Episode Name : Rain on the Evil and on the Good

Air date : 5/17/12

Summary:

IN THIS EPISODE - In the thrilling conclusion to Season One, Becca faces her own inner demons in a way she never has before in a last ditch effort to save her son. Meanwhile, Suspect Zero tries to complete his sale, on the Season Finale of “Missing”.

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Becca Winstone (Ashley Judd) learns that her son, Michael, disappears while studying abroad, and it’s a race against time when she travels to Europe to track him down. A surprising turn of events reveals just how far one mother will go to protect her family. Exotic locations and thrilling twists will keep you riveted in “Missing”. How far would you go to save the only thing you have left in the world? At 8 years old, Michael watched as his father, CIA Agent Paul Winstone, was murdered. Now 10 years later, Paul’s wife, Becca, is faced with the reality of her son growing up. When Michael is afforded the opportunity to study abroad, his mother reluctantly agrees it’s time to let him go. Just a few weeks into his trip Michael disappears, and Becca immediately suspects foul play. When she arrives in Rome, she begins piecing together the clues left behind. It isn’t long before the kidnappers realize they’ve picked a fight with the wrong woman. Becca Winstone has a secret of her own — before Paul’s death, she was also a lethal CIA Agent. But if she wants to find her son alive, Becca will have to rely on old friends and reopen old wounds. Her resourcefulness, skill and determination will be put to the test – but a mother’s love knows no limits.

Dont forget to Watch Missing Season 1. Episode 10: Rain on the Evil and on the Good Streaming Online 5/17/12 08:00 PM on ABC

I can’t believe I actually watched this show… I mean I really can’t believe it! I don’t know what possessed me to watch it. Well, a friend of mine convinced me to watch it and I’m still not sure why I bothered watching it. I don’t get it!

I like the fact that they mention controversial issues in a family friendly way. In the first season you had a pregnant teen, a girl with two gay dads, a gay student and bullying, among others. That was interesting to me. Still, in a way it was also a bit mind-numbing. I thought the show was utterly ridiculous yet I couldn’t turn away from it. I’ll probably watch the second season but really I just don’t get it.

The show is about a man named Mr. Shuester who tries to get a glee club together in a high school. Glee club in the show is basically a drama club. Of course, he has the cheer leading coach Sue Sylvester that tries to thwart him in his chances to bring a glee club back to the school.

He eventually gets the kids to join the glee club and everyone has fun with it. Of course, they have adversaries and Coach Sylvester does everything in her power to disband the club. It is a show that works.

Still, I just don’t get it. I think it’s interesting that in the show they put together songs from different artists that go together to form a storyline. To me, that was unique but I still don’t understand it. I guess you can say I have mixed feelings about the show.

I rate Glee Season 1 a 4 out of 10.

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A cool episode that for once gives a decent portion of action to the entire Liberator crew, rather than just one or two of them.

Blake (Gareth Thomas) and Cally are trying to talk an exiled former president of a planet to return to power and help overthrow the Federation president who has taken his place.

The ex-President and his gun toting vivacious daughter are living in a woodland castle, (with a model of the Eiffel Tower on its roof). They are treated well, but virtually under house arrest. The ex-president has a collection butterflies, old jazz records, and a vintage car. He is resigned to his exile and expects an assassin to kill him on behalf of the Federation at any time. He seems to actually want this to happen, and assumes Blake is the killer himself. Blake and the daughter struggle to persuade him to go with them. They are assisted by the telepathic Cally (Jan Chappell).

Just as they manage to get the president to help in his own escape from the Federation goon squad closing in, the Liberator is captured by an armed band of smugglers, led by a man who looks like an extra from Laurence Of Arabia. These are the smugglers Jenna (Sally Knyvette) used to work with and she fakes a continuing alliance with them that makes her take her fellow crewmembers hostage. The crew are forced to wear explosive collars that the piratical bounty hunters can trigger at will.  Villa (Michael Keating) helps them escape from the necklaces of death, while Paul Darrow’s Avon helps them break out of their prison cell, to recapture their ship. However it is the president and his daughter who will ultimately save everyone and kill the leader of the attackers.

A fun episode that really teases the viewer regarding Jenna’s motives. The two separate plot strands knit together very well, and. T P McKenna’s Oscar Wilde like president in exile is very well performed. His transformation into a man of action and political guile is impressive. Sadly, we will see no more of him or his daughter after they are taken to the planet he is supposed to recapture from Federation control. The Liberator crew just go off to other adventures and forget all about this episode.

Arthur Chappell.

For me, the big adumbration in this adventure — if you annihilate an Original, his or her absolute bloodline follows — wasn’t as abundant of a affliction as Elijah absolute that the Curse of the Sun and the Moon was affected in division 2. But it is anothergame-changer. Let’s dig in. We began with Damon, Stefan, and Alaric ambuscade from Elena the actuality that they were authoritative stakes out of the Wickery Bridge assurance aback she came to appointment Alaric.Why? I feel like Damon arena coyat the aperture was added for our account than hers, aback they acutely went on to acquaint her about the stakes. But go with it. Stefan criticized Damon’s whittling, and Alaric said he capital to about-face himself in to Sheriff Forbes and pay for the murders his adapt ego committed. But Stefan and Damon were accepting none of that aback Operation Annihilate Klaus was aback on. Alaric didn’t demand to put on his ring, but Damon told him if he wasgoing vampire hunting, he better.

Elena and Caroline took a airing in the woods, and Elena told her it was Alaric’s sociopathic adapt ego that dead her father. Caroline was understandably upset, until Elena reminded her that Alaric didn’t accept to become a analgesic — it was affected on him, aloof like Caroline actuality angry into a vampire. And oh yeah, Caroline has a anatomy count, too. Have we abandoned that? Elena didn’t carelessness her, so she won’t carelessness Alaric. All better, Carolineand Elena (savior of the accursed and the damned) met up with Matt, who’d additionally gotten a cryptictext from Stefan to accommodated in the woods. Stefan wondered area Bonnie was, and Caroline told him about her mother bailing on her again. She appropriate they leave her out of it. Truthfully, that’s a impaired idea. I’m abiding she’s grieving,but THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO KILL KLAUS. Eye on the prize, people.

We cut to Klaus catching up to Finn on the street. Their mother is off somewhere coming up with a new plan to kill them all, and Finn reminded us he’s still willing to sacrifice himself. Klaus wanted Finn to come back to Mystic Falls, where Klaus said he had a witch who could undo Esther’s spell that binds them together.

If he doesn’t come, Klaus said he’d put him back in that coffin he spent the last 900 years in. (Don’t you feel like the first 10 minutes of every episode now is spent reminding us of character history? Or is it for the new viewers they hope are tuning in each episode?) Finn said what happens to one, happens to themall, so if Klaus daggers him, Klaus may not feel the effects but he’lllose Rebekah. This is what I don’t get: If the bond doesn’t work on Klaus when the dagger is used ona sibling, why do Damon and Stefan assume it would work withthe white oak stake? Rebekah popped up to help Klaus corner Finn.

Welcome back to Mystic Falls, brother!

He wrote to the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah referring to allegations of assault on four reporters by the police but drew a rude reply. He received a positive response from the chief minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan. Protests were sent also to the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The nadir was reached on March 2 in Bengaluru. At least 20 media persons and police personnel were injured when they were attacked by, of all persons, lawyers, and that too on the premises of the city’s civil court. They singled out the crew of the electronic media for particular attention. They were assaulted and their expensive cameras and other equipment smashed.

The media’s coverage of the protest staged by lawyers, last January, highlighted the huge traffic gridlock in the nerve centre of the city and the anger voiced by ordinary citizens. The protesters’ lack of any sense of responsibility stood exposed.

This time, on March 2, media personnel, especially from TV, had come in strength to cover the appearance in court of a mining baron G. Janardhan Reddy who faces charges of illegal mining.

Media coverage had contributed a lot to his ouster as minister in the state government. Advocates objected to TV crew and photographers from the print media trying to film Reddy getting out of a car to proceed to court, when all hell broke loose.

The media is not only entitled as of right to cover such events but is bound to do so as a matter of public duty. Photographers, like TV crew, face greater danger. They have to protect expensive cameras as well as their own lives and limbs because a single photograph or TV frame can be more damning than words in cold print.

In the wake of this rash of media attacks, controversy erupted on whether special protective legislation is called for. It is argued by some that an assault on a journalist is no different from an assault on any other citizen. Ergo, no special legislation is called for. The objection is groundless for three good reasons.

First, such a law will itself send out a message to all that the attacks cannot be allowed to persist and will serve as a deterrent to lawbreakers.

Secondly, the Penal Code is studded with provisions which impose greater punishment for offences committed in special circumstances. For example, joining an unlawful assembly while armed with a deadly weapon carries greater punishment than mere membership of an unlawful assembly. There are half a dozen provisions on various kinds of “negligent conduct” affecting public health, each in its own distinctive way. Forgery of court record is treated more seriously than forgery of any other kind.

Which brings us to the last reason which is of a fundamental character. A journalist is attacked because he is discharging a public duty, not for personal reasons. He represents an institution — the Fourth Estate. Constitutions draw a distinction between freedom of speech guaranteed to every citizen and freedom of the press. It is an institutional right available to members of an institution.

There was a time during the Raj, when the Privy Council ruled that the rights of the journalist are no greater than those of any other citizen. So did the US Supreme Court at one time. But it shifted its position gradually. In 1978 it ruled that “the concept of equal access must be accorded more flexibility in order to accommodate the practical distinctions between the press and the general public. When on assignment, a journalist does not tour a jail simply for his own edification. He is there to gather information to be passed on to others, and his mission is protected by the Constitution for very specific reasons”.

In 1980, the principle was extended in yet more explicit terms to reporting of court proceedings. In olden times the public learnt of the proceedings by personal attendance or word of mouth from those who were present in court.

“People now acquire it chiefly through the print and electronic media. In a sense, this validates the media claim of functioning as surrogates for the public. While media representatives enjoy the same right of access as the public, they often are provided special seating and priority of entry so that they may report what people in attendance have seen and heard.”

Once the fundamental principle of the media as surrogates for the public is accepted, objections to special legislation, to protect members of the Fourth Estate and deter attacks on them, fall to the ground.

One such law was moved in the Karnataka Assembly in 1988 but the government fell before it could be enacted as Clause 4 of the bill. It read thus: “Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly or voluntarily causes hurt, or wrongfully restrains or confines or commits criminal intimidation or threatens to commit any of the said offences with the intention of preventing any journalist or worker in a newspaper or journal from performing his duties or discharging his functions as such or preventing the publication, circulation or distribution of the said newspaper or journal shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six years or with fine which may extend to Rs 20,000 or with both.” The media must take the lead and promote suitable legislation.

How do such people live?

Some Hollywood stars do it and we read about them in popular magazines and in sensational tabloids like the National Enquirer, Star Magazine, and Great Britain’s Daily Mirror.  They bring us the latest gossip about short-lived romances, marriages, drug charges, mansions, and partying.  Many of these individuals – some of them  athletes, who are paid millions, spend lavishly as they lounge in the most expensive suites in hotels while on vacation in major capitals in the world like New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Lisbon.

These persons may be featured as Playboy pinups, in men’s magazines, and some risque publications.  We read of them driving expensive cars, participating in car racing, going to horse races, skiing, and yachting around the world.  Some because of their womanizing have been married multiple times.  A person gets the impression that they are known for their high sexual drive generated by their frontal lobes, amygdala, and hippocampus that work in unison to trigger such behavior.

Much of this display is in our pop culture

TV is known for its sex symbols, one of the earliest being James Dean.  All are familiar with the James Bond movies and his 007 fame, and the recent likes of Don Draper in “Mad Men”.  In these portrayals the seductive aspects of life are played up.  Newspaper columns of their roles appear in leading newspapers like the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Time, and Chicago Tribune.  Their fame is spread at home and abroad for all to consume and people eat up this titillating stuff.

In the pop culture wealth is displayed vividly before our eyes.  Social status is emphasized. Rappers sing about having many women and what they are going to do to them.  They clearly display their libido openly to the beat of alluring drums.  Some that are not rich join the fray with fantasies of their own.  This kitsch is fodder for the masses that tend to enjoy this mass appeal when they send these CD sales skyrocketing.

What about women and children?

There is an old African proverb which says, “When you raise a girl, she raises a village.”  If that is the case, it leaves a person to wonder what impact such material in the media has on such a girl who is bombarded with a plethora of such voices and images.  Does it force her to grow up much too quickly?  Will her motherhood be undercut by the language and stereotypes that are hurled her way?  Does these displays cheapen her womanhood and that of her children?  Some argue that that we can buy into a system or cop out.  They say, “If you do not like a program, switch to another channel.”  Such images have  almost become ubiquitous where every place on the dial seems to be catering to the lowest common denominator.

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Living in the fast lane is impacting our society in a variety of ways.  You can find some of these titillating programs on virtually every channel.  It is for families to monitor which shows their children hear and watch.  It however seems as though such families are fighting a losing battle.

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You need to research, research, and do some more research.  Look up the nominees and their track record and align it with your beliefs.  Doing your own legwork is better than having someone else do it for you.  However, you need to develop a pro-con list on the things you do and do not identify with.  After making your own values and belief system, you can correlate between the candidates. 

Be aware that a smear campaign is inevitable.  This is way too common, because certain politicians will downplay another candidate.  However, an informed voter can make an educated decision without losing sight of your true intentions.  With the list you have already developed, you can add or remove information based on the data collected.  But do not let the negatives push you in the other direction.  It is only through a true strength of ethics that you are willing to vote in the direction of your choosing.

            In all, it is important to do your own work.  The effort anyone puts forth in their homework for election is not just electing someone who may sound good, look good, or speak well.  A campaign is run for those who do not know the candidates!  Do not be held sway to the ongoing, frustrating, and never-ending tactics.  Your candidate is your voice and your representative for the things that matter most.

No wedding, at least for now. Thus shown outright Angelina Jolie to hear some comments from her husband about Jennifer Aniston. Brad Pitt spoke openly about his past with one of their children, causing a tremendous explosion of jealousy of his wife.

A simple conversation with your child Angelina Jolie made ​​a sudden stop her marriage to Brad Pitt. It seems that the actress does not want his children to know the past of his father, but the little Maddox wanted to know who she was and Angelina heard the whole explanation.

According says “OK! Magazine ‘, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt’s ex-wife was the reason why Angelina has decided to stop the preparations for her wedding. The actor said his son openly history he had with his ex-wife: “Jennifer was a woman who loved her very much and I was once married to her” and had the bad luck that Angelina heard it all.

Angelina’s reaction was to immediately stop the preparations for her wedding. According to the magazine that tells the facts, we face a new crisis between “Brangelinos” and it’s a shame, after what has cost them decide they wanted to marry.

Ok, maybe there is a reason, and maybe there isn’t one. Maybe it’s just good old luck; or maybe the youngish politician simply got his act together. Then again, it could be that the other candidates suddenly lost their appeal in the public eye; or that they forgot how to play the game.

It is a game, politics, one that has little to do with real people and more to do with money, lies, and anything you can get away with. People who care to face the truth know it, that even though there are instances in which the people that The People care about are actually voted for, more often than not the candidate in a race for public office who emerges victorious over the others tends to be someone most people find themselves disagreeing with. Why is that?

Perhaps there’s an answer to that, and perhaps there isn’t one; but looking at Rick Santorum, one might well ask the question: how did the race suddenly happen to turn around and put him in the forefront in the polls and possible Grand Old Party (GOP) nomination for the presidential race against the incumbent president come November?

This would come across like a conspiracy theory, and maybe it is. Maybe also, this writer is only some starry eyed nerd with naive views of reality, based on movie concepts and unrealistic ideals. It would certainly look that way when one chooses to consider the parrallel this writer is drawing with the movie Head of State, starring comedian Chris Rock. In the movie, Chris Rock’s character is brought in by a flailing party looking for a candidate to look good, but who would never win the race in order that the party would be able to lose gracefully and preserve their real candidate for the presidential run four years further down the line.

Now, looking at the current 2012 race for the Oval Office, one certainly could get a feeling of Deja Vu. First of all, the entire nation can see the obvious frontrunner and nominee apparent Mitt Romney all over the news, thrashing Republican compatriots Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and everybody else in the GOP race… And then, all of a sudden, it’s all about Rick Santorum this, Rick Santorum that… and then the young former Republican Senator from the state of Pennsylvania can’t seem to do anything wrong. Once upon a time, the man was all too quiet in the polls, and then all of a sudden he is all over the news. Perhaps most disturbing part is the role the media is playing in all this. Naturally the news and papers should cover all candidates evenly, but the obvious shift from Romney to the younger “pretty face” is a bit too glaring.

And then comes the really interesting thing about it all – it is that Santorum actually doesn’t seem to stand much of a chance against incumbent Barack Obama come November. What with the string of successes the President has had lately in the Office: the resurging economy, the death of Osama bin Laden, the end of the War in Iraq, the aversion of a debt default, consumer confidence growing, auto market re-stablizing, undeniable growth of the real estate market… and the list goes on; it would literally be suicide for any Republican to go up against the first colored man in the White House come November, with his popularity rising in the polls to heights no one thought it would reach, even though the media seems unwilling to present a lot of possitive things about him in the news.

There are a lot of people at this time, this writer included, who would think Santorium is being set up for a fall come Fall Elections, 2012. There are a lot of Americans right now, who are coming to believe that “they” (somebody) wants to keep Mitt Romney clean of a loss to President Barack Obama; they want to make him take a back seat and have the younger Pretty Boy take the fall of the GOP loss to the Democrat in the Office. This way, at least, their golden boy Romney remains clean as a whistle and ready for a surer run four years further down the line, when the next race commences…

It could be a conspicary theory, and again it might not be; but it certainly helps to notice and study patterns. If one does not get caught up in party politics and ideology; if one does not necessarily take everything they see or hear as gospel truth; if one can learn to think for oneself rather than accept everything offered (on TV, radio, in the news, and even on the internet) at face value, one might just see such trends as these and take them for what they really are – an invisible hand moving things about. Barack seems a shoo-in for the office with all that is going on at this time, but Santorum’s (re-)surgence in the polls over the past month could indicate that he is indeed about to shock and upset everyone, or it could mean that someone is making it so… or it could mean nothing at all.

But anybody who may have seen the Chris Rock movie “Head of State” would (or should) certainly ask the question about if Rick Santorum is a hope or a hype?