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College Hockey:Betz, Buckeyes Bounce Back, Beat Big Red
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ESTERO, Fla. — After an embarrassing 6-2 loss Saturday to Maine, the Ohio State Buckeyes rebounded with a 2-0 shutout of the Cornell Big Red in the consolation game of the Everblades College Classic. The win, which snapped OSU's three-game losing streak, was the first ever for the Buckeyes in the tournament, now in its second year.
OSU netminder Mike Betz stopped 22 shots for his fourth shutout of the season. In the loss to Maine, Betz was pulled in favor of backup Kelly Holowaty at the start of the third after allowing Maine's first five goals.
"I think he showed real character coming back tonight," said John Markell, OSU head coach. "He saw the pucks last night — he just didn't stop them. Tonight he stopped them."
Betz said the difference between the loss and win was the team in front of him. "I was a little bit more focused, obviously … but when [my teammates] play like that, it makes my job easier."
The Buckeye defense played a tight, controlled, disciplined game, taking shots with the body, limiting the number of real Cornell scoring chances, and shutting down the Cornell power play, which had converted twice the night before. "The guys were showing off their bruises from how many shots they blocked," said Betz.
Cornell head coach Mike Schafer said his players "didn't come out with the mental toughness" necessary after their double-overtime 4-3 loss to Northern Michigan Saturday evening.
"It was our worst performance of the year," said Schafer, "and it will be our last bad performance of the year."
JB Bittner had the game-winning goal at 4:30 in the second period, a cross-ice feed from Ryan Smith. Scott May added the empty-netter at 19:43 in the third. Dave Leneveu made 26 saves on 28 shots for Cornell.
The Buckeyes outshot the Big Red 22-13 through two periods of play, but Cornell turned up the heat in the third period, pressuring the Buckeyes in close and often. David Francis had one of the best Big Red chances to tie it up near the halfway mark in the period, when his shot from just outside the crease went wide of a nearly open net.
Markell said that his squad was "self-motivating" after Saturday's defeat. "Their job is to learn from this. That's part of building your team, to understand what it takes to be good. They beat a good hockey club tonight.
While Cornell played in a double-overtime game, Markell pointed out that the Buckeyes "played the late game," essentially, he said, evening things out in terms of fatigue.
"If you look at that [fatigue] as a factor," said Schafer, "you're looking for excuses. These guys are 18 to 22 years old. They've got to be able to play seven or eight periods of hockey in two nights."
Next up for Cornell (8-4-1) is a pair of home games against league opponents, Vermont Jan. 11 and Dartmouth Jan. 12. Ohio State (10-7-1) travels to Kalamazoo, Mich., for two games against CCHA foe Western Michigan Jan. 5-6.
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Reports of a 3-year-old with facial scars getting kicked out of a KFC restaurant in Mississippi may not be true. The Laurel Leader-Call reports that the whole story is a fundraising hoax, one that brought in more than $135,000 in donations, offers of free surgical services and a standing offer of $30,000 from Kentucky Fried Chicken to help with Victoria Wilcher's medical bills. Conflicting reports about which KFC location the incident supposedly happened at, and if it really happened at all, sparked an investigation by the media and the fast-food restaurant.
Information about the incident was initially posted on June 12 on the family's Facebook page, Victoria's Victories, a support site for Wilcher who was mauled by her grandfather's pit bulls. Kelly Mullins, the child's grandmother, wrote that her granddaughter was turned away from KFC, stating, "I took her to the doctor and I went to KFC. I ordered a large sweet tea and her some mashed potatoes and gravy because she was hungry ... They just told us, they said, 'We have to ask you to leave because her face is disrupting our customers..."
The story quickly went viral on Twitter and Facebook once the girl's grandmother told local TV station WAPT about the incident that she claims happened at a KFC in Jackson, Miss.
Now the whole story is being called a hoax after Leader-Call reporter Sean Murphy found that the facts don't match up with what was initially reported. His report headlined, "Kentucky Fried Hoax" was published in the paper on June 23, 2014.
Murphy writes that Wilcher's family reported that the KFC incident happened at one of the chain's location on State and High Streets in Jackson, but he later confirmed that this location has been closed for years. A post on Victoria's Victories Facebook page initially stated, "Thank you for your support for Victoria. If you would like to file a complaint its the KFC on State Street in Jackson MS" but was changed after questions were raised.
Wilcher's aunt, Teri Rials Bates, who runs the Facebook page, wrote, "I'm the Aunt, I run her page and Im the one that miss quoted that it was State street when it was actually Woodrow Wilson. Don't blame the grandmother for my mistake!"
This isn't the only thing that didn't match up in a story that may have been a hoax right from the start. Murphy's source states that surveillance videos at two of the only Jackson KFC locations, Meadowbrook and Woodrow Wilson, show that no one matching the description of little Victoria Wilcher or her grandmother were in restaurant the day of the supposed incident. There were also no orders for mashed potatoes and a sweet tea in a single transaction, the food that the grandmother claims she ordered for her granddaughter.
The family still maintains that the incident was not a hoax, updating their Facebook page on Monday with a post that reads, in part, "I promise its not a hoax, I never thought any of this would blow up the way it has. The article circling the web calling this a hoax is untrue. The article it self say the investigation is not complete. It is not over until KFC releases a statement."
At this time, KFC is still promising to help the family with a $30,000 donation for Victoria's care, "regardless of the outcome of the current investigation."
Read Murphy's full report in the Leader-Call, including a statement from Dick West, the owner of the local KFCs, who says that the family's story is "full of holes."

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made it official last year that larger debt collection entities (e.g., agencies, debt buyers, attorneys) will come under federal supervision for the first time beginning Jan. 2, when they will begin oversight. With the world of third party debt collections changing rapidly, we as an industry are all trying to determine what standards we need to comply with and how to best prepare. In response, many of the largest lenders are aggressively re-tooling their Vendor Management Programs based upon the premise that they are required to monitor/control external vendors as closely as their own internal operations. The impacts of this will be felt across the entire industry and not just by the larger players. This session will provide participants with real-time cross industry perspectives on what key stakeholders are doing to proactively prepare for and address these new regulatory/control requirements.
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SBTV catch up with the usual suspects at the monumental occasion. The red carpet entrance preceding the award ceremony brings together the great artists of the present and shines light on the great artists to come… UK Pop, Urban.
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I am trying to write code for a computer simulator. I need to simulate a complex mechanism where each link has a known length and the ends of the links are connected to a triangle. I would like help with finding an equation to tell me the location of the triangle.
Above is a picture of a machine. There are three points B, C, G, whose locations are known. There are three links 3, 4, 5, whose lengths are known. Finally, there is a triangular link with dimensions that are all known but whose location is not. Each of the links 3, 4, 5 connect to the triangular link 2.
Mathematically, the centers B, C, G, are knows as are the radii 3, 4, 5, but I am stumped at how to find the locations of D, E, and F, given the distance between each of them. I don't even have a starting point for the math because the circle-circle or circle-line intersection equations that are used to simulate simpler connections do not seem useful here.
I must add that I am a programmer and not a mathematician. I may have to ask for help turning an equation into code.


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It seems to be written in stone: Politicians lie. How they lie, and what they lie about, seems to be often (though not always) less important than the fact of the lie itself. Lies, in politics, are low-hanging fruit for the opposition's focused attacks.
The recent kerfuffle over Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis' biographical inconsistencies has been the topic of Facebook debates, Twitter feeds, and has been food for much media feasting. Some parts of Davis' biography are beyond dispute: She was at one point a single parent, there were times she struggled financially, she went to Harvard, and at some point married and divorced lawyer Jeff Davis, who paid the freight during her last two years at Texas Christian University, and supported her through Harvard Law School. The underlying story behind Wendy Davis' rise to success is a powerful story of hard work and perseverance. That being said, it seems as though Davis wouldn't need to take liberties with the truth to prove the point she was trying to make. Whether she simply misspoke or had a memory lapse, those types of missteps call integrity into question; and giving conservatives further reason to attack her on the basis of her historical honesty (considering that they're already showing their true sexist, misogynistic stripes by attacking her with straight-up woman-hating jabs), weakens her, and forces her to divest valuable time defending against what, in the end, are largely irrelevant details. While Davis now admits that she needs to be "more focused on the detail," the damage in some ways is done. Being forced to defend even minor rhetorical missteps places a candidate in the unfortunate position of losing the high ground.
Rand Paul faced criticism and scrutiny over his plagiarism. Mark Sanford's pack of lies about his whereabouts (more than the fact of his Argentinian mistress) while serving as Governor of South Carolina temporarily derailed his political career. Michele Bachmann's record of lies (75% of her statements were rated "false" by fact-checkers) caused her to barely squeak out re-election - and to ultimately resign rather than face another one. There are myriad other examples of political lies - small lies and whoppers - which caused political candidacies to stumble. Who actually knows how many elections have been lost because candidates fudged the facts on the most basic, fact-checkable elements of their lives?
Americans are a tough audience. We often don't like the truth when we hear it, but we also don't like liars. But in the final analysis, "the truth will set you free" is more than just a cliche; in fact, in politics, the truth is a formidable foe.


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Positive Atheism Creates
'Illusion Of Misconception'
Christopher Dillard
From: "Christopher Dillard"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: November 27, 2001 5:44 PM
How to mark your property
... thou shalt take an [awl], and thrust it through his ear..., and he shall be thy servant for ever.
[from our "National Bible Week" Poster]
Why do you have to leave out few words??
"But if the servant says to you, 'I do not want to leave you,' because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your wervant for life." Deutoeronomy 15: 16-17 (NIV)
Why do you have to create an illusion of misconception??
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "Christopher Dillard"
Date: November 27, 2001 11:40 PM
Why do you accuse me of being compelled ("having") to "create an illusion of misconception"?
I have used a common, widely accepted, and entirely valid editing process, that of omitting words or phrases that not only do not pertain to the point being made but could even serve to distract from the point being made. Check any Style Manual and see if any of them give different guidelines for the use of the ellipses points for omitting quoted material. As long as one does not do what you have here accused me of doing, this practice is entirely legitimate.
So, let's look at what I did and see if that's what you accuse me of having done.
What were the messages I was trying to convey?
1. The Christian Bible honors the institution of human slavery to the point where it even provides instructions for marking one's "property" (the human slave)! This was an overt message.
2. Christians are patently dishonest when they refuse to address the fact that their very own "Word of God" contains such instructions! This was not an overt message, but was intended nonetheless by this information being included in the "National Bible Week" poster.
Can my use of the common, widely accepted, and entirely valid editing technique of making a passage more readable by removing portions that do not apply to the point being made be shown to have hidden or distorted any facts that would alter the point being made? Did I leave something out that would, if I had left it in, render the point I was trying into make a lie?
First, my use of the widely respected King James version rather than the patently biased and widely criticized New International Version shows that I was, at least with this passage, trying to get the most accurate reading of this passage.
Nevertheless, let's see if the omitted material changes any of the two points I was making:
1q. Does the omitted material pertaining to the voluntary statute of limitations (seven years) change the fact that the Christian Bible honors the institution of human slavery to the point where it even provides instructions for marking one's "property" (the human slave)?
1a. No. Even with the material left in (and even according to the New International Version's rendering of this passage), it is still shown that the Christian Bible honors the institution of human slavery to the point where it even provides instructions for marking one's "property" (the human slave)!
2q. Does the omitted material pertaining to the voluntary statute of limitations (seven years) change the fact that Christians are dishonest when they refuse to address the fact that their very own "Word of God" contains such instructions?
2a. No. In fact, this letter that you have sent to our Forum further fortifies the very point we were trying to make: that some Christians get so embarrassed that their own Bible endorses human slavery! This is the very Word of God, to these Christians, an alleged direct quotation of God, what He supposedly said in detailing precisely how He wanted humans to behave and what He wanted humans to do! (Bu t do they obey this commandment today? or is the Law of Man today a "higher law" than the Law of God?) In fact, the Bible endorses human slavery to the point that it even provides detailed instructions for marking one's "property" (the human slave): this is how seriously the Bible takes this commandment! it provides such subtle details! And we see (and have witnessed a demonstration) that certain Christians are so embarrassed by the Word of their God that they will even resort to patent dishonesty (and in this case, the vicious slander of somebody who has told no lies) in an attempt to deflect the truth of what their God is said to have said!
Ah, your slander of me has merely fortified the point I was making in the National Bible Week poster! By trying to discredit me, you therefore tried to discredit any messages we might wish to convey, thereby trying to run away from the fact that your very own Bible endorses the institution of human slavery! It was for this reason, that so many Christians try to run away from this fact, that I included the point about the Christian Bible's endorsement of human slavery.
Your dishonesty -- yea, your vicious slander of me -- has given me (and probably numerous readers) one more reason never to become a Christian.
First, I am a man of truthfulness and honesty; thus, I would never knowingly or voluntarily associate with dishonest people. By calling myself a Christian I would be associating myself with you (in a very remote and oblique way, of course). Some would even argue that if I became a Christian I would have to start calling you "brother": to have to do that would pose quite a dilemma for me!
Secondly, as a man of truthfulness and honesty, I would not want to associate myself with a dishonest institution, that being the Christian Church, which (as I pointed out both here and in the "National Bible Week" poster) consistently runs away from the fact that its very own Bible endorses the institution of human slavery.
But the most important moral reason to avoid the Christianity religion is her endorsement of human slavery itself. I would never affiliate with an institution that would do that. Never.
Finally, though, the most important reason to avoid Christianity at all is philosophical: the Christian religion is just plain falsehood. Her claims are demonstrably false to the point where those who try to defend her, who justify continued involvement with the Christian religion, must not only lie about Christianity but must go so far as to slander her critics in their attempts to divert attention from Christianity's shortcomings.
Why do so many Christians try to harm me just so they can justify propagating someone else's idea? Christianity is not even their own idea! True, harming another human in an attempt to bolster one's own idea would be highly immoral, particularly if that idea turned out to be falsehood! But to do this in defense of some other person's (or an institution's) idea is worse than simply immoral: it's downright tacky!
Why is it that Christians seem to be unable to further their religion through honest means? Why do almost all Christians find it necessary to lie, to "create an illusion of misconception," as you have so vividly (and falsely) accused me of doing?
Could it be that the Christian religion cannot be propagated by using truth? that the only way to further the Christian faith is to lie about Christianity and to lie about Christianity's critics?
You know what? Have a nice life! As far as I can tell, it's the only one we get to live. I will therefore live mine in such a way that I will end up having harmed as few people and animals as is possible and still exist. I do not wish for my life to have caused pain for anybody.
Thus, when I have anything at all to say about anyone, I will try first to be sure of my facts, thereby reducing or even eliminating the risk of my ending up slandering somebody. Having been on the receiving end of more slander at the hands of Christian apologists alone than most people even see in an entire lifetime, I know only too well what it feels like to be lied about just because somebody wants to make a point. Worse, these Christians are trying to tarnish my reputation in order to defend an idea that is somebody else's point altogether!
That is what I find so baffling!
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six years of service to
people with no reason to believe
Added: November 28, 2001
From: "Christopher Dillard"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: November 28, 2001 6:35 AM
Dear Cliff,
I do apologize for the accusation, as it is not my style.
On the other hand I still do not see how one does not get a misconception of the statement you wrote, as the slavery is by choice-shown in the sentence previous to you statement. That is where my thought process was going and the point I was trying to get at.
Though I now laugh at myself as I missed your point of the matter which, correct me if I am wrong, was simply the mere fact that the Bible actually has instructions for such an idea.
It does seem that I have merely tried to slander you. I saw an awkward statement, misdirected my thoughts from the main point, and tried to find falsehood in the statement.
I wonder where I was headed in my thoughts, cuz it seems my objective was to condol the statement because it was a voluntary act on the part of the servant, but i do not see how that makes it right to mark someone as property, even if it is volunatry lifetime service.
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Christopher Dillard"
Date: November 28, 2001 8:32 AM
If the passage in question is removed from its context, then it could be construed as describing a system of human slavery in which all slaves come to their position voluntarily. However, when you look at the rest of the laws concerning human slavery, then you see that most slaves become slaves unwillingly, through violence, having been captured from neighboring tribes, etc.
True, after seven years (if the law is obeyed, and who is to say that it ever was?), such slaves are given the option of going free. If not, then they get the awl treatment described in the passage that I used as my example of the Bible's endorsement of human slavery. However, seven years have passed: now that the slave has no more family, no more land, no homeland, and worst of all, now that they are are what the Bible calls "strangers," a class of people who do not have any business advantage, etc., the option of remaining the slave of a Hebrew becomes quite inviting by comparison.
It does seem that I have merely tried to slander you.
I accept that as having been well-meaning but misguided. Nevertheless, the damage remains, regardless of the intent. It is for this reason that I bother to point out the consequences of such behavior to begin with. A little girl doesn't really care whether it was drunkenness, a stroke, carelessness, a criminal chase, or a mechanical failure that caused the other vehicle to cross the center divide and end the life of her only Father: a mistake of some sort has been made (except in the case of the stroke) and as a result, her Daddy can no longer be.
The good in all this is in the potential for learning, the potential for change. As long as this possibility exists (either in you or perhaps in a reader either now or hundreds of years from now), I will continue to try to learn to do my best and to share what I have learned with others. My specialty happens to be in the realm of the dignity of atheists and the way atheists are treated today and have been treated in the past.
I do this two ways:
First, when I post a statement, I am exceedingly careful as to what I say and how I say it. A passing remark in the Response to a Letter is one thing, but when I create a work that I intend to achieve wide distribution (such as the poster), I must be exceedingly careful as to what I have said. Thus, there is only one statement on the entire poster that can be even remotely seen as having been "misconstrued" or "taken out of context" (the one about the hole in the door, but this one is hilarious precisely because of how it can be misconstrued: several fit this motif, but that is the one I chose).
Secondly, when someone still accuses me of impropriety, even after I have taken such diligent precautions, I will look at my position again -- just to make sure -- and if I still agree with my initial assessment, I will let it fly. At this point, I stop wondering if there might have been a mistake made, and will simply argue the case itself. In your case, I cannot enter into the domain of your mind and verify what you say about your motives, I can only say that I have made similar mistakes and thus I accept your description of what happened. However, it is crucial that I make a record of my response to your challenge because as an activist my goal is to try to find ways to reduce what could easily have been a move whose motive was malicious. We get plenty of letters from people who are obviously acting maliciously (who even admit that they are doing this). And I'm not the only one who gets treated this way: the vilification of atheists is almost universal in the West as well as in the Muslim world. If I can inspire someone else to put their foot down and say, "No!" then I have done some good. If, also, I can help someone to formulate a response for when it becomes necessary to say "No!" (and this is inevitable in the life of an atheist in the West), then I have done even more good.
I saw an awkward statement, misdirected my thoughts from the main point, and tried to find falsehood in the statement.
This is what happens when you give your loyalty over to someone else's ideas, rather than examining all ideas and deciding for yourself which earn your assent and which earn your disdain. This is the difference between religion and philosophy: a philosopher can tell you not only her opinion on any matter she has pondered, but can also tell you the steps she took to come to that position. In addition, a philosopher can also tell you what it would take to overthrow her current position; that is, what would cause her to stop holding this position and to bring her over to a different point of view.
This is why I recommend (even to Christians) that we all take each of the ideas we encounter and think them through on our own, deciding for ourselves what we do and do not hold about certain things. Many Christians now consider the Bible to be metaphor, and consider the personal religious experience to be the ultimate guide in their religion, thus freeing up their minds and human reasons to decide for themselves what is and is not right. This brand of Christianity, though not entirely self-consistent, does have advantages over Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in that the Christian is no longer committed to a viewpoint simply because that's what the Bible states: the modern "Progressive" Christians openly admit that many parts of the Bible are pure fiction, though they still turn to it in order to find certain inspiration in coming to their own opinions and guiding their own experiences in religion.
Of course, were I a man who gave a rat about what others think, I might recommend the Progressive style of Christian religion over the more fundamentalistic varieties if they could not make the leap of saying, "I cannot tell you, in all truth, that a god exists, and therefore remain an atheist." However, the truth is that I do not care what people think; thus, I don't make such recommendations either way.
However, when somebody comes to me and tries to hold me to one of the more fundamentalistic expressions of religion, I will set my foot down and tell that person (and anybody within earshot) exactly what I think about what they told me. This especially goes when my reputation has been placed on the line during the conversation: I do my best to post only those statements that I have thought through, those ideas on whose truthfulness I am willing to stake my reputation, those positions to which I have come to my own conclusion after having made the effort to think then through according to my own understanding of what is and what is not.
Thus, my initial reaction to the fundamentalistic expression of Christianity remains: I will not and cannot respect any institution which honors the concept of human slavery even in principle -- and that's what the Evangelical and Fundamentalist expressions of the Christian religion do when the call the Bible the "Word" of its "God": they must take the good with the bad. They are not allowed to differentiate and still be accepted by their peers as "orthodox" believers.
Thus, even though the Christians were forced, through the Enlightenment in Europe and through the Emancipation in America, to abandon the notion of human slavery (to stop thinking that it is a good thing in spite of what the Bible teaches about it), just the fact that human slavery is endorsed in their Bible is enough to exclude biblical Christianity from the domain of reasonableness in my mind. Until the Enlightenment and the Emancipation, most if not all the arguments in favor of human slavery rested on biblical teaching. However, like my Enlightenment Era and Emancipation Era forebears, I will not and cannot go along with it. Even if I must reject the Bible as worthy of my trust and respect (and I have done just that), so be it. I cannot go along with a god-idea that now does or has ever endorsed human slavery under any circumstances (except criminal justice, in which case uncompensated work still ought to be optional, an alternative to "rotting" in an empty cell). And if, by some fluke, the god-idea in question happens to be accurate, that is, if there were such a deity as would call human slavery "good," I would not honor or "worship" that deity. As I mentioned once, in the monthly editorial of precisely one year ago, "if a god like that existed, I'd spit in his eye."
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Reviews are mixed regarding the new Lancome Hypnose Doll Lashes Mascara ($25). Some ladies saw some serious bulking up in terms of this mascara thickening their lashes but no lengthening effects. And others think this stuff is the next ticket to Hollywood. We're curious if any of you beauty junkies have tried this stuff and what you think of it.
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I spent several months last year reporting for More about the many alternatives to hysterectomy that are now available to women who are struggling with noncancerous pelvic conditions like fibroids, uterine bleeding, and endometriosis.
The fact remains, however, that sometimes, when other treatments fail, a hysterectomy is the best choice and can provide the relief a woman so desperately needs. Here's the problem: In the majority of cases, women don't just lose their uterus when they go in for a hysterectomy. "Their doctor advises them that they might as well have their ovaries out, too, so they can avoid ovarian cancer," says William H. Parker, M.D., of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA.
Now, a major study coauthored by Parker has provided the best evidence yet that this thinking is, to put it simply, dead wrong. "We based our observations on nearly 30,000 participants in the Nurses' Health Study who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease. Over 24 years of follow up, we found that the women who had their ovaries removed did not live as long as the women who kept their ovaries," says Parker. The primary reason: Getting rid of ovaries may very well do away with the risk of ovarian cancer, but it increases our chances of developing heart disease—which is a far more common killer. "The fact is that you are about 30 times more likely to die of heart disease than you are of ovarian cancer. So if you're looking at odds, you're generally better off keeping your ovaries," says Parker, who is also the author of A Gynecologist's Second Opinion.
What, you may wonder, is the ovary-heart connection? And what can ovaries possbily do but cause trouble after we've gone through menopause? Here's the explanation in a nutshell: While our ovaries might produce a diminishing amount of estrogen after we go through menopause, they continue to produce testosterone and androstenedione, which still provide crucial protection against heart disease. (Never mind that testosterone also helps preserve our sex drive, bolster energy levels and maintain lean body tissue.) Women in Parker's study who did not take any therapeutic estrogen after their ovaries were removed faced an even higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Not for nothing, women who had bilateral oopherectomy along with their hysterectomy also had higher rates of lung cancer, according to Parker's research.
There are, of course, exceptions to this "hold onto your ovaries" mantra: If you have a strong family history of cancer, especially breast or ovarian (even if you don't have the "breast cancer gene") you might be better off without them. "There are also women who have lost close friends to ovarian cancer and are terrified of the disease. For them, keeping their ovaries might not be worth it if they are going to spend the rest of their lives miserable with worry."
Parker's study has been well received by the medical brass. A global faculty of experts has, in fact, reviewed the research and issued a recommendation that ob/gyns change their clinical practice with regards to prophylactic removal of ovaries during hysterectomy for benign disease. But don't assume that your doc is going to be up to speed and eager to embrace this advice. It's a disturbing truth that it takes about 15 years for new standards and techniques to become common practice in the medical profession. "If we wait that long, about 4.5 million women who undergo hysterectomy will lose perfectly healthy ovaries and perhaps unknowingly shorten their lifespan," says Parker. The best advice? Forward Parker's study to anyone you know who might be considering a hysterectomy. And bookmark it for yourself, just in case.


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Juan Pablo Galavis of ABC's "The Bachelor 2014" may not have been willing to express his love for Nikki Ferrell on this week's finale, but it looks like he's up for doing it on his own terms, in his own way. Galavis tweeted a video he created via Twitter on March 11, and his fans definitely love it. Chances are Nikki is loving it too.
"The Bachelor 2014" wrote, "Amor @Nikki_Ferrell, glad that we stay TRUE to ourselves and we are REAL... This is for YOU..." The note on the video on YouTube shares,
"Thanks for these INTERESTING 4 months of HIDING, now that the CHARACTER of 'The Bachelor' is OVER, it is time for US to live our life for REAL. Te ADORO Juan..."
The video quickly racked up nearly 120,000 views on YouTube, and Juan Pablo's tweet was favorited more than 3,000 times. The video showcases not only a lot of moments between Juan Pablo and Nikki from the show, but many from their secret visits since filming.
Where does Juan Pablo and Nikki's relationship head from here? Fans sure didn't get much from them during the "After the Final Rose" special, as it's clear Galavis is trying to wash his hands of any ties to the show or the production side. However, it's clear via Nikki's last Instagram post that the two are together in Miami now, and it seems they're intent on giving this thing a go.
Despite plenty of criticism and controversy, clearly a lot of fans are rooting for Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell. Will this "The Bachelor 2014" duo manage to make their relationship last? Everybody will be anxious to see just what comes next for them.
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It is the purpose and mission of the Columbia Law School Association (the "Association"):
to keep the graduates, friends and supporters of the Columbia Law School (the "Law School") connected to the Law School and to one another; to inform the Law School community and the public at large of noteworthy developments at the Law School, including but not limited to the accomplishments of the students, faculty and alumni of the Law School; to provide a forum for direct communications between the members of the Association and the faculty and administration of the Law School; to maintain an open and ongoing dialogue with the senior administration of the Law School in order, inter alia, to communicate the views and concerns of the graduates; to make recommendations to the Dean of the Law School regarding those graduates, friends and supporters of the Law School who are worthy of special recognition; and to encourage the continued financial and morale support for the Law School.
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I recently partnered with wedding planner, Laura Ahern of Accent on Events, to bring some 4th of July wedding inspiration - 1940's style! We wanted to incorporate the red, white and blue color scheme, but in a classy way that could be used for today's wedding couple any day of the year. We added touches of the 1940's with her hair/make-up and shoes, while adding today's modern details like the menu and dress. To add some Patriotic flair we also incorporated fun sparklers, vintage tootsie rolls, and American flag bunting.
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With the "Wolf Creek" sequel in limbo with legal issues, filmmaker Greg McLean is turning his attention elsewhere - namely a new Aussie thriller with some impressive local talent.
Having scored Sam Worthington and Radha Mitchell for his last outing "Rogue", McLean has now landed "W.E." actress Abbie Cornish along with "Animal Kingdom" stars Ben Mendelsohn and Sullivan Stapleton for his new project "Kill Me Three Times" says Screen Daily (via The Playlist).
Alice Braga stars as a young woman who is the common link in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge within the surfing town of Eagle's Nest.
Larry Malkin, Tania Chambers and Share Stallings will produce and shooting aims to kick off later this year.


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Robin Williams has played some memorable roles over his career. We take a look back at his top 10 most memorable, fun-loving roles according to CBS News.
10. Theodore Roosevelt in "Night at the Museum" (2006) and sequels
He played Theodore Roosevelt and reprised the role in a 2008 sequel and a third film, "Night at the Museum: Secrets of the Tomb," which is scheduled to come out on Dec. 19, 2014.
9. Dr. Sean Maguire in "Good Will Hunting" (1997)
Williams earned a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as a therapist who helps a troubled M.I.T. janitor and math prodigy find direction in his life.
8. Armand Goldman in "The Birdcage" (1996)
This is a remake of "La Cage aux Folles", which stars Williams as the partner of a gay nightclub owner who dresses in drag when their son brings his new fiancee and her moralistic parents home to meet them.
7. Alan Parrish in "Jumanji" (1995)
Williams played a young boy who became trapped in the magical board game of Jumanji, only to be freed by two other children who stumble upon it 26 years later.
6. Daniel Hillard/Mrs. Doubtfire in "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)
In this 1993 classic, Williams played a voice actor who, after a divorce, poses as an elderly British nanny to spend more time with his children. A sequel was in the works at the time of the Williams death.
5. The Genie in "Aladdin" (1992)
Willaims' blue body genie was one of the highlights of this animated Disney film. His performance is strewn with rapid-fire pop culture references, impressions and the memorable song, "Friend Like Me."
4. Peter Pan/Peter Banning in "Hook" (1991)
Williams played a grown-up version of the boy who once refused to grow up in this Peter Pan tale. When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter -- now a busy and absent corporate lawyer -- must return to Neverland and recapture his youthful spirit in order to rescue them.
3. Dr. Malcolm Sayer in "Awakenings" (1990)
Williams earned raves playing a doctor who administered a new drug that revived patients who had been in a catatonic state for decades. As they are reintroduced to the world, he rediscovers the joys of life along with them.
2. John Keating in "Dead Poets Society" (1989)
Williams played a spirited English teacher at a New England boarding school who taught his students to appreciate poetry and seize the day through his teaching methods. At the end, the boys take to their desks and show their support for Keating by quoting Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain." The role earned Williams an Oscar nomination.
1. Adrian Cronauer in "Good Morning Vietnam" (1987)
One of Williams' first breakout film roles was his portrayal of a radio DJ in Saigon in 1965 during the Vietnam War. Cronauer's unorthodox style wasn't too popular with his superiors, but it gave Williams plenty of opportunities to do what he did best.


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We're still rearing to go with our Hollywood Regency design inspiration, and here's another choice for a classic accessory. Complete with curvaceous wooden detailing, all-over stud work and an antique black finish, the Handmade Leather Bench ($110) is a total steal! Put this in a foyer or at the foot of a bed, and bam! Instant noir traditional contrast to our colorful mod style.
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Hat Trick produce a superb new identity for the Welsh National Opera
The biggest problem with opera is accessibility. Visiting the opera is an exclusive event in your social calendar for which you'll need to iron your whitest shirt, press your tuxedo or don the most spectacular dress you can lay your hands on. You'll also need to set aside some budget for champagne; opera doesn't happen without champagne. Opera's like the wealthy, stuck-up cousin of musicals, or at least that seems to be the perception. In actual fact it's as gritty, filthy and exciting as your favourite soap or drama, spanning the whole range of human emotions and dealing with a myriad gripping story lines.
Keen to emphasise the passionate and expressive nature of its productions the Welsh National Opera have approached Hat Trick Design to brand their 2013/14 season in the most visually arresting way they know how. Taking a newly-commissioned Howard Hodgkin painting as a starting point the identity utilises swift, purposeful brusk-strokes in a rich colour palette to bring WNO to life. These marks appear throughout the identity, swathed across the season programme and emblazoned on the company's own logotype.
Whether this vibrant new look will drive more people to the opera remains to be seen, but as far as communicating the raw energy of a large-scale musical performance goes, we think Hat Trick have done a tremendous job.
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Over this past weekend 2 kosher restaurants in Montreal were firebombed by makeshift molotov cocktails: Café Shalom on Friday, a private home on Saturday (a Jewish home in the Cote St. Luc suburb), and Chops Resto Bar early Sunday morning. Café Shalom and Chops are down the block from one another on Queen Mary Rd. 30 people were dining inside Chops during the incident, but no one was injured. Chops was firebombed less than a year ago in October 2012. Cafe Shalom was closed during the attack.
According to the article in the Forward, both the police and Montreal's Jewish Federation, CJA, were quick to announce that they cannot conclude that these attacks were anti-Semitic or hate fueled. Dozens more firebombings have taken place in Montreal over the past few years against non-Jewish businesses as well. [See the map below]
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Well, after a broken wench, a torn spinacker and a few minor finger injuries--practices went well this weekend. Today is Day One of race week. The team headed out this morning focused, in good spirits and ready to face today's challenges. Winds will be favorable for Soozal today with 15 - 20 knots and 2"- 4" feet seas. The team is really beginning to "gel" and the boat itself is looking like she will be a top producer this week.
I wanted to get you virtually inside the event so here is a video and a few photos for you to enjoy from this weekend's practice schedule. Look at the photos under the permalink option under the blog posted here. Disregard the Xmas label of the photo - trust me - it is what you want to see. The other boats in the photos are our competitors - primarily you will see Act One - the boat that was named Boat of the year (I sent the link out in a previous blog).
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Boat Name: Summit (king 40)
Since I am not physically on the boat during the races, I will try to get access on a press boat in order to include you in the action. Stay tuned for more...


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The BIOS is an integral part of any computer since it initializes a machine before the OS takes over. The trouble is that the BIOS has changed little in 25 years, was never designed to with the long term in mind, and thus is one of the main culprits of a slow boot up time.
The original EFI specification was developed by Intel but has since evolved into a general standard from which subsequent UEFI versions were developed. The UEFI forum is a non-profit corporation assuming responsibility for the management and promotion of the specification, with the goal to replace the aging BIOS. For consumers, the biggest advantage of UEFI will be the speed with which a machine starts up."At the moment it can be 25-30 seconds of boot time before you see the first bit of OS sign-on," Mark Doran, head of the UEFI Forum, is quoted as saying. "With UEFI we're getting it under a handful of seconds. In terms of boot speed, we're not at instant-on yet but it is already a lot better than conventional BIOS can manage, and we're getting closer to that every day."


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Charles Jess (or Jess, as he prefers to be called) assumed his duties as consular section chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai in August 2006. Prior to arriving in Shanghai, he served as the senior desk officer for Vietnam, after a two-year position as the deputy director of the Population Office in the State Departments Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. A career Foreign Service officer since 1989, Jess has served as U.S. consul to Western Australia and as U.S. consul to Laos, following consular and administrative positions at U.S. embassies in Bangkok and Tokyo.
Jess previously taught secondary mathematics both in the U.S. (Maryland, Georgia, and California) and overseas (Nepal, Indonesia, and Bolivia). He graduated from Duke University in 1972, received his masters degree from Emory University in 1976, and did post-graduate study in mathematics education and human problem-solving at Stanford University in the late 1970s. His foreign languages include Chinese, Thai, Lao, Spanish, and Nepalese.
An accomplished violinist, Jess enjoys all types of music, especially the blues. As a Duke alumnus, he remains to this day a rabid college basketball fan. He and his wife, Mary, have two children, a daughter Nicole who is a leadership consultant in southern California and a son Skyler who is a sophomore at the University of California, Santa Cruz.


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The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library kicks off its "Favorites from Hitchcock" series on Monday, April 28, 2014, with a free screening of the classic thriller, "Lifeboat" (1944). The movie begins at 6 pm in the second floor events room of the main library location.
"Lifeboat" stars Huntsville native Tallulah Bankhead as one of several survivors from a sunken ship trapped together in a small lifeboat. The tense situation is made worse by the arrival of a German survivor from the Nazi U-boat that sank the Allied ship. John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, William Bendix, and Canada Lee also star.
Another Alabama actress, Mary Anderson, has an important supporting role in the picture. Anderson, who was born in Birmingham in 1918, died on April 6, 2014.
"Lifeboat" earned three Oscar nominations, including a nod for Hitchcock as Best Director and for John Steinbeck as the author of the film's original story. It garnered its third nomination for its striking black-and-white cinematography.
Visit the official website of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library to learn more about this and other upcoming events. The main library is located at 915 Monroe Street near downtown Huntsville.
Jennifer Garlen writes as the Huntsville and National Classic Movies Examiner. Her newest book, "Beyond Casablanca II: 101 Classic Movies Worth Watching," is available for Kindle at Amazon.


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The UCLA ISP Sports Network broadcasts all UCLA football and men's basketball games. The network continues UCLA"s relationship with KLAC AM 570 in Los Angeles, with the Clear Channel station acting as the flagship station.
Network affiliates include KXEX 1550 AM & KSLK 96.1 FM - Fresno, KWDJ 1360 AM - Ridgecrest, KCTC 1320 AM in Sacramento, KHTY 970 AM in Bakersfield (football only), KAVL 610 AM in Lancaster (football only) and XSPN 800 AM in San Diego (basketball only). UCLA ISP Sports Network games can also be heard nationwide via Sirius Satellite Radio and streamed at www.uclabruins.com.
Long-time voice of the Bruins Chris Roberts returns, along with the veteran on-air crew of former UCLA quarterbacks Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook for football. UCLA's all-time leading scorer Don MacLean also returns to provide basketball analysis. Former Bruins star Tracy Murray wiill be in his second season alongside Roberts on selected games.
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College Hockey:Purple Eagles Continue Perfect Run Vs. Oilers
LEWISTON, N.Y. — Sophomore Joe Tallari scored two goals to lead Niagara to a 3-1 win over Findlay in a College Hockey America game Friday at Dwyer Arena.
Tallari scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season in the second period to stake the Purple Eagles to a 3-0 lead. Junior Chris Sebastian also scored for Niagara, while sophomore goalie Rob Bonk made 20 saves.
The Purple Eagles (5-2, 12-6) pulled within a point of idle conference front-runner Alabama-Huntsville. NU also improved to 15-0 lifetime against the Oilers of Findlay. The same two teams meet again at seven p.m. Saturday at Dwyer Arena.
Tallari is having an outstanding campaign. The native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, missed his final year of junior hockey due to an injured pelvic area.
"It just happened. They say it comes from soccer," said Tallari, who finished with three goals and five assists last year. "It's from all the twisting. A lot of the soccer players get that. I played soccer all my life and it just came out."
Tallari, who spent last year and the offseason strengthening his lower abdominal area in order to prevent a reoccurrence of the injury, also credits a different mental approach for his success. He's compiled 14 points and a plus/minus rating of plus-5.
"I think what the difference from last year is not so much the injury, but my frame of mind. Every single game I play, I come in worrying about that game rather than thinking about how many goals I want to get," Tallari said. "You can't control what happens in the games to come."
Tallari's first goal came at 31 seconds of the second period on the power play. He dove and whacked in the rebound of senior captain Scott Crawford's point shot over sprawling sophomore goalie Kevin Fines to give NU a 2-0 lead.
"Joe has been so consistent for us effort wise," Niagara coach Dave Burkholder said. "Tonight he sparked us. He makes that great play on the power play to dive and put that one in the net. That bails us out because we're not playing very well at the time. You get what you deserve. The kid fought an almost career-threatening injury and worked hard over the summer."
Tallari also scored off a nifty behind-the-back pass from sophomore linemate Hannu Karru at 15:06 of the second. Karru took a breakaway pass from freshman defenseman Mikko Miettinen and just as the Findlay defenseman seemed to forced Karru into shooting from a poor angle, the Nokia, Finland, native fed Tallari near the right hashmarks perfectly. Fines, who made 27 saves, did not have a chance.
Mark Bastl scored for Findlay at 8:59 of the third period to make things interesting, but the deficit proved to be too much for the offensively-challenged Oilers (1-4, 5-10). Findlay's lineup Friday entered the game averaging 2.6 goals. If the Oilers had any good luck, they might have scored more than once. The Oilers forced several turnovers in Niagara's zone, especially while shorthanded, but often failed to get quality scoring chances off those breaks.
"That's kind of what we've been facing. It's not just going in for us," Findlay coach Craig Barnett said. "I think we had some great chances in the first period. With any kind of luck we could of scored two or three goals. We find ourselves struggling with that offensive confidence. We've got to take the positives from (Friday) and come back and try and prevent Niagara from being in first place."
Burkholder said, "I'm glad we play (Saturday). It wasn't one of our more thorough efforts. We didn't play a full 60 minutes. We have a lot of room for improvement."
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Testing Center
Alternate Testing Site Policy and Procedure
The Office of Access and Learning Accommodations Testing Center works to ensure that appropriate testing accommodations are provided for students who are eligible for services. In order to maintain the integrity of the Testing Center and the exams being administered, the following rules apply to all users.
Scheduling Exams
- Students are required to provide a completed Alternate Testing Site(ATS) form for each of their exams to the testing coordinator. The ATS form must be completed in its entirety, including having the ATS form signed by the instructor of the course and submitting the form in a timely manner (see below). Students, not instructors, are responsible for turning in their ATS forms to OALA.
- All exams will be administered at the regularly scheduled date/time of the class, unless OALA receives approval from the instructor to take the exam at an alternate date/time. The alternate date/time must be given to the testing coordinator in advance and in writing.
- The testing center closes at 5:00pm (7:30pm during final exams). All exams must be scheduled such that they are completed, with extended time, by the time the testing center closes. It is the student's responsibility to make sure the scheduled exams do not conflict with classes and other exams.
- Students are required to give OALA 3 working days advance written notice during the Fall and Spring terms (2 working days for Summer terms). For example, an ATS form received on Thursday allows for the student to take an exam in OALA on Tuesday.
- For scheduling purposes, OALA requires extended notice (approximately 1 week) for final exams. Refer to the OALA website for announcements each semester for the deadline for scheduling final exams.
- No regular course exams will be administered during dead days or holidays (as designated by the Academic Calendar).
Changing Exam Dates/Times
- If an exam schedule changes for any reason, it is the student's responsibility to notify OALA of those changes by completing an OALA Exam Change form or having the instructor submit the change to the OALA Testing Coordinator via email.
Taking Exams in the Testing Center
- The student is expected to take all exams at the scheduled times. If the student is more than 10 minutes late for an exam (according to OALA time), the exam will be returned to the instructor. Students are required to present a picture ID prior to being issued their exam.
- OALA will supply necessary exam materials. This includes: blue books, calculators, scantrons, etc.
- The student is allowed to use only the amount of time allotted under the agreement made with the Accommodation Specialist. The student must complete their scantrons or other answer sheets within the allotted time,unless a scantron accommodation is applied.
- The Testing Center staff will monitor breaks and trips to the restroom.
- The student is responsible for following all instructions on the exam and will assume any penalties that may result from misunderstandings and misinterpretations.
- Cell phones are not allowed in the Testing room. They will be collected by OALA staff and returned upon completion of exam.
- Electronic devices (e.g. MP3 Players, etc.) are not allowed in the testing room.
- No food or drinks are allowed in the testing room; if water is needed the student may have a bottle of water with the label removed.
- Anyone found cheating will be required to surrender his/her exam and the instructor will be notified, as well as the Office of Academic Integrity. The testing rooms are close-circuit monitored.


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I didn't know he was in Hotel Rwanda.
I think he's very good, but he needs the right sort of movie.
I didn't know he was in Hotel Rwanda.
I think he's very good, but he needs the right sort of movie.
As a long-time Goblin player, I can reliably inform you that failure is ALWAYS an option.
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Just finished watching all 4 season of X-Men: Evolution
The first season is mostly bad, but then the series starts to find its groove. The Brotherhood gets a lot more development in this series, and sometimes they even are the heroes! It was nice to see a chracter like Avalanche, who usually is only there to get beaten by the X-men; actually have some development and be a major player. I think the series treats almost all of the characters they present with respect. However, I could not stand the voice of Magneto, it just didn't fit the artwork at all.
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The Avengers
Went to a midnight screening of this last night, so needless to say I was excited to see it. I certainly wasn't disappointed.
The general plot is relatively well known now I think; Loki comes to Earth to conquer us all with an alien army, forcing the disparate heroes to band together and save the day. The characters all seemed to be ported from their own movies successfully, and none of the Avengers really seemed like they had a lesser role than the others (except possibly Thor, which is funny considering his brother is the villain). Plus everyone gets at least one Crowning Moment of Awesome.
Being a Joss Whedon film, there are plenty of quoteable one-liners, and his fingerprints are all over the humour. Which is another thing that I wasn't expecting - this movie is really, genuinely funny. Guess they remembered that there's supposed to be some "comic" in comic books.
So yeah, my aimless ranting aside, I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed at least one of the preceding Marvel films (and everyone likes at least one).
Watch It!
And of course, this being a Marvel movie, there's an end-of-credits surprise scene which reveals who's actually pulling the strings.
It's Thanos.
21 Jump Street
I didn't expect to like this movie but it won me over and had me in stitches for almost the whole movie. Basic plot breakdown is that Jonah Hill was the nerdy kid at school, Channing Tatum was the jock. Both become cops and strike up a friendship. However following a bad bust they both get demoted to the 21 Jump Street program for infiltrating high-school crime. According to the captain "It's an old program from the 80s which has been restarted because those in charge have run out of new ideas"
The movie is full of knowing little jokes like this.
The two have to go undercover as brothers at a high school to find out who is behind a new deadly drug which has killed a kid. Hill fits right in with today's eco-friendly students but Tatum is a fish out of water, lamenting that jocks are no longer cool and blaming a certain tv showwhile everyone wonders why "He looks like he's 30".**** you Glee!
There is a great car chase scene showing just how unlikely stuff is to actually blow up, only for the most hilarious explosion ever to happen. There is also a great cameo from.Johnny Depp and Peter De Luise as their former 21 Jump Street characters, now turned DEA agents
Watch it
Just watched TT - Closer To The Edge. Phenomenal. The only word to describe it. Even if you've never ridden a motorbike in your life you have to see this film. Moving, exciting, and in places pretty horrifying, it's easily one of the best film I've seen in a long long time. Everyone I've spoken to that's seen it has loved it, so trust me, take a chance, and see it.
Avengers Assemble- i am not one for long reviews, that being said if you think the trailers give too much away you are wrong. If you think this movie has too many characters mashing to be good you are wrong. The script is brilliant, the one liners are natural and funny and the action is fantastic.
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Beaten to the punch already. Pretty much what others have said; the action, the story, the characters were all spot on. I was really surprised at how genuinely funny the film was. Rarely, rarely, give such a score out, but this one deserves a perfect 10/10.
Do anything and everything you can to WATCH IT
Two hours to go. This is going to be so great.
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The Avengers (2012)
Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?
Awesome movie, really showing how big action is meant to be done. Michael Bay take note. There were NO moronic characters (on either side). You could follow the action. You weren't actually rooting for the bad guy, even though he was great. Even the 3D wasn't that bad, though I still can't see why they bother.
Verdict: Watch it, again and again, I know I will soon
(five out of five)
When Hulk was smacking Thor and Loki around in New York, I thought I was going to die laughing.
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I'm a bit jealous! I cannae see it yet.
Until I'm PM'd with better ideas, I suggest that this is the best pro-active transhumanist charity opportunity for this decade.
Alternatively, for those with mechanical talent and ideas.
My goal, to get us up a level. How? Just wait? Nuh uh.
This missed the mark on so many levels.
Tekken, please take note of all the cheesy fighting game classics; Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter.
Copy, paste.
Serious, memory based 'real world transitions' of something entirely detached from reality does not work.
The character adaptations were plausible, the cameos were good, and the basic plot was easily recognisable to anyone familiar with Tekken.
Some good fighting choreography, but no King, murdering Steve Fox, and no lightning/devil presence...no, just no.
This is two hours I wasted.
Verdict: AVOID.
Hopefully I get to watch Pirates! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Avengers and Prometheus in the next few weeks to make up for it... coming soon, DVD reviews!
To take a quick break from that Power Rangers film or what it is that these people get all excited about.... ( )
The Machinist (2004)
I may have reviewed that one in the first Mini Movie Review thread back then. Not sure. Anyhow, I found the film playing on late night tv and watched it again since my first viewing of the film in 2006 or something. It's about Trevor Reznik (played by Christian Bale) who keeps on losing weight and can't sleep and he doesn't know why.
Well, anything beyond that would be spoiling a brilliant, suspenseful psychological thriller. The whole film has a very strong mood which ranges from eerie to creepy, to desperate and is always very suspenseful as we go along with Reznik on his journey of finding out what's happening to him, if his growing paranoia is justified and who the heck this guy is he keeps meeting in the most random places.
Great mood, slow and moody but never boring, really good performances (Christian Bale is, as they say, da man. He really is. Michael Ironside's in it too and he's good of course.), well thought out script, very, very good, moralist piece of film.
It really pays off following the film along and it definately is not wasting your time.
Watch It.
The Avengers (2012)
It was alright, I suppose.
There's already lots of reviews for this. I'll just add that I really was surprised how good and funny it was!
I would have liked slightly more Captain America (wasn't sure about the costume change) but it didn't focus too much on any of them too much.
There really are some very funny bits mostly with Hulk
I think all the bits with Hulk were great for one reason or another!
There's a lot of action some of the best bits of which are normal people fighting, especially the Black Widow bits. I liked that her and Hawkeye were very dirty! Stabbing at the monsters eyes and things!
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The Cabin in the Woods.
Ok and a fun enough film to see. The meta plot is hammered home just a little too much (I mean, the person who runs the company is called the director- I can make crap meta play on words gags too), but the delightfully black humour of those working for the company sort of redeemed the film.
It was hard to care about the main characters (which may be part of the point but backfired in the climax of the film when they left to carry the film) and the dialogue did take me out of the film at points.
Overall, I think I'm being too critical as most of the critics who raved about it probably got a lot more of the injokes due to experince with the genre. When it comes down to it, its a basic plot with funny, smart dialogue that I enjoyed for the most part that you can watch and enjoy for multiple reasons.
The Avengers
What can I say about this film that hasn't already been touched upon? Great acting, awesome action scenes and yeah, it's really funny. Like genuine laugh out loud. Can't stree enough how much you have got to see this film!
Captain America was my favourite Avenger for sure, he's pretty awesome. I've seen The Cap movie, and personally liked it, even though I know loads of people who didn't. I'm curious as to what you guys think of his origin movie?
As I said, I liked it. But one thing gets on my nerves, the whole film is basicly a demonstration of how a guy needs to be ripped and built like a brick sh*thouse in order to get the girl, i.e;
Weedy, average Steve Rogers is severly friendzoned by Peggy Carter, whereas let's just say Captain America is slaying ass as well Nazis, ifyaknowhatImean.
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I completely disagree with you on the weedy thing. If I remember right he doesn't ask Peggy Carter out before he gets turned into Captain America, so whose fault is that?
The term you use is awful but leaving that.... the only extra attention he gets is from a secretary and she is obviously only after one thing. I think you're seeing that film through your own bad filter.
The Adjustment Bureau
It's kind of a weird Sci-Fi love story. It has Matt Damon as the lead and Emily Blunt as the woman he keeps just missing. I almost feel like anything I say could be a spoiler here.
There are some really good ideas in it. Matt Damon, I thought, was quite good. I didn't feel lots of chemistry between them in the film but there were some parts where it worked.
The people on the other side were interesting I thought their characters could have been developed more though.
I did like the film though so
Watch it if it's free.
From Beijing with Love (1994)
Now here's something different - it's a James Bond spoof from Hong Kong from the early/mid-1990s. It definately was interesting. It's not necessarily "funny" in the classic sense due to its age and I'm sure I didn't get a ton of things because it's spoofing a lot of Hong Kong-made films from that time but there are some very funny ideas. With things like these the dubbing always is very important. German dubbing of comedies (especially spoof comedies) used to take great liberties with dubbings and inserting diagogue where it's not meant to be so that people off camera would say quick one-liners sometimes while the person on camera is looking at them, often to great effect because the writing and timing was excellent. In some cases this meant that films or series were much funnier and more entertaining in the German dubbed version than in their original language (The Persuaders!, the Tony Curtis/Roger Moore series, was a HUGE success in Germany back then due to this and I like to argue that the German dubbed version of the short-lived SciFi channel show The Invisible Man was much more fun than the English-language original for very similar reasons). Nowadays of course German dubbing on feature films is very much a 1:1 translation whilst very often much of the wit and whole jokes are lost because translators seem to be utterly uninvested at times (also, the American language seems to become more playful and abstract as time goes on). Dubbing on tv shows used to be kind of dire but got better again over the past few years (How I met your Mother is hell to dub but has a certain charm in the German language version. I remember Kim Possible having pretty good German voicework and scripting as well).
Aaaaanyway, after this long, insubstantial bubble of trivia and opinion on local stuff... the film was fun. Some silly bits, some very random bits that made probably more sense in the original cantonese. With films like that, even before the reintegration of Hong Kong into China, it's a given that you're on the lookout for somewhat ideologically-dyed things. There is one scene in which the main character uses a mickey mouse plushie for target practice. That was kind of fun or interesting. On the other hand, many of the state officials are pretty dense or downright bad guys (that's why the film is banned in China at the moment).
Some of the humour seems to be forced, some stuff has been seen a few times before (or since) so it won't work as well nowadays and the last 20 minutes are pretty cheesy action stuff but it's all in good fun.
Watch It if you're int the mood for something fun and different.
Dangerous Beauty
Apparently, this was a bit controversial in 1998 or so when is was made.
It is set in Venice, just before the Plague hits. A girl has to make a choice to become a Nun or a Courtesan.
The movie is interesting enough, but the end strains my ability to suspend disbelief. This was supposedly based on a true story. That's Hollywood speak for "We made this up, but we want it to seems more important than it really is!"
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No touchdowns and five interceptions. Who was that guy out there against the Atlanta Falcons?
QB Drew Bress put up a real stinker, but it's just one game, and every great QB has a bad day now and then. Saints head coach Joe Vitt says Drew Brees is the least of his worries.
"I think Drew is well-prepared," Vitt said, via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
"He has prepared the last couple of weeks the same way he has prepared since I've known him in '06. Again, sometimes you go on a little bit of a cool streak and you get balls tipped, you've got the ball potentially on the wrong shoulder of a receiver and something catastrophic happens. Nah, this is a great quarterback with great intent. His best days are ahead of him."
Brees is doing what he always does, and compared to other seasons, his stats tell the true story. He's on pace for 4,899 passing yards and 41 touchdowns in 2012. Chalk Thursday night up to just a bad night, nothing less, nothing more. Bad for everybody, not just Brees.
"Listen, it was a bad night for our football team, not just Drew Brees," Vitt said.


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April 20, 2013
TORONTO, ON, Apr. 20, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Manufacturing sales in Ontario increased in February but remain on a declining trend from the post-recession high set last June.
This mainly reflects sales of transportation equipment, mostly new motor vehicles and parts which, in turn, is mostly related to exports of new motor vehicles and parts to the United States.
Manufacturing sales in Ontario totalled $22.4 billion in February, seasonally adjusted, up 3.3 per cent from January. Growth was led by new motor vehicles and parts, although sales of chemical, plastic, food and machinery products also increased.
Lower commodity prices brought down manufacturing sales of primary metal, fabricated metal and petroleum products. Transportation equipment sales totalled $13.0 billion in the first two months of 2013, down 5.0 per cent from the same period last year.
That is bad news given that sales of new automobiles and light trucks are up robustly in the United States. Ontario's automobile manufacturing sector is losing market share in the U.S.
We forecast a declining trend in the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate over the next five years, which will lessen but not eliminate Ontario's declining market share.
Consumer price inflation in Ontario remained low by historical standards in March as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inched up 0.3 per cent from February and 1.0 per cent from March 2012.
Prices for food and transportation declined in March but food prices are up from a year ago. Prices for clothing and footwear increased in March but declined year-over-year. Slower housing sales, high levels of household and government debt, and minimal growth in imports and exports have reduced the upward pressure on consumer prices over the past year.
CPI inflation will remain moderate in 2013. No material rise in underlying inflation will occur until the economy is operating with much less excess capacity. We forecast Ontario consumers will see CPI inflation of 1.9 per cent in 2013 and 2.3 per cent in 2014, following a 1.4 per cent increase in 2012.
Ontario's re-sale housing market perked up in March, providing further evidence last year's swoon in activity has bottomed out. Housing sales via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) totalled $6.23 billion, seasonally adjusted, up 2.8 per cent from February and the fourth consecutive monthly gain. Unit sales increased 2.0 per cent, while the average sale price increased 0.8 per cent.
On an annual basis, we forecast the dollar volume of MLS housing sales will inch down 1.6 per cent in 2013 following a 3.1 per cent increase last year before rising 3.7 per cent in 2014 and 6.3 per cent in 2015. Unit sales are forecast to decline 2.4 per cent this year following a 2.1 per cent decrease last year, before rising 1.4 per cent in 2014 and 4.2 per cent in 2015. The average sale price is forecast to inch up 0.8 per cent this year after increasing 5.3 per cent last year and to rise 2.3 per cent in 2014 and 2.0 per cent in 2015.
Recent growth in housing sales volume has varied among regions and has not occurred everywhere. Over half of Ontario's board areas have seen rising sales, while the others have seen lower sales.
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