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Ann Sheridan
Posted on September 14, 2014 by The Bogie Film Blog
Birth Name: Clara Lou Sheridan
Birthdate: February 21, 1915
Date of Death: January 21, 1967
Number of Films Ann Sheridan made with Humphrey Bogart: 7
The Actress
The daughter of a Texas auto mechanic, Ann Sheridan grew up as a bit of an athlete and Tomboy who would later take a page out of her father's handbook and develop a passion for restoring cars. On track to become a school teacher until her sister entered her in a "Search for Beauty" contest, Sheridan's bathing suit picture was enough to win over the judges and earn her a bit part with Paramount Pictures.
Twenty-four films later, Sheridan made her way over to Warner Brothers where she would end up working alongside of Hollywood's greatest legend, Humphrey Bogart. While Hollywood dubbed her the "Oomph Girl," Sheridan reportedly hated the nickname, but her pin-up popularity and alluring film roles did nothing to dissuade the general public from picking up on the moniker and keeping it alive.
Full disclosure – I have a heavy, heavy, crush on Ann Sheridan, so any opinion I have on her movies is deeply colored by my adoration. Having made 7 films with Bogart, this post is late in coming to 'The Usual Suspects' portion of the blog.
Free tonight? Pop in It All Came True and try – just TRY – not to fall in love with this woman!
The Filmography
Black Legion – 1937
Sheridan appears as Betty Grogan, the girl-next-door girlfriend to Bogart's best friend in the film, Dick Foran. She's sweet enough in the role but doesn't get a lot to work with as she spends most of her time trying to be the good girl who reforms her beer drinking boyfriend into marriage material. You can find my original write up on the film here.
The Great O'Malley – 1937
Sheridan plays school teacher Judy Nolan, the woman that tames, teaches, and eventually falls for Pat O'Brien's stuffy cop. It's another underdeveloped role for Sheridan, but she's just so doggone cute and charismatic that it's clear she did the most she could with the script. It's fun to watch her strut her stuff to the chagrin of O'Brien as she gets to play the street-smart gal to a man who expects all women to fall into a cookie-cutter housewife stereotype. You can read my original write up on the film here.
San Quentin – 1937
Sheridan gets a little more to work with here as the lounge singing May, girlfriend to Pat O'Brien's prison warden. Suffering from a few character inconsistencies, Sheridan begins the film as a sultry nightclub act, only to switch over to the innocent girl-next-door type for the rest of the film. It certainly doesn't ruin the film, but it might have been more interesting to see her with a bit of a darker character, especially since she's playing the sister to Bogart's small-time hood. This was also supposedly the film where Sheridan and Bogart became good friends off screen. You can read my original write up on the film here.
Angels with Dirty Faces – 1938
Sheridan plays Laury Ferguson, and while she does the best she can here, she is severely underused in this film. There are a few moments of promise at the beginning when she starts a relationship with Cagney, but after that, Sheridan is relegated to occasionally popping up to fret over the men of the film and try not to look out of place even though she has little to do. Still, she does look great, and it's fun to see her onscreen mixing it up with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. You can read my original write up on the film here.
It All Came True – 1940 Sheridan = perfection here. I know this isn't a great film by any means, but her portrayal of the dancing and singing Sarah Jane Ryan goes toe-to-toe with Bogart's dastardly gangster and she steals nearly every scene that she shares with Hollywood's biggest legend. If any Bogart collaboration captures her spitfire personality, it's this one. From her first entrance to her final song, she was amazing. You can read my original write up on the film here.
They Drive by Night – 1940
Sheridan plays truck stop waitress Cassie Hartley who falls for George Raft after he's more than a little persistent. Sheridan does a good job of giving us the impression that she's a good girl who's perhaps done some dark things in her past, and she has some really nice scenes with Raft as they share a hotel room for a night before eventually falling in love and making a life together. I can't get enough of Sheridan, and this is one of her most solid Bogart film appearances. You can read my original write up on the film here.
Thank Your Lucky Stars – 1943
Sheridan plays herself in this star-studded wartime musical, although she doesn't share any scenes with Bogart. Singing Love isn't Born It's Made, Sheridan teaches a group of young ladies who are pining over their singleness how to proactively search for love. Wearing a slinky, silky, white dress, Sheridan's musical number is definitely one of the highlights of the film, even with the audio turned off! You can read my original write up on the film here.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – 1948
It's another Bogie Film Blog cameo that never was! While Sheridan is listed on IMDB with a cameo in the film as a pretty woman walking by a storefront, the woman in question is clearly not Sheridan. A few online sites say that there are test photos of Sheridan in the costume, so perhaps John Huston initially had her in the film and then decided the cameo was too distracting? Again, if anyone has any info on how this rumor got started, let me know. You can read my original write up on the film here.
* 'The Usual Suspects' is a regular feature on the blog where we highlight one of Bogart's regular collaborators. Check out other posts here. *
Posted in The Usual Suspects	| Tagged Angels With Dirty Faces, Ann Sheridan, Black Legion, Bogie Film Blog, Classic Film, Humphrey Bogart, It All Came True, San Quentin, Thank Your Lucky Stars, The Great O'Malley, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, They Drive By Night	| 2 Replies
Joe Sawyer
Posted on November 7, 2013 by The Bogie Film Blog
*This post is a part of the "What a Character" Blogathon over at Aurora's Gin Joint hosted by @citizenscreen! Check out the rest of the great posts over there!
Birth Name: Joseph Sauers
Birthdate: August 29, 1906
Number of Films that Joe Sawyer Made with Humphrey Bogart: 6
There were two actors that inspired me to start 'The Usual Suspects' portion of this blog. The first was a character actor named Ben Weldon. The second was Joe Sawyer. With a crooked nose, cleft chin, devilish smile, and a build like a brick house, Sawyer popped up time and time again in character roles in over 200 films and television shows.
While most people would probably recognize Sawyer from his recurring role as Sgt. Biff O'Hara on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Sawyer's unique look made him stand out to me immediately while watching Bogart film after Bogart film. Who was this guy? What's his story? How many Bogart films was this guy in?
I actually had the chance to chat on the phone with Sawyer's son a couple of months ago and he told me that his father was an independent contractor that usually hired himself out to studios for a week or two at a time – hence the smaller roles. While he wasn't apparently a close friend with Bogart, they did both originate their roles in The Petrified Forest onstage together in New York, and on a few occasions they went out for drinks after a day of shooting.
While you may not recognize his name, I have no doubt that if you're a fan of classic films, you'll recognize Joe Sawyer's unmistakable face!
The Petrified Forest – 1936
Sawyer with Bogart and Adrian Morris
Sawyer plays Jackie, one of Bogart's henchmen. A role he also originated on stage, Sawyer is a lot of fun in this small part, especially when he taunts Boze the gas station attendant. Sawyer plays Jackie with a wonderfully cruel sense of humor, and it's pretty admirable that in between Bogart, Bette Davis, and Leslie Howard, Sawyer can hold his own. Plus, he gets to give Bogart the greatest introduction that he ever had in a film! You can read my original write up on the film here.
Sawyer plays Cliff, good friend and work buddy to Bogart. He's great here as the borderline-intelligent bully that can cause a lot of havoc with just a little effort. He ropes Bogart into the violently anti-immigrant secret society known as The Black Legion, and it all goes downhill from there. Don't we all know someone like Cliff? That guy or girl who's incredibly likable one second, and then suddenly spouting some horrible ethnic joke or slur the next? You can read my original write up on the film here.
Sawyer plays Sailor Boy, the repeat offender who's serving time with Bogart in San Quentin Prison, and he's the real standout of the film. Sawyer and Bogart have great chemistry, and of all the films they did together, Sawyer gets the most chance to shine here. Sailor Boy is another role for Sawyer in which he gets to play the likable bad guy, and there's a real glint of craziness behind his eyes throughout the film. You can find my original write up on the film here.
You Can't Get Away With Murder – 1939
Sawyer plays Red, a fellow inmate to Bogart, and for the only time in their collaboration, Sawyer plays a good guy. (You know, except that he's a convict…) Red is doing his best to play life straight, but when the chance to escape comes up, he jumps at it. The plan eventually fails and everyone is shot or recaptured, except for Sawyer who's left with an ambiguous ending after disappearing over a wall. Did they catch him? I hope not! After all those gangster and inmate roles, he deserves at least ONE successful escape! You can read my original write up on the film here.
The Roaring Twenties – 1939
James Cagney, Sawyer, and Bogart
Sawyer plays The Sergeant, the tough as nails commanding officer who bullies Bogart during the war only to come face to face with him years later after Bogart has become a gangster in a bootlegging operation. The role is small, and Sawyer's not given much to work with as far as his lines are concerned, but his side story with Bogart plays an integral part to Bogart's overall character arc. Their final confrontation is one of the triggers that blows up the relationship between Bogart and Cagney. You can read my original write up on the film here.
Deadline U.S.A. – 1952
The last collaboration between Bogart and Sawyer was Sawyer's smallest role out of all six of their films together. He plays Whitey Franks, one of the henchmen for a gangster named Rienzi. To be honest, I don't even remember if Sawyer has any lines here, as his job is to intimidate and rough up one of the witnesses against Rienzi's. You can read my original write up on the film here.
*The Usual Suspects is an ongoing feature on The Bogie Film Blog where I take time to highlight some of Bogart's best collaborators. You can read the rest of the entries here.
Posted in The Usual Suspects	| Tagged Black Legion, Deadline U.S.A., Humphrey Bogart, Joe Sawyer, San Quentin, The Bogie Film Blog, The Petrified Forest, The Roaring Twenties, You Can't Get Away With Murder	| 10 Replies
Posted on May 24, 2013 by The Bogie Film Blog
Your Bogie Fix:
out of 5 Bogies!
(Although, this might be a fix you only go to once or twice in your life…)
Director – Archie Mayo
When machinist Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart) is passed over for a promotion in favor of a young Polish immigrant, he's outraged. It's not long before an ultra-conservative, pro-American, secret society called the Black Legion recruits Frank to join their cause – terrorizing local immigrants in an effort to keep shops and businesses strictly American owned and operated. Soon Frank is involved so deeply within the organization that he cannot keep from getting swept along into a series of brutal attacks, and eventually, murder.
Occasionally there will be a movie that is very well made, and yet so gut wrenchingly powerful that I just can't imagine sitting through it again. Schindler's List was this way for me. So was Mystic River. Now I would easily add Black Legion to that category. Loosely based on a true story, Black Legion took me places emotionally that I wasn't used to going in a normal Bogart film.
It's easy to distance yourself from a villain on screen when their violence is outlandish and they talk in constant hyperbole, but Bogart's Frank Taylor is a family man, and his motivations are actually understandable. He feels that he's been wronged at work. The promotion should have been his based on seniority and his relationship to the company. When he thinks the job is a sure thing, he begins to dream up ways of spending the money – a new family car and a vacuum for his wife.
These are situations we have all been in. Everyone, at some point, gets passed over at work. (Fairly or unfairly, it always seems wrong when it happens to you.) Everyone has those moments where they optimistically hope for the best and dream for a better future, only to have those dreams dashed with a strong dose of reality.
What makes this such a painful film to watch is that Bogart is not the over-the-top gangster or escaped convict that we've seen in so many other films. He's a normal man in a relatable situation. When those types of people begin to make bad choices, choices with motivations that viewers can relate to, they become some of the scariest film antagonists of all.
The Bogart Factor
Director Archie Mayo seemed to be able to get performances out of Bogart that few other directors even got close to. First he directed him as Duke Mantee in Petrified Forest, and then a year later as Frank Taylor in Black Legion. Bogart disappears more deeply into these two roles, I would argue, than many of his other pictures.
Unlike so many of Bogart's more iconic characters, Frank Taylor struggles intensely with his self-confidence, is easily swayed by emotion, and suffers from a severe lack of impulse control. This isn't Bogart's typical in-control bad guy or ethically superior good guy. This is a flesh and blood real man that we are appalled by, but also understand. It's certainly some of Bogart's best work.
Several other familiar faces from Petrified Forest also show back up in Black Legion.
Dick Foran, who played football-obsessed Boze in Petrified Forest, is here as Frank's best friend Ed – a simple factory worker who loves his beer almost as much as he loves his girlfriend. Foran is given a much deeper role to work with in Black Legion and does very well representing the voice of the audience as we watch him eventually lose his temper and confront Frank.
Joe Sawyer, who appeared as Duke Mantee's thug, Jackie, is Cliff, the man who pulls Frank into the Legion. While not given as layered a role as Foran's, Sawyer has plenty more to chew on compared to his gun-toting thug in Petrified Forest. Sawyer was born to play the tough guy with his square jaw and broad nose, and he portrays Cliff as the borderline-intelligent bully that can cause a lot of havoc with just a little effort.
Perhaps two of the best supporting actors are Henry Brandon as the Polish immigrant Joe Dombrowski, and Clifford Soubier as the Irish immigrant Mike Grogan. Though they are given small roles, Brandon and Soubier are able to make strong supporting appearances as hardworking men who find themselves caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Erin O'Brien-Moore and Dickie Jones play Bogart's wife and son, Ruth and Buddy. Both capably play their roles realistically without falling too far into the melodrama trap, giving us an incredibly heartbreaking moment in the final court scenes as Ruth and Frank lock eyes for the last time before he's taken away.
Ann Sheridan appears as Betty Grogan, Ed's girlfriend. She's sweet enough in the role but doesn't get a lot to work with beyond that.
Make Sure to Notice
Helen Flint as Pearl Davis, a local floozy who has a wonderful drunk scene with Bogart after his wife and child leave him. They play it up so realistically, arguing over how to appropriately sing Home on the Range, that we get a rare, but wonderful, moment of levity in an otherwise bleak film.
Classic Bogie Moment
Bogart, who made dozens of movies where he carried and used firearms, stands before a mirror, gun in hand, admiring the way it looks in his grasp. It empowers him with a false sense of security as he "plays tough," trying to bolster his desperate lack of confidence. It's a great counter balance to all the other times in his career where we saw him comfortably use a weapon as if it was an extension of his own arm.
Black Legion is a definite must-see for any self-respecting Bogart fan, as Bogie does some of his best character work.
A Little Extra
According to the short documentary on the DVD, the machine shop featured in the film where Bogart works is the actual Warner Brothers machine shop with real employees in the background.
Posted in 4 Bogies, All Movies	| Tagged Ann Sheridan, Archie Mayo, Black Legion, Bogart, Classic Film, Dick Foran, Frank Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey Bogart Blog, Joe Sawyer, Petrified Forest	| 5 Replies
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Internal Communications has long been seen as the poor relation to externally facing PR and so it comes as a surprise when a topic on IC is discussed by parliament. Well not so long ago a whitepaper by drp Group (a creative communications agency) was discussed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group. The paper is called Perception vs. Reality: The Gap Between Perception and Reality in Communications, Technology and Engagement in Modern Organisations.
I've summarised the contents of the paper below, with no commentary or thoughts of my own at this point as I'm still digesting it. Please feel free to add your own thoughts and questions into the comments, as it's an interesting subject and will give me (and all of us) a bit more to think about.
As you can probably guess from its title, the paper argues that the way that most organisations talk about technology, or innovation, is very different from the reality of the investment and digital workplace offering. Communications professionals are caught in the middle of this contradiction, as they are the ones sharing the messages that don't compare to their own experiences, let alone what they can see happening in the organisation around them. This means they are best placed to give a fair commentary.
92% of organisations use language that suggests technology and innovation are vital to its future.
The paper focusses on three barriers to closing the gap between expectation vs reality. Again these were the top responses in their survey.
IT infrastructure (49%) – As the report says itself "Often, communication innovation and new technologies are 'shoehorned' into existing IT frameworks that are simply not fit for the modern, agile communications landscape." (p. 13) There is also mention of research from Forbes that 84% of digital transformation projects in IT infrastructure do not meet their targets and fail.
Lack of technology (39%) – This has already touched on in the previous stats (above).
The paper closes with some recommendations for closing this gap in organisations. However, it acknowledges at this point that budget hasn't been raised as a barrier, and yet is probably at the forefront of most people's minds (it certainly was in mine, but this is edging into my opinions which I'm trying to stay away from in this piece). Budget is therefore tackled as part of the solutions it suggests.
Customer vs employee mapping – To identify exactly where the technology gaps are for employees, the paper suggests comparing a customer/client journey map with an employee journey map. Where there are disparities there are then areas for investment for internal tech. This approach will also help to identify internal barriers in the way of closing the gap. If neither area has a particular type of tech, such as AI for example, then this can become an area of investment for both groups.
Take risks – The paper acknowledges that there is a contradiction in some of its findings, in that 70% said they felt free to fail and 76% were empowered to try new things, but 42% viewed their organisation as 'not innovative'. The paper argues this "problem centres around risk aversion and a desire to play it safe, rather than risk and fail." (p. 17) It then urges communications professionals to take one risk. By taking a risk you can use the learnings to apply to your next project, either as a case study or as learning points from mistakes that were made. To do this it suggests budgeting as if the project will fail, to free yourself to be innovative.


Dukes Memorial Hospital took the chill out of fall Tuesday with its eighth annual chili cook-off for The United Way of Miami County campaign goal.
Seven booths were set up in the Duke's cafeteria, with the employees dressed in Broadway musical themed costumes. The cost for the event was $5, which included 16 different chili tastings.
The event was coordinated by DMH Marketing Director Rachel Neighbor's, who said she impressed with the turnout, adding that nearly 100 came through to support the cause.
Miami County United Way Director Debi Wallick said the costumes as well as the chili were judged for this year's competition.
Of the various types of chili, the judges awarded the with chicken salsa chili as the best recipe.
Judges for the chili cook-off were Antonio Sawyer, Heidi Wright, Angie Braden, Jenny McQuinn, Carrie Young, Jennifer Yates, and Mary from DCS. Neighbors said the employees at Dukes played an integral role in the events success.


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KAM-Thio liquid is able to leach silver from the Itronics' silver-bearing glass slag and independent laboratory testing has shown that KAM-Thio is able to neutralize cyanide in cyanide solution. Testing performed by the Company in the early 90s demonstrated that the liquid is able to recover both gold and silver and neutralize the cyanide in mill tailings. KAM-Thio in a dilute water solution, such as neutralized cyanide solution, is a field proven fertilizer making this an excellent, cost effective, "Green Technology" environmental option for gold and silver mining companies.
"One of the largest potential markets in the world for the KAM-Thio technology is right in our back yard," said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. "Entry into the gold and silver mining industry in Nevada will create an expansion path for new non-seasonal liquid KAM-Thio sales, a major objective of the Company's sales diversification goals."
Completion of the pilot plant capacity expansion and initiation of KAM-Thio sales will increase Itronics' photoliquid processing capacity, and will make it feasible to accept additional photographic liquids from existing suppliers and to acquire spent silver-bearing photochemical raw material from new suppliers.
"The timing of completion of this five times increase in pilot scale leaching capacity is excellent for our investors," said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. "Precious metals prices are increasing with silver and palladium up more than 40 percent and gold up more than 30 percent this year."
Introduction of the KAM-Thio technology to the Nevada gold and silver mining industry at a time of rising prices will increase the value of residual gold and silver recoveries to the mining companies and make adopting the new "Green Tech" KAM-Thio technology economically more attractive. Increasing prices of these precious metals also increases the financial attractiveness of recycling e-scrap (ground up computer circuit boards) which Itronics is actively evaluating.
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a "Creative Green Technology" Company which produces GOLD'n GRO specialty liquid fertilizers, silver bullion, and silver-bearing glass. It owns a large Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) mineral property (the Auric Fulstone Project) in the prolific Yerington Copper Mining District in northwestern Nevada that may also host significant silver, zinc, and lead mineral resources. The Company's goal is to achieve profitable green technology driven organic growth in specialty GOLD'n GRO fertilizers, silver, zinc, and minerals. The Company's technologies maximize the recovery and use of metals and minerals.
Through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., Itronics is the only company with a fully permitted "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling" plant in the United States that converts 100 percent of the spent photoliquids into pure silver, silver-bearing glass, and GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers. The Company is developing environmentally compatible waste processing and mining technology. Itronics has received numerous domestic and international awards that recognize its ability to successfully use chemical science and engineering to create and implement new environmentally clean recycling and fertilizer technologies.


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LeBron James' son Bryce gets NIL deal as a high school freshman
The youngest son of the basketball icon is getting into the endorsement game as a 15-year-old
LeBron James (Image source: Instagram – @kingjames)
Like father, like son – and older brother.
LeBron James' youngest son, Bryce James, has signed an NIL [name, image, likeness] deal as a 15-year-old high school sophomore.
Klutch Sports Group, owned by one of King James' best friends who also doubles as his agent, Rich Paul, made the announcement that Bryce will be joining the sports agency.
Welcome Bryce James! #Klutch #NIL pic.twitter.com/jE4uIwa7WU
— Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) December 12, 2022
According to reports, Klutch will represent Bryce when it comes to endorsement deals with prospective corporations.
Bryce is following in his famous father's footsteps as the billionaire basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers continues to enjoy fruitful endorsement deals with AT&T, Crypto.com, GMC, Pepsi, Rimowa, and Walmart, among others according to Sportico.com. Most lucrative, of course, is the lifetime endorsement deal with Nike, with which James signed a $90 million contract just before graduating high school back in 2002.
Bryce's older brother LeBron "Bronny" James Jr. still has sibling bragging rights as they both play basketball for the renowned Sierra Canyon High School in Los Angeles County. Bronny, an 18-year-old senior, already boasts deals with Nike and Beats By Dre.
The patriarch, LeBron James Sr., will turn 38 at the end of December 2022 as he plays in his 20th season in the NBA.
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I have always been attracted to the sound of the voice of William S Burroughs. But the quality of its low, slow drawl is enhanced by the content of his words. In particular, Burroughs had a style of injecting venom into vulgarities that is rarely heard. He used this venom to describe how he saw the world and to demonstrate how the world reacted to him. Vulgar uses samples of words and phrases spoken by Burroughs throughout his life as material for transformation and meditation.


SANTA FE, NM—In yet another stunning twist that has reportedly shocked fans and law enforcement officials alike, fantasy author George R.R. Martin surprised Game Of Thrones viewers Sunday night by killing off his entire family, sources confirmed. "Wow, I definitely did not see that coming," said Atlanta man Todd Franklin after learning that the A Song Of Ice And Fire scribe had mercilessly butchered his wife, two sisters, and countless members of his extended family in cold blood after locking them inside his Santa Fe residence. "To think that he slit the throats of all those major relatives like that, in the blink of an eye, it's just crazy. He definitely keeps you on your toes, that's for sure." While fans of the HBO series were blindsided by the unexpected and brutal murders, longtime readers of Martin's books told reporters that they were not at all surprised to see the novelist commit such atrocities, as that's exactly what he did to several other close friends and relatives 12 years ago.


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Home Press Releases Belmont Launches Emergency Instant Alert System
Belmont Launches Emergency Instant Alert System
Belmont University recently launched an Instant Alert System that allows students, faculty and staff to receive immediate notification in the event of an on-campus emergency or unscheduled university closing due to, for instance, severe weather. Dobie Mobile—a locally-owned company that provides the software, technology and maintenance for organizations to send out text alerts—is providing the service to the Belmont campus.
The university has been exploring options for instant alert notification for more than a year, and since its launch in mid-August the system has received a strong response. After only one-week of classes, more than 20 percent of the 5,000 students and employees on campus have already signed up for Instant Alert.
Signing up for the system is quick and easy. After signing into the bic.belmont.edu Web site, look for a "Sign Up Now" for instant alert link that sits at the top of the page beneath the "My Campus and Academic Department Messages" subheading. Clicking on the link will take users immediately to the instant alert Web site where they can fill out the short sign-up form. The other sign-up option requires texting the word Belmont to the number 27538 from the user's cell phone.
To view an in-depth report of the Instant Alert system from local TV station WKRN/News 2, click here.
For further assistance or additional information, contact the Office of Communications at communication@mail.belmont.edu.
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Alumni Couple Produces Documentary Coming to Netflix
Belmont Announces New Interactive Vintage Instrument Museum to Open Spring 2017
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We have no need for gun control. Sure we don't!!!
Some folk, even progressive folk, have fired a gun and miraculously avoided murdering someone when they did.
Progressive or not, I'm happy to report a 100% avoidance rate.
Perhaps the meme that "guns are designed for murdering humans" doesn't resonate with anyone who's actually fired a gun and not murdered a human.
I believe the first guns fired spears, and later on they were made to fire bits of metal, or shrapnel. So I think they were originally meant for killing things, if not people. If guns were merely designed with no other functionality than to fire a projectile, then today we'd be dealing with little more than fireworks.
Props to you for that murder avoidance. How did you manage to use a device that's solely for murder for something other than murder? And I wonder if there might be others?
If guns were merely designed with no other functionality than to fire a projectile, then today we'd be dealing with little more than fireworks.
Unless you or your loved one is a paper bullseye target, I think that most of the time you are dealing with little more than fireworks.
Until someone decides to shoot someone else, and then for a time you're dealing with a highly-effective, purpose-built, sole-use murder tool.
NorthReport
Slumberjack wrote:
But too few are willing to place the blame squarely where it belongs
Where exactly would that be? If someone was angry and deranged enough to go on a shooting spree, it wouldn't make them any less angry and deranged if they couldn't access a gun. They'd most likely find another way.
This is a rather sad attempt at the guns don't kill people argument.
Does not work. Guns make it easier, more efficient. Quicker. Deadlier. And that's the point.
Day after San Bernardino, Republicans line up to crush gun control efforts
All four GOP senators running for president vote against extending FBI checks to every firearm sold and banning sale to individuals on terror watchlists
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/day-after-san-bernardino-...
I think this is where it could be useful to be clear about where we're talking about.
Yes, in the U.S. it's still not unheard of to open a new bank account and receive a free gun. But that's SO not the case in Canada. And somehow things get strangely slippery and we end up discussing how CANADA needs to amp up its gun control laws because someone in Florida bought an assault rifle using a library card as identification.
I agree that it makes no sense to use events in the U.S. to make a case for increased gun control in Canada. Most Canadians feel that gun violence is mostly under control in Canada and that the current levels of gun control are mostly adequate here. The same can not be said for the situation in the U.S. The situation in the U.S. can actually be used to argue in favour of Canada's gun control system.
Hurtin Albertan
Some countries have lots of guns and very little gun crime. Some countries have lots of guns and lots of gun crime. Some countries have few guns and little gun crime. Some countries have few legally owned or privately owned guns and lots of gun crime.
Maybe, just maybe, the issue lies with the culture of the society, with their values and such, and how they conduct themselves in their day-to-day activities and interactions with each other.
Anyways, just because something had a shady history doesn't mean that it always has to be used for shady purposes.
If guns are only used for killing I think almost all of mine are defective. I do happen to own a Lee-Enfield rifle made in 1943. Remotely possible that it saw service in WW II but more likely some conscript complained bitterly about having to cart it around while on sentry duty at the gate of an RAF airfield in the UK. I sometimes like to imagine my guns having pleasant conversations amongst themselves inside my gun safe, and that old Lee-Enfield telling outrageous lies about it's past military service to the wide-eyed younger guns who don't know the real truth. For some reason I picture it as having a Welsh accent.
Hurtin Albertan wrote:
I sometimes like to imagine my guns having pleasant conversations amongst themselves inside my gun safe, and that old Lee-Enfield telling outrageous lies about it's past military service to the wide-eyed younger guns who don't know the real truth. For some reason I picture it as having a Welsh accent.
Does the back and forth contain other discernable accents? How about an Al Pachino 'little friend' accent?
I do have a shotgun that was made in Brazil, I suppose it would have that sort of accent. Can't remember if Brazil is more Spanish or Portugese history-wise but it's 4:00 AM and I don't feel much like googling. But yeah, something Spanish, but with class, it's also an older gun so I can't picture it speaking in a stereotypical Cheech Marin style accent.
Of course the Winchesters have a western drawl, especially the lever actions.
Thanks for the laugh, and congratulations from successfully diverting me from the angry anti gun control rant I was going to post.
Happily there are. You see, they gave us figure 11 and figure 12 targets to shoot at and these sufficed to draw those murderous impulses plumb out of our systems.
That Lee Enfield was a standard Eatons catalogue $50 deer rifle for donkey's years if memory serves as it so often doesn't..
I paid $50 for mine but that was about 10 years ago, sadly someone took a hacksaw to the poor thing and "sporterized" it somewhere along the line.
They did a halfways decent job on it at least, but there's no way I'd ever be able to restore it to it's former factory fresh condition now.
If I'd have been smarter I would have bought way more guns 10 or 20 years ago, it would've been like buying gold when it was $400 an ounce.
I've got a few that might give me a decent return on my investment in another 10 or 20 years, assuming I am still allowed to own and sell them by then. I always get a kick out of the old gun ads people dig up from the shadowy recesses of the internet, sure, $30 might have been a lot of money back in the 1950's but WOW the stuff you could buy through the mail back then...
Come to think of it, back in the day in Canada you could own pretty much anything, up until the 1970's I think it was when the FAC came out. Although handguns have been Restricteds since the 1930's.
And there didn't seem to be a huge amount of mass shootings with all the military surplus rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns that were floating around back then. I think that's pretty compeling evidence that guns and gun control have doodley-squat to do with anything, and society and culture play a far more influential role in gun crimes.
I grew up close to the US border and had lots of American teenage friends on their side. They were mostly all gun nuts and seemed to delight in shooting up anything and everything. I agree with you that society and culture play an influential role, but given we have now been steeping and soaking in theirs for quite a while I think easy availability would quite quickly produce the same sort of mayhem.
Although handguns have been Restricteds since the 1930's.
Despite this, they're apparently responsible for about 62% of gun homicides in Canada.
The much more accessible long guns come in at 23%.
The rest of that 100% is made up of "other" -- sawed-off rifles or shotguns, fully automatic weapons, and "firearm-like" weapons -- all of which are prohibited weapons that cannot be bought up here.
FBI says San Bernardino attacks considered act of terrorism; shooter pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/12/04/san-bernar...
What's the big deal whether or not it is defined as terrorism? 14 people died, scores were injured and hundreds of thousands frightened
Does Motive Matter in Mass Shootings, Like the One in San Bernardino?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/12/03/does-motive-matter-in-ma...
In Mass Killings, Islamist Terror Is a Unique Concern
To the dead, or their families, maybe not. One of Canada's most outspoken opponents of criminals having any rights at all beyond gruel and water is the mother of Tim McLean, who was killed by Vince Li, whose motive was "insanity" in the strict legal sense.
But other than them, isn't motive still a lynchpin of the law? Or else is a white neo-Nazi who firebombs a black church just an arsonist, like a homeless man who starts a fire trying to keep warm? Even if the state's sentence is no different, don't we still care WHY criminals do what they do?
I still say the restrictions on handguns in Canada has given us a different gun culture than the US. I personally know a lot of gun owners, but only a few of them have handguns. If I lived in the States I'd have handguns and everybody I knew who had guns would have handguns.
I never felt like jumping through the extra hoops like a trained seal just so I could own a handgun. I will be applying for my RPAL in the new year mainly because some time in the future I'm apparantly going to be inheriting the handguns a relative of mine owns, no one else in the family is into guns at all and no one else is remotely interested in them.
In Canada you have to put in a minimal effort to get a gun in the first place, more of an effort to get a handgun, legally at least. And up here there are laws in place for secure storage of handguns, again assuming people follow them, which I think most Canadians probably do.
Depending on what US state you live in you might not have to put in much of an effort at all. So people down south of the border buy a handgun for whatever reason, it sits forgotten in a closet and then one day the wrong person gets their hands on it and there's another accidental shooting, or it's used in a crime, or stolen and sold on the black market, etc etc etc.
They are small and easily concealable and don't weigh much and can still be lethal if you know how to shoot them properly or even if you are close enough that it's hard to miss.
I'm not surprised at all that they would be used in 62% of Canadian gun homicides, but how many of those are committed by the stereotypical lawful owner of the handguns and how many are committed by the stereotypical criminal?
I'd say motive matters. We are coming up on a gruesome anniversary again in Canada, the motive behind that tragic incident matters to a lot of people.
At least in Canada fewer and fewer people are cutting the gun nuts much slack.
Hopefully Americans will finally clue in as well.
Gun debate yields page one editorial
The New York Times is running an editorial on its front page Saturday, the first time the paper has done so since 1920, calling for greater regulation on guns in the aftermath of a spate of mass shootings.
The editorial, headlined "The Gun Epidemic," describes it as "a moral outrage and a national disgrace that people can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency." It suggests drastically reducing the number of firearms, and "eliminating some large categories of weapons and ammunition."
"It is not necessary to debate the peculiar wording of the Second Amendment," it reads. "No right is unlimited and immune from reasonable regulation."
In a statement, the publisher of The Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., said the paper was placing an editorial on Page 1 for the first time in many decades "to deliver a strong and visible statement of frustration and anguish about our country's inability to come to terms with the scourge of guns."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/12/04/gun-debate-yields-pag...
Syed Farooq is an American: Let's stop the Muslim vs. Christian debate and take a look at ourselves
His terrible deed does not spring from an unknowable foreign culture. It is violence endemic to the United States
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/03/syed_farooq_is_an_american_lets_stop_the...
Paladin1
Trudeau wants to bring back the att (authorization to transport) for handguns and restricted rifles as a form of gun control.
To paraphrase you own a car. To drive the car to work you need a licence and insurance. It's illegal to drive without those. The att is a third piece of paper that says you're allowed to drive to work, even though you already have a licence and insurance. It's an empty gesture and a waste of time.
He's also talking about banning assault weapons, which is smart because it's an ambiguous term. There's no real definition of what an assault weapons is.
How a Conservative-Led Australia Ended Mass Killings
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/world/australia/australia-gun-ban-shoo...
Gun buys, applications likely to surge as pols push gun control laws
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/04/gun-buys-applications-likely-...
See? See? US sees surge in first time gunbuyers!!
All those guns ending up in closets, desks, and dresser drawers. Maybe a small lock box for a lot of the first time handgun buyers.
You can get an budget priced or a used handgun for a couple hundred bucks.
Rev Pesky
Paladin1 wrote:
...To paraphrase you own a car. To drive the car to work you need a licence and insurance. It's illegal to drive without those...
Yes, and every car is registered, not just here, but in every jurisdiction in the world. You can literally track a car anywhere in the world. For a small fee anyone can get the history of a car, who's owned it, how many times it's been in the shop, where in the world it has been, in fact all the information about the car and previous owners.
And in most jurisdictions, insurance is compulsory. So why can't we ask the same for firearm owners? I know one thing for sure. If firearm owners were required to buy liability insurance for their weapons, It would be private enterprise that forced the weapons to be registered. It would also force the owners to take proper care of their firearms.
How does a freakin' person like this get to be a university president? He is just an absolute idiot!
Oh yea James Moore.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/12/05/liberty-...
Police investigate London tube stabbing as terrorist incident
Attacker who reportedly said he was reacting to Syria intervention is arrested after severely wounding man at Leytonstone station
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/05/suspect-custody-after-sta...
The UK could have stopped him if they'd had the courage to enact stronger gun control.
Yes, and had he had a gun all three would probably be dead now,
Montreal Massacre lessons took 25 years to learn
Francine Pelletier says we are finally waking up to real cost of staying silent
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-massacre-lessons-took-25...
California Gov. Brown says looser gun laws in Arizona, Nevada create opening for terrorists
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/5/california-gov-brown-says...
They need to do much more than mock these gun buts. Research perhaps? Like for example, who has contributed to more violence in the USA? ISIS or the NRA?
Gun-control fans mock Republicans for 'thoughts and prayers' after San Bernardino shooting
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/3/gun-control-fans-mock-rep...
Today is December 6
But why do we need incidents like what happened in Montreal 25 years ago for common sense to ruule? It boggles the mind what bullshit the gun nuts spew out, whereas anyone with half a brain knows that the more guns you have the more violence you will get. Our goal should be to reduce the violence in our society which clearly means get rid of all the guns as quickly as possible.
San Bernardino shooting: gun sales soar in familiar pattern of panic and profit
Share prices are up for Smith & Wesson, whose weapons were used in attack, as gun control advocates try to recast gun lobby fear-mongering as corporate greed
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/06/san-bernardino-shooting-g...
Don't you just love the spirit of Jesus in this Christmas card?
This Is The Christmas Card Numbnut Politico Family Sends: Fully Armed
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2015/12/06/this-is-the-christmas-card-numb...
Rev Pesky wrote:
I like that angle. Cars have vin numbers and all cars can be tracked. If we could register every firearm in the world that would be pretty awesome.
Owners are already forced to take proper car of their firearms, it's a criminal offence to violate Canada's storage laws (grey area if you're a cop) and being found guilty of it can lead to serious fines, serious lawyer costs and even jail time.
I don't really understand how insurence would work. Would I pay $100 a month for insurance so if shoot someones window by accident then insurance will pay for it?
NorthReport wrote:
In Quebec firearm registration seems to be synomyous with the shooting in montreal 25 years ago. Marc Lepine got a firearms licence then he bought the rifle he used in the murders legally. Do you have an idea how a firearms registry would have prevented those murders from taking place?
While were at it can you take a guess why a bunch of guns OTHER than what he used to murder the women were banned or made restricted after the shooting happened?
So everytime there is a mass shooting or mass killing the government talks about increasing gun control. This causes a lot of people to go out and buy new guys, ammo or firearms for the first time (like this recent apparent first time gun buyer record).
It's just a guess but if the government's automatic reaction wasn't going on TV and shouting MORE GUN CONTRO!L people wouldn't rush out and ironically buy more guns.
Actually a fund paid by gun owners that contributes to victims services is not a bad idea. Fault is not needed.
Some people drive drunk, some even use cars as a weapon. Not everyone. But a fund paid by all car owners pays out to victims of the misuse of cars as well as any accidents. I see no reason why not.
But a fund paid by all car owners pays out to victims of the misuse of cars as well as any accidents. I see no reason why not.
Are you referring to auto insurance?
I know that auto insurance covers accidents and such, but:
1. if I intentionally drive my car into a group of people, does my auto insurance cover the inevitable injuries to them?
2. if someone steals my car and drives it into a group of people, does my auto insurance cover the inevitable injuries to them?
3. if I'm struck by a car in a "hit and run" and the driver is never found, whose auto insurance covers my injuries?
1 yes -- although it will go after you as well.
3 your insurance will always pay you if you have a loss -- the other drive may be charged or face massive increases.
This is how it works in Ontario. You can check how the system works in other provinces but the basic covereage exists across the country for your question 1 and 2.
OK. I'm not sure what your sources are, but I got this from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) web site:
Your insurance company is allowed to deny payment for loss or damage caused to the vehicle in an accident, if you or anyone you let drive your vehicle:
was unable to maintain proper control of the vehicle because you (or he and she) was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; or
is convicted of one of the following Criminal Code offences (or any similar offences under any other law in Canada or the United States) relating to the use, care, or control of the vehicle:
causing death or injury by criminal negligence,
dangerous operation of a vehicle,
failure to stop at the scene of an accident,
driving a vehicle when impaired or with more than 80 mg of alcohol in the blood,
refusal to provide the police with a breath sample,
causing injury when driving a vehicle while impaired or with over 80 mg/100ml of alcohol in the blood, or
driving the vehicle while disqualified from doing so.
Except for certain accident benefits, there is no coverage for anyone, including passengers, if:
Your vehicle is driven by a person without your consent, or by someone specifically excluded from your policy by the OPCF 28A (Excluded Driver Endorsement).
Which kind of makes it sound like if someone steals your vehicle, your insurance isn't obligated to cover anything, and if you intentionally drive in an unsafe manner -- e.g. plowing into a group of people -- then they're not obligated to cover anything.
As far as #3 goes, I'm not a driver, so I'm not referring to some fender-bender "hit and run". I'm a pedestrian, with no auto insurance, so if a car hits me, drives off, and is never found, whose insurance covers my losses?
To be clear, I'm not asking any of this because I have some personal fetish about auto insurance. But I would think that if "gun insurance" were to be of any benefit, it would need to cover situations in which:
1. a gun owner intentionally shoots someone (see #1 above for analogy)
2. someone steals my gun and shoot someone (see #2 above for analogy)
3. someone shoots me, but is never caught (see #3 above for analogy)
What's the spirit of the insurance. Just to give victims money? Like how bushmaster USA was sued ?
Sorry you are misinterpreting what you are referencing -- please read more closely.
The exclusions are related to the car, driver and passengers of the person in control of the car.
You are extending this exclusion to third party liability which does not have such an exclusion.
The first part of your quote excluded coverage for your car -- not third parties.
The second part of your quote excludes driver and passengers but these are also not third parties.
BTW -- if the person took your car and did not have permission (and this can be hard to prove) the case may be treated as an uninsured motorist and the vehicle as stolen.
Note-- if you are a driver and you are hit by an uninsured motorist your insurance will pay as it always does. If you are a pedestrian and someone in your family has the Family protection endorsement then you are covered as well -- this is funded in part by all who have insurance.
This is from TD Insurance -- perhaps other insurers are totally different:
Third-Party Liability covers you if you are considered responsible for unintentionally injuring someone or damaging their property.
Seems to me that that would exclude any coverage for a thief, or any coverage for intentionally injuring someone.
I'm not asking this as some kind of challenge, or to "throw down", but if you have a link to any insurer who says "if someone steals your car and plows into a group of people, we pay them", could you post it? Because I'd really like to read that for myself.
As for your last three points I would agree and it should be possible for a policy fund to be set up publicly to cover all of these out of licensing fees (effectively insurance).
I explained in my post -- perhaps you did not see it becuase I edited right after posting it.
Ontario has a system where the insurance of the person who has the loss pays. This is the foundation of no-fault insurance.
So what this means is that it does not matter the status or covereage of the person hitting you -- if you are insured you are covered. So this is how it works for drivers.
For non-drivers it is a little different: if they are drivers that are at the moment pedestrians they are covered in the same manner.
If they are family members of drivers who have the Family Protection Endorsement then they are covered through that.
https://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/en/auto/autobulletins/archives/Documents/a-04...
You are right there is a gap -- for those who are not drivers ANd not covered under any family protection endorsement. These people have to sue the person if identified. If that person has any insurance or assets you can claim against it but if they do not then you have no recourse.
So the bottom line is you need either insurance yourself or the driver needs insurance for you to recover something. But if you do something wrong -- the insurance company may not cover you but they will pay your liability -- and then probably refuse future coverage to you.
Back tot he original point -- if the owner or legal operator of the car has liability insurance you as a third party are covered no matter what they did. If they do not have insurance but you or a family members does covering you then you are insured.
Only if the driver had no insurance and you ahve no insurance are you high and dry.
Listening to el presidente I find it staggering that suspects on no fly lists are still allowed to purchase weapons.
Let's bring this back to "gun insurance" then.
I doubt that most non-gun-owners are going to purchase "victim insurance", and I have a tough time believing that criminals are going to pay for insurance for their illegal gun (or that any insurer is going to extend their coverage to cases in which a stolen/unregistered/illegal gun is used for crime -- after all, are they insuring the person or the gun itself?). So, I've been shot and now I have expenses. Who pays, and why? Want to make it even plainer? Let's assume I was shot with a sawed-off shotgun. Who's going to insure that?
Back tot he original point -- if the owner or legal operator of the car has liability insurance you as a third party are covered no matter what they did.
What if they didn't do anything? What if their car was stolen at 1pm and the thief struck me (a pedestrian, with no auto insurance) at 1:15pm? Does the owners insurer pay for my lifetime of bills? I'm kind of guessing "no".
ed'd to add: FWIW, there already exist funds for victims of crime.
In other words our governments should be taking about getting rid of all the killing guns every day so where somebody does go beserk citizens will understand it is the easy access to killing guns that is one of, if not the major contributing factor..


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LIZZY BORDEN's 'Appointment With Death' Lineup To Reunite For One Show
LIZZY BORDEN's "Appointment With Death" lineup — Ira Black, Joey Scott, Marten Andersson and Lizzy Borden — will reunite for a one-night-only performance on Friday, January 24 at the Epiphone party at NAMM at Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, California. You do not need to be a part of NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California to get tickets for this concert.
LIZZY BORDEN's Dario Lorina has joined BLACK LABEL SOCIETY as that band's new guitarist.
Said LIZZY BORDEN frontman and namesake: "We are extremely proud and happy for Dario Lorina on being selected as Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new guitarist.
"It's been an amazing ride performing all around the world with Dario. He is a true professional and an incredible blues-driven artistic guitarist, adding so much to the BORDEN sound. Personally, it was a privilege for me to have him on my left side for the last four years and I know Zakk, his band and their fans are going to love Dario, as we all do.
"Dario will be missed in the BORDEN camp but he will always be one of us and we wish him all the luck in the world."
LIZZY BORDEN celebrated its 30th anniversary by embarking on the "30 Years Of American Metal" tour. The trek included "a brand new show, created from the ground up just for this monumental occasion. The new show encompassed songs from each and every LIZZY BORDEN record to date, including classic songs like "Me Against The World", "American Metal", "Master Of Disguise", plus songs the band has never performed live."
LIZZY BORDEN has spent the past few years working on material for the follow-up to 2007's "Appointment With Death"
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The Best Multiplayer Games on the Nintendo Switch eShop (for under $20)
Patrick Keegan	on December 16, 2017
The Nintendo Switch is now Nintendo's fastest-selling console in history. The new hybrid gaming system's popularity is due in no small part its formidable line-up of first party games. Exploding onto the market with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo quickly followed up with a torrent of successful games such as Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and now Super Mario Odyssey has brought the console home to a strong finish for 2017.
But let's not forget about some of the lesser-known titles that stepped up to fill the gaps between Nintendo's major releases. The Switch's major selling point – the blending of home and portable gaming – means the console is fine-tuned to enhance accessibility and ease of play. While most people will jump straight to Mario Kart when looking for a multiplayer game, there are countless hours of fun to be had from the Switch's indie titles which offer unique multiplayer experiences for a fraction of the cost.
This list focuses on what we consider to be the best casual multiplayer games that are available for under $20 AUD, so you can pick up and play with your friends at any time without breaking the bank.
Astro Duel Deluxe
Astro Duel Deluxe is classic arcade fun, complete with pew-pew sound effects, devastating power-ups and satisfying instant replays so you can relive the moment your spaceship squelches a friend over and over again. Glorious.
In this fast-paced game you control a ship rocketing through a plethora of space-arenas on a mission to ruthlessly run down your opponents. Your actions are basic: move, shoot, and dash. Each player's ship essentially serves as an extra life, but once this protective layer is gone, your little pilot has no choice but to float helplessly through space and try to avoid being crushed by any opportunistic foes. With a variety of challenging maps littered with asteroids and special weapons, the defenceless pilots must use everything at their disposal to defeat their enemies and protect their fragile little bodies.
The game supports up to 6 players and has a variety of modes to choose from. Gameplay is balanced, rewarding players on a losing streak with extra weapons and shields to help them on their way to victory. The controls are simple, the gameplay is self-explanatory and rounds are lightning-quick, making this a great game to get the party started, or for when you need to kill a few minutes.
Join the fight for love in this adorable co-op adventure that will have you and your friends yelling commands at each other as you scamper to coordinate your efforts and defeat the evil forces of Anti-Love.
In Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, you and up to 3 friends traverse space in a multi-functional battleship, fending off baddies and rescuing cute space-bunnies. When it comes to operating the battleship, everyone has a unique part to play. The ship's interior has multiple battle-stations and each corresponds to a specific function like thrusters, shields and weapons. Players can only command one terminal at a time, so effective communication is crucial. There's no use having everyone on the guns if there's no one to stop the ship drifting inexorably towards its demise.
The bright neon environments and quirky premise of this game will delight players both young and old. It's a perfect cooperative game for those not so keen on the competitive aspect, and the randomly generated worlds present a new challenge every time you play.
The tagline, "Fast-paced Rocket Dodgeball Arena" couldn't be more spot-on. Subtract the pain and humiliation of an actual ball to the jaw, and here you've got the perfect dodgeball experience that you can play on the go. Plus, there's no more trudging back to the sidelines in front of your jeering classmates.
Rocket Fist is a local multiplayer game in a similar vein to Astro Duel Deluxe that requires players to destroy each other in quick-fire battles that take place in tight arenas. Each player begins the round equipped with the signature rocket fist which acts as a projectile to fire at your opponents. But there's a twist: after you fire a shot you'll need to retrieve a discarded fist before you can attack again. Frantic sprints ensue as players dash for the nearest weapon in the hopes of getting off a sneaky shot while their opponents are disarmed.
For those wanting to hone their skills there's also a simple player campaign, but Rocket Fist really shines as a fast-paced multiplayer experience that will keep you coming back for more of the bite-sized matches.
Astro Bears Party
Imagine Tron. Only, replace the futuristic light cycles and digital landscape with spacesuit-wearing bears dashing across the surface of a tiny ball equipped with nothing but jetpacks and cheeky grins. That's what you're in for with Astro Bears Party.
Each match begins with 2-4 bears on different sides of a small planet. They proceed to run around and weave colourful ribbons made of what I can only assume is the same stuff as lightsabers, because the instant a bear touches it – they're out. Players must try to outwit their opponents as they create convoluted mazes, jeptpack over the deadly trails or try to dash ahead to cut off other bears. The chaos intensifies with more players, but this game is still addictive with 1-on-1 matches.
A good test for your reflexes, Astro Bears Party is a surprisingly delightful romp for such a low price tag, and each short match is bound to be met with a few laughs.
Most of what players do in this game is die, so it makes sense that it has the word 'Death' in the title. But don't let that deter you! We all learn from our mistakes (and besides, you're playing as easily replaceable robots so you can all just relax).
Death Squared has 1, 2, or 4 players take control of little robotic cubes and work together to solve puzzles. The aim is to navigate all cubes to the goal while avoiding obstacles in a variety of Portal-esque testing environments. It sounds simple, but the real hazards here are your teammates. Fail to communicate effectively and you may find yourself inadvertently vaporising your buddies or forcing them off the edge of the stage to tumble tragically to their doom. Finding the correct solution is all the more satisfying after a few harmless deaths, but if you're going to get to that stage you'll need to master the art of working through the puzzles together.
This light-hearted puzzle game is made even better by the comic banter exchanged between a sassy AI assistant and a programmer observing the players throughout the challenges (just watch the ridiculous trailer above for an idea of what you're in for). This gives Death Squared an added dimension of humour, making it one of the more entertaining brainteasers you'll find on the Switch.
De Mambo
Become a murderous little ball and attack your friends!
It's possibly the simplest concept for a game on this list, and it's definitely the game with the simplest controls. But simple is good. It's so simple, in fact, that even your simplest friends can join in on the fun!
De Mambo is a frantic fighting game where players knock each other off the screen in a style reminiscent of Super Smash Bros. Players move and attack using only the control stick and a single button. It's as accessible as they come. The destructible stages add an extra degree of urgency as you battle it out, and often it's merely a matter of staying alive long enough for your opponents to go whizzing off the edge of the stage in order to win.
De Mambo is what the Switch was made for – a pick-up-and-play game with short matches perfect for playing on the go.
Little Inferno
Are you a budding or established pyromaniac? Are you looking to burn off a little steam, literally? Well, this is the game for you! Now you can burn things to your heart's content all from the safety of your home. Not only is it fun, it's also a much healthier and safer outlet than, say, going out and burning things in real life.
In Little Inferno you're the proud owner of the titular Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace and your goal, as we've established, is to burn things. Burn all the things. Wood, toys, a miniature moon. Into the fireplace it goes! Create interesting combos to unlock more things to burn. It's easy, endless fun for everyone. The Switch remake of this Wii U classic incorporates a new two-player mode, so now you can huddle up close to the flames with a buddy and reduce innumerable items to ash together!
Little Inferno sits closer to some kind of profound, otherworldly experience than a traditional video game, so it makes sense to go on this strange and wonderful journey with a friend. Plus, working together means you can double your efficiency, burn more things and stay warmer. It's cold out there, after all.
Conga Master Party
What says "party" more than the infamous conga line? Practically anything, actually. But that's never stopped conga-lovers before, and it's certainly not going to stop them now. With Conga Master Party, you can celebrate this cringe-worthy and inaptly named "dance" from the comfort of your living room (where no one can witness your shame).
The aim of Conga Master Party is to make the longest continuous line of dancers. From the moment you step onto the dance floor the game is afoot. You must steer your brave solo dancer across the room to recruit dancers and grow your following. Battle it out with your groovy friends to find out once and for all who is the King or Queen of boogie.
The multiplayer modes have enough variety to keep you playing for many rounds and the soundtrack is sure to get you grooving in your seat. It's silly, it's absurd, it's enthralling. It's conga.
Putty Pals
Putty Pals has you team up with a friend to complete platforming challenges as two balls of putty who, judging by their delightful gibbering and expressive googly eyes, are indeed pals. Putty pals!
Putty Pals was designed as a cooperative game and, although it's possible to play solo, the puzzles are best experienced with a friend. Players must work together to bounce off one another, hold hands (which is about as adorable as you would expect, and a refreshingly innocent game mechanic) and solve colour-based challenges to complete the 28 available levels. The main campaign can go by quickly, but there are plenty of collectables along the way as well as time trials for those looking for more of a challenge.
There's something heart-warming about Putty Pals that is more than the sum of its bright visuals and cute characters. The casual, relaxing environment really focuses on fostering teamwork and communication, which is a wonderful change from competitive games. It's perfect for those who want a stress-free, couch gaming experience.
Before anyone calls me out on this, I know I've cheated. This game is actually $21, but believe me when I say that extra dollar is worth the investment. It's my personal number one pick for the list, so I think I'm entitled to a little wriggle room. It's my list, anyway, I can do what I want!
In Octodad: Dadliest Catch you take on the role of an octopus posing as a human who lives a surprisingly well-established life as a successful and beloved family man. Players control one or more limbs to guide our stretchy hero towards completing a variety of mundane chores while avoiding detection by his family and others. These everyday tasks are made all the more difficult by the fact that, well, he's an uncoordinated octopus. The combined effort required to succeed here takes a special kind of teamwork – one that must transcend the laughs and the wacky humour of the game.
Although Octodad: Dadliest Catch is also brilliant when playing by yourself, my suggestion is to get another three players and try – just try – to get the hang of working together to master Octodad's movements. Regardless of whether you succeed or not, you'll be in for a laugh.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy, 2006)
December 8, 2009 by Denis Haack
They are on a road, alone, surrounded by devastation, blasted by the cold. Houses stand empty, doors ajar, windows broken, floors and ceilings buckling from moisture seeping in from slowly disintegrating roofs. Whatever belongings the buildings once contained have long since been pillaged, sorted through by the few desperate survivors in a largely dead world. Mummified corpses litter streets in towns that now are rows of abandoned structures separated by crumbling streets. Buses, cars, and trucks are rusting hulks, useless and still.
Trees stand skeletal against the sky, dry and lifeless, bushes, weeds and grass all crumble when touched. Rivers and creeks flow sluggishly, leaden, black, and sour. A gray coating of ash falls from the sky, like snow, with snow, so that everything is gray, including the sky, so that the sun is merely a glow in a perpetual shadowy gloom. Two figures are moving painfully towards the coast, a father and his son, filthy, starving, their meager possessions–tattered blankets, jars of water, a few corroded cans of food, a plastic tarp, a rusty revolver with two shells–in a grocery cart.
On the far side of the river valley the road passed through a stark black burn. Charred and limbless trunks of trees stretching away on every side. Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind. A burned house in a clearing and beyond that a reach of meadowlands stark and gray and a raw red mudbank where roadworks lay abandoned. Farther along were billboards advertising motels. Everything as it once had been save faded and weathered. At the top of the hill they stood in the cold and the wind, getting their breath. He looked at the boy. I'm all right, the boy said. The man put his hand on his shoulder and nodded toward the open country below them. He got the binoculars out of the cart and stood in the road and glassed the plain down there where the shape of a city stood in the grayness like a charcoal drawing sketched across the waste. Nothing to see. No smoke. Can I see? The boy said. Yes. Of course you can. The boy leaned on the cart and adjusted the wheel. What do you see? The man said. Nothing. He lowered the glasses. It's raining. Yes, the man said. I know.
The landscape in The Road is crisscrossed by the aftermath of uncontrolled fires, trees now blackened stumps, buildings reduced to ash, the asphalt of the road blistered from the deadly heat. The man and his son occasionally meet others, occasional stragglers like themselves, near death, or skulking gangs reduced to cannibalism. Cormac McCarthy writes spare prose, stripping dialogue of quotation marks as if such finery were unneeded when life is parsed down to the bare essentials. His stories are not meant to comfort but to provoke, not meant to set us at ease but to force us to reflect on the things that matter most. They are simple stories yet compelling, powerful in their quiet insistence that contrary to the popular lies of our postmodern world, there is no escape from the demands of reality.
In No Country for Old Men, McCarthy he asks us–no, he forces us–to consider the existence of evil. In The Road, set in an undated time after some apocalyptic cataclysm, he asks us to consider the meaning of humanity, of life, and of history. It is as if McCarthy knows these are not popular conversations to have and so he uses violence to focus our attention. He knows the simplistic and insufficient answers often given and instead of bothering to refute them, takes us into a story in which those answers could not possibly be seriously entertained.
The Road is not a depressing story, nor do I think it is meant to be. It is terrifying. Not in the sense of simply being scary, though there are tense moments in the struggle to stay alive, to do what the good people do when trying to escape those who are bad. Life is stripped to the bare essentials, to little more than mere survival, so that we face our existence and wonder why we are here, what it means, whether God is, and where we are going.
I will not reveal how The Road ends, except to say that it caused my heart to sing. I have no idea whether in a hundred years the stories of Cormac McCarthy will be considered classics. I do know they are important for our postmodern world, piercing our easy cynicism with a dose of reality too powerful to ignore and too compelling to dismiss. We are on a pilgrimage, McCarthy reminds us, with death at our heels, and we'd be wise to keep our eyes peeled for scattered signs of meaning.
1. What was your emotional reaction to The Road? Why do you think you responded to the story as you did?
2. Read aloud a few sections that especially stood out to you as compelling. What was it that impacted you?
3. As objectively as possible, consider Cormac McCarthy's writing style--his use of words, lack of chapter divisions, use of grammar and punctuation, descriptions, etc. Was it effective for the telling of this story or did you find it distracting?
4. Using words and phrases from the book itself, describe the characters, beginning with the man and his son, then the man's wife and the others they meet on the road.
5. What do you think is the significance of that fact that McCarthy never provides names for either the father or son?
6. One of the criticisms of the book involves the suicide of the wife--how does this fact impact the story?
7. How does McCarthy use dreams and flashbacks in The Road?
8. What is (are) the major theme(s)? How does McCarthy raise them in the process of telling his story?
9. The father and son often say they are "the good guys" while "bad people" are out there, needing to be avoided and feared. They also speak of "carrying the fire." What is the meaning and significance of these themes?
10. What is the significance of the title?
11. Who is telling the story? Whose voice do you hear? (Is it the person going through the experience, or someone else telling you about that person?) How does the relationship between the narrator and the implied listener help the reader focus on what's important about the character(s)?
12. What is the span of experience covered by (or contained in) the story? How does the span help the reader understand what is at stake for the character(s)? Are there stages or periods in this span of time? If yes, what are they? Why do you think McCarthy arranges them in the order that appears in the work?
13. Does this story function as a slice of reality, or a microcosm of reality, or a metaphor for reality? How do you know?
14. If you did not enjoy this work, is there a reason why you should encounter it anyway? Would you recommend this work of fiction to others? Why or why not? How would you describe the work--and your reaction to it--in a way that would make sense to a Christian friend… to a non-Christian friend? Do the two descriptions differ? Why? Should they?
15. Read the final paragraph of The Road. What is McCarthy saying? What is the "mystery" he refers to? Gerard Manley Hopkins' (1844-1889) famous poem, "Pied Beauty" came to mind as I read the final paragraph in The Road:
GLORY be to God for dappled things-
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced-fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise him.
Compare and contrast this poem to McCarthy's paragraph, and book.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf; 2006) 241 pp.
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The Burbank community mourns the passing of minister, pastor, and Doctor Jerry A. Jones.
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The first major storm of the year is forcing road closures and mandatory evacuations.
Burbank's City Parks are getting a makeover!
On Wednesday, December 13th, the Burbank Bike Angels celebrated their 9th Holiday seasonal event by unveiling more than 100 bikes for Burbank's less fortunate children.
Every year, the Burbank Police Department participates in 'Heroes and Helpers', an event benefiting Burbank's less fortunate children.
On Tuesday, December 5th, City Council discussed plans to combat Homelessness.
The city is moving K-rails into the Burbank Hillside in an effort to brace for potential mudslides.
On Sunday, December 10th, Jose Sandoval and his crew will be hosting the first annual Toys for Tacos at Olive Park.
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