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Eilshemius, Louis Michel īlshē´mēəs [key], 1864–1941, American painter, b. near Newark, N.J. The son of a wealthy Dutch importer, he spent much of his youth abroad. After two years at Cornell he studied art at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York City and at Julian's in Paris, where he worked under Bouguereau. He returned to New York c.1887, when two of his works were shown at the National Academy. Aside from this early notice he received no real recognition for more than 30 years. Although he continued to paint, he also tried his hand at inventing, composing, and writing witty letters to the editor of the New York Sun. His imaginative, atmospheric landscapes of the American scene are found in many leading galleries. Approaching Storm (Phillips Memorial Gall., Washington, D.C.) is an excellent example of his work.
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Zelda producer Eji Aonuma has told 4Gamer that The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for Wii U only took the developers six months to develop. However, Aonuma said that despite this, development was quite difficult as the team had to take into account the differences in hardware. Additionally Aonuma said that the game utilises a technique known as toon shading, which gives the game a very animated look which was hard to achieve.
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Email communication is vital to just about every business. But in-house counsel know that what employees write in an email can come back to haunt their company.
Womble Carlyle attorney Meredith McKee and Carolinas HealthCare System Associate General Counsel Sarah Coble recently outlined these potential problems and provided solutions in a recent Webinar discussion. McKee and Coble's presentation, titled "Avoiding Emails that Hurt or Embarrass Your Company," took place July 21st with members of the Association of Corporate Counsel's Compliance & Ethics Committee.
Email volume increases every year. The typical business person receives and sends more than 120 emails a day, and many are fired off without a great deal of reflection and based on incomplete information. But, as McKee said, "The problem is that emails last forever… We routinely find emails coming out from 10 years ago."
Confusion about how emails are stored, and how attorney-client privilege works, is commonplace in many offices. "All of that creates a false sense of privacy and a lack of understanding how broad the email sweep and collection is going to be if you end up in litigation or an investigation," McKee said.
Even emails that aren't relevant to the substance of some future dispute may still be subject to review during discovery. So embarrassing and private information can reach an audience well beyond that the employee originally intended.
Avoiding Email Problems
So what should in-house counsel and company leaders do? For starters, Coble said businesses should review the "things we learned in kindergarten – or would've learned if e-mail had been around." For example, employees should steer clear of foul language. Also, Coble said that if something requires a qualifier such as "I probably shouldn't say this, but…" or "This is probably inappropriate, but …," then it doesn't belong in an email.
These are the simple problems to correct, Coble said. But there are trickier pitfalls as well, including:
- Attorney/client privilege issues. Coble said, "Not everything sent by or received from a lawyer is privileged…It is not Harry Potter's invisibility cloak." Under North Carolina law, for example, typically communications are not privileged unless they are made in course of giving or seeking legal advice for a proper purpose. In other words, the simple fact that a lawyer is copied on a business email doesn't necessarily shield it from discovery.
- Humor/sarcasm. No one wants a humorless workplace. But employees should take care to ensure that humor is appropriate. Of course, jokes based on race, sexual orientation, national origin, etc. absolutely are off-limits. But, McKee said, employees should also avoid poking fun (however harmless) internal business processes, supervisors and governmental authorities. If such emails someday become public, those jokes can be highly embarrassing to the sender and the company.
- Comingling business and personal email. "Many companies have formal policies against this, but employees may not understand the consequences of doing so," McKee said. One of the best ways in-house counsel can serve their company is to paint employees with a very clear picture of the possible consequences. If an employee uses a personal email account for work-related purposes, then all emails on his or her personal account may become fair game for collection and review during litigation or an investigation.
- Texts/instant messages. "Those can be even more dangerous than emails," Coble said. "As you slide down the formality scale, people tend to be less careful." However, a text/instant message doesn't disappear just because a person closes it. Many companies store those messages for long periods of time. A prime example is the NFL's recent "Deflategate" controversy, in which texts sent between New England Patriots' employees became public – and the fodder for an investigation.
- Contentious communications. It's easy to say something regrettable in a dispute with an angry customer, opposing party or other adversary. But take a second to think it through before hitting the send button. Coble said that even if a company isn't directly involved in a dispute, it still can receive a third-party subpoena for emails. She said in-house counsel should advise executives and employees to "stick to the facts, and not put in their own opinions or colorful commentary."
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Arbitration agreements
What are the validity requirements for an arbitration agreement?
Swiss law distinguishes between formal and substantive validity.
With regard to formal validity, Swiss law requires the arbitration agreement to be in writing. Signature by the parties is not required. The written form requirement is considered to be met if the arbitration agreement is concluded in writing or by telegram, telex, telecopier or any other means of communication which permits it to be evidenced in text (Article 178(1) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law). This requirement is also generally met by any modern means of electronic communication, such as email.
It is not settled whether both parties must adhere to the formal requirement of Article 178(1) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law, or whether it is enough that a written offer to arbitrate by one party is accepted orally or tacitly by the other (see the proposed amendment of Article 178(1) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law).
With regard to substantive validity, Article 178(2) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law provides that an arbitration agreement is valid if it conforms to the law chosen by the parties, the law governing the subject matter of the dispute or Swiss law. It is sufficient if the arbitration agreement is valid under the substantive law of any of these three laws.
If substantive validity is examined under Swiss law, the parties must have the capacity to validly enter into an arbitration agreement (subjective arbitrability) and the subject matter of the dispute must be arbitrable (objective arbitrability).
In addition, the parties' consent with regard to the essential elements of the arbitration agreement is required. This requires that the parties express their intention to submit their dispute to arbitration and that the arbitration agreement specify the object or the legal relationship subject to arbitration.
Enforcement of agreements
How are arbitration agreements enforced in your jurisdiction? What is the attitude of the national courts towards arbitration agreements?
Swiss courts are not allowed to order arbitration if one of the parties does not voluntarily comply with an arbitration agreement. Under Swiss law, the enforcement of an arbitration agreement may be ensured as follows:
- The state courts will decline jurisdiction whenever there is a valid arbitration agreement between the parties, unless the parties proceed on the merits without reservation (Article 7 of the Federal Statute on Private International Law; Article II(3) of the New York Convention).
- A party may refer to a state court to seek assistance in the constitution of the arbitration tribunal (Article 179 of the Federal Statute on Private International Law).
- A party may also turn to a state court if the other party obstructs the conduct of the arbitration proceedings (Article 185 of the Federal Statute on Private International Law).
Can an arbitral tribunal with its seat in your jurisdiction consolidate separate arbitral proceedings under one or more contracts, and, if so, in what circumstances?
Chapter 12 of the Federal Statute on Private International Law contains no rules on the consolidation of arbitration proceedings by an arbitration tribunal. By contrast, Article 4(1) of the 2012 Swiss Rules of International Arbitration provides that "where a Notice of Arbitration is submitted between parties already involved in other arbitral proceedings pending under these Rules, the Court may decide, after consulting with the parties and any confirmed arbitrator in all proceedings, that the new case shall be consolidated with the pending arbitral proceedings.
Choice of law
How is the substantive law of the dispute determined? Where the substantive law is unclear, how will a tribunal determine what it should be?
The parties are free to choose the rules of law applicable to their conflict. According to Article 187(1) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law, a dispute is decided according to the rules of law chosen by the parties or, in the absence of such a choice, according to the rules of law with which the case has the closest connection.
The parties can also authorise the tribunal to decide ex aequo et bono (Article 187(2) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law).
Are there any provisions on the separability of arbitration agreements?
The principle of the separability of the arbitration agreement is set out in Article 178(3) of the Federal Statute on Private International Law. The validity of an arbitration agreement cannot be challenged on the grounds that the main contract between the parties is invalid.
However, this does not preclude the grounds for nullity of the main contract from also affecting the arbitration agreement.
Multiparty agreements
Are multiparty agreements recognised?
Swiss law recognises multi-party arbitration agreements. However, no specific provisions of the Federal Statute on Private International Law deal with such situations, particularly the appointment of the arbitrators. The draft proposal for a revision of Chapter 12 of the Federal Statute on Private International Law provides that in case of a multiparty arbitration and in the absence of an agreement by the parties, the court at the seat of the arbitration may appoint all members of the arbitral tribunal.
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We have developed a tool called FOG to map Features On to Genes.
A large number of new genomic features are being discovered using high throughput techniques. The next challenge is to automatically map them to the reference genome for further analysis and functional annotation.
We have developed a pipeline that can be used to map important genomic features to the latest version of the human genome and also to annotate new features. These genomic features could be of many different source types, including miRNAs, microarray primers or probes, Chip-on-Chip data, CpG islands and SNPs to name a few.
This tool is available both as an standalone version http://www.bioinformatics.org/groups/?group_id=1054 and the web based version (webFOG).
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xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 27 12:58 AM
April 27, 2010: Canadian Record
It appears a new record will be set for a painting by a Canadian artist.
sandypossum Tuesday Apr 27 01:10 AM
I actually do like some minimalist works, and so I looked carefully at this and began to see the faint outlines of a landscape... and then I scrolled down a bit and it all moved and I realised it was muck on my laptop screen. Sooo disappointed! No, I don't get it.
Gravdigr Tuesday Apr 27 01:12 AM
If I ever meet the person that pays money for this, I'll slap the shit out of 'em.
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 27 01:24 AM
dgl3906464 Tuesday Apr 27 02:43 AM
If you do a chalk & charcoal filter on it in photoshop, it's pretty clearly a still-life of a mickey-mouse doll (seriously).
rditlkustoleit Tuesday Apr 27 05:16 AM
Trilby Tuesday Apr 27 06:50 AM
It's still better than DuChamp.
Sheldonrs Tuesday Apr 27 09:11 AM
To quote from an episode of "The Flintstones", "I don't know what the artist got for this, but he should'a got life.".
birdclaw Tuesday Apr 27 11:19 AM
It reminds me of a beige excel spreadsheet, which in turn makes me think of work, which makes me depressed. This "art" sucks.
lumberjim Tuesday Apr 27 11:35 AM
i see two slightly blue guys standing facing each other..... possibly peeing toward each other.
ToastyOhs Tuesday Apr 27 11:50 AM
I can't imagine why not much of this guys work survives. I can just see someone boxing up all his stuff, going "All this canvas, you think he would have painted something on here, eah?" Then chucking it out.
Hillrick Tuesday Apr 27 12:44 PM
Hook me up with that buyer quick! I'll do it for them for $2.5 mil and it won't be old and stale!
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 27 01:31 PM
Hillrick, call it The Great Beige North.
Undertoad Tuesday Apr 27 01:45 PM
I may have seen one of this artist's works at MOMA when I was about 10. I remember a wall-sized work, with pencil lines on the wall in three different directions creating a grid pattern.
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 27 01:51 PM
And at age 10, you're liable to get an honest impression rather than being brainwashed by the "initiated".
squirell nutkin Tuesday Apr 27 02:12 PM
Don't even get me started here. I've seen shit selling for as much (not by a Canuck, mind you) that would make Agnes Martin's piece look like the Mona Lisa.
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 27 02:16 PM
Oh, you've seen Pollock too.
squirell nutkin Tuesday Apr 27 02:18 PM
Sheldonrs Tuesday Apr 27 02:24 PM
I think the most rediculous exhibition i ever saw was a series of paintings, each on canvas, approx. 8 feet by 8 feet, ALL painted solid black, some with a red, runny line on one edge. All at the Met.
ToastyOhs Tuesday Apr 27 04:12 PM
Just think, you could film yourself doing that and call it performance art! Then would would be a world renowned painter and crazy person.
dmg1969 Tuesday Apr 27 04:19 PM
Another case of someone having more money than brains. Give me a good ole' dogs playing poker any day!


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Europe has a date with destiny this week. When leaders of the 25 European Union countries meet Thursday and Friday, they're expected to set a date to start EU membership talks with Turkey - for which Ankara has waited 41 years.
Absent a last-minute roadblock, their decision will go down in history as the point at which a mostly Christian culture decided it could reach out to a mostly Muslim one.
It also speaks to the EU's willingness to keep expanding, widening the very definition of Europe. In May, the EU took on 10 new members, mostly former East Bloc countries. Now it's considering three more in southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania. If Turkey joined, the EU would stretch from Ireland to the border of Iran.
Certainly, there's resistance among some EU countries. They worry about a cultural oil-and-water mismatch. And they fear an avalanche of even more applicants after Turkey, overwhelming the EU's already creaking bureaucracy. In the back of everyone's mind is the voice of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, who last week urged the EU to respond to Ukraine's courageous stand for democracy by offering it "concrete steps" toward membership.
But Europe's democratic and economic club should not shudder at someday admitting Ukraine. Nor should it fudge earlier promises to Turkey by offering a "privileged partnership" instead of full membership.
Embracing both these countries, as well as some Balkan states angling for membership, is in keeping with political trends reshaping the continent. The cold war is over, and with it the artificial division that cleaved Europe in two. The war on terrorism has begun, requiring a bridge between Christian and Muslim cultures - an ideal role for Turkey.
While forces external to Europe are at work, so are internal ones. The EU has come a long way since its 1952 origin as an economic community of six coal and steel nations. When EU leaders agreed on a proposed constitution in June, including a single foreign minister, they were endorsing the EU's evolution as a political entity - not merely an economic one. Increasingly, the Union is positively influencing fledgling democracies on its perimeter.
This week's momentous step with Turkey is achievable partly because it starts a long accession process - of perhaps 10 to 15 years. The time frame is actually a blessing. Turkey still needs to improve its human rights record and income levels. Europe needs to absorb its latest members, work out the mechanics of political union, and awake to the Muslim presence within and without its borders.
This evolution takes years, but there should be no stopping it.


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Inside, the proceedings were all controlled ritual: "Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court," began Proposition 8's defender, attorney Charles Cooper. But outside, raucous democracy ruled. Thousands of flag-waving, sign-bearing supporters and foes of same-sex marriage made their case with clashing slogans and symbols. MORE: Banished by love | For gay rights, a historic opportunity | Weighing Prop. 8, religion and morality
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I have been on Clonazepam and Risperidone since early in my treatments but recently my doctor lowered the dosage of risperidone while increasing those of Clonazepam. Ever since then I have been very sensitive and irritable, worsening my delusional toughts to the point of having an "episode". This episode was subdued when i took an extra dosage of Risperidone, altought the effects werent aparent inmediatelly. I know now that my family was said explicity that i take a dosage of Risperidone whenever my episodes resurfaced, so im a little bit clueless as what is my condition specifically is, as in, one of the personalities disorders i was told i could have, or schizophrenia, as the symptons match what I experience almost all the time even to the loss of short term memory problems or getting stuck in simple problems.
In which medical conditions are Clonazepan and Risperidone regularly prescribed?
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The short term memory problems are more like I cant remember certain numbers or steps of a problem solving situation than a loss of memory.
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Well, you have a powerful anti-anxiety anti-seizure med; the Clonazepam and the Risperidone is a newer anti-psychotic for treating psychoses, in this case delusional disorders and signs of a schizo affective personality disorders(s). Consider yourself in good company. :-)
Sorry, there is more. This site says schizophrenia and the symptoms of bipolar disorder (for the Risperidone)
Thanks for the response, I was not sure what personality disorder was specifically narrowing down my doctor but is the first time I hear of the schizo affective personality disorders will check out those or perhaps ask my doctor directly. Again Thanks for the response you where very helpful!
And I dont think it may be Bipolar disorder, i dont have very high "highs" and then very low "lows", mostly a constant "meh" with dips in lows, if that makes any sense
It makes plenty of sense to me.
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Yes, defining is proving to be just a wee bit harder than we expected. But the issue of the current so-called refugee populations in the Arab countries that have been artificially maintained are actually the problem of those individual countries. There is no way, and nor should there be, that all ME countries with refugees will reach a consensus on how to incorporate these people into their countries.
That is the core of the problem that you bring up. How does one bring about the integration and acceptance of these generations of descendants who have been living their lives and raising their families in Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, etc. They unfortunately are beholden to the Arab League who dictates policy, and that policy has always been to keep the Palestinian pawns in limbo as a bargaining chip towards the destruction of Israel. That is a problem that will not be easily solved.
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The sweepstakes ended the inaugural year of Mohawk's Go Green 2008 pilot program. Currently, there are nearly 1,000 printers participating in this nationwide program designed to educate both printers and customers about Mohawk's wide variety of, and readily available, environmental papers. "Go Green is fully supported with marketing materials and sales support. In this first year, we have seen this program become a proven way to appeal to customers looking for environmental options," says Bart Robinson, Vice President, Strategic Market and Channel Development, Mohawk Fine Papers.
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TV personality, talk show host, actor and musician Alan Thicke died today in Burbank, California after suffering a heart attack this morning while playing hockey. He was 69 years old.
Thicke was born in Kirkland, Ontario and quickly made a name for himself on Canadian television, beginning in 1968 as a writer for CBC's The Tommy Hunter Show. He moved on to become a producer of variety shows such as The Bobby Vinton Show (1975-78) and The René Simard Show (1977-78). He then stepped in front of the cameras, hosting his own talk shows: The Alan Thicke Show from 1980-82 and Thicke of the Night (1983-84).
Moving to the States, Thicke found fame as a TV actor on the sitcom Growing Pains, playing Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist raising three children with his loving wife, played by Joanna Kerns. The series was extremely popular, running from 1985-1992.
More recently, Thicke appeared on the Netflix series Fuller House. His most recent Twitter post was about the show just hours before his death, when he wrote: "Season 2 Fuller House looking good. I even like the ones I'm not in!"
Thicke was married to singer/actress Gloria Loring from 1970-1983. They had two sons together: actor Brennan Thicke (b. 1974) and recording artist Robin Thicke (b. 1977).
He then married Gina Marie Tolleson, with whom he had another son, Carter (b. 1997). In 2005 he married his third wife, Tanya Callau, to whom he was married at the time of his death.
According to TMZ.com, Thicke was playing hockey with his son Carter when he began to experience chest pain at about 11 a.m. He became nauseous and was picked up by an ambulance at approximately 11:30, but was pronounced dead at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center at approximately noon.
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Anne J. Tiller
Anna Johanna (Olson) Tiller passed away on April 16, 2005, at the Hood River Care Center. She was 87 years of age.
Anna was born to Carl August and Emma Christina (Vallin) Olson on Nov. 2, 1917, in Yacolt, Wash. She grew up on the family farm with her nine brothers and sisters and went to school in a one room schoolhouse. She graduated from Battle Ground High School.
She met her husband, "Sarge" Tiller, in Vancouver, Wash., while he was stationed there in the service. They married on Jan. 1, 1942. Four children followed: son, Buddy, and daughters, Kathy, Winnie and Kerry.
They moved to Cascade Locks in the early 1950s. Anna was a waitress for over 50 years and owned her own place at one time: Tiller's Kitchen. She loved people, her flowers and her garden, but her greatest joy was her family, especially her grandchildren, with whom she spent many happy hours. She lived a long and happy life full of grace and dignity. She loved deeply and was deeply loved.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sarge, in 1962 and her son, Buddy, in 1997.
She is survived by her daughters, Kathy Stutters (Jim) of Cascade Locks, Winnie Hawkins (Bruce) of Brightwood and Kerry Schenk (Jim) of North Bend; grandchildren Karena, Tara, Grant, Linnea, Lora, Dan, Katrina, Angel and Carl; 21 great-grandchildren; and very special friend Patt Hawkins of Rockaway Beach.
A private family service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery.
"When we smell honeysuckle and roses, we will think of you, Mom."
Arrangements are by Anderson's Tribute Center, (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
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Terri Lea Caldwell, 46, passed away at her home in BZ Corners, Wash., on April 7, 2005. She was born to Janice Marilyn (Forest) and Theodore Lee Schadewitz in LaGrande, Ore., on Feb. 6, 1959.
Terri attended grade school in Condon, Ore., and in the early 1970s moved to White Salmon, Wash. She graduated from Columbia High School in 1977. Shortly after high school Terri went to beauty school and then worked in beauty salons in Hood River, including Oak Mall Hair Company and Anne Cruz. In 2000 she and her daughter, Sabrina, opened Infinity Salon and Tanning in Bingen. Terri retired from the salon business four years ago.
Terri married Daniel Caldwell on June 10, 1997, in Florida. She was an exceptional homemaker, and enjoyed outdoor activities like gardening and swimming. She collected glass eggs, crystal and vases. She was devoted to her family, friends and animals and always enjoyed life to the fullest.
Terri is survived by her husband, Daniel, of BZ Corners; daughters Sabrina Jensen of White Salmon and Sarah Roberts of Lincoln City, Ore.; mother and stepfather Janice and Bob Luth of White Salmon; and a brother, Ted L. Schadewitz, Jr., of Bingen, Wash.
Terri was preceded in death by her father, Ted L. Schadewitz, Sr., and a brother, Larry L. Schadewitz. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends.
A Celebration of Life and reception will be held at the White Salmon Elks Lodge Thursday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gardner Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.
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Hager has a long history in human resources management in the public and private sectors. He currently serves as assistant secretary for human resources and administration at the Veterans Affairs Department, a position he has held since November 2007.
Hager also was senior vice president for human resources at federally chartered mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. Between his stints at Freddie Mac and VA, he was associate administrator in the Office of Capital Access at the Small Business Administration, where he managed a variety of investment programs.
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My friend Angie sent me a text tonight asking to have dinner, and she offered to grab a few groceries on the way over! So, as she put it, it was "science experiment time."
I don't know that it was really much of a science experiment, but with what she brought, and a few little things in my fridge, we made it work.
Here's the stash:
In the brown paper is some shrimp, and I used that instead of the bag in the foreground. She'll take that home. There was one yellow squash, one zucchini, one eggplant (not pictured), baby tomatoes, organic pasta, and organic quinoa polenta (I have never seen that before). Anyway, I added to the mix one green onion stalk, some fresh parsley, capers, lemon juice, and olive oil.
And here we go.
Midnight in the Pasta Garden of Vegetables and Shrimp
(serves 4)
1/2 pound of capellini (if you use a wider cut, like linguini or fettucini, use the whole package)
1/4 polenta log (skip this if you don't have polenta in this form)
1 medium eggplant
1 yellow squash
1 zucchini
handful + of cherry or grape tomatoes, cut or whole
handful baby spinach
3/4 pound 16-20 shrimp
1 tbsp capers
3 tbsp lemon juice
pinch of red pepper (or more, you know…)
black pepper and salt to taste (I ended up putting a little finishing salt on it because I almost never cook with it)
green onion, finely chopped
fresh parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup vegetable oil to fry polenta
olive oil to saute vegetables in (again, you may end up adding a little more because eggplant sucks that stuff up)
First, remove the skin from the eggplant, dice into quarter-sized pieces, and soak in salt water. This will help with the bitterness. You can prep everything else while this soaks.
Next, chop the parsley and green onion.
I hope you started boiling the water for the pasta…
Yeah, ok. I know, I forgot, too.
So go do that.
In a small or medium saute pan, heat some vegetable oil for your fried polenta bits. If skipping this, then, well…skip this.
In a large saute pan, add some olive oil and red pepper. You can add the squash, zucchini, tomatoes, and eggplant all at the same time. Throw in the salt and pepper, too. Once that cooks for about 3-4 minutes, toss it around, and let cook some more.
Next, add the spinach on top with the green onion, and check the moisture level. If the squash mixture seems to be too brown or dry, add a little later to deglaze and help with steaming. Throw the lid on.
Turn off the heat for a few minutes.
Your water should be boiling, or it already was, and you added your pasta (please, for the love of my dead Italian grandmother, do not add oil to your pasta water. Just, please, it makes me so sad).
SALT your water, and drain pasta when it is al dente. No one likes soggy pasta. Not even your dog.
If frying the polenta, crumble it into the hot vegetable oil, and fry for a few minutes. Remove onto a paper towel to drain.
Throw the pasta, shrimp, and capers in the saute pan with all the veggies, re-season, turn heat back on. Cook for a few more minutes to heat the shrimp through. If your shrimp is raw, put it in with the spinach.
I know you've been dying to see ME actually cooking, so since Angie was here, she took some nice action shots for you.
Don't worry, I made sure to look SUPER PRETTY for you tonight.
And I truly wear an apron, you guys. I can't even think about getting my yoga pants (yeah, I've been wearing them alllllll day) dirty! For shame!
After a few minutes, you should be ready to plate. You can sprinkle a little parmesan cheese on top, or add some more red pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. If you friend the polenta, put that on top. Whatever you'd like. ENJOY!
And of course you want to see Angie enjoying the food while watching Breaking Bad!
Have a great night, folks. Check you tomorrowwwwwsssss.


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Day 9: No breakthrough, govt-Naxals dig in heels
Kidnapped on 21st April, the Sukma collector is said to be in good condition. The rebels have demanded release of 17 naxals. Ejaz Kaiser reports.india Updated: Apr 30, 2012 01:22 IST
Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon spent his ninth day in Maoist custody on Sunday after the third round of negotiations between rebel interlocutors and Chhattisgarh government mediators for his release remained inconclusive.
The stalemate, which continued despite the rebel interlocutors having come back for talks in the state capital after meeting Maoist leaders overnight in a forest, indicated a hardening of stance by both sides, which continued to remain tight-lipped.
"The collector is safe and in good condition," said Maoist interlocutor BD Sharma. His fellow interlocutor, G Hargopal, asked if they had met Menon, replied, there were "logistical problems".
His cryptic comment is being interpreted in government circles as a pointer to the likelihood of Menon's captors holding him in some place away from Tadmetla, where the interlocutors briefed Maoists leaders about the government's position.
On Saturday, former Bastar commissioner Sharma and Hyderabad-based professor Hargopal, had flown to Chintalnar and travelled to an undisclosed location in Tadmetla on motorbikes and on foot.
Tadmetla in Dantewada district is the site of the biggest rebel attack on security personnel in the state till date. Maoists had had massacred 75 CRPF troopers and one state police official in the area on April 6, 2010.
Maoists, who kidnapped Menon, 32, on April 21 from Majhipara village in Sukma, about 450 km south of Raipur, have demanded the release of eight of their hardcore comrades along with nine associate members from jails.
The rebels have also sought the halting of anti-Naxal operation "Green Hunt" and the withdrawal of security forces into their barracks.
The state government has already halted the search and combing operations against the rebels to secure the release of the 2006-batch IAS officer, whose two security personnel were shot when he was abducted. Negotiations are expected to continue on Monday.
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text: 121011page 12 of 9701314969970 Back35mm color slide of presidential motorcade on Cedar Springs RoadObject Number: 2012.080.0005Category: PhotographsPhotographer: Jack A. TitusType of Object: SlideDate: 11/22/1963Credit Line: Jack A. Titus Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDimensions: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)Medium: cardboard, FilmDescriptionOne original 35mm Kodakcolor slide of the presidential motorcade on Cedar Springs Road in Dallas, Texas, photographed by Jack Titus on November 22, 1963, from his office building. This slide is the fifth in a series of five slides of the presidential motorcade in Dallas. Each slide shows President John F. Kennedy in his limousine as the car approaches and passes the photographer. In this slide, the presidential limousine has passed the photographer. Two Dallas Police Department motorcycles are visible in the foreground near the rear of the limo. The backs of President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor Connally (waving) and Nellie Connally can all be seen clearly. Also partially visible are the yellow roses in Mrs. Connally's lap. Secret Service Agents Roy Kellerman and William Greer are in shadow in the front seat of the car. The original slide is heavily faded; this digital scan has been color corrected.Curator's NotesThese five slides of the Kennedy motorcade were copied and widely distributed after the assassination. For many years the photographer was unknown, but in 2012, Jack Titus's daughter, Sally Dobbie, came forward and recorded an oral history explaining that her late father, Jack A. Titus, photographed the motorcade from the roof of his office building on Cedar Springs Road. In 2012, the Titus family donated these slides to the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Associate CuratorTags Cedar Springs Road Connally, John Connally, Nellie Crowds Flag Greer, William R. Kellerman, Roy Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Limousine Motorcade Motorcycles Photographs Police Roses Secret Service All requests for permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast materials in this collection must be submitted to the Museum's registrar, using the Rights & Reproductions Request Form. Inquiries may be sent to email@example.com.


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Afterwards, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove, received the President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa MP and Madam Louisa Waqa.
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Then, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove met with His Excellency the Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa MP and Madam Louisa Waqa, and received: The Honourable David Adeang MP, Minister for Finance and Sustainable Development; Justice and Border Control; Multicultural Affairs; Eigigu Holdings Corporation; and Nauru Air Corporation; Mr Michael Aroi, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs; Mr Corey Caleb, Commissioner, Nauru Police Force; The Honourable Milton Dube MP, Member for Aiwo; Mr Bernard Grundler, Chief Secretary, Department of Public Service; Ms Rosie Harris, Consul-General to Australia; Mr Rayong Itsimaera, Secretary, Department of Health; Mr Peter Jacob, Chief of Staff, Office of the President; The Honourable Tawaki Kam MP, Minister for Sport, Transport and Nauru Port Authority and Mrs Rubyka Kam.
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The Tuesday release of a long-awaited National Research Council report assessing U.S. ballistic missile defenses has produced fresh criticism of the Obama administration's plan for shielding the country and called into question the wisdom of reversing a Bush-era focus on defending against long-range threats, the New York Times reported.
President Obama in 2009 threw out a Bush plan to field 10 long-range missile interceptors in Poland and an accompanying radar base in the Czech Republic. He replaced the project with a "phased adaptive approach" that would through 2020 field increasingly capable interceptors around Europe to defend primarily against possible short- and medium-range ballistic missiles fired by Iran.
An NRC expert committee concluded in a lengthy report that the current main system for protecting the mainland United States from a ballistic missile attack -- the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system -- is "fragile" and not well-designed for defending against anything but early generation missiles launched by North Korea.
The GMD system is presently composed of 30 long-range interceptors located in silos in California and Alaska and supporting X-band radar technology. The NRC panel advised installing a third long-range interceptor site in the U.S. Northeast that could be employed to defeat any missiles fired from the Middle East; adding five more radars; and developing new smaller two-stage GMD interceptors equipped with optical sensors that would be networked with system radars and command-and-control centers.
The committee also recommended increasing efforts to develop antimissile technology more capable of distinguishing actual enemy missiles from decoys and rocket debris.
Former Obama administration security official Philip Coyle said the GMD system should be overhauled entirely and that U.S. antimissile efforts are focused on "producing and fielding hardware" instead of developing workable strategies for defending the country against ballistic missile strikes.
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, which oversees the bulk of U.S. antimissile research, development and acquisition, played down the report's criticisms of the GMD program as "an old story."
The NRC advisement to increase efforts on responding to hostile countries' efforts to thwart U.S. missile defenses was expected and "totally logical," MDA spokesman Richard Lehner said to the Times.
The National Research Council is seen as one of the foremost scientific bodies in the United States and its recommendations have significant influence. Its faulting of the GMD system as well as an Obama plan to around 2020 field in Europe missile interceptors capable of destroying ICBMs are a serious setback to the administration's antimissile strategy.
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives this year passed legislation calling for the establishment by 2015 of a third GMD interceptor site somewhere on the East Coast as a countermeasure to the evolving Iranian ballistic missile threat. Iran is not presently understood to have operational ballistic missiles with ranges exceeding 800 miles and the Pentagon has said there is no need for another interceptor site.
The NRC report advises installing 50 interceptors at the proposed East Coast site, with 20 of the weapons intended for trial and assessment purposes.
A number of scientific specialists criticized the NRC findings. Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Theodore Postol said the mathematical reasoning behind the call for more GMD radars was "completely wrong and unrealistic." The high-profile opponent of missile defense activities said, "they're claiming they can do things that are not physically possible."
Arms Control Association research head Tom Collina, however, said the assessment decisively showed that present national missile defenses are seriously lacking. Designing new interceptors for a third GMD site "might take a decade or more," he told the newspaper.
The Union of Concerned Scientists in a release strongly cautioned against implementing the National Research Council's recommendations for GMD improvements without first affirming the suggested technology works.
"It makes no sense to build new interceptors and expand the ground-based missile defense system without proving that the system works," UCS Global Security Program senior scientist Laura Grego said in a provided statement. "Congress should require that before expanding the U.S. system, the Missile Defense Agency subject it to rigorous testing against realistic targets with countermeasures. The system has yet to be tested in this way."
The Tuesday release of a long-awaited National Research Council report assessing U.S. ballistic missile defenses has produced fresh criticism of the Obama administration's plan for shielding the country and called into question the wisdom of reversing a Bush-era focus on defending against long-range threats, the New York Times reported.


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2.) Why would the Catholic church help The Exorcist?
You might assume the Roman Catholic Church would be viscerally opposed to seeing one of its more arcane rituals turned into fodder for a horror movie, but Friedkin says many church officials supported The Exorcist at the time.
Not only did Georgetown's president, Father Henle, give them documents pertaining to the case, but the role of Father Dyer – the friend and confidante of faith-challenged Damian Karras (Jason Miller) – was played by a real priest, Father William O'Malley, in his one and only screen role.
"Most of the people at the highest levels of the church accepted it totally because the Roman Ritual of Exorcism is still in the New Testament," said Friedkin. The director claims church officials later told him they credited the film for inspiring new applicants to be priests and nuns.
After all, the priests are the heroes of the story. And the message of the film is that there are some matters of the soul that science and medicine can't fix.
"The Cardinal in New York preached about it from the pulpit and said great things about it," Friedkin recalled. "The guy who was the head of the Jesuit order at the time, Father Pedro Arrupe, who was headquartered in Milan, he had his own print of it and would show it to his fellow priests and bishops and cardinals."
Of course, not every cleric was a fan. "The cardinal in Boston loathed it and wanted it banned," Friedkin said. "Billy Graham, who was not Catholic, denounced it from the pulpit and said 'The Devil is in every frame of this film.' Now, how he examined every frame, I don't know."
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We at IGN go through some pretty hardcore multiplayer fads. Right now we're all blasting and stomping each other to death in LucasArts' Star Wars Battlefront for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. To justify the many hours we spend staring intently at the game and its innumerable dead Wookies, we figured we'd chronicle a little tournament of sorts. How we were supposed to know actual blood would be spilt?
Originally we had hoped to utterly trounce our buds at GameSpy, who sit just a few seats down from us. But, despite having the exact number of participants our tournament required, they were all far too frightened to partake in the jovial madness. So, ten of us intrepid IGN geeks split up into two teams of five to find out, once and for all, which is the superior force: the Republic / Rebel Alliance or the C.I.S. / Galactic Empire. The battles that ensued caused commotion, pandemonium, and ruined at least four friendships (and possibly two marriages). Afterward, broken bodies of Ewoks littered our many halls and ping pong tables. Their deaths were not in vain, however. The Star Wars Battlefront tournament has provided IGN with a simple, decisive victor. Read on to find out whether it was the noble Rebel Alliance / Republican Army, or the tyrannical Galactic Empire / treacherous Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Below you'll find accounts detailing three battles we waged. The first is the battle of Geonosis, where the Republican Army lands to destroy a surprised Confederacy of Independent Systems assault force. After that we jumped into Hoth, where the Rebels find themselves at the mercy of a superior Galactic Empire invasion fleet. Finally, we'd resolve the conflict between us on Endor, where guerilla tactics, subversion, logs, and devastating AT-STs would determine the fate of the galaxy.
Last Friday we covered the intense battle of Geonosis, which the Republican Army won uncontested. On Monday we chronicled the Battle of Hoth, where our previously victorious Republic returned as the fledgling Rebellion and got their butts kicked. If you'd like to see the Battle of Geonosis, please check that one out on page three. For the Battle of Hoth, head to page two. On Friday we'll be back with the exclusive review of Star Wars Battlefront.
Final Round: Endor
| The Rebellion begins by controlling two central spawn locations and one to the far South. The Empire, on the other, more powerful hand, controls the shield generator base (a very defensible permanent spawn location up North), and another small opening to the East where two AT-ST walkers are located.
All the Empire has to do is walk around and blow the heck out of anything that moves. The Rebellion is charged with the more difficult task of maintaining strong lines in the face of an overwhelming enemy force. The walkers, while limited by the abundance of trees, are devastating on Endor. They can easily mow down Rebel soldiers and the native Ewoks with little effort. The only way to defeat them is to either concentrate rocket fire (pretty futile), take and hold the spawn point where they appear (very difficult), or lure them into some native log traps (lucky, lucky).
Gameplay on Endor is...hectic. The wooded environment, elevated Ewok tree-huts, heavy artillery, and generally close-quartered action in the brush make it a very tense map. If the rebels want to succeed, the best way would be to circumvent the main battle with the use of Speeder Bikes, head North, destroy the shield generator, and then make a desperate push to secure the walker regeneration point to the East.
| Rebel Alliance
Kills: 30 | Deaths: 21 | Captures: 3
| Galactic Empire
Kills: 64 | Deaths: 25 | Captures: 1
| Name: D. Perry
Alias: Nerfherder
Title: Cpt. Advance
Quote: Shield what?
| Name: A. Boulding
Alias: LandoLives
Title: Ewok Target
Quote: Logs!
| Name: J. Dunham
Alias: Makaze
Title: BBQ Masta
Quote: Dan die now.
| Name: T. McNamara
Alias: Felmonk
Title: Red Monkey
Quote: Bastards.
| Name: I. Sulic
Alias: Deez
Title: Knee Kicker
Quote: Damn, Dan.
| Name: Dan Adams
Alias: Fatty
Title: Lt. Furry
Quote: Ewok dongle!
| Name: E. Lewis
Alias: God of Whee
Title: The Woodsman
Quote: I'm hungry.
| Name: J. Castro
Alias: Fidel
Title: Tree Latino
Quote: Me gusta!
| Name: M. Nix
Alias: Darth Poo
Title: Sleeper
Quote: Where am I?
| Name: D. Adams
Alias: Bob Fosse
Title: Falling Leaf
Quote: Whee, Ewoks!
Victor: The Rebellion
It started off perfectly. J. Dunham and I. Sulic (a couple of blokes who are always willing to carry their team to victory), spawned as Wookies in the South next to two Speeder Bikes. They hopped on, stayed far West of the main battle, infiltrated the Shield Generator base undetected, and then blew the heck out of it with their time bombs. This limited the Empire's control points to just one.
Dan "Fatty" Adams still managed to use his Imperial walking skills to keep advancing Rebel troops at bay, but after the permanent reinforcement point was destroyed, even he couldn't stave off the Rebel attack. The second move for the Rebellion was not to blindly rush forward, but to envelope Dan in a shower of rockets. When five motivated Rebels spawn as rocket launching troops and work in conjunction with available AI units, there's really nothing an AT-ST can do.
Once Dan dropped, the Rebellion simply regrouped and stormed the last remaining Imperial control point to the East. A couple minutes later the match was over. Presto victory.
Round One: Geonosis | Round Two: Hoth | Round Three: Endor


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Robert Allen Riggle Jr.
Louisville, Ky.
Overland Park
Comedian and actor
Known for:
Being a featured player on "Saturday Night Live" (2004-05), a correspondent for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (2006-08), and a cast member on "Gary Unmarried" (2009). Currently he has a regular gig as the house comedian on "Fox NFL Sunday."
Once starred as:
One of the "Flab Four" in "Straight Plan for the Gay Man," a parody of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."
Once told an audience:
At the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner that he peed into Brush Creek during a Plaza lighting ceremony. (We hope he was kidding.)
Holds the rank of:
Lt. colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Served in the Marines: For
23 years. A combat veteran, he was in Afghanistan, Liberia and Kosovo.
In Afghanistan:
He helped build roads, schools and medical clinics.
Appeared in:
Numerous films, including "The Hangover," "Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby," "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," "Unaccompanied Minors" and "Step Brothers."
A bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in theater and film, and a masters of public administration from Webster University.
Heroes include:
Elvis Presley, George Washington, George Brett, John F. Kennedy, Will Ferrell, Teddy Roosevelt and Dick Vermeil.
Might just star in:
A "Modern Family" spinoff that ABC is considering based on the character of Gil Thorpe, a real estate agent and nemesis to the show's Realtor father, Phil Dunphy.
Member of:
Once drank beers with:
Jim Koch, the founder of the Samuel Adams Brewery.
The annual Big Slick Poker Tournament in Kansas City to raise money for Children's Mercy Hospital.
Every year:
He predicts his beloved Kansas City Chiefs will win the Super Bowl. (This year he finally may be right.)
Plays in:
A fantasy football league called the Hollywood Phonies with other celebrities.
To water ski at the age of 6 at the Lake of the Ozarks.
Once dreamed of being:
An FBI agent.
Dropped out of:
Flight school to become a comedian.
Taught comedy by:
Amy Poehler
Likes to hand out: Bottles of Kansas City barbecue sauce to his famous friends.


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I've long considered E.L. Doctorow the most American of contemporary writers–in a particularly classic sense. To look back over his career is to see a psychic map of our obsessions, from the legends of the Old West to the betrayals of the cold war to the warp and woof of US history itself. In The Book of Daniel, the adult son of a couple very much like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg wrestles with the failed promises of American democracy, the way freedom often yields to hysteria. In Billy Bathgate, meanwhile, a Depression-era Bronx street urchin finds salvation through his association with the gangster Dutch Schultz, who offers him a wider outlook on the world. What's astonishing is not just Doctorow's insistence on a larger mythos but his ability to write continually from outside his experience. It's an aesthetic that would be compelling in any era, yet seems especially so at the present, when we define ourselves in pieces, and the ideal of American identity has been reduced to a cliché.
For Doctorow, however, our divisions mask a deeper quality of connection, a vision of America as both real and metaphorical, a place where we invent ourselves as we go along. Even when he takes on the tropes of his Jewish immigrant heritage–as in World's Fair, his most autobiographical novel, or parts of The Book of Daniel–he always ties this material to some idea of social movement larger than himself. In that regard, Doctorow is less the spiritual descendant of, say, Henry Roth or Saul Bellow than a writer like John Dos Passos, since for him the personal story is but a single thread in a more encompassing narrative, and the most important elements are those that bind us rather than set us apart.
Unlike Dos Passos, Doctorow hasn't become a reactionary as he's grown older; if anything, he's opened up his point of view. His last novel, City of God, operates like an exploding universe; composed in fragments, it tells the story of a disaffected Episcopal priest who falls in love with a Reconstructionist rabbi, although at heart it's about spiritual crisis, about what happens when we recognize that God is unresponsive, or at least beyond our comprehension, inaccessible to any meaningful extent. This is very much an American dilemma, and Doctorow's achievement is to infuse the book with a taste of good old-fashioned transcendentalism, albeit transposed to a less contemplative age. In many ways, City of God's cacophony of voices–there are literally dozens of speakers, from Wittgenstein and Einstein to more modern figures–is a vivid reminder of our social dissonance, all our endlessly competing narratives. How, the novel wonders, are we to find meaning when meaning is entirely relative, on both the individual and the cosmic plain? Such a question, of course, can drive you crazy, can lead to fundamentalism or despair. Yet even at his most abstract, Doctorow remains a humanist, which means that, for him, what's important is the asking–or, more accurately, the way we deal with these uncertainties. Whether or not we occupy a godless universe, we must find a passage, an angle of connection, a way to root ourselves. Read like this, the struggle Doctorow evokes here mirrors that of all his characters, who are seeking a foothold, a strategy for understanding, even as they recognize (as City of God makes uncomfortably explicit) that understanding will not save them in the end.


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The guys finally get around to covering the Apple news from March 21st. So much so, that this ends up being pretty much an all-Apple episode! They're talking new Apple Watch bands, the new iPad Pro 9.7″, the iPhone SE and what it all might mean for Apple fans (and haters) alike.
Plus there's listener feedback – Howie is pleasantly happy with what the iPhone SE pricing means for Canadians, Richard invites the boys to consider immigrating to the Great White North (which Jacob would *seriously* consider if it wasn't for all that pesky family keeping him in the States), and John wants to talk about the rumored Playstation 4 4K model (the so-called Playstation 4.5) and rumors that Microsoft is going to be offering add-on hardware to extend and enhance the Xbox experience.
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Ever wonder how many different ways a person can be killed by a pick-axe? This year's first horror remake (to be, like most years, followed by many other rubbish horror remakes) has that simple answer. That's really the only meaning you may get out of "My Bloody Valentine 3-D." Otherwise, you're in for a lot of mindlessly hilarious fun – even if you're the stuffiest of moviegoers.
In what seems to be a rehashed "Scooby Doo" plot, "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" tells of the ludicrously named town of Harmony, which happens to be the murder capital of the world. The people who survive the attacks by the stab-happy miner Harry Warden (Richard John Walters) are just stupid enough never to move away. Warden was the lone survivor of a mine accident and after years in a coma he wakes up and kills everybody in the town, with the exception of some dimwitted teenagers named Tom (Jensen Ackles), Axel (Kerr Smith) and Sarah (Jaime King). They're saved by the sheriff, and Warden's supposedly buried in the mine and all seems just fine.
Ten years later, the dopey teens have grown up into fully matured morons and are still wasting space in Harmony. Everyone's seemingly happy until the murders start again. No one knows for sure if Harry has actually returned or if it's just some copycat trying to re-terrorize the community. Has Harry risen from the dead? Or has someone else put on the mask and picked up the axe for a killing spree? One thing is for sure: this movie is really stupid.
But luckily for its audience – it's stupid on purpose! "My Blood Valentine 3-D" is a throwback to the slasher films of the '70s and '80s, in that it hardly takes itself seriously. The script is trash, the acting is hammy, the music is clichéd, and the 3-D is as far from dazzling as you can get but that's what makes it so enjoyable. The filmmakers never intended to make something new, or highbrow – like "Halloween" or "The Exorcist." This is more in the vein of cult hits like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" or "Child's Play" in terms of novelty over intellectual innovation. What the movie doesn't deliver in substance, it makes up for in bloody, "gore-ific" fun. The best way to enjoy the movie is with a group. This is one movie you are allowed to talk during as it is perfect "Mystery Science Theater 3000"-esque fodder.
The major problem with this movie experience is that it really only works once. The price of the ticket is higher than the usual pocket-emptying charge at the multiplex – a whopping $12.75 for one admission. The movie doesn't have the lasting power of a novelty horror flick like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" or "Child's Play." For one thing, it lacks neither an iconic nor terrifying villain (Harry Warden is no Freddy Krueger and will never hold a candle to Michael Myers).
After seeing this, it won't be the first on your list to buy when it is released on DVD as it will be way too expensive and won't come with the theater experience. This is a fun movie, but really only has the power for one (or maybe two, depending on how heavy your wallet is) theatrical viewings. Look for this one a few years down the line in the cheap Walmart $3.99 bin.
Overall, "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" is certainly fun, but will never be known as a great horror flick (or even a good movie). If you have an appetite for blood, and love to see how many ways a person can be mutilated – this is the movie for you. We'll definitely be seeing a sequel (the end of the movie shamelessly suggests this) so you may not want to miss out if you're a true horror fanatic. Call your friends, don't forget to ask for the 3-D glasses and have a bloody good time!
Grade: C+
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These are on display at Argyle Fine Art but I wish they were on display in my home.
Someday, sometime, you will be sitting somewhere.
A berm overlooking a pond in Vermont.
The lip of the Grand Canyon at sunset.
A seat on the subway.
And something bad will have happened:
You will have lost someone you loved,
or failed at something at which you badly wanted to succeed.
And sitting there, you will fall into the centre of yourself.
You will look for some core to sustain you.
And if you have been perfect all your life and have managed to meet the expectations of your family, your friends, your community, your society, chances are that there will be a black hole where that core ought to be.
I don't want anyone I know to take that terrible chance.
And the only way to avoid it is to listen to that small voice inside you that tells you to make mischief, to have fun, to be contrarian, to go another way.
George Eliot wrote 'It is never too late to be what you might have been'.
It is never too early, either.
- Anna Quindlen from Being Perfect, which is not a poem, but this is the way it was spaced on the now defunct Tumblr that I first read it. Now, I every time I read it, which is frequently, I read it like this.
White supremacy has taught him that all people of color are threats irrespective of their behavior.
Capitalism has taught him that, at all costs, his property can and must be protected.
Patriarchy has taught him that his masculinity has to be proved by the willingness to conquer fear through aggression; that it would be unmanly to ask questions before taking action.
Mass media then brings us the news of this in a newspeak manner that sounds almost jocular and celebratory, as though no tragedy has happened, as though the sacrifice of a young life was necessary to uphold property values and white patriarchal honor. Viewers are encouraged to feel sympathy for the white male home owner who made a mistake. The fact that this mistake led to the violent death of an innocent young man does not register; the narrative is worded in a manner that encourages viewers to identify with the one who made the mistake by doing what we are led to feel we might all do to "protect our property at all costs from any sense of perceived threat." This is what the worship of death looks like.
-bell hooks from All About Love: New Visions, but this was circulated again after Trayvon Martin was shot
Spring comes into Quebec from the west. It is the warm Japan Current that brings the change of season to the east coast of Canada, and then the west wind picks it up. It comes across the prairies in the breath of the chinook, waking up the grain and caves of bears. It flows over Ontario like a dream of legislation, and it sneaks into Quebec, into our villages, between our birch trees.
In Montreal the cafés, like a bed of tulip bulbs, sprout from their cellars in a display of awnings and chairs. In Montreal spring is like an autopsy. Everyone wants to see the inside of the frozen mammoth.
Girls rip off their sleeves and the flesh is sweet and white, like wood under green bark. From the streets a sexual manifesto rises like an inflating tire, 'The winter has not killed us again!'
-Leonard Cohen from Beautiful Losers, which just seems so appropriate