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(WARNING. This piece will spoil the most recent episode of Lost, titled "Across the Sea." If you haven't watched it yet, I recommend you suffer through it before you continue reading.)
Is it okay to become emotionally invested in a TV series? Is it normal to let a single hour of weekly television be one of the highlights of your week? When does fandom become obsession? How far is too far?
Your answer to those questions may very well gauge your response to last night's episode of Lost, the second-to-last normal episode before the massive, two-part series finale. This was a big one: a flashback episode detailing the origins and motivations of Jacob and the Man in Black, the two supernatural entities whose centuries-long war with each other set the entire series in motion in the first place. A number of questions were promised to be answered, like:
-What exactly is Jacob's job?
-How did the Man in Black become the Smoke Monster?
-What is the Smoke Monster?
-How is Jacob immortal?
-Where did the time traveling frozen donkey wheel come from?
-And most importantly, what are the exact motivations of the Man in Black?
Lost has always played its cards close to its chest, answering every question with more questions, but here, they actually gave some answers. The answers to the above questions were:
-To protect a light cave that was stolen from the set of Xena.
-By being flushed in the Xena light cave.
-Something that lives in the Xena light cave.
-Because he drank magic juice.
-The Man in Black decided that, despite not knowing how a simple scientific concept like magnetism works, a large wheel installed by the source of the Xena light cave would allow him to leave the island.
-Oh wait. They didn't answer this one.
If there's one thing I hate, it's sounding like your typical fanboy nerd moaning and whining about how everything sucks and everything's terrible and waah waah, yadda yadda. Complaining about things letting you down is nothing new, it's usually unfounded and it's usually pretty annoying. But hey, if I'm going to become what I hate for at least one column, I might as well embrace the stereotype.
"Across the Sea" is the Worst. Episode. Ever. And here's why.
1. Jacob Doesn't Know a F*cking Thing
Remember in season three, when Ben took Locke to visit the mysterious Jacob and we assumed the always-crafty Ben knew the secrets of the island? Turned out he didn't. However, the immortal, enigmatic Richard Alpert definitely knew more than he was letting on, right? Wrong. Richard was as in the dark about everything as Ben was. Then surely Jacob, the mystical protector of the island, the dude who brought everyone here in the first place, the man responsible for the events of the entire series, would know what he's doing. Turns out he was given some vague instructions by his wacky mother and set loose to protect a cave that may or may not be the essence of humanity. It's been a running joke among Lost fans that no one on the island knows anything about anything. It's disheartening to realize that this is the truth. We've been watching people run in circles in the dark for six seasons without anyone knowing what they want or how to get it. This is not "mystery." This is poor storytelling. This is firm evidence for the "the writers never had a real plan" camp. Speaking of not knowing what you want...
2. What Does the Man in Black Want? Can He Tell Us? Please?
Unlike the rest of the cast, the evil (?) Man in Black, AKA, the Smoke Monster, knows what he wants...but he's not sharing. Okay, so we know he wants to leave the island. But why? What was stopping him? Was it Jacob? How was it Jacob? This is the chief villain of the entire series, the entity that's been terrifying our heroes since episode one. Now, here we are at the end of the series and we have no idea what he really wants. A note to aspiring writers: keeping your main antagonist's motivations completely hidden is quite possibly the worst way to tell a story. By not knowing what the MiB wants and the manner in which he must get it, there is nothing to get invested in. How can we invest in a conflict when we don't even know what either side is trying to accomplish? "Across the Sea" confirmed his desire to leave the island but it shed no light whatsoever onto what he intends to do with his freedom and why it's such a bad thing. Are they really going to wait to the finale to reveal what the base conflict of the series is?
3. Rules? What Rules?
We've been hearing about rules for some time now. Widmore broke the rules when he had Ben's daughter killed. There are rules in place that kept Jacob and the MiB from harming each other. Who set these rules? Where did they come from? Can they be broken? Turns out that Alison Janney set the rules. Why? Who knows. How? Because she's magic. What?! She talked about them in a throw-away line just so they can chalk that up as "mystery solved" and never speak about it again. Sure, the numbers referring to remaining candidates was a pretty weak sauce revelation, but at least it made sense. The rules just being there...doesn't make sense. The "rules" feel like they existed simply to complicate and extend the conflict. Now that they have to be answered for, there is nothing to be said,
4. Budgets 'r Us
Even if you remove the complaints about Lost's increasingly convoluted and dramatically unsatisfying mythology, "Across the Sea" is still the worst episode of the series based on its production values alone. Lost has always been a great looking show, shot by people with real cinematic eyes. Aside from the dodgy, often hilariously bad (and thankfully underutilized) CGI, the whole series has looked and felt like a big, long blockbuster movie. "Across the Sea" does not look like a movie. It looks like a mid-90s WB series produced for cheap on some lot in Australia. We could argue that they're saving their money for the finale, but let's not. That's not any excuse for cornball sets, cheap costumes, bad acting (except the always exceptional Titus Welliver) and shockingly bland lighting. Toss in the Garden of Eden/Cain and Abel story and it's like watching one of those videotapes Christian groups mail to your house about the miracles of Jesus. The director of this episode, Tucker Gates, has directed six other episodes of Lost, most of them pretty solid. He even directed the Richard Alpert flashback episode, which had new sets and period costumes and accents. But it was fine. What happened here?
5. It's All Just...Silly
So the crazy woman managed to bury the entire well and burn down the entire village and kill every one of its inhabitants by herself? The MiB became/unleashed the Smoke Monster by being thrown in a stream and hilariously flushed into the glowing lights of a miracle cave? What's Allison Janney doing here and why is she being so bad at this acting thing? The MiB knows he can leave the island by installing a donkey wheel next to the big mysterious light that may or may not be evil. The MiB then dies before he can install this wheel, but it's there later. Who built it? If he did, why didn't he use it? Oh, it's a game with black and white pieces, like from the first episode. I get it.
I feel like I'm just getting warmed up. Even the worst episodes of Lost (ahem-"Stranger in a Strange Land"-ahem) had something to fall back on. Maybe it was an intriguing subplot or just the simple fact that we were watching characters we love. Here, though, we're watching two people whose true identities and motivations are still completely hidden. We have no reason to like them, to be interested in them or to be compelled by them. To have an episode stolen from Jack and Sawyer and Ben and Hurley and the rest this late in the series so we can watch some morons who know as little as we do shadowbox about stuff we don't care about is insulting to the fans and to the characters. I've long since realized that Lost's mythology will not reach a fully satisfying conclusion. I've come to terms with that. At this point, I want to see it to the end for the characters, fictional people who I've actually grown quite fond of. Well, except for Kate.
I don't hate the rest of season six like so many do. I bet I'll even enjoy the final batch of episodes. However, the crimes committed by "Across the Sea" are egregious, widening holes in the mythology instead of sealing them up and answering interesting questions with stupid questions. I'm not done with Lost, I've not decided that I retroactively hate the whole series, but I do wonder if this is the point where the show lost its shot at television immortality, where it was decided that it was just a good show and not a great show.


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July 3 2011
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President Obama forcefully assured Estonians—and all NATO's new allies—that waging war on them meant waging war on the United States. "[T]he defense of Tallinn and Riga and Vilnius is just as important as the defense of Berlin and Paris and London," Obama said. "Article 5 is crystal clear. An attack on one is an attack on all. So if, in such a moment, you ever ask again, who'll come to help, you'll know the answer: the NATO alliance, including the armed forces of the United States of America, right here, present, now." This is the ultimate commitment, given by the ultimate authority, in the very place where the commitment would be tested—and would have to be honored. There's no turning back from that.
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Presents a series of poems which pay tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, as characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets, and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night.
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In the last year, we've been witness to the slow-motion downfalls of two hapless lieutenants of contemporary dictatorships, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Dmitri Medvedev, both of whom are likely to face further isolation—if not worse—in the months ahead. Both have come into disrepute for distinct reasons, but the methods used to scapegoat and marginalize them are strikingly familiar. As case studies, they ought to edify Western policymakers for whom policies of "engagement" or "reset" were premised on subordinates' winning out in power struggles with their hard-line masters.
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A national team of researchers is set to begin working with almost 15 other institutions nationwide in this cutting edge investigational study to examine the difference between men's and women's responses to the protease inhibitors in combination with nucleoside analogues in HIV positive patients.
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Dr. Giovanni (Gianni) Zurlini is full Professor of Ecology at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DISTEBA) in the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the University of Salento, Lecce (South Italy).
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Dr. Giovanni Zurlini is the president of the Council of Environmental Sciences courses at the University of Salento and the proxy of University Rector for Environmental Sciences.
Prior to moving to Lecce in October 2000, he was director of the Center for Marine Science Investigations of the Italian Agency for Nuclear and Alternative Energy (ENEA) in La Spezia (north Italy), and served as senior research scientist at the National Research Council (CNR). He was Adjunct professor under contract at the Universities of Parma and Genoa.
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Saint Agnes Medical Center announces its recertification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission (2013). Saint Agnes is one of more than 925 certified primary stroke centers in 48 states. read more >>Neurology is a branch of medicine that involves the care and treatment of the nervous system, brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles and pain. As you can imagine, this is a vast area of medicine, requiring neurologists with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. One of the areas that neurologists focus much of their attention and resources on is educating the public about stroke (also known as a brain attack).
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Hiya folks. So.....since my bettas all died on me (cept one) I am thinking of using the 20 long for other types of fish. I need help deciding what to do with it. I also want to add more fish to my 38 gallon. Then the 14 if there is anything that can. Here are my thoughts. :-)
14 gallon-No Idea LOL (dimensions are same as a 10 gallon but a few inches taller,and it would be empty,as I would move the false juliis and neon tetras from it)
20 gallon long- 6 false juliis,5 neon tetras (gonna add 5 more),9 pencilfish....maybe something else?? perhaps more corys,false juliis or albinos....depending what I can find...
38 gallon- 7 zebra danios,9 peppered corys,maybe cherry barbs? 6 perhaps....
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Or I could just put my remaining betta in the 14...to live out his days...till I dunno when....the way my luck is with them....:-(
A 20 long would make a killer shellie tank :-)
in the 38 you could have a heavily planted tank with some leaf fish. ive lately been obsessed about them
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alwaysforever Aug 5, 2012 9:58 PM
in response to jpengland96
I guess that I just have to ask:
Has anybody who is having these battery problems, NOT used Migration Assistant to transfer files or settings to their MBP after installing the new OS?
I guess I still believe that some old setting, or group of settings, getting transferred to a new OS, whether it was Lion last year, or Mountain Lion this year, would cause exactly this kind of problem. And you wouldn't be able to find the setting(s) to fix it, either, because it's a remnant from the older OS that wouldn't show up on the new one.
Turkezslap Aug 5, 2012 10:32 PM
in response to jpengland96
Okay. I don't know how long apple is going to take to fix this but it is very frustrating. It has been 1 day. ******* 24 hours and my battery capacity has dropped from 94% to 92%. This is incredibly stupid. Apple, have you thought that your software might be damaging the hardware? Fix this now!
bamboo02 Aug 6, 2012 12:03 AM
in response to Turkezslap
I'm suffering the same problem. Battery capacity dropped to 97% I doesn't load to 100% (no matter how long it is connected to the mains). Capacity is rapidly decresing when I start my MBP mid 2009 (2,53 GHz, 8 GB, 256 GB SSD). After only 30 minutes it drops to 43%!!! Fan is running absurdly high, my MBP get's so hot...could boil eggs... Only opened "core features" (Safari, Mail, Calendar and Addressbook). ...and yes: it was a clean and brandnew install of Mountain Lion on my SSD (Samsung 830) - NO MIGRATION...just plain new! Wanted to avoid transferring old "bugs" from Lion to Mountain Lion - helped nothing though...
Have to admit that I am quite disappointed with Apple this time... Please fix this!
Cadaceus Aug 6, 2012 12:40 AM
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@alwaysforever: yep, did a clean install on a brand new SSD that was attached as an external drive, then booted up Mountain Lion while the SSD was still not built in and started downloading a few apps if I remember correctly (only replaced the internal drive later that night). All the time, I was on battery and I remember that I was surprised the battery was dead so soon but didn't think much of it at the time... I did it on the side while doing some other stuff so I didn't pay much attention and cannot really remember the details, but for me it feels like whatever is causing this started to kick in immediately with/after the installation.
Hmm... still got the old Lion system on the original 256GB HDD and an empty 64GB HDD lying around. Maybe later today I'll try boot the old system to check the battery and also do a second clean install on the 64GB just to verify it's independent of any programs I installed or accounts I did setup (i.e. icloud, appstore, ...).
By the way, also got the call from Apple yesterday that others have reported here...
JozefM Aug 6, 2012 3:05 AM
in response to jpengland96
Yes I upgraded my few weeks old MacBook Air 13" to mountain lion and I'm afraid to say I have seen quite a drop in battery life too. Quite honestly the battery life on my MacBook Air battery life was amazing beforehand, now it is consistantly about 2 hours less than it was before, without any change in the way I am using it.
I might try using another browser like some suggest, although that will be a shame as Safari 6 is really nice. Hope this gets sorted soon.
P. den Hoed Aug 6, 2012 3:43 AM
in response to jpengland96
Same here. did a fresh install of Mountain Lion on my 2009 MPB after experiencing issues after a upgrade from Lion. Unfortunately the problems stayed
My system:
CPU: Intel 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo
RAM: 8 GB 1067Mhz DD3
HDD: 500 GB SATA 7200rpm
Graphic Card: NVIDIA 9600GT/9400M
Installed software (same software versions used on Lion prior to clean install)):
- MS Office 2011 Pro
- Merlin
- Omnigraffle
- VMware Fusion
Results so far:
- system fans running approx 4400rpm (to 2000rpm on Lion)
- core CPU temp is 83C (to 60C on Lion)
- Battery consumption approx 40% higher (had my battery replaced under warranty less than a month ago).
sehrbaz Aug 6, 2012 3:54 AM
in response to jpengland96
I have the same problem. With my average usage Battery was draining for 5-6 hours, now max 1-2 hours
OlDirty Aug 6, 2012 3:56 AM
in response to jpengland96
And another one with that problem...
I read about this forum post in several Blogs and so I see a chance to get some help.
I´m running a MBP Early "11 i5 2,3GHz, 4GB Ram, 128GB SSD.
After I made a fresh install of Mountain Lion, I can run my MBP a maximum of 4 hours in normal use
yantaialec Aug 6, 2012 4:34 AM
in response to jpengland96
OK. Let's be perfectly clear here for the people saying 'there is no bug' and for those saying it's the GPU/flash/Dropbox/incompatable apps etc.
• I have a Mid 2011 13" MBP, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD.
• This device shipped with SL installed, but qualified for a free upgrade to Lion (which I did).
• In Lion, my battery life (inc. SSD and extra RAM) was ~6-7 hrs from a full charge and has been this way for the last 12 months.
• When upgrading to ML, I did not use migration assistant.
• I did a CLEAN install of Mountail Lion from a Bootable USB I made from the App Store installer.
• There are NO incompatable apps on the system. All other Apps have been updated as required through the App Store.
• GPU switching does not apply for this model MBP.• Flash is NOT installed.• Disk is verified and permissions restored through CMD+R and Disk Utility.• Single user mode doesn't make any difference.• SMC Reset doesn't have any effect.• PRAM Reset doesn't have any effect.• Battery is healthy @ 93% and 451 cycles.• The browser I predominately use is Safari, but using Chrome/FF etc delivers no noticeable difference.• Mail is not constantly running. I only open it when I need it.
• Whilst this issue persists, I haven't been doing anything 'intensive'. I have stuck to light usage in order to gain a fair assessment of the problem.
• Spotlight is OFF.
• Activity monitor shows %idle @ 97%
• Battery life from a full drain then overnight charge to 100% is now ~3-4 hours. That's almost a 50% drop.
• I first noticed the battery life issue when using the GM more than a month ago. The GM was NOT a fresh install and also, as it was the GM, I knew I would do a clean install when the App Store version was available and therefore hoped it would clear up the problem. I also hoped maybe Apple would have solved it before retail release.
So, considering my issues, I can draw no other conclusion than that it must be an OS specific problem and has little or nothing to do with incompatable apps, SMC/PRMC resets, Spotlight, etc. The install is clean and no 'rogue' processes are running.
This is not an issue the end user should have to deal with. Battery life has almost halved, but nothing has changed system-wise. Lion gave me ~6-7hrs light usage, a clean install of ML gives me ~3-4hrs light usage.
This issue isn't people just jumping on the bandwagon, nor is it creating 'lemmings' as someone else rudely and condescendingly suggested. If hundreds (if not thousands) of users are reporting the same problems, then it's an issue. Simple as that. Taking the MBP to the Apple Store is pointless as there's nothing they can do with an OS level problem. I'm not a Noob. My computer isn't full of garbage and rogue/[k'd] apps. It's well maintained, organised and the software is all up to date.
It's pretty clear from this thread that the issue is in the software. Not workarounds, resets or clean installs.
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kiwituatara Aug 6, 2012 4:52 AM
in response to yantaialec
i agree with yantaialec, my MBA is well maintained, no backup issues, permissions checked twice before re-installing mountain lion, SMC, PRAM, done and re-done, anti virus with three antivuris apps, spotlight not featuring in activity monitor, software up to date, no rogue apps, outlook/pages/vlc all updated....
- it's a software issue - and yes when lion came along, there were problems, but fixes followed -- my recommended "work arounds" mean my MBA works without screaming -- but with mountain lions features disabled -- after a faultless clean re-install -- SMC, PRAM -- re-done -- it's a ML issue
-- as much as i hate microsoft, guys, we've all been "micro'd"
TheDiveMaster Aug 6, 2012 5:00 AM
in response to jpengland96
Having the same Probelm. Macbook Pro lasted 5 to 6 houres on Lion normal office work.
After installing Mountain Lion, it is down to 2:30. When on a skype video call, it only lasts 1 houre and 40 minites!
I would be happy to run a test or so of that helps, but it is not what one may expect from an Apple update...
Straydan Aug 6, 2012 6:07 AM
in response to jpengland96
As with many people here, having crazy battery life problems after install of Mountain Lion.
I am a developer and have had the various previews and they impacted negatively on battery life, but after all these are betas and I expect this.
However, installed the full release on a fresh, reformatted drive and the battery performance is much worse still!
It's a MBPro 15 with hires screen, Early 2011, 2.3GHz, 8GB ram, 750GB HDD
I am now getting just 105 minutes of light use (browsing, Word and Excel, no video or games, Mail) from a full charge. This is with cabled Ethernet connected, wifi turned OFF! and with graphics switching on auto, though it doesn't sound like it's switching on any graphics acceleration for what I am doing. Nor should it :-)
Last battery calibration rated210 cycles and 93% of original capacity. On Lion I was getting 5 hours plus of use.
I do use Dropbox for some files, and iCloud for mail, with regular Mail refresh/checks, but aside from that I can't think what could be using up the power.
Currently working through another calibration and will do PRAM, SMC reset and permissions verification once cycle complete.
Guys from Apple, this is my main portable working resource so I'm hoping you're hot on the case for a fix or can give me some suggestions! Otherwise I am going to have to borrow one of those Windows laptops from my partner and muddle through; the MBPro is a great piece of kit but right now it's not doing its job, and sure as anything it is the OS not the hardware.
stevo_c Aug 6, 2012 6:13 AM
in response to Straydan
apple have been in touch with me via email looking into a fix.
they sent me a dat capture app which records background activity that they will use to find the issue.
i can confirm this is definatley a software (OS) issue as the guy that was dealing with me said that an update will be issued via the app store as soon as they can work a fix.
good news. apple are on it... officially!
Franc_Iphone Aug 6, 2012 6:17 AM
in response to Straydan
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The FIRST and MAJOR bug that everyone has is the fact that these MAC's in 2012 cannot tell us what is eating the battery life comparatively. Don't bother looking for it, you won't find it. We've had the problem (some of us) for over a year and nothing was found - although we've had half battery life for that long.
I think we can all conclude now it's not any specific program - there are people with brand new machines (MACBOOKS and AIRS) that have an issue with no 3rd party software on it.
The common theme is "half battery life"
So, it could be the fan, the GPU, some runaway process that DOES NOT SHOW UP in activity monitor. BUT THE BUG IN MY MIND IS - Apple does not know, which components it it's machines is actually eating up what elements of the battery. If they work backwards from that, I think we'll get closer to a cure. Until then, like for the last month (and over a year for some), we''ll all (including Apple) will be fluttering around in the dark !
My 2 cents and a different take!
dansmacbook Aug 6, 2012 6:17 AM
in response to Straydan
Just wanted to add my name to the long, sorry list. I used my 17" MacBook Pro, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD last night from a full charge to 9% in under 2 hours! I never felt the need to time it before (under Snow Leopard, I skipped Lion) but I know it was more than double that, if not triple. My battery used to last so long, I never ran it down. This is terrible. Added to the Wifi woes I'm having (5Ghz unusable on several wifi networks I frequent) and this is a HUGE showstopper! Yes, I did a clean install. Please fix in 10.8.1, and please get it out NOW!


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'Fringe' Season 4 Episode 20 Review: World's Apart
This week on Fringe, the teams from both universes came together in their endless effort to find and stop David Robert Jones. While Fringe has been renewed for a fifth and final season, the results this week leads me to believe that we just may have seen these worlds collide a final time. The writers are brilliant at introducing us to a completely new journey at the end of each season and this episode seemed to set up very well whatever that new journey will be by closing the bridge between the two universes. We've come to love the alt-world so much though, hopefully this will not be the end of our visits there even though it will be for Olivia, Peter, and the gang…minus Lincoln Lee who decided to stay on the other side. Everything worked out for the best for Lee (admit it, you loved alt-Lee more than Lee, so Lee's exit right after alt-Lee's death was perfectly acceptable) but will it work out for the best for the human race?
It must be pointed out that there was a serious lack of coverage Over There this season, only to come to this point, it is a bit heart wrenching. When we were first introduced Over There everyone seemed to be a villain and then we grew to love them… some more than their counterparts over here. So to know that the bridge has been closed… all we can do now is hope to see that we'll be given glimpses of how things are going over there, at least a few before the series' end. This can't be it, can it? Holding back tears doesn't make it any less true. Am I in the denial stage?
"Have you ever tried LSD?" – Walter
When over two dozen earthquakes worldwide make waves in both universe, the search for Jones officially reaches new heights. It took no time at all for Walter to figure out that the vibrations of the quakes were weakening both universes, making a collapse inevitable. But what exactly does Jones think he is going to get out of creating his own universe? Playing God is not as easy as it may sound. We knew that Jones was up to no good but the lengths that he is going (for what is sure to be a low outcome in the end) is causing unimaginable damage. That said, we do learn that the earthquakes took place to protect us… collateral damage. But there is a difference between living and thriving, surviving and dying. Where is the line? The glyph code this week spelled out "alive." Jones wanting what does not belong to him will be his downfall and could ultimately kill him. Not to mention, wouldn't it be easier to wipe out one of the universes and start over as opposed to collapsing two universes and creating a whole new one? And what part will William Bell play in all of this as the season comes to an end? We are all itching to know!
Great consistency by the way bringing back Nick to help alongside Olivia and the Fringe team when it really counted. That said, Nick returned with his head screwed on the wrong way, trusting in Jones's lies. His return was pleasant even if he was under Jones's spell. We got answers. And while he's got a mind unlike any other, his head is on straight in any universe (now)… Walter. The conversation between Walter and Walternate this week was by far the most moving scene of the night. Why oh why does John Noble not have an Emmy for his work on this show? Noble and Anna Torv both have been so under-appreciated in the awards category, it is a real shame. Enjoy these moments now because the season and series is coming to an end.
Saying goodbye to the alt-universe and making new developments in the case of Jones made this episode feel like a season finale in its own right. Everything was so fitting. This can easily be named as one of the standout episodes of the season. To know that we've still got a few more episodes to go… the head scratching big blowout of questions and answers has yet to come! The thought is frightening but excites us all more than it concerns us, so stayed tuned for the final episodes of season four and the final thirteen episodes of the series shortly after.
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The message here is intricately woven, but really quite simple: If you want an America that is more like Brazil, vote for Bush. But what makes this ad a killer is the final tag. An earlier, related Democratic National Committee ad closed with the line, "Now consider this: by favoring the few, George W. Bush would hurt the many." Here the judgment is much harsher and broader: "Is he ready to lead America?"
This carefully crafted phrase has something of a double meaning. In the logical context of the ad, it carries the sense of, "are you ready for the man who did this in Texas to lead America?" The term "ready" stretches to cover such qualities as caring about children, fighting polluters, protecting Social Security, and so forth. But the more conventional sense of "ready" is obviously also present. Beyond the context of the ad, "Is he ready to lead America?" means "does he have the mental equipment to be president?"
Even in a negative ad as harsh as this, the Gore people are holding back somewhat. They are afraid to ridicule Bush as a dunderhead. But given the well-established public stereotype, they probably don't need to. Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live will finish the job for them.


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Family Tree
Posted By Jennifer McBride on March 28, 2011
Thank God that He gives us a future and a hope and that His mercy, forgiveness and grace are not dependent on what we've done or where we've come from . He is the Redeemer and the God of new beginnings. If you come from a broken or hurting family this song will encourage you. In His strength we can be the ones that stand in the gap, lay a new foundation and rebuild the walls for our children and generations to come.
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To milk the blood of soldiers and innocent civilians for the principle of rank careerism is surely lower even than sacrificing young lives for oil or money, but the Democrats will get away with it, because American voters have always been too afraid to contemplate the reality of their monolithic system of government.The only kind of change most dissenting voters in this country can contemplate is the rejection of an openly drooling imperialist like Joe Lieberman, whose real crime was not his war stance but his refusal to participate in the kind of craven cover-your-ass posturing the Hillarys and Joe Bidens and John Kerrys have indulged in this election season. Had Lieberman merely pretended to be antiwar once things went wrong in Baghdad, he almost certainly could have counted on the pusillanimity of the American voter to carry him to yet another Connecticut landslide.Beltway pros like Hillary have long understood that in tough times, the vast majority of disgruntled Americans would rather find a way to convince themselves that their party agrees with them than face the fact that they never had any choice at all on a wide range of crucial issues. They're willing to be swayed by a carefully-scripted display of canned anger like Hillary's outburst in the Senate because the alternatives « third-party politics, grass-roots activism, dropping out of society altogether « are too exhausting and radical to even imagine. Because getting to the root causes of things is so hard and scary, they'll settle for punishing an unpopular politician, even if it means electing his accomplice.So they'll vote, even for a factory-produced fraud like Hillary Clinton, because voting is easy. Much easier than doing something. That's the real platform the Democrats are running on this November.
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I am not an economist, but then again, most likely you aren't either. On the other hand, the economy affects you and me, so we need to come to grips with these issues to participate intelligently in the political process. There needs to be a genuine national dialog on these issues at all levels.
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My response to all of these kinds of questions, in short, is that the truth of my central thesis is not dependent on the exact height of the graph or shadings of definitions. As one correspondent put it, there is a "money spike" and there is a "population spike". There are two classes in this country. One class derives concentrated power from its concentrated wealth. The other class has power only in numbers. That power is effective only to the extent that it can be mobilized through organization.
Until we come to terms with these issues, phrases such as, "We the people...," and, "of the people, by the people, and for the people," are hollow clichés.
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Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
Monday, May 20, 2013
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
But it wasn't Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot.
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It's an amount too high for many to imagine. Compare it to the budget for the city of Zephyrhills: This year's figure is just more than $49 million. The winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.
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"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot," Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell told The Associated Press. "We're delighted right now that we have the sole winner."
Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous said that there are a lot of rumors about who won, but the store doesn't know. "We're excited for the winner or winners," she said.
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The world's largest jackpot was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012.
Terry Rich, CEO of the Iowa Lottery, initially confirmed that one Florida winning ticket had been sold.
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How to prevent falls and other accidents?
she is my first baby and she is 10 months now. she's fallen from the couch and the bed and while she's learned to crawl she's fallen forward a few times. i know that these sorts of things happen. but for parents that maybe have not had to seen their kid fall, or for parents that have and have then learned how to make sure that does not happen again, what protective measures have you taken? thanks in advance.
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Nexen Announces All Required Regulatory Approvals Received
CALGARY, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Nexen Inc. ("Nexen", TSX, NYSE: NXY) announced today that Nexen has received approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) with respect to the proposed acquisition of Nexen by CNOOC Limited, and now has all of the requisite approvals to proceed to close. The transaction is expected to close the week of February 25, 2013 and remains subject to customary closing conditions.The letter of transmittal for the acquisition of common shares will be mailed to registered shareholders shortly and is also available on Nexen's website. For more information common shareholders may visit www.nexeninc.com\investorinfo. About Nexen Nexen Inc. is a Canadian-based global energy company, listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol NXY. 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