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A trend in Hollywood, and Broadway for that matter (Wicked, for example), is disturbing me. More and more story lines are blending good and evil. Good guys are not always truly good people, and bad guys are often "just misunderstood."
Take Disney's newest movie Maleficent. Can Maleficent, the evil fairy and nemesis of Sleeping Beauty, be in any way good? After all, her very name is derived from the word malicious meaning "having the desire to do harm; spiteful, done intentionally without just cause." She was so evil that, according to DisneyWiki, Walt Disney's artists drew horns on her headdress to resemble Satan's! Of all the evil stepmothers, sorcerers, witches and bad guys in all the Disney princess movies, Maleficent always scared my children the most.
Could she just be misunderstood? Could my children actually like her if only they knew her side of the story?
The modern Disney studio would like to think so. As Disney tells it, in the beginning, Maleficent was a "beautiful, pure-hearted, young woman" who lived an "idyllic life" (Yahoo Review). Then, the wonderful world in which she lives is destroyed, and Maleficent exacts revenge on the beautiful, innocent Sleeping Beauty.
Now, let me say, if this was not just a story, it would be true that we all were created for Goodness, and therefore, we were all created good. Through the waters of Baptism, we are made clean, beautiful and pure-hearted. Still, we have free will. Sometimes, we all make bad choices.
Dr. Elliot Cohen states that "people are not evil because they have done bad things or else we'd all be evil." He goes on to say, however, that when someone makes a persistent habit of committing seriously bad acts, they know it is bad and do it anyway (definition of mortal sin, by the way), then perhaps we can call that person evil. Evil people take pleasure in causing others pain, he declares. I agree, since this is the total opposite of what God intents for us.
Seems to me, Maleficent falls into the category of evil. Yet, David Blaustien of ABCnews.go.com understands what is going on in Hollywood: "After 100's of years of moral clarity, suddenly we're getting a new look at these evil creature who are actually turning out to be complex beings, and not that bad at all. Really, they 've just been misunderstood." Is that so?
I guess so, since on the Disney channel, two young Disney actors preview the movie. They praise and are enamored with Maleficent's magical power, wishing they could do in a flick of the wrist what she can do. They end the segment with the young man asking the young lady if she thinks Maleficent is a heroine or a villain, to which she decides "A bit of both, I think!"
Oh, how Satan must be smiling. Disney, whether they realize it or not, is working with him to achieve one of his greatest goals – get us to deny that evil actually exists. If you doubt this is indeed a goal of Satan, read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
In the age-old story of Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent finds the hidden princess, causes her death-sleep and imprisons the prince to prevent his attempt to save Sleeping Beauty.
Rumor has it that the modern tale is changed. Maleficent finds redemption. I am all for conversion (a change of heart) and redemption. But then, that's not the true account of the villain. That would be a new, altered version of the Maleficent's life. As in Wicked, one would have to suspend all that is known about the real story for the new version to make sense.
In this case, also, evil has been explained away or plain ole ignored. Satan is still gleeful. If there is no evil, there is no devil; if there is no devil, there is no Hell. If there is no Hell, then who are we to tell others what is moral or immoral. We are be labeled bullies and haters for imposing morals on others.
Furthermore, it is ironic to me, that in this day and age of huge anti-bullying campaigns, ultimate bullies are being glamorized. Will our daughters be asking for Maleficent dolls? Amazon has them for only $15.95!
While my daughters are not asking for the doll – yet, they are asking to see the movie. After all, the film is being marketed quite extensively on the Disney channel.
Let me say here that while I would never buy the doll, I may see the movie, not at the theater, but perhaps rent the DVD. Seeing the show with my children would be an excellent teaching moment. It is important to help them recognize the tactics of the Father of Lies.
When a girl can walk away from the movie thinking perhaps Maleficent is more of a super-heroine than evil fairy, then Satan has won a battle. Though, not to worry, I've read the book, and I know who wins the war in the end!
So what do you think? Am I making much ado about nothing?
Works Cited
- https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/movie-reviews-Maleficent/story?id=23929488 http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Maleficent
- http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/malicious
- www.yahoo.com/movies/film/maleficent
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text: BUSINESS 100 Picketers Protest Replacement Workers on 'Biggest Loser' 10:15 AM PST 11/15/2010 by Jonathan Handel FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME With cries of 'scab,' striking crew and supporters confront vehicles entering the production site Monday morning. About 100 Biggest Loser crew members and IATSE supporters picketed the show's production location in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu before dawn Monday. The glare of television lights and powerful lighting brought in by picketers illuminated the scene until the sun came up. The union and crew members are seeking a union contract, primarily in order to provide the 50-member crew with pension and health benefits. Mike Miller, an IATSE vice-president, called the lack of benefits "unbearable." A camera operator on the show, Rob Hache, commented that "the only chance at having pension and health benefits is to have a union." Based on formulas provided by the union, THR estimates the cost to the employer of providing benefits to be 12% to 22% of a worker's wages, depending on the individual's hourly minimum pay rate. It would be difficult to calculate an average without knowing the makeup of the crew. By comparison, the comparable percentage for SAG and AFTRA is currently 15%, which will rise to 16.5% on July 1, assuming (as is almost certain) that the new tentative agreement reached with the studios is approved by the unions' joint board and ratified by the membership. The Loser picketing began at 3:45 a.m. in an attempt to head off potential early arrival of replacement workers hired by the NBC show's production entities, Reveille Productions, 25/7 Productions and 3 Ball Productions. However, by 7:00 a.m., fewer than a dozen vehicles had entered the state park where Loser is shot, in each case prompting cries of "scab!" and "turn around!" In a few cases, picketers slapped the vehicles, but THR observed no injuries or apparent property damage. The picketing was orderly, and the vehicles were permitted to enter. A union spokesperson said she believed the show was shooting with a reduced crew, and speculated that the footage would be unusable. A spokesperson for NBC declined to comment at this time, and a spokesperson for the production entities could not be reached. According to Loser DP Vanessa Holtgrewe, the show is about 1 month into an estimated 5 month production schedule. Holtgrewe said she hoped the union and management would sit down and reach agreement. She added that if they didn't, she hoped picketing would continue throughout the remainder of the production schedule. Loser is in its 11th production season. The 10th season is currently airing. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Jonathan Handel email@example.com jhandel


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Liberal Democrat sources said the MP, who is in a new relationship with Gabriela Irimia, of the Cheeky Girls pop duo had done nothing wrong.
Newspapers revealed the Montgomeryshire MP had split with Ms Lloyd.
But the party's Wales and Northern Ireland spokesman told officials there was no overlap in the relationships.
He said in a statement that he and fiancee Ms Lloyd had separated "some time ago".
Mr Opik said: "The end of any personal relationship is always difficult, but these things happen."
He later said it was "not a secret" that he was going out with the singer.
Mr Opik, 41, and weather presenter Ms Lloyd announced their engagement in 2004 and had been together for four years.
The relationship break-up has attracted national media coverage, which local party officials said was "regrettable".
But BBC Wales has been told the local party does not feel the issue will affect his work as an MP.
Richard Noyce, a Liberal Democrat councillor in Newtown where Mr Opik has his constituency home, said: "The break-up of any relationship is a personal matter and I think it's regrettable in the extreme that people of the press have made so much of it.
"My view is that this remains a private matter and is deeply personal.
"I've seen Lembit Opik's statement and I hope for his sake - and indeed for Sian's sake - that the media will respect his wish."
The MP said in his statement he continued to regard Sian as one of the "brightest, most out-going, hard working and generous people I've had the privilege to know".
"I hope that she will remember the happy times as we both go our separate ways. I wish the very best for her," he added.
Mr Opik, who was born in Northern Ireland, has represented Montgomeryshire since 1997.
He is the Welsh Liberal Democrat leader and is an expert in near-Earth objects such as asteroids or comets, campaigning for the government to take the threat of a collision more seriously.
During their relationship, ITV presenter Ms Lloyd started teaching Mr Opik Welsh.
He proposed marriage while piloting a light aircraft, 3,000 feet above Wales.
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From January to September of this year, two PrimeLine W8 tissue machines were started up at the Chongqing mill and two PrimeLine TM W6 tissue machines at the Jinjiang mill, all ahead of the time schedule. All four orders included the supply of the complete stock preparation and machine control systems. The steel yankees of PM15 and PM16 are the largest for tissue operating anywhere in the world. With a diameter of 4.9 m and a shell length of 6.2 m, they provide for safe and energy-efficient machine operation.
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Here's a guest post on living together before marriage that I think I agree with:
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On living with your significant other.I'm against it. What an unpopular opinion!
If two people live together for a year, and then get hitched, don't they have a pretty good idea what living with the other person will look like? What if they decide at that point that they may find each other fabulous, but they just can't live together? Isn't it better for them to find that out before they get hitched and spend a lifetime in misery, or get hitched and then unhitched?
I don't think so. I'm not a fan of the hitched-unhitched cycle, or the hitched-and-misery situation. But that's why God gave humans compromise, communication and counseling. Of course some things about another person will be irritating. Perhaps irritating to the point of murderous rage. Some things, like night-terrors, night-walking, night-violence are intolerable. If your significant other regularly pulls down bookshelves on your sleeping form, or beats you to a pulp with a baseball bat while you're both insentient, that is definitely a red flag. However, the Lord also invented separate bedrooms and locks.
I'm not suggesting that anyone should put up with abuse. I am suggesting that there are creative alternatives to unhitching or murder. And, that those alternatives are not always widely understood or culturally accepted.
What I am suggesting is that my grandparents (and maybe yours too) made marital cohabitation work without trying it first–for 50 years. What did they have that we do not have? A cultural value on permanence in relationships? A lower cultural value on personal happiness? A stick-to-itiveness that we don't understand? A lack of awareness of personal misery?
Give a man freedom and wealth, and he will be unhappy. At least, according to Steinbeck. I think I agree with him in general. If life's too easy, if we make it too easy for ourselves, we find a growing malcontent. Something will always grow; we can choose to be attentive to what is growing, or let what is there naturally flourish. I think this relates to living together… how?
Well, if we simply assume that man does not change, that how a person lives is how a person lives, and there is no hope of change or compromise, then… what will grow will grow. You may find that you cannot cohabitate well with another person. We put that on them, or simply accept it as it is and move on. I think this is akin to letting weeds grow just because we're not willing to put in the effort to cultivate roses.
Alright, what about the practical benefits of living with a significant other? You get to split rent, have easy-access to relationship, invest in developing a relationship that has practical aspects, all before the other person has full access to things like personal finances, or full rights to personal belongings in the case of death.
Sure, there are practical benefits to living with someone you're not ready to have for life. It is easier, in this culture that emphasizes personal convenience. Sure, it keeps finances simpler, sure, it lets you try some level of practical togetherness without complete practical togetherness. It also emphasizes autonomy while giving one the perks of relationship.
I'm completely unconvinced that maintaining practical autonomy while having the perks of relationship sets relationships up to succeed. I think autonomy in relationships is important. Don't let yourself get consumed by your partner, have separate interests and maintain boundaries that allow each person a level of decision-making. Maintaining practical boundaries that allow easy disentangling fosters emotional boundaries that also allow easy disentangling.
One friend argued that choosing to stay in relationship, every day, is more romantic than making the decision to stay and sticking with that decision. I don't think so. I think it does keep both parties on their toes, since either can leave at the first unwashed dish or pair of dirty chonies on the floor. Being easy to leave and choosing to stay may be exciting and give a sense of conquest. I don't think it fosters trust and intimacy. If I trust you, I let you in. Letting you in means you have power to affect me. In healthy relationships, that power grows as the relationship grows. Building trust or intimacy is not easy. It's hard work. I think trust and intimacy are best supported when the external trappings of trust and intimacy are intentionally cultivated, when the internals of a relationship match the externals of a relationship. If the externals don't support the internals… the internals often eventually fail.
I'll grant that relationships that are for now, because they work now, are appealing. I think they're appealing because they're easy. It's easy to be with someone now because they fit now. It's hard to play for a relationship that isn't present, because the theoretical relationship is long-term, is better.
Doesn't playing house together prepare a couple for actually having a house? …I don't think so. I think it prepares a couple to continue playing at having a house, which is a disaster if they ever actually have a house. Skill sets are best developed with practice of the skills required, not practice of skills that are somewhat similar to what is required. If I want practical cohesiveness with another person, I need to practice cohesiveness, not autonomy. If I want trust and intimacy, I need to practice trust and intimacy, not be on my best behavior because they can pack up and disappear with no practical ramifications.
I am thankful that we as humans may choose what we grow in the gardens of our lives. We also may not. We may allow whatever will grow to grow. But me? I want roses, so I'm going to choose roses, dang it.


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Amy has big news--a new edition of "Mojo Mom" coming out spring 2009 from Gotham Books. Amy and Sheryl celebrate this development and then announce a new iPod giveaway. Listen in to learn how you can enter to win a 4 GB iPod Nano in our drawing to be held on July 1, 2008.
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Below is what looks to be the final card for Sunday's Impact Wrestling Slammiversary pay-per-view from Orlando. Remember to join us for live coverage on Sunday at 8pm EST.
Title Unification Match
GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron with Dos Caras vs. Impact World Heayweight Champion Bobby Lashley with King Mo
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GFW Women's Champion Sienna vs. Impact Knockouts Champion Rosemary
Fatal 4 Way for the Impact Tag Team & GFW Tag Team Titles
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The following entry is invalid for want of that certainty and precision required by law:
"William Perkins and William Hoy enter six thousand seven hundred and fourteen acres of land on a Treasury warrant, No. 10,692, to join Lawrence Thompson and James McMillaws entry of one thousand acres that is laid on the adjoining ridge between Spencer's Creek and Hingston's Fork of Licking on the east, and to run east and south for quantity."
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"December 9, 1782, Lawrence Thompson and James McMillan, assignee of Samuel Baker, enter one thousand acres on a Treasury warrant, No. 4,222, on the dividing ridge between Kingston's Fork of Licking and Spencer's Creek, a west branch of said fork, to include a large pond in the center of a square, and a white oak tree marked X, also an elm tree marked VS, near the side of the pond. "
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Todd decides to reward his staffers for all of their hard work by taking them on a retreat which is an hour outside of Mumbai. However, when the train they are on breaks down, Todd is forced to conduct the team building exercises in the middle of the crowded train. When the staffers begin complaining, Todd devises a plan that will turn them all against him in order for them to bond as a group. Meanwhile, with Todd out of town, Tonya decides to help Charlie find a date.
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Susan P. Crawford in Bloomberg View on the Olympics and America's Internet Crawford reminds us that 64 territories are able to watch every Olympic event livestreamed over the internet, but only paying subscribers in the U.S. can do so without a connection that disguises their location. "Concentration in Internet access and the close corporate connections between distributors and programmers have brought us to this point," she writes. This speaks to broader shortcomings with America's Internet infrastructure. "Even if Americans were allowed to watch these online streams, about a third of us don't subscribe to broadband. Those who do are paying more for less ... The U.S. isn't upgrading to fiber, with its enormous capacity to support uploads as well as downloads."
Peter Beinart in The Daily Beast on Romney's irrelevant tax returns Beinart argues that the focus on Mitt Romney's own tax returns, how much and by what means he has minimized his tax burden, is irrelevant to the race. "If presidents conducted their public affairs the way they conduct their private ones, then the latter might have some predictive value. But people are too complicated for that." Democrats argue that Romney's personal aversion to paying taxes symbolize his political goals on tax policy, but Beinart disagrees. "If you make Romney's policies the issue, you can make a clear distinction between them and Obama's. If you make Romney's personal behavior the issue, you're inviting the Republicans to find some rich Democrat who also didn't pay very much in taxes and turn the focus from public policy to personal conduct."
Josh Barro in Bloomberg View on handing Chick-fil-A a victory Barro says Boston Mayor Tom Menino's initial attempt to discourage Chick-fil-A from building in his city because of the founder's views on gay marriage actually hurt the cause. "Chick-fil-A no longer has to answer for its CEO's position on gay marriage and its owners' support of organizations that oppose gay rights," Barro says. "Instead, the company is on the much more comfortable ground of simply defending its CEO's right to express a constitutionally protected opinion without reprisal from the government." The politicians in cities with favorable LGBT policies rallied people in areas without such protections. "In other words, Menino has helped to make environment more hostile for gays in the hinterland."
Richard L. Hasen in The New York Times on voter fraud "Does voter fraud sometimes happen in the United States? You bet," writes Hasen. "But we are dealing with this relatively small problem in an irrational and partisan way." Republicans are attacking impersonation fraud rather than the more well-documented absentee voter fraud, and Democrats are resisting, fearing disenfranchisement of their voters. Republicans don't attack absentee voter fraud because it might make it more difficult for reliably Republican elderly people and military voters to cast ballots. "We need to move beyond these voting wars by creating a neutral body to run federal elections and to ensure that all eligible voters, and only eligible voters, can cast a vote that will be accurately counted on Election Day."
Bill Keller in The New York Times on leak fever Keller says Washington is "going a little nuts" over leaks of classified information, with both Democrats and Republicans sounding off more than usual about it. Keller describes the functional system that's getting harder to maintain. "Over the decades, rival interests — the government's legitimate responsibility to keep some things secret, the press's constitutional freedom to ferret out information and report it — have coexisted through informal understandings," he writes. "In a saner Washington, a reasonable effort to control truly harmful leaks might be balanced by an equally serious effort to roll back excessive classification, so that we could have a more informed debate about drones and cyberwarfare and kill lists. In that Washington, we could worry a little less about where the stories came from, and a little more about what's in them."
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My father in law died at the end of October in the care center at Westminster Thurber in Columbus, Ohio. (An Eden Alternative facility.) My husband and mother in law were greatly comforted by a ritual they perform there. I had not heard of this before, and would love for it to be known (and perhaps followed) widely.
When the individual dies, the facility staff drape the body in a memorial quilt and lead it out through the hallways, led by the chaplain and family, ringing a chime as they go. Staff stop what they are doing to pay their respects, as do any residents who are in the area. It was described by my family as very comforting. I was out of town and did not witness this, but they still are talking about it almost a month later. How much more respectful this is than spiriting the body out the back door to a waiting hearse. And the individuals who live there are fully aware that someone has died. I would think that this is much less frightening for them too.
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And just think for just a few bits every day, comics, sports, news, opinion, it's all dropped off on my stoop every morning (well, not the comics. I have to get my comics online)!
But police often have good reason to hate the press. Reporters, and it must be taught in journalism school or something, feel obliged to get all sides of the story. Sounds good... unless, of course, you understand that all opinions are not equally true. Sometimes, especially with crime stories, there really aren't two sides to the story. Sometimes, as a reporter, you should be biased (if bias is a taboo word, how about "be willing to reach a conclusion"?).
Say a criminal gets shot by police. He had a gun. Some police spokesperson says as much. Duly noted. But then you talk to the dead guy's mother who says, "Pookie was an angel. He would never hurt nobody! And he was home with me at the time he got shot." Why, the mother may actually believe this. Or maybe not. But the gentle reader trying to figure out the truth sees this and says, "Hmmm, there are two sides of the story. I bet the truth lies somewhere in between." Actually... sometimes... no. And it's the reporter's job to get the truth and not just lay out all the junk and let the reader decide what's true.
Now here's a rule of thumb: don't value mothers as objective determiners of their babies' character. Nor should you value a criminal's friends as objective determiners of the criminals non-criminal activity.
Now the Times present a story that can at best be described as a police clusterf*ck and hints at a very bad police-involved shooting, with obligatory references to Sean Bell and hints at the idea that all the bullets were fired by police. The first headline said, "After 50 Shots in Harlem, One Dead and 6 Hurt." Wow. Well, that certainly got my attention. And here's this from the August 9th story by William Rashbaum, Karen Zraick, and Ray Rivera:
The witness accounts retold by the police were at odds with what some other witnesses said had happened. Robert Cartagena, 19, Mr. Alvarez's cousin, and another witness, Shariff Spencer, Mr. Alvarez's friend, said they never saw Mr. Alvarez fire a gun. [well what do you expect them to say?]Now let's go back to the August 8th story by Trymaine Lee and Colin Moynihan:
Mr. Alvarez's lawyer [whose job it is to defend his client regardless of guilt] ... said his client ... motioned "no" when asked if he had had a gun or fired one.
Yet questions were being raised among some witnesses as to whether the police had acted appropriately.See... it was All Love. And then police showed up. Two guys just in a little scuffle and police blow them away.
When that first shot went off, "Angel was still punching," Mr. Spencer [a friend of Alvarez] said.
"Never once did you hear, 'Freeze,' " he said. "Never once did you hear, 'Stop.' Never once did you hear, 'N.Y.P.D.' "
Several residents expressed outrage at the shooting, saying the police were overly aggressive.
"People feel like they have no concern for life," Sean Washington, a television producer who lives down the street from where the shooting occurred, said of the police. Before the gunfire started, he added, the D.J. at the block party said over the loudspeaker "how good a feeling it was because there was no violence. It was all love."
Having been a police officer, I assume -- no, I know -- that nine times out of ten the police version of the story is closer to the truth than any "witness" account.
Now I wasn't there. So I don't know what happened. But I bet it's pretty close to the Post's account:
Moments before a police-issued semiautomatic slug fatally ripped through Soto's chest, he allegedly pulled his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver on Alvarez, a small-time hood who was getting the better of him in a fistfight, sources said.Also, the A.P.'s Colleen Long has a good story.
Alvarez lunged for the weapon, and it went off twice during the struggle, attracting the attention of officers nearby, witnesses told police.
Alvarez, 23, then allegedly fired at Patrolman Douglas Brightman -- prompting the uniformed cop and three officers on the other side of the block to return a volley of 46 rounds, police said.
The Daily News says: "NYPD officials initially said Alvarez killed Soto with the revolver, before shooting at four cops who returned fire. Yesterday, cops said the revolver was in Soto's waistband but Alvarez took it from him and shot at a uniformed officer with it." For the record, Soto was killed and Alvarez shot many many times but is alive.
So what's my point? I'm not certain yet. But why does the Times see fit to quote Ms. Craft, Alvarez's bother, saying her brother has a job (auto mechanic) and a 2-year-old son? Well maybe because the story is trying to make Alvarez look like a victim, which makes police out to be the criminals.
But if we want a character study on Soto and Alvarez, why not tell the whole story? The Post is willing to call Alvarez a small-time thug. And apparently there's nothing small time about Soto. According to the Daily News:
Both had records. Alvarez had two prior arrests, including one for gun possession and trying to run down a cop with a car, for which he served two years. Soto had been arrested eight times, including for burglary.But I can hear people saying, "So maybe they had trouble in the past. But how long can you hold that against them? Poor kids." Whatever. And I have a bridge to sell you.
Michael Feeney of the Daily News digs up a Twitter account (I found this under the name BooBillzMB) and writes: "Luis Soto, slain in Harlem shootout, painted himself as tough gangbanger on Twitter.
"I go 2 da grave b4 I be a b---h n----! Fa'realll," he wrote July 23.With a past record of illegal gun possession and assaults on police, and with a running feud with Soto, perhaps Alvarez's biggest mistake was bringing a knife (or his fists) to a gun fight. Was Soto a b*tch n***a? Not for me to say, but he got his wish about going to the grave first. Was Alvarez just in the wrong place at the wrong time? I doubt it. Is any of this relevant? Actually, yes.
He posted photos of himself flashing gang signs, or holding a new iPhone, an iPad and cocktails.
In one photo, he looked out at the camera over a thick fan of crisp new $50 bills - many thousands of dollars worth.
Though he had no job, he planned to trade in his BMW 760, a $130,000 car, for an equally pricey Mercedes-Benz CL550, he tweeted.
A turf rivalry between Harlem, where Angel Alvarez lives, and the Bronx, where Soto was from, surfaced in his tweets. "Not for nothin da BRONX Got More Real N----s Den HARLEM," he wrote July 28.
Friends said Alvarez and Soto had an argument two weeks ago that led to their clash Sunday in Harlem.
Because imagine going to work and getting into a gunfight. Just another day at the office? Imagine the fear as you see a muzzle flash and think you're going to die. Imagine the guilt of learning that you almost killing another officer. Imagine how lucky you feel to be alive. Imagine the relief of going back to your wife and kids. And for this the department and city you serve make you get a piss test and strips you of your gun "pending investigation." And then in the papers your friends and family read about how you might have killed an innocent hard-working might for no reason.
Did police behave correctly in using lethal force and shooting 46 times at these two fighting men with a gun? Absolutely. I don't want to go too far, but it seems like the least we could do is appreciate what these officers went through and thank them for risking their life while just doing their job.


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Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikolai Prokhorkin each scored two goals and the Olympic Athletes from Russia blanked arch-rival United States 4-0 in an electric atmosphere on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic men's hockey tournament.
Russia has not won Olympic hockey gold since 1992 but an all-star OAR lineup from the country's two top clubs showed the skill and tenacity that made them 2018 favourites, securing a quarter-final berth with the win.
Slovakia, which upset the Russians 3-2 in their opener, faced Slovenia in a later match, but the emotional and hard-hitting USA-Russia showdown was the day's marquee event.
The political rivals stirred passions long before players began warming up as rowdy fans waved Russian and US flags with chants of "U-S-A" and "Russ-i-a" — screaming that only grew louder as the game unfolded in an intense setting.
While US coach Tony Granato played down any "Miracle on Ice" repeat talk, there were echoes of the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic upset of the Soviet Union by a collection of US amateurs.
With NHL talent absent for the first time since 1994 over money issues and injury fears, a young US squad with four college stars and mostly Europe-based talent faced an all-star lineup from Russia's two best clubs, including five-time Olympians and ex-NHL stars Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk.
But these Americans found no goals, much less miracles.
Bobby Sanguinetti and Datsyuk traded early hits against the boards to set a physical tone, with rock music during breaks and crowd noise feeding into the game's quick-pace tempo.
Two shove-filled melees exchanged near the Russian goal heated player emotions until they boiled over 91 seconds before the end of the second period.
US forward Chris Bourque, the smallest man on the ice, answered a takedown by going after Prokhorkin, who responded in kind as both were sent off for roughing.
The Russians were already leading 2-0 by then thanks to a Prokhorkin brace.
Kovalchuk blasted a shot past US goaltender Ryan Zapolski from the right faceoff circle with 0.2sec remaining in the period, boosting their lead to 3-0.
Kovalchuk struck again 28 seconds into the third period, zipping a laser shot from the opposite circle for a 4-0 Russian edge.
Russian goaltender Vasili Koshechkin made 29 saves in the shutout.
The red-clad Russians opened the scoring 7:21 into the game, the unguarded Prokhorkin at the crease tapped in Sergei Mozyakin's pass.
Prokhorkin rifled a slapshot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Zapolski 2:14 into the second period to double the Russians' lead.
– Czechs edge Canada –
Jan Kovar and Petr Koukal scored in a penalty shootout to lift the Czech Republic to a 3-2 win over defending champion Canada 3-2. Canada could still qualify directly for the quarter-finals by beating South Korea on Sunday.
"We have to keep our heads up and come in tomorrow confident. We can't dwell on it," said Canada's Maxim Noreau, whose final shootout effort clanked off the left post to seal the Czech triumph.
"It was a good game for us," Canada coach Willie Desjardins said. "We created lots of chances. Now we move ahead. We know we have to get better."
The Czechs would clinch a quarter-final spot Sunday by beating Switzerland, which routed South Korea 8-0.


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So I'm quite happy to admit that when I'm not teaching or training my guilty pleasure is catching up with British Bake Off on iPlayer.
I'm only up to episode 3, which was all about bread. Now one of the first things any decent trainer will say to you when you start working with them is to ditch the bread!
However depending on your goals, not all bread is 'devil's spawn'!
Personally I don't eat white or whole-wheat bread. Basically modern day wheat is the product of genetic manipulation and hybridisation that has created the high yielding 'dwarf wheat' that forms the majority of the wheat consumed today.
So what's wrong with 'dwarf wheat'?
Simple really, it contains high levels of a super-starchy carbohydrate called Amylopectin A which produces big light 'fluffy' breads
Here's the downside, Amylopectin A has the same impact on your body as eating table sugar – yes, that's right, eating two slices of bread has pretty much the same impact on your body as eating two tablespoons of sugar [1] [2] and that's the same whether it's white or whole wheat bread too!
Pretty frightening right?
So back to Bake Off
The contestants were asked to make a loaf of rye bread – because of the health benefits of it as an alternative to ordinary wheat bread. Now, unless I'm eating an 'off plan' meal, rye bread is the only bread I eat, even then it's just occasionally too.
Thing is, there are a whole host of benefits to eating rye bread as an alternative to 'normal' wheat bread, the most fundamental being that it's been proven to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes [3]. Which also makes it a far better choice for someone who has type 2 diabetes or an impaired glucose tolerance, especially as we've just seen wheat bread can have the same affect on your body as eating table sugar!
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Give rye bread a try, personally I recommend you swap your 'normal' wheat bread for it – your waistline and your insulin sensitivity will both love you for it!
Oh and if you or someone you know are type 2 diabetic, then it's even more beneficial! There's a whole load more stuff I could share about this, but as this, but I'll save that for another post
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[1] Wheat Belly Blog! – Dr. William Davis. Available at: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/05/eat-more-sugar/. Accessed September 15, 2014.
[2] Byrnes SE, Miller JC, Denyer GS. Amylopectin starch promotes the development of insulin resistance in rats. J Nutr. 1995;125(6):1430-7.
[3] Juntunen KS, et al., High-fiber rye bread and insulin secretion and sensitivity in healthy postmenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;77(2):385-391.
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Bernstein was reviewing The Good Doctor's book, The Proud Highway.
Hunter S. Thompson was a prolific letter writer; it's been estimated that his archive included in excess of 20,000 letters he wrote in his lifetime. The Proud Highway is comprised of letters he wrote between 1955 and 1967.
As a matter-of-course, I always pack a book or three when I'm going to be traveling for any period of time. The one book I brought to Italy is The Proud Highway.
I've been reading letters AIRMAN Hunter S. Thompson wrote while serving in the United States Air Force from from 1956 to 1957.
Having completed this section, I'm setting the book aside and turning my attention to work on the final installment of the Last Road Trip series. Of course, that's a topic that's better to address another time.
While AIRMAN Thompson wrote these letters a decade before Hell's Angels was published, the first signs of The Good Doctor were already appearing, to wit...
October 25, 1956
"Of course I'll have to apologize to all the people who were struck by the stray shrapnel, but not to the sports section. From now on, when I appear somewhere with a pencil in my hand and a gleam in my eye, people will quiver in their shoes and sweat freely. This is the finest thing that could have happened. I now have thousands of readers, and the official sanction of the Base Commander. Move over Winchell . . . HST has emerged from obscurity to jab at the world for awhile. Jesus, what fun!"
- Hunter S. Thompson {page 21}
October 17, 1957
"In short, Kraig, I don't think you really have an idea who Hunter S. Thompson is when he drops the role of court jester. And, for that reason, I'm afraid I'd be building you up for another fall if I were frank enough to tell you how I feel about you. I don't mean to say that I'm egotistical enough to believe that I have the power to make you feel one way or another about me. But on the other hand: if I were to attempt that, as I'd like to -- and succeed -- I'm not quite sure that either one of us would be any better off. And, rather than pursue any course of action which might eventually hurt you, I'd rather not do anything at all.
But let me tell you, before I leave this sombre subject, a little about myself: a very little -- but enough.
First, I do not live from orgy to orgy, as I might have made you believe. I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe. I am quite sincere about some of the things which people take very lightly, and almost insultingly unconcerned about some of the things which people take most seriously. In short, I am basically antisocial: certainly not to an alarmingly degree, but just more so than I appear to be.
And finally, the more I try to explain myself, the more apparent it becomes that I'm not doing a very good job of it. That's why I wish, in a way, that we were not this far apart. It would be much easier to sit on a blanket on a beach and talk. I've always thought that letters were a very poor medium to convey any sort of serious meaning, and this effort only confirms my suspicion. I do it very rarely, and I'm not likely to try again for some time. I hope, even though I haven't done a very good job, that, if nothing else, I've gotten across to you that there's something more to old Cuubley than the part of him which shows above the water-line."
-Hunter S. Thompson {pages 68-69}
October 24, 1957
"Although I don't feel that it's at all necessary to tell you how I feel about the principle of individuality, I know that I'm going to have to spend the rest of my life expressing it on way or another, and I think that I'll accomplish more by expressing it on the keys of a typewriter than by letting it express itself in sudden outbursts of frustrated violence. I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the world, but pertaining to a freedom adn mobility of thought that few people are able -- or even have the courage -- to achieve."
-Hunter S. Thompson {page 70}
October 30, 1957
"By the time you get this letter, there will be no 'H.S. Thompson' listed on the payroll of the nation's bird division. Colonel Campbell called me at the PGN [Playground News] office this morning that the Comm Sq sergeant had a message for me --- to report for my discharge physical tomorrow at 7:15.
And so, after two years of 'arduous service,' the walking anomaly that is HST has escaped into the jungle of insecurity called civilian life. Yes....it's an honorable.
Surprised? You aren't alone. A little disappointed? You still aren't alone. At any rate, I knw you'd be interested."
-Hunter S. Thompson {page 71}
November 4, 1957
"First and by all means, foremost . . . : the case of THOMPSON VS THE USAF has come to a boiling, bubbling climax. The mule train of military bureaucracy, with the help of a few expertly placed jolts of high-detergent oil, has been rolling in high gear for the past two weeks and, believe it or not, has finally come to a logical conclusion: that being that "a square peg cannot exist in a round hole."
And so, with that truism staring him straight in the eye, old Uncle AF has decided to arrange a suitable burial for AIRMAN Thompson. Sadly enough, the burial will have to be accomplished without the usual fanfare--trumpets, sobbing lovers, and that sort of thing--and the ceremony will be brief and without melodrama of any description. It will nonetheless be final--and wild.
There will be a few tears--and some sighs of relief. There will be some angry, dumbfounded protest--and some shrugging of shoulders. A military manner will prevail where pandemonium used to exist. The sports pages of the Command Courier will once again appeal to the military mind.
There will be no 'Scoop' Thompson serving vodka-flavored coffee in the Eglin, AFB fieldhouse--nor any Cuubley Cohn to grace the Sports Section of the Playground News. In short, a vicious, dangerous, radical individual has finally gone the way of Marshall Zukov: purged--rooted from the ranks--and discharged.
Yes, Kraig . . . Cuubley finally made the grade. The 'Thompson plan for moral redemption' has met the final, acid test. It took a few shots in the dark,a few master strokes, and no little luck---Thompson will shed his mantle of shame and emerge into the light once again---as a civilian. And for you and anyone else who might have underestimated the 'Thompson touch'--it's honorable as hell. A miracle, possibly: but a reality, nonetheless."
-Hunter S. Thompson {pages 72-72}
To close, a news release written by AIRMAN Thompson which appeared in the Eglin Air Force Base newspaper...
EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA (November 8)--S/Sgt. Manmountain Dense, a novice Air Policeman, was severely injured here today when a wine bottled exploded inside the AP gatehouse at the west entrance to the base. Dense was incoherent for several hours after the disaster, but managed to make a statement which led investigators to believe the bottle was hurled from a speeding car which approached the gatehouse on the wrong side of the road, coming from the general direction of teh SEPARATION CENTER.
Further investigation revealed that, only minutes before the incident at the gatehouse, a reportedly 'fanatical' airman had received her separation papers and was rumored to have set out in the direction of the gatehouse at a high speed in a muffler-less car with no brakes. An immediate search was begun for Hunter S. Thompson, one-time sports editor of the base newspaper and well-known 'morale problem.' Thompson was known to have a sometimes overpowering affinity or wine and was described by a recent arrival in the base sanatorium as 'just the type of bastard who wold do a think like that.'
An apparently uncontrolled iconoclast, Thompson wsa discharged today after one of the most hestic and unusual Air Force careers in recent history. According to Captain Munnington Thurd, who was relieved of his duties as base classification officer yesterday and admitted to the neuropsychological section of the base hospital, Thompson was 'totally unclassifiable' and 'one of the most savage and unnatural airmen I've ever come up against.'
'I'll never understand how he got this discharge,' Thurd went on to say. 'I almost had a stroke yesterday when I heard he was being given an honorable discharge. It's terrifying-simply terrifying.'
And then Thurd sank into a delirium."


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Hi everyone,
I'm creating this thread to share your drone/copter information. I believe, this would help immensely for newbies like me during the initial build. For example, the Chris's blog on cheap Hobby King quad configuration is really a good resource.
I don't want to burden anyone who is willing to share their info. Hence all fields are optional. Atleast the first 5 fields are ideal. Please find the list of fields to copy/paste at the end, so you can start filling :-).
Here goes information about my quad.
frame: Quadcopter (3DRobotics)
controller/autopilot: APM1
esc: 20A (3DRobotics)
motors: 850Kv (3DRobotics)
propellers: 10x47, APC (3DRobotics)
motor to motor distance: -- inches
battery: 4S 3300mAh (Turnigy nano-tech)
total weight: -- lbs
flying time: 15 minutes (average)
radio: Turnigy 9X
video/osd: none
other: Sonar, Xbee, GPS/Mag, Attopilot current sensor
Turnigy 9X: Mode1 -> Mode2 change, Li-ion battery hack
motor to motor distance: -- inches
total weight: -- lbs
flying time:
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Looks nice. Can you send more specification details?
Like your rig! how did the tri props go? I also have some to try on my x8. but not tired them yet. Mine are 12" x 6
What is the fly weight? Also how did the tri props go and whats you opinion if these compared to 2 blades?
The total weight becomes 1.4Kg with LiPo.
Three blades hardly lift this slightly heavy Quad. They need higher revolution and waste power. On the 2 blades, the efficiency looks nice, however the behavior is quick.
Hi there, This is my new Arducopter X1 with jdrones motors and ESC's.I bought it from a new distributor in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
I have a GPS, a sonar and an xbee installed and working.I recently bought an optical flow sensor, got it tested OK but didn't install it yet.
Compared to my other project, a 5 kg full metal beast, flying this little guy is pure joy.
The frame:
The Sonar:
I installed a noise filter on it. These are the instructions.
I know, that resistor looks a bit dirty.. I should fix it soon.
Shorter motor cables. Getting rid of extra weight.
I also installed these ferrite cores on the ESC's cables, trying to achieve a cleaner signal:
And finally, a picture of the GPS, the Futaba T6EX receiver and the xbee:
It feels nice to follow fast instructions and be up in the air. Developing my own frame did teach me a lot of key elements, but it was stressful to tune up PID's and to replace broken parts after crashes. A 30 dollars propeller is not a propeller you want to break.
So far I'm really happy with this frame and I hope to get into the 3 dealers contest in time, and ideally win it!
Nice! What is the normal flying time? your battery? etc..
what details do you want ?
frame: Ardu Copter Hex
battery: 4x #N4500.4S.35/17248 Turnigy nano-tech 4500mah 4S 35~70C Lipo Pack
radio: Hitex Aurora 9
other: Sonar (more to come shortly)
GoPro Camera mount
For those that are interested, I have a video blog of the build process from a total newbie view located on my profile, http://diydrones.com/profile/Nafru
manufacturer off the esc and motors. To me the price is cheap for a rtf if the parts are reasonable quality. , My view is cheap motor on a 4 motor quad is a recipe for eventual disasters Flight weights and expected flight time averages?. Is it easy to fit 4 more motors to make it x8 coaxial? What is the power supply for the apm?
Pay close attention to those motor mounts, induce severe vibration.
Basically enough information to input Ecalc values, to do some modeling.
Things like:
Weight of the frame(s) only
Weight of the optional camera mount(s)
Motor details.
weight/payload/battery flight times (estimated or actual).
Shared photos and cad file to build it ,
parameter .... working progress :-)


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Pharmacy practice is evolving, pushed by technological advances like robotic dispensing and electronic prescribing. And evolution requires adaptation.
"A division of the role of the community pharmacist into patient-centered care and a technical field is happening," says Betsy Sleath, PhD, an associate professor of pharmaceutical policy at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy who has studied the rapid changes taking place in the profession. "Pharmacists are being given even more of an opportunity to do what many of them went to school for — direct patient care."
But is the profession ready to accept its role in direct patient care? "Pharmacists have largely been unsuccessful in developing the technical knowledge and ability to bill for clinical services," says Ernest J. Dole, PharmD, pharmaceutical care coordinator for the Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, N.M., and a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
"In fact, most pharmacists still do not typically bill for the patient care services they provide. And without substantial development of that ability, the profession's survival may be threatened," says Dole. "Current changes in the nation's health system, with its growing concern about cost-effective treatment, present an opportunity to prove our worth, to expand our services and be paid for them appropriately. But we need to develop the systems and expertise to do that."
The public apparently is ready for medication therapy management (MTM). Opinion polls show that pharmacists are highly trusted. A USA/Gallup poll released in December 2006 found that 73 percent of Americans rank pharmacists "very high" or "high" in terms of honesty and ethics. And their service is cost-effective: It is certainly less expensive to talk to a pharmacist about drug therapy than to pay for a doctor visit. It's more convenient as well.
There is plenty of evidence that pharmacists' provision of MTM can improve quality, and thereby lower overall costs. A study that included about 160 ambulatory patients over 65 who were prescribed at least four medications daily demonstrates effectiveness.
The Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME) examined pharmacist visits that included medication education, assessment of patients' adherence, and refills. Researchers found that after six months in an MTM program, intervention patients demonstrated increased medication adherence (from 61.2 percent at baseline to 96.9 percent), resulting in clinically significant improvements in blood pressure and LDL.
A study of an MTM program at Fairview Health Services, a large health system in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, reviewed the therapeutic value of a practice agreement between physicians and pharmacists.
At the beginning of the study, patients reached therapy goals 74 percent of the time, as compared with 89 percent by the end of the study period.
Politicians have noticed. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) requires that all prescription drug plan sponsors participating in Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans providing a drug benefit offer a medication therapy management program. CMS is mandated to administer the new benefit, and codes to pay pharmacists are in place. Part D providers are required to cover MTM services as an administrative cost.
At least one pharmacy benefit management company has seen the light. Walgreens Health Initiative recently opened an MTM call center staffed by pharmacists. Beneficiaries are encouraged to call one of the PBM's 15 pharmacists at the center if they have questions about their medications. In most cases, patients are referred to their local pharmacists for resolution of their medication issue.
Codes exist for those pharmacists to be paid for those services. In July 2005, a panel from the Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition (PSTAC), which consists of professional organizations, approved three Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for pharmacists to use to bill payers for face-to-face MTM services.
As of now, the CPT codes are in CMS category III, which means they are being used temporarily while more evidence is gathered. The profession has five years to show an American Medical Association panel that the codes have therapeutic value, and the AMA will report its findings to CMS.
But to do that, pharmacists must make robust use of the codes, says PSTAC representative Michael Hogue, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy. "Pharmacists need to be using these codes," he says. "That would be of great benefit to the profession."
To boost that effort pharmacy, health insurers, consumers, government, and business formed the Pharmacy Quality Alliance last year, with the support of CMS. Its mission is to develop a strategy for measuring performance at the pharmacy and pharmacist levels, including data collection and reporting mechanisms.
Because hundreds of health plans are participating in Part D, conventional wisdom has held that private plans will follow CMS in paying pharmacists for MTM — thus enhancing the adoption of MTM as a both a medical strategy and income stream.
"The idea has been around for a long time, for decades, whether it was called cognitive services, pharmaceutical care, or any number of other names. They all described duties performed by pharmacists focusing on applying clinical knowledge to the care of patients. The issue has been finding a way to pay for these services," says Rob McMahan, PharmD, Medicare pharmacy manager for Humana. "With the advent of Medicare Part D and subsequent medication therapy management programs, payments for patient care delivered by a pharmacist will become a more widespread reality."
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As I mentioned in the Christmas in Missouri post, sugar cookies are a tradition within a tradition. The first tradition being that cookies are served as snacks in general throughout Christmas but most importantly as part of the snack spread before mass on Christmas Eve. Then the decorating of the cookies to get them ready for the snack spread is its own thing. I wish I had captured Allison's explanation from the beginning.
I love Sean's dad saying "it's amazing" after being told I was outlining the cookies in a different color. It's funny. I was still getting my feet wet with the process and could only think about how my mom outlines the cookies in white and then colors the insides. I had a hard time letting go of that even though my mom doesn't use the star tip. It's a different method entirely.We ended up with a very cheery color palette. I wouldn't call this super bright though. I had no idea this is the proper way to put a tip on the end of a bag!The classic way to fill a bag in this household is with a cup. I used this method too and it was nice and easy.But Shelley's pretty fancy and can do it freehand.Allison's the best at mustaches, eyebrows, and leaves. I mean, isn't that the cutest mustache?!Beautiful! And fun!