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Exclusive Entertainment Earth Giveaway: Win A Massive 1:4 Scale Daryl Dixon Statue!Contests,Movies/TV,News Ken W. Hanley
Six weeks ago, FANGORIA surprised our readership with announcement of our partnership with the exceptional online marketplace Entertainment Earth to provide weekly giveaways of chilling collectibles. And with the sun setting on our latest contest, FANGO and EE have our next gruesome giveaway all ready for your petrifying participation!Read more »
IFC Midnight Nabs Mickey Keating's Festival Favorite "CARNAGE PARK"Movies/TV,News Ken W. Hanley
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Project: "Representations and subjectivities in the classroom: towards the construction of the access and experience of full citizenship"
Academic backgrounds
Bachelor degree in Language and Literature. Universidad Veracruzana (1998-2002), with the thesis: "The processes of improvement and degradation on La cresta de Ilión by Cristina Rivera Garza. A reading proposal from gender studies".
Master of Education with emphasis on Cultural Criticism and Gender Studies, UNAM (2009-2011), with the thesis: "The construction of emerging masculinities and femininities in the heterotopic classroom space" (Honorable Mention).
He participated in the IV International Seminar of Reading at the University, III National Congress of Written Culture's Expressions at Institutions of Higher Secondary Education and Higher. And in the V International Seminar on Written Culture and Social Actors, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala. (October, 2015).
He participated in the "Masculinities" module at the diploma program Contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and citizenship: The body, science and borders given by the Leadership Institute Simone de Beauvoir, A.C., in coordination with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, DF (May, 2015).
Lecture "Masculinity: crises, challenges and perspectives" at the UAM-Azcapotzalco, Mexico, DF (February, 2015).
Professor of "Academic Writing", "Semiotic" "Latin American culture history" and "Myths and cosmogonies" in the Faculty of Spanish Letters of the Universidad Veracruzana. And professor of "Writing for specific purposes" in another universities for undergraduate and graduate. Also, He has taught the courses: "Notes on Queer theory" and "Queer theory studies: Notes for their methodological approach".
The space/place in the classroom is an area where occurs an intersection between the rational and the sensible, the material and the symbolic, the emotional and the affective with the body. For this reason, is a privileged perimeter from where it can be show the possibilities to live the subjectivity (a spatial representation frequently re/de/signified) in order to conform a subject with body, citizen, worthy and recognized.
In this regard, the classroom is the formative and performative space in which is possible to re/appear the face, the voice, the desire, the body whole of all those students that have been "disappeared" in the public space, and also have been paradoxically invisibles at school: Physical disappearance and symbolic due to the reduction or denial of recognition and dignity.
We are subjects when we believe that the other is subject: the personal is still political. And in this regard, it is still necessary contribute to the formation of this co-responsibility that exists between one and the other. Thus, it is not enough the existence of ordinances governing this or a list of rights that guarantee access to the respect, to preservation of life, justice, love; it must be assumed that the life in society is going through a process of reflexion, feeling and desire of citizenship (integral, without mediocrity), which is not given, but is constructed.
This research is focused on the reflection in the process of citizenship construction at school space and how their exercise is constructed by students, in convinced and convincing, dynamic and inclusive way in the daily life of the classroom and the others places of the school. Also, it seek to identify how subjects-bodies are constituted, those will exercise their right to the experiment of citizenship, from the variables that constitute them, in a regulatory framework which protects the exercise of human rights for everyone. In addition, this survey is based on my experience as a researcher in a telesecundaria —a model of Mexican high school—classroom, in urban area, with more than thirty students from popular sectors who live in colonies near the school, located in the Xalapa city, Veracruz.
As a result, the classroom becomes a space of possibility and resistance, assemblages, civic education, citizen training and formation of the subject who is put into play from their many constituent variables (age, skin color, sex, gender, desire). In this way, it is intended to read the classroom as a public square where students negotiated their place as citizens: the recognition of their subjectivity and what it implies. The central question is: How is the citizenship of the adolescent subject in the classroom of Secondary school education constructed?
To answer this question, the research is interdisciplinary: from critical pedagogy to cultural studies, through critical theory, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism (color, Chicano, the Third World), the Queer theory, literature, cultural studies, visual culture and contravisualidad and across all field that allows realizing give voice and body to cullet from subjects who have been left and remained outside citizenship status.
The research is qualitative, ethnographic; observation is used, the field diary and interviews to answer the questions: How is the space for building encuerpada citizenship made? How is the student body of Secondary Education Media played between-spaces, between-times and between-curtains that make your space-place in the classroom and other areas? What is traded in the classroom? How is school meant and how this means the student body? What is the liberating potential (transnational) of the classroom in building recognition to give dignity to the subjects who inhabit there?
Finally, what would provide a cross-disciplinary and transnational research to the construction of "made flesh" citizenship and to the formation of "pedagogical settings" where could be possible appear as a worthy subject and recognized? Are there experiences of this nature in the German and European context? What contributions (tunes) could have these in the Mexican-Latin American reality?
(2015), "Masculinity: notes on its crises, challenges and prospects" in Fuentes Humanísticas, p. 1-17.
(2012-2013), "Gender studies and literature another perspective" in Revista La Palabra y el Hombre, p. 14-17.
(2012), "The construction of emerging masculinities and femininities in the heterotopic classroom space" in Revista Matices, p. 183-206.
(2009), "A real man: masculinity in crisis" in Revista de la Universidad Cristóbal Colón, p. 110-124.
(2008), "The operation of masculinity" in Revista Topodrilo, p. 56-60.
(2012), "Towards the construction of full citizenship: bodies, subjects and social capital" in Rodríguez Pérez, Beatriz Eugenia (coord.), Building relationships equity in Higher Education Institutions: Beyond management systems, University of Sinaloa: Mexico, p. 387-398.


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Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by CantGetAWii, Dec 14, 2007.
Stupid guy, no need to burn a kids arm.
And you can't blame the kid for playing a Nintendo game.
what was he thinking, nintendo is the definition of video games. every one has the right to play it!
Wow... what a retard. you don;t burn a child just because he is playing a game that he enjoys.. this guy should stay in jail for the rest of his life. I really hope the kid is doing ok though
that guy is stupid
^ I would keep playing this game even if I was on fire :lol:
Also, I feel sorry for the kid
Lol FRuMMaGe.... Nintendo Triple Screen
$150,000?! Thats A lot. Lol
lol, i was thinking before that the next ds nintendo makes will have three screens(not like it will happen though) but its kinda funny
what kind of person thinks they have to burn a child just because they are playing a nintendo? some people... i tell you...
People these days...
Seems to me that the father has some anger issues..
Yep. Obviously it wasn't the Nintendo that caused it. The disobedience (or supposed disobedience) that caused the man to lose it.
Hmmm, well it says the kid 'refused' to stop playing, and quite frankly when your 4 you dont have the right to say no.
But seriously, that guy does have issues. No doubt he was high or drunk. -_-
what is wrong with that guy nintendo is 2 good 4 him i guess
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Dude, thats f*cked
But you know how the papers will twist this:
"Nintendo is the root cause of all evil" will be tomorrow's headlines.
On a more serious note, I feel sorry for the boy. I hope he recovers quickly.
In a way, it's good that this happened. If it wasn't for this then the nurses wouldn't have discovered he was being beaten.


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My E3 2015 Top 10: PlayStation
This are the top 10 games I'm most excited about from Sony's PlayStation 4 showcase in no particular order. Let's go.
Another year, another E3 gone by and this one is probably the best we've had in a while, so why not do a list about the games I'm most excited about? I've made a list for PS4, Xbox One and all the other multi-platforms (sorry, Nintendo, you weren't too sharp this year).
One simple rule: games can only be from the pool of stuff that showed in this year's E3, nothing from last year. Montages count.
Publisher: Devolver Digital • Developer: Eneme Entertainment
I've had my eye on this indie action RPG for a while, but only last week were we truly shown how far along the game has come and damn, it's looking fine. In the game you control a redhead warrior, the protector of the world tree Yggdrasil that's been consumed by the titular Eitr, a dark substance that's poisoning the 9 norse realms connected to the tree. Fuck yes.
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Publisher: SCE • Developer: Guerrilla Games
The creators of the Killzone franchise surprised us all with this beautiful new game in which mankind is no longer the dominant species and now 1,000 years in the future robotic dinosaurs are roaming the Earth. Guerrilla claims the game will be open world and full of action sequences that involve strategy to defeat enemies. We'll also control a redhead hunter girl who has no relation to the previous game in this list.
Death's Gambit
Publisher: Adult Swim Games • Developer: White Rabbit
The offspring of Castlevania, Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, Death's Gambit looks like a sleeper hit that should've gotten way more attention than it did at the show. While details are scarce on the story, I do know the game will feature sword and gunplay where you'll need to pick the right weapons and abilities for the enemies you face.
Street Fighter V
Publisher: Capcom/SCE • Developer: Capcom
That Sony managed to secure the rights for Street Fighter exclusively on their console is a huge deal if you haven't gotten a PS4 or Xbox One yet or if you planned to get into competitive gaming with this title. The decision already affects the biggest game in the biggest e-sports fighting competition on Earth, EVO, but aside from video game politics the game happens to look gorgeous and seems to pack enough new strategic changes to make it more than just a rehash of SFIV with better graphics. I suck at Street Fighter, but I'll still play it when it comes out.
Publisher: SCE • Developer: Campo Santo
You should already know how I feel about Firewatch and its dope art by Olly Moss. If you don't, read about it here. Spoiler: I think it's awesome.
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Publisher: Square Enix • Developer: Square Enix
That this game is actually in the works brings two major concerns to my immediate attention: 1. How long will they take to make this playable and not cast a shadow over Final Fantasy XV? 2. Will this tarnish the sweet memories I have of the original game now that it'll basically rewrite some of the scenario to fit the new graphics and our updated gaming habits in 2015?
I know, I'm thinking way ahead of myself, but that's a thing I do often. I'll just shut up and watch the damn thing for the 300th time.
The Last Guardian
Publisher: SCE • Developer: Team ICO
No other demo in E3 made me gasp as much as this one did. With every breathtaking jump of that child I seriously feared for his life and the baby gryphon. Just the sight of this was enough to believe in miracles.
No Man's Sky
Publisher: SCE • Developer: Hello Games
Every time Sean Murphy comes out on stage to demo this game I feel like something crazy is going to happen, but so far none of his appearances have equaled that of the game's reveal. I keep asking what else can I do aside from piloting my ship and discovering new stuff, so in a sense my expectations for this game have been lowered a bit. Still an impressive idea I want to play with though.
Ratchet & Clank
Publisher: Insomniac Games • Developer: Insomniac Games
This was a treat. A serious delight to watch. The demo where they show the game's first level with all the new stuff the PS4 can do is insane, truly a leap from when I first enjoyed this adventure back in 2004ish. Can't wait to play this again!
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Publisher: SCE • Developer: Naughty Dog
After playing the third and supposedly final installment of the series, I swore Uncharted off, vowing to only play Uncharted 2 if the itch ever came close. The demo at last year's E3 didn't particularly win me over, but this? This right here? Look at that demo, this is my jam.
The Takeaway
As beautiful and impressive as these games look, the PS4 has left a pretty dry offering of games for 2015. Were it not for third-party games like The Phantom Pain and Fallout 4, the console would be bereft of any new cool games even coming close to what we were shown at E3. With all the games without dates they showed I hope they at least bought some time to fuel more stuff like this past 2016.


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Dodge's CEO Fred Diaz proclaimed in Chicago that, "2011 was the year of the Ram." Ram truck, that is.
He says Ram understands "loud and proud" truck buyers and, perhaps, a little Italian too. According to Diaz, there's a "famiglia" of Ram trucks.
To that end, he introduced a new Ram family member at the 2011 Chicago auto show, the Tradesman. Diaz claims it offers better work-truck performance for the price. It arrives at dealers during the second quarter of 2011. Vital specs: a HEMI 5.7-liter, 390-hp V-8 mill; Class IV trailer hitch and wiring; heavy-duty transmission cooler and 17-inch wheels.
He claims it tows 10,450 lbs and carries a 1,600 lb payload. Base price including freight is $22,780. One can chose from regular cab with short bed or long bed. Two- or four-wheel drive versions are also offered. Three different rear-axle ratios let you tweak power delivery. The most fuel-efficient combo nets an estimated 20 mpg highway.


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I liked Stacey at the beginning of the competition, but in the last few weeks she hasn't seemed as personable. The way she talked over the doughnut man was really bad. What's her POV - "vintage modern" or something like that? Yawn.
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Not necessarily, though. Use these four methods for cutting down on the holiday calories at work:
1. Buy a golf-stroke counter ($1.49 at www.golfstuffcheaper.com). Put it in your pocket and count each time you eat something between meals and planned snacks. Keep count daily until you've reached a "par" you feel good about. Then, stick with it.
2. Control hunger with 100-calorie snacks. Unless you're sprinting up and down stairs all day, a 100-calorie snack should sustain you. Check the calories in your favorite snacks online at www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgibin/ nut_search.pl. Or keep this list of 100-calorie snacks handy:
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- 1/2 ounce of nuts.
- 6 to 8 oz. of fat-free yogurt.
- 1 hard-boiled egg.
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4. Take "foot" breaks rather than "food" breaks. Replace a visit to the vending machine with a walk around the building, a walk to the farthest copy machine to make copies or a walk to a nearby post office to drop off the mail.
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Altar of Bones Hardback
by Philip Carter
Siberia, 1939. Pregnant with her first child, Lena Orlova plans a daring escape from a brutal Soviet prison camp to the one place she knows is safe: a cave containing the legendary Altar of Bones, hidden behind a frozen waterfall deep in the icy wilderness.
San Francisco, Present Day. Zoe Dmitroff discovers that she is the last in a line of women who have been entrusted with a secret so great many have died preserving it.
Propelled into a dangerous quest to discover exactly what she was born to protect, Zoe is soon running for her life from a vicious assassin and an all powerful businessman with chilling plans.
Only ex-Special Ops soldier, Ry O'Malley, can help her survive, but with time running out and the web closing in, Zoe will have to make a devastating decision that will transform her forever.
From the frozen wastelands of Russia, to the winding maze of Paris's backstreets, from Washington D.C, through America's mid-west all the way to San Francisco, THE ALTAR OF BONES is a gripping global thriller that spans the generations and unearths the dark secret behind one of the biggest conspiracies of all time.
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- Publication Date: 01/05/2011
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Review by cyderry
Altar of Bones is about an altar made of bones (dah) which has magical powers and the bad guy with his girlfriend who want those powers. There is a veerrrry longggg chase throughout and conspiracy theories (Marilyn and JFK?) It lost me about halfway through.This blind date was a definite "don't call me, I'll call you."
Review by cathyskye
First Line: Rosie knew the stranger had come to kill her as soon as he walked into the circle of light cast by their fire.Starting with an escape from a Siberian prison camp in 1937, Altar of Bones travels to the present day in a non-stop deadly quest for two items that several groups will stop at nothing to possess. San Francisco lawyer Zoë Dmitroff receives a letter from the grandmother she never knew telling her that she's the "keeper" of an ancient secret concerning a Siberian cave known as the Altar of Bones. At his father's death, government agent Ry O'Malley learns that the old man knew the location of a film that would rock the entire country. The two team up to stay alive and to get their hands on the secrets that others are killing to find.This is the type of book that is difficult to review without giving things away, so I'm heading straight for my reactions. The first two thirds of the book was an endless chase scene involving our two intrepid heroes, and the fact that stealth was not in the bad guys' vocabularies bothered me a bit. These people were conducting high speed chases at all times of the day and night firing endless rounds of ammunition from an assortment of guns. They did not care how many witnesses were around or how high the body count was. (Perhaps they counted on local police departments' budgets being cut so drastically that there would be no investigations.)I tired of the chase, primarily because of the psychotic conducting most of the chasing. At this stage of my life, my tolerance for fictional characters who love inflicting pain and death is practically nil. They turn my stomach, and they make me extremely angry. (I may seem to be a mild-mannered book blogger, but I do have a very nasty temper.)I was also amazed at how lucky Zoë was. She headed to Europe, using her credit cards all along the way, and wondered how the bad guys always knew where she was. She may not watch much television or read much crime fiction, but she specializes in defending battered and abused women and getting them away from their boyfriends and husbands. She knows something about flying beneath the radar. The relationship between Zoë and Ry was inevitable and made parts of the book sound like an erotic romance. However, even though characterization is not the prime directive in a thriller, Zoë and Ry were well-drawn enough for me to care about what happened to them.Even though I tired of the bad guys and the drawn-out chase scenes, I found that Zoë, Ry, and the dual prizes of the Altar of Bones and the film kept a grip on my imagination through to the end of the book. Hopefully the author's next thriller will contain a little less formula.
Review by pierthinker
Generations of women, called Keepers, guard a strange cave in SIberia that contains an alter made of human bones and supplies a potion capable of bestowing immortality. The downside is that the potion also bestows madness in the forms of paranoia and megalomania. Zoe learns she is the latest Keeper and with the help of Steven Seagal act-a-like Ry goes on the run to find her origins and protect the Alter and its secret. Unbelievable, no?Carter does a great job of drawing us into the story by dropping us right into the action. He provides plenty of surprises and twisty turns, weaving in three of the most iconic events of the 20th century. This is all done at a pretty fast pace with little or no downtime for philosophizing or interpersonal growth. When our heroes get down to rutting, as we knew they would, it is definitely more rescue flare than Yankee Candle.This is a long book, but does not seem it because the balance of action and narrative reality is kept just-so and we swoop along with it, always interested and always wanting to see what happens next. The Ry character is an all-action cipher, but Zoe has some interesting quirks and displays the fear that must swallow all of us when we are pushed into situations where we must act in ways we never knew we could.Pulitzer Prize winner this ain't, but well worth a deep dive from the comfort of a soft, sunny beach.
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Square-Enix revealed a new trailer on the Tokyo Game Show 2014 for their upcoming game Final Fantasy Explorer, which will be available for the 3DS. Some gameplay footage was revealed as well as the character Cloud from Final Fantasy VII. You can see the trailer below:
Final Fantasy Explorers TGS'14 Trailer
Published on September 19th, 2014 by Eric Weichhart


text: ANNOUNCER: From Washington, THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP, the American original. For over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. It's the 33rd annual MCLAUGHLIN GROUP Year-End Awards 2014, Part One. Here's the master of the ceremonies, John McLaughlin. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, HOST: Biggest winner of 2014? Pat?PAT BUCHANAN, AUTHOR & COLUMNIST: Republican Party, John. They haven't seen glory days like this since the Golden era of Harding and Coolidge, in numbers.MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?ELEANOR CLIFT, THE DAILY BEAST: Mitch McConnell and the GOP are right. But also sadly, ISIS, very brutal extremist group, very rich extremist group. Terrible tactics MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?TOM ROGAN, NATIONAL REVIEW/DAILY TELEGRAPH: The government of Iran because of their expansion of theological power in Iraq and beyond. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?MORT ZUCKERMAN, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT: It has to be the Republicans who came out of nowhere and won both houses of parliament. I mean, the government. It's just a huge victory for them. MCLAUGHLIN: The envelope, please. You like my fire, will you? Look at that outfit. ROGAN: Pair of the jacket and the pants.MCLAUGHLIN: There you are. That's real ambition (ph) over there. (LAUGHTER) MCLAUGHLIN: Let's see if I can get this out now. You know this Routine, Pat?BUCHANAN: Yes, that's Carnac the Magnificent.MCLAUGHLIN: Carnac the magnificent? BUCHANAN: You give the answer and he gives you the question.MCLAUGHLIN: Who did?ROGAN: You can't get it out. CLIFT: Johnny Carson.MCLAUGHLIN: Johnny Carson.BUCHANAN: Ed McMahon.MCLAUGHLIN: Ed McMahon and Johnny.BUCHANAN: A greater pair.MCLAUGHLIN: You think it out. What do we do? We blow in it. BUCHANAN: Blowing it, right?MCLAUGHLIN: Then what? Then give it to McMahon. BUCHANAN: McMahon gives the question and you give the answer. MCLAUGHLIN: There you are.Here we go. The biggest winner of 2014 is the United Kingdom. Last September, a referendum on independence for Scotland nearly severed Scotland from the United Kingdom. But the secession was averted. A great victory for U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and former P.M. Gordon Brown, both of whom personally carried out the last minute campaign appeals to keep the union intact. The biggest winner of 2014, the U.K. OK. Biggest loser, Pat? BUCHANAN: Barack Hussein Obama, John, wiped out completely in the Congress, poll ratings below where they've been in a long, long time, and he beats out Sony. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: Bill Cosby and on the political side, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, who is heading to the slammer instead of having a spot in the Republican ticket. MCLAUGHLIN: You saw Cosby's wife and her defense of him, and repudiation of what she's -- CLIFT: He didn't have a good year. MCLAUGHLIN: Morton? Oh, Tom?ROGAN: Tom? I'm going to go with "Rolling Stone" magazine after a complete fall apart of the year. MCLAUGHLIN: Uh-huh.Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Well, it seems to me that it was a Barack Obama. I mean, he was absolutely liberated in the election. His poll numbers are down to 41 percent which is about as low as it can get. He lost traction within the government and in the country. There's just no sense of what he stands for in terms of the public program. The biggest loser, however, is Harry Reid, the Democratic senator from Nevada, who was Senate majority leader. Reid was seen as Obama's puppet in the Senate, faithfully obedient to the White House, but at the expense of his own post as majority leader. Biggest loser, Harry Reid. OK. Best politician, Pat?BUCHANAN: I'm going to give it to Vladimir Putin, John. He's playing a very weak hand. He lost in the Ukraine but recovered by grabbing the Crimea. So, playing a weak hand, I think he did the best job. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: Elizabeth Warren who has her pulse on the energy in the Democratic Party and is really connecting with Middle America, and they're angry against the banks.MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: I'm going to go with John Boehner. Unpredictable choice there, but the fact that he's kept his caucus in shape and won another major victory in the midterms.MCLAUGHLIN: Well-stated. Mort?ZUCKERMAN: I'm going to go with Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister who defeated the Congress Party for the first time really since India was formed. Took over the government in a huge way, and become a major, major international player. MCLAUGHLIN: Best politician, a joint award. The former undersecretary of the defense, Michelle Angelique Flournoy and Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island. They both turned President Obama's overtures to replace Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, at stage a senior appointment in the Obama administration would be toxic to a political resume. O.K. Worse politician, Pat? BUCHANAN: Eric Cantor, the first majority thrown out of office by some unknown. He was sitting up having breakfast at Starbucks with his fundraisers in D.C. as he was being voted out of office. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: OK. OK. Cantor was my pick, too, but a good runner up would be Ted Cruz, who really managed to alienate his Republican colleagues by opening the door for Democrats to confirm 20 odd appointments for the president. Cruz is disliked by everybody on Capitol Hill. MCLAUGHLIN: I don't think Cantor is all through.Tom?ROGAN: Francois Hollande, the president of France, who's approval ratings are floating around 10 percent now. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort? ZUCKERMAN: Hollande is my suggestion as well. He's just lost all political traction in France.MCLAUGHLIN: The worst politician Mark Udall, the ex-Democratic senator from Colorado, who focused so obsessively on the alleged Republican "war on women", quote-unquote. Udall was a staunch defender of Obamacare throughout the campaign. He was defeated by Republican challenger Cory Gardner, worst politician. Okay. Most defining political moment, Pat?BUCHANAN: Executive amnesty by Barack Obama. It's going to affect the politics of the next two years entirely in both parties, poison the well for 2015. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: I think the downing of MH17 in Ukraine which showed that the Cold War didn't really ever end. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: I would agree with Eleanor. I think what happened in Ferguson was such a traumatic event for this country and that was the most important event of the -- MCLAUGHLIN: The defining political moment was Vladimir Putin's seizure of Crimea. The single act ended the 20-year post-Cold War period of growing cooperation between east and west. It began a new era of rising confrontation. This is the essence a defining moment. OK. Turncoat of the year, Pat? BUCHANAN: Saudi Arabia throws all its OPEC partners under the bus by refusing to cut back production. Russia -- I mean, Russia is not OPEC but Venezuela and Nigeria, Iran, all the others, are having a very tough time. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: Leon Panetta, former CIA director, with his tell-all book about the inside fights of the Obama administration. MCLAUGHLIN: Turncoat?CLIFT: Yes.MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: Douglas Carlswell and Mark Reckless, two British conservative MPs who transitioned to the U.K. independence party, which is going to cause big problems in 2015 for David Cameron. ZUCKERMAN: Well, to my mind it was Bill Cosby, because he was an icon for America, for so long and such a hugely popular figure. And to define out that everything he stood for was just absolutely destroyed by his life pattern was just too much. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort, listen to this: he comes from your district. Turncoat of the year: Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, who in a National Press Club speech, blamed Obamacare for his partner's election trouncing. But until November, Schumer has been a staunch cheerleader for the Affordable Care Act, which he helped ramp through the Senate in 2010. Chuck Schumer, turncoat of the year. OK. Most boring, Pat?BUCHANAN: This is what we call the Greenspan trophy, John. This goes this year to Harry Reid as did several years previously. CLIFT: I give it to the two Senate leaders, Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell. Boring can be beautiful. They're having a very productive -- they had a very productive lame duck session this year. Congrats to both of them. MCLAUGHLIN: Very insightful, Eleanor.Tom?ROGAN: I think it's going be Al Sharpton, just trying to repetitive and tedious. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Well, again, I go to Harry Reid, as the leader of the Democrats in the Senate to just about put everybody to sleep. It's almost a miracle that he's now going to come out as a majority leader. MCLAUGHLIN: Most boring, the so-called GOP war on women. Democratic campaign ads hammered the theme relentlessly in the battleground states this year. To the point where even most women voters tuned them out. OK. Most charismatic, Pat? BUCHANAN: I think Pope Francis, John. I think he beats out Matthew McConaughey.MCLAUGHLIN: Was that a private joke? (LAUGHTER)BUCHANAN: You don't know Matthew McConaughey is? (CROSSTALK)MCLAUGHLIN: Put me on your list, will you? Eleanor, go ahead.CLIFT: OK. I second on Pope Francis, but I also give it to Elizabeth Warren who really made an impression this year. That's right. MCLAUGHLIN: Really? Go ahead.ROGAN: I'm going to go with George W. Bush, who's taken a conciliatory line. He's said very positive things about the Clinton, which I think is good for the health of the nation as a former president. MCLAUGHLIN: Who else has said good things -- ROGAN: Republicans. MCLAUGHLIN: His brother. ROGAN: His brother. That's predictable. MCLAUGHLIN: He wants the brother to run. ROGAN: Yes. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Well, I'm still going to go with Bill Clinton whom I find in every aspect that he participates in public life still exudes a certain kind of dynamism and magnetic appeal that is unique in American politics. MCLAUGHLIN: Something like yourself, Mort, right?ZUCKERMAN: Well, thank you very much. I do it on an alphabetic basis.MCLAUGHLIN: Prince William and Kate Middleton, aka, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge. They are the most charismatic royals on the planet, breathing new life into the British monarchy. Take note.We'll be right back after this with more enthralling 2014 group awards. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)MCLAUGHLIN: OK. Bummest rap, Pat? BUCHANAN: The big lie that the police force in Ferguson, Missouri, and the town of Ferguson, are somehow some racist hell-hole because of a single episode that happened in the street. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: Bummest rap that Obama is abusing his executive order and acting like an emperor. That is except when he's in a bystander and passive and not acting like a leader. Both silly. MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: Michelle Obama, who has tried to do a few things on school nutrition, which I think -- I don't see as a partisan issue. I think it's good for the health of nation. I think she gets unfairly criticized for that. MCLAUGHLIN: Well, that's the bummest rap against her?ROGAN: Yes, she's been treated unfairly.MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: The bummest rap is that Hillary Clinton was responsible for the Benghazi, Libya consulate attack. MCLAUGHLIN: Bummest rap award goes to Senator Dianne Feinstein's charge that the Central Intelligence Agency misled Congress and the White House about its harsh interrogation of al Qaeda detainees, whereas the president and the congressional leadership was kept fully informed.OK. Fairest rap, Pat? BUCHANAN: Good for you. Fairest rap is that ISIS is genuinely an evil organization, with those public beheadings of people who are innocent, aid workers and the journalist and the rest. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor? CLIFT: Fairest rap that climate change is an existential threat and could lead to the extinction of the planet. MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: That President Obama's civilian national security advisors are not fit for duty. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort? ZUCKERMAN: Vladimir Putin who was a former head of the KGB turned out in the international dealings and his other dealings to be as toughest son of a gun as there ever was in American and world politics. MCLAUGHLIN: The fairest rap against Obama, President Obama -- from David Krone, chief of staff, to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, for failing to help the Democrats keep the Senate Majority. Krone blames the White House for refusing to put money into Senate campaigns, from accounts control by the president. A fair rap. OK. Best comeback, Pat? BUCHANAN: I would say Chris Christie and Mitt Romney. Both of them are back up and being considered for possible potential presidential runs against George Bush to become the establishment candidate. Both came back.MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: The city of Detroit, out of bankruptcy and now a destination for homesteaders. MCLAUGHLIN: Interesting. Mort? I mean, Tom?ROGAN: General John Allen, former Marine general. He was treated unfairly during an investigation now cleared and now serving as the manager of the campaign against is. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: I go with Governor Christie, after the sort of whole issue with bridgegate and everything like that. I think he's come back very, very well. MCLAUGHLIN: I give you a real comeback. The best comeback goes to Mitch McConnell. He's gone from fighting for his political life in a Republican primary last spring, to being the second-most powerful politician in Washington. Barack Obama being the first. A sweet victory for McConnell.OK. Most original thinker, Pat? BUCHANAN: Nigel Farage of the UKIP, John, who's taking up the cudgels for independence of the European Union, doing a tremendous job quite frankly, bringing over to Tories a real threat to the Tory Party in Germany and Great Britain. MCLAUGHLIN: A little obscure but well stated, Pat. CLIFT: Pope Francis who said we're going to see our pets in heaven which is basically -- BUCHANAN: He withdrew it, Eleanor.CLIFT: -- basically saying -- no, basically saying animals have souls which we all knew already. MCLAUGHLIN: Souls. CLIFT: Yes.BUCHANAN: But they're not mortal souls, Eleanor, I'm sorry.MCLAUGHLIN: What about sharks?CLIFT: He's opened the door to that. MCLAUGHLIN: What about fish?CLIFT: I think fish -- I'd be happy with fish. MCLAUGHLIN: Animal? Tom?ROGAN: Rand Paul who has made libertarianism mainstream. MCLAUGHLIN: Interesting. Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Elon Musk, the man who developed Tesla, who's going to change the whole world of automobiles and automobile transaction and program. MCLAUGHLIN: Well-stated, Mort. But the most original is Alex Epstein, author of the new book, "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels", fossil fuels. Epstein puts forward a moral and ethical argument for the good that fossil fuels, oil and gas, do for humanity. The book presents an entirely new take on the climate change debate, which is why Epstein gets the most original thinker award. OK. Most stagnant, .Pat? BUCHANAN: Bibi Netanyahu. He elevated Hamas with his war. He's broken it off with the E.U. to a degree. He alienated the United States. His government needs new elections. Palestinian talks are dead. He's at the dead end, as Israel is right now politically. MCLAUGHLIN: What do you think of that, Mort? CLIFT: My turn. MCLAUGHLIN: You're going to comment on that? I know, I wanted him to interject.(LAUGHTER)CLIFT: OK, all right. I was showing the proper respect.MCLAUGHLIN: All right. Please continue? CLIFT: Just double checking. OK, most stagnant thinker is Vladimir Putin who stuck in the early 20 century adventurism, destroying the economy of this country. MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: Yes, Nancy Pelosi who just doesn't seem to realize that the political turns have changed. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Afton Burton, the woman who says she married Charles Manson because love conquers all. MCLAUGHLIN: Most stagnant thinker, our collective award, to the Democratic Party, for believing the political tactics it had employed successfully in recent election would work again. Gallup now says more Americans identify as Republican than as Democrats. You know that, Pat. (CROSSTALK)BUCHANAN: It was Barack Obama was on television the end of the first week in Ferguson, Missouri, calling for peace in a split screen with Molotov cocktails and rocks being traded back between police and demonstrators. Unbelievable TV. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: This photo op the St. Louis Rams. Players came out in the fields with their hands up. MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: I think the most photo op was the White House feed on the president's landmark immigration address. The angle made it look like he had a crown on which I thought was amusing. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort?ZUCKERMAN: President Obama in a floor-length, maroon Chinese attire on his visit to China. MCLAUGHLIN: The best photo op of the year, the selfie by Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres and 11 fellow celebrities during the Oscars broadcast. In fact, it was staged by ABC to use the Samsung smartphone because Samsung paid $20 million to sponsor the Academy Awards. You didn't know that, did you, Pat? BUCHANAN: I didn't know they did it. I saw that whole scene though. MCLAUGHLIN: OK. Enough already with that. What do you have to say, Pat? BUCHANAN: Enough already goes to the Reverend Al Sharpton. CLIFT: Enough already, Benghazi. MCLAUGHLIN: Rogan?ROGAN: Russell Brand, a British comedian who now thinks he's a political revolutionary but doesn't have to read (INAUDIBLE). ZUCKERMAN: I'm with Pat on Al Sharpton. We've had enough of him for long enough period of time. And I think he's doing a lot of damage to whatever coherence his country can develop in terms of race relations. MCLAUGHLIN: And you're from New York. ZUCKERMAN: Yes. MCLAUGHLIN: Enough already with the jargon, the selfie -- call it a picture, a self portrait, or a head shot, or as often happens, a misframed and poorly proportional digital document. May the selfie go the way of the tweakie (ph), and the hoodie, and march quietly into oblivion. Enough already with the selfie. OK. Worst lie, Pat?BUCHANAN: That Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson shot down an innocent, unarmed teenager in cold blood in the streets of Ferguson. The whole grand jury testimony indicated this was nothing but a large lie. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: Worst lie: Republican campaign pledges repeated over and over and votes taken to repeal Obamacare. Not happening. ROGAN: President Putin's assertion that Russian intelligence is not operating in Eastern Ukraine and the links of those intelligence sources (ph) to the downing of the MH17. MCLAUGHLIN: Worst lie is IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's assertions -- BUCHANAN: Try Morton, he might have some thoughts. MCLAUGHLIN: Mort, I beg your pardon. Should I finish or you go?ZUCKERMAN: Now, you go ahead. MCLAUGHLIN: No, I think you should go.ZUCKERMAN: With a name like Zuckerman, I'm used to coming at the end. You go ahead.(LAUGHTER)MCLAUGHLIN: All right. I will.The worst lie is IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's assertion and congressional testimony that tens of thousands of Lois Lerner's e-mails were lost and permanently unrecoverable. Well, this month, the IRS inspector general recovered 30,000 of the supposedly lost Lerner e-mails. Worst lie. OK. Cap -- no, we won't go that. Mort?ZUCKERMAN: The combining and merging of cable companies will lower rates both for customers and subscribers. MCLAUGHLIN: That's a lie.ZUCKERMAN: That's a lie. MCLAUGHLIN: Wow.OK. Capitalist of the year? BUCHANAN: Xi Jinping of China. He's not only getting rid of corruption. China's become the largest economy in the world, according to one standard conducted by the World Bank. Amazing for China. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor? CLIFT: Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company.(LAUGHTER)MCLAUGHLIN: Tell us about it. CLIFT: Well, they're taking -- MCLAUGHLIN: It's huge, isn't it? CLIFT: It's huge. That's its most defining character and it's taking over a lot of the space on the Internet. MCLAUGHLIN: And it's over here. (CROSSTALK)CLIFT: Right. It's in our economy. Businessmen are united against it. MCLAUGHLIN: Alibaba, can you improve on that? ROGAN: Can I improve on that? I'm going to go with Uber and Lyft car-sharing services that are changing the way we use cars and allowing individuals to earn a bit of extra money on the side. MCLAUGHLIN: And would you answer that? You use it, as I understand it. You use Uber. MCLAUGHLIN: An Array (ph), that's a competitor for Uber?ROGAN: Yes.MCLAUGHLIN: Mort, what do you think of that? ZUCKERMAN: Let me tell you what my particular is.(LAUGHTER)ZUCKERMAN: The developers of fracking, of oil that has changed the entire energy situation for this country to such -- in such a dramatic way and in such a short period of time. And it's going to make us completely independent of the oil and energy of the rest of the world.MCLAUGHLIN: Well-stated.2014 capitalist of the year is Jonathan Gruber, the MIT professor and economist and former Obama administration consultant. He's gloated over what he called the stupidity of American voters. Gruber collected some $5 million in fees from government, proselytizing for Obamacare. Gruber designed the law in an incomprehensible manner, and then charged unbelievably hefty fees to explain it. Honorable mention, Pat?BUCHANAN: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, the National Front in France, John. And the reason I say that is because she did extraordinarily well in these parliamentary, European parliamentary elections. She's not running first for president of France, which is part of this movement. Nigel Farage is in, all these other populist ring-wing movements, some of which are leaning toward Putin. It is one of the most dramatic movements and it's growing all across Europe and a lot of people think it's unhealthy. There are some far-right groups associated with it. But it seems to me, ultimately, this is going to lead to the breakup of the Eurozone and maybe even the breakup of the European Union.MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor?CLIFT: I nominate the people who are on the frontlines fighting Ebola. Doctors Without Borders, the doctors and nurses who went over there, who put their own lives at risk in order to help the U.S. troops who went over to build facilities. There's a lot of self-interest and national security involved on the U.S. part, because if you don't stop it in West Africa, you're going to have to deal with it here. But I really commend people who go into that environment and know their lives are at risk and feel that their duty is to help their fellowmen.MCLAUGHLIN: Well-stated, Eleanor.Tom?ROGAN: I'm going to go with Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the leaders of Afghanistan, who have decided to come together and try to pursue some form of political reconciliation in the country. Their promising, still low level, changes and development in governance. The Afghan national army is holding ground and there's a credibility there that is important to build a relationship with the United States.And if we compare it with Hamid Karzai, it's an improvement. And it's important, we've lost a lot of Americans in Afghanistan. It gives us the hope that we might be able to salvage something there.MCLAUGHLIN: Morton?ZUCKERMAN: Well, I would go with the Canadian government led by a couple of very mature, serious leaders who have done a marvelous job both in terms of integrating the country between the French-speaking and the English-speaking country, and to develop and continue to develop modern economy in the context of being right next door to the United States.MCLAUGHLIN: Are they soliciting counsel from you?ZUCKERMAN: Only on Sundays. On Sundays, after they see THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP, they call me.CLIFT: Mort is Canadian is by birth, we should point out.BUCHANAN: Are you looking for some kind of medal from these folk up there in Canada where you were born?ZUCKERMAN: They are really doing -- BUCHANAN: I agree with you. I know the foreign minister -- ZUCKERMAN: Yes.ROGAN: I think going back to what you were saying, Pat, I mean, there is a -- I mean, Le Pen, there's some really unpleasant sentiment in part of Le Pen's movement. She's trying to move that a little bit away, but it's still floods (ph) with it. But you're right in the sense that I think it does portend the collapse of the European Union -- MCLAUGHLIN: Honorable mention goes to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the former chocolate magnate become Ukraine's fifth president in the midst of its most severe crisis since independence from the Soviet Union 23 years ago. Poroshenko is simultaneously battling a crumbling economy and Moscow-backed Russian separatists. He's a true patriot and Ukraine's freedom is in his hands. I think you would concur with me on that, wouldn't you, Mort?ZUCKERMAN: Yes, yes, I think he's done a terrific job.CLIFT: What is this former chocolate magnate? Did he head up a Hershey's -- BUCHANAN: He's Hershey's in Ukraine.CLIFT: He's Hershey's in -- OK.MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor, I think the questions, how does he raise $3 billion selling chocolate.CLIFT: Oh, I think selling chocolate is a pretty good deal.ROGAN: There is an issue though.MCLAUGHLIN: There is an issue?ROGAN: There is an issue in Ukraine. The patronage politics and sort of organized crime, a lot of money floating around. It's still a big issue in western -- BUCHANAN: And the United States ought to get in there, I think and try to end this war. People talk about putting in weapons to Ukraine. They can't defeat Russia. You'll have a larger war, more Ukrainians dead, Russians dead, a disaster.I think we really ought to get in there politically and diplomatically and try to end it, to end the killing and -- CLIFT: Chocolates for peace?BUCHANAN: Well, I mean, Poroshenko is a strong man.MCLAUGHLIN: You think Poroshenko is able to control Putin?BUCHANAN: No, he's not. But I think Putin wants a deal. I think if -- I believe we ought to stop the war. I don't see -- CLIFT: Putin is -- ROGAN: He wants to deal on his terms though.(CROSSTALK)BUCHANAN: Well, I don't think he wants to own the two provinces, in the Luhansk and Donetsk. MCLAUGHLIN: Pat, Putin wants the "Stans". (CROSSTALK)CLIFT: Putin is crashing and burning.BUCHANAN: Putin is, we got Eleanor's, he's got enough problems on his plate.CLIFT: Yes, that's right.BUCHANAN: He wants Kazakhstan, go in and invade that.MCLAUGHLIN: Tajikistan, there's another "stan" he wants. BUCHANAN: There's, you know, Kurdistan, there's Turkmenistan, there's Uzbekistan, he wants them all?MCLAUGHLIN: Well, that's the way it looks. That's the way it looks. He wants control and -- BUCHANAN: I do not believe that. I don't believe it.MCLAUGHLIN: He wants the Russia of the past, to become the Russia of today.BUCHANAN: He wants the Russians back in Russia.MCLAUGHLIN: Also, he has supported the "Stans".BUCHANAN: Listen, look, I think I mean, Putin, we can -- he's a man we can do business with, I believe.ROGAN: But if we do business with him holding all the cards, he doesn't want to make tough concessions.BUCHANAN: He doesn't have all the cards. He doesn't have all the cards anymore.ROGAN: But the problem is, with his political strategy, I think he becomes more dangerous because of his weakening position -- BUCHANAN: That's what I'm afraid of.CLIFT: I came close to naming him the biggest loser of the year.MCLAUGHLIN: OK. Here it is. Person of the year, Pat? BUCHANAN: I think Pope Francis, John. He's not only a worldwide sensation, but there could be a real split coming in the Roman Catholic Church, which was before Islam took over, the largest religion on Earth. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor? CLIFT: California Governor Jerry Brown who was governor in the 1970s for two terms. Just won election handily to his fourth term. He's now in his 70s. He has handle the budget issues in California with great deafness and managed to preserve investments in education and social policies. So, he's beloved on left and the right. MCLAUGHLIN: Tom?ROGAN: The unnamed clandestine service officer of the CIA treated disgustingly by the U.S. Congress but serving very honorably and courageous around the world under the surface of public awareness.ZUCKERMAN: Vladimir Putin who's emerged as an enormously effective and powerful and tough minded player on the world scene, and at this point, has made us look very, very week. MCLAUGHLIN: Person of the year: Pope Francis, especially now that he's told that animals can go to heaven. And Oliver is up there waiting for me. Next week, join us for THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP 2014 Year End Awards Part Two.Merry Christmas. Bye-bye.END


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Sigma 120-400 OS users
Thanks Bryan !
( For some reason the gallery link doesnt work? )
Good shots especially considering the D40 AF and burst speeds and MP size and low light weather. The image of the heavy sigma mounted on the tiny D40 must be an interesting sight worth taking a pic of too lol (i am planing myself too to try the sigma on a D3200)
From some tests i made i couldn't see something noticeably different between OS off, OS1 & OS2. (unlike the results of VR Active mode in 18-200 which blurred my action shots - read afterwards that active is designed for shooting from moving platforms) From my understanding OS1 is maybe more suitable for multi-directional panning (aerobatics?) while OS2 is designed specifically for horizontal panning ?
Theres an upcoming short air display event here that i am thinking to shoot mostly with OS off mainly because i see that it indeed takes relatively enough time (for fast action situations) to completely stabilize and might also have some penalty on AF speed ? and to be also on the safer side as this is a rare event and the lens has also a profound back-focus issue ... To possibly increase the keepers.
Here are the samples indicating the back-focus
- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/472fecyih2wxcts/-Y9U2k12I0/FOCUS_CHECK
- https://dl.dropbox.com/sh/472fecyih2wxcts/NZ_NbKnPzs/DSC_0264_f22_400mm.jpg (focusing @ 40m distance with f/22 the DOF should had been quite wide, instead its starting ~ 40cm beyond the focus point leaving the focus point out of focus ... )
This lens is sharp and nice where it is focusing. Currently though it is not focusing where it is aiming. The OS works well , i believe its just kinda slow for not predictable, fast situations and i don't mind its mechanical humming, actually i prefer it as one more indication that it is working (and how it is working. Similar reason as to why i prefer to have focus beeps enabled) One drawback is its weight but i could compromise with that if i can fix its back-focus with a very reasonable cost. Also i would like my sample to be sharp at f/8 instead of f/11 as, you can see from your airshow pics, weather is often not helpful in airshows and motorsports and shutter speed is paramount (as noise too since often have to crop the subject from the frame because of the distance even with a 400mm lens i thnk) If the back-focus is a matter of probably missaligned elements, proper alignment might maybe reduce the sharpest aperture too, who knows.
Now during the upcoming even i will also see if 400mm is enough reach for me shooting aviation subjects ...
some pick of the most clear pics of a bunch of tests i made on the field : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/472fecyih2wxcts/fcCIWGt5ba#/
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Veronica Roth
born in New York
raised in Barrington Illinois
youngest of three children
graduated from North Western University creative writing program
worked on divergent in collage
career took off
movie rights sold before graduating
married Nelson Fitch
Prezi By: Maddie Massie
futuristic Chicago
divided for factions
Long ago there was a war among the people that split the city into factions.
Those who blamed the war on...
Aggression formed Amity
Ignorance formed Erudite (intelligence)
Duplicity formed Candor (honest)
Selfishness formed Abnegation (selfless)
Cowardice formed Dauntless (brave)
does not like war
run the farms
provides some food for factions
loves music, art, games, and laughter
red and yellow clothing
less formal
bright and pleasant
records of the city
city's librarians, doctors, scientists,and teachers
wear glasses
calming color
helps stimulate the brain
highly believe in honesty
able to read body language
provide leaders in law
wear black & white cloths
truth as black and white
more formal
blamed war on selfishness
others before themselves
political leaders to govern the city
all grey clothing
very simple
no self attention to themselves
believe in bravery
protect the city
believe the only answer is to face your fears and find bravery
loud,and expressive
lots of bravery and courage
fighting and physical skills
all black
unnatural hair colors
failed to join a faction
kicked out of their faction
live in poverty
low paying work
Choosing Ceremony
pick what faction you join
stay with parents
or leave them for entirely new faction
cannot leave faction
if you leave your new faction you are factionless
or you get kicked out
published on April 25, 2011
worth 16.0 points
reading level 4.8
March 21, 2014
three books in series
science fiction
Aptitude test
choices to make
pick a faction
suggest what faction to join
pick which ever faction you want
when it suggest one than one faction you are divergent
Jeanine Matthews- Leader of Erudite, does not approve of city government, planning on destroying Abnegation.
Christina-Friend of Tris, who transferred from Candor to Dauntless
Al-Transfer to Dauntless, who has a crush on Tris.
Will- In a relationship with Christina
Eric-A leader of Dauntless, who is rude to Tris and Tobias.
Main characters
Jeanine Matthews
Tris Christina Will
Beatrice Prior (Tris)
Natalie Prior (mom)
Andrew Prior (Father)
Caleb Prior
The Prior Family
16 years of age
Born Abnegation
Transferred to Dauntless
Dating Tobias (Four)
Has to be very cautious
Beatrice Prior (Tris)
18 years of age
Born Abnegation
Dating Tris
four fears
father is Marcus
Tobias Eaton (Four)
City Government
50 Abnegation representatives
Abnegation purest of the factions
problems within the government
problems within other factions
Jeaninie doesn't approve of government
leader- Marcus Eaton
Divergent is told from first person
point of view through Tris.
Tris finds out she is divergent
she picks Dauntless
cuts her hand and drips blood into the coals
Tris is now belongs to Dauntless
meets Christina, Al, and Will.
Rising Action
three stages of initiation
Peter came in second in the rankings
Edward came in first
Peter stabs Edward in the eye
Tris is ranked first in stage two
a plan to throw Tris off chasm
recruits Al to help
Luckily, Four is there to save Tris
Al commits suicide
Tris is still in first place in stage three rankings
After the third stage is over with, everybody gets injected with a serum
serum is supposed to keep people from going missing
Falling Action
definitely recommend
enjoy reading romance or action
After you start reading you can't put it down!
serum actually manipulates Dauntless
Dauntless goes to war between Abnegation
Erudite is controlling Dauntless
Divergent people are not effected by serum
Tris and Tobias act like they are affected by serum
try to escape, but get caught
Tris is put in a glass tank filling with water to die
Tobias is put under the serum for divergent people
Tris's mother comes to save her
Tris's mother gets killed
finds her father, brother, Marcus, and some more Abnegation leaders
Tris, Caleb, and her father go to find Tobias
also to stop simulation
Tris's dad gets killed
Tris awakens Tobias by telling him to kill her
Tobias awakens to Tris's voice
Tris gets Tobias out of simulation
take the hard drive
Tris and Tobias goes to find her brother
escape to Amity
all take a train to Amity
hope to be welcomed there
With Divergent being the first book in the series, there is no definite ending until the series is finished.
If you want to find out which faction you would be in then get out a piece of paper and a pencil.
1. You most want your friends and family to see you as someone who…
A. Is willing to make sacrifices and help anyone in need.
B. Is liked by everyone.
C. Is trustworthy.
D. Will protect them no matter what happens.
E. Offers wise advice.
2. When you are faced with a difficult problem, you react by…
A. Doing whatever will be the best thing for the greatest number of people.
B. Creating a work of art that expresses your feelings about the situation.
C. Debating the issue with your friends.
D. Facing it head-on. What else would you do?
E. Making a list of pros and cons, and then choosing the option that the evidence best supports.
3. What activity would you most likely find yourself doing on the weekend or an unexpected day off?
A. Volunteering.
B. Painting, dancing, or writing poetry.
C. Sharing opinions with your friends.
D. Rock climbing or skydiving!
E. Catching up on your homework or reading for pleasure.
Faction Quiz
4. If you had to select one of the following options as a profession, which would you choose?
A. Humanitarian.
B. Farmer.
C. Judge.
D. Firefighter.
E. Scientist.
5. When choosing you outfit for the day, you select…
A. Whatever will attract the least amount of attention.
B. Something comfortable, but interesting to look at.
C. Something that's simple but still expresses your personality.
D. Whatever will attract the most attention.
E. Something that will not distract or inhibit you from what you have to do that day.
6. If you discovered that a friend's significant other was being unfaithful, you would…
A. Tell your friend because you feel that it is unhealthy for him or her to continue in a relationship where such selfish behavior is present.
B. Sit them both down so that you can act as a mediator when they talk it over.
C. Tell your friend as soon as possible. You can't imagine keeping that knowledge a secret.
D. Confront the cheater! You might also take action by slashing the cheater's tires or egging his or her house—all in the name of protecting your friend, of course.
E. Keep it to yourself, statistics show that your friend will find out eventually.
7. What would you say is your highest priority right now?
A. Serving those around you.
B. Finding peace and happiness for yourself.
C. Seeking truth in all things.
D. Developing your strength of character.
E. Success in work or school.
If you have mostly....
A you are Abnegation
B you are
C you are Candor
D you are Dauntless
E you are Eurdite
"Faction before blood."
Any Questions?
16 years old
Brother of Tris
Born Abnegation
Very unexpected
Transferred to Erudite
gets visited by Tris
Drops out of Erudite initiation
Caleb Prior
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B-Town welcomes SC's decision on dance bars
Bollywood celebrities Madhur Bhandarkar, Pooja Bhatt, Konkona Sensharma on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to stay a state law banning dance bars in Maharashtra. The court stayed the ban against dance bars on the
condition that performances will not be obscene.
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Bhandarkar, who made a film 'Chandni Bar', set in the backdrop of Mumbai's dance bars, welcomed the decision.
"Welcome move by the Hon. Supreme Court to put the ban on hold for Dance Bars in Maharashtra," he tweeted. Film producer Pritish Nandy hoped that the latest decision by the court will help in rehabilitation of dancers, who went jobless after the government ban. "Supreme Court stays ban on Maharashtra dance bars.
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Man 'raised bounty for burning down his family home after Mick Philpott was convicted'
A MAN attempting to hire someone to set fire to his family home increased his offer on the day Mick Philpott was convicted of killing his children in an arson attack, a court heard.
McGarry is accused of trying to arrange for his ex-wife to be killed
Architect Andrew McGarry, 39 - who was serving a prison sentence for crashing his car into his matrimonial home as his wife was divorcing him - tried to hire fellow inmates to attack his former partner, it is alleged.
It is claimed that he had originally offered £10,000 for someone to harm his ex-wife Heather, 28, but increased the sum to £50,000 for the deaths of his entire family when Philpott, 58, and his wife Mairead were convicted of manslaughter after six children died in a fire at their home.
McGarry, who has three children aged eight, six and four, was said to be in a "very agitated state" as the verdict upon Philpott was delivered and said he wanted his ex-wife Heather, 28, killed "as soon as possible".
McGarry from Horwich, near Bolton, Greater Manchester approached three inmates about having Heather and their family harmed or killed, it was claimed.
He allegedly came up with a "price list" of payouts for varying degrees of attacks which could be carried out on his former wife and their next door neighbour Andrea Leighton and make it look like a burglary.
CCTV was taken of McGarry driving a car into the marital home in a previous incident
He came and upped the price from £10k to £50k the day the Philpotts got convicted of murdering their own children with fire
The list included £100 for causing damage to the windows at both addressees, £500 for setting fire to number the matrimonial home, and £8,000 for killing Heather, a jury was told.
One of McGarry's lists allegedly read: 'If you get Heather herself £8,000 and if you get Andrea… £1,400", claiming he had the money in a trust fund and said the fee would increase to £50,000 if both were killed along with his children.
Police were called in after one of the prisoners handed over details of McGarry's plans to guards at Forest Bank Jail in Salford.
At Bolton Crown Court, inmate Colin Brady told a jury: "He came and upped the price from £10k to £50k the day the Philpotts got convicted of murdering their own children with fire. He was in a very agitated state.
"Most of the conversations in the prison was all about the case against the Philpotts.
"The entire jail was all talking about it because in prison terms it is one of the most sickening crimes you can think of, killing your children or anyone else's children."
Mick and Mairead Philpott were convicted over the deaths of six children
The court heard McGarry was serving a "very long prison sentence" after ploughing his Vauxhall Zafira into his family home after the breakdown of his marriage.
McGarry had married Heather, who later described him as a "Jekyll and Hyde" personality, in August 2006.
She filed for divorce in July 2012, and in the same month McGarry ploughed his blue hatchback into the front garden and then into the house before the vehicle burst into flames.
Shortly after he was sentenced he approached inmate James Plaice, who later alerted police, about trashing the family home and set it on fire, it was alleged.
Brady then approached McGarry, asked him what he wanted and was told: "A reign of terror on both my ex-wife and her next door neighbour".
The court heard that Brady got in touch with Heather McGarry via a card sent from prison which was later handed to police.
He denied it was an attempt by him to get money from Mrs McGarry in return for protection adding: "I considered the situation was of the greatest of urgencies. I considered the life of Mrs McGarry, her children and the neighbour to be imperative.'
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|Aim: Youth unemployment is associated with increased levels of anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, reduced self-esteem and satisfaction with life. Up to date data based on standardized psychiatric diagnostic assessments in adolescent or young adult unemployment is very scarce. To our knowledge, this study has, for the first time, assessed both Axis-I (non-personality) and Axis-II (personality) psychiatric disorders and related constructs in a preselected sample of unemployed individuals. Subjects and methods: Subjects were aged 16–24 and lived in the large urban region of Essen, Germany. They were referred by case managers of the vocational services centre to the on-site psychiatric out-patient unit. SCID-I and II were administered to assess DSM-IV diagnoses. Symptom Checklist 90 R, Beck Depression Inventory and Client Sociodemographic Service Receipt Inventory were used to measure severity of psychopathology and health service utilization. Results: In all, 98% of the unemployed young adults suffered from mental disorders. Mood and anxiety disorders were the most common Axis-I disorders (47.9 and 33.4%). Altogether, 58.2% of probands met diagnostic criteria for a personality disorder; a borderline personality disorder accounted for one half of these disorders. Despite a 49% rate of Axis-I and II comorbidity and severe psychopathology, the majority of subjects were untreated and mental health service utilization in general was low. The diagnosis of a personality disorder was related to a 2.7-fold risk of dropping out of job reintegration programmes. Conclusion: Unemployed young adults referred for a psychiatric assessment have a high rate of both Axis-I and II disorders, which need to be considered upon planning individual-based vocational rehabilitation programs.
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Seeking funding to support the work, the Boston, Massachusetts-based-AeroCopter's MTR vehicle has a single turbine driving a ducted fan pusher propeller and the electromagnetically driven 8.2m (27ft)-diameter ring that encircles the fuselage. Lift is generated by the rotor blades of the ring, which has counter-rotating upper and lower halves. A driveshaft linking the ring to the turbine uses permanent magnets to turn the ring, which has many more magnets located at short intervals around its circumference. Once at 1,000ft (305m) altitude the ring is tilted through 87° and locked in place.
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Key Bible Verse: But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went. (Acts 8:4)
Dig Deeper: Psalm 96:3-10
One afternoon [my mother and I] were talking about a community in Laurel County, Kentucky, known as Swiss Colony. My mother noted that the name of that community quite possibly came from the migration of the Swiss into the southeastern part of the state. The more I though about the origins of Swiss Colony – an area far from Switzerland both geographically and culturally – the more the Lord started to stir my thoughts regarding global evangelization and migration and the opportunities for the church in the Western nations of the world.
The more I prayed and researched, the more I realized how the church was missing out on a significant opportunity to reach, model, equip, partner, and send many people groups back to their people groups across the globe. For centuries the church has been sending missionaries to the least reached people groups across the globe. While this practice must continue, we also must recognize that over the years large numbers of unreached people groups have been migrating to Western nations.
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Relationships: The odd couple
Southern belle Jerry Hall is reportedly dating octogenarian billionaire Rupert Murdoch and despite the unusual coupling, sources say the pair are getting along swimmingly
I can't be the only person who spat out my cornflakes and shouted in disbelief when I read that Texan supermodel Jerry Hall and 85-year-old billionaire media baron Rupert Murdoch are now an item. Sorry - what?
Beautiful, ballsy Southern belle Hall and cantankerous old man Murdoch? Compared to him, even the septuagenarian Mick Jagger seems like a spring chicken.
According to reports, the couple have been dating ever since Murdoch's sister and niece introduced him to Hall in Melbourne several months ago.
Apparently a "close friend" of the couple - a foolhardy source if ever there was one - told the Telegraph newspaper: "It's all very new. They are really enjoying each other's company very much.
"He is very fond of her. There is no question that they are a couple," they said before adding: "They could be the perfect couple."
Meanwhile, a source from Camp Murdoch said the relationship proves the octogenarian is "as vigorous in his private life as he is in business". A statement that makes one's blood run cold.
The pair have gone on several dates in California and New York. They recently took in Broadway hit show Hamilton - a hip-hop musical tribute to one of the USA's founding fathers.
On the surface, it may seem like an odd coupling. But as more celebrity relationships crumble, perhaps the secret to making it work is a healthy dash of unpredictability.
This year has been chocabloc with sleb splits, from pop stars Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards, comedians Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll, to reality-TV stars Vogue and Brian.
I don't adhere to the whole opposites attract philosophy. As Chris Rock rightly pointed out, if you're a born-again Christian and he's a crack addict, things probably aren't going to work out.
But casting against type can be a blessing in disguise. Just look at perfectly polished actress and Charlie's Angel Cameron Diaz and grungy Good Charlotte singer Benji Madden; towering model Sophie Dahl and pint-sized musician Jamie Cullum; or Quality Street heiress Millie Mackintosh and rapper Professor Green. Going against the grain is no bad thing. Sometimes the most enduring power couples are the ones we never saw coming.
This is the first relationship Murdoch has been in since his marriage to business woman Wendi Deng ended in 2013.
Hall famously split from Mick Jagger (pictured right) - with whom she had four children together, including model Georgia May in 1999.
Since then, she has been linked to a number of younger gents, including international banker Tim Attias and scientist Armand Leroi.
It's easy to see why Murdoch fell for Hall, that honeyed and husky Southern drawl could charm anyone.
I had the pleasure of meeting her last January when she touched down in Dublin for some forgettable charity drive.
She'd just cut her cascading golden curls off into a blunt bob.
"Right now, my style is 1965," she said. "After a certain age, you have to look dignified - I'm working on that. 1965 was ladylike but sexy."
During our four-minute heavily PR-monitored chat, she discussed hanging around in Paris with Yves Saint Laurent during the 70s, twin sets and why she hated Botox ("you lose your cheekbones - who wants that?").
There's a languid sexiness and unwavering confidence to her that's near impossible not to like. Plus, she has something that few people in the fashion industry have - a good laugh.
Let's not forget this is the woman who famously said: "My mother said it was simple to keep a man: you must be a maid in the living room; a cook in the kitchen; and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit".
It can be tricky to understand what Hall sees in Murdoch. Yes, yes, I know he's disgustingly rich, but I don't think she's the gold-digger type.
Perhaps she's attracted to his confidence and unwavering self belief.
And when you think of it like that, perhaps he's not so unlike Jagger after all.


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I recently hiked a 100km section of the Dawson Overland Trail, an old wilderness road from Whitehorse to Dawson City. The trail was created in 1902 as the first land connection between the two cities in the gold rush era. It allowed for year-round access to Dawson when the river was too frozen for boats, but not frozen enough for travel on the ice. The trail is maintained and is part of the Trans Canada Trail, popular by snowmobile in winter and cyclists in summer, but I found very little information about hiking the trail. Wanting a bit of a challenge, and to experience true wilderness
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