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I just want you to know that I could have created a much bigger recipe collage for gluten free apple recipes. MUCH. I showed restraint. I'm practicing zen-like moderation. It's not usually what I'm given to, but for you? Anything. This recipe collection is for when you smell the non-gluten-free apple cider donuts and apple fritters at the orchard, and just have to walk on by. For when you begin thinking about Thanksgiving, and wonder if gluten free apple pie and apple crisp (how about apple pie with crumb topping?) are in your future this year. For when you come home with way more apples than you think you could ever use before they begin to turn themselves into cider. I've got ideas, and recipes to carry them out. And this is just the beginning, friends. Wait until Monday. I'm gonna blow your apple socks right off.
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Here's a 10¢ tour of these 8 fragrant and delicious apple recipes, and a few words to say what I love about each of them (remember—all the links are above):
Gluten Free Caramel Apple Shortbread Squares: Everybody loves caramel apples. But let's be honest. If you're not 7, the mechanics of eating them isn't nearly as inviting. Maybe even when you are 7, and your mother is a hopeless neurotic (sorry, honey!) who follows you around mopping up after you as you eat caramel apples. Try these shortbread squares: all the flavor, none of the crazy mother.
Gluten Free Apple Cider Donuts: These donuts are a perennial reader favorite. I know this because I get emails about them singing their praises all year long, season after season. It's all about the donuts (for good reason).
Gluten Free Apple Hand Pies: I hesitate to call these hand pies, since it somehow sounds untoward. But that's what they are. I love mini pies, but clearly they're a weekend project. You can of course just make one big double-crust apple pie with the same ingredients and mostly the same method.
Gluten Free Apple Crisp: The cheater apple pie that comes together in two shakes. All the fragrance and taste, almost none of the fuss. Another fan fave.
Chunky Gluten Free Apple Muffins: Tender apple chunks stud these soft and fragrant muffins. They're the perfect way to start a lazy Sunday morning. Well, lazy for everyone else. You're the one who got up to make muffins. Am I right? Collect your props for these beauties as you drink that well-deserved cup of coffee, friend.
Gluten Free Sour Cream Apple Crumb Pie: If you've never had a sour cream apple pie, then you're really missing out. The slight tang of the sour cream and apples is balanced perfectly with the cinnamon-sugar sweetness of the generous crumb topping. This one's a keeper.
Gluten Free Apple Breakfast Cookies: I'm all about the make-ahead breakfast, and these apple breakfast cookies are a sweet addition to the lineup.
Gluten Free Apple Fritters: The classic fritter, made safely gluten free. Need I say more? (of course I could always say more, but this one time I'm gonna just let it be.)
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Interviewing the often volatile Mickey Rourke, who plays a ruthlessly brutal king in 'Immortals,' is perhaps slightly less terrifying than facing him down on a battlefield. Luckily, he was in a good mood when he talked to Moviefone, good enough to make a few jokes and play a guessing game about which 'Immortals' costar he wants for his passion project about Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas. He also didn't mince words when talking about his 'Wrestler' director Darren Aronofsky, although when coming from Rourke, "sonofabitch" is an endearment. [EARLIER: Rourke blasts 'Seven Psychopaths' director]
King Hyperion kind of makes Hannibal Lecter look like Mr. Neighbors. Did you have fun playing him?
I did have fun playing him. I kinda knew I would. Not when I read the script, but when I met Tarsem, just because he's very talented, he's very secure, and I knew from his commercial background that he would transcend whatever the material was.
How did Tarsem sell it to you?
He didn't sell it to me. Somebody else educated me about him. I looked at all his commercial reels and I thought, "Well, this guy's a shooter," and I'd like to think I caught him at a time in his career when he cares about integrity over a dollar. This is not a genre that I normally would go, "I'm dying to do this," but I think the timing was good because it all felt right. The script was good enough, where I went, "If a guy like Tarsem who does those kinds of commercials is passionate about this, I don't mind going on the ride with him."
Had you seen any of his movies, like 'The Cell?'
I saw a few minutes, but you can't be judged by some movie you did a while ago. It was his commercial reel as a shooter that I was very interested in.
What's Tarsem like as a director?
He's terrific on the floor. What puts him in the category with the really great directors is you can make a choice and then he can tweak it by just giving you an adjustment. He'll say, "Before you cut the guy's head off or take his eye out, go in there and pet the cat or take a bite out of the apple." He's got the intelligence level where, if you make the choice, than he can make the choice even more interesting by a little adjustment. That's what separates the good guys from the sh-t.
Would you work with him again?
In a heartbeat. I'd work with Tarsem tomorrow. Absolutely. And not only is he a visual genius, he's so prepared. His pre-production ... whatever it cost the studios, two years preparation for the wardrobe is worth it. And he's very uncompromising in his little Indian way.
The movie is pretty violent. You think anyone might have an issue with that?
That depends on one's point of view. I don't have any issue with anything. I don't care what anybody thinks. Never have, never will.
How would you compare the level of violence in this to say, 'The Wrestler?'
Oh, I don't even compare the two. They're just two different worlds, two different genres.
What about the training you had to do? Was it anything like what you went through for 'The Wrestler?'
I was actually recouping from tendon surgery. I didn't get to train that much because I had an operation on my bicep.
Did you hurt yourself while prepping for your movie about Gareth Thomas?
Yeah. My passion of my life right now is taking a year off to train for that movie. I've written it and we're putting it together for April. It's called 'The Beautiful Game' and I know somewhere in my mind and body it'll be the most important movie I'll ever make.
Who's going to direct?
A South African guy out of commercials, like Tarsem. His name is Antony Hoffman. I saw his commercial reel and I was blown away from that. And he played rugby before he got into the film business so he understands and really loves the game. Actually, I was on location in South Asia when we got on the phone and he was on the way to New Zealand to watch South Africa in the World Cup. So that was a very good sign. I told him Gareth was there, so those two talked and everything's coming together. The only thing's that coming apart are my legs.
Are you going to be up for this role? It sounds really physically intense.
It's going to make the f-cking 'Wrestler' look like Puppy Chow. I moved my trainer in with me five months ago and it has just been brutal. It has been hard. We're trying to work it out where we shoot all the rugby stuff first because it's just -- we've got about 15 days of rugby and I don't know how the f-ck I'm going to get through it. It'll be probably the last time I get in this kind of shape.
There was a story going around that you were going to take your teeth out to play this part.
They always f-ck it up when they paraphrase. All I said is, "I don't have any front teeth, I'm going to take my bridge off." I haven't had front teeth since I was 19, so I'll have to get the bridge taken out, that's all. But they make it like I'm going to have my teeth pulled or something.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Yeah, thank you. Like I'm going to get four teeth taken out. I don't think I'd do that.
Do you have anybody else in mind to co-star in the movie?
I do, but I don't think I'm at liberty to say. Maybe one of the people happens to be in 'Immortals,' but you'd have to guess.
Henry Cavill might be hard to get after 'Man of Steel.'
You guessed way wrong.
Kellan Lutz?
You're going to have to go have a time-out.
Uh-oh. Well, Luke Evans happens to be Welsh.
[Pause]. A very great actor. He's going to have a monster career. I'd put my money on Luke Evans.
So might he be the one you'd like to have in your rugby movie?
I'm not gonna tell you, honey. But it's a great idea.
What would you say your relationship is with Hollywood these days?
Long distance. Let's put it this way, Marc Canton [producer of ''Immortals' and '300'] says hello to me when I'm at a restaurant. People said, "If Rourke can work with Aronofsky and they don't kill each other, things have changed."
Would you make another movie with Darren Aronofsky?
He is a sonofabitch, but he's so talented, I'd work with him again, but this time he'd have to pay me. He's a phenomenal director. They don't make them any better than him.
Can you be a good director and a nice guy?
Not Darren, no. But that's OK, because if he delivers like he does, then he can be a sonofabitch. He hates it. He cringes when I say that. He'll say, "You're going to scare all the other guys away." He might want some of these leading men and they're going to hear me say that. I was talking to someone -- I can't tell you who it was -- but I was sitting in a place one time talking to two major A-list Hollywood stars and they were like, "You're going to work with him?" It was like, "Yeah, man, I'm going to work with him." But Darren, listen, when you work with Aronofsky, you've gotta be in shape. He's so smart and he's so driven that it's like a great football coach. You want to play on his team. But the truth of it is, I'd probably go to work for free for him again. Yeah, he's that kind of guy.
I loved that great speech you gave when you won your Spirit Award for 'The Wrestler' and you dedicated it to your dog who had just passed away.
Aww, Loki. I put her name on the cement with me. [His hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre was on Oct. 31.] Loki's name's right there.
You said your dogs were the only ones you can count on in Hollywood. Is that still true?
Well, that was then. If you're not dead in the ground and you can't get a job, they treat you a whole helluva lot different. It's funny, I was having a conversation with Luke Evans the other night. He said, "Oh, I've got a whole bunch of new friends. And I got a whole bunch of old friends who treat me differently." And I said, "Hey, it goes with the territory." But he said to me, "I remember now who they are." Oh, you never forget.
Are you mentoring him a little bit?
No. Just having a conversation. I might not be the best one in the world to get advice from.
What are you doing between now and April?
I'm going to do a cameo in a little movie with a Nigerian director and I'm just going to work a couple of days on that. I'm shutting down everything down because I'm going to work on the Welsh accent and it's going to take me another six months to get my ass in shape, so it's going to be training twice a day, eating like a sparrow and a lot of cardio.
You're game for 'Sin City 2?'
I don't know. We'll have to cross that bridge when it comes. But I would entertain the thought.
Fans would really like to see you back for that.
Maybe the people should take a vote whether they want me to do it or not.
I think that would be a resounding yes.
We'll get all the comic book nerds together and see.
Great. Thanks, Mickey.
Give them all in Nerdville my best.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Penn State coach Coquese Washington had a simple message to her team: The game is long, so have some patience and keep playing.
That's exactly what happened Sunday afternoon. Because despite making only one their first 18 shots and trailing by 15 points in the first half the No. 19 Lady Lions rallied for a 68-65 victory at Minnesota.
"Forty minutes is a long time," Washington said. "Even if you're down 10, 12, 14 points, there's a lot of time left in the game and you simply have to focus on execution on both ends of the floor. ... We figured out the rhythm of the game, we executed better and we got stops on the defensive end when we needed."
Trailing by eight at halftime, the Lady Lions (18-5, 8-3 Big Ten) pounded the ball inside to get back in the game. But down three with 90 seconds to play, Penn State got a pair of crucial outside shots to fall to secure the victory.
Zhaque Gray made a 3-pointer with 1:11 to play to tie the game at 63-63. On Penn State's next possession, Alex Bentley (18 points) followed with a three from the top of three that gave the Lady Lions the lead for good, 66-65, with 38.9 seconds to play.
"We're a very confident team," Washington said. "I always try to tell them that if they miss early, keep shooting, the ball will find its way to the basket. I wasn't too concerned with the way we were shooting, we were getting good shots."
After Mia Nickson (20 points) made two free throws to give Penn State a 3-point lead, Minnesota had an opportunity to tie the game in the closing seconds. Gophers freshman Rachel Banham (14 points) had a good look from the right corner, but the shot wouldn't drop.
"I thought she had a good look at it, she got it off clean, and she was up and over the defender," Minnesota coach Pam Borton said. "I thought she had a great look at it and a great shot."
Said Nickson, who flew at Banham as she released the shot: "Luckily it didn't go in. I think she had a clear shot at the basket, but I was able to get there just in time so she wasn't able to get a great look at it. But she had a nice look at it."
When the Lady Lions secured the rebound, they were also able to close out a victory that didn't seem certain for much of the game.
"We didn't match their intensity at the jump the way we wanted to and they had some great looks in the first half," Nickson said.
"I thought they did a good job of making it hard for us to run our stuff, they defended us well," Washington said.
PENN ST. (18-5): Nickson 5-9 10-12 20, Greene 2-8 2-2 6, Gray 2-8 2-2 8, Bentley 6-13 3-7 16, Lucas 4-13 0-0 10, East 0-0 0-0 0, Edwards 0-2 2-2 2, Studevent 0-0 0-0 0, Waldner 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 22-58 19-25 68.
MINNESOTA (12-13): Kellogg 4-9 2-2 11, Loberg 2-6 0-0 4, Banham 5-15 4-4 14, Cotton 0-0 0-0 0, Buford 5-15 3-4 13, Riche 1-1 3-4 5, Noga 1-4 1-2 3, B. Mastey 3-5 5-6 11, Dvorak 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 22-58 20-24 65.
Halftime-Minnesota 32-24. 3-Point Goals-Penn St. 5-14 (Lucas 2-4, Gray 2-6, Bentley 1-3, Edwards 0-1), Minnesota 1-7 (Kellogg 1-1, Noga 0-1, Banham 0-5). Fouled Out-Kellogg. Rebounds-Penn St. 33 (Greene, Nickson 9), Minnesota 42 (Buford 10). Assists-Penn St. 12 (Bentley, Lucas 4), Minnesota 14 (Buford 5). Total Fouls-Penn St. 20, Minnesota 19. A-4,324.


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Obese Fathers More Likely to Have Obese Children
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Australian researchers have discovered that the sperm of overweight fathers appears to transfer a molecular signal that causes their offspring to inherit obesity, according to nzherald.
The study suggests that the obesity in the offspring of overweight fathers occurs more frequently and is more severe in females than males.
The work of Robinson Institute Research Center for Reproductive Health at the University of Adelaide has concentrated on microRNA expression on mice sperm.
The study involves two groups, one of mice fed a high-fat diet and another fed a healthy diet. Researchers then screen the microRNA to profile the sperm.
The researchers will soon recruit people into the study and introduce the research at the World Congress on Human Reproduction in Melbourne.
The transfer of the obesity factor is a biological process, not a genetic one. A father who loses weight and gets fit is less likely to pass on obesity to his children, according to the research.
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Last time on the Saturday Slow-Down...
...we continued our wanderings in the Disney Animation Building in the Hollywood Backlot and spent some time in the Sorcerer's Workshop. Today, we're going to continue our tour through the building and spend some time in another seriously cool room, the Animation Academy.
At the core of Disney is its animation. For those who have even the tiniest bit of knowledge about the company's history, Disney began with animation, and there's no reason to believe it will ever play anything but a major role in everything that happens at The Parks, hand-drawn cells or computer-generated.
As such, the Animation Academy offers an excellent opportunity for you, the Park guest, to try your own hand at drawing some of The Park's most famous characters.
After waiting outside the Academy in a little foyer (which provides an excellent location for watching more of those fantastic lobby movie clips we talked about a few weeks ago) you're ushered into a fairly large room (tons of cushioned seating available) where you pick up your artist's tablet, pencil and paper (waiting in your seat for you), and await your Cast Member's instructions.
|A Cast Member explains the process of the Animation Academy
It, of course, works much like you would expect it to. Your duly appointed Cast Member draws your character up on stage, step by step (it is projected up on a great big screen) and your goal is to follow them as closely as you can, hoping to garner something that even remotely resembles the work of stunning perfection that they've just drawn. Needless to say, it doesn't always work out that way.
|If you can tell who your drawing is supposed to be, then you've been successful
Like the Sorcerer's Workshop, the Animation Academy is something that we typically ignored. But since we started going in, it's something that we've typically tried to do on a regular basis, if for no other reason than to see what character we might wind up with this time.
It usually takes about a half hour to do the Animation Academy (between waiting and the actual "show). So at this point, if you're still following us around and haven't dropped off, you've spent about an hour and 40 minutes in the building so far. Are we having fun yet?
Next week, we'll move into the last room in the building, the Character Close-Up. Only one week to go, and we hope you'll be here to wrap up our little tour with us!
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- 3/4 c. Freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 Tbsp. Grand marnier
- 1/2 c. Sugar
- 1 tsp Orange zest, finely minced *INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO SAUCE***
- 1/4 c. Espresso beans
- 1 c. Heavy cream
- 1/2 c. Granulated sugar
- 6 ounce Bittersweet chocolate, coarsely minced
- 2 Tbsp. Unsalted butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- How to Prepare the Orange Sauce:Combine ingredients in a non-reactive saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, till thick and syrupy and reduced by half. How to Prepare the Chocolate Espresso Sauce:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.
- 2. Place the espresso beans on a baking sheet and roast for 5-10 min, just till you can begin to smell their aroma. Remove beans and allow to cold. Place in a coffee grinder and grind coarsely.
- Place the beans in a small sauce pan with the heavy cream and bring to a boil, remove from heat and let sit for 30 min.
- 3. Strain the heavy cream through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl.
- Return the infused cream to the saucepan with the sugar and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add in chocolate and butter and vanilla and stir till smooth.
- 4. Cover and keep hot till ready to use.
- Presentation:Place a slice of cake on a dessert plate. Pour the chocolate espresso sauce around the cake and drizzle with the orange sauce.
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|Amount Per Serving
|Serving Size 184g
|Recipe makes 4 servings
|Calories 601
|Calories from Fat 335
|Total Fat 39.2g
|Saturated Fat 24.32g
|Trans Fat 0.0g
|Cholesterol 56mg
|Sodium 23mg
|Potassium 474mg
|Total Carbs 68.57g
|Dietary Fiber 7.2g
|Sugars 54.44g
|Protein 6.49g


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Design for the interior decoration of 1 Grosvenor Crescent, London, featuring green patterned wallpaper and a door with stained glass panels
George Aitchison (1825-1910)
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George Aitchison's interior decoration schemes contain exotic patterns and strong colours. These are common features of the Aesthetic style, popularised in late 19th century. Many British artists and designers at this time were inspired by Japanese art and uses stylised motifs based on natural forms. The front door has stained glass in two of the door's panels; a distinctive Victorian design innovation. You can see the only surviving example of Aitchison's decorative schemes in the Arab Hall of Leighton House, South Kensington.


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David Hasselhoff is doing well after a 911 call and a trip to the hospital Sunday.
"This was all a misunderstanding," Hasselhoff's attorney Mel Goldsman tells PEOPLE. "David was being treated for an inner ear infection and had a bad reaction to his medication over the weekend. He lost his equilibrium and it left him dizzy. This was not an alcohol relapse. David was taken to Encino Hospital on Sunday and released within the hour. He's fine now and looking forward to doing his jury duty this week."
Los Angeles City Fire department spokesman Devin Gales confirmed they were called to Hasselhoff's Encino, Calif. home Sunday afternoon.
"We were summoned there for an unspecified request for medical aid," Gales said. "At least one person at that residence was transported to a local hospital."
TMZ.com reported that 911 was called because Hasselhoff's daughter became alarmed that he was drinking to excess.
A recovering alcoholic, Hasselhoff, 57, was briefly hospitalized four months ago after a relapse.
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Raritan Valley, the borough's current trash hauler, did not submit a bid to win the new contract. It also did not attend a pre-bid meeting with the borough.
Raritan Valley has been collecting trash in Emmaus since 2011.
Raritan Valley said start over
Before the vote to hire Mascaro, Andy Foster of Raritan Valley unsuccessfully urged council to reject the current bids and re-advertise for new bids.
He claimed doing so would save the borough money.
Foster argued there are legal errors and ambiguities in the borough's "flawed" bid specifications-- including some that are contrary to Pennsylvania law -- which "created an uneven playing field and a lack of a common standard as to what every bidder was bidding about."
He mentioned the possibility of lawsuit, which would have to come from a borough taxpayer, "if these issues are not corrected."
"Re-bid this contract and give everyone a clean, fair and equal chance," urged Foster.
Responding, council member Labenberg told Foster: "I don't understand why you weren't at the pre-bid meeting. That's why we have pre-bid meeting, so you can ask about any concerns you have in the contract. Any questions you have you could have asked at the meeting."
The council member also told Foster the contract he was "ripping apart" is the same contract Raritan Valley was hired under.
DeGennaro of Mascaro told council: "It's a ruse to suggest there's not an even playing field. It would not be fair to reject these bids. I think it's sour grapes. They didn't bid; they should have bid."
Dimmich, the borough solicitor, told council that "perhaps" some language in the bid specs might have been clearer, but told council it would survive a legal challenge.
"Can I tell you that you won't get sued?" said Dimmich. "No. You can get sued by anybody for anything at any time. But they do need to have a taxpayer that would want to come forward and make the actual complaint, because the company itself cannot complain about the bid."
DeGennaro said Mascaro would join in defending Emmaus against such a lawsuit.
State money sought for culvert project
On another issue, council approved the borough manager quickly applying for state grants to help pay to replace a deteriorating culvert that runs beneath North 10th Street, just north of the intersection with Chestnut Street -- beyond the Advance Auto Parts store.
A branch of Leibert Creek flows through the culvert.
Pepe said the borough has been trying to do the project for about five years. "It's a budgetary issue, but now it's turning into a safety issue."
"The pipe is collapsing, so the road's going down with it," said Holtzhafer.
Pepe said the culvert is a galvanized metal pipe that has deteriorated. "It is in very bad condition." He explained the plan is to replace it with "an open-face cement culvert."
He said council has budgeted $145,000 to do the project this year, but the cost has ballooned to about $200,000 because the entire culvert must be replaced and the road rebuilt.
Pepe said the Emmaus will only have to pay 30 percent of the total cost if it wins the grants.
The manager said the original idea was that another pipe could be slipped inside the existing pipe, "but we can't do it; it's too bad. It's in really bad shape."
"We'll have to dig up the entire road all the way down to the creek---18 to 20 feet down," said Pepe.
He said that project is complicated by the fact that water and sewer lines run under 10th Street.


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Angel Cremation Urns
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Angel cremation urns are a common and beautiful part of many memorials. But, with their connection to the world of the spirit, they can offer much more than meets the eye. Below are some interesting ideas and facts about angels that are especially relevant to angel cremation urns.
How Angels differ from Humans:
Experts in Christianity tell us that Angels are actually, in the realm of heaven, one step below that of humans. To understand this, one can compare angels to, say, guide dogs for the blind. The dogs consistently guide their charges in a good direction, but their companion is under no obligation to follow the lead. Even though angels are said to be messengers directly from God, it is the human, not the angel, that God is most interested in, the experts say. Humans are imperfect, whereas angels are humble but infallible. With this difference, God can test and measure the spiritual worthiness of a human by simply observing interactions with angels.
Angel cremation urns, therefore, can be an especially comforting tribute to a loved-one's memory. By invoking the image of an angel in connection to a loved-one, angel cremation urns can be a permanent reminder of the goodness of the loved-one's soul that has most certainly followed angels, such as those depicted on the angel cremation urn, all the way to eternal perfection with God in Heaven.
How Angels rank in the Spiritual World:
Over the centuries, theologians and philosophers have attempted to define and rank the various types of figures in the spiritual world. An age old Roman Catholic text, for example, says there are nine classes of spiritual beings (listed from highest to lowest) Seraphs, Cherubs, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels. And still other famous names, such as philosopher-theologian Thomas Aquinas, have come up with even more complicated – sometimes conflicting – lists that have been studied for centuries.
Modern day theologians tend to avoid being caught up in ranking spiritual beings such as angels and, instead, focus on their role with humans. (The assumption apparently being that we humans can never hope to understand the inner workings of heaven until we arrive there, so understanding how angels rank in that world is a mostly irrelevant venture.) The important thing to remember about angels is that, no matter where they rank in heaven, they bring the infallible word of God to humans on Earth. It is then up to the humans to follow the word that the angels bring. The other spiritual beings in heaven, perhaps, play various other roles in helping God to judge how humans follow his word but, really, a much better understanding of the spiritual world – an understand that will likely be forever unavailable to mortal humans – is required to know that with certainty. Whatever their rank in the spiritual world, angels are a direct communication link with that world for humans. So angels are, unquestionably, a fitting symbol for a cremation urn. By simply looking at an angel urn, a human can stay connected for eternity with his loved-one.


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Letters to the editor: Warming Center urges support
I once heard the question asked, "If you had a choice, would you rather be the recipient of mercy or the provider thereof?" I dare say most would answer the provider. The Gospels speak to the importance of showing mercy. Matthew 5:7 says, "Blessed are the merciful as they shall be shown mercy."
For the past few years, readers of the Erie Times-News have been most merciful to their neighbors who literally find themselves caught out in the cold. They have shown great mercy by giving both goods and donations to the Warming Center at the Mental Health Association.
Each night the temperature is forecast to drop to 25 degrees or below, the doors of the Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania, at 1101 Peach St., open. Mercifully, due to the generosity of many, shelterless men, women and children are welcomed in from the deadly cold.
The Warming Center at MHA would welcome the donation of funds and materials crucial to meeting the needs of its guests.
For more information, call Bill Grove, chief executive of the Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania at 452-4462 or check out the Warming Center at MHA's wish list on the Web page at www.mhanp.org.
Brian McLaughlin|Erie
Kelly criticized
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, of Butler: I think you owe the kind and hardworking people of the 3rd Congressional District a thorough explanation as to the real reason you strongly support Marcellus Shale gas exploration. By supporting and/or passing legislation favorable to Exxon/Mobil, you and your wife made millions in personal income.
In addition, you stand to make even more with your holdings in Campbells Gas Partners and PC Exploration Ltd. It is no wonder you have taken such a high profile on Marcellus gas development. I understand that everything you did is legitimate and not illegal, but I do insist that it is immoral.
You consistently voted for foreign aid to hostile nations like Pakistan and others, while ignoring the needs of the people in your district. Tell me how many federal tax dollars you brought to the 3rd District to support a library, food pantry, heating costs or to help with housing? Except for an occasional dog-and-pony show with corporate leaders, your performance with people has been dismal at best.
Bill Warren|Albion
Modern church condemned
Oct. 11 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II. While I do not remember the Holy Latin Mass, I do remember serving the Novus Ordo Mass and receiving explicit instruction and example on the reverence required within the sanctuary and for Holy Communion.
Now, 50 years later, the Mass I attend is painfully similar to any Protestant gathering. Fifty years later, 90 percent of religious orders have no more vocations, our priests number one-tenth of their predecessors, fewer than one-half of Catholics attend church, and only 38 percent of those who do believe in the real presence!
The church is dying because leaders within the church have used Vatican II as an excuse to destroy the faith of our fathers.
Priests and bishops have not taught the faith properly for decades. Our priests will celebrate this continuing decay until they no longer have their food, shelter, cars and health insurance paid for, because the churches will be empty.
And to those who think this rant extreme, remember me when you try to go to Mass and the doors are shut tight. God will not be mocked or trifled with. Oct. 11, 1962, the day the holy Catholic Church began to die!
John Dombrowski|McKean
Gas prices remain confusing
The whole gas price situation is very aggravating to folks in general, but an explanation of high prices is very hard to understand. The gas prices in Waterford historically have always been a little better than elsewhere in the area, but in early October it was downright crazy!
For example, Kwik Fill stations, and all other stations in Waterford, on Oct. 4 had gas for sale for 33 cents cheaper than Kwik Fill stations in Edinboro and Cambridge Springs. The price was $3.95 vs. $3.62.
My questions are, how can the "other" stations in Waterford sell gas for the same price? Are they losing money? An attendant told me they are making much less, but selling a much higher volume right now.
This whole gas pricing deal seems to be out of line. It never fails that when the economy starts to get going, prices go up again, and there goes everyone's extra spending money again. If the government wants to regulate so many things, how about gas prices?
C. Bauer|Cambridge Springs
Angler laments 'too much control'
Outdoors writer Mike Bleech's article in the Erie Times-News on Oct. 9 was a clear example of too much government ("Sportsmen's Act of 2012 advances").
The following laws and groups are all mentioned in an attempt to aid another branch in this mess: the Sportsmen's Act of 2012; House resolution 4089; the Heritage Act of 2012; Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation; Farm Bill of 2012; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; Bureau of Land Management; the Forest Service; Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Environmental Protection Agency; and the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, which would establish the National Fish Habitat Partnership.
Does all of this sound like too much control over my putting a line in the water with a worm on it to you? Oh, and I should also mention a full page Newspaper in Education feature in the Erie Times-News on the same date from Pennsylvania Sea Grant telling me to practically sanitize boots, poles, bait, etc.
The rest of this country is on the same path: too much government involvement. Remember this the next time you back a group or vote.
Lewis McClain|Edinboro
All dogs need training, love
S. Earl's letter about how we shouldn't tolerate pit bulls was very sad (Erie Times-News, Oct. 12). I am so sorry for the loss of her cat. Second, I hope the letter writer and others will eventually change your minds.
Unfortunately, the pit bulls or "bully breeds" have become popular; walking the dogs with chains or spikes around their necks must make the owners feel like they are making some sort of statement. These dogs are often then taken home and tied up in the yard and neglected.
All dogs, regardless of the breed, need attention, training, socialization, exercise, guidance and love.
Unfortunately, this is usually not the case and bad things will happen when it isn't. Pit bulls are loyal, loving, smart dogs, but unfortunately most are not given the chance to prove that.
Bonnie Campbell-Rispin|Erie


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March 1, 2012
As part of the early field experience curriculum at Saint Vincent College, students are taught how to deliver instruction online as well as participate in actual classroom opportunities at several schools in the region. "The course is designed to acquaint our students with a variety of schooling opportunities in our area" said Dr. Veronica Ent, associate professor and chair of the education department. "As part of the curriculum, the students experience public rural, suburban and urban schools as well as private, charter and alternative education and now, with the addition of online pedagogy, they will also experience the nature of cyber education, too." This spring, students enrolled in the early field experience course are delivering online career workshops to students of the Dr. Robert Ketterer Charter School (RKCS). Eric Guldin, CEO and principal of RKCS, commented, "this is an excellent enrichment opportunity for our students to help them learn of potential careers that they can pursue upon leaving our school." Mr. Guldin and Brooke Perice, RKCS curriculum supervisor, have surveyed students' career interests and partnered with Saint Vincent College to offer online, real-time workshops on the careers that are popular with their students. The most popular are oil and gas drilling, computer engineering and marketing. College students were asked to develop a workshop and deliver their session at a specified time. "As the coordinator, I have learned quickly that college students are naturals at using the computer, and with some instruction about online delivery, they have really enjoyed this experience and continue to improve each time they work with a student online," said David Gilbert, online instructional support coordinator in education. "I am really surprised by the interactivity we can have using the computer," said Melanie Fetzer of Allison Park, a freshman, early childhood education major. "The interactive part is much better than using Skype, because you have the polling opportunities in which you can immediately share results and change what you are teaching to help students learn." "I really think this experience will help me find a job," added Megan Regula of Loyalhanna, a junior, early childhood education major, teaching about horse training to an RKCS student. "I am nervous about doing this, but I really enjoy it." The Saint Vincent College education department plans to offer similar online workshops such as the exploring careers series to other school districts. "We hope that other school districts will be interested in having an online series for their students," said Dr. Ent. Some of the topics Dr. Ent hopes to add to online career education are improving soft skills, job finding techniques and internet etiquette and safety for minors. "Since most schools are under pressure for academics and testing, we hope that having this outreach will address some of the areas that are hard to fit in during the school day," Dr. Ent concluded. The Education Department continues to offer one-to-one online tutoring for K-12 students and other services to offer experiences for pre-service teachers. For more information on this program and others, contact the education department, email@example.com or 724 805-2943.
Photo: Melanie Fetzer of Allison Park, a freshman majoring in early childhood education, utilizes the online career training program.
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By Logan Lowery
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STARKVILLE – It has become a training camp tradition at Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs trade in the comforting confines of their traditional practice fields for the solitude, smells and sweltering heat of a place simply known to the players and coaches alike as "the farm."
MSU has worked the past two days at the site located on the south side of campus near the veterinary hospital and intramural fields.
"It's hot, it stinks and it smells like cows – it's a farm," said quarterback Dak Prescott. "When it rains the mud comes and when it gets muddy it's even worse. It's an experience and is part of camp. You just have to keep going."
Dan Mullen has brought the team to the farm each of his six seasons as head coach in order to signify the start of practice before the fall semester begins.
"It's great to be back out there," Mullen said. "For our guys, it's a different mindset when you get out there. This is our team to come together as a team and for guys to develop and focus on what training camp is about. It's such a different setting out there and much different than any game week or anything else. I think it's easier to focus that way."
The Bulldogs held two-a-day practices at the farm on Tuesday and will continue to work there the rest of the week. State will hold one practice daily from Wednesday through Friday before doubling up again on Saturday.
"There's no trees and nothing but Mississippi heat and humidity," said defensive end Preston Smith. "It's nothing but heat, shoulder pads and a bunch of running around. It's tough but it's nothing we haven't been through before."
The setting on the farm is exactly the way that Mullen wants it.
"You won't find shade on that field at any point during the day," Mullen said. "There's not one angle where the sun is going to provide any shade out there. The mental toughness that they learn out there, they know they have to fight through it and it will make us stronger."
Four QBs in camp
Mississippi State has four scholarship quarterbacks in camp for the first time in Mullen's tenure.
Prescott enters his junior season as the starter while sophomore Damien Williams serves as his back-up. True freshmen Nick Fitzgerald and Elijah Staley were signed earlier this year giving the Bulldogs the most scholarship signal callers on campus since 2008.
"It gives them a little more rest and they don't get as worn down at practice," Mullen said. "I've had (four quarterbacks) before in my career. We'll talk in meetings beforehand about who gets what reps. I don't mind moving the quarterbacks around to put them in those situations and see how their leadership is. It' s a good way to test them."


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Things are tough all over these days, even in television. Cable competition is keen and the appetite for trash seems insatiable.
Such venerable cash cows as "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars" have slipped a bit. Even Glenn Beck no longer satisfies the appetite for red meat.
What TV needs is another sappy, sexy soap opera — complete with messy marriages, lots of dirty, rotten lies and a cast of comic-strip characters. And, by golly, it has found one.
It's the fast filling-up field of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, entry to which is as easy as crossing the Texas border. For pure entertainment, it's a show that can't be beaten.
Some predicable performers are already warming up in the green room, including Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and even Rick Santorum. (Rick who?) This is the retread brigade, guys who used to be somebody — governors, senators or, in Gingrich's case, a former House speaker.
Those siren sisters of hard-right Republicanism — Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann — also appear ready to make the race, or at least the public debates. And some newcomers soon may jump in, notably Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
But promising as it is, this cast lacks star quality. It needs someone who elicits raves and rage, who brings out the best — or preferably the worst — in the American audience. That's where Donald Trump comes in.
Improbable as it seems, Trump, the "Great I Am," has climbed to the top of the slippery Republican presidential poll. It's a measure of how desperate the GOP's base is for a candidate shameless enough to voice the most unfounded claims ("birther," "Muslim") against Barack Obama.
Trump is outrageous. But he's not without competition in that category — not as long as Newt Gingrich is in the field.
Newt's running as the "morality" candidate, which requires uncommon chutzpah considering his three marriages and assorted sexual dalliances. Newt's got an explanation for his serial adultery; he was driven to it, he says, by an overdose of passionate patriotism. Newt's got a way with words.
Bachmann likes to display her devotion to the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution, as she did when reminding New Hampshire Republicans that the first shots of the Revolution were fired in their state. Alas, they were fired in Massachusetts, but who's keeping track?
Palin's no better. She apparently didn't know there was a Korean War. Guess if she can't see the place from her front porch (remember Russia?), it doesn't exist.
Mitt Romney's the straight man in this drama, your classic stiff. But there's more to Romney than his critics let on — especially more positions on more issues. He's a conservative, for now. But he ran for governor of Massachusetts a few years ago, proclaiming himself "liberal as Ted Kennedy" and pro-choice on abortion, and he authored state health care reform remarkably like the Obamacare he now denounces. He's a regular whirling dervish.
Haley Barbour is a smart guy with promise. But he'll have a devilish time explaining his defense of the segregationist White Citizens Councils as just a bunch of benign good ol' boys. And Santorum? He's the bloke that Alan Simpson, a Republican conservative, named while condemning "homophobia" in the GOP.
But it's the Donald who's the big noise in the GOP race, at least on TV. He's the one who moves the ratings numbers. But will be really run? Maybe. But it's doubtful.
To hear him tell it, he's got enough money to self-fund a campaign and he's sure got the ego. But with three marriages and as many bankruptcies, does he really want to risk the withering scrutiny a formal campaign would bring? The guess here is no — that once he's milked TV for the attention he craves, Trump will keep his cash and retire undefeated.
None of the aforementioned notables inspires much confidence, but that may not matter. The GOP is not without candidates with real presidential potential talent. Mitch Daniels, Indiana's governor, for one. Or Jon Huntsman, Obama's ambassador to China and former Utah governor. In the end, expect the GOP to choose a quality presidential candidate.
The real show has yet to begin.
John Farmer is a Star-Ledger columnist.


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Givenchy introduces a new range of backpacks, designed by Riccardo Tisci and called the 17, new interpretations of the brand's iconic men's' accessory.
Comprising of two styles, the 17 is inspired by the duffle bag and is designed with utility, sport, and sophistication in mind.
Two large versions both reflect the theme of the Fall Winter 2014 collection. One, in nylon, features the lines of a basketball court; the other, in smooth, slightly shiny white leather, is designed with a flag patch and zippered shoulder straps.
Each style has handles which allow it to be used as either a duffle bag or a backpack.
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Letters to the editor: Lord vote was created issue
Why was there still a debate over Lord Corp. and tax incentives? Lord said it was here to stay with or without the incentives. How could this not be a win-win for Erie County?
Any kind of incentives are more a gesture of good faith to retain one of Erie's best employers and all 800 to 900 good-paying jobs. Think about it. All those employees paying state and local taxes. These same people will be spending their hard-earned money at local businesses.
It just upsets me when this issue shouldn't have been an issue. Lord Corp. has been a leader in Erie's manufacturing base for more than 80 years. It has supplied good-paying jobs, community service and a huge tax base. Plus, its employees contribute to the local economy.
When a company invests $75 million to stay in a specific location, it sends a good message to that community. If there is any financial help available, it should be worked into the plan. Are people aware that Lord Corp., a leader in aerospace, will soon be a billion-dollar company? It chose Erie for its main aerospace manufacturing production center and I'm very happy about that!
William L. Galleur|Erie
Editorial blasted
I could not believe my eyes when I read your editorial on Sept. 12 regarding the Kanzius Foundation (Erie Times-News, "Beck courts publicity, hurts Kanzius"). After all the effort put forth by Mark Neidig, executive director of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, how could you denigrate such a fine man by making this a political issue? "To be or not to be" is my next question. To be or not to be a reader of this purposely biased Erie newspaper? The obvious prejudice is growing.
Where was the uproar in your newspaper when Neidig presented the Kanzius cancer treatment proposal to one of the greatest promoters of killing babies since King Herod's time, Nancy Pelosi? If you are trying to ruin the Kanzuis Foundation for us "small donors" in the Erie area who are supporting Neidig and the other countless volunteers who want to be free of cancer, you are certainly doing a good job!
Keeping your political views out of the medical triumph that we "small donors" foresee would help not only the Kanzius Foundation but also your goal of not losing your readership.
Samuel R. Filutze|North East
Please watch for motorcycles
For the past month, I have been hearing cars, trucks and SUVs go in the path of a motorcycle and maybe cause the driver of the motorcycle to be seriously hurt or killed.
Can't you all wait for a minute longer until the motorcycle passes you, then turn to the direction you need to go? Or are most of you in a big hurry to go somewhere?
All of you need to stop and think that motorcycles have less of a chance of survival than a vehicle in an accident. I wait for them to pass by me. Why can't you all do the same? My husband has a motorcycle and I worry a lot when he leaves to go somewhere.
Karen Conner|Erie
Socialism seen in America
Recently, socialism has gained favor from a lot of people on the left. You can see signs being carried by union and Occupy Wall Street protesters touting socialism and denigrating capitalism. Many left-wing media commentators and college professors are admitted socialists. Left-wing politicians are more cautious about revealing their socialist beliefs, but you can see them in their words and actions.
Socialism might be attractive to those who are struggling, but the results won't be much different, other than there would be a lot more people struggling. The biggest wealth disparity is in socialist and communist countries. Instead of three classes, there are two: the government elites and their cronies, and everyone else.
Capitalism is not perfect because people are not perfect. But the truth is people work hardest when they get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. When their wealth is redistributed, there is no incentive to work hard. When did fairness change from everyone having an equal opportunity to everyone having the same amount of stuff?
Big business is not the boogeyman. You don't have to support a particular business. They have to compete for your business. However, there is no escape from big government. Only government has the power to take away your freedom and your money. Be careful what you wish for and be careful who you vote for.
Shirley Nemenz|Erie
Beeman's claims lack merit
How ridiculous are Ebert Beeman's claims that his Asperger's syndrome justifies his actions and choices. Our son has the same problem and it only affects control of outbursts and certain behavior problems, not the choice of right or wrong.
If that is his "claim," then he does not and should not be in a position to make decisions if he can't tell right from wrong. How would he know? If he claims that as his problem, then he should be removed from an office where you need to know what decisions to make and knowing right from wrong makes a difference.
James Lehr Sr.|Erie
You can help make difference
I applaud the outstanding work that Erie Together has done for the Erie community over the past two years. There has been much research about the negative effects that severe economic deprivation has on our families, youth, neighborhoods and ultimately our future generations to come.
Over 45 years of research have been conducted by the University of Washington that demonstrates that poverty is a risk factor for such adolescent problem behaviors as teen pregnancy, violence, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency and school dropouts. It's a shame that Pennsylvania spends the same amount of money on feeding prison inmates in one day as it does on prevention programs for a year.
Teen pregnancy has been coined "the pipeline to poverty" while the school dropout issue has been referred to as "the pipeline to prison." These expressions are unfortunate, but quite accurate. Poverty is more than just being poor. It creates a sense of hopelessness in our young people, and generational poverty will take years to improve. The time is now to work with our families and youth to break the cycle of poverty. Erie Together, under the guidance of such great community assets as the Erie Community Foundation and the United Way of Erie County, is making an investment in our future for all of us in Erie. Please consider supporting this great initiative by serving on one of the Community Action Teams or any other way you can help.
Joe Markiewicz|Erie
Why not reset legislators' pay?
I think that the voters of Erie County should vote out every Republican who holds an office in Harrisburg. This reclassification of Erie County from an urban county to a rural county is just a vendetta by Gov. Tom Corbett to punish Erie County. This is punishing the people who do some of the toughest jobs that require a real commitment to do.
I think we should pay our legislators the same way: If you live in a rural area, you do not need as much as someone who lives in Pittsburgh. Fair is fair.
Bob Rose|Harborcreek
Child's condition misunderstood
Recently, I was in the Haborcreek Walmart with my handicapped daughter. We were in the bathroom when she had a behavior problem. She has severe autism and mental retardation. She does a scream and at times will emit a half cry. I was trying to attend to her and calm her down.
A couple of women tried to break through the handicapped stall. One of them told me she was security. She asked me if I had hit my daughter. She said that I must have done that or she wouldn't be crying like that. I had to divert my attention from my daughter to yell at this woman over all the noise the women were creating. It took me much longer to calm my daughter.
Autism is a disease of the brain that affects our children's emotions. My daughter can't control her emotions or how she reacts. She can only scream, lash out and sometimes cry. She can't speak because of the overwhelming emotion and the mental retardation.
All of you parents who suffer with your children know the emotional upset when the public interferes and demeans us for not having control over our children. I commend all of the parents who just want to give their children a normal life, as much as is possible. To all the busybodies and superwomen who have all the answers, please leave us alone. To all the people who open doors for us, ask us if we need anything and compliment us, thank you for your encouragement and kindnesses.
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Hi, my name's Mike. I'm from Canada and the question is are you into social networking?
Nowadays I think it's very rare to find people that aren't into social networking. So, yes, I am into social networking in the sense that I do have an account and I do use it every once in a while. But as much as social networking has brought us all together, I think in some ways people are a little bit more disconnected because people feel that they're so connected on a social network that they no longer need to connect in person. So, unfortunately, some people have lost the human touch and the part that makes us human connecting face to face and I hope that people can go forward and remember that it's still very important to connect with one another on a real level.
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The Role of Shareholders in Publicly Traded Corporations in the United States
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November 16, 2010
THE PUBLIC COMPANIES AND THE ROLE OF SHAREHOLDERS: NATIONAL MODELS TOWARDS GLOBAL INTEGRATION, Eugenio Ruggiero and Sabrina Bruno, eds., Kluwer Law International, Forthcoming
Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 211
The United States chapter discusses the ownership of publicly traded corporations and shareholder rights and protections. The importance of shareholder voting and the use of proxy fights are a significant focus of the chapter. In addition the chapter covers shareholders' rights to information under federal and state law, role of independent directors, fiduciary duties, private and public enforcement to protect shareholders and the market for corporate control. The chapter reflects recent developments resulting from Dodd-Franks legislation and SEC rulemaking.
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6 Realistic Changes That Would Improve Superhero Movies
#3. The Helicarrier Works
Not so much a big ship as a baby Star Destroyer.
This isn't just for the movies, this includes the comics and cartoons, even the video games, anywhere. The S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier is meant to be a mobile city of justice, a floating fortress of immediate retaliation, but its only function is being blown up by bad guys. The government would be better off funding "Freebird" encores in oil refineries. They could only cause more regular explosions in the sky if they moved Groundhog Day to the Fourth of July.
S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel don't bother with alarm clocks -- they just wait for the next detonation.
Just once, I want to see this immensity of ass-kickers actually kick ass. And not as a quick joke: I want the heroes to spend the whole movie finding big, bad villains, then blot out their sun and just win. Because the villain isn't an entire superpower with an insane military budget and a hardware fetish, and simply can't have anything on the scale of the helicarrier. That is the whole point of a helicarrier.
#2. Being Brilliant at Something Isn't Good Enough
Superheroes are often the greatest at something before they even get their powers. But you simply can't be good enough at some things to beat other things. It's full-contact rock-paper-scissors: The world's greatest backflipper can't evade even an average-to-middling automatic-weapon-user.
"Wow, chum, it's way easier from this side of these things!"
We should see heroes go up against things they actually can't beat with their current strategy, forcing them to learn and try new things, instead of brooding for the second act before trying the same thing harder. Wolverine already has a lot of problems, and charging into machine-gun fire shouldn't be "soaks up a few hits then starts stabbing everyone"; it should be "immediately collapses into a pile of shredded guts because his indestructible bones are no longer connected to the muscles required to run."
That motorbike should be painted Canadian red.
The flipside of this super paper-rock-scissors game is the nerfing all the best powers. The most famous recent example was Avengers, in which an old bodybuilder, a walking weapon of mass destruction, and an actual God are all evenly matched, because otherwise the story doesn't work. But the most blatant example is Professor X, the most powerful psychic in the world, versus long-range Uri Geller. We're told Magneto created a metal helmet that blocks psychic power. How long has telepathy been a shitty mobile-phone signal? And does he wear it all the time? Does it rust in the shower? Does he make all his stupid villainous mistakes because he can't get any sleep with his head inside his filthy, rusted-steel skull prison?
Sure, it's hard to write a screenplay where all the powers interact well. That's why screenwriting is a job.
#1. Dealing With Their Origin Stories
A bizarre accident gives someone incredible powers far beyond mortal humans, and incredible amnesia about how that happened. According to movies, people give less thought to updating their bodies than their iPhones.
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"If I gain the majestic ability to soar like an eagle, will Flappy Bird still work?"
The origin is just an excuse to give someone powers, but including it as part of the story and then ignoring it just makes the hero look stupid. Daredevil gains incredible super-senses when he's blinded by toxic sludge, then uses them to throw sticks at people. Because that's obviously what you'd do with a functional cure for blindness.
"And I'll use a combination nunchuck-skipping-rope to make sure I don't look cool for you assholes who can look at things."
That stuff probably gives you the eyes of a hawk if you don't use it as a facial scrub, and as a lawyer even his civilian identity has the power to track down the toxic chemicals that blinded a child. And if Bruce Banner hadn't gotten himself blasted by his own bomb, making him the worst military researcher ever, the first time the military used it they would have turned an entire enemy city into indestructible hulks. Making him an even worse military researcher. Including the origin and then ignoring it means you spend the entire second act with the hero not merely dropping Chekov's gun, but actively unloading it and throwing it away.
Starting super-sequences with an origin story means wasting at least a third of every movie on a random non-super asshole, then the whole "zero to hero" arc -- one we've already seen about everything from boxing to bloody breakdancing -- and the movie finally ends at the point where it should have started: the superperson in the movie's title.
We've got movies about people who can film action scenes in our dreams and engage in slow-motion gunfights in computers, and those didn't need an entire movie of setup first. We didn't have unpowered characters expositing, "Hey, life would be cooler with an incredible technology that connects fictional ideas to reality." That's what movies are! We don't need a crappy explanation; we need a kickass story. Tell you what, you start a movie called Superman with an amazing man flying and kicking ass, and I bet we'll be able to puzzle it out. Especially when you're now rebooting stories you've already told. There are only so many times we can see a man discovering a new ability, shooting stuff across the room, then looking at his own hand and going, "Whoa!" before we realize that isn't exciting, it's masturbation.
"Maybe I shouldn't be doing this in public."
Beware the power of MAX GATLING in The Manliest Names in Movies, and mourn the loss of Comics Continuity Casualty: Lady Blackhawk.
See more things movies should be doing with 5 Superheroes Who Should Have Gotten Movies Before Ant-Man and The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made.
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|Santa Rosa Symphony nabs top award
The Santa Rosa Symphony garnered a first place award for adventurous programming in the 2012-2013 season by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
SRS earned first prize among orchestras of its budget size across the nation.
The Santa Rosa Symphony was one of 19 American orchestras to be honored June 18 at the League of American Orchestras 68th National Conference in St. Louis, Mo.
SRS is the resident orchestra of the Green Music Center on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park.
The Santa Rosa Symphony, under the leadership of Music Director and Conductor Bruno Ferrandis, was selected for "Programming of Contemporary Music" in its 2012-2013 season because of its commitment to new music by commissioning two world premieres by California-based composers Nolan Gasser and Edmund Campion, and an American premiere of a new work by Martin Matalon.
"Ten years ago, the Board of Directors of the Santa Rosa Symphony established a bold vision to become one of the leading regional symphony orchestras in America, nationally recognized as a model for artistic excellence, fiscal vitality and community engagement, SRS Executive Director Alan Silow said in reaction to the award.
"This year, our 85th, has set a number of milestones, including this prestigious national award, which further realizes that vision."
The League of American Orchestras and ASCAP present the awards each year to orchestras of all sizes for programs that challenge the audience, build the repertoire, and increase interest in music of the times. Approximately $725,000 has been bestowed on orchestras since the awards were established in 1947.
The ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming are made up of three award categories: Contemporary Music; the Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming; and the Award for American Programming on Foreign Tours.


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Rev. Michael Youssef was born and raised in Egypt, and now pastors the Church of the Apostles, a large evangelical congregation in Atlanta.
He said his greatest concern is the Muslim Brotherhood -- a radical Islamic group founded in Egypt that he says "specializes in killing people" -- will take control of his native country.
"Throughout the years I've followed, I've studied... so I know the group very well," Youssef said. "And they've been wanting to take the reigns of power for so many years and introduce Sharia law into Egyptian society which can be really nothing but tragic."
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A second person has been arrested in the April 20 slaying of an Oklahoma City man.
Isabel Ledezma, 18, was arrested on a complaint of first-degree murder Tuesday. Ledezma was interviewed at police headquarters and the arrested in the death of Casey Wright.
Wright was found at an apartment complex in the 5700 block of South Agnew Avenue just before midnight April 20, according to investigators. Wright was taken to OU Medical Center where he died.
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Election under threat in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian insurgents are likely to prevent voting today in election districts in the embattled east, Ukrainian officials say.
Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Yarovyi said on Saturday that police are ready to ensure order and security at polling stations in just nine of the 34 districts in the east.
Earlier, Volodymyr Hrinyak, of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, said 17 out of 34 district election commissions in Donetsk and Luhansk are not operating because their offices have been seized or blocked by armed men.
The insurgents have controlled parts of Ukraine for weeks. Following their declaration of independence earlier this month, they pledged to derail today's presidential vote, which they regard as an election in "a neighboring country."
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CHICAGO - A shootout erupted inside Union Station Tuesday when a police drug unit tried to stop two men, leaving one suspect dead, a policewoman and the other suspect wounded and sending train passengers diving for cover as bullets shattered windows in a waiting room.
Spokesman Pat Camden said the officers had tried to stop the two men to interview them, but one of the suspects grabbed the female officer and there was an exchange of gunfire.
The shooting took place in the Amtrak concourse of the sprawling station next to train platforms, police said. They wouldn't say if the suspects were passengers, but a witness said the two men had just stepped off a train.
"When they got off the train, they apprehended them right in front of where the lounge was for Amtrak. They tried to grab the bags and take the bags away from them. There was a struggle, and during the struggle, they pulled guns," said Inez Hart, a traveler from Africa who had been in the waiting room.
"The bullets came flying right through the window where we were, and glass shattered everywhere. Everybody had to drop to the ground, the whole waiting area, and we crawled like we were in a movie, an action movie," she said.
Camden said the police unit included an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, a Amtrak police officer and the wounded city policewoman.
It wasn't immediately clear who shot whom, police said.
The wounded officer was in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Camden said. The condition of the second suspect, who was taken to another hospital, wasn't immediately known.
An Amtrak worker said he was headed to lunch when the shootings happened.
"All of a sudden about 25 men were running and screaming 'They're shooting.' They knocked me down," said Peter Noto, a passenger service agent. "I heard gunshots all over the place."
The shots "were over in about 10 seconds, just pow-pow-pow-pow," said Richard Lloyd, 57, of who had arrived from Los Angeles. "And then we looked over there, and there were two people lying on the ground."
Police said most of the station remained open and rail traffic returned to normal about an hour after the shooting.
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I can't even count how many times I've heard this statement recently. I've heard it said from people I just met to old friends. It seems to be a common statement among my friends who are dating or single. The issue isn't always the frustration with our current dating situation, but seeing it contrasted against snapshots of friends in a different situation, on the same timeline. It's a filter of what we want, but have not yet discovered or found.
I grew up in church, and remember those "Wait for the right one" type talks. This is my issue with the word "waiting" in terms of dating. It sounds passive. I totally get why it's used, but it sounds like you're putting your life on hold to find someone. It puts you in the back seat, rather than the front seat. It sounds like you're living your life "reactively."
Instead of questioning where did all the good guys go or "waiting" around. Go out there and live. Live and live life well.
If there is something you've been dying to pick up or somewhere you've always wanted to go, save your money, find a friend, and go! Instead of sitting back and "waiting," better yourself into the person you want to be. Instead of focusing on the characteristics you are looking for in someone else, sharpen them in you. Sharpen and define those characteristics in yourself.
Lastly, just don't settle. Know your value, know you are worthy, and don't discount it, don't cheapen yourself to not being treated well.
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