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For as much as I loved the Sam Raimi films and Spider-Man as a character, I was a little worried about how The Amazing Spider-Man would turn out. Would it be the reboot that Spider-Man needed or a disappointment that fans will try to forget. As the only Marc Webb (fitting last name) movie besides (500) Days of Summer, we couldn't really see how this would end up. Also, can Andrew Garfield pull off being a superhero (let alone one that has already made its way to the big screen)? What about the visual effects? The Lizard looks like a rejected Goomba from that Mario movie that never happened. Even though a lot was riding against this movie, I can say that The Amazing Spider-Man was (I'll apologize now) amazing.
The Amazing Spider-Man is a reboot (get over it). It tells the origin stories of how an average high-schooler named Peter Parker turns into our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. While trying to cope with his new abilities, Peter must also stop Dr. Curt Conners from turning the people of New York City into giant Lizards.
The story might sound ridiculous if you aren't aware of Spider-Man's story but this movie pulls it off with a darker feel. While I loved the Sam Raimi films (the first two, the third one was just okay) they were a little cartoonish. I prefer darker tales over the cartoony feel of the original trilogy. Not to say I can't enjoy cartoonish movies (for the third time, I loved the first two) but I honestly prefer a darker feel. This movie was able to capture that while still being a little cartoonish. That's a good thing. Spider-Man's tale is a little dark but the actual character jokes around with his enemies. If this movie was too dark then I would have to turn this review into a rant. Luckily, I don't have to (for the record, you can describe a dark superhero movie without comparing it to The Dark Knight).
Like I mentioned earlier, I was a little worried about Andrew Garfield about being Spider-Man. Don't get me wrong Andrew Garfield is a great actor and I thought he was fantastic in The Social Network but could he be Spider-Man? I can thankfully say yes. I thought Andrew Garfield did a great job playing both high school Peter Parker and Spider-Man. I will even go far enough to say I thought he was better than Tobey Maguire. He really captured what it would be like if a high-schooler became a superhero. Another great actress, Emma Stone, was great as Gwen Stacy. She, just like Garfield, was able to capture being a high-schooler having to deal with what's going on in her life (having a boyfriend who's a superhero with a Dad trying to track him down). Unfortunately, nobody else really stood out in this movie. Rhys Ifans was good as Dr. Connors and The Lizard but didn't blow me away. He was well cast but nothing fantastic. Same goes for all the other actors and actresses except for Martin Sheen. I thought he was great as Uncle Ben. There wasn't a doubt in my mind that he was just an actor playing a role. He was Uncle Ben and made things all the much sadder when he died (oh yeah, spoilers but do I really have to tell you that?).
Of course, with superhero movies you need a great director and Webb was able to do a good job. Everything was well framed with the camera being far enough away from the action so you can always tell what's going on. One thing to point out are the point of view shots. They were a ton of fun to watch but unfortunately there weren't enough. Only one or two times would you go into first person. Sometimes it would be in first person for two seconds then swap out. That was a little annoying. Sometimes the camera would be all over the place. Going from first person to back out to wide shot to close out to vomiting. It wasn't terrible but was a little annoying (it doesn't happen too often but more than a couple of times).
The special effects were fantastic. While the web slinging didn't blow me away, it was still impressive and an absolute blast to watch. One thing to point out is the fully CGI Lizard. It looked very good but sometimes it looked very fake. One scene I would be impressed and the next a little disappointed. Sometimes the Lizard would look like you were watching a really well-done cartoon, not a live-action movie. Other times, it looked great. Honestly, though, the Lizard looked damn good and I was more pleased then disappointed.
One quick thing to point out is the music. Some scores were very good and perfectly fit the scene. Other times it was kind of weird and awkwardly fit. It didn't hurt the movie that much but it's still something to point out. They actually used a couple of real songs (with vocals that weren't made by composer James Horner). I thought they were strange and didn't really fit the movie. Would've preferred the weird and awkwardly fit compositions.
Finally, let's talk IMAX 3D. My local movie theater just got an IMAX theater installed so I will be able to see most movies in IMAX. Seeing the trailer during my Avengers IMAX 3D showing, it looked unbelievably good. The 3D mixed with the booming audio and giant screen was more like the IMAX 3D Experience the ticket promises. Thankfully, it was able to keep it that way. During the movie I was very satisfied with the 3D and of course IMAX is always fun to watch. Then at the end of the movie the letterbox went away and it turned out that they were able to get an IMAX camera. Here is why I'm a little disappointed. There were a couple of scenes in this movie where the IMAX camera would've looked awesome but they didn't use it. It wasn't until the final fight scene when the IMAX camera was used. That sucks. I'm not going to hurt the score for it since having it used once is still a pleasure but it could've been that much more awesome if it was used more frequently.
Overall I was very pleased with The Amazing Spider-Man. The story was well told and the special effects looked great. The actors did a great job portraying the characters but nothing Oscar-worthy. Some of the compositions were awkward and some weird directing at some points but none of that really hurts this movie. Looking back at the film as a whole, I'm unbelievably happy that Spidey is back and I really hope a sequel gets made. Trying to decide between scores is hard. An 8.0 or a 9.0? Even though I had some complaints, none of them really hurt the movie greatly, so I guess I will go with....
I really loved Stan Lee's cameo in this movie, so which one is your favorite? For me, it has to be this one. It was the funniest part in the movie and I couldn't help but smile for the next five minutes after he left the screen. It was just awesome. So which one is your favorite? Comment below and let me know.
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Woman Getting Ready For Work Discovers Armed Robber In House
A woman said that she was getting ready for work when she found a man armed with a knife in her house.
Amanda McLaren said that she did not realize the man was there until she found him going through her closet. She said that the intruder had already rummaged through her 8-year-old daughter's room.
"She's out with her dad so I mean it was a good thing that she's there instead of here," McLaren said.
McLaren said that when she confronted the man, he not only kicked her cat, but punched and kicked her as well. She said she soon realized he was holding a knife.
"I just decided to give up and let him take what he's taking, you know? Just get him out of here." McClaren said."I'm not trying to fight somebody who has a weapon."
The attacker grabbed McLaren's expensive jewelry and money before he left.
"I was actually really glad that he just took my money and my stuff and left," McLaren said.
McLaren said that she suffered some soreness from the attack, but that she was lucky. She said she would be sure to keep her home secure.
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UN, OAU Urge New I Coast Presidential Poll, France Disagrees
France stood alone Friday in refusing to join international calls for once-stable Ivory Coast to hold a replay of its controversial presidential poll to prevent the country sliding into chaos.
African leaders, along with UN chief Kofi Annan, fear that after decades of calm, the Ivory Coast could descend into ethnic and religious chaos unless the controversy over the election last Sunday is cleared up by holding a new round of voting.
The elections, organized by a military junta in office for the past 10 months, barred many potential contenders from standing, notably former prime minister Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim from the north whose supporters have taken to the streets to demand a new poll.
Scores of people died Thursday in violence pitting Ouattara supporters against the backers of Laurent Gbagbo, who is from the Christian south and has been declared official winner of Sunday's presidential race.
Annan, in a statement through his spokesman, said he "deplored the current electoral process, which deprived the people of Cote d'Ivoire of the opportunity to freely exercise their rights and elect their leaders."
Regretting "the loss of innocent lives during the ongoing demonstrations", he noted that "there is now an opportunity to put in place a democratic political process that will allow the people of Cote d'Ivoire to freely elect their leaders."
Annan's statement followed that of the chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Togolese president Gnassingbe Eyadema, who in Berlin on Thursday called for a re-run of the vote while appealing for calm.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, whose country has a leading voice across the continent, also called for a replay vote, warning of the danger otherwise of "enormous conflict".
In Washington, the United States overnight tilted in favor of a new election to clear up claims of illegitimacy over a vote from which 14 out of 19 candidates were excluded.
"The holding of free, fair and inclusive elections will be needed to get back to democracy," said deputy State Department spokesman Philip Reeker.
But the Socialist administration in Paris, where Gbagbo, also a socialist, has many old friends, appeared implicitly to accept the legitimacy of the election.
In a statement, the former colonial power in the west African country merely called for parliamentary elections, due in December, to be held on schedule so that "all Ivorian political forces can take part in the democratic debate."
It added that there was a "need to return to calm and stability. France calls on all Ivorian leaders to contribute to that by showing their spirit of responsibility" -- PARIS (AFP)
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Andrew Hyman, at ConfirmThem.com, takes issue with my claim that "the mistreatment of one or two nominees does not make a campaign issue." The reason for my claim is that the treatement of one or two lower-court nominees is sufficiently below the radar to be irrelevant for most campaigns. One of the reasons the judge issue worked in 2002 and 2004 was because there was large number of nominees who were being slowed down — at one point ten judicial nominees were being filibustered. This transformed the issue from an inside-baseball fight over a single nominee (or two), to a pattern of obstructionist conduct by one party in the Senate. Thus, I maintain, if there is not a backlog of nominees awaiting confirmation due to Democratic opposition, it will be difficult to motivate many voters on the issue.
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- You play with dudes who get upset when their low level characters bite it.
- You're constantly nerfing encounters so that the PCs don't have to think their way through combat.
- Your players consider the notion of disease in a D&D world to be unfair and a violation of their sacred trust in you, their not-so-dreaded DM who's true purpose is to bend over and gratify their wish-fulfillment fantasies.
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In other words I think someone, should open a dungeon funk II contest! The first one is awesome & there is a real need for these tables! The first one is awesome but this needs to be opened up!ReplyDelete
You can advertise the next edition with "Play with this to prove that your players are more macho than Rick's players."ReplyDelete
Heck, if the next generation of gamers wants to play with this kind of stuff, more power to them. My players are not committed table-top gamers. If gross diseases get the kids to take up the polyhedral dice, then go with whatever works.
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I guess I wasn't aware that the tolerance for Garbage Pail Kids-level grossness varied so much. My group isn't all that young [late 20s, early 30s]. Most of us were raised on gory b-movies though, so that could be a determinant here.


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The Chris Pine-starring film debuts atop the box office, forcing Robert Downey Jr.'s flick to be in the second place.
After two consecutive weeks, "Iron Man 3" no longer rules the North American box office as strong newcomer "Star Trek Into Darkness" dethrones the Robert Downey Jr. starrer. The latest film from J.J. Abrams acquires the top spot with $70.6 million, slightly below its predecessor "Star Trek", which opened to $75.2 million in April 2009.
"It appears that four years of anticipation and help from 3-D ticket prices isn't really giving 'Into Darkness' much of a boost," Ray Subers of Box Office Mojo comments. "[The opening] would normally be cause for panic, though it's possible that most audiences just weren't aware that the movie was opening on Thursday [sudden change by Paramount Studios]."
"IM3" continues to draw crowds by taking in $35.2 million in weekend ticket sales. Following in the third place is last week's runner-up "The Great Gatsby", a Jazz Age drama from director Baz Luhrmann which grabs $23.4 million its second week.
Michael Bay's "Pain and Gain", which stars Mark Wahlberg, falls to No. 4 right in its fourth run by earning $3.1 million. Nicolas Cage's animated feature The Croods, meanwhile, lands in the fifth place at the box office with $2.8 million.
Top Ten Movies at Box Office for May 17 - 19:
- "Star Trek Into Darkness" - $70.6 million
- "Iron Man 3" - $35.2 million
- "The Great Gatsby" - $23.4 million
- "Pain and Gain" - $3.1 million
- "The Croods" - $2.8 million
- "42" - $2.7 million
- "Oblivion" - $2.22 million
- "Mud" - $2.16 million
- "Peeples" - $2.15 million
- "The Big Wedding" - $1.1 million


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Yet another statue of World War II fascist dictator Ion Antonescu has been dedicated in Romania, the World Jewish Congress has reported.
The latest bust of Antonescu was unveiled last week in the Romanian town of Piatra-Neamt, at a ceremony attended by local officials and war veterans.
Jews in Romania and outside the country, fearful of renewed anti-Semitism in the country, are concerned about signs that the dictator's reputation is being rehabilitated.
During Antonescu's rule form 1940 to 1944, more than 25,000 Jews died in territories controlled by Romania. Antonescu was executed in Romania as a war criminal in 1946.
In October 1993, Romanian's first official statue of Antonescu was erected in the town of Slobozia, financed in part by local Romanian police. Local government officials and a member of the Romanian Cabinet were present at that dedication too.
Nicolae Vulbashin, political counselor at the Romanian Embassy in Washington, said that Romanian President Ion Iliescu has condemned the erection of these statues.
"The government did not support the erection of busts or such things," Vulbashin said.
The president and other leaders have tried to distance the government from the rehabilitation of Antonescu, although some government officials have been present at the dedications of both statues.
At the same time, government officials have tried to explain Antonescu as a patriotic hero for Romanians.
Rabbi Andrew Baker, head of European affairs for the American Jewish Committee in Washington, registered a complaint about the new tribute to Antonescu with the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Mihai Horia Bodez.
Baker said he had not yet received a response to his letter, which was sent last week.
Baker said, "We have raised the issue here and last year in a visit to Romania, regarding the tributes to Antonescu and to the general revisionism that has taken place.
"Since previous responses have been to both sanitize Antonescu as a patriotic figure and to dismiss the government's culpability, I don't think we are going to find a dramatically different response in this case," he said.
Last year, before the first official statue of Antonescu was erected, Alfred Moses, then president of the American Jewish Committee, spoke directly to the Romanian president about it and was assured at that time that it would not be put up.
But the statue was erected nonetheless.
In the interim, Moses has been named U.S. ambassador to Romania, and is expected to be sworn in to that post next week at a ceremony in Washington.


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We were lucky enough to get a sneak peak into the upcoming 2014 Sonoma International Film Festival at the Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco last week and to say we are excited about this year's program is an understatement! With a mixture of independent features, documentaries, world cinema, shorts and a showcase of Spanish language films, the 17th year of the festival is set to be one of the best yet.
Celebrating the contributions, values and culture of the vibrant Latino community in Sonoma, the Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) will continue their program of a "festival within a festival," VAMOS AL CINE – A special "cocktail of Latino cinema" with flavors from Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Panama, Spain and the U.S. As an added bonus this year, there will be a series of films from around the world that feature food and highlight the culinary aspect of the festival.
The feature film, Belle, was unveiled at the preview last week and the trailer confirmed that it would one of the main highlights of the festival. According to IMDb, Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mabatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar's son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England. The movie will play at the Sebastiani Theatre on Sunday April 6.
The more than 90 films, that will be showcased at the festival, are being announced daily on the SIFF Facebook page, so be sure to follow them to learn more and check out their website!


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I'm already getting the sense that it's going to be fashionable to look down on Peter Chelsom's Shall We Dance? as inferior to the Japanese film Shall We Dansu?, on which it's based. Because, of course, Chelsom's update features J-Lo in its cast.
While I've not seen the original, I've little doubt that Audrey Wells' new screenplay significantly Tinsel Towns the proceedings, based on her uber-Hollywooden script for Under the Tuscan Sun. And Wells' new film is heavily populated with movie types in its supporting roles, though these characters appear to be in the original as well. All of this makes me suspect that Shall We Dansu? is getting one of those free passes mystifyingly handed out to foreign-language films for no other reason than that they're not in English. The truth is that Shall We Dance? is the sort of movie that calls for "types" and, as entertainment, is none the worse for them.
The idea is simple enough: John Clark (Richard Gere) is an outwardly satisfied, middle-aged Chicago lawyer who specializes in drawing up wills, and who keeps catching a glimpse of a sad-looking woman (Lopez) peering out the window of a dance studio as he rides home on the El. Intrigued by her apparent melancholy, John decides to enroll for ballroom-dance lessons, only to find himself being taught not by the mysterious woman, but by the school's owner, Miss Mitzi (Anita Gillette, Boys on the Side), a genial tippler considerably older than the instructor whom John had hoped for.
John's classmates are none too inspiring, either. There's an overweight African-American man (Omar Benson Miller, Sorority Boys), and a cocky, homophobic Italian-American (Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent), who's convinced that John is gay (no prizes for guessing where this is going). Also among the regulars is loud-mouthed, semi-professional hoofer Bobbie (Lisa Ann Walter, Bruce Almighty), who delights in "telling it like it is," and a fiery-tempered, enigmatic dancer (Stanley Tucci, The Terminal), who seems strangely familiar to John.
This final person is probably the film's best-drawn — yet still far from surprising — supporting character, who turns out to be one of John's co-workers. The irony is that this bewigged, sequin-loving, ballroom-dance fanatic isn't gay ("Do you have any idea how much simpler my life would be if I were gay?"), and is the last person on earth you'd expect to find in this milieu. (Of course, in movie logic, that's precisely why he's in this setting.)
Matters get complicated when John's wife, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), becomes suspicious that he's having an affair. You'll notice that the one major character I haven't referenced is the wistfully distant Paulina, played by Lopez. That's because she's more in the background than not (her role isn't very large, which should please J-Lo haters), and she's actually more catalyst than character. Her story — which contains enough characters to seem more complex than it is, but not so many that it feels burdened by them — is finally revealed in the course of the film.
As a Hollywood entertainment, Shall We Dance? is just about right. However, it's the direction of Peter Chelsom that really makes this movie something more. Chelsom has an interesting filmography, with only one outright disaster — a little opus called Town and Country, which no amount of directorial skill could save. Yet he's also only had one real hit, Serendipity, and even that was hardly in the blockbuster category.
Chelsom doesn't make "big" movies. His best work to date is probably the quirky comedy-drama Funny Bones (shot in — and making terrific use of — Chelsom's hometown of Blackpool, England). Shall We Dance? may well come in second. It's a more assured blend of the director's British-cinema roots and Hollywood filmmaking than are his other U.S. pictures.
One of Chelsom's greatest strengths as a filmmaker is his ability to achieve a true sense of place, and to make it seem that his characters actually inhabit the world he's created. Whatever real location in which his film happens to be set, Chelsom makes his own. In this regard, Shall We Dance? is no different: His evocation of Chicago is truly the Windy City as he sees it, or perhaps would like to see it — a timeless metropolis where colored lights play off wet pavement. (Oddly, it's Chelsom's brief evocation of the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool that rings slightly false in this film.)
The huge, lighted sign on the building that houses the dance studio may look for all the world like a variant on Baz Luhrmann's L'amour fou sign in Moulin Rouge!. In fact, it may even have been inspired by that (surely Chelsom is not unaware that his film has connections to Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom). And, yes, this iconography is too fanciful for reality, but it works cast within the sheer romanticism of the filmmaker's approach.
Thank goodness for this success, because there are aspects of the script that simply fail. The most troublesome of these is the lack of any sound reason why Beverly is so angry at John after watching him participate in a dance contest. Fortunately, Chelsom and his cast are able to make you not much care about this kind of probability in the world of the film.
As long as Shall We Dance? doesn't get snubbed for being in English or for having J-Lo in it, it should be another modest hit for Chelsom, which suits me fine. Any director who's employed Raymond Scott's "The Penguin" (in Funny Bones) and a recording of the 1930 dance-band tune "Happy Feet" (in Shall We Dance?) is just quirky enough to want to keep around. Plus, Chelsom's one of the rare few these days who can truly create a world on film.
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Its annual report for 2006 showed that 17,154 fish were caught - 3,086 by nets and 14,068 by rod and line.
The figure was only been bettered in 2004 and has been attributed to the success of conservation schemes, as well as improvements along the river.
A recent study said that angling on the Tweed was worth £18m a year.
"These figures underpin the economic importance of the fishery to the Borders economy," said clerk to the commission Nick Yonge.
However, the recent discovery of American Signal Crayfish in tributaries of the river represents a major threat to the catch figures.
"There are many challenges to maintain and improve this, not least of which is to protect the river from invasion of non-native species which could devastate the ecosystem," Mr Yonge added.
The commission has allocated about £20,000 to help combat the problem and hopes that will be matched by the government and its agencies.
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A new study shows that the chemotherapy drug vandetanib (Caprelsa) may extend life a bit for some thyroid cancer patients. The results of phase 2 trials showed that patients taking the drug lived for 11 months without the cancer progressing, compared with six months for those receiving a placebo. "This study is confirmation that vandetanib is effective in advanced thyroid cancer patients, not only in terms of overall response, but also in terms of progression-free survival," said lead researcher Dr. Martin Schlumberger, of the Institute Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, France. "Vandetanib should be used as first-line treatment in patients with progressive, untreatable thyroid cancer."


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But in the daytime or on travel I very much prefer reading on the Opus. And if I had to choose only one reading device, I would choose the Opus without any hesitation.
I sometimes make trips where I sleep outdoors in the woods in a hammock under a tarp. The Opus is a great companion, even for extended trips, especially when the days are short. Then I use a Zebralight headlamp, on low, to be able to read in the dark before falling asleep. But I don't dare bring the Opus when it is below freezing, so outdoor reading in the winter has to be on paper.
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Lil Wayne Explains His Tattoo Addiction And Being Like 2 Pac [Video]
Lil Wayne released a video talking about his past tendencies and habits, including the motivation behind the tattoos across his body. Weezy said he got his first tattoo while still a teenager in honor of his late father. Check out the full video below and see what Wayne says about the passing of Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs.
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"I have no problem with people going and getting a billion tattoos. But why are you doing it? I know my first tattoo I got, I got because my dad died. I was 14 years old and I knew, not for nothing, God forgive me, I did want to represent my dad in a way but I knew that, 'Man, I could get my first tattoo at 14 if I asked my mom, 'Can I go get my dad's name?' She's not gonna be against that.'"
"The next tattoo that I got said 'Original Hot Boy' with a star. Then I went and got my tat across my stomach 'cause I wanted to be like Tupac. I got my stomach tattoo because I wanted to be like Tupac and at the time, I would tell the tattoo dude that's why I was getting it."
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The 19th annual San Antonio Film Festival kicks off Monday with "Texas Before the Alamo," a documentary from San Antonio native Bill Millet at 7 p.m. in HemisFair Park. A free screening of Gabriel Guzman's feature "Made in China" and the shorts "Lucy vs. the Limits of Voice" and "Ivan's Woman" start at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine St. The remaining films — around 130 — will be shown Wednesday through June 23 at three Santikos theaters. The festival, founded by Adam Rocha, has been around since 1994.
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"Story of Luke": Alonso Mayo directs this story about a young man with autism who's searching for a job and a girlfriend. Stars Cary Elwes and Seth Green; Green and Mayo will attend. 7 p.m., Santikos Palladium, 17703 W I-10.
"Blood Cousins": San Antonio's Comedia A Go-Go tells the story of morbid family fun in this dark comedy about four relatives on a road trip to pay respects to their dead grandmother. 9:15 p.m., Santikos Embassy 14, 13707 Embassy Row.
June 21
"Sanitarium": San Antonio trio Kerry Valderrama, Bryan Ramirez and Bryan Ortiz bring the stories of three people locked in a mental hospital, and how they were driven to madness. 7 p.m., Palladium.
June 22
"The Symphony of Silence": Zach, an 18-year-old writer in high school, struggles with bullies in a drama by S.A. filmmaker Cedric Smith. 9:15 p.m., Embassy.


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When I read this story Finlandia Vodka came to mind. In a rocks glass, two fingers worth, mixed with soda and cranberry juice. Then, ice. Three to four cubes. It's a complete drink to accompany Shawna Enns' tale of love found and lost in the brisk environs of Finland. Please enjoy today's story from Summer Chick Tales.
It was 2005 and I was absolutely thrilled with myself, because I had put a dream in motion. I had successfully arrived, completely solo, in Turku, Finland to begin a four month university exchange. Now, this location in itself is not terribly exotic, and the weather was generally far from paradise, but this was my first time overseas and just as I had hoped, it proved to be an experience of a lifetime.
During the first week of school all of the International Business students were put into teams to do a city-wide scavenger hunt, which essentially turned into one huge pub crawl. I spotted him right away, a rather cocky, but quite hilarious, Dutch student with spiky hair, obnoxious yellow high tops, and a shit-eating grin. His name was Erik.
As it turned out, our apartments weren't too far from each other and we were the only students within our group of friends that decided to bike to school instead of getting bus passes. We would bump into each other on the bike path and soon enough, he started waiting for me each morning to head to school together.
As October approached, I found myself thinking of home and the big juicy turkey that my friends and family would be sharing together for the Thanksgiving holiday. I realized that of course, Europeans do not have this holiday so I decided that with the help of my friends, I would host a real Canadian Thanksgiving. It was a challenge to track down some of the ingredients, but it was hilarious watching my French friends make piles of mashed potatoes in a dorm-sized kitchen and to see their perplexed faces at the grocery store as I tried to find an appropriate substitute for canned pumpkin.
The night went off famously, though I did have to call my dad at 4 a.m. Regina time to figure out how long the turkey should be cooked. We shared great food, we each expressed something we were thankful for, and we drank copious amounts of wine and Finnish vodka. Throughout the night, it seemed that Erik and I had our eye on one another, each trying to be inconspicuous, but always meeting each other's glances at the exact same time. As the evening progressed, the remaining guests thought I should teach them how to line dance because in their minds, this is what Canadians do. Erik got right in there and started dancing away beside me. At that point, we could no longer ignore our connection.
So the semester continued with Finnish hockey games together, trips to Sweden and essentially co-habitating in my little university apartment. I had come across the new James Blunt CD while on a weekend trip to Russia, so we'd play it over and over on my player as we talked and laughed late into the cold Finnish nights.
But, as I'm sure many can attest to, love stories on the road often turn to tragedy as quickly as they turn to bliss. The end of the semester was in the middle of December and Erik had invited me to join him on the drive home to The Netherlands so that he could show me where he was from before I flew home. Right from the get-go, there was something very bittersweet about this invitation. I was thrilled about going to the Netherlands and the chance to see Sweden, Denmark and Germany along the way, but I knew a goodbye was looming.
As I tried to pack up my life in Finland before our road trip, all kinds of hilarious mistakes were made, most likely because my mind was overcome with the idea of leaving my fellow exchange students and this crazy life we had created for ourselves over the last four months. I did my last load of laundry and accidentally threw my sweater in there with my apartment key still in it. The laundry was done automatically by loading the machine with credits from your cell phone (remember, this is Finland, land of Nokia) and so the door refused to open before the cycle was done. I sat there in the apartment laundromat for a good hour contemplating whether I could relocate my life to the Netherlands so that I would never have to leave Erik.
Our trip to The Netherlands was great fun. We toured Anne Frank's former home, drank Grolsch and partied at a jazz bar that famous artists like Chet Baker have performed at. But, as it always does when you're traveling, time ran out too soon. On the morning of my flight home we took a train to the airport in Amsterdam. Once we got my highly oversized bags onto the train, I could no longer keep face. A tear streamed down my cheek, then his, one, then another, and then sobs as we sat across from one another, our hands locked together, oblivious of all the onlookers surrounding us on this crowded train. It seems the emotions were contagious. Though I don't know what she said, a younger women standing nearby with her significant other, motioned towards me and tears welled up in her eyes. I guess heartbreak crosses the boundaries of every culture and language.
We arrived at the airport and my bags were indeed, way too heavy. I begrudgingly started getting rid of things and rearranging between my bags and my carry-on, still crying all the while, and begging them to let me get on with this. Finally, the airport employee took pity on my poor, pathetic soul and accepted my bags. The only thing left to do was pass through security and inevitably, part ways with Erik. I'm still perplexed at how my legs actually moved me through those doors, because at the time, if my heart had anything at all to do with it, I would never have left his side. Somehow, I let go of his hand, took one last long look, and said goodbye.
Author Bio: Life has a funny little way of working out exactly as it should. Three years later, Shawna Enns met her husband when she accepted a position at a radio station in Regina after returning from an internship in Africa. Skott lived in Australia for a couple of years, which sparked their immediate connection to travel. They got married to the beat of West African drums and never let go of their love for traveling. On June 18, 2011, they are embarking on a one-year trip around the world. Follow along at the Get Up and Globe blog, or find them on Twitter.
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I have been a little slow on the UFA of the day segment lately, so I got some help from Mitch. Mitch comes to us from Shockblast Media where he wrote hockey columns. You can follow him on Twitter at @Mitch_SBMedia (go follow him, he is horrendously underfollowed!). Take it away Mitch!
Name: Matt Carle
Age: 27
Size: 6'0, 205lbs
Why the Canucks might want him: Matt Carle has a fantastic jaw, on par with the likes of Jay Leno or even a young Joey Buttafuoco, but that's not why the Canucks would want to sign the 27 year old UFA defenceman. Carle brings an interesting skill set to the table. Number 2 on the Flyers depth chart last season Carle played in all 82 regular season games, tallying 4 goals and 34 assists for 38 points. Not known for his goal scoring, he still managed to notch 3 power play goals and 9 power play assists. He is capable of playing big minutes, he led all Flyers skaters with 23:01 during the regular season and 25:19 during the playoffs which was second to Braydon Coburn.
Why the Canucks might not want him: Carle had a cap hit of $3.4 million per season, that doesn't sound like a lot, but for a someone who has only missed two games in his last three seasons and had a total of 75 PIMS in those three years, not too mention he's also put up points at almost a point per every other game pace, one cold argue that he might fetch a fair amount on the open market. The worst thing the Canucks could do is over pay for a player like Matt Carle. Although, he wouldn't be that bad of a consolation prize for the Canucks, or any other team that misses out on Ryan Suter.
What I would do: Sign him to a 4 year deal worth $4.5 per year. A reasonable pay increase from his pay last season. He has an opportunity to play in the top 4, maybe even top 2 if needed. Has and is capable of big minutes.
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Dungeon Keeper clone - War for the Overworld (Kickstarter)
This game that just launched their kickstarter is basically a clone of Dungeon Keeper. Clone is the right word to use, as they're even imitating the visual style and models.
They have a better pitch video than Maia, their page describes more about the game, and the video is more dramatic. But somehow the project doesn't excite me - probably looks too derivative, like Dungeon Keeper with less charm. They have very ambitious goals, but I doubt they are capable enough to achieve them.
They're asking for £150,000, which is cheeky because Maia had great trouble assembling 2/3 of that, and Sui Generis barely got as much. On the other hand, they got £21,855 in their first day, which is much better than Maia's first days.
The game will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The engine is Unity4. But I won't be backing this project.
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This does look like a clone. Everything about it makes it look like a reskin of DK2, from the treasure rooms, the heros, the ability of slapping imps around and the guy doing the voice over.
There's not an original idea in the head of this team from what I've seen. It reminds me of when you go on holiday and you end up in a tacky rip off version of Disney Land called "Magical Kingdoms" or something with their mascot "Marky the Mouse".
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I don't know, this project looks amazing. Dungeon Keeper was a massive part of my childhood and this just looks like more of the awesomeness that is Dungeon Keeper. I think the excellent pitch video helps a craptonne also.
Also; more Dungeon Keeper is always good.
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I remember DK has a "humour game" more than a RTS game. It was in the open games where the game was mostly... broken?. Reviving it is ok, but if is done with humour. IMHO.
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Waiting for the demo to download, very slowly for some reason, but it could be actually awesome.
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Everything about this should have made me want to back it, without question. The huge smile it gave when I heard the guy's voice. Yet it left me kind of cold, somehow. Perhaps future videos can change that... Because they are presumably not making a simple clone, otherwise why have they mentioned Majesty and Overlord as influences...
All the talk about traps worries me. Traps were a real clusterfuck in Evil Genius.
I've received a message from the lead designer. To summarize, he's saying they're making a DK sequel in all but name. They've talked to EA to get the rights, but received a simple "No." This makes things a little difficult, for example they can't openly refer to DK in their updates, they'll be talking about old vs new. For the same reason, no iconic characters like Horned Reaper, Mistress or Bile Demon will return. They'll have to make their own.
Updates about the new design are planned, they want to spread them over the course of the campaign.
I'd say their intention is genuine. But will they be able to deliver a game no worse than Dungeon Keeper ? You be the judge. It's your money.pass
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Hey folks, I'm the aforementioned designer. What b0rsuk says is accurate, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about us or the game here.
We just uploaded our video to youtube, that may work better for you.
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1. How are you going to fix multiplayer, and will it mean that some sacrifices have to be made to single player game ? Or a separate ruleset ? Multiplayer in DK technically worked, but mainly as a way to silence players with ideas such as "I wonder what it would be like to play one keeper against another keeper ?". The game was too heavily defense-oriented for it to work:
- defender gets traps
- defender can drop creatures anywhere on his turf pretty much instantly, especially compared to Call to Arms
- defender has imps take his fallen creatures to Lair and let them rest. Attacking creatures are taken to prison or torture chamber instead. Attacker has much more to lose.
- few incentives to leave the dungeon or expand. You can mine the gold you need outside and you no longer need to remain there.
- fortified walls were almost unbreakable
- rooms were never damaged in fights, only if attacking creatures were left alone undisturbed.
- and more...
One solution is to have game modes specifically designed to combat turtling....
1. Good vs Evil - one player plays as a keeper, second player invades with forces of light
2. Whoever controlls the middle for 5 minutes, wins.
3. Last Man Standing - all players are attacked by progressively stronger hero teams until they eventually succumb. The last keeper to be alive wins.
2. Are you going to do anything about the ability to pick up monsters and drop them anywhere ? It made positioning and formations even less important they are in Starcraft. This made Outposts obsolete except for attracting orcs.
3. There were only soft collisions, and this inevitably ended with big battles being extremely chaotic. The only way to manage them was to look at icons with HP bars and heal/pick up. This isn't trivial to solve because fights are likely to happen in corridors 1 space wide. Do you have any ideas for improvement ?
Considering the absence of the iconic monsters, I think it would be best if you made a big number of concept sketches and asked the community which they like the most. Sort of like Double Fine did. Ideally on some website that doesn't require paying or registration, so you avoid asking just the people who are already convinced.
During World War II the English sent daily bombing raids into Germany. Many planes never returned; those that did were often riddled with bullet holes from anti-air machine guns and German fighters.Wanting to improve the odds of getting a crew home alive, English engineers studied the locations of the bullet holes. Where the planes were hit most, they reasoned, is where they should attach heavy armor plating. Sure enough, a pattern emerged: Bullets clustered on the wings, tail, and rear gunner's station. Few bullets were found in the main cockpit or fuel tanks.
The logical conclusion is that they should add armor plating to the spots that get hit most often by bullets.
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@b0rsuk: Your first two points are ones that I - and the folks who worked on DK2 that I have spoken to - agree with...
1. To me personally, MP - or more specifically, the sandbox-like gameplay - is most important. Every other mode is based around this sandbox, so we need to get it right before even moving on to doing a campaign, etc. The problem you are describing is what we call 'Defender Advantage' and you are right in saying that it broke MP in DK2. Some (but by no means all) of the things we are doing to fix this:
- Blood (an energy-like resource) has replaced Mana is designed around limiting how much you can influence the physical world in a short space of time, meaning that your ability to abuse the defender advantage is severely diminished
- Later on in the game, there are going to be multiple ways of getting through fortified walls
- There are many, many more incentives to actually go out and explore and control parts of the map, making not-turtling a viable option
2. Yes, this was broken as hell but still very fun. We found a happy medium, this will be detailed in a spells-focused update.
3. This is kind of an artificial problem created by the 'drop all your units, only one way to move units' problems. We've solved both of those, so unit bunching isn't going to be an issue. We can't have hard collision on units simply because we want to have a nice variety in size and shapes, and in order for that to actually work with collision we would need to make each individual tile huge. In DK2 for example, there was an elaborate combat system where units arranged themselves to fight properly, but nobody ever saw it in action due to the ways combat started - the problem lies in the initiation of combat rather than the lack of collision itself.
We are definitely going to be revealing units as we go, and ensuring our units are unique and interesting in every department is something I personally am striving for.
I'm not so sure about destroying fortified walls. One one hand, they took forever to breach. On the other, once destroyed the square was open forever. So maybe if you add ways to breach walls more reliably, you should also add ways to replace them. Only make sure that it takes much longer and/or is more expensive to rebuild than to destroy. It makes sense that building is harder than destruction. I think there were bigger issues than walls, and I liked them strong.
Another way to tackle the issue of impregnable fortresses could be borrowed from Majesty 1. In Majesty, when your city grows it also spawns sewer entrances, and various monsters enter through these. In the middle of your city ! In terms of DK, it could mean that every now and then you uncover a new entrance or magical portal. Not only heroes, but also minions of other keepers could enter through them. They'd be impossible to seal, the best you could do would be to surround them with traps.
This shouldn't be something a map maker places, but rather they should spawn automatically, a function of your dungeon area.
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Loved the demo, DK is probably my favorite game ever and playing that 1st person mode took me back, the mood is perfect and I really hope you keep developing that mood to make the game immersive, that was one of my favorite aspects of DK, all the little objects everywhere, the torchs and skeletons on the walls, the monster beds, the wood chicken houses, the book shelves, all the machinery and steam on the workshop and so on, it was full of details and I loved that.
Gameplay wise, yes, it wasn't really a balanced game but it was fun, hope you can make a great multiplayer mode but what I really want is the sandbox mode and have fun with my own dungeon.
Backed by the way!
But will they be able to deliver a game no worse than Dungeon Keeper ?
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Most of all, you didnt actually DO anything actually EVIL, more like you acted pretty much in self-defense, thus undermining the entire premise(and promise) of the game.
Dungeon Keeper was one of my first PC games, and the one I feel most nostalgic about. It was just a ton of fun, even if partly broken as karry said.
So this has me really excited, I hope they reach their goal as I can only pledge through paypal once they're funded.
One thing that disturbs me is that no creature they revealed looks like a caricature. The game looks too serious.pass
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This game is can be greenlight voted on steam as well. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...65&searchtext=
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Jessica Simpson's Legs Are Extremely Muscular Now
In fact, the 33-year-old is in better shape that she has been in years. Simpson shared a gym pic on her Instagram account and wow, are her legs ripped.
Jessica, who was interviewed by Forbes for their Power Women summit last week, posted this photo on Saturday with the caption: "These are my legs during a workout today! I'm proud of myself. Thx @tkrefting and @harleypasternak #nofilter"
Simpson attributes much of her financial success in the retail business to being able to relate to women from all walks of life, and all shapes and sizes. "My business is the heart of who I am," Simpson said. "I want to make every woman feel confident in what they're wearing."
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Music Review: Joshua Bell - 'Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell and Friends'
Published 10:00 pm, Sunday, October 27, 2013
There are those who believe in coloring within the lines and those who believe that lines are unnecessarily restrictive. Violin virtuoso Joshua Bell belongs to the second group. Acclaimed for his bravura work with the classical repertoire, he sees no need to stay within those lines. Music is music and there is a wider world of musical expression just waiting for the right artist.
That Bell is the right artist is evident from the success of albums like his Romance of the Violin (2003) and Voice of the Violin (2006), where he played a selection of transcriptions of memorable mostly classical melodies written for voice and other instruments. His 2009 album, At Home With Friends, went even further outside the lines. Here not only did he expand the repertoire, he began to work with a roster of all-star performers from the broad variety of musical genres; Sting and Josh Groban, Dave Grusin and Marvin Hamlisch.
Certainly these kinds of albums are not unique. Classical artists have not been shy about trying to develop popular audiences. And if purists lament this as watering down or selling out, in the long run i may well be the kind of thing that helps to fill concert halls in this new age when classical orchestras all over the country are suffering financially.
Now, in plenty of time for the holiday season, Bell is out with a second multi-artist collaborative collation, Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends. Working again with some of the friends from 2009 as well as a raft of new ones, Bell delivers a sack full of glittering presents for all the 'nice' music lovers among us, certain to make the 'naughty' among us mightily sorry for our bad behavior.
The 16-track album begins with Bell and Alison Krauss doing an elegant version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and ends with the violinist joined by the Young People's Chorus of New York City for "Silent Night." Between the two, there is something to please everyone-variety is the key. There are opera stars: Placido Domingo sings "O Tannenbaum," Renee Fleming, "I Want an Old-Fashioned Christmas." There are jazz greats: Chick Corea joins in on "Greensleeves," and Branford Marsalis does an amazing "Amazing Grace." Las Vegas is represented by Frankie Moreno's "I'll Be Home for Christmas," Broadway by Kristin Chenoweth's "O Holy Night."
There is an attempt at mixing in a bit of humor in "Christmas Confusion" with Aleksey Igudesman and Richard Hyung-ki Joo. There is a little Latin shout-out in "A Christmas Auld Lang Syne," where he is joined by Gloria Estefan and Tiempo Libre. There is a nod to Jewish friends with a new arrangement of Ernest Bloch's "Baal Shem: Simhat Torah," played with cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Sam Heywood. Whether it be a "Nutcracker Medley" with Straight No Chaser, "White Christmas" with Chris Botti, or Faure's "Ave Maria," this is truly an album with something for everyone.
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Smart watches have been the recent addition to the domain of mobile technology. The BiG DIGITAL Smart watches Hand Free Bluetooth Wireless Smart Watch is one such item, which has taken the market by storm. This Bluetooth smart watch is not brand specific and can be configured with different types of models. This attractive bracelet is a new addition in the family of Bluetooth devices, which has been designed to make the use of mobile phones easier. In the following section a review of the BiG DIGITAL Smart watches Hand Free Bluetooth Wireless Smart Watch will be presented.
This incredible device comes with multiple features. Here are some of the benefits which this smart watches has to offer
Multipurpose: This device has many uses. It can be used as a Bluetooth wireless connection, you can use it for hands-free calling, listen to music. It has a caller id feature, and you can view your text and email notifications.
Convenient: Since it is used as a watch, it is just a matter of a glance to know who is calling you or who has sent you an email. While you are driving or busy typing in your computer, it can be very convenient.
Vibration: Just like a mobile phone, this device can be set to vibrate mode whenever there is an incoming call.
Multi Brand Compatibility: This device is compatible with multiple brands. Here are some of them
* Samsung Galaxy S5 and S4
* Samsung Note 4 and 3
* Apple iPhone
* Blackberry
* Motorola
* Sony Erickson
* Nokia, Android and other mobile phones.
When it comes with its drawbacks, going by the user feedbacks, there aren't any. However, some of the users have suggested for different shapes.
This attractive and stylish bracelet is a unique device that can give new dimensions to your experience with the mobile phones. It can be paired with the mobile via Bluetooth connection, and it would vibrate when you have an incoming call, it would display the number, allows you to reject a particular call. It also gives you the option to select one among the multiple incoming calls you are receiving at the same time. This Smart Watch will start vibrating after every 10 minutes as a reminder, if you have your mobile phone at a distance of 10-20 meters from this device. With the help of this device, there is literally no need for you to keep your mobile phone in your hand or pocket. Keep it your bag or any safe location; this would minimize the chances of theft, or you lose it.
There are very few Bluetooth devices available on the market, which has so many features to offer. The fact that it is compatible with so many different types of brands makes it even more special.
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Meadowlands: Looking at the new grandstand
Like many others I am eagerly awaiting the opening of the New Meadowlands grandstand being built on the current backstretch of the track. Currently scheduled to open in November of this year, the new facility will feature some first-rate amenities and great sight lines for viewing the action.
At a recent press conference the track put on display the projected sketches for each of the four levels of the new plant. You can view them on our facebook page (make sure to like the page to stay up to date on new pictures and news items) or simply read on for some brief details.
Looking at the ground floor, in addition to the usual concession stands and simulcast rooms that you would see at most racetracks, the new building will have a state-of-the-art Sports Bar and lounge with seating for dining as well. There will also be a food court where patrons can grab a quick meal of their choice rather than the usual hot dog and fries option offered at many tracks.
The highlight of the second floor, which features plentiful outdoor seating and areas to wager, is bound to be the Owner's Club. This posh room features upscale nuances for owners and VIP guests that would rival a luxury box at a major sporting event. It even has outdoor seating to watch the action.
Up one level you will find a trackside restaurant similar to the current Terraces. There are VIP rooms for those looking for a special private wagering experience or gathering. If I'm reading the plans correctly, they call for a nice bar which will overlook the second floor below.
Perhaps my favorite part of the new building and the spot you are most likely to find me (well, the press box is up there) is the fourth floor. In addition to the behind-the-scenes rooms for the announcer, charter and judges, a covered outdoor terrace bar area will give fans the opportunity to hang out with friends, enjoy a beer and still get a birds-eye view of all the racing action.
While the new building may not be the savior for racing at the Meadowlands for decades to come, it will provide a state-of-the-art entertainment option for those who previously would never had considered the possibility of a night out at the track. The building will be the lure for new customers. Then the onus is on the staff and product to keep them coming back for more.
Looking at the ABC Conditions
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- George Sayer lived a goodly 91 years in every sense of the word.
I had been rereading -Jack- for an upcoming presentation and was struck
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>Sorry to hear about George Sayer's death, though 91 is certainly a goodly age. We should always be grateful to him for persuading Tolkien to make those recordings of the Gollum chapter from THE HOBBIT and all those excerpts from LotR back in '52. I like to think of his biography of CSL and Wilson's as a complementary pair: Sayer portrays him as he would probably have liked to be remembered, while Wilson portrays him as those who were not in his circle saw him.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> Speaking of Sayer, I was recently reminded of that passage in Warnie's diaries when he was devastated by Sayer telling him CSL would still have been alive if he'd done x and y instead of z; a week or two ago there was a piece in the local paper that sheds some light on CSL's osteoporosis. This is common in elderly women but rare in men, and Lewis himself apparently considered his illness less an affliction than a miraculous sign that Charles Williams' theory of Exchange, the literal bearing of one another's burdens, really worked after all (i.e., that it was the price CSL paid for his wife's remission from bone cancer). I've always considered this of a piece with CSL's belief that Joy's remission was medically inexplicable and hence miraculous (miracle it may have been, but it was also exactly the result her doctors hoped for from the chemotherapy they were giving her at the time). This article was about the effects of smoking on slowing healing from any bone injury, and mentioned
> In any case, it was an interesting article, so here's the link.
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>WASHINGTON -- Smokers' broken bones take a lot longer to heal.
>But scientists now are studying whether giving up cigarettes for
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Bratman <dbratman@...>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2005 12:08 PM
>To: email@example.com
>Subject: Re: [mythsoc] George Sayer, RIP
>At 09:01 AM 10/30/2005 -0600, Stolzi wrote:
>>Ouch on the "Tolkein" spelling.
>Not the only name misspelled in that obit.
>Sayer came to the Tolkien Centenary Conference in 1992 and told the story
>of how he got Tolkien to read parts of the then-unpublished Lord of the
>Rings into a tape recorder. And, of course, he wrote that very fine
>biography of Lewis.
>David Bratman
>The Mythopoeic Society website http://www.mythsoc.org
>Yahoo! Groups Links
- Found the passage in Warnie's diaries that I was thinking of re. his conversation w. Sayer:
"George told a story which gave me a nasty stab, his informant being Humphrey [=Dr. Havard]. The latter said that J [=CSL] killed himself by not going sick before that fatal term at Cambridge--a term which, though ill, he undertook for the characteristic reason that if he had backed out, someone else would have had to undertake his examining. The result was that all day sittings drove his bladder complaint into poisoning his kidneys, and this affected his heart. By the time he eventually reported sick the disease was incurable, but had it been taken in time there was no reason why he should not have lived another ten years or even twenty years. I wish George hadn't told me this, for it will remain with me until the end as the most poignant "If only--" of a lifetime." (BROTHERS & FRIENDS, page 272, entry for Tuesday 7th March 1967).
This comes when the Sayers, with typical hospitality ("a house in which one always feels at home"),* had Warnie up for a visit a few years after his brother's death. I don't know whether there's anything to the idea that sitting up too much could cause a bladder complaint (his catheter?) to spread to the kidneys, but it does pretty well establish the extent to which CSL ignored his own health, no doubt as part of his belief that paying undue attention to the self was a distraction from things that really mattered.
*in fact, the only person I've ever heard of who didn't like the Sayers was Joy Lewis.
- Others, I think, believe that Havard's own doctoring was part of the
One's friends aren't always the best (thinking here of how my in-laws
finally quit going to their dentist even though they loved both him and his
wife, but they couldn't take the unnecessary pain any more).
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From: "John D Rateliff" <sacnoth@...>
To: <email@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mythsoc] George Sayer, RIP
> Found the passage in Warnie's diaries that I was thinking of re. his
> conversation w. Sayer:
> "George told a story which gave me a nasty stab, his informant being
> Humphrey [=Dr. Havard]. The latter said that J [=CSL] killed himself by
> not going sick before that fatal term at Cambridge
- From: Stolzi <Stolzi@...>
"Others, I think, believe that Havard's own doctoring was part of the
Yes, that's Wilson's view: that Havard's ineptitude of having Lewis wear an old-fashioned catheter led to the poisoning of CSL's kidneys and weakening of his heart. Douglas Gresham also has a poor opinion of Havard. But then Gresham thinks Havard and Satan, not necessarily in that order, were responsible for his mother's death from cancer, so I don't take his view too seriously.
Wilson I do take seriously, but this is one of those times that I think he lets himself get misled by preconceptions. He thinks it's outrageous that a world-famous author, one of the most famous men of his day, was being treated by a local M.D. rather than getting the best medical treatment available at the time. But that's projecting today's view back into the past; Lewis thought of himself as someone who had once briefly been famous, and while Oxford had affection for him as one of the local characters ("there goes C.S. Lewis. It must be Thursday") they didn't treat him with that kind of deference, and he would have been horrified if they did. I also think Wilson and Gresham are misled by one of Havard's nicknames, "U.Q" (Useless Quack), into thinking he wasn't a good doctor. They might as well conclude that the Inklings dubbed him "the Red Admiral" in recognition of his great naval strategic abilities or bloodthirstiness. The whole point of the nickname was how inappropriate it was; kind of like Tolkien's point in OFS about the Frog Prince.
By contrast, I think the account of Lewis's ill health in his final years in Sayer's book v. well done: he was there at the time, and incorporates first-hand observation into his account. As Sayer tells it, Havard recommended surgery when Lewis started having prostate trouble, but CSL put it off. Havard seems to have proscribed the catheter as a stopgap measure, since otherwise Lewis could not have left the house. When CSL finally did agree to have the surgery, it was too late: the untreated prostate disease had caused uric poisoning, which led to partial kidney failure, which had in turn damaged his heart. His doctors told him to stop smoking, which he ignored, and put him on a low-protein diet, which he also seems to have largely ignored. He continued drinking large amounts of caffine and, I suspect, alcohol (though he seems to have tried to have cut down on the latter). Not an ideal patient, and it's sad but not surprising that he didn't get better.
"One's friends aren't always the best (thinking here of how my in-laws
finally quit going to their dentist even though they loved both him and his
wife, but they couldn't take the unnecessary pain any more)."
Perfectly true, but I have more confidence in the judgment of Tolkien, the Major, CSL, and Sayer on this point than in that of Gresham and Wilson. Don't forget that Havard was well-enough thought of that he was recalled from active duty during the war in order to do medical research at Oxford. Tolkien thought well enough of his abilities and judgment that he continued to consult him about Edith's health, even after Havard had retired and moved to the Isle of Wight.
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