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Spie Press BookTheory and Design of Acoustic Metamaterials
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Go beyond conventional materials.
This book presents the most recent theoretical developments and numerical/experimental validations of new metamaterials and phononic crystals for the broadband absorption of elastic waves and vibrations in structures. These nine chapters explore many aspects of phononic crystals and acoustic/elastic metamaterials, including sound attenuation/absorption, extraordinary transmission, wave broadband mitigation, wave steering, cloaking via the transformation method, optimization of phononic crystals, and active acoustic metamaterials.
Pages: 352
Volume: PM260
Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- 1 Design of Broadband Elastic Metamaterials Yu-Chi Su and Chin-Teh Sun
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Three Types of Single-Negativity Metamaterial Models
- 1.3 Mode Shapes and Dispersion Curves
- 1.4 Steady-State Analysis of Unit Cells
- 1.5 Optimization Process
- 1.6 Design Guide for Three SN Metamaterials
- 1.7 Wave Attenuation in SN Metamaterials
- 1.8 Comparison of the Three SN Metamaterials
- 1.9 Summary
- 2 Active Acoustic Metamaterials Wael Akl and Amr Baz
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Why Active Metamaterials?
- 2.3 Concept of Active Acoustic Metamaterials
- 2.4 Dynamic and Control Characteristics of a Metamaterial Unit Cell with Programmable Density and Bulk Modulus
- 2.4.1 Overview
- 2.4.2 Model
- 2.5 Active Acoustic Metamaterial Cloaks
- 2.5.1 External acoustic cloaks
- 2.5.2 Internal acoustic cloaks
- 2.6 Performance Characteristics of Active Acoustic Metamaterial Cells
- 2.6.1 Metamaterial unit cell and experimental setup
- 2.6.2 Programmable density
- 2.6.3 Programmable bulk modulus
- 2.7 Conclusions
- 3 Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterials: Theory, Design, and Application Yang-Yang Chen, Rui Zhu, Nguyen Q. Huy, and Guoliang L. Huang
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Sound Reflection Prediction of the MAM
- 3.2.1 Theoretical membrane model
- 3.2.2 Numerical Validation
- 3.2.3 Microstructural parameter effects
- 3.3 Sound Absorption Prediction of the MAM
- 3.3.1 Theoretical plate model
- 3.3.2 Numerical validation
- 3.3.3 Microstructural parameter effects
- 3.4 Design of an MAM-Based Acoustic Liner
- 3.4.1 Introduction
- 3.4.2 Design of an acoustic liner integrated with the MAM
- 3.4.3 Numerical result and working mechanism
- 3.4.4 Microstructural effects and optimization
- 4 Sound Transmission Loss of Metamaterial Thin Plates with Local Resonators Yong Xiao and Jihong Wen
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Model and Method
- 4.2.1 Bare plate: wave approach
- 4.2.2 General metamaterial-based plate: PWE method
- 4.3 Sound Transmission Loss of a Bare Plate
- 4.4 Sound Transmission Loss of Metamaterial Plates
- 4.4.1 Mass-law region
- 4.4.2 Coincidence region
- 4.5 Conclusions
- 5 Design of Wide- and Multistopband Acoustic Metamaterials P. Frank Pai
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Design of Vibration Absorbers
- 5.2.1 One-stopband vibration absorber
- 5.2.2 Two-stopband vibration absorber
- 5.3 One-Dimensional Multistopband Metamaterials
- 5.3.1 Finite-element modeling
- 5.3.2 Approximation by homogenization
- 5.3.3 Numerical examples
- 5.3.4 Discussion
- 5.4 Two-Dimensional Multistopband Metamaterials
- 5.5 Nonlinear Metamaterials
- 5.6 Design Guidelines
- 5.6.1 Locations and bandwidths of stopbands
- 5.6.2 Size of an absorber
- 5.6.3 Combining multiple stopbands into one wide stopband
- 5.6.4 Use of active vibration absorbers
- 5.7 Concluding Remarks
- 6 Manipulating Physical Fields with Transformation Materials Zheng Chang, Jin Hu, and Gengkai Hu
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Formulation of the Transformation Method
- 6.2.1 Formulation I: in the context of the curvilinear coordinate system
- 6.2.2 Formulation II: in the context of the change-of-variable
- 6.2.3 Formulation III: in the context of deformation of the physical quantity
- 6.3 Transformation Methods for Different Physics
- 6.3.1 Transformation optics
- 6.3.2 Transformation acoustics
- 6.3.3 Transformation elastodynamics
- 6.4 Applications of the Transformation Method
- 6.4.1 Guiding waves: bender and cloak
- 6.4.2 Producing illusions: perfect lens and invisible gateway
- 6.5 Optimizing and Adjusting Transformation Materials
- 6.5.1 Linearity�homogeneity
- 6.5.2 Conformality�isotropy
- 6.5.3 Dealing with singularity
- 6.5.4 Dealing with irregular shapes
- 6.6 Conclusions
- 7 Phononics and Acoustic Metamaterials Badreddine Assouar
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Numerical Approaches
- 7.2.1 Plane wave expansion method
- 7.2.2 Finite-element method
- 7.3 Phononic Crystals
- 7.3.1 Phononic crystal plates
- 7.3.2 Micromechanical systems based on phononic plates
- 7.4 Acoustic Metamaterials
- 7.4.1 Plate-type acoustic metamaterials
- 7.4.2 Membrane-type acoustic metamaterials
- 8 Topology Optimization of Photonic/Phononic Crystals Yue-Sheng Wang and Hao-Wen Dong
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Topology Optimization Based on Genetic Algorithms
- 8.2.1 Genetic algorithm
- 8.2.2 Nondominated sorting-based genetic algorithm II
- 8.3 Single-Objective Optimization of Solid-Solid Phononic Crystals
- 8.3.1 Optimization of phononic crystals with high symmetry
- 8.3.2 Optimization of phononic crystals without symmetry
- 8.4 Multiobjective Optimization of Porous Phononic Crystals
- 8.4.1 Optimization of phononic crystals with high symmetry
- 8.4.2 Optimization of phononic crystals with reduced symmetry
- 8.5 Design of Phoxonic Crystal Band Gaps
- 8.5.1 Optimization of phoxonic crystals with high symmetry
- 8.5.2 Optimization of phoxonic crystals with reduced symmetry
- 8.6 Design of Phoxonic Crystal Devices
- 8.7 Concluding Remarks and Prospects
- 9 Effective Medium Theory for Phononic Crystals with Fluid Hosts Rasha Aljahdali, Xiujuan Zhang, and Ying Wu
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Methods
- 9.2.1 Single-scattering and scattering coefficient
- 9.2.2 Multiple-scattering theory
- 9.3 Results and Discussion
- 9.3.1 Isotropic lattice structures
- 9.3.2 Anisotropic lattice structures
- 9.4 Conclusions
- Index
Phononic crystals and metamaterials are artificial materials that are engineered to have properties which can manipulate and control the dispersive properties of waves and vibration. The transcendental properties of metamaterials are from their engineered constructs using artificially fabricated, extrinsic, low-dimensional inhomogeneities. This concept motivates engineers to dream and think beyond the constraints imposed by the performance limitations of conventional materials.
Elastic metamaterials (EMMs), or acoustic metamaterials, are designed by building periodically distributed subunits to create the desired, unnatural material properties to manipulate the dispersive properties of elastic waves, and they are often band gap structures. Due to the presence of the resonators, EMMs feature subwavelength wave manipulation capabilities, i.e., they modulate the propagation of waves with wavelengths significantly larger than the characteristic size of their unit cells. This opens opportunities for low-frequency wave control without the need to scale the structures to unmanageable sizes. Unfortunately, modeling and analysis of acoustic/elastic metamaterials is challenging because they are complicated built-up composite structures. In the literature, only a few simple models for acoustic metamaterials have been proposed, and they are often based on spatial averaging of heterogeneous material properties over each subunit; hence, they are valid only for waves of wavelengths that are much longer than the size of the subunits. When a metamaterial is described by its averaged material properties over each subunit, it can be treated as a homogeneous material, and it may possess negative effective mass and/or stiffness. The effective dynamic material properties induce a metamaterial, consisting of nondispersive materials, to behave as a dispersive material and enable a useful yet mysterious subwavelength stopband that allows no waves within that frequency range to propagate forward. Most current designs of acoustic/elastic metamaterials are based on the resonant motion effect. To manufacture such metamaterials with tiny subunits with the goal of preparing stopbands, expensive manufacturing techniques are required, including micro- and nanomanufacturing techniques that are still under development.
Key challenges in the development of metamaterials and their applications are the design of new metamaterials with different subsystems to have many and/or wide stopbands, physics-based modeling and understanding of their working mechanisms, and experimental verification of such mechanicsbased, elastic metamaterials. This book presents the most recent theoretical developments and numerical/experimental validations of new metamaterials and phononic crystals, for broadband absorption of elastic waves and vibrations in structures. The specific objectives are to present detailed modeling and analysis methods, to demonstrate absorption and/or guidance of elastic/acoustic waves in metamaterials structures, and to reveal the actual working mechanisms of different metamaterials.
The nine chapters constituting this book present an up-to-date survey and the results of many aspects of phononic crystals and acoustic/elastic metamaterials, including sound attenuation/absorption, extraordinary transmission, wave broadband mitigation, wave steering, cloaking via the transformation method, optimization of the phononic crystals, and active acoustic metamaterials. We hope the variety of subjects discussed in this book, and the way to handle them (theoretically, numerically, and experimentally), illustrates the richness of the emerging topic of acoustic/elastic metamaterials and will continue to initiate even more research activity and applications in the near future.
In Chapter 1, Su and Sun propose three types of broadband single negativity elastic metamaterials. They optimized these models in parametric studies and made comparisons to determine the elastic metamaterial with the broadest band gap. They found that frame bending/stretching is more appropriate than beam bending serving as a metamaterial resonator. In addition, by designing several resonators within the metamaterial unit cell, band gaps can be made even broader. They also validated the proposed metamaterial models by numerical simulations and found that by taking the unit cell to analyze the steady-state response, they can accurately determine the band gap region. Metamaterial designs were fabricated using an Eden 350 3D printer. A design guide for three single negativity metamaterials is also proposed.
In Chapter 2, Akl and Baz present the basic theories and the underlying phenomena governing the behavior of active acoustic metamaterial (AAMM) platforms that have tunable and programmable mechanical and acoustic properties. These AAMMs are intended to enable operation over wide frequency bands, adapt to a varying external environment, and more importantly morphing from one functional configuration to another based on the mission requirements of the AAMM. With such unique capabilities, acoustic cloaks, beam shifters, perfect absorbers, and/or perfect reflectors can be physically realizable by simply programming the same AAMM platform to acquire the appropriate mechanical and acoustic properties that are necessary to achieve the desired functionality without the need for any changes in the physical hardware of the platform itself.
In Chapter 3, Chen, Zhu, Huy, and Huang first develop a new membrane model to investigate the dynamic behavior of a membrane-type metamaterial (MAM) with one and multiple attached mass resonators. The proposed model can provide highly precise analytical solutions of coupled vibroacoustic problems of the MAM, in which the finite mass effects on the deformation of the membrane can be properly captured. The MAMs can be designed to possess nearly total reflection for targeting low-frequency acoustic sources. Then, a theoretical vibroacoustic plate model is developed to reveal the sound energy absorption mechanism within the MAM, which cannot be properly investigated by using the classic membrane theory. Through the plate model, the MAM has been demonstrated to be a superabsorber for low-frequency sound. Finally, a novel concept is proposed for designing acoustic liners by integrating the MAMs with conventional honeycomb cores, especially for efficiently mitigating broadband engine noises (50 to 4 kHz). The microstructural effects are systematically investigated for design optimization.
In Chapter 5, Xiao and Wen explore the sound transmission loss (STL) behavior of metamaterial thin plates with locally resonant spring-mass resonators. Two analytical methods are developed for the calculation of normal/oblique incidence STL and diffuse-field STL. One is known as the plane wave expansion method; the other one is an effective medium method. Predictions by the two methods show very good agreement in the subwavelength frequency region. It is demonstrated that a metamaterial plate can achieve a much higher STL than a bare plate (with the same surface mass density) at frequencies within the mass-law region and the coincidence region. It is also shown that the frequency band with high STL in a metamaterial plate can be broadened remarkably by replacing a single resonator with multiple damped smaller-mass resonators.
In Chapter 6, Pai presents theories and guidelines for design of one- and two-dimensional metamaterial structures based on multifrequency vibration absorbers for absorption of broadband transverse waves. Each of the proposed metamaterial structures consists of a uniform isotropic beam/plate and small multimass subsystems at distributed locations over the structure to act as multifrequency vibration absorbers. For an infinite metamaterial structure, governing equations of a unit cell are derived using the extended Hamilton principle. For a finite metamaterial beam/plate, because these two methods cannot account for the influences of the boundary conditions and transient vibrations, full-size finite-element modeling and analysis are performed. The concepts of negative effective mass and stiffness and how absorber subsystems create two stopbands are explained in detail. Numerical simulations reveal that the actual working mechanism of the proposed metamaterial structures is based on the concept of conventional mechanical vibration absorbers. A set of guidelines for the design of wide- and multistopband metamaterials is provided at the end.
In Chapter 7, Assouar gives a general overview on phononic crystals (PnCs) and acoustic metamaterials based on the finite plate, and some of their potential and appealing applications. In the first part, a brief presentation of numerical approaches mainly used to compute the physical properties of phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterial will be described. Phononic crystals are also introduced and related to some relevant works on micro/nanomechanical devices based on PnC structures, which have a great potential to improve the performances of available devices used in wireless communications and sensing. In Section 7.3, acoustic metamaterials that are primarily based on a two-dimensional finite system (i.e., 2.5D) is presented.
In Chapter 8, Wang and Dong demonstrate the possibility to use topology optimization for design of two-dimensional PnCs and phoxonic crystals (PxCs), primarily concerning band gap engineering and the corresponding PxC devices. An overview of work on the topology optimization of photonic crystals (PtCs), PnCs, and PxCs is presented. Both single- and multiobjective optimization problems based on genetic algorithms (GAs), a nature-inspired optimization technique, are described in detail. They illustrate a class of topology optimizations for PnCs with two systems: the solid/solid and vacuum/solid material phases. They also extend topology optimization to PxCs and make clear the great adaptability of multiobjective optimization methods for designing PxCs. Furthermore, besides bandgap maximization, they present the designs of PxC devices for acoustic/optical applications. Finally, they present the focus, directions, and challenges in this research field.
In Chapter 9, Chang, Hu, and Hu discuss the three existing formulations in a systemic manner. The first formulation is based on the material interpretation of coordinate transformation, where the spatial distortion is expressed by an arbitrary curvilinear coordinate system. The second formulation is based on mapping of the governing equation, where a spatial distortion is considered as a point-to-point mapping between two spaces, and all concerned equations are written in a global Cartesian system. The third formulation is based on deformation of physical quantity during spatial distortion. Based on the physical interpretation of form-invariance of the governing equation, it is assumed that the governing equation should retain the same form before and after spatial distortion in a local Cartesian system; the local affine transformation on the physical quantity is decomposed to rotation and pure stretch operations, and by applying the local forminvariance of the governing equation and energy conservation, the transformation material can be obtained. The transformation materials of electromagnetic, acoustic, and elastic waves are presented using different formulations; some important applications with transformation materials are also provided. Finally, simplification and optimization of transformation materials through adjusting spatial mapping have been examined for ease of material fabrication.
We thank the editorial staff at SPIE Press for their help in producing this book. We are also indebted to Scott McNeill for making this project viable. We express our deepest gratitude to the authors for the thought and care they put into preparing their contributions.
Frank Pai
Guoliang Huang
September 2015
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Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon authored a bill that would create such a commission, which managed to clear out of committee and then managed to tentatively pass the House. However, when the bill came up for final passage, it failed — something that normally never happens.
Texas had at least 42 convictions overturned by DNA evidence, more than any other state. Supporters of the bill claim establishing this commission would help to reduce the number of exonerations by getting to the root causes of the improper convictions.
The Dallas Morning News' Erin Mulvaney reports that Rep. Tyron Lewis, R-Odessa, spokes against the bill during final passage and said the commission would "politicize" exonerations.
"We have ways to do this outside of politics within the judiciary," Lewis said. "I think it's very important not to have a politicized process where advocacy groups can advocate."
The bill failed by a vote of 91-51.
Just a little bit later supporters of the bill managed to win a reprieve, using a parliamentary procedure that would allow for the bill to come back whenever supporters find the necessary votes to pass it.
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From Ivan Watson
A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum in Syria's largest city overnight, killing at least 50 people and strewing body parts across the neighborhood, opposition activists said Tuesday.
The missile - one of at least eight fired at the ravaged city of Aleppo by government forces since Friday, according to a U.S. official - slammed into the Jabal Badro neighborhood Monday night, the Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported. The blast knocked down seven buildings, leaving residents struggling to dig the mutilated remains of their neighbors out of the rubble, the group said.
"We documented 21 victims by names, but there are completely mutilated bodies and body parts," Mohammad Al-Khateeb, an activist from the AleppoMediaCenter, told CNN. "Nobody is sure about the final number of victims yet."
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started using surface-to-surface missiles against rebel fighters in December, after the rebels began using captured rockets to bring down government aircraft. Most have hit in fields, away from population centers.
Jabal Badro had no rebel presence, "nor any revolutionary activities," Al-Khateeb told CNN. The dead included about 20 children, he said.
"One guy came to the neighborhood, came to look for his family," Al-Khateeb said. "He told us, 'I have 20 family members living in this neighborhood. I can't find any of them.' "
There was no immediate response to the report from government officials. CNN cannot independently verify many claims from Syria, as the government has severely restricted access by international journalists.
But video and photos released by opposition activists showed dozens of men digging through the rubble of what appeared to have been an entire neighborhood consisting of dozens of homes shattered by the blast. The northeastern part of Aleppo, Syria's largest city and commercial hub, came under attack again Tuesday night from warplanes, not surface-to-surface missiles.
Abu Fares, another activist with the AleppoMediaCenter, said a jet strafed the apartment building he was speaking from. Moments later, CNN reporters heard a whoosh and an explosion that led Fares to end the call so that he could run for cover.
The United Nations says nearly 70,000 people have been killed in Syria since al-Assad launched a crackdown on opposition in March 2011. At least 159 people were killed around the country on Tuesday alone, according to the LCCS, a network of opposition activists.
In Washington, the U.S. official told CNN that Syria has been launching Scuds about twice a day from outside Damascus toward Aleppo. The official could not confirm which Aleppo neighborhoods were hit, however.
The Soviet-era Scud became notorious when Iraq used the medium-range missiles against allied forces and Israel during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. None of the recently launched missiles has struck across the border in Turkey, where the United States, the Netherlands and Germany have deployed Patriot missiles to protect civilians.
The U.S. official said Washington is still watching recent indications that Syria has moved some of its chemical weapons stockpiles. The Obama administration believes those movements are consolidating stockpiles for more secure storage away from opposition strongholds, the official said.
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The U.S has Patriot missiles in southern Turkey near Aleppo. Patriot missiles can protect civilians in Aleppo of Scud missiles, but President Obama does not want the protection of civilians.President Obama told al-Assad " Do not kill the Syrian people with chemical weapons, other weapons to kill them like warplanes, tanks and Scud missiles ! " This means that the Obama administration are evil.
I agree with you . Don't kill them weth chemical weapons ، kill them with other weapons! Obama is evil.
re "A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum in Syria's largest city overnight..."
I wonder how many of these scud missiles were originally from the Iraqi inventory, shipped in the mid-to-late 1990's by Saddam, to the Syrians, rather than reveal their existence in violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, to the world, and thus confirming American claims?
"And he shall be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him"
So easy to see, yet truth, recognised for what it really is, by so few.
As the sons of Ishmael, there go we, but by the grace of God Almighty.
Bashar the Butcher will fall... sooner or later.
Who F...n gives a crap about that shiite hole, seriously!
If you had bigger brain than your mouth you would know Syria is mostly Sunni and Christians. So stupid. Go back to the hole you came out of..
22.4 M Syrians (-70,000 dead):
2.5M Christian
.5M Druze
2.9M Alawite/Ismaili Shi'ite
16.5M Sunni
Nothing better than watching Arab terrorists blow each other up!
TV remote: Check.
Easy Chair: Check
Popcorn: Check
Smoking ruins of Arab cities: Priceless
Our military should stay out of all Foreign entanglements that are not a threat to our National Security.
Bert: Ernie, I am just wearing different clothes and I combed my hair different so that I can look nice for the party.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
The rebels or Terrorists depending on how you look at it just killed 40 civilians in Damascus with a car bomb today.
Go back to your Assad. You work for him. Your attempt to change the truth is failing. Nice TRY Electronic ASSAD ARMY. ASSAD is nothing but a killer.
Both sides are to blame for this conflict. For the opposition to plea for sympathy because the Syrian government is using SCUDS is laughable because the opposition uses IEDs in populated market areas (both sides are killing civilians). No innocent side on this. War is war, no story here.
I don't support military intervention, but if there was going to be one, I would want it to be an internationally enforced cease fire where all civilians are encouraged or helped to leave and given temporary work visas in various western nations. With all the non-combatants out, we could then let the idiots who choose to stay blow the heck out of each other without the possibility of any civilian casualties. I bet both sides would try to force civilians to stay though, or else most of them would have gotten out already. Clearly they are being used as shields by both sides.
Better to first take a look at other "internationally enforced cease fire"s. Wars always start with such names. Even Hitler started invasion of Poland for defending German Radio station, attacked by polish people, but he was as honest as Americans about, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya and now Syria.
nos. are inflated it looks from report.
Well stop using the city and civilians as human shields! Stop carrying out terrorist attacks and go back home to Saudia Arabia Qatar Turkey Jordan Lydia and Iraq you turds
U.S time to go there ..you cant just look ..
Why the US? How about the Arab League? It's their side of the world. If they are not outraged, why should we be? Just another day in their hood apparently.
roots of all evil is saudia arabia and wahabism. blood thirsty pedophiles
... and brutal Khameni with his dogs Assad and Nasrallah.
I couldn't agree more... Saudis are the biggest threat to world. They are supporting Taliban, Iraqis terrorists and almost all the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. The leader of Al-qada was from Saudi Arabia. Qatar and Saudis are the biggest supporters of terrorism around the world and its time for world to realize it.
so the terrorist army passed up israel and attacked syria. they must hate assad more.
syria has all iraqs wmd that were transferred before the war.....stupid liberal lefties think they dont exist......syria has one of the largest stockpiles of wmd chemical weapons....they didnt build these................hey obama, you didnt build that....
Wow, the world hasnt done anything about this yet? Where are the arab/muslim nations, where are the flotillas, ...where is the UN.........what a joke....
your "arab/muslim nations" are the one creating troubles, not just in Syria, but all over the places.
Who cares... let them kill each other. I laugh at them. I remember how they cheered when our Towers fell.
you are an absolute idiot
and now you cheer for their pain. You're not that different from them after all. The US lost 3000 people in Sept 11 and the Syrian lost tens of thoughsands of people.. and you're laughing. Some people have no humanity in them whatsoever!
Wow, interesting, i liked that and what more, the doc had three hands, irisemspve!! But whats the fkn story with the zite music people put on their vids, MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE cheers CC09
Need a good beating...this thirst for bloodshed is getting a little old...when you take away the human factor and peoples are complacent to the sight of dead bodies you have a bigger problem then you realize...how you ask...well think about it...how many of us are there...and how many of you (those that kill) are there...we lose our tempers and it's all over boys...
t's a good thing the Soviets have a presence there or else the West would have already invaded. I love watching this failed Western Coup unfold. It's such a black eye for the Obama administration and another classic example of his failures as a leader. Worst "Dictator" oh I mean President EVER!!!
If and when we choose to obliterate you, we will.
So, Mary Jane wants another WAR in the Middle East. Weren't IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN enough? They aren't even over. How do we pay for them? Don't you know that the SEQUESTER will hurt our military structure? I think Mary needs a reality check.
mary jane smoking too much mary jane. time to put away the hookah, "mary jane".
The sad thing is that when Assad falls, the Iranianian Mulluhs, or Sunni Terrorists will just take over. The poor people of Syria don't have many good options.
They can merge with Israel.
scuds are bad. they lack lazer guidance and carry too large of a warhead to be used in residencial areas.
that is like a mall cop throwing handgrenades at an armed robber. only gonna kill civillians in certain areas with that type of weapon.
The Syrian government is terrible from the human nature point of view.
Syrian conflict is difficult to take sides, so I make neutral comments. I am for and against Scuds.
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get some Scud
Absolutely Scud!
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Every specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Amen!
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Ameenn!
Coo coo!!
I like the one liner about the rebels using missiles, too, but they don't hit anything with them. Wellllll, that justifies everything the rebels have done, doesn't it?
The "rockets" in the hands of the opposition that are mentioned are being used to bring down Government airplanes when possible (per the article.) There was nothing in the article talking about the opposition using missiles on populated areas.
I think its time to put a stop to a madman like the president of Syria,if he will do that to his own people he will do it to anyone,he just needs a long range missle.
Isn't that what the Bush Administration said about Saddam Hussein's Regime? So what is it, stay out of Syrian affaires of intervene?
How about these "rebels" not hide out in densely populated areas.
So they can be slaughtered?
BigShiz... They ARE slaughtered anyway... Even while hiding among civilians.
so what you are saying is: Either everybody in Syria accepts whatever the corrupt criminal government dictates, or the government will slaughter any opposition and civilians with them.
This does not sound very fair, progressive, democratic or patriotic at all. You seem to have no problem with Syrians having to choose between living at all or living free, fair, and respected lives.
@desert1,just drop a favorite of mine the MOAB and if this mother of all bombs doesn't get Assads attention than nothing will ..A hole the size if an olympic pool and flattened buildings for blocks from the bombs impact would definitly get him like Kadafi to go hunker down like the rat he is!!Then and only then with his life coming to an end will he realize no money,no military strength can help him when WE want him,plain and simple with or without Russias help!!
See http://www.repentandpreparetheway.org more than 6million people will gather in kenya for nacional repentance on feb 24,2013 please dont miss this event. it hasnt happen since Bible times. and victory war is coming soon to syria prophecised by paul beggley and dr owour prophet among us. God bless and see harvest army for prophetic events coming that could affect u. like tsunami, earthquakes and diseases. God bless seek Jesus we are living in the end days.
I am GOD and I say it is not the end days
When it is I will send you an e-mail...don't jump the gun
F*** you and your damn God.
I think that ship sailed last year. Didn't you hear the family radio broadcast? No? But weren't you the chosen ones? Guess not, ha.
Scud missiles have about 300km range and 1km error, they are not cheap and Syrian army doesn't have unlimited supply of those. They are absolutely ineffective against rebels that are hiding among civilians. It would just help propaganda against them rather killing any rebel. Syrian army could use much more cheaper and more effective methods, like mortar (Like the rebels) or artillery or even tanks. They are not that far away from Aleppo.
By the way was there any rebel in that area at all?
Apparently, the main reason the Syrian government forces are using Scud missiles against the rebels is the shortage of other (more conventional) munitions...
There is another reason for using them: the Scuds cause a lot of distruction, mayhem and a big bang of noise scaring and killing a whole lot of people. That is the purpose of the scuds, that is the purpose of bombing large groups of people waiting in bread lines, that is the reason behind massacres against civilians in Howle, Darayya, and other places. The government's philosophy is: dead people won't fight or support fighters, scared people will leave or agree to anything so they don't get killed. Bombs and indiscriminate massacres achieve both purposes.
Why would Assad want to cause destruction and mayhem id Syria, while opposition leaders agreed to negotiate and their western backer got tired of their backfiring PRs? couldn't he do it with hundreds of Mortars like rebels? He could have saved the Scuds for you guys, when you get crazy enough to start another war in Middle East.
its such a shame that the whole world sits back and watches this evil dictator kill his own people. i thought that after the holocost the people in this world were not going to allow this to happen again,yet it goes on in country after country. there should be an enforced international law against genocide! no one should be allowed to get away with it.
Here lies the ongoing collection of Fools who argue with each other, lips moving, nothing of value coming out, irrelevant.
Well said. People spend way too much time arguing and hating each other rather than trying to figure out solutions to problems/situations that are definiitely solvable. Issues in the Middle-East serve as prime examples of this.
and just tell us Dale
Who would be the enforcer of this law?
He is a killer and dictator and no one has committed such a thing....the evil iranian regime and hizb allah the most terrorist organization on earth are backing this ruthless Assad and they help him to kill his own people. I notice that alot of Shabiha and Hizb allah followers posting comments here. Thye get paid to do this you find them every where to make lies like Press Tv and Iranian channal AlAlam which makes lies more than you would imagine. The bottom line Assad who is supported by Shiea from Iraq, Iran and ther terrorist of Hizb Allah.
find the scuds and take them out and if this many people were killed it is a very slim chance due to guidence systems in scud missles to work for only 90 seconds
who are you talking about to FIND the scuds and WHO will take them out?
Hey CNN war propaganda machine, you are still desperate, aren't ya?
Of course, Scuds are bad and really nasty of Assad to have used them. But then, would have been perfectly alright had he used drones in stead.
Al kaeda supported by turkish government, the Qatar and saudi Arabia , and represented by Jabahat Al Nussra in Syria is the real danger for all the civilization now a day..
Just another day in Camel Heaven.
The U.S has Patriot missiles in southern Turkey near Aleppo. Patriot missiles can protect civilians in Aleppo of Scud missiles, but President Obama does not want the protection of civilians in Aleppo. Obama administration is evi .l
Those Patriot missiles are only for defense of Turkey.
That is the agreement with the Turkish government.
You are an IDIOT.
I believe those patriot missles were supplied by NATO, not the USA
Pres Obama does not run NATO...yet
Oh wow.. CNN really believe ,his audience is completely stupid.. and that people in america have absolutely no critical thinking? Lets.. see. in the same report Barbara admits Alqaeda operates in Syria..allegedly the reason why the white house "does not provide weapons to the rebels". in fear those will end in the wrong hands.. but at the same time.. CNN theory is that Assad army ignore the Alqaeda and other armed terrorist that she admit exist in Syria and prefer instead to use their expensive weapons in limited supply against civilians that pose no threat to the government. mmmm.. I challenge anyone to find a single report done by CNN that says Assad forces successfully bombed Alqaeda / or armed rebels hold positions..According to CNN..again and again " Assad army is not fighting Armed Mercenaries ,Alqaeda and other friendly groups to Alqaeda.but instead they use their best weapons again and again and again against unarmed civilians women and children and simply because they ask for freedom? At the same time CNN recent article accuse Assad of what the Pentagon does in guantanamo with its own people..like bradley manning.. torture of prisoners.. but isnt that strange? They kill with scuds civilians...because why would they dare to attack armed rebels and other armed terrorist groups? because they will get mad? or perhaps Syrian Army is afraid to attack the armed gangs..so why they pick the innocents.?
I agree with you totally.
MMMM so sad , scuds fall over revels in syria.
misiles should be falling over the us. That would make a lack of news.
Asaad is an American Zion ist puppet. Mossad is busy sniping at civilians.
True Resistance Fighters are not shown on CNN. But we know they are there.
Fu ck ISRAHell.
Truly, you are one sick puppy blinded by hatred and anger. The more outrageous your comments the more you prove how delusional you are. .
And we will wrap you in pig skin like your dirty mu hamma d...
CNN should really stop being so one-sided on the Syrian civil war. I'm not endorsing al-Assad, but this method of reporting is misleading gullible Americans. This isn't news, this is melodramatic antagonism.
MMMMMMM not news huh? wellllll If a missile blew up MY neighborhood it is news. Most people have no clue how traumatic an event like this is. The explosive is designed to kill and maim all living things. Missiles are not just to do property damage.
I read "Syrian Scuds slamming Aleppo". Then "A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum...". So what is it? Any decent editor worth his salt would recognize the difference between "Scuds" and "A Scud" in the same article. Maybe CNN has farmed out the job of editing to Sri Lanka?
They are just quoting from one man organization of Syrian Observatory of Human Rights in Coventry, UK, run by UK employee Rami Abdulrahman who brings the latest news from Syria right from his apartment . They don't even know what scud missile is. It's just scary enough for propaganda and justifying NATO patriot missiles in Turkey. If they knew what Scud is, they would have known army that has artillery and armored brigades not very far from Aleppo has absolutely no reason to use such missiles, because it's an expensive missile with 300km range and 1km error, and there was no rebel in that area.
@Pete,another one and from where did you come from because I've been posting for over 3 years here,what's your excuse..Been trolling long,better change your name for your sake bud!!
While the SCUD may seem old and antiquated to those of us in the USA today, to those in Aleppo it is a terrifying experience. I weathered a number of Iraqi SCUD attacks during the lead up to Operation DESERT STORM; at the time we laughed, but in retrospect, we hunker down and prayed they'd miss us too. I was fortunate, those in Aleppo are not. My prayers are with you on the receiving end.
From Wiki:
" Twenty-eight members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were killed when one struck a United States Army barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia"
Thanks for the reminder. We all need a little perspective.
Let it Scud! Let It Scud! Let It Scud!
Dude, god bless the syrians for having to put up with being medias biggest target I honestly feel bad for these people
The mainstreams media has been one sided to say the least, their is definitely an agenda by the corporately owned and controlled Mainstream Media
america needs to fix the economy and infrastructure pay down its national debt, stop wasting american tax dollars on liberal agenda's.
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Sometimes you look at a chick from far away and you think "wow, she looks like a babe". Then she gets closer and then you notice "oops, she's a real scud!!!"
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Colombia: Chemical Spraying of Coca Poisoning Villages
Bogota -- Franci sits on the veranda and whimpers. The little girl is underweight. Her armpits are erupting in boils. Like most of her people, she has suffered from respiratory problems and stomach pains since the aircraft and the helicopter gunships came over at Christmas and again at New Year dropping toxic pesticides on their villages.
The tiny indigenous Kofan community of Santa Rosa de Guamuez in Colombia had it hard enough with pressures from settlers on their reservation, without Roundup Ultra containing Cosmoflux 411F, a weedkiller that is being sprayed on their villages in a concentration 100 times more powerful than is permitted in the United States.
Aurelio, a Kofan village elder, shows us around his village. The Kofan have been here 500 years. Now it looks as though their time is up. Pineapples are stunted and shriveled. The once green banana plants are no more than blackened sticks. The remains of a few maize plants can be seen here and there, but the food crops have been devastated. There is hunger at Santa Rosa. He is close to despair.
Colombian babies and children are falling ill. Peasants, already miserably poor, are getting hungrier. Indigenous tribes are being torn apart and whole communities pushed into exile.
The reason is the US-sponsored Plan Colombia, conceived by President Bill Clinton and roundly embraced by President George W Bush, designed to eliminate all cocaine production in Colombia. A key element is the spraying from planes of a highly concentrated chemical toxin on the coca bushes, whose leaves provide the raw material for the drug.
The coca bushes have generally survived. In the front line of America's war on drugs it is humans and the environment that have become the victims.
Investigations by The Observer have revealed for the first time the extent of the damage which both the Colombian and the US governments have tried to keep secret since the scheme started in late December. Against a growing mass of evidence to the contrary, they claimed last month: 'The aerial spraying did not cause any injury or significant damage to the environment.' The reality is that the results on the ground are disastrous.
The small farmers in this rich tropical valley don't believe the official accounts as they wonder how they can replace their crops and the chickens and fish that have been poisoned in their farmyards and ponds.
Meanwhile coca bushes are sprouting anew. Wherever the farmers have been able they have cut off the poisoned leaves to prevent the toxins reaching the bushes' roots and the coca is reviving. On the hills of Putumayo their lime-green leaves are holding the promise of new thrice-yearly harvests from which the narcotic will be manufactured again: their flourishing presence mocks the politicians and soldiers in Washington and Bogota.
At a village outside La Hormiga, a group of sick children are gathered by their mothers at the gates of the school whose small garden was ruined by the poison that rained on it early in the mornings on 22 December and 6 January. 'The planes came over at the height of a palm tree accompanied by helicopter gunships which circled around,' said Juana, a young teacher at the school. 'The plants the children were tending in the school garden withered and the pullets they were looking after all died.'
Like other Colombians, she did not want her real name used for fear of reprisals by government forces or their allies, the 'paracos' - the paramilitary death squads.
Children from local schools are showing signs of serious skin infections, which heal over but continually recur.
Gloria, a teacher at the school at El Placer, reports similar illness. 'About 230 of the 450 pupils at our school have gone down with diarrhea, and respiratory and constantly recurring skin infections,' she said.
Domestic animals have fared even worse. The tilapia that have brought a new prosperity to farmers who had built fish ponds are dying in their thousands as are dogs, pigs and other livestock.
Plan Colombia, promoted by the US and Colombian governments and gingerly accepted by the British and other European Union countries, is dissolving in failure, death and vast pollution of the Amazonian forest within months of its launch in December.
Under the plan, the Colombian armed forces are being given US weapons and training. These are same troops who over the decades have accumulated honors and medals for their battles with unarmed civilians and have frequently committed atrocities with Western help.
Now Colombians, disillusioned alike with politicians, the increasingly aimless guerrillas and the death squads, are becoming enraged at America's 'war on drugs' whose front line is in their villages.
Thousands have fled the Putumayo for neighboring Ecuador, adding to the estimated 2,100,000 Colombians who have been displaced within the country by war.
Those who stay - and who dare to criticize the war on drugs - complain that Washington is seeking to halt the production of cocaine and heroin while doing nothing to stop the drug trade in the US itself where the bulk of the profits are made - letting senior racketeers go free while filling US prisons with minor offenders from the ethnic minorities.
But what is scaring them most is what the chemicals are doing to them. Consignments of the poison being used in Colombia contain labels warning that it causes damage to crops, which must be 'shielded with screens from aerial spraying to prevent droplets falling on the green parts of useful plants'. The warning also says that application must be done on windless days.
The people who do the spraying in this valley do not supply screens and the peasants couldn't afford them if they could find them. Nature does not often provide windless days in the tropical Andean valleys. And the coca bushes are often planted among other crops.
The chemical, based on the compound glyphosate, is manufactured by the US Monsanto Corporation using British ingredients, hexitan esters, supplied by ICI Specialty Chemicals, and liquid isoparafins manufactured by Exxon. It damages the human digestive system, the central nervous system, the lungs and the blood's red corpuscles. Another constituent causes cancer in animals and damage to the liver and kidneys of humans.
The villagers' fears about the chemicals appear to be well founded. The World Health Organization has found that glyphosate is easily transmitted to humans through foods such as raspberries, lettuces, carrots and barley - with traces of the chemical found in crops sown a whole year after the soil had been dosed with it.
Elsa Niva, a Colombian agronomist who works with the Pesticide Action Network, ridicules the US government's claims that Roundup Ultra is safe and no more poisonous than aspirin or table salt.
She has written that in the first two months of this year local authorities have reported 4,289 humans suffering skin or gastric disorders while 178,377 creatures were killed by the spraying including cattle, horses, pigs, dogs, ducks, hens and fish.
According to Colombian NGOs, the government, backed by Washington, has done its best to discredit reports of damage from Roundup Ultra, accusing complaining peasants of being in league with the drug traffickers and guerrillas. The first Blair government adopted a similar attitude to the complaints: during and after several flying visits to Colombia, Mo Mowlam, the Minister then in charge of drug problems, belittled reports of the damage Roundup Ultra was causing. 'She kept on saying, "Where's the evidence?" when we told her of the effects of the poison,' remarked one senior member of a UK aid agency.
Human rights workers have expressed dismay at their treatment by British officials. 'One official visited me. He was very aggressive, dismissing our reports from the Putumayo of the damage done as "rubbish". I felt insulted. He was trying to intimidate me,' said one.
Luis Fernando Arango, a conservative lawyer and university teacher who opposes the spraying, said: 'Anyone who protests about this is labeled a drug dealer. Years into the future a lot of old men with dandruff will get together in Geneva and talk about it. But by then there will be no countryside left.'


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Friday, January 27, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
News and Hiatus
The TCA was held recently, and there's an interview with Jared Padalecki that's FULL OF SPOILERS, so beware!
There's also an interview with Robert Singer at Digital Spy.
I admit, after last week's awesome episode, I gobbled up details about what's upcoming, and I'm excited. :)
Not so excited, though, about another hiatus. According to a sneak peek note on Dread Central, we're back to reruns until February 3rd. WTH?
(In a related note, the local CBS and CW stations went black in Verizon here in Central PA from late Thursday through Sunday, because Verizon and the station group owner couldn't agree to a new contract. There was much wailing and anger! Luckily for me, I'm on DirecTV. :) )
Posted by Natalie J. Damschroder at 3:48 PM 3 comments
Labels: Jared Padalecki, News Monday, robert singer
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time After Time After Time
Time After Time After Time already has a Cyndi Lauper song playing in my head. I miss the music from the old days. In fact, I heard Bad Company on the way to dinner and thought of Meg. Remember Meg? I liked her.
ANYWAY, tonight the boys are stalking something that looks like a priest from The Exorcist movie. They split up to follow him, and Dean comes upon the monster sucking the life force out of what looks like a homeless man. As Dean rushes forward, the creature dissolves into a ball of red light, taking Dean with it as Sam arrives, shouting his brother's name.
Dean is looking up Dick Roman info on the laptop when Sam's phone rings. It's Sheriff Jodi Mills, and she has a case for him, a mummified body in Canton Ohio. (OMG—credits, RAT BOY is going to be in this one!) Apparently the sheriff knows about Bobby because she's choked up when she speaks his name, talking about all she went through with him and the Winchesters. Sam (who needs a hair cut, he's about to be a dad , already!) tells Dean she caught a case for them. Dean replies with, "Aw, I feel bad. We didn't get her anything." Sam then chides Dean for reading Dick Roman stuff over and over, that he's just punishing himself.
In the next scene, they pull up in what looks like a new car in front of a dilapidated house (from Ghost Facers?) The brothers do rock, paper, scissors to decide who gets the bedroom. Apparently Dean has moved on from scissors because he chose rock and Sam chose paper. "How does paper beat a rock?"
They show up at some guy's house. Apparently he witnessed the victim being sucked dry. They go back to the house where they're squatting, and can't find anything about turning bodies into cryptkeepers, but Greater Canton is a magnet for weird bodies. Random years, but always in threes. Two bodies have already been found. Dean taps into local surveillance cameras, a trick he learned from Frank, impressing Sam. But they found pictures of the same man on local surveillance and in an old newspaper story about one of the strange bodies. They locate the girl who found the body in 1957 and ask if she recognizes the man. She does, and the boys go stake out the house.
And we're back to the first scene, where Dean attacks and disappears into a ball of energy. He's grappling with the creature—and finds himself in on a street in…the 1940s? The police see him and demand he drops the gun. He is arrested and learns he's 68 years in the past. He takes a minute to do the math. "I'm stuck in 1944?"
The cop leaves him and another man in plainclothes comes in. Rat Boy!!! Wow, X-Files was a while back, huh? Dean figures he's screwed anyway, so tells the truth, and is surprised when Rat Boy (OMG, Elliot Ness!) believes him. He accuses the man of being a hunter, but Ness rolls his shoulders and denies it, then introduces himself. Dean is suitably impressed.
Meanwhile, back in 2011, Sam is on the phone with the sheriff. BTW, those shirts he wears? Hella expensive, because I keep trying to buy them for my husband but don't trust him in $70 shirts. Okay, now the sheriff wants to help find Dean since she got them into this mess.
Back in the '40s, Dean is going fanboy on Elliott Ness. Ness says they're hunting the same thing in different centuries. Dean gets all excited to be an "untouchable" but Ness doesn't know what he's talking about. They go shopping to get Dean new clothes. Ness tells the seamstress Dean is from the future. Dean says, "Gas is $4 a gallon, you can get cheese from a spray can, and the president is a black guy."
In 2011, the sheriff is bringing Sam paperwork from Bobby's locker. She's pretty sure something is alive in three of the boxes.
In the 40s, OMG, Dean looks GOOD. Goooooooooood. He keeps saying "awesome," which makes the seamstress ask if he's a religious kook. Then she calls he and Ness "idjits," which amuses Dean. He tells her she reminds him of someone.
In 2011, Jodi is helping Sam on the internet. They are magically able to enhance a picture to see a ring on their suspect's finger, which bears the symbol of Kronos, the god of time. He's an old god, who used to get his power from people feeding him. Now he makes up for lack of power with being "twice as pissed, and a lot more hands on." Sam decides they have to summon him.
In the 1940s, Dean and Ness go to find the house Sam and Dean had staked out. Dean quotes Sean Connery from The Untouchables, but Ness says, "Who talks like that?" Dean swears he's never watching one of his favorite movies again. They break into the house and discover Kronos is laying bets on races where he already knows the outcome. So Ness and Dean go look for the bookie who places his bets. Dean plays muscle, loving every minute of it, but doesn't have to do much to threaten him to get a location.
In 2011, Sam and Jodi find a way to call Kronos, but Dean has to be touching him when they do, or Dean will be stuck in another time forever. They find an old bottle in Bobby's things and decide to drink it.
In the 1940s Dean and Ness stake out the bar where Kronos is drinking. Dean asks Ness who died in his life that made him become a hunter. Ness calls him morbid, and says he started because vampires were turning people and he caught the bug. Ness asks why Dean is doing it and Dean said because of his family, but they keep dying and he doesn't know why he does anything anymore. Ness calls him a nancy and wants to know if all hunters are as soft as Dean in the future. Dean is taken aback—certainly Dean has never been soft. "At least you're making a difference. Hunting's the only clarity you're going to find in this life. That makes you luckier than most."
After Ness makes his speech, a lovely woman walks by the car, and Kronos follows her. Ness leads Dean to the trunk of his car—loaded with all manner of weaponry. "Sweet merciful awesome!" Dean exclaims.
Dean and Ness follow Kronos, weapons at the ready (could that BE any hotter?) only to see Kronos and the girl embrace. They're stunned.
Ness and Dean split up, Ness going to watch Kronos, I guess, who went home with the girl. Dean goes back to the seamstress. She's found a way to kill Kronos, with an olive branch carved by vestal virgins and dipped in the blood of you-don't-wanna-know-what. Dean realizes if he kills Kronos he's stuck in 1944. The seamstress tells him there's lots of ways to pass the time and lays a kiss on him. As he's leaving he remembers Back to the Future 3 (is that the western one?) and decides to write himself a letter—at least I think so.
Okay, I JUST recognized Kronos as Logan from Veronica Mars. Holy smokes, I love Logan. I didn't recognize him until he spoke, before beating up Ness. He's interrupted by the girl telling him he forgot to take out the trash, apparently his excuse for going out. Ness disappears. Kronos tells his girl to pack a bag, she's going with him. When she hesitates, he snaps at her, which surprises her.
Dean pulls up in front the house Sam and Dean were squatting in. He tells the owner he's the head of homeland termite inspection. He finds the bedroom where Sam made his bed, lays on the floor and looks for the perfect spot to hide his message to Sam.
Back in 2011, Jodi sends Sam to bed, and he sees the message from Dean—his name carved into the baseboard and Dean's note behind it. He runs down to show Jodi the letter which has the name of the woman, Lila, and the exact date Dean had contact with him. Sam and Jodi find Lila at a rest home and ask her about Ethan. She hadn't seen him since 1944, the night the clocks stopped at 11:34, when he said awful things, and strangled that poor man. Sam shows her a picture of Dean and she said Ethan choked the life out of him.
In 1944, Dean goes back to the house looking for Ness and breaks in. He and Kronos fight. Ness holds Lila hostage with a gun pointed at her belly. Kronos said he does his sacrifices so he can get back to Lila because he loves her. He used to wander but now he has her. When she calls him a monster, you can feel his heart breaking.
Meanwhile, Sam and Jodi call Kronos, who slides back to 2011. Ness tosses the olive branch to Dean just as he and Kronos disappears in a ball of light. Once back in the house, Sam stabs Kronos, who dies after telling the brothers their future is covered in a thick black ooze. They're everywhere. And then Kronos dies. The end.
Now, I'm not a fan of the drawn-out ending but THAT was a little abrupt. But awesome.
Posted by MJFredrick at 12:09 AM 6 comments
Friday, January 13, 2012
People's Choice
In case you, like me, have your head buried in your to-do list, Supernatural won the People's Choice award for both Favorite Network TV Drama and Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show. The boys did a short thank-you video to the fans:
Laura Prudom at Huffpost TV has a really good article about the injustice of the Favorite Network TV Drama being left out of the live telecast.
Posted by Natalie J. Damschroder at 12:01 AM 0 comments
Labels: people's choice awards, season 6, Season 7, Supernatural
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Jim Beaver's New Bullet Phobia
Did you guys see this great TV guide interview with Jim Beaver?
Maybe we won't see Bobby again for a while on SPN, but looks like fans can catch Jim on Justified sometime in the future!
Posted by Anonymous at 2:39 PM 1 comments
Labels: Bobby, Celebrity Interview, Jim Beaver
Monday, January 9, 2012
Guest Star Bingo
Seriously, we should set it up. I bet someone else has, though. Anyone got a link? :)
Okay, here are some places I recently saw Supernatural guest stars:
An episode of Entourage from the last season, the one where Vince buys the dinosaur head. The actress who played Sarah in "Provenance" was in a similar role in the auction house.
Last week's episode of Leverage (two Sundays ago) had Todd Stashwick and the actress who played Casey in "Sin City."
I know there were others but I failed to write them down and my brain is starting to malfunction from hunger. I'm going to go make dinner--you tell me more in the comments!
Posted by Natalie J. Damschroder at 5:48 PM 4 comments
Labels: guest stars, Supernatural
Friday, January 6, 2012
Adventures in Babysitting
It's the beginning of new episodes after hiatus, so you know we had to have a recap at the beginning of the show. And, yay, we had some classic rock with REO Speedwagon's "Riding the Storm Out." We were reminded about saying bye-bye to Cass (sniffle), the nasty leviathans, and Bobby's final moment of writing down the mysterious numbers, saying, "Idjits," then dying (sniffle, sniffle).
When we launch into this episode, we see a guy in a diner watching out the window. Seriously, this dude (the actor, Ian Tracey) has been on everything I watch lately. Since he played bad guys on Sanctuary and Hell on Wheels, it was nice to see him play one of the good guys. He follows a woman out of the diner/truck stop, but she disappears between two semi trucks. When he turns back around, the waitress he'd just been talking to turns out to be a little more than a waitress. She's got herself some sharp-ass teeth and she bites him. When he crumples to the ground, she says, "That's for the crappy tip." Moral of the story: always tip your waitress well.
Next we see the words "Week One" and Sam and Dean just sitting in a room staring at nothing. We know they're still in shock over Bobby's death (I hate typing those words, btw). Then it's Week Two, and they're look at the mysterious numbers and trying to figure out what they can be. Week Three, Dean has constructed a clue board and Sam comes in and asks if they should call "Bobby's people" to let them know about his passing. But neither wants to be the one to do it. Sam answers a call from a young girl who sounds scared. Her dad told her to call Bobby if anything happened to him, so when Sam can't produce Bobby she hangs up on him. But Sam tracks Chrissy down and soon realizes that her father is a hunter and he's gone missing. Sam says he'll find her father and leaves.
Meanwhile, Dean has gone to find super computer nerd Frank to see why it's taking him so long to get back to him about the numbers. Frank's cleaned out his house, but he shows up pointing a gun at Dean in case he's a leviathan. Dean says he's not, but Frank says that, sure, he's not. Neither is Dick Roman or Gwyneth Paltrow. To end the standoff, they each cut themselves to prove they blood red blood instead of black goo. Frank takes Dean to a stashed RV where he's set up his computers. He says that the five numbers Bobby wrote down are a dead end, but he figured since Bobby was dying he didn't have time to write down all the numbers. He created a probability program and figured out that it was actually six numbers and that they were coordinates to a field in Wisconsin owned by Dick Roman's company.
When Sam calls to check in, Dean tells him what is going on. When Sam expresses concern about Dean and Frank heading there, Dean says, "Relax. It's a field, not the Death Star." :) Dean and Frank (by the way, I think Frank is hilarious and a necessary comedic edition in the absence of Bobby and Cass) pretend to be line workers to stake out the field, and the sight of Dean trying to operate a cherry picker was funny. As soon as he gets the picker up though, Frank tells him to get back down because there are cameras all over the place on the Roman property. Instead of setting up their own surveillance, Frank hacks into Roman's cameras and sees a woman who works for Roman and a surveying crew. They're going to build something on the property, but what we don't know. Goofy Frank also goes serious long enough to tell Dean that he wasn't always like he is now, but that he has to find a way to get through each day since he was 27 and came home to find his wife and kids gutted on the floor. Damn, everyone on this show has lost someone in a horrible way. Even Chrissy saw her mother killed.
Back in Sam-land, he thinks he's tracking one vetala. But since he doesn't know they work in pairs, he gets attacked and dragged back to their lair too. When he wakes up, there are lots of dead guys lying around but Chrissy's dad, Lee, is still hanging on. When Dean figures out what has likely happened, he goes to Chrissy's to find out where Sam might have gone. But Chrissy has destroyed the map and notes so that Dean has to take her with him. Enter some smack talk between Dean and a 14-year-old girl, LOL. When they finally find and follow the vetala back to their lair, Dean cuffs Chrissy to the steering wheel of the car and goes in. Luckily for him, she had not one but two lock picks and rushes in as he's getting his butt kicked. She pretends to get captured by one of the vetala, but then she stabs and kills her then cuts Sam's bonds. This gives Sam and and Dean the chance to kill the other vetala.
When we see Lee recovering in a hospital, the boys urge him to quit hunting so Chrissy can have a normal life. Lee asks if they've ever known anyone to quit the hunting life. Dean says no, that they all end up dead first. When Chrissy runs out of the hospital after Dean, she says they're giving up hunting. She also tells Dean he's "kind of amusing for an old guy." LOL.
What did you think of the episode? What about Frank? What do you think Dick and his leviathans are going to build in that field?
Posted by Trish Milburn at 9:10 PM 14 comments
Labels: Dean Winchester, Dick Roman, Frank, Sam Winchester, Supernatural
Monday, January 2, 2012
Midseason Polls and stuff
Hellatus is almost over! *does the Sam!and!Dean!dance* I think this is the earliest return in a few years. It almost feels like it sped by!
Spoiler TV is holding some midseason polls. Go here to vote on which of the episodes that leaned heavily on comedy are your favorites. Some of these are tough! How can you choose between "You've gotta go be gay for that poor dead intern" and Sam tied to a bed?!
And stay tuned for Friday night's new episode and our recap/review!
Posted by Natalie J. Damschroder at 2:35 PM 7 comments
Labels: Hiatus, Poll, Supernatural


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WASHINGTON — First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places across the world.
Blogs connected the deadly dots, joking about the "aflockalypse" while others saw real signs of something sinister, either biblical or environmental.
The reality, say biologists, is that these mass die-offs happen all the time and usually are unrelated.
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Federal records show they happen on average every other day somewhere in North America. Usually, we don't notice them and don't try to link them to each other.
"They generally fly under the radar," said ornithologist John Wiens, chief scientist at the California research institution PRBO Conservation Science.
95 mass die-offs
Since the 1970s, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin has tracked mass deaths among birds, fish and other critters, said wildlife disease specialist LeAnn White. At times the sky and the streams just turn deadly. Sometimes it's disease, sometimes pollution. Other times it's just a mystery.
In the past eight months, the USGS has logged 95 mass wildlife die-offs in North America and that's probably a dramatic undercount, White said. The list includes 900 some turkey vultures that seemed to drown and starve in the Florida Keys, 4,300 ducks killed by parasites in Minnesota, 1,500 salamanders done in by a virus in Idaho, 2,000 bats that died of rabies in Texas, and the still mysterious death of 2,750 sea birds in California.
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On average, 163 such events are reported to the federal government each year, according to USGS records. And there have been much larger die-offs than the 3,000 blackbirds in Arkansas. Twice in the summer of 1996, more than 100,000 ducks died of botulism in Canada.
"Depending on the species, these things don't even get reported," White said.
Weather — cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky — is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say. Pollution, parasites and disease also cause mass deaths. Some are even blaming fireworks for the blackbird deaths.
Skewed view
So what's happening this time?
Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events, connecting the dots more.
"This instant and global communication, it's just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are unusual," Wilson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Not to worry, these are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."
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The irony is that mass die-offs — usually of animals with large populations — are getting the attention while a larger but slower mass extinction of thousands of species because of human activity is ignored, Wilson said.
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Cooking a dish that both meat eaters and vegetarians will compromise on can be difficult. I was once in a predicament where I hosted someone who neglected to mention that she was a celiac and a vegetarian. Normally, I would prepare something extra for my vegetarian guests but I was only informed about this at the least minute. Suffice to say, this poor girl did not have many options. I tried convincing her to eat some chicken so she wouldn't starve throughout the entire meal but no avail. A guest leaving hungry is every hosts nightmare.
Most meat eaters I know are reluctant to try vegan dishes, especially those that require tofu. Tofu is persona non gratta in my household. We tend to eat vegetarian dishes during the week and save meat/chicken for the weekends, holidays and special occasions. I generally prefer Shephard's pie made from ground meat. I once ate a vegetarian version using ground soy beef. It didn't work for me. I came across another version that even the meat-and-potato- types will appreciate. Like any other Shepherd's pie, this vegetarian rendition is just as filling and plentiful. I made a sweet potato puree for the topping. I know people (some of whom are related to me) who have an aversion to sweet potatoes. I like the contrast of sweet and savory flavors combined. If you don't, however, feel free to use red potatoes, Idaho potatoes, or rustic potatoes. Just omit the cinnamon and ground cloves factor. I used lentils in lieu of tofu. While lentils need 45 minutes to cook, I suggest that you grant yourself some time to prepare for this dish.
As a professed red blood male and a carniverous meat-eater (that bit was exaggerated although he does like his meat), my husband gave this recipe a thumbs up. In fact, we had to refrain from eating this entire dish.
For this recipe, you will need:
- 3-4 large sweet potatoes peeled and diced
- 1/2 cup of soy,almond, rice or unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
- 1 cup of cooked brown or green lentils
- 1 cup of diced carrots
- 1 cup of diced celery
- 1 cup of chopped mushrooms
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves or garlic minced
- 1 cup of dry red wine
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 teaspoon of dried parsley
- Salt and pepper for taste
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Place potatoes in a pot with water. Bring to a boil on the stove top then reduce heat to medium to the potatoes continue to simmer. Let the potatoes cooks for about 20 minutes till fork tender. Once the potatoes have been cooked, drain them and add the non dairy milk, cinnamon, and cloves. Using a masher or a hand blender, puree till smooth. The puree should be a little watery. Set aside. In a cast iron skillet over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add in onions and saute until translucent. Add the garlic and saute for another 2 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, and mushrooms and cook for about 4 minutes util vegetables are fragrant and tender . Season with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, cumin, and parsley. Add the lentils and stir in the Worcestershire sauce. Then pour in the wine. Cook for another 10 minutes until liquid is reduced. Transfer vegetables to a 9 inch greased baking dish. Spread evenly sweet potato puree over vegetables. Place the dish in the oven and let it bake for about 40 minutes till the tips of the potatoes turn golden brown. Increase heat at the end of cooking for more browning, if desired. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tbsp of chopped parsley on top of the pie to garnish. Serve hot.
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To The Editor: Well, a bit into the new year, and I am still hearing people talk of their "resolutions." I always enjoy this. I always feel like it's a fresh start. It's a good feeling. I really didn't focus before the ball dropped in 2012 on any particular new resolution, other than the usual... you know, eat healthier, lose a few pounds, pay off debts. It wasn't until last Saturday night that I gave more thought to some things that were more important. I was invited to a special Saturday night service at a church in Sherrill. It was great, the people there are so friendly, the music is awesome, the messages give you things to think on. This was where I have to say were MY "three wise men." There was a special message to be shared by three men that had been meeting on a regular basis, at a Bible study group at the Oneida Y. They were to share what they felt was a "gift," either given or received. One spoke on friendship. Truly a gift, and how his resolution, as the gift of friendship meant so much was to rekindle a relationship with a friend who he had lost touch with. That hit home with me, as I know how easily that can happen, and immediately a list of old dear friends came to mind that I had lost touch with, for no particular reason other than life being busy. I am finding now at my age, that life can get busy, but it's so short, and true friendships are meant to hang on to. So one of my new resolutions is to keep in contact with friends who I haven't spoken with in ages, those good times, memories shared, should not be forgotten. The next spoke on forgiveness. Talk about a gift. When you forgive someone, you are not only setting them free, but yourself as well. You are no longer hanging on to negative feelings, bitterness, anger; all things that affect our body, mind, and spirit. As I was listening, again I immediately thought of people who have hurt me, and people I may have hurt as well. My next resolution is to forgive more, and ask for it as well. The third "wise man" spoke of his family. He told heartfelt stories on especially his mother, who was able to give her entire family a special gift this Christmas season. This made me think of my family, and reminded me, always family first. My next resolution is to not ever forget that. Thank you, Hank, Kevin, and Doug. You have given a new meaning to New Year's resolutions for me this year. The Oneida Daily Dispatch welcomes letters from our readers about subjects of interest. Letters should be fewer than 500 words. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, brevity and taste and limited to one per writer per calendar month. For more information call 363-5100 ex 137 or visit: http://bit.ly/Pes27p All letters must include the author's name, address and a daytime phone number to verify the letter's authenticity; phone number and exact street address will not be published. Please send to Oneida Daily Dispatch, 130 Broad St. Oneida, NY, 13421 or : firstname.lastname@example.com
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Daily Slice: Casa Razdora, Boston
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The Diavola slice ($4.25) at Casa Razdora dwarfs a standard dinner plate. Each slice makes up a quarter of a 16-inch pie. And for the mouths in Boston's financial district long deprived of quality pizza, their mondo slices more than make up for the deficiency.
Silver dollar rounds of hot sopressata are thinly sliced so that they achieve a crackling crisp lip in the oven's heat. They give the slice a little kick and lot of porky, meaty flavor. Browned Parmesan cheese works its way into almost each bite and bright, fruity tomato sauce, applied with a light hand, offers just the right contrast to the flavorful dough.
The structure of the crust is thicker than a Neapolitan or New York slice, but is neither too dense or heavy. Despite being one-quarter of a whole pie, when lifted, the slice holds as if standing at attention without a hint of sag. And this blistered crust is not merely a vehicle for flavor; it has a character all its own. Wheaty, with a somewhat malt-y flavor, the bread is a tad on the salty side, but that's a minor grievance about an otherwise extremely satisfying slice.
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Paula Deen acknowledged using the N-word during a videotaped deposition last month — but that's not the only eyebrow-raising admission from the celebrity cook.
According to The Daily Beast, Deen also said during the deposition that she wasn't bothered by the fact that her brother watched pornography at work and showed it to other co-workers, and stated that she and her husband taught their children that it was only OK to use the N-word in a joke, or when repeating something that a black person had said.
Report: Paula Deen admits to using racial slur
When recalling that she once had to fire a female manager after discovering that she had had sexual relationships with underage servers, Deen referred to the employee as "a piece of p---y," the Daily Beast reports.
And in regards to the now-infamous "Southern plantation"-themed reception she wanted to plan for her brother's wedding, Deen explained: "What I would really like is a bunch of little n----rs to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts, and black bow-ties. You know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around."
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Activities and Attractions for Everyone on Granville Island
So much to do, so little time. From city pursuits like cooking classes, museums, galleries, to outdoor thrills like whale watching, white water rafting, zip-trekking , to Shopping and the Theatre, there is never a shortage of activities to take in and explore in and around Vancouver
Granville Island
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Imagine an island in the middle of a city. A living, breathing urban oasis filled with fine waterfront restaurants, theatres, galleries, studios, unique shops, cafes and the most spectacular fresh food market you have ever seen. This is where Vancouver locals and visitors come together to be inspired, to be entertained, or simply to breathe in some of its unique atmosphere.
Explore Granville Island at the click of your mouse. Simply run your mouse over building on the Granville Island Map and your destination will light up!
Eating & Restaurants – Granville Island
A hip and casual waterfront cafe, a top stylish restaurant or an ethnic snack from the market? But don't just think of it as a place to refuel while shopping or to unwind before catching a play. Dining here can also be a reason to visit all on its own.
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Arts & Culture on Granville Island
Granville Island has always been such a unique haven for creativity. Day or night, young or old, you can always find an eclectic mix of festivals, theatre, street performers, musical shows and art exhibits, many of which are created in the island's hidden studios and rehearsal spaces.
Explore the Artists and Artisans of Granville Island on the Granville Island website
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Vancouver Shopping – Granville Island
If you were expecting shopping on Granville Island to be a little unexpected, then expect away. There is nothing ordinary here. In fact, we can almost guarantee you will find that one-of-a-kind discovery.
So come and explore this bounty of curiosities and treat someone special. Shopping on Granville Island can be broken up into six distinct areas. Please explore the links below:
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- Net Loft
- Railspur Alley
- Granville Island Artists & Artisans
- Kids Market
- Day Vendors Association
- Other things to do at Granville Island
- Granville Island Boat Rentals
Vancouver Attractions & Activities
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Comprehensive Vancouver information can be found at www.tourismvancouver.com.
Outside of the beautiful Granville Island, Vancouver has endless opportunities!
Below is just a taste of the wide breadth of things there are to do in Vancouver. From suspension bridges to aquariums to festivals and gardens, this is a great sampling of Vancouver to whet your appetite.
Granville Island
A charming public market overflowing with fresh produce, breads, seafood and a bounty of other goods is reason enough to visit Granville Island. Be sure to also stroll the narrow lanes of the island to check out its unique shops and photo-worthy views of downtown across False Creek.
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Stanley Park
You won't be able to resist the beauty of this 400-hectare (1,000-acre) park covered in vibrant green grass and majestic cedar, hemlock and fir trees. Attractions such as the Vancouver Aquarium, seawall path, totem poles, hiking trails, horse-drawn tours and outdoor swimming pool offer nearly endless diversions.
Robson Street
World-renowned shopping is most certainly the main attraction on this downtown thoroughfare. But you can also people watch from cafe patios (keep an eye out for celebrities), dine on delicious fare at trendy restaurants, get pampered at a spa or simply stroll along with the crowds.
Vancouver Lookout
Located in the downtown Harbour Centre, the Vancouver Lookout, at a height of 130 metres (430 feet), is the perfect place to survey the city and plan – or reflect upon – your day.
Grouse Mountain
Adventure awaits just 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Ride the Skyride for dramatic views, hike the Grouse Grind (a challenging 2.9-kilometre/1.8-mile trail up the face of the mountain), see grizzly bears at the Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, ski, ride a zipline or even paraglide.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
A sanctuary in the heart of the city, these incredibly manicured gardens were the first authentic classical Chinese gardens ever built outside of China. Walk along the peaceful paths and admire the harmonious elements designed in rock, water, plants and architecture.
Vancouver Art Gallery
This highly acclaimed collection of national and international contemporary art is worth spending at least an afternoon exploring. Don't miss the collection of work by the well-known British Columbian artist Emily Carr. Stop in at the Satellite Visitor Centre on the southwest side of the gallery for great information and tips.
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Make your way across the swaying suspension bridge, which stretches 137 metres (450 feet) across a canyon and the Capilano River 70 metres (230 feet) below. Then explore the beautifully lush fir and fern-carpeted forests via a series of elevated suspension bridges in the Treetops Adventure.
Sea to Sky Highway
The drive from Vancouver north on Highway 99 takes you past glimmering turquoise inlets, old-growth rain forests and craggy cliffs. You can stop to explore waterfalls, hiking trails, the West Coast Railway Heritage Park and BC Museum of Mining. The year-round resort at Whistler, the designated Host Mountain Resort for the 2010 Winter Games, and the dramatic Coastal Mountain Range mean your destination will be as exciting as the journey. You can also travel the route by train on the Whistler Mountaineer.
Dim sum in Chinatown. Trendy shops on cobblestone lanes in Gastown. Art galleries galore in South Granville. These favourite discoveries and other hidden gems await in Vancouver's neighbourhoods.
Special Events
Looking for Special Events? Check out the Tourism Vancouver event calendar! This link will provide you with all the exciting upcoming events to experience during your stay! Still looking for dates? Why not check out the events calendar!
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La Rochelle
What you need to know before you go
La Rochelle is where you can take in great views of the Old Port and the three historic towers that surround it – or explore the ancient cobblestone interiors of the towers themselves. Walk to the mass of yachts stationed outside the Port des Minimes, and you'll find a lovely beach.
There's great shopping, and many charming cafés and bakeries, strewn along the bustling strip of Rue du Palais – while a vibrant nightlife, and many iterations of the area's signature drink of white wine mixed with fruit syrup, can be found a short walk away on Rue Saint-Nicolas.
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La Rochelle is a seaside city on the Bay of Biscay, in the central part of France's west coast which is essentially built around its harbour. Founded during the Middle Ages, the harbour remains the beating heart of the city. It's home to a great choice of dining, shopping and nightlife entertainment options, as well as iconic historical landmarks such as the 3 Towers of La Rochelle.
Often called "the white city" for its pale limestone buildings, La Rochelle is a very popular destination, especially in July and August. If you're looking for a place that can provide you with delicious seafood, historical buildings and a genuine laid-back seaside atmosphere, then La Rochelle should be toward the top of your list.
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She completes him. And that may or may not be a good thing. Ever since NBC's new thriller Revolution premiered, we've been hearing wicked warlord Tom Neville (Giancarlo Esposito) talk lovingly and longingly about his wife, Julia. We finally meet her in Monday's episode (10/9c, NBC), and she's played by former Grey's Anatomy star Kim Raver.
"Getting Kim to do our show is a huge win for us because Julia is a cool and very complex character," says creator Eric Kripke. "Before the world lost power, Tom was a mild-mannered insurance adjustor and now he's a Machiavellian henchman. His wife went through a similar transformation. They are very much each other's match, not unlike the Macbeths."
That's fine by Raver. "When you're a lead character on a series, like Teddy on Grey's, it's all about being accessible and likable, but on Revolution it's about doing things to survive that the audience might not like," Raver says. "I think you'll love watching the Nevilles make their moves. But will you actually like Julia? I don't know. Some people root for Lady Macbeth, don't they?"