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CLEVELAND -- The Indians had other bullpen options available down on the farm. Plenty of them, in fact. But when the club designated Danny Graves for assignment on Friday night, it decided to call up starting prospect Fausto Carmona. So not only will Carmona be adjusting once again to life in the big leagues, he'll do so this time in a new role. "I think he's going to be fine with it," manager Eric Wedge said. "We'll see what his routine is as far as getting ready." Though he admitted he was surprised by the move, Carmona said he'll have no problem warming up quickly. "It's OK," he said. "I'll be OK. I'll have no changes. I'll throw all my pitches." Carmona's best pitch is his sinking 97-mph fastball. The Indians want him to show more consistency in the speed differentials between his fastball and changeup. But one constant the club did witness in Carmona's three spot starts in place of C.C. Sabathia last month was his poise on the mound. He pitched as if he belonged up in the big leagues, and that's probably what set him apart from other candidates for the opening. Initially, Carmona, who went 0-3 with a 4.84 ERA in four starts at Triple-A Buffalo and 1-2 with a 7.94 ERA in three spot starts for the Indians, will pitch in middle relief. It's up to him how he is used as time goes on. Wedge wouldn't comment whether Carmona would be the most likely pitcher to head back to Buffalo when Rafael Betancourt is activated from the disabled list Tuesday. "There's no limitations with it," he said of Carmona's callup. "We have no predesigned plan with this. He's one of the better arms we have, and we're going to give him a shot in the bullpen." Better than 1995? Kenny Rogers faced the 1995 Indians, as a member of the Texas Rangers. He faced the current version of the Tribe on Friday night, as a member of the Detroit Tigers. So who was better? "This is a better lineup," Rogers said. "I have no doubt about that. You've got [Casey] Blake batting seventh or eighth. That's sick. There's not an out in that lineup you can take advantage of or take for granted. Every one of those guys can take you out of the yard, but can also get multiple hits off you." The same could be said of that '95 team, which pulverized opponents with the likes of Kenny Lofton, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle and Eddie Murray. But Rogers said the current lineup, which is first in the Majors in runs scored with 223, is tougher against an opposing pitcher overall. "I think the offense here is just considerable [throughout] the lineup," he said. "There might've been a few outs in the past where you could not relax, but it wasn't as difficult to get through the lineup multiple times. This one here, three or four times through them, it's a battle every time." Here's the question: In 1951, the Indians picked their 50th anniversary team. Two of the outfielders were Tris Speaker and Earl Averill. Who was the third? Pink is in: Initially, Grady Sizemore didn't know what to think when clubhouse manager Tony Amato asked him if he'd consider using a pink bat for Sunday's game. "At first," Sizemore said, "I thought he was joking." But then Amato explained the reasoning. Dozens of players around MLB will be using the bats on Mother's Day to promote breast cancer awareness. Players will also wear pink wristbands and ribbons. Sizemore, Aaron Boone and Eduardo Perez will all be using the pink bats, which were supplied by Louisville Slugger. "It's a real cool concept," Perez said. "I'm more than happy to oblige. It's something that, when they ask, you don't even have to give it a second thought." Should the bats inspire some greatness at the plate, Perez and Sizemore both said they wouldn't hesitate to use them again. "If it's hot, it's hot," Sizemore said. "Who cares if it's pink?" Tribe tidbits: Jason Michaels was given the day off Saturday. He was replaced in left field by Todd Hollandsworth, who made his seventh start of the season. Blake was moved up to Michaels' second spot in the lineup. ... Betancourt, rehabbing a back strain, will start for Double-A Akron against Harrisburg on Sunday. He's set to throw one inning and is expected to be activated by the Tribe on Tuesday. ... The Indians have given up 44 runs in the sixth inning this season. In no other inning have they given up more than 28 runs. And the answer is: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was the third outfielder named to that team. On deck: The Tribe and the Tigers wrap up their weekend set with Sunday's 1:05 p.m. ET game at Jacobs Field. Right-hander Jason Johnson (2-2, 5.82 ERA) will go up against his former team. Left-hander Mike Maroth (4-2, 2.55 ERA) will start for the Tigers. In celebration of Mother's Day, all moms who pass through the gates will receive a complimentary canvas tote.
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U.S. Open start has golf bloggers teeing off
As the world's best golfers get ready to tee off at the U.S. Open in Oakmont, the world's best golf bloggers give it even more rich detail:
- Geoff Shackleford is having a little photo caption fun and takes a look at the Thursday press clippings. The Principal's Nose has some fun with photos, as well.
- Luke Swilor is ready for his event on the Canadian Tour, but like any good golfer, he'd rather be at Oakmont.
- Point 1 Golf gives his take on the Open, and thinks you should keep an eye out for Scott Verplank.
- How into the U.S. Open is Dave Marrandette? Well, he spent time analyzing the pairings at Oakmont and lets you know what he found.
- The Golf Blogger just heard that the greens at Oakmont have a stimp of 14.6, so it should be like putting on ice out there. Or maybe like putting in outer space. He also gives you a handy and complete TV and radio schedule for the Open.
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A van loaded with farm workers and driven by an unlicensed driver slammed into a tractor-trailer making a U-turn on a remote farming road early today, killing 13 people and seriously injuring 2.
The front of the van was smashed like an accordion. Most of the 10 men and 5 women inside had been seated on two carpeted benches that were not equipped with seat belts, the California Highway Patrol said. All of the dead were Mexicans, officials said.
It is illegal in California to have anyone ride without proper seats and seat belts, but certified farm vehicles are excluded from the law. This van received its last annual certification in 1997, the highway patrol said.
The van's driver, who was among those killed, did not have a license and his driving privileges had been revoked because of several violations, Officer Eric Erickson of the highway patrol said.
The driver, whose name was not released, had been cited for not wearing a seat belt and not having a license and was once arrested for drunken driving. Officer Erickson said that there was no conviction for the drunken-driving citation but that it was not clear why.Continue reading the main story
The truck driver, who was not injured, had a clean driving record. He was turning his rig around shortly after 5 A.M. on the two-lane road after parking on the shoulder to sleep, Officer Erickson said. The rig's two trailers were empty.
The van ''couldn't avoid hitting the tractor-trailer,'' the officer said. ''Their brakes locked up.''
The van was going at least 55 miles an hour, and the skid marks were 50 to 80 feet long, Officer Erickson said.
The laborers had just got off work sorting tomatoes in the fields, he said.
One of the injured survivors, a 17-year-old girl, was in critical condition. The other, a man, was in serious condition.
In California's agricultural heartland, farm workers are often transported in crowded vans, which has contributed to a disproportionate traffic death rate among Hispanic residents of the area.
Yolanda Cervantes, who organizes an annual driver safety program in nearby Mendota, said most farm workers had no alternative but to ride in crowded vans.
''I know people personally who have died in these accidents,'' Ms. Cervantes said. ''Something has to change, because every time you see these, you don't have one death, you have multiple deaths. I've seen too many.''Continue reading the main story


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We probably won't be hearing Jhene Aiko's debut album this year. The good news is we will be hearing new music from her in the form of an EP. 'Sail Out,' her first project since 2011's 'Sailing Soul(s),' will be out on Nov. 12 and available for pre-order Oct. 29. She also revealed 'Sail Out"s cover art.
The EP will be a seven-track effort that we've already heard three tracks from: the Childish Gambino-featuring 'Bed Peace' (her most recent track), 'Comfort Inn Freestyle' and '3:16am.'
'Sail Out' does have the anticipated features to increase anticipation for the release. Kendrick Lamar is collaborating with yet another R&B artist here, while fellow Black Hippy member Ab-Soul will make an appearance as well. Vince Staples is also a slated feature, and it will be interesting to see how he fits judging from the vicious standout verse he provided for Earl Sweatshirt's 'Hive.'
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It's very rare when a director takes a rock-solid, classic musical and writes new bookends for it, but Venice Theatre's Brad Wages (director/choreographer), has placed a cherry on top of the psychedelic sundae that is "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Wages coupled the Make-A-Wish Foundation and its mission to grant dreams come true to children with life-threatening illnesses with the theme of the play, "Any Dream Will Do." The result adds a touching tribute to all caring dreamers and underscores the contemporary relevance of the 1982 Broadway production, which was nominated for numerous Tony Awards.
The play, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andre Lloyd Webber, is based on the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis. It was first recorded as an album in 1969, and was advertised as a theatrical follow-up to the ultra successful Lloyd Webber and Rice piece, Jesus Christ Superstar, years later.
Venice Theatre's current production is wonderfully exuberant fun. The enormous cast boasts over two-dozen members, most of whom are teenagers. These kids are adorable in their performance of the ambitious, explosive choreography and their energy creates something akin to a joyful riot on stage. The scenic design by Christopher A. D. Parrish adds to the fun with clever elements like a beeping sheepcycle.
The most outstanding aspect of this work is the variety of styles used by Lloyd Webber, including parodies of French ballads, Elvis-inspired rock and roll, Western, 1920s Charleston, Calypso and disco. Music Director Michelle Kasanofsky delivers on all fronts. Costume designers Stephanie Gift and Becky Evans, and all their volunteers, went all out with individual costumes for each of these varying styles, plus more.
The amazing cast includes Savannah Sinclair as Narrator; Zach Herman as Joseph; Neil Kasanofsky as Jacob/Potiphar; Joseph Cross as Reuben; Robert Plummer as Simeon/Baker; Terry Slaughter as Levi; David C. Tennal as Naphtali; Charlie Kollar as Issacar; Teri DeNiro as Asher; Kiersten White as Dan; Christina Dillow as Zebulon; Elizabeth Clark as Gad; Josue Rivera as Benjamin; Rachael Henry as Judah/Bulter; Megan Starr Bartek as Mrs. Potiphar; Kristofer Geddie as Pharaoh; as well as, Sarah Blinkhorn, Allie Campbell, Charlotte Crowley, Elizabeth Leone, Whitney Olivia Corey Owens, Allison Pickens, Skylar Selitti as the Wives; and a children's chorus of Case Berkery, Kiley Berkery, Leah Henry, Alexia King, Nate Oss, Ava Podewitz, Logan Schultz and Hannah Swain.


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Beautiful Native Plants
A Prairie Garden Journal 2004
"Beauty is only skin deep", one well-known and often used saying goes. It may explain why native plants are not more widely used in landscapes. At first look, many native plants just don't look as beautiful as most traditional non-native landscape plants. But there's another relevant saying on the subject of beauty, namely, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Many Wyobraska homeowners have learned the hard way about the "skin deep beauty" of many commonly used non-native trees, shrubs, and perennials. Their artificial beauty, carefully cultivated in the more favorable climate and soils of places like Oregon and Illinois quickly fades in the less organic soils and bright summer sunlight of the typical Wyobraska landscape, leaving the homeowner disappointed and frustrated.
When these homeowners then try a few native plants, at first perhaps solely out of frustration, they almost always begin to see the beauty that lies just beneath the sometimes less-refined exterior of many native plants, and before long it's love at (first) second sight.
Here are some native plants whose beauty I think is more than skin deep.
Bur Oak—This native tree is deservedly gaining popularity for its durability and its rugged beauty. Wrongly accused of being "slow-growing", this tree is surprising Wyobraskans with growth rates of 2-3' per year when young. This tree should probably be the main shade tree in Wyobraska communities, and may now be on its way to achieving that status.
Rocky Mountain Juniper—Another superb native tree that has an undeserved reputation for ugliness. The shorter, denser cultivars of this species have long been used as "upright junipers" and planted at the corners of homes and sheared into perfect cones. But the more typical form of this plant is a medium height (25-30') horizontally branched evergreen tree. Unfortunately junipers don't develop their real beauty until they are 30-50 years old. But their youthful appearance is good enough to earn them a spot in most landscapes.
Pinion Pine—The native habitat of this plant extends into southern Colorado—close enough to consider it a Wyobraska native. Pinion pines flourish in almost any Wyobraska landscape setting, and as a small evergreen tree, they are extremely useful in the compressed landscapes of today's smaller residential home lots.
Ponderosa Pine—Most homeowners can't tell the difference between an Austrian Pine and a Ponderosa Pine, particularly when they are young. Yet for some reason the Austrian pine is far more widely planted in Wyobraska landscapes. But in tough sites there is no comparison between the adaptability of these two plants. The Ponderosa Pine will grow circles around an Austrian Pine in any tough site.
Gambel's Oak—This shrubby cousin of the bur oak is native to east Central Colorado and the Black Hills of South Dakota. There are reported native specimens in the Pine Ridge area of Nebraska. Superb soil adaptability means that this plant will thrive in any location. Often overlooked as a large shrub because it does not flower, this oak overcomes that deficiency with attractive foliage, unique winter interest, and a very manageable habit of growth.
Gray Dogwood—If it's spring flowers and fall foliage color that you want in a large shrub, consider the gray dogwood. Some specimens are a little shrubby when young, but a little spring pruning is all that is needed to turn this plant into a refined landscape plant. It's another native whose appearance improves with age. Bright red fall foliage.
Rabbitbrush—A true Wyobraska native. The silvery-blue or green stems and leaves of this four to six foot tall and wide shrub can be easily found in the undisturbed natural settings such as ravines and ridges that line the region's rivers and streams. A true xeriscape plant it actually performs better with no irrigation once established. Golden yellow flowers cover the plant in September.
Nanneyberry Viburnum—The lush deep green summer foliage on this medium to large shrub makes it look like anything but a Wyobraska native. But this plant is native the Black Hills of South Dakota and the foothills of the central Rocky Mountains. White blooms in the spring and dependable red fall color make this native plant rival any non-native for traditional landscape appearance.
Big Bluestem and Little Bluestem—Two native grasses with excellent landscape value. These two warm season native bunch grasses are not major spring or summer contributors to the landscape. But from late August through late March these grasses provide structure, color, and interest in the landscape. Their maroon fall color fades gradually through the winder to a rusty brown. Along with evergreens, these plants dominate a winter landscape.
Penstemon—For some reason this most common of native flowers has only lately found its way into gardens and landscapes. Penstemons are generally noted for their spires of bell shaped flowers in various shades of purple, blue, pink, red, yellow. Husker Red Penstemon is one of the better known cultivars, but I have not found it to be completely reliable in Wyobraska landscapes. For a start, try the "Rhondo" mix hybrid. With a mixture of pink, magenta, and purple flowers on 18 inch plants, it's a dependable performer. Then, whenever you run across another penstemon that catches your eye, try it.
This is by no means a complete list of native plants that are suitable for Wyobraska landscapes. Rather it is only an introduction to some of the easier to find natives that I think would work in almost any landscape. So the next time you notice that one of your non-native garden center beauties now looks more like Phyllis Diller or Lefty, the snarling black hatted villain of those old western movies, consider replacing it with one of these wholesome natives. I guarantee it will be love at first (or maybe second) sight.


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San Diego's water usage dropped 12.6 percent this February compared to the same time period last year.
"This is a huge drop in terms of percentages but you have to remember these are lower consuming months," said Alex Ruiz, assistant director of San Diego's water department.
Residential water use dropped 10.8 percent, commercial and industrial use dropped 9.4 percent, irrigation use dropped 35.8 percent and city department use dropped 26.85 percent.
Naturally, San Diegans use less water in the winter months -- using 11,000 acre feet in February 2010 – but the year-to-year change was significant.
Even though the drop is considered "huge news" to the folks doing the counting, this is still no time to relax on conserving water, according to San Diego's mayor.
"We live in a desert and in the past we've been able to get by with the water usage but we're in this for the long term," said San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.
"We're going to have to button down and continue to conserve," he said.
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WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Basketball team upped its record to 10-3 after picking up two wins in their own Grizzly Holiday Classic Tournament Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8, at the West Plains Civic Center arena.
The Grizzlies defeated God's Academy of Dallas, Texas, 95-30 Friday night and Arkansas Baptist College of Little Rock 74-45 Saturday night. The Grizzlies will close out the fall portion of their season at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, against the Dodge City Community College Conquistadors in Dodge City, Kan.
Grizzly Basketball Head Coach Yancey Walker said the win against God's Academy "was a good overall team win, and it was probably what we needed. We're beat up and we have had to have some guys step up and play different positions based on need. We caught some good fortune because they had to leave three of their better players at home."
The Grizzlies hit 38 of 56 attempts from the field for 67.9 percent, eight of 19 3-point shots for 42.1 percent and 11 of 16 free throws for 68.8 percent. They also grabbed 25 rebounds, including eight off the offensive glass, dished out 17 assists, and recorded one block and nine steals.
Sophomore forward Kris Frazier led the team in scoring with 21 points. He was followed by freshman guard Desmond Buerge with 16 points, freshmen guards Devaugntah Williams and Delvonte Pierre with 14 points each, and freshman guard Arroyo Edwards with 11 points.
God's Academy hit eight of 30 shots from the field for 26.7 percent, one of seven 3-point attempts for 14.3 percent and 13 of 18 free throws for 72.2 percent. The team also had 12 rebounds, one assist and one steal.
"In games like this, it is hard to maintain intensity, but I felt as though we did that," Walker said. "We got a little careless offensively, but we stayed pretty focused defensively."
As for Arkansas Baptist, Walker said they "continue to be one of the hardest teams to play against because they are so comfortable when the game resembles a fire drill. They also continue to play no matter what the situation is, and that is a credit to their team and their coaching staff." Walker pointed out Arkansas Baptist is coached by Charles Ripley, a legend in that state.
The Grizzlies had a good first possession to start the game, "then we settled for some jumpers when we could have been attacking the basket," Walker said. "We didn't finish the first half very well, and we weren't super sharp to start the second half. We finally broke the game open by grinding on both ends of the floor. That is when we were able to get the lead to 20 later in the second half. The best part about that is that we did it by attacking the paint and getting stops."
The Grizzlies connected on 27 of their 49 attempts from the field for 55.1 percent, five of 11 3-point attempts for 45.5 percent and 15 of 24 free throws for 62.5 percent. They also had 27 rebounds, 11 off the offensive board, seven assists, nine turnovers, seven blocks and four steals.
Williams led the team in scoring with 16 points, followed by sophomore forward Keaton Jackson with 14 points and Frazier 10 points. Jackson also had nine rebounds, including four offensive, and two blocks. Frazier grabbed seven rebounds, including three offensive, and had two blocks.
Arkansas Baptist hit 19 of 40 shots from the field for 47.5 percent, three of six 3-point attempts for 50 percent, and two of 11 free throws for 18.2 percent. They also had 26 rebounds, including eight offensive, one assist, and five turnovers. Arthur Gray led the team in scoring with 8 points.
"We have to have some good practices and we need to make some improvements going into Christmas break," Walker said. "Dodge City in Dodge won't be easy, and we'll have to make sure our focus is where it needs to be."
For more information about the Grizzly Basketball program, visit the team's website at http://wp.missouristate.edu/grizzly/bb.htm or call the Grizzly Basketball office at 417-255-7993.


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Courtney Colvin was nearing the end of her teenage years when the undead apocalypse began. She survived, forsaking her youth and innocence, and five years later she continues to exist - albeit lonely - in the fortified town of Eastpointe. Nightmares and the unwelcome advances of Leon Wolfe are the worst things she's dealing with now in her otherwise mundane life. But when a newcomer arrives in town and claims to know the location of the antidote to the zombie plague, it sends Eastpointe into an uproar. To retrieve this cure, she and a group of other survivors must venture outside the relative safety of the compound's walls and into a world ruled and dominated by the flesh-eating undead.
Twilight of the Dead puts a new spin on the zombie genre, yet remains true to the classic rules that have already been set forth. A sure-fire reading pleasure for anyone who loves character-driven horror.
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"YA meets zombies"
i've been on a zombie kick lately and have been listening to a bunch of different authors and stories. this is the first i've listened to from a girl's perspective-courtney a 17 year old girl at the time of the outbreak. the story revolves around a 5 year time period in her life. the story mostly focuses on the time 5 years after the outbreak with flashbacks to the beginning and intervening years. most of the story focuses on how people interact with each other. most of the characters are hollow, but many of the characters in the zombie novels i've read are hollow. however, i did want to know what happens to certain characters. i guess i'd have to buy the sequel to see.
i'm in my 30's, and i've read a few so-called "ya" books, e.g. hunger games, divergent. this is the first ya zombie book i've ever listened to. i can get into and enjoy a ya book every once in a while so i don't mind ya-themed books so the ya nature didn't throw me. it was different, and i like different, especially since a lot of the zombie books i've read lately have been male dominated. so, i didn't mind the ya aspect. i can say i enjoyed the novel until the end. spoiler alert. the ending seemed rushed to me. from escaping to catching up with the bad guy was way too easy and unbelievable. i was into it until then. plus, i thought the zombies with armor and weapons at the end was stupid.
however, the end of the book did make up for it. what do i mean? the main story ended, and that is followed by 3 separate stories. these stories are not ya-themed. they are refreshing especially after how the main story ended.
overall, the book was ok. i like my zombie novels with more action and with a sense of dread. both were missing for me. Will I buy the sequel? Yes. So you can draw a conclusion from that. Well maybe…because right now, there's really nothing better at the theaters or on the boob tube.
"Worse Written Book I Hace Heard"
Was this book written by an eight year old? I really gave the author a fair chance, however; five chapters later the book drove insane, it seemed the story was written by a first grader. TERRIBLE, don't waste your money.
"It was ok"
It didn't really go anywhere. I wanted to like the characters and I did for a split second here and there but it felt like it started to be good and then changed direction.
"Written by someone who loathes the military."
Book was bad, narrations was good.
Leave his personal views out of his story line.
Nothing, but it was good narration.
Frustration, the author has a complete and total lack of understanding for, and knowledge of, the military.
If you have any respect or appreciation for the Military, remove this book from your list. The author has an obvious low regard for our military and used this story to highlight it. The heroine's father refers to the National Guard and Army Soldiers as kids too dumb to get scholarships into college and not competent enough to get real jobs (he himself is government employ… go figure). Also noting that because their officers are promoted from within, they are no better (You get the feeling that he thinks the Officer Corps should be drawn from college professors.) This would be fine if this was just a characters point of view, but then the author carries it out by having the soldiers go up and down the streets "just shooting off their weapons", talking about how their uniforms are good for picking up girls, and of course beating up the elderly. Eventually the military kills a variety of their commanders then forces all the women and children to leave town with them, though they aren't going anywhere, they just think they are safer if they keep moving. Everyone in the heroine's vehicle is downbeat accept for her two lesbian neighbors who are very positive.
During the moved they are attacked and the military is not smart enough to kill the zombies with head shots, so of course they get over run. The heroine is saved by a military member because she is attractive, the author again noting that the soldier saved her and abandoned his brother in arms who was next to her on one side, and an uninjured overweight girl on the other side.
Then they wind up in a military compound where after only a few weeks it's evident that all the military members want to rape the few girls there for providing protection.
All of the sudden a "Black Beret" is dropped into the mix in military fashion by a Chinook helicopter. He says the Black Berets are civilians and have no rank (can we say Comrade) and goes on to offer all the people (military included) cool Black Beret uniforms and swords if they pass his training. Then the military shows complete disbelief and disregard for the use of a sword in killing the zombies and one of the Captains comments on the Black Beret, highlighting the Black part since the gentlemen is black.
You get the distinct feeling that the author believes that our military is filled with uneducated, back water, white supremacist without a shred of common sense of discipline. I can only come to the conclusion that common sense must be rare among the authors contemporizes, so he feels it must be that way throughout society as well.
After an hour and a half into the audio reading of this book, I could take no more and turned it off. If you know anything about the military, just skip this book for the frustration it will cause you.
"Think Twice Before You Buy This"
This book should be re-classified under young adult romance. I was expecting action and instead I got the story of a young woman coming of age…that happens to be set in a zombie apocalypse. The writing was predictable and there were several times that I pushed stop and had to walk away. The narration was flat and at times it seemed like they were reading the book for the first time.
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Courtney....The main character!!!
"Predictable and cliche' ridden"
Basicly, imagine your basic, unoriginal zombie/horror novel. Now imagine adding what can only be described as tedious teen angst to it. That is this story.
The characters are two dimensional cardboard cut outs, the plot if you can truly call it that is basic and uninspired and the lead character is about as interesting as paint drying. Avoid this, it's all I can truly suggest.
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LONDON (AP) — Helping couples avoid passing on genetic diseases to their children could usher in a new and controversial technique in Britain. For a woman with faulty mitochondria, scientists take only the healthy genetic material from her egg or embryo, transfer that into a donor egg or embryo that still has its healthy mitochondria but has had the rest of its key DNA removed. The fertilized embryo is then transferred into the womb of the mother. Opponents say it's unethical and there are alternatives.


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Sea Containers, the owner of the GNER rail franchise, could file for bankruptcy protection in the US by next week as it braces itself for a default on a $115m (£62m) bond payment.
The struggling group must make the payment by Sunday and there is mounting speculation within the rail industry that the Bermuda-registered company will seek shelter from its creditors. With little chance of it being able to meet further bond payments over the next six years, US-listed Sea Containers could apply for Chapter 11 protection in order to complete a financial restructuring without the threat of corporate collapse hanging over its operations. If the group does miss the payment on Sunday as expected and does not safeguard itself against bankruptcy, it risks a creditor filing to put the business into liquidation immediately.
Corporate restructuring experts said putting Sea Containers into Chapter 11 will not force the company to relinquish the GNER London-to-Edinburgh service. Bob MacKenzie, chief executive of Sea Containers, has said he is determined to hold on to GNER, which would be a core asset in a slimmed-down parent company focused on containers and rail. GNER is in discussions with the Department for Transport over renegotiating the terms of the 10-year franchise, which guarantees the government £1.3bn in payments.
Having admitted that the franchise is unsustainable under the current financial terms, GNER is hoping that the government will set a precedent by renegotiating the premium payments. If the DfT stands by its refusal to alter the terms, GNER could keep the franchise going for another two years but it would have to hand back the east coast mainline service by 2008 as the payments become increasingly onerous over the term of the franchise, say industry observers.
Restructuring experts said the parent company could file for bankruptcy protection, while leaving most of its subsidiary companies including GNER free to continue operating. GNER is partly ring-fenced from the difficulties at Sea Containers because it has a $54m emergency overdraft and a $27.5m bond that it can draw on to make the quarterly payments to the government. It also has separate banking and credit facilities. Sea Containers and the DfT declined to comment.
Mr MacKenzie said in August that the company was under pressure to complete a restructuring before the bond payment falls due: "The anticipation that we will not be able to pay the senior notes due on October 15 2006 unless we have adequate working capital and can be sure of our ability to pay the other public notes maturing in subsequent years, puts a critical time pressure on the restructuring process."
According to the latest unaudited Sea Containers accounts, the company has $80m in free cash and debts of $610m.
Chapter 11 protects a company from its creditors and gives the business breathing space of up to 18 months to repair its balance sheet. Under Chapter 11 proceedings, a bankruptcy court judge has the power to approve, amend or throw out a company's recovery plan. Creditors can lobby the judge for changes to the plan and their approval is required for a company to exit Chapter 11 protection.


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New York artist Ellis Gallagher's latest graffiti technique is sure to please any pyromaniac.
He is showing currently, along with other blog-worthy street artists including Poster Boy at the "Hollowood" show in West Hollywood's Carmichael Gallery until the end of April. LAers, go check it out.
It's a bit dated, but I still really like the permanent whimsy of Ellis G's shadow tracings, which even captured the attention of the Gray Lady.


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"This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl… We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects…" —Sigmund Freud Originally published anonymously, under the auspices of Sigmund Freud and his followers, A Young Girl's Diary is a fascinating, unedited record of the life of an adolescent girl in early 20th Century Vienna.
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FEC Issues Four Advisory Opinions
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued four advisory opinions. It held over two advisory opinion requests, consideration of proposed amendments to a Commission directive, and a vote on a proposed final audit report.
Advisory Opinion 2016-16 (Gary Johnson 2012). The Commission approved an advisory opinion in response to a request from Gary Johnson 2012 (the Committee), the primary campaign committee for Johnson, a publicly funded presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party. The Commission concluded that the Committee may use its cash on hand and may raise additional funds to fulfill obligations to the United States Treasury and to the Commission, consistent with the restrictions set forth in the Public Funding Act regulations. Specifically, the Committee may: (1) solicit and accept funds to pay its obligations from individuals who are currently allowed to contribute to candidates but who were prohibited sources (either federal contractors or foreign nationals) at the time of the 2012 election; (2) use cash on hand in its general election account to pay its obligations; and (3) raise funds outside the amount limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, to pay civil penalties but not to repay the U.S. Treasury. The Commission concluded further that payments by a third party to the U.S. Treasury or to the Commission are subject to the same source or amount limitations and the same reporting requirements as payments received by the Committee for those purposes.
Advisory Opinion 2016-17 (Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee, Inc.), Advisory Opinion 2016-18 (Ohio Green Party), and Advisory Opinion 2016-19 (Libertarian Party of Colorado). The Commission approved advisory opinions in response to requests from the Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee, Ohio Green Party and Libertarian Party of Colorado (the Committees). The Commission concluded that the Committees qualify as state committees of national political parties.
Advisory Opinion 2016-20 (Mlinarchik). The Commission considered two drafts in response to a request from Christoph Mlinarchik, the sole member of a limited liability company that is a federal contractor, and held over a vote. The requestor asks whether, as the sole member of a limited liability company that is treated as a disregarded entity by the Internal Revenue Service for federal income tax purposes and that is negotiating a contract with the federal government, he may make contributions using his personal funds.
Advisory Opinion 2016-21 (Great America PAC). The Commission held over consideration of an advisory opinion request from Great America PAC, a non-connected hybrid political committee. The requestor asks several questions about the applicability of the former employee conduct standard of the Commission's coordinated communications regulations.
Proposed Amendments to Directive 52. The Commission held over consideration of amendments to Directive 52, which governs the agency's circulation vote procedures.
Proposed Final Audit Report on the Utah Republican Party. The Commission held over a vote on the Proposed Final Audit Report on the Utah Republican Party, covering campaign finance activity between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012.
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text: On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:16:54 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:54:02 +0000, Curt wrote: > >> On 2011-07-02, Camaleón <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Let's just say that GDM is a good indicator of someone also using NM. >>> >>> A notebook or a portable system is more inclided to be an indicator >>> for NM presence but not a DE or a display manager :-) >>> >>> I disable NM in all of my workstations that run GNOME. >> >> But you are not the op; you cannot assume the op has it disabled just >> because you have it disabled, can you? > > Nobody can. > > The idea of using SSH was indeed prsesented by the OP It's even mentioned in the release notes, but they stress being able to physically access the machine in case things go wrong. > and I think is a > good way to go in this case. Is what I would do. Of course, I would say > "no" if the upgrading routine wants to update some packages that can > lead to a network breakage regardless using NM or no... unless the ssh > machine from where I'm upgrading sits next to the upgradable system. > > AFAIK, remote installations are supported by the installer. > >> In fact, in the context of the thread, there is no danger in assuming >> the op is running NM whereas the contrary supposition, which you seemed >> to have made in an earlier post, does involve the risk Claudius Hubig >> pointed out to you (dropped network connection). > > We can assume whatever scenario we want because we are not there to > upgrade the system :-) > > And of course, warning about NM can leave the system disconnected is a > very good point (I didn't know NM can take that path...), so in the evnt > this can happen and the OP is using NM, he can just turn it off before > doing the upgrade and turn it on aftwewards. > > Greetings, It looks like time for the OP to say something :) I use gdm because it seems to work. Long ago I had something configured that just had an X login configured on each ctl-alt-F key from 7 to 12, but that stopped working for me a few releases ago, and gdm did work. The window manager I use if icewm, not gnome, at least, not on this machine, not now, though it is available on the gdm menu. I don't use wifi on this machine. I don't, as far as I am aware, need the network manager on this machine. What do I have to do to make sure the network manager is off, either temporarily or permanently? -- hendrik


text: On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Lance Levsen wrote: > make an iptables script in /etc/init.d/iptables > chmod 755 this file > > run $ update-rc.d iptables defaults 10 (not sure about this > syntax, read the manpage.) Note, however, that this script will be called again before you shut down the computer (since K??rc.firewall will probably be created in both rc6.d [reboot] and rc0.d [halt]) . In most cases there is nothing wrong with running this script again before shutting down the interface. Note that according to the debin policy, an init.d script should be able to accept 'start', 'stop' and 'restart' as parameters and act accordingly. There's nothing wrong with deviating from the debian policy for your personal system, but then it is your job to guarantee that things still work properly. Also see a message by me from a couple of weeks ago as to why a 'real' init.d firewall script is a good idea. Also note that debian made a strange (IMHO) decision to start networking in the very first stage of the startup scripts: in rcS.d (see /etc/rcS.d/README) . This means that if you have a network interface that is configured through dhcp, then when you boot in 'single', that interface is up, and the dhcp client is connecting to the daemon to accept configuration (or stuck for 1/2 a minute if the network configuration is screwed up) (for those cases you have INIT=/bin/bash , but you should be careful with that one, as it is easy to forget a filesystem mounted before you reboot) This means that if you want to run a script before the network is up, you have to put it in the very first stages of rcs.d . -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir


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Kyle Barnett - Jul 11, 2013
In an end to a struggle for self governance that has popped up annually over the past few years, the Sunset Drainage Districts Board of Commissioners has voted to cede the district over to the control of St. Charles Parish.
The political structure was created 89 years ago to provide governance for levee construction and maintenance for the Sunset Drainage District levee, which protects around 5,000 people in Des Allemands, Bayou Gauche and Paradis.
Funding for the Sunset Drainage District has been steady over much of its lifespan, but has decreased over the past few decades.
Richard Borden, vice president of the board of commissioners, said the district is currently in a dire financial situation and the board felt they had to turn over control as part of their duty."At this point in time we will run out of money on Oct. 1," he said. "To meet our commitment and do what we were sworn in to do, which is protect the people of this district, we are pretty much forced to give up the district to the parish."
Borden said the district was locally funded for more than 60 years."When the district was formed it was funded by revenues from the oil field here in Paradis which at one time was the largest in the country. And for many, many years there was no need for parish help and it operated on its own," he said. "After the early 90s we put in some additional work on the levee on Mud Lake and it kind of depleted most of our reserves."
The Mud Lake project cost the district around $1 million and oil field revenues continued to decrease requiring the district to receive a subsidy from the parish."We have since 1996 been receiving a subsidy from the St. Charles Parish government each year. Roughly $250,000-$300,000 that has allowed us to function as a district," Borden said.
However, for the past two years the St. Charles Parish Council has denied the subsidy."Starting with 2012, the parish government elected not to fund us and this was at the direction of the parish president," Borden said. "He indicated at that time that they wanted the Sunset Drainage District taken over by the Parish Council giving the parish control of all of the West Bank for progressing the West Bank levee system."
In addition, in 2011 a law was passed in the Louisiana legislature that would allow the Sunset Drainage District to be absorbed by the parish government at any time. It was later amended in 2012 to allow the district to cede themselves rather than having the parish take them over.In March the Sunset Drainage District was thrown into turmoil when FEMA indicated they would no longer recognize the levee on their newly proposed flood maps and many area residents were quoted flood insurance rates in the tens of thousands of dollars under the Biggert-Waters Act. That led to stagnation in the local real estate market.
FEMA later indicated they would take into account structures that were not certified by the Corps of Engineers, which in turn led to a drive to repair parts of the district.As part of this effort Councilman Paul Hogan authored an ordinance requesting $10 million in funding to correct problems within the Sunset Drainage Districts levee system, but he later amended the ordinance to take out specific monetary requirements. A day later the district voted to turn themselves over to the parish government.
Of the Sunset Drainage Districts five-member board of commissioners, there was only one vote against turning over control of the district. Glenn Gros, who has had the shortest tenure of any board member at one year, was the only vote against. He said although he voted against ceding control of the district he only did so because he did not think the district was procedurally ready to vote to give up control."I agree with the resolution and I am in favor of it," Gros said. "What I was in disfavor of was voting for it that night."
Gros said despite his opposition to voting so quickly he thinks it is time for the parish to take over."We are a 1924 organization that has served its useful life," he said. "There are apparent issues that we are not equipped to deal with. We cant deal with FEMA. We dont have a legal staff. With the complexities of today we are having to rely on the parish more and more and our time has come."
The Sunset Drainage District Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting on July 18 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at the courthouse in Hahnville. It may be their last meeting before they are scheduled to turn over control of the district to the parish in mid-August or early September.
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COMMENTARY: The once and future evolution of the Hypervisor
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Using hypervisors to innovate existing designs provides the embedded designer with new ways to add features and security, both through open source and their own in-house developments.
The concept of virtualization originated on the IBM mainframes of the late 1960s, where a single computer could execute multiple different guest operating systems at the same time.
The virtualization layer in these mainframes provided a virtual environment that had the exact same properties as the bare hardware. Different operating systems could be executed in each of these virtual environments without being aware of one another.
The next groups to take on virtualization were the major UNIX vendors, such as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and SGI, initially on their own proprietary (and expensive) hardware.
VMware picked up the virtualization torch in the late 1980s, bringing the technology to x86 hardware and server farms. Virtualizing the x86 architecture is not an easy feat, and the virtual environments carry a hefty performance penalty.
Thisis why the processor vendors (Intel, AMD) started to add virtualization hardware assist (VT-x, AMD-V) to their server-level processors. Multiple other companies are providing virtualization technologies, making this a true hot topic. Some examples are Microsoft, Citrix, Red Hat, and Parallels.
The main principle in virtualization is that there is a virtual machine monitor (VMM, often called the hypervisor) that has ultimate control of the hardware. This hypervisor will need to arbitrate requests from the operating systems executing in the virtual environments (often referred to as guest operating systems or guests).
In full virtualization this means that the guest operating system is unmodified and unaware that it runs in a virtual environment. Certain actions (privileged operations) by the guest will be arbitrated by the hypervisor, for example, actions such as reconfiguring the memory management unit (MMU).
With hardware assist, the processor will detect the privileged operation by the guest and will context-switch to the hypervisor so that the hypervisor can perform the necessary actions to arbitrate the request.
Without hardware assist, the hypervisor has to inspect the code prior to execution, which is expensive and has significant performance impact. In many server and information technology environments, full virtualization is a requirement.
Virtualization in the IT market has enabled companies to deliver more services with a smaller price tag by using fewer servers while delivering better capabilities with fault tolerance, load balancing across sites, disaster recovery, and so forth.
The concepts used in virtualization for embedded designs are the same as in the server industry, but the implementation varies widely. The chips used in the embedded industry do not always have the hardware assist to facilitate virtualization; they have less horsepower, and the amount of memory they have is limited.
Embedded applications also typically require real-time behaviour to events, often in the microsecond range. This means embedded hypervisors need to be small and fast and add minimal overhead to interrupt handling and computational speed (ideally no overhead at all).
With full virtualization, running unmodified operating systems in fully virtual environments can be costly, especially if hardware assist is not available. In the embedded world, performance is more important than full virtualization support, and source code is available for many embedded systems, opening the door to a technique called "paravirtualization."
In paravirtualization, the guest operating system is modified to collaborate with the hypervisor. Basically the privileged operations are removed from the guest operating systems and they are replaced with requests (essentially system calls) into the hypervisor.
Paravirtualization provides efficient virtualization on top of any processor—Intel, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and so on—bringing the benefits of virtualization to the embedded world.
Multicore and virtualization
Virtualization is often used in the same sentence as multicore. The reason for this is evident: Virtualization provides the capability to partition a powerful multicore processor into multiple separate virtual environments. One of the first embedded industries to go multicore was networking; but industrial control, automotive, and many other industries are following.
Multicore simply delivers more instructions per second for less power and with less heat. The question often is how to harness this power. Virtualization is the answer here. It provides the capability to create low overhead individual environments to run legacy code or to develop new code within.
Modern processors have anywhere from two to 32 cores, with more on the horizon, and designers can run these processors with a single operating system or partition them and run multiple operating systems on them, some single core, some multicore.
Primary Virtualization Drivers
There are many reasons why device developers are looking to multicore and virtualization for embedded devices, but there are two main ones: performance and consolidation.
The performance driver is easy to understand. A project that is looking to build more powerful devices will need to look towards multicore, as the race for higher megahertz processors is over. Higher frequencies consume more power, so using multiple cores running at lower frequencies is the way to go.
The consolidation driver is also easy to understand. Many devices currently have multiple processors, especially in automotive, transportation, industrial control, medical, printers, and so forth, and multicore provides an opportunity to combine these separate processors into a single device, saving space, cost, and power.
The hypervisor runs on the bare metal multicore or single-core hardware, partitions the memory, processing cores and devices, creates the virtual environments, and then gets out of the way. It allows a control partition to reset virtual environments and update them on the fly.
The hypervisor also provides the ability to lock each virtual environment to its own core or to time-slice a single physical core between multiple virtual environments with an efficient real-time scheduler.
Multicore is here to stay, and a product that may be using a single core today may go dual-core in the next release and quad core or more five years from now. Virtualization provides the flexibility to adapt to those changes without having to make large architectural changes in the software for these devices.
Separating Code
One of the reasons why many current embedded systems have multiple different processors is to keep critical code separate from non-critical code. For example, the control of large machinery runs on a separate processor from the software that provides the graphical user interface to the user.
These types of separations can often be found in embedded systems for security, safety, or legal reasons. An embedded hypervisor is a small layer of software underneath the virtual environments, so it is the ideal arbitrator, ensuring that the virtual environments do not impact each other. Often these arbitrators need to be certified, which is feasible due to the small size of the virtualization layer.
Separation is not a barrier to virtualization, but it is something that should be taken into account when designing a virtualized embedded system.
Hypervisors drive innovation
A slight twist on the consolidation driver is the situation where an existing device has a certain amount of functionality, for example, a medical device, a multifunctional printer, a set-top-box. These devices often run a real-time operating system to satisfy responsiveness requirements.
The emergence of Linux has opened up possibilities to add new and groundbreaking functionality to these devices, but the cost of adding a second processor to the device is often prohibitive. Virtualization removes that barrier and enables the designer to add Linux to the existing processor (provided enough processing cycles are available) and provide innovative new functionality to the device.
Hypervisor technology has been around longer than the now ubiquitous personal computer. Virtualization in the IT market has taken off in the past years and is now scaling the walls to the embedded market. But embedded systems are more sensitive to available resources than IT systems; hence the hypervisors themselves are smaller and focused on real-time behaviour.
Using hypervisors to innovate existing designs provides the embedded designer with new ways to add features and security, both through open source and their own in-house developments. Certification artefacts help developers through the standards approval process more effectively, and hypervisors assist with separating the safety critical elements of the design from less critical areas.
But embedded designers are much more sensitive to the available resources than enterprise system developers. The new generation of hypervisors for industrial, transportation, and medical designs must have a tight focus on the memory space and processor cycles.
This allows the designer the maximum flexibility in the code development, providing new features to improve both the safety and functionality of the next-generation systems. Embedded systems are getting faster, multicores are being used more and more, and designers are looking for the next level of flexibility and scalability when building embedded systems.
Mark Hermeling is senior product manager for multicore and virtualization at Wind River.


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Amazing transfers of two '70s Disney films that eschew the usual studio factory look in favor of a refreshingly mature style.
When Disney ventured into the live-action field of motion pictures, they typically fell into 2 reasonably distinct categories: there was, of course, pure children's fare like Flubber and The Apple Dumpling Gang that the little ones would love but made most parents cringe, and there were the productions that existed on another level – films whose elements would strongly appeal to the young ones, but took on more adult themes as well. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea could hardly be called a 'children's film', and how many kids were given nightmares by Patrick McGoohan's scarecrow mask in Dr. Syn? Those films sported high production values, expert casts, and they dealt with, in the words of the MPAA, "adult themes". The line between those films and the more madcap variety was rarely blurred successfully – how many children begged to see One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing because of the Disney name and fun-sounding title only to be bored senseless by the leaden plot dealing with Chinese spies and stolen microfilm?
Director John Hough must have seemed a strange choice to helm a Disney film in 1975; his previous work included a decidedly adult Hammer film, Twins of Evil, an effective haunted house thriller, The Haunting of Hell House, and the car chase dust-up Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, but his experience would give Escape to Witch Mountain a refreshingly adult feel missing from most of the studio's output. Of course, everyone over 35 knows the secret behind the telekinetic and telepathic abilities of orphaned siblings Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia (Kim Richards), and even in '75 we knew not to trust Donald Pleasence before he falsifies adoption papers in order to bring them to boss Ray Milland's massive California hacienda so that he can manipulate their powers to his own, presumably evil, ends. We instantly loved Eddie Albert (who, like Pleasence, didn't noticeably age from the late '50s through the early '80s) from the moment he appeared with his Winnebago. Sure he was a gruff widower, and nearly threw the kids out after they snuck into his camper, but he certainly isn't going to kick them out on an empty stomach now, was he? And we don't feel like we're giving anything away by saying that the conclusion involves a UFO, particularly since an image from the scene is included on the box art!
Escape's popularity among kids is no mystery; what child hadn't dreamed of levitating people and things at will? It's the ultimate child-empowerment fantasy come to life! Escape was released a year before Carrie added a macabre twist to telekinetic ability (even though we're left to wonder exactly how Milland was going to utilize the children's powers), and it felt like something brand new. With the benefit of hindsight, a live-action Disney film that didn't relentlessly pander to its audience seemed like a rare bird indeed. Both Escape and its sequel eschew the typical Disney factory look thanks to director Hough, who brings a refreshingly mature style to the proceedings.
Only during the major telekinetic effects sequences does the film fall into the traditional mold, with adults flailing their limbs and gesturing wildly; reacting to both flying props and post-production opticals like players in a Mack Sennett short. The special effects are pure Disney, meaning a combination of hastily assembled matte shots and the suspension of people and things from wires. The children's ability to levitate never looks like anything more than a wire rig hoist-up; I'm not sure what sort of patience kids today will have for these silent era effects, but the quality of the production will likely win over all but the most video game-hardened pre-teen.
The world into which Return from Witch Mountain was released in1978 was a far different one than that of its predecessor. In the prevous year, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind had reset the standard of acceptability for effects in science fiction films, an expensive lesson that took Disney several years of pricey missteps like The Black Hole to learn. Both young principals return – 3 years older and noticeably more mature. The pair had a bigger share of the film to carry the second time around –Richards plays most of her early scenes with younger actors, making her seem that much older – and they do so without the irritating Pollyanna quality that seeped into many young Disney performers (they're also devoid of the constant adult guardian figure provided by Albert in the first film).
They're once again supported by a terrific group of older actors, including Christopher Lee and Bette Davis as, respectively, a mad scientist and his impatient benefactor, whose experiment in mind control is interrupted by Tony when he saves the life of their unwilling guinea pig (played by the great Anthony James, whose memorably angular face has him enshrined in the henchman hall of fame). The film departs from the original in several ways; the tone of the Escape remains, though with more of a 'young adult' adventure edge, befitting the rapidly-nearing-teenage-years stars, but most importantly, Tony and Tia are split up early in the show and spend most of the running time apart, which actually deprives the film of their chemistry together (the two went on to play siblings again in the nifty TV shocker Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell in '78 and also have cameos in the soon to be released Race to Witch Mountain).
The conclusion of the film, when a still mind-controlled Tony is forced to have a psychic showdown with his sister (with Lee in the background shouting "Kill her!" into the transmitter controlling Tony's mind) might be upsetting to younger viewers, but Return has a snappier pace than the first film, and makes for a more entertaining time than the occasionally meandering original (though the Los Angeles exteriors are much less interesting than the northern California cool of the first film). Hough also made sure that the casting of the adult antagonists reached the same watermark as before; Lee and Davis appear to be having a ball as the baddies, and if they deemed the material beneath them, it never shows in the performances.
However good or bad Race to Witch Mountain turns out to be, we have it to thank for the amazingly bright and sharp transfers on the new DVDs. We're certainly no expert on the restoration of films prior to a disc release, but either Disney spent a bundle sprucing these up or they have the cleanest vault elements in the business. Only the shots with dodgy matte work or optical effects have that "less than perfect look".
Both discs feature scene-specific commentary tracks featuring director Hough and leads Richards and Eisenmann (the latter were thankfully recorded together and make for a very pleasant listen), a just-under 30-minute making-of documentary, a trivia track, a "Studio Album" featuring clips from all Disney features released in that given year, and one Disney cartoon ("Pluto's Dream House" on Escape and "The Eyes Have It" on Return).
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Barack Obama should use his visit to Cambodia to help stop human rights violations.
During Obama's visit the country of Cambodia in November 2012, he must heavily consider the human rights violations that occur at the hands of the government and its partner companies. Every day, communities are evicted without adequate compensation, indigenous villages' traditional and spiritual lands are bulldozed, or a human rights activist is murdered, threatened or imprisoned. Obama's visit to Cambodia is a unique opportunity to wield the power of the U.S. government and help stop these human rights violations.
If you agree, please read the letter below outlining just some of these human rights violations, sign the petition, and share with your friends!
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Dear President Obama,
As you visit the country of Cambodia in November 2012, you need to heavily consider the human rights violations that occur at the hands of the government and its partner companies. Every day, communities are evicted without adequate compensation, indigenous villages' traditional and spiritual lands are bulldozed, or a human rights activist is murdered, threatened or imprisoned. Your visit to Cambodia is a unique opportunity to wield the power of the U.S. government and help stop these human rights violations.
Here is just a short summary of ten of some of the atrocities that have recently occurred here:
1. Violations of human rights and land rights, contravening national and international law.
Boeung Kok. Families living around Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak Lake were forcibly evicted to make way for Cambodian Senator Lao Meng Khin's company, Shukaku Inc. They were displaced, sent to live far from the city without adequate facilities, and were not adequately compensated.
Borei Keila. Three hundred families evicted from their homes in Borei Keila for a commercial development project in January. They were promised housing but the Phanimex company reneged on the agreement, and most of the families have been left homeless and without compensation. Borei Keila residents have peaceably protested, even in front of the U.S. Embassy. In response, the Embassy issued a watered-down statement on its Twitter page about property rights and finding a peaceful resolution.
Andong Village. The government evicted Andong Village in Phnom Penh in 2006. They were relocated to an empty field far outside the city with no homes and no facilities. Since then, the villagers have been living with crowded, flooded homes and dirty water. Recently, they were asked to move again with only two weeks' notice. They have no potential relocation site.
Communities living near the airport. Perhaps as a direct result of your visit, hundreds of families living near Phnom Penh's International Airport will be forcibly evicted from their homes. Authorities have not yet promised adequate compensation. The eviction does not follow due process since the people were given legal permission to build and own these houses, and they have the documentation to prove it.
Indigenous peoples of the northeast. Above are only the high profile cases, which I'm sure you've heard of already. The stories from Boeung Kak and Borei Keila have been replicated on an enormous scale. Unknown atrocities are occurring throughout the country, especially to the indigenous peoples of the northeast. Countless villages are in disputes with companies encroaching on their land. The government claims to have fixed this problem through a land-titling initiative throughout the provinces. There are of course problems with this initiative that the government has refused to recognize, but more importantly, the government is using the initiative as an excuse to ignore the ongoing disputes that villagers have with companies. Several villages have waited for years for the court to act on their complaints as companies continue to bulldoze more of their land, and hundreds more villages still wait to receive community land titles.
2. Intimidation, violence, and murder of protesters and human rights activists.
Peaceful protesters from Boeung Kak and Borei Keila. In May, 13 women in Boeng Kak were arrested during a peaceful protest. After cries from international organizations and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the women were released. Two additional activists from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities were arrested in September and still await their trials in Prey Sar prison.
Heng Chantha. In Broma village, Chhlong district, Kratie Province, the community of 14-year-old Heng Chantha was involved in a long-running land dispute with Casotim rubber company. Two hundred armed soldiers, police, and military police violently evicted the community. In the process, Heng Chantha was shot and killed. The government explained her killing by stating that the community where she lived was involved in a secessionist movement to form an "independent state."
Chut Wutty. While investigating illegal logging in Koh Kong Province with two reporters, environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot dead by a military police officer. The government continued to change the story of how he died, eventually deciding that the military officer shot Wutty and then committed suicide. The court has recently chosen to stop investigating Wutty's murder.
Ou Virak, Sok Ratha, Pen Bonnar, and Chhay Thy. While communities have waited years for land-grabbing companies to be charged in court, human rights activists in the region are swiftly brought into court for questioning: recently CCHR President Ou Virak, Radio Free Asia journalist Sok Ratha, and Adhoc activists Pen Bonnar and Chhay Thy were questioned at Ratanakiri Provincial Court for "inciting" villagers to protest.
Reporters Hang Serei Oudom and Ek Sokunthy. Reporter Hang Serei Oudom was bludgeoned to death with an ax, likely due to his exposes in Ratanikiri's Vorakchun Khmer (Khmer Hero) newspaper. Oudom's most recent article claimed local authorities are behind an illegal logging scandal, namely Ratanikiri Provincial Military Police Chief Kem Raksmey's son, Keng Sanglao. Days after the article was published, Oudom's body was found in the trunk of his car. Police Chief Raksmey arrested an officer under his command, Banlung police captain An Bunheng and his wife. Raksmey and his son retain their claims of innocence. Ek Sokunthy, another reporter working on illegal logging in Ratanikiri Province, was beaten up by police. Another group of journalists' motorcycles were vandalized while photographing illegal timber storage.
Mam Sonando. Beehive Radio director and human rights activist Mam Sonando was accused of being the mastermind behind the "secessionist plot" in Kratie. The court recently convicted him of insurrection and twenty years in prison.
3. Lack of neutral democratic institutions for the upcoming elections.
Mu Suchea, a lawmaker from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party has already petitioned you to cancel your visit due to the partisan National Election Committee. In the upcoming July 2013 elections, transparency and neutrality is crucial. Unfortunately, the current system of elections does not allow for that.
Despite the government's claims, the problem is not only their lack of capacity to deal with the issues that a post-conflict country faces. Instead, high-up officials in the government are actively exploiting Cambodia's people and lands for financial and political gain. Worse, when the government faces criticism, they insist that they are doing the right thing. In response to Dr. Surya Subedi's report, the government merely released internal memorandums to "clarify" his concerns and call them "groundless." Active corruption and the simultaneous refusal to accept constructive criticism should not be acceptable to the United States, a country which champions the ideals of a free, transparent, and participatory democracy.
President Obama, if you come here without mentioning any of these human rights violations, you are allowing the government of Cambodia to continue their easy dismissal of human rights and refusal to accept their positive responsibility to protect their own peoples. As the President of the United States, you certainly know the power that one of your visits can hold. You witnessed what happened when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged the release of the Boeung Kak 13 from her desk in Washington, D.C.: they were released. If she had remained silent, it is very likely that they would still be in prison. If you silently arrive here, you will be legitimizing an oppressive government. You will perpetuate a culture of impunity and power-wielding. You will enable the government to convince itself, its people and the world that they are blameless.
Please, Mr. Obama, do not encourage the government to continue this culture. Use your visit to give a voice to the people who have none. If you speak up, the Cambodian government seeks the legitimization of your visit so deeply that they will at least do something to ensure that you come here. Please, employ your power to ensure the rights of a few.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:RATT lead guitarist Warren DeMartini and drummer Bobby Blotzer won the battle over ownership of the name "RATT" in a landslide court victory in the Lost Angeles Superior Court on February 6, 2002. Judge David Workman dismissed former lead singer Stephen Pearcy's claims for trademark infringement, unfair competition, defamation, misappropriation of corporate assets and breach of fiduciary duty, and held that Pearcy was in fact engaging in unfair competition against his former bandmates by using the trademark in connection with his unauthorized RATT tour. The Court ruled that Pearcy's claims were meritless because WBS, Inc., RATT's touring entity, is the sole and exclusive owner of the RATT trademarks. The Court further ruled that Pearcy has engaged in unfair competition by continuing to tour, without authorization, as "RATT featuring Stephen Pearcy" after he left the band. An injunction requiring Pearcy to cease and desist from using the RATT trademarks and an order requiring him to turn over the profits earned from his unauthorized RATT tour are forthcoming. RATT's attorney, Kyle P. Kelley from Beverly Hills, CA said "My clients are delighted with the Court's ruling. The Court determined that the allegations against DeMartini and Blotzer were meritless and unsupported by evidence, and in fact, Pearcy was guilty of unfair competition. DeMartini and Blotzer will protect their trademark rights and will vigorously pursue anyone who books an unauthorized RATT concert." The trial on RATT's cross-complaint against Pearcy is scheduled for March 11, 2002. RATT's current line-up consists of DeMartini and Blotzer, fronted by Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE), with guitarist John Corabi (MOTLEY CRUE) and Robbie Crane on bass. RATT will resume touring on February 27, 2002 at the Key Club in Los Angeles, California. Future tour dates can be found at the band's official web site, www.therattpack.com.
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