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Ground Zero 1908?
On June 30, 1908, an immense explosion in the atmosphere leveled a huge tract of the Siberian wilderness and sent seismic and pressure waves careening around the world. Scientists have surmised that the "Tunguska event," as it is called, resulted from the impact of a small asteroid or comet with the Earth, the body exploding several kilometers above the ground where it released at least the energy of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb. This interpretation of the event is still a matter of debate, in part because no fragments of an extraterrestrial body have been found. But now a team of Italian investigators may have pinpointed where something solid hit the ground: a crater, which now holds a body of water called Lake Cheko.
Gasperini, L., et al. A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska event. Terra Nova 19:245-251 (August)
I Love New York
New York City in part owes its reputation for callousness to a sad episode that took place there in the 1964: A young woman named Catherine ("Kitty") Genovese was brutally stabbed to death near her home in Queens while 38 people stood by, failing to come to her aid—or so the story goes. A recent investigation by three psychologists reveals this description of uncaring New Yorkers to be an urban myth. The investigators found that 38 people had not, in fact, witnessed the stabbing, that those who witnessed the crime did not see the murder taking place and that some people at the scene did indeed attempt to help. Start spreadin' the news. . .
Manning, R., M. Levine and A. Collins. The Kitty Genovese murder and the social psychology of helping: The parable of the 38 witnesses. American Psychologist 62:555-562 (September)
Marathon Mouse
The enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is present in a variety of mammalian tissue types, including the kidney, liver, small intestine, colon, mammary gland, adrenal gland, lung and muscle. Biologists understand the role of this enzyme in the kidney and liver, but they have been perplexed by what exactly it does in these other tissues. To help solve that riddle, a team of investigators from Ohio created a transgenic mouse with the gene for this enzyme linked to a promoter that is active in skeletal muscle. In this way, they spawned a line of mice that produce much greater than normal amounts of this enzyme in their skeletal muscles. And the result is quite amazing. Whereas a normal mouse typically runs 200 meters when placed on a treadmill, the transgenic mouse they engineered can run a full 6 kilometers. This marathon mouse eats 60 percent more than normal mice, but it weighs half as much and has only 10 percent of the body fat. What's more, this transgenic phenom has an extended lifespan—and seemingly a good one at that. The team reported that transgenic mice that are as much as two and a half years old can run twice as fast as normal mice that are only six months to a year old. Eat your Wheaties, maybe, but don't forget your phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase.
Hakimi, P., et al. Overexpression of the cytosolic form of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) in skeletal muscle repatterns energy metabolism in the mouse. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282:32844-32855 (November 9)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Cousin
In evolutionary terms, people are quite closely related to other great apes. Our connection with monkeys and other primates is slightly more distant but still pretty clear. How primates are related to other taxonomic groupings has remained somewhat muddled, however. But an analysis of genomic data has now revealed that the closest living relatives to primates are colugos, also known as flying lemurs, which are squirrel-sized creatures that inhabit the rain forests of southeast Asia. The genetic evidence suggests that the divergence between the two groups took place during the Cretaceous period.
Jane?ka, J. E., et al. Molecular and genomic data identify the closest living relative of primates. Science 318:792-794 (November 2)
Thanks for the Lift
Although many people are familiar with Yellowstone's geysers and hot springs, few realize that the area underwent several cataclysmic eruptions not all that long ago—as geologists measure time. Some 640,000 years ago, a giant eruption left a volcanic crater (or in geologist lingo, a caldera), which measures about 50 kilometers across. Smaller eruptions took place in the region only 70,000 years ago. And the place hasn't exactly settled down yet. Geodetic measurements reveal that the Yellowstone caldera began a rapid episode of ground uplift in mid-2004, rising at rates of as much as 7 centimeters per year. Modeling suggests that molten rock is rising from deep within the Earth and filling a magma chamber that sits about 10 kilometers below the caldera.
Chang, W.-L., R. B. Smith, C. Wicks, J. M. Farrell and C. M. Puskas. Accelerated uplift and magmatic intrusion of the Yellowstone caldera, 2004 to 2006. Science 318:952-956 (November 9)
Why Did the Ungulate Cross the Road?
Many people's connection with large wild animals is limited to seeing these creatures browsing by the side of the highway. In some spots, particularly in protected natural areas, the abundance of such animals at the roadside is substantial, leading a person to think that more distant reaches of the forest must be awash in such fauna. In fact, the opposite may be true. It seem that some wild animals prefer to spend time close to people, roads and cars, precisely because predators are apt to avoid these locales. This dynamic is true at least for moose, which gravitate to roads so as to avoid run-ins with bears. Now, if they can avoid all the Jaguars, Cougars, Rams, Vipers and Impalas, they should be reasonably safe.
Berger, J. Fear, human shields and the redistribution of prey and predators in protected areas. Biology Letters 3:620-623 (December 22)
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"Sydney Airport is committed to the highest levels of safety and emergency planning and this exercise will see us partnering with our key stakeholders on what is an important part of our emergency response plan," Ms Mather said.
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Oh yea. You lucked out and got a burned in one it seems. I would still burn them in more to get the best out of them. ClieOS recommends at least 100 hours.. Wait till you hear how that sounds with the Ele dac..
Well the reason why it cost so much was the DAC is made of all aluminum. Good construction with a big power brick, but also weighs more than the 4 Lb limit they have for first class air. Anything over and I have to use priority. It was 18OZ over the weight so almost 5LBs. Even if I took all the pack in material and foam and stuff out it would still be over the limit..I probably could have saved a bit if I checked another way to send it but by how much is the question. Oh well it is what it is..I went from being elated that I bought a Vita COD bundle for $200 in saving $50 to using that much just to send the dac back.
Wait are you guys talking about Blackberry phones??? Kinda confused, this cheapo DAC can't be used with mp3 players/ touch pads etc right, since it needs to be connected to a USB port for power and audio conversion of the files playing from your computer no?
Damn sucks to hear that Doc wasn't able to get the AD900s for that price, he was so hyped to get them it seems. Guess sometimes deals are too good to be true.
Well It is a good lesson learned. I am not too down on the whole thing. It is water under the bridge.
So I have been burning in my new MDR-1R using the Ele dac and I just took a little peep on how the sound is coming along. Everything sounds fantastic. Enough to forget I got done in by gangsters that is the post office..
I look forward to read what you guys have to say about the Ele dac. I am thinking of getting more of them to give to family and friends.
Hi-got the Senn 650's in the Black Friday Frenzy. Probably need an amp (have a HiSound Studio V which is supposed to be "class A", not sure what that means or if it would work). Would the Bravo Audio Ocean be a good choice if the Studio is not? Is there some other (not too expensive...Black Friday coupled with the Deals threads and this thread are murdering my bank account) that would be a better choice?
Can I get a hype train going if I say that I don't miss my MIA Sennheiser HD580 at all listening to these SOMiC MH463?
Interesting. It seems they make a full line of headphones and earphones even..You should consider starting a new thread if you think they are thread worthy. I just spent a grip of cash on a new MDR-1R and a Aune T1 that I ended up spending more for because I had to ship it back to China. Then I made matters worse as I just had to get a Sony Vita cus my little boy wants one. Then I had an itch to get a bunch of cheaper DACs.. My credit card bill for this month is not gonna be fun to look at. Other wise I would be all over one of them. Or some of these. Maybe a few hidden gems in here.
The Somic. ST-80
You know I think I know this one. Oh wait could it be?
Pioneer HDJ1000? Na these don't look alike at all.
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Although "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present," an exhibition that opened last weekend at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum, covers a brief period of time, it also represents a dramatically compressed cycle of change in the life of the city.
Eleven years ago, the availability of cheap mill space enabled a youthful cast of anti-materialistic artists to create Fort Thunder, their own wildly fertile alternative to mainstream consumer culture. Yet within just a few years, amid growing national hype about the so-called Providence Renaissance, the low-rent accessibility that helped fuel this influential scene was rapidly disappearing.
When an out-of-town developer planned a bland suburban-style strip mall on the site encompassing Fort Thunder, the ensuing battle highlighted sharply divergent visions of Providence's future. Despite broad opposition, the shopping complex came to fruition, initiating a wave of new development extending from the rear of the Providence Place Mall to Olneyville Square. And though the battle served as a distinct wake-up call, Providence still struggles to find a way to ensure a place for the underground artists who have lent the city creative caché far and wide, particularly through noise music, screen-printing, and comics. This scene continues, though, thanks in part to the devotion of its members to their adopted city.
In this respect, "Wunderground" looks at both past and present. One element of the show presents more than 2000 posters promoting subterranean art and music events. The other part, a towering sculptural village created by eight artists representative of the Providence underground, is titled Shangri-la-la-land. The title, chosen by the participants, suggests the kind of utopian ideals associated with art collectives like Fort Thunder, as well as the uncertain tenor of the current moment. One piece, Brian Chippendale's wheeled Home On the Run, seems a riff on how he's repeatedly been displaced by development.
The Phoenix (the media sponsor for "Wunderground") recently sat down to discuss the show with Judith Tannenbaum, the RISD Museum's Richard Brown Baker curator of contemporary art.
What do you find most distinctive about the art and music highlighted by this show?
Perhaps it's the overlap between the art and the music. The posters were done to publicize, to let people know that music events were happening in the community. I think the style of the posters developed over a period of time, in the same way that the music did.
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As GLAADblog.org reported on Tuesday, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon criticized a pair of Cirque du Soleil performers' outfits by saying, "Those masks are really gay." (Video of the incident can be seen here). McMahon made the comment on Monday's episode of WWE/RAW which airs on the USA Network. McMahon, however, has since contacted GLAAD and issued the following apology:
I apologize. My comment was not meant to be used in a derisive manner. [GLAAD's] point is well taken and I agree that people should be more cognizant about their usage of the word 'gay'.GLAAD appreciates McMahon's apology and acknowledgement of the problematic nature of his comments. We will continue to keep in touch with the WWE and offer resources on fair, accurate and inclusive terminology.


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Well, it's official. I'm now the president of San Francisco's Perl Mongers group. (I lost a coin toss with one of the other volunteers when the now-ex-president stepped down, so now I have to assume ultimate responsibility for getting meetings together.)
Add this to work, Dickens Fair (Fezziwig's specifically), and the work I want to do on Tricorder and Vocal, and I'm rapidly approaching overload. I haven't quite reached that point yet, or I wouldn't have accepted the post. Still, something may have to give soon. I don't want free software to be that something.


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Atop the 14,000-ft summit of Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea are some of the world's largest telescopes for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomy. From left to right, the observatories and telescopes in this panorama are identified as follows.
The silver 'golf ball' dome of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory contains a 10.4-meter dish. The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a 15-meter diameter dish also used for submillimeter astronomy and is operated by the UK, Netherlands and Canada. Eight 6-meter antennas of the Submillimeter Array are operated by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Taiwan. The Subaru Telescope has a diameter of 8.3 meters and is used for optical and IR astronomy. The twin domes of the W. M. Keck Observatory house two 10-meter telescopes operated by Caltech and University of California. The silver dome of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility contains a 3.0-meter infrared telescope operated by University of Hawaii for NASA.
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SonoCore Bryan COA-803+
It's rare to see a dual dynamic driver earphone in the sub $100 range, and that's exactly what we will be taking a look at today. After reviewing top tiered IEM's, I thought it would be good to take a step back and look at some budget IEM's, tailored for all the mid-fi people wandering around on the market. The SonoCore COA-803+ is a dual dynamic driver earphone that...


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hacking. Sent Greg a patch to automatically
setup udev's initscript on RPM installation. So, now RPM-based users can have
a nearly-complete /udev directory by just installing the RPM package.
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Continued work on a usable events system for the kernel. It is going to rock, if everyone can buy in to it. The preferred conduit will be D-BUS, of course. But I suspect it will need to be agnostic to any specific user-space IPC mechanism in order for it to be acceptable.
Boston continues to be cold, but today was quite pretty. Had good Indian for dinner with Joe and other monkeys last night. Think I will take the T over to Cambridge and see MIT and a certain office building, tonight.
Speaking of seeing buildings, I bought a new lens last week: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L. Yah, baby.


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Global Baby Food Industry
The world baby food industry (as part of the world package food business) recorded close to 5% growth in 2010, generating more than $10.3 billion, according to research from MarketLine. The market is expected to reach almost $13.2 billion by 2015, representing almost 28% expansion over five years. The market is expected to grow by more than 20% in terms of volume between 2010 and 2015 to exceed a volume of 1.9 billion kilograms.
This global market involves the retail sale of baby foodstufs including snacks, bottled food, canned food and cereal. The global food and pediatric nutrition markets are estimated to have a combined worth in excess of $41.5 billion in 2012, reports Transparency Market Research. The two are expected to reach close to $64 billion in 2017.
Demand for baby food continues to rise as consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of meeting their babies' nutritional needs. According to Koncept Analytics, parents encouraging their children's early development by making effective nutritional choices. While growth in established marked such as the US and the EU does not appear to offer vast potential, developing nations are recording increased demand, particularly in countries like India, Brazil and China.
Key Segments
Bottled baby food represents the leading market segment in the global baby food industry. MarketLine estimates bottled baby food accounts for more than 47% of the overall market in terms of value.
The global organic baby food market is forecast to exceed $2.25 billion by the end of 2012, according to research from RNCOS. This will make organic baby food the market segment recording the fastest rate of growth in the baby food industry in emerging nations.
Industry Leaders
Nestle is the world leader in the global baby food market, holding just over 37% of the market share reports MarketLine. Nestle employs more than 280,000 people spanning over 80 countries, and it generated close to $84 million in sales in 2011. The company's infant nutrition sector offers nutrient systems designed to enhance babies' immune defenses and reduce allergic symptoms.
Regional Market Share
The EU holds in excess of 44% of the world's baby food market, estimates MarketLine. The EU baby food market recorded yearly growth of almost 3.5% between 2006 and 2010, generating almost $4.5 billion in 2010. Market growth is expected to slow slightly to a yearly rate of less than 3.5% between 2010 and 2015. The market is forecast to exceed $5 billion by the close to 2015.
Baby food demand in emerging markets points to good growth opportunities. Markets recording the highest rate of growth include Poland, Romania, China and Russia. China's baby food product market is expected to maintain yearly growth of 15% over the four-year period ending 2012, according to research from RNCOS. Major obstacles in the baby food industry in these regions include the monopoly of leading players and elevated price.
The US baby food industry was worth $1.5 billion in 2010, having recorded yearly growth in excess of 5% for the four preceding years, reports MarketLine. Bottled baby food represents the leading market segment, generating more than $910 million in 2010, or more than 62% of the overall market. Market growth is expected to slow to a yearly rate of just over 2.5% between 2010 and 2015, when the market should generate $1.7 billion.


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A prebook "token" is simply the unique code that you will use to access the booking pages during the cabin selection on May 3rd to May 10th, 2016. The token code will go live at a specific time during these dates and will allow you to choose your cabin. If you purchased more than one prebook, you will receive one token for each prebook. Only one cabin can be booked per token and tokens are non-transferable.
If you did not prebook your cabin, you will need to wait to place your reservation when the event goes on sale to the public on May 12, 2016.
The General On Sale date for Jam Cruise will be May 12, 2016 at 12 PM Eastern. All cabins are sold on a first come first serve basis. It's best to have a few back up options in the event that your first preference is no longer available when you go to book a cabin.
You can place a reservation by logging into your Cloud 9 account at www.cloud9reservations.com OR by clicking the "BOOK NOW" button on the event web-site.
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Derby callbacks to the 2nd series
1,3,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,2 6,27,28,30,33,34,36,37,38,39,40,42
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Derby callbacks to the 2nd series
1,3,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,2 6,27,28,30,33,34,36,37,38,39,40,42
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3,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,19,20,23,26,28,30,33,34, 35,36,38,39,40,41,42,44,45,46,47,49,50,56,58,59,60 ,61,62 that should be 37 dogs
Land blind in the morning 8:00 am dog #30 starts landblind
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Derby Callbacks to the 3rd series
1,3,4,8,12,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,26,33,36,37, 38,39,40,42
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Qualifying Placements
1st 9
2nd 14
3rd 18
4th 23
Congratulations to all!!!
Callbacks to waterblind: 24
3,6,7,8,11,15,19,20,26,28,30,36,39,40,41,42,46,49, 50,56,58,60,61,62
Derby finals: 26, 38, 16, 40, 12Jams to the rest except #8 scratched.
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if i am reading it correctly......congrats to rita and frank jones on the win with allie, and to jason baker on the win and another big placement(2nd this week and two wins prior....in a row) with black shamrock's margarita! NICE
thanks for clarification below foxhollow!
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There is a big difference between games that are consciously edgy or controversial, such as Postal or Super Columbine Massacre, and games that are intended as nothing but exploitive pornography, such as Custer's Revenge. One difference is that Postal was widely distributed in mainstream markets, and Super Columbine Massacre was designed to make a statement and promote discussion, while Custer's Revenge was given a limited release and sold only at porn shops. Saying that Mortal Kombat was a "not-so-great moment" in video-game controversy is sort of like saying Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a not-so-great moment in film controversy. That's not quite right. Some may feel the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESBR) or the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has developed over the years in a "not-so-great" way, but that doesn't change the fact that Virginia Woolf was a great movie for its time, as was Mortal Kombat a great game.
T.J. Deci
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Holy smoke!
Thank you, James Tierney, for "The Bong Show," an informative article on the herbal substance Salvia divinorum, which has been used by native healers in Mexico for eons. The attitude of the police-mentality types that are frightened by the use of any "drug" not already sanctioned is, of course, quite predictable. We need a better vocabulary, as the term "drug" automatically triggers hysterical reactions among the burghers. "Drugs" can also be medicines, for psycho-spiritual as well as physical ailments. Your readers might be interested in what I call the "Sin of Alcibiades." Alcibiades was mentored by Socrates, was a contemporary of Plato and Aristotle. He was a gifted military man, but got in trouble because he was profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries, by using the psychotropic potion Kykeon in a recreational profane manner. He was to be exiled from Athens, but his military prowess was needed, so he was pardoned.
Our innocent/ignorant young adventurers are doing the same thing, as they have no background in sacred ritual, ceremony, or religious experience, tied to their video games as they are. There are wise ways of utilizing such substances, and of course ways that are abusive. There is much ignorance concerning ritual, and the importance of "set and setting." I quote Octavio Paz, in Alternating Current: "What the authorities are displaying is ideological zeal, they are punishing a heresy not a crime." And from the book on mysticism by Agehananda Bharati, The Light at the Center: "The West has a tradition of amalgamating the heretical with the illicit, the illegal and the immoral." A modest proposal: that the use of such Eucharistic entheogens be proscribed to use only in churches, synagogues, or retreat centers.
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Turners Falls
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Regarding "Gore Fest": does anybody remember the gubernatorial race between Ed King and Francis Hatch in 1978? Well, King won by defining himself as the "can do" candidate, while his opponent was the "cannot do" one. Hillary Clinton is the "can do" candidate in this run-off, precisely because she, like King, is the less circumspect. She can set out plans for health care and education and give people hope, while Barack Obama is tied up in his Hamlet complex of putting all his energy into thought — trying too hard to measure how doable everything is. It is the difference, in literary theorist Paul de Man's conception, between adhering to what is "true," and what is "right." To do what is right, we have to lie, which is why Clinton lies. That is, we have to tell ourselves lies to get anything done. If Obama loses Indiana, he may best follow Clinton, become her running mate, and learn how to make blind promises. Not all of them will be kept, but if no promises are made, no promises will be kept.
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In the fifth instalment of this action genre mainstay, fresh talent joins a favourite adrenalin junkie for a wild ride through Moscow. Michele Manelis reports.
It was 25 years ago that Bruce Willis' wise-cracking cop, John McClane uttered his battle cry, "Yippee ki-yay, mother******". Now, in the fifth instalment of the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard, McLane takes the show on the road to Moscow in pursuit of his estranged son (Jai Courtney), whom he thinks has fallen in with a bad crowd.
However, as it turns out, McClane junior is a chip off the old block - a CIA agent. And though the storyline points towards Australian actor Courtney, 26 (who most recently appeared in Jack Reacher) to take over the franchise from Papa Willis, 57, the ageing movie star puts those rumours to rest.
"I'm not retiring. I'm just older," Willis says, giving his trademark smirk. "I'm not giving away the franchise at this point. I still appreciate the novelty of playing this character in five films over 25 years. And to still be asked back is fun."
Budgeted at a reported US$125 million ($148 million), this R-rated action movie is directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix), who takes great delight in demolishing much of the city of Budapest which is posing as Moscow, with elaborate car chases causing massive collateral damage.
"We set a few records in terms of car destruction," Moore smiles.
"But it was all in the name of making this so big and so wow. The action was designed to be this huge so that Bruce could react to how insane it was.
"My name's John Moore, not John Less," he adds.
Says Willis, "Yes, John was pretty insistent on making it all happen on the streets. The car chase scenes took over six weeks to shoot. I drove that big green truck through Budapest at pretty high speeds. They shut down some streets for me, and I drove like a maniac.
"The fun of Die Hard is that you get to go to real locations and drive real cars which are flipping and tumbling and you're jumping off of things," he smiles. "It's a fun thing to do for a living."
It doesn't sound like a job one considers after a certain age. But for Willis, the task at hand was less arduous than he had imagined.
"There were less limits than I thought there would be, although a couple of times I got up a little slower after falling down. But I don't think about that as age, I just think that I didn't quite land the right way."
In fact, it would seem Willis welcomes his advancing years.
"In 1988, when the franchise began, I didn't have any lines on my face and I'm happy to have them now. I always thought I had a little too much baby fat on my face and I didn't care for it. Actually, I couldn't wait to look a little more roughed up," he smiles.
"I'm pretty accepting about how things have turned out."
As he should be. The franchise has grossed more than US$1.1 billion at the box office worldwide.
As for casting the equally macho Jack McClane, Courtney beat out many big-name actors. But the Irish director says he didn't want anyone famous in the role.
"As soon as [Jai] walked in the door, I thought, 'He looks like how Jack McClane should look. God, I hope he can act.' Then I realised he could act. Then I thought, 'I hope he has a good sense of humour.' And then, finally, I thought, 'God. I hope he gets along with Bruce.' And he did.
"So for me, there wasn't a lot of process involved. Plus, the other great thing about him was that he didn't ask too many questions."
Says Courtney: "Of course, it's really easy to get rattled by an actor of that stature and I did catch myself a couple of times having an out-of-body moment where I'd be thinking, 'That's John McClane in front of me, and we're doing a scene together,"' he laughs. "But then you just get on with it."
What: A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth in the Bruce Willis action franchise
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OKOLONA – Circuit Court Judge Andrew Howorth ruled there is enough evidence to bring formal charges against Okolona Assistant Police Chief Romona Robertson following a hearing late Monday afternoon.
Howorth heard more than three hours or testimony and viewed video of the Mississippi Highway Patrol's traffic stop of Robertson on Dec. 7 on Highway 32 just east of its intersection with Highway 15.
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Burrow and Searcy said Robinson initially asked to take a blood test to prove she was not under the influence. Both officers said Robinson refused the test when they took her to the hospital.
"Based on what I saw, any other person would have gone to jail and not the hospital," said Burrow. "She refused the test and was released to the custody of (Okolona) Police Chief Tommy Ivy."
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Burrow said he clocked Robertson driving a white Okolona Police Department Challenger at 77 miles-an-hour in a 55 zone and watched her cross the centerline several times. Searcy said she found 18 pills, later determined to be hydrocodone in the driver's door pocket of the car.
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Defense attorney Ed Lancaster said he will seek a jury trial for Robertson.
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Dioxins mimic estrogens and have the potential to disturb the endocrine system of aquatic animals and even plants. They are well known for having especially severe effects on amphibians such as frogs that have water permeable skin prone to taking up toxins in the water that they live in.
Estrogens are hormones most well known for their effects on the female reproductive cycle (it is the main ingredient in many oral contraceptives). But estrogens also effect growth, metabolism, fluid balance, and the function of muscles, bones, lungs, and the intestines just to name a few. Estrogens also help certain hormone-sensitive breast cancers to grow.
While it is still unclear just how toxic the dioxin byproducts of antibacterial hand soap are, one thing that we are sure of is that the effects of these chemicals could be far reaching… especially as this chlorinated triclosan is released into streams, rivers and watersheds. Is antibacterial soap another good idea gone down the drain?
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