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By John Marshall, AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kansas City rolled through a weak part of its schedule, putting together its best run in five years.
GAME REPORT:Royals 12, Mariners 0
It left the Royals feeling good about themselves, even at the end of another losing season.
Zack Greinke combined with two pitchers on a three-hitter, Mike Aviles hit a three-run homer and Kansas City routed Seattle 12-0 on Thursday to complete its first four-game sweep of the Mariners in 19 years.
"The guys are having a lot of fun right now," manager Trey Hillman said. "It's an atmosphere we'd like to have around here all the time. There's just nothing better than a win. There's just no other way to say it."
Kansas City led 9-0 after four innings, roughing up Ryan Feierabend (1-4) on its way to its first four-game sweep of the Mariners since Aug. 17-20, 1989, in Seattle. It was the Royals' first four-game sweep of anyone since taking a home series against Detroit from Sept. 19-21, 2005.
Kansas City had at least 10 hits (13) for the sixth time during a seven-game winning streak, its longest since opening the 2003 season 9-0. Alberto Callaspo and Alex Gordon drove in two runs apiece, and Mark Teahen had two of his three hits in Kansas City's five-run fourth inning.
Still in last place in the AL Central, the Royals are enjoying this late-season run.
"It feels good, a different feeling than what we're used to," Greinke said. "It's nice to feel good about yourselves for once."
Greinke (12-10) has been one of the AL's best strikeout pitchers this season and got off to a great start. The right-hander struck out the side in the first inning, including Raul Ibanez to end it for his 500th career punchout.
Greinke added four more and didn't allow a runner past second base, giving up two hits before being replaced by Jimmy Gobble in the eighth inning. Joel Peralta worked the ninth, stranding Wladimir Balentien at first after a leadoff single.
"We all know what kind of stuff Zack's got, but you had a pretty good idea after the first inning that it had a chance to be a special day for him," Hillman said. "He was very good."
Seattle had just five baserunners, suffering its worst shutout loss since a 12-0 setback at Oakland on Sept. 21, 2003. The Mariners have been shut out 11 times this season, including twice during an eight-game losing streak, and have lost 10 straight on the road after being swept in consecutive series against the Royals and Angels.
"I really don't know what I can say - it kind of speaks for itself," manager Jim Riggleman said. "We didn't do anything against Greinke today and the second time through they got Ryan. That's pretty much the story."
Feierabend has had trouble pitching on the road in his short major league career, dropping to 0-9 with a 9.00 ERA in 13 games away from Seattle.
He gave up four runs in the third on David DeJesus' RBI single and Aviles' first homer in 172 at-bats, a three-run shot to left. Kansas City knocked around the left-hander again the next inning, loading the bases to set up Mitch Maier's two-run single to right.
Feierabend was lifted after that, charged with eight runs and six hits - the eighth straight road start he's failed to get past the fifth inning.
"I just fell behind in the count," Feierabend said. "The first two innings are how I wanted to start the game, but then I fell behind and the count and I couldn't get out of the hole."
Notes: Kansas City's Jose Guillen was 0-for-4, ending his career-high hitting streak at 14 games. ... Feierabend had his sixth pickoff of the season in the second inning, nabbing Teahen off first. ... Callaspo extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with a two-run single in the fourth inning.
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I had an abdominoplasty 13 months ago and still have my belly inflamed and swollen and my belly button is almost not visible. Is it normal to take this long for the area to go back to normal?
Swollen Lower Abdomen 13 Months Post-op Tummy Tuck
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Persistent swelling after a tummy tuck
Persistent swelling oen year after a tummy tuck is unusual. You may want to get it evaluated by a plastic surgeon.
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Persistent swelling one year after tummy tuck
Dear Saudi,
Long lasting swelling one year after surgery is not a normal occurence.. There may be an underlying problem such as a seroma and that should be investigated further.
I would recommend going back to your surgeon or seeking a second opinion.
Good luck
One year after tummy tuck, what should I expect?
at this point you should be well healed and all of your swelling gone. Your scars should be mature. If you have persistent swelling it may be indicative of a seroma or fluid collection. You should consult your treating physician as a seroma this far out may require further intervention
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Swollen abdomen more than a year after tummy tuck
This is not normal. You may have had a seroma (fluid collection) that has persisted, or maybe the scar is just adherent. It's hard to tell from your photo. At this point, though, you should be fully healed and enjoying your results. Since that's not your situation, I would recommend that you see your surgeon (or another surgeon).
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After all this time if this condition most likely needs to be revised, I suggest ti make and appointment with your doctor.
Persistent lower stomach bulge after tummy tuck
This does not appear to be normal and I would advise discussing this with your surgeon or seeking a second opinion. There are several possible reasons for this but, in my opinion, I would consider revisionary surgery. If not, I would advise agressive scar massage.
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Five years ago
Temperatures — high 66, low 33
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• Redlands East Valley High School's boys' soccer team scored a 1-0 victory over Palm Springs High School Saturday in the San Gorgonio Tournament.
• Single-parent students at Crafton Hills College recently attended a holiday party with their children.
• Members of the Loma Linda University Church of Seventh-day Adventists celebrated the congregation's 80th anniversary on Saturday.
Ten years ago
Temperatures — high 61, low 35
• American Legion Post 106 of Redlands plans a New Year's Eve celebration with music by Crossroads Band.
• Sam and Jean Davis of Redlands transform the inside of their home into a winter wonderland of Christmas decorations every year, and they are already planning their decorations for next year.
• Photographer Judith Sparhawk will be the featured artist for the Redlands Art Association in January.
Fifteen years ago
Temperatures — high 82, low 45
• A Redlands developer's plan to build a senior living facility at the northeast corner of Wabash and Fifth avenues has prompted an unusual day at City Hall.
• Adrienne Orfield, a 1971 graduate of Redlands High School and a graduate of Cal State San Bernardino and the University of San Diego School of Law, was sworn in as a Sian Diego Superior Court judge Dec. 1.
• Just in time for the new year is the arrival of the Redlands Conservancy's inaugural edition calendar with nearly 30 architectural photos of Redlands.


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Jan 31, 2013 - The Associated PressLawmakers consider court gun ban
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming lawmakers are moving to ban people from bringing guns and other deadly weapons into courtrooms.
The House of Representatives gave initial approval to the bill Wednesday. It must pass two more votes before it can move to the Senate.
Violators would face up to 10 years in prison as well as a fine up to $10,000 under House Bill 216. It's sponsored by Republican Rep. Kermit Brown of Laramie.
Wyoming law currently bars people from bringing weapons to jails, prisons, the state hospital and the Wyoming Boys School and the Wyoming Girls School.
Last year, an Albany County judge barred guns in the county courthouse, which contains some county offices. County commissioners opposed the move, saying judges only have that authority within their own courtrooms.
Lawyer disbarred in Cody
CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming Supreme Court has disbarred a Cody lawyer who was accused of misappropriating nearly $700,000 in assets from a client's trust.
A beneficiary of the trust had filed a civil complaint against attorney Jody Montgomery Vannoy, resulting in Vannoy being ordered to pay nearly $700,000 for misappropriating funds for her personal use.
The Board of Professional Responsibility then recommended sanctions against Vannoy. The Wyoming State Bar said Wednesday that the Wyoming Supreme Court approved the board's recommendation to disbar her. Vannoy also must pay more than $2,300 in administrative fees and costs to the Wyoming State Bar.
Phone numbers listed for Vannoy are disconnected, and she couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Icy roads blamed for Rawlins wrecks
RAWLINS -- Icy road conditions are blamed for a number of crashes around Rawlins, including two separate ones involving semitrailers.
One truck slid off Interstate 80 Wednesday night, spilling its load of clementine oranges. The driver wasn't hurt but the highway was closed for three hours.
Another truck rolled just past Creston Junction, trapping the driver inside. Lt. Bob Garner of the Wyoming State Patrol said the driver was extricated and taken to the hospital.
No other injuries were reported in any of the other accidents.
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Judge Extends Amanda Bynes' Psychiatric Hold For Two More Weeks
Amanda Bynes will be under psychiatric care for another two weeks, according to a judge's ruling late today, TMZ is reporting.
Amanda and her lawyer were actually present during the hearing held at the facility where she's been staying under a 5150 hold since Monday night. But they lost their bid to get the extension denied.
According to the online report, physicians treating the troubled former child star argued that the two extra weeks were necessary to diagnose her and without doing so she could pose a potential threat to others and herself.
Case in point, the reason the 27-year-old was ordered by police to remain under involuntary psychiatric supervision — she started a small fire on the driveway of a random residence in her neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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The cross country state championships are set to take place in Carrollton on Saturday and Winder-Barrow, Jefferson and Cedar Shoals each enter the meet with confidence.
The Winder-Barrow girls' cross country team enters the state meet after winning its fourth consecutive region 8-AAAAA title. Coach Amanda Partee-Manders heads up the girls' team in just her second year, but she said she is confident in her team's potential going into the state meet.
"For these kids to have won four region championships in a row is phenomenal to me," Partee-Manders said. "I'm just glad to be a part of it."
The Lady Bulldogs started working for a successful state run months before the season began in August. Winder-Barrow's high-mileage workouts started in May, and the team has trained since then. Winder-Barrow has focused on the state meet since its opener.
"With each race they've just been smart about the races, and they're racing with their whole hearts and minds," Partee-Manders said. "I'm hoping for an even better performance on Saturday at state."
Winder-Barrow's Caitlin Connell finished first in the Region 8-AAAAA meet last week, but she is just one of the many Lady Bulldogs that have played a role in the team's success. Outside of Connell, Whitley Kennedy and Anna Dean are the next two runners in the Lady Bulldogs' top five. Haley Mewborn has also worked to earn a position amongst Winder-Barrow's top runners. Partee-Manders said Mewborn ran between 700 and 800 miles during the summer break to earn her spot.
"She has just come so far from last year," Partee-Manders said. "This is her second year running."
Winder-Barrow finished first in its region meet, but Partee-Manders said there is still one team from Region 8-AAAAA that may come back to contest it in its state title hunt.
"Flowery Branch has an amazing team and we are always on the lookout for them," Partee-Manders said. "They have a very strong program."
The Winder-Barrow boys' team finished second in its region meet and coach Michael Lofton said the team's times are no indication of its improvement this season.
"We purposely ran some very difficult courses, so when you look online our times don't compare to some of the other teams who ran very fast courses," Lofton said. "I really feel that the boy's team we have, as long as everybody runs hard and runs well, we have a great shot at that top five to top 10 area."
Just like the Lady Bulldogs, the boys' team will have to be on the lookout for region foe Flowery Branch in the state meet.
"We have some strong teams in division five-A, and Flowery Branch is definitely up there," Lofton said. "Our goal with regions was for some of our boys to break into that Flowery Branch top six or seven."
Regardless of the preparation that goes into the state meet, Lofton said only his runners can control their destiny at this point.
"There's no more coaching I can do. There are no more pep talks, there's nothing," Lofton said. "You have to make up your mind that giving into the pain will hurt a lot worse than finishing the race as hard as you can, and that's the hardest part."
Jefferson's girls' and boys' teams also started their seasons strong, but the boys will be without their lead runner for the state meet. Lead runner Cain Lorenzo will not run in Carrollton due to an injury he suffered late this season.
The boys are young and working on rebuilding for next season, but Jefferson coach Katie Sellers said her girls will carry a lot of momentum into this race.
"They Lady Dragons started the season out very strong and have carried that momentum all season," Sellers said. "They won region last Thursday in Oglethorpe and now we head into state, and they have their eyes set on getting that podium."
Each race will be run at the Carrollton High School course on Saturday, and Lofton said it will be a slightly different challenge than his team is used to.
"They've changed the course, so we haven't previewed it this year." Lofton said. "I think our home course is tougher so I'm looking for some good times out of our kids and I think they'll be happy with their times when they finish because we have run some hard courses."
Cedar Shoals failed to qualify for the state meet as a team, but boys' runner Josiah Jenkins sealed an individual spot in the meet after finishing first in his region race.
Jenkins, a senior, was out his junior year with an injury and transferred to Cedar Shoals from Athens Christian at the beginning of this school year.
Cedar Shoals coach Matt Hicks said Jenkins took the lessons he learned after his injury and used them to improve his running this season.
"He was out his junior year with an injury and was regaining race experience this year," Hicks said. "He started out a little too quickly, but he has picked up on his mistakes."
The Cedar Shoals team in its entirety is in a rebuilding phase, but Hicks said Jenkins is well deserving of the opportunity he currently faces.
"It takes long-term commitment to reach some of those goals in this sport and all sports," Hicks said. "I think he understood what he wanted years ago, and he's worked towards it through the years and also throughout this whole season."
Jenkins will run as an individual on Saturday, but he has never been alone on his road to the state finals. His parents have always played a role in his success by supporting him and helping him throughout his career.
"Most of Josiah's success is definitely due to his supportive mother and father who work at home with him," Hicks said. "I think we have yet to see his best race."
Jefferson's boys will run on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Jefferson's girls will run at 10:45 a.m.
Winder-Barrow's boys will run at 1 p.m.
Winder Barrow's girls will gun at 1:45 p.m.
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Tietz and Brighenti Family Page
|My Great Grandfather, August C. Tietz came to America from Germany around 1872.His wife, Wilhelminia Werth came around 1873 with her parents (Michael and Maria).The town listed on Wilhelminia's immigration record is Schlawe, Koeslin County, Germany.It became a part of Poland in 1945.Immigration records show August and Wilhelminia were married in Germany. My Grandfather, August W. Tietz was one of six.Two brothers, Ewald, and Leonard, and three sisters, Emma, Louise, and Minnie.I have very little information on August's brothers and sisters.All I'm presuming, they lived in or near Watertown, WI and born between 1879 and 1890.
I am looking for almost everything, birth, death, marriage dates, children if they were married, and had them.Any information about them would be greatly appreciated, I will be happy to share the information I have to anyone who is interested.
August was married to a Rosa Kube on March 25, 1914.They had one child, Gilbert Tietz.Rosa passed away on October 2, 1934.August remarried a Irma Anna Adela Heine on February 5, 1938.They had one child LeRoy Allen Tietz, my Father.Irma was married to a Clarence Cox previously, and had one son, David Cox.The four of them farmed in Richwood, WI until the death of August on November 22, 1959.
Irma Tietz (Heine) was the daughter of William Conrad August Heine and Martha Schildbach.Both parents were born in the United States.She was born on October 30, 1906.She was one of 5 children.The other siblings were, Meta, Leona, Edwin, and Oscar, who was the youngest.The family farmed most of their lives in Helenville, WI. Irma died March 23, 1979 in a Watertown Hospital.Below, you will find a family photo, Oscar wasn't born at time of this picture, and is assumed to be abt. 1917.
The Brighenti side, my Mother's, I have more information on.Three Brighenti sisters came over to the U.S. in the teens of the 1900's.They were Rosina, my great grandmother, Lucia, and Genoneffa.Rosina and Genoneffa were both married before sailing.Rosina married Luigi Nicoli, and had six children, two of which died at birth.The ones living after birth were Isabell, Caroline, Perena (Lawrence Joseph Zardus)and Mary (Philip Gleason).The two that died, were Marie, and Angelina.All were born near what is known today as Ishpeming,MI in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Rosina married John Fortini in 1927, and had one son, Anthony, who lived one month, and past away, and Josephine (Edwin Neal Cory II).
Luigi Nicoli, was shot in New York City around 1942.The information I have on this side, is substantial, with pictures, and dates.What I don't have too much on is Luigi Nicoli.Anything and everything about him would be greatly appreciated.The family has some clues as to what happened to Luigi in New York, and if there is something someone knows, email me, I'm not going to give details out, unless someone contacts me directly with hard facts.
Anything on both sides of the family will be greatly appreciated especially birth, death, marriage, and/or land records.Please feel free to email me, and I'm willing to share the information I have with someone who is equally interested.Thanks.
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Climate change is often referred to as one of the most complicated challenges facing humanity, characterised in various literatures as a social dilemma operating at multiple scales (individual, national, international). The present study considers the ways in which members of the public interpret climate change in these terms, drawing on data from multiple datasets, both qualitative and quantitative, from 1997 to 2011. As well as drawing out the nuances in participants' perspectives on the social and societal dilemmas inherent to climate change, the present study also highlights the rejoinders and resolutions proposed by people to these dilemmas. It is suggested that recognition of the ways people find to navigate these difficult issues offers some cause for optimism regarding the public's conceptualisation of, and response to, climate change.
Across most parts of the world, public majorities recognise the basic reality of climate change and express concern about its consequences [
In terms of the relationship between individual behaviour and global climate change, studies furthermore suggest that there is a general acknowledgement by people of a personal obligation to help address climate change [
Despite this widespread recognition of the legitimacy and importance of climate change, there is however a strong sense in which it is also understood as a hugely complicated—perhaps even intractable—issue. In the academic literature, a number of scholars have spoken of climate change as a 'wicked' problem due to the many complex interdependencies in society that contribute to climate change and the attendant difficulty in reaching solutions [
In the tradition of social psychology and behavioural economics, such a problem relates closely to the notion of a 'social dilemma'. The definition of a social dilemma is that situation in which individual action which is undesirable in collective terms (e.g., having high personal carbon emissions) nevertheless results in better personal outcomes (e.g., maintenance of a high standard of living); and yet, if most people were to act in this way, the outcome for all is undesirable [
Climate change has now been conceptualised in terms of a social dilemma across a range of literature. Raihani and Aitken [
These studies taken together illustrate that the social dilemma framework represents a powerful descriptive and analytic device for characterising the choices of individuals within a real or simulated climate change context. What is missing from the literature, however, is a systematic attempt to understand the ways in which
The qualitative data used in the present study to answer these questions were obtained in the UK over the period 1997–2010. These form the principal emphasis of the study. In addition, findings are presented from survey data obtained in the UK in 2011, which are used to characterise the prevalence of social dilemma beliefs.
The present study seeks to identify commonplace themes across six qualitative datasets. Each of these was obtained from studies designed to investigate public perceptions of climate change and related issues. Whilst conceptually related, the studies were carried out independently by different research teams. The 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2010 datasets were derived from focus group/group interview studies with members of the UK public at these time points. The 2003 data was derived from individual (including paired individual) interviews. All datasets comprise verbatim transcripts of discussions. The datasets from 1997–2007 were kindly made available to the author of the present study by those involved in the original research (see Acknowledgements).
Projects from which data are (re-)analysed for the present study.
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|Study overview
|Eric Darier; Darier
|EU-wide project into public understanding of climate change and wider environmental issues
|Irene Lorenzoni; Lorenzoni and Hulme (2009)
|Doctoral research into cross-cultural perceptions of climate change
|Karen Bickerstaff; Bickerstaff
|UK project examining risk perceptions, including of climate change
|Lorraine Whitmarsh; Whitmarsh (2009)
|Doctoral research into UK climate change perceptions
|Nick Pidgeon; Butler and Pidgeon (2009)
|UK project examining perceptions of climate change and energy issues
|Stuart Capstick; Capstick (2012)
|Doctoral research into longitudinal component of climate change perceptions
In viewing climate change as a social dilemma, a broad prior analytic framework is utilised in the analysis of the data—as such, the present discourse analysis is not intended to constitute a fully inductive approach. Rather, analytic attention is given to the ways in which a social dilemma frame manifests in the numerous specific but typical instances across the datasets. This enables a detailed exposition of how climate change is seen as a social dilemma by public participants, in a manner which is recurrent across unrelated research projects. In this way, the study aims to present findings which are characteristic of a general public understanding of the climate dilemma.
The discourse analysis used in the present study draws on that of Dryzek [
The work of Dryzek [
its ontology—the basic entities whose existence is recognised or constructed
assumptions about relationships—the nature of relationships between individuals and other social actors
agents and their motives—the social actors about whom the discourse is concerned, and the reasons ascribed to their actions
its key metaphors and rhetorical devices—the concepts and language which shape the discourse
The work of Potter and Wetherell [
Where ascribing comments to participants within the results, a coding system is used in which each individual is assigned a unique code reflecting their position within a research project ('P') and the year of their participation (e.g., '-2007'). For example, participant P4-2010 is participant '4' from 2010.
The social dilemma discourse emphasises the inherent tensions between collective versus individual interests in the context of climate change. This may be conceptualised at various scales, from the individual to the international: for example, the value of individual action on climate change may be seen as futile where others do not act; international solutions may be viewed as unattainable due to multiple conflicting national interests.
The central and recurrent features of climate change as a social dilemma within participant talk are summarised in
Characteristic features of climate change as a social dilemma.
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|Manifestation within social dilemma discourse
Climate change as a social and societal problem
Conflicts between collective and individual interests
Cooperation and reciprocity (both by their absence and as a way of responding to dilemmas)
People and institutions at all scales-in particular individuals, national governments, nations
Primary motivation of self-interest
Social systems as 'Darwinian'-e.g., survival of the fittest, competition between social actors
Global 'villains' (e.g., USA, China) and 'minnows' (e.g., England)
Climate change as a 'trap'-multiple competing interests at odds with collective public good
Free-riding-ability and tendency of social actors to pursue own interests irrespective of others
'Drop in the ocean'-unilateral action pointless in and of itself
'Doing your bit'-individual action in a collective context
'Everyone'/'everybody' acting-collective action in response to a social dilemma
The existence of, and problem of responding to climate change is argued in a number of places to derive directly from the nature of humanity and human society, where these are seen as being inherently self-interested and ill-suited to responding to large-scale collective problems. It is in this context that in a year 2000 group participant P5-2000 talks of being "pessimistic" about the ability of "mankind" to respond to climate change; likewise in 2010, participant P20-2010 argues that they are not optimistic due to "human beings" being self-interested:
I tend to get a bit of a pessimistic outlook on mankind… as far as being able to get together and make independent decisions for the benefit of everybody without self-interest coming into it… this is the big problem and probably one of the biggest problems for mankind. (P5-2000)
It's going to come down in the end to ordinary human beings either helping things, climate change… to all get working together… but I don't know whether that's possible. I'm not very optimistic really, because I think self-interest will take the place of a great many people, in their thoughts. You ask people: 'would you be prepared to do all this sort of- for somebody else?' And the answer… is probably 'no', in their minds. (P20-2010)
Where this type of reasoning is contextualised to the national and international level, such self-interest is portrayed as problematic particularly where some countries are seen as more vulnerable than others—this is illustrated by the following argument of P5-1997:
If you're asking every country in the world, all the big powers to do something about it, if some countries or [regions] are not as badly affected, they're not going to be as forthcoming are they [in contrast to] if everybody's in the same boat.
Equally, in 2002 an exchange between participants asserts the view that those with 'power' and 'money' are bound not to be concerned with 'everyone else':
P24-2002: Those that are in power and have got the money and all the rest of it will find a way of being above everybody else and they won't bother too much about those that are getting drowned.
P23-2002: If it got flooded they'd probably build a house on stilts or something, and it's tough for the person down there who's got nothing, they've still got their nice big house and everything… and [expletive] everyone else basically.
At the international level, the archetypal self-interested nation referred to—seen as central to the international social dilemma of climate change—is the United States of America (although China is also frequently referred to). For example in 1997, P4-1997 argues that problems with international agreement on climate change have arisen due to "America sticking their heels in". P7-2002 similarly refers to the USA being characteristically obstructive, where he asserts "I don't think there's the will politically within the world to do much… the biggest polluter being America, they're just not prepared to do anything". Elsewhere other global 'villains' are pointed out as culpable both for causing and failing to address climate change—indeed, the idea that individual nations' self-interests lead to lack of global action, is widespread across all datasets. This is illustrated by the following excerpts:
[T]he Russian countries… don't seem to have restrictions on how much… fossil [fuels] they use. (P7-2002)
China, they're just pushing out more… India is doing its best as well [to pollute]… Argentina, Brazil, they're cutting the forests down… (P66-2007)
[D]eveloping countries… like India and China and places like that… say 'well, why should we give a [expletive]?' (P21-2003)
The idea that climate change represents a large-scale social dilemma leads to particular arguments being made about the value of national responses. Participants commonly argue that a national response is irrelevant or ineffective in and of itself in the context of inaction by others. This is illustrated by the following four excerpts from the 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2010 datasets:
What's the good of a little country like England… doing something to help the environment and then the whole of Europe or Russia or China… does something completely the opposite? ...it's almost a waste of time. (P5-2000)
It's a world problem… and, you know, the top countries that are polluting the world can't agree to actually do very much about it. So irrespective of what we might do on a very small island called Britain we're not going to make a lot of difference. (P7-2002)
If we do something and other countries don't it's pointless. Pointless. (P66-2007)
I'm conscious there are many countries in the world who are probably larger contributors to the sources of global warming that… do nothing... [I]t makes me wonder, given the balance of population between the Western world and the wider world, whether in fact it's just a drop in the ocean. (P16-2010)
That the phrases 'waste of time', 'pointless', and 'drop in the ocean' are used here, draws attention to the potentially fatalistic consequences of a social dilemma perspective of climate change in the context of international action. Furthermore, even at the very small-scale, participants often emphasise the inequities and inconsistencies of causes of and responses to climate change. For example, it is not uncommon for discussions of personal action around climate change to relate to everyday issues such as recycling and use of resources, and here questions of interpersonal social dilemmas emerge recurrently. At the individual level, the problem of 'free-riding' is thus construed as a social dilemma, whereby the lack of action by some is seen to limit the value of action by others. This is illustrated by the following excerpts from 2002 and 2003:
The hardest part about it… you'll always get a certain amount of people that just won't be bothered at all like everything else… (P21-2002)
I sometimes feel we're wasting our time, because so many other people don't do things… I sometimes wonder if it's worth it. (P7-2003)
The perspective that individual action is irrelevant may even be extended to argue that—in the context of a social dilemma—acting in a pro-environmental manner is essentially foolish, as propounded by P23-2007:
I read last week, there was a family and they decided they were going to go completely green, they weren't go to have a car, they weren't going to do this, they were going to do that… and I thought, more fool you. Because everyone else is, you know, what, what are you doing, you're making your life harder, what are you achieving? I know you're doing your little bit, but what are you really... what difference are you making?
As many of the excerpts above demonstrate, social dilemma perspectives on climate change are commonplace and tend to be associated with a sense of resignation, fatalism and lack of agency. Nevertheless, this is not an inevitable reaction to the social dilemma framing—indeed, there are striking instances of participants proposing resolutions and responses to characteristic social dilemmas in both pragmatic and normative terms.
One rhetorical device frequently employed is the notion of 'doing your bit'. This is used both to argue for a social obligation and also as having worth as part of a cumulative effort. For example, P17-2003 directly counters the suggestion that there is 'no point' in individual action in the absence of government intervention, by drawing on the idea both of personal obligation and as part of a wider effort:
Moderator: So… the fact that the government isn't taking more action… does that make you feel there's no point in individuals, yourself, making an effort to cut down, or…?
P17-2003: No, I would still do my part if I could, because that's the only way I feel I can help… I suppose I'm thinking, yeah, it's only a very small part, but if other people do it as well, it should make a difference. It certainly should. And if you can get people to do that worldwide, it would make a big difference.
The simple entreaty to 'do your bit' recurs frequently in other datasets. Thus for example in 2007, P6-2007 suggests that "we can all try and do our bit", P23-2007 that "we should all do our bit", P67-2007 that "you should… just… try and, you know, do your bit as it were", and P84-2007 argues that there is a purpose (the term 'can' is used in this respect) in individual action: "humans can do something… you can do your own little thing".
Likewise, across the 2010 data this idea recurs—both in normative (what one 'should' do) and pragmatic terms (as contributing to a whole). For example, participants P14-2010 and P23-2010 both suggest that individual contributions lead to a cumulative impact (the latter in response to the more fatalistic perspective of another participant); and P25-2010 asserts an obligation to act given the UK has a high relative ('per capita') impact:
I think if everybody did their bit… it could make the world a better place… if everyone did their own little bit towards helping the environment. (P14-2010)
P20-2010: We can't do very much as individuals.
P23-2010: Well, a voice is what we are and we can think with our own private lives and I do feel that if everybody does a bit, it's a lot.
All we can do is do our bit and as we are one of the nations that per capita consumes an awful lot, it's very necessary for us to do that. (P25-2010)
P27-2010 also argues for individual action on the basis of both a normative ('a responsibility') and cumulative ('collectively') argument: "if everybody does something, then collectively it should be more powerful than anything else. And I [think] everyone's got a responsibility to do something".
As with P27-2010's reference to 'everybody' and 'everyone', the cumulative worth of multiple individual action is affirmed in many places across the datasets. This is often revealed through the use of similar language—for example, P4-2002 argues that "if we all stood together… there is the wherewithal to change things", P12-2002 that "if everybody did one small thing… that's going to help", P24-2007 that "everybody should be involved" and P4-2010 that individual action would be meaningful "if everyone did it".
Even where it may not be clear that individual action occurs within a cumulative context, participants argue for its occurrence nonetheless—for example, a participant within the 2000 dataset asserts that "trying to get a disparate group like Europe… to do something about climate change is going to be very difficult… so I think we've got to revert back to what is achievable within our own compass" (P1-2000).
The argument for individual action despite—indeed because of—the social dilemma character of climate change is asserted by two participants (P11-2007 and P13-2007) in direct response to another participant's (P17-2007) repeated suggestions that this has little value, in the following 2007 exchange (part of this dialogue has previously been reported in [
P17-2007: Do you think we honestly make any difference ourselves by burning low energy lamps and switching...?
P13-2007: If everyone did it, yeah.
P17-2007: And don't leave your television set on standby at night?
P13-2007: Yeah, if everyone did it.
P17-2007: Do you think we make a difference to that?... When you see what… the United States and China are doing?
P13-2007: It'd still make a difference wouldn't it.
P17-2007: We're just fiddling about we are.
P11-2007: Yeah, but if 60 million people in the UK start it, maybe it'll become a trend. You know, somebody's got to start it somewhere. If we can be the world leaders in energy efficiency, we can set an example, maybe other countries will say 'Well, it works in the UK, maybe we can follow their lead'.
P13-2007: Better than 60 million people not doing it.
Exchanges such as the one presented above illustrate the ways in which both a social dilemma framing and an 'anti'-dilemma counter position serve functions in interaction, and, as importantly, support rationales either for action or inaction on climate change at the personal level. In the case of P17-2007's argument—characteristic of a social dilemma interpretation—action on climate change at a personal or national level is irrelevant and ineffective. However, the arguments made by P13-2007 and P11-2007 present individual or single nation action as having purpose and meaning even in the explicit context of a climate change social dilemma.
An exchange between participants within the 2010 data also demonstrates how the types of arguments outlined above play out in both normative and pragmatic terms, and in the context of individual and national level action. As in the 2007 exchange above, arguments are made by one participant (P37-2010) that the inaction of business precludes an obligation for individual action. In response, participant P41-2010 directly criticises the social dilemma framing presented ('why should I do it because they're not doing it?') and argues that action is required primarily for normative reasons ('because it's the right thing'), drawing on the idea of 'doing your bit' to do so. (A response in turn from P37-2010 is also included, in which the notion of 'human nature' is used to argue again for a more fatalistic social dilemma perspective.)
P37-2010: I think business gets away with murder... We've all been forced to recycle with our councils [with] the wheelie bins for how long now? But... shouldn't it be the same for everyone?
P41-2010: But you can't go "well why should I do it because they're not doing it?" that argument... you should do it because you should do it, not because somebody else is doing it or not doing it. You should do it because it's the right thing... You can't blame everybody else, you've got to take personal responsibility and say: even if everyone else is still messing up, I, me, I know I'm doing my bit, and if everybody…
P37-2010: But I can't help who I am, and human nature dictates to me, I think: well why am I doing it and my firm that I work for isn't even doing it?
This exchange illustrates that whilst the social dilemma framing has some force in argument, participants are nevertheless able to draw on resources to counter it in ways which acknowledge the framing, whilst at the same time, directly challenge its assumptions and implications.
The quantitative data reported in the present study formed part of an online survey carried out between 7th and 15th February 2011 designed to obtain public perceptions of climate change [
Four items were included which were intended to reflect the conceptualisation of climate change as a social dilemma, including means of responding to this. Two of these were designed and utilised in previous research [
The actions of a single person don't make any difference in tackling climate change.
There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no-one else is.
Climate change is hard to address because there are so many people on the planet pulling in different directions.
If each of us did our bit to help, we could put an end to the problems of climate change.
Responses to these items are used to indicate the prevalence of views typical of the social dilemma framings of climate change.
The results of the survey suggest that the majority of respondents are of the view that climate change possesses the characteristics of a social dilemma, as reflected by responses to item 'Climate change is hard to address because there are so many people on the planet pulling in different directions'. Over three-quarters (79%) of people agreed or strongly agreed with this proposition; with only 3% disagreeing. However, where item wording conveys the
With respect to the proposition reflecting the notion portrayed by a number of participants in the qualitative component to the research—that cumulative action ('doing one's bit') would successfully address climate change, there was a high level of agreement relative to disagreement (41%
The full results for each of these items are given in
Prevalence of social dilemma perspectives.
|Strongly disagree 1
|Disagree 2
|Neither/nor 3
|Agree 4
|Strongly agree 5
|Mean (SE, SD)
|2.87 (0.05, 1.17)
|2.39 (0.05, 1.05)
|4.01 (0.04, 0.79)
|3.18 (0.05, 1.07)
Note: The percentages in the table may not always add up to 100% due to rounding.
The idea that climate change is a complex social dilemma has previously been recognised in the literature [
The discourse analysis of the present study shows that the climate dilemma is considered to relate to fundamental (even 'Darwinian') aspects of human nature and human society, and as originating from the inherently self-interested motivations of individuals and nations. Given the distributed and diffuse character of climate change as a social problem, it is argued that standalone action is ineffectual, particularly where this is not reciprocated. Participants' perspectives on the climate dilemma often give it the appearance of an intractable problem—and indeed the language often used by participants reflects a sense of resignation and fatalism concerning the capacity for individuals and society as a whole to respond to climate change. It is clear from the survey data that elements of a social dilemma in the context of climate change are recognised by the majority of respondents. Furthermore, and as Bickerstaff
And yet—among participants' perspectives, strong arguments can also be found for action in spite of—even
As well as conceptualising individual action as having instrumental value as part of a cumulative effort, there is also a strong normative focus in a number of participant remarks—reference is made for example to what one 'should' do. This sense of an obligation to act has in the literature been termed 'actionable' responsibility [
The present study has argued that rhetorical devices such as 'doing one's bit' can serve as rejoinders to the disempowering character of the climate dilemma. I suggest that many of the arguments in favour of action on climate change, as presented above, provide some basis for optimism about public responses to climate change. Despite recognising the complexities and the societal and interpersonal impediments to change, the value of individual action is nevertheless affirmed by people. This is a phenomenon rarely recognised in the literature, as many studies have instead tended to focus upon 'barriers' to behaviour change as manifest in public attitudes [
This is not to say that the 'anti'-dilemma perspectives expressed are without implications of their own. Hobson [
It should also be borne in mind that arguments made in favour of collective action (and, as part of this, for the significance of individual action within a collective context) may be aligned with underlying values or worldviews that are subscribed to by some people more than others. A substantial corpus of studies has now demonstrated that 'self-transcendent' values, in which a concern for the welfare of others is a guiding principle in one's life, tend to be associated with a willingness to act pro-environmentally and to consider climate change an important issue [
Future research might examine how arguments made in favour of action in the context of the climate dilemma, may be supported and advanced into new terrain. Whilst there has been a pronounced trend in recent years towards the promotion of pro-environmental behavior action within an individualized and self-interest frame [
A second area warranting further research attention is that concerning the conceptualization of social dilemmas within climate change adaptation. The present study has been limited to considering the ways in which participants understand climate change as a social dilemma in terms of mitigatory responses at the personal, national or international level. There is however increasing recognition that public engagement in climate change adaptation will be required now and in the future [
Climate change is recognised and interpreted as a social dilemma by members of the public, as shown by the analysis of multiple qualitative datasets over the period 1997–2010. Study participants emphasise the multiple conflicts between collective and individual interests, seen to be driven by factors such as self-interest and free-riding. At the same time, arguments are put forward which respond to the framing of climate change as a social dilemma in both normative and pragmatic terms, emphasising the value of cumulative effort and personal responsibility. Quantitative survey data are used to demonstrate that both types of perspective are widespread within a representative sample. It is argued that the resources used to respond to social dilemmas by participants themselves represent a foundation from which to build a constructive engagement with climate change.
This study was possible thanks to the generous provision by researchers in five projects of their qualitative data for secondary analysis. I would like to thank the following for enabling the use of this data and for additional assistance with interpretation: Eric Darier, Irene Lorenzoni, Nick Pidgeon, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Catherine Butler, Karen Parkhill. I would also like to thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments that improved the paper.
The research was undertaken as part of the doctoral studies of the author under the supervision of Nick Pidgeon and Karen Henwood at Cardiff University. The research was funded through the ESRC Climate Leader Fellowship of Nick Pidgeon and through the support of the Climate Change Consortium of Wales.
The author declares no conflict of interest.


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PHILADELPHIA Ś Spencer Hawes has played well for the last month, improving his scoring average, shooting more confidently and playing more assertively.
To what does Sixers coach Doug Collins attribute HawesÆ improvements?
ōItÆs when Spencer doesnÆt think too much,ö Collins said Tuesday, prior to the SixersÆ game against Brooklyn.ö
ōIt was funny. I saw (HawesÆ) mother in Portland. She stopped by to say hi and she brought me a little wine to ease my pain, from their vineyard. She gave me two words of advice: Keep Spencer in timeout and tell him not to think. I said, æWell, I can do the timeout, because I do that with my grandkids.Æ I donÆt know about the thinking aspect of it.ö
A smart player who understands the game better than most, Hawes admittedly has spent plenty of time this season thinking about his new job responsibilities.
According to Hawes, who started 81 games last season, his movement to a reserve role has taken some adjustment time. Coming off the bench, the sixth-year forward finally feels comfortable and is playing at the level to which heÆd grown accustomed.
Hawes is averaging 12.5 points per game over his last 15, dating to Dec. 8. He had a team-high 22 points in a Jan. 5 loss at San Antonio. For a team that ranks 21st in the NBA in bench scoring, HawesÆ contributions have been desperately required.
ōYou can wind yourself up at times, especially at the start of the season when you want to do so much right away,ö Hawes said of his transition to bench duty. ōIÆve settled in right now and, being at a good pace with the game, it feels like itÆs coming kind of easy. ItÆs something thatÆs different, but the quicker you stop fighting and make the most of it makes it easier on you.ö
Maalik WaynsÆ two-day vacation from the Sixers is over.
The team re-signed the undrafted Villanova product to a 10-day contract. Choosing to waive Wayns Sunday saved the Sixers from his rookie deal going from a partial guarantee to a full guarantee. By rule, the Sixers can ink Wayns to a pair of 10-day deals before either locking him up for the rest of the season or letting him walk.
ōEverything is unexpected in this league,ö Wayns said. ōI didnÆt expect to get the first call.ö
In pregame, Collins made it sound as though he was unaware the Sixers had re-signed Wayns.
ōThanks for telling me,ö he said. ōIÆm Plan B.ö
Wayns had appeared in 20 games, including one start, while averaging 2.5 points and 1.0 assist.
Philadelphia police questioned Brooklyn forward Andray Blatche about an alleged sexual assault at the Four Seasons Hotel early Tuesday morning.
Blatche, available to play, was a no-show in the NetsÆ locker room prior to gametime. He commented about the situation on Twitter, saying he was ōok and didnÆt do anything.ö Police and the Nets confirmed that Blatche nor any other player was being charged.
ōIÆm not going to comment on that,ö Brooklyn coach P.J. Carlesimo said. ōHeÆs going to play, heÆs been playing well and I expect him to play well today.ö
Sixers center Kwame Brown was unavailable for personal reasons, as was Brooklyn forward Jerry Stackhouse.


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Is this page neccessary? Unlike Klingon language, I don't think we really know enough about Insectoid for the language to merit its own page. All of this information is duplicated on Xindi-Insectoid in about a sentence. --Steve 04:28, 11 Jun 2004 (CEST)
- I agree, delete it. --BlueMars 12:11, Jun 11, 2004 (CEST)


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Welcome to the website for Hill Wheeler Preparatory School, Mtwapa, Kenya.
In 2007 Brian and Jan Drew (Secretary and Treasurer) discovered a tiny school in Kenya. Within it, teachers were struggling to provide the only means by which the children attending could ever hope to escape the poverty trap into which they had been born - that of a good education!
When we returned we were determined to try to help and over the next three years we raised money to begin developing the school (see the 'Story so far' page).
After a long process we finally achieved our dream of becoming a Registered Charity and thus improving our hopes of raising the money to improve the lives of needy youngsters, with the help of our trustees: Richard Aust OBE., Mrs Gillian Clerici and Mrs Vera Partridge.
During our efforts we have received a great deal of encouragement and support from so many people to whom we will always be indebted!
Our 'Man in Kenya' is Jared Obillo and he is the Charity's Technical Advisor. His role is invaluable to us in overseeing the obtaining of realistic estimates, the execution of the projects and the provision of an excellent audit chain. This ensures that EVERY PENNY DONATED IS ACCOUNTED FOR AND IS SPENT ON THE PROJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS DONATED! To achieve this he not only sends the estimates, but copies of the school bank account showing the money going INTO their account, photographs of the project as it is completed plus invoices for every expenditure involved!
Having been with us when we discovered the school he is totally committed to improving the lives and hopes of the children within it and as a committed Christian, is very aware of their needs and vulnerability.
We hope you will enjoy looking through our website and feel able to help us in our efforts to help these children go on to live useful lives.
Due to the current advice against travel to Kenya by our own and the governments of other major countries, hotels have closed, meaning no work for our parents. The effect of this is that they cannot afford to pay the small school fees of £125 a year and kids cannot go to school / teachers be paid.
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By William Keck, USA TODAY
BEVERLY HILLS — John O'Hurley is performing a delicate dance these days. Who comes first: newborn baby or beloved beasts?
The Dancing With the Stars finalist and his wife, Lisa Mesloh, 34, in recent days have introduced William Dylan, born Dec. 6, to their canine companions, Scoshi, a white Maltese, and Betty, a dachshund/black Lab mix.
"My wife and my child are certainly my first priority right now," he says while sitting next to the Christmas tree in the living room of his home a week after William's arrival.
"But the dogs are a part of my family, too. I just have to open my arms bigger and hold them all."
O'Hurley, 52, is well known for his devotion to dogs; he's a regular host of The National Dog Show and has a book in stores titled It's Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump, And Other Life Lessons I Learned From Dogs (Hudson Street Press; $19.95). So the blending of this bunch is especially poignant.
Scoshi has taken a special interest in the child, whom his mother named after England's Prince William.
When they arrived from the hospital, "Scoshi looked at this little thing that was up there in Lisa's arms and planted himself (in the nursery beside William's feeding chair). And he hasn't moved," O'Hurley says.
Betty has been more laid-back, O'Hurley says, but she has noticed a shift in attention toward "the little pink thing that has come into the house."
Betty, at 8, is perhaps less perceptive than the veteran Scoshi, who is approaching 16 and quite frail. He can no longer hear, and his vision is impaired. O'Hurley can barely speak of his inevitable death.
Though he has had dogs throughout his life, O'Hurley's father always mysteriously removed the dogs from the family home before they reached the end of their lives. "I've never had to deal directly with the loss of a dog," he says. "They all disappeared."
He will not duplicate his father's methods. Instead, O'Hurley will care for Scoshi until he takes his dying breath. "It's going to be very difficult," he says.
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"It's going to be lessons on manhood from a little dog to a boy who barely knew him," O'Hurley says. "It's going to be a very tough book to write. I know I'm going to be losing Scoshi soon, and it's a great way to have some closure with that and at the same time welcome another life: my son."
Indeed, first-time fatherhood has brought new joys into O'Hurley's home.
The first thing O'Hurley noticed about William in the delivery room was his little cleft chin, which matches his own. "That was a surprise to us the second he popped out," O'Hurley beams. "He was a little bit purple, as all babies are. And then I said, 'He's got my chin!' "


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Is it possible to define what a 2k+ man is?
Rafael explores four important stages in a man's life:
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is it possible to use a comma separated port range and/or IP range in
firewall rules? I know that it is possible to use a port range (for
example) like this "100-200" but as far as I know it's not possible to
use a port range like "100,110,120-140", the same applies for the IP
range there it's only possible to use a single IP or an IP with a netmask.
I know it's possible to add for every single port or IP a separate
firewall rule but wouldn't it helpful to crunch those separate rules (or
at lest a few of them) together to one rule? I don't know how difficult
it would be to implement this in m0n0wal?


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Greg Kinnear ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Autofocus," "Talk Soup") and Oscar-winner Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine," "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!") talk to Celebs.com's Angela Bakke about their latest project, "THIN ICE," coming to theaters on 17 February 2012. …Read More
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William Fichtner, Alexis Dziena, Jack Plotnick get "Wrong" at the Celebs.com Studio at Sundance
William Fichtner ("Prison Break," "Armageddon," "Entourage's" Phil Yagoda), Alexis Dziena ("Fool's Gold," "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," "Entourage's" Ashley), Jack Plotnick ("Rubber," "Meet the Fockers") and Eric Judor ("Eric et Ramzy") stopped by the Celebs.com Studio at Sundance to talk with Angela Bakke about their new film "Wrong."
Made by Quentin Dupieux, the director of the cult hit "Rubber," "Wrong" furthers the audience voyage into a unique world with a non-traditional narrative.
Photos by Scott McDermott for Celebs.com
Britney Spears YouTube Sensation Chris Crocker at the Celebs.com Studio at Sundance
"Leave Britney Alone!" You-Tube video sensation Chris Crocker talks to Celebs.com's Angela Bakke about bullying, internet fame, and his new documentary "Me @ the Zoo," which was picked up by HBO out of the Sundance Film Festival.
Crocker stopped by the Celebs.com Studio at Sundance and it's all on the video below. Check it out: …Read More
Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba & Johnny Whitworth's Official "Ghost Rider 2″ Interviews
"Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" was always going to be a greenlit project given the 2007 original's global $230m box-office take from a budget less than half that amount.
Five years on, Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze, supported by "The Wire's" Idris Elba as "Moreau" and Johnny Whitworth as "Carrigan/Blackout."
In smart counter-programming to Valentine's Day fare, the film opens on February 17, 2012.
Check out the official interviews with each of the film's leads (provided courtesy of Marvel/Sony/Columbia/Hyde Park/Crystal Sky) below:
Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Jason Ritter, Garcelle Beauvais – Tesla Motors Adds its own Electric X-Factor
Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Chris Evans, Jason Ritter, Garcelle Beauvais, Tim Daly, Goran Visjnic and other celebs joined the festivities in LA on Thursday night as Tesla Motors unveiled its new crossover electric vehicle, the "X."
Not content to just put out another electric car, Tesla has become known as a lion in its field, offering up electric vehicles that don't just match their gas counterparts for performance, but exceed those expectations, earning them a place in the homes of superstars across the country.
Tesla founder Elon Musk is himself a huge celeb in the business and engineering worlds, having founded a number of successful enterprises including PayPal, and is now on the forefront of both space and automotive technology. He's already been named a "Living Legend in Aviation," one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," one of Forbes magazine's "America's 20 Most Powerful CEO's 40 and Under," the FAI Space Gold Medal (previously awarded to Neil Armstrong) and one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most influence the world.
"Iron Man" director Jon Favreau named Musk as the inspiration behind Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark character.
Check out our interviews with Jon Favreau, Elon Musk, Garcelle Beauvais, John Ritter, and the car's designer – Franz von Holzhausen – below:
All photos for Celebs.com by Andrew Fox
The Amazing Spiderman – NEW TRAILER
A new trailer for "The Amazing Spiderman" was released today!
This is the 2nd Official HD Trailer for the webbed-one's new Marvel adventure starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen and Sally Field (and, of course, a cameo from Stan Lee!)
The film is set for release on 3 July 2012, all set to send shockwaves through the Independence Day holiday weekend box-office.
You should also CLICK HERE to check out our exclusive kick-ass interview and original photography with Spiderman/Thor/X-Men creator STAN LEE.
And here's the first trailer from July 2011:


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MMA promoter ranks grow by one more
World Series of Fighting (WSOF) today officially launches its efforts to become Las Vegas' newest successful mixed martial arts promotion and will announce that former World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight champion and four-time Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Miguel Torres will headline its first major show, a person familiar with the deal told USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because the official announcement had not been made.
The promotion is expected to reveal the headliner at a news conference in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, the same property that will host the company's debut event Nov. 3.
World Series of Fighting is backed by MMAWC, a Nevada-based company founded in 2011. Advertising and marketing mogul Sig Rogich is the company's CEO, while kickboxing legend and recent MMA fighter Ray Sefo serves as president.
"Running a fight organization like the World Series of Fighting is the natural next step for me in my career," Sefo said. "I've been in the fight business a long time -- more than 20 years -- and I understand how it works from the inside out.
"I'm ready to stand behind this brand of MMA and bring it to a national audience."
Initial reports pegged WSOF as a tournament-based promotion, but USA TODAY Sports has confirmed the organization has opted instead for a more traditional card-to-card format.
The promotion's debut event airs live on recently rebranded NBC Sports Network (10:30 p.m. ET).
Other bouts include UFC vets Ronys Torres (25-4) vs. Brian Cobb (19-7), welterweights Gregor Gracie (7-2) vs. Tyson Steele (8-1) and lightweights Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (16-6-1) vs. John Gunderson (34-14-2). Josh Burkman (23-9) also will be on the card.
"There are so many talented fighters out there looking for a home and a place to showcase their skills, and, with this deal with NBC Sports Network in place, we can deliver that," Sefo said.
A Planet Hollywood rep said the Caesars Entertainment-owned property planned to expand its role in the MMA world.
"Planet Hollywood is a leader in Las Vegas entertainment and brings a sense of youth and energy to the table that is a perfect match for the World Series of Fighting," Planet Hollywood vice president and assistant general manager Sean McBurney said. "Hosting this event is just one further step in Caesars Entertainment having a larger presence in the MMA world."
GSP in 'Big D'? One of the biggest fights in UFC history could come at the 105,000-seat Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. UFC President Dana White told Fuel TV's UFC Tonight that if welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre beats interim titleholder Carlos Condit this year he could then fight middleweight champ Anderson Silva next.
The super fight would be contested at a catchweight of 180 pounds.
The UFC's only other stadium show, UFC 129 in 2011, shattered UFC and North American MMA records for attendance (55,724) and live gate ($12.1 million) at Toronto's Rogers Centre. St-Pierre headlined the show and beat Jake Shields. -- Dann Stupp
Morgan also writes for MMAjunkie.com, a USA TODAY Sports Media Group property


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This boutique-style hotel is unique on the island and ideal for celebrations and discerning couples who want a quiet, relaxing and stylish base for their holiday in Zante. The club resort has a total of 32 rooms and features a range of facilities including air conditioning, a lobby, TV lounge, breakfast room and Internet access.
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A report in the June 12, 2003, edition of Nature magazine of the discovery of a skull in the African country of Ethiopia also appeared in Time magazine. An article titled "The 160,000-Year-Old-Man" in the June 23, 2003, edition of the magazine was the work of the Darwinist scientists Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman. The article deals with pro-evolutionary speculation, despite the fact that the skull is no different to that of modern man, and Time magazine engaged in evolutionist propaganda by portraying these subjective interpretations as if they were scientific fact.
An earlier article of ours has already revealed the groundlessness of the evolutionary speculation regarding this skull. You can read our response to the evolutionists' errors concerning the skull, named Homo sapiens idaltu, here.2003-06-12 00:00:00


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Beetlejuice still stands as one of my favorite Tim Burton films. Stylish, imaginative and full of humor this film used always be a joy for me to watch. However, for the past 12 or so years I have not been able to enjoy the as every DVD release has seen the best scene with my favorite line cut from the film. Since the film's release in 1988 it received a PG rating but regradless of that fact both Disney and Warner Bros (who have released the film to dvd) have seen fit to edit out a particular scene.
I was 9 when I first saw this movie and I had seen many films that contained violence, sexual content and strong language. I haven't killed anyone, been to prison or committed any major crimes in my lifetime. It should up to parents to regulate what their children are exposed to and censorship like this is simply a drag.


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This new DVD is a compelation of a bunch of knock-offs, parodies, and spoofs of The Blair Witch Project along with other horror-themed comedy. This disk should not be tossed aside lightly... it should be thrown with great force!
Out of all of the endless spoof capitilizing on the Blair Witch, this has got to be the most elementary. The Bogus Witch Project makes The Scooby Doo Project look like freakin' Chaucer! Avoid this DVD at all costs! It's stupid, it's insipid, and it's just there to suckle on the hype generated from the upcoming Blair Witch 2.
One of the funniest thing about this whole DVD is the fact that the cover exclaims proudly that Pauly Shore is the star of the feature... despite the fact that he only appears in five minutes of it. Not a bad thing, of course... after all less Pauly Shore is more but no Pauly Shore is best.
God, this DVD blows.
I have the feeling we?ve all been had.
No, I?m not talking about how Disney makes cheap direct-to-video sequels to its animated movies, I?m talking about the latest ?sequel?, Atlantis: Milo?s Return. Is this really a sequel? Well, yes and no? I mean, it does pick up what?s been happening with the Atlantis crew, but I don?t think this is a motion picture.
In fact, I have the feeling that Atlantis: Milo's Return is more of a salvage operation? a way of saving wasted animation from a television series that never saw the light of day due to the movie?s poor box office. This wasted animation, I believe, was lumped together? a bit of extra animation was done to bridge the episodes, and then? viola! You?ve got an inexpensive Atlantis sequel.
I?m not sure of the details, but that?s what this movie seems like. It?s in three distinct segments that in no way relate to one another and each are thirty minutes long. It doesn?t take a rocket scientist to piece it all together? television episodes!
Believe me, this is one television-level attempt too. Sure, I count myself as one of the fans of Atlantis: The Lost Empire and it?s good to see the gang back in action? I just wish that the gang was in a little better form.
The story picks up a few years after the movie. Milo and Kida are living happily in Atlantis rebuilding the lost empire when suddenly (and inexplicably) the Atlantis crew show up with the news that a creature is attacking ships at sea. Kida fears that an Atlantean Leviathan may be on the loose so she joins the team to investigate. Soon, they find themselves in a strange village under mind control? but from what?
From there, the story shifts to the American Southwest where a pack of sand coyotes are attacking people. The Atlantis team must retrieve a lost Indian artifact to end the attacks.
Finally, the Atlantis team venture up north where a madman with an Atlantean spear believes that he is Odin and that it is his duty to bring about Ragnarok? the end of the world.
Sure, I know that the direct to video sequels are of lower quality than the motion pictures? it?s not something that I like, but it?s something that I accept. Still, the animation in Atlantis II is pitiful? as if the low paid Koreans who put it all together just stopped caring.
The individual segments aren?t anything overly terrible, but they are by no means memorable either, the animation is less than Saturday morning level, and the whole thing just feels pared down. If you?re a fan of the original Atlantis: The Lost Empire, I?d give this thing a rent just for nostalgia?s sake, but no way would I plunk down the cash to buy it.
A few years back, there were animated companions coming out for every damn movie in theaters. Riddick had one, Van Helsing had one, The Matrix had one. Some were pretty good, others were so forgettable that I can?t recall a single darn thing about them. Now it looks like the tradition is being revived with Batman: Gotham Knight in which six different animators get a shot at showing off their own take on the Caped Crusader.
The first story is called ?Have I Got a Story for You? and, derivative of the Batman animated episode, ?Tales of the Dark Knight,? a bunch of kids get together and relate their tales of running into Batman. One sees him as a robot, one sees him as a bat-creature, and one sees him as a moving shadow. I liked the story, but I felt as if I?d already seen it once before.
Next is ?Crossfire? in which two of Gotham City?s police officers discussing the Batman while transferring a prisoner and, yes, it?s just as boring as it sounds.
?Field Test? is more like it as Batman tries out a brand new defensive weapon in taking on the mob. This segment captures Batman?s reverence for life, no matter how dirty it is.
The fourth segment is called ?In Darkness Dwells? and, in it, Batman comes cowl to snout with Killer Croc as he investigates what The Scarecrow is up to. I can?t help but think that this segment should have been better than what we ended up with. Sure, the look at Killer Croc was cool and everything, but when it gets bogged down in the Scarecrow business, it becomes less and less interesting.
?Working Through Pain? is an insightful and thoughtful look at how Batman deals with hurt. It?s told through a combination of flashbacks and a present-day tale of an injured Batman trying to get to safety that is both perceptive and sad.
?Deadshot? come last and has Batman facing a deadly assassin. It?s big gratifying ending to the compilation and has the first really satisfying bat-action. Just balls to the wall action.
Gotham Knight is a somewhat unbalanced affair, but it?s a must have for fans of DC animation as it welcomes back Kevin Conroy as the voice of the Bat. Personally, I liked half of the segments and didn?t care for the others, but it is passable and a nice companion piece for The Dark Knight.
Just don?t get your expectations up too high for this one.
This morning I was waiting in the drive thru at McDonalds when I saw this homeless guy playing with his dog. For some reason, I thought it was the most touching thing I'd ever seen so, I tossed the guy an Egg McMuffin.
The dog leaped for it and, the last time I saw them, they were tumbling down an embankment wrestling over the muffin and headed towards a rampaging river.
And that, children, was my good deed of the month.
A couple of days ago, I wrote up a pretty detailed review of An American Werewolf in London where I stated that the movie succeeds in large part because it throws in just the right amount of comedy and horror into the mix where one doesn't overpower the other.
Well, welcome to the other side of that coin, kids. From the folks who made the legendary Super Troopers movie, it's Club Dread... the story of an island paradise, the ultimate party getaway, and murder!
The story takes place on a beautiful topical locale called Paradise Island ( not to be confused with the island that turned Pinocchio into a donkey or where Wonder Woman lives) that is owned by Coconut Pete (played by Bill Paxton in his best role since Hudson in Aliens), a washed-up Jimmy Buffet wannabe who has adopted the philosophy of getting drunk, partying, and mellowing out.
On the island with him is an oddball assortment of employees played by the Broken Lizard guys and a couple of other people. They are busy making sure that the guests are comfortable and partying and getting but soon, they find themselves in great danger when a killer starts stalking them for no apparent reason!
I like the Broken Lizard guys and I think that, in addition to Super Troopers, they're going to make some very funny movies down the road... I just don't think that Club Dread will be counted among them.
The comedy in this movie doesn't compliment the horror and the horror doesn't compliment the comedy. In fact, the horror and comedy in this movie appear to be opposing forces out to completely annihilate each other and like a base and an acid, all they do is cancel each other out. Club Dread couldn't decide what it wanted to be and the effect is uneven and a little jarring in places.
I mean, honestly... it goes from being a straight slasher movie to slapstick comedy in one breath... keeping the goofball characters all the way through into the serious parts where they just about undermine any tension that could have been built!
Still, I have to admit... when it wanted to be funny, it was... kind of funny and when it wanted to be scary, it was... a little scary. There are some pretty funny and inventive moments in Club Dread like, for instance, a new way to play Pac-Man, but nothing particularly memorable or even quotable.
Still, like I said, I like these guys and I did chuckle consistently throughout the movie, even if those chuckles never evolved into genuine laughter. At the most, I'd say that this is one movie to see once, but don't expect to have anything stick inside your head afterwards.
Except Pac-Man.