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Bim Bam Baby
Author: Jeremy Catalino
Genre: Comedy
Storyline: 3
Dialogue: 3
Characterization: 3
Writer's Potential: 4
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Logline:An unemployed loser's life is turned upside-down when the husband of a woman he slept with moves into his apartment.
Synopsis:STENSLAND, 29, is baffled to learn that the woman he has just slept with — MORGAN, late 30s — is married. In fact, he doesn't believe her, and tries to prove she's lying by checking her closet for men's clothes, which he finds in abundance. He wonders why she slept with him, and Morgan explains that she suspects her husband is cheating, so she's getting revenge. Angered, Stensland rubs one of the husband's suit coats between his ass cheeks, then leaves.
Stensland bawls like a baby as he walks home. He recites a motivational mantra that is written on his bathroom wall, ending with, "'I can't believer that used to be Stensland,' they'll say. 'I can't believe that used to be Stensland.'" He learns his roommate, LYLE, is moving out and is doubly wounded. He asks Lyle to leave him with his marijuana, and Stensland turns on Felicity, smokes joints, and weeps. A week later, Lyle returns for some last-minute move-out items and is baffled to find Stensland in the exact same position. Lyle reminds Stensland that he now has one day to find a new roommate, then makes Stensland get up and go to work (at an antique shop), where he is immediately fired for not showing up for a week.
Stensland goes to Morgan's office, makes his way past her assistant, HANNAH, and demands to continue having sex with Morgan. Morgan refuses, then says she's not even sure her husband is cheating on her anymore. Stensland looks at a photo of her husband, GRADY (mid-40s, good looking, smarmy), and decides he wants $15,000 to keep quiet about the affair. Morgan laughs, telling him Grady is a lawyer who would never believe him without evidence. Stensland launches into a barrage of personal details only someone who has slept with Morgan would know, horrifying Morgan. She tells Stensland she's already told Grady, but Stensland doesn't believe her. He renews his demand for money, but she turns him down, so he goes outside and cries some more. He discusses the problem with Lyle and his girlfriend, LINDA. They both agree that Stensland should make good on his offer and tell Grady.
Stensland calls Grady and confesses everything. Grady says Morgan told him everything, and Grady intends to kill him. Stensland's terrified. He flees his apartment and goes into a nearby jazz club to watch for Grady. He's immediately swarmed by a gaggle of middle-aged/elderly African-American women. They give him advice on finding a woman his own age, then Stensland decides it's safe and goes back to the apartment — where Grady immediately ambushes him with a gun. Grady dry-clicks the trigger before admitting the gun is just to scare him. Then he insults Stensland's crappy apartment and tries to engage Stensland in a fistfight. When he won't fight back, Grady deems Stensland too pathetic and leaves.
The next morning, a strange cleaning woman is vacuuming Stensland's apartment. Grady's also there. He announces his intention to move in. When Stensland asks why, Grady gives him two reasons: first, he's angry at Morgan and needs to get away from her; second, because he didn't actually cheat, he now has a "gift card" to have sex with somebody, so he intends to remain Stensland's roommate until he's slept with another woman. Grady takes Stensland to buy marijuana from an ex-client. Later, Stensland watches more Felicity. Grady asks about the show, then mocks Stensland. He offers him a joint, and it makes Stensland very high and paranoid within seconds. Then Morgan and Hannah show up. Morgan found out where Grady's staying and is enraged. Grady and Stensland gang up on her, verbally abusing her until she leaves.
While Grady and Stensland go out carousing at clubs, Morgan drags an unenthusiastic Hannah to buy comfort food (and drinks). Stensland tells Grady he hates clubs; Grady doesn't care, forces Stensland to flirt. He tries and fails, then remarks to Grady that none of these women are as good as his wife. As revenge, Grady insults some large, angry hipsters, getting them to go outside to fight Stensland. He actually fights back and doesn't exactly win but doesn't lose, either. Grady's credit card is declined, courtesy of Morgan, so the club decides to keep his car as collateral. They take the bus home.
The next morning, Stensland finds that Grady has painted over his mantra. Stensland sneaks away from Grady to meet up with Lyle, who's baffled by Stensland's sudden change from a stay-at-home dork into a guy who blackmails women and gets into alley fistfights. Stensland's less impressed, but Lyle's theory is that an outside force is making Stensland live out his 20s all at once. Grady shows up, and Lyle is in awe of him. He announces that his credit cards are back in order, he has the car, and he's arranged something for Morgan. Morgan arrives at her office with a prospective client and discovers some sort of bizarre pseudo-stripper/performance artist has been hired by Grady to celebrate Morgan's affair. The client leaves.
Enraged, Morgan seeks out Stensland and forces him to get in her car. Stensland lets slip Grady's "gift card" plan, and she explains that he's just childish and will never go through with it — he'll just keep making Stensland party with him, night after night, until he gets bored. Stensland pretends he likes this plan, so Morgan lets him out of the car and drives away. Stensland tells Grady what's happened, and he amps up the plans, dragging Stensland all over town over the span of multiple nights.
Eventually, Stensland calls and convinces Hannah to meet him at the same Staples store where he initially seduced Morgan. He begs Hannah for help getting Grady and Morgan to meet up and hash it out so they can move past this and get back together. She doesn't have a clue where they could even meet, but it dawns on Stensland that Staples is the perfect place. They each lure Grady and Morgan to the Staples, where they get into a blow-up, leading Grady to tell her they might as well get a divorce. They leave each other angrier than ever. Mad at Stensland, Hannah chases after Morgan.
Stensland goes back to the apartment, where he chastises Grady for bringing up divorce. He also refuses to party. Instead, Grady brings two girls back to the apartment. They're both skanky sorority types, and Stensland is unenthusiastic but accidentally attracts one of them by telling a "cute" story about how, as a kid, he tried to imitate Billy Ocean to unsuccessfully catch the attention of a classmate. They play some Billy Ocean, then Grady takes one girl into his bedroom. The other's angry because she's the one who never gets "The Wizard." She rejects Stensland, who doesn't mind.
Grady calls Morgan the next morning to tell her what he's done. She acts like she doesn't care, then asks if he's gotten the ball rolling on the divorce papers. Grady starts bawling to Stensland about Morgan, then decides to move into the Four Seasons. Stensland gives Grady a pep talk about Morgan that encourages Grady to fight for her love. Grady is touched by the speech but won't take the advice. He leaves Stensland, saying, "I can't believe you used to be Stensland." Meanwhile, Hannah gives Morgan two weeks' notice.
As Grady works up the divorce papers, the gravity of what he's doing sets in. He goes back home, meets with Morgan, and admits that he's learned something from his experience — and from Stensland — and that he was walking through their marriage like a zombie but has now realized he should commit to it more fully. Morgan agrees to take him back. Hannah goes to the Staples store where Stensland now works to thank him for inspiring her to quit his job. Stensland has a long monologue about how he's not a normal guy. Hannah asks if he's going to ask her out, and he says he's waiting for the right moment. She smiles.
Comments:Why is Stensland this script's main character? He spends the first 30 pages establishing himself as one of cinema's most irritating creations — emotionally needy to an alarming degree, dumb as a rock, and in love with the sound of his own voice. He doesn't drive this story in any way — he has no long-term goal to fulfill, no emotional journey, and everything he does in the script is preceded by someone else telling him to do it. Why would anyone like this guy? I would ask why they'd root for him, but he doesn't do anything of his own free will, so what's there to root for? The story is bookended by the "I can't believe you used to be Stensland" bit, which is designed to trick us into believing he's changed; he hasn't, at all. He's just as annoying and rudderless at the end of the story as he is at the beginning.
Grady isn't exactly likable, either, but at least he has a shred of emotional complexity. Granted, he spends about 99% of the script acting like a mutant hybrid of Alec Baldwin's 30 Rock character and Animal House's Bluto — with none of the charm of either — but deep down, he's really going through something. The less I cared about Stensland and grasped for something to redeem this script, I kept coming back to Grady. He's actually hurting, and although he makes a series of impulsive and stupid decisions leading up to his pseudo-epiphany, if the writer decided to dig deep into this character and rewrite it from his point of view, it could turn into a very interesting story.
Similarly, Hannah didn't do much for me. The thinner-than-rice-paper "arc" leading her to quit comes out of nowhere and has no bearing on anything; since she's barely in the script, this doesn't qualify as a moment of triumph or anguish — it just hangs in the air like a stale fart. Her hook-up with Stensland at the end is similarly baffling. Morgan, on the other hand, is mildly intriguing. She lacks even the shallow complexity given to Grady, but the fact that she's so suspicious of her husband made me wish the writer gave us a little more information about her and Grady as a couple.
The plot hits all the romantic-comedy clichés without putting much of a new spin on any of it. The characters do inexplicable things for plot-related reasons, all while talking in circles to justify their confusing actions. Every character talks in the same kind of overwritten, outdated-pop-culture-referencing monologues that make Stensland so irritating. The writer wrings a few amusing moments from the dialogue, but the plot ranges from hectic to utter nonsense while all the characters — including Grady — just seem like they're along for the ride, making decisions only because the plot gods have told them to. When they aren't explaining their story motivations, each character takes time to either state how they're feeling or state how others are feeling, with overwrought purple prose attempting to mask how on-the-nose everything is.
If each character had unique, well-defined traits — not just from each other but from genre clichés like "boorish philanderer" and "neurotic loner" — this story could transform into something significantly more entertaining, deriving laughs from the characters instead of sterile words on a page, constructing a plot that fits the genre conventions without feeling like a by-the-numbers romantic comedy. Since Grady's the only person in the script with any meat to his character, he's the key to making this worthwhile. Right now, Stensland doesn't even belong in the story, so the whole thing falls apart.
With rewriting, this could be the kind of urbane comedy that draws in a crowd ranging from mid-20s possibly to mid-50s. As it stands now, it would most likely appeal to teenagers, who will relate to these characters' juvenile understanding of relationships and don't get so annoyed by thin characters and overwritten yet on-the-nose dialogue.
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De novo transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis): genomic tools for an ecological model system
1 Dept. of Biology, Center for Integrated Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:305 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-305Published: 9 July 2012
Though genomic-level data are becoming widely available, many of the metazoan species sequenced are laboratory systems whose natural history is not well documented. In contrast, the wide array of species with very well-characterized natural history have, until recently, lacked genomics tools. It is now possible to address significant evolutionary genomics questions by applying high-throughput sequencing to discover the majority of genes for ecologically tractable species, and by subsequently developing microarray platforms from which to investigate gene regulatory networks that function in natural systems. We used GS-FLX Titanium Sequencing (Roche/454-Sequencing) of two normalized libraries of pooled RNA samples to characterize a transcriptome of the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), a North American sparrow that is a classically studied species in the fields of photoperiodism, speciation, and hormone-mediated behavior.
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The first portion of the movie consists of the travails of Steve Rogers, portrayed by a digitally altered Chris Evans. Steve is small, weak, and beset with health problems, but his spirit is strong, leading him to fight for decency even when he knows he is going to lose. A research scientist notices this about Rogers and soon he is selected to participate in a top secret project to create a better army. He comes out the other end of it as Captain America.
Evans does good work, especially during this first portion. It's difficult work, because Captain America, like Superman in DC Comics, is envisioned as being pretty flawless. Still, Evans does great physical acting, making his own body an obstacle in the first half, even after he has grown into it. He finds the humor in odd scenes, but still conveys the sincerity that is trademark Captain America. It helps that he is surrounded by a great supporting cast, including Tommy Lee Jones as a cynical general, Hayley Atwell as his tough broad love interest, and Stanley Tucci as the scientist whose formula transforms him. Hugo Weaving also does good work as his soon-to-be nemesis.
The film does suffer from a bit too much CGI. It is hard to take some of the stunts seriously, as you can see the digital enhancements. However, the look of the movie (aside from these awkward moments) is perfect. The Hydra agents, Cap's motorcycle, and the shield all look perfect. Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky, looks exactly like a Jack Kirby drawing. There are plenty of Easter Eggs for the observant in this film (though not as many as in X-Men First Class, I gather).
Unfortunately, the movie suffers at the end from a tacked on coda. Just do what I do and pretend that nothing happens after the scene with the garbage can lid. It's a better ending than the one we wind up with.
If you a looking for a movie where the hero is unabashedly decent and a good role-model, this is your movie. Aside from a bad turn in the last 5-10 minutes, it is good storytelling, serving a propulsive plot. I can't think of a better movie to take your PG-aged child to this summer.


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Gay marriage turns off tradies: expert
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- August 15, 2013
KEVIN Rudd's support for gay marriage is annoying tradies in the outer suburbs, with the issue more likely to play badly in areas with higher unemployment, a social researcher says.
About one in 12 voters, or 1.7 million people, live in a marginal seat held by less than two per cent.
Of those 18 electorates, 14 are in the middle and outer suburbs of a state capital.
Sydney's west, Melbourne's east and outer Brisbane are the key battlegrounds, where dual-income mum-and-dad couples are more concerned about paying off a mortgage than matrimonial equality.
Social researcher Mark McCrindle says tradies in high unemployment areas are more likely to see this issue as a distraction, which could hurt Labor in a seat like Forde, south of Brisbane, where former Queensland premier Peter Beattie is running.
"It symbolises all that they don't like about the government - that is, distracted into symbolism and not governing on the issues that make a difference to them," he said.
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Mattman of Poorth Posted at 12:39 AM August 15, 2013
'33714 same sex couples'... Im guessing thats only the ones that are "reported" that number would grow by quite a lot if the 'same sex/LGBTI' issue wasnt so taboo! only one way we'll get to that stage!!!! CHANGE!!!
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Angry_Of_Mayfair Posted at 1:08 AM August 15, 2013
I fail to see how my desire to marry the man I've loved for a decade is any of their damn business, particularly given the number of married trades I've met over the years who sneak off from their wives to have sex with other men. Pot! Kettle!
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straight tradesman Posted at 1:30 AM August 15, 2013
To hell with what they think. This is beyond just an election promise. This is a basic human right. No govt. Should stand in the way and definitely not some small minded twat in the outer suburbs. Seriously, this shouldn't be a consideration of what a straight person thinks in their armchair and how they will tell his kids about it. In honesty they aren't discussing the issue in their house at all. They a bigots just hating for hating sake. To point out a fact, I am straight and a tradie. Don't drag us all into this mess. Say who it really is. Wankers who hate people they don't even know. They can vote one nation and let the rest of us make the plans to help Australia.
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Lisa of not back yet Posted at 1:39 AM August 15, 2013
I really don't see the issue. Just vote on it and move on. It's not the only item listed. And if it's a 'distraction' to someone, then move on and look at the other issues.
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Hubbard of Australia Posted at 1:46 AM August 15, 2013
So what? Gay marriage does not appeal to most people. That doesn't mean that the majority ought to deny something they will never need to those to whom it would mean a lot. Democracy is not only about majority rule, which by itself just leads to the tyranny of the majority over all minorities. An enlightened democracy is also about human rights of minority groups, something that is not important to religious or secular dictatorships.
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PeterinSydney of Sydney Posted at 5:53 AM August 15, 2013
Plenty of tradies from Sydney's west go on the social meeting sites and go to various sex sites around Sydney. So it might be wrong to make blanket assumptions about such groups of the community.
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Upset jack Posted at 6:15 AM August 15, 2013
Rudd doesn't really support Gay marriage at all. All he said was he'd have a conscience vote, however am positive he will vote NO. It's all lies and spin with Labor!!!
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couldn't care less of melbourne Posted at 6:18 AM August 15, 2013
This election has had little mention of cost of living and what not. Quite frankly I don't believe in being gay, and from religious aspect I strongly oppose it. But if we can have an athiest prime minister then who is Australia to say no? Everything is debated till it is accepted so save the time and money and just accept it. After gays it'll be something else. However, I don't care about whole marriage thing and I haven't heard much about issues like living, health etc etc etc. Politics. A whole load of rubbish.
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What the of Werro Posted at 6:26 AM August 15, 2013
Like Abbott said, this is a fashionable policy. I could careless about gay marriage. What I do care about is getting a government that is more on commitment than fashion sense. A government that is about us and not me. Commando Kevvy needs to have a long hard look at himself. Imagine talking war stories with our groups to try to gain a few votes. What next? A visit to Oxford St in Sydney to compare boy bands?
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Julia Dee of Qld Posted at 6:27 AM August 15, 2013
Not only tradies! Lots of seniors too, and we also vote!
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TJ Posted at 6:29 AM August 15, 2013
Why is this even a political party policy? Call a referendum, let the people decide. Fwiw, I'm a guy, straight, and married. I'm just sick of hearing about it like everyone wants it, but no one wants to actually implement it.
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Peter of Brisbane Posted at 6:30 AM August 15, 2013
Not just tradies but most of us Australians that aren't queer are sick of the minority groups and media are forcing this topic. It just shows how labour has lost the working mans values and itstead of focusing on the important issues of running this once great country. He's lost my vote and the vote from a lot of other decent Australian's.
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Get over it! of Gold Coast Posted at 6:31 AM August 15, 2013
Ridiculous! Don't want gay marriage? Don't marry a person of the same-sex! People need to understand that this topic won't keep them up at night worrying. It's progression. What would be interesting to know; is how many of those 'tradies' are gay! If anything, think of the small business boom. Florists, venue hire, contractors etc - in all; a good thing.
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Mick of Wagga Posted at 6:33 AM August 15, 2013
Talk to anyone between 18-25 years and you will see that for the majority of them this is the ONLY issue of importance in this election. Basically they see the major parties as being identical in all ways except for this issue. And the vast majority of that demographic will vote according to their views on this issue. Is no surprise that the majority overwhelmingly support gay marriage.
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John of Gold Coast Posted at 6:33 AM August 15, 2013
I can honestly say everyone I know doesn't care if gays choose to have a union or not, what they do object to is if the word marriage is used.
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GAYisOKAY Posted at 6:33 AM August 15, 2013
I'm a tradesman myself and wether or not a gay, lesbian, transgender or straight couple get married makes no difference to me whatsoever and why should it? People's relationships are none of other people's business to begin with. I cannot understand why the vast majority of the people who oppose this issue are those who would be completely and utterly unaffected by the legislation change. I have a few friends who are either gay or lesbian, who am I to say that they are not permitted to have their relationship solidified by marriage? It goes back to the question, if a tree falls in the woods and no ones around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
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Tradie of Sydney Posted at 6:46 AM August 15, 2013
What about the gay tradies, plenty of them around. Another case of stupid reporting believing everyone because they live in a particular place or have a particular job are all the same.
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Annette of Brisbane Posted at 6:57 AM August 15, 2013
My tradies love to take my money so perhaps they need to develop their red neck Queensland views into 21st century thought patterns. Australia so far behind from the rest of the world & unfortunately living in Queensland is worse. I still have difficulty comprehending how backward we are. And people your discriminatory views of gays & lesbians do contribute to this country's mental health crisis...or don't you care. This nation is still victimising minority groups.
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Melissa Posted at 7:02 AM August 15, 2013
Why can't we have a better education system and marriage equality? Why does one have to negate the other?
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am Posted at 7:10 AM August 15, 2013
Labor definitely lost my vote and that of my friends and family over this. We have always admired the Party's resolve under Julia Gillard even under intense pressure from the greens.
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Basketball season arrives Thursday night, with the Thunder in the Alamo City, ironically having surrendered the high ground of the NBA's Western Conference.
Thunder will need to redevelop some chemistry after James Harden-for-Kevin Martin trade
The Thunder had two huge advantages on the Lakers' all-star cast. Young legs and continuity. Now, courtesy of the James Harden trade, only youth is a Thunder bastion.
The Lakers formed a Hall of Fame lineup, but at a price. LA is the Over the Hill Gang; backcourt mates Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant were born in the '70s. Plus, the Lakers, who in recent years have struggled with Kobe and Pau Gasol cohesion, now must wait as Kobe learns to play with Nash, and Nash learns to play with Dwight Howard, and Howard with Gasol, and Gasol with Nash, and Howard with Kobe, and, well, you get the idea.
No reason why it shouldn't eventually come together, other than Kobe's psychological power plays, but it will take time.
Now, of course, the Thunder needs a little time itself. Harden is gone, upsetting the pristine chemistry of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Harden, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins, Thabo Sefolosha and Nick Collison. A top seven that was ready for a third playoff run together, now needs a tuneup.
Harden out, Kevin Martin in. A comparably effective player but with no history with his new comrades.
"You can't force it," Sefolosha said of the chemistry, perhaps instructing not just his own squad, but the Lakers, too. "But we've got guys on the team that are really great at welcoming new players. Just like they did myself. Kevin, Nick, they do a great job welcoming guys and making them feel part of the team.
"The chemistry on the court will come. We have 82 games to play, so I'm sure it will come."
Keep Harden on this roster, and no way does the Thunder finish anywhere but No. 1 in the West standings.
Now, I still think OKC will emerge with home court advantage. The Thunder will play with a chip on its shoulder all season, recalling the NBA Finals disappointment. Plus, the Thunder is too young to know better.
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The Friends of the Natatorium are about to come out swinging. The group is preparing to kick off a fundraising campaign to try and save the historic Waikiki War Memorial. But as KITV4's Catherine Cruz reports --even the group admits it's a uphill battle. It's all new at six-- It could be the "last dance" for the the crumbling historic structure. But those who want to save the Natatorium are preparing a "big band benefit" this month. It's the "era of swing" and the Harry James Orchestra to the rescue-- with one of it's original members coming to town. - 46:13 - 46: 22 - That happens to be my dad, Fred Radke, who is the band leader and trumpet player who will lead the Harry James orchestra at the Elks, on Sunday the 11th" Radke says the Friends group doesn't have a lot of money. It's primary source of funds pays for the group to put on a ceremonies honoring our war veterans at the memorial. Radke realizes this month's big band fundraiser is a small effort toward what will cost millions. - Mo Ratke 47: 07 - 47 :14 - "But it does give people who are talking about restoration hope, that there are folks who do think it should be preserved and saved," - Mo Ratke 47: 34 - 47:45 "We are going to start ramping up to try doing more things in the community and generate the funds to help people know that we are serious about the restoration," - CRUZ 6:68: - 7:02 - "Meanwhile the city says it is still on track to complete the EIS for the demolition of the natatorium by the end of the year The city halted the study while the state explored taking back control of the memorial. But officials don't believe that delay ll ha much impact on e final report since st of t udy was completed. - Chris 33:44 32:50 -"Sixonths, as far as change or deterioration of the natatorium, I don't think there is that much change," Takashige says the completion of the EIS will not need any additional funding. - CHRIS 3449 :35:08 "I think people are misled to believe that the EIS presents only one directive. That's not true. All of the alternatives that were considered and full restoration is one of them" With all the back and forth over the natatorium's future-- we should note the war memorial turns 86 years old-- this month. Back to you. Hawaii's primary election for 20- 14 is one year
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In other words, Nadya Suleman has done what she once said she'd never do: she agreed to pose for a risqué spread.
However, this time, it's with a very solid reason, TMZ has learned.
Nadya Suleman is broke again and in danger of losing her house. Because she doesn't want to end up in the streets with her 14 children, she jumped at the first opportunity to make a quick buck.
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The celebrity e-zine claims Suleman got $10,000 (€7,492.8) for the spread, which is meant to showcase her amazing weight loss after delivering the octuplets 3 years ago: just enough to pay the rent for a new place.
"I'm doing that because I need to feed my kids. I need to pay the bills. And I'm still very cognizant of the repercussions of my choices," Suleman herself says of going back on her word of never compromising herself like this again.
As we also informed you yesterday, in the accompanying interview, Octomom talks about how she's literally forced to fight men off with a stick, how she doesn't need a partner to know she's beautiful, and how she lost all that weight by eating vegetables and working out.
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Head coach Peter de Villiers and the Springbok management have made no comment on Burger's possible absence and there has, as of yet, been no talk of a replacement.
The 26-year-old has not played a competitive fixture since picking up the injury three weeks prior to the end of his side's Super 14 campaign and has not been able to take part in full training sessions since joining up with the Boks late last month.
The loss of Burger would be a serious blow for the world champions for whom the Stormers blindside is one of the side's most iconic figures.
Burger has won a total of 49 caps for the Boks and had been destined to hit the half century mark against Ian McGeechan's tourists on June 20.
Now it appears as though Burger may have to wait until a week a later to reach that milestone, with Danie Rossouw of the Bulls the favourite to take his place at the ABSA Stadium.
Another player who could step up if Burger is forced out of action is Heinrich Brussouw of the Cheetahs. The openside featured for the Boks against a Namibian Invitational XV on May 29 but did not make the cut for the squad for the series against the Lions.
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In addition to the main characters, I would want to see a rotating group of reoccuring characters, people like Ro, Barclay, and early O'Brien. People you would see once or twice a season (providing you can get the actor).
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Jonah: I tweeted the other day the amount of possessions Ricky Rubio has stolen away from the opposition in the matter of six games. He only managed one last night but his stat stuffing ways never declined. And despite another poor-to-mediocre shooting night, he still managed to fall just short of a 13/13/8 triple double. It would've been the first of his career. There's no doubt in my mind he'll get it soon but I guess it was the only mini victory worth cheering for in the wake of that travesty.
Tom: Of all of the streaky, undersized potential game-changers in the NBA, JJ Barea is perhaps the least predictable. There is absolutely no way to know whether good Barea (8-14 from the field, 20 points) or bad Barea (7-17 for 16 points against Phoenix) is going to show up on any given night. Sometimes when good Barea shows up, it's enough of a spark to push Minnesota passed a better team. That wasn't the case against the Lakers in part because Barea, along with the rest of Minnesota's perimeter defenders, allowed the Lakers to drop in 16 3-pointers. But…he scored a bunch, I guess? So yay?
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Jonah: Before and after Nikola Pekovic left the game, the Lakers attacked the paint. The Wolves have never been a great interior defending team due to sloth-like slow rotations. There was one play where Derrick Williams got beat off the dribble baseline by Kobe Bryant and Pekovic suffered the wrath of a poor, mistimed bailout with a tremendous dunk. It was a simple play that made Kobe look like God — as he did most of the game — that never should've happened if the Wolves' interior help defense was just one step ahead like it usually should be. A great coach once told me, "Defense is not about reaction. It's about anticipation."
Tom: Watching the game with some friends, I pointed out as the game was coming to a merciful end that Minnesota couldn't even put in their scrubs because all of their scrubs are starters at this point. The injury train has gone completely off the rails for the Wolves, as Nikola Pekovic left the game after nine minutes with an abdominal strain. There doesn't seem to be an update just yet as to whether or not Pek will play in Portland on Saturday.
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Jonah: Due to Andrei Kirilenko's injury, the starting lineup was all out of sorts the entire game. The Lakers made that message clear in the first half with 57 points, and the Wolves never really had a chance to get back in it with such wide margins. The matchup the I chuckled at was seeing Williams try to stick with Kobe all game. Again, it's not his fault he was stuck with the improbable task of guarding one of the league's best offensive weapons but it happened. Williams only managed to get hands in Kobe's face when he was being "lazy" and settling for step-backs. But when Kobe would attack Williams, slow feet, lumbering body and all, it was no contest.
As the title suggests, this is the 21st straight loss to the hands of the dreaded Lakers. Let history be our judge, but do the Wolves really deserve this kind of streak? It's bad enough that the team that started professional basketball in the Twin Cities, that saw great success, moved to L.A. in the first place, but now we suffer through painful defeats on the reg. The Lakers will always be the enemy, folks. Never forget that.
Tom: The Lakers scored 48 points from 3-point range and 42 points in the lane. That adds up to a total of 90 points. When you add LA's 12 made free throws, you get 102. What does this mean? The Lakers didn't need to take a single shot deemed "inefficient" to beat Minnesota.
Next up: The Wolves end their road trip with a game against Portland, Saturday night at 9 pm.


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Can you Refuse to go to a Social Security Medical Examination?
Yes, you can refuse to go to a CE, or consultative examination, commonly known as a "social security medical examination". However, its typically not wise.
You have to consider why a disability examiner wants to schedule a claimant for such an exam in the first place.
A) Usually, its because a claimant has not been to a medical treatment source in the last ninety days.
B) Sometimes a CE is scheduled because a claimant has never been treated for a condition they've listed on their disability report. Depression is a good example of this. Many individuals list depression on a disability application without ever having received treatment for depression from a mental health treatment source, or even from their own general practitioner (often in the form of an RX for an anti-depressant).
C) In other instances, a claimant will be sent out for a simple xray if an imaging report is not available from the claimant's list of medical treatment sources.
Flatly refusing to go a consultative exam can potentially result in a case being denied for failure to cooperate. And for a claimant who simply has no recent medical record documentation, not going to a consultative exam can only lead down the path to a denial.
Some claimants are understandably nervous about going to consultative exams, possibly because they fear some level of bias on the part of a "social security doctor". However, the doctors who perform such exams DO NOT WORK FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. They are independent physicians who perform examinations on a contract basis. Having said that, though, it's true that, when the topic arises, a large percentage of claimants who have gone to consultative exams will report that the examining physician was brusque or seemed to exhibit behavior that indicated a biased stance.
Generally, if a claimant goes to a physical consultative exam for a social security disability or SSI disability case, what they'll find is that ---
A) the exam will be fairly short
B) the doctor may be somewhat rude (a common complaint)
C) the doctor will ask them very little
D) and, topping it all off, the doctor will typically know little about their medical condition or history -- disability examiners will sometimes send the examining physician excerpts from the medical record to apprise them of the claimant's medical history, but there's no guarantee that the examining physician will read the information.
However, what a disability claimant will not be privvy to is the fact that, at the initial claim and reconsideration levels, consultative exams are usually scheduled so a disability adjudicator can simply obtain recent documentation for the file...so the case can be closed.
None of which changes the fact, of course, that if you are scheduled to go to an examination appointment for your disability claim, you really need to go.
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text: So i was looking around a blog site and i came upon an interesting article about Afghanistan and how basically the US forces there have pretty much given up hope on destroying the amount of Opium being made. As most people know Afghanistan is the world's No.1 producer of Opium and in the past Turkey used to be big into it too. But Turkey had its uses and so the US helped Turkey, license the growing of opium for medicinal use. The US drug companies are required to buy 80% of it's 'narcotic raw materials' from Turkey and India. It seems odd that the US would back the growing of opium, albeit for medicinal uses. So while the US is ok with it's allies growing illegal substances which are part of the culture and most definately is abused by those who use it as casually as we smoke weed, it will not agree with States that legalized medicinal marijuana. In 2004 when the liberals produced a bill calling for decriminalization Washington opposed it and pretty much made it clear that it would be hell for Canadians going into the States. To conclude, the US are ok with their overseas allies growing opium for medicinal use, India, Turkey and Austrailia (?!), while condemning States from even legalizing medicinal marijuana and pursecuting patients. Not to mention their northern neighbours being the biggest tokers in the world! I may have mistaken some things from the article so i will leave you a link to allow others to make something of the article. Danger Room - Wired Blogs


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Gombe Research Continues to Break Ground Nearly 50 Years Later
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Latest Findings Regarding AIDS-like Illness in Wild Chimpanzees Could Lead to Novel Treatments and Preventative Measures for Humans
Arlington, Virginia – The latest research findings from Gombe, Tanzania, demonstrate, yet again, the value of one of the longest uninterrupted field studies of a wild animal species. In a paper published July 23, 2009, in the journal Nature, a consortium of scientists led by Dr. Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama and including renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, researchers from the Jane Goodall Institute's (JGI) Gombe Stream Research Centrei, University of Minnesota, the Lincoln Park Zoo, Tanzania National Parks and six other institutions found that wild chimpanzees naturally infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIV) can suffer from an AIDS-like illness. According to a press release issued by Nature, "The finding challenges the view that SIV infections do not cause disease [in wild chimpanzees] and will allow researchers to study AIDS progression."ii
Dr. Hahn and her colleagues followed 94 chimpanzees in Gombe National Park for more than nine years monitoring their health through observational data collection, fecal samples and post-mortem analyses. Their finding that SIV causes disease in chimpanzees opens up a number of new avenues of research. According to Titus Mlengeya, the chief veterinary officer of the Tanzania National Parks, "This presents a unique opportunity to compare and contrast the disease-causing mechanisms of two closely related viruses in two closely related hosts."iii
"We hope that a better understanding of these mechanisms will benefit both humans and chimpanzees," added Dr. Goodall who also emphasized that only non-invasive methods were used throughout the study.iv For example, the researchers believe that the results could lead to new therapies and preventative measures while providing data that could inform AIDS vaccine development.
What this most recent study also demonstrates is the larger impact of the almost 50-year research effort at the Gombe Stream Research Centre. When Dr. Goodall landed in Gombe on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in 1960, her initial charge was to study the behavior of the resident chimpanzees in order to better understand humans. Today, Gombe represents much more than the site of Dr. Goodall's groundbreaking findings regarding chimpanzees making and using tools, eating meat and engaging in war-like activity. Over the years, observing and documenting the world of chimpanzees has provided profound insight into our closest relatives' emotions, behaviors and social structures, while shedding light on human behaviors and social patterns, their impact on the ecosystem and even the spread of disease.
In addition, the data amassed has informed JGI's species and habitat conservation programs. The Institute's community-centered conservation initiatives provide local communities the tools needed to manage their natural resources for long-term economic gain and environmental prosperity. Projects focus on everything from water/sanitation issues and health care to sustainable livelihoods and education.
More recently, Gombe has become an example of how cutting-edge technology can enhance conservation. As part of its conservation action planning process, JGI uses state-of-the-art high-resolution satellite imagery and Geographic Information Systems to map chimpanzee habitats and plan land use with local communities, including designating deforested areas for regeneration.
And finally, Gombe inspires the next generation of leaders to make positive change happen for people, animals and the environment we all share. Through Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, JGI's global environmental and humanitarian youth program, Tanzanian members are working to better their community whether through reforestation initiatives or projects aimed at the refugee populations that call the area around Gombe home.
When speaking of Gombe and the latest research results, Lincoln Park Zoo veterinary epidemiologist Dr. Dominic Travis summed it up saying: "This field site is once again a model of how long-term scientific studies can inform us in many ways."v
About the Jane Goodall Institute
Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall's pioneering research on chimpanzee behavior—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals. Today, the Institute is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. It also is widely recognized for establishing innovative community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and the Roots & Shoots global environmental and humanitarian youth program, which has groups in 110 countries. For more information, please visit www.janegoodall.org.
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[i] Drs. Anna Mosser, Shadrach Kamenya and Jane Raphael.
[ii] "AIDS: SIV Can Cause Disease in Wild Chimpanzees," Nature press release date July 22, 2009.
[iii] "'AIDS' in Chimpanzees," University of Alabama press release dated July, 22, 2009.
[iv] ibid.
[v] "New Evidence: AIDS-like Disease in Wild Chimpanzees," University of Illinois and Lincoln Park Zoo press release dated July 22, 2009.


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Pentagon chief can't offer hope in budget cuts
In this photo taken July 17, 2013, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston, S.C., on the last day of a three-day trip to visit bases in the Carolinas and Florida. When Hagel told civilian Department of Defense workers on the base that job furloughs, that have forced a 20% pay cut on most of the militay's civilian workforce, will likely continue next year, and that it make it even worse, the audience softly gasped in surprise and gave a few depressed low whistles. He said that if the department has to absorb another $52 billion in cuts next year because of the federal sequester, there will likely be layoffs instead of furloughs. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military's civilian workforce, probably will continue next year, and it might get worse.
"Those are the facts of life," Hagel told about 300 Defense Department employees, most of them middle-aged civilians, last week at an Air Force reception hall on a military base in Charleston.
Future layoffs also are possible for the department's civilian workforce of more than 800,000 employees, Hagel said, if Congress fails to stem the cuts in the next budget year, which starts Oct. 1.
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David M. Rekosh, PhD
Dr. David Rekosh is a professor of microbiology and the Myles H. Thaler Professor of Medical Science. He is the director of the Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research. He has mentored former Pfizer award winners and Center for Global Health scholars.
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Dr. Rekosh earned his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Dr. Rekosh's laboratory work focuses on fundamental aspects of HIV virion formation and RNA packaging. Our research addresses issues concerning viral RNA trafficking, RNA dimer formation and the influence that RNA localization signals have on viral replication. We also are interested in the role of Nef in HIV infection. Nef is a virally encoded accessory protein and a major pathogenic determinant. It is known that Nef increases the intrinsic infectivity of virus particles and that it interacts physically with cellular protein kinases. However, the details of what Nef does and how it exerts its effects are not yet fully understood.
Dr. Rekosh's recent publications include "Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 particles pseudo typed with envelope proteins that fuse at low pH no longer require Nef for optimal infectivity." J Virol. 75(8):4014-8, "Design and Use of an Inducibly-Activated HIV-1 Nef to Study Immune Modulation, J Virol. 75:834-843, and RNA Trafficking Signals in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Mol Cell Biol. 21:2133-2143. See PubMed Listings for Dr. Rekosh.


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An Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee for best children's mystery. The first book in the series follows 4 Red Blazer girls from St. Veronica's school in NYC and their quest to solve a mystery. A very fun and fast read, with various references to other literature - specifically Dickens.
The Red Blazer Girls:The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil (Children's Fiction)
If you liked Nancy Drew books you'll love these Red Blazer series. In the first book, 'The Ring of Rocamadour', Sophie sees a ghost at a window in the church beside the school. When she and her friends, Margaret and Rebecca, investigate they don't find a ghost, but an old lady with a mystery for them to solve – but will it lead to treasure or into danger?
Cute middle grade mystery. I like that they let you work with them to solve the mysteries although I did glaze over the math parts.
Book talk: The mystery really starts with Sophie screaming in her seventh grade English class, and that was page one. Yes, the mystery really does get off to a great start that quickly. Sophie and her friends are not your ordinary seventh grade girls. They go to a private Catholic girls' school in New York City on the upper east side of Manhattan. These girls may all dress alike in their uniforms with the red blazers, but each brings something unique to the story. Margaret is über-brainy, and Rebecca is pretty quick with the wisecracks. Then there is the new girl, Leigh Ann. She's perfect, in every way, and she's probably after Raf, the guy that Sophie has known, like, forever, but whom she now seems to like in a different way . . . though she won't admit it. Then there is the mystery to solve, complete with a scavenger hunt that takes them all around the church in places they aren't supposed to be. You see, that scream led to Sophie meeting a wealthy, elderly lady trying to solve a 20-year-old puzzle. But there are other not-so-trustworthy people also trying to solve the puzzle. The Ring of Rocamadour is priceless; it's part of a pair of rings said to be a gift to a young couple centuries ago. In fact, the young couple's rings touched the famous veil used to wipe the face of Christ. the rings were passed down through the centuries, and those who wear the rings, it is said, are visited in their dreams by St. Veronica, who answers their prayers. The groom's ring was found in the ruins of a twelfth-century chapel near Rocamadour, France, and was donated to a museum. Sophie and her pals are looking for the missing Bride's ring. Could it be buried in the church? Could the clues really be from a long-lost birthday card? Read The Red Blazer Girls book one, and whatever you do, don't miss the catchy chapter titles. (They were some of my favorite parts of the book!)
This is the first book in the RBG series. Here the Red Blazer Girls (Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, Leigh Ann) try to find the priceless Ring of Rocamadour by solving academic puzzles and with the help of a few friends. The narrator is Sophie, who was pretty realistic but a little too smug and cutesy for me. However she no longer annoys me as much by the end of the book. The math/puzzle explanations were lecture-like so I just skimmed through those parts. I loved that the characters were well-rounded smart girls who lead interesting but balanced lives. I probably would have adored this book if I had read it when I was in the characters' age group (7th grade). As an adult I found it enjoyable despite a couple of boring math paragraphs. Near the end there is a scene about Margaret which was particularly touching. I am looking forward to reading the 2nd book in this series.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375848142, Hardcover)It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn't be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes. Are these sleuths in school uniforms modern-day equivalents of Nancy, Harriet, or Scooby? Not really, they're just three nice girls who decide to help out a weird lady, and end up hiding under tables, tackling word puzzles and geometry equations, and searching rather moldy storage rooms for "the stuff that dreams are made of" (that's from an old detective movie). Oh, and there's A Boy, who complicates things. As boys often do.
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February 11, 2009 and January 26, 2010 marked the date when 10,715 and almost 13,000, respectively, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas students, administrators, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, friends, and benefactors came together and became one not only to form the Great Human Lasallian Star but, ultimately, contribute to the education of future Lasallians through the One La Salle Scholarship Fund.
The magic of the great Human Lasallian Star will resonate even further as the 17 La Salle schools in the Philippines, along with friends and benefactors of La Salle in the country and across the globe, come together and form a strong star formation with a target of at least 50,000 attendees.
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As a member of the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce, I was thrilled to hear about President Barack Obama's decision to designate Rio Grande del Norte as a National Monument.
Rio Grande del Norte is a northern New Mexico hotspot for recreation and tourism, offering a wide range of outdoor opportunities including hiking, hunting, fishing, rafting, and wildlife spotting and photography. Its 240,000 acres of public lands — including the Rio Grande Gorge, Ute Mountain, and the Taos Plateau — provide a combination of majestic scenery and a rare diversity of wildlife.
It is truly one of the natural wonders of the Land of Enchantment. And now that it is a national monument, it is protected from harm for all time.
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