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NEW YORK (AP) � Glenn Beck is leaving his Fox News Channel show later this year.
The network and Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts, announced the departure on Wednesday. Fox and the company said they will work together to create other projects for Fox News television and digital.
Beck became a sensation almost immediately after jumping from HLN to Fox for an afternoon program. Lately his viewership has declined. He had faced an advertiser boycott that limited the amount of companies that wanted to be a part of his show after saying President Barack Obama had a "deep-seated hatred for white people."
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In an interview with NowGamer, Gearbox studio head Randy Pitchford said he's "very excited" about Colonial Marines and a sizable staff is now working on the project. He then offered an explanation on why the development cycle has already been so long.
"In its excitement SEGA jumped the gun a little with the announcement of Aliens: Colonial Marines," Pitchford told Now Gamer. "I know it's been radio silent for long, and we know that must be frustrating for some people, but the game was announced too soon."
"There was so much excitement and I know a lot has changed at SEGA, but they were very excited, they did the deal with Fox and before the ink was even dry they issued a press release announcing it," Pitchford continued.
"At the time we hadn't written a single line of code yet. It takes time to build games, but it's going great and I'm very excited about it. It won't be long before we break radio silence and we're able to show it."
Aliens: Colonial Marines is a squad-based FPS with four-player co-op set in the Aliens universe. The game is being developed for Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Sharkey says: Sega jump the gun? Weird. We've seen what Gearbox can do with squad-based shooters in the Brothers in Arms series (big fan) and as an Aliens lover, I can't wait to become a Colonial Marine. Sadly, it looks like that won't happen anytime soon.


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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wiseman knows himself to be a fool - Good Ole Bill Shakespeare
A little friendly advice before that grey dot becomes a red one...if all you want to do is say Hi...that's what roll call is for...my advice...delete this post and make a new one in the proper spot.
sheeeeesh...dmorgan, where'd you come from...gotta get a faster connection!
Ok young anthony...
your a month older than my son and daughter.. and they do know how to read..
You posted your other post in a tutorial for Noobs.. I would recommend reading that before you post another word..
though this is the better forum than the tutorial to say hi.. but as mentioned the Roll Call is the most appropriate....
so seeing as your here and others have taken the opertunity to snap your head off (including me), how about telling us how Itfreaks became boring? and why you feel this site will be better?
Wellcome to AO.. but be careful of the egg shells
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Wellness Food Processors Show a Growing Interest in Botanicals
That botanical solutions for health are big is no question. But why are they taking so long to get traction among consumers?
The Chinese have a botanicals-for-health culture that was advanced 5,000 years ago. Europe's Otzi the Ice Man was carrying a packet of curative plants when he froze in a crevasse equally long ago. And scores of millennia earlier, cave people in the Middle East were known to use local plant products for medicinal purposes.
So why, until recently, were botanical applications for ailments or better performance relegated to the healthcare industry fringe, fated to be advertised by smiling suburbanites on late-night TV here in the U.S.?
"Concepts such as natural solutions instead of pharmaceutical ones were always bigger in Asia and Europe than the U.S.," purports Laurent Leduc, vice president of health for Frutarom North America (www.frutarom.com), North Bergen, N.J. "I think this is because Americans are more inclined toward thinking in terms of instant gratification.
"Yet with natural solutions the effects can take several weeks to happen," he continues. "I think this is why botanicals for health are so perfectly suited to food and beverage applications, things consumers don't mind adding as part of a daily, long-term regimen."
The trope of aging baby boomers driving the functional foods trend gets verification when we see the types of health issues spotlighted in the sudden American interest in botanicals. Leduc points to the attention being paid so-called "nutracosmetic" ingredients, or cosmeceuticals, as an example of a coming sea change in how domestic consumers perceive what nature can offer.
"Based on a passion for flavor and health that botanicals can satisfy, we're trying to help customers by developing products that are beneficial, taste great and in many instances carry a 'beauty from within' capacity," Leduc explains. "That's just the beginning of what botanicals can do; there are topics that don't usually get covered that can bring consumers to botanical solutions more readily," he adds.
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Frutarom has been a leader in sometimes veering off the usual nutraceutical path of heart health and cancer protection in favor of more atypical issues. One example is its Go Less (www.go-less.com) bladder health supplement, made from pumpkin seed EFLA and soy germ isoflavones. The EFLA targets anabolic receptors and helps strengthen the weakened pelvic floor muscles and stuctures of the urinary tract associated with incontinence. Meanwhile the soy isoflavones help mitigate incontinence associated with decreased production of estrogen in post-menopausal women and resulting from benign enlarged prostate in men.
Hair loss, too, landed on Frutarom's radar, leading to the development of its LinumLife Extra, a purified extract designed to counter thinning of hair in men and women. Based on lignin compounds called secoisolariciresinol and derived from flax, LinumLife Extra has proven effective in controlled studies.
Another innovative use of botanicals for health: oral probiotics for immunity and oral hygiene. Frutarom developed its Bliss K12 ingredient as the world's first oral probiotic. Studies demonstrate Bliss K12 can neutralize the oral bacteria that produce halitosis, sore throats, ear infections and, in some cases, colds and flu.
Until Bliss K12, probiotic benefits were thought of for their digestive health benefits. But by creating a natural defense against immune imbalance orally, the benefit extends throughout the rest of the digestive system. "Bliss K12 is about to attain GRAS status which will open the door for food applications," Leduc notes. "With GRAS status, we expect more products — for example, yogurts and ice cream — to feature BLIS probiotics."
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That other "Baby Boomer" scourge, stress, is becoming addressed as an offshoot of the energy boom. "Some stress is good for us; it makes us accomplish goals. It can drive us to achieve a sales quota, write a report and more," says Cecilia McCollum, executive vice president of ingredient manufacturer Blue California (www.bluecal-ingredients.com), Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. "Too much stress, however, can affect our health. It can make us overeat, sleep poorly and may disrupt our relationships and endanger our lives when we drink, use drugs or do other harmful things in our attempts to reduce or cope with stress."
McCollum recognizes the tremendous value in finding a botanical ingredient that could effectively reduce stress safely and without harmful side effects. "L-theanine, an amino acid from green tea, demonstrates the qualities of such an ingredient," she says. "It increases the production of alpha waves in the brain, responsible for inducing a relaxed state of mind, without drowsiness. L-theanine produces a mild relaxing effect, it calms you, relaxes you and can help you concentrate and focus on a task, thus, it can in fact make you more productive."
Blue California uses a proprietary manufacturing method to produce L-TeaActive, an L-theanine that is suitable for food and beverage applications. "Reducing stress can help our immune system, can help us sleep better and improve our sense of well-being," she says. "Clinical studies have shown that 250 mg of L-theanine per day can effectively reduce stress. Even amounts as low as 100 mg/day can be sufficient to put you in a path to better health."
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The match went to the break still scoreless, but 10 minutes after halftime Altidore put his team on the board with a header into an open net after being found by a brilliant chipped cross.
His second goal came in similar fashion, with Altidore unleashing a diving header to make it 3-0 in the 64th minute after Roy Beerens had made it 2-0 two minutes earlier.
In the 77th minute, Altidore rounded out his and AZ's night after controlling a lovely driven cross and then smashing home to round out his hat trick. The goal was Altidore's 14th in the Eredivisie this season, tied for second overall.
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Let's not sugar coat it – the Wii U is struggling at the moment. So far both hardware and software sales haven't met expectations and with new consoles from Sony and Microsoft just around the corner, Nintendo's future as a console manufacture appears to be in jeopardy. The recent loss of Rayman Legends as a Wii U exclusive is a clear sign that third parties have no faith in the system but what can Nintendo do to change that perception? Let's discuss…
The issue with WiiU is Nintendo's inability to communicate it's core difference and value elegantly.
As a result - the only hope it has now is in delivering first-party product, so exceptional that people jump on board.
It's crucial Nintendo deliver at E3.
No it is not the dreamcast. They have billions in the bank and are not going anywhere anytime soon.
Look, Nintendo has always relied on their strong 1st party lineup to carry their systems. It has been that way since the N64 really, since so many developers jumped on the CD bandwagon and abandoned the cartridge format in favour of CD's. The Wii U at least has gotten more support that the Wii has in terms of getting some of the larger AAA studios to develop new games or at least get ports of existing PS360 AAA games.
Obviously it will come down to whether or not the Wii U can handle scaled down versions of PS4/720 games. If it is unable to, then it may suffer the same fate as the Wii.
However, with such a strong handheld market, the financial success of the Wii and years of gaming experience, I would never count out Nintendo. They will make another console, the question remains will they have to make it sooner than they planned... Time will tell.
Once Nintendo shows off the 3D Mario, Zelda, Smash Brothers, Whatever game Retro is working on, I am sure we will see many more adopters who were waiting for those AAA Nintendo games to show up. Not everyone is keen to be an early adopter as it usually is pretty slim pickings immediately after a launch, with a drought of titles. Things will pick up for sure. But Nintendo better bring it this E3 since you know for Sony and MS it will all be about their new machines, so Nintendo needs to ensure the public still remembers that they are in the game too.
>the Wii U is struggling at the moment. So far both hardware and software sales haven't met expectations
It's been out for three months and there were no games last month. Shit will start picking up when March comes.
>The recent loss of Rayman Legends as a Wii U exclusive is a clear sign that third parties have no faith in the system
They have plenty of third party support. Have these guys seen the list of confirmed games?
>In a year or 2 when developers shift their focus to the next generation platforms,
It is next gen.
>the Wii U will have a harder time than ever trying to remain relevant.
No, they won't.
>Nintendo can't rely on the same 5 franchises to save them forever unless they are willing to make some drastic changes to their tried and tested formula.
Confirmed for retarded. They have more than 5 franchises and they do make changes almost constantly. Tell me Mario Party, Mario Kart, Super Mario Galaxy, and New Super Mario Bros are the exact same game. And that's one franchise.
>it really is "innovate or die" for the makers of Mario.
Considering they have enough bank to last through two bad generations, not it isn't. But they will anyway.


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Division II Football Regional Rankings Announced
After last Saturday's big rivalry win over Augustana, the University of Sioux Falls is ranked number eight in its first year of Division II. This is the first week of the regional rankings.
Minnesota State, the only undefeated team in the Northern Sun, is number one in the regional rankings. USF plays at Minnesota State on November 3 in Mankato.
Henderson State (8-0), Harding (6-1), Emporia State (8-0), Northwest Missouri State (8-0), Minnesota-Duluth (8-0), Winona State (6-2), Sioux Falls (7-1), Missouri Western (7-1), and Ouachita State (7-1) complete the top ten in Super Region 3 of the Division II rankings. The top six teams make the postseason.
In the other three regions, Shippensburg (8-0), Miles (7-1), and Colorado State-Pueblo (8-0) are the number one teams. Chadron State (Nebraska), (6-1), is number three in Super Region four.
USF has three games left this season; October 27 vs. Upper Iowa, November 3 at Minnesota State, and November 10 vs. Wayne State.
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21w, 1d. I'm still over the moon from our baby girl news last week, despite an insanely itchy mystery rash that only spreads instead of responding to treatment (thank you, pregnancy hormones) and our whole family being felled by a vicious summer cold. This week is a particularly good one as one of my closest friends from college (one of the awesome women with whom I make an annual girls' getaway) gave birth yesterday to a healthy baby girl. It's her first child, and I couldn't be more excited for her—but part of me is terrified too.
I (thankfully) barely remember those first days and weeks of having a newborn for the first time. Our son was a seemingly inconsolable constant crier and around-the-clock nurser (as in nursing for 45 minutes every two hours), and I had yet to develop any faith in my own parenting abilities. What I do remember is the small kindnesses people showed me—the dear friend who came in from out-of-state bearing groceries, capable arms for squiring my crybaby away for an hour so I could nap, and a shoulder to cry on while I sobbed through dinner, my brother and his girlfriend staying up to do a late-night bottle feeding so I could get a few hours of uninterrupted sleep, and the new mom friend who responded to my desperate texts with contact numbers for lactation consultants and a baby nurse. I was a complete mess, I think (although really, I just can't remember—maybe I'd have been impressed with myself had I been looking in from the outside). And while I know that plenty of folks have much better experiences as new parents than I recall having, I just remember having been so caught off-guard by how hard parenthood was; why had I wasted all of those months reading about pregnancy when I should have been figuring out what to do once I had a BABY!? Sigh.
Anyhoo, there's plenty of advice I would give myself if I could go back to that time (and that I give to friends who have just become moms, should they ask for it), including to follow your instincts, not be so hard on yourself, forget about doing everything perfectly, connect with other new moms, and shower/change out of your pajamas everyday. But, again, I recognize that everyone's experiences are different, and I would never want to freak out a new mom with my horrible recollections of those early days—maybe my advice for moms with easy babies should be something like "Have a stack of books to read during all of those peaceful moments with your babe" (my brain could never focus enough for reading on such little sleep) or "Make sure your glasses/contacts prescription is current so that you don't miss a moment of staring into your little one's eyes" (again, my eyes were often closed because I was so exhausted). This video with advice moms would give themselves if they could go back to right before their babies were born always makes me teary too (women are so damn smart!).
What advice would you give to a friend who's just become a new mom? (Feel free to toss some of that wisdom my way, especially if you have three or more kids—I can't imagine how chaotic things will be once we've got three kids around.) Leave a comment!


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BETHANY — Oklahoma Baptist shot 70 percent from the floor in the first half and held off Southwestern Christian 95-89 Saturday in Bethany.
BETHANY — Oklahoma Baptist shot 70 percent from the floor in the first half and held off Southwestern Christian 95-89 Saturday in Bethany. OBU led by as many as 22 points in the first half, hitting 21 of 30 field goal attempts, and took 52-38 lead at the half. The Bison gave up 51 in the second half and held on despite not scoring from the field in the final 7:25. "We played pretty well in the first half," said OBU Coach Doug Tolin. "You can't plan to make all your shots but you can plan to have good possessions. We didn't do that as much in the second half." The Eagles hit 13 three-pointers on the night to close to within six late in the game, but OBU managed just enough at the free throw line to avoid serious challenge. "Thirteen three-pointers. It was like a pinball machine out there. They just kept lighting it up," said Tolin. For the game, OBU was 29 of 45 from three free throw line (64.4 percent) and 30 of 50 from the field for 60 percent. Aaron Abram had the answer almost all night long, going for 26 points and 12 rebounds. He was 7 of 11 from the field and got to the line 10 times, sinking 10 free throws. When SCU got within nine early in the second half, Morris Woods put on a show, scoring six straight points on his way to a 20-point night. Hayden Darst came up big with 16 points and Kendall Parks scored 11. OBU improves to 2-4 in the SAC and 8-8 overall with a contest at St. Gregory's looming Thursday at 8 p.m. Note: Report provided by Ray Fink, OBU's sports information director.


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Microsoft with its "Casablanca" project is making accommodations for C++ developers who want to take advantage of cloud computing.
Now in an incubation stage and under the jurisdiction of Microsoft DevLabs, Casablanca is intended to support cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. It is being billed as an SDK for C++.
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"Casablanca is a set of libraries for C++ developers, taking advantage of some recent standard language features already available through Visual Studio," said Microsoft vice president S. Somasegar, in a blog post this week. "Casablanca aims to make it significantly easier for C++ coders to consume and implement RESTful services. It builds on lessons from .Net, from Node.js, from Erlang and from other influencers to create a modern model that is meant to be easy to program while still being scalable, composable, and flexible." There has been a lack of simple tools for developers using C++ and that is where Casablanca comes in, he said.
Developers can download Casablanca for Visual Studio 2010 and the upcoming Visual Studio 11 IDE. Casablanca features a Visual Studio wizard for setup. Developers can target Web and worker roles, as well as access Windows Azure cloud storage using the built-in C++ library bindings, Somasegar said. At this point, the project is in an experimental stage and Microsoft wants to know if developers are interested in using C++ to consume and implement cloud services. Feedback can be given in DevLabs forums.
The current release of Casablanca does not provide Visual Studio 11 support for Azure since the Windows Azure SDK does not officially work for Visual Studio. Azure bindings on the Windows 8 OS and Visual Studio 11 and Windows 8 will be supported in an upcoming release of Casablanca.
This article, "Code it again, Sam: Microsoft's Casablanca ties C++ to the cloud," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld on Twitter.
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Severance (UK - DVD R2)
Scott McKenzie splits his sides laughing while blood splatters all over the place...
Arms manufacturer Palisades Defence sends a mismatched group of employees off on a team-bonding holiday and everything is going according to plan until they take a wrong turn. When the coach driver dumps them after reaching a block in the road, the group wind their way through the forests of Eastern Europe and find the 'luxury' lodge recently acquired by their employer. Once there, their boss puts them through some enforced corporate fun, which takes a turn for the worse when they realise they aren't as alone as they thought they were and their woodland companions have a long-held grudge against the visitors.
On paper, Severance seems like an odd mix of genres. Comedy and horror rarely combine successfully in equal measures because the desired emotions of the audience are so different. Can you make someone laugh who is cowering with fear and can you scare the audience at the same time as they're laughing their pants off? However, the storytelling techniques of horror and comedy are similar and it makes sense to attempt to combine the two. Both horrific and comedic moments rely on build-up followed by a pay-off and by combining these moments around a plot you have the simple structure of a scary or a funny movie.
My favourite scary movies are predominantly serious movies with a light sprinkling of comedy. Dawn of the Dead, Aliens, Halloween and even The Shining all have their lighter moments but they are scary movies at heart and the same goes for funny movies with a splash of horror thrown in (which I won't list because I'm sure you get the point by now). Shaun of the Dead effectively blends the two genres together, as did last year's Slither. Another title to add to the short but growing list is Severance.
The premise itself isn't exactly original: seven colourful characters lost in the woods find themselves on the hit list of a group of angry and well-armed individuals. Comparisons with Deliverance and other survival movies are inevitable, but what sets Severance apart is the fact that Deliverance didn't crack gags about severed heads, legs and surface-to-air missiles. The action kicks off after a lengthy build-up and when it does, the laughs flow as quickly as the characters' blood. A prime example is the fight between Danny Dyer's character and two bad guys: the combination of a knife in a tender spot and the line 'this is gonna hurt' as he is kicked to the ground made me wince as much as I laughed.
Danny Dyer, as cockney geezer Steve, is in danger of being typecast following similar performances in his recent movies, but sometimes it's a good idea to stick to what you know. In Severance he does what he does best, even if it is difficult to imagine what job he manages to stay sober long enough to do for the company paying for his holiday. In the opening scenes when we're getting to know the characters he looks incredibly out of place, having taken two different types of drug and booked prostitutes for his arrival before the credits have finished. Of course, the intention is to make him stand out from the crowd, but for the next ten minutes we're left with him tripping out in some inventive but ultimately unnecessary scenes.
Token American Laura Harris should be more out of place, but she fits in well with the rest of the team and it's a wonder why we don't see her starring in bigger movies. She doesn't have a lot to do early on but the focus of the movie switches to her character in the final reel and she shows she can do more than just turning in a typical 'damsel in distress' performance. The rest of the cast is made up of various actors viewers of British TV will recognise but I want to give a mention to first-time actor Babou Ceesay as Billy, whose performance in one scene belongs in a different, more heart-felt movie.
I thought director Christopher Smith's previous film Creep suffered from Jeepers Creepers-syndrome; in other words it lost a lot of the tension once the main character came face to face with the bad guy. However, the tension is built over a longer period of time here and a screenplay that's funnier than many pure comedy movies gives it an additional dimension. Smith also throws in a few clever directorial tricks that take the audience out of the film a little but give the desired effect of a gasp of tension followed by a knowing laugh. If you don't know what I mean, wait for the moment following the figure under the sheet…
The quality of the picture is about as good as you can expect from a fairly low budget production. The anamorphic picture is slightly fuzzy at times and the black levels could have been deeper, but on the whole there is a decent level of detail and there are no significant problems with grain or edge enhancement. The film comes from a 2.35:1 master and sometimes the fact that the edges have been cropped in this 16:9 picture is obvious, but these moments are few and far between.
Music plays an important part in Severance and this DVD presents the audio track very well. The opening scene is a prime example of how the director uses light-hearted music to change the tone from horror to comedy and there are many moments throughout the film where the soundtrack deliberately increases in volume to heighten the tension. The intended changes are well represented in a track that has clear dialogue, music and directional effects.
The commentary track with the cast and crew is the undoubted gem in the rough here. I could list all of the people who throw in their two pence but all you really need to know is that Danny Dyer and Christopher Smith are very funny when they get together and provide a track that is almost as entertaining as the film itself. Dyer, Smith and the rest of the team pick out their favourite moments, share many anecdotes and spend a lot of time winding each other up.
I always find myself drawn to deleted scenes on a DVD, especially when they have optional commentary from the director, but they are invariably uninteresting and the reasons for their exclusion is obvious. The eight deleted scenes on offer here are no different, with the exception of one extended scene, which Smith says was cut down under guidance from the financiers of the movie, indicating that he may not have had as much creative control as he would have liked.
Two animatics are included, showing the opening scene in storyboards and an alternative ending which is helpful to visualise the filmmakers' vision that was probably left out for budgetary reasons, but would have ended the movie with a laugh on a bigger scale. The UK theatrical trailer is also included, which focuses on Danny Dyer's character and his voiceover will make the film feel familiar to fans of his biggest British films, The Football Factory and The Business.
The rest of the disc is made up of a mixed bag of featurettes. The pick of the bunch is the 'Making of', which clocks in at over half an hour and covers the essential ground of how the film was made, how the story was developed and how the actors came on board. As expected, this featurette is made up of behind the scenes footage and interviews and it shows how well everyone in the cast and crew got on with each other. The remaining featurettes are very short and lightly touch on subjects like the complications of filming on a coach, problems when special effects don't work and some apparent difficulties between the writer and the director in agreeing on the final screenplay.
'Being Danny Dyer' is one for the completists only, which is essentially five minutes of Danny messing around on set, swearing at the camera and whipping out his (thankfully blurred) manhood. The outtakes are short but unfortunately not sweet and are an unnecessary inclusion. A fake interview with the characters Olga and Nadia is also included as an Easter egg, but isn't really an essential find.
Severance was one of the best surprises of the late-summer releases in the UK last year and it's good to see it get a decent treatment on DVD. While the commentary and making of featurette are essential inclusions, the rest of the extras can be avoided but it's still enough for me to recommend picking up this release, especially for those of you outside the UK who haven't been lucky enough to catch it at the cinema.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 8th January 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentary With Cast & Crew, Deleted Scenes With Audio Commentary, The Making Of Severance, 'Not So Special Effects' Featurette, 'The Genesis Of Severance' Featurette, 'The Coach' Featurette, Outtakes, Animatics, Palisade Corporate Video, Alternative Ending Storyboard, Theatrical Trailer, Easter Egg Interview
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Christopher Smith
Cast: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Toby Stephens, Andy Nyman, Tim McInnerny, Claudie Blakley, Babou Ceesay
Genre: Comedy and Horror
Length: 91 minutes
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New Bulldogs Introduced
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The eight freshmen who join the 2012-13 Yale men's hockey team this fall were announced today and include five forwards and three defensemen.
The new Bulldogs come from five different states and one province, and bring experience from the USHL (3), EJHL (2), BCHL, AJHL and a New England prep school.
They range in size from 5-foot-9 to a pair of 6-foot-4 skaters, while the average weight of the class of 2016 is just over 190 pounds.
"We are very excited to announce our class of 2016. [Yale assistant coaches] Dan Muse and Red Gendron have done an excellent job putting together a group that can make an immediate contribution to our hockey team," said Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey. "This group possesses the character, work ethic, and competitiveness that have become trademarks of Yale Hockey. They will be expected to come in and push us all to a higher level."
Matthew Beattie
6-3, 190
Whitehouse Station, N.J.
Phillips Exeter Academy
Before Yale: Played one year at Phillips Exeter and had 39 goals and 73 points in 26 games… First-team All-New England… Team MVP… Skated four seasons for The Pingry School in New Jersey… Scored 100 goals and had 230 points in 100 career games… Two-time team MVP… Courier News Player of Year… Star Ledger Central Jersey Player of Year… Led team to Skylander Conference Championship in 2011… Skylander Conference Scholar-Athlete… Advanced math student… Personal: Matthew John Beattie is the son of Olga and John Beattie… Sister, Hanna (Pingry '13). is a highly recruited hockey player… Interested in engineering and business.
Carson Cooper
5-11, 182
Bow Island, AB
Ft. Murray Oil Barons
Before Yale: Played two years for Fort Murray in AJHL… Captain of 2011-12 team that won North Division title… Had 16 goals and 59 points… AJHL "Most Dedicated" Player Award… Team "most dedicated" and "hardest working" awards… Had 18 goals and 48 points for 2010-11 team… … Team's Coach's Choice Award… Skated for Spruce Grove Saints in 2009-10… Six goals and 21 points for AJHL Championship team… Won gold medal and scored winning goal for 2011 Team Canada West at World Junior Challenge… Alexander Rutherford Scholarship for three years… Personal: Carson Randahl Cooper is the son of Shelley and Randy Cooper… Interested in economics.
Cody Learned
5-9, 175
Amherst, N.H.
Boston Junior Bruins
Before Yale: Played 151 games with the Boston Junior Bruins in the "B" league and had 68 goals and 139 points over four years… Had 34 goals and 66 points in 2009-10… Played 75 games with Bruins "A" league team… Had 24 goals and 84 points over two seasons… Three-time Empire League All-Star… 2009-10 team captain… Led league in 2011-12 with 2.27 points per game… Played on three league tournament championship teams and one regular-season champion… 2010 Souhegan High School Senior Class Wellness Award (academic excellence)… Personal: Cody David Learned (lear-nid) is the son of Leslie and Jake Learned… Interested in political science.
Ryan Obuchowski
6-1, 185
West Bloomfield, Mich.
Indiana Ice
Before Yale: Played two years for Indiana Ice… 12-44-56 … Four season at Catholic Central High School… 14-32-46… Two-time all-league… First-team all-state… Two-time All-Catholic… All-academic team… Two-time league, division, regional and state champions… Gabriel Richard Award (4 years)… English Department Award… Math and Science Awards… National Honor Society… Personal: Ryan Obuchowski (o-boo-COW-skee) is the son of Sue and Tom Obuchowski… Interned as a kennel assistant at Stone Veterinary Clinic in Watertown, Conn… Brother, Brad, was a cheerleader at Ohio State University.
Rob O'Gara
6-4, 205
Nesconset, N.Y.
Boston Junior Bruins
Before Yale: Drafted by Boston Bruins in fifth round of 2011 NHL Draft… Played defense for the Junior Bruins U18 squad for two seasons while at Milton Academy… Helped Bruins win 2011 state title… USHR Defenseman of Year in 2011-12 at Milton… All-ISL and All-New England pick… Milton won New England Championship in 2010-11… Captained team and earned two varsity letters… Played for the Long Island Royals between ages of 13 and 16… Royals were 2010 state champions… Also played lacrosse at Milton and earned two varsity letters… Personal: Robert Dominick O'Gara is the son of Christine and Brian O'Gara… Served as counselor at two different hockey camps.
Charles Orzetti
6-4, 215
Wyckoff, N.J.
Surrey Eagles
Before Yale: Scored 10 goals and 19 points for Surrey in 2011-12… Team played in conference finals… Skated for EJHL Jersey Hitmen in 2010-11 and had 11 goals, 23 points… Added to USNDTP U18 team for two months during 2010-11 season… Played three varsity seasons at Delbarton School… Earned two state championships and played on the No. 2 team in the country in 2008-09… Played two years of lacrosse… AP Scholar… National Merit Commended Student… Personal: Charles Matthew Orzetti is the son of Charlene and Edward Orzetti… Brother played hockey at Navy… Sister attends Providence College… Interested in economics and financial services and has interned with Merrill Lynch and others… Studying for Level 1 CFA exam… Lived in Prague for two years during elementary school.
Stu Wilson
5-10, 170
Pittsford, N.Y.
Cedar Rapids Roughriders
Before Yale: Played three years for Cedar Rapids… Scored 19 goals and had 58 points as C and LW… Captain 2011-12 team and earned team community service award (2nd time) and Phillip Weber Memorial Scholarship… Assistant captain in 2010-11… Roughrider of the Year Award… 2011 Anderson Cup Champions… Skated with Yale defenseman Tommy Fallen '15… First-team all-league in Rochester for EJHL Maksymum Jr. B in 2008-09… Scored 30 goals and had 71 points… Personal: John Stuart Wilson is the son of Lynn and Wayne Wilson… Father played hockey at Bowling Green (1984) and is head coach of the men's hockey team at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Mitch Witek
6-1, 205
Downers Grove, Ill.
Waterloo Black Hawks
Before Yale: Skated for Waterloo in 2011-12 and had six goals and 40 points in 74 games… Clark Cup Championship runner-up… Led all USHL defensemen in post-season scoring… Played 35 games for USHL Green Bay in 2010-11… Made it to Clark Cup Championship… Two-time USHL Defensive Player of the Week… Assistant captain for 2009-10 Team Illinois… Had eight goals and 28 points in 35 games for state title team… Played two years for Chicago Mission with one state title and one runner-up season… Hurdler with four track varsity letters at Downers Grove North… Holds three high school records… No. 12 in state with 39.2 in 300m… Two-time conference champion… Three-time sectional medalist… School all-academic team… AP Scholar… Illinois State Scholar… National Honor Society… Spanish National Honor Society… Conference academic Achievement Award… Scholastic Achievement Award in track… Personal: Mitchell J. Witek (witt-eck) is the son of Linda and Jim Witek… Worked in Habitat for Humanity Camps


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From Garden To Table: Baked Eggs with Homegrown Herbs
Article written by P. Allen Smith
Enthusiasm for growing vegetables and herbs in the home garden is at a record high, and for me it's heartening to see such a renewed interest in food gardening - so many first-time gardeners are realizing that the best food is what you can grow in your own home garden. You don't need much space to grow edibles, especially herbs. An herb garden is hands down the easiest way to add homegrown ingredients to your meals.
Five Fab Herbs
When speaking with new gardeners I always recommend they start with my five favorite herbs ' basil, rosemary, chives, thyme and parsley. These herbs are easy to grow and easy to use in the kitchen.
Basil - Basils are a favorite annual for summer. There is an assortment to choose from including the tiny-leafed spicy globe and boxwood types to the cinnamon-spiced Thai, to the big leaves of Italian classic sweet basil.
Rosemary - Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen and has become an indispensable kitchen herb. It is a tender perennial evergreen (zone 7 and above) with a shrubby form that hails from the Mediterranean region.
Chives - Onion chives are a grassy looking perennial with onion-flavored leaves and purple blooms. The mild onion flavor is a tasty addition to any savory dish. Use the flowers in salads. These plants are perfect for containers!
Thyme - Thyme is a perennial herb that produces small leaves on wiry stems. Its spreading habit is good for softening the edges of containers and spilling into paths. Bees love the summer blooms.
Parsley - Parsley comes in two forms: curly leafed and flat leafed. The curly leaf type is a pretty garnish and a good companion plant for flowers in the garden. Flat leaf parsley, the Italian cook's choice, has a stronger flavor than curly.
Herb Gardener's Container Garden Toolkit
One reason I recommend herbs is because they thrive in containers, so first-time gardeners don't have to commit to a large garden before they are ready. Here are a few things to have on hand before you get started.
Containers - Herbs will grow in containers both big and small. You can plant several in a window box or just one in a 6-inch terra cotta pot. I like to plant low-growing herbs like thyme and oregano in a strawberry jar.
Potting Soil - Any commercial potting soil will do. I advise you to choose one without fertilizer or water retaining crystals mixed in because herbs don't need the extra fertilizer and they prefer soil that is on the dry side.
Planting Trowel - When it comes to container gardens, a hand trowel is a must. Invest in a good one like the Troy-Bilt TBFT Flower Trowel. The 3-inch wide blade is great for scooping potting soil into containers and for digging planting holes.
Watering Can - Watering cans are a lifesaver if you don't have a nearby hose. Get yourself a big one so you don't have to make so many trips to the faucet.
Baked Eggs with Herbs
There are so many ways to use fresh herbs, but I often find that simplicity tastes best. Such is the case with baked eggs. This dish lends itself to versatility. Just combine whatever you have on hand for a meal that works any time of day.
Baked eggs are cooked in a ramekin, a flat-bottomed dish, either with or without a water bath. Liquid, most often cream, is spooned on top of the eggs to prevent them from drying out. Pre-bake any added ingredients like veggies or rice because they won't sit in the oven long enough to bake, usually only around 10-12 minutes.
Five Fresh Herb Combos
1. French bread, diced tomatoes, basil, garlic and Parmesan cheese
2. Mushrooms, caramelized onions and thyme
3. Chives and Parmesan cheese with sourdough toast
4. Rosemary, bacon and cooked hash brown potatoes
5. Parsley, feta, olives and tomatoes
The Dirt from Troy-Bilt®, March/April 2014


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(GamesIndustry International) NPD acknowledges that the current generation is "showing its age"
The NPD Group has sent its August retail sales report for the US market, and once again it was not a pretty sight, as total industry sales dropped 20 percent to $515.6 million. Total software sales (including PC retail software) dropped 11 percent to $252.8 million while hardware sales declined a sizable 39 percent to $150.6 million. Accessories were also down seven percent to $127.3 million.
Despite console sales being down across the board this year, the Xbox 360 was the best-selling console for the 20th month straight and held almost 50% share of all console hardware sales. Microsoft is just dominating this gen! If they're doing this well already this year, I can't wait to see the kind of numbers they pull off this holiday season, which is when the Xbox always sees its strongest performance and seems to get a larger bump than the other consoles.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Miroslav Sasek. This site is devoted to the life and works of the Czech artist, illustrator and author of the This is series of children's books.
About M. Sasek
M. Sasek was born in Prague in 1916 and died in Switzerzerland in 1980. He worked as a painter and illustrator for most of his life. Starting with This is Paris published in 1958, the books he wrote painted a delightful and evocative picture of some of the world's great cities (and countries!). Having delighted children and adults for more than 50 years they are now being reissued.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Economist Tinkers With Blogs to Expand Free Online Offerings
In the midst of all this change, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at The Economist, a venerable print magazine that is well known for publishing serious and intelligent economic and political news and analysis with a global focus. Like Reuters, The Economist has only relatively recently branched out to incorporate blogs with its online offerings. It is also trying to find the right balance in holding some of its content behind a paid subscription wall, putting it in league with the likes of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
I spoke with Daniel Franklin, The Economist's Executive Editor and head of online content, late last week by phone. Economist.com has recently made more of its content available to unpaid members, Daniel said, in an attempt to draw in new online readers while still maintaining a benefit for having a subscription to the print magazine.
At present, The Economist maintains two blogs, Free Exchange and Democracy in America.
Free Exchange espouses to be a forum where Economist journalists can interact with readers about economics. Interestingly, whereas most blogs today are personality driven, The Economist's blogs maintain the same anonymity as their other offerings (the print magazine has no bylines). So while Free Exchange has a bloggy look (time stamped pieces published from newest to oldest, with comments area on each post) the content reads more like traditional magazine copy.
So instead of a conversation between individual journalists and readers, Franklin and The Economist think of reader comments as more as "letters to the editor," a new realm for reader feedback. Indeed, looking at the few posts I could find with more than one or two comments, it seems that the anonymous poster "Economist.com" does not respond to reader comments. It should be noted that Free Exchange's commenters are highly literate and well mannered, a rare treasure to be cultivated within the blogosphere. It will be interesting to see if The Economist's blog authors will at some point be unleashed or prompted to interact directly with readers.
Democracy in America was launched during the run up to the 2006 midterm elections, but Franklin deems it such a success that they're keeping it around for the long run. Overall, Franklin is happy with Economist.com's blogs in terms of readers and numbers, and is thinking about expansion, with a European-focused column next on the horizon.
While Franklin was engaged and enthused about the importance of blogs in helping to fill out The Economist's online offerings, their implementation is somewhat cloaked at present. For example, I was made aware that a blog or column called "Democracy in America" existed as part of Economist.com, but it took me quite some time to figure out that I had to click a link underneath "Today's Views" on the home page to find it. If blogs are to find their full-throated potential in The Economist's online future, they will need to be given better promotion within Economist.com (a search for "Democracy in America" does not bring up any relevant results!) and the blogs themselves will need to provide fuller interaction between writers (anonymous or not, and hopefully not) and readers.
Overall, Franklin's online strategy for The Economist is sound. "We're trying to reach a global audience who are curious and interested in the world," he said. Online, The Economist is attempting to expand upon its traditional readership by providing content that appeals to specific interests. Blogs are a natural tool to help achieve this strategy, and it will be interesting to see how The Economist evolves its blogging strategy over time.
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Franklyn (UK - BD RB)
Scott McKenzie visits Meanwhile City to try and work out what the hell is going on
Franklyn is a joint British/French production that follows a number of lost souls as they deal with the complications in their lives. This may sounds like a typical navel-gazing drama based in middle-class living rooms, but while some of the action is set in bistros with the main characters drinking wine and discussing their lives, one strand of the story is based in the fantasy land of Meanwhile City, where the masked Jonathan Preest heads out into the night to seek vengeance for a murder years earlier.
With a budget of $12 million, Franklyn didn't exactly fare well upon its release in UK cinemas. According to IMDb, it opened one fifty-four screens and after three weeks, took just under $150,000. For the record I enjoyed the movie, but it's no surprise to me that pretty much no one went to see it. The main problem is that from the beginning and for a substantial length of its running time, Franklyn is fairly impenetrable. What kept me watching (other than a reviewer's obligation) was the hunch that I knew the strands of the story would all come together. I mean, with Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green on board, it's not just going to be ninety-odd minutes of arty nonsense that doesn't go anywhere, is it? Erm... is it?
Thankfully everything does come together, and when it does it's one of those moments that feels like you've been led to it in small steps, rather than leaving the audience feeling like they've had the wool pulled over their eyes Shyamalan-style. There are a number of themes running through the movie that give it an air of intelligence—government control, psychology, dealing with loss and biased opinions of religion—but aside from a couple of fight scenes, there's not exactly a lot that would have drawn the teenage boys (aka paydirt) into the multiplexes in their droves. This is a real shame, because in addition to exercising the grey matter, Franklyn is also a feast for the eyeballs.
The director Gerald McMorrow must have stretched every penny out of his budget because the scenes set in Meanwhile City look stunning. An incredible amount of work has gone into the design of the sets and costumes, even though their appearances on screen are fleeting at best. I would have preferred the screenplay to have spent more time in Meanwhile City, but I suppose too much might have been given away by doing so. Herein lies the problem—the bit of the story that looks the best is the one that the filmmakers can't show too much of. If there was some way of contriving a story to get a whole movie set in Meanwhile City, I'd love to see it.
Dialogue is incredibly important here and the screenplay contains some real zingers that must have been gifts to the actors when they read it. It might not make sense in the context of this review, but when Eva Green delivers the line "See you next Tuesday" to her character's mother, you're left in no confusion as to the atmosphere in the room. Some of the actors are used in multiple roles and this is probably the biggest hint as to the 'big secret', but this is very much the type of twist that you can start to piece together yourself as the movie goes on, rather than hitting you with a sledgehammer of exposition.
Franklyn is a visually striking movie and the quality of the transfer on this Blu-ray disc doesn't disappoint. The two worlds have different looks—Meanwhile City is drenched in nostalgic sepia tones, while the real world looks a lot colder, with lots of blue and grey. The detail in the picture is particularly impressive when the action is in Meanwhile City, where visual effects make up the bulk of the wide landscape shots. The colours are relatively dull throughout the film, until the second character played by Eva Green shows up...
The only surround option we get is a Dolby TrueHD track and just as with the picture quality, the audio quality is surprisingly good. It's rare to get a British/French film with this much ambition in its video and audio production and if you were to take any frame or any audio clip, you could easily think it belonged to a Hollywood production that had a budget ten times that of Franklyn. Joby Talbot's grand score sounds very good and succeeds in setting the tone of the movie from the beginning, but the real enjoyment comes from picking out the details. A lot of work has gone into producing the surround effects and this is noticeable more than ever when the action is set in the crowded streets of Meanwhile City.
The disc opens with skippable trailers for Sex Drive, Knowing and Bronson. 'A Moment In The Meanwhile' is the main special feature—a thirty-minute making-of featurette that combines the usual interviews with the cast, crew and clips from the movie. There are some interesting points in there about how the two different worlds were filmed but I would definitely recommend avoiding this until you've watched the whole movie—some interviewees are sometimes in danger of giving away the big secret. Finally we get the trailer for Franklyn and three deleted scenes that would only have slowed down the pace of the movie.
Franklyn is definitely worthy of your time, but be warned—if you sit down to watch this slow-burner, make sure you give it your full attention. Stick with it and you'll enjoy a viewing experience more fulfilling than watching a dozen summer blockbusters. The transfer on this Blu-ray disc is very good and while the extras are a little lacking, I recommend everyone willing to take a risk on an intelligent thriller picks this up—if only to encourage the studios to let Gerald McMorrow make another one.
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Review by Scott McKenzie
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Eva Green is gorgeous. This sounds interesting, I'd like to see a US release so I can check it out.
dvd mike wrote: One of my top 5 movies of all time
I'd hate to see the other four.
I'd hate to see the other four.
i really enjoyed it,i wasnt sure where the film was going for ages then it all makes sense & is well worth the ride.
A friend of mine just got back from the UK and was talking this one up and down.
Hopefully this will get released in the U.S. asap.
Great review Scott, it seems we are the only two people in the entire world who enjoyed this. It's ambitious, sure, but huge kudos for tying several genres into one film and making it hang together. It's more a showreel for the director; art film, human drama, fantasy, and action is what's delivered, but by this evidence, McMorrow gould go in any of these directions in the future, and I'd gladly watch each one. Just make sure it's the fantasy one first.
One of my top 5 movies of all time
Saw it for free in February and would never recommend it, felt like a poor student film with a high budget, shame really.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, PCM 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitles: English
Extras: A Moment In The Meanwhile, Deleted Scenes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gerald McMorrow
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard HIll
Genre: Drama and Sci-Fi
Length: 98 minutes
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You don't expect to leave a Baz Luhrmann movie wishing he'd been more daring.
It's the cinematic equivalent of wanting to hand Liberace a BeDazzler.
But after some exhilarating, genre-melting moments in the "Moulin Rouge" director's wildly anachronistic take on "The Great Gatsby," things settle down and more closely resemble F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of love and loss amid the opulence of the roaring '20s.
The problem is, the purist-infuriating mashup Luhrmann creates in the early going is like crack coated in cane sugar and Red Bull. Once you get a taste, you need to maintain that high.
Unfortunately, it proves unsustainable.
Storywise, this "Gatsby" is the same one you (might) remember from high school. (Is "Gatsby" even still required reading? If not, kids, it's basically a Prohibition-era "Gossip Girl.")
In 1922, writer/bonds trader Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) arrives in Long Island's new-moneyed West Egg community to see his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her philandering husband, Tom (Joel Edgerton), who live across the bay in old-moneyed East Egg.
Almost immediately, Nick finds himself distracted by "the riotous amusements that beckoned."
Parties burst to life, seemingly out of nowhere, in an ostentatious frenzy — none bigger than those thrown by Nick's neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), who's more myth than man.
Shot in stunning 3-D, "Gatsby" is one of the most visually sumptuous movies you could ever hope to see. The ethereal cityscapes add to its dreamlike nature. Even the rain is beautiful.
As Tom, Edgerton comes across as an Old Hollywood icon.
At least until DiCaprio, radiantly reunited with his "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" director, makes his grand entrance.
I don't want to say DiCaprio makes love to the camera, but he at least gets to second base with it.
After that, Tom more closely resembles Conan O'Brien in "The Clark Gable Story." (No, really. It's uncanny.)
Most of New York attends Gatsby's bashes — all of them but Nick uninvited — with their overloaded jalopies threatening to spill their passengers like breadcrumbs on their way to the "kaleidoscopic carnival" that awaits.
The sensory-overloading bacchanals are "Gatsby's" hallmark, even if they curiously celebrate the very decadence Fitzgerald decried.
His novel is adapted by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, but the film's biggest footprint, at least in its early stages, belongs to Jay-Z.
The rap mogul served as an executive producer, shaping the soundtrack with an assist from the Brian Setzer Orchestra, blending hip-hop beats with century-old compositions. "Gatsby" is guaranteed to be the only place you'll hear Q-Tip alongside George Gershwin.
One of the trippiest images that sets the stage for what's to come involves Gatsby and Nick, whom the millionaire playboy has taken under his wing. As they speed into New York, Nick catches a glimpse of a convertible nearly bursting with bottles of Moet and passengers dancing to the sounds of Jay-Z's "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)."
It's surreal. It's transportative. And it lasts maybe five seconds.
But it's the coolest five seconds I've seen so far this year.
Eventually the party has to stop. And it does so accompanied by the newspaper headline "Party Palace Goes Dark," one of several references to Gatsby's tabloid existence, once he reconnects with his old flame, Daisy.
From that point on, "Gatsby" is at its most old-fashioned. It morphs into the sort of drama where the most intimate details can be conveyed in a glance, where men are forever sweeping back their forelocks, and where you can deeply wound someone by referring to him, as Gatsby does to Tom, as "the polo player."
Throughout, Maguire struggles to hold the action as his passive, problematic Nick narrates from the safety of a sanitarium.
And the scenes with Tom's mistress, Myrtle (Isla Fisher), and her mechanic husband, George (Jason Clarke) — under the watchful eyeglasses of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's billboard in the Valley of Ashes — don't feel as connected as they should to the rest of the story.
But, more so than in the novel, this is Gatsby's show, whether he's big pimpin' in a pink, three-piece suit or being reduced to a fidgety bundle of schoolboy nerves at the thought of seeing Daisy.
Their's is a — spoiler alert! — "Titanic"-style doomed romance that can't be overcome, even by Gatsby's "extraordinary gift for hope."
If you paid attention at all in English Lit class, you know what's coming.
Still, it's a shame the music has to stop.
Christopher Lawrence is the film critic for the Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal. Contact him at email@example.com