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Greetings gorehounds. I'm back with another slew of press releases and information on some upcoming horror movies to keep an eye on in 2013! Let's get too it!
First up is Anchor Bay Entertainment and some info on the serial killer thriller Escapee! Here's the official press release.
Based on true events…
What the nature of unrelenting evil? Does it have a face? A voice? Once confronted, can we escape it? On April 16th, Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the suspense thrillerEscapee on Blu-ray™ and DVD.
Written and directed by Campion E. Murphy, Escapee stars Dominic Purcell (Hijacked, Bad Karma, "Prison Break"), Christine Evangelista (The Joneses), Faith Ford ("Murphy Brown," Hope & Faith"), Melissa Ordway (Ted, In Time, 17 Again) , and Carly Chaikin (The Last Song, "Suburgatory"). SRP for the Blu-ray™ is $24.99 and $22.98 for DVD. Pre-book is March 20th.
While on an observational trip to a high security prison for the criminally insane, young psychology student Abby Jones (Evangelista) has a chilling encounter with psychotic serial killer Harmon Porter (Purcell). Abby returns home that night to study with her two roommates, unaware of the dark forces she's unleashed within Harmon. That evening, while a hurricane rages through town, Harmon slashes his way out of jail, leaving a brutal trail of bloody bodies in his quest to possess the body and soul of Abby Jones.
Bonus features on Escapee DVD and Blu-ray™ include a making-of featurette, photo gallery and the trailer.
Next up is one I'm really looking forward to, Mimesis! A new twist on the classic George A. Romero film Night of the Living Dead, Mimesis drops next week from Anchor Bay! Check out an official synopsis, as well as two new clips they released on the public just before release day!
Turning the classic horror film NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
into a real life nightmare February 12th on Blu-ray™ and DVD
Why watch a horror film when you can live one?
For over a century, fans have had their blood curdled and spins chilled by the vicarious thrills of horror films. Whether populated by ghouls, slashers, zombies or vampires, fans flocked to have their pulse quickened and exercise their scream-generating skills. But one thing remained constant: eventually the story ended, because it was only a movie. What if it didn't have to end? What if the next level of horror was to experience a horror film from the inside?
*Mimesis, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary: "imitation, mimicry."
In the film, a group of horror fans find themselves unwilling participants in a living nightmare that pays homage to a classic horror film. Seven complete strangers whose only common link is a love for classic era horror films are invited to attend an exclusive "horror fan" party at a remote farm. But as the sun sets, these strangers soon find themselves within a real life version of the 1968 George Romero cult horror classic Night of the Living Dead!
Image Entertainment has released a new trailer and press release for their next upcoming genre film, The Frankenstein Theory.
From the makers of The Last Exorcism
VOD and theatrical engagements begin March 1st;
DVD arises March 26th
CHATSWORTH, CA – Before Robert DeNiro, before Christopher Lee or even Boris Karloff, there was the original novel: Frankenstein. Published in 1818 and written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, it is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of horror fiction in the English language. But what if it wasn't conjecture? What if the story of how one man dared to steal the secret of creation was true?
Image Entertainment will challenge all that you know, or think you know, with The Frankenstein Theory. Directed by Andrew Weiner, The Frankenstein Theorypremieres on VOD and select theatrical engagements on March 1st, with the DVD release set for March 26th. The DVD pre-book date is February 26th and is available for an SRP of $27.97.
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. The object of his ridicule? His obscure theory that Shelley's literary classic is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature nearly three hundred years old and still cloaked in mystery. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction…
Now for some independent horror news. Just north of the border from where I sit there's a little werewolf flick filming called Hunger Unholy. Unfortunately for fans of the subgenre, werewolves haven't been given their proper due the past couple years, and here's hoping Hunger Unholy will do just that! Check out the official teaser trailer, as well as the official facebook page here. I will keep my eyes and ears on this one, and any further news I hope to share!
Speaking of teaser trailers, Dustin Mills (Night of the Tentacles, Zombie A-hole) unleashed a first glimse at Easter Casket, his second film on the docket for this year! Much like the Bath Salt Zombies we premiered last month, this one looks like another good time! We'll continue to keep you updated on these and any other projects he pumps out this year!
That's gonna wrap up this edition of the Weekly Bloodlines! Any news or feedback please hit me up at email@example.com. Till next time…
Tags: Anchor Bay Entertainment, Easter Casket, Escapee, Hunger Unholy, IMAGE Entertainment, Mimesis, The Frankenstein Theory


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Mrs. Cushman & Me: Fond Memories of a Fierce Legend
People / Sep. 26, 2013 11:52am EDT
When I moved to Randolph in 1978 I had not practiced piano for about 15 years. Within a month, I called Florence Cushman and asked her to teach me. She said no, she was busy; but a week later, she called me and said, "Don't go to any of the others. I'm the one you want."
And that was the beginning of my ten-year journey into music.
On my first visit to her, Mrs. Cushman revealed that she was 84 or 85 years old and that she had played at times with the Chicago Symphony.
It seemed as if I had met an elderly eagle who gazed at me in the penetrating manner of a predator. She was searching for music, wherever she could find it: in me, in little kids, in Randolph, Vermont.
I would need to pay close attention and practice a lot to learn everything that Florence Cushman could teach me before she died; which I estimated could, given her age, be any moment. And yet, we had 10 solid years of learning together and she went on another nine after that. She was a wonderful, terrifying teacher.
With patience, she repeated ideas to me, restating them until she could see them land in my brain. But once, she just looked at me and said, "Stop playing wrong notes. Now."
She had given her life to music, and wouldn't have any of her students taking it lightly. If we wouldn't work, she wouldn't be our teacher. We explored music with one of the best, always mindful that she could and would send a slacker packing.
Scales and Arpeggios
During my son's elementary school years, I took the phone off the hook and practiced three hours each morning. I was in a hurry. She could expire soon. Daily, I started with scales and arpeggios—forty minutes of playing these routine building blocks in the various ways she devised to surprise lazy fingers longing for routine. She was teaching me the circle of keys and habits of practice.
The first time I stumbled through a Bach invention she said firmly, "You've never been taught to play Bach."
She retrieved the music from the piano, got out her red and blue pencils and began to mark Bach's themes: right side up, upside down, one hand then the other, and then, God forbid, both hands together. She declared, "No one can destroy Bach."
There's a chance, as I pounded out my versions, that she changed her mind.
We worked our way through the Preludes, the Nocturnes and the Etudes of Chopin. She showed me her way to think about and play sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven. We studied Prokoviev, Debussy, but no Ravel. I played Rachmaninov and Schumann and Mendelssohn and Shubert. Brahms became my love because he wrote meaningful alto lines that I could dig out of his chords and present as melody.
The Grieg Sonata
Once, when I had finished a Grieg sonata, it was time to play the entire thing for her. She perched on her office chair beside the piano, looking alert and dangerous. I began.
The Grieg is generous music: melodic and rich and filled with romance. It was going very well.
During the second movement, a slow one, I had time to glance at my teacher, the eagle in the office chair. She was slumped with her head bowed. Though concerned, I continued and played through the final movement exuberantly.
After letting the last chord ring for a few seconds I raised the pedal and my hands together. Turning, I saw Mrs. Cushman, quiet and still in her chair. Had I killed her with Grieg?
Tentative, I reached out my right index finger and gave her a little poke on the arm. She awoke! Not dead! But now we were in an awkward fix. How would we behave?
"My Grieg must have been very relaxing," said I, grinning like a circus chimp.
She sniffed with dignity and said that actually, it had been quite boring. She was the eagle and she was still alive! At least, we weren't going to dispute my interpretation of the Grieg.
When I remember my years with her, they come to me as a period of exploration, discovery, and discipline. I still go to the piano every day. I learn smarter now, but I'm old, so playing doesn't come so quickly.
Still, I never practice that I don't use the gifts Mrs. Cushman gave me: a head full of music and hands that want to play it.
Florence Scholl Cushman
Florence Scholl Cushman taught piano in Randolph for more than 40 years. Born in Joliet, Ill. in 1893, she first studied piano with Glenn Dillard Gunn, a concert pianist and music critic for the Chicago Tribune.
She made the first of several appearances with the Chicago Symhony Orchestra at age 21 as soloist in the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto; she also eventually played the concertos of Grieg, Schuman, and Liszt.
For several years, she accompanied the Chicago Singverien.
At 58, she married retired physician Charles Cushman, and they moved to Randolph, his hometown. One year after they came to Randolph, however, Dr. Cushman died, but Mrs. C. stayed on and continued to teach here until she was 102. She died on her birthday in 1997 at age 103.

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Cuomo vetoes bill improving notification of child care subsidy loss
ALBANY – Legislation to help give more timely notice to lower-income, working parents that child care subsidies they receive are being eliminated or reduced was vetoed Thursday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The veto surprised advocates who saw the bipartisan legislation, which sailed through both legislative houses this spring, as a modest request to give families more time to find alternatives if they are in jeopardy of losing benefits to hire child care help so they can work.
The bill, sponsored by two Buffalo lawmakers, was largely fueled by the problems that arose when the parents of 1,500 children in Erie County were given 10 days' notice that eligibility requirements were being toughened by the county and that they were losing their child care assistance.
But Cuomo, in his veto message, said the legislation, which was intended to require counties to notify the state 60 days in advance of changes that might drop child care benefits, would not work because there was no specific mandate that providers notify the parents who use their services for child care.
Instead, Cuomo said, he is directing the Office of Children and Family Services to look into the issue and possibly come up with another solution to ensure parents are given adequate time to prepare for the loss of child care assistance.
"The stated purpose of the bill is to give earlier notice to families of impending child care assistance changes, but this legislation would not ensure or even require any earlier notice to recipients than the currently mandated minimum 10 days' notice,'' Cuomo wrote in vetoing the legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Buffalo Democrat, and Sen. Mark Grisanti, a Buffalo Republican.
"This bill would have provided parents who lose their child care subsidy more time to find safe alternatives. More than a 10-day notice to parents is respectful of the child, the parent, the parent's employer and the child care provider as a small business,'' said Marie Cannon, chief executive officer of the Buffalo-based Child Care Resource Network, which advocated for the bill.
"We believed that this was an opportunity to lessen the stress and avoid crisis mode for parents, if and when child care subsidy is changed due to county fiscal constraints,'' she added.
Advocates say about 20 counties in recent years have changed eligibility requirements and given fewer than 10 days' notice to parents, some of whom had to quit jobs or reduce hours to stay at home with children because they could not afford child care services without the subsidies. Getting word earlier to parents who no longer qualify because of government-ordered eligibility changes would, they say, provide a better chance of working out arrangements with their employment or finding other child care alternatives.
In Erie County, 1,540 working families – with 2,040 children – receive the child care subsidy, according to Cannon's group.
The Albany-based Empire Justice Center, citing state statistics, said there is a monthly average of 69,170 children whose parents receive child care subsidies, which average $600 per child per month on a statewide basis for all types of care, including after-school and for children with special needs. Three-quarters of the funding for the programs is paid for by the federal government, but counties, which also pay a portion, have restricted the subsidies in recent years as their own financial problems mount.
Peoples-Stokes said the issue of losing child care without adequate notice can be a major problem for lower-income people with jobs who don't qualify for free child care and face severe financial squeezes if they have to pay the full, going rate for having their children looked after while they are at work.
"We're saying they should have more time than 10 days,'' she said.
But Peoples-Stokes said she was assured, in a phone conversation Thursday with Mylan Denerstein, Cuomo's counsel, that the Cuomo administration understands the problem. "I'm confident that we can work something out. I think they understand this is clearly an issue that impacts the working poor,'' the lawmaker said.
Peoples-Stokes said the administration already has arranged a meeting for her next week with officials from the Office of Children and Family Services in Albany to discuss solutions, which she said could be a fix in the legislation or an administrative action by the agency to get counties to give more direct notice to parents than the current 10 days.
"We are also encouraged that the governor has acknowledged that this is an important issue that New York state must address,'' added Cannon, whose group provides family services including child care advice and referrals.
In 2010, then-County Executive Chris Collins tightened eligibility requirements for the child care subsidies so fewer people could qualify by making the program cover households with incomes at 125 percent of the poverty rate from the previous 200 percent level. County Executive Mark Poloncarz has since amended the qualification level back to a household income that is 200 percent of the poverty rate. But advocates say all the subsidy slots are filled and there is a waiting list.
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TGIF {43}: Comfort Books
Comfort Reads: Which books do you go to for comfort & familiarity? Is there a type of book you seek out when you're needing that extra bit of comfort in your life?
If you are frequent visitor to my blog, and have read a few of my TGIFs that involve "favorites" than I think you know what my answer to this question is.
Two words: Jellicoe Road.
This book makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and totally disconnected from the outside world. That's the kind of book I love – one that pulls you into the deep depths of the story and tugs on your heart and makes you yell, "JUST KISS ALREADY!" and makes you flip pages really fast. That book for me is Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, the Queen of YA. (At least,
in my opinion.)
I do have another one, though! The only other book that I've read more than once and love it every time, and is by the King of YA. (Again, in my opinion. There should be an abbreviation for that… IMO? that soundsweird. Shoot off in comments. I'm curious.) Back to the topic at hand.
Paper Towns.
This book makes me laugh. Every. Single. Time. I adore Ben and his crazy weirdness, Margot and her spur of the momentness, Q and his deep thoughts that sometimes aren't as cool as he hopes (doesn't that happen to us all?), and Radar with Black Santa house. This book is YA and real life mixed into one book with some cool plot points. I wish this book was my life. I want to be an amateur spy (I don't know if that's what he is in the book exactly, but let's go with it) and go on a road trip with my friends and have to time it down to the second. Let's do it, buddies. You with me?
What are your Comfort Books? Mine seem to come in handy during stressful times, specifically standardized testing… *shudders* Happy thoughts for the summer, and….
Happy Friday!


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Plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Verizon Wireless have long claimed that the company over-billed customers in its former Family SharePlan tier, and it looks like the telecom titan is ready to pay up, to the tune of around $64.2 million. [More]
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Because apparently paying by cash or credit card is too old-school for some folks, the city of San Francisco has begun rolling out parking meters that allow smartphone users to feed the meter with a wave of their handheld mobile communications device.


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Docetaxel With or Without Oblimersen in Treating Patients With Hormone-Refractory Adenocarcinoma (Cancer) of the Prostate
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Oblimersen may increase the effectiveness of docetaxel by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving docetaxel together with oblimersen works compared to docetaxel alone in treating patients with hormone-refractory adenocarcinoma (cancer) of the prostate.
|Prostate Cancer
|Biological: oblimersen sodium Drug: docetaxel
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized Phase II Trial of Docetaxel (Taxotere) and Oblimersen (Antisense Oligonucleotide Directed to BCL-2) Versus Taxotere Alone in Patients With Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer
- Prostate-specific antigen response as measured by Bubley criteria every course until progression or after 12 courses
- Severe toxic events as measured by CTCAE v3.0 every course until progression or after 12 courses
- Time to progression as measured by RECIST and Bubley criteria every 3 courses, and then every 8 weeks until progression, and every 16 weeks from progression until death
- Toxicity as measured by CTCAE v3.0 every 3 courses, and then every 8 weeks until progression, and every 16 weeks from progression until death
- Objective response as measured by RECIST every 3 courses, and then every 8 weeks until progression, and every 16 weeks from progression until death
- Overall survival as measured by Logrank every 3 courses, and then every 8 weeks until progression, and every 16 weeks from progression until death
|Study Start Date:
|April 2004
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- Compare the activity of docetaxel with or without oblimersen, in terms of prostate-specific antigen response, in patients with hormone-refractory adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
- Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.
- Compare the time to progression in patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare survival of patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, metastatic disease (M0 vs M1 with non-measurable lesions only vs M1 with measurable lesions), prior estramustine (yes vs no), and prior bisphosphonates (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 5 and oblimersen IV continuously on days 1-7.
- Arm II: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1. In both arms, treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 8 weeks until progressive disease and then every 16 weeks thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 102 patients (51 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
Hormone-refractory disease
- Disease progression after prior hormonal therapy with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogues or orchiectomy and antiandrogens (given together or consecutively)
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression documented by at least 2 increases in PSA values over previous PSA reference value
- Must demonstrate continued PSA elevation for at least 6 weeks after discontinuation of antiandrogen therapy
- PSA ≥ 5 ng/mL (Hybritech or equivalent) within the past week
- Testosterone ≤ 0.5 ng/mL* NOTE: *Patients with medical castration with LH-RH analogue must continue with LH-RH analogue throughout the study
No evidence of painful and/or destructive bone metastases requiring concurrent radiotherapy, bisphosphonates, or bone-seeking radionuclides
- Other bone metastases allowed
- No clinical evidence of brain metastases
- 18 and over
Performance status
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- WBC ≥ 3,500/mm^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
- AST and ALT ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Bilirubin ≤ ULN
- PTT and PT ≤ 1.5 times ULN OR
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN OR
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
- No unstable angina
- No uncontrolled hypertension
- No deep venous thrombosis within the past 6 months
- No cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- No pulmonary embolism
- No history of interstitial pneumonitis
- No history of pulmonary fibrosis
- Adequate venous access
- HIV negative
- No active infection
- No pre-existing neuropathy
- No hypersensitivity to phosphorothioates
- No hypersensitivity to oligonucleotides or any other component of the oblimersen formulation or to drugs formulated with polysorbate
- No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated superficial urothelial or skin cancer
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Prior estramustine allowed
- No other prior chemotherapy
- No concurrent estramustine
Endocrine therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 6 weeks since prior flutamide, bicalutamide, or nilutamide
- More than 6 weeks since prior hormonal manipulation with PC-SPES
- Concurrent LH-RH agonist allowed
- No concurrent antiandrogens
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior radiotherapy involving > 25% of marrow-producing area
- No prior bone-seeking radionuclides
- No concurrent radiotherapy (including palliative therapy for painful bone metastases)
- No concurrent bone-seeking radionuclides
- See Disease Characteristics
- Prior bisphosphonates allowed
- No concurrent anticoagulation except for low-dose warfarin (1 mg/day)
- No concurrent regular (daily) intake of opioid analgesics
- No other concurrent experimental drugs or anticancer drugs
- No concurrent bisphosphonates
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00085228
|Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital
|Vienna, Austria, A-1100
|Onze Lieve Vrouw Ziekenhuis Aalst
|Aalst, Belgium, B-9300
|Institut Jules Bordet
|Brussels, Belgium, 1000
|Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
|Brussels, Belgium, 1200
|Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
|Ghent, Belgium, B-9000
|U.Z. Gasthuisberg
|Leuven, Belgium, B-3000
|Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital
|Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
|CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche
|Grenoble, France, 38043
|Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
|Zerifin, Israel, 70300
|Ospedale S. Camillo-Forlanini
|Rome, Italy, 00152
|Academisch Medisch Centrum at University of Amsterdam
|Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1105 AZ
|Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology
|Warsaw, Poland, 02-781
|Hospital Desterro
|Lisboa, Portugal, 2700
|Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron
|Barcelona, Spain, 08035
|United Kingdom
|Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
|London, England, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE
|Western Infirmary
|Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G11 6NT
|Study Chair:
|Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP
|Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo-Forlanini
|Responsible Party:
|European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00085228 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 10, 2004
|Last Updated:
|September 20, 2012
Keywords provided by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC:
adenocarcinoma of the prostate
recurrent prostate cancer
stage IV prostate cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Is Gilgamesh more like Adam or God and why?
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Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the anonymous Sumerian epic "Gilgamesh", really should not be compared to either God or Adam in the Bible. He is the King of Uruk, and a fairly typical protagonist of oral epos, doing heroic deeds. This is a story of how the King evolves from the hero, first by accomplishing great feats and then by learning wisdom. Neither Adam nor God does anything of the sort. The God of the Hebrews starts out all-powerful and all-knowing and does not change and evolve and Adam, although mortal like Gilgamesh, really is not a hero. The figures with whom Gilgamesh should be compared are the kings and heroes in the Bible, such as David and Solomon.
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Gilgamesh and Adam share some similarities. They both break divine prohibitions and suffer the consequences. They both loose chances of immortality. In each case, a snake is partly responsible for this loss and eternal life is associated with eating magical food. We find Adam and Gilgamesh clothed in animal skins after their respective punishments. The paradise motif is found in both Gilgamesh and Genesis, and in each the entrance is protected by fearsome guardians (scorpion men, cherubim). There does seem to be some cross over of imagery going on here, and this extends to other parts of the texts. The Genesis flood story, for example, is clearly modelled on the older Mesopotamian flood story found in Gilgamesh and Atrahasis.
Even closer parallels to the story of Adam and Eve are found in the account of Enkidu and Shamhat. Both stories involve the creation of a man from the earth who lives in a natural setting with animals for companions. In each case the man is tempted by a woman who introduces him to new food. The characters are naked, but later clothe themselves. Enkidu is told that he has become "wise" and "like a god", and this has strong echoes in Genesis when Eve is told that she will "be like God", and perceives that the fruit is desirable for "gaining wisdom". Finally, Enkidu, like Adam and Eve, experiences a transformation and cannot return to his former state.


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My Little Purple Mermaid
This is the costume I made for my granddaughter for Halloween. The second picture is of the costume after things were made. I added a purchased lavender top to wear underneath, and crocheted a scarf to keep her warn for Trick or Treating!
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When Jordan emailed me and asked if I'd be willing to give Blue Bunny Ice Cream a try I did NOT expect the cornucopia of sweet treats that were delivered to my door step.
Sent in a cooler with dry ice (how cool is that stuff?!?), I received 6 products! Here's a mini review of each…
FrozFruit® Superfruit® Pomegranate Cherry
80 calories, 0g of fat, 0g of fiber, 1.5 WWP
These were in my top 2 of the products I received. I'm obsessed with pomegranate right now, so this immediately peaked my interest. I liked them. The texture was awesome, the chunks of cherries were cool and it had a great flavor. Of course it did! It's pomegranate!
FrozFruit® No Sugar Added Chunky Strawberry
35 calories, 0g of fat, 3g of fiber, 0 WWP
Umm yeah, 0 points?!?! Need I say more? ;~P I don't but I will. These were yummy! The flavor was good but they do have a bit of that sugar free aftertaste and their texture is a bit off. You know what I'm talking about, right? They just seem real "solid". But if you let them sit at room temp for just a bit, perfect!
No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Ice Cream Bunny Tracks®
1/2 cup 150 calories, 8g of fat, 3g of fiber, 3 WWP
Have you guys every heard of moose tracks ice cream? If you haven't, consider yourself lucky. That freakin' ice cream was responsible for at least 10 of the 60lbs I gained in college. But I digress. :~) This ice cream is good, and I love the moose track knock off with bunnies and peanut butter. It's not the lowest point ice cream you can get but the flavor is fun and the texture is perfect. The husband has almost single handedly finished it off. His quote… "Ask them to send you more of THAT."
Sweet Freedom® Ice Cream Bar Black Raspberry
90 calories, 7g of fat, 2g of fiber, 2 WWP
This is my other favorite. Seriously, I WILL be buying these again. The black raspberry ice cream is creamy and delicious. The chocolate coating YUMMY and together, a perfect combination!
100 Calorie Butter Pecan Ice Cream Bars
100 calories, 7g of fat, 2g of fiber, 1 WWP
I can't really give these a fair review as I don't like Butter Pecan. I took a bite and it tasted like… well…. butter pecan. So if you like that sort of thing I'm sure you'll like these too. ;~P
Personals® Light Ice Cream Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
100 calories, 2.5g of fat, 3g of fiber, 1.5 WWP
I LOVE the idea of portioned ice cream cups as sometimes I suffer from excessive taste-itis while scooping from a large container. Seriously, I think I eat more scooping then I actually put in my bowl! So I love the idea of pulling out one of these portioned cups. Now…. the taste? Well, at first bite I didn't like the cheesecake ice cream. It seemed overly sweet to me. Then I got a bite with a bit of raspberry swirl and a chocolate flake. Oh My Word! Delicious! You just need to get the swirl with the ice cream and then it's golden. WARNING: Apparently a "personal" container is for 2! There are 2 servings in each, that makes them 3.5 WWP per container. Not too "personal" if you ask me! ;~P
I told you, that was a LOT of ice cream wasn't it? I'm just happy I'll have a house full of guests next week to help me knock it off! I'd give it away to you guys, but shipping ice cream seems overly complicated. So poor me, I'm stuck with it. Guess I HAVE to scoop out some Bunny Tracks! ;~P I mean SOMEONE has to eat it. LOL
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High-tech sunvas snc fabric conquers the market
At the beginning of 2013 German awning manufacturer markilux completely restructured its shading fabric collection by replacing the tried and tested, yet outdated acrylic quality with an innovative new material named sunvas snc. This high-performance, polyester-based fabric, alongside sunsilk snc, now forms an integral part of markilux' extensive World of Colours fabric collection.
The development of sunvas snc spanned almost five years and now, after almost a full year in the market, the company has finally been able to take stock of consumer acceptance of the new fabric.
"Our expectations were very high concerning the acceptance of our new sunvas snc fabric. Every product must first gain a foothold in the market and convince the inevitable sceptics, however good a product it may be", says managing director of markilux's parent company Schmitz-Werke, Dan Schmitz.
The sales figures are particularly gratifying, showing that up to and including December 2013 more than 50 per cent of all awnings ordered were fitted with fabric covers made from sunvas snc – around 390,000 square metres of material which could cover almost 20 Melbourne Cricket Grounds.
According to Schmitz the company was convinced from the start that replacing acrylic in its entirety with sunvas snc was the correct decision to make.
"We invested a lot of time in developing a new awning fabric which, like acrylic, has a uniquely textile feel, but at the same time has similar technical and performance characteristics to those of our sunsilk snc fabric. Sunvas snc is comparatively tear resistant, light-resistant, weatherproof and water resistant, and retains its shape well. It also offers a much wider range of colours and patterns."
In Australia awnings with sunvas snc are available exclusively through markilux Australia and its exclusive network of retail distributors.
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"Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com> writes: > I am just starting to test out Postgres8 beta1 and notice that the > deadlock detection mechanism is not working (under windows XP pro with > service pack 1). I am using the version of Postgres built by the > PGFoundry project, and have it installed as a service. > To produce the bug I simply launch 2 separate psql windows, begin a > transaction in each, then do staggered 'SELECT ... FOR UPDATE' calls on 2 > different rows in each of the psql windows, in reverse order. The two > processes will hang indefinitely. > The deadlock detection for 8beta1 seems to work fine under linux btw. I > have not tried this using a version of 8beta1 built using cygwin, but I > have run versin 7.4 under cygwin before without this problem. A reasonable theory about this would be that the timer interrupt isn't firing. Does "statement_timeout" work either? regards, tom lane
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Were it not for a fraught relationship, what has transpired between India and China in recent months could even be termed a coup in ties between the two. In appearance—from the incursion in Depsang valley in Ladakh to the celebratory atmosphere around Li Keqiang's visit on Monday morning—the two neighbours seem to have moved away from conflict at light speed.
But once the diplomatic bromides are dispensed with, the fact of immense distrust between Beijing and New Delhi cannot be hidden. In India's case, the problem is compounded by the utter cluelessness on the part of its establishment in understanding and dealing with the People's Republic. China's moves, in contrast, are thought out and calibrated to suit its requirements—military and diplomatic. This has been a constant since the 1950s.
Recent events prove this amply. In the days after the incursion in Ladakh, India tried appeasing China. There was no shortage of mollifying actions—ranging from the acne comment by external affairs minister Salman Khurshid to restraining the army from a giving a suitable response. In the end, India did not understand why China did what it did. The fact is that in two out of three conflict and conflict-like situations with India—1962, 1986 (Walong in Arunachal Pradesh) and now in 2013—Beijing has been embroiled in disputes or has faced serious internal challenges. It simply manufactures conflict-like situations with India to manage problems elsewhere, be they domestic or those with its neighbours.
India's response, if it can be called that, is to hope for the storm to pass. Beyond that, influential voices argue for deepened commercial and economic ties as a solution to political problems. These hopes are misplaced. Japan and the US have far deeper economic relations with China. India's trade with last year China stood at $67 billion. Japan's was in excess of $300 billion. America's involvement is beyond numbers and the economic ties between Washington and Beijing are close to being umbilical. That has not prevented China from behaving aggressively with either one. It wants the US out of the East Pacific. Barack Obama's pivot to the Pacific now lies buried somewhere. As to Japan, at the first hint of trouble, it is Japanese businesses that are boycotted.
To believe that India, with its $67 billion worth of trade, can alter Chinese behaviour is to be exceptionally naïve. To be sure, trade with China and import of cheap goods helps Indian consumers. To an extent, trade may have a stabilizing influence for a period, as it did in the case of US from 1971 until, say, a decade ago. But to expect trade to remove the political differences is to expect too much. And that is where the problems lie.
The response has to be different. At a very practical level, it has to stop the confusion and waffling that marks its dealing with China. This has far greater importance than realized so far. For example, after the weak response over the past month, reports suggest that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had tough words over the border row with Premier Li Keqiang. The impression conveyed—both to China and other countries that observe India carefully—is one of confusion. A consistent line is essential.
India began a Look East policy with much fanfare some years earlier. That seems to have lost steam. It is time that India aggressively pursued political and military ties with countries such as Vietnam and Japan. New Delhi also needs to have a frank dialogue with Washington on China. This does not imply hostility but amounts to paying China back in its own coin. Meeting the Chinese challenge requires careful coordination with other countries. For this to happen, India has to shed its timidity and the fear of how its big neighbour will respond.
It is also time India blended diplomacy with the pursuit of commercial interest meaningfully. Indian companies often lose out to their Chinese peers abroad due to lack of government support. Even today, our foreign policy establishment has a brahmanical disdain for private companies. From Africa to Latin America, Indian companies are waging a lonely and losing battle with no home support. This has to end.
Together, these measures promise a political and economic combination sufficient to combat China. In all this, India is not devoid of advantages. Much of the world views the rise of China with suspicion. India does not attract such ill will. That is a great, unrealized advantage that New Delhi has not appreciated. The sooner it wakes up, the better it will be for it and the world.
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I don't mean to be a dick, but does Greg Oden from Ohio State's basketball team have Marfan Syndrome with a side of Progeria or what? That dude is 19 years old, and he looks like he should be attending his own Pro Basketball Hall of Fame induction, talking about how much better the game was before they used backboards and shit.
Even more curious is his team picture this year. Here he is with his coach, Thad Matta:
Do you see what I'm talking about? I'm just saying if you make Robert Wadlow
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In all seriousness though, do you think they will do anything in terms of crediting or compensating the people staying at that hotel? I mean it is crazy town there right now
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SHREVEPORT, La. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for addiction and obesity, announced today that the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC-S) has received a $3.9 million dollar grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant will support the next stages of development for Embera's drug candidate EMB-001 to treat cocaine dependence, as well as advance EMB-001 into clinical testing. Work done under this grant will also support Embera's clinical development program for EMB-001 for smoking cessation.
EMB-001 is a novel addiction treatment based on discoveries by Dr. Nicholas Goeders, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience at LSUHSC-S, and licensed exclusively to Embera by LSU. Dr. Goeders also serves as Embera's Chief Scientific Officer, as approved by LSU. In addition to Dr. Goeders' research in cocaine and methamphetamine dependence, Embera has conducted studies in a preclinical model of nicotine dependence, confirming the potential for EMB-001 as a smoking cessation treatment and showing statistically significant performance versus the positive control (varenicline).
Bob Linke, Chief Executive Officer of Embera, said, "We are delighted to receive positive scientific validation and support from NIDA for Dr. Goeders' discoveries and Embera's subsequent development work. We are excited to continue our work with Dr. Goeders to advance the development of EMB-001 to treat cocaine dependence and enable clinical development of EMB-001 for smoking cessation, a $3.5 billion worldwide market."
This innovative treatment approach is based on Dr. Goeders' insights from years of research into the physiologic responses to chronic stress in addiction. EMB-001 is a combination drug that acts by mechanisms distinct from those of existing addiction treatments, and comprises two FDA-approved medications, the benzodiazepine oxazepam and the cortisol synthesis inhibitor metyrapone. Through the modulation of stress-related pathways, EMB-001 targets the drivers of addictive behavior. Clinical activity using EMB-001 has been shown in a pilot study in cocaine-dependent human subjects. In addition, efficacy in cocaine, nicotine and methamphetamine dependence has been demonstrated in preclinical studies.
Dr. Goeders added, "Addiction affects millions of people in the U.S. and results in significant costs to the healthcare system. Cocaine dependence and abuse alone afflict 1.6 million Americans. Despite this, there are no FDA-approved medications for the treatment of cocaine dependence; a compelling need for safe and effective therapies to address this addiction therefore remains. We believe that EMB-001 may have the potential to fulfill this need, and we appreciate the support of NIDA to bring this drug candidate closer to patients."
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Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. is a development stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating a broad range of addictions and obesity where the major clinical challenge is a limited range of effective drug therapies. Embera is developing a novel drug combination (EMB-001) targeting specific brain functions that drive craving and relapse associated with these disorders, an approach based on breakthrough discoveries of the scientific founder, Dr. Nicholas Goeders. Embera is advancing EMB-001 development programs in smoking cessation and cocaine dependence based on these results.
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Does Choosing Arbor Hospice Mean There is Nothing More We Can Do?
No, there is much that can be done. With Arbor Hospice, the focus of treatment changes from curing the disease to treating its symptoms, making the patient comfortable and supporting the family unit. Arbor Hospice is a choice about getting help so patients can live every day to its fullest and their families get support to care for their loved one while navigating their own feelings of loss.
Recent studies have shown that hospice and palliative care services may actually prolong life. One clinical study, based on 4,493 terminally
ill patients indicated that hospice patients lived an average of 29 days longer than those who received conventional treatment.(1) And, a 2010 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that lung cancer patients who received early palliative care lived 23.3% longer than those who delayed palliative treatment. Researchers hypothesized that study participants received care that better managed their symptoms leading to stabilization of their condition.(2)
1. Connor, S .R ., et al ., Vol . 33, No . 3, March 2007, Survival of Hospice Patients, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 238-246
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Seriously, did you not even look at any Youtube videos or online reviews? That is normally what people would do before buying a game so I do not think you are getting a refund plus you did not even go into any detail as to WHY the game play blows so I am unsure if you are a troll or not.
Sorry for lack of detail.
Initially Windows warned me that the game was not signed by the publisher and warned me against dowloading it because it might harm my computer.
The game play is hindered by the slow jerky mouse controls and impossible to play with only a D-Pad.
Additional episodes will not download. All I get is a bogus internet connection error message.
Just want to be able to play the game smoothly. A game should not be frustrating and require extra work, it should just play with ease.:guybrush:
jimmythefist wrote: »Additional episodes will not download. All I get is a bogus internet connection error message.
Did you try completely uninstalling TWD including deleting savegames and settings?
First make a backup copy of
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Henrico's Top Teachers – Ragan Collins
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor (Photo by Robert Thomas for the Henrico Citizen) 02/16/12
During her six years at Ratcliffe Elementary School, Ragan Collins has quickly become the school's rock. Officially, Collins is a second grade teacher. Unofficially, she's a friend, mentor, assistant and encyclopedia all rolled into one.
"Ninety-nine percent of the time, Ms. Collins can give you helpful information on any of our 460 students that attend Ratcliffe," a colleague wrote in a nomination letter. "Parents adore Ms. Collins, students are mesmerized by her and her colleagues use her for a resource at any given time of the day."
Collins, who thought her love of children would lead to a career in pediatrics or child psychology, admits that she has a way with kids.
"I refer to myself as a child-magnet," she says with a laugh. "Even when I'm out in public, strangers' children will reach for me.
Her bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia is in psychology. "So, I can gauge what students need from me," she says. "Sometimes it's a hug, sometimes it's just me listening to them.
"Every child is waiting to get that positive experience from school [but] there are some who have just never had a positive experience that has made them buy into it. That's the first thing that I'm going to do – try to get them to buy in."
In the classroom, colleagues marvel at her ability to improve the reading skills of her students by one or two grade levels each year. The secret, she says, is not really a secret at all.
"It's just giving them a comfortable space where they can have some meaningful practice. It's not that they can't read, it's not that they don't want to read – it's just that they're seven."
To help give them extra practice, Collins constantly utilizes reading exercises across all topics, including social studies, math and other core subjects. And when a child who has struggled with reading finally breaks through?
"It is my favorite part of the job," Collins says. "I'll see them blossom. . . and it is just an absolutely beautiful experience."
Collins has regularly had several special needs students in her classes with mainstream students, but her approach is the same with all students.
"There are 18 different personalities in my room at any one time," she said. "It's a constant balancing act to meet all of those needs.
"I'm in a place where I feel like I really matter to the kids, a place where I feel like I've been instrumental in some of their successes. Every year I get that affirmation that, you know what? This is a pretty rockin' job."
State trooper shot in Henrico cul-de-sac
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SEPT. 20, 11:30 A.M. – A North Carolina woman who Virginia State Police say shot a state trooper in Henrico last night has been charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The woman, Karisa Shyanne Daniels, 23, of Durham, N.C., allegedly fired at Senior Trooper C. A. Putnam on Lakeway Court, a Henrico cul-de-sac near September Drive shortly before midnight, following a chase. > Read more.
C-SPAN bus to visit UR Sept. 27
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The University of Richmond will host a multi-media C-SPAN bus Sept. 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. The "50 Capitals Tour" – open to the public on – is designed to engage students and community members through interactive demonstrations of C-SPAN's multi-platform public service resources.
The 45-foot customized motor coach will be placed on the University Forum. > Read more.
Free flu shots available at MedExpress, opening Sept. 20
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MedExpress Urgent Care will open a new neighborhood medical center in Henrico Sept. 20 at 8040 W. Broad St. To help Richmond-area residents prepare for the upcoming flu season, the new center will offer free flu shots to patients ages four and up starting the day the center opens and while supplies last.
An open house celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held prior to opening day, Sept. 19 from noon to 2 p.m. > Read more.
Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week: Sept. 18, 2017
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Crime Stoppers is seeking information about a shooting in Richmond that resulted in an injured child and the murder of an adult.
At approximately 10:21 p.m., Sept. 9, Richmond Police were called to the 3200 block of 5th Avenue for a report of a person shot. They quickly located two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, a 57-year-old male and a 9-year-old female. > Read more.
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Commonwealth Senior Living at the West End, located at 2400 Gaskins Rd., will hold their grand opening on Oct. 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The community recently underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation which included the addition of a new memory care neighborhood, new resident suites, an expanded dining room, and brand-new courtyards and additional outdoor spaces. Commonwealth Senior Living associates will be on site to provide tours of the newly renovated community. > Read more.
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After breaking records with Om Shanti Om, Farah Khan is back with Tees Maar Khan starring the hit jodi - Akshay-Katrina. See Trailer Tees Maar Khan is the story of a half Robinhood - a thief who steals from the rich but doesn't give it to the poor. The wanted criminal is played by Akshay Kumar - a messiah with a twist.
The film's item girl is none other than the good girl Katrina Kaif who sheds her inhibitions to sizzle as an ultra glam dancer.
With action, comedy, masala and Katrina's shimmying moves, the film is touted as the next blockbuster.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Jan. 19, 1809
Suffolk County
Massachusetts, USA
Oct. 7, 1849
Baltimore City
Maryland, USA
Author, Poet. Most remembered for his influence on other writers and poets through his imaginative use of literary style and for his near flawless use of rhythm and sound in his poetry. He is considered the father of the modern detective story and the psychological thriller. Born in Boston, the son of touring actors David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. When he was three years old, his parents died, and he was taken into the home of John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia, who renamed him Edgar Allan Poe. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia, staying only one year, and running up large gambling debts that John Allan refused to pay. Allan pulled him from college and broke up his engagement to Elmira Royster. Lacking means of support, Poe enlisted in the Army, but had his first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems", published at his expense, and was able to pay off his debts. Reconciled with Allan, his adoptive father paid for his release from the Army and secured an appointment to West Point for Poe (USMA Class of 1834), but he dropped out after six months. His fellow cadets paid for a publishing of his book, "Poems" (1831), which contained his famous poem "To Helen." Taking up residence with his aunt, Maria Clemm, in Baltimore, he supported himself with writing stories, which he sold to the Philadelphia Saturday Courier and other newspapers. In 1835, he married his cousin,
Virginia Clemm
, who was 13 years old, and moved to Richmond, where he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He was highly praised for his reviews of contemporary writers, but this also brought him criticism from those offended, who complained to the magazine's owners. In January 1837, the owners fired him as editor, but continued to publish his poems and stories. He moved to New York City, then to Philadelphia and back to New York, each time looking to establish himself in the literary world, but with only moderate success. In January 1847, Virginia died, and he became a heavy drinker. In 1849, he revisited Richmond, and was able to become engaged to his first love, Elmira Royster. Returning to Baltimore, he was found unconscious on a Baltimore street, and died "of congestion of the brain" according to the local newspapers. Popular lore states that he died of alcoholism, however, some claim that he died from exposure or from encephalitis. In 1875, a group of local school children donated a grave stone for him. In 1949, he was honored on a 3 cent US postage stamp.
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Baltimore City
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ANAHEIM – Jodi Michelle Pier Estepp picked up her dead daughter's belongings Wednesday at the Anaheim Police Department.
Mascara. Lipstick. Some clothes and a duffel bag.
It was the bag that 21-year-old Jarrae Nykkole Estepp packed before she hopped on a Greyhound bus from Oklahoma to California last month. The one that police recovered from a motel room on Beach Boulevard after her naked body was discovered March 14 on a conveyor belt at a recycling plant in Anaheim.
The discovery helped Anaheim police develop leads that they say linked two registered sex offenders to the killing of Estepp and three other women: Kianna Jackson, 20, of Las Vegas; Josephine Vargas, 34, of Santa Ana; and Martha Anaya, 28, of Santa Ana, all of them sex workers. The latter three had been missing since the fall.
"No parents should have to pick these things up," Jodi Estepp said after she collected her daughter's few belongings. "I feel that I wish I was picking her up from jail one more time, anything (other) than picking her stuff up."
A worker at Republic Services spotted the body partially covered by debris on the belt used to separate recyclables from trash and yard waste. A day later, police identified her as Jarrae Estepp, a Modesto-born woman who had previously faced prostitution charges in Oklahoma City.
Prosecutors have charged Steven Dean Gordon, 45, and Franc Cano, 27, both transients and convicted sex offenders, with four counts of special circumstances murder and four counts of rape.
Authorities believe there is another victim in Orange County but have not yet identified her.
If convicted, the men face a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole and are eligible for the death penalty.
Jarrae Estepp's parents moved to Oklahoma when she was about 5 years old. Her father and her sister died in a car wreck when she was about 10. Her mother worked to raise the remaining four children alone, as a bartender, waitress and cook.
Jarrae Estepp did not graduate from high school. She rebelled in her teenage years, moved in and out of her home and got into prostitution, her mother said.
She had a child out of wedlock in 2012, when she was 19, and began living with her boyfriend – the baby's father – in Oklahoma City.
Jodi Estepp said her daughter wanted to be a nurse at one time. She stopped street walking and became a stripper, and "that's where her passion lied and that's what she enjoyed," Jodi Estepp said.
She also worked as a car hop at Sonic burger and as a housekeeper at Comfort Inn to make ends meet, her mother said.
"I was perfectly fine with the exotic dancing and watched her dance. She loved the attention. She was very good at it … and I was proud of her. It was better than the prostitution that she was trying to get out of," Jodi Estepp said.
Jarrae Estepp was going to Fresno to see her brother, Jodi Estepp said. She stopped in San Bernardino for a layover of a couple of days, and must have come to Orange County because she had been here before, her mother said.
A woman Jodi Estepp talked with at the motel where Jarrae stayed told her she had seen Jarrae walk to a nearby soup kitchen. "I am thinking that that's maybe where she was headed and they took her," Jodi Estepp said.
Jodi Estepp said she is sure that her daughter – 5 feet 4, 135 pounds – put up a fight.
"She'd have to be forced," Estepp said. "I don't know how their paths crossed. It would have took both of them (to subdue her)."
Jarrae would have put up a violent struggle against her attackers, her mother said.
"She would have fought to the end," Estepp said.
The night before she was killed, Jodi Estepp talked with her daughter.
"We talked about her baby brother's graduation next month," Estepp said.
"She was a wonderful daughter, my best friend," she said crying. "She was a cousin and niece, a sister, a grandchild, a mother, and there's many, many, many people who will miss her dearly."
At the Anaheim Police Department on Wednesday, Estepp hugged Anaheim homicide Detective Julissa Trapp.
Estepp previously praised Anaheim detectives' work, calling police efforts "remarkable."
"From Day One, (Trapp) made a promise to me and she's kept it, that I could trust her to bring justice for Jarrae and my family, and she did that," Estepp said.
Trapp gave her a rosary that dangled on Jodi Estepp's neck as she talked Wednesday at an Anaheim motel.
"She prayed with it and she wanted me to have it," Estepp said. "She's a wonderful, wonderful woman."
"We hugged really tight. She's been like my guardian angel through this whole thing," Estepp said.
"When your daughter is taken and murdered like this and you have that one person that can bring you peace, justice," she said, her lips quivering and hands shaking, "It's like your whole world depends on that one person, and she's been it."
Estepp collected her daughter's belongings and said she felt like this was probably the last she would hear from Trapp.
But "she was reassuring me that it was not done between (my) and her relationship," Estepp said.
"That she's working on the other cases, so if I don't hear from her in a couple of days, not to be worried. Jarrae is still her angel and if it wasn't for (Jarrae), that she still wouldn't have the leads and everything, and these girls would still be a mystery."
"Jarrae is her angel and she's mine," said the mother, who hopes to collect her daughter's remains Monday and take them back to Oklahoma to be buried with Jarrae's dad.
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NEW YORK (Jun. 18)
The Jewish National Fund today urged every American Jew to subscribe to the planting of at least ten trees in Israel as a personal tribute to her first ten years of independence and as a means of helping the Jewish State to rehabilitate large areas of barren or eroded soil for agriculture and immigrant settlement.
The call to plant "Ten Trees for Ten Years of Israel" was issued by the JNF's board of directors from the land agency's headquarters here. The Jewish National Fund said that every person who plants at least "Ten Trees for Ten Years of Israel" will have his or her name and the amount of the subscription inscribed on a Scroll of Honor to be presented to President Itzhak Ben Zvi of Israel later this year.


text: [[http://witchesreign.dreamwidth.org/profile Here.]] Characters find themselves in Balamb Garden twenty-one years after the events of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. Thanks to the sorceress Ultimecia's attempts to make time one single moment, people from different worlds were drawn into the unnamed world of FFVIII thanks to the resulting "Time Compression." As either Cadets, Instructors, or [=SeeDs=], characters are expected to learn the rigors and rules of a top-notch mercenary organization and accordingly work with it until they can find a way back to their homeworlds. That, however, is much easier said than done. ----!! This game provides examples of:* ADegreeInUseless: Averted: every major (even the less physically-dependent ones like Intelligence) is important in some way.* AcademyOfAdventure: Even without the shenanigans of time compression, Garden teaches kids how to use magic and mystical forces as well as the usual SpySchool fare.* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Subverted: Claire is mildly weirded out by the fact that this world's chocobos are not, unlike the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII XIII]] world's.* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Grell threatens to kill people who don't vote for her for Homecoming Princess; Tom thinks something would have exploded if she or Sharpay hadn't won their respective titles. Subverted by all the other [=SeeD=] candidates, who didn't care about or want their titles.* AmazonBrigade: The game roster consists of a disproportionate number of cute, friendly, capable girls.* BagOfSharing: If the school has access to one canon Guardian Force, every character can junction it.* BeachEpisode: Kiden throws together a weekend trip to the beach. IntoxicationEnsues.* BigBrotherInstinct: [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic Espio]]. One reason not to mess with Tobias.* BossInMookClothing: Averted. Most of the cast slaps the crap out of the poor T-Rexaurs in the training center without breaking a sweat.* ClassTrip: While Garden is on break in Esthar, students are invited to the presidential palace and to Odin's laboratory.* CompetenceZone: Subverted. The minimum age for taking the [=SeeD=] field exam is 15, which many of the younger kids, heroes or deadly assassins in their own canons, are not impressed with. The maximum age for attaining [=SeeDship=] is 25, but the Headmaster seems to have turned a blind eye to several of the older characters, and some of the immortals are outright lying about their ages.* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Barnaby considers Pinkie Pie one.* DullSurprise: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Seifer]]-mun's reaction towards everything. Including you.* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Balamb Garden, reprising its role from its home series.* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: Tobias, though it's less a typical eyepatch and more of a medical one.* FantasticRacism: Many of the natives of the [=VIII=] world do not look kindly on off-worlders, most notably an [=NPC=] GirlPosse.* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Played straight with [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian]].* FoodFight: During the superpowers event, fuelled by Zephyr's sudden ability to generate baked goods and Kiden's sudden invisibility.* FundraiserCarnival: Subverted: The carnival was originally just part of homecoming, but then the Garden Festival Committee decided to give the funds to charity.* GlobalAirship: Besides the Ragnarok, Espio has donated his own airship to Garden. On the other side, an old-school Final Fantasy style airship -- a literal ship with propellers instead of sails -- has fallen into the hands of a different faction.* GuestFighter: [[Creator/DCComics Impulse]] holds a superhero party, attended mostly by the DC and Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} casts, but also [[AlternateUniverse Miracle]] [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]], and [[Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage Luki]].** Played with when ''enemies'' from other worlds start turning up and destroying things... including ComMons from Franchise/{{Pokemon}} in the tall grass.* GymClassHell: Jecht's swimming class.* HeroicBSOD: [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic Espio]] goes through one when he sees his home reality implode.* HighSchoolDance: Valentine's and homecoming dances are added to the graduation ball returning from the original game.* HumanityEnsues: Temporarily achievable via a potion invented by [[Literature/HarryPotter Professor Slughorn]].* HypocriticalHumor: Sharpay breaks curfew to have a New Year's countdown with Tom, and clears out the secret area to do so by telling everyone off for breaking curfew.* IncrediblyLamePun: This being a spooky jamjar game, there was an event that involved a [[http://witchesreign.dreamwidth.org/403803.html portal to the jam dimension]].** [[{{Squick}} No one was happy]] when [[WordofGod Word of Mod]] revealed [[http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/042/1/c/strangely_obsessed_with_tubs_of_jelly_by_perinigricon-d4pd5d1.png where the jam actually came from]].* [[InformedJudaism Informed Islam]]: Subverted with [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian Razem]]. Although he seems like a Muslim who's more show than tell, his constant use of Arabic and subtle obedience towards his religion indicates that he's more than just talk. * InstantFanClub: That same NPC GirlPosse happen to be Trepies, and also think [[HotTeacher Snow]] is quite good-looking.* LeaningOnTheFurniture: If there is any furniture, it's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Seifer]]'s now.* MilitarySuperhero: Played straight for any of the characters from either the Franchise/DCUniverse or Franchise/MarvelUniverse, as they're superheroes who have graduated or will graduate and work for Garden as part of its mercenary force. * MistakenForPregnant: Espio leaves his turnip stash in Marco's dorm room without telling him; Marco leaps to the conclusion that it is a message from Grell in vegetable language.* TheNapoleon: [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim,]] since his classmates are mostly normal-human-sized... and he ran into [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow]] not long after enrolling.* NextSundayAD: Despite being set twenty-one years after ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', it appears that [[ScienceMarchesOn Science Has Not Marched On]].** RealitySubtext: Until the game's move to Dreamwidth, when the characters receive wireless-capable laptops and much of the world outside Garden also gets a technological upgrade.* OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding: Now that students are sponsored by outside groups, Garden has the money to quickly build an adults' lounge on a newcomer's request while they have the dorms renovated.** Averted when for some reason that surely has nothing to do with things like building adult lounges on request, Balamb Garden ends up so broke it has to bring in a new Commander to clean up the mess and make missions profitable. * PapaWolf: [[OnePiece Marco]]. Another reason you don't mess with Tobias.* RememberTheNewGuy: Characters applied as [=SeeDs=] have at least a year of handwaved history within the setting, and including CR in this handwave is an option.* SchoolPlay: The drama classes put one on every quarter, having so far performed ''RomeoAndJuliet'' set in the first Sorceress War [[AC:WITH LASERS!]] and ''Theatre/{{Cats}}''.* ShipperOnDeck: Did they talk to each other? Miss Tattler ships it now.* StandardStatusEffects: The subject of an entire event within the game.* {{Subject 101}}* [[SuperPowersForADay Super Powers For A Month]]: The focus of an event - some powerless characters received powers, some had new powers swapped for their old ones, some swapped powers with other people, and some unlucky sods were BroughtDownToNormal. Powers received include:** TheEmpath: Selphie absorbs the emotions of anyone she touches and [[PowerIncontinence can't turn it off]].** {{Flight}}: Joe, Dick; Danny Masters gets Clark Kent's flight.** FriendToAllLivingThings: Squall and Sharpay, with the latter's friendliness extending to [[FriendToBugs bugs and monsters]]. Equius also receives Tavros' friendliness.** HealingHands: Tom.** AnIcePerson: Riku.** IntangibleMan: Clark Kent gets Danny's ghost powers in return.** {{Invisibility}}: Kiden, who also starts turning things she touches invisible.** MindOverMatter: Cid Raines.** PrehensileHair: Goose.** PlayingWithFire: Rolo gets Zuko's Firebending; Espio also gets firepowers.** SuperSpeed: Danny again.** SuperStrength: Danny again; Tavros gets Equius'.** TimeStandsStill: Zuko gets [[BlessedWithSuck Rolo's Geass]], making people think this has happened.** WingedHumanoid: Rinoa gets stuck with the wings from her Angel Wing Limit Break ''all the time''.** XRayVision: Redglare.* TeacherStudentRomance: Nothing has developed exclusively in the game, but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow]] was the Martial Arts Instructor, and Serah was just a student.* ThanksgivingEpisode: Danny invites people to celebrate it with him at the last minute.* TimeyWimeyBall: Time compression is the cause of, and solution to, every issue that needs a handwaving.* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Garden at large and baked goods.** Espio has an obsession with turnips. He'll eat them, hoard them, steal them, talk to them, threaten people with them and generally takes it to a ridiculous level. Even the Headmaster has noticed that he loves the things.* TwoTeacherSchool: Averted! Many [=SeeD=] [=PCs=] are instructors.* WelcomeBackTraitor: Seifer, after the entire events of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', had no trouble getting back into the Garden and resuming his classes. Not everyone has welcomed him, though.** Done again when Seifer takes TheSlowPath to returning, as a gunbladesmith rather than a student.* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Applies to practically half the cast, but special mention goes towards [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]] for publicly asking for people's DNA samples on the BBS where the teachers could spot him... and Damian for hitting a weapon at Souless![[VideoGame/TalesofSymphonia Colette]] and getting attacked with freaking Judgment in retaliation.----


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Eternity Playhouse, May 20
This is the third outing for C.J. Johnson's comedy about ageing media barons and their feckless sons. It has benefited from the passage of time. Real events – some very recent – have conspired to make the broad satire of The Young Tycoons more than plausible.
It's the early noughties and the houses of Warburton and Vogler are setting in train their dynastic transition plans.
Warburton is the nation's dominant news merchant, although these days its ambitions are skewed towards the US. Vogler is the television heavyweight with cross-promoting print interests. The patriarchs are contemplating their retirements. It's time for the anointed sons to step up to the plate.
Young Trevor Warburton (Andrew Cutcliffe) has a most-likely-to-succeed look about him that belies a hedonistic streak. Kim Vogler (Edmund Lembke-Hogan) is a school-of-life graduate who has had to repeat a year or two. They have all the money in the world to back their decisions, but have these L-plate billionaires inherited their fathers' business smarts and ruthlessness?
A gadfly business reporter (James Lugton) on a city broadsheet (remember those?) doubts it. He has the story and is prepared to put it into print.
This is the second revival of The Young Tycoons (it made its debut at the old Darlinghurst Theatre in 2005) and it is the best to date. Michael Pigott has directed all of them and he has this larger-scaled version ticking over very smartly on a Katja Handt-designed set whose plywood wave lends a sleek look to the stage and a sense of flow between opposing corporate camps. Murray Jackson's jazzy score knits the short scenes together effectively and gives the piece some extra swagger.
The cast is new but several have come straight from Sport for Jove's summer Shakespeare season and there's a palpable ease to their interactions. Laurence Coy is excellent as the rough-diamond Vogler Senior, contrasting well with John Turnbull's patrician Warburton. Terry Serio is very good as Don, the wise corporate head bumped aside in the dynastic shuffle. Women are chattels in this world but Paige Gardiner, Gabrielle Scawthorn (playing the tycoons' model girlfriends) and Briallen Clarke (Vogler's PA) draw each with a sharp point.
If the "Packer-up-the-clacker" furore has delighted you, so will this.
Until June 15