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James Clegg wins heat to qualify for 100m butterfly final
A swimmer from Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders has qualified for the S12 100m butterfly final tonight.
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This 60th Anniversary of the Korean War I recommend everyone read my prior postings from various Korean War battle site I have visited. Most of the battle sites in Korea are easily accessible and well worth checking out for those interested in military history. Visiting these sites really allows visitors to better appreciate the difficulties in terrain and weather that the veterans from the Korean War had to face during those rough years between 1950-1953. Even today some of these battle site locations continues to be pieces of key terrain along the DMZ that the ROK military continues to man to this day. If anyone has any questions on how to reach these sites, please let me know.
1. The Battle of Uijongbu – This was one of the first battles of the Korean War between the North and South Korean armies just north of Seoul. It was a battle that if it had gone a little differently, it could have changed the entire course of the war.
2. Taskforce Smith – The first American unit to see combat in the Korean War first made contact with the enemy on a hill near Osan. From the hill it is easy to picture the undermanned and equipped Americans trying to fight off the overwhelming North Korean force.
3. No Gun Ri – This site of an alleged Korean War killing of civilians continues to be a subject of controversy to this day. By visiting the site it is easier to picture whether or not a mass killing happened there or not.
4. The Incheon Landing Operation – This operation was a pivotal turning point in the war and the site of General Douglas MacArthur's last great military feat.
5. The Battle of Chipyong-ni - This battle was also a pivotal turning point in the war, but this time against the Chinese. It was the first major battle the UN forces won against the advancing Chinese in hellish winter conditions.
6. The Battle of Solma-ri - The British Gloucestershire Battalion may their famous final last stand on a hill at Solma-ri. The memorial in place below the hill is one of the nicest Korean War memorial on the peninsula.
7. The Battle of the Imjim -The best view of the Imjim River area can be seen from the summit of Kamak Mountain, which served as a piece of key terrain for the Chinese during the Battle of the Imjim.
8. The Battle of the Kapyong Valley – Primarily the Canadians, the Australians, and a US tank company was responsible for turning back an overwhelming Chinese attack through this valley in their attempt to recapture Seoul.
9. The Punchbowl – This was site of such infamous Korean War battles as Heartbreak Ridge and Bloody Ridge that claimed the lives of thousands of allied forces. The Punchbowl continues to this day to be an important strategic location for South Korea as the modern day ROK Army soldiers continue to man the defense of this valley like their forefathers before them.
10. Geoje-do POW Camp – The prisoner of war camp on Geoje-do Island ended up being just as much of a battlefield as anywhere else during the Korean War, but fortunately one man had the tenacity to regain control of the camp from the communists who had effectively taken it over.
11. The Iron Triangle - The best place to view one of the most key pieces of terrain along the DMZ, The Iron Triangle is from the summit of Godaesan Mountain outside of Chorwon.
12. Freedom Bridge – Not really a battle site but still an important location where anyone coming and going from the DMZ had to cross in order to reach Panmunjom.
Note that this list is not in any order of importance, but rather in sequence of when the battles occurred. I hope everyone enjoyed the list and if you have a battle site that you recommend people visit please let everyone know in the comments section.


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The University of Tulsa announced today that freshman place-kicker Daniel Schwarz and freshman receiver Adam Boyd will not return to the University in 2013.
Schwarz, from Lawton (Okla.) MacArthur High School, was one of only two true freshmen to earn a letter during the 2012 season. A Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection, Schwarz set a freshman school record with 88 points on 12-of-18 field goals and 52-of-59 point-after-attempts.
Boyd, from McAlester (Okla.) High School, sat out the 2012 season as a true freshman with an injury. At McAlester, he had 69 receptions for 1,189 yards and seven touchdowns his senior season.
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Water in the area will be shut off until crews are done fixing the break.
The break affects an eight foot section of pipe, which will need to be replaced.
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The Broncos had the second-fewest three-and-outs in all of football, but the Seahawks forced one on just the second drive of the game for Denver.
After a safety to start the game, Denver quickly fell behind the Seahawks 5-0. The next drive didn't go much better for the Broncos. Knowshon Moreno started the drive off with a 3-yard run. Then Peyton Manning hit Demaryius Thomas on a crossing route but he only made it 2 yards before Kam Chancellor stopped him dead in his tracks with a huge hit to remind the Denver pass-catchers that they're called the "Legion of Boom" for a reason.
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WALTHAMSTOW: MP shocked by 'legal loan shark' school involvement
9:42am Tuesday 14th February 2012 in News By Daniel Binns, Senior reporter
WALTHAMSTOW MP Stella Creasy says she is shocked that staff from a high cost lending firm helped to teach pupils about debt advice.
Workers at The Money Shop were invited into classrooms at Holy Family Technology College in Walthamstow last week as part of a scheme organised by the Young Enterprise charity.
It came just days before Ms Creasy protested against the chain outside one of its branches in Walthamstow High Street alongside London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone.
The Labour MP is campaigning for a limit on fees charged by such firms, which she describes as "legal loan sharks", arguing they prey on the poor by providing quick cash with extortionate charges and rates of interest.
Companies such as The Money Shop have always strongly denied her claims and say any cap would make people turn to unscrupulous illegal lenders instead.
In a statement released late last night, Ms Creasy said: "I know many parents in Walthamstow who share my concerns about legal loan sharking will be shocked to find a charity such as young enterprise letting these companies into our schools and so helping them to promote themselves as socially responsible.
"Until this industry is regulated properly through caps on the costs of credit they have no place in our education system - and I hope young enterprise will think again before allowing their good work to be associated with such firms."
The day-long event on Monday (February 6) at the school in Shernhall Street involved 180 year 9 pupils aged 13 and 14, and included activities such as mock interviews.
Assistant headteacher Adele Klitou said in a statement that the 'Learn to Earn' scheme closely supported the curriculum.
Young Enterprise manager for Waltham Forest, Helen Wedderburn, said Money Shop staff had been very informative and were keen to work with other schools in the area.
"They want to continue their work to help students with the world of work, the pitfalls of finance and getting into debt. They've been very supportive," she added.
The charity responded to criticisms from Ms Creasy on its nationwide Twitter page by calling her comments "weird and untrue" but later appeared to acknowledge its involvement with Money Shop.
It said all companies it worked with were "explicitly banned...from promoting products or services".
The charity's chief executive, Catherine Marchant, later denied Money Shop staff gave lessons in finance.
She said: "The Learn to Earn programme challenges students to examine what skills and talents they have got, examine the feasibility of various lifestyles, research future employment opportunities and start planning for tomorrow.
"The programme was taught by a Young Enterprise manager, not the volunteers. The volunteers simply sit alongside students and help them work through a set booklet.
"The claims that are being made are unfounded."
Young Enterprise has now severed all ties with the Money Shop and its parent company Dollar Financial UK following the criticisms.
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bishbosh says...
with marketing and images to spend. Consumer Credit since the 70's should be a main stream subject in all schools, just an hour per week would clue youngsters in. The Money shop is tapping into a failure of the system and using this opportunity to sanitise their product and activities.
11:29am Tue 14 Feb 12
Walthamster says...
What next - a gun company giving talks on solving disputes? A junk-food manufacturer giving cookery classes?
11:43am Tue 14 Feb 12
Janet1 says...
I bet they are keen! And I hope more responsible schools are equally keen to keep them out.
Parents should ask how the decision was made to seek advice from these people instead of, say, the local credit union.
Credit unions offer a genuinely useful service. We have one here called Waltham Forest Community Credit Union -- I've just looked it up, at www.wfccu.org
You can find out more from the Association of British Credit Unions at www.abcul.org
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Cloud Atlas
Extraordinarily complex and beautiful looking new film from the Wachowski 'brothers' and Tom Tykwer. Not only 3 directors, but actors playing multiple characters of different ages, sexes, and races, set in the past, present and future. So complicated that they felt compelled to try and explain it themselves. Pretty impressive site too.


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East Midlands Trains describes meeting with unions as 'progressive'
Latest talks between train drivers and East Midlands Trains over potential strike action during the Olympics have been described as "progressive" by the train operator.
Members from the Union ASLEF and bosses from East Midlands Trains met last night in the latest negotiations in a dispute by drivers over their pensions.
Drivers announced on Thursday they intended to strike during the games which start next Friday.
Industrial action during the games could cause major disruption as East Midlands Trains services terminate at London St Pancras which is a direct link to Stratford International, the station which serves the Olympic Park in East London.


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Penn State played well in the first half of the 2011 Big Ten Basketball Championship, but Ohio State has come out guns blazing in the second half as they have steadily pulled away from the Nittany Lions. Their lead was only six points at the half, but at the under eight minute media timeout, Ohio State had gotten out to a 55-38 lead. Jared Sullinger has upped his game in the second half and the entire team is shooting well from behind the three point line. William Buford has almost certainly been the player of the game so far, scoring 16 points on 7-13 shooting.
In the second half, Penn State has been completely out-worked in every facet of the game. Ohio State are passing better, shooting better, and rebounding better. In the end, their athleticism and shooting ability has been way too much for the Nittany Lions to cope with.


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Texas lawmakers are asking the Pentagon to hand out surplus combat equipment from Iraq such as Humvees, weapons and night vision goggles to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle, Representatives Ted Poe and Henry Cuellar along with 17 border sheriffs from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting that he "expedite delivery of surplus equipment."
"Much of this equipment would be useful to the federal, state and local law enforcement in their efforts to secure the border with Mexico," the lawmakers said in a joint statement.
In addition, Poe has proposed legislation that would force the Department of Defense to make 10 percent of certain equipment returning from Iraq available to law enforcement agencies patrolling the southern border.
"State and local officials are on the front lines of the southern border fighting to protect Americans from spillover violence from Mexico," Poe said. "They are out-manned and out-gunned by the drug cartels and they are desperate for more resources."
Cuellar said boosting border security requires federal help beefing up local law enforcement agencies. Despite the demands for troops and arms to "secure the border," most of the surplus military equipment Texas has already received from the Pentagon has been given to law enforcement agencies far from the border.
The Pentagon's Law Enforcement Support Office distributed a record $468 million in surplus equipment nationwide in 2011. Texas got $17.6 million.
The Round Rock police, 253 miles north of the border crossing at Laredo, received 4,526 pieces of surplus military gear.
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Ranking the Foundation Week Commits
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Although it's no great revelation, Tennessee needs immediate help at several positions. Therefore, just because one prospect is higher rated than another doesn't mean he's automatically more valuable to the Vols.
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MINEOLA, TX - We had the chance to meet the Carr family a few years ago. Since then, the family has grown to six. All of the children were adopted from Kazakhstan where they were abandoned at birth. It is a deserving family who has given up so much to overcome the challenges they face.
At age two and a half, Ryanne Carr took her first steps, and KLTV was there. Born with a Amniotic Band Syndrome, Ryanne's legs and an arm were amputated. In a 2005 interview with KLTV, her mom, Katrina Carr said, "I think she notices I'm a little bit different, I'm put together a little bit differently." Different, but not unstoppable. Now six years old, Ryanne can run and loves to climb tress. "She problem solves and figures things out. If she wants to do something, she will figure it out," said Katrina.
Katrina and Mike Carr adopted Ryanne and her three brothers and sisters from Kazakhstan. Tight on money, they poured all of their funds into the adoptions. "We held a fundraiser and it raised to the penny the money we needed to move forward. And we thought this is the Lord, He is leading this one," said Katrina.
The youngest daughter, Rina, 3, was born with the same disease as Ryanne. She lost one of her legs. "We saw people with disabilities on the street corner. We saw people with disabilities not able to get into buildings," said Katrina.
Adding to family struggles, the oldest child, Nicolas, 9, was recently diagnosed with Sensory Integration Disorder. It affects his behavior and ability to concentrate. Mike Carr,41, has had pancreas and kidney transplants in the past decade, and continues to have seizures.
It's a family with a heart of gold. Following Ryanne's lead, they've remained optimistic. "I see her being able to do whatever she gets her mind to doing. If Ryanne wants to dance, Ryanne's going to dance," said Katrina. This makeover is guaranteed to help the Carr family follow their passions and overcome hardships.
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A member of the family that owns The Farmhouse Restaurant in Emmaus says that the restaurant is not closed for good, contrary to a report that appeared in The Morning Call on Sunday.
Michelle Quier, who was running The Farmhouse before it closed for renovations in January, says that in spite of what customers may have been hearing, the restaurant is not out of business. Her family still owns it and plans to reopen the restaurant in the fall, Quier told Patch.
Some of the changes customers can expect when the restaurant reopens, Quier says, include the fact that she will no longer be running The Farmhouse; another member of her family will be in charge. Also, the head chef at The Farmhouse, Javan Small, is now working at Third and Ferry Fish Market in Easton, she adds.
Quier had also been running Granny Schmidt's bakery when renovations at The Farmhouse began, she explains, and decided that she wants to dedicate herself to Granny Schmidt's full-time.
Granny Schmidt's was previously located on The Farmhouse property in Emmaus and moved to Whitehall in June. The bakery is located on Grape Street, "minutes away from the Lehigh Valley Mall," she says.


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By Conor Walsh
---- — GLOUCESTER – Each bench at Gloucester's Talbot Rink is decorated the same way.
Behind each bench, a large vertical Gloucester hockey sign hangs. Flanking each bench, a similar, horizontal Rockport sign.
Naturally, with each team sharing the same home rink, a rivalry has built up between the two programs.
Neither team has had much in the way of bragging rights, though, as the two teams hadn't met since 1991. Until last night.
And after a heated 45 minutes, Gloucester skated away with clear ownership of "The Tank" with a resounding 7-3 win over the Vikings.
"I've been trying to get a game with these guys for a while and we were lucky enough to get it this year," Rockport coach Derek Papalegis said. "These guys have all played together. Guys had been talking it up on Facebook and we've had it circled for a while, and unfortunately, we didn't show up to play."
It didn't take long for Gloucester to establish itself as the top dog last night. The Fishermen held a clear size advantage over Rockport, and coupled their grittiness with a speedy cycle in the offensive zone.
By the time Alex Webb got the Fishermen on the board 2:29 into the first period, there was a feeling that the floodgates were just waiting to be opened.
They finally did in the second period. With Gloucester up 2-0 after Pete Mondello picked a corner late in the first, the Fishermen upped their intensity in the second.
Third-liner Jerry Ciaramitaro banged home a rebound in a scrum out front just 1:40 into the second period to extend the lead to three.
Midway through the period, Casey Noyes converted a Matt Lane feed to make it 4-0. Thirty five seconds later, a Jared Favazza power play blast from the top of the circles made it 5-0. Not long after, Mondello added his second -- this one on the power play -- to make it 6-0.
Needless to say, the Fishermen found a way to deflate Rockport in front of their respective home crowds.
"I thought the whole team played well, played like a team," Gloucester coach Don Lowe said. "We had 20 shots on goal in the second, couple of power play goals. They didn't want to lose to Rockport and have been hearing all year how good Rockport was. Rockport is a good, well-coached team, but we took it to them tonight."
Rockport pushed to climb back into the game, getting a late second-period goal from Josh Guertin and third-period tallies from Jake O'Maley and Alex Amoroso. There was ultimately very little that the Vikings could do last night.
Gloucester played some of its best hockey of the year, dominating all three zones. The Fishermen played physical but stayed out of the penalty box. They relied on their speed to wear the Vikings down and transition quickly from their defensive end, and used that speed to set up shop in the offensive zone all night. And when it mattered, they found a way to get seven goals past Rockport goalie Colby Foster (35 saves).
Mondello led the way with two goals and an assist, while Favazza (one goal, two assists) and defenseman Mike Muniz (three assists) also notched three points.
Noyes finished with two goals after adding a third-period tally, Lane assisting on each.
The same couldn't be said for Rockport (5-6). For a team that has established itself as a power in the generally weak Commonwealth Athletic Conference, non-league games are generally a true barometer.
And against a Division 2 opponent in Gloucester that's gone through the NEC North gauntlet already, Rockport's inexperience against top opponents showed through.
Gloucester was able to neutralize Rockport's top scorers, Conor Douglass and Kyle Tupper, and keep the rest of the Vikings' top-six forwards away from the danger areas.
"We didn't show up to play," Papalegis said. "We have a league schedule that allows us to not play our best and get out a win. We had a three-game winning streak and the guys got complacent. I think our guys were intimidated. I think we actually match up well with Gloucester, we've seen them play a lot and we have some talented players, but our top line was nonexistent tonight. Our guys who we've relied on all year didn't really bring their A game."
As Gloucester (5-6-1) continues to battle back toward the .500, it can rest easy in knowing it's remained atop the Cape Ann power rankings.
For Rockport, it's back to the drawing board.
"It's mental stuff," Papalegis said. "It's not Xs and Os. We have 13 seniors, and it could be a long season for them if they don't play up to their potential. These seniors just have to step up and be leadeers. Lucky, we have some season left to do that, but it's getting to be crunch time."
Gloucester 7, Rockport 3
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Gloucester 2 4 1 7
First period: G, Alex Webb (un), 2:29; G, Pete Mondello (Mike Muniz), 13:17.
Second period: G, Jerry Ciaramitaro (Jared Favazza, Eddie Mahoney), 1:40; G, Casey Noyes (Matt Lane), 8:06; G, Favazza (Mondello, Muniz) PPG, 8:41; G, Mondello (Favazza, Muniz) PPG, 11:40; R, Josh Guertin (Conor Douglass), 12:40.
Third period: G, Noyes (Lane), 4:26; R, Jake O'Maley (Jonathan Ferrante), 6:41; R, Alex Amoroso (Kyle Nelson, Jon Tucker), 11:30.
Saves: R Colby Foster 35; G Owen Parisi 20.
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I met up with Dennis Wendt and Karl Hanke to go carp fishing with a bow and arrow. They call it bowfishing.
Wendt says it's becoming more popular, "It's becoming huge, you get on the Internet and Google bowfishing and you see people's rigs and the equipment that is offered these days and it's growing."
The two Rib Mountain Bowmen Members are in the middle of a bowfishing tournament on lake Wausau, but they take a break to teach me the approach to this unique sport.
The explain a few tips, "You have to use the wind. If you use this trolling moter, the vibrations will spook the fish away and your chances of sneaking up on them are not good."
Spawning carp make something called mud bombs, revealing their location to the fishermen. "They'll take off and this big cloud of mud will come up and so then you know there was a carp there."
While looking for a spawning carp or one sunning itself on the surface, I decided to do some target practice on floating garbage.
We didn't see any carp while I was in the boat, but the two avid bowfishermen had enough luck to shoot the winning carp in their tournament, motivating me to get out and try it again sometime. "You take a lot of shots and you don't always succeed, and you keep coming back because the shots are always there. But reloading is cheap. You just pick up the arrow and shoot again."
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The Pac-10 (or is it 12 yet?) announced today that they will be" restructuring" their football officiating. All I can say is "about time!"
According to the Pac-10 website "After a comprehensive review of the officiating program and a request by Dave Cutaia to step down as the Coordinator of Football Officiating, the Pac-10 Conference will restructure its football officiating program…" They are receiving help from former NFL Vice President of officiating Mike Pereira. Pereira will lead the restructuring and act as the interim Coordinator of Football Officiating. While not going into a much detail the Pac-10 said "enhancements to the officiating program will include a new organizational structure, new resources, best practices and training tools." I think I can speak for all Pac-10 fans (yes, I think that highly of myself) when I say "YAYZ!!!" Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there for people who might not have read about it yet.


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Wow, why am I surprised that your rag of a newspaper would publish someone's personal information just to discredit them in death?
There are a lot of people who live in Abilene and not all of them are members of the Church of Christ. Just because someone dies from the town's biggest college does not give you the right to disrespect the grieving family of the other gentlemen.
So what if he made some dumb decisions when he was a kid. So did I, so did you and so does everyone else. Maybe you should read that bible you people thump a little closer because there is something in there about judging. Shame on you editor for not having the decency to throw that article in the trash can.
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A Movie A Day: Oliver Stone's SALVADOR (1986)
You gotta get close to get the truth. You get too close, you die.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today's installment of A Movie A Day.
[For those now joining us, A Movie A Day is my attempt at filling in gaps in my film knowledge. My DVD collection is thousands strong, many of them films I haven't seen yet, but picked up as I scoured used DVD stores. Each day I'll pull a previously unseen film from my collection or from my DVR and discuss it here. Each movie will have some sort of connection to the one before it, be it cast or crew member.]
Our James Woods marathon is in full swing. We started with his one-scene early career role as "Bank Officer" in the James Caan flick THE GAMBLER, then was second only to Robert De Niro in yesterday's amazing ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA and now we get to James Woods in the lead role in Oliver Stone's SALVADOR.
One could make a rather strong case that this was the world's first real introduction to Oliver Stone as he would come to known. Sure, he had worked before. In fact I quite like the bizarre internal horror film he did with Michael Caine, THE HAND, but 1986 marked the release of this film, in April and then PLATOON in December.
In fact, both films were nominated for Oscars that year, with PLATOON ultimately taking best picture. They fought for best writing (alongside CROCODILE DUNDEE! No shit!) losing to Woody Allen's HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.
When we first meet James Woods and his partner in crime, Doctor Rock (James Belushi), we're led to believe they are losers. Not likable, crazy fun losers, but really worthless people. They reminded me a little bit of Dr. Gonzo and Raul Duke, actually.
Woods plays Richard Boyle, a war photographer and journalist, living in San Francisco. His wife takes his kid and leaves, he is evicted from his apartment and is stopped for speeding while racing towards his one hope at a job. Turns out the dude has a few outstanding speeding tickets, over 40 parking tickets and a revoked license.
He's arrested and bailed out by Belushi, who is creepily channeling his brother here. I never saw much of John in James before, and I grew up loving shit like MR. DESTINY, so I saw a lot of his work, but here it's kind of creepy how much slips through.
It doesn't hurt that he's playing a character John would have been at home playing. He's a chubby, drug-addicted comic relief character for the first bit of the film. Belushi is just as much a loser as Woods, so these two head south and Woods ends up going much further than he told Belushi and they end up in El Salvador where Woods does whatever he can to cover the brewing revolution taking place.
About halfway through the movie I thought that Woods and Belushi weren't such bad guys… then by the end I was totally on their side, but I realized something… they didn't really change. Sure, Belushi learns to cope with his situation without freaking out every 5 seconds and Woods re-assesses his priorities, but they're pretty much the same people we met in San Francisco, but a simple change in location and circumstances makes all the difference.
Especially with Woods' character. He's at home in El Salvidor, as dangerous as it is. He has friends and even another family there, consisting of a girlfriend and her two children. The girlfriend, Maria, is played by Elpidia Carrillo who a couple years later would go on to star alongside Schwarzenegger in PREDATOR.
Woods juggles his relationships with the US embassy people and the military (as it straddles the fence, trying to decide if they're going to support the crooked regime in place or let revolution happen) and the revolutionaries as well as those already in charge. You never really know who Wood's batting for, if anybody.
John Savage plays a fellow photobug who meets up with Woods and I think Savage goes a long way to humanizing Woods' character. Woods clearly respects him and maybe even idol worships him a little bit. Woods doesn't grovel at the dude's feet, but he definitely treats him differently than anybody else in the movie with the possible exception being his girlfriend and her young brother, who doesn't make it.
Basically the film is all about complexity. The good guys are fighting the bad guys. Easy enough right? The bad guys are the ones sending out death squads, killing anyone who doesn't have the right paperwork or who might look at them funny. They're certainly bad. The revolutionaries must then be the good guys. Woods believes that and we believe that, but when they do rise up we see them using the same ruthless tactics as those in power.
Woods' character is likewise complex. He starts out a loser and like I said above he doesn't really change, but what's asked of him does. In many ways he's a hero, in many ways he's a fool, in many ways he's a fucking prick, but no matter what he is you're on his side by the time the credits roll. That might be because he seems to be dealt bad hand after bad hand and you have to sympathize with someone trying to hard to work towards their happiness and just having it all pulled away every time they get near.
The final scene in the movie is not nearly as harsh as individual scenes that came before it… the cute peace corp girl and the nuns who get sexually assaulted and murdered, the pit of death that Woods photographs… both those scenes are in your face and rough, much more so than what happens at the end of the movie, but for some reason the ending is worse than any of that. Without spoiling it, I think the reason that ending is such a gut-punch is precisely because of what came before.
And that peace corp girl, Cathy, was someone I recognized right off the bat but I couldn't place her. The actress' name is Cynthia Gibb and when I looked her up on IMDB, I got it. She was Fisher Stevens' love interest in SHORT CIRCUIT 2. That's what it was. "Help me, Rhonda… Help, help me Rhonda…"
All the acting is great, but this James Woods' movie, a real chance to explore a character of depth and challengingly unlikable for the first part of the movie. If Woods hadn't pulled it off, I wouldn't have given a shit about this guy and would have disconnected from the movie. Luckily, I was in good hands as a viewer.
Stone's direction is raw and had a purpose. I don't think he does much subtle work visually, but that's fine. The character are subtle enough, all he has to do is shoot it and he does that well. It's a much bigger film than I expected, some really huge production design moments, like the aforementioned death pit. You can definitely see PLATOON when watching this movie. The main difference, actually, is that the iconography in PLATOON is much, much stronger. He has those iconic moments (reading to the heavens) that really stick with the viewer. In SALVADOR the moments that stick with us are the character moments.
Final Thoughts: SALVADOR is a powerful, well-made early effort by Stone that really marks his first step to becoming the kind of filmmaker he became famous for. Woods proves he earned that Best Actor nomination and makes me sad as shit that he's not in more things these days… and it also makes me wish I could play a game of poker with him and hear his stories about working with Stone and Leone… It's been a good run of AMAD here. I very highly recommend this one as well.
Here's what we have lined up for the next week:
Tuesday, November 18th: BEST SELLER (1987)
Wednesday, November 19th: THE HOLCROT COVENANT (1985)
Thursday, November 20th: BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962)
Friday, November 21st: WHITE HEAT (1949)
Saturday, November 22nd: MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES (1957)
Sunday, November 23rd: EACH DAWN I DIE (1938)
Monday, November 24th: THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. (1941)
Lots and lots of Cagney coming up. Can't wait! I've loved the Cagney we've covered so far in this column and it's about goddamn time I finally saw WHITE HEAT from start to finish. See you folks tomorrow for another instalment of our James Woods mini-marathon: BEST SELLER!
Previous Movies:
June 2nd: Harper
June 3rd: The Drowning Pool
June 4th: Papillon
June 5th: Gun Crazy
June 6th: Never So Few
June 7th: A Hole In The Head
June 8th: Some Came Running
June 9th: Rio Bravo
June 10th: Point Blank
June 11th: Pocket Money
June 12th: Cool Hand Luke
June 13th: The Asphalt Jungle
June 14th: Clash By Night
June 15th: Scarlet Street
June 16th: Killer Bait (aka Too Late For Tears)
June 17th: Robinson Crusoe On Mars
June 18th: City For Conquest
June 19th: San Quentin
June 20th: 42nd Street
June 21st: Dames
June 22nd: Gold Diggers of 1935
June 23rd: Murder, My Sweet
June 24th: Born To Kill
June 25th: The Sound of Music
June 26th: Torn Curtain
June 27th: The Left Handed Gun
June 28th: Caligula
June 29th: The Elephant Man
June 30th: The Good Father
July 1st: Shock Treatment
July 2nd: Flashback
July 3rd: Klute
July 4th: On Golden Pond
July 5th: The Cowboys
July 6th: The Alamo
July 7th: Sands of Iwo Jima
July 8th: Wake of the Red Witch
July 9th: D.O.A.
July 10th: Shadow of A Doubt
July 11th: The Matchmaker
July 12th: The Black Hole
July 13th: Vengeance Is Mine
July 14th: Strange Invaders
July 15th: Sleuth
July 16th: Frenzy
July 17th: Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut
July 18th: Cadillac Man
July 19th: The Sure Thing
July 20th: Moving Violations
July 21st: Meatballs
July 22nd: Cast a Giant Shadow
July 23rd: Out of the Past
July 24th: The Big Steal
July 25th: Where Danger Lives
July 26th: Crossfire
July 27th: Ricco, The Mean Machine
July 28th: In Harm's Way
July 29th: Firecreek
July 30th: The Cheyenne Social Club
July 31st: The Man Who Knew Too Much
August 1st: The Spirit of St. Louis
August 2nd: Von Ryan's Express
August 3rd: Can-Can
August 4th: Desperate Characters
August 5th: The Possession of Joel Delaney
August 6th: Quackser Fortune Has A Cousin In The Bronx
August 7th: Start the Revolution Without Me
August 8th: Hell Is A City
August 9th: The Pied Piper
August 10th: Partners
August 11th: Barry Lyndon
August 12th: The Skull
August 13th: The Hellfire Club
August 14th: Blood of the Vampire
August 15th: Terror of the Tongs
August 16th: Pirates of Blood River
August 17th: The Devil-Ship Pirates
August 18th: Jess Franco's Count Dracula
August 19th: Dracula A.D. 1972
August 20th: The Stranglers of Bombay
August 21st: Man, Woman & Child
August 22nd: The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
August 23rd: The Young Philadelphians
August 24th: The Rack
August 25th: Until They Sail
August 26th: Somebody Up There Likes Me
August 27th: The Set-Up
August 28th: The Devil & Daniel Webster
August 29th: Cat People
August 30th: The Curse of the Cat People
August 31st: The 7th Victim
September 1st: The Ghost Ship
September 2nd: Isle of the Dead
September 3rd: Bedlam
September 4th: Black Sabbath
September 5th: Black Sunday
September 6th: Twitch of the Death Nerve
September 7th: Tragic Ceremony
September 8th: Lisa & The Devil
September 9th: Baron Blood
September 10th: A Shot In The Dark
September 11th: The Pink Panther
September 12th: The Return of the Pink Panther
September 13th: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
September 14th: Revenge of the Pink Panther
September 15th: Trail of the Pink Panther
September 16th: The Real Glory
September 17th: The Winning of Barbara Worth
September 18th: The Cowboy and the Lady
September 19th: Dakota
September 20th: Red River
September 21st: Terminal Station
September 22nd: The Search
September 23rd: Act of Violence
September 24th: Houdini
September 25th: Money From Home
September 26th: Papa's Delicate Condition
September 27th: Dillinger
September 28th: Battle of the Bulge
September 29th: Daisy Kenyon
September 30th: Laura
October 1st: The Dunwich Horror
October 2nd: Experiment In Terror
October 3rd: The Devil's Rain
October 4th: Race With The Devil
October 5th: Salo, Or The 120 Days of Sodom
October 6th: Bad Dreams
October 7th: The House Where Evil Dwells
October 8th: Memories of Murder
October 9th: The Hunger
October 10th: I Saw What You Did
October 11th: I Spit On Your Grave
October 12th: Naked You Die
October 13th: The Wraith
October 14th: Silent Night, Bloody Night
October 15th: I Bury The Living
October 16th: The Beast Must Die
October 17th: Hellgate
October 18th: He Knows You're Alone
October 19th: The Thing From Another World
October 20th: The Fall of the House of Usher
October 21st: Audrey Rose
October 22nd: Who Slew Auntie Roo?
October 23rd: Wait Until Dark
October 24th: Dead & Buried
October 25th: A Bucket of Blood
October 26th: The Bloodstained Shadow
October 27th: I, Madman
October 28th: Return to Horror High
October 29th: Die, Monster, Die
October 30th: Epidemic
October 31st: Student Bodies
November 1st: Black Widow
November 2nd: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
November 3rd: Flying Tigers
November 4th: Executive Action
November 5th: The Busy Body
November 6th: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
November 7th: Libeled Lady
November 8th: Up The River
November 9th: Doctor Bull
November 10th: Judge Priest
November 11th: Ten Little Indians
November 12th: Murder On The Orient Express
November 13th: Daniel
November 14th: El Dorado
November 15th: The Gambler
November 16th: Once Upon A Time In America
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Nov. 18, 2008, 1:58 a.m. CST
You doity rat
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
you killed my brudda. You doity rat hmmmmmmhmhmhm.....oops sorry, wrong talkback
Nov. 18, 2008, 2 a.m. CST
Salvador is one fucked up film
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
still my favorite Stone film is.......DANANANAAAAAAAA THE HAND!!!!!
Nov. 18, 2008, 2:43 a.m. CST
Best film on your list that I've seen so far
by seppukudkurosawa
along with Libeled Lady. And I've seen most of them- apart from about two thirds of the horrors (even I have a breaking point when it comes to how many b-movies I can stand).
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:01 a.m. CST
by BadMrWonka
I got nothing to say about this film or any of the upcoming ones, but I just wanted to say, as someone who comes to the site every day (and has for almost 9 years), I LOVE what you're doing here. <p> it's a testament to the love that you, and by extension this site, have for movies in a really pure sense. they might be good or bad, they might be big or small, but you're gonna watch them no matter what. someone spent the time and money to make a movie, and no matter how ridiculous it might have the potential to be (which can also lead to greatness) just the mere act of making it is deserving of enough respect that we watch it and think about it.<p> to say, "hey, there are a lot of movies I've never seen, and I'm going to watch one of them a day...(well...until I croak?)" is a testament to a deep and undying love of movies. <p>I love movies, and you love movies, that's why we're here. that's why this site exists. as long as that's still the gold standard for this site, I'll be here every day. thank you Quint, and thank you Harry and Mori and everyone for making my day, every fucking day for almost a decade.
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:09 a.m. CST
And I'd say Stone didn't just BEGIN to show promise here
by seppukudkurosawa
After this, it seems Stone and Spike Lee joined a pact akin to the infamous Lucas, Milius and Spielberg deal of the late '70s, whereby they both agreed to make movies crammed with distracting "Filmmaking with a Hammer" scenes which sacrificed the believablity of the story in order to ram home the director's rhetoric. Take Platoon, for example, which had Charlie Sheen ranting about the atrocities of war in his letters home to grandma...Mmmmmmkay. Salvador was Stone's high-water mark!
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:30 a.m. CST
This is one great movie, one of Woods' best BUT
by malificus
don't get off your James Woods jag without checking out The Onion Field.
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:40 a.m. CST
Quint, have fun with Best Seller
by cinemaniac
I enjoyed the hell out of that. Great chemistry between Woods and Dennehy, and a cool script by Larry Cohen. ..And I agree with seppukudkurosawa, SALVADOR was Stone's high-water mark, not to mention Jim Belushi's best work next to RED HEAT with Arnie.
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:46 a.m. CST
Great great movie
by AdmiralNeck
Easily Stone's best, and I say that as a fan of some of his other work (you can hate JFK for the conspiracy theories, but the editing in the final summing up is some of the best I've ever seen). It's been a long time since I first saw it, and I've given Woods a break on all of his subsequent weirdnesses ever since. That was one of the great screen performances.<p> Quint, when you see Best Seller you will be one up on Vern, I think. When he wrote that (excellent) obit for John Flynn, didn't he say he hadn't seen Best Seller? For shame! It's the nuts.
Nov. 18, 2008, 4:49 a.m. CST
Yep Best Seller Is Wood's finest
by theycallmemrglass
And Dennehy's! Oh and Wood's other finest piece of work is in Simpsons as the QuickyMart shop keeper! Seriously though, his turn in The Hard Way shouldnt be overlooked either.
Nov. 18, 2008, 5:24 a.m. CST
Early love for BEST SELLER
by palimpsest
A great little thriller... And if you're still jonesing for Dennehy and Woods after it, check out SPLIT IMAGE.
Nov. 18, 2008, 6 a.m. CST
thanks palimpsest
by cinemaniac
...for reminding me about SPLIT IMAGE. It's been many many years since I last saw it, but I remember it being pretty damned good and Woods is terrific.
Nov. 18, 2008, 7 a.m. CST
Jimy Woods- can he give a bad performance???
by j2talk
even a bad movie benefits from him....
Nov. 18, 2008, 7:40 a.m. CST
I love "Salvador" but...
by The Central Scrutinizer
...I always felt bad for that poor Mustang convertible. It really takes a beating in this film.
Nov. 18, 2008, 7:52 a.m. CST
by LGM
Great movie. The confession scene is incredible and it was improvised. It wasn't scripted, it was all James Woods.
Nov. 18, 2008, 9:08 a.m. CST
Easily Oliver Stone's Best Film To Date :
by PTSDPete
This movie is singularly his bravest, most controlled, most mature, most disciplined, principled stuff he's ever made. Perfect synchronization of impeccable ' Roger Donaldson ' cinematography, measured directing, gripping, edgy script, and FRICKING KICK-ASS POSTERS !!! It's one of the most exact melding of hyper-kinetic, inflammatory filmic vision and execution that is so damn precise it's documentary - not only in its presentation of facts, but in the realization of a brutal, horrid ( and unfortunately, ongoing ) political reality. The ' Mean Streets ' of his oeuvre, no doubt. Fucking fucking excellent.
Nov. 18, 2008, 9:21 a.m. CST
Love Woods but what happened to John Savage?
by JackRabbitSlim
He started with such acclaim in Deer Hunter and Onion Field but his man-on-the-ragged-edge characterizations seem to have fallen off and he never got the work I always thought he should have - though I notice him in quite a few Spike Lee films, Spike having (whatever you may think of him personally) an undeniable eye for underappreciated talent ... with the exception of Theresa Randle whom i never liked.
Nov. 18, 2008, 9:25 a.m. CST
BTW - Woods vs Roth for that role role in Reservoir Dogs
by JackRabbitSlim
Im sure everyone here knows Woods was actually Tarantino's first choice for the role that eventually went to Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs - would he have done the role justice? He's considerably older - I'm guessing - what - 20 years older - maybe the Keitel-Roth scenes wouldn't have been as poignant. Dunno.
Nov. 18, 2008, 10:20 a.m. CST
Emergency Biro-pen tracheotomy
by BenBraddock
That scene haunts me to this day! Great film, liked it way more than "Platoon". "Split Image", was that the one where Woods is a 'de-programmer' for cult victims? Twas also very good.
Nov. 18, 2008, 10:29 a.m. CST
Cynthia Gibb...
by dingleberryjerry
I remember her more for "Youngblood" with Rob Lowe. Cute as a button and a nice little ass as well.
Nov. 18, 2008, 11:44 a.m. CST
Thanks, Quint
by pilotgrl
Ditto BadMrWonka. These reviews are one of the best elements of this site. They're also slightly frustrating as I continually add to my extremely long Netflix list (I have no time to watch all of them). As for James Woods, does anyone remember his role on a TV miniseries called Holocaust? I looked it up on IMDB and realized it was from 1978 - yikes! It was the first time I recall seeing him and both he and Michael Moriarty really stood out from a large cast of characters. He was an artist who made it through the war in a concentration camp. It was a long time ago but his performance was wrenching best as I can recall.
Nov. 18, 2008, 11:45 a.m. CST
by Mr. Zeddemore
The reviews are excellent, sir.
Nov. 18, 2008, 12:08 p.m. CST
Seen this recently on MGM movie channel...
by Spock
I recently saw this again on MGM movie channel. Hadn't seen it in years, and I did see it first time it came out. Stone filmed the movie in Mexico, after his government liaison in El Salvador was shot in the face while playing tennis at the Club Deportivo in San Salvador. I guess the Salvadoran government at the time wasn't keen on a Yanqui doing a movie about the death squads. The movie does refer to many real life shocking events that occurred in El Salvador in the early 80s. I was thinking that "Under Fire" with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte, was a similar movie, with real life events and people and fictitious main characters. In any case, a good review. "Once Upon A Time in America" is one of my favorite films of all time, and I saw the long version in L.A. when it was released, complete with a ten minute intermission...
Nov. 18, 2008, 12:23 p.m. CST
Saw it on TVOntario a couple of months ago.
by Royston Lodge
I was surprised by how much I liked it, since I usually despise Oliver Stone's work. Salvador seems to be the only one of his flicks where the hero's leftie sensibilities are actually challenged by the facts of the real world.
Nov. 18, 2008, 12:32 p.m. CST
re: Woods vs Roth for that role in Reservoir Dogs
by Royston Lodge
Roth was definitely the better choice. Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge James Woods fan. But that role required a chameleon of an actor. When James Woods is in a movie, he's always "James Woods". He's one of those actors who cannot get away from his own persona. The viewer simply cannot suspend disbelief. He's always good, but he's always HIM. Tim Roth is much better at disappearing into a role.
Nov. 18, 2008, 12:36 p.m. CST
Best animated James Woods appearance?
by Royston Lodge
Cast your votes now: 1) The Simpsons: Homer & Apu. 2) Family Guy: Peter's Got Woods. 3) Family Guy: Back to the Woods. 4) Clerks: Episode 3.
Nov. 18, 2008, 1:54 p.m. CST
Definitely the Simpsons
by Aquatarkusman
Woods: OK, let's, let's just try that again, OK? Come on. Hey, come on -- hey! Get over here. OK, now you're you, I'm me. / Jimbo: [with trepidation] I'm me? / Woods: [grabs his collar] Hey -- don't... jerk me around, fella. // As for Salvador, I like the Dennis Martinez shout-out.
Nov. 18, 2008, 2:06 p.m. CST
Re: the Simpsons...
by dingleberryjerry
The scene where is scraping the cheese out of the microwave with a barrage of obsenities rips me up EVERY time! Classic.
Nov. 18, 2008, 2:34 p.m. CST
You forgot to include Woods as Hades in Disney's Hercules.
by DerLanghaarige
Nov. 18, 2008, 2:47 p.m. CST
You gotta watch the extras on this DVD!
by Mysterious Bones
One of my all time favourite films that I actually loved even more the more I found out about it. Woods met Boyle and didn't exactly like the guy but grew to respect him. Always thought it must be very odd & difficult for an actor to play somebody who is standing there watching you play them (especially when that persons an asshole!). Stone & Woods & the others actually travelled to El Salvador and Woods in particular was convinced they were going to die there (and rightly so). They ended up taking the production to Mexico when the movies military contact was brutally murdered. This is one of those films that they should show in schools to kick off a lesson on central america and how complex a place it is.
Nov. 18, 2008, 3:22 p.m. CST
The Onion Field.
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Ties in nicely with Salvador. Savage gives one of the all time best performances in that flick. Woods is amazing too. It's a rather flat, depressing movie, but there the kidnapping sequence and the baby sequence are some of the best put on film, especially for that period.
Nov. 18, 2008, 5:56 p.m. CST
James Woods
by Continentalop
James Woods is one of thos guys who makes almost any movie entertaining (he took the Specialist from "God-awful" to "God-awful whenever James Woods isn't chewing up scenery"). But how can any discussion about James Woods not include Videodrome? <p> "Long live the New Flesh!"
Nov. 18, 2008, 6:04 p.m. CST
by Continentalop
He was very good in two films based on James Ellroy's work: Cop, based on one of the Lloyd Hopkin's books, "Blood on the Moon" (not that great of movie but LOVE Woods in it); and "Since I Don't Have You", for Showtime's Fallen Angeles series, where Woods plays Mickey Cohen and Gary Busey does a great job playing sleazy PI/bagman Buzz Meeks.
Nov. 18, 2008, 6:07 p.m. CST
True Believer
by scors48
You should definitely check this film out--Woods and a young Robert Downey Jr. Also--I didn't remember seeing it on the list, but another really great Caan flick is Michael Mann's "Thief".
Nov. 18, 2008, 7:24 p.m. CST
My underrated Woods favorite: Diggstown
by Chewtoy
I don't think it's possible to make a more "80s" movie than that one... And how can you beat James Woods and Bruce Dern trying to out-con each other? It's like oily personalities ooze off the screen...
Nov. 18, 2008, 10:10 p.m. CST
The rape scene in 'Salvador' haunted me for days
by david26
Powerful movie definitely. And yes, Diggstown is a freaking classic in my book!
Nov. 18, 2008, 10:45 p.m. CST
jim belushi at his best in Real Men
by crazy4dragons13
belush and ritter rule
i liked when salvador was fighting that gang in the parkinl lot and he was like i am part viking and i'm gonna take you all down to valhalla before you kill me,
Nov. 18, 2008, 11:37 p.m. CST
M-O-O-N. That spells "James Woods is awesome"
by Tom Cullen
...in just about everything he does, and he certainly nailed it here in Stone's superb Salvador. He's teriffic is Best Seller too, have fun with that, it's a really enjoyable 80's thriller, and the Dennehy vs Woods dynamic really is something to behold. <p>Anyway, speaking of the criminally under appreciated John Savage and the always awesome James Woods, The Onion Field, with those two in starring roles, is an absolute must see if you haven't done so already. Great film from Howard Becker, who went on to direct Woods again in the criminally little seen The Boost, which boasts another great Woods performance, this time as a white collar coke junkie stuck in an endless downwards spiral. Of course it's probably most famous for being the film where Woods hooked up with co-star Sean Young, who allegedly later superglued his cock to his leg during one of her bouts of crazy, although this is likely all urban myth, and both have always denied it ever happened (though Woods once said that it wasn't his leg that she glued it to, it was his ankle...lol). Aaanyways...<p>Amongst my other fave James Woods roles would have to be True Believer, with Woods as a burnout ex civil rights lawyer, opposite Robert Downey jnr, The Hard Way, the all but forgotten early 90's buddy comedy he did with Michael J Fox, and the exceptionally enjoyable Diggstown. But my absolute fave, Videodrome, no contest. <p>Still Woods has given so many great performances, in everything from Casino, Nixon, The Virgin Suicides, True Crime and The Getaway remake, through to lesser seen films like cult film (in both senses of the word) Split Image, the under appreciated Eyewitness, and the all-but-forgotten Fast Walking. Plus regardless of what you think of the films, who could forget his kick ass Jack Crow in Carpenter's Vampires, or his role in the Quitter's Inc segment in the Stephen King anthology flick, Cat's Eye. Yep, James Woods is the fucking man.
Nov. 18, 2008, 11:59 p.m. CST
"So anyway, I'm off to fight aliens on some faraway planet..."
by malificus
"That sounds like a great movie!" "Yes...movie..."
Nov. 19, 2008, 12:33 a.m. CST
Hey Quint, running late today, hmmmm?
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Kiowa County Authorities Make Massive Pot Bust
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(Haswell, CO) -- Two people are facing charges after a weekend pot bust in Kiowa County. Authorities say they uncovered an illegal grow operation with well over one-thousand plants on the property. The two people who were arrested are not believed to be state residents. Sheriff Forrest Frazee says it was a sophisticated operation, with plants as tall as three feet in height. The bust was assisted by state and federal officers. While marijuana is legal in Colorado, it's still governed by rules for growing the plants for retail and personal use.


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"Hey Brock, stop eating so many raw eggs and doing so many push ups." Is what Chael Sonnen had to Say at the UFN Q&A. A few days later it's reported he popped on a steroid test. Brock has never popped on any test that I know of and from what I hear has an unbelievable work ethic. The better Sonnen quote is about Lance Armstrong:
"Lance Armstrong did a number of things and he gave himself cancer, He cheated, he did drugs, and he gave himself cancer. Well, instead of saying 'Hey listen, I cheated and gave myself cancer, don't be like me,' he actually made himself the victim and then went out and profited something like $15 million from this 'Hey, poor me, let's find a cure for cancer' campaign instead of just coming clean and saying, 'Look, here's what I did, I screwed myself up, and I hope people learn from my mistakes.'"
Now not only is Sonnen going to get shit about the getting cancer comment, but he also said Lance didn't just admit it, but made money. Well I'm betting Sonnen made a lot of money fighting and trash talking Anderson Silva at UFC 117, but I've also seen a tweet where Chael may blame flu medication. I've also seen people on the web defending that excuse which is just dumb and uneducated.
There is this thing called a banned substance list. We've seen multiple athletes blame a supplement or an over the counter medication for their failed drug test. I haven't seen too many suspensions over turned because of this though. The NFL has a huge list of banned substances that includes products that you can get at any GHC or drug store. Furthermore, ANY and EVERY professional athlete should know exactly what they are putting in their body. Not only for their health, but because in the long run it could affect their profession. If one "flu medicine" is on the banned list, I'm 100% positive that there is another that is safe to take.
Now for my opinion...It's a tough one for me. In baseball they had the steroid era where virtually everyone was taking them and it was essentially an even playing field. Flip side is how in this day and age can these guys fail if it's a piss test that is given? HGH is undetectable in urine! Why would someone risk their livelihood and more so their reputation, which in this case was gaining steam and gaining fans, when you could take another product, have the same or better results and not get caught? There are many cheater in every sport, and I absolutely hate them all! There were no steroid tests in baseball during the steroid era, so I give those guys a pass, but cheats in MMA who get caught (or in any sport), I can't forgive! I'll give Mr. Sonnen today before I pass my judgement, but the clock has already been ticking, most fans wanted an explanation about 36 hours ago!


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The official Utah Athletics twitter feed is reporting that Harvey Langi has accepted a call to serve in the Florida Tampa Mission for the LDS church. He will leave for the MTC on July 25.
I know we have a lot of folks that read BlockU that may not be familiar with how LDS missions work. When Harvey enters the Missionary Training Center in Provo, he will spend three weeks there (assuming he speaks English, if he speaks Spanish, he will be there for 9 weeks learning that language).
After completing his training at the MTC, he will fly to his mission and be there for 17 6-week periods (again that is if he speaks english, if he speaks spanish it will be 16 6-week periods). These periods are called "transfers".
I know, I know, you are saying "who cares?". My point is this; if you do the math, that is 105 weeks of being gone, or roughly two years and one week. That means Harvey will be home the first week of August in 2014 (this is also assuming that he completes his service). The first week of August generally also means the first week of fall camp.
I don't know how many BlockU readers have gone on an LDS mission, but I can tell you that it would be VERY difficult to jump right back into football that quickly. (My little bro is doing that right now at a college here in state). So, it looks like we might not be seeing Langi on the field again until 2015.
At any rate, best of luck to Harvey, and Go Utes!


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My internet went kablooey last night so I didn't have time to finish the next post of my Preseason BlogPoll ballot, so here's a different list we can all poke fun at. A lot of country came through today, and the iPod showed its juvenile sense of humor with the last selection.
1. Dixie Chicks - Tonight the Heartache's on Me
2. Sammy Davis, Jr. - It's Gotta Be Me
3. Neko Case - Dirty Knife
4. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
5. Dwight Yoakam - I Want You to Want Me
6. Alabama - Can't Keep a Good Man Down
7. Hank Williams - Honky Tonkin'
8. Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole In It
9. The Yardbirds - I Wish You Would
10. Jimmy McGriff - Miss Poopie


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Obama's Condescending Defense of Jeremiah Wright
by Jacob Freeze, Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 10:16:31 AM EDT
The media have been flooded with paternalistic excuses for Jeremiah Wright, and Barack Obama's was the most condescending of all. First, Reverend Wright was Obama's crazy old "uncle," and now he's a dinosaur mired in the tarpit of segregation:
For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years.
Poor old guy! He thinks it's still 1951. Don't wake him up!
It just gets worse.
Asked why he didn't denounce the controversial comments when he first heard of them more than a year ago, Obama noted Wright was on the verge of retirement.
Poor old guy! Put him in a nursing home and forget him!
There is no resemblance whatsoever between this miserable picture and anything about Jeremiah Wright that I have seen or read.
Instead of the half-dead "uncle" Obama describes, the Jeremiah Wright I see in the famous videos is a fluent and highly educated man burning up enough energy to run a marathon in the course of every sermon.
Physically, this guy could kick Obama's scrawny butt all the way from Philadelphia to New York, and mentally, Jeremiah Wright can talk and think rings around Barack Obama in every form of human communication except reading a speech from a teleprompter.
Jeremiah Wright is not your pathetic, half-dead "uncle," Mr. Obama!
Jeremiah Wright is fully responsible for himself, and when he curses America and subscribes to the hateful black-power "theology" of James Cone, he deserves as much condemnation as the white-power neo-Nazis in their stinking gun-clubs in Idaho and Alabama.
Barack Obama's condescending defense of Jeremiah Wright is a throwback to the paternalism of Jim Crow and the ante-bellum South, where the black "race" was supposed to need the guidance of superior beings like the Grand Dragon of the local KKK.
The only difference is that now the superior being is Barack Obama.
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ReSharper 8.0 with Visual Studio 2013, IntelliSense, XAML and Blue Theme First Support
The recently released ReSharper 8.0 includes support for Visual tudio 2013, XAML, Blue Theme first, IntelliSense, multifile templates including a command line tool, CSS improvements and several bug fixes.
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ReSharper 6.1 promises to alleviate many performance problems with ReSharper 6 in Visual Studio 2010. In addition to bugfixes, the pre-release includes new features such as the async/await keywords, an updated settings engine, and experimental support for Visual Studio 11.


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"There dismissal is output mutual agreement," Florentino Perez said at a press conference after the board of directors determined to cease Portuguese coach services.
"The exit of Jose Mourinho is not traumatic nor a failure. There will be no economic consideration ". "Florentino Perez, president of Real Madrid confirmed the bye on good terms and expressed admiration was the Portuguese coach.
The maximum white manager, who confirmed that will go for re-election next June 16, said the reasons for the agreement: "I wish to continue Mourinho, but he thought it best to leave the club and I agree with the reasons he has given me. Read more »


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Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker was interviewed by MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani just before UFC 146 and they covered a lot of different Strikeforce subjects. After talking about Daniel Cormier and the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, Coker moved onto the topic of his lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, and what to do with him. Basically, it looks like Pat Healy is next if he gets through Mizuto Hirota on July 14th (transcribed by MMA Mania):
"With Gilbert, we're going to take a look at what Pat Healy does next. We don't know who he's fighting next (it's Hirota now) but we're going to definitely put him in there with someone tough to see how he does. By the time Gilbert fights again, either we're going to sign somebody to come in and fight him or we're going to take another look at Pat and see if he's the right guy."
Helwani brought up that Eddie Alvarez is an impending free agent, and Coker stated that he wants him to come in and fight Melendez:
"Come on over to Strikeforce, (Eddie Alvarez), let's do the Melendez fight. That would be fantastic. I think that he's a guy who is extremely talented that we would love to have in Strikeforce to fight Gilbert. It would be great. ... If he is a free agent and he is really free of any contractual relations, make the call. Eddie, come on down, let's put the Melendez fight together."
Coker also talks about the possibility of Cris Cyborg facing off with Ronda Rousey at 135 when her suspension is up, if he had any worries about signing welterweight title challenger Nate Marquardt, and the Strikeforce middleweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Tim Kennedy. You can check out the video below the jump.


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First off, congrats to the New Orleans Saints and the fans. Although I'm disappointed my Lions season is over, I'm happy we made it this far. You guys beat us. Now if you can, please go win the Super Bowl so I can at least have a sweet 'what if' fantasy. Good luck the rest of the way. See you next year in the NFC Championship.
Also, if you could trade us Darren Sproles, I'd appreciate it.


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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- An autopsy report shows the Cochise County sheriff who lost control of his vehicle in northern Arizona and died was legally drunk at the time.
The report released Monday indicates Larry Dever's blood-alcohol content was .29 -- more than three times the state's legal limit.
Dever had been driving along a gravel road near Williams on Sept. 18 to meet family members for a camping and hunting trip when his pickup rolled. His speed was marked at 62 miles per hour, but the road doesn't have a speed limit.
The autopsy report also showed that Dever's seat belt wasn't buckled, and authorities noted he had beer and liquor in his vehicle.
Coconino County authorities said last week that Dever had alcohol in his system. But his exact blood-alcohol content wasn't released until Monday.
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LEE COUNTY: Tourism industry insiders say things are looking up after a big hit from the Gulf oil spill and a slowed economy.
Businesses along the Fort Myers Beach say that November, December and January have been phenomenal for them.
And experts say the cold weather everywhere else across the country seems to be helping to pick things up.
"With snow in 49 states and not in FL, things are looking positive for a good season and we hope this streak continues," said Tamara Pigott, Executive Director of the Lee County Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Businesses say just last November, they saw an increase in occupied rooms in Lee County and they're hoping that trend will continue for a long time to come.
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2,160 pounds of rattlesnakes captured
Participants in the annual, three-day Sweetwater Rattlesnake RoundUp in Texas caught more than a ton of snakes, organizers said.
More than 30,000 people attended the event, they said, with visitors including people from as far away as China, Israel, Germany, England and Australia..
The roundup paid $13-per-pound for captured rattlers, featured about 2,160 pounds of rattlesnakes being weighed, the most since the 2,168-pound total in 2010, the Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News reported Monday.
"The importance of this is to control the snake population and to inform the public," Texas Game Warden George Pasley said. "You see all these snakes here and you think there can't be many left in the wild, but there's plenty. We see rattlesnakes all the time. I have seen no shortage of rattlesnakes."
Kathleen and Darrell McIntyre of Childress won a $400 prize for capturing the longest snake. It measured 78 inches.
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MOSCOW — Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defence was near a "dead end" and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield.
"We have not been able to find mutually-acceptable solutions at this point and the situation is practically at a dead end," Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told a televised conference on missile defence issues.
The comments came just hours before Russian generals were to sit down for crunch talks with a special team Washington dispatched ahead of next month's official deployment of the first elements of the new shield.
Russia has argued vehemently against a defence system the United States is deploying to protect its European allies against any attack from enemy states such as Iran that the West fears are seeking to develop a nuclear weapon.
Officials in Moscow fear the shield may harm its own nuclear deterrence and have warned of unleashing a massive new armament programme if Washington failed to allay its concerns.
Chief of Staff General Nikolai Makarov said one option was for Russia to station short-range Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad exclave near Poland in a long-discussed move that has gravely alarmed Eastern European states.
"The deployment of new strike weapons in Russia's south and northwest — including of Iskander systems in Kaliningrad — is one of our possible options for destroying the system's European infrastructure," Makarov warned.
The generals backed up their argument by unfurling a projection screen before visiting dignitaries from 50 countries and playing graphics of how NATO missiles could eliminate Russian rockets by the end of the decade.
"A thorough analysis by the defence ministry's research organisations showed that once the third and fourth stages are deployed, the capability to intercept Russian inter-continental ballistic missiles will be real," Makarov said.
The standoff has tested Russian-US relations for much of the past decade and been one of the primary issues addressed by President Barack Obama when he launched a diplomatic "reset" with Moscow in 2009.
But it has gained added urgency as Russia makes a transition from outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev to his mentor Vladimir Putin — an ex-KGB spy who fought often with Washington during his first two terms in the Kremlin.
Putin will be sworn in for a third term as president on Monday and Washington has dispatched an entire team of top advisers tasked with calming tensions in the short term.
The Russian strongman has already decided against attending next month's NATO summit in Chicago to protest the shield's formal deployment at the event.
Yet the rhetoric appears to be masking the sides' tacit agreement to push back serious shield discussions until Obama has a chance in November to defeat a Republican presidential rival who could take a much tougher line with Moscow.
An open microphone famously caught Obama telling Medvedev in March that he could negotiate some concessions on the system if Russia gave him "space" until after the election this year.
"I will transmit this information to Vladimir," Medvedev was heard telling Obama in English.
NATO's Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow made clear as the first day of meetings wound down that no new offers were made to Moscow by the visiting Western command.
"At this stage of our relationship, NATO is not going to outsource its security to Russia or give Russia a veto over the defence of NATO territory," Vershbow told Moscow Echo radio.
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The Moose's Tooth Presents
Thursday, August 28th, 2014 at the Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
Doors at 5:30pm | Opener at 6:30pm | Foster The People at 8pm
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Foster The People continue to tour the world in support of their sophomore album Supermodel and have added additional U.S. tour dates this fall, crossing the country with stops in major cities including two nights in New York City and a stop at Los Angeles' famed Shrine Auditorium. A limited amount of pre-sale tickets for the newly added dates will be available at www.fosterthepeople.com on June 25th at 10am LOCAL TIME, with tickets on sale to the public on Friday, June 27th at 10:30am LOCAL TIME.
Foster The People's much-buzzed-about live show shouldn't be missed—Los Angeles Times praised their live set as "convincing and invigorating" while Rolling Stone named them one of the "Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2014." See below for a full list of tour dates.
On the heels of the music video for current breakout single "Best Friend," Foster The People have unveiled a new animated video for "Pseudologia Fantastica," conceptualized and directed by Mark Foster with additional direction and animation by Hannes/Johannes. Check out the video via Juxtapoz HERE http://smarturl.it/PseudologiaVideo.
Supermodel, named one of People's "10 Best Albums of 2014 (so far)" and touted as "an adventurous, dynamic and expansive effort" by Time, is out now via Columbia Records.
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The request for proposals are issued by the Immunize Kansas Kids (IKK) coalition, which supports innovative, collaborative and sustainable methods to increase age-appropriate immunization for young Kansas children (age 0–5). Through the Community Coalition Grants, IKK seeks to support the creation of local coalitions that will work to increase immunization rates. The IKK quality improvement grants support the use of quality improvement tools to target immunization barriers. Grants will be awarded to selected communities or agencies in order to improve their immunization practices at the local level.
Community Coalition Grants:
These projects will focus on developing a coalition (1) to assess the status of childhood immunization levels and (2) to create an implementation plan for increasing immunizations in your community. The projects are intended to help improve public health practice in health departments and other agencies across Kansas. Grants are designed to work in support of the public health accreditation process. Up to $10,000 can be used to fund the building and support of local coalitions focused on immunizations. The state-level IKK coalition has successfully supported immunization activities in Kansas for more than six years. This grant will give financial support to local-level coalitions and link them to subject-matter experts in the state-level IKK coalition who will share their knowledge of evidence-based practices and experience working with immunizations.
Quality Improvement Grants:
The quality improvement grants help immunization providers to undertake local initiatives to improve the quality of immunization practices in Kansas. The grants should be used to target a specific barrier to immunizations using quality improvement tools to identify the root cause problem. Plan Do Study Act cycles will be used to determine the best solution to the immunization barrier. Grants should incorporate promising and evidence-based practices or policies for the delivery of immunization services. Grant funding ranges between $5,000 and $10,000 per proposal, for projects lasting between 6 and 12 months.


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Cool down Park Slope, Pinkberry is now officially open on Seventh Avenue.
The (and in Brooklyn for the time being) opened on Friday, July 20. Since then, it has been packed with hungry frozen-yogurt-eating customers.
Sean Goldhammer, who went to Pinkberry the first time on Saturday night, said he loved it.
"I'm glad I am from out of town, or else I would be getting the original flavor everyday," Goldhammer said, who lives in Philadelphia.
One Park Sloper, Sasha Russell, said she has been waiting for Pinkberry to open.
"I have been looking forward to them opening for months," Russell said.
Make sure you check them out on Seventh Avenue, on the corner of Garfield Place, and try their frozen yogurt. They have six different flavors: Original, Watermelon, Mango, Strawberry, Chocolate and Peanut Butter.


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Mobile phone 'sex attacker' photos - now second woman comes forward (From Evesham Journal)
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Mobile phone 'sex attacker' photos - now second woman comes forward
Updated 7:16pm Thursday 19th June 2014 in News
POLICE are continuing an investigation following an alleged sexual assault in Evesham.
A photograph has been released of a man, who police wish to speak to, which was taken by the victim on her mobile phone.
Since the appeal was launched, a second person has come forward reporting a similar incident, involving a man of a similar description at the same location, the week before.
The incident in which the photograph was taken took place at about 4am on Sunday, June 15 as the victim, a 22-year-old local woman, was walking along Briar Close.
She sais she was approached by a man who was performing a lewd act. She says the man sexually assaulted her, by touching her over her clothing and then pushed her to the ground before running away.
Detective Sergeant Craig Sergeant said: "Thanks to the quick thinking of the woman involved, we now have a better chance of tracing the individual, who we wish to speak to.
"The photograph is available on our website and on our social media sites. Please share it widely to help our investigation."
Anyone who recognises this man or who has information either of the incidents is urged to call West Mercia Police quoting incident number 202s of June 15th.
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Chilling mystery comes to the palace Theatre (From Redditch Advertiser)
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NEXT month the Palace Theatre proudly hosts the tense mystery drama, The Man Who liked Order.
The story follows the life of John Bradshaw. Living as a virtual recluse in a sixth floor flat, his behaviour borders on the obsessive.
He wasn't always this way though - something in his past has changed him.
Sarah is a bright young soul. Representing the resident's association, her first meeting with Bradshaw is awkward, but slowly an understanding develops.
She seems to have an unusual interest in his past, and in the violent death of a young girl some years before.
Is she friend or foe?
What starts as a game of chess between two friends becomes an interrogation, but who exactly is the interrogator?
Are the things in Bradshaw's mind real or are greater forces at work?
For Bradshaw the next move could be the only one that matters.
The show is on Saturday, March 1 at the Room Upstairs.
Tickets are available in person or at the box office on 01527 65203 priced £8.75 and (£7.75 discounted) inclusive of booking fee 75p per seat up to a maximum £3.
To purchase seats online, visit redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk.
Part of the proceeds will be donated to charity.
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