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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (US - BD RA)
Gabe marvels at Amy Adams in those tight riding pants. There's a movie too
Two years after his first adventure as a night watchman Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) returns to the Smithsonian as the successful founder of Daley Devices. The now rich Daley discovers that his magical friends are about to be replaced by interactive holograms, and while in storage they won't be able to come back to life anymore. To make matters worse evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) has discovered the power of his brother's magical tablet, and wants it for his own. Kahmunrah cannot use the tablet to open the door to the underworld without the proper code, and orders Larry to help him. With the help of an animated wax Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) Larry must find the code and a way to beat Kahmunrah and his minions, before his friend Jedediah (Owen Wilson) drowns in the Pharaoh's hourglass.
Based on the pieces of Night at the Museum I caught on television over the last couple of years I think I can safely say that Battle of the Smithsonian falls under the 'more of the same, just bigger' category of movie sequels. I'm struggling to think of a situation where this approach worked for a sequel outside of the slasher genre. Perhaps there are character development intricacies non-fans would miss. Something must have worked, because both films were theatrical hits. I'm not sure why audiences flocked to either installment. The cast is surely impressive, but I find it hard to believe any of them sell a movie like this. Is it the Chris Columbus tone? Do audiences still like that stuff? Are we still into divorced parent guilt-trips, and morals about capitalistic success? Or is it the special effects? Historically speaking effects-heavy comedies are largely monetarily unsuccessful these days, so if it is the effects I'm impressed by the reception. Apparently Night at the Museum was a perfect storm of elements, and this sequel rode some pretty large coattails.
The 'only bigger' part leads this new film into realms of action and humour, and had the films been released about two decades ago (an era it would've fit more snuggly into, as far as I'm concerned) I'm sure this would lead to a popular Saturday morning cartoon series. Actually, that's probably were the concept belongs. It'd make a great piece of weekly edu-tainment for kids. I'm assuming that these films drum up interest in the museums, but they aren't particularly educational, and the jokes made at the expense of the historical figures are so broad I'm pretty sure the wee viewers aren't learning a whole lot. But that's all there is to offer in terms of a sequel, cosmetic additions, and more 'stuff'. There's no real narrative or character drive behind the script beyond the broadest moral issues. The comedy can grow a bit grating, but works pretty well when the actors are let loose to bounce off each other in an improvisational manner. The plot, as it were, acts mostly as glue between these sketch-like vignettes, which mostly amuse thanks to the efforts of the inarguably talented cast, which this time around is aided incredibly by the largely effortless Amy Adams, and a sleepwalking Hank Azaria.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian might not be a very good film, but it's new, and expensive, so it looks good in 1080p high definition. The film is colourful, stirred heavily with digital effects, and the concept leads to many intricate details. The DVD copy that comes with the disc (and a Digital Copy) is nearly as colourful when up-converted, but the detail levels don't compare at all, and the DVD's attempts at sharpening leads to all kinds of edge-enhancement. On Blu-ray fans can enjoy all kinds of garment threads and trinkets. The micro scaled stuff is especially sharp, like the sand that buries Owen Wilson, and the grass that Steve Coogan attempts to surmount. It's not all sunshine and rainbows; there is a constant and consistent fine grain over the whole transfer, which dances with enough intent to draw attention. The really colourful middle and background elements bleed a hair, and feature some slight enhancement. When not being slightly affected by the constant grain the transfers colours are full bodied, and exhibit very little digital noise. The reds are especially bright and pure, while the blues and yellows pop well against each other.
Battle of the Smithsonian features a varied cornucopia of sound effects, from the epic and loud, to the subtle and small, and they sound pretty fantastic in uncompressed DTS-HD Master Audio. Things are always busy, but there are definitely stand-out moments, such as the Museum of Art sequences, many of which wouldn't work without the effects, specifically the Thinker, which would appear cartoony, doughy and weightless without the added creak of old metal. The Air and Space Museum scene will rock your system the most aggressively, specifically when all the jets, rockets, and planes turn on and rev up. The climatic battle is probably the busiest aural sequence, and features the largest variety of elements. The dialogue track is clean and centered, featuring some minor background noise inconsistencies here and there when the music is cut in favour of a long winded improv gag. Abe Lincoln's voice is especially loud throughout all three front channels without any distortion. Alan Silvestri's score is big and brassy on the track, running the musical gamut from quirky, cartoony bits, to full bore action cues, brimming with big drums and moaning choruses. The score is used to dynamically comedic effect throughout the film when it comes to the ongoing joke of some of the characters' minute scale.
The extras start with two commentary tracks. The first track features director/producer Shawn Levy solo. Levy runs things down more from a producer's standpoint, focusing on what went in to making the film a 'worthwhile' sequel. He's plenty cordial and informative, but he also sounds like he's selling us the film, rather than dealing with the usual director's concerns. The second features writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. The writers, who are most well known for their work as writers and stars of Reno 911!, are reasonably focused, and probably not as funny as their fans may be anticipating. In fact, they're strangely intent in talking about technical aspects of filmmaking. The disc also comes fitted with a 'Scavenger Hunt Mode', which features an easy and hard option. The viewer is expected to press the corresponding coloured button on their remote when certain items appear. A branching or pop-up historical factoid track would've served the disc better (that's right, I'm still harping on the lack of educational content).
'The Curators of Comedy' (27:50, HD) is your basic making-of featurette, which creeps just beyond the usual confines of an EPK. Cast and crew interviews are set to behind the scenes footage, and choice bits from the film. Everyone lies, and pretends they're making something special, rather than something for the pay check. Come on Azaria, it was for the paycheque, admit it. The size of the sets is genuinely awe-inspiring. 'Historical Confessions: Famous Last Words' (06:30, HD) is a brief piece in which the actors say something in character about their historical relevance. 'Directing 201' (19:20, HD) follows director/producer Levy for a day, and introduces us to all his co-workers. Levy appears a very efficient worker. 'Museum Magic' (05:40, HD) is a quick look at the production behind the scene where Stiller and Adams enter the famous VJ Day photograph. 'Secret Doors and Scientists' (16:00, HD) is a genuine look at the real Smithsonian. Frankly the disc could use more of this.
The featurettes get shorter and sillier, starting with 'Caveman Conversations' (04:20, HD) is an obnoxious bit of grunting from the actors playing the Neanderthals. 'Phinding Pharaoh' (04:50, HD) briefly looks at Hank Azaria's camera tests, which crafted the character into something a little less common. This is followed by three 'Show Me the Monkey' featurettes, 'Monkey Business' (05:00, HD), 'Primate Prima Donnas' (06:30, HD) and 'The Secret Life of a Monkey Star' (06:30, HD). 'The Jonas Brothers in Cherub Bootcamp' (03:50, HD) is a joke featurette where Levy tortures the popular musicians with direction. 'Gangster Levy' (02:00, HD) is a bit of footage that plays in the background of the film, staring the director and first AD. The disc also houses twelve deleted/extended scenes with optional director's commentary (26:40, HD), including an alternate ending, a blooper reel (08:10, HD), a Fox Movie Channel 'Making a Scene' featurette (09:30, SD), and 'World Premiere' (05:30, SD), along with a series of Fox trailers.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian sneaks by badness thanks to a really great cast, but it's really just a revamp of the original film. It's about as thematically impressive a sequel as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. People that liked the original and wanted more of the same will be happy (I'm not one to judge, I own all the Friday the 13th sequels). The Blu-ray disc sounds perfect, and minor, nit-picking quibbles aren't enough to really complain about the 1080p video quality either (at the very least one can see Adams in those wonderful riding pants). The extras could use a bit more educational material for the kids, but are among the better EPK pieces you're likely to sit through.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Yeah, I could agree that the first film is better, but I enjoyed it. I actually got this through Amazon along with Star Trek on BD.
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And no pics of said riding pants?
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st December 2009
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, French and Portuguese
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Catonese, Mandarin, Portuguese
Extras: Director Commentary, Writers Commentary, Scavenger Hunt Game, Curators of Comedy, Phinding Pharoah, Cherub Bootcamp, Historical Confessions, Museum Magic, Caveman Conversations, Monkey Mischief, Deleted and Extended Scenes, Bloopers, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest
Genre: Adventure, Comedy and Family
Length: 104 minutes
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Who would have thought the demise of our Constitution would be brought about by the government taking on a rodeo clown, wearing a mask to look like President Barack Obama?
Freedom of speech for all of us just went down the drain. Who or what next will it be? Our guns or our right to trial by a jury of our peers?
Do people not know the Constitution was written in a way to protect the citizens from a heavy-handed government, not to protect the government from the people.
If this man is not able to continue as a rodeo clown or loses his regular job over a joke — yes, a joke about a president, who is not and should not be thought of as better than any other citizen of the United States — then our country, as we know it, is gone.
The investigation called for (by the NAACP) should be investigating the people demanding the investigation, not the rodeo clown.

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Dorm (US - DVD R1)
Gabe is so relieved that the film doesn't feature a ghost girl he gives it a pass...
Chatree has been transferred to an all-boys boarding school against his will. Chatree is bullied by his peers with ghost stories, the headmistress is cold towards him, and he has no friends or family to confide in. Eventually he befriends another social outcast named Wichien. They become fast friends and things look bright, until the day he finds that his new friend has a deep dark secret.
I really don't set out to be bored by the uncannily similar Asian horror features I get from Tartan every month, but they really start to burn a guy out after a while. Dorm was a relief. It doesn't follow all the post- Ringu specifics to the point of boredom. Whew.
This isn't to say the film is terribly original, but it's an effective enough mix of non-Asian ghost story standbys. There are a few obvious choices when drawing parallels to other films. There's Suspiria, which isn't the first film to depict the trials and tribulations of dormitory life, but as far as I know it was the first to stick traditional horror into the mix (feel free to prove me wrong). The non-horror stuff is the usual mix of Stephen King coming of age tale and a less upsetting version of Lord of the Flies, with boys being boys, some of it genuinely funny. It's good to know that school life sucks no matter what country you grow up in.
Stylistically the film has a European and American laced flavour, though it's still content to exploit plenty of the Asian horror film mainstays like water, white irises, and crashing musical cues during jump scares (I swear these films even use the same chord). At its best it feels a bit like Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone, minus the subtext, or The Sixth Sense, minus the novelty.
One thing Dorm does better than the majority of ghost stories I've seen (Asian based or otherwise) is capture that creepy crawly, pit of your stomach kind of fear most children experience when they're forced to visit a dark bathroom in the middle of the night, or any other similarly traumatizing everyday experience. I'm so jaded by horror features at this point the feeling didn't really stick with me, but the susceptible will likely be shivering for quite some time after the scary scene has subsided.
I appreciate the film's structure, which often feels like a series of set-pieces (like Suspiria, I'm not going to kid myself), but ends up being an organically unravelling story. This is what's needed to keep the genre from continuing to stagnate.
What the genre doesn't need is a slow-motion, Thai-pop sequence. When the threat is softened the whole tale takes too strong a detour into the whole '80s coming-of-age tale territory. I liked that I was surprised by the film's later half tone, but I was also enjoying the fact that I was genuinely creeped out by the scary stuff. If Tartan hadn't presented the flick as a horror flick the film's real feel would've been easier to accept. As a fantasy/drama with some horror overtones, Dorm is mostly a success, though it has a habit of getting a little too sickly sweet.
Dorm is a pretty classy looking flick, but it's so dark in parts sometimes it's hard to tell what's going on. The DVD has decent highlights, but as you can probably tell from my screen caps, it's still a little hard to discern some of the detail. The details that appear in well lit areas are sharp, though some of the brighter colours bleed a bit. The blacks are deep, and even in the dark scene grain and noise is surprisingly minimal. Edge enhancement is a bit of an issue, but mostly ignorable.
Tartan Asia Extreme releases always feature decent DTS tracks, but this is the first in a long time to blow me away. The track is very subtle, and the occasional accent mark is very sharp. The spatial representation of the film's ghostly world is spot on. Directional effects are, again, subtle for the most part, but at certain points uncannily convincing. Everything is clear, without noticeable distortion, and lip-sync is never off (unlike some other recent Tartan releases).
Tartan Asia Extreme is pretty predictable, and these extras don't surprise too much. First up is the director/actor commentary, oops, make that director/journalist commentary (a little typo on Tartan's part). Director Songyos Sugmakanan is joined by two Thai film journalists, and the track is lively and informative. The presence of film critics helps keep things focused and moving. My favourite bit is when the director gets to talk about his film within a film, which is a Thai remake of Mr. Vampire. The footage is convincing enough that I thought it was just a Thai rip-off the crew had discovered.
There are two very brief behind the scenes featurettes. One is made-up of raw footage, and simply runs its course without any explanation. The other appears to be either a made for TV special or an EPK. It's fluffy, featuring interviews with cast and director, and it moves along at an unbelievably fast pace. It does explain some of the raw footage from the other featurette. Another featurette, narrated by the director, covers the making of the film's chief special effects sequence. Like the raw footage, it is strangely cropped within a graphic, making it appear about two thirds the size of the screen.
The deleted scenes feature a commentary track with the director, who gives a bunch of good reasons for his editing. Most of the scenes were erased because they feature too much unnecessary background information about the lead character. Sugmakanan is wise to keep the film moving during these crucial scenes.
There is another interview selection that focuses more directly on character introductions. It appears to have been made as part of an EPK. The disc is finished by a series of Tartan Asia Extreme trailers.
In the end Dorm isn't really a horror film at all, it's Stand By Me meets the last act of The Sixth Sense. It's not particularly innovative, and it gets pretty sappy, but it isn't another Ringu rip-off, and that counts for a whole lot. The scary scenes are genuinely scary, but not the point of the film. I can't recommend Dorm to discriminating horror fanatics, but urge fans of '80s adventurous kids flicks to give it a shot.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I've heard good things about this and still have it in my netflix queue.
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I would have thought you would have given it a much higher ranking but 6/10 aint half bad
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Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd May 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 Thai, Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai
Subtitles: English
Extras: Director/Critic Commentary, The Making of Dorm, Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes, Below the Pool, Character Intros, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Songyos Sugmakanan
Cast: Chalee Trairat, Nipawan Thaveepornsawand, Jintara Sugapat, Sirachuch Chienthaworn, Suttipong Tudpitakkul
Genre: Drama
Length: 111 minutes
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NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has moved to suspend former minister Eric Roozendaal from the ALP over "serious and unresolved" corruption allegations over how he was supplied with a new car at a $10,000 discount.
Mr Robertson on Wednesday wrote to the party's NSW general secretary Sam Dastyari, asking that the backbencher be suspended from the party pending findings of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation.
The former treasurer and roads minister has been accused of being the beneficiary of a 2007 "scam" in which he received a new Honda CRV at $10,800 less than its real value, in return for political favours for Labor colleague Eddie Obeid and his family.
"I expect that Mr Roozendaal will continue to serve in the Legislative Council and vote with the ALP in accordance with party rules - however, it is not appropriate for him to attend or participate in caucus meetings or decisions as long as the suspension is in place," Mr Robertson wrote.
"This suspension is not intended to prejudice the findings of the ICAC. However a number of serious and as yet unresolved allegations have been raised in public hearings over the past week."
A decision by the party is expected within the next 24 hours but this is understood to be a formality.
The ICAC will not finalise its investigation into Mr Roozendaal until the middle of next year, after the completion of two further inquiries into mining decisions made by disgraced former Labor minister Ian Macdonald.
Mr Roozendaal told AAP he would not be commenting on the moves to suspend him from the party.
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In my clinical practice I have seen everything from widespread issues such as anxiety, insomnia, and menstrual regularities to deep seated chronic conditions like lupus, cancer, and viral hepatitis to more acute and first aid type situations that include punctures, head wounds, and blunt trauma. I'm interested in all the ways in which the body can work and heal, but I admit an overriding fascination with first aid.
One thing I like about first aid is that it calls on me to adapt quickly to the situation, and get good, clear results. Certainly I like those kinds of results in any case, but in first aid it's incredibly important that treatment be effective and quick. Hesitation or lack of skill can mean increased harm to someone, especially if they're looking to you for care in an emergency situation. I enjoy this challenge, and also find I my learning increases very rapidly in cases where I am able to see results (or lack thereof) right there and then. Longer term healing results in first aid situations are also very helpful, but when someone is bleeding, running the risk of a serious infection, or has lost their mobility through an acute joint injury, we also need to see more immediate results.
First aid is also probably where I've seen many herbalists struggle. We're rarely trained to act in the quick, efficient, and precise manner necessary not only for treatment, but perhaps more importantly, for triage and figuring out whether you should be tending the person yourself, getting them immediately into conventional medical care, or something in between. Knowing what herb (or not) to use is only one small piece of the equation, with keeping a cool head, good assessment skills, and other basic emergency medical training often being even more important.
Almost every year at the Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous, Wolf and I have worked hard to make sure there's at least one first aid or medic type class, because we believe these skills are crucial to those providing care to their family and communities. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to travel to attend a conference, medic training, or similar event. I also encourage folks to attend CPR classes, and even EMT training. Ideally, we then get to study with another herbalist who has hands-on experience in first aid and is willing to let us observe, hopefully while explaining the craft to us. It's unfortunate then, that right now, these kind of opportunities can be difficult for many of us to come by.
With all that said then, you'll understand why I was so incredibly excited when I first heard that John Gallagher of Learningherbs.com was collaborating with my dear friend and herbal mentor, 7Song, to create an online multimedia course focused specifically on first aid! 7Song has had extensive experience in first aid, both in the U.S., and internationally, including situations of mass water contamination, food poisoning, severe wounds and infections, and much more. Using a well integrated blend of conventional medical skills and herbal knowledge, he has a huge amount to offer anyone interested in furthering their understanding of acute care and first aid. He's even spent decades doing medic work at the Rainbow Gatherings, gatherings of around ten thousand people in remote areas with scant medical care. There, he's treated countless folks for free, his work often entirely funded by his own wallet and donations. He even brings students from his Northeast School of Botanical Medicine to train further generations in these important skills. Lucky students!
To top it off, John is being his usual generous self, and giving away significant amounts of material, starting right now, with a free video of 7Song at Rainbow! 7Song has never allowed his work there to be filmed before, so this is a great treat to those of us who haven't been able to attend and work with 7Song. No matter what your experience level, I suggest you check this out. Even if you've been practicing herbalism for decades, you will likely learn a great deal from 7Song!
Even better, there will be more videos from 7Song teaching practical first aid later this week.
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I think this captured 7 songs altruistic and most capable approach to Herbal first aid and the need for it in the community. (Most probably more so in the future as the system is likely breaking down). I have great, great respect for Seven Song's knowledge and his willingness to share it.I do believe this interview communicates that well.
I did this amazing online multimedia programme thru Herbmentor w/7Song and it proved to be a truly remarkable, inspiring experience. If this is ever offered again I highly recommend it to any level in the learning herb curve. I am such a novice in the world of herbs and was reluctant to enroll however, I learned so much thru 7Song and was also inspired to expand into the world of botany which really does go leaf in leaf with each other. The amount of information gained in this programme was beyond generous. Kiva, thank you for everything you do here.


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'Sharknado 2' premieres on Syfy in 2014
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Which city will be attacked by flying sharks next? New York City! Following the spectacular worldwide social media frenzy around the July 11 premiere of "Sharknado," Syfy has announced it will produce "Sharknado 2."
"Sharknado 2" (working title), which will again be produced by The Asylum, is scheduled to premiere on Syfy in 2014.
Syfy also announced a special Twitter contest to help name the movie with an appropriate subtitle. Fans will be able to tweet their subtitle to @SyfyMovies using #Sharknado. Syfy will select the best submission as the subtitle for "Sharknado 2."
In making the announcement, Thomas Vitale, executive vice president, programming and original movies for Syfy, said: "Every once in a while, there is a perfect storm - on television. The fans are clamoring for a sequel. Or perhaps it will be a prequel. What we can guarantee is that 'Sharknado 2' will be lots of fun. We'll be announcing more details very soon. But we didn't want our fans to worry they wouldn't get their fill of more shark fin, I mean, fun next year."
In "Sharknado," regulars of a beachside bar including owner Fin (Ian Ziering/"Beverly Hills 90210"), bartender Nova (Cassie Scerbo/"Make It Or Break It") and local drunk George (John Heard/"Home Alone") team up with Fin's ex-wife April (Tara Reid/"Scrubs") to investigate the ecological nightmare that has sharks swimming through the streets of Los Angeles and falling from the skies.


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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Crashed Roswell Flying Saucer(s)? Not so fast...
Paul Kimball has addressed the "crashed flying saucer" scenario of Roswell several times, most recently during a Kevin Smith radio show (Wednesday, 4/15/11) and at his blog, The Other Side of Truth.
Mr. Kimball's thesis, if we understand him correctly, is that it seems unlikely that hypothetical extraterrestrial beings, able to traverse vast reaches of the Universe, time, or other dimensions would end up crashed on Earth (near Roswell) because of a mishap.
Kimball's view makes sense, and counters the idea posed by Anthony Bragalia (here at this blog, just below) and ourselves (also here and elsewhere) that an unfortunate confluence of events brought down a flying disk that was recovered, perhaps, at or near Roswell.
Indeed, how could an interstellar ship escape all the dynamic vicissitudes of the Universe and then end up on the desert ground of New Mexico?
Mr. Bragalia presents a well-reasoned explanation in his blog posting (below), but his conjecture flies in the face of Mr. Kimball's contrary assessment.
One can suggest that extraterrestrial beings may have come from a planet or world where such things as lightning, radar, or meteorological maelstroms do not exist and they encountered an environment that was totally foreign to them.
(This begs the question, of course, about their reconnoitering acumen or preliminary evaluation of Earth.)
Time travelers would know about Earth's weather patterns or its radar facilities.
Inter-dimensional travelers, on the other hand, would not, and may come from a dimensional existence that has physics totally different from ours.
Visitors from galaxies far, far away would hardly make such frequent stops at Earth, letting all the other wonders of the Universe go unvisited, as we've argued elsewhere.
And if they should make Earth a continual stopping point, would they do so in craft so flimsy that crashes are an inevitability?
Mr. Kimball adopts the reasonable view, but does accept the possibility of a (Mac Tonnies) crypto-terrestrial crash.
We accept that something unusual happened near Roswell in 1947, something possibly extraterrestrial or, more reasonably (for us), something involving Earth's military arm, such as a test flight gone wrong or a missile/balloon mishap that has become configured by a contrived extraterrestrial mythology, engineered by the likes of guys named Schmitt, Moore, Friedman, Randle, Berlitz, et al.
Either way, Paul Kimball's assessment that a crash of an advanced extraterrestrial craft seems highly improbable, and unlikely goes to common sense which is in short supply amongst UFO aficionados
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It's official: the world's biggest retailer will be invading the eastern edge of downtown Sarasota.
Whether that is good or bad probably depends on what an existing merchant sells. Some stores will be in direct competition with the big Arkansas-based conglomerate, while others may simply get a boost from the increased traffic Walmart's Supercenter is expected to bring.
Last week, city planners approved plans for the 98,000-square-foot Supercenter at the near-derelict Ringling Shopping Plaza, which Publix Super Markets vacated last year.
Walmart is expected to raze the existing center for its store, which will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Under Sarasota's zoning code, City Planning Board approval represented the final legislative hoop for the discount retailer, which expects to open its new store in about a year.
While half the size of most of the Walmart's typical Supercenters, the Ringling store will nonetheless loom large in its neighborhood in downtown Sarasota — where barber shops, laundromats and diners fill narrow strip centers along Ringling Boulevard and Lime Avenue — and perhaps beyond.
Though Walmart will be selling toys 1.1 miles away from her Toy Lab store on Main Street, and the chain's discount prices have made it a so-called "category killer," that often puts competitors out of business, Toy Lab owner Lynn Archibald says she is not worried.
When a Walmart store opened in 2006 on the west side of Chicago, for instance, toy stores and other nearby businesses within four miles suffered, according to a study by the Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago.
"The relationship to distance was particularly strong for establishments in electronics, toys, office supplies, general merchandise, hardware, home furnishings and drugs," the study found.
"It is a different experience," said Archibald, at her store crammed with simple wooden toys to "screaming flying monkeys."
"This is Main Street and that is a box store," she said of Walmart.
"The little man can stay alive if he is good at it," said Archibald, who admits that she and her husband are Walmart fans. "It enables a lot of people to have things they otherwise could not have."
Faring much better in the Loyola study were apparel stores, shoe stores, sporting goods and children's stores, researchers said.
By entering the urban core, Wal-Mart Stores is following a well-defined new path, says John Fleming, spokesman for the Florida Retail Federation.
"For a long time, retailers were following the customers out to the suburbs. As people have started to come back into cities, retailers have started to relocate there," Fleming said. "So in general, it is a good thing. We are starting to see investment coming back."
Fleming passed on the question of whether the move will be good or bad for other merchants, saying it would be impossible to answer without knowing the exact circumstances.
A litmus test?
If proximity is the key, then the aging Colonial Village shopping center at Lime Avenue and Fruitville Road — anchored by a Save-A-Lot discount grocery — might be the litmus test.
Like the grocery store portion of the new Walmart, Save-A-Lot specializes in providing food bargains. That could put it in direct competition with the Supercenter a year from now.
A Save-A-Lot manager referred questions to a district manager, who could not be reached for comment.
But neighboring shop owners did not seem worried about losing their anchor.
Toni Bevier, whose family runs the Silver Star Restaurant a few doors south of Save-A-Lot, said the anchor's strength is fresh fruit and vegetables, which should help it cope with the competition.
Her co-workers, including her husband and chief chef Doug Bevier, insist on her buying certain produce at the Save-A-Lot.
"The pineapple is yummy. The avocados, we love them," Toni Bevier said. "I would die if they had to shut down. That would be a heart-breaker."
For her part, she thinks Walmart will be a boon for business at the Silver Star, which already is doing a brisk breakfast-and-lunch business.
"My motto here is once I get them through the door, they always come back," Bevier said.
Also benefitting from proximity to the Save-A-Lot is "The Corner Hair Stylist," owned by Rebeca Ortiz.
Like Ortiz, Bevier is a personal fan of Walmart and its low prices, and she is equally optimistic about the impact on her business once the retail behemoth arrives. Ortiz spins the scenario of a husband dropping his wife off at the Supercenter and thinking, "'My wife is in shopping, and I will get my haircut here,'" she said.
One of Ortiz's regular customers, 35-year Sarasota resident Ernie Rayburn, also is happy about the new Walmart store. He now drives to either Sweetbay or a Publix on U.S. 41, which requires traversing several big and busy intersections.
"I'll get over here at least three times faster than the Sweetbay," Rayburn said, adding that other customers will probably perceive the same benefits. "They'll be there not only for the groceries but all the other stuff."
The Rev. Jerome Dupree, a former Sarasota city commissioner and mayor who was heading into the Save-A-Lot on Monday, said he thinks his favorite grocery can handle the competition.
"I like this store because you get some marvelous bargains," Dupree said, noting a six-pack of Salisbury steaks for "two dollars and something."
"You buy some mashed potatoes and vegetables and you can feed a whole family for five dollars."
'Traffic on Lime'
For Barbara Barone, who sells books — and used books, to boot — the new Supercenter can mean only good things for the area and her business.
Barone bases that assessment on the idea that Walmart is unlikely to get into the used books business anytime soon.
As a result, her Brant's Books — at 429 North Lime Ave., a few blocks due north of the future Supercenter — will benefit by a pickup in customer traffic.
She also figures that Lime Avenue, which has its own stoplight at Ringling Boulevard north of the Walmart parcel, will help put her store on drivers' mental maps.
"For me, it's a good thing," Barone said. "The benefit for me is more traffic on Lime."
But standing in the Colonial Plaza parking lot a little later, Dupree grew reflective.
"Sometimes we build too much of the same thing," he said. "I'm thinking this might be one of those cases."
Walmart Supercenter coming to downtown Sarasota
It's official: the world's biggest retailer will be invading the eastern edge of downtown Sarasota.


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U.S. should fight UN Web oversight, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON - The United States should intensify efforts to prevent governments from exerting control over the Internet after a United Nations conference increased countries' ability to regulate Web traffic, a regulator said.
"The Internet is quite simply under assault," Robert McDowell, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, said Tuesday at a joint hearing by three House subcommittees.
Supporters of international control of the Internet are "patient and persistent incrementalists who will never relent until their ends are achieved," he said.
The U.S. and other nations refused to sign a revised telecommunications treaty at a UN conference in Dubai in December, saying new provisions could allow Internet regulation and censorship by governments. Technology companies including Google Inc., owner of the world's largest Internet search engine, also opposed the changes.
The final pact seeks to give governments the ability to block Internet spam and inspect the content of online messages to determine if they can be blocked to solve "network congestion" issues, David Gross, a member of the U.S. delegation to the conference, said in testimony. Gross is an attorney with the law firm of Wiley Rein in Washington and a former State Department official.
House lawmakers are considering draft legislation making it U.S. policy to promote a "global Internet free from government control," and advance the current decentralized "multi- stakeholder" model of Web governance by technical groups such as the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The bill is similar to a non-binding resolution that passed both houses of Congress before the Dubai conference.
The UN's International Telecommunication Union convened the Dubai conference to update a 1988 treaty setting principles for the telecommunications sector. New provisions seek to create greater transparency for mobile roaming charges, improve the energy-efficiency of communications networks, and create a single "globally harmonized" number for accessing emergency services, according to the ITU.
"The idea that the UN ought to be controlling the Internet to me is like putting the Taliban in charge of women's rights," Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, said at the hearing.
Countries that want the UN to regulate the Internet are led by President Vladimir "Putin's Russia and our good buddies the Chinese," Poe said.
Britain, Canada and Australia were among 55 delegations that refused to sign the telecommunications treaty or indicated they would need to check with their governments, while 89 countries signed the pact, according to a House Energy and Commerce Committee memorandum.
The treaty doesn't go into effect until January 2015, providing an opportunity to persuade other nations not to adopt the regulations, the committee said in the memorandum.
The U.S. should redouble efforts to rebuff Internet regulation efforts at future gatherings of the ITU, which plans meetings in May in Geneva and next year in South Korea, McDowell said.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us, particularly among nations who do not share our vision for maintaining the free flow of information across the Internet," Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., said at the hearing. "We have to have a strategy for engaging developing countries."
Hamadoun Toure, the ITU's secretary-general, said at the Dubai conference he disagreed that the new treaty would increase government control of the Internet and said there were no provisions on Web regulation in the text.
"We are pleased that so many members of Congress today voiced their support for the multi-stakeholder model, which has fostered the amazing growth and vitality of the Internet," Brad White, a spokesman for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, said in an email.
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MILWAUKEE—A Milwaukee woman whose three small children died in a fire after being left home alone is being held on cash bond of $500,000.
Angelica D. Belen made her initial court appearance Wednesday. A court commissioner found probable cause to hold her for further proceedings. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 25.
Belen is charged with three felony counts of child neglect resulting in death. Her 5-year-old daughter and 4-year-old twin sons died in a house fire Thursday.
The criminal complaint quotes Belen as telling investigators she locked the kids in a bedroom while she went to work.
Belen's public defender, Reyna Morales, declined to comment on the case.
Belen also faces neglect charges stemming from allegations she left the kids home alone in February and March.


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The push to have a satanic monument erected seems rather childish to me. If it was wrong in the first place for the Ten Commandments monument to be erected, they should focus on having it removed. Trying to have their own monument erected seems like a position of "two wrongs equals a right". It's like noticing that other motorists are speeding without being fined, so you speed up as well, even though you had no desire to speed prior. If they can do it, so should we. Having said that, I doubt it is a serious proposal.


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Ron Guth: In 1862, the mintage of the Three Cent Silver dropped another 150,000 (or so) to a grand total of 343,000 circulation strikes. This has no effect on the pricing, which mimics that of the 1861 pretty much across the board. Surprisingly, the population of the 1862 is hundreds higher than the 1861, and even higher when the 1862/1 overdate is added. In fact, the 1862 has the third highest certified population of any Three-Cent Silver date except for 1851 (the first year of issue) and 1852. Why the 1862 survives in such high numbers is unkown.
This date often comes heavulky clashmarked, with clear "ghosts" of the reverse surrounding the obverse star. Also, this date can be found with an 1862/1 overdate; this can be cherrypicked often, as the overdate is subtle and almost looks like a normal date.
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Release of 2011 Sustainable Development Report
Dublin, London 26 June, 2012
Smurfit Kappa Group plc ('Smurfit Kappa' or the 'Group'), one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and Latin America, announces the publication of its fifth annual Sustainable Development Report for 2011.
The report details Smurfit Kappa's vision and its ongoing activities in the important area of sustainability. The report demonstrates the Group's commitment to the supply of sustainable paper-based packaging solutions and outlines its approach to sustainability in the key areas of Environment, Society and Business.
Gary McGann, Group Chief Executive Officer commented: "We are pleased to announce the publication of our Sustainable Development Report for 2011. Once again, Smurfit Kappa has successfully shown that sustainability is entirely compatible with delivering profitable growth. At a time when economic conditions are challenging, we see sustainability as a key differentiating factor in the market. In particular, we continue to make progress on our Chain of Custody target for 2015, which will guarantee that all the paper and packaging we produce originates from reliable sources. Smurfit Kappa is committed to achieving all of its sustainability objectives in order to continue to build a sustainable and responsible business which serves our customers and builds value for all stakeholders."
He added:"Our 38,000 employees have the experience and expertise necessary to meet and exceed our customers' needs in a sustainable manner. Our employees are passionate about the very real contribution their efforts can make to customer success and to a sustainable product life cycle. We would like to express our appreciation for their hard work and dedication."
2011 Sustainable Development Report | Highlights
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- Since the first quarter of 2011, 100% of Smurfit Kappa's paper mill system in Europe is FSC and/or PEFC certified.
- In the last quarter of 2011, Smurfit Kappa's three Mexican paper mills successfully passed their audit for certification according to the FSC scheme and received their certificates in early 2012.
- In 2011, considerable progress was made in the certification process of Smurfit Kappa's packaging manufacturing operations both in Europe and in Latin America.In total 44% of these operations are now certified.
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- The Group reduced its year-on-year direct and indirect fossil CO2 emissions by 2.9%.
- Investments were completed in a number of our paper mills in 2011 and early 2012 that will lead to significant CO2 emission reductions at those mills.
- Construction of a new water treatment plant in Smurfit Kappa's paper mill in Bernal in Argentina was completed in 2011 and commissioned in early 2012.
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TechEmpower has been running benchmarks for the last year, attempting to measure and compare the performance of web frameworks. For these benchmarks the term "framework" is used loosely including platforms and micro-frameworks.
The results of the first benchmark were published in March 2013, and the tests were conducted on two hardware configurations: 2 Amazon EC2 m1.large instances and 2 Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K with 8GB of RAM, both setups using Gbit Ethernet. The frameworks had to reply with a simple JSON response
{"message" : "Hello, World!"}. Following is an excerpt of the results, showing 10 of the most common web frameworks out of 24 benchmarked along with their results measured in Requests per second (RPS) and percentage of the best result.
Over the year, the benchmark evolved to cover 119 frameworks, including multiple types of queries and responses and running on one additional hardware configuration: 2 x Dell R720xd Dual-Xeon E5 v2 with 32GB of RAM each and 10 Gbit Ethernet.
Following are excerpts from the recently published 9th round of benchmarking, this time performed on three different hardware configurations:
Several observations:
While high-end hardware certainly performs better than lower end in terms of RPS, there is a major change in hierarchy for the top frameworks, as it is the case for Xeon E5 vs. Intel I7. This can be correlated with the fact that there are many at over 90% for Intel I7, TechEmpower attributing it to a bottleneck generated by the Ethernet 1Gbit used in the respective configuration:
Since the first round, we have known that the highest-performance frameworks and platforms have been network-limited by our gigabit Ethernet…. With ample network bandwidth, the highest-performing frameworks are further differentiated.
Google's Go is the first on Intel I7, but has a major drop in performance on Xeon E5 in spite of using all cores, emphasizing the importance of performance tuning for certain types of hardware architectures, as noticed by TechEmpower:
The Peak [Xeon E5] test environment uses servers with 40 HT cores across two Xeon E5 processors, and the results illustrate how well each framework scales to high parallelism on a single server node.
Of course, other variables are at play, such as significantly more HT processor cores--40 versus 8 for our i7 tests--and a different system architecture, NUMA.
Amazon EC2 M1.large is severely underperforming compared with other configurations, making one wonder if the price/performance ratio is still attractive for cloud computing instances.
-*) Most frameworks are based on Linux. No Windows framework was benchmarked on EC2 or I7. The best Windows framework (plain-windows) performed at 18.6% of the leader on E5. Also, Facebook's HHVM does not appear on EC2. It is also likely that HHVM is tuned differently when it runs on Facebook's hardware.
Some of the well known frameworks are severely underperforming on all hardware configurations used, such as Grails, Spring, Django and Rails.
The performance of the recently released Dart 1.3 has doubled and should be on par with Node.js' but it does not show in the benchmark because this round used Dart 1.2. This may be applicable to other frameworks that have been improved lately and the improvements will show up in future benchmarks.
As it is with other performance benchmarks, the results are debatable since they depend on the hardware, network and system configurations. TechEmpower invites those interested in bumping up the results for their favorite framework to fork the code on GitHub.
The benchmark includes detailed explanations on how tests are conducted, the hardware configurations, and the components of each framework: the language, web server, OS, etc.
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While it is obvious that no performance benchmark can satisfy all requirements, I would not dismiss this test so easily.
If a framework is in top 10, it does not automatically mean that it will do whatever I need it to do in production. One needs to perform some tests with his own configuration.
But, on the other hand, if a framework is at the bottom of the list with only 10% of the performance of the top one in a simple hello test, what are the chances it shines on a real test?
I would use this as a rough guidance not as a precise list of top 100 web frameworks.
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SOTO DEL REAL, Spain (AP) — The British parents who took their critically ill child for treatment abroad without doctors' consent were released from custody in Spain on Tuesday after authorities in the United Kingdom dropped charges of child cruelty against them.
The National Court in Madrid said in a statement that a judge ordered the couple's immediate release after receiving official notification from Britain that authorities there were no longer seeking their extradition to answer charges. Their 5-year-old son Ashya, who has a severe brain tumor, has been cared for in a hospital in Malaga, 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Madrid while they were incarcerated.
Brett and Naghemeh King were met by two cars as they left the Soto del Real prison, about 40 kilometers (24 miles) outside Madrid, after dark Tuesday. The parents were sent to the prison on Monday after a judge ruled they should be held while a Madrid court considered Britain's extradition request, which was revoked Tuesday.
"We're really relieved," Brett King said before he climbed into one of the cars. "We're going as soon as possible to see our son. We're dying to see his face."
The couple's lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernandez, told the Associated Press the couple would attend a news conference in southern Spain on Wednesday to speak about the case.
The parents were pursued by police after they took Ashya out of a hospital in southern England against doctors' advice and traveled to Spain, where they planned to sell a property to pay for proton beam radiation therapy in the Czech Republic or the U.S. Brett King on Tuesday declined to comment on their treatment plans for Ashya.
They were arrested on a British warrant on suspicion of cruelty to a person under 16 years of age.
"No further action will be taken against Mr. and Mrs. King," British prosecutors said in a statement earlier Tuesday, adding they were doing it so the family can be reunited as soon as possible.
The case has riveted Britain, with heated debate as to whether authorities acted appropriately in chasing the parents through Europe after they left Southampton General Hospital last week without the consent of doctors.
Prime Minister David Cameron took the highly unusual step of wading personally into the debate, tweeting that he welcomed the prosecution against Ashya's parents being dropped.
"It's important this little boy gets treatment & the love of his family," he wrote.
Police said the arrest warrant was applied for so that Ashya could be found as soon as possible, but the situation is now "not right."
"Our intent was to secure his safety, not to deny him family support at this particularly challenging time in his life," Hampshire Police chief constable Andy Marsh said.
Earlier in the day, Cameron told the radio station LBC that the plight of Ashya reminded him of his late son Ivan, who had cerebral palsy and epilepsy. The prime minister recalled having his own son sit on his lap and feeding him through a tube.
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Give this girl a board, blow some wind in her hair and watch her come alive. Ambassador Carolyn Anne Budgell, has been an avid skateboarder, snowboarder and casual surfer since the young age of 15. Just imagine her delight when she discovered yoga and realized all the amazing ways her practice on the mat could also transform her life on her board.
From Sun Salutations to Hanging Ten
I didn't think my board sports could get any better until I found yoga (cue the trumpets). Sparks flew in my life and athletic endeavors when I began practicing yoga regularly at 19 years old. Not only could I enjoy newfound peace amidst the turmoil of young adult angst, in my board sports I also noticed significant changes. Thanks to yoga, I developed muscle tone and balance, stiffness was reduced after hours on my board and gratitude toward the natural environment increased a thousand fold.
So when yoga/surf retreats started becoming really popular, I wasn't all that surprised. Here is a closer look into how yoga and surfing naturally complement one another.
Yoga for Surf
Yoga helps you build a strong body. A strong body will get you up (and keep you there).
I'm going to say it: Surfing is not easy. Simple yoga poses target muscles that are engaged while you're catching waves:
• Greet your surfing experience with a few Sun Salutations beforehand (and every day!) to lubricate and strengthen your joints, lengthen muscles and help fill your body with breath.
• Chaturanga builds strong arms for paddling and gets you ready to "pop up".
• Cobra builds strength to keep the chest and head elevated off the board while you're watching out for the perfect wave.
• Use a High Plank position to help you brace against gnarly oncoming waves as you're paddling out. Hold yourself in High Plank so that the waves crash between you and the board rather than throwing you overboard.
• Warrior 2 cultivates balance and strength so you can ride your wave all the way to the shoreline.
Yoga Frees Up Tightness in the Body (Duh).
You've prepped your body for the various positions and the general exertion of surfing and you had an epic day in the ocean, cheering on your buddies… and you want to do it all over again tomorrow. A post-surf yoga class can release muscular tension after hours riding the waves and also help shorten recovery time between surf sessions. Neck stretches and shoulder openers will help maintain full rotation of the joints and will help prevent a stiff neck and pectorals that us casual seasonal surfers are prone to.
Plus, who doesn't love a good unwinding yoga practice outside on the beach gazing towards the serene waves—talk about bliss.
This story originally appeared on the lululemon blog. Read more related posts: JUNA yoga: ocean inspired. forest rooted.; rad retreats around the world; how to pick a yoga retreat; meet eoin finn


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Yves Congar Award Series
The Department of Theology and Philosophy presents The Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence
The Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence recognizes the contributions of contemporary theologians who embody the spirit of Cardinal Yves Congar, OP (1904-1995), by working, writing, and teaching in light of the tradition while moving that tradition forward to meeting the challenges of today.
Award Recipients
Richard R. Gaillardetz, PhD.
Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz is the Joseph Professor in Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College and is currently the chair of the Theology Department. A past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Prof. Gaillardetz has authored or edited 13 books and numerous articles in fundamental theology, ecclesiology and spirituality.
"Beyond Dogmatism: The Case for Normative Tradition in an Age of Scandal"
Sr. Barbara E. Reid, PhD
Sr. Barbara E. Reid, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., M.A. in Religious Studies and B.A. from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI.
"The Party's Over and the Quest for Truth Continues"
Walter Brueggemann, PhD
William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary.
"The Gospel in an Economy of Extraction"
Lisa Sowle Cahill, PhD
J. Donald Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College
"Catholoic Families: Theology, Practices, and 'Evangelization'"
Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.
Professor Emerita of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality, Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University
"Buying the Field: Women Religious in a Renewing Church"
Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., Theo. Dr.
Vatican Council II Professor of Theology, Catholic Theological Union
"Practical Theology as Contextual Theology: Challenges to Catholic Practical Theology Today"
Roberto S. Goizueta, PhD
Professor of Theology, Boston College; past president of the Catholic Theological Association of America and the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the United States
"Against the Pursuit of Happiness: The Preferential Option for the Poor and the Denial of Death"
Mary Catherine Hilkert, OP, PhD
Professor of Theology at University of Notre Dame, IN; past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America; Madeleva lecturer in Spirituality, 2001
"In Memory of Lois and Eunice: Handing on a Living Tradition of Faith"
Donald J. Goergen, OP, PhD, STM
Dominican Theologian at the Aquinas Institute of Theology; Prior of St. Dominic Priory, House of Studies, St. Louis; co-founder of the Dominican Ashram
"A Wider Vision: Biblical, Catholic, and Cosmic"
Margaret Farley, RSM, PhD
Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics, Yale Divinity School; co-director of the Yale University Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project and the All Africa Conference: Sister- to- Sister
"Gender, Sexuality and Ethics: New Perspectives"
Previous Yves Congar Award recipients include:
- Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Fordham University
- Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, PhD, Professor of Ethics and Theology, Drew University
- Rev. Jan Lambrecht, SJ, SSD
- Father Fergus Kerr, OP, STLic, Member of Faculty of Divinity, Oxford University
- Gustavo Gutierrez, OP, PhD, John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
- Ana Maria Pineda, RSM, PhD, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries, Santa Clara University
- Rev. Bryan Hehir, ThD, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
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- Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, PhD, Professor of Theology, Catholic University of America
- M. Shawn Copeland, PhD, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Marquette University
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QI Healthcare Will Advance Quality of Care Through Software
QI Healthcare Will Advance Quality of Care Through Software
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - Mar 2, 2012) - CincyTech and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center today announced the formation of a new health care IT company named QI Healthcare, which will commercialize Children's proprietary quality-improvement software.
CincyTech and Cincinnati Children's Tomorrow Fund have each invested $200,000 in the company and hired Cincinnati entrepreneur and health-tech executive John Atkinson as chief executive officer. The company will offer a suite of products that enable hospitals to improve outcomes and efficiency.
The first product the company will bring to market is the Surgical Outcomes Collection System (SOCS). The specialized application aggregates data from hospitals' various systems, including their Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, to conduct institution-wide analyses of cases to identify opportunities to improve care.
SOCS was designed and developed by Dr. Frederick Ryckman, professor of surgery and senior vice president for Medical Operations at Cincinnati Children's; Paul Yelton, senior application developer; and Candice Overly, project administrator, Perioperative Services. The software has been in use at Cincinnati Children's for more than a year.
"The real power of this software is in the ability to analyze every significant patient case," said Dr. Ryckman. "Before SOCS we spent countless hours manually gathering data. SOCS improves the process through automation and enhanced analytics -- and it frees up clinical resources to focus on quality improvement."
Atkinson has extensive experience in the health care software and Internet industries, previously holding senior leadership roles at WebMD, Mede America and SourceMedical. He is also co-founder of a successful mobile startup, BuzzVoice, a streaming audio news service for smartphones.
"Health care spending in the U.S. exceeded $2.6 trillion in 2010, but the country still consistently ranks lower than many other nations in terms of quality care," CincyTech senior analyst Justin Thompson said.
"Consequently, the U.S. government is passing legislation that includes significant incentives to hospitals for improving their quality of care and penalties for those who don't -- presenting a great business opportunity for SOCS and other QI products for hospitals."
The $400,000 investment will be used for sales, marketing and product development purposes, including securing beta testing sites for the SOCS system.
About QI Healthcare
QI Healthcare is a health care IT company based on technology developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The company's first product, the Surgical Outcomes Collection System (SOCS), aggregates surgical case data from various systems within the hospital and enables facilities to conduct institution-wide analyses to identify quality improvement opportunities.
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The day before the referendum vote to determine whether the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine would seek its independence or join the Russian Federation, tensions escalated when Father Mykola Kvych, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic pastor and military chaplain, was kidnapped. A few hours later, he was released, but not without being accused of inciting anti-Russian riots.
According to Vatican Radio, the priest's abduction followed warnings issued earlier in March advising all Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests to leave the area. Many, though, chose to stay and face what is now, following Russia's electoral victory, almost certain to be religious persecution. "Our priests and bishops have been very close to the people," Bishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy told Vatican Radio when the kidnapping occurred. "We've been inspired by the example of Our Lord [who] went a long distance from fellowship with the Father to incarnate himself and be in our reality." He added that the priests had been inspired by Pope Francis' call for pastors to "have the smell of their sheep." "Our pastors have been with the people, and they're today with the people enduring this occupation in the Crimea," Bishop Gudziak said.
Catholics in Ukraine are no strangers to struggle. On the front lines of the ongoing fight between the East and the West, Greek Catholics under the Tsarist Empire were forced to convert to Russian Orthodoxy. Under Communist rule, churches were destroyed, and priests and other faithful martyred. Those who survived to carry on the Faith were forced to worship in secret. It was only Ukraine's declaration of independence in 1991, following the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism, that paved the way for religious freedom.
Now, many fear that the past 23 years are in danger of being erased. In an interview with Catholic News Service, Father Mykhailo Milchakovskyi, a pastor in Kerch, Ukraine (in Crimea), said no one knows what will happen next.
"Many people are trying to sell their homes and move to other parts of Ukraine," he said March 12. "Our church has no legal status in the Russian Federation, so it's uncertain which laws will be applied if Crimea is annexed. We fear our churches will be confiscated and our clergy arrested."
It's not just Christians who are likely to face persecution. The Muslim Tatar minority, who boycotted the referendum vote, know from all-too-recent history the danger that Russian rule presents. In 1944, Joseph Stalin exiled the minority population from the area for allegedly conspiring with the Nazi party during World War II.
The showdown in Ukraine is complex, and the many nuances are often obscure to the West. Nationalist factions in both Ukraine and Crimea can verge toward xenophobia. Anti-Semitism is a risk, as is hostility between Orthodox and Catholics and between Christians and Muslims. In this caldron of tensions, the role Russia has played in exacerbating the fragmentation of Ukraine is dangerous, as are actions taken to make the Russian-speaking minority feel threatened.
In early March, Pope Francis urged world leaders to rely on dialogue to resolve the current crisis in Ukraine. "I am making a heartfelt appeal to the international community: support every initiative for dialogue and harmony," he said.
The pope's appeal for dialogue is our own at this time of grave international tension. Catholics in the United States must remain in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in faith in Ukraine and Crimea, and we must do everything possible to keep the forces of violence and hatred at bay.
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Topshop's fall/winter 2010 collection look book is out, and the high street retailer has translated plenty of fall's best runway trends into affordable, fast fashion. There are patchwork faux fur jackets, luxe-looking camel capes, Burberry-inspired faux shearling jackets, textured knitwear adorned with feathers and fur, nude leggings with diamante sparkles, Courtney Love grunge-era deconstructed princess looks, jersey tops with chain mail detail, and preppy plaid blazers with elbow patches. As always, a little something for everyone and every style. Click below for the complete fall look book.


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Faces To Reunite For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Classic rock fans may not be getting the Guns N' Roses reunion that they were hoping for at next month's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but one long-disbanded group will be reuniting. The Faces, who were living the sex, drugs and rock n' roll lifetstyle before any of the Gunners had gotten their first tattoos, will perform for the first time together since 1993.
In a recent interview, drummer Kenney Jones let the news slip out that Rod Stewart will join Jones, Ron Wood and Ian McLagan onstage in Cleveland on April 14.
"Contrary to what some people might think, we're all still great mates and we've never said we wouldn't play together again," Jones told Music Radar. "We all had dinner about a month ago and decided that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame would be the perfect time and place.
Both the Faces and the Small Faces, which was the group's name from 1965-69 when Steve Marriott was the lead singer, will be honored at the event. Marriott, who left the Small Faces to form Humble Pie, died in a house fire in 1991. Inducting both groups will be Stevie Van Zandt, who is currently on the road with Bruce Springsteen but does not have a concert scheduled that night.
Jones also said that they will perform three songs, two by the Faces and one by the Small Faces. We'll go out on a limb and say "Stay With Me," "Ooh La La" and "Itchycoo Park."
There is no word yet on who will play bass to fill the shoes of Ronnie Lane, who died in 1997. At a charity gig in 2009, Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones sat in. For their 2010 tour (with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall singing lead), Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols played bass. We wonder what Tetsu Yamauchi, who joined the Faces when Lane quit in 1973, is doing these days.


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Roasting brings out the natural sweetness in the tomatoes, and together with the grilled chicken they make a great topping for this crisp pizza.
2 1⁄2 lb. fully ripened fresh Florida tomatoes
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1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1⁄2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1⁄2 tsp. salt
1⁄4 tsp. ground black pepper
8 oz. pizza dough
1⁄2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
8 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast, sliced
1⁄4 cup sliced kalamata olives
1⁄4 cup sliced pepperoni
1⁄4 cup shredded fontina cheese
1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Cut each tomato into 8 wedges. In a bowl, toss tomato wedges, vinegar, oil, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Arrange in a single layer on a shallow pan. Bake until tomatoes lose most of their moisture, about 2 hr.
2. Roll pizza dough into a 14 -in. circle; place in a pizza pan.
3. Sprinkle dough with mozzarella cheese. Top with chicken, olives, pepperoni, and fontina. Arrange tomatoes on top.
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Two men charged with prowling after banging on Salem woman's window at night
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SALEM – A report about men banging on a window to a woman's home resulted in the arrest of two 19-year-olds who claimed they were under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug called Spice, police said.
Police responded to 40 Townsend Ave. at 4:42 a.m. on Wednesday after the woman called 911 saying one of the men claimed to have a gun.
No firearm was found when police arrived, and the men later said they had no gun.
Kyle Braciska and Keith Beal, both 19 from Salem, are facing charges disorderly conduct and prowling charges for the incident. Braciska also faces a charge of resisting arrest.
The woman told police that two men dressed in dark clothing were banging on her window. The men claimed to have a gun when she told them that she was calling the police, according to Sgt. Robert Morin.
Police said that the woman never saw a firearm, but patrol units converged on the area and found Braciska and Beal near 72 Townsend Ave. The men were questioned by police and taken into custody.
Police said Beal was extremely impaired by the consumption of what they believe may be Spice, a psychoactive designer drug. Beal was transported by ambulance to Parkland Medical Center and held for treatment and an evaluation, police said.
Braciska told officers that he and Beal were smoking Spice all night and Beal began hallucinating afterward. Braciska claimed he was trying to get Beal to his house when he ran up to the woman's home at 40 Townsend Ave. and started banging on the window, according to police.
Braciska denied he or Beal had a gun, police said.
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Paul Maurice finds similarities with Dallas Eakins
'We're two really young teams that have to learn the hard lessons'
New Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice sees a lot of similarities between his team and the young Edmonton Oilers.
Both teams have youth and speed, but they need to work on the disciplined aspects of the game.
"We're two really young teams that have to learn the hard lessons," Maurice said Friday, a day before the Oilers and Jets were set to meet at the MTS Centre.
"It's how do we get our teams to like the hard parts of this game, so we're in the exact same spot."
Oilers coach Dallas Eakins started his coaching career as Maurice's assistant with the Toronto Marlies and moved with him to the Leafs. He took over Edmonton in June and Maurice took over the Jets only last Sunday.
The Jets have won their last two games under Maurice, outscoring their opponents 10-3 in the process, while Edmonton is on a three-game losing streak.
"The thing our team does best, our speed, I think we're using it to our advantage," said Jets forward Blake Wheeler, who has five points in his last five games.
"It's allowing us to play with the puck a lot more. When we play with the puck it creates a lot of energy within your team, a lot of scoring chances, you seem to control the play a little more and things just follow suit from there."
The Jets have improved their record to 21-23-5, although they still sit in last place in the Central Division.
Edmonton (15-30-5) is last in the Pacific Division and ahead of only Buffalo in the NHL cellar. But that doesn't mean the Jets are taking anything for granted.
"We obviously know what happened the last time we played these guys," said captain Andrew Ladd, referring to their 6-2 loss to the Oilers Dec. 23 in Edmonton.
"They've got a lot of skill up front and we know that. We're going to have to play conscious of getting back and helping our D out. Our D-zone has done extremely well the last couple of games and is starting to get the hang of how Paul wants us to play and we just need to keep getting better."
Maurice says it's not just skating speed he's talking about but also "quickness."
"Wherever there's a stop and a start, there's some quickness involved in doing that," he said.
"I think playing well defensively is more related to how quick your team is and not necessarily how fast your team is, if that makes any sense."
He said it's hard to play in-your-face hockey from behind.
Goalie Ondrej Pavelec said he's noticed the improved defensive play of the Jets. And he says it's a marked turnaround from the way they were playing before.
"We've played great defensively and five-on-five we haven't given them much," said Pavelec.
He says it's great to score five goals, as the Jets have in both their recent games, but they have to worry about defence first and the rest will come.
"You play great defence you create offence."
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Professor Robert Benedetti, head of Pacific's Jacoby Center and one of the best analysts of the sometimes-hard-to-fathom city of Stockton, has announced his retirement set for Aug. 31.
Professor Robert Benedetti, head of Pacific's Jacoby Center and one of the best analysts of the sometimes-hard-to-fathom city of Stockton, has announced his retirement set for Aug. 31.
Benedetti co-conceived the Jacoby Center for Public Service and Civic Leadership. His brainchild opened in 2000 at University of the Pacific. He describes it as an "intersection of community needs, student learning and faculty research."
"I like to think about Stockton," said Benedetti.
Which we did in conversation Tuesday. San Joaquin County boasts tremendous strengths, Benedetti said. Curiously, Stockton seems indifferent to them. It seems obsessed with being something it is not.
According to French historian Fernand Braudel, who influenced Benedetti, successful cities integrate the strengths of their location into their economy.
Stockton's great endowments are the Delta and agriculture. During its most prosperous era, the city wholeheartedly capitalized on both.
And flourished.
It did so in the "pre-ag" aspect of farming, such as seeds, or the invention, manufacture and sales of farm equipment; in "ag," the growing of crops; and in "post-ag," harvesting, processing, transportation, warehousing and value-adding.
Over the years, however, Stockton arbitrarily and unwisely retreated from these sectors.
Pre-ag was the first to go. Benjamin Holt (treaded tractors) and others moved or closed operations.
The period following World War II saw Stockton disinvesting in post-ag, too, with the closure of canneries, mills and other businesses.
"What it's got now is, out beyond it, somebody's growing something," Benedetti lamented.
Stockton should regain this birthright economy, Benedetti said, incorporating new twists into it such as biofeuls (some are being manufactured at the port) and other hi-tech ag ventures.
Instead, Stockton's General Plan 2035 all but ignores ag and the Delta in favor of home construction.
"You're planning your city as if you don't have a Delta out there and ag there. What are you doing? Where's geography? Didn't anybody take that in school?"
Stockton perhaps turned away from its organic economy because (and I've been meaning to write about this) of its unhealthy longing for San Francisco.
"I've never understood the desire - or the hope, the vision - that this ought to be Silicon Valley 3," Benedetti said. "That after Silicon Valley and Livermore, it's us."
Benedetti considers it unlikely that Stockton can be a silicon satellite. Silicon Valley has options. It can expand into San Francisco, or south of San Jose. Livermore is far from built out.
And if you read Richard Florida on the urban environment that attracts young digerati, Stockton does not fit the bill.
Yet the city spent feverishly on waterfront redevelopment, permitted rampant sprawl, and perennially courts Silicon Valley businesses, partly in a so-far fruitless attempt to cement itself as a Bay Area exurb.
Stockton alone among Highway 99 cities suffers this San Francisco Derangement Syndrome. Even Modesto, equally close to San Francisco, seems content to be a Valley city.
"Stockton has never seemed to trust itself," Benedetti said. "Here, the political culture basically says any move that politicians make to make the city more acceptable, more recognized by the Bay Area, is a good move ... and that costs money."
Benedetti said he's retiring because "I am 70 years old, so the time is right. Secondly, I find when I teach and administer, I find I don't get very much writing done. ... I'd like to do some more."
He wants to spend more time with his family and deepen his involvement with his church and the arts. He'll remain an observer of the city's political culture, which he believes should redefine the city's mission based on its geographical blessings.
"If we can do that, I have hope. If we are still looking at somebody else's model, then we'll just be whipsawed between what consultants say we ought to do. I think we ought to consult ourselves."
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