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Yes, I saw The Hobbit in 48 fps ...
First of all, you may not be able to. There just aren't that many theaters showing it in 48 fps. But if you can, here are my thoughts. If you are a student of film or a fan or just curious, yes, you should see it in 48 fps. This is a piece of film history. Seeing the beginnings of this style is something you shouldn't pass up. In case you're not really sure what all this means, let me explain. We're used to seeing things in 24 frames per second. That's what gives you the slightly "magical" look to film. The smoothness of movement that real life just doesn't have. This is double that. Things are sharper and more realistic ... mostly. In The Hobbit, there were moments when it worked really, really well. The scene with Gollum (Andy Serkis) and Bilbo (Martin Freeman) looked gorgeous. In fact, the realistic visuals made you feel like they were standing in front of you. As many of you know, I was a theater major and I've always tried to explain the magic that a live performance gives you that you just can't capture on camera. This is the closest I've come to seeing it replicated on the big screen. (Now, if they'd only kept the camera on the actors instead of cutting away ...)
There were other times when the action appeared to be sped up. A napkin drop in the first scene looked completely wrong. Any characters in an outside setting seemed to pop off of the background. The movement seemed completely unnatural. The battle scenes were overwhelming. There was no way to figure out where to focus your eyes. I'd say the 48 fps was incredibly distracting for the most part, occasionally awful and at moments, brilliant. So, completely uneven. Now, part of that is the fact that this is new technology and our eyes aren't used to this much input in terms of focused visuals like a film. But consider this. If you took someone from 1975 and stuck them in front of a CNN broadcast today, they'd probably have a headache in five minutes. We do quicker cuts and take in so much input after years of scrolling news bars, the internet and playing video games that our eyes are just used to it. Remember the first time you saw HDTV? I don't know about you, but my eyes ached for days.
So, should we keep doing it? Oh, why the hell not? James Cameron is saying he might do Avatar 2 in 60 fps. However, he's the sort to go in and fix the things that are wrong with the technology with his mountains of cash. (I like to think of him sitting on a mountain of gold coins, a la Smaug the dragon. Look at what he's done with 3-D. I may not have liked Avatar, but it was certainly beautiful. This is merely the first attempt. Give it time. Now, go ahead and debate. Tell me if you've seen it. I'm dying to know what you think.
UPDATE ABOUT HEADACHES: My buddy @KristenMcHugh22 suggested that I add this. For the record, I very often get headaches from 3-D films. Though the screening I saw was in both 48 fps and 3-D, I had no headache or eye strain at all.
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3d and 48fps, does that make it 96fps shot in total?ReplyDeleteReplies
No, the frame rate doesn't simply add up that way. It remains a 48fps showing, but there basically are 2 very slightly different movies playing at same timeDelete
I feel like the problems come less from it being shot in 48 FPS than HOW we view the 48FPS. We play games in much higher FPS without an issue on PC, even on large screens. On one of those huge IMAX screens or even the generic 3D screens I can see it being terribly overwhelming to watch.ReplyDelete
The 48FPS sounds distracting, i'll see it in 2DReplyDelete
Feydakin, it's true. I've been playing games in 60 fps forever!!!! I think you're right.ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I haven't watched the 'Hobbit' yet...hope to see it soon, though likely not in 48 fps.ReplyDelete
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Very interesting Jenna. Its probably a lot like IMAX. Everyone was telling me how great it is before I went. I even got blasted on my blog for even suggesting someone might not want to watch The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX. While it is clearer, I can't say it added anything. Fun for film fans, but regular movie goers don't gain much. 60fps sounds painful.ReplyDelete
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High school prevents drugs with human organs
Each of the organs had a story.
A runner and vegetarian died at 32 because he convinced himself it was OK to smoke marijuana. He died of a heart attack. Steve, the brain, died at age 42 from alcoholism.
With a gloved hand, ninth-grader Pamela Cuto touched the cerebellum and recoiled.
"It's squishy," she said.
Last Wednesday, real human kidneys, lungs, hearts, livers, stomachs and brains were spread along cafeteria tables at Oak Harbor High School.
"Organ lady" and registered nurse, Colleen Johnson was giving an interactive presentation, in which students can see and feel the effects of drugs and alcohol.
Her visit was green-lighted with the work of a concerned student; Midway High School senior Ethan Matthews.
Recognizing a growing drug problem in the community, Matthews approached the "Organ Ladies" for his high school project on promoting healthy living.
It was originally intended for Midway High School only, but a teacher helped him bring the presentation to OHHS. Over two days, 200 students were brought in at a time for Johnson's talks.
"This shows students the reality," Matthews said. "People can say 1,000 times how harmful something is, but sometimes you need a visual."
For 90 minutes, Johnson showed off diseased lungs and clogged aortas, along with sharing her own history of substance use.
"I'm a nurse with emphysema," she said, adding that she had her first cigarette in the 5th grade.
Her partying lifestyle led her to flunk out of high school with straight Fs. And at 25, a drunk drive home from a Seattle nightclub caused her to wreck a block away from home. Her face went through the windshield.
"I've had plastic surgery twice and have pins in my jaw," she said. "When my little daughter came to see me at the hospital, she looked at me and screamed. That was her first childhood memory of me."
Near the gymnasium stage, Johnson had a collection of letters from students she's spoken to. One simply said, "Thank you for the proof."
"They all pick up something different," Johnson said.
Along with drugs and alcohol, Johnson also covered how to take keys away from a drunk friend and the effects of obesity.
"You guys will be the sum total of all the choices you make in your life," she said before students examined the organs. "I hope that you are happy, and live healthy."
Students carefully prodded the sickly organs which were placed beside healthy counterparts.
"I really don't want that to happen to me," freshman Marcel Weaver said, shaking his head.
Before leaving the gym, Matthews pointed out the anti-drug flyers canvassing the walls of the high school and hopes Johnson's presentation will give them new meaning.
"This was something different and something I've never seen before. I think it will have a bigger impact," Matthews said.
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So, I've been spending a bunch of time recently thinking about evolutionary psychology (EP). This is a field about which I have some serious reservations for a variety of reasons both technical and philosophical. That said, I do find the constant in-fighting among human evolutionary biologists tedious and think that it's absurdly unproductive. I am […]
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As the next installment in my series on evolution psychology (see previous posts here and here), I thought that I would write about some thoughts on evolutionary modules. As should be obvious from previous posts, I have serious concerns about evolutionary psychology. Nonetheless, I don't want to repeat the knee-jerk criticisms that attended the rise […]
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On a day when blustery winds, lockdown pitching and glove work worthy of gold ruled, one powerful swing decided a game.
And impacted the fortunes of the West Perry and Susquenita softball teams.
On April 28 in Elliottsburg, Mustang catcher Kelli Valle turned on a one-strike drop ball that caught a hair too much of the plate and lined a two-run home run over the fence in left field that held up as the game-winning swat in a 2-0 decision.
The Mustangs, who ended a three-game losing skid by also knocking off Greenwood, Trinity and James Buchanan, poked their heads over .500 and, at 7-6, are back in the hunt for a bid into the District 3-AAA playoffs.
The Blackhawks, who beat Camp Hill and Trinity earlier in the week, saw their five-game winning streak end and fell to 7-3 in the Mid-Penn Capital, two games back of Boiling Springs in the league-title chase.
"That was a very tough loss," said Blackhawk coach Jesse Snyder, whose team is 8-3 overall and was ranked 11th in the most recent district power ratings. "Both teams played really well. One swing was the difference, and it was a good swing."
With winds howling from right field, every ball hit in the air was an adventure for fielders trying to make plays, and for pitchers trying to hit their spots.
With two of the top pitchers in the county facing off, it figured to be a low-scoring affair.
Mustang ace Hailey Lucas looked sharp from the start holding the Blackhawks without a base runner until Alisha Snyder, the ninth Blackhawk she faced, bounced a bad-hop single up the middle.
Susquenita freshman Kayla Rhome matched Lucas pitch for pitch, but had to overcome some early adversity.
Twice in the first inning, Mustang pops to the right side of the infield were blown down for hits. Rhome got out of the jam by fanning Lucas.
"For a freshman, Rhome is tough," said Mustang coach Vince Sledzinski. "She pitches with a lot of composure."
Mustang left fielder Nicolle Lisse reached on an infield hit to open the second, but a strikeout, a dandy 6-4 fielder's choice turned by Erin Danner and Steph Pagliaro and Brittany Britcher's tough catch of a pop down the first base line ended that threat.
Rhome then worked a 1-2-3 third keeping the game scoreless.
The Blackhawks put a scare into West Perry when Vanessa Hoffman looped a double down the left-field line and moved up to third on a ground-out. Jess Hopkins followed with a rip to third that Mustang Katie Dixon gloved. When Dixon appeared to be making the throw to first, Snyder sent Hoffman racing towards home. Dixon pulled the ball back, turned quickly and made a diving tag on Hoffman, who was scrambling to try to get back to third.
"That was on me, a rookie coaching mistake," Snyder said. "But, their kid made a nice play."
"At first, I thought Katie was going to throw it, but she didn't panic," Sledzinski said. "It was a major play at a point we needed one."
The Mustangs soon got another play when shortstop Chelsea Sledzinski laid out, gloved Cassie Auxt's base-hit bid and dove to get the final out on a force at second.
Rhome pitched around a one-out walk in the bottom of the fourth and Lucas stalled the Blackhawks with two strikeouts in the fifth after Alli Robenolt drilled a leadoff single to left.
That set up Valle's heroics.
Lauren Stehman worked a leadoff walk, then advanced on a sacrifice bunt. Two pitches later, she was trotting home in front of Valle, whose line drive bored through the wind and was rising when it cleared the fence.
"That ball was a missile. When Kelli hit it, there was no doubt it was out," Sledzinski said. "There's no kid I'd want up in that situation than Kelli."
Valle, who threw out a Blackhawk trying to steal second in the sixth, and Chelsea Sledzinski, who tracked down a risky pop over third, handled a hard grounder to short and made a diving catch to record all three outs in the seventh, gave Lucas enough support to nail down the win.
Lucas finished with a complete-game four-hitter, four strikeouts and no walks.
Rhome allowed four hits as well, only one — Valle's blast — that left the infield, walked three and struck out three.
"Hailey is a great pitcher," Snyder said. "We can't seem to get good swings on her."
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Miss the last RoughRiders game? Catch up on the action or relive the highlights with 'Riders Rewind, a daily capsule of yesterday's big moments. Listen to previous editions of 'Riders Rewind here.
Magic Number: 6
On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the RoughRiders knocked their Magic Number down two pegs with an 8-0 shutout of the San Antonio Missions. Frisco also took the series three games to one. Click here to read the full game recap.
Second-place Midland (32-28) helped the RoughRiders' cause with a loss to Corpus Christi (30-30), so the total dropped from eight to six in one night. With RockHounds in town Saturday for a four-game series at the Doc, the 'Riders (36-23) can lower that number in chunks.
To calculate the Magic Number, determine the number of games yet to be played (10), add one (10+1=11), and subtract the number of games ahead in the loss column of the standings from the closest opponent (11-5=6).
The 'Riders blanked the Missions for the second time in the series and fourth time this season. The home team has been dominant when these two sides convene in 2014; both are 6-2 at their home ballpark against each other.
Frisco is now 21-11 at Dr Pepper Ballpark this season, the best mark in the Texas League. The 'Riders have not lost a series at home since April 7 when the Arkansas Travelers swept a doubleheader in the second series of the season. For the third straight series, the opponent took the opener only to see Frisco ride to victory in the remaining installments.
In case you missed it:
-Every batter in the RoughRiders' order tallied a base hit on Friday.
-Trever Adams knocked three hits in the game. Adams has not missed a beat after his week-long stint on the DL with a strained right hamstring. After batting .350 in the month of May, the righty is 5-for-8 with two runs, a double and two RBI in his first two games in June.
-Guilder Rodriguez also had a three hit game. G-Rod is batting .323 on the season and a whopping .381 since his return from Triple-A RoundRock on May 14. He leads the team in on-base percentage at a .412 clip.
-One night after Ryan Rua took the team lead in home runs with his tenth of the season, Jake Smolinksi tied the race once again on Saturday with a solo shot in the third. Nine of Smolinski's ten jacks have been solo shots this season. The two sluggers have been neck-and-neck for much of the season in numerous statistical categories. With 34 RBI on the season, Smolinski holds a slight in RBI over his teammate (32).
-Speaking of Rua, the third baseman extended his on-base streak to 14 on Friday and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
-San Antonio manager Rich Dauer once again shook up his lineup in the middle of the game. His starting lineup varied in only game three when catcher Robert Kral replaced Austin Hedges. On Friday, however, Dauer removed Jason Hagerty from first base for Lee Orr while Bridger Hunt subbed in for Adam Buschini at third base. Buschini, in turn, shifted to shortstop and replaced Brian Bixler.
-Missions reliever Leonel Campos loves to pitch against the RoughRiders. The righty has yet to allow an earned run to the 'Riders over the course of 11 career appearances. He pitched two innings on Friday and gave up two hits with three strikeouts.
Star of the Game: RHP Alec Asher – 7.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
Big Cat put the Missions in a coma with his most dominant outing on the mound this season. The big right-hander took a perfect game into the fifth inning, when an Austin Hedges line drive deflected of Rodriguez's glove at shortstop and into center field for a base hit. Alec filled up the strike zone and worked an efficient seven innings–of his 84 pitches, 62 were for strikes. Equally impressive was the Floridian's ability to keep the ball in the park, and in most cases, the infield. He did not allow a home run and only one extra-base hit on a triple by speedster Reymond Fuentes. Alec leads the team with 71 1/3 innings pitched through 12 starts this season. The win on Friday lowered his ERA to 3.28 and gives him a 6-4 record on the season.
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Dorenbos will be featured in the latest episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which will air Tuesday night at 9 p.m. on HBO. The piece will focus on his time with the Eagles and his work as a magician, but also touches on what Dorenbos calls the "darkest time of his life."
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The Jewish Federation of Huntsville North Alabama is very disappointed that Louis Farrakhan has been invited to speak at Alabama A&M.
He has a notorious track record of anti-Semitism, well documented over the years. He is not someone who brings people together, but his words divide people.
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If the government can force people to buy health insurance, justices wanted to know, can it require people to buy burial insurance? Cell phones? Broccoli? (Times, March 28)
Surely the Supreme Court justices know the difference between the market for healthcare and the market for broccoli. We can do without broccoli, but can we adequately function or enjoy life, let alone survive, without healthcare?
We can carefully examine broccoli before we decide to buy it, but how much choice do we have when we are rushed to the hospital for a life-threatening treatment? How much choice do the hospital and the doctors have?
Does the supermarket have an obligation to provide broccoli to someone who cannot pay?
Justice Ginsburg is right in bringing the analogy of Social Security: "How could Congress be able to compel younger workers to contribute to Social Security but be limited in its ability to address healthcare?"
This analogy brings the argument closer to how most advanced countries financed healthcare: by collecting taxes, which is obviously mandatory. This is what the single-payer, or Medicare for everyone, is all about.
In addition to covering everyone, this system avoids the unnecessary administrative costs and denying insurance coverage because of 'pre-existing conditions' by insurance companies.
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Navy Northwest Region leader has Whidbey roots
A former A-6 pilot at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has taken over leadership of Navy Region Northwest.
On Wednesday, July 11, Rear Adm. William French handed over region commander reins to Rear Adm. James Symonds.
Hundreds of attendees gathered in Jackson Plaza at Naval Station Everett to bid farewell to French and welcome Symonds and his wife to the region or, in this case, back to the region.
My wife, Anne and I are very excited to come back to the Great Northwest, Symonds said. We spent 14 of our first 18 years in the Navy on Whidbey Island. We know the area well, and enjoyed our time here immensely. We feel very fortunate to be returning to an area we love.
Symonds reports to Navy Region Northwest from his previous assignment as director, Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division.
French actually reported to his new command in April as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Marianas in Guam. Since then he has been serving a dual role while continuing to keep a watchful eye on this region from afar.
Today isnt about Bill French, he remarked during his speech, Its about the sailors and civilians of Navy Region Northwest who execute the mission.
French also spoke about Puget Sound area communities, saying that without the great support of the communities our bases are in, doing the job would be hard and our quality of life wouldnt be nearly as good.
He added that support from organizations such as the Navy League and USO are also critical to the mission accomplishment.
Its all about relationships, French said.
French thinks that the one accomplishment during his watch he is most proud of is the establishment of the Joint Harbor Operations Center and Maritime Homeland Security Operational Planning System for Puget Sound in which he was a driving force.
He also cites the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Five Star accreditation rating received in 2006 for all of the regions visitor and bachelor quarters, and the Commander in Chiefs Installation Excellence awards received in 2005 (Naval Base Kitsap), and 2006 (Naval Air Station Whidbey Island) as treasured marks.
During his career, Symonds has served on board numerous naval aircraft carriers as a pilot, and as commanding and executive officer. His last sea tour was as the second skipper of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), from 2003 to 2005. Throughout his flying career, he has accumulated 4,000 flight hours and 1,000 carrier landings.
Symonds said that the command is an opportunity to lead and help sailors. Thats how Ive viewed the other commands Ive been fortunate to have, and thats how I view this one, he said.
Our installation commanding officers and staffs are people who work very hard sometimes with limited resources to ensure our sailors and their families are satisfied and comfortable with their Navy lives so sailors can focus on their missions, Symonds added. Im looking forward to helping advance that cause the best I can.
Symonds sees his vision beginning with clean, good looking bases and facilities, which provide services that completely satisfy the needs of the customers.
It also includes a reputation in our community as good neighbors who respect others and do our part to preserve our environment, he said. Just as importantly, I am committed to safe operations and travel throughout this region.
My experiences as a Whidbey-based A-6 pilot and a squadron and ship commanding officer have prepared me very well to understand the challenges of commanding Navy Region Northwest, added the Sodus, N.Y. native. I am ready and excited to get started.
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Spending the summer in tiny, idyllic Cooper's Landing sounded wonderful to play-it-safe teacher Evie McBride. She'd read, relax and run her dad's antique shop while he set out on a fishing trip. So how did she end up tutoring neighbor Sam Cutter's troubled teenaged niece? Especially since Sam's handsome face and sense of adventure didn't give her a moment's peace. Nor did the news that her dad wasn't out there looking for trout, but for a centuries-old sunken dowry with criminal ties. Ties that bound Evie and Sam to danger…and to each other.


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Hello from Alabama football practice number 11. A very eventful 20-minute media viewing period, if I do say so myself.
Here are a few quick things before I get back to writing:
-- Jimmy Johns did, in fact, move to outside linebacker as coach Nick Saban said he would after the scrimmage. Johns, a senior, went from inside to outside, manning the Sam (or strongside) spot.
-- That meant sophomore Chavis Williams became the backup Sam linebacker.
-- It also meant the new starting inside (Will) linebacker is Cory Reamer, the junior from Hoover. He had bounced around from safety to inside to outside, now back to inside. We'll see how long this lasts.
-- WR Will Oakley returned to practice Monday, apparently improving from his hamstring issues.
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Uspenskin Katedraali - or Uspenski Cathedral as it is sometimes known - is an Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki city centre that is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Like the Rock Church of Helsinki, Uspenskin Katedraali is not just a scared place of worship but also a busy tourist attraction. The Katedraali welcomes more than 500,000 tourists every year who come to pray and admire the many gilded murals and rare icons on display.
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- The Katedraali is known for its rare murals and icons - the icon of Theotokos of Kozeltshan is especially beautiful.
The Cathedral is easily reached from this accommodation close to Helsinki's city centre, though the Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel, Helsinki is especially convenient as it is less than 30 minutes' walk away and an even shorter tram ride. Uspenskin is open every day, except on Mondays during winter and is free to visit, although donations to the church and good causes are welcomed.


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A fire gutted a family's home in Dormont just before the holidays.
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Investigators said the second floor of the home was destroyed. Crews stopped the fire from spreading to the units next door.
The Red Cross was helping the family with food, clothing and a place to stay.
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Ron Kubik came into class last fall, a few years removed from graduation and a lifetime away from the black T-shirts and the spiked green Mohawk he once sported.
He was muscular, unfailingly polite and his Army uniform was neatly pressed.
"Kids in high school don't realize how easy they have it, compared to real life," he told John Driscoll, his former history teacher at Manasquan High School. "When you're here, you think you know everything."
Kubik was remembered yesterday as a smart, often funny kid who always played against expectations, and often thought he knew everything. A transfer student from Manchester High School in Ocean County who played in a punk band, he could steal a scene in acting class and successfully debate school rules before the board of education.
The body of the 21-year-old from Brielle, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, was to be brought home tomorrow morning, following his death in Afghanistan. Military officials late yesterday would not release details of the incident that killed Kubik. A service at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware was set to mark the transfer of his remains to his family.
Members of his family could not be reached tonight. However, teachers at Manasquan High School recalled a student who was never quite as tough as he looked. He was a member of the wrestling team, but liked to debate history. He talked of his friends from his old school, but seemed to make as many friendships at the new school.
"I met him in my acting class, which is the last place you would expect to find him," said Harry Harvey, an English teacher. "There were these huge arms, attitude, black shirts and he always told you how it was. But he loved acting. He was a great fast talker and charismatic."
Harvey pushed him to take his advanced placement English class, where he read Hamlet and Wuthering Heights.
One day he walked into school with his hair dyed bright green and spiked into a Mohawk. Some of his teachers kidded him about it, but one of the vice principals was not especially taken with the look and threatened him with suspension. Kubik challenged it and fought the matter all the way to the board of education, researching the rule and interviewing teachers over whether they thought he was a distraction. And unexpectedly won.
A week later, he came into school with it all cut off.
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Jamie Mawn, who had Kubik for journalism and English classes, said he brought with him a tremendous amount of energy. "I think he was a kid who was always thought to be a trouble maker, but he was really a smart kid and a wonderful kid who really had brains. It was remarkable," he said.
Several of his teachers urged him to go to college after he graduated, and told him to think about law school. He did go to community college for a few months, but then one day decided to enlist in the Army.
"I just don't think he had many options," said Harvey.
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EAST RUTHERFORD — It used to be that the cities of the teams playing in the Super Bowl played a role in the outcome of the game.
Before the National Football League instituted a salary cap in 1995, teams in larger markets won 19 of the first 28 Super Bowls. Now it appears smaller cities have an advantage, with teams in those markets winning 10 of the last 14 games, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
By that measure, Seattle has an edge this year, with 270 fewer people living there than in Denver, according to Census population estimates on July 1, 2012. Seattle ranked 22nd on the list of the nation's most populous cities, while Denver ranked 23rd.
Here are five other ways Denver differs from Seattle, according to the 2012 American Community Survey.
1. Homes in the Seattle cost more. The median home value of owner-occupied homes in Seattle in 2012 was $415,800 compare to $251,200 in Denver.
2. More Denver residents speak other languages. In Denver, 26.3 percent of residents older than 5 speak a language other than English at home, compared to 23.9 percent of Seattle residents.
3. Seattle residents are better educated. More than 90 percent of Seattle residents 25 and older had graduated from high school, and 57 percent held a bachelor's degree or higher in 2012. In Denver, 44.7 percent of residents held a bachelor's degree, and 86 percent graduated from high school.
4. People living in Denver have a shorter commute to work. Residents take an average of 24.6 minutes to get to work, compare to 25.9 minutes that Seattle residents take.
5. The median household income in Seattle is $64,473, compared to in $50,488 in Denver. The national median is $51,371.


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A semi-truck's trailer caught fire on a Southern California freeway Saturday night, shutting down the lanes for two hours.
What the truck was carrying had a "wonderful BBQ beef rib odor to it," as the semi-truck was hauling 76,000 pounds of beef ribs.
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The second most popular Indie bundle has released this years fall lineup of games. And it is glorious!
Let's see what we've got this time:
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So we've got three games I haven't heard of, one that shares a name with a short but fairly good PC game that I did a terrible let's play of, and the pinnacle of human achievement in the field of video games.
Seriously, To the Moon is absolutely amazing. Not only that but this entire bundle is currently going for less than the asking price for To the Moon on Steam. If you don't already own this game then you owe it to the developers, to yourself and to humanity as a whole to buy it.
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Noil accounted for four touchdowns with his running and passing in addition to directing the New Orleans Metro area's top-ranked team to three fourth-quarter touchdown drives to record a come-from-behind 33-24 non-district victory against No. 2 ranked St. Augustine.
The 6-foot, 185-pound senior totaled 266 yards with his running, passing and receiving, with 173 of that total coming on seven of the 10 plays it took the Cougars to score three fourth-quarter touchdowns in the final eight minutes.
Noil completed nine of 16 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns without being intercepted, rushed 11 times for 82 yards and touchdowns of 21 and 3 yards and caught two passes for 32 yards.
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LeBlanc was a linchpin in spurring Ben Franklin to a pair of match victories against New Orleans Metro area ranked teams. Franklin is ranked No. 4 among Metro large schools from Divisions I and II.
The 5-foot-4 senior setter recorded 34 assists, 12 digs and five kills in a 25-18, 25-16, 25-23 sweep of Riverside in a non-district match. Riverside was ranked No. 5 among small schools from Divisions III, IV and V.
LeBlanc also had 33 assists and 20 digs in a 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 sweep of Newman in another non-district match. Newman is ranked No. 3 among small schools.
LeBlanc recorded 24 assists, 23 digs and four kills in a 3-0 loss to Lakeshore. The scores were 25-19, 25-17, 27-25.
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Is the weather finally turning?
-- Organizers of the Lents Little League Alumni Fundraiser hope that hot dogs, baseball and sunshine will be an irresistible draw this Saturday at Lents Park in Southeast Portland.
All proceeds from the event, starting at 5 p.m., will go towards the purchase of a new pitching machine which will serve both the baseball and softball players in a 15-team league serving boys and girls ages 5 to 18.
-- Need some ideas to get you through the summer? The folks at red tricycle have compiled a quick and easy list of 50 fun activities, events and crafts for kids and parents alike. Three examples:
13. Pack a picnic dinner and watch the sunset from Powell Butte Nature Park
18. Check out the Cultural Pass to Adventure from the library for a free day pass to some of Portland's coolest museums and attractions
46. Bundle up and catch a movie under the stars
Weather aside...
-- Women for Success Portland will celebrate its first birthday with a party at 5:30 p.m. June 23 at the Living Room Theaters Lounge, 341 S.W. 10th Ave. Join members of the volunteer-run organization as they review progress made toward a goal of raising $10,000 for Dress for Success Oregon, a program that provides work-appropriate undergarments for women in need.
You'll find more details and more community news on My Portland, a public blog where readers have an open invitation to post news, events and opinion pieces on things that matter to Portlanders.
New to My Portland? It's a great way to let neighbors and folks know what's going on around the city and in your neighborhood.
It's just one of several community engagement tools available on our local pages on OregonLive.com. To see all the sites in our network, go to oregonlive.com/local. There you'll find sites packed with local content as well as opportunities to post photos, video and news. To post to My Portland, go to oregonlive.com/portland and click on "Portland public blog" on the left side tab.
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C. L. Brogan (University of Hawaii), Y. L. Shirley, C. J. Chandler (NRAO), A. P. Sarma (DePaul University)
We present results of SMA observations of the high mass protostellar hot cores G12.89+0.49, W33A, and CepA2 with ~2\arcsec resolution. These continuum and spectral line observations were centered on the CS(7-6) transition at 342.9 GHz (USB) and at 332.9 GHz (LSB). The 875 micron continuum data reveal bright compact cores likely associated with dust emission from the inner envelopes and/or disks. The spectroscopic data reveal a rich molecular spectrum with 15 different chemical species identified over the 4 GHz of total bandwidth. The line ratios toward the three hot cores are quite different, possibly revealing evolutionary differences. For example, most of the lines detected toward CepA2 are significantly weaker than those detected toward the other two sources. The kinematic information obtained from the stronger lines like methanol reveal evidence for rotation of the G12.89+0.49 core (consistent with that previously suggested by Beuther et al.), and the CS(7-6) data suggest that there are multiple jet/outflows in W33A. We will also present results from recent VLA H2O maser observations toward W33A.
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Sayreville (N.J.) standout Myles Hartsfield just visited last Tuesday, but will make a return visit to campus some time during this week to further explore Rutgers, one of his top three schools.
"I'm supposed to be (visiting)," Hartsfield, the 6-1, 185-pound junior said. "I was thinking about some time during the week because I'm going to North Carolina on the weekend to see my sister. So I'm not sure when right now, but I'm sure I'm gonna be up this week."
Hartsfield, the No. 17 recruit in the NJ.com Top 50, will be accompanied on his visit by his support system, which could also include South Brunswick (N.J.) recruit Dontae Strickland.
"I'll probably be with my parents, and I'm gonna ask Dontae what he's doing because I know he's on spring break, too," he said.
The purpose of Hartsfield's upcoming visit is to learn more about the educational side of his in-state institution.
"I want to experience the education part this visit and sit in on meetings a little bit more," Hartsfield said. "I didn't get to sit in meetings the last time because I got there kind of late. But this time, I'm gonna watch the practice, but I'm gonna stay later to listen to the education part."
Hartsfield has accelerated his timetable for making a decision.
"It'll probably be towards the end of the school year, the middle of July, maybe. I'm gonna decide sooner than I said I was because I'm really starting to feel these colleges out and the colleges are starting to really come in now," he said. "So, I'm gonna get ready to make this decision."
The Scarlet Knights are currently in the No. 2 spot behind Penn State, but according to Hartsfield, the three teams in his top three are almost neck and neck.
"Penn State is No. 1 right now, Rutgers is No. 2 and Pitt No. 3. But it's not like Penn State is that far out in front. Rutgers and Penn State are neck and neck with each other. All three of them, actually, are like neck and neck."
Hartsfield will also visit the University of North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest this weekend while in North Carolina.Follow me on Twitter @TodderickHunt
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Portland's economy gained thousands of jobs in June, despite a statewide hiring retreat.
A state report out Monday said metro-area employers added a seasonally adjusted 4,800 jobs last month. At the same time, the state shed 1,000 jobs.
unemployment rate
unemployed workers
estimated new jobs
-June 2013,
Oregon Employment Department
Still, about 88,400 remained out of work in the Portland metro: Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill and Columbia counties in Oregon; plus Skamania and Clark counties in Washington.
The economic recovery, though, is gaining ground in the metro area. The region's job base has expanded by 2.7 percent since June 2012, as the private sector gained 28,100 jobs. Government job losses slowed to just 500 over the same time frame.
In June, the metro construction industry added 2,500 jobs, twice as many as expected. Manufacturing and financial-sector workforces also expanded in Portland.
Private educators cut thousands of jobs as the school year came to a close, mirroring the statewide trend.
Oregon's unemployment rate in June was 7.9 percent, just above the U.S. average of 7.6 percent.
Eleven counties in Oregon still face double-digit unemployment rates, which top out at 13 percent in Harney County. Benton County's jobless level was once again the lowest in the state at 6.0 percent.
Among metro areas outside of Portland, joblessness varied widely:
- Bend (Deschutes County): 10.0 percent, unchanged from May.
- Corvallis (Benton County): 6.0 percent, up from 5.8 percent in May.
- Eugene-Springfield (Lane County): 7.9 percent, up from 7.8 percent in May.
- Medford (Jackson County): 9.6 percent, up from 9.5 percent in May.
- Salem (Marion and Polk counties): 8.3 percent, flat from May.
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Conference sessions being made available online
An annual mining conference held by Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets is underway, with presentations aimed at offering information for investors.
The sessions include a few companies active in Newfoundland and Labrador. They are being made available on the web for anyone interested.
At 8:30 a.m. EST today, there will be a session will be held entitled "Iron Ore: Economics of the Trough." It will include representatives from companies active on the Labrador side of the border, including Alderon Iron Ore.
At 3:15 p.m. EST, "The 'Other' Royalty Companies" are featured, including Altius Minerals.
Scotiabank staff have cautioned the forum agenda is subject to change, but the conference will be archived online for three months: www.gbm.scotiabank.com.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - More than 10,840 Kent County Consumers Energy customers remain without power Monday night, a day after intense storms and several weak tornadoes swept through the state.
The Consumers Energy outage map late Monday showed the situation to be looking up for many Kent County residents since the early morning hours, when close to 31,000 people were without power.
Yet, some residents may not have service restored until 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the utility.
Out-of-state contract crews for Consumers Energy arrived Monday to provide additional assistance. Maintenance workers will continue to work through the night to tackle the widespread outages, according to a press release.
The American Red Cross has opened shelters across West Michigan for those without electricity. Residents in need can also call 211 for assistance.
Here's a glance at other Consumers Energy outage totals for West Michigan as of late Monday: Allegan (5,007), Barry (5,674), Ionia (1,912), Montcalm (1,771), Newaygo (1,078), Ottawa (5,536). For updated information, view the outage map.
Angie Jackson covers public safety and breaking news for MLive/The Grand Rapids Press. Email her at email@example.com, and follow her on Twitter.


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These are some of the 30 things author Siobhan Adcock claims every 20something should know in her new book, "30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30" (Broadway Books).
A student at Cornell University, Adcock wrote the book after reflecting on what adulthood means -- a stage which she says occurs as you near your 30th birthday -- around the time you begin to own property of have kids.
"As you approach 30, you expect to start feeling like a grown-up, or at least more like a grown-up than you did at 20," she writes. "The years leading up to your 30s require you to develop a whole new skill set -- you're moving ahead in your career, your friends are getting married and having children, your parents and grandparents are getting older, your standard of living is changing. Suddenly you need to know how to spend discretionary income, how to keep house, how to be a good human being, how to maintain a car and an apartment and a career and healthy relationships with your friends and family."
One might imagine that you'd need to learn most of those skills long before the age of 30, but there are plenty of tips in the book that you're not likely to know even if you live to be 90. Adcock, for instance, notes that she's nearing her 30th birthday and still doesn't know how to drive a stick shift.
Like other popular advice books such as "The Rules" or the "Survival" manual series, "30 Things" has an entertaining shtick with insights into subjects such as "How to cook one 'signature' meal," or "How to clean your place in under 45 minutes if friends or a prospective lover are coming by unexpectedly and soon."
If you're a callow 20something, there may be a few tips here that will help you get ahead of the pack. "These are skills that improve you, and improve the world," Adcock says. "Be gallant. Be gracious. Be smart. Be a hero. Be irresistable. Be an insufferable know-it-all."
Some of Adcock's 30 things sound pretty mundane. "How to wrap a present," for instance. But Adcock points out that a poorly-wrapped present sends a message that "you really don't care," even if you've spent months searching and saving for the gift. Why wreck your present's impact with a bad wrap job?
Then too, building a successful fire, either at a campsite or a barbecue... anyone can do that, right? Wrong. Starting a campfire can be a tricky business, and if you don't know what you're doing, you come off as a campsite klutz. On the other hand, "The person who correctly and swiftly builds a campire for the convenience and/or survival of others is a hero."
Here again, Adcock reminds us that it's the little things that add up to a big deal in how others judge your competence.
Speaking of which, she notes that you should know how to cook one 'signature meal' by the time you're 30 to impress guests. "Knowing how to cook just one meal well is not only smart -- it's also something you're likely to find quite useful. Women love men who can cook; men love women who can cook; women and men love women and men who can cook. If you can't cook, or don't like cooking, you have to be able to pretend you do or else no one will like you."
She says the easiest cuisine to pull off for those who hate to cook is Italian: a tasty meal of pasta and veggies can be thrown together in 15 minutes. Adcock offers a recipe for linguine with broccoli and garlic that looks and tastes great, but isn't much harder to make than boiling water.
"30 Things" also has some interesting tips on "holding your liquor," the best cocktails to choose (or avoid), how to select a good wine, and how to know when you've reached your "tipping point" to stop soaking up the suds.
Some of the advice seems a bit claustrophobic or picky. On wine, for instance, she advises to, "Pick a certain grape and make it yours, preferably one that's not as well trodden as a merlot or a Chardonnay: Be a pinot noir person, a syrah person, a red zinfandel person..."
But does anyone really care what kind of wine you drink? Adcock doesn't explain why you should limit yourself.
Ditto on beer, where again, Adcock advises one to pick a "signature" beer, apparently to advertise the notion that you are Mr. or Ms. Classy Beer Guzzler. Just so you're careful to "never be a signature 'light beer' drinker." That could apparently send a message that you're also a lightweight.
One of the more interesting passages is "how to send a drink to someone's table." It turns out there's a great deal of etiquette and social ritual to buying a lady a drink at a bar (manners don't matter if you're buying a guy a drink -- he'll be simply dumbfounded and grateful). First, you have to get on good terms with your waitperson, coming off as "explicit, humble, and charming" to get the server to approach the person you're interested in. When the server makes your pitch, you either wave and smile, trying to look "approachable, attractive and harmless," or you go the "sneak's way" and pretend that you're busy doing something else -- reading a menu or talking to a friend -- and are surprised to be pointed out. If the lady accepts your drink offer, just smile and wait at least 10 minutes before approaching her table. "Don't wink. Don't lift your glass and mouth, 'To you, gorgeous,' or 'Salut, beautiful.' Don't lift a silent meaningful toast. Just look normal and friendly."
After you've convinced the object of your interest that you're not going to swoop in on her like a vulture, you should walk over to her table, introduce yourself nice and friendly-like, shake hands and ask, "'Do you mind if I join you for a moment?' The 'for a moment' is key: You don't want your intended to feel cornered..."
Adcock reveals that buying a drink for someone is quite a social ritual and takes a good deal of finesse to pull off. Who knew?
Some of the advice comes off a bit ditsy. Adcock's suggestions for "how to order wine at a restaurant without getting stiffed," for instance, devolves into a selection-by-committee approach. "The best first step is to open the wine selection up to the table, so everybody can share their thoughts about what they like and what they're planning to eat," she writes. Begging your pardon, but this sounds like a recipe for disaster, setting up people who know zilch about wines. Does the table get stuck drinking lambrusco or white zinfandel because your dinner guests don't know these wines double as mouth-wash?
Some advice is mundane: how to change a flat tire, how to change a baby's diaper, how to finish a piece of furniture. But those sections are balanced by such useful items as how to keep a plant alive for at least a year (TLC), how to hold a baby ("Always support the head."), and how to carve a lasagna so it's not a soupy mess (let it stand for an hour to firm up).
A favorite chapter is #19: "How to Whistle With Your Fingers." This conjures an image of a streetwise Noo Yawker, commanding attention in a hyperactive world: "The ear-popping taxi-stopping finger whistle has about a million practical applications in everyday life," Adcock writes. Like, besides hailing a cab, you can whistle for your favorite sports team or rock band. Just don't whistle "to express admiration for someone's butt."
Whistling with your fingers ain't easy. There's the curled-tongue style where you pinch your tongue halfway back and blow; and the two-handed tongue-tuck style, where you stick both index fingers in your mouth. Both take a lot of practice, during which "you're going to get spitty and out of breath and people will look at you funny."
But once you've got your whistle down along with the other 29 skills in the book, you'll be an adult, my friend. For $12.95 and 315 pages of reading, that's a small price to pay.
Quiz: Are You Ready to Turn 30?
By the time you're 30, life will demand that you know how to do certain things -- most of which aren't covered by the etiquette books or your parents' advice. Whether you're bluffing your way through a dinner with clients, struggling with the labyrnthine rules of thank-you notes, or dealing with the increasing number of friends getting married and having babies, your late 20s and early 30s are years that call for some serious finesse. Are you equipped with enough basic know-how to call yourself a real grown-up? Test yourself:
1. True or False:
It's okay to use the little red plastic stirrer in a cocktail as a straw.
2. What's the right order to connect the cables when jump-starting a car?
a. Dead car's red battery terminal, live car's red battery terminal, live car's black battery terminal, dead car's black battery terminal
b. Dead car's red battery terminal, live car's red battery terminal, live car's black battery terminal, dead car's engine block.
c. Jumper cables? Who actually has those?
3. Which of the following requires a thank-you note?
a. Someone writes you a letter of recommendation.
b. Someone interviews you for a job.
c. Both of the above.
4. Which of the following requires not just a thank-you note but also a
thank-you gift?
a. Someone writes you a letter of recommendation.
b. You are a guest in someone's home for at least one night.
c. Someone sends you a surprise gift.
5. True or False:
It's okay to eat sushi with your fingers if other people at your table are doing
6. You're at dinner with clients and you're asked to order wine for the table. Almost everyone's having the special: steak with a side of sauteed spinach. What's the best wine to order?
a. A buttery Chardonnay.
b. A semi-dry Riesling.
c. A tannic Shiraz.
7. You're at the home of a good friend who's recently had a baby. She asks
you to do her a big favor and change the baby's diaper while she fixes some
tea for the two of you. What's the right thing to do?
a. Wash your hands and change the diaper gladly, even if you're not exactly
an expert at diapers, and/or you're a guy.
b. Tell her you don't know how to change a diaper, and beg her to let you
make the tea.
c. Make a face and change the diaper, then complain about how much mess
was in it.
8. You're parallel parking your car and you accidentally tap the bumper of the car behind you. Do you need to leave a note?
a. Yes, if people are watching.
b. Yes, if you did some actual damage to the car.
c. No. Even if the car's bumper is falling off.
9. Which of the following is a good argument for asking for a raise?
a. Your last presentation ruled.
b. Your company is doing really well.
c. You've consulted the latest trade salary survey for your field and discovered that you make less than other people in your line of work in your geographic region... and your last five presentations ruled.
IO. Which of the following emergency fixes will help you get chocolate syrup out of your favorite cotton shirt?
a. Isopropyl alcohol.
b. A good dollop of spit, discreetly applied in the bathroom.
c. Cold water.
Give yourself one point for every correct answer:
1. False
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. True
6. c
7 a
8. b
9. c
10. b
I-3 points:
You poor thing. Your clothes are stained, your business associates are confused, your car battery's dead, and all your plants probably are too. But it's okay. It's never too late to pick up a few new tricks. Just to start you off, in fact, here's one: spit can be used to remove not just chocolate stains but lots of other food stains as well, because the enzymes in saliva that break down food work in much the same way as the enzymatic stain-removing solutions at the grocery store. There, Now you feel smarter, right?
4-7 points:
People like people who know how to do stuff, so a lot of people probably like you. You should be proud to know that you are well on your way to achieving savvy-grown-up status.
8-IO points:
Congratulations -- not only are you ready to turn 30 and be an exceptionally savvy, smart grown-up, you're probably ready to be the head of an international engineering firm. Your work here is done.
Adapted from the book, "30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30," by Siobhan Adcock, $12.95 (Broadway Books).


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Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Center for Business & Industry (CBI), in partnership with Jersey City Employment and Training Program, Hudson County/State of New Jersey One-Stop Career Center, and Jobs4Jersey.com, will host a job fair on Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the HCCC Culinary Arts Conference Center, 161 Newkirk St., in Jersey City.
Interested jobseekers can register online.
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Propaganda Escalating The Culture War
This morning's email newsletter from the NYTimes contained an "Op-Doc" (Opinion Documentary?) that led one to this video. (There is no capability to embed, you'll have to follow the link.) It was presented with this written introduction:
The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor. But as you'll see in this Op-Doc video, some of their efforts and money feed a dangerous ideology that seeks to demonize L.G.B.T. people and intensifies religious rhetoric until it results in violence. It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.
This is pure propaganda that fails to makes its case, but its effects and conclusions remain frightening. It deals almost entirely in anecdote, citing but a single statistic. (Uganda is 85% Christian.) It strings together a series of unrelated facts, leaving out one extraordinarily important fact, to build a case that Evangelicals are try to pass laws in Uganda to kill homosexuals. What are the facts it presents?
- Lots of American Evangelicals give money to African mission, and some specifically target Uganda. No surprise there, Africa is the poorest continent, of course, Evangelicals give money to help them.
- Christianity identifies homosexual practice as aberrant and sinful. Again, this is not news. Nor, and this is vital, is it a rejection of the individual that feels homosexual impulses. It simply asks those with such impulses to control them, as those of us with other sinful impulses are asked to control ours.
- Because Uganda is 85% Christian, "God's law often becomes government policy." Uganda is a democracy, more or less – no African democracy functions really well, and as such it will tend to reflect the opinion of the majority. As the continued liberalization and falling church statistics in this democracy demonstrate. But that is a far cry from the theocratic accusation this video makes – it is simply democracy at work.
- A bill was introduced in the Ugandan Parliament that that provided for the death penalty for serial homosexual practice. OK, that's a bit overboard, but not as unreasonable as it sounds if you have the missing facts. The piece does not in a superimposed written admission toward the end, but not spoken out loud, that the bill in its current form has removed the death penalty provisions.
- They then attempt to help us conclude that Evangelicals in America and Uganda seek to kill homosexuals, perhaps inadvertently, perhaps not.
Now, I trust when it is laid out that way without the stirring music, passionate voice over, and impactful images that absolute absence of a causal relationship between these facts is obvious.
Its the missing fact that is really troubling to me. AIDS remains a virulent and massive killer in Africa. Uganda is one of only two nations on that continent where AIDS is on the rise. Now, while AIDS can be transmitted heterosexually, it remains primarily and overwhelmingly transmitted by homosexual contact. Further, while advanced and extraordinarily expensive medical treatment has greatly eased the AIDS issues in this nation and Western Europe, such is often not available in Africa. In a nation with the AIDS issues Uganda has, it could be argued that homosexual practice is an assault with intent to kill. Under such circumstances, a discussion of extraordinary penalty, rightly rejected by the democratic process, is not so out of bounds.
What is truly troubling is that in all this there are very real issues for Christians in Uganda and Evangelicals in America to face. How do we teach about the dangers, both moral and health related, of homosexual practice while keeping the conversation "in bounds?" How do American Evangelicals give their money which is much needed, and insure that it is not used wrongly? I could go on.
But reason is not the goal of this film maker. The condemnation of Christianity, and especially American Evangelicals seems to be the sole purpose of this video.
Let the record show that it is not the conservative Christian forces that are escalating the culture war.
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White Sox 3 @ Cubs 2
Box Score / Highlights / Condensed Game
Before The Game: News broke this morning that Kerry Wood was retiring at some point on Friday. As game time approached, it became clear that Wood had one final appearance to make as a Cub before hanging it up for good. That appearance, as it turns out, came in the game on Friday.
The Game: As so often is the case, this will be remembered as Kerry Wood's final game as a Cub – but there was so much more to this particular Cubs-Sox matchup.
Jeff Samardzija – not at his best today, he surrendered all three Cub runs and fell victim to Gordon Beckham in the 8th. Beckham's solo shot gave the Sox a 3-2 lead they would not relinquish. Beckham might want to be quick on his feet the next time he faces Samardzija – Jeff has developed a knack for mound vengeance that has become rather obvious. Four times year a player has tagged the Cub righty for a HR, twice it led to Samardzija being removed late in a game. The other two players (Jason Heyward last week, Paul Konerko today) were each hit by Samardzija during a subsequent at-bat. Today's beaning of Konerko was a bit disturbing, he was hit in the face and forced out of the game. If Samardzija feels the need to snag his pound of flesh for each HR he serves up, fine – but he needs to get those pitches down. Hitting a guy in the face is not cool.
The DeJesus Play – if you listened & enjoyed Steve Stone during his time with the Cubs, you might not want to click this link. Stone and Hawk Harrelson give an unbelievably biased play-by-play as Gordon Beckham turns 2B into home plate. How DeJesus can be blamed, at all – even in part! – for his 'hard late slide' is so utterly laughable. I hope at some point over the weekend we rough up someone at second base and 'earn' an out in the same manner. Sveum was livid and got himself tossed, and rightfully so. It seemed as though 3B umpire Marty Foster was validating what Beckham had done to be a legal play. Just unconscionable.
Tony Campana – perhaps at least some of Campana's bunting should be blamed on Tony Campana, not Dale Sveum. After Sveum had been tossed, Campana (with the go-ahead run on 3B and 2 outs in the 7th) tried haphazardly to reach base with a surprise bunt that was popped up in foul territory and corralled by AJ Pierzynski. Campana laid down a better bunt to reach base in the 1st inning; but at this point he's relying on the bunt too heavily for my taste. The 7th inning ended badly between DeJesus and Campana – that was our best chance to take control of the game.
Kerry Wood – if you have kids, watch this clip. Wood struck out Dayan Viciedo in his final MLB appearance. Bench coach Jamie Quirk removed him to a standing ovation, capped off by his son running onto the field to hug him. I know in recent years some have been jaded by Kerry's frequent presence on the DL and/or his sometimes maddening inconsistency. But do not forget:
- He is the only living human to have represented the Cubs in 4 different postseasons.
- He turned in what many consider to be the best one-game pitching performance in MLB history – at 20 years old.
- He is the only living human to have earned a win in a playoff series-clinching game for the Cubs.
- Since WWII the Cubs have won exactly 9 playoff games, Kerry Wood started 3 of them.
- Three men in MLB history have averaged 10+ Ks/9IP;
Roger ClemensRandy Johnson, Kerry Wood, and Pedro Martinez.
Other Game Notes – Blake Lalli made his MLB debut. He was called up when Chris Volstad was optioned to AAA Iowa. Lalli was needed because Geovany Soto is headed to the DL with a knee injury. Soto could be out for a month; Steve Clevenger is due back sometime towards the end of May. Meanwhile, Travis Wood will likely get the call when Volstad's spot in the rotation pops up next Tuesday.
After The Game: On Saturday the Cubs send Ryan Dempster to the mound. He is now the player who has the most service time with the franchise. Marmol and Soriano are next in that conversation. All three could be traded for the right price (or in Soriano's case, nearly any price). These are not your inappropriately-young-step-mom's Cubs.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Members of a South Shore church Saturday thanked Rep. Michael Grimm for his efforts to smooth out a paperwork snafu with the congregation's health care policy that almost caused one church employee with a rare blood disorder to lose access to her expensive medication.
Lynne Dickinson -- one of about 50 employees at the 1,400-member Church at the Gateway in Richmond Valley -- assumed that her employer-provided health insurance through EmblemHealth would continue to cover the $18,000 shot she needs every two weeks to keep her blood disorder in check.
But just days into the new year, before she was to receive the shot, she was informed that the insurance would no longer cover her medication.
"They thought they were compliant with the Affordable Care Act, they were notified, the church paid the fees and they find out on the 14th day that she was supposed to get the shot -- on a Friday-- that she's actually not covered," Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) said. "Now she only has another day or two to get that shot. After the 16th day there could be extremely serious health risks -- life threatening."
Mrs. Dickinson told the church's Rev. Daniel Mercaldo of her dire situation, and he in turn contacted Grimm's office. Grimm's staff worked for two days with EmblemHealth to straighten out the situation.
"Without this treatment I would just have to immediately go into the hospital and get at least two to three or four units of blood," Mrs. Dickinson said. "I'm just so grateful that you were able to get in touch with the insurance and the pastor and my husband were able to work this through because it was very, very threatening to me."
Grimm, who said he's found that insurance companies, through no fault of their own, are often "completely confused" on these cases, urged residents facing insurance compliance issues to contact his office for assistance.


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CBS orders detective drama from 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan
Vince Gilligan's win for Outstanding Drama Series at Sunday's Emmys is already paying off.
CBS has reportedly given a 13-episode order to "Battle Creek," a Gilligan-created detective drama that was first developed at the network back in 2002, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, which "House" creator David Shore is also attached to write and executive produce, centers on two Battle Creek, Michigan detectives with wildly different world views who together must answer the question: is cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan in the face of a complete lack of resources; or is the exact opposite true -- it takes naïveté, trust and a boatload of resources?.
Gilligan, who also has the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" moving forward at AMC, is interested in directing the project if his increasingly-busy schedule allows it. Shore, who will serve as showrunner on the series, is currently updating Gilligan's original pilot script.
"Breaking Bad's" final episode airs this Sunday on AMC.
Does "Battle Creek" sound like a series you'd like to see? Sound off in the comments.


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FONDA - A year after flood waters ravaged homes and businesses along the Mohawk River and forced the postponement of some Fonda Fair activities, the Fonda Fair Good Ol' Days Parade returned Monday to give back to the community.
The fair waived admission fees until noon for the final day of the fair so more people would turn out to see the parade, said parade director Tim Conrad.
"I think [the parade] was for the people, and if you look in the stands, we had more people in the stands this year," Conrad said. "This is what we're trying to do - give back and show them they can come out. We've had a tragedy and everything in the area, but we're able to come back.
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Above, the Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band performs at the Good Ol' Days Parade Monday at the 171st Fonda Fair. The band won the pipe band Novice Juvenile World Championship on Aug. 11 in Scotland.
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Local fire departments, including the Glen
department at right, participated
in the parade.
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"Some of the people here aren't back in their houses. By having this free day at the fair for them, more or less, at least they can come with their kids [and] see a nice parade," Conrad said.
The Good Ol' Days Parade Monday at the 171st Fonda Fair featured - among others - local fire departments, vintage and pristine vehicles and the World Novice Juvenile Champion Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band, which was one of three bands to perform in the parade.
The Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band has participated in the Fonda Fair since 2009, and after missing the fair last year due to the storms, the group returned this year just over three weeks after being crowned the world champions on Aug. 11.
"I'm sure [the members] were honored to be a part of [the parade]," said Maureen Connell, director of the Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band. "I know a number of the kids were involved with volunteer efforts after the flood last year in various areas throughout the region.
"It's real important to show our support to the community. Pipe bands are often used in various roles. I think it's a great honor to be a part of the parade this year," Connell said.
All three bands - which also included the Albany Pipe Band and the Red Caps Marching Band - took 25 percent less money than they normally ask for to participate in the parade.
The parade also handed out awards, including the best fire department, which went to Canajoharie, best theme to the Farm Girls, best overall float to the Dairy Princess, the newest piece of equipment to the Mohawk Volunteer Fire Department, and the oldest piece of equipment to a green Mack truck.
Overall, Conrad was pleased with the turnout, but said his goal is to make each parade bigger and better each year.
Monday marked the final day of the fair, which began Aug. 28.
Other events at the fair Monday included an open draft animal show, a 4-H livestock and dairy awards ceremony, a demolition derby, karaoke, talent contests, an art fair and other entertainment, along with midway rides, shows and food vendors.