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I know -- I'm a bit late to the show.
But there's no fucking way this guy was up for ANY role on Cheers.
I think that claim was right up there with his claim to be Australian and his claim to be protecting the bears
I know -- I'm a bit late to the show.
But there's no fucking way this guy was up for ANY role on Cheers.
I think that claim was right up there with his claim to be Australian and his claim to be protecting the bears
|by Anonymous
|reply 101
Everything about Timothy Treadwell was false, including his name. He was Timothy Dexter of Lawn Guyland. He wasn't Australian or a Californian. He wasn't protecting bears; he was harassing them. His Grizzly People "Foundation " was nothing more than a vacation fund to pay for summers filming himself in Alaska. He wasn't a naturalist, he wasn't an ecologist. He wasn't an actor. He was a failed reality show wannabe.
People feel sorry for his supposed girlfriend, but I don't. You deserve to be eaten by a bear if you follow your idiotic, bear-pestering "boyfriend" into a bear maze when you are afraid of bears.
|by Anonymous
|reply 1
He even tasted a little off!
|by Anonymous
|reply 2
He committed suicide by bear. He purposefully put his tent right where bears would be walking so a confrontational one would discover him and finish him and his girlfriend off. I watched the documentary Herzog made of his life. They mentioned part of the attack was filmed. I wish it was leaked onto the internet.
|by Anonymous
|reply 3
Even his heterosexuality was a put-on. He was as gay as a goose--the "girlfriends" were just faghags.
|by Anonymous
|reply 4
Don't know why you're so cynical about the Cheers casting, OP. His loss was Shelley Long's gain.
|by Anonymous
|reply 5
I think there was a sound recording of the attack, but no video. Herzog, the old drama queen, moaned in dramatic tones how awful it was (he listened to it) and that it was too awful to include in the movie.
|by Anonymous
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I remember that the audio was played in the movie.
|by Anonymous
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[quote]it was too awful to include in the movie.
It was.
|by Anonymous
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R7, the filmed Herzog listening to it with headphones while Timothy's friend sat nearby. She inherited a lot of his stuff, including the tapes, but Herzog advised her to destroy the tapes 'cause it was just too awful. Don't know if she did.
|by Anonymous
|reply 9
That coroner was one hell of a drama queen
|by Anonymous
|reply 10
I've never in my life met a straight man who talked, dressed and coiffed himself like that. What kind of woman would seriously pursue him? Notice there's almost nothing known about the girlfriend. No parents or siblings or coworkers comment on her. It seems like she was already half dead
|by Anonymous
|reply 11
Herzog's "Incident at Loch Ness" won the New American Cinema Award at the Seattle Film Festival in 2004. It was presented as a straight documentary, but without photogenic proof of the Loch Ness monster, nobody took it seriously.
"Grizzly Man" premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It has been broadcast on The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. With delightful high-definition photographs of grizzly bears roaming the Alaskan wilderness, we enthrall to the story of the fey naturalist with a love of bears who gets eaten by one.
Is it a coincidence that we have no photographs of the last supper?
|by Anonymous
|reply 12
IMDB lists "Timothy Dexter" as the birth name of Timothy Treadwell, who is credited as part of the Camera and Electrical Department for "Grizzly Man."
The DVD release omits a clip from David Letterman's show, when Treadwell was promoting his "Grizzly People" non-profit and Dave joked that he would be eaten by a bear.
|by Anonymous
|reply 13
Great documentary and scary at the same time.
|by Anonymous
|reply 14
I considered him to be mentally ill. I think bears for the most part just want to eat and be left alone. If they see you they will pretty much ignore you but he had to have bear "friends"
He did pick a terrible place to camp and broke the rules he had talked about earlier. There was a very old slightly sick bear hanging around and those are the types that will eat anything, even people because they can't get food any other way. I think he should have received a Darwin Award for dying before he reproduced, his gf too. I did like his fox friends though I hate to admit it.
|by Anonymous
|reply 15
extreme bi-polar bear
|by Anonymous
|reply 16
r4 That Jewel chick from the movie was way too proud about being his (ex-) "girlfriend". She was trying hard to be noble when talking about Amy (the dead girlfriend), but you just know she was jealous of her. I think she trolls the Imdb board (as "bearpeople") constantly defending Timothy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 17
I don't blame him for wanting to run away from society. Didn't he describe some humilitating job where he had to wear a uniform or something. Yeah, he was a bit nutty, but I don't blame him for wanting something different.
|by Anonymous
|reply 18
[quote]People feel sorry for his supposed girlfriend, but I don't. You deserve to be eaten by a bear if you follow your idiotic, bear-pestering "boyfriend" into a bear maze when you are afraid of bears.
The craziest thing about that is that she was literally "out of the woods". She and Tim were at the airport on their way out of Alaska. Tim screwed up the airline reservations and got into an argument with an "obese" employee. He then threw a hissy-fit and decided to return to the dangerous forest area to spend one more night with the bears, instead of waiting at the airport overnight for the next plane. Of course, the dumb girlfriend went back with him.
|by Anonymous
|reply 19
Having a stupid boyfriend has been the death of many a woman.
|by Anonymous
|reply 20
Hear, Hear, R20!
|by Anonymous
|reply 21
Lots of girls like me!
|by Anonymous
|reply 22
It was a disturbing documentary, because he treated the bears like they were his kids. As the previous poster said, never get close to a sick Bear, because he will eat you alive.
|by Anonymous
|reply 23
[quote] That Jewel chick from the movie was way too proud about being his (ex-) "girlfriend
She seemed like a dyke
|by Anonymous
|reply 24
Werner Herzog looks thrilled to be with Jewel Ex-GF
|by Anonymous
|reply 25
I think Treadwell used a lot of that Grizzly People Foundation money for lots of plastic surgery. If you look at pictures of him through the years, he had work done. He even had a dimple put in his chin.
|by Anonymous
|reply 26
It really is fascinating stuff. Herzog was totally trolling him, you can tell from the barely concealed contempt in his narration. A theme of his work is that man never wins against the harsh reality of nature.
Treadwell did address the gay issue at one point so was aware how he was perceived. This is one of the first things that comes up on messageboards about it.
The only sensible one was the Eskimo zoologist who said he was interfering with the laws of nature nature and got what he deserved.
He and the girlfriend were morons for going back there out of season. They'd have been sorted for life if they left it at that. To befriend that wilder scary solitary bear was a suicide mission. The ever so sincere Jewel was a dumb cunt as well but hilarious.
You could tell even the pack of placid bears were all wtf and annoyed by his presence but tolerated him. Pity it wasn't polar bears, they wouldn't stand for that shit and he'd be eaten right away.
He was totally mentally ill and there were some real comedy moments."It's Becky and her poop, it came from inside of her!". Just bizarre and unforgettable.
|by Anonymous
|reply 27
Of course there's speculation that he was so mental because he completely repressed his homosexuality. Funny thing was, he seemed only about half as crazy as that wildly OTT coroner.
Fashion note: loved the dad's insistence on being interviewed indoors with a casual sunglasses clip flip-up look.
|by Anonymous
|reply 28
I am watching the documentary and wanted to come here to express my disbelief about Timothy. But R27 and many others have already done it.
He must have been mentally ill and I don't think he understood a thing about bears. His rant about the park officials and the poop scene is especially strange and disturbing.
BTW whole documentary online on Youtube
|by Anonymous
|reply 29
Fucking love Herzog and his documentary about Treadwell is good stuff.
Treadwell was a Grade A, clueless douchebag. He didn't know shit about bears.
Also, the audio of the bear attack has never been made public. If you find a recording online that claims to be the attack, it is not and it is a hoax. Very few people have been allowed access to it, and there was talk that it was going to be destroyed.
|by Anonymous
|reply 30
I think the documentary makes it pretty clear that this is a story of progressive mental illness that leads to the death of two people. It also is pretty clear that Timothy replaced substance abuse (untreated) with an obsession with bears. That he was probably gay and that his girlfriend was probably also mentally ill (or just a very vulnerable and clueless person for some reason) is beside the point.
I found the documentary a chilling account of a progression of illness into madness and a terrible climax (the brutal audio of the final act).
Hertzog makes quite clear Timothy's delusions and obviously unaddressed problems. A sad and chilling tale- and a terrific film.
|by Anonymous
|reply 31
I absolutely loved this film. Of course Treadwell was deluded, not to mention mentally ill, but what a fascinating subject for a film. And some of the footage Treadwell shot absolutely mind blowing. But my favorite part is when the fox cub steals his hat and he literally goes insane on camera (that he is filming). Stunning.
|by Anonymous
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His parents seemed nonchalant about the whole thing. It was as if they were expecting it from living through his past exploits.
|by Anonymous
|reply 33
Not to mention the fact that he was living on a nature preserve the entire time where the bears were protected to start with...
|by Anonymous
|reply 34
Indie channel is playing this today
|by Anonymous
|reply 35
I LOVED the CORONER!!!
He clearly had dreams of becoming a thespian as a young boy!
He reminded me of an intelligent male version of the Brenda Dickson video.
|by Anonymous
|reply 36
I'm watching it now. He was a BIG fuckin' queen.
|by Anonymous
|reply 37
The narration makes me laugh. "Treadwell had a fight with an obese airline agent about his ticket, he has grown tired of the outside world".
|by Anonymous
|reply 38
Bears never give up!
|by Anonymous
|reply 39
People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world.
|by Anonymous
|reply 40
I love Herzog being all dramatic while listening to the audio of the bear attack and telling Treadwell's ex: "you must never listen to this! You must destroy it!
|by Anonymous
|reply 41
Would drink the coroner's piss! Hot daddy!
|by Anonymous
|reply 42
I found it anticlimactic. When we finally get to his death, all we get is Herzog listening to the audio of the attack with headphones but it's silent to the viewer. What is the point of making this documentary, which was otherwise great, and chicken out about the attack? It would be like ending BONNIE AND CLYDE with the ambush about to happen and the scene quickly fades to black.
|by Anonymous
|reply 43
Herzog's deadpan commentary sometimes reminded me of the old SNZl sketch "Swedish Movie."
|by Anonymous
|reply 44
Herzog should've let someone else narrate. He sounds too much like Arnold Schwarzenegger to me, and I had to stifle a laugh here and there.
|by Anonymous
|reply 45
Treadwell probably thought a bear mauling/dining would result in a really quick death, but apparently he lived for some time while being clawed and munched.
As someone who recently underwent extensive bowel surgery and was not given pain medication afterward, I can't imagine how agonizingly painful it must have been. (Not to mention the emotional factor. "My leg is over there!! My scalp is gone! I'm gonna look like SHIT when someone finds my remains. All that plastic surgery for this")
|by Anonymous
|reply 46
Treadwell was like Dian Fossey. They both anthropomorphisized bears and gorillas, respectively, which is a dangerous thing to do. You can't treat wild animals like humans. They were both also a little nutty, eschewing human contact and devoting their lives to these animals.
|by Anonymous
|reply 47
Errrr, Dian Fossey had a PhD from Cambridge and was murdered by humans. Her research was funded by scientific organizations and she used the money to study gorillas who were genuinely in danger. She was no angel, but she didn't collect money and use it on plastic surgery or pester animals that were being protected in a nature preserve. She wasn't like Timothy Treadwell.
|by Anonymous
|reply 48
My personal favorite is the bored Sam Elliott look alike pilot at the end who can barely hide his disgust while he whistles along with Don Edwards "Coyote"....and changes some of the lyrics to be about Timothy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 49
I can't remember who said it but someone interviewed described Treadwell as perhaps being tolerated by the bears he was working to "protect" as some sort of a retarded bear.
|by Anonymous
|reply 50
Treadwell was a retarded bear. Yep.
|by Anonymous
|reply 51
r49, is that the strange song playing at the end? It was just weird to me.
|by Anonymous
|reply 52
I hope you have all seen Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about Chauvet Cavern in the Ardeche. Beautiful. Plus, he interviews a completely irresistible French paleontologist, who used to work in a circus.
|by Anonymous
|reply 53
Yes (r52) that is the name of the song at the end. I only know the title because of course I had to look it up after watching the whole mess. I was inspired by this thread and watched the whole 'documentary' again last night (while drinking of course).
|by Anonymous
|reply 54
What a great musical score by guitarist Richard Thompson, otherwise the film was basically about a closet case mentally ill man who was obsessed with grizzly bears.
When did he have time to get his hair dyed?
|by Anonymous
|reply 55
This belongs in the "movies made to watch while you're stoned" thread.
|by Anonymous
|reply 56
He seemed like Robin Williams playing a crazy bleach blond gay bear pesterer in an improv movie.
|by Anonymous
|reply 57
Loved the crazy coroner, but I'd be seriously freaked out too after seeing the remains of that attack. Those body parts were mangled, chomped, splintered and partially buried in dirt. Blech.
Plus Herzog deliberately leaves the camera running too long after Crazy Coroner has finished his requiem, fully intending for him to look like a fool.
|by Anonymous
|reply 58
I am off from work today, I see it is replaying at 10:25 AM on Sundance. Going to curl up with a croissant and some coffee and watch this hot mess.
|by Anonymous
|reply 59
WHOOPS. It's on Indie channel, not Sundance.
|by Anonymous
|reply 60
If the bears were already in a nature preserve, then why did he need to "protect" them? He was a wacko.
|by Anonymous
|reply 61
He claimed he was great in bed (with women)
|by Anonymous
|reply 62
The friend said he had a Prince Valiant hairdo that always stayed in place.
|by Anonymous
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r58 Herzog is a manipulative POS who falsifies parts of his docs all the time. So does Errol Morris.
I'd take anything he did with a grain of salt.
This is a great take on it from Bill Burr and Patrice O'Neal (RIP). Starts about 15 minutes in.
|by Anonymous
|reply 64
He should have stuck with the foxes who seemed to like him.
|by Anonymous
|reply 65
Speaking of Erroll Morris, have you SEEN his Twitter? He hs followers, but follows no one and its all narcissistic soliloquy.
What do he and Herzog falsify? I don't believe their story of digging the grave of that serial killer.
|by Anonymous
|reply 66
He got all upset about a dead bee saying he loved it, then the bee moves. Then he feels the warm bear poop. This guy was crazy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 67
I am curious what he did in the months when he wasn't with the bears. Maybe he freeloaded off the homely women they interviewed.
|by Anonymous
|reply 68
He was obviously nuts. But a lot of people took him seriously as some kind of conservationist and found him admirable. But he was obviously an attention-seeking wackadoo.
He was awful with those bears. He was invading their space but he was very, very lucky for a long time (the bears tended to ignore him).
Yeah, there was some kerfuffle at the airport that made him turn back around and go back to the park, his hapless girlfriend in tow. It was there that his luck ran out; he was attacked and torn apart by bears, and it wasn't quick. On the tape he's heard screaming "I'm being killed out here!" and he tells the girlfriend Amy to "get away!" She screams at him to "play dead!" but it's too late. The bear drags him away, and eventually she suffers the same fate.
Amy Huguenard really shook up her life to be with Treadwell. Obviously the relationship meant something to her. For Treadwell, not so much. I guess she really cared about him, but I don't understand why. He seemed like such a douche. And look how they both ended up! Such a colossal mistake she made getting involved with such a weirdo.
|by Anonymous
|reply 69
What was the gf's story? She's not mentioned much and apparently, as mentioned, she has no family and is rather a mystery person.
|by Anonymous
|reply 70
I loved Herzog's cutting through the bullshit in which his voice describes how Timothy saw in the bears this or that spiritual connection when he looks in their faces, but not Herzog:
"I see only the boooored desiiire foh fooood."
The only thing you need to see in a bear's face.
What a dummy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 71
I think his gf was like one of those women who would start a correspondence with a prison inmate who was up for parole. There are many strange men (like Timothy Treadwell) and many strange women (like his gf) out there.
|by Anonymous
|reply 72
The woman (Tim's friend), Herzog was interviewing, must've took it upon herself to release the audiotape of the bear killing Timothy, onto YouTube. I think she was also one of the producers of 'The Grizzly Man Diaries', that aired on Animal Planet in 2008. She certainly seemed to be cashing in on him. Some friend!
|by Anonymous
|reply 73
Herzog should've gotten someone else to narrate. He sounds too much like Arnold Schwarzenegger and it made me chuckle throughout.
|by Anonymous
|reply 74
Cheers? Was he related to D@vida?
|by Anonymous
|reply 75
[quote] The woman (Tim's friend), Herzog was interviewing, must've took it upon herself to release the audiotape of the bear killing Timothy, onto YouTube
No, she did not "took it upon herself." It's a fake.
|by Anonymous
|reply 76
R76 The audiotape is fake? Wow! But she certainly produced the series.
|by Anonymous
|reply 77
Jewel Palovak was only given producer status on the film so that she would talk to Herzog - that was her deal. Otherwise she wasn't gonna play. So yes, she profited from Treadwell's death, although she probably claims it was to get greater publicity for Grizzly People, their "grassroots organization".
|by Anonymous
|reply 78
Why was the bear able to eat Amy, too? Why didn't Amy run away or run back to their vehicle or up a tree when she knew Tim was being devoured? And after eating Tim, how could that bear be hungry enough to come after Amy?
|by Anonymous
|reply 79
r79, a human can not out run a bear. In addition, running triggers a prey drive.
There was no vehicle to get into, they hiked in.
The bear attacked and killed Timothy then turned its attention to Amy.
|by Anonymous
|reply 80
Bears can climb trees. Grizzlies, too, can climb-perhaps not as quickly, but they have been known to attack people who climbed trees to escape.
|by Anonymous
|reply 81
Google Marilyn Huegenard Indiana to get a good idea of her family. Her hometown is 50 miles from Chicago, a far suburb and small college town all at once.
|by Anonymous
|reply 82
Jewel Palovak participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). Shorter than other AMA's, but still a slightly interesting read..
|by Anonymous
|reply 83
Amy might have survived if she had not screamed repeatedly - the bear's prey instinct is to attack and kill. As for the grizzly not being hungry enough to eat her - bears kill and then they cache the remains. Several caches or mounds were seen from the rangers' airplane, and body parts were found in all of them.
|by Anonymous
|reply 84
r83, thank you for the link. That was interesting.
|by Anonymous
|reply 85
"The woman (Tim's friend), Herzog was interviewing, must've took it upon herself to release the audiotape of the bear killing Timothy, onto YouTube."
She never released the audiotape. On YouTube there are videos claiming to be the tape, but they're all fake. They all feature hilariously bad acting, but some people actually thought it was real. But the tape has never been released anywhere and it's certainly not on YouTube.
|by Anonymous
|reply 86
R85 also in those fake YouTube "bear attack" videos, they sound is echo-y, like they were filmed indoors.
|by Anonymous
|reply 87
R86 I meant as if it was recorded indoors.
|by Anonymous
|reply 88
Jeff Daniels in the Dumb and Dumber movies is the spitting image of Timothy Treadwell.
|by Anonymous
|reply 89
R88 I think you meant SPLITTING image. You know, like a split-mirror image.
|by Anonymous
|reply 90
I think R88 does not mean that at all, R89.
|by Anonymous
|reply 91
There's a book called "The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession With Alaskan Bears" by Nick Jans. It contains a lot of information but the author is way too sympathetic to Treadwell. He actually admires that weirdo. Anyway, it contains interesting info about Amie Huguenard and her odd relationship with Treadwell:
"So where does Amie Huguenard, the woman who will die with Timothy Treadwell, fit into this story? Good question. In the wake of the tragedy, reporters will trot out terms like "girlfriend", "partner", and "companion," fishing for the correct term. The truth is, no one, including Timothy's closest Alaska friends, seem to know what Amie was.
"I never heard him mention her once," says Joel Bennett, "and I was working with him just before she came up that last time."
"Timothy always told me about his girlfriends," says Kathleen Parker. "Always. And he never brought up Amie." Andrew Air pilot Willy Fulton, who flew Timothy (including a female companion now and then) over six seasons, tells the same story. "Sure, Tim and I shot the breeze about women," he says. "But not her. Tell they truth, I never knew much about her. She was pretty quiet the few times we met."
Amie Huguenard first sees Timothy Treadwell in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996 at a slide show and lecture he's giving at the University of Colorado campus, and she is smitten by his passion and commitment. Five years later, in a letter of support for Timothy to the National Park Service, she will write, "As an advocate for the rights of wildlife, I attend many presentations...but none captured my attention like Timothy's. Finally someone willing to espouse wildlife ethics where it matters most: in the hearts and minds of young children." They meet, and one thing eventually leads to another, though it's hardly a fast-track romance.
In spite of the moving target Timothy presents, Amie Huguenard doesn't give up. She sees in him, too, something that transcends mere interest or physical attraction. "I think she was in love with Timothy", says Parker. "In fact, I'm sure of it, just from the way she looked at him." In any case, it seems clear that making things happen is up to Amie, and she keeps tapping him on the shoulder, by phone or letter, e-mail, in person, any way she can.
Obviously, Timothy considers Amie to be in some ambiguous subcategory in the relationship continuum. Considering that she's quit her post as a physician's assistant in Boulder and found one in L.A. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--just to be with Timothy--obviously Parker isn't the only one confused. Timothy has known the woman for seven years, and this is her third season visiting him on the coast. And now she's uprooting to live with him---yet he tells one of his closest friends that he's unencumbered? Then, later on that summer, working with Joel Bennett, on the Disney project, he doesn't even mention her.
If Amie were the love of his life, the story would make the poetic, Romeo-and-Juliet sense of the sort we all yearn for; star-crossed lovers die together. But the bitter irony of the truth seems all the more suited to the enigmatic, contradictory being that was Timothy Treadwell--and small consolation to those who knew and loved Amie Huguenard.
|by Anonymous
|reply 92
She was, let's face it, marginal.
|by Anonymous
|reply 93
Amie's family doesn't want to have anything to do with the Timothy Treadwell story and have done nothing to let the viewing public, who have seen and heard of Amie through Grizzly Man, get to know more about her. You would think they would have more to say about her, but they don't.
I think it's because of who they are and who she was. She was a mousy sort of person. People who knew her and worked with her don't have much to say except that she was "quiet" and "nice." She latched onto the outgoing, narcissistic Treadwell, who didn't care much for her. It seems like she had a retarded personality.
Some people are intellectually retarded and can't navigate their way through school, or through anything having to do with more than very basic intellectual skills. It's not easy to be a physician's assistant, so Aimee's intellectual skills were fine. But her personality skills are very much lacking. She makes almost no impression on anyone. She always stands to the side, hoping not to be noticed. She latched onto a pompous, histrionic, self-loving person and seemed to hope to bask in reflected glory without being noticed.
Her family knows something was deeply wrong with her and probably did not approve of her relationship with the crazy bear guy who ignored her. They probably still harbor unconscious anger at her for throwing her life away for nothing.
|by Anonymous
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for r90
|by Anonymous
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Timothy was not into Amie because he was gay
|by Anonymous
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Just messing with you r90. Actually spitting image means the close resemblance of one person to another being likened in folk sayings to the former person having been spat out of the latter's mouth.
|by Anonymous
|reply 97
For as little as is known about Amie, or as little as it appears Treadwell cared about her, she was loyal to the very end; at least attempting to save his life by hitting the killer grizzly bear over and over again with a frying pan as he was literally being eaten alive.
More selfish people would have ran or hid...
|by Anonymous
|reply 98
At least one ex-boyfriend of Amie's wrote:
[italic]"Amie had a kind of naivete about her that added a real sweetness to her entire persona,' Stephen Bunch wrote. "At times it was easy to convince her of things that were not entirely true. We would let her in on these jokes and get a good laugh, especially from her.
"Sometimes I found this quality frustrating because I would watch her 'swallow the hook, line and sinker' in situations where it was obvious what was going on. But I always felt I could trust her because she bestowed the same trust in you unconditionally.'[/italic]
Alaska State Troopers would later reveal that the last entries in her journal intimated she was afraid of the bears and wanted to be away from them.. There's a very ominous seen in [bold] Grizzly Man [/bold] where Amie is frozen with fear as a grizzly looms only a few feet behind her. Treadwell is meanwhile instructing her to stay still. Wonder if that was the bear that would later eat them both. Would love to read her journal entries, too.
|by Anonymous
|reply 99
*scene, not seen.
|by Anonymous
|reply 100
He had good intentions, however was very mentally ill and it wa progressing untreated. He didn't go quietly, or easily and getting hit in the head with a frying pan really pissed me off as I was hungry.
|by Anonymous
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Water filter brand Brita has tapped its FilterForGood team to encourage consumers to reduce their bottled water waste through a series of three-day music festivals headlined by Dave Matthews Band.
The first-ever Dave Matthews Band Caravan will take place in Atlantic City, N.J., from June 24 to 26; Chicago, from July 8 to 10; New York, from Aug. 26 to 28; and the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Wash., from Sept. 2 to 4. As part of the promotion, the Brita FilterForGood team is offering fans exclusive opportunities to stay connected with Dave Matthews Band Caravan prior to each festival date. Fans can "like" the Brita FilterForGood page on Facebook to view giveaway announcements and learn more about how they could win three-day general admission or VIP festival passes to attend 1-of-the-4 Dave Matthews Band Caravan stops, Brita said.
Founded in 2007, the FilterForGood movement was developed by Brita and reusable bottle maker Nalgene to encourage people to reduce their bottled water waste by switching to reusable bottles filled with filtered water.
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Common Core Changes Approved by Regents
In December 2013, a Work Group of the Board of Regents P-12 Committee was charged with reviewing the feedback the Board of Regents and the State Education Department ("Department") have received from various constituencies and presenting to the Board additional ideas to continue to improve the implementation of the CommonCore State Standards ("Common Core") at the State and district level for the Board's consideration. Click here to view the full document provided by the New York State Education Department.
Common Core Standards
1. Periodically Review and Update the Common Core Learning Standards. Advocate for the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to convene states periodically to review and update – as appropriate – the Common Core standards. The review should include each state, including New York, gathering feedback from stakeholders including educators, higher education faculty, business leaders, parents, special education advocates, and bilingual education experts.
Professional Development
2. Provide equitable funding for schools including appropriate funding for professional development. Advocate for the Governor and state legislature to adopt the Regents State Aid Proposal recommendation seeking funding for a Core Instructional Development Fund to support Common Core implementation and parent engagement activities ($125 million in 2014-15, $200 million in 2015-16, and $200 million in 2016-17).
State Assessments
3. Give high school students more time to meet the Common Core standards. Extend the phase-in for Common Core-aligned Regents examinations required for graduation so that the class of 2022 is the first that is required to pass English and mathematics Regents exams at college and career ready levels. In addition, provide flexibility with respect to the Regents Geometry Exam by allowing, similar to the flexibility offered at local discretion for the current school year in Algebra, the higher score to count for students who take the 2005 standards Geometry exam in addition to the Common Core-aligned Geometry exam through the January 2016 administration. Student performance will continue to be reported on a 0-100 scale.
4. Eliminate high stakes for students. Issue guidance indicating that (1) the Department neither requires nor encourages districts to make promotion or placement decisions using student performance on state assessments in grades 3-8; and (2) if districts choose to consider state assessments in grades 3-8 when making promotion or placement decisions, they should make adjustments to ensure students are not negatively impacted by the Common Core transition and should use multiple measures - not grades 3-8 state assessment results alone.
5. Reduce field testing and provide increased access to test questions. Advocate for the Governor and state legislature to adopt the Regents state budget priority request for $8.4 million in new funding to eliminate multiple-choice stand-alone field testing and to allow the Department to print more versions of state tests so that more test questions may be released to teachers and parents.
6. Offer smarter testing options for students with disabilities. Advocate for a federal ESEA waiver from the United States Education Department (USED) to allow students with severe disabilities who are not eligible for the alternate tests to be assessed based on instructional level rather than chronological age.
7. Offer smarter testing options for English language learners. Advocate for a federal ESEA waiver from USED to allow English language learners to be assessed via the language acquisition test (NYSESLAT) rather than the English language arts exam for their first two years.
8. Develop Native Language Arts assessments for Spanish-speaking ELLs. Advocate for the Governor and state legislature to adopt the Board of Regents state budget priority request for $10 million in new funding to develop Native Language Arts assessments to provide districts the option of offering this assessment when it would best measure the progress of Spanish-speaking ELLs.
9. Clarify what new grades 3-8 test scores mean for students. Because student performance on the 2013 grades 3-8 tests was based on more rigorous standards, and therefore proficiency rates cannot be compared to scores from previous years, provide clarification for what Performance Level 2 means when aligned with Common Core Regents exam performance levels. The new Level 2 on the grades 3-8 ELA and math tests aligns to "On Track for Regents Exam Passing for Graduation" on Common Core Regents Exams (until the required passing score is raised to the college and career ready level).
10. Focus extra support on students that need it the most. Extend the Academic Intervention Services "hold harmless" provision applied in 2012-13 to 2013-14 and 2014-15 to better ensure that existing support services for students remain relevant and appropriate as New York implements the Common Core.
Local Assessments
11. Reduce unnecessary tests. Conduct expedited review of Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) plan amendments where the changes reduce or eliminate unnecessary testing.
12. Eliminate traditional standardized tests in grades K-2. Disapprove APPR plans beginning in 2014-15 that include administration of traditional standardized tests in grades K-2 and remove all grade K-2 traditional standardized tests from the list of approved locally-selected student assessments for APPR purposes. (The state does not administer traditional standardized tests in K-2.)
13. Establish a 1 percent cap on time for locally-selected standardized testing. Limit the time students may spend on standardized tests to comply with districts' locally selected measures as part of APPR. (The federally required State assessments in grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics account for less than 1% of instructional time.)
14. Offer flexibility to districts to further reduce local testing time required by APPR. Allow the use of school-wide measures for APPR purposes for teachers of middle school social studies (grades 6-8) and science (grades 6-7).
Teacher and Principal Evaluation
15. Prevent unfair negative consequences to teachers and principals. Provide that if a school district seeks to terminate an educator based on an ineffective rating resulting from student performance on Common Core assessments administered in the 2012-13 and/or 2013-14 school years, he or she may raise as a defense an alleged failure by the board of education to timely implement the Common Core by providing adequate professional development, guidance on curriculum, or other necessary supports to the educator during those school years.
16. Provide new curricular resources for teachers of students with disabilities and English language learners. Develop additional companion materials to the modules focused on differentiated instructional practices and supports that may be utilized to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities and English language learners.
17. Create a "Teacher Portal." Develop an online tool to allow educators from around the state to share curricular resources, including adaptations of modules.
18. Ensure IEPs are appropriate to student needs as Common Core is implemented. Issue guidelines for Committees on Special Education to ensure that Individualized Education Program (IEP) recommendations address key challenges related to a student's disability and his or her ability to master the Common Core Learning Standards and provide resources and tools to guide lesson planning for teachers to ensure that they have considered and addressed the unique learning needs of students with disabilities in their delivery of instruction.
19. Provide new resources to parents of students with disabilities. Continue collaboration with the Commissioner's Advisory Panel for Special Education and Special Education Parent Centers to develop a set of guiding questions for parents to use in IEP meetings and to ask teachers about how their children are being supported to progress in curricula that reflect the Common Core.


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WWE News: John Cena Sick at Raw, Mike Bennett to WWE Rumors
– John Cena had a bad case of food poisoning at Raw. It was first thought that he got sick in catering, but it appears as if he got it from eating on the road.
– There have been rumors that ROH's Mike Bennett will be heading to WWE soon. His fiancé, Maria Kanellis, posted the following on Twitter, which has added more fuel to the fire…
Heading to a show with @ROHMikeBennett I think there are only a few more we will be going to together on the Indys. #DREAMBIG
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Solazyme (SZYM) shares are jumping, up 8.32% to $10.55, on Thursday after announcing that it was producing the first commercially salable products on full-scale production lines at its Brazilian plant.
The company expects to reach nameplate capacity withing the next 12-18 months.
"With production underway at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils plant, Solazyme is manufacturing products at three large scale facilities, including our 2,000 MT/year integrated facility in Peoria, the 20,000 MT/year Iowa facilities in Clinton/Galva and the 100,000 MT/year facility in Brazil," said CEO Jonathan Wolfson.
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TheStreet Ratings team rates SOLAZYME INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate SOLAZYME INC (SZYM) a SELL. This is driven by several weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share."
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View the Video DeMarco Sampson: Training For The Draft
About the series
DeMarco Sampson was a standout wide receiver at Castle Park High who starred at San Diego State. Now he is preparing almost around the clock for the NFL Draft, working to chase his dream of playing professional football. The Union-Tribune will periodically chronicle that process, which will result in Sampson being selected by an NFL team any time in the draft's final two days or not taken at all. The series began with Sampson readying for the NFL Scouting Combine and will continue through the draft, which is April 28-30.
DeMarco Sampson sprinted through the 40-yard mark and decelerated, thinking as he slowed his body to a halt that he hadn't run exceedingly fast.
That's what happens when technical perfection is reached. Efficiency is achieved and effort becomes an afterthought.
Doug Hix, the man who held the stopwatch, wouldn't spill a time, casually telling Sampson to just run again.
So Sampson lined up and ran a second time.
This time, afterward, Hix showed him the numbers that appeared on the watch.
Sampson had covered the 40 yards in 4.35 seconds.
And, oh yeah, Hix said, the first one had been a hundredth of a second faster.
This was two Saturdays ago at San Diego State on the field where Sampson spent hundreds of afternoons practicing a game he loved, often playing at a higher level than most of those around him.
But perhaps never had there been such a moment of growth.
"It just builds your confidence up a lot," Sampson said.
On that same field Thursday, Sampson, fellow wide receiver Vincent Brown and a handful of other former Aztecs will participate in SDSU's Pro Day in front of NFL scouts and coaches. There, Sampson will do everything he did not do at last month's NFL Scouting Combine.
"This is the BCS National Championship game for these kids," said Hix, who has spent the past three months physically and mentally readying Sampson, essentially for this day.
With Sampson just six weeks removed from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, he (or rather, Hix and Bruce Tollner, Sampson's agent) decided to not run the 40, other drills or any routes at the Combine.
With the surgery having kept Sampson from participating in any of the postseason all-star games, that left the Pro Day as his only chance to impress NFL teams in person.
"I was kind of down," Sampson said as he discussed his vast improvement in the 40. "But this … kind of confirms I'm doing the right thing."
Evidence in the form of those numbers was, in essence, the culmination of a month in which Sampson has grown from wide-eyed kid from a small-time school who wasn't sure he could really compete for an NFL job into a young man who believes he belongs.
"I don't think I've changed personality-wise; my goals have changed," Sampson said as he relaxed in his Irvine apartment a few hours after a training session last week. "I want to be drafted high. I want to run one of the best 40s."
Not long ago, Sampson's words sometimes fought each other. He was in one instance the defiant receiver from the small school out to prove to everyone he could compete with the big kids. In another moment, he was the kid just happy to be here. He would almost absent-mindedly acknowledge this process might be the pinnacle for him.
"When I first got here I was sort of overwhelmed," said Sampson.
As he spoke, a breeze blew into his apartment through a large open double window. A glance outside revealed the tops of the buildings that comprise the upscale Irvine Spectrum shopping mall, just the length of a couple football fields away. Downstairs in the parking garage, there were BMWs and Benzes and even a Bentley.
When he is home in Southeast San Diego, Sampson shares a bed with his younger brother. His five days in Indianapolis last month for the NFL Scouting Combine was his longest time away from San Diego. While there, he touched snow for the first time.
Even now, he says, "This is all fun to me."
He still makes sure to reveal his humility, wants to show teams he is "hungry." But he seems like a different person, one who has grown more than three months would seemingly allow.
"I feel like I've gotten there," he said. "I believe I belong with any receiver out there."
Should Sampson be able to duplicate his performance of two weeks ago, his 40 time would rank behind only Alabama's Julio Jones, who is quickly gaining traction as the top receiver in the draft.
Now, running that fast while virtually alone and doing so in the midst of the pressure of a Pro Day are hardly the same task. But the ever-positive Hix doesn't think so.
"The hope is once the scouts are there," Hix said, "adrenaline will bring him to a higher level."
Should Sampson even get close — around 4.40 — he could elevate himself from being what a couple NFL personnel people have described as a fringe draft prospect, perhaps climbing up into the late rounds at least on a few team's boards. One personnel man said seeing a fast time might prompt teams to take another look at Sampson's film, maybe ask more questions about him.
Sampson knows what is at stake.
"It's our future," Sampson said. "At the same time, it's attainable. There is so much in the balance, and it's so easy to lose it … It's stressful."
He tries to not think about it, though he finds himself envisioning the Pro Day, lining up for the 40, starting to run.
"I know what I've got to do," he said. "I know what it feels like when you do it right."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Pantless Snooki, Deena Cortese Make Out on Jersey Shore
Sometimes Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Deena Cortese party a little too hard.
In Thursday's episode of Jersey Shore, the two Guidettes got so inebriated that they flashed their "cucas" while dancing at a nightclub in Riccione, Italy. "The nipple flap is one thing at the club," Jenni "JWoww" Farley said. "But you never forget your f--king underwear."
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A horrified Farley added: "All I know is Deena needs a wax."
As their embarrassed costars looked on, Polizzi and Cortese began a heavy makeout session that lasted for hours. "Nicole and Deena are digesting each other's tongues," Farley, 25, said. "I am so skeeved out, I want to throw up."
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Added Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, 24: "They've been making out for three hours. I don't even make out this long with Ron."
The next morning, Polizzi, 23, and Cortese, 24, struggle to piece their night together. "Usually even if I'm blacked out, I know I did sex," Cortese shrugged.
VIDEO: Snooki on her body: "What the hell happened?"
Realizing she was out of control, Polizzi called up her boyfriend Jionni LaValle to come clean about her drunken hookup.
"All you did was make-out with Deena?" he asked calmly. "All right."
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Picture: Disney star Demi Lovato performing live at the Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, California - 08.12.08
Race to Witch Mountain has knocked Watchmen off the top of the US box office.
The Disney picture, a remake of the 1972 film Escape to Witch Mountain, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson took $25 million (£17.7 million) on its first weekend on release.
The film sees Johnson star as a taxi driver who picks up a pair of alien teenagers and tried to protect them.
Superhero epic Watchmen took $18.1 million (£12.7 million), as ticket sales fell by almost 70 per cent compared to last week.
Another remake, The Last House on the Left, was the third biggest film of the week, taking $14.7 million (£10.3 million).
Liam Neeson's film Taken and director Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail made up the top five.
Commenting on Witch Mountain's success on its first week, Mark Zoradi, president of Disney's motion-picture group, said: "I think audiences this weekend were really drawn to the action adventure of Race to Witch Mountain.
"There was also this element of parents over 30 who remembered the original and were drawn to this one, so I think that combination is what helped us exceed what folks in the industry thought this movie was going to do."
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For their latest endeavour, Disney Nature take us on a journey into the deep blue...
It's been 25 years since Disney released one of their most popular masterpieces, Beauty and...
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CHICAGO—Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago has received LEED Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The property, designed by eco-conscious architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, is located in Chicago's Aqua Tower. The hotel implemented practical and measurable strategies and solutions to achieve high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality to achieve the LEED Silver Certification. It received the award after passing a third party certification review process that incorporated numerous checkpoints to ensure the property's eco-friendliness.
The hotel made sure more than 92% of construction waste was recycled while it was being built. Day-to-day operations remain eco-conscious in the hotel's 20% reduction in water use, 31% reduction in light power, 100% use of materials with a low VOC content and zero use of chlorofluorocarbons.
LEED-related amenities at the property include the hotel's recycling program, 80,000-sq.-ft. green roof with native plants and enhanced thermal controllability.
Pierre-Louis Giacotto, GM of Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, said in a statement, "LEED certification reaffirms our commitment to a greener, more eco-friendly future and we look forward to continuing to be a sustainability leader in the hospitality segment."


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Dunedin nurses will hold a stop-work meeting next week to put clinical safety concerns to senior health board managers.
It was an opportunity for union members to speak directly to Southern District Health Board management, New Zealand Nurses Organisation organiser Lorraine Lobb said yesterday.
Concerns included budget-driven seasonal bed cuts, although Ms Lobb did not want to go into details before the meeting on Monday at 4pm.
''I want the management to listen to the nurses' stories.''
She confirmed some nurses felt cost-cutting had compromised clinical safety.
''We all know that the DHB has to save money, and I guess it's about how that's done ... and then reassuring our membership that it can be done with them feeling safe in their practice and knowing that they're giving good patient care.''
She acknowledged some members felt the union had not been vocal enough about the cuts.
Ms Lobb was unhappy with coverage in the Otago Daily Times, including reported comments from the senior doctors' union about effects of the cuts on the nursing workforce.
''There's no doubt some members out there believe that we should do our business through the ODT. And I know there is, because I've met them recently.''
Asked if the union should be more transparent, she said members could readily access information about what the union was doing to press their concerns.
Patient feedback remained positive about experiences in Dunedin Hospital and Wakari Hospital, she said.
Of reported comments by representatives of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), she said: ''I don't always think it's helpful for them to comment on nursing matters, no. Because we don't discuss their issues''.
ASMS executive director Ian Powell, contacted for a response, said the nurses' union was being ''overly precious''.
''We have a right to comment on the risks to patient care of bed cuts.
''One of the consequences of bed cuts is nurse staffing levels. The issues are interwoven and it is impossible not to mention this as an effect of the cuts.
''Neither doctors nor nurses have a monopoly on concern for patient care,'' Mr Powell said. Bed reductions affected Southland, too, but no stop-work meeting was planned there.
Chief executive Carole Heatly and nursing and midwifery director Leanne Samuel would attend Monday's one-hour meeting at Dunedin Hospital.
In an emailed statement, Mrs Samuel said she welcomed the opportunity to attend.
''The absolute priority for the DHB is we provide the best possible care for our patients. Our new way of working sees us adjusting beds to meet patient demands on a daily basis.
''Over the summer, 39 beds have been reduced - eight in Invercargill and 31 in Dunedin - with the process going well with minimal disruption.
''We continue to manage the beds on a day-by-day, shift-by-shift basis, and we will open up beds if and when required.''
At a health board committee meeting this month, Health Minister-appointed Crown monitor Jan White warned members about a rise in the acute readmission rate, which could be linked to reduced bed numbers.
The rate measures patients readmitted to hospital within 28 days, and should be watched carefully for further deterioration, Dr White suggested.


text: XM Satellite Radio Tops 3.1 Million Subscribers Ahead of Year-End Goal Monday December 27, 9:13 am ET # WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading provider of satellite radio, today announced that it recently surpassed 3.1 million subscribers, the company's year-end goal for 2004.(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/XMSATLOGO ) "We are very pleased to announce that XM recently exceeded the 3.1- million-subscriber mark, which was our goal for the end of year," said Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "Holiday shoppers bought XM radios in record numbers, reinforcing XM's significant market leadership position in satellite radio." XM offered holiday gift buyers a variety of new, next-generation products, including the award-winning Delphi XM2Go MyFi, the first portable, hand-held satellite radio, and the Delphi XM SKYFi2, the first plug-and-play satellite radio with pause and replay features. XM recently announced an 11-year deal to broadcast games for every Major League Baseball team beginning in spring 2005. XM also announced a long-term agreement with Toyota Motor Sales, USA to provide satellite-delivered data services for Toyota, Lexus, and Scion vehicles. In addition, Toyota will offer factory-installed XM radios in Toyota and Lexus vehicles in 2006, and expand the number of models offering XM as a dealer-installed option in 2005. About XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR - News) is America's number one satellite radio service with more than 3.1 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2004 lineup includes more than 130 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: 68 one-hundred-percent commercial-free music channels, featuring critically-acclaimed original programming, concerts, and diverse musical genres ranging from hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; more than 40 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. Popular Science recently chose XM products for two prestigious "Best of What's New 2004" Awards. As the Official Satellite Radio Network for Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Exclusive Satellite Radio Service for NASCAR, as well as the Official Satellite Radio Service for ACC, PAC-10 and Big-10 collegiate football and basketball, XM Satellite Radio is the industry leader in sports radio programming, offering thousands of live sporting events each year. XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Volkswagen, is available in more than 120 different vehicle models for 2005. XM also is available in Avis, National, and Alamo rental cars, and will soon be available on JetBlue and AirTran Airways. Consumers can experience XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at http://listen.xmradio.com. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio's service, XM's dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-15-04. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio' s Investor Relations Department.


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Ohio University Student President Forced to Resign After Getting Drunk at the Beef O'Brady's Bowl
Although in fairness, if I went to the Beef O'Brady's Bowl, in god-forsaken St. Peters-Fucking-Berg, Florida, I would be drunk as all hell. Nick Southall, who was Ohio University's student senate president, had the right idea, getting hosed during his trip to see his Bobcats play. But then he got arrested. From the Huffington Post:
[Southall] was found at 2:45 a.m. Monday "screaming up and down the hallways" at the Sirata Beach Resort in St. Petersburg, Fla., according to Cristen Rensel, spokesperson for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Police arrested Southall, 22, after he began screaming obscenities at officers. Southall told police he did not know which room was his. The responding officers were trying to escort him to the lobby to figure out where he belonged, WOUB reports, but Southall continued to behave disorderly.
God for him. Fuck cops. They should be told that more frequently (coming from someone who has been arrested for saying fuck you to a cop). But he also brought shame to the office, which is a no-no for the SGA.
"Our initial oath when we take office is not to bring shame or discredit to the university, so right there his oath is broken," Anna Morton, senate's vice president, told the Post. Morton will take over now that Southall has resigned… As part of Southall's resignation, he forfeits the full tuition scholarship that came with his office.
Southall declined to comment on his arrest.


text: I am truly thankful that we have football this year. For a while it looked like we might not. But with the Texans first preseason game in the books, from a fan perspective it has now officially begun. The Texans squeaked out a W while a number of starters sat out or played short minutes. There were some good highlights, especially from some of the younger players. Looks like there may be some really tough choices on player cuts this year. Defense: The defense generated seven sacks and gave up only 16 points. There was only one Jets TD pass, and that was 2-yarder by McLeroy, which is a stark contrast to the aerial performances that the Texans secondary routinely allowed last season. All things considered, this was a pretty impressive introduction for a new defensive coach switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 over a shortened offseason. Offense: The offense generated 221 total yards, including 42 on the ground. Where was the Texans running attack? Arian Foster and Ben Tate were in street clothes, and Steve Slaton had no stats. I thought Slaton was supposed to be looking strong and was ahead of Ogbonnaya on the depth chart? You would not have known it from watching the game last night. Ogbonnaya had 17 carries and Derrick Ward had only 2. According to the stats, Slaton had none. Lester Jean looked very sharp. Hopefully we will get to see more of Dickerson over the next three games. Yates did not look bad in his NFL debut, but Leinart and Schaub looked kind of shaky. Three sacks. I would have to say the offense looked pretty rough and they obviously have some work to do if they want to be ready by opening day. Here is the box score on ESPN: http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=310815034


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With a recent patent announcement the Korean electronics company LG and Microsoft has come to a conclusion with LG, signing a patent licensing agreement for protection from lawsuits concerning Android and Chrome OS.
Similar agreements are made by Microsoft with 10 other companies which include big names as Samsung, HTC, Acer, Quanta and Wistron. A small cut from each Android phone or tablet manufactured by the license is earned by the big M.
The agreement with LG covers LG phones, tablets and any device that features Android and Chrome OS. However the exact amount of money earned by Microsoft is not disclosed.
According to Horacio Gutierrez, deputy general counsel of the Intellectual Property Group at Microsoft, the agreement means more than 70percent of all Android devices sold in the US are now receiving coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio. He also added that they are proud of the continued success of their program in resolving the IP issues surrounding Android and Chrome OS.
Motorola Mobility and Barnes & Noble are still in battle with Microsoft in court over the same issue. Barnes & Noble earlier said in a letter to US Justice Department that Microsoft is embarking on a campaign of asserting trivial and outmoded patents against manufacturers of Android devices.
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Inspirational Videos and Stories
This Toddler Is in a Car Seat, but When There's 80's Music Playing, He Can't Resist Dancing!
When a song with a conga beat comes on, nobody can resist the rhythm of the music— not even toddlers! Cassidy might be strapped into a car seat, but when this song comes on the radio, he's not going to let that stop him! Rumble shares the super cute video.
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Doesn't Take Much To Brighten Someone's Day!
Unfortunately in North America if this happened to you on the subway you'd probably assume it was a prank in motion and the kids were about to steal your wallet or some such.
Mar 23,2016 |
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Your Heart Will Melt Watching Mommy Sea Otter Bond With Newly Born Pup!
This footage was captured in Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California. It's fascinating to learn that this isn't a typical aquarium because it has open access to the Pacific Ocean. Thus, these are wild sea otters we have the privilege of witnessing.
Mar 23,2016 |
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Adorable Baby Has The Most Contagious Laugh You'll See Today!
If this doesn't make you smile something is wrong with you. Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at the University College London, stated that laughter truly is contagious. Your brain will respond to the sound of laughter and preps the muscles in the face to join in the mirth
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This Stunning White Peacock Calls for Attention, and Then THIS Happens! Beautiful!
Picture a peacock. You probably thought of a colorful creature full of bright blue, green and purple colors, right? While that's the most common coloring, there are also white peacocks out there that are absolutely stunning— and we have one to show you today! This video from YouTuber WEBINTRACK ...
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Failure is not falling down, but failing to get up after falling!
Falling doesn't mean failure. When you don't give up, you can never fail! Derek Redmond shows what going through the pain barrier to complete an Olympic race is really like.
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Christian the Lion!
This is a video about the reunion of Christian the Lion and his former owners. This is one of the success stories of putting a wild animal back where it belongs
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Her Twist on Hit Song "Hello" is Something All Moms Will Appreciate!
It might be safe to assume you've heard Adele's song "Hello" once or twice (or a thousand times…) on the radio. The song is insanely popular and Adele is breaking music records left and right with her new album, 25. While nearly anyone can appreciate the lyrics of Adele's song, this hila...
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3 Church Moms Took the Stage� And No One Was Expecting This!
Imagine a song about motherhood being sung during church. Did you hear a gentle melody and uplifting lyrics straight out of a Hallmark commercial? Most of us probably did, but these three moms from Church On the Move decided to sing something a little bit more, well, honest� and rockin�. Captain Bus...
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Watch How This Baby Reacts To Her Easter Bunny!
Sometimes the Easter Bunny brings candies and colored eggs. Sometimes he brings stuffed animals, like the pink version of himself he gave to this adorable little girl. And sometimes he brings something else entirely— like the gift of dance! At least that's how this baby is interpreting her prese...
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Here's Day 1 and Day 2 of this week's Avengers vs. X-Men promo image hype, and on Hump-Day, we get three new looks instead of two.
One question in the midst of this big event was about which side the X-Men who have become Avengers would eventually choose. Judging by yesterday's shot of Storm fighting Thor, and today's look at Beast fighting Luke Cage, I think it's safe to say that X runs thicker than A.
Today, we've also got the Hulk fighting Emma Frost, even though the Hulk usually wants absolutely nothing to do with the Avengers despite being one of their founders. Then, there's the most interesting conflict that has decades of history behind it – Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel. In case you're new to the game, the only reason Rogue even has any powers beyond her absorption thing is that, back when she was a teenager running with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, she absorbed Carol Danvers' powers AND consciousness into herself, creating a strange and strained bond between the two characters that would endure for years. Where do they stand with each other now? Well, that's one thing to look forward to finding out in Marvel's 2012 event.
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New Delhi: The growing focus of Indian companies, including government ones, on emerging markets across Asia and Africa, and the attendant political risks of doing business in a dynamic policy regime—a problem that several Western multinationals have encountered in India—has highlighted a new challenge for New Delhi: protecting the overseas investments of Indian firms.
Earlier this week, Bangalore-based GMR Group's contract to develop an airport in Male was scrapped by the Maldives government.
"These are certainly 21st century challenges for India," said a senior government official who did not want to be identified. "We want to play by the rules of the game, that is our aim. So we are also participating in setting the rules of the game—at WTO (or elsewhere) to ensure the system will provide an open forum, whether it is discussing bilateral investment protection treaties, the movement of people or data transfer."
Since 2007, Indian companies have rapidly scaled up their global presence, investing at least $45 billion in companies in other countries. Some of the major deals concluded in this period include Tata Steel Ltd's acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus Group Plc for $12.2 billion in 2007, Tata Motors Ltd's acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3 billion in 2009, the Aditya Birla Group's acquisition of Novelis Inc. in 2007 for $5.9 billion, telecom firm Bharti Airtel Ltd's acquisition of the African operations of Kuwaiti telcom operator Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion in 2010, and, more recently, ONGC Videsh Ltd's (OVL's) acquisition of an 8.4% stake Kazakhstan's Kashagan oil field for $5 billion from ConocoPhillips Co.
While some of the acquisitions are in countries such as the UK and the US, where the business, regulatory and judicial environments are mature, several others are in Africa and other parts of Asia where things change, like they did in the Maldives, with a change in regime.
"This is certainly a new issue for the government," said Sudhir T. Devare, a former secretary economic relations in the ministry of external affairs. "It adds a new dimension to foreign policy given that Indian investments are taking place at an increasing pace abroad and business is seen as an extension of the country's political and economic outreach," he said.
The setback in the Maldives has come as a shock to the government, especially since it is a country in the Indian Ocean with which India has enjoyed historical links and where India thought it wielded considerable influence. GMR's $511 million joint venture with Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd to build the Male airport—a deal won in 2010—was among the largest global infrastructure contracts won by an Indian company in recent years. And the move by the Maldivian government to scrap the contract citing "legal, technical and economic issues" seems to have come despite the government's best efforts.
The contract turned controversial following a regime change in the Maldives resulting in the exit of the government headed by Mohamed Nasheed, and Mohammed Waheed taking charge this February. India was one of the first countries to recognize Waheed's administration despite Nasheed claiming he had been ousted in a coup.
In the case of the Maldives, GMR may face difficulty in initiating arbitration proceedings because India does not have a bilateral investment treaty with the country. The Maldives also is not a signatory of the International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes of the World Bank group that facilitates arbitration of legal disputes between international investors. India has so far signed bilateral investment protection agreements with 82 countries, out of which 72 BIPAs have already come into force.
Investment Disputes of the World Bank group that facilitates arbitration of legal disputes between international investors. India has so far signed bilateral investment protection agreements with 82 countries, out of which 72 BIPAs have already come into force.
"One needs to look at the fine print of the agreement that give details of provisions for legal recourse," said T.S. Vishwanath, principal adviser with APJ-SLG Law Offices.
Interestingly, GMR and the Maldives government had initiated arbitration proceedings in Singapore regarding a dispute over the airport development fee.
"The cancellation seems like a calculated slap in the face of the Indian government and it seems difficult to understand why this has happened. But obviously, they (Maldivian government) seems to have calculated that they can take on the Indian government which is why they have done this," said former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal. He recalled that India has had a special relationship with the atoll nation given its presence in the Indian Ocean and the fact that India had despatched commandos to save former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from a coup mounted by opponents supported by mercenaries in 1988.
Sibal cited the Russian government's support of its controversial investments in India and maintained that India should incorporate a similar strategy in its foreign policy.
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd, majority owned by Russia's Sistema that operates the MTS brand of mobile phone services in India, has been affected by a 2 February Supreme Court ruling cancelling 122 telecom licences in the wake of the allegations of corruption in the auction of second generation (2G) spectrum.
Russia's Sistema has a 56.68% stake and together with the Russian government holds a 74% stake in Sistema Shyam, which had 21 of its 22 permits cancelled by the court. The buzz in Delhi's South Block, home to the foreign affairs ministry, is that Vladimir Putin's decision to postpone his visit to India by around two months was the Russian President's way to express his disapproval at the turn of events. Putin is expected to visit India later this month.
Sibal, however, added that India needs to assure itself of the merits of the case, in each instance, before taking on the cause of an Indian company with a foreign government.
"We have also taken actions like this, so we have to make sure we have our facts clear and done our homework before making use of any remedial measures in the GMR case," he said.
The first step in moving towards this is for the government and industry to talk more, said a trade expert.
In mature economies, business and the government work in sync, said Biswajit Dhar, a Mint columnist and director-general of the Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, a think tank. He referred to the Vodafone case where British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote to his counterpart Manmohan Singh to ensure Vodafone was not compelled to pay capital gains tax on the $11.08 billion Vodafone-Hutchison transaction that led to the UK-based company's entry into India in 2007.
In contrast, the Indian government has rarely been assertive about reverses faced by Indian investments overseas.
India's energy security pursuits met a serious setback when state owned OVL and GAIL (India) Ltd weren't allowed to bring the gas back to India even though they together held a 30% stake in Myanmar blocks. Instead, in a major embarrassment to India, the Myanmar government decided to sell the gas to China, after which OVL and GAIL took a 8.35% and 4.17% stake, respectively, in the pipeline being constructed by China National Petroleum Corp. to transport gas from the offshore blocks A-1 and A-3 to China.
Besides better coordination, Dhar urged the government to ensure that there is no "expropriation either directly or indirectly" so that the value of the investment by Indian companies are protected. "These measures are being incorporated in the bilateral investment protection agreements and comprehensive partnership agreements now," he added.
Asit Ranjan Mishra, Surabhi Agarwal, Tarun Shukla and Utpal Bhaskar contributed to this story.


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Vringo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: VRNG), a company engaged in the innovation, development and monetization of mobile technologies and intellectual property, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vringo Germany GmbH, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the ZTE Corp, China and its German subsidiary, ZTE Deutschland GmbH (ZTE). ZTE describes itself as "a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions," with recently reported annual revenue of US $13.7 billion (RMB 86.254 billion), according to filings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to ZTE's public filings, the company generates its revenue primarily from the sale of telecommunications equipment and handsets. "The filing of this action in Germany is the next step in Vringo's global licensing and enforcement program in the telecommunications sector. ZTE has elected not to take a license to patents in Vringo's portfolio relevant to certain international standards, despite manufacturing and selling devices and equipment for a number of years that are said by ZTE to be compliant with those standards," said David L. Cohen, Head of Licensing, Litigation, and Intellectual Property at Vringo. "We believe that ZTE is aware that it requires licenses to all patents that are essential to relevant standards. Further, we believe that ZTE is familiar with systems for declaring patents to standards-setting organizations and the relevant intellectual property rights policies for those organizations, having itself declared hundreds of patents to international standards." The lawsuit, filed in the District Court of Mannheim, alleges infringement of the German part of European Patent 1,212,919. Declarations have been filed at the European Telecommunications and Standards Institute (ETSI) that cover the patent. ZTE's accused devices are believed to fall within the scope of the patent. Vringo's complaint brief is to be served on ZTE. According to the complaint, Vringo is seeking injunctive relief, rendering of accounts, recall and destruction of allegedly infringing products as well as damages.
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There are a large number of constitutional amendments being proposed to reverse the effects of the recent US Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Here the court held that Citizens United, a group which had produced an anti-Hilary Clinton documentary, had the right to run ads promoting their documentary and its anti-Clinton message. It had been held at the lower court that because the documentary and thus the ads advocated against a candidate, they were restricted under campaign finance rules. Earlier, however, the court had held earlier that it was OK for Michael Moore to run ads for Fahrenheit 9/11, his movie which strongly advocated against re-electing George W. Bush. The court could not find the fine line between these that the lower court had held, but the result was a decision that has people very scared because it strips most restrictions on campaigning by groups and in particular corporations. Corporations have most of the money, and money equals influence in elections.
Most attempts at campaign finance reform and control have run into a constitutional wall. That's because when people talk about freedom of speech, it's hard to deny that political speech is the most sacred, most protected of the forms of speech being safeguarded by the 1st amendment. Rules that try to say, "You can't use your money to get out the message that you like or hate a candidate" are hard to reconcile with the 1st amendment. The court has made that more clear and so the only answer is an amendment, many feel.
It seems like that should not be hard. After all, the court only ruled 5-4, and partisan lines were involved. Yet in the dissent, it seems clear to me that the dissenters don't so much claim that political speech is not being abridged by the campaign finance rules, but rather that the consequences of allowing big money interests to dominate the political debate are so grave that it would be folly to allow it, almost regardless of what the bill of rights says. The courts have kept saying that campaign finance reform efforts don't survive first amendment tests, and the conclusion many have come to is that CFR is so vital that we must weaken the 1st amendment to get it.
With all the power of an amendment to play with, I have found most of the proposed amendments disappointing and disturbing. Amendments should be crystal clear, but I find many of the proposals to be muddy when viewed in the context of the 1st amendment, even though as later amendments they have the right to supersede it.
The problem is this: When they wrote that the freedom of the press should not be abridged, they were talking about the big press. They really meant organizations like the New York Times and Fox News. If those don't have freedom of the press, nobody does. And these are corporations. Until very recently it wasn't really possible to put out your political views to the masses on your terms unless you were a media corporation, or paid a media corporation to do it for you. The internet is changing that but the change is not yet complete.
Many of the amendments state that they do not abridge freedom of the press. But what does that mean? If the New York Times or Fox News wish to use their corporate money to endorse or condemn a candidate — as they usually do — is that something we could dare let the government restrict? Would we allow the NYT to do it in their newspaper, but not in other means, such as buying ads in another newspaper, should they wish to do so? Is the Fox News to be defined as something different from Citizens United?
I'm hard pressed to reconcile freedom of the press and the removal of the ability of corporations (including media ones) from using money to put out a political message. What I fear as that to do so requires that the law — nay, the constitution — try to define what is being "press" and what is not. This is something we've been afraid to do in every other context, and something I and my associates have fought to prevent, as lawsuits have tried to declare that bloggers, for example, were not mainstream press and thus did not have the same freedom of the press as the big boys.
There will be efforts to say that we won't define who is press and who isn't, but rather will control how you spend your money. That indeed the NYT can say whatever it wants in its megabuck newspaper, but it can't buy ads to say the same thing in another newspaper. I'm certain that the corporate money will quickly find loopholes in such distinctions, creating shell corporations which meet whatever definition of media corporation is used, and promoting their messages. Unlike the old world, today creating a media business is much easier. Even traditional media, eager to get campaign dollars, will find loopholes. They will sell shares which include the right to write today's editorial message, if that is what is allowed. They will find loopholes that neither you, nor I can think of, because they have billions of dollars at stake that depends on finding them. And to stop them, we will try even harder to define what is press, and what is political speech. When the law tried to stop the rich from donating to campaigns they found other ways to make it happen, and they will continue to.
Consider as well what some of the amendments say on their face. They give congress the power to control how money is raised and spent on campaigns. On the campaigns of the people trying to replace them. Many of these amendments don't try the hard task of defining fairness in the rules. They would technically make it constitutional to pass a law saying "No member of a party starting with D may spend more than $100 on their campaign." Ridiculous, but legal. If it does happen it won't be anything so unsubtle. But people have passed huge numbers of laws which give the appearance of fairness but in fact benefit their party over opponents. Redistricting is a great example, along with poll taxes, reading requirements and many other examples that litter history. Do we really want to give congress the power to regulate the rules of elections? They will change the rules to protect incumbency, and their party, I can assure you. And forget about minor candidates.
Is there an answer to the corruption of politics by all this money? It's not easy. My current best hope lies in a plan I am working on to exploit the fact that the media world is in the process of being turned upside-down by internet media technologies. In 2008, the presidential campaigns spent, it is estimated, some $500 million on broadcast ads — the majority of what they raised, and only $50 million on internet campaigns. This will change in the decade to come. Today, candidates become beholden to special interests primarily for one purpose — to buy broadcast ads. As that changes, I hold out hope for the prospect of making it no longer necessary to raise huge sums to run a workable campaign. We can't do this yet, but in the future we might. It may be, that if this happens, that the river of money will find somewhere else to flow and buy influence. But perhaps this can be reduced. It would be a shame if we revolutionized the economics of media and advertising and didn't manage to change their role in politics for the better. More on this later.


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Man shoots himself dead explaining gun safety: Not how you do it
A Michigan man is dead this week after he accidentally shot himself with his own gun while trying to instruct his girlfriend in proper gun safety.
According to CBS Detroit, "The victim's live-in girlfriend told deputies that her 36-year-old boyfriend had been demonstrating the safety of his three handguns by holding them to his head and pulling the trigger.
The third gun fired and he was struck in the head.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released."
Three young children, not related to the victim, were in the house at the time but thankfully did not witness the shooting. Sherriff's officials investigating the incident say that alcohol use may have contributed to the accident.
Now let's talk about this.
First off, with no disrespect to the late Michigan man, shooting yourself is not gun safety.
This, as in most gun accidents, could have been prevented by following a few simple gun safety rules. These are cardinal rules, which should be committed to memory and not broken or forgotten.
1. Every gun is always loaded. This means that even if you have checked a gun, double-checked it, and then checked it again and just *know* its empty* you still out of an abundance of caution, treat it as if it's loaded. Further, you should never fool around with firearms while drinking as it can impair your judgment. This leads us to...
2. Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire. This means that every gun, no matter the make, model, or caliber, has a giant safety feature and that is in your trigger finger. If there is no pressure applied to the trigger, the odds of the gun deciding it wants to go off suddenly is slim. You only put that finger on the trigger when you are...
3. (Be) Sure of your target and what is beyond it. Simply put, this is making sure that the gun is pointed in a safe direction at all times. Commonly called "muzzle control", it means you keep the end of the gun that the bullet or shot comes out of pointed in the safest place possible at all times (because a gun is always loaded right?). It's only when you are sure of what you are pointed at and make a conscious decision that you want to destroy it, that you put your finger on the trigger and fire.
All three of these rules are made to save lives and practice positive gun safety. If any of these three had been used properly in Michigan, a man would still be alive and a household would not be traumatized for decades to come.
They always say that you can learn from a mistake.
Sometimes you don't get a second chance to play by the rules.
Be safe out there, and always practice proper gun safety.


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Humans aren't the only species that tend to belt out a drunk song or two after consuming alcohol — songbirds will get in on the act as well. But first, scientists had to get them drunk.
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To understand more about the link between addiction and genes, science correspondent Miles O'Brien drinks a mixture of 30 grams of pure ethanol and Diet Coke, the equivalent of three stiff drinks, and undergoes a series of tests. Continue reading


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Sep. 22)
Display of the Nativity scene on a lawn in front of a public school does not violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the separation of church and state, State Supreme Court Justice Hugh S. Coyle ruled here yesterday.
The ruling upheld the previous decision of the Board of Education at Harts dale, a suburb, to build a creche and display the Nativity scene in front of one of the town's public schools. The board's 3-2 decision had been appealed to the court by 16 residents of Harts-dale, who sought to ban not only the Nativity scene, displayed every Christmas season in front of the school, but also other religious symbols, Jewish Mohammedan or Buddhist.
Declaring that the "ultimate objective" of the appellants could result in the "entire elimination from schools of Religious symbols, " Judge Coyle held that the Hartsdale display does "not constitute active involvement by the Government in religious exercises, " and is not comparable to the banned recitation of the Lord's Prayer or the Bible in classrooms. He stated that the creche on the school lawn is "a passive accommodation of religion" and no one is forced to look. To outlaw the display, he held, "would be tantamount to sanctioning judicially a policy of nonrecognition of God in public schools."


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Let the robot holocaust commence: robots think we taste like bacon.
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Researchers at NEC System technologies and Mie University have designed the cute little guy to the right: a metal man gastronomist, "an electromechanical sommelier", capable of identifying wines, cheeses, meats and hors d'oeuvres. Upon being given a sample, he will speak up in a childlike voice and identify what he has just been fed. The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle, amongst other more obscure uses…like "tell me what this strange grayish lump at the back of my freezer is/was."
But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot's omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto.
Absolutely horrifying. Like cows, once robots taste blood, their hunger for human flesh can never be satiated.
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