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Berkeley, CA 94704
goBerkeley Rate Adjustments Effective April 1, 2018
On April 1st, the City of Berkeley will adjust parking rates at on-street meters in Southside/Telegraph and hourly short-term parking rates at the Telegraph Channing Garage. Rates at the Elmwood Lot will also change. Find out more details on the Parking Changes page.
goBerkeley Rate Adjustments Effective January 1, 2017
On January 1st, the City of Berkeley will adjust parking rates at on-street meters in Downtown Berkeley, Telegraph/Southside, and Elmwood. Rates at the Berkeley Way Lot will also change. The goal of these adjustments is to increase the number of available parking spaces in Premium and Value Zones, and increase parking availability in the Berkeley Way Lot. Find out more details on the Parking Changes page.
goBerkeley Gears Up for May 1st Program Adjustments
On May 1st, the City of Berkeley will adjust parking rates at on-street meters in Downtown Berkeley, Telegraph/Southside, and the Elmwood. Rates at the Berkeley Way Lot, the Elmwood Lot, and the Center Street Garage will also change. The goal of these changes is to increase the number of available parking spaces in Premium and Value Zones, increase parking availability in the Berkeley Way Lot and the Elmwood Lot, and encourage short-term parking at the Center Street Garage. Find out more details on the Parking Changes page.
goBerkeley Pilot Program Wraps Up: What's Next for Parking and Transportation in Berkeley?
The goBerkeley Pilot Program is coming to an end, and the City wants to hear from you about your experiences and what you think should happen next. Staff have compiled the program's effects on parking and transit use, received survey feedback, and estimated the overall impacts on traffic, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. Please attend a public workshop to discuss the results in greater detail and let the City know how you think parking and transportation should be managed in the future. Find out more details about the meetings on the Events page.
Parking Data Pilot
As part of the goBerkeley pilot program, the City of Berkeley tested ways to improve parking data collection. From Monday, 9/22 to Friday, 9/26, test vehicles were mounted with sensors and performed data collection runs through Downtown Berkeley, Southside/Telegraph and the Elmwood. For more information, click here.
Rate, Time Limit, and Zone Adjustments for Downtown and Telegraph/Southside
On June 2nd, the City of Berkeley will adjust parking rates and time limits at on-street meters in Downtown Berkeley and Telegraph/Southside, as well as in Center Street Garage. The goal of these changes is to increase number of available parking spaces in Premium Zones, attract parkers to Value Zones with longer time limits, and encourage short-term parking at Center Street Garage. Find out more details on the Parking Changes page.
Upcoming Public Meetings for goBerkeley
We've got some information and results from the goBerkeley program we'd love to share with you! Come to one of our two public meetings to find out about the program's initial successes, next steps, and recommended adjustments in Downtown Berkeley, Telegraph/Southside and Elmwood. For details, check out the Events page.
New Neighborhood Transportation Maps
To help you better understand what transportation options are available in Downtown Berkeley, Telegraph/Southside and Elmwood, we've put together these handy maps which show bus routes, City CarShare pods and bike routes, as well as parking garages. They're available to download on our transit page.
A Carshare Perk for Businesses
11/1/2013 - 10:17 am
City CarShare, a goBerkeley partner, is offering a sign-up discount and $50 in driving credits to businesses located in the 3 core neighborhoods. For more information and to sign up online, check out the goBerkeley Carshare Plan at https://www.citycarshare.org/goberkeley/.
goBerkeley will be at Sunday Streets
this Sunday, Oct. 13th!
10/10/2013 - 17:15 pm
Come visit our table, at Shattuck & University, this Sunday. We'll have information about the parking changes taking effect next week, as well as useful transportation information, activities, and goodies! Look for the folks wearing goBerkeley t-shirts. For more information about Sunday Streets check out the website: http://www.sundaystreetsberkeley.com/
New Parking Changes Information
8/22/2013 - 17:30 pm
We've updated the goParking page and added new information explaining the changes to parking that will be implemented on October 15th, 2013. Maps are available as well as a slideshow describing the upcoming changes. Check back regularly for continuing updates as we get closer to the launch of the new goBerkeley parking program.
goBerkeley Pilot Parking Changes:
Public Meetings
7/17/2013 - 10:10 am
We received lots of great feedback from the public during open houses in May and June. We're now holding public meetings in July and August to provide information about the parking rate and time limit changes that are coming to Downtown Berkeley, the Elmwood and Telegraph/Southside this Fall. Check out the Events page for full details.
Sign-up and Contact Us forms now fixed
7/3/2013 - 10:30 am
We apologize for the errors some people have been getting when trying to complete the Sign-up and Contact Us forms. The issue should now be fixed but if you continue to have problems, please let us know by emailing us at email@example.com
goBerkeley is officially launched!
6/28/2013 - 08:00 am
Mayor Tom Bates, representatives from AC Transit, City CarShare, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and local businesses participating in the program officially launched goBerkeley at a City Hall launch event yesterday. The press release can be viewed here . Transit and carshare incentives for local businesses will begin July 1st and updates to the website will be ongoing. Keep an eye out for further information on parking changes in the coming weeks.
goBerkeley AC Transit Employer
EasyPass distribution
6/27/2013 - 08:15 am
Employees of participating goBerkeley businesses who completed their enrollment before June 14th will begin to receive their AC Transit goBerkeley EasyPasses starting today (June 27th).
goBerkeley Parking Open House
information available online
6/13/2013 - 1:31 pm
You can now view the presentation boards shown at the three goBerkeley Open Houses on our website – check out the Events page . Whether you had the chance to attend or not, we'd like your opinion on the proposals presented, so please complete our online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/goberkeley-parkingoptions.
goBerkeley Parking Open Houses
6/4/2013 - 11:11 pm
goBerkeley is hosting three open houses to present new parking and transportation options in Downtown Berkeley, Telegraph-Southside and Elmwood. Please tell us what you think about options to change parking rates and time limits to improve conditions in your neighborhood by attending the open houses or completing our web survey. Find out more on the Events page
Welcome !
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Welcome to the goBerkeley pilot website! We hope you will use this site to learn more about your travel choices in the City of Berkeley, including walking, cycling, BART, AC Transit, carsharing, carpooling and driving. In May/June 2013, we'll be presenting improvement options for parking conditions at Open Houses in the Elmwood, Telegraph/ Southside and Downtown Berkeley. Please check back often as we'll be posting these parking options, as well as maps that will show you how much parking costs and how long you can park at the City's meters, lots and garages.
goBerkeley is a City of Berkeley program that improves the safety and ease of travel in three of Berkeley's vibrant commercial districts. goBerkeley works by raising or lowering parking rates to achieve 1-2 open spaces per block. More parking availability means less circling, more time at destinations, cleaner air, and safer streets for all.


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Rich Rider extended a handshake and forgave his father's killer in a Pottawatomie County courtroom Tuesday.
Rich Rider extended a handshake and forgave his father's killer in a Pottawatomie County courtroom Tuesday.
After the prosecution and defense rested in the murder trial of James Isaac South, 36, South's fate was set to be in hands of jurors for deliberations today.
But in what was an unexpected turn of events late Tuesday afternoon, South — whose attorney said he was worried about the next life — chose an eternal path rather than facing the jury's decision.
South appeared before District Judge John Canavan and entered a guilty plea in the death of Albert Rider, 53.
Defense Attorney Cregg Webb said South recanted his earlier testimony from the trial and first asked to speak to District Attorney Richard Smothermon, and then to the family, which resulted in him speaking directly with Rich Rider.
"He wanted to come clean — he was more concerned about the next life than this life," Webb said.
Rich Rider said South told him what happened when his father was killed Oct. 8, 2012.
"He said it was exactly how the district attorney had the case presented," Rider said, adding he and South prayed together during their conversation.
And as the courthouse was closing for the day, a lot of activity was just beginning in Courtroom No. 1, where preparations were made for South to enter a blind plea, which put his fate in the hands of the judge rather than the jury.
Just before court reconvened, Rich Rider, surrounded by family members, approached the defendant, shook his hand and thanked him for stepping up and taking responsibility for his father's death.
"It's one of those days you can't explain," Rich Rider said after leaving the courtroom. "It's totally a God-given day — he had his hand in this whole thing."
After his talk with South, Rich Rider said he believes his father died so others could see God, adding this case has changed many lives.
"I got to pray with him…I told him I forgive him," Rich Rider said, appearing at peace after South's plea. "An hour ago I hadn't forgiven him."
South was one of three defendants charged in the shooting death of Albert Rider, a 1977 Bethel High School graduate who worked as an electrician.
Rich Rider, who said his father left behind a good legacy, said, "he'd be proud of James for owning up today."
Albert Rider's widow, Jane, was in the courtroom as events unfolded Tuesday and also believes her husband would have been proud of South's decision.
"Albert was a Christian soldier — that's the way Albert would have wanted it," she said.
The investigation into this case began the morning of Oct. 8, 2012, after Albert Rider, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, crashed his vehicle into a pipe fence and gate at a Pottawatomie County residence on New Hope Road. He later died from his wounds.
Earlier that day, Jane Rider, Albert's wife of just nine days, returned to their rural Cleveland County home to discover several items missing in a burglary. She called her husband, who was on his way home. Rich Rider said his father stopped at a nearby store to see if anyone had purchased items with a lot of stolen change, which was among items taken from the residence.
Albert Rider then came across two men, South and Bradley A. Keith, 29, after noticing Keith was wearing his jacket that was taken from the home, Rich Rider said.
Albert Rider confronted the two men about the burglary and a brutal fight ensued, the son reported.
After talking with South about what happened, Rich Rider said while he learned his father put up quite a fight, he also confirmed it was the gunshot by South that was the fatal blow for his dad.
Rich Rider said his dad was a kid at heart who loved his family and his grandchildren.
"Dad was an extremely faithful man," he said.
Jane Rider said her husband was one who often talked to people about God and would often help those who needed a ride or even a meal.
"Once you met Albert, you had a friend," she said.
She said her husband believed in asking for forgiveness, something the family has done in this case.
"It would be a whole lot tougher without faith," she said.
Now she holds on to memories. She said her husband helped her try and discover new things, taught her how to ride a motorcycle and even took her on her first cruise.
Both she and Rich Rider complimented the work of the district attorney and his investigators, the Pottawatomie County sheriff's office and all those who have been there for the family.
"They treat you like family," he said.
Judge Canavan accepted South's guilty plea on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit burglary, robbery with a weapon and second-degree burglary. Formal sentencing is now scheduled Oct. 23.
Until then, South will remain jailed in the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center.
Keith, who also remains jailed in the Shawnee facility, has already been sentenced on a felony charge of robbery with a weapon in connection with this case. He has been sentenced to 35 years in prison and is awaiting transfer to the Department of Corrections.
A third suspect, Michael Preston Choate, 25, also is charged in connection with this case.
Watch for updates.

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The HTC Windows Phone 8X is HTC's flagship Windows Phone 8 handset, priced at £399 on a SIM-free basis, the same as rival Nokia Lumia 820. Here's our Windows Phone 8X video review. See also: Group test: what's the best Windows phone?
The HTC Windows Phone 8X is HTC's flagship Windows Phone 8 handset. The smartphone is priced at £399 on a SIM-free basis, the same the rival Nokia Lumia 820. See also: Group test: what's the best smartphone?
We like the thin and light design of the 8X, which comes in four different colours. Its rounded edges and smooth curving back give it a svelte look, while the rubbery finish is pleasant to the touch and aids grip.
The buttons sit almost entirely flush with the shell, making them difficult to locate without looking. Limited travel means it's hard to know when you've pressed one properly.
A one-piece polycarbonate shell which meets the Gorilla Glass front perfectly makes the 8X feel strong and well put together. Niggles on build quality include the slightly wobbly Micro-USB port and a rattling SIM card tray release mechanism.
HTC has opted for the same core components as Nokia's new Lumia duo for the Windows Phone 8X, namely a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and 1GB of memory.
We weren't surprised, then, to find performance decent and up to the same level as its rivals.
Storage is reasonable at 16GB but there's no microSD card slot for expansion.
The main hardware feature of the HTC Windows Phone 8X is the excellent 720x1280 screen. At 4.3in across, it means a resolution of 342ppi, which is higher than the iPhone 5 and the Nokia Lumia 920.
Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC, but there's a lack of modern features such as 4G and wireless charging.
Windows Phone 8 looks essentially the same across different handsets. The app store is a long way behind iOS and Android in both quantity and quality.
HTC provides some apps like Converter and Photo Enhancer, but Nokia provides many more and higher calibre apps.
We found battery life from the 6.7Wh fixed battery to be typically short. We got though days with light and heavy use, but either way the 8X needed charging overnight.
The HTC Windows Phone 8X is the best all-rounder of the Windows Phone 8 smartphones we've tried and earns itself three and a half stars.


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- Nov 18:
- Deadline for flood victims to apply for relief in Superior extended to Dec. 9
- Nov 14:
- Sunshine Canyon Drive, Flagstaff Road to reopen to all users Saturday
- Nov 6:
- Superior Chamber establishes relief fund for residents affected by floods
- Oct 15:
- Boulder County homeowner haunted by mysterious concrete block
- Oct 5:
- Boulder area car buyers warned how to avoid flood-damaged autos
- Boulder Reservoir draws 300 volunteers for flood clean-up, repairs
- Oct 4:
- Vail Resorts to put 150 employees to work fixing flood-ravaged Coal Creek Trail
- Oct 3:
- Superior launches Flood Buster program to match volunteers with victims
- Oct 1:
- Superior to hold rescheduled flood repair volunteer project Saturday
- Superior to hold flood impact public meeting tonight
- Sep 25:
- Superior to host volunteer project day Saturday to repair flood damage
- Sep 22:
- Boulder County flood victims facing housing crunch
- Sep 21:
- Boulder ceremony honors memory of couple lost in flood
- Boulder begins inspections of flood-damaged properties Monday
- Sep 18:
- Collection for flood relief at final Art Night Out on Friday in Lafayette
- Sep 15:
- 'Camp Erie' to provide activities for kids during flood-related school closure next week
- Sep 14:
- 234 people remain unaccounted as rescuers gain ground
- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Boulder County's major reservoirs holding steady, despite week's deluge
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
- Officials: Extensive road damage still being assessed
- Boulder County to provide community dumpsters for flood cleanup
- 234 remain 'unaccounted for', rescuers slowly gain ground
- Boulder remains under flash flood watch through Sunday afternoon
- Sep 13:
- Rescue crews help Lefthand Canyon residents evacuate
- St. Vrain schools closed until Thursday, BVSD officials still deciding when to reopen
- In the mouth of Boulder Canyon: The aftermath of a 100-year flood
- Football: No make-up date yet as CU postpones game against Fresno State because of flood
- East Boulder County emerges from a tough night of evacs, road closures
- Boulder to see some relief, but more rain in forecast
- U.S. 36 reopened in both directions between Denver and Boulder
- 181 'unaccounted for,' at least 3 dead in Boulder County
- Flood-related closures in Boulder County for Friday, Sept. 13
- List of Boulder County road closures due to flooding
- Boulder police chief tours flood damage, says 'things are looking better'
- Eldorado Springs residents ordered to evacuate due to high waters, mudslide risk
- Sep 12:
- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- Flooding claims at least 2 lives in Boulder, Jamestown
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
- Firefighter trapped by 'wall of water' rescued, suffers severe injuries
- Boulder registers wettest 24-hour period, and month, on record
- Sheriff asks Boulder County residents to stay home today, keep roads clear
- 500-year flood nearly cuts Longmont in two, forces evacuations
- National Guard carries evacuees from Lyons, delivers supplies
- Boulder flood: Live social media coverage of flash-flood emergency
A complex confluence of factors combined this week to drench Boulder and much of the Front Range with days of rain that claimed lives, destroyed homes and ruined personal property -- and, as it pounded on for days, shattered local records for moisture.
Longstanding rainfall records were swept away in what an official with the United States Geological Survey late Thursday confirmed was for Boulder a 100-year flood -- although that agency no longer uses that term.
"We're getting away from using that terminology, because people tend to think that's the storm that happens every 100 years," said Robert Kimbrough, associate director of the USGS Colorado Water Science Center. "But really, it's the chance of it happening in any given year is one in 100."
Asked if that was synonymous with what many refer to as a 100-year flood, Kimbrough said, "Correct. That's a term the USGS no longer uses, but it could be referred to as a 100-year event.
"It's a large event, certainly."
Kimbrough said that evaluation was based on a stream flow at Boulder Creek at North 75th Street on Thursday morning of 4,500 cubic feet per second. The previous peak flow measured at that point was 2,050 cfs in May 2003. Flow levels continued to increase throughout the day, with Kimbrough reporting at 7:45 p.m. that the flow was measured at 5,370 cfs.
National Weather Service meteorologist in charge Nezette Rydell said Boulder was sandwiched between two systems. To the west of Colorado, a low pressure system stalled out, pulling late-season monsoonal flow from the eastern Pacific and Gulf of California. Meanwhile, a high-pressure system to our northeast helped lock it in place long enough to rain, rain and rain some more.
Also, at the same time, a cold front moved through Boulder on Monday that produced moisture and an upslope flow.
The product of those divergent atmospheric influences was disaster -- and history.
"We have never had anything this big," said Boulder meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
He reported totals that washed away records for a any single 24-hour period, any three-day period, and any single month.
Between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday, Boulder recorded 9.08 inches of rain, Kelsch said, by far the wettest day in the city's history since weather records were first officially kept in 1897.
Since the beginning of the storm on Monday, Boulder had received 12.27 inches of rain as of 6 p.m. Thursday, Kelsch said, enough to make September 2013 the wettest month in city history.
Lyons meanwhile received an impressive 6.06 inches of rain between Wednesday and Thursday evening, Kelsch said.
Prior to this weather event, Boulder's wettest single day saw 4.80 inches of rain come down on July 31, 1919. All remaining top-10 runners-up were totals of 3.6 inches or less.
Looking back, Rydell said, forecasters expected the middle of this week would see rain. They did not predict history would be made.
"I don't like to use the word 'surprise', but things have to come together exactly correctly, to have it be this heavy," said Rydell. "Looking at Wednesday, we were saying it would be rainy. To have forecast an 8-inch amount in Boulder County is not something we would have been able to do."
The weather system's reluctance -- or inability -- to move through the area, is what triggered Boulder's deluge.
"Weather systems that don't move, spell trouble one way or the other," Rydell said. "If it doesn't move, it compounds itself."
Kelsch said, "If you had had asked me (late last week), I would have told you it looked like a wetter, cooler period. But there is no way I would have told you we were going to have 10 inches of rain. This kind of thing is so localized."
Kelsch added, "Most of the big rain events in Colorado tend to be in the summer months, like July and August. September, this late in the year, is unusual, but not unheard of."
Kimbrough, at the USGS, said his office was not caught entirely by surprise by the week's storms.
"We really rely on the National Weather Service forecasts, and we have been well aware of the strong monsoonal flow for the past week, so we were prepared for the high flow -- but we were a little caught off-guard by the magnitude of this event," Kimbrough said.
"But we approached this storm like we do any flood response," he said. "... (Thursday) morning we met about 6:30, and we coordinated our field response. We probably have about 10 crews out right now who are equipped to make take measurements and to repair stream gauges as needed.
"So, we weren't caught off guard as far as having to respond. But we have to admit, this is a large event."
Balaji Rajagopalan is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, who specializes in hydrology and hydroclimatology.
Now a resident of Superior, he said he has seen this before -- during tropical monsoons in his native India.
"A one-day event here can give you flash floods, but if it has been dry, most of it ends up going into the ground," said Rajagopalan. "But if it is this setting up for three or four days in a row, this reminds me of India. It reminds me of a tropical cyclone."
Rajagopalan added, "As engineers we always think we can tame nature, we can build this and build that for a 100-year storm, or a 20-year storm. But at some point we should realize that the best course is to stay out of nature's way and not put yourself at risk.
"You just can't tame nature."
Contact Camera Staff Writer Charlie Brennan at 303-473-1327 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Three years ago today, Pete Carroll was officially hired by YOUR Seattle Seahawks.
Looking back, there was considerable consternation and angst associated with the perception that a certain VERY successful "RAH RAH"-type college coach, howbeit with some (mediocre) NFL coaching experience, was a bad hire because that style would not cut it in the NFL... remember that?
Fortunately for us all, that perception has been essentially erased.
It would be fun to be able to go back and read all of the comments in the thread that announced Pete's hiring.
From Wiki... On Januany 8th, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Pete will be the new coach of the Seahawks "so long as "minor details" are finalized in the pending contract."
Thank goodness they were.


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Become a Nurse >> Browse Articles >> NCLEX
The Ultimate NCLEX Overview
Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the most important steps en route to becoming a nurse. Though it is inevitable that it, like all exams, will make prospective nurses stressed and feeling overwhelmed, there are several important tips that may serve to mitigate these pressures.
First of all, It is important to remember that the NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN are designed to test your ability to assess a patient's medical condition and not your knowledge of every medical term involved. That being said, you should rely more on the assessments that you studied through your coursework rather than through practical experience. There are several terms that are important to review prior to the exam, but remember to concentrate on how these medicines/conditions relate to patient assessment. More comprehensive approaches to each term may waste value study preparation time.
Exam Format
The NCLEX-PN is comprised of 205 questions and the NCLEX-RN has 265. Both tests are administered as computer adaptive tests (CAT). It is very important to remember that the questions you will be given adjust on a continuous basis. If you answer a question correctly, the next question will be more difficult than the last and vice versa. Most times the testing system shuts down before the test taker reaches the full amount of questions. If this happens, it is still possible to pass. Your final score reflects your baseline knowledge of nursing, so the first several questions are extremely important in determining your overall score. You will literally either sink or swim.
Exam Time
Five hours; individual questions are not timed.
Exam Content
The NCLEX-RN content areas are overlapping and somewhat vague. Each question focuses on specific Client Needs topics, while also assessing the Integrated Practices , or problem solving approaches, that nurses take while assessing these needs. The Client Needs topics are split into eight subcategories: Management of Care, Safety and Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Psychosocial Integrity, Basic Care and Comfort, Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies, Reduction of Risk Potential, and Physiological Adaptation.
How to Apply
Applicants for the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN must send their applications to their state boards of nursing. Following acceptance of the application, candidates must set-up a specific exam time and place through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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19 Inspiring Short Haircuts That Will Make You Want a Serious Chop
When we posted our last haircut inspiration guide—nine inspiring haircuts for every length—we had an overwhelming large number of people asking why we left off super short styles. Little did they know—thanks to Jennifer Lawrence, Karlie Kloss, Beyonce, and all the other tastemakers that have gone chopped their locks over the past year—cuts above the chin garnered their own guide entirely! May we present the fruits of our Pinterest research: the 19 most inspiring short haircuts to take with you to the salon!
Click through our slideshow for the best short cuts try!
Long bangs are the perfect contrast to a blunt bob.
Wispy bangs in an eyebrow-length cut blend seamlessly into a textured bob.
Go '60s mod by adding baby bangs to your pixie.
Natalie Portman looked fabulous with a shaved head, but if you're not up for going bald, try her cropped pixie instead.
Kate Moss' tousled look brings this style from soccer mom to supermodel.
Not all bobs need layers. This one length, chin-grazing cut still packs a punch.
We're loving this borrowed-from-the-boys cut.
Sleek styling and clean lines make for a chic street style.
Sienna Miller mastered the phase between the grown out Edie Sedgwick and messy bob.
Take advantage of a shorter style to show off some statement jewelry…
…or to go totally minimal.
Love the hair in this shot but not ready to take the plunge? It's actually a faux-bob created by hairstylist Chris McMillan!
Straight doesn't have to be boring! A sleek texture accentuates the face-framing layers of this cut.
Lily Collins' textured bob is perfect for those of us with unruly locks.
Instead of battling with a bang grow out, embrace the length and create a faux-side bang.
Side bangs that hit near the temple accentuate cheekbones and balance a heart shaped face.
These piecey bangs can be pushed to the side, to create a layered look, or parted in the middle for a sleeker finish.
Need we go on about our love for the '90s swoosh?
If a cut alone doesn't feel daring enough, take a cue from Karlie Kloss in Interview magazine and pair it with a bright-blonde color.


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The Mini Ventures of NY, based in Middle Village, sang "God Bless America" and the Sacred Heart Twirling Team joined in to help kick off a hopeful start at the newly designed performance space at the Glendale mall.
"I think they've been listening to the people," said Community Board 5 chair Vincent Arcuri. "It has been a little slow in their marketing development, but hopefully it will blossom now."
Where a tightly woven parking lot once stood is now a newly designed, roughly 10,000-square-foot open-air performance space.
"We've been talking about how it's a good location for a medical facility, so we're trying to help them with that," Arcuri said of talks CB5 has had with attracting businesses and tenants for the struggling mall.
In addition to Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe, which are set to open in the near future, Macerich, the new owners who bought the mall for $54 million back in 2011, have previously hinted at reaching out to the public for ways to bring in new business.
"We wanted to work with them, with the Myrtle Avenue Business Development Corporation, to see what businesses they could push toward Myrtle Avenue and be symbiotic until they do that," Arcuri explained. "They did that with Queens Center Mall, so why wouldn't they be able to do that here?"
While plans for the Atlas Park's future were floating around last Tuesday, elected officials gathered to welcome the new green space in hopes of a bright future for Glendale.
"We were here less than two months ago with construction everywhere," remembered Congresswoman Grace Meng, who was at the announcement of the new space on May 30. "They promised us that it would be open here in July, and part of me didn't believe them, but true to their word they are open to the community."
Assemblyman Mike Miller recognized the integral role that Atlas Park plays in the Glendale community, and hoped the new changes will bring new life.
"This has always been the center of our town," Miller said. "Now with the expansion and the renovation, it looks much bigger and it looks like it will be more community friendly. Instead of being the center of our town it is now going to be the center of our attention because people will be coming here on a weekly basis for all the things they will be celebrating here."
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley said she too was hopeful the project would be more successful this time around, and is confident that the timing is right.
"Unfortunately, when the park opened under the old management, it opened at the downturn of our economy," Crowley said. "But here we are today a few years later and the city is in much better shape and families are feeling less of the economic pain that they did years ago."


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Spiced-Up Sweet Potato Soup - Improv Challenge
I was slightly out of town for a few weeks. By "slightly" I mean a well-timed vacation in Israel. We left NJ a few days before Sandy blew through town, and returned just hours before a Nor'Easter lightly coated our lawn with 18 inches of fluffy snow.
We were amazingly lucky. Lights, heat and a dry basement greeted us upon our return. Only a few tree branches were downed. A neighbor's tree sheared off at root level, bounced off his fence and landed mere inches from our shed. Even our basement window, sporting several cracks from a long-ago wayward baseball, sealed with a kiss and mailing tape, held fast.
We had lost power for only 4 days. The only real casualties were the contents of the fridge. I can't really complain since others had far far worse. Some waited 2 weeks or more for power to return. Others lost their homes outright to wind, flood or fire damage. I hope that you, Dear Reader, safely survived the weather and its aftermath, and that everything is returning to normal as quickly as possible.
My swag bag from the Kosher Blogger Conference this past Monday (another story for another post) contained, among other items, a packet of zhug, a spice mixture that for many of you may be a tad unfamiliar. Pronounced incorrectly most of the time (shhhh, but with a z, quickly followed by hoog while simultaneously clearing your throat), zhug is a middle-eastern hot sauce, wildly popular in Israel. I think it was even an ingredient in the pizza we had one lunch during our trip (I was falafelled and Israeli-saladded out by day 3). Usually found in saucy condiment form, my zhug sample was a mixture of various ground spices. If zhug in any form isn't available by you, see the ingredients list for a reasonable substitute.
Because I served this soup alongside a meat dinner, I used real chicken broth. It can easily be made parve/vegan by using vegetarian chicken broth instead, or dairy by using said veggie broth and either cream or half-and-half for the rice (or coconut) milk.
Spiced-Up Sweet Potato Soup
Serves 4
1 Tbl. olive oil
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1/2 tsp. dry zhug mixture (or 1/4 tsp. each ground garlic, coriander, cumin, cardamom and 1/8 tsp. each ground cloves and crushed red pepper)
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. curry powder
4 cups chicken stock
2 Tbl. honey
1 cup rice (or coconut) milk, plus more for garnish
1 tsp. kosher salt, or to taste
1 Tbl. cilantro leaves
Heat oil in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, and saute for 2 minutes or until onion is coated with oil and its leaves start to separate.
Add sweet potatoes and stir to coat with oil as well.
|Zhug is pretty! And pretty hot, too!
Sprinkle on zhug, cinnamon, ginger and curry.
Stir in chicken stock and honey. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender.
Remove from heat and puree with an immersion blender.
Stir in rice (or coconut) milk. Add salt, then taste and add more if needed.
|Swirl is more pronounced if coconut milk is used.
Ladle into 4 soup bowls. Swirl on a few tablespoons of rice (or coconut) milk and garnish with a few cilantro leaves just before serving.
Disclaimer - because this recipe is part of an online cooking challenge group, the linked recipes below might not be kosher.


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Shari Chamish needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Shari Chamish Designs- need brand labels for "Shibori"
I have a love for fabrics and textiles. I have been designing and sourcing home fashions and apparel in the industry for many years. I have been fortunate to have done a lot of traveling during my career. I have decided to start my own business inspired by hand dyed and printed fabrics from around the globe. My first collection will be based on textiles from Indonesia and India.
I will be showing my new line at the gift show. My target audience are small boutiques and higher end customers. This will be a new show for me so I would like my graphic design to wow them . Home line will also include organic sheets, duvets, and throw pillows.
I'm looking for a sophisticated designs, yet fun and lively. Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
1. Company-Need business card and stationery for Shari Chamish Designs
2. Brand- Need hang tag labels and logo label for Shibori for packaging etc.
I've attached one of my fabric designs that I will be using to give you an idea of the line. I will need print files.
Attached is also idea I like for the Shibori label. I like textured background with gold print. I want label to be rectangular though. I also think the texture would be interesting to be used on my business card.
I added two more pictures for ideas- inspiration for business card and labels...
The files I will require are:
Print file format-.ai (CMYK)


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The albums of gruff-voiced Boston balladeer Thalia Zedek tend to creep out into the light at a pace even slower than her lived-in songs. This unhurried time frame is no detriment; if anything, allowing the turmoil and rage that churns in her music to age a bit is likely the key to how rich and considered her solo works over the last decade have turned out. The end run to this month's new "Via" (Thrill Jockey), though, was a bit different, spurred on by major moves — and barely escaping last fall's devastating hurricane.
Zedek had hit a relaxed stride to her career by the time her first solo album came out in 2001. Since she'd moved to Boston in 1979 as a teenager, she'd bounced between a string of ferocious art-punk bands like White Women and Uzi before landing a spot as lead singer with the New York band Live Skull, and most notably in 1990, forming one-of-a-kind guitar band Come, which released four albums in a little over a decade. By comparison, her solo career has eased out an album every four years or so.
Last summer, though, when Zedek's drummer Daniel Coughlin announced a move to Buenos Aires, the band leapt to action to make sure they had a document of what had been a fruitful phase of writing. They recorded with longtime Boston scene linchpin Andrew Schneider, who was just finishing work on his brand-new studio in Brooklyn, Translator Audio. A week after Zedek finished the very last line of vocal overdubs, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the entire studio. The record made it out, though (benefits continue for Schneider's studio, including one at the Middle East last weekend). This Monday, Zedek kicks off a weekly series at T.T. the Bear's to celebrate the new record's release, performing music from a different one of her four solo albums each week.
"I remember that last trip I took to Andrew's studio," Zedek says. "He was talking all about how he couldn't believe how it was finally coming together exactly the way he wanted, how he'd never thought it would happen. And then it was gone."
Bad vibes have been a natural part of Zedek's career. Come, which she formed with Chris Brokaw from "slow-core" pioneers Codeine, lasted 10 years and held a unique sway over the indie rock scene of the time. They were lowdown noisy
grunge, creaky blues rock, and had an ice-cold sense of melodic interplay, partly retained from Codeine, and partly slaked off of Zedek's grimly howling vocals. Zedek relived landscapes of pain, regret, and loss through those songs, and built a reputation as one of indie rock's most psychologically ravaged voices.
When Come broke up and Zedek started her solo career, that morose mystique followed her into her first album, 2001's "Been Here and Gone." But she'd turned a corner. No longer gunning for the doom and fear she'd been charting through the '90s, Zedek began experimenting with old torch songs and the mellower tones of the piano and viola, and her lyrics eased toward reconciliation and acceptance. Musically, her work started to feel like well-worn boots, similar to the transformation Nick Cave underwent on the way from crazed Birthday Party frontman to "Boatman's Call"-era hushed troubadour.
Violist David Michael Curry had just begun learning to play the viola when he joined Zedek during the recording of the first album. "I had some anxiety about it because of the huge respect I had for Come," he says. "And I suffered through self-confidence issues in those days. But what I did with viola was nontraditional and it worked more with coloring and experimentation." The new route was set — Zedek would approach her work as the songs' only real author, but with room for everyone to grow into them.
And so the roiling piano of Mel Lederman was free to roam below the surface along with the seasick drumming of Daniel Coughlin (the band is now rounded out by drummer Dave Norton and bassist Winston Braman).
Going back to relearn the past material, which has evolved freely from album to album, Zedek says it wasn't close to the shock of going back to older Come albums when that band performed a brief reunion in 2010. "I feel a lot more connected with this stuff," she says. "I actually still know this person, whereas with the older stuff I just have no idea."
When the band added Coughlin (of Son Volt) for this new batch of songs, they found themselves hitting with a livelier punch than anything in recent memory. It's not a total about-face — "Winning Hand" is as stoic a song as Zedek's ever recorded — but "Via" is full of concise guitar solo breaks, chunky drumming, and a sense of broad-stroked experimentation that previous efforts rarely touched. It feels more wide-awake than most anything longtime fans would associate with a star who, for the better part of her career, struck a permanently brooding pose.
It may take some time to sink in, though.
"It's already started with the reviews," says Zedek. "It's the same 'angst, agony, and anguish' bit. I think, 'What are you listening to?' "
Saturday night brings to the Lily Pad not only the first in a monthly series of shows from the sprawling imaginations of the Bodies of Water Arts and Crafts/Boston Hassle crew — dubbed "Hassle Night" — but also a release party for deep psych explorers Herbcraft. The excellent Portland, Maine, collective has made a second home in Boston over recent years and this release, on revered New England freak-folk label Woodsist, will be cause for much bearded, be-flanneled celebration. . . . March 5 at Great Scott, Boston's electro-pop prince Andre Obin releases his churning new album, "The Arsonist" (courtesy of New York label Sky Council). It's the first full-length of an already promising career that's seen Obin hit the road with M83 and partner with taste-making labels from Brooklyn to the Netherlands. His hometown party is set to bring along essential Boston pop group Stereo Telescope, the swirling dance collage work of AVOXBLUE, and DJ Leah V. . . . March 11 brings the most laid-back (no cover!) rock standby in town, the weekly "Night of the Living Deadhead" at Zuzu. This night features the mood-swinging guitar pop of Radio Astronomer and the lush, confessional songs of All Eyes Are on Me Now, fresh off a record release of their own back in February.Matt Parish can be reached at mattparish
Correction: Because of a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misidentified the drummer for the Thalia Zedek Band. His name is Daniel Coughlin.


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Finding a home
An extraordinary telescope calls for an exceptional site. Much care is thus taken to ensure that the future home of the ELT will be the most adequate possible. This generally means a high, dry site, so as to have as little hindrance to the observations. The ELT Site Selection Advisory Committee has been investigating in great detail several possible sites, in Argentina, in Chile, in Morocco, and in Spain. Similar efforts are being carried out by the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) site selection team. For the sake of efficiency, the TMT pre-selected sites (all in North and South America) are not included in the ELT study, but data are shared.
On 2–3 March 2010, the ELT Site Selection Advisory Committee presented a report to the ESO Council, confirming that all sites examined in the final short list (Armazones, Ventarrones, Tolonchar and Vizcachas in Chile, and La Palma in Spain) have very good conditions for astronomical observing, each one with its particular strengths. The technical report concludes that Cerro Armazones, near Paranal, stands out as the clearly preferred site, because it has the best balance of sky quality across all aspects and it can be operated in an integrated fashion with the existing ESO Paranal Observatory.
Cerro Armazones is a mountain at an altitude of 3046 metres in the central part of Chiles Atacama Desert, some 130 kilometres south of the town of Antofagasta and about 20 kilometres from Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope.
On 26 April 2010, the ESO Council selected Cerro Armazones as the baseline site for the planned 39-metre-class Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
On 13 October 2011, an agreement was signed between ESO and the Chilean government, including the donation of 189 km2 of land around Cerro Armazones for the installation of the ELT as well as a concession for 50 years relating to the surrounding area.
On 27 October 2013, the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, handed over the signed legal documents by which the Chilean government transferred this land around Cerro Armazones to ESO.


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The following assessment practices are most likely to serve students' interests. First and foremost, assessment must encourage students to become engaged in literacy learning, to reflect on their own reading and writing in productive ways, and to set respective literacy goals. In this way, students become involved in, and responsible for, their own learning and are better able to assist the teacher in focusing instruction. Some assessment practices, however, such as those that include public comparisons of students, tend to produce conditions of threat and defensiveness, limiting students' engagement and their ability to reflect productively on their performance. English-language learners face a double hurdle, since their test results often reflect both their knowledge of a subject and their knowledge of the English language. Constructive reflection is particularly difficult under such conditions. Thus, assessment should emphasize what students can do rather than what they cannot do. Portfolio assessment, for example, if managed properly, can be reflective, involving students in their own learning and assisting teachers in refocusing their instruction.Assessments that serve the students' interests might include many of the multimodal texts that students create outside of school because they are constructed for purposes that the students establish—for example, how they update their MySpace pages based on their interests, recent events, or new friends. Most of the texts they create as artifacts of typical reading of print in school are for pur-poses established by teachers. It is possible that we could get much more valid assessments of their literacy practices if we provided more opportunities for them to select both texts (whether print or multimodal) and tools (e.g., Web 2.0 tools).Second, assessment must provide useful information to inform and enable reflection. The information must be both specific and timely. Specific information on students' knowledge, skills, strategies, and attitudes helps teachers, parents, and students set goals and plan instruction more thoughtfully. Information about students' confusions, counterproductive strategies, and limitations, too, can help students and teachers reflect on and learn about students' reading and writing, as long as it is provided in the context of clear descriptions of what they can do. It is equally important that assessments provide timely information. If information is not provided immediately, it is not likely to be used, nor is it likely to be useful because needs, interests, and aspirations generally change with the passage of time. In either case, the opportunity to influence and promote learning may be missed.Third, the assessment must yield high-quality information. The quality of information is suspect when tasks are too difficult or too easy, when students do not understand the tasks or cannot follow the directions, or when they are too anxious to be able to do their best or even their typical work. In these situations, students cannot produce their best efforts or demonstrate what they know. For example, researchers have found that modifying or simplifying the language of test items has consistently resulted in English-language learners' improved performance and does not sacrifice the rigor of the test. Requiring students to spend their time and efforts on as-sessment tasks that do not yield high-quality, useful information results in students losing valuable learning time. Such a loss does not serve their interests and thus constitutes an invalid practice (see standard 7).It is important to note that many classroom-level assessments also fail to meet criteria for serving student interests. Regardless of the source or motivation for any particular assessment, states, school districts, schools, and teachers must demonstrate how the assessment practices benefit and do not harm individual students.This standard requires that if any individual student's interests are not served by an assessment practice, regardless of whether it is intended for administration or decision making by an individual or by a group (as is the case with tests used to apply accountability pressure on teachers), then that practice is not valid for that student. Those responsible for requiring an assessment are responsible for demonstrating how these assessment practices benefit and do not harm individual students.Traditionally, group-administered, machine-scorable tests have not encouraged students to reflect constructively on their reading and writing, have not provided specific and timely feedback, and generally have not provided high-quality information about students. Consequently, they have seemed unlikely to serve the best interests of students. However, this need not be the case if they are able to provide timely, high-quality information to students.Assessment instruments or procedures themselves are not the only consideration in this standard. The context in which they are used can be equally important. Indeed, the most productive and powerful assessments for students are likely to be the formative assessments that occur in the daily activities of the classroom. Maximizing the value of these for students and minimizing the likelihood that they are damaging for any one student might involve an investment in staff development and the creation of conditions that enable teachers to reflect on their own practice. Similarly, assessment by portfolio might work well when teachers have expertise in a workshop approach to literacy but not when there is pressure for performance on a high-stakes multiple-choice test. This is not to say that portfolio assessment that satisfies this standard in the classroom may not also satisfy it in the context of a high-stakes assessment, such as an accountability assessment.
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An unbelievable fall and rescue were caught on video Wednesday night when a 33-year-old man fell onto the tracks of Boston's "T" subway system, New England Cable News reported.
The man apparently hit his head and was knocked unconscious. The video shows him falling onto the tracks of the outbound Orange Line at Boston's North Station, with several people coming to his rescue and carrying him off the tracks.
"I thought it was a fight, but then again I seen the dude's shoes on the ground, I was over there and I had to run, I didn't care if I died at least I did something tried to save somebody's life instead of watching somebody die and get hit by a train," said 16-year-old Duncan Ketter, who ran across two sets of tracks from the inbound side to help the fallen man.
Two other good Samaritans also jumped onto the tracks to aid the man and lifted him back onto the platform. Duncan then ran across back to the other side, where his girlfriend was waiting and continued onto her house.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials said the fallen man and his rescuers were never in real danger since another quick-thinking rider notified a dispatcher of the fall and all trains were stopped in the area.
Officials said the man was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with a minor head injury.
MBTA officials said the man who fell told them that he had two drinks after celebrating passing the medical boards and was on his way home waiting for the train.
But he doesn't remember falling onto the subway tracks.


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Wondering if you want to watch Triple H's new movie The Chaperone? Disappointed it's not showing in your local cinema? Just can't wait until it's available on Blu-Ray and DVD? (I don't think you'll be waiting long.) Fear not, dear readers. We've asked our old mate Adam to help fill you in. Enjoy and be warned, there are movie spoilers, just in case that kind of thing is important to you. – Ray
Just as the Great One has made his return to our television screens, the Laugh Twins of the legendary LOL, Wresslin' are blogging about Earth-53 Dry your eyes. This time we're doing it right. This time we're feeling alright.
One of the major benefits of living in large markets (in my case, the largest market) is the fact that everything comes to you. Thus, I had the treat of seeing WWE's latest motion picture, The Chaperone, during its limited (in so many ways) release.
I have seen a few of the WWE films before, but strictly on TV. Both The Marine and The Condemned I caught on cable one day and enjoyed. I streamed Behind Enemy Lines II of Netflix one lonely day and I have plans to do the same for Knucklehead. Hell, I even sat through Wrong Side of Town, which despite not being a WWE film, does star both Rob Van Dam and Batista (!!!).
I have not seen Legendary or Marine 2 because I suppose I have some modicum of dignity, and for whatever reason I am yet to see See No Evil, which I hear is a perfectly competent slasher flick. But a family movie from WWE? Staring none other than Paul "Triple H" Levequez? That I gotta throw my cold hard cash down for! Just look at the poster!
The movie poster should tell you everything you need about the film in 3 seconds. You see a shot of Batman standing like the icon he is? You know it's a badass Batman movie. Two beautiful people in a tender embrace/kiss? Romance. What about a film where someone stands with a quizzical "Oh Brother!" expression? Well that one is a little harder, isn't it? But you know™ what the general rule of thumb is? It'll be stupid.
Now as what can we tell from The Chaperone's poster? We see that there is a school bus with THE CHAPERONE painted one, implying that this will be a school trip the chaperone chaperones. There is a little girl driving a bus with a crack in the wind shield, most likely due to the fact that she shouldn't be driving at all (ergo- hijinx shall be ensuing for our merriment!) Two figures with guns are on top of the roof of the bus, implying that they are chasing something related to the trip that the chaperone is chaperoning. Also, the man on the top left has his nose bandaged and looks a tad haggard, so perhaps he got this expression from the aforementioned hijinx. And of course, the largest figure in the foreground: our assumed protagonist (and since the name above the title is the man in question, it should be a safe assumption for this poster.) He is just taking it all in, as if this is just another day in his hectic life. He also has $300 out of his front pocket, whose purpose cannot be determined from this poster, but it's a safe assumption that the gun toting roof riders are probably involved with that aspect.
So now that we were able to decipher all this information from the poster, the question persists; does this all happen? Well…..kinda.
The trailer should illuminate the plot for those who need more information. I'll allow those of you who haven't seen it yet to take a minute and check it out.
This thing is all over the place. Is it this heartwarming story about a man who spent some years in prison and wants to get to know his daughter? Is it a bank heist movie about ex-cons fighting over money and making it personal by dragging in a determined man's daughter? Is it a movie about kid power and the whacky adventures they get into? Well, yes. It is all these things. It is all these things and less.
Plot Synopsis (Spoilers): So Trips plays Ray "Ray Ray, no Just Call Me Ray" Bradstone, a former wheel man for some bank robbing group in Lafayette, LA. This will be the only mention of the character's name in this review, since what fun is it calling him "Ray" and also the "Ray Ray" thing is a running gag that falls flat the entire movie. The film starts when The Game is about to get released from prison. You know™ he's been in there for a long time because his beard is really long! Anyway, he claims he's a changed man because some radio host (played by a poor man's Kathy Bates, yes that exists) who preaches positive thinking helped him by letting him call into her show all the time. As soon as Trips gets out he is greeted by his former crime partner, Laroux (French for "The Street") played by indie darling Kevin Corrigan. I love it when actors who may not be superstars but have credibility do this blatant paycheck jobs. Either they don't care or the direction is terrible, but they always ham it up. Think Robert Patrick in The Marine or Willem Dafoe in Spider-Man. It's a really a thing to behold.
Anyway, Laroux shows up in Corvette or something because I don't know anything about cars and sorry internet, I guess that makes me teh ghey butt sechs for not being all crazy car boner, but I just don't pay attention to that stuff. Still, it was red and a two seater, so you can probably pick up a Shawna at a tanning salon with it or something. Where was I? Oh, right, The Chaperone. We're only at the first 3 minutes here, folks. So Laroux offers to pick up Hunter, but Triple H is all like "Well I wanna drive because I did that for the gang" and Laroux is like "Sure thing, He Who is That Damn Good!" So he gets out, Blondie takes the wheel, locks the doors and speeds off.
Yes, the ex-con who has totally changed steals a car within 1 minute of being released from prison.
To further cement how he's totally changed, The Leader of Evolution totally transforms into Hunter Hearst Helmsly and goes all clean shaven. Then he shows up at his ex wife's house wanting to see his daughter (who has insane eyebrows, but I won't make fun of her because she's a little kid. Still, she was not very good) and she's all like "I hate my criminal dad" and that's that. HHH then follows her to school and unsurprisingly gets shot down again when he runs into Lisa Simpson's voice actor and get's roped into chaperoning a field trip. Get it? It's like the title of the movie. So yea, he's doing this stuff but he also needs to find a job because he has to prove how he went straight. He goes to an auto body shop and doesn't know what hybrids or smart cars are! He applies to work in kitchen and its all vegan and organic! What happened to the world? Can't criminals who rob banks and then get put in jail for seven years ever catch a break?
Finally, his crappy apartment catches fire and H. Hearst. H just laughs. This is the dialogue (I'm paraphrasing)
Police: Something funny about fires?
HHH: Oh, it's not funny "haha" More of funny in an ironic way. Everything I own was in that apartment.
Police: Oh, I'm sorry man.
HHH: It's ok. Wasn't much anyway.
This is pretty much every scene with HHH in it. He just gets all sentimental and forces depth wherever he can. This will become obnoxious in the numerous "You gotta believe me!" scenes he has with his daughter, or whenever he waxes nostalgic.
Anyway, down on his luck Cerebral Assassin decides to do another bank heist. He'll be the wheel man again. The robbers decide to wear masks which resemble George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleeza Rice (it's funny because the robber is a white man and she's a black woman). Some weird bank teller starts laughing at this conundrum which is probably the only scene that passes for legit comedy in the movie. She also has a call back later in a Stockholm Syndrome scene. During the robbery (which happened to be across the street from his daughter's school on field trip day) HBK's Job Boy decides to quit the robbery. He takes the keys out of the engine, throws them in a bush and walks to the tour bus. When the cops come after the alarm the robbers all flee, the one with the money running towards the bus, gets tripped and the money ends up with the bags for the trip. He then gets hit by a car. I LOL'd. Kevin Corrigan and the other guy on the poster steal a car, crash into a dirty diaper truck, see HHH on the trip bus, and follow him all around New Orleans in search of the money.
This is where HHH starts laying down the law with the kiddos and imparts his prison justice on them. There's one ginger kid who somehow has access to fireworks that really chaps Hunter's ass. They also discuss Sun Tzu's Art of War, which is odd considering how the kid is 13 and clearly a dipshit. Well, the latter sort of makes sense.
HHH knows a lot about dinosaurs, breaks some guys nose in the bathroom while letting them keep their guns, and is finally starting to make some progress with his daughter as he's helping set her up with some boy she likes. He gets permission to take her off schedule and takes her to a CD store which makes her really happy because he's heard of some fake musician named "Kellen Smith" that is like, so deep and NOTHING like Britney and the rest. This scene is stupid, because no 13 year old knows what a CD is, let alone do stores exist for them. I work in the music business and have no idea what a CD is.
The cops find the keys to the get away car and find Mr. Stephanie's prints on them. He's going back in the clink! But first he has to give back Laroux the money, but every time they try to something interferes. Finally they just say "fuck it, let's kidnap his daughter because, yea" and they do that. HHH gets them back, but not before a short fight scene with some hired goons and a near cemetery shootout. Daughter goes back to the school group where Lisa Simpson (she was totally playing an adult Lisa) is all excited that she's ok and she won't get fired because she let an excon on the field trip. Still, Daughter wants to make sure her Daddy who she now wuvs isn't brutally murdered, so somehow some nerdy kid with an iPad is able to track the 1998 King of the Ring's iPhone (yes, they use those words) with some app. Because that exists and Apple is so known for information sharing software. They then cause a diversion with the firecracker ginger Art of War kid, sneak out, steal the bus, and start driving to Mardi Gras Village to save He Who is That Damn Good.
Lisa Simpson is totally getting fired for this.
The kids do some mischief and have headsets that came out of nowhere. They cause a diversion and in the ruckus, The Man Who Held Back Booker T and Rob Van Dam's iPhone falls out, somehow calls that radio show he likes so much (again..how? It's touch sensitive) and they know who the caller is despite not hanging up after 30 seconds of dead noise. They immediately recognize that a crime is going on, call 911 despite not knowing where the call originated from, and the cops come just in time to save the day.
Oh, and The Game's ex-wife (surprisingly not played by Joanie "Chyna-Doll" Laurer) totally dumps her nice new doctor boyfriend to reshack up with the man who "abandoned (her)" and caused "tears for months."
Analysis: As you can see, the trailer was not far off. It strives very very hard to be a touching movie about redemption, but ultimately it fails. Why? Because HHH's character never really changes. We only see him as a good guy, and the one flash back shows him as a loving father. So basically, it was the rest of the world that had to change and accept him. That's not an arc.
As for the bank heist stuff- it's a convenient (and I mean convenient the way everyone just happens to be in the right place) way for the HHH character to prove his love and such. There's very little thrill in it, because again, HHH is constantly in control of the situation. Even when he has a gun pointed at his face there is no danger. I know that's what I should expect, but his ability to manipulate the situations where he should be powerless just take away from any drama. But of course, he is The Game, so what should I expect?
The whacky kid adventure? Outside of the daughter there is actually very little of it. Which is strange, because the theater had about 15 people in it, all composed of little kids (no older than 10), their parents, and 3 assholes in the back who watched it ironically. I think if it was more kid adventure it would have worked better movie. It at least would have been more fun. Sure, it would have had to flesh the kids out more (although there were a bunch and they all got a line here and there for the most part, you can distill them down to 5 archetypes.
1) Daughter who speaks like an adult
2) Daughter's crush who is also mature because he READS BOOKS (but came off more like a kiss ass)
3) Mischief Making Ginger
4) Overachiever who wears a suit when he doesn't have to
5) Prissy Vapid Normal Girl
That was it for the kids, so as you can see, no one is really like that likeable. Hence, why the kid adventure fails. It also fails because of Hunter.
As it stands now, The Chaperone was just a vehicle for HHH to be all Triple H. That is, he was just better than everyone. It even imparted various life lessons from HHH, which is to say, according to this movie, hybrids and organic food is for weak fags, and all kids need some strict discipline.
So who's to blame for this war crime on film? Well, I don't think HHH is blameless, especially given some of the promotion he did for it. I read this one interview at ComingSoon.Net where he said "WWE Studios–I'm not sure how they acquired the script–but they sent a copy of the script to me and I thought it was good, I enjoyed it. It obviously needed some changes or whatever but I enjoyed the script." He's not wrong to say it needed changes, but it's a little bullheaded to state that. Given how he tries to infuse so much melodrama into every other scene, this whole movie sort of rings as a huge Triple H vanity project. Which it is, to an extent. But you don't get taken seriously as an actor (nor as a film studio) if you're essentially just playing yourself. Acting is, after all, the art of becoming another.
Still, he's not the main one to blame. No, the major culprit is one Lynda Vincent. At first I was skeptical of this woman. I thought it was an obvious rib or pseudonym for the McMahon family, but alas, looking at her IMDB page, she has in fact been working in films since 1986 (on such masterpieces (no irony) as Over the Top, License to Drive, and Monster's Ball). And what did she do? Take a look.
Yes, she was the camera loader! It was her fault that this piece of crap got recorded! Now you know where to send your hate mail.
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With the 2-4 Mets six games into the 20-game plateau manager Jerry Manuel defined as fair to evaluate the start of the season, the team begins its first road trip to Colorado and St. Louis, perhaps two of the more unfriendly venues for visitors.
After losing two each to the Marlins and Nationals – teams they should handle at home at least – the mood of the Mets isn't panic as much as it is urgency.
There have been three bad starts by the rotation, a trend that would wear down the bullpen eventually, and no hitting with runners in scoring position.
"It's six games,'' said outfielder Jeff Francoeur. "With that being said, we'd better get it going quick, because we've got some teams coming up that are really, really good.''
Manuel ripped his team for being unprepared – for which he assumed responsibility – and others wondered about the intensity level.
If the Mets are going to get it started, they'll have to do it tonight behind John Maine, he of the 7.20 ERA and slow fastball.
Maine has lost some of the velocity, and worse, some of the movement off his fastball, a byproduct of shoulder problems. He says he's fine, but he still needs to build up strength.
"We'll continue to hope for that,'' Manuel said of Maine building up his shoulder strength. "He's healthy and I don't see why, being free from setbacks and those types of things, we won't see that at some point.''
Maine is 2-1 with a 2.66 ERA in three starts versus the Rockies, so there's some reason for optimism.
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Travelling back from a funeral with three other oldies, I was shocked by their unreasoned beliefs about Brexit.
Boil your kettle every night at 8:30 pm. Get the attention of Parliament and our government, wherever you live. Make politics and our politicians change their ways. Make us proud again.
I tend to avoid the Brexit and Bremain rudeness because idiocy, whatever your stripe, is idiocy. It's time to stand up and be counted.
We'd be insane to do anything more, just now, than pull Article 50 and start again… if we must.
IMAGINE BREXIT PLANNED by a raven or a great ape, could it be any worse than what we experience now?
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... and Intel officially jumps into the TV or set top box business too
Subject: General Tech | February 13, 2013 - 12:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Intel, tv, intel media, imagination, PowerVR, intel tv
Ryan spotted prototype Intel TV hardware at CES in the Imagination suite and today Intel Media's Erik Huggers has confirmed that Intel will be producing some sort of set top box or TV for sale in the near future. It will likely be in partnership with Imagination and their PowerVR technology and might possibly be tied to the new NUC that Intel released recently and which would fit the definition of set top box, plus keep your cat nice and warm. While The Inquirer did get confirmation that Intel will release hardware to compete with Apple and Google before the end of the year but they would not specify exactly what that hardware would be. They plan to set themselves apart from NetFlix and other content streamers by offering live TV streams which will probably not make them popular with established cable or satellite proveders but with Intel's deep pockets and the possiblity of personalized advertising they could well steal customers away.
"CHIPMAKER Intel has confirmed that it is working on hardware to stream live and on-demand content to televisions in 2013."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel outs caching software for 910 series SSDs @ The Inquirer
- iFixit tears down the Surface Pro @ The Inquirer
- Apple iWatch could be used as smartphone 'support' tool @ Kitguru
- TECH LOVERS competition with Seasonic and Sapphire @ Kitguru
Details about a possible upcoming Intel TV service, Intel Media
Subject: General Tech | January 1, 2013 - 03:34 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: tv, intel tv, intel media, Intel, google tv, CES, apple tv
How's this to set off your 2013 tech news? According to multiple reports and this rather lengthy one from GigaOm, Intel has a new division called Intel Media that is planning on launching a TV service this year. While it apparently will not be ready to show off at CES next week, "knowledgeable sources" make the GigaOm author quite confident that it will happen in the March time frame.
Running much like a stealth startup rather than the multi-billion dollar corporate entity that it is, a new division called Intel Media has been working on an Intel TV service that aims to beat Google and Apple to the goal of an on-demand, a-la-carte video. Running under a separate board of directors headed by Intel CEO Paul Otellini and content lead Eric Free among others, Intel Media has lofty goals.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini is pushing services on his way out
The base for this service will be an Intel produced and branded set top box that will be sold online and through retailers like Best Buy. Maybe something like the Intel Next Unit of Computing we tested in December? But Intel also plans to have access to the service on any screen including PCs, laptops, tablets and mobile devices. The GigaOm story didn't mention if this would run on iOS and Android devices but if the service is to stand a chance, it had better.
Building hardware is easy; the real challenge is in convincing content creators and owners to license the video for an "access anywhere" mindset. Even Apple hasn't been able to accomplish that and I would dare say they have more industry clout with media companies than Intel.
That will likely include an ambitious licensing play to secure content across all of these devices. Intel's set-top box will offer access to third-party apps, but also TV content licensed by Intel — something that has been one of the key challenges of the project. Reuters and the Wall Street Journal detailed earlier this year how the company wanted to secure the right to stream individual TV channels over the internet, and Forbes reported this weekend that it will offer consumers the ability to subscribe to individual channels, as opposed to a big and expensive cable bundle.
Intel's desire to develop this service area isn't unexpected as the company has been wanting to get away from being known only as a "chip manufacturer" and move to a "platform provider." It's just hard to see what Intel will be able to do so much better than what Apple has done with the Apple TV or what Google did with the Google TV platforms. Intel has no successful operating system and would either have to go with a Windows platform (expensive), Android (what would stop other people for duplicating it) or something custom (not a good track record).
There are a lot more questions about what Intel Media is or could become than we have information to address. But Intel is hoping that the executive team they have assembled will have those answers. Personnel includes Erik Huggers who led the BBC iPlayer, Sean Ludick from Jawbone, Courtnee Westendorf who handled global marketing for Apple and several more. Intel wants to be prepared for a world that cares less about the silicon that powers devices and more about the software and services on those devices.
The goal of getting individual channels of live television and on-demand content without the need for huge cable and satellite bills is the goal of a modern media consumption society but there are very large organizations that would like to prevent it from happening. If Intel does in fact have the answer then I will be among the first to stand up and applaud (and pre-order). If we are merely getting an Android powered version of the AppleTV with Netflix and Amazon Prime streaming video, I'll pass.
Google TV had a lot of lofty goals and promise as well...
There is a lot more information and speculation on this Intel Media directive on the source GigaOm article, and I encourage you all to check it out. Personally I don't see how this could be successful without a dramatic shift from the other software moves that Intel has made in recent years. Remember AppUp? How about MeeGo? Exactly my point. It is understandable for a company as large as Intel to want to branch out and look for new growth opportunities but they have yet to prove they are capable of doing so successfully. And many would implore Intel to stay focused on the technology...
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The photon is the ultimate unit of information because it packages data in a signal of zero mass and has unmatched speed. The power of light is driving the photonicrevolution, and information technologies, which were formerly entirely electronic, are increasingly enlisting light to communicate and provide intelligent control. Plasmonic nanostructures can act as nanoantennae and thus serve as optical couplers across the nano–micro interface. Plasmonic nanophotonics promises to create entirely new prospects for guiding light on the nanoscale, some of which may have revolutionary impact on present-day optical technologies.
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Vladimir M. Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, specializes in nanophotonicsand plasmonicnanomaterials. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He earned a doctoral degree in physics and mathematics in 1983 and a master's degree in physics, with highest distinction, in 1979, both from the Krasnoyarsk State University in Russia. Shalaev, who came to Purdue in 2001, was the George W. Gardiner Professor of Physics at New Mexico State University. He previously taughtand conducted researchat the Krasnoyarsk State University and University of Toronto. Shalaevalso was a Humboldt Foundation Fellow at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He authored and edited 4 books, published 14 invited book chapters, and over 200 research papers. Dr. Shalaevis a co-editor of the Elsevier Book series "Advances in Nano-Optics & Nano-Photonics,"co-editor of Applied Physics B -Lasers and Optics, editor of J. of Optical Society of America, and a chair of a topical group "Photonic Metamaterials" of the OSA.
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'Metallica: Through the Never' review: It rocks
Metallica: Through the Never
Concert film. Directed by Nimród Antal. With James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Dane DeHaan. (Rated R. 92 minutes.)
As a purely kinetic experience, it's hard to beat "Metallica: Through the Never." The film plunks the audience squarely onstage for a jet-fueled concert by the heavy-metal kings, and it's shown in Imax 3-D to boot, which means we're really onstage.
The performance footage was shot over several nights during the Canadian leg of the band's 2012 tour. The show was a megawatt spectacle designed by the late Mark Fisher, who also created extravagant sets for Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and other rock royalty.
The huge stage used during this concert-in-the-round is actually an outsize video screen - perfect for the kind of macabre images evoked by the group's music. A dazzling array of props also emerges from the platform, including a graveyard-like field of crosses and a gigantic statue of blind justice. The air explodes with laser beams and fireworks.
Part of the show is designed to suggest that some catastrophe is taking place outside the arena and disrupting the onstage activities. Throughout, there's so much going on that the producers say they employed as many as 24 cameras at one time.
These guys are masters at inflaming their fans, even though they are virtually working in isolation here, playing to different sections of the crowd from parts of the stage separated by many yards. But that doesn't deter them from presenting maximum-energy versions of songs takes from throughout their three-decade career, including "Master of Puppets," "Enter Sandman" and "Hit the Lights."
Considerably less successful are fantasy sequences laced throughout, starring Dane DeHaan ("The Place Beyond the Pines"). He plays a roadie named Trip who just wants to watch the show but is sent out on a mysterious assignment. He wanders deserted city streets full of riot cops, rebellious youngsters (shades of the Occupy movement) and mass executions, and is chased by a death-dealing figure on horseback. All this may or may not be related to the catastrophe that threatens the show.
This sort-of narrative is probably meant by director Nimród Antal ("Predators") to provide breaks from the high-intensity performance segments, but it's knucklehead stuff, even in the metal context.
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