are in unhealthy environment that's a completely different situation; as a parent you're supposed to rattle the cage. However, this post is about people who have issues with letting go of their ex's because they still have feelings for them. Those feeling could be feelings of love or feelings of hate. Their goal is to cause disruption in their ex's current relationships.
I'm a woman and personally it sickens me to see women do this type of mess! There are plenty who use their children this way. Men are no better some of them do it too and they are just as wrong. To act this way does nothing but cause problems for everyone involved (the children, the ex's, and the new individuals in relationships with them).


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People Magazine recently released their list of the world's most beautiful people. Beyonce won the coveted "Most Beautiful," and I certainly can't argue with that. She's amazing in all facets. I perused through the list and came across the vivacious and stunning Christina Hendricks.
I've always thought of her as a modern day Marilyn Monroe, with her curves and soft voice. On top of that, she has the most beautiful red hair! Red hair, if done right and properly matched with one's skin tone and coloring, can look so striking. It certainly suits Ms. Hendricks. I like experimenting with hair colors, and I've been a redhead in the past. I'm considering it again, as summer is on the horizon and I'm antsy to start a fresh look. I really love how her hair is styled in this photo – it's full of volume with big, tousled curls. I think if I threw in a bridal-style headband or a hair clip, this would be a great wedding 'do.


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Ever since 'X-Men: The Last Stand' offered a brief cinematic rendering of a giant Sentinel robot with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine slicing its head off in the danger room, 'X-Men' fans have been craving a full-body look at these mutant-hunting bots. Thankfully, prayers have been answered as these icons of the comic books have become the forefront of Fox's marketing for 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.'
We've known for a while that Sentinels would play a major part in Bryan Singer's upcoming sequel to 'X-Men: First Class,' but Peter Dinklage only officially revealed he'd be starring as Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels, at the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Comic-Con panel. Now, both he and his fictitious Trask Industries are the new face of Fox's viral marketing campaign for the film.
After digging around on the newly launched Trask-Industries.com, first look photos and video footage of his character and Sentinel robots have been revealed, along with this character description:
Even from his early years as a research assistant, Bolivar always maintained a particular interest in the origin and evolution of humanity. Following in the footsteps of Mendel, Watson and Crick, Trask made it his goal to unlock the mysteries of human DNA. What he did not anticipate was the discovery of the X-Gene, a genetic finding that would prove to be the most significant of the 20th century.
Trask soon hypothesized the impending extinction of the human race. His early theories were ridiculed by his contemporaries and with no one to fund his research, Trask cared enough about humanity to invest in the founding of Trask Industries in 1967.
Aside from the robots, the site also revealed that the X-Gene Inhibitor Collar, a device in the comics that blocks mutant abilities, will apparently be making an appearance in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' Of course, there are tons more goodies that await to be dug up, including more info on Trask Industries, but you can get your first look at Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask below, as well as the first official photos of the Sentinels. Enjoy!
'X-Men: Days of Future Past' stars both casts of the original 'X-Men' films and 'First Class,' adapting the famous comic book story of the same name for the big screen. After the world is overrun by mutant-killing Sentinel robots, Wolverine must go back in time to warn the X-Men of the life-altering event that sets his apocalyptic future into motion. The film is set to hit theaters May 23, 2014.
"The Wolverine" is a must see film BUB!
Let me start off by telling AMC and Cinemit Thank you for my Screening passes! (Warning: This review contains some mild spoilers)
James Mangold's "The Wolverine" is a whole lot better than the butchered 2009 film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". But compared to this year's blockbuster comic book films "Iron Man 3" and "Man of Steel", it doesn't quite measure up.
And that is not entirely a bad thing because who wants to see cities leveled to the ground again? Here, Logan (Hugh Jackman) is dealing with his actions in "X-Men: The Last Stand" that saw him kill Jean Grey (Famke Jannsen), whose consciousness had been controlled by the Phoenix Force.
We see Logan having regular visions of Jean and he seems content with things as it is until he is sought out by Yukio (Rila Fukushima) on orders of a certain Yashida (Hal Yamanouchi). Now the head of an empire in Tokyo, the once young soldier who Logan saved from an atomic bomb attack is dying and he has an offer for the adamantium-clawed mutant—a chance to live a normal life as a mortal.
Logan declines naturally and decides to walk away. As fate would have it, he ends up saving Yashida's granddaughter Mariko (Tao Okamoto) who attempted to jump off a cliff and subsequently finds himself caught up in the family's affairs.
"The Wolverine" has ninjas and the Yakuza so there shouldn't be any buildings falling in this film and in that aspect, the story somehow feels a little smaller in scale as compared to the aforementioned titles. But in exchange, the beauty of Japan is very much given importance in the cinematography here especially in scenes outside the city. It can probably even pass of as a romantic film with Logan protecting the damsel in distress, only, he has metal claws protruding from his knuckles.
But even that doesn't seem enough as an unexpected kiss hinders his mutant healing powers. At one point, he would have to rely on the Japanese's weapon of choice to ward off his enemies.
What was shown as a glimpse in trailers was the presence of Jean but having her play a bigger role in the film came as a surprise.
"The Wolverine" doesn't have any of the wow factors that the summer blockbusters brought though it was effective in moving the bigger story forward.
Logan, who would have ended up living the rest of his immortal life in the jungle if he had his way, is haunted by Jean and would not have been effective in case he would be needed once again to don his X-Men spandex suit. With nothing else to live for, he has every reason to want to join Jean in the afterlife. However, a resolution on his part at the end of the film results in him becoming a healed man once again—and even in an unexpected encounter with a familiar face.
This is the sixth time that Jackman has played the character and he will do so once again for "X-Men: Days of Future Past". It was good seeing the super-hero experience the pain of a gunshot wound for a change instead of the Logan we got used to who would just brush everything aside with his six pointy claws.
By fleshing out one of Marvel's most iconic characters, Mangold is off to a good start and hopefully, this minor detour in Wolverine's story pays off not just for the studio, but for the loyal die-hard fans as well.
"The Wolverine" opens Friday in theatres from 20th Century Fox and is distributed by Warner Bros.
The Avengers 2 Who is Ultron ?
At Comic-Con 2013, Joss Whedon appeared on stage at the Marvel to show a quick teaser trailer that revealed the title of 'Avengers 2' – 'Age of Ultron.' The Comic-Con crowd went nuts but for those who are unfamiliar with the "Age of Ultron" crossover event in the Marvel comic books, we present a quick primer on the upcoming supervillain in 'Avengers 2.' Who is Ultron? Let's find out!
Ultron was a creation of Dr. Henry Pym (Ant-Man) as he experimented with sentient robots. His creation was a little too successful and, inhabited with Pym's own brain waves, became self-aware. While he possessed his creators supreme intelligence, he lacked any of his compassion and conscience and almost immediately became fueled with a hatred for Pym. He rebuilt himself four times, becoming increasingly more powerful. He eventually recruited a group of Avengers villains to form the Masters of Evil.
In the "Age of Ultron" crossover event in the comic books, Ultron had rebuilt himself so many times, he was powerful enough to take over the world. The actual story involves a number of characters not in the current 'Avengers' movie universe (including Spider-Man, Wolverine and She-Hulk) and involves a decent deal of time travel, so we'll imagine it's just a launching point for the film, rather than a straight adaptation.
But what 'Age of Ultron' will need is the introduction of Henry Pym/Ant-Man prior to Edgar Wright's 'Ant-Man' film and Vision, a character created by Ultron. This is the time where we remind you that Vin Diesel has allegedly been dropping hints about discussing Vision with Marvel and could very well be a possibility.
Ultron's powers include the Encephalo-ray, which places victims into a death-like coma and allows him to manipulate their minds (possibly only to be activated at a later time). Like Iron Man, he also has a number of blasts and repulsors, as well as super strength and the ability to fly at supersonic speeds. His outer shell is composed as adamantium (the same metal fused to Wolverine's skeleton) and is virtually indestructible.
He is definitely one of the biggest foes of the Avengers and it's not surprising he's been added to the Marvel Cinematic Universe but perhaps surprising that it happened so quickly. Many assumed that 'Avengers 2′ would focus on Thanos (and hints at the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' panel would indicate that Thanos is still very much a part of this universe) but when the title of your film is 'Age of Ultron,' you would have to think he will be the main villain and Thanos could be shifted to a larger part in 'Avengers 3.'
@Cinemit @gofobo Had me on the Edge of my seat at the Screening for "The Conjuring"
The Conjuring is a well-crafted throwback to B-movie horror thrillers, with A-list actors, making the sum of the parts a solid B+.
One of the scarier haunted house/demon possession movies in recent years, it brings to mind '70s supernatural horror films such as The Exorcist with its stillness, steady build of suspense and handsome cinematography.
Director James Wan successfully imbues the film with a sense of foreboding. Along the way the sound effects, unsettling music and eerie mood keep viewers on edge.
While The Conjuring is said to be based on a true story, familiar supernatural thriller tropes abound. But the way Wan keeps the audience in a constant state of dread makes it effective.
A couple of ghost busters anchor the spooky saga. Married couple Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) lecture to rapt audiences about their experiences. Paranormal investigator Ed specializes in demonology and is the only non-priest to assist at exorcisms. Lorraine is clairvoyant. Sometimes the diabolical events she sees are simply too much — she'll take to her bed for days at a time after a demon purging.
Meanwhile, in rural Harrisville, R.I., Roger and Carolyn Perron (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor) have put nearly all of their money into a secluded centuries-old farmhouse. To most viewers it would spell haunted mansion, but to the Perrons it's a healthy, spacious place to raise their five daughters.
Soon after moving in, the family experiences decidedly un-healthy goings-on. Things literally go bump in the night. Doors blow open or slam shut. Patches of rooms are icy cold. Pictures fling themselves off walls. The family dog barks worriedly and won't enter the house. The style and degree of torment escalates.
Every nook is shot intriguingly. Long continuous takes, slow-moving zooms and odd camera angels intensify the fear factor. The camera alternately jostles during an unnerving confrontation or glides as if it were itself a spirit.
When the Warrens come to the Perrons to oust the evil spirits, they tote equipment only a bit more sophisticated than the claptrap in Ghostbusters. But the eerie mood counts for more than ghost-tracking instruments.
One of the film's few flaws is that it doesn't fully develop the Perrons' back story. However, both Livingston and Taylor convey a believable parental presence, and Farmiga is topnotch, appearing both calmly in charge and mildly haunted.
Monstrous figures are shown sparingly, rendering them that much scarier.
The net result is an entertainingly frightening film that keeps the audience in a state of alarmed, but eager, anticipation.
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' is coming to Comic-Con
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' is coming to Comic-Con, and it wants to show off Jamie Foxx's character Electro. So much so they've cut a little teaser for his appearance at the Con.
There's not much here but a little marketing shock and awe, but for those worried that Foxx might look a little goofy in his costume and get up, this seems to erase those doubts. And with the announcement that it will be in Hall H on Saturday, it also suggests that this arrival isn't something that will be kept within the walls of the convention center. We'd hazard a guess that there will be some sort of trailer coming out of the panel.
But Sony and everyone involved seems to think they have a winner on their hands, and considering the recent Entertainment Weekly magazine cover, they want to build the hype for the movie starting now even though the film isn't due out until next summer. They're planting seeds, which — after the mixed reception that 'The Amazing Spider-Man' got — is smart.
We'll be covering the panel this weekend, but expect that we'll offer any and all updates as soon as they're available. Stay tuned as we bring you more information straight from Comic-Con 2013.
Comic-Con: Godzilla Stomps Into a New Poster
The official Godzilla Twitter account has just released a new poster for the upcoming film, revealing more of Godzilla than they previously have. Don't forget to check out our report on the Godzilla Experience at San Diego Comic-Con by clicking here.
Godzilla will have its own panel this year at the San Diego Comic-Con (this Saturday at 10:45 AM PST) and we will be there to cover it, so check back here on Saturday for live updates from the panel. Cast members in attendance for the panel will include Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston.
Opening in theaters and IMAX on May 16, 2014, the Gareth Edwards-directed film also stars Ken Watanabe, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, and Sally Hawkins.
Paranormal Activity 5 pushed to January 2014?
Paranormal Activity 5 pushed to January 2014
Paramount Pictures made a surprising change to its release slate today, pushing Paranormal Activity 5 from its October 25, 2013 release date to January 3, 2014.
The sequel will now face off with Fox's horror-thriller Devil's Due in the first weekend of January. No reason was given for the release date switch, but it's possible that the studio wants to exploit the early January success of last year's thriller The Devil Inside. This will be the first October since the Paranormal Activity franchise launched in 2009 that a sequel won't be in theaters.
Our first and only story on this sequel was back in November, when Paramount confirmed the October 25, 2013 release date it was just bumped out of. The studio has not revealed a writer, director or cast members as of yet, and, of course, no story details were given.
That report from November also revealed that Paramount was planning a Latino-themed spin-off, set for release sometime in 2013, but it seems likely that isn't happening until next year as well.
Paranormal Activity 5 comes to theaters October 25th, 2013
Captain America 2 Movie Poster
Marvel has released 'Captain America 2' poster in anticipation of the film's panel and preview at Comic-Con 2013. And though we won't get to see what ol' Cap's been up to until 2014, this poster promises that he's been pretty busy.
The first 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' poster is here and we're digging the simplicity. It's just Cap's shield on a black background but there's something different about his shield — it's battle-worn and faded, indicating that Cap's been through some pretty tough times while defending his country from harm. That's re-assuring, no?
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' follows Cap as he struggles to simultaneously find his place in our modern world and embrace the present, while teaming up with Black Widow to fight a new and mysterious enemy in Washington D.C.
The film stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie (The Falcon), Toby Jones, and Frank Grillo. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) will also be making appearances.
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' will give us a sneak peek at Comic-Con on Saturday, July 20, and hits theaters on April 4, 2014. Check out the poster in full below.
Fast and Furious 7 Jason Statham (Villain ) Talks!
'Fast and Furious 7′
Spoiler alert! If you're a fan of the 'Fast and Furious' franchise but haven't seen 'Fast and Furious 6,' you're kind of out of luck. We'll be delving into 'Fast and Furious 7′ a bit here, specifically in regards to Jason Statham's impending bad guy. So if you fall into that unlikely group, stay away.
Everyone else certainly remembers how the end of 'Fast 6′ saw the reveal of Jason Statham as Owen Shaw's (Luke Evans) brother, a man bent on revenge after the death of his sibling. Intriguingly, Statham was originally offered the role of Owen, but turned it down. Apparently, he didn't want to be a villain if the character wasn't good enough. So what changed?
Here's what he told Empire Magazine about the bad bloke he'll be portraying in 'Fast and Furious 7′:
I didn't really want to play the villain, but there are certain moments where you think it might be a good time to do that. I'm not saying I'm the full-blooded … I'm not going to tell you too much about what I'm going to do in the film, but if it's a good villain, there's obviously some consideration to be made, but there are some really bad villains out there, and I don't want to get myself wet with that shit.
It's just not written that well sometimes, and it's always about the writing. So we'll see. But I am excited to be a part of it, it's got some of the best car action I have ever, ever seen. Justin Lin has just been exceptional with what he does with that vehicular action.
As Empire notes, Statham makes it sound like he's not the uber-bad guy we were assuming he was. (Notice how he hesitates after saying, "I'm not saying I'm the full-blooded …") This also jives with a previous statement he made in an interview with ComingSoon: "'Wait, are you gonna be the villain? The guy who threatens the world and wants to blow everything up?' No."
We'll see just how bad "The Stath" is when 'Fast and Furious 7′ comes out July 11, 2014, but at least his work here won't interfere with filming 'Expendables 3.' "We've worked it out," he said. "I'm gonna be able to do the two back-to-back."