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A military judge on Wednesday set a May 29 court-martial for U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is charged in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009 that left 13 people dead.
Hasan is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder charges for the alleged shootings at the post's processing center, where soldiers were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hasan's court-martial has been repeatedly delayed since it was initially set to begin in March 2012, most notably after an appeals court delayed the case over the question of whether the Army major's beard could be forcibly shaved.


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Fannie Mae single-family delinquency rate falls in May
Fannie Mae's conventional serious single-family mortgage delinquency rate fell five basis points to 4.14% in May, down from 4.19% a month earlier and from 5.15% a year ago, according to the government-sponsored enterprise's monthly summary. The multi-family serious mortgage delinquency rate also declined from 0.57% in April to 0.52% last month. As public officials continue to ponder the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Fannie's gross mortgage portfolio declined at a compound annualized rate of 13.5% in May. Last month, the GSE's gross mortgage portfolio balance stood at $737.8 billion, compared to $746.8 billion a year earlier. Fannie Mae is required to reduce its size further by the end of the year. According to MBS analysts at Deutsche Bank the Fannie Mae maximum allowable limit stands at $729 billion by end-2011. Of the current portfolio, $419 billion (56%) is in whole loans, $231 billion (31%) is Fannie Mae MBS, $80 billion (11%) is non-agency MBS and $16 billion (2%) is non-Fannie Mae agency MBS. During the month of May, Fannie Mae completed 16,419 loan modifications, bringing the total number of loan mods completed by the GSE in 2011 to 84,133. Year-to-date, Fannie Mae's end-balance for all mortgage-backed securities in its portfolio stands at $234.674 billion, compared to $287.470 billion a year ago. At the end of May, Fannie held more than $16 billion in non-Fannie agency mortgage-backed securities and $79.3 billion in non-agency, non-Fannie mortgage securities. Also year-to-date, the firm's total balance on Fannie guaranteed securities and mortgage loans is $2.7 billion, compared to $2.74 billion in May of last year. Write to: Kerri Panchuk.


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Report: U.S. Collecting Verizon Customer Phone Records
Britain's Guardian newspaper is reporting that the U.S. government is collecting the phone records of millions of U.S. Verizon customers under a top secret court order. According to the report, the order was granted by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on April 25th, and is good until July 19th. It requires that Verizon give the National Security Agency information on all phone calls in its systems, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries, on an ongoing, daily basis. The Guardian said that the court order, made under the Patriot Act, shows that the communication records of millions of Americans are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk, regardless of whether they were suspected of any wrongdoing. The information being handed over is about location of calls, their time, duration and unique identifiers, but not the content of the conversations. Verizon declined comment, as did the White House, which referred questions to the NSA. It also had no immediate comment.


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Leukemias are blood- and bone marrow cancers categorized by which type of blood cell they affect and how quickly they progress. Leukemia arises in the two main types of white blood cells: Lymphoid and myeloid cells. Fast-growing leukemias are called acute leukemias. Slower-growing leukemias are called chronic leukemias.
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Retailers strive to differentiate themselves in the minds of consumers by offering a better customer experience than their direct competitors. Accenture's latest global survey1 of more than 10,000 consumers suggests they may be setting the bar too low. The bottom line: Whether shopping for hammers or high heels, consumer retail expectations are beginning to converge.
Shoppers want similar service levels, everywhere
With a few exceptions, shoppers expect a similar online and in-store customer experience across categories. Take shopping via smartphone: Roughly equal percentages of shoppers in all segments said they used their smartphones more frequently this year than last to find the items they wanted. Similar results emerged regarding smartphone shopping expectations for next year, while the spread was slightly greater regarding the ease with which shoppers could purchase items using their mobile devices. The latter result likely reflects the different capabilities of retailers across the segments.
This tightening of results is a recent phenomenon: in some segments such as apparel, the percentages of customers seeking enhanced mobile services have grown at double-digit rates from last year, effectively leveling results across segments. Other shifts have been even more dramatic. The number of health and beauty aid (HBA) customers seeking to check product availability online prior to going to the store nearly doubled from 2015 to 2016, bringing the segment in line with apparel retailer leaders on this question.
In some cases, the range between high and low rankings is only a few percentage points. For instance, only three points separate the segments with the greatest consumer demand for in-store ability to credit coupons and discounts automatically (apparel and discount stores) from the lowest (grocery stores). In fact, for most of these findings, the low end of the spectrum involved grocery stores and in some cases, HBA retailers, perhaps due to the unique products and services offered (e.g., produce, prescriptions). But even here, customer expectations are rising.
While customers seek comparable service levels across retail segments, retailers themselves appear to be dropping the ball when it comes to enabling these capabilities. For example, half of all department store customers "can't wait" to receive real-time promotions via their mobile phones, but fewer than one in ten stores offer them. While this mismatch represents a challenge for slow-moving retailers, it's an opportunity for innovative players.
However, a number of large gaps in customer expectations still exist, particularly in fulfillment. And perhaps the biggest segment gap exposed by the survey involved the percentages of customers who are shopping online to purchase items. Nearly 30 percentage points separated the segment with the most customers doing so (apparel) from the one with the fewest (groceries). This gap probably reflects the apparel retailers' lead in enabling online shopping and the special considerations attached to food.
The survey asked participants to rate different customer experience ideas as "cool," "neutral" or "creepy," and once again, answers across retail segments were remarkably similar. The coolest idea involved automatically discounting items for loyalty points and discounts at the checkout counter. Other mostly cool ideas involved having websites optimized by device and receiving "refill" reminders online. A wider spread exists regarding the attractiveness of receiving promotional offers via smartphone for goods while in the store, separating department store shoppers ("cool") from those at grocery and HBA retailers (not as cool). Services that consumers considered "creepy" include sales associate who know the customer's online wish list and retailers that display feedback left by a consumer's friends on the products they are considering. In general, consumers consider it especially creepy for a retailer to use their social media posts in making purchase recommendations.
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TUSCALOOSA — The University of Alabama will play in its eighth Southeastern Conference Championship Game Saturday, but for the first time, the Crimson Tide will be facing an opponent other than Florida. SEC East champion Georgia will give Alabama fans something other than orange and blue to look at across the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
TUSCALOOSA — The University of Alabama will play in its eighth Southeastern Conference Championship Game Saturday, but for the first time, the Crimson Tide will be facing an opponent other than Florida. SEC East champion Georgia will give Alabama fans something other than orange and blue to look at across the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
But in some ways, it will be like looking at a mirror.
Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham once coached under Nick Saban at Michigan State, and employs a 3-4 defense similar to the one Saban's staff uses.
"There are some similarities in the system and scheme they use, relative to what we use. He's done a really good job," Saban said of Grantham. "He has his own ideas and methods in how he does it. His players play extremely well, and that always has something to do with the coach and the system and how it's taught. If you're going to rank assistants, he's one of the two or three best I've ever had on our staff."
A strong nose guard who can command a double team is where the 3-4 defense begins, and the Bulldogs will present Alabama center Barrett Jones with a stiff challenge in nose guard John Jenkins. At 358 pounds, Jenkins has anchored the UGA defensive line against the run. He's made 44 tackles, had 11 against Georgia Tech's option offense Saturday, and has added 12 quarterback hurries.
"He's hard to block. Anytime you play an odd defense, a 3-4 defense, if you can't block the nose guard it makes it hard to run a lot of plays," Saban said. "He reminds me a lot of (Terrence) Cody when we had him here. He's really a hard guy to block."
Georgia and Alabama have identical records as well (11-1). The latest BCS standings, released last night, ranked unbeaten Notre Dame (12-0) at No. 1, followed by Alabama at No. 2 and Georgia at No. 3. The Alabama-Georgia winner is expected to face the Irish in the BCS title game in Miami.
Offensively, not unlike Alabama, the Bulldogs have a balanced offense.
Freshman running back Todd Gurley made Georgia fans quickly forget dismissed running back Isaiah Crowell with 1,138 rushing yards, with a 6.5-yard average and 14 touchdowns. Quarterback Aaron Murray has had a dynamic season with 3,201 passing yards, 30 touchdowns and only seven interceptions while completing 66.6 percent of his passes.
"Their freshman running backs, both of them — Todd's obviously played the most — but those guys are really good players," Saban said. "They've got a good offensive line that creates a tremendous amount of balance, with a good quarterback who is able to complete a high percentage of his passes with a lot of rhythm type throws that certainly complement their running game."
Black still redshirting?
Saban indicated that the Alabama coaching staff may reconsider whether to redshirt freshman receiver Chris Black in light of the season-ending injury to receiver Kenny Bell sustained against Auburn. Black missed the regular season while recovering from a shoulder injury, but has practiced on a non-contact basis in recent weeks.
"Chris Black is a guy that's been cleared medically to maybe come back and play," Saban said. "He has been practicing for two or three weeks. We may have to revisit whether we decide to redshirt him or go ahead and let him play."


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Tech Researchers Test Novel Methods of Detecting Pathogens, Nov. 12, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., November 12, 2001 -- New Mexico Tech researchers currently are working on developing ultra-sensitive technologies for detecting certain bacteria in the environment before the pathogenic microorganisms become abundant enough to cause outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Although the university's Pathogen Detection Program was initiated by the Office of Naval Research over a year-and-a-half before anthrax-laden letters started making headlines across the United States, Tom Kieft and Snezna Rogelj of the New Mexico Tech Department of Biology now realize that the processes and technologies they are developing may soon have important implications in the nation's war against terrorism.
"Although we aren't working on specific bioterrorism agents like anthrax or smallpox, we are certainly making progress with some very real killers, especially those typically found in closed environments such as submarines," says Rogelj.
The New Mexico Tech biologists are teaming up with researchers at Yale University, the BioStar Corporation in Washington, D.C., and Battelle's Pacific Northwest and Oakridge national laboratories to develop a small, self-contained device which can be used by almost anyone to detect the presence of pathogens, even in the minuscule amounts that are found well before full-blown infections set in.
"This easy-to-operate, hand-held detection system could be used either aboard ship or at a remote location," says Kieft, "and, ideally, could be easily operated by someone who has been given minimal manual training, and could quickly provide the operator with a 'yes' or 'no' answer as to whether or not a pathogen is present."
Some of the pathogens detected by such a device could include a variety of airborne, waterborne, and foodborne microorganisms such as Legionella, which causes "Legionaire's Disease," Streptococcus, E. coli, Campylobacter, and antibiotic- resistant strains of the common bacteria Staphylococcus.
"Whether you're stationed in a submarine, or eating in a restaurant, it doesn't really matter," Rogelj points out. "Regardless of where they are encountered, these types of microorganisms are a real threat."
Kieft and Rogelj are using a two-pronged approach to finding methods which can be employed in such a small system: Kieft, a microbiologist, is adapting established biological procedures, such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect and identify the DNA sequences specific to pathogens; while Rogelj, a cell biologist and immunologist, is combining PCR with antibody- based detection methods in a new technique call "immuno-PCR."
"We're not looking at the genes, but at the products these genes encode," she says. "And the real beauty of it is that we don't have to find the whole organism, we just have to find parts of it."
Researchers at Yale University Medical School are working concurrently on developing strategies that will allow the pathogen detection device to differentiate between microorganisms that are pathogenic and those that are not.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, meanwhile, is tasked with miniaturizing these emerging bio-technologies through nanotechnology and packaging them into a detection system which will be smaller than an average briefcase.
A working prototype of the instrument already has been developed at the national lab, but is of limited use because it currently targets only a few pathogens.
The next phase of the Pathogen Detection Program will concentrate on enhancing the sensitivity of the pathogen detection system, increasing the number of pathogens it is capable of detecting, and improving the differentiation of specific toxins which are characteristic of each pathogen, thus allowing researchers, and ultimately, the end users of the detector, to positively identify what microorganism they may be dealing with.
The Pathogen Detection Program is a coordinated effort to attack a very timely problem, says Kieft, the principal investigator of the research project, and by employing these novel approaches, several practical applications may be found for many different pathogens.
"This research project has taken on a whole different focus since September 11," Rogelj adds. "Now it's not only the soldier in a closed environment that we're concerned about, but also the innocent child who might become exposed to these pathogens. . . . For those of us working on this project, the entire picture has changed."


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Spring Cleaning: Tips for Decluttering Your Home
Whether you're in the spring cleaning mood or readying your home for sale, DECLUTTERING your space can be difficult and downright overwhelming. That is why we've put together a list of 6 easy steps to help ease the stress of cleaning out your stuff! Well, what are you waiting for? Clear that clutter!
1. Make A Plan, Man! Whether it be a weekend's worth of work, or many months, start with a written out strategy. Begin with a list of areas of the home that need decluttered, then set dates to tackle those spaces, and stick with it! Oh, and one other must-do to boost morale and increase motivation? Tackle your most dreaded/cluttered areas first. See the payoff from those cleaned out spaces will be enough to keep you going! And don't forget to the enlist the help of your family/housemates.
This is just one example of how your declutter calendar/plan could look:
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2. Ready yourself...both mentally and physically. Once you have your decluttering added to the calendar, you'll be more likely to actually do it AND be prepared for it! Give yourself no excuses to skip the stress by having the necessary supplies, such as trash bags, laundry baskets (keep reading), boxes, music, food, and a clear mind.
3. Give yourself a set amount of time. It's easy to get overwhelmed and give up on clearing things out midway through, so we suggest working in blocks of time. Whether it is 15 minutes, twice a day, or 3 hours on the weekend, set yourself up to succeed! And remember, slow and steady sometimes wins the race. Commit to one room, drawer, closet, or area per day and see a BIG impact in no time at all!
4. Make 3 Piles: Keep, Donate, Trash. This is an easy system for your big stuff sort and, likely, everything you come across can be categorized in one of these 3 areas. We recommend using large laundry baskets that can easily be moved from room to room or space to space. Label your baskets, and don't second guess your initial reaction!
Questions to ask yourself when deciding how to sort objects:
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FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEVIN WILLIAMSON ("THE VAMPIRE DIARIES") COMES A STORY ABOUT A SECRET CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WITH EXTRAORDINARY POWERS - Cassie Blake's (Britt Robertson, "Life Unexpected") world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane (Ashley Crow, "Heroes") in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying to adjust to her new life, Cassie is quickly befriended by Diana Meade (Shelley Hennig, "Days of Our Lives"), a sweet-natured classmate who offers to show her around and introduces her to mean-girl Faye (Phoebe Tonkin, "H2O: Just Add Water"), her sidekick Melissa (Jessica Parker Kennedy, "50/50," "Smallville") and Cassie's next door neighbor Nick (Louis Hunter, "Out of the Blue"). Things get complicated when she meets Adam (Thomas Dekker, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"), Diana's boyfriend, with whom she feels an instant and powerful connection. Upon meeting one of her mother's childhood friends, Dawn Chamberlain (Natasha Henstridge, "Species"), the school principal and Faye's mother, Cassie begins to wonder why her mother never spoke of her hometown. When strange and dangerous things begin to happen, Cassie's new friends are forced to tell her their secret � they are all witches and her arrival will complete the Circle. However, the Circle has not been drawn together again by chance � Diana's father, Charles Meade (Gale Harold, "Queer as Folk," "Desperate Housewives") has plans of his own for the group. Liz Friedlander directed the episode written by Andrew Miller (#101).


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DONETSK, Ukraine — Russia will send a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the International Red Cross, the Kremlin said Monday, despite strong opposition from the Ukraine and the West.
It wasn't immediately clear if Russia has reached agreement with Ukraine on the issue, or if it has decided to move unilaterally as Ukrainian government forces have been closing in on a few remaining rebel strongholds.
Shortly after the Kremlin statement was released, the office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced he was on a call with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Ukraine has objected against Russia sending any aid to the region, and the West has strongly warned Russia that any attempt to send its military personnel into Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian assistance would be seen as an invasion.
The Kremlin statement was made in a readout of a telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.
It didn't say when the convoy would leave or provide any other details.
There was no immediate comment from the Red Cross.
Barroso's office said in a statement after the call that he warned Russia "against any unilateral military actions in Ukraine, under any pretext, including humanitarian."
Barroso also talked to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, emphasising "the EU's readiness to increase its support to the Ukrainian government-led humanitarian response efforts as well as to international humanitarian organisations."
In the past week Ukrainian government forces have intensified their military operations and surrounded Donetsk, the largest city in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Exchanges of rocket fire and deaths from shelling have become a feature of daily life and hundreds of thousands have chosen to flee.
Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the main rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said.
Donetsk city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky said a direct rocket hit killed at least one inmate and left three others severely wounded. In the chaos, he said 106 prisoners escaped, included some jailed for murder, robbery and rape.
In the past week Ukrainian government forces have intensified their military operations and surrounded Donetsk, the largest city in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Exchanges of rocket fire and deaths from shelling have become a feature of daily life and hundreds of thousands have chosen to flee.
The prison break became possible after a substation providing the building with electricity was damaged, disabling the facility's alarm system.
"Extremely dangerous prisoners are now free. It is hard to know the extent of threat this poses to the city, which is flooded with weapons," Rovinsky said.
Rebels routinely accuse government forces of using heavy artillery in their campaign to retake Donetsk.
But Ukrainian security spokesman Andriy Lysenko blamed the prison strike on separatist fighters.
"Bandits in Donetsk shelled residential quarters and correctional facility No. 124," he said.
Prisoners said the rocket hit their building late Sunday night.
"At around 10 p.m., after lights went out and the prisoners began heading to their sleeping quarters, a rocket hit this place," said one prisoner, who gave his name as Vova Kordemansky. "Nobody was in this room, but one guy downstairs had his head blown off."
Officials with Ukraine's state penitentiary service said later Monday that 34 prisoners had returned to the jail. It was not immediately possible to verify that claim.
One of the prisoners who had apparently returned to the prison told The Associated Press that inmates were forced to flee to avoid incoming rockets, but were apprehended in a nearby neighborhood.
Both Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russian rebels who want independence for their eastern region have deployed heavy and often imprecise weapons in the battle that began in April. Apartments and other civilian buildings have frequently been hit, adding to the mounting death toll among civilians.
Rovinsky said Monday at least 10 homes, shops and garages were hit by overnight rockets. He added that 20,000 people had no electricity in Donetsk and an estimated 400,000 have fled the city, which had a pre-war population of 1 million. Many shops have closed and supplies are dwindling at the few still open.
Local authorities have attempted to continue providing basic services, such as trash removal and a skeleton bus service.
The Ukrainians army's strategy has focused on encircling Donetsk and nearby rebel towns and breaking off road links with other separatist towns and villages further east, closer to the Russian border.
Many of those in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine distrust the new central government in Kiev, which came to power after the February ouster of former President Viktor Yanukovych, whose power base was in eastern Ukraine.
Fighting began a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's peninsula of Crimea in March.
Associated Press writer Peter Leonard in Kiev, Ukraine and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.


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Cell debris here, there, everywhere!? - (Jun/28/2011 )
I use a stably transfected CHO cell line and trying to thaw these cells from liquid N2. I follow all the protocol - quick thawing at 37C, centrifugation for removal of DMSO - but the next day I see cell debris like everywhere. It fills the entire plate and the cells are rounded up and definitely appear to be undergoing apoptosis. I know freezing probably didn't make them happy but I followed the proper protocol there as well - media with 20% FBS and 10% DMSO with freezing at 1C per min. using an appropriate freezer container at -80C and dumped them in liquid N2 following day.
Biggest worry is i have used up all the cell stocks we got from ATCC and all the stocks i made from them seem to disintegrate forming cell debris every time i thaw an ampule. These are precious cells - stably transfected - we can't get them back unless we do cloning again. Stumped !!!!?!?!?!?!
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I normally used T-75 for thawed cells with 12ml media. We ran out of T-75s so i now use 10cm petri dishes with 8ml media. I have also tried T-150 with 20ml media. I see cell debris in all 3 cases
I don't think its contamination as i don't see any bacteria or the media doesn't change color or anything until and unless all cells die and lift off the plate. No one else has a similar problem although we share FBS and P/S, the hood, incubator etc. I'd really doubt it was mycoplasma coz my cells don't even last 12 hrs before dying out completely. It seems to be a classic case of them not being happy fr some reason.
right after you thaw the cell, you should check the viability of the cell and count the number of viable cells
then you should decide which culture flask you should use.
T-75 might be too large, if majority of cell are dead. try T-25 or smaller flask.


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People First: Communicating with and about People with Disabilities
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You notice a person who is blind and needs help. How do you make your presence known? What assistance do you offer?
You meet someone who uses a wheelchair. Where should you stand while talking?
You have a question for a person with a disability, who is with a friend. To whom should you address the question?
We all find ourselves in situations in which we don't know what to say or do. We may meet someone who moves or acts differently, and wonder how we should react. When interacting with people with disabilities, it's important to remember that they are people first. They want to be appreciated, respected and productive.
Recent changes in civil rights laws have helped people with disabilities pursue employment, recreation and education opportunities in the mainstream of community life.
As a result, attitudes toward people with disabilities have also begun to change. This is a start toward creating a truly integrated society; one in which people of all abilities live and work together.
Communicating with People with Disabilities
1. If you offer assistance to a person with a disability, wait until the offer is accepted and then listen to or ask for instructions.
If you are asked to assist a person who uses a wheelchair up or down a curb, ask if the person prefers to be facing forward or backward. Hold the push handles securely and keep the chair tilted back when ascending or descending.
When guiding a person who has a visual impairment, walk alongside and slightly ahead. Let the person hold your arm so your body's motion lets the person know what to expect. On stairs, guide the person's hand to the bannister or handrail. When seating, place the person's hand on the back of the chair or arm. Avoid escalators and revolving doors, which may be disorientating and dangerous. Never distract a "seeing eye" or service dog.
2. When speaking for a length of time to a person who uses a wheelchair or crutches, place yourself at eye level with that person.
It's not polite to talk down to that person.
3. When talking to a person with a disability, speak directly to that person rather than through a companion or sign language interpreter.
4. When introduced to a person with a disability, it is appropriate to offer to shake hands.
A person with limited hand use or who wears an artificial limb can usually shake hands. Shaking hands with the left hand is also an acceptable greeting.
5. When meeting or speaking to someone who is visually impaired, always identify yourself before speaking.
When in a group, remember to identify the person to whom you are speaking, as well as yourself.
6. Treat adults as adults.
Address people with disabilities by their first names only after they have given permission or when extending the same familiarity to others. Also, never patronize people who use wheelchairs by patting them on the head or shoulder.
7. Avoid leaning on or hanging onto a person's wheelchair.
It's similar to leaning or hanging onto a person. The chair is part of the personal space of the person who uses it.
8. Listen attentively when you're talking with a person who has difficulty speaking.
Be patient and wait for the person to finish, rather than correcting or speaking for that person. If necessary, ask short questions that require short answers, or a nod or shake of the head. Don't pretend to understand if you are having difficulty. Instead, repeat what you understand, and allow the person to elaborate.
9. To get the attention of a person who is deaf, tap the person on the shoulder or wave your hand.
Look directly at the person, and speak clearly, slowly and expressively to determine if the person can read your lips. For those people who do read lips, place yourself in their direct view and keep hands and food away from your mouth when speaking.
If a person has a hearing impairment, avoid shouting. Hearing aids make sound louder not clearer.
10. Relax. Don't be embarrassed if you happen to use accepted common phrases, such as "See you later" or "Did you hear about that?," that seem to relate to a person's disability.
Chances are the person will understand.
Communicating About People with Disabilities
"Handicapped man confined to a wheelchair..." "A girl stricken with cerebral palsy..."
The use of negative words can create incorrect perceptions of people with disabilities. Such negative attitudes are often the most difficult barriers for people with disabilities to overcome. Even the word "handicap" is considered unacceptable by most people with disabilities because of the word's origin. "Handicap" is derived from "cap in hand," a phrase associated with beggars.
When describing a person with a disability, refer to the person first.
Rather than saying or writing "blind man" or "afflicted with blindness" refer to "a person with visual impairment" or "a person who is blind."
This also applies when you are describing a group of people with disabilities. Do not label a group of individuals as "The disabled"; which puts the focus on their disabilities. "People with disabilities" or "individuals who use wheelchairs" places people first.
Use respectful and descriptive words.
Examples of acceptable descriptions include "a person who is...", "a person with a..." or "person who has..."
- Blind/visual impairment/blindness;
- cerebral palsy;
- communication disorder/speech impairment;
- deaf/deafness;
- developmental disability;
- disability;
- epilepsy;
- hearing impairment;
- paraplegia;
- psychiatric disability;
- seizure disorder;
- inability to speak; and,
- wheelchair-user
Try to avoid words and descriptions that have become outdated, inappropriate and do not put the person first:
- "Afflicted" is a negative term suggesting hopelessness.
- "Confined to a wheelchair." People are not imprisoned in wheelchairs. Individuals use wheelchairs to move about.
- "Crippled" implies someone who is pitiful and unable to do anything.
- "Deaf and dumb" and "deaf-mute" are outdated terms once used to describe people who could neither hear nor speak. Many people who are deaf or hard of hearing can speak, and many people with speech impairments can hear.
- "Gimp" once used to refer to someone who walked with a limp, is outdated and derogatory.
- "Poor" describes a lack of money or someone to be pitied.
- "Retard" and "retarded" are unacceptable terms. Certain disabilities may make people appear awkward. This does not mean the individual has an intellectual disability.
- "Spastic." People should not be labeled because they lack coordination as a result of physical or neurological impairments.
- "Suffering." To say that someone suffers from a disability implies that the disability causes constant pain. This is not always true.
- "Unfortunate" implies unlucky or unsuccessful.
- "Victim" is a person affected by an uncontrollable force or person. Individuals with disabilities are not helpless victims.
For more information about people with disabilities and wellness issues, contact the New York State Department of Health, Disability and Health Program call (518) 474-2018.
Adapted from "Interacting with People with Disabilities," Indiana Governor's Planning Council for People with Disabilities; "The Ten Commandments for Etiquette for Communicating with People with Disabilities," United Cerebral Palsy; and materials from the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advacaacy for Persons with Disabilities.
This publication is part of "People First," a health promotion series for people with disabilities, their families, friends and health care providers.


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Book of Saints – Eligius
ELIGIUS (ELOY) (Saint) Bishop (December 1) (7th century) Born near Limoges (A.D. 588), he was a man of remarkable piety and ability. By his skill in the art of working in precious metals — he is the Patron Saint of metal-workers — he acquired a place and influence at the Courts of Clotaire II and Dagobert I, Kings of the Franks. His prospects of advancement he relinquished in A.D. 640, in order to become a priest, distributing the wealth which he had acquired to the poor. Consecrated Bishop of Noyon, he evangelised a great part of Flanders, and more particularly the districts round Antwerp, Ghent and Courtray. His death probably took place A.D. 658 or 659; but by some authors it is post-dated to A.D. 665.
- Monks of Ramsgate. "Eligius". , 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 November 2012. Web. 25 May 2019. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-eligius/>


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A right-wing religious group has left it's mark once again on a Jerusalem church. "Jesus, son of a bitch" was found on the front door of the Franciscan monastery on Mount Zion less than a month after the same group vandalized the Latrun Monastery. Some Christians in Israel are getting concerned.
Similar acts of vandalism have occurred around the country by the group known as "price tag" gang, but only recently did they begin to target churches. The group from Judea and Samaria are known to be frustrated with government policies in the disputed territories. In July 2008, a small group of settlers refused to allow the Israeli army to tear down their illegal outpost. After a violent struggle with soldiers, the group sprayed the label "price tag" on IDF bases. They want people to understand that there will be a "price to pay" for uprooting Jewish settlers from the area.
The group has also been responsible for acts of violence against Arabs. These have come in response to Arab attacks on Jews, particularly in Judea and Samaria. For years Jewish settlers have expressed their frustration with the lack of army protection and poor security in in the area. The price-tag group felt it was time to take matters into their own hands and committed a number of violent attacks on Arabs and vandalized mosques.
Since January of this year the group has been targeting churches, including a Baptist Church and Orthodox and Catholic church properties around Jerusalem. The motivation for these attacks is unclear. Most likely the group are trying to draw attention to themselves by stirring up religious tensions in the city. This kind of vandalism provokes strong reactions.
The Vatican's top official in Israel, Rev. Peirbattista Pizzaballa, called the attack a result of Israel's derogatory attitude towards Christians. "When you say Christianity to Israelis they immediately think of the Holocaust and Inquisition," he said. Though Israeli Shimon Peres immediately condemned the attacks and police are searching for the perpetrators, church officials have said Israel is not doing enough.
A Franciscan representative in Jerusalem said that Israel must do more to eliminate the "price tag" phenomenon. "The attempts to damage monasteries and the spray-painting of inflammatory graffiti against Christianity, which have occurred repeatedly recently, are an insult to the hundreds of millions of Christian faithful throughout the world, and the State of Israel cannot allow such grave acts to occur," he said, according to a recent statement published in Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
Messianic Jews in Israel also responded to the incidents. "It is true that our government is not protecting the settlers," said a Messianic leader in Jerusalem. "People are frustrated and angry, but these acts of vandalism on the church are crude and childish," he said, noting that "these are minor provocations from a tiny group only looking for attention." One expert said that the graffiti was clearly the handwriting of a very young person.
Some Messianics are more concerned about the price tag group targeting churches. "Our young people are not taught to respect minorities," said a Messianic youth leader, "especially in some of our right-wing religious schools. Some of these religious schools are not under supervision from the government."
"It is time the Israelis understand that the Church is no longer our enemy," said Yaacov, a Messianic Jewish leader at "Yad b'Yad," the German and Israeli youth exchange program. "The days of the Inquisition and Crusaders were a long time ago. It is time we break down the old prejudices between Christians and Jews. Targeting Jerusalem churches with anti-Christian graffiti is foolish but it does stir up these old wounds."
While Christian churches in Israel enjoy a privileged status, tensions still exist, and groups like the "price tag" gang easily exploit these tensions to their own advantage. As one Messianic leader suggested, it would be better to simply ignore these childish provocations. "The more attention we give them," he said, "the more harm they can cause."
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This is an Idaho spring black bear hunt over bait in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.This Wilderness area is so vast and has such a high bear population that they offer TWO bear tags. One of the only places in the lower 48 where you can have two tags in your pocket. Many hunters will have the opportunity to take two bears during their hunt; some have even taken 2 bears in the same evening.
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This area is so vast and has such a high bear population that you have a very rare opportunity to be able to have 2 black bear tags in your pocket for this hunt. Many hunters have the opportunity to take two black bears during their hunt; some have even taken both bears in the same evening hunt.
Idaho's Spring Bear Hunting Season
These hunts take place on the Lochsa River in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and run from mid May to the end of June.
Hunting will be over bait:
These are any weapon black bear hunting units so you can hunt with a rifle, archery, or even pistol.
Like most bear hunts over bait, they only hunt in the afternoon since this is when they see 90% of bear activity on the baits. They have treestands and ground blinds set up weeks in advance so the bears have time to get used to the bait area, making them more likely to come in during the daylight hours.
They establish each bait for well over a week before they have hunters show up to hunt over it, in order to ensure the best chance possible at a nice mature bear. To access the baits they use vehicles, on foot, horseback, and they also raft across the river to reach many never before baited spots. On occasion they will do a mid-day hillside spot-and-stalk hunt to watch some open canyons that bears may be using to do some grazing earlier in the day.
Success Rates and Trophy Quality are High:
They do very well on these Idaho black bear hunts, with a success rate of around 95%, and an opportunity easily reaching 100% annually.
Bears on this hunt average from 5'10" to 6'6" in length, they will take some each year getting up to 7 feet long, with the largest being 8 feet! The bears this time of year tend to weigh in around 200-300 pounds. They also average about 50% on color phase bears.
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During this hunt you will stay either at the base camp lodge or you can do a pack-in wilderness tent camp.
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Posted 10/16/13 (Wed)
By Neal A. Shipman
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A Minot-based FBI agent was shot, but not seriously injured, while executing a search warrant east of Watford City in the early evening hours on Monday, Oct. 7.
According to Kyle Loven, FBI spokesman, the agent, who was working with a drug task force, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released at a local hospital.
Randy Skarda, 52, of Keene was also injured and then taken into custody by the McKenzie County Sheriff's Dept. While Skarda faces multiple drug charges, as well as possession of a firearm charge, he has not been charged in connection with the wounding of the FBI agent.
Loven said Skarda was also slightly injured during the incident and was treated and released at a local hospital.
According to the McKenzie County Sheriff's Dept., Skarda has been charged with a Class A felony for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver; a Class B felony for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver; a Class C felony for possession of methamphetamine paraphernalia; a Class C felony for possession of a short barrel rifle; and a Class A misdemeanor for possession of marijuana paraphernalia.
Skarda, who was ordered to be held on a $100,000 bond during a bond hearing on Wednesday in McKenzie County Court before Judge David Nelson, posted bond on Wednesday.
According to an Associated Press story, federal agents made several arrests on and around the Fort Berthold Reservation as part of phase two of Operation Winter's End. As part of phase one of that operation, federal charges were filed against 22 individuals for conspiring to sell heroin among other drugs on the reservation.
According to the McKenzie County Sheriff's Dept., the incident is currently under investigation by the FBI and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.


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PLEASANT HILL — A group of teens blew up a mailbox with a homemade explosive device Friday night, and officers quickly found the group with another bomb in the parking lot of a high school, police said.
The second device was detonated safely by the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad. No one was injured.
Residents in the area of Christine Court reported hearing the first explosion about 9:53 p.m., police said. A witness said a red Chevrolet S10 Blazer left the area shortly after the explosion.
An officer responding to the area spotted the car about 20 minutes later in the parking lot of College Park High School, a few blocks away. He found the second explosive device and detained five juveniles.
Two of the juveniles were arrested on suspicion of explosives possession. A third was arrested on unrelated charges, and two were released into their parents' custody.
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Keep the pets separated until Lucy has gotten a clean bill of health. You want the animals to acclimate to each other's presence without having a face-to-face encounter.
Begin Close-Proximity Feeding
Feed Lucy and Duke on different sides of a closed door. This way, they'll connect the other pet's presence to something positive, such as a tasty meal. Gradually move the bowls closer to the door until they're just a few inches away.
Teach/Refresh Obedience Skills
Ensure that Lucy has mastered a few basic obedience skills. Using short training sessions, teach her essential commands such as "Sit" and "Down." Reward her each time she demonstrates the correct behavior.
Launch Face-to-Face Meetings
Bring your canine and feline housemate together in a common area. Keep Lucy on a leash, and allow Duke to pad around freely. Avoid holding either animal, as you don't want to confine them.
When Lucy sits calmly at your command, reward her with a treat; and acknowledge Duke with a snack. If either pet shows aggression, distract them before returning them to separate areas. The next day, repeat this face-to-face meeting, rewarding each pet with their favorite tidbits when they're together. Ideally, you'll end each session before either animal displays stress or signs of aggression.
Allow Supervised Freedom
When Lucy and Duke seem to tolerate each other, allow them to interact freely in the same room. Keep Lucy's leash attached so you can control her if she becomes too excited. If tension seems to be building, or you witness aggressive behavior, return to the earlier steps. Give Duke access to a dog-free space that contains everything he needs. Keep the pets separated when you're not available to supervise them.
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In June, Spain's Acciona, Denmark's Vestas, India's Suzlon, Germany's Fuhrländer and US firm Clipper were delisted by the national development bank (BNDES) from its Finame financing programme after failing to abide by the bank's local content regulations.
Developers say access to Finame is essential as it offers the only local currency-based long-term finance that will reduce the risks in local contracts and competitive auctions, in which prices can be as low as BRL 99 per megawatt-hour.
Indian turbine maker Suzlon met with 40 local suppliers at the conference in an effort to be relisted. "We even invited BNDES to the meeting, although they didn't send anyone. The result is that at least ten [suppliers] are now in advanced talks," said the company's Brazil CEO Arthur Lavieri.
According to Lavieri, the delisting from Finame cost BRL 1.2 billion ($592 million). "This is how much I expected to have signed in contracts," he said. "One-third were cancelled and two-thirds are suspended awaiting a decision from BNDES."
With investments of BRL 3 million, Suzlon has added another line in its hub plant in the north-eastern state of Ceará and is looking for more suppliers. It already contracted local manufacturer Aeris for the moulding of its blades. The company has asked BNDES to carry out a new audit.
Vestas and Acciona also said they were adapting to the BNDES rules since growth in Brazil's booming market is part of their strategy. "We always work with an ecosystem of suppliers and investment is needed in local content," said Acciona's Brazil general director Christiano Forman.
Acciona has signed contracts to supply 40 turbines for energy firm CPFL's 120MW Palmares project, in Rio Grande do Sul. The company is building a factory in the north-eastern state of Bahia for towers, blades and hubs. Nacelles will later be built locally too but will initially be imported from Spain and the US, Forman added.
Sergio Guimarães, manager of the Rio Bravo Energia I fund, which has equity in 22 wind projects in southern Brazil totalling 504MW, is worried about how the delisting will affect supply. "When you remove large suppliers from the market, the remaining companies can take on new orders and this can affect their delivery capacity," he said.
Brazil's only local turbine maker WEG is one of the companies that has benefited most from the delisting issue. Early last month, the firm announced its first supply contract since signing a technology transfer agreement with Spanish manufacturer M Torres Ólvega Industrial in March to develop and manufacture turbines adapted to Brazilian conditions.
Of the 11 manufacturers operating in the country, Argentina's Impsa and Enercon's local subsidiary Wobben Windpower have made strong statements in support of BNDES policies.
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)general secretary Steve Sawyer, however, has raised concerns about local content rules. "They make the equipment more expensive, they slow down the market and can result in inferior quality," he said, citing quality problems in some of China's wind farms that were developed with a now-abandoned local content policy.
GWEC favours open trade and free access policies, Sawyer added. "Brazil is building a 5GW-a-year wind-turbine market for a 2GW yearly demand," he warned. "If you want local manufacturing, create the conditions and the way to do that is to develop research and development centres."


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Courtney Love is — still — the textbook definition of a rock star.
She smokes. She curses. She shoots tequila. And she delivers when it matters.
Her Friday night show at House of Blues wasn't to support a new album or even a single. (That's due at the end of the year.) It made for a relatively light, if fiercely loyal, crowd. But it also made for a looser, livelier setlist.
She ripped through "Miss World" and a cover of Stevie Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman" before shooing away photographers.
"You guys gotta go before my makeup starts to run. I'm a regular Beyoncé about this," she quipped. (Houston's Queen B banned all photographers from her current tour.)
Love's voice rasped against every song like sandpaper. She took red roses from a fan then threw the petals back into the crowd. And she downed "a snort of tequila" before launching into the fierce cry of "Violet."
"I've done a lot of things in my life, but I've never been a drinker," she said before struggling to down the shot.
But it helped and seemed to open up her voice. She looked noticeably pleased after fierce renditions of "Malibu," Asking For It" and "Jennifer's Body"/"Pretty on the Inside." The crowd responded by singing louder and hoisting fists into the air. And when Love launched into the slick pop of "Celebrity Skin," things were at a fever pitch.
"You know what to do if you want us back," Love teased before leaving the stage less than an hour after she started. She returned, with just a guitarist, for a raggedly heartfelt take on the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb." It set the stage for several rarely performed originals, including "Softer, Softest," "Beautiful Son" and "Use Once and Destroy." It was a truly inspired stretch of songs.
That she included "Doll Parts" was mere icing for the girl with the most cake. The '90s never sounded so urgent.


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Four years in the making. Yes we're back! Drew and Skip return with episode 35 of the Gay Sci-Fi Nerds Podcast Show.
You guys will have to forgive and also bear with us as we try to get back into the swing of this.
This episode is our thoughts on the latest Superman movie from director Zack Synder, Man of Steel. Did Henry Cavill do it for us, is Amy Adams's Lois Lane the most galactically stupid woman in the universe and is Michael Shannon's General Zod modelled on tadpoles? And did anyone else notice the Phantom Zone pods looked like massive rocket powered dildos!?
Who knows? Who cares? And thanks for listening.
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The Venturing Sports Bronze Award may be achieved along the way of earning the Venturing Quest Award. The Bronze Award metal is pinned immediately above the seam of the left pocket; the ribbon device is worn above the left pocket in a rack above any knots.
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From the garden to the plate
When was the last time you had a meal that came fresh from the garden that morning? Or went foraging for mushrooms among 100-year-old oaks?
That is part of daily life at Otahuna Lodge, with passionate foodie and executive chef Jimmy McIntyre at the helm.
The Kiwi has carved a reputation amongst food reviewers during his five-year tenure at the Lodge and 20-year career in several of New Zealand's finest restaurants.
Fresh local produce inspires dishes such as pan seared local venison with quince jus and Otahuna spring vegetables.
Or local black Perigord truffle and Otahuna porcini mushroom ravioli with parmesan cream – with mushrooms foraged from Otahuna's own 12-hectare grounds during expeditions made up of Jimmy and keen guests.
For Jimmy, food runs in the family. His brother-in-law runs a restaurant and he followed in his step-father's footsteps to become a chef at age 15, later working in Australia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Holland, Germany, Thailand and Portugal.
Jimmy is loathe to trade his job for a role in a big commercial kitchen. He has found at Otahuna a chef's idea of heaven.
The best part is he has opened its doors to guests. With its own hens and pigs, vegetable and herb gardens plus an orchard of stone fruit and nut trees, Otahuna's grounds yield abundant food. It's foodie heaven.
"The garden is chemical-free and we have a vegetable gardener so we have really great quality fresh fruit and vegetables on the table every day," Jimmy says. "Whatever is in season I work into the menu.
Towards the height of summer, we can source almost all of our produce from the estate – except for things like venison, which we'll buy locally.
But we have our own eggs and chickens and lamb – now we even have our own pigs – so we can create a full menu. Every night we'll add wines from Pegasus Bay or Stoneleigh and local cheeses like Whitestone pecorino."
Days at the Lodge typically start with a breakfast in a big sunny kitchen overlooking a French courtyard.
Home-made muesli, Jimmy's apricot or pear compotes and preserves, eggs fresh from the chook pen and local honey are on the menu.
Shelves are lined with house-made preserved lemons, home-grown herbs and jars of roasted tomatoes.
Later in the day, guests enjoy pre-dinner drinks and canapés in the drawing room, followed by a five course degustation dinner with matching New Zealand wines, served at the grand 16-seat table in the regal dining room or in a more private nook if they choose.
The Lodge is unusual in that its rates include breakfast and the degustation dinner is matched with a flight of excellent New Zealand wines.
Click here for more on Otahuna's summer menus, special dinners and master classes.


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Saxophonist George Garzone was a member of the New England Conservatory jazz faculty from 1984 to 2010, serving as a studio teacher and ensemble coach.
Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes fellow faculty member, bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released three albums.
Garzone began on the tenor saxophone when he was six, played in a family band and attended music school in Boston. In addition, Garzone has guested in many situations, touring Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and gigging with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z and John Patitucci, among others.
A veteran jazzman, Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. In 1995 he recorded a tribute to Stan Getz on NYC called Alone. A year later, he recorded Four's and Two's with compatriot Joe Lovano, which earned him four stars in Down Beat. In 1999, Garzone returned with Moodiology, and in summer 2000, the album Fringe in New York was released.
Garzone is a member of the Grammy-winning Joe Lovano Nonet, performing and recording with this group at the Village Vanguard in September 2002.
B.M., Berklee College of Music. Performances with The Fringe, Kenny Barron, Harvie Swartz, Dan Gottlieb, John Pattitucci, Bill Stewart, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Tom Harrell, Don Alias, Danilo Perez, Lenny White, Joe Lovano, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Gary Peacock, Dennis Chambers, Anton Fig, Cecil McBee, Dave Holland, Stanley Cowell, Bob Moses, and Dave Liebman. Recordings on NYC Records.
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Glee: A Very Glee Christmas
Clap Your Hands if You Believe in Santa
Brittany's innocence is the gift that keeps on giving. It not only provided the perfect vehicle for a Glee Santa story, but gave all the other glee kids a chance to act much nicer than they normally do, especially Artie. He and Brittany are a strange couple, but they just might be my favourite couple on the show. I enjoyed all the unconventional Santas, and they don't come much more original than Coach Bieste pulling down her beard and tossing Brittany off her lap for a chat on the couch. I suspected that Sue was behind Artie's new legs, but seems like it was the Bieste? Is she really that rich? I also liked that Brittany still believed at the end of the episode. Don't stop believing, Brittany.
Christmas is a Time for Forgiveness
The Rachel and Finn scenes were much more pleasant to watch this week. Maybe it was the holiday spirit, maybe it was the minimal talking (I like them both more when they're singing) but I wasn't nearly as annoyed by them as last week. I thought Rachel's repeated attempts to apologise were very in character – only she would go to the lengths of 20+ Christmas trees and fake snow to stage an apology. The set with the real trees seemed completely tame in comparison. I'm with Finn, I much prefer real ones, although Brittany's shocking pink tree was perfect for her.
Sue the Grinch
If you push aside the tiny niggle that Sue was totally, gloriously evil for most of the episode and creepily, uncharacteristically nice at the end after being transformed by the power of the glee club's voices, then her plot this week was a bucket of awesome. I really enjoyed her acceptance that she was making up for a lack of presents in her childhood, and the glee (there's no other word for it!) with which she stole Christmas. It was very Sue to already have boned up on the relevant laws before Will and Bieste came a'knocking. The last scene was sweet and all, but I enjoyed Grinchy Sue too much to be completely satisfied with her contrition.
Bits and Pieces
-- Nice brooch Emma. Apparently everyone else at McKinley thinks Christmas is an excuse to wear awful jumpers and tartan apparel. Kurt, come back – they need you!
-- Loved the teacher throwing her shoe at New Directions
-- As soon as Emma picked her secret santa and rolled her eyes, I thought she must have gotten Sue. Good misdirection showing us that Will had her.
-- Brilliant present ideas for Sue list -
1) Dog Robot
2) A Soul
-- I was hoping that Blaine and Kurt would be doing more than singing, but at least we got an admission that Kurt is just a little bit head over heels in love!
-- That 'blink and you'll miss it' Terri flashback was amusing but not enough. Bring back the shrew!
-- The New Directions kids' Christmas present requests on Santa's knee were hilarious. "When does Asian Santa arrive?"
-- Becky was the cutest Rein-dog possible!
Glee Against the Music:
"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year"
It was a nice start to the episode, but by the end of the episode I was thoroughly tired of tree decorating – and I haven't even done my own yet! Strange that the kids were wrapping lots of presents and yet Puck later said he'd nicked them. Grade B-.
"We Need a Little Christmas"
I wouldn't have thrown a shoe, but I wasn't inspired by this. C.
"Merry Christmas, Darling"
Rachel must have spent a bomb on this. It paid off - the set was great and the song was beautifully sung, if not especially engaging. B.
"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
This is such an awesome song. Kurt and Blaine did it brilliantly too. Nice touch with the man on man version, but I've done that before myself so it wasn't a surprise. It could only have been made better with a little bit more romance. B+
"You're a Mean One, Sue the Grinch"
Great fun! Matthew Morrison's voice is so smooth, it fit very well with scenes of confident, mischievous Sue being aided and abetted by adorable Rein-dog Becky. B+
"Last Christmas"
Gorgeous song, and I enjoyed the direction too, especially the high shot at the end with all the lights and the trees. B+
"Welcome Christmas"
This was beautiful, I concur with Becky and Sue. B+
Quotes for Gleeks:
Will: "Someone special?"
Kurt: "No, just a friend. But on the upside, I'm in love with him and he's actually gay. I'd call that progress!"
Rachel: "You don't know how many kittens I've given away because they haven't been just right."
Emma: "...Oh, Sue. I drew her as my Secret Santa."
Will: "Wait a minute, that's not possible, Sue's MY Secret Santa."
Bieste: "No, Sue's MY Secret Santa!"
Sue: "I'm Everybody's Secret Santa."
Brittany: "The roads to the North Pole are getting treacherous."
Artie: "I told my parents that I only want one thing for Christmas this year: Stop friend requesting me on Facebook."
Brittany: "Can I be honest? I don't understand the difference between an elf and a slave."
Lauren: "I would like Puckerman to love me. He's a fox."
Santana: "I want bling. I can't be any more specific than that."
Mike: "I want Channing Tatum to stop being in stuff."
Sue: "Becky, go into the glove box of my Le Car and bring me my tear gas, then get me Gloria Allred."
Artie: "...she's gonna lose faith in Old Saint Nick and we can't have that."
Sam: "Tell her the elves are working on it. Elves have awesome cord blood for stem cell research, but these advances are a few years away."
Sue: "As satisfying as it is to have been gifted enough rotisserie ovens to roast en entire hobo, for me the real joy of Christmas was breaking the collective heart of the glee club."
Sue: "I thought you might want to put all of us out of our misery and shave off that Chia Pet."
Quote of the Week is Brittany's again:
"Last year I left my stocking up over Christmas vacation and an entire family of mice started living in it. Their Christmas gift to each other was rabies."
Three out of four tracksuits with fur-lined hoods. Merry Christmas Gleeks!
18 comments:
- Jess Lynde said...
I enjoyed this one, especially the scene with Brittany and Beiste as Santa. I also kind of liked Sue as Grinch with Becky as Rein-dog and Brittany as Cindy Lou Who. It amused me.
I was feeling pretty good about the episode, in fact, until I saw the last second pimping for the Glee Christmas album. Then I felt dirty and ill-used. Sigh. Part and parcel with this show, I suppose. I prefer to pretend that advertising and merchandising aren't inextricably linked with television. It's there for my enjoyment, not to sell me stuff, right? Right?
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 9:07:00 AM PST
- Billie Doux said...
I enjoyed a lot of it. Mostly the Grinch stuff; it kept making me laugh out loud. But the heartwarming Brittany stuff doesn't do anything for me. Nobody is that naive!
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 9:12:00 AM PST
- Jess Lynde said...
It wasn't the Brittany part of it that got to me. You're right that it's tough to believe in her naivete. But I loved the Beiste part of their scene together. I was really touched by her trying to help by sharing her story of the husky little girl. Dot Marie Jones was great in that scene.
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 11:08:00 AM PST
- Dimitri A.C. Ly said...
Harry, your intro read like a confounding magic trick to me. I was bored throughout most of this episode, and, yes, it so happens I am indeed lactose intolerant and so eat my Count Chocula with soy milk. How could you know? Do you have goblin spies in my computer?
Two things:
First, I think the Glee writers got the Secret Santa thing upside down. If I'm not mistaken, Santa is the bringer of gifts, not the getter, so Sue wasn't anyone's Secret Santa. Everybody was hers.
Second, not one but two 16-year-olds who know the lyrics to a Wham! song? Forget Nikita. Now that requires suspension of disbelief! I recently spoke to a 23-year-old who referred to Eurythmics as *The* Eurythmics, "an obscure Irish pop group who have this song, I don't know if you know it, it goes something like 'some people want to abuse and others want to be abused'."
I feel so old.
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 12:04:00 PM PST
- Paul Kelly said...
Dimitri, that's almost accurate, isn't it? Apart from the Irish part. And the obscure part. And the lyrics being wrong. And the "the" part. Apart from that, perfect!
Don't Count Chocula have milk in them? I've never heard of them before, but I assume the choc part refers to chocolate. If they don't then I'm getting me some. They sound (and look) chocolicious. (You see what I did there? I made chocolate and delicious one word! Nobody has ever done that before).
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 1:25:00 PM PST
- Josie Kafka said...
Oh, Paul, with your Old Word naivete. :-)
American factory food is never actually made of what it is called. "Chocolate" is really a form of brown semi-disintegrated plastic, I believe. And it just might be manufactured by RJ Reynolds/Nabisco, makers of cigarettes and crackers.
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:02:00 PM PST
- Paul Kelly said...
Josie, I should have known better. So this is like Red Rock beer, right? It's not red and there's no rocks in it.
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 3:06:00 PM PST
- Dimitri A.C. Ly said...
Count Chocula isn't made of real chocolate. It's made of awesome. They're sugar-frosted pieces of chocolate-coloured sugar with bits of dry chocolate-flavoured marshmallows. Leave them in for more than 28.72 seconds and you get chocolate soy milk. Leave them for 2.5 minutes more and you get soggy chocolate pudding.
As an aside, to me there's only one accurate way to describe Eurythmics: "Annie Lennox and that other guy." Any variation, and you're doing it wrong.
(And, yes, I realise Dave Stewart is an accomplished musician. "Greetings from the Gutter" remains one of my all-time favourite albums. Still, "Annie Lennox and that other guy.")
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 4:05:00 PM PST
- Paul Kelly said...
I see. So really, the key is to throw in the words "flavoured" and "coloured" and (almost magically) chocolate doesn't even have to be an ingredient? It's absolute genius.
With regards, Dave, he was born just up the road from where I was born, so I'm a little protective of him. Fortunately, "a little" about covers it. It's miniscule. So let's just call Eurythmics Annie Lennox and be done with it. Let's not even mention him. Say after me "Dave who?"
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 4:19:00 PM PST
- Paul Kelly said...
Wait, Count Duckula is a duck though, right?
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 4:27:00 PM PST
- Nick said...
Oh don't worry Dimitri, I'm 18 and I know Wham! and Eurhythmics (though admittedly 'Sweet Dreams' is the only song of theirs I'm familiar with).
But I do think lots of people know 'Last Christmas'...they probably just don't know it was Wham!'s song. It's been covered a million times after all.
(You've no idea how many times I feel old with my friends lol)
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 7:09:00 PM PST
Dear Sant: My glee forum has been hijacked by cornflakes, help
ps. Are all cornflakes made of corn or just the lame flavorless ones?
- Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 3:32:00 AM PST
- Harry Earle said...
Dimitri - hurrah I have magical tricksy linguistic powers! And goblin spies, yes, yes I do. It was supposed to be an end of season reveal on my part but you spoiled yourself.
Count chocula will go next to tater tots on the list of US foods I must try. A slushie is at the top of the list.... to drink, not a facial.
Ok so back to Glee, (sorry Anonymous, I got there eventually!) in the UK, Secret Santa refers to the convention of picking a name out of a hat to buy a present for, it doesn't refer to the gift giver. So I guess that's what the writers were going for.
As for the Eurythmics and Wham!, don't forget that Rachel is no normal teen. She's a huge Streisand fan and has had a very deep personal connection to the role of Maria in West Side Story since the age of one. Finn's a bit harder to justify.
- Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 4:54:00 PM PST
- Jess Lynde said...
Finn is the guy that grew up loving Journey because of his mom's one boyfriend, yes? (Everyone blames Will for doing too much Journey, but it was Finn's idea the first time around.) So I don't think it is such a stretch to believe he'd have some familiarity with Wham! (Or was the boyfriend only into Journey and not just '80s music in general?) Regardless, as Nick said above, that particular tune may be more well known because they play it a lot around the holidays.
- Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 5:37:00 PM PST
- Dimitri A.C. Ly said...
Harry, I do feel I have to spoil myself every once in a while... with delicious Count Chocula! Actually, if you ever do get to try a slurpee, make sure it's the blue kind. And that you're on a date. Nothing says sexy like a tongue that makes you look like you just ate a Smurf! (Incidentally, Count Chocula will make you look like you ate a "Gnap" Smurf--that's the black kind that bite, I don't know what they're called in English.)
Jess, that's right. I'd completely forgotten about that side of Finn!
Oh, and thank you, Nick. Your knowledge of Wham and the Irish Eurythmics does make me feel a little bit better.
- Friday, December 10, 2010 at 7:17:00 AM PST
- Marissa said...
I definitely enjoyed this episode so much more than last weeks. I thought the songs were very well sung (Merry Christmas, Darling, Last Christmas & Baby It's Cold Outside being my favorites) and they did put me in the Christmas spirit. I liked the Finn & Rachel plot line and even though they aren't together, I loved their smiles while they were at Mr. Shue's house at the end. I also thought that Sue becoming nice for Christmas was a great way to end the episode for the several week break that glee is about to have.
- Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 5:01:00 PM PST
Due to the miracle of viewer democracy (Internet-based TV) I settled down last night to watch the Christmas special of Glee which was followed by the Christmas special of Misfits. I have to say, if you have not seen misfits yet stop what you're doing right now and go and watch episode. It will change your life. It is so rare that you get to find an intelligent, completely unique, and so very very funny TV show like misfits. It was quite refreshing to come straight from the banal anodyne Americanisation of high school culture to the quite exciting world of young offenders were special powers! the Christmas episode of Glee was an absolute game changer for me. It was rubbish. Simply rubbish. It's shocking to realise that most people in the world (i.e. outside America) don't actually know what the grinch is! In fact it's as American as cherry pie… or is that apple pie ? misfits, on the other hand broke all the rules. Here we have a group of young offenders giving birth in the nativity scene just after they have ' killed Jesus' ( this is in quotation marks for a reason watch the show and you will know why!). I must say I had an out of body experience laughing so much during this scene. misfits is edgy and it stays that way because the writers don't sell out. Unfortunately Glee seems to be going the same way as 30 Rock.. i.e down the pan! I urge you will to watch misfits NOW !!!
- Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:52:00 AM PDT
- ChrisB said...
Even better than the episode was this exchange of comments. Being a Yank who has lived in the UK for nearly thirteen years, I find myself having to explain American food more often than I would like. LOL
- Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 12:23:00 AM PST