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VW Jetta Electrical Problems
simardnumber20 Posts: 1I bought my 2003 Jetta about 6 months ago, Everything worked great until a friend tried to roll my windows down when they were frozen in place due to freezing rain the night before, It obviously broke off the tracks or somthing and fell in. I finally got it to stay mostly up and i left it that way. A few weeks later, Most every electrical luxury stopped working, ( Auto windows, door locks, gas cover, truck, interior lights, and alarm) My cigarette lighter, dash lights and radio still work though. The window switch and door locks are still illuminated. SO they're clearly getting some power. What do i do?
The glass breaking off the "Window regulator" is pretty common. (There was even a recall on them whereas VW fixed them for free)
However: I doubt that has any association to the other electrical issues you are experiencing. Look for a blown fuse. I believe the fusebox is in the flat area of the dash which is uncovered when the drivers door is open.
There is also a Power Distribution above the battery which contains several large fuses.... (unlikely for them to blow)
brownbearie Posts: 1Own a 2004 VW Jetta GLS. 115K. Began having electrical problems in December 2010. Tick tick sound coming from steering wheel column sometimes when using turn signal. Drained battery and had to get a new battery. 1 year later had to get another new battery. Took the car to many mechanics for inspections and to try to fix the problem....$1000 later still ongoing. On my 3rd battery since February 2012 and died few weeks ago. Got a replacement battery under warranty. Started car today and died on me again. ABS and Air bag light came on. Radio won't turn on. Car won't start at all. Doors lock and unlock with remote though.
Keep fixing the car or get a new one? Car has been so good to me for years until this started. I don't drive it hard either. I take very good care of my car. So frustrating!
With all the drained / new batteries, obviously there is a short or bare wire that is constantly putting a drain on the battery. The constant drain and then charge (when you drive) wears out the battery. Looks like the mechanics are not finding the source of the short. Perhaps it's time to try the dealer, as they are usually better equipped to find such things than the local mechanic. There may even be a service bulletin on this problem that the dealer would have access to, and perhaps not the local mechanic.
Bel Air Car Guy
I suppose you know there were 2 recalls for "drained batteriy"... in both cases, the brakelignt switch on the brake-pedal would sometimes stick in the "on" position... hence the brakelights would stay on all the time and drain the battery.
If your problem was this, you could look at the brakelights when the vehicle is parked to see if they are on.
If that is NOT your case, simply MEASURE the drain on the battery with a meter as you yank out one fuse at a time.... this will quickly isolate problem-circuit.
humboldthuney Posts: 1My sister just bought a 2000 Jetta and her emergency lights and door locks start going crazy when shes driving. I checked the fuses and changed the ones that were blown but none of them seem to have helped to fix the problem. Any idea on what it could possibly be.
doodleannie Posts: 1I have a 1997 Jetta GL that is doing some strange stuff. I can't get the air (heat or AC) to work without turning the headlights on. No air comes out of the vents at all. Once I turn on the headlights, it starts up. The backlights on the AC, recirculation, lock, etc. buttons on the dash only light up intermittently when I have the headlights on. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. My high beams also don't work unless I hold the lever back. But doing that also causes the air to stop working. Ideas?
This answer is for BOTH the above complaints....
Have you checked for the Coolant migration problem?
ianc35 Posts: 1Hi all, my stereo light has been on now for a couple of years, its never been a problem as the car was used mostly daily, but haven't used the car much lately, was left standing for 2 months, and it totally killed the battery. I've replaced the battery a couple of weeks ago with a not very old one from a breakers yard but now this one has drained also to the point the car won't start. I've only been out in it twice in that time and had it running in the garden a couple more times, so I wouldn't have expected the alternator to keep it charged if something is draining the battery while its turned off.
Does anyone know how to get the light on the stereo to turn off as it could be a cause of the battery drain?
Thanks in advance.
pwilli Posts: 1I have a 2000 jetta and there are several problems. My doors won't lock with the remote or door switch, the electric mirrors won't adjust, my gas lid won't unlatch, and my remote won't roll the windows up when the car is off. How can I fix this?
tommiller2 Posts: 1I have all the above problems with the driver side door and those mentioned by other posters as well. Has anyone found a solution?
I am *certain* that your remote control never rolled the windows. With a 2000 VW you have to plug the key in the drivers-door to roll the windows up or down. (and close the sunroof)
As for your other complaints regarding the door, the problem is most likely with the 3 micro-switches inside the door mounted on a circuit-board.
Your choices are 3
1) Live with it the way it is
2) Fix it yourself using the photo-filled, step-by-step instructions found on the internet. (The individual uSwitches are about $5 each)
3) Pay a dealer to fix it.
homerkc Posts: 113I have a 6 yr old Jetta (2.5) w/orig battery and noticed the battery cranking the car a little more slowly lately. The last two mornings, the Steering, EPC, ABS and Brake lights have stayed on. Since everything seemed to work (brakes!), I drove slowly away. Yesterday, they went out after a couple of minutes. This morning, I stopped the car after a half mile to read the manual again. After restarting the car, all of the lights went out and it drove fine. Could the battery be failing, or is it something more like the computer module?
At 6 years old, your battery is on borrowed time. I would replace it. Sometimes cars act strangely when the battery becomes weak. For example, my 2006 Ford Explorer acted as follows: when starting up, the air bag light would stay on (rather than turning off after a few seconds). Once you drove the car a mile or two, if you stopped and then restarted (such as when doing errands), the air bag light would then go off normally. This seemed to act this way every morning, after the car sat idle for 10-12 hours. I thought the air bag was defective, but in checking lots of sources on the internet, I found out that for this car (and other Fords), if the battery was a little weak, apparently the air bag sensor would malfunction. I replaced the battery, and the problem was gone.
You are going to need a new battery anyhow, based on its age, so I would give that a try first, and see if you problems fix themselves.
Bel Air Car Guy
49hobby Posts: 1I have a 1997 vw jetta and the alarm has recently gone off. Ever since the alarm went off my radio doesn't work, my low beams don't work and my flashers are always going off. Any ideas please help me!
poboy423 Posts: 1i have a1996 chevy cavalier it will not start unless you have the left turn signal on is that part of a anti-theft system or the passlock system??? and is there anyway to bypass or disaable the system???
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arnst Posts: 11997 jetta will start but the headlights and blower motor do not work.
What is the fix?
willey3 Posts: 1like post #302 my blower motor stopped, low beam headlights are out and dash brake light not fully on but "glows". next day everythings working for a while, then goes out again. cant afford a mechanic. thankyou in advance for any help you can give me.
yourmechanic Posts: 17Yes, it could be bad ground and also a number of other reasons.
1. Check if there's loose connection somewhere
2. Check the fuse box
It could be these are individual problems that's unrelated to each other.
02tdiat128kmi Posts: 1Having the same door sensor issues at 128k miles
WD40 in the physical door latch has helped
Check door hinge areas - fix any rubber areas that are crimped
- after the above 2 items - my car hasn't had problems - but I suspect it's just a short-term fix.
Possible wiring in the doors or sensor in door is broken.
- note... I'm guessing the sensor is in the door locks - but not certain.
- Hope someone else has better answer for you.
OK here is what I have. When I turn on the AC with the fan on high my glow plug led light comes on. If I turn the AC off and put the headlights on and the fan on high the glow plug light comes on. I tested the glow plugs with the meter during these events and no power is at the glow plugs so the led light is misleading. I did notice my temperature gauge runs warmer only if the headlights or the AC are on. When they are turned off the temperature runs normal.
Also when the AC is on, the headlights are significantly dimmer.
Any ideas on how to narrow down where the short is?
You have done a good job of describing the symptoms. Fist of all there is no 'short'. What you describe is a poor-conneciton. (Most likely a ground)
However, you should start at the known trouble-spots. Check all connections that you can find. Often, I will "clean up" every ground-connection I can find.
*)Clean up the battery-posts.
*)Look for every wire which is screwed to the body/frame/engine - one at a time remove them and clean-up both the connector and body with wire-brush/file/dremel-tool.
You mention that you have a meter so I will assume you know how to use it to troubleshoot. If the above does not help your problem, put voltmeter across battery and monitor battery-voltage when AC/Headlights are on. I am willing to bet the voltage drops.
Next- you need to determine wether it is the POSITIVE or NEGATIVE which is dropping. I assume you know how to use meter to make this determination and isolate the problem from there.
You are correct...it was a ground wire issue!!!!! The ground wire in question was fixed by some dealer last year. I just checked it and found that it was press fitted together. Got the old soldering iron out and repaired it correctly.
Thank you for your help!!!!
You are welcome - I am glad I was able to help.
alexg93 Posts: 1I know your post is pretty old, but I have an 02 Jetta VR6 with the same problems. Car has 120K miles on it, and whenever I have the AC on the radio will turn off. It's scary when coming to a stop because when I try to go again, the car will buckle, dash lights will come on and engine turns off. I can turn car on right after no problem, but I just wanted to ask if you ever found out what the problem with your Jetta was? So far I've replaced alternator, relay 100, ground harness, and fuse box on battery. I'm running out of options. Thanks any feedback would be helpful.
boboo748 Posts: 199 vw head light ac blower heater running light quit working
redjetta01 Posts: 1I have a 2001 Jetta GLS with about 123,000 miles on it. In the past few days sometimes after starting the car (it starts no problem) and driving a few minutes I think the power is going out.. Lights, radio, everything seems to stop for a second and several indicator lights come on and then a second later everything turns back on and it's fine. What might be going on with my car here?
lynseyvs Posts: 1I have a 2009 Jetta and the air/heat and charging port have stopped working simultaneously. When I first called the dealership to ask about it they said that it was very unlikely that the two issues were related because they are on different fuses. They mainly focused on costs to replace the blower motor or resistor, which were both very expensive along with the official diagnostic so we held off. It has been a little over a month, and the majority of the time neither work. However, a few times - for an hour here or there, at most a full day one time - they have both randomly come back on, and then went back off, always at the exact same time (sometimes while actually driving). That seemed to indicate to me that they were related somehow. So, today, I called the dealership again and told them the new info. He said he had never heard of such a thing because they, again, aren't on the same fuse/relay. He said the best he could think of was a wiring issue, in which case I would be charged an hourly rate of $108 until it was found. That sounds scary and expensive. I found this forum while trying to figure something out with Google, and I'm hoping someone will have some kind of advice for me!
I did read the other posts, and we did check the grounds - at least all of those we could see easily, since my husband hasn't spent a lot of time with foreign vehicles and is unfamiliar with the differences. All of the grounds (4, I think) were clean and tight. There was one (driver side, closest to the front/headlights) that looks like it was at one point professionally sleeved and has what appears to be a burn mark on it. We aren't sure how likely a ground would be as the issue either, because we would assume they would be on separate grounds, wouldn't they? During our overview of the car we also found another 12v charging port in the trunk that we didn't know was there and it isn't working either.
Everything else in the car seems to work just fine, it is just the charging ports and the blower. Neither air nor heat will blow - though it is still technically on. A little bit of air will come out of the vents whether it is technically 'on' or not, and the temperature of the air can be adjusted. Blows harder when you are driving than idle, but still not enough to do much good. The AC light works too, and so does the rear defrost. Winter is coming soon though, and we can't defrost the front windshield and it is some kind of cold driving in it - the seats are the only thing that keep me from freezing to death! We can't afford to have a dealership/shop search around to find the issue, but we can't let it remain unfixed either. Any and all advice on find the issue and replacing it would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you so much.


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WESTLAKE - Laura Recco died heroically saving two students from rough waters at Huntington Beach on Monday morning.
The 46-year-old Independence resident, a teacher at Positive Education Program School in Cleveland, died at 5:04 a.m. yesterday morning, according the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.
"Best teacher. Best mother. Best grandmother. Best friend. None of those things even touch the surface of the woman my mom was and the woman my mom raised me to become," her oldest daughter Angelica Gagliardi said. "She was strong and respected and put everyone else before herself."
Gagliardi acknowledged that the entire community is grieving alongside her family. "Because of how selflessly and wholly she loved when she was here she's going to be with me forever," she said. Recco had decided to be an organ donor before she passed.
"Up until her last breath it shows how selfless she is," Gagliardi said.
The PEP school declined comment, but released a statement yesterday about Recco.
"It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we report that our beloved colleague, Laura Recco, passed away this morning," Susan Berger wrote in an email. "Laura was one of our very finest teachers. Uniquely skilled at helping children build competencies, she was committed to helping every child know some joy in each day. She was deeply respected by her peers and was honored as PEP Hopewell's Teacher-Counselor of the Year in 2006."
Berger also offered gratitude for those reaching out to PEP. "We thank many in our community for their support and kindness and hope that people will continue to keep Laura's family in their thoughts and prayers," Berger wrote.
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Recco was taken to St. John Medical Center in Westlake after the incident. Teachers and students visited Cleveland Metroparks Huntington Beach Monday morning and the students were playing knee deep in the water when a wave came and pulled two students into deeper water, including Diamond Harris, 9, Gagliardi said. Recco went in after pulled one student out and brought her to the shore. She then went in after Harris.
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Waves were 4 to six feet with whitecaps and winds were 15 to 25 knots. There was a rip current warning in effect until 8 p.m., according to the report.


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Roshi, May 30, 2012.
The long awaited game, it's been what 6 years since it was first announced?
^^^ What game?
Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Ah! Oops - missed that in the prior post.
Apologies for not having had chance to read the whole thread but my first reaction thoughts:
Ahhhh. Prometheus, I'd read the reviews. I knew that as a Scott film it would almost certainly be very pretty but as shallow as a puddle (the original Alien is ironically one of the few exceptions, probably because the script was mostly worked out before his involvement) but it still wound up a disappointment.
So the big message of the film is: "God" is probably a dick. Yeah, anyone who's noticed any of human history will likely have worked that out. Hell, anyone who's seen Star Trek V will know that.
But OK, despite the pretentions the film had no real depth to it. But I was expecting that. And it was pretty (even if the new monsters were generally a bit dull). And I liked the twist that the Space Jockey had been wearing a space suit all along. Though as giant blue men they seemed to be the guys from Avatar if they became really pissed off skin heads.
Where it fell down, and fell down badly was the characters. Every, single one of them was a complete moron. The first thing we see in the film is skinhead Na'Vi comiting suicide because he can't think of another way to mix up his species DNA with weird ¤¤¤¤ and put it in the water. And he winds up being one of the smarter characters. In the rest of the film we get:
"Hey, I'm taking my helmet off!"
"Whoops, we've gotten lost despite have mapped the place and no one has noticed we're didn't make it back until the people who set out after us made it back to the ship!"
"I'll just put this weird ¤¤¤¤ in your drink and then leave you too it. Even though I've already worked out these are WMD's and it could turn you into something that's a threat to me as much as anyone else".
"Hey, we know something killed all these big strong scary blue men but we'll act like Nedry in Jurassic Park when we see something that the directer clearly told us is supposed to be amazing and cute looking but the effects company made look like an evil penis".
"I'll abandon my watch to go shag Charlize Theron so no one will know those two idiots are in trouble till it's too late" [I'm tempted to let Elba off for this though].
"Even though I want your EVIL MUTANT BABY for my own EVIL ends I'll tell you the news in such a way as to scare the living crap out of you just for ¤¤¤¤s and giggles. And once you've cut it out of yourself no one will bother to go check on it". [And was the Scottish doctor in on it?]
"Well, I've just woken up after 2000 years and am surrounded by my creations, who could be in unknown numbers with unknown weapons. So rather than trying to lull them into a false sense of security and finding out the exact situation before making my move I'll kill kill those here and just hope I don't turn out to be out classed before carrying on my mission rather than maybe going home and checking in first even though it's been 2000 years"
And that's just some of them.
What was the point of Theron's character? Her getting off the ship made it look as if there was going to be a final cat fight- which might at least have been fun- but she's instantly crushed to death and basically winds up contributing nothing (there's some vague hints of a "real child" Vs "Built child" thing but it's basically restricted to two short scenes). After all, Elba could have just ejected the life pod thing for Shaw. And why cast Guy Pierce as an old man with a bad make up job rather than just casting an old man?
After the hour mark it got to the point where the only thing I was left looking forward too was how it was all going to end with everything set up for the first one. OK, where are the eggs going to come from, how is the Space Jockey going to get back to his ship and in the chair, what's the origin of the signal... And I didn't even get that much. The ending wound up leaving me really confused until a friend explained to me it's not the same planet as in the first one. I didn't actually believe him at first. Do those ships just crash a lot then? What the hell was the point of doing it as an Alien prequel at all if it doesn't even have that much going for it? I'd have been fine with a completely standalone film with no real links beyond a vague shared Universe but including stuff that seemed to be leading to the first one felt self defeating and confusing on that score.
And it was mildly annoying the very well thought out Alien life cycle (OK, ripped straight from nature but still more thought through than most space monsters get) was thrown out here for something sillier. "It's magic goo that will do any old ¤¤¤¤ as long as people are stupid enough to finger it". The final shot actually felt like something Fox insisted on because they thought you couldn't do an Alien film without an Alien in it.
Frankly, Alien Vs. Predator was better than this, at least it was silly fun. Hell, I've not seen Requiem yet but considering it's presumably shorter and has Michelle off 24 in it it's likely to annoy me a lot less.
"Doctor Elisabeth Shaw" would probably have seemed a nice (presumably intentional but who knows?) Doctor Who homage if I hadn't seen this the same week Caroline John died making it feel like two hours of pissing on her grave.
Despite the mixed reaction and my own disappointment I can see this doing a Blade Runner though and going on to be seen as a classic down the line. Mainly because those of us who didn't like it are going to forget it very quickly but those who loved it will be championing it hard for years to come.
For me....My gripe was not the themes it attempted to take on. For me, Prometheus failed because it asked the audience/fan base to explain plot holes rather than simply tighten up the story before shooting began.
On the Alien boards, you've got defenders as well as naysayers all trying to explore the problems of the movie. Take for instance the two science officers who get lost. Yet, the ship has the entire complex completely mapped out. Surely the captain should've spent some time guiding the biologist and geologist back to a safe spot. Lets not even get started on the fact that the story sees the expert on rocks...the geologist get lost. Very sloppy. These are just a few tidbits a script doctor would've identified and ironed out.
As for those saying Shaw was a bad scientist. Into this I think she has an agenda. I think she has also been compromised by this. And, it gets the better of her. As does witnessing her lover burnt to death, being drugged, attacked by the crew and of course becoming a mother to a very nasty offspring. She emerges, to me, as a very interesting character that becomes difficult to swallow. She doesn't alert Vickers about the alien on board which is odd considering strict quarantine rules. But then again, why would she - she's drugged, clinging onto memories of her parents and figures if Vickers is prepared to scorch her boyfriend then she might be signing her own death warrant by calling the alarm.
But you see, I am filling-in. Its a sign of a bad movie when the audience have to do this. Filling in the gaps.
Finally watched this over the weekend. I can't say that I enjoyed it; I think the word that comes to mind is "bland".
What I would have really liked to see was an exploration of why the Engineers would feel as they did about humanity. Personally, I think it was a play on the definition of "alien". In the mind of the Engineers, humanity were the xenomorphs; freak mutations who are smaller in stature than the Engineers but dangerous in their own right.
Prometheus was a monster movie just like the original Alien. However, the humans were the monsters while the Engineer was the lone surviving hero trying to destroy the human infestation before it moved on to his home planet.
Yes. Yes we did. It is a horror movie after all. And honestly, the movie doesn't have much going for it besides some inventive, horrific alien gore.
Agreed. That made no sense considering they have no way of determining whether or not there are any deadly alien viruses in the air. Granted, I could see how perhaps some crewmembers could be that foolhardy but I expected others to show some caution.
As for the two guys that got lost, I just assumed that they didn't think to check for directions until after the storm hit and it was too dangerous for them to leave.
But mostly, I think they were all just breathing in that funny stupid gas from The Cabin in the Woods.
I was wondering about that. I suspect there's a deleted scene somewhere that's either a flashback to when he was younger or a scene where the Engineers actually do rejuvenate him for some reason. But that's just a guess.
Agreed. Alien left me with some questions that I've been eagerly wondering about for years. Prometheus answers a couple questions I had about the space jockey but mostly just left me with more questions. I feel more confused now than I was before. Especially since the questions that Alien left me with were incidental. I didn't need to know the answers in order to just enjoy Alien for what it was. But since Prometheus deliberately sets itself up as a search for answers, it is very thin on providing them. Not only do I still not know where the Xenomorphs or the eggs came from, but I also have no idea what the rest of that alien goo was, what it was for, who that guy at the beginning was, or why he poisoned himself.
That's because Ridley set it up as an intended trilogy - and you don't give all the answers in part 1 of a trilogy. But if a trilogy (or even a sequel) didn't happen, Ridley also wanted to frame things in such a way that the answers were right in front of you - you just had to bring your brain into the theater with you and "read between the lines."
OK, Borgified, to sum up what we've all been speculating/analyzing:
The guy at the beginning, one of the Engineers, was on prehistoric Earth circa the beginning of the Cambrian Era (650 million years ago). His self-poisoning was a religious/terraforming ritual [The upcoming Director's Cut will make this more explicit] intended to jump-start the evolution of the primitive one-celled life already present on Earth, via a combination of the mutagenic black goo and the Engineer's DNA. Hence the planet is "seeded" with a variety of complex plant and animal life. One of those forms of life, after nearly all of that 650 million years (and at least two asteroid-caused "reset buttons"), assumes a sentient form almost (but not quite) identical to the Engineers. Noting this, the Engineers visit Earth repeatedly beginning in the Stone Age, setting themselves up as the "gods" Man will come to worship and spurring the development of human civilization (presumably along the lines of their own). The first of these civilizations, the Sumerian Empire, is the closest to the Engineers' own (including written/spoken language). Recurrent throughout their lessons to early man is what only their modern-day descendants would recognize as a starchart leading to the Engineers' home star system.
Somewhere around the 1st century AD, the Engineers (for reasons as yet known only to themselves) change their minds about Man and decide to hit the reset button on Earth a third time. A ship is readied to take off from the Engineers' scientific/military outpost on LV-223 with a bioweapon cargo intended to eradicate Man and (presumably) steer what life is left on Earth in a direction more to the Engineers' liking. ("Sometimes to create, one must first destroy.") Yet the weapon they create, using a variant of the same black goo mutagen used ages ago and the DNA of a different alien lifeform (the green "amber" in the temple's central chamber), proves too deadly for even the Engineers to handle. All but one in the outpost are killed, the sole survivor already in cryosleep when the outbreak happened and thus was spared. Following this disaster, the Engineers briefly resume their God identities on Earth, starting over with the primitive natives of Central and South America, before finally washing their hands of us somewhere around 700 AD.
While it's not made explicit in Prometheus, we're clearly supposed to believe what we know as the Xenomorph "Alien" was the product of a different-but-similiar bioweapon experiment of the Engineers intended for another of their seeded worlds, one that apparently predated the LV-223 project by some considerable time and, again, proved too much for the Engineer in the ship that crashed on LV-426 to handle. What we see happen to Holloway/Shaw/the Engineer in the film is what presumably would have happened on 1st century Earth to the whole human race had that ship made it with its cargo. And, like it or not, that's as close to an Alien prequel/setup as we're probably going to get. The main questions the two sequels now aim to answer are: Why did the Engineers decide to destroy us way back when? Do they still intend to destroy us? Were we crafted for some specific purpose, or did they make us "just because we could"? Were we a mistake?
They should've nuked from above. It would be the only way to be sure.
^ To quote Ripley, "I saw we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure."
I couldn't disagree more. The last thing you want to bring into a viewing of Prometheus is your brain. The movie can be enjoyed as a dumb horror movie with A+ effects, but beyond that it's got nothing for your brain.
Any attempt to *think* about this film simply reveals a mountain of plot holes, stupid characters, non-existent motivation, and general stupidty.
Right, if you don't like Prometheus and point out its many flaws it's just because you're too stupid and close-minded to comprehend its obvious brilliance. Or at the opposite extreme if you disliked the Transformers films it's because you're unreasonable and expecting Shakespearean-quality deep, intellectual films. Those two complaints never get old.
I can come up with a hundred theories to try and make some sense out of the script and directing too, but at some point I have to ask myself when I get a writing credit because I'm doing a lot of work trying to salvage this train wreck of a story. I'm happy for you that you enjoyed the film for what it is and prefer to fill in those blanks yourself, but that doesn't make people stupid for thinking otherwise or not tolerating what they feel are plot holes and nonsense characters.
Movies have to be internally consistent even if they're part one of a trilogy. You can leave some mysteries hanging, but not everything, and especially not if you're going to couple that with poor pacing, badly written characters, and pseudo-intellectual mythological references that go nowhere.
Totally agree. I am gonna say it. Here I go. I loved Prometheus.
And its a big but.
I am fully aware, so frigging fully aware that the audience have to explain the story. They gotta do the fillin in. You gotta do that with a lotta movies. Suspend and imagine. Suspend and Imagine (sounds like a broadway musical number with Fosse type choreo). In the recent Star Trek you had to do that when the three officers space dive. Technically they'd all burn up on entry. But Suspend and Imagine. Fill-in-the-gaps. Maybe by then its possible/space gear/angle-blah-blah-blah. But with Prometheus there's too much of this going on. Yes its seems to be the first half of a trilogy but too much of the story and its logistics was left up to the audience member.
This for me illustrates a very weak story that required a few more months in development where for instance, a script doc woulda said "Ridley, mate...you got the geologist lost. A geologist getting lost wont go down at all. Rethink that one" and "Ridley, mate I love how you make Vickers a stickler for protocol-you've even got her scorching a guy due to quarantine and yet Shaw doesnt alert her fellow officers
about an alien presence on board".
It was technologically feasible in a much more primitive form by the 1960s, so it's not much of a stretch for 2250s spacesuit materials.
Plus, if you're not moving at orbital speeds you won't experience the same friction heating upon reentry, so you could do it in a more conventional pressure suit without heat shielding. Captain Pike's shuttle probably dropped them in the upper atmosphere.
I love the controversy... I really enjoyed the movie, there are definitely some flaws, but so far its the best summer movie Ive seen, I look forward to more "gap-filling" in the sequel(likely since it is approaching $300 million). Genuinely like a movie that doesn't explain everything to the audience!
With just over 100,000 ratings, Prometheus seems to be doing quite well on IMDB, with a 7.6 rating. I don't think the perception that it wasn't well received by the audience is reality.
what's the controversy?
Check out Moonrise Kingdom. It's fantastic.
I like those movies too. But the things that needed explaining are stupid... like why are their idiots on this mission. Unless, of course, the movie is satire.
Meh. Who cares. I'm not seeing the next one.
My biggest gripe is the crew...in Alien, the crew was portrayed as malcontents on a long, boring, even tedious journey, but they were crewman, not professionals in their scientific fields, I didn't understand why they were shown as malcontents as well...even if they didn't believe in the ultimate goal of the mission, they were there to do a job.
I think the elements that are in Prometheus make it even more interesting than the classic Alien movie, even with a few jumps in logic..
The controversy is about the choices made by Ridley not to explain much of what was happening...or leaving out concepts they talked about in great detail but left out. The religious and mythological aspects of the movie...and the origin of intelligent life on Earth. Why the engineers wanted Earth destroyed, et al.
What surprises me a great deal is...that RAMA and I liked the same film.
Well there have been maybe 4-5,000 SF movies made, we're bound to like oh, 17% of them...
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The NFL is turning to one of its most seasoned officials to be the head referee of Thursday's night first post-lockout game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.
The league announced Gene Steratore, entering his 10th season, will open Week 4 as part of a seven-man crew that has plenty of experience overall. That group includes field judge Bob Waggoner (16 years), umpire Bill Schuster (13 years), line judge Bill Seeman (11 years) and back judge Greg Steed (10 years).
LINEMAKERS: Ravens vs. Browns analysis
Steratore resides in Washington, Pennsylvania, or fewer than 265 miles west of where the game will be played, in Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium. In addition to co-owning a family-run sanitary supplies company, Steratore also referees NCAA basketball games in the NFL offseason.
He was called to duty in this past March's NCAA Tournament, officiating the second-round matchup between Kansas State and Southern Mississippi in nearby Pittsburgh.
Two years ago, in a Week 1 game between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, Steratore correctly ruled on a controversial call—based on the rulebook—that Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson didn't complete what would have been a game-winning touchdown catch.
The NFL worked swiftly to put an end to the officials' lockout following the controversial ending in Monday night game's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, when the Seahawks' Golden Tate was incorrectly credited with a game-winning Hail Mary touchdown catch. Both sides reached an agreement overnight to ensure that every Week 4 game would have regular officiating crews.


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Mich. chief coordinates rural response plan
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CLIO, Mich. — Don't let the city's small size fool you.
Clio may be only 1.2 square miles, but its police department and top cop James McLellan have big ideas about leading an effort to keep school districts in the northern end of the county safe.
McLellan told city leaders Monday that he has been meeting with area law enforcement agencies and school districts to put together a response plan in case of school shootings or other emergencies, and he is bringing some heavy equipment to the table.
M-16 Army rifle? Check.
Ballistic shield. Got it.
Thermal imaging camera? That's an affirmative.
The department is even working on a plan to acquire an army emergency response vehicle.
"We're realizing that we're isolated up here," McLellan said. "We didn't have the equipment needed or a collaborative plan. The county sheriff has a containment team but that's 40 minutes away. It's not that we're unprotected, it's just that we need to be more coordinated."
Police agencies and school districts from Clio, Montrose, Mt. Morris and Mt. Morris Township have joined the discussion.
Clio Mayor Bob Smith was impressed with McLellan's initiative, especially since the pricey equipment won't come out of the city's pocketbook.
"We may be a small force, but we're the best in the county," Smith said.
Ballistic shields run about $2,400 each. McLellan said Wal-Mart of Vienna Township has agreed to present the police department with an $1,800 check Friday, and a second $1,800 check in February toward the school safety effort.
A FEMA grant that the department applied for last year will cover the cost of the camera valued at $11,424, plus training and lodging.
"That equipment can be used for search and rescue, fugitive searches, structure profiles and detecting heat signatures," McLellan said.
McLellan said he recognized the need for the collaboration when a November manhunt for a bank robber led county law enforcement to the Clio area - and near an elementary school building. Because the school district's boundary lines cover Clio, Thetford and Vienna Townships, this building was just outside of the Clio Police Department's coverage area.
But Chief McLellan initiated a lock down at the school building.
"That kind of sparked it," he said. "All this stuff is really based on what happened at Columbine. They had all of those officers to respond. The rest of us realized the need for coordinated efforts.
"This is for an active shooter, which is different from a barricaded gunman. With an active shooter you need to go in immediately. That's why we need officers up here with equipment and training."
Clio City commissioners supported McLellan and the police department's efforts.
"To see such positive strides coming from our little city is a huge thing," said Commissioner Duane Mosher.
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Tactical Equipment Supplier Announces Gear Has Been Approved by the LAPD
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Shellback Tactical, Inc. of San Diego, a supplier of tactical gear and equipment, recently announced that its tactical gear has been approved for use by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
The LAPD approved the gear on August 7, 2012 and this means that the Shellback gear will now be on the front lines in Los Angeles protecting the brave men and women of the LAPD.
The news was a source of pride for Shellback owner Michael Wratten who stated, "To have a product approved by the Los Angeles Police Department to protect their officers is an honor and a testament to the quality and design of our gear. I wake up every day thinking, how can we make gear that can better keep a police officer or military operator safe?"
The Shellback gear is manufactured solely in the USA and Wratten is proud to offer only USA made gear/products to law enforcement across the country. The tactical gear is cutting edge, forward thinking, advanced equipment that is made with the highest quality materials and design process that exceed the needs and expectations of most customers.
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Shellback Tactical sells a wide variety of tactical gear and equipment to law enforcement and military organizations including rifle plate carriers, tactical belts, armor carriers, shooter drop legs, tactical seat caddies, tactical clothing and much more. Those interested in learning more about this company can visit the website at shellbacktactical.com or email email@example.com. Watch the Shellback promotional video on YouTube.


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If anything, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Usher[/lastfm] is one of the popstars I look to not only for the way he's poised his career creating hit after hit, but how he's handled himself in his personal life.
After seeing the father of two at the Never Say Never premier earlier this year doting on his sons, it became clear that you can be cool and a dad.
Here's a list of my choice for the top 20 popstars we'd love see create kids in their image!
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jay Sean[/lastfm]
Jay Sean is a talented, sexy guy and we'd love to see him pass his jeans on. Plus, imagine how adorable his little kids would be walking around with tiny British accents. Let's just say, plenty of women are out there waiting for Jay Sean to ask them to hit the lights…
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Sean Kingston[/lastfm]
- Between the fact that he's a great big brother type for Justin Bieber and his new lease on life, there's probably not a man on Earth that could teach a little kid how to grow up and live life to the fullest more than Sean. Plus, if he had a daughter, I sort of love imagining him singing "Beautiful Girls" to her!
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Justin Bieber[/lastfm]
- So, we get it. Justin's still a kid himself, however, we couldn't help but imagine how he'd be an awesome day someday. Plus, who knows, maybe the lucky girl could be you.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Enrique Iglesias[/lastfm]
- If you know anything about me, know that I love Enrique Iglesias. Of course he's on this list for totally selfish reasons, but here's a man that managed to step out of the shadow of his own father and find fame. He can be the hero of his very own children someday.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]will.i.am [/lastfm]
- Here's a guy with so much talent it's literally growing out of his head. He knows the merit of working like a team since his work with the Black Eyed Peas is always first rate and hopefully this would be one of the lessons he'd lay upon his kids because most things in life are about meeting halfway.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Andy Samburg[/lastfm] of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Lonely Island[/lastfm]
- Not only is he musically talented and adorable but completely hilarious. If he had kids it wouldn't matter what they did, we'd be sure to be hyper entertained.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Wiz Khalifa[/lastfm]
- Wiz Khalifa is[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Snoop Dogg[/lastfm]'s protege. And if life has taught me anything it's that you can't judge a book by it's cover. Snoop Dogg is one of the best parent's out there and if Wiz is anything like Snopp, we can only hope he'd have children.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Akon[/lastfm]
- Knowing how to love is one of the most important qualities in being a parent. And Akon has no lack of that. He said it best himself…"I wanna love you, you already know."
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Trey Songz[/lastfm]
- Mr. Steal Your Girl knows a thing or two about charming women and that's the sort of father that protects his daughter. And that's the sort of man I want taking care of my children.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Nelly[/lastfm]
- Nelly obviously knows how to party, but here's a guy that also knows how to write a love song like "Dilemma." It's that sort of balance that makes for a good father.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Adam Levine[/lastfm]
- If you have to ask yourself why I put Adam on this list, open your eyes. Look, I will get to the point. This man needs to have babies and they don't even need to be with me. Just do it, Adam. Do it for humanity. We need more people that look like you walking around.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Mike Posner[/lastfm]
- Mike Posner writes the sorts of songs that make me swoon. It also doesn't hurt that he's completely adorable and talented. However, it's the thought of him singing "Please Don't Go" to his daughter on her wedding day that seals the deal.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Pitbull[/lastfm]
- I love Pitbull, as I rightfully should, and I am pretty sure he would be one rad father. His kids would be little bilingual cuties, running around, but as the man that wants us to give him everything I'm going to guess that he understands how to avoid spoiling a child.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Drake[/lastfm]
- Maybe it's because I think he's totally dreamy, but Drake just gives off the sort of energy you want from a man that will be the father of your children. Then again, it could be because he's reportedly giving it another go with Rihanna and I need to know what their baby would look like.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kid Cudi[/lastfm]
- You might wonder why a man who's known as Kid Cudi would even be on this list. Well, here's the thing, in order to be a good parent you have to be able to understand children and Kid Cudi get's it. He's even given up the herb and going down the straight and narrow. More than anything, he'll hopefully teach them the importance of going after what they want in their very own pursuit of happiness.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kanye West[/lastfm]
- Ok, you might be scratching your head. Kanye West. A father. On this list. Look, you have to hand it to him, the man knows how to command an audience and make a point. And to be a effective parent it's a skill that's necessary. Hopefully, he can use his own missteps to guide his progeny in the right direction.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bruno Mars[/lastfm]
- Something just tells me Bruno Mars would be an excellent dad. Perhaps it's his charming personality or his laid back, Island attitude, but he's just easy going enough that he'd be able to raise children that knew they were important, special and loved…just the way they are.
Sky Blu & Red Foo of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]LMFAO[/lastfm]
- Sky Blu & Red Foo need to be raising children. Stat. Every time I close my eyes to imagine what their house would be like I am filled with joy. Children running around in metallic animal print outfits, swinging from the rafters and spraying chocolate milk on one another. From battling fake zombies to pretending to slay vamprires it'll be one Party. Rock. Childhood.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jay-Z[/lastfm]
- A few years ago, Hova took the plunge with Beyonce, one of the most beautiful, successful and awesome women in the entertainment industry. Ever since then I've been waiting to see what their progeny would look like. In the very least, I hope they create their very own version of Rihanna and reinvent the music industry one. more. time.
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Justin Timberlake[/lastfm]
- Let's just say that JT's on this list for totally selfish reasons. Justin, I want to have your baby and I know plenty of other ladies out there do too. Plus, he needs to pass on his genes and his jeans to a mini version of himself.


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I collect prima flowers and metal embellishments like a four year old boy collects rocks. You can never have enough! Excellent construction and looks so good on the canvas....
These new Vintage trinkets are gorgeous! They are much larger than I expected and will go perfectly on any layout, card or craft project. Beautiful quality!
Very nice quality on these items. Very delicate designs and will be used with something very special. I was impressed with these!
I put pitchers in them.
Elizabeth McClure
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IC-CAP 2012.01 Product Release
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New and updated features in IC-CAP 2012.01
- SQL Database Link - This link enables saving and accessing data into an SQL database, works with WaferPro, DataPro and within the native IC-CAP environment.
- W8503 IC-CAP Data Processing and Selection Tool (DataPro) - DataPro applies statistical analysis to measured data, identifies outlier devices, and selects golden and corner dies - Fully integrates into the modeling flow by importing data from WaferPro and SQL Database.
- W8531 NeuroFET Extraction Package - The Keysight NeuroFET model uses an artificial neural network to describe measured currents and charges and offers several advantages over traditional measurement-based models.
- Instrument Drivers - Added support for the new Keysight B2900A Series Precision Source/ Measurement Unit (SMU). In addition, the B1500A driver now supports time domain measurements.
IC-CAP 2012.01 enables its automated measurement solution, IC-CAP WaferPro to efficiently store high volume data into SQL databases. To complete the modeling flow, from measurement to modeling, a new tool called Data Processing and Selection (DataPro) analyzes and identifies measured data for modeling. IC-CAP 2012.01 also provides access to NeuroFET, a newly available complete measurement-based FET modeling flow, from automatically controlled data acquisition, artificial neural network (ANN) training, and non-quasi-static FET model simulation for nonlinear circuit design. New measurement capabilities and programming features provide additional benefits in IC-CAP 2012.01.
IC-CAP SQL Database Link
IC-CAP can now create or connect to an SQL Database. One of the main advantages of using a database, versus storing data to the file system, is that searching for data is considerably easier and faster as there is no need to open each file. Other key advantages are memory management (no need to load many megabytes of data into IC-CAP to make a selection), easier maintenance, better security (central location, password protected, etc.) and less prone to errors.
During automated measurements, WaferPro stores the data in the database (file storage option remains available). Data are saved with a predefined database schema designed to accommodate an extensive range of information typical of on-wafer measurements, such wafer, die, device information, etc. The schema is optimized for query speed and is flexible so that the user can customize the data based on the information saved during the measurement routine. Device information, routine and measurement conditions, and sweep and spot measured data are saved into the database along with a measurement "run" time stamp. Later on, data can be imported into other tools such as the new DataPro. A PEL based API is available to access the database, formulate SQL queries and import data back into the IC-CAP environment. IC-CAP 2012.01 supports MySQL and SQLite databases.
W8503 IC-CAP DataPro
IC-CAP DataPro performs statistical data on selected targets and identifies the golden and typical dies to be used for device extraction. The tool helps users to identify and eliminate outlier devices whose behavior is too distant from the statistical mean.
DataPro connects to existing database or files repositories. A convenient user interface enable users to select target data for statistical analysis. Selected targets can be either sweep curves, such as Id versus Vd, or spot data, such as Vth or Idmax. The program runs statistical analysis on the target data and calculates mean values and variances. Statistical graphics such as histograms are available to enable users to inspect data and its distribution, and identify and eliminate outliers. The software can then pinpoint the golden die to be used for typical device model extraction and the corner dies to be used for corner modeling. For more information on DataPro, refer to the W8503EP IC-CAP Data Processing and Analysis (DataPro) page.
Figure 1. WaferPro and DataPro Flow
W8531 NeuroFET Extraction Package
The NeuroFET Extraction Package license offers extraction for the Keysight NeuroFET model for FET and HEMT devices, a new model developed by the Keysight Technology Center. The extraction package enables users to make all of the necessary DC and S-parameter measurements to extract the model. A dedicated acquisition procedure avoids introducing device degradation during measurements, until the high power region is measured. The ANN training is automatically accomplished through a dedicated procedure that optimizes CPU usage by multithreading the error optimization processes. The model is available in Keysight's Advanced Design System (ADS). For more information, refer to the W8531EP IC-CAP NeuroFET Extraction Package page.
Figure 2. NeuroFET Measurement and Extraction Flow
New Measurement Capabilities
IC-CAP 2012.01 now supports the new Keysight B2900A Series Precision Source/Measure Unit (SMU). The B2900A Series offers a cost effective measurement solution. The B2900A driver supports pulsed and sampling (time domain) modes of the instruments. The B1500A and the B1505A driver have been enhanced to support time domain measurements. IC-CAP 2012.01 provides options for higher resolution data reading from the B1500A, B1505A, and E5270B DC Analyzers by enabling the user to select the number of bytes used to transfer measured data between the instruments and IC-CAP.
Figure 3. The New Keysight B2900A Series Precision SMU
Note on Solaris Discontinuance
Starting with the next release of IC-CAP, Keysight EEsof EDA will no longer release IC-CAP on the Solaris (SUN OS) Platform.
Learn More
You can find more detailed descriptions and examples on the new features of this release in the "What's New in IC-CAP 2012.01?" presentation.
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Well I'm usually pretty fast at learning stuff. I tried to get to work with emacs three times (including last week). After two hours I can vaguely remember how to get around and do a few basic things. The next day it's gone no matter what.
It simply won't get in. Whoever's idea that is of a usable interface doesn't come from my planet
Yes, Emacs takes a bit to get familar. But once you're there... it's an amazing tool.
Well I picked up Perl a *lot* faster
And that's how it differs from Perl: "baby emacs" is already way too hard.
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East Haven is a town in New Haven county in Connecticut. It was formed in 1785 from the following town or towns: New Haven. East Haven is a part of the East Haven probate district and has been since 1955. New Haven was/were the previous chronological district or districts. For more information, contact the county at 250 Main St. East Haven 06512-3004. On the attached map, New Haven is located at D6.
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Micron 3D Memory Supercharges Xeon Phi
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Analysts have been speculating wildly about the technical details of the massively parallel next-generation Knights Landing Xeon Phi. For instance, they have said 3D memory would be stacked on top of its die. However, today Intel and its 3D memory partner, Micron Technology Inc. put all that speculation to rest. (See Intel Massive Parallel Upgrades Due.)
The self-hosted many integrated core (MIC) Knights Landing version of the Xeon Phi will deliver more than 3 teraflops of double-precision peak performance per single socket. However, the Micron 3D memory that facilitates that speed will not be stacked atop the Knights Landing die. Instead, Intel and Micron have been working on a super-high-bandwidth parallel-path interface that will allow 3D Hybrid Memory Cubes (HMCs) to surround the Knights Landing die in such close proximity that the HMC will behave as if they were on the Xeon Phi die.
"The interface circuitry that goes out to the Knights' Landing Xeon Phi chip has been optimized with parallel paths for maximum bandwidth. Our HMC will be packaged with a very optimized interface, so they can be placed very close to the Xeon Phi using DDR4 channels," Mike Black, HMC technology strategist at Micron, told us. "And then all of that will be put into a common package that then drops into a single socket on the board."
This tactic works, Black said, because the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) at the base of the HMC houses the circuitry to manage the DRAMs on top of it -- freeing up room on each DRAM. Also, the ASIC manages the communications of data on and off the chip. The interconnections between the ASIC and the DRAM die above it use up to 2,000 through-silicon vias (TSVs). The ASIC takes over many of the logic functions from each DRAM, freeing up room for TSVs without enlarging the die.
"To the programmer, the Micron memory will be transparent to the outside world--almost like a layer three cache inside the package with the processor," Black said.
Micron is the pioneering instigator of the HMC, but by no means will it be the sole supplier of them. "The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium is 160 companies that are defining the interface specification, and it's an open platform that is available for use by anyone," Black said.
HMCs have 15 times the bandwidth of DDR3, he said. They consume 70% less energy than today's memory technologies, take up 90% of the footprint of RDIMM, and offer five times the bandwidth of traditional DDR4.
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Police had to control traffic yesterday morning, Thursday, March 13, after a car overturned on the notorius Via Gellia road, near Cromford.
The Ford Focus car was discovered overturned on its roof about 8.10am, on Thursday, but no one was seriously injured, according to police.
A Derbyshire Constabulary spokesman said the driver had to be cut out of the vehicle and police were alerted to control traffic until the vehicle and the area could be cleared.
The Via Gellia Road has been dubbed one of the UK's most dangerous roads by the Road Safety Foundation and has been the scene of many road traffic collisions.
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Despite Mayan calendar Dec. 21 projection, don't count on end of the world
If there's any validity to the predictions surrounding Friday's apocalypse, you're now reading one of the last stories from The Berkshire Eagle.
A theory that the world will end Friday to coincide with the end of a 5,125-year cycle of the Mayan calendar is the most ballyhooed Doomsday theory since -- well, the last ballyhooed Doomsday theory.
Local and national scientists are using their expertise to argue against the claims, and others in the Berkshires and across the globe are taking a better-safe-than-sorry approach to the Dec. 21 dooms date.
In Russia, the minister of emergency situations has stepped in to quell mass panic. Believers also have flocked to a mountain in Bugarach, France, because they think aliens hiding inside the mountain will take them to safety when the world does end Friday.
-- James Lumsden, pastor at Pittsfield's First Church of Christ.
The source of these tidbits? The New York Times.
Even people in the Berkshires have supplies set aside for the potential apocalypse. Naysayers, meanwhile, are just using it as an excuse to party.
The Doomsday Theory
Assuming that 2009 movies such as "2012" or the 1987 hit song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. aren't prophetic, few reputable sources exist on what Friday's apocalypse will look like.
That's because it won't happen, according to Craig Childs, author of the book "Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth."
"The world doesn't just end; that's a misnomer," Childs told The Eagle from his home in western Colorado.
Childs stopped at the Lichtenstein Center in Pittsfield last month during a book tour. His research for the book took him to nine apocalyptic-in-nature places across the planet -- from the driest nonpolar desert, in South America, to Central Iowa, where food is scarce.
Childs argues that the apocalypse "doesn't just happen."
"It's not a single event. It takes thousands of years to play out," he said. "On Dec. 22, we'll wake up to the same constantly changing world."
On Friday, the 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count portion of the Mayan calendar will end. For now, it serves as the catalyst for the theories that the world will end with it. But as with the Gregorian calendar hanging in your kitchen, the Mayan calendar doesn't end. It simply restarts.
"Saying the Mayan calendar ends is like saying our calendar ends on Dec. 31," said Mac Sudduth, executive director of miSci, the Museum of Innovation and Science, in Schenectady, N.Y. "It goes into another cycle. This is the end of the 13th cycle."
Sudduth received his doctorate in the history and philosophy of science, and he's worked in several planetariums and even reviewed educational material for NASA. He frequently uses his education and expertise to refute "nonsense like this."
-- Craig Childs, author of the book 'Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth'
"There's not much danger of something happening on the 21st," Sudduth said. "The people worried about this are certainly not into the scientific aspect. The hysteria aspect has to do with belief."
Interestingly, one group not buying into the Mayan apocalypse theory is modern-day Mayans in Guatemala.
The Mayan alliance group Oxlaljuj Ajpop released a statement saying the end of the cycle "means there will be big changes on the personal, family and community level, so that there is harmony and balance between mankind and nature."
On Friday, as many as 90,000 people are expected to attend a massive event hosted by the Guatemalan Culture Ministry, an organization that protects the land's heritage and history. Tour groups also are promoting getaways themed to the apocalypse, according to Agence France-Presse, a French news agency.
Felipe Gomez, Oxlaljuj Ajpop's leader, released a statement criticizing the Guatemalan government and tour groups for perpetuating the myth.
"We are speaking out against deceit, lies and twisting of the truth, and turning us into folklore-for-profit," he said. "They are not telling the truth about time cycle."
The alliance is hosting sacred events in five cities, and Gomez said the Culture Ministry should support them.
That's not to say the world isn't ending, according to Childs. It just takes time.
In the Earth's 4.5 billion-year lifespan, there have been five major mass extinctions that killed off 70 to 90 percent of the planet's inhabitants.
"That took tens of thousands of years, though," Childs said. "There have been endings, but they couldn't reveal themselves in the human lifetime, much less on one day in December."
Though holy scripture does prophesize about an end of times, James Lumsden, pastor at Pittsfield's First Church of Christ, called the Dec. 21 theories "bunk." He said he could have used stronger words to express his feelings.
"All religions at different times were certain they had a monopoly on God's timetable," Lumsden said. "Christian scriptures are abundantly clear that no human being knows the end of times. Only the Father knows the time. I trust that."
He said the pop culture fascination with a possible Doomsday on Friday has left some of the younger members of his congregation "frightened."
"There certainly isn't any indication scientifically, historically, theologically or mythically that we're living in the end times any more than we were 100 years ago," Lumsden said.
Ending on a high note
Brian Alberg, executive chef at The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, may not believe the world will end Friday, but his cuisines could be called earth-shattering.
To benefit from the interest in the Mayan culture, The Red Lion will host the End of Days Feast at 7 p.m. Friday.
"I look for ideas or little things to play off of for food," Alberg said.
-- Brian Alberg, chef at the Red Lion Inn, which is holding an 'end-of-world' party Friday
The End of Days menu will include usual Mayan dishes, featuring nuts, dates, wild boar, bitter greens, lamb and goat. Tickets are $150.
"If the world ends, you won't have to pay that credit card bill," Alberg said. "People know it's going to be a hell of a party."
Friday won't be the first time the world was supposed to end. The stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, and the supposed Rapture on May 21, 2011, are two of the more popular recent end-of-the-world theories.
"People have been saying [the world will end] for years," Pittsfield resident Chuck Auger said. "It's comical that people believe in that kind of stuff."
Come Saturday, the Mayan apocalypse theory will be viewed historically as one of many unsuccessful theories on the end of the world, according to Childs.
"Every generation thinks it will be the one to see 'the big change,' " he said. "People are bored. They want the apocalypse to happen. I wrote ['Apocalyptic Planet'] to try to tell people that they don't want it to happen."
The sky is falling?
One of the more popular Doomsday theories is something catastrophic hitting us from above -- meteors, asteroids, etc. But "no close encounters are expected anytime soon," Sudduth said.
"We can see things coming for a long time," he said.
However, high solar flares -- a rapid release of energy from the sun -- are expected into early next year.
"A big solar flare might make the garage open, or disrupt your GPS, but that's the worst that could happen," Sudduth said. "The Earth is pretty protected from solar flares. We've been through a lot, and it doesn't seem to affect us."
In terms of apocalypse theories related to weather -- snow, ice, flooding, hurricanes -- the National Weather Service in Albany hasn't reported any unusual stormy patterns or signs.
The NWS "just kind of ignores" the apocalyptic talk, according to meteorologist Brian Frugis. "It's not really based on anything concrete."
Pittsfield resident Donna Moon said the apocalypse is "at the bottom of her list of worries."
"I'm worried about going over the financial cliff first," she said. "Let's get the country stable first, then worry about eternity."
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Mayan culture
• The Mayan calendar is made up of five Long Count cycles -- each 5,125 years -- plus a 260-day ritual cycle and a 365-day solar calendar.
• Ancient Mayan civilizations lived from 2000 B.C. to as late as the 16th century.
• The complex Maya religion states that we are one level of a multilayered universe made up of 13 heavens and nine underworlds.
• Maya ruins can be found in Belize, Mexico and Guatemala.
• Half of the current population in Guatemala is of Mayan descent.
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Yes, New York Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda had something on his wrist Thursday night.
Yes, regardless of his claims, it was used to gain an advantage.
And, yes, according to rule 8.02.4 in the Major League Baseball official rule book, "The pitcher shall not apply a foreign substance of any kind to the ball," and any violation should warrant an immediate ejection.
But, nobody seems to care.
So now what?
Well, maybe MLB should look into changing the rule? Of course, that would open a can of worms all unto itself, as pitchers would be likely be loading themselves up with substances all the time.
But listening to everyone defend Pineda, that's exactly what seems to be happening anyway.
Former pitcher David Cone said during the Yankees' broadcast on Thursday that it meant nothing and was something he did when it was cold out, and both John Franco and Al Leiter were on a New York radio show Friday morning basically saying this whole hullabaloo was much ado about nothing.
Now, the Red Sox announcers seemed outraged over the whole ordeal, which is kind of surprising because Clay Buchholz was caught with about a vat of hair gel on his forearm last season.
Not to mention the substance that was seen in Jon Lester's glove during last year's World Series.
Buchholz opposed Pineda on Thursday. He was probably doing the same thing. He was probably just a little better at hiding it.
And that's probably the reason that nobody who matters in the Boston organization is going to say anything. Let's face it, in addition to the spitball claims, they employed Manny Ramirez and still celebrate David Ortiz - two players who may or may not have done enough performance-enhancing drugs for a small village.
Allegedly, of course. Well, in Ortiz's case anyway, I guess, because he seems to be the only player that the entire world seems to take at his word. Regardless of what may have been uncovered.
Whatever. A topic for another day.
But, to the Red Sox's credit, they all dismissed the Pineda incident after the game. Even Ortiz said it wasn't a big deal because "everyone does it."
"I became aware of it in the fourth inning through the video that some had seen," Boston manager John Farrell said. "And then, when he came back out for the fifth inning, it looked, based on what was told to me where it was located, it looked like the palm of his right hand was clean. That's the extent of it."
What probably happened was that the Red Sox saw the pictures and sent a message to the Yankees through a backdoor channel that they knew what was going on and to cut it out.
And if you saw the pictures of his hand in the fifth inning, that was about as clean as a hand as you'll ever see.
By the way, who cares if his hand was clean? Eddie Harris in the great baseball movie "Major League" taught us there are a ton of places on the body to plant something.
Pineda probably just loaded up the back of his cap with the pine tar instead.
Everyone defending Pineda has come up with the same argument that on cold nights, the pitchers use pine tar or gel or sun tan lotion or whatever to get a better grip on the ball.
That's fine. But that's an advantage. Just as a player who plays 20 straight days in the heat of the summer who decides to take some Adderall to get him through.
That was called popping a greenie back in the day and was accepted. Now it'll cost you a 25-game suspension.
"I don't use pine tar," Pineda insisted. "It's dirt. I'm sweating on my hand too much in-between innings."
Umm. OK.
Nothing more will come of this. As far as the players are concerned, the only thing that Pineda is even remotely guilty of is not hiding it better. Through the first four innings anyway.
Pineda wasn't even the only one dabbling in some substances, either.
Houston Chronicle writer Evan Drelich noted on Thursday that Astros reliever Josh Zeid was caught spraying his forearms with a substance immediately before entering Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
It may have been sunscreen, but that game was played in a dome. At night.
Point is, I guess everyone is doing it.
Meanwhile, Gaylord Perry is somewhere spit-shining his Hall of Fame ring.


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For gaming, the i5 3750k is the better processor, because it can also be overclocked further.
The i5 CPU performs better at the same clock speed than the i7 in games, due to no HyperThreading "overhead".
If you're doing lots of multi-threaded computational work, then the i7 3770k would be worth it.


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Empowering deserving military families with educational support and opportunities.
Picked up my first button-down shirts from the Boca Collection yesterday. Picked up 2 for $44 apiece at PGA Superstore. Quite the find.
As for the shirts; another fine piece of work by the apparel team. These are wonderfully wrinkle free and have a hand that is really pleasant. Dressy enough for the office, yet more comfortable than a standard cotton dress button-down.
I left the office this afternoon looking fresh as when I walked in. A++ on these great additions to the range!
TH ... you must have SOME wardrobe !!!
Are these the same that have been on the vokey store?
Chris92009Are these the same that have been on the vokey store?
Yes sir it is.
Performance Woven Windowpane Button Down - White/Lavender
Do these run big like the Polos?
I am wearing mine this morning with a lavender performance vest (FJA logo of course).
@Croc... While I am indeed proud of the wardrobe, I am not close in any way to Bobby (Hokies) or Rick (19 Hole). They have me by a large margin. But I do like to look in the closet and see all that FJ gear!
Hey ... I'm jealous, what can I say!
Just wanted to see if anyone had some size advice on these? I normally go down a size in the polo's. Thanks
I never dreamed you were a button down kind of guy
Dreaming about Randy can be dangerous!
The last thing I want/need is you guys dreaming about me!
Excellent buy TH. I have purchased four of them at sale prices and just love them. They have a tailored look and feel terrific.
Those look like shirts that you would wear in a working environment. NOT. Ya know, once you reach that retirement thing, you just don't need a large wardrobe anymore......so gave away ties, suits, shirts, dress shoes when I left that wonderful office environment......and for those of you who have to work tomorrow I have a standing Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 822am tee time......something to dream about while you are at work....and I will be FJ lookin' good......as Aerosmith said....Dream on.....
ChuckZ.....and for those of you who have to work tomorrow I have a standing Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 822am tee time......something to dream about while you are at work.....
Must be nice!! I guess you put in the time and now you reap the rewards!! I hope that by the time I retire I will be able to play golf three times (or more) per week. In the interim I guess I have to think about work, putting kids through school, etc...
Have not tried the performance button down shirts yet... may have to look for a sale like Randy to see what I can add to the collection for those of us that still frequent the office!
Go HokiesDreaming about Randy can be dangerous!
Frightening is more apt. Autograph hounds chasing him he's got the look of a tour player.


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Discussion in 'Future of Trek' started by Bonko, Jan 4, 2013.
To each their own. Goodbye!
I'm not really sure why you seem to find it so offensive that people only spend the time to read long posts that are legible, but, Yea, if formatting a post into a readable style by using paragraphs is too intellectual a yard stick for you to reach for, then you're probably right that you're unlikely to be happy here
Well, that's one cadet of the total of three that posted to this thread, so we're still ahead on our cadet quota.
Please, not Kirk and Spock yet again on tv.
Most people certainly were. The majority of viewers who watched TNG abandoned the Franchise between 1993 and 2005.
Does JJ get Star Wars fever and forget us?
He doesn't know you, anyway. He just makes movies.
how dare that jj abrams not follow my suggestion of rebooting blakes 7 as a kids show with handpuppets. he has personally offended me. who does he think he is?
I'm really hoping this happens. Have the crew give their lives to save the timeline.
It will not happen. Going back to something that people were not interested in makes no sense.
Haha, what? The general popcorn munchers won't give a damn either way. It's not like it was Nero's timeline interference which made them flock to see JJ Trek.
No, what made them flock to see the movie, besides the fact that it was fun, entertaining and emotionally engaging, was the promise of a "back to basics" Trek without the heavy baggage of byzantine continuity. Saying "the new approach worked but now we're going back to the old approach that didn't work" makes no sense at all. In fact, it's insane.
Just because something is set in the Prime universe doesn't mean it requires continuity to understand. Especially if the ship is seeking out new life, new civilisations and going where nobody has before.
I'd just like a science-fiction series set in the Star Trek universe instead of an action film set in another universe. My personal preference.
If you're not using the Prime universe continuity then your story may as well take place in the current continuity, since it doesn't make much of a difference and prevents you from fighting an uphill battle.
I understand and I respect that. I'm just saying that it will never, ever happen.
Yeah, it could work I'd just prefer to know what I'm watching takes place in the proper Star Trek universe. A TV series set in the NuTrek timeline could work just as well if they just took the older, more science-fiction driven approach instead of the more hack-ish Orci and Kurtzman take on it. Which I know some people on here prefer and that's fine but I'm a science-fiction fan and want Trek to be ideas driven.
Well, I'm being an optimist. There are millions and millions of fans of old and young ages (I'm only in my early 20s!) that cherish the old continuity. It's possible that one day, some of these people will be put in charge of the franchise instead of people like JJ Abrams. A man who, I guarantee, would never have considered destroying Star Wars' continuity because he's a huge fan of that franchise.
Ultimately, it's meaningless. Trek has always been a mix of different things, and that's what made it successful. If you want genuine idea-driven science fiction, read books, preferably not Star Trek books.
Very few people actually care about the old continuity all that much. Most Star Trek fans just enjoy Star Trek. I don't see "millions and millions of people" campaigning to get back to the Neelixverse. And no, in ten years, no person in their right mind would ever think about proposing something as absurd as "hey, remember the version of Star Trek that was slightly different than the one we have now and which ultimately failed so miserably that it had to be rebooted? Let's get back to that".
I do. Though I'm starting the DS9 Relaunch series at the moment.
That has nothing to do with continuity though. If somebody made a lens-flared, action-packed Pine Kirk blockbuster set in the Prime universe and made Insurrection II in the JJverse, which one would do better? The general public don't give a shit about continuity. Half of them probably didn't even notice it wasn't a proper prequel.
You're being deliberately obtuse. People liked the idea of a fresh approach without years and years of baggage. It's not a matter of which continuity they'd rather like, it's like wanting to buy a new bag instead of one which has been worn out by years of use, is covered with stickers and full of stuff you don't even remember putting there in the first place.
I don't know that the "fresh approach" was the draw for the movie. That assumes that the audience was made up of people familiar enough with Star Trek that they'd know whether the approach was fresh or stale.
Abrams made a movie that was well crafted to take advantage of the expectations of the general global audience for summer tentpole action franchises. It focused on the franchise's most well-known names/images (Kirk, Spock, Enterprise) and was marketed as slam-bang exciting action that could be appreciated by people who'd never seen one minute of Star Trek before, just like Iron Man and The Avengers appealed to people who'd never read those comics (and had to, in order to be profitable movies).
None of this has much bearing on a TV series, which has entirely different constraints and exists in a different industry - smaller budget, the need to produce at least 13 episodes per year, not two hours every three years, and the need to appeal to the audience of whatever channel it ends up on.
The only connection between movies and TV is that the movies represent a huge PR boost for any TV series, and that's the overriding reason why a TV series might take place in the same continuity, or at the very least, give us no indication that it's not doing that. The odds against any TV series, particularly live action, are so severe that I don't think they can afford to snub anything that will help boost ratings and also boost the confidence of Les Moonves, who is no fan of Star Trek and seems content to keep making cookie cutter cop shows, sitcoms and reality TV.
Completely true. Movies are unfortunately like that. TV shows, however get boring if every episode is centered on that kind of thing. The TNG TV show was completely different from the TNG movies. The movies were all based off weapon fire and explosions, wheras the TV show had some weapons and explosions, but was also entertaning and had lots rewatchable content.
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Progress Rail and EMD announced the site selection in July of 2011, and began work in earnest in February, EMD noted. The Sete Lagoas facility is the first EMD locomotive assembly plant to open in Brazil in more than 20 years, and is part of a strategic approach by Progress Rail and Electro-Motive to compete in the global railway industry. The company will produce the EMD SD70ACe locomotive at the facility, among other models.
"We made a commitment to our customers to deliver the most reliable, durable and sustainable locomotives on the market today. With the grand opening of our Sete Lagoas facility, we look to further that promise by not only providing cost effective and comprehensive rail solutions, but also by working with the best team in Brazil," said Billy Ainsworth, president and CEO of Progress Rail and EMD.
The site is part of an effort by Progress Rail and EMD to increase capacity to produce locomotives globally, including locomotive assembly plants in Muncie, Ind., and Sahagun, Mexico., as well as a venture with Bombardier Transportation in India. Caterpillar and its subsidiaries have also been involved in a number of collective research and development efforts, including the development of liquefied natural gas powered locomotives.
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Well thought-out design. While this isn't necessary for some receivers due to tighter tolerances, the noise from the bar shifting in the receiver on one of my vehicles was unbearable. This resolves that problem completely. I'll be using this for all of the towing I'll do in the future.


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GRAMMYs On The Road With Gold Leaves, Poliça And Kurt Vile
The Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter played host for GRAMMYs On The Road At The Sasquatch! Music Festival held in George, Wash. The Chapter conducted exclusive backstage interviews with artists performing at the festival, including Grant Olsen's pop/rock project Gold Leaves, electronica/pop outfit Poliça and indie singer/songwriter Kurt Vile.
Olsen discussed forming Gold Leaves, their most recent release, The Ornament, and recording plans for their forthcoming new album.
"[The Ornament] was made [in California]," said Olsen. "A lot of my favorite bands are California bands. I feel like [the album] is more of a California [album] than a Seattle-sounding [album]."
Gold Leaves is the solo project of Olsen, who is one-half of the Seattle-based psychedelic/folk duo Arthur & Yu. In 2011 Olsen released his Gold Leaves debut, The Ornament. The album features collaborations with the Moondoggies, Amy Blaschke (Minus The Bear, Night Canopy), Thao Nguyen (Thao & Mirah, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down), and percussionist Ben McConnell (Au Revoir Simone, Beach House). Gold Leaves are currently on tour throughout the United States, Europe and the UK, with select dates scheduled through October.
Poliça vocalist Channy Leaneagh discussed the band's formation, crafting songs with producer Ryan Olson and social media, among other topics.
"We wrote together in the sense that I was writing the songs while he was playing me the beats," said Leaneagh regarding collaborating with Olson. "He does what he wants to do on his beats and I do what I want to do lyrically and melodically. There's not a lot of conversation; it's just trusting each other that we're giving the best that we can."
Founded by Leaneagh (previously of folk/rock band Roma Di Luna) and Olson, Poliça also features contributions from bassist Chris Bierden, drummers Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu, and vocalist and Bon Iver collaborator Mike Noyce. In 2011 Poliça released their debut album, Give You The Ghost, which peaked at No. 15 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart. Poliça are currently on tour throughout the United States and UK through November, including several dates as the opening act for Bon Iver.
Vile discussed his musical background, songwriting process and music he's currently listening to, among other topics.
"Before I used to write songs really fast, and I still do sometimes, but a lot more these days I'm slowly writing a bunch of songs, which I like," said Vile. "I used to be in such a rush."
Hailing from Philadelphia, Vile released his debut album, Constant Hitmaker, in 2008. The album was rereleased in 2009, along with a new limited-edition album, God Is Saying This To You. Vile subsequently signed with indie label Matador Records. Vile's most recent release, 2011's Smoke Ring For My Halo, peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart. Vile is currently on tour throughout Europe with his band the Violators, with select dates scheduled through December.


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1. Where did you think Edward had gone off to at the start of the chapter and why did you think he had vanished?
I thought he needed time for himself trying to figure out why he had such strong feeling for someone he just saw for the very first time (at that point it could be love or hate but it was a very strong feeling).
2. We learn a few things about Bella's parents in this chapter. Charlie can't cook - Renee is rather needy and so on. What does this tell us about Bella as an individual?
That Bella was forced to be mentally older then she actually was, because she had to be such responsible. It made me clear that I didn't need to expect a teenager with random problems but somebody who could take care of herself.
3. What was your reaction to the polite way Edward treated Bella when he returned? Did you think he was putting on a show? How did it change your thoughts about his initial reaction to her?
I thought the time for himself made him comprehend his reaction and was trying to deal with it.
4. What was your first explanation for the change in Edward's eye color?
A change in his mood. The first time he was shocked by (again) those strong emotions. With going away for a bit he found peace with them and so his mood calmed down.


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John Travolta has one less accuser to worry about. The masseur known only as John Doe Number One, whose claims of sexual assault during a massage session set off a firestorm for the actor, has dropped out of the lawsuit amid mounting evidence apparently contradicting his allegations.
"Let's just say we had differences in opinion of how to handle the case and decided to part ways," his lawyer Okorie Okorocha tells PEOPLE. The notice of dismissal was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
A second masseur remains on the lawsuit, seeking $2 million from Travolta over the star's alleged behavior during a massage session at an Atlanta-based resort.
Travolta's lawyer Marty Singer has strongly denied the allegations from both accusers, calling the claims "absurd" and "fiction.": "We'll disprove [Doe Number Two's claims], but we need specifics first," Singer tells PEOPLE. "It's hard to disprove something when you don't have more specific allegations."
Now that Travolta has one less accuser, do you think the other 3 lawsuits will follow the same fate as the first? Or is it too soon to tell, lest a fifth accuser arises? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions with us in the comment box below!
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Rob Parker only opens his mouth to change feet.
Parker is a knucklehead sports analyst who deserves to be suspended from ESPN after his ignorant racial comments about Robert Griffin III, the prolific rookie quarterback of the Washington Redskins.
Parker was suspended by ESPN last week after creating a firestorm of controversy when he questioned whether Griffin, who is black, was a "real" African American.
"Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?" Parker, who is also black, asked during an on-air broadcast on ESPN's First Take sports program.
"He's not real. OK, he's black, he kind of does the thing, but he's not really down with the cause," Parker said. "He's not one of us. He's kind of black, but he's not really, like, the guy you want to hang out with because he's off to something else."
"We all know he has a white fiancée," Parker added. "There was all this talk about how he's a Republican … Tiger Woods was like, 'I've got black skin but don't call me black.' "
Griffin's father, Robert Griffin II, said he was "baffled" by Parker's comments and would not say much more even though the overwhelming number of social media followers are clearly angry at Parker .
Griffin's father isn't alone. I'm baffled by Parker's remarks, too.
Who is Parker to question RGIII's blackness? And why should it matter? Parker should apologize to Griffin immediately instead of defending his ridiculous remarks.
RGIII is one of the most grounded, intelligent and thoughtful players in the NFL. He loves his family, he has a strong work ethic, and he's a role model for all young people – and especially children of color.
The general manager of the Redskins said the team didn't just acquire a great NFL quarterback – he also said the Redskins also hired an outstanding human being.
So what's not black about RGIII? I don't get it.