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Human Polyclonal ADRBK1 Primary Antibody for IHC (p), WB - ABIN1882061
Eichmann, Lorenz, Hoffmann, Brockmann, Krasel, Lohse, Quitterer: The amino-terminal domain of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 is a regulatory Gbeta gamma binding site. in The Journal of biological chemistry 2003
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Chen, Long, Wu, Jiang, Ma: EGF transregulates opioid receptors through EGFR-mediated GRK2 phosphorylation and activation. in Molecular biology of the cell 2008
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Human Polyclonal ADRBK1 Primary Antibody for ELISA, WB - ABIN251302
Iaccarino, Barbato, Cipolletta, De Amicis, Margulies, Leosco, Trimarco, Koch: Elevated myocardial and lymphocyte GRK2 expression and activity in human heart failure. in European heart journal 2005
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Pitcher, Freedman, Lefkowitz: G protein-coupled receptor kinases. in Annual review of biochemistry 1998
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Sterne-Marr, Leahey, Bresee, Dickson, Ho, Ragusa, Donnelly, Amie, Krywy, Brookins-Danz, Orakwue, Carr, Yoshino-Koh, Li, Tesmer: GRK2 activation by receptors: role of the kinase large lobe and carboxyl-terminal tail. in Biochemistry 2009
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Enhanced GRK2 expression triggers cardiac hypertrophy by GRK2-PI3Kgamma (show PIK3CG Antibodies) mediated Akt (show AKT1 Antibodies) phosphorylation and subsequent inactivation of GSK3beta (show GSK3b Antibodies).
Grk2 rescuing activity requires the integrity of domains essential for its interaction with GPCRs, we speculate that Grk2 may regulate Hh pathway activity by downregulation of a GPCR.
The main novelty presented here is to show that septic shock induces cardiac hyporesponsiveness to isoproterenol by a mechanism dependent on nitric oxide and mediated by G protein-coupled receptor (show GPR34 Antibodies) kinase isoform 2. Therefore, G protein-coupled receptor (show GPR34 Antibodies) kinase isoform 2 inhibition may be a potential therapeutic target in sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction.
Data, including data from studies in heterozygous knockout mice, suggest that Grk2 is involved in TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced wound healing in epithelial cells of the colon; Grk2 appears to inhibit TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced apoptosis; Grk2 inhibits TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced ERK (show EPHB2 Antibodies) activation by inhibiting generation of reactive oxygen species. Homozygous knockout of Grk2 is embryonically lethal in mice.
GRK2 upregulation causes kappa-opioid receptor (show OPRK1 Antibodies) desensitization in diabetic heart
study provides the first insights into the role of GRK2 in skeletal muscle physiology and points to a role for GRK2 as a modulator of contractile properties in skeletal muscle as well as beta2AR (show ADRB2 Antibodies)-induced hypertrophy.
GRK2 loss confers a protective advantage over control mice after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Fibroblast GRK2 knockout mice presented with decreased infarct size and preserved cardiac function 24 hours post ischemia/reperfusion. They had decreased fibrosis and fibrotic gene expression. These protective effects correlated with decreased infiltration of neutrophils to the ischemia site and decreased TNF-alpha (show TNF Antibodies).
this study shows that astragaloside IV alleviates E. coli-caused peritonitis through modulating GRK2-CXCR2 (show CXCR2 Antibodies) signal in neutrophils
GRK2 down-regulation is cardioprotective during diet-induced obesity, reinforcing the protective effect of maintaining low levels of GRK2 under nutritional stress, and showing a role for this kinase in obesity-induced cardiac remodeling and steatosis.
The betaARKrgs peptide, but not endogenous GRK2, interacted with Galpha(q (show GNAQ Antibodies)) and interfered with signaling through this G protein. These data support the development of GRK2-based therapeutic approaches to prevent hypertrophy and heart failure.
The PIP2-induced orientation of the GRK2-Gbeta1gamma2 complex is therefore most likely caused by specific interactions between PIP2 and the GRK2 PH domain.
Mitochondrial-targeted GRK2 is essential for prodeath signaling occurring after oxidative stress in myocytes and assigning a novel role for this GRK (show GRK4 Antibodies).
Indicate that the anti-proliferative function of elevated GRK2 in hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with delayed cell cycle progression and is GRK2 kinase activity-dependent.
G alpha q/11 interacts with this protein. A novel surface on a regulator of G protein signals a homology domain for binding G alpha subunits (GRK2 kinase}
determined the crystallographic structure of GRK2 in complex with G protein beta1gamma2 subunits.
intramolecular interactions could play a role in regulating G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2).
epithelial Na-channels are maintained in the active state by Grk2; Grk2 phosphorylates the C terminus of the channel beta subunit (show POLG Antibodies) and renders the channels insensitive to inhibition by Nedd4-2 (show NEDD4L Antibodies).
Crystallographic and biochemical studies provide evidence that the major domain interfaces of G protein-coupled beta adrenergic receptor kinase 1 (GRK2) remain associated during Gbetagamma binding and activation of GRK2.
Resultrs suggest that activated platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta (show PDGFRB Antibodies) (PDGFRbeta) phosphorylates GRK2 tyrosyl residues and thereby activates GRK2, which then serine-phosphorylates and desensitizes the PDGFRbeta.
GRK2-as5 has a role in membrane trafficking of the mu-opioid receptor (show OPRM1 Antibodies)
Results demonstrate that GPR3 (show GPR3 Antibodies) signals at the plasma membrane and can be silenced by GRK2/beta-arrestin overexpression. These results also strongly implicate the serine and/or threonine residues in the third intracellular loop in the regulation of GPR3 (show GPR3 Antibodies) activity.
GRK2 is negatively related to IGF1R (show IGF1R Antibodies) and IGF1R (show IGF1R Antibodies), but not GRK2, was associated with the tumour-node-metastasis stage and overall and disease-free survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.
The tyrosine-phosphorylated GRK2 mediates this inhibition by acting on the second intracellular loop of D3R.
GRK2 is overexpressed in pancreatic cancer, and might serve as a potential indicator of unfavorable prognosis.
Data, including data from studies in heterozygous knockout mice, suggest that GRK2 is involved in TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced wound healing in epithelial cells of the colon; GRK2 appears to inhibit TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced apoptosis; GRK2 inhibits TNFalpha (show TNF Antibodies)-induced ERK (show EPHB2 Antibodies) activation by inhibiting generation of reactive oxygen species. Homozygous knockout of GRK2 is embryonically lethal in mice.
The dominant model (CC vs. CT+TT) of rs1894111 polymorphism in the ADRBK1 gene might be associated with low-renin hypertension in Han Chinese.
Our data suggest that GRK2 acts as an important onco-modulator by strengthening the functionality of key players in breast tumorigenesis such as HDAC6 (show HDAC6 Antibodies) and Pin1 (show PIN1 Antibodies).
GRK2 may inhibit IGF1 (show IGF1 Antibodies)-induced human hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth and migration through downregulation of EGR1 (show EGR1 Antibodies).
It is a critical factor in diabetic endothelial dysfunction and plays a role in many physiological functions including regulation of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). (review)
Suggest a common regulatory pattern for the beta(2)-AR/GRK2 which is independent of cellular type or pathology.
The product of this gene phosphorylates the beta-2-adrenergic receptor and appears to mediate agonist-specific desensitization observed at high agonist concentrations. This protein is an ubiquitous cytosolic enzyme that specifically phosphorylates the activated form of the beta-adrenergic and related G-protein-coupled receptors. Abnormal coupling of beta-adrenergic receptor to G protein is involved in the pathogenesis of the failing heart.
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These series products of nano silicon oxide are independently developed by our company. Nano silicon oxide has small grain size, large specific surface area, unsaturated and defective surface and more alkyl with different bonding state, which could improve the function of other materials when it is added. Therefore it has wide prospects of application in many industrial fields.
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Rmax ECOBASEci™ is a composite product of polyiso insulation with inorganic, polymer coated glass fiber mat facers bonded to 5/8" or 3/4" fire retardant treated plywood (FRTP). This insulation has been tested for multiple NFPA 285 assemblies and is approved for use in exterior walls of buildings of any height.
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"As all urban exploration enthusiasts know, there are hidden wonders all around us – particularly in rich metropolitan landscapes like New York City. The City Hall subway stop is well-known to NYC history buffs, but until now it hasn't been easy to catch a glimpse of this unique bit of New York. Recently, a change in Transit Authority rules have made it possible for anyone to see the long-abandoned station – as long as you don't mind seeing it from a moving train."
-Delana on WebUrbanist.com
Read the full article at Web Urbanist
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text: Police investigating the murder of hip-hop icon Jam Master Jay have gotten one step closer to identifying the killer, after it emerged the alleged gunman had a distinctive tattoo on his neck. The Run DMC DJ, real name Jason Mizell, was gunned down in his Queens, New York, studio in October 2002 - but his murder has gone unsolved due to lack of evidence. Only one man has been named for his involvement in Mizell's death - convicted drug dealer Ronald 'Tinard' Washington - but he has not been charged. But now evidence given by witness Randy Allen, Mizell's longtime business partner, has been made public for the first time - revealing details about the killer and how the gunman embraced the producer before shooting him in the head at point-blank range. In the witness account, Allen recalls, "Jay looked up at the guy to say what's up. And the next thing you know, a shot goes off." In an interview to the New York Daily News, he adds, "My buddy's lying there, bleeding from his head. I'm looking at Jay and my head is gone. All I know is he's not moving. And all I could think about was who the f**k had just left." Cops hope the newly-released information will help to prompt people's memory in an attempt to identify the killer.


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Discussion in 'OT Driven' started by Guido The Penguin, Nov 13, 2002.
Everything on 2 wheels!!!
How about NO WHEELS!
for some i said "WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
for others i said "oh thats gonna hurt!"
No wheels? I can do no wheels as well.
Wait, what was that about no wheels? Ah hell, I forgot.
nice pics as always Guido
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Economic aftershocks of Japan quake roil Asia
Sunday, March 20, 2011; 4:28 AM
-- Economic aftershocks of the devastation in Japan are rolling through Asia. It is here, among Japan's neighbors, that the reverberations of the catastrophe are being felt hardest.
Automakers in Thailand are slowing production. South Korean electronics manufacturers face shortages of critical parts. Thousands of Japanese have canceled trips to Taiwan. Panic buying has driven up prices of Japanese cameras in China, while Indian policymakers brace for higher oil prices.
The 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that laid waste to Japan's industrial northeast on March 11 and triggered an unfolding crisis at a crippled nuclear power plant has exacted a terrible human toll with estimates of more than 10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. It might also undermine Japan - and China - as manufacturing bastions as the catastrophe gives global companies further reason to spread suppliers over more countries to avoid reliance on a handful of production powerhouses.
"Even before the Japan disaster, there was a sense that many multinationals had become too dependent on a single source of production," said Frederic Neumann, HBSC's co-head of Asian economics research. "The broad trend to diversify production will not just affect Japan, it will affect China. China's production has become very concentrated."
South Korea, a manufacturing force in its own right, has been among the first to shudder as Japanese suppliers grappled with damaged factories and power shortages.
SUV and luxury sedan maker Ssangyong Motor Co. is facing production constraints because of shortages of Japanese parts, said its chairman Pawan Goenka. "Most of the parts sourced from any given country are developed over time," he said. "It's not possible in most cases to switch sources. By the time you're able to switch sources the crisis will be over."
Samsung Electronics Co. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. buy 50 to 60 percent of the wafers they use to make computer chips from Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., which shut two factories damaged in the quake. Operations at other plants have been affected by rolling blackouts, the Japanese company said on its website.
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. gets 30 to 40 percent of the large metal plates it uses for shipbuilding from Japan. "If the disaster in Japan lasts and affects our supplies, we would have to consider ordering more from our South Korean and Chinese suppliers," said public relations manager In-chun Hwang.
Profits at Taiwanese electronics firms will likely slump in the second quarter due to shortages of Japanese components, said Alex Huang, an analyst at Taipei's Mega Securities Corp.
In mainland China, businesses have already started looking for replacement markets for the some $100 billion of exports they ship to Japan annually.
Chongqing Kinglong Fine Strontium Chemical Co., in the southern megacity of Chongqing, sells more than 80 percent of the strontium carbonate it produces to Japan, where it is used to make LCD monitors. "We may have to expand our domestic market to deal with the impact," a company spokesperson told the Chongqing Times newspaper.
Many Chinese manufacturers that use imported components are still able to run on inventory, but companies that rely on high end Japanese electronics and auto parts are bracing for shortfalls and rising prices, said Wang Shaopu, director of the Center for Pan-Pacific Studies at Shanghai's Jiaotong University.


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One Good Cop Trailer (1991)
03 May 1991 Drama, Action 105 mins
When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), decide to take the kids in. But the lives of his new family members are quickly on the line as Artie investigates his partner's death. Can he find the killer -- and keep the girls safe?
Watch the official One Good Cop 1991 trailer in HD below or find more One Good Cop videos on Vidimovie.


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text: MGM released "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring" with terrible transfers. Worse, the subtitles cannot be read on a 16x9 display with these non-anamorphic transfers. "Camille Claudel" and "Babette's Feast" were released at the same time. Neither is anamorphic; BF is 1.66:1, while CC is 2.35:1. Are the subtitles to both movies hidden on a 16x9 display? And are the transfers as bad as Jean and Manon?


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Big Brain is the first Advanced Deep Learning AI Data Scientist solution that dramatically improves predictive customer insight beyond what is possible with human data scientists and machine learning.
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The exponential growth of Big Data creates both the need and fuel for AI. Big Brain excels in environments with large data amounts, which give it the quantities required maximize AI data models.
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Big Brains uses GPUs rather than CPUs to perform computations, which speeds the execution of machine instructions and produces rapid response times for pattern matching.
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Big Brain uses Deep Learning algorithms with a cascade of many layers of nonlinear processing units for feature extraction and transformation. Big Brian's algorithms are both supervised and unsupervised for superior pattern analysis and classification.
What does Big Brain do?
Big Brain creates Expert AIs by intelligently selecting and optimizing supervised and unsupervised algorithms in Deep Learning Neural Networks running on a parallel processing GPU architecture. Expert AIs apply ideal algorithms to micro-segmented behavior data from millions of customers to identify new predictive patterns in real-time, with accuracy not previously possible.
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Title: Tea for Two
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Up to "The Christmas Invasion"
Characters: Ten, Jackie Tyler
Summary: The Doctor owes Jackie a cup of tea.
Jackie didn't quite know how it happened. She, Rose, Mickey and the Doctor had been in the flat talking about something--she forgot just what--and Rose had asked the Doctor when they'd be leaving.
"We can't leave just yet," he'd said. "I have a date for tea with someone very important."
With that, he'd held out his hand to Jackie. Somehow, she'd taken it and gotten past Rose, who hissed, "Don't you dare slap him again!" and they were off for a nearby café, Jackie's hand tucked through the Doctor's arm.
She stole a look at him. He really didn't look a thing like he did before. Slimmer, younger-looking, more hair--really rather fetching, in fact. Jackie hoped someone saw them. The Doctor was far cuter than the dumb young thing Lucy across the hall kept dragging in.
Still, something was the same about him. Something about the look in his eyes. Alien. But something more, as well.
"I could save the world, but lose you."
He was the same in the way he cared about Rose. One "Help me" from her had yanked him out of his coma, at least temporarily. And he had sent her away to try and save her, though that apparently hadn't gone the way he'd hoped. Jackie couldn't hate him any longer, since anyone who cared that deeply about Rose had her respect, but she was unsure of where they stood. Perhaps he was, too.
They'd reached the café, where the Doctor opened the door like a gentleman and even pulled out her chair for her. After she was seated, he sat down across from her and smiled in a particularly charming manner.
Jackie really hoped someone would see them.
"Order whatever you'd like. It's my treat," he said.
"Thank you," she said, "but I'm wonderin' why we're here."
He looked a little puzzled. "It's as good a spot as any for tea. Did you want to go someplace else?"
"No, that's not it." Was he being deliberately thick? Rose said he was smart. "Why are you taking me out for tea and biscuits without Rose?"
"Oh, that. Right. Well, I do owe you a cuppa, after all. Also, I thought maybe you'd like to talk to me without Rose here to elbow you when she thinks she needs to protect me."
So, he was smart after all. "You're right, you owe me," she agreed. "It was my tea woke you up. 'Sides, you turned me down last time. You remember that?"
"Yes, I remember everything," he said. "You know how sometimes you do or say something that makes perfect sense at the time, but later you wonder what you were thinking?"
"Do I ever."
"Right, well, that wasn't one of those times." He looked thoughtful and, Jackie could swear, a little embarrassed. "I wasn't in the best, well, mental space during my last incarnation. Made me a little more brusque than I should have been. Your daughter made it better." He definitely looked embarrassed, fiddling a bit with a napkin and shifting in his seat. "The truth is, I was--and it's not very flattering to me--a little insecure. I was worried Rose would choose you and her old life over me, and I didn't want to lose her and be alone again."
Jackie was spared having to come up with something to say to that as the waiter came over and took their orders. She ordered Darjeeling and a fruit tart, and the Doctor ordered the same tea, but no pastry. He turned his attention back to Jackie and waited patiently for her to say something. She had questions aplenty; it was only a matter of deciding what to ask when.
First things first. "I know why Rose travels with you--or at least most of it," she began. "You can show her everything she ever wanted to see, and a lot more besides. I just want to know why you wanted her along with you. Not that I'm insulting my daughter or anything, but I should think anyone would've been glad to take you up on the offer. Why Rose?"
"To take the second part of the question first, I recognized something in Rose from the first time I met her. She was brave, tenacious, smart, and she questioned things. That's the kind of person I like being around. Secondly, not everyone who I'd have wanted along would have gone with me," he said. "Believe me on that. Not one in a thousand or more. Would you have gone?"
The tea arrived, and Jackie took her time adding sugar and cream to it before answering. "Maybe, when I was younger." She looked away, out the window. "Pete would've. The man was mad. Wanted to do absolutely everything. Rose is her father's daughter through and through. Always has been."
"I thought she was like you," said the Doctor.
Jackie shook her head, familiar sadness welling up inside her. "No. I'm not that adventureous, never have been. Rose, though--she was always just goin' for it. She took gymnastics when she was younger, and she was good at it, too. Nothing scared her. She'd try anything, even when the other girls held back. It got her a broken wrist, a sprained ankle, and two cracked ribs, but she still wasn't scared. People thought I was beating her, she got hurt so often, but that was just Rose. Never held anything back."
She looked at the Doctor, who was smiling at her over the table, eyes warm and fond. "I know," he said. "Fantastic, isn't it?"
"Sometimes," said Jackie. "But it eats at me, knowing she's out there, in danger like as not. When she takes off, I never know if I'll see her again. You don't know what that does to me, Doctor. You don't know what it's like to have a daughter--"
"But I do."
Jackie almost thought she'd imagined the words, spoken so quietly. But the smile had disappeared from the Doctor's face, and he looked . . . old.
"You don't mean . . . you?" she asked, thinking perhaps she was misinterpreting what he'd said.
He nodded. "I was a father once."
Jackie was all set to ask him about his child or children when she remembered something Rose had told her.
"He's completely alone, Mum. His people are all dead. He's the last one, and he's so lonely."
That must mean . . . oh, the poor man! she thought.
"I'm so sorry," Jackie said, her throat suddenly constricting as she recognized the depth of grief in his eyes. "Rose never told me."
"She doesn't know," he said. His voice was tight, his words clipped, as if getting them out was physically painful. "I never told her. It's not something I talk about. Do you understand why?" Jackie nodded silently. "I'm telling you because I want you to know I understand, and I want you to know what it means when I say I will protect Rose as if she were my very own. No one will harm her without going through me first, and I am a dangerous enemy to have."
She shivered just a little. The sudden coldness in his eyes reminded her of his predecessor, but this time, she found it reassuring, recognized it for what it was. She wondered just how often he'd placed himself between Rose and danger.
Then his eyes were warm again, and the smile was back. "Which isn't to say Rose will stay out of the way of danger. I really thought I'd thought of everything when I programmed the TARDIS to take her back. I had to trick her to get her in so I could send her away. There was no way I could've convinced her to go for her own safety."
"She was right furious with you for that," said Jackie, remembering the curses Rose had flung at him through her sobs as Jackie and Mickey tried to calm her down. "Wouldn't stay here, not for the world." She remembered another question. "Doctor, what happened? Rose says she doesn't remember anything between leaving here and waking up to find you makin' yourself over on the way back."
The Doctor hesitated briefly. "I'm afraid that's one question I can't answer. I have my reasons. Rose, especially, must never know. However, there is one thing about it that I don't know, and you might be able to fill in the gaps."
"What?" asked Jackie.
"Taking off that panel couldn't have been an easy thing to do," he said. "Trust me, I've made that whole console as sound as I can. It occurs to me that there's no way Rose could have removed it on her own. Not without a lot of help. So you tell me, Jackie Tyler: how'd she do it?"
Jackie flushed a little. "I helped. Me and Mickey. Someone owed me a favor, got a lorry, and Mickey used it to pull off the panel. It woulda broken her heart if she didn't try everything to get back."
"I thought so!" The Doctor looked absurdly proud of himself. "See? You are like your daughter."
"So what happened?" asked Jackie again. "She said she was going to try to communicate with the TARDIS, tell it what she wanted."
"She did." The Doctor actually looked a little awed. "I can't tell you exactly what happened, but I can tell you that Rose did something amazing, utterly foolish, and absolutely fantastic, and she saved more lives than this planet has ever or will ever bear." He smiled as Jackie's jaw dropped, and then sobered. "The reason she can't know is that the consequences should have killed her, but I made certain they fell on me. I didn't die saving the planet; I died saving her. It was a life I gladly gave, and I'd do it again. But I won't put that burden on her. She's the hero in this story."
"My God," breathed Jackie, reeling a little from his implications. "My daughter." There was so much to her little girl she'd never known or guessed at. With the Doctor, Rose could be something great. If she hadn't met him . . .
If she hadn't met him, she'd have been safe. But she'd have been like Pete, dreaming of what might have been. Rose had been given the chance to make a dream real and make something splendid out of it, and she'd taken that chance. Jackie was suddenly aware of how very proud of her daughter she was.
"No matter how heroic Rose is," said the Doctor, as if hearing Jackie's thought, "I think you've had the harder part. You've had to let go."
Her tea had gone cold, and her tart was almost untouched. Jackie looked out the window again, a tear rolling down her cheek. That was it, wasn't it? She could hold onto Rose and never stop worrying or being angry with the Doctor for taking her, or trying to guilt-trip Rose into staying--or she could let go and let Rose really live. And she was alive now, far more than she'd ever been in school or working at the department store.
Even if it killed her, this life was better for Rose.
After a moment, the Doctor spoke again. "I promise you that if Rose asks to come home, to stop traveling, I will bring her back without hesitation. Not because I want to--she's a gift, saved me in more ways than she'll ever know--but because that's her choice. It has to be her choice."
Jackie wiped away the tear, trying to bring herself back to some normalcy. " 'Course it does. You know what it's like, trying to talk that girl into anything."
"She doesn't listen when you tell her something she doesn't want to hear," said the Doctor.
"She's always been like that! Always had to go her own way, even if it got her hurt."
"Precisely!" The Doctor looked like he was about to go on, but stopped. "It occurs to me that she rather reminds me of myself that way. I never did things the way I was supposed to. Got me exiled from my homeworld, it did, but I took my ship with me. Hm."
Jackie plucked up the courage to ask one last question. Maybe it wasn't her business, but Rose's heart was, so . . . "Doctor, did you and my daughter ever . . . you know?"
He squinted at her. "What?"
"You and Rose, did you ever--were you ever . . ." Jackie gestured for him to fill in the blank.
Which he was apparently unable to do. He looked more confused than ever. "Did we ever what?"
"Oh, for God's sake, never mind," she muttered. Whatever the answer, it wasn't worth the embarrassment of trying to drag it out of the man.
Of course, now that she'd given up, he caught on. "Oh, that. I see. No, it's all perfectly innocent between us. Not that I never thought about it," he added off-handedly. "Which is in itself rather unusual. I suppose it's a natural reaction to being that lonely, but that would only have mucked things up between us. It's a bad idea to shag a traveling partner, don't you agree?"
Jackie blinked. "I suppose. 'Course, it's not like you were the kind of bloke she'd fancy with that old face of yours."
The Doctor grinned. "You rather fancied it."
Oh, yes. She'd hit on him the first time she'd seen him. Jackie groaned softly, resting her forehead on her hand.
"Told you I don't forget anything," said the Doctor, laughter in his voice. He took her hand. "So, Jackie Tyler, may I have your blessing to take your daughter on amazing and perhaps dangerous adventures through space and time?"
Jackie looked him straight in the eye. "Do you love her?"
That question seemed to catch the Doctor off-guard, but after a moment, he said, "With both my hearts."
"Just like a bloke, braggin' on what you have that the others don't," she said. The Doctor smiled hugely at that. "All right, you've my blessing. But please . . ." She couldn't think of how to phrase what she wanted to ask of him.
She didn't have to. "I will," he said. "I promise you, I will."
So Jackie let go.


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Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz, on a media conference call Saturday, said there is a "high probability" both Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn will return to the lineup Monday night with his team down 3-1 in the series to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Trotz said the Predators had a lot of chances in Friday night's 1-0 loss at home, but several of his top players failed to finish. So he may re-insert Radulov and Kostitsyn. Both players were suspended for Game 3 after breaking the team curfew on the eve of Game 2. Trotz sat them out again for Game 4, because—like most NHL coaches at playoff time—he was not willing to change a winning lineup from Game 3.
The Predators managed 25 shots on goal on red-hot netminder Mike Smith in Game 4, but also had 14 missed shots.
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On Thursday March 25, catch one of the fest's highlights, Rana's Wedding, about a girl unhappy with the prospect of arranged marriage, who sets off on a journey to reunite with her true love, and smooth things over with her angry dad. Friday at 5 pm see Frontiers of Dreams and Fears, a documentary by Mai Masri about two girls, one from a refugee camp in Beirut, another an occupant of Bethlehem's Al-Dheisha camp, which is under Israeli control. They communicate through letters until they finally meet at the border during the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon, where an eruption of violence around them changes both of their lives. At 7 pm on Friday see Gaza Strip, the documentary by James Longley that boils 75 hours of footage down to 74 minutes. Saturday, at 4 pm, Mahmoud Darwish: As the Land is the Language explores a seminal poet, followed by Measures of Distance, where performance artist Mona Hatoum explores the renewal of a mother-daughter bond in war torn Palestine. Also on Saturday, at 7 pm, is Divine Intervention which won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes for its absurdist portrayal about a young man with many problems--besides just living in Palestine. Sunday marks the film fest's finale with Tale of Three Jewels, a story of young love set against a backdrop of Palestinian uprising in the Gaza Strip. Vollum Lecture Hall, Reed College
* 21 Grams
In Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 21 Grams, tragedy is finally given the respect it deserves. The story is told in a series of fragments. Flashing forward and back, the audience is given glimpses of its three main characters; Paul (Sean Penn) is on the cusp of death, waiting for his heart condition to finally claim him. Cristina (Naomi Watts) is a suburban wife with two children and a doting husband--who is soon to be scarred by an accident of epic proportions. Jack (Benicio del Toro) is an ex-jailbird turned fundamentalist Christian who can't escape the tragedies of his past which, like the repeated scenes of this film, keep returning as his future. The previously mentioned accident binds these three into an unwanted triad, sending each on a skidding path with their pasts, and sealing what seems to be a predestined fate. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Bagdad Theater, Laurelhurst
* Art Fag Movie Night
See the premiere of Bending the Equator, a video tour diary of the Brazilian band Dominatrix, while on tour with Portland's the Haggard. Also catch The Lesbian Movie 2000, plus more films and whatever those goofy folks at The Know decide to deliver you tonight. The Know
* Battle Royale II
Three years after a group of junior high students were dropped on an island and made to fight to the death, a well-known terrorist tries to take down the government. The politicians respond with a "Battle Royale 2" program, where junior high students are sent to capture the terrorist. See My What a Busy Week pg 15 Clinton Street Theater
* Big Fish
While director Tim Burton may have been pooh-poohed in the past for placing cinematic glitz over storytelling ability, with Big Fish he finally brings them together in glorious harmony. Switching back and forth between reality and tall tales, Burton weaves a truly poignant story about the complicated ties between fathers and sons, and how severing those ties can eventually strengthen them. The cast is uniformly terrific, with an absolutely amazing performance by Albert Finney. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Kennedy School, Laurelhurst, Mission Theater, St. Johns Pub
* Brewster McGee
A couple of money-obsessed nerds are constantly hatching marketing strategies and get-rich-quick schemes while hanging out in the parking lot of the Chicken Hut. When they try to get one of the Hut's employees in on one of their schemes, things go awry. In the style of Clerks, this comedy comes out of Vancouver, BC, and will be attended by filmmaker Ross Munro, who will answer questions after both screenings. Clinton Street Theater
* Bum's Paradise
Once upon a time, on an abandoned landfill on the San Francisco Bay, there was a squalid but utopian homeless community nicknamed Bum's Paradise. Men and women who said "screw this" to income tax taxes, paved roads, postal delivery, and door to door salesmen moved to Bum's Paradise, slept under the stars, and got back to nature the way hippies only dreamed of 30 years ago. Yeah, some of the residents were a little kooky, but kooky characters make for interesting movies. Most of them wrote poetry that rivals anything I've read in Street Roots, and one poem actually had me questioning why I go to work everyday and give all my money to the government, who spends it in all sorts of ways I disapprove of. Anyway, fun times only last for so long before the pigs roll in and bust the party up. And you know how it is trying to tell a bum to move --they're probably going to have a few words for you. Well, that's what this movie is about--bums who had a cool thing going for them until The Man fucked it all up. Now the bums have a chance to tell their side of the story. Director and producer Tomas McCabe will be present for Q & A, as will the film's narrator, Rabbit, and the film's main bum will be there, too. (Chas Bowie) Clinton Street Theater
The Cooler
The Cooler is a small, unremarkable film that's watchable due to one thing: sex. Specifically, a sex scene between William H. Macy and Maria Bello. Director Wayne Kramer has managed to give audiences something all too rare in films these days--a sexy scene that not only causes the audience to flush, but makes sense as well. The coitus in The Cooler is refreshing, fun, and the tangling of bodies helps elevate the entire endeavor above its somewhat middling quality. (Bradley Steinbacher) Cinemagic
* Creature From the Black Lagoon 3-D
The old fish-man must deal with explorers on the Amazon, and being projected in 3-D. Laurelhurst
* Dawn of the Dead
No longer content to lumber around like tranquilized robots, The zombies in Dawn, like in 28 Days Later, screech like hellish bobcats, and sprint at their prey with horrible speed. In short, filmmakers have finally figured out how zombies can still terrify this modern world hooked on high-speed wireless connections and instant messenger programs: They must be FAST. A movie with cool gore effects, likable characters, and most importantly, fast-movin' zombies, is guaranteed to be at least a little bit fun and scary. This is proven by Dawn, an entertaining movie with all the aforementioned qualities, and little else. (Justin Sanders) Regal Cinemas, etc.
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Whereas the last Michel Gondry/Charlie Kaufman collaboration, Human Nature, eventually crumbled under its own quirkiness (considerably helped along by the staggering blandness of Tim Robbins), Eternal Sunshine finds director and scribe fitting perfectly together. This is a film that travels far beyond most of our imaginations. It is also one of the most beautifully assembled romances you will ever see. (Bradley Steinbacher) City Center 12, Division Street, Evergreen Parkway, Lloyd Cinemas, Movies on TV, Oak Grove 8 Theater, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Tigard Cinemas
* Faster
A documentary that goes inside the motorcycle racing world, spanning five continents, 16 races, and featuring 24 of the world's top riders. Check out the nonstop action, not to mention the cool bikes. See My What a Busy Week pg 15 Laurelhurst
* The Fog of War
From World War II through the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara was everywhere and wrapped up in some of the most destructive aggressions by the U.S. military. It was his brainstorm to firebomb cities in Japan, so that bombs would not just destroy what they impacted but would set fire to entire towns. Under his guidance, U.S. forces in Vietnam relentlessly dropped Napalm. (Oddly, also, in a foray into the private sector, under his direction, the Ford Corp. insisted on seatbelts and other safety measures that have saved countless lives!) Interspersed with historical footage, the interviews are simple, sober, and bring to the surface an old man who is less remorseful than trying to reason with guilt. The parallels to current political leaders are never touched on, but are nonetheless poignantly present. Directed by Errol Morris. (Phil Busse) Hollywood Theatre
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring is stuffy to a fault, no matter how many shots of Scarlett Johansson's pout director Peter Webber can fit in, and the final tally falls somewhere between the best of Merchant Ivory and the worst of Merchant Ivory. Which is to say this: It is a well-made but nonetheless empty and, quite often, outright dull affair. (Bradley Steinbacher) Fox Tower 10, Moreland Theater, Westgate
* Good bye, Lenin
In 1989, Alexander Kerner (Daniel Brühl) is a young East Berliner not beginning, as he had hoped, a career in space, but one as a TV repairman. Though not happy about his situation, Alexander is not an angry youth, nor is he openly hostile to his mother, whose faith in the Socialist Party contradicts his emerging political beliefs. During a protest against the state, which is brutally repressed by the police, Alexander's mother chances to see him being beaten and arrested by the very cops who serve the party that she is devoted to. The mother faints and has a heart attack, which sends her into a coma. During her sleep, the Berlin Wall falls, East Germany dissolves into West Germany, and the society changes its money, its clothes, its entire mode of material existence. After eight months, the mother awakes, but because she is frail, the doctor strongly recommends that her recovery not be shaken by shocks and surprises. It's at this point that Good Bye, Lenin! becomes interesting. (Charles Mudede) Fox Tower 10
The Good Lot
A locally made independent full-length film from director/writer Brian Thomas Wright, The Good Lot tells the story of a runner who returns to his dream of Olympic glory with the help of his friends and ex-lover/coach. Nice cinematography and better than average acting can't save a weak script which comes across as a Breaking Away knockoff. Though not a particularly auspicious start, Bouncing Light productions shows a lot of heart, and if pushed to choose more interesting scripts, has the potential for a bright future. Filmmakers in attendance, plus a panel which will discuss the state of Portland indie filmmaking. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Clinton Street Theater, Hollywood Theatre
* The Happiness of the Katakuris
See review this issue. Clinton Street Theater
A Hen in the Wind
No director caught the bleak and desperate post-world War II times in Japan like Yasujiro Ozu. While her husband is off fighting, to fend off poverty and starvation, a devoted mom and wife whores herself out to make a little cash while her husband is away. When he returns, he is not terribly understanding. Guild Theater
Rumor has it that Viggo Mortenson was cast in this bloated desert adventure before he became one of the most famous actors ever via Lord of the Rings. I find it very hard to believe, however... because Mortenson STINKS. I can't imagine any casting agent in their right mind listening to his dismal cowboy accent or observing his nonexistent comic timing, and not saying, "Next!" Aside from Mortenson, though, Hidalgo could almost be cool. It tells the story of a cowboy at the turn of the century who entered a race in Saudi Arabia across a vicious desert. It's supposedly a true story, but regardless, it's a neat premise. Too bad the script is tepid and meandering and loaded with stupid family-friendly Middle Eastern stereotypes. Pretty scenery, though. And horses. (Justin Sanders) Regal Cinemas, etc.
* How To Be A Model
A fascinating and smart documentary about modeling by a former modeling director who went to art school and became a filmmaker. Following friends through demeaning interviews, anorexia, and tightly wound nerves, the film takes the form of a 12-step program; that is, how to recover from being a model. Whitsell Auditorium
* Intermission
Here is a small film from Dublin that steals your attention with its very first scene. Starring Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Kelly Macdonald, and Cillian Murphy, Intermission may at first glance appear to be a lob back to those bleak days of the '90s when indie films appeared to exhaust all angles of the crime genre (the film's plot: bank job, dirty cop, eager but simple-headed crooks). But the writing and the performances (what you can make out of them, at least; Dublin accents are not always easy to decipher) make up for the staleness of the premise, and Crowley frames the entire endeavor with a skilled lens, going the jittery hand-held route but still somehow managing to create something fairly fresh for the eyes. The result is a film worthy of a look, even if it's not an entirely memorable one. (Bradley Steinbacher)
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Japanese Story
Japanese Story begins as a beautifully photographed romance that is sustained by lead Toni Collette's professional performance. After the accident near the final third of the film, however, it becomes a bad melodrama that drags on and on. (Charles Mudede) Regal Cinemas, etc.
Kitchen Stories
A spoof on how science can make for more efficient living, the fictional Swedish Home Research Institute sends observers to examine kitchen habits in 1950s Norway. The subtext of this gentle comedy is a homosexual love story. The "text" is much less interesting. Beware: your grandparents will love it. (Andy Spletzer) Fox Tower 10
The Lady and the Beard
Here's a true lost in translation film: It starts, apparently, with the premise that Japanese men don't have beards. But, now get this, this traditional Japanese guy has a beard! That makes him unorthodox. This, in turn, translates to an incredible amount of mojo; that is, he attracts women like fly paper. Somehow this is funny. Another wildly crazy comedy presented by the Film Center. Yeah, I don't get it either. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Guild Theater
The Ladykillers See review this issue. Regal Cinemas, etc.
Late Autumn
Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu turns his classic film Late Spring inside out. In that story, a daughter (played by Setsuko Hara) refuses to marry, instead caring for her dad. In this film, Hara returns. But this time she is an aging widow and has a reluctant son on her hands. Guild Theater
Late Spring
The Film Center wraps up its homage to Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu with one of his most touching films. When a young, old-fashion daughter refuses to marry in order to care for her aging dad, he, in turn, devises a scheme to trick her into marriage. Guild Theater
A Long Happy Life
Gennady Shapalikov was one of the Soviet's premier screenwriters in the '60s. This is his only venture as a film director. That's unfortunate. This is a nuanced, dreamy story about a man who chance-meets a Lena. But instead of Before Sunrise serendipity, the couple asks themselves if it really matters. Whitsell Auditorium
Jealousy, deception, opulence. It is Shakespeare filtered through 1941 Soviet sensibility. When a beautiful uppercrust woman loses her bracelet at a masquerade ball, her husband suspects the worse--and then goes about creating it. Whitsell Auditorium
* Mommie Dearest
The home life depiction of mega-bitch Joan Crawford as told by her adopted daughter, Christina. Crawford tries to force feed the kid raw meat and goes completely apeshit when she finds one of the girl's dresses on a wire hanger... and that's only the tip of the iceberg. A thrilling/disturbing/thrilling true story starring Faye Dunaway. Blind Onion
Monsieur Ibrahim
Had the movie remained within the limits of its basic plot, and stayed enclosed within this vibrant section of Paris (the busy narrow street; the boy's dark, book-packed apartment; the bright piazza where a teen girl practices American dance moves; and the small but well-stocked store), it would have been perfectly charming. But instead, the director, François Dupeyron, wanted something more than all he had--a warm relationship that develops between two people who come from opposing religions, ages, and races. This something more that the director wanted to squeeze out of the modest scenario is a major statement, a declaration about the fate of all mankind. (Charles Mudede) Fox Tower 10
* Monster
In an amazing feat, Charlize Theron not only manages to look like complete crap, she does a spectacular job of playing notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Mimicking her telltale mannerisms perfectly, Theron plays the part with total believability. Her performance--and the smart direction of the film--evoke sympathy, anger, disgust, and an overwhelming emptiness. Granted, seeing a movie about a woman whose life went from child abuse to prostitution to rape to murder to betrayal by her lover to execution isn't a fun time; but it effectively makes you ponder the immense good and evil in humanity, and quite possibly, will make you cry. (Katie Shimer) Broadway Metroplex, Westgate
* My Architect
My Architect isn't really about architecture. It's not even about its subject, Louis I. Kahn, except insofar as the late master builder and his immortal buildings remain an enigma to his son Nathaniel, the filmmaker behind this extraordinary documentary. Nathaniel Kahn's film is about the void created by a father's absence from his children's lives, and the way that void is continually filled and depleted by the father's reputation. (Sean Nelson) Hollywood Theatre
Never Die Alone See review this issue. Division Street, Lloyd Mall, Movies on TV
Osama is not directly about bin Laden. The film is about a little girl forced to disguise herself as a boy to prevent her jobless mother and grandmother from starving under the oppressive Taliban regime--subtle. It's a fantastic film, with invaluable historic significance, but a devastatingly joyless experience. (Marjorie Skinner) Fox Tower 10
The Passion of the Christ
Jewish theologians have made a lot of hay recently about the anti-Semitic overtones of Mel Gibson's biblical drama, The Passion of the Christ--and they're right. The film is anti-Semitic. Even more surprisingly, it's hugely anti-Christian. In fact, it's just about anti-EVERYTHING, except anti-blood, guts, and gore. This is the story of Christ as told by Quentin Tarantino's evil twin, and to sum it all up? It's the world's first Christian snuff film; two full hours of Jesus Christ getting his ass KICKED. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Regal Cinemas, etc.
* Pitch Black and The Abyss
Pitch Black starts out great, dropping you onto a planet by means of a rather exciting crash of a passenger ship (which, of course, is also transporting a dangerous criminal). We learn that the planet has three suns, so it is never dark. Ah, but an eclipse is coming, and the creatures that live underground, the ones that can't stand the light, will once again have free reign over the planet's surface, and will once again kill everything and everyone they find. The movie is actually pretty smart-until near the end, when the filmmakers lose track of just how much light upsets these creatures, and when a couple of characters go from being complex to just confused. Then again, those are minor flaws in a good genre picture. Follow Pitch Black up with James Cameron's The Abyss about a team of divers who encounter an underwater alien species while searching for a lost nuclear submarine. (Andy Spletzer) XV
* The Princess Bride
Rob Reiner's greatest contribution to modern and ancient societies: A sharply written fairytale that bounces from one cliché to the next satirical take on revenge, true love, and dark forests inhabited by evil. Even if you have already heard the movie quoted an inconceivable number of times, it remains jam-packed with witty exchanges, fast-footed sword-fighting, and downright enjoyable stupidity. (Phil Busse) Mississippi Pizza
* Reed Harkness: The Sam Show
Tarantino has Uma, P.T. Anderson has Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Reed Harkness, co-founder of the Tiny Picture Club, has his half brother Sam. Harkness' one man show--a visual timeline of his relationship with Sam--will feature many of the Super 8 films he has made about his brother over the better part of a decade, accompanied by slideshows and music. Also being unleashed are excerpts from the filmmaker's new documentary Sam Now about the cross country trip they took in search of Sam's mother, who left the house one day and never came back. (JB Rabin) Guild Theater
* The Same River Twice See review this issue. Cinema 21
Scooby Doo 2
Scooby Doo 2 wasn't great, but it was strangely charming--charming enough that I don't feel like attacking it. It's just a kid's movie, after all, and to pick on it would feel like picking on an eight-year-old; Ruben, of American Idol fame makes a cameo, and that kind of makes me want to barf, but other than that it's a sappy, lesson-to-be-learned kid flick. (Megan Seling) Regal Cinemas, etc.
Secret Things
A French In the Company of Men starring women; two hottie lesbos set out to make money by manipulating men. But worry not, they stick their hands up each other's skirts, get naked, act sexy-but-serious all the time, and descend a downward spiral into debauchery. Personally, this kind of film is not my bag; but for fans of pseudo-feminist thrillers that show a lot of T&A, this is right up your alley. Cinema 21
The Secret Window
Johnny Depp plays Mort Rainey, a depressed novelist who's got a bad case of writer's block and a divorce waiting in the wings. While his unfaithful ex (Maria Bello) gets it on with her lunkhead boyfriend (Timothy Hutton), Mort steams in a lakeside cabin in upper New York. His self-imposed privacy is broken, however, by a Mississippi hick called John Shooter (John Turturro) who claims Mort has plagiarized one of his stories. When the situation isn't rectified to Shooter's satisfaction, Mort's acquaintances and pets begin winding up with screwdrivers crammed into their heads. And while most levelheaded people would run screaming back to the big city, Mort remains, because he has secrets of his own. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Regal Cinemas, etc.
* The Sexy Chef
Ian and Tyson Smith, creators of the Oddjob comic series bring their first feature length film, about a guy with a boring job who puts his last hope of happiness on a mysterious woman he sees smoking in an alley. He gathers a couple buddies together and the pack of them follow the woman across the country, finding perhaps not love, but good old misadventure. Pix Patisserie
Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
The impressarios of independent animation return. As always, if you're really, really high, it will be the funniest shit you've seen all night. Cinema 21
Starsky & Hutch
The story of two plain-clothes detectives who broke the rules to catch the crook, S&H were different from other buddy cops, in that they couldn't keep their hands off each other. Though attempts were made to re-enforce the duo's heterosexuality, in practically every episode the buddies were hugging, touching, and rolling around together in the heat of action. Amazingly, the movie version of Starsky & Hutch practically ignores this crucial part of their relationship, which significantly lessens the parody. (Wm. Steven Humphrey) Regal Cinemas, etc.
* The Station Agent
Fin McBride (Peter Dinklage), The Station Agent's protagonist, was born a dwarf, and has built up a stone-faced resistance to the stares and slurs directed at him daily. When he inherits a small abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, he leaves the city and makes the shack his home. Within a day, the locals notice him and are banging on his door. (Brian Brait) Laurelhurst
* Taking Lives
When Montreal detectives have a score of mutilated bodies on their hands, they call in FBI profiler Agent Scott (Angelina Jolie) whose keen clue-cracking skills lead them to their star witness (Ethan Hawke). Scott eventually figures out that their serial killer is tracking his victims and stealing their identities. Getting in her way is the misogynistic--but extremely HOT--French Canadian cop Olivier Martinez, and the buzzy sexual feelings Scott is developing for her star witness--who may or may not be who he seems. Now, if they gave a class on how to write a typical page-turning potboiler, it would contain all these clichéd elements. However, while you may have seen it all before, Taking Lives still works because director DJ Caruso keeps the pace leisurely but tense, dropping red herrings into the mix to keep you guessing. Regal Cinemas, etc.
* The Texture of Memory
Filmmaker Phil Solomon brings Portland his experimental work, weaving together chemically manipulated visuals, childhood memories, and intense soundrtarcks. For experimental film lovers this is a must see, considering Solomon will be in attendance. Cinema Project
* Touching the Void
Have you heard the one about the two English men who tried to climb an icy mountain in Peru? One slipped, fell, and broke his leg. The other left him for dead. Now they've made a movie that would make make Ansel Adams blush! Fox Tower 10, Westgate
* The Triplets of Belleville
An animated French film that speaks nary an intelligible word throughout its entire 80-minute running time, Les Triplettes de Belleville's jaw-dropping artwork alone could have kept me riveted for hours. Physically exaggerated characterizations and dark, dank urban landscapes give the film a particularly strong noir sensibility, and in the void of spoken word, layered sound effects add to the ambience. (Justin Sanders) Fox Tower 10, Roseway Theatre
* What Alice Found
A young woman is recruited by a friendly RV-driving couple into becoming a truckstop hooker. Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award. Hollywood Theatre
Mark Vincente's What the #$*! Do We Know? is a tidy, slick, and thoroughly compelling documentary-infused narrative, which attempts to break the ice of quantum physics without putting us to sleep.


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We were still tweaking things on the share buttons and comment section this morning — crosschecking functionality and aesthetics between browsers — and making sure that everything overall "works." And I think it does.
We've officially launched over at 3ThingsforMom.com.
I'm thrilled that we have such a phenomenal cast of women to help us jumpstart this week. I've read several of their 3 Things already and have already had many head-nodding, "amen sister," aha moments.
Isn't it funny how the more simply stated something is, the more profound its affect?
If you'd like, check out my first post there today where I introduce the idea and the crew this week.
In other news, I'll still be blogging here regularly. This is a special place for me to share little creative moments of inspiration — and also to tell you the story of why mommies (or just me) aren't good at playing "dinosaurs."
My (almost) 4-year-old boy: Mommy, let's play dinosaurs. (brings three plastic dinosaur toys over, hands me one.)
Me: Great!
Boy: OK, this one shoots fire. This one shoots smoke.
Me: Mine is hungry and wants a bagel, then to have a dance party.
Boy: But when can they all shoot smoke and fire?
Me: How about they just kiss? Mmmmmuuuahhh…
Boy: No! They shoot fire and SMOKE!
Me: OK, fine. Pssshhh Pshhh (that's my shooting noise, sounds more like a splashing dolphin, not as good as Daddy's) AHHHHH!!!!! He fell over.
Boy: (laughing)
Me: OK, now dance party. "Daaaaannnce parrrrty… daaaance, daaaaance party…" (T-Rex is doing the twist)
Boy: Yay, dancing dinosaurs! (Stegosaurus is flailing about.)
What can I say, I'm a girl. I'm getting used to playing with rough and tumble boys. In the meantime, I think dancing is a good common ground.
"Daaaaannnce parrrrty… daaaance, daaaaance party…"
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the sole vision of its director Jim Klock, Jim Klock heads the cast of this movie of USA, with script in English (available with subtitles), whose presentation to the public was scheduled for 2013. You can watch Murder Eleven online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 99 users./
Runtime: 90 minutes
Jim Klock, Julienne Irons, Michael Mack, Richard Reid, Autumn Federici, Chad Ridgely, Emily Adams, Bernard Flannigan, Gerald Ford, Allison Kay, Ruthann McGee, Brent McMurray, Sam Rando and Court Rutter.
Thriller, Criminal.
90-minute film (full movie) directed by Jim Klock.
The original audio of Murder Eleven has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Jim Klock.
Chris Hubbart.
Peter Schafer, Joe Dain, Darrell Martinelli, Jim Klock, Luke Daniels and Emily Adams.
This film was produced and / or financed by Code 3 Films.
Composed by Peter Collins.
Indican Pictures.
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I keep hearing people say early, aggresive treatment is best.
I have not been diagnosed w/RA, however my doc said she believes it could be - even though tests are negative.
If all tests are negative, how can one be aggresive - just incase this is RA. I don't want to wait until the pain is crippling. Do you recommend starting something just because of the physical symptoms.


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ROAD safety chiefs are urging drivers to pay full attention to the road.
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Partnership chairman Mike Ashworth said: "You're more likely to crash if you get distracted because you can't react as quickly to what's happening."


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Contemporary knowledge about God, Evolution, and the meaning of human life.
Methodology of spiritual development.
To Understand God/Evolution of God
Evolution of God
God, One and Universal, is in a state of constant Evolution. We can see how this takes place, for example, on our planet. Namely, God incarnates energy units of consciousness (i.e. souls of different ages) into the material organic bodies of different species, so that they may develop in these bodies.
By perfecting itself incarnation after incarnation, every embodied soul can reach the human stage of development, in which it will have to develop intellectually, first of all, and free itself from ethical imperfections. Then such a soul can advance towards the cognition of the Creator by refining itself according to the coarseness-subtlety scale, by growing quantitatively, and by developing the ability to live in love-union with other consciousnesses.
All of this is normally achieved over the course of many human incarnations.
The Creator allows those who have obtained the proper subtlety, who, as a consciousness, have grown up to a large size, and who have developed the ability to live in union-love with similar consciousnesses — to approach His Abode, to cognize Him, to learn to interact with Him, and then to merge with Him thereby enriching Him with themselves. From this moment on, Such People, from Their Divine level, will help incarnate humans in their development.
The main state of Those Who have reached Perfection is the United We, which is the Blissful Union of all the Perfect Ones. However, Each One of Them can also separate Himself or Herself for a time in order to accomplish one task or another.
If such Divine Persons still have a material body, They then make all the important decisions in Mergence with the United We, and not individually.
It also needs to be emphasized that embodied people who have not yet attained Divinity have free will given to them by God. This free will consists in the right to choose whether or not to follow the Path offered by God. Those who have chosen the Path to the Creator gradually approach Him by the quality of themselves as souls; those who do not hasten to do this are educated by God (more exactly, by the Holy Spirits) according to their karma; and those who have demonstrated their absolute inability to approach Him are destined for complete destruction in hell.


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Pregnant women TURNED AWAY from Glasgow hospital as Sturgeon BOASTS about Scottish NHS
SCOTLAND'S largest hospital was forced to turn away pregnant women going into labour today because the maternity unit was full, it has emerged.
Expectant mothers, including some arriving for planned Caesarian sections, were sent to neighbouring hospitals after the maternity ward at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) became too full to take any more patients.
Some patients were reportedly having contractions just minutes apart as they waited to be moved to a labour bed.
Scotland's largest hospital was forced to send pregnant women to neighbouring facilities
It is becoming clear that our NHS across the country, but particularly in Glasgow, is struggling to cope
Other pregnant women sat patiently for hours while hospital staff tried to deal with a lack of available beds, while some patients on drips were forced given treatment in busy corridors.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde apologised for the crisis although they claimed patient safety was "maintained at all times".
A health board spokesman said hospital staff took the decision to send some patients to other hospitals because of "a high number of admissions" at the QEUH, as well as "a number of women and babies developing complications".
He added: "We would like to apologise to anyone to whom this caused any distress."
However, Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour's health spokesman, launched a scathing attack on officials in the aftermath of the crisis.
The maternity unit at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow
He said: "It is a scandal that pregnant women have been left to wait for hours on end.
"It is becoming clear that our NHS across the country, but particularly in Glasgow, is struggling to cope."
Mr Sarwar added: "The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital should be Scotland's flagship hospital but we are seeing problem after problem and it is NHS staff and patients who lose out."
The news comes after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon boasted that the country's A&E departments were outperforming other parts of the UK, claiming the UK's "best practice" was found north of the border.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale slammed Sturgeon's comments and claimed: "The only consistent thing the SNP delivers is broken promises on the NHS".
"It is quite incredible to hear the First Minister say that we should celebrate the fact that the Red Cross has not condemned Scotland's NHS."
The news comes an A&E crisis is hitting UK hospitals, with staff shortages across the country
Ms Dugdale continued: "Last year I met with leading consultants at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, and they told me that a new trauma centre for Aberdeen could be the difference between life and death for people in the north east.
"The SNP promised the trauma centres would be open in 2016, but yesterday the First Minister announced a three-year delay and she looked like she was celebrating that delay.
"Given what the experts tell us, does the First Minister accept this delay could be a matter of life and death?"


text: So has anybody else turned to Airsoft to suit their need to practice or simply shoot something? Maybe pellet guns...? I'm just so sick of the gouging and scalping, I haven't been shooting in months. Now I've never kept secret how I feel about practice, I only shoot because I like doing it. I thought it was just the bang, but I've found it's the targeting and accuracy I enjoy most. Anyway, I've recently turned to this Airsoft thing for my plinking. Best of all, I can do it from the convenience of my own home or garage. And reloading is simple, no primers, no powder, no measuring and no work, just pick them up and put them back in the mag! I'm seriously loving this! No ear protection necessary either. They even make some pretty cool and lifelike models with blowback operation. Refillable with simple propane, can't go wrong. And it's sooooooo much cheaper! Just curious. I still can't wait for prices to subside on real cartridges so I can cause mayhem, but until then I've found a great substitute! Not my pics, but what I just ordered to replace the one I used for testing to see if I'd like this. I do!


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Tamaqua church hit by vandals
DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Primitive Methodist Church on Hunter Street in Tamaqua was burglarized early Wednesday morning. Thieves removed all of the copper pipes and damaged ceilings and walls.
A historic Tamaqua church was the target of thieves this week. Persons presently unknown entered Primitive Methodist Church on Hunter Street sometime between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to Tamaqua Patrolman Anthony Stanell.
The culprits then proceeded to rip apart walls and ceilings in their quest to access the copper pipes in the oldest Primitive Methodist Tabernacle in the United States.
The thieves also emptied the food pantry and freezer, as well as stealing cases of paper products.
These items were to be distributed to the needy during the holiday season.
They left behind a chaotic mess and a stunned congregation.
Stanell noted the perpetrators made a forced entry to the building through a rear window.
"It's heartbreaking," offered a dismayed pastor, the Rev Rodney Hall. "Who would have ever thought a church would be the target of such thieves."
Primitive Methodist Church was established in 1830 and is recognized as the oldest church of that denomination in the U.S., according to records.
The congregation's first building was erected in 1845 on land acquired from the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company. By 1875, the congregation had outgrown the small stone structure and a new tabernacle was constructed on the original site. That site is just one half-block from the corner home where founder William Donaldson first held services in 1830.
The theft is being investigated by Tamaqua Cpl. Henry Woods and Officer Stanell. Anyone with information may contact the officers at 570-668-5000 or 570-668-6100.
Hall wishes the perpetrators had "just come to me for help. We're not a rich congregation, but we would have found some way to help them."


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Today in Episode 56 of Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends it's a bittersweet day for all of us here at this fun, weekly podcast dedicated to looking at the health headlines from the vantage point of healthy low-carb living. That's because the brainchild for this show has wisely decided to leave her co-hosting duties to be with her family, especially a daughter who is a senior in high school this year, when they need her the most. For the past year and a half, Mindy Noxon Iannotti has been an integral element in the success of "Low-Carb Conversations" and we are sad to see her go.
When Mindy approached veteran low-carb podcaster Jimmy Moore about the idea of doing a podcast like this one, it was a no-brainer to him and he signed on right away to be a part of it. If you've been listening for a while, then you know how Jimmy and Mindy would regularly talk about what it is like living the low-carb life through all the ups, downs and in betweens. In other words, REAL LIFE! And all the while they have enjoyed sharing the journey with their guest friends week in and week out.
Don't worry, this podcast isn't going anywhere! But Mindy's presence will be sorely missed by everyone. She is an incredible woman with a perspective that connected with so many people on a weekly basis. In fact, I bet Mindy had no idea how many lives she has impacted by sharing her story on "Low-Carb Conversations." Don't you dare miss the end of today's episode where we have a very special surprise for Mindy from many of those listeners she has touched with her work on this show.
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For Mindy's farewell episode, she invited back her Low-Carb Cruise dinner table buddies Amy Dungan from the "Healthy Low-Carb Living" blog and Kent Altena from the "Atkins Diet Geek" blog to join her and Jimmy one last time together to discuss some of the latest health headlines, including the Dukan Diet creator describing obese people as "mentally ill," whether cutting carbs in your diet is the best way to shed the pounds, cattle ranchers who are turning to old chocolate not fit for human consumption (wrappers and all!) as a feed alternative to rising corn prices, if Marilyn Monroe kept her curvaceous figure by following a low-carb Paleo-styled diet, a medical doctor who gives you four ways to know if your primary care physician "sucks," the burnout epidemic taking place in the medical profession, a recent Gallup poll examining American attitudes and perceptions about low-fat and low-carb diets and an incredibly revealing and refreshingly honest blog post from Stacy Toth at Paleo Parents. Today is a time for celebration of a great human being and friend who has done so much to enrich our lives just by being here every Friday. So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk one final time with Mindy and the gang gabbing it up one final last for old time's sake.
Catch this rare glimpse behind-the-scenes of "Low-Carb Conversations" that was captured just prior to the start of today's episode:
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– Americans Still Say Low-Fat Diet Better Than Low-Carb
– What Losing 135lbs Looks Like by Stacy Toth at the Paleo Parents blog