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A charming, grown up romantic comedy like Words and Pictures is the kind of film guaranteed to evaporate in the summer heat of blockbuster season. Directed by Fred Schepisi and starring the ever-watchable duo of Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen, it's a film that presents a superior intellectual acumen, considering the power of the spoken word against the might of visual imagery. It's an interesting debate that would be better served in a film willing to really commit to it, but Words and Pictures is not it.
Owen and Binoche banter back and forth as combative prep school teachers, both with their share of personal issues to contend with. Jack Marcus (Owen) was once a poet of some acclaim but has never been able to follow-through on his early success. He's a brilliant, arrogant man with who likes to prove his mental acumen with complicated word games against the school staff. He's also a bitter alcoholic who no longer has the stature to fend off plans to shut down his program.
A fire is rekindled in his belly with the arrival of noted painter and honors art teacher, Dina Delsanto (Binoche), nicknamed "the icicle" for reasons that should be apparent. She's pretty standoffish and bitter herself, a by-product of the rheumatoid arthritis that has devastated her ability to do what she loves most. She and Jack flirt in the manner which they are accustomed. He talks way too much and is generally an insufferable cad; she speaks sparingly but vividly, preferring actions over idle chatter. It's the kind of bickering that can only lead to eventual romance if they can get over themselves long enough to realize what we knew from minute one. They inspire their students in obvious nods to Dead Poets' Society (one even calls Jack "my captain"), while figuring out if its possible to relive former glories.
Schepisi is probably still best remembered for directing Roxanne, another film that paid homage to the beauty of the spoken word, and he's a veteran helmer who knows to keep the emphasis on his two irresistible leads. The problem is in Gerald Di Pego's screenplay which minimizes an already-toothless debate in which there are no stakes. Jack and Dina are in this basically for bragging rights, and so the film doesn't even attempt to parse out which side makes the stronger case. There are some lovely moments between Owen and Binoche as their characters begin to loosen up and learn one another's creative language. There just needs to be more than a few cute scenes between great actors. For a film titled Words and Pictures, the battle between words and pictures isn't made to look all that important.


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The Rotary club of Coulsdon took up their annual spot at this year's Old Coulsdon Village Fair, held at the Old Coulsdon Recreation Ground last Saturday, 3rd July.
This year the club returned to two of it favourite stall ideas, 'Roll-a-Penny' and 'Guess the number of sweets in a jar'.
The beautiful weather brought out large numbers of visitors to the fair and the members from Coulsdon Rotary club were kept busy at their pitch all afternoon.
Brian French, organiser of the stalls, said that "Although it has been a long and hot day, it has been a very worthwhile exercise for us and I feel confident that when everything is added up, we will have beaten last year's record and topped over £100 for our charity fund."
Coulsdon Rotary Club meets at Chipstead Golf Club every Monday for lunch and would welcome new members.

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A family has been reunited with their missing dogs - thanks to Gloucestershire actress Liz Hurley, who joined their Twitter campaign to find them. Francesca Carpenter explains.
Liz Hurley rumoured to be moving to the Forest of Dean
Liz Hurley could be moving from her Cotswold farm to an historic £6 million Georgian mansion 30 miles away on the edge of the Forest of Dean. Rumours are rife that she and her partner Shane Warne have bought the magnificent Donnington Hall, on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border.
The mansion is set in 187 acres in the sleepy rural idyll of Brooms Green, nr Dymock, Glos. The house has 13 bedrooms which is more than spacious enough for Liz, son Damian, partner Shane and his 3 children Brooke, 14, Jackson, 12, and Summer, 10.
The Georgian manor, set in extensive formal parkland, has five bathrooms, extensive stables, tennis courts, a well stocked fishing lake and four cottages in the grounds.


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2005 INDOOR: ... High Jump ... cleared a season-best 6'-11.5" at the Wes Kittley classic ... jumped a 6'-9.5" at the Wes Kittley marked a height of 6'-8.75" at the Big 12 Championships.
2004 OUTDOOR: Competed in the high jump ... regional qualifier in the high jump ...all-region in the high jump ... all-conference in the high jump ... HIGH JUMP ...jumped a season-best 7'-1" at Regionals for an eighth-place finish ... jumped 7'-0.50" at the Texas Relays for an eighth-place finish ... earned all-conference honors with a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, clearing 6'-10.75" ... finished first at the TTU Invitational with a jump of 6'-9.75" ... turned in a mark of 6'-8.75" at both that Michael Johnson Invitational and UTEP Invitational for third-place finishes ... jumped 6'-8" at the ACU Open and ASU Relays ... won at the Open and finished third at the Relays.
2004 INDOOR: Competed in the high jump with all-conference honors ... finished eighth at the Big 12 Championships with a height of 6'-8.75" ... had a season-best mark of 6'-9.75" for a third-place finish at the Red Raider Invitational ...at the Tyson Invitational, finished 10th clearing a height of 6'-8.75" ... jumped 6'-7.5" and 6'-5.5", respectively, at the Red Raider Classic and the Texas Tech Quad finishing seventh and third.
2003 OUTDOOR: 2003 Big 12 Champion in high jump, along with an all-region honor ... turned in a regional qualifying mark in every meet competed in ... had back to back first place finishes at the UTSA and Texas Tech Invitational with heights of 7'-1.5" and 6'-10.75" ... finished fourth at the Texas Relays with a mark of 7'-1.75" ... tied for fourth at the Drake Relays, jumping a height of 6'-10.75" ... took gold at the ACU Open with a mark of 7'-0.25" ... season best mark came at the Big 12 Championships for a gold medal with a height of 7'-2.5", also a personal best ... jump earned him all-conference honors and was the second best in school history ... finished second at Midwest Regional with a mark of 7'-1" ... National qualifier.
2003 INDOOR: All-conference high jumper ... jumped to a second-place finish with a height of 6'-11" at the Red Raider Classic ... tied for second at the Husker Invitational with a mark of 7'-0.25" ... tied for eighth at the Big 12 Championships with a height of 6'-11.75".
2002 OUTDOOR: Cleared 6'-6" at the Big 12 Championships...cleared 6'9" in a fourth-place finish at the ACU Open ...finished second in the high jump with a height of 6'8.75" at the Texas Tech Open ... led the competition with a first place finish in the high jump clearing 6'-8" at the Michael Johnson/SW Bell Classic ... cleared a height of 6'-10", finishing fourth in the high jump at the UTEP Invitational ... soared to a first place finish with a height of 6'-8" in the high jump at the Texas Tech Invitational ... jumped to a fifth place finish in the high jump, 6'8" at the Longhorn Invitational.
2002 INDOOR: Jumped 6'-8" at the Big 12 Championships ... equaled a season best height of 6'-9" at the Red Raider Classic ... cleared 6'-5" in the high jump at the Texas Tech Classic ... earned second in the high jump at the Texas Tech Open with a height of 6'-9" ... placed second in the high jump with clearing 6'-8.75" at the Texas Tech Early Bird.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2001 graduate of Vernon High School in Vernon, Texas ... member of basketball team in which he received Most Improved Player award in 2001 ... member of track team where he stayed undefeated through the state meet ... finished fourth at National Scholastic Junior's meet ... personal best in high jump was 7'-1.25".
PERSONAL: Born 7-13-83, in Vernon, Texas ... son of Douglas and Barbara Pharis ... father is a graduate of Midwestern State University and mother a graduate of Vernon Regional Junior College ... has one brother, Jason ... majoring in mass communications.


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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
It really is a beautiful, crisp, clear day. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our thoughts and actions were as clear? lol My thoughts lately are cloudy at best, so I've decided to take action.. How? Good question!
In a word, clutter! My brain, finances, house, family and goals! So, what do you do about clutter? Get rid of it! lol Now of course I can't get rid of my brain, family or finances but I can organize them right? (Notice I didn't say house..) That I can fix or get rid of? Unfortunately, I'd have to take all my clutter with me, so I suppose I'd better deal with that as well.. *sigh*
So much to do so little time.. have you ever heard anyone say "So little to do, so much time???" What exactly are we racing against? Ourselves? YES! We are our own worst enemy! Then we can't succeed with our own goals and give up.. well gee that hurt! Big ole Meatball!
I've decided to become my own best friend, instead of picking and choosing what I abhor about myself, to choose and nurture what I can fix. With the exception of aging, I can fix everything! Right??? Alright so maybe not everything, genes do play a rather large part, I'm not suddenly going to have blond hair and blue eyes.. oh yeah, lol I suppose we can change that now too! (See my point?) No, I'm not going blond, or getting contacts just yet, but finding 30 minutes a day to workout and drinking more water than coffee? Just may be a start!
Finding time to laugh, tease and well? Just play, can boost our energy and frame of mind. So, my addiction to 80's music will motivate me to help battle my house, logging in first thing every morning to Sparks will help my battle my body, finally taking that course will help focus my brain and finances, and last but certainly not least is family. Well, that's where the laughs and love comes in.. setting up those moments to enjoy one another, Wii fit is perfect for my family and accomplishes most of those goals. (Ever see a grown man hula hoop??) *giggles*
So, hopefully soon my brain will be as clear and crisp as the beautiful day outside..
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Thank you Playblue! I'm hoping to not have to "fake it til I make it" anymore! lol One little dance step at at time! :-)
Suzanne! My friend.. I've missed you too! Wondering how many crunches your up to now!! lol It was a very long 2010, but I'm the only one that can set this schedule and declutter my life right? ♥
But I know I'll do great with such a fabulous support system, thank you all so much for the encouragement!
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Welcome back to Spark, Patty!!! I've missed you!!!
Great blog. Well, there certainly is a lot of stuff that we need to get done in life. It can clutter us up. But we do have to make time for the important things. Just make sure you leave plenty of time in the Spring for gardening!! It's GREAT exercise!! :-)
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Sweetie, great out look, you will suceed
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Thank you so much! I see you started the 28 day bootcamp challenge! YAY! I'm on day 3 and loving it! How about you? Thanks for stopping in, it's my first blog and I thought I'd better get busy and write it down before I clutter up my brain! lol
Happy New Year and Welcome to Sparks!!
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What a wonderful mindset to start the new year! I can totally relate. You truly can be your own best friend. I wish you all the best!
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois joined nearly two dozen other states this week in considering whether young girls should receive vaccinations against a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer.
The proposal would require 11- or 12-year-old girls to show proof that they've had the shots. Parents could decline the vaccinations.
Although the idea is relatively new, it already has sparked heated conversations from those who say the measure is a "no-brainer" that could save lives, and others who question whether the state would be crossing into parental territory or promoting sex.
"This is about cancer — not sex," said state Sen. Debbie Halvorson, a Crete Democrat and cervical cancer survivor.
Cancer has haunted Deirdre White's family, claiming both her parents. Now, her aunt has waged a battle against cervical cancer. Genetics are part of the reason the Elgin mom is going to take a closer look at the HPV vaccine, but she says there's still research to be done before doctors give the shot to her daughter, 10-year-old Chloe.
On the other hand, Bonnie Kas is convinced. She has already scheduled a May appointment for her 11-year-old daughter.
"I think it should be mandatory," said the Glen Ellyn mom, who believes the health benefits outweigh perceived problems.
Not every suburban parent agrees.
Debbie Schoenherr of Algonquin is concerned about possible drug side effects.
"This, to me, needs a little bit more study," said Schoenherr, who has two daughters, ages 13 and 24. "That's scary to me. That's something I should decide on my own."
One self-described pro-family organization argues parents, not the state, should make these decisions. David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, also said the proposal "sends a subtle message to young people condoning sexual activity before marriage."
"This is not something you get by sharing pencils or touching doorknobs. This is something that is an STD," said Smith. "We're concerned that it will give a false sense of security to young girls who will still be vulnerable to STDs."
Gale Ganet isn't naive. She's aware children experiment and don't always do what their parents say. But the Naperville mom doesn't think the vaccine would make her 14-year-old daughter promiscuous.
"She's got a stronger moral background that we've tried to instill in her," said Ganet.
The notion that these shots may give girls a feeling of sexual invincibility is no reason to forgo a vaccination that could save lives, said White, the Elgin mom.
"If a kid's going to do it, a kid's going to do it," she said. "I still don't think that children are going to go out and have sex because they think they're safe (from cervical cancer.)"
A state pediatrics group is in favor of the vaccination effort but has two main problems with the proposal: First, how the $360, three-shot regimen would be paid for. Second, when the vaccinations would be given. The proposed vaccination ages don't coincide with the existing school physical schedule, said Dr. Edward Pont, president of the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Gardasil, approved by the federal government in June, protects both girls and women from the strains of HPV that cause nearly 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
Drug maker Merck & Co. would stand to inject billions of dollars into its sales profits if the vaccine is mandated across the country. The pharmaceutical giant has refused to say how much money the company spends lobbying lawmakers.
Halvorson, the sponsor, accepted a $1,000 campaign donation from Merck this summer. The Senate majority leader denied any political maneuvering on the company's part and insisted she's pushing the vaccine because of its health merits.
"To say that they've done anything more than educate us on the issue is crazy," said Halvorson.
If approved, the vaccines would be phased in over the next two years and take effect in 2009.
And that's tended to be the philosophy in this weekly column. But a trio of developments is allowing me to take a breather from all the corruption scandals, petty bickering and general duplicity that make up the state political beat.
In recent weeks, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Secretary of State Jesse White and Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias each have made decisions that marry good politics with what much of the public will find to be smart policy. Let's break them down:
•Madigan: The Democratic attorney general might not believe parents should be required to be notified before their minor girls get an abortion, but she still went to court to enforce that law.
Madigan asked a federal judge to lift the injunction on the state's 1995 parental notification law now that the Illinois Supreme Court has written the rules allowing abused minors to talk to a judge instead.
The move allows Madigan to say she did her job as the state's top lawyer, taking away a potential criticism should she run for governor in 2010. Support of parental notification has been the mainstream position — otherwise the law wouldn't have passed in the first place.
The upside for her own philosophical opposition to the law is that the Democrats control the General Assembly and governor's mansion. Her party is in a position to pass a revamped version of parental notification that would widen the circle of confidants to include priests and also provide exemptions.
Critics say that would gut the law. But Madigan wouldn't have to be tarred with that law in any way. She gets to have her proverbial cake and eat it, too.
•White: The three-term secretary of state pushed a package of legislation to crack down on teen driving. Soon after he did so, a national study came out that showed distractions during driving are part of what makes car crashes the No. 1 cause of death among U.S. teens.
White wants lawmakers to extend the learner permit phase from three to nine months, move up teen driving curfews to 10 p.m. during the week and 11 p.m. on weekends and require ticketed teens to appear before a judge with their parents before getting court supervision.
White, 72, is unlikely to run again. As such, he could have coasted. But this legislation shows he's not afraid to push a public policy that some parents might not like due to its inconvenience.
If it passes, even in a compromise form, and saves the life of one teen (or potentially an older victims in another vehicle), it'd be tough to argue the crackdown was a bad idea.
•Giannoulias. The rookie state treasurer avoided fumbling on one of his first big plays this month when he rejected a plan to allow the city of Springfield to buy the mortgage of a long-floundering hotel that's cost taxpayers dearly.
The hotel is the former Renaissance, infamous in political circles for being owned by insiders like GOP powerbroker Bill Cellini and for not paying back very much of its $28 million taxpayer-backed loan.
Cellini and his fellow investors lose their tax shelter if the bank goes into foreclosure. Springfield city leaders asked Giannoulias if he'd delay the foreclosure proceedings while they tried to put a deal together.
Giannoulias said no, the foreclosure process will proceed. For Giannoulias, it was a move editorial boards lauded as wise public policy. Politically, it's wise because Giannoulias avoids giving future rivals ammunition to lob at him.
Giannoulias' family banking money — he took a lot of hits last fall for loans granted to reputed mobsters — gives him a measure of political independence. He doesn't need the Cellinis of the world to raise money.
New Cook Democratic chief Joseph Berrios vows openness - Eric Krolhttp://www.dailyherald.com/news/cookstory.asp?id=276438&cc=c&tc=&t=
New Cook County Democratic Chairman Joseph Berrios pledged more party openness Thursday, moments after cutting a private deal to get his competitors to drop out.
"It wasn't a backroom deal. If you really think about it, it was open to everyone who wanted to run," said Berrios, a lobbyist and 19-year county tax appeals board member.
Heading into the open-door meeting at a Chicago hotel, Berrios faced competition for the unpaid leadership post from state Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie and Chicago Alderman Isaac Carothers. But Lang and Carothers both withdrew after getting promises from Berrios that the party would allow greater participation by committeemen.
If the promises are kept, they'd be a change from a county Democratic Party that in the past has met only to slate candidates that usually were preordained by a select few leaders. Berrios promised new committees and bylaws, more party officers and voter registration drives.
"There will be full, across-the-board participation," said Berrios, who turns 55 on Valentine's Day.
Berrios, who was the first Hispanic elected to the General Assembly in 1982, becomes the first Hispanic elected to the Cook chairmanship, which hasn't been particularly clout-heavy in recent decades.
"This is a proud moment for the Hispanic community," Berrios said. "We showed that the Democratic Party does believe that Hispanics can hold party offices and lead this party to a new tomorrow."
Answering reporters' questions afterward, Berrios would not blame Democrats for the major county budget mess even though they've been in control of county government for decades.
Carothers pointed out there wasn't a long line of people who wanted the chairman's post, leading him to believe "there must be something wrong with it."
Lang said it's important that suburban committeemen be allowed their say, since "we have felt left out for a very long time."
Palatine Township Democratic Committeeman Sue Walton said she thinks the new structure will work.
"I think the growing numbers of the Hispanic population in Palatine Township, they will be delighted to see this kind of leadership," she said.
Berrios succeeds Thomas G. Lyons, who died last month after serving 17 years in the post. A half-dozen leaders offered remembrances, with Illinois Democratic Party Chairman Michael J. Madigan paying Lyons the ultimate compliment for a politician in this scandal-strewn state: "I never questioned his honesty."
Berrios, a University of Illinois graduate, is a lobbyist whose clients include the coin machine operators, bowling alley owners, school bus owners and Sun Microsystems.
The 3-3 vote leaves the request by Heartland Human Care Services to locate a residence for up to 30 foreign children in a wealthy Lisle Township neighborhood up to the DuPage County Board.
Heartland is seeking a conditional use permit. The shelter would serve kids who arrive in the country unaccompanied by adults. Heartland, which works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, cares for the youngsters until immigration authorities settle their fate.
Heartland intends to place children up to 17 mainly from India and China in the home. The typical stay ranges from 60 to 90 days.
Numerous residents of the area near Naperville argue the shelter is too high a density for the area and would lower property values. They also criticized Heartland for failing to consider traffic, fire safety and water and sewer services.
"Our objections have nothing do with children, age, race, ethnicity. It's purely a land-use issue," attorney Shelly Hurta said.
Heartland attorney Jim Durkin said a similar shelter operated by the agency, the International Children's Center in Chicago, had increased property values of neighboring homes. He said local fire authorities supported the project and that car traffic to the house would be limited.
"We're watching over 30 kids who are lonely, tired and frightened and seeking to be reunited with their families," he said. "They just want to be loved."
Zoning board member Barry Ketter argued the conditional use wasn't justified.
"I believe there will be diminishment in value," he said. "The number of people in there creates a problem for me. It could increase the possibility of fire there."
But board member Bob Grogan said Heartland seemed qualified to operate the shelter and that arguments about traffic problems were "quite weak."
Board member Michael Loftus recused himself from the decision, saying misleading fliers by residents indicating he supported their cause had "cheated him out of a vote."
Board members stipulated they wanted the conditional use permit to last for only three years.
Muddying the waters was the introduction of a list of police activity on the block where a similar shelter operated by Heartland is located. Attorneys for neighbors who oppose the DuPage shelter and obtained the police report pointed out there were 29 incidents in 10 years, including criminal damage to property and drug possession.
Heartland officials said there were no crimes connected with the shelter but explained they had filed missing persons reports when children run away. Forty-one kids have left since the International Children's Center opened in 1995, mainly teenage boys from Central America.
ICC Child Welfare Director Susan Trudeau said in many cases, the children who run away have relatives in the United States and are trying to reach them.
Cigarette tax wrong for many reasons - Gary Patterson, West Chicago
(DIERSEN: Tragically, nicotine addicts often have other addictions. Because people with addictions place far greater burdens on government than people without addictions, they should pay more taxes. It is beyond outrageous that three groups in DuPage County -- limousine liberals, Democrats, and RINOs - who invite people to come to DuPage County who want DuPage County to provide more services -- demand that a forth group - typical DuPage County taxpayers, most of whom are Republican -- pay more taxes so that DuPage County can provide those services. DuPage County residents who invite people who need more government services to come to DuPage County should be the ones who pay more taxes to pay for those services.)
I was disappointed with your Jan. 7 editorial favoring a $2 increase in the cigarette tax. (As I am not a smoker, this injustice would not affect me.)
Contrary to your headline, this tax increase is for all the wrong reasons.
Taxes rightfully should benefit the taxpayers in some way. You cite programs due to suffer cuts or extinction under the "doomsday budget": the Extension Service, 4-H, the historical museum, new carpet for the courthouse (Jan. 6 editorial). One-hundred employees may lose their jobs.
Perhaps worthy causes, but in what way do you think 20.9 percent of the population who smoke are obligated to bear the burden of these programs?
Could 4-H parents (and donors) pay for their kids' activity, as do parents of Boy/Girl Scouts, YMCA, Little League, etc.? Could visitors to the museum pay an increased admission fee?
While I'm sure many of the jobs to be lost are worthwhile, the county's mission is not to provide jobs.
You further state, "And it would preserve services everyone rightfully demands and expects…"
If DuPage citizens rightfully demand and expect these services, it is incumbent upon all the taxpayers to fund them.
The most outrageous opinion in the entire piece is that "It's one of the least offensive ways for government to raise revenue."
It is nothing but offensive to tax the sale of a product to multiples of its retail cost because "we need the money."
The real problem is that those in DuPage government lack the courage of their convictions. If they truly believe that they need this increase in revenue (but that's another editorial) then they should support a general increase in the tax rate and face the voters.
Like too many other legislative officials, there seems to be more interest in preserving their office than using it to do what is right.
Gun ban bill a sign of tyranny to come? - Donald J. Dwyer, Lake Villa
(DIERSEN: I have owned a shotgun with a bore greater than .410 since the 1960s. FROM THE LETTER: Under HR 2414, the "Daley Assault Weapons Ban," thousands of models of popular firearms will be banned and subject to confiscation, including .50 AE Desert Eagles, MIA match rifles, all shotguns with bores greater than .410, all black powder firearms, and most semi-automatic rifles.)
Governor Blagojevich has reported that passage of an "assault weapons ban" is his top legislative priority for 2007.
Under HR 2414, the "Daley Assault Weapons Ban," thousands of models of popular firearms will be banned and subject to confiscation, including .50 AE Desert Eagles, MIA match rifles, all shotguns with bores greater than .410, all black powder firearms, and most semi-automatic rifles.
Three quarters of Illinois gun-owning households would have at least one gun that would be banned. One million families would be turned into criminals overnight. The penalty provision could condemn you to life in prison if you do not surrender the banned firearms. Gov. Blagojevich could authorize the use of deadly force under the guise of "homeland security" and order the state police to raid hold-out's homes. Gun owners who refuse to turn in their banned firearms could be forcibly dragged out of their homes in plain view of their neighbors, "roughed and cuffed," and dragged off to jail. Illinois could become another Nazi Germany unless HB 2414 is defeated.
Berrios named county Dem chief - Abdon Pallaschhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/240385,CST-NWS-dems02.article
State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), the candidate of suburban committeemen, and Ald. Ike Carothers (29th), the candidate of the black caucus, both withdrew and allowed Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Joe Berrios -- the choice of many Hispanic committeemen and the regulars -- to win unanimously.
Berrios becomes the first Hispanic to hold the post. He was also the first Hispanic elected to the state Legislature in 1982.
State Democratic Chairman Mike Madigan chaired the meeting and had called committeemen who had been leaning toward Lang or Carothers and helped bring them into the Berrios fold. Berrios lobbies part time in Springfield, and Madigan practices law before Berrios' board.
Many of the bigger-name committeemen -- Ald. Edward Burke (14th), Dick Mell (33rd), Bill Banks (36th) and Bill Beavers (7th) -- had been approached but declined what some see as a thankless job leading a party that often splits its support.
All three candidates pledged to work for unity and to end the practice of some party leaders working against the slated candidates in the Democratic primary election.
Does that mean Democrats such as those who backed Sen. Barack Obama over slated candidate Dan Hynes for senator two years ago would be disciplined?
No, Berrios said after the meeting. But party officers should back the slated candidate, he said.
Part of the deal for Lang and Carothers withdrawing their candidacies involved Berrios naming them "executive vice co-chairs of the party." State Rep. Kim Yarbrough, committeewoman of vote-rich Maywood Township, was named sergeant-at-arms.
Berrios replaced longtime leader Thomas Lyons, who died last month.
Cook Democrats pick new central committee chief - Mickey Ciokajlohttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070201berrios,1,5142789.story?coll=chi-newsroom-hed
Top Cook County Democrats on Thursday elected Joseph Berrios as the first Hispanic to hold the position of county Democratic chairman.Although an important title, the unpaid job is not what it was when the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley wielded almost unilateral authority to slate candidates for local and state office and to make other influential decisions on the fate of Democratic officeholders.Now, Mayor Richard M. Daley operates largely separate of the county organization's apparatus. Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago holds the title of state Democratic chairman and Berrios, a Springfield lobbyist and a commissioner on the County Board of Review, is a close Madigan ally.Berrios replaces Thomas Lyons, who died last month."This is a proud moment for the Hispanic community," Berrios said. "We showed that the Democratic Party does believe that Hispanics as one can hold party offices and can lead this party to a new tomorrow."Berrios is the Democratic committeeman of the 31st Ward on Chicago's Northwest Side. He vowed to revamp the party's committee structure and to encourage more participation from minorities and suburban Democrats.Berrios was selected unanimously by city ward and suburban township committeemen after two other candidates, Chicago Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) and state Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), withdrew their names from consideration.Carothers and Lang were appointed as co-vice chairmen in a deal Lang described as "power sharing.""What we've created over the last several weeks are new coalitions, new opportunities and new energy to make our Democratic Party what we need it to be," Lang said.Carothers predicted the party would become more progressive and more transparent during slatemaking, when the organization formally endorses candidates for various offices. A former state lawmaker, Berrios was elected in 1988 to the Board of Review, which was then called the Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals.The Board of Review was the subject of a federal ghost-payrolling investigation in the 1990s. Berrios was never charged with any wrongdoing, and in 1998 the County Board paid $275,000 in legal fees for outside lawyers obtained by a dozen employees as well as Berrios and former tax appeals board member Wilson Frost.Also Thursday, the central committee appointed County Board President Todd Stroger as the 8th Ward committeeman, replacing his father. Appointed in 1968, John Stroger had been the longest serving committeeman, followed by Lyons and Chicago Ald. Edward Burke (14th), who were both appointed later that year.State Sen. Louis Viverito (D-Burbank), who has served as Stickney Township Democratic committeemen since 1969, stepped down from his township party post Thursday and was replaced by Michael Looney.Madigan, who presided over Thursday's meeting, said change is to be expected."The party's been going through transition for a long time," said Madigan, whom the late Mayor Daley appointed as 13th Ward Democratic committeemen in 1969. "This is a completely different Democratic Party than the one I joined in 1969."
A review of Gallup polling data from 2006 underscores the relative strength the Democratic Party currently enjoys versus the Republican Party in American politics. For the year, Democrats averaged a nearly four point advantage over the Republicans on national party identification and an even larger 10-point advantage when independents' partisan "leanings" are taken into account.
In an analysis of 2006 partisanship at the state level, 33 states show a statistically significant advantage in favor of the Democratic Party, six states show a statistically significant Republican advantage, and the remainder can be considered competitive.
Democratic strength in the United States has grown in each of the last three years. The trends are fueled more by movement away from the Republican Party and into independent status than by movement toward the Democratic Party.
A review of Gallup polling data from 2006 underscores the relative strength the Democratic Party currently enjoys versus the Republican Party in American politics. For the year, Democrats averaged a nearly four point advantage over the Republicans on national party identification and an even larger 10-point advantage when independents' partisan "leanings" are taken into account.
In an analysis of 2006 partisanship at the state level, 33 states show a statistically significant advantage in favor of the Democratic Party, six states show a statistically significant Republican advantage, and the remainder can be considered competitive.
Democratic strength in the United States has grown in each of the last three years. The trends are fueled more by movement away from the Republican Party and into independent status than by movement toward the Democratic Party.
According to Gallup, Democrats have a 13-point advantage over Republicans here in Illinois. That ties us with Kentucky and New Mexico. The polling showed 52 percent of voters identified themselves as Democrat or leaning Democrat, 9 percent said they were independents and 39 percent said they were Republicans or leaned Republican.
Gallup's numbers are somewhat different than exit polling conducted during the November election here. That poll, which was pretty much dead-on at predicting the outcome of the governor's race, had 46 percent identifying themselves as Democrats, 23 percent saying they were independents and 31 percent claiming they were Republicans.
Either way, we're still a Democratic state. The exit polling, by the way, also showed that 52 percent of Illinois voters identified themselves as "moderates," while 25 percent said they were "conservatives" and 23 percent said they were "liberals."
One proposal would allow school districts to discipline students who make threats against school officials, teachers or other students on social networking Web sites such as MySpace or Facebook, or on instant messaging programs such as AOL Instant Messenger.
School administrators would have this authority even if the student made the threat from a home computer or after school hours.
House Minority Leader Tom Cross said the proposal came after a student in Cross' hometown of Oswego recently posted a death threat against his school's principal on a social networking site.
The school wanted to suspend the student, Cross said, but administrators were unclear about whether they were allowed to do that.
Clarifiying that authority gives educators "another tool" to address such problems, he said.
However, Ed Yohnka, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said the proposal "seems redundant," as "students who made threats, whether online or in person, already can be disciplined by schools."
Yohnka also voiced concern that, if the legislation is passed, school administrators would punish students not just for posting death threats online, but also for legitimate speech, such as criticism or satire of school officials.
Acknowledging there "could be" First Amendment issues with the proposal, Rep. Bob Biggins, R-Elmhurst, said, "With this new technology comes new crimes, and new ways to commit them. Maybe there'll be different ways to interpret our laws as well."
Another GOP proposal would prohibit adults from discussing sex acts with a minor online.
Currently, it's legal for an adult to hold a sexually explicit conversation with a child and even arrange a meeting - as long as no substantial steps are taken to actually meet the child, said Rep. Sandra Pihos, R-Glen Ellyn.
During hearings held last year by the House Republican Internet Safety Task Force, law enforcement officials posing as children demonstrated how easy it was for sex predators to pounce.
"At every one of those demonstrations, sometimes within minutes or within seconds of entering into a chat room, the officer posing as the child was solicited for conversations by an adult," Pihos said. "In many cases the adult wanted to have sexually explicit conversations."
"It was really very alarming," she added.
A third GOP proposal would ease state eavesdropping laws so law enforcement officials can intercept child pornography transmissions.
Currently, police officials looking to intercept such transmissions must first get permission from both parties - a rule, Biggins said, that makes it almost impossible to catch the swapping of child pornography.
The proposal would allow law enforcement, after winning court approval, to intercept transmissions of child pornography without the offender's knowledge.
Other proposals would increase the penalties for Internet death threats to a Class 3 felony and force those convicted of distributing harmful material to minors to register as sex offenders.
Biggins said the legislation would be "a top priority" for Republican lawmakers this spring.
The bills are HB37, HB38, HB39, HB40, and HB41.
Doctors are not supermen and superwomen, elevated above the great mass of mankind and freed from the immoral and selfish interests and forces against which we all struggle and to which many of us frequently succumb. No 'healer' and no school of 'healing' should be regarded as any more than it is -- a tradesperson and a tradeschool, exploiting the sick for profit.Why one cult should be woven into the warp and woof of our government, exalted -- by law -- to the position of deity, and permitted to use the advantages thus gained, to crush out all other cults and all anti-medical movements, is difficult to understand. Why in choosing the cult to thus enthrone, was the most destructive and deadly of all the cults selected?This cult has been permitted to use public funds to carry on its propaganda and to employ the police power to force its schemes and methods upon the indifferent or even antagonistic public. It has gradually worked its way into the public schools, the army and navy, and among the elderly, and has gained complete control of these. State medicine is the result.All of this has been done, of course, under the pretense of 'protecting the public health.' But their real motives are both apparent and transparent.The Allopathic Cult has no more interest in the public health than any of the other cults; and none of them are bent on preserving public health, since this would ruin their incomes! The Physician does not secure his fees from the well, but from the sick. He is, therefore, interested in the sick -- not in the well!
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain formed an "exploratory" committee for his likely 2008 presidential campaign back in mid-November of 2006. That move gave McCain a jump on the bevy of candidates in both parties who, since the first of the year, have entered or started officially exploring White House bids.
And, with McCain's year-end campaign finance report filed to the Federal Election Commission by the deadline Wednesday, political analysts and potential opponents have a window on how much money McCain is raising — and from whom.
McCain's presidential campaign reported receipts of $1.7 million in late 2006, according to a CQPolitics.com analysis of the report. Reported expenditures amounted to $1.2 million, leaving the committee with $472,000 cash on hand as the new year began. The committee also reported $335,000 in debts and obligations.
The total receipts reported by McCain's committee do not mean he has already received that big a surge of fresh cash. In fact, most of the total — $1.05 million — came in the form of transfers from his Senate campaign committee, Friends of John McCain.
Federal campaign finance law allows members who run for the White House to transfer money from their House or Senate campaign committees to their presidential committees. McCain ended up with a sizable surplus following a 2004 campaign in which McCain coasted to a fourth Senate term by an overwhelming margin.
McCain's presidential campaign did, however, take in about $650,000 from individual donors and $10,000 from political committees.
The following are brief sketches of some notable individuals who donated to McCain's exploratory campaign late last year. The donors are listed alphabetically by last name.
Unless otherwise noted, the donors gave $2,100 — the maximum then in effect that an individual donor could give to a candidate in a single election (campaign finance law considers a primary election and a general election to be two separate contests). The Federal Election Commission announced last week that the limit has been raised to $2,300 per candidate per election, under provisions of the campaign finance law that allows for inflation-related adjustments.
McCain donors include:
• Jonathan E. Colby, managing director of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm.
• Edward F. Cox Jr., a partner at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Cox, a son-in-law to the late President Richard M. Nixon, in 2005 launched a challenge to New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the next year's election, but withdrew after then-Republican Gov. George E. Pataki stated a preference for another candidate.
Patricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox's wife and the former president's daughter, also donated to McCain's campaign.
• Arthur B. Culvahouse, attorney and chairman of the firm O'Melveny & Myers. Culvahouse served as White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989.
• Becki Donatelli, president of Campaign Solutions Inc. Donatelli's biography describes her as the "lead Internet consultant" to McCain's 2000 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, and his 2008 exploratory campaign is a Donatelli client.
• Roger J. Enrico, chairman of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.
• Carly Fiorina, former CEO and chairman of the board of the Hewlett-Packard technology company.
• Peter G. Fitzgerald, chairman of Chain Bridge Bancorp Inc. and former U.S. senator of Illinois. Fitzgerald was elected in 1998 but retired after just one term, with Democrat Barack Obama winning his open seat in 2004. Like McCain, Fitzgerald developed a reputation as a "maverick" within the ranks of Senate Republicans.
• Phil Gramm, an investment banker at UBS who, as a U.S. senator of Texas from 1985 to 2002, was a longtime McCain colleague. McCain chaired Gramm's ultimately short-lived campaign for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. Gramm's wife Wendy, an economist, also donated to McCain's exploratory effort.
• Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Holtz-Eakin is the economic policy chairman for McCain's bid.
• Henry A. Kissinger, the U.S. secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, who is president of the consulting firm Kissinger and Associates.
• John F. Lehman, chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, an investment firm that specializes in defense-related industries. Lehman served as a Navy secretary under President Ronald Reagan and more recently served as a member of the federal commission that investigated the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks.
• Mark McKinnon, vice chairman of Public Strategies Inc. ($500 donation). McKinnon is advising McCain's presidential campaign and directed advertising for George W. Bush's successful presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.
• Bob Perry, homebuilder ($4,200 donation). A prominent donor to Republican committees and candidates and conservative-leaning "527" political organizations, Perry was a major financial backer of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the organization that assailed the military credentials of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. Perry's contribution was included among the $1.05 million that McCain transferred from his Senate campaign committee.
• Theodore Roosevelt IV, a managing director at the investment brokerage Lehman Brothers. McCain has long considered himself as a "Teddy Roosevelt Republican," so it should come as no surprise that the great-grandson and namesake of the late Republican president is backing McCain.
• Orson Swindle, consultant for Orson Swindle Associates LLC ($1,000 donation). Like McCain, Swindle is a former Vietnam prisoner of war. Swindle ran respectable but losing House campaigns in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District in 1994 and 1996, falling to Democratic incumbent Neil Abercrombie. He later served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
• John W. Timmons, founding partner of The Cormac Group, a consulting and lobbying firm. Timmons is a former legislative director to McCain.
Republicans probably were rescued for the moment. But Gingrich's issue-driven philosophy, which brought the Republicans to power for the first time in 40 years, was and remains the right way to go. I mention all of this because Gingrich, while not running for President, is pushing various issues and issue clusters, which are right on.
I don't know how Gingrich would perform if he were elected to the highest office in the land but these days he is responsible in that each time I read one of his policy initiatives I want to stand up and cheer.
His latest initiative is to push for English as the official language of the United States. A well respected radio talk show host in Washington, Chris Core, suggested last week that the immigration issue well might be at least partially solved if English were the official language. He is absolutely correct. Much of his audience agreed with him and so do I. When my father came to the United States in 1923 he was here for only a few weeks when he began attending night school at the Stephen Bull Elementary Public Facility in Racine, Wisconsin. Although he still spoke with an accent, which bothered him to the day he died, he nevertheless developed a superb understanding and command of the English language. He could explain the most complex ideas in ways that easily could be understood. He developed a great sense of humor. He taught me how to tell jokes. He also taught me my politics and our faith, which was mostly by example.
My relatives and others who knew him told me that he was super anxious to find a school in which he could learn English. He wanted to start a few days after he came here was disappointed that he had to wait a matter of weeks to enroll.
While he never achieved great economic status, he did have a first-class engineer's license. He bought and paid for a home in seven years. Moreover, he spoke out at Racine City Council hearings and saw his views adopted. When he came to America his family in Germany was in a state of poverty. Sound familiar? Post-World War I inflation had wiped out the savings of his father and mother as well as those of a wealthier aunt. He didn't think he was entitled to documents in German. By the time he became a citizen six years after immigrating he didn't expect to vote with a German ballot either. We lived in a neighborhood filled with ethnic folks: Slovaks, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Italians and so on. There was only one other German family in the neighborhood. He did not seek to live in an enclave of people who came from the same country as he did. In fact, my father was known as being so anxious to be seen as an American, family lore has it that when he brought his two sisters to America in 1935 as my aunt began to speak of the ordeal of their trip he exclaimed, "Speak English."
That is the precise point Gingrich is making very eloquently. People who wish to assimilate will want to learn English. They will be required to do so if all governmental documents are in English. American citizens are apprehensive of those who come to this country and want to continue to speak and read their language. Many openly talk of "taking back" parts of the United States to form their own country. This is dangerous, as everyone understands. If the various Hispanic organizations would endorse the concept of official English things would turn around in a short while. My concern is not to deny workers money to send home. My concern is with those who defiantly refuse to adopt the language of this nation. And certain liberal leaders are encouraging them in that stance because they don't want them to move ahead. If they live in an enclave and all speak Spanish liberals will be able to control them politically. It is the worst kind of racism imaginable.
When I was advising parliamentary leaders in the Baltic states they presented me with this problem. There were so many Russians living in these small countries that they could overcome the Baltic leadership if they put their minds to it. Despite Soviet control, life was vastly better in the Baltic states than in the Soviet Union itself. These Russians didn't want to go back. I suggested to them that they adopt as part of their constitution that Estonian or Latvian or Lithuanian, as applicable, be the official language. Those who wanted to learn it could stay and become genuine citizens of those small nations. Those who refused to learn the language of the nation state would be obliged to leave. So far as I understand it, some of the Baltic states have taken initiatives along those lines. When I last discussed this with a prominent official in Estonia he told me that the suggestion was working and that the situation where there were as many or more Russians as Estonians has been partially rectified.
The United States welcomed with open arms all of the different ethnic groups which began coming here in the 19th Century or even before. Of course, some of them encountered roadblocks and prejudice. We have yet to be able to repeal human nature. As late as the years following the Viet Nam defeat thousands of Vietnamese came here. We did not object. Why? Because they showed clear signs of wanting to assimilate. What is different now? Do we hate Spanish-speaking people? I suppose a few do. But the vast majority of Americans want to welcome them if they choose to assimilate.
They will learn English at adult schools. They will send their children to schools where there is no bilingual nonsense. They will be taught in English after a reasonable time to learn it.
Gingrich says it correctly when he opines, "If you are pro-immigration to America, you should be pro-assimilation into English as the common language because in fact your children and grandchildren will have a dramatically better future if they are part of the common commercial civilization." Gingrich recommends shifting funding for bilingual education to English immersion programs. Bilingual education has trapped people in what he termed "linguistic ghettos."
Here is a proposition which has the support of more than 80% of Americans. It will not see the light of day. Why? Because the leftist special-interest groups are against official English. The Democratic Party is beholden to these groups. Especially with both Houses of Congress in liberal hands, this very important program never will be enacted. Gingrich has said that this early autumn he will decide whether to run for the Presidency. If he doesn't run one can only hope he will obtain a commitment of support from another candidate who will raise the issue.
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Wheaton Leader promotes Henry who promotes Gresk
Mayoral candidate endorsed by county treasurer - Jessica Young
It may be a little disconcerting to picture the bearded Wheaton mayoral candidate Mike Gresk as a pompom-adorned "Rah rah, sis boom bah" chanter wearing the requisite short, pleated skirt. But DuPage County Treasurer Gwen Henry often conjures up the image anyway.
Well, at least metaphorically.
"I always refer to him as Wheaton's cheerleader," said Henry, who recently endorsed Gresk in the crowded race to succeed retiring 14-year veteran James Carr. "He's very much in tune with all facets of the community and has great vision, so I think he's the best qualified for the job.
"This is a critical election since leadership will be changing hands for the first time in many years, and I want to make sure it stays in competent hands," she added. "(Gresk) is eternally positive, a good listener, available, experienced, independent and doesn't always give people the answer they want to hear, which is a crucial skill."
Henry, who served as mayor in Wheaton before Carr's reign, said her familiarity with the office allows her to use a measuring stick on the contenders. Gresk, a branch manager at First Choice Bank in Wheaton and former city councilman, agreed.
"With her breadth of experience, she obviously surveyed the scene and knows the players, so her support is even more meaningful," he said.
The two have been acquainted for more than 20 years; politically, professionally and socially. Henry is even Gresk's personal accountant.
Working as the county's financial top dog also gives Henry ample insight when evaluating Gresk's business and budgeting credentials and policies, she said. Henry believes he will diligently safeguard the city's money.
"Mike understands that Wheaton's business community is the economic engine that keeps Wheaton a vibrant place where our residents live, raise their families and retire," she said. "He will ... keep Wheaton's business environment strong and economically viable."
Henry does not think that Gresk's hiatus from the City Council would work against him.
"It's a positive thing to have a neutral person coming in from the outside to lead," she said. "I don't believe that he has a personal agenda, and that makes him ideal."
Gresk's public service has included stints as a Wheaton Park District commissioner, president of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and president of the Downtown Wheaton Association.
During the Tuesday, Feb. 27, primary election, Gresk will face off with City Councilmen Tom Mouhelis, Alan Bolds and Phil Suess for two ballot slots on the municipal ballot for the Tuesday, April 17, consolidated election.
Although ultimately only Wheaton residents will be able to vote in the mayoral election, Gresk is casting a wide net. He believes Henry's position as a county official will help get his name out to neighboring municipalities.
"Practically without fail, everyone I talk to has some connection to Wheaton, so I just tell them to pass it on," Gresk said. "I was in Springfield chatting with the parking guy taking my $3 and found out he has a mother who lives in Wheaton, so I gave him a packet. The city really has a positive image that extends beyond its borders, and I'd like to be the one to maintain it."
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Steven O'Malley of Wheaton blasts "elitists"
Elitists want Hubble to remain in Wheaton - Steven O'Malley, Wheaton
I am the father of three boys -- one went to Hubble; one is at Hubble; and one will go to Hubble in two years. I have watched with disgust the debate over the new Hubble site.
Now a third study has been released showing that the site is clean. Of course everyone knew that would be the case, but a small group is still not satisfied.
The reason is that they will never be satisfied because the whole BP "controversy" and now historic site push are false issues raised for only one reason. They want the school to remain in Wheaton.
The School Board, elected by the people, is unanimously in favor of the BP site, as is our excellent superintendent. However, this group, who have no children at Hubble, has used lies and distortions and wasted untold time and money to block the board's efforts.
Even their lawyer's office is close to the BP site -- unbelievable. Unfortunately, the press refuses to cover the true story here: A shameless bunch of elitists who do not want the school to move.
I want the school to move to the BP site and allow the site be developed commercially. It is time to let the people decide, have a vote and move forward.
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Mass Effect 3 Online Multiplayer Confirmed
Mass Effect seems to be headed online for the first time next year.
Update 2: BioWare's Casey Hudson has chimed in on Twitter, adding that the multiplayer will be cooperative, not competitive. He wrote, "Yes, co-op MP missions for #ME3: they're real, and they're spectacular. Rest assured it's nothing of what you've feared. More soon..."
Update: If you're more interested in the take of a local publication, Official Xbox Magazine is also promoting an upcoming issue that features details about Mass Effect 3's online multiplayer. So after numerous indications that it's coming, it seems safe to classify this particular aspect of the game as "confirmed."
Original Story: Even before Mass Effect 3 was announced last December, there were rumors that it would feature multiplayer, or that a separate Mass Effect game was being developed which included multiplayer support. Talk of multiplayer has only continued over the past year, though BioWare has refused to confirm its presence.
The latest such sign is a tease for an upcoming issue of Australian game magazine PC PowerPlay. Its cover (pictured above) states "multiplayer comes to Mass Effect 3," and right below that it reads, "Fight alongside your friends as the galaxy goes to war!" The accompanying text on PCPP's website provides little in the way of additional details, only promising Mass Effect producer Casey Hudson talks about the decision to incorporate multiplayer.
Based on what little text there is on the cover, it sounds as if there will, at the very least, be some kind of co-op mode. That's precisely what we heard back in June -- Mass Effect 3 will feature a four-player, online co-op mode. At the time there was also a report about "original missions" that could be played cooperatively, as opposed to a Horde-style mode where you fight off waves of enemies.
BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka said at the time, "We haven't talked at all about multiplayer in the Mass Effect franchise, but we're exploring multiplayer in all of our games and all of our franchises." He also added, "It's always an idea we're interested in."
In light of all the evidence, it seems all but guaranteed that ME3 will feature multiplayer of some sort; it's just a matter of learning what the specifics will be.
The game is scheduled for release on March 6. The Xbox 360 version features Kinect voice controls.
See Also
Mass Effect Multiplayer Has Been on BioWare's Wishlist for a While
Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Can Impact Single-Player Story's Outcome
Comments (71)
MMO potentialPosted: Oct 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by Marc50
Story reduced to a few witty e-mail's, a few minute cameo's of important charcters...
People hoping for a little contionation , missing the fact that David Silverman of EA already explained their irrelavance, spectacular cinematics insted of impactfull gameplay, all to create hype for the MMO potential that Myzuka and Zeshuk are eyeing, since they wanted to turn BG into one, evertyhing written allower the internat paired with the spectacular Origin that exposes peoples software to 3rd party addvertising companies....
Give it a shotPosted: Oct 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by Rayzear
Though some will say that this is crazy, a waste of resources etc. I think that it can be some fun, but again what I really like is that it is optional. Optional is a very good word, and the multiplayer, though I don't think that I will use it, becomes quite a nice option.
I trust BiowarePosted: Oct 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by JabezDawz
Mass Effect is more important to this company than any other franchise they work on. I full trust that will handle this with care. They better, following ME 2 is an almost impossible task, but these guys and gals are up for it.
I can not wait to play this fantastic game.
Just like the poll in the front page...Posted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by GunnyMcSword
as long as it doesn't affect the single player story I'm cool with it.
Thank God....or whoever....Posted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by Jokermania007
Well, you can ignore all my rantings yesterday. I can definately handle some co-op! Now I just need some Xbox Live Gold..hmmm.
My knee jerk reaction was to freak out and get pissyPosted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by burywhite
but after reading on, online co op multiplayer would be fun as hell, rather local co op would suit me better because I live in the boondocks. As long as it isn't a competitive re-hash of online modes we have all seen before I am willing to bet on Bioware, and I think thats a very safe bet.
MaybePosted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mike_AWBD
EA is imposing more and more influence over Bioware. As a result they're games are starting to go downhill. It's sad to say, but Bioware's best days are behind them thanks to EA. The best hope will be if the core of Bioware quits and starts up a new company.
A Poor Excuse To Add An Online PassPosted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by VampireWicked
Stop the sugarcoating, I'm sick of this BS from developers. A perfectly good single player game as Mass Effect is getting a multiplayer attachment is bullshit. Just tell everyone you don't want Mass Effect 3 sold as used & you want $10.00 from everyone that rents or buys it used. Amazing how almost every game is getting a multiplayer attachment.So what's next? God of War, TombRaider, Heavy Rain, DMC, or the next Batman game with multiplayer attached? Developers will abuse the tacked on multiplayer aspect just as they do the DLC, just to get that extra amount of money But then blame gamers poor marking or used sales if their titles don't sale as well as they hope when in fact it's things like shabby content or an overall Craptastic game that few gamers enjoy. So i'm saying focus on the single player aspect that made the game good to begin with, I don't care about your poor excuse multiplayer 2 get money out of used sales, i wouldn't pay the $10.00 for the pass if....WHEN I BUY IT USED anyway.
LOL@UPosted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by MagicMeatball
A little bit of info courtesy of the Bioware forum:Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by fatestninjaever
My body is ready.
really?Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by xWhackoJacko
ME didn't need multiplayer at all. Who the hell would even play it? You play Mass Effect for the story, not for a good kill death ratio. Blah, whatever....
Yes, really.Posted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by MagicMeatball
If you don't want to participate in multiplayer, then you don't have to. There's no need to whine about it. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa.
SkepticalPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Garlador
I won't knock it until I try it, but after 2 games of which I played over 200 hours of, the LAST thing I thought was "yeah, online multiplayer is TOTAL what this game is." No, the things that stick with me are the story and character moments; winning a tough debate with intelligent dialogue choices, getting to know my crew, romancing my love interest Tali in the most adorable way possible, keeping my squad loyal, making tough ethical decisions...
"Shooting things with more people" was always a distant second... or third... or, depending on whether I was a biotic, just dead last.
Could be a good thing, I'm not optimistic though.Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mike_AWBD
If the multiplayer is done right it could be fun. However, the singleplayer needs to be a complete game on its own merits, with co-op adding to it. My biggest beef is that Mass Effect is a great game that you can literally spend 100's of hours playing through it a few times without needing multiplayer to add anything. EA's reasons for adding multiplayer(not Bioware's) is a cash grab, and that's it. Adding multiplayer is more likely to ruin the game than add to it. If for no other reason it could take away from the quality of the single player, like it does to almost every other game in existance.
I think games need to have either a multiplayer or single player focus, otherwise it just gets watered down. Games can do both well, but it doesn't happen very often.
Just one more thing. EA is the worst thing that has happened to gaming. They having bought countless quality game developers and turned them into crap. Bioware is slowly being corupted by EA now. All of EA's games are about the money first and the quality second. Not that they don't make good games, but they rarely make great games. I just hope Bioware had enough of themselves left to make ME3 and The Old Republic great games.
BlahPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by MutantTurtle
Son of a whore. No multiplayer, just make more singleplayer missions.
I don't get the hate...Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by BIGCHRIS2112
If you don't care about the muliplayer, then don't play it.
pass the torch and the sawed off, BIGCHRIS..Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
because your words have just brought up from the depths thousands of lifeless monsters to bear down upon our position. Some of them eat brains, and some of them just eat whatever mom fixes them. Do NOT attempt to reason with them, because 'hey scrub! it's optional y'know?' cannot persuade that which hates the light.
If I don't make it out of this, if I'm... bitten, then please tell Tali I wouldn't bang her because of the infection potential, not because of her fucking weird ostrich legs.
lmfaoPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Fozenflame00
Well said gke1... i think the reason ppl are QQing over the idea of MP though is just that it takes time and resources to make MP that could have been put elsewhere.. im all for the idea of multiplayer but yeah..
WowPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by BIGCHRIS2112
That was a bit much, but was awesome anyway, gke1. It totally sums up all the haters. I'd bone Tali if she was real.
Um...Posted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by learningKnight
Actually, the reason for my well-mannered criticism-- my "hate", if you must-- is simply that it is unecessary and stands to greatly jeopardize the single player game. Multiplayer development is not easy. It takes a lot of time and development resources. By spending those resources on some unwanted multiplayer feature, the single-player game stands to suffer. That would be bad.
SWTORPosted: Oct 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by MagicMeatball
I do believe they are taking the same path in terms of co-op as they have in SWTOR. Making extra players integral to the experience. I think everyone needs to put the pitchforks away until the actual game comes out, and they try it for themselves.
Cooperative, not competitive?Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by challenge9000
WTF, I would love to have both in there but I guess cooperative will do. I love the fact that more and more games have a multiplayer component. Hopefully the next Elder Scrolls game will have some multiplayer in it.
*waves and smiles superficially at the crowd, pulls challenge9000 aside*Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
yo man look, you cannot be in here espousing this kind of shit. You and I both know what happens to people who want to play fun games alongside friends over high speed internet connections, in order to explore gameplay possibilities that lie far outside half assed AI help.
Actually I don't know myself. 'They' do have some pretty deep and dark basements though. Masses cannot develop such aggressively irrational thought without being completely cut off from everything that tests their abilities, and uniting to keep their lack of ability nice and private. Then there's some steps in the middle I'm missing, but it does end with them blaming us, seeing as we're all just a bunch of slobbering, twitch reflex joystick jocks. I know I don't think when I play Battlefield, I just bite down on my exposed tongue, cross my eyes, and make my face turn red, allowing my mindless reflexes to do all the real damage.
I hope you learned something from all of this, and let me know what it is cause I'm not sure what my point was.
Co-op is for the bestPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by fatestninjaever
Biotics and a fun competitive multiplayer experience are not compatible.
coolPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by SuperSledge
coop seems like a no brainer for this. It'll just look weird with multiple Shepherds running around
Unfortunate...Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by mister_cheif_117
BioWare should be trying to make the best singleplayer game possible to finish the story arc off with a bang, not putting multiplayer in to appeal to the Call of Duty, and Battlefield crowd. Mass Effect is not a social experience. It is purley getting wrapped up in a universe with deep characters and believable spaces. Creative product over money maker please.
Agreed.Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Garlador
The appeal of Mass Effect is it is every player's specific journey. The "combat" has always been the least interesting and least enjoyable part of the game. Winning a tough debate, getting to know your teammates, successfully finding and wooing a love interest, making tough ethical decisions, ensuring teammate loyalty, giving roles to your teammates that might cost them their lives so you know the stakes are high...
The behind-the-scenes drama and intrigue of the franchise is where the heart and soul of the series is... not down the barrel of a gun, and especially not with other people stepping in to merge "their" vision of Shepard and the Mass Effect world into yours.
Co-op is fun but...Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by great_cake_bat8
I wouldn't want to have my first playthrough be in co-op myself, everytime I play a game in co-op me and my friend tend to go MST3K on the cut-scenes which in fun for Saints Row or Resident Evil, but I'm kind of hoping ME3 doesn't have cut-scenes that silly.
You have to cater to mainstream to make that $$$$Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by m00man2839
The original Mass Effect was great, an industry darling but i didn't do as well as BioWare wanted. At the time the Die Hard RPG fan was not a console gamer. So with Mass Effect 2 to bring in more players (Hence make more $$$) they scaled the RPG elements back slightly and incorporated more action and gunplay.
Mass Effect 3 comes now with multi-player you have to evolve to stay relevant, we all might not like it but money talks.
"Die Hard RPG"Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Captain_Gonru
not a bad idea. But can we get Bruce Willis to do the voice-acting? I suppose we cojuld just loop it from the movies. Instead of the 1000 Needle attack, it'll be called the Yippee Ky Yay MothaF@%#$&s!
Am I the only one that figures this could work?Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Scoob79
It's not like this is the first time Bioware did a multiplayer RPG. Hell, they did it with Baldur's Gate back in '98 or '99, the game that brought RPGs back to PCs in a big way. They later expanded on the multiplayer few years later with Neverwinter Nights.
Of all the RPG series that could feature a multi-player, Mass Effect is easily the best choice. Not sure how the dialog and story will work though, but from strictly a gameplay perspective, it's a pretty good idea. I suppose a good preview of how it could come together would be in the upcoming Star Wars: TOR MMO.
It's not multi, just co-op.Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Hellslinger1
hallelujahPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
excellent news, from the Mouth Itself. Rest easy, joy-hating hermit-goblins, your single player is now all but confirmed to be the exact same completely isolated experience you were praying to Satan it would be! And you thought all those children in your neighborhood you kidnapped and sacrificed in a blood drinking ritual would yield no results - O ye of little faith!
Now for the rest of us, who don't turn to ash in sunlight, we can rejoice knowing if we need a human to do Garrus or Ash's job, by god we can enlist that help. Praise Jesus!
God forbidPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by estmaddog
we want a single player experience from our single player game. When was the last time having multiplayer shoe-horned into a game was good for the single player?
I have tried your multiplayer games. My flaccid dick can accomplish more than the xbox live crowd. I am allowed a few, precious single player experiences.
BlarghPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Wolfe
By 'the rest of us' you mean the sort of people who come into your game, turn their guns on you, and do everything in their power to ensure that your experience is ruined. There's a reason people like single player games, and it's largely because of the childish nature of others you encounter in multiplayer modes. So rest assured, my 'joy-hating' self will not be plugging into the online mode as I know very well that it will mean encountering people of your nature, gke1.
oh my god my eyes have rolled out of my head, and down a hill. gimme a sec.Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
estmaddog you provide no evidence of anything you stated, save revealing to us all that you are clearly averse to public cooperation or competition. Stop, take a breath, get some help.
And God forbid you should persist in the 'your this' and 'your that' banter. We are not afraid of 'your' alien civilization or its technology. Your mom, no doubt in the mothership kitchen, just hollered down the stairs. Your grilled ham and chee chee is ready!
aww Wolfe! you minx! I'm blushing..Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
o lookee here! Wolfe has done gone and jumped to even more fanciful conclusions! By trying to put me in a hypothetical situation he fears, one that will not happen in cooperative play mind you, he attempts to denigrate my contribution while supporting his limited perspective!
Nice try! Can I give points for effort, or how does this work?
yeahPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by SuperSledge
no Bioshock 2 multiplayer please
mm mm mmm!Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
nice estmaddog, this recurring theme of flaccid dicks is an important issue to you. Your above post is a critical first step taken down the long road of honest, intimate disclosure.
I hear there's bars where men wear leather but don't necessarily ride motorcycles. Maybe you check that scene out to help with this limp noodle problem you're having?
Or don't. You're an amazing writer. Just an all around multifaceted threat. I respectfully yield.
Gke1Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by luminaire28
Have you ever gotten screwed over by your co-op partner when playing online before? Don't give me the "i only play with friends" defense either, there are times when everyone doesn't have a real life friend online to play with. I've had my fill of inept teammates that ruin the experience for me and/or others. I'd rather play these games alone than have to deal with griefers that can't work together with anyone.
online is a bummer sometimes, but shitty AI takes the cake - and far more oftenPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm only going to be playing with one kind of person - a friend, who is at least familiar with the series, if not outright 'awesome' or whatever the kids call it. These might be folks I know around here, or people I know online, or both.
If I can't enlist that specific kind of help, then I'm probably not looking hard enough at the list of people I know personally, on or offline. If all else fails, sure I'll give a randy a go, but if he starts pooping all over the place and playing in it - adios. I can do all of this without drugs, alcohol, antidepressants, or any suffering whatsoever. It just doesn't bother me knowing someone could come in and screw it up, if I allow it. I will simply begin the session again later when I have the proper set up. What does bother me a bit however, are types so threatened by public cooperation or competition that they'd sabotage the opportunity for the rest of us to enjoy it, by any means necessary. Cancel your preorders then babies, I know plenty of people just in my circles who will step up and cover your cancellation tenfold or more with reserved copies as a result of the promise of coop play alone.
No one can deny how much potential for fun this mode will have in a group of competent online friends. Playing cooperatively and cleanly happens online far far more than naysayers give credit.
estaPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by xWhackoJacko
is right. Sorry, but he is. Not everything needs multiplayer. In fact, I PREFER that most of it NOT have multiplayer for his exact reasons. I play with enough idiots on MMOs, I don't need them in my should be single player experiences too. Even if it is just co-op, why bother.
Very disappointingPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by learningKnight
A throw-away mutliplayer mode, which I am not at all interested to see in the Mass Effect series, can only suck valuable time and resources away from developing the single player game. The fact is that Mass Effect is not and has never been multiplayer focused-- mutliplayer focussed games are fine and dandy, but I buy those games when I'm looking for multiplayer. There have been SO MANY games with tacked on multiplayer that doesn't fit and doesn't work.
Wit the ridiculous level of expectation built for Mass Effect 3's single-player game, it blows my mind that they would divest any amount of development resources away from making that absolutely stellar. If Mass Effect 3's single player is disappointing, then just think about how much better it could have been if BioWare hadn't wasted valuable time, energy, and money on some superflous multiplayer mode.
End of an eraPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Merodach
I believe we are seeing the last days of when gamers found single player games fun. Even people who I knew as gamers for years refuse to buy a game if it doesnt have multiplayer in it now. The sad part is that games that are multiplayer focused almost always tend to be shooters. I cringe at the thought of losing experiences like Bioshock or Batman Arkham Asylum for games that only deal in killing your friends or killing things with your friends. I used to look down on iOS gamers but now I see them as a new age of gamers who love games just because they're fun. Maybe as mobile platforms evolve and processing power gets better, these gamers will bring back an era of great single player experiences.
As long as they don't change the formula.Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by VDKT
Cause think about it, in both ME1 and ME2, we have AI controlled team members following and helping us throughout pretty much the whole game. What harm is there gonna be if actual players could be playing those characters rather than an AI?
Well... other than the arguing on who gets to play Shepard or the coolest character... there is no harm! I would love playing some Co-Op Mass effect where my team members are actual players and not AI controlled! But hopefully it will work out.
More watering downPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Marc50
How reduced the second game was in terms of RPG elements, and actual player impact, aside from meaningless Cinematics that provided only the option to intentionally kill of a companion just to see another one, well this is jut another part the complete transition to Marcus, nothing wrong with Marcus but Bioware is looking more desperate with each game they make.
Where did the uniqueness go? Wonder if their Soap Mac Tavish copy is gay or bi, that's the only thing now that makes them claim there are some RPG elements in their games.
Sombody convinced them that gamers are ignorant, stupid and unviling to learn wonder how much cash was necessary.
YayPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by luminaire28
Now people will be forced to play the game online if they want 100% completion on 360... I hate this gen more and more each day. Guess Mass Effect 3 won't go back to being more of an rpg like the first one was then.
Maybe it'll be like Dead Space 2Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by clopin
The single-player will still be phenominal and everyone will ignore the MP completely.
That's what came to my mindPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Garlador
Dead Space 2's single-player was fantastic. So fantastic, I practically forget it HAS multiplayer unless someone reminds me it exists.
Sort of like Metroid Prime 2. Great game... but, wow, I always forget it has competitive multiplayer in it that nobody remembers or bothered to touch.
Oh boyPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Apollo_Helios
Another game with multiplayer shoehorned in. Co-op MIGHT be okay, but a "horde" mode? I don't play ME games just for the shooting.
I may be the only one...Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by deep_search
...but I thought the combat mechanics in both Mass Effects were lackluster. I was ok with this though because quality of the story was the focus, not to mention it was supposed to be an RPG more than anything...but now they're capitalizing on multiplayer. They're just trying to turn the franchise into a Ke$ha music video.
NooooooPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by chuckratm
They better not F*&K up the last installment of this trilogy. Leave the multiplayer for the games the halfwits play.
that's rightPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by turkish101
only smart people play ME
misery loves companyPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
It will most likely be a cooperative feature. Outstanding news I think.
But I also enjoy Battlefield and other such competitive shooters. I'm a halfwit huh?
I wonder just how pathetic a person has to become in order to hate something that is completely optional - this mode will obviously have no effect on the wrapping up of the single player story, if you, the player so choose to make it this way.
These detractors hang all their protests on a few points: 'it will take resources away from single player development' or 'so random people will be dropping in and out of my game???.' Please. Please - stop this. Why do I ask you stinking, back acne riddled basement squatters so gently to stop?
Because EA is a billion dollar leader in game development. BioWare is a studio that boasts incredible success and the resources indicative of this. This platform determines your logic sucks. If EA wants to 'slap' some multiplayer into the game, they will hire plenty of extra help to get it done. Your precious single player game will benefit from the same huge focus of time, love, and personnel it has established as a standard in the previous two titles.
And I'm not really in the mood to pull punches here. Everyone who looks forward to this feature knows why many don't: you're just a bunch of pants-shitting scrubs when it comes to demonstrating your ability in the presence of others. So please, please play your precious single player. Play it and convince yourself that the reason you go 7-39 in a competitive scenario is because of 'lag' or 'morons with twitch reflexes.' Right. There there. Just stick to your pressure-free JRPGs and other ridiculous excuses for games, because dealing with the reality that you cannot make decisions under fire, you're poor at spatial, truly dynamic problem solving, and yeah - your reflexes fucking suck are all issues you are trying to work out on message boards so you can cling to the faint hope that you could make this a lonely experience for us all. It's easy to see how that would be a huge Mission Accomplished banner for you light-hating cave trolls.
But do, and I implore thee, do keep your fucking preferences quiet and stop taking potential away from developers and gamers with your childish misery-loves-company selfishness spewed all over the internet. They might actually listen to you, and fuck real gamers over.
gke1Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by turkish101
well said. glad you had the effort to say what i (and plenty of others) wanted to say.
Not that I agree that ME needs multiplayer, or would even benefit from it. Resources or not, it won't necessarily be good, and it won't be replacing GoW or CoD anytime soon, for sure.
The biggest fear is that it will just be tacked on and half-assed. Which doesn't take away from the main experience, but does raise the question: what's the point? It's hard to give Bioware the benefit of the doubt when they don't have much experience with this kind of thing. Not to mention that, well, the last good game they made was... well, Mass Effect 2.
thanks turkPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by gke1
yeah I do share a little trepidation concerning how it will all be implemented. Let me be clear, I'm not wanting MP as I would like to see cooperative play done right, if anything is done at all. MP, with all the incredible powers present in ME gameplay, could lead to some serious exploitation I'm sure. Bring on the cooperative gameplay though.
In BioWare we trust; hopefully this is a feature that contributes to the overall experience the Mass Effect gameplay is known for. So many times I have wanted a human controlled Grunt or Garrus or Legion.
Actually, I call Grunt. Hands off. Leave the front line violent destruction of all enemies of Shepard to me. Let the Commander take all the glory if he wants. Me just want to kill.
Don't take my above post too seriously. I've also been known to retreat into my cave on more than one occasion to break in a new game, single player or otherwise. Believe me, I've been surrounded by half eaten fish heads and an LCD tv for days on end myself.
Why??!!!Posted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mandalorian_Wookie_Hunter
Co op or not, there's absolutely no need for it!
Hopefully it doesn't suckPosted: Oct 10, 2011 12:00AM PST by MarcoPolo360
I hope it is'nt competitive multiplayer, but them putting co-op in the campaign. Mass Effect would be so fun to play with a friend.


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