The Flash’ Season 2: Wally West, Jay Garrick & ZOOM Confirmed
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The CW network continues with Season 2of The Flash. After his confrontation with Zoom(voiced by Tony Todd), does Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) have the strength to solve Wally West aka Kid Flash (Keiynan Lonsdale)"s "problems" when The Rogues show up again?
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In our previous recap, Barry needed the help of his father, Henry Allen (John Wesley Shipp) to deal with his humiliating defeat. In order get him back on his feet, Barry needed to put on the red suit when Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) was kidnapped by Gorilla Grodd. With the help of Earth-2"s Harrison Wells, who dressed up as Reverse-Flash, the Flash sent Gorilla Grodd through the speed cannon"s portal, dropping him in the middle of Gorilla City.
In our recent recap, Barry quickly realized he was no match to fight the immortal Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) alone. Needing the help of the Green Arrow (Stephen Amell), the scarlet speedster raced against the clock to protect Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee). Realizing her true destiny, Hawkgirl teamed up with Hawkman and the scarlet speedster to take down their unstoppable enemy.
In an interview with TV Line, Candice Patton reveals the upcoming episode will have a pivotal reunion between her and long-lost brother, Wally West, describing the hour is "a lot about family, which is a big plot point for Iris this season, so that"s really exciting. It"s a good Christmas episode, just like the last one. Good villain, good love and good heart."
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly,executive producer Andrew Kreisberg describes introducing Wally West, "Suddenly introducing him to a bit of a wayward kid who has some attitude problems and some authority issues and is quick with a sassy remark - all of which is very Wally West - and then watching Wally integrate into S.T.A.R. Labs universe, but also just the world of these characters, is going to be a lot of the fun of the back half of the year."
TheFlashcontinues Season 2 on the CW Tuesdays at 8pm.
Readers, are you excited for the winter finale of The Flash?
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Major Lazer - Powerful (feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley) (Official Music Video)
One sensible reaction to living in an insensible world is to create a world of your own, and thats exactly what we heard on many of the years best recordings. Here they are, ranked and pondered.
1. Rap beyond lyricism
Rap is made with words, but what if those words were just containers for oozing moods and profound metaphysical yearning? What if theyve always been?
It might help explain why raps leading radicals, Young Thug and Future, sounded more spiritual than stylish this year. As lyricists, they were brilliantly elastic, but language still seemed insufficient for what they needed to get out. And they were prolific, too. Future released two stellar mix tapes, 56 Nights and DS2, while Thug dropped three, Barter 6, Slime Season and Slime Season 2.
But respectively, their music came from disparate zones. Future has never sounded deeper, lower or more depleted, as if hed been digging holes in the Mariana Trench. Above sea level, Young Thugs ecstatic babble continued to detonate like transcendental fireworks high up in the exosphere a flashing, combustible brilliance burning at the edge of a vast darkness.
2. Revenge of the lead singers
Rock-and-roll is still dead, which forces the cool zombies who still sing it to try harder at sounding alive.
So theres this guy, Shogun (a stage name), from the Australian band Royal Headache, who shout-sings through his bands outstanding second album, High, as if the only way to blast through lifes biggest disappointments is by chasing even bigger desires.
Joe Casey sounds alive, too, but just barely. On Protomartyrs taut third album, The Agent Intellect, the Detroit frontman is alone at the end of the bar, scribbling deadpan poetry on coasters, sketching escape routes out of this doomed world.
And while Philadelphias Sheer Mag released only four songs this year they appear on an EP titled II Fan the Flames was one of 2015s best, thanks to singer Christina Halladay, whose melodic growl was as serrated as her bandmates guitars.
3. Ellie Goulding, Delirium
It seems like typical, big-hearted, big-tent radio stuff on first touch, but this album is an achievement. More than any other contemporary singer, Goulding has become one with the pop machine, finding ways to make her voice sound every bit as gigantic, beautiful, fake and hyperreal as the electronic melodies she surrounds herself with. Shes vapor-locked inside of these songs.
4. Kelela, Hallucinogen
Contemporary R&B is heavily populated with old souls and neo-souls. Genuine tomorrow-souls? Those are rare. But across this exquisite six-song EP, Kelela sounds like one of the few a futurist in the mold of Janet, Mariah and Aaliyah, sending us love letters from the 22nd century.
5. Fetty Waps endless summer
Remember in the springtime when Trap Queen felt like a lock for the song of the summer and the guy singing it was en route to one-hit-wonderland? Then Fetty dropped 679. And then he dropped My Way. And then he dropped Again. And then he dropped an album filled with even more wild-hearted rap songs that should make us wonder if Labor Day ever really happened.
6. Kendrick Lamar, The Blacker The Berry and Alright
To Pimp a Butterfly wasnt a perfect album, but imagine its two most perfect songs on a 12-inch vinyl single, fury on one side, hope on the flip, two sides of a coin, a piece of American currency that isnt going out of circulation in this broken republic anytime soon.
7. Bjork, Vulnicura
Visionaries rarely throw us anything as straightforward as a breakup album, but it would be wrongheaded to dismiss Vulnicura as some kind of concession or self-indulgence. Bjork has always been masterful at making pop abstractions feel familiar. Is there anything more familiar and abstract than the madness of a human heartbreak?
8. Liturgy, The Ark Work
Metal taxonomists have wasted so much energy building their dumb little jail for this band to live in, but if you elevate your listening above the genres border disputes, youll hear bandleader Hunter Hunt-Hendrix creating his own lavish sound-world out of guitar-generated turbulence, computer-generated brass and the muscle-generated rhythms of Greg Fox, one of the greatest drummers doing it.
9. Superb country singers singing superbly
This year, country musics messy civil wars over stylistic authenticity and gender inequity on the airwaves continued to inspire debate over who should be singing what in Nashville. But did anyone remember to listen to the singing itself?
Some of the years finest singing in any genre could be found on Ashley Monroes The Blade, a rich and sturdy songbook where Monroe handles her most devastating lines with her most delicate touch.
Almost as nuanced was Mr. Misunderstood, the sixth studio album from Eric Church, a born balladeer who is slowly, wisely abandoning toughness for tenderness.
10. Windhand, Griefs Infernal Flower
Heres a heavy-metal band with an obvious love for decibels and a discreet contempt for momentum. The riffs churn slow and steady, but they always go on for a little too long and then once youve reacclimated to the expanse, everything grinds to a halt. Its music that steals your life, then gives you a little more.
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First video of the US Navy"s New Star Wars-ish Destroyer at sea
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
The USS Zumwalt, the Navy"s biggest and most expensive destroyer ever built, heads out into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, December 7. The ship is out at sea for the first time to undergo sea trials.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
The USS Zumwalt leaves the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, on December 7. The ship and its class are named in honor of Adm. Elmo R. "Bud" Zumwalt Jr., who served as chief of naval operations from 1970 to 1974.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work speaks with the Zumwalt crew during a visit to Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, on May 12. Work toured the ship and observed its progress. One thing that sets the $3 billion ship apart is its very small crew. Compared with about 300 sailors needed for similar warships, the Zumwalt"s minimum compliment is only 130. The smaller crew is made possible by advanced automated systems which "make it much easier and much more effective for the sailor to operate," says former Navy Capt. Wade Knudson, who now serves as Zumwalt program director for Pentagon contractor, Raytheon.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
Mouzetta Zumwalt-Weathers christens the Zumwalt during a ceremony at Bath Iron Works on April 12, 2014.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
The ship is floated out of dry dock at the Bath Iron Works shipyard on October 28, 2013.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
The 1,000-ton deckhouse is craned toward the deck of the ship to be integrated with the its hull at Bath Iron Works on December 14, 2012.
USS Zumwalt begins sea trials
Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. James G. Zumwalt, left, assists welder Carl Pepin as he inscribes a steel plate at a keel laying ceremony at Bath Iron Works on Thursday, November 17, 2011.
U.S. stocks fell for a second day on Tuesday after a wave of selling abroad on fears that a slump in commodity prices was far from over.
The selling began in Asia on disappointing trade figures from China, then spread to Europe where stock indexes in Germany, France and Britain each dropped more than 1 percent. In the U.S., stocks fell sharply in the morning, but later made back much of the losses.
Still, the selling was broad, with nine of the 10 sectors of the Standard and Poors 500-stock index closing down. Suppliers of raw materials fell the most, down 1.9 percent. Energy companies dropped 1.5 percent.
A big focus for investors oil slid again. After dropping for a year and a half, U.S. benchmark crude costs just $37.51 a barrel, near a seven-year low.
The energy sector has done a good job grappling with mid-$40 oil, but its tougher as you go under $40, said Doug Cote, chief market strategist at Voya Investment Management. The energy sector is having trouble adapting.
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The Dow Jones industrial average lost 162.51 points, or 0.9 percent, to 17,568. It was down 245 points earlier.
The S.&P. 500 gave up 13.48 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,063.59. The Nasdaq composite slipped 3.6 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,098.24.
In Asia, Chinese customs data showed exports from the worlds second-largest economy contracted 6.8 percent in November, worse than Octobers 3.6 percent fall. Imports dropped 8.7 percent.
Mining stocks in particular were slammed because China is a major importer of raw materials, accounting for as much as 50 percent of global demand, according to consultants PwC. Freeport-McMoRan slumped 49 cents, or 7 percent, to $6.74. Its down 71 percent this year.
John Manley, chief stock strategist at Wells Fargo Funds, said raw material suppliers ramped up production too much a few years ago as China stoked its economy after the global financial crisis.
It surprised producers that China was soaking up so much, Manley said. As China slows, and shifts to more consumer growth, these producers have been hit.
Iron ore, off 43 percent since the start of 2015, fell again Tuesday, shedding 15 cents to close at $39.25 a metric ton. Copper inched up less than a penny to $2.05 a pound. It is down 29 percent this year.
Among other stocks making big moves, Outerwall plunged $14.02, or 24 percent, to $44.04 after lowering its earnings forecast and announcing that the head of its movie-kiosk division, Redbox, was leaving as rentals fall.
Chipotle Mexican Grill fell $9.51, or 1.7 percent, to $542.24 on reports that 80 Boston College students were sickened after eating at one of the companys restaurants. The stock is down 21 percent so far in 2015 as the food chain struggles with the fallout from an E. coli outbreak linked to its restaurants. The company said it believes the Boston College cases are due to the norovirus, not E. coli.
Norfolk Southern fell $5.20, or 5.7 percent, to $86.32 after rejecting Canadian Pacifics latest takeover offer. Norfolk Southern has said it doubts regulators would approve the merger anyway. Canadian Pacific fell $4.35, or 3.3 percent, to $126.13.
U.S. government bond prices were flat. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note held steady at 2.23 percent. The euro edged up to $1.0897 from $1.0843 late Monday. The dollar fell to 123.02 yen from 123.33 yen.
Precious metals futures closed mixed. Gold edged up 10 cents to $1,075.30 an ounce, silver fell 22 cents to $14.12 an ounce.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, lost 47 cents, or 1.2 percent, to close at $40.26 a barrel in London.
In other trading of energy futures in New York, wholesale gasoline fell 0.6 cents to close at $1.204 a gallon, heating oil fell 2 cents to $1.259 a gallon and natural gas edged up 0.3 cent to $2.07 per 1,000 cubic feet.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) As the Carolina Panthers keep pounding towards and undefeated season, more and more fans want to get their hands on a jersey in store and online.
There is a very high demand at the moment, said Andrew Peterson, manager at Game Day Sports Outlet in Raleigh.
But some deals are a scam.
WNCNs Chris Bullard said he saw an ad that he believed to be from the NFL Shop.
Bullard wanted a couple jerseys for he and his wife as the Panthers enter the final four games of the regular season.
The ad on his Facebook feed contained a sale that seemed too good to be true.
Thats because it was.
I open the box and the first thing I notice is, its Carolina, but its the wrong Carolina. Anybody whos a Panthers fan understands Panthers blue and this is not Panthers blue, Bullard said.
The jerseys have stitching and logos that look authentic. The tags even have a NFL logo hologram.
But the link took him to nflshop-us.com, not nflshop.com.
They did such a good job on the site, I wouldnt have even though to check that, said Bullard.The fake site even rips off the actual NFL Shop banner.
But the counterfeit site has its errors, including a lot of misspelled words and sentences that didnt make sense.
One portion mentioned if there was a stain on the jersey, they hoped you could wash it instead of return it, said Bullard.
WNCN Investigates traced the site back to web host in China.
They got me 100 percent, joked Bullard.Peterson said he was surprised at how far the counterfeiters went to make the jersey seem authentic.
He said it not only cheats you out of jersey but it also hurts the actual retailers selling authentic products.
A lot of that you wont be able to tell until you get it to your home and then sadly most of the time you cant refund it, said Peterson.
Peterson said an unbelievable price is usually the first red flag. So double-check the site or you might be representing the wrong Carolina.
I mean its a great knock-off except for the fact that theyre a little color blind, said Bullard.
WNCN Investigates checked in with the North Carolina Secretary of State who helps track counterfeit goods.
The state has collected more than $9 million in counterfeit materials this year, with more than a $500,000 being sporting goods.
Obama Gun Speech: No-Fly List Is Now NO BUY LIST! Credit Photograph by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Moments after its conclusion on Sunday night, President Obamas speech about combating ISIS came under heavy criticism from people with zero better ideas.
The Presidents proposals, ranging from coalition air strikes against ISIS to beefing up intelligence about potential terrorists, were blasted for being nothing new, with the harshest criticism coming from people with nothing new.
I was incredibly frustrated hearing the President say he would destroy ISIS, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told CNN. ISIS needs to be obliterated.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shared Christies scathing assessment of Obamas speech. The President seems to think that ISIS will go away just by us bombing them, Cruz said. If I am President, I will bomb them so hard that will feel like they have been triple-bombed.
Calling it too little, too late, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul ripped the Presidents proposal for keeping potential terrorists from obtaining visas. We need to stop them before they even obtain the pens necessary to fill out visa forms, he said.
Of all of the Republican Presidential candidates, the front-runner Donald Trump was perhaps the most withering in his criticism of the Presidents speech. I only heard the President use the word tough once, Trump said. I gave a speech last night and used it fifteen times.
Pressed for specifics about how he would combat ISIS, Trump acknowledged that he had no new ideas, but added, My no new ideas will be much tougher than his no new ideas, you better believe it.
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The color guard, made up of veterans from VFW posts 8677, 1739 and 805 stand at attention during the National Anthem. The annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration sponsored by the St. Clair County Historical Society was held by the Pearl Harbor monument in Messinger Cemetery on Monday. The monument was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
The color guard, made up of veterans from VFW posts 8677, 1739 and 805 post the colors for the annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration sponsored by the St. Clair County Historical Society. The ceremony was held by the Pearl Harbor monument in Messinger Cemetery. The monument was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
A small crowd sings the National Anthem at the start of the annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration sponsored by the St. Clair County Historical Society. The ceremony was held by the Pearl Harbor monument in Messinger Cemetery. The monument was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
Tom Birkner plays Tap during the annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration sponsored by the St. Clair County Historical Society. The ceremony was held by the Pearl Harbor monument in Messinger Cemetery. The monument was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
Kurt Baue, Dennis Maloney, Allan Newsham, and Fred Baue lay a wreath at the base of the Pearl Harbor monument in Messinger Cemetery in Belleville. St. Clair County Historical Society honored the fallen during their annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration. The monument was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
On Monday, St. Clair County Historical Society honored the fallen during their annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration at Messinger Cemetery. The monument inside the cemetery was built by George Hoffman, a descendant of John Messinger, it honors the American servicemen and women killed during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Dedicated on July 25, 1942, the Veterans Memorial is thought to be the first monument built to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack anywhere in the United States.Derik Holtmanndholtmann@bnd.com
