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During President Obama's first term, there was hidden friction between powerful Cabinet secretaries and a White House that wanted control over the foreign-policy process.
Now Obama has assembled a new team that, for better or worse, seems more likely to follow the White House lead.
The first term featured the famous "team of rivals," people with heavyweight egos and ambitions who could buck the White House and get away with it.
Hillary Clinton and Bob Gates were strong secretaries of state and defense, respectively, because of this independent power.
Leon Panetta had similar stature as CIA director, as did David Petraeus, who became CIA director when Panetta moved to the Pentagon.
The new team has prominent players, too, but they're likely to be more deferential to the White House.
Secretary of State John Kerry has the heft of a former presidential candidate, but he has been a loyal and discreet emissary for Obama, and is likely to remain so.
Chuck Hagel, who will probably be confirmed this week as secretary of defense, is a feisty combat veteran with a sometimes sharp temper, but he has been damaged by the confirmation process and will need White House cover.
John Brennan, the nominee for CIA director, made a reputation throughout his career as a loyal deputy. This was especially true these last four years, when he carried the dark burden of counterterrorism policy for Obama.
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Most race-car drivers wouldn't be revved up by the idea of 400 kids' fingerprints all over their cars.
But those race-car drivers aren't Hellam Township Police Sgt. Drew Heistand, who drives an American Racing Drivers Club midget car.
In 2011, he was ARDC champion, according to dedicated fan and Wrightsville Elementary School principal Don Gillett. Heistand has 10 career wins, according to the ARDC website.
Together, the officer and the principal came up with an idea to educate Wrightsville Elementary's 400 students about vehicle and bicycle safety, while at the same time making Heistand's car more colorful.
On Thursday morning, Heistand and township Officers Todd McFadden and Doug Pollock brought his midget car to the school, where each of the 400 students got to dip a thumb into paint and leave a print on the car.
Officers then used markers to write students' names above their thumbprints.
Safety stressed: But before the kids could leave their marks, Heistand gave them a 10-minute presentation on the importance of always wearing seat belts and bicycle helmets that fit properly.
When kids are riding in a car and see a police officer, they should give the officer a "thumb's up" if everyone in the car is buckled up, Heistand told the students.
They had to promise to buckle up and wear helmets when riding bikes and skateboards in order to put their thumbprints on the car. (Heistand said the paint will eventually wear off.)
First-grader Jessica Rose, 7, chose a shade of one of her favorite colors.
"I used sort of like a light purple," she said.
Jessica said she always wears her seat belt, and will give officers a thumb's up when she sees them on the road.
She said decorating the midget race car was fun. She sometimes enjoys watching races on TV with her father.
"Because my dad has a Corvette, and he raced it once," Jessica said.
Too white: Heistand said the idea for Thursday's presentation came to him while being teased by Gillett.
"He was joking about my car being so white," the sergeant said. "He was making fun of it."
Heistand next races his midget ARDC car Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg.
"The last time we raced there, I won," he said. Heistand took second place in the three races before that, he said.
And if he wins again Friday, Wrightsville Elementary students are in for another treat.
"I'll shave my mustache and my head," Gillett said. "And the kids can pick out a costume for me to wear."
Choices include a gorilla suit and Sesame Street's Elmo.
"Last year I was mayor of Munchkin Land," said Gillett, who's been rocking his 'stache since 1975. "We're game for anything around here. The kids have a good time."
More chances: If Heistand doesn't win Friday, Gillett said he'll give the sergeant two more chances, for the sake of the students.
If Heistand wins his June 5 race at Grandview Speedway in Berks County, the principal said he will shave his mustache but not his head, and also wear a student-chosen costume.
Assuming the sergeant doesn't place first there but does win the June 9 race at Port Royal Speedway in Juniata County, Gillett will keep all his hair but still wear a costume, he said.
Connecting: Hellam Township Police Chief Mark Sowers said his department tries to find ways to connect with local kids of all ages.
He uses German shepherd Nada, his K-9 drug-detection dog, to spark the interest of middle schoolers.
And hopefully by the end of this summer, the department's 1996 Chevrolet Camaro will be ready for high school presentations, Sowers said.
"It's hard to hold their attention," he said of high schoolers, but suspects the rebuilt Camaro will do the trick.
Officers are customizing the car with help from York County School of Technology students, and all the work has been done through donations, Sowers said.
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The American poet W. H. Auden remarked that Andrei Voznesensky is a writer who understands that "a poem is a verbal artifact which must be as skillfully and solidly constructed as a table or a motorcycle." Voznesensky was well known for his technical virtuosity and structural innovation. His metric and rhyme schemes varied, often determined by the aural and visual aspects of the work. He paid close attention to surface patterning and sound play—assonance, alliteration, shaped text, stepped lines, palindromes—and often startled the reader with shifts in perspective, incongruous juxtaposition of images, and unexpected rhyme created by inserting slang or colloquial language into a line. He confronted the reader with a staggering array of metaphor, historical reference, and cultural allusion. Evidence of his early training in painting and architecture abounds in his work, which has been described as cubist, Surrealist, and Futurist. Voznesensky acknowledged, "As a poet I have been more profitably influenced by ancient Russian churches and by the works of Le Corbusier than by other poets."
Voznesensky's concern with technique and experimentation related directly to the content of his writing and his central concern with human destiny, which he viewed as dependent on interconnectedness. For him, without a sense of connection to one another, to culture and tradition, and to the planet, humanity might fall into a destructive spiral. In a mechanized,...
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"The thing that blows my mind is that we spend so much money on feeling good," says author and activist Bjorn Lomborg about "feel-good" environmentalist measures like recycling and wind turbines, "I would like us to do stuff that actually works."
The Reason Foundation hosted a conversation with Lomborg and the New York Times' John Tierney at the Museum of Sex in New York City, where they discussed how free trade and innovation could help alleviate the suffering of the third world and improve the environment, if only people could be convinced these "unsexy" ideas were of greater benefit than sorting the glass and plastic in their garbage.
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Working together for the community
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It isn't amusing to be called "anti-life." It's incorrect, for one thing. For another, it's a comment that is designed to rile people up, and if you haven't seen my handy guide to making it through the election season, perhaps now would be a good time to toodle over there, because riling people up for the sake of a good political knock down/drag out fight makes me want to urp. I'm not down with the urping, people.
Speaking of urping (or not urping, as it were), my high school debate coach (who is going all Brigid on me again), used to tell us that there were a few things we couldn't write oratories about. (She directed me in a play which featured a character saying, "Makes me want to urp," in case you were wondering why I equate her with a phrase denoting vomit.) An oratory is a persuasive speech, for those who don't know. Ms. Silvers wouldn't let us write about drug use, teen pregnancy, or abortion. Her reasoning was simple: people have made up their minds about those things, and no amount of persuasion is going to convince them to change their minds.
So I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to try to make you believe the way I do. Instead, I'm going to tell you exactly how anti-life I am.
Somebody asked me, during a separate political discussion, what I would do if my teenage daughter got pregnant. I didn't bother to respond then, because the questioner was being an asshat, but I'll respond now, in list form. Woohoo!
- First, why are you singling out my teenage daughter? I do have a son, you know. And as awkward as he is, one assumes that at some point in time, he might be able to get his body and mind to function in some way that points his body toward a girl with a womb that can be implanted by his sperm. Of course, it is a truth that women bear the majority of the burden of sexual health in our country during their youth. You hear a lot about girls going "on the Pill," but rarely do you hear about the milestone of a dude putting on his first condom. And there is the simple biological fact that boys don't have uteri or cervixes (what is the plural of cervix?) or vaginae (omfc), three parts necessary for the growing of a baby. But with the exception of deities or the mothers of deities, ladies don't get pregnant all on their own. So let's add my boy to this scenario, okay?
- Second, I would hope, once Teh Sex starts being had, that my children will take advantage of the birth control that I will make available to them should they ask. They will only be allowed to ask after what will be, on River's part, I'm sure, a conversation punctuated with much giggles and snorting. The girl finds bodily happenings hysteeerrrical. I can't even imagine how Teh Sex Talk will go with Jeffrey. Bless everybody's heart. I'm sure I will make it through only with the help of a few cocktails and possibly a mild sedative. However, Teh Sex Talk is going to take place with both of them. I will stress personal responsibility and moral consciousness, but I will make it clear that A: I'd rather know than not know and B: I will provide them with contraceptives if they are too weirded to purchase said contraceptives. (Please note that I will further let my son know that if he is too weirded out to buy condoms and if my daughter is too weirded out to be examined by an ob/gyn, neither one of them is ready for sex. I will let them know this on the way to the drug store to buy condoms.)
- Third, should a pregnancy happen when my children are under the age of eighteen, this is what we'll do: we'll keep the baby.
- That's what I said.
- Our family has a lifestyle that is such that I'm a stay-home mom. I don't foresee this changing any time soon. So after my daughter (or my son's girlfriend) has the baby, the baby will stay with me while my children are at school. The baby will have access to more than adequate housing, food, medical care, and clothing. The baby will be a responsibility added to our family that will require sacrifice that all of us will be able to make. It will be a loved addition to our family.
When I got wind of friends or family who were making the choice to have an abortion, it was all I could do to be supportive and not beg them to continue their pregnancy and to let ME raise the eventual baby. But I couldn't do that. I mean, literally, I couldn't take care of those babies financially or psychologically and I could not ask my friends or family to make a choice different than the one they were making.
Being pro-choice is not about being anti-life. It is about recognizing a woman's right to govern her body. It is about acknowledging the science that an embryo that cannot live outside its mother's body does not have equal rights to her. It is about, on a daily basis lately, wrestling with your soul and your faith and your mind about the rights of the father, the advances in science, the morality of an individual versus the morality of the group.
People think being pro-choice is easy. It is not.
That is why it is so frustrating to me when opposition to equal access to birth control to all employees in this country is voiced. Birth control PREVENTS abortion. (No, not all the time.) It prevents folks from choosing abortion. It prevents folks from choosing to raise their teenager's baby. It prevents disease (condoms only, y'all, let's be real.)
Now, all of a sudden, conservatives are harping on "religious freedom." But they don't mean religious "freedom." They mean religious rule. They mean, once again, that they want to use the government as an instrument of morality. They want to allow an individual's religious beliefs dictate a political decision that will affect millions of other citizens who might not share that belief. You think that it's a coincidence that this whole "religious freedom"/birth control brouhaha has come up right as Santorum--who has called contraception "license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be"--surges? I don't. I think it's a calculated move on the part of conservative politicians who hate Mitt Romney and who are counting on a small and vocal part of the conservative block to get all het up about people forcing the Church to fund Teh Sex Orgies.
None of that is real.
Here's what's real: contraception is used by almost all people in this country. NOT all people, but the vast majority of us, despite religious beliefs, view birth control as not just a health issue, but an issue of common sense and common living. Birth control is like wearing a seat belt or getting a library card. Can you NOT wear a seat belt and drive? Yeah, but it might kill you. Can you read a book without getting a library card? Yeah, but it's probably going to be more expensive.
The "mandate" that conservatives are talking about has become, under the president's compromise, not really much of a mandate at all. He wants private insurance companies to have to offer birth control. But now Roy Blunt wants to introduce a bill that would make it okay for ANY company to deny birth control coverage based on religious beliefs. Oh, YES, let's do THAT. And while we're at it, let's make religion a reason not to do ANYTHING we don't want to. Don't want to pay taxes to fund wars because your faith tells you that it's wrong to go to war? Cool! Don't want to pay taxes to fund school lunches that serve pork because your faith tells you that it's wrong to eat pork? Cool!
Religious freedom isn't about a religion having the freedom to ignore the social contract. It is about the STATE not creating a religion. Giving citizens equal access to birth control isn't about creating a religion. Nor is it about denying a religion. It's about, in fact, acknowledging that sex has biological repercussions that cut across faiths and morality. It is about CHOICE and allowing people to choose to protect themselves against disease and unwanted pregnancy, regardless of what a religion tells them to do.
And I'm pro-choice, you know.
As difficult as it is sometimes.


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We like when conventional wisdom is challenged. And during the past couple of days, we stumbled on two stories that challenged assumptions both the news media and Americans seem to make.
First, Reuters compares Americans to anorexics when it comes to taxes. Essentially, they say when Americans respond to polls, they see themselves as "fat with taxes." It's the one thing both political parties agree on. But taking a look in the global mirror, Americans are actually quite skinny.
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Fairly or not, African-Americans have become the public face of resistance to same-sex marriage, owing to their religious beliefs and the outspoken opposition of many black pastors.
Yet the presence of gays and lesbians in black churches is common. And the fact that they often hold leadership positions in their congregations is the worst kept secret in black America.
Originally published on Wed May 16, 2012 2:13 pm
Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren isn't backing down from her claim of Native American ancestry, despite the apparent lack of primary documents proving that she's 1/32nd Cherokee.
Originally published on Thu May 10, 2012 3:45 pm
By now, most news organizations and the Twitter world are debating whether President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage will turn off African-Americans — his most loyal supporters.
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No NHL star will carry Russian flag in Sochi Opening Ceremonies
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy5 days agoNone of the Russian NHL stars will become a flag bearer for their country in Sochi in a few months, the first time Russia will host the Winter Olympics in history.
(Come to think of it, there will be no NHL flag bearers for any country in Sochi.)
The speculation was that all – Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk - had great chances of becoming flag bearers.
"The opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Games will take place on February 7 at 20:14 Moscow time," Team Russia 2014 media project manager Andrei Mitkov told Sovetsky Sport.
"By that time only KHL players will be in Sochi. The Russian Olympic team has a scheduled friendly game against Team Latvia on February 8, and one against Team Switzerland on February 9. The charter flight with NHL players will arrive in the Olympic capital only on February 10.
KHL team hires women in lingerie to sell tickets, 'cheer up fans' (Video)
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy6 days agoMetallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League presented their new "employees" recently: Ticket-sellers wearing nothing but lingerie, fishnet stockings and high heels.
Before you condemn (or celebrate) their new dress code, note that it was just a publicity stunt.
Here's what it looked like. Please note this video may be NSFW and that it features about four and a half minutes of the Benny Hill theme.
"This idea was born spontaneously," Metallurg's public relations specialist Anton Chaika told Sovetsky Sport. "We wanted to cheer the fans up before the upcoming home stand. We held auditions for night club dancers and three of them got offers to work in the ticket windows!"
He later added: "Hockey is a man's sport. What man wouldn't like to look at a beautiful woman?"
(Ed. Note: Gee, wonder why the Russian women's national team has never medaled in the Olympics with that sterling, progressive attitude.)
This is not the first time the KHL or its teams have explored this side of marketing.
Puck Daddy chats with Sergei Bobrovsky about post-Vezina life, Ilya Bryzgalov and goalie fights
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy24 days agoSergei Bobrovsky was visibly upset sitting in the locker room after the loss to the Washington Capitals, giving up an overtime goal to fellow countryman Alex Ovechkin. Just a few hours ago, during the morning skate, Bobrovsky discussed strategy with the coaching staff, drawing diagrams on a white board attached to the glass. The Blue Jackets are in the last place in the Metropolitan Division and last year's Vezina Trophy winner is being really hard on himself for his play.
"This is a difficult time for us." Bobrovsky told me after the game against Washington. "We are trying to adopt, to adjust to the Eastern Conference. We are getting used to playing teams a little different. But we are always working on getting better.
"It is still too early to say whether it is somehow easier to play in the Eastern Conference for us as a team. We haven't played that many games, that's why it is too early to draw conclusions."
For Bobrovsky himself, the Vezina memories are well in the past.
"I am not thinking of the Vezina at all anymore," he said. "Only in the summer did I get to enjoy it. But now the thoughts about it are gone.
Vladislav Tretiak on Russia's pressure to win in Sochi, World Cup vs. Olympics (Puck Daddy Interview)
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy25 days agoThe weight on Team Russia's shoulders heading into the Sochi Olympics cannot be underestimated. It also cannot be properly described. The country is hosting its first ever Winter Olympics, and hockey is the event Russia wants to win. But even on paper Team Russia is far from being the favorites.
The fiasco of Vancouver has forced the Russian Hockey Federation to make changes as to how the roster is selected and how players, especially those playing in the NHL, are scouted.
Vladislav Tretiak, the President of the Russian Hockey Federation is the first high level official to embark on a North American scouting trip. After visiting Montreal, Tretiak came to Washington to attend the Capitals' game against the Blue Jackets. Tretiak spent the majority of the game watching from the Capitals owners' suit.
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Semyon Varlamov's alleged victim: 'He has a problem with alcohol', wants 2 years in jail
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy1 mth agoSemyon Varlamov continues to get support back in Russia. This banner from a CSK/VVS Samara game – the team is from Varlamov's hometown – reads, "the truth is for Varlamov!"
Evgeniya Vavrinyuk, the alleged victim of domestic violence that led to the arrest of the Colorado Avalanche goalie, gave a Skype interview with Life News on Wednesday. Some highlights:
• She is very anxious, takes medication to calm down. Overall, she's a little bit confused.
• Asked to show bruises and cuts: [turns to her attorney and his wife (who originally translated the Denver Post interview)] "My attorney tells me not to do it, because the police has all the pictures."
• Why did this happen?
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"He has a problem with alcohol. I'm not saying he drinks often, but when he has a day off, he drinks a lot. And when he drinks too much, he becomes aggressive and something goes wrong with his head." [at 1:37]
Teemu Selanne to the KHL?
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy1 mth agoThe Kontinental Hockey League made news recently when it announced Jokerit from Finland would join its ranks beginning in the 2014-15 season.
It is the first franchise outside of the former eastern bloc to play in the KHL, and one that has produced many NHL players – including the legendary Teemu Selanne, who started his career there in 1988 before joining the Winnipeg Jets in 1992.
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Selanne has announced this is his final season in the NHL, and is on a farewell tour with the Anaheim Ducks. But there are some whispers now that Teemu Selanne will finish his hockey career with Jokerit in the KHL next season.
SovSport's Pavel Lysenkov reports that a renowned Finnish hockey statistician Tomas Rachunas said, "We estimate that the probability of Teemu Selanne playing for Jokerit in the KHL at 20-30 percent."
Semyon Varlamov's accuser speaks on social media; Russians concerned about Olympic gig
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy1 mth agoThe victim of Semyon Varlamov's alleged domestic violence, for he was arrested and charged withsecond-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault, is a model from Samara, Varlamov's home town. Her name is Evgeniya Vavrinyuk.
Earlier on Thursday, she posted comments about the incident on V Kontakre Russian social media site (her account is now deleted), where she said:
"If a man raised his hand, he will do it again. And none of his persuasion and promises should dissuade women. Leave these men, and don't feel sorry for them! Giving men a last chance means to sign yourself a conviction for a repeat."
Russian junior team stops playing during game to protest ref
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy1 mth agoSergei Syurdyaev, head coach of the Russian junior (MHL) White Tigers, wasn't happy with the officiating in the second game his team played against Ak Bars this week.
"I had complaints about the referee after the first game," he told Sovietsky Sport. "For example, he gave out minor penalties to a player who dropped his gloves during a fight. But at a minimum this is a minor penalty plus a 10 minute misconduct! He may should have been kicked out of the game altogether! I tried to influence him, but in reply he gave me some nonsense as the explanation.
"It's not my first day in hockey and I can say that the officiating was very weak. Even though the ref was experienced."
To make a point about the officiating, the White Tigers staged a protest during the second period of their game against Ak Bars. Trailing 6-0, the Tigers stopped playing for a 44-second span. They didn't skate. They didn't defend. They allowed their opponents to score four goals during that time without any desire to stop them, and the lead was then 10-0.
Ruslan Salei's family uses Russian TV psychic to contact his spirit
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy1 mth agoEvery once in a while, we come across shows featuring psychics and mediums when we flip through the gazillion channels on our cable lineups. We don't, however, expect to see anything related to hockey on such shows.
But oddly and eerily enough, the Russian version of the "Psychic Challenge" TV show, based on the now-cancelled "America's Psychic Challenge", will feature a family very familiar to the hockey world.
The Oct. 13 episode involves the family of Ruslan Salei, the former Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings defenseman who was on the doomed flight from Yaroslavl to Minsk two years ago with the rest of the KHL Lokomotiv team. They attempt to contact Salei in the hereafter.
According to Salei's mother Tamara, who spoke with Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, Salei's niece wrote a letter to the TV show.
Sergei Fedorov making comeback at 43 years old, but why?
Dmitry Chesnokov at Puck Daddy2 mths agoSergei Fedorov was unwanted by the Washington Capitals, his last NHL club, and left for the KHL in 2009. Last time he played professionally was in 2012, when he suited up for 43 games in Magnitogorsk in the KHL.
Since then Fedorov then came back to CSKA, where his career started, and became general manager of the team.
He never officially retired though.
And now SovSport's Pavel Lysenkov reports that Sergei Fedorov will lace them up again and will play this Friday for his CSKA against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the last club he had a contract with, which is now coached by "Iron" Mike Keenan.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- In the debate over whether doctors may be ordering too many medical tests, the hospital emergency room is a focal point for the question, is it overkill or good care?
The fear of missing something always weighs heavily but the stakes are highest in the ER, often leading to extra blood tests and imaging scans for what may be harmless aches, pains and bumps.
Many ER doctors say the No. 1 reason is fear of malpractice lawsuits.
ER physicians are among the top 10 specialists most likely to be sued for malpractice, according to leading doctor and insurers groups.
The fast ER pace plays a role, too. It's much quicker to order a test than to ask a patient lots of questions.
And many patients think every ache and pain deserves a high-tech test.
National data suggest there are more than 116 million ER visits each year nationwide, and rising.
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (or, 'How to Save a Botched Film in Record Time!)
(Warning, some plot details are given away in this review)
How do you take a film that is not working, and rebuild it in record time, creating in the process a modern day classic? It's simple! Hire super directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and let them work their magic!
But seriously folks, this is exactly what DreamWorks did with 'How to Train Your Dragon' and the results speak for themselves. Chris and Dean, working under an absolutely unrealistic deadline, managed to bring a gorgeous little film to the screen that, while it still has its minor pitfalls, will live on I believe as one of the few real animated classics of our time. When I think of the plethora of lukewarm, CGI cartoons that have inundated the market over the last decade, and try to remember how many of them could be considered as possible classics, well, the list is very, very short. Most of them were forgotten before I even got out of the theatre, but this one? No way! How to Train Your Dragon stays with you. At least it sure stayed with me, and I am looking forward to owning the DVD some day so I can watch the magic unfold again.
Having just seen 'How to Train Your Dragon' (referred to from here on in as H.T.T.Y.D) alone in a small theatre in the boondocks of Vancouver Island, the experience is still very fresh for me, and so I'll write feverishly in an attempt to capture some of what it was that I enjoyed so much while in the dark theatre. Perhaps this review will be more stream of consciousness than my previous analytically surgical writings……
I was surrounded by children at this screening. The theatre was about 70% full, pretty much all parents with their children. The tickets salesgirl actually gave me a funny look when I asked for one ticket to H.T.T.Y.D. Around here, men are men, (big strong loggers, construction workers and such) and very few of them, if any, would ever consider going to see an animated 'children's film' without kids in tow. But hey, the world needs writers and animators too, and so in I went.
I had heard some time ago that Chris Sanders and Dean Dublois were taking over this film, and one of my biggest hopes was that Chris would get a chance to redesign the characters in his own inimitable style. Having worked very closely with Chris and Dean on Lilo & Stitch, on which I was the head of visual effects, I came to love and admire Chris' design sense and drawing style. Chris is a modern master, there is no denying that, and I love his style very, very much.
Incredibly, although I was under the impression that Chris Sanders had designed the main 'Toothless' dragon character, he did not, although he did have some input into the character's final look. Toothless is nonetheless beautifully designed, and I could hear the children AND parents immediately resonating with his character. Toothless is incredibly charming and loveable, and I really think that his design gives more to the film than can easily be measured.
The first time Toothless responds positively to Hiccup, after he disarms himself and kicks his knife into the water, one could literally feel the audience squirm with delight when Toothless sits up perkily, quickly glances from Hiccup's face to the fish he's holding, and flicks his ear-like appendage expectantly. The warmth of his character combined with the beautiful animation and direction, hits home immediately. Apparently, the only input Chris had into the final look of the Toothless character, was some plates and 'Stitch-esque' appendages on his head that gave him far more emotional expression. It worked beautifully!
Apparently, once upon a time in the earlier stages of production of H.T.T.YD., Toothless was a tiny little character about the size of a small cat, very cute and something you could easily pick up and cuddle. The decision to move the main dragon character up to a mid-sized dragon in the black 'Night Fury' dragon, a mythical creature that attacks with lightening speed and has never really been seen, or been captured, was a great idea. Not only was Hiccup's befriending and training of the Night Fury version of Toothless much more tension filled because of the potential danger that seemed to lurk just beneath Toothless' surface, but his size opened up the possibility for Hiccup to learn to ride him, and that plays a huge part in the excitement and adventure of the film. I have already read critics claiming this to be a little too 'Avatar-esque' for them, but I think that's splitting hairs, and maybe looking too hard for the connections. Kyle Smith of The New York Post gave the film 2/4 stars labeling the film as "Avatar for simpletons" Some people really should get out more. When you've got to stoop to name calling Kyle, well, 'nuff said. I sat through this entire movie and never once even thought about Avatar. Never entered my mind. I don't see why it would, really….(what a simpleton!)
The other characters in the film? Well, I could see clearly that Chris and Dean did not have anything to do with designing them, and I found myself wishing that they had. There was something, how can I say… very 'DreamWorks' about them, and I have never been a big fan of the DreamWorks character styling. Echoes of Shrek are everywhere in this film, from the extremely Shrek-esque bulbous noses of the Viking characters, to the incredibly ugly troll-like adult female characters, to the sadly unlovable child characters. Even Hiccup is a fairly flat looking character, nothing there to really latch on to.
The dragon character designs in the film were utterly fabulous. Again, I thought I could see glimmers of Chris and Dean's design style here and there in the dragons, but it turns out that they were all designed prior to Chris and Dean coming on to the project. I have to give the DreamWorks character design crew a big thumbs up for these compelling, funny, and entertaining dragon characters. One of my favorite dragons was the granddaddy of all dragons, an impressively massive beast that was designed by character designer Ricardo Delgado. Apparently Ricardo had a hand in a lot of the dragon designs, and is an absolutely masterful character designer.
So for me, the dragons were truly the stars of the film, and the human characters were just average as far as their design goes. From Hiccup and the girl of his affections, Astrid, to the motley collection of brutish Vikings and their hideous wives, the characters did not have much going for them at all, with the possible exception of the 'Gobber the Belch' character, my favorite adult character in the film, brilliantly voice acted by Craig Ferguson.
But I must say, that the film was elegantly enough directed that these character flaws were for the most part very forgivable. I know that Chris and Dean were working on a film with the vast majority of the elements already designed, and given the schedule, there was not enough time to redesign the whole damned thing. According to Dean, who I recently had a chance to talk with at length about the film, they really started working on the film well after all the characters and sets were designed, modeled and rigged, and ready to go, so they really decided to focus on getting the story to work well. (it was so great to get a chance to talk to Dean, I refused to allow our conversation to become a dry interview, so I kept my annoying questions to a minimum, and we had a good time shooting the breeze)
So how did Dean and Chris manage to whip the dragon movie into shape? Where did they start? Well, it seems that initially, the film was loosely based on the original children's book of the same title, written by British Author Cressida Cowell in 2003. In the original story, the Vikings lived in harmony with the dragons, and the small children of the village collected dragon eggs, and raised the baby dragons to do trick. The rite of passage for the adolescent children was to catch a dragon. In the version created by Chris and Dean, the village is at constant war with the dragons. There is great conflict right from the get-go, and the rite of passage is not simply to catch a dragon, but to kill one. So the new directors upped the ante considerably, and doing so increased the excitement and adventure levels tenfold. From a smaller, friendlier film that seemed more appropriate for a pre-school aged audience, the film became an action-adventure epic for the whole family.
The film is by and large a film about a boy's relationship with his father, and the desperate need for a boy to be recognized and validated as a useful human being by his father, as he comes of age and crosses in to manhood. Hiccup desperately wants to live up to his father's expectations. His father 'Stoick the Vast' (played by Gerard Butler) is the Viking tribe's chief, and a pretty hard guy to live up to. But a big part of the conflict that needs to be solved, is one of fear, and not necessarily the young boy's fear, but his father's, and the Vikings as a nation, as it were. It seems that as far back as they can remember, the Vikings have been at odds with the dragons, and believe them to be evil creatures, that will "Always go for the kill" if they get a chance. There is a struggle to evolve going on here, and Butler's Stoic character is a perfect example of a big strong man not having the strength to look his own fear in the eye. In the end, it is the tiny, thin, bookish geek Hiccup who is the bravest Viking of them all, and the one to take them to the next level of consciousness. Hiccup's drawing and inventing abilities are almost Leonardo DaVinci-esque, and his clever problem solving is far beyond the mental abilities of the average macho Viking doorknob.
On a side note here, I'd like to mention that I did have a couple of 'What the…?" moments, when I first heard the adult Viking's decidedly Irish accents. And Hiccup, Astrid and the other kids in the film all have thoroughly American accents. So what gives? Are they born Americans, and then turn into Celtic warriors when they get big? It just seemed strange to me, and enormous, thick characters with big bellies and bulbous noses talking with Irish accents added to the Shrekiness of it all as well. Oh well. I still loved it!
The story has a very natural unfolding feeling to it. Early on we see that Hiccup has very well developed mechanical skills, and he has built a catapult contraption to try and snare the elusive 'Night Fury' dragon, that attacks so swiftly that he is nothing but a blur as he flies by like a jet fighter. We learn that for a Viking boy, killing your first dragon is a rite of passage, and also a one-way ticket to popularity, and a great way to get a girlfriend. As a small, weak Viking boy, Hiccup has to use his brains. Soon he is actually successful in snaring the black dragon, and when he finds him wrapped up in his snare, he takes out his life to take the life of the dragon. But as he raises his knife for the kill, he looks into Toothless' eye, and can see that the dragon is scared, just like him. And even though he knows that taking this dragon's life would probably instantly make him the most popular Viking boy in his town, he just can't do it. This is the proverbial mouse taking a thorn from the lion's paw, and from that moment on we know that he has made an impression on the 'Night Fury', supposedly the most dangerous of all dragons. When he cuts Toothless free from the snare, the dragon stands over Hiccup aggressively, and the boy senses he is dead for sure. After all, a dragon "Always goes for the kill!" But Hiccup learns that that is not so, and so his unique adventure with Toothless the Night Fury begins.
From then on, we watch as Hiccup returns to the dragon's lair day after day, and slowly wins his confidence and friendship, eventually helping him with a severe tail wound, and training him to fly with him on board a beautiful custom made saddle. For me, the interaction between Hiccup and Toothless are the most priceless moments in the film. It is beautifully animated and directed, and believable.
As the story progresses, we see that Hiccups father, Stoic, is obsessed with wiping out the dragon's main nest, forever destroying them all. and we also see Hiccup and a small group of kids his age going through their dragon slaying training sessions. The girl of his dreams, Astrid, is competitive and unsympathetic to Hiccup. As Hiccup learns how to control Toothless in his daily secret trips to hang out with his new dragon friend, he uses his newfound techniques to control the dragon's he is learning to fight in a auditorium like ring.
Astrid is angry and suspicious as Hiccup steals the show more and more often, and finally Hiccup is chosen as the most successful student of the dragon slaying competition, which wins him a chance to slay a dreaded Nightmare dragon in front of the whole village.
From this point on, the film gets wonderfully complex and action packed. The awkward relationship between Hiccup and his Father, tries to right itself. The Father fells that now that his son has shown such prowess, they have something in common. What he doesn't understand though, is that Hiccup has learned that dragon's are not actually evil killing machines, but sensitive, wonderful creatures, and the last thing that Hiccup wants to do is slay a dragon.
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois have done an absolutely wonderful job of keeping the story moving, growing, developing, and taking interesting twists and turns all the way through the film. I didn't feel one single flat spot, overly long moment, or frustratingly illogical turn of events. When Astrid discovers his alliance with the Night Fury, Toothless, it unfolds naturally, and feels really good. When Hiccups public slaying of the Nightmare dragon goes awry and Toothless comes to his rescue, the adrenaline really gets going, and that climax of that scene draws us into a sticky mess. With Toothless now held captive by Hiccup's father, and the secret Hiccup and Astrid discovered about the dragon's out in the open (except for the all important reason that the dragon's steal human's food) the stage is set for a gripping climax, and a bittersweet resolution, with unexpected twists here and there that keep it all from being forced or overly clichéd.
I'll hold myself back here, from giving away everything that happens in the climax and end of the film. My job here was supposedly to examine how Chris and Dean went about turning a film that wasn't working, into a sweet little masterpiece, not tell the whole story. I am just still so captivated with the story and the feelings it evoked, that it feels good to mentally run through it…..and in doing so, I think I have learned more about what made the film great. It made me feel something. That's it folks. Just like 'Lilo & Stitch' had an uncanny ability to make its audience feel, Chris and Dean have found their magic again in this film, drawing us into a story about family, coming of age, facing our fears and learning to accept our differences. It engages us, because even though we are in a fantastic fantasy setting in a mystical place, we can believe and resonate, for the most part, with the main characters in the film.
If I had to find something wrong with the film, I'd have to say that Astrid wasn't the most compelling character. Initially, she is snotty and uppity, but I felt like we were being set up to like her later in the film. And I did, sort of. She became just endearing enough to not spoil the film for me, but she could have been a heckuva lot better. The other boys and girl that were part of the kid's posse that took the dragon slaying training together, and later rode into action on dragons to save the day, were also just fun enough characters, and never dragged the film down.
So, this here is what I'd call a two thumbs way the hell up. I never expect to be this taken with a film, and it's always a real joy when I am. Maybe going in I was a little bit biased, because of the fact that Chris and Dean directed this marvelous show. Whenever people ask me, "What's the greatest animation project you ever worked on?" I always say Lilo & Stitch, and when they ask why, well, it is because Chris and Dean were the most wonderful guys I ever worked for in my entire career. While striving for excellence, they always find time to be patient and kind, and they understand the magic of allowing people to do their jobs, and empowering people to do the best work they can do, rather than trying to control and micro-direct everybody around them. And on top of it, both of them are absolutely incredible illustrators who can always show you what they want with a few deft strokes of a pencil, a skill sorely lacking in many directors. I wrote a whole column about the importance of these skills when managing an animation team, and These guys were a perfect example of how it works.
So besides all the incredible craft that they bring to the job every day, these guys exude energy to the teams that work for them, and as a result, bring out the very best in everyone. I'd be amiss not to mention a couple of people in particular who Dean singled out as a major force behind this film, Kathy Altieri the Production Designer on the film, and Art Director Pierre-Olivier Vincent, both of whom Dean gushed about as having a truly brilliant, focused and consistent vision of how the film should look and be designed and lit.
Since 'Kungfu Panda', DreamWorks seems to have turned a corner, and can now be considered an animation studio that can give Pixar a run for their money. With beautifully written sensitive stories, gorgeous, tasteful art direction, and compelling animation, they are raising their own bar, and it is really good to see. Up until 'Kungfu Panda, I was never a fan of the DreamWorks product, but I'm a believer now! And now I really can't wait to see Chris Sanders' next project that's been in the 'Dream' works for some time now, ' The Croods ' which will apparently be chock full of original Sanders designs. I can't wait!
Thanks for the pull up on that....I dunnoe though, I lived in Ireland for several years, and half my family's Scottish...I couldn't tell. I think maybe they were kind of an America version of 'pseudo-Scottish-Irish-Celtic kind of? I didn't hear pure Scottish there, but your being from Glasgow DOES give you perhaps a more educated viewpoint~! Fair enough...
cheery-o then!
Amazing artwork and graphics throughout this post. The excellent use of shading brings so much life into the characters.
I enjoyed the article and the film (which I finally caught last night!) but I need to pull you up on one thing. The Vikings do not have Irish accents. They're Scottish.
Excellent article with captivating insights and observations. Well done and thanks for the insider's opinion - I'm looking forward to seeing this ASAP!


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Posted: Jan 17, 2013 5:29 PM by Katy Harris KXLF News
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BUTTE-Gold still lingers in the Butte area.
Timberline Resources of Couer D'Alene has their eye on the Butte Highlands Joint Venture project, and it could employ around 65 people.
Timberline's Vice President of Exploration, Steve Osterberg, says the company chose the Butte Highlands as a site because, "It really comes back to favorable geology and favorable history."
Back in the late 1800's the area was known for placer production.
Osterberg says the proposed gold mine operation will be simple.
About 400 tons of ore is expected to be produced a day.
"The size of the deposit is really dictated by the size of the ore body and in our case it's really a very small ore body," says Osterberg.
The Highlands Gold Mine Project will take up approximately 20 acres, located about 15 miles south of Butte.
Butte residents shouldn't see any signs of mining operations from town.
"The project as planned is very small in terms of production but also in terms of the surface facilities. The entire surface operation including the waste rock piles and the ponds will sit on approximately 20 acres and all of that will be reclaimed after the operation is complete," adds Osterberg.
Currently the initial mining life is expected to last about 5 years.
Osterberg says his company is seeking a special use permit for road access to haul the ore directly from the site.
That permit would be issued by the Forest Service.


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Symantec has agreed to place servers underpinning its cloud-based security services into a second Australian data centre.
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Despite being offshore nearly a hundred times a year, in 2012, only twice was I one of the designated anglers. With forecast
of sea's at 1-2 foot, and a charter group that was having scheduling issues, I decided to go out and take a couple freinds to
help out with the expenses. First stop was the 20 mile buoy. First pass put green in the box. Other boats were quickly appearing
but a second and third pass had us with more Mahi on ice. Not large, but definatly keepers. Had other boats not been there, it
would have made a great pitch rod experiance. As the bite slowed, we pointed the bow east and added a few more lines to the
Very few weeds were seen inside of 220' all day. Over 27 fathoms, as we turned south to run along it, we had a hookup. A nice
run and no jumps made us hopefull of seeing blue stripes one alongside the boat, and that we did with a Wahoo added to the Phins.
We continued working the ridgeline south and another hit resultd in a False Albicore. What they lack in food quality, they make up
for in fight Fortionatly we would get some good eating red meat later in the trip.
Continuing south another hookup, and another fish not taking to the air. Not that big, but still hard fighting, and what it lacked in
size, it made up for in taste...Blackfin Tuna. We worked the area but sadly it was a solo fish.
We made our way to a deeper wreck and found a submarine sized school of fish marking, so decided to add yet more variety to the
icebox. First couple drifts saw Almaco Jacks come in, then came Cuda's. Finally AJ's were the catch. Not monsters, but keepers and
pretty much worm free. We coud have played catch and release the rest of the day, but with a limit, we set lines ot and started
back west.
Cloudy conditions turned to a light rain, but the fish did not mind. Back over 27 fathomns, a double hookup came, with a nice sized
Mahi taking to the air, followed by a larger Bull. The cow was on a pretty light tackle setup, so I worked it, while another angler took
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Had several viseo's from this trip...still getting used to haveing it so hopefully it will get better/ Audio is muffled with the waterproof
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by Kimberley S in Rouxbe RecipesFlaky cherry turnovers filled with homemade bing cherry compote.
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My turnovers didn't look anything like yours. I discovered it was probably not the best recipe choice to make on a hot day with 2 and 4 year olds:) We had filling everwhere. The dough got too warm and we rolled the center part too thin. The fork marks were pretty erratic and we had cherry juice spilling out of the vents as they baked because we put too much filling in each one. But we had fun and in spite of massacring the recipe they tasted really great. The only complaint was that I wouldn't let them each eat more than one before dinner:)
Puff is definitely challenging to work with on a hot day or in a hot kitchen, but it sounds like all of the fun you had compensated for your struggles. In the end, who cares what they look like. I used to be way more picky - now, if I use good ingredients and the end result tastes great, that's all that really matters :)
When making compote, it is best to use fresh fruit that is in season (for flavor, texture and water content). Frozen fruit, especially strawberries, will contain more water than fresh. Perhaps your compote still wasn't thick enough so you may need to reduce it more or add more sugar and/or cornstarch. Also, make sure to really seal the seams and vent the tops of the dough. Good job at practicing and continuing to perfect the turnovers. Cheers!
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