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How to know when you are overpowered?
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21st October 2006, 11:02 AM
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RE: How to know when you are overpowered?
Hi Windsurfer,
It almost sounds like you are so concerned with staying upwind, that you aren't heading off enough to get your board fully planing.
Is this sort of the case?
In 18 knots, on the GO 155, unless you are dealing with some pretty major currents that want to take you downwind, you should have no problems at all staying upwind.
My guess is that you have some board tuning issues.
Since you GO 155 is not a formula board, the formula racer's axiom that all the way forward gets you upwind does not really apply.
Which rail are you using to go upwind? Do you "tip" your board so that the upwind rail is down, or do you tip the board a slight bit lee rail (the downwind rail) down to get the fin to give you the most upwind lift.
You may also have some "stance" issues here that make the back foot pressure somewhat unbearable over a long session.
TOW will strenghten you back leg so you can sail upwind with 90%+ of the pressure on your back leg for several hours.
Less wetted surface probably will not reduce the back leg pressure, but it will give you much better speed, and allow your board to skim over the water much more freely than what you are experiencing now by having the mast foot pressure push the entire front of the board down toward the water. The sort of makes your board "plow" and often this results in a very hard bound/rebound cycle that makes control a rather big issue. Get the mast foot back, and the nose up a little, so your board planes more freely and you should be able to "rail" your board slightly to leeward bu pullling up slightly with your front foot while pushing across the top of the fin with your rear foot.
Once you get this mastered, you will never go upwind on the upwind rail unless you aren't planing.
Much better speed and a much better angle to windward with fin lift working for you.
If you are "compensating" for something you experieinced when you had less skills (the nose riding too high when you weren't planing fast)
you may have developed some bad habits.
The nose attitude is controlled in 2 ways.
When you are sub planing, where you put your weight controls the fore and aft (pitch) attitude of your board.
As you get closer to fully planing, you need to move your weight back on the board, at a rate that promotes constant acceleration. Move back too slowly and the board never gets up and over it's bow wave and the rocker transition.
Move back too quickly and the nose pops up too high and your acceleration dies off.
Get it right and your GO 155 will simply "slide" up onto a plane if you have enough power in your sail.
As far as getting the mast foot too far back, yes, you can do that, and your board will begin to tailwalk (dance up out of the water on the fin).
So, move the mast foot back until your board tends to "tailwalk" and then move the mast foot back forward a couple centimeters at a time until you just get things under control.
This is where the board will go the fastest and speed= better/easier sailing upwind.
looked at the North 2006 Crossride, and while it's a bit more free race oriented than I originally thought it's still more a free ride, supercorss sail and this may not give it the best upwind characteristics.
Perhaps you will need (due to your wieght) to get a sligthly larger fin on your GO 155. I'd think something in the 56-58 cm range would make quite a difference in upwind sailing.
We've all done "the walk of shame" at one time or another, so don't feel bad. TOW and better tuning and stance will soon have you zipping back upwind without even thinking about not getting back to where you started. Also, try to at all times determine what the "favored tack" is (to get you back to where you launched) and concentrate on spending more time on that tack.
Do you have any photos of you sailing your GO?
Send me an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) with a couple of photos of you sailing (upwind if possible) and we may be able to see some issues you have and help you to get beyond them.
Hope this helps,
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LANCASTER - The cream always rises.
Despite not winning the District 3 AAA tournament for the first time in four years, Hempfield's girls' volleyball team finds itslef in a familiar spot:
The state semifinals.
The Black Knights punched their tickets to the PIAA Final Four compliments of a 3-0 win over Mount Lebanon on Saturday at State College.
Hempfield won by game scores of 25-21, 25-23 and 25-14.
Morgan Lowe paced the Knights with 16 kills, as Hempfield advanced to Tuesday's semifinal round opposite North Allegheny.
L-L League sports fan Charley Lowe sent along 25-plus photos from Hempfield's win over Mount Lebanon.
Check those out in this slideshow.

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Kevin VanDam has won the 2011 Bassmaster Classic with a total of 69 pounds, 11 ounces, smashing the old Classic record for a three-day, five-fish limit performance.
The final day was impressive. Three anglers broke the original record for total weight at the Classic with a five-fish limit: VanDam, Aaron Martens, Derek Remitz. Boyd Duckett's 28-pound, 13-ounce performance today was the highest round of any angler in the tournament, but he only finished sixth.
The original record was 56 pounds, 2 ounces for a three-day tournament with a five-bass limit. Martens finished with 59 pounds, while Remitz had 56 pounds, 8 ounces
Here's the final top 10:
1) Kevin VanDam (69 pounds, 11 ounces)
2) Aaron Martens (59 pounds)
3) Derek Remitz (56 pounds, 8 ounces)
4) Brandon Palaniuk (55 pounds, 7 ounces)
5) Brent Chapman (54 pounds, 8 ounces)
6) Boyd Duckett (53 pounds, 2 ounces)
7) Scott Rook (48 pounds, 15 ounces)
8) Todd Faircloth (47 pounds, 3 ounces)
9) Bobby Lane (45 pounds, 9 ounces)
10) Gary Klein (45 pounds, 6 ounces)
Five of the top six anglers, or the "Super Six," fished around Lake Cataouatche, which proved to be the most fertile area. Only Brent Chapman, who finished fifth, took the two-hour risk to fish around Venice.
The lone Louisiana angler in the 2011 Classic, Greg Hackney, failed to make the cut for Sunday.
That's it for the 2011 Bassmaster Classic. Next year's Classic will remain in Louisiana, when it moves to Shreveport.


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By now everyone is probably sick of the snow (well, except those folks who enjoying skiing and boarding in it).
And while yesterday's storm was a relative monster compared to the past few years, it doesn't even make a dint in the region's top storms -- true monsters that all dumped upwards of a foot on the region.
Who can forget the blizzard of '96? or the massive two feet that dropped in 1983?
To put things in perspective, the top 10 storms as measured by the National Weather Service in State College:


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The Detroit Tigers couldn't dodge another loss.
The Tigers battled back from an early 4-0 deficit, but couldn't pull off a late-inning rally in Thursday's 5-4 series-sweeping loss to the Seattle Mariners.
It was the third straight loss and the sixth in seven games for the Tigers, who fell to 10-9 overall after opening the season with five wins in their first six games.
"We're just not doing enough big things and little things to win games right now," manager Jim Leyland said. "We're just not doing them."
Thursday had the makings of another first-inning letdown for Porcello after he gave up back-to-back base hits to his first two batters before serving up a three-run homer to Justin Smoak.
"He hung a changeup to Smoak early in the game, but after that I thought he pitched pretty well," Leyland said.
It was the second straight start Porcello has allowed three-plus innings in the first inning after he gave up a career worst-tying nine runs in his start Saturday.
It was also the sixth time in seven games this homestand the Tigers have allowed first-inning runs.
But Porcello made the necessary adjustments in between innings, giving up only two runs in the next 5 2/3 innings -- fanning three and allowing only four more hits.
After registering 15 hits in back-to-back games, the Mariners could only muster seven Thursday, including Miguel Olivo's two-out homer in the fourth.
The Tigers' offense didn't fair much better, managing only eight hits. Detroit has now been outscored 46-21 in dropping six of seven.
"We're not getting big hits late in the game, we're not making some plays and we're not pitching real good," Leyland said. "We're not managing good enough, we're not coaching good enough -- we're all involved in this together, that's just the way it is."
Seattle shortstop Brendan Ryan scored the tiebreaking run in the seventh when Brennan Boesch misjudged Chone Figgins' deep fly ball to right. The run led to Porcello's exit.
With the game-winning run on first in the ninth inning, Alex Avila batted into a game-ending double play to preserve Seattle's win.
"We're not getting big hits late in the game," Leyland said. "You just gotta get aggressive and take charge and get after somebody."
It took 4 1/3 innings for Detroit to register its first hit, but Don Kelly's single in the fifth prompted a two-inning spurt of hits that helped Detroit overcome a 3-0 deficit.
Miguel Cabrera hit his team-high sixth homer in the sixth -- a towering two-run blast that was carried by the wind to tie the game at 3-all.
Seattle has won nine of the last 11 games at Comerica Park, outscoring the Tigers 65-33 over that stretch. It was the Mariners' first three-game sweep in Detroit since May 2008.
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Favorites of 2014.5
Here are my favorite albums of 2014 half way through the year. (Dec '13-May '14)
01 MAC DEMARCO – Salad Days
02 TYCHO – Awake
03 BURIAL – Rival Dealer (Dec '13)
04 SHARON VAN ETTEN – Are We There
06 THE WAR ON DRUGS – Lost in the Dream
07 FUTURE ISLANDS – Singles
08 REAL ESTATE – Atlas
09 FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB – Piñata
10 EAGULLS – Eagulls
11 TUNE-YARDS – Nikki Nack
12 ACTRESS – Ghettoville
13 NOTHING – Guilty of Everything
15 DUM DUM GIRLS – Too True
16 DALHOUS – Visibility is a Trap
17 MILLIE & ANDREA – Drop the Vowels
18 STEVE MOORE – Pangaea Ultima (Dec '13)
19 ANGEL OLSEN – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
20 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER – Commissions I
Honorable mention:
Clams Casino
Cloud Nothings
Lykke Li
Perfect P**sy
St Vincent
Sylvan Esso
Todd Terje
Favorite films of 2013
I was trying to have this film list ready pre-Oscars but I failed to do so. Here it is even if a bit late.
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Dallas Buyers Club
5. Nebraska
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. Enough Said
8. American Hustle
9. Captain Phillips
10. Frances Ha
11. The Place Beyond the Pines
12. Lore
13. Mud
14. Her
15. The Silence (Das letzte Schweigen)
Honorable mention:
A Band Called Death
The Bling Ring
The Spectacular Now
Stories We Tell
To the Wonder
The Way Way Back
Worth a try:
The Conjuring
Don Jon
The Kings of Summer
The Lords of Salem
Only God Forgives
Side Effects
This Is the End
Berberian Sound Studio
The East
Ender's Game
The Great Gatsby
The Heat
In a World
Room 237 (Still entertaining if you are a fan of Kubrick's 'The Shining')
Spring Breakers
Touchy Feely
World War Z
The World's End
You're Next
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
"…chasing pop into the dark…"
After giving this album repeated listens over the past week, I can find no better way to describe Too True than from the creative mind behind it, Dee Dee Penny.
(Read the full post by Dee Dee via Sub Pop Records, HERE. I have omitted around 25% of her post.)
"End of Daze had for me signaled exactly that; an end to a part of my life that was confused, difficult, disastrous, and at times, redemptive.
In the summer of 2012, between tours supporting End of Daze, I locked out the world and sat down in my apartment to write a new record — clear view of the New York City sky through iron bars like a promise. Like all compulsive minds, I was waiting with bated breath ("and whispering humbleness") to let the muse loose.
I've always lived an introspective life, but it is these rare moments of actively stepping outside my head, to create things tangible to others, that I find truly transcendent. Performing live offers the same rush to me, but it's an even more elusive, haunting ghost.
I had collected various songs and half-songs over the previous months, vaguely regarding them as future releases, but had the nagging feeling they were to be tossed out on the hunt for the next sound, the next record, which was at that point almost palpable.
And so I spent the next week in a sparkling haze, seven stories closer to Heaven, and when I emerged from the frenzy to go back on tour, indeed ten new songs came with. They were bound together, not just by an overall sonic palette and new guitar pedal, but by time, intention, and fervor.
Do you hear Suede? Siouxie? Cold-wave Patti? Madonna? Cure? Velvet and Paisley Undergrounds? Stone Roses? Cuz I did.
A month later I ran away to Hollywood, and again locked myself up, and two more songs were born from drunken loneliness in room at the Chateau Marmont — points if you can discern which ones.
Unfortunately, karma take it or leave it, I had to confront the reality that my voice was destroyed; that the previous year of touring had reduced my once infallible instrument to a pale spectre of its former self. I was broken and when I left California, it was with the heavy burden of an unfinished album.
Truly one of those disguised blessings though – the extra time was a gift. What initially felt like a retreat became a reawakening. These songs weren't done at all! And so I worshipped at the tall pile of books I'd bought in Los Angeles, on topics and imagery I'd been consumed by and words that had resonated so deeply with me they felt like artistic collaborators: Rainer Maria Rilke, Anais Nin, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Sylvia Plath; the punk poet singers Patti Smith and Lou Reed (who, like many I consider to be my spiritual parents); and finally, an admittedly unhealthy obsession with the Surrealists' manifesto of desire.
Here it was spelled out for me: Desire as muse; Life as experiment; a miracle for every failure and vice-versa. I put pen to paper and I wrote, and then I sang. I sang into my own private microphone, in my tiny bedroom studio, with no one save my make-believe coconspirators to hear me, and no one to weight me with the looming pressure of inability. I was a woman possessed and my possession enabled me.
I write this now, many months later, on the up. I have served the songs and the songs have served me. It is never pretentious to feel and create. So much of my life has been defined, aided, and even saved by music. Here is my best attempt at joining the rock'n'roll ranks, of chasing pop into the dark, and I am as ever, humbled that you listen." -Dee Dee Penny
Too True is released: January 28, 2014. Pre-order the LP, CD or T-shirt via Sup Pop Records, HERE.
Check out the 1st music video from Too True below.
Ha Ha Tonka – Dead To the World
Favorite songs of 2013 (4 of 4)
I've picked around 40 tracks to share with you that are a mix of some of my favorite songs from 2013 & songs picked from my 50 favorite albums. I'm going to break them down into 4 separate playlists sorted by genre.
Keep checking back as I will update this post to include all 4 playlists over the next few days. Enjoy!
**Updated with all 4 playlists 12-21-13
HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #1: Hip hop & R&B
1 Numbers on the Boards – PUSHA T (00:00)
2 Enemy – KELELA (02:44)
3 25 Bucks (featuring Purity Ring) – DANNY BROWN (07:01)
4 The Things You Do – ZOMBY (10:32)
5 New Slaves – KANYE WEST (12:04)
6 Banana Clipper (featuring Big Boi) – RUN THE JEWELS (16:20)
7 Days (featuring Romy Croft from The XX) – CREEP (19:12)
8 All That Matters – GIRAFFAGE (22:48)
9 Too Much (featuring Sampha) – DRAKE (26:50)
10 Killing Time – Oddisee (31:12)
11 Last Dance – RHYE (34:58)
Total length (38:16)
HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #2: Electronic/Experimental
1 Irby Tremor – FOREST SWORDS (00:00)
2 Chrome Country – ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER (04:12)
3 Look Into Your Own Mind – JULIANNA BARWICK (09:42)
4 Cold Earth – BOARDS OF CANANDA (14:16)
5 Bo Peep (Do U Right)[featuring Jeremih] – SHLOHMO (17:59)
6 A Sky Darkly – SOLAR BEARS (21:49)
7 Know You – BONOBO (24:57)
8 Casino Lisboa – DIRTY BEACHES (29:02)
9 Renata – JAMES HOLDEN (32:49)
10 Get Like It – TORA (38:46)
11 Out of Hand – SHLOHMO (40:55)
12 Ritual Howl – SHIGETO (45:22)
13 The Drop – THE HAXAN CLOAK (49:47)
Total length (1:02:38)
HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #3: Pop/Electronic dance
1 You're Not the One – SKY FERREIRA (00:00)
2 Water Me – FKA TWIGS (03:58)
3 Cherry – CHROMATICS (07:23)
4 Retrograde – JAMES BLAKE (11:55)
5 Bring the Noise – M.I.A. (15:39)
6 Full of Fire – THE KNIFE (20:14)
7 Plastic Panorama – POSTILJONEN (29:31)
8 Hannah Hunt – VAMPIRE WEEKEND (32:56)
9 Jeremiah – EJECTA (36:54)
10 Painful Like – AUSTRA (40:28)
11 Very Cruel – POLICA (44:28)
Total length (49:06)
HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #4: Folk/Singer-songwriter/Rock
1 Song For Zula – PHOSPHORESCENT (00:00)
2 Jubilee Street – NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (06:11)
3 New Blue Feeling – WHITE DENIM (12:47)
4 Cold Forgiver – HA HA TONKA (16:06)
5 When Winter's Over – TORRES (19:47)
6 Mater Hunter – LAURA MARLING (23:17)
7 Somewhere All the Time – SAMANTHA CRAIN (26:33)
8 Colorful Kids – HA HA TONKA (28:56)
9 Vital – GROUPER (33:06)
10 Churchill – SAMANTHA CRAIN (37:20)
Total length (41:14)
Hipster Files' albums of 2013
2013 was another great year for music. There was the return of My Bloody Valentine for their 1st album in 20 years, Trent Reznor got NIN back in the studio to put out a new album, & Boards of Canada returned to release their 4th LP. So many great albums, I'd like to share with you my 50 favorite releases for 2013. (Dec '12 – Nov '13)
Check back soon for a post of my favorite songs of the year & a sampler from my top 50 albums.
1 THE KNIFE – Shaking the Habitual
2 THE HAXAN CLOAK – Excavation
3 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER – R Plus Seven
4 GROUPER – The Man Who Died in His Boat
6 DIRTY BEACHES – Drifters/Love is the Devil
9 BOARDS OF CANADA – Tomorrow's Harvest
11 JAMES HOLDEN – The Inheritors
12 BURIAL – Truant/Rough Sleeper (Dec '12)
13 VARIOUS ARTISTS – After Dark 2 [Italians Do It Better]
14 DANNY BROWN – Old
15 CFCF – Outside
16 DEATH GRIPS – Government Plates
21 JULIANNA BARWICK – Nepenthe
22 NINE INCH NAILS – Hesitation Marks
25 ODDISEE – Tangible Dream/The Beauty in All
26 ROLY PORTER – Life Cycle of a Massive Star
27 HA HA TONKA – Lessons
28 VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Modern Vampires of the City
29 JAMES BLAKE – Overgrown
30 GIRAFFAGE – Needs
31 SOFT METALS – Lenses
32 SAVAGES – Silence Yourself
33 DRAKE – Nothing Was the Same
34 MOUNT KIMBIE – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
35 POSTILJONEN – Skyer
36 SHLOHMO – Bad Vibes
37 THUNDERCAT – Apocalypse
38 ZOMBY – With Love
39 SKY FERREIRA – Night Time, My Time
40 KING KRULE – 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
41 GLASSER – Interiors
42 RHYE – Woman
43 CREEP – Echoes
44 FOXYGEN – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
45 ICEAGE – You're Nothing
46 TORRES – Torres
47 SHIGETO – No Better Time Than Now
48 KELELA – Cut 4 Me
49 THE NATIONAL – Trouble Will Find Me
50 WASHED OUT – Paracosm
Feel free to post your favorites or albums you think I missed in the comments. Thank you for following my listening habbits. -Cooper
Whatchu know about slasher films?
Ever since I can remember I have been big fan of horror films. I was a kid in the 80's when slasher films were at an all time high. Success of Halloween, Friday the 13th, & others had every Hollywood studio cranking out slasher films. These films over the years have remained some of my favorites. Over time I have watch many others that I may have missed as a youngster. Today, on Friday the 13th, I'd like to share some of my favorites & some other obscure slasher films you may want to check out. Hope you enjoy! (Click on any of the movie pics below to take you to it's IMDB page.)
Lets start with the film I believe really kick started the slasher genre & one of my favorites:
Psycho (1960)
Directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock, this was one of the 1st films to kill off one of the lead characters early in the film. Hitchcock made many great films in his lifetime, but this still stands as one my all time favorites.
If you like Psycho, you should try:
Peeping Tom (1960)
If this would not have been released in the same year I'd say it was almost a rip-off of Psycho. There isn't any Bates Motel, but this film from the UK is part of the Criterion Collection. So, I'm not the only one who enjoyed it. Feel like someone is watching you?
A favorite of mine that helped things get just a bit stranger:
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Toby Hooper directed this memorable slasher gem. I'm not sure why, but if you watch this the word chainsaw is split into two words. I'm not making that up.
Can you imagine the horror genre without Leatherface? Neither can I.
If you like TCM, then you should check out:
Motel Hell (1980)
This film leans more towards being campy than TCM, but you do get a creepy old butcher with his own chainsaw. You have to love a tagline like this one:
"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters."
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Rob Zombie's directorial film debut that to me, just seems like his homage to TCM. It may not fit into the slasher genre, but worth checking out all the same.
Toolbox Murders (2004)
This remake, also directed by Tobe Hooper, is one of the few films that I will actually recommend the remake over the original. Which tool would you be the most scared of?
Now let's move on to the film that really kicked off the slasher genre for real:
Halloween (1978)
John Carpenter is one of my favorite directors & Halloween is also a personal fav of mine. Not only did Carpenter create a great film & soundtrack, he started a wave of horror villain films with the creation of Michael Myers.
If you like Halloween you should watch:
Halloween II (1981)
Thought Michael was dead? Guess again. This picks up right where the 1st film left off on the same night. Except this time, Carpenter had over 7 times the budget to work with. Are you still scared of the boogeyman?
The Fog (1980)
This was Carpenter's film right between the 2 above Halloween films I've listed. It seems to get overlooked & over shadowed sometimes, but it is still one of Carpenter's greats. Antonio Bay is celebrating it's 100th birthday as a seaside town. Little do the townsfolk know, it has an ugly past that won't be forgotten.
Today is Friday the 13th, I bet you can tell where I'm going with this next one….
Friday the 13th (1980)
There isn't any need for me to say much about this film. Wait…. is that Kevin Bacon? It is!!!
If you like Friday the 13th you might try:
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Jason may not be wrecking havoc on this summer camp, but someone else sure is. The ending of this film makes it all worth your while. I just read the trivia about this film that the director dedicated this film to his mother. Hahahahaha! That's weird pal.
The Burning (1981)
Tom Savini worked his special effects magic in this summer camp slasher. A prank goes awry and leaves a camp caretaker badly burned. Hellbent on revenge, he is going to take it all out on the camp counselors who he feels are responsible.
What would you do if Cropsy came for you?
Hatchet (2006)
Writer & director Adam Green actually came up with the plot of this film at the age of 5 or 6. He made his campfire tale into this slasher film which is similar to The Burning without the whole summer camp aspect. This isn't necessarily a fav of mine, but I think it does stand out as one of the better new horror films that bring back some of that 80's slasher style.
I've now covered Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, & even the lesser know Cropsy….. who am I forgetting?
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
That's right, Freddy Kruger from the mind of Wes Craven. My mother bought me the Freddy costume when I was in 4th grade. (Maybe a bit odd, but I loved horror films at a very young age. I wanted to be Freddy!) I wore it 3 Halloweens in row.
Whatever you do just don't fall asleep……
If you enjoyed A Nightmare on Elm Street, try out:
The Last House on the Left (1972)
You're right, this isn't anything like A Nightmare on Elm Street. This is Wes Craven's 1st film, that until the remake from a few years ago, most people had probably never even heard of. This film like most, I prefer the original.
If you like The Last House on the Left, you need to see:
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Running with the same style as The Last House on the Left, I Spit on Your Grave also involves some criminals picking on a girl that they left for dead. Only one problem remains for the criminals. They didn't kill the girl & she is determined to get revenge.
How about something a bit smaller?
Child's Play (1988)
"Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna Play?"
I can't talk about all these slashers & leave out this one. Dolls are creepy. I think we can all agree with that. This is probably my favorite of the evil doll horror films.
Scared of Chucky? Have you ever seen:
Dolls (1987)
Stuart Gordon, director of Reanimator & From Beyond, also directed this film that is not nearly as well know as Child's Play. Like I just said before, dolls are creepy. A group gets stranded in storm & stop by a mansion for shelter. Only later do they find out the owners have a collection of haunted little dolls.
If you need even more creepy doll movies check out all the Puppetmaster films, Demonic Toys, or other Child's Play films.
Anyone knowledgeable in the slasher genre I hope has heard of Dario Argento. He made some great slashers in the 70's & 80's. Here are a few of my favorite Argento films:
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso, 1975)
One of Argento's earlier films this remains one of my favorites of his. If you can get your hands on this try and get the full version. The first releases of this film in the US had 26 minutes cut from it, which is the 1st version I watched. I was quite disappointed. Only later did I find out that I had watched the chopped down version. I tried it again, this time watching the full version & it was well worth it. Kudos Mr. Argento.
Suspiria (1977)
This film is probably what Argento is most know for. It starts off with an epic kill scene & he used many different shots throughout the film with different colors of light that gives it a unique quality. The soundtrack by the band Goblin also creates a creepy atmosphere. Of all of Goblin's work, the theme song for Suspiria is still my favorite.
Tenebre (1982)
In this thriller/slasher Argento continues with his unique visual style & brings back Goblin again to do the score. Argento got Goblin to do the score for most of his films in the 70's & 80's.
If these 3 films aren't enough for your Argento fix, might I also recommend The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) & Opera. (1987)
Here are some lesser know films also worth considering:
The Prowler (1981)
This film is directed by Joseph Zito, who would later go on to direct Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (The 4th one with a young Corey Feldman.) This also has special effects work from Tom Savini. The film happens to be Savini's favorite special effects work he ever did.
This takes place in a small town that hasn't had a school dance in 35 years because of a double murder. They decide to put the past behind them & throw another dance, but then a killer wearing World War II Army fatigues goes on a rampage. (Props to Horror Banana for recommend this film to me.)
April Fool's Day (1986)
A group of friends staying at a remote mansion over April Fool's Day weekend begin to fall one by one. Could this all just be a an elaborate & morbid prank?
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Also one of the lesser know slashers from the 80's, A girl's friends start to be killed off one by one. Who is doing this? Or is she just insane?
Devil Times Five (aka Peopletoys, 1974)
If you are a fan of Funny Games or The Strangers, this is the film for you. Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport & wreck havoc on some adult villagers on their winter vacation. Are your doors locked?
Santa Sangre (1989)
In case any of the above films weren't weird enough for you, look no further. This is directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who was probably most known for El Topo. If you aren't familiar with Jodorowsky & you like strange films, I can vouch for this one.
As a young boy, Fenix watches his father cut off his mother's arms. After growing up, he is reunited with his mother. She still doesn't have arms for herself, but likes to have Fenix pretend his arms are hers & do things for her. If this film isn't weird enough for you, you probably need serious help.
Black Christmas (1974)
Is Halloween over & you need a slasher for the winter months? This is my favorite Christmas slasher film. Probably the 1st I know of & yes there are others as twisted as that may seem to you. Have you ever gotten creepy calls on the phone? Someone making weird sounds or threats to kill you? Hopefully not, but that is exactly what starts happening to these girls in a sorority house over Christmas break.
If you were trying to pick out some movies for Halloween or find some old slasher films that were new to you, I hope my list helps you out. What are your favorites? Feel free to leave them in the comments section.


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Clay, NY - Eric Fritz, the Clay nurse who got a speeding ticket on the way to his liver transplant operation in December, has hit a bump in his recovery.
Doctors dissecting Fritz's old liver after his operation at Massachusetts General Hospital found cancer, said his father, Louis Fritz of Auburn. His son is receiving treatment for the cancer along with taking anti-rejection drugs to keep his body from rejecting his new liver, his father said.
"It's a balancing act between anti -rejection for the liver and the chemotherapy," Fritz said. "Right now he's doing fairly well."
Even with the setback, Fritz,, 39, a divorced father of three active children, has again been able to attend their athletic events, something he was unable to do prior to the transplant, his father said.
Friends and family are holding a fundraiser for Fritz from noon to 6 p.m. May 4, at Barbagallo's Restaurant, 6334 E. Molloy Road, East Syracuse.
Tickets prior to the event are $13 for adult and $8 for children. The cost at the door is $15 for adults and $10 children. There will be raffles, food, a cash bar, live music by Lee Terrace, Catastrophe Me, and DJ Kevin Smith.
St. Rose of Lima school will also hold a race and fun walk-run on May 31 to benefit Fritz. Registration is from 8 - 8:45 a.m., with the race beginning at 9 a.m. The fee is $30 for the 5K, and $15 for the one mile family run/walk.
Fritz has primary sclerosing cholangitis. PSC is thought to be an auto immune disease of the bile ducts in the liver that gradually leads to liver damage and failure. A liver transplant is the only cure.
The disease was diagnosed in 2008, but it had been quiet until February 2013, when Fritz awoke one morning to find he was jaundiced. Doctors told him he had liver failure.
In the days leading up to Christmas, Fritz received a call telling him that a new liver was available. As he was driving on his way to Massachusetts General Hospital for the transplant, a state trooper pulled him over on the state Thruway near Albany and gave him a ticket for speeding.
Even with the delay, Fritz made it to the hospital in time for the transplant operation.
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LAWRENCE – A 2-year-old boy suffered a broken leg but no more serious injuries when he fell out of a second-floor window last Thursday afternoon, police said.
The boy was at his home in Eggerts Crossing Village and being watched by his grandmother May 17 when he leaned against a window screen, which came out of the window frame, Lt. Mark Ubry said. The 2-year-old fell from the window but did not land in a way that caused internal or head injuries.
"He's lucky," Ubry said.
Police arrived after 911 calls from residents, and the officers found the boy breathing and alert. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment of the broken right leg.
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MOUNT HOLLY — The state Division of Criminal Justice has ruled that a Mount Holly police officer was justified in firing a shot in March at a man who allegedly charged at her with two knives.
The Division decided that Officer Kara McIntosh followed the state Attorney General's guidelines on using deadly force when she fired the non-fatal shot at 20-year-old Bilal Williams of Mount Holly.
The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office (BCPO) had ruled the same on the matter earlier. The Divisions ruling means the investigation into the shooting "will be administratively closed and will not be presented to a grand jury," a statement released by the BCPO said.
McIntosh was among officers responding on March 27 to a reported domestic incident at a Rancocas Road home. She saw Williams armed with the two knives in the rear of the property, authorities said.
Williams allegedly ignored an order to drop the knives, and instead ran at McIntosh, throwing one of the knives at her.
The officer pulled the trigger, and the bullet hit him in the lower torso, authorities said.
"Several individuals in the area either saw or heard portions of the attack by Williams upon the officer," the BCPO statement said.
Williams was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.
On top of that, in connection with the alleged domestic disturbance, he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and making State threats.
Williams is accused of committing those offenses against the mother of his two children before police arrived at the Rancocas Road home.
As of Friday afternoon, he was still in Burlington County Jail in default of $200,000 full bail. His case has yet to go before a grand jury.


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BATON ROUGE -- Legislation seeking to halt Gov. Bobby Jindal's efforts to privatize some state-run mental health services continued to gain momentum Thursday, as a Senate committee agreed unanimously to amendments that strengthened the bill before moving it forward for more debate.
The latest version of House Bill 1443 by Rep. Tom McVea, R-St. Francisville, would require the health-care committees in the House and Senate to sign off before the administration could solicit bids for private companies to take over any state-provided health-care services. The committees also would have to give their approval before a contract is signed.
An earlier version of McVea's bill would only have applied to state psychiatric hospitals in Jackson, Pineville and Mandeville, and only would have affected contracts longer than three years.
Jindal's $25 billion budget proposes to move 118 people from state-run psychiatric hospitals to private community homes, while another 138 inpatient beds would be contracted out to a private operator. The move is expected to save the state about $7 million in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
But the move -- which is part of numerous privatization initiatives -- has brought pushback from the Legislature, where some lawmakers are worried about the effects of privatization on their home districts and others believe the administration acted without enough input.
"This bill will not prevent privatization," said Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, who sponsored the amendments to McVea's bill. "It simply restores what we thought we had -- that we're the policymakers for the state."
Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, said legislators need to be particularly careful with long-term contracts, which could obligate future administrations and legislatures. "There's nothing you can do but continue to pay them even if you're unhappy," Edwards said.
Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine said the bill could end up costing the state more money, and could end up politicizing the state procurement process by putting legislators in charge of picking contractors.
"It opens the floodgates for all kinds of potential problems," Levine said.
The bill passed the Senate Health & Welfare Committee and now heads to the full Senate for more debate. Should it win approval there, it would still have to go back to the House for agreement with the Senate's amendments.


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I think it would be a nice gesture if the rest of the board chipped in and got him some shock therapy treatments as a Christmas gift. If you guys agree, I'll post my address, so you can send some money.
I will pitch in as long as there is live streaming video of the therapy.
Like the true neanderthal you are you recommend treatment that is 70 years out of date.
With all due respect sir you're beginning to bore me.
You're still boring me
He'll be okay you just have to get him out of ohio
I tried to start a serious xin discussion. Nobody interested to reply. Only interest of members is political crap., racism, abuse, etc. God has strange followers and usa strange inhabitants. I wish mental care in usa was better so less lunatics loose in the street


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A State College man fell 4,000 feet to his death Saturday morning in Brown Twp., Mifflin County.
Chris Brown, 53, died at about 10 a.m. after his emergency chute did not open while he was skydiving with the Sky Dive of Happy Valley company, Mifflin County Coroner Daniel Lynch said.
Witnesses said Brown's main chute opened and got tangled as he spiraled to the ground, the coroner said.
The coroner said Brown was an experienced skydiver.
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Keratin 9 (K9) is one of the components of the perinuclear ring of the manchette found in developing spermatids but is predominantly expressed in the epidermis of the footpad (palm and sole in human epidermis). As an initial step to determine the function of K9 protein in sperm development, we have generated a mutant mouse by homologous recombination of the targeting vector containing the disrupted K9 gene in which the neo(r) gene was inserted into the intron 6. This insertion resulted in the expression of two K9 mRNAs: a wild-type K9 mRNA, in which intron 6 with the neo(r) gene was completely spliced out, and a mutated form in which only a portion of the intron 6 between neo(r) gene and exon 7 was spliced out. While both heterozygous (K9(+/neo)) and homozygous (K9(neo/neo)) mutant mice expressed the wild-type form of K9 protein, the expression profile of the wild-type K9 in K9(neo/neo) mutants was modified. In addition, the open reading frame of the aberrant mRNA terminated at the exon 6/intron 6 splice site, resulting in a truncated K9 protein. Both K9(+neo) and K9(neo/neo) male mice displayed spermatids with ectopic manchette. Coiled tails were seen in maturing spermatids and epididymal sperm of mutant mice and sperm with deformed tails displayed forward motility. A predominant sperm anomaly was residual cytoplasm at the end of the mitochondria-containing middle piece tail segment. The residual cytoplasm displayed vesicles with random in situ motion, suggesting a transport impediment toward the distal end of the sperm tail. All mutant mice were fertile. Surprisingly, in oocyte nuclear injection experiments using K9(neo/neo) sperm donor, 76% of the resulting animals displayed a deletion of the neo(r) gene from the intron 6 of the mutated K9 allele. Results of this study support the view that intron 6 influences the transcriptional efficiency of the K9 gene by decreasing production of wild-type K9 and changing the expression of K9 proteins.
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Os win 4th straight
The Orioles secured their fourth straight win on Friday night and they've also turned in four straight quality starts. The O's are pitching to a 2.28 ERA over that stretch and have Jeremy Guthrie, Brian Matusz, Jake Arrieta and Brad Bergesen to thank.
They don't even look the same team I watched drop three of four to Kansas City. The Buck Showalter effect? I guess so. Here are some extra quotes from the Orioles win that didn't make it in the game story…
Showalter on how this Orioles team is different now…
"Anybody who sits and watches, and I told them all the time this in ESPN in those meetings, to sit there and watch the game, and then be there in the clubhouse and the dugout and on the planes, you don't know. I'm not going to sit here and smugly say I knew everything. I know why we're carrying 13 pitchers. I know the challenges that have been here. I never said at ESPN or wherever at home said, 'Why don't they do this? What's wrong with this?' Until you're in their shoes and walking, there's a lot of things that go on with a club and an organization that you're not aware of. So far, so good. The guys are playing hard and getting a return on it. I'm happy for them."
On the importance of Nick Markakis hustling to get to third on Luke Scott's single in the 10th..
"It changes a lot of things. You've always got to think about what if, if you do this and you do that. Did it change it? Sure. There were some things that change. This guy's a big split-finger, it makes him a lot more tentative about the split with a man on third base. It's 90 feet. I think sometimes, because there's nobody out, there's two outs, we're going to be real passive. That's not always the case."
Bergesen on his outing..
"Any time you feel like you have confidence in your pitches, it's a great thing and you just try to roll with it. Getting good depth on my fastball tonight was key for me."
"We always talked earlier in the year that we wanted to make it that way. One guy goes out and has a good outing and the next guy wants to go out and have an even better outing. When you create that little competition between the starters, you can really start rolling with each other.
I really think it's a combination of both. I've been working with Kranny so much this year. We've been working and trying to find new things. Really for me, just simplifying it and focusing on tempo and arm angle are the big keys for me, and I obviously have more conviction in my pitches."
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As with any employees who don't have any faith in their boss (Dave Trembley) things soon become a mess. However when they do have faith that the boss (Buck Showalter) knows what he's doing. Boy how things can change.
I think it is more than having faith. I think it is having the right preparation, confidence and focus. I think the message has been delivered that no one has a sense of entitlement in their roles on this team. Showalter has the credibility and the assessment process started when he showed up. So the players know that they either perform or they are gone and who is going to rush to pick up guys who fail on a last place team. Showalter will make McPhail better as it will be hard to blame the manager. Showalter doesn't need to prove he can manage. The players know that they need to make good on the opportunities given to them. That is accountability.


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Excellent production, tight performance, screaming guitar-leads, this album has everything. Considering the great difficulty of reproducing brutal Death Metal in a live-album-format, and this is a monumental achievement. The band plays choice cuts from all of their albums. Standouts are opener "Sothis", the classic "Silent Empire", "Blood Of Kingu", and the band's brutal rendition of SLAYER's "Raining Blood". I had always wondered if Doc could reproduce such inhumanly fast playing live, and I am still quite shocked to report that he plays FASTER here than on the albums! Also, Peter's vocals have a clever echo effect placed on them to give the album a more "arena death" effect, which I like. And the guitars have that oh-so-infectious VADER-heaviness to them that gives you the mandatory goosebumps on the back of your neck.
You'd be missing something very special if you didn't check this album out. I demand you get this! What could be better than an hour of live VADER?!?!?!


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Paris' brother wants to be international singer
"I'm sick of all the Hilton stuff, where all anyone cared about was whether I was doing coke in the bathroom or how many [bleeps] I was sleeping with. I'm done with partying and traveling. It's time to get this [bleep] started," he added.
Hilton, who's recording tracks at his Upper East Side apartment, isn't signed to a label, but is developing a reality show with Viacom. "It's gonna be like The Hills, but real. A lot of that stuff is pre-setup or re-setup. This is gonna show the meetings, the production side, the recording side . . . I just want people to say, Wow, this song really moved me, or made me cry," he said.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
In conjunction with this year's College of Engineering Research Open House, the Engineering Staff Advisory Council and Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering have co-sponsored an international celebration.
A display of flags in the First Floor Atrium of the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences depict all the countries represented by the College's diverse international population.
In addition, a large world map is located in the South Entrance Lobby of the Seamans Center. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to place a push pin in their country of origin. Flags will remain on display until Monday, April 20. The map will be displayed for the rest of April.


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That strong odor of the first hard frost is sitting heavy in the yard this morning, finally, just as the year turns.
Once upon a time, I dreaded that odor, too rich, too sweet, too peppery and pungent, as if the green all around had been half cooked and left to ferment in the cold sun. By nightfall, the foliage that had been so lush the day before is limp, black and blue. It smelled like the end.
Now after so long gardening on the Gulf Coast, I smell much relief in that odor of the first frost. It's not just that it eliminates the need for more clipping and pruning and thinning, which seem never-ending in our climate. It's as if the year, all its hopes and all its disappointments, had been wiped clean, and I can see the garden clearly, laid bare and fresh, ready for starting over.
This is not a time for resolutions. It's a time for reenvisioning. It's a time for imagining what the garden could look like if we really knew how to take advantage of where we are, our climate, our soils, our rainfall, that little dip in the front yard between the porch and the live oak.
While it's down for the brief count of winter, I'm rethinking the nightmare my yard has become. It had become too much of a laboratory, and my old experiments had run their course, for better and for worse. I long ago needed to pull the plug on the vegetative Frankensteins. Lushness had begun to strangle pleasure and pleasantness.
My yard had become, in short, a jungle of opportunists who were taking advantage of my lack of time (just like they do in your garden, except that my opportunists are a little more out of the mainstream).
Besides, I don't think about gardening now exactly the way I did 15 years ago, when this one was taking shape. Of course the fundamentals are the same. Gardening is always about understanding where you are. It has to be here on the Gulf Coast, are you'll fail as a gardener, and you'll fail to discover the most important things that gardening can teach you. That hasn't changed, because it can't.
But the way you work those fundamentals out practically on a day to day basis — how you mow around your ambitions, how you weed your through your delusions of grandeur, how much time you're willing to spend pruning an object of eternal beauty — these must change, or you'll abandon gardening all together. And then, of course, there are all those new experiments you're just dying to try.Step outside and see what the frost has laid bare in your yard, what possibilities are visible now that the lushness of summer has died down. For a few delightful weeks in winter, the garden is all possibilities.
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You look across your yard, and anything seems possible. Just, unfortunately, not very probable.
What, for Pete's sake, will actually grow in this freakish climate? What can possibly take root in the concrete that your yard has become? How do you prune? How do you mow? What kind of fertilizer? When is water enough, and when too much?
The Gulf Coast has one of the most generous gardening climates in the world, but it's a distinctive climate, it's like gardening no place else. To be a successful gardener here, you've got to learn to take advantage of the distinctive elements of Gulf Coast gardening, from the six seasons to the hyper-active soils. You have to take all the things you thought you knew about gardening, and turn them upside down.
Don't you wish there was a book? Or at least a class where you could address all your questions, consistently and systematically?
There is. The five-week course, Gulf Coast Gardening, is designed to give you insight into YOUR yard. Taught by Press-Register columnist Bill Finch at the Mobile Botanical Gardens, and including a book that explores all the necessary elements of gardening, this course looks precisely and carefully at the challenges and possibilities of Gulf Coast gardening.
The course, which is taught on both Tuesday afternoons at 1 and Wednesday evenings at 6:30, starts January 15 or 16 and continues into February. The cost of the course, which includes the book and some 8 hours of instruction, is $65 for members of Mobile Botanical Gardens, and $85 for non-members. Call 251-342-0555 for more information.


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Local and national comedy fans won't soon forget Saturday night in downtown Jamestown.
With Jay Leno's sold-out performance just hours away, a crowd of local foundation representatives, elected officials and comedy fans gathered near the Jamestown Gateway Train Station for a separate reason.
National Comedy Center Inc. leadership broke ground on the Comedy Center Park, the first phase of the forthcoming comedy center.
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Pictured, from left, are: Gregory Edwards, Gebbie Foundation chief executive officer; state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean; Tom Benson, National Comedy Center chairman; Journey Gunderson, National Comedy Center Inc. executive director; Todd Allen, Jamestown Rotary Club president; Randy Sweeney, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation executive director; Barclay Wellman, Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation Board of Directors president; and Lucie Arnaz at the groundbreaking for the Comedy Center Park on Saturday evening.
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Tom Benson, National Comedy Center chairman, speaks to attendees at the Comedy Center Park groundbreaking Saturday evening, as Journey Gunderson, National Comedy Center Inc. executive director, and Lucie Arnaz look on.
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"Welcome to Comedy Center Park," said Tom Benson, National Comedy Center chairman, drawing a round of applause. "This is happening right now. The design is done. We have the funding."
According to the National Comedy Center Executive Summary, the project embodies Lucille Ball's vision of celebrating comedy and supporting the comedic arts in her hometown. Comedy center leaders have received feedback from Lucie Arnaz, Jerry Seinfeld, Dan Aykroyd, Carol Burnett, Bill Engvall and Paula Poundstone as they prepare for a July 2016 opening.
The comedy center will open in what currently serves as a Jamestown Board of Public Utilities substation.
"You've done such a good job of manifesting what my mother would've loved to have done in her honor," Arnaz said. "The festivals are great, but she was thinking long term. It shouldn't be about her specifically. (The National Comedy Center is) happening, and it's the only place of its kind in the nation and probably the world."
The park, designed by architects from Clark Patterson Lee, will be located behind the train station and will connect with the Greater Jamestown Riverwalk along the Chadakoin. According to Benson, the park should be completed by late fall.
"This is the tangible first step in what will eventually be the whole National Comedy Center project itself," Benson said. "It will be an integral part of what happens at the comedy center."
Located across the tracks from the train station, the park will host entertainment following the construction of the comedy center. In the meantime, it will serve as a destination for picnics and other outdoor activities, featuring benches and a lighted pathway connecting to the riverwalk.
State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, have offered support for the project. Both attended Saturday's ceremony, along with Lori Cornell, who represented Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
When asked this week by Cuomo to rank projects in her district on a scale of one to 10, Young said she enthusiastically broke the scale by giving the comedy center a 100.
"I'm very optimistic and hopeful that we can get some state aid for this (National Comedy Center) project to become a true reality," Young said.
According to Benson, the city of Jamestown has bent over backward to help make the comedy center project a reality. In June, Jamestown City Council approved the Consolidated Funding Application for the National Comedy Center through the state's Regional Economic Development Council Program. National Comedy Center officials submitted an application requesting $6 million from the state for construction.
The Oishei Foundation, Gebbie Foundation, Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, Lenna Foundation, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and the Jamestown Rotary Club have provided support for the National Comedy Center. Without their support, Saturday's groundbreaking wouldn't have been possible.
"This is what happens when a lot of people work together," said Journey Gunderson, National Comedy Center Inc. executive director. "I just want to thank the community because we wouldn't have momentum if everyone didn't decide to get on board."


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GULF SHORES, Alabama – Festival goers started to fill up the beach on Friday as Los Angeles, Calif., band Ozomatli took to the stage to entertain with their Latin, hip hop, and rock infused music at Hangout Fest 2014.
The seven-piece band bounced around on stage playing a trumpet, saxophone, and guitar. At least one band member jumped into the crowd early in the set.
Ozomatli take their name from the Nahuatl word for the Aztec astrological symbol of the monkey, which is also a god of dance, fire, the new harvest, and music. The Grammy winning band recently released their eighth album "Place in the Sun."
Next up on the main stage is Balkan Beat Box at 1:30 p.m. followed by Dawes at 3:45 p.m., Gary Clark Jr. at 6:15 p.m. and headliner The Black Keys at 9 p.m.
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Does anybody know where to get soy sauce and other condiments without msg or other chemicals? I looked at all the brands they sell at Walmart and Carrefour, but they all contain at least msg...
soy sauce and other condiments without msg
You will need to go to the wet markets and buy it in bulk. You will need to take a local with you to ask the right questions, and even then you may not get an honest/straight answer.
Bear in mind that soy sauce is loaded with sodium chloride anyway.
MSG is not dangerous and unhealthy as people make it out to be. It is a very good seasoning that brings out the flavor in foods. Just saying.
Russell L. Blaylock, a neuro-surgeon, and author of "Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills" would disagree with you, tommann. He claims MSG is an excitotoxin and "there is growing evidence that excitotoxins play a major role in a whole group of degenerative brain diseases."
you could try to find it from sino-agriculture which is a vegetarian restaurant with a small organic shop attached to it, i cant remember at the moment but im pretty sure they did have soy sauce too. its on wuyi road and on the building theres a big green sign that says sino-agriculture.
I don't know if I am allergic to MSG or if I am just really sensitive to it, but I find that if my dinner contains MSG I have really terrible sleep. My mind just can't stop thinking. I ate food containing MSG for most of my life, and it wasn't until I cut it out of my diet that I realised the terrible effects it was having on my rest. I sleep like a rock now that it's out of my body. Recently my wife's mother was using soy sauce full of MSG, and I noticed the effects on my sleep right away. I switched her soy sauce for "Lee Kum Kee" and now I'm good again.
I can't say for sure if Lee Kum Kee does not contain any MSG, but it certainly contains a lot less than many of the other bands I've used in China. I believe it is a Hong Kong brand, and is known in the mainland for its quality. I recommend the "Premium" line.
Magnifico, while I respect Dr. Blaylock's professional view on MSG, I can say that the bulk of the international culinary community believes that MSG is not as harmful as people say.
MSG is a natural product. The consensus is that it is not harmful. FDA rated GRAS (generally recognized as safe).
I am sure the resident conspiracy theorists will have a different opinion, based on years of surfing the internet.
Amazed at how people believe anything without any scientific proof. Yes, people who are aware and care about their health will notice the effects ONLY when they have purged their body of the substance in question. When I learned the terrible effects of MSG I stopped using it as much as I could. Now that I am MSG free, I can quickly feel the effects it has on me when I do ingest it (restaurants). Can't sleep when I always sleep soundly, dry mouth and terrible thirst no matter how much I drink.
MSG is NOT natural because it is a manmade substance. Salt is natural because it is found naturally in nature. MSG has been produced by direct chemical synthesis with acrylonitrile between 1962 and 1973. Now it is produced through bacterial fermentation.
Another lie is that MSG is natural because it is an amino acid (glutamate). What they misleading do NOT say is that it is a Non essential amino acid as opposed to an essential amino acid which is needed and received through preper diet and that glutamate and mono sodium glutamate are 2 totally different compounds.
So what happens when a person receives an excess of this wonderful non essential amino acid? For the uninformed, glutamate is a neurotransmitter that helps learning and memory. However, an excess of this wonderful glutamate kills the receptor sites and the result is the complete opposite of learning and memory - the effects are called - Alzheimer's disease, seizures, diabetes, destruction of pancreas, Stiff man syndrome, and ALS better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. People with LAS have an excess of glutamate in their spine. All this is caused by excitotoxicity - which means toxicity caused by the over excitment of neurotransmitters.
Why would anyone believe anything the FDA has to say? Aside from the revolving door between the FDA and Monsanto how many lies about safety have they told the public over the years only to come back and say sorry we were wrong.


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Cheering in the press box
I'm guilty for violating the golden rule of media (no cheering in the press box)…couldn't help it. My colleague and friend Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News was saluted on the field before he heads off into retirement at the end of the season. Quite frankly, anybody that works 46 years in one place — including 37 years on the Reds beat — deserves a standing O.
If a man's wealth is measured by the number of friends he has, Hal would be a billionaire. During a reception at the ballpark, Hal's colleagues at the Dayton Daily News, current and former Reds and sports writers all turned out. His family, including his wife Nadine, was on hand of course.
And there was former Reds star Aaron Boone. Now with the Astros, Boone caught Hal's ceremonial first pitch (it was a one-hopper but a strong effort.) Hal credited Boone with saving him from quitting in 2003. That spring, Hal lost his vision and became legally blind overnight. Boone talked him out of giving up. He's kept working the last six years and hasn't let it stop him.
During the game between innings, there were video tributes from players Hal covered — such as Sean Casey, Lou Piniella, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn.
I've been fortunate to have known Hal the last four years I've covered the Reds. He's always been good to me and even though I've competed for stories and scoops with him, I'll never stop appreciating everything he's done for me and I count myself lucky to be considered his friend.
Adam Dunn, Arroyo, Volquez
The uniform was obviously different and a different color but Adam Dunn hadn't changed a bit. Dunn,the former Reds star and current Nationals first baseman/outfielder, met with the media in the visitor's dugout for a few minutes on Thursday. He teased a couple of people including Ken Broo and Seg Dennison and checked out Great American Ball Park from his new perspective.
"This is the first time I've stepped out here and looked and it looks red," Dunn said. "It's really red out here. It's what I remember."
Although fans often had a love-hate relationship with Dunn (loved the homers, hated the strikeouts, fielding and the team's losing) — but he harbored zero ill will towards anything or anyone in Cincinnati.
"I'm not bitter at all," Dunn said. "I got an opportunity to play here since 2001. I enjoyed my time here. I met some great people. It's a business. I understand that. I don't hold grudges against anything. It worked out for a reason."
There was a time when Dunn and owner/CEO Bob Castellini were looking to extend Dunn's stay with the Reds but that obviously changed when Dunn was traded to the Diamondbacks just over one year ago. In the off-season, he signed as a free agent with Washington.
"I understand this is a business and that's how it goes," Dunn said of his end with the Reds. "They obviously did what was best for the organization and I still think Mr. Castellini is one of the best people I've met in my life. They'll definitely turn this thing around here. I met a lot of great people here that are hard to replace because you're with them day in and day out for x-amount of years. That's the main thing I miss about it."
Reds lineup:
Dickerson 8
Gonzalez 6
Votto 3
Phillips 4
Nix 7
Gomes 9
Rosales 5
Hanigan 2
Arroyo 1
A lot of people seem to be making a big deal out of the the USA Today cover story on Bronson Arroyo out today. I like that Arroyo isn't afraid to address any topic but I also feel like this topic was addressed on July 31 to both the Boston Herald and Cincinnati media. Even if he is taking things not on the approved list, he's not taking anything on the banned list. He's never tested positive for anything illegal since testing began.
UPDATE — 10 minutes after I posted this blog, USA Today has another story that MLB wants to meet with Arroyo. So, now it is a big deal whether I agree or not.
Edinson Volquez was back in the Reds clubhouse among his teammates and wearing a rather cumbersome metal brace all the way up his right arm. On Aug. 3, Volquez had Tommy John surgery performed on his right elbow by Dr. Tim Kremchek.
"They gave me a DVD of the surgery and I saw what they did. It wasn't good. That's crazy," Volquez said. "It was the first time I've seen that. I went back to my place and watched it on my computer. I wanted to see what they did to me."
Always a smiling and optimistic guy, Volquez believed he could still return to pitch at some point in 2010. He should be allowed to begin throwing in December and possibly work off of a mound by March.
"Right now if everything goes good and I keep doing everything I'm doing now, I could be back in a year, maybe nine or 10 months," Volquez said. "Kremchek I might be ready by May or June. Everything is going great right now. You can see there is no more swelling. They took the stitches out yesterday. I surprised them because they've seen me do a lot of stuff with my arm in exercises for the first week and a half. They're happy now."
I saw Homer Bailey in the clubhouse and other than a rather dark bruise in his left in-step from last night's line drive by Albert Pujols, was moving OK. Bailey expected to be OK for his next start on Tuesday. Besides the usual ice treatments, he's also a big believer in accupuncture.
Uniform change: Outfielder Wladimir Balentien swapped numbers. He went from No. 64 to No. 28, the former number of Edwin Encarnacion.
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Bargain signing of 2009?
Brandon Phillips was trying to compliment Laynce Nix after a great night where he hit two home runs, drove in four runs and saved a run with a nice left field catch in the Reds' 9-3 win.
But read this quote and see if you pick up on the veiled shot of the night:
"It's good to have a guy in left field that can hit the ball and who can catch the ball."
I guess Phillips doesn't miss Adam Dunn's lackluster defense in left field. By the way, the Nationals and Reds play each other next week in DC.
Nix gave the Reds their first run with a solo homer off Kyle Lohse in the second inning. In the eighth, his three-run homer against Chris Perez put the game on ice.
This season, Nix batting .287 with six homers and 17 RBIs. Of his 29 hits, 18 have been for extra bases – including a team-high 11 doubles.
Signed for 600,000 this season after he made the Reds as a non-roster invite at Spring Training, is Nix the bargain of the season?
"He's out there holding his own," Phillips said. "Honestly, he's underrated. It's all about a guy getting a chance. He's out there taking advantage of the chance he's getting. We're thankful he's on our team. He's getting some key hits. We're really needed him today. He's just doing it."
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Kent Mercker in the house
Towards the end of last season when he was injured and retirement was near, someone asked reliever Kent Mercker what his next vocation would be. Without hesistation, he said he'd be "turning vodka into urine." Everyone around him in the clubhouse laughed.
That was quintessential Mercker, who was one of the smartest and funniest players I've encountered in this game.
But he's found a part-time gig that brings him around the Reds again. Mercker is here at Busch Stadium to make his regular season radio debut working with Marty Brennaman tonight and Thursday. He's slated to do a handful of games later in the season. I can only imagine he'll make for entertaining radio during the games. Let me know how he does.
The reason for the change: Chris Welsh returned home for his son's graduation and Jeff Brantley shifted from the radio booth to TV with George Grande.When Mercker first got here, he didn't know where to go — so he went to visit a familiar face, Dick Pole, who was by the Reds bullpen — which is usually a no-no for credentialed media.
"I will light him up for that," Brennaman said.
A few years ago when the Reds stayed near a decepit mall in St. Louis adjacent to Union Station, the stores were all T-shirt shops and fudge stores. One day Adam Dunn was given a white T-shirt with a photo of Mercker's smiling mug on it. Above the picture read "World's Greatest Teammate."
On to some news…
Willy Taveras is out of the lineup again because of a sore right hamstring. Taveras' inability to catch up to Nick Stavinoha's sixth-inning drive to center field let two-runs score on the double, including the go-ahead run in a 5-2 loss. Taveras spent a while in manager Dusty Baker's office on Wednesday.
"He's about the same," Baker said. "I had a long talk with him today. We'll hopefully try it again this weekend some time against the Cubs."
Chris Dickerson started in center field but Jerry Hairston Jr. was back in the lineup and moved up to the leadoff spot. Hairston missed the last two games with a stomach flu. Why was Hairston moved up?
"No. 1, I wanted to split up right-left-right-left," Baker said. "No. 2, last year Hairston was an outstanding leadoff man."
The Reds were 25-19 last season when Hairston led off.
"Hopefully we can get some of the same," Hairston said. "Whether I leadoff or hit second, I know my job is to get on base. Obviously hitting second, I may take a few more pitches to give the guy in front of you an opportunity to steal a base."
Alex Gonzalez was also given a rest after he made the last 11 starts. Paul Janish got a start at shortstop.
"He's been playing a lot," Baker said. "I don't want Janish to be out too long. I thought about doing it tomorrow but that's not fair to Janish getting one start and he has to face [Cardinals Thursday starter Chris] Carpenter."
Almost forgot to mention — no starter was named on Saturday yet. Baker said it was definitely not someone already up here. That seems to all but point to Matt Maloney to get the start vs. the Cubs.
Reds lineup:
Hairston 5
Dickerson 8
Phillips 4
Bruce 9
Hernandez 3
Nix 7
Hanigan 2
Janish 6
Cueto 1
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(Frigid) Monday lineups, notes
I feel bad for the Northeast and I know it's not balmy in Cincinnati but here in Bradenton, it's downright cold. The high is going to be 58 degrees but it usually feels about 10-15 degrees cooler in the McKechnie Field press box in Bradenton. Even when it's 75 degrees here, everyone is bundled up because the wind whips through.
But that's enough bellyaching for one day. You want lineups and news and here's some to get you started:
Dickerson CF, Keppinger SS, Bruce RF, Phillips 2B, Encarnacion 3B, Gomes 1B, Nix LF, Hanigan C, Bankston DH
P – Bailey
RHP Mike Lincoln, LHP Aaron Fultz, LHP Daniel Ray Herrera, RHP Josh Roenicke are the pitchers available from the bullpen after Bailey.
McCutchen LF, Sanchez 2B, McLouth CF, Doumit DH, LaRoche 1B, Moss RF, Walker 3B, Wilson SS, Jaramillo C
P – Duke
- Dusty Baker said the other day that Jonny Gomes would get some action at first base to show versatility. Look for Jacque Jones to get some time there too this week. Neither Gomes nor Jones have ever played first base in the Majors.
"Now's the time to check it out. He's been working over there," Baker said of Gomes. "We'll have plenty of time with Joey [Votto] gone."
Gomes has never played first base in his life. Jones played there in high school and a little bit at college.
"I've taken a bunch of groundballs. I've had to learn a whole new position," Gomes said. "I've been practicing and getting a feel for it. You can't practice game situations. I'll just go out and run it out there. It will be alright."
"Even as far back as Minnesota, I used to mess around and take groundballs in the infield," Jones said. "I almost played there when Justin Morneau got hurt one year."
I will have more on this on the main site later today but needless to say, both players are outfield candidates trying to improve their versatility and increase their chances of making the team. Anything can help and it doesn't hurt to try at Spring Training when the games don't count.
- Team Venezuela has asked for the services of fifth starter candidate Ramon Ramirez at the World Baseball Classic.
"During the game [Sunday], they called [GM] Walt [Jocketty]," Baker said. "He ended up leaving afterwards. It's a tough decision for the kid but I told him we understood, no problem. Just go pitch lights out. He has a bona fide chance to make this club but who knows how many more chances he'll have to represent his country? That's a tough decision. We helped make it easier for him. He will be in their starting rotation."
Ramirez is the fourth starting pitcher to leave for the WBC — besides rotation locks Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto and prospect Pedro Viola — who are all pitching for the Dominican Republic.
- Baker said Team USA considered adding Jay Bruce for the outfield but selected Adam Dunn instead.
Finally, here is a picture of Pirates beat writers in the front row. They know how to dress for games here.
Owings on feeling healthy, hitting
Pitcher Micah Owings, who missed much of the second half with a shoulder injury before his trade from Arizona for Adam Dunn, is in a battle for the fifth starter's spot. He's already thrown in the bullpen and reports no health issues.
"That's the most important thing right now that I'm feeling good," Owings said. "I threw a couple of 'pens before I came down. I'm starting to feel like I can cut it loose again. After going down with strain last year, you kind of think about how you might come back."
All winter, the emails flowed to the former mailbag asking for the Reds to convert Owings from a pitcher to everyday player since he can hit. Does it bother the right-hander?
"My whole life I've been treated as a pitcher and then a hitter," Owings said. "So I kind of think that since I've made it to the big leagues, it's kind of been the opposite. I consider it as a compliment and respectful. By no means, do I take it as a knock on my pitching. But that's what I'm here to do and that's what my focus is going to be. Hitting is just a plus."
Owings, who will likely pinch-hit during the season, has taken some swings in the cage this spring.
One down, many more to go
Mid 70s with a nice breeze — you couldn't ask for a more pleasant day to start Spring Training on Saturday.
The 29 pitchers and seven of the eight catchers hit the field after morning physicals on the report day. It was basic stuff — pitchers doing PFP drills (fielding practice), bunting drills and bullpen sessions. Aaron Harang, Edinson Volquez, Johnny Cueto and Homer Bailey were among those that threw in the 'pen.
Some of the observations from day one:
Cueto looked in better shape than last year. He looked to be throwing pretty well too. His catcher, Ramon Hernandez repeatedly was praising the right-hander in Spanish after several of the throws.
Also in great shape was Harang. He went from around 280 lbs. to 255 lbs.
Non-roster catcher Humberto Cota was the only catcher missing. He was still en route from Mexico.
Here's a quiz for you — do you know who the most tenured Reds are now that Griffey, Dunn and Freel are gone?
1. Harang – since 2003 (six years)
2. David Weathers – 1998, 2005-pres (five years)
3. Edwin Encarnacion – since 2005 (four years and he's only 26)
4. Bronson Arroyo – since 2006 (three years)
Harang, Weathers and Bailey are the only three pitchers left that started camp in 2006. Bailey was just in camp for a first look but not a roster contender. Arroyo arrived mid-camp after being traded from the Red Sox.
"How weird is that? That's a lot of turnaround," Weathers said.
Finally — in prank of the day…someone left bears, balloons, and hearts at Jay Bruce's locker for Valentine's Day. The nice touch was the framed picture of his girlfriend on the chair.


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Polk County Sheriff's Robbery detectives are seeking information about a robbery and a shooting that occurred at Prima's convenience store located at 6980 SR 60 West in Mulberry.
Around 9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 7, 2010, two unknown black male suspects wearing hooded sweatshirts, driving a 4-door maroon car, possibly a Toyota Camry, drove up to the store. Both of the suspects got out of the driver's side of the car - one of the suspects was driving, and the other suspect got out of the rear passenger seat on the driver's side. One of the suspects was armed with a handgun. When the suspects entered the store, the two female clerks ran into a back room and shut the door. The armed suspect fired several rounds into closed door, striking both victims. The suspects then dragged the victims out of the room and took an undisclosed amount of money from a locked box. The suspects then fled the scene heading westbound on SR 60 into Hillsborough County.
During the robbery, the suspect vehicle was parked alongside the store, parallel to SR 60, with both doors on the driver's side open. The suspects can be seen here in video surveillance photos.
If anyone has information about this incident they are urged to contact Detective Shawnee McCawley at 863.534.6379 or 1.800.226.0344 or Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1.800.226.TIPS.


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Valentino: The Last Emperor
3 stars (PG-13, 2009)
Matt Tyrnauer directs a documentary about the last two years of legendary fashion designer Valentino Garavani's career.
Although there's not much substance to the film, it is an entertaining, all-access peek into a world few of us ever really get to see. DVD includes three documentary shorts that explore elements of Valentino's world in more detail. Some nudity and language. 1 hour 36 minutes. (T-P)
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waterfalls of Kerala makes this beauty more splendid by the milky white water and the soothing noise of the flowing water and the lush greenery around the waterfalls which makes each of the waterfalls in Kerala a Picnic spot. All waterfalls in Kerala are famous among most of the local people and they come here to enjoy their picnic with their family and friends.
People who are nature lovers just don't have any words when they view the beauty of the waterfalls in Kerala. Almost all of the waterfalls splash and roar down from great heights are a picnic spot where people come through the year and enjoy it tremendously. There are number of waterfalls in Kerala from which some of the important waterfalls include Athirapilly Waterfalls, Chethalayam Waterfalls, Thommankuthu Waterfalls and Soochipara Waterfalls.
The waterfalls of Kerala can be reached easily by various modes of transport like Rail, Air or Road and Local Transport is also available. The Major points in Kerala which are easily accessible are Trivandrum and Kochi. The best time one can enjoy the waterfalls of Kerala is from August to March.
Waterfalls of Kerala :
Athirapilly Waterfalls is found in Thrissur and is at a distance of around 63 kms. There are two well-known waterfalls Athirapilly and Vazhachal, that are striking and attractive that are situated on the edge of the sholayar forest ranges. Both waterfalls have a distance of around 5 kms between them. Both are based on the entrance of the Sholayar Ranges.Both these waterfalls are very trendy among tourists. From Kochi, this waterfall is located at a distance of 78 kms and people can get here without difficulty and is prominent as a picnic spot.
Cheeyappara Waterfalls is one of the renowned falls in Kerala. It is found on the Kochi - Madurai Highway in Kerala. A huge population also comes here to enjoy trekking which offers a panaromic sight and is loved by almost everyone. People of this place speak Malayalam mostly but can also understand and speak Hindi and English languages.
Chethalayam Waterfalls is located close to Sulthan Bathery which is at a distance of 12 kms from the waterfall and falls on the Pulpalli Main Road. This is a waterfall that offers an incredible and pleasing view and many people come here from far and distant places to enjoy this place. The other magnetism close to this waterfall is the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. This is among the popular destinations and is eminent as a picnic spot among many tourists.
Soochipara Waterfalls is a prominent waterfall generally enjoyed by the young mass of Kerala. There are number of people who come to look at the pleasurable atmosphere and the pleasing beauty of the waterfalls and the adjoining areas near the waterfall. It is to be found in Wayanad in Kerala. The key attraction is the 3- tiered commanding waterfall. The people who are young and athletic also like Rock Climbing here and is done by many tourists.
Thommankuthu Waterfalls is found in Thodupuzha which is at a distance of around 20 kms and from Cochin it is around 74 kms away. This is a gorgeous, wild and small waterfall that is well-liked among people of all ages. It is one of the places where every year there are thousands of tourists fascinated. The natural loveliness of this pretty waterfall can take away the heart of any tourist. People here enjoy their picnic and is a celebrated picnic spot among a large number of tourists. People of this place speak Malayalam very well but can also understand and speak Hindi and English languages easily.
Thusaragiri Waterfalls is found in the Western Ghats with its gurgling waterfalls of Thusaragiri. It is located in Kodenchery that is at a distance of 11 kms from the waterfall. The connotation of the name is the snow capped mountains which offers a remarkable view of water and land. The other magnetism and the reason for tourists to like this places so much is because they can also enjoy trekking which offers a enormous and spectacular view of the environs. It is enjoy by almost people of all ages.


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'The Vampire Diaries' recap: What do you think of 'The Originals'?
I will say, Klaus can be a very difficult hybrid to love.
At first, his visit to New Orleans seems like the usual vampire busy work. Find a witch, threaten her, discover who wants to kill you, blah blah blah. But on "The Vampire Diaries," vampire busy work is never just that. Klaus quickly bumps into his old friend Marcel, a charming vampire who was once one of Klaus' minions. That was 100 years ago, of course, and these days Marcel is the king of all he surveys. He's somehow managed to make the witch community believe he controls the magic in town (which may be true or may be a bluff), has run out the werewolves, and has a steady stream of delicious tourists on which to dine. If Klaus were a nice guy, he'd be proud of his former lackey, who has so clearly made good (at least in vampire terms) on Bourbon Street.
Alas, Klaus is not a nice guy, as much as I want to believe that's not the case.
For as many romantic beauty-and-the-beast turns as he has with Caroline, Klaus doesn't tend to listen to the angel on his shoulder very often. Heck, the angel on his shoulder was probably killed and eaten as a snack a long time ago. Klaus doesn't appreciate the idea that Marcel is the boss in these here parts, and immediately bristles when his old buddy puts a few of his people to work on keeping an eye on him. Even though it's been positively ages, Marcel clearly hasn't forgotten that Klaus is a tough cookie and a major threat, and he just may be better off finding out what the hell he's up to.
But even Klaus doesn't know what he's up to, not yet. His brother Elijah, who is practically cuddly compared to his surviving siblings, also drops into town. Though he tells their sister Rebekah that he's going to find out who's making a move against Klaus then either stop them or help them depending on his mood, I don't buy that for a second. Elijah can't stop loving this man, and even when he does do not-good, very-bad things, they're usually entirely excusable. When he finds Sophie, a witch being hassled by some of Marcel's thugs, he makes quick work of them. So quick, in fact, it's hard to really see what's going on (sidebar: Since almost everyone has a daylight ring, is it possible to not shoot everything like a moody '80s video?) except for the bloody head that bobbles along the pavement for a second or two. That Elijah, fighting the good fight in his own ghastly way!
What Elijah finds out is, of course, that Klaus got sexy werewolf Hayley preggers. Nooo, you say! But yeah, there's a loophole in the balance or something, which accounts for why Sophie and her dearly departed sister Jane Ann (yeah, Marcel killed her with a scarf, so that happened) conspired to capture Hayley shortly after she showed up in town. Klaus doesn't believe it! And then, he doesn't care! Sophie wants him to destroy Marcel or the kid and the baby mama get it! So what! Elijah urges him to listen to the thumpa-thumpa coming from Hayley's belly. Klaus still doesn't care! Hayley looks hurt when her baby daddy calls her a boozy one-night stand, but Klaus has no problem telling Sophie to go ahead and kill her and the baby. Stoopid baby!
Yeah, this would be why it's sometimes a little hard to love Klaus.
He stomps away from Elijah and Sophie and Hayley during their little daddy intervention, and it's not that Klaus needs a moment to think about it. No, Elijah then tries, again, to spell everything out to Klaus in words he can understand. Doesn't he remember that the one thing they've always wanted is a family? And this would be a family? Family is power, and Klaus loves power! I swear Elijah is one step away from barreling through Babys R Us, strapping on a Baby Bjorn and ovulating. Elijah wants this baby BAD, and I suspect he'd put together a killer nursery. "We will build a home here together! Save this girl, save this child," he pleads. And, you know, kill Marcel and all his people. But that's implied.
"No," says Klaus.
So, it's going to take a whole episode to get Klaus to come around about this damn baby. He fights with Marcel and bites one of his guys, just to make the point that he doesn't like rules. He's an Original, bitch! Marcel, who really doesn't seem so awful though I'm sure I'm wrong about that, is backed into a corner. Klaus has broken one of his rules. But Klaus is immortal. Dammit! Really, Klaus is kind of a houseguest from hell, wandering around and admiring what Marcel has done with the place, then making him look bad in front of his friends.
He bumps into this nice blonde bartender, whom he previously handed $100 to amuse two of Marcel's minions, and talks to her about a street artist. But in describing what she sees in the street artist, Camille (Cami to you, buster) basically describes Klaus to a T. "He's angry, he's dark, he doesn't feel safe and doesn't know what to do about it. Wishes he could control his demons and not let them control him. He's lost. Alone." We quickly learn that Cami was a psych major, and is probably standing in for Caroline when she's too busy with "The Vampire Diaries" business to drop in.
So, Elijah visits Klaus AGAIN to check the daddy meter. Klaus still doesn't really give a crap about his kid. No, he's realizing that Marcel has done a lovely job of taking over New Orleans, and now he's jealous and he wants it back. So there. He wants to be king of the mountain! And, well, okay, all kings have heirs. This is one step from saying he'll let Hayley put his name on the birth certificate if she signs something relieving him of having to pay parental support.
Still, Klaus now has a mission (destroy Marcel). We also get updates on who is going to the spin-off and who is staying home. Rebekah thinks Klaus can go spin, so she's a no for New Orleans. Klaus leaves a lovey-dovey message for Caroline, so she may drop by. Katherine tries to convince Elijah to run away with her instead of babysitting his stupid brother, but Elijah is an idiot and says he's heading back to New Orleans.
Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, the Salvatores are trying to starve and torture Elena back into being the nice, sweet girl she used to be. Because that always works.
That being said, I'm looking forward to "The Originals." The locations are gorgeous (all the style with none of the humidity!), but more importantly I think Marcel, Camille and Sophie are already intriguing characters I want to learn about. Marcel is a "let the good times roll" kind of guy, and we haven't really had someone who's this much fun. Damon is charming, but even he has a tendency to smolder.
Camille is sharp-witted and just might create an interesting Hayley-Klaus-Camille triangle (or even Caroline-Klaus-Camille). Even if she doesn't, she will likely be a witty sounding board for Klaus. As for Sophie, it's never a bad thing to have a witch around. Though Bonnie has become a punching bag on "The Vampire Diaries," I think Sophie might have the same tricks up her sleeve but with a bigger attitude.
The good news is that Klaus has some viable characters with whom to either join forces or face off, and either way, I'm there. More importantly, I've missed Elijah and even, yes, Hayley. This mash-up of new and interesting with oldies-but-goodies sounds like a gumbo worthy of my time.
Even if Klaus can be kind of a jerk.
Are you going to watch "The Originals"? What do you think Klaus will be like as a baby daddy? Which new character are you most interested in?