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Survey Finds Retailers Prominently Displayed One Price But Charged More at the Pump
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WATERTOWN - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has issued cease and desist letters warning several Watertown gas station locations that they will face possible court action if they do not stop falsely advertising one price, and then charging customers more at the pump.
In recent days, the Attorney General's Watertown Regional Office sent letters to the owners of Valentine Stores, Inc., Rajit Inc. and General Store, Inc. stating they needed to discontinue the deceptive roadside marketing and get into compliance.
At least four of the Nice N Easy gas stations, owned by Valentine Stores, with locations throughout Watertown, the Valero Gas Station on Arsenal Street, and the General Store on Bradley Street engaged in false advertising by listing the lower prices on their large street-view signage in order to lure patrons to the pump. The lower price was for "cash only" transactions. The only text displayed to passing motorists indicating that this was the "cash" price was small and not easily visible.
"What these gas stations did is a classic example of bait and switch. Consumers were lured in by the lower price but when they went to fill up their tanks, they were hit with a higher price if they didn't pay with cash," said Attorney General Schneiderman. "At a time when gas prices are high enough already, my office will work to make sure consumers are not tricked into paying a penny more by such deceptive practices."
The announcement comes at a time when reports show gasoline prices this summer are on average one dollar higher than they were at this time last year. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA) the current average price for gasoline in New York State is $3.97. Last year at this time, the average price was $2.91.
Attorney General Schneiderman is continuing to monitor gas prices throughout the state on all levels, from the gas retailer, distributor and manufacturer. Prices at the pump have led to an increase in consumer complaints to the Attorney General's office, and Schneiderman has directed his staff to compile data on the prices charged by gas retailers, as well as information on the chain of distribution, to determine the cause behind the continued increases.
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Observations of the subtropical mode water evolution from the Kuroshio Extension System Study
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Donohue, Kathleen A.
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Mitsudera, Humio
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Properties and seasonal evolution of North Pacific Ocean subtropical mode water (STMW) within and south of the Kuroshio Extension recirculation gyre are analyzed from profiling float data and additional hydrographic and shipboard ADCP measurements taken during 2004. The presence of an enhanced recirculation gyre and relatively low mesoscale eddy variability rendered this year favorable for the formation of STMW. Within the recirculation gyre, STMW formed from late-winter convection that reached depths greater than 450 m near the center of the gyre. The lower boundary of STMW, corresponding to σθ 25.5 kg m−3, was set by the maximum depth of the late-winter mixed layer. Properties within the deep portions of the STMW layer remained largely unchanged as the season progressed. In contrast, the upper boundary of the STMW layer eroded steadily as the seasonal thermocline deepened from late April to August. Vertical eddy diffusivity responsible for this erosion was estimated from a budget analysis of potential vorticity to be in the range of 2–5 × 10−4 m2 s−1. The latitudinal extent of the STMW formation was narrow, extending from 30°N to the Kuroshio Extension jet near 35°N. South of 30°N, STMW did not form locally but was transported from the recirculation gyre by lateral induction.
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HOLDEN — Michele M. Amrich-Hankins, 53, of 67 Bull Run, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in the Jewish Healthcare Center, Worcester, after a lengthy battle with thyroid cancer.
She leaves her husband of 18 years, Roger D. Hankins; a daughter, Anna M. Hankins of Holden; her father, Michael M. Amrich and his wife Gertrude E. (Thomas) Amrich of Sandwich; her twin brother, Michael M. Amrich Jr. of Franklin; two brothers, Mark P. Amrich of Tyngsboro and Martin J. Amrich of Reading, Pa.; a sister, MaryAnn Amrich of Raymond, Maine; and nephews and nieces. She was born in West Chicago, daughter of the late Mary G. (Menegus) Amrich, was raised in Needham, and lived in California before moving to Holden seven years ago.
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Vachani received her undergraduate degree from West Chester University and her Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked in the areas of medical hematology and oncology, bone marrow transplant, clinical research, radiation therapy and staff development. In her current role, she serves as the nurse educator for OncoLink, the Abramson Cancer Center's award-winning cancer information website, which receives an average 3.9 million page views a month. She serves as the project leader in the development and maintenance of the LIVESTRONG Care Plan, a partnership which was launched in the spring of 2009 to bring the OncoLife survivorship care plan to more cancer patients around the world.
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What say you?" Laurel eyes the man hopefully, but it truly is a dangerous thing she asks, and wouldn't hold it against him (too much) should he decline.
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Kast tries to remember if the table was like that when he left last time, but mostly unworried as no other fool would be likely to enter the quarantined establishment.
Continuing up the stairs, Kast will cast light on his shield as he enters the room, this time actively looking for whatever might be therein.
If the coast is clear, Kast will knock on the panel and whisper to Fleur, hoping that the girl still lives.
The coast is clear. In fact, the coast is too clear. Eli is nowhere to be seen. A splash of blood mars the bed, and the carefully laid pillows on the bed have been tossed with the blankets off to one side.
The panel to the secret room, though, appears undisturbed.
Kast's knocks, once...twice... but receives no answer from the other side.
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Othoe watches Kast leave.
He wouldn't go for drinks, not now. No, he's got the antidote and he's delivering it.
Othoe wonders how much of the stuff is going to be made. Will it be enough for all, or will some still suffer and die. Who gets to make that decision? Yes, Kreed is evil, but surely his son deserves to live as much as the others.
"I don't want to make this decision."
Othoe attempts to gain access to the house. Do the guards stop him again?
"Stop it right there, dustmop. Where do you think you're goin'? We can't have you fallin' in the pot, now can we?" Rufus grumbles, tripping over himself to get back in front of the door before the "gnome". Shorter, but trickier, Othoe is able to duck inside before the two men can stop him.
The panel moves easily enough, and without it, Kast can catch the very faint breathing of the girl inside. Even unconscious, she barely breathes, as if she's learned not to try for too much, even in her sleep. Too pale, too thin, and too warm, she doesn't respond to what little light removing the panel lets in.
Fleur is alive, though just barely so, and without Eli to wake her and make her drink, she may not have lasted the night.
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Kast sighs of deep relief when he sees that Fleur still breathes, his brow furrowed in concern at Eli's absence.
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"Nimeon!" Kast calls down the stairs before returning to gently move Fleur back to the bed.
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"Nimeon, Eli is gone. I don't know how or where...but there is also blood on this bed. It's doesn't appear to the Fleur's."
Kast's brow burns with anger even as he tries to gingerly sip water into Fleur.
"I'm going to stay for a while tending to the her. I know it's late, but we might want to find out what's happened around town. Do you think...uh...do you think your mom or dad might have an idea what's happened over the last few days? Where is everyone? What's going on?"
Fleur sips the medicine in tiny tiny bits, taking only a thimbleful at a time. Still, eventually she is able to down the entire dose, and by that time (some long moments later) she appears to have more color to her cheeks. Clinging to Kast's hand, she eventually slips back into sleep, this one more restful than she's had in many long days.
Yay! Fleur isn't phlegm-y anymore.
Nimeon rushes up at the sound of Kast's voice, confident the man would've cried out if it were a trap.
"My mother or father? No, they will be of no help. Perhaps Simon's family would be a better course. As for this place, I assume Kreed but will confirm."
Survival: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 +2 vs. Humans
Laurel turns from her instructions to the others to look at Othoe as he fills the doorway (metaphorically speaking, anyway),"I... I think there is, Othoe. It will depend on the strength of things and how people respond, but I have every hope that this will be the end of the plague. " Fatigue carves faint lines into her forehead and cheeks as she considers the any other possibility than a good one.
"Keeping it away, of course, will require finding out what made it so virulent this year."
|Simon Shrewsbury
"Maybe we should get a dose to Jurin even as we deliver doses to the others that need it more. Kreed will pay less attention to what we are doing if he thinks we have addressed him first. I'll take the dose, the man knows me and it's best to not leave us all exposed to his unkind nature." Simon takes Llwynally from his shoulder and places her on the counter. "Stay here, little Llwynally, Laurel will take good care of you while I'm gone, I hope to be back soon."
"Keeping it away, of course, will require finding out what made it so virulent this year."
"Yes, yes. The cause is important to find. However, let's get Kreed off your back. Give me the dose for his son. Quickly. I'll see to it he gets it - likely by joining the thugs outside to his bed. Or they can carry it, either way let's get Kreed out of our hair - shall we?"
Othoe waits for a vial for Kreed's son.
Dorial nods at Othoe's suggestion.
"If you like, I think I can distract Rufus long enough for y'all to take vials out. Who knows, I may have a little fun with him too."
She looks up and to the north, almost as if she could see through the roof. "Perhaps if we followed the trail back to the source, we could learn something."
Laurel looks from one to the other brave, if suspiciously crazy, men in front of her, then nods slowly.
"You both have a point. Why don't you go together. Take Fritz with you, and leave Rufus to guard my door, "in case the one dose isn't enough, I am making more and mustn't be disturbed"... If Othoe goes with Rufus...well, Othoe, just don't go with Rufus. But Fritz and Simon and Othoe, to Kreed's. Chrystosm and Dorial, you'll still have to be sneaky, just in case. Even if not for Kreed, if people know the curative is made, they could overwhelm the supply, and start a riot."
Handing the first bottle to Othoe and Simon, she begins fixing several to send with the other two.
ninjae'd by the wind
"Really? You'd do that? Thank you, Dorial!" The normally reserved woman hugs the other tightly, before sending her out to distract Rufus.
"I'm afraid that means you're on your own, Chrystosm. Unless you want to wait until I'm done with everything." Chewing her lip, she considers the prospect, and doesn't like the results.
"Simon, you're right - you know Kreed better than I, you should absolutely come along. Dorial, great idea, that will help Laurels plan work to perfection."
Othoe makes sure Simon gets the right vial and heads outside.
"Fritz, won't you join us? We're going to take a dose of the medicine to Kreed for his son Jurin. Rufus, I think Dorial wanted to see you a moment, if you have the time that is. I'm sure Simon here and Fritz can guard the medicine all the way to Kreeds without you. We'll say you stayed behind to guard Laural while she made more of the medicine."
Assuming it all goes according to plan, Othoe trundles off with the others toward the camp.
"You want to smell like Simon? Oh... OH, I see. OK. Sure"
Othoe casts Prestidigitation on Dorial giving her a little light fragrance and cleaning the road grime off her.
"Good luck!"
|Simon Shrewsbury
Shocked that Rufus doesn't object, Fritz half heartedly agrees to go, "Uncle Rufus, don't you want to... uh Oh! The girl! No, I got it, Uncle Rufus, I can do it. Sure, I'll go."
Rufus swings at the young man's head, then mouths some quiet threat before the three take off for Kreed's. "Don'tcha screw this up, boy!"
Fritz follows Simon's lead to Kreeds house, watching the older man as they travel through town. Finally, he bends to Othoe when he thinks Simon might not hear and whispers, "What happened? Did the witch get him?"
"What happened? Did the witch get him?"
Othoe whispers back, sure that Simon can hear them both, "He was a little touched there for a while, but he's his own man and came through it. A stronger man than Simon you'll be hard pressed to find."
He does seem better though. Maybe all he lacked was a bit of confidence. Or maybe Laural slipped him something.
|Simon Shrewsbury
Simon turns back to the two whispering behind him, "She didn't get me, I welcomed her, and we are always listening." An unsettling, very un-Simon-like grin spreads across his face, punctuated by a soft cackle that rises from deep in his chest.
|Kast Phaer
Simon, Othoe, Dorial, GM Angry Ankheg: well played, the lot of you. Been a fun read. You guys rock.
Kast wakes Fleur to administer another helping of water, still concerned about her dehydration.
I wonder what the others are doing now. Probably something heroic without me.
Kast looks again at Fleur and stays in his chair near the bed.
Scholars heal.
On the way to Kreed's
Simon turns back to the two whispering behind him, "She didn't get me, I welcomed her, and we are always listening." An unsettling, very un-Simon-like grin spreads across his face, punctuated by a soft cackle that rises from deep in his chest.
The kid, for though he's surely as tall as Simon, he's barely half his age, swallows hard at that grin. He steps faster, looking over his shoulder several times, and if Othoe is keeping up, it only his experience in the woods that has made him capable of doing so, and even then is out of breath upon reaching Kreed's door. Fritz explains quickly, but is only half through when Kreed is at the door.
"Simon?! My boy, you've got to help him. Laurel has been useless, but she said, oh hells, You got it, don't ya..." catching himself, the man pulls himself up, runs a hand full of fat stubby fingers through his unkempt curly hair and starts again.
"Give me the medicine, Simon. I'll do what needs doin'. No, on second thought, Why don't ya'all come on in. Yer not infected, are ya?"
At The Sitting Duck
"Kast? her voice already stronger after only a few hours, Fleur tries to pull herself up in the bed.
"Where's Eli? Is he sleeping? I told him I would be...ok... that you would...come." Still thready, but so much stronger than before, she still looks closer to the grave than the dance floor.
She stops, her eyes close. Perhaps asleep again? Just when it might seem so, her voice threads out once more,softer, but fuller.
"Thank you. thank you. thank y...."
At Laurel's place
"Chrystosm, I need you to sneak into The Rouge Lady." Laurel blushes a little just saying the name. Most people in town pretend that the place doesn't exist, at least in daylight.
"If anyone sees you have the medicine, and that you're taking it *there*, they're likely to try to stop you. There's been some talk about rationing, though I've tried to stress that there would be enough for everyone... but some folk think that *who* you are, or what you do for your daily food should decide." At this, her spine straightens, and her brow furrows. She at least, does not.
"I have five doses. Give it to the five most ill and if you need more, then come back, but it's important they get it soon. I..." Her head snaps up at an oddly combined laugh from the front porch, Dorial's higher tones, and Rufus' baritone. "And don't get distracted.
"Chrystosm, I need you to sneak into The Rouge Lady."
Chrystosm sits up straight, grinning from ear to ear. "What? Really? Ha! That's more like it!" He begins to try to clean himself up, not very effectively, then stands up, striking a heroic pose.
"Don't worry - you can count on me!" He takes the phials in his right hand and salutes, forgetting that he's holding the medicine as he does so:
Then leaves, as quickly and quietly as he can.
Stealth 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Sorry, Nimeon, I completely missed that. On my way to commute, will give results from work
Sense Motive 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (19) + 0 = 19 vs DC 10
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Othoe grins inwardly at his pain, pleased to see evil get what's coming to him.
"We are free of the plague, yes we'll come in."
Othoe stands out of the way and lets Simon do his thing.
Nimeon, it appears that someone, Eli, perhaps? was taken out through the back. They were bleeding at the time, by as many as three medium humanoids, all wearing boots. Several dark curly stands of hair are found snagged in the door frame that leads out to the pig area, which is now pigless. The tracks get heavier in the muck, but disappear as wagon wheel tracks appear. Those lead down to the town square but then disappear amongst the other tracks of daily life.
survival 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
After a few minutes of "distraction" time spent with Rufus, Dorial returns to Laural's house. "If you're a good boy, Rufus, I'll set aside a whole afternoon for you once this plague has been cured." She winks at him as she parts ways.
At Laural's, Dorial returns to find it empty, sans Laural herself. Glancing around the house, "It appears everyone is off cleansing the plague to the best of their abilities. Is there anything else I can help with here?"
|Kast Phaer
Kast nods wearily to Nimeon.
"Aye, Nimeon. We will. But it will have to happen on the morrow. Tonight, I keep this one alive as I promised. Tomorrow, we stamp out the rest of the plague...then we deal with Kreed. If he has hurt Eli, he will have much to answer for," Kast says as he strokes Fleur hair in an effort to stir the girl into drinking more water.
"I shall stay the night here and come back to Laurel's in the morning, after morning solitude." Kast looks at his weapons and then to Nimeon. "We might fare better against Kreed with better weaponry. And my mind keeps going back to your talk of the bardiche. A warrior's weapon. A soldier's weapon. I wonder if I'll have time on the morrow to see if I can get my hands on one...you know, to try out."
Kast slinks back in his chair, lost in his thoughts.
How many soldiers play nursemaid to the sick?
"We'll know more on the morrow. Maybe the daylight will help us see things more clearly."
|Simon Shrewsbury
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Terrified I see, clearly he recognizes the new power I gained from Ilizimula!
"We're fine, Thaldrin, better than fine actually, it's amazing what one can find in an old witch's cottage." Simon grins at Kreed as he strides into the home.
Intimidate: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 (clearly Kreed remembers Simon always wetting his pants and snorts at his bravado)
"And lucky for Jurin that risk we took may just save his life." Simon tends to the sick boy, making sure that he drinks every last drop of the elixir. While the boy breathes easier, Simon stays with him, watching to be sure the curative does it's work. In the moments provided, he turns his attention to Kreed.
"Look, Thaldrin, things are amiss for Falcon's Hollow. It does not matter where the troubles started, we need to work together now, and I think it's clear that we are in this together to the end." Simon turns a meaningful glance to the recovering boy. "We need to know anything you can tell us of where this outbreak started. You've known me since I was a lad, you knew my parents, trust me and my friends to make things right around here. A healthy town is our goal and that's something we both can agree matters the most." Again, another look to the recovering boy for emphasis. "Be assured of our discretion on anything you can share, we'll keep it confidential. You're the main man in this town and little happens that you don't know about, help us to help Falcon's Hollow!" Simon makes his passioned plea to Kreed, trying to draw every bit of goodwill and humanity from the man that he's ever possessed, and then a drop more.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
wonkyness on the rolls, I guess you can't add a dice roll between already previewed rolls, it was originally back to back fumbles on the sense motive and diplomacy
Good, butter up the petty dictator before we can take him down so he stays out of our way. Excellent.
"Simon is absolutely right. We need your help to keep things moving in the right direction. You are after all the true leader of Falcon's Hollow. Will you help us?"
Diplomacy check 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
After a few minutes of "distraction" time spent with Rufus, Dorial returns to Laural's house. "If you're a good boy, Rufus, I'll set aside a whole afternoon for you once this plague has been cured." She winks at him as she parts ways.
At Laural's, Dorial returns to find it empty, sans Laural herself. Glancing around the house, "It appears everyone is off cleansing the plague to the best of their abilities. Is there anything else I can help with here?"
Smiling cautiously, Laural waits until Dorial closes the door, then answers in a harsh, low voice, "Thank you for that, Dorial, but be careful with that one! He's not as nice as... err, well, he's not all that nice."
Obviously agitated, she assures the young woman that there is plenty to do inside, and asks her to stir the pot while she steps away for a moment. When she returns, she is much calmer and sets herself to the task at hand.
"Now,I've collected all the bottles from the basement that I could find. Prior to the guards, several townsfolk also delivered containers in hopes of getting a curative the sooner for it. But it must go into the containers boiling hot and not every container can survive those temperatures. Can you go through the containers and pull out any that may be cracked, or have other faults or blemishes? If we put the drink into a faulty beaker, it is likely to break and that dose will be lost."
Over 50 vials, beakers, jars, and bottles lay arrayed on the table behind her. She let's Dorial look over them while she returns to brewing the complicated concoction.
Dorial, can you make a survival check, please.
Oooh! Simon, good post!
Kreed shows you down the hall, passed several guards, and into what one can only hope is his room rather than his sons. The large bed has room for five or six of the boy, but he lies on one side. One frail looking human woman sits at the side of the bed, bathing the boy's head, and holding a spittoon for him. At first sight of Kreed, she cringes away, though it appears unnecessary as the man pays her no attention but goes straight to his son.
"Shhh, it's ok, these people are gonna help you."
Jurin, his dark curly hair plastered to his head, sits up in the bed, peering eagerly at the group. The resemblance to his father is clear, but the boy lacks his father's hard edges and, until recently, ever present sardonic leer. These are replaced with chubby red cheeks and a welcoming smile, which fades quickly at the mention of Ilzimula's name. He fights Simon in taking the curative, swearing that he "feels fine". Though he is nowhere near the sickest person in town, he does seem ill, and is eventually convinced to take the medicine. In mere moments, his breathing clears; the boy will be fine.
Thaldrin listens to Simon, nodding and watching his son. Finally, he motions for them all to leave Jurin and his nurse to rest, and pulls them in to another room.
"Well now, I hear what y'all are sayin' and I'm right there with you, in spirit. This thing has been the devil of a scare. Jurin he's been sick with it 3 times. I finally had to keep him away from his friends an folk, but it didn't do no good. This time, it didn't get better. You folks look into what's causin' it, and this time, I'll be sure te give ya more than birch spit. Can't have a workin' town with half the folks in the grave, no ya can't. "
"Might want to talk to young Yerstyl, that lives behind the paper mill. Both his mama and his papa done died from this s*+!. I thought it'd get him too, but he went a little crazy. He thinks he's on to something, but he was scarin' folks so I had to lock him in for awhile. But start there. Maybe he knows something."
The man laughs, his blonde curls bouncing every which way, then punches Simon in the arm. "But you tell anyone, and so help me, there's nothin' the witch gave you will save your ass. You hear me, boy?"
Those catapillars he calls brows knot together, and he is once again the Thaldrin Kreed from dinner a few days ago. "Now, you send your reports through your little house man here, that'd probably be best, Simon. We don't want no accidents round here, now do we?"
The punch to the arm was more a buddy tap, though it was more than hard enough to bruise. Unless you want to duck it and head into initiative, we'll go with this, ya?
And down the street, by the river
Normally, the din from the front portion of this 2 story building is enough to cover up any noises from the back, but as Chrystosm approaches, the only sound is a haggard cough. Laughter, music, song, all seem to have banished from The Rouge Lady for now.
Chrysto, does he approach via the front door or go around to the back?
Knowledge (local) 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 Chrystosm is used to this sort of establishment.
Surprised at the lack of commotion and realising that a subtle approach is what's needed, Chrystosm sidles around to the rear of the building, throwing a handful of gravel against a window in an attempt to attract the attention of the ladies within.
|Kast Phaer
Kast tends to Fleur throughout the night, on occasion waking up to feed the girl more water, but mostly sleeping the chair next to her or on the floor near her bed.
In the morning, Kast will rise with the sun and, as usual, spends a few moments stretching and rubbing his left leg, trying to regain some semblance of motion or movement from the tender and aching flesh. After accepting his burden, Kast will spend some time to mediate to Irori and focus on the god's example of perfection, seeking to achieve it himself in every act and with every thought.
Kast will check again on Fleur, hoping that she is strong enough to tend for herself so that he might take care of other pressing matters.
Kast will briefly check the kitchen and pantry for some food to eat (leaving a few coins hidden in Fleur's room to pay for them) before returning to Laurel's.
"Don't worry Miss Laurel, I think I can handle a brute like him." She winks at Laurel.
She turns to the table with all of the containers on it, her eyes going wide. "This is a lot of containers! Well, I'm glad that the town tried to help out in their on little way. Perhaps they're all not as lost as I suspected." She pushes a few bottles out of the way and inspects one that is obviously broken. "It'll take me a little while to go through all of these, but I'm more than glad to help you out. Perhaps you can teach me a few things about your potions when this plague is cured?"
She carries on her conversation with Laurel as she starts sorting through the vials, bottles and jars. All of the good ones make their way to a safe area on one of the tables behind her.
Survival: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Othoe watches the rough-housing and keeps his thoughts to himself. He walks back to town with Simon and looks for a comfortable spot near the wall to hunker down for the night. He beds down early and sleeps heavily rising early the next day.
He takes an hour to prepare his spells then takes a break for breakfast (using his newly acquired spark cantrip to light the fire). He then heads into town and looks for the party at Laurels.
It is several long moments before a young woman leans out the window, "Hey there, sailor. *sniff* Sorry to break it to you, but *AHGHK-CHOOO!!!* but we're *sniff* closed. Everyone is sick, or working at the lumber camp." She rests her head on the window frame for a moment, closing her eyes as she fights for breath.
|Simon Shrewsbury
Simon notices Othoe looking for a sleeping spot on their way back from Kreed's place. "Othoe, what are doing? My home is always open to you, greenhouse included, you don't have to sleep outdoors and with the weirdness in town right now I don't think it would be too safe either. Find yourself a spot in my home, use whatever blankets and pillows you take a fancy too, we'll be along soon." Simon makes his way backs to Laurels to share the news about their conversation with Thaldrin.
Sheesh, they think I'm crazy, who sleeps against the city wall in a shuttered town with nefarious undercurrents?
quote=GM Ankheg]It is several long moments before a young woman leans out the window, "Hey there, sailor. *sniff* Sorry to break it to you, but *AHGHK-CHOOO!!!* but we're *sniff* closed. Everyone is sick, or working at the lumber camp." She rests her head on the window frame for a moment, closing her eyes as she fights for breath.
"It's OK - I've not come for a bit of company"[b]
This time
Chrystosm holds up the phials of Auntie Laurel's Remedy
[b]"Mistress Laurel's sent me with some medicine. Can I come in?"
GM Ankheg wrote:It is several long moments before a young woman leans out the window, "Hey there, sailor. *sniff* Sorry to break it to you, but *AHGHK-CHOOO!!!* but we're *sniff* closed. Everyone is sick, or working at the lumber camp." She rests her head on the window frame for a moment, closing her eyes as she fights for breath.
"It's OK - I've not come for a bit of company"
This time
Chrystosm holds up the phials of Auntie Laurel's Remedy
"Mistress Laurel's sent me with some medicine. Can I come in?"
"What? Yes, of course. Come in, come in."
Somewhat relieved, she flashes a very real, very grateful, smile, and disappears from the window. It takes several long moments before the back door of the house, by a young boy. His curly red locks could use a wash, and hang limply in his eyes as he looks up at the man at the back door suspiciously.
"You sure you have Miss Laurel's medicines? Cuz no one here can help you with anything else, understand? Nothin' else!" No more than 9 or 10, he still tries to look intimidating, holding a small whittling blade in his right hand for protection.
"Don't worry, old chap - I'm here on an Errand of Mercy, and that's it."
He eyes the whittling blade.
"Don't hold it like that - bend your arm, point the blade forward and keep your left arm held across your body. Wrap something around it, otherwise you'll be cut to ribbons in an instant. You want a bit of training, I'll be happy to help, but first I need to deliver these."
He shows the young lad the medicines, considers ruffling his hair (but thinks better of it) and walks in.
The boy's eyes grow wide, and he nods at each point, trying to make the corrections that Chrystosm suggests. "like this? oh, no, like this!"
He leads his new found friend upstairs, but stops short at the first door, "You would? Really? Oh, but we have to help Ralla first!" and his already ruddy skin blushes a deep crimson as he realizes he must let he man into the room before he can help.
"It isn't right you should be inside without an introduction. I'm Hollin. What's your name so I can introduce you proper-like?"


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Lord, hear me now
Junk boats and English boys
Crashing out into the noise
Electric fences and guards
You swallow me
I'm just a pill on your tongue
Up here on the nineteenth floor
The neon lights make me cold
And late in a star's life
It begins to explode
And all the people in a dream
Wait for the machine
Pick the shit up leave it clean
Kid hang over here
What you learning in school?
Is the rise of an eastern sun
Gonna be good for everyone?
The radio station disappeared
Music turned into thin air
The DJ was the last to leave
She had well conditioned hair
Was beautiful but nothing really was there


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RUSH: Now, let's go through the economic news first. "The pace of consumer spending stalled in June and personal incomes failed to increase, further evidence that the economy slowed significantly in the spring." Do you know why they think there's an economic recovery? They think there's an economic recovery because we've had some quarters here of GDP growth of 1%, 1.5%, 2.4%. So under their loose definition there's economic growth or recovery going on, but there's no jobs. No new homes are going up. I mean, there's no indicator of economic growth other than government hiring, other than government activity. So "The pace of consumer spending stalled in June," meanwhile, Geithner is out, saying (summarized), "You know, the rich, you guys, you need to start spending more."
Bernanke says, "The rich people, you need to start spending more money," and then Geithner comes out and says, "Well, we're not gonna have tax cuts for the rich. Those people got money they don't even need. They got don't need tax cuts. Why, why, they've got money they don't even need," and Geithner's mad at you for not spending it, those of you who are rich. "Economists are worried that the financial troubles weighing on households could cause spending to ebb even more in the second half of the year. The sub-par economic growth..." I can't wait 'til they start making predictions on the Christmas season. Heh, heh, heh. You know, they do that starting every October or September.
Here's more bad news: "Factory orders fell in June for the second straight month due to lower demand for steel, construction machinery and aircraft. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that factory orders dropped by 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted $406.4 billion. Analysts expected a much smaller drop." So once again the analysts don't know what the hell they're talking about. Their expectations are way off the map. Everybody's shocked and surprised, except you and me and all of us in the country class. There's never been 9% unemployment for two years in a row since the thirties, and they talk about economic recovery being stalled because of all this news today?
We've never had 9% unemployment for two years consecutively since the 1930s. So Obama wants the wealthy to spend more and then pay 90% of all the taxes, too. That sounds like a plan. So factory orders fell, except for the ChiComs. "Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that Foxconn..." This is the outfit, the factory that makes the iPhone, the iPod and the iPad. "Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that Foxconn subsidiary Futaihua Precision Electronics will build a new facility in central China's Henan provice [sic] that will primarily produce the iPhone. ... 200,000 phones per day and will employ nearly 200,000 workers" who at present do not have jobs. What is wrong with this picture? (interruption) Well, I know we have 200,000 workers that don't have jobs but none of them are making iPhones.
RUSH: I guess I'm no longer the leader of the Republican Party. Obama, at a fundraiser in Georgia, said the GOP is the party of Bush. I guess they've made the official decision now, at least for today, to run against Bush. It was two years ago. That's two years old. They're going to run against Bush. In fact, some in the partisan, political operative media are debating whether or not this is a wise move. At some point does not Obama own all of this? And according to a Rasmussen poll yesterday, 48% of the people believe the economic mess is Obama's; 47% believe it's Bush. The trend line continues. Its Obama's economy. I want to go back to this story. Factory orders in the United States are down, as well as the pace of consumer spending.
But the factory orders story fell in June, second straight month "due to lower demand for steel, construction, machinery, and aircraft. Analysts had expected a much smaller drop." Meanwhile, Foxconn, which makes the iPhone, iPad, iPod in China, Shenzhen, is gonna build a new factory that will primarily produce the iPhone. "Xinhua says that more than 500 employees are already working a temporary site rented from the Zhengzhou city government. Factory construction will start on August 20 and is expected to be operational in a year. Xinhua says the site will reportedly produce $13 billion (U.S.) worth of products for export, make about 200,000 phones per day and will employ nearly 200,000 workers, most of whom are expected to be from the Henan province."
Now, Foxconn is not without its problems. They had to put nets all the way around the outside of their existing factory because of the suicides committed by their employees. Employees are overworked in there and they jump out the windows and they kill themselves. So they built nets. I saw a picture of this. There are nets outside on the side of the building that catch employees who jump over. Apple had to move in there and promise a 30% raise, 'cause they can't make product fast enough. There's a waiting list for the iPhone 4; there's a waiting list for the iPad. IPod touch, no problem getting those things, but they can't meet the demand. You read a story: US factory output down; people aren't manufacturing things. We e know this is happening.
Yet here's Steve Jobs -- darling of the left, huge Obama supporter, Algore a member of the Apple board -- and nobody on the left's upset that Jobs is not hiring union workers in America to make the iPhone or the iPad? They're being made by Chinese labor, and the workers that make the things are committing suicide. Not in great numbers, but they're still jumping out the windows over there at the Foxconn building. Now a new factory: 200,000 new workers. You know, Biden said we're going to be producing 500,000 jobs a month by this time. The ChiComs are doing it for one product! Well, two products: iPhone, iPad. It's $13 billion worth of exports.
Obviously Apple is not being hampered by any union problems in China. I don't think they're unionized over there in Shenzhen at Foxconn. The Summer of Recovery is working for the ChiComs. I don't even know if there's an economic slowdown. Two hundred thousand iPhones a day! Two hundred thousand will be made per day. They're not making that many now but they can't keep up with the demand, so they hired 200,000 new employees. And yet Apple escapes any scrutiny by the State-Controlled Media and the left? They're jobs Americans don't want to do? Americans don't want to make iPads? Americans don't want to make iPhones?
You know, folks, if you go to Apple's website and buy this stuff on the website, it gets shipped from Shenzhen, China. They don't even ship the stuff here first to distribution centers. I mean, maybe at rollouts they'll send in a bunch of iPhones to Memphis and they'll send them outta there via FedEx, but you go try it. Go buy an iPhone or an iPad, and they'll send you the shipping instructions -- and when it ships, it's from Shenzhen, China. Then it goes to someplace in Hong Kong, then it goes to Anchorage, and finally to Memphis. At least it's coming over on FedEx. "The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes dropped in June, as the weak economy and tight lending standards kept consumers away from the housing market," and yet they claim there's an economic recovery going on. (interruption)
What do you mean, "There goes any chance of EIB ever getting Apple advertising"? (laughing) There was never any chance of the EIB Network getting any Apple advertising. We've been knocking on their door for 22 years. No chance. I don't know what the carbonate footprint of shipping iPhones and iPads all over the world from China is but it's gotta be huge. They gotta get 'em here somehow 'cause they're not being made here. "Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner..." a genuine egghead. Have you seen this guy's head? Genuine shape of an egg. There's something not right about the shape of his head. You're not supposed to notice these things. You're not supposed to say these things. I'm sorry, there's something not right.
He said today "it would be 'deeply irresponsible' for the Obama regime to support a wholesale extension of Bush era tax cuts, including breaks for the wealthy. Geithner said in a nationally broadcast interview that President Barack Obama strongly believes those reductions should be retained for the '95 percent' of taxpayers with individual incomes under $200,000 a year and families below $250,000. And he disagreed with accusations the regime has been hostile to Wall Street and the business community. 'The business community always wants their taxes lowered,'" said Little Timmy. Meanwhile, Obama's mad and Geithner's mad that the rich are not spending, they're not consuming, and they're not paying enough taxes -- even though they're paying 90% of the freight. (interruption)
Are you kidding me? Geithner was one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People last year? Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? That cannot be true. Tim Geithner one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in People magazine? No matter the shape of-his head? Somebody's pulling my leg. I've got a note here. Somebody is yanking my chain. This cannot possibly be true. "Businesses have hired 5.6 million workers under a new program that provides tax breaks for hiring unemployed workers, the Treasury Department said Monday. The report, however, does not estimate how many of those jobs would have been added without the tax break." Does anybody believe this? Does anybody believe 5.6 million workers have been hired under any new program? Would somebody explain to me how we have lost eight million jobs, we've got unemployment 9% for two consecutive years (for the first time since the thirties) and now here comes a story from the Organized Press saying that we have "5.6 million workers under a new program that provides tax breaks for hiring unemployed workers." That's a small business tax break. They've offered this twice. Small businesses would be stupid to take this deal. We are just out and out being lied to. No matter. Nothing new.
RUSH: Cliff, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hello, sir.
CALLER: Rush, it's an honor.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: Rush, I like what you're talking about today. I think that the Obama administration reminds me of a drowning person. They are grasping for whatever is in sight, and this is why they're throwing their own under the bus. Because, frankly, they're in trouble. I mean, the economy stinks, they have thrown down the race card already, and they've already put their ace on the table, and they're done. I mean, we're 90 days from this election and I don't see anything happening but their getting crushed.
RUSH: They are getting crushed, but Obama's not gonna get crushed. Obama doesn't care.
CALLER: Right.
RUSH: Obama's not on the ballot. Obama's not going down the tubes. He may be taking these guys over the tubes or maybe throwing them down the tubes himself but he's not going.
CALLER: But he's drowning in the arena of history. His legacy is going to be defined --
RUSH: He doesn't care.
CALLER: Well, I don't know I that I know.
RUSH: He doesn't care. Drowning? In whose history? It depends on who's writing the history. If the communists and the Marxists are writing the history, he's a hero. If the unions are writing the history, he's a hero.
CALLER: That's absolutely correct. Very good with coreography, Rush.
RUSH: Okay, so to whom does he want to be a hero to? If I'm Obama, I'm feeling pretty good about what I've been able to destroy here in just 18 months -- and if my party is in trouble? There's a price to pay for everything, and if this is worth it, fine and dandy. And if destroying America as found, if wiping out the American capitalist system is the objective, and if it's gonna cost your political party a bunch of seats for a while, go for it. It's worth the price. There's also an upside for Obama. There's a big upside. If he gets rid of the Democrat majority and the Republicans do win and all they do is oppose Obama, then he can start blaming them. I don't doubt that this is something they're planning on.
If two years after the fact they're still going to run against Bush -- if two years after the fact they think the road to victory is running against Bush and trying to convince everybody in the country that this economic disaster is Bush's -- then I guarantee you he's looking forward to being able to blame Republicans for eight years while he succeeds in doing what he wants to do. This is not politics as usual. This is not politics as we always known it. This is not just the usual, "Okay, the Republicans are going to win now and then, the Democrats are gonna win now and then, and we'll go back and forth like a seesaw and trade power." We've never had an administration like this. We've never had a president like this. We've never had a political party like this -- and the party leadership, Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Harry Reid, these people are willing to lose in order to finally implement their dream agenda that they have been harboring for 50 years. It's worth the price to them, and Obama's not going to lose anything. He's not on the ballot.


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By Conor Lamb
During NYFW, the best looks come from kids on the street. Without them there wouldn't be anyone to perpetuate the delusion that fashion actually has any inherent value. In between shows, amidst the snobby bullshit, Conor photographed some of those people off the runway who piqued his interest.
Conor Lamb is a freelance photographer who hails from the Midwest where he studied lighting and photography. He's exhausted from all the shitty parties he used to document when night-life photography was still a thing. He has a penchant for shooting hip-hop artists, and he's covered fashion stuff for us in the past. He has a Joy Division tattoo and, according to a very good source, he and his girlfriend like to dress up as juggalos. His work can be found here.
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I'm 19 and live in a 3 story rental townhouse with my parents who were generous enough to give me the bottom floor bedroom…Its like my own apartment.
The room is pretty big (biggest one I've ever had!) and its got a insuite bathroom, and walk-in closet. I know, kids, I lucked out.
Now the only thing is that because its a rental we can't hang major things up, and we can't paint. So the designs on the walls are peel off decals…and the box shelves are actually hung up with…get this…THUMBTACKS. Suprisingly stable. Weird. I know.
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This is what you'd see walking in the door…
Those curtains are a lifesaver. $20 at Home depot…They're "chocolate" black-out curtains…kind of sound like a cake. But don't be fooled. They're not edible.
The floor vanity I found on the street and repainted it. Its dead useful and I keep all my makeup/hair things in the drawers and perfumes/jerwlery on top.
Box Squares hung up with thumbtacks, got on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond for $24–Have since found cheaper versions on Amazon. Sad Face.
See that desk? It was a gross yellowing white before I pwned it. I repainted it white, and then slathered it with decals so it would match the rest of my room.
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"The Videogame Theater team is beyond excited to be teaming with The Escapist," Frank told TheFeed. "The series is truly one of the most funny and f***ed up projects I've ever been a part of. Videogame Theater tells the behind the scene tales of classic videogame characters like Pac-Man, Mario and Q-Bert, and the horrible lives we imagine they must lead. The show reveals what we think could have lead them up to the videogames they are famous for. We parody what you know of the games and characters, and take them in dark, disturbing place. So it's a perfect fit for a site like The Escapist, who are looking to expand on what we know about videogames and offer content that appeals to gaming fans for the same reasons they play the game in the first place: action, adventure, comedy, surreal images, bizarre locations, and lots of lots of sex and violence!"
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Thanks Guys.having played "TAXI DRIVER" first run I really don't want to see it again on the screen or Dvd,but you guys enjoy.
Interesting, I like all the flashback stuff AMC has been doing and glad this theater has been one the AMC chains part of it.
Yeah, Battle LA should be cool in 4k.
Too bad Take Me Home Tonight tanked, I was surprised at how much I liked it and the audience seemed pretty pumped, definitely more than usual even for here. It's almost like if had been able to get people to give it a look it would've done well, but I guess it didn't generate the interest to draw people in to give it a shot. Oh well I guess that is it for any more new 80's retros.
It's been all flashbacks with Sixteen Candles and Take Me Home Tonight (of a sort) and next Taxi Driver (although this last one goes farther back than my time) hah.
Saturdays are usually the second busiest day of the year, behind Friday for most blockbuster movies. Family movies tend to do better on Saturday. Look at how Gnomeo and Juliet did over that weekend. It's still showing legs. Rango is doing fine at the box office, although it's more in the vein of a Dreamworks cartoon than Disney-like. Can't wait to see Battle Los Angeles in 4k. Next weekend Taxi Driver returns with a debut in Rockaway with a restored 4k print before the Bluray debut of the Martin Scorsese classic, which starred a young Jodie Foster. More info at http://www.amctheatres.com/taxidriver
Most Theatres are.
Not really. It's always busy on saturdays.
Is this theater really doing so badly though?? Is that known fact or just wild speculation?
times change,at one time a family movie would a kiss of death back in my days,but much of the Disney product then was horrible.Remember "GUS". Re-releases of Disney Classics would often be booked in be it "Lt.Robin Crusoe" or "Snow White". Often indy films would play for a couple of weeks "SEARCH FOR NOAH'S ARK" and would be gone,These Films today start in a large house as I know you guys know and work itself down to 125 seat house,then to be shipped over to the Dollar Cinema Across town.In other Words, Family pictures often carry a PG rating which has no weight to it anymore compared to the PG pictures of my day,namely."BILLY JACK". Just a few comments from an old dogged theatre manager.
I agree. Something must be done to bring people into this theater. The only movies that I know that are filling the theaters are kids movies. Family movies tend to stay longer at this theater, as well as blockbuster movies that get good word of mouth.
It would be hard to imagine this theater failing. That would really suck. If everything is just done by online streaming or DVR or facebook I think something gets lost.
I agree. If you want to comment on the old Rockaway theater, head over to the AMC Inner/Outer 6 page, which has far fewer comments than this one. Don't forget since attendance peaked during the 21st century in 2002 (when the outer 6 was open until May), competition from home and social media has transformed the way we watch and talk about movies. Not to mention advances in movie theater technology such as Digital 3D and Digital IMAX at a dangerous cost. The only stuff that is bringing people to this theater are the live events such as UFC, the Met Opera, a classic movie, that kind of stuff. THe next few years will tell what will happen to this theater in the next 10 years.
That is unfortunate, especially with how high tickets are now. And the IMAX prices are just insane there. Does make you miss the old Inner/Outer 6 AMC which generally had some of the lowest prices anywhere and all sorts of twilight show specials at half the price of anybody else.
Just got an email from AMC saying that they will discontinue their Moviewatcher service at the end of March and introducing a new program called AMC Stubs, which requires new members to pay $12 a year to use the new service. Moviewatcher members can still get that one new year free and when it ends, there's an option to pay $12 to renew the membership or cancel and use AMC giftcards and passes to go to the movies. This stinks. I always like Moviewatcher, as well as General Cinema Credits. This leaves the Regal Crown Club and other chains like Clearview as the only free loyalty programs left. AMC probably needs some money.
I agree rampagingbandicoot4. Raising the volume of an AV reciever to the respectable hearing level for watching cable TV is good hearing (normal volume for Bluray and DVD movies), but going to the movies and watching it on a very blurry screen with overloud surround sound (including previews such as The Adjustment Bureau that have a booming music track) is overkill. This is one reason why ratings for this year's Oscars were down 7% vs. last year, when there was a huge big movie with blue people that lost to an Iraq war movie. With the war in Libya at full effect, except ticket prices to go up before summer time as March comes.
thanks, mikerogers.
Justin, you couldn't get good glasses,think they would throw away bad ones,good comments.
I hope they continue with the blast from the past stuff. I caught Sixteen Candles there couple weeks ago and it was pretty wild to see it on the giant screen with an audience (last time AMC Rockaway showed it was like '84 in the inner theaters I think, pretty wild). Sadly only about 30 people there (Sunday evening). It was a totally mixed crowd though, all ages. Sounded like half the audience had never seen it before and half had every line memorized.
But they didn't exactly advertise it much. I only spotted it by chance at the last second and didn't even have time to get anyone to go with me. I never even knew they had shown Back to the Future last Fall as well (and apparently Airplane too a few weeks ago). I guess it's tricky though- don't make money since knowbody knows it's happening but to let enough people know about it means huge advertising costs and maybe more than you can make in special couple day releases (although at least digital helps, with real film the cost of reels alone would really make this sort of thing tough to pull off), but they need a way to get word out better.
But it worked well. The digital transmission worked out and it looked good. It was also nice to have an old 80's mix where you don't leave the theater hard of hearing as you do with even non-action flicks these days. I like loud, I mean people say wow you pump up the speakers when you listen to TV, but theaters today, especially AMC Rockaway and some others, just way overdo it. It's so loud it just becomes uncomfortable and speakers get strainged too much and start sounding shrill and your ears ring and don;t work right for a few hours after you leave half the time.
Anyway, I've said more than enough for a month already.
I had the same thing happened to me when Tron Legacy came out I wore scratched glasses…..not a good thing.
I agree.
I wonder if they are doing a bad job at cleaning off the IMAX 3D glasses or soemthing now.
When I saw Avatar and Alice there everything was awesome but when I saw a recent flick I saw lots of weird smeared glare on the glasses (and I tried a few different pairs, all the same, and moved around to try sitting in different parts, no differnce either). It's probably jsut my imagination but I thought the brightness was pretty intense for the former two but not as much for the recent ones.
Do they still charge the crazy, insane $17 for the 2D stuff shown in the IMAX theater?
I hope not. It would be nice to see stuff on the largest screen, but $17 is a bit much considering that they didn't really manage to make the screen all that much larger than the next largest screen there, still, maybe worth a little premium even as is, but if it's $17 or 19 or whatever that's just a rip they just didn't have enough room to make it enough larger to be worth that sort of premium.
I wish they had listened to my advice to make at least one auditorium really giant sized. They should've kept the same height as on their tallest screens but made them 2.40:1 instead of 1.85:1 then they would've had like 72' or so starting point for screen width and left a little room up top in one of the auditioriums for the coming digital IMAX, then with changing things to IMAX they coulda fit a monster 75-80' 1.78:1 in there perhaps.
Anyone know the specs for the IMAX screen in there now? 60-62' wide 1.78:1????? Not bad by any means but a bit small for a real imax even just in terms of width and I think Manville has two 70' 2.40:1 screens so it's not even the widest screen in NJ. I guess it might be close to the size of the famous old paramus triplex giant screen (at least 65' wide) that got split over the years and recently torn down so again not too bad, but still with freedom to start from scratch they should finally given NJ a truly top tier giant screen, youd think NJ would have the population and money to support it if little mid-western states can these days.
Thanks for the correction, rb4. A regular IMAX screen is just one big square, while digital IMAX is one big rectangle that's identical to a super big HDTV. Has AMC replaced its so-called "HD" lenses with better ones? The closer I get to the screen, the more blurry it gets. Also, invest in better lightbulbs to power the projection.
"Another blown-up movie. Most of the movies that are listed on IMAX's movie page are digital blown-up versions of the regular movies."
It doesn't make sense to use that distinction unless you are talking about a film IMAX theater though. It's meaningless to say that if you are talking about the dIMAX at Rockaway.
I mean Director's Fan Cut for the die-hard fans.
This weekend the Justin Bieber movie will be shown as a Fan's Director's Cut for one week only in 3D.
Looks like Liam Neeson's second major movie in a starring role at this theater is number one at the box office during a down weekend from last year in double digits. This past weekend, 5 of the best picture nominees were shown as part of AMC's Best Picture Showcase. Wonder if Toy Story 3 will be shown in 3D as part of the festival next weekend? One thing that I noticed in the lobby of the theater is that there's this tall box thing promoting the fake IMAX experience near the candy stand, and a tall stand promoting AMC's new slogan. They also have a BPS trailer between the Silence is Golden and Feature Presentation trailer.


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[Today: Ain't braggin'…]
This one goes back to Joe Namath and Muhammad Ali – two Southern gentlemen who weren't afraid to proclaim their own brilliance and then back it up by performing when the lights were brightest and the stakes were highest. Namath and Ali certainly didn't invent trash talk, but they perfected the craft. Their highlights – Namath's prediction of victory over the heavily-favored Colts in Super Bowl III and Ali's incantation that "I am the greatest!" – were delivered with the kind of verve and style that set the bar for professional self-confidence for nearly every form of entertainer that followed.
Hip-hop in particular is a field filled with artists rushing to call themselves the greatest and predict their own big victories, in terms that make Namath and Ali seem quaint and humble. But reality being what it is, only a few kings can sit at the top of any given mountain, so most rappers come off as hollow reflections of their own fantasies – a pack of dogs with no real bite. Not so the Wu-Tang Clan, a swarm of MCs who came buzzing off Staten Island with their 1993 debut, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). This album was greasy, raw and blood-soaked, even by hip-hop's unique standards. And of course it was a wildly popular, certified-platinum success.
The clan was the brainchild of DJ Robert Diggs, who works under the name RZA (pronounced "rizza"). He assembled a wrecking crew of undiscovered MCs, including Russell Jones (Ol' Dirty Bastard), Dennis Coles (Ghostface Killah), Clifford Smith (Method Man) and Corey Woods (Raekwon). RZA was also responsible for the group's artistic direction – a fierce blend of Kung-Fu movies, eastern philosophy, cartoon violence, and the kind of dense flow that sounded like the work of a veteran, battle-tested crew. Wu-Tang is perhaps best understood through the prism of the comic book – a fantasy world where super powers abound, people die gruesome deaths regularly, and Gotham is packed with maniacs and murderers.
RZA's sound collages feature snippets of Kung-Fu movies and murky funk and soul samples, while the MCs take tag-team turns rhyming about ginseng and body bags, Fort Knox and samurai, Jacques Cousteau and spiked bats, The Warriors and diarrhea, and everything but a Bronx kitchen sink, providing a stream-of-conscious peek into the ultra-violent Id of the Big Apple. Any group that promises to jam a rusty screwdriver into your balls can't be viewed as the good guys, but Wu-Tang are as entitled to their dramatic violence as Bruce Lee and Superman. Every comic book superhero had a dark-side or an evil alter-ego, and Enter The Wu-Tang lives in a world of tension where super powers are being misused, the bad guys are winning, and the skies are turning black.
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A new video game franchise that is set to revolutionize the music genre. Rocksmith is the first and only game where players can plug any real guitar with a standard quarter-inch input jack into an Xbox 360, PC, or PS3, and play through an in-depth library of music including everything from the latest hits to classic rock songs.
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Featuring gameplay that automatically adjusts to the player's skill level and innovative game design that makes reading music visually fun and intuitive, Rocksmith engages experienced musicians and those who are picking up a guitar for the first time. The game includes a sizeable library of music from classic rock bands to current artists, such as The Animals, The Black Keys, David Bowie, Interpol, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones.
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'Justified' Recap: 'The Hatchet Tour'
"The Hatchet Tour" is the ninth episode of Justified's fourth cycle, meaning that after Tuesday, we're officially into the last quarter of the season. That's the perfect time to finally reveal the identity of Drew Thompson. But then what?
The episode opens on a very cranky note. Tim is not happy to find his friend Mark's dead body at a drug dealer's house. He cooperates with the investigating officers, but it's clear the wheels in his the most underappreciated Deputy Marshal's head are already turning. Elsewhere, Tim's psuedo-partner Raylan is collecting Hunter (guest star Brent Sexton) from prison, so it's not a good day for anyone. Including Art, whose response involves expletives and yelling. "Call him and articulate to him my extreme displeasure," Art's tirade starts, and it ends with "and that's where his nightmare will begin." One imagines the Chief Deputy gets bulk size bottles of Advil for the holidays.
Tim calls Raylan, who insists that he's going to drop Hunter off safe and sound at his new destination once he gets some information out of him. He says that just moments before his Lincoln rolls up outside Wynn Duffy's (guest star Jere Burns) motorhome. Raylan tells Duffy how the expression "hashing it out" came from the French word "hatchet" (hence the title of the episode!), and how he thought he'd put Duffy in the same room with Hunter and see what happened. What happens is that Duffy asks him if he's got any particular ideas about what to do with Hunter, while the former sheriff is standing within inches of them both. Awkward.
While this is happening, Ava and Boyd are house-hunting. Lest you think you've accidentally switched over to HGTV, Ava tells Boyd that the place they're examining looks familiar because her mother used to clean it, and then shortly thereafter tells the elitist real estate agent to shove it. Somewhere in that, Boyd thinks he just got one step closer to finding Drew Thompson. He and Ava arrange a surprise meeting with Ellen May's last client, at the same time that the late Pastor Billy's sister Cassie (guest star Lindsay Pulsipher) turns up looking for the missing girl.
Hunter rolls out of the back of Raylan's Lincoln and tries to commit suicide by oncoming truck, but Raylan pulls him out of the road just in time and knocks some sense into him (literally). The next thing that happens is that Sheriff Shelby rolls up behind them and pulls our hero over to get the 411. He and Raylan have different ideas when it comes to how to get Hunter to talk, but that doesn't stop Shelby from inviting himself along for the rest of the field trip.
When Colt arrives at the bar, Boyd tells him what Cassie said to Ava about Ellen May having left word yesterday, so clearly Colt didn't do his job of bumping her off. He dispatches Colt to the Last Chance Holiness Church to see if he can find Ellen May there, and as Colt freaks out in the bar's parking lot, Tim is watching him from across the street. When Colt departs for the church, Tim decides to follow him.


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