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Andrew: Today's MuggleNet podcast is brought to you by Borders In May, thousands of Harry Potter fans descended upon New Orleans for the Phoenix Rising Conference. Borders was there to take in the sites and share a lively discussion of the series that has bewitched the world with some of Harry's most dedicated fans. Listen in and watch the action yourself. Check our The Phoenix Rising, Borders Book Club discussion at BordersMedia.com/HarryPotter, or click on the Borders banner at the top of the MuggleNet page.
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Andrew: The first of many LIVE episodes of MuggleCast this summer, this is MuggleCast Episode 99 for July 15th, 2007.
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Keith Hawk: Good evening!
[Audience cheers]
Keith: Those of you who haven't attended the entire event, welcome to Enlightening 2007! [Audience cheers] This is MuggleCast!
[More cheers from audience]
Keith: Guys, I have a great show lined up for you tonight; they're having a whole bunch of discussions, a lot about the movie and other things. So, please, let's put your hands together and welcome - for three years, he's been with MuggleNet. From Medford, New Jersey, he's the lead host of MuggleCast. Please welcome Andrew Sims!
[Audience cheers and applauds]
Keith: For four years with MuggleNet - he wants to be known as the chief operating officer. Right from Kansas, please welcome Ben Schoen!
Keith: Also four years with MuggleNet, all the way from Suffolk, England, he is the chairmen of International Relations, Mr. Jamie Lawrence.
[Audience cheers, and applauds]
Keith: Two years with MuggleNet, he is the head of marketing and the news guru that you hear every week on the podcast, please welcome Micah Tannenbaum, from New York!
Keith: You might know this guy, I'm not really sure. Started the website when he was twelve years old.
Andrew: Oh my god!
[Some laughter among audience]
Keith: He is here, in the flesh. All the way from Chicago, Illinois. Put your hands together for the guy you love, Emerson Spartz!
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Andrew: Thank you, Keith Hawk, head coordinator of the trivia contest. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the live MuggleCast, the first of several live MuggleCasts here. Well, this summer - we're going to be all over the world this summer. We can actually say all over the world, not just the United States. Just me?
Ben: Mhm.
Andrew: We're going to be doing a podcast in London for the book release, Jamie and I.
[A few "wooos" from the audience]
Ben: And Emerson and I will be in Chicago.
Emerson: Oak Park, Illinois. It's going to be - every year the entire downtown district of the city of Oak Park transforms into Diagon Alley. How cool is that, guys?
Emerson: Over 10,000 fans show up for this every year. They fly from all around the world to this little Chicago suburb, and we're going to be there counting down to midnight. It's going to be great.
Jamie: Andrew, it's only fair that we plug ours now after that.
Andrew: Yeah, it's definitely going to be a million times bigger, Emerson.
Ben: Oh, I'm sure.
Jamie: One thousand million.
Andrew: Despite the fact we only have 800 tickets, but we will be at - go ahead, Jamie.
Jamie: No, I was just going to one-up Emerson, but it doesn't matter now.
Ben: They're going to be in London at Waterstone's.
Andrew: Waterstone's at Piccadilly Circus. It's going to be a huge event. A week from now. A week from now! You two will be in Chicago, Micah is going to be doing something in New York, and me and Jamie will be in London. It's going to be crazy. It's going to be a lot of fun. Is everyone excited for the book? In just a week, [Audience cheers] everyone will be waiting in line.
[Audience continues to cheer and applaud]
Andrew: I don't want it to end. Do you, Emerson?
Emerson: Mhm.
Andrew: [laughs] We were just having a little talk backstage, and it's funny, because we've all grown up with Harry Potter, as most of you have here, and this is a very family-oriented convention, so overall, it's going to be sad saying "Bye!" to all of that hype that we've been looking forward to for 10 years. So...
Andrew: Anyway, we have a few things to talk about. We wanted to start with a fun story that happened last week, but we need to set it up first.
Jamie: Can we sort of start with a catch phrase? I don't know if anyone is going to understand this, but the HMS Bemma has now sailed.
Ben: Sort of. It didn't really sail.
Andrew: First, let's set it up.
Emerson: Some necessary back-story here: at the premiere, I was on the red carpet with Andrew - I was on the microphone and he had the camera, and when Emma Watson came down the line, I was thinking, you know, "Should I ask her another one of those boring character development questions, or should I ask her what she really wants to talk about - Ben Schoen?"
[Audience laughs]
Ben: For real.
Emerson: So I said, "Emma, has Evanna Lynch maybe mentioned anything to you about somebody named Ben Schoen?" And she had this look. She was like, "Yeah! Yeah! Are you him? Are you him? I've heard..." and I said, "Well, what did Evanna say?" She said, [in a girly and very fake British accent] "Well, I don't know how to say this without sounding arrogant, but she said he was a big supporter of mine..."
Jamie: That was a dreadful British accent. I won't lie.
Emerson: "...and he really really wants what's best for me."
Ben: That's completely true, and so somehow, we managed to secure tickets to the after-party following the premiere. So, of course, this is my one big chance. You know, my time to shine. Me and Emma Watson. We're coming face-to-face, you know? [Audience laughs] So, I pretty much psyched myself up for it all week. The whole week was building up to it, pretty much, you know, where I'm thinking, this is it. This is it.
[Andrew and audience laugh]
Ben: So, we get to the party, and - you know, you'd expect it to be, like, adults sitting around, sipping champagne and being all [in a sophisticated tone] "Oh, yes. David Heyman, that was a great movie. I really enjoyed that movie. It was a wonderful movie," you know? But it wasn't like that at all. It was really like a kiddie carnival, almost. There was all these games lining outside, it was, like, "Rope a Hippogriff," and I don't know.
Andrew: "Fling the Phoenix."
Ben: A bunch of games like that. So, I go into - it's indoors and outdoors - so I go into the indoor part, and I look around and Dan Radcliffe right there, and he walked by me, and oh, Emma's not in here. Who cares?
Ben: So I walked back out, walked around a bit, and Robert Pattinson! Still no Emma, and finally, I go back in and I see her. She's sitting on the couch, okay? With her dad - I think it was her dad - and her bodyguard standing behind her, and there's a line of fans, okay? There's a line of fans. Don't worry. I would have taken them out...
Ben: ...given the chance, if I could do it all over again. Anyways, so, she's sitting there and there's a line of fans and I'm thinking, how can I do this, being as tactful as I am? It would be the best way to do this. So, I go and sit on the couch next to her and I say I'll wait. I'll wait until the line of fans is gone. Then, I'll lean over and strike up casual conversation, and of course, Evanna Lynch did tell her about me, because she's a big MuggleCast fan, and so she knew who I was. I was going to be like, "Hey! Hi, how're you? I'm a really big fan, blah, blah, blah, " and then I was going to be like, "Oh, yeah. I'm that one dude that she brought up." But anyways, so like I said, I walk in and I see her sitting there, and I can feel it. This is it. It's going down.
Ben: I was going to be disappointed if I didn't at least get a phone number. And so...
Ben: So - okay. So, I sit down next to her, the line's finally gone. This is it - I'm not nervous at all, by the way. Cool, calm, and collected.
[Andrew laughs]
Ben: Traditional Ben Schoen manner. Anyways, I lean over to her and I tap her on the shoulder. Watch out, no, don't do that, Emerson.
Jamie: I can't take part in that.
Ben: I lean over, and - she's looking that way, and I tap her on the shoulder, and she looks over to me and I say, "You know, does that ever get old having all of these people ask for autographs?" She says, "What?" And then, this guy - this random guy comes and sits right between us.
Ben: There's, like, literally, a foot gap, okay? A foot gap between us, practically, and this bozo comes and sits between us.
[Audience continues to laugh]
Ben: A complete bozo! I'm just kidding, she might have been close to him - so sorry. But he sat between us. He didn't know - I don't think he realized I was asking her a question, so I sit there. I relax, and I say, "Once he gets up, I'll ask." And, well, he got up, she got up, and her bodyguard whisked her away, and then that - that is when I pulled out my nunchucks, and I beat the bodyguard down and I kidnapped Emma! And she's here with us today! Ladies and gentlemen! I'm just kidding.
Ben: So, I didn't actually meet her, really, at all. So...
[Audience sighs and says, "Awww"]
Ben: Awww.
Andrew: But you got to touch her.
Ben: I got to touch her. I touched her arm, one step closer. It's going to happen eventually, folks. [Audience laughs] Believe me. It's going down soon.
Jamie: I'm don't know why you didn't sort out the guy that sat between you. Was he just more charming, or...?
Ben: Oh, more charming. Of course. Like that's possible. No, I'm just kidding. He was kind of - I don't know. It was kind of weird because later on, I saw him - I think they were friends, or something. I think they were probably good friends because later on, I saw him sitting next to her and walking around with his arm around her, but I know she doesn't - I don't think she has a boyfriend. So, yeah. It was disappointing, but I still got to mingle with Robert Pattinson and all them, so who am I to complain?
Andrew: Yeah.
Ben: But the HMS Bemma will sail one day. The anchor has just been put in the sea for awhile.
[Andrew laughs]
Jamie: It's a heavy anchor. I don't know how it's going to get back.
Andrew: Well, like Ben was saying earlier, the after-party is interesting because you expect it to be a very classy, dignified event because it is Harry Potter - it is such a big movie and a big franchise, but then you go here, and it's all of this music you would expect to see at your high school dance. It's just cool teenager music. It was a pretty cool party, and there was free drinks, free food - lots of good food. You pigged out right away, didn't you?
Ben: And get this. There was a pizza buffet there. Just for Emerson, I think. I think Warner Brothers got it for Emerson. He has the taste buds of a fifth-grader.
Emerson: I thought one of the most interesting things about being at the after-party is that you see all these normal families, kids, adults, people in suits, and then all of a sudden, you walk by and oh, that guy is Dan Radcliffe. You're like, "Wow!" They're just walking around like normal people and everywhere you go, there's some other famous person.
Jamie: Do they have guards with them all the time? Or are they just walking around?
Ben: They always have a bodyguard with them.
Andrew: Yeah, like, Dan did.
Jamie: Could you have taken them all at one time?
Ben: Most likely.
Jamie: Without the nunchucks and the swords, and the AK-47s?
Ben: Easily.
Andrew: Why didn't you try? That's what I want to know.
Ben: Because I'm a big fan of not going to jail.
[Andrew and audience laugh]
Ben: I don't want to make the black list. The Emma Watson black list.
Andrew: [laughs] She'll really know you then.
Emerson: You guys can't even believe how incredible the decorations are. They went all out. They spent over 400,000 dollars on this party.
Andrew: After-party.
Emerson: You go into the bathroom, you're sitting there taking a leak...
Emerson: ...and all of a sudden you hear [meows] and you look over and you see Umbridge's office and you see Umbridge's office and all the cats are staring at you while you take a pee!
Andrew: They're actually in the bathroom.
Emerson: It's weird!
Ben: It was also cool on the inside where it went down, or what didn't go down...
Ben: ...there are a bunch of picture frames of, like, the moving video picture frames. It was really cool. And they had all of the Educational Decrees.
Andrew: Yeah, and they had a Hall of Prophecies. It was very well set up. It was amazing. And they actually did more work for that than they did for the actual premiere. The premiere was just a bunch of Order of the Phoenix posters and a bunch of crazy fangirls. Emerson, you and I did a great - well, okay, you did a great job of revving up the crowd with your MuggleNet chants.
Emerson: You did a great job filming them, Andrew.
Andrew: Well, thanks, Emerson.
Jamie: Awww.
Ben: Jamie, Jamie, you did a great job at the U.K. premiere. I just wanted to compliment you.
Ben: Micah, you did a good jobt oo.
Jamie: Thank you. Actually, there's a story there, Andrew. We were - I was filming, in the loosest sense of the word, while Andrew was under this huge umbrella and Andrew's umbrella-holding skills are far from satisfactory.
Jamie: And basically what happened was he was at the front and then it was John. Andrew, what was it?
Andrew: I was at the front, and then Melissa was right next to me.
Jamie: Yeah, that was it.
Andrew: John was behind Melissa. You were behind me.
Jamie: And Andrew holds this umbrella perfectly so it's lined up with the back of my neck. So, this rain just hits the umbrella. He stays dry, John stays dry...
Andrew: And Melissa stays dry.
Jamie: And torrential downpour just goes down right down my back. So, I'm standing there...
Andrew: And I would keep holding back at him, and he looked like this puppy dog.
Jamie: Yeah, I was completely soaking.
Andrew: You were completely drenched.I felt for you, but there was nothing I could do, because the umbrella...
Jamie: You could have. You could have moved it back a bit. Anyway, I was holding this thousand dollar camera. We didn't even have a bag to put this camera in because it was raining, so Andrew took off his shirt, he was wearing like he's wearing now, yeah. So he took off his shirt, and I poked the camera lens through the sleeve and wrapped it around, so I'm absolutely soaking, and I'm filming like this and it was not a nice experience.
Ben: That's old-fashioned British ingenuity for you.
Jamie: Yeah, yeah.
Andrew: We sort of have a depressing story. Like Ben's with Emma, we never got to interview Jo. Jo...
Jamie: Yeah.
Andrew: She was...
Ben: So, some bozo sat between you and Jo? Is that what happened?
Andrew: No, no, it was an interview. Here's the big press pit - it's just a giant circle and they walk around in this circle, and Jo, for some reason, came over to the people next to us a few spots down, but didn't work her way over to us, and it was kind of depressing because obviously, we wanted to ask her some questions.
Ben: Really?
Emerson: Shut up.
Andrew: That's why I said, "obviously." So, that was a bit of a disappointment. We sort of thought afterwards that maybe she was too afraid that we were going to ask her questions about Book 7, and she probably didn't want...
Ben: I think she was intimidated by you, Andrew, to be honest. I mean...
Andrew: Yeah, I was pretty scaring wearing...
Ben: A famous billionaire author, you know?
Andrew: Yeah. [Laughs]
Andrew: But who was here for the Moaning Myrtles show a little bit earlier today?
[Some of the audience cheers]
Andrew: What do you think of them? Can we bring them up here now? They're here. There they are. Come on up.
Andrew: We'll talk to you guys for a little bit.
[Pause, and audience continues to cheer]
Andrew: We were very impressed by - where is she going to stand? Here, stand over here. No, you don't have to do laps. Tell us. When does this whole Wizard Rock thing begin?
Nina Jankowicz of the Moaning Myrtles: For us? Or...
Andrew: For you, and for everyone.
Nina: Well, when did Harry and the Potters get together, Lauren?
Lauren Fairweather of the Moaning Myrtles: I'm not sure, but I saw them in...
Ben: Wasn't it 2001?
Lauren: In 2004.
Nina: Yeah, and then we went together to a Harry and the Potters concert in October 2005, and after we saw them, we thought it might be fun to start a band and Lauren had dressed up as Moaning Myrtle for a book release party for - was it Book 6? That you dressed up as Moaning Myrtle?
Lauren: Yes.
Nina: So I thought that was cool, and it was sort of a joke at first and we wrote "And Then I Died" and put a 30-second clip on the MySpace and lo and behold, two hundred fans within a couple of days, and now we have 10,000. So, it's kind of taken off from there, but...
Andrew: According to the MySpace, anyway?
Nina: According to the MySpace, yes.
Andrew: Where do you guys get your inspiration for writing this music? Because there's a lot of Wizard Rock bands out there right now and you guys are probably one of the bigger ones. I know there's the Remus Lupins, there's Harry and the Potters, there's the Hungarian Horntails...
Ben: And Andrew and the Sims.
Andrew: Andrew and the Sims? Oh, okay. [laughs]
Andrew: But where do you guys get your ideas from writing this music? And once Book 7 comes out, are you going to start writing right away?
Lauren: We're definitely planning on it as soon as the book comes out. Just like, getting more ideas. We really hope that Myrtle is in the next book, so we have some more material, but as soon as we decided on Myrtle, we looked through all the books, post-it-noted all the pages where she was mentioned and just pretty much wrote about the actual references, and then kind of came up with other things on the side.
Nina: We knew we were going to have to be creative at that point because you know, she's mentioned in every other book, and she has little small scenes, and every time she is mentioned she does something hilarious, so it's almost like a little bit of fanfiction in our music because we have to draw experiences that may not have been entirely canon in the books. Stop laughing at me. [laughs]
Ben: So, where do you gals head from here? Do you have any more stops? Do you get to perform anywhere this summer?
Lauren: Yes, we are doing what we call our poor tour right now. We can't travel outside of a two-hour radius from our house, so we are playing in New Jersey, and Pennsylvania a whole lot until the book release and then in August, we are doing a few more shows, so it's...
Ben: So, if I want to go out and see you, where can I find that information?
Lauren: We have - all of our tour dates are on our MySpace, and our website is Moaning Myrtles.WordPress.com, and all the tour dates are on both of those websites with all the information and directions and other fun stuff.
Nina: And if you are one of our fans who keeps messaging us and says, "Play in New Mexico, or play in Salt Lake City, Utah" then buy our CD and maybe we can come there and stop being poor college students. [laughs]
Ben: Yes, everyone buy their CD. Right now. Thank you.
Andrew: Thank you, guys, very much. Good luck on your tour.
Andrew: The Moaning Myrtles!
Andrew: That's one thing; whenever we announce we're going on tour, we get, like, "Oh, can you please come to - insert my little town made up of 500 people."
Jamie: Yeah.
Andrew: "We have a bookstore. You can do it here." It's nice offers, but we're trying to go - we're covering cross-country. Where are we going, Ben, exactly?
Ben: Oh, geez. We're going to Las Vegas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tulsa, Oklahoma; St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; [takes deep breath] Columbus, Ohio. No, Cleveland, Ohio.
Andrew: Pittsburgh.
Ben: Pittsburgh, then Prophecy 2007. Awesome.
Andrew: And everything will wrap there.
Ben: The Harry Potter blow-out to end all Harry Potter blow-outs. Be there.
Andrew: Ladies, and gentlemen, Hagrid has entered the auditorium back there. Please say, "Hi!" to Hagrid.
Ben: [In his Hagrid voice] Rubeus Hagrid!
Andrew: Do it, do it, do it. Do it, Ben. Ben, could we have a Hagrid impression, please?
Ben: [In his Hagrid voice] Rubeus Hagrid! How're you doing!
Ben: I don't know what to say.
Andrew: [laughs] Okay, well, who saw the movie?
[Some cheers and applause]
Ben: Who didn't see the movie?
[Cheers stop, and others laugh]
Ben: Just kidding. Of course Micah saw the film.
Andrew: Plus, my dad, also, in the audience.
Jamie: Can I ask a quick question? Is it worse seeing it in IMAX? Because I've asked a couple of people now, but...
[Some cheers]
Andrew: See, some people are saying "no."
Ben: Yeah, I heard from, like, one hundred people, and the answer was "no."
Andrew: Yeah. Some people are saying no, and they're saying the 3-D effects just weren't worth it.
[Murmuring within audience]
Andrew: They're stupid? We have a "they're stupid" here. I have "You're stupid" over here.
Female Audience Member: Only the last 20 minutes.
Andrew: It was the last twenty minutes, right. So, I mean...
[More murmuring within audience]
Ben: You're the man, dude.
Andrew: Oh, really? Okay. See, it's weird. At one of the podcast workshops today, we were talking about - that it may have an afterthought, like, they didn't film it for IMAX because for one, it was the last 20 minutes, they didn't really come out at you. They sort of did, but it was just the effects.
Jamie: Andrew, I was going to say - you're a technical guy. Do you have to film it for 3-D, or do you, like...?
Andrew: I don't know how that works. They did it digitally, yeah. That's what we were saying. They probably didn't actually plan to do it - release it in the IMAX, I mean, yeah. We'll make a quick extra buck, so I don't know. Anyone here going to see it in IMAX? Micah?
[Some murmuring and agreeing from audience]
Andrew: Well, you guys? Some of you are. I guess it's worth it. It'd be cool. It's a good way to see it again. Plus, you have a huge screen that's like, you can't see anything but the screen and it's amazing. Is it not?
Ben: It is amazing, Andrew.
Andrew: Thank you, but - okay, we wanted to talk about some scenes in the movie that really got our attention.
Andrew: First of all, panel. Overall thoughts on the movie. We'll start with Emerson down there and work our way over.
Emerson: See, I thought the movie was very well done. I don't know if they could have done much better with it, but the fact that Order of the Phoenix was my least favorite Harry Potter book meant that I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I enjoyed the third and the fourth, which I do think are head and shoulders above the first two. They're all good movies, but I'd say Order of the Phoenix falls about number - right in the middle of the movies, but I did enjoy it immensely. It was well done.
Jamie: What about your thoughts, Micah?
Micah: Well, I'd probably have to see the movie first, and then I could [Micah and audience laugh] let you know my thoughts.
Jamie: It could help. It could help. I thought it was pretty good. I thought some small things just ruined it. Well, not ruined it, but just, I thought I couldn't trust filmmakers that allowed those things to go in, like, for anyone who hasn't seen it, let me just completely ruin it, okay?
Micah: Go ahead.
Jamie: There's a scene when Professor Trelawney's being sacked and then Dumbledore walks away from the scene and he's like, "Don't you all have some studying to do?" to all these students around and I just wanted to hit him.
Jamie: Actually, no. I didn't. I wanted Ben to break out his nunchucks and sort him out as well.
Jamie: But...
Ben: I take care of these boys.
Jamie: Yeah, yeah, he's got my back. But other than that, I thought it was really good. I thought the battle was good. I liked the whole sort of time thing they did with the flipping through the pages, going to flashbacks, that kind of thing. I think it was the best Potter movie by far. And yeah, it was good, with only a few minor snags that brought it down a bit.
Ben: I echo what Jamie said, but unless I'm directing the movie, I'm not going to be happy with it, you know? The same thing with any Harry Potter fan, and unless they keep every single one of your favorite scenes, they write every line the way that you think it should be written, you're not going to be happy with it. So, I have a hard time being critical - well, I don't, [Audience laughs] but I have a hard time being critical in the sense that [laughs] I can't really critique the "Oh my gosh, they cut so much out, they did all these things." To me, when you go to see the movie, it's a lot different than reading the book. I mean, there are two different expectations, and I thought the film was great. Best yet.
Jamie: Yeah, and I was also going to say that you have to see the - sorry - you have to read the book first before you go to the movie, because there are a couple of things you wouldn't understand, you know, if you didn't read the book first. I can't remember any of them, but I just remember at the time there is when I was watching it...
Andrew: Well, the veil, for example.
Jamie: Sorry?
Andrew: The veil, for example.
Jamie: Yeah, exactly.
Andrew: I mean, the veil's not explained in the movie - it's not really much in the book either, but of course, Bellatrix puts Avada Kedavra on Sirius, which is not the spell that she puts on him in the book, and I thought about this and I realized that maybe it's because if she used the Avada Kedavra, they don't have to explain what happened to Sirius. He's dead.
Ben: That, and perhaps that clears it up, too.
Andrew: What's that?
Ben: That would clear it up, too.
Andrew: Exactly.
Jamie: But someone mentioned in the podcast discussion that the spell didn't actually hit Sirius. You didn't actually see the spell hit him, like, from the camera angle, you saw the light die from his eyes and you saw him fall backwards, but it didn't actually hit him.
Ben: Yeah, I remember seeing - he just wouldn't have stumbled and fallen through. I mean, he does have balance. He stood in front of the veil for a really long time. It wasn't like he just stepped back and was like, "Whoooooa!" You know?
Ben: I think Bellatrix's spell had to have hit him because he's kind of like...
Andrew: Exactly.
Jamie: The point is, is that he tripped, avoiding the spell. That is why he fell into the veil.
Ben: Oh, okay. I see what you mean. Yeah, but I don't know.
Emerson: Imelda Staunton is the perfect Umbridge.
Andrew: Hands down. Hands down. Hands down the best Umbridge ever.
Ben: Hold on a second, though, Emerson.
Emerson: There is no way anyone else in the single other person, the six billion on the planet, could ever do that. [Imitates Umbridge�s "hem hem"]
Emerson: That sickening smile that just...
Jamie: How much is she paying you, Em?
Emerson: ...breaks through everything she says, she says it with that smile, that "I'm better than you and I have more power than you and that there's nothing you can do about it."
Andrew: It was perfect. Did anyone see the MuggleNet interview clips on MuggleNet.com?
[Some of the audience says, "Yeah!"]
Andrew: Yeah. Everyone see the beginning? With Imelda Staunton? What do you think of that?
[Audience applauds]
Emerson: "MuggleNet!"
Andrew: Best video clip ever.
Emerson: "MuggleNet, hem hem!"
Andrew: [laughs] Yeah.
Ben: Now, Andrew.
Jamie: That's scarily good.
Ben: Now, Andrew, we heard the rest of our thoughts about the film, what did you think?
Andrew: [laughs] Thank you, Ben. Well, listen, I came out of it and - many people have talked about this, and came out of the film thinking just, "Huh." I mean...
Ben: It was kind of mixed. That's how I felt at first.
Andrew: It's mixed, it was very mixed, in my opinion. There's � it's just, I guess I was expecting so much more. I was looking forward to � I was really looking forward to the scene seeing Snape enter Harry's mind. I thought there would be a lot more emphasis on that, a lot more drama in that scene, and of course, that was short. The Umbridge stuff was perfect. They did do a few montages which was an interesting way of moving the movie forward.
Ben: What's a montage? Are you talking about when they put the newspaper thingy in?
Andrew: Well that, but also like, just a bunch of clips all thrown together. Like when Umbridge is wreaking havoc on the school.
Ben: Oh, okay.
Andrew: Well, not wreaking havoc, but laying the smack-down on the entire school. Things like that.
Jamie: One last thing I just want to talk about, which I think we mentioned on a show, which was one more thing which completely spoiled � it didn't spoil it, once again, it's just a nagging thing, was when Harry left Privet Drive and went to Grimmauld Place, and instead of him seeing and reading the piece of parchment that tells him where it is, Moody tapped his stick in some kind of Jafar-like action.
Andrew: So dumb.
Jamie: Which I was expecting like...
Andrew: Wasn't that dumb?
Jamie: ...Aladdin Five: Return to the Cave, or something like that.
Andrew: Yeah, that was one of the first things that ruined my enjoyment for the film because it was so far off from the books. It just doesn't make sense!
Jamie: But that charm is so important in the entire scheme of things, with Sirius and Pettigrew and the secret-keeper for the Potters.
Andrew: Yeah.
Jamie: So it seems like you shouldn't make that mistake.
Ben: Well I don't think it's really a mistake because the secret-keeper charm was explained in the third film, and I had a really good point to make. It was the best point you've ever heard in your life, but I forgot it, so I'm going to shut up now.
Andrew: [laughs] But okay, what other scenes were sort of far off? I don't want to be too negative, but...
Ben: Oh, oh! I remember now!
Andrew: Okay. Good, I was just killing time.
Ben: Okay, so when Harry � okay, the first thing that I noticed in the film. Okay, I saw the screening in London, and I was writing and taking notes the whole entire time, and this is really nitpicky, but the opening of the film when Harry and Dudley are running, they're like running side by side, and Dudley's fat, he can't do that.
Ben: The second thing I thought they messed up was when they get back to � oh, it was Figg. Arabella Figg was the worst Figg ever because...
[Audience laughs]
Ben: She said, she was just like, [imitates] "Why don't you keep your wand out, boy?"
Ben: And in the book she's angry, almost to borderline, you know, she's really stern, she's like, [imitates] "Keep your wand out, are you a fool? Keep your wand out!" You know? But in the movie she was kind of, she was too weak. I thought she was going to be a lot stronger. And then you get back to the house, and there's Richard Griffiths and he's all, [imitates] "Oh, I got you now, boy!" but in the book, it wasn't like that at all! But, I mean, from a movie-goer's perspective, I thought it was still good.
Andrew: But there was that classic shot I thought was hilarious, when it cuts to him and he's huddled in the freezer spooning some ice cream. That was hilarious!
Ben: I just think the Dursleys should have been more mad.
Emerson: I just think anytime in the movies where there's any kind of conflict between characters, whenever they're fighting or arguing. Whenever you know, Draco Malfoy comes up to Harry and says, [imitates] "P-p-potter!"
Emerson: It's not realistic at all. Like, he's trying to be angry, they're trying to be angry at each other, but that's not how it actually happens in the real world. That's just a movie scene kind of argument. You guys know what I mean there? Like, he's not clever or sarcastic or funny or witty in any way. It's just saying something I would expect a second-grader to say as an insult.
Ben: He just walks by and he's like, [imitates] "Mudblood!"
Emerson: Yeah.
Ben: [laughs] Then he's like, [imitates] "Let me at him! Let me at him!"
Ben: Yeah.
Emerson: He, like, spits at him.
Jamie: Yeah, but it is a movie, and there's magic in it, so, you know, you can't expect it to echo the real world completely.
Emerson: Good point.
Ben: I don't know. Raise your hand if you enjoyed the film. You thought they did a good job.
Ben: Now that's pretty impressive.
Ben: I mean, the reviews out there have been really mixed.
Andrew: Yeah. In comparison to the other films, would anyone call it their favorite film? I know people have been calling it their favorite film, but do you call it that just because it just came out? Like everyone says each one is your favorite. "Oh, Sorcerer's Stone, oh my gosh, it was amazing!" "Oh, Chamber of Secrets, even better!" "Wow! Prisoner of Azkaban, oh my god!"
Jamie: No. No!
Andrew: "Goblet of Fire, wow, Mike Newell." "Order of the Phoenix, whoa, Umbridge."
Jamie: No one has ever said that Chamber of Secrets is their favorite film ever.
Andrew: Well.
Emerson: It was everybody's favorite film after - when it came out.
Jamie: Yeah, because they had to compare it Movie 1.
Andrew: Yeah exactly, exactly, that's my point.
Emerson: Yeah. Either way.
Jamie: Which was not difficult at all.
Ben: Okay, here's what usually happens, I've noticed this. After Goblet of Fire, we got out of the premiere, we went to the podcast and started talking about the film, and all that came from up here, back then, was praise. "Oh my god, Goblet of Fire was a wonderful film."
Andrew: I still think it is.
Ben: Well, hold on a second. And then a week later, all of a sudden, the same people who were like, "Oh, they did a great job!" all of a sudden turned into, "You know, they really messed up this line. They messed up this line, this line, and [gasps] this line."
Ben: It's just like, come on, really? You were just saying how awesome the film was a minute ago, and I don't know, I just think that sometimes - since we're Harry Potter fans and by nature we're going to be very critical and analyze things a little too much. So...
Jamie: But the movies are a learning curve more than anything. They have got better, I think each one has gotten considerably better when people realize what the fans want, what the fans don't want so, like, I didn't enjoy one at all, I thought it was terrible, thought two was pretty terrible as well.
Emerson: The one thing I would have liked...
Jamie: Three got a lot better.
Emerson: The one thing I would have liked to see more of in this movie was - because it was like two-and-a-half hours of depressing stuff, and then like...
Jamie: It's a depressing book, though.
Emerson: And then the one scene of happiness at the end, and I know that's what it's like in the book, but I feel they could have used a little more humor to lighten the mood a little bit, because I just came out of the movie feeling a little bit tired, because I just � I felt for Harry and I felt for the characters, and it was just such a dark, dark book, so it was a dark movie too and a little humor, I think, could have injected a little more life into the movie.
Ben: Right.
Jamie: But there was a bit of humor still. They still kept in the teaspoon quote, which I was really pleased about. You know, "the emotional range of a teaspoon."
Ben: Something that I noticed, I was just thinking about it - it came into my mind, was that the first film was rated PG, correct?
Ben: And...
Andrew: So was Movie 3.
Ben: Movie 3 was? Yeah, that's right. So, I don't know, just how many PG films out there do you enjoy? Because I remember watching this film when I was younger - I remember watching the first three films when I was younger and I was so into those things because it was just - they were amazing movies to me. So, I don't know, I think maybe they were targeting a different audience back then as opposed to now.
Ben: Because people have grown up with the series.
Jamie: They're more PG books as well. Like, one and two aren't as dark as three, four, five and six, and probably seven as well. So, I think they're just going to get darker, the movies. Six is going to be very, very scary, then seven is just going to be NC-17.
Andrew: Well, seriously, with so many people dying in the seventh book? I mean, okay, this is probably a stretch now that I'm actually saying it out loud, but could it be rated R?
Emerson: No.
Ben: No.
[Audience says, "No!"]
Andrew: You guys don't know what's happening in book seven!
Ben: [laughs] Everyone's just like, "Noooooo."
Andrew: It could be some really nasty stuff going on in there.
Jamie: No, there's no way.
Andrew: Like stabbing, oh.
Ben: Is that all you're thinking about?
Andrew: That's debatable.
Ben: What about Michael Gambon?
[Audience and Ben "booo!"]
Ben: Personally, I think Keith - Keith Hawk is a way better Dumbledore, where you at buddy?
Emerson: Give him a round of applause.
Emerson: See, I don't actually share Ben's view on this one, even though we tend to see eye-to-eye on most things. Even though there are a couple lines that bother me, just like they bother every other Harry Potter fan because they weren't Dumbledore-ish.
Emerson: But at the same point, Richard Harris was not the same Dumbledore that I read in the books.
Jamie: I agree.
Emerson: Richard Harris was � he acted, and he was actually dying, so he acted like a dying old man. There was no energy, there was no spark in anything that he said. He didn't have that Dumbledore twinkle that Gambon shows from time to time. I just...
Micah: He had much more of a twinkle than Michael Gambon does.
Emerson: [Speaking slowly] Richard Harris...
Ben: Yeah, he did.
Emerson: ...talks so...
Jamie: But he had a known twinkle, a more powerful twinkle. I'd rather have Michael Gambon to save the day, rather than Richard Harris to save the day, yeah.
Emerson: ...slowww.
Ben: Well, see, I disagree, I thought Richard Harris to me - he was Dumbledore.
Ben: And I thought even though he had the raspy voice - but that was Dumbledore though!
Andrew: But that's what made him so good though.
Ben: That, to me, is Dumbledore. [in his Dumbledore voice] "It is our choices, Harry, far more than our abilities." Anyways.
Emerson: I feel like with Richard Harris, I just felt like he wasn't that � he didn't seem in control, he didn't seem able to take command. I felt like a strong gust of wind would knock him off his feet, you guys know what I mean?
Ben: See, but I think Gambon...
Emerson: I know it sounds bad, but the Dumbledore that I pictured in the books was powerful, he was strong, he was kind and he had energy.
Ben: I think Micah would appreciate this. I think Michael Gambon, he's a feistier Dumbledore, but he's not even Dumbledore. He's a feistier person, because Dumbledore isn't � Dumbledore isn't supposed to be, you know, when Dumbledore enters the room, he's supposed to carry the aura of "You wanna mess with this?" You know? And in the movies, I got that from Richard Harris, whereas � because Richard Harris had the look on his face, everything, where as Michael Gambon, to me, I thought he was just way too � he's just way too angry. You know? Like in Movie 4, when he grabs Harry, he's like, "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" you know?
Ben: That's just way out of line.
Emerson: See, I feel like everybody's judging Michael Gambon based on a couple of lines that were delivered very poorly.
Jamie: Exactly.
Emerson: But I think you definitely see that Dumbledore power when you're watching that battle in the Department of Mysteries at the end of the movie - can you imagine Richard Harris doing that?
Ben: That would have been a lot better.
Andrew: You see, it would have been a lot different, I mean. Especially...
Emerson: I just can't imagine Richard Harris seeming that larger-than-life like Michael Gambon can.
Emerson: He's got that spark that I just never saw with Harris.
Emerson: And I did think Harris was a good Dumbledore at the time. In hindsight, however.
Micah: But I think it's hard to compare the two, considering that Richard Harris never got the opportunity to play beyond Chamber of Secrets.
Ben: Good point, Micah Tannenbaum.
Emerson: They still played the same character.
Ben: Yeah, that is a good point because they are different films so, I don't know.
Andrew: Can you imagine Richard Harris in Half-Blood Prince? Like, I can't see that. You can see him acting in Half-Blood Prince?
[Audiences says, "Yes!"]
Andrew: I can't, thank you.
Emerson: I just can't see it. I � alright, I'm going to stop picking on Richard Harris now. I'm getting too mean here.
Ben: I just think if we had an actor...
Emerson: But can you imagine Richard Harris in that rowboat like, going out to that cave in the middle of the lake and, like � I'm going to stop. I'm stopping.
Ben: Okay, I just think when you have an actor who hasn't even read the books, I mean, really.
[Audience cheers and says, "thank you"]
Emerson: A lot of the actors haven't read the books. I was really, really mad...
Ben: Yeah, but they still do a good job.
Emerson: When I found out...
Ben: That's the difference.
Emerson: That's a matter of opinion, Ben. Either way, they don't all read the books. They should, I think, I completely agree they should, but they don't all, so you can't just pick on Michael Gambon for that.
Andrew: Well, one person in our podcast workshop brought up a good point. Michael Gambon doesn't even wear the glasses. Why is it so hard to wear the glasses? That's Dumbledore.
Emerson: Yeah.
Andrew: The half-moon spectacles. And Richard Harris was taller.
Ben: See, I thought Gambon did a great job in terms of, like - in this film he had a little more of the wittier lines. He did the funny role a lot better, but in terms of the serious role when he's talking to Harry and those things, I was displeased with that. But I don't know.
Emerson: But when it comes to funny, just remember in the first movie, [imitates] "Alas, earwax!"
Ben: [imitates] "Earwax!"
Ben: I laughed. I laughed.
Emerson: Yeah, that was a punch line! That was funny in the book, but in the movie, it was just like, "Huh, huh, huh."
Jamie: Can we talk about Sirius?
Andrew: Yeah, oh, man. Gary Oldman is the man, seriously.
Emerson: He is, he is.
Andrew: He's the man! I mean, you see this guy - he's another one who, granted, has not read the books either. He sees it as just a role, he said that. However, he portrays Sirius perfectly.
Ben: He's amazing.
Andrew: Perfectly.
Jamie: There's one scene when he's talking to Harry in the tapestry room, and he's like, you know, everyone has good and evil thoughts, and it's your choices and whether you act on good or evil that's important. It was sad, it was sad.
Andrew: Well, it was great, I loved him in Grimmauld Place because he has that one line to Harry. I can't remember it exactly, but Harry's trying to argue that he's old enough to be in Dumbledore's Army and...
Ben: You mean the Order.
Andrew: The Order, sorry. And Sirius gives him that little wink, the little, like - after he talks back to Molly.
Jamie: He's just too cool, Sirius.
Ben: I thought that the saddest line in the film was in the Department of Mysteries when - yeah, when he calls him James, that's like, "Awww!" It wrenched out my little fangirl heart.
[Audience, Andrew, and Ben laugh]
Andrew: We don't see that very often.
Ben: You don't see that very often.
Jamie: No, you really don't.
Andrew: So.
Ben: What else in the films, guys? I mean, Emerson, was there any scene in particular for you that made the film for you?
Female Audience Member: Ginny!
Ben: Ginny?
Emerson: Ginny bringing down the house in the Department of Mysteries was pretty cool, I thought.
Ben: That was awesome. Oh my gosh.
Emerson: That was pretty cool.
Ben: Although, for me, although I didn't think they did the duel right. I think they could have done a better job. It was still pretty awesome. Like in that scene, I got chills the entire time.
Ben: Is anyone with me there?
Ben: Oh my god, oh my god, Dumbledore! [laughs] Dumbledore!
Jamie: I'm so glad they left him that line, "You shouldn't have come here tonight, Tom," because it just shows how awesome Dumbledore is that he can still call him Tom, even though he's, you know, one book from death.
Andrew: Those Dumbledore bad-butt lines are the best.
Jamie: Yeah, so cool. I can't believe he's dead.
Ben: But the one problem I have with this scene was, in the book, they wrote it as � I was under the impression that the entire time, Dumbledore was in control of that battle, that there was no way that Dumbledore was going to be defeated by Voldemort that night. And in the movie, however, it became a lot more of a struggle.
Jamie: No, no, Ben, no, no, in the book there are a couple times when he's in trouble, like when Fawkes has to swallow the Avada Kedavra spell, and there's one more, I think when he has to shake something off, or like a snake comes after him and he just in time whips it into something else, which then goes on to Voldemort.
Ben: Could you do that?
Jamie: I'll just bust out your nunchucks and sort it out like that.
[Audience and Ben laugh]
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Whitney Houston will always love you, but will she love the news that her starring role in The Bodyguard will be revisited in a remake? Warner Bros. has revealed plans to reboot the 1992 film, which starred Houston and Kevin Costner in a story about a pop diva and her manly protector, Variety reports. The studio has Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer set to deliver a script and Dan Lin on board to produce.
In the original, Costner's character was an ex-Secret Service agent hired to protect Houston's pop star from her more dangerous "fans." The reboot will reframe the character as an Iraq War vet. Friedman and Palmer are also set for another WB picture, Family Getaway, about an assassin who heads home for Thanksgiving dinner and the shenanigans that ensue when rival assassins show up to spoil the holiday cheer.
Maybe it's just me, but this seems totally unnecessary. The Bodyguard was fine and it remains a noteworthy moment in '90s Hollywood pop culture. It's going to be tough to recapture magic like that, when it is so centered on a particular time and the players involved. Then again, the face of pop stardom has shifted dramatically in the almost 20 years since the original was released. Today's divas, people like Lady Gaga, are a much different breed, which could potentially offer a fresh new angle on the story.
wow…really? That is like the last good thing Whitney Houston ever did, I smell fail all over this.
Yeah, this time, the bodyguard must protect the fans from the divas.
This officially marks the end of original ideas from Hollywood.
The first film was lightning in a bottle with everything coming together to make something that will be impossible to duplicate. The music was what really made the original work and right now there's no pop star out there that is as good as Huston was in that moment in time.
they should remake MY Bodyguard
People in Hollywood are so stupid that they can't think of anything original anymore. Like really? Who cares?!
wow so now we are already up to Remaking movies from 1992. sheesh i am getting old.
Movies from the 70s and early 80s that are reeeealy dated i can understand. BUT– whats dated at all about the BODYGAURD??
Movies that NEED a remake:
Last starfighter
Greatest american Hero
Logans Run
Meh, It can't any goofier then they remake with Jet Li. Which is goofy in a fun way.
1992? They just remade Let the Right One In two years after the original was made and they're remaking the Millennium Trilogy just two years after the Swedish films came out.
Why is anyone surprised? Isn't this new flick "The Roommate" essentially a remake of "Single White Female", which came out in 1992? You have to think at who these types of films are aimed at – people in their late teens/early twenties, mostly, I'd guess… who were toddlers, or not even born yet, back in the early 90s. They may not even realize these flicks are remakes.
dude, this is actually a great idea! i would watch this!
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Did last year's Tomb Raider need a port to the PS4 and Xbox One? Whether it did or not, the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is now here so let's examine whether this Lara Croft reboot is worth a next-gen look or if she should have stuck to her guns on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Lara's Little Heart of Darkness
The Tomb Raider reboot is a new origin story for Lara Croft and gives Crystal Dynamics the opportunity to take a fresh approach both in terms of character and gameplay. For those unfamiliar, it is a surprisingly brutal take on the character as she is put through the kind of physical turmoil that would leave a normal person in traction for at least a month.
It's also a more emotional journey for Lara as player's take part in her evolution from an untested archaeologist to the beginnings of a hardened adventurer. The sole focus is on re-establishing her as one of the premier female characters in gaming and something more than a cock-sure, dual-pistol wielding, cool outfit wearing, British accented sex symbol.
No, this time she's just a vulnerable girl experiencing loss and sacrifice while trying to survive and escape a hellish island. The supporting characters don't necessarily stand out but they all serve the same purpose of making this a more relatable Ms. Croft.
What's So Definitive About It?
Crystal Dynamics handed over the porting of Tomb Raider for the PS4 and Xbox One to two separate studios – Nixxes Software and United Front Games. Both spent the last year giving Lara a new facial model, adding support for 1080p resolution, new skin and texture effects to make the mud and blood that is accumulated look more realistic as well as subtle physics effects like the pickaxe swinging on Lara's belts or the bow rattling around on her shoulders.
There's also the issue of Lara's hair. The Definitive Edition implements Nvidia's TressFX technology that is supposed to make look, move and react more realistically. Believe it or not, this is important in a game like Tomb Raider where much of the time is spent looking at the main character's pony tail. That said, it's impressive to look at as long as Lara is an upright position. We reach the uncanny hair valley anytime she's in a horizontal position while shimmying across ropes as her pony tail magically stays flat on her back instead of dangling down towards the ground.
The Definitive Edition also comes with all the previously released DLC for Tomb Raider including various outfits that Lara can wear in single-player plus all multiplayer maps and weapons that were released as well. The problem here is that the multiplayer is an utter bore of an experience that has not improved at all with the move to next-gen.
The game also brings support for Kinect and Playstation Camera voice commands to perform actions like switching weapons by saying "bow" or go to the map by saying "map." These voice commands, along with motion controls for Kinect, are a gimmick that you'll likely try only a couple of times just to see what they are about though before returning to the quicker and functional controller buttons.
A Note on FPS
Much has been made over the last week because the PS4 version of Tomb Raider can run anywhere between 45 and 60 frames per second (fps) while the Xbox One version is locked at 30 fps and briefly dipped down to 24 fps in one section of a Digital Foundry test. My own experience with the Xbox One version of the game was a steady and smooth experience and I didn't notice any drastic fps drops that affected my enjoyment of the game. While the PS4 does provide a higher overall frame rate, current Xbox One owners shouldn't be dissuaded from the game by this latest salvo in the console wars. The asking starting price, on the other hand, should be a concern for owners of both consoles.
Not the End
If you don't already own the game or are in need of something to occupy your Playstation 4 or Xbox One during these dry times for new releases, it is hard to go wrong with Tomb Raider. Crystal Dynamics delivered one of the best single-player experiences over the last year and every visual and physics upgrade in the Definitive Edition was for the better. The $60 asking price for a year old game that can be had for less than $10 on previous platforms plus the lack of any attempt at improving the lackluster multiplayer is a true hindrance though and weigh down what is otherwise a stellar next-gen port. Still, this was obviously a test bed for the true next-gen Lara Croft experience and this helps get things going in that direction.
- Outstanding single-player experience
- Graphical upgrades range from subtle to sublime
- Promise of a true next-gen Lara Croft
- Multiplayer is still lackluster
- $59.99 next-gen price is a tough sell when the game goes as cheap as $10 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Title: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Platform(s): PS4, Xbox One
Developer: Crystal Dynamics, Nixxes Studio (PS4), United Front Games (Xbox One)
Publisher: Square Enix
Price: $59.99
Release Date: Jan. 24, 2014
A review code for the Xbox One was provided by Square Enix for the purposes of this review.
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There are no easy answers or quick fixes when it comes to addressing the cycle of poverty. But that's no reason to ignore it. The complex economic, social and spiritual issues related to poverty demand a comprehensive and multi-pronged response.
Simply stated, poverty is on every continent, every country, every city and every neighborhood. A child dies every three pedal strokes from poverty. In America one in six people don't know where their next meal is coming from. Sea to Sea is cycling to end poverty. Some say poverty will never be overcome. But we can try. And we do it in obedience to God's call to defend the cause of the weak and fatherless and stand up for the rights of the oppressed (Psalm 82).
Sea to Sea serves as a way to further enable the Church to respond to that call. Individuals, groups and congregations are encouraged to get active in serving the poor in some new way, whether in your own community or half a world away.
Funds generated through the tour will be used to support new or ongoing initiatives by organizations like World Renew and Partners Worldwide in the areas of job creation, community development, sustainable farming, food security, access to clean water, immunizations, medical care and social justice.
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2012 Homecoming Schedule
The students at Sterling College kicked off the 2012 Homecoming activities this weekend with the annual bonfire. For alumni and friends of the College, events will begin Thursday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. in Culbertson Auditorium with opening night for the musical "Godspell." The public is encouraged to join in the celebration.
A special addition to this year's festivities will be fireworks in honor of Sterling's 125th anniversary Friday night following the musical. Fireworks will be best seen from Smisor Stadium. The public will be able to sit in the stadium seating, but will not be allowed on the field.
The annual Homecoming parade down Broadway Ave. will begin at 10 a.m Saturday, Oct. 20. Grand marshals Vernon Groth '34 of Lyons, Kan. and Lola (Lambert) Klepper '34 of South Hutchinson, Kan., will lead the parade followed by Homecoming Queen candidates Annalise Kolb of Monument, Colo., Cassandra Spliess of Camp Verde, Ariz., and Larissa Versaw of Canon City, Colo., and Homecoming King candidates Scott McKinney of Superior, Neb., Micah Mitchell of Westminster, Colo., and Michael Redondo of Norco, Calif.
A pancake breakfast sponsored by the Lady Warriors Basketball Team will take place in the Sterling United Presbyterian Church from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $6 for adults and children over 10; tickets for children 10 and under will be $0.25 for each year of their age.
From 11 a.m.-1 p.m. the Homecoming Hangout and annual barbecue on East Cooper Lawn. The Hangout will feature inflatable games, face painting and a petting zoo for children, as well as music and arts and crafts. Tickets for the barbecue are $6 for adults and $3.50 for children.
"Godspell" tickets can be purchased at the Sterling College box office Monday-Friday from 1-5 p.m. and Thursday-Saturday 7-8 p.m. Tickets prices are $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Seating is reserved.
A complete schedule follows:
Thursday, Oct. 18
8 p.m. "Godspell"
Culbertson Auditorium
Friday, Oct. 19
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Alumni College
4 p.m. Various class reunions
Various Locations
6 p.m. Reunion dinners
Various Locations
8 p.m. "Godspell"
Culbertson Auditorium
Saturday, Oct. 20
7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lady Warriors Pancake Breakfast
Sterling United Presbyterian Church
10 a.m. Homecoming Parade
Downtown Sterling
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Homecoming Hangout
East Cooper Lawn
11 a.m. Campus tours
Meet on East Cooper Lawn
11 a.m. Barbecue
East Cooper Lawn
1:10 p.m. Crowning of Homecoming Royalty
Smisor Stadium
1:30 p.m. Sterling College vs. Ottawa University
Athletic Hall of Fame inductions during halftime
Smisor Stadium
1:30 p.m. Young Alumni reunion
South of Smisor Stadium
4:30-5:30 p.m. Student Government Reunion
Heritage Hall
4:30-5:30 p.m. Parent reception for parents of current students and SC foster parents
South of Stadium (Cornerstone in the Student Union for inclement weather)
5:45-7:30 p.m. Alumni Banquet
East Cafeteria
8 p.m. "Godspell"
Culbertson Auditorium
Sunday, Oct. 21
2 p.m. Tribute to the Klings
Culbertson Auditorium
4:30 p.m. Reception for Klings
Cornerstone in the Student Union
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Welcome to Arizona Diver Magazine!
Oceanic's Pioneer Wetsuit Blazes Path to New Standard
Academy of Scuba dive professionals have high praise following initial review.
Courtesy of Diverwire.com
Oceanic Worldwide has just released its latest innovation to the scuba diving community – the Pioneer line of advanced premium wetsuits. Combining not one, not two, but THREE exclusive Oceanic technologies, the Pioneer line represents a significant evolution in exposure protection.
Already "Pioneers" in diving technology and innovation, Oceanic's "Pioneer" line features the LavaSkin core thermal protection, OceanSpan stretch technology for durability and comfort, and the unique Spandura which delivers exceptional protection in high wear areas like the knees and elbows. The Pioneer wetsuits are available in three different models – 7/5mm, 5/4mm and 3/2mm.
"You cannot reasonably compare the Pioneer suit to any other, because there is no other suit offering such an extensive line-up of features and technologies," said Dan Emke, Oceanic's President. "Our dealers are eagerly anticipating delivery of this new line – especially now, in the heart of the summer diving season."
In advance of the release of the Pioneer line, select Oceanic Representatives previewed the line for the dive professionals at the Academy of Scuba – and the results were overwhelming. Here's what a few of these dive professionals have to say about the Pioneer Line:
"This suit is awesome... the Pioneer wetsuit to be comfortable, extremely flexible, and easy to put on and take off. I liked the 'welded' seams of the suit which make the suit highly durable. I look forward to seeing my divers donning them," – Mark Moran, Master Scuba Diver Trainer
"What a nice fit! I really like how stretchy the material is and that it's so easy to get on. I'm used to struggling to get into a wetsuit and having my fingertips sore from pulling on thick neoprene. This material is great. The lining is wonderful and I like the ankle seals." – Tania Land, Divemaster
Oceanic Worldwide, an American Underwater Products (AUP) company, continues to lead the way in scuba diving technology, innovation, and adventure.
Find your Oceanic Pioneer Wetsuit at all Academy of Scuba locations or buy yours online HERE.
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Last week IBM made a major announcement in the data management space: a technology dubbed 'BLU Acceleration' that provides major performance and compression enhancements to the DB2 and Informix line of products.
Many of our IBM Champions were given privileged access to the launch and have shared their views on the implications of BLU:
As Philip Nelson explains, "we are being given a columnar data store integrated into the core DB2 engine, with potentially huge benefits for Business Intelligence workloads." He makes the point that database professionals need to be well versed in all the available storage options, from RDBMS to pureXML and beyond, and understand when it makes sense to implement each. He suggests the same is true of the new BLU technology: "Its obvious that not everything is right for BLU. But some things are absolutely right for it. Getting it right will be our challenge."
Read DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration : Some Thoughts
Meanwhile, Dave Beulke points to the key features of this new offering:
- A new level of data compression using in-memory columnar table data store technology
- Actionable Compression that preserves the data value order of information while compressed
- Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) technology which takes advantage of the latest manufactured microprocessor chipsets and "is like a drill sergeant issuing a command to entire platoon instead of to each individual serially"
- Data skipping for unnecessary or irrelevant data not needed for a SQL answer
Read IBM BLU Acceleration - Best Yet for Big Data!
James Taylor live blogged all sessions at the launch event but in one post centered around BLU Acceleration he explains the technical improvements announced: "10TB of data is compressed to 1TB in memory. The use of a column store means that only 10GB is accessed and data skipping focused on 1Gb. This is spread across many cores so each only handles 32MB and the single Instruction Multiple Data processing means that even this is handled more quickly."
Read IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Mike Martin from BTRG live-tweeted the event, and pointed to how the announcement dovetails to the current industry trends: "IT Mega trends: growing scale/lower barrier to entry, increased complexity/consumabilty, fast pace, contextual overload"
For more on the launch, see this great article in IBM Data Magazine or register for the April 30 online broadcast Big Data at the Speed of Business.


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MyCole Pruitt led MVC tight ends with 49 receptions and 577 yards.
Dec. 10, 2012
PHILADELPHIA - SIU tight end MyCole Pruitt has been named to The Sports Network All-America Third Team, The Sports Network announced Monday.
Pruitt led all tight ends in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 49 receptions for 577 yards and four touchdowns. Among tight ends, he ranked fourth in the nation in receiving yards and sixth in the nation with 4.5 receptions per game. In two seasons with the Salukis, the sophomore already has the second most career receptions by an SIU tight end with 92.
This is yet another honor for Pruitt, who was also a first-team All-Conference selection this season.
View Complete Sports Network All-America Team


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CamelBak has an innovative water filtration pitcher that will filter your water at the speed of your faucet. The CamelBak Relay is the first of its kind and was created to keep pace with active lives. No more waiting to fill your reusable water bottles or CamelBak hydration packs with filtered water in order to get outside and hit the trails or climb to your heart's content.
The CamelBak Relay has a unique, pleated double filter technology system that filters water twice; once the pitcher is filled and again as water is poured. The Fresh™ Filter, made with plant-based activated carbon, lasts four months with regular usage which is twice as long as the leading competitor. Consumer's complaints about water filtration pitchers on the market were taken into consideration when the Relay was being created. In addition to the filter lasting longer and the water being filtered faster, the Relay has a locking lid that gives the consumer a controlled pour, and you don't have to worry about spilling or the lid falling off.
The pitcher holds 10 cups of water and has a space-saving pitcher design that easily fits in most refrigerator doors. The Relay is BPA-free and dishwasher safe (top rack) and removes 97% of chlorine, taste and odor according to a test to NSF/ANSI Standard 42. It has an easy-to-read filter reminder dial so you know when to replace your filter. And another great thing about the CamelBak Relay is that it's backed up by the CamelBak Got Your Back™ Guarantee which is a lifetime guarantee.
The CamelBak Relay has a really sleek-looking design. The filter doesn't take up half as much space as some of the other water filtration pitchers I've used before, so it leaves ample space for more water. The locking lid is brilliant and has spared me from spilling all over the kitchen counter while pouring. I've been extremely impressed with how fast it filters water, and the taste is refreshing and clean.
I admittedly have bought bottled water to avoid waiting for my water to be filtered by a water pitcher or most of the time I'll just bypass filtered water and use my sink water. But it is nice to have clean tasting water without the chlorine aftertaste. With the CamelBak Relay I'm able to fill up a 2-liter hydration pack or a couple of reusable water bottles and be on my way for a day at the crags or mountain biking without having to wait minutes for a full pitcher of filtered water. And the fact that I can just fill up the pitcher and have more filtered water quickly is an added bonus.
CamelBak has added another excellent item to their line of hydration products with the Relay. They listened to the consumers and created a water pitcher filtration system that works fast with efficiency. If you don't want to sit and wait minutes for your water pitcher to filter water at a slow pace, or if you want to be more green by avoiding the purchase of disposable water bottles, then I'd highly recommend the CamelBak Relay. It'll save you time, money, and you'll be pleasantly surprised at the quickness and taste of the filtered water.
The CamelBak Relay water filtration pitcher is available at your local Target stores and at www.camelbak.com.


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School of Music Ambassadors
The School of Music Student Ambassadors are a small group of students majoring in music that assist the School of Music by:
- Meeting with prospective students, taking them on tours of the School of Music and talking to them about our programs.
- Representing the School of Music at various recruitment fairs and activities on campus.
- Assisting with auditions and the annual School of Music Open House.
Our School of Music Ambassadors for the 2013-14 academic year are:
Olivia Anderson
Class of 2015; BM Music Education, Flute
Olivia Anderson is a senior music education major from Johnson City, Tennessee. She is currently a Black Suit for The Pride of the Southland Band, and a member of the UT Wind Ensemble. Other activities include C-NAfME (of which she was the 2012-2013 president), Phi Eta Sigma honor society, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and UT Men's Basketball Pep Band. She is presently teaching flute sectionals and lessons at South Doyle High School. Olivia has recently completed her second year as an apprentice with Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC. Olivia is a student of Dr. Shelley Binder.
Elizabeth "Liza" Cooper
Class of 2015; BM Performance, Violin
Liza Cooper is from Rock Hill, SC. She graduated from the South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC. Liza enjoys playing chamber music and has performed as part of the Amici String Sextet at the Greensboro Music Festival and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and she has performed at many events for the SCGSAH foundation. She is also a founding member of the Cascata Piano Trio. As part of a larger ensemble, she has played in week-long concert tour in Germany. Along with music, Liza enjoys riding horses and studying medicine.
Marissa Mitchell
Class of 2015; BM Music Education, Clarinet
As a native of Memphis, TN, Marissa was inspired by the rich music culture of her hometown. She is a member of the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Clarinet Choir. Marissa is also a member of the Student Advisory Council, in which she had the opportunity to select and present the School of Music Distinguished Teacher Award. Her talent as a musician has also helped her to gain success through the Miss America Organization. Marissa served as Miss UT Knoxville 2011, a preliminary to the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant. Upon being crowned she also received the best talent award for her clarinet performance. She will continue to share her passion with others as a volunteer teacher at the Joy of Music School and West High School. In addition to her love for music, she enjoys spending time with family and friends. Marissa loves being active by playing basketball, dancing and running.
Erin Murphy
Class of 2017; BM Music Education, Cello
Erin Murphy is a Knoxville, TN native and currently a sophomore cellist at the University of Tennessee. Her major is Music Education with a minor in Music Theory. Erin went to Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts in 2011, which helped her decide that she wanted to pursue a career in music. She has been played with the Knoxville Youth Symphony Orchestra from 2004-2013 and now works with them every week. In her spare time, Erin enjoys reading, binge watching TV shows online, and taking long naps on couches.
Jasameen Pantleay
Class of 2016; BM Music Education, Flute
Jasmeen Pantleay is originally from Loudoun County, Virginia, located in the DC Metropolitan area. She is currently a Junior at The University of Tennessee as a Music Education major. Jasmeen is in the flute studio of Dr. Shelley Binder and principal flutist in the UT Symphonic Band. She is a piccolo squad leader in The Pride of the Southland Marching Band. She also participates in UT Men's Basketball Pep Band, Orange Pep Band, and Flute Choir. Jasmeen also serves as the President of UT's chapter of C-NAfME. This is Jasmeen's second year as a School of Music Student Ambassador. Jasmeen hopes to pursue a career in music, as a middle or high school band director and receive a Master's degree, after she graduates from UT.
Noah Tuten
Class of 2016; BM Music Education, Trumpet
Noah Tuten is a Junior Music Education Major from Cleveland, Tennessee. He is a trumpet squad leader in the Pride of the Southland Marching Band. He has also been a part of the Men's Basketball Pep Band, Volleyball Pep Band, the Orange Football Pep Band, the UT Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Trumpet Ensemble. He is a member of the Trumpet Studio, and has studied under Tina Erickson and Dr. Cathy Leach. Other campus involvement includes C-NAFME and Vols For Christ. Noah is a student worker in the UT Band Office, a librarian for the marching and concert bands, and serves as a Summer Missionary with Ocoee Outreach in his hometown of Cleveland. He's a passionate sports fan, and an obnoxious Tennessee Vols Fan. He bleeds orange, and he's thrilled to serve the School of Music as an Ambassador!
More information about being a School of Music Ambassador can be found here.


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For more information about this meeting, contact Tim Reluga, Carina Curto.
|Being discrete with ecological invasions
|Theoretical Biology Seminar
|Tim Reluga, Penn State Math and Biology
|Invasions are one of the most easily identified spatial phenomena in ecology, and have inspired a rich variety of theories for naturalists' consideration. However, a number of arguments over the sensitivities of invasion rates to stochasticity, density-dependence, localization, and discreteness persist. Some authors argue that stochasticity slows invasions, while others argue that stochasticity quickens invasions. In this talk, I will present a specific family of invasion models with discrete individuals where reproduction and dispersal are independent, and we resolve the controversy by proving 3 key principles: (1) dispersal stochasticity quickens invasions; (2) density-dependence slows invasions; and (3) demographic stochasticity in the presence of density dependence slows invasions. These principles rely on the opinion that invasions are best interpreted not as waves as originally envisioned Fisher, but as random walks as envisioned by Ellner, and that the discreteness of living organisms is fundamentally important. We conclude with a classification of invasion dynamics based on dispersal kernel tails, and show that even for some pushed waves, asymptotic speeds depend on carrying capacity.
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Your calendar is so full you're lucky you have time to sleep. You're still recovering from the latest round of holiday parties. You desperately need a break from holiday shopping and decorating and baking. You're wishing Santa brings you tons of time to ski this Christmas--but you'd really like to hit the snow this weekend.
Need a reason to ditch the holiday festivities and ski this weekend? How about nine:
At Aspen
Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk open for the season on Dec. 14, bringing the total opening acreage to more than 4,600 acres between these two mountains plus Aspen Mountain and Snowmass. Thanks to a round of cold weather and snowfall, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk are starting their seasons with more than 90 percent of their terrain available for skiing. "An opening like this comes along once in a generation. Get out and enjoy it so you have something to tell your grandkids about," said Rich Burkley, vice president mountain operations, Aspen Skiing Company. "There really is no better place anywhere to be skiing and riding this weekend." For more details on current conditions and to see an up-to-date view of Aspen/Snowmass, check out the newly installed Roundshot panoramic cameras at www.aspensnowmass.com/the-power-of-four/roundshot.
At Beaver Creek
The World Cup races may have cleared out of town, but that could be viewed as a good thing for anyone wishing to tear up the mountain on skis. On Saturday, Beaver Creek opened Arrowhead, Grouse Mountain and Larkspur Bowl, bringing its total terrain open to 1,406 acres.
In Big Sky
This Montana resort that boasts the biggest skiing in America, thanks to acquiring the terrain of Moonlight Basin, Spanish Peaks and Spirit Mountain earlier this year, turns 40 on Dec. 15. And what better to celebrate 40 years of Big Sky than by going retro for the entire weekend. Daily lift tickets will be $40 all weekend. Milton Menasco will be playing at Whiskey Jack's on December 14. Lone Peak Brewery brewed a special beer, "Retro Red Ale," available in cans throughout the Resort's establishments and on tap at select locations for the occasion and all winter. Plus there's birthday cake, ice cream, and the best 70s-style ski costumes. Check out more details on Big Sky's 40th birthday party here.
At Breckenridge
Breckenridge is the only winter stop of the Dew Tour, and world class freeskiers and snowboarders have been competing on the mountain since Thursday, with some vying for spots on the U.S. Olympic Team. This official Olympic selection event is worth watching simply to see names like Shaun White, Kelly Clark, Bobby Brown, Anna Segal, Eric Willett, James Woods, Zack Black, Keri Herman, David Wise, Maddie Bowman, Chas Guldemond, and Jamie Anderson take to Breck's world-renowned Freeway park and pipe. Read more about the Dew Tour at www.breckenridge.com/events/dew-tour.
At Crested Butte
Crested Butte's been in a fierce battle to win Powder magazine's Ski Town Throwdown. A photo posted on Friday showed that the mountain town won by less than 100 votes, congrats Crested Butte! Maybe it's in celebration or maybe it's because the weather has been kind to skiers, but the resort announced it was opening more terrain this morning. Monument, Championship, and the Blood Forest are now open as well as the Painterboy terrain park. And this afternoon you'll find 200 Santas skiing down the mountain at the Santa Crawl.
At Lake Tahoe
The lifts at Alpine Meadows started spinning on Friday, December 13. According to a Facebook post from its neighbor Squaw Valley, Santa was reporting epic conditions for the first day, plus you could ski top to bottom, ride the Squaw/Alpine Express or hit the Far East. For more information, check out Alpine's early season operations page.
At Telluride
It's cold, it's snowy, it's almost Christmas. And at Telluride that means it's time for the town's First Annual Winter Fest, a collaboration of TMVOA, the Town of Mountain Village and the local merchants. A tree lighting, sledding and visits with Santa kicked off the festivities on Dec. 13, but the fun continues all weekend long with free parking in select spots, free ice skating, holiday music and entertainment, and dining specials. It'll be easy to get into the holiday spirit if you swing through here after skiing for the day. Read more about Winter Fest here.
At Vail
Vail's big anniversary celebration was this weekend one year ago when it turned 50. But turning 51 is no reason not to celebrate. The resort is hosting its annual Snow Daze where there's plenty of skiing during the day and free concerts at night. Running from Dec. 9-15, Vail Snow Daze is back for its seventh year as the largest early-season mountain bash in North America. Big Head Todd and the Monsters with Matisyahu will be performing tonight at Ford Park, and plenty of other events are happening throughout the village. For more details, check out blog.vail.com/vail-snow-daze-2013.
At Winter Park
Winter Park has declared this year the Season of the Seven, showcasing the seven distinct territories available for skiing between Winter Park and Mary Jane. Ringing in at 12,000 feet up is Parsenn Bowl Territory, home to North America's highest six passenger chairlift. The terrain opened on Friday, December 13, bringing Winter Park's open acreage to more than 1,000 and providing breathtaking views of the Rockies to skiers and riders.


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About GFS
Global Forecast System. The operational numerical weather forecasting model run by NCEP. The GFS superceded the AVN and MRF models, on which it is largely based. Forecast data from the GFS is available out to 180 hours at full resolution and 16 days at a reduced resolution.
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BlazeAid: Plans to expand disaster help to include pest management help for landholders
A national disaster volunteer group wants to expand its services to assist landholders with their pest management.
Queensland weather: Parts of south-east colder than Granite Belt as temperatures drop
The big chill has hit Queensland's south-east coast, which was colder this morning than the Granite Belt and Darling Downs.
Canberra shaking and shivering
After a few cold mornings, the cold days have now started in the ACT.


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Michael Seto / BIAt advertising's biggest festival, the Cannes Lions, Facebook exec Carolyn Everson went all out singing advertisers' praises.
"We wouldn't have a company without brands; they are essential," the VP of global marketing solutions said at a Starcom MediaVest Group session. "Not only to the business side — of course that's where the revenue comes from — but we also deeply believe that brands offer a tremendous amount of value to consumers, and always have."
That's putting quite the premium on advertisers.
And Facebook has been trying to cozy up to Madison Avenue more and more.
This was the second year of the Facebook Studio Awards, in which the social media platform selects the brands that are using its resources best.
Facebook is also holding its first-ever gathering of the Facebook Creative Council this week while everyone is at Cannes. The group will act like a "sounding board for identifying top priorities for agency creatives in areas like product, measurement, and programs."
Everson noted Facebook's very intentional evolution to become a more open and attractive space for brands. Campaign reports that she noted a, "fundamental shift from talk of 'pages and fans'" to "speaking business language for brands and agencies." Although, "we have a lot to learn ... we're only nine years old. Many of these brands have been around for 100-plus years."
And Facebook wasn't always a brand-favorite.
In September 2012, Campbell Soup Co. global director of digital marketing and social media, Adam Kmiec, said that Twitter's ad sales people completely trumped those at Facebook.
"[I've] never seen anything as ADD as Facebook," he said at Business Insider's Social Media ROI conference. "Before they were public, you couldn't get Facebook on the phone ... It's interesting what happens when you actually have to show your numbers."
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Contrition, Crawford Style
It was a moment of such gravitas that someone surely forgot to cue the angels. But chorus or no, last week, our commander in chief fessed up to a few miscalculations while building his masterpiece in Iraq.
Standing in front of the nation and beside what's left of Tony Bair, Bush admitted that he's just too damn manly. Bush says it was the "tough talk," that stands out among mistakes. You know, the "bring it on," "wanted dead or alive" crap.
The President let his inner cowboy out and he's sorry for sending the "wrong signals." Signals are important to this caballero. There's no "Brokeback" in his Baghdad policy.
Any other screw-ups Mr. President? Like, no WMD, no 9-11 connections, no plan for the peace?
No siree. The only problem around here is Dubya's id. Oh, and that Abu Ghraib thing, "we've been paying for that for a long time."
Predictably, the fossilized media went for the feint and screamed "Bush admits mistakes." With analysis every bit as shallow as Bush's introspection, they zeroed in on the heat and ignored the fire. Yes, our President is too macho…
The idea that Bush's worst mistake regarding Iraq was redneck-sounding rhetoric is so silly we shall put it to rest immediately. However, the rest of what he had to say on the faux pas front–that afterthought about Abu Ghraib–are words that the oblivious Bush should study closely.
"The biggest mistake that's happened so far, at least from our country's involvement in Iraq is Abu Ghraib, we've been paying for that for a long time," he said.
One can reasonably assume that Bush views the prison scandal through the prism of public relations. It's a calculus that blames the scandal on the leak, not the facts of the case. Abu Ghraib is a big deal only because the untrained National Guard Neanderthals in charge of the prisons decided to photograph their debauchery.
You'll notice Bush didn't mention putting Neanderthals in charge of the prisons as one of his big mistakes. That's not only exasperating, it shows that Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are divorced from reality.
Bush accepts the blame for his chest-thumping verbiage. But he won't own up to setting the conditions in which our overextended and overstressed troops have become the focus of the hatred of disparate Iraqi factions that have battled among themselves for centuries.
Bush acknowledges that Abu Ghraib is a public relations disaster but sees himself as blameless. He tells us "the people who committed those acts were brought to justice. They've been given a fair trial and tried and convicted." It had nothing to do with my Administration's abject failure to plan for the peace.
On this Memorial Day, it is greatly disheartening to know that our military is about to suffer another colossal blow under Bush's reign. It is the story of what took place in an Iraqi town called Haditha last November. And it will likely eclipse Abu Ghraib as a public relations and moral disaster.
A report is due shortly that will show that our troops went on a killing spree in Haditha after a roadside bomb killed one of their own. It is widely rumored that there exists a picture of a bullet-riddled Iraqi mother and her children, in a death pose that resembles the Islamic posture for prayer. It will likely become public along with photos of some of the other 24 unarmed civilians that were killed in cold blood. Pentagon and congressional leaders have all but confirmed this.
The impact this story has throughout the region remains to be seen. One can only imagine what it will do to the military's sagging morale. It is quite possible that some Marines will face the death penalty as the case is prosecuted.
It is heartbreaking that on this Memorial Day we contemplate the reality that we'll probably never figure a way out of Iraq that does not besmirch America's standing and dispirit us all. And as this great nation suffers, we can be sure our delusional leader will prop us up with his tired sound bites and deceptive blather. It's a mess of his making, but it's ours to clean up.
Two days ago Bush gave the commencement address at the United States Military Academy and told us that "the war began on my watch–but it's going to end on your watch."
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This Friday, January 31, 2014 I will be attending the Off The Field Players' Wives Association's 13th Annual Super Bowl Fashion Show at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Saks will style all of the member models in some of the latest fashion trends of the season, with clothes from an array of stylish and popular designers. Returning sponsors for the event are Sam's Club and Credit Suisse.
This year, a portion of the proceeds will benefit GEMS, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services in New York. GEMS is an organization designed to serve girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. For more information on GEMS, visit their website.
Off the Field Players' Wives Association is dedicated to supporting philanthropic initiatives focused on enhancing the quality of life for families around their local communities.
This exciting event will be hosted by Dawn Neufeld and Chester Pitts on Friday, January 31, 2014, from 11:00am – 2:00pm.
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In just over a month since it opened more than 8,000 people have visited the HorseThief Reservoir in western Kansas.
And residents who live around the reservoir say they've already seen an increase in business. People going to the reservoir west of Jetmore in Hodgeman County are buying gas, food, water recreation supplies and even worms.
Lea Ann Seiler, director of Hodgeman County Economic Development, told The Hutchinson News that the reservoir has already been good for Hodgeman.
The 450-acre reservoir is the only big body of water available for water recreation in southwest Kansas, where many small lakes are dry and the Arkansas River hasn't flowed in years.
HorseThief was funded by a sales tax approved by voters in 2005 in Ford, Finney, Hodgeman and Gray counties.
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Knowledge Management Overview
Knowledge Management (KM) provides high-level data and knowledge organization skills to optimize the enterprise clinical, research and educational initiatives. Collaborating with clinicians and researchers, highly trained information specialists embed best practices in the organizing, structuring and reuse of the institution's knowledge. The information specialists that constitute the Knowledge Management Team, in addition to their unique expertise in library and information science, also hold deep knowledge and expertise in the areas of adult learning, molecular biology, public health, pharmacology and communication.
Current knowledge management services include expert genetics/molecular biology information assistance to support biomedical research and in-depth clinical evidence to inform the development of local and national patient care guidelines, along with the creation of reusable tools for knowledge sharing.
Main Points of Contact:
- Nunzia Giuse, M.D., M.L.S., A.H.I.P.
Vice President for Knowledge Management
- Taneya Koonce, M.S.L.S., M.P.H.
Deputy Director
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The NFC North has some very good quarterbacks, including the best in the game and the best rookie. The Minnesota Vikings may have the deepest group, but, because of the starters, they may have the worst situation.
Beside the Vikings, the other three teams in the division are very top heavy. The other teams' starters include one elite and two upper tier starters. The backups include two mediocre backups and a journeyman reserve.
Here is a ranking of the eight quarterbacks projected to be on the two-deep depth chart of the four NFC North teams.
No. 1 - Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
Rodgers is the best all-around quarterback in the NFL. He may even be the best overall, if not he is one of the top three. Rodgers has all the qualities that you look for in a quarterback; strong and accurate arm, accurate throwing on the run, ability to avoid the rush, makes his teammates better and wins. The Packers found out just how much they need him when he was injured last season.
No. 2 - Jay Cutler, Chicago Bears
Cutler has drawn the ire of many for various attitude issues. He has been called weak - both physically and mentally - as well as a locker room cancer. The most well-known incident involved Cutler yelling at one of his offensive linemen, former Viking J'Marcus Webb, on the sideline. Despite the character concerns, Cutler is a winner. The Denver Broncos, whom drafted Cutler in the first round, and Bears have been better with him at quarterback.
No. 3 - Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions
Stafford has the passing skills to be an elite quarterback. He has a strong and accurate arm. However, the rest of his game leaves a little to be desired. He is one of the more stationary quarterbacks in the league. The intangibles are also in question. The Lions are 24-37 with Stafford as their starter. They had just one winning season and had the division ripe for their taking last season. They collapsed late in the year and were passed by both the Packers and Bears in the standings. He has come a long way to remove the injury prone label after playing just 13 games his first two seasons in the NFL. He hasn't missed a game since.
No. 4 - Matt Cassel, Minnesota Vikings
Cassel is the perfect bridge quarterback. He is a veteran that has won games and gets the respect of his teammates. He does not have elite skills or a talent level that screams franchise quarterback. He opted out of the final year of the contract he signed with the Vikings last offseason and re-signed with the team. He may not be the long term solution, but is the present for the Vikings.
No. 5 - Matt Flynn, Green Bay Packers
Flynn is the most accomplished backup quarterback in the division. That, however, does not say much. He performed well as Rodgers' backup before getting an opportunity to earn a starting job. He lasted one season in Seattle as a backup. The Seahawks traded him to Oakland 13 months after signing him. His time with the Raiders was less than half that time. After a three-week stint with the Buffalo Bills, he returned to Green Bay and re-claimed the backup job to Rodgers. His career has come full circle, but he is where he belongs - as a backup in Green Bay.
No. 6 - Teddy Bridgewater, Minnesota Vikings
Bridgewater was the best quarterback in the 2014 draft. He was considered one of the top picks, but saw his stock fall after his pro day. He has the intangibles, passing skills and enough mobility to be a franchise quarterback. The Vikings have been searching for a young quarterback to be their leader for more than a decade. Bridgewater will eventually become the Vikings starter. When he does, it will be for good.
No. 7 - Dan Orlovsky, Detroit Lions
Orlovksy has made a good career out of being a backup quarterback. He started seven games for the Lions in 2008 and did not exactly light it up. The Lions lost all seven games and he finished the season completing 56 percent of his passes and recording as many interceptions as touchdowns. After his time with the Lions he became a backup in Houston, Indianapolis and Tampa Bay before returning to Detroit this offseason. He is most known for running out of the back of the end zone at Mall of America Field while Jared Allen was in pursuit for a safety.
No. 8 - Jordan Palmer, Chicago Bears
Palmer hasn't enjoyed the same professional career as his older brother, Arizona Cardinals starter Carson. The younger Palmer has managed to stay in the league for awhile, despite playing zero games in 2013 and four games total in his five-year career. Bears head coach Marc Trestman announced that Palmer was going to be Cutler's backup. However, free agent signee Jimmy Clausen may overtake Palmer during the preseason.