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Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
I am convinced diesel is the best alternative, but wheter
there will be a hybrid or diesel solution it is easy to
keep the tax base. As cars gets more efficient taxes
must be raised accoridingly. This is for a couple of reasons.
First of all if gas or diesel taxes per driven mile becomes
less we will be increasing our use of gasoline instead
of increasing the demand for even better fuel saving
techologies or inventing new ways of running our cars
such as renewable fuels.
Secondly if taxes remains the same per gallon the
goverment will loose revenue and will look to other
ways of compensate for that (like income tax).
As a matter of fact we should already have increased
oil taxes and reduced income taxes accordingly.
This would have spurred a demand for fuel efficient
cars and also have given us the choice of using the
tax savings on the more expensive fuel or on something else. I know I would like to use that
saved income tax towards a diesel miser.
Others will use the money towrds a hybrid.
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Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
This discussion has gone on a long time for one of so little value. The best solution is many solutions. diesel electric hybrids are the tickect for highway driving. Total electrics are the short trip commuter soultion. Gasoline or propane electrics are best for longer city commutes. Straight high effiency diesels are best for long trips with few hills. With improvements in battery technology and use of super capacitors you will see more plug in electrics that have a removeable generator for long range use. One solution will not fill all our needs. That is the missed point.
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
"Straight high efficiency diesel are good for long trips
with few hills". What is that supposed to mean?
Diesels are great in mountains with steep hills.
This is another area where they beat the hybrids
since they run out of battery power.
Wish people got the facts together before they write
in this blog. TORQUE!!
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
Some comments were posted regarding the "poorly built Olds diesel" engine. Contrary to popular belief, this engine is fine and will run for hundreds of thousands of miles in the hands of an experienced diesel owner. My daily driver is proof of that: A 1983 Buick LeSabre with a 5.7 diesel with 231,000 miles. Even a diesel engine built in 1983 gets better fuel economy than the gas engines of today.
A good solution might be for everyone to drive diesels running on bio-diesel. That would clean up the air and help farmers at the same time.
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
Here's the latest in diesel technology from Europe, the VW Polo BlueMotion, 1.4L 3-cyl TDI with 80 hp and 143 lb-ft of torque (not bad for the size of the car).
It's rated at an average of 3.9 liters/100 km. That's 60 mpg folks, 73 miles per imperial gallon for those of us in the colonies...
Too bad we can't get those here, it's a practical little package, better than a Smart, and being a diesel, it will probably actually deliver the promised mpg figures. Unlike the Escape Hybrid in a recent newspaper road test up here, that got 11.3 l/100 km instead of the promised 7.3. Hell our '98 Odyssey van gets less than 11 l/100 km...
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
Looks like a great diesel.
Some of the sailing ships that the old shipyards produced to counter the threat of steam ships were pretty impressive too. It's amazing to watch what the builders of antiquated technology will do when their entire existance is faced with extinction. Too bad the auto manufacturers don't put as much effort at just getting hybrids on the road as they do trying to preserve their obsolete conventional internal combustion engines.
Another example of extreme measures to protect the traditional power train is the Ford Mondeo TDCi diesel I'm driving now (rental of course). It has a 6-speed manual transmission. My foot gets so exhausted shifting at least (assuming I don't down shift - but why waste the effort downshifting since I'm not recovering any of the braking energy anyway) 7 times every time I stop that it would probably be easier to walk. But I guess you need to do desperate things when trying to coax a little extra performance and efficiency from such a limited platform as a conventional diesel drive.
Even with the 6-speed, I still occasionally stall the engine when starting up. After getting used to my HCH (M5), I sometimes forget how much revving is necessary to get these dinosaurs to move.
Why can't these trogolodytes just come out of their caves and add an electric motor to their power train? They could easily put in half the engine, remove the transmission, and get more than twice the hp out of a well designed hybrid.
Performance up
Efficiency up
cost down (if designed properly)
what's not to like?
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
I've been averaging around 58MPG in my HCH this winter, but can hardly wait for the warmer weather. Last summer averaged around 65MPG.
Not bad for a 2,000lb 5 star safety rated Motor Trends car of the year and arguably the nicest Civic.
In my case I wouldn't want to fuss with a diesel, get lower mileage and pay more for fuel.
I've heard GM is working on a new hybrid system based not on batteries or electric motors, but on hydraulics. They are saying it is realistic for their full size pickup trucks to get around 60MPG.
Be great if it's true.
EV1 I also think the next generation EV is right around the corner.
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
Let me shed a little light on the diesel vs biodiesel discussion here.
I am located in a smaller farming community that has several 'home brew' bio coops. I am also just across the border from a state that is pushing hard for alternative fuels (MN). I have many chances to operate my buisness truck, a 14,000lb 2005 Nissan UD, on bio. The results are astounding!
The odors are non-existant (smells like popcorn more than anything). There is NO smoke (only a little white puff when I'm starting it really cold). The engine runs smoother, gets better mileage, and produces much less soot in the exhaust system. My mechanic has also commented that it is much easier on our motor and will dramatically help engine life (ok, so I'll get 650K instead of 450K!).
Here's the kicker: this stuff is made, at least in my own town here, from waste cooking oil and fats from restaraunts and food processing plants! A waste product being used to make a better, cleaner fuel!!!! It also cost about 15% less than taxed petro diesel. The bio that's produced commercially is being made from the crops of local farmers; hmmmm, no foreign oil AND money in our local economy! It's also a much MUCH cleaner fuel to refine with practically no odor or waste discharges. Try driving through Port Authur TX some time and see what the petro plants put out!!!
As to the CO2 question; when burned biodiesel releases the same amount of CO2 that the plants used up when they were growing. That makes it a eco-neutral product (doesn't add to the problem!). It also has basically non-existant levels of contaminents that petro diesel has.
This will be big, soon! It is growing in huge leaps in smaller communities now. You will start to see large scale, commercial systems in place soon (there already are a few now).
Just imagine for a moment a country of clean burning, fuel efficient cars operating on a fuel that channels all ALL of it's cost of production back to the hands of this countries citizens.
It's humorous; the strongest argument that I have heard against biodiesel is that we currently don't have enough capacity to grow the crops needed to fuel the entire country. How lame of an excuse is that? Gee, let's see.....we can't get this program going full swing because we'd have to pay our struggling farmers to actually expand and become more efficient?!?!?!? Instead, lets hand out huge tax breaks along with obscene profits to hugely polluting oil companies and refineries!
There is no money for in bio for the 'decision makers' right now, so it will take some time for it to become a reality...but I personally thing that reality is soon.
In the meantime, if you're sitting on the road in NW Wisconsin and suddenly a truck passes you that smells like fresh popcorn, wave....I'll be happy to wave back!
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
Question to Steve in Georgia...if hybrids are so great
why do they need to be supported by tax reductions
(the rest of us will pay for it) and even get to drive
with one occupant in the HOV lane. All the while diesels
costing about the same or a little more than the gasoline
version gets no subsidies ?
Diesel vs. Hybrid: A Point Missed
I agree that diesels (which actually obtain their EPA ratings for mpg compared to the false advertising allowed by hybrids) should get tax breaks. The government says no because of emissions. By June 2006 (3 months from now) cleaner diesel with lower emissions will be mandatory at all pumps. Add this with the biodiesel and no more complaining by environmentalists about the emissions of diesels. No one likes to admit that diesel engines stop 25% to 50% less often to fuel up which means lower emissions overall than their gasser counterparts. Anyway, things are looking brighter for diesels in the U.S. It is just taking a long time. When we see biodiesel TDIs with hybrid electric motors getting 70 mpg and costing like $25,000, then we have reached a new plateau. We have the technology today to do this no problem. It comes down to dollars. Bush is still in office and controls much of the oil. He and many others in the government do not want us to bail out all at once on oil and move to biodiesel fuel (little to no oil used in production since it comes from recycled plant oils currently). Also, car companies are hoping to make money and are afraid that sales will not be there if they don't offer more traditional gassers. Anyway, by 2010, we will have diesel hybrids in the U.S. and possibly a lot more biodiesel pumps. Of course, you can always make the biodiesel yourself for less.


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Majid Tavakoli was taken to the Revolutionary Court on Sunday with torture signs clearly evident above his right eyebrow. He did not know why he was taken to court. Tavakoli, who was wearing prison clothes from the security section 209 in Evin Prison, said he has been kept in solitary in section 240 of this prison for the past 3 weeks. This is while this student activist was kept in a solitary cell in section 209, three weeks before that.
This Amir Kabir University student was summoned to court again even as he was previously sentenced to 8 years and six months of prison, a 5 year ban on political activities and a 5 year ban from leaving the country in a trial behind closed doors. (Bamdad Khabar – Feb. 22, 2010)
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Contest: Vin Scully '2014 Rose Parade Grand Marshal' Pin
I'm giving away one Vin Scully '2014 Rose Parade Grand Marshal' pin.
Answer this trivia question.
What is Vin's middle name?
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- hypnotic23 said...
- January 2, 2014 at 12:50 PM
- MarcoS. said...
I didn't go to the parade yesterday, but getting these pins prior to the parade were a real pain. They kept selling out, and the only way I got a couple was through a friend who knows somebody.
- January 2, 2014 at 3:17 PM
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You can get these online on the Pasadena Rose Parade web site (thats what i did)
- January 2, 2014 at 5:06 PM
- 000_hjs_000 said...
Oh yeah, Good to see you doing better Roberto
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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Important Documents to Bring to the Tax-Aide Site
En español | The checklist below includes items you need to bring when you visit an AARP Foundation Tax-Aide site for us to help you prepare your tax return(s)
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September is upon us, bringing new novels from William Gibson, Guillermo del Toro and Cherie Priest. Plus: postmodern time travel, zombie relationship tips, and the ultimate smackdown between vampires and alien invaders!
Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam)
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Cherie Priest returns to her steampunk Civil War universe with Dreadnought, the sequel to her Hugo-nominated Boneshaker. Widowed nurse Mercy Lynch is trying to make her way across the battle-scarred United States to see her dying father. It's a long way from Richmond to Seattle under the best of circumstances, and the only train available is pulled by the massive, unnerving Dreadnought locomotive. But when the train is beset by bandits and Confederates, it becomes clear something's afoot with Mercy's ride west, and she'll have to face down some serious trouble to make it to Washington Territory in one piece.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)
Buzz about Charles Yu's debut novel has been building for a while now, and Annalee's already given How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe the thumbs-up. The protagonist, a time-travel mechanic named Charles Yu, lives in the eponymous fictional universe and unsticks people from paradoxes and looks for his missing mad-scientist father. The concept is mind-bogglingly meta and the execution promises to be geekily literary/literarily geeky.
The Stars Blue Yonder, Sandra McDonald (Tor)
September must be a good month for trippy time travel. The latest installment in Sandra McDonald's Australian military SF series finds Chief Terry Myell dead, deified, and skipping through space and time, attempting to save Earth. Meanwhile his very pregnant wife, Commander Jodenny Scott, is finding it makes the grieving process rather difficult when one's allegedly dead husband turns back up. If you've got even the remotest interest in Aboriginal Australian culture and cosmology, pick this one up.
The Fall, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (William Morrow)
In the second installment of del Toro and Hogan's vampire trilogy, things aren't looking any better for our band of heroes. The blood-sucking virus has enveloped Manhattan, and the plague is spreading across the globe. Epidemiologist Eph Goodweather is trying to contain the sickness, but his ex-wife's been turned and wants eternal custody of their son. Meanwhile, wise old professor and Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian is convinced they'll find the solution in a Renaissance grimoire. For those who prefer their vampires to be strictly bad guys.
I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
In her fourth outing, Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men are dealing with witch-hating fear-mongers. This heroine devotes her magic to helping the needy, but someone is spreading rumors and stirring up animosity against her kind. And there's a ghost after her, too.
What I Didn't See, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer Press)
Most people know her for the Jane Austen Book Club, but Karen Joy Fowler is also a well-respected science fiction writer and regular Nebula nominee. Included in this collection are two prize-winners: "Always," about life in a cult obsessed with immortality, and "What I Didn't See," an homage to James Tiptree, Jr.
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If there's anything that will put your marital problems in context, it's a zombie outbreak. Jesse Petersen's amusing novel stars Sarah and David, a couple well on their way to divorce — until the dead begin to rise. They quickly find when it's just you, your estranged spouse, and a major metro area full of shambling corpses, you find a way to work through your issues. Bonus: Every chapter opens with zombie-specific relationship tips.
Out of the Dark, David Weber (Tor)
You know who isn't going to put up with aliens coming down, taking over the Earth? Romanian vampires, that's who. The American military doesn't much relish the thought, either. That's the premise behind David Weber's latest, expanded from an entry in George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois' Warriors anthology. Apparently, Henry V's behavior at Agincourt horrified a passing group of extraterrestrials so much, the planet is considered fair game for colonization by the galactic Hegemony. It'll be interesting to see where Weber goes with this military-science-fiction-meets-horror concept.
Blameless, Gail Carriger (Orbit)
Gail Carriger continues her Parasol Protectorate series with Blameless. Alexia has — oh, the scandal! — left her werewolf husband. He dissolves into a drunken disaster. Queen Victoria, not amused, fires poor Alexia from her council of paranormal advisers. So our magic-neutralizing heroine runs off to Italy, looking for Templars. Really, steampunk/paranormal mash-ups doesn't get much more fun than this series.


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Middlebury, Ind.-based EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC has launched a new toyhauler travel trailer with its 2014 Amped series.
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New court documents were filed in Alaska's Appeals Court arguing why the convictions against Yup'ik subsistence fishermen should be overturned. The case goes back to June of 2012 when the Kuskokwim River was closed to King salmon fishing for 12 days, longer than ever before. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game called the closure to get more Kings to the spawning grounds because the runs had diminished in recent years.
Fishermen and their families were anxious to get fish hung up and smoked while the dry weather lasted. Some villages organized a kind of fishing protest where dozens of fishermen threw their nets in the river anyway.
State and federal managers responded by citing about three dozen people in one day. The fishermen were found guilty and fined in the Bethel District Court and now about a dozen of them are taking the case through the appeals process.
James Davis Jr. is their lawyer.
"Subsistence is so essential to Yup'ik people and the way they see themselves in the world and their sense of how the universe operates, that needs to be protected just as if it were a more orthodox religion such as Catholicism or Judaism," Davis said.
The trial court found that the fishermen had a spiritual connection to King salmon and fishing for them was a religious practice but that the State's obligation to protect the run supersedes that.
Three groups have filed friends of the court briefs supporting the fishermen in the appeals court: The Alaska Civil Liberties Union, the Association of Village Council Presidents and the Alaska Federation of Natives.
Sky Starkey is an attorney representing AFN and AVCP. He said their brief has two points. The first supports the lower court ruling that subsistence fishing is a religious practice.
"The second part of the Amicus brief focuses in on the actions that the state could have taken that would have allowed some fishing that could accommodate this spiritual, religious aspect of fishing while also preserving the Chinook runs on the Kuskokwim," Starkey said.
That could have included restricting the Pollock fleet or other non-Yup'ik fishermen on the river.
The State still has to file its appeals brief responding to the fishermen's. A request for an extension was filed meaning it won't be turned in until January 4th.
Assistant Attorney General Laura Fox said the state will argue that the court of appeals should uphold the convictions. She said the Fish and Game Department tries its best to manage and protect the salmon runs which is not an easy task.
"Sometimes the Department of Fish and Game has to restrict fishing to make sure enough King salmon can make it up the river to spawn and it's important that the state be able to enforce its fishing restrictions to protect the sustainability of the King salmon run for future generations," Fox said.
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Good news folks! My lumbar puncture came back negative for signs of leptomeningeal metastases. While it's not a completely full-proof test for LM (my neuro-oncologist pegged it at about 80% accurate, some research indicates it's more like 55%), it is the best tool they have right now. This result is a good thing; LM occurs when cancer spreads to one or more layers of the blood brain barrier and/or into the cerebral spinal fluid. It's difficult to treat with a tough prognosis, so we are relieved to have it off the table right now.
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We've also made another chemo change, or change back, as it were. The oral Tykerb/Xeloda combination I've tried the past month has just been too much for my body to handle. I will spare you the gruesome details, but even with extra meds to handle the side effects, I wasn't spending much time upright or feeling human. Plus taking 80+ pills a week turned out to be too much for my stomach to even humor me about. So tomorrow I will settle back into the chemo chair and go back to my Herceptin and Perjeta infusions. I'm looking forward to a jump in quality of life and weaning off some of these steroids and other side-effect management drugs.
The Bucket List: Sunshine and Sister Tattoos
On Saturday, Cas and I went and got matching ankle tattoos. It was my first tattoo (his….fifth I think?) and a very special item on my bucket list. We chose a sunshine motif as Cas has always been the sunshine that keeps me happy when skies are gray (sorry in advance for embarrassing you, kiddo). Thanks to Bryan at Lucky's in Northampton, MA for doing a bang up job.
My sister, Marlo, just left yesterday after a week's visit here to Connecticut. It was so wonderful to see her and reconnect. She lives in Texas so we don't get to visit nearly enough. To commemorate the trip, we also got matching "Soul Sister" tattoos (because two bucket list tattoos are better than one!). Manny at Nautilus Tattoo here in CT did awesome work and we love them.
Before I leave the subject of tattoos, I have to shout out to Lynn Prowitt that commas are next on the agenda. And it doesn't hurt much at all…I promise.
Grand Canyon and Family Fun
We are headed to Seattle later this month to see my niece, Katie, get married to her fiancé Freddie, which I'm sure will be a beautiful event. After a few days in Seattle to have a much needed catch-up with Ford family, we are headed down to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon, another bucket list item. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers so we can make this trip go down successfully without an accompanying ER visit.


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David Chase's Not Fade Away @NYFF revives the old question: are you a Rolling Stones or Beatles fan? Filled with nostalgia for 1960s #rockandroll, it follows a young man through the end of high school and into college. In the background, Kennedy is assassinated and Vietnam unrolls. But he and his friends remain fixed on music, music, music. David Chase denied at the Film Festival that it's an autobiographical film. But, like all first films, it's autobiographical in feeling. In fact, Chase's wife told him what the character's girlfriend did: Time is on your side—as it was.
Creator of The Sopranos, Chase got James Gandolfini and Steve van Zandt in the film—Gandolfini stars and van Zandt did the music. I met him when I auditioned for The Sopranos after a friend recommended me. I did not get the part but liked Chase anyway. A fun film. Not a great one. But very evocative of the decade.


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McGwire returns to St. Louis for first time as visitor
ST. LOUIS -- Mark McGwire played 280 games in St. Louis, but it wasn't until Monday that he entered the visiting dugout. McGwire returned to Busch Stadium as the Dodgers' hitting coach for the first time since retiring as a Cardinal and serving three seasons as their hitting coach.
"It's always good to come back here," McGwire said. "I've never been in the visiting dugout, so it's been sort of weird to come back here and go the other way instead of making that quick right turn into the Cardinals' clubhouse. It's going to be four great games, four battles, like I've told the guys."
Although he's no longer working in St. Louis, McGwire has kept tabs on his former players from afar.
"I look almost daily to see how they're doing," McGwire said. "They're getting better and better, that's what I saw. John Mabry, excellent hitting coach. They' just haven't missed a beat. If anything, they're better, and that's a good sign."
McGwire said the current Dodgers, who entered St. Louis on a 14-game road winning streak, remind him of the 2011 Cardinals who won the World Series.
"We were just going through the season and had a lot of injuries, then a big trade. It took time, and all of a sudden, the team gelled together and look what happened, won a World Series," he said. "That's sort of the feeling that's happening here in L.A. That's a great feeling. Guys are putting things together."


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Noticed some (if not all) the John Pilger docu's aren't working.
Here's his website with plenty video's.
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There's loads I've not seen, need to get my act together.
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Family Focus: Abraham Archibald McRobie
Abraham Archibald McROBIE (John William) was born on 26 Feb 1836 in Maryland. He died 31 Dec 1917 in Altamont, Garrett County, Maryland. It is thought he is buried in the McRobie Cemetery on Green Glade Road in Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland.
Abraham lived in Allegany County, Maryland. He worked as a farmer. He also fought for the Union Army in the American Civil War. Abraham was mustered in at the rank of Private in the 3rd Regiment, Maryland, Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Company D, on 7 Dec 1861. He mustered out at the rank of Corporal on 29 May 1865. Abraham was taken prisoner on 29 Jun 1862 when the 3rd PHB engaged Confederate forces in Moorefield, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Abraham married Nancy Catherine FRIEND on 26 May 1856. Nancy was born in 1840 in Mason County, Virginia. She died in 1916 in Altamont, Garrett County, Maryland. It is thought she is buried with her husband in the McRobie Cemetery on Green Glade Road, Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland.
Nancy lived in Mason County, Virginia, until about 1855. She lived in Allegany County, Maryland, after 1855.
Abraham and Nancy had the following children:
Columbus Lafayette McROBIE was born 26 Aug 1857 in Maryland.
Harriett McROBIE was born in 1861 in Maryland.
Stella F. McROBIE was born in 1863 in Maryland.
Elizabeth J McROBIE was born in 1866 in Maryland.
Sarah Almeda McROBIE was born in 1868 in Maryland.
Mary Ellen McROBIE was born in 1868 in Maryland.
Thomas R McROBIE was born in 1871 in Maryland.
Alfred Elijah McROBIE was born in 1874 in Maryland.
Abraham Archibald McROBIE Jr. was born in 1877 in Maryland.
Abraham has been one of the easier ones to dig up. The one road block I've found, like most others, has been trying to find Nancy's parents. If anyone has any information on this, I'd love to see!
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Entry in "The McCrobie/McRobie/McCroby Family 1761-1996″ by Wilma Nuzum Sanders. Pg. 4, pg. 8.
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Civil War Service from National Park Service
Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol 1
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Entry in "Maryland's Garret County Graves" compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Pg. 161.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Before Saturday's MLS Cup final, Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis said he was prouder of this year's team than any he has coached in his seven-year run at the club.
And although they came up short in their bid for a second championship in five years, Kreis thinks the pieces are in place for RSL to make another title charge in 2014 – irrespective of any big decision he has looming.
"I don't think this team is going to be changed in any large way," he said in the postgame press conference. "Again, you have gotten too successful to really do anything else. There's a ton of really young, talented players with this group."
This year's RSL were a team that overachieved to within inches of the ultimate prize. After an offseason reboot that saw three longtime starters shipped off and the emergence of youngsters such as Luis Gil (20 years old), Sebastian Velasquez (22), Devon Sandoval (22) and Carlos Salcedo (18) in prominent roles, Kreis thought RSL would be, at best, a .500 team in 2013.
They showed they were wise beyond their years. With most of the old core still intact to guide the youth movement, the Claret-and-Cobalt finished a point behind the first-place Portland Timbers in the Western Conference, reached the final of the US Open Cup and knocked off the two-time defending champion LA Galaxy and the Timbers on their way back to a second MLS Cup final appearance in five years.
Then they went toe-to-toe with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night in the frigid, hostile environs of Sporting Park in what Kreis called an "outstanding" performance. If not for three timely interventions from the goalpost, they could have won the game in regulation.
But it wasn't to be, as RSL bowed out in an epic penalty-kick shootout that went 10 rounds after a 1-1 draw in regular time and two scoreless extratime frames.
And although tears were shed on the Sporting Park pitch, and the locker room somber in the aftermath, the players know they've got a lot to look forward to once they get over the heartbreak.
"I've never been part of a group that's been more together than this group here," veteran center back Nat Borchers told reporters. "We really have a lot to build on, a lot of positive things I think given the performance we put in.
"We've got a lot of good, young players that have stepped up in the playoffs. They stepped up at the end of the game, which is fantastic to see. … I bring a lot of positives out of this."
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Apparently some of those youngsters did, too. Velasquez in particular – who cruelly missed what would have been a title-clinching kick deep into the shootout – says the taste of coming so close will only make him hungrier for another run next year and in the years to come.
"We know what it takes, we know the little things that count the most to get to this situation," he told MLSsoccer.com on Saturday night. "We've got to lift our heads high.
"Honestly, it was an incredible season. People didn't think we'd make it this far. We're proud of the guys and we've just got to move forward."
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http://mmajunkie.com Diego Sanchez's ascent in his second go-around inside the framework of the UFC welterweight division has been temporarily derailed.
The 29-year-old Sanchez (23-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) was set to face former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes (45-8 MMA, 18-6 UFC) at UFC 135 event, which takes place Saturday at Denver's Pepsi Center.
That was until a single right-handed punch connected to the top of his sparring partner's head and instantly changed his trajectory.
"I thought maybe I jammed it," recently Sanchez told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "As soon as I took my glove off at the end of the round I could see my bone moving. Right there on the pointer finger, that metacarpal on the pointer finger, was just completely cracked in half. Fortunately, I'm not going to need surgery."
In fact, the hand is expected to heal fully in four to five weeks. It's more of a momentum killer than anything. Sanchez is fresh off consecutive "Fight of the Night" performances against Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann.
"I look at it like a blessing in disguise," Sanchez said. "Right now, all I can do is work my knees, kicks, and my left hand and my conditioning. I can run hard. There's still a lot I can do and still continue to get better through this injury. That's something I've done throughout my career, through every little injury. There's always something, and you work your way around it, and continue to get better."
The injury has afforded him the time to be able to step back and assess his game as he continues to move up the ladder.
Despite the victory over Kampmann in March, Sanchez has been overly critical of his performance.
He admits his training camps for both Kampmann and Thiago were wrestling-heavy, and he may have neglected his striking in recent months.
"I felt that really hurt me in the Martin Kampmann fight," Sanchez said. "I know how to strike. I've been fighting for a while. But I wasn't sharp. I was not sharp at all."
The technical difference between Sanchez's kickboxing and Kampmann's was substantial and clearly evident throughout the fight. As a result, Sanchez's face was swollen and bloody by night's end.
Lesson learned.
"I went back to the gym and said, 'I'm not going into a fight again not sharp with my knees, kicks, and number one, my boxing,' Sanchez said. "We got back to work and continued to evolve and continued to get very sharp. I took my striking to the next level.
"I really realized that all fights start on the feet. Having that old school game plan of, 'I know I'm going to go in and take you down and beat you up,' it really doesn't make any sense for MMA because your opponent is able to anticipate that."
While Josh Koscheck fills in against Hughes at UFC 135 this weekend, Sanchez awaits a new fight date and a fresh opponent. It shouldn't be too difficult to find him a quality challenger. The welterweight division remains alive and well.
"I'm confident the UFC will give me a good fight no matter what," Sanchez said. "I'm ready to take on any opponent they put in front of me."
For the latest on UFC 135, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Though big accoutrements like Blue Apron and Hello Beginning are still arch the accomplishment to get fun, good-for-you aliment assimilate your plate, they're far from the alone players in the meal commitment bold these days.
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1 Sun Basket
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2 Sakara
Best for: Plant-based aliment lovers who abhorrence to cook
How it works: This all-organic, plant-based meal commitment affairs offers a ready-to-eat card (no affable required!) that rotates weekly, as able-bodied as seasonally, so you apperceive you're alone accepting what's beginning from the farm. After allotment amid altered affairs based on your goals and lifestyle, you'll accept a aggregate of Sakara's smoothies, salads, soups, and added veggie-based commons delivered appropriate to your doorstep. You'll adore eats like the Sakara Glow Granola basin for breakfast and the Maple Candied Potato Basin for dinner.
Pricing: The five-day Amoebic Meal Commitment plan, which includes three commons a day, starts at $70 per day.
Where it's available: Sakara delivers to 48 states, excluding AK and HI. To appearance affairs options for your specific region, access your zip cipher here.
3 Daily Autumn
Best for: Smoothie fanatics
How it works: Daily Autumn started out by aircraft ready-to-blend smoothies, but has back broadcast to action soups, autumn bowls, and flatbreads. You can body your own menu, allotment from all-vegan options that accommodate favorites like the Chai-Coconut Smoothie, Spinach and Shiitake Grits Autumn Bowl, and Tomato and Cremini Flatbread. Everything comes frozen, and you can alloy or calefaction your meal in bristles account or less.
Pricing: Accept to adjustment 24 items per ages (the atomic big-ticket option), and smoothies and soups amount $7.99 each, while bowls and flatbreads amount $8.99 each.
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4 Dinnerly
Best for: Families and captious eaters
What you get: Anniversary week, accept from eight abundance food-inspired recipes (think Fried Chicken and Hoisin-Glazed Meatballs) to whip up at home. Dinnerly offers options for meat eaters and vegetarians alike, and you can adapt according to blueprint like gluten-free and dairy-free. It's not the lowest-calorie card around, but it's a abundant way to eat hardly lightened-up, added veggie-rich versions of your admired restaurant meals.
Pricing: Adjustment six four-serving commons per anniversary and you'll pay aloof $4.29 per confined additional $8.99 shipping. (That's $111.95 total.) Or, adjustment three two-serving commons per anniversary for aloof $38.93.
Where it's available: Dinnerly delivers to best of the continental US states. To analysis if you're in the commitment zone, bang actuality and access your zip cipher and email address.
5 Purple Carrot
Best for: Vegans and vegetarians
What you get: Purple Carrot offers vegan commons that you can adapt in 30 account or less. Airheaded accommodate agitative eats, like "Parmesan" Gnocchi with Melted Summer Squash and Basil and Almond Butter Tofu Bowls with Charred Zucchini and Bok Choy. The sustainable, recyclable packaging is addition huge draw, back abounding meal commitment casework use bags of single-use plastic.
Pricing: Adjustment three two-serving commons per anniversary for $71.94 (that's $11.99 per serving). Two four-serving meal, though, costs aloof $9.99 per serving.
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6 Green Chef
Best for: Families that can't accede on what's for dinner
What you get: Whether you're a keto brace or agriculture a plant-based ancestors of six, Green Chef has options for everyone. Anniversary meal is certified amoebic and fabricated with alone fresh, sustainably-sourced meat and seafood. Accept your recipes—Keto Chipotle Lime Shrimp Bowls and Pesto Panko Chicken with Mozzarella are two contempo offerings—and back you appetite the capacity to be delivered and you'll accept what you charge to baker commons that counterbalance in at about 450 to 750 calories per serving.
Pricing: $12.99 per confined for keto and paleo meals, $11.99 per confined for counterbalanced active and plant-powered meals, and $10.99 per confined for ancestors plan means.
Where it's available: Green Chef delivers about everywhere in the United States, excluding AK, HI, and genitalia of Louisiana.
7 Hungryroot
Best for: Anyone who loves zoodles and cauliflower rice
What you get: With Hungryroot, you'll get partially prepared, ready-to-cook commons that are abundant on vegetables, cool convenient, and accessible to accumulate vegan or gluten-free. (Cauliflower comes riced and candied potatoes and zucchini appear spiralized!) Simply accept your capacity —like kohlrabi noodles, nicoise tuna, and vegan ravioli—then bandy the commons calm yourself.
Pricing: Minimum account deliveries alpha at $59 and appraisement affairs boilerplate from $60 to $100 per week.
Where it's available: Hungryroot is accessible beyond the abutting US.
8 Blue Apron
Best for: People who appetite to apprentice to cook
What you get: One of the aboriginal players on the scene, Blue Apron has broadcast to action a huge accumulating of ready-to-cook commons that baby to anybody from vegans to abundance food-loving carnivores. Baker up Seared NY Strip Steaks and Chimichurri with Roasted Zucchini and Quinoa Salad one night, again opt for Candied Potato and Mushroom Bao with Hoisin Mayo and Cabbage Slaw the next.
Pricing: For three two-serving commons per week, you'll pay $59.94 ($9.99 per serving). For two four-serving commons per week, you'll pay $71.92 ($8.99 per serving).
Where it's available: Blue Apron commons are accessible for commitment nationwide.
9 Freshly
Best for: People who adulation the accessibility of freezer meals, but not the freezer-burned taste
What you get: Move over, Angular Cuisine. Freshly's chef-crafted commons booty arctic entrees to the abutting akin with offerings like Laredo Chicken with Fonio Grits and Charro Beans, and Cool Pesto and Sausage Fusilli. Aloof reheat your commons in the bake at home or at assignment and they're accessible to eat.
Pricing: Adjustment four commons a anniversary and anniversary costs $11.50; adjustment 12 commons per week, admitting and anniversary costs aloof $7.99
Where it's available: Freshly is accessible in all abutting states in the US.
10 Martha & Marley Spoon
Best for: Anyone who aspires to be…well, Martha Stewart.
What you get: This meal kit commitment account ships easy-to-follow Martha Stewart recipes to your door. If you've consistently aspired to be a calm god(ess) but aloof can't appear about to hitting up the grocery abundance every day, Martha & Marley Spoon is for you. Card items accommodate appetizing favorites like Roasted Chicken and Broccoli with Cheddar Rice Casserole, and Japanese BBQ Salmon with Rice, Garlicky Snap Peas, and Peppers. You can administer filters (like low-carb or vegan) to clothier your menu.
Pricing: For three two-serving commons per week, you'll pay $62.93 (or $8.99 per serving) additional $8.99 shipping. For two four-serving commons per week, you'll pay $98.87 ($7.99 per serving) additional $8.99 shipping.
Where it's available: Marley Spoon is accessible in best of the abutting US states. Baddest a plan and access your zip cipher to see if you're aural the commitment zone.
11 EveryPlate
Best for: Budget-conscious cooks who don't charge too abounding options.
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12 Gobble
Best for: Cooks who are apprenticed for time
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Pricing: Commons consistently amount $11.99 per serving. That agency three two-serving commons comes out to $71.94 additional $8.99 shipping.
Where it's available: Gobble is accessible beyond the continental US.
13 Home Chef Beginning And Accessible
Best for: Cooks who don't appetite arctic meals, but don't absolutely accept time to baker from scratch
What you get: Home Chef's Beginning and Accessible affairs is one footfall up from arctic dinners. Capacity appear pre-portioned and in ready-to-cook baking dishes, so you aloof pop alone apparatus into the oven (or assimilate the grill) and delay for banquet to be served. You can adapt based on comestible alternative or opt for low-calorie or low-carb menus. Commons accommodate Grilled Chicken with Corn and Zucchini, and Baked Mac and Cheese.
Pricing: You can adapt how abounding servings and commons you want, but commons consistently amount $8.99 per serving. (Shipping varies based on how abundant you order.)
Where it's available: Home Chef delivers beyond the US.
14 HelloFresh
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What you get: Addition huge amateur in the meal commitment account game, HelloFresh offers a huge array of commons to accept from, and makes it accessible to adapt your card to any charge or preference. The easy-to-follow recipes consistently appear with diet information, and accommodate things like Cherry Balsamic Chicken with Almond Couscous and Roasted Carrots, and Crispy Chickpea Tabbouleh Bowls with Creamy Feta Dressing.
Pricing: Three four-serving commons alpha at $7.49 per serving, while two two-serving commons costs $8.99 per serving. 2 commons per serving. (There's additionally a $7.99 aircraft fee per order.)
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15 Veestro
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16 Yumble
Best for: Parents and their athirst kids
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17 ICON Commons
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Prior to a show in premiere toilet venue, the Manchester Hop & Grape, I am seated backstage with an articulate and well spoken, yet infinitely unkempt young man from Berkshire, answering to the name of Didz. We sit and we don't talk about dogs or tell bad jokes, no not at all; we do discuss the imminent delivery of the babies of certain topless models and the difficulties of morning glory upon the tour bus. This will be The Cooper Temple Clause.
The Coopers have just - this very day - entered the top 20 with their fourth single: a double a-side of 'Film Maker' and 'Been Training Dogs'. The latter has proved to have significant meaning to much of the band's work, "The place where we're from, if you look a little bit different, drink in different bars, etc. places can be a bit nasty. You get called names in the street. Been Training Dogs is a bit of a fantasy revenge song. Panzer Attack is about a similar subject. After we told the NME what it was about, there was a bit of backlash in the local paper." Despite the problems encountered by TCTC, they do not seem to feel the need to uproot themselves, "We've got no plans to move away. It's just convenient. That's where our practise is…and we're never there anyway."
What is your favourite type of dog and why?
"I don't know much about dogs…don't really like them."
Despite the top 20 success of their latest single, the band were far from happy when their previous effort of 'Let's Kill Music' failed to reach the charts, "With Let's Kill Music we were like, 'Yeah we're above this, and this!' and then we realised we weren't in the chart at all. Everyone involved with it just thought, 'Fuck that! Make sure it fucking happens next time.' And it did. So it's nice." Very nice.
This disappointment was attributable to the high expectations placed upon these six young men by their high-profile label, the press and their fans; but not least to their own expectations. This same week, they played on television programme CD:UK and Top of the Pops as well. Didz explained their philosophy on the Drug of the Nation - television, "We've always been of the opinion that there's no point in having something to say and not saying it to the most amount of people possible and so we don't have a problem with playing TV shows."
TCTC have launched attacks upon their hometown's narrow-mindedness and also upon the current state of music, but Didz is keen to explain exactly what it is that makes them tick, "As a band we're driven by frustration and dissatisfaction. I'll put it in terms of music and you can make of it socially what you want because there are various social connotations to it as well. We grew up listening to grunge and Britpop and then in 1996, '97 there just seemed to be NO good music around and it seemed like the shutters had come down and nobody was making new music and it seemed like everything was a repetition. We thought we could do much better than a lot of the stuff that was out there. That's what made us start - that kind of frustration with how things were going."
Seeing as they are in a band, The Coopers clearly have not pandered to the conformist attitude – they wanna RAWK, and think that other people should be similarly dissatisfied, "Most of the nation's young are force fed and channelled so you come out of school and you go to college and then end up in a job in an office. Go out Friday night. Go out Saturday night. Stay in Sunday night. Get up and go to work for 5 days. Then the cycle starts again. Magazines tell you what to wear, how to express yourself and where the limits are. I think that's bollocks because I think it will be personal to each person because I think there is that tunnel vision attitude. There are people that we know and love finding it hard to break out of things even if they really want to. To restrict other people because you don't agree with what they're wearing is really bad. There's a lack of forum for innovative and expression."
There have been some remixes made of their tracks, most notable one they performed themselves during a live session for London radio station Xfm – a French version of 'Panzer Attack', "I think that often remixes are dished out like cheap fillers but we're not adverse to getting remixes done." Despite this admission that remixes are often a big pile of crap, and seeing as the band have just hit the big time with their new single and their forthcoming album, Didz remains staunch on his view of The Coopers selling out, "No. I don't think we will." With their passionate views and impressive fan base, I can see them being nothing but true to their cause.
Indeed, the true antithesis of 'selling out' is to put on a DIY festival, in the mould of All Tomorrow's Parties, promoting lesser-known bands, but in spite of the rather grandiose notion, the reality of it is far too harsh, "I really like the idea but we haven't really got the time. It would be a real mish-mash of bands because we're all into different things. There are some bands in the UK who are absolutely brilliant as long as you look out for them. Just look at the size of our band. We've still been able to find support acts for our tours that we find absolutely incredible. We haven't got some special link into new music - you just keep your eyes peeled."
TCTC have always taken excellent support bands on the road with them. Previous winners including Haven, and Biffy Clyro. This is apparently because the band actually care, and they make an effort, "Well, Oceansize are here! We always ask for bands that we like and we get given bands that we ask for and we get given bands that we don't ask for. Easyworld are with us for the rest of the tour. We love bands like Biffy Clyro, and Oceansize, Minuteman and Medium 21. We want people to see bands that otherwise they wouldn't. They are all so good and hopefully gives people new music."
They drive in a tourbus not because they are being 'wanky' but because its makes more financial sense. As if! They just wanna be ROCK STARS! There are certain problems encountered while on tour though. A common occurence is arousal in the morning...with arousal, "Well you've got two options: You keep your jeans in your bunk to cover it up, or you just wait for it to go away!" Ahem.
As previously mentioned, Didz gives of the air of cool unseen in young men with nicer haircuts, that mothers would be proud of. This is a trend that runs throughout this band. They're a bunch of scruffy fucks. They make it look very, very good, though and when quizzed on their follicular status Didz was diplomatic yet open to change, "They are not integral to the music. We're not going to be coming onstage with shaven heads in the foreseeable future. It'll happen when David Beckham has this haircut [signals own hair]." Not gonna happen. An interesting, yet random, fact is that drummer, Jon's father is delivering the baby of one Jordan - live on the internet. I did say it was random.
Tell us a joke...
Fine! The Cooper Temple Clause know what they are talking about; especially when it comes to those topics which have repeatedly consumed their souls with conflagration and distress. They have thought long and hard. They have practised long and hard. They have written long and hard. The result is one of splendour – the debut album 'See This Through And Leave' will exit your record shops as from February 11th 2002. This is the date from which your new life starts.


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Three more directors are tangentially attached to the new Star Wars. (With a heavy emphasis on "tangentially.") Who might costar with Mark Wahlberg in Transformers 4? Tom Hiddleston discusses Loki's role in the Thor sequel. Plus X-Men: Days of Future Past, American Horror Story, and more!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from The Hobbit.
Star Wars: Episode VII
I really don't want to have to report on every last half-baked theory on who might direct this thing between now and 2015 — although I fear there may not be all that much choice in the matter — so let's zip through the latest one fairly quickly. Basically, original Brave director Brenda Chapman originally left Pixar to work for LucasFilm on some mystery project, which you'd tend to assume would be an animated film, especially since she's fairly explicitly said she works for LucasFilm Animation. But, as will likely happen with every director who has a Twitter account, someone tweeted at Ms. Chapman that she should direct the live-action Star Wars movie, and she thanked the person for the compliment and didn't immediately deny the possibility.
And... that's more or less all there is to this one, making it roughly as substantial as every other Star Wars director rumor out there. Although... since we are talking about old Pixar directors, I will point out that Brad Bird — who strikes me as by far the most intriguing pick to direct the thing — is now officially not directing the fifth Mission: Impossible movie, so his schedule is now theoretically open. But all of this still remains pretty much just baseless supposition and wild speculation, so I wouldn't even waste your grains of salt on all this just yet. Also, I totally failed to zip through that quickly. I'll try harder next time. [Bleeding Cool]
Meanwhile, Ben Affleck has taken himself out of the running, while Captain America director Joe Johnston says he would theoretically be interested. Yeah...that's the level of detail I'm aiming for from now on, for all our sakes. [MTV and Cinema Blend]
The Avengers 2
Original film cinematographer Seamus McGarvey sounds like he will likely return to the same duties for the sequel:
"Well, you know, I'm not really allowed to talk about these things. They make us sign these ridiculous nondisclosure agreements… Joss and I have been talking about 'Avengers 2.' We got along great on the first one and I hope that all works out. He has asked me to shoot it."
Thor: The Dark World
There's a bunch of new set photos, featuring a great look at the movie's villains, the Dark Elves, including Christopher Eccleston as Malekith the Accursed. Check out a bigger version, plus tons more photos, at the links. [MTV Splash Page and Splash News Online via Newsarama]
Costar Tom Hiddleston discusses how Loki might fit into the Thor sequel:
Yeah! [laughs] He's certainly eaten humble pie. The springboard for us in the second Thor film is at the end of Avengers you see Thor and Loki beamed up back to Asgard. The first question that we all asked was "what happens next? What does Odin have to say about the events of Avengers?" What's Jane Foster been up to while she wasn't involved?" It's really exciting, actually. We're literally half way through - we started at the start of August and we should be finished by Christmas. It's going beautifully.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Newly reestablished director Bryan Singer took to Twitter to answer a key question — whether his return to the director's chair also means the return of the black leather uniforms from his original X-Men movies:
For those of you wondering... no leather suits. #xmen
It would seem the more colorful, traditional-looking uniforms introduced in X-Men: First Class are more or less here to stay. [@BryanSinger]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Here's a TV spot. [Coming Soon]
Transformers 4
Now that the internet persuaded Michael Bay to cast Mark Wahlberg as the lead in his fourth Transformers movie — and because the internet's subsequent attempts to persuade Michael Bay to cast a talking pie as Wahlberg's sidekick never really took off — it's time to cast the other key roles. For the part of Wahlberg's daughter, a high school senior, the names linked to the role thus far included Home and Away's Isabelle Cornish, The Last Airbender's Nicola Peltz, The Three Musketeers's Gabrielle Wilde, and Margaret Qualley, who at this point is probably best known as actress Andie MacDowell's daughter. And while that last tidbit mostly just makes me think Malcolm MacDowell would be the perfect choice to voice the talking pie, there are also five actors linked to the actual main supporting male role, which is the race car driver boyfriend of Wahlberg's daughter. Those reportedly would be Taken 2's Luke Grimes, Terra Nova's Landon Liboiron, Weeds's Hunter Parrish, The Delivery Man's Jack Reynor, and Maleficent's Brenton Thwaites. [Heat Vision via Coming Soon]
Seamus McGarvey also discusses his upcoming job as cinematographer for Monsters director Gareth Edwards's Godzilla movie:
"We haven't really worked out what we're doing yet. We don't start shooting until March of next year. I'm in the process of testing what our visual approach will be. It's wonderful working with Gareth. He's a wonderful filmmaker and somebody who understands the camera. It's great working with people who understand the history of cinema and the unique properties of cinematography and use the camera like a writer uses words, so it's not just a witness to big explosions and spectacle. It's something that has a thought out and intelligent approach to storytelling."
Kick-Ass 2
Here's a set video. [Via Reddit]
Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce discusses the decision to cast age-appropriate actors in her new adaptation of the Stephen King novel, starting with Kick-Ass and Hugo star Chloe Moretz in the title role:
Well, first of all, Chloë is very close to the age of Carrie – like a year away. I did want to cast age-appropriate. Ansel, the boy who takes her to the prom, is 18. The guy who plays Billy is Billy's age, and I don't think that actors have to be limited by age. But there's something about youth that is very hard to capture. Chloë has youth. Her confidence , to me, was the biggest challenge to her doing the role. Because when I first met her … I was like, "You're hanging out with Martin Scorsese, you're hanging out with Tim Burton, you have the world at your feet, you are walking the red carpet, and you're shaking hands like you're in charge, and you have so much confidence, but it's in your DNA." And I was like, "You know who you're completely opposite from? Carrie!" So I was like, "You have all this stuff that I'm glad you have as a human being, but to be this character we gotta lose the confidence, we gotta lose the childishness, and we have to have a need for rebellion." So those were the things we created.
She also addresses how she might grapple with filming a new version of Brian DePalma's iconic ending from the original film:
Well, Brian said to me, "So what are you gonna do about that end?" And I was like, "Brian, I know you revolutionized cinema …" [laughs] Of course it's on my mind! I'm not blind to the brilliance of his movie, but I'm also not blind to the fact that I can't go down a road that he's done. You have to be mindful. And I just don't think you have to try to duplicate something that is so unique and so brilliant and revolutionized cinema. I mean, maybe I should be bolder and do it, but I think I'm a little too wise to. So I think you do something different, I think you just make sure your movie is what it is and that it fires on all cylinders as much as you can. And if you find yourself in a situation where you can top it, do it. But you probably won't.
Doctor Who
Tomorrow night is the United Kingdom's annual Children In Need Telethon, for which the new Doctor Who has often provided special mini-episodes, most notably the multi-Doctor "Time Crash." This year will feature a special prequel for the Christmas special, as well as the first full trailer for the episode. Here's a hi-res promo image for the prequel, which finds Matt Smith ditching — or at least temporarily modifying — his usual eccentric academic look for something a little darker and possibly more velvety. [Doctor Who News]
Neil Gaiman offers some thoughts on his upcoming Cybermen episode:
"I can tell you that there are Cybermen in it. It will be a stand-alone episode, I don't know if it will be number twelve or thirteen. It will be the series' penultimate episode. But it has a beginning, a middle and an end... Steven [Moffat] wrote to me and asked if I wanted to make the Cybermen scary again. I thought back to myself at the age of six or seven, The Moonbase, Tomb of the Cybermen… I saw them when they were first broadcast. The Cybermen were much scarier than the Daleks, because they didn't make any noise. The Daleks moved around all over the place shouting "Exterminate", etc. With the Cybermen, it's different. You turn around and bam! There they are. It's scary. I told him that I was going to take the Cybermen from the sixties […] and see what I could do. I don't know if it's going to work, we'll see."
As much as I might love the show to actually bust out the old designs from the 1960s — particularly the loopy, singsong-voiced Cybermen from their debut adventure "The Tenth Planet" — I'm guessing the "from the sixties" thing is more about tone and approach rather than anything super concrete, but we shall see. [Den of Geek]
Here are some set photos. Check out the link for a bit more context on the specifics of shooting. [YVR Shoots]
When asked about his writing duties for the rest of the season, Fringe staffer David Fury tweeted the tenth episode is the next and last episode he is writing, and it's entitled "Anamoly XB-6783..." It's a little unclear whether that ellipsis is indeed part of the episode title. [SpoilerTV]
The Walking Dead
Here are short descriptions for episodes six through eight, which brings us up through the midseason finale:
Episode 3.06 - Hounded
Michonne makes a decision about Woodbury; Glenn and Maggie go on a run; Rick struggles.
Episode 3.07 - When the Dead Come Knocking
The governor seeks information; a new guest at the prison forces Rick's hand.
Episode 3.08 - Made to Suffer
Andrea steps up when the people of Woodbury are thrown into uncharted territory; a new threat arises at the prison.
Here's a promo for this coming Monday's episode, "Kashmir."
And here are some promo photos from the tenth episode, "Nobody's Fault But Mine." [SpoilerTV]
American Horror Story
Sister Mary Eunice actress Lily Rabe discusses Deadwood actor Ian McShane's upcoming guest role:
He was in a Santa suit sucking on a candy cane with a girl on his lap. What is going on there?
Well, I can tell you Ian and I had a lot of amazing Christmas things to do together. Sister Mary Eunice has something to do with why his character is wearing that Santa suit. She has a lot of Christmas spirit, that's for sure.
So there will be a Christmas episode of American Horror Story?
Oh yes. Of course, right? That was one of my favorite ones to shoot, actually. Ian and I got to do some really evil things together, and I have to say it was a career highlight. He's such a wonderful man. We had great stuff in the common room, with all of those background actors, the inmates. I can say Christmas will never be the same for me after shooting that episode. I'll never look at a Christmas tree the same way.
There's tons more at the link, including just what's going on with her character's possession. [Vulture]
The thirteenth episode of season eight has reportedly had its title changed from "Everyone Hates" to the slightly less evocative "Trial And Error." This episode also reportedly introduces "a hot Cowgirl called Ellie who is concealing some secrets" and "Alice and Cindy Cassity who appear to be twins in their 30's, daughters of Cyrus." [SpoilerTV]
The eleventh and twelfth episodes of the current third season are reportedly called "Last Goodbyes" and "Reunion", respectively. [SpoilerTV]
Additional reporting by Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders.


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If you get all your information about the West Coast from movies and TV, then Orange County is truly a mythic place: Home of Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari, Seth Cohen and Botox parties. But there's more to the richie-rich über-conservative enclave than vapid consumption, professional prettiness, plastic surgery and gorgeous ocean views. Like the Spur Posse! And picking on the underdog! Two Newport Beach teenage girls have been arrested for beating a "mentally retarded" girl and posting the video on MySpace. God, we thought it was over-the-top when Luke fought Ryan and said, "Welcome to the OC, bitch. This is how it's done in Orange County."
The girls involved in the attack are students at Newport Harbor High School (you know, the one Marissa Cooper got kicked out of?). Thankfully, you can no longer watch the video, as it's been removed from the Internet, and a police sergeant says he doesn't know the motive for the assault. Do you think it's because this developmentally disabled young woman didn't fit into the picture-perfect lifestyle they're pushing out there? What is it about Orange County? Is everyone a blonde, spoiled, shopaholic? Does money make people do despicable things? Is there something in the water?
Newport Beach Girls Arrested In Videotaped Beating Posted On MySpace [LA Times]
Related: Real Housewives Mingle At A "Botox Party"
Related: Trouble In Lakewood [The New Yorker]


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(MONROVIA, LIBERIA – February 10, 2014) At the Inaugural Meeting of the Africa Cabinet Government Network (ACGN), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Liberia was on Friday, February 7, elected as one of three regional Vice Presidents.
In a communiqué issued at the close of its Roundtable Workshop, held February 3-7, the Council of African Cabinet Secretaries, the ACGN's governing body, unanimously elected Dr. Momo Rogers, Director-General of the Cabinet, Republic of Liberia, to serve for the next two years as Vice President for the West Africa region.
Other officers elected were: Dr. Ernest Surrur, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service of the Government of Sierra Leone, as President; Mr. Abdon Agaw Jok Nhial, Secretary General of the Government of South Sudan, as Vice President for the East Africa region; and Dr. Roland Msiska, Secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of the Republic of Zambia, as Vice President for the Southern Africa region.
The elected officers automatically became members of the Executive Committee of the Network, authorized by the Council to lead the Network and bring together those who have the responsibility of supporting and managing the collective Cabinet decision-making of their respective jurisdictions. The Committee is further mandated to explore practical ways to improve Cabinet procedures and build capacity within Cabinet Secretariats to support line Ministries.
The Committee also has the responsibility of recommending to the Council the appointment of an Executive Director to run the Network's Secretariat, and setting up of a Technical Committee comprised of senior staff of the Secretariats of member countries.
During the Roundtable Workshop, the Liberian Director-General of the Cabinet, Dr. Rogers, chaired the second-day sessions, made two presentations, and served on a high-level panel on the "Role of the Cabinet Secretary."
Speaking about what Liberia stands to gain from the Network, Dr. Rogers noted that besides sharing best practices with his colleagues, two Liberian college graduates have already been employed by the Network to work in his office, and an international senior advisor from Adam Smith International would be traveling with him to Liberia to begin training the new staff and helping to improve the Cabinet system and processes of Liberia. The new staff will later attend two international workshops on Cabinet processes and procedures.
According to Dr. Rogers, the Secretary to the Cabinet of Ghana has accepted to host the next Roundtable Workshop in Accra before the end of the year.