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Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Week Ahead
- Salmagundi
- Fire Loubardias Campaign
- Coaching Adventures of Brent Sutter
- Roman Turek Profiles In Courage Award
And much more!
I am getting a lot of love over the Road Tie Q&A. Mucho Gracias. We will try to do funny stuff like that more often, maybe once a week, but I promise nothing.
Vancouver, fuck you. The Oilers managed to get it done, although how Oiler was it for them to get scored on with 0.2 seconds left in the third. Man that wasn't pleasing. Anyways, I'll admit I was cheering for the team from Emo city last night . Where the hell do you go to get that stain taken out of your soul?
The top team in the league, Chicago, is beatable. If you watch them on WGN you get the feeling the locals are worried. Good, they should be. Calgary will be coming to town, and we actually have a goaltender.
Mikka: SV%: .923
Huet: SV%: .899
Niemi: SV%: .909
Call me crazy, but if the Flames get out of the first round, they could take this thing to the Finals. We would have to slay SJ and Vancouver along the way, but I don't think that is impossible.
Furthermore, I think Peter Loubardias should be fired.
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Grover Norquist: Increasingly Irrelevant
Add conservative governors in Colorado, Nevada, and Idaho to the list of conservatives who are abandoning the ultra-right tax orthodoxy of Grover Norquist, and instead are raising taxes because they live in the real world.
"The federal cuts have been very difficult for states to manage," said economist Bert Waisanen of the National Conference of State Legislatures. "Governors have to run programs like Medicaid, No Child Left Behind, homeland security. But there is less and less money coming from Washington to pay the bills."
Norquist might scream at these governors, but he is obviously becoming increasingly marginal. That's what happens when you get so insulated in Washington's power structure you lose all touch with reality.

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After a long delay and some help from Pere Pérez on art, âBatman: The Return of Bruce Wayneâ #5 finally arrives this week and itâs one of the strongest issues of the series yet. As the series approaches its conclusion, Grant Morrison begins to draw connections not only with previous issues of this mini-series, but with his work on the character in âBatmanâ and âBatman and Robinâ by exploring the days after the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne. An amnesiac Bruce Wayne acting as a detective ostensibly hired to find the killer of his parents is a clever hook for the issue and finally places him in a role thatâs as close to being Batman without actually being Batman.
Waking in a Gotham hospital after being shot, Bruce is roped into a scheme to prove that Thomas Wayne is still alive and plotted the assassination of his wife by actress and friend of Martha, Marsha Lamarr. Lamarr has been mentioned previously in connection to John Mayhew, the director of âThe Black Gloveâ and as part of the âsecret livesâ of the Waynes that came to light during âBatman R.I.P.â Through her, the connections to Simon Hurt, Martha Wayneâs parents, Professor Carter Nichols, and others appear, playing off Bruceâs lack of memory so none of this information means anything to him while also delivering lots of clues and hints for attentive readers. From there, you can see how Morrison draws upon everything in his run for this story, creating a larger tapestry.
But, the comic isnât just a collection of clues and allusions, the story by itself is engaging as Morrison uses the detective story as a filter through which Bruce sees the world, narrating in a mixture of a hard-boiled style and his usual voice. Lamarr is cast as the femme fatale, both alluring and dangerous, wanting Bruce to play the role of the detective on the surface, while obviously having a secret agenda. That part of the story has a fun, playful mood to it thatâs contrasted with the larger, more serious nature of the âBruce Wayne in timeâ plot. The tone shifts as the issue progresses and the plot moves from detective noir to another piece of the larger Morrison Batman narrative.
Ryan Sook is a great choice for this issue with the way he draws Lamarr. Morrison writes her as the femme fatale, but what really sells the idea is Sookâs pencils and Jose Villarrubiaâs colors. Sook imbues her with a vibrant energy in the way she walks or wears her hat. She looks classy in a smart green outfit, but thatâs contrasted with her near-constant smoking and cold, icy gaze. Bruce, in his suit, looks the part of the detective, moving with confidence and a stoic face that reveals nothing much of the time. His best character interpretation, though, is a single page showing Simon Hurt in a dark room with a single light source. The shadows give him a supernatural, creepy look.
Sookâs clean, bold cartooning sets the standard for the issue and Pere Pérez carries it through, drawing the final third of the comic. Pérez has shown himself a competent artist previously, but shows radical improvement here as he tries to match Sook. He uses the same slightly off kilter angles and minimalist line work. The transition between the two is smooth.
âThe Return of Bruce Wayneâ #5 uses the detective genre to position Bruce Wayne closer to his true identity than ever before and draws upon everything thatâs come before in Morrisonâs Batman work. Morrison balances between Bruce as detective and the larger picture very well, making sure each part is given adequate space and focus. Though Ryan Sook doesnât draw the entire issue, Pere Pérez manages to replicate his style remarkably well. This issue was definitely worth the wait.


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Black Table
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Black Table News
Below is our complete Black Table news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Black Table Wraps Up Album Recording
U.S. metal band Black Table has checked in from the end of recording sessions for a new album with this update:
"Today is our last in the recording studio. It's been an amazing experience. Challenging and inspiring. Billy has taken 'Obelisk' where it needed to go. Right into the depths of a black hole, spinning wildly, into an event horizon.
"We can't wait to release it! A deep thank you to Billy Anderson, and everyone at BackroomStudios in N.J. Gonna miss that arcade super hard Kevin!" More...
Shadow Woods Metal Fest Changes Location
The inaugural September installation of Shadow Woods Metal Fest, the new open-air camping metal fest, has moved slightly Southeast, from its initial placement in Southern Pennsylvania to White Hall in Harford County, Maryland.
Set to take place September 25th - 27th, 2015, the new location of Shadow Woods Metal Fest is similar to the previous site, with deep woods, cabins and tent camping fields, yet is slightly closer to both Baltimore and Philadelphia, making it even more accessible to East Coast metallers planning on attending the diverse three-day festival.
Since initial announcements, Menace Ruine dropped from the lineup and was replaced by Black Table, yet the remainder of the Shadow Woods Metal Fest lineup remains the same, including lead performances from Midnight, Falls of Rauros, Occultation, Velnias, Iron Man, Anagnorisis, The Flight of Sleipnir and Stone Breath, along with twenty-six additional acts. The fest is also likely to be the first live performance for the surviving members of Wormreich since the tragic vehicle crash in April.
There will be ZERO ticket sales at the gate for the festival -- advance presales to those 21 years of age and older is the only way into the fest, and is still BYOB. The lineup consists of: More...
Black Table Splits With Bassist
U.S. outfit Black Table has issued the following announcement about splitting with bassist Matt Mellon:
"Matt was an important part to our sound and made us unique in many ways, but we are parting ways as priorities change and evolve.
"We wish him all the best and we will always admire and respect his work as a musician. We were lucky to work with him and it's not going to be easy to find someone to replace such a unique musician." More...
Black Table Releases EP Online
New York/New Jersey based experimental metal act Black Table has released the "Sentinel" EP online. You can hear the tracks below, or buy the album on a name-your-price basis at this location. The "Sentinel" track listing is as follows:
1. Heist 06:20
2. Sentinel 08:38
3. To Tear Down 04:00
4. 1942 05:29
"Sentinel" was recorded and mixed at Trax East Studio with Eric Rachel, and mastered at West West Side with Alan Douches. A 12" vinyl will be released by Battle Stag Records this month. More...


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But you can switch them off
MICROBLOGGING SERVICE Twitter announced on Thursday that it is bringing real-time pop-up notifications to its website.
It said it will roll out the feature to all users of Twitter.com "in the coming weeks", and promised it will make the website more engaging.
Twitter said in a blog post, "When it comes to your interactions on Twitter, it should be easy for you to stay connected to what's relevant. With this in mind, we're bringing you real-time notifications on twitter.com when someone is engaging with your tweets."
Users can receive pop-up notifications if a fellow tweeter replies to, favourites or retweets one of their tweets, and can also be notified when they receive a direct message or new follower.
These will be interactive, so you'll be able to reply or follow somebody back from the pop-up notification box, which will appear in the right-hand corner of Twitter.com. You'll be able to set who you want to see notifications from, too - be it any Twitter user or just people you follow.
"They're fully interactive, so that you can reply, favorite, retweet, and follow right from the notification," Twitter boasted.
Twitter will let you pick which notifications you receive, and if you're not keen on receiving them, you can switch them off in settings.
"To make sure you're getting the notifications you want, go to your Settings on twitter.com. That's where you can choose what types of notifications you want to get on twitter.com and via email and mobile."
News of Twitter's incoming real-time notifications feature comes just days after the firm debuted a redesign from Profiles, which has been criticised for its similarity to Facebook. µ
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Mysterious firm pays £135m for .web domain
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Double D Day: The day when you plan on seeing a girl's large bust.
The term DD-Day was first used on an episode of Malcom In The Middle. In this episode Malcom's older brother Reese tried to get a girl with very large breasts to take off her sweater and stop hiding her god given breast.
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The day a woman celebrates when her bra size is promoted to a DD cup size
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A Sky So Close: A Novelby Betool Khedairi
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The frank, determined narrator is a schoolgirl living in a small town in the Iraqi countryside when the book opens. Torn
This haunting coming-of-age story about a girl growing up in wartime Iraq was the subject of heated controversy when it was published in the Middle East; now in English, it offers American readers a rare chance to experience an Iraqi childhood.
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deprivations of the war between Iran and Iraq, she propels herself passionately through the full range of teenage discovery. The death of her father, her first love affair, and her mother's unexpected illness carry her into adulthood and ultimately to London, where she confronts, with surprising results, the other half of her East–West legacy.
A Sky So Close is a captivating look at contemporary Iraq from the inside out—a stunning re-creation of the surreality of life during wartime, and the story of a young woman coming to terms with the seemingly unbridgeable cultures from which she is formed.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editorial Reviews
"A memorable book about growing up between two cultures." —Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered
"[V]ividly rendered . . . . [Q]uiet yet powerful." —Booklist
"[An] assured first novel . . . a valuable book . . . .What's most remarkable here is the buoyancy that Khedairi sustains even as her child heroine grows up." LA Times
Product Details
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- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 12/15/2010
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Chapter One
My memories pulsate up from the pavement as the street glides beneath our feet. The autumnal colors of the wall surrounding the school brush against your shoulder as we pass by each day. You'd always park by the baby palm tree on the corner, and from there we'd walk. I struggle to keep up with you, waddling like a female penguin. You hurry, holding my little hand, leading me to the place where I'd be taught how to walk with elegance. This morning Mummy told me -- I'm sorry I meant to say 'my mother' told me that they would teach me how to walk, how to sit, and how to dance.
How you'd argue with her when she insisted that I be taught there. I have no say in these arguments. I don't even know which language I should use. I'm only a small child, the top of my head barely reaching the level of your belt. All I have is my braid, which swings between my shoulder blades. You warned her so many times not to cut it, not to restyle my hair the way she wanted it. She likes it short and practical, but you want to watch it grow. You bend over to hug me goodbye, leaving me a small wet kiss in my ear. I wipe it away with my fingertips as you turn to go away. Your long strides take you past the row of palm trees which parallels the school wall, their thick trunks swallowing you out of my sight. Each palm tree you go past makes you seem smaller, biting a piece off you, as you recede in the distance. I wave to you, then I turn around and walk under the lofty archway decorating the school entrance.
I make my way through the big playground. Its wide pathways make the open space seem so much bigger. A group of boys in shorts are standing where two narrow corridors meet. The screams of another group of children reach me from the upstairs classrooms. Three girls walk down a path leading to I know not where. Their conversation is too grown-up for me. As they take the first turn to the right, they disappear; their conversation turns with them. I want to follow them, but I don't dare. I follow your instructions, waiting for the bell to ring. I hadn't realized that I was standing right underneath it. I take two steps back. I'm now standing with my back to the wall. I look around me. I see a teacher carrying a musical instrument bigger than me. The students go in. They come out. Nobody pays any attention to me. I feel like an ant.
They all carry bags, instruments, and hats. I watch them, frozen in this spot I've chosen. I play with the tip of my braid. In the corner on the left is a tap in the center of a circle of damp grass. As I look at it, I glimpse a bead of water; it glimmers in the sunlight as it drips from the spout starting to fall. Half a second later, the door of the classroom in front of me bursts open. The children rush out shouting and shoving, like a wave of dolls crashing into each other.
They look like tens and tens of twins, all wearing the same uniform. Their shoes are all similar. Their socks are all the same length. The ribbons in their hair have all been tied the same way. They're all of about the same height, and they're all, as a group or as individuals, much bigger than me. I join in their noisiness from afar. They've started throwing apples in the air above their heads. They kick at each other; dust rises around them. Their shouting gets louder with the chaotic movement.
Suddenly the bell above my head rings. I'm startled by the sound plus the strangeness of my surroundings. A stout woman emerges. Her frame blocks the entrance to the teachers' room. Someone shouts, "Miss Melvina is here . . . the religion teacher!" She's come to take me with her. Looking up, I hold in my frightened breaths. Over my head I see the huge signpost; I know that the sign says school of music and ballet. I've come here to learn how to read those letters. How large they are! I hesitate as I place my hand in the teacher's fat one. But I know that you won't be back for me until the day is done. They'll deliver me back to you when the bell rings again.
That first day at school was my first experience of time, trapping me between two long rings of a big scary bell.
The grown-ups ask me:
--How old are you?
I hold out the fingers of my left hand and my right index finger. I bring my hands together.
I count them again to make sure I've got it right, then I always say:
--Khaddouja is also six.
--Who's Khaddouja?
--She lives near our farmhouse. She doesn' go to school because she has no shoes.
I believed then that children who didn't have shoes didn't go to school.
In that vast expanse everything was bigger than me. Even the way you looked at me, across the breakfast table, when I called my mother "Mummy" instead of calling her "Youm" or "Yumma" in the Arabic way. I only felt I was my true size when I was with Khadija; this person was the only creature in the world who made me feel that there was something, or someone, as small as me. I made her even smaller. I called her Khaddouja "Little Khadija."
She was my world. She was everything that came in the second half of the day. A world that spread between our farmhouse and her fathe's hut, by the banks of the Tigris River, in our little village twenty miles south of Baghdad. Zafraniya, it was called--"Land of Saffron." That was where the apricot trees grew. Vast acres of graceful trees, their upper branches entwined. When the sun starts to sink over the apricot farm, their shadows fall as complex patterns of light and shade on the ground underneath. The youthful branches stretch out in all directions. Their sharp twigs seem like fingers, entangled in handshakes, exchanging bunches of white flowers. Each spring I wish that the flowers would last forever.
When the trunks of the apricot trees secrete a dark sticky glue, the color of a slightly burned syrup, we run to pick it. The gum is wedged between the rough folds of bark. We spend hours collecting it, kneading it into a ball as big as our fists. We press on the rubbery dough and roll it in the dust to make it less sticky. We stamp on it, flattening it; then we each take one end, pulling hard. We play a brief tug of war until the middle bit weakens, breaking in two. We share, making bracelets, rings, and hoops, which we hang from our ears. Sometimes we make false nails, trying to stop them from sticking together when we shake hands as we play "visiting the neighbors.";
I watch Khaddouja sculpting her doughy gum into the shape of a fish or a bird. She adds two pebbles, one on either side of the creature's head, giving it colored eyes. Watching it all the time, she lifts it high above her head as she runs around, weaving through the low-hanging branches. She doesn't tire of hovering in the air with her bird until she bumps into one of the trees and falls backward, laughing at the giddiness that overcomes her. The sticky bird falls into the ditch.
After our toys lose their bounciness, the apricot gum melts in our hands. Time trickles through our fingers, colored like burnt honey--a sign that this magical day with Khaddouja will end. The sun is setting; my mother is waiting for me at home. I must leave my wild, skinny, childhood friend, who awaits my return from school every Thursday. She hides by the big farmhouse gate. Neither one of you notices her there. Her people call us "the doctor's family." I later found out that they call everyone who has a car and lives in a house that's not made of mud a "doctor." They also called us something else. They called us "the foreign woman's family."
My mother was relaxing on the black sofa in her room. She was wearing a black dress. The whiteness of her skin stood out. It was as though her face, arms, and legs were made of porcelain. She looked like an imported Chinese miming puppet. A rag doll strewn on the sofa. She was listening to the BBC World Service. A fashion magazine and a booklet about slimming lay by her side.
On the low table where she has propped up her feet is a small bowl filled with hazelnuts and a musical cigarette box. Every time she opened it, it played a tune. How I hated that tune! What you hated was the fact that she smoked. You thought it was improper for women to smoke. So you chose a separate bedroom, at the other end of the corridor, to get away from her clouds of smoke. She leans over to pick up one of those small colored bottles with the unusual tops. She will varnish her fingernails when she has finished trimming and tidying them. The nail file, tweezers, and scissors are in her lap. She hardly notices me entering. I greet her:
--Hello, Mummy.
She answers me in an English as white as her skin:
--Hello. Where have you been?
She?s expecting my reply.
--‹Outside, in the farm.
As usual, she flies into a rage. The bowl of hazelnuts gets knocked over as she leaps up.
--You mean you were with that dirty little girl again. Didn't I warn you not to mix with that lice-ridden child?
--But Mummy, she's my friend.
She scolds:
--No! She's not your friend, she will only give you her diseases.
She starts to pick up the scattered hazelnuts, then asks:
--Did you eat anything when you were with her?
I answer in a low voice:
--Only a small piece of bread with some cheese.
She erupts again:
--My God! Haven't you seen how her mother uses dried cow dung for the fire with which she bakes the bread? Haven't you seen the hordes of flies that swarm around that cheese they make with their filthy hands?
I try to object:
--But Mummy--
Interrupting me, she raises her index finger, holding it up rigid and still:
--I'll speak to your father when he gets back. I?ll make him stop you from going to the farm again.
I realized that I was going to be the cause of their next argument, but then, most days of the week seemed to be just another installment in a never-ending argument!
I couldn't understand why you shouted at each other so much. My going to the School of Music and Ballet made you throw pieces of your temper in her face just before breakfast.
--The girl will be spoiled!
She answers you from the kitchen:
--But the schools out here are so deprived. I want my daughter to learn languages, dancing, and socializing. I'm not asking for much.
You mimic the way she speaks:
--Dancing and socializing, not asking for much! But one day, she may pay too high a price for your decision.
She comes to sit at the table.
--I won't let her go to a primitive school!
Your face turns red, as if you were choking on a piece of dry bread.
--Don't you realize, woman, that we're now in the Arab, Islamic world, and she and I are Muslims? This education, which you are calling "arts" could damage her future prospects.
--It would still be better than damaging her morale in your local girls' schools. She's showing promise and talent. Why do you want to keep her in isolation? Isn't it bad enough that she mixes with that Gypsy girl and those illiterate fools who spend the whole day running around in that disgusting farm?
--Woman, you're talking about a culture you don't understand. I've warned you about the differences we'd face in raising her. I know what I'm talking about, why don't you listen to me?
--I listened in the past, that's why we didn't send her to nursery school at the age of four like the other children, because we're so far away from civilization. But now I'm sick of this isolated village and its primitive people. The time has come for her to be educated in the city. I want her to go to school in Baghdad.
--Woman, let her mingle with the peasants' traditions, there's no harm in that. Let her bond with the land, with the people and their animals, the way we were raised. For God's sake, let her see what you can't see!
My mother calmed down, then replied:
--I know that we can't afford to buy a house in the city at the moment; I have no choice but to wait until your projects and commitments in this area are done. I'll also overlook my loneliness, which you seem to have forgotten as a result of your numerous engagements. But I will not compromise with her education. The discussion is over. OK?
How often your arguments ended with that single word. From you, or from her.
The days pass. My mother announces that she hates the apricots because they give her an allergy. They give me Khaddouja, who comes over with all the gossip about the families who live in the mud huts built on the riverbank. In spite of your conflicting plans, you were unable to stop my mother from sending me to that school. And she in turn was unable to convince you to forbid me from going to the farm. Your disagreement allowed me to mingle with both worlds. Just like our house, which was in itself two worlds.
Once again, I join Khaddouja. We spend the entire afternoon looking for earthworms and snails. We turn over the stones and pebbles, pouncing on the insects sleeping underneath them, some on their tummies, some on their backs. We gaze at the ants with their glimmering sheen as they slip in‹out‹in‹out of their lacy, sandy mounds. We stamp on their anthills; how we laugh as we watch them scatter. The snails end up on the liquid gum that oozes out of the pores of the apricot trees. We spend hours collecting those fragile jellied creatures that were languishing peacefully in their helical shells, and attach them, with pleasure, to the tree trunks. Khaddouja entices them out by singing to them a peasant's rhyme in her hoarse voice to coax them out of their hiding places:
"Oh, snails, snails, show us your horns, oh but . . . Snails, snails, come out and start to head butt . . ." The naïve molluscs respond to her appeals. They extend their small heads from their safe havens, their feelers flailing at the air. They clamber onto our hands as though to kiss our sweaty palms. They leave behind them a thin transparent strip of sticky slime. It tickles; we laugh even louder. At the end of the day we find our pockets full of snails that haven't succumbed to the charm of our song. I ask Khaddouja:
--What shall we do with all these snails? She answers without thinking,--We must kill them!
She beckons to me; I follow her immediately to the tree we call "the Punishment Tree." Khaddouja believes that the snails are defying her; she has to punish them without any hesitation. We head toward the tree which produces more sticky gum than any other in the entire apricot farm. We stick all the snails we still have onto its trunk until it is completely covered with all kinds of insects and other creatures, punished as decreed by Khaddouja's laws. We crush the ugly ones; they burst open under our feet, leaving behind a wet mosaic of shattered shells and grayish fluids. Khaddouja sneezes suddenly and small white petals from the flowering apricot tree descend gently upon our heads. In the distance we hear my mother calling.
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Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a B.A. in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food industry while writing A Sky So Close, which was published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1999. She currently lives in Amman, where she is working on her second novel.
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Multiple deaths in Fort Hood Army shootingUPDATED 11:31 PM PDT Apr 02, 2014
Multiple people were killed and others injured Wednesday when a shooter opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas.Video Transcript
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH TERRIFYING MOMENTS AT FORT HOOD IN TEXAS AFTER ANOTHER GUNMAN GOES ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE. FORT HOOD IS A U-S MILITARY POST LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS. IT IS THE SAME FACILITY WHERE A MASS SHOOTING IN 2009 LEFT 13 DEAD AND MORE THAN 30 WOUNDED. TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SHOOTER. THE ARMY HAS NOT RELEASED HIS NAME BUT A TEXAS CONGRESSMAN IDENTIFIED HIM AS IVAN LOPEZ. HE SERVED IN IRAQ IN 20-11 AND AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS BEING ASSESSED FOR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE KILLED 3 PEOPLE ... AND WOUNDED 16 OTHERS ... BEFORE SHOOTING AND KILLING HIMSELF. ACTION NEWS REPORTER JAY GRAY WITH THE LATEST FROM FORT HOOD, TEXAS.. JAY WARNINGS SOUNDED FROM THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM ACROSS THE BASE AT FORT HOOD . ALERTING ALL PERSONNEL TO SHELTER WHERE THEY WERE. AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES RACED TOWARD THE BASE UNDER LOCKDOWN. ALL THIS AFTER ..SHOTS RANG OUT AT THE MOTOR POOL.. JUST AFTER FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. REPORTEDLY AN ARGUMENT .. AN ALTERCATION THAT ENDED IN GUN FIRE. AFTERNOON. REPORTEDLY AN ARGUMENT .. AN ALTERCATION THAT ENDED IN GUN FIRE. "sot OFFICIALS SAY THE GUNMAN THEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. VICTIMS WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITALS BY AMBULANCES AND MEDIVAC CHOPPERS. "They've had a variety of gunshot wounds that involved extremities, abdomen, chest and neck." SOME OF WHOM REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS INFORMED OF THE SHOOTING ON A TRIP TO CHICAGO. "We're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again. " TODAY'S SHOOTING .. SCARILY REMINISCENT OF NOVEMBER 5, 2009... WHEN MAJOR NIDAL HASSAN .. OPENED FIRE .. KILLING 13 AND INJURING AT LEAST 30. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL REACTED FROM HAWAII .. PROMISING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES. "Anytime you lose your people to these sorts of tragedies, "something's not working." AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED THIS TIME .. CONTINUES. I'M JAY GRAY AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. NOW, BACK TO YOU.
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From the Contributor
Audio commentary with writer/director Scott Phillips
Audio commentary with the cast & crew
"Dead Sexy" making-of featurette (45 mins.)
Bloopers & outtakes (7 mins.)
"Rainville: The Early Years" featurette (3 mins.)
Opening night premiere featurette (10 mins.)
Production still gallery
DVD-ROM: PDF screenplay
Short films with commentary by Scott Phillips (15 mins.)
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Waiting for non-existant ride participants at the bottom of Uriarra Road
Hels riding up to Pierces Creek Settlement
Hels braves the icy waters of Vanitys Crossing
Martin's Bike is way too precious to let it get wet!
Heading up Warks Road
In the big dark woods. Martin, Marea & Helen riding up to Picadilly Circus. This is the last photo before Tumut, as it rained non stop after this.
Marea insisted it was ok - the Motel staff knew we had our bikes in the rooms
Up and over to Wee Jasper. The weather improved. The hills were quite big for those of us with full panniers.
Looking back towar
At the top of the hill
Back down the other side.
Heading to Wee Jasper
Riding through farmland between Tumut and Wee Jasper
Enjoying the forests halfway from Tumut to Wee Jasper
Downhill all the way to Wee Jasper wheeeee....
The moon from the Wee Jasper house
Even Steve was tired


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Microsoft advertises its Surface Pro tablet for $000
Online ad lists tablet as worthless
TABLET NEWCOMER Microsoft doesn't seem to value its soon to be launched Surface Pro device, according to its recent online advert anyway, which lists the tablet at the very cheap starting price of $000.
In a hurry to spread the news that a more powerful edition of its Surface tablet will be released on 9 February, Microsoft posted the blunder online on Tuesday. And we've got a screen shot to prove it.
In what must have initially got some fans very excited, the inaccurate advert could hint at what's in store for the firm - that is, the need to slash the price of the tablet to catch people's interest. However, we wouldn't have thought that giving them away for free would do Microsoft many favours.
But perhaps a more affordable price tag is what Microsoft needs to push sales, especially considering the relatively disappointing sales of its Surface RT tablet due to stiff competition from Apple and Google.
Take for instance the news last week that Microsoft saw the sales forecast for its Surface RT tablet slashed by UBS analyst Brent Thill, who reported that the firm had not been able to make up much ground on Apple and Google in the holiday shopping season, saying the company ended the season with "gloomy sentiment".
Regardless of what analysts have to say though, Microsoft will be releasing the Surface Pro in the US and Canada from 9 February starting from $899. That will probably get you the cheaper 64GB Surface Pro model, with the 128GB model likely to feature a more extreme price tag.
Microsoft said Tuesday that the Surface Pro will come with a Surface Pen included, although you'll have to fork out between $120 and $130 for the snap-on keyboard in addition to the price of the tablet. Not the best news for buyers on a budget.
Microsoft has yet to spill the details on the UK release of its more powerful tablet. µ
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All Rise...
Judge David Johnson was surprised to find this movie wasn't the sequel to Before Sunset.
Opening Statement
Brett Ratner, the kinetic director of the Rush Hour sequels and the Hannibal Lecter prequel Red Dragon, returns with After the Sunset, a diamond heist movie set in the Bahamas starring lots of pretty people. But is the real theft ninety minutes of your life?
Facts of the Case
Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan, Die Another Day) is a master thief, and good-looking to boot. Suave, rich, and seemingly invulnerable to the pursuit of authorities, Max, along with his partner and girlfriend Lola (Salma Hayek, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), has boosted two of the fabled Napoleon Diamonds, mammoth gems worth millions of dollars. Max's FBI archenemy is the hapless Agent Stan Lloyd (Woody Harrelson, Kingpin), always two steps behind the thief's plans.
The film opens with Lloyd clutching a briefcase containing one of the diamonds, intent on preventing Max and Lola from purloining it. Of course, that won't do, so Lloyd soon finds himself locked in his own car, driven to an underground garage, gassed, and relieved of his cargo.
Fast-forward to the Bahamas, where Max and Lola have retired, built a fabulous beach house, and set about engaging in rampant beach sex. Away from the tension of high-stakes thievery, the two can finally relax and make plans for their upcoming life together. But all that goes out the window when Lloyd shows up unexpectedly. He tells Max of an approaching cruise liner carrying the last Napoleon Diamond—"It's the only one you haven't stolen," he says—and practically dares him to give it a try.
Lola, intent on embarking on a normal life, urges Max to keep away from Lloyd and push all temptation to steal the diamond out of his mind. Despite his curiosity, Max relents—until Henri Moore (Don Cheadle, Ocean's 11), the biggest gangster on the island, forces him to get involved. Max is caught in the middle of a slew of opposing forces: Lola's pleas, Lloyd's desire to finally beat him, Moore's threats, and his own instincts.
The Evidence
After the Sunset is an incoherent mess, populated by unlikable characters and nonsensical plot twists. An amalgam of multiple film genres, After the Sunset dooms itself by simultaneously trying to be too many things and sucking on all the attempts.
Let's take a closer look at the different hats After the Sunset attempts to wear:
As a heist movie:
As a romance:
As a buddy movie:
As a "cool" ensemble piece:
Woody Harrelson just goes way over the top with his FBI agent. He's goofy! He's zany! He's horny! And thanks to the gratuitous cleavage and bikini shots, Salma Hayek morphed into little more than eye candy. The biggest waste in all of this is Don Cheadle. The guy is in only a handful of scenes, exists solely as the underwritten heavy, and, sadly, becomes just another cog in an otherwise broken machine.
My experience with After the Sunset falls somewhere between "Pulled Hamstring" and "Prolonged Chest Cold" on the entertainment meter. I'm all for fun popcorn-movie escapism, but this film ain't it.
Warner Bros. still manages to treat even its lesser properties with quite a bit of dignity on DVD. Technically, the sound and video are strong. The anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer captures the lush tropical colors brilliantly, and the 5.1 Dolby Digital sound is robust, effectively using the discrete surround channels. A nice batch of extras awaits as well. A boatload of deleted scenes, including an alternate ending, point toward the hodge-podge feeling of the movie's narrative. An odd but interesting interview with an actual jewel thief is an unorthodox addition, and a visual effects comparison actually proved to be quite intriguing. In addition, Ratner gives a decent commentary track.
The high point is "Before, During, and After the Sunset," a one-hour-plus documentary on the making of the movie, which is fun and revealing. From preproduction on, the feature divulges much of what went down on set, including Ratner's endless energy (he does seem like a cool guy to hang out with), logistical challenges, and cast and crew horseplay, showing me that they had a lot more fun making the film than I had watching it.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
Whatever shortcomings After the Sunset sports—and there are many of them—photography is not one of them. The tropical vistas are rich and stunning (though digitally modified in some instances), and will soak your television in sun. Wear some SPF 30 to watch it.
Closing Statement
This movie wants to be a breezy, fun adventure with almost no heavy lifting, but you kind of need the "fun" part for that to work. Brett Ratner's caper flick leaves much to be desired in terms of coherence, characterization, and just general amusement. Too bad.
The Verdict
A clump of cow manure packaged in a nice, shiny wrapper, the accused is to be beached on a desert island.
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LAFAYETTE, Alabama Two people accused of robbing and killing a woman last November in Valley, Ala., are expected to appear in a Chambers County courtroom this week for a preliminary hearing.
The two, 36-year-old John Bradley Limes and 35-year-old Leslie Lea King, are charged with murder during robbery in connection with the death of 59-year-old Kathlene Lucile Landino.
Landino was found dead Nov. 23 by her son in their home.
Authorities say she had suffered head trauma.
The home was filled with gas fumes, although it wasn't clear how the leak started.
In court documents, prosecutors allege that Limes and King attempted to steal a purse, laptop, cell phone, 12-gauge shotgun, security box and several DVDs belonging to Landino.
King is the estranged wife of Landino's son.
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Current Scholars
Lizzie Carsello - Class of 2019
Inspired by her faith, Lizzie began her service by utilizing her passions, especially art. In the summer before her freshman year of high school, Lizzie, her brother, and two cousins started a service project, Share the Gift, that brings music and art to the elderly, disadvantaged, and disabled of her local community. Through this project, Lizzie helped create shows that would connect different groups of people.
Sammy Cousino - Class of 2019
Growing up in the city of Chicago, Sammy witnessed inequality firsthand. She saw the disparity among different neighborhoods of her hometown and the schools within them. The injustices Sammy saw within the bounds of the third largest city in the United States prompted her to study various social justice issues and act on them.
Subhash Gutti - Class of 2019
Subhash's passion for service began as an outgrowth from his interest in the field of healthcare. Strongly fascinated by biological sciences for as long as he can remember, he quickly took opportunities to explore his interest – through academic team competition, science fairs, science olympiad, and eventually by delving straight into the realm of healthcare by applying as a teen volunteer with his local hospital (Pikeville Medical Center).
Kelly Hunt - Class of 2019
Throughout her high school career, Kelly was involved in a variety of extracurricular/academic activities, but her most life-altering experiences have been the community service projects that have sculpted her servant's heart. Her most encouraging projects include her involvement with Sumner County's Special Education Program and Tennessee 4-H All Stars.
Robert Lee - Class of 2019
I arrived in Scarsdale, New York from my home in Memphis for my junior and senior years in high school as a member of the Scarsdale Transfer Education Program (STEP). Knowing no one, and being really far away from my family, I was inspired to take advantage of every opportunity to become involved in my new Scarsdale High School community. I joined a variety of clubs that served the less fortunate, including Midnight Run, Global Camps for Africa, Habitat for Humanity, and Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, and became a member of the Youth Actions Committee at my local church.
Camille Powers - Class of 2019
Motivated by a strong desire to serve, Camille has actively participated in the South Texas community. Energized by her summer camp experiences working with people who have disabilities as well as working with people who are homeless at a San Antonio soup kitchen, Camille developed her passion to be the voice for those who are underestimated, overlooked, or unheard.
Kyle Schwartz - Class of 2019
Diagnosed with Autism at age three, Kyle began occupational therapy and social guidance early on in his childhood. Years later, at the beginning of high school, Kyle decided to thank those who helped along the way by giving back to the community though volunteer work.
Priya Trivedi - Class of 2019
Attending a high school that placed heavy emphasis on service learning, Priya began exploring service opportunities early in her high school career. She was given ample opportunities to explore multiple facets of social service, and has since become involved with advocacy for those with disabilities, women's rights, youth empowerment, and leadership development.
Haydon Tucker - Class of 2019
Haydon has cultivated a love for service to others since childhood, but this love began to manifest itself with more direction as she began working with her school's community service program in the ninth grade. Since that year, she has spent all weekday afternoons tutoring elementary school students in the low-income west side of Chattanooga. Through this experience, Haydon gained countless friends, a passion for the inner city, and a new appreciation for the empowering nature of education and literacy, a principle that guided many of her future service endeavors.
Meredith Waites - Class of 2019
Meredith found her passion for helping others during her first year of high school when she began working with underprivileged children through local churches and the public school system to promote education equality.
Vivian Wanjohi - Class of 2019
Vivian's close knit community in a small rural town in Kenya built a sense of social responsibility in her and she engaged in community service activities from a very young age. She frequently participated in charity walks, health camps, student tutoring and town cleanups all through grade school and high school. After high school, Vivian joined a local children's home as a volunteer and it was here that the significance of community service to her was enhanced.
Hytham Al-Hindi - Class of 2018
Hytham's passion for community engagement flourished during high school, when he founded his school's Habitat for Humanity chapter and served as the Student Activist Coordinator for Amnesty International in the states of Arkansas and Mississippi.
Christopher Chew - Class of 2018
Due to his involvement with his local youth group, Chris developed a strong interest in volunteerism and community outreach. In the summer before his junior year, Chris was given the opportunity to travel with his youth group to San Raimundo, Guatemala with the organization Casas Por Cristo. There he built two houses for the local villages and distributed paperback and audio taped Bibles in both Spanish and English. Chris was able to return to Guatemala the next year and construct two more houses. These mission trips were amazing eye-opening experiences that allowed Chris to find his true passion for service.
Alexis Cook - Class of 2018
After serving as a Sunday school teacher and volunteer at the local jail while in high school, Alexis decided to defer college and instead embark on the KIVU Gap Year to learn more about God, herself, and others through service and travel. Over the course of eight months, she lived in 5 countries with an internship in each for a total of over 900 internship hours.
Sophie Goddyn - Class of 2018
Sophie's passion for social justice began in the third grade, writing math problems for the boy who sat next to her in class. He had Down syndrome, and he became one of her closest friends. With the help of her new friend and his family, Sophie began her service endeavors volunteering her first of six years at Bike First!, a camp in which she taught children with disabilities how to ride two-wheel bikes. This program fostered her passion for advocating for those with disabilities.
Naeha Haridasa - Class of 2018
After spending ten years at Chinmaya Mission (Hindu Sunday school) with the motto "Give more than what you take", Naeha began to develop a passion for social justice.
Josiah Holland - Class of 2018
Since moving as a 5th grader to the United States from Togo, Africa, Josiah has made a priority of engaging his local community through service and the building of relationships. In high school, Josiah worked through student council to organize community events and fundraisers benefitting local and national charities. Josiah also served with his church community by teaching children's classes and spent the entire summer of 2014 as a youth camp counselor. Additionally, through his church, Josiah discovered multiple opportunities to build relationships with the homeless of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, through Beautiful Feet Ministries and the Feed by Grace program at Unity Park.
Catherine Jackson - Class of 2018
With a family history of serving the community, Catherine began volunteering at a young age. Through her church and youth group, Catherine explored service opportunities in her community and attended yearly mission trips. At the beginning of high school, she discovered her passion for serving others while volunteering with a local homeless shelter – Room In the Inn. Since then, Catherine has pursued various opportunities to serve the homeless community in Nashville.
Kyuhoon Kim - Class of 2018
Kyuhoon's involvement in service as a first-year student at Vanderbilt was a continuation from his pre-college experience in service; in high school he was inspired by the desire to improve his mother's status as an immigrant to Korea in serving the immigrant and culturally disadvantaged population in his home nation. When he first arrived in Nashville, or more broadly the U.S., he sought to develop upon this familiarity by identifying the population in similar needs.
Lauren McCabe - Class of 2018
During her freshman year at Vanderbilt, Lauren continued her work from high school by focusing on social issues regarding education, but expanded this passion to working with the intellectually disabled. Through Vanderbilt's Next Steps post-secondary college program for young adults with disabilities, Lauren tutored, spent time with, and was a teaching assistant. Working with the same students each week, Lauren developed strong friendships with her Next Steps companions and was exposed to many of the barriers these individuals have and will face.
Emily Meffert - Class of 2018
During her first year at Vanderbilt, Emily became acquainted with the city of Nashville by serving with various campus service organizations—namely, Vanderbilt Grassroots, Habitat for Humanity, and The Afterschool Program (TAP).
Caroline Mulligan - Class of 2018
Caroline began her service career in middle school with monthly events to serve the Minneapolis-St. Paul inner-city community. In high school, she expanded her commitments by undertaking bigger projects, such as trips to Belize, where she updated an elementary school's facilities and aided teachers in class, and Ndola, Zambia, where she was part of a 5-year long effort to improve a medical clinic by teaching doctors to use donated equipment from the United States.
Faith Noah - Class of 2018
After fostering a deep commitment to service at her high school alma mater Ursuline Academy—which bears the motto Serviam ("I will serve")—Faith spent her freshman year learning about several areas of need in the Nashville community.
Interested in access to healthcare, Faith got involved at Faith Family Medical Center, which provides low-cost healthcare to the uninsured in Nashville. Their well-rounded and patient-centered approach appealed to Faith's passion for merging her interests in medicine with her love of service.
Megan Nocita - Class of 2018
Megan first became interested in service during her high school years. As a member of her school's service club, she began volunteering as a freshman. As her time in high school progressed, she realized service was her passion and began to take a leadership role. This progression led to her role as president of her school's service-based National Honor Society her senior year.
Matt OKeefe - Class of 2018
During his first year at Vanderbilt, Matt found a place to continue his high school passion for combating hunger in the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Being able to serve in a fulfilling capacity gave him a welcome respite from schoolwork. No matter what job was being done, it was always rewarding, knowing that he was making a difference
Urvi Patwardhan - Class of 2018
Urvi spent much of her high school career participating in various service opportunities. She found particular interest in volunteering at the Bluegrass Indo-American Civic Society and the Teen Court Program. She also started two initiatives: the Youth Volunteers Across Lexington Unite (Youth VALU) Service Initiative and the Story Cellar Program.
Daniel Shaykevich - Class of 2018
Daniel's service career began early on, when he joined the Cub Scouts in elementary school and first began to take part in community events. His involvement increased in high school as he participated in activities around the community with the Pocono Mountain East Leo Club, helping at pancake breakfasts that benefited local causes, holding drives at school to aid charities, and hosting a monthly game night that gave all students, including those in the special education program, a chance to socialize and enjoy themselves.
Amarachukwu Uzoka - Class of 2018
Amarachukwu has always had a deep passion for kids, strongly rooted in all of the volunteer work she has done for her home church. In addition to serving as Secretary to the youth ministry and Sunday school teacher's aide, Amara also channeled her love of singing by co-founding her church's youth choir. In the process, she noticed that children and young adults rarely believed in themselves or in their abilities enough to work hard.
Gerard Franks - Class of 2017
Gerard's desire for community involvement and public service stems from his early involvement in service projects during his high school career. He volunteered at various hospitals and community organizations such as the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and Make Promises Happen, a special needs camp. His volunteer opportunities along with life experiences have created a devotion to volunteerism that he continued at Vanderbilt.
Hannah Lazarz - Class of 2017
Hannah's passion lies in working with under-represented, underprivileged, and often misunderstood groups of individuals, cultivating in them a sense of self worth and the ability to contribute to a community—most often through the performing arts. Inspired both by her faith and her family, Hannah's commitment to service is a fruit of the love that comes from respecting the dignity of every human being. In the words of her role model, St. Therese of Lisieux, "Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing."