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The Huntsman: Winter's War now available on Blu-ray™ & DVD
By Jana On Camera on August 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, if it's the Snow White tale you're looking for, discover the story that came before in The Huntsman: Winter's War, coming to 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand today, August 23.
The Huntsman: Winter's War stars Charlize Theron as the evil Queen Ravenna, who betrays her good sister Freya, played by Emily Blunt, with an unforgivable act, freezing Freya's heart to love and unleashing in her an icy power she never knew she possessed. Retreating to a kingdom far to the north, Freya raises an army of Huntsmen as her protectors, with the only rule that no two of them should ever fall in love. As a war for domination escalates between the two queens, the hero standing between good and evil is Freya's most elite Huntsman, Eric, played by Chris Hemsworth. Alongside fellow warrior Sara, played by Jessica Chastain – the only woman who has ever captured his heart – Eric must help Freya vanquish her sister or Ravenna's wickedness will rule for eternity. The film is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan.
The Huntsman: Winter's War on Blu-ray™ and DVD includes an all-new extended edition of the epic action-adventure, plus exclusive bonus features that reveal the movie's behind-the-scenes secrets. The Digital HD is also available since on August 2.
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Two Queens and Two Warriors – The true heart of The Huntsman: Winter's War is found in its three powerful women, Ravenna, Freya, and Eric's lost wife, Sara. Learn how the strength and complexity of the film's female roles drew potent new star power in Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, as well as convincing Charlize Theron to reprise her role as Ravenna.
Meet the Dwarfs – Nick Frost's Nion and Rob Brydon's Gryff brought a sense of levity and fun to the adventure — especially once they met their female counterparts. Explore the importance of all four dwarf characters in the film and on set, where the actors who portrayed them earn a reputation for keeping the fun rolling, even when the cameras stopped.
Magic All Around – Rooted in history, but inhabited by magic, the world of The Huntsman: Winter's War is a true visual spectacle. Follow along and see how the magic made it to the screen. From Freya's icy freeze to the gold-laden goblins of the forest, explore the visual effects at work with an exclusive peek behind the curtain.
BLU-RAY™ & DVD BONUS FEATURES
Deleted Scenes with Commentary
Gag Reel
Dressed To Kill – Academy Award®-winning costumer Colleen Atwood returns to help reignite the splendor she brought to Snow White and The Huntsman. A visual feast, her costumes often border on the supernatural in their beauty while helping bring the characters to life.
Love Conquers All — From the infectious enthusiasm of director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to the sisterly bond shared by Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, the set of The Huntsman: Winter's War was filled with laughter and life. Actors and artists came together to help create a fairy tale about the pure power of love — and had a blast along the way.
Feature Commentary by director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
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This post was written as part of a blogging program through Target. All opinions are my own!
I'm Puerto Rican and Cuban, so I love Latin Music and I love discovering new artists. I can listen to the radio or surf my favorite music sites and discover new artists all the time. I grew up listening to salsa or merengue music and I still listen to it today! One of my favorite artists I discovered some time ago was always Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. Here husband Emilio Estefan was also in this group. I was super excited to learn that The Sound Machine headphones are now available exclusively at my home away from home Target. They are a new line of headphones from 19-time Grammy award winner, Emilio Estefan in partnership with Monster. As soon as I saw these amazing headphones I knew I needed something amazing like these to listen to my Spanish tunes on! They are also so sleek and stylish!
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The Estefan family has been an icon to Latin Music and has been responsible for introducing the pop world to using Latin rhythms as a backbeat. Emilio's work and influence has earned the respect of musicians worldwide.
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Mary HappymommyMay 31, 13 at 4:57 am
I find new artists through Youtube or by listening to the radio.
Lisa BrownMay 31, 13 at 5:01 am
I discover new music through my husband who is always listening to the radio.
Harmony BMay 31, 13 at 5:32 am
The radio and tv
thequirkymomma.com" target="_blank">Jennifer @ The Quirky MommaMay 31, 13 at 11:04 am
I rely on my hip, single best friend and my teenage son for musical inspiration. They just tell me what to listen to and I end up liking what they suggest.
Kelly DMay 31, 13 at 1:11 pm
I listen to Pandora when I go for walks & this helps me discover new music.
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mostly from friends advising me on new music
deniseMay 31, 13 at 3:23 pm
the radio
D SCHMIDTMay 31, 13 at 3:49 pm
I look threw what seems to be popular on Youtube.
carol robertsMay 31, 13 at 3:52 pm
my daughter or i go to you tube
Carmen SMay 31, 13 at 4:08 pm
most often just by listening to the radio. But I also pay attention to the charts, and up and coming artists on you tube and itunes.
Sharon SiqueirosMay 31, 13 at 5:43 pm
we have XM radio so all I have to do is change one channel and I can here music I didn't even know existed
Maybe I should see if they have a spelling channel hehehe! I meant "Hear"
Vanessa AguirreJun 1, 13 at 3:44 am
I discover new artists and songs by listening to the radio, watching music television programs and Pandora my favorite.
Ann B.Jun 1, 13 at 4:50 am
I have a teen daughter, and she introduces me to new artists all the time.
Devon FJun 1, 13 at 7:36 am
I discover new music mostly from the radio. I like Pandora too
JamieJun 1, 13 at 6:55 pm
tothemotherhood.com" target="_blank">HilLesha @To the MotherhoodJun 1, 13 at 7:36 pm
I usually discover new artists on Last.fm or skimming through random videos on YouTube.
Donna W.Jun 1, 13 at 9:51 pm
Listening to the radio in my car
Tammy SJun 2, 13 at 8:21 am
I find new music by listening to the radio, on Pandora and a lot of times by listening to what my kids listen to.
Iliana RJun 2, 13 at 12:52 pm
I discover new artists thru my friends!
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I discover new music from listening to the radio and my friends.
Susan ChristyJun 2, 13 at 4:55 pm
Recommendations from friends, articles in Rolling Stone magazine, radio stations.
Michelle ElizondoJun 2, 13 at 8:23 pm
I use social media to find out what's going on! and new songs and such!
Lucy LopezJun 2, 13 at 8:35 pm
I go through the different stations on the radio.
Pilar Romero AguilarJun 3, 13 at 11:30 am
I use https://play.spotify.com for discovery music
sammymakessix.com" target="_blank">maria bravoJun 3, 13 at 12:32 pm
I usually go online to Youtube. That's where I find most of my new music.
Shemp DeYoung (@shempgames)Jun 3, 13 at 2:34 pm
I like to visit sites like NoiseTrade.com and download free samplers. I have discovered some great artists that way.
Heather Hayes PanjonJun 4, 13 at 4:23 am
Youtube Is How Of Find New Music!
Kate F.Jun 4, 13 at 7:53 pm
I listen to Pandora radio.
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jerri1962sBlog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jerri DavisJun 5, 13 at 3:07 pm
I am on facebook and have liked several music pages which show new artist.. Thank you, Jerri Davis
Cassandra EastmanJun 6, 13 at 11:46 am
Through friends, itunes, or the radio!
latanyaJun 6, 13 at 1:19 pm
youtube and award shoes
laurieJun 6, 13 at 7:26 pm
my kids usually tell me of new artist
Heidi DailyJun 6, 13 at 7:45 pm
Since I am now a stay at home mom I don't find much new music, but when I do it is usually from looking at what is popular on iTunes, or sometimes I turn music videos on for background noise during the day


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- Tim O'Shea
Aldous Huxley's inspired 1954 essay detailed the vivid, mind-expanding, multisensory insights of his mescaline adventures. By altering his brain chemistry with natural psychotropics, Huxley tapped into a rich and fluid world of shimmering, indescribable beauty and power. With his neurosensory input thus triggered, Huxley was able to enter that parallel universe described by every mystic and space captain in recorded history. Whether by hallucination or epiphany, Huxley sought to remove all bonds, all controls, all filters, all cultural conditioning from his perceptions and to confront Nature or the World or Reality first-hand - in its unpasteurized, unedited, unretouched infinite rawness.
Those bonds are much harder to break today, half a century later. We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased. The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right?
It is an exhausting and endless task to keep explaining to people how most issues of conventional wisdom are scientifically implanted in the public consciousness by a thousand media clips per day. In an effort to save time, I would like to provide just a little background on the handling of information in this country. Once the basic principles are illustrated about how our current system of media control arose historically, the reader might be more apt to question any given story in today's news.
If everybody believes something, it's probably wrong. We call that
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
In America, conventional wisdom that has mass acceptance is usually contrived: somebody paid for it. Examples:
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Whether by hallucination or epiphany, Huxley sought to remove all bonds, all controls, all filters, all cultural conditioning from his perceptions and to confront Nature or the World or Reality first-hand - in its unpasteurized, unedited, unretouched infinite rawness.what a crock of ****
what a crock of ****
I just knew you would like it.:D
No comment on hallucinogens per se. I will say that there are reasons for the filters. If you had everyone running around on mescaline things would fall apart. In some ways that could be good, but I like that my mail gets delivered on time, that the contractor I hire is here on time and does what is hired, that farmers and carpenters and physicists go to work and get things done.
That said, an occasional dip in the cosmic pool probably helped Huxley in his creative work. I don't think they should be illegal. Until quite recently they weren't illegal, but considered a part of the sacred; to be honored as part of the sacred on special occasions.
Cuyahoga Chuck
You been a busy dude lately! Scott ever threaten to put limits on your aggregious use of WB's bandwidth?
Learn to spell.;)
Michael s/v Sannyasin
No, not really. That's precisely the basis of all meditation practices, removing mental filters by stopping thought.
Have you ever worn a pair of colored sunglasses? You put a pair of blue glasses on and everything looks blue. You know that everything really isn't blue, because you've seen it without the glasses on.
But, imagine if all of your life you've worn those blue sunglasses... you'd firmly believe that everything in the world was blue... imagine your surprise when you take the glasses off....
peter radclyffe
Paul did you never enjoy listening to the Doors, one of the best american bands
Soft Parade.
Captain Blight
One can remove the acculturation filters, train oneself to only see what's there, rigorously practice the scientific method as strictly as possible.....
....And still end up thinking differently to what you do, Tyler.
Haven't you drunk some Flav*R*Aid, too, Tyler? Aren't you an ideologue in your own right?
If you haven't read it, "Be Here Now," Ram Dass, aka Richard Alpert, is a pretty interesting read. He was one of the brightest of the brightest, a Harvard psychology prof. when he hooked up with Timothy Leary and took LSD. Back before it was illegal, I think. Anyway, he quit his job and wandered off to India looking for a guru. Sorta typical sixties madcap adventure. He finds a guy, a genuine siddha, and sits with him for a bit. At one point he gives the guy, with the fellow's permission, a large dose of LSD, thinking woo hoo, this is going to be great, my guru tripping his brains out! To his minor chagrin absolutely nothing changed. IIRC correctly, Alpert concluded the guy was already there, and a powerful hit of LSD was no more compelling than a cup of tea.
I want to be clear, I'm in no way advocating the use of hallucinogens. Used recreationally in the wrong set and setting, or by people who are psychologically unstable, they can be dangerous. My dear friend, Karen, killed herself, years after using them, I think in part because they opened a door to an incipient psychosis. Difficult to say just what the affect of the drugs was, but she could never quite close that door again, and it drove her to madness.
The thing about the hallucinogens I can't quite get over is that, yes, they can help you look at the world in a completely different way. They can enable you to look deeply into the infinity within. Anyone who has eaten like a quarter-ounce of mushroom caps can tell you that the effect can be one of deep, profound Truth resounding like the tolling of a great bell. There is no avoiding it and no hiding from it and no escaping it.
I also think that they're a spiritual shortcut. If you really want to open those doors, buckle down and do the meditative work. No pressure, no diamonds-- ya know?
Plus I have a couple of acquaintances who've broken their brains with too much street acid. Not a pleasant sight.
Rigadog
Drugs like Mescaline, Peyote, LSD etc are used mostly recreationally in our culture. Their use is generally haphazard, offhand and aimed at short term escape. The trips we go on when we ingest these compounds are to no place in particular because we have mostly lost our sense of purpose and place. Other cultures historically have used these drugs to connect with different planes and gain knowledge. The American Indians used tobacco purposefully to help them see. In parts South America native peoples still use various potent drugs for the same reasons. Their use is considered a valid path to knowledge by their cultures. They don't view them is a shortcut. Perhaps we here feel that using them is cheating because we are so pickled in the Puritan work ethic. We feel. we have to work and struggle for wisdom and we may be wired that way. But for others it is different.
In The Psychedelic Experience, Timothy Leary explains how they were inducing the experience of the Bardo, as described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, with LSD. Hardly recreational. Same thing, dissolution and re-integration, experienced by those who attain samadhi in meditation.
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First, heat and separate your noodles. Yakisoba noodles work well, but you can sub two packages of regular ramen noodles. Next, create the dragon sauce, which is super easy: It calls for equal amounts of chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Combine those ingredients well and your sauce is done.
For the pork, you can use either half a pound of ground pork or grind boneless pork chops yourself. Grinding your own meat is surprisingly straightforward and simple. Partially freeze your pork chops, then cut them into three or four chunks each. Pop them in your food processor and pulse on and off until it resembles ground beef.
Cook the ground pork like you'd brown ground beef. However, before the pork is completely browned, toss in some chopped red bell pepper and scallions and continue cooking for a bit.
Next, add your prepared dragon sauce and chopped peanuts to your cooked pork and continue cooking until the sauce is reduced by about half. Finally, add your cooked noodles: toss to coat them completely. Top the pork and noodles with extra scallions just before serving.
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Make sure to follow the directions as told by the brand or type of noodles you are using.
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Pork should be cooked over medium heat until it starts beginning to brown. The meat will finish cooking once other ingredients are added.
Allow these ingredients to cook with pork for at least 3 minutes.
Our final ingredients give this dish a flavorful and spicy kick!
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Stir noodles together with ingredients until everything is coated and combined.
This quick and easy recipe is the perfect dinner for anyone short on time!
*Partially freeze three pork chops. Cut into 3-4 chunks. Add pieces to food processor and pulse on and off until it resembles ground beef.
Follow package directions to heat and separate noodles.
Combine the chili garlic sauce, soy sauce and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix well.
Add red pepper and scallions and cook for three minutes.
Once meat is browned, add the prepared dragon sauce and chopped peanuts. Allow the pork and peanuts to simmer in the sauce for another 5 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced by half.
Once the sauce has reduced, add the noodles to the skillet and toss until everything is combined and coated in sauce. Top with extra sliced green onions and serve.


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I wrote this story for the Dallas Morning News. It was published on May 21, 2000.
Lost in the rumble and grit of passing rail cars and tractor-trailer rigs is a quiet place where angels live.
The tiny winged creatures peek out from cubbyholes and corner tables, standing guard as Beatriz Jordan lights a candle for her dead son. Then she pours him a fresh glass of water.
Five winters have passed since an assailant killed the popular pre-law student in a carjacking. Yet even now, the murder continues to claim victims, wrecking lives and families like a curse. Beatriz Jordan, 76, and her husband Antonio, 79, agonize over Bruno's murder as their twilight years rush by.
Their youngest son – the heart and soul of the Jordan family – was gunned down at 27 and the killer ran free. "It's so unfair," she says, crying.
The couple's oldest son, Phil Jordan, a former U.S. drug agent who lives in Plano, is convinced that Mexican drug traffickers ordered the killing to intimidate him. Haunted by guilt, he has tried to solve the slaying himself, a quest that wiped him out financially and helped destroy his second marriage.
"The darkness" is how he describes what he's been through.
Fellow drug agent Sal Martinez – cousin to both Phil and Bruno Jordan – is another tormented soul. He says he never cried harder thanat Bruno's wake, but kept the pain inside after that.
Relatives were stunned when the FBI in December charged Mr. Martinez,37, with plotting to avenge Bruno's death. The agent denied the charges at first. "If I was doing something like this, call the loony farm and have me committed," he said days after his arrest.
He later pleaded guilty, saying he didn't want his family to endure a trial. And next month, he leaves for a new home: Federal prison, where he'll spend seven years. "The brutal death of my cousin … led me to think with my heart instead of my head," he told a Laredo judge.
It's a familiar tale of immigrant families, blood ties and revenge.But the backdrop this time is the rambling U.S.-Mexico border, a modern-day Casablanca, a place of wanderers and workers, killers and crooks, men of the law and men of the cloth.
With its multihued blend of humankind, the border often brings out the best in people, the unrelenting desire to work and dream. But somesay it also can bring out the worst, the bitterness, the urge to kill. And sometimes, as the Martinez and Jordan families found out, the line between good and bad can become confused.
If this crime saga has a beginning, it might as well be that cold January night in 1995 when Bruno drove to an El Paso Kmart to drop off a friend's new Ford Silverado.
Suddenly, someone jumped out of a black pickup truck and shot him with a 9mm pistol. Bruno, alone that night, staggered to the back of the Silverado. The assailant fired again and Bruno was dead.
Now, on another crisp January night five years later, his mother is in the kitchen stirring a pot of beans. Her son, Phil, hugs her and settles his broad, 6-foot-3 frame onto a chair.
He's back on Frutas Street, where he once swatted baseballs and played cops and robbers. The familiar scent of beef tacos wafts through the air as it has, well, just about forever. But he's not feeling too nostalgic.
At 57, he'd like to slow down and worry less, but he can't. He's angry. He gave his life to law enforcement, but when he needed something in return, a meager shred of justice, he says, he got nothing.
Outside, trucks rumble along Frutas Street, once lined with green lawns and shrubs. Warehouses and asphalt have since spread across the neighborhood. And the eight-lane Bridge of the Americas, leading into Juarez, Mexico, looms nearby.
Not so long ago, this was a bustling neighborhood where many immigrants settled, eager for a piece of the American dream. Phil's grandfather, Eugenio Levini Forti, left Italy and moved to Frutas Street around 1915. He opened a store and sold clothes, "Forti's Devils" chili peppers and other goods to Mexican laborers.
He married a Mexican immigrant, and soon the family's Italian roots began to blend into the Mexican-American neighborhood. Phil says Mr. Forti often spoiled his grandchildren with big scoops of ice cream, but he also demanded that they make something of themselves.
"No way I could tell my grandfather I wasn't going to college," he says.
Phil was a straight arrow even then.
"Just a big, gangly, lovable kid with a burr-headed flat-top," says his former basketball and baseball coach, H.R. Moye. He never touched drugs and if he ever drank more than a 12-ounce beer in a sitting, friends don't remember it.
In 1965, Uncle Sam recruited him into the agency that would becomethe Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA. He would soon be on the front lines of the international drug war.
But first, his sister recalled, the young agent summoned relativesand said, "You know what my job is now. If I know you do drugs or selldrugs, I'll bury you." The message was clear: No one's above the law, not even family.
Twenty years younger than his cousin, Sal Martinez – Mike to old friends, Sal to most everyone else – came from a different generation. He identified more with Sonny Crockett of Miami Vice than Sheriff Andy Taylor of The Andy Griffith Show.
But he was an obedient kid. And when the neighborhood bully picked onhim, he asked his mother's permission to fight back. "Hit him so hard he never hits you again," Nelly Martinez told him.
The boy went out and did it.
At El Paso's Ysleta High School, the teen went out for football.
Mr. Martinez was soon a star cornerback, and the Class of '80 votedhim its most popular student. In 1985, he became a Texas state trooper and was quickly drawn to the excitement. "I think he got his degree in high-speed car chases," jokes his father, a retired bus driver.
After a stint with the U.S. Customs Service, Mr. Martinez joined theDEA. And life was good – until Bruno's murder.
Lionel "Bruno" Jordan was the "baby" of the family. Four children came before him. At 44, his mother hadn't expected a fifth. "But when Bruno was born, we were so happy," she says.
"I used to take him to work and show him off," says her husband, Antonio.
By high school, Bruno had grown to a strapping 6 feet and won a "best legs" contest. "Girls followed him just to touch his legs," an aunt says.
Phil says he and Bruno were close even though 25 years separated them.
"I knew he was my brother, but it's almost as if he were an older son," he says. "He was always volunteering to do things for other family members, like fill out tax returns. He looked after my own children and his parents, too.
Bruno worked at Men's Wearhouse in El Paso to pay for school and dreamed of becoming a prosecutor. He also wanted a family, and he and his girlfriend, Patricia Avila, planned to marry sometime in the summer of 1995.
He was killed on Jan. 20, 1995. Neither the Ford Silverado he was driving nor the gun was ever found. But within a half hour, police arrested a suspect, Miguel Angel Flores, then 13 and from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border.
The boy initially confessed to the killing but later denied involvement. And Mexican officials, worried he'd be railroaded, helped in his legal defense.
The case wound its way through court for years. During the second of three trials, in May 1995, the boy's mother said her son was a "goodkid" who washed car windows and juggled to earn grocery money.
Jurors voted 12-0 to convict the boy of murder, and a judge gave him 20 years. But there was a problem with State's Exhibit No. 12, the jacket allegedly worn by the boy. A juror found something police had missed: A marijuana cigarette in the left pocket's lining.
The joint made the boy look guilty, his lawyer argued. The judge let the verdict stand, but that decision was later overturned. In the third trial, jurors voted 11-1 to convict, but since the vote wasn't unanimous, the judge ruled a mistrial. So after four years in jail, the teenager was freed and went to Mexico.
Phil Jordan dug deeper into the case and says he found Smurf wasallegedly part of a car-theft ring linked to a Juarez drug gang. Hesuspects gang bosses may have ordered Bruno's murder to hurt him at DEA, but he has no concrete evidence of that.
The killing occurred just three days before Mr. Jordan took over as director of the El Paso Intelligence Center, the world's largest narcotics intelligence outfit. Traffickers might have been sending him amessage, some of his agent friends say.
If so, it didn't work. Mr. Jordan only became more outspoken about drug corruption in Mexico, angering DEA brass.
Then, about six months after Bruno's murder, Phil left the agency. Thirty years in law enforcement was enough, he says. But he was also fed up with U.S. drug policy. American authorities, he says, care more about free trade with Mexico than cracking down on the drug cartels.
"Drug traffickers are the single most significant threat to U.S. national security," he says.
Sal Martinez was much closer to Bruno than to Phil. The cousins hung out during family gatherings and were much better friends than Phil says he ever realized.
But Phil and Sal did have one thing in common: A firm belief that drug traffickers were about the lowest form of human existence. And over some relatives' protests, Sal volunteered for a perilous undercover assignment in Mexico.
Loyalty to country seems to run in the family. The agent's grandmother, Felipa, flatly refused when her immigrant neighbors in El Paso told her to take down the American flag on Mexico's Independence Day in September.
"Because this is where my hunger ended," she said.
His job required him to schmooze with Mexican agents, but Mr. Martinez sometimes went too far, taking them drinking, the agent says.
If Mr. Martinez had been an insurance agent from Peoria and not a drug agent from the raucous borderlands, things might have been different. But he grew up seeing life's rough side. He saw what traffickers did: Daylight executions, bodies dumped in ditches, hands and feet bound, signature gunshots to the head and chest.
Residents in El Paso, a hot drug corridor, often suspected who thegangsters were. A man named Vicente Carrillo, a boss in the Juarez gang, would venture into town in his sleek green Lexus. People whispered about the $100 bills he threw around, but they asked few questions.
Mr. Martinez had to ask questions, which was risky business. A gang of traffickers and corrupt cops once swept in with automatic weapons andthreatened to kill him, he says, while he was alone in Juarez investigating a multi-ton drug load.
In September 1999, Sal Martinez drove to an Exxon gas station in McAllen, Texas, and met with Jaime Yanez, a Mexican state police chief he had gotten to know a few years earlier.
The agent handed the police chief an envelope. Inside was a Polaroidphoto of Smurf. Mr. Martinez allegedly asked the commander to arrange Smurf's murder. Instead, the cop told the FBI about it.
Later, the commander secretly taped Mr. Martinez. The DEA agent allegedly showed him a pistol – a blue-steel .38-caliber Colt – andpromised him at least $10,000, the FBI says.
The FBI arrested Mr. Martinez on Dec. 14. Days later, the agent said he was stunned. "My emotions were misinterpreted and built into a criminal case … I'm not a criminal," he says.
Phil lashed out at U.S. authorities.
"If the FBI had spent a fraction of its time investigating the carjacking murder of my brother, maybe we wouldn't be in this predicament," he says.
Top DEA officials were quick to condemn Sal. But many agents backed him. DEA Watch, a Web site that posts the views of special agents – S/A's – reported the latest buzz.
"The only criticism I have for this S/A is that he did not do the job himself," an agent wrote Dec. 14.
The Watch also told agents how to help Mr. Martinez with his legalbills. The feeling then was that the FBI had set him up. And while theFBI won't comment on that, prosecutor Mary Lou Castillo points to a single fact: On Feb. 3, Mr. Martinez pleaded guilty.
"People who are truly innocent are not going to rush to plead guilty," she says.
Mr. Martinez says prosecutors played hardball, telling him they were going to pile on more charges if he didn't cave in.
Back on Frutas Street, Beatriz and Antonio Jordan are in the white frame house where they've lived since 1947. The trucks have stopped rumbling by, and only the distant sound of barking dogs breaks the night air.
Beatriz has turned Bruno's old bedroom into a shrine of sorts. His books on Texas penal code and cracking down on teen offenders are in a neat row, and his old lottery tickets are in a box. Relatives sometimes play his favorite numbers … 746 and 835.
Beatriz says she sometimes tells the priests and nuns at church how much she misses Bruno. She also has her angels, some arranged so they appear to gaze at photos of her son. And she's sure Bruno hears her when she prays.
But no one believes she'll ever be the same. And even though she and her husband built a new home away from the barrio, they don't plan to leave the house where angels stand guard.


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The 2018 Audi Allroad offers shoppers a slightly different take on the standard wagon, with strong performance, light off-roading capability and the benefit of a large cargo area it is a practical go-anywhere vehicle. The high level of standard equipment and luxurious interior further add to its appeal.


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Allen High School cheerleader shot dead in Lewisville shopping plaza
LEWISVILLE, Texas - Lewisville police need help tracking down the person who shot and killed a 16-year-old cheerleader from McKinney.
School may be out for summer, but that didn't stop A'mya Batie's classmates from gathering at Allen high school to talk about her death.
Her friends and Lewisville police detectives are desperate for answers.
Batie was shot to death Thursday night in the parking lot of a Lewisville shopping center. Investigators say a man who was with her, believed to be between 18 and 25 years old, is in critical condition, and a third victim has minor injuries.
Batie was an Allen High School varsity cheerleader who would have been a senior this coming year. Her friends described her as the glue who held the cheer squad together
She was shot to death in the parking lot of a Lewisville shopping plaza. The medical examiner says she died of homicidal violence after a gunshot in the chest.
Batie's best friend says the 16-year-old talked about possibly going to a house party in Lewisville Thursday night. Hours later, she woke up to the news that A'mya was dead.
"She wasn't saying that she was going, but she just kind of sent it like, 'Hey, this is an option for tonight,'" said Lauren Bradfield, A'mya's best friend.
Lewisville police say a motive is unclear and have not said how or why they believe A'mya ended up in the parking lot of the shopping plaza. Her friends are sad and angry.
"She was just a special person," Bradfield said. "And for her to be gone for gun violence to be the reason, I think that needs to be part of the conversation and not just the fact that she was a cheerleader who was maybe in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Police say there were a lot of people in the area at the time of the shooting and believes someone knows what happened.
"A lot of people were in the area at the time of the shooting, and we believe someone knows who is responsible for this act. Any information you might have could help bring justice to this teenage victim and her family. We ask that you join us in offering support and sympathy to the victims and their families," the Lewisville Police Department said.
"A'mya deserves justice. She didn't deserve this. We're all at a loss for words," said Tori West, JV cheer coach at Allen High School.
Batie's coaches and fellow cheerleaders gathered at Allen High School Friday to mourn the murder of the 16-year-old rising senior.
"I told them, and of course they were all upset. We spent a little time together, said a prayer, and let them kind of talk about her," said Cindy Gambill, varsity cheer coach at Allen High School.
"It's crazy because we were all at cheer camp a month ago with her, and that never crossed my mind that would be the last time that I saw her," cheer teammate Molly Ryan said.
Bradfield has a message for the person responsible for her best friend's murder.
"Your conscious is going to be the one to tell you if this is wrong or right, and this is definitely wrong," she said. "And if you know something to help someone get peace, especially her mom and little brother, who is four, you should be the one to say, 'Hey, I was there. This is what happened. This is what I know.' Regardless of the consequence."
Word of the deadly shooting spread across social media.
Police say there were a lot of people who were in the area at the time of the shooting.
"What we need is for you to stop talking about it on social media and bring us that information. We need to find whoever killed this 16-year-old girl, and we can't do that without your help," Lewisville PD spokeswoman Lynn O'Donnell said.
Investigators continue to speak to witnesses and gather evidence. Police said it's not yet clear what led up to the shooting. They have interviewed a few witnesses but still have no motive or clear description of the suspect.
"If you saw anything, if you heard anything. If you were in the area between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., please contact us," O'Donnell added.
Detectives are also searching for surveillance video that may offer them some insight into exactly what happened.
A third person had minor injuries. Anyone with information is urged to call the Lewisville Police Department at 972-219-TIPS.


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Inconsistency is human, but try to be nice about it.
Cult Classic: Richard Siken's Crush
By Emma Winsor Wood
Blood and leather. A back-alley stabbing at an innocent dance on a courthouse lawn. Witty asides. Dread so palpable you can practically hear the slow creep of chords in the diminished fifth. It's no coincidence that Richard Siken's Crush, winner of the 2005 Yale Younger Poet prize, can be described with the same vocabulary as an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: like the long-running series, Crush is a self-consciously campy work that has become a cult classic.
People who claim not to like poetry go out and buy Siken's book after reading a single poem, which has likely been have blogged and re-blogged with a short introduction that asserts this is one of the blogger's absolute favorite poems of all time. Scholars and poets also frequently describe their relationship to Siken in superlative terms: one writer included Siken on a list of poets who changed my life, while another poet writes that she "literally carried Crush everywhere I went for three or four years." After a ten-day stint at a writers conference, no fewer than five poets directed me to Siken, his name coming off their lips with the same tenderness allotted to a lover:
"Have you read Richard Siken?"
"You know what you'd love? Crush by Richard Siken."
"Have you heard of Richard Siken?"
"Has anyone ever told you to read Crush by Richard Siken?"
"You should read Siken."
Film critics identify cult classics not only by a devoted fanbase, but also in large part by the transgressiveness and marginality of the content. Crush is a book by a gay male poet that creates a vivid portrait of violent, BDSM-influenced male sexuality; by thus flouting traditional social norms, Siken's book lands firmly within the critical definition of a cult classic. It's not surprising that, as a gay man coming of age in the post-Rocky Horror era, Siken chose to borrow images and rhetoric from the camp aesthetic. It's more surprising that, in drawing up on the tropes of the genre, Siken created his own cult classic.
According to Susan Sontag's classic essay "Notes on Camp" (1964), "The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration." Given this definition, one might say that camp's natural habitat is the stage (or, today, the cinema)—for the theater, as a space in which men costume and disguise their true selves to enact fictions before a complicit audience, has long been associated with duplicity and histrionics. Sontag continued on to write that "Camp sees everything in quotation marks." As a culture whose prevailing sensibility is epitomized by the air quote, we have embraced camp so heartily that what started off as a symbol of the counterculture has fully permeated the mainstream. The 1990s produced the popular TV shows Buffy, The X-Files, and Charmed, now often held up as camp artifacts, as well as the Austin Powers and Scream franchises, which were at the forefront of a growing trend toward intentional camp. Even the midnight viewing of Rocky Horror is no longer an event restricted to misfits and non-comformists; instead it has almost become a teenage rite of passage.
Although not all campy films are cult classics, all cult classics are considered campy. What links movies like Barbarella, Clockwork Orange, Bride of Frankenstein, Heathers is the size and scope of their ambition—expressed not only in visual exaggeration, but also in their fantastic storylines, which seem too outlandish or impossible to be believed. Contemporary film directors are all too aware of the correlation between camp and cult: in their attempts to create so-called instant cult classics, they produce films like Snakes on a Plane, which, although they might not go on to become cult hits, are widely viewed as pure camp.
Almost every poem in Crush is a movie on paper. I mean that in a concrete sense: Siken writes with a precise, filmic imagery and a screenwriter's terminology. You could say, as Sontag says about camp, that Crush "is the farthest extension, in sensibility, of the metaphor of life as theater." Or, rather, life as film. And not just any film, but a campy genre film. Which genre depends on the poem. There is the melodrama:
We're filming the movie called Planet of Love—
there's sex of course, and ballroom dancing,
fancy clothes and waterlilies in the pond…
There's a part in the movie
where you can see right through the acting,
where you can tell that I'm about to burst into tears,
right before I burst into tears
and flee to the slimy moonlit riverbed
canopied with devastated clouds.
the horror film:
The radio aches a little tune that tells the story of what the night
is thinking. It's thinking of love.
It's thinking of stabbing us to death
and leaving our bodies in a dumpster.
the Western:
There's smashed glass glittering everywhere like stars. It's a Western,
Henry. It's a downright shoot-em-up.
and the buddy movie:
It's a road movie,
a double-feature, two boys striking out across America, while desire,
like a monster, crawls up out of the lake
with all of us watching, with all of us wondering if these two boys will
find a way to figure it out.
With this appropriation of cinematic lexicon and familiar, genre-specific tropes, Siken appeals to the modern appetite for visual camp and the satisfaction of recognition it provides. He also distances himself from the traditional poetic universe, which is stereotyped as serious and Romantic, with rhymed and metered lines about willows or swans. The casual reader of modern poetry isn't comfortable in that Victorian world. Siken makes that reader comfortable by reproducing the claustrophobia of our atheistic, empirical, and media-saturated culture. He writes about sex and TV shows, sets his poems in parking lots and cheap motels, and uses long prose-y lines that give the sense of relative formlessness. Siken's world is not a vast expanse of ocean and meadow, but rather a film set—
He raises
the moon on a crane for effect, cue the violins.
That's what the violins are for. And yes,
he raises the moon on a crane and scrubs it
until it shines.
or a room—
Everyone in this
room got here somehow and everyone in
this room will have to leave.
or a person—
They want you to love the whole damn world but you won't,
you want it all narrowed down to one fleshy man in the bath…
It is a world where stylization, playfulness, and the theatricalization of experience have triumphed over what Sontag calls "the pantheon of high culture": truth, beauty, and seriousness. It is a world where camp has replaced art. There is something safe and comforting in the smallness of this world; it is a world we recognize.
And yet, although Siken's poems preference the built world over the natural, tend toward exaggeration, and approach serious matters with frivolity—although, in short, they sound a lot like camp—Crush transcends camp. Sontag writes that "camp and tragedy are antitheses," and there is real tragedy at the core of Siken's book: Crush was written partly as a response to the death of his boyfriend in the early 90s. In one of the poems excerpted above, I omitted a section that does not conform to the expectations of camp. That section, included below, hints at a depth and complexity that precludes the work from being classified as camp.
fancy clothes and waterlilies in the pond, and half the night you're
a dependable chap, mounting the stairs in lamplight to the bath, but then
the too white teeth all night,
all over the American sky, too much to bear, this constant fingering,
your hands a river gesture, the birds in flight, the birds still singing
outside the greasy window, in the trees.
where you can see right through the acting…
At "but then," the sentence transforms from a description of a campy movie scene into a lyrical flight of fancy, which reads as a literal yearning to flee the nostalgia and kitsch of the set scene. This reading is reinforced by the sentence's grammatical devolution into a series of fragments spliced together with commas: it is as if Siken is trying to escape from the confines of the sentence itself. The grammatical breakdown also speaks to the power of the emotions stirred up by the narrator's recollection of the "you" addressed throughout the poem. He cannot translate the feeling, which is "too much to bear," into a coherent sentence. Contemporary syntax fails him. Our cultural lexicon, with its focus on media and pop culture, fails him, too. In those four lines, Siken turns from the glamorous language of the screen to the poet's conventional subject: the natural world.
Crush is full of these momentary glimpses of another world, an older, slower, and—perhaps—better one. A world not yet cut to fit our screens. You should read him.
Emma Winsor Wood is Editor of Stone Soup, the magazine for kids by kids. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA and tweets @emmawinsorwood. More from this author →
Tags: camp, crush, Emma Winsor Wood, Richard Siken
Filed Under: Poetry, Rumpus Original


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BTS: PTD in Seoul
Posted byhallieandannie March 19, 2022 Posted inAll, Annie, BTS, K-PopTags:All, Annie, BTS, hobi, jhope, jimin, jin, jungkook, kpop, namjoon, rm, suga, taehyung, v, yoongi
Selfie image of (from left) Jung Hoseok, Kim Namjoon, Kim Taehyung, Jeon Jungkook, Min Yoongi, Park Jimin, and Kim Seokjin. Copyright goes to BTS, their social media, and HYBE Entertainment.
I wasn't sure I was going to write about this but, with the addition of their new Vlive and some recent news, I couldn't not. I watched two nights of this one, though it was all virtual. Considering that they locked down this concert so only people with South Korean phone numbers could attend, there was no way possible for international fans to go. Which is a move I seriously agree with. There were a lot of international fans talking about how much they would like to go to this concert when it was first announced, but this concert really should have only been for Seoul residents. Partly because of how much more strict Seoul is with Covid precautions than any place in the states. And these restrictions definitely affected the concerts in several ways. I know that one of the nights of this concert was widely released in theaters, and though I didn't watch this night I definitely want to talk about this too. Because more and more ARMYs are talking about their positive and negative experiences having watched it in theaters. So, with all of this I'm just going to get into it!
Jin:
I think the first thing I want to address is the fact that Jin severely injured his finger recently. Which may mean that Jin will be in a cast for several concerts coming up. We don't know how exactly this may impact the performances, but the most important part is that he recovers quickly and gets plenty of rest. I really hope he gets well soon!
Day 1 Online Streaming:
One of the biggest shocks of this night was that Namjoon's hair is now blonde! It's very common for at least one of them to have colored hair, but it usually isn't Namjoon who ends up with it. So seeing him make this change was pretty surprising and it's always a look he pulls off well! From there though, there were only a few changes to the setlist. One of them being the addition of 'Wings', which was one of the song performances that most people speculated they would add on. Most of the set changes people were expecting, however, didn't actually happen in any of the days of this concert. I know many ARMY were hoping for 'Louder Than Bombs'. And it was widely speculated that they would perform it on one of the days, especially after a clip with edited audio went pretty viral making it seem as though they were practicing it in the venue. Other speculations included 'Pied Piper' and 'Sea' because of promotional billboards that had lyrics from these songs on them. But it became pretty clear why the set list remained the way it was for the most part, especially after it felt as though they were speaking to the audience less and their ending ments were significantly shorter than in LA. While the show was pretty similar, each night had a shorter run time than what we saw in LA because of Covid precautions. The stage itself had much more room for background sets, though. I loved the greenery in the background during 'Black Swan' and the giant sculpted hands for 'Fake Love' especially.
Day 2 Online Streaming (Theater Viewing):
This is all going to be based off of experiences that I've heard from other ARMY and some clips and photos that were leaked. This day was particularly bad for performance because it actually started pouring rain. The boys were completely soaked through in some of their costumes and the floor became slippery, causing Yoongi to slip and fall on one occasion and Jimin to slip and fall on two occasions. None of them really got hurt, but it was clear that performing in those conditions wasn't the best. Still, they all made the most of it and still seemed to have fun doing it! The biggest concern for this day, was actually what many ARMY were reporting happened at the theaters. I was very glad to hear that ARMY were cheering as if it was an actual concert, but many were reporting that some of the boys were receiving less cheers than others. A couple people said that people weren't at all cheering for Namjoon or Hobi at their showings. We talk a lot about how each of the boys should be getting your equal support. It's ok to have a bias, but don't only cheer for your bias! It's been pretty clear that as new fans join, there's a lot more popularity with the maknae members or with Yoongi than with the other hyungs. Your bias is based off of your personal preference, so that's fine! And Jin, Hobi, and Namjoon still have plenty of fans! But you need to also give them love too. I personally can't wait to go to my next BTS concert in all Namjoon merch!
There were two events in particular that stood out to me this day. One was Jungkook's button, which is now being widely talked about. Including by Jungkook himself. Jungkook through part of the concert wears a black jacket with no shirt underneath. This is the same look as in LA. But this time, Jungkook's button couldn't quite keep it together anymore. He might as well have been shirtless, which of course is one of the most talked about bits of the concert. The other was that Namjoon was fairly tired from having had insomnia the night before, mostly involving some anxiety over what he was going to say for his ending ment for the last Seoul concert. This caused him to start yawning uncontrollably during the ending ments, which Jin called him out for. Jin and Tae then made Namjoon stand up with his arms over his head until he stopped yawning or until it was at least his turn for his ending ment. I laughed so hard during this bit!
Ending Thoughts:
I absolutely loved these concerts and I love that they were able to play in Seoul for only the people who live there who have been waiting for them! But, you could tell that they were frustrated with the lack of cheering. Namjoon even noted in the recent Vlive that they actually couldn't hear the fan clappers when they had their in-ears in. Which made it even more frustrating for them. Though these concerts were amazing, I do hope they are able to perform in Seoul again soon without having the fans have to use clappers. They deserve to hear cheering in their home country! Hopefully cases continue to go down. I also prefer the longer concerts because they talk to us so much more casually and it really feels like there's a connection between the boys and ARMY. Hopefully longer concerts will also be in the cards for them soon in Seoul! But nevertheless, these concerts were just as well performed and I loved seeing them! Even if I did have to stay up to ungodly hours to watch them, which for BTS is always more than worth it.
I'm still holding out the smallest hope that I will possibly be able to go to the Vegas concert, but whether or not I'll be able to go, I'll at least continue to watch the online streams! I always love them, there are always adorable moments, and there's always a good excuse to watch BTS do anything! But these concerts really had the warmth and love from so many people having waited for them for so long.
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carolyntgray says:
I went to the live screening in UK, and the audience was generally very quiet, I just shouted for Tae, Wings & Anpanman to try and get others to shout a bit!! It was a bit sad watching them slide around in the rain, but glad they were all Ok for the next day.
hallieandannie says:
Even with quiet audiences, I love that there were ARMYs like you cheering for their biases! The rain that day looked like it was insane! I'm glad the boys laughed off all of their minor injuries! Thanks for reading!- Hallie


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Summary: A comparison of the achievement of wisdom through suffering in Homer's The Odyssey.
It is often noted in literature that wisdom can only be gained through suffering. As Siddhartha denied himself pleasure and Morrie slowly died, Odysseus, too, suffered to attain wisdom. Homer expertly demonstrated this throughout his epic novel.
A primary indicator of the great tactician's wisdom is how he commanded his troops. By leading all his troops into a single cave, he allowed many of them to be devoured by the Cyclops. The moral of this story was not lost on him, however. He uses this knowledge to make better decisions later on. When they land on the land of the Laistrygones, rather than parading everyone out to observe the area, Odysseus wisely decided to send "out two picked men and a herald to learn what race of men this land sustained" (Homer 168).
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"These ten songs stylistically traverse a great mix of old school power, thrash, and classic metal influences across the US/European spectrum. It's great to still hear a band like Worwyk executing this style in 2022 – as there is an audience for Dark Embrace, although it may be cult-like in the US compared to say mainland Europe, Canada, South America and the Far East. When it's a labor of love, quality will shine bright like a diamond as it does here."
Dead Rhetoric Webzine review of the Wowryk album Dark Embrace
"I am totally under the spell of this album. I didn't expect it to hit me this hard. This is stuff for fans of Savatage, Tad Morose, Annihilator or Jacob's Dream put in a blender with let's say Ambeon or Epica. It holds all of the strengths of these kind of bands and is musically strong enough to compete with them. The song writing is impressive and the musical performances are equally strong. I adore dark and melancholic music and Divisiv gives me what I want...goose bumps at the right moments. This is just some outstanding metal - a top album for 2019."
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Divisiv album Adharma
"Fans of US Power Metal – described as the well-known combination of NWOBHM, old progressive Metal and melodic thrash metal – will easily adore this record. This well produced CD is full of first class catchy hooks, razor sharp riffs, incredible well played leads and powerful arrangements. It's like Megadeth in a meeting with the mighty Eidolon, Helstar, Symphony X and a band like Witherfall. You might even add a bit of Savatage, Fates Warning or even Death."
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Worwyk album Decapitator
"...the song writing shows that Tom remains a fan of pure heavy metal...the sound of the guitars says it all. He perfectly knows how to add good rhythms and melodies to the music...just the way it should be to touch the soul of the listener. With Shadows Black he wrote a very good Gothic Metal album with good production...a 'must have' for any fan of the genre."
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Shadows Black album Your World
"...pure U.S. power metal, a bit of AOR or melodic hard rock, gothic metal, just heavy metal and some experimental stuff. Overall this is a very enjoyable album because of the good production, the outstanding vocals, the great songs and the enthusiasm that drips out of my speakers."
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Insynirator album Lost in the Darkness
"This is heavy metal with lots of influences from the eighties...old-school lovers...go for this album!"
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"Shadows Black is US Metal at a very high level, and defines all the necessary ingredients to mention as a 'masterpiece'. All the tracks on this new album have a little gem to explore. They all contain a little secret that lifts the overall structure to heights, and isn't that a rarity nowadays? Worwyk can be proud on their achievement, and I'm really glad that they continue stubborn and willful as their tenacious character reflects in an album that could end up high in those that want real Metal instead of trends, as this is so pure and classy, it becomes an album that you have to listen to if you call yourself a metalhead!"
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Worwyk album Shadows Black
"Sometimes we are really stunned about the material that we receive on our desk. Now and then, a totally unknown band delivers a package with an album that blows our socks off. I must admire Worwyk for having this appropriate talent. Once you have listened to all tracks, you will have the need to play it again and again. My favorites of this album are 'As You Die' (what a cool chorus, mixed with the acoustic part), 'Malignant' (title track and best arrangement on this album) and 'Selling Sickness' (what an aggression, I just love this up-speed anthem). WORWYK was a real pleasure to explore and this band and name will be etched in my brain for the next coming years. I hope that we will hear of this band in the future."
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Worwyk album Malignant
"We were first introduced to metal heavyweights Worwyk when their 'In Solitude' CD came through our doors a few years back. They were mind-blowing then, and, well, they might just have graduated to mind-annihilating. We're using "they" a bit loosely here, and it's technically inaccurate to use the term "band" to classify this project. It's really the work of one man (though he did recruit a new vocalist for this outing), Chicago's Tom Vitacco, a guy who loves to crank out the metal, but prefers to keep it in the studio. After you hear the 1-2 punch of "As You Die" and "Greed," you'll see why: the versatility and complexities harnessed in these two tracks alone are worth the price of admission. Comfortable with slow progressions as well as skull-rattling riffs, Vitacco is dexterous on the guitar and a perfectionist with the production. It all comes together on this disc, and we don't have any doubt that it'll be one of the best underground metal releases you'll hear all summer."
Brad at CD Baby
"The music on display is a varied, occasionally technical, mixture of power, speed and thrash which will please a wide gamut of fans, especially those who were following the 80's American scene as reflected in the works of acts like Attacker, Nasty Savage, Helstar, Laaz Rockit, Metal Church, etc. His is the way of the lonely warrior, the clandestine troubadour whose presence can always be felt, always reliant and prepared to instigate another "rebellion" whenever the need for one arises."
Metal Archives review
"Worwyk's album is a heavy and melodic band that has a very unique sound. Comparing their music to anyone else is somewhat of a challenge, but I'd have to say they have a Killswitch Engage meets Queensryche kind of sound about them (a unique blend I know). Their music sounds new, but often takes me back to the comfort of older metal, and I'm perfectly fine with that."
MelodyHunt Blog
"Haunting vocals, sometimes raspy, sometimes clear, floating over intricate, progressive influenced metal. Lots of blistering solos, melodic tempo changes and crisp drums all blend together into a tight wall of sound. Jason Russo's voice reaches high and low demonstrating his wide range and talent behind the mic. Worwyk is a studio only project headed by Tom Vitacco. Tom writes all the music and handles all the mixing, mastering and artwork. He also samples all the bass, drums and keyboard sequences. Jason was brought on to fulfill the vocal role after former vocalist, Mike O'Hara, was no longer available. Each track on this CD showcases the guitar talent of Tom Vitacco and the vocal range and talent of Jason Russo. They sound like they were destined to play together in a band. While the previous releases of Worwyk were good, this CD far surpasses them. Stand out tracks include Consequences and Greed."
Terry Bunch - Metal Life website
"In Solitude" is in the first place very unique, sounds real powerful/US Metal minded and has eight technical songs on board with a flammable production. The style of Worwyk's music to me is a blend of US Power and Thrash Metal, sometimes with a little bit of Prog influences. They're pretty original, not that easy to compare with other bands but more than worthy enough to spread the news that these guys delivering the goods! Both US Power/Thrash Metal defenders, keep away from solitude and find yourself a way that leads to a band called Worwyk. Media, press and worshippers of great independent Metal music...spread the word and keep the underground scene alive!"
Metal to Infinity Webzine review of the Worwyk album In Solitude
Hail Worwyk! One man and heavy metal destroying my ears. Excellent! Stay brutal brother."
METALIRON from MySpace
"An infectious drum beat pushed the listener into equally addictive guitar riffs. Growly vocals add to this pulse pounding song. This one will get you up out of your seat and banging your head."
Power Chord Magazine review of Worwyk song "Treatment"
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With the wealth of options out there for lens-adapting and DIY modifications, many industrious photographers are taking things to the next level. The process of adapting anamorphic projection lenses to a take-up lens has been well-established for years now.
This results in a squashed image that can be stretched in post-production to a wider ratio. It's a form of panoramic images that have a distinct cinematic look thanks to the unusual bokeh and interesting flare. Casey Cavanaugh, or as he's known by his YouTuber moniker, GxAce, has expanded on this idea by adapting an anamorphic lens to his Hasselblad 500C/M using a DIY machined lens mount that makes the alignment match up perfectly with his chosen take-up lens, the Zeiss 150mm f/4. The anamorphic lens he chose for this is the Sankor 16C 2x, the 2x being the ratio of the lens, which results in a wider ratio for the image than the more traditional 2.35:1.
His end result is a modified outfit that suits a medium format film setup, and if you are looking for an Xpan-like film experience in a medium format body, then this could be a great way to go.
I have been shooting video with projector anamorphic lenses for a few years now as they are the far cheaper alternative to actual cinema anamorphics. With the 2x anamorphic that I have, the aspect ratio is rather wide when paired with a 16x9 sensor, and as a result, you usually have to end up cropping the sides off the image to get a more normal widescreen image, which isn't the most ideal scenario.
One day, I had realized that 6x6 medium format would actually get me a lot more pleasing image straight out of the camera and would get me much closer to my desired 2.35:1 aspect ratio. My first attempt at mounting an anamorphic was to a Mamiya C220. This setup was extremely cumbersome because of the nature of a twin lens reflex. You needed to first mount the lens to the focusing lens on the Mamiya, focus both the anamorphic and the camera, and then move the anamorphic down to the taking lens and hope everything was still in focus and the anamorphic was still aligned and take your shot. When I later came across a cheap 500C/M, I knew I had to try this setup again but with the relative ease of an SLR.
My inspiration for pursuing a similar setup for crop-frame was a conversation I had with a unit stills photographer who was showing me his previous work from a feature film. He had taken a remarkable portrait with an Xpan and the 90mm f/4 lens. The cinematic nature of the panorama photo coupled with the image itself set me off on a quest to produce similarly styled images.
The Xpan was out of the question at the time, as the price was too prohibitive. After some research, I discovered small filmmaking communities online who were adapting anamorphic projector lenses to the front of a take-up lens. This was a much more affordable endeavor, so I was off to the races.
I put together a Kowa 2x anamorphic lens and paired it with the required clamps and step-down rings to get it mounted onto a Canon 50mm FDn f/1.4 lens. The crop factor of my Fuji X-T2 meant that 50mm was the lowest focal length I could go, as vignetting would become more apparent lower than that. In all, it took me about a week to find the stuff I needed.
But as luck would have it, soon after putting my Canon and Kowa kit together, I ended up scoring that Xpan gear so the lens and adapter combo was left by the wayside on my ever-expanding and needless G.A.S. shelf.
Unfortunately, I just recently sold my anamorphic lens and with this DIY solution, I think I may regret that. I have a great Hasselblad 500C/M to pair it with, so I guess it's off to eBay to try to hunt another one down.
So, I'm an amateur machinist at best and am mostly self taught (with the help of some awesome friends at my local maker space). The adapter took somewhere between 4-6 hours to make, from cutting the raw aluminum, measuring, turning on the lathe to drilling, and tapping the screw threads.
The biggest obstacle was and is really the dual-focus nature of the setup. Due to the design of this particular anamorphic lens, you are required to focus both the camera lens and the anamorphic lens to achieve an in-focus image. This was further complicated by the fact that the distance scale on the anamorphic lens did not correlate to that of the Hasselblad lens, so you had to really just hunt around with either lens until it was in focus.
I solved this issue by setting up a series of focus targets and measured them out with a measuring tape. I then made sure it was completely in focus and then labeled a piece of gaff tape on the anamorphic lens with the new correct distance. Now I guess a ballpark distance by sight and focus both lenses to that distance and then do a small final adjustment, and it's in focus!
Cavanaugh said that he went through two different adapters before settling on his third version. The first two consisted of an adapter for a Mamiya C220 followed by a rough version for the Hasselblad setup. The third one is the one he used for the actual video production and incorporated some final changes to address small issues from the previous version.
When asked about taking orders for adapters, Cavanaugh said: "I have considered it and actually have received a few requests for commissions; however, with a one-man operation and no CNC, the prices wouldn't be super cheap since the amount of time alone is a significant investment for me. I'm really giving it some thought."
For Casey's next project, he wants to adapt a Nikonos 35mm f/2.5 lens to Leica M-Mount after being inspired by the works of Miyazaki-san of MS-Optical and boutique Leica lens fame.
As far as the Hasselblad kit goes, I think this one is a rousing success.
Nathan McMahon is a photographer hailing from Los Angeles. When he's not taking photos, he's buying and selling so much gear that he gives G.A.S. a hard time. Seriously. He can't stop buying stuff. But he eventually sells it all anyways. He's gotta make money somehow.
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Mrs. Rita Cortez Luther
December 19, 1959 - December 9, 2018
Mrs. Rita Cortez Davis Luther was born to the late Russell L. Davis, Sr., and Annie Hunter Davis on December 19, 1959. God called her home on December, 9, 2018. Rita was formally educated in the Salisbury-Rowan School System and graduated from Salisbury High School in 1978. Rita was known for her bright warm smile, and outgoing personality. She never met a stranger! She enjoyed working with people, which led her to a career in the healthcare field. She worked as a nurse's assistant at both Magnolia Gardens and The Laurels of Salisbury Nursing Homes. She went on to work many years as a CNA at Rowan Memorial Novant Hospital until health problems prevented her from performing her duties. Rita was a member of Henderson Grove Baptist Church in Salisbury, throughout her early life. After her marriage to James Luther in August of 2000, she became a dedicated and faithful member of Shady Grove Baptist Church in East Spencer, where she willingly served on various auxiliaries. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, James C. Luther, whom she dearly loved, and nephew Russell L. Davis, III. Those who shall forever cherish her memories are one sister, Crystal Davis of Clarkston, GA; one brother, Russell L. Davis, Jr. (Tina Kelly), of Spencer, NC; nephews and nieces (her heartbeats) Trae', Xzavier, Khalil, T'sion, Sa'Niyah, Raleigh, and LaSheria. She also leaves behind a number of step-sons, step-daughters, grandchildren, other relatives and close friends. Funeral Arrangement: visitation at 12:30PM followed by service 1PM, Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, East Spencer, North Carolina. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Church Cemetery. The family are accepting friends at Russell Davis residence, 710 Fourth Street, Spencer, North Carolina. Boone-Carroll Funeral Home of Cleveland is assisting the Luther family. Online condolences may be made at boone-carrollfh.com
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CSI: The Twelfth Season
Review by: Fusion3600
Plot: What's it about?Video: How does it look?Audio: How does it sound?Supplements: What are the extras?
The Las Vegas CSI has solved countless crimes, but now internal shifts could throw off their performance. A new supervisor arrives in D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) and while he has impressive credentials, the rest of the team is hesitant about his style. He wasn't the only new arrival however, as he brought blood expert Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue), who he has worked with in the past. The two have had their differences, but Russell values her talents and knows she is a valuable addition. At the same time, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) has to make some tough decisions that impact her future on the team, so there is a lot of upheaval within the squad. But Las Vegas doesn't give them time to adjust, as some of the most difficult and unusual cases ever flow in on a regular basis, with no breaks. The crew even has to depend on old school methods to solve a case when the entire city winds up in a blackout. The CSI team has cracked some impossible cases over the years, but can they overcome the internal dramas and push forward to ensure justice is served?
This season marks some big changes within CSI, which is sometimes good for a long running series and of course, sometimes it can be disastrous. I have to admit, I wasn't thrilled when Ted Danson was announced as the new lead, but the addition of Elisabeth Shue softened the blow. I wondered how Danson would handle the more dramatic role and while he is by no means Grissom, he isn't as bad as I expected. He seems out of place at times, but his performance is solid enough. Shue is excellent and brings a much needed analytical mind back to the show. As far as the stories, I found this twelfth season to be quite good with a host of memorable, only in Las Vegas cases. The blackout story is perhaps my favorite from this season, as it forces the team to work in an unusual fashion, but I think most of the episodes here are enjoyable. I doubt the chances will win over those who weren't fans before, but I also don't think CSI will lose fans over the shifts. So if you're a CSI fan or just love detective television, then CSI: The Twelfth Season is going to be one you'll want to check out.
Video: How does it look?
The episodes are presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen. I found these episodes to be clean and crisp, but if you're used to the HD versions, there is a dip in visual depth of course. The image still looks sharp however, with solid detail and softness never proves to be a concern. The bright lights and vivid colors of Las Vegas are well replicated, while contrast remains stark and accurate through the entire season. The show looks great here, so fans should be satisfied.
Audio: How does it sound?
A Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is provided and while the show isn't a popcorn action experience, it has a better sound design than you might think. The surrounds get some good presence and when the need arises, even some punches of power. So this is by no means a dull, reserved presentation. The music also amps up the audio a little, while dialogue remains the focus and no lines are lost in the shuffle. So this is a potent, well designed soundtrack that handles the material quite well. This release also includes a stereo surround option, Spanish language track, and English subtitles.
This release also includes audio comments on two episodes, some deleted scenes, and a handful of behind the scenes featurettes.
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This report studies the global Biorational Insecticides market status and forecast, categorizes the global Biorational Insecticides market size (value & volume) by key players, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top players in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia India and Other regions (Middle East & Africa, Central & South America).
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Coștiui, en magyar, Rónaszék, en allemand, Rohnen, est un village de la commune de Rona de Sus en Roumanie dans la province ancienne de Marmatie. Il est situé  à  à l'est de Sighetu Marmaţiei. Dans les environs, il y avait un immense mine de sel.

Village dans le județ de Maramureș

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