My hospital has a New Grad program that requires that new nurses do a few shifts in departments other than the one they were hired in.
When I went through, they were a little vague on the reasons behind it, and I wasn't exactly sure of its purpose. I observed that it had a few positive outcomes, of which the three primary ones were empathy, inter-departmental cohesion, and facilitating lateral movement. While healthcare is divided up into various specialties, we all are on the same side, caring for people's health when they are unable of doing it themselves, so I understood that anything to aid in our working together would be extremely beneficial.
I personally had started my career as a Long-Term/Transitional Care Nurse at a couple nursing homes and was hired on in the ED as a New Grad, even though I had been out of school for a few years, in order to get adequate training to function as an ER nurse. Nurses tend to often feel that other types of nurses have no idea what they go through and often avoid working in other types of nursing because they either feel inadequate, overly-qualified, or just hate dealing with a certain bodily fluid or type of patient.
When I started working in a nursing home, I found that many nurses in that field felt that hospital nurses looked down on them. We had limited resources, especially when management left, and most calls to our patient's primary care providers ended in them ordering the patient be sent to the ER for evaluation. Of course, this usually meant that ER nurses would be exasperated at us for sending them a patient with increased confusion that turned out to be simply a UTI or a ground level fall, just because the patient was on warfarin and we were unable to determine if they had hit their head because their dementia prevented them from answering our questions appropriately. Of course, once we sent these patients to the ER, they would have to deal with those patients trying to climb out of bed without the aid of "sitters" or bed alarms. Their exasperation often bled through when they were receiving report, or giving report. You could hear it in their voice.
Many long-term care nurses, my past self and those I've worked with, feel that they lack what it takes to work in a hospital. Depending on the facility, they may never do tasks that were considered basic nursing skills in Nursing School, like starting IVs. One facility didn't even want nurses using regular IV bags and pumps, but had their out-of-town pharmacy send us "Balloon Pumps" (Technically they are Elastomeric IV Pumps) which we, maybe just I, called Baby Bottles; because that is what they resembled. Of course, these could only be used on patients that came back with a PICC line in place, because we didn't start IVs.
I worked in the ER for 6 months as an ED Tech, because the facility was a bit unsure of hiring a nurse with my work history. I observed how in the busiest of times when an ER nurse was trying to move patients "upstairs" (MedSurg or ICU), they would often feel a palpable amount of cultural tension. Not only did other departments appear to work at different speeds, but had very different goals and ways of doing things. The ER would need to move a patient out to make room for another critical patient as the waiting room filled up, and the nurse upstairs would be asking about the geriatric patient's mother's gravida para when the patient was born…or so it appeared.
When I finished the classroom portion of the New Grad program, many of my ER coworkers asked me why I wasn't going to immediately begin working in the ER, where I was hired. I had a hard time explaining exactly why I'd be going "upstairs" for a couple weeks. I usually ended up telling them that it was probably to help us understand what was going on in other departments so that we could work better together, while I secretly had another theory.
I ended up doing a couple shifts with an ICU nurse before I went to MedSurg. I had worked where my patient load was between 15 and 38, one to two patients seemed like it should be easy. I learned very quickly, that a critical patient often would become a "one-to-one", meaning pretty much all your time was spent on one unstable patient, while other nurses helped out on your less critical patient. It came down to minute details in the interaction between a host of medications and lab values that were ever changing while trying to not get tangled up in all the wires and tubes. I learned that while ER deaths are often quick, the ICU often has to keep a patient "alive" until family members can fly in from out of state. I saw all the care and compassion bestowed on the family as they prepared to take a patient off the vent. While I still appreciate the ICU nurses that don't give me the third degree, and see the halos of the angels upstairs that say "Sounds like you're busy down there, I've read the chart and only have a couple questions…", I learned to be a little more patient with those ICU nurses that seemed to be throwing questions from left field.
My short time in MedSurg started out with me feeling a bit lost, or rather abandoned. The nurse that I was theoretically supposed to work with, backed out last minute. I ended up with a couple other nurses during that time, and really enjoyed myself. I learned how big of a headache it was to take patients in the middle of report, during a med pass, or when they were doing their assessments that left no box unchecked. The number of medications they passed seemed reminiscent of my days in long-term care. As patients often commented, it was like "another whole meal". But, while their patient load was much smaller, the amount of assessment and charting was much greater. They also could do nothing without an order, and getting an order often was a fully-fledged side-quest.
I also learned that many MedSurg nurses were baby nurses as well, since MedSurg hires the most new grads of any department in the hospital. I could see why sometimes the "nurses upstairs" were asking all sorts of questions during report. They were just trying to get a handle on a complex patient or if they were a baby nurse, try to learn something from an experienced nurse. ER nurses, due to the work environment, are often forced to stop patients in their long list of complaints and ask them for "the one reason you are here today". In fact, we may not even be aware of much of a patient's medical history because we are dealing with primary complaints and sending them elsewhere for follow-up care. Our main patient education mantra is, "Come back if you have changing or worsening symptoms, or other concerns". While we may enjoy teaching other nurses some of the things we know, we often don't have the time to teach while tied to the phone. In the chaos of the ER, we might have to say "walk with me" during a conversation or end a conversation to do a time sensitive task.
While I did my rotations upstairs during dayshift, occasionally I'll give report to someone I know, and it really is a completely different experience. I believe that nurses need to work together for best results, both patient outcomes, and staff morale. MedSurg nurses that have come down and worked in the trenches are much revered by ER nurses. Sometimes these nurses can feel abandoned, due to a combination of patient load, uncertainty as to their skill set while working in an unfamiliar department with a different mix of patients, and sadly, because of interdepartmental tensions.
As I mentioned earlier, I secretly held another theory as to why new grad nurses were sent to other departments as part of their program. I had noticed that there were a couple new nurses working in the ER that really "didn't fit". After a few months, they ended up being invited to work in other departments and seemed to excel in their new specialties. I figured that it was a way for other departments to feel out new nurses, to see if they wanted to work with them, if the new nurse found their current placement not fitting them well. This made a lot of sense. When a nurse is recruited to a "rural" hospital, while it may seem like they can easily hire another, the reality is that not everyone wants to live so far away from the amenities they are used to having. A lateral transfer not only has the ability to improve that nurse's fit in the system, but allows that nurse to aid in the cohesion between departments. They end up acting like ambassadors, explaining how other departments work or why they do things a certain way, and they have connections with their old departments which opens up dialog.
In an earlier article, I mentioned how ER nurses can be a bit frustrated by flight nurses because our goal is to keep our patients alive until someone else takes over. Nurse specialties allow nurses to gain a high proficiency in their specific line of work, but we need to realize that we are not better or worse than other specialties and we are all working for the same goal: Patient Satisfaction…I mean to care for others and help them with their illness, injury, or comfort them and their family as their life ebbs away. I write this from the perspective of a nurse, but each and every person that assists in this goal, whether they be the Emergency Dispatcher that takes the first call, the first responders, ambulance crew, CNAs, EMTs, techs, nurses, doctors, ER, MedSurg, ICU, surgery, etc., while we may be on different teams, we all are on the same side and need to know that we cannot do it all alone.
Caleb is an Emergency Room nurse in the California foothills and loves offsetting the fast pace and excitement of work with the calm and quiet countryside of mountain life.
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Dodgers, LHP Heaney agree to $8.5M, 1-year deal
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CARLSBAD, Calif.- The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to an $8.5 million, one-year contract with free agent left-hander Andrew Heaney, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the agreement hadn't been announced.
The 30-year-old Heaney split 2021 between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees, going 8-9 with a 5.83 ERA. The Angels traded him to New York on July 30 for two minor leaguers, and he was 2-2 with a 7.32 ERA in 12 games, including five starts, after the swap.
Heaney's peripheral numbers were better than his ERA, with 150 strikeouts and 41 walks over 129 2/3 innings, sparking speculation he could improve in 2022.
Heaney is familiar with Southern California after pitching for the Angels from 2015-21. He was very briefly a Dodger before that; Los Angeles acquired him from Miami on Dec. 11, 2014, along with Kike Hernandez and Austin Barnes, then shipped him that same day to Anaheim for Howie Kendrick.
Heaney refused an outright minor league assignment from the Yankees on Oct. 7 and became a free agent. He made $6.75 million last season.

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Dulzura's full of schist
"Where there's schist, there's gold"
By Bill Manson, Nov. 14, 2018
Golden Dreams
Jim kicks a slab of schist. Schist, too, is an indicator of gold in the area
"Donald Sheckler always told me, 'If you find schist, there's gold somewhere nearby.'"
Jim looks at the piece of schist rock he's just kicked out of the dirt here, halfway up Mine Canyon. It's a kind of soft, gray slate.
"Donald Sheckler?"
Jim Pintor, lifetime goldseeker
"He was a mining engineer, lived in Dulzura. He says there's gold? There's gold."
I met Jim Pintor and his buddy Ron at the Dulzura Mini Mart.
"There was a gold rush in Dulzura back in the day," says Ron. "It was crazy. And of course Wyatt Earp made it up here. He helped start a tent city over at Mulligan's Flats. They even laid out streets for a town. Built a house of joy, hereabouts, too. Hooker Heaven."
March 1908 picture from the San Diego Union: miners in the Dulzura goldfield
Dulzura, in other words, was the Next Big Thing.
"New Gold Rush On!" trumpeted the New York Times in March, 1908.
"The Dulzura District is the most extensive and richest gold bearing deposit in the world today," Col. J. Lovick Johnson, mining engineer, told the San Diego Union, according to writer Richard Crawford in the U-T, in 2010.
"I've sent my samples to Los Angeles, and feel sure of great results," said Earp. "I predict the greatest boom in history."
Three miles up the road, we've turned off Campo Road — Highway 94 — onto Marron Valley Road. We're on dirt within 20 yards. Hills start looming above us. Ten-acre horse ranches tail off, and the land looks the way it has probably has for at least 12,000 years.
"End County Maintained Road," says a sign. Pretty soon we're walking, south. The hills we see shining in the afternoon sun are Mexico.
We leave the road and start climbing the sides of Mine Canyon. "See? See that scree?" says Jim. "That's tailings from a mine. And see that line through the trees? That's a wagon road they built to bring supplies, pipes, food, and take down the ore. Hundred years ago. Still a scar."
Problem is, I'm looking down, not up. Because Jim's also always saying, "Watch for rattlers. The young ones especially. They'll spurt all their venom into you. The mature ones realize you're not food, so they won't waste their venom. OK. See up there? The bare patch? That's a mine that has collapsed."
I was hoping for romantic entrances, holes in the hills. Instead they're just exposed patches of rock and scree.
"There are some mines with traditional entrances, but the survey maps often don't even show them. Partly, it's they don't want amateurs going into old shafts and getting lost in there or causing a collapse. You'd never find them."
Halfway up a steep hillside we're climbing, a mine bursts out of the bushes. You can see where the entrance was. Big slabs of rock have fallen across it. It has a big scree of tailings even today. "Nobody does this amount of digging for nothing," says Jimmy.
But Dulzura never did produce a whole lot of gold. The boom turned to bust in weeks.
"Dulzura Ore Worthless," read Los Angeles headlines.
"Do you believe there's still gold around?" I ask Jim.
Jim just gives a sly look that tells you one thing: he's still a true believer. "'Where there's schist, there's gold,'" he says, holding his piece of the gray rock.
More stories by Bill Manson
A good time (and timing) in Dulzura — June 7, 2018
Explore a relatively unknown canyon of Anza-Borrego — June 21, 2017
Finger-Pickin' Good — Oct. 7, 2009
Borders Crackdown — April 19, 2007
Wyatt Earp lived on Third Ave., downtown San Diego — Feb. 6, 1986


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Listening to Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood…..
Some readers may perhaps find it a little strange that it has taken me until the closing months of 2012 to arrive at a considered view of Messrs Clapton & Winwood's spasmodic series of reunion gigs and product 'opportunities' which, after all, have been going on for about 5 years now.
On the other hand, that's probably somewhat to the point; back in the day I would have been on the case at once – after all, these two were major deities in the pantheon of rock gods who strutted their fitful hour upon the stage, then (we assumed) disappeared to Hawaii or Malibu or Woodstock to 'hang out' with other rock stars and loads of beautiful girls, take loads of drugs and (eventually) put together another album's-worth of songs that tugged at the social fabric and suggested that the younger generation were more fitting custodians of contemporary society than their elders.
Ugly work, but someone had to do it……nowadays, though, the low spark of high-heeled boys is just a distant glimmer of what it used to be and nobody says much any more about fighting in the streets or changing the world. The torch has passed to another generation and when The Who sing about everyone f-f-f-fading away at the end of the Olympics, you sense that they might even be singing about their own g-g-g-g-generation. It seems that even pill-popping mods from the mid-60's have become commodified and the anger that drove Pete Townshend's original lyric has just dissolved into grumpiness, cynicism and empty spectacle. No wonder I feel able to approach Winwood and Clapton at a more leisurely pace . They're not quite Stadtler & Waldorf yet, but it's definitely more about relaxation than revolution these days.
Winwood & Clapton on stage in 2011
Seen through that kind of lens, Steve & Eric are nowadays really just a couple of ageing geezers whose voices won't quite make those high notes anymore and whose recent solo records hardly sell at all compared to the glory days of the 1970's. And they are far from being alone; every major city in the UK has bands composed of ex-members of this or that or the other band who used to be a big deal and who now get together once in a while in the function rooms of suburban pubs to run through a few of the old favourites – in this town, it's generally ex-members of bands like The Move or the Steve Gibbons Band (or both) who are involved in this kind of thing and if you're a fan, it's no doubt a slightly nostalgic night out.
This is really what Steve and Eric are doing, but such is their residual clout in the minds of fans, promoters and journalists that they're able to stage their bouts of nostalgia to packed houses in huge venues across three continents and record companies will still produce DVD's and double CD's of it all. It's a measure of the stature they once had and an increasingly rare event as most of the heavy hitters from that era -for example, Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin – are unlikely – for one reason or another – to tour again in any major way, leaving only the possibility of a last hurrah from The Rolling Stones to turn back the clocks to when these dinosaurs really did roam the Earth and draw a line under the whole Rock & Roll epoch.
In some respects, Eric Clapton has in any case been backtracking through his career highlights since well before the Millennium rolled around. There have been excursions with B B King and J J Cale ( and if A.A. Milne or e.e. cummings were still alive….) and studio projects based around Robert Johnson's slim songbook. There have been onstage reunions with Cream and with John Mayall – and of course with Winwood, leaving The Yardbirds about the only rolling stone Eric hasn't revisited.
Winwood has been slower to accept the role of a living museum piece and through the 1990's pressed ahead with a series of albums of original material which largely failed to match the illustrious standards of what had gone before. There was one last hurrah with a reformed version of Traffic who released a reasonable final album ('Far from Home') , toured extensively in the USA, supporting bands like the Grateful Dead and played their final gig (though none of us present realised it) at Birmingham's Symphony Hall in September of 1994.
Apart from that and the odd appearance on Jools Holland's TV show, Winwood seems to have concentrated on promoting his career in North America and his profile in the UK has quietly diminished. There was the obligatory 4 CD retrospective in 1995 and even a mildly diverting BBC documentary called 'English Soul' which showed a man largely at peace in his Cotswold hideaway where he has taken on the role of occasional church organist and pillar of the local community. When one of his daughters got married there last year, Charles and Camilla were in attendance and the child of the north Birmingham suburbs seems more than comfortable in his new role as a country squire.
By contrast, Clapton has been a troubled soul for most of his life and even the briefest trawl through his biography inevitably uncovers a catalogue of highs and lows that few can match – and live to tell the tale. Murky family history, controversial and ill-chosen racist outbursts, high-profile encounters with fame, drugs and alcohol and the tragic deaths of those near & dear to him contrast with passionate affairs, a fiendishly complex love life and a 'jet set' lifestyle, lived in the fierce glare of the spotlights.
Eric with his Granny in 1971
Over the years, we have seen the hair get longer and lanker, then be shaved to a grey stubble, the weight has ballooned to saloon bar habitué proportions then miraculously melted away to leave a gaunt ascetic , who sometimes looks more like an accountant or an opthalmologist than a seriously talented guitar player. Because, that is one thing that has remained constant – for all his refuelling problems, his serial affairs and paternity issues, for all the glitzy guest star performances around the world, Eric remains one of the world's premier blues rock guitarists. He has outlasted those whose talents and technique exceeded his own as well as those lesser souls who simply aped his style. He only needs to pick up that guitar and the music takes him; he is lost and 'in the zone' and the accumulated detritus of the years just slips away.
In the end, he is, like Keith Richards, a survivor and his mild and self-effacing approach in interviews or, for example, when cast in the role of Musical Director and M.C. for the 2002 'Concert for George' (Harrison) at the Albert Hall belies the wild excesses he has experienced over the years.
So, if Clapton has caromed erratically off the walls of luxury apartments, rehab rooms and 5-star suites around the world whilst Winwood has slowly ripened in the mellow Gloucestershire sunshine – and I accept, of course, that such a view represents a colossal over-simplification – then what has brought them together at this juncture? Is Eric just being comprehensive in his trawl through his list of former colleagues? There was the feeling with the reuniting Cream that he might just be working off some previous dodgy karma, but Winwood and Clapton even emerged from the Blind Faith debacle on sufficiently good terms that Steve was an active participant in the 'rehab band' assembled by Pete Townshend for the 'Rainbow' project just a few years later. These two do go back an awfully long way – to 1966 and Joe Boyd's 'Powerhouse' project at least – and there seems every likelihood that they do actually get on. Musically, neither of them have strayed far from the blues and R'n'B that initially inspired them, although Winwood has occasionally ventured a little further afield, stylistically speaking, in his session work with the likes of Jade Warrior and Talk Talk.
Strangely it seems to have been a peculiar brand of English political conservatism that may have triggered their most recent collaboration. Winwood's status as part of the Cotswold 'squirearchy' would probably have made it almost mandatory for him to espouse the views of the Countryside Alliance, whilst Clapton's involvement may have been triggered by his friendship with former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. Clapton played a gig with Waters at Highclere Castle in Berkshire in 2006 to raise money for the Alliance – who were, at the time, fighting the Labour government's attempt to ban foxhunting. His involvement was reported thus: "Clapton's spokesperson confirmed "Eric supports the Countryside Alliance. He doesn't hunt himself, but does enjoy rural pursuits such as fishing and shooting. He supports the Alliance's pursuit to scrap the ban on the basis that he doesn't agree with the state's interference with people's private pursuits." (www.contactmusic.com).
Steve Winwood in his Squire outfit.
Given their mutual enthusiasm for the preservation of rural barbarism and the rights of the individual, a reunion was perhaps inevitable and it duly happened back at Highclere in May 2007 for another Countryside Alliance fundraiser where Winwood and his band (introduced by another Alliance apologist, the nauseating Jeremy Clarkson) were joined on stage by Eric Clapton for the latter half of their set. Winwood subsequently guested at the Clapton-curated tri-annual 'Crossroads' Festival in the USA, after which Clapton played on Winwood's 'Nine Lives' album and some New York dates were booked into Madison Square Garden for early 2008. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, we were now entering the realms of a full-on reunion, but whilst it might have looked like Blind Faith Mk. 2, that was never going to happen,as Winwood made clear in a BBC interview from later in 2008 – "The idea of reforming Blind Faith arose fairly early on but it was decided that it wasn't going to be that, because we didn't want to limit it to that material. We wanted to touch on our own material."
And, in a way, the interest this project holds for me lies in the songs that Steve & Eric have chosen for the setlists on this tour. It would have been easy to churn out a predictable 90-minute set of Blind Faith, Traffic and Cream covers, but what I will confess that I do like about this project is the interesting choices the two of them made in selecting their repertoire. Whilst there was a degree of inevitability about the appearance of over-familiar pot boilers like 'Pearly Queen' and the sickly 'Wonderful Tonight', there are also some genuinely left-field choices, particularly from Winwood's side of the garden fence. I would never have believed that we would ever see him performing songs like 'No face, no name & no number' or 'Midland Maniac' on stage again.
Even Eric's selection is not altogether predictable, with less familiar songs like 'Tell the Truth' and 'Double Trouble' given a run out, usually to good effect and the version of 'Layla' played at the Royal Albert Hall follows the revised arrangement that we first heard on Clapton's 'Unplugged' album. In terms of cover versions, many observers have commented on the inclusion of no less than 3 songs connected with Jimi Hendrix and the fact that on most nights, the band's set would climax with a 15 minute plus version of 'Voodoo Chile' – Winwood of course played and sang on the original version back in 1968. Perhaps they both felt that history hasn't been that kind to Hendrix and that songs like 'Little Wing' were due another airing. Taking on 'Voodoo Chile' is another matter; this is one of those 'holy grail' tracks for Hendrix fans, but to be fair to our boys, they carry it off with considerable élan.
Naturally, it doesn't always work; a truncated version of Traffic's 'Glad' sticks out like a sore thumb and songs like 'Presence of the Lord' haven't worn particularly well. On the whole though, the 'everyday' titles and the occasional variations would have kept Steve, Eric and their cast of accomplices – including ex-Grease Band stalwart, Chris Stainton and bassist Willie Weeks who played on the 1976 'Steve Winwood' album – on their toes. As mentioned any problems with high notes were glossed over by the vocal talents of Sharon White and Michelle John. There seems to be a welcome absence of windy or sententious pronouncements from the stage, with Clapton handling the MC role for most of the gigs I have heard and, overall, it seems to work just fine. There is nothing earth-shattering here; just a run through of 20 or so blues-based tunes with some accomplished playing from both the principals. I've only seen fragments of the Madison Square Garden video but both Clapton & Winwood seem to be enjoying themselves and the mood is one of relaxed joviality for the most part.
Clapton & Winwood in Blind Faith days; somehow it seemed more important back then……
The music these two have made over the years – both together and apart – has often produced some high-water marks in my collection ; the original 'Layla' album, the 'John Barleycorn must die' album, and numerous individual songs – the original Spencer Davis Group version of 'Gimme some lovin', Cream's 'Sittin' on top of the world' , Traffic's 'No face, no name and no number' and 'The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys', Blind Faith's 'Can't find my way home', Clapton's 1975 version of 'The Sky is Crying' – and so on. None of what Clapton & Winwood have produced via this reunion comes anywhere near these high-spots, but that's OK. This stuff can be enjoyed for its own sake and whilst the politics are pretty dubious these days, the playing is solid enough and the songs remain (pretty much) the same.
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How can LeBron James become next Lakers legend? Here's his checklist
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The jerseys that hang in the rafters of the Staples Center hold a special place in the hearts of Lakers fans. LeBron James now has a chance to join that Hall of Fame group alongside true legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
But even James cannot simply don the purple and gold and be considered worthy of that honor. This is a different situation than his stops with the Heat and Cavs.
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When he left for Miami, James had another star in Dwyane Wade waiting to welcome him, plus a strong third option in Chris Bosh coming from Toronto. When he departed Miami for his second tour in Cleveland, winning a championship was everything. Even without a ring, though, James would have gone down as the greatest Cavalier of all time.
Becoming a legend in the eyes of the Lakers faithful will not come as easily. This time around, there are not two All-Stars by his side, and he is joining a franchise with a title-or-bust mentality. It's not enough just to reach the NBA Finals.
So how can James ensure he will receive a standing ovation at a jersey retirement ceremony down the road? It's all about three simple (but not easy) steps...
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The return of Showtime
James has single-handedly made the Lakers the hottest ticket in town once again. And in order for him to become a Lakers legend, that will have to continue.
The entertainment industry is ingrained within the culture of Los Angeles, and the Lakers organization is no exception. Having Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington and Leonardo DiCaprio sitting in the crowd is key to the Lakers brand. And while Nicholson is a die-hard fan and has continued to attend games even when the Lakers have struggled, the Staples Center has lacked a certain buzz over the pas
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Think about what has happened in that time: the end of Bryant's career, five consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance and the emergence of a much-improved Clippers squad. That took away a lot of the glitz and glamour surrounding the Lakers. Outside of the NBA, the Dodgers became the toast of the town with their World Series berth, and the Rams made the Coliseum the cool place to be on Sundays during the fall.
But James firmly puts the Lakers back in the spotlight. To reach legendary status, he must remain the biggest show in town. But if he wants the celebrities to keep lining up for season tickets, James will need help.
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Recruit one (or two) star free agents to LA
The pride of the Lakers was wounded before James decided to move to LA at the start of free agency. The front office has always believed the franchise is an easy sell. Everyone should love Los Angeles and want to play for a team that has won 16 championships, right?
But the Lakers have struggled in recent years to acquire free agents. (Remember that horrible meeting with LaMarcus Aldridge?) And while snagging James certainly helps restore the Lakers' reputation, James will need significant help around him in order to compete in the loaded Western Conference.
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Johnson has made it clear that 2019 is the main focus — and James will play an integral part in personnel decisions.
"Just like when I was playing, [owner Dr. Jerry Buss] and [general manager] Jerry West would come to me when we were thinking about making moves," Johnson said, per the Los Angeles Times. "They'd say, 'Hey, who do you think can help us that we can get?' I'd always give out a couple names... then Jerry West would make his decision with Dr. Buss. It's gonna be the same way here."
The 2019 free agent class is loaded. Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker and even Kevin Durant may all be available. Part of bringing back Showtime will be bringing in multiple All-Stars to play alongside James. The combination of Johnson and James can't whiff on recruiting free agents if they hope to win over the Lakers faithful.
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Just win one ring
This is where it gets interesting. James is never going to be viewed in the same way as Johnson, West, Abdul-Jabbar and Bryant. All four of them are unreachable. Aside from Abdul-Jabbar, they each played their entire careers for the Lakers (Kareem played 14 of his 20 seasons in a Lakers uniform).
James will never be fully embraced like Johnson and Bryant. Unfortunately, we've already seen how some Lakers fans feel about those comparisons with multiple LeBron murals being vandalized following his decision.
But James doesn't have to eclipse Johnson or Bryant in order to go down as a legend and have his jersey retired. He just needs to win one championship. That's it.
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Two of the most legendary Lakers of all time — Chamberlain and West — only contributed one ring apiece to the Lakers organization. (It seems silly to say "only," but we're talking about the Lakers here.) Both of their numbers are retired. This is what James should be gunning for. Just get one, and he will never be forgotten, especially considering recent history and the ability to tie the Celtics for most NBA championships with 17.
James wanted to be in LA because of the potential to improve upon his greatness. He also needed a new challenge. Part of that challenge is becoming a legend in a city that is full of them. If he wants to see his jersey raised into the rafters one day, he has his work cut out for him.


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REG acquires LS9 for up to $61.5M
January 22, 2014 | Jim Lane
A stunner at NBB. Renewable Energy Group deploys its balance sheet — and takes aim at renewable chemicals — as it acquires the storied LS9.
In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group announced it has acquired LS9 for a purchase price of up to $61.5 million, consisting of up front and earnout payments, in stock and cash. Most of the LS9 team, including the entire R&D leadership group, will join the newly named REG Life Sciences, LLC, which will operate out of LS9's headquarters in South San Francisco, CA.
Under the terms of the agreement between REG and LS9, REG paid $15.3 million in cash and issued 2.2 million shares of REG common stock (valued at approximately $24.7 million based on a trading average for REG stock) at closing. In addition, REG may pay up to $21.5 million in cash and/or shares of REG common stock consideration for achievement of certain milestones over the next five years related to the development and commercialization of products from LS9's technology.
LS9's proprietary technologies harness the efficiency of the fatty acid metabolic pathway of microorganisms and are expected to make a wide range of renewable chemicals for large, diverse markets such as detergents and personal care, as well as renewable fuels. LS9's technology platform can utilize diverse feedstocks including conventional corn and cane sugars, low-cost crude glycerin from biodiesel production, and cellulosic sugars. LS9 is a cornerstone investment for REG Life Sciences, which also plans to develop adjacent and complementary fermentation technologies.
All about LS9 here in our 5-Minute Guide to their technology and story.
Follows the Syntroleum acquisition
Last month, REG announced that it would acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corporation, and assume substantially all of the material liabilities of Syntroleum, for 3,796,000 shares of REG common stock worth $40.08 million at today's market close.
Syntroleum has pioneered Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids and renewable diesel fuel technologies, has 101 patents issued or pending, and owns a 50% interest in Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a 75-million gallon renewable diesel production facility in Geismar, Louisiana.
"Syntroleum and its 50%-owned subsidiary Dynamic Fuels represent an attractive entry path for REG into renewable diesel," Oh continued. "They have invested substantial resources in their Bio-Synfining technology, which enables the economical conversion of lipid-based biomass into diesel and jet fuel. Their technology and products complement our core biodiesel business."
Restarting in Iowa and Texas
In October, REG was primping up its core biodiesel business in Iowa when it held a ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open their recently acquired biodiesel refinery in Mason City and announced it has begun a $20 million project to upgrade the plant to a multi-feedstock facility. REG completed the acquisition of the former Soy Energy, LLC refinery on July 31, 2013. REG immediately began efforts to repair and re-start the plant and began producing biodiesel on October 1.
And back in July, REG re-opened the former North Texas Bio Energy plant it bought in November. The waste cooking oil and fats biodiesel plant in Western Bowie County can produce 15 million gallons of biodiesel annually.
Reaction from REG and Khosla
"This acquisition is a major step in realizing REG's strategy to expand into the production of renewable chemicals and other products," said Daniel J. Oh, Renewable Energy Group President and CEO. "The industrial biotechnology platform and robust patent portfolio LS9 has been building will now be combined with REG's proven production and commercialization capabilities to accelerate the commercial introduction of renewable chemicals to meet increasing customer demand for sustainable products."
"LS9 is a leader in developing technology for the next generation of chemicals and fuels to be produced from renewable feedstocks rather than petroleum," said Vinod Khosla, founding partner of Khosla Ventures, an investor in LS9. "REG's proven capabilities, track record for execution, and access to lower cost feedstock make it an ideal partner to commercialize LS9's technology."
What's it all mean?
Two takeaways.
1. LS9's investors bail with a so-so deal. Keep in mind, LS9 raised $75 million in its four public funding rounds. $5M in 2006's Series A, $15M in a 2007 Series B, $25M in a 2009 Series C that brought in Chevron in addition to Flagship, Khosla and Lightspeed, and $30M in a 2010 Series D that added BlackRock. Not to mention sweeteners given to insiders, and the founder's stock.
But there's upside in the REG shares — if the shares double — and LS9's team hit their milestones — the investors may recoup their investment and more.
2. Renewable diesel and chemicals. That's what's hot and that's where REG is pointing its long-term strategy, as a complement to biodiesel, as it charts its path forward and also puts its strong balance sheet to work.
Is this more about renewable diesel or chemicals? We think the latter, short-term. The Syntroleum acquisition creates the short-term capacity for renewable diesel – LS9's strengths lie also in areas such as surfactant alcohols — and other designer molecules. And we see RGEG having the market heft to take this to scale when the technical readiness is there.
The feedstock problem
As with biodiesel, LS9's technology bumps up against a feedstock problem — it requires reasonably pure sugars, for now. Although Jay Keasling's lab has done work to expand LS9's capabilities to waste biomass.
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Serenity Ridge - Limited Edition. An easily overlooked and little known corner of the mountain. Straddling inbounds and out of bounds up on the summit. Most hike right past on their way to look west and watch the sunset or to head over to challenging black runs off to the south. But as a place to pause and take in the start of a new day, with Grimus Chairlift (the highest on the mountain honouring Hans Grimus) nestled below it gives a special perspective looking out to Stirling and Cobbler from high on Mt Buller.


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The Straits Times understands that the driver was trapped in the bus upon SCDF's arrival and had to be rescued.
One person was killed and 12 were taken to hospital after a bus collided into railings at Tuas Checkpoint early Tuesday morning (Feb 26).
The victim is a 35-year-old female bus passenger and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, said the Immigration & Checkpoint Authority (ICA).
The accident site blocked the heavy vehicle lane from about 4.20am, causing traffic to pile up as buses and lorries coming from Malaysia towards Singapore were unable to enter the checkpoint. The ICA subsequently closed the lane and heavy vehicles were diverted back to Malaysia.
The lane was reopened at about 10am.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it responded to a call for assistance at 4.25am.
"A body was found and there were 12 other casualties conveyed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and National University Hospital," said SCDF.
The Straits Times understands that the driver was trapped in the bus upon SCDF's arrival and had to be rescued. The driver was the only one who was trapped.
Mr Dia Abdullah, 28, who was heading to Singapore from Malaysia for work on Tuesday morning, told The Straits Times that it took him 1.5 hours to clear the checkpoint due to the traffic jam. It would usually take about 30 minutes at 5.30am, he said.
As he passed through the checkpoint, he saw that they had barricaded the heavy vehicle lane and there were no vehicles in the lane.
The police and the SCDF were at the scene, said ICA in a statement on Facebook at 5.20am. It advised motorists to use Woodlands Checkpoint for both arrival and departure instead.
At 6.55am, ICA said in a Facebook post that traffic for arriving and departing cars and motorcycles at Tuas Checkpoint had returned to normal.
An update on ICA's Facebook page at 10am said that the heavy vehicle lane had been reopened, while arrival traffic remained heavy due to morning peak period.


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Little effort has been made to link soil mapping and soil data density to a nation's welfare. Soil map density in 31 European countries and 44 low and middle income countries is linked to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the number of soil scientists per country. National coverage of exploratory soil maps (>1:250 000) is generally higher in the poorest countries and decreases with increasing GDP per capita, whereas the national coverage of detailed soil maps (<1:50 000) tends to increase with increasing GDP. GDP is larger in countries with more soil scientists per unit area, likewise, the number of soil scientists increases with increasing GDP. More soil scientists per ha of agricultural land was found to be related to higher crop yields. Obviously, there are many confounding and interacting factors but this analysis illustrates how proxies for soil map density can be used; it is suggested that appropriate indicators should also be developed for spatial data infrastructures and digital soil maps to demonstrate their effectiveness for society and human welfare.


(Reuters) - Britain's Yorkshire region will host the 2019 cycling road world championships while Berlin won the bidding for the 2020 track world championships, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement that 11 countries, including Turkey for the first time, had been awarded hosting rights for 15 flagship events across seven cycling disciplines.
The announcement was made in Doha, Qatar, which is hosting the first road world championships to be held in the Middle East.
UCI president Brian Cookson said the body was committed to expanding the reach of cycling worldwide.
Yorkshire hosted the opening stage of the Tour de France in 2014 and has its own three-day stage race, the Tour of Yorkshire.
Sakarya, in Turkey, will host the mountain bike marathon world championships in 2020.


The house lights went down and I held my breath. The music started and Willy Wonka came through the curtain, lit by a followspot. I relaxed a little. It was opening night, packed auditorium. Sarah was backstage on headset, coordinating the activities of the running crew.
An invisible show happens behind and underneath what the audience sees. Curtains fly, lights go up and down, sets move, all because of stagehands and technicians. The stage manager coordinates their activity prior to and during the performance. It requires a cool head, a wide understanding of theater craft, and comprehensive knowledge of the production.
It was an exciting moment in my house when Sarah announced she'd been chosen as stage manager for the New Hartford Junior High production, Willy Wonka Jr. As far as Sarah's concerned, that's better than the lead. For two years now, stage management has been her college and career goal, and the fever only grows. I figure anybody who can stay awake through 25 run-throughs of Our Town must love theater.
During rehearsals, some of the student crew quit, some were fired. About one of those I asked, "I thought you were friends?" Sarah replied, "We are. This is business, not personal." She created a position I'd never thought of – call it "stage manager's morale booster." Sarah: "I needed someone to make sure I didn't stress out. She tells me I'm doing a good job and everything's going to be OK." That's kind of impressive; what's more, there was a waiting list of applicants for the job.
About 30 minutes into the show, the curtain closes, the stage lights fade and the followspots open in different places. The cues happen quickly; six people working together, timed just right. I held my breath, imagining the instructions being delivered over the headsets. Behind the curtain, the chocolate factory was being moved into place. In front of the curtain the actors gathered together, while a followspot slowly irised around them and finally closed to just Willy Wonka's head. Then the light went out, and the actors lined up in the dark. The curtain opened on a transformed stage, brilliantly colorful. The silhouettes of the performers slowly melted into the scene with the final light cue. The audience applauded.
I applauded the spectacle along with everyone else, but my deeper satisfaction was pride (not just parental). I knew how difficult the maneuver had been, how many things might have gone wrong, or even not as right. And this was a student crew, running their own show. The rest went by in a blur; I registered the applause and noted more well-executed technical bits. My spine tickled with happy shivers, impressed at what the kids had pulled off, relieved the first show was in the bag.
During one rehearsal, Susan filled in when somebody had to leave early. She listened to Sarah on the headset, and later told me "It sounded like a younger, female version of you calling cues." (Good heavens.) Frankly, it took me ten years to get that good. It's an interesting and not at all unpleasant sensation to watch your children exceed you. I'm looking forward to what's next. I'll be there, ticket in hand.
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Another Round for New Hampshire's Minimum Wage Debate
New Hampshire Public Radio | By The Exchange
Published January 11, 2019 at 12:15 PM EST
U.S. Dept. of Labor
This year, about twenty states are raising their minimum wage; the Granite State remains tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Several bills in the N.H. legislature, meanwhile, will look again at raising that number. Supporters say this change is long past due, though ideas vary in terms of how much and how fast the wage should rise; opponents warn of unintended negative economic consequences, such as job loss.
Bruce Berke - New Hampshire state director of the National Federation of Independent Business.
John Dankosky - Host of NEXT New England, a weekly radio show and podcast about New England, based at WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut.
Dan Feltes - State senator from Concord and co-sponsor of a bill proposing to raise the minimum wage.
Allison Schrager - Writer and columnist with Quartz, a business and economic news site. Her new column, Tipping Points, launches on Wednesday, Jan. 16.
Related Reading.
New Hampshire remains an outlier in New England, as surrounding states raise their minimum wage.
Massachusetts raised its minimum wage to $12 an hour and will rise gradually to $15 by 2023. The new law presents a bit of a headache to restaurants in part because it also reworks the way they calculate how to pay tipped workers, reports The Boston Globe.
From the N.H. Dept. of Employment Security:
According to the Current Population Survey, in 2017 there were approx. 2,000 persons paid at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 and approx. 6,000 paid below the federal minimum wage. This data is available here.
The most up to date information on state minimum wage laws are available here.
A summary of states' minimum wages as of Jan. 2019 by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The Balance reports on the history, the purpose, and the pros and cons of the minimum wage.
A report on unexpected ways raising the minimum wage changes lives.
As Allison Shrager of Quartz reports Seattle raised its minimum wage to $15 a year, while surrounding counties did not. The results were mixed. Shrager also writes about Missouri and Arkansas, which voted in November for large increases in their minimum wage.
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While browsing twitter this hashtag cought my eye and I quickly joined in to share my experiences with the local crisis team. My local trust hasn't got the best history (has been under investigation a few times), I had so much to say and quite a few people replied to them saying they were quite shocked by them.
You can search for this on twitter and see everyone's tweets on it and people seem to be saying the same thing, they're not being listened to by the teams or advice being given feels to be useless. It shows that there should be change in the services. Hopefully trusts take note and involve service users more on what they're needs are and also what works for them when in crisis.
There was also a #crisisteamwishlist where people were talking about how they wish to be treated or services offered, most common theme was to be listened to.
Let's remember there are some great workers out there, who do help, do treat you as a person and not as a case, do listen and at times do go out of their way.
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Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
As you are introduced to a strangely shaped spaceship in the middle of outer space in the year 2127, do not be alarmed. Don't even let that pesky roman numeral four fool you in the title. This is not Star Wars. This is Hellraiser 4: Bloodline. This movie goes in a significantly different direction than the previous three in a lot of ways. New characters, an origin/background plot, and a director who didn't even want to be given credit for the movie. You read that right. Kevin Yagher, the director of the film who left before it was finished decided to use the Hollywood pseudonym, Alan Smithee.
Does that suggest that this movie is bad? It may or may not. Although it got mixed reviews, there are some positives. I'm a sucker for an origins episode of a show or movie, and this is one entire, long flashback. And then a flash forward. The reason Mr. Yagher left this movie is because of the conflicts with script/plot and an unnecessary push for Pinhead to appear way before it was ever
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necessary. I would tend to agree with this approach, because most of the movie fell flat for me. How was this the first movie with a theatrical release?
Let's get down to the bare bones plot with this one. So in the year 2127, there's this famously brilliant scientist named Paul Merchant (faint echoes of Paul Muad'ib?) who is holding up on this space station he created. Seeming to be a bad thing, a crackpot squad of mercenaries travel to the station in order to thwart his "dastardly plan". Merchant (Bruce Ramsay) is easily apprehended, and he tells a squad mate, Rimmer (Christine Harnos) his entire lineage sob story.
Rimmer gets told a sob story...
This is the point in the movie where things get interesting. Philip L'Merchant (still Bruce Ramsay) is a French toymaker, credited with creating the first box, the Lament Configuration. In creating it for a French nobleman obsessed with dark magic, Duc de L'Isle (Mickey Cottrell) unleashes Hell. Literally. In the form of a demon named Angelique (Valentina Vargas), it is up to the cursed Merchant line in order to create the Elysium Configuration in order to stop Pinhead and the other demons from wreaking havoc.
And, in this way, we are given three sections of the lineage of the Merchants. There's its origins with L'Merchant, there's the modern day, 1980's John
This is the...dumbest of the Cenobite creations.
Merchant, and the futuristic, about to end all this B.S. Paul Merchant. At the same time that having all the Merchants being played by one man was a strange thing, it also strangely works. Bruce Ramsay isn't the best by any means, but, for this movie, he gets the job done. He does vary his acting personalities and gets across that he is playing three different men throughout the years. I wanna point a little interesting fact out right here. Adam Scott, co-star in such acclaimed movies as Knocked Up, Step Brothers, and Piranha 3-D, makes an appearance as Jacques, the man who betrays his master like a coward. Of course you bring Doug Bradley back as Pinhead because, come on, it wouldn't be a Hellraiser movie otherwise.
That crazy old Duc...
With less grit and graphic imagery than originally intended, this movie sits solidly among the others, but more as a distant cousin than anything else. This movie suggests a fixed point ending to Pinhead and the Cenobites, unlike any other movie. These undead, Hellish beings should never be killed, and it should be up to the perpetuation of this fantastic series to do so. There has been a new one released recently, Hellraiser: Revelations in 2011, which shows the series isn't gonna quit yet. And I'm all cool with that. So look forward to a review of Hellraiser 5 in the near future, I'm really looking forward to it myself. An okay 4.2 out of 10.
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Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
And this is where the Hellraiser series begins to fall flat. Bought by Miramax, an American company. Pinhead crosses the ocean and finds his feet on shaky ground in Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth. Claiming that "Hell has come to Earth," this installment enters the club scene of New York in the early 90's. (Or some such city…) With Clive Barker becoming a co-producer and a basis for the series, this is where the Jenga tower gets wobbly.
In this part of the series, Kirsty is no longer involved. She did her duty to send back the Cenobites to Hell and gains a well deserved rest. It is now her testimony on a couple of psychiatric tapes that give clues to the new main female protagonist of the film. Pinhead has been rent in twain and his former self as Captian Elliott Spencer and his id as Pinhead (both Doug Bradley as classically usual) are about to throw down. It is up to young reporter Joey Summerskill (Terry Farrell) to reunite the two.
This really was the best scene though. Yay sacrilege!
Basic plot? Here goes. J.P. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt) is a pimpin' playa hatin' psycho club owner of the aptly named Boiler Room. (This club was incidentally the most expensive aspect of the production and was filled with cast, crew, and friends.) In order to exude this strangely masochistic feel, J.P. gets his hands on the pillar of souls from the last movie, containing Pinhead's veracious killing streak. After sucking in one of J.P.'s sluts, Pinhead emerges, asking for more souls to release him from his prison.
J.P.'s pimpin' Pillar of Souls!
Meanwhile, Joey Summerskill is on the case! Like a modern day Nancy Drew, Joey walks the bad streets of her newly formed beat, somehow stumbling on this supernatural case of torture. With the chance meeting of J.P.'s main squeeze Terri (Paula Marshall). Once they discover the secrets of the Lament Configuration, things get weird. Although, Joey has been having some strange Vietnam flashbacks of her father dying in Vietnam. I don't know the time frame on this movie, but I really am not seein' it.
The bastardized Cenobites pull Joey's hair!
With a whole new crew of Cenobites (because all the originals died in the last movie, but come back in the fourth for no reason…), these rip-off cyborgs must be stopped at all costs and Pinhead must be stopped from his sacrilegious ways. I wasn't so sure about the ending, but hey, this movie was the weak link.
I dunno about this movie, it was just strange overall. After having so much fun watching the first two, the third kind of burnt me out on the series. What makes the next one even better is a little secret about the director (I can't wait to tell you all!). With Clive Barker as a backseat driver in this series from this point on, it makes it hard knowing he is not the driving force behind what's going on onscreen. The acting became worse, I cared less about the characters, and the only good thing that came out of this one in the series was a bit more development with Pinhead's character. Leave it to an American company to make a great horror series lame (insert every Asian horror movie and its destruction when turned into an American remake).
With that in mind, I am not disappointed with the Hellraiser series overall. This one had a bit less gore and animatronics, but just a bit. The kill scenes became comedic, and the Cenobites were bastardized American versions of Chatterbox, Butterball, and The Female. With the amount of over the top gore in this movie, I felt short changed. It gets a bit better in Bloodline, but not a whole lot. Hopefully the stride will be regained in 6… But I gotta give Hell on Earth less than 1 or 2, it's a saddening 3.8 out of 10.
I will survive.
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Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
Pinhead is back for another romp in the hellish world of pain and pleasure in Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. I have to wonder where the issue of pleasure comes in though, because it just seems like a lot of pain and screaming without any of the fetish of sadomasochism. Maybe that's the moral of the story. Sadomasochism really isn't for anyone. In any case, let's jump right into the continuance of the first film, as told by Kirsty.
The movie opens on a scene of Pinhead (Doug Bradley) as his normal, WWII self. Discovering the evils of the box in his bunker, I found it was a great opener to delve into the world of the killer, and find out that Pinhead isn't really the worst guy in the world after all. He was transformed by the puzzle box, becoming the evil person he is in Hellraiser 2. Or so we're led to believe. Fast forward to a short period after the first film and we're back with Kirsty (Ashley Laurence). I give Miss Laurence a lot of props for coming back to a series that, at the time, may not have been received all that well. Whether it was for the money who she saw promise in the series, I congratulate her effort in playing the female antagonist in this film.
That can't be pleasant...
So Kirsty is in a mental asylum. I know you're thinking, "Hey, was the last movie all a part of her delusion? What a cop out." But no, that's not it at all. All of the events of the last film happened. Frank killed Kirsty's dad and wore his skin. Who, accidentally, killed Julia and allowed her to be sucked into a mattress of the Cenobite's design. And after all Hell(raiser) breaks loose, Kirsty somehow escapes and is now confined to aforementioned asylum. The detectives don't believe it when they question her and decide to leave her there. Immediately, Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) seizes this opportunity to examine her, because, as we discover, there's more to Dr. Channard's interest than we may know…
Look! Frank can spell!
But then a whole lot of redonkulous events goes down. Julia (Claire Higgins) is reanimated from the mattress by a writhing, bleeding lunatic. She proceeds to relentlessly eat Channard's face (in the sexual manner) and suck the lives out of a few men, Mummy style (I'm glad this idea always comes back in these movies). The Hellverse is opened and Pinhead and the gang are once again allowed into our world. But, and here's the twist, Kirsty and this catatonic puzzle solving girl, Tiffany (Imogen Boorman) follow Channard and Julia into Hell to bring the fight to the Devil's door. Well, not necessarily the devil, but something similar.
I don't want to spoil too much, but it's worth watching at least up to the second in the series. (I'm up to number 5.) A lot is explained in 4 (Bloodline) although it may be considered the worst in the series. I just enjoyed finding out about
Julia, back with a bloody vengeance.
the Lament Configuration box and its origins in history. Pinhead becomes a better fleshed out villain than a lot of horror series give credit to their slayers. (The only exception to that rule is Freddy Kreuger, maybe Mike Meyers.) We learn about the man behind the pins and begin the road to sympathy, something most people don't like to see in sadomasochistic serial killers.
As far as this movie doing justice to the first one, I would say it came about 3/4 of the way and then petered out towards the end. The ending itself is kind of a buzz kill to the rest of the series, but don't worry, it's not over for Pinhead and Chatterbox anytime soon. It still has all the gore and claymation animatronics you're looking for in this groundbreaking series. It lays a basis for the series and doesn't beat a dead horse with its plot. It picks up where it left off with no complaints. I was happier with the acting in this film and I felt the amateur returners to this film hit their stride and knew what was expected of them. I was a bit disappointed in the haunted house feeling that Hell had, or, the MC Escher style the art exuded(shout-out to Max for that one), but it's all the past. The movie came to do what it did and did it with no fuss. Can't fault it for that. So I'll give Hellraiser 2 a solid 6.5 out of 10. And I hope you're all looking forward to my Hellraiser 3 review.
Ahhhh yes, Dr. Channard...
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Hellraiser: It's Pinhead Time.
As I frequently do with my friends, it's time to begin the watching and review of another classic horror film series. This time (and soon to follow, others) it's the Hellraiser series, the brainchild of Clive Barker. In the vein of sadomasochistic pleasure and pain in the extreme, this movie explores the avenues of prosthetics and stop-motion animation in a way to frighten and disturb. With a new chapter in gore created, Stephen King said it best. "I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker." Ebert might not believe this statement, but what does he know, right?
At the start of this movie, we encounter Frank (Sean Chapman), a two-bit, no good, gangster of a hoodlum. He has found this box on the other side of the world and plans to use it to explore the extremes of pleasure and pain. Upon solving the box in his "zen temple of an attic", the Cenobites (creatures from Heaven and Hell) come to him to show him the way of the flesh. As Pinhead (Doug Bradley) says, "We have such sights to show you." Upon ripping his flesh and bones from his body and dragging him to a Hell brought on through a wall, Frank says bye-bye to the world.
Ahhhh, the Cenobites...
Years later, and for no perceivable reason, Frank's brother Larry Cotton (Andrew Robinson) brings his strangely detached wife Julia (Claire Higgins) and rebellious daughter Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) to live in merry ole London town. Although only his wife is English. And there may or may not be an issue with accents in this movie for people perceived to be residents of the U.K. You make the call.
Have you learned anything, Frank?
While here, Larry Cotton absolutely destroys his hand on a rusty nail (check dat shizz for tetanus!) and accidentally brings back the remains of Frank's body from the other side. It is then up to Julia and her past affair with Frank to reanimate his body, Imhotep/Mummy style. Bring on the parallels. Oh, and it's up to Kirsty and her "boyfriend/interested bystander" (Robert Hines) to stop them. Get it goin'.
There were a few things that, after watching this once before at night, that I was in love with. I loved the reanimation scene of Frank's body. It was absolutely grotesque and ballin', all at the same time. Stop-motion animation, like in Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead, just gets my horror juices flowing. I wish more movies went back to the days of the clay. Accompany this with a Mummy worthy stand in of Oliver Smith as Frank's decayed, yet regenerating body and you have the creepy crawlies when you see his muscles moving over bone.
The images of Hellraiser.
There were a few things that doesn't work either. The believability of Frank and Julia's affair. I liked the tie in to the sadomasochism with their violently physical relationship, but there was no real sizzle at any point in the movie. Yes, you get a bit creeped out when she kisses Frank's unfinished body, but what can you do? Another thing. The strangely over the top acting from Larry Cotton. I don't know what this guy was shooting for, but it really was absurd. Thank God for the Cenobites coming in to bring some acting chops (pun intended with Chatterbox) to this film. Kirsty wasn't too bad, I mean, they invited her back for the second…
So pair these lacking parts with a breakthrough into the genre of gore/horror, and you have my favorite genre. When you can overload someone's senses with horrifying images and a few jump scenes, what's better than that? And the simple fact that Clive Barker's vision for this film sparked 7 other movies? Let me get a piece of that action. With these cult classics comes some of the best horror of its time, and one of my favorite horror series in the collection. Thanks Netflix! A solid 7.3 out of 10 for this groundbreaker.
Pinhead says word. Rollin' with the homies.
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