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Going Digital
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JEFFREY KAYE: Digital technology has sparked a revolution in filmmaking wizardry, from restaging the attack on Pearl Harbor to creating computer- generated dinosaurs.
Now Hollywood is seeking to expand its use of digital technology, from the making of movies to their distribution and screening, a step which could save studios hundreds of millions of dollars and alter the movie going experience. Film company executive such as Disney Vice President Phil Barlowe are leading the digital cinema charge.
PHIL BARLOWE, Vice President, Disney: This, on a grand scale, is like the movement from a vinyl record, a 78 record, to where we are today, where you can download something from the Internet.
JEFFREY KAYE: That progress means replacing the very heart of the motion picture experience: Film. The principles of showing a movie haven't changed much since the days of D.W. Griffith and Mary Pickford. A projector unspools a reel of celluloid film past a light at 24 frames per second, casting the illuminated moving picture on the screen below. But film's domination is being challenged as Hollywood replaces celluloid with digital technology. Digital cinema's future can be glimpsed inside this once- abandoned movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard. Behind the boarded-up facade is the ETC, the Entertainment Technology Center. Here, movie studios and high- tech companies are testing the latest in digital cinema formats.
THOMAS MacCALLA, Entertainment Technology Center: This is a projector, this small piece here.
JEFFREY KAYE: Thomas MacCalla is the ETC's chief operating officer. He says that for moviegoers, digital cinema's major benefit is picture quality.
THOMAS MacCALLA: The images that we've been rolling all this time, we've been showing those images since we opened here, no scratches. They look exactly the same now as they did when we showed them the very first time, as opposed to what get in film.
JEFFREY KAYE: And how is that? How can that happen? How can that be?
THOMAS MacCALLA: Because you're dealing in the digital domain of zeros and ones.
JEFFREY KAYE: Like a tire tread, a reel of film gets worn and frayed as it travels again and again through a projector. The wear and tear are familiar to any projectionist.
ORREN WEBBER, Projectionist: The problem that we have with .35-millimeter film, or film in essence, is that it gets dirty over time. You know, when we start that very first showing, by the time you get to that 1,000th showing, the film has been dirtied up. You get scratches. Pieces get bent and torn. And there are some pitfalls about it.
JEFFREY KAYE: But a digital movie is just as pristine on its 1,000th showing as its first, since it's stored and projected electronically. The film industry hopes that improved picture quality will be key to pleasing technologically sophisticated audiences.
SPOKESMAN: 8:30 pulled out?
SPOKESMAN: We are in competition for the public leisure time. The money goes with the leisure time. So we're not just competing against other studios. We're competing against sporting events; we're competing against DVD, the most successful new consumer product in history; we're competing against the Internet. We're competing against all sorts of things. And consequently, to not have digital available in the cinema, when it's available in the home, is really just not smart business.
JEFFREY KAYE: Smart business, as the studios see it, is what's really driving their push towards digital cinema. The technology has the potential to revolutionize the economics and logistics of film distribution.
JEFFREY KAYE: To release a big summertime blockbuster, for instance, the studios must strike thousands of individual copies, or prints, of the film, costing between $800 and $1,600 a print. The films are then shipped to theaters around the world. But one digital film could be transmitted electronically as a stream of data to countless theaters, saving Hollywood hundreds of millions of dollars in print and distribution costs. The race is now on to develop a digital cinema distribution system, a way to deliver films electronically from the studios of Hollywood to the world's movie theaters. The race has attracted companies not typically associated with movies.
SPOKESMAN: Boeing, digital cinema.
JEFFREY KAYE: The Boeing Company, better known for jumbo jets, is working to develop such a system via satellite. Boeing's digital cinema initiative is being directed by Ron Mael. He says his company's expertise in satellite communication gives it an advantage in distributing digital films.
RON MAEL, Boeing: The technologies that we're using are really very much based in the Boeing heritage and tradition, so a lot of the government programs, plus the commercial programs, develop the basic technologies.
JEFFREY KAYE: Qualcomm, the San Diego-based cellular phone company, is Boeing's major competitor in developing digital film distribution. It has formed a partnership with Technicolor, the film processing lab, to deliver movies via fiber optic cable. Boeing and Qualcomm are betting that the digital cinema technology they develop will open up vast new markets far beyond the movie theater.
RON MAEL: One of the things, for example, just to give you one of the things we looked at in the real estate case, we found out that there's really high value to transmit, for example, to real estate agents on a laptop in their car things like virtual house tours at high definition, when they have real clients sitting right next to them, because they're focused on a given customer at that point in time. That's a high-value application for them.
JEFFREY KAYE: More formidable than the technological obstacles facing digital cinema is the challenge of convincing America's hard-pressed theater owners that they need it. In the 1990s, theater chains financed a multiplex building boom. They added stadium seating, sophisticated sound systems, and thousands of new screens.
But ticket sales remained flat, and in recent years, many national theater chains filed for bankruptcy and reorganization. So theater owners are particularly wary of the costs of retrofitting America's 35,000 movie auditoriums for digital cinema, says John Fithian, President of the National Association of Theater Owners.
JOHN FITHIAN, National Association of Theater Owners: The digital cinema revolution will never happen if movie theaters are expected to pay for it. And let me explain that. A modern projector in a movie theater today that uses the traditional film, you can get a really good projector for $30,000, and it will last for 20, 25 years. The digital projectors that are on the market today– just the projectors– can cost $150,000. Throw in all the computer equipment necessary to take the digital data and arrange it in a format you can show it, you're talking $200,000 per auditorium. And yet this equipment is so new, it probably won't last beyond two or three or four years before the next generation comes along and you need to implement that. So why would movie theater owners pay $200,000 for equipment that will last for four years, when today we pay $30,000 for equipment that will last 20 or 25?
JEFFREY KAYE: Hollywood studios have made it clear that they're ready to help theaters bear the costs of digital conversion, says Disney's Phil Barlowe.
PHIL BARLOWE: We have said for two and a half years that we recognize that we must be a participant in the cost of conversion. The patron belongs to the exhibitor and the distributor. It's up to both of us, jointly, to work together to see to it that we are competitive with all others forms of entertainment that are available.
JEFFREY KAYE: But theater owners remain skeptical about digital cinema's potential.
JOHN FITHIAN: Three years ago, I listened to several leading representatives of the studios and the companies tell us we'd have 3,000 or 4,000 digitized screens by the year 2001. There are less than 50 in the world. So anybody that's trying to crystal ball this and make predictions I think has an agenda.
JEFFREY KAYE: Digital technology might be creating whole new worlds on the silver screen, but at least for the time being, film, an invention of the 19th century, will still remain indispensable to 21st-century movie theaters.


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text: The Nasdaq and Amex biotech indices were down 2.2% and 2.6%, respectively. The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday that Eli Lilly ( LLY) is ImClone's ( IMCL) mystery bidder. Later Wednesday, ImClone Chairman Carl Icahn said in a release that the mystery suitor made a proposal not subject to financing or further due diligence. Negotiations are reportedly under way and the company has requested that ImClone not reveal the bidder's name until negotiations are complete. ImClone shares were trading up 35 cents, or 0.5%, at $65.70. Eli Lilly shares were down 30 cents, or 0.7%, at $43.39. Shares of Bristol Myers Squibb ( BMY), which last week announced a hostile tender for ImClone at $62 a share, were down 10 cents, or 0.5%, at $20.69. In other big biotech merger news, Roche reaffirmed that it's committed to a deal with Genentech ( DNA). Investor skepticism about the financing of the proposed $89 a share buyout has recently depressed the share price. Shares were up 20 cents, or 0.2%, at $86.70 in recent trading Thursday. In pharma news, Merck ( MRK) said Thursday that it is discontinuing the late-stage clinical development program for taranabant for obesity and will not seek regulatory approval for the drug in that indication. The company said that available phase III data showed that both efficacy and adverse events were dose related, with greater efficacy and more adverse events in the higher doses. Lazard analysts said it was no surprise as the safety and efficacy from taranabant's drug class, which includes Sanofi Aventis' Zimulti, for example, have disappointed. Merck's shares were off by 25 cents, or 0.8%, at $31.84.


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EXCLUSIVE: The Unusuals and My Generation creator Noah Hawley is back at ABC with a new hourlong project, this time joined by producers Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. The network has handed out a script commitment with penalty to a high-script drama revolving around a mysterious game, which Hawley will write. Kurtzman and Orci's K/O Paper Products is producing with 20th Century Fox TV where the company is based. Hawley, Kurtzman, Orci and Heather Kadin executive produce. CAA-repped Hawley was a writer on Fox's dramedy Bones before going on to create two series for ABC, The Unusuals and My Generation, which was based on a Swedish format. This marks the second sale for K/O this season. The company's first pitch, Sleepy Hollow, to be written by Kurtzman, Orci and Phillip Iscove and to be directed by Len Wiseman, sold to Fox with a put pilot commitment.
ABC Buys High-Concept Drama From Noah Hawley, Alex Kurtzman And Bob Orci
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I just heard Noah on the Nerdist Writer's Panel and he seems like a smart lad. Glad to see he can still sell a project after My Generation (which was a good concept… in theory) was yanked out from under him.
The joining of a pod that can't get a series on the air and a writer who's been consistently canceled?! What could go wrong?
Couldn't agree more. Do these guys have compromising photos of the powers that be at ABC?
don't get this town at all — some people get so many bites at the apple… each of these clowns must have compromising photos of the decision makers at abc
could not have happened to better people
This is good to hear. I love Noah's writing!
hawley's first show was cancelled before 13, his second was cancelled after two (which i think earned it the dubious distinction of being the first yanked that season)… i don't get this town — how man bites at the apple do you give someone? hopefully 3 strikes and you're out and "they" give someone else a shot to grab the brass ring.
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I'm sure this won't turn out well, considering how sub-mediocre My Generation was…
The Unusuals was a great series that was mismarketed. MyGen should be forgiven because it was an adaptation — and how well did NBC's Prime Suspect, another adaptation, do, eh? Maybe the third time will be the charm. Good luck, Noah.
Noah is the real deal. Best writer in town.
Buncha jealous/bitter commentators.
Shows on broadcast get cancelled all the time
Unusuals had Jeremy Renner Pre Hurt Locker Oscar nom….ABC stupidly cancelled it


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Matthew Dowd: 'I Wouldn't Be Taking Political Advice From Bill Kristol' Who Supported Sarah Palin
As NewsBusters routinely reports, one of the tricks the liberal media employs to discredit conservatives is to seek opinions from supposedly right-leaning commentators who are really nothing more than Republicans In Name Only often sharing much the same views espoused by the left.
One such "conservative" media darling is ABC political contributor Matthew Dowd who on Sunday's This Week said, "If I were people, I wouldn't be taking political advice from Bill Kristol who selected Sarah Palin as one of his leading figures in the national Republican Party, which was obviously a disaster in 2008" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: Meanwhile, Matthew Dowd, I was struck this week by the number of Republican voices in the House who said no way, no how. And also outside the House, Bill Kristol, a leading Republican commentator in the Weekly Standard.
Here's what he wrote this week. He said: "Comprehensive immigration reform, just say no." He said "not only is it bad policy, but it would be good politics to stop the Senate bill."
Here's what he said: "It may be reassuring to elected officials that doing the right thing won't hurt politically in 2014 or in, most likely, 2016. The House GOP, for the sake of party and country should say no. No capitulation. No comprehensive bill and no conference."
MATTHEW DOWD: Well, if I were people, I wouldn't be taking political advice from Bill Kristol who selected Sarah Palin as one of his leading figures in the national Republican Party, which was obviously a disaster in 2008.
Now in fairness to Dowd, I actually think he's a very bright guy that often makes salient points.
However, he's clearly a moderate Republican at best having been a Democrat until 1999.
More importantly, it is well-documented that Dowd left the George W. Bush administration on very bad terms with most in it after which he promptly gave an interview to the New York Times in April 2007 wherein he said he had lost faith in Bush.
"I think he's become more, in my view, secluded and bubbled in," Dowd told the enemy of conservatives across the fruited plain.
Wrote the Times, "Mr. Dowd, 45, said he hoped in part that by coming forward he would be able to get a message through to a presidential inner sanctum that he views as increasingly isolated."
He might not have been able to get his message through to the Bush administration, but he certainly did to ABC News who hired him months later.
As such, he now under the pretense of being a conservative gets paid to regularly bash real conservatives like Kristol and Palin.
And this is one of the contributors ABC regularly trots out to give America views "from the right."
Nice work if you can get it I guess.


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Danganronpa - Episode 12 Discussion / Poll
Welcome to the discussion thread for Danganronpa, Episode 12.
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That was the weirdiest cliffhanger they could have ever done.
What was revealed during the very last part of the episode should have kept for the last episode of the series to build up the tension and lead to the conclusion.
Spoiler for end of episode 12:
On the other hand, they finally made Monokuma more "proactive" in this episode, instead of being idle all the time.
Anyway, they cornered themselves so the final episode will be... rather awkward I guess.
Will post later the changes, but not as bad at last week, at the very least...
Spoiler for Episode 12 changes compared to the game:
Gonna watch it later. Just tell me, compared to the game is the hints of the mastermind more obvious? Or not given yet
Alright finished it. If I'm not a gamer, I will love this episode. Though I can't complain much as I got my wish of having Junko for a full finale next episode.
The anime treats anime viewers as plain viewers, not doing any deductions on their own. Hence, they skip out many crucial hints. But looking back knowing this fact, it makes the anime much more enjoyable.
However, the only complaint I have for this series overall is Togami Byakuya. He is supposed to be up there with Naegi and Kirigiri as the 3 main characters. But all of his deductions and efforts in the game are given fully to both of them.
The voice difference between Mukuru and Junko is even more apparent in the Anime, tbh both have voices you'd expect from the other rather than them.
(Was the same in the game though)
I had to lol a bit when she introduced herself as 'chan' though.
Still loved the epi, the twins part explains a lot of issues I had and Junko's dying words from epi 2 make a lot more sense now.
So... next episode will be the final episode, but there are still 7 of 16 people alive. The mastermind Junko will probably die next episode, but then there are still 6 people alive... I got the feeling that there will be more deaths... Maybe Junko will introduce a "hardcore rule", which states that when you just give 1 wrong answer, you will be immidietly executed, or something like that. It would surely make a dramatic final.
it was a nice episode!
they were throwing hints and hints that Junko was the mastermind in this episode like everywhere, also she seem to have more then one personality.
another thing is that I really like the trial, especially when Naegi reveal who was the matermind.
I can't wait to see how is this going to end.
dang, didn't expect the Junko bit.
I remember a few episodes back, there was a magazine of Junko on it, wonder if that was a hint as well and if you could spot a difference in appearance..but they're twins anyway...doesn't look like it to me.
Beside the freckles, another difference is that Junko appears to have bigger breasts, doesn't she? When she appeared in the video i wondered if Junko was always that well endowed. :heh:
Anime viewers like me can't make a guess at the culprit because many details are only given during the trials but I accepted this long ago. I suck at detective work anyway... I only managed to guess Leon because it was super-easy (the "diying message") and Celes purely on instinct (because she was the first one to be "attacked" by Justice Robot but only got a light bruise).
There are still plenty of misteries that I want answered in the finale episode: what the hell happened in that school? What is the "Biggest Despair in Human History"? Why did the 16 students accept to live at Kibougamine? Why were their memories erased? Why did Junko organize this weird survival game?
And i agree, learning the "who" still doesn't solve the "how" and "why" of the whole thing, which always intrigued me more. As another anime-only viewer, i'm very interested in the last episode.
I highly recommend to go YouTube to watch the final trial. No more spoilers from this point in as everything will be revealed by Junko herself. It's great that they managed to have a full 25 minutes for Junko's awesomeness, but I'm worried that the anime will screw it up.
For some Mukuro awesome, go find translations for Danganronpa IF. A non-canon alternate world where everyone gets to live. She and Naegi are the main characters there.
So they finally got access to all areas.
That should make the mystery solving much easier.
Monobear meddled in again when things were getting really interesting.
He also provided additional clues that complicated things.
Seems like they've had their memories wiped before the reality show began.
Naegi was really on a roll this time, impressive!
The mastermind is finally revealed. Wonder how it's gonna end.
Really great episode. As for who the Puppetmaster was is somewhat as of surprise, but at the same time it's wasn't. Thanks for Jan Poo and AC Phoenix in the speculations thread for giving me the answers and notes I needed to deduce the whole "one person whom we thought was dead was actually alive" and in turn was the Puppetmaster ie. Junko Enoshima - the real one. It's all about process of elimination, and most of the people who commented on here knows what they are, so no need to further beat that dead horse.
It makes sense that the two are twins due to the fact that she truly looked like her, but couldn't really "act the part" in a figurative sense. It's to be expected since it's one different person trying to act out someone she isn't, and in turn was not only a accomplice, but a victim, and a stepping stone in an effort to throw the others off balance. Sucks that we don't get a chance to see Mukuro as herself, since she's actually quite cute. Why did you have to break the school rules, Mukuro:( I wanted to know more about you.
The real Junko is really...something. Despite her short appearance we see a little bit of her awkwardly villainous traits. I really like the whole personality swap she pulled every few seconds... is this chick bipolar? If so then I wonder if there's more to her than what we've seen at this time.
I don't know why anyone hasn't noticed or discussed this, but there's a big contradiction between this episode and the ending credits up from episode 2-11 etc. Hint: It's something Makoto received from Monokuma.:eyespin:
I get the argument that it would have been better to save the big Monokuma/mastermind reveal for the final episode, but there is a trade-off here.
By making the reveal now, you get a bit more time to showcase the mastermind behind the Monokuma mask. Having the main antagonist reveal herself, and presumably get defeated, all in the same last episode, would probably leave her having less of an impact than she ought to. Hard for a villain to look cool when they're going down to defeat right after they take center stage. :heh:
By doing it this way, the real Junko gets a bit of spotlight and a nice cliffhanger moment before she presumably gets defeated in the finale.
I also will say that I love how Makoto went about deducing who the mastermind is. He did some impressive Detective work in this episode, to the point of outshining Kirigiri (to be fair, Kirigiri was clearly numbed a bit by confirming the death of her father).
Monokuma's final episode as the Mastermind's mask was also a good one for the bear.
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Purchased from: Thomann
Sound — 7
The sound, keeping in mind the type of amp this is, is satfactory. The cleans are good, the 'tone' is a nice feature, as I already said, but it's quite light. I've used my Boss ML 2 with it and it's given off a good sound for what it is. I also used it sometimes as a keyboard amp, not bad.
Overall Impression — 7
This amp seems to be mainly for accoustic guitar, altough I've used it for some thrash metal practice and it works just fine for rock/heavy metal with a distortion/OD pedal. Obviously it will do for other contemporary styles. Having said that with keeping in mind it's main use if for using at sites without electricity, which makes it ideal for playing at outdoor activities like picnics, busking ect... Something I would like to point out is, that this amplfier can be really LOUD. So for normal practice I'd bet a 10W what do the trick well. I was planning on taking it to regular trips to school but firstly it's very heavy, so you'll easily tire of carrying it around, and it's way louder than I immagined. I wish the charging system would be a bit better and if it weren't so heavy I'd lug it around a lot more than I do.
Reliability & Durability — 7
This amp seems dependable enough...for the price I wouldn't really expect more. A fault I had found with it is it's battery system. Apperently, you never have to let the battert go flat, but when it's at around 10% you have to re-charge it. Failing to do that (happened to me) the led charge indicator refused to light until a couple of hours...and I'm sure the battery wasn't very happy about it.
Features — 8
This is a small 30-watt solid state Harley Benton amplifier it's main feature being it runs on a battery. (The amp claims to run for up to 8 hours, it really lasts, for bedroom use it would last me a week before needing a re-charge. The first thing I had noticed when I had first tried it out it that it's a loud little bugger, I even use it for band practice sometimes! It features british EQ and it has a tone knob provides some light overdrive which is a nice thing to have. It has two inputs, which is very useful which are ideal for another instrument (as long as it's not cranked) or a vocalist. There is also a headphone output jack. For an inexpensive portable amplifier I'm quite satified with what it has to offer.


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Julie Kevelighan kept singing despite being rejected, Erica Rhodes wanted to shed off her Barney image with a whip while Leukemia survivor Christian Spear was one step closer to her dream.
Dallas was the next stop in "American Idol" audition this week and this city sent out 31 contestants to Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris sat with Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, and Randy Jackson on Day 1, replaced by Joe Jonas on the second day.
The judges got a tough contestant early in the audition. Julie Kevelighan tried out in the first season of "American Idol" but was plain bad. She went for a second chance this year but was equally bad. Problem was, she won't stop at singing one song even though the judges have said no several times. Security had to walk her out of the room and once she's out there, she blamed her breathing technique.
After a montage of yes to some women, the first yes to men was given to Lloyd Thomas. The dock worker is looking forward to provide a better living for his two daughters. Singing "Overjoyed", Lloyd not only impressed the judges with his voice but also with his bubbly personality. He went through with four votes.
Montage of tears of rejection was played and then an audition that involved a whip. Erica Rhodes wanted to show the world that she's all grown up after taking part in Barney and Friends while she was a kid. Cracking the whip she brought and the judges at the same time, Erica actually got a full-house vote of yes.
Closing the first day, Dave Pittman has both impressive personal story and vocal. He has a nerve system dysfunction called Tourette's Syndrome whereby he blinks, coughs, twitches his head often. "Miraculously", he doesn't get the symptoms when singing. His rendition of Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me" got him a golden ticket.
On the second day, Joe was forced to hold back laughters when Vanessa Johnston sang. She is a 22-year-old who tries to stay positive in every way even when Simon called her audition his worst nightmare. She sang "At Last", got four no votes and said thank you while laughing on the way out.
The last contestant was someone that Simon liked very much. Christian Spear is a 16-year-old leukemia survivor who was diagnosed with the disease when she was four. Kara and Joe loved her confidence despite her being 16-year-old. She went through with four yeses.
- Julie Kevelighan
- Lloyd Thomas
- Erica Rhodes
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- Vanessa Johnston
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Announcing the 1st Augmented Planet meet up in London.
Are you interested in augmented reality, do you have an iPhone or Android device, or are you a developer looking to hear more about this fantastic technology?
If you answered yes to any of the above then the augmented planet team invite you for an evening of demos and networking with other augmented reality enthusiasts.
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WYRE Forest residents have given 3,800 meals to families in need.
Non-perishable items, including long-life milk, cereals and tinned fruit, were handed over to Kidderminster Foodbank at donation points in Tesco stores, as part of the fourth neighbourhood food collection event.
The national initiative, held from July 3 to 5, is a partnership between the supermarket, foodbank charity the Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare.
Locally Tesco shops, including the superstore in Kidderminster, the metro store in Stourport and the express stores in Foley Park and Spennells, took park in the collection, with support from 20 Kidderminster Foodbank volunteers.
Maureen Lewis, project manager at Kidderminster Foodbank, said: "The people of Wyre Forest were very generous. The event was really successful and our shelves are now full, which is fantastic.
"Tesco also made a cash contribution to the value of 30 per cent of the donated goods, which we can spend to provide additional items we are running low on."
She added that the collection was organised to help alleviate food poverty problems in the summer caused when low-income families, who normally receive free school meals, struggle to afford extra meals for their children.
Kidderminster Foodbank, based at Baxter Church Hall, provides three days' non-perishable emergency food and support to people in crisis who are referred by frontline care professionals.
In the past year the charity has supported 3,500 people across Wyre Forest.


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Swearingen SA-227-AT, Beaver Island, Mich., February 8, 2001–Two people were killed, two seriously injured and two sustained minor injuries when the SA-227 (N318DH) crashed into trees while circling to land during a night, nonprecision instrument approach at Beaver Island Airport (SJX). The airplane was on a Part 135 charter flight operated by Air Taxi & Commuter Northern Illinois Flight Center.
The circling approach was made primarily over unlit land and water. No pre-crash anomalies were found with respect to the airframe, engines or systems. The aircraft struck the ground 1.74 nm southwest of SJX.
According to FAA records, a weather briefing was obtained and IMC was present along the route of flight at the time of the briefing. The crew obtained weather reports for the two stations closest to the destination in flight before executing the approach. They listed ceilings and visibilities as 400 to 500 ft overcast and five to seven statute miles, respectively. The airport elevation is 669 ft and the minimum descent altitude for the approach was listed as 1,240 ft.
There was no weather reporting station at the destination airport at the time of the accident. According to the company's general operations manual, the pilot was responsible for the dispatch of the airplane, including flight planning and ensuring departure, en route, arrival and terminal operations compliance. The manual also states, "For airports without weather reporting, the area forecast and reports from airports in the vicinity must indicate that the weather conditions will be VFR at the ETA so as to allow the aircraft to terminate the IFR operations and land under VFR. Furthermore, for Part 135 instrument flight operations the FARs require weather observations at that airport."
The commercial pilot in the left seat held a type rating for the accident airplane, but the right-seat commercial pilot did not hold an appropriate type rating for the accident airplane even though he was an employee of the company. The pitch-trim selector switch was found set to the copilot side.
The NTSB determined the cause of the accident to be the flight crew's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during the circling instrument approach. Additional factors were that the pilot-in-command initiated the flight without proper weather reporting facilities at the destination; the flight crew did not fly to an alternate destination as required; the flight crew did not follow company and FAA procedures; the lack of certification of the second pilot; and the dark night and low ceiling.


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Adolescent Knowledge of Their Medications
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Do adolescents know about their medications?
|Subjects' Understanding of Prescribed Medications
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Dayton City Council agreed to move forward with examining the possibility of two different water and sewer options with the Sundance Woods project. Project developer Tom Dehn shared with the council that they are willing to partner with the city for an agreeable solution. The project is a residential development north of County Road 81 located off Territorial Road and Rush Creek Road. Individuals that could be impacted by the water and sewer installation within the project were notified of an informational meeting held prior to the council meeting on April 23.
One option would be a gravity 30 foot trunk sewer with a $1.4 million pricetag. The second option is to install a lift station and force main sewer would cost $670,000. Those figures are according to City Engineer Mark Hanson. Dehn said they would contribute $311,000 based on other costs. However, he also said Sundance Woods was willing to cover the cost of the forced main, or the equivalent of that, at no cost to the city even though a funding gap appears to exist between his $311,000 suggested commitment and the $670,000 presented by Hanson.
To install the 30 foot trunk sewer would likely require assessing neighboring properties and possibly bonding for the city.
Council member Rick Shermer was concerned about the need to tie up funds in that manner considering the area the pipe would run through is mixed use and might not end up being the right type of pipe. He also brought up the point that the forced main would service 500 houses.
"The most we've had built in one year is 20," he said. "We're looking out ten years."
Council member Eric Lucero suggested they run some figures on facting in an 8-inch pipe for mixed use.
"We can still decide not to go forward," he said. He also said the figures between Hansen and Sundance Woods' figures need to be rectified.
The council will continue to review different options considering resident feedback and financial impact to determine what they consider is in the best interest moving forward.
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* Buys privately-held Healthpoint for $782 mln in cash
* Expands in fast-growing bioactive woundcare
* Shares down 1 pct; valuation rich, say some analysts
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Healthcare firm Smith & Nephew said it would acquire privately-held U.S. firm Healthpoint for $782 million in cash, as part of its strategy to expand in the fast-growing area of bioactive wound care.
Healthpoint makes Santyl, an ointment that removes dead tissue in wounds, and is in phase III trials for a treatment for leg ulcers.
"We want to be in a growing business, to rebalance the company as much as we can in a better growth area, and this is definitely one of them," Chief Executive Olivier Bohuon said on a call with reporters on Wednesday.
FTSE 100-listed S&N is best known for making artificial hips and knees, a sector that has been impacted by the tough economic climate.
Bohuon is keen to expand further into areas such as advanced wound therapy, which have been performing strongly. The sector currently makes up about 25 percent of S&N.
However, S&N shares fell as much as 2 percent at the open, with analysts welcoming the strategic rationale but some questioning whether S&N had overpaid for Healthpoint.
"Although this deal seems to be strategically important, the market will look at the valuation, which at 4.1 times revenues and 71 times EBIT will be seen as rich," said Panmure Gordon in a note.
Bohuon defended the price paid, saying the multiple was within the range of other acquisitions in the sector.
"We believe it's a fair price, it's a good price for acquiring such a growing business and such a future. It's really normal for deals done in this kind of field," said Bohuon.
Bioactives offer novel techniques to aid skin regeneration and the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds such as diabetic ulcers, and the deal highlights the growing importance of the field.
"In Healthpoint, we have found the ideal entry into this attractive segment," said S&N.
"It is complementary on many levels, including product range, U.S. scale and strong commercial capabilities."
Fort Worth, Texas-based Healthpoint is expected to record $190 million revenues in 2012 and S&N expects the deal to boost earnings from 2013, it said.
The business will integrate into S&N's advanced wound management division, doubling that division's U.S. sales, S&N said.
All Healthpoint sales are currently in the U.S., though Bohuon said the company may look to expand into other countries in the future.
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Professor Kaushik Roy receives Humboldt Research Award
Professor Kaushik Roy has received the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists.
The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.
Academics from abroad, regardless of their discipline or nationality, may be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award.
Award winners are invited to spend a period of up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues at a research institution in Germany. The stay may be divided up into blocks.
The Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards annually.
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LG Spectrum benchmark tests
0. phoneArena posted on 24 Jan 2012, 22:36
As usual, before getting into the nitty-gritty portion of the benchmark tests, we take a look at the handset's performance out of the box. Considering that it's featuring a 720p display and the LG Optimus skin running on top of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it would normally...
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1. johnny9000 (Posts: 50; Member since: 10 Sep 2011)
Wow, my phone scores wonderfully on this benchmark, so I can totally....umm...out call other people? Oh yeah, wait a minute...these are PHONES. The next time you wonder why your phone gets 25 minutes off a charger, remember your demands that your phone has a quad core cpu and LTE radio.
7. dakota1202 (Posts: 3; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
Iphone user?
2. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
it may be in line with what you'd see from a Rezound but NOT from a Droid Razr.
not a totally bad phone though. LG was smart to not price it at the premium $300 price point. btw i dislike the new Google Search Widget.
3. Jericho (unregistered)
Windows phone forever
4. galaxyisking (Posts: 58; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
i have not been able to get over 1900 on quadrant, out of the box that was the first app i installed, who's testing these devices monkeys? come on monkeyarena.
6. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
i blames it on ze Crapdragon. :P
5. galaxyisking (Posts: 58; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
oh and if you can test the lte, mine keeps turning the hotspot off every couple seconds, and i contacted verizon and they said this is a know problem, i got it the very first f-ing day already a problem... f**k


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DR David, Could you review these recipes for me? There are 6 of them that I pulled out of a cook book. I am trying to play around with some of them and would like to purchase ingredients so I can try them out and stick them on my monthly food calendar. I'd just like to know if they would help me on my weight loss, healthy eating journey. Its hard for me to determine info regarding carbs/sugars/fat etc...here are the links if you could just give me a couple sentences per link, thx#1https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/242018531317796864/photo/1#2https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/24202280(###) ###-####photo/1#3https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/242023986966446080/photo/1#4https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/242024388155822080/photo/1#5https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/242024776187650048/photo/1#6https://twitter.com/sandrabarton/status/242025034258989056/photo/1If you click those links, and then reclick on the image, it will become enlarged. VERY small, underneath the cooking directions will show a nutritional guide/facts for that recipe. If one of the links leads to a page with 2 recipes on it...it will always be the recipe on the top...if there happens to be a second recipe below it...it would be an add on to the recipe on the top...for instance like a sauce or toast that would go good with it. So in that case, please disregard the lower recipe UNLESS its something like....Chicken with Parmesan Sauce...then I'll try to make sure both recipes show. Thx ~~ So all and all...If you want to give it an "A, B, C, D" grade etc....and then mention something about it like its too salty...or too many carbs....or rather...."Leave this item out if you can" or substitute this item with that item.....whatever is worth mentioning...hopefully I dont drive you crazy with this! =) I mainly just want you to just kind of do a quick glance at the ingredients...and then give me a heads up from there, I dont want you thinking I need it analysed down to the last bit...just a brief thing.....they came out of a "cooking Light" cookbook....Im happy to pass on any of them....but if some of them do look REALLY good and I would want to try...just give it a lower grade and then I'll try it down the road vs now... Thx for the reviews.... btw the photos for each of these look DECLIOUSSS mmmm! Edit
#3 Greens Beans & Bacon. This one looks wonderful! I bet that the Chili sauce would taste good in this recipe. Try to get the bacon from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or some other natural food store. It doesn't need to be "Organic", but it would be great to avoid the bacon from a regular market.
#1 Smoky Black Bean Soup with Avocado Lime Salsa. This one looks excellent. It has some good spicy herbs in it and the avocado is a great source of fats. I would suggest using full-fat sour cream instead of "low-fat" or "non-fat" because the vitamins are contained in the fat.
#2 Sorry, I'm having trouble opening this one. #4 Jamaican Red Bean and Rice Soup. This one has a lot of carbs from the rice and beans. It's great that there is bacon in it, but there is relatively much more carbohydrates. This one could be used on occasion to help with cravings for starchy foods. It would be better not to have it more than a few times per week. If you could get rice that you boil instead of the "microwave" rice that it recommends, I think it would be a bit healthier.
#5 Chicken-Vegetable-Barley Soup. This one looks great. It has some carbs from the Barley and toast, but the protein from the chicken breast and cheese balances it out nicely. Natural or home-made mayo would be healthier.
#6 Chicken Egg Drop Soup. This one is great too. Be sure to use the free-range and organic eggs and chic***** *****ke we talked about before. There is an excellent recipe for chicken broth in the Nourishing Traditions book. It would be much more nutritious to make the broth at home, but it does take some added time and effort.


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I also imagine they're seeing sentiments like at the start of this thread that "games will always get cheaper" so there's no point buying if you won't play it before the next sale. They probably want to get rid of that as it's the limited nature of the sales that makes them work.
It's pennies, so it's a silly example, but Terraria is 66% off. I picked it up on a Steam sale for 75% off over a year ago (and the base price hasn't fallen).
Sure there are people who have to OK the final prices, but you can bet their decisions are based on models such as this. I suspect the lower discounts are a reflection of recent sales trends as the economy is better in many places than it was a few years ago.
I think a lot of the disappointment with the recent Steam Sales is based on
1 - they don't engage people with the minigames and achivements and stuff - we all enjoyed that - we bought games as a result - I think it's a mistake not to do it (tho I'm sure it cost them a LOT to do it)
2 - we all own most of the games we want anyway
3 - we got used to 'silly' prices and suddenly a 50% discount is rubbish and even 66% isn't enough (esp when Steam's RRPs tend to be high anyway)
I only want 3 games really - Dark Souls, NFS: MW and Dishonored and I want them for <£10 and I didn't expect Steam/Amazon/Origin to give me that so I'm not really that surprised - despite that I will buy a few indies and odd bits I'm sure - it's not a bad thing, all these sales, you just have to buy what's going cheap instead of the things you really want but won't appear! :)
I took a chance on Dark Souls, and it runs on my laptop with only on board HD3000 graphics!
Does anyone have any thoughts on Elven Legacy? The pack is 60 % off at €5.99. It seems to be a decent HoMM/King's Bounty thingy, but I know very little about it.
Thanks Goateh and NathanH, I'll give it a go.
Okay, I'll put it in the "interesting" pile. Thanks!
I got bored of Elven Legacy pretty quickly. I only played a couple of hours of it so maybe I should give it more of a chance but i feel no real compulsion to go back to it.
Spec Ops for relatively cheap.. Opinions? Thinking I'll buy it tomorrow, since my back catalogue is emptying faster than I'm filling it up.
For people considering Legend of Grimrock, dont forget the bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/


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One of the important influences on the course of human history has been the outbreak of infectious diseases. From the Plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, to the Bubonic Plague of the European Middles Ages, to Yellow Fever during Napoleon's campaign to control his new world possessions, infectious diseases have often been a major factor in determining the outcome of human events. Focuses on infectious disease outbreaks through history, including modern outbreaks such as AIDS. The emphasis is on the diseases and the way in which they enter the human experience, as well as their direct impact on human populations to influence the course of history. Political, social and cultural forces are considered. Not open to students who have earned credit for BI 1350. Unscheduled. (PPDI)
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New Disturbed Album 'The Lost Children' Features Covers and Rarities
The hard rock staples from Chicago are set to release a new album this fall. "The Lost Children" will be in stores on November 8th.
This 16-track album will feature a number of rare B-sides and a couple cover songs. Disturbed will give us there version of 'Living After Midnight' from Judas Priest and 'Midlife Crisis' from Faith No More.
In addition to promoting the new album, frontman David Draiman will also be busy with his soon-to0-be wife. Dave will get hitched to his model/actress fiancée, Lena Yada, this Sunday, September 25th.


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If Tuesday evenings performance is any indication as to what to expect from the Cambridge American Legion Post 84 team this summer, manager Ron Antill should be a happy man on several occasions.
After dropping a tough, 6-2 setback in the opener of a doubleheader, which was the teams first loss, Post 84 pulled out the whooping sticks in the second game and turned in a spirited showing by routing visiting Parkersburg Post 15, 12-2, in five innings.
Antill said he was let down by the way his team sat on their hands in the first game, but praised his squad for being more vocal in the nightcap, which contributed to the offensive outburst.
Before the second game, I told the guys that we didnt play that bad in the first game, Antill related. We just didnt play with any enthusiasm. They started out the second game...they were enthusiastic.
It helps when you can get out of a first inning threat. Aubrey Neuhart (Meadowbrook) did a nice job of shutting them down. TJ Mitchells long double got us started and the guys did a nice job at the plate. Its a lot different when youre ahead early instead of being behind, Antill added.
After Neuhart (1-0) got Parkersburgs Kyle Perkinson to fly out with the bases juiced, Cambridge fed off of the momentum.
Mitchell (Meadowbrook) ripped a double to center and left fielder Johnny McMasters (John Glenn) drew a walk. Moments later, Jamey Moore (Shenandoah) blooped a one-out single to right field to load the bases.
Center fielder Nathan Hedge then ripped a two-run single to give Cambridge (6-1) a 2-0 edge. Parkersburg (2-2) nearly got out of the jam, but right fielder Zach Zifzal singled to left to push the lead to 3-0.
Post 84 added to its lead in the second by posting a four-spot on the board. First baseman Matt Bradley (Meadowbrook) started things with a single. After a flyout, McMasters singled; Froelich drew a walk; and Moore hit an RBI single to left, plating Bradley for a 4-1 Post 84 lead.
Parkersburg helped Cambridges cause by hitting a batter and throwing a wild pitch, allowing two runs to score. Wes Mercer (Meadowbrook) also had an RBI sacrifice fly in the rally.
Cambridge gave up another run in the third, but gained it back in the fourth on an RBI sac fly by Mercer and ended things in the fifth with four runs.
Catcher Derek Daugherty (Meadowbrook) and Bradley started the fifth with singles. After a wild pitch plated Cambridges ninth run, Froelich smacked an RBI single to left. Moore finished off the game with a two-run triple to deep center field.
Neuhart went the distance, fanning five and walking two. Andy Dennis took the loss. He walked two. Josh Headley finished with two Ks and three walks in relief.
In the opener, Parkersburg score four runs with two outs in the top of the second to put the game away.
After starter Adam Menzie (1-1) got two outs on grounders to start the stanza, two straight walks got him into trouble. A hit batsmen and another walked ensued, giving Parkersburg a 1-0 lead.
The damage was then done by Pat Hudkins as he pounded a three-run double to extend the count to 4-0.
Cambridge battled back with a pair in the bottom half of the inning, but Post 15 tallied another two in the fourth to seal the victory.
Josh Berry picked up the win. He fanned two and walked two. Menzie (Cambridge) recorded four Ks and walked six in the loss.
Hudkins had two doubles and four RBI to pace Parkersburg.
Cody Bond (Cambridge) led Post 84 with a single, RBI and stolen base. Moore added a double.
Antill lauded his defense and pitching after bouncing back in game two.
Parkersburg is a quality team, but weve been playing excellent defense the whole year, Antill mentioned. We turned several double plays tonight and got a key DP in the second game. Defense and pitching is going to win us a lot of games this year. All we have to do is score a few runs here or there. Weve got a lot of young players that want to play ball and thats good to see.
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Ellie Goulding released her second album Halcyon, the follow-up to critically-acclaimed debut Lights, in October, and begins a UK tour in December. The singer talks to Andy Welch about the shows, her new electronic sound and the heartbreak that inspired it.
Ellie Goulding doesn't know what day it is. That's not a slight on her - she actually doesn't.
"Friday?" she shrieks when she discovers it's almost the weekend. "I've been so busy recently I'm not even sure which month it is."
After a relentless round of media engagements to promote her latest album and forthcoming tour, she's entitled to feel a little mixed-up.
Nevertheless, she's as bright as a button while answering more questions, chewing through a big pile of sweets to keep her going.
"I am tired, but I'm feeling really positive," she says. "I know the tour is about to start, which is my favourite thing to do. As long as I look after myself and my voice, it'll be brilliant. My memories of touring are so good, particularly in the UK."
She says it's especially enjoyable playing on home turf because she can concentrate fully on performing, without the feeling at the back of her mind that she's thousands of miles from home. Plus she can interact with the crowd more naturally.
"It's a warmer feeling generally," she adds. "The humour is different, and in places like Glasgow and Edinburgh, really rowdy."
Goulding released her second album Halcyon in October. It's the follow-up to her debut, Lights, which was released in March 2010, shortly after she'd topped the BBC's Sound Of 2010, the annual poll of music industry tipsters on who they think will succeed in the coming year.
As predictions go, it wasn't too far of the mark either, with Lights reaching No 1 in its first week of release. To date it's sold just under one million copies in the UK and 1.6 million worldwide.
Halcyon is a very different album, however. In a brave move, Goulding ditched the gentle folky electronica for a harder, more dance-based sound.
"Figure 8 is the new single," she says proudly. "People are saying it's a real banger!"
With two such contrasting albums, there was a worry her forthcoming shows could feel like gigs of two halves. Goulding has wisely taken measures to prevent this and is confident the tour will be her best yet.
"I don't just want it to be one song after another, up and down in tempo and all over the place. It's going to be like a DJ set where the DJ is mixing songs to match one another.
"It'll all run very smoothly and there'll be room for everything in the set, gentler songs like Your Song and I Know You Care alongside Figure 8 and whatever. And I want to play remixes and maybe a cover or two."
I Know You Care was written with Justin Parker. As you might imagine from the involvement of the man who co-wrote Bat For Lashes' recent single Laura, and Lana Del Rey's Video Games, it's a stripped-back, piano-led ballad and among the album's only downbeat moments.
Despite the remaining songs from Halcyon being more frenetic than those from Lights, Goulding maintains they're actually easier to arrange for performance, with the likes of Starry Eyed and Under The Sheets from the latter proving quite challenging when she first stepped out on tour in 2010.
There was also the worry that her distinctive voice could become lost under the masses of electronic beats and heavy basslines of Halcyon.
"I actually feel stuff gets lost more on Lights, because my voice isn't very high in the mix and it's weaved into the music and production, whereas on Halcyon I intentionally wanted my voice to be the leading instrument on the album," she explains.
Halcyon seems like a direct response to the critical reaction to Lights. Where once Goulding could have been accused of being timid, she's toughened up. While once she seemed shy, now she's full of confidence.
"I didn't want to try to do anything for anyone else," she counters. "The one thing I did want to do was move away from Lights, though. It's not me any more. I've changed and matured, in lots of ways. And that has to show in my music.
"I was a little bit scared of everything that was happening before," she says, referring to the pressure of the Sound Of poll and the Brits Critics' Choice award, which she also won.
"It was a very strange time and I obsessed over everything. Now I've reached a point where I can brush off things and have no baggage and can just do what I want to do. Now there's no hype or expectation, and people's unfounded perception of me has disappeared.
"I'm not in that position any more where I have to impress people who've never heard of me before. I'm relaxed and I can just tour my new record. I've probably gained some new fans with the new album, and lost some too, but that's what happens.
"Now, I think people either like me or they don't, but there probably aren't people who are still undecided."
Much of Halcyon was inspired by her break-up with BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James. The two are still on good terms, although she won't say much more than that on the matter. She will say, however, that performing the personal songs of heartbreak each night is easy. As long as she acts her way through them.
"I just put up a barrier before I perform those songs," she says. "It's just like acting - acting a really tragic, horrific event that happened to someone else. Sometimes that slips and I'll go back to feeling how I did when I wrote the song, feeling vulnerable.
"The feeling is always there, I just have to avoid it so I can perform the songs every night."
Extra time - Ellie Goulding
:: Elena Jane Goulding was born on December 30, 1986, in Lyonshall, Herefordshire.
:: She began playing the clarinet when she was nine, the guitar when she was 14 and wrote her first song when she was 15.
:: She left university, where she was studying English, after two years to pursue a singing career.
:: Shortly afterwards she signed to Polydor Records, and began working on her debut album, Lights.
:: She won the BBC Sound Of 2010 poll, beating the likes of Marina And The Diamonds, Two Door Cinema Club and Hurts to the coveted title.
:: Ellie Goulding begins her UK tour on Friday, December 7. Full dates below. Her second album Halcyon is out now
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Troika, the U.K. design firm that brought us the Tool for Armchair Activists. Where the projector displayed the text of an SMS message on a distant surface, the Tool for Armchair Activists will shout it out loud. The rig can be strapped to a lamp post and thanks to an embedded mobile phone, can vocalize messages from anywhere.
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Guys, I recently watched a little bit of an old Family Ties episode.
I have such pleasant memories of watching this show with my family, and these memories include me laughing because it was a funny show. Or was it?
Maybe it was a funny show. In the 1980s. Today? Not so much.
Now, the jokes are flat, and there's an awful lot of crying. Even Michael J. Fox can't make it better.
It got me thinking about a Michael J. Fox sitcom that does hold up: Spin City.
Then I jotted down eight other sitcoms I could think of that withstand the test of time and could be worth binge watching all over again on a lazy weekend.
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Sex and the City
Four neurotic women navigate the dating scene in New York City in the late 1990s-early 2000s. What's not to love? This was one of those shows that even H gets roped into watching because the writing is tight and within the perfectly formulaic story lines ("I couldn't help but wonder") are self-contained little nuggets of wisdom. Everyone identifies with one of the women more than the others. Who were you: Samantha, Carrie, Charlotte or Miranda? (I always liked Miranda best.) And were you Team Aidan or Team Big? (Aidan all the way, though Carrie didn't deserve him.)
My No. 1 favorite sitcom of all time, so much so I bought each season on DVD as they came out. And yet I still stop channel surfing if I happen to catch an episode in syndication. I cannot get enough of the show about nothing! Even though that was the catchphrase, it was really a show about all the little things that we see/think/identify with on a daily basis but keep to ourselves. Seinfeld gave us "yadda yadda yadda" and "not that there's anything wrong with that" and "these pretzels are making me thirsty."
Just Shoot Me
Hilarious cast of characters who work at a high-fashion magazine and get in misadventures together. David Spade as receptionist and George Segal as owner and publisher of Blush are the diamonds in this jewel of a series.
Zach Braff at his best, as an intern then attending doctor at Sacred Heart. The show's fast-paced style and slapstick comedy, along with Braff's constant daydreaming, makes it a complete treat to watch. In fact, you'll laugh at something different every time. The entire cast is perfect, and it only falters in the last season when the cast changes, which … just don't watch it. You can mainline the first 8 seasons on Netflix.
So many things to love about Roseanne. Groundbreaking for being the first sitcom to feature normal-looking working-class people with working-class problems and never being scared to call The Man out for his BS. In general just perfect for its biting sarcasm and very real moments. Bonus: You can now look at this very terrible moment in fashion and laugh at it, too.
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Tell me I'm not the only person who has the theme song memorized. Back when Will Smith was charming and funny in every episode about this urban kid who ends up living the posh life with his "auntie and uncle in Bel Air." And his cousin Carlton, who brings us this gem of a dance.
Everybody Loves Raymond
Honestly, this is not my usual jam. H loves this show, though, and by extension I've grown to like it, too. It's about a man whose parents live on the same street as he does and the everyday existence of being in ridiculously close proximity to family. It's very consistent and insistent in its jokes, and the deadpan delivery is flawless. You can watch all 9 seasons on Netflix.
Spin City
Now this is a Michael J. Fox show worth re-watching. The show, about the inner workings of a city government, featured the actor at his very best. Also hilarious is everyone's favorite Ferris Bueller sidekick, Alan Ruck, and later on, Heather Locklear. I'd stop after season 4, though, that's when Fox left and the show jumped the shark. You can watch full episodes on YouTube.
Rules of Engagement
So, I loved this show, and I'm not quite over its demise. There were some parallels to Seinfeld that I found pleasing — the friends randomly meeting up in the diner, the premise that isn't really a premise (just about some people who peripherally know each other and start hanging out) and the inclusion of Patrick Warburton (Puddy to you). The cast is perfection. On top of Warburton, you have David Spade, Megyn Price, Oliver Hudson and, in later seasons, Wendi McLendon-Covey, before her brilliant run on "The Goldbergs" now. You can watch the entire series on Netflix.
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Episode 30 – July 24, 2008
We discuss E3, give updates on Resistance 2 and Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty, and answer your questions about both. In addition, we have the guys from Sony Bend on to talk Resistance: Retribution, and Gameplay Programmer Mike McManus tells you about his job. And we say goodbye to our good friend Rolf. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Next episode will be 8/14/08 due to travel schedules.
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Western Cape premier Helen Zille is consulting lawyers about setting up a commission of inquiry into the apparent breakdown in relationships between the police and the community of Khayelitsha.
This comes after a call from civil society for a formal inquiry into claims of police negligence and after a spate of vigilante attacks in Khayelitsha dating back to March.
Responding to a parliamentary question on the matter from African Christian Democratic Party MPL Grant Haskin, Zille said: "I will make a decision one way or the other in the next week or so."
Zille said there had been unlawful commissions set up in the Western Cape in the past, and that she was consulting her legal team before making any announcement. "Bodies have the right to reply to the allegations before a commission is instituted," she said. "The department concerned, the SA police, has not yet replied."
In November, the Social Justice Coalition, the Treatment Action Campaign, Equal Education, the Triangle Project and Ndifuna Ukwazi called on Zille to "use her powers" to establish a commission of inquiry into apparent failures of the police and the criminal justice system in Khayelitsha. The calls were strengthened after several incidents of mob justice this year.
The NGOs submitted a dossier to Zille's office, asking it to investigate:
* The lack of co-ordination between police and prosecuting authorities, which resulted in dockets being lost and cases being struck off court rolls.
* Investigating officers routinely failing to ensure witnesses were present at trials, causing postponements.
* Witnesses often being intimidated because they were not protected.
* Insufficient visible policing in Khayelitsha.
Dr Johan Burger, senior crime researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, said the commission of inquiry was long overdue.
"It won't only be a beneficial inquiry for the Western Cape, but for the entire country. Attacks like these happen across South Africa every day."
Western Cape police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said claims by community members that police were not doing their jobs were "absolute nonsense".
"We are, through various initiatives, bringing policing closer to the communities," Traut said. "There is no reason for the communities to punish criminals. Report the incidents to the police."
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Gorman: Blame 'recruiting process,' not Clairton's Boyd
Something told Tonya Payne not to ask questions up front. That was the first thing every college football recruiter asked Clairton star Tyler Boyd's mother:
So, what questions do you have?
"In the beginning, I didn't know what questions to ask," said Payne, a single mother of two young men. "As time went on, it was like, 'Don't ask anything, and let them present themselves.' That way, you can see what type of person they are and what their pitch is."
When Payne finally was ready, she directed a two-part question to Tony Gibson, the West Virginia secondary coach attempting to convince Boyd to renege on his commitment to Pitt: Are you a man of your word? If so, is that something you're going to teach my son?
"His answer was, 'Of course,' " Payne said. "I said, 'Well, that's not something you're teaching him. You're teaching him to go back on his word.' He said, 'It's just the recruiting process.' "
It's just business, even if it's a dirty business. The pressure placed on Boyd is a prime example of everything that's wrong with college football recruiting.
Boyd deserves his share of the blame. He announced his verbal commitment to Pitt before a national television audience at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl — with the caveat that he still planned to visit other schools — and then took official visits to WVU and Tennessee.
"If you weren't ready, don't announce your decision on television," 247 Sports recruiting analyst Bob Lichtenfels said. "It's one of the hardest decisions a man has to make, other than picking your wife. Then again, if you want an early-signing period, you have to put in a safety net to protect the kids. Coaches can leave. It's the kids who suffer."
Yet they suffer the venom and vitriol of fans, who can be fanatical about recruiting.
For them, it's like fantasy football. They track prospects, celebrate when they commit to their favorite team and, sometimes, take their frustrations out on those who don't through social media.
Their anger is misplaced. Don't blast teenagers for being indecisive and caving to pressure. What about the adults who refuse to take "no" for an answer? What lessons are they teaching these kids?
It wasn't long ago that colleges abided by a gentleman's agreement that prospects who had pledged a commitment were regarded as off limits. Now everyone is fair game until signing day, when players sign letters of intent that bind them to a school.
Recruiting has become the Barnum & Bailey of the sports world.
Andrew Johnson dealt with the circus at North Hills in 2004, when the touted tailback backed out of a commitment to Pitt soon after running backs coach Dino Babers left for UCLA. Amid furor for abandoning the hometown school, Johnson signed with Miami.
"It's tough because you build a good relationship with your position coach through recruiting. When they get up and leave, it throws you off a little bit," Johnson said. "But they never get talked about for 'decommitting' from the program; it's always the kid that gets talked about."
Where Pitt was dealing with Walt Harris on the hot seat and a depleted Big East after Miami and Virginia Tech left for the Atlantic Coast Conference when Johnson jumped ship, the Panthers are better braced for Boyd. This is Paul Chryst's first full recruiting class and Pitt joins the ACC this fall.
Johnson allowed that the hometown school has a greater allegiance to WPIAL prospects, along with more accountability. So he can sympathize with Boyd, who told the Trib that he's "confused."
"I can only imagine what he's going through because he seems like the type of kid who wants to make everyone around him happy and make himself happy, and obviously it's not working out for him right now," said Johnson, who now owns beauty supplies stores.
"The best thing for him to do is to think about himself. Some decisions have to be selfish. The best thing for him to do is definitely just turn his phone off, think about what he really wants, what school he really likes and go with it, then deal with the backlash that comes with it. If he's a big-time player, he'll deal with it in college and in the NFL. He might as well get used to it now."
Before Boyd decides, he's going to have to answer that same question: Are you a man of your word? We'll find out whether a single mother can teach her youngest son a value that college coaches haven't, or if Boyd will become another blemish in the dirty business known as the recruiting process.
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During the offseason, the Philadelphia Eagles made some major moves in an effort to rebuild a defense that seemed to fall apart over the past few seasons. One of the acquisitions the Eagles made in the offseason was the signing of Cornerback Cary Williams.
Williams is a six-foot-one-inch defensive back that was an unrestricted free agent after spending the past four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He played a total of 50 games with the Ravens, racking up 141 tackles and 26 assisted tackles.
During the Ravens Super Bowl season, Williams had four interceptions – the first four of his career. He had two more interceptions during the postseason as the Ravens went on to win the Super Bowl.
Only having six total interceptions isn't for his career isn't a bad thing considering his tackle stats have been high the past two seasons. Williams became the starting cornerback for the Ravens for the 2011 season and has 153 total tackles in the past two seasons. Comparing that to Nnamdi Asomugha's 95 total tackles, that is a great improvement. It also means he will go for the hit to disrupt the play rather than trying to get an interception. While interceptions are nice, disrupting the play and preventing the catch is better.
Just the other day, former Ravens teammate Torrey Smith said that Williams is a good fit for Philadelphia. Smith went on to say that Williams could spark the Eagles defense and also become one of the leaders of the defense as well.
After signing a three-year contract worth $17 million with the Eagles, Williams sits at the top of the depth chart at right cornerback. Bradley Fletcher, another offseason acquisition, sits at the top of the depth chart at left cornerback.
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