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Hopkins County Sheriff's Office is adopting a new, more community-oriented approach to policing, and already is working on three projects to further that goal.
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program will be reinstated this year at county schools. The program was discontinued at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. Sgt. Glynda Chester in June 2008 resigned from HCSO as patrol deputy and DARE officer in order to accept a similar position as security officer and Drug, Alcohol and Violence Education teacher at Douglas Intermediate School. Sheriff Butch Adams said at that time that he had no other qualified officers on staff nor funding or time to train anyone for the post in time for the 2008-2009 school year.
Recently, Deputy Brad Cummings was given the nod to become the next DARE officer for HCSO. He traveled this month to Oklahoma to attend a training session to obtain certification and instruction on teaching the class, which is expected to be offered at all six county schools beginning this fall, according to Lt. Henry Turner.
The second activity to further HCSO's goal of a more community-oriented department is to make the general public more familiar with the deputies who will be responding to calls for service.
The department also hopes to reestablish Neighborhood Crime Watch programs in communities in the county.
"Way back when I first started working here we had this program, but over the years it faded away," noted Turner, who's been with the department for more than 20 years. "We'd like to start it up again. It'll help us with investigations, when people call in suspicious vehicles and activity. The people in the community are our eyes and ears; we really depend upon them."
The community will have an opportunity to learn more about the new county DARE officer and Neighborhood Crime Watch program Saturday, May 16, during the First Annual Sheriff Butch Adams Meet the Deputies and Family Day.
"We want to invite all the county citizens to come out that day and meet our deputies and their families," Turner said. "Sometimes people think officers are this or that, or have preconceived ideas about them from things they've heard. They don't realize they've got families, too. We want them to meet the deputies and their families. We really hope as many who can will come."
As an added incentive, the sheriff's office is offering free refreshments, including hamburgers, water and drinks.
Meet the Deputies Day is especially kid friendly, with several activities such as face-painting and bounce houses geared specifically toward them. A table will be set up with information about the Neighborhood Crime Watch program as well as sheets for people to sign up.
The DARE car and patrol vehicles will be strategically located on the hill south of the sheriff's office where the event will take place to allow children a chance to get an up-close view of their lights and sirens.
Meet the Deputies Day begins at 10:30 a.m. and will continue through 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16.
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"This is an exciting window of opportunity for caregivers to shape infant learning, to maximise early intellectual development and promote the welfare of the next generation," he said.
"The issue is the ability of the caregiver to form an intimate relationship with each child."
Dr Lally, co-director of the WestEd Centre for Child and Family Studies in California, said infants should also have the same carer for the first three years of their life.
The commission's inquiry into Children Who Have No One to Turn To found that NSW carers cannot devote sufficient attention to each child because of the current ratios.
It also revealed that the ratios did not allowfor appropriate care of infants with special needs.
Dr Lally said attracting and retaining child-care workers was an issue not only in NSW. Offering better salaries and altering public perceptions could help fix the problem, he said.
"We have quality people who go through our institutions and that are trained - but after a while they find it very difficult doing it for a living," he said.
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BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- National Sleep Awareness Week is the perfect time for Americans to analyze the quality of their sleep and recognize the important health benefits associated with sleeping well. This annual event is sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation and is being held March 2-9.
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That need was partially addressed in Thursday's Rule 5 Draft as the Cardinals selected two left-handed pitchers. With the 20th selection (16th player taken) in the Major League phase, the Cardinals took Ben Jukich from the Cincinnati Reds organization. They also acquired Matt Meyer from Cleveland in the Triple-A phase.
Jukich to join Cardinals 40-man roster
Jukich, 27, was 9-6 with a 4.10 ERA in 17 starts for the Reds Triple-A Louisville club this past season. The 6-foot-5, 205-pounder appeared in 29 games, threw 123 innings and struck out 106 batters after having been a non-roster invitee to Cincinnati's spring camp in 2009. His minor league career began in 2003, during which time he amassed a record of 34-19 with a 3.83 ERA over 469 innings.
The Cardinals will be the Jukich's third organization. He was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round (398th overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Dakota Wesleyan University. In April 2007, he was part of a trade to the Reds for outfielder Chris Denorfia which also included Athletics pitcher Marcus McBeth heading to Cincinnati.
In 2008, Jukich was the starting and winning pitcher for the North squad in the Double-A Southern League All-Star Game. He was the Reds organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Month that May. Jukich pitched for Surprise in the 2007 Arizona Fall League.
Jukich is currently pitching for Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican Republic winter league. He has made nine starts, posting a 3-2 record and 2.78 ERA. Jukich has allowed 49 hits, 17 runs (14 earned), three home runs, 12 walks, and struck out 32 over 45 1/3 innings.
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Before the draft, Baseball America named Jukich a pitcher to watch in this phase and that he has a fringe fastball and at times, a plus curve.
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Perhaps Jukich may be considered to take the place on the Triple-A Memphis roster of a 2009 workhorse, Evan MacLane. The now-free agent lefty joined the Pacific Coast League club early in the season after having been acquired from Arizona. Along with MacLane, the Cardinals lost left-handed relievers Royce Ring, Charlie Manning and Ian Ostlund to minor league free agency.
For Jukich to reach Triple-A however, the Cards would need to work a deal with Cincy to keep him. More likely, he is initially being looked at as lefty relief insurance for MLB incumbents Trever Miller and Dennys Reyes and could be thrown into the long reliever mix during spring training.
The Rule 5 draft permits Major League teams to draft unprotected players off other teams' rosters and pay $50,000 for each player in the Major League phase. If the player remains on the Major League roster for the entire season, the drafting team can keep him. If he is sent down to the minors, he must be offered back to the original team, in this case Cincinnati, for half of the purchased amount ($25,000).
This year, of the 17 players taken in the Major League phase, 14 were pitchers, including Jukich. He becomes the 37th player on the Cardinals' 40-man roster.
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In the Triple-A phase of Thursday's draft, the Cardinals selected pitcher Matt Meyer from the Cleveland Indians' Double-A Akron roster. Meyer, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-hander, compiled a 12-10 record with a 3.86 ERA and six saves over 148 relief appearances from 2006-2009 in the Indians organization.
The 24-year-old reached Triple-A Columbus this past September after splitting a majority of the season between A-Advanced and Double-A. Overall, Meyer appeared in 44 contests across the three levels.
The Minnesota-born hurler was originally drafted by the Tribe in the 15th round of the 2006 draft after having played his collegiate ball at Boston College. The durable hurler's 42 appearances in 2008 ranked fifth in the Indians' system, a year after he appeared in 43 games.
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Parisi gone and likely not coming back
The Cardinals also lost right-hander Mike Parisi to the Chicago Cubs with the 14th selection (12th player taken) in the Major League phase. Parisi, coming off August 2008 Tommy John surgery, was showcased in the Arizona Fall League this October and November and pitched reasonably well, only to be left unprotected by the Cardinals.
The 26-year-old was drafted by the Cardinals in the ninth round of the 2004 draft and became the first player from that class to reach St. Louis when he made his MLB debut in May of 2008.
Because Parisi has been outrighted previously, if he does not stick with the Cubs, he has the right to declare free agency, rather than be bound to return to the Cardinals. Parisi had also been left unprotected in the 2008 Rule 5 Draft but was not an appealing target for other organizations due to his recovery from surgery.
The Cardinals lost no players in the Minor League phases of this year's Rule 5 Draft. Including Meyer, 25 players changed organizations in that part of the proceedings. Those players are not required to be returned no matter what level they are assigned in their new systems in 2010.
Note: The Cardinal Nation/Scout.com subscribers can read about the details of the Cardinals Rule 5 activity in recent years in this article: "Recent Cardinals Rule 5 Draft History."
The Cardinal Nation writers Dustin Mattison and Josh Jones also contributed to this article.
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Miami-Dade considering support for Dolphins' tax plan
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Commissioner Barbara Jordan is slated to introduce a resolution Wednesday backing the Miami Dolphins' plan to use a state subsidy and local hotel taxes to fund about half of a $400 million renovation of Sun Life Stadium.
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#1 Jan 21, 2013
I believe if you own your home,you fix it yourself. The owners of this stadium should fix their own home/stadium
At their expense.they are the ones that will benefit. Furthermore the people who live near the stadium should get lower priced tickets to the games.
#2 Jan 22, 2013
Corporate welfare is what these assorted self serving Miami politicians are all about (not all but most). Rep or Dem means NOTHING in the banana republica.
The Dolphins is owned by a muliti, multi-millionaire who pays some of his players contracts of tens of millions of dollars and he wants OUR/Miami to re-do his stadium.
He KNOWS that PLENTY of Miami "up for sale" politicians are more than willing to sell out the people here.
Contact Commissioner Barbara Jordan and Commissioner Jose Pepe Diaz, tell them you want to start a business in Miami that will hire people but you need Miami money for it.
They will tell you to go #### yourself (well unless something in it for them under the table ).
#3 Jan 22, 2013
Commissioner Barbara Jordan wants to raise hotel taxes to pay for the Dolphins stadium , if that is the case than hotels who want to make renovations should ask that restaurant taxes be raised for them and restaurant who want renovations should ask that our taxes be raised for them.
I want a boat and think the Miami commissioners should pay for it, I see no reason why not with their "reasoning".
#4 Jan 22, 2013
another retard from the community that claims to be a politician.
#5 Jan 22, 2013
Stop posting stupid and silly post!Jose Pepe Diaz is a honest polititian and a great American!
#6 Feb 1, 2013
Well if the Dolphins fix thier own home, how the hell are the politicians gonna get thier kickbacks?? They gotta eat too you know. Think before you post
#7 Feb 3, 2013
Lol chico even you who copies names do not believe that for a Miami Cuban ethnic voting second.
This ONLY 1 way that chupa cabra cost this place more money than anything else. The guy is a disaster and in a NON Kathleen Rundle run city he would most likely be in jail .
"Miami commissioners private sector employer gets millions of dollars of contracts from airport- commissioner says no conflict"
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jose Pepe Diaz doesnt seem to be too concerned over the appearance of insider dealings when it comes to work done by U.S. Construction- an outfit that he joined three years ago as a director, after his previous employer was shut down on fraud charges and two of his bosses were sent off to prison.
Over the last three years since Diaz was hired by U.S. Construction, the company has become the top general contractor at the Miami International Airport, according to an investigation by The Miami Herald. During the same period, Diaz has served as chairman or vice-chairman supervising the County Commissions committee overseeing airport operations.
U.S. Construction has pulled over 36 permits since Diazs arrival, handling everything from Duty Free stores to the sprawling La Carreta restaurant. In fact, the company has secured three times the work of the next-largest contractor. Prior to hiring Diaz, the contractor was a minor player at the airport.
#8 Feb 3, 2013
The whole position of commissioner has cost this city much more than it has done and a position that should have been done away with.
For so called "less" gvmt, these Cubans have created a small military of public officials where no one is accountable .
These politicos with their "Castro this and Castro that" while they suck our blood and the etnic voting zombies wouldn't have it any other way.
#9 Feb 3, 2013
By your standards he is.
"The Cuban community that doesnt care about corruption when it casts its vote was critically portrayed by most leading city columnists and others, Cuban and otherwise. Robert Steinback, a Black Miami Herald columnist, said the Cuban community is gullible. Liz Balmaseda calls it a knee-jerk majority that would elect a hamster wearing a Cuba Libre T-shirt, and,They only cared that he was Cuban.
#10 Feb 3, 2013
"Robert Steinback, a Black Miami Herald columnist, "
I rest my case!
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – It's exactly what Oscar Pareja's been waiting for since he took the Colorado Rapids head coaching job back in January 2012.
For the first time in his 16 months in charge, Pareja has competition at just about every position on the field. For the first time, he has full confidence in his 18-man squad on Saturdays.
And for the first time, he has what he believes is the squad that he's wanted ever since his arrival at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
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"I have not seen this group since [I've been] here with such a unity that they have at the moment," Pareja said on Wednesday. "When [the players] come to training, and they know they're competing for a job, that's the environment that we want to create for them."
The over-achieving Rapids, who have fought through a seemingly never-ending list of critical injuries to unexpectedly sit in fifth in the Western Conference standings, are as close to full health as they've been all season. At Wednesday's practice, every player except for center back Diego Calderón was able to take part in some capacity as Colorado prepare for Saturday's match with Chivas USA (9 pm ET, MLS LIVE).
Deshorn Brown, Edson Buddle, Jaime Castrillón, Kevin Harbottle, Pablo Mastroeni, Matt Pickens, Martín Rivero, Jamie Smith, Hendry Thomas and Marvell Wynne have all returned to practice and/or the lineup in the last few weeks, bolstering the squad's depth after Pareja spent much of the first two months of the season struggling to assemble a proper 18-man squad.
READ: Finally healthy, Rivero eager to stay with Colorado: "I'm comfortable here"
Now, however, with all his injured 'starters' returning, Pareja will have to make the difficult decisions he's long been waiting to sweat over.
"The competitiveness and skill level at practice has been higher this year," 14-year veteran right back Brian Mullan told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday. "And as you can see, it translates into the games with all these injuries that we've had and the results we've been getting."
Pareja wants depth. He doesn't want to have a steady starting 11 with a predictable lineup week in and week out. The fiery, ever-competitive former player wants battles at every position and at every practice, where his players are constantly looking over their shoulders in an attempt to improve themselves and the team.
READ: Rapids midfielder Nathan Sturgis makes most of his chance
And finally, he has it.
"[The] competition is there for all," Pareja said. "But the most important part is that they're more united than ever. That's a great thing to have."
Chris Bianchi covers the Colorado Rapids for MLSsoccer.com.


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2006-10-22 17:51:13 PDT -- Police have arrested a Redwood City man in a shooting spree that killed a woman and a man at a Japantown bar Saturday night and wounded the bartender.
Song Sun Lee, 34, of San Bruno, was killed in the shootings at The Flow, at 1704 Post St., and Kam Yan Li, 22, of San Francisco died today of injuries he suffered there, the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office reported.
San Francisco police Sgt. Steve Mannina said Joseph Melcher, 25, of Redwood City walked into the bar about 9:17 p.m., encountered three women, asked for someone by name and -- a short time later -- pulled out a handgun and began shooting.
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He first shot and injured the female bartender and then shot and killed Lee, who also may have been an employee, Mannina said. Then Melcher got into an altercation with Li as he left the bar and shot him too, Mannina said.
Mannina said police do not believe Melcher knew Li, who was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and died today.
Immediately after the shootings, numerous bystanders called 911 and a dispatcher broadcast a description of the suspect.
After a plainclothes officer saw Melcher -- who fit the description -- get into a car, an officer in a police car followed Melcher until his car stalled in traffic. He surrendered to police at Oak and Webster streets, a dozen blocks from the scene of the shooting.
Police booked Melcher on suspicion of homicide, two counts of attempted homicide and two counts of assault with a firearm. They do not yet have a motive for the shooting spree.


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WASHINGTON -- Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Cuba in the spring will have multiple layers of meaning for the church and for Cuban society, said a U.S. archbishop who pays close attention to Cuba.
The pope will go there as a symbol of peace and hope, as a pilgrim participating in "a springtime of faith," and as part of the church's efforts at creating the climate for a "soft landing" for the country to come out from under 50 years of communist rule, said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski in a Dec. 14 interview with Catholic News Service.
Archbishop Wenski said the pope's visit to Cuba for the 400th anniversary of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre -- the country's patroness -- is primarily as a messenger of peace and hope.
Over the past year, events around Cuba that are part of the anniversary celebration have reflected a resurgence of faith, said Archbishop Wenski. Huge crowds have turned out at every procession, Mass and prayer service for "La Mambisa," a touring replica of "La Caridad," as Our Lady of Charity is known to Cubans.
"Even the Cuban bishops have been surprised by the fervor with which the people have received the statue of Our Lady of Charity in their villages and towns," the archbishop said. "It really represents a new springtime of faith in Cuba."
In the early days of the revolution, the church suffered greatly, the archbishop said. Schools were dismantled; clergy were sent into exile. Open religious practice often led to discrimination in the workplace and for benefits such as housing.
In the 1980s, Cuban church leaders began aiming to be "a more evangelical presence," said Archbishop Wenski. That led to the conditions for Pope John Paul II to visit in 1998, which itself has led to more openings for the church's pastoral work.
"In recent years the relationship between the church and the government has improved," he said. "It's not all that people think it should be but it's better than what it used to be."
He said that means there's been "a genuine softening of attitudes that has everybody looking for a new 'modus vivendi,'" or agreement between those who disagree.
That's not to say the Cuban government has totally changed. The same day Archbishop Wenski spoke with CNS, the State Department issued a statement by spokeswoman Victoria Nuland decrying new reports of repression by the Cuban government, including against the "Damas de Blanco." Several members of the Ladies in White, a group of women who have for years held silent marches after church each Sunday in protest of their relatives' imprisonment, were arrested after Mass Dec. 4.
It said there are reports that more than 300 activists of various groups have been detained in recent weeks, some without charges or judicial review.
"At a time when citizens around the world are marking Human Rights Week, we call for an immediate end to the harassment and violence against Cuban citizens who are peaceful critics of the government," said Nuland's statement.
Archbishop Wenski said Cuba is "still a long way from being a normal country."
But he thinks participation in the papal visit and celebrations for La Caridad by Cuban expatriates or the diaspora, as he called it, should not be viewed as an endorsement of the Castro regime.
"I don't think you have to be afraid that the government is going to try to manipulate that," he said. "The people who travel there now do not do so to endorse the regime but to visit their family members. As a church community we are brothers and sisters and that's a reason to celebrate our unity in our Lady of Charity."
Since the Obama administration earlier this year relaxed parts of the 50-year-old trade embargo to allow Americans to visit their Cuban relatives as often as they wish, about 340,000 Cuban-Americans have traveled to their homeland, said Archbishop Wenski.
There are many critics among the immigrant community, particularly in Miami, of any travel to Cuba. The loosened restrictions were the target of efforts by Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., to roll them back, with an amendment he attached to the House version of an omnibus spending bill being finalized Dec. 16. The amendment was removed in negotiations to craft a bill that could pass in the Senate.
"Some have expressed some opposition or hesitancy to the idea of going to Cuba to see the pope because of the longstanding political divisions between the exile community and the Cuban government," said Archbishop Wenski. "But this is not anything to do with the government. It is to go see the pope."
"The Cuban bishops have always said Cubans are one people, no matter where they are, so they are encouraging the Cuban diaspora to participate" in the pope's visit and in observing La Caridad's anniversary, he said.
"Once again the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Charity, is opening the world of Cuba to hope and therefore to a future," the archbishop said.
"It's the bishops as pastors of the people who are inviting them to celebrate with Mary and find that unity in charity that she can give us," he said.
In fact, Archbishop Wenski said, "the Cuban government is right now between a rock and a hard place because of economic challenges that it has. Everybody knows there have to be some changes both in the economics and also in the politics."
"Whatever happens after the Castro regime disappears into the ash-heap of history, I think it's in everybody's best interests that there be a soft landing and that whatever transition comes does not come in the midst of chaos," said Archbishop Wenski.
The Cuban bishops are looking, as pastors, to be agents of reconciliation, he added.
"Nobody can predict how the politics of Cuba will evolve in the next months and years, but evolve they will. That we can be sure of. There's going to be a biological solution if not an electoral solution. Therefore the church's role is critical."
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[quote:*Evan:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NzA0X0I3RkE3NzE3] [quote:Phennommennonn:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NjY3Xzc5NkJFQjFD] [quote:*Evan:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NTIxX0Y2MjIzNTc0] [quote:Phennommennonn:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NDY0X0UzRTY2RUM4] [quote:*Evan:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NDMyXzc3RjIzRkI4] [quote:Phennommennonn:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4NDEzXzMyQzM2REFD] [quote:*Evan:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4MzY4X0VGMUYzNDY2] [quote:Phennommennonn:MV8yMzgzMjU1XzQwNzg4MzI4XzhCNzNGMTYy] Obama Sounds Alarm on Debt as Senators See a Deal in Reach New York Times 4 minutes ago http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/us/politics/seeking-deal-to-avert-default-lawmakers-to-meet-obama.html?_r=0 A bitterly divided Congress edged closer to a budget and debt deal on Monday, while the rest of the world braced for the possibility of a legislative failure and an economic catastrophe that could ripple through financial markets, foreign capitals, corporate boardrooms, state budget offices and the bank accounts of everyday investors. Senate negotiators were still talking late into the afternoon, but both parties were coalescing around a plan that would lift the debt limit through Feb. 7, pass a resolution to finance the government through Jan. 15 and call for the two parties to conclude formal discussions on a long-term tax and spending plan no later than Dec. 13, according to one Senate aide briefed on the outlines of the plan. Any provision to delay or repeal a tax on medical devices – a sticking point in the negotiations – will almost certainly be excluded from the final deal, Senate aides said. Republicans sought to have the tax eliminated or pushed back, but Democrats strongly resisted. The deal would include a one-year delay of another tax associated with the Affordable Care Act known as the reinsurance tax, which employers pay. Another Republican-backed measure would require tighter income verification standards for people who receive subsidies under the new health care law. Under the new guidelines, the Health and Human Services secretary would have to certify that the department can verify income eligibility. The timing of a vote – which seems likely to come right up against Thursday, the date the Treasury has said the country will exhaust its borrowing authority – is unclear. If, for instance, Democrats and Republicans shake hands on a deal on Monday and Mr. Reid is able to get consent from all of the Republicans, a vote could occur within hours; if any senator objects, however, the earliest a vote could occur is Friday. Democrats would like to bring any deal to the floor for a vote on Wednesday. Passing the plan on Wednesday, aides say, would not only avert the possibility of a devastating fiscal default, but would also put pressure on the Republican-controlled House to pass whatever bill the Senate sends over, or risk being blamed for a debt default. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, Mr. Reid and Mr. McConnell spoke on the Senate floor and made their most upbeat remarks yet about the progress of their talks. "I'm very optimistic that we will reach an agreement that's reasonable in nature this week," Mr. Reid said, using unusually warm terms to describe Mr. McConnell. "I deeply appreciate my friend the minority leader for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement." more at url http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/us/politics/seeking-deal-to-avert-default-lawmakers-to-meet-obama.html?_r=0 [/quote] What I find of greater concern, is the thread about China calling for a new world reserve currency. If congress can't get their sh*t together, the feds can still make their payment without defaulting. They will only default if they choose to. But If the dollar is no longer the worlds reserve, we lose the ability to buy our own debt.....then, it all collapses, or we panic and inject a trillion dollars into the market and hyperinflate our currency. [/quote] well we've been anticipating that outta the chinks since the 08 new financial order meeting with the g8. [/quote] Yes, and it's the real game changer. [/quote] evan you do know that the chinks are the UNs pet country right? theyve made clear that they want the world modeled after china. china gets the UN award of approval for economics, population control, farming, green, energy you name it. [/quote] :yupp96: Yes, I agree China is the model for the NWO. You know your stuff Phenn [/quote] ive been studying the UN a few years now. when we had the faux pandemic, i found on the UN site that their treaties TRUMP any country's law/constitutions. ppl dont believe me but iy=ts there on the site. if youre a member - you must abide by all 'recommendations' & treaties. the WHO is a sister to the UN, world health org makes a "recommendation" to mandatory vaccinations re a pandemic - then thats it. done. its incredible how all this fucking shit is out there but out of 7 billion ppl on this planet a small fraction only know of it. [/quote] By Faux pandemic, you mean the swine flu stuff? The "pandemic" right after they were caught trying to mix bird flu with the seasonal flu, and put it in the vaccines? I sure member that. [/quote]
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Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas, the highest ranking member of the House Committee of Bat&h!t Wingnuttery, proposes a solution for dealing with the threat of government default: When asked whether he would allow the government to default on its debt, Gohmert projected the responsibility for such circumstances onto Obama. "No," he said, "that would be an impeachable offense by the president."
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According to a report [1] in the New York Daily News, Alex Rodriguez [2] is unlikely to ever play for the Yankees [3] again.
Numerous baseball sources tell the Daily News that Rodriguez, still owed $114 million over five years on his contract, will not recover from the hip surgery he had earlier this month. It is the second hip surgery for the 37-year-old Rodriguez, and sources familiar with the situation believe the surgery will leave the third baseman in such a diminished role that he may consider a settlement or an outright retirement.
'I don't know why he would want to go through the pain of rehabbing and trying to play up to the caliber of player he was, and come back to a game where nobody wants him,' a baseball official told the Daily News.
A Miami New Times story published Tuesday links Rodriguez to an anti-aging clinic in Miami that distributed performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez, according to the New Times story, was a client of Anthony Bosch and purchased HGH as recently as 2012. Rodriguez has admitted steroid use in the past but claims he has been clean since 2003. The Yankees had already been privately readying for the likelihood that Rodriguez wouldn't complete his contract even before the newest allegations surfaced.
Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $275 million deal in December of 2007. He played in 99 games in 2011, 122 in 2012 and is expected to miss at least half of the 2013 season as he recovers from hip surgery. He set career lows in slugging percentage and OPS in 2012 and had just three hits in 25 at-bats during the 2012 playoffs.


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Prior to receiving an Associate of Arts degree from a public community college or university or a Bachelor's degree from a public university, a student shall complete successfully the following in the areas of communication and computation:
In order to follow the specifics of 6A-10.030, USF has designated the following courses in which the student may demonstrate the writing and mathematical skills as set forth in this rule.
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It is against Phoenix city law and could become a statewide mandate beginning in 2012.
Senate Bill 1538 would make it illegal to write, send or read a written message on a wireless handheld communications device while operating a motor vehicle. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Al Melvin (R-Tucson) and Sen. Don Shooter (R-Yuma), would make it a first offense, meaning police could pull drivers over for nothing else if it looked as if they were texting. The fine would be $50, $200 if the driver is involved in an accident.
Arizona would become the 31st state to make text messaging illegal for all drivers.
One Desert Vista High School student called it a "recurring problem" because students tend not to learn from the mistakes of others. They have to see for themselves.
"They understand the statistics and what it's about, but they don't think it would happen or affect them," Julia Thatcher said. "I've heard people say they get into an accident and they are texting or the person that hit them was texting. Then it teaches them because they see that it could happen."
It has been shown that using a handheld device while driving will increase the risk of the driver getting into a serious accident by 400 percent, according to a study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
A 2006 University of Utah study found in a simulation that drivers who used a handheld or hands-free headset were more likely to be involved in an accident than someone who was driving with a 0.08 blood-alcohol content.
Michelle Donati, public affairs supervisor for AAA Arizona, said the organization would like to see all 50 states impose statewide text messaging bans by 2013.
"We believe a text ban would save lives," she said. "Distracted driving is one of the biggest issues on the road today."
Donati said in a recent survey 90 percent of respondents approved of a text messaging ban. Texting while driving also received an average of 9.2 out of 10 from surveyors in terms of seriousness to all drivers. Only alcohol scored higher.


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Brian Coughlin this season take a look at pace of play, from a stastical viewpoint. Below, he introduces his recurring feature, which will be on InsideLacrosse.com throughout the season. Check back for a look at how the pace of play is adjusting to the new rules this year.
After a weekend of high-scoring games and dramatic, overtime thrillers, it is safe to say that lacrosse is back. And even as coaches, players, referees and fans adjust to the new rules, it appears as though the pace of play has improved. Games like Saturday's overtime finish between Virginia and Drexel, in which Drexel scored two goals in the final 1:23 of regulation to force sudden death, are evidence that the new rules may help result in more exciting finishes.
The Colgate-Bryant game from earlier in February saw a late tying goal to send the game into overtime, caused partially by the shot clock.
While it is too early to say that this trend is definite, we have already seen possessions per 60 minutes increase 6% as compared to last year, or an extra possession every quarter. If this current level of pace holds (about 64 possessions per 60 minutes), it will be far and away the highest season average since we began tracking such statistics in 2007. In the Virginia Drexel game, for instance, there were a combined 75 possessions, up from 49 from the match-up between these two teams in 2012. The Johns Hopkins-Siena contest this year also combined for 75 possessions compared to 64 a year prior. Hofstra, who ranked last in the nation in possessions per game in 2012, was involved in one of the fastest paced affairs this weekend.
There has also been a moderate increase in scoring efficiency in 2013. In 2012, teams scored an average of 9.7 goals per 30 offensive possessions. In 2013, we have already seen an average of 10 goals per 30 offensive possessions. Among the possible explanations for the slight rise in offensive efficiency is the increase in the number of transition chances and unsettled opportunities that teams encounter in the course of the game. Maryland, who currently leads the nation in offensive efficiency, scoring on over 50% of its possessions, also ranks near the top of DI in percentage of goals scored by defensive players. Teams are also clearing at a greater percentage this year, also partially due to the increased number of unsettled situations.
Will this increased pace of play continue? Time will only tell — and that's the purpose of this recurring check-in with the pace of play. But with seven of this weekend's 24 games being decided by a goal, early signs indicate that this season might be as unpredictable as any.


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Current address: Novaceutics Consulting, 6501 Oak St. Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 1H5, Canada.
This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Spirolides are marine phycotoxins produced by the dinoflagellates
The class of macrocyclic imines known as spirolides was first identified in toxic extracts of the digestive glands of mussels and scallops from the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the early 1990s [
The contamination of shellfish with spirolides is a food safety and human health concern. The unusual cyclic imine feature is thought to be the pharmacophore responsible for the toxic effects of these substances in experimental animals [
In order to better understand their toxicity, we have studied the effects of 13-desmethyl-spirolide C (
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and HPLC-grade acetonitrile, methanol, and dichloromethane were purchased from Caledon (Georgetown, ON, Canada). Ethanol (95%) was purchased from BDH (Poole, UK) and Tween-60 from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany). Sephadex LH-20, glutamine, nicotine and insulin were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). PHA543613 hydrochloride (PHA) was obtained from Tocris Bioscience (Ellisville, MO, USA). Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM), fetal bovine serum (FBS), horse serum (HS) were from Hyclone Laboratories (Logan, UT). HALTTM protease inhibitor cocktail and bicinchoninic acid (BCA) reagent kit were from Pierce (Rockford, IL, USA). Anti-phospho-PKB (Ser-473), anti-phospho-MAPK, and horseradish-peroxidase (HRP) conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibodies were from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, USA). ECL Advance Blocking Reagent and Western Lightning
Highly purified saxitoxin dihydrochloride (
AOSH1, AOSH2 and HT140E7 cultures were initiated in L1 growth medium diluted 1:10 with sterile seawater in multiwell tissue culture plates. Cultures were scaled-up in full-strength L1 medium by serial transfer into 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks and then into 2.8 L Fernbach flasks, to a minimum total culture volume of 80 L. Unialgal cultures were maintained at an ambient photon flux density of 90 mmol m−2 s−1 at 14 °C and a 14:10 h light/dark photocycle in a controlled growth chamber. Cells were harvested in late exponential growth phase by gravity filtration onto a 20 mm Nitex mesh sieve and concentrated by centrifugation (2630 g) for 15 min.
Isolation of spirolide
An Agilent 1100 Series HPLC (Palo Alto, California, USA) with a binary pump system equipped with a diode array detector (DAD) and ChemStation® software was used for the final stage of purification of the spirolides used in this study. All NMR measurements were collected on a Bruker DRX-500 spectrometer (Bruker, Canada) at 500.13 MHz (1H) and 125.77 MHz (13C). Samples were dissolved in 0.5 mL of CD3OH and run at 20 °C. Spectra were referred to CHD2OH at 3.3 ppm (1H) or 13CD3-OH at 49.0 ppm (13C). Standard Bruker pulse sequences were used with solvent suppression by presaturation where appropriate. Structural assignments for each spirolide studied were confirmed via comparison to NMR data available in the literature.
Acute toxicities were determined according to the principles of OECD Guideline 425 [
The test materials were dissolved in 95% ethanol. Mice were weighed immediately before dosing and test materials were administered on a µg/kg body weight (BW) basis. Mice were monitored intensively during the day of dosing and those dying during the course of the experiment were subjected to macroscopic examination, while survivors were examined and weighed each day for 14 days after administration of the test compounds. They were then killed and necropsied.
For intraperitoneal (ip) injection, the ethanolic solution was diluted with 1% Tween-60 in normal saline and 95% ethanol added as necessary to maintain a uniform concentration of 5% (v/v) in the solution. The total volume administered was 1 mL. For gavage, aliquots of the spirolide solutions were diluted with Tween-saline to give a total volume of 200 µL, containing 12.5% (v/v) ethanol. For determination of toxicity by feeding, aliquots of the spirolide solutions were absorbed onto dry mousefood (~150 mg) or mixed with moist powdered mousefood (~150 mg) and given to fasted mice. Alternatively, the solutions were mixed with Tararua Traditional Cream Cheese (~150 mg; Goodman Fielder New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, NZ). Some mice were reluctant to eat dry mousefood containing spirolide derivatives and only those animals consuming all the food in less than 1 min were used for calculating LD50 values. All mice given spirolides mixed with moist mousefood or with cream cheese ate all the food within 1 min.
When cell lines, representative of various tissue types, were treated with 100 nM
Effect of 13-desmethyl C spirolide on the viability of various cell types grown in culture. Cells were incubated for 24 h in the presence of 100 nM 13-desmethyl C spirolide. Control cells were incubated with vehicle in the absence of toxin. Results are the average of two experiments performed in duplicate. Following incubation cytotoxicity was assessed using measures of mitochondrial respiration (MTS assay), plasma membrane integrity (LDH release), and lysosomal function (NR staining). Results were normalized to those of control wells.
The expression of the α-7 subtype of the nAChR increases during differentiation of C2C2 (results not shown). Stimulation of fully differentiated C2C12 cells with nicotine leads to phosphorylation (activation) of downstream signaling molecules including MAPK and PKB (
Phosphorylation of PKB and MAPK by nicotinic agonists is inhibited by
The median lethal doses of the spirolide derivatives by ip injection are shown in
Acute toxicity of spirolides by ip injection in mice.
|State of alimentation
|LD50 (µg/kg body weight)
|LD50 (µmol/kg body weight)
|Spirolide A
|37 (35–44)
|0.054 (0.051–0.064)
|Spirolide B
|Spirolide C
|8.0 (4.6–16)
|0.011 (0.0065–0.023)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|6.9 (5.0–8.0)
|0.010 (0.0072–0.012)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|6.9 (5.0–8.0)
|0.010 (0.0072–0.012)
|20-Methyl spirolide G
|8.0 (3.9–14)
|0.011 (0.0055–0.020)
Acute toxicity of spirolides by gavage in mice.
|State of alimentation
|LD50 (µg/kg body weight)
|LD50 (µmol/kg body weight)
|Spirolide A
|550 (436–690)
|0.80 (0.63–1.0)
|Spirolide C
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|160 (123–198)
|0.23 (0.18–0.29)
|20-Methyl spirolide G
|Spirolide A
|240 (188–298)
|0.34 (0.27–0.43)
|Spirolide B
|440 (320–500)
|0.63 (0.46–0.72)
|Spirolide C
|53 (50–63)
|0.075 (0.071–0.089)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|130 (87–166)
|0.18 (0.13–0.24)
|20-Methyl spirolide G
|88 (27–120)
|0.13 (0.038–0.17)
The toxicities of the spirolides were even lower when administered by feeding (
Acute toxicity of spirolides by feeding to mice.
|State of alimentation
|LD50 (µg/kg body weight)
|LD50 (µmol/kg body weight)
|Spirolide A
|Cream cheese
|1300 (1250–1580)
|1.9 (1.8–2.3)
|Spirolide C
|Cream cheese
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|Cream cheese
|1000 (861–1290)
|1.5 (1.2–1.9)
|20-Methyl spirolide G
|Cream cheese
|630 (476–882)
|0.89 (0.68–1.3)
|Spirolide A
|Cream cheese
|1200 (1047–3690)
|1.7 (1.5–5.4)
|Spirolide C
|Cream cheese
|500 (353–657)
|0.71 (0.50–0.93)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|Dry mousefood
|630 (547–829)
|0.90 (0.79–1.2)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|Moist mousefood
|590 (500–625)
|0.85 (0.72–0.90)
|13-Desmethyl spirolide C
|Cream cheese
|500 (381–707)
|0.72 (0.55–1.0)
|20-Methyl spirolide G
|Cream cheese
|500 (381–707)
|0.71 (0.54–1.0)
The symptoms of intoxication were the same for all the spirolide derivatives and for all routes of administration. At lethal doses, the animals became hyperactive immediately after dosing, moving with a rather unsteady gait. Abdominal breathing was noted soon after, and the mice moved with a rolling gait, their hind legs being partially extended. Subsequently, the animals became prostrate, with their hind legs fully extended. Their respiration rates progressively declined, with occasional gasps, until respiration ceased completely. Rapid flicking movements of the hind legs occurred immediately before death, together with severe exophthalmia. After injection or gavage, death occurred between 3 and 20 min after administration of the test substances. The onset of symptoms was delayed in mice given spirolides by feeding, and deaths occurred at up to 35 min after dosing. At toxic, but sublethal doses, the spirolides induced immobility, accompanied by rapid, shallow, abdominal breathing and extension of the hind legs. Recovery was rapid, however, and within an hour after dosing the appearance and behavior of the mice became normal, and remained so throughout the subsequent 14-day observation period. No macroscopic abnormalities were recorded in any of the animals at necropsy.
By ip injection, all the spirolide derivatives tested were toxic (
Addition of spirolides to a variety of cell lines did not produce obvious cytotoxicity, as indicated by various indicators of viability. Our results are consistent with recent findings showing lack of toxicity in the BE(2)-M17 neuroblastoma cell line exposed to 10 nM, 100 nM and 500 nM
Like many other toxins, such as gymnodimine [
In order to express systemic toxicity, toxins must be absorbed, and the rate of transfer of toxins into the small intestine is therefore crucially important for determining the severity of toxicity. This will be influenced not only by fasting but also by the method of administration. In mice, because of the semi-solid consistency of the stomach contents, test materials may flow around the mass of undigested food and rapidly enter the duodenum at high concentration. In contrast, material ingested by humans immediately becomes mixed and diluted with the liquid contents of the stomach, and the diluted material is then gradually released into the duodenum. It has been argued that administration of toxins to mice by gavage may give an artefactually high estimate of the risk of such compounds to human health [
In order to estimate the acute toxicity of a compound by feeding, it is essential that the toxin-contaminated food is rapidly eaten by the animal. Fasted mice will readily eat small quantities of mousefood, while mice, whether fed or fasted, will immediately eat cream cheese. In the present experiments, some fasted mice appeared to be able to detect the presence of
When the five spirolides were tested for acute toxicity in mice by ip injection, by gavage or by feeding, the same trend in toxic response was observed in which
In the cyclic imine family of algal toxins, of which the spirolides are members, the imine moiety is a necessary condition for toxicity [
In order to compare the spirolide potencies with a currently regulated toxin, identical toxicity testing was performed on
In this study the ip LD50 values of
Spirolides are not currently regulated and at present there is no conclusive evidence that contamination of seafood with these substances has caused human intoxication. Episodes of toxicity, involving rather non-specific symptoms such as gastric distress and tachycardia, were recorded in individuals in Nova Scotia consuming shellfish during times when spirolides were known to be present, but these could not definitively be ascribed to spirolides [
This research was supported by the Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada and by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, Contract CAW0703.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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In the VB-editor I can see the list of the sheets that are hidden, but I am unable to change the "hidden" property on the hidden sheets.
As mentioned above, when I go to Format->Sheet-> the "Unhide..." menu is greyed out - but I know that there are hidden sheets there.
I need help!! to:
- find a way to un-hide the hidden sheets
- if nothing else helps: Where can I download and install old versions of Excel?
- any other hints/tips to help me out!!
Sounds like your entire workbook si protected. Try
removing the protection.
I think you were in the right place, but looking at the wrong thing. In the VBE where the list of sheets are, change the Visible property to xlSheetVisible and you should be alright. I went through this once before...


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Apple Introduces iPad Air 2 & iPad mini 3 with Touch ID & Apple Pay
Apple has announced iPad Air 2, the thinnest iPad ever. 6.1 mm thin and weighing less than a pound, iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display with anti-reflective coating and is available in gold, silver and space gray. The new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 offer Touch ID so users can unlock their iPad with just the touch of a finger and make purchases within apps using Apple Pay.


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OnMedia: The return of Matt Salemme
Channel 12 has hired its old morning traffic reporter, Matt Salemme, returning him to the ABC station's morning newscast after several months' absence.
Salemme starts Monday at 5 a.m., offering tips on the best routes to Miller Park for opening day, along with regular traffic reports.
His absence had prompted questions from viewers for months.
That led Channel 12 to post the following on its Web site last month:
"At the beginning of 2010, WISN TV made a business decision to work with another helicopter vendor. Matt Salemme is an employee of our former company, and unfortunately was not able to continue with us."
"We really heard a lot from viewers," said news director Lori Waldon. "He's a part of their family, he's someone that they wake up with, and he sends them off to work."
Salemme still seems surprised by to have made the connection with his regular Channel 12 viewers.
"I tell you what, it really makes me feel good inside to know that," he told me.
Salemme had worked for Metro Traffic, a separate company which contracted with Channel 12 to provide traffic reports. When that relationship ended, he disappeared from Channel 12.
"I was waiting and biding my time," Salemme said of the three months off Channel 12.
Then, his position with Metro Traffic was eliminated last month, and he was released from his contract.
"Matt called us right way," says Waldon. "We adore Matt. Our plan was always to bring him back."
Now he's working directly for Channel 12 as a part-time reporter, and he'll do his reports from both inside the studio and on location, primarily on the 5 to 7 a.m. newscast. Salemme won't be regularly airborne, as he used to be.
And Waldon said he'll be reporting on breaking news as well as traffic.
"He's a really good reporter," said Waldon.
On TV: The loss of funding for public TV's "Worldfocus" means the demise of that show, and a shuffling of Channel 36's evening schedule. "PBS NewsHour" moves up a half hour to 6 p.m., starting Monday. "BBC World News" airs at 7, with a 10 p.m. repeat, and "Nightly Business Report" airs at 7:30. The evening will continue to start with "Journal from Deutsche Welle" at 5:30 p.m.
- TV Newser reports on the New York City karaoke fundraiser hosted Wednesday night by MSNBC's (formerly Milwaukee's) Contessa Brewer, with proceeds going to the Red Cross. "We hear we hear Brewer and the "Today" show's Sara Haines delivered a duet of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" that stopped half of lower Manhattan."
- The latest TV edition of my OnMedia column -- available today at Time Warner Cable's Wisconsin On Demand Channel 411 -- is a chat with Milwaukee's "American Idol" finalist Danny Gokey, taped during a break in his Wisconsin Vision ad shoot this week at The Rave.
- Peabody Awards went out to three network TV shows this week: ABC's "Modern Family," Fox's "Glee," and the classiest late-night talk show, CBS' "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."
- CBS and ABC shows will start streaming on Apple's new iPad, when it's released Saturday. The New York Times says NBC shows should also be available for free by the end of the month.
Speaking of the iPad and "Modern Family": Two of my favorite subjects merged on this week's installment of the best show of the season as Phillip hoped for -- and ended up getting -- Apple's newest toy for his birthday (I'm waiting for the second generation before taking the plunge).
Some critics are suggesting it crossed the line between advertising and entertainment. I think it was right on the money in capturing a pop culture moment.
The best line from Wednesday's episode: "Touch it, but don't touch it."
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The Viewing Room: At least there weren't vampires
Movie columnist Hannah Bedenkop on the infinitely un-exciting 'Beautiful Creatures'
Paranormal teen romance is a real genre now. I'm serious. Bookstores have entire sections devoted to it. I've seen it with my own two eyes, and it makes me want to weep with bitterness. What is it about high school-age werewolves and vampires and yetis inexplicably falling in love with each other that has our generation in such a tizzy? Is there a reason authors try to resonate with the young adult audience by using the supernatural as their go-to shtick?
"Beautiful Creatures" is the latest installment in the saga of America's obsession with paranormal teen romance. The movie was adapted from a series of novels by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, and I've been told the series isn't half bad. But the movie is so spectacularly unimpressive, I'm having a hard time remembering anything about it. And I just saw it three days ago.
The movie's protagonists are average human Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) and powerful witch Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), who is the mysterious niece of town patriarch/pariah Macon Ravenwood (Jeremy Irons). And since there's not much else to do in the fictional town of Gatlin, S.C., Ethan and Lena fall in love. It takes like two seconds for them to go completely mad for each other, so they're probably fated lovers or something.
Alas, their love cannot be. It normally can't in a paranormal teen romance. This time around it's because Lena is approaching her sixteenth birthday, the day on which her witchy powers will be claimed for either the light or the dark. And her family is cursed to be dark. And Ethan's presence complicates things for some reason.
The rest of the film consists of Emmy Rossum chewing scenery playing Lena's dark witch cousin Ridley, and Jeremy Irons inexplicably switching accents in the middle of a scene, presumably just to see if anyone would notice. There's also a surprising lack of actual magic for a movie about witches.
There are quite a few very seasoned and well-respected actors in this movie, but none of them seem to be putting in any kind of effort. Ehrenreich, who plays Ethan – bless him, he tries so hard – is perhaps the most valuable player, with Rossum coming in at a close second. Viola Davis and Emma Thompson didn't bother doing much with their supporting roles, and they looked about as bored as I felt. Relative newcomer Alice Englert didn't make too much of an impression, and the chemistry between the two leads was palpable — but just barely.
The special effects were laughably bad in places, and the score was so blah it actually took away from what little the narrative had going for it. I didn't really have a problem with the dialogue, but the overarching story had absolutely no flow. The entire film feels incredibly disjointed, like a series of vignettes instead of one ongoing story.
Basically, "Beautiful Creatures" felt less like a real movie and more like a half-hearted attempt at kick-starting a franchise. It was somewhat formulaic, and there just wasn't enough intrigue or emotion present to merit a second viewing, much less a sequel.
Now I don't actively hate "Beautiful Creatures" for being a ridiculous and misogynistic attempt at romance, which is more than I can say for other franchises that might fall under the classification of paranormal teen romance. Lena proves that she still has a personality when she's away from Ethan, and Ethan doesn't try to control Lena under the pretense of love.
So while I appreciate the attempts at showing genuine feeling, it just didn't work out so well. I know the people behind the movie had hoped it would be the next big thing, but I don't see that happening. There's really nothing new to see here, and it's not made well enough for its triteness to be forgotten.
I'm going to give "Beautiful Creatures" two and a half spell books out of five. It was better written and better acted than your average paranormal teen romance, but it was nothing special by any means.


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To A Nunnery, Go - Poem by Suzette Richards
We men are arrogant, vengeful, ambitious creatures;
With more ill will in them to fit into their thoughts,
And more time than they can hope for to carry it out.
Why should a prince crawl around between heaven and earth?
Men are by nature criminals and not to be believed.
To marry, will only bring down a curse on your head.
Even if women should remain as clean as ice;
As pure as the driven snow; they get a bad reputation.
The whiles of women drive men to madness:
Painting their faces; hiding their God given allure.
They dance and prance and cajole and ensnare
With their sexuality; their sensual ploys.
Women are only fit to meet with men in chaste surroundings.
The nuns have done well, therefore: "To a nunnery, go."
Topic(s) of this poem: relationships
Poet's Notes about The Poem
I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all. Believe none of us. Go thy ways to a nunnery. Where's your father?
At home, my lord.
Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in 's own house. Farewell.
O, help him, you sweet heavens!
If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go, and quickly too. Farewell.
Heavenly powers, restore him!
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough. God has given you one face and you make yourselves another. You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God's creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on 't. It hath made me mad. I say, we will have no more marriages. Those that are married already, all but one, shall live. The rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery, go.
Exit HAMLET
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