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The star of the most anticipated video game of 2013 isn't Super Mario, Lara Croft or Nathan Drake. It's not a person at all, but a place.
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Chicago edged out a long list of other cities to take the starring role in "Watch Dogs," an open-world sci-fi action game unveiled for the first time earlier this month at the E3 Expo in L.A. Even in the game's early stages, developer Ubisoft Montreal seems to have recreated Chicago in a way that's never been done before in gaming.
From its landmarks, buildings and architecture down to its people and culture, the Chicago of "Watch Dogs" looks like the Chicago of reality. In the "Watch Dogs" demo shown at E3, mysterious hacker Aiden Pearce wanders the crowded streets of the Loop, leaps over "L" tracks and stealthily breaks into theater, called the Ambrose, that looks a lot like the Chicago Theatre.
To make sure the game properly captured the city and its traditions, not to mention its people and their accents, several Ubisoft Montreal teams took photos of the city, listened to Chicagoans talk and even sat down with Chicago police to ask them about local police work.
"We made very sure that when people see the game, they instantly recognize Chicago," "Watch Dogs" creative director Jonathan Morin said. "We did a focus group in the city and we didn't tell people where the game was set, and it took people two seconds and they were like, 'Oh my God, this is Chicago!' That was very important to us."
It's a long overdue video game appearance for the Second City, which often plays second fiddle to New York and L.A. in the video game world despite the fact that it's often tapped by Hollywood as the backdrop for gangster flicks or big budget action movies like "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers."
The last time Chicago played a major role in a game was the 1994 Super Nintendo title "Michael Jordan in Chaos in the Windy City," a cartoonish action game in which His Airness attacked robotic enemies with flaming basketballs.
"To us, it was surprising that Chicago isn't used in games more," Morin said. "It's interesting because part of the big reception and the excitement that we've gotten from the game so far is that people are saying, 'Finally, a game in Chicago!' It seems like a lot of people were waiting for that to happen."
Ubisoft said it chose Chicago based on a number of factors, most notably because the game's makers felt Chicago "has always been one of those avant garde cities," Morin said, and daring.
"From a game perspective, we were also looking for a city that was fun to drive in, fun to walk around in for sure. When we started digging deeper into each city, we found that Chicago had these narrow streets and canals; it's very dense and it has a very rich infrastructure and a rich story," Morin said. "We were looking at all of it saying, 'Wow, this is what a city is!'"
"Watch Dogs" is set in a near future world fueled by a sense of techno-paranoia about our society's overreliance on smartphones and centralized computer networks. Chicago plays a larger role in the story because, as Pearce, you gain access to the city's central operating hub, monitor surveillance cameras, control a stoplight on Clark Street or tamper with a bridge over the Chicago River. He also can hack into random Chicagoans' cellphones, listen to their conversations and decide whether or not to get involved with their lives.
"With most video games, you play as more of the man than the city in the story," Morin said. "But this game's a little bit special because you're playing [as] a guy who is monitoring a setting and chasing the digital shadows of a city."
Ubisoft Montreal hasn't offered a full list of Chicago neighborhoods that will be featured in the game, but hopes to release "Watch Dogs" sometime in 2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Ryan Smith is a RedEye special contributor.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — TripAdvisor Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. were among the stock market's biggest losers on Thursday as so-called momentum stocks headlined the broad selloff that dragged the Nasdaq down 3.1%, its biggest one day percentage drop since 2011.
All three indexes posted steep losses with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.35% down 1.6%, the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.59% down 2.1% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.88% falling 3.1%.
TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP, -0.77% shed 7.1%, coming off two sessions of gains. The company is expected to face more competition in the wake of Google Inc.'s GOOG, -1.61% deal with Room 77, which is expected to bolster Google's hotel search functions, analyst Jordan Rohan at Stifel Nicolaus said in a report released earlier this week.
Tesla TSLA, +0.31% shares dropped 5.9%. The stock, which had surged 344% in 2013, is down 14% over the past 30 days.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, +3.03% shares tumbled 6.2%. The company said late Wednesday it expects fiscal first-quarter earnings of 92 cents a share to 96 cents a share, missing expectations of $1.02 a share. Fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell to $1.60 a share from $1.68 a share while revenue slipped to $3.2 billion from $3.4 billion.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. ALXN, -0.37% fell 7.5% after a three-day winning streak. Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, -1.10% was down 7.3%. Alexion and Gilead are among the biopharmaceutical stocks that have come under selling pressure recently due to worries that the sector is overbought.
Imperva Inc. IMPV, -0.02% shares tumbled 44% after the network security company forecast a deeper loss for its first quarter, and a less revenue, than it previously estimated.
Other notable losers that dropped sharply are Facebook Inc. FB, -0.14% Netflix Inc. NFLX, -1.89% Priceline Group Inc. US:PCLN -- all Nasdaq components that are synonymous with momentum stocks.
Windstream Holdings Inc. WIN, +2.42% shares rose 2.1%. It's not immediately clear what is lifting the shares of the rural telecommunications company, but the stock is up more than 9% year to date.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. CHRW, +1.45% shares gained 1.6%. Cleveland Research said C.H.Robinson's margins are improving due to higher volumes and rate increases, according to TheFlyOnTheWall. C.H. Robinson was the only stock in the Nasdaq 100 to finish in the positive.
Rite Aid Corp. RAD, -0.94% shares jumped 8.4%. The company said Thursday its adjusted fourth-quarter per-share profit rose to 10 cents from 7 cents in the year-earlier period, beating expectations. Net income dropped to $55.4 million from $123.1 million while revenue rose to $6.6 billion from $6.5 billion, compared with analyst expectations of $6.57 billion, according to FactSet.
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ALLY: Ally Financial ALLY, -0.19% dropped 4.1% to $23.98 on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The auto-loan company priced its initial public offering at $25 a share, the low end of its $25 to $28 range. Ally's IPO is the largest U.S.-listed in 2014 to date.
HPQ: Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ, -0.46% shares came off earlier highs to gain 0.2%. Analysts at Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of the stock at a buy with a price target of $40. "H-P is mid-way through a 5-year turnaround, and thus far has done a good job of stabilizing the business. Now the company needs to prove it can expand," analysts said in a report. They added that despite the decline in PCs and printers, the company's IT hardware portfolio is well positioned for the next phase due to its strength in converged infrastructure and Big Data.
FDO: Family Dollar Stores Inc. US:FDO shares slid 3.2% after the discount retailer said its second-quarter profit and revenue both fell more than analysts had expected, with per-share earnings falling to 80 cents from $1.21 cents. Family Dollar also said it would close about 370 stores that were underperforming.
EBAY: EBay Inc. EBAY, +0.44% shares fell 3.2%. The company said Thursday it reached an agreement with activist investor Carl Icahn that ends the proxy contest ahead of eBay's annual meeting. EBay agreed to nominate David Dorman as an independent director to the board in exchange for Icahn withdrawing both his proposal to separate PayPal and his two nominees to the board. Icahn, however, said he continues to believe that a breakup of PayPal and eBay "at some point in the near future" would be beneficial.
SLM: SLM Corp. SLM, +0.58% edged up less than 0.1%. Sallie Mae said Thursday that its board approved the spinoff of Navient, its loan management, servicing and asset recovery unit, from its consumer banking business.
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Bernice May Garrett, 99, of Grove Hill died at her home Tuesday, July 30, 2013. She was a long-time resident of Grove Hill and a widow of Theodore Watrous Garrett, Sr. Garrett was a member of a pioneer family of Clarke County, born at Salipta to the late Edmund Archie May and Lizzie Pitman May.
She was a Baptist, held life membership in the University of Montevallo Alumni Association and was a member of the Grove Hill Community Study Club.
At the time of her death, she was the oldest living member of Grove Hill Baptist Church. She and her late husband loved to travel, especially to University of Alabama football games. She loved politics, current events, literature and her azaleas.
She is survived by her son, Theodore Watrous Garrett, Jr. and his wife Claire of Cleveland, Texas and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and four sisters, Frankie (Mrs. William) Dickson, Ruth (Mrs. Woodie) Alston, Merle (Mrs. Webb) Chastain and Nell (Mrs. Ernest) McCorquodale. Special thanks to her caregivers Zelda Armstead, Mary Jackson, Carolyn Chapman, Rose Roper and Tameka Robinson.
Funeral services were Saturday, Aug. 3 at Lathan Funeral Home in Grove Hill with Dr. Randy Boone of Grove Hill Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at the Grove Hill Mathews Cemetery with Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson directing.
Pallbearers were James Alston, II, James Alston, III, Woodie Alston, III, Ernest McCorquodale, Jr., Ernest McCorquodale, III, William McCorquodale and Stan Hutto.
Memorials may be sent to Grove Hill Baptist Church at P. O. Box 849, Grove Hill, 36451.
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In late May, Denis Asselin walked along the side of a curved road in rural Pennsylvania, against oncoming traffic. He wore khaki shorts, a white ballcap, and a blue rain jacket. On his back, a black Northface backpack containing several items, including Big, the teddy bear his son Nathaniel toted around as a child.
Asselin was nearly 150 miles from his home in Cheyney, PA, and he had walked the entire way. And he still had 375 miles to go until reaching his destination: downtown Boston. That's right: He was going to cover 525 miles on foot. Based on an average man's stride, Asselin will take approximately one million steps during his walkabout. I'm sure he had a question for every single step. Questions about what happened, why it happened, when it exactly started, what signs or cues they missed, and where to go from here. Questions that started piling up when Nathaniel was 11, and compounded a thousand fold when he committed suicide last year, at age 24.
Denis Asselin took his first step on April 24, close to the one-year anniversary of his son's passing. He ended his walk today in Boston. The goal of his journey: to honor his son, and raise awareness about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), the two mental illnesses Nathaniel had suffered from since age 11.
OCD is relatively well known, having been mined for entertainment purposes countless times (see: Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets; Tony Shaloub in Monk; Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator). But BDD is lesser known, and perhaps more sinister. It's a condition where you fixate on a perceived physical flaw. It's like an internal alarm clock set to bully you every minute. One in four get cosmetic surgery or dental enhancements. For sufferers of BDD, the suicide rate is 45 times higher.
Nathaniel saw doctors; he stayed at psychiatric clinics, sleeping with Big for comfort. But before they could find The Answer, Nathaniel took his own life, leaving behind countless friends, family members, and schoolmates to share their stories and testimonials, like the time he and his friend Justin saved three baby raccoons, bundling them up in their shirts for warmth and taking them to an animal shelter.
And so Asselin grieved his lost boy, whom he describes as "fiercely intelligent, unfailingly kind, and universally loved." And he did it his own way: he walked, inspired by the ancient pilgrimages across Jerusalem, Rome, and Canterbury. He stopped at different landmarks from Nathaniel's life: his schools, his hospitals, the Good Fellowship Ambulance and EMS Unit where he volunteered. Asselin named his 525-mile route "Camino de Nathaniel," after the ancient Camino de Santiago in Spain.
Earlier today, at 2:30pm, the 63-year-old father walked into Boston, home of the International OCD Foundation. He was met by a large group of friends and supporters in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, where they gathered to raise awareness about BDD and OCD.
The walk is over, but there are still a million questions. Denis Asselin is trying to raise awareness, and in turn, find answers. "If you put one foot in front of the other," says Asselin, "you will eventually get somewhere."
Denis Asselin wants us to join him. I believe that's doable. He's not asking us to take one million steps. He's asking us to take one. Start here.


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Pearson and Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Partner to Accelerate Quality Civics Education
National Public-Private Coalition Aims to Prepare Today's Students to be Informed, Engaged Citizens Ready to Maintain Strong Democracy
SEATTLE –Nov. 15, 2012 –Initial reports indicate that only 60 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot in last week's presidential election. Key to growing citizen participation in elections and other activities that will maintain a strong U.S. democracy is an increased emphasis on civics education in schools. Today at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference, Pearson announced a new partnership with the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools to support the acceleration of access to high-quality civic learning, with the goal of educating young Americans about their rights and responsibilities as citizens. Pearson joins the Campaign's coalition of more than 70 national civic learning, education, civic engagement and business groups committed to improving the quality and quantity of civic learning in American schools.
In more than 30 years of Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup polling on American attitudes on education, Americans have overwhelmingly concurred with the statement that "educating young people for responsible citizenship" should be the primary goal of our schools. Yet, there has been a decrease in civics education in U.S. schools since the 1960s, which is illustrated by student performance on civics assessments. According to "Civics 2010: The Nation's Report Card," more than three-quarters of high school seniors – the nation's newest voters – and nearly 80 percent of eighth-graders scored below the proficient level.
"Our research demonstrates that civic learning is as critical to workforce preparation as strong reading and math skills," said Ted McConnell, Executive Director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. "We are excited to embark on this collaboration with Pearson that will allow us to take our work to the next level. It will help us ensure that students have access to effective, high-quality learning opportunities based on the proven practices in civic learning that our coalition of prestigious experts has identified."
Pearson's Luess Sampson-Lizotte said, "As our country confronts some of the most difficult challenges in its history, it is crucial that our young people understand how our democracy works and appreciate the importance of participation at the local, state and national level. Access to this high-quality civics and government education will allow students to see the critical importance of playing a role in the democratic process that keeps our country free."
About the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools (www.civicmissionofschools.org) is a coalition of over 70 national civic learning, education, civic engagement and business groups committed to improving the quality and quantity of civic learning in American schools. The Campaign's goal is to increase and improve civic learning in grades K-12 by working for policies that implement the recommendations of the "Guardian of Democracy: the Civic Mission of Schools" report. This includes efforts to bring about changes in national, state and local education policy.
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Pearson, http://www.pearsoned.com, has as its mission to work side by side with states, districts, teachers, students and parents to ensure that every child is prepared for college, career, and civic life. (NYSE: PSO).


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Born in 1898 to a Belfast solicitor and his mathematics-trained wife, C.S. Lewis, or Jack, as he preferred to be called, was deemed by his tutor for the Oxford entrance exams to have been "born with the literary temperament," and "while admirably adapted for excellence and probably for distinction in literary matters, he is adapted for nothing else." It was true. An admirer of Beatrix Potter, young Jack wrote talking-animal novels and came to have hopes of success as a poet. One thing got in the way: he was not a poet. And not, by the way, in the manner in which Ford Madox Ford wasn't a poet–Ford in his poems lived up to his standard that poetry should be at least as well written as prose. Lewis talked down to himself in his poems; this is the fatal flaw in much of what we know as bad poetry.
Lewis was, however, an uncanny reader of poetry, able to find sense and sensuousness in the bleakest thickets of verse. Fancy and fresh expression attracted Lewis; ponderousness and absurd muddle drew his scorn. In English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, his contribution to the Oxford History of English Literature, he brings forth worthy phrases and lines from dozens of authors lost to time, from Jasper Heywood to Thomas Nuce to John Studley, who among the dross also wrote, "Who lysteth to the flaterying Maremaides note/Must needes commit his tyred eyes to sleepe," and such pleasant memorable inventions as "frostyface," "topsy-turvy" and "Stygian puddle glum."
Lewis's life, too, was topsy-turvy. Within two weeks of the death of his mother, 9-year-old Jack was sent by his father to a boarding school in England run by a sadist who would be forced out of his job in disgrace. The next school Jack attended was not much better. He read and endured. In 1917 he won a scholarship and was elected to University College at Oxford, but before he was settled into his rooms he went to the war. Lewis and his roommate Paddy Moore entered into a pact, in the event that either one made the ultimate sacrifice, to look after the other's family.
Janie "Minto" Moore survived her son, and she and her young daughter came to live with Lewis at Oxford. She stayed for more than thirty years. (The truly odd thing about this arrangement is that Mr. Moore was alive.) Lewis referred to her, when he did at all, as his foster mother, but there is little doubt among his biographers that their relationship was, early on at least, more romantic than filial. A confirmed atheist since the death of his mother, Lewis insisted that Moore's daughter spend Sunday mornings in church, leaving them at home alone. After the death of Lewis's father ten years later, Lewis's alcoholic older brother, Warnie, moved in as well. Warnie observed that Moore, who once referred to C.S. Lewis as an extra maid, never let him work more than half an hour without interrupting his reading and writing with errands.


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Thursday, November 18, 2010
VeganMoFo: Uzbekistan In My Pie Hole!
That's right, we had Uzbek food for dinner last night! How cool is that? I'll tell you the truth, I don't know that much about Uzbekistan... other than what we learned on wikipedia's Uzbekistan profile before dinner last night. However, when I was flipping through my cookbooks, I noticed a lot of compelling recipes from Uzbekistan, and decided to investigate.
Here's the whole meal!
First up was Caspian Butternut Squash Soup with Bulgur. This recipe (and all the others featured today) is from The Silk Road, a Vegetarian Journey. Such a wonderful cookbook! This soup has onions, bulgur, butternut squash, orange juice, lime juice, spices, and rice flour to thicken it. My mom, who came over after yoga class, took one look at it and made this telling comment: "That looks indigenous." Ha! Well, my mom and I both liked the soup, but Mr. Vegan Eats and Treats rejected it. I think it would be better without the rice flour for thickening, because the flavors are quite nice, but the thickness is a bit off-putting. Fortunately, I have a metric ton of it left over. It's always so perfect when Mr VE&T doesn't like something and I've made a huge pot of it!! ergh! Oh well, I"ll slog my way through the leftovers. I'm not sure if I'd make this again, but if I do, I"ll definitely leave out the rice flour.
Next up: Uzbek Potato Salad, For The Win!!!
Holy YUMS. This stuff was great... and very different from any potato salad I'd had before. Apples, celery, walnuts, potatoes, peas, and carrots... tossed with a wonderful curried dressing. It is endlessly wonderful and amazing to me that you can take the same familiar ingredients and arrange them in new and exciting ways. This salad was composed entirely of ingredients I had in the cupboard, but was a totally new flavor sensation. Mr. VE&T was especially nutso for the dressing and asked me to take note of it so that we could have it again on all kinds of salads.
And finally, Tashkent Onion Bread, my true love
Here's what my mom said "Well, it's all good, but this is the real winner!" So true, Mom! From the very first time I flipped through this book, this recipe caught my eye. I am so grateful to my Around the World in 30 Days project to finally motivate me to make these babies!!!! While they were baking, the whole house was smelling so incredible, and I actually had this thought: "Oh my gosh, it smells so good, I have to put that smell on my blog!" Well, friends, I wish I could.
Mr. VE&T took one bite and said "This is the best bread product you've ever made!" Fer realz. The crust tastes like a perfect pizza crust, and the filling is a combo of onions and garlic and poppy seeds and cumin seeds and sesame seeds. These babies are big time yum.
This is the experience you will have when you eat Tashkent Onion Bread.
Good work, Uzbekistan, you definitely delivered! Where will we land for our next meal?? Come back tomorrow to find out!
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Your mofo posts have been great. I wish I was staying in your house for the vegan month of food eating everything.ReplyDelete
That bread looks like the most amazing thing EVER!ReplyDelete
The panda speaks wise words! Each one of your posts just thrills me more and more! That Onion Bread looks divine.ReplyDelete
"That looks indigenous" HA! I laughed when I read that. Sorry the soup wasn't a winner, but it looked good! As does everything else. I'm gonna look into that cookbook!ReplyDelete
Where can I find the recipe for the Onion Bread?! It looks so fantastic.ReplyDelete
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Boston Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward didn't join his teammates on their pre-Christmas road trip to St. Louis and New Jersey so he could skate on his own and speed his recovery from an ankle injury.
Today he went through practice with the full squad at Ristuccia Arena and said after that he will travel for the Bruins' upcoming three-game jaunt to Carolina, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
"My target was the day I came back in Atlanta, so we're revisiting the scene of the crime. Hopefully I play at some point in this road trip," he explained.
Ward was originally injured Nov. 29 against Detroit. After he missed four games he returned for the game in Atlanta Dec. 12. Two shifts in, he left with a reaggravation of the injury. He started skating again a few days later and today he double checked that he wouldn't have a repeat of what went down in Atlanta the last time.
"We just tested it. We did what I did last time when I hurt it. And it's fine," he said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Star power and Oscar aspirations are reigning at the box office, where the space adventure "Gravity" and the Somali pirate docudrama "Captain Phillips" are holding off all comers.
With $31 million over the weekend according to studio estimates Sunday, "Gravity" topped the box office for the third straight week, cementing its status as the juggernaut of the fall movie-going season. It also took in another $33.5 million overseas.
The 3-D Warner Bros. movie, staring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has now made more than $170 million in three weeks. The film's groundbreaking visuals have been particularly popular on IMAX screens, where it made an "Avatar"-like $7.4 million on the weekend.
"Captain Phillips," starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, also held in second place, taking in $17.3 million in its second week. The Sony film slid only 33 percent from its debut last weekend of $25.7 million.
The two movies and their veteran stars were able to keep three new wide releases at bay: the horror remake "Carrie" ($17 million for Sony and MGM), the Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick "Escape Plan" ($9.8 million for Lionsgate), and the WikiLeaks drama "The Fifth Estate."
The last utterly flopped — a fate predicted by its subject, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — taking in a paltry $1.7 million for Disney. It's the worst debut this year for a film in such wide release (1,769 theaters).
"It's a very strong lineup that is not budging," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, who noted the primary family choice, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2," is also holding steady with $10.1 million in its fourth week. "'Carrie' came into a very competitive marketplace."
In a limited release of just 19 theaters, Steve McQueen's highly-anticipated slavery epic "12 Years a Slave," starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, opened with $960,000. The exceptionally high theater average of $50,000 suggested considerable audience eagerness for the already much-lauded film.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Gravity," $31 million ($33.5 million international).
2. "Captain Phillips," $17.3 million ($9.1 million international).
3. "Carrie," $17 million.
4. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," $10.1 million ($5.1 million international).
5. "Escape Plan," $9.8 million ($9.4 million international).
6. "Prisoners," $2.1 million ($7.3 million international).
7. "Enough Said," $1.8 million.
8. "Fifth Estate," $1.7 million.
9. "Runner Runner," $1.6 million ($4.2 million international).
10. "Insidious Chapter 2," $1.5 million ($6.4 million international).
Estimated weekend ticket sales Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "Gravity," $33.5 million.
2. "Turbo," $16 million.
3. "The Wolverine," $13.6 million.
4. "Special ID," $12.5 million.
5. "Stalingrad," $12.2 million.
6. "Escape Plan," $9.4 million.
7. "Captain Phillips," $9.1 million.
8. "Prisoners," $7.3 million.
9. "Despicable Me 2," $7.1 million.
10. "Insidious Chapter 2," $6.4 million.
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The news has reverberated around more than just the world of literature. Maurice Sendak has died at the age of 83 and many people are lamenting the loss of the writer of a favourite childhood book.
Now what I'm about to admit is likely to brand me as a heretic. I didn't think 'Where the Wild Things Are' was the greatest book of my childhood. To be honest, it wouldn't even make the top 50 of my favourite stories. Sure, I've had it read to me a dozen times by well-meaning school librarians (remember when education systems had the money to pay for such extravagant members of staff?) and as a teacher I've read it to classes of my own, but it wasn't all that and a bag of chips. Please don't stone me!
It seems odd in this day and age when the Big News Story of the day is that Barak Obama has publically come out and said that he personally supports gay marriage that we forget how ground breaking Sendak's book was. Of course every child has dark moments in their lives. Many a parent who has had a sleepless night when their child has had a nightmare and wanted to crawl into bed with them for security can vouch for that. And for the record, have you asked a child what their nightmare was about…? Scary stuff. But to write about it, in a book aimed at children themselves?
"Well Duh!" we think to ourselves in the oh so enlightened times of 2012. But as a Children's Literature Major at university, I know that it broke a lot of barriers for the genre when it was published in the 1960's. Before Sendak, it was deemed inappropriate for children to roar back at their parents in anger, because that wasn't 'nice' for children to even have an emotion like anger much less express it. It was never politically correct to write about the fears or the darkness that children experience. And it's for this reason that I salute Maurice Sendak, that I thank him for being daring in his writing. Honest. Willing to stand against tradition and do what he knew in his heart was right and truthful.
As a wannabe children's writer, I can only hope that now that he has moved on and out of this world, there might be room for new voices in the overly difficult, seemingly impossible to break into literary segment of the book world. I hope that other writers can more honestly reflect the reality of children's experiences so succinctly and entertainingly as they see them in today's world. It's time for some barrier breakers to swoop in and change the literary scene again.
Just as Obama appears to have broken a political taboo, daring to tell people how he honestly views an issue. Although if you want an entertaining and insightful view on what the difference between a Civil Union and Marriage (which is at the crux of this issue and has legalistic people up in arms on *either* side of the arguement) feel free to pop on over to Mary Beards blog (A Dons Life) and enjoy!


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They opened with Somewhat Damaged and I thought it was "the night". But I had to settle for an amazing and unexpected show. Band sounded perfect.
Second great show in as many nights, and certainly the most unexpected (timing-wise, that is). Very aggressive encore-free 90 minutes that left me so drenched I was worried about getting a cab afterwards. The temperature certainly made me appreciate the "breaks" that much more, particularly She's Gone Away and a repeat of The Lovers, though Atticus's little The Loop Closes interlude really, really left me wishing they'd done the full track. An extremely minor quibble, to be sure. So glad to have lucked out and made it in!
I just can't right now. But coming into this weekend only expecting to see NIN on Sunday turned into a full weekend starting with Cortini and Telefon on Saturday, Panorama Sunday and ending with this tonight. Is an experience I'll never forget.
Highlights were Mariqueen throwing her fist in the air on "Fist Fuck" and the lights randomly being turned off to total darkness during a few songs.
I can't even. That was easily the best show I've ever seen.
Woah, what an anxiety-ridden day and awesome night! Just got home. First of all, here's what I got from the night for you guys:
FYI Hurt was NOT played, and Atticuss performed about two minutes of The Loop Closes (not listed).
These are my recordings....video is very watchable but not perfect 1080 HD. Sound is excellent though on account of my external iphone mic that plugs in:
More video coming in a little bit.
I was sleeping in & missed the 10am email on account of the late night Sunday from Panorama, not seeing it till 11:30am. Couldn't get tix, but started plugging away at my contacts. Got one for myself, and then luckily was NOT scummed out by a dude off Craigslist for another ticket for my friend (cost $250 though). But dude showed and we got in.
Tobacco was great music, but a completely pointless live endeavor imo. I will def. download and listen at home (perfect for doing work/reading), but watching them on stage was pointless. Synthy beats (some stuff kinda upbeat, some stuff more slow and dark) with heavy use of Roger Troutman-esque talk box vocals over top so as too sound very computerized.
NIN came on at 9:10 and played straight till 10:40. band sounded tight, Trent's vocals were on point. We were all dripping sweat in there. Having a good chunk of their lighting rig crammed on that stage made for some badass lighting/sensory overload at times. Great Destroyer without any video screens was interesting.
She's Gone Away sounded great! So happy I could be there for it's first live performance. Highlights of course were Somewhat Damaged, Sanctified, all the new material & The Loop Closes (so unexpected). One "complaint" I guess for the show would be...what was the point of booking it if we aren't gonna get really interesting with the song selection? What we got was awesome, and he did drop some of the stalest stuff in favor of others that alot of us have been hoping for this tour based on the printed setlists. I guess he just wanted another show, and one with less constraints than the festivals so they could sneak in a few of the tracks they'd been rehearsing.
No unique merch, no poster. Line and ticket process at the venue seems to have gone painlessly unless some of you had horror stories after 6:30. I got on the line at like 5:20 and was in the club at like 6:45.
Mariqueen putting her hands in the air during HLAH ftw!
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Mariqueen was going nuts the entire show. It was awesome.
side note: NIN have had some great, great shows at Webster Hall over the years, going way way back. Fitting that they snuck in one last show before AEG takes over, renovates the place for 18 months and potentially ruins the charm of this historic venue. I hope they don't ruin the character of the place. It def. is in need of major work, but the place has some magic dripping out of every crack.
I was surprised he didn't acknowledge as such, considering that's partly why I thought they might have booked the show here.
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No, we can def. go about fixing that haha. Somewhat Damaged & 1,000,000 were terrifying!
Maybe a floor is supposed to have some give? lol
I hope the video that they recorded during the first few songs surfaces.
I'm a live NIN virgin despite formerly being pretty obsessed with NIN as a kid and teen, and getting into a huge amount of wonderful music based on TR's recommendations and music related to that, and also recording a ton of my own music solo-style after playing in bands didn't really feel comfortable for me. NIN has had an insanely big influence on my life. I always checked in over the years but wasn't totally sure about seeing NIN so many years after I originally planned to (there was a cancelled Fragility date the night after the MSG show, and then there was another ... five year gap and I sorta got into other music, even though I always checked in to see what he was up to).
MY GOD THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE. I don't know if I've ever had that much fun at a show, period, in my entire life. And I'm in my early 30s now. The fans were incredible. I don't know if I've ever, ever experienced such a wonderful, communal experience in my life like that. I was a weakling when I was younger, so I'm not sure I would have held up in the pit when I was a teenager, but it was so, so much fun. I didn't even feel nervous about getting kicked or whatever.
As someone who was way too young to go to a show when TDS came out, and really sadly missed out on the Fragility tour, I loved the setlist. I can't believe I got to hear an old-style Somewhat Damaged (I saw that he was doing a reworked version of it for awhile?) I get that it was super-hit heavy and maybe not the most exciting stuff for die-hards (I mean, ... I'd have loved a show of deep cuts, too, or like ... maybe a Fragile show, heh, but I have no complaints), but hearing a lot of those songs live that I just heard alone in my room for, I guess, decades now, with the lyrics just being screamed by at least a quarter of the people around me, was really, really special. I cannot believe I got to see them for the first time in a venue that was probably like what they used to regularly play in the early 90s before NIN got insanely big? I was about three people from the rail for most of the show, but felt like I needed to rehydrate so moved to the back for Reptile and back up to the front for the end; everyone seemed drenched in sweat. I pretty much love the new EPs and it was amazing to get to hear Trent scream "Burning Bright" through a megaphone, and also see She's Gone Away debut. I was really excited to hear "The Loop Closes," damn the tease, hehe.
The lighting was great – it reminded me of a really old interview/press piece where the journalist mentioned that Trent had re-programmed the TDS era lighting show because he thought the original sucked, basically? – just total sensory overload in a club that size.
AAAH, so good. Probably like one of the best nights of my life. Can't believe I got to go.
Total madness:
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Such a great night!!!!!!! I had to drive 8hrs total there and back but so worth it thanks to my ets friends for giving me the heads up when tix went on sale my 39th NIN show !!!!!
I was on the rail in front of Trent. I am covered in bruises and at one point I got a nasty stinger and wasn't able to move my hand. In other words: it was awesome!
Oh my god, that was fucking awesome!
I can't believe how many people managed to squeeze in and didn't pass out from the heat! My friend and I were drenched in sweat. When we left, we saw a guy in the subway SnapChat recording his friend twisting out the sweat from his t-shirt.
Opening with "Somewhat Damaged" was definitely the highlight for me, and I thought we were all going to die when the lights went out when "Burn" came on and everyone rushed to the pit! Haha
I wonder why they didn't finish off with "Hurt", but probably better to end the show on a high note.
Show #43 for me. Every time Trent comes back from a break, I think "I'm over this." I can't do the traveling, the waiting. I'm too old. I don't fit in. But a miracle puts tickets within my reach and I'm there. Somewhat Damaged starts with the smoke and the onslaught of light and sound. Trent screams and the sweaty melange of bodies screams and jumps together in response. And I realize that something very precious to me was missing. Try as I might to fill the void with other things, this is it.
Good to meet Failure and his friends...glad my +1 didn't go to waste. The 4 of us ended up being separated in the madness but I think we all ended up roughly 2-3 people from the rail. I thought the new songs translated really well live, including the use of the voice recorder and megaphone. Overall the band was really tight and didn't miss a beat when the lights went out. It was my 8th show and was a shitload of fun. I really hope they consider a club / theater tour in 2018.
Also, glad Bobbie Solo was able to make it in.
@ScreamingSlave I think we met on line. Are you from Worcester?
@cdm thanks man. Glad you got nice & close despite the later arrival!
"Hope we didn't fuck up anyone's Monday night plans"
Thanks again cdm; it was great meeting you.
Yeah, the first 3 songs were absolute chaos/madness. I didn't even have intentions of getting close, but I literally ended up dead center 3 rows off the rail (instantaneously). It's almost like my "wide frame" gravitated there in the ocean of sweaty human mass. Anyhow, the whole experience was quite physical. My arms, legs, ribs, and back are all aching today. And man, it was hot (must have been 100 degrees in the thick of things). Having on suit pants and a dress shirt was not optimal (they are basically ruined), but I have to say that it was fortuitous to be wearing heavy duty, wooden-soled dress shoes. Kept me balanced and stuck to the floor! Speaking of which, I thought we were going to fall right through during 1,000,000. And Burning Bright was absolutely huge! That chorus/post-chorus part is much better/cleaner in a live setting.
And Trent; what is all this talk about 2018?? We still have time for a North American Fall/Club tour....
I was all the way up front, maybe two people behind the rail (right behind @Franki eteardrop actually...that's his wife holding the setlist above). But by being just slightly to the left of the dead center crowd, it was perfectly chill the whole show other than Somewhat Damaged, MotP & Gave Up. The pushing nonsense was happening just a few feet over but barely affected me and everyone around me. Worked out great.
Trent has a little smirk on his face when the lights finally came back on during Burn. I was awaiting what his reaction was gonna be when/if they ever came back on haha.
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I've been out all day exploring - our last day here in NY - but want to write this before I forget.
Amazing night. I feel just a teensy bit bad for how much I paid for those tickets. If I had been less anxious, I could have waited a couple hours, as I saw the prices on Stubhub fell once it was closer to the time of the show. I never did get an email from the NIN camp, though, and as was documented in the other thread, I only opened up my phone and found out about the show around 1 PM - well after they had gone on sale and already sold out. Oh well. Life is short. I don't regret money spent on great memories. I'm very happy my husband and I got to be there. This was my sixth time seeing NIN live.
I did worry myself stupid all afternoon about the tickets being fakes - even though there was the supposed protection in place with StubHub for my money back, I obviously wanted to go more. When we got in line there *was* a girl going through the line with a printed out list, asking for names. There was no name printed on my tickets. She was not reassuring at all, and told me flatly "well, there's only a 50/50 chance these are real and you'll be getting in." I wanted to punch her in the face right then. Haha. She also said there would be an ID check against the tickets at the door, but there never was! So a lot of confusing back and forth info. We got to talking to the couple behind us in line, super nice, and they at least took my mind off the worry until we got in. When the tickets scanned and they waved me on through to be patted down, I almost cried from relief. The couple we'd been talking to started cheering.
Absolute highlights of the night for me were Somewhat Damaged as an opener (AWESOME), She's Gone Away, and BURN! I'll have to check, but I don't think I've seen that one played since the first time I saw NIN - in 2005! Everyone in the crowd was cheerful and seemed incredibly excited to be there. I did talk to two different couples and one girl that all said they knew about last night's show almost a week in advance. All were NYC locals, and all of them had a friend, or a friend of a friend tip them off ahead of time, saying to "be ready Monday morning."
I loved Webster Hall, and I'm glad I got to experience it before it's renovated. But that floor did scare the shit out of me! We were dead center, about 8 people back when SD started, and moved over to the right after 1M. It was strange not to get Hurt, though. I still love it as a closer. It's the first time I've seen them that they *didnt* play it.
Awesome night that I will never forget.
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Here's some of my footage from last nights show.
Panorama was my first NIN experience, this the second. I was also too young to attend the Fragile era tour and too self-conscious a teenager to go see the With Teeth/Wave Goodbye tours by myself. I feel so lucky to have snagged a ticket to such a small show, I still feel like i'm flying high from last night's energy. I'm so happy I got to witness the power of Somewhat Damaged, WHAT AN OPENER. It met and exceeded all expectation from the live footage i've seen online. And The Wretched, WOW. I'm a sucker for the Broken era, so when Gave Up and Wish came up, I totally lost it. The new songs fit right in with the rest of the set. It's extraordinary to see the band so tight and ferocious and after so many years. I have to say though, the highlight was seeing Finck do his thing. His energy is infectious, watching him contort his face and body as he played elevated my experience to a whole other level! I can't imagine how the NIN show worked without him before. I am so envious of all of you who've seen them play for years now, now I have to try and make up for all the shows I haven't seen.
Also, from the shows I've been to at Webster Hall I can confirm that the floor has always bounced...don't know if that means it was meant to be that way or was built incorrectly...
Now that I'm back home in Texas, I can post more about the show. I'm going to preface this with a non-NIN story. A few years before I was born, my mom had a baby that she put up for adoption. He actually reached out to us three years ago when I was 21. We saw him that year, and haven't seen him since, but we did talk to him often. He lives in Brooklyn. So when Panorama got announced, it was a perfect opportunity. My mom (who is also a big NIN fan) and I flew up on Thursday and met my brother and spent most of the last several days with him with the exception of Panorama since he's not a big NIN fan. So we walked by Webster on saturday, and I looked at my mom and brother and said "I would fucking kill to see NIN in that club." I even posted that on my snapchat story. So fast forward to monday morning. I woke up at 10:18ish and saw that the show sold out and I was devastated. But my brother is awesome and convinced me to find a way to go. He knew I had to go to Webster, so I managed to score a 200 ticket on Ebay to solo the show. It was worth every fucking penny. I didn't particularly care for Tobacco. I did look up at the balcony and saw Trent take the picture that he put on his instagram, so that was cool. The forty minutes between Tobacco and NIN took forever. But holy fucking shit, when the lights went out and the chirping sound at the beginning of Somewhat Damaged started, I fucking lost my mind. I never believed that I would get to see my all time favorite band in such a small venue, as they never play tiny venues like that in Dallas. That was the first show in years that I had absolutely no idea what was going to be played. While the set wasn't as long as I was hoping for, it was awesome still. Somewhat Damaged, Reptile, The Wretched, Sanctified, and The Great Destroyer were my highlights. Easily the best show I have ever been too.
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This clip isn't really doing Alle's bassplaying much justice. Would have loved if the matriarch herself would have sauntered out for this, provided backup vox, and then left like it was another day at the office. The roof would have shook..


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Capcom will release six titles across a variety of videogame platforms in the first half of 2009 according to a press release issued by the company this morning. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PC and Nintendo Wii will all receive multiple titles from both established franchises and new IPs.
Street Fighter IV, the latest in the over 25 million selling franchise, will release February 17 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with the Windows PC version to arrive at a later date. Also coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is Resident Evil 5. It is slated to hit retail on Friday the 13 in March. Bionic Commando still has no specific release date, though it is listed as coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the first half of the year.
The Nintendo Wii will receive two games, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop and MotoGP. The latter motorcycle racing game uses the Wii remote as handle bars and will arrive in March. Chop Till You Drop is based on the Xbox 360 hit, Dead Rising, and will hit Wii on February 27.
Rounding out the release lineup is Flock, a digital download game for the Xbox Live Arcade, Windows PC and PlayStation Network. Flock is slated for "early 2009" and tasks players with controlling a UFO that herds animals to its mothership.
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