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The Deep Tunnel is full and more rain is coming.
That's the word from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, which operates the 109-mile long underground system designed to protect Chicago from flooding.
Though it's not unusual for the 2.3 billion gallon system to hit capacity — it does so roughly twice a year — officials say that further rainfall could yet see the current floods rival the damage caused by Sept. 2008's historically bad storm.
"We're watching it closely," said water district supervisor Ed Staudacher. "We are at the limits of a lot of our systems."
The district has been deliberately drawing down levels on the North Shore Channel, the North Branch of the Chicago River, the Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Cal-Sag Canal since Monday to prepare for the storm, Staudacher said.
Still, the waterways had to remain deep enough to allow ships to pass. So when the deep tunnel filled up, sending overflow into the waterways, they too hit their maximum levels, and all three gates restricting the overflow from entering Lake Michigan were opened overnight — a relatively drastic move engineers take only once or twice every five years.
Opening the gates sent sewage into the lake, but Staudacher said that it was "very dilute" because the rawest sewage was captured by the Deep Tunnel. Most of the sewage released into the lake is "basically storm water," he said.
Nonetheless, the Chicago Department of Water Management has increased the amount of chlorine it uses in its purification processes and is "aggressively monitoring" the quality of the drinking water it takes from the lake, spokesman Tom LaPorte said.
Commissioned in the 1970s, the $3 billion Deep Tunnel system was intended to keep Chicago's streets and basements dry during storms, and to keep pollution out of the lake.
But though the tunnels were recently finally completed, not all of the reservoirs it was supposed to connect to have yet been built, and engineers still rely on the lake for sewage overflow following especially heavy storms like Wednesdays.

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Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo ¬ H. Brooke Paige of WashingtonMONTPELIER With just days to go before the Democratic primaries, and a sitting governor and attorney general who havent even acknowledged his presence on the ballot, H. Brooke Paige is undeterred and believes he can win both those races.
Paige, of Washington, took the unusual step of securing his place on the ballot for governor and attorney general with one petition. State officials, namely Secretary of State James Condos, did not challenge the single petition for two offices. As a result, the 61-year-old is facing both Gov. Peter Shumlin and Attorney General William Sorrell.
Paige last ran for office in 2012, when he was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Now, hes on the ballot in two Democratic primaries. Paige isnt shy about why it provided the best chance, in his estimation, to win.
Also, he says he is not really the worlds greatest Republican.
These are just labels. Some people take them very seriously, Paige said.
He has his own label for himself.
I am a classic liberal, he said. Post-neoclassic liberal, Im told, is the proper name.
The definition, according to Paige, is a strong belief in small government and liberal rights for individuals. Vermont is leaning more and more toward big government and creating a group of citizens dependent on government, he said.
We create situations where people are too disadvantaged to take care of themselves, Paige said. We get to a point where we cant lead people on a pathway to self-sufficiency anymore. We get them stuck in a rut of dependency, and I think that is very sad.
The state must provide people with safety but look out for the common good at the same time, Paige said.
Hes running for governor against Shumlin because he believes the incumbents policies are hurting the state.
I got looking at all of the landscape here in Vermont and really realized that it would be a public service to save Vermont from another two years of Peter Shumlin, he said. I dont think Im alone in that consideration.
Paige called Shumlins proposal for a universal, publicly financed health care system a steamy pile of crud. He said the states effort under Shumlin to implement an online health insurance marketplace required by the federal Affordable Care Act has been a failure.
Paige said he favors universal access to health care that is not a financial detriment. But that should have been achieved by expanding the now-defunct Catamount Health plan, he said.
Additional changes, including tort reform and allowing the purchase of insurance across state lines, would help Vermonters more, according to Paige.
The sad part is nothing was broken but Shumlin couldnt hang his name on it, he said. Lets get back on firm footing and then we can take a look at the landscape and determine if theres something better to do.
Shumlins energy policies are also suspect, Paige said. Boosting the states renewable energy may be a laudable goal, he said, but the state is investing money and subsidizing technology that is not fully developed.
Whats wrong here is were investing far too much when were still in the innovator cycle, he said. Its all touchy-feely, instead of letting good, sound economic decisions drive the market, drive the technology.
In his race for attorney general, Paige said he is concerned with the cases and causes that Sorrell chooses to pursue.
I think Mr. Sorrell is running his office like a boutique law firm, picking and choosing politically desirable topics. Hes running it more like an extension of Vermont Law School, where every day theyre holding mock trials, Paige said.
The problem is when they lose one down at the AGs office it costs us another few million dollars, he said.
Sorrell, who participated in a public forum with Paige, said he enforces and defends the laws passed by the Legislature.
I have no idea what hes taking about, Sorrell said. The reality is I enforce the laws the Legislature enacts and when the state gets sued we defend whether its GMOs or Vermont Yankee wanting to avoid shutting down. If thats what a boutique firm is all about, then I guess Im guilty.
Despite political disagreements, Paige said he holds Sorrell in much higher regard than Shumlin.
I like Bill Sorrell. As a person, hes a nice guy. I cant say that for Shumlin by any stretch of the imagination, Paige said. I can say that I think Mr. Shumlin is morally and ethically challenged.
Shumlin has not engaged in any primary campaigning against Paige. In fact, Shumlin is scheduled to be out of state on vacation through the primary, which is Tuesday. His campaign declined to comment.
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KANNUR: The State Bank of Travancore (SBT), which is in an expansion mode in Kannur and Kasaragod, has evinced interest in lending loans to the upcoming Kannur airport project and Azhikkal harbour project. It is also willing to consider equity partnerships in these projects.
"Like any other commercial bank, we will provide loan to the consortium building the airport or seaport. Also if need arises, we would consider taking equity partnerships in these projects," said P Nanda Kumaran, managing director of SBT, on Tuesday.
Since March 2011, the bank has opened nine new branches in the two districts. "We plan to open at least 20 branches in Kannur and five in Kasaragod this financial year," said the SBT MD. According to him, the bank in the region has recorded a growth of Rs 360 crore in business in the last financial year.
In the next 12 months, it plans to open another 100 branches in Kerala and other metro cities across the country. It already has a total of 887 branches. In Kerala, SBT will open at least one branch per village.
In a move to attract NRI business, the bank has set up a representative office in Dubai. To enable instant money transactions for NRIs, it has also signed pacts with 34 money exchange firms in the Gulf. The bank is now in talks with eight affluent Malayalis, who have found a place in the top 30 wealthy people in the Gulf.
To augment its gold loan and issuance of gold coins, the bank is planning to open more Gold Point branches in the two districts apart from the existing two.
Under the financial inclusion plan, SBT has already adopted the business-to-consumer model with the Kudumbasree to cater to the financial needs of the public in Mayyil village. It is also planning to open a new branch there. SBT will soon start handling more treasury businesses in Kannur apart from the existing seven centres where treasury businesses are undertaken.
Nanda Kumaran allayed the fears over financial recovery from students. "In select cases, we start recovery only after a moratorium period of two years after course completion. However, this moratorium is not applicable for students who get placed in jobs immediately after the course," he said.
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I bought 2 bales of compressed sphagnum peat moss. What is the easiest way to spread it on the lawn? The lawn is about 10000 square feet and it's mostly grass that is runners. I don't know the variety.
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- Posted by garycinchicago Z5 Chicago IL. (My Page) on Thu, Oct 22, 09 at 21:06
2 bales isn't going to do much of anything over 10,000 square feet. Just fling it as far as you can, then rake it around with a leaf rake. Your two bales will disappear fast. |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Sat, Oct 24, 09 at 18:55
Two comments: I hope your soil is on the alkaline side b/c Sphagnum is pretty acidic, however you do not have enough to make any impact. For 10,000/ft2 you need around 10 cubic yards or two dump truck loads. |
- Posted by glad2garden 5 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 24, 09 at 20:27
Caramba! That's a lotta peat moss! I think I won't be using it. Seems like a waste of energy, yes? |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Sat, Oct 24, 09 at 23:06
What are you trying to accomplish? |
Where in zone 5 are you? When I read runners, I think of stolons, which spread above ground. There are not many cool season grasses that spread this way. |
- Posted by glad2garden 5 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 25, 09 at 11:27
I'm in western Massachusetts. I just moved into this house and it has nice grass. It looks like carpet grass, kinda like zoyzia maybe, and is very thick. I'm not used to this type at all. It's so thick it's hard to put a shovel into it, but I'm not complaining! I don't know what the previous owners did for maintenance, so I'm trying to figure out what I should do. Most people in this area put lime down twice a year. Then I thought I read that peat moss would be good for the lawn. But I can't spend gobs of money on it. Any ideas for me? |
Victoria, you must have been talking with your neighbors about what they apply to their lawns to get the info that they spread lime twice a year. Did they explain why they do that. Before you do such a thing, do some research into why lime is spread on lawns and how much is commonly used. From data on the western part of your state, there is nothing said about the general make-up of the soil is such that it is overly acidic....or alkaline, and hence any measureable amount of the element LIME to make any difference is questionable. There is nothing to assume you have any particular type of grass and since you are in the western part of your state and undoubtedly growing a cool season grass then we might make an assumption what you have is either a one type or a combo type containing Kentucky Bluegrass and Perennial ryegrass and a type of fescue. If you don't wish to get a soil test, then take a plug from the lawn....at the edge of a garden...and take it to your local full service nursery where they might identify it or at least suggest you should do what will assist its good health. Instead of the peat moss, this fall, spread 1/2" of ..either composted cattle manure or a good topsoil over the lawn. That's all. This, if repeated annually, for the next 4 years at least, will feed your lawn valuable organic matter which will help your lawn retain moisture and invite aerobic matter to also help your soil. If you were to spread such 1/2" over the 10,000 sq. ft. you would need 15 cubic yards per layering to cover such measure. Any pricing of soil is readily available by phone to your local soil dealers. Short of that, a regular scheduling of application of lawn fertilizer (granular type) should be part of your annual upkeep. |
I'm puzzled by the grass with runners. I can't think of any cool season grasses that spread by runners. Maybe creeping bentgrass, but that's not a very common lawn grass. Can you post a picture of your grass? Its possible that you've got zoysia. It has been marketed pretty heavily at times as sort of a miracle grass and was sold in cool season areas even though it's not appropriate for them. Does it go dormant earlier in the fall than most of the neighborhood lawns and turn green later in the spring? As far as spreading amendments goes, I agree with Jeannie's idea of spreading something like compost, but unless your lawn is lower than the sidewalks, I wouldn't spread any soil on the lawn. If you do, you'll raise the level of the lawn above the sidewalks and create problems. Adding compost or other organic matter won't have that effect because the organic content will continue to break down. |
Jeannie's tip of the day. Apply acorns to your lawn for acidification and cute little Oak trees. |
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What happens next in a relationship where one partner has cheated on the other? The short answer is, it depends. It depends on who cheated with whom, if the cheater thinks he or she is in love with their paramour, how long it has been going on, and most importantly why it happened.
When we first discover the 'hidden' messages on Facebook, or find charges for sexy lingerie or fine dining on the credit card bill, emotions run high. How could someone we love have done this to us? We are alternatively devastated and enraged, and rightly so.
Sometimes we become obsessed with who it is and where they go. For a while, we can divert ourselves by playing private investigator, or even hiring one. But all that information won't answer the question of 'why' it happened. The answer to that question might ultimately help us decide whether to stay or to go.
Some couples recover from betrayal and some do not. To decide where you want this relationship to be a year from now, or if you want it at all, hold on to these three operating principles.
1) Do not make your decision until you are ready to make it for yourself with all of its consequences. Think of it this way. This will, or can be, a learning and maturing experience for you alone.
2) Get some help but preferably from a marriage counselor rather than friends and family. The more people you tell, the more opinions you will receive. Those who love you may tell you to leave, but it should be your choice, not theirs. Confide in your wisest friends rather than the most emotional ones.
3) If you decide to stay, make new ground rules. Insist that your partner stop seeing, communicating with, or even being around "the other." Speak honestly and fully about the 'other' and the 'whys,' preferably with a marriage counselor. Though all of it is betrayal, many things are in your 'need to know' column. You have a right to know how often this happened, if this is the only person you were betrayed with, what promises have been made to 'the other,' and the circumstances of the cheating, ranging from drunken carelessness to deliberate and meaningful commitments.
If the answer to WHY is because you BOTH had grown apart but are willing to try to reconcile, then maybe the relationship can last. If the answer is that one of you is a sex addict or serial cheater, you know in your heart it will not last, but you alone can choose when it will end.
Nora Ephron once wrote that you cannot take the temperature of a relationship every day. That is especially true when you are knocked out or down by betrayal. Let your heart grieve, but breathe a little before jumping to a conclusion about what has to happen next.
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Hi everyone I am gardening while I type this and started to look at the plants I got from Home Depot. The big red one is loosing leaves and caudex is soft ( only by roots ) same with the white one . The white one was soft because I let it dry for a week but I put it in soil and watered it on Friday of last week. I felt the caudex where roots are and they are still soft. The red one was in the sun for weeks and it was ok but not sure if I watered it enough or not. I live in corona so we get winds and the heat here is unbearable some times . I have all my adenium in Kellogg cactus and palm soil and I added perlite to the mix. My other adenium are fine. Should I move the two sick ones back under my patio ? The white one hasn't gotten too much sun because I was dryi g it out due to some root rot and damage to the roots. If pictures will help lmk I just potted these plants so soil is fresh etc ... Also my point about mentioning weather the soil looks like it gets dried almost ever day |
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I would move them into a filtered light site. If the soil is moist, then I would not water in again. I would imagine if you get that hot there your watering requirements would be more often than some. Rick |
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Many businesses currently experiencing a slowdown in operations are taking advantage of the additional time to work "on" their business for a change. A constructive use of this opportunity — and a great way to keep employees working — is to evaluate and take steps to secure your Emergency and Continuity Plans.
How quickly can your company get back to doing business after a tornado, fire, flood or computer crash? Every year, thousands of companies are unprepared. The US Department of Labor states that over 40% of small businesses that experience a disaster never reopen, and of the remaining companies, at least 25% will close within 2 years.
1. Continuity plans. Most business owners agree that having a plan is important, but too few take the steps to prepare. Plans vary according to each individual company's needs, but the basics are the same no matter the industry, size or location.
Identify what types of emergencies – from a temporary electrical outage to a large geographic catastrophe – could affect your company, the likelihood of each happening, and how they could affect your business. Then, with that in mind, determine your needs and priorities. Once this information is collected, it is easier to put a plan in place to help resume operations.
2. Determine your immediate needs. What data do you need the day after a disaster? Check with your IT provider on availability. Does your telephone service have emergency options to ensure you don't miss any phone calls? Have your customer, vendor and employee information readily available.
Can you run the business from a different location? Develop relationships with other companies where you can set up temporarily. Also, create a relationship with a competitor you trust who can meet your customers' needs short term. This will help you maintain your relationships with your customers even when you are not able to provide the product or service yourself.
Have back-up vendors and shippers in place in case your primary ones are disabled. Establish relationships in advance and maintain them. Place occasional orders so that they regard you as an active customer when you need them. Keep extras of hard-to-replace parts or supplies on hand and store them off site.
3. Information. Many companies store their important files in a safe or on an external hard drive in the office. If the building is damaged or items stolen, it is highly likely your data will be, too. Online backup is a safe, low-cost option. You can establish frequency of backup, which will allow you to resume doing business quickly.
4. Have adequate insurance coverage. Review your policy with your agent so you understand what is covered and what is not. Do you have Cash Value or Replacement Value coverage? Is this coverage on your building or contents or both? Do you have flood insurance? Should you? Another area many business owners don't consider is Business Interruption Insurance. These are issues only you and your agent together can address.
In conjunction with your insurance policy, compile an asset inventory with photographic records and a written report. Knowing what you own, when the items were purchased and the cost will help reduce the process when filing your insurance claim. Even if you have adequate insurance coverage, most policies require a detailed list of what was lost, damaged or stolen. During the stress of recovering, you will most likely forget many items, and the time savings is imperative so you can begin rebuilding your business. Be sure to secure this information off site, and update the inventory annually.
Disaster may never strike, but if something does happen, having plans in place will help you through the transition and increase the odds that a temporary business interruption does not become a permanent one. According to the SBA, small businesses provide nearly 45% of the nation's payroll. A commitment to being prepared will support your employees, customers and the local economy.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab today welcomed WTO Members' approval of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization with the following statement:
"The United States is very pleased by today's action in Geneva and welcomes Vietnam into the international trade community. The world will benefit from the inclusion of this rapidly-growing, dynamic economy in the rules-based trading system. We now call upon Congress to quickly pass Permanent Normal Trade Relations legislation that will permit U.S. businesses, workers and consumers to benefit fully from Vietnam's accession and to build deeper and stronger bilateral trade ties going forward.
The Agreement comes at an exciting time in the economic relationship between our two countries. Vietnam has clearly embarked on a substantial program of economic reform that is built on basic rules of the WTO. I have been impressed with the strong efforts by the Government of Vietnam to ensure effective implementation of Vietnam's WTO commitments.
The agreed accession package reflects Vietnam's intentions to pursue liberalized trade, deregulation and expanded transparency. We look forward to building on the important achievements that will accrue from the accession and approval of its terms by Vietnam's National Assembly. Later this month, Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial and Leaders' meetings where we look forward to celebrating Vietnam's WTO accession and starting a new chapter in our trade relations."
Vietnam has been negotiating its terms of accession to the WTO since 1995. To complete its accession bid, Vietnam had to complete bilateral market access negotiations as well as multilateral negotiations on a Working Party Report and Protocol of Accession. As part of these accession commitments, the United States and Vietnam signed a bilateral market access agreement on May 31, 2006. Vietnam negotiated a comprehensive accession agreement and will implement its WTO commitments immediately, with few transitions. It has passed more than 80 laws to implement fully the agreements, including substantial changes to its regime on intellectual property rights protection. Vietnam will become a WTO member 30 days after accepting the agreement that WTO members approved today.
Vietnam will join 149 other members of the WTO. As a member, Vietnam will be governed by international trading rules and will provide greater access to its growing market of over 82 million people to all WTO members. Vietnam will also be required to enhance transparency in government processes and increase the economic freedoms of the Vietnamese.
USTR has been working with the U.S. Congress to enact legislation terminating application of Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions and pave the way for Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Vietnam, ensuring that American companies and consumers are able to secure the benefits of Vietnam's membership in the WTO. Legislation to provide PNTR status to Vietnam was introduced to the U.S. Congress on June 13, 2006 and was approved by the Senate Finance Committee on August 1, 2006 on a strongly bipartisan basis.


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In February I planted a bare root pear tree. It's still alive, has the same small tufts of leaves at the tips of its eight branches, and has the same buds -- UNOPENED. Nor have the leaves grown so much as a millimeter. The plant is alive but totallly unchanged. If plants could think, I know this one would be having a ball just driving me nuts! Anyone encounter this? Is there something to shock the tree into growing? (How about 220 volts!?)
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- Posted by dick_sonia Sunset 17 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 9, 10 at 13:03
Sounds like a bad case of transplant shock. The top growth may be alive, but there is no functional root system at this point. You'll just have to sit tight and see if the tree manages to get established. Fertilizing will only make things worse. Make sure that there is adequate water to the developing root zone, but don't drown it. |
I agree with the above. I think the tree was not well kept in the bare root condition and was stressed when you bought it. Al |
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Who's us? Passengers—taxi-ride buyers. Plus anyone else who participates in the market transactions that take us places.
Many Orlando, Florida cabbies are eager to work with the ride-sharing company that makes the smartphone app Uber. They're tired of leasing cabs for $129 a day while scrambling for enough price-controlled fares to earn a decent living after paying that steep cost. Uber drivers provide their own car and let the firm's technology connect them to customers. Uber gets 20 percent of fare revenue.
The politics are mostly hostile to the innovation in places like New York City where markets are mangled by super-high license fees and other regulations. The politics are also tough in Orlando, which has been cracking down on Uber drivers. But the mayor and Uber executives have been talking about a deal under which Uber could operate if it submits to . . . regulation. (Sigh.)
Cab companies in the City Beautiful expect to rapidly lose revenue if innovators like Uber and Lyft get to operate freely. But Orlando taxi drivers expect to gain.
"If you talk to 1,000 drivers," says one, "950 will tell you they are going to Uber." Says another: "Let Uber come here. It's going to be good for the customer and the driver."
Let them come. Also kill all regulations, including fare caps, that make it harder for cab companies to adapt. Let terms of trade be driven—regulated—by traders. Not by governments.
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Features By Rob Hunter on August 28, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWelcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Searching for Sonny Elliot reluctantly heads home for his ten-year high school reunion, but instead of the expected disappointments he discovers a missing friend, a murder and a mystery. Writer/director Andrew Disney's feature debut is an indie rarity in that it's as funny as any big screen comedy. The laughs come in part due to Disney's sharp and witty script, but credit should also go to the main cast of Jason Dohring, Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. The trio has a smooth and perfectly timed chemistry together, and they help make the film a joy to watch. The lovely Minka Kelly helps in that department as well. [Extras: Commentary, additional scenes, bloopers, featurettes] Also available on Blu-ray.
Michael K. Williams May Force You to See 'RoboCop' Despite Your Protests
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on August 7, 2012 | Comments (1)When you take all of the distaste for remakes and reboots that's out there and add it with the love that people have for Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film RoboCop, it adds up to a situation where not very many people are looking forward to José Padilha's upcoming re-do of the material. And yet, with every casting announcement that this new RoboCop makes, it's becoming harder and harder to not be at least a little excited about its possibilities. First off, Padilha cast an on-the-rise young actor who's done nothing but impress so far named Joel Kinnaman in the title role. Then he systematically surrounded his star with supporting names that everyone loves, like Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Laurie, Abbie Cornish, Jay Baruchel, and Jackie Earle Haley. It would be hard to sneeze at that cast no matter what they were being assembled for, but get them all together for a post-apocalyptic tale of robot cops versus violent street gangs and evil corporations, and it's not too difficult to start forgetting how much you dislike all of the remakes going on in Hollywood. I don't know how they get ya, but that's how they get ya.
Movie News After Dark: Pacific Rim, Senna, Katy Perry and Preparing for The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX
Movie News By Neil Miller on July 3, 2012 | Comments (4)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly column that's picking up the pieces as Hollywood takes off for an extended mid-week holiday weekend. Sure, the streets of Burbank are empty at the moment (quick, someone sneak onto the Paramount Lot and steal a rough cut of Star Trek 2!), but there's plenty of news and notes to go around. We're just that good, friends. We begin this evening with a shot of Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and Rinko Kikuchi (The Brothers Bloom) in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim wearing futuristic robot driving suits. Not only did Shock Till You Drop pull these from the pages of Entertainment Weekly, they also scored a pretty in-depth synopsis.
Movie News After Dark: Dredd, Downton Abbey, A Batman Musical, Al Pacino, The FX of Boardwalk Empire
Movie News By Neil Miller on February 7, 2012 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly column about movie news. That is all. We begin this evening with a look at Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby in Dredd, the revival of the Judge Dredd franchise. First impressions: Karl Urban's helmet is huge and Olivia Thirlby needs more leather. Or something along those lines. Either way, it's a good conversation starter.
Movie News After Dark: Community Goes Street Fighter, Jean Dujardin Gets Naughty and The Magic of Hugo
Movie News By Neil Miller on February 6, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly collection of movie and television news that throws caution to the wind, but never ever pees into the wind. That's just not smart, friends. We begin this evening and this week with artist Kinjamin's depiction of the Community cast as the characters from Street Fighter. It was found via Twitter, as posted by the show's executive producer Dan Harmon. Needless to say, it's inspired. So inspired, perhaps, that it makes us hope that Harmon is writing this one down. How about a Street Fighter episode in season four? Hey NBC, how about a season four?
This Week in Blu-ray: Boardwalk Empire, Moneyball, Killer Elite and Death is Stalking You
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on January 10, 2012 | Comments (1)Hey look, it's an edition of This Week in Blu-ray. We'd bet you didn't see that coming, did you? Anyway, it's back to the grind with plenty of great new Blu-ray releases to talk about. Everything from one of the best shows on television to Brad Pitt revolutionizing the game of baseball to a few releases from previous weeks that we're sad to have missed. This includes, of course, a release from last week that has us developing a severe case of mysophobia. Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season It has taken HBO something like forever to get their premiere drama out on Blu-ray and DVD, but the story of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and his power struggles at the top of 1920s Atlantic City is more than worth the wait. From an all-star cast led by Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon and Kelly McDonald (alongside Paz de la Huerta's naked body), Boardwalk is one show that does not fail to keep its audience glued from episode to episode. Which makes it the perfect title for a Blu-ray purchase, as you'll want to keep watching until you hit the end. And with its beautiful menus, well-designed and sturdy packaging and decent assortment of extras, the Blu-ray set feels right at home in the stylish world of Nucky and friends. It's the collector's item that you'll want to have on your shelf for years to come.
Welcome back to This Week In DVD! Not a big or high profile week of releases, but there are some solid titles just the same. And there's even a theme! Of sorts. More than a few of the titles below far exceeded my expectations including HBO's Boardwalk Empire which I feared would be little more than a period piece Sopranos, Anna Faris' latest comedy (What's Your Number?) that I never expected to be so damn funny and charming, and my pick of the week about the accounting behind the business of baseball. Because seriously, how could that not be boring as dirt? As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Moneyball Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), the general manager of the Oakland A's, tries to end his team's losing streak with an unorthodox mathematical approach to picking and playing his players. We all know baseball is the most boring team-based sport in the world, so it would seem to follow that a two-hour plus movie about the behind the scenes management of a baseball team would be a complete and utter snooze-fest. But Moneyball is a fascinating watch even when Pitt and Jonah Hill are just bouncing stats back and forth and comparing players. The end feels a bit underwhelming, but getting there is far more interesting and engaging than any baseball game.
Year in Review: The 11 Best TV Shows of 2011
2011 Year In Review By FSR Staff on December 31, 2011 | Comments (20)Because it's Saturday, we're talking television. That's when Amber Humphrey publishes her weekly entry of Channel Guide, our twice-weekly column on all things television. But there's something else at work this week. It might be Saturday, but it's also the final day of the year. And what better way to send off our coverage of television in the year 2011 than with a list of the shows that we loved most dearly. In order to do so, Channel Guiders Amber Humphrey and Mikela Floyd each contributed their picks for the five best shows of the year, in no particular order. In keeping with our '11 Best' theme for the Year in Review, FSR Publisher and closet television fanatic (don't tell movies, we don't want them to be jealous) Neil Miller throws in one final pick with his own best show of the year. All powers combined, they have unleashed our list of the 11 Best TV Shows of 2011.
Channel Guide: Breaking Down the Golden Globe Nominations
Channel Guide By Mikela Floyd on December 21, 2011 | Comments (2)Ah, the Golden Globes. The redheaded stepchild of award show season – a veritable island of misfit toys in terms of pop cultural offerings. Ridiculous as they oftentimes may be, the picks of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are now among us, and up for the inevitable scrutiny of the Internet as a whole. Film nominations aside, the small screen selections for this year's statuettes are as random as ever. With regular contenders ineligible for nomination (Mad Men), and former heavy-hitters now struggling to stay relevant (I'm looking at you, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy), the pool of nominees is a hodgepodge one – often seeming as shallow as Paris Hilton. So just which shows should take home the statues when the Golden Globes are telecast January 15th? Here's my breakdown of the nominees – from the way-to-go to the WTF.
Editor's Note: This article will be updated in real time as the winners come in during the Primetime Emmys broadcast. Winners will be highlighted in bold and you can check out the winners that were already announced at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The very first Emmy Award was given to a ventriloquist named Shirley Dinsdale who worked with a puppet called Judy Splinters. Is that significant? Of course it is. That fact coupled with the design of the award itself – a woman holding an atom – represent the true heart of television's most significant celebration: artistic inspiration, scientific technology, and wooden humanoids that only talk with a hand shoved up their back. Ponder that while you bask in the glory of the victorious. Here are the winners of the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Channel Guide: Our 2011 Emmy Predictions
Features By Merrill Barr on September 17, 2011 | Comments (2)Guess what everyone, the Emmys are back in town! Aren't you excited?! No, that's okay, neither am I. Just another night for some of Hollywood's biggest talents to pat themselves on the back for making pretend (really good pretend, though). But you know what, we here at FSR will treat this with the utmost respect that we do all awards ceremonies. That said, before we get to the predictions, let's take a look at some of the top winners from the Creative Arts Awards portion of the Emmys which were awarded last week: Futurama walked away with the top honor for animated program based on the episode 'The Late Philip J. Fry,' beating out front runners South Park and The Simpsons who dominated the category between 2000 and 2009. This also marks the second time Futurama has won the award for Best Animated Series. Maurice LaMarche also walked away with the award for Best Voice-Over Performance for his work on the series as Lrr and Orson Welles. Gwyneth Paltrow took the award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Holly Holiday on Glee. Game of Thrones took the award for Best Title Sequence. Boardwalk Empire took the win for Best Visual effects beating out the likes of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. Deadliest Catch won the award for Best Reality Series (a win that is more than acceptable in this category). Okay, now that we got that out of the way, let's move on to […]
Movie News After Dark: Robopocalypse, McFly's Kicks, Expendables and 40-Year Old 3D Animation
Movie News By Neil Miller on September 7, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? For tonight, it's simply a movie news column working on a very, very slow news day. So it has opted for fun instead of informative. It's betting you won't mind. We begin tonight with the thought of big, badass robots killing the whole of humanity in Robopocalypse, a film that director Steven Spielberg will now direct for July 3, 2013. Fox and Dreamworks were announced as the studios putting up the money today, which means that Daniel H. Wilson's excellent book will finally get some big screen love. If done right, it could be massive.
The FSR Fall 2010 Watch List Wrap Up
Television By Merrill Barr on September 25, 2010 | Comments (3)With premiere week over I've compiled a list of the week's top premieres from each night. The winner of each night is based upon the quality of the writing, the shows entertainment value and if it's a new series, the shows sustainability. This year had some extremely heavy hitters and some of the best performances we have seen on the small screen. So without further ado, here are the winners of the FSR Fall 2010 Watch List (please note that this list only applies to shows that started before or during the week of September 19th). Sunday: Boardwalk Empire In what should come as no surprise, Boardwalk Empire was top dog on Sunday. I'm not big into period pieces which is why I really never got into Mad Men, but Scorsese has made me fall in love with the 20's and Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi is a great lead and a guy I can't wait to watch every week. If only Scorsese could direct every episode and not just the pilot.
Culture Warrior: A Reluctant Criticism of 'Mad Men'
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on September 21, 2010 | Comments (10)I really love Mad Men. I talk about it a lot. Since The Wire ended in 2008, and I haven't seen any episodes of Boardwalk Empire yet, then as far as my knowledge takes me it's the best damn show currently on television. Nothing I'm saying here is necessarily new, but Mad Men effectively does a great many things I've never seen television do before in that it 1) delivers is an incredibly entertaining and engaging media object while it uses its protagonists to criticize and reveal the potentially manipulative processes of media itself, 2) interrogates any continuous notion of the ever-interpretationally-oscillating "good old days" by showing how they were neither that good nor that long ago, thereby criticizing our culture's all-too-convenient rotating manufacture of nostalgia, 3) utilizes the past to criticize white male heteronormative hegemony and reveal a systematic culture of sexism, racism, and homophobia, and all the while 4) creates compelling drama as manifested by ambiguous, layered characters with the combination of beautiful cinematography and impeccable production design. Mad Men, in short, is an engrossing, enjoyable, and thought-provoking series in unprecedented ways. But for a show to engage in such a rare criticism of a cultural moment, a bit of negotiation is required. And it is in this respect that some major problems with the show have arisen recently.
The FSR Fall 2010 Sunday Night Watch List
Television By Merrill Barr on September 19, 2010 | Comments (11)Today begins a week long TV feature on FSR, as this week is officially premiere week for all major networks. So we're here to tell all the good stuff premiering (both new and returning), or in some cases what has already begun. So get your DVR remote ready because this is the first of six all new FSR WATCH LISTs. The first night on our list is Sunday. Sunday is notorious for being both a haven of creation, and a pit of downfall for many TV series. So let's begin…
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The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing 5,500 members, awarded the federal budget an overall Report Card grade of B+ today, saying the budget was conducive to a "stable Canadian economy."
The Board's Government Budget and Finance Committee commended the federal government's spending control and deficit reduction, but felt the deficit could be eliminated at least a year earlier than promised.
"This is a budget that will please an awful lot of people; there were a lot of small measures. In some areas, it has exceeded our expectations, but had insufficient long-term economic measures." said the chief economist, The Vancouver Board of Trade.
"However overall, it is a budget that will preserve the stability of today's Canadian economy," he said.
The Board graded the 2011/12 federal budget in the following four categories to reach its overall grade of B+:
As The Board recommended spending increases on non-stimulus items to be less than the combined rate of population growth and inflation (3.5 per cent annually), it commends the government for keeping increases at 3.1 per cent over the previous year's budgeted expenditures for the next year ̶ below The Board's recommendation.
The Board specifically recommended the government continue its announced program of business tax reductions. "We commend the government for continuing its announced reduction of business taxes to 15 per cent by January 2012, combined with a variety of small tax credits for both individuals and business," said the chief economist. "However, when looking carefully, this budget has closed some perceived loopholes, such as corporate partnership tax deferrals and a tightening of the definition of charitable donations, so there are some negatives in there, leading to our B+ grading of this category."
The Board recommended a target debt-to-GDP ratio of less than 35 per cent by 2012 and 30 per cent by/or before 2015 with an allowance of $3 billion for debt reduction per year once the deficit has been eliminated. "The government has succeeded in keeping the debt-to-GDP ratio below 35 per cent (just over 34 per cent in the coming year). However, it has promised a balanced budget by 2015/16, and we believe this could be achieved at least one year earlier ̶ by 2014/15 ̶ which brought this category down to a B- grade," explained the chief economist.
The Board commends the measures announced in the budget which give better access to capital, enabling business to invest in the economy, much-needed infrastructure and capital goods. The Board also saw this budget as one that enhances innovation and productivity which is good. "However, the government is maybe not going as fast in some of these areas as it could," said the chief economist.
In 2009, The Board suspended its letter grading criteria in recognition of government having to invest in economic stimulus spending when dealing with the challenge of tough economic times. The Board has reinstated its federal budget Report Card following the economic turnaround experienced in the last year and the projected end of stimulus spending.
The Board of Trade awarded the federal government an overall 'B' rating in its 2008 Report Card, up from C+ the previous year, before it was suspended in 2009.
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The Jeffco investigators felt they had enough to move. Sammy Quintana and Frank Vigil were arrested first, followed soon after by Francisco Martinez, who was already in the Denver jail on an unrelated drug charge. A short time later, Maurice Warren and Jacob Casados were picked up. All were charged with ten criminal acts against Brandy DuVall, including first-degree murder, first-degree sexual assault, sexual assault on a child and second-degree kidnapping.
Still, Jeffco investigators didn't have the whole story. They didn't know who'd actually taken Brandy to the mountains, who'd stabbed her to death.
Then Sammy Quintana started talking.
Quintana was facing double trouble. Shortly after his arrest for the DuVall killing, Detective Richardson had charged him and the Ornelas brothers with first-degree murder for the July 15, 1996, death of nineteen-year-old Venus Montoya. That meant he was facing the possibility of two death-penalty murder trials.
To investigator Moore, Quintana admitted his part in the brutality against Brandy DuVall but laid the worst of it, including the stabbing, on Francisco Martinez. Taking a deal offered by the Jeffco District Attorney's Office, he pleaded guilty to two second-degree murder charges, each carrying the possibility of 48 years in prison. In exchange, he agreed to testify against the other defendants in both trials.
Zig Zag's confession inspired a flurry of snitching. David Warren was arrested and joined his brother, Maurice, and Casados in pleading guilty to first-degree sexual assault. The other charges were dropped in exchange for their agreement to testify "truthfully" against whomever decided to go to trial.
At the time, that meant Francisco Martinez--District Attorney Dave Thomas had already announced he would seek the death penalty for Martinez--and Frank Vigil Jr., who would be tried as an adult.
The last suspect, Danny Martinez, was on the run. He wouldn't be apprehended until January 1, 1998, five days before jury selection was set to begin for the trial of Frank Vigil.
January 6, 1998
Jolene Martinez and her fiance, Joe Gonzalez, glance nervously at the crowd moving through the lobby of the Jefferson County courthouse. Jury selection is under way on the fifth floor for the murder trial of Frank Vigil, and they've heard rumors that the Bloods will assassinate anyone who dares appear as a prosecution witness.
The couple has been subpoenaed by the district attorney to report to the courthouse. And now all faces, especially Hispanic and black faces, look hostile. Anyone dressed in anything remotely resembling gang attire is a threat. A bulge beneath a winter coat could be a gun.
"I don't know why they want me," Jolene moans. "My daughter was there that night, staying with my dad. But she's only ten, and she didn't see nothin' or hear nothin'."
Her dad is Jose Martinez, "Uncle Joe." The defendant's mother, Sally Vigil, and her mother, Pam, who was Jose's common-law wife, are cousins.
Through her father, Danny Martinez Jr. and Antonio Martinez--Bang and Boom--are also first cousins. Making the whole thing even more complicated, Danny's father, Danny Sr., used to live with Sally Vigil and helped raise "Little Frankie"--the sixteen-year-old now on trial for murder.
It was fear of the gang, including members of his own family, that kept her father quiet until the police came knocking, Jolene says. And it was fear that kept Jose Martinez from doing something, anything, to save Brandy DuVall that night.
"Dad didn't have a phone," Jolene says. "And he couldn't leave to go get help because he had the kids. He was afraid that if he left, they might kill the kids, too. This has made him sick. He's all tore up and has to take nitroglycerin for his heart. He writes poetry about that little girl. He's always reading his Bible now...He calls her his 'little angel.'"
Her father was asleep with his son and her daughter when he woke up to noises in his home. At first, Jolene says, he thought that whatever was going on with that girl in a back bedroom was consensual. But it didn't take long before he realized he was mistaken.
"He said to me, 'They looked like they had the devil in them.' They were acting crazy, and no matter how much he screamed or yelled at them to take her home--she was begging for her life, you know--they wouldn't listen to him."
"Like animals," Joe Gonzales agrees. "Nobody thinks much about it when these guys in gangs kill each other. They even think of it like they're soldiers, fighting for each other and their 'hood. Only now they're killing civilians. There's no honor. It's sick--killing children."
"At first," Jolene interjects, "I wanted to blame drugs. How else can you explain what they did to that little girl? They just tore her up. But they don't do drugs. They get drunk and smoke some pot, but nothin' like cocaine. They sell it, but they don't do it."
Jolene finds it all very upsetting. She has known Frank Vigil Jr. since he was a little boy. "He was a good little boy, very cute," she remembers. "He's still a little boy. But I hadn't seen him for years...when I did, he was dressed in gang clothes."


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Things are turning green and popping through the ground, sunshine is shining most days but the temperature has been too cold to begin yard and garden work. I'm itching to rake the garden from the dried grasses and fallen limbs. My fingers are needing to dig warm soil , plant pansies and spread mulch. My garden time was cut short last year, ending in September, because of family health issues so it has been an extra long departure from gardening.
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