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The New York Times has a profile of Long Island resident Hyman Strachman, "a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his wife."
He is one of the world's most prolific movie bootleggers, and has shipped hundreds of thousands of discs to US troops stationed overseas, at great personal expense. The man doesn't exactly fit the MPAA's pirate stereotype, in age, appearance, or motivation. Better still, who helped him distribute the copied DVDs to soldiers? Army chaplains.
"It's not the right thing to do, but I did it," Mr. Strachman said, acknowledging that his actions violated copyright law. "If I were younger," he added, "maybe I'd be spending time in the hoosegow."
And of course you want to know what the MPAA says about the nonagenarian widower megapirate!
Howard Gantman, a spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, said he did not believe its member studios were aware of Mr. Strachman's operation. His sole comment dripped with the difficulty of going after a 92-year-old widower supporting the troops.
"We are grateful that the entertainment we produce can bring some enjoyment to them while they are away from home," Mr. Gantman said.
..through clenched jaw, no doubt.
It's a terrific piece, and you'll want to click through to see the wonderful accompanying photos, and hear audio of "Big Hy" speaking.
100 Responses to "92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops"
That_Anonymous_Coward says:
The New York Times has fallen on hard times it seems.
They talk about billions of dollars being siphoned out of the market, haven't we debunked all of those studies already?
I nominate Big Hy for best "pirate" ever.
Helping all of those service members find a little entertainment far away from home.
All on his own dime, and never asked for a thing.
I guess it is true… Sharing is Caring.
Donald Petersen says:
Hey, the guy even admits that what he's doing is "wrong," but does it anyway, knowing how to do a proper cost/benefit analysis in his heart. The studios should have been doing it this way anyway (yeah, I'm talking to you, Corporate Boss o' Mine), and God help the misbegotten studio who succumbs to the urge to throw the book at Hy to "make an example." The public outrage would be, to quote Hy, "moyda!"
I'll second that nomination, Coward. Easily and loudly.
Alex Copeland says:
Yeah, this shows Big Hy in a pretty positive light, but okay.
foobar says:
Really, have you got anything bad to say about Hy?
unit_1421 says:
Yes, he's breaking the law. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. However, I would be merciful and fine him $3 and not make him watch Tim Burton's Dark Shadows movie, which is a partial birth abortion of a movie.
Joseph Buckton says:
Using cliches doesn't add to an argument. It merely muffles it.
blueelm says:
The movie exists. Therefore it is not an abortion. An abortion would have been an act of mercy, sparing us all that movie. And also, breaking the law depends entirely on the law. Change the law and he wouldn't be breaking it anymore. Yay.
ocatagon says:
Breaking the law isn't necessarily immoral.
Palomino says:
Reply to bluelem:
"The movie exists. Therefore it is not an abortion."
Yes, the movie can be considered an abortion, not all abortion attempts result in death of the fetus, some survive.
semiotix says:
Well, you know, war changes people. I'm sure he wasn't such a monster when he went off to fight the Japanese, but something must have happened to blacken his soul to the point where he's capable of this sort of atrocity.
B E Pratt says:
Well, we kin only hope that he wuz sendin' Rob Zombie movies, ya know, git the troops in the mood n all…..
RJ says:
God bless him. We need more Hyman Strachmans in this world.
Oh, how I'd love to be a fly on the wall in an MPAA board room when they're discussing this little situation. I bet the friction from all those teeth grinding could heat McMurdo Station for a week.
Andrew Singleton says:
I'm honestly surprised they managed to not knee-jerk sue.
Wonder who we have to thank for making them understand going after a ww2 vet was a bad idea.
Phil Fot says:
I propose that we send the MPAA to McMurdo and let them grind their teeth there outside for a solid week. Any of them who aren't frozen solid at the end of the week can come home.
garyg2 says:
Good for him.
And in that leading photo he reminds me of Carl from 'Up', maybe in spirit too.
Xeni Jardin says:
I also noted that resemblance!
Dan Hibiki says:
I see, just one kind of copyright violation was enough…
Mister44 says:
I'd take my grand kid in his boy scout uniform to go win a costume contest somewhere.
murray says:
That was my first thought on seeing him too!
TooGoodToCheck says:
Given the MPAA's behavior up to this point that I'm actually surprised that they had the good sense to show some restraint here.
Even if it's purely a PR move to choose not throw the book at Mr Strachman, at least it's a competent PR move.
Guest says:
I'm not praising the MPAA for not bulling an elderly veteran.
theophrastvs says:
letsee, De Morgan's law on that becomes…
It's not the case that: I'm praising the MPAA or bulling [sic] an elderly veteran.
nah, that can't be right. The two "not"s cancel? no, that's worse.
Incipient Madness says:
DeMorgan doesn't apply here. The statement "I'm not praising the MPAA for not bullying an elderly veteran" is a propositional attitude, a sentence that describes an attitude or disposition in regard to another proposition. They are not truth-functional compounds, they are treated as atomic formulas in propositional logic.
theophrastvs says:
very good! full marks. [wink]
Guest says:
I know that's exactly what I meant, but I had no idea I got there by that route. Well played.
toyg says:
I wonder if their restraint can be used legally. Copyright and trademarks are made null if not enforced.
thompson says:
That's not true, actually. I can't speak to trademarks, but a copyright doesn't lose its validity if it isn't enforced. You could vanish for fifty years, then pop up and start suing people for infringement — even people who believed in good faith it was in the public domain — and your fifty years of doing absolutely nothing would have absolutely no effect on your case.
toyg says:
Trademarks do have to be enforced to be valid. At the very minimum, all those little (TM) you see after all titles and character properties would be voided if it was found that Hyman even just wrote them down on discs and nobody sued him for that over a certain period of time.
In terms of copyright, legislation varies widely depending on countries. International treaties cover enforcing copyright recognized by original countries, but the definition of that concept differs across countries.
thompson says:
Trademarks and copyrights are two completely different things, and I think you're confusing the two. Although it's true there are some wrinkles internationally, particularly with older works, I think you're overstating differences.
The vast majority of the world's countries are parties to the Berne Convention. According to Berne, a creative work is copyrighted as soon as it becomes fixed in tangible form — be in written in a notebook, on a dvd, or painted. It's automatic, and there's no need for any kind of registration. (For a long time, the U.S. wasn't a signatory to Berne, and this lack of any kind of formality in copyright creation was a big reason why.)
Once the work is fixed, all copyright protections apply for as long as the copyright lasts. (Berne requires 50 years after the death of the author, with some exceptions for certain kinds of works, but countries that are parties to it are free to set longer terms.) Nothing the author does, short of declaring the work in the public domain, or selling the rights to someone else, has any effect on the copyright.
Trademarks are more difficult to obtain, and do have to protected, but that doesn't really apply to what this gentleman is doing. They apply within a given context. IE, Budweiser. If I start making my own beer in the US and call it Budweiser, and am successful, and Budweiser does absolutely nothing to stop me, they run the risk of eventually losing their trademark in the US.
If this gentleman produced a TV show called "The Sopranos" and it became successful, and HBO took no action in the face of its widespread success, HBO could lose its trademark to the title "The Sopranos" for a TV series and lose the right to sue anyone else who used that title for a TV show. HBO would not, however, lose its copyright to the actual show "The Sopranos," even if the newer show was about mobsters in New Jersey and used all the same characters and plotlines.
This guy isn't using the name for a competing product in the same field, which could threaten a trademark if not enforced. He's just making copies. What he's doing is copyright infringement, and the studios face absolutely no legal consequences if they don't sue him.
I know it's a widespread misconception, but it has no legal basis. You don't have to sue infringers to keep a copyright. It's just not the case — you have the copyright as soon as you make the work, and as long as you never voluntarily give it up, you have it for the entirety of the statutory duration. And if you're in one of the 150+ countries that are signatories to Berne, that's going to be a minimum of a very long time, depending on the kind of work.
Sorry for the long post.
retepslluerb says:
Well, as long as it keeps troops from throwing puppies from cliffs, murdering people in their sleep, use killed enemies as trophies and so one he's okay by my book.
Guest says:
Is American Culture so toxic that they get withdrawl symptoms?
Alan Ball says:
You don't?
Guest says:
madge, I soaked in it
This story has exposed the true beliefs of people who otherwise validate piracy with philosophical arguments. In this case, a) there's no argument for fair use, b) the distributor rather than the receiver is being held accountable, c) he has admitted it was wrong, d) it is on a fairly large scale, and e) it is distributed on physical media. The usual excuses for supporting piracy fail here. But now we have a new one: "He did it for the troops at his own expense! A martyr! A hero for our times!"
Why not just admit your true beliefs: "I do not think content creators deserve to get paid for their work."
kraken17 says:
Wow. You should make a nice hat for your strawman.
Congratulations on using a term you don't understand and getting lots of points for it.
Or can you actually explain the position I attacked, and how it differs from the position I intended to attack?
a) there's no argument for fair use, – True
b) the distributor rather than the receiver is being held accountable, – As has been the case in many similar cases, which still get defended here.
c) he has admitted it was wrong, - Irrelevant entirely
d) it is on a fairly large scale, – Tiny, tiny scale compared to say The Pirate Bay, which is defended here regularly.
e) it is distributed on physical media. – Completely irrelevant, he's still simply making copies. If he were walking into shops and physically stealing copies then posting them abroad you may have an argument.
I'd say Kraken17s straw-man comment was completely correct.
Well, at least you addressed the points of evidence I made in backing my argument. My single argument.
Guest says:
Further: "Why not just admit your true beliefs: …"
rather speaks for itself.
Hanglyman says:
Unless one is psychic, anything following that phrase almost has to be a strawman, unless the person whose beliefs are being examined has a very obvious and blatant history that supports it (such as Rush Limbaugh being sexist).
My argument was: false motives are given in condoning piracy. I was attacking the position that "true motives are given in condoning piracy". Where is the secondary, strawman, argument I made?
(Why am I even responding to people who can't bother to use English sentences when discussing a matter of usage?)
Guest says:
@openid-138767:disqus http://www.losinghorns.com
because you weren't arguing with me, at all.
@openid-138767:disqus You were attacking the position that true motives are given in condoning piracy, by supplying reasons why they are usually defended. However only one of your five suggested reasons for defence were actually true, point a). Points b-e) were false arguments that do not represent the true positions held by those that argue for more sensible Copyright laws, and enforcement, ergo a strawman argument.
Perhaps you want to criticise my English skills now to counter your lousy argument?
kraken17 says:
Why not just admit your true beliefs: "I do not think content creators deserve to get paid for their work."
I was referring to the caricature you paint of those who support restoring fairness to copyright law. Opposing those who wield copyright law like a club is not the same as opposing the very idea of copyright. Please show me where anyone has advocated stripping the rights of content creators. A significant portion of Boing Boing's user base consists of creators, as evidenced by the sheer number of posts related to the maker culture. Many here make a living through their creativity. I would like to know what you are basing your assertion on.
On a side note, observe that I was able to reply without making any disparaging remarks about your intelligence.
Senor Schaffer says:
Calling strawman is the new strawman.
mjfgates says:
Should it be a felt hat? Or a leather hat?
blissfulight says:
I would avoid using the philosophical angle to try to undermine the piracy perspective, since it's underpinning the entertainment industry's angle (and our entire legal system!) that everything that everyone is doing is essentially theft, unless they keep on buying $20 copies of 'region-locked, limited release, special editions with deleted footage and director's commentary in 3D' of Mall Cop. Also, realistically, this isn't something you can control, only mitigate, and the attempts to censor the entire internet to staunch the flow of pirated media was a bit much, along with all their other bungled attempts to sue users, buy politicians, seize domains, and make the process of acquiring content as painful as possible (FBI warnings, trailers, ultraviolet, licensing, formats, and other assorted obstacles which can be easily bypassed if you're a 'pirate') just makes it more irritating, harder, and tempting to use the dark side ('quicker, easier, more seductive'). Everyone is still making a lot of money, so I'm not seeing the issue here, other than the feeling that a lot of additional money is being left on the table, and there's no way to scoop it all up to fill already stuffed pockets (very little of which will be showered on all those hardworking, honorable, and brave film crews and theater popcorn machine operators). Hollywood has had a long, storied history of fighting the future, and then figuring out ways to make even more money from the very technology that they decried, despite peddling so much worthless crap. I'm sure someone working in the industry could have figured this out for themselves, and just cut a deal with the Pentagon to give the soldiers what they want instead of their usual half-ass solutions (Reel-to-reel? Film projector? Really?) and still make more money. Instead, they were (as per usual) just dumb, shortsighted, and greedy, and as a result, you can thank them for not getting a crumb of the proceeds that they could have made if they had exercised even a little bit of that old WWII gumption.
Kimmo says:
I wish I could 'like' that comment a dozen times over.
koko szanel says:
"I do not think content creators deserve to get paid for their work perpetually."
I assume you put that in quotes because you realize it doesn't apply here, where the movies weren't just current, they were often pre-theatrical release.
{edit} Also, I completely agree with you. Copyright law covers works for far too long.
I'll assume that you mean rights holders, and not content creators.
For as long as a content creator is alive I don't see why they shouldn't get paid for their work, if that's the model they choose.
Ipo says:
If the creators live perpetually.
Hasn't happened yet.
Not even started to happen as far as we know.
I have to be honest, I seem to be one of the few people that kind of agree with you; and I'm normally pretty inline with BoingBoing's stance on copyright (generally that it's important, but broken – stifling rather than promoting creativity).
I mean if he were at least buying the DVDs, then ripping them and sending them over, I'd probably more OK with the whole thing. But as it stands, not so much.
But then the presence of the word 'vet' in the story doesn't rewrite the rules for me, as it seems to for most. I mean, remove that from the equation and what's the defense?
Is our position now that we shouldn't have to pay for movies? Or that soldiers shouldn't have to pay for movies? What's the argument here?
I suppose ultimately if the rights owner has said it's OK, then it's not my place to argue with them. But what we're seeing is essentially emotional and PR blackmail. Couldn't happen to a more deserving organisation, but still…
{edit} I'd like to point out that I'm not calling for his arrest or anything, I'm just confused as to what makes this OK.
A) He's not making any profit, in fact he's losing money on the deal
B) He's sending them to people that aren't exactly in the position to walk into the local Walmart and pick up copies themselves.
C) He's sending them to people that the content owners could distribute to themselves, with similar methods, whilst probably picking up a cheque from the US Government, but instead they're so petrified of supposed losses from piracy they use more expensive methods, which troops can use less of the time, i.e. projectors and reel-to-reel.
Much in the same way that content creators could find better ways to distribute the sorts of TV shows that air 8 months later than the US all over the world.
rtresco says:
Regarding point B, I disagree. No US solider anywhere is on some sort of remote and inaccessible "front" where it's hard for the 19yr olds to blow their pay on Apple gadgets and Jason Stratham blu-rays. These guys aren't grateful to receive his shipments because they are so hard up for entertainment – they're grateful because like the rest of us they don't want to pay to watch something once. These guys are fully capable of getting whatever they want to purchase from Amazon delivered to them.
Fine, they're not in the position to rent copies from Movie world.
I'm not sure why (A) has any relevance to anything. I wouldn't be any more or less on board if he were charging a couple bucks for the DVDs; it's irrelevant.
(B) and (C) are kind of the same argument, that the soldiers have no easy access and someone is providing that access.But I don't see why that should mean the old dude shouldn't pay for his copy; and from what I gather it isn't true any way.
Your last paragraph is spot on – I'm with you on that; I just don't see the relevance here. The guy that's actually breaking the law doesn't have any problem with access, he's just choosing not to pay for stuff. If, however, soldiers couldn't get any access to content (not true) so torrented movies, I'd totally understand that; but that's not what's happening here.
A) Is relevant because he's clearly not doing it with the aim of personal gain. Which is a big reason why Copyright exists, to stop people gaining off other peoples work. He's putting considerable time, effort and cost into supplying entertainment to people that have requested it, that he wants to support. Buying the discs already pirated makes it both easier to copy (if you read the article it says he doesn't know how to rip genuinely purchased DVDs) and less of a financial burden on himself.
You're right B)&C) are much the same point. However the ability to order disks off Amazon, then wait the month or so shipping it takes for them to arrive (yes, Amazon shipping takes around a month if you're not in the US or UK) is not the same as having access to the local video store, and as pointed out by @boingboing-6ac89f55d94efe564ee12b2b1a9c69c5:disqus most soldiers don't want to spend $40 on a movie they intend to watch once or twice. The MPAA could fill that niche by signing a deal with the US Gov or the US military, but they don't.
The MPAA can claim that by pirating these movies and sending them across each DVD has cost both Amazon and the movie companies the full price of a DVD, but thats bullshit. The soldiers wouldn't suddenly all start buying every movie they've ever wanted to see just because no pirated copies were floating about, they'd just be more bored.
teapot says:
In addition to Itsumishi's points: Does anyone here really expect soldiers in a war zone far from home to create and maintain a DVD collection? That's just silly, especially considering there is surely a limit on the amount of personal effects a deployed soldier is allowed to accumulate.
I believe Microsoft gives Xboxes to the army for use by deployed soldiers and movie studios should be doing the same thing.. If they're so worried about piracy they should just stick a watermark on the DVDs and then at least they will be able to track any leaks that happen.
Bottom line: If the studios were supporting troops as they should, Hy wouldn't have to make copies illegally.
Phil Fot says:
Oh, no, the troops really want those reel-to-reel films. They like to watch them in the field at night. LOL
Only an idiot who has never served in anyone's military would think that sending film reels to troops in the field was a big help. What idiots.
quitterjunior says:
This. (Am I using that correctly?). This is Ayers/Swiftboat/Lewinski. I seriously am in love with Hy for his service. And that's exactly why I'm pissed you're Elian-ing him. Also, Tabitha Soren.
Guest says:
"I do not think content creators deserve to get paid for their work."
Uh. I think the creators do deserve to get paid.
You've confused marketers for makers.
The marketer is the one with his hand in the makers back pocket.
prion says:
The opinion is that distribution without profit is not wrong. The reality is that the producers of media have the opportunity to make money by offering additional value. How they react to market realities will determine their bottom line.
Ipo says:
I truly believe I should get paid for my work.
For some of my work:
Work that I created, and that I didn't give away for free, that gets taken not copied, or that others profit from financially, some that gets kept to be consumed again, that the consumer can easily afford, that isn't credited to me, that is not raising the value of works made by me, …
I don't need to get paid for work 50 years or a day after I'm dead, not by people who can't afford to pay and would not experience my work at all through a paywall, not for work that I didn't create, unless I made possible and caused its creation, …
Society at large, rules, laws, zeitgeist, conventions, technology, science and superstitions, culture and all that, as much as I dislike a great part of it, contributed a great deal to my ability to create.
So there are automatically some rights that society has in my creation.
Or is that a Marxist idea or something?
( Wouldn't a society that demands money from me to pay cops with to beat me up have some right to access creations made by me under its caring auspices? )
Also, if I publish my work in a digital format, it has become the matter of which the bloodstream of computer networks consists, and I released it to the "insane swarm intelligence – evolution", in its native form to its native habitat, where things multiply like cells cloning when they fill a niche not yet covered.
My expectation to control what happens to it out there, in the body of data and demand, is from then on seriously diminished.
I knew what would happen. Once you copied it, it could only aspire to become a meme, or some other part of our culture, something many, many people know. Hopefully sometimes I can attach my name to it.
For the first time since the printing press we have a new fount of knowledge that really changes how society works.
Smart people everywhere, for thousands of years, have mourned the legendary Great Library of Alexandria since it burned.
Don't let them burn our most advanced means of transmitting culture because some soulless corporationperson has a non-upgradeable business model or just no interest to evolve.
I know I'm wrong.
It's just how I feel.
I wish everybody did.
Then I'd be right.
Avram Grumer says:
Are you under the impression that everyone who's involved in making a movie gets a cut of the DVD sales?
Ethan Taliesin Houser says:
This is a reminder…don't forget to seed.
B E Pratt says:
Hum, I feel bad about being flippant about this earlier. I mentioned this story to a gung-ho conservative and the reaction was simply, "Well, he broke the law"….
I despair of my country.
I can imagine him now, commenting on the torrent sites about the skip at 34:56, after he's tabbed over from Reddit.
magicdragonfly says:
All I have to say to the MPAA is "it sucks when you're painted into a corner, don't it?"
Graysmith says:
As a former member of the armed forces I'm going to have to assume that this means I'm free to pirate as many movies as I'd like without risk of prosecution. Yay!
If only the troops could get movies sent to them without violating copyright law… Nah, impossible!
blissfulight says:
The donations are probably the musical and movie equivalent of the proverbial (and unwanted) can of green beans. Amusingly enough, everyone who donated all that music probably ripped the music to their hard drives before passing it on, so you should send out the copyright police to arrest those unpatriotic unAmericans for not wiping their iPods and hard drives clean.
Ryan Bro says:
No one mentioned this so I will. Thousands of pirated DVDs are sold on military bases in Iraq. There are whole stores filled with nothing but pirated DVDs. The military could care less.
iburl says:
It's almost as if laws are only enforced when it suits the desires of the creator-beneficiaries of those laws. Just wait until the elder-care specialty private prisons hear about this guy.
rtresco says:
Say what you will about the evil MPAA, but another point of view is that their normal position on the matter is being held hostage here by patriotism/nationalism. That's not a very good thing either.
pjcamp says:
Let's see . . . estimating at what the Hurt Locker producers are demanding in their suits, this guy is on the hook for $900,000,000.
Yeah. That should go over well.
kmoser says:
What on earth does his height have to do with this?
It helps evoke more empathy when objectifying the guy.
blissfulight says:
Just think of the starving artists. He ripped the silver spoon right from their mouths!
Joseph Finn says:
I'm curious, since the article doesn't bother to get into it. as to why Mr. Strachman didn't buy DVDs and sent them to troops, rather than stealing them and sending them to troops.
Daniel Smith says:
Perhaps because after living for 92 years, the last 20 plus of which he has been living on a fixed retirement income that has had less and less buying power as the years went by, he simply cannot afford that option. That, and at 92 he figures the powers that be have very little little leverage to use to coerce him into compliance.
Spriggan_Prime says:
"He became a stockbroker on Wall Street … before retiring in the early 1990s."
I'd risk a guess that he's doing just fine between that, social security, a military pension and his wife's life insurance policy. As for the estimated 30,000 the article estimates he's already spent… well at 92, you can't take it all with you.
Joseph Finn says:
But he's spending a lot of money in copying, burning and mailing these things. It's not like he's obviously broke. Why not just do it legally and morally?
tomandersen says:
Can you not add? That's 10′s of thousands of DVDs x $20 each, so several million $.
Its legal in Afghanistan to copy and sell DVDs, so his legal leg would be as strong as the US governments GiMo argument – which seems to work well for them.
BadIdeaSociety says:
I would guess he is renting the DVDs and copying them multiple times.
As I have mentioned several times, piracy is illegal, but there ARE benefits to piracy that many TV and movie companies don't realize. Collectors who pirate tend to purchase the titles they like and piracy allows people who are unable to watch certain titles to watch those titles. Seth McFarlane openly admits that illegal downloading, ShoutCast streams, and general word of mouth saved Family Guy from its second cancellation.
NBC would probably benefit, for example, by making their word-of-mouth internet-friendly show, "Community," more easily available through their own web page (rather than HuluPlus), but they just do not see the bigger picture.
A guy who took a 5-year hiatus from US TV and music because of the selfish regional blocks NetFlix, Rhapsody, Hulu, and the like place on their programs. (a.k.a: If you are not offering it to me for sale, how is my downloading it from a source that makes it available stealing? You are the dumbasses who don't want to make money from my purchase or viewing.)
That_Anonymous_Coward says:
Well lets cover the actual article…. (It seems you and many of the people to follow didn't bother to read it.)
- The movies he is sending are created from a *GASP* bootleg bought off the street (thou now he has a better supplier). They are movies not yet available on DVD and are sometimes still in theaters. So he can't buy them.
- "Stealing them". Please show me the tape of the warehouse in real time where everytime Hy made a copy another copy winked out of existence.
- He is old in America, he isn't rich. Assuming because someone had a good job means they are set for life died off in the 1950s.
Because you didn't bother to read, you missed the whole buys a bootleg and was copying them 1 at a time. Boxing them up, sending them off. Destroying the original bootleg he paid for. He now has a multiple disc duplicators so he can make them faster.
If the MPAA wasn't stuck in their own fears they could have send out screener DVDs to the troops. Instead they send reels of movies and projectors, because its HARDER to copy those. Because people in a warzone are TOTALLY going to stop what they are doing, make a rip and get it on TPB on the joke that passes for their internet connection.
But nice try trying to make a 92 yr old man look like a freaking ninja stealing DVDs from a warehouse. Why didn't the MPAA just send DVDs themselves to troops in a warzone so Hy wouldn't have filled that need… oh because they are soulless assholes who can't be bothered to do something without getting paid. Thanks for keeping us Free! Now gimme my $25 because you saw Twilight!
Ipo says:
He stole discs?
Was that in the article?
I had thought he copied movies from DVDs he had bought.
That_Anonymous_Coward says:
He was buying bootlegs off the street, and then found a better source.
Ipo says:
I was being facetious.
(a fun word to disemvowel -and sometimes y -facetiously)
Joseph Finn had claimed he stole discs.
He hasn't as far as we know.
He bought discs that had pirated movies on them.
That is immoral and wrong, but relating to fencing, not theft.
Let's see.
They estimate he's sent over 300,000 discs since he started in 2004. His personal outlay so far is roughly $30,000.
If he'd purchased the genuine DVDs he'd (conservatively) be spending about $15 a disc. So that's $4.5million just on the discs, before we consider that he'd still have to pay for shipping….
Gee I wonder why he didn't purchase genuine copies?
stephenl123 says:
MPAA is a criminal conspiracy which openly asserts its right to buy favors from the US Government. MPAA is the worlds most active copyright pirate. Anyone who thinks antipathy to the MPAA has something to do with not thinking creators should be paid is living in an imaginary world.
blissfulight says:
I've paid a lot of money to Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, movie theaters, and Hollywood video. Consider it an in-kind contribution to the MPAA, which will hopefully offset the $45,000,000,000 potential losses they may have suffered.
sqyntz says:
well, even though Afghanistan is winding down, won't be long before he can send them to Syria or Iran…
Randy Riddle says:
Everyone's missing the most interesting aspect of all this.
The article notes that studios still distribute movies "on reel to reels", which are difficult to pirate, to the troops.
Since World War II, studios have sent 16mm projectors and prints of current films for free screenings to troops at military bases. What Hy is doing is basically meeting the current crop of troops where they are – giving them current films in a portable format they can watch in small groups on their laptops.
It's another example of how film studios are still stuck in distribution modes and business models developed many decades ago and aren't responding to how people consume media now.
Think about it. Our troops are fighting a "lean and mean" war, independent, in small groups out in the field with personal technology. The studios, on the other hand, are still offering physical 16mm prints to troops – the same technology used when Hy was in the military during World War II.
That_Anonymous_Coward says:
Laptops, iThingys, etc… all keep working when the generator goes down too. Its not like the camps they are in are that nice.
The idea that people in a warzone would spend the time to try and get something ripped and on TPB really shows how out of touch with reality the MPAA is in their fear.
BadIdeaSociety says:
The American movie studios should ALREADY be sending their movies to the troops like this guy is. The losses the studio would get would be counteracted by the returned they would get when the soldiers return home and thank the studios by buying their products.
That_Anonymous_Coward says:
They do… on reels with projectors. So they can't be copied easily.
One wonders what offerings that actually make and how far out of date they are with reality. The concept of someone in one of these bases being shelled stopping and making a copy of anything to post on TPB or similar locations is … words fail for how stupid it is.
Mind you this only works if your understanding of war comes from watching MASH reruns, where they had downtime where nothing happened. Everyone could gather in a single tent at the same time and make like it was a real movie theater. Rather than you just got off of 12 hours of work and you have downtime to yourself, so for a couple hours you watch a movie to unwind.
Big Hy isn't the first time I've heard about people getting content to soliders in combat zones. Others fill up hard drives that are made much more rugged, and those are passed around between the bases. This helps them avoid the local markets where basically everything has a virus of some type on it.
Horned_one24 says:
Its Carl from UP!
I cant believe im the first. (Didnt read all the comments though)
Ryan Lenethen says:
Is it just me or is that totally the guy from the Disney movie "UP"?


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29w6d (10 weeks and counting as of tomorrow yay!)
w/g: 20.5lb as of two weeks ago. I will find out on wed what it is now (bleh..atleast its all in my belly)
s/c: The usual hip pain and SOB has picked up again. And I have a lot of trouble sleeping because whenever I have to turn to my other side in bed (50pt turn at that) not only does my hips hurt but it makes my side hurt and makes my heart race and SOB for a few minutes. Bleh. Newest thing for me though is off and on dizzy spells. It feels like being dehydrated constantly but I drink tons of water and other fluids througout the day. Not sure if maybe the anemia got worse (it was just slightly low on my labs 2 weeks ago and I started a low dose iron supplement) but I almost passed out in walmart yesterday evening and freaked out my cousin.
other: Almost all my invitations are out for the family baby shower and all the invites but maybe 3 to the friend/coworker one is out at well. (large family so thats why there are two showers). I am on call for work this week and weekend as well as having my 3rd cert test for work again. And my OB appt so its going to be a busy week.
Next d/a: 2/8 OB appt
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Kelly & Samuel
w/g: 25 lbs
symptoms: Pretty much the same as it has been - heartburn, BHC, some nerve pain (like sciatica), etc. The heart palpitations have continued...actually have increased some today. Baby moves all over the place and really beats me up! He's running out of room, but he loves to s-t-r-e-t-c-h his legs, so I often have feet sticking out of one side (usually my mid-left) and a butt sticking out of the other (usually my upper-right).
other: I had an awful migraine Saturday evening, and ended up pretty dehydrated - couldn't stand to drink anything. Went to bed around 9:00, then woke up around 10:30 with my head still pounding - and contractions started. Slept a little more, then woke around 2:30 with most of the headache gone, and contractions picked up again. They were mild, but building, and really close together. It was crazy! I knew I wasn't in labor, but it was a little disconcerting, knowing I needed to let my mom know...but not knowing whether I should, since I was pretty sure it wasn't labor (but...who knows, right?) They stopped when I woke up in the morning, so obviously not labor, but it was pretty interesting!
Also, at my d/a Friday, for the second appt in a row, I measured small (32.5 at 35 weeks, and 33 at 37 weeks). I have an ultrasound Thursday to make sure little guy is growing properly. I think it's his position, though, and my midwife thinks that as well. (If she didn't, I'm sure she'd have done the u/s right away.) She said he felt like he was about 6 lbs, which is normal for one of my babies. I think everything is fine.
Next d/a: Thursday for prenatal and u/s.
Taylor & Bryson
30w2d (as of last u/s)
w/g: 2 lbs. as of 1 week ago - I usually weigh in at home too, but I can't see the scale anymore
symptoms: Still throwing up every night -thank you hypermesis. Also been having really really bad back pain the last few days. Probably because I spent all weekend bent over the sewing machine making some adorable sleepers and pacifier clips. The usual back pain is there too. Kind of feels like my spine and tailbone aren't coming together quite right. Bryson spent a straight 12 hours moving Friday night, from 11pm to 11 am on Saturday. I don't know if he stopped for more than about five minutes at a time.
other: I found some websites i really love, if any of you other moms love to DIY. I think my favorite is www.howdoeshse.com , but www.thismamamakesstuff.com has some really adorable baby tutorials (especially if you're having a girl, but her sleepers template rocks for any baby)
Next d/a: 2/21 prenatal
Angel Baby Lost 6/20/11 Bryson Scott Due 4/21/12
Sorry that you still dealing with hyperemesis. Sounds like you had lots of fun making things though minus the back pain of course. I am illiterate when it comes to making things lol. I tried making mittens in high school and lets just say it didn't end well lol.
Christy & Tyler
30w 2d
w/g: 24lbs as of today - But I keep getting comments that it looks like I just have a basketball under my shirt, so apparently I have no idea where it's all hiding!
s/c: Heartburn has gotten better since we raised the head of our bed a little bit. Crazy dizziness.. but my doctor thinks it's still because I am a little bit anemic and my resting heart rate was 104 today. Back pain a little bit.. helps when I float around in a pool though! - And I have found I have painful varicose veins... and NOT in a place I am happy about. They sure are painful - OUCH.
other: Had an U/S today. Baby boy's measuring 2 full weeks ahead! Yay for big babies! And I scheduled my C-section date.. it is now set for April 9th, 2012. My doctor wants me to meet with an anathesiologist before hand though.. considering my epidural didn't work last time and I had to be intubated .But one thing I realized today... I will be awfully close to my due date on April fools day ~ That might be kinda fun! haha!
Next d/a: 2/23 OB appt
30weeks tomorrow
w/g - too much .
Yay 6/10 weeks left on bedrest. My doctor may allow me to move around a little once I clear 34/36weeks.
Six progesterone shots left! So excited, I'm on the home stretch!
Peri visit today, cervix and baby doing great. OB appointment tomorrow, I'm now on biweekly visits to OB and Peri.
Problems sleeping, baby is very active I keep turning side to side all night. I'm not sure if it's because I've been on bedrest since September. Or because of all the baby movements but I haven't had a good nights rest in awhile. I'm planning on asking my OB for something to sleep tmr. Got to get some sleep before the little one is here.
Hubby and I still can't decide on names. I'm starting to feel a little stressed about not having names yet.
OB and Peri visit 2/20
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26w3d (moved up a little early) My family and SO keeps saying i look like i swallowed a watermelon lol, didn't get big with my son but this one i got a nice round tummy.
w/g more like a loss of 15 lbs (lost 25 with first)
s/c siatic nerve pain, occasionally will be walking and my right leg gets a sharp pain and feels as if it won't hold me. I am also constantly tired but i figure its due to lack of sleep since i can't get comfortable any more.
other: Making guest list for baby shower, have court on wed to suspend visitaion rights between my son and his dad, due to safety concerns.
Next d/a: 2/16 OB visit will find out GTT results and iron levels, hopefully im not anemic.
W/G: 4lbs
S/C: Lots of pressure, feeling "stuffed" like he has no room! Heartburn, back aches, hip pain, swollen hands/feet, sciatica, RLP, ECP, can barely sleep!!
Other: I had my last progesterone shot last week @35wks, so far everything is in place- although I have felt so horrible I went into L&D to be checked 3times in the past month! lol, that is aside from my OBGYN visits! I don't go this week, but starting next week I go every week...I am SOOOO ready to be done! Got our room ready for baby (clothes washed & organized in a shelving thingy and pack n play set up). Got his car seat & installed it, ordered the crib today. The rest of this week I am trying to take care of the first half month worth of bills, catching up on laundry & cleaning the house so we can be ready whenever Mr. Riley is- which hopefully is sooner rather then later!!
Next D/A: 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/6- c-sec scheduled 3/9!
28w 5d
w/g - too much
s/c - I have been feeling pretty good other than being sick with what feels like a head cold mostly. Just all stuffy and can barely breath/talk sometimes. Doesn't help when I'm on the phone most of the day for work.
Have some lightheaded moments but nothing horrible. OB has me doing kick counts already (never had to do them with DS) and it's funny cause I can get them done within the hour of waking up, plus more LOL he's an active little one.
Other: Still can't decide on a name for LO. We have gone through a few but nothing fits. We have a girl name just in case but the boy name is just not coming to us.
DH is working on getting a new career and everything is happening really fast, might have to move and change everything within a couple of months. It's nerve wracking but a little exciting.
I'm excited today, DS just turned 3. We are going to get his yearly pictures. I can't wait to compare the picture to his previous ones. He's getting so big.
Next d/a : 2/14 OB visit
W/G 26lbs
37wks 3dys
I am ready for this to be over!
Baby girl has measured big since about 29 weeks. Last d/a she (I was 36wks) was measuring 40 weeks. Had a u/s done at 36wks 2dys and she weighed in then at 6lbs 13ounces... Dr said she is going to be a big baby! I believe it too as there is no more room in there for her haha! Her daddy and I both were over 8lbs so we shall see here shortly. Go back to Dr today (Tuesday) maybe she will say well lets get that baby out of there! Shes head down and boy can I feel it.... Pressure is unbearable sometimes and I feel like my pelvic bones are going to split in half at any moment. Been having contractions for about a week now but no consitent and sometimes they do stop me in my tracks... Good Luck to everyone!
37w 2d
Pregnancy and baby-wise things are going well. Was having palpitations for about 10 days straight (history of SVT) a few weeks ago but they subsided and I have been palpitation free for about a week and a half now. I now have a HORRIBLE cold and was diagnosed with bronchitis yesterday so I've been put on amoxicillin. They told me I can take Robitussin DM but I'm a nervous person with meds and the baby so I'm trying to go without it. Coughing and sneezing are very painful without all my abdominal muscles in place as normal. I began having contractions last night - not labor - just contracting from all the coughing and sneezing. At this point I'm just waiting for this cold to subside and for the antibiotics to kick in so I can get ready to delivery my baby girl.
She loves to kick out with her feet on my left and stick her butt out on my right and not going to lie - it hurts! But I love it.
31 weeks 4 days
w/g: I think 20 pounds, but I was 15 pounds heavier at the start than I should have been.....
s/c: Baby moves a lot and LOVES to punch the inside of my hip while kicking me ribs. It actually hurts some of the time. Some painful contractions and lots of painless contractions, some spotting, exhaustion, dizziness while sitting, very very sore nipples, trouble picking up my toddler, lots of RLP. Dilated to 2 cm but baby is still high.
Just had a FFN test done and it was negative YAY!
Next appt is 2/20.
Amanda and Baby Brayden
37 weeks today!
w/g: between 16-20 lbs, I keep fluctuating up and back down...
Even though I have DD and DS, I have never been in so much pain while preggo! Holy cow! EVP, terrible pressure, heartburn like no other and the worst back pain! I'm definitely not sleeping these days and just trying to muscle through my last 8 days of work! Brayden loves kicking my ribs, and constantly reminds me throughout the day that he is doing OK in there. As of my 36 week appt I was not dilated or anything exciting at all, and since I'm a csection, they won't be checking me anymore... boo... it's kind of exciting
next d/a: I have my last two appts on 2/10 and 2/17 then my csection on 2/21 yay!!!
34 weeks
25-28 lb. weighrt gain so far. OB is expecting another large son. Ugg. At least it's a planned C-section this time. Date is set for 3-14-12 if I make it until then. I have a feeling he's coming early, but we'll see.
I'm feeling normal uncomforts of pregnancy. Aches and pains. Bad back pain this time likely due to hauling around my 33 lb. 21-month old boy. Har dtime sleeping. In the restroom peeing all day at work it seems. Have a horrible cold htat I can't seem to shake.
other: I feel so not ready this time. Still need to decorate the room. Zane will be sharing a room with his brother. My shower isn't until Feb. 18th and I just found out work is doing one on Feb. 27th also. So, not much time to put stuf together after that. Ugg. The family shower invites are out now though. Next asppt. is thur. Feb. 9th. So busy this time having a hard time anjoying the pregnancy. Still need to pack a hospital bag at some point also and a bag for my son.
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Arborist Gives Tips that You Can Apply to Your Garden
You can use many resources to learn more about gardening. The amount of information available is enormous. Start with general information and refine your searches as you learn more. An arborist gives tips that you can apply to your garden.
To prevent shocking your plants, you must gradually introduce new temperatures and other conditions to them. Start by placing your plants outside for a few hours only. Over a week, increase the time outside slowly. By the time the week ends, your plants will be ready for their big move and should have no problems!
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SUMMARY: Governor Dan Malloy signed into law Public Act 12-55, An Act Concerning the Palliative Use, on June 1, 2012. The law took effect on October 1, 2012. Under the law, patients with a 'debilitating medical condition' must receive 'written certification' from a physician and register with the state's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). Online registration for qualifying patients and their physicians is now available from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
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Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: "cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, cachexia, wasting syndrome, Crohn's disease, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or any other medical condition, medical treatment or disease approved by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to regulations adopted under section 14 of this act." A qualifying patient shall have not more than one primary caregiver at any time. Any marijuana, paraphernalia relating to marijuana, or other property seized by law enforcement officials from a qualifying patient or a primary caregiver in connection with a claimed palliative use of marijuana shall be returned to the qualifying patient or the primary caregiver immediately upon the determination by a court that the qualifying patient or the primary caregiver is entitled to the palliative use of marijuana as evidenced by a decision not to prosecute, a dismissal of charges or an acquittal.
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Judicial Frequently Asked Questions
How do you go about sealing a document?
Currently, when submitting documents via WebFile, only the P&O Information Letter is sealed once it is uploaded into the system. To get a document sealed, fax the document directly to the Commission and request it to be sealed or mail the document to the deputy commissioner as a personal and confidential correspondence.
Claimant files for TTD and meds; the 20-day order responds accepting meds only -Is
medical award entered automatically?
Yes, lifetime medical award with causally related body part. If you wish to specify body parts you must file an Award Agreement form.
What does the claimant do if only awarded meds for, say, the left ankle and also
wants award for left hip?
If the Order response lists only the left ankle is covered but the claimant also filed for the left hip on the Request for Hearing then the Award is not entered. Its then referred to an Analyst to review for possible docketing. If all body parts listed on the Order response match the Request for Hearing then an Award is entered with All causally related body parts unless an Award Agreement form is filed specifying body parts. We no longer enter specific body parts off of Order responses for Medical Only Awards.
When a party files a document in writing, i.e. pro se claimant filing for continuance
in person, it is scanned and put into file. Can there be a notification that something
has been filed so that all parties are aware?
Scanning is done differently in regional offices from the Richmond office. It is a complex process.
Why are 20-day orders being sent when case has previously settled?
This issue is on the Commissions defect list and will be resolved in the first quarter 2011 release.
Can we identify files by claimants last name rather than date of injury or JCN?
Currently, the claimants last name is displayed under the scheduled hearing section of the WebFile system.
Is there a way to see the claimants name in WebFile notifications?
Currently, the notification portlet in WebFile displays the claimants last name. However, the email notification that is generated does not show the claimants name.
Is there a way to print entire file?
Currently, this feature in WebFile does not work. The VWC IS department is aware of the issue and is prioritizing this issue to be resolved at a future date.
Do employers applications no longer require notarization?
In WebFile, employers applications no longer need notarization.
What should I do if I discover a duplicate file?
Contact the VWC QA Manager as soon as possible when duplicate files are identified.
If a FROI has not been filed, can I note representation?
Currently, if a claim is set up as a CASPER file, the attorney can note under option OTHER. This is not an immediate 4 to 5 day turnaround. In some instances attorneys can be added by calling Call Center. In the meantime, attorneys can use the VWC customer kiosk to view the file.
Sometimes a Notice of Hearing is generated too close to Referral of Application to
Docket. Is it possible to give attorneys more time to generate a conflict letter? This
would reduce the need for so many continuances.
Our CASPER system should allow the Commission to review attorney conflicts. Currently, this functionality isnt working properly. This issue should be resolved during the 1st quarter of 2011 resulting in less attorney conflict letters.
Can a user open the entire file in WebFile at one time allowing them to scroll
through all the documents?
The system was designed so that a user has to open each individual document.
We have noticed blank pages in some of the documents. Can this be eliminated?
The system is designed in a way to scan both sides of a document (front and back). Some users have gotten around this issue by only printing even or odd number pages.
Is it possible for attorneys to label medical records with a time range?
When uploading a medical record in WebFile, the system will allow the user to enter Document Date which should be the last date of service. The system also allows the user to submit the medical providers name.
If I work for a sole practitioner, can more than one person log in on one account at
the same time?
Yes, more than one person can log in under same ID.
Can notifications be sent to more than one person in my office?
No, only the attorney registered on WebFile will receive the electronic notification.
Legacy files are falling through the cracks and work on these files is much slower
than on the Casper files. Whats being done about it?
Mass migration of Legacy files has been delayed until January 2012. Anything filed prior to 10/1/08 has a paper file and will be manually migrated to CASPER if the file is referred to the docket.
When filing a claim in WebFile, the system will not let me skip AWW since I dont
always know what it is. What should I do?
The system will allow you to add zeros in that field.
How can I tell an old Legacy file from a migrated Legacy file?
A migrated will be displayed in WebFile. Only migrated Legacy files that are being docketed will show in our WebFile system.
How can I identify a specific file that I represent in WebFile when I have a list of 50
since there is no scroll bar?
You can put in page numbers to move through list quicker or use the next page button.
I printed the web copy of the Employers Application and filed by paper. It wasnt
notarized and was almost rejected. What should I have done?
Currently, the paper form is still required to be notarized. There is a form in WebFile you can submit electronically that doesnt require notarization.


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Pat's Kitchen
Patricia Altomare
---- — Quite the guy, Jack is; a West Point graduate, Army major with two tours — one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan; a graduate of medical school with M.D. at the end of his name now; beloved husband of Pam, and in several months will be a new dad; and, with much pride, my nephew. His grandmother would be so happy to see that he likes to cook on top of everything else.
I asked him to send me these recipes to share with readers specifically for this year's Super Bowl Sunday, and I said, "if there is a story to tell behind the chili, let me know it."
Here is the story behind the chili in E.C. "Jack" Jackman's words:
"I call the chili 'Attack 6 Chili' because 'Attack Six' was my radio call sign when I was a commander in the 3d Infantry Division (mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, when I first made my own chili ... hence my claim of not award-winning chili but 'war-winning chili.'
"My favorite batch (but not necessarily the best tasting) was made in Iraq in 2006 when I commanded a detachment of special operations warriors fighting in Al Anbar province, Iraq. We had to pull some big favors to get some of the ingredients needed for the chili!
"The current version (with the beer) was tested by my fellow resident physicians this fall sitting in front of the Pats game ... it got rave reviews!
"I don't remember where I got the recipe for the cornbread — I was never a fan of plain cornbread and this version really adds a sweet and spicy element to the cornbread and makes a great accompaniment to the chili."
'Attack 6' Chili
1 tablespoon olive oil
Two 16-ounce packages Johnsonville sausage links, decased (1 sweet, 1 hot)
1 12-ounce package Applewood smoked bacon
1 large white onion, diced
1 large red bell pepper, diced
2 medium red chili peppers
2 medium jalapeño peppers
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 12-ounce bottle Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Beer (or other dark beer) **
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
3 tablespoons tomato paste
11/2 cups fresh or frozen corn
1 16-ounce can black beans
1 16-ounce can red kidney beans
** Note from Pat: I could not find Samuel Adams but substituted with a chocolate stout beer from the Brooklyn Brewery.
Mince the garlic, dice the onion and red bell peppers. For the chili and jalapeño peppers, remove the caps and ends, halve lengthwise and slice about 1/4-inch thick.
1. Dice the bacon and fry until softened and the fat begins to render in a large pan. Add the bacon and the bacon fat to the pot.
2. Decase the sausage and sauté in the large pan; use a wooden spoon to crumble the sausage as it cooks.
3. Once the sausage is nicely browned, stir in the onion, red bell pepper, hot peppers, garlic, chili powder and cumin and continue cooking until the onion softens, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the beer and allow it to simmer for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. Add to large pot.
5. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste and allow it to simmer, uncovered for 20 to 30 minutes on medium-low, stirring occasionally. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
6. Drain the beans; stir in the beans and the corn. Let this come to a simmer and cook an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
7. Transfer to a slow cooker and let it simmer all morning.
Serve with: Fritos corn chips, sour cream, shredded Mexican cheese
Happy Jack's Mexican Cornbread
Enjoy this cornbread with cheddarjack cheese and peppers layered in the middle.
1 cup all-purpose cornmeal
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 14-ounce can creamed corn
1 cup grated cheddarjack cheese
3/4 cup hot peppers (3 medium jalapeño and 3 medium green chilies)
1. In large bowl mix: cornmeal, flour, baking powder, milk, eggs, vegetable oil, salt, sugar
2. Once fully mixed, stir in chopped onion and creamed corn.
3. Pour half of batter into 8-by-8 or 9-by-9 baking pan.
4. Sprinkle cheese and peppers uniformly over mix.
5. Pour remaining batter on top of cheese and peppers.
6. Bake 35 minutes on 350 F degrees or until golden brown on top and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
7. Let cool
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Riley firefighters had just heard on the emergency scanner Thursday night that a tornado was nearby when they looked west of their firehouse on Indiana 159 and saw one traveling northwest across a field.
The tornado, firefighters said, narrowly missing Volunteer Field at the Riley Recreation League and then leveled a storage shed at a nearby residence. No injuries were reported.
The twister came about the time a strong thunderstorm was moving through Vigo County.
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New Security Updates for Ubuntu
Linux developers Canonical has released important security updates for the Ubuntu kernel, strongly recommending upgrades for releases 6.06 LTS, 7.10 and 8.04 LTS and corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu.
The updates became necessary after the discovery of numerous security flaws in the Linux kernel. The direct-10 subsystem fails to validate certain structures, tmpfs implementation is faulty and the NFSv4 does not correctly handle file ACLs. All of these bugs are capable of causing the system to crash or result in a Denial of Service.
A detailed list of bugs is published on the Ubuntu Security Notice USN-659-1. The bug fixes can be applied using the Synaptic, Aptitude and other package-management tools, with a reboot necessary to complete the process.
Additional information is aimed at Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) users; with the update pocket disabled, the kernel upgrade will include an unavoidable ABI change and the kernel will be given a new version number. All third party kernel modules will have to be recompiled and reinstalled. Drivers from Ubuntu's own package "linux-restricted-modules" will be updated automatically.
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Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
Geeks Petition for Free Lenovo BIOS
FOSS community acts to protect freedom of choice for laptop devices.
Firefox Says Yes to DRM
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Webcam Hijackers Busted
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In most horror films that deal with the apocalypse, the "end of days" is just a stark and effective setting for zombie (or other monster) attacks, but once in a while you come across a film that is actually fascinated by the horribly sobering concept of… the end of civilization. A few years ago there was a very intriguing thriller called Carriers, which focused on the death throes of humanity, and rather well, and last year we got an overwrought but certainly interesting film called The Divide. That one focused more on how survivors will resort to the basest acts imaginable, and it got too ugly and silly for its own good.
Now comes a low-budget movie that seems to combine the attitudes found within Carriers and The Divide: that when the chips are down, when there's no reason to go on, humans are still programmed to survive, and many of us are still able to maintain a small nugget of decency, even in the nastiest of apocalyptic situations. Not all of us, of course, and that's where the drama kicks in...
Slightly familiar, consistently downbeat, but somehow pretty intriguing nonethless, Peter Engert's Remnants is not exactly a "fun" horror film, but that's one of the best things about our preferred genre: not all horror stories are meant to be fun. Some, like this one, hope to shine a light on the best and (of course) the worst that humanity can dole out -- and the horror springs from the fact that the filmmakers are rather dry and matter-of-fact about it. Up until a third act that delivers some (rather effective) fight scenes, Remnants is a full bore horror drama that wants to get under your skin more than jolt you out of it.
Remnants is about nine people, most complete strangers, who hole up in the cellar of a farmhouse after a nuclear attack has demolished pretty much everything. The set-up, which boasts some unexpectedly (darkly) beautiful cinematography and a few acting performances that are legitimately effective, gives way to a rather grim and downbeat second act, and it's there that screenwriter Christian McDonald delves into the dread and darkness that lives deep within each character. Perhaps a bit too talky for the hardcore horror crowds, the first hour of Remnants still boasts some fascinating food for thought about the inherent selfishness of man; the question of why an animal still strives to survive in a dead world; and how "humanity" isn't truly dead until all of the humans are.
This sort of "dead serious and realistic" horror could turn into a bunch of self-satirizing whining if the filmmakers aren't careful, and it certainly helps that Remnants offers a very strong lead performance. The central character is a young doctor named Hunter and C.J. Thomason does a frankly excellent job; we sense his misery and his desperation, but his consistent sense of decency gives Remnants a small ray of hope that's worth focusing on. The lovely Monica Keena also provides strong work, and it's cool to note that Edward Furlong -- here playing an angry redneck -- delivers some of his best acting in years. At one moment a sleazebag, the next a grown child worthy of sympathy, Furlong adds extra dimensions to a potentially one-dimensional "asshole" character.
Remnants offers no zombies, nothing supernatural, and little else that fits into the realm of "escapist" horror cinema, but it is a dark, brutal, gory, and fascinating little rumination on how long humans will actually last, if left entirely to their own devices. And it isn't pretty.