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Flying or traveling isn't really the problem; it's the hours of inactivity in a seated position required during traveling that can lead to blood clots forming in the legs. These clots can lead to strokes or other conditions that can be fatal. In one high-profile case, NBC journalist David Bloom died at the age of 39 in 2003 while embedded with American military forces during the war in Iraq. His VTE was caused sitting in a tank for long periods during the invasion of Baghdad.
VTE isn't the only risk. In the past decade, more and more hospitals have adopted mobility guidelines built around the premise that patients should move around daily.
Among the first to experience the benefits of this new outlook were heart surgery patients, who before that time had recuperated lying flat on their backs. They suffered a litany of negative side effects from being immobile, including muscular atrophy, bedsores and reduced mental acuity. Physicians found a marked improvement in these patients' recovery once they got out of bed and on their feet.
Some patients have misinterpreted this effort as a rush to get them out of the hospital, but patients benefit the most when they are able to get up and move around as soon after surgery as possible.
Dr. David Aiken, an orthopedist at East Jefferson General Hospital, has seen firsthand the difference mobility makes. "Patients significantly reduce their risks of complications, falls and other setbacks — particularly older patients," he says. "The benefits are real and quite pronounced." And not just in patients who are hospitalized.
In a recent pain-management study at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle, two groups of back pain patients were given distinct orders regarding their recuperation. The first group was told to resume normal activities once their pain decreased enough to allow it; the second group was given a deadline for resuming normal activities. Almost 100 percent of the second group was recovered by the end of the study, while two-thirds of the first group were not.
Even worse, the longer a patient allows pain to keep him or her resting on the couch, the more the pain is amplified. That can lead to a chronic disability caused as much by lack of movement as the original source of the pain.
It's important to be active, even when recovering from an injury or surgery. It may hurt at first, but your mind and body will benefit greatly.


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Gandolfini movie coming to theaters in September
By Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — One of James Gandolfini's final films is coming to theaters in September.
"Enough Said," Nicole Holofcener's romantic dramedy that stars the late "Sopranos" actor as a romantic lead, will open in limited release on Sept. 20, studio Fox Searchlight said Thursday.
The theatrical release will hit several weeks after the Toronto international Film Festival premiere, announced this week. The film is also considered a likely selection as a sneak preview at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend.
For audiences expecting to see a turn similar to Gandolfini's iconic role as a troubled mob boss, "Enough Said" promises to show a different side of the actor. In the film he plays a sweet, gentle divorced father who begins a new romance with a woman he meets at a party (Julie Louis-Dreyfus). When it turns out she has also recently become friendly with his ex-wife (Catherine Keener), complications ensue.
Gandolfini's death at age 51 on June 19 while traveling in Rome was met by a huge outpouring of emotion from fans of his work on "The Sopranos," for which the actor won three Emmy Awards.
Besides "Enough Said," Gandolfini also completed production before he died on the upcoming crime drama "Animal Rescue," expected to be released in 2014. In the past year the actor starred in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," "Zero Dark Thirty" and the debut feature film by "Sopranos" creator David Chase, "Not Fade Away."

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Wellness Events
Tue Jul 9
Zumba Toning
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When it comes to body sculpting, Zumba Toning raises the bar (or rather, the toning stick). Toning sticks are used to enhance rhythm and tone all their target zones, including arms, abs, glutes and thighs. #Wellness
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Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2, the Patients' Rights Repeal Act.
Day after day, new studies are showing just what's at stake in this debate over health care reform. The Department of Health and Human Services released a staggering report stating that up to 129 million Americans with preexisting medical conditions could lose their newly enacted protection from insurance company discrimination. The CBO has reported that this Republican repeal bill would add $230 billion to the Federal debt. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid found that repealing health care reform would reduce the solvency of the Medicare program by 12 years.
Repeal of last year's health care reforms would raise insurance costs for people in my home district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and across the country, whether they are small business owners, retirees, working Americans, or recent college graduates. Health care reform took power away from the insurance companies and gave it back to the American consumers. Repeal of this reform would allow private health insurance companies to go back to the practice of cherry-picking low-risk customers and sticking it to the rest of us. What's more, it would increase prescription drug costs for seniors who fall into the doughnut hole, raising the average cost of prescription drugs for these seniors by over $500 this year and by over $3,000 in 2020.
In a nutshell, the Republican repeal means this: children with preexisting conditions denied coverage; young people up to age 26 can't stay on their parents' plans; pregnant women and breast and prostate cancer patients could be thrown off their insurance policies; seniors will pay more for their drugs; the deficit will increase by $230 billion; small businesses pay higher taxes.
That doesn't sound very good to me. Repeal helps no one, no one but the insurance industry. I adamantly oppose this effort to repeal this health care reform bill.
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Sony Xperia X Compact Malaysia - Experience the Smarter Way of Life
Boasting an impressive line of exceptional smartphone designs, Sony has been committed in designing its products that can transform your life for the better. As such, it proudly releases the awesome Sony Xperia X Compact smartphone that has been engineered to enable you to experience the smarter way of life.
Truly Revolutionary Design
Crafted in a revolutionary design that combines comfort, convenience and beauty, the Sony Xperia X Compact smartphone scores well in every aspect of design without compromising one another. With its high gloss finish, the Sony Xperia X Compact looks as if it is made of finely crafter ceramics. Indeed, the Sony smartphone proves to be a stylish smartphone which makes it to be among the best smartphone designs.
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Incorporating the fearsome Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 hexa core processor, the Sony Xperia X Compact has been empowered to deliver its smooth performance so your experience will be very fluid. In short, this simply means that everything just works perfectly. In fact, you do not have to get frustrated with long loading time or laggy situation since your Sony Xperia X Compact can tackle any given challenge with relative ease.
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Learn to Love: Fennel
You either love it or hate it. I am talking about the black licorice taste of fennel. Me? I love it and you should learn to love it too. This veggie, related to carrots, dill and coriander, is full of phytonutrients and antioxidants. Fennel's antioxidant make up is unique and contains nutrients that have been shown to reduce inflammation and to help prevent the occurrence of cancer in animal studies. It is also high in vitamin C, folate and fiber. Used in Mediterranean and Indian cooking, fennel is considered a digestive aid.
The entire plant, from the white bulb to the feathery green fronds, is edible. Chop up the fronds and toss them into a salad. The bulb is a great salad addition as well, but is also tasty when braised, sautéed, or roasted. Fennel seeds can be used as a rub for pork or chicken.
Fennel is in peak season right now, making it extra delicious, cheaper and more readily available. Bulbs can be kept for up to two weeks in the fridge. Try this beet and fennel salad tonight if you're curious to taste fennel but don't know what to do with it.
Do you love fennel or hate it? Share your fennel feelings in the comment section below.


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Social Question
Is marriage a necessary social institution?
Traditionally, marriage is the socially preferred institution for sexual activity and child raising in many human societies. Most of us probably know examples that stand outside such tradition. Probably all of us know of examples that follow tradition. When you ponder these examples does the necessity of marriage become evident to you? Is there something about society in the USA and globally that evidences the necessity of marriage?
Here I am not asking if marriage is a right. I am not wondering about the distinction between religious and civil unions. I am wondering about the efficacy and need for having the social institution of marriage.
I am tempted to say more and offer my opinion, but I am not really interested in hearing people affirm or argue against my thoughts. Besides, I am not fully certain what I think.
I want to know what others are thinking and why they are thinking it.


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FIREFIGHTERS in South Tyneside turned crimebusters as they were drafted in by police to help with the arrest of a suspected burglar.
A crew from Fulwell fire station in Sunderland was called to Railway Terrace, East Boldon, at around 2am.
Watch manager Steve Bewick, said: "I think he was trying to break into somewhere and the police had caught him in the act.
"He was in a locked rear yard. The police already had him handcuffed but they needed a hand to get him out.
"We used our short extension ladder to get over the wall and raised the roller shutter to let them out."


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Former AC Milan striker Adiyiah leaves Nakhon Ratchasima
Dominic Adiyiah has left Nakhon Ratchasima after his contract runs out. He is expected to move to England.
The 26-year-old Ghanaian national striker, Dominic Adiyiah moved to Nakhon Ratchasima from Kazakhstan's FC Atyrau in the beginning of 2015 season.
Despite the interest from Chinese Super League and K-League in mid-season transfer window, Adiyiah played for Korat until the end of the contract and led The Cat to 8th place in their first season of Thai Premier League with 9 goals and 5 assists. Now his contract was expired and he expects a move to England.
Adiyiah had been one of the most promising talent in the world in 2009. He won 2009 U-20 FIFA World Cup with Ghana, received the Ghana Player of the year award in 2010. He had spent time with AC Milan, Reggina and Partizan Belgrade before joining Asian club in 2014.
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This is the first of a three-part article on PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli views on the election petitions,why rallies are needed and his hopes for the Pandan parliamentary consistuency
PETALING JAYA: It is almost impossible to win an election petition as the standard of proof is 'beyond human capacity', said PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli.
Elaborating on the matter in an interview, Rafizi said that those filing an election petition could so under three categories, namely:
1) being involved in general bribery
2) conduct against electoral procedures
3) if a candidate is caught giving inducement to candidates to skew votes.
Rafizi said that as for general bribery, the party filing the petition should prove that the opposing side had given inducements or intimidate voters to influence their ballots.
"But let's say if I lost in a place with 1,700 votes, I have to get about 1,000 people to come forward to sign statutory declaration and lodge police reports to back up the allegation.
"It is almost impossible to get 1,000 voters to so do. At most, probably we can get about 10 people to come forward," he said.
Rafizi added that even if he does manage to bring 1,000 voters, it would be futile as the opposing side could argue that the voters wanted to cast their ballots for the latter anyway.
"Plus, I have to bring in significant amount of voters to prove that the election results could have turned otherwise. If not, the petition will get thrown out in the preliminary stage itself," said Rafizi.
As for going against electoral procedure, Rafizi said that blackouts during vote tallying, tampered ballot boxes, wrong counting and others could be grouped in that category.
"Again,I have to prove that sufficient number of votes were compromised due to the irregularity that could have turned the results otherwise. If not, the case will not stick," he said.
He cited an example where the contest for the Balik Pulau parliamentary seat where Pakatan Rakyat agents found an additional 126 votes coming from one stream.
"The case will not stand as the number is not substantial," said Rafizi.
As for the third category, Rafizi said that it will be impossible for a candidate to be caught giving out money to voters as such works are sub-contracted to third parties.
"In Penang, there were allegations that money was given by some NGOs and even the underworld. When we take pictures or videos, obviously they will not attach the party logo on them.
"In other words, the clause requires us to catch the candidate or his agent red-handed in giving out inducements," said Rafizi.
On that note, the Pandan MP said that the electoral laws in Malaysia are skewed to allow and tolerate discrepancies, unless it hits a criticial level that can alter the election results.
"That is why I am not confident we can win the petitions but it is part of the process to push for electoral reforms," he said.
The PKR leader added that based on history and checks with Bersih and his lawyers, not many election petition was tried in court as many got struck out in the preliminary stage itself.
Rafizi said that he would explain the matter to the public, which he believes would increase the momentum in pushing for more electoral reforms in the system.
Rafizi also said that there is another stumbling block to the election petition, which is the Section 9 (a) of the Election Act 1958, which bars the court from scrutinising the electoral roll.
He said that the Elections Commission (EC) had used the particular clause to protect dubious names in the electoral roll from being challenged in court all this while.
On that note, Rafizi said that PKR had set up a team, headed by constitutional expert Aziz Bari, to look into whether the clause runs ultra vires to the the Federal Constitution.
"All I can say for now is that Barisan Nasional (BN) and the EC is in for a suprise. We are going to challenge and rectify all mistakes done in the electoral role for the past 15 years," he said.
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Repairs are being made to the south jetty, they closed the parking lot and the road to it for all the rocks their throwing on the jetty. So look for a new spot tomorrow. Tower Road??? PS. you get caught runnin through the dunes of the park its a $100 fine.
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naval jetty was just fine this afternoon...
The park delayed work do to the weather. yeah it was more then just fine, just myself and two buddies out for the best park of the day. No one could make it out. Things really mellowed out in the afternoon


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Thread: Which more unusual name
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Alaric Mitchell (a-la-ric) - I love this!
Ajax Orion (ay-jaks) aj or jax for short. - I don't like this as much. It's a lovely combo, with a great flow, but I think Ajax has a bit more teasing potential, and it also *might* be more common, at least in the US. I know quite a few dogs called Ajax, plus the cleaning solution, it's a term used in programming, and was the name of a military operation carried out in the 1950s. So not the best associations for me, but nothing terrible either.
Adric Orion (ay-drik) - Love this! I also like Edric. I would also say the name "Add-rick", because I've only ever seen the name on Dr. Who and that's how they say and spell it, but I think that looks neater than Aidric. However, I've seen Adrik pronunced Ay-drik? I'm not sure, although I love this, the pronunciation difficulties might turn me off it.
Aydis Jasper (aid-iss) - seems a little bit feminine, especially combined with Jasper. I like both names, though. But I think they each need to be paired with something more masculine.
Elric graham (el-ric) - I like this too!
Alaric Mitchell would be my top choice.Lillian Elizabeth 6.16.13
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May 6th, 2013 01:24 PM #15Top Names: Benedict Calvin & Noelle Geneva
Olivia/Livy : Darah/Bethel : Eve/Verity
Eli/Solomon : Luke/Zane: Levi/Phineas
Due in January!
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Recurrent Cancer and Radiation
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I've read that radiation therapy is seldom given to the same area twice. In this case, any recurrent cancer would have to be treated with chemotherapy, which seldom does more than provide temporary help. Is recurrent cancer thus fatal in most or all cases?
Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Medical Correspondent, responds:
It is true that we seldom radiate the same place twice. If cancer reoccurs in a previously treated region, we tend to use chemotherapy (or biologic or hormone therapy, depending on the type of cancer). Such therapy is often the better option because if the cancer has reappeared in the same place, we are concerned that there could be cancer cells floating somewhere else in the body that we cannot see. Radiation only targets a limited area, whereas chemotherapy, biologics and hormones can get through most of the body via the bloodstream. Contrary to popular belief, some cancers (even recurrent) can be cured with chemotherapy (look at Lance Armstrong!) As for the notion that all recurrent cancer is fatal, this is not always the case. The outcome is very much dependent on the type of cancer that the person has, as some types are more responsive to retreatment than others.


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AMSTERDAM – Championship title chasers Queens Park Rangers announced on Wednesday that they have inked US free-agent center back Oguchi Onyewu to a one-year deal.
The 31-year-old, who was released in August from the remaining season of his contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal, will now embark on his second foray into English soccer, having spent half a season on loan with Newcastle in 2007.
"QPR are a club with huge ambitions to return to the Premier League, and I wanted to be part of it," Onyewu told the QPR website. "I had a really good feeling about QPR from the moment I arrived here. I've already integrated well into the group, so I'm looking forward to what will hopefully be a very successful and happy time here."
Onyewu, who was handed shirt No. 14, joins a club just two points off the top of the table heading into Saturday's trip to first-place Burnley. On his debut, the defender will become the fourth American to suit up for QPR, following Frank Simek, Juergen Sommer and Roy Wegerle.
A veteran of both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, the powerful center back and Washington, D.C., native is seeking a way back into the US national team picture after seeing his international career disrupted by repeated injuries.
He made just two starts for the Yanks this year, going the full 90 minutes in both a 6-0 rout of Guatemala in a July 5 Gold Cup tune-up in San Diego and the USMNT's 4-1 comeback win over Cuba in Sandy, Utah, in the tournament's group stage, where he wore the captain's armband for the second time in his career.


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The Chula Vista Public Library and the South Bay Branch of the San Diego Law Library are hosting a free legal clinic for residents.
Consultations will be provided in several fields, including family law, immigration law and bankruptcy law.
The sessions will be held at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library, 365 F Street on Sept 9 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
To reserve a 15-minute time slot, call: (619) 691-4929.


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LeBron James' 5th Finals Appearance Shines Spotlight on His Epic TransformationMay 31, 2014
LeBron James has come a loooooooong way in the last four years. His performance in the Miami Heat's 117-92 thrashing of the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals was just the latest step—albeit an earthshaking one—in James' journey not only to the fifth NBA Finals appearance of his 11-year pro career, but to all-time greatness.
You remember four years ago, don't you? There was James, sitting in a director's chair across from Jim Gray, in front of a crowd of kids and a fleet of ESPN cameras—and millions of viewers across the country—at a Boys & Girls Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. His beard cleanly kept, his shirt draped across his 6'8, 260-pound frame like a blanket at the world's tensest picnic.
"This fall, I'm gonna take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat," he said, seemingly resisting the urge to break out a smile befitting the Sunshine State so as not to offend the Cleveland Cavaliers, the state of Ohio or anyone else who found the conclusion of his free agency a foolish farce.
Say what you will of that misguided spectacle, or the celebration that followed at AmericanAirlines Arena. Say what you will of the devastation wrought by James' "Decision" on Rock City's team. Say what you will of James' "loyalty" (or lack thereof), his "courage" (or lack thereof), his desire to be "The Man" (or lack thereof).
At this point, though, there's no denying that James made the right call in leaving behind his home state for the sun and sand of South Florida. The Cavs been to each of the last four NBA Draft lotteries, winning three times.
The Heat, on the other hand, have now won four straight Eastern Conference titles, becoming the first team to do so since Larry Bird's Boston Celtics in the 1980s.
"We will not take this for granted, at all," James told ESPN's Doris Burke after the game on Friday night.
That might not have been the case four years ago, when James jokingly rattled off that he and his new crew would win "not five, not six, not seven" championships.
It's clear, though, the LeBron who sat on the stage that day, alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, isn't the same LeBron who apologized to Burke for not being more prompt in attending to the postgame microphone.
And not just because James' resume is so much more impressive now. Two Larry O'Brien Trophies, two MVPs (regular season and Finals), three more All-Everything nods (i.e., All-NBA and All-Defense), one more Olympic gold medal. These are all impressive accomplishments, to be sure.
But it's James' growth along the way, both personally and professionally, that truly separates him from the 25-year-old man-child whose replica jerseys were burned in effigy all across the Buckeye State four years ago this July 8.
On the court, James is still every bit the force of nature he once was, with plenty more refinement and finesse to complete his all-around game.
Where once he was something of a liability at the free-throw line, James has become, well, reliable. His 9-of-9 performance at the stripe on Friday nudged his accuracy above 80 percent this postseason—the first time he's crossed that threshold in any context.
Where once he needed volume shooting to score, James is now about as efficient a point producer as there is in basketball. He needed just 12 field-goal attempts to tally his 25 points at the Pacers' expense. None of those 12 came from beyond the arc—once a weak point in James' repertoire—though few would've begrudged him for venturing out there, given his passable percentage (.356) in these playoffs.
|LeBron James' Postseason Stats in Miami
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Where once James' offensive tool box was limited to drives, dishes, dunks and jumpers, it's come to include arguably the sharpest low-post package in the league.
Not that the Heat needed much of it in Game 6. They posted up just twice as a team, per Synergy Sports.
Perhaps more impressive than the player James has become is the person into whom he's evolved since he left Cleveland. Gone is the villain who fed off the hatred of his detractors, a persona wiped away by defeat in the 2011 Finals opposite the Dallas Mavericks. Gone is the brash kid who used to taunt opposing teams with elaborate pregame bits, replaced by a man who indulges his emotions without rubbing them in the faces of his foes.
Would the old LeBron have brushed off Lance Stephenson's antics as easily as the new LeBron did? Would the old LeBron have gone so seamlessly about his business in the face of the Pacers' hard fouls and harder attempts to get under his skin?
Would the old LeBron have bounced back so brilliantly from his forgettable Game 5, in which he accumulated just seven points in a measly 24 minutes? James discussed the role experience plays in his ability to rebound from setbacks:
I always believe in something a really good friend of mine taught me that the best teacher in life is experience. When you go through so many things, you're able to learn from it. You're able to know how to go about it the next time you face those trials and tribulations or whatever the case may come. And you're better prepared for it.
We'll never know. What we do know, though, is who and what James is today. As James told the assembled media during his postgame press conference:
Being around a group of guys like this, me being in positions that I've been in the past where I've failed, but I was never defeated...For me, to be able to come back from failure and continue to come back and mentally be able to stay strong, it defines who you are as a man more than anything.
He's a father and a husband, a champion for his team and his family. He took a risk when he left home, throwing his public image at the mercy of the angry mob and his basketball future at the foot of Pat Riley. In going to Miami, James sacrificed not only a slice of his paycheck, but his singular hold on the spotlight.
For that, he's been rewarded—with greater fortune and fame, with on-court success he could've hardly dreamed of in Cleveland, with a stronger understanding of who he is, where he came from and where he's going.
That kid, who came from humble roots in Akron, Ohio, has plenty of work ahead of him. Collecting four more wins may not seem like much to round out what's been a grueling Heat three-peat, but against either the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder, doing so will be as daunting a task as ever. As much as Miami may benefit from the experience gleaned from its previous title tilts against those two Western Conference powerhouses, the Spurs and the Thunder could say the same for themselves opposite the Heat.
In truth, there's much more in store for James than that. He's already well on his way to establishing himself as the greatest player of his generation. Another title will merely cement his status as such.
At this point, James is competing not so much with his peers as with his predecessors. While Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul and Blake Griffin and Paul George and all the league's other stars try to chase him down, James will be in hot pursuit of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, not to mention Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal.
He's already joined Magic and Larry (and Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) among the legends who've led their teams to the game's biggest stage four years in a row. Another triumphant Finals, and LeBron will have equaled Larry Legend in Larry O'Brien Trophies. Another Bill Russell Finals MVP Trophy, and he'll have more than Bird and Magic and Kobe, and as many as Duncan and Shaq.
And, as ESPN's Michael Wallace noted:
James has spent the bulk of his time with the Heat engulfed in comparisons to Michael Jordan. Now the Heat are back in the Finals looking to accomplish something Jordan did twice: a three-peat.
But James has a loooooooong way to go before he can claim to have outclassed them all—not that he would right now. After all, his career is far from over. He doesn't turn 30 until the second-to-last day of the year. By that measure, his prime is still in progress.
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From the usual EdT version? No, not at all.
Thread: Voyage D'hermes. Boozy?
I get this HUGE boozy note out of the top and I don't know if it's just me or not because its no were in the notes...does anyone else get the same thing?
From the usual EdT version? No, not at all.
I've only smelled this fragrance once and I didn't get any booziness from it.
That's weird, it smells like hard liqueur and lemon to me.
That's a good possibility.
Personally don't detect anything boozy in this one.
To my nose, even the polar opposite of boozy, this is the extent up which I perceive its citrus cleanliness and/or soapiness.
Thats weird... :/
I've always said that I get a mojito note at the beginning of Voyage d'Hermes.
I don't get any booze, but I do get linseed oil.
Gin tonic with lime, but just in the opening. After that I get nothing buy the tea and white musk.
Some day's you're the statue and some days you're the pigeon.
Gin-and-tonic-y, not boozy. And as mentioned, most of that goes away in the drydown.
Not boozy at all....could it be the EDP version ?
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Is the bottle new? Has it been in the sun at all? Could it have spoiled?
I get Z-E-R-O booze in this scent.
I never thought of booziness from Voyage D' Hermes. Maybe a hint of Gin? but, otherwise no booze note.
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Yeah, the gin and tonic is certainly in there for me on the opening.
...not at all: does this concoction come out of a refillable bottle...?
Are you sure you aren't smelling like booze when you are wearing it?
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I don't think I'd have an odor of booze if I'm 14...
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A brief news story and headline – Swedish pirates turn to British politics, 12 August, page 10 – suggested that Sweden's Pirate party is a registered political party in the United Kingdom. To clarify, the new party, Pirate Party UK, shares a philosophy, name, and some information with the Swedish party but is a separate entity legally and constitutionally. We said the party wants to legalise internet filesharing and abolish the patent system; in fact it aims to legalise filesharing where no profit is being made and to reform copyright and patent laws, not abolish them.
Editing changes resulted in a story saying that a five-star Berlin hotel was offering to accept a work of art, rather than money, as payment from artists seeking bed and board. Artists can indeed stay, but the setting is not a hotel. It is a suite dedicated to this project at an art institute (Room service: Berlin hotel tells artists to pay for stay with artwork, not cash, 10 August, page 13).
An Afghan election candidate, Mohammad Yasin Safi, distinguished himself from the crowd by using as his symbol on the long ballot form a map of Afghanistan tilted on its side – that is, rotated by 90 degrees, not upside down as our centre-spread caption said (Afghan elections, 20 August, pages 20-21).


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Dallas - Prosecutors declared a Texas man innocent on Monday of a rape and robbery that put him in prison for 30 years, more than any other exonerated by DNA in the state.DNA test results that came back barely a week after Cornelius Dupree jnr was paroled in July excluded him as the person who attacked a Dallas woman in 1979, prosecutors said on Monday. Dupree was just 20 when he was sentenced to 75 years in prison in 1980.Now 51, he has spent more time wrongly imprisoned than any other prisoner exonerated by DNA in Texas, which has freed 41 wrongly convicted inmates through DNA since 2001 - more than any other state."Our Conviction Integrity Unit thoroughly reinvestigated this case, tested the biological evidence and based on the results, concluded Cornelius Dupree did not commit this crime," Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said.Dupree is expected to have his aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon conviction overturned on Tuesday at an exoneration hearing in a Dallas court.Wrongly convictedThere have been 21 DNA exonerations in Dallas since 2001, more than any other county in the nation. Only two states - Illinois and New York - have freed more of the wrongly convicted through DNA evidence, according to the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal centre representing Dupree that specialises in wrongful conviction cases.Dupree's 30 years in prison will surpass James Woodard, who spent more than 27 years imprisoned for a murder that he was cleared of in 2008.Dallas' record of DNA exonerations is unmatched nationally because the county crime lab maintains biological evidence even decades after a conviction, leaving samples available to test. In addition, Watkins has co-operated with innocence groups in reviewing hundreds of requests by inmates for DNA testing. Watkins, the first black DA in Texas history, has also pointed to what he calls "a convict-at-all-costs mentality" that he said permeated the DA's office before he arrived in 2007.The DNA testing also excluded a second defendant, Anthony Massingill, who was subsequently convicted in another sexual assault case and sentenced to life in prison. Massingill remains in prison but maintains his innocence. DNA testing in that second case is ongoing.Dupree was charged in 1979 with raping and robbing a 26-year-old woman and sentenced in 1980 to 75 years in prison for aggravated robbery. He was never tried on the rape charge.According to court documents, the woman and her male companion stopped at a Dallas liquor store in November 1979 to buy cigarettes and use a payphone. As they returned to their car, two men, at least one of whom was armed, forced their way into the vehicle and ordered them to drive. They also demanded money from the two victims.DescriptionsThe men eventually ordered the car to the side of the road and forced the male driver out of the car. The woman attempted to flee but was pulled back inside. The perpetrators drove the woman to a nearby park, where they raped her at gunpoint. They debated killing her but eventually let her live, keeping her rabbit-fur coat and her driver's licence and warning her they would kill her if she reported the assault to police. The victim ran to the nearest highway and collapsed unconscious by the side of the road, where she was discovered.About five days later, two men whose descriptions did not match Dupree tried to sell the rabbit-fur coat at a grocery store about 3km from the liquor store, according to court documents. The car stolen from the victims was found abandoned in the parking lot.Dupree and Massingill were arrested in December because they looked similar to two suspects being sought in another sexual assault and robbery. The 26-year-old woman picked both men out of a photo array, but her male companion did not identify either defendant in the same photo array.Dupree was convicted and spent the next three decades appealing. The Court of Criminal Appeals turned him down three times.The Innocence Project, which took on his case in 2006, obtained DNA testing last year on biological evidence taken from a vaginal swab. In July, shortly after Dupree's release, the test results cleared Dupree and Massingill.The hearing is happening now because authorities needed additional testing to confirm that the 30-year-old biological material was a DNA match to the victim.
Well that sucks. Poor guy.
But now what?
He will sue the f# out of them
Yeah. It's the US. He will sue them for trauma, wrongful incarceration, loss of income. Basically they've stuffed up his life for no reason at all. Sadly he can't buy time and 30 years is a lot of it. He deserves to have carte blanche on everything for the rest of his life - all paid for by the state.
No he won't be able to sue them just randomly. They will present a bargain: so much dollars per year, and that's it. He'll WILL however be rich forever.
Hope he sues the s**t out of them!
And people still think we should bring back the death penalty.....
Exactly. Morons. We just need better police and more prisons.
Wait until someone rapes and kills your mother/wife/daughter, and then tell me the death penalty must not be brought back.
If this can happen thru a jury,what cannot happen if only a magistrate or judge heard the case. I believe many innocent people are behind bars and many culprits walk freely around.
So much for the American jury system and the "just find me a bad guy- doesn't matter who it is" mentality. Locally I hope Fred vd Vyfer sues teh pants off them!
Oh well. At least he had 30 years to meditate on the Traquil Wheel of Life. He should have levitated out of prison with so much practice. Quite frankly he was plled out cos he was a trouble causer. At least the world had 30 years of freedom from his raping in other cases
You're a f**king idiot. He was wrongly convicted. Meaning he did not rape that woman.
"At least the world had 30 years of freedom from his raping in other cases"
Seriously? Idiot...
And you call yourself a 'nive guy', huh???? Learn to think before invoking such flattery, moron.
That's why they have innocent people sentenced to death and imprisoned for life, because they have idiots like you on the jury. Put yourself in his shoes you stupid pr*ck!
Great news, just a pity a good mans life has wasted away in a jail. Good luck to him and his family.
Poor guy. Spent all this time in jail for something he didn't do.
Well he must sue them for loss of income. He might have been the President of the USA,who knows, but they deprived him that
Ooh poor guy,He missed a lot during his 20s age group,especially cheating and changing gils like underwares,IF suing state does not work,commit crime as you already served your term
No need to commit any crimes, He must give himself back to prison for another 30 years, not only that he is used to that life but he must give the second cheek for smootching as well. Afterall he can't start afresh he missed a lot. I feel sorry for him.
Shame I feel it for Him.
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Kiandra (it was originally called Giandara or Giandarra Plain - the term may have meant 'sharp stone' in the language of the local Aborigines) has an elevation of 1400 metres and was, until the establishment of Cabramurra, the highest township in Australia.
Kiandra's moment of glory occurred in a few months from 1859-1860. The rush broke out after payable gold was discovered by David and James Pollock (two men who had been bringing their cattle to graze on the summer pastures in the area for some years) in what became known as Pollock's Gully in November 1859. People came from all over Australia and what had once been isolated grazing country suddenly became a boom town. By March 1860 there were more than 10 000 people on the goldfields. Several thousand endured the winter snows. They were ill-prepared and many were forced to see out the winter in canvas tents. However the rewards were extraordinary. The Sydney Morning Herald of 25 February 1860 reported: 'One party before dinner got 176 oz (4981 grams) and another got one lump weighing 19 lb (8603 grams).'
These rewards were short lived. The rich and shallow alluvial gold was worked out in a year and by March 1861 the Sydney Morning Herald was reporting 'Great exodus from Kiandra...nearly all gone to Lambing Flat'. Late in 1861 Kiandra's population had dropped to 250.
The gold escort removed 67 687 ozs (19 155 kg) in 1860 and 16 567 ozs (4688 kg) in 1861. The official total production was 172 000 ozs (48 676 kg). The gold was mostly alluvial and large nuggets up to 28 pounds (12 678 gm) in weight were found.
Mining continued on a small scale until about 1905 but most of this was done by sluicing and dredging.
What is left of Kiandra is located on the Snowy Mountains Highway no more than 300 metres from the turnoff to Mt Selwyn and Cabramurra. It is an indictment of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service that many of the old buildings were burnt or bulldozed by the service in an act of extraordinary historical vandalism. Not surprisingly it is hard to find anyone in the Snowy Mountains area who has a kind word to say about Parks and Wildlife.
All that is now left of the old township is the courthouse and some ruins.
Over the years Kiandra has developed a remarkable skiing mythology. The first skiing competition and the first ski club in the world were established in Kiandra. Certainly it is known that the residents of Kiandra were skiing in 1861 after some Norwegian miners had shown other miners how to convert a fence post into a workable ski and by the 1870s there were competitions and a ski club had been established in the area. It is now widely accepted that these competitions and the club were the first in the world. The argument is based on the proposition that Canadians, Americans and Europeans had only ever used skis as a means of winter transport. In Kiandra they were used for sporting activities. One thing is certain - Kiandra, being the highest town in Australia until the establishment of Cabramurra, was the first Australian town where skiing was commonplace in wintertime.


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Ravens Fall 34-14 Against San Diego - Game Recap
Baltimore couldn't hang with the Chargers on Sunday as San Diego blasted the Ravens 34-14 in Week 15 action at Qualcomm Stadium.
The Chargers were a 1-point underdog in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 45.5.
Philip Rivers completed 17 of 23 pass attempts for 270 yards and 1 TD for the Chargers in the win. He did not throw an interception in the game.
Ray Rice rushed for 57 yards for Baltimore, while Ricky Williams added 20 yards. Joe Flacco threw for 226 yards for the Ravens, while receivers Torrey Smith and Ray Rice had 77 and 55 yards respectively.
San Diego outgained Baltimore 415-290 yards in the game, while the battle of first downs was won 23-19 by the Chargers.
The time of possession battle favored San Diego as their offense was on the field for 34:12, longer than the 25:48 of their opponents.
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"It is hard to overpraise Mary Wesley's novel...so tingling and spry with life that put a mirror to the book and I'll almost swear it will mist over with the breath of the five young cousins." (The Times)
"I am so jolly well confused, dash it all!"
Mary Wesley yes, Anna Massey NO going by this experience
Polly, she got to shag the blonde twins and seems to navigate life better than the rest of them.
Anna's voice as narrator was perfectly appropriate - between the spoken exchanges. When it came to speaking the parts of the characters there were simply too many voices to be able to keep them clearly defined from each other. The mens 'voices' were particularly hammy and rendered the book quite excruciating to listen to. The women's 'voices' were hard to distinguish - Austrian accented one aside, but not as awful as the males. I had read the book years ago and remembered it fondly. This experience has ruined the story for me. It would have read better had a man or two been employed to do the male voices.
Painful, I will think long and hard about the narrator used in future. Currently listening to Lolita for which Jeremy Irons voice and tone is perfect despite the over wordiness.
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Old School Spiked Cream
It's a whimsical summer picnic treat that turned into a classic English dessert, and it has the silliest dessert name ever: syllabub. It was a leading English sweet from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and it was the classic topping for trifle until the English fell hard for Bird's Custard Powder. Syllabub's a lot nicer than fake custard — rich but light, dainty and elegant, innocent-looking and just a bit naughty.
All this started as something people liked to do on picnics. When you were out in the countryside, you would pour some wine in a bucket and talk a dairymaid into milking her cow into it, creating a sort of spiked milk foam.
Some people liked to serve the old school "syllabub from the cow" even when they were living in town with no dairymaids on hand, so for them there was a device called the artificial cow. It was sort of a wooden bicycle pump, with which you could spurt wine into your milk with enough force to produce foam.
Most city syllabubs, however, were made by whipping wine with cream and fell into two categories: whipt and everlasting. Whipt syllabub was flavored with wine (nearly always white wine, to preserve the color of the cream) sweetened with sugar, often with the addition of lemon juice and rind. You stirred these ingredients into the cream, carefully, so that their acidity wouldn't just curdle the cream. Then you would whip it to stiff peaks and let the syllabub stand for a couple of hours.
And behold, it comes out a bit thicker than regular whipped cream, because the acidity has caused some of the watery fraction of the cream to separate. In a way, syllabub is the whipped cousin of an English fruit fool, which is simply cream thickened by the acidity of pureed fruit. Anyway, there was your whipt syllabub — lightly spiked whipped cream floating on a layer of sweetened wine faintly clouded with whey.
Everlasting syllabub was made the same way, except that you removed your whipt topping by spooning it off the wine layer (and then discreetly swigging the latter, I expect) to be served on its own. It would keep, if not forever, at least for several days. But who wants to keep syllabub that long?
As for that silly name, nobody really knows where it comes from. It would be like asking where "toodle-oo" comes from.
Syllabub from the British housewife
Martha Bradley's "The British Housewife" (1756) included a syllabub recipe that's worth trying today. I have halved it. There were a million kinds of syllabub, though. Mrs. Bradley also gave a more complex recipe for which you spooned off the foam into glasses partly filled with sherry and port, which must have looked rather fine. All syllabubs are delightful, whatever your doctor may say.
Serves 6
- Grate the rinds of two small lemons and juice them.
- Combine the lemon zest and lemon juice with the ice cream, stirring continuously to prevent it from turning.
- Sweeten the mixture to taste with sugar.
- Whip it up until stiff peaks form
- Spoon into 6 martini or wine glasses that each have a dash of sherry and wine in the bottom and let stand for 4 hours before serving.
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Lord Peyton of Yeovil: My Lords, I should like to say how touched I was by the generous remarks with which the noble Lord opened his speech. Not all Ministers either listen very carefully or are subsequently prepared to admit that they were wrong and change course and then very generously to give the credit to a political opponent. The noble Lord did so, and I am grateful to him.
In thanking the Minister, I hope that for as long as the noble Lord remains in his post, the powers that the Government are taking will not end up as another battery of guns which are for ever silent.
What justification is there for allowing approximately 138 companies to dig holes in the road more or less at their convenience and with not the slightest regard--indeed, they have a contemptuous disregard--for the interests of others who have every right to use the road? The present arrangements allow that legion of people to stake out their territories with cones, rather like wild animals. Of course, they do use cones, rather than the methods of the jungle. It seems to me that they are over-privileged.
The process allows those operators not merely to stake out their territories, but to come back at their convenience and dig a hole, leaving it untenanted and unoccupied, and to return when pressure of other things allows. They do what they have to do in the hole, fill it up and before they leave, carry out very inadequate repairs. The only excuse for that casual conduct is that as soon as they finish, someone else will dig up the same road for a quite different purpose.
This good cause has been neglected by the media in general, but Mr Freeman of the Evening Standard has pursued zealously a well-justified campaign. He called attention to the disgusting state of Regent Street, occasioned simply by the amount of space cordoned off for these operations and the litter and filth which accumulated as a result.
I quote from an article of 10th April in the Evening Standard which stated:
I rather wonder about this. Transco is, or was, a subsidiary of a creature called British Gas, which has now ceased to exist, I believe, in all but name. Transco is owned by a firm called Lattice Group, which resides in Jermyn Street. I wonder whether the chairman, Mr John Parker--the time has come to mention a few names--is really aware of the indignation, inconvenience and annoyance for which he or his company is responsible. I hope that he will learn some lessons before too long.
I have continued to press this matter for a good year now because I have been rather shocked by the way in which offenders seem to have little regret and no remorse or even concern about the inconvenience that they cause to others.
One must be concerned also about subcontractors who seem only too often to be a law unto themselves and their principals do not consider themselves in any way responsible for the way in which they conduct their affairs. I very much hope that the Minister's forceful character will make it clear to principals that they are responsible and answerable for what their subcontractors do. There is no possible excuse for letting them get away with the cavalier behaviour for which they are so often responsible.
I turn now briefly to highway authorities and in that bracket, for the moment, I include the Highways Agency. Those are the authorities upon which we are dependent generally for keeping our highways for the purpose for which they were originally intended, but which is often forgotten; namely, movement. The fact that highways were originally constructed for movement seems to be largely forgotten by, of all people, highways authorities which prolong their activities for operations which are quite often minor and trivial, but they go on for weeks, attended to by one or two men. There is no urgency about it. There is absolutely no sense of concern about the inconvenience caused to the public.
I hope that the noble Lord will undertake to address some very sharp words and advice to those upon whom he is going to rely to make his policies effective, those policies which we shall certainly approve today.
I cannot resist the temptation to mention Westminster Bridge. What has happened in regard to Westminster Bridge must have aroused the envy of all those who wish to disrupt and upset ordinary human commerce. I asked the Minister about this matter, but he was quite unable to answer for reasons with which I sympathise. But I should not mind having a bet with him that over the past five years or so there has been practically no days at all when all the lanes on Westminster Bridge, and the access roads to the bridge, were available to ordinary traffic. That is an absolute scandal.
When the very long bridge in San Francisco was upset by an earthquake, the Americans got it open again in months. It took three years or more to strengthen Westminster Bridge. They could have
I have the gravest doubts about the competence, will and resolution of highway authorities. I hope that the Minister will do his best to set them on the course for improvement. Heaven knows, they can hardly get worse.
The Government can be absolutely sure of support on this. I hope that they will not under-rate--I am sure they do not--the immense forces of inertia which they are against on the part of utilities which, so far, have shown nothing but determination to continue to enjoy unjustified privileges.
I pay tribute to, among others, the RAC which has been extremely persistent in pressing this case upon the Government. I should like to quote from a letter which it wrote to me the other day which stated:
I do not want to trespass further upon your Lordships' time. But I have three particular worries. First, in the amendment which the Minister moved, he has been loyal to the draftsman and left in the word "may" as opposed to "shall". I should be very much happier to see the amendment read that the Secretary of State "shall" make provision instead of the rather humble and lame-sounding "may". But I hope that the spirit of the noble Lord will be sufficient to give that word "may" rather more of an imperative smack.
My second point is to express some regret that the lane rental power will not be used unless and until the other measures seem insufficient. In present circumstances, and having regard to the record of the people who have caused this trouble regularly, I believe that the noble Lord will be well advised to bring out all his forces now, aim them at those who really deserve to be shot at, and conduct an operation with all the means at his disposal in order to make sure of the result.
My third concern is that the paralysis which comes of having too many people involved and no one responsible may come oozing out and swamp the Government's present good intentions. The result would then be to buttress and give fresh life to the incompetence, ill manners and abuse of privilege which has been such a nuisance on the roads and streets not just of London but of this country as a whole for far too long.
Lord Clinton-Davis: My Lords, I compliment my noble friend for having listened to the representations that have been made. In no way do I cast any aspersions upon the noble Lord who has been a friend
I apologise that, as a result of my stroke, sometimes I become rather muddled. However, I am not muddled about one thing: the experience of every person who has come before my noble friend has been taken into account and I thank him from the bottom of my heart.
Lord Monson: My Lords, as someone who has previously spoken out in favour of just such a move, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Peyton of Yeovil, for his insistence, and like the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, I congratulate the Government on being open-minded enough to listen to the arguments and to accept them in such a constructive manner. These amendments are extremely worth while and will be widely welcomed by the public at large.
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PANAMA CITY (AP) -- A rambunctious raccoon that escaped into an air conditioning duct apparently left on its own after shutting down an animal shelter for nearly a week while eluding all efforts to recapture it.
The Humane Society of Bay County reopened Friday after officials concluded the raccoon was no longer in the ductwork. It had taken up residence since being brought into the shelter last Saturday.
''We've pretty much determined he's left the building,'' said Humane Society director Lois La Seur. ''It was bad for everyone concerned.''
That included an animal control officer who began receiving rabies shots as a precaution Friday. He had gotten the raccoon's saliva on his face and in his eyes when he tried to release the animal in some woods after capturing it at a construction site.
Concerned about rabies, the officer then brought the animal to the shelter but it leaped from the top of a cage three feet into an overhead duct.
The animal then chewed a hole through the ductwork where it slept during the day and came out at night to pull food from 20 traps that were set but failed to catch him.
One night the creature crept into the shelter's lobby and ate some snails from a fountain, fastidiously returning the empty shells to the water, La Seur said.
Ceiling tiles and insulation were removed from part of the building to try to find the raccoon in the maze of ductwork, but officials concluded he must have escaped when firefighters were unable to find him with thermal imaging equipment Thursday.
No animals were accepted or released from the shelter during the ordeal. Staffers used the time to get caught up on paperwork, cleaning and other chores, La Seur said.
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Every September, the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival takes over the city, producing bold new works of contemporary visual and performing arts and uniting artists directly with audiences. Despite having aged slightly out of the "contemporary" category, noted playwright William Shakespeare still manages to make an appearance through Derek Davidson's transformative Kill Will, in a production by the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre.
As the Tarantino-esque name suggests, Kill Will presents itself as a sort of Greatest Hits compilation of Shakespearean violence and death. It is framed by the antics of a quirky cast who quickly establish – with the assassination of the Chorus from Henry V mid-prologue – that no text is too sacred to mock. However, their enthusiasm for the gruesome deaths, thrilling fight scenes, and physical comedy of Shakespeare's plays appears entirely genuine: while they take great delight in making jokes at his expense, they take equal delight in faithfully bringing the Bard's words and direction to life.
Davidson's script covers a whole range of plays. The tragedies are predictably well-represented: Macbeth, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet – even the fatal dinner party of Titus and Dronicus [sic]. However, these are complemented with slightly less gruesome but no less exciting scenes from the comedies. Mercutio's death scene from Romeo and Juliet is immediately followed by Shakespeare's mirthfully tragic take on the play's inspiration, Pyramus and Frisbee [also sic], excerpted in all its community theater glory from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The climactic battle with Macduff at the end of Macbeth segues to the slightly less lethal battle of Orlando and Charles in the wrestling match at the beginning of As You Like It, which in turn gives way to the battle of the sexes in the wooing scene of The Taming of the Shrew, and finally ends up in a battle of honor in Twelfth Night between Viola and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, neither of whom wish to be battling at all. Even the histories make a showing (besides the rather abortive attempt at the beginning of the play), as Henry's meditation on the horrors of war from Henry VI, Part III provides a needed contrast between the catharsis of fictional violence and the serious consequences of real conflict.
As promised, the "killer fight scenes" are the main focus of the play. These are excellently choreographed by fight director Michael Cosenza and co-fight director William "Bill" LeDent: fast-moving and dynamic bouts of stage fighting (unless, of course, they're in stylized slow motion) that allow the actors to show off their skills with everything from daggers to rapiers to broadswords. No less exciting are the weaponless bouts, as when Orlando (Deaon Griffin-Pressley) and Charles (LeDent) begin a wrestling match and end in a stage-punching beatdown more like a bar brawl, or when Katharina (Julia Jensen Ray) and Petruchio (Aaron Kirkpatrick) battle for dominance with seamless slapstick.
The costumes and set design keep the attention on the action. The actors wear their own casual dress, mostly t-shirts and sweatpants (cunningly concealing their kneepads). The set, designed by Bethanie Wampol, has been recycled from the PST's spring production of Midsummer, with its simple thrust stage and single line of archways along the backdrop. The bright blue and green paint matches the vibrancy of the actors' energy, while the dramatic blood-red lighting on the backdrop keeps the play's central concern in the audience's perception.
However, what could have seemed like a parade of meaningless assaults sans context is instead firmly supported by Davidson's judicious textual editing and framing. While some of the adaptations of Shakespeare's scenes are introduced with brief summaries, many rely only on the original dialogue and manage to convey the heart of the characters' mental and spiritual conflicts before they even get to physical ones. Meanwhile, Davidson's framing device is witty and amusingly low-key, focusing as it does on a group of actors performing fight scenes and cracking wise about Shakespeare.
Director Kevin McGuire keeps a firm hand on the pacing, which is exciting without being frenetic. Tragedy is played off comedy; fight sequences alternate with discussions of each play's bodycount, jokes about flesh-/fish-/cheese-mongering, and the Death Secondhand segment. In this more somber sequence, Ray (Gertrude), Griffin-Pressley (Edgar), and LeDent (Macbeth) get a chance to showcase their monologuing skills as they recite the accounts of Ophelia, Gloucester, and Lady Macbeth's untimely demises.
Such segments highlight that, in addition to being excellent stage fighters, all the actors are immensely talented over the whole of Shakespeare's range. Ray, for example, plays Gertrude as distant yet motherly, stroking the hair of Laertes (Steve Wei) as she recounts his sister's fate with a stately grief. As Katharina she is sarcastic and spiteful – and possessing a palpable chemistry with Petruchio (Kirkpatrick), even as she slaps, spits at, and scrambles away from him. That same comic timing yields a hilarious Andrew Aguecheek, whose duel with Viola (Wei) shows a mastery of faint-hearted fencing that is the polar opposite of Ray's Tybalt and his deliberate and aggressive skill.
The entire cast is immensely likable, and their enthusiasm shines through even in their non-Shakespeare scenes. Whether through acting or ad-libbing, their roles come off as highly personalized, and they make the running gags about Wei's obsession with staging Hamlet or Zach Aguilar's preoccupation with the word "swain" seem like an in-joke with the audience that's as entertaining as Shakespeare's wordplay. The show isn't perfect: while each individual actor delivers an excellent performance, the otherwise diverse cast possesses the antiquated gender ratio of a superhero team-up, and a few jokes seem to rely solely on the innate "hilarity" of men pretending to be women (which is particularly hypocritical given the original productions of Shakespeare's works). However, these external factors don't ruin the experience of watching the plays-within-a-play unfold.
Any one of the scenes could easily be expanded into an engaging full-length production of its originator. (Indeed, Kirkpatrick reprises his role as Wall from the PST's earlier production of Midsummer – though with an entirely different, yet equally hilarious, interpretation.) It is the earnestness of McGuire and the cast that makes this production work. By placing an equal emphasis on action, comedy, and tragedy, they suggest that they love their fight scenes because they value all of Shakespeare's contributions; conversely, that makes the fight scenes worthy of the same care devoted to Shakespeare's words and themes. While they do show the danger of a production glorifying stage combat at the expense of the play's other elements (Wei's long-awaited rendition of Hamlet, which shows the title character's decisive and effective roaring rampage of revenge, is hilariously out-of-character), they demonstrate the opposite problem as well. A schoolmarm (Ray) hobbles out and insists that Shakespeare was a poet first and a playwright second, and that the trappings of a play – acting, sets, costumes, and yes, fight scenes – cannot possibly compare to the majesty of his words. Such coldly analytical attitudes, the audience is told with great solemnity, are the only thing that can truly "kill Will".
Fortunately, the joyless pedant is then repeatedly stabbed, Caesar-like, by the rest of the cast. The play closes with a sonnet insisting that as long as there are artists and audiences having fun and creatively engaging with his work, "Will lives still". With a truly entertaining manifesto on the value of Shakespeare, fights and all, Kill Will and the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre are certainly doing their part to aid in his immortality.
Kill Will, directed by Kevin McGuire, runs September 15 - September 19, 2015 at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, 2111 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. For more information, please visit http://www.phillyshakespeare.org


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What's going on, Square Enix? First, you said Final Fantasy Versus XIII wouldn't be at this year's Tokyo Game Show – but it's currently being shown behind closed doors to lucky attendees. Then, you said you wouldn't release new screenshots of the game, but yet here we are today with a news post – with new images.
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(Thatcher, Arizona) In what appears to be a bit of an eerie coincidence, a woman's body has been found about a hundred yards away from what is arguably this rural town's most high-profile unsolved murder: The 1995 murder of 29-year-old Mary Ann Holmes.
Speaking from this latest scene by telephone about an hour ago, Thatcher Police Chief Mark Stevens told Beyond90Seconds.com that an "older" woman's body was found today beneath an irrigation canal bridge.
Chief Stevens added that it's not yet known whether the woman found today died as a result of foul play. She has yet to be identified.
Holmes, meantime, was murdered on July 9. 1995. An Arizona Republic article stated she died from "trauma to the head from several chopping-like blows by a large knife or hatchet."
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On tonight's episode (May 31) of 'Duets' — the second ever — the superstars and their amateur partners performed some of the most famous duets in history. They're going big on this show. Next week will find one of the amateurs being sent home, so things are heating up.
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Much is being made about Kelly Clarkson's trim and toned figure, which she has been showing off lately.
The 'Stronger' signer isn't shy about discussing her new shape, dishing to Us Weekly about dropping 30 pounds in the tab's latest cover story. So, the billion dollar question is: How did she do it?
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Boxing is no joke for wanted man Justin Bieber. The singer, who appeared in a battered, boxing-themed spread for his Complex cover, who escorted Floyd Mayweather into the ring a few weeks ago and who reportedly got into a scuffle with a photographer who got too close this weekend, recently learned to box with the legendary Mike Tyson.
Phillip Phillips Surgery Postponed
Phillip Phillips was scheduled to have surgery today (May 29) but it was postponed when the 'American Idol' Season 11 winner came down with a raging fever upon developing a sinus infection. Surgeons won't operate under such conditions so it had to be rescheduled. Aw, poor Phillip. He's in bad physical shape right now, despite the big win just under a week ago.
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Nene Leakes on Rosie's Rumored Reality Star Ban on 'The View'
By Denny DirectoIs Rosie O' Donnell's preventing reality stars from co-hosting The View? Rosie reportedly has a clause in her new contract that bans reality stars on the show. ET recently caught up with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes to get her take on the latest Rosie rumors.
"I would be kind of disappointed to hear that she's like, 'I don't want any reality stars,'" Nene admits to ET.
Nene, who was a guest co-host with Rosie on Anderson Cooper's now canceled daytime talk show Anderson Live in 2012, adds, "Once upon a time she and I hosted Anderson's show together and she really was like 'I would love to do a talk show with you.'"
That's not all the reality-star-turned-actress had to say to the former talk show host.
"The good thing about this Rosie is that Nene Leakes is not just a reality star," she quips. "I am a mogul, I am an actress, I am a producer, I am a clothing designer."
Leakes is certainly proving her power these days with the launch of her new clothing line, "Nene, by Nene Leakes" on HSN.
Reports of Rosie's reality star ban don't come as much of shock considering her former frenemy Elisabeth Hasselbeck was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback in 2001, before joining The View panel in 2003.
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In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon.
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San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Firefighter turned author Smith (Report from Ground Zero ) performs an exhausting autopsy on the temblor and subsequent fire that devastated San Francisco 100 years ago. With 92 chapters, the narrative effect is one of a nervous cameraman trying to take in everything (the chapter on Enrico Caruso jumping from his bed at the Palace Hotel is one paragraph long) and managing to make a distant event seem even more remote. The author takes aim at the procedures of the official response and the chain of command, considers whether the army did more than the navy and presents "what-if" scenarios that will appeal most to students of how to manage a natural disaster. An "especially cruel irony" was the fact that saloons were ordered closed on the day of the fire, yet there, in bottles, jugs and kegs, "was undoubtedly enough wine to extinguish the early fires." Smith too often pauses to backfill the careers and family histories of various personalities or discuss the tectonics of earthquakes. His firefighter's-eye-view of the disaster will have a tough time competing with Simon Winchester's terrific A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 , due out in October. (Sept. 26)
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Nearly two decades ago, when I was newly wed, my husband's cousin took me to a Hadassah meeting. The guest lecturer opened her talk on creating a Jewish home with these words: "You know, ladies, you're all in mixed marriages. Either you're on a path towards greater religious commitment or your husband is." It hit me some time ago that the woman's words had come home to roost under our eaves. I just wish I could remember some of her advice for dealing with the predicament.
Like the lyrics of the old song, "He says potayto, she says potahto; he says tomayto, she says tomahto. Potayto, potahto, tomayto, tomahto...let's call the whole thing off..." In our house, I say kosher; he says, spare ribs. I say shul; he says temple. With nineteen years under our belts, not to mention two kids, pets, one hundred and fifty-nine photo albums and our deep love for each other, calling it off is not an option. Yet sometimes I stop and wonder how I got into this pickle--on a trajectory toward deeper and deeper Jewish observance despite the fact that my husband is quite comfortable with the status quo. Over the years, I've just kept changing the status quo. Sometimes this does not make my husband happy.
To look at us from the outside, you'd see a family leading a pretty involved Jewish life--kids in day school, Friday night dinners. The sukkah (wooden hut) goes up each fall; chametz (not kosher for Passover) dishes go down to the basement each spring. Judaism clearly plays a major role in our lives. But it hasn't happened without a lot of tears, heavy discussions, and compromise on both our parts. The thing about Jewish practice is, the more I do, the more I want to do. Why stop at candles, kiddush (blessing over wine) and motzi (blessing over bread)? Let's bless the kids. And if we're doing that, what about the eshet chayil (prayer for a woman a valor, traditionally said on Friday night by the husband or kids for the wife/mother) for me and a blessing for my husband?
I sometimes wonder what our kids will make of all this. Will they remember Mom's and Dad's heated discussions over which synagogue to join, our tussles over how far I can move towards kashering (making kosher) the kitchen? Or will they remember our hands on their heads as we bless them each Friday night and the sound of our voices praying and singing beside them at Shabbat services? Will they opt out of Jewish life altogether because they witnessed disharmony that had Jewish life at its root, or will they be guided to compromise with their future spouses because they saw their parents work it out as lovingly as possible in one way or another over the years?
I don't know why I've wanted to lead such a Jewish life except for the fact that it feeds something inside of me. And if it feeds my soul, how can I not try and feed the souls in my family? I haven't always done it gracefully or with the the greatest patience. Occasionally our Friday nights are like a page out of the Bickersons. I've been known to say tersely to my kids before placing my hands on their heads, "How can we bless you when you are at each other's throats? Stop arguing!" Most weeks, however, those sixty seconds are a close, calm, and meaningful coda to our busy week.
Some days I spend too much energy feeling irritated that my husband isn't always interested in this Jewish journey of mine and too little time recognizing how far we've traveled. I'm learning to let go of the things I cannot change. I got day school for the kids, but I may never have a truly kosher kitchen. I've joined a Conservative shul (temple), but as a single woman. Our family membership stays at the Reform temple. I try not to lose sight of the concept of shalom bayit--peace in the home.
Looking at the big picture, I know I made the right decision. Someone has to take the lead when it comes to a family's spiritual and religious context, and so I did. When I look at our kids, now fifteen and twelve, I know I was right to push and cajole and even fight for my vision of a family life permeated by Jewish values and observance. My daughter says a shehechiyanu (prayer expressing gratitude to have reached that day) before eating the first Good Humor truck ice cream of the summer. She donated part of her afikomen (special Passover middle matzah) prize money to the refugees in Kosovo. Last month, my son made a donation to an AIDS coalition. When my sister-in-law said, "Oh, Elliot, how sweet of you!" his instant reply was, "No, not how sweet of me, how right of me." They get it.
For my birthday, my husband gave me A Bintel Brief. The book is a collection of immigrants' letters written from the turn of the century through the Sixties to the Jewish Daily Forward. The first letter I turned to was from a young man who wondered if the difference between his secular free-thinking philosophy would clash with his sweetheart's commitment to Judaism. This, in 1906. There is nothing new under the sun. Every marriage is a mixed marriage--a mix of compassion and impatience; of connection and autonomy; of learning from and leaning on. I didn't completely understand it nineteen years ago. I do now.
Here are some tips on negotiating religious differences:
1. Stay open to your partner's needs, act with as much understanding and patience as you can, and compromise, compromise, compromise. Have my husband and I always done this? No. But when we do, life is so much the smoother.
2. Take any increase in religious observance slowly. If you have taken classes that your spouse hasn't attended, share what you've learned. Articulate what it all means to you. It can be really scary and unsettling for one half of a couple when the other partner takes a leap into another realm. Try to be aware of this.
3. Realize you can't change your partner. There will be some issues that you both have to give on. My husband gave up shrimp with lobster take out, but will still have it in a restaurant. Even in front of the kids. I'm not super happy, but now that they are twelve and fifteen, I see they are making their own decisions. Keeping kosher has given us a marvelous format for discussion of other things that may cross their paths that they will not be able to have. I praise them for delaying gratifying a momentary want while opting for a spiritual connection with their heritage and Jewish identity. And if they ever eat a cheeseburger or BLT, the world won't come to an end.
4. My husband has occasionally accused me of sounding and acting know-it-all-ish. It can be frustrating to be fired up by newfound learning while your partner is less enthralled. Learn, too, to share what you know in the spirit of camraderie.
5. Be patient. Not only with those around you, but with yourself. Divest yourself of any image of being the "right kind of Jew" you might have in your mind's eye. Judaism is less a destination than a journey. Happy trails to you.
Debra B. Darvick, a writer from Birmingham, Michigan, has received Simon Rockower Awards for her work. Her essays and feature stories have appeared in Reform Judaism Magazine, the Forward, Jewish Parent Connection and numerous major-city dailies. She is currently at work on a non-fiction anthology: It is a Tree of Life, Extraordinary Moments in the Lives of Ordinary Jews.