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Thieves who ransacked Ricky Hatton's home stole Rolex watches worth £28K, police reveal
THE thieves who ransacked champion boxer Ricky Hatton's home made off with two Rolex watches worth a total of £28,000, police have revealed.
Ricky Hatton's home was raided while he was away
The thieves smashed a window at the former fighter's detached home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, and stole the expensive watches, credit cards, and an undisclosed - but thought to be large - amount of 500 Euro notes.
Last weekend, Hatton, 36, had tweeted that he was going to appear on a Sky football pundit show and later attend the Chelsea v Manchester City game at Stamford Bridge in London.
But after returning from the capital, Hatton, nicknamed The Hitman in the ring, came home to find his property had been raided.
One line of inquiry being followed by Hyde CID is that the crooks used his social media updates to establish that he was away from his property.
It makes you feel gutted that someone can do this to you
Hatton, who has put up a reward for those with any information relating to the crime, told the Manchester Evening News that he is "devastated" by what has happened.
He said: "It makes you feel gutted that someone can do this to you.
"Anyone with information should get onto the police as soon as possible because I've put up a reward."
Detective Constable Marc Baker said: "These were some valuable and quite distinctive timepieces and we hope that this will assist us in tracking these items and the offenders down.
"One was a gold Rolex Yachtmaster worth £20,000, while the other was a stainless steel Rolex Explorer worth £8,000.
"Similarly, the Euros were in large denomination notes not typically used by the public.
"In particular, we are asking pawnbrokers and bureau de change stores to be vigilant, as it is possible that these offenders will attempt to offload the stolen goods this way."
A 37-year-old woman has since been arrested on suspicion of burglary and bailed pending further enquiries.
• Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 9389 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111


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For the fourth year in a row, a benefit featuring local musicians will raise cash for the Athens Banner-Herald's Empty Stocking Fund.
Strung Out Like the Lights, to be held Dec. 14 at the Office Lounge at 2455 Jefferson Road, got its start in 2008 when Dodd Ferrelle noticed his friends and co-workers having trouble making ends meet in a down economy.
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Each year, Strung Out Like the Lights has grown in its fundraising capacity. After three events, the total raised for the fund so far is $6,500.
Ferrelle said he hopes to raise enough to break the $10,000 total mark this year, meaning at least $3,500.
The suggested donation for the event is $7, but many attendees contribute much more, Ferrelle said.
Up now at the Office Lounge is a painting created by Ferrelle's family — his wife and three children. The painting will be raffled off to raise money for the Empty Stocking Fund.
Ferrelle said his wife is the true artist.
"We make a big mess, and she cleans it up," he said.
A raffle ticket to win the painting costs $5.
The lineup for Strung Out Like the Lights is Mr. Jordan and Mr. Tonks, Deja Vu, 90 Acre Farm, Jim White, Mike Ferrio, Kimberley Gibson Morgan, Dodd Ferrelle, Welfare Liners, Burning Angels, Betsy Franck, David Barbe and the Quick Hooks, Bloodkin and Romper Stompers.
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The recent RV144 clinical vaccine trial induced modest and transient protection in healthy individuals against HIV-1 infection, and is considered to be a marginal success. To improve the efficacy and duration of the antibody (Ab) response, better immunogens are required. We postulate that Abs induced by novel vaccine constructs will have higher specific activity, with stronger Ab titers and, within the total Ab response, a greater proportion of the Abs needed for protection. Such novel constructs, which could present viral epitopes in a context other than that of the whole envelope (Env), may also obviate the problems of the transient Ab response associated with whole Env. We and other have demonstrated that, by focusing the Ab response on V3, cross-clade neutralizing Abs are elicited which are detectable >1 year after immunization. Therefore, we now propose to extend the platform we previously developed for designing and developing V3-scaffold immunogens in order to create and test new epitope-scaffold protein immunogens that will focus the Ab response on two additional sites of vulnerability in Env: the V2 loop and the cluster of quaternary neutralizing epitopes (QNEs) composed of portions of V2 and V3. The HIVRAD will be composed of: Project 1: Vaccines to Induce Functional Abs Targeting the V2 Loop;Project 2: Rational Design of Immunogens Targeting the HIV-1 V2/V3 Quaternary Neutralizing Epitopes;Core A: Administrative Core;Core B: Protein Production Core;and, Core C: Animal Studies Core. The epitope-scaffold immunogens to be developed can be used individually or in combination, and will constitute powerful new tools for inducing broad and potent protective Abs. Many of the participants have worked together for >20 years to develop and characterize >100 human mAbs to HIV and other pathogens. Recently, the team has worked collaboratively and synergistically, preparing and analyzing >25 crystals of monoclonal Abs (mAbs) and mAb/epitope complexes, developing DNA Env primes and epitope-scaffold immunogens, and performing immunization experiments. Our experience places us in a strong position to extend our studies to epitopes that only recently have been recognized as important for protection from HIV infection. By the completion of the proposed Program, we plan to have identified epitope-targeting immunogens and immunization protocols that will generate Abs with protective anti-viral functions directed specifically toward the conserved regions of the V2 loop and the V2/V3 quaternary neutralizing epitopes of HIV-1 gp120.
Current data suggest an HIV vaccine will need to induce Abs with potent and broad anti-viral activities as well as cell mediated immunity. Vaccines made with whole envelope proteins have not yet achieved this goal;therefore, new immunogens are needed. In this Program Project Grant we will develop vaccine candidates that focus the immune response on portion of the virus that induce protective Abs. Project 1 - Vaccines to Induce Functional Antibodies Targeting the V2 Loop Project Leader: Susan Zolla-Pazner (Description as provided by applicant) The various forms of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoproteins do not serve as ideal immunogens because they poorly induce Abs (Abs) with broad antiviral functions, and the Ab response lasts less than 6 months. To overcome these limitations, epitope-scaffold immunogens can be used to focus the Ab response on vulnerable sites on the Env;however, the design of HIV epitope-scaffold immunogens has been fraught with many failures. Nevertheless, epitope-scaffold vaccines candidates have been successfully developed against influenza and Neisseria, and we and others have succeeded in designing several V3-scaffold and V3 peptide immunogens with demonstrable antigenicity and immunogenicity, resulting in the induction of HIV-1 cross-clade neutralizing Abs. In this Project, we propose to focus the immune response on the V2 region of gpl20. Until recently, this region was virtually overlooked as a target for vaccine development, but its importance as a vaccine target has been recently supported by data showing that anti-V2 Abs can be highly cross-reactive, display neutralizing activity, capture virus particles, and block gp120/a4p7 interaction. Support for pursuing V2 as a promising antigen for vaccine design also comes from pilot studies with specimens from the RV144 clinical vaccine trial. For this Project, we will apply the platform we developed for generating V3-scaffold immunogens to the production of V2-scaffold immunogens to be used for boosting the Ab response after priming with DNA Env.
For Aim 1. 1, we will construct V2 inserts for scaffolded immunogens based on the fine specificity of human V2 polyclonal and monoclonal Abs (mAbs), and on bioinformatics and molecular modeling data.
In Aim 1. 2, we will assess the prevalence and function of anti-V2 Abs of different specificities and clarify how these differ relative to the infecting HIV clade.
For Aim 1. 3, we will select and characterize new human V2-specific mAbs derived from non-clade B-infected donors from Cameroon infected with the clades that induce the most broad and functional anti-V2 Abs. Finally, after selecting V2-scaffold proteins which, from the results of Aim 1.2 and 1.3, react wit the most broad, potent and multifunctional anti-V2 polyclonal and mAbs, we will, in Aim 1.4, test the immunogenicity of selected V2 scaffold boosting immunogens in rabbits and non-human primates after priming with Env DNA. The ultimate goal of this Project is to induce antl-V2 Abs in rabbits and non-human primates that display cross-clade antiviral activities that mediate protection.
Novel concepts are needed to develop an effective HIV vaccine. This project's goal is to design new HIV epitope-scaffold vaccines that will focus the host immune response on vulnerable sites on the V2 loop of the virus envelope glycoprotein. The project will provide important data that will advance the development of a more effective HIV vaccine.
|Wu, Xueling; Kong, Xiang-Peng (2016) Antigenic landscape of the HIV-1 envelope and new immunological concepts defined by HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies. Curr Opin Immunol 42:56-64
|McFarren, Alicia; Lopez, Lillie; Williams, Dionna W et al. (2016) A fully human antibody to gp41 selectively eliminates HIV-infected cells that transmigrated across a model human blood brain barrier. AIDS 30:563-72
|Hessell, Ann J; McBurney, Sean; Pandey, Shilpi et al. (2016) Induction of neutralizing antibodies in rhesus macaques using V3 mimotope peptides. Vaccine 34:2713-21
|Jiang, Xunqing; Totrov, Max; Li, Wei et al. (2016) Rationally Designed Immunogens Targeting HIV-1 gp120 V1V2 Induce Distinct Conformation-Specific Antibody Responses in Rabbits. J Virol 90:11007-11019
|Zolla-Pazner, Susan (2016) Non-neutralizing antibody functions for protection and control HIV in humans and SIV and SHIV in non-human primates. AIDS 30:2551-2553
|Zolla-Pazner, Susan; Cohen, Sandra Sharpe; Boyd, David et al. (2016) Structure/Function Studies Involving the V3 Region of the HIV-1 Envelope Delineate Multiple Factors That Affect Neutralization Sensitivity. J Virol 90:636-49
|Moody, M Anthony; Gao, Feng; Gurley, Thaddeus C et al. (2015) Strain-Specific V3 and CD4 Binding Site Autologous HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies Select Neutralization-Resistant Viruses. Cell Host Microbe 18:354-62
|Pan, Ruimin; Chen, Yuxin; Vaine, Michael et al. (2015) Structural analysis of a novel rabbit monoclonal antibody R53 targeting an epitope in HIV-1 gp120 C4 region critical for receptor and co-receptor binding. Emerg Microbes Infect 4:e44
|Kwon, Young Do; Pancera, Marie; Acharya, Priyamvada et al. (2015) Crystal structure, conformational fixation and entry-related interactions of mature ligand-free HIV-1 Env. Nat Struct Mol Biol 22:522-31
|Pan, Ruimin; Gorny, Miroslaw K; Zolla-Pazner, Susan et al. (2015) The V1V2 Region of HIV-1 gp120 Forms a Five-Stranded Beta Barrel. J Virol 89:8003-10
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When was Ireland classed as a Third World country? In the '70s and '80s we were poor and not members of NATO - but I don't think that really counts.
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From the Other Wiki: "The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned or not moving at all with either capitalism and NATO (which along with its allies represented the First World) or communism and the Soviet Union (which along with its allies represented the Second World)." And since Ireland was poor and not part of NATO for a good while in the 60s-80s, it probably qualifies. I mean, hell, parts of Ireland didn't have running water or electricity until the mid-sixties.
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What are the disability advocacy services available in Victoria, what do they do. What about self-advocacy?
Defining advocacy
Advocacy is work that is intended to support people in asserting their rights and interests, or that asserts their rights and interests with them. Advocacy may be for individuals or be about changing laws, systems and policies.
Types of advocacy services
Disability advocacy services are divided into generalist and specialist services. The generalist services are usually tied to a local area and do not cover the whole of Victoria. Specialist services may be state-wide or local. Usually specialist services either work on specific issues or are connected to a particular type of disability. For example, Disability Justice Advocacy works with people who have high support needs. The Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council works with people who have a mental illness. The Association of Children with a Disability advocates on issues affecting children and their families.
To find the most appropriate disability advocacy service for your needs, call (on 9639 5807) the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU).
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Advocacy services established a network called the Disability Advocacy Victoria (DAV). You can contact advocacy services and DAV through the DARU (see "Types of advocacy services", and Understanding disability and the law, for contact details).
The role of self-advocacy organisations is to assist people with a disability to advocate for themselves in all aspects of everyday life.
For more information, contact the Self Advocacy Resource Unit (see Understanding disability and the law).
Citizen advocacy
Citizen advocacy programs link people with disabilities to community volunteers. Volunteers advocate on behalf of people with disabilities and assist them in accessing community services and gaining their rights. Citizen advocacy organisations are based regionally. Contact the DARU to find your local organisation (see Understanding disability and the law).
Rural, metro and deaf access projects
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After a long summer break, let the blogging begin. And to kick it off, we're starting it off with a new look. What do you think? I've even managed to figure out how to add pa.ges!! A feat that will come in handy in the future as it will become the "BUY" links for my books.
In literary news, here's an update on the first book I'll be publishing with The Wild Rose Press.
I recently received the preliminary cover for Love's Battle and all I have to say is it is TOTALLY AWESOME! The most GORGEOUS thing I've seen, aside from my children being born. And I have to say the artist, Tamera Westberry, is a GENIUS.
I can't wait until I can finally reveal it to all of you. In the meantime there'll be some more waiting as the pieces of the book publishing process fall into place. Be sure to check back often for more updates as I've got some pretty cool ideas for posts as Love's Battle heads into it's release.
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By Erin Wright To protest illegal ivory poaching, Kenya set more than 100 tons of ivory aflame.
By Erin Wright To protest illegal ivory poaching, Kenya set more than 100 tons of ivory aflame.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to a $2.8 billion bailout package.
by Michael Lerner A new counter-terrorist unit of the 28 Sahel-Saharan states will have its HQ in Egypt.
Six months after BLCS delegates met in New York to discuss the causes and consequences of global corruption, Nigerian schoolchildren become pawns in the latest chapter of a widespread fraud that has dogged the country for ages.
by Michael Lerner The East African Community economic bloc will aid the war-torn country's future development.
At least 56 people killed in a double suicide bombing at refugee camp.
Nearly three years after the combined efforts of French and Malian troops drove back Islamic jihadists whose application of Sharia law banned all music, the country is getting back its rhythm.
The African Union was poised to enact a never-before-used article of its charter allowing it to impose a peacekeeping force on violence-plagued Burundi, but some African leaders ultimately felt uneasy about setting a precedent that could come back to haunt them.
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Sahara India has withdrawn their sponsorship from Indian cricket team and their ownership from IPL franchise Pune Warriors.
The news comes on the day of the IPL 2012 auctions, where 144 players will go under the hammer in Bangalore.
"We are withdrawing from all cricket under BCCI", Sahara India told PTI.
"We really feel such one-sided emotional relationship cannot be dragged on any further. We are withdrawing from all cricket under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)."
"However, we don't want to give any problem to the BCCI and we also feel that the players should not suffer. The BCCI will definitely take 2-4 months to get a new sponsor and will continue paying the sponsorship money till then."
"All other IPL team players, coaches and other such associates will definitely get their due this year, in case they do not get a chance to play."
"Our first entry into IPL was thwarted in 2008 when we were disqualified, owing to a small technicality on the whims and fancies of BCCI. Yet our bid was not opened."
"Last year, Sahara entered the IPL on the basis of information in the media and everywhere else that 94 matches will be played among 10 teams. The bid price was accordingly calculated, but only 74 matches were played. We are still pursuing continuously with the BCCI to refund the extra bid money proportionately. It has been denied on the basis of strict rules."
"In the interest of the tournament, we repeatedly tried our best to pursue the BCCI for open auction of all players so that we achieve level playing field and all teams are equally balanced from the quality players' point of view. Again, as per BCCI's strict rules it was denied and again, we were deprived of natural justice. Twelve of the best players were retained by the existing teams then."
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The taxes made from this are going toward marijuana research, rehabilitation centers, after school programs, education and a very small percentage of it is going towards bridges.
It is estimated to bring in half a billion dollars in its first year of shops being open, and growers and processors of marijuana being legal (2014). What's your opinion?
I think all states should legalize pot. This would slow down most of the illegal trafficing and the tax money can be put to good use. Pot doesn't make you sick, nobody ever killed anyone after smoking pot, its used for medicinal purposes for cancer patients and other diseases. Pot is relaxing and doesn't make you hyper, You never have a hangover from smoking pot and no one gets all pissed off from smoking pot as they are either zoning out on the couch or laughing their butts off. Of course you can't forget the munchie attacks. Smoking pot does not lead to doing other drugs. If given the choice of drinking or smoking, I'd smoke for sure and wouldn't drink. Oh, and you get a good nights sleep too. Yes, I smoked pot and would again if someone offered me a joint.....I never inhaled lol
I was on the cover of Seattle Times yesterday smoking pot..I didn't inhale
I live in the Seattle area, I did inhale! lol
Marijuana should be decriminalized and taxed. Addictions of all kinds should be treated, not criminalized.
I think it should be legal for medicinal use only; cancer, etc.
Too much recreational use causes a lack of motivation and is bad for the lungs.
I agree that it can cause lack of motivation and it can be bad on the lungs, but both of those have varying variables. It depends on the person - some people are highly functional (pun intended), while others are useless on it - myself included, which is why it's once in a very blue moon should I partake. But I know a lot of highly motivated folks that indulge in it very regularly.
The lungs I agree with as well, but to an extent. It depends on the device smoking out of. The smoke itself is going to have carcinogenics in it. That's a fact. However, I am curious as I have read both ways: it can be harmful to you because of the smoke, but then I have heard that the medicinal properties in the marijuana counteract the harmful properties and thus it doesn't do anything to you - unless you're smoking from metal or tin cans or something gross like that. I think that's a debated one though
Pot being treated the same way as liquor. Use common sense and there shouldn't be a problem. But tell that to the fools that get DUIs and rather get drunk or high than find a job. By decriminalizing pot, that adds extra revenue (taxes) and saves a ton of money on arresting, jailing, and court cost for people who get caught with it. And when some is arrested for possesion or even smoking it, all it does is cost money to prosecute the person in which it does no good.
The war on drugs has been a huge money pit since it was created.
I don't have a problem with it, as long as all those extra taxes come from the general sales tax on the product.
Specialty taxes targeting just a small group of people while used for the general welfare are just plain wrong. Popular with those not paying them (of course) but wrong.
what do you think about the dedicated funding for the money made from taxing the marijuana?
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Nowhere did I see any funds specifically targeted at helping those paying the tax. No research on growing marijuana, no provisions for irrigation, no special projects to help build new stores to sell it. Nothing whatsoever that is targeted towards those paying it. Instead, it is carefully calculated to provide the maximum income possible to the state, paid for by a select few citizens that receive no particular benefit from it.
That's wrong, IMHO. If Washington needs money for new bridges, roads, education - things used by all - then let all Washington citizens participate in paying for those things.
I have to say as well that taxing weed as high as possible "to discourage usage" is a little ironic considering that is was made legal. Usage of the tax code to discourage or encourage certain activities may be effective but is also just another case of big brother babying and taking care of supposedly adult citizens (often against their will). When the objective of those taxes is to "enforce" or "discourage" activities based on morality it becomes even more offensive.
Does anyone know where they are getting the pot from? Yeah, it would be the busts on the Drug Trade, the pounds acquired by seizures from Trade members and then resold by the government legally? Isn't that some kind of discrimination? Being that most weed growers and distributors are of the mindset that marijuana is a cultural right? Try the Blackfoot Legend... Oh and it's not like the Trade itself hasn't attempted to work with the government on legalization. They've offered a business plan to make their practice legal, Conversion Initiative of 2012. The CDT...Continental Drug Trade, even supported Obama in this year's election. Legalize weed, right. It's downright evil how they're doing it...
WA weed predominantly starts out as BC bud, which is another way of saying a truly stunning amount is grown in Canada and smuggled across the border by US gangs who swap crystal meth for it to their Canadian counterparts and partners.
The Canadian government is currently looking at making marijuana legal there so that they could ship it south and cut out all the gang activity, thus cutting off the cash flow to crime and creating a nice tax base. Theoretically of course....
You seem to have overlooked that so far the WA law makes it legal to possess marijuana but it is still illegal to buy it or grow it. No tax money is being made or collected yet. And the Federal government still hasn't said anything in response to the State Attorney General's questions.
As the newspaper here in Seattle said yesterday, if an ounce of weed should happen to fall from the sky, you can pick it up and take it home to smoke it. But that's it...
Maybe the feds will donate what they collect in busts?
Salut fellow Washingtonion!
The way I figure it, It can be donated or given, as long as no money is exchanged, it's good.
I was down in your neck of the woods among the celebrations on the 6th, and even made it on the seattle times
Technically it is decriminalized, not legal. You can't have more than an ounce or smoke in public and minors can't possess it (Schedule I). But yes, you will be able to buy it from licensed producers and vendors.
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Yeah once again, licensed - the dealers ("criminals") themselves want to be licensed. What's wrong with that?
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For selling Pot ! The sales , now legal in the state , are being conducted as " For Donation " only to avoid the city and state sales taxes . San Jose is supposedly losing ...
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I personally think it is ridiculous that it's not allowed. But according to polls the majority disagree with me! Surely there must be somebody on here that favors the outlawing of marijuana. Tell me why!
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When most people in the Religious community hear of one that smoke's marijuana these people often talk of how these "POT HEADS" are going to hell and there is absolutely no hope for them. When reading the...
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Its on the ballot. You will be able to own up to an ounce if you are 21. You will not be able to smoke in public. It will be taxed. That's all I know. What do you know? What do you...
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Why The LEGO Batman Movie Lovefest Irritates Me
This is why we can't have nice things.
I loved The LEGO Batman Movie. It's a very good film. Go see it. As much as I wanted to dance in the streets and embrace it like everyone else, something held me back like a dark cloud over my phone. I knew this was going to happen. I checked my phone to read reactions and reviews, and just as I predicted – everyone used The LEGO Batman Movie as another excuse to dump on the dark, brooding live action Batman films, specifically Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This goes beyond everybody's least favorite movie of last year though. This speaks to a larger problem in film criticism, specifically when evaluating a cultural icon: It's their way or the high way.
As a Batman fan, I loved the hell out of Chris McKay's interpretation. Sure, I had some minor issues (Michael Cera's Robin), but overall this was a damn good movie. Not only is it consistently hilarious, but it's surprisingly deep and heartfelt. Their take on the Batman/Joker relationship is brilliant. Will Arnett and Zach Galifianakis turned in superb voice acting. For what this film is trying to accomplish, it delivers hook, line and sinker. I can appreciate this humorous take on Batman, while also loving the darkest versions of the character. Some critics aren't capable of doing this. Let's take a gander at some of these reviews:
"Now we know: Batman the TV show had it right. For years, the hit on the series was that it undermined the Batman character, that Adam West's self-consciously stiff portrayal and the show's countercultural zing contradicted the very idea of heroism. But there was a reason that tuned-in hipsters and agape schoolkids loved it. Because, despite the Batusi and the Liberace guest spots, Batman was always the incorruptible hero fighting to save Gotham. His true nature was never doubted." (Chris Barsanti, Pop Matters)
"The entire history of Batman is all one story, told by a really focused eight-year-old. And that's the way it should be. Batman hasn't been fun in decades, thanks to the increasingly grim requirements of the DC Cinematic Universe. The LEGO Batman Movie takes all of that apart and knits it back together in a shinier, more awesome pattern." (Norman Wilner, NOW Toronto)
Notice some of the language here: "Now we know: Batman the TV show had it right" and "That's the way it should be." This insinuates that the LEGO take is the only correct one. To me, that's a narrow-minded view of looking at the character. It gets worse. How about this headline from Meredith Border's review (Birth. Movies. Death):
Headline: "Shut Up Forever, Other Batman Movies"
Sub-Headline: "Oh hi, fun DC film"
Wow. You can feel her hatred for BvS on those headlines. For the love of Ra's Al Ghul, get over it. "Shut up Forever, Other Batman Movies." No. I will not shut up. It's okay to enjoy dark Batman films too. Is that such a damn crime now? I'm sorry, but when I read that headline, it doesn't sound like a person who can evaluate Batman movies objectively. It's Meredith's way or the high way when it comes to Batman:
"The LEGO Batman Movie is determined to give you everything you want from Batman but were too gun-shy to ask for after the Spartan stinginess of Chris Nolan and Zack Snyder. 'Oh, you want Man-Bat?"' it asks you. 'Sure, we can do that.'"
Okay, notice how she doesn't single out just Zack Snyder. She calls out Chris Nolan as well. That's a shot across the bat bowels at other Bat flicks. I get it. You all hate Zack Snyder's take on Batman. Point taken. But the Nolan shot? Again, her desire to see Man-Bat in a Batman movie comes from a selfish need of what she wants out of the world of Batman. Did I desperately want to see The Riddler in a Nolan Batman movie? Hell yeah. But I also recognize he wouldn't have worked in the stories Nolan was telling. That's not Nolan being "stingy," as Meredith would put it. That's Nolan doing what's best for his story. Evaluate the movie as a movie – not what you want.
While I've railed before against critics not evaluating movies on their own merits, especially when it comes to comic book films, there's a deeper issue at play that fans and critics may not even be aware of themselves. Let's revisit our friend Chris Barsanti from Pop Matters:
"The LEGO Batman Movie is a breath of life before the next faux-serious slab of the same-old comes rolling off the DC assembly line. Moreover, The LEGO Batman Movie references the 1985 classic Gymkata and makes the Joker cry. Let's see Ben Affleck do that."
"Let's see Ben Affleck do that." Wow. No wonder Ben Affleck doesn't want to direct a Batman movie. Aside from being a completely obnoxious line, it's the inclusion of Ben Affleck in this review that troubles me.
I have no doubt this will be a common phrase from many film goers walking out of The LEGO Batman Movie: "You know something, Billy, the movie with LEGOs did a better job than the live action crap!" While that's a pithy little line that speaks to a snark obsessed culture, it comes from a place of expectations. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was the big, fat, bloated blockbuster with an A-list cast, including one of the most famous people in the world, Ben Affleck. It's the Goliath.
Let's take The LEGO Batman Movie. Sure, it's a big film that finished #1 at the box office, but there's no hype attached to it. It's the cute little underdog movie when compared to the live action behemoths. I don't want to go all philosophical on you, but as human beings, we gravitate towards the little guy. We come in rooting for The LEGO Batman Movie. We go into live action Batman with disconcerting attitudes.
While The Dark Knight Rises was met well critically, many fans kvetch about its "many plot holes." In one of the better reviews for The LEGO Batman Movie, Luke Y. Thompson (The Nerdist) praises the film for incorporating all the Bat Continuity of yesteryear into its story. I agree with him. But uh-oh, there's a plot hole! This movie is clearly the first meeting between Batman and Dick Grayson (Robin), but if past continuity is included, wouldn't he already know Robin? I'm going to go out on a limb and predict NOBODY will complain about this when evaluating The LEGO Batman Movie, yet we all lose our minds when it's not explained how Bruce Wayne gets back into Gotham after escaping Bane's prison. Double Standard much?
This is the same reason you'll often hear people say "The Flash TV show will be ten times better than that Ezra Miller movie." It's because that show is on the CW network with little expectations when compared to the big budgeted live action movie with a notable star. And just because I love to poke Marvel fans, there's a reason people are willing to give Avengers: Age of Ultron and Thor: The Dark World passes. No matter how big those films get, they will never be as iconic as Batman or Superman. That's why there's so much more emotion, hype and critical ire whenever a movie with those guys come out.
This is why I can't just sit back and enjoy The LEGO Batman Movie. The perception of the film is now creating revisionist history on past Batman films that were critically praised. When you're a critic, you need to recognize there's more than one way to interpret a character who's been around for over 70 years. Appreciate the merits of both styles. We also need to stop letting expectations (both high and low) overly affect your evaluation of a movie. Nothing is as great as it seems (The LEGO Batman Movie), nor as bad (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). It usually falls somewhere in between. We don't need to always start wars on what method is better with these damn superhero movies.
It's okay to like The LEGO Batman Movie and The Killing Joke. That's allowed.


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Here in the United States, the final three months of the year are always filled with holiday cheer, and each festive event comes with its own set of movie-viewing opportunities. The season begins with Halloween, a holiday that affords everybody the opportunity to re-watch their favourite horror classics. Then we meander our way over to stuffing our gullets with Thanksgiving screenings of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 on repeat. And of course, before we come to watching our personal favourites with friends on New Year's Eve, Christmas delivers its own selection of desirable films.
But rather than indulge in the traditionally effervescent nature of the Christmas spirit, let's be honest with ourselves – in many ways, Christmas is a much more unsettling and frightful holiday than Halloween. Here are five films that prove my point.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Henry Selick's stop-motion masterpiece is still a timeless work of gleeful ghouls and malicious merriment. Tim Burton is often mistakenly understood to be the film's auteur, but it is Selick who directed the film, and it is his careful and considerate technical achievements that truly set it apart. The Nightmare Before Christmas is as aptly titled for its holiday appeal as Halloween (1980), and still manages to generate a grin of nostalgia out of even the most cynical of Burtonites.
The Box (2009)
The Box is certainly the most questionable of the five films I have picked, but in my fervent attempts not to recommend the standard hack-slash dime-a-dozen plastic-wrapped manufactured twelve-dollar action-figure horror films in which people kill people with icicles, I am forced to take some liberties in my interpretation of "Christmas themed" (I will see this list burn before I put Santa's Slay (2005) or Jack Frost (1997) on it). The Box, guided by Richard Kelly's knack for obscurity and surreal misdirection, tells the tale of the consequences that come with giving a simple gift. So you know… giving gifts… Christmas…
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Admittedly, calling this one "Christmas-themed" might also be a stretch. While The Mothman Prophecies is often shaky in its pacing, excessively melodramatic, and liberal in its interpretation of the source material, Richard Gere gives a surprisingly convincing performance in this investigatory thriller about the nature of secrets and things beyond our control. Will Patton is great as a genuinely disconcerting and sympathetic local. And the Christmas connection is… well, I'd hate to spoil the end.
Frozen (2010)
Not a single brightly coloured Christmas tree can be seen in this chiller, but Adam Green's non-Hatchet horror flick gives every reason to be fearful of the holiday season. A simple narrative, executed well (despite a few moments of excess) leaves three skiers stuck on a ski lift for days. An engrossingly claustrophobic film with strong pepperings of dark satire that will be easy to relate to for those already fearful of spending a week confined with the ones "they hold dearest".
Gremlins (1984)
The undisputed reigning king of Christmas horror classics, Gremlins is a dreadfully delectable amalgamation of everything one comes to expect from a true, heart-felt Christmas yarn: a thoughtful present that teaches us moral obligation outside of material desire; the twinkle in the eye that passes between lovers under the mistletoe; even the clumsy familial relationships we come to expect from A Christmas Story, Home Alone and their ilk – all wrapped with a neat li'l grotesquely green bow. Gizmo is the ultimate holiday gift – he is as adorable and sincere as a Christmas puppy. And like the Christmas puppy, once the cuteness wears off we begin to understand that Gizmo comes with responsibilities. Because if you don't follow the rules…


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Ebden, Matosevic into Indian Wells second round
Australia's Matthew Ebden and Marinko Matosevic have battled into the second round of the Masters 1000 ATP event at Indian Wells.
Matosevic enjoyed a straight sets win over Spain's Tommy Robredo, winning 7-5, 6-2, before Ebden held off Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
With all of the 32 men's and women's seeds enjoying first-round byes at the combined ATP Masters and WTA hard court tournament, men's action was still in the first round.
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova survived 10 double faults to beat Olga Govortsova in three sets to reach the women's third round.
Kvitova, the women's fifth seed, needed two hours and 20 minutes to subdue Govortsova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on a blustery day in the California desert.
The hard-hitting Czech, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and arrived at Indian Wells fresh from a tournament triumph in Dubai, next faces Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, who downed Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Second-seeded Maria Sharapova enjoyed a crisp 6-2, 6-1 second-round win over Francesca Schiavone.
Russia's Sharapova, who won the title in 2006 and was runner-up to Victoria Azarenka last year, needed just 61 minutes to get past the former French Open champion from Italy and set up a third-round match against Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro - a 6-1, 6-1 winner over compatriot Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
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