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Movie review: ‘Inferno’ features great cast, muddled plot

Edit The Roanoke Times 28 Oct 2016
Imagine a less spry and agile Indiana Jones and you have professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Harvard professor of religious iconography and symbology (not a real academic discipline) ... The screeching noises, flashing lights, rapid editing and queasy camera movements will make you, too, feel like you’re experiencing head trauma. Subscription Required....

Every parent’s nightmare: the horror of a high-stakes Halloween

Edit The Guardian 28 Oct 2016
One of the worst aspects of parenting, apart from the mess and the exhaustion, is the arts and crafts element. Halloween is a particularly tough time for this ... No clowns allowed. scariest Halloween costume of 2016 faces bans across US ... (See my fun thoughts about colouring.) But Halloween is so overblown and labour-intensive, and such an invitation for screeching, that it really has become a meta-exercise in realising my nightmares ... ....

The screech of the songbird

Edit The Jerusalem Post 27 Oct 2016
The Eurasian jay is a common resident of Israeli towns and villages that have parks and green spaces ... ....

Comment on New rail director will inherit agency plagued by turnover by wondermn1

Edit Star Advertiser 27 Oct 2016
RUSTY THE HATED SCREECHING STEEL ON STEEL ELEVATED HEAVY RAIL REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN & AGAIN AS CALDWELL TRY’S TO TURN THE RAIL INTO THE BIGGEST BOONDOGGLE IN HISTORY. Built on a foundation of lies, deception and backroom cash laden deals the choo choo has become a NIGHTMARE FOR HONOLULU ... Vote Djou for a chance at THINKING in our city Government cause Caldwell is a RAIL PUPPET ... ....

SCIENCE Editorial - From distant lands, medical miracles

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 27 Oct 2016
The Tasmanian devil is found in the wild in only one place on Earth. Soon it might be found in countless research laboratories ... That’s not all ... The Drug Enforcement Administration nearly brought research on kratom to a screeching halt by threatening to classify kratom as a Schedule I substance alongside heroin and marijuana ... ....

With an uncertain future, time is now for Los Angeles Clippers

Edit LA Daily News 27 Oct 2016
PLAYA VISTA >> Doc Rivers walked out of the arena with blood on the shoulder of his white monogrammed dress shirt. Chris Paul’s hand was broken; Blake Griffin’s quadriceps was torn ... The Clippers’ 2015 season ended with as much of a painful screech as it did with a thud, a litany of injuries helping undo a 2-0 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers, sending them into another summer full of introspection....

Review: ‘Inferno’ features great cast, muddled plot

Edit Star Advertiser 27 Oct 2016
“Inferno”. Rated PG-13 (2.01). **. Imagine a less spry and agile Indiana Jones and you have professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Harvard professor of religious iconography and “symbology” (not a real academic discipline) ... The screeching noises, flashing lights, rapid editing and queasy camera movements will make you, too, feel like you’re experiencing head trauma....

Reggie Wayne Knows The Importance Of Donte Moncrief’s Return (Indianapolis Colts)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Oct 2016
(Source. Indianapolis Colts). INDIANAPOLIS - Reggie Wayne made a living on third down. For the better part of his 14 seasons in Indianapolis when the money down arrived, it was time for Wayne to pay the bills. Coming into 2016, many figured Donte Moncrief would ascend into a role that Wayne took so much pride in ... He's the guy to do that ... It was that game in Denver where Moncrief's potential breakout season came to a screeching halt ... Ward....

Jason Robie: Formula 1 frenzy

Edit Conway Daily Sun 27 Oct 2016
This past weekend was an absolute blast! I spent the weekend with my brother in Austin (and Houston) Texas at the Formula 1 weekend races. Even if you are not a fan of racing, this was a weekend that would be a great time for all ...  . These vehicles scream down the straightaways at more than 200 mph, and then come screeching to a halt (40 mph) to navigate a hairpin turn and then blast off to the next section ...   ....

US state of Oklahoma to vote on death penalty in November

Edit Deccan Chronicle 27 Oct 2016
Oklahoma City. This November, voters in the state of Oklahoma will not only help choose the next US president, but also decide a ballot measure with big implications for the future of the death penalty. Capital punishment is on hold in the southwestern state after a series of botched executions ... Shifting beliefs? ... Executions in Oklahoma came to a screeching halt in 2015, after a series of blunders.  ... Barometer ... ....

Lou Reed, remembered: 5 things you may not know about The Velvet Underground frontman

Edit Syracuse 27 Oct 2016
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Three years ago today, the Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed died from liver disease at his home. He was 71. Reed was called a lot of things in his 71 years. a hero, an icon, a gifted songwriter and guitarist at best ... "But everyone who bought it formed a band." ... On it, you can hear a young Reed's high-pitched screeches over basic garage riffs, as he speak-sings lyrics describing how to do "The Ostrich" dance ... Email ... ....

The Social Festival 2016 review

Edit Skiddle 27 Oct 2016
We packed Martin Guttridge-Hewitt off to Maidstone to catch sets from Sasha and Digweed, Laurent Garnier and Guy Gerber at this year's Social Festival. Date published. 12th Sep 2016. Image. The Social ... Put simply ... 180minutes of screeches, sirens, synths and driving percussion later it was finally time to call it an end to part one, if for no other reason than to get out of those sodden clothes and avoid catching our death.  ... ....

Dispatches from the frontline: Bernard-Henri Lévy on the road to Mosul

Edit New Statesman 27 Oct 2016
The French's philosopher's documentary, Peshmerga, followed the Kurds fighting Islamic State in northern Iraq. Now, he and his team are back in Iraqi Kurdistan. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">. Return to Kurdistan ... Nothing has changed ... *** ... Three Toyotas come to a screeching halt, disgorging a squad of men in mismatched black uniforms — definitely not the Peshmerga ... *** ... ***....
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