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Rodney's latest post got me thinking. There have been plenty of posts I've begun but then scrapped just because I wasn't too thrilled with them or they had become old news too quickly. Part of this post is one of those. Without much news it's tough to keep writing because naturally you just feel like you are regurgitating the same information over and over again. It's like when your favorite band goes on a four or five year hiatus and you are forced to listen to their "most recent" album for the some-thousandth time. At some point you realize that these songs were so great but there's only so much you can take before you start drifting toward Ke$ha almost in silent protest.
Naturally it is much easier to walk away from the computer, grab a few beers and waste some hours playing Call of Duty. Let someone else find the nerve to post an article on news so old it's growing a playoff beard and applying for an AARP card. Besides, nobody wants to become the next muse for Max's minsinformation post. At this point, what else do we have other than hunches, feelings, and a few extra hangovers?
But, since I'm about to sport a new hangover and I feel like blasting some Kesha and ruminating on old information I figured is there a better time to write something? Our fanpost section is beginning to get weeks old. The site moderators have been doing a standup job of giving us something new on the front page and I'll throw some props out to Max for continuing to find topics that either interest or divide us... or both. In the past week we have seen only a few new fanposts. This has to be a record in my own short time here at MHR. The offseason is getting very long indeed. I hope we aren't moving on to other activities such as water polo, crochet, purse shopping, or reading the newest Nicholas Sparks book .
Tim Tebow: Through My Eyes... through my eyes.
Tim Tebow's new book was recently released. Not sure if you knew that, but thought I'd throw it out there.
It had less fanfare on this website than I anticipated. Every Tebow opinion seems to generate more discussion than our little "real" news of the NFL lockout. Being a big reader and an even bigger Broncos fan this was the perfect combination for a Wednesday afternoon. As it turned out, Tebow's book was an incredibly easy and quick read. It was also pretty good.
First of all, this book is two things.
#1. Written to a younger audience. If you are looking for Grapes of Wrath reading level here you will be sorely disappointed.
#2. Misunderstood. I would definitely recommend either picking up a copy or renting it from your local library before making a strong opinion on it. This is common sense for any book, but with the lightning rod that is Tim Tebow it will go a long way. There's a lot of talk about the fact that he wrote a book, and very little substantial fact regarding what he actually wrote in the book.
I'm going to do my best to not give anything away, but if you have every intention of reading this book there isn't any way to explain a book without taking away some of the novelty. Keep that in mind before you continue reading. For everyone else, my goal here is to somehow convince you to at least give a thought to picking up this book or checking it out. That's my slant. I'm being upfront about it. Just encouraging you to read.
I imagine that many of the fans on this site are avid readers and have read many sports biographies before. This book is not up there when we are talking about the best sports books of all time. This isn't even like one of Tony Dungy's football books. There are some gold nuggets in this book, to be sure, but nothing like Coach Dungy's books. This also isn't like Coach Wooden's books. But you know what, this book never pretends to be anything other than what it is... and that is an easy read that simply explains the story behind one young athlete trying to find both his way in sports and his way in life. There aren't any delusions of grandeur here. Tebow knows he's young. He knows he's got a lot to prove. But he knows he's had a lot to prove in the past and that he's done well.
The biggest criticism I've heard regarding Tebow's new book has to do with his age. How can a young man who is 23 years old ever have enough to say about life to warrant an entire book? This dude must really think he's the greatest thing since 140 characters and no filter. Cynicism at its finest.
The reality, at least in my opinion, is that Tebow does have a story to tell. He's grown up differently from most of us and succeeded in a fashion that is completely unconventional. For any young athlete, especially one that is homeschooled, his story is absolutely inspirational if for no other reason than it proves that you can achieve your goals if you are willing to work hard. In many ways, I feel like this book is exactly written to that young person. When Tebow sat down with Nathan Whitaker to write this book they must have decided to focus mainly on that young generation.
Theirs is a generation that isn't quite so jaded yet. A generation that doesn't see a 23-year old young man trying to self-promote during an off-season where the expectation if you aren't sleeping, making illigitimate babies, or trying to get out of prison you need to be working out practicing with your teammates... unless of course you work out too much then you must be on HGH.
Theirs is a generation that has yet to see a Comcast bill, get screwed over by Just Brakes, and who are just trying to make junior or varsity while dealing with facial hair and a voice like Destiny's Child. To them, the experience of Tim Tebow I imagine would be inspiring and perhaps even an interesting read outside of Harry Potter. It could be that push they need to aspire to be greater.
For the rest of us that have had enough years in this world to become jaded and cynical, well, this book I'm sure will be exactly like what you expect. If you think Tebow is a young person of great character with a fantastic story to tell and you are interesting in hearing it, that's exactly what the book will be like. I'm also very sure that if you feel like Tebow is on a money-making self promotion spree every sentence will reek of self-promotion and aw-shucks naivete that is blinding the world. If you feel like the latter, you probably have zero interest in touching this copy and would rather be seen checking out the entire Gilmore Girls DVD series than be caught buying this book. I get that.
However, the NFL is hurting for new information and Tebow is one of the few athletes doing anything newsworthy. The other alternatives are Plaxico Burress and whatever Rashard Mendenhall is tweeting this week. Thus, news on Tebow is in very high demand and he's simply giving the fans what they want. There have been so many stories about Tebow and his development that it only makes sense that he tell his own story. I guess if you want to know the true story, right from the man himself, then you owe yourself the few hours needed to read this short book. Well, at least as true as a man telling his own story can be.
This book really is just about Tebow, though. Like the ESPN special, the Broncos aren't much more than a short few pages at the very end. If you are looking into insights between Tebow's relationships with him and his teammates you won't find it here. He generally avoids the NFL altogether and speaks only to that which he knows... Gator football and faith.
For whatever it's worth, I thought it was worth it.
General Ranting
I'm slowly approaching the Tim Lynch level of opinion in regards to the QB issues here in Denver. It almost isn't worth arguing... except that is so much fun. I did want to say this about it though... this QB situation isn't nearly as bad as it is being made out to be. It's not so much as a QB situation as it is a QB choice. The dating equivalent of choosing between Mandy Moore or a Kardashian. We got choices.
There are plenty of teams out there that don't have a choice because they don't really have a QB period. You got to at least be grateful that whenever next season starts at least we'll have some kind of acceptable QB option. Sure it's the one thing we all want to get figured out right now, probably almost as much as the lockout mess, but in the end when the Broncos take the field we'll have workable options and for a team that struggled like we did last season it's the last of my worries.
Are any of you getting tired of these workout updates? I literally do not care who and when and where players are working out. Never before during an offseason do I remember bloggers and media personalities taking roll call for player organized workouts like they are doing this year. Do I think players need to be working out? Sure. It makes me nervous that somewhere Knowshon Moreno might be drinking a Mike's Hard Limeade while playing shuffleboard on a VH1 cruise ship, singing along to the latest hit by Lifehouse while traveling with Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters to film the sequel to the worst selling movie of all time... Weekend at Party Pier. Moreno instead needs to be in the gym every day working that hamstring.
It makes me nervous that we have a group of new rookies that are unable to talk to any coaches to get so much as a cheat sheet to understand the playbook... a playbook which, by the way, has yet to see the green of a football field for our players. I can't decide if I would be more surprised to see our rookies out on the field training with B. Dawk or starring in the next Diddy music video. Who knows how they are going to prepare for this next season.
It makes me nervous that Tim Tebow is out there signing 300 books a day. He's going to get beat by carpal tunnel long before he gets to take a legitimate snap from under center.
I'm just like you, I have nightmares about these things. I just can't believe that loyalty to a team is being determined based on workout hours. In some ways, it's actually completely ridiculous. Aren't workouts one of the things the players are fighting against? Don't they want fewer OTA's and fewer mandatory team workouts during their offseason? Aren't they fighting for the right to enjoy mojito's in Belize in June or be a U2 360 tour groupie for three months? If this is one of the things they are fighting for shouldn't they be making a universal stand against organized workouts? What a mess.
If Kyle Orton wants to spend his offseason throwing to his receiver and working out with his team whenever Tebow isn't in town, that's fine. If that's what it takes to keep him sharp until real workouts start than that is great! More time to grow a glorious neckbeard and perfect his karaoke.
If Tebow wants to spend his time traveling back and forth across the country signing books, playing charity golf tournaments, and getting his swinging motion altered by photoshop then let him!
What better time than the offseason for these things.
Just, for the love of Lady Gaga and her affair with Judas, don't make this into a "who is the better teammate" war. That's just frustrating.
So here we are MHR, nearly four months into the offseason and the only thing we can count is a steady stream of legal mumbo jumbo, angry QB debates, poor attempts at hyperbole and metaphor, and workout reports. Here's to hoping that they get this whole lockout thing figured out soon and that the entirety of the Broncos organization can avoid the fate of Titan's WR Kenny Britt who was recently arrested for drunk driving and quoted as saying:
"I don't always drink and drive, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."
That last quote could probably be labeled as misinformation.


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Warner Bros. gave the thumbs up on the floodgates to open on reviews for "The Dark Knight Rises" yesterday, and for the most part, advance notices have been strong. We gave the film an A grade and critics from Variety, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Rolling Stone, HitFix, Empire and more have all given their stamp of approval on Christopher Nolan's finale to his Batman franchise. But as we mentioned earlier today, some folks have had the audacity to dislike the film. Christy Lemire from the Associated Press, Christopher Tookey at the Daily Mail and Devin Faraci at Bad Ass Digest are among those who have weighed in negatively, but Marshall Fine at Hollywood & Fine had the unfortunate distinction of being the first one online to offer a voice of dissent. And the reaction was both extreme and embarassing.
Scores of fanboys hit the comments section at both Rotten Tomatoes and Hollywood & Fine to mash their shaking fists of fury into their keyboards. At one point the traffic was so high, Hollywood & Fine's site crashed, and as you might imagine, comments were vitriolic, even though it's a safe guess the majority of the infuriated nerds hadn't seen the movie for themselves. (In fact, many critics haven't caught the film yet either -- Roger Ebert and many more see the film tonight/) The situation got so out of hand, and the comments at times so offensive, that Rotten Tomatoes had to issue a statement of sorts, noting that in the interim they would be closely policing feedback under the negative reviews for trolls/general idiocy and that in the long term, they will "move to a Facebook-based commenting system that doesn't allow for anonymity."
But spending (a rather depressing few minutes) skimming through the comments of Fine and Lemire's review, and jumping over to the IMDb discussion boards (even more depressing), it becomes apparent that there is an unhealthy obsession over the film's score on Rotten Tomatoes. And it's something we've seen not just with Nolan's film, but in how the relative merits of movies in general are being judged on a system that already takes the arbitrary nature of grading a movie, and makes it even more arbitrary. The very nature of aggregating the "scores" of a movie in a reductive system of "fresh" or "rotten" essentially renders that score meaningless by the very simple fact that it removes any middle ground. Films are either fresh -- or not -- and it's both damaging to rounded critiques of movies and meaningless all at the same time.
For example, Playlist contributor James Rocchi gave "The Dark Knight Rises" a carefully considered 3 out of 5 in his review for Movies.com. According to RT, that means the movie is Fresh, but for Nolan fanboys, he might as well have declared it was the worst movie of all time. But in actuality, Rocchi said the movie was both "flawed" and "pleasing," the kind of nuance a punch card movie rating site doesn't allow for. But all you have to do to get an indication of just how silly this whole game of watching aggregated scores can be is just see the vast difference in ratings between Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic (which uses what they argue is a more weighted system) for the same film. RT declares "Moonrise Kingdom" at 94, while MC says it's 84, while "Madea's Witness Protection Program" comes in at 22 vs. 42 split. Is Wes Anderson's movie not as good, or Tyler Perry's slightly less awful as result? What is the difference between 22 and 42? What do those numbers even mean?
Grading a movie, or assigning it a score, is already a tough job for movie critics. Does an A for "The Godfather" mean the same as a 9/10 for "The Hangover" or 4 stars out of 5 for "After Hours"? No, absolutely not. Not to go into the boring details of what the many considerations a movie critic pores over before assigning a score, but the idea that a review can be broken down into a yay or nay, and then ranked from best reviewed to worst is problematic from the start (just look at the IMDb Top 250 -- which has thrown "The Avengers" into the 44th slot -- as another example of random ranking) and negates a variety of factors.
All this to say: don't get bogged down in (for lack of a better word) "statistics." Find a few reviewers you like and whose opinion you trust and read them regularly. Even more, read reviews that don't agree with your thoughts on a movie. But don't let a number or letter or star determine the value of a movie for you before you go see it, and learn to be critical even of movies you do like. And guess what? People are going to dislike movies you love. Someone is going to fucking hate "The Dark Knight Rises." Armond White will probably say "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" was much better. And that's okay. At the end of the day, your feelings on a movie shouldn't be swayed by an aggregated score, and if it is, then you're a fan of popular opinions, not of movies.
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jeremy sivertsen | August 4, 2012 4:36 PM
Its fun to look at what critics and other people are saying about a movie to see if you have a similar opinion, but in the end thats all any review is an opinion. It shouldnt matter what other people think of a movie as long as you enjoy it. Personally I loved TDKR but I still think TDK is better. Both movies are in my top 5.
anusuya | August 1, 2012 2:20 PM
I dont think Batman dies. I think he bailed out when he was flying the jet so low with the bomb. otherwise i agree with this version -- a perfect piece which treats each unanswered question one by one. http://www.howzzit.com/2012/07/27/the-many-mysteries-of-the-dark-knight-rises/
Reza | July 19, 2012 1:21 AM
Which reviewer you follow religiously? I think I wanna start doing this. Averaging reviews from a handful of reviewers I trust.
Ria | July 18, 2012 10:36 PM
Wow. Now I have seen everything. All these for a movie? Glad I have no desire whatsoever to see it. I saw the last one(only because my friend wanted to see it)and liked only the Heath Ledger part. But attacking a critic because he did not like the movie - please.
Matt | July 18, 2012 8:46 PM
RT shouldn't be the be-all-and-end-all but its fine to use it as a rough guide. A horrible movie will most likely have a low socre, a great movie will probably have a high score. RT shouldn't determine what movies a person sees.
Great point on finding reviewers that you tend to agree with. RT introduced me to Roger Ebert and Joe Morgenstern and whenever a movie comes out they're opinions matter more to me than the RT score.
Maitland McDonagh | July 18, 2012 7:10 PM
Sorry, everyone, but this battle is lost: Critic who write for major media outlets (with a handful of exceptions, including the New York Times) are force to assign ratings, from thumbs up/thumbs down, stars, numerical ratings that are massaged into an average. The practice is reductive and stupid, but a logical response to the fact that few people can be bothered to actually read reviews anymore. They just look at the ads to see whether someone declared the movie 'a five-star must see' and act accordingly. It's hopeless.
Paul | July 18, 2012 6:30 PM
Thanks for the piece. I tend to see what I want, I am pleased when stuff I want to see gets good reviews, but generally there will always be movies I like that everyone else thinks is rubbish, or vice versa (I hated Pirates of the Caribbean, tried watching it 3 times cause I thought I was missing something) Unfortunately the stupid angry people tend to be the most vocal, with an occasional sensible comment inbetween.
dj | July 18, 2012 5:44 PM
When people go to Rotten Tomatoes, they shouldn't even be harping over the percentage score which is pretty meaningless since it is a percentage of positive reviews that is calculated. They should be looking at the average rating given by the critics, which is shown just underneath the percentage. Avengers has a 92% fresh score, but an 8.0 average rating. TDKR is at 85% fresh, but 8.2 average rating. This is why Metacritic is better. They don't calculate percentage of positive reviews, but rather aggregate an average score of all the reviews, and they give top critics more weight than lesser critics. As far as IMDB goes, their Top 250 may have a few that seem way out of place, but for the most part it is a very good list.
IW | July 18, 2012 11:38 AM
I think budget plays a role, too. Nothing on RT keeps me from seeing a movie I'm interested in (I know how to skim reviews and glide past the spoilers in search of possibilities). But lots of "iffy" movies come out weekly, and on a limited budget I can't "try out" every movie that "might" be good. Which means that if a movie gets enough negative reviews on RT, I'm not likely to shell out the cash just for a chance to say, "Oh, but those naysayer critics were so wrong." Most of the time they turn out to be basically right -- the movie was a waste of time and money, and definitely not an "interesting failure". So, not all of those negative reviews are likely to be baseless, which means I end up saying: "Thanks, RT, you saved me some much needed cash to spend on a movie with better potential."
Mike | July 18, 2012 11:35 AM
Rotten Tomatoes simply gives a percentage of positive reviews / total reviews. How many critics liked it?
Metacritic simply selects a few reviews and gives an average score. How much did critics like it?
So if Moonrise Kingdom is RT94 and MC84, it means 94% of critics gave the movie positive reviews, and on average critics rated it as 84/100.
Yes, people should not get outraged over the scores for movies they like. But people can only watch so many movies in their life, and looking at a score beforehand can help people choose what they want to watch before they die, and what movies they shouldn't waste their time on. Other than that, fans will defend the things they like.
Paul | July 18, 2012 9:15 AM
The same disgusting thing happened to critics of The Avengers, these fanboys/manchildren need to get out of the house more and get a life. I loved Nolan's first Batman movie "Begins" but not the last one so much, however i already have my ticket for "Rises" on friday and nothing any critic says will sway me from going, but they have a job to do and their honest opinion is a part of it, fanboys really dont know anything about films.
Gabe | July 18, 2012 6:30 AM
I think this movie is going to be great :)
Brad | July 18, 2012 1:38 AM
This was a well thought out piece. I am really saddened that people are attacking film critics for posting negative reviews on a film. Last time I checked a movie review is usually made up of a person's opinion of a film, based on specific criteria. I may not agree with said persons reivew, but that doesn't mean they are idiots for having that opinion and should be open to death threats. Last time I checked people are allowed in a free society to have opinions that differ. Thats why they are opinions and not facts.
James | July 18, 2012 12:55 AM
The pointlessness of movie criticism and the life and work of "professional critics" is becoming more and more obvious.
Brilliant | July 17, 2012 9:42 PM
Fantastic article that articulates perfectly what I've thought of this system for years. Thank you for this :)
Jason | July 17, 2012 8:56 PM
You are wrong about the people who are attacking the reviewers. In a sea of pointless and trivial movie garbage, Chris Nolan is an oasis who provides substantive, thought provoking screenplays and an amazing visual spectacle. There is no comparable director who executes such flawless and engulfing movies. The fact that these reviewers are incapable of appreciating the brilliance of his movies is evidence in support of their acculturation to the decomposing fecal matter that usually passes for movies. Lemire gave positive ratings to Magic Mike and Battlefield while panning Nolan. She really needs to take an introspective look into what she values because she is a rubber stamp for the movie executives who flood theaters with cliched boring plots which provide nothing of value beyond anesthesia for your mind.
Rohan | July 17, 2012 6:33 PM
I must admit that this is actually a good article. Thanks for writing it, Kevin. I agree with your statement in the very last paragraph, "read the review of the reviwer you like." It's a really good advice. I read Mr. Fine's review this morning just to see why he is the most hated man right now on the net; I am a fan of Mr. Nolan and his work, but I have to say that Mr. Fine's review was completely juvenile. His attack was on the film-maker, and I see why the fans went crazy. I'm against what they typed and their death threats, of course, are redundant and childish. Mr. Fine's mistake as a critic here, isthat you shouldn't be attacking a film-maker. You are entitled to your opinion, so it's better to stick from point A to B, and Z then close your review. Other mistake that Mr. Fine made in his review is that he compares 'The Dark Knight Rises' to 'The Avengers.' We are talking about die-hard fans here, they are all pumped up to see this film. And even I was a bit disturbed, because how can someone compare Nolan's work with 'The Avengers.' - The Avengers is an entertaining film, but when it comes to Nolan's work of art, I am sure we all know how Mr. Nolan writes and directs his films.
Zinjo | July 17, 2012 6:09 PM
Scores are for the willfully illiterate! The studio doesn't need to worry about the critics because of two principel factors. Nolan is a brand that has consistently delivered and Dark Knight sufficiently raised the bar on his films that will bring out those who wish to see him either surpass it or stumble before it. Either way is a win-win for the film and studio bosses. Judging by the pre-release ticket sales in my area, what we should be looking for is a new record for openning weekend box office with this one...
John | July 17, 2012 5:38 PM
I love "The Playlist" for great news articles, interesting analysis, and in-depth movie reviews. But this article by far takes the cake for greatest of the blog. Not only are your right, but you actually changed my opinion. I have been checking TDKR's Tomatoes score frantically hoping that it winds up above a 90% (which I think it probably will). But now I realize that I shouldn't be checking RT for more than a mere check-up on a film I want to see. Thank you again, and great article Kevin.
StephenM | July 17, 2012 5:24 PM
Great little article. Needed to be said. Thanks, Playlist.
F.P. | July 17, 2012 5:10 PM
"Someone is going to fucking hate "The Dark Knight Rises." Armond White will probably say "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" was much better. And that's okay. At the end of the day, your feelings on a movie shouldn't be swayed by an aggregated score, and if it is, then you're a fan of popular opinions, not of movies."
The absolute, hands down, best lines I've ever read from a writer on this site. Bravo, Kevin.
BC Armstrong | July 17, 2012 5:02 PM
Very well said. I'd give you an A+, but it would be meaningless.
DG | July 17, 2012 2:36 PM
Normally I'd agree with the fanboys and say the guy who gave TDKR a bad review should die but really his punishment must be more severe
Neil | July 17, 2012 2:33 PM
"Armond White will probably say 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was much better."
LOL so true.
Nice article though. Roger Ebert tried to tackle the same issue in his blog when "District 9" came out, and while many fanboys are still unreasonably sniping at critics because TDKR is "supposed" to be the best movie ever(and not because they have actually seen the film), I'm sure somebody out there is having a change of heart because folks like you guys are willing to take the time to address this issue. Keep up the good work guys.
Marko | July 17, 2012 2:14 PM
I'm depressed by the fact that this is even news.
Ryan Sartor | July 17, 2012 1:47 PM
With aggregated scores, things sometimes do come down to that question of chicken or the egg. Last awards season, I would notice when a film like 'J. Edgar' tanked out on Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes and realized that it wasn't going to go anywhere, perhaps not as a result, but that it was an indicator of what would happen.
I think if 'The Dark Knight Rises' had something like a 90 on Metacritic, it would have a much better chance at a Best Picture nomination. I think that sites like Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes do affect the perception of a film.
I think 'Moonrise Kingdom''s ecstatic reviews and high score on both sites has helped it to make twice as much money as 'The Darjeeling Limited.'
People should make up their own minds about things, but I think that aggregated movie scores mean a lot in today's movie culture where perception is certainly still king.
Christian | July 17, 2012 1:30 PM
I think you realize how big this movie is when a sites writing not one but two articles on people being upset over bad reviews. Anyways I'm really pumped for this movie, but I'm not that surprised by the negative reviews. When that said it was a lot more like Batman Begins I had a feeling that would happen. Plus a lot of people loved TDK just for the Joker, now that he isn't in it they're disinterested.
cirkusfolk | July 17, 2012 1:25 PM
The review from Bad Ass Digest sounds to me like the most accurate one I've read so far as far as my opinion goes, but sadly it's negative :(
AS | July 17, 2012 1:24 PM
People are being a little too hard on the fanboys. I think you could actually look at the whole situation as being very positive. I mean, isn't it great that there are people out there that are so passionate about film that they will go as far as to threaten someone's life over it? If no one cared about films enough to get angry about one person's opinion, the art form would cease to exist... or at least take up a significantly smaller portion of mainstream consciousness. The worst response any film can have is indifference. But with this whole "Dark Knight Rises RT score" situation, everyone wins. Nolan can be pleased that he has such a devoted and passionate fan base out there and the critics who blast the film will have more traffic than ever before. It's a win win, if you ask me. Some people ask "why do people care about what the critics say?" and the answer is obvious. Human beings have an intrinsic need to have their opinion validated. In this instance, the film hasn't come out yet so people don't have an "opinion" to be validated. It's their expectations that need the validation. It's completely understandable and everyone should just calm down and embrace the passion. After all, no one's getting too upset about whether Michael Bay's movies get trashed.
tristan eldritch | July 17, 2012 1:05 PM
Why are people so hellbent on having a critical consensus anyway? More often than not, cool, interesting, risky, or ahead of their time movies are either very divisive, or completely misunderstood by critics the first time around. It seems like such a silly thing to get worked up about.
Wash | July 17, 2012 1:00 PM
I gave this article a 7, on a scale of starfish to appendix.
Great Scott! | July 17, 2012 12:55 PM
The system I have used for at least the past 10 years, before RT and Metacritic were so popular, continues to work pretty well for me. I go by the IMDB rating. Under 7.0, I probably won't like it. Between 7.0-7.5, I probably will at least more enjoy it than not. 7.5-8.0, I'll probably like it a lot. Higher than 8.0, it could easily become a new favorite. Shift this scale roughly a full point higher when looking at television shows instead of movies. Also, it obviously works better the longer the ratings have been accumulating.
kitcon | July 17, 2012 12:51 PM
It isn't just the scores they're obsessing over, those "fanatics" worship Nolan like a god and any film or critic that comes up against him or his films is a pretender, a blasphemer, a heretic that they need to crush. It's intolerance and hooliganism rolled into one. They're probably just a small fraction of Nolan fans but they're a loud and rowdy bunch. Not even the Twihards can compare.
WRT | July 17, 2012 12:44 PM
The Playlist: defenders of conventional internet dork taste. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES FOR BEST PICTURE! NOLAN IS THE NEXT KOOBRACK! Please continue posting a bloated article for each negative review the movies receives, and remind us that even Citizen Kane and TG Pt. II got negative reviews -- TDKR being 2012's answer to these films, of course
daniel | July 17, 2012 12:27 PM
Great article. Thanks.
tristan eldritch | July 17, 2012 12:22 PM
Man, I really want to enjoy this movie as much I did INCEPTION, but Faraci's review - -" bloated and long yet rushed, deeply serious yet utterly silly, politically minded yet ultimately vapid" - reminds me of everything I loathed about DARK KNIGHT.
Observer | July 17, 2012 12:10 PM
Why are you you defensive? Your own website gave a rave so fanatical that even money couldn't buy such a review.


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Campinas, Brazil
February 27th, 2013
About this event
Event: TEDxUnicampLive
Event date: February 27th, 2013
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Simulcast of one day (Feb27th) of TED 2013
Wednesday, February 27th - TIMES IN PST:
Session 4: 8:30am-10:15am (14:30h-16:15h local time - Campinas/Brazil)
Session 5: 11:00am-12:45pm (17:00h-18:45h local time - Campinas/Brazil)
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Millions of people ride bicycles to stay in shape, but some studies show that riding could have a serious side effect for men.
"After six or so years of very aggressive riding, I experienced E-D, Erectile Dysfunction. It was very sudden," says Fred Denapoli patient.
"It's an official, medical, scientific, problem. "We believe that in and around five percent of men who ride bicycles will endure the problem," says Irwin Goldstein Editor in Chief of Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Dr. Goldstein says three recent studies, including one of his own, show the same thing. He studied people who were sitting on a table or sitting on a stationary bike, and he found many bike seats force the rider to lean forward, bearing all the weight on an artery where blood flow is stopped of slowed to that area. Some experienced bike riders say this is not a problem, but Dr. Goldstein says men who ride regularly and suffer sexual dysfunction, may want to look first at that bike seat as a possible reason.
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COMMENT: Security a priority (From thisisoxfordshire)
When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email
COMMENT: Security a priority
7:00pm Monday 4th February 2013 in News
WHAT price for the security and safety of the people of Blackbird Leys? Apparently £12,000 a year.
That's the amount of money Thames Valley Police is set to save by closing down its base in Blackbird Leys Road in April. If the force is looking for a replacement base would it not make sense to keep the current one until then?
Statistics show that crime levels in Blackbird Leys have dropped in the two years since police officers have been based on the estate.
Surely that's money well spent?
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Experts selected to lead oil sands monitoring
Edmonton... Twelve independent experts from across North America have been chosen to help create a world-class environmental monitoring system for Alberta's oil sands.
"I am committed to ensuring we have a robust, credible, and transparent environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting system in the province, beginning with the oil sands region," said Rob Renner, Minister of Environment. "This extremely accomplished group of individuals, who have significant experience and wide-ranging expertise, will deliver on this important initiative." ... Read more »
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B.C.'s Flathead River Valley: Protect It Now!
Please join us for an evening of extraordinary images and speakers, to support permanent protection for B.C.'s Flathead River Valley. The Flathead adjoins Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and is a key link in the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.
Speakers include Harvey Locke from the Wild Foundation, Casey Brennan from Wildsight and Sarah Cox from Sierra Club BC.... Read more »
Broadcaster Chosen as new Environment Minister
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has bolstered his cabinet presence from Toronto — where he hopes to make a breakthrough in the next election — by promoting Peter Kent to the environment portfolio and bringing Julian Fantino into the inner circle as a junior minister responsible for seniors.
But within minutes of the minor shuffle Tuesday which featured the two Toronto MPs and two others from Alberta, Harper denied he wants an election any time soon and is trying instead to govern with an emphasis on economic management.
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you are my careful ghosti. The air is thick and I'm drinking you in like sunlight through a silver straw,I'm feeling like my spine has come unzipped and my crayola red innards have become exposed to the cool air,you're like the slivers in my fingers that I can't pull out,maybe I should try scraping off layers of skin with tweezers,goodbye dead cells, hello fresh meat,damn, why are you so fresh as fuck.ii. A whirlpool has developed beneath my chest so there goes my sense of sanity,actually it's more like boiling water, bubbling, spewing out passed my eyes,and all I've been asking for is for you to either take me or let me go,let's be honest, I could try to say I am over this whole thingbut I'm not and I don't even want to be.iii. So let's forget the world,get lost in each others skin,tracing ribs like jail bars,running hands over heartbeats,brushing lips with lonely aches.
helium balloon lungsi. You write me notes scribbled on sandpaperand I run them across my face,scraping away layers of saccharine skin,ii. Your eyes, made of cookie crumbs,I'd like to dip them in milkand watch them melt,smoking like dry ice,iii. You churn my childish heartin circles and in circlestill I slip into cardiac arrest,iv. I just remembered that time youwrapped your arms around me like vinesand held me until you couldn't,v. Oh what I'd give for a pair offortune cookie lungs,inhaling intuition,exhaling self-fulfilling prophecy,vi. I've been fishing for horoscopes,pasting them onto my bedroom wallsand on the backside of my skin,hoping that they tell me thattoday is the day you will be mine,vii. But your soul is made up of sinsand I do believe in forgiveness,but forgive me, for I cannot forget.
And I will Always be the MoonWe have gotten so attached to these days and these months,but a deer doesn't know a Tuesday from a Thursdayand a caribou can't comprehend that it was born on a September afternoon,but they can understand this instant, this moment, this breath,only now, no longer the past, and only the future when they get there,there's a healthy lack of awareness in that,escaping the fear of death but thriving off the instinct to live,everything so primal and based off gut reactions,I guess you could say ignorance is bliss,but ignorance only actually applies when it comes to humanity,oh I would like a life like that,one that is organic, tangible, and ripe with bloody berries,one where carnal creatures run rampant,one where we rise from the dirt with muddy thighsbecause we were bred into these earthly bodiesto hold seconds in our palms like newborn children,and to throw our heads back and howl against the awareness that we are dying,for oh this skin is only our host,we deriv
cratersI like to think that over this past year you've come to understandthat my heart is a cratered sunand my veins make up constellations across my vulnerable vertebrae,because when I close my eyes,it's you that my subconscious summons as I sleep,There's just something about you that completely electrifies my skin,your touch draws conclusions between the freckles on my forearmsand I'm left wondering how you even connected the dots,But you make me nervous in a young kind of wayand there's this fragile sense of longing that I'm not quite sure i understand,although tonight I could feel your laugh settle between my palms like a lost lamband for a moment I let your innocence brush over my fingertipsand it felt like that moment was ours and ours alone,So let's hold onto railroadslike we're about to be run over,and let's hold onto candlesuntil our waxen limbs burn down to the wick,and let's hold onto each otherwhile the stars drip down over our shoulders to melt away our sins.
waketrembling lips,can't breathe, at least not steadily,paint me turquoiseor be the forest to my fire,actually I'd rather you were nothing, at least nothing to me,now I can feel nightfall coming upon the manifestation of a July moon,so let's let those clouds burst and rip wide openjust as though the clouds were my organs andthe rain were my blood.
sometimes i imagine i'm a bird and it's all okayI'm staring through the kitchen window,the moon looks like it might be a warm place to be,soft glow, pale light,sometimes I wonder if it would look better if you were standing next to me,no, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't,desperation doesn't make astronomy any prettier,and it certainly doesn't do my self worth any justice,but your eyes are like the milky way,they take me away,distant,but distant turns to empty and emotionless until the sun has gone and caved in on itself,it's golden hot beeswax melting in circles because star-hot sinking sand refuses to lets go,now it's all oh, I've got this scorched tongue that soaks up sunrises when you're not here,please forgive me for I can't control the fact that it's two minutes passed 1or the fact that you've already been taken by some girl with tattooed thighs,now I've got these backwards knees and disjointed thumbs,it's too bad what you've done to me,I mean the way your arms felt--stop,I do not need this,I am a tortured spider
the sugar in your smile, the glucose in your bloodIt's searching fingertips,gingerly placed empty spaces,and wrong timing,but now it's I love you, oh wait I really do,please don't leave me under these carnival lights alonebecause I can't bare another day without your syrup sweet blood,you are the sugar in my coffeeand the honey on my toast,the candy rotting my teeth,and the molasses thick air I inhale on summer nights.
i am october's love letter to novemberhopeful,hopeless,so the same and stretched out like skin over bone,but different because one means everything andone takes everything away.i am not used to this kind of way,the way where scratches don't heal and bruises grow bigger.i try to focus on the bass and let the music pulse through me,allow it to remove the nerve endings to my thoughtsbecause i want hair that's made up of bass clefs and double stops.i want the world to come crashing down at my feetso the ocean fuses with the burning salmon sun-drops that are molding under the collapsing sky.it will look like citrus fruit bleeding onto royal blue flowing skirts,it will taste like a cold copper penny,it will smell like ripe coconut milk braided with kerosene,and it will feel like you've been bathing in hummingbird nectar that's been set on fire.then again, how would i know what music tastes like,it's not like you can lick vocal chords or bite into someone's vibrato,everything fluctuates and now i don't even know
I dreamt of a flood and you were the waterLight bulb eyes,burning through me likeelectric currents,Your wavescrash into meas I dream,your ocean spits me outthrough seaweed teeth,and I love you,but you blink lightand breathe water,so not only am I blind,I am drowning.
you lied the night you kissed me.there is a thick exhaustion in the pit of my stomach, spreading to my shoulderstill they hang and to my knees until they buckle. and I will sleep for days on end,and when I wake up I didn't really.I hate you dear, I hate you so.because there is so much to do, I could travel to the other side of the country andpaint a portrait of a stranger and I could sit on top of someone's roof and look at thestars with a boy I don't want to know and I could fall asleep in his bed and listen tohim playing guitar without clothes and he'd take me out for diner and anywhere I'dwant to go and we'd have sex in his car and on the trampoline in my back yard andwe'd eat at my grandparents with Christmas and it would never be enough becausehe's everything you weren't.I think I lost myself, I think I fell out that time you ran away holding onto me and myskin tore. I looked for her in that empty hole in your chest cavity, but all I found waslost so long ago, and you wouldn't show me where it went b
we are all waiting to be found.August 17, 2012I met a girl five years ago on a train to Paris and she told me she was running away. I asked her why, and she said she didn't know why—just that she had lots of things in her life that would justify her escape.She held a cup of coffee in her left hand and periodically, she'd inhale the steady steam and sigh. I think she caught me staring at her once when her nostrils were on the plastic lid, so she explained that the smell of caffeine kept her heartstrings alive.Her eyes were forever open, as if she never stopped to blink because she was afraid she'd miss something, and the sun sat on her eyelashes like birds on a wire because she told me she didn't know how to cry.She had a habit of dropping things, and the third time she stooped below the table to pick something up, she screamed and hit her turquoise beret against the desk and spilled the sugar out of my tea. She apologized like a little kid, with her bottom lip sticking out ever so slightly, and said
don't you stop 'til you know you're gonethe bone-flutes are flooding out my lucidity.nothing makes sense, but everything belongs.the sheets are oily and hot on my skin.exhausted, i try to escape,only to drop out of reality and through the floors.
Not AfraidI'm not afraid to tell youI miss youI'm not afraid to show youI love you.I'm not afraid toLet you inside, past the walls.Nor could I be afraid,To kiss you in public.I am not afraid to be,Loved.I am not afraid to,Hate.Nor could I be afraid,To tear out a heart,And take a bite.For tearing out mine.
Hell's pressure.When she was alone,she lost herself.The same way god lost me.The putrid ghost,he murdered her,and dropped her body in the sea.I longed and searched for that innocence,but she was nowhere to be found.It's almost like my childhoodwas pilfered without a sound.When he dropped her in she struggled,she fought she cried and screamed.Alas all good is weak yet lovely.Alas she is only a long lost dream.Now they drag my body out of water,and I feel like I am breathing.I cut myself on this evil world,and I cannot halt the bleeding.It's done with I'm done with I'm sick.All my faith was washed out at sea.All alone and in company I lost myself.The same way your god lost me.
If I Created LoveIf Love were a tale which I could compose,Then hearts would be whole and ne'er be wrought.Thorns would vanish and leave only the roseWhose pristine beauty could ne'er be bought.If I were to scribe Love as an epic,Then no amount of ink would be enough.The truth of Love is even more crypticThan a code as trying as it is tough.Perhaps if I were Homer or Shakespeare,I could craft my words onto the paperSuch that your will would bend and shed a tearAnd the lines of ink would ne'er taper.If the path of Love were of my design,All I would wish for is you to be mine.
LovesickLovesickI'm allergic to you:your scent makes me tremble.Each time our bodies touch,my skin tingles;like millions of electrified needlesare stabbing at my heart.And yes, I'm ill:your voice gives me fever.Every time you look at me,I'm dazzled by the shine;it's as if thousands of silver spidersare weaving glistering webs into your eyes.You're slowly killing me:I can barely breathe when you are not with me,because I'm buried, underneath the craving,in which you've dug my coffin when you said goodbye.I'm lovesick for you.
I wish for a worldI wish for a world where I can be free,Where the deaf can hear and the blind can see.I wish for a world where people show love,Where people believe in the one who's above.I wish for a world where evil will cease,Where people don't die from a horrid disease.I wish for a world with no rich nor poor,A place where the starving will hunger no more.I wish for a place where there will be no death,A place full of content and not of regrets.I wish for a place that is free of these crimes,A place where people don't waste any time.I wish for a place where all people care,Where people don't mock you or laugh and just stare.I wish for a place where people are good,A place where nobody will ever beg for food.I wish for a place where no one will lie,A place full of happiness where no one will die.I wish for a place where no one will cry,Where no one will ever give a painful little sigh.I wish for a place where all will have friends,A place full of joys that never ends.I wish for
The flames of hope have flickered outHope has returned, only to flicker out.Gone before our eyes, almost touching it.Our hand reaching, it destroyed to much.The flames of hope are dark, we can't see.No light in our eyes, guiding our path.The journey will be in shadows again.Whisper in your hands, before it escapes.No words for your ears, hope is gone.The light has slowly flickered out.Our eyes are deaf, our ears are blind.We can't see what's left behind.Don't know what's in our front.The flames of hope have flickered out.We are left behind deaf and blind.Yet we journey on, just to stay strong.
i want you because i shouldn't want you at alli want you like i want succulent strawberries dripping over a white lacy dress,i want you like i want complete silence on a sweltering august night,i want you like it's dead rats melting over hot gutters and then it's your hot guts on my body.i want you and your collarbones tied to my strings of saliva,i want you smelling like you're some wild wolverine with incisors as sharp as rose petals,i want you broken and bleeding just so i can nourish your wounds.i want you dangerously close and always so,i want you angry as you are passionate,i want you in ways i don't even understand.
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The event will start at 9:45 a.m. with registration, coffee and donuts.
At 10 a.m. Superintendent Dr. Jan DeLay will give a welcome and some school updates. Following her remarks Assistant Superintendent Ron Marostica will talks about "Helping Our Children Prepare for TCAP (Transitional Colorado Assessment Program).
Later, at approximately 10:25 a.m. Dr. Marcela Parra, from the Equity Assistance Center at Metro State University, will give a presentation on "The Reality of Bullying and How Parents Can Support Their Children."
Dr. Parra is a longtime educator, who grew up in Arizona and earned her doctoral degree at the University of Kansas.
After her presentation, at 11:20 a.m. various district staff members will talk about "Understanding the School Safety Plan." The meeting will end with evaluations.
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Charles J. Wysocki
Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Psychobiology (Neuroscience); Florida State University
Research Summary
Individuals differ quite substantially in their ability to smell myriad odorants. In some instances a person may not be able to detect an odor when others in the group can clearly perceive it. In other situations all may detect an odor but there is considerable disagreement about what it smells like. I explore this variation at different levels of analyses, e.g., genetic influences, gender differences and the impacts of age and the environment on odor perception. In another area of research I have explored the effects of body odor on the physiology and behavior of individuals who are exposed to the odor. Even among humans there is mounting evidence that we communicate information about ourselves to others via pheromones (chemical communication), often at a subconscious level. This information can be used to identify individuals, to alter hormone systems and to modify mood and emotion.
olfaction, vomereonasal, chemical communication, pheromones, intranasal, chemesthesis, psychophysics, behavioral genetics, adaptation/cross-adaptation, behavioral neuroscience, histology
Recent Publications
Olender, T.; Waszak, S.M.; Viavant, M.; Khen, M.; Ben-Asher, E.; Reyes, A.; Nativ, N.; Wysocki, C.J.; et al. (2012) Personal receptor repertoires: olfaction as a model. BMC Genomics, 13.
Knaapila, A.; Hwang, L.D.; Lysenko, A.; Duke, F.F.; Fesi, B.; Khoshnevisan, A.; Wysocki, C.J.; et al. (2012) Genetic analysis of chemosensory traits in human twins. Chemical Senses, 37, 869-881.
Wise, P.M.; Wysocki, C.J.; Lundström, J.N. (2012) Stimulus selection for intranasal sensory isolation: eugenol is an irritant. Chemical Senses, 37, 509-514.
Voznessenskaya, V.V.; Klyuchnikova, M.K.; Wysocki, C.J. (2010) Roles of the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in the detection of androstenone in inbred strains of mice. Current Zoology, 56, 813-818.
Williams, A.L.; Heineman, P.H.; Wysocki, C.J.; et al. (2010) Prediction of odor pleasantness using electronic nose technology and artificial neural networks. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 26, 343-350.
Wise, P.M.; Zhao, K.; Wysocki, C.J. (2010) Dynamics of nasal irritation from pulsed homologous alcohols. Chemical Senses, 35, 823-829.
Wysocki, C.J.; Preti, G. (2010) Human Pheromones: What's Purported, What's Supported. A Sense of Smell Institute White Paper. The Fragrance Foundation: New York.
Wise, P.M.; Zhao, K.; Wysocki, C.J. (2009) Dynamics of nasal chemesthesis. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1170, 206-214.
Wise, P.M.; Toczydlowski, S.E.; Zhao, K.; Wysocki, C.J. (2009) Temporal integration in nasal lateralization of homologous propionates. Inhalation Toxicology, 21, 819-827.
Wysocki, C.J.; Preti, G. (2009) Pheromones in Mammals. In: L.R. Squire. (Ed.) Encylcopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Academic Press, 7, 625-632.
Wysocki, C.J.; Louie, J.; Leyden, J.J.; Blank, D.; Gill, M.; Smith, L.; McDermott, K.; Preti, G. (2009) Cross-adaptation of a model human stress-related odor with fragrance chemicals and ethyl esters of axillary odorants: gender-specific effects. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 24, 209-216.
Gallagher, M.; Wysocki, C.J.; Leyden, J.J.; Spielman, A.I.; Sun, X.; Preti,G. (2008) Analyses of volatile organic compounds from human skin. British Journal of Dermatology, 159, 780-791.


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The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has included $150 million for fisheries disasters in its fiscal 2014 budget proposal for the Department of Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies.
The bill was cleared by the Appropriations panel headed by Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, and the Commerce/Justice/Science Subcommittee, according to the fishing industry online news site SavingSeafood.com and is aimed at providing disaster aid for Massachusetts fishermen as well as those in other New England states, New York and New Jersey, and Alaska and Mississippi. All of those areas' fisheries were recognized last September as being in states of "economic disaster" as designated by then- Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank.
In addition to the disaster aid — which still must survive several steps in thee federal budgeting process to become reality — the Senate Appropriations panel's Commerce/Justice/Science subcommittee also advanced another bill that essentially orders NOAA to also steer its revenue stream from seafood import duties on fisheries research, as required by the 1954 Saltonstall-Kennedy Act.
Under that measure, 10 percent of the revenues generated by the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act will be used for competitive grants towards community-based plans to help coastal fishing communities and industry retool and modernize their fleets, shore services, and port facilities to improve innovation and sustainability. The Saltonstall-Kennedy Act funds also cannot be used for internal NOAA management, as has been the case now for several years in the past.
First-year Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has been pushing for both types of action, hailed the Appropriations actions.
"I'm deeply grateful to Chairwoman Mikulski and the Appropriations Committee for approving critical disaster aid and assistance programs to help hard-working fishing families in Massachusetts," Warren said. "The fishing industry has long been an essential part of the commonwealth's economy and our proud traditions, and it is vitally important we support our fishermen in these difficult times."


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I've seen this blurb a couple of different places. I thought they said pretty directly that he wouldn't be back? Im not against bringing him back; he's cheap, versatile, and a good bench player. I just thought they had moved on and hope this move doesn't preclude any other moves to bring in a good SS/IF.
I can see the front office taking the stance of "we were really good in the 2nd half, let's just bring everybody back and hope for the same". I really hope that's not the case. What do you guys think?


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As always at this time of the year, deer collisions with vehicles are on the rise. It's an especially important time to watch out for deer on the road since deer migration and mating season generally run from October through December.
North Dakota Game and Fish Biologist Doug Leier says one reason for the increase in accidents is because of the animal's biology, they are more active this time of the year especially during dusk and dawn.
Some other reasons the deer are more apt to cross the road during the fall, is increased farm activity and field work, ditching, burning slews, and hunting.
Even though the deer gun season doesn't open for a couple weeks, hunters are out looking for pheasant, duck and goose and that helps generate deer movement.
If you see a deer, Leier says it is very likely there are more close by. Deer travel in packs and there have been an increase in births of deer twins over the last year.
If you are driving and see a deer in the middle of the road, and can't avoid hitting it the North Dakota Game and Fish Department gives this advice:
According to the Insurance Information Institute, the number of claims are up almost 8% over the last four years. According to State Farm, an estimated 1.23 million deer-vehicle collisions occurred across the country from July 2011 through June of this year.


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Taking drugs
Taking illegal drugs is always illegal and always risky and you can't always tell exactly what you are taking.
Like alcohol you can get yourself into a state where you don't know what you are doing or leave yourself vulnerable to others.
There are lots of different types of drugs and they get called all sorts of different things. We've listed some of them, the names people use for them and their possible side effects here for you as well as an idea of the risk you might be taking if you use drugs.
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L, LSD, blotter, cheer, dots, drops, flash, hawk, lightning, flash, Lucy, Micro, dots, rainbow, tabs & trips.
LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) is a hallucinogenic drug, which means it can make you hallucinate or see things in a different, blurred or distorted way (often faster or slower). It is often known as just 'Acid' and is usually known as a taking a 'trip'. Once you have 'dropped' acid, or taken it, you can't stop it's effects. A trip will normally last anywhere up to 12 hours, but sometimes the effects can last much longer.
The experience can be good or bad often depending on your mood and how strong the acid is. Unfortunately there is no way of telling how strong the tab of acid is. Bad trips can be really unpleasant, so always make sure you are with people you trust if you do decide to take acid.
LSD is a Class A drug which means it's illegal to sell or give to your friends. Possession of LSD can result in a jail sentence of up to seven years and supplying it can result in a life sentence or unlimited fine.
Aerosols including hairspray, deodorant and air freshener, glue, paint thinners, petrol, surgical spirits, lighter gas or fluid.
Inhaling solvents can give a drunk like feeling or give you hallucinations. The effects tend to wear off pretty quickly so users often repeat the process several times. As well as the drunk-like highs you also get the hangover-type lows afterwards. Certain solvents can leave rashes or scabs around your mouth and inhaling aerosols can kill, even the first time you do it.
Solvents aren't illegal but it's illegal for shopkeepers to sell them to someone who they suspect will inhale them. In the UK it is illegal to sell gas lighter refills to anyone under the age of 18.
Speed, base, billy, billy whiz, dexamphetamine, dexies, speed, sulph, uppers & whiz.
Originally used as diet pills, amphetamines are a stimulant that keeps you awake. They are popular with clubbers as it can give them the energy to dance for hours.
It can be taken by mouth (normally by rubbing on your top gums), snorted, 'bombed' (putting in a Rizla or cigarette paper and swallowed) or injected. The effects can last for up to six hours and is usually followed by a long comedown afterwards.
Speed is a Class B drug. It's illegal to possess, give away to friends or sell on. If it is prepared for injection speed becomes a Class A drug and there are tougher penalties if you are caught.
The penalty for possession is up to five years in jail and an unlimited fine. The penalty for supplying amphetamines is up to 14 years in jail and an unlimited fine.
Amyl Nitrate
Poppers, Butyl Nitrate, Isobutyl Nitrate, Kix, liquid gold & ram
Amyl Nitrate is a liquid chemical that comes in small bottles or, sometimes, in capsules. Users sniff Amyl Nitrate straight from the bottle for an almost immediate high or buzz. It is usually sold in sex shops and is popular with gay men as it loosens the muscles in the anus.
Amyl nitrite is controlled under the Medicines Act. Possession is not illegal but supply can be an offence in certain circumstances.
Marijuana, skunk, blow, weed, black, puff, bang, blast, blunts, buds, bush, dope, draw, ganja, hash, hemp, herb, sensimilla, northern lights, pot, resin, spliff, soap, tops & zero
Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in Britain. It is usually smoked with Tobacco but sometimes on its own and it can be eaten (usually baked in cakes or brownies). It makes users feel relaxed, lazy, tired and hungry. Some users get really chatty, some will feel laid back and others will just feel sick.
Some people think that cannabis is safer than other drugs but this is not necessarily true. Cannabis can make users feel worried or paranoid, and can cause serious mental health problems, in the short and long term.
Cannabis is a Class B drug, so its illegal to have it yourself, sell it or supply it to others. The penalty for possession can include a warning, formal caution, fixed penalty or a conviction. Supplying cannabis can lead to 14 years in prison and an unlimited fine.
Coke, crack, charlie, dust, naughty salt, percy, snow, toot & white
Like amphetamines, Cocaine is a stimulant. 'Freebase' cocaine and 'crack' cocaine can be smoked or injected. It acts really quickly but the effects wear off very quickly too, so users tend to repeat the process taking several hits in a day. Snorted cocaine powder is generally less strong and is absorbed into your system more slowly.
Cocaine is very addictive. The effects of Cocaine are stronger than amphetamines, it makes users feel more confident but regular users often become very cocky and full of themselves.
Cocaine and Crack are Class A drugs. It is illegal to possess them or supply them to others. The penalty for possession can be up to seven years in prison. The penalties for supplying Cocaine or Crack can be as high as life in prison and an unlimited fine.
K, special K, green, vitamin K
Ketamine is a horse tranquiliser, a powerful general anaesthetic (painkiller) used in operations. It causes a loss of body sensation and hallucinations, like LSD.
Ketamine is a Class C drug and it's illegal to possess it or supply it to others. The penalty for possession is up to two years in jail or an unlimited fine or both. The penalty for supplying someone else can be up to 14 years in jail or an unlimited fine or both.
Brown, H, horse, lady, skag & smack
Heroin is very strong painkiller which can be smoked, sniffed or injected. It is highly addictive. Heroin works by slowing your body down, reducing physical and psychological pain. It can give a feeling of warmth and comfort but lots of people feel sick and vomit the first time they take it.
Heroin is a class A drug and being caught in possession can result in a jail sentence of up to seven years and an unlimited fine. The penalty for supplying heroin can land you in jail for life imprisonment with an unlimited fine.
Eckies, brownies, burgers, Edwards, elephants, essence, fantasy, M&Ms, MDA, MDMA, New Yorkers, rhubarb & custard, sweeties, tulips, white doves, X & XTC
First associated with raves and clubbers in the early 1990s, Ecstasy users can stay awake for long periods of time and often feel 'loved-up'. It can make sounds and colours more intense.
The long term effects of ecstasy use are still being explored but it is widely used in the UK earning itself a reputation as a harmless weekend or recreational drug. However, as with any pills there is always a risk as you don't know what you are taking and once it's in your body it's there to stay. Some people have allergic reactions and in extreme cases people have died.
Ecstasy is a Class A drug. The penalties for possession can be up to seven years in jail. Supplying someone else can land you with a life sentence and an unlimited fine.
Magic mushrooms
Liberties, magics, mushies & shrooms
Magic mushrooms grow in the wild and produce similar effects to LSD. There are two main types and they're quite different. The most common form is a species called psilocybe semilanceata or 'liberty cap' and the more powerful variety is amanita muscaria or 'fly agaric'. Some species of amanitas can kill you so, unless you are 100 per cent sure, you should avoid them.
Magic mushrooms are a class A drug and if you are caught in possession you can go to jail for up to seven years and/or an unlimited fine. Supplying Magic mushrooms can get you a life sentence and/or an unlimited fine.
Crystal Meth
Christina, crazy medicine, glass, ice, Tina, Yaba
Crystal Meth is an amphetamine and like speed and cocaine it is a stimulant but it has longer lasting effects. In it's crystalline form or 'Ice' it can be smoked.
Crystal Meth is not known as 'crazy medicine' for nothing; it can bring on feelings of exhilaration and often increases sexual arousal. Crystal Meth adddicts are less likely to look after their sexual health or use protection.
Smoking 'Ice' gives a high similar to crack cocaine but it can last for up to 12 hours.
Crystal Meth is a Class A drug and possession can land you in jail for up to seven years. Supplying Crystal Meth can get you a life sentence and/or an unlimited fine.
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News: Jay-Z Drops "Run This Town" Record, "It's The Return Of The God" [Audio]
Friday, Jul 24, 2009 10:23AM
Jay-Z has released the first single from his Blueprint 3 album called "Run This Town" which features both Kanye West and Rihanna.
Featuring Rihanna on the chorus with Yeezy contributing a verse, Jay's new track landed online Friday (July 24) morning.
"This is Roc Nation/Pledge your allegiance...All black everything/Black cards, black cars, all black everything/And I draw them black birds/Riding with they Dillingers/I'll get more in Depp if you boys really real enough/This is La Familia/I'll explain later, but for now let me get back to this paper...Please follow the leader/So Eric B. we are/Microphone fiend, it's the return of the God/Peace God, it ain't nobody fresher...On the table screaming f*ck the other side, they jealous/We got a banquet full of broads/They got a table full of fellas/And they ain't spendin' no cake." ("Run This Town")
The song was reportedly chosen to replace Jay's collaboration with Drake as his first official single from the album.
JUST GOT WORD: NEW Jay-Z single coming this Friday (July 24) called "Run This Town" with Kanye and Rihanna! Plus, here's what his album promo schedule will look like: Sept 10 - "Run This Town" webcast from Rocawear 10 year anniversary party in NY. Sept 11 - Blueprint 3 album release & NYC concert assoc. w/NYC Fireman's charity. Sept 13 - MTV Awards performance. Sept 14 - Jay Leno primetime NBC series premiere performance (first musical guest ever). (Hot 106)
Jay's collaboration record with Drake was recently confirmed by DJ Skee last month.
DJ Skee had the opportunity to preview "Off That," Jay's first single from The Blueprint 3. "I don't want to really ruin the surprise," the host of Sirius XM's "Skeetox" radio show reluctantly tells Rap-Up.com. "I mean it's Jay, he's killing it." While he didn't disclose details, he did build anticipation for the record. "Jay sounds pretty incredible, man." Skee confirmed that hip-hop's hottest newcomer, Drake, lends his talent to the song. (Rap-Up)
Jay recently spoke with DJ Drama and said the project was ready for release.
"Yeah, pretty much [it's done]," Jay revealed. "You know I still tweak it. I made 'PSA' was the last record I made on The Black Album and 'Give It To Me' was the last record I made on Dynasty. So, I'm always open to recording new records. It's pretty much done, it could go out the door right now. September 11th, the first date, it's the anniversary of the original one, of course it's a tragedy as well so we're going to be doing a lot of great things with charities and everything." (Hot 107.9)
The Blueprint 3 will land in stores Friday, September 11th.
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Tonight's Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week is Tanna Waltman, a senior at Parkston High School.
Tanna has a perfect 4.0 grade point average and when we sat down with her, she told us one of the secrets to her success.
Tanna Waltman told us she gets one, 45 minute study hall every day and it's a good thing because she needs the time. She rattled off an impressive list when we asked her about the classes she is taking. "Human Anatomy and Physiology, Chem 2, Calculus, Research and Writing and I am also taking an online Medical Terminology class."
And those classes are all geared towards a future career in pharmacy, so the Chemistry and Medical Terminology classes are important for her. And her Biology teacher, Donna Deinert, says Tanna is a star student who is drawn to every tough Science class Parkston offers. "She's a great student. She takes rigorous science classes. As many tough classes as she can. She asks all the why questions on everything. She's very hard working."
Tanna's grade point average, 4.0 is as good as it gets. and when we asked Tanna one of the reasons she does so well, she says it's because she is at a smaller sized school. Her largest class is about 22 students. "And then the smaller classes....5....8 people....so its a lot of one on one time with your teacher...I feel you can learn with more one on one time."
Tanna says she is looking at SDSU's Pharmacy program. She recently visited the campus and liked it a lot!
For being named our Scholar of the Week, Tanna will receive a $100 scholarship from Southeastern Electric Cooperative, which is a local Touchstone Energy cooperative.


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San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore reportedly suffered an ankle injury during the team's 13-8 vctory over the Cincinnati Bengals and his status is now questionable for week four against the Philadelphia Eagles. Gore battled through the ankle injury for much of the second half and eventually gave way to rookie Kendall Hunter for a sizable chunk of the fourth quarter. Gore finished the game with 17 rushes for 42 yards, while Hunter finished with nine rushes for 26 yards, a touchdown, and two receptions for twelve yards.
Gore has gotten off to a slow start in 2011 and has fantasy owners wondering what exactly is going on with him. Through three games he has rushed 42 times for 106 yards and one touchdown. His longest run is a 16-yard scamper, but otherwise he has been held in check. Possible reasons range from the idea that he is losing a step to the poor performance of the offensive line. Whatever the case, it is not pretty for Gore right now.
Kendall Hunter has emerged as Gore's primary backup, and if he is available in your league, I would recommend trying to grab him as your handcuff to Gore, or simply to have a guy with upside if you don't have Gore. Given Gore's history, there is an excellent chance Hunter starts a game before the end of the 2011 season and it could very well come this Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
We'll have more on this injury as the 49ers prepare for their week four contest with the Eagles.
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SOMETIMES I THINK the cavemen had it right.Take camping, for instance. Cavemen lived an entire lifetime in a permanent state of camping out. Their "tents" ranged anywhere from semipermanent caves to overnight shelters underneath the sweeping branches of a blowdown pine to, in somewhat later days, a crude hut of woven sticks thatched with grass or, if lucky, animal hides.Fire was a newfangled invention and, once they had it, it must have seemed a wonderful thing for Trog and Uma to sit around a campfire on a lonely night with a fire throwing sparks in the air while the amorous couple made sparks of their own.
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