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Liberty News
Hockey player wins Rookie of the Year honor
Liberty University's men's club hockey team continues to make a splash in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). Liberty forward Brent Boschman was recently named ACHA's Division I Rookie-of-the-Year and teammates Dave Semenyna and Kyle Dodgson received First Team ACHA All-American honors for the 2009-10 season.
Boschman, a sport management major from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, played left-wing as a freshman and scored 37 goals, the highest amount in the ACHA this year. This is the first time a Liberty hockey player has received the Rookie-of-the-Year award, which is selected by head coaches in the ACHA Division I.
"Brent probably is one of the most offensively talented players that we have ever had at Liberty," head coach Kirk Handy said. "He has a nose for the net. He scored the most goals in one season Liberty hockey history."
Scoring goals runs in the Boschman family, as Brent's father, Laurie, played in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1993. Read more about Brent at the ACHA website.
Seniors Semenyna and Dodgson were standouts on Liberty's defense and offense, respectively. Dodgson led the ACHA in points and assists this season. This was Semenyna's fourth All-American honor. To view their individual rankings, click here.
Liberty was 29-3 overall this season and received a bid to the national tournament (ranked No. 6) for the fourth consecutive year. The Flames were a national semi-finalist in 2008.

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Wed, 20 October 2010
Val Staples, "Pixel Dan" Eardley, Emiliano Santalucia and Danielle Gelehrter are back to discuss He-Man and She-Ra.
First, we talk about the White Screen of Death and the backwards Roboto shoulder problem.
After that, we discuss another MOTUC bios. This time, Eternia (continued from last week), Count Marzo and Orko.
A few "highlights" of the show:
Plus, fellow He-Fan josh on the forums has created this fantastic Roast Gooble Dinner podcast Appendix & Notations which contains a ton of info about the show, with all the info about the Fanart, Fansites and Collectibles of the week, along with links to sites and user profiles of interest, and also details on how to contact the show with your feedback. Be sure to check that out!
And as always, you'll enjoy some extra seasoning with this episode's Fanart of the week, Collectible of the week and Fansite of the week!
So pull up your chair and fill up your plate! It's time to chow down on a tasty serving of fandom here on He-Man.org's Roast Gooble Dinner!
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Ratings & Reviews
Special Features
- Introduction by Mel Ferrer
- Premiere Newsreel
- Vintage Concert Hall
- Musical Short Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor
- Closed Captioned
MGM's first CinemaScope production was the lavishly appointed Knights of the Round Table. Without overlapping into any copyrighted material (specifically T.H. White's The Once and Future King), the film spins a lucid account of the King Arthur legend. The good king is played by Mel Ferrer, while Queen Guenevere is essayed by Ava Gardner. Arthur's efforts to create a perfect society in Camelot are compromised when Guenevere falls in love with trusted knight Sir Lancelot (Robert Taylor). The ambitious Mordred (Stanley Baker) uses his knowledge of the Queen's indiscretion to destroy both Camelot and King Arthur's round table. Most of the story material in Knights of the Round Table is lifted from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Cast & Crew
- Ava Gardner - Guinevere
- Robert Taylor - Sir Lancelot of the Lake
- Mel Ferrer - King Arthur
- Anne Crawford - Morgan Le Fay
- Stanley Baker - Sir Modred


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Virtual Reality @ CeBIT
It's always fascinating to move about within virtual rooms, experiencing your senses in a surprisingly very real way, all while in a different dimension. On CeBIT 2017 Software AG's University Relations let visitors explore learning in 3D by participating at the Virtual Reality showcase & contest. This interactive virtual reality showcase was based on the research project ELISE sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Read a short summary about ELISE in English or German.
Our Software AG booth visitors did not only experienced new dimensions, but also had the chance to win one of three grand prizes in our Virtual Reality Contest.Check out the pictures of the three lucky winners:
CeBIT showcases
Learn more about previous CeBIT showcases
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SHOWCASE 2016 TU Darmstadt and DATRON AG
SHOWCASE: Bright Smiles - with Smart Technology
The traditional manufacturing of patient individual dental restorations is time consuming and cost intensive, while retaining a high risk of inaccuracies. This often means multiple, lengthy visits to the dentist before a patient can smile brightly again. However, a new approach remedies this deficiency:
As a result of a research project, named "COMMANDD," headed by DATRON AG in collaboration with Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt and others, a new dental digital management system seamlessly integrates all major players, systems and data of the digital process chain in dental treatment. It provides data storage and workflow management capabilities and facilitates an automatic time- and cost-saving production of individualized high-quality dental indications.
As part of Software AG's University Relations Program, TU Darmstadt was able to implement the core capabilities of the dental management system with webMethods technology, which proved flexible extensibility and high scalability through its cloud interface.
DATRON AG, TU Darmstadt and Software AG demonstrate a showcase at CeBIT 2016 with a dental desktop milling machine in action, automatically producing singular physical objects based on this system.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SHOWCASE 2015 RTWH Aachen University
SHOWCASE: Liveapp, a first-aider notification system
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of Europe's most common causes of death with over 350,000 victims annually. No other emergency is as time critical, because permanent brain damage can occur a mere three minutes after the heart stops beating. The new first-aider notification system Livesapp developed by the IMA institute at RWTH Aachen University steps in to improve the survival rate among victims. The goal: to significantly increase the number of cases where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered before professional emergency services arrive.
When a call is placed to the emergency number, potential first responders who are in the vicinity and have medical training are automatically notified via Livesapp. Not only does the system identify first responders and trained laypeople, it also maps the shortest route to the victim's location using the mobile device to ensure that first aid can be started as quickly as possible— before emergency medical services can even arrive.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SHOWCASE 2014 University of Marburg and CERN
Showcase: Real-time analysis of event streams
The online recovery system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN oversees a massive parallel IT infrastructure of 17,000 CPU cores running in the order of 20 thousand applications with very high up-time and efficiency requirements. A group of young students from the University of Marburg decided to take this challenging example as a use case to demonstrate the potential of Software AG's Apama.
The similarity of the ATLAS data acquisition error recovery system to the Apama real-time analytics tool of SOFTWARE AG spurred the idea of demonstrating the capabilities of the latter at hand of this real-life example. The team of the database research group at University of Marburg has implemented, in cooperation with CERN and University Relations of Software AG, a monitoring and recovery application based on Apama that emulates the behavior of the existing ATLAS recovery system.
Apama provides powerful and easily combinable mechanisms for rapidly correlating, aggregating, and detecting patterns across large volumes of fast-moving data. The team used these mechanisms for both, defining meaningful rules for detecting critical situations in the IT infrastructure and initiating appropriate counteractions. In addition, a tool for visual analytics is running on top to enable endusers getting insight into hidden patterns and important live statistics of the flowing data. All of the analysis does not require any data to be stored, but runs on the fly as monitoring data arrives.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SHOWCASE 2013 Smart Factory KL
Showcase: Production Process of a Smart Key Finder, built with Augmented Reality
The SmartFactoryKL at the German Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is both an industry and research initiative and engaged in the creation and testing of new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in manufacturing. The SmartFactoryKL runs a reality-based research and demonstration platform in Kaiserslautern and offers a preview into the production of the future. The SmartFactoryKL considers itself an active participant in the Industry 4.0 Vision. The Industry 4.0 Vision is not only paving the way for a more flexible automation but also creating leading-edge options for interaction between people and technology. It was in this context that the Augmented Manufacturing showcase was created, one in which people can easily assemble a product with the help of augmented reality. Augmented reality also helps explain complex manual processes by way of illustration.
The system, in combination with the ARIS MashZone, runs as an app on tablets and provides innovative and state-of-the-art support for workers in the assembly industry. The app explains each step with a 3D-animation overlay during which ARIS Process Performance Manager (PPM) gathers and evaluates the production process. The worker learns step-bystep how to put a product together. This kind of computer-based training and assistance represents a key paradigm in the Industry 4.0 Vision.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS SHOWCASE 2012 TU Darmstadt
SHOWCASE: Process Excellence in the Construction Industry
The Institute for Civil Engineering at TU Darmstadt created a concept for the collection, management, and optimization of construction processes with the help of sensors and business process management (BPM) software. The BPM software used in the project was Software AG's Process Performance Managers (PPM, earlier known as ARIS PPM).
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Bird strikes are a concern at every Airport. Efforts to remove them in a safe and humane manner are proving effective at Long Beach Airport (LGB).
With the use of traps made by local Boy Scouts, Airport Operations and the South Bay Wildlife Rehab (SBWR) work diligently to collect, remove from the airfield, and safely release the birds at least 200 miles from Palos Verdes.
"These traps are ideal because they can hold live birds with no threat of harm and you can leave the birds in there safely for a significant time," said Christina Jones, Assistant Director at SBWR.
Despite such measures to control the bird population at the Airport, there may never be a complete end to the problem. Fall and winter are traditionally a popular time for migrant birds to land at LGB, but in the last week Jones has been to the Airport five times to collect birds.
An adult male Cooper's Hawk sits in a trap made by the Boys Scouts
Earlier this year a bird was caught in a corporate jet. The bird strike caused thousands of dollars in damages to the plane.
Damage to the jet engine
Jones takes her job as a volunteer seriously. Her private business taking care of indoor plants pays her bills and allows her to constantly tend to the birds, some needing an hourly feeding.
"I just feel like we do such awful things to Mother Earth and it's my way of giving back," said Jones. "Through my own business I can work, then feed the rescued birds, work, then feed." Jones reminisces that she was inspired as a little girl to lend a hand. "The song 'Feed the Birds" from the film Mary Poppins made me cry as a child," she said.
The SBWR collects 1400 birds a year and is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization. To find out more visit: www.SBWR.org.


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Photos from the frontier: The Internet of Things
Networked sensors are finding their way into an increasingly broad set of applications marketers have dubbed The Internet of Things. The following photo gallery provides a few glimpses of this diverse frontier in electronics and distributed computing.
At its core, the Internet of Things is all about the mote, the tiny module that combines some sort of sensor and communications, and perhaps a bit of memory and computing capability. One example (below) is a mote designed by IBM using the network technology of startup Dust Networks, recently acquired by Linear Technology.
The devices are appearing where once no semiconductors were found, in everything from hydraulic pumps to wristwatches, board games and bandages. Indeed the apps frontier is almost comically diverse.
In a keynote at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T, talked about wireless sensor networks measuring both the moisture content of farm fields to automate irrigation systems and the fullness of dumpsters to calculate the most efficient routes for garbage trucks.
"If you think about our future think trash, think dirt—there's money there," he quipped.
Chip makers pursuing these apps include nearly every microcontroller maker, broad analog companies such as Maxim and Texas Instruments and niche players such as Ember Corp. (whose development kit is shown below). A host of mainly wireless networking options are making claims to this territory from Bluetooth to Zigbee.
One hot debate is whether today's Internet protocols are just fine for this work or specialty energy-saving techniques are needed. Both are in use or in development now.
In any case, all sides agree the end goal is to deliver the smallest possible motes with as much smarts as possible with what little energy can be harvested or stored in tiny batteries that typically must last for years.
We welcome you to this tour of a few frontier towns in the Internet of Things. We'd love to hear about what new technologies or applications you may be pioneering at other points on this horizon. Much of the future of electronics is being written in this new Wild West.


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Congratulations Dallas!!! Why am I congratulating Dallas? They are the first team to actually beat the spread against the Knicks (I am assuming the Knicks are now favored by 20 points every night). They are also the first team to actually put up a real fight against the Knicks. This game was close most of the way especially through the first three quarters. I was actually getting scared especially midway through the 2nd quarter when the Knicks could not hit a 3 and the Mavs pulled up by 9. The Knicks ended up pulling away in the end thanks to tough D, JR Smith and, of course, new and improved Super Melo. Here are my thoughts:
- I have to hand it to Dallas they did a wonderful job defending the Knicks uncontested free throws. The Knicks missed 12 tonight including 4 in a row by Melo and 4 in a row by Felton.
- Last season it was especially frustrating to see how hard the Knicks had to work for every basket. It has been nice to have real point guards this season. It has also been nice to watch how hard their opponents' have had to work for each basket.
- If you told me ahead of time Knicks would miss 12 free throws, Felton would shoot 3-11 and Melo would be in foul trouble all night I would have assumed this would be a loss.
- High props to JR for stepping up when Melo went out with foul trouble and to Melo for playing hard even when in foul trouble.
- Statistically the Knicks defense was the worst when JR was on the floor last season. I haven't checked the official statistics but I cannot imagine that trend has continued this season as JR has looked pretty darn good so far on defense.
- I loved the fact that near the end of the 4th when the Knicks needed to score Melo was extremely aggressive about taking it to the basket.
- At one point when the Knicks were up by 12 in the 4th, JR took one of his patented terribly inefficient shots – and missed. I think it was Frazier who basically said let's excuse that stupid shot because he has played so well tonight.
- When I looked at the box score, I was actually surprised to see the Knicks were a somewhat respectable 8-22 from behind the arc as they seemed especially cold tonight especially in the first half.
- Rasheed was in early in the 1st half tonight as I guess the rule about the fans calling out player substitutions is still in effect. Rasheed was not great but held his own.
- Do you think Marcus Camby got Kurt Thomas' locker when he was given Thomas' role on this team?
- Did the Knicks really sign Ronnie Brewer for almost nothing (in NBA terms)? Brewer has been that perfect role player that the Knicks never bother to get but have needed so badly over the last few years.
- The Knicks next game is against Orlando. Judging by Orlando's performance against the Nets tonight I would not be surprised if prior to the game Orlando disbands their franchise and burns their arena down for the insurance money.


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Monday, March 23, 2009
It's the Cat Again
Mark Kausler has updated the site for his independent film, It's the Cat. There are original cels for sale as well as artwork on display. One of the neat features of the cels for sale is that when you display them, you can flip between the cel and the drawing it is based on. If you buy a cel, Mark will throw in a DVD of the finished film for free.
(If you just want the finished film, you can download it from MyToons for $1.99.)
The real plum, however, is the complete pencil test online. I'm one of those people who loves pencil tests and prefers them to finished animation. I love seeing the pencil lines in the rough and even the grain of the paper animating. It's animation, unplugged.
Run (or dance) over and take a look.
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- Rick Roberts said...
I am torn between buying a cell to get a free copy of the film or just buying the film. Nice to see Klauser making some new stuff. Also nice to see Greg Ford producing, I really wish he was still making Looney Tunes shorts with Terry Lennon.
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Life in the Fast Lane, an Australian Emergency Medicine blog, has been on fire recently with some of the greatest medical posts I've seen in years. Notable recent posts include the worst imaginable complication of chest tube placement -- must be seen to be believed -- and an excellent educational post with the most improbable title, "Code Blue in the Mortuary."
Dr Val writes about her father-in-law's ER visit and work-up for chest pain. The ending is a happy one, but Val totally misses the point in her post-event musings:
No, Val, the ER doc was not wrong. You are committing the logical fallacy of ex post facto reasoning. The CT scan was clearly indicated based on the presenting symptoms because the doctor did not yet know there was no dissection. Carl Sagan once wrote of the TV scientist who sadly lamented a "failed experiment" because it did not produce the expected results. That's the exact opposite of science! Any scientific investigation in which the outcome is known in advance is a waste of time. The test was successful because it provided useful information, and while the outcome was negative, the assay was by no means a waste.
George was right - he was getting old. The nurse was right - there was nothing emergent going on.
The ER doc was wrong - George didn't have an aortic dissection. And I was wrong - there was nothing actively wrong with his heart.I feel badly that I contributed to a waste of healthcare resources.
Dr Rob writes that he's also struggling with real life, and we're all hoping that he gets distracted right back into blogging soon. Until then, I have dibs on the Llamas!
Dr Bryan Vartabedian writes at Better Health about doctors blogging anonymously:
Anonymity is a fantasy. It's remarkably difficult to achieve. With small thoughts you can hide – in fact, no one cares who you are. If you offer anything worth hearing people will ultimately find out who you are.So terribly true. I was amazed, the first time I got picked up on Reddit, how quickly some clever commenters were able to figure out my identity. Since then, I've only kept up a very slight fiction of anonymity, all the more transparent when I got cited under my real name in some national publications. The only qualification I would add to this is that I keep my name and that of my hospitals off the blog, since I don't want patients to Google me after seeing me in the ER and immediately find the blog at the top of the search list. Not that it'd be hard to make the connection, but I don't want patients I have cared for to find the blog and have the fear that "he's going to write about me." And yes, I do fictionalize every patient story on this blog extensively. Bottom line: don't post anything on line that you'd be uncomfortable listing on your CV!
Speaking of patient stories, there is a promising new ER blogger in town: StorytellERDoc. I like what I've read so far very much, and will be watching eagerly to see if he can keep up the challenging pace he's set for himself.
One another note, I liked Roger Ebert's cranky and petulant rant in the Sun Times about politicians inserting non-science-based beliefs into their public policy positions. I'd complain about the tone of the piece, but Ebert's clearly on the side of the angels on this matter, so I'll let it be. Hmm. That "angels" metaphor doesn't really work in this context, does it?
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Entries in SARS (2)
All eyes on Hebei Province, China as mystery illness provokes government action
Sharon Sanders and the posters at Flutrackers are reporting some pretty weird events in Hebai Province, China. First, let's locate Hebei on the map.
A series of seemingly disassociated events, when viewed at a higher level (as Sharon has done in her Flutracker posts), paints a picture of Hebei as in some sort of state of emergency (my words). Shops closed by force. People required to wear masks. A thousand police officers dispatched to maintain discipline. And, in the most stark post yet, occupancy at the regional hospital exceeding 100% and an isolation ward erected.
Official (meaning government) reports coming from the region speak of the virus actually being Adenovirus 55, and not the dreaded (and rumored) SARS virus. We know the Case Fatality Rate from SARS hovered, eventually, around 10% of the sick. A hospital filled with a thousand sick would produce at least a hundred dead, if the virus were SARS. Rumors and slim media accounts seem to converge on just one person dead so far.
What we know of Adenovirus 55 is limited, but growing. A paper that was published in 2009speaks of the first (and until now, last) major outbreak of Ad55. Ad55 will produce some serious respiratory distress, but blessedly, only one death in 254 infected Chinese students in Shaanxi Province, China. Here's the map showing the location of Shaanxi:
As you see, Shaanxi is two provinces over from Hebei. I do not think it would be much of a stretch to say that this entire region may want to re-evaluate all its respiratory distress cases and outbreaks since 2005 to see if Ad55, instead of flu, could be an explanation.
Of course, what fascinates me is that China was able to come up with a positive diagnosis of Ad55 so quickly. Long-time readers of this Blog (if I still have any!) know that I have been campaigning for testing for Ad14, which has a long and ugly reputation in military bases all over America, and hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. As the medical report from 2009 attests, a "tsunami" (their words) of genetic information relative to Adenovirus is pouring in to researchers. Good! Maybe we will begin to take Adenovirus more seriously.
In the meantime, it is also interesting to see what lengths the Chinese government will go to try to isolate anything that even remotely resembles SARS. The government's zeal to prevent or mitigate the spread of an infectious disease is "disconcertingly refreshing." Feel free to use that phrase. It is troubling, no doubt, to see government trucks rolling into a province, and that has to evoke bad memories for the residents. From a global perspective, however, and especially in light of the aftereffects of the film "Contagion," any attempt to contain a pathogen and prevent it from spreading is appreciated, as long as the actions are 1) justified, 2) non-lethal, and 3) abandoned, once the pathogen is proved to be relatively harmless.
"Contagion" is a Deeply Unsettling, Haunting – and (Mostly) Realistic – Pandemic Film
Those of us who have made pandemic preparedness part of our curriculum vitae could not have been more excited about the premiere of Steven Soderbergh's latest film, ""Contagion"."
And we were not disappointed. "Contagion" is a paragon of what an intelligent biological thriller should be: hyper-accurate, absorbing, and, most of all, a film that reminds us of our own individual responsibilities within a civilized society.
Not to say that there's not a little bit of Hollywood in this film. More on that later. First, let's take a look at how the movie was made, the etiology of the fictional virus, and what Hollywood got right. And in many cases, they got it absolutely right.
What "Contagion" got right
The MEV-1 virus in the movie is the brainchild of Dr. Ian Lipkin, of Columbia University. Dr. Lipkin directs the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia. He was contacted by Soderbergh and the film's writer, Scott Z. Burns. He agreed to come on board the production as a paid technical and science adviser.
Dr. Lipkin created a virus for the film that is patterned after an actual virus: The Nipah virus. Nipah was first discovered in Malaysia in 1999. The natural reservoir of Nipah is in the Malaysian fruit bat population. The WHO reports that Nipah has also been found in bat urine and in partially-eaten fruit in the region. Oh, by the way: The real-life bats in question are migratory. Toward that end, antibodies to a virus very similar to Nipah have been found in India, Indonesia and Timor.
There is a danger in making bats the heavy in the film. Bats are essential in such areas as insect control. And North American bats are dying by the millions, due to "white-nose syndrome," a fungal infection that essentially suffocates bats during their annual hibernation.
But bats are also vectors of some of the world's most dangerous diseases, especially Ebola – and SARS.
While the MEV-1 virus is patterned after Nipah, the pattern of infection is modeled after the SARS virus. How quickly we forget how threatening SARS really was. In bookstore remainder bins all over the continent, one can find Karl Greenfield's seminal work on the SARS epidemic, titled, " China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic." I highly recommend his book.
While the original vector of SARS in 2002/03 was a "civet cat," a peculiar-looking mammal, it may be that the civet cat in question was infected by a bat. SARS virus has been found in Brazilian bats, so the danger is not localized to Southeast Asia by any means.
Had SARS been more like influenza and less like the common cold, we would have seen a pandemic that would have made 1918's Spanish Flu look like the common cold. In the US, the H1N1 Spanish Flu pandemic killed 2.5% of everyone it infected. In contrast, SARS killed 10% of those it infected, worldwide. But luckily for us ("us" being the world), SARS infected so quickly, public health professionals got in front of the disease and eventually beat it down. It is counterintuitive to be sure, but a disease that infects quickly is easier to corral than one with a days-long incubation period, such as influenza.
To go into how SARS infected and killed would also produce those obligatory "SPOILER ALERT!!" warnings and disclosures, which I want to avoid (where possible) in this review. So suffice it to say that "Contagion" is disturbingly accurate when it comes to how quickly it was able to infect on a global scale.
SARS was not the exclusive province of China, Toronto or Singapore. Two prominent Tallahassee residents (who I obviously cannot identify for HIPAA reasons) were infected by SARS during a visit to China in 2003. The CDC and WHO were actually monitoring their health following their return to Tallahassee. By proxy, they were monitoring Tallahassee for signs of SARS infection.
So what Soberbergh, Burns and Lipkin created were a perfect fit of an established disease and historic established routes of transmission. In other words, extremely realistic.
Dr. Lipkin also taught the cast how to correctly don protective gear, and how to speak the language of disease.
In the movie, the Elliott Gould character, Dr. Ian Sussman (yes, a probable nod to Dr. Ian Lipkin) is able to finally grow a sample of MEV-1 to produce a vaccine candidate. This storyline parallels the first attempts to grow H5N1 in chicken eggs to produce a vaccine. Bird flu was killing the eggs. That was eventually overcome. Of course, H5N1 poultry vaccines have arguably done more harm than good, but that is a matter left to my previous blogs on the subject.
Elliott Gould's Dr. Sussman is handling the virus in a Level 3 lab, and the CDC has already ordered all samples not contained in a Level 4 lab to be destroyed by fire. Dr. Sussman's on-screen disregard for CDC protocols is reminiscent of the spanking that real-life Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin received in 2007 for handling "copies" of the dreaded Ebola virus in a level-2 lab.
Laurence Fishburne's admonition that "We don't want that virus leaving on the bottom of someone's shoe" refers to a frequent and ongoing concern. For more information, refer to my ongoing blog series, "When labs attack."
What "Contagion" could have done better
Where the movie deviates from probability, in this reviewer's opinion, is in its depiction of how society would react to the virus. These deviations are all permitted, because they are clearly possible. It is just in the areas that were left out that very minor – and forgivable – faults can be found.
In less than a month, society pretty much goes over the cliff. Garbage lies uncollected and strewn about neighborhoods. Unions strike, rather than perform their duties. Governors call out the National Guard and seal borders without apparently seeking consultation from Washington. And while grocery stores are ransacked and food is extremely scarce, the lights and phones somehow stay on.
The Enemy of the People in any pandemic is the stability of the supply chain. That just-in-time supply chain is the most fragile part of our economy. The level of global apprehension, not to mention the Case Fatality Rate of the MEV-1 virus in the film, would have produced much more damage to the global supply chain.
Those of us who are sought-out as experts in pandemic preparedness often point to unions as a cause for concern. In fact, pandemic planners factor in possible union (in)actions in their calculations, but I believe that people are also capable of doing heroic things. The public health experts in "Contagion" are justifiably viewed as heroic. But as we saw on 9/11, and as we were reminded this past weekend, heroism is not limited to one exclusive group of people.
However, the images of public employees such as law enforcement officers abandoning their posts in New Orleans during Katrina – and even joining in the looting and pillaging, in a few cases – is also testament to our individual faults and failings. That, too, can be seen in "Contagion," even at the higher levels of the government.
The film did not damage the critical infrastructure enough. In a prolonged, 1918-type pandemic, we believe ports will clog, phones will become unreliable, and power will come on and off – all because there will not be sufficient levels of people healthy enough to work to maintain them, nor will there be sufficient numbers of people to work, due to absenteeism to take care of loved ones. And there are always those who will burn sick days just for a headache. We have estimated that, at the height of a pandemic, as much as a third of the workforce might be absent on any given workday.
The movie attempts to display the deterioration of society in a few select scenes, but the film did not go far enough in its depiction of the degradation of the infrastructure. It did show the requisite looting of grocery stores, and certain unsettling acts of violence, and it did an excellent job in its frequent shots of uncollected refuse.
In a real-life, lethal pandemic, the military would be called upon to perform these tasks. That would include the National Guard, which I must believe would be Federalized early on, in order to prevent the types of actions that were undertaken by individual governors as the pandemic worsened. Federalizing the Guard places those units under the direct control of the Pentagon. Governors lose their Guard in that scenario. I would have to believe that the president would exercise that authority very, very early on in this process.
Sealing the borders, for example, has been almost completely tossed as a realistic countermeasure. The SARS epidemic and the H1N1v "swine flu" pandemic showed how border closures would be ineffective to restrain any virus.
This point (along with the supply chain issue) was actually done very well in the TV-movie "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America". In that film, the military is called home from Iraq and Afghanistan to help maintain law and order. I would expect governors to call all their Guard units home, to assist in stabilizing the infrastructure of their states and to curtail inevitable violence.
Other than the depiction of labor unions as petty and self-serving, "Contagion" also serves as a confirmation of the Second Amendment during a crisis. Cops are not around when the shooting starts. Self-defense is the order of the day. Being armed equals being safe. These are two curious messages to be dealt by a Hollywood director, and I found it to be refreshing.
My family felt that it was a little preposterous that key public health people would not continuously wear their masks and gloves, especially in public. We have had many discussions regarding the efficacy of wearing masks in public, however, and I defer to the writer and director on this topic.
Another concern (the most deeply-rooted one) is in the film's conflict between the CDC and the Minneapolis public health unit. This is where the Hollywood formula kicks in, resembling a Criminal Minds episode where the local cops resent the FBI intrusion into their bidness. The reality is that local public health units generally work very well with the CDC, and welcome their participation when things go bad. In my experience, the CDC is a first-rate organization, led by top-flight people. Local public health units do the best they can do, especially in this current economy, but "overwhelmed" would be an understatement on any given workday – let alone during a pandemic.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, head of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota (and who worked at the Minnesota Department of Health for a quarter-century), alluded to this during a recent "Contagion"-inspired interview. In fact, the Minnesota Department of Health is one of the best-run departments of its kind in the country.
The other area that the movie (which runs a brisk 106 minutes) glosses over is within the subject of vaccine production. Public health experts such as Dr. Osterholm have stated that the movie's scenario for vaccine production is too rosy (my words). Vaccine production takes months, even in a "good" viral situation such as producing an influenza vaccine. It took every bit of six months just to produce the swine flu vaccine.
With a new and previously-unseen virus, especially considering the repeated failures of the prototypes, it would take considerably longer. The wait for vaccine could take almost a year, causing further destruction of the global economy and the further erosion of the critical infrastructure. And this does not even deal with the issue of who gets vaccine and who does not.
In another "Contagion"-imitates-life example, a Chinese group has kidnapped a WHO official, and demands -- as ransom -- vaccine produced in the West. This is a nod to the possibility of natively-produced substandard or even counterfeit vaccine. It is nice to hear someone demanding America vaccine –anything – because it is the best in the world. Note, at the end of the movie, the architecture of the open-air school housing the Chinese children.
The vaccine issue is personalized within the village, but once again, the script alludes to larger global issues. In this case, the rural, poor demand for vaccine speaks to the problems caused by Indonesia in the fight against bird flu. Back in 2007, the Indonesian government refused to share human bird flu samples – or even to quickly report human bird flu cases and deaths – simply because they felt their samples would make the global pharmaceutical companies billions of dollars, and, at the end of the day, leave Indonesia without any vaccine. It took years for the West to negotiate an agreement with Indonesia to give them vaccine in exchange for human bird flu samples.
The movie did do a good job of showing the agony involved with waiting and waiting until their vaccine lottery number was called. I found the prospect of a "vaccine lottery" to be a curious and interesting (and fair) way to resolve the issue of who got vaccine and when. The reality is, there is a schedule of who gets vaccine, at least within the first responder community, the military and the government. The Strategic National Stockpile has the goods. The Department of Homeland Security and state governments have the plans. After that, I doubt if there is a plan, so the lottery idea seems as fair as any.
Finally, we need to address the issue of the blogger character played by Jude Law. "Blogging is graffiti with punctuation," Elliott Gould admonishes Law's character. Law's Alan Krumwiede is the worst sort of blogger, one who is only interested in promoting his "brand" at the expense of the truth, not to mention people's very lives, by promoting an unproven homeopathic "remedy." He is the 21st Century snake oil salesman, shamelessly hawking an elixir that is eventually proven to be dangerously ineffective.
Fortunately, I do not know any bloggers personally who would fit into those shoes. My disease-blogger friends are all dedicated people who, in their minds and in mine, are performing a valuable service by alerting their readers to some very real threats and dangers. Their surveillance uncovered the swine flu pandemic before the world's press did, and their work on tracking H5N1 has proven to be extremely accurate. I hope Law's Krumwiede would not get the attention he gets in the movie. However, having sat numerous times where Law's character sat, in a quiet studio, in front of a television camera with an IFB in my ear, talking to a reporter or a network news anchor, I can understand how a marginal "playa" could become a fiend, mainstreamed by the press. It is up to the individual to censor him/herself and to produce accurate content.
""Contagion"" is an incredibly well-researched, disturbingly plausible, and extremely well-made film. With the exceptions of the vaccine production timetable and the downplaying of the damage to the economy and the critical infrastructure, Soderbergh and Burns got it right. Soderbergh is his own cinematographer as well (under a nom de plume), and his use of "available light" in place of standard movie lighting techniques makes the film feel much more realistic -- which means, of course, much more disturbing. The cast, without exception, is fantastic. Gwyneth Paltrow factors heavily throughout the film, so her apparent quick departure in the film's first act is compensated for throughout the movie.
And equally exceptional is the villain, the MEV-1 virus. The fact that it is based on a real virus should wake us all up to the need to engage more strenuously in personal hygiene, and remember the things Momma taught us:
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Cover your cough, not with your hands, but with your sleeve, or a handkerchief or napkin.
- Keep a respectable distance from strangers.
Now go put on your Level 4 gear and go see the movie!
Here are some other sites, in case you want more "Contagion" stuff:
Mike Coston's superb Avian Flu Diary, and his entry on the movie.
An interview with Dr. Mike Osterholm on the accuracy of "Contagion":
And a dynamite Wired blog, written by the extremely talented Maryn McKenna, featuring an interview with Dr. Ian Lipkin. Maryn has two books in print that hypochrondriacs should not read. Her latest is on MRSA and it is called Superbug. Find it at your local bookstore, if one still exists, or order it from Amazon.
Last, and least, an article on "Contagion" from a Palm Springs, California newspaper, with some quotes from yours truly.


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Melessa Ann Jackson Chisholm, 45, of Carrollton, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral Services were Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Family Worship Center, with the Rev. Jimmy Stewart officiating. Burial was in English Cemetery in Carroll County.
Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave. in Carrollton was entrusted with the arrangements.
Jimmie Mae Mikel Armstrong, 83, of Glencoe died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the St. Elizabeth Hospice Center.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at Garnett-New-McDonald Funeral Home in Warsaw. Visitation is 11 a.m until the service Thursday. Burial will be in the Ghent Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Vernon Armstrong, Ravenna, Ohio, and Dwayne Armstrong of Leitchfield, Ky.; a daughter, Janet Hutton of Glencoe; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Raymond Earl "Scooter" Dossett, 81, of Paris, formerly of Carrollton, Ky., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris.
Graveside services were Sunday, Oct. 7, at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton, with the Rev. Chris White officiating.
Survivors include his daughter, Delene (Gilbert) Marcelle of Palmyera, Ind.; sons, Michael E. "Mike" (Robyn) Dossett of Paris and Larry Russell (Janet) Dossett of Manchester, Ga.; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
David Combs, 53, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Garnett-New-McDonald Funeral Home. Burial was in the Napoleon Cemetery.
Mr. Combs is survived by his father, Melbert "Duke" Combs, and a stepmother, Margie Combs.
Lenora Lucille Schmucker, 68, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at King's Daughter's Hospital in Madison, Ind.
Visitation was Sunday, Sept 30, at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home in Carrollton. Cremation was chosen by the family.
Mrs. Schmucker was born Nov. 27, 1943, in Scottsburg, Ind., to the late William and Nannie Lewellyn Welch.
She was a homemaker and employed by Walmart in the cash office for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Larry; a son, Larry Jr.; two sisters, Imogene McMahn and Sarah Bontriger; and four grandchildren.
Andrew Alvie McKinney, 84, of Ghent died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Open Door Baptist Church, 1476 Hwy. 36 East, Carrollton. Burial was in Ghent Cemetery.
The Rev. Warren G. Lowry, 91, of Worthville died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at Carrol County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
Funeral services were Oct. 5 at the Worthville United Pentecostal Church in Worthville. A second service was held Oct. 8 at the First Apostolic Church in Corbin, Ky.
Burial was in the Cumberland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Corbin.
Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral home, 809 Highland Ave. in Carrollton was entrusted with the arrangements,
Ronald Douglas Riley, 68, of Milton died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at his residence.
A Celebration of Life service was Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Mount Byrd Christian Church in Milton, with the Rev. Mike McCarter officiating.
Ransdell Funeral Home, 441 Hwy. 42 West, Bedford, Ky., was entrusted with the arrangements.
Survivors include two sons, Walter D. (Debbie) Riley of Pensacola, Fla., and David A. (Sharon) Riley of Madison, Ind.; a daughter, Margaret R. (Robbie) Snow of Milton, Ky.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Willena Jean Jones, 73, formerly of Carrollton died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services are 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11, at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, with the Rev. Dave Kennedy officiating. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the funeral home. Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
Survivors include a son, Paul Jones; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Lenora Lucille Schmucker, 68, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at King's Daughter's Hospital in Madison Ind.
Visitation was held Sunday,Sept 30, at the Graham-Dunn Funeral Home in Carrollton. Cremation was chosen by the family.
Mrs. Schmucker was born in Scottsburg Ind. Nov. 27, 1943. She was the daughter of the late William and Nannie Lewellyn Welch. She was a homemaker and employed by Walmart in the cash office for many years.
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VisionBuilder needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Energy Arts (http://www.energyarts.com)
Energy Arts teaches tai chi, qigong, Tao Yoga, breathing and meditation from the Taoist tradition. Founder Bruce Frantzis has been teaching for 40 years and his company has taught over 20,000 students and has an instructor base of over 350. We are rebuilding the site in Drupal.
Our mission is to help people increase their health and well-being, helping them through moving exercise or meditation to find ways to deal with stress and the challenges of modern living.
For our new website build we want to look more mainstream, avoiding anything overtly Chinese in feel. The look should have:
- Have open space and lots of white with minimal borders within the site
- Clear areas for navigation
- Focus on details (slight corner rounds, fades, color blends)
- Menu bar is changing to focus on the areas that we teach...so font selection and look and feel of this is key element
- Light watery happy feel, will provide pictures recently taken in Maui
- Thumbnail icons should blend in with the site and support overall look and feel.
We have attached some basic mockup ideas created internally only to be used as guide for menu structuring - but open to fresh, creative ways to display the information.
If design is chosen we have subpages that need to be designed - we have included several subpages as examples of how a user would flow through the site.
We have three primary audiences:
1) Beginners looking to learn something new
2) Intermediate people looking to upgrade or add a practice to what they already know
3) People who are considering becoming one of our instructors
Within that we have several main topic areas
1) Tai chi, bagua and qigong - chinese energy exercises
2) Breathing and Meditaiton - more for relaxation, peace of mind and sprituality
3) Yoga - We teach a softer gentle form of yoga that is more about meditation rather than softer poses.
It should inspire those considering learning from us. It will have pictures of smiling people and encourage people to learn more.
Photoshop full resolution in multiple layer editable file. Not required but will consider how front page design can be applied to second page.
Designing for strict XHTML - so layout and fonts and colors should conform to best practices. We just want photoshop files in this phase and if designer can take to next step we are open to having them do phase 2.
Width of Site approx 1000 pixels (slightly less with borders)
Min screen fit 1024X768 and Max Screen fit up to 1600X 1200
Want a slightly narrower banner so that we have our boxes below ABOVE THE FOLD on most browers.
Picture rotator will have some text on the righthand side...Picture rotator can be separate or attached to email capture giveaway.
Menu system will have tabs and we have not decided on front page if the About tab will have the items expanded immediately or not...
We will give immediate feedback on what we like and don't like and work with designers who originate the idea.


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===Monastic communities===
===Monastic communities===
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*[[Holy Ascension Skete (York, Maine)|Holy Ascension Skete]], York, Maine
*[[Holy Ascension Skete (York, Maine)|Holy Ascension Skete]], York, Maine
*[[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Transfiguration Monastery]], Brookline, Massachusetts
*[[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Transfiguration Monastery]], Brookline, Massachusetts
*[[Convent of the Meeting of the Lord (Stanwood, Washington)|Convent of the Meeting of the Lord]], Stanwood, Washington
*[[Convent of the Meeting of the Lord (Stanwood, Washington)|Convent of the Meeting of the Lord]], Stanwood, Washington
*[[Holy Nativity Convent (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Nativity Convent]], Brookline, Massachusetts
*[[Holy Nativity Convent (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Nativity Convent]], Brookline, Massachusetts
* [[Hermitage of St. Mary Magdalene (Warrenton, Virginia)|Hermitage of St. Mary Magdalene]], Warrenton, Virginia
* [[Hermitage of St. Mary Magdalene (Warrenton, Virginia)|Hermitage of St. Mary Magdalene]], Warrenton, Virginia
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The Holy Orthodox Church in North America (HOCNA) is an Old Calendarist jurisdiction initially formed by former members of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America who joined the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in the 1960's in protest of the excessive ecumenical activities of Patriarch Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople and Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America. In 1987-1988, these communities left the ROCOR and following a brief period under two independent Old Calendarist bishops in Greece, were received by the Old Calendarist Synod of Archbishop Auxentios of Athens. HOCNA is not in communion with any mainstream Orthodox church.
Perhaps its most prominent community is Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Boston.
HOCNA today
The Holy Orthodox Church in North America is an Eparchial Synod with parishes and monastic communities in Canada and the United States, as well as Europe and Africa. Today HOCNA consists of nine monastic communities with a total of almost 100 monastics and 62 parishes with an estimated 6000 faithful. Their monastic communities are well known world wide for their incense, hand painted icons and mounted icon photographs, pure beeswax candles, vestments and clerical clothing. Also, since the founding of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, the brotherhood has dedicated themselves to producing translations of texts necessary for Orthodox Church life. Many books of the lives of the Saints and concerning matters of the Faith have been published. Especially, out of desire to benefit the Church, liturgical books of primary importance have been translated into English and published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery: A Prayerbook for Orthodox Christians, The Pentecostarion, The Great Horologion, the complete 12-volume set of The Menaion and The Psalter According to the Seventy. Some patristic works have also been translated and published, most notably The Ladder of Divine Ascent, The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian, and The Synodicon of Orthodoxy. HOCNA has published The Struggle Against Ecumenism, the most extensive history of the "True Orthodox Church" available in English[1] and also has published a series of tracts on the spiritual life, contemporary Church issues, and moral issues.
Hierarchs, Metropolises and Parishes
Today, HOCNA consists of Holy Transfiguration Monastery and an estimated 30 parishes throughout the United States and Canada, the most famous of which is St Nektarios American Orthodox Cathedral in Seattle, Washington[2]. Administratively, HOCNA is divided into 3 metropolises - Boston, Seatle, and Toronto. HOCNA has five hierarchs. All except one (Sergios) were monks at Holy Transfiguration Monastery for ten years or more.
- Ephraim, Metropolitan of Boston
- Makarios, Metropolitan of Toronto
- Moses, Metropolitan of Portland
- Sergios, Suffragan Bishop of Loch Lomond (and abbot of St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery)
- Demetrius, Suffragan Bishop of Carlisle
In 2011, after several years of controversy over the autonomous canonical status of HOCNA and the relatively recent controversy regarding the posthumous salvation of non-Orthodox taught by Metropolitan Ephraim and Archimandrite Panteleimon, the entire Metropolis of Portland (along with its bishops, Metropolitan Moses and his suffragan Bishop Sergius) and all the parishes of the Metropolis of Toronto (without the cathedral and the person of Metropolitan Makarios), were received by the Genuine Greek Orthodox Church of America. Other clergy, including the dean of clergy of the Metropolis of Boston and rector of Holy Nativity Convent, also joined the Genuine Greek Orthodox Church of America along with the above clergy and bishops.[1]
Monastic communities
United States of America
- Holy Ascension Skete, York, Maine
- Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts
- Convent of the Meeting of the Lord, Stanwood, Washington
- Holy Nativity Convent, Brookline, Massachusetts
- Hermitage of St. Mary Magdalene, Warrenton, Virginia
Republic of Georgia
- Hermitage of Saint Maximus the Confessor, Abastumani.
- Convent of the Annunciation, Oinoussae, Chios
- Holy Dormition Convent, Chubayevo, Chuvashia
- ↑ Fr. Panagiotes Carras. An Announcement. YAHOO! Groups - OrthodoxInfo. Fri Jun 3, 2011 2:35am.
External links
Official HOCNA Sites
- HOCNA Metropolis of Boston (Also here)
- Convent of the Meeting of the Lord Candle Shop Webisite
- St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery
- Holy Transfiguration Monastery
- Holy Nativity Convent
- St. John the Confessor Orthodox Church, Ipswich, MA.
- St. Anna's Orthodox Church, Roslindale, MA.
- St. Mark of Ephesus Orthodox Cathedral, Roslindale, MA.
- St. Philaret Orthodox Mission Chapel, Chicopee, MA.
- St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church, Mechanicsville, VA.
Anti-HOCNA publications:
- A website created by former members of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
- Allegations against HOCNA on Pokrov website
- Fr John Whiteford's articles about HOCNA
HOCNA's Defense
Holy Transfiguration Monastery has made available to following documents in order to refute some of the accusations made against them:


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- Premier League
Di Canio: I can do the job
New Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio insists he is not fazed by the recent criticism of his political beliefs and is sure he will be a success at the Stadium of Light.
Di Canio's appointment has caused major controversy with former Labour MP David Miliband immediately resigning from his role as the club's vice-chairman and non-executive director, citing the coach's "past political statements" as the reason for his departure.
This was followed by Football Against Racism in Europe director Piara Powar calling on the former Swindon boss to explain his past admission to being a fascist.
The Italian, however, who released a statement on Monday saying that he is not a racist, believes that while everyone is entitled to their own views, he is confident in his own abilities as a person and as a manager to succeed in the Premier League.
"I have a massive respect for everyone's opinion and their job but I don't care about what I can read or what I can hear from," he said. "Because I know who I am, I know which knowledge I've got and I know I'm capable of doing my job."
He added: "I don't have to answer any more this question, there was a very good statement from the club, (with) very, very clear words that came out from me. I don't want to talk any more about politics for one reason because I'm not in the House of Parliament, I'm not a political person, I will talk about only football.''
Sunderland currently sit 16th in the Premier League table and are just one point clear of safety. Di Canio, though, feels that come the end of the season the club will be able to look forward to another year of top-flight football.
"I know there will be in the future very high attention, especially for the club as we are not in a good moment," he said. "For sure we are going to do a good job and we are going to celebrate at the end of the season."
Di Canio's appointment has split opinion among Black Cats supporters, but the former Swindon boss is confident he will be able to win them over.
"At Swindon, there were many people that couldn't believe Di Canio was the right man for the club," Di Canio said. "After two months, at the end of the game 9,000 people were there, clapping the players and singing my name.
"I don't expect the Sunderland fans to sing my name because it's more important they sing the names of the players.''


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Phoenix Alvarado - In 1984, the Muppets took Manhattan and during their time there Miss Piggy had a dream where the six main Muppets were shown as babies. These would be known to Muppet fans everywhere as the Muppet Babies. Originally just Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, and Scooter the Muppet Babies when they got their own television show. The cast expansion would include infant versions of Animal, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Robin (as tadpole of course), Camilla (in the form of Gonzo's stuffed chicken), and Scooter's twin sister, Skeeter. Through the shows eight year run a couple other babies were added such as Bean Bunny, Janice, and even a baby version of The Muppet Show's backstage theater cat, Gaffer. But what about the other Muppets out there that was never presented on the show? What do they look like? Would a baby version of Dr. Teeth have a any teeth?
Scroll down as I present what I think other Muppet characters would look like in a baby format! Witness what Walter would looked like as a baby! Wonder how Crazy Harry's parents would allow for their child to play with explosives! And be scared for life when you see Baby Sweetums! Be prepared to send in angry emails as we make your favorite Muppets into babies! Enjoy!
Rebecca Whitaker - Everyone creates art based on the Muppets but I had never seen anything with the Muppeteers so I decided to create some myself!
It's 12 Muppeteers with a Muppet they are well known for performing. Starting on the left Karen Prell with Red Fraggle, Kermit with Jim, Telly with Martin Robinson, Jerry Nelson with Floyd Pepper, Steve Whitmire with Rizzo the Rat, Richard Hunt and Jim Henson with Ernie, Frank Oz with Bert, Bill Barretta with Mahna Mahna, Dave Goelz with Gonzo, Carol Spinney with Big Bird legs and Oscar the Grouch, and Kevin Clash with Elmo.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb head men's soccer coach Charles Morrow has announced the addition of Ryan Wehking to the staff as a graduate assistant coach.
Wehking started his duties the second week of January and will be in charge of the goalkeepers.
A December 2012 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Wehking was a four-year starter for the Phoenix ending his career as the career leader in shutouts, posting 20 scoreless matches.
"Ryan comes to us very highly recommended," Morrow said. "As a student-athlete, Ryan's leadership was a trademark not only within the soccer program but also within the athletic department. He was a two year captain and a three year member of the NCAA Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
"In addition to those positions he held, Ryan was the glue that held the UW-Green Bay team together during coaching changes that took place during his tenure."
Wehking was the 2009 Horizon League Tournament MVP after the Phoenix upset top-seeded Butler in penalty kicks, earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament. He was also selected to the Horizon League All-Newcomer team that same season.
"Ryan's leadership abilities and understanding of the goalkeeper position along with his experience of being a NCAA Division I student-athlete will help him transition into his new coaching role," UW-Green Bay head coach Dan Popik said. "Ryan had a fantastic academic and athletic career at UW-Green Bay and I am confident his work ethic, personality and passion for the game will be an asset to Lipscomb."
In addition to being the school's shutout leader, Wehking ended his career fourth on the all-time saves list with 260 career stops and a 1.16 goals against average in 70 games.
Wehking replaces Stefan Caulfield who graduated in December with his Master's in Business Administration.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb head men's soccer coach Charles Morrow has announced the addition of Ryan Wehking to the staff as a graduate assistant coach.


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In order to move forward, it is important to know the past. Things in the past can provide us with a wealth of knowledge and inspiration that makes moving forward a little easer, or at least better. It's something people tend to forget.
Fellow intern Geoffrey Brooke sent me this page from The Catholic Telegraph, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The Telegraph has rereleased some older pictures, going as far back as 1948. They are really quite interesting, and beautiful.


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Grilling: Halloumi and Vegetable Skewers
Fire up your grill and get ready for some serious smoke.
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Living in a predominantly Greek neighborhood for over ten years now, I'm well versed in the awesomeness of halloumi—a salty and squeaky semi-soft cheese that transforms into one of the most delicious things on the planet after being pan-fried or grilled. Hailing from Cyprus, it's usually made of goat or sheep's milk. The cheese is so ingrained in my life at this point that I often forget that many people have never heard of, let alone tried, this wonder before.
I recently cubed a couple blocks of halloumi and threaded them onto skewers with onions, zucchini, and tomatoes that were tossed in a Greek-influenced vinaigrette of oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano, and mint. I grilled these up at a barbecue, and for the uninitiated, it was nothing short of a revelation.
I meant for these skewers to be served with warm pita and tzatziki to be made into instant sandwiches, but instead I watched the golden crusty cheese get picked clean from the skewers, leaving the vegetables sadly passed up. Consider that fair warning—this veggie and cheese combo works great as cohesive skewer, but the all-encompassing power of halloumi will certainly steal the show.
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A BioShock 2 article on Kotaku hears from BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas about a couple of ways the gameplay in the underwater shooter sequel departs from the original game. One of the areas being changed is vita-chambers, which can be turned off in the sequel, and as Jordan explains, the vita-chamber exploits from the first BioShock are mitigated by the little sisters healing some of their big daddies' health while you are being reanimated. They also discuss how it will be impossible to backtrack to areas after they are completed, which Jordon confesses is more due to technical limitations than a design decision: "We came down to having to choose between supporting backtracking and much more interesting, readable features ...and decided to invest in things we thought people would actually notice. We also got some knock-on benefits like shorter loading times because of the way the memory was structured once backtracking was no longer an issue." He also explains how any unresolved little sister/big daddy conflicts will not be lost due to lack of backtracking, as they will be added to subsequent levels. Thanks nin.
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Asian Snack Attack is our ongoing series where we weed out the good from the bad in the wild and wooly world of newfangled Asian snacks.
Asian Snack: "Tako Chips Octopus Flavored Chips" ("Jagalchi" in Korean superscript)
Manufacturer: Nong Shim
Country of Origin: Product of Korea
Pre-Consumption Expectations: Promising due to reliable Nong Shim brand (love their ramen) and hopeful similarity to shrimp chips.
Texture: Crispy, light.
Appearance: Resembles blown up, textured goldfish crackers, oddly enough. Guess separate tentacles challenge even modern day snacking science.
Taste: Unexpectedly sweet, and not at all fishy. Disappointingly so, in fact. We do a little ingredient sleuthing and discover only "octopus flavoring." "Yellow corvina" is listed third, apparently a fish of some sort that's used in ceviche. Go figure. Incidentally "Jagalchi" is the name of a famous fish market in Pusan, Korean.
Snacking Quotes: "We want more fish!" and ""Need some beer with it"
Stars: 2.5 out of 5
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Plants are different from us in more ways than one, but perhaps most obviously in their limited mobility. The garden relies on the immobility of plants to protect its identity. Yet examples of garden escapees abound. These plants are often labeled as weeds, a category that encompasses many such undesirable plants whose history and usefulness is glossed over in favor of more pressing economic and aesthetic concerns. Wastelands are a refuge for weeds. Unkept fields and abandoned railroads are a haven for many undesirable species. It is here that we explore and read our own history, reflected in the uses and abuses of plants.
Today we walked along the S-bahn track lines in the northernmost part of Prenzlauer Berg. Following the Mauerweg (the path of the former Berlin Wall), underneath the Bornholmer bridge and past the cherry trees donated to the people of Berlin by the Japanese government, one finds a foot path trailing along the railway tracks. It is now mid-August and the path is dominated by a sea of golden yellow color emanating a slight but pleasant aromatic presence. The small, button-like yellow flowers belong to Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) – a plant so encyclopedic in its past usage that it is worthy of an officinales designation. I can imagine that tansy was a very useful plant to have around before such essentials as safe drinking water were readily available. Problems with intestinal worms? Drink a bitter tansy tea and all the worms will quickly flee! Salt prices too high to cure your meat? Rub a tansy leaf or two and use less salt than accustomed to!
Yet, tansies have many contemporary uses as well. For example, the tansy is well-known as a natural insect and bug repellent, which explains its popularity among many organic farmers looking for natural pesticides and insecticides. That is not to say that tansy is not despised by many gardeners for its resilience and tendency to dominate a landscape. And make no mistake: tansy can be deadly if ingested in large quantities. In the past, copious amounts of tansy were used to induce abortions, while – paradoxically – smaller amounts were used to increase fertility. Yet, on a more lighthearted note, tansies were also a part of traditional food recipes, such as tansy pudding and tansy omelets.
Today, tansy belongs to the garbage of history, sidetracked by progress, precision and innovation, visible as the blurred yellow blotches on the ground along the S-bahn tracks.


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The Implications of Japan's Election
As Japan's election approaches, the WSJ's Jake Lee speaks with Vance F. Serchuk, a research fellow at The Canon Institute for Global Studies, about what an Abe win will mean to the international community.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Japan's election news but with the outcome mean for patients with the U S China and South Korea ... what we find out on Asia's today mine GE and joined light on such a ... research fellow ... at the time and she's going with studies one thing say much for joining the big election in Japan this week and ... it'll always that very second I race to get a big victory writes ... but the best writing of this is the opposite of an election that's too close to call this point privilege every piece of data points to a big win for prime Minister of that ... and the LDP ... which will be quite significant in number of wins ... and first and foremost this means that for a vote the first time in several years ... you're going to have a strong stable government ... in Japan this is after obviously a ... something of a dysfunctional merry go round ... of prime ministers over the last couple years coming and going ... but um but Prime Minister of a a with this up with this when assuming that it does happen on Sunday ... will be a very strong position going forward ... the stadium is something that any government in the wealth of high fashion on this ... focus through a means of full foreign policy wise any relations in an age Aaron and the West a wee seen a bit of a thorny issue that ... hope is to to Japan in its relations with some of its estimate for new neighbors in the US ... well you know I think first and foremost the important thing recognizes that the selection is going to have implications for Japan internal it ... um that this is ... election which has a referendum on Monday ... the first foremost or a friend among others domestic policy is Abenomics ... is management of the economy ... um I think that the foreign policy considerations really have been secondary in the selection ... um and so what it does eventually mean however is that you're going to have in Japan ... which is a politically and ... economically ... stronger more stable ... um then backing for an obviously then does have ... consequences for its condition isn't ... permitted to U S perspective ... and Japan remains the most important ... ally of United States in the Asia Pacific ... arguably the most important region in the world for the nine states increasingly ... so up from ... the Washington's perspective ... I think having a strong stable government in Japan ... there's a lot of upside to that ... um the the question obviously that is on open over people's minds is whether or not of a laser reputation of being something of a ... nationalist ... will aam will take the and the election win ... and a stronger hand that he hasn't been pursue ... an agenda which he is of more assertive in the region ... um as well as some ... raising issues of store for a vicious and all that's obviously a concern ... that some cats often expressed ... a strong confident Japan we haven't seen that for awhile if we do see thats an are you talking about that the canny and it is context leasing exactly the same from China Strong Compton intransigence and the recently ... you know I I don't think so actually you know sick that we have to be careful with what we mean by a of the strong confident Japan Newedge apparent which has focused on internal renewal of opening up increasingly the world into things like trends Pacific partnership ... Japan which found which ... is the nature of putting ... those that Mr. Libyans conflict with out with China were with anyone else ... um I actually think that it could ultimately be ... a win-win for everyone because given haven't Japan which is more prosperous ... doing more business with that with other countries in the region ... thats an office necessarily a bad thing ... um I think that the of the key obviously though will be how all of ... and for Mr. of and ... um goes about some interpreting ... the mandate that is likely to happen and here I think we look at the last six months ... of his record and there's some cause for cautious optimism ... no one trimester of a Kenyan there were a lot of the same protections that he would be pursuing a ... assertive foreign policy abroad and are ... in store for business in the home ... filers we haven't seen that ... yet instead he's governed largely pragmatic we focus on what is the Number one furtive Japanese people which is the economy ... um then I think that there's good reason to think that that's also that the correction that will continue to see ... I in the months ahead ... the one question is which has come up on several occasions as this one of them you would like the apprentice rather ... than the OBP try to revise Japan's postwar constitution ... umm into being one of the of the obvious flash points of concern ... and my sense from talking to people here ... is that ... there are a lot of things ... and they can keep us awake at night ... optical in northeast Asia ... um but the prospect of Japan revising its constitution the aftermath of the selections probably not one of them ... many just tossed one final question Ukraine question of a routinely stand ... any reason that we should be Warner along could a potential ... visit to a war shrine of summing else was really upset the son of Apple call a where really can't quiet for the regime a slight pains ... well I would never one to get a rosy picture of that is in foreign policy Enobia and the things really turn up or is it ... ALM so they're a lot of challenges obviously and in the tensions between ... Japan ... and China ... over of the East China Sea ... continue and that's obviously a very worrying ... other relations between Japan and South Korea ... are obviously not good ... and that's obviously also also worrying so there's plenty of instability in the region ... um but what I think it's important to recognize ... is that some of the um ... the of the worst case scenarios ... that are being talked about with respect to Japan in the aftermath is the selection ... I think less likely ... um what we are more likely to see isn't an which continues on the current trajectory which is to say um challenging relations with some of its neighbors ... but on the other hand also some upside economically ... and also some upside strategically for the United States in other countries in the region ... that once you wanted to see a Japan which is so which is capable clarity feels like Japan is back we'll see how again days but for now thank you so much for joining them on such as a research fellow at ... the Cannon chief agree with buddies ... as it Asia's day on GE Buffalo long that story and many more please get to dovish to go on


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There is a new look to the knock-out stages of the Division 1 Hurling League following last weekend's postponement of games.
The GAA has confirmed that the Division 1 final has been moved to Saturday, March 31st while fixture details for relegation play-offs and finals in the other divisions will be set by the CCCC at a meeting next Monday.
The quarter-finals will be played over the weekend of March 17th/18th while the semi-finals will be fixed for March 24th/25th.
Meanwhile, the remaining games in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of the Allianz Football League will be played as per the Master Fixtures schedule.
Division 4 will be completed as follows with the final date pushed back a week:
Sunday 18 March
Allianz FL Division 4 round 6
Waterford v Leitrim, Fraher Field, 2pm
Wicklow v Limerick, Aughrim, 2pm
Antrim v Carlow, Ahoghill, 2pm
Sunday 25 March
Allianz FL Division 4 round 7
London v Waterford, Ruislip, 1pm
Limerick v Antrim, Gaelic Grounds, 1pm
Leitrim v Wicklow, Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, 1pm
Carlow v Laois, Netwatch Cullen Park, 1pm
Saturday 31 March/Sunday 1 April
Allianz FL Division 4 round 5
Laois v Antrim, O'Moore Park, TBC
London v Leitrim, Ruislip, TBC
Saturday 7/Sunday 8 April
Allianz FL Division 4 final
1st placed team v 2nd placed team, TBC, TBC


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This Week In Movies: '22 Jump Street,' 'The Rover,' 'The Signal'
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During the beginning of the 2014 World Cup week, 13 new film releases will be competing for your eyeballs and money this week and they look pretty darn good, particularly the art house set. Full of some big names from television and film, some of the most compelling pieces are Lullaby from director Andrew Levitas which brings a plethora of Academy Award nominees to the table. You also have The Rover which sees an interesting casting between Guy Pierce and Robert Pattinson. The documentaries are perhaps the most intriguing tackling contemporary topics from high-cost education and marijuana. Also, two Spanish-language films look to make you laugh and cry, one of them being Alex de la Iglesias' new horror comedy. How will Aaron Paul do in his latest and can indie sci-fi The Signal really become a cult classic? In regards to the wide releases, let's see how 22 Jump Street does with the public. I saw it and it wasn't a pretty site until the end montage.
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Get in your helicopter, get ready, and go! The Thunder Wolves are the best helicopter pilots in the world, and they have already made it through countless battles. Every one of them is ready for action at any time, and ready to battle evil, no matter where it lurks. Get your helicopter airborne and get ready for some furious fireworks and top-class gaming action!
Release Region: United States
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Publisher: Ubisoft
Also available on: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360


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Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days. New Theater at 45th Street (Off Broadway). By Mark Brown. Dir. Rachel Klein. With ensemble cast. 2hrs. One intermission.
Around the World in 80 Days plot synopsis:
A 19th-century English gentleman attempts to win a wager by circling the globe in record time.
Around the World in 80 Days theater review:
All the world may be a stage, but how do you make a stage all the world? This is the primary challenge of mounting Jules Verne's far-flung 1873 adventure tale, Around the World in 80 Days, in a theater. The restless plot follows an exacting London gentleman named Phileas Fogg—determined to win a £20,000 bet—on a journey over land and sea, traversing four continents and three oceans and attacks from two kinds of Indians. Mark Brown's 2001 adaptation cleverly reduces the scale of the story: It is written to be performed on a minuscule budget, by a cast of just five (in multiple roles). Reviewing a 2008 production at the Irish Rep, I praised it for "circumnavigating the perils of literalism."
The play's diverting current revival occasionally stalls on literalism's rocks. The once-shabby New Theater at 45th Street has been freshly appointed with expensive lights, sound and digital projections, and Robert Andrew Kovach's multitiered steampunk set looks marvelous. Despite lovely touches in Rachel Klein's staging, however, Around the World's imaginative lightness sometimes seems cramped in a gilded cage, with surround-sound effects that threaten to drown out the dialogue. Ultimately, the show is at its best when the actors simply have space to stretch their broad comedy. Bryce Ryness, stiff and rouged to the hilt, seems an awkward fit for the leading role, but Jimmy Ray Bennett, Stephen Guarino and John Gregorio—erstwhile costars of the improv musical The Nuclear Family—find many moments to pop, with Bennett painting his 16 parts in especially amusing shades of camp. As with Fogg's trip itself, the pleasure here is less in the money than in the timing.—Review by Adam Feldman
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This show is a lot of fun. It was really wonderful. James Seol who plays several roles is wonderful. All the actors are great but James Seol really was amazing.
Fun and creative. Uplifting and entertaining throughout. I knew the story from childhood but was never bored The acting was excellent , with many amusing subtle gestures The special effects mimicking weather conditions were ingenious. Tiny details, including shadows of attacking Indians were hilarious
So happy we got to see this show. We got discount tickets to see this play and figured we had nothing to lose for the cost. If choosing to see this play, you have to remember this is off-Broadway, so the venue will not be as grand, nor will the effects be like a Disney production. If you are looking for a REAL New York City play experience though, and not a tourist attraction (for example Lion King) this is the one to see. The story line is good for kids, no nudity or bad words, although it might be hard to children under 9 to follow the plot. The stage, although small, is elaborately and creatively done in a steampunk fashion with some great lighting effects and a circular screen image which all really ad to the show. Great period costuming as well. The cast is small, but the talent huge. Some play multiple roles and all are fantastic. Lots of subtle humor, not slapstick but definitely funny stuff! Don't want to ruin the show, but the train scenes and an elephant scene were very funny. The cast does a great job of acting out being on a train. Very happy we were able to see this play and wish it a long run.


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Madame Razz
Origin #1 (MOTUC Bios)
Madame Razz is a Twigget witch who lives with her people in the Whispering Woods of Etheria. After the Battle of Brightmoon, she welcomed the surviving royal family and their supporters into the shelter of her magical forest. Helping to form the Great Rebellion, Madame Razz and her servant Broom went on to become core members of the Rebellion's leadership, especially because she is only one of three on Etheria that knows Adora is actually She-Ra, Princess of Power. Often accused of being absent minded, Razz has a tendency to mispronounce her spells, sometimes leading to comical results. Despite some flaws in her magic wielding abilities, Madame Razz is a kind should who only wants to see Etheria free from the Horde's evil tyranny.
POP Filmation Cartoon Appearances:
ALLEANZA : Great Rebellion, The
SPECIE : Twiggets
LUOGO DI ORIGINE : Whispering Woods
SESSO : Female
CORRELAZIONI : Broom


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Friday, April 25, 2008
People Send Me Stuff: Part 5
I've been hanging onto this group of Robert Fawcett illustrations for far too long. Time to share them with you.
These are from a November 1960 issue of Look magazine - which arrived out of the blue in the mail one day from TI list member, Ken Bruzenak.
"A gift. Use them if you can," wrote Ken. To which I can only reply, "I most certainly can - and many thanks, Ken!"
I first heard about this group of Fawcett illustrations when I read David Apatoff's post "One Lovely Drawing, part eight" - a really good piece of writing that could have been called "Ode to a Robert Fawcett Spot Illustration". I encourage you to go read it.
David explains why these illustrations are so wonderful far more eloquently than I could ever hope to ... so I won't bother. Best to just let you enjoy the art and leave it at that. Hey, its Friday. Its been a long week.
This is where I would normally tell you to go to my Robert Fawcett Flickr set so you can examine these illustrations at full size... but unfortunately, because of some unprecedented shenannigans by people who have been abusing the gift of art I present here and on Flickr, I've decided to restrict access to my full size scan. At least until I figure out how to resolve some troubling issues.
I'll be writing more about this situation on the weekend. I hope you'll drop by - and perhaps offer your advice.
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I am glad to see these fine illustrations displayed for everyone. What wonderful work.ReplyDelete
thanks,leif....these are great....i have a set...i hope one day someone will publish a FAWCETT artbook-monograph....best,brian...ReplyDelete
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with this group of illustrations was for sale at Illustration House. The size given for the art was the same size as it was reproduced. He may have painted them all same size.
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As production ramps up on Marvel Studios' Thor 2, we're finally getting some solid information about the sequel. Actually, scratch that. Did we say "solid?" We meant "super awesome."
According to Deadline, Christopher Eccleston (a man you all most likely know as the ninth incarnation of Doctor Who) has signed an agreement to play the antagonist opposite Chris Hemsworth's Thor in Marvel's upcoming big screen sequel. The bad news? He isn't playing the Doctor. Instead, Eccleston will assume the role of Malekith The Accursed.
"Who?" you all just shouted at your monitors in bizarre synchronous unison. Good question! Let's look Mr. Accursed up in our handy Marvel Wiki:
Malekith the Accursed ruled the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim. Svartalfheim is one of the nine worlds of Asgard. Malekith mastered sorcery, making him a formidable ally to the other enemies of Asgard. He formed an alliance with the god of mischief Loki on behalf of Surtur. Not long after that agreement, he used a special food provided to him by Hela. The food contained some sort of magic, which gave him control of the humans of Earth. While continuing his quest, he took the life of Eric Willis, guardian of the Casket of Ancient Winters. Before his death Willis conveyed the Casket's location to Loki. Not willing to give up his quest, Malekith Kidnapped the Asgardian Lorelei in order to gain control of the god of Thunder. Thor discovered that he had been tricked into falling for a stack of wood, and became enraged as he learned that the real Lorelei was being held captive by Malekith. Lorelei was eventually freed but, Thor was forced to battle Algrim the Strong. Malekith attempted to destroy both combatants by plunging them into a pit of molten magma; subsequently Malekith retrieved the Casket of Ancient Winters, from the being known as Jagrfelm. Shortly after Jagrfelm's death, Malekith released its power upon Asgard in his quest to rule all nine worlds.
Huh. Okay, interesting backstory. He seems to be something of a step down from Loki, especially given how excellent Tom Hiddleston's portrayal of the trickster god was in both the first Thor and in The Avengers. Still, we've got faith in Eccleston, so we're anxious to see what he can do with the role.
At the same time however, we're a bit worried that this might be a bit of stunt casting meant to appease geek audiences. There's a sizable overlap between Doctor Who devotees and comic book readers, and it stands to reason that prospective fans of Thor 2 will be pleased to hear that a Doctor will feature heavily in the flick. That's all well and good — and a rather canny business decision — but we're concerned that the people behind this film might go a bit overboard with the idea. Thor versus the lord of the dark elves is a perfectly valid basis for a film's plot, but not if the god of thunder is winking into the camera and shouting "EXTERMINATE" in droning monotone every time he takes a swing at Eccleston.
That said, we fully support the hypothetical possibility of a Billie Piper cameo. She's adorable.


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One person died and two others were critically injured after a shooting at a Walmart in Kansas on Sunday, police said.
Shawnee police spokesman Dan Tennis said in a news release that the incident occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. at a Walmart southwest of Kansas City.
As a woman was placing her infant in a car seat in the store's parking lot, Tennis said, two suspects struck her in the back of the head with an unspecified object.
Tennis said a good Samaritan was shot repeatedly after trying to help her. A second good Samaritan then intervened, Tennis said, shooting and killing one of the suspects.