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Hey y'all. Sorry this post is so late, but I had more pressing matters to tend to. But I do have some videos from our post-practice interviews tonight. The Bulldogs are set to wrap up practices tomorrow before dispersing for Christmas, and they'll reassemble in Jacksonville on Dec. 26 to resume Gator Bowl preparations.
Here are head coach Dan Mullen, quarterback Tyler Russell, kicker Devon Bell, cornerback Taveze Calhoun and receiver Arceto Clark.


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Ever since electric utility companies started streaming high-tension wires across the lands the method for doing so has always been, well, utilitarian. Very little effort was put into lessening the eye-sore nature of running towering metal pylons across the horizon. From a visual stand point, the land was ceded over completely to function. However in Iceland, the national power company Landsnet is looking to find a compromise. In cooperation with Association of Icelandic Architect they've started taking submissions from designers for new ways of transporting electrical lines.
One unique concept comes from Choi and Shine Architects, who envision giant human-like pylons carrying wires over hill and dale. Aesthetically, these 50 foot tall figures are a vast improvement over the traditional towers. Designed to be positioned according to the contours of the land, the giants can strike a variety of poses. Their arms can extend in a variety of positions, which will lessen the need to flatten out large foundations. The main selling point though is that by using duplicate parts and scaffolding, these giant human pylons will costs no more than traditional towers.
Unfortunately Landsnet ultimately decided not to move forward with the project, but the concept won first prize at the Boston Society of Architect's annual Unbuilt Architecture Award. So there's still hope that someday towering electrical giants will walk the earth.
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Daily Archives: May 11, 2011
The hidden premise–what's missing in this parody meant to shame us?
It's there for all to see if they will. While the parody is clever as it can be, one huge and salient fact is missing and thus makes it all a giant FAIL!
Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader announced on Sunday.
Hint: At what were Obi-Wan's "most devastating attacks" aimed? And OBL's?
More false moral equivalency.
Aside: I thought Dick Cheney was Darth Vader? My how times change, no?
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Rooting against the home team: Democrats and administration attack job creators
The other day I was on a conference call with representatives of ExxonMobil as they tried to explain why the upcoming attempt to remove certain tax breaks was a bad idea. I was struck by a statement one of the representatives made:
The thing that tends to get lost is we're the home team here. And you have two – if the government is looking, U.S. government is looking to raise revenue and they're looking at our industry, they really have – it's coming down to two choices, it appears. They're looking at, right now, singularly focused on increasing tax, our taxes, as a way to increase revenue coming into the government. But study after study show that if you increase access, increase business opportunity for our industry, give us access to more resources to go explore and develop, give equal treatment to downstream investments, that by increasing access, you will increase revenue.
And by – and you will increase revenue by magnitudes more than by focusing just on raising taxes. And by giving us – the industry more opportunity to explore, develop, refine, what have you, that increases jobs. And jobs increases overall social welfare. [emphasis mine]
ExxonMobil employs about 84,000 people directly world wide (the oil industry in the US, both directly and indirectly is responsible for over 9 million jobs). In the US, that part of the total is 35,000. Now imagine if, instead of doing everything in their power to stand in ExxonMobil's way, the government actually did what the ExxonMobil representative lays out? The result would be as he concludes – more jobs, more revenue for government, and more opportunities in the works for both in the near future. Right here.
Instead of that, however, we see government doing everything in its power to hurt the "home team". I asked, given the situation here and the fact that ExxonMobil derives much of its income from outside the US (~75%), whether the sort of shenanigans now being attempted by Congress and the administration would have an effect on corporate planning:
Well, we approach our investments on a global basis, and obviously it's – the money that we're investing is our – it's money – it's not our money; it's our shareholders' money. And we're looking to make investments that are safe; they are going to make consistent returns over a long period of time, given the nature of our business; and obviously, government policy and the consistency of government policy is an important criteria for us as we look at projects that are competing for our investment dollars around the world.
So to the extent that United States policy makes an investment, for example, in a U.S.refinery less attractive than an investment in a similar operation outside the United States, is that something we will consider? The answer's yes, of course we'll consider it.
You can't ask for a clearer answer. What is it the Democrats in Congress are doing? Well they're playing politics with American jobs. In essence they're trying to repeal tax breaks , but only for the oil industry. Specifically (thanks Neo):
Intangible Drilling Costs – Companies which engage purely in energy exploration and discovery can recover their costs related to exploration at tax time at a rate of 100%. This lessens the burden on energy providers for the number of "dry holes" which may be found in the process. Integrated companies (i.e. "big oil") can recover these exploration costs at 70%.
Domestic Manufacturer's Deduction (Section 199) – A deduction (not a credit) equal to 9% of income earned from manufacturing, producing, growing or extracting in the United States, is available to every single taxpayer who qualifies in the U.S. The oil and gas industry, and only the oil and gas industry, is limited to a 6% deduction.
Percentage Depletion – The percentage depletion deduction is a cost recovery method that allows taxpayers to recover their lease investment in a mineral interest through a percentage of gross income from a well. This depletion method is not available to companies that produce oil as well as refine and market it (i.e. "Big Oil".) This is available to all extractive industries (gold, iron, clay, etc) in the US and is in no way unique to the oil and gas industry.
Note that none of these are "subsidies", nor (other than intangible drilling costs) are they unique only to the oil industry (although the oil industry is the only industry that is limited in the Section 199 deductions). We hear Democrats whine constantly about the loss of manufacturing jobs, yet here they are pushing for tax changes that will likely kill good high paying manufacturing jobs in a critical industry. Not only that, but as API's chief economist, John Felmy points out they will also hurt our economy in other areas and possibly lessen our energy security by driving future jobs off shore:
[T]he more we invest here, the more we produce, the more we have improved energy security and, really importantly, it reduces he trade deficit. And for every reduction in the trade deficit means that's dollars that aren't lowing abroad and can be spent here, and adds further to the U.S. economy that we desperately need.
Those are extremely important points, points that are being virtually ignored by the Democrats and the administration in this headlong rush to "punish" big oil for "excess profits" and more importantly, as a means of taking the political heat off themselves and their absurd and self-defeating economic policies. Somehow, one assumes, they believe that if they tax the oil industry more, then gas will cost less – go figure.
Read the transcript of the call I've linked above. Check the numbers out. It is eye-opening.
And the oil business isn't the only target of such nonsense. Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, covers the NLRB/Boeing debacle in today's WSJ – something I pointed out a week or so ago. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has gone to war against another home team – Boeing. Here's a company doing precisely what you'd expect the administration would applaud if they at all believed their rhetoric about "jobs, jobs, jobs":
Deep into the recent recession, Boeing decided to invest more than $1 billion in a new factory in South Carolina. Surging global demand for our innovative, new 787 Dreamliner exceeded what we could build on one production line and we needed to open another.
This was good news for Boeing and for the economy. The new jetliner assembly plant would be the first one built in the U.S. in 40 years. It would create new American jobs at a time when most employers are hunkered down. It would expand the domestic footprint of the nation's leading exporter and make it more competitive against emerging plane makers from China, Russia and elsewhere. And it would bring hope to a state burdened by double-digit unemployment—with the construction phase alone estimated to create more than 9,000 total jobs.
Eighteen months later, a North Charleston swamp has been transformed into a state-of-the-art, green-energy powered, 1.2 million square-foot airplane assembly plant. One thousand new workers are hired and being trained to start building planes in July.
It is an American industrial success story by every measure. With 9% unemployment nationwide, we need more of them—and soon.
Pretty hard not to agree with that, right? And, the administration and Democrats have told the America people repeatedly that their focus is on jobs. But in the example above about the oil industry and this example about Boeing, the rhetoric does not come close to supporting reality In reality, they're at war with the job creators:
Yet the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) believes it was a mistake and that our actions were unlawful. It claims we improperly transferred existing work, and that our decision reflected "animus" and constituted "retaliation" against union-represented employees in Washington state. Its remedy: Reverse course, Boeing, and build the assembly line where we tell you to build it.
And, as with ExxonMobil, the government's actions have consequences that it either doesn't understand or doesn't care about. McNerney lays them out for you in the cold light of economic reality and, as you'll note, it's not much different than ExxonMobil's answer:
The world the NLRB wants to create with its complaint would effectively prevent all companies from placing new plants in right-to-work states if they have existing plants in unionized states. But as an unintended consequence, forward-thinking CEOs also would be reluctant to place new plants in unionized states—lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants elsewhere across the country.
U.S. tax and regulatory policies already make it more attractive for many companies to build new manufacturing capacity overseas. That's something the administration has said it wants to change and is taking steps to address. It appears that message hasn't made it to the front offices of the NLRB.
We are in some dire economic times right now, and we have an activist government that is saying one thing but doing another. It is telling us how critical jobs are to our economy on the one hand while, in two very important examples, doing everything in their power to discourage large American companies from creating them.
This is nothing more than political payback and cronyism. At risk are the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Americans, put at risk to satisfy a political agenda. The oil industry is not a favored industry of the left, so the administration and Democrats are doing their level best to drive it off, just when untold amounts of new fossil energy has been discovered (shale). Boeing, on the other hand, isn't serving a favored constituency as the administration and Democrats would prefer. So they have attacked that company as well.
Both are extraordinarily bad precedents and symptomatic of a toxic political atmosphere in which the administration and Democrats are engaged in trying to pick winners and losers. They are also engaged in serving favored constituencies rather than doing all that is necessary to encourage and invite domestic American industries (the home team) to create jobs. Their actions border on the criminal and are inexcusable – especially in these tough economic times when Americans are suffering from the economic downturn.
These are actions that by government that must be stopped and stopped now. And Democrats need to be put on notice that their ploy to punish the oil industry is transparent partisan politics and wholly unacceptable to the American people.
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Lawfare v. Warfare: Bin Laden family uses a little "Alinsky" on US and Obama
One of the "Rules for Radicals" that Saul Alinsky touted was:
"Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
In a piece published by the New York Times, the "bin Laden family" condemns the attack on their father and demands that there be a reckoning:
If OBL has been killed in that operation as President of United States has claimed then we are just in questioning as per media reports that why an unarmed man was not arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world. If he has been summarily executed then, we question the propriety of such assassination where not only international law has been blatantly violated but USA has set a very different example whereby right to have a fair trial, and presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a court of law has been sacrificed on which western society is built and is standing when a trial of OBL was possible for any wrongdoing as that of Iraqi President Sadam Hussein and Serbian President Slobodan Miloševic'. We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems and crime's adjudication as Justice must be seen to be done.
They're also threatening to take the case to the International Criminal Court which would be an interesting turn of events.
The hidden premise, of course, is OBL was a criminal, not an unlawful combatant. The UN is also pushing that premise through its odious "Human Rights Council":
The United Nations (UN) affiliated human rights attorneys say the United States should release more details on the death of Osama Bin Laden during a military raid in Pakistan.They say in the statement that
"actions taken by States in combating terrorism, especially in high profile cases, set precedents for the way in which the right to life will be treated in future instances."
The statement, issued jointly by law professors Christof Heyns of South Africa's University of Pretoria and Martin Scheinin of European University Institute in Florence, Italy, says that the "use of deadly force may be permissible" in certain circumstances "as a measure of last resort." But they say that "the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially decided punishment." These guidelines, the men say, are "international standards on the use of force. [emphasis mine]
The death of bin Laden is being described in some quarters as an "extrajudicial killing". In fact, bin Laden was always considered to be an "unlawful combatant" by us and as such had no such protections. In warfare, the targeted killing of an enemy, in this case unlawful combatant, is quite legal.
So what you are seeing here are competing premises, one saying terrorism is simply a criminal act and therefore terrorists must be treated as common criminals would be treated as well as afforded various rights because of that. The other says these are enemies who have declared war on the US, committed numerous acts of war and, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, are "unlawful combatants" and enemies whose targeted killing is an accepted practice of warfare.
Lawfare vs. warfare.
I think we've been pretty clear since the beginning, with the AUMF (which the Obama administration ironically used as the legal basis for its raid into Pakistan), that we're at war (and yes, I also accept the AUMF as a declaration of war).
Second guessing by all the world's hand wringers should simply be ignored. This isn't a criminal matter. It is a military matter and it was executed as such. The lesson it teaches other terrorists who've declared war on "the Great Satan" is we are relentless and remorseless. Those are two good messages to send.
As for the bin Laden family – sorry about dear old dad. Go float a wreath.
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/?id=14893In what is yet more proof that the next-generation DVD format war really is tied to the video game console space, new statistics from Adams Media Research in Carmel, Calif., as reported by The Wall Street Journal, reveal that the vast majority of HD DVD and Blu-ray players are either PS3s or HD DVD add-ons for the Xbox 360.
Adams Media states that there are currently 695,000 consumers that own a hi-def player of some sort. Breaking that figure down shows that about 400,000 are PS3 consoles, while only 25,000 are standalone Blu-ray players. Additionally, roughly 120,000 standalone HD DVD players have been sold compared with about 150,000 people that have purchased the add-on player for 360.
Some quick math will tell you that almost 80 percent of all hi-def players are game consoles or console add-ons. If either of these formats is to truly become mainstream to replace standard DVD, then that statistic is going to have to change.
http://www.dvdtown.com/news/hddvdpressevent/4256The Consumer Electronic Show starts today, but the HD-DVD camp started early with a press event late Sunday.
They used the event to present sales figures for the format. An estimated 175,000 HD-DVD players (Standalone, XBOX 360 Add-on and Laptops) have been sold from the format's launch until January 5th 2007. When it comes to sold titles, the figure reaches 28 titles per sold player.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=117Blu-ray software sales have now surpassed HD-DVD for the first time the week of December 24 and they did so by an impressive 20 percent. The sales gap is expected to widen further in 2007 based on research conducted by Twentieth Century Fox and Blu-ray is expected to outsell HD-DVD by a 3.5-to-1 ratio by the end of the first quarter.
Its looking pretty good for Sony right now. Its bound to get better after the ps3 is released in Europe and Australia.


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Benicio Del Toro
"21 Grams" Review
Benicio del Toro, Naomi Watts, and Sean Pennstar as three strangers who lives become irrevocably bound through a tragic accident. Challenging, uncomfortable, and uniquely moving, "21 Grams" is one of the year's most powerful films.
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Johnny Depp and Bencio del Toro play two drug-crazed freaks on a rampage through 1971 Las Vegas in Terry Gilliam's twisted adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's cult classic, now out in a lavish two-disc DVD set from the Criterion Collection.
Bradd Pitt tries to outmumble del Toro (remember Usual Suspects) in Guy Ricthies' hip new comedy.
Benicio has already won a Golden Globe for his terrific performance in this preachy drug film. Oscar to come? Read my review of this Soderbergh effort.
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The U.S. Copyright Office recently released a document outlining the organization's agenda through 2013. Among the many topics it plans to focus on, the office identified the legal treatment of pre-1972 sound recordings and the issue of public performance of sound recordings.
Because federal copyright law does not currently protect sound recordings made before 1972, the Copyright Office has undertaken a study regarding the possibility of extending copyrights to earlier recordings, the report stated.
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Boogie Nights
Review by Guido Henkel
Length: 155 mins.Rated: RFormat: Anamorphic Widescreen · 2.35:1Languages:English, FrenchSubtitles: English, French, SpanishExtras: 2 Commentary Tracks Deleted Scenes John C. Reilly Files Music Video Cast & Crew Biographies
"Boogie Nights" was 1997's sleeper hit, a movie that caught the industry by surprise and earned one of its stars, Burt Reynolds, an Academy Award nomination. It is director Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature movie, and as such displays an impressive maturity. Anderson's talent has since also produced "Magnolia," a very unique and highly extroverted epic that is also available on DVD through New Line Home Video. Both movie shows that Anderson is taking a very radical approach to filmmaking, offering fresh visuals and highly artistic devices to create his films. Highly touted by critics and audiences alike, "Boogie Nights" swept theaters and caused a buzz in throughout the film industry, making Anderson one of Hollywood's hottest new directors."Boogie Nights" tells the story of seventeen-year-old Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) whose dream it is to become a famous porn star. One night during his work shift as a dishwasher in a nightclub, he catches the eye of adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Jack, an icon in the adult movie industry, is on the lookout for fresh blood and Eddie is just the stud he needs. He makes the lad an offer that Eddie happily agrees. A few short days later already, they shoot their first film together during which Eddie displays an impressive stamina and professionalism on the job and even manages to give Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), the queen of porn, carnal pleasures with his "gifted" body during the film's shoot. Eddie changes his name to "Dirk Diggler," and becomes the industry's shooting star, taking porn movies to new heights. But where there is light, there is shadow, and as Dirk Diggler's star rises in the adult film industry, Eddie, the human being sinks lower and lower. Introduced to other people's vices like booze and cocaine, Dirk lives an excessive life and soon becomes completely addicted to drugs. He loses all self-control and eventually even has a fallout with his mentor Jack. They go their separate ways and Dirk's decline into the gutters of prostitution and crime is imminent.The acting in the movie is superb and to the point. Burt Reynold's focused, yet laid-back portrayal of the "family father" Jack Horner is worth special mention, as it is one of the best performances of his career. The cast is shored up by many great actors, such as Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and William H. Macy, who all throw in excellent and inspiringly refreshing performances. While it's a great movie overall, "Boogie Nights" does have its flaws. The most obvious one is its considerable length of 155 minutes. While it starts at a good pace, the movie loses focus somewhere down the line, and begins to drag quite noticeably in its last third. From a tight and racy story the movie entirely changes pace and takes on a more visual and extroverted form towards the end. Better editing would probably have helped tightening the story there, keeping the audience's attention all the way, creating a more cohesive film. The second flaw for my taste - and I know many people will disagree with me on this - is Julianne Moore as porn queen Amber Waves. While there is nothing wrong with her acting, she simply does not have the physical attributes it takes to become the influential and adored porn actress she portrays in this film. Apart from those weaknesses, however, "Boogie Nights" gives us an unabashed, rare glimpse into the world of the porn industry of the seventies. It perfectly displays the broken personalities of this industry, addicted to sex, drugs, and alcohol, completely meshed into their own world. Every attempt to escape this "family" eventually results in disappointment, embarrassment, and the person's suicide or return to porn movies. A circle that doesn't seem to have changed much even to this day."Boogie Nights" has been previously released as a Platinum Edition from New Line Home Video so I took a look at this 2-disc set also with a direct comparison in mind. And the differences are striking! The movie is presented in a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio on this DVD in a new 16x9 enhanced transfer. The earlier DVD had a noticeable over saturation of red throughout, which is especially evident when comparing both presentations side by side. This new transfer has been entirely color corrected and looks significantly more neutral than the previous release and also gives the film a colder look. The old DVD had a good amount of noise reduction applied to the image to get rid of film grain and to create a stable image. As a result, the image was lacking detail and compression artifacts, such as banding and pixelation, were evident throughout. In the new transfer, none of that remains. The image presents itself with an immense amount of more detail, revealing fine textures on walls, all the way to visible skin imperfections of the cast. Where the old transfer washed over details, the new one stands out with staggering definition, that will make you believe you are watching a film reel rather than a digital presentation. Blacks are deep in the new transfer, creating solid shadows and with its good contrast, the image is absolutely fantastic and entirely devoid of any compression artifacts.It appears, New Line has slightly re-mixed the audio track as well. Where the old track had an audible unbalance that drowned out dialogues at times, I found this presentation more balanced, giving the dialogues more room to breathe. The 5.1 mix that is highly dynamic and rich with pretty aggressive surround usage. A deep bass extension ensures that the audio sounds as funky as you want it to be.Michael Penn's contemporary music track conjures up the right seventies feel for the movie, partly consisting of original bits and pieces, as well as well-known disco, soul and funk tunes from the era to help stylize the images and settings.The film's presentation on this DVD features two separate commentary track. The first track is the audio commentary by director Paul Thomas Anderson that can also be found on the previous release. It is a very energetic commentary that is highly informative and involving, giving the viewer a good understanding about the production and where Anderson came from. The track seems to have been remixed and has a much more sonorous and natural quality than on the old disc.The second commentary track features director Anderson together with many of his cast members, such as Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly and Mark Wahlberg. Although edited together from different recording sessions, the track has a very dynamic and fluent feel. Anderson serves as the MC, so to say, tying everything together very nicely. As expected, the track is rowdy, raunchy and off the wall. The first comments set the tone for the entire commentary when Anderson asks Julianne Moore, "Do you think Luis Guzman was stoned while we did this shot?" With such an introduction, you just know what you're getting for the next 150 minutes. A lot of laughs, a great number of potshots and people talking about all possible and impossible events they remember about making the film. Spiced up with some ambient recordings, about people talking in the kitchen while grabbing a beer, this commentary track feels as if you have a bunch of friends over at your place and they just keep talking about the film! Great stuff and a very cool addition to the disc that alone makes a repurchase of the DVD a must!On the second disc of the 2-disc box set we find a number of familiar bonus materials form the film's previous DVD, as well as some new stuff. First there is a selection of deleted scenes. All the 9 deleted scenes from the first release are included, as well as one additional one. This biggest surprise here was that these deleted scenes are actually presented in anamorphic widescreen as well! You can decide whether you want to watch the scenes with their original audio track or with an accompanying commentary by the director.The music video "Try" is also included on the disc in pretty much the same form as it was on the previous one, as well as the extensive cats and crew biographies, that does include full biographies for the film's fictional characters. Very funny stuff, so make sure to check it out.You can also find "The John C. Reilly Files" on the disc, a series of footage from the movie that shows alternate takes and behind the scenes footage featuring actor John C. Reilly. Running about 15-minutes, this is an interesting little addition to the disc with a few great moments.Porn actor John Holmes was the inspiration to the Dirk Diggler character in the movie and this DVD was originally planned to contain excerpts from the John Holmes documentary "Exhausted." Due to unexpected legal issues however, New Line had to pull this 30-minute documentary from the disc in the last minute."Boogie Nights" is a faithfully unfaithful look at the adult movie industry from two different viewpoints - one humorous and one pensive. It's a sizzling exploration of the people involved in this business and the people who like to rub shoulders with those who are, in hope of some onscreen appearance. It is an entertaining movie that is highly recommended for everyone interested in the genre and a look behind the scenes, through the eyes of some fictional characters loosely based on real porn industry icons. With the John Holmes documentary gone, there doesn't seem to be too much new material on this release of "Boogie Nights" but don't be fooled. Fans of the film will still want to buy this 2-disc set, if only for the hot new transfer and the additional, riotous commentary track.
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An anonymous Activision source has divulged the existence of a cancelled final Guitar Hero project, titled simply Guitar Hero 7. The game was binned along with the Guitar Hero franchise as a whole in early 2011, and with all due respect to developer Vicarious Visions, it sounds like we dodged a bullet. The project was allegedly a "disaster", an attempt at reinvention crippled by over-reaching ambition and limited resources.
Guitar Hero 7 would have come with a questionable new take on the classic guitar peripheral. "This amazing thing was a six stringed guitar," the source told Kotaku, in one especially eyebrow-raising paragraph. "Not a real guitar, or even full six-stringed. It had the classic Guitar Hero buttons on the neck with one extra new button, and six strings where the strum bar used to be. YAY! Now they have an extra button and five more strum bars!"
Early prototypes of the kit left much to be desired. "The strings were unresponsive and loose, and the guitars cost a fortune to make. No one could figure out a way to make it so your average Joe could buy one."
The absence of singing and drumming was another disappointment, revealed the source, though the prospect of dynamic venues was attractive on paper. One of Vicarious Visions' demos "had camera cuts that were unique to the song being played. The venue was amazing and animated, and each time something in the song changed the venue would also. I didn't even like the song, but the demo gave me goosebumps."
Other venue concepts included "a tomb, the back of a moving truck. The locations were going to match the songs. Each song would have its own music video. It was a nice idea, and some of the concepts looked great." But there was too much flying blind. "Then they realized they didn't have any songs. Everything was being built around 'Turn The Page - Metallica,' and 'A Thing Called Love - The Darkness.' They'd change the venues and animations as the songs came in.
"When the songs started coming in, a great sense of dread came about everyone with an active brain," the source continued. "The game had all of the worst hits from the 1990's. They realized that, with our lack of budget and time, they couldn't get quality music so they bought bargain basement music like 'Closing time' and 'Sex and Candy.' There were some songs in there that had been used at least three times in the GH franchises before.
"They realized that with a setlist of over 80 songs, a music video unique to each song was out of scope as well. So pretty much every song was in the tomb or the back of the moving truck, with different lighting and camera cuts, and maybe a little graffiti. So they had a game that looked bad, had bad music, had very limited venues, and more was getting cut as time went on."
Activision's Bobby Kotick has said Guitar Hero will return as and when "we can deliver a really high level of innovation". By the looks of things, Guitar Hero 7 was innovation for the worst.


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ORANGE COUNTY, IN—Police say a steel coil wasn't properly tied down when it fell from a truck and killed three people and injured a young girl on a southern Indiana highway.
Trooper Bill Flick says the semi-trailer was hauling steel coils on state Highway 37 about 8:30 p.m. Monday when it rounded a curve and a nearly 44,000-pound coil came loose from the trailer and crushed the vehicles. He says the truck and cars didn't collide.
The accident took place about a mile north of Orleans.
The department said Tuesday the coil struck a pickup truck driven by 22-year-old Zachary Staggs of Bedford, killing him and 21-year-old Shannon Steele of Jasper and injuring 11-year-old Mackenzie Taylor. She was taken by helicopter to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky., where she was listed in fair condition.
The coil also hit a car, killing the driver, 41-year-old Michael Daugherty of Mitchell.
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Gov. Mike Beebe has signed legislation that toughens the state's anti-human trafficking law.
The new law offers protections for victims, including a right to sue their abductors. The law also creates new penalties for anyone who knowingly patronizes a prostitute who is a human trafficking victim.
Also under the law, the attorney general will now be allowed to create a task force to suggest other ways to address human trafficking.
A national group last year called Arkansas 1 of the "faltering four" states in terms of legislation to protect victims of human trafficking.
Law enforcement officials said that although the state has had a human trafficking law on the books since 2005, but no one has ever been arrested under the statute.
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Is Jeff Ireland running Miami into the ground?
First comes a tweet from the Steelers S Ryan Clark. Who says no FA's are signing with Miami because of Ireland. Next comes Broaddus. Who says that Ireland is untrustworthy and has bad leadership. And finally today fans protested outside the training facility. "About 30 people, including four men with paper bags over their heads and another one clutching a Dan Marino doll, said recent decisions by Dolphins' management led to what is believed to be the first protest of the franchise by its fan base.... Some fans held signs that read "FIRELAND," a reference to Ireland. A few cars honked as the protesters yelled, clapped and at one point chanted, "Jeff Ireland's got to go." "Bryan Broaddus @BryanBroaddus Hearing all these former players in MIA talk about GM Jeff Ireland I am not one bit surprised. Even his Dad in Jupiter, FL has turned on him 15h Troy Carter @twc561 @BryanBroaddus what do you think has caused Ireland's failure? Bryan Broaddus @BryanBroaddus @twc561 Just look at his body of work and you tell me. It's a position of leadership and trust, he has neither. That is a bad person. 12:03 AM - 20 Mar 12 via TweetList Pro · Details Reply Retweet Favorite" Are the Phins about to implode? And aren't you glad he isn't in Dallas anymore?


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#Breaking #NewportBeach: Reports of shots fired at Fashion Island. Parts of mall believed to be locked-down.—
Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) December 16, 2012
Just days after a mall shooting in Portland, Ore., reports of another incident are emerging tonight from Newport Beach, Calif.
Gun shots @ Fashion Island. Hundreds of ppl just running out into the parking area as we were leaving. Hope everyone is OK…—
Victoria Lo (@vlo4sho) December 16, 2012
My mom, son, and I are shopping at Fashion Island and we heard gun shots we're hiding in the restroom.—
Jenn (@jennicake) December 16, 2012
All we're hearing is there is a gunman loose—
Jenn (@jennicake) December 16, 2012
@jennicake news says cops are there. Stay there till they come get you guys.—
Missak Tokhmanian (@followMissak) December 16, 2012
@jennicake. Keep tweeting so we know you're ok !—
Viva_La_kimmie (@Viva_La_Kimmie) December 16, 2012
Shooting at Macy's fashion island! I'm here right now, got locked in anthropologie – got out – making way to my car—
Marc Hemeon (@hemeon) December 16, 2012
In fashion island police people running and we are hiding in the car! Staying put until the girls parents make it to us! Does anyone know?—
Carolyn Himes (@carolynhimes) December 16, 2012
At bath and body work fashion island stuck in the back room because there is a gunman shooting outside!! What is happening in this world!??—
Jake Smith (@AccordingToJake) December 16, 2012
It's NUTS!! In my office across from #fashionisland and I hear over 50 rounds fired!! Took over 5 min for police response.#shooting WTF??—
David Razin (@DhRazin) December 16, 2012
Locked in a store at Fashion Island. Rumor of a gunman out and about.—
WM (@WaterMongrel) December 16, 2012
locked down in nordstroms at fashion island… possible shooting @ Macy's?—
Matt Jacob (@Mjacob70) December 16, 2012
People hiding behind the bars!! They have children!!!!!! http://t.co/CNdK0dF7—
Ana Sandoval (@bam_mrs) December 16, 2012
Lockdown in fashion island mall shooter on the loose!!! http://t.co/HtmmBVPv—
Ana Sandoval (@bam_mrs) December 16, 2012
Newport Beach Police are confirming the incident and say that parts of the mall are on lockdown. One person is reported to be in custody. We hope that reports that no one was hurt are correct.
#BREAKING: @NewportBeachPD confirms shots fired, say 1 person is in custody at Fashion Island. Mall still on lockdown. 4.nbcla.com/U1vkeU—
NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) December 16, 2012
From @ABC7 live now, @newportbeachpd has arrested someone who fired shots at Fashion Island, no one hurt & they're off to the weather.—
Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) December 16, 2012
Newport beach Fashion Island PD has one in custody. No one hit. Prk Lot closed betwn Macy's and theater http://t.co/9peL7Rvj—
Kevin Takumi (@KevinTakumi) December 16, 2012
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A chef from Stephen F. Austin University showed the kids how to make healthy Peanut Butter and Jelly wraps.
The art day featured several activities including zumba, watercolor drawing, and tai chi lessons.
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30 December 2013 5:47 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Top box office movies of 2013: If you make original, quality films… (photo: Sandra Bullock has two movies among the top 15 box office hits of 2013; Bullock is seen here in 'The Heat,' with Melissa McCarthy) (See previous post: "2013 Box Office Record? History is Remade If a Few 'Minor Details' Ignored.") As further evidence that moviegoers want original, quality entertainment, below you'll find a list of the top 15 movies at the domestic box office in 2013 — nine of which are sequels or reboots (ten if you include Oz the Great and Powerful), and more than half of which are 3D releases. Disney and Warner Bros. were the two top studios in 2013. Disney has five movies among the top 15; Warners has three. With the exception of the sleeper blockbuster Gravity, which, however dumbed down, targeted a more mature audience, every single one of the titles below were aimed either at teenagers/very, »
- Zac Gille
20 December 2013 1:44 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
'Gilda,' 'Pulp Fiction': 2013 National Film Registry movies (photo: Rita Hayworth in 'Gilda') See previous post: "'Mary Poppins' in National Film Registry: Good Timing for Disney's 'Saving Mr. Banks.'" Billy Woodberry's UCLA thesis film Bless Their Little Hearts (1984). Stanton Kaye's Brandy in the Wilderness (1969). The Film Group's Cicero March (1966), about a Civil Rights march in an all-white Chicago suburb. Norbert A. Myles' Daughter of Dawn (1920), with Hunting Horse, Oscar Yellow Wolf, Esther Labarre. Bill Morrison's Decasia (2002), featuring decomposing archival footage. Alfred E. Green's Ella Cinders (1926), with Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis. Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet (1956), with Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Robby the Robot. Charles Vidor's Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready. John and Faith Hubley's Oscar-winning animated short The Hole (1962). Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), with Best Actor Oscar winner Maximilian Schell, »
- Andre Soares
20 December 2013 1:14 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
'Mary Poppins' among 25 films chosen for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry (photo: Julie Andrews in 'Mary Poppins') The powers-that-be at the United States' Library of Congress have chosen to give the Walt Disney Studios a little support. Saving Mr. Banks, directed by John Lee Hancock, and starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers, opened to solid — though hardly outstanding — box office numbers at 15 North American venues last Friday, December 13, 2013. The movie, which also features Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, and Rachel Griffiths, opened in wide release in the U.S. and Canada today, Dec. 20. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, the Library of Congress announced that Mary Poppins (1964) had been included among the 25 movies added to the National Film Registry "to be preserved as cinematic treasures for generations to come." Directed by Robert Stevenson, Mary Poppins remains one of the biggest blockbusters ever, »
- Andre Soares
18 December 2013 9:21 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The National Film Registry has selected 25 films to be added to its catalog of titles to be preserved by the Library of Congress. The films selected certainly run the gamut -- Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" was chosen alongside Disney live-action classic "Mary Poppins." Also chosen were Stanley Kramer's courtroom epic "Judgment at Nuremberg"; John Sturges' "The Magnificent Seven," inspired by Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"; Burton-Taylor showdown classic "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; Rita Hayworth vehicle "Gilda"; John Ford's Ireland-set "The Quiet Man," starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; 1956 fantastical sci-fi entry "Forbidden Planet"; and space program epic "The Right Stuff." Michael Moore's "Roger & Me," on the General Motors plant closure in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, was one of the four documentaries to make the list. Moore penned a letter in appreciation, thanking the Library of Congress for the timeliness of its selection:The news comes at. »
- Beth Hanna
17 December 2013 11:45 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
"Pulp Fiction," "Roger & Me," "The Magnificent Seven," "Mary Poppins," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" are among 25 films selected by the Library of Congress this year to be added to its National Film Registry.
The registry is composed of U.S.-made pics dating from 1912 that are deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" enough to warrant preservation. The list is expanded annually by 25 titles selected by the librarian from suggestions by the facility's curators, members of the National Film Preservation Board and the public. The 2013 selections bring the number of pics in the Registry to 625.
Eligible films run the gamut of Hollywood classics, silent films, documentaries, independent and experimental motion pictures. This year's picks are the usual eclectic mix that include MGM's 1956 sci-fi classic, "Forbidden Planet;" John Wayne's much-praised turn in John Ford's 1952 drama "The Quiet Man;" the Charles Vidor- directed film noir classic, »
- Paul Harris
10 October 2013 4:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
As a sparkling restoration of Orson Welles's delirious 1947 film noir is unveiled at the London film festival, Tony Paley explores the dramatic story behind its production
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Citizen Kane may no longer automatically called the greatest film ever made, but a year after Orson Welles's movie was knocked off the top of Sight & Sound's poll on the 50 greatest films of all time, the late director is back in the spotlight with two world premieres.
This week, Too Much Johnson (1938), a forerunner to Citizen Kane, was screened where the director's "lost" silent film was found – in the Italian town of Pordenone. It coincided with the opening night of the London film festival, where the sparkling new restoration of The Lady from Shanghai (1947) will be unveiled.
Welles screened The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) for his cast and crew prior to shooting The Lady from Shanghai. »
- Tony Paley
12 September 2013 9:32 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale talks to Steve Rose about entrancing Fellini, spurning Brando – and why appearing in 135 films still isn't enough
There's nothing Claudia Cardinale hates more than staying still, but for the past two months she's had to do exactly that. She broke her foot on holiday in Tunisia and has since been holed up in her Paris flat. "It was stupid," she says, in her distinctive Mediterranean rasp. "I was playing volleyball. There was water on the edge of swimming pool, and I slipped. I like to be active, so when I have to sit for two months without going out, it's terrible. I had many places to go and I had to refuse: Venice, Kiev, Osaka. Now it's Ok. Yesterday I went out for the first time, but the weather is ugly."
Cardinale is a survivor from the era when movie giants walked the earth – most of them alongside her. »
- Steve Rose
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Floating heads! Photoshop nightmares! Extreme camera mugging! We all know a lousy movie poster when we see one, right? But let's not focus on the negative. Instead, here's a collection of some of the most memorable, iconic, audacious, eye-catching, and flat-out gorgeous movie posters ever unleashed.
And so, in a rather stream-of-consciousness order…
(Note: many of the posters here were pulled from the amazing IMPAwards site. Check it out!)
Still one of the most horrifying images ever created. It's so Big!!
So iconic, that a few short months later it was sent up, to humorous and soon-to-be-legendary effect:
The subtle biting of the lip says all there is to say about the dirty, delicious cult phenomenon.
Va-va-va-voom! There were several versions of this poster for Gilda, but this one is my fave because it doesn't feature Glenn Ford about to slap Rita Hayworth.
The beat-up stencil, »
- Brian Juergens
31 July 2013 12:06 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Women in Film: Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, and dozens of movie actresses in curious morphing montage A few dozen top international female movie stars, most of them Hollywood celebrities, are seen in the Women in Film morphing montage below created by Philip Scott Johnson. The faces belong to actresses from the 1910s to the early 21st century. (Image: The 'Daughter' of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner — who sort of looks like a cross between Eleanor Parker and Cyd Charisse as well — in the Women in Film morphing montage.) Just as interesting as trying to identify each of the famous faces is stopping the video while the morphing is going on, so you get Daughter of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner, or Daughter of Audrey Hepburn and Dorothy Dandridge, or Daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer and Sigourney Weaver. Some of those Daughters are quite pretty; others look like they've just landed on this planet. »
- Andre Soares
17 July 2013 4:43 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Louise Brooks in Prix de Beauté: 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Louise Brooks will kick off the 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, the Sfsff will screen Augusto Genina's Prix de Beauté aka Beauty Prize at the Castro Theater. Released in 1930 — when talkies had already become established in much of the moviemaking world — the French-made Prix de Beauté came out in both sound and silent versions, a widely common practice in those days as many theaters had yet to get wired for sound. Needless to say, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival's Prix de Beauté print is the silent version, recently restored by the Cineteca di Bologna. (Photo: Louise Brooks in Prix de Beauté.) Prix de Beauté, which marked the last time Louise Brooks starred in a feature film, tells the story of a typist who enters a beauty contest — much to her »
- Andre Soares
30 June 2013 5:54 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank's Rita Hayworth retrospective...
Two years after Citizen Kane, the genius Orson Welles married Rita Hayworth. This was her second marriage lasting three years before they separated – but not before a brief rekindling of their romance on the set of The Lady from Shanghai. It didn't last long and they divorced in 1948. In that regard, Hayworth and Welles' relationship is an important factor to consider when analysing this strange mess of a film. Detailed by James Steffen and Rob Nixon on Turner Classic Movies, a rough cut of the film was 155 minutes long and was chopped down by editor Viola Lawrence to a mere 87 minutes; David Benedict, introducing the film at the BFI Retrospective, was under no illusion about the distorted and clunky "short" film we were yet to watch. This is not Orson Welles at 100% - indeed, he is barely at 50% - but amongst the awkward accents, »
- Flickering Myth
23 June 2013 9:27 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Simon Columb attends BFI Southbank's Rita Hayworth retrospective...
In The Shawshank Redemption (titled Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption in Stephen King's Different Seasons) there is a moment whereby we see a scene from Gilda. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) attempts to ask Red (Morgan Freeman) to bring him "Rita Hayworth" but before he can ask, Red tells him to wait so that he - and all the prisoners - can fully appreciate her cinematic introduction: "Gilda, are you decent?" She throws back her hair. "Me? Sure. I'm decent".
The prisoners cheer in what may be one of the most iconic moments in Hollywood history - a moment that truly established her as a star from the trailer alone. But Gilda carries more than mere eye-candy for the viewers, it is also considered the "gayest, straight film" according to David Benedict (who introduced the film at the BFI) as the »
- Flickering Myth
17 June 2013 7:39 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Man of Steel weekend box office: Above estimates, but real June record remains beyond the reach of Superman 2013 reboot (image: Henry Cavill as Superman in Man of Steel) Somewhat surprisingly — it's usually the other way around — Warner Bros.' Man of Steel grossed more than $3 million above studio estimates released on Sunday, June 16, 2013. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Sucker Punch), and starring Henry Cavill (The Tudors, possibly the upcoming The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), the 2013 Superman reboot scored $116.61 million from 4,207 North American locations according to weekend box-office actuals found at Box Office Mojo. Once Thursday evening figures are added, the $225 million-budgeted Man of Steel's domestic cume reached $128.68 million by Sunday evening. Now, Man of Steel's adjusted $116.61 million doesn't change the June Box-Office Record Chart in any way. The Superman reboot remains ahead of the former official June champ, the Tom Hanks-, Tim Allen-voiced Toy Story 3's »
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Betty Hutton: Personal nadir (image: Betty Hutton interview on the PBS show American Masters) [See previous post: "Betty Hutton: Annie Get Your Gun, Dancing with Fred Astaire."] The year 1967 was Betty Hutton's personal nadir: her mother died in a fire, she filed for bankruptcy, and her fourth marriage came to an end. Besides the aforementioned Charles O'Curran, Hutton's husbands were camera manufacturer Theodore S. Briskin, Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, and jazz trumpet player Pete Candoli. Repeating a line similar to Rita Hayworth's complaint that her many husbands went to bed with Gilda but woke up with Rita, Hutton once said, "My husbands all fell in love with Betty Hutton. None of them fell in love with me." Following a partial recovery in the early '70s, she landed a gig performing Annie Get Your Gun at a dinner theater outside of Boston. One night, she collapsed onstage. "I don't want to go into how I got here, »
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9 April 2013 7:04 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Most recent film appearances, plus concert and television work Please check out our previous post: "Montiel La Violetera and Pedro Almodóvar Icon." Her last star vehicle of note was Juan Antonio Bardem's Varietés (1971), a melodrama about an aging actress who continues to dream of becoming a bona fide star. [Please scroll down to listen to Montiel's husky rendition of "Amado mío."] The forty-something hopeful eventually gets her chance at stardom, but it all turns out to be a flash in the pan. By then, following a whole array of formulaic romantic musical melodramas, Montiel's box-office allure had waned rather radically. She turned down roles in Spain's cine del destape -- post-Franco softcore comedies -- which eventually meant the demise of her movie career. Her last official star vehicle was Pedro Lazaga's comedy Cinco almohadas para una noche ("Five Cushions for One Night," 1974) -- though she would be seen in Eduardo Manzanos Brochero's That's Entertainment-like compilation feature Canciones de nuestra »
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13 March 2013 5:23 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Blue Velvet has plenty of the makings of noir: a sultry and dangerous atmosphere, big city fear, femme fatale (Dorothy Vallens/Isabella Rossellini), an intrepid detective working outside the police force (Jeffrey Beaumont/Kyle MacLachlan), and, of course, Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), a psychopath akin to the best of late-period classic American noirs.
By stirring the pot a bit Lynch moves these ingredients closer to something like revisionist noir or satire. The detective and his love interest Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) are more characters from a Nicholas Ray or John Hughes film than anything hard-boiled; the color scheme pushes the pastel-suburbs so far from the darkly saturated nighttime city as to be nearly comical that the two coexist; even Hopper's Booth takes the psycho-sexual penchants of the worst of Richard Widmark or Ralph Meeker to new extremes.
Blue Velvet's centerpiece trope is The Slow Club, a dim, sensual »
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12 March 2013 2:16 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by David Lynch
Written by David Lynch
I have never seen a David Lynch film. I know very little about him. I doubt that I truly grasped that Lynch was a surrealist filmmaker before now, yet Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive have been on my to-be-watched list for a decade. So when I sat down to watch Mulholland Drive, I knew absolutely nothing about the "plot" or the characters. Depending on how you view Lynch, two and a half hours of total confusion may be the best or worst way to be introduced to his style.
For my own sanity, I will try to summarize the story. The film begins with a series of parallel storylines: a woman (Laura Harring) is riding up Mulholland Dr. in a limo only to have the driver stop and aim a gun at her; an increasingly nervous man describes his nightmare »
- Katherine Springer
28 February 2013 8:09 AM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Titan Books recently released Max Allan Collins' Seduction of the Innocent, a hardboiled detective novel inspired by the 1950′s witch-hunt against crime and horror comic books. If the topic piques your interest and you want to learn more, check out our exclusive excerpt from the novel.
Synopsis: "It's 1954, and a rabble-rousing social critic has declared war on comic books – especially the scary, gory, bloody sort published by the bad boys of the industry, Ef Comics. But on the way to a Senate hearing on whether these depraved publications should be banned, the would-be censor meets a violent end of his own – leaving his opponents in hot water.
Can Jack Starr, private eye to the funny-book industry, and his beautiful boss Maggie unravel the secret of Dr. Frederick's gruesome demise? Or will thecrackdown come, falling like an executioner's axe…?
A hardboiled detective novel inspired by the 1950s witch-hunt »
- Jonathan James
19 February 2013 2:39 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
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Van Heflin (l.) and Glenn Ford star in 1957's 3:10 to Yuma.
The beautifully shot and acted 1957 western movie 3:10 to Yuma was directed by Delmer Daves (Jubal).
Van Heflin (My Son John) stars as a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford (Gilda), to the train that will take him to prison. What begins as an apparently simple plan turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that will test each man's particular brand of honor.
Based on a story by Elmore Leonard (Freaky Deaky), the classic 3:10 to Yuma is considered to be one of the most psychologically complex and humane Westerns of its time—and certainly some than the 2007 remake starring Russell Crowe (Robin Hood) and Christian Bale (The Fighter), which is still available on DVD and Blu-ray. »
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8 February 2013 11:15 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
The Grammy Awards red carpet is absolutely unpredictable, which, of course, makes it the most fun of award shows! While I love actresses to look like movie stars, I think being a musician gives you leeway to dress any way you like. So here are some fun 'styling mash-ups' that serve as inspiration for how I'd like to see some of the ladies look on Grammy evening—or hey, just some great ideas for your next Halloween! Beyoncé: The star would look best with the glitz and glam of Linda Evans circa Dynasty crossed with the smoldering heat from Rita Hayworth in Gilda and then funk it up with a touch of Rick James. Pink: Harness the raw sexual energy of Sharon Stone in Basic »
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Arriving in Joshua Tree National Park feels a bit like entering a Dr. Seuss story, and not just because of the bulbous boulders and whimsical yucca trees. Joshua Tree is like a fantasyland for rock climbers thanks to an endless number of world-class routes. And if you aren't into climbing? There's still plenty of scrambles, hikes, and all-around rad adventures to be had in the massive desert park.
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NHS 111: Three deaths probed
At least 22 "possible serious untoward" incidents - including three where a patient died - relating to the new NHS 111 advice line, a health magazine reports. The deaths are being investigated. NHS England is keeping a 'careful eye' on the service.
Investigation over 'unexpected death' after 111 call
NHS Direct has told ITV News they are investigating one "unexpected death" after a patient in the West Midlands contacted its 111 helpline service.
NHS Direct said of the nine contracts it is currently operating, it is investigating seven "potentially serious" incidents related to calls to the 111 service.
Review of NHS helpline after 'chaotic' service
An "urgent" review of the NHS helpline in England will be carried out, after allegations that its service has been "chaotic" in some areas.
The 111 number has replaced NHS Direct, and emergency out of hours doctors' services in some parts of the country.
ITV News' Political Correspondent Libby Wiener reports:
Most NHS helpline providers giving 'good service'
Most NHS 111 providers have provided a good service but a small number have not.
There has been a vastly improved picture of NHS 111 compared with late March and the Easter Bank Holiday periods where problems were widely reported. Since that time, NHS England have put in place tighter controls.
We recognise the service may continue to have problems in some areas and therefore the 0845 46 47 number remains in place along with other out of hours services to ensure resilience in those places.
NHS England to identify 'deficiencies' in helpline
NHS England is to commission a review to learn vital lessons from how the NHS 111 service has been prepared and launched to date. The review will seek to identify the reasons for any deficiencies in the service to avoid similar problems when implementing the rest of the service and other future programmes.
NHS 111 has been running successfully in many areas of the country for a considerable time and public satisfaction with the service in these areas is high - 93% of those using the service were either satisfied or very satisfied with the service in the February 2013 figures.
What is the NHS service 111?
- For urgent medical help calls but not a life-threatening 999 emergencies.
- Unlike 999, the service only offers access to health services, with the police operating on their own 101 non-emergency helpline.
- Replaces the services provided by NHS Direct, which will end in June.
- 111 operators are able to dispatch ambulances when appropriate.
'Urgent review' into NHS England 111 helpline
NHS England will carry out an urgent review of the new 111 helpline following allegations its introduction has been chaotic and it has been close to meltdown, ITV News has learned.
The 111 number replaced NHS Direct and emergency out of hours doctor services in some areas.
Doctors have claimed that patients are being put at risk.
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FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Legends Trailer
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| Photo Diary | Downtown Tokyo
Ueno is one of my favourite areas in Tokyo. It has a rough edge that I fancy and a certain brash loudness that gets my wits in a fluttery of excitement.
The park is vast, old and wonderful. Filled with beautiful walks, cultural centres and marvellously peculiar people, it is a sort of living tapestry of Tokyo life . Ueno park also harbours a large community of Tokyo's homeless. There are few better places to people/life watch.
Also in Ueno is the hustle and bustle-ful Ameyoko. A lively, loud and boisterous stretch of market that is brimming with a huge assortery of things.
We love markets. We like the bickering, the banter and the bargaining. The smells, the madness and the mayhem. The muck, the colours and the personalities. For precisely all these reasons, street food tastes particularly good here amidst it all.
Takoyaki was the immediate choice. The perfect snack washed down with a cold beer and walked off with a stroll through the ever interesting area.
Thank you Hiro for the photos.
\\ What I wore: White mens dress shirt from Moss Bros + Skull cufflinks from Next + Wool trousers from All Saints + Tights from Tutuanna + Necklace 1899 Antique Russian Ruble + Shoes Dr Martens + Socks from Tabio + Lipstick from Burberry in Bright Plum.
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I love your shirt and that food looks amazing xReplyDelete
Definitely my kind of place to visit, I'd love to get lost in the midst of all the mayhem there. And I'd come even if only for the takoyaki!ReplyDelete
Aaaand, now craving takoyaki! Lovely post, you always see the world in such intriguing ways, it makes me want to open my eyes a bit wider to everyday life.ReplyDelete
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Our family of 5 rented the T-Birds Lodge just last week after spending the first 4 days of our vacation in a one room motel. Upon arrival, it was incredible. Once you open the front door, you see the Sangre de Cristo mountains out the back.The house was clean and ready for us to unpack.The kids ran throughout the house calling "dibs" on their rooms. Each room was so cool, we didn't have any fights! My husband & I called "dibs" on the master suite. The master suite has a tall king-sized bed that he had to help me get in to! There is a corner fireplace (however, it wasn't turned on for use). There's a balcony off the master suite with chairs and there's a master bath with a 2 person jacuzzi tub and a glass-enclosed walk in shower. Off of the master suite is a loft with incredible views of the mountains. Back down on the main level is a great room with furniture (that if I could have fit it in the van, it wouldn't be there anymore!) that is so comfortable and views that I couldn't get enough of. There's a couch and 2 chairs and a corner fireplace (again - not turned on). Behind the couch is a round table with 5 chairs. Just off of the great room is an enclosed sun room with a dining room table and chairs to seat 10 comfortably. The kitchen is a little on the small side; but, it has everything you need to cook anything you want. (I did bring my griddle for pancakes though) Downstairs is a walk-out basement with a playstation 3, 2 tv's, dvd player, vcr, and a family favorite (cocktail arcade table--> again, if it could have fit in the van...!) There's also a pool table and an elliptical. Just off this great room is a full bath (again with a jacuzzi tub) and 2 bedrooms. One of the bedrooms has a window...the other does not. Off the basement is a porch with a gas grill, small table with 4 chairs and a bench. There is a hot tub - but, it isn't available for use. Now, back upstairs..if you turn right after you get in the front door, there's a full bath and a laundry room. Then, go on down the hall and you have a guest suite. Up the stairs is a huge room with incredible views, king size bed, tv, 2 leather chairs, 2 bunk beds, a full bath, mini fridge and microwave. The deck just outside the main part of the house has 6 lounge chairs (cushions in the garage). The main thing I have to tell you is how grand the house was and how INCREDIBLE the owners are! They worked so hard to make this dream vacation work for us! Thank you so much!
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Since I'm in sales, I have never been accused of shyness and prefer my companion isn't either. I love people and believe most have very interesting life stories. My family is very important to me and I love to spend time with them as well as with yours. I love to entertain with friends. Laughing and good conversation is a good thing! There is much more, but we need to leave something to our imagination and fun of becoming acquainted. Oh, as an after thought, I love a man who cares enough to wear nice cologne. LOL
OK, if I haven't scared you away, I would love to hear from you nice guys. In the end we're all looking for the same thing! Happiness in this quarter of our life. "Time doesn't wait. The clock of life is wound but once!" Let's don't waste it!
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Wouldn't it be wonderful to find that special someone that makes you feel like a teenager again (with a few minor adjustments). That special person to travel with(I love cruises),enjoy a good latte, fun round of golf,(you don't have to be a golfer) holding hands in a good "chick" flick movie, enjoy nice sunsets and be thankful that we can enjoy the sunrises together.
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Four ex-cons held for city robberies
FOUR men accused of committing a number of robberies and break-ins in Kingston were held by members of the Flying Squad over the weekend.
The Flying Squad said the men, identified as ex-prisoners, had been creating havoc by committing burglaries within the Kingston and St Andrew area. "So far, based on police analysis, these men have robbed more than 20 homes in these area," the police said.
Several stolen items, said the police, were recovered by the members of the Flying Squad when they detained the men, following several operations in the city.
Persons whose homes have been broken into in recent times were asked to visit the Flying Squad at 127-129 Harbour Street, downtown Kingston, "to identify and recover their items, even if they had not reported the crime".
At the same time, the Flying Squad has advised persons, especially those living in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, to be cautious as men linked to several robberies sometimes pose as police officers and/or security guards conducting security checks.


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I have always been a speculative person, always wondering, "What if?" Even when I was a child reading books, I would find myself creating a different ending to the story and pondering that ever present question, "What if?" I was always putting happy endings on sad stories. Such as, I did not want to think of the Big Bad Wolf eating any of the Three Little Pigs, so I made up my own story. I had the three pigs eating wolf stew for supper with carrots and potatoes.
For years people have talked, speculated and even prophesied that Jesus was coming back to earth and rapture up his people at a certain time and date.


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