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The Orpheum Theatre Memphis has filed a $10.2 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for its Centre for Performing Arts.
The $14.5 million, two-story facility, which will offer advanced performing arts education programs, will rise at 225 S. Main St., adjacent to the Orpheum Theatre Downtown.
Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. is listed as general contractor. The Crump Firm is architect for the project, whose original plans called for a three-story, 50,000-square-foot facility to help alleviate The Orpheum's overcrowding while also offering a variety of programs.
The Orpheum's campus expansion was "re-energized" early last year due to an unanticipated lack of donor dollars.
The Memphis Development Foundation, the organization that operates The Orpheum, in May 2012 closed on its $1.2 million purchase of the 0.87-acre parking lot immediately to the south of the 85-year-old theater at 203 S. Main St. from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports– Daily News staff
A new farm-to-table burger restaurant is slated to open in Overton Square in May.
The restaurant by Ben McLean, which is called Belly Acres, will occupy 3,894 square feet at 202 Trimble Place in Overton Square, on the east side of the new Tower Courtyard with a patio overlooking the area.
McLean, who has previously worked with Huey's, Soul Fish and Alchemy, is also assisting in the opening of Lettuce Eat in Germantown.
Belly Acres will source ingredients locally and offer a wide range of burger options, from carnivorous fare to vegetarian and gluten-free items. McLean plans to work with at least three local farms to provide the restaurant's ingredient supply.
He said Belly Acres will have a funky vibe attractive to children and adults.
Barry Maynard of Trezevant Realty Corp. represented the tenant in the transaction.
– Amos Maki
Virginia Stallworth has been named executive director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. She succeeds Nancy Williams, who held the post for 20 years.
Stallworth had been the agency's associate director and managed the organization's development activities. She directed multiple fundraising campaigns.
In 2011, Stallworth played a lead role in a child sexual prevention initiative.
– Don Wade
Leaders of the Joyful Heart Foundation were in Memphis Tuesday, Feb. 11, to talk with Memphis City Council members and plan to announce Wednesday their involvement in helping the city clear a backlog of 12,000 rape kits of DNA evidence taken from rape and sexual assault victims.
The organization was founded in 2004 by actress Mariska Hargitay to help survivors of sexual assault heal.
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong last year revealed the 30-year backlog of rape kits, which are now being tested and processed in groups of 400.
Meanwhile, the city has been sued in federal court by a rape victim whose kit is among those in the backlog. The lawsuit, filed in December in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, alleges violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. It also alleges that Memphis police didn't process the rape kits because they didn't regard the crime as a priority.
The city's only response so far has been a Dec. 31 motion to dismiss the lawsuit, citing the one-year statute of limitations of pursuing personal injury claims.
– Bill Dries
Dr. Matthew T. Ballo has been named chair of the newly formed Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Ballo, previously a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, began his duties in January.
Ballo has published 66 peer-reviewed research articles. He is member of the editorial review board and guest editor of Breast Diseases: a Yearbook Quarterly.
The University of Memphis women's basketball team and the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals will square off in a Play 4Kay pink game for breast care awareness Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2:30 p.m.
Fans wearing pink will receive free admission to the game, which will be held in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Tickets are also available to guarantee fans a reserved seat.
The first 1,500 fans will receive a free T-shirt and pink pompoms. Outside the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, a pink fire truck in support of breast cancer awareness through Pink Heals Memphis/Mid-South) will be parked on campus. At halftime, the Tigers will recognize all breast cancer survivors in attendance.
The game will air on ESPNU as part of its coverage of the Play 4Kay women's basketball initiative.
Verizon Wireless has named Kristi Crum as the new president of its South Central Region, which includes West Tennessee and North Mississippi.
She'll be responsible for strategic development and growth of the region's business, retail, indirect, finance and operations functions.
She began her career in the wireless industry in 2001 as an analyst with Alltel, which Verizon Wireless acquired in 2009. Since then, she's served in leadership positions in emerging communication products, consumer data products and retail sales for Verizon Wireless.
– Andy Meek
A new report shows over the last decade more students are taking Advanced Placement courses in Tennessee.
But the College Board report released on Tuesday shows the state is below the national average of students in the class of 2013 who scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam. The national average was 20 percent, where Tennessee was 10 percent.
A 3, 4, or 5 are the scores typically accepted by colleges for credit and placement.
Over the past decade, the report said the number of students who graduate from high school having taken rigorous AP courses, like world history and physics, has nearly doubled.
The report also showed the improvement states have made over the last decade in students scoring a 3 or higher on an AP exam. Tennessee went from 7.7 percent in 2003 to 10.1 last year.
– The Associated Press
U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles in December at the slowest pace since last summer, another sign that the economy lost some momentum at the end of 2013.
Wholesalers boosted stockpiles by 0.3 percent in December from November, the smallest gain since July, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
Sales growth slowed to 0.5 percent December after healthy gains of 1 percent in November and 1.1 percent in October.
Rising stockpiles boost economic growth because they reflect expanding production at factories. Bigger inventories accounted for more than 40 percent of economic growth in the July through September period last year when gross domestic product increased at a robust 4.1 percent annual pace.
The surge in stockpiles slowed in the last three months of 2013, and overall growth fell back to a still-healthy 3.2 percent.
After the December increase, inventories at the wholesale level stood at a seasonally adjusted $517.9 billion, up 4 percent from a year earlier.
The government tracks inventories held by wholesalers, manufacturers and retailers. A report covering all inventory levels comes out Thursday.
At the wholesale level, inventories of computer equipment rose by 5.3 percent after a healthy 3.6 percent gain in November. Automotive stockpiles rose 0.6 percent after dropping in November. Overall, inventories of long-lasting durable goods rose 1.3 percent in December. But non-durable goods stockpiles fell 1.3 percent, pulled down by a 5.2 percent drop in inventories of farm products.
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Outdoor Power Equipment Technician
The Outdoor Power Equipment Technician program will teach you to repair, service and maintain small gasoline- and diesel-powered equipment.
There are 2 streams in the outdoor power equipment technician trade. The first 2 periods of technical training covers topics that are common to both streams, and students choose their specialization in period 3.
- Outdoor power equipment technician – power equipment focuses on equipment such as generators, mowers, aerators, golf carts and chainsaws.
- Outdoor power equipment technician – recreational equipment focuses on equipment such as snowmobiles, recreational multi-wheeled utility vehicles, outboard motors and jet drives in boats and personal watercraft.
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King Creosote and Jon Hopkins | 03/04/12
Buckingham Palace is today reeling from the shock of having unearthed a roaring twenties photograph that challenges our Royal Family's claim to the throne of England, and throws the whole Diamond Jubilee into disarray. The photograph, taped behind an old painting, was discovered in the attic of the home owned by none other than Jon Hopkins' paternal grandfather Frederick Herbert Hopkins, who then mailed it on to the palace.
It transpires that Edward VIII, in a moment of drunken madness, had a bit of a highland fling in the woods up near Balmoral in the summer of 1929, but when he'd sobered up and pored over the wedding photos, he realised that the bee beard beneath his new wife Constance's chin was in fact made of human hair.
In shock Edward returned to London and had the wedding annulled on some technicality, blindly accepted a date with the first divorcée that came along, and ultimately gave younger brother George VI the chance to become king in his place.
However, back in Scotland, the humiliated Constance hastily married the local gamekeeper, a man called Hopkins whose arithmetic skills never quite added up, and 7 months later gave birth to Frederick Herbert Hopkins, a lover of the Italian language, and all round decent chap.
Jon Hopkins is probably the rightful heir to the throne. How King Creosote fits into this is anybody's guess, but he does bear a striking resemblance to Jon's great grandmother Constance.
So, what to make of all of this? It's difficult to tell at this early stage, but pre-ordering the Jubilee Edition of King Creosote & Jon Hopkins' record Diamond Mine would probably help. Who knows?


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Highly-trained surgeons perform approximately 32,000 surgeries in 42 operating rooms at Cedars-Sinai each year. More than one-third of all surgeries are now performed as minimally invasive procedures, in which physicians use the most advanced technology available for laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Beyond surgical excellence, Cedars-Sinai is a unique environment, particularly well-suited to meet the ever-changing healthcare needs. We enjoy a national reputation for superb clinical care and superior outcomes—a legacy that reflects the quality of our attending physicians who have been serving this community with distinction for many years. Over the last 15 years, we have added a larger nucleus of full-time academic surgeons and surgical scientists to augment cutting-edge translational research. This combination has enriched our nationally respected surgical residency and fellowship programs and brought the most complex surgical services to our campus.
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You can use Kinect to control the Xbox 360 Dashboard using both your voice and gestures. To get the best Kinect experience, make sure you have the latest console software.
Once you wave at the Xbox Dashboard, a hand cursor appears. You can now use gestures to navigate the Dashboard instead of a controller.
When you're at the Xbox Dashboard, say "Xbox". The Kinect speech bar opens.
Like the Xbox Guide, the Kinect Guide is a quick and easy way to start Kinect activities. You can view your friends, messages, and achievements, and troubleshoot Kinect sensor problems from the Kinect Guide.
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Thu, 25 March 2010
Mark Reese wants to be 3rd District Congressman running against Leonard Boswell. Congressman Steve King with the inside story of the Obamacare dust-up. Clean coal technology.. Steve Gates. Eric O'Keefe from the Sam Adams Alliance explains why congressman are forever.
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Today, the estimable Jessica Grose asks something many of us have wondered: do Teen Moms shows really discourage teen pregnancy - or just exploit for our entertainment? (And is it bad that they make me want a kid?)
As 16 and Pregnant launches its second squalid, tear-filled season of ostensibly cautionary reality, Grose notes that MTV's laudable public mission is in fact sending a distinctly mixed message. While data supports the notion that young women can indeed be influenced by programming of this kind, it's been shown to have the opposite effect on boys of the same age. Then too, when shown in the more frankly exploitative context of MTV-Land, surrounded by self-professed "Guidos" and girls vying for male attention, it's hard to take a strong moral message away from a show that, ultimately, still serves to give minors who may not know what they're getting into, a modicum of the celebrity that to many kids is still the apex of achievement.
Grose spoke to two young girls who appeared on 16 and Pregnant, and from her account, it seems they are torn between natural apprehension at the thought of courting public abuse - and the laudable goal of wanting to provide a support network for other young women in the same position. But the young women who have been through the wars, as it were, are obviously going to have a perspective that the rest of the population lacks.
And the worry, when providing a "cautionary" or "anthropological" reality setup is that, in all its lurid glory, it's easy to distance from one's own life. We're put in the position of judging, and I can't imagine that a population of young girls is less prone to that than any other - to the contrary. Then too, we're bombarded with images of other, privileged young girls for whom it seems to be working out just fine! (Looking at you, Jamie-Lynn and Bristol.) Given a choice, most girls probably prefer to imagine themselves more the latter than the hollow-eyed, emotional wrecks they see on the serious MTV. And I've noticed something odd when I watch not just these shows, but the Supernanny reruns that play endlessly and inexplicably on the Style network: I could do that, I find myself thinking. Well, I'd be better than that. I wouldn't have a baby with a guy like that; I wouldn't party every night. I don't have a stepfather like Butch! And because the lives pictured are so very hard, my mind, despite itself, begins to think that the reality, ironically, would be easy. Now, am I in a better position to raise this hypothetical baby than a 15-year-old? Obviously. But I'm also guessing that that viewing public is not, as Jessica's quoted data shows, markedly less suggestible. And that goes both ways.
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Discovery Channel Oddities Website
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The show was great, Loved it! Poor kitty. The guy who bought the straight jacket, reminded me of Bella Lugosi.ReplyDelete
Very interesting! Glad I was able to catch the show! Edgar was just precious and creepy at the same time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations! The show was fun. Good to see my old beaver made an appearance too.ReplyDelete
What a fun show, and very cool and interesting shop!! Can't wait to see the next show - wish I lived closer, I'd surely be in weekly to see what new items you get in!!ReplyDelete
Saw the show last night. I was thrilled to see that you had Objects Conservator, Lisa Bruno, on the show. It's important to show people how to care for their collections and Lisa is a great resource.ReplyDelete
Great show. Just wonderful You have a supper collection of materials and it makes me want to come back to NYC just to visit. Congratulations.ReplyDelete
Loved the 1st show. The guy who rented the straight jacket reminded me of the doctor from Human Centipede.ReplyDelete
Great Show! Thanks for bringing out the "other" unknown side of NYC. Other then "Project Runway" lol!ReplyDelete
I have many items that would fit nicely into your shop. My brother and I surround ourselves with such and have as far back as I can remember. Just how much will you be asking for the kitty? Has it already gone to a good home I wonder? Any interrest in human ear bones out there?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 12, 2010 at 10:14 AM
I watched it last night and it's already my favorite show! I absolutely LOVED Edgar! I hope to see more of him on the show. I love the way he talks and he got so excited about the straight jacket, it was too cute!ReplyDelete
does anyone know about that laura girl's clothing line? The one that use to embalm?ReplyDelete
Nice show!!ReplyDelete
Her name is Laura Flook. http://www.lauraflook.comReplyDelete
I certainly did love Edgar. But More Ryan in my opinion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Edgar kills me each time I see the comercial... he reminds me so much of bella ... it makes me smile each time I hear is that a straight jacket..ReplyDelete
we have a question.. whats with laura.. she seems to be a little different and we could not put our finger on it.... MORE EDGAR!!!!!
Your old odd stuff is too cool as are the clientele! See you soon...ReplyDelete
I love the show. It is nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.ReplyDelete
Why is it that in every episode each employee is wearing the same exact clothing as he/she wore in the previous episode?! I've seen several episodes, during which employees are on the hunt for some rare object, or someone has to do an extensive project like building an exploded skull. Things that, feasibly, could not ALL occur in one day. Something fishy is going on...please explain!ReplyDelete
Laura Flook (http://www.lauraflook.net/).ReplyDelete
I have some sculptures here you might find interesting. I have been making them since I was 15 and they are bizarre!ReplyDelete
Brilliant show!! Please, lots more of the stuff. So tired of 'Ice Trucker's Rodeo Clowns on Crack'.ReplyDelete
Good for you Guys.
Awesome show, I can hardly wait till your things are able to be bought on line. I'm really looking forward to that.ReplyDelete
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I watch the show often its real different and informative and shows that just because some people choose to be different,by know means are different just like the rest of us so cslled norm,I am one of them and happen to luv there guests,very creative people world needs more of them.ReplyDelete
Oh and Ryans new girlfriend is a KNOCKOUT plain and simple a dreamgirl,and if he does not seriously hookup with her I'll kick his butt cause from what I see she really diggs you and you both make a wonderful couple and I'm rooting for you both !ReplyDelete
Great show. Used to love Pawn Stars but your stuff is more like my room/head. Stuffed bats, 100 Jokers, etc. I want my own Calgaries Cabinet of Curiousities in UK for the mad bad and slightly insane.ReplyDelete
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Rubik's Cube Lamp
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- Fully-playable Rubik's Cube Light
- Continuous illumination for up to 2 hours
- On/off switch allows you to conserve battery
The 80s saw many trends come and go - our favorite, of course, were those colorful cubic twisty puzzles that boggled our minds - the Rubik's Cube. Remember solving them with a screwdriver? Yeah, we did that, too. We won't tell if you don't.
Eventually, though, we figured out how to solve the thing properly. Before too long, we got fast at it - fast enough to compete professionally! There's even one monkey that can glance at each side for a few seconds, close his eyes, and solve it in less than a minute. He's a genius, but he's also memorized the phonebook. Up to "G." Kinda scary.
If you liked to play with the cube, now you can live and work with the cube, too. This venerable puzzle from the days of Galaga has been turned into a fully-functioning light. And by "fully-functioning" we mean it uses LEDs to illuminate things, but you can also play with it. Its battery stores up to 2 hours of illumination for free play, or you can set it up so the stand's next to your computer or any USB jack and keep it plugged up so it will constantly shine.
Product Specifications
- Fully-playable Rubik's Cube Light
- Continuous illumination for up to 2 hours
- On/off switch allows you to conserve battery
- Materials: Plastic
- Batteries: Recharges via USB
- Dimensions: 4 3/4" a side, 8" tall x 7" wide x 7" deep when in display stand
- Includes cube, stand, and almost 4 ft. long USB charging cable
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There are many great resources available if you want to understand and relate to those in your community from different cultures. Here are a few to get you started.
Lethbridge: Project Canada Books, 2012
Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2013
Colorado Springs, CO: GMI, 2014
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005
Boise, Id.: Russell Media, 2012
WIGTake Resources, 2014
Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2001
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2007
Delta, B.C.: Church Leadership Library, 2005
Mississauga: World Vision Canada, 2015
Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Books, 2012
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012
Winnipeg: Word Alive Press, 2010
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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 6002 (Castle Figures).
This four pack of figures was the only new set of 1983. 6002 is one of the most rare castle sets and was only released in Canada. The set features two knights and two soldiers with accessories.


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With file requests members of your team can collect and receive files — big or small — from anyone, right into Dropbox. File requests are ideal for receiving a large file or collection of files, and requesting submissions from coworkers and clients.
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Team admins and user management admins can view certain file request activities for their team members in the Activity tab. They can view when a team member creates a file request and when a team member receives an uploaded file to a file request.
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Driving downhill to the Hayward Campus during his short morning commute, Assistant Computer Engineering Professor Roger Doering is actually restoring energy to his shiny blue Nissan Leaf, an all-electric car.
Lightly pressing on the brake, Doering glances at his dashboard where he can watch a digitally displayed power consumption meter. As the battery regenerates, display bubbles on his dashboard slowly start to fill up until he has restored the energy lost while climbing up the hill.
Among other gadgets and buttons that came with his zero emissions car is a feature that allows Doering to locate electric car charging stations in his vicinity. Little green dots fill the dashboard monitor, indicating the nearest public sources of energy for his Leaf.
Soon, Doering will see a little green dot on his monitor that represents two new charging stations slated for installation in CSUEB parking lots by the end of August.
Introducing charging stations on the Hayward campus is part of a transition to greener technologies underway at the university, where Facilities is working on installation and replacement projects expected to significantly reduce campus energy consumption, said CSUEB Energy Manager Evelyn Munoz.
Two additional energy conservation projects are expected to be completed by the end of August, including the replacement of outdated parking lot pole units with more efficient plasma lighting systems and replacement of aging cooling towers with new units. Cooling towers help remove excess heat generated by equipment such as air conditioning units.
"Newer technology is always better," Munoz said. "These types of projects will help alleviate electricity (demand), green house gas emissions and lower energy costs."
Perhaps the most intriguing project, the installation of the charging stations, will allow students, faculty and staff with electric and semi-electric vehicles — including motorcycles — to maintain a charge for up to 100 miles, she added.
Prior to construction of the Dining Commons, former site of parking lot C, the university hosted two charging stations adjacent to Pioneer Heights. The outdated stations, currently in the Facilities Management Corp Yard, were paid for by a grant awarded to the university.
The existing stations made possible the renewal of the grant, which will pay to replace and upgrade the two older stations. Once installed, each new dual station, with the addition of a smaller 120-volt charger, will allow up to three cars or motorcycles to charge at once.
Staff members in Facilities Management have counted a handful of electric vehicles in CSUEB parking lots and anticipate high student demand for the charging stations. If the grant is extended, more stations are expected to be added in response to campus demand.
University parking lots also will see the addition of energy efficient plasma lighting systems which will replace 19 light pole units. Electricians broke ground on the project in mid-June.
"The result will be increased lighting levels and reduced energy consumption," said Jim Zavagno, CSUEB Director of Planning Design and Construction.
The university's previous lighting system, based on aged high pressure sodium, wastes a large amount of energy, he added.
Upgrades will also be made to two aging cooling towers in Mieklejohn Hall and the Music Building that are past due for replacement.
"(The replacement) will not only result in lower energy costs but minimal maintenance and repair," said Zavagno.
Munoz says the university will continue to venture towards greener technologies in the future.
Although still in the conceptual stage, Facilties managers are looking into the potential benefits of adding solar panels in campus parking lots and solar thermal heating in campus buildings, which Robert Andrews, Director of Facilities Mangement, estimates would boost alternative energy usage at the university byl five to 10 percent.
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Fulham beat Reading 3-0 in the Final of the Barclays Under-18 Premier League tournament on Sunday to defend their trophy.
The Under-18s, who were entering their third consecutive Final after winning the trophy last season, have enjoyed great recent success in the league and the Dallas Cup and had a hat-trick from forward Moussa Dembele to thank for a comfortable win at Craven Cottage.
The first chance came Fulham's way as defender Josh Passley tackled well in the centre of the pitch and the ball found him again to swing a cross in just above the head of Cauley Woodrow. Reading captain Aaron Kuhl then had a shot that was well blocked by Steven Arthurworrey and the defender was called into action again inside the first 10 minutes as Craig Tanner burst into the box but was kept out by our defender's strength.
The early exchanges were even as Woodrow flicked on to Moussa Dembele, but the forward's shot was blocked at the last minute by Jake Cooper and Reading counter attacked to go close as the pace of Jack Stacey almost saw him sneak in.
But the deadlock was broken in the Whites' favour in the 14th minute as a wonderful curling effort from Dembele found the back of the net. The ball dropped to the forward wide on the left and he cut inside to unleash a powerful shot into the top corner of the net with goalkeeper Dan Lincoln left grasping at air.
Having capitalised on their early pressure, Fulham went into the ascendancy and Solomon Sambou's effort from distance was blocked before Roberts' whipped cross was cut out by Kuhl before it could reach a Whites head.
On 27 minutes, Dembele had a great chance to double the lead after he was put through on goal by a lovely ball over the top from Emerson Hyndman. The forward evaded a tackle from Cooper and rounded Lincoln but was pushed out too wide and Reading recovered as he blasted the ball over from a tight angle.
The Royals almost hit back immediately as Tarique Fosu-Henry struck a fine shot from just outside the box, but Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodak was at his best to palm it away. As the half-hour mark arrived, Craig Tanner had a go from a free-kick on the edge of the area but saw it deflected just over the bar.
Fulham were able to withstand the pressure and we extended our lead on 32 minutes as Reading were caught on the break. A chip over the top from Woodrow saw Dembele set free again and this time the Frenchman stuck the ball coolly into the bottom corner.
At 2-0, the boys weren't done and Roberts' run almost created a chance for Muamer Tankovic who curled his shot wide of the post. Just before half-time, Roberts burst forward from inside his own half and beat two men on the counter, but his shot skidded away.
A slow start to the second half saw Fulham given a chance on 51 minutes. Dembele's flick on found Tankovic and he slipped the ball in to Hyndman whose shot was well blocked in the Reading goal by Lincoln. Then it was end-to-end chances for both teams inside a minute as Tanner's curled shot was beaten away by Rodak and, up the other end, Tom Richards' run and fine cross found the head of Dembele, but the effort skidded wide.
Fulham were on the attack again shortly after as Hyndman broke free on the counter and slipped the ball to Woodrow. Lincoln did well to block the striker's shot with his legs to keep the Royals in the game.
As the game entered its last 20 minutes, Fulham had to withstand some pressure as a cross came in which was cleared by Arthurworrey but flew into the air and cannoned off the top of the bar on the way down. The resulting melee was well cleared and Fulham came close to adding a third on 77 minutes as Tankovic cut inside and forced Lincoln into a diving save.
Reading were looking to get forward and find a way back into the game, which they almost did through Uche Ikpeazu but the striker's shot was fabulously blocked by a flying Liam Donnelly. Passley was then forced to get back to clear at the far post as Tanner almost arrived to head the cross home.
A sterling defensive effort was almost broken as Reading hit the bar twice in a matter of seconds. Tanner's free-kick crashed against the woodwork and Stacey's follow-up header also hit the upright. The midfielder was then almost put through but Rodak blocked his shot from a tight angle.
But with only minutes left, Dembele went on a mazy run on the counter and hammered home the third. The striker got a little lucky as it went in off the post, but the goal capped a well deserved hat-trick and ensured that the trophy ended up back in SW6 again.
Manager Steve Wigley said: "I've felt all along that we've been the best team this season and I thought we played like that today. I think we were all very disappointed with the way the Semi-Final turned out [going 4-0 up and being pegged back to 4-3 late on] but what that did was get us ready for today and there was no way it was going to happen again. It certainly focused the mind for today and we could have more goals in what was a great team performance."
Academy Director Huw Jennings added: "I thought we played terrifically at times today. You saw our resilience in the second half and it was a terrific performance from the boys today. Reading are a very tough team to play – they came into the game on the back of 11 straight wins – and it was a magnificent effort. I'm so proud of what this team has achieved."
Fulham: Marek Rodak; Josh Passley, Liam Donnelly, Steven Arthurworrey, Tom Richards; Patrick Roberts, Solomon Sambou, Emerson Hyndman, Muamer Tankovic; Cauley Woodrow, Moussa Dembele. Subs: Max Oberschmidt, Cameron Burgess, Noe Baba, Lyle Della Verde, Jordan Evans.
Reading: Dan Lincoln, Sean Long, Shane Griffin, Aaron Kuhl, Dominic Hyam, Jake Cooper, Jack Stacey, Liam Kelly, Uche Ikpeazu, Craig Tanner, Tarique Fosu-Henry. Subs: Lewis Ward, Sheppard Murombedzi, De'Jaune Taylor-Crossdale, Ben Jefford, Nana Owusu.


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Paul McCartney and Youth's collaborative project, The Fireman, are soon to return with their first album since 1998's Rushes. DiS was invited to an exclusive playback of the album at London's legendary Abbey Road studios, where two monitors, each the size of a small adult, blew Electric Arguments in crystal clear clarity at a couple of dozen sour-faced hacks with nothing to look at but the engineers in the control room.
Under these conditions, first reactions are very favourable. There's something particularly immersive about the ambient treatments and melodic, gutsy-guitar strums that fill much of the material; Like Brian Eno being pushed around by the Arcade Fire. By the end of the playback - even with just the once through - there's little doubt that this marks McCartney's most creatively liberated body of work this century. It certainly belies his age, and any notions of an earned obsolescence. There appear to be few outright McCartney-isms in either the singing or songwriting, and with Youth's modern production chops it's a worthy, alchemic fit. Come Electric Arguments' release on 24th November, then, it's likely to turn and surprise more than a few ears.
Tracklisting as follows:
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In Memory of Res Baehler, 1971 - 2011
Res was a successful mountain guide, alpinist, climber, skier and very spiritual person. Res was member of the Arc'teryx team and leaves a big gap in the alpine world and in our hearts.
We offer our sympathies to his family and friends. Our thoughts are with you in this time of loss.
Let Res' spirit of adventure live on through each and every one of you and join us to carry Res` philosophy out into the world; "Let your eyes shine like the eyes of a child."
Res is a typical allrounder and loves the creativity of mountaineering. Be it climbing at El Capitan, freeriding in Mongolia, ice-climbing in the Engadine, canyoning in Arco, first ascents in Madagascar or riding on a horse across the untouched Taiga of Altay Mountains, adventure is what he needs.
Already at the age of 6 he told his parents on a hike in Tyrol that he wanted to become a mountain guide. When he was 13 he bought his first ski-touring binding to ascend the surrounding mountains all by himself and at the age of 22 he started his mountain guide training that he finished as youngest in 1995 at the age of 24. Together with three other mountain guides he founded GoVertical GmbH in 2007 that is now owner of two mountaineering shops, of the mountaineering school Pontresina, of a rope adventure park and of an indoor climbing centre.
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One of many important aspects to the formation of men preparing for the priesthood is an acute awareness of life in community and the development of relationships. Mount St. Mary's Seminary strives to provide seminarians with the support and direction necessary to enhance their relationship with Jesus Christ and the Roman Catholic Church while developing lasting bonds of fraternity through prayer, study, pastoral work and in-house activity. This is modeled for them by the seminary faculty in the classroom, chapel, refectory, lounge, gym and in the parish. The seminary is our home; like the Holy Family we pray that all who live, work and study at the seminary will continue to grow together in wisdom, grace and virtue before God and one another.
The Program of Priestly Formation reminds us that "community life affords the opportunity for the development of leadership skills and individual talents. It can also motivate seminarians to develop a sense of self-sacrifice and a spirit of collaboration" (304). The life of a seminary house is for their benefit and the Church's benefit. Therefore, each seminarian must bring his own life to the house in a spirit of openness to the richness of blessings available in community. As a good steward, a seminarian will be entrusted with the responsibility modeling the call to community in his life as a diocesan priest. Proverbs teaches us, "He who confers benefits will be amply enriched, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed" (11:25). The gift of formation within a community of prayer, education, service and relationship provides for seminarians a concrete, daily affirmation of the humble admission in the Prayer of St. Francis- it is truly in giving that we receive.
"The basic principle of human formation is to be found in Pastores dabo vobis no. 43: the human personality of the priest is to be a bridge and not an obstacle for others in their meeting with Jesus Christ the Redeemer of the human race. As the humanity of the Word made flesh was the instrumentum salutis, so the humanity of the priest is instrumental in mediating the redemptive gifts of Christ to people today…[H]uman formation is the 'necessary foundation' of priestly formation" (PPF 75).
At Mount St. Mary's Seminary, human formation is central to the life of the student. Clear benchmarks are articulated in this area so that the seminarians and the faculty are aware of the expectations as a student progresses in the program. Each seminarian is assigned a formation director who meets monthly with him. He also composes a set of goals at the beginning of each academic year. In the third quarter of each year, every student is formally evaluated by faculty, peers and the formation team.
The life lived in formation is lived in the day, by the week and through the month. This reflects the Church's understanding of the conforming of one's life to the tempo and rhythm of the Liturgy of Hours; but, even more, it reflects the Church's wisdom that habits form character and the horarium of the day forms habits. Our goal in the organization of our day at Mount St. Mary's Seminary is to help form those habits which build virtue and will contribute to a lifestyle after ordination that help sustain the priest in his life and ministry.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, generally hairy, generally taprooted
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves simple to pinnately compound, basal or cauline, alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cyme (generally raceme-like and coiled) or flowers solitary
Flower bisexual, generally radial; calyx lobes generally 5, generally fused at base, generally persistent, enlarging in fruit; corolla generally deciduous, rotate to cylindric, lobes generally 5, appendages in pairs on tube between filaments or 0; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, filament base sometimes appendaged, appendages scale-like; ovary generally superior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal, enlarged into chamber, sometimes meeting so ovary appears 25-chambered, styles 12, stigmas generally head-like
Fruit: capsule, generally loculicidal; valves generally 2
Genera in family: 20 genera, 300 species: especially w US; some cultivated (Emmenanthe, Nemophila, Phacelia )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to be included in an expanded Boraginaceae (also including Lennoaceae) [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531553; Olmstead et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Annual, perennial herb, generally glandular-hairy, tap-rooted or from ± thick caudex
Leaves generally alternate, simple to 2-pinnately compound, generally ± reduced upward
Inflorescence: cyme, generally dense, coiled, generally 1-sided; pedicels generally short
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Fruit oblong to spheric
Seeds 1many, oblong to spheric, generally brownish; back generally pitted or cross-furrowed
Species in genus: ± 175 species: Am; some cultivated for ornamental
Etymology: (Greek: cluster, from the dense inflorescence)
Reference: [Halse 1981 Madroño 28:121132; Heckard 1960 Univ Calif Publ Botany 32:1126; Lee 1988 Syst Bot 13:1620]
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Annual 1045 cm
Stem spreading to ascending, generally many-branched, puberulent, short-stiff-hairy
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Flower: pedicel 12 mm; calyx lobes 23 mm, 45 mm in fruit, subequal, ± oblong, hairy; corolla 46 mm, bell-shaped, light blue, deciduous, scales linear; stamens 45 mm, glabrous; style 23 mm, puberulent
Fruit 23 mm, ovoid, short-stiff-hairy
Seeds 12, 1.52 mm, finely pitted
Chromosomes: n=11
Ecology: Rocky soils, slopes, chaparral, oak woodland
Elevation: < 1400 m.
Bioregional distribution: eastern San Francisco Bay Area, n Inner South Coast Ranges
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If Smokey Yunick was still with us today, I suspect he'd be smack in this middle of this issue. He once told me that carburetors are little more than "controlled leak" devices and that electronic fuel injection in everyday circle track engines was an inevitable option that should be explored and developed at a practical level. Before we dig into the subject, let's take a moment to review some combustion properties that play into the benefits of EFI, as compared to carburetors. While we won't address related topics such as system economics and complexity, both of those elements appear becoming of less user concern than in the past.
On multiple occasions in the pages of this magazine, we have attempted to describe the complicated process of converting liquid fuel to heat (power) by combustion. It is the method by which fuel is atomized and the point of introduction into an inlet airstream (or combustion space) that become problematic to an efficient burn. In addition, while the net effect is mixture passage into the combustion space, flow in an induction system or path is elastic, interrupted and loaded with a variety of pres-sure excursions that tend to "un-mix" air/fuel charges. And the farther upstream in an induction system fuel is introduced, the more influential the problem causers become.
In particular, we know that to initiate and sustain a uniform combustion flame rate, it's helpful to have created air/fuel charges consisting of the smallest possible fuel droplet size. And the mix should be as uniform and homogeneous as possible, throughout the combustion space. Simply stated, carburetors have a difficult time favorably contributing to this objective, if for no other reason than they function well upstream of combustion spaces. In a recent conversation with CT Senior Technical Editor, Bob Bolles, it became apparent that maybe some further discussion on the subject might be helpful to CT's readership.
Here's a perspective to consider. At the risk of oversimplification, imagine that large fuel droplets require more time to be consumed in the combustion process. And, conversely, smaller droplets take less time. In a combustion space of poorly mixed air/fuel charges (especially if there's a range of droplet sizes), there will effectively be an accompanying range of air/fuel ratios in this space. Accordingly, when the burn begins, flame rate will not be uniform and, very possibly, an inefficient net burn occurs.
In the early 1970s, I received a call from a man named Jack Priegel. He was the president of Autotronic Controls Corporation in El Paso, Texas. His company was developing a fuel atomizing device using what amounted to an ultrasonic device through which liquid fuel was being broken into droplets reported to be in the sub-20 micron size. Atomized fuel looked like "smoke" once it passed through the device. But he had what he thought was an intake manifold problem because the device was located where a carburetor would have normally been placed. Despite this handicap and the fact fuel was being taken out of suspension by pulsating airflow, his system demonstrated the potential benefits from a dramatic reduction in fuel droplet size. Jack was funding the project by the sales of a product his company devised just to keep his induction system efforts alive. Actually, that product was a multi-spark ignition system. The induction system was discontinued when sales of the product went through the roof and we all know the impact MSD ignitions have had on motorsports. But that's another story.
The point here is that the atomization efficiency provided by electronically-operated fuel injectors, especially when placed in proximity of the combustion space, offer tangible benefits. EFI systems enable more control over many of the rudimentary requirements of efficient internal combustion engine oper-ation, leading to an opportunity for increased power with reduced fuel consumption and (believe it or not), a chance to decrease exhaust emissions.
Of the arguments frequently offered by non-proponents of EFI in racing, one deals with the use of electronics and the possible sensitivity of these components in a harsh racing environment. Any concerns in this particular area are dwindling, as witnessed by some robust racing engines doing well with not only iterations of OEM systems but aftermarket conversion packages that simply replace carburetors with throttle bodies and supporting electronics. Some companies provide multi-point EFI induction systems that locate injectors in closer proximity to combustion spaces to reduce upstream effects of pulsating and circuitous flow paths. Obviously, mechanical fuel injection systems stand in the gap between carburetors and EFI, but there appears to be movement afoot among providers of mechanical systems to blend electronics into some of these packages.
In previous columns, I've also suggested that an engine's brake specific fuel consumption performance typically occurs at or near peak brake torque. Of the factors that affect this condition, one is engine speed and the other is quality of atomized fuel delivered by a carburetor. At speed below peak torque, inlet mean flow velocities are below those required to aid atomization efficiency. This can be verified by evaluating the extent of unburned hydrocarbons (unspent fuel) in the exhaust gas.
Similarly, at higher rpm, the tendency for a mechanical separation of fuel from the air grows, thereby increasing the chances for poorly atomized fuel in the combustion space, verifiable by the same analysis process. Improvements in carburetor main fuel booster design (or modifications) can help the problem but not remove its influence altogether. As a result, combustion efficiency as evidenced by BSFC data typically shows higher numerical values for this data below and above peak torque.
On the other hand, fuel injectors used in an EFI system tend to supply a higher percentage of atomized fuel throughout a broader range of engine speed. Throttle response generally improves, as does on-track power and fuel economy. Reflecting on these conditions, BSFC curves tend to be somewhat flatter and nearer peak torque values above and below this engine speed, further indicating a wider span of improved combustion efficiency. Add to the package an opportunity to electronically vary cam timing and a new perspective can be taken on the benefits of on-track, electronically-controlled circle track engines . . . don't you think?


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The tournament field read like a Who's Who with top teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont crammed into the Southington High School gym. In most years, the powerhouse field would have been a welcomed challenge for Derek Dion and his Blue Knight wrestlers. But this is no typical year.
Scheduling problems brought on by the holidays and winter storms led to three teams withdrawing from the annual tournament. At the last minute, Dion welcomed Connecticut's top ranked team, Danbury, and a Vermont team, Mt. Anthony, that's one of the top in the region.
With their slow start, the Knights would have had trouble with the normal schedule. With the powerhouse additions, it became a fight for survival.
"It turned into a premier event in this state," said Dion. "We've got the No. 2 team in Massachusetts, the No. 1 team in Vermont, and the No. 1 team in Connecticut. All three of those teams are going to be hanging on at the New England meet, so that's something."
But was Southington ready after their delayed start compounded with winter delays? That was the question for Dion and his staff.
"We were just trying to get some kids wrestling well," said the coach. "We wanted to see them get aggressive, and we wanted to see where their wind was. It's not where it needs to be right now."
Southington got off to a good start with a lopsided win over NFA, 44-27, followed by a strong win over Manchester, 43-30, but then the Knights were thrust into the mix against the tournament powers.
Danbury scored four pins in the first five matches on their way to a 54-13 win, and Mt. Anthony swept through all but one Knight as they surged to a 71-5 victory.
"I saw some positives and some negatives, but we're still so far behind," said Dion. "Even those kids that are wrestling well are still so far behind with their skills and their wind and their reps in the room. Our first couple of matches were against Class LL teams, and we did okay. Those last two matches we took a little bit of a beating. They sort of put it on us a little bit."
Nobody survived the day unscathed. Zach Murillo (106/113) scored three consecutive wins before falling to a former New England championship wrestler from Mt. Anthony. Zach Maxwell (195) rallied for three wins before falling in his final match in a one-point decision.
Alex Martin (152/160) was the only Southington wrestler to win his final match, but even he finished the day with a 3-1 record.
Dion expects that trend to continue as the Knights scramble to catch up after their late start.
"We've had a rough couple of weeks. To be honest with you, we really haven't even started our season yet because we haven't had any cohesive practices yet," he said. "The whole season is going to be a tough work in progress as we try to play catch-up. I don't know if we will, but we're going to try."
On the other hand, Dion saw some bright spots in his patchwork lineup. Newcomers Austin Abacherli (113/120) and John Vecchio (145) finished the day at 2-2, and Vecchio led the team with two pins. Freshmen Josh Gravel (132/138) and Nick Kelley (132/138) both scored a victory on the day.
Southington fielded six freshman during their four dual meets, and Dion was pleased with their efforts.
"They were thrown into varsity before they should actually have to be there, but they're fighting their battles," said the coach. "We had four or five guys battling really well. Hopefully this makes them better, and I hope that they don't get discouraged by any of it."
Things won't get any easier for the Knights. They dual meets scheduled this week against Hall and Simsbury with the elite Eastern States Tournament looming on the weekend for a few select Knights. Dion isn't ready to throw in the towel. He isn't ready to quit, and neither are the Knights.
No matter how they finish in the early meets, Southington is just getting started. The true test will come in the postseason.
"The kids will get back to school this week, and we'll get back in the room to play catch up," Dion said. "This year is going to be tough to salvage, but we're going to keep trying to get prepared and see what we can do with the guys we have."
Southington has risen above adversity before. Will they do it again?
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Brussels, 26 September 2012
Safer, more effective and innovative medical devices
Ranging from simple sticking plasters to the most sophisticated life-supporting machines, medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices are central to our health and quality of life. To ensure that these devices serve the needs and ensure the safety of European citizens, the European Commission today proposed two Regulations which are fit for purpose, more transparent and better adapted to scientific and technological progress. The new rules aim to ensure that patients, consumers and healthcare professionals can reap the benefits of safe, effective and innovative medical devices. The medical device sector is highly innovative, particularly in Europe and has an estimated market value of around €95bn 1.
Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli said "Just a few months ago, everybody was shocked by the scandal involving fraudulent breast implants which affected tens of thousands of women in Europe and around the world. As policy makers, we must do our best never to let this happen again. This damaged the confidence of patients, consumers and healthcare professionals in the safety of the devices on which they rely every day. The proposals adopted today significantly tighten the controls so as to ensure that only safe devices are placed on the European Union's market at the same time, they foster innovation and contribute to maintaining the competitiveness of the medical device sector."
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Hype or heart? That is the question. As I promote my new Your Money or Your Life Tele-course , I invite you to give me your feedback. I'm reaching down inside myself with the command that's always cut to the spiritual chase for me: "know what you are doing and why." I'm working to link that inner knowing with this lifelong outer work of helping people transform their relationship with money, stuff, time and all the rest. I just sent the below out to my email list – I think the heart is linked to the "hype" – the invitation to learn with me. let me know what you think.
Dear You!
Do you want to be part of positive change rather than a bystander in the tides of history? I sure do.
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BP Goes on a Suing Spree
BP went after three companies yesterday with lawsuits for "misconduct" (ha!) and for tarnishing its good name over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year, most notably Halliburton. Yesterday's filing blasts Halliburton for "improper conduct, errors and omissions, including fraud and concealment," and it is thought the company is seeking some $42 billion in damages. But don't worry, Halliburton is used to this sort of thing. They'll probably be just fine.
Maybe we all owe BP — and especially poor Tony Hayward — an apology for being so mean?
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Avira fixed Oracle security hole in Avira Exchange
Several days ago Oracle closed some security holes. However, this affects also Avira AntiVir Exchange, because our product also uses Oracle's Outside In library. Avira already fixed this and provide a new package which can be downloaded on our website.
To close this security hole, we recommend to install this package as soon as possible. To do so, please follow these steps:
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It might be possible that a restart of your system is necessary, depending on your system settings.
In case you cannot do a system restart right now, you can alternatively deactivate the job "Wall Content Filtering" to be protected nevertheless.
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I have generated UML 2.2 XMI, with no options selected on the generation dialog. The result, apart from constraints, is imported correctly by MagicDraw 18. However, there are UML 'artifacts' all over the place at various package levels, as well as the proper definitions. These appear to be generated by lines like the following in the XMI:
<packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Artifact" xmi:id="BOUML_0x21502_8" name="DV_ORDINAL">
<manifestation xmi:type="uml:Manifestation" xmi:id="BOUML_MANIFESTATION1_0x21502_8" client="BOUML_0x21502_8" supplier="BOUML_0x21102_4" utilizedElement="BOUML_0x21102_4" name="source"/>
Similarly, there are 'manifestation' nodes for all classes, in various places, corresponding to the XML:
<packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Artifact" xmi:id="BOUML_0x1f402_8" name="rm_lib">
<manifestation xmi:type="uml:Manifestation" xmi:id="BOUML_MANIFESTATION1_0x1f402_8" client="BOUML_0x1f402_8" supplier="BOUML_0x21f02_8" utilizedElement="BOUML_0x21f02_8"/>
Are these necessary? They seem like junk to me. Is there a way to turn them off?
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The only thing that could get me to have any real appreciation of this Cabin Fever remake is if the producers decided to make it an annual (or semi-annual) thing, where they keep the same script but let new filmmakers and cast members reinterpret it however they see fit. And then every year or two we'd have another one that may be more in line with our own particular sensibilities, and we as horror fans could spend hours debating about which was "the best", toss around other ideas they could utilize for future versions, etc. Because as it stands right now (and, let's be real here, probably always will be), it's just a - THE - weaker version of a story that wasn't exactly groundbreaking in the first place, without nearly enough difference from the original to give it any life of its own.
If you're a bit lost due to not having heard about the film's genesis yet, let me bring you up to speed. Instead of making the promised (threatened?) fourth film in the series, the producers have opted to just do a remake of Eli Roth's original, using his script (co-written by Randy Pearlstein) with a few variations and modern touches (cell phones that take photos and a guy whining that there's no way to play Minecraft out there in the wifi-free woods) to keep it out of Van Sant Psycho territory. This isn't like Snyder's Dawn of the Dead or even Rob Zombie's Halloween - it's literally the same movie, with minor diversions that are no different than you might see from any film's shooting script to its finished product. Maybe someone says something like "Come over here right now!" when the script says "Get the hell over here!", or maybe some minor scenes are shifted around a bit, but it's, for all intents and purposes, the same damn thing. For a movie that's not even 15 years old! Some of us might even be driving the same car we had when the first film came out - that's how not-old it is.
(The rest of the review assumes you've seen the original, so beware of spoilers if you haven't!)
That said, there is one crucial difference: it's not as funny (or "funny" if you prefer). Roth's frat-guy humor has been toned down or excised entirely (the "that's for the n-----s" gag has been removed, and Bert has a different reason for killing squirrels than his previous homophobic one), and the tone of otherwise intact moments has been shifted. Jeff, for example, was kind of this preppy douche caricature in the original (his huffy walk off with the beer still cracks me up), but here he's just a regular jerk with no real personality at all. Bert is also far less memorable than the James DeBello version; his redneck-ish demeanor has been shaved off and he's just kind of a weirdo (and his single shot rifle is now an AR-15 kind of thing, a really bizarre decision on the filmmakers' part considering the weapon's controversial existence these days). The other three characters are more or less identical to their 2002 counterparts, though Winston gets the biggest change - it's now a woman, and a less ridiculous one at that (again, the movie has very little humor this time around). It might have been fun to see a female cop skeeving on teenaged boys (or girls again, no judgment here) at the lamest party ever, but when that scene comes they just skip over Winston's dialogue entirely. It's not even clear what the hell she's doing there since she's not interacting with any of the kids - Paul just shows up and starts grilling her where the tow truck is.
He also doesn't kill the partygoers, so it's a nearly identical remake where one of the changes is less carnage. Some other bits have been embellished, like the three shop guys chasing Bert back to the cabin, but the party and other parts of the climax have been trimmed of their excess. I assume the reason for this (besides budgetary) is because it added to the film's emphasis on taking the story a little more serious than Roth did, as the new director (Travis Z) seems to want to make this a little more traditionally scary and grim, which would be fine if he wasn't tied to a series of events we've already seen play out. It's hard to get tensed up when the dog shows up seemingly wanting to eat Marcy, because by that point we know the movie isn't going to do anything different. He's slightly more successful when he aims for something a little more melancholy during a few key moments, however. Karen's death, for example - Paul can't bring himself to do it with the shovel all the way, so he immolates her (which seems more painful for her), and the music - one of the film's few bright spots - goes into pure tragic mode, like this actually WAS Cabin Fever 4 and we just lost one of the series' most beloved characters. There are a couple other moments where it seems they want you to feel bad for these folks, unlike the original where it seems Roth was laughing at their misery.
Unfortunately for this crew, my sensibilities inch closer to Eli's than theirs, so I missed this element, and thus had very little use for the film. It wasn't telling a new story, it wasn't using my knowledge of the original against me like the Night of the Living Dead remake did (by doing the same thing for a while and then pivoting), it was just... mimicking a relatively recent movie beat for beat, except it'd occasionally leave something out for whatever reason. At its best, it's at least technically proficient and features some lovely Oregon scenery (an upgrade from the original's North Carolina), but more often than not it's just a humorless redo with less appeal, with bits like "Pancakes!" falling completely flat. Even some of the attempts at making the script their own just feel pointless, like when the store guy asks why Bert would steal the candy bar. Instead of the original, simple "The nougat?", we get something like "Would you believe me if I said it was for the nougat?", which reminded me of Zombie-ween's laughable "As a matter of fact, I DO BELIEVE it was" line, in that it comes off as mocking the original line more than an organic thing the character would be saying. It also sets up Bert as being above the backwoods folk, whereas in the original it almost felt like he belonged there with them. We already have Jeff filling the role of "superior douchebag" - why is Bert acting the same way?
The makeup FX look good, at least. There are more practical FX people listed in the credits than VFX (i.e. CGI) ones, which is a relief, and they do a fine job with the gradual degradation of the infected characters (particularly Paul). Travis Z doesn't seem to want to top Eli in the gore department, but he makes those moments count within the context of being a little more realistic and less over-the-top with his approach. That said, I am disappointed (spoiler for a new change to the ending here!) that he opted to give Jeff the virus before being gunned down (same as in the original), as it originally served as his just desserts for being an jerk and leaving his girlfriend to die. Now he's gonna die anyway, so who cares how it happens? The end also doesn't set up as big of an outbreak (no lemonade), opting instead for a pretty dumb epilogue where one of the friends who didn't go with them sees pictures of their virus ravaged bodies on Facebook. And yes, you might wonder why someone would post a picture of their looming demise on social media, but there's an earlier throwaway line about pictures uploading automatically when a signal is available, giving the movie the flimsiest of explanations for a moment that's completely useless anyway (unless the virus can travel through the internet, who gives a crap if someone we never saw before is aware of what it does to a victim?).
The only feature on the disc besides the trailer is a fairly short making of, where a few comparisons to the original are made but no one seems able to offer any good reason for doing this. Someone mentions that Eli (who is listed as an executive producer, which often means nothing - for example, Wes Craven died during season 1 of MTV's Scream and he's still listed as an EP on season 2) was excited that the new team would be able to do things he wasn't able to in the original, but I can't really see what he might have meant. The things that are different do not seem to be of the expensive or elaborate nature; if anything the original had even MORE production value as it had a couple more locations (no hospital this time) and characters. Maybe the movie did have something more to it and it was excised for one reason or another, but as they freely admit cutting Roth's script down by 30 pages I doubt that. At any rate, if you weren't a fan of the humor in the original and just want to see folks be eaten away by a virus, this should satisfy you - but if you ARE a fan, I think you'll agree that there is pretty much zero reason to watch this beyond mild curiosity, and that "appeal" will probably run out after about 20 minutes anyway.
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As radical funnyman Vermin Supreme is experiencing an unprecedented surge in political media coverage and popularity, I think it is vital to remind America that I (kind of) discovered him first.
With that in mind, filmmaker Greg Constantine and I have released a new digital remastered version of "King of the Rats: On the Campaign Trail with Vermin Supreme," which was a finalist in CNN's iReport Film Festival.
- SEE Vermin get pushed around by Mayor Rudy Guiliani's bodyguards! (Vermin calls them "goons.")
- LISTEN to Vermin boldly predict the John Edwards sex scandal, daring him to come out of his campaign bus with "his hands up and his pants down." Also hear him warn about America's lack of zombie preparedness and embrace Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) as his vice presidential running mate.
- WATCH Vermin dance with his plate of prime rib at John McCain headquarters and covertly sneak into a Barack Obama victory party!


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11-Year-Old Stabs Father During Domestic Assault in Sioux Falls
Police say several members of a Sioux Falls family were involved in an incident that ended with one facing charges.
Officer Sam Clemens says a husband and wife and their two children, an 11-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, were at home Monday evening. Clemens says the woman was upset with her husband's drinking, so she poured his liquor down the drain, and the man reacted by forcing his wife into the bedroom and getting on top of her.
"I'm not sure what he was trying to do, but he was actually forcing her mouth open. She thought her jaw was going to break because he was opening it so much," explained Clemens. "The 11-year-old came in and was trying to get dad off of mom. [The 11-year-old] ended up getting a golf club and hitting him in the back. Once he did that then dad turned his attention on his son and started pushing him around, pushing him against the wall. The report said he pushed him so hard into the wall it left bruises on his back."
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Clemens says after the son took a steak knife and stabbed his father in the arm, the woman and her children were able to get out of the apartment and have a neighbor call police.
He says 50-year-old Randall Scott Flack was arrested for simple assault-domestic and felony child abuse.


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The House of Representatives easily passed a bill to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through next May, handing a brutal defeat to conservative groups that urged Republican members to oppose the plan.
In a broadly bipartisan vote of 367-55, the House passed the bill to avert what some lawmakers have referred to as a "highway shutdown" or "construction shutdown." The Obama administration warned the pending insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, and the crisis has worried Washington and Wall Street for months.
In all, 181 Republicans and 186 Democrats voted for the House's plan. Only 45 Republicans and 10 Democrats opposed.
The Senate could now counter by voting on its own bill, which is being authored by the Senate Finance Committee and differs only slightly from the House's legislation. Or it could simply vote on the House's plan. The White House signaled reluctant support for the House GOP-led bill, saying it supports a long-term infrastructure solution but hinting President Barack Obama would sign the bill if it made it to his desk.
The overwhelming vote was a setback to conservative groups like Heritage Action and the Club for Growth, which opposed the plan and threatened members of Congress by "key voting" the bill on their scorecards and making it a heavily weighted factor in their letter grades for lawmakers. However, the groups are already gearing up for a broad fight over the future of federal transportation policy next year.
"No one really believes today's bill, which is chock full of gimmicks and revenue raisers, represents good policy. But the specter of a crisis, no matter how overstated, occasionally causes solid conservatives to cast votes based on factors other than the underlying policy," said Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action.
On Tuesday, the groups and lawmakers who supported the plan and expected its passage urged Congress to immediately work toward a longer-term solution on infrastructure. During a speech in McLean, Virginia, Obama pushed his administration's four-year, $302 billion transportation plan that would be offset through eliminating certain tax loopholes.
"All this does is set us up for the same crisis a few months from now," Obama said of the House bill. "So Congress shouldn't pat itself on the back for averting disaster for a few months, kicking the can down the road for a few months, careening from crisis to crisis when it comes to something as basic as our infrastructure. Instead of barely paying our bills in the present, we should be investing in the future."
The House bill, which injects more than $10 billion of cash into the Highway Trust Fund, is "offset" through two main provisions, both of which have received bipartisan support in Congress but broad outside opposition:
• "Pension smoothing," which permits employers to delay contributions to employee pension plans, thereby increasing taxable corporate income and generating revenue for the Treasury ($6.4 billion).
• Customs user fees, a provision in last year's bipartisan budget deal that allows the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to collect certain fees ($3.5 billion).


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