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DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Rescuers in West Tennessee have freed two teenage duck hunters who became mired in mud up to their chests.
The Dyer County Sheriff's department says 19-year-old Taylor Cole and 18-year-old Adam Davis, both of the Finley area, had gone to check the water level near a duck blind Monday evening.
A friend found them stuck and called for help after 10 p.m.
A cold front had dropped temperatures to near 40 and it was raining. One of the young men was unresponsive when rescuers arrived.
Deputies got into the mud to bear hug the victims and try to warm them.
Cole and Davis were taken to a hospital, treated for hypothermia and released.
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1. Choose a word from F451 that you didn't know or you found difficult. Discuss a strategy you used to interpret the meaning of the word.
One word that I didn't really understand at first was the word, "obligate" (found on page 23). A strategy that I used to find out the meaning of this word was to guess from the context of the sentence / paragraph that it was located in.
2. Choose two words from F451 made up of roots, prefixes or suffixes. Break down the word and define and discuss its component parts.
Twitching - "Twitch" means to move slightly or jerk in small motions, and "ing" is the process or act of something.
Memorized - "Memory" means thoughts that you remember in your head, and "ize" means to act in a certain way.
3. Discuss a difficulty you had in comprehending F451 and discuss a strategy you used to overcome that difficulty. How did you trouble shoot?
One difficulty I had in reading "Fahrenheit 451" was all the messages and hidden meanings that the book had contained. I wasn't totally sure of some things (like how birds symbolized the burning pages of books) until I really stopped to think about it. One thing that helped me was to stop and pause and think about the book itself. When I'm reading, I tend to be distracted in thinking of the scene in my head, instead of all the symbols and themes the book is trying to tell me. Stopping and bactracking helps me a lot in the process of understanding everything.
4. Provide examples from F451 of each of the following elements of figurative language. Discuss what they are and how they are used. (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole)
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity (An example would be, "She is a mountainous creature". Instead of saying "like" or "as", metaphors just use them as adjectives.)
Example from Fahrenheit 451: "Her face was a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain..."
Simile: A figure of speech that compares things using the words, 'like' and 'as'. (An example would be, "her hands were as cold as ice" or "she was always blossoming like a flower".)
Example from Fahrenheit 451: There was only a girl walking with him now, her face bright as snow in the moonlight, and he knew.."
Personification: This is a literary device in which inanimate objects are given humanly attributes (An example would be like the movie Toy Story. Toys aren't really able to think, talk, or move...but in the movie, Toy Story, the toys are given humanly attributes).
Example from Fahrenheit 451: The mechanical "Hound" is often described as having many humanly attributes (or even better attributes, if you really think about it) in that it can smell and see and move and kill, even though it's just a robot.
Hyperbole: A hyperbole is used to show a statement by exaggerating. (an example would be, "Chuck was so sick that he felt he was capable of barfing up a lung". Of course, Chuck can't really barf up a lung, but this is just exaggerated to show how "sick" he is.)
Example from Fahrenheit 451: A great example of exaggeration is when Beatty talks about the history of firefighting, and the history of books. He says, "Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten-or-twelve-line dictionary resume." Of course they aren't really cut quite this short, but he's just using exaggeration to make a point of how really short they are to him or compared to what they used to be.
5. Provide examples from F451 of each of the following literary devices. Discuss what they are and how they are used. (Foreshadowing, Idiom, Imagery, Alliteration, Monologue, Dialogue, Assonance, Analogy, Onomatopoeia, Mood, Tone)
Foreshadowing: In literary devices, foreshadowing is when the author shows a snippet or scene of something in the book, that might happen in the mere future. (Example of foreshadowing in Fahrenheit 451 in Question 6).
Idiom: A meaning or phrase that has doesn't mean as it literally sounds. (For example, "To have the upper hand" has nothing to do with hands - it just means to have the advantage.)
Example from F451: There are many phrases in Fahrenheit 451 like when Captain Beatty had said, "Keep an eye on..." while he was explaining the situation with the McClellans. Obviously, he doesn't mean to literally put eyeballs on the McClellan family, he just means that he was keeping a close watch on them.
Imagery: Imagery is used in writing to appeal to one or all of the five senses. (For example, "The swishing sound the dress made against her legs wafted the scent of fresh laundry up to her nose." This sentence uses the "hearing" and "smelling" senses)
Example from F451: "And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering mannequin, no longer human or known, all writhing in flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. There was a hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a red-hot stove, a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liquefication and a boiling over of yellow foam. Montag shut his eyes, shouted, shouted, and fought to get his hands at his ears to clamp and to cut away the sound. Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent."
Alliteration: This is the use in literature when the same consonant sound is repeated more than once (For example, "she pushed pears through the hole in the wall". The words "pushing" and "pears" both start with the same consonant sound at the beginning.)
Example from F451: "...drank it and snuffed some up his nose." In this sentence, "snuffed" and "some" is an example of alliteration.
Monologue: A long and uninterrupted speech that is given by one single character. (For example,
Example from F451: The speech that Beatty gave on the history of firemen and the history of banned books would be a good example of a monologue. Beatty had gone on for quite a while in a long and uninterrupted speech.
Dialogue: This is a conversation between two or more people.
(IE: "How are you doing?" Said Lena
"I'm doing fine, how about you?" Tom replied.
"I'm doing good, but what did you get on that English test yesterday!? It was sooo hard!"
"Oh, I got an A...it was hard for you?" ?
Lena hesitated, "Yeah, it was hard! I got an F on it."
"Oh, haha. You suck then." Tom couldn't help but giggle at Lena's stupidity)
Assonance: This is the repetition of vowels to create rhyming in sentences or phrases. (An example could be from W.B. Yeat's "Byzantium" which goes,
"Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.")
Analogy: This is used to explain when something is similar to something else. (For example, "A street light is like a star. Both provide light at night, both are in predictable locations, both are overhead, and both serve no function in the daytime." http://www.sil.org/)
Example from F451: This could relate to when Montag was comparing Clarisse McClellan to a burning candle, or to a mirror.
Onomatopoeia: This is used when words are said that sound like real life sounds. (For example, "meow" would be the sound of a cat, and "woof" would be the sound of a dog. Both aren't real words and don't have real definitions...they're just...onomatopoeia!)
Example from F451: When Montag was saying, "...and then I came along in two minutes and BOOM! It was all over." The word, "boom" would be considered an onomatopoeia since it imitates the "kabooming" sound of an exploding building.
Mood: This is usually used to make the reader feel a specific thing about a book, passage or poem they are reading by using objects, settings, characters or anything else.
Example from F451: For example, in Fahrenheit 451, the mood of story is based on technology and an unthoughtful life. This is portrayed through the characters, technological objects, and the fast-paced lives of society in the novel.).
Tone: This is the author's attitude, or how an author feels about a certain subject that is written in a literary work.
Example from F451: For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury looks to the future with optimism, but also with trepidation. He feels that as the future drags on, society's intelligence is going to lower and eventually collapse. However, he feels optimistic about this subject, because he believes that there will be a group of people that will bring society back together.
6. How does foreshadowing play a role in the plot of F451? Provide examples.
An example of foreshadowing could be when Ray Bradbury writes about the ventilator grille. Throughout the beginning of the book, Montag constantly worries about what he keeps inside the ventilator grille, and if anyone was going to find out about it or not. This foreshadows what might happen in the mere future (what's in the ventilator grille? Are they illegal substances? Are they books? Will the people find out!?).
7. Compare a character in F451 with a character from a different novel that you have read. Give specific examples from the text.
I think that the character, Mildred, is a lot like the character, Scarlett O' Hara from the book, "Gone With the Wind". I think both of them are thoughtless, selfish, and only think about themselves instead of listening to others.
Mildred Montag: Mildred's selfishness isn't her fault - it's society's. However, she is still selfish and self-centered as a person when I (as an individual) view her. In the book, "Fahrenheit 451", Montag had bought her three TV walls, but she complains and asks for a fourth one saying, "think about me for once!". This shows her "want-want-want" attitude, and how she doesn't really puts herself in Montag's perspective to see how he's feeling. She also doesn't show a lot of respect towards Montag. At one point in the novel, Montag was sick, and she could barely even get a glass of water for him, even when he requested it several times. She also was stubborn to turn the volume down in the TV parlor, and ignored his pleading remarks. Mildred is portrayed as a thoughtless person, and just does things to her own accord.
Scarlett O' Hara: Although Scarlett is a bit more of a thinker and a bit better than Mildred (She knows how to plot her manipulative plans, and she knows how to win the hearts of any man), she's just as selfish and she's just as thoughtless. Throughout the book, "Gone With the Wind" she only cares about herself, and how the Civil War would effect her money and her house. Even in wikipedia, she is described as, "selfish, shred and vain". She claims to be in love with another character, Ashley Wilkes, but when Melanie Hamilton marries him instead, Scarlett throws a fit of rage and marries Melanie's brother out of spite. Throughout the course of the book Scarlett marries three times (first two men dying from the war - the book is set in the Civil War era), but usually only to gain wealth and fame. Rhett Butler (her last husband), ends up leaving her because she only used him to get what she wanted (and ruined other people's lives in the process!). Throughout their marriage, she repressed him, and denied him having anything despite the fact that he did everything for her.
8. Based on F451, what inferences could you make about Bradbury's point of view of society? Support your inference with two specific references to the novel.
In my opinion, I think that Ray Bradbury believes that one day, society's intelligence will lower, and our whole society will eventually collapse. As the future drags on, the people get dumber and dumber, and high school graduation rates are lowering as well as reading rates. In Fahrenheit 451, it depicts a society that's slowly deteriorating. No one's a thinker anymore, and no one stops to care about others besides themselves (but, Bradbury had said that he's not trying to predict the future, he's just trying to prevent it).
I also believe that Ray Bradbury looks to the future with trepidation since as our society grows and changes, our technology gets better. In this novel, it shows how technology eventually works against us in most cases, and how it could really bring us down as a person. The new "TVs" take over a whole room, and enclose the person in a different world without thoughts. The Mechanical Hound also plays a large role in society, since it's basically a killing machine. Many people use the Mechanical Hounds to commit suicide (the hound will inject poison into their neck by getting set to a certain state) because most are either confused or unhappy with their lives. This, again, how Ray Bradbury shows how technology works against us in the grand scheme of things.
However, admist all of this sadness that our society will eventually collapse, Ray Bradbury still remains to be an optimist. Despite all the non-thinkers there are in the world, there is still some hope left with a small group of people who are still "thinkers". At the end of the novel, Montag meets a group of people who are actual meaningful people. One by one, they all make a plan to start rebuilding the world, step by step. This shows Bradbury's hope that no matter what happens to our society, it can all reach a new beginning.
Overall, I think that Ray Bradbury would be in a sad mood throughout the whole feel of the book, but he shows that here is hope in the end (optimism).
9. Based on the information in F451, what inference could you make about what must have happened before the story began? Include one detail from the story in your answer.
When Beatty explains the history of firemen and the history of books, he briefly summarizes what had happened that led society to where it was. Like he said, there was probably a lot of controversy over many books and pieces or writings that made people upset and complain to the government. Books on race, religion, magic, pregnancy and other things were banned because it brought up too many social issues which many disagreed upon. The government didn't want people to be upset over things like this, or to think too much, so they started banning books, poems, and other literary works...one by one.
Also, as more jobs were created, the busier everyone's lives had gotten. People didn't end have time to read books or go to school or do anything like that. Slowly, books and dictionaries and other things were shortened to a few paragraphs, a few sentences, a headline...and then BAM (just like Beatty had explained it - although he obviously was exaggerating just a bit).
10. What are two elements typical of a drama? Discuss whether F451 would be suitable for dramatization.
Two elements that are typical for a drama would be a climax, and a main antagonist. All books aren't good without a climax (of course), but this is essentially vital to a "drama" to create tension and anticipation. Also, a good drama wouldn't be good without a main antagonist that fights against the main character. This also builds suspense and tension to add to the story. In Fahrenheit 451, the climax is when Montag is running away from the police and finally breaks free of his old life. The main antagonists of the Fahrenheit 451 novel were Beatty (in a sense, since he follows the law really closely, and he has a scary and nasty demeanor towards Montag towards the end of the story), the firemen and the government.
11. Give an example of imagery from F451 that creates a sense of peace and explain how it creates this feeling.
I think that a good example of peace would be from this excerpt of the novel:
"He floated on his back when the valise filled and sank; the river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapors for supper. The river was very real; it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure ,to consider this month, this year, and a lifetime of years. He listened to his heart slow. His thoughts stopped rushing with his blood.
He saw the moon low in the sky now. The moon there, and the light of the moon caused by what? By the sun, of course. And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and time. The sun and time and burning. Burning. The river bobbled him along gently. Burning. The sun and every clock on the earth. It all came together and became a single thing in his mind. After a long tmie of floating on the land and a short time of floating in the river he knew why he must never burn again in his life." (Bradbury 142)
I think that this passage creates a sense of peace because it talks about how Montag is just floating and bobbing along in the river, looking at the sky, and thinking about the stars, moon and sun. To me, this seems quite relaxing and peaceful. The river is described to be as calm and undisturbing to his thoughts while he just stares out into the big and open sky. A world open with variety and diversity. The sound of the slow rushing water and the cool night breeze would be able to calm anyone's senses.
12. Give an example of imagery from F451 that creates a sense of fear and explain how it creates this feeling.
I think that a good example of imagery and fear would be this:
"And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering mannequin, no longer human or known, all writhing in flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. There was a hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a red-hot stove, a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liquefication and a boiling over of yellow foam. Montag shut his eyes, shouted, shouted, and fought to get his hands at his ears to clamp and to cut away the sound. Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent."
This passage definitely resembles imagery and fear, because it talks about how a man (Beatty) is being burnt to death. You can see the fire that's described in this novel, and you can see feel the heat radiating off the burning body, and you can see the monstrous black snail, and you can hear the hiss of the fire like a stove, and you can smell the charred remains of Beatty after he is burnt to death. This is also scary (to me) in a sense because it is describing murder in a very detailed way. At the end, the reader can also sense how Montag must feel after burning Beatty. Fear, regret, disbelief and confusion could be felt from Montag's actions.
13. What truths about being human does F451 reveal? Support your answer with specific references to both texts.
I think that Ray Bradbury shows how humans are able to change their thoughts and ways of life even in the most difficult situations. At the beginning of the novel, Montag was just like everyone else. He was a boring "non-thinker" who went about his every day routine without giving it a second thought. He was stuck like the rest of the people in society. However, after meeting Clarisse, he becomes confused, and changes his way of thinking. Throughout the story, it gradually shows how Montag evolves.


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You are the GM.....
Before the draft the lions have signed tulloch and the falcons have signed Lofton. the eagles have signed a desean jackson to a 5 year deal and Plax to a 1 year deal and finally they have signed Michael huff. the eagles are hoping luke kuelchy falls to them in the draft. instead the draft plays out like this.
1)Colts: Andrew Luck
2)Washington (via trade): Robert Griffen III
3)Vikings: Matt Kalil
4)Cleavland: Justin Blackmon
5)Tampa Bay: Morris Clairborne
6)St. Louis: Riley Reiff
7)Jacksonville: Micheal Floyd
8)Miami: Quinton Coples
9)Carolina: Michael Brockers
10)Buffalo: David Decastro
11)Cheifs: Luke Kuelchy
12) Seattle: Devon Still
13) Arizona: Donta Hightower
14) Dallas: Zach Brown
The Philadelphia Eagles are on the clock.... you are the GM write what your pick would be in the comments
PS: if your pick is going to be Vontaze Burfict. Please jump off a bridge.


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The world's greatest cities have a new habit of reinventing themselves as Las Vegas hotels. First there was New York, New York, with its replicas of Gotham's famed skyscrapers right there on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard. Within the past year, miniature renditions of Paris and Venice have sprung up further down the Strip, adding to the European ambiance and Old World charm that Bellagio, with its Lake Como look and Northern Italian ambiance, brought to town.
Complete with a 50-story, 1/2-scale Eiffel Tower, the Paris Las Vegas Casino Resort opened last fall, with 2,916 guest rooms, an 85,000-sq.-ft. casino with an authentic cobblestone floor, and a highly themed retail/restaurant area. Its ooh-la-la facades recreate famous French landmarks, including the Arc de Triomphe, the Paris Opera House, the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, and the Hotel de Ville (City Hall).
The idea for this Paris-inspired hotel and casino was that of Arthur Goldberg, president and CEO of Park Place Entertainment Corporation. After much research and several visits to the real City of Light, two architectural firms began to sketch out a new Paris-in-the-desert: executive architects Leidenfrost, Horowitz & Associates and design architects Bergman, Walls & Youngblood. KHS&S Contractors built the exterior French facades, with Yates Silverman and Kovacs & Associates working on interior design. The Raymond Company was responsible for the decorative work and ornamentation of the interior facades.
"We were brought in very early on in the process," says Kim Lorch, vice president for design and marketing at the Raymond Company. "We met with the architects and interior designers to go over concepts and structural systems. Joyce Orias from Yates Silverman took a lot of pictures in France, so we had a lot of photographic reference material and tried to implement it as best as possible." Lorch adds that there are over 100 different facades throughout the interiors. "Each one has its own thing going on," he says, noting that all of the themed facades in the casino and the retail/restaurant zone have non-combustible steel frames.
The frames are covered with sculpted shapes cast in GFRG (glass fiber-reinforced gypsum). These shapes are first carved in foam or clay (which yields a finer surface). A mold is made with the texture of the final surface on the inside of the mold. Then a mix of GFRG and stone aggregate is poured into the mold. The mixture used determines the final surface, which can be lightly sandblasted if desired.
An example of this is the replica of the Pont Alexandre that leads to the Eiffel Tower elevators. "This is a free span with two trusses that cover over 100' across the casino," says Lorch. "The finish is a smooth GFRG, since the real one in Paris is made of metal. This replica is a pretty spectacular piece of work."
In the casino itself, the canopies over the gaming pits are modeled after the classic Art Nouveau subway entrances in Paris. The copies have steel structures clad with painted cast aluminum. There are also several very large faux trees with cement trunks and silk leaves. "This added another layer of complexity," explains Lorch. "There are sprinkler systems routed through the trees due to the coverage provided by the foliage, which blocks out the higher sprinklers."
The casino ceiling is painted to look like the sky; an effort was made from a design standpoint to avoid visible ductwork, although some are simply hidden by the trees. "The expanse of the ceiling was painted blue first," says Lorch, who explains that a mockup of the sky was made to work out the design on a smaller scale first.
Outside, the hotel looks like a compressed version of the real thing, with 300,000 sq. ft. of famous Parisian landmarks rebuilt to fit the scale of the project. KHS&S Contractors built the facades with a combination of modern construction methods and Old-World artistry. "Paris was an incredible design challenge," says Dave Suder, president of west coast operations for KHS&S. "We were recreating some of the most photographed and loved structures in the world. We knew our work would be heavily scrutinized and we had to be prepared for the task."
To prepare properly, they studied photographs of the structures and their ornate decorative detail to assure historical accuracy. "The beauty of the original Paris landmarks evolved over centuries," says Suder. "We had less than 24 months." KHS&S hand-carved miniature models of the buildings before casting the final product. Building materials (including plaster, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, faux limestone, slate, tile, and metal) give the feel of real stone and marble on lower surfaces that people can touch, while lighter-weight materials are used on upper levels.
Made of 1,146 individual cast pieces, the Las Vegas version of the Arc de Triomphe, for example, is a 60%-scale version with two of the four original sculptures ("La Marseillaise" and "The Triumph of 1810") reproduced twice each. The reproduction of the Paris Opera House includes 21 different statues based on their Parisian counterparts, and there is a partial recreation of the exterior of the Louvre, also at 60%.
Los Angeles-based lighting designer Joe Kaplan worked on the exterior and interior lighting of the project, aiming to create an exciting presence on the Strip. "We wanted a look of authenticity compared to the city of Paris, so I went there and studied how the older buildings and the Eiffel Tower are lit," he says.
He created a modern interpretation of this lighting, with most of the fixtures hidden in the architecture to make it even more magical than the real thing. High-pressure sodium floods are used as diagonal uplighting on various levels on the Eiffel Tower to give it a warm glow. "Its skeletal structure is entirely illuminated from within," Kaplan says, explaining that the fixtures are all attached to the interior of the metal structure, so that it reads as a silhouette of itself.
High-pressure sodium floods are also used on the other exterior facades, with below-grade fixtures recessed into the ground to wash the Arc, for example. Neon and other accent lights are added behind decorative elements on the facades, and fiber-optic lighting is used to illuminate statues.
The interior of the casino and retail/restaurant areas was designed to create a twilight mood. "This enables us to use desirable lighting effects in the Paris street scenes and inside the windows of the buildings," says Kaplan, who used a combination of incandescent and fluorescent lighting to create the look of inhabited stores and apartments. "The idea was to create a level of authenticity using warm colors of light with an old-time look," he notes. To give a little punch to specific decorative fixtures, low-voltage halogen accents were added.
Above the recreated Paris streets, decorative fixtures serve as the primary light source, with low-voltage cove lighting in warm colors to create a candle-like glow. "The architects and design firms really captured the essence of Paris," notes Kaplan, who successfully mixed various sources to create the desired balance of light. "Each one is tempered and tailored to the individual area," he says.
The audio systems for the project were engineered and installed by the Las Vegas office of SPL (Signal Perfection Limited, a PRG company). For the convention center portion of the hotel, the company worked with PJ Goodman of Designed Productions in Las Vegas, which designed the audio system. SPL then installed this system, which consists primarily of a Peavey MediaMatrix, Tannoy ceiling speakers, Ashly mixers, and Rane amplifiers. An AMX control system was also included.
"The remainder of the Paris property was a design/build by SPL with some input from Designed Productions," says Kent Corbell, SPL's project design engineer. The background music system is anchored by a Peavey MediaMatrix, which provides routing, switching, mixing, compression, automatic level control, and equalization for the casino, porte-cochere, registration desks, six different restaurants, restrooms, elevators, and retail spaces.
"Each restaurant has a unique source providing for one-of-a-kind yet distinctly French atmospheres throughout the resort," says Corbell. Two of the hotel's upscale dining spots, Mon Ami Gabi and the Eiffel Tower Restaurant, both have independent audio systems using Peavey X-Frames for DSP (digital signal processing)-based processing. Playback is via Adcom CD players, 360 Systems Digicart machines, and Digital Music Express, a satellite-based source for music.
For the Cabaret lounge, SPL designed a system consisting of EAW speakers, Yamaha mixing consoles, and a mixture of other outboard processing gear. The lounge system was designed for automated operation during the day using a Yamaha O3D digital console while also allowing for live mixing during the evening using a Yamaha GA-2412.
SPL also designed and installed the Paris Race & Sports Book, which is actually a satellite facility fed from the Race & Sports Book at Ballys, Paris' sister Park Place Entertainment property located next door. "By using the Ballys head-end, the two properties share the same satellite farm and video-switching equipment," explains Corbell. "A custom fiber inter-tie system allows remote operation and monitoring of the Paris system from the main equipment room at Ballys."
In the casino area, some of the speakers are tucked into the exposed metal framework of the Eiffel Tower's legs, which come right through the ceiling into the interior. In the shopping areas, most of the music comes from the individual stores and restaurants, with a combination of contemporary French music mixed with the live sounds of an organ grinder like one might find on a real Parisian street corner.
"The idea is to immerse people in the ambiance of Paris as soon as they step out of their cars," says Corbell, who explains that the background music starts right under the porte-cochere. In the registration area, soft classical music complements the ornate, gilded decor.
SPL personnel on this project were: Henry Hsu, project engineer (convention center); Philip DiPaula, senior design engineer (casino & showroom); Kent Corbell, project design engineer (entire property); Craig Schick, project manager/director of western operations; Keith Davies, site foreman; and Chris Conte, president of western operations.
Not too far away from this French confection is the new Venetian Resort-Casino-Hotel, complete with serenading gondoliers and authentic glassblowers. The 500,000-sq.-ft. Grand Canal Shoppes, an interior mall, imitates the cobblestoned walkways, arched bridges, and winding canals of Venice. The highlight of this area is a 1,200' Grand Canal, where guests can take gondola rides or stroll along the water's edge.
Much of the interior theming was handled by Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo architects (overall project design and concepts), as well as Dugall Design (interior casino design), with statuary created by Treadway Industries, and themed construction by Midwest Drywall (Grand Canal shopping area). Interior and exterior lighting was designed by Lighting Design Alliance, with Chip Israel as one of the principal designers.
"We went for an integrated lighting solution to make the facade glow softly," says Israel, who divides the exterior lighting into three scales. First is long-distance visibility of the hotel tower, which has floodlights on the higher levels to make it compete with the Las Vegas skyline. At the bottom of the tower are 1,000W GE metal halide lamps in sports lighting-style floods to add an evenly illuminated base wash. There are also two tiers of lighting on the cornices of the building, with long fluorescent tubes in extruded aluminum billboard fixtures, and metal halide PAR lamps to highlight the columns under the cornices.
Exterior themed elements reminiscent of Venice include a 200'-tall campanile (bell tower), based on the clocktower in St. Mark's Square (with the hotel signage on it), and the Doge's Palace. To light the campanile, 500W quartz GE PAR flood lamps are integrated into the base as uplight, with accent bullets on each step-back cornice to highlight the architecture.
"With the exception of the hotel tower, all of the facade lighting is incandescent with individual circuits," Israel explains. "The fixture size is small and there is dimming capability in case they decide to do an outside show." The lighting system includes six racks of ETC Sensor dimmers with control run by an astronomical clock. "What we wanted was a system where all the dimmer racks can be tied together with a theatrical interface for ultimate flexibility," says Israel. "Each architectural feature is controlled separately in its own dimming zone so can turn things on and off, as well as chase or flash the lights."
At the pedestrian level, the lighting emits the soft glow of a flickering candle. To achieve this look, there are two light sources: flicker lamps that you see through the glass in decorative pole lamps and hanging lanterns, and incandescent PAR lamps tucked into the top or bottom of the same fixtures to provide uplight or downlight. "The idea is to make it look as if the decorative fixtures are doing all the work, since you don't see the lamps that are hidden," explains Israel. "We wanted to compete with the glitter of Las Vegas, but make it as real as possible."
Most of the lighting fixtures are tucked into the architectural elements so as to be invisible. "Our goal was not to see any," says Israel. "They are concealed as much as possible." An example of this is the exterior Canal and Rialto Bridge area, where the lights are tucked underneath the bridge to define the architecture of the structure. "We let the water stay dark so you can see the reflections of the facades on the water," Israel adds. There are also 500W quartz floodlights under the handrail at the edge of the canal to add additional soft light on the facades; once again, you cannot see the light source.
Inside the Grand Canal Shoppes area (on the second floor of the hotel), there are three different lighting systems at work. First is the indirect lighting from Elliptipar 250W metal halide fixtures to accent the blue sky with a white clouds trompe l'oeil ceiling painted by Karen Kristin of Sky Art. Next is the decorative expression of the facades, with warm tones to highlight the columns, arches, and window boxes. Third are pole lights with lanterns at the pedestrian level, as well as uplights on the steps to the gondolas.
In the casino area, Prescolite MR-16 pinhole downlights with MR-16 lamps highlight the circulation and carpeted areas. Adjustable MR-16 narrow floods with 71W lamps are placed over the game tables. In the hotel's Great Hall, quartz ellipsoidals from Rambusch are used to light a barrel-vaulted painted ceiling with a large rotunda. Neon and cold-cathode accents are integrated in coves to uplight cornices and make the architecture sparkle.
The audio systems were a design/build by SPL, with three main areas: background music, the Grand Canal Shoppes, and the entry plaza. The background music and paging system covers the casino floor, restrooms, elevators, registration desk, porte-cochere, and general public spaces. It utilizes a Peavey MediaMatrix central processor with a mixture of CD and Digital Music Express sources.
"The cobblestone walkways and storefront facades of the Grand Canal area created a very challenging environment acoustically," explains Corbell. "Our goal was to enhance a naturally rich ambient environment with themed music without adding too much 'noise' to the atmosphere." This was accomplished using a series of Martin C115 speakers hidden throughout the facades.
Outside on the entry plaza, over 150 Martin C115s were placed on lampposts throughout the area to provide playback of Italian operas. Community R2 speakers--which simulate the bells of Venice--ring through the canals every hour to add to the authenticity.
SPL personnel on this project were: Henry Hsu, project engineer (casino & convention center); Kent Corbell, project engineer (front feature); Craig Schick and Mark Hoffman, project managers; Randy Robbins, site foreman; Steve Rypka, president of western operations.
One of the prettiest themed elements at the Venetian is the sky ceiling in the Grand Canal Shoppes area painted by Karen Kristin of Sky Art, the company that also did the sky ceilings at the Forum Shops at Caesars. With her associate, Chara Nelson, Kristin spent four months painting the 105,000 sq. ft. of the ceiling, with two teams of painters working from 6pm to 4am.
"We worked at night to avoid the dust and the noise of the day crews," says Kristin from her office in Colorado. She refers to the ceiling as a sky mural rather than trompe l'oeil. "We are not trying to paint one thing to give the impression of something else," she explains. "We want it to look like there is a real sky up there, and not just a ceiling."
A realistic blue sky with fluffy clouds floats over a faux Venetian canal--right down the street from a replica of the Eiffel Tower that adds a French twist to the Las Vegas skyline. New York, New York. Paris. Venice. Can Moscow and Istanbul be far behind?
The sight of the Eiffel Tower, the Opera Garnier, and the Doge's Palace rising on the Strip offers proof positive that Las Vegas is once again reinventing itself. In this decade alone, dedicated Vegas watchers have seen it morph from a slightly faded swinger's paradise to a family-fun theme park to an upscale resort; now, both these ideas have been merged to create an adult themed experience that delivers a kind of miniature version of Europe to families and high rollers alike.
As Vegas changes, so does the notion of entertainment there. The Disneyfied Vegas of the early 90s came complete with theme parks, motion control rides, and audio-animatronic figures ordering drinks at the bar. Then, embracing the luxury resort concept, in came the Cirque du Soleil and Steve Wynn's collection of Impressionist art. Now, producers have returned to the town's old standby, live entertainment--but with a twist. Gone are the days of headliners of the Frankie-Dino-Sammy variety or spectacles that gave you dinner, drinks, and the sinking of the Titanic. Say hello to Broadway.
The evidence is everywhere. Mandalay Bay currently features a touring company of the hit musical Chicago--not a 90-minute tab version, like in the old days, but the complete show, as seen in New York's Shubert Theatre. Coming soon to the Luxor is the Off Broadway institution Blue Man Group. Opening this winter at Paris Las Vegas is Notre Dame de Paris, a French pop opera based on the Victor Hugo novel (not to be confused with The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Berlin version, covered in these pages in October 99). Following that, a new theatre is being built at Bellagio to host Miss Spectacular, a new Jerry Herman musical, set to open sometime in 2001. In other words, Vegas has gone legit.
Such changes have many implications for the lighting, sound, and staging specialists who help create entertainment venues in Vegas. In the past, such theatres came in two versions: headliner rooms, featuring banquettes for the guests and thrust stages to bring the stars down close, or spectacle houses with their technical capabilities engineered to the needs of specific shows, such as Splash, Jubilee, Cirque du Soleil, Siegfried & Roy, or Enter the Night. But the new concentration on Broadway-style entertainment demands new kinds of spaces; the showrooms in Paris and the Venetian provide two excellent, and very different, examples.
In Paris Las Vegas, the Theatre des Arts represents a major new trend, the space designed for an unknown purpose. According to Marc Rosenberg of Marcad Design, who consulted on the Theatre des Arts, the casino's management "didn't know what they wanted it to be. They went around the world to look at shows, and when they finally found Notre Dame de Paris, it was well after the room was designed. We kept saying 'What do you want this to be--is it a production room? Is it a headliner room?' Finally, we were told to design it as black box theatre--meaning four walls, with rigging and lighting."
As a result the Theatre des Arts (Joel Bergman, of Bergman Walls and Youngblood, was the architect), is a plain but not unattractive auditorium, featuring blue walls and seating, and nice sightlines--not surprising, given a proscenium opening of 88' wide by 35' high. On the other hand, notes Rosenberg, "No lifts were installed, although the stage floor is trappable. Sections can be cut out of the centerstage area and removed, as needed, to put in stage lifts or a trap door." In addition, there is no orchestra pit.
In other respects, the venue is highly equipped. Bob Watson notes that his firm, Protech, supplied Vegas' first fully automated rigging system for the Theatre des Arts, with 52 fixed- and variable-speed motorized line shafts. "Because the space was designed before a show was envisioned, [the owners] focused on operating overhead and open space," he says. "This system requires only two people, versus a fly floor full of six stagehands. Also, there's a creativity issue. Just as the lighting industry became more creative with the advent of new technology, now we have the same capability with rigging--you can have timed cues, multidirectional set movement, 12 pipes moving at one time, all barely perceptible to the audience. Before, you couldn't achieve those things without a fly floor full of stagehands."
Rosenberg adds the automated system was necessary because "the counterweight wall does not run all the way to the deck. I personally prefer a traditional fly house, where all the rigging is stage right or stage left, and it's all on the wall, with the locking rail there. But we couldn't do that here."
Rosenberg explains that the lighting system for the theatre is "fairly straightforward. There are three front-of-house catwalks, five motorized fixed-speed electric pipes, side light ladders, and floor pockets. There are multiple DMX universes around the place, with a Gray Interfaces Pathfinder DMX router and an ETC Sensor dimmer system, with 1,105 2.4kW dimmers and 34 6.0kW dimmers and an ETC Obsession II console, too. If we started this project today [it was begun in 1997], I would put in an ethernet backbone, either on top of, or in lieu of, DMX, to make it more flexible for the future than it is. But hindsight is 20/20."
Craig Schick of Signal Perfection Limited, the PRG company that supplied the theatre's sound system, points out the special difficulties of creating a sound system for a theatre, not knowing what kind of show it will house. Nevertheless, SPL provided a system that includes a variety of EAW speakers, a Crown IQ system, BSS Soundweb for "the core tuning of the room." The speaker clusters--left, right, and center--feature automated rigging, allowing them to be moved up and down, depending on the needs of the show.
However, Schick adds, the set design of Notre Dame de Paris is raising new sound design issues. "There's a scenic piece, a bell, that comes down on a transverse cable that comes across the front of house," he says. "The cable goes right through the center speaker cluster. So the cluster is now disconnected." As we go to press, a solution is still pending.
In addition, other adjustments will perhaps be made. Without a pit, where will the orchestra go? Will scenic lifts be necessary? On the other hand, scenery storage shouldn't be a problem, notes Bob Watson. "The dog house, the space behind the stage house, is 30' deep and nearly 60' tall; it's as large a s most stage houses for high schools. There are wing spaces that are about 30' deep and 60' tall on both stage right and left that can accommodate big wagon scenery. It's as close as you get in North America to the traditional European opera house design."
If Theatre des Arts lays bare the challenges of designing a space with no clear purpose in mind, then C2K, the showroom at the Venetian, reveals the challenges of designing a space with almost too many functions. C2K looks nothing like a traditional showroom--it's a high, narrow space, with a small stage and seating on several levels. That's because it is a showroom which converts each evening into a nightclub, but which is also set up for use as a video studio. The space is contracted out to Heftel Entertainment, the advertising agency for the Venetian. Michael Sabatier of Heftel says of the venue, "We're looking at doing TV production during the day, at least one show a night, and then opening as a nightclub afterwards. On a recent Friday night, we had Andre Philippe Gagnon [a French-Canadian impressionist] at 7pm, a country act at 10:30, Run-DMC at 12:30, and the nightclub afterwards."
The architect on C2K was Art Lara, of the Cuningham Group. Dawn Hollingsworth, of the LA-based design firm Moody, Ravitz, Hollingsworth worked on the space (Jeff Ravitz, of the same firm, was the theatre systems designer and Brad Hutchinson was project manager); she says that the room's many needs made for many challenges. "It's difficult to juggle all the requirements for video and live performance, as we all know; there are differences that have to be taken into account and compromises that have to be made. We also provided for movable trussing, for different lighting positions after hours, when it becomes a club, plus some additional lighting gear, to turn the center of the space into a dance floor." Overall, she says, "We focused on lighting the house, lighting the disco, creating performance lighting that could be added to. The key was to make it as flexible a space as possible, because there were so many requirements.
"It's difficult to anticipate every requirement with known technology, plus anything else that might happen soon," she continues, "to anticipate every need for every type of performer. You have a lot of discussions: What if it's a magic act? What if it's a mime company? It was more important to make sure there was enough power distributed in the proper places. They can always rent gear, but they'd have to live with the infrastructure."
Nevertheless, the lighting package for C2K, supplied by Tim Brennan of Matthews Studio Group Nevada, is wide-ranging. The lineup includes six Martin Mac 600s, 25 Martin Mac 500s, 14 High End Systems Cyberlights, 10 High End AF-1000 Dataflashes, 170 ETC Source Four ellipsoidals, 18 ETC Source Four lekos, 14 ETC Source Four 10" lekos, 10 Altman Three-Light Sky Cycs, 38 Chroma-Q scrollers from AC Lighting, one Reel EFX DF-50 hazer, one Nova 5.0 full color laser system, James Thomas Engineering truss, one Flying Pig Systems Wholehog II console, two Strong International Super Troupers, two High End F-100 fog generators, and the inevitable mirrorball. ETC provided dimmers for the venue.
Protech again provided the rigging for the space, with 26 motorized linesets, including articulating flying trusses and a motorized Austrian curtain for the stage. There is also one stage lift, provided by Gala. Sound equipment for the venue was provided by Audio West (details were not available as we went to press).
Both the Theatre des Arts and C2K fly in the face of conventional thinking about theatre design, which says that spaces should be created for clearly defined uses. But then, entertainment concepts are evolving so quickly in Vegas, it's increasingly difficult for consultants to design showrooms that are up-to-the-minute. Both these showrooms are works in progress, in the sense that they will be adapted again and again to the needs of the shows that come into them. As for what comes next in Vegas--that's anybody's guess.


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FNC: Texas Muslim Massacres Own Family While Dressed as Santa Claus
Imagine the media attention that would be garnered if any non-Muslim in the U.S. did something as sensationalistically violent and dramatic as to dress as Santa Claus and commit a mass murder against his own family at a Christmas gathering.
But this past weekend, a Muslim man in Texas who was reportedly angry at his family for becoming too westernized committed just such an egregious act, resulting in the deaths of seven people, as documented this morning by FNC's Fox and Friends. (Video below)
- Brad Wilmouth's blog
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I saw this earlier in the
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 1:46pm.
I saw this earlier in the week and knew that the MSM would not report it.
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It Was Probably Lowe's Fault
Submitted by JustAl on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 1:53pm.
If only we had more TV shows to push islam, you know, sort of like a muslim little house on the prairie. . .
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Submitted by CO2Maker on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 4:44pm.
Arabic word for house is "beit" (cognate of Hebrew "beth") and for plain is "sahl." So, we'd have "Little Beit on the Sahl."
And as an extra bonus, this new, friendly program would be go a long way toward removing the stigma of the term "stoner."
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I guess this qualifies as an
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:24pm.
I guess this qualifies as an honor killing. Why won't the media do a special on this?
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I live in the area...
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:28pm.
And on Tues the local paper mentioned that neighbors identifed him as Muslim, but by Wed, there were no more muslim references. THEY DID have a front page sub-headline that identified him as a "conservative" and gun-lover. So, fyi, the Ft Worth Star-Telegram sucks. I cancelled my subscription years ago after an angry phone call with tbeir ombudsman.
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Yes, they do,
Submitted by falcon on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:03pm.
and I have yet to see any report in either the FWST or the local TV news discuss his Muslim heritage, or even speculate that the shootings might have been religiously motivated. In fact, they brought the guy's brother on to try and emphasize how "western" he was. All in an attempt to avoid any mention of Islam and the fact that it is a murderous, totalitarian ideology (NOT religion).
"I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose." – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
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As a sit-com
Submitted by dr-go on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:29pm.
we could watch religious freedom take place every week.
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Sounds like a great plot for
Submitted by mattm on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:46pm.
Sounds like a great plot for a sitcom...we could call it "The Muslims Are Coming"...oh, they already thought of that? Oh well, nevermind.
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Murdered for "becoming too westernized."
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:48pm.
Ahhhhh, the Religion of Peace.
If they will do this to their own families, just what the hell do you think they would do to anyone else?
It's time for the MSM, and liberal America to wake up before they're blown up.
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If these mooooooooooooslems
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:07pm.
If these mooooooooooooslems have a problem with being 'too westernized', they sure as hell shouldn't be here...........what's with these friggin' foreigners that want to move to the USA, and then want to bring their own damn culture and agenda with them, at the expense of ours??? Apparantly this 'multi-culterism' that I keep hearing about from the libs doesn't work real well with the mooooooooooslems, huh??
Yeah.....a proponent of the 'religion of peace', dressed up in an infidel 'holiday' costume, killing his own family on Christmas......
you can't make this sh*t up!!! And the news media won't cover it, other than a shallow reporting................but you can imagine if the guy was a Christian, a Republican, and an NRA member, right???
Plus, since it's called an 'honor' killing - that gives it some credibility - remember, you CAN'T say anything bad or negative about Islam, Muuuuuuhamed, or the moooooooooooooooooslems.
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There would be entire
Submitted by mang on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 11:57am.
There would be entire episodes of 60 Minutes, 20/20 and Dateline about gun control laws. And next week, an "expose" on the dangers Christians pose to America!
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As I said, on another thread,
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:01pm.
we got yet another story on smoke alarms, evacuation plans and how to make your home safer from fire, today, against the backdrop of the house fire in Connecticut. But, aside from the one story on Christmas day about the practitioner of the religion of peace, dressed as Santa, we get nada, zero, zip as a follow-up to this story. And, they have yet to identify this guy as a muslim.
So, 6 victims of an honor killing, and a suicide gets no mention, because of the religion of the killer? Unless one seeks the info from an overseas news outlet.
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Submitted by Janey on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:03pm.
Why does the media not cover this? Really...why? I don't understand it.
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The reason is simple...
Submitted by winston smith on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:32pm.
After 9/11, there was much focus on Islam and muslim extremism. Almost immediately the Democrats capitalized on a great opportunity and added all Muslims and Muslim Americans into their ever-increasing ghetto of "victimized groups" --- thereby garnering more votes from a newly created minority group.
The American news media, which at every level is almost entirely a propagandist mouthpiece for the Democrat party, dutifully follow the marching orders of their Democrat controllers and follow a very tight, limited script when reporting negatively on Muslims -- if any reporting is done at all.
In this way, the Democrat party can hope to turn the entire Muslim community into a 90% Democrat voting political group that they can pander to during election cycles as they have historically done with other 'victimized' groups such as gays, environmentalists, blacks, Hispanics, women, the elderly, unions, etc.
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Just when you need one.
Submitted by BuffNBone on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 6:38pm.
Why is it there never ever is a clever muslim comedian (or comedianne) around to help us gain clarity about events like this?
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The invisible "Muslim" massacres
Submitted by Gary Hall on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 4:46pm.
A quick "Google news" search for . .
Grapevine Texas + "santa claus" + family + islam
. . . gets ya 4 hits. Substituting Muslim for Islam - gets ya 4 hits.
However, when you simply remove the words Muslim or Islam from the search, you get 1,190 hits.
I limited the search to the "past week."
Similarly, conducting the same search for all of the web, using Google, the results are: 172,000 to 27,200.
One might only guess that had the monster been a "Tea Party" member, how many millions of hits we'd get.
(;~> gary
Happy New Year all.
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I swear to GOD,,this is the FIRST time I heard he was Muslim!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 7:00pm.
And Ive had Fox on for the past 2 days! Great reporting! Fox is like CNN was 10 years ago,,what happened to the good ol right winged newscasts? So many libs on there, that now apparently theyve infiltrated the on screen scrolls and on air reports!
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Did you actually expect to see this on CNN?
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 7:40pm.
I'm waiting for the present occupant of the White House to comment on this........maybe he'll say, "They cling to their koran and guns?"
The muslims are the politically correct chosen people. Everyone smile as they slit your throat.
We live in dangerous times.
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Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:01pm.
Obama might say the victims "acted stupidly".
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Yeah, thats something O'Bozo might do!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 1:28pm.
And we should say a prayer for him and others who have been mislabeled, right, guys? But go ahead and make fun of a true believer like Tebow!
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The religion of peace strikes again
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:03pm.
I heard about this story on Christmas day, but until now hadn't heard of the muslim connection. If it wasn't for NB I would never have heard of the muslim connection. But when a Christian shows his respect for God on the football field he's made fun of the msm and the liberal entertainment industry.
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Every day, multiple times a day!
Submitted by miss911ninja on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:18pm.
It's truly appalling when you fathom just how much of this is going on, and how little we hear of it.
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miss 911
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:20pm.
Ah yes, the religion of pieces. As in body parts of their victims.
I guess the reports of the bombings of churches slipped through the msm filters, so they made sure this one didn't.
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Remember the Obumbler
Submitted by passingruffian on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 10:00pm.
Remember the Obumbler administration classified the Ft. Hood massacre "workplace violence". I guess they would consider this a domestic disturbance.
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Islam-the re Ito of death is
Submitted by God help us on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 12:25am.
Islam-the re Ito of death is straight from the pit of hell. Death and destruction everywhere, killing Catholics in Africa, killing soldiers in Texas, killing innocent men, women and children worldwide. F U Mohomad !!!
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He was angry at his family for becoming too Westernized
Submitted by panzerakc on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:07am.
So he dressed up like Santa to kill them????
I'm not even going to pretend that this makes sense.
I mean, if he was trying to teach the lesson that "Western" ways will kill you (literally, in this case), how would he expect them to benefit from said lesson if he's left no one alive to ponder it?
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So an Islamist true-believer offs his family
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:40am.
Wow, what a shocker.
Vote for the American in November
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Hmmmm... this didn't say
Submitted by GreenTea on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:56am.
Hmmmm... this didn't say anything about him being angry at his family for becoming too westernized...
Family friends say a Texas man accused of killing six relatives in a Christmas Day murder-suicide was struggling financially and didn't like that his estranged wife was doing well.
Authorities say 56-year-old Aziz Yazdanpanah was dressed as Santa when he fatally shot his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other relatives Sunday inside an apartment in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine.
After a private burial for the six victims Thursday, family friend Azar Shahbazi said she believed Yazdanpanah was upset because his wife "was doing good on her own."
The wife's brother, says he'd been financially supporting the family. He says Yazdanpanah had been unemployed for more than a decade, but says he never thought Yazdanpanah would become violent.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/30/friends-say-texas-gunman-was-jealou...
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'Unemployed for more than a
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 10:06am.
'Unemployed for more than a DECADE'???? I wouldn't call that being 'unemployed'...........I'd call that either being 'retired', 'independantly wealthy', or..............lemme think..............living off the system??? Nah - it couldn't be that, could it??
No wonder this loser's wife left his sorry ass................of course, she, her kids, and her relatives paid the ultimate price for trying to do well on their own by becoming 'too westernized'..........
We all know that liberalism is a mental disorder, but I'd go as far as saying that Islam itself has - over hundreds of years of it's perverted, introverted, and incestually sick and deranged teachings and attitudes - turned it's own followers into mentally inbalanced human beings also...........and threatens a serious price to pay on anyone who may actually 'see the light' and want to get away from such a mindset.
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This is the first I saw reported that a radical mussy did this
Submitted by RD King on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 10:31am.
So the reporter wants to know why those who come here don't embrace all of western culture? It's because no one who comes to America anymore to be American and assimilate, they hate the USA and want to destroy us.
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Submitted by Jimi Streets on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 2:29am.
How does one explain the government and media's defense of this religious death cult and the crimes committed by its adherents? Surely no rational person can in any way that would make it seem reasonable. In light of the death and destruction committed in Islam's name, how can any sane person explain popular culture's outright hatred of Christianity and Christians? It is impossible. Not in any way that would make it seem reasonable.
What will it take for the Islamophilic people in government and pop culture to awaken and act against a world-wide movement that wants them subjugated or dead? A dirty nuke going off in New York City? The destruction of Israel? A terrorist massacre at some metropolitan shopping mall?
Given that after 9/11 it took very little time for the enlightened Western apologists to act on behalf of Islamic terrorists, I seriously doubt that anything could possibly cause the elites of Western culture to wake up and address this cancer upon our planet.
God save us from the suicidal insanity of those that claim to know better than we "simpletons."
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The so-called "elites" want us all dead
Submitted by falcon on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:13pm.
Leftists and their "elites" are anti-life. Especially anti-Human life. You see garbage like PETA calling for Sea World in San Diego to release its killer whales from their "unconstitutional" "animal slavery" (you can see the story on this very website: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/12/31/npr-station-promotes-...), Planned Parenthood and its continuing practice of eugenics, the "dependence" mentality that the Left has created that it will yank out from under the feet of the dependents when it is no longer politically expedient to support them, anti-gun laws, and the general derision and contempt with which the Left treats "the masses."
We're in their way. They want the world for themselves, and when they have it, they'll turn on each other, until there is no one left alive on the planet. If their actions are allowed to proceed to their logical conclusion, we're all hosed.
"I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose." – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
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Culture of death...
Submitted by Jimi Streets on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 4:06am.
Soooooo true. You'd better believe that many, many liberals would indeed eliminate (exterminate) the conservatives that stand in their way, at least those they hate most, like Rush, Hannity, Beck, Levin, etc.. Given time and unrestrained growth of their power, eventually the liberal intelligentsia would surely outlaw conservative speech and even thought. There would be no shortage of useful idiots that, brainwashed beyond redemption, would happily turn in their neighbors, friends or family, for "unlawful" behavior. A short perusal through the comments in many places like YouTube and anyone can see just how hateful liberals are towards any dissenting views and those that espouse them. Thanks to the hateful rhetoric coming from liberal leaders in government and media, their ignorant followers are convinced that they are engaged in a battle against an exceedingly evil foe: Conservatism and conservatives. Therefore it is not a very long leap to say that one day if given the chance, liberals would outlaw Christianity, conservatism, and anything else that "disrupts the greater good" in their twisted utopia where good is evil, evil is good, up is down and down is up. In other words, liberalism stands contrary to normal, rational, human thought.
Then again, if one can accept, vociferously defend, and propagate the exceedingly heinous act of abortion upon innocent life, then I reckon that those people can be convinced that any and everything is "good".
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Yesterday, we debated the relationship of ESPN, Disney and the NHL. Today, as I flip between CNBC, ESPN News and BSH, I am watching Jeff Immelt of GE discuss wind turbines and auto battery chargers for the CNBC audience. However, it is likely that he won't be as much a star at CNBC for long, since it's rumored that the DOJ and FCC are about to approve the Comcast/NBC Universal merger (purchase from GE). I think this will have several impacts for NHL Fans.
First, Versus will likely be put into the NBC Universal business unit, and I think it will be rebranded (remember OLN?) as S-NBC or the "NBC Sports Channel". Comcast would then go after ESPN with a vengence. S-NBC would have a much broader appeal to the average sportsfan, like ESPN, with the exception that the NHL would have much more prominence on S-NBC than it currently does on ESPN. It is likely that coverage between CSN, S-NBC and NBC would be much more seamless, like ESPN/ABC at Disney.
Overall, for those of you still in Philly, the transition probably won't be significant, with the possible exception of better production values in S-NBC broadcasts (sorry, can't help you with the commentators).
For those of us expatriates, and other out-of-town Flyers fans, there might be more significant changes. Comcast is likely to push for basic cable placement of S-NBC on a wider variety of carriers (right now, on my system, Versus is premium; recall the wars NFL Network had with Time Warner and others). The leverage they'd have is that S-NBC would likely be bundled with the very profitable CNBC, as well as MSNBC, Bravo and other channels. This of course might result in higher cable rates overall. Off-topic, Comcast's opposition to net neutrality may be consternating to those of us in favor of that. In any case, Comcast has never been known to "give away content".
For all of us, net net, it is probably good news in that the NHL might finally get some serious coverage and cross-business-unit publicity to regain mindshare. We can expect more Darren Rovell stories on Chris Pronger and Patrick Kane to cleanse us from all the LeBron-style hype.
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The current season of events at the 'Ring will more than likely continue, but the future will depend on the administrators and if any investors would like the venue. It all begs the question as to what will happen if the 'Ring does go bust- will it just be barricaded off or will it return as a free public street maintained by the German government without any of the sanctioned events? Many car manufacturers have test facilities on the 'Ring- including BMW and without the 'Ring they will need to change much of their development process.It is rather unfortunate. We will miss sanctioned events at this venerated racetrack:
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Miley Cyrus: Birthday Suit Beauty in W Magazine
There's not much of Miley Cyrus we haven't seen over the past year, and the 21-year-old pop star shows off more skin in her cover story for W magazine's March 2014 issue.
In her interview, the "Wrecking Ball" babe shares she's not concerned in the least that her image has become over-sexualized.
"I like that I'm associated with sexuality and the kind of punk-rock sh-- where we just don't care. I just don't get what girls are wearing, everyone to me seems like Vanna White."
Cyrus continued, "I'm trying to tell girls, like, 'F--- that. You don't have to wear makeup. You don't have to have long blonde hair and big t-tties. That's not what it's about. It's, like, personal style.'"
Miley worked with celebrity photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot for her racy shots while Ronan Farrow penned the interview.
As for her diverse backup dancers, Cyrus noted, "I don't give a sh--. I'm not Disney, where they have, like, an Asian girl, a black girl, and a white girl, to be politically correct, and, like, everyone has bright colored T-shirts. You know, it's like, I'm not making any kind of statement. Anyone that hates on you is below you, because they're just jealous of what you have."
However, Miley also mentioned that despite her success, life can be lonely at the top. "I have a lot of people that I could call and hang out with, but I have very few friends. If that makes any sense. Like, I just don't tell a lot of people anything. Everyone's always like, 'You're so sketch.'"
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"What a game to tie the record. Unbelievable. It had about everything you'd want, from good to bad to playing great to wetting the bed, and we did about all of it. Somehow we prevailed."-- Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson, now tied for Lenny Wilkens for most all-time wins as an NBA head coach [AP] Preview/ GameThread: Because Easter Bunnies aren't real Raptors Rapid Recap - Golden State 113 - Toronto 112 [RaptorsHQ]
I came up with a new name for the team. The Golden State D-Leaguers.-- Golden State D-Leaguers Head Coach Don Nelson [Inside the Warriors]
Right now, anyone who plays with Curry looks good. I would think Monta should love it.-- Golden State Warriors Head Coach Don Nelson about newly named starter rookie Stephen Curry [MT- Inside the Warriors] + Video
Jack is still my cap.-- Warriors Head Coach Don Nelson Warriors' Nelson backs Jackson [ESPN]
"That's about the only good thing I've done this year," Nelson said, "and I hope that will continue for (next season). Morale has been good. ... After a tough loss, we come together and have a pretty good practice, and everybody gets along." A few minutes later, Monta Ellis finished shooting and came to the sideline. He must have left his happy face on the floor. In a tense 2 1/2 minutes, he contradicted pretty much everything Nelson and the Warriors had said about him over the last two weeks. The comments might have been the best defense Ellis has ever played.-- Gwen Knapp drops some great humor in They can't even get their stories straight [SFGate] And TNT thinks they know drama?
I was very concerned that he would maybe never be the same player again, because it was a very severe ankle (injury) — he severed two tendons in his ankle, and they had to surgically repair them and put pins in them and a whole bunch of stuff — and I was thinking he may never be the same again, but I can assure you that he will be. I'm watching him in practice and he's coming back way faster than I thought. . . . I think he'll be the same Monta we've grown to love and enjoy watching.Dr. Don Nelson via 48Minutes.net (somewhere Dan Fegan is reading the Dr. Nelson line and cracking up)
His days of playing 40 minutes a game are over. For his body, his hamstring, less minutes are important for him. We've got to get him consistently playing, so if he feels good tomorrow, we'll see how that goes. He had one of his best years when he was a sixth man. He'll do whatever we need him to do, so it's no problem with him personally.Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson on the team's big $50 million splash this past offseason. Don't blame Corey Maggette- he's saying all the right things and has tried to play through some injuries. It's not his fault the Warriors' front office didn't do their homework and didn't recognize that they were getting a good one-dimensional, injury prone swingman- nothing more, nothing less. You don't break the bank for that kind of player, especially instead of keeping a top PG in Baron Davis. This signing also partially set off a domino money effect causing the completely unnecessary Stephen Jackson extension. [SFGate]
"Last year, we were very single-minded in trying to make the playoffs. It's what the organization wanted to do, to make the playoffs again, and we tried to do that and we failed. Part of my job next year is to bring these guys [Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli] along, and if it costs us some games, which it probably will, then that's what it'll do. I'll have to prepare myself mentally for that, but I think it's the right thing to do. They're to future of the team." -- Warriors Head Coach Don Nelson =================================================== Noooooooo! Fight the power Nellie. We Believe Playoffs. As Herm Edwards would say "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!"Not Blowing Smoke [SFGate]
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Match Preview: Hawthorn v Geelong Cats
The Hawks have licked their wounds this week after being defeated by Fremantle last Sunday in a performance that was at times unHawthorn-like.
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With the Hawks ready to take on Geelong on Saturday night, hawthornfc.com.au looks at the five key players who could impact the result.
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The game between Bradford City and Accrington Stanley in the League Two on 6th March 2012 at 19:45 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
History of the Bradford City v Accrington Stanley fixture
Accrington Stanley face a trip to Bradford City at Coral Windows Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 games played, Reds have recorded 7 wins, and Bradford City have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Two match.


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If you make a purchase of $25 or more from the DisneyStore.com and pay with a Visa Card you will get a phone call from your favorite Toy Story character!
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"WJAR has been a leader in providing the Providence market with the best news and sports coverage for decades," said Sean McGrail, NESN's President and CEO. "We are proud to partner with WJAR and excited to provide Rhode Island sports fans with more localized coverage through this exceptional affiliation."
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"Perhaps Fritz Lang's finest two hours, Metropolis partially arose from his first sighting of a 1920s nighttime New York skyline. The reel's mechanized monuments stem from this real-life revelation, as the imposing architectural patterns become the first symptom of the alienated, all-too-efficient future society. With a caste system separating the masses of subterranean slaves and the elevated, decadent elite, the film captures the incipient phase of a literal social groundswell led by Joan of Anarchy, Maria. The megalomaniacal master's son does a Buddha-like pirouette after witnessing the workers' suffering, while his father fabricates another agenda. A Socialist sci-fi fever dream, the film reverberates far after its concluding pandemonium. Don't miss your chance to see it on the big screen."
Metropolis, 1927, Kino Lorber, 153 min. Fritz Lang's early science fiction masterpiece takes place in a future metropolis divided into two halves: a land of luxury for the rich and powerful and a subterranean nightmare for the poor workers who keep the city running. When a son of privilege falls for worker-turned-revolutionary Maria and discovers the hellish conditions underground, he tries to fix things, only to come up against evil genius Rotwang - who creates a "fake" Maria in order to manipulate her followers. Dark City, 1998, New Line Cinema, 100 min. Alien "Strangers" whose world is dying collect a group of humans to study what makes them tick, but one man, Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), proves resistant to the experiments and goes on the run, pursued by detective Bumstead (William Hurt) as he falls in love with torch singer Emma (Jennifer Connelly). Director Alex Proyas uses this sci-fi concept to explore the most profound philosophical issues relating to memory, experience, and what it means to be human.


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POLSON — The Main Street Market of Polson, owned by Peggy VanNess and LaRese Reum, located at 208 Main Street, has been providing excellent customer service since 2001. The tribally owned mom-and pop type grocery/convenience store has a little of everything: from beer and cigarettes, to groceries, to candles and automotive supplies.
The Main Street Market has been a family owned business in Polson since 1977, though it has not always gone by that name. The small grocery store originally started out as Donny Dupuis' Smoke Signals, owned by Donny Dupuis, and was located across the street from the KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino.
LaRese Reum,co-owner, started work at the store when she was twenty-two back in 1987. Reum continued to work at Donny's Smoke Signals and has been there continually for twenty-six years. Reum says, "I love being here, I've been here since I was 22 years old, and I haven't wanted to work anywhere else. I have a great relationship with Peggy and I wouldn't change anything."
Peggy VanNess, co-owner, started work for her brother Donny at his store back in 1977. VanNess left in 1995 to work in other fields; she worked in various businesses, and at one point worked as a bank teller. VanNess returned to work in the store in 1999.
After the unfortunate passing of Donny Dupuis in 1999, VanNess and Reum continued to work at the store, eventually buying the store in 2001. They then moved their location over to Main Street, and renamed the business 'The Main Street Market'. Reum says at the last location the lease payment was too high, and there was an open lot on Main Street. They saw an opportunity to expand their business to a small grocery store, and made the choice to move.
Since VanNess and Reum have operated the store they have strived to keep everything the same. VanNess says, "We are old school." The owners strive to provide excellent customer service. They know their return customers, and can call them by name. "We like owning our own business, I enjoy coming to work." Reum says, "We know our customers, we love talking to them and getting to know them, that's why we have a table and chairs here."
The small store faces competition from bigger chain grocery stores in town, but they feel that they get a high percentage of return customers due to their friendly service, and their competitive prices. The owners also compete with Pier 93, a similar small grocery type store, but they say, "Don Miller, [The owner], is a wonderful neighbor."
VanNess says "we strive to keep prices as low as possible, that's also why we sell discount tribal cigarettes. Customers also return because they love us, they let us know about our services and how are employees are doing"
VanNess and Reum also say they have no marketing, except word-of-mouth and from their reputation from years of service.
The 50 foot by 120 foot space traffics about 250 people every day. The biggest item customers come into the store to buy are the tribal discounted cigarettes, which they stock every week, and is on a first-come-first-serve basis. VanNess and Reum say "any CSKT tribal member that buys cigarettes here gets a $1.70 discount per pack, and a $17 discount on cartons." The store even has a tanning bed in the back of the store available for use. They charge $4.50 for one session, or $40 for ten sessions. The owners say, "We can also special order items that are not in the store."
The store is open Monday through Friday 7a.m. to 7 p.m., which will soon be changed to 7a.m. to 8p.m., and is open Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The store operates longer hours and stocks a larger inventory during the summer.
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PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns open their 45th NBA season at home Oct. 31 against the Golden State Warriors.
The schedule was released by the league Thursday and also features a Jan. 30 home game against the Los Angeles Lakers that will mark Steve Nash's return to Phoenix. That's the only Suns game that ABC/ESPN has selected to air this season.
The Suns recently dealt Nash to the Lakers in a sign-and-trade deal that sent four draft picks to Phoenix. Nash and the Lakers first face the Suns on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles.
The Suns' 41-game home schedule also features a Nov. 17 match up with the defending NBA champion Miami Heat plus Jan. 14 and Feb. 10 games against the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
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