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Transportation, housing can eat up incomes

Traffic on the interstates is often congestion, without an emergency. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

Clarification: According to the study, for the typical moderate-income homeowner carrying a mortgage, combined housing and transportation expenses consume an average of 72 percent of income.

In the D.C. metro area, housing and transportation costs consume 51 percent of income for moderate-income households. The study says the region’s housing and transportation costs are among the highest in the country. But due to high incomes, the region has the lightest overall cost burden in the country when comparing housing and transportation costs to local income.

The story also has been modified to say transportation costs “account for” 30 percent of expenses in the region.

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WASHINGTON – Buying a cheaper house in Washington’s outer suburbs may no longer be the economic bargain it used to be.

The Washington area is now one of the five most expensive metro areas in which to live and the highest for moderate income households once transportation is factored in.

Transportation costs account for 30 percent of expenses for families making between $44,531 and $89,063 a year.

Once the cost of housing is factored in, 72 percent of a family’s income is consumed, according to a study done by the Center for Housing Policy and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.

The study analyzed 2006 to 2010 data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for the 25 largest metropolitan areas. The research defined Washington’s income range of $44,531 to $89,063 as “moderate-income,” with the range representing 50 percent to 100 percent of the median income for the metro area.

Moderate income families in the Washington metro area now spend an average $1,099 a month for transportation and $1,561 a month for housing.

Ranking behind Washington for areas where households spend the most for housing and transportation are San Francisco, Boston and San Diego.

San Francisco was second with transportation costs of $973 and housing costs of $1,540.

Boston came in third with transportation costs of $1,020 and housing costs of $1,395.

San Diego was fourth. Transportation there costs $1,043 and housing $1,341.

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Grease in ducts blamed in Gainesville Burger King fire

GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Prince William County fire officials say a fire at a Burger King restaurant in Gainesville was found to be accidental.

The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the exhaust ducts of the restaurant on Linton Hall Road. Fire officials say grease accumulation in the ducts contributed to the blaze.

The fire caused about $10,000 worth of damage, and no one was injured. The restaurant will be closed until repairs are made and county officials grant authorization for it to reopen.

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Blog: Zimmerman and Harper go deep in Nats win

Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman stretches during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Viera, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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VIERA, Fla. – Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmermann hit back-to back home runs in the fifth inning while Chris Young allowed three runs on three hits over three innings in his first start of the spring as the Nationals beat the Marlins split-squad team 8-7.

With the game tied at 6-6 in the eighth inning, Nats infielder Zach Walter hit a long home run to right center off Jordan Smith – Walters second in two days. That was later followed by Carlos Rivero RBI single-plating Will Rhymes, which proved to be the eventual game-winning run. Chone Figgins came through with a run, scoring a single for the Marlins in the ninth.

Zimmerman had three hits on the day as he continues to get at bats as a designated hitter while continuing to strengthen his surgically repaired shoulder in hopes of playing third base by March 18. Zimmerman has been throwing and is still working with his throwing program. He is able to make routine throws but he is still not able to complete 100 percent the more difficult throws.

“It feels good and everything is fine,” Zimmerman said. “The routine plays are fine it’s just the ones that I would have to rush and not be able to set my feet. I’m not quite strong enough to do that yet. Once I get those going I can build off that and go to the games.”

Throughout the entire rehab process, Zimmerman never thought he wouldn’t be 100 percent by the time the season starts on April 1 but admits it has been a slow process.

“Now, it’s just a matter of volume,” he said. “I can throw and I can do everything, it’s just a matter of doing it and unfortunately, you can only do so much in one day. You just have to wait and see how it feels the next day and continue to build off of that. You can’t really fast forward, you have to take it slow which is kind of frustrating at times but it’s the right thing to do.”

Seeing Zimmerman swing the bat is refreshing for manager Davey Johnson, who has let Zimmerman take his time getting ready. Johnson was more concerned about getting his third baseman the at-bats he needed this spring as opposed to being in a rush to get him back on the field.

I’ve never had to worry about him,” Johnson said. “He’s just a good hitter and he’s got plenty of power. He’s been great in (batting practice) and he’s been great all the way around. It was nice to see Harp hit the left-hander in front of him but, we’re getting there, slowly, but surely.”

“Davey does such a good job of letting us get into our groove and pretty much do whatever we want,” Zimmerman said with a laugh. “It’s good to have that and someone to let you get ready and be able to stay back (from road trips) and lift and that kind of thing and just make sure you’re ready for April 1.”

Zimmerman is hitting .500 this spring going 6-for-12.

Young’s first outing

Nationals’ right-hander Chris Young got his first start of the spring as he takes Ross Detwiler’s spot in the rotation while he is away with Team USA at the World Baseball Classic.

Young went three innings and gave up three runs on three hits and a two-run homer to Joe Mahoney in the third. He walked three and struck out two throwing 52 pitches, 26 for strikes.

Young said his first time out was, “erratic and a little out of sync. But physically, I felt fine. My shoulder felt really good. Felt good, everything physically, just the mechanics are a work in progress. I’d throw three good pitches and then four bad ones, so it’s not the consistency I’d like. But that’s what Spring Training is for.”

Walters shines again

Zach Walters hit his second home run in as many days in the eighth inning, which gave the Nationals a 7-6 lead at the time.

Walters has played in 14 games so far this spring and is hitting .333 with two homers and four RBI and he has been working with hitting Coach Rick Eckstein on trying to stand a bit more upright in his stance.

“They gave me the freedom to be a little more natural with my stance and by natural I mean, standing up and using my hands,” Walters said. “Davey says it’s athletic but I say it’s more like a beautiful mess. It’s helped me see the ball and get my timing down and he’s been great.”

Tiger by the tail

The Nationals travel to Lakeland on Sunday to face the Detroit Tigers. Dan Haren will pitch for the Nats, and Rick Porcello pitches for the Tigers.

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Woman, 77, killed by car at bus stop in Wheaton

WASHINGTON – A 77-year-old woman was struck by a car and killed in Wheaton, Md., Thursday afternoon as she waited at a bus stop.

Montgomery County police responded to the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Ferrara Avenue shortly after 4:30 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian struck.

Police say a preliminary investigation shows Cheryl Denise Green, 56, of Rockville was making a U-turn in her 1996 Explorer SUV when her vehicle may have struck a curb. Police say her vehicle crossed three westbound lanes of Veirs Mill Road, went over the median, then crossed the three eastbound lanes.

Police say the SUV then went over the curb and through a bus shelter, striking Maria Lusminia Colindres, who was sitting on the bus shelter bench.

Colindres, of Silver Spring, was taken to a hospital where she later died.

Green and the three young children who were with her are fine.

The incident is under investigation. Anyone with information should contact police at 240-773-6620 or at the non-emergency number 301-279-8000. Callers may remain anonymous.

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Program aims to reduce schizophrenia in teens

WASHINGTON — Teens who feel their minds are playing tricks on them may be showing an early sign of schizophrenia, and now a new program is aiming to treat schizophrenia before it is diagnosed.

A new approach to treating the teens with early signs of schizophrenia starts before they’ve even had a psychotic episode or a diagnosis, according to The Washington Post.

The program involves a two-year course of family therapy, job and school assistance. In some cases, antipsychotic medication is prescribed.

The Post reports the treatment was pioneered in Portland, Maine, and following its adoption, there was a 34 percent decrease in the rate of hospitalizations for first psychotic episodes, according to a March study.

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BP given largest criminal penalty in U.S. history

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(CNN) — A federal judge in New Orleans Tuesday approved a $4 billion plea agreement for criminal fines and penalties against oil giant BP, the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history.

U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Vance imposed the terms that the Justice Department and BP had agreed to last November, which include the oil company pleading guilty to 14 criminal counts — among them, felony manslaughter charges — and the payment of a record $4 billion in criminal penalties over five years.

Luke Keller, a vice president of BP America, Inc., apologized again in court Tuesday for his company’s role in the accident.

“We — and by that I mean the men and the women of the management of BP, its board of directors, and its many employees — are deeply sorry for the tragic loss of the 11 men who died and the others who were injured that day,” said Keller. “Our guilty plea makes clear, BP understands and acknowledges its role in that tragedy, and we apologize — BP apologizes — to all those injured and especially to the families of the lost loved ones. BP is also sorry for the harm to the environment that resulted from the spill, and we apologize to the individuals and communities who were injured.”

The London-based oil giant also agreed to pay $525 million over three years to settle claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company concealed information from investors.

The oil firm has not agreed with the Justice Department on a separate civil settlement involving federal and state claims of damages to natural resources. At stake are potential fines for violations of the Clean Water Act, which could range from $5 billion to almost $20 billion if BP is found guilty of gross negligence or willful misconduct. That case is being heard by another federal court in New Orleans.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Blame It On The Weather

Climate change seems to be responsible for everything these days:
In 2009, a UK Department for International Development (Dfid) study warned that climate change could contribute to increasing resource shortages in the country due to land scarcity from desertification, water shortages, and mounting crop failures. A more recent study by the Congressionally-funded US Institute for Peace confirmed a "basic causal mechanism" that "links climate change with violence in Nigeria." The report concludes: "...poor responses to climatic shifts create shortages of resources such as land and water. Shortages are followed by negative secondary impacts, such as more sickness, hunger, and joblessness. Poor responses to these, in turn, open the door to conflict."
Unfortunately, a business-as-usual scenario sees Nigeria's climate undergoing "growing shifts in temperature, rainfall, storms, and sea levels throughout the twenty-first century. Poor adaptive responses to these shifts could help fuel violent conflict in some areas of the country."
According to the late Prof Sabo Bako of Ahmadu Bello University, the 1980s "forerunner" to Boko Haram was the Maitatsine sect in northern Nigeria, whose members included many victims of ecological disasters leaving them in "a chaotic state of absolute poverty and social dislocation in search of food, water, shelter, jobs, and means of livelihood."
I suppose it's easier than blaming the actual extremists themselves...

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Flaxseed: The Next Superfood For Cattle And Beef?

May 17, 2013

Flax is the oily seed usually spotted in the nutritional supplement or cereal aisles. It's marketed as a superfood because of its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.

Omega-3s may do all kinds of good things for humans — like protect against Alzheimer's, heart disease and even cancer — so it seems reasonable to think they could also protect the health of animals.

That's what has Jim Drouillard, a professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University, wondering whether flax might be good for beef cattle. In a series of experiments over the past 10 years, he found that feeding flaxseed to cattle in the five months before slaughter reduced inflammation and the need for antibiotics, and offset some of the negative effects of a corn-based diet. It also had an unexpected benefit for consumers.

"We were interested in improving the health of the animals, but we also saw that we could get a large increase in omega-3s in the [meat]," Drouillard tells The Salt.

Drouillard had stumbled upon omega-3 enriched beef, and some people who sell beef took notice. Their hunch was that consumers might prefer to get their omega-3s from beef rather than salmon, tuna or walnuts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture got on board, too.

"Assuming a lot of people are not going to eat flax or be able to afford salmon, one of our arguments [for flax-fed beef] is that there are a lot of people who like to eat beef," says Scott Kronberg, a research animal scientist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service who has done his own research on the benefits of flax-fed beef.

Earlier this year, a Kansas startup, NBO3 Technologies, launched its GreatO ground beef product at a grocery chain in Buffalo, N.Y. The company says a 4-ounce serving contains 200 to 350 milligrams of omega-3s (that's less than a fifth of the amount of omega-3s found in a similar portion of salmon).

And in Osceola, Iowa, Peter Woltz is giving his cattle flax for the omega-3 enriched beef sticks, summer sausage and jerky products he sells online and at farmers markets under the brand name Timber Ridge.

Before he got into the flax-fed beef business, Woltz raised cattle on a conventional feedlot. But he says he decided to sell it because it required too much crisis management.

"There's always the risk of disease," he says, "so you have a very active antibiotic program, and sometimes you give it to them whether they need it or not. That turned me off."

When Woltz heard that there were opportunities to produce "all natural" beef without hormones, additives or antibiotics, he was intrigued. "It sounded like a more sane, responsible way of producing beef," he says. Drouillard's flax feed also appealed to him as a way to make a niche product.

About one-fifth of Woltz's cattle now eat flax in the last 100 days before slaughter, when it makes up about 8 of their feed. And he says those cows are healthier than the ones that don't get flax.

"It was a real surprise to us how big the health benefits to the [flax-fed] herd were," he says. "Pinkeye outbreaks are very common in raising cattle, but in six years of doing this, I have never seen a flax-fed cow with pinkeye."

Woltz says he believes his herd of flax-fed cattle will continue to grow. "It's just a question of how fast do we want to expand the herd."

But Kronberg of the USDA cautions that the economics of flax-fed beef aren't yet well understood. "Flax is pretty expensive nowadays, and the profitability of beef production is not always so good," he says. "So it will be interesting to see how these companies do."

Across the pond in Europe, animal science researchers are enthusiastic about flax, too. They're feeding it to dairy cattle to improve their digestive health and reduce methane emissions from their belching.

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Powell Gardens' 2015 Festival of Butterflies is July 31-Aug.2 and Aug. 7-9.

Booms & Blooms: July 3, 2015

Join us for one of Powell Gardens' most treasured festivals—Booms & Blooms. Enjoy dazzling daylilies, patriotic music, good eats and sizzling fireworks over a dark country sky! Learn more.

Festival of Butterflies: July 31-August 2 & August 7-9, 2015

Each August Powell Gardens transforms the 2,500-square-foot conservatory into a temporary butterfly house, filled to the brim with gorgeous blooms and hundreds of tropical butterflies.

And that's just the beginning! Festival days are packed with hands-on fun. Highlights include a native butterfly breezeway by Master Gardeners, Monarch Watch and the Idalia Society, kids' crafts, storytelling, a costume parade, a butterfly catch-and-release area and much more. Learn more.

Harvest Celebration & Antique Tractor and Equipment Show, Oct. 2-4, 2015

The first weekend of October brings a return to Powell Gardens' agricultural roots with a festival that celebrates the best of the harvest season. The festival includes an exhibit of antique tractors, engines, farm machinery and—new for 2015—trucks, a parade of power and tractor-driving skills games.

Along with the tractors and related exhibits, visitors will find plenty of other fall fun, including pumpkin painting, a scarecrow exhibit, a pedal tractor pull and outdoor family games. See the details here

GLOW: A Jack-O-Lantern Festival, Oct. 17-18, 2015

We celebrated "Halloween at the Movies" during our first-ever Jack-O-Lantern Festival in 2014. Guests walked the Jack-O-Lantern trail to see scenes created with more than 700 pumpkins in the region's largest display. Hayrides, live haunts, pumpkin painting and more will make this a Halloween tradition the entire family will enjoy. Learn more.

Did you know? Festival admission is $12/adults, $10/seniors and $5/children ages 5-12. Festival admission includes free parking, admission to exhibits and free trolley rides.

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by Will Evans, California Watch

The candidates with the most money in state races almost always have more than twice as much as their competitors, according to a study released by the National Institute on Money in State Politics. And those with the most money almost always win.

Voters at a polling place in San Francisco, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Getty Image)

Legislative races in California have been the most expensive and among the least competitive – in terms of fundraising – in the country, according to a new report.

Only in 4 out of 100 races in 2009 and 2010 did a competitor raise more than half the amount of the best-funded candidate – the lowest rate in the country. In 98 percent of the races, the biggest war chest won. And in every case that involved an incumbent, the incumbent triumphed.

The study, released last week, didn’t include big money’s biggest flop of 2010: Meg Whitman‘s record-breaking, and losing, $178.5 million campaign to become governor of California. A previous study by the institute found that self-funded candidates, like Whitman, often fail.

Still, combine incumbency and the monetary advantage – which usually go hand in hand –  and “you’re pretty much unbeatable,” said Peter Quist, a lead researcher for the institute.

The link among money, incumbency and winning is not new, surprising or unique to California. But the Golden State’s record is far over on one end of the spectrum. On the other end, in states with public financing of elections, such as Maine, Arizona and Connecticut, more than half of the races were competitive in terms of fundraising.

Nationwide, candidates with the most money won 77 percent of the time, and incumbents won 85 percent of the races.

“The primary reason legislative elections are not very competitive in California is just because they’re so expensive,” Quist said. “It’s just hard for a non-incumbent to get a footing on it.”

That one-sided dynamic, though, is a thing of the past, said Sacramento Republican consultant Aaron McLear.

Redistricting based on the 2010 census is pitting incumbents against each other and rejiggering the political landscape. The new top-two primary system, meanwhile, has cast away the predictability of general election matchups. The “new world order of California politics” will be much more competitive, McLear said.

Before the recent changes, he said, “these races were decided by the party bosses well before the election.” And when a Democrat ran in a Democrat-majority district, there was no reason to give money to the Republican.

“When you have more competitive races after the political reforms have been put in place, you’ll have more competitive fundraising,” he said.

Phillip Ung of California Common Cause doesn’t expect such a dramatic change. Some districts will be more competitive due to redistricting, he said, but the general dynamic will stay the same.

California’s elections are so expensive and lopsided, Ung said, in part because the districts are so large.

“The only real way for a candidate to get their name heard if they’re an unknown candidate is to play an air war – to be on radios, be on TV,” he said. “The districts are so big compared to other states that it’s nearly impossible for a grassroots candidate with a lot of volunteers to hit every door.”

Another incumbent advantage is the ability to set up campaign accounts and start fundraising for races four years away. Ung would like to see that practice curtailed. But given the system California has now, he said he expects big money and incumbents to keep winning.

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Model Call: Tina Veshaguri

From editorials in Malaysia to walking the Paris runways, the Trump-repped Russian model has acquired quite a bit of passport stamps.

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From editorials in Malaysia to walking the Paris runways, 20-year-old Tina Veshaguri has acquired quite a bit of passport stamps — and a food allergy.

“I went to Milan and I ate so much cheese that I got a milk allergy,” the Trump-repped Russian model says. “But now it’s my favorite food. You want what you can’t have…”

WWD recently sat down with Veshaguri, fresh off her debut New York season, where she walked the likes of Theyskens’ Theory, A Détacher and Delpozo.

WWD: Are you currently based in New York?
Tina Veshaguri: Yes, I spend most of my time here. I live in Williamsburg with two of my friends.

WWD: Are they also models?
T.V.: No. I don’t really like models. I don’t think that models are stupid, because I am also one. But it’s just always the same conversations.

WWD: How did you start modeling?
T.V.: I was in Russia, and an agent came up to me and asked if I wanted to try modeling. It’s kind of a simple story. I was 13, so I went to model school.

WWD: What is model school like?
T.V.: In Russia, it’s a special school where they teach us catwalk. You still go to normal school. It’s just for four months.

WWD: So was this season your first fashion week?
T.V.: In New York, yes. It was hard. At the time, I thought, “Maybe this is my first and last fashion week.” It’s really hard. There are so many girls, and everyone is beautiful.

WWD: What was the hardest part?
T.V.: To feel like you are one of a million. There are so many girls.

WWD: What was your favorite show?
T.V.: Theyskens’ Theory. I liked the girls they cast. At some shows, you are like, “Why is she here?” But I really liked the girls who were there. I liked the clothes. It’s really cool to do a catwalk in clothes that you like.

WWD: Did you receive any trade?
T.V.: No, they paid us. Most girls prefer when you are paid in money. Sometimes clients pay us in all trade, but we prefer money.

WWD: Were you interested in fashion before you started modeling?
T.V.: No. I went to model school because I was kind of like a boy. I only had boy friends. I wanted to learn to be a bit more girly, how to walk in heels — stuff like that.

Do you think you’ve become girlier?
T.V.: A little bit. When I got to New York, I realized people like it when you are both. Like, “Oh, you can look like a boy.”

WWD: What has been your favorite job overall?
T.V.: I think it was in Tokyo. I did a Nina Ricci show. For models, if there is good food, it’s like, “Oh, this is an amazing job already.” It was hot food, like meat and vegetables. It was almost like a restaurant. I love Tokyo. I’ve been there four times, and I can’t wait to go back.

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On the Red Carpet at the 2014 Emmy Awards

After several days of pre-parties, Hollywood turned out in force for TV's biggest night.

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At the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Monday night in Los Angeles, Lena Dunham may have made the biggest visual impact — and not for the right reasons — but at least she had heads turning in her voluminous pink ombré Giambattista Valli ballskirt.

The rest of the Hollywood pack looked predictably safe except for a few standouts like Lizzy Caplan in a dramatic black-and-white gown from Donna Karan Atelier, Sofia Vergara in a va-va-voom Roberto Cavalli and Claire Danes in lacy red Givenchy Haute Couture. Valli, who has been steadily gaining red-carpet momentum over the last few seasons, dressed three other actresses this year, which may or may not offset the Dunham effect: Allison Williams in a frothy ballgown, a pregnant Amanda Peet in a floral-printed chiffon frock that she described as “very ‘Virgin Suicides’” and Michelle Monaghan in a white dolman-sleeve sheath straight off the couture runway. It was so pristine, she said, “that I even air-kissed my nine-month-old son good night because I didn’t want to get anything on it.” In a sign that perhaps fashion is taking a backseat to Instagram and YouTube viral videos, some reporters resorted to feeding actors and actresses pizza on the red carpet.

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“Modern Family” starlet Sarah Hyland didn’t seem to mind a spot of sauce on her white cropped halter as she and Jason Biggs munched on their slices. Some actresses kicked off their shoes less than an hour into the red carpet at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live. “I’m wearing Dolce & Gabbana and my husband is carrying Christian Louboutin,” said Felicity Huffman as William H. Macy trailed behind holding her studded stilettos. A pregnant Hayden Panettiere was not too far behind.

“The first thing I’m going to do when I’m done here is find some flats and maybe a guy who’s willing to donate a foot massage,” she said. Julia Roberts was in an above-the-knee navy Elie Saab frock. “It’s short, so I’m not sweating like everyone else,” she said. While there may not have been the fireworks of previous shows, or the flamboyant looks of the night before’s MTV Video Music Awards, in the end Hollywood did what it does best — entertain. As an eager pack of reporters grilled Jimmy Fallon about his tuxedo, he cracked, “It’s Ryan Seacrest Collection.”

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Fashion Scoops: Givenchy Groupies… Tomb Raiders… Heath Ledger Remembered…

Ricardo Tischi of Givenchy is becoming quite a designer's designer. Both Yohji Yamamoto and Alessandra Facchinetti showed up to watch Tischi's couture show...

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GIVENCHY GROUPIES: Ricardo Tischi of Givenchy is becoming quite a designer’s designer. Both Yohji Yamamoto and Alessandra Facchinetti showed up to watch Tischi’s couture show on Tuesday. “He really respects the clothes,” said Yamamoto.

Facchinetti said she plans to attend Valentino’s swan song today. “I hope I don’t cry,” she said.

This story first appeared in the January 23, 2008 issue of WWD.  Subscribe Today.

TOMB RAIDERS: A decor worthy of a “Harry Potter” film — including old tomes, skulls, stuffed owls and hunks of mineral — awaited guests at Louis Vuitton’s bash Monday night for a new fine jewelry collection by Pharrell Williams and Camille Miceli. Holding court at a private mansion on Avenue Foch, Williams welcomed the likes of Sofia Coppola, Natalia Vodianova, Audrey Marnay and Dita Von Teese. Coppola confirmed she’ll soon be back in action, currently working on a script. Elsewhere, French thespians Joanna Preiss, Elodie Bouchez and Romain Duris huddled on an old-fashioned couch discussing their precious heirlooms.

“It’s from the Twenties and belonged to the grandmother of my best friend,” said Preiss of a gold chain bracelet. The actress-cum-model said she’d just shot the American Retro campaign with Terry Richardson.

Freckle-faced Marnay, who stars in Cédric Klapisch’s new film, “Paris,” said she is also keeping a foot in modeling, having just shot a campaign for the French jewelry brand Fred, in which she stars with rising French indie actor Melvil Poupaud.

NIC AT NIGHT: Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière is to receive an award of merit from the French government. On Tuesday, he will be decorated as a Chevalier of Arts and Letters by luxury titan François Pinault, owner of Balenciaga parent PPR, in a ceremony at Balenciaga headquarters in Paris. House regulars such as Charlotte Gainsbourg and Isabelle Huppert are expected to attend a casual gathering, along with all Balenciaga employees, to share in the recognition.

HEATH LEDGER REMEMBERED: Heath Ledger’s death Tuesday afternoon stunned Hollywood, but it also rattled the New York nightlife and fashion communities of which Ledger slowly had been becoming a part. In September, the actor was one of the most visible — if not one of the biggest — celebrities making the rounds during fashion week. He wound up at Another Magazine’s bash at the Bowery Hotel alongside Chloë Sevigny and Helena Christensen. The following night, he drew stares dressed in a grungy T-shirt and sandwiched between Vincent Gallo and rocker Michael Stipe in the front row of Marc Jacobs’ show. Twenty-four hours later, Ledger ditched his grubby downtown look and arrived at Calvin Klein’s after party at the Gramercy Park Hotel in a natty suit. “I haven’t gotten this dressed up since the Oscars,” said the reticent actor, who showed up at the intimate dinner with Christensen.

Upon hearing the news Tuesday, Bungalow 8 owner Amy Sacco told WWD, “I am devastated. He was a sweet, smart and talented young man and had many friends. My heart goes out to his family.”

Christensen said, “I am just beyond sad at this point, and shocked….I was on my way over to pay him a visit when I found out. I had just left him a message and heard his voice on the machine….He was such a special and genuine person, so extraordinarily talented because he was so raw and honest with his feelings. He was so full of life, so electric….This is immensely sad.”

THAT SEVENTIES SHOW: Hilary Swank may be a high flyer in Hollywood, but the actress has yet to earn her wings. “I don’t know how to fly, but I hope to learn very shortly,” said a sinewy Swank, who was taking time out from filming “Amelia Earhart” to attend Giorgio Armani’s Privé couture show Monday night. “But I can skydive,” she said.

Ellen Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy” was feeling more grounded, to say the least. “I’m a well-paid slave, tied down to ABC,” said Pompeo, who plans to tone down her self-described “daredevil” image, due to the writers’ strike, on the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday. The actress, who spent Tuesday going for fittings in Paris, said the current climate calls for “less bling.” Her rebellious streak may yet win through, though. “Watch me show up in McQueen — with a headdress,” she deadpanned.

Sophia Loren said she was working on her musical debut, themed around Federico Fellini. “I’m a professional, and all professionals can sing,” she explained.

Attending her first couture show, fast-rising British actress Rebecca Hall said she just wrapped up Woody Allen’s “Vicki Cristina Barcelona,” opposite Scarlett Johansson, and Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon.” “That’s good for fashion,” she said of the latter film. “It’s set in the Seventies and so I got to wear a lot of Halston replicas. I loved it.”

Carla Bruni — the model-turned-singer and potential new first lady of France — has been a no-show at the couture shows this week in a nation obsessed with her every move. And, while Europe awaits word if and when she and President Nicolas Sarkozy will wed, gifts are already arriving for the new couple at the Elysée Palace. According to a Paris source, these include one from Bruni’s fashion friend Karl Lagerfeld. Knowing jogging is a favorite activity of the pair, the designer recently dispatched his and hers iPods loaded with the latest music from DJ Michel Gaubert, the source said.

WOOED BY FASHION: Among the new faces in couture’s front row this season is Jennifer Woo, president of Hong Kong-based fashion retailer Lane Crawford, who just might join the ranks of high-fashion clients soon. “Maybe. Let’s see,” she demurred. Woo and Lane Crawford’s fashion director, Sarah Rutson, are also here to take in the trends at couture. “It’s the essence, the top, the pinnacle of fashion, and we need to make sure that’s kept alive,” said Woo, whose adventures at the couture also are being documented for a feature in Vogue.

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The Hawks have lost two in a row and four of their last five. They fell at home to the San Antonio Spurs, 98-93, on Saturday and lost in Brooklyn Friday night, 94-89.

The loss in Brooklyn hurt even more than normal. Guard Lou Williams came down on a fastbreak, his knee buckled and the worst fears were confirmed. Williams, who finished second in Sixth Man of the Year voting last season as a 76er, tore his ACL and will miss the rest of the season.

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The majority of Williams' minutes are expected to go to Vanderbilt rookie John Jenkins. He scored nine points on 3-for-12 shooting in almost 23 minutes against the Spurs.

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Mickael Gelabale and Chris Johnson were both signed Saturday morning, then the two scored Minnesota's first 23 points of the fourth quarter that night against the Houston Rockets.

The T-Wolves beat the Rockets, 92-79, to snap a five-game losing streak.

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Johnson scored 15 points and Gelabale added 11. Four other Wolves scored in double figures, led by 21 from veteran Andrei Kirilenko.

The injured list for Minnesota is long. All-NBA forward Kevin Love is out with a broken hand. Brandon Roy and Chase Budinger are sidelined indefinitely after surgery. Malcolm Lee is done for the season.

Even Nikola Pekovic, Dante Cunningham and Alexey Shved missed the Rockets game with various problems and none of those three are expected to be back for the Atlanta game.

The Timberwolves bested the Hawks, 108-103, in Minnesota on Jan. 8. The Hawks had won 11 straight against the Wolves prior to their victory earlier in the month. The T'Wolves are winless in nine straight at the Hawks.

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I’m not going to question why you need to but we’ve all had those moments where we want to share a video in the most private of fashions, right? That sounds a little oxymoronic when you consider the open nature of Instagram and Vine but a solution is in sight. Tribe gives you the means in which to create and share videos, but with only 10 of your phone contacts. It works well, too. No videos are shared on a server and only the creator can choose to save or share them. Videos can only be five seconds long and silent, which may limit what you want to do with them, but it’s a pretty effective system. Your friends can simply tap on a video to let you know they appreciated it, and you can ‘whistle’ at them to request a video back. --Jennifer Allen

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The land of Terrinoth is in peril. Can you guide the Daqan forces to victory over the daemons of the Uthuk Y’llan? Fantasy Flight Games' Battlelore Command is based on the popular strategy board game. Here you'll be put in charge of the human forces of the Daqan - complete with calvary, melee, archers, golems, and even a few Roc-riding Ariel units. The game uses a hex grid, random powers, and predetermined sets of moves for you to choose from. The trick is that moves will become unavailable until you refresh them, so choosing your strategy wisely is mega-important. Just a heads-up: you won't win the tutorial level, and this is a omen for things to come. Due to those limitations on movement each turn the first few levels are surprisingly difficult. In order to succeed you have to pay careful attention to what each unit can do and which powers you have available on each turn. --Jessica Fisher

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Loot & Legends is a free-to-play, turn-based strategy game that tries its darndest to capture the look and feel of playing a tabletop role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons while simultaneously creating its own, card-based loot system. Although it sounds a bit peculiar, Loot & Legends is largely successful in what it sets out to do, making it a pretty awesome package for strategically-minded, dungeon-crawling enthusiasts.For anyone familiar with age-old fantasy tropes, almost everything in Loot & Legends' structure and lore should be unsurprising. Players make a party consisting of a warrior, priest, and wizard, all of whom go on adventures battling goblins, kobolds, lizardmen, etc both for the greater good of the world and for loot to make them ever stronger against more difficult foes. --Campbell Bird

Monsters Ate My Metropolis

Monsters Ate My Metropolis is an exceptionally colorful and vibrant card game. Dispensing with too much focus on the cards, you’ll find yourself destroying cities with the help of lumbering kaiju. It’s a great concept for a game but its execution suffers from a few issues right now.Learning the game is fairly easy, although mastering it is another matter. You assemble a deck of cards then are dealt three each turn. You pick out which card to use based on its power and element, before unleashing it against your opponent and hoping for the best. You can boost how things go through completing a brief mini game that tends to involve you either tapping frantically or timing one tap just right. Each attack builds a meter which can eventually lead to you unleashing a mega attack on your enemy’s city.--Jennifer Allen

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It’s been a while since I last played a tower defense game and Age of Defenders has reminded me of exactly why I enjoy the genre so much. It could do with offering a little more speed to proceedings, but other than that, it’s a solidly dependable release. There’s a story in there, one told through cutscenes and snippets of dialogue, but I’ll admit I didn’t pay huge attention to it, although there are a few moments of light humor to glean from the dialogue. It does provide convenient context for the tutorial though. Age of Defenders is split into two distinct forms of strategy gaming with a defensive side of things and an offensive side. --Jennifer Allen

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Stickman Tennis

Stickmen? Tennis? Nah, I don’t mind giving Stickman Tennis a shot. We are talking about a tennis sim with stickman, right?The gameplay utilizes a tennis court — of course — with a lengthwise view, much like one would watch a real tennis match on TV. The stickman populate the whole thing, from the players to the personnel to the spectators; the graphics are subdued, and the sound feels familiar.The game incorporates a bunch of virtual buttons — three for specific shots: lobs, slices, and strokes with topspin. In the training module, one learns that timing is of essence, and the power of a shot can be affected by how long one “holds” the button down. To the left, there is a directional joystick that the player can use to control the direction of the shot.--Tre Lawrence

Oddwings Escape

Oddwings Escape gives players the opportunity to take on the persona of birds looking to escape from a lab in which evil experiments are being performed upon them.Graphically, the game is a visual feast, with liberal use of colors that –at first — reflect a jungle-ish motif. The game consists of travel ways, and mostly boils down to a timed, rated race that requires the player to get from point A to Point B; there is a distance challenge to start it all up.--Tre Lawrence

Cartel Legend: Crime Overkill

If AL Pacino’s Scarface played a mobile game, he’d probably spend more than just a few minutes with Cartel Legend: Crime Overkill.Some of it might look familiar.The locations are enjoyably stereotypical for the type of game this is, from storied casinos to expansive mansions that would make even Tony Montana do a double take. On their own, the scenes look nice and visual perspective is adhered to fairly well. The player takes on the persona of a deadly assassin, and a major task is to get from the beginning point to an endpoint, designated by a green overlay.--Tre Lawrence

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Invoking the memories of classic LucasArts and Sierra games, I’ve got a good feeling about the once PC-only adventure game,Deponia. It’s not out until next month so it’s early days in terms of my time with it, but it offers an appealing return to adventures of old; warts and all.

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Final Fantasy VII is on the App Store Right Now

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Chances are you knew it was coming, but just in case you didn't (or just in case you didn't realize the date), Final Fantasy VII is now available on the App Store. Yes, that Final Fantasy VII.

SoulCalibur cards fighting their way to Outcast Odyssey – but only for the next few weeks

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Popular fighters and weapons from SoulCalibur are coming to the hit Bandai Namco Entertainment Card Battler, Outcast Odyssey.

Players can win the exclusive cards based from the SoulCalibur series, but they'll only be available until the 7th of September.

The newly added SoulCalibur cards include 8 legendary heroes – Ivy, Mitsurugi, Voldo, Maxi, Kilik, Siegfried, Nightmare, and Astaroth – as well as the SoulCalibur and Soul Edge swords.

These extras can be won as part of the weekly event rewards, or simply purchased through the in-game store.

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With a deadline looming on Thursday for the City of Minneapolis to submit its proposal for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, team owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf on Tuesday sent a letter to Mayor R.T. Rybak and Council President Barbara Johnson raising concerns about the city's preferred site.

City leaders have said they plan to bring forth a plan for an $895 million stadium project on the existing site of the Metrodome, which would be razed to make room for the new facility the Vikings have sought for most of the past decade.

In the letter, the Wilfs urged that it is "imperative that your analysis of Minneapolis stadium sites include all costs associated with each site," specifically pointing to the revenue that would be lost if the Vikings are forced to play three seasons at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus during construction.

The Vikings, who have campaigned for a more than $1 billion stadium project in Arden Hills that appears all but dead, perennially are among the NFL's lowest-revenue teams. Ramsey County officials do plan to submit a proposal to Gov. Mark Dayton by Thursday, too, but it's believed Dayton supports the Minneapolis plan as well.

It's no surprise the Vikings want to stress the financial implications of building on the Metrodome site, given that it wouldn't present comparable revenue opportunities to the site in Arden Hills. However, it is believed the Vikings would ultimately support any stadium site that yields sufficient public funding.

The letter identified three issues that must be accounted for:

1. TCF Bank Stadium Revenue Limitations: The Vikings have played one game at TCF Bank Stadium, and we have worked well with the University of Minnesota. However, due to limitations on stadium space and capacity, available sponsorships, and fan amenities at TCF Bank Stadium, the Vikings estimate that the team would generate $12.3 million less each year at TCF Bank Stadium than the Metrodome -- or approximately $37 million in total operating losses over three seasons.

2. Capital Improvements to TCF Bank Stadium: For TCF Bank Stadium to meet minimum NFL requirements for three seasons, stadium contractors and architects estimate that nearly $11 million in facility upgrades would be necessary for this college football stadium. It is also important to note these upgrades would benefit the University of Minnesota on a long term basis.

3. NFL Program Requirements at Metrodome: Program requirements for parking for Vikings' premium customers (club seat holders, suite owners, etc.) including 2,500 parking spaces on-site or immediately adjacent to the stadium. To meet these requirements, there are $19 million in costs associated with acquiring and building the additional parking inventory.

The $67 million in costs identified above bring the total costs to build at the Metrodome site to $962 million. In addition to these cost considerations, the Vikings have concerns about the significant disruptions to our football team, our fans, and our sponsors and partners, as well as the potential challenges created for University of Minnesota neighborhoods, during the three-year period when we would have to play our games at TCF Bank Stadium.

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During the Great War of 1914-1918 some 7,335 officers and 174,491 other ranks of the British Army were captured by the enemy. Of these, about half fell into captivity between 21 March and 11 November 1918. Unfortunately, for those wishing to research men who became prisoners, there are relatively few sources of information about what happened to them.

The records of the International Committee of the Red Cross

After decades where these records were only available on application, on 4 August 1914 the International Committee of the Red Cross released a fully digitised set of POW records from the First World War. See this page for full details and links.

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There are very few records of British POWs held in the United Kingdom.

  • A (relatively very small) number of records of debriefing interviews and reports from the Red Cross and other observers, compiled for a committee investigating cases of mis-treatment of British POWs, is held by the National Archives in document series WO161.
    • The records have been digitised and are available at the National Archives website.
  • A printed list of officers taken POW was produced during the war and has  been reprinted in recent years: there is a copy in the National Archives Library and it can be found on the used book market. It is the List of officers taken prisoner in the various theatres of war between August 1914 and November 1918. It was originally published by Cox & Co.
  • The “Times”, “Irish Times” and “The Scotsman” newspaper printed official War Office lists of the missing and also notifications when a man previously declared missing was now known to be in enemy hands, although this helpful practice petered out during 1915-1916.
  • Records of men who died in enemy captivity are recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • Local newspapers often recorded men who were declared as missing or as POWs.
  • The British Red Cross & Order of St John of Jerusalem produced lists of wounded and missing British personnel in all theatres of war about whom enquiries had been made; the list is up to and including 20 July 1917 had been reprinted by the Naval & Military Press.
  • Unit war diaries occasionally name officers or men who were reported missing.
  • POWs are often mentioned, or are the subject of, Foreign Office correspondence. Try searching for the man’s name using the National Archives website Discovery search engine (also entering FO in the ‘Enter a reference’ field). Foreign Office papers are not online but can be consulted as original documents at the National Archives.

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Attention Animal Crossers of 1up:

I Need a "Jingle Sofa".

... NEED , I tell you!!

I am willing to trade you any other of the Jingle furniture to get it. Or 5 of any of them. (Jingle Clock excluded; I only got one 'o those bitches!)

Also willing to use other items (read: my soul) as bargaining chip if necessary.

I'm serious. Except about the soul bit.

Aaaand Merry Christmas .

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  • Cake. In Comments, because 1up sucks sometimes!

    Posted: Dec 25, 2008 12:00AM PST by  j.berit

  • Cary Woodham
  • The cake is a lie

    Posted: Dec 27, 2008 12:00AM PST by  Cary Woodham

    I can get you a Jingle Table.  Jingle the reindeer appeared in my town, and when I went to go put away the Jingle Table, he disappeared forever!  Wah.  Oh well.  Do you have the green zap suit and helmet?  I just got those if you need 'em.  Oh yeah, and go read my blog. --Cary

  • j.berit
  • The cake really WAS a lie...

    Posted: Dec 27, 2008 12:00AM PST by  j.berit

    1up would LITERALLY not let me post an image. Or edit that comment. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. Sorry, Rocca!

    to Cary, He didn't disappear, silly! He just went into someone's (empty) house to give them their present! He was under orders to hide them so that they were not found until Christmas. So, all day on the 24th you had the ability to go into people's houses when they are not home so that you can catch Jingle at it and get him to give you presents.

    Be sure about offering me that table though--Nook's buying Jingle series for 12,240 each! (12/24, get it?) But, alas, I do not need a table--I have like 6 of them.

  • Cary Woodham
  • AC Strategy Guide

    Posted: Dec 28, 2008 12:00AM PST by  Cary Woodham

    You know, I got the AC strategy guide real cheap when I got the game, and it failed to tell me any of that stuff you said about Jingle.  Man, strategy guides nowadays suck!  --Cary

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  • Strategy guides...

    Posted: Dec 28, 2008 12:00AM PST by  j.berit

    ...do not suck these days, Cary.

    The problem is that the AC guide was made by Prima--as are ALL Nintendo ones--and PRIMA SUCKS!!

    They suck so hard that they had to change their name to "Double Jump Books" (An Imprint of Prima) because no one would buy their garbage anymore. Brady is still great.

    Yeah, I bought that guide, too, for cheap on amazon ($13). I knew it would be kinda lousy, because it's Prima, and the last AC guide was also pretty sorry, but still I almost broke something by throwing it the other day! I was trying to get the "Tracks" pattern from Wendel: I already had the horizontal track, and wanted the vertical print. I consulted the guide, caught the fish it specified to get the vertical track gift, and presented it to Wendel. What did he give me? ANOTHER PRINT OF *EXPLETIVE* HORIZONTAL TRACK!! Oh, was I steamed. I didn't really throw it; I just considered throwing it, and realized that I didn't have any clear target to launch it at because my house is messy, so I refrained.

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  • And to RT:

    Posted: Dec 28, 2008 12:00AM PST by  j.berit

    You're one to talk about 1-up old-timers!! ;)

    Hope you have a great year, too!! :D

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  • If I had City Folk

    Posted: Jan 05, 2009 12:00AM PST by  MajinLink

    I'd probably would have that item by now. I get addicted whenever I start AC

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    Posted: Jan 06, 2009 12:00AM PST by  ElMariachi003

    I know, I know... I haven't been here in ages! I made a resolution to be here more often, so maybe I will, lol. Anyway, just wanted to stop by and say hi. See you guys again soon.

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10) Resident Evil games have zombies.

9) Jill Valentine is not Nina Williams.  If I was Namco, I'd get my legal department on the line because first Capcom steals that piece of junk Bob and calls him Rufus, and now they cut-and-paste Nina from Death by Degrees straight into this trainwreck of a game.  Even for a company infamous for their lack of originality, this is getting out of control.

8) Chris Redfield is not a steriod-popping Mexican.

7) People have played Gears of War.  And Gears of War 2.  They know how a good cover system works.  They realize when you are doing it wrong.

6) People have played Metal Gear Solid.  If they want to sneak around crates and ductwork like a cowardly, one-legged, down-syndromed little girl while taking potshots at guys with riot shields, then they will play it again. Don't make them do it in a Resident Evil game.

5) Barry Burton.

4) People have played Dragon's Lair.  Okay, no they haven't, but if they had they would have had a lot of fun thrilling to Don Bluth animation while pressing a random button every few minutes in hopes of surviving long enough to see the next sequence.  Oh, and it would have been 1983.  So, no one cares if you call them QTEs or QWERTIES or any other fancy acronym --- gameplay has advanced in the last 26 years.  Leave that nonsense safely tucked away in the drawer with the bellbottoms and Saturday Night Fever album.

3) Chris Redfield can't pick locks.  He can't play the piano.  He can't even "mix chemicals" when it only entails pouring liquid three time from one flask to another.  I am not entirely sure he can tie his own shoes.  So, I'm very sure he can't use computers or disarm bombers or do any of the other things he bumbled through in RE5.

2) People have played Resident Evil 4.  We already fought the giant monster on the boat.  We already fought big, troll-type boss.  In fact, we already did everything in RE5 before, except we did it in better games that implemented the various sequences more organically many years earlier.

1) Albert Wesker.  Oh, there is a character named Albert Wesker in the game.  He even kind of looks like Wesker.  But he is not.  Wesker is a highly intelligent scientist and former high ranking researcher with Umbrella.  Wesker is a charismatic, cool-as-ice tactical genius and ex-leader of STARS Alpha team.  He shoots bees with a 9-millimeter.  Really, play RE1.  He doesn't care about overpopulation.  He wasn't born in some Sephiroth test tube.  He isn't part of an Evangelion / Lain child farm.  He isn't Neo from The Matrix.  He doesn't want to go North by Northwest and fly a crop duster full of T-Virus over middle America.  He wants power and money, and he already had plenty of both.  Then, apparently, he decided he had big problem with Darwinian evolution, shot up a tub full of dope and fell in a volcano.  Oops.  Oh, by the way Capcom, that was your only remaining compelling villain.  Double oops.

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    Dude I think you are my new favorite writer, next blog throw some pictures into it and I'll be a long time reader, this shit is hilarious.

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    Posted: May 20, 2010 12:00AM PST by  Lorenz

    ...and much appreciated.  Thanks for reading and for posting.  I'm going to try to implement these newfangled "pictures" of yours a bit more in future blogs, so keep an eye out for 'em.  I'm just getting started here.  I got plenty of crazy stuff lined up, so I hope you stop by to check out future blogs.  Spread the word!

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    Snesboy, this is all about letting people know they are justified in their rage.  Thanks for posting and sorry that you too had to suffer through the "horror" of RE5.

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GARRETT, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) – The superintendent of the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District addressed parents about a rumored suicide pact among eighth graders at Garrett Middle School Monday night.

It was a spirited meeting Monday night as parents asked Superintendent Dr. Dennis Stockdale why they’re just now addressing the rumor of a suicide pact.

Dr. Stockdale claims he shared everything he knows from when the rumor began a week and a half ago. He says it started when a female student was found incoherent in the hallway. The student supposedly overdosed on prescription drugs in an attempt to kill herself.

The student was taken to the hospital and is currently recovering. In the meantime, administrators say they met with 30 students and parents collectively, who were rumored to be involved.

Parents like Tracey Klotz, who’s 14-year-old son is in 8th grade at Garrett M.S., say that female student is one of many on a "suicide pact list” and two others have since attempted suicide.

“There is a suicide pact going on whether the school wants to believe it or not,” said Klotz.

Dr. Stockdale says he has no evidence on whether a list actually exists or if the rumor is true. He says he didn’t alert all parents because he didn’t want to cause false alarm.

“When we had no credible information on a suicide pact rumor and out of respect of some of the parents that have been involved, we just made the decision at that point that until we got more information, we didn't want to send out false information into the community spurring more rumors,” said Dr. Stockdale. “If we would’ve had any information that there was a pact, and with some of the rumors that were going around that we investigated, clearly there was not a pact, it was an isolated case.”

Klotz says she would’ve rather been alerted about the rumor in the first place instead of waiting

“It is the school’s fault for not contacting parents ASAP, all of us, not just 30 of us. I’m saying it’s the school’s fault for him-hawing around and not wanting to answer straight forward questions,” said Klotz. “This school needs to quit sweeping things under the rug before somebody really does lose their life. Then what are they going to say, ‘oops sorry?’”

Dr. Stockdale says they're in the process of creating a suicide prevention and awareness program to educate and provide resources for students, parents, and the community on how to deal with these types of issues.

“We’re going to continue, daily, to have discussions with students, whether it’s drugs and alcohol or suicide. We’re going to continue to monitor kids and talk to them and track down any information they may have to help maintain the safety of our students,” he said. “We have to make sure that not only are we looking at their academic needs, but we’ve got to do all we can to work with them on their social needs.”

Dr. Stockdale says if something like this were to happen in the future, he would approach things differently. “It’s finding that fine line. If I did send stuff home and it caused a group of students to create something then we’d probably be having this same discussion. Maybe the way to look at it is here’s [the information] and let the parents decide.”

Dr. Stockdale says he plans to hold more community informational meetings in the future.

But the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District isn’t the only one dealing with this issued. In the wake of a recent suicide and an attempt at Wawasee High School, administrators are holding a suicide prevention informational session to discuss reasons and signs of suicide to assist friends and parents.

The meeting will be in the Wawasee H.S. auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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Ropeway Access
New Zealand

When the river is in spate the only access to the other side for DOC workers and for humters, trampers, is the ropeway. I am told that this one no longer works and another, further up the river, has been built. This made a great picture so I took them at their word.

This is the start of several hill walks, some of a number of day's duration. There are huts provided for shelter along the way- welcome relief at the end of a hard day's walk.

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Taken: 03/11/2010
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Updated: 07/03/2015

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Star of the Sea Event Center
Columbia District
After 40 years, the famous Star of Sea has been transformed into San Diego’s premier waterfront Event Center. An extensive renovation program has resulted in an unequalled event space that is as elegant as it is functional. In addition to the main banquet area with floor-to-ceiling views of San Diego Bay, an intimate lounge area and outdoor over-water deck are available.
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Parts of Colombia are under re-development, including the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, Navy Broadway Complex and the Embarcadero Circle cruise ship terminal expansion. As of March 16, 2007, there are seven high-rise buildings scheduled for or currently under construction: five of these buildings are condominiums, one is office, and one is a Federal court house; six buildings have more than 20 floors, four buildings have more than 30 floors, and one building has more than 40 floors