text: No recent wiki edits to this page. OverviewNUON was a failed attempt by Toshiba, Motorola, Samsung, and Raite Optoelectronics to add gaming, internet, and enhanced navigation to certain DVD players. NUON technology was developed by VM Labs Inc. as an attempt to turn passive digital video into an interactive experience. NUON DVD players were supposed to be the "all-in-one" digital media experience. Richard Miller, using experience gained developing Atari Jaguar hardware, created a powerful 128-bit processor to embed in DVD players. The NUON had the power to decode audio and video while providing and enhanced UI and trick-play modes. More importantly, it provided a platform for 3D digital interactive content straight from a DVD player. NUON technology was only added to a handful of DVD players and support for the platform was abysmal. VM Labs filed for bankruptcy in 2001, just one year after the release of the NUON. VM Labs sold the NUON technology to Genesis Microchip, where development ceased after July 2002.HardwareAt the core of the NUON is the Aries 3 chip, which was based on a 128-bit, 4 way parallel VLIW processor architecture. It manages the CPU, decodes audio and video, and preforms all system management. A hardware block on the chip assisted with MPEG video decoding so the Aries 3 was free to process other instructions. The chip was very powerful for it's time.Features of the Aries 3:MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio/video decoding5.1 channel Dolby Digital audio decodingExtended DVD trick modes32-voice wave table synthesizerMP3 audio decodingContent Scrambling System descrambling moduleVideo Scaling3D video gamingThe first DVD player to use NUON technology was the Toshiba SD-2300. The technology in the few available NUON DVD players raised the price around $100 over comparable players. The choice to market games to the movie audience ultimately ended up being a mistake. Sales were very poor, and support was absolutely terrible. The first NUON enhanced DVD was the software/movie Bedazzled by Fox Home Video. Just about every other publisher waited on the technology and support never truly came to the device. With the PlayStation 2's release imminent as a game console that plays DVDs rather than a DVD player that plays games, the chances of success for the NUON had gone. The public opted for the game console that was cheaper and had much better support for games.The NUON had a variety of controllers, one popular standard one being white in color with a D-pad with 4 buttons. The stealth gamepad is 3-pronged controller with a mini analog stick, a D-pad, and a trigger button. It is designed very similarly to the Nintendo 64's controller. A memory unit was planned for Q1 2002 release for the NUON in sizes ranging from 2MB to 4MB, but was canceled. Many games used passwords to make up for the lack of a released memory card.SoftwareOnly eight games were ever released for NUON. The graphics are comparable to early PlayStation 2 games, and are most notable in Iron Soldier 3, a mech combat game. The best game is generally regarded to be Tempest 3000 (many sources consider it the only truly playable game) and it's valued at much more than the other NUON games. Games were controlled via a proprietary controller. Depending on the model, there could be one or two controller ports.HomebrewThe NUON homebrew community was more active than the commercial community. In late 2001, VM Labs released a homebrew SDK so developers could put out their own homebrew NUON software, even as the platform died and faded into obscurity. Homebrew games are simply burned to CD-RsList of models that can play NUON homebrewSamsung DVD-N501Samsung DVDN504Samsung DVDN505RCA DRC300NRCA DRC480NThe RCA models cannot play commercial NUON games.List of NUON homebrewAmbient MonstersAtari / C64 Video Game Music PlayerAtari 800 EmulatorAtari 2600 PacMan (Hacked version of Chomp)BOMBBreakoutChomp (Sample game included with the second NUON SDK)Decaying OrbitDoom SharewarePac-Man - Tournament Edition (Hacked version of Chomp)SameGame - ColorsSameGame - ShapesSheshell's Sea AdventureSnakeSynth DemoYaroze Classics (Katapila, Invs and BreakDown)Linkshttp://www.nuon-dome.com/, a site dedicated to the NUON.


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Cheng returns for another intergenerational tale after her tender Grandfather Counts. In spare, evocative prose she again explores the relationship between a Chinese-born grandparent and a westernized granddaughter. This time, however, she focuses less on forging a relationship than on nurturing it with thoughtfulness. Nancy's grandmother Ni Ni receives a sad letter from China: "Brother says the city needs space for apartment building, so they tear down our father's old house in Suzhou"; Ni Ni's beloved goldfish pond and garden are also destroyed. After winning two goldfish at a fair, Nancy asks her grandmother more about the fish pond of her childhood and discovers it was surrounded by chrysanthemums. Debut artist Chang charts Nancy's progress as she creates, with the help of a gardener neighbor, a miniature pond in the backyard for the fish, complete with chrysanthemums, a stone path and bench. Moved to tears, Ni Ni takes photographs of "Ba Ba's Garden in America" to send to her brother. While the palette of the oil paintings is suffused with warm shades of chrysanthemum-like reds, yellows and oranges, the emotional temperature remains surprisingly cool. Stylized portraits sit uncomfortably within realistic backdrops, resulting in stagy characters with almost mannequin-like faces. The posed photographs in a final spread make the most successful compositions; here the close-up of Ni Ni smelling a mum and united with her grandchildren communicate the book's uplifting theme of the importance of familial ties and continuity. Ages 4-9. (Apr.)
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Swelling 'subsided' after stroke, doctors reattach portion of Sen. Kirk's skull
Doctors on Tuesday re-attached the portion of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's skull that was removed after he suffered a stroke more than two weeks ago.
The roughly 4-inch-by-8-inch portion of Kirk's skull was removed the day after he began experiencing symptoms, in order to make room for swelling caused by the stroke. In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Northwestern Memorial Hospital neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said that swelling "had subsided."
Fessler previously told reporters that the bone was frozen sterilely, and described how it would be put back on.
"It's a very simple procedure to go back to surgery, reopen the same incision, which isn't hard to do because it hasn't healed very far," Fessler said during a January 24th press conference. "And you simply put the bone back in its position, connected with titanium plates and screws. And it's a very firm reconstruction of the skull."
Fessler in his statement Tuesday called this procedure a "milestone" in Kirk's recovery.
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The Hall County DUI court celebrates its 10th anniversary on Thursday, and over the past decade, the program has been able to reduce repeat DUI offenses by almost 10 percent.
The court began as one of three pilot programs for DUI courts in Georgia after the state saw the success of other drug courts around the nation.
Presiding Judge Larry Baldwin noted that the county was one of three selected areas, including Athens/Clarke County and the Savannah area that received grant money to start the DUI program.
"They selected the three areas to see if we would be interested in it, and one of the main goals is to reduce recidivism - how many people get DUIs - and try to keep them from getting new DUIs. We were in favor of that so we decided to take part," Baldwin said.
Over the first three to five years of the court-mandated program for repeat offenders, Baldwin and then-presiding Judge Charles Wynne saw recidivism in the region reduced by almost 10 percent, even though offenders do not necessarily like the program.
"Most of them don't like the program when they first come in because it is a very strenuous program," Baldwin said. "It is post-conviction, meaning they have to be found guilty or plead guilty to DUI, and they still get their sentence, including a fine and jail time, but then they have to go through the program.
"We hope that alone is helping to reduce the number of people who choose to drink and drive."
The program is 15 months long and the participants must go through treatment, attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, go to court meetings with Baldwin, and call a phone number each morning to find out if they have to go in for random drug and alcohol screenings.
The court has been successful at reducing incidences of DUIs, but other problems have developed in the past couple of years that require alterations to the program, such as increasing occurrences of driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
"We've noted that over the last couple years it has become an increasing problem, and when we first set up our program it was more thinking of the drinking and driving, so we've had to make changes," Baldwin said. "We hope to get the information out that even if you have a prescription, it's still not legal to drive while you're impaired by prescription drugs."
The frequency of these offenses has mandated a change in the court's drug screening procedure in order to detect the drugs in the system.
"We don't just screen people for alcohol," Baldwin said. "We actually take a urine test, and we have a lab here in Hall County that can test it for a number of different substances including some drugs, and then we also often send it out to a lab so that we can do a full panel and just try to find out what, if anything, our participants are using."
Baldwin and the DUI court will continue to improve their programs and procedures for the future in hopes of bringing these offenses down even more.
"I'm very committed to this program," Baldwin said. "I find it rewarding because a lot of times as a judge, you sentence someone and then you don't know if they succeed or fail in the future. With this program, I get to see these DUI offenders at least once a month if not twice a month for the full 15 months and see how they progress, and I find that to be rewarding."
As for the 10th anniversary, the DUI court will commemorate the event by graduating 12 people from the program on Thursday.
"We're going to have our graduation on that day, and I've asked Judge Charlie Wynne who was the original judge for the DUI court program and, in fact, was the sitting judge for that program for the first eight years, to come and speak to our graduates," Baldwin said. "I want to recognize him because he put a lot of hard work and effort into the program."


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"So You Think You Can Dance": A couple cuts out
Let the head-scratching begin. After dancing for their lives, the first pair to be let go this season was the "dancing David and Goliath" tango team of Ashlee and Ricky.
While it was clear the writing was on the wall for Ashlee, whose solo to Barbra Streisand's "Cry Me a River" was big on mimelike framing and short on actual technique (not to mention what some consider an essential undergarment), Ricky's departure did come as a shock. Especially when Nigel Lythgoe teased us all by telling Ricky moments earlier that he had the potential to be one of the best dancers of the year.
So instead of cutting B-boy Dominic, whose limited "tricks" will be more apparent with every solo he gets, or Cedric, who has yet to prove he can delve into a style other than hip-hop, they cut an extremely versatile dancer like Ricky. It makes me think the judges are allowing themselves a bit of favoritism. Does having hip-hoppers and breakers draw younger viewers than say, boys who do pirouettes and grands jetés? If I see Cedric do a decent quickstep or lyrical dance, then I'll reconsider.
The only good thing about Faina's being one of the bottom-three women was that we got a reminder of how phenomenal she is at what she does. From the second she started to work her own Latin moves, she was nothing short of spectacular. Now she needs to catch a break with a style that maximizes her talents. I'm sure Mary Murphy fought to keep such a technically gifted ballroom dancer in her arsenal.
I have mixed feelings about the show's extras: Wade Robson's monochromatic opening number was an exciting start to the program — I only felt a bit sorry for the girls, who were indistinguishable in their black wigs. The performance by Lloyd of "Get It Shawty" could have been, er, shawter, though I give him points for actually singing instead of lip-synching. (You could tell, since he was out of breath from all his dance moves.) Maybe the performance also seemed overlong because we knew this was the moment when the judges were deciding who was getting the ax, and the song was like an extended Jeopardyesque "do do do do."
The biggest disappointment, though, was seeing last year's champ, Benji, perform a sloppy routine that pandered to the audience. He's much better than the cheesy pops and locks and patriotic BVDs that he displayed last night. Let's hope he cleans up his wayward sideburns and ditches the goofy red gloves before he comes back again.
What do you think? Did the right people go home? Which choreographers would you like to see featured next week? Will Cat Deeley ever properly pronounce the word our? And how many of you out there consider yourselves dancers vs. couch potatoes?


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Fewer than 50,000 people got insurance through the botched
She told the Journal administration officials expected most enrollees to sign up later, saying this was the pattern when
"We have always anticipated that initial enrollment numbers would be low and increase over time, just as was the experience in
"And, as we have said, the problems with the website will cause the numbers to be lower than initially anticipated," Shields Britt added.
The administration plans to release the private health-insurance signup figures this week.
The federal site -- for residents of the 36 states that didn't create their own state healthcare exchanges -- has been marred by serious technological problems and design flaws from its debut
In some cases, people have been unable even to create accounts to use the site.
Management consultant
The administration initially estimated nearly 500,000 people would enroll in October, internal memos cited by
As of last week, 40,000 to 50,000 federal marketplace users signed up for private health plans, two people familiar with the figures told the newspaper.
The figure doesn't include people in the 36 states who used the federal website to learn if they qualify for
An application is an early step for a consumer to find out about pricing and eligibility for policies before enrolling.
Separately, 12 of the 14 states running their own healthcare exchanges enrolled 49,100 people as of Sunday, not counting most
These states will account for 1.4 million exchange enrollees by the end of 2014, Avalere projected.
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Angels' team city to be settled in court
Angels' team city to be settled in court
At issue is the name "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" and whether or not it violates an agreement between the baseball team and the city in which that teams plays. Anaheim would prefer the club return to the name "Anaheim Angels" and use that title in all references.
Case No. 05CC09102, officially known as City of Anaheim vs. Angels Baseball L.P., will be heard in an Orange County Superior Court before Judge Peter J. Polos. Pre-trial motions are expected to take most of the first day with jury selection likely to commence by Tuesday or Wednesday. The trial schedule calls for Thursday to be an off day and resuming Friday.
There are two distinct periods which form the basis of the lawsuit by Anaheim.
Prior to the start of the 2005 season, Angels owner Arte Moreno opted to change the name of his ballclub to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
But earlier, in 1996, previous owner Disney signed a lease agreement as part of a larger $100 million project to renovate Anaheim Stadium. The city estimates it contributed $20 million to $30 million to that effort.
In that agreement, which Moreno became part of when he bought the team in 2003, was a clause -- Section 11 (f) -- which was entitled "Team Name," and stated in part, "Tenant will change the name of the Team to include the name 'Anaheim' therein ... ." The lease expires in 2029 with a one-time out clause in 2017.
Angels Baseball feels the new name expands the marketplace, and the club contends it is working within the spirit of the agreement.
"In this trial, we feel we have not breached the contract; we have conducted ourselves in good faith," Angels spokesman Tim Mead said. "There are a lot of things that our organization has put forth that have not only been beneficial to the fans, but to the community."
Anaheim contends that the name change is a blow to its civic identity.
"We're talking about millions, if not billions, of impressions that have been lost throughout the last year," Anaheim spokesman John Nicoletti said. "In newspapers, on TV and even on MLB.com, there are countless opportunities for the name Anaheim to be mentioned. In last year's playoffs, the Angels played in New York and Chicago. Including L.A., those are the three largest TV markets. The main thing is, we feel a contract has been breached."
Last January, Anaheim lost two motions, a temporary restraining order and a subsequent preliminary injunction, in hopes of preventing the Angels from using their new name in the 2005 season. Since that time, the two sides have been unable to come to terms through mediation, which has brought the case to trial.
Using Los Angeles in the team name is not exactly new. From expansion in 1961 until 1964, the club was known as the Los Angeles Angels, also the name of a Minor League team in the Pacific Coast League prior to that time. From 1965 to 1996, the team was known as the California Angels.
But it was the use of two community names in one title -- with Anaheim getting second billing to Los Angeles -- that, in Anaheim's view, helped push a disagreement into a dispute -- one that ultimately will be settled in court, beginning this week.
"In Major League Baseball, there has never been a team with two geographic identities as part of one name. There has only been one name and one mascot," Nicoletti said. "We compete with Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco for tourism dollars. We feel that having a name that was agreed upon in the contract is part of the deal. When everyone sees the team, we want Anaheim to come to mind."
The Angels drew a total of 3,404,686 fans last season, fourth-highest behind the Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals. The club also won its second straight American League West crown and made the playoffs for the third time in four years, which dates to the World Series season of 2002.
"As an Angels organization, that is what we have been focused on from Spring Training and throughout the regular season," Mead said. "We are looking to build on that in the years to come."
Mike Scarr is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Thursday, March 8, 2007
The Washington Redskins released place kicker John Hall yesterday, forcing Coach Joe Gibbs to part with one of the players to whom he was closest.
The move was not unexpected, and as the Redskins still look for options at tight end and left guard, it saved the club $1.5 million against the $109 million salary cap. According to team sources, Hall told teammates he had requested his release as it appeared clear over the past few weeks that he would be cut. Hall, 32, suffered through an injury-marred season during which he never quite seemed to recover from offseason groin surgery.
Despite favoring Hall, a 10-year veteran who will turn 33 a week from Saturday, Gibbs began training camp last season unsure how Hall would respond to surgery, which was similar to the procedure cornerback Shawn Springs underwent after he was injured on the first defensive series of the first preseason game last August in Cincinnati. The Redskins brought in Tyler Jones to compete with Hall during preseason, but Jones never attempted a kick and was cut Aug. 28.
Hall withstood the training camp challenge, but did not fare well. In a 19-16 opening night home loss to Minnesota, Hall missed a 48-yard kick at the end of regulation that would have sent the game into overtime. Hall missed a big kick Oct. 8 at New York, a game in which he was clearly injured. Punter Derrick Frost handled kickoffs and Hall was not available in the second half. After five games, he was placed on injured reserve. He was 9 of 11 on the season.
The Redskins first signed Nick Novak, who was waived after hitting only 5 of 10 field goals over six games, and then Shaun Suisham, who impressed Gibbs by missing his first attempt with the Redskins before converting his final eight over the last five games of the season.
Hall was acquired in 2003, after spending the first six years of his career with the New York Jets. In those six seasons, Hall played in 95 of 96 games, missing one game in 2000. After playing in all 16 games in his first year with the Redskins, he played in just 23 of 48. . . .
With starting tackle positions limited, the Redskins still could re-sign veteran lineman Todd Wade. The New York Jets are believed to have interest. . . . Free agent guard Edwin Mulitalo, released by Baltimore yesterday, also could be in contention to replace left guard Derrick Dockery, who signed a $49 million free agent contract with Buffalo. Mulitalo, 32, is an eight-year veteran who played his entire career with the Ravens and was a member of the 2001 Super Bowl championship team. The Redskins also have expressed mild interest in guard Zach Wiegert, who spent last season with Houston.
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Vitamin A is essential for good health. It promotes growth, the immune system, reproduction, and vision. However, recent research suggests that too much vitamin A, particularly in the form of retinol, may be bad for your bones. This fact sheet explains where we get vitamin A, how much of this important vitamin we need, how it can build up in the body to excessive levels, and how you can assess your own vitamin A intake.
Vitamin A is a family of compounds that play an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, and cell differentiation. We get vitamin A from a variety of sources. Two of the most common sources are retinol and beta-carotene.
Retinol is sometimes called "true" vitamin A because it is nearly ready for the body to use. Retinol is found in such animal foods as liver, eggs, and fatty fish. It also can be found in many fortified foods, such as breakfast cereals, and in dietary supplements.
Beta-carotene is a precursor for vitamin A. The body needs to convert it to retinol or vitamin A for use. Beta-carotene is found naturally in mostly orange and dark green plant foods, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, mangos, and kale.
The body stores both retinol and beta-carotene in the liver, drawing on this store whenever more vitamin A is needed.
The Institute of Medicine developed the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin A (retinol). The recommended intakes are listed in International Units (IU) in the table, below:
|Age (yrs)
|Source: Institute of Medicine, 2001.
|1 to 3
|4 to 8
|9 to 13
|14 to 18
The body can convert beta-carotene into vitamin A to help meet these requirements. Although there is no RDA for beta-carotene, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements recommends eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day, including dark green and leafy vegetables and deep yellow or orange fruits to get appropriate amounts of beta-carotene.
Vitamin A is a family of fat-soluble compounds that play an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, and cell differentiation. Vitamin A is important for healthy bones. However, too much vitamin A has been linked to bone loss and an increase in the risk of hip fracture. Scientists believe that excessive amounts of vitamin A trigger an increase in osteoclasts, the cells that break down bone. They also believe that too much vitamin A may interfere with vitamin D, which plays an important role in preserving bone.
Retinol is the form of vitamin A that causes concern. In addition to getting retinol from their diets, some people may be using synthetic retinoid preparations that are chemically similar to vitamin A to treat acne, psoriasis, and other skin conditions. These preparations have been shown to have the same negative impact on bone health as dietary retinol. Use of these medications in children and teens also has been linked to delays in growth.
Beta-carotene, on the other hand, is largely considered to be safe and has not been linked to adverse effects in bone or elsewhere in the body.
Surveys suggest that most Americans are getting adequate amounts of vitamin A. The Institute of Medicine cautions against daily intakes of retinol above 10,000 IU.
The chart below identifies some common food sources of retinol. Most of the reported cases of vitamin A toxicity have been blamed on the use of supplements. Healthy individuals who eat a balanced diet generally do not need a vitamin A supplement.
|Food Sources of Retinol
|Vitamin A (IU)
|Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
|Liver, beef, cooked 3 oz.
|Liver, chicken, cooked, 3 oz.
|Egg substitute, fortified, ¼ cup
|Fat-free milk, fortified with vitamin A, 1 cup
|Cheese pizza, ⅛ of a 12-inch pie
|Milk, whole, 3.25% fat, 1 cup
|Cheddar cheese, 1 oz
|Whole egg, 1 medium
Plant sources of beta-carotene are not as well absorbed as the animal sources of vitamin A listed in the chart, but they are still an important source of this vitamin. Dark orange and green vegetables and fruit, including carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, cantaloupe, and kale are excellent sources of beta-carotene. Because of concerns about the negative effects of too much retinol, some people prefer to eat more foods rich in beta-carotene to satisfy their need for vitamin A.
The 1988–94 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) found high levels of retinol in 5 to 10 percent of the survey participants. Increased levels were more common in men age 30 and older and in women age 50 and older.
Older people who regularly take dietary supplements containing vitamin A may be at higher risk of getting too much vitamin A.
Studies suggest that taking dietary supplements is a common practice among many older adults. However, the routine use of vitamin A supplements, as well as fortified foods, in older men and women is increasingly being questioned. Older adults are at significant risk for osteoporosis and related fractures, and their serum (blood) levels of retinol increase with age. As a result, fortified foods and supplements containing vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene may be a better choice for bone health in this population.
The supplement label provides information about how much vitamin A is provided, in both International Units and as a percentage of the RDA. The list of ingredients will contain information about which forms of vitamin A are included. Other names for retinol include retinyl, palmitate, and retinyl acetate.
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ZTE unveiled its Blade V7 line handsets at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Alongside the new Blade V7 smartphones, the company has also announced its Android-based Spro Plus mobile projector.
ZTE Blade V7
The New Blade V7 sports a 5.2-inch 1080p display and supports dual-SIM functionality. The device runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box and packs in a 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD expansion slot, 13megapixels on the rear, 5-megapixels at the front and a 2,500mAh battery.
The device supports 4G LTE, 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG, Micro-USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, compass, and gyroscope. Measuring 146×72.5×7.5mm, the handset will come in Gold and Silver colors. The phone equips a fingerprint sensor as well.
ZTE Blade V7 key specs:
- 2" 1080p display
- MediaTek MT6753 processor
- 16GB internal storage
- microSD card slots
- Cameras: Rear: 13MP/Front: 5MP
- 2,500mAh battery
ZTE Blade V7 Lite
The ZTE Blade V7 Lite, on the other hand, has lighter specifications than its sibling that includes 5-inch 720p display, a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735P SoC, 2GB of RAM, and 8-megapixels on the back as well as front. The handset retains all other specification from its sibling, the Blade V7.
ZTE Blade V7 Lite key specs:
- 5" 720p display
- MediaTek MT6735P processor
- 16GB internal storage
- microSD card slots
- Cameras: Rear: 8MP/Front: 8MP
- 2,500mAh battery
ZTE Spro plus
The company touts the ZTE Spro plus as a smart projector, that features an 8.4-inch TFT QHD AMOLED display, an 11,500mAh battery and runs Android 4.4 KitKat. The Spro Plus will be available in two versions – Wi-Fi enabled one packs a quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC while the LTE model features a Snapdragon 625 SoC.
The handset packs 3GB of RAM and comes in either 32GB or 128GB built-in storage or supports expandable via a microSD slot up to 2TB. The highlight of the device is its WXGA projector which offers 500lm brightness and also sports auto-focus. It can project 80-inch picture from a distance from 2.4 metres. ZTE has revealed that the Spro Plus mobile projector will be available from mid-2016.


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Research Topics
Julia Hocking
Affiliation: University of Queensland
Country: Australia
Detail Information
- Disentangling the cognitive components supporting Austin Maze performance in left versus right temporal lobe epilepsyJulia Hocking
The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia Electronic address
Epilepsy Behav 29:485-91. 2013..The relationship of the Austin Maze task with other neuropsychological tests suggests that differential cognitive components may underlie performance decrements in right versus left TLE. ..
- Semantic interference in object naming: an fMRI study of the postcue naming paradigmJulia Hocking
The University of Queensland, Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Brisbane, Australia
Neuroimage 50:796-801. 2010..We interpret these findings as being consistent with an account that places the semantic interference effect in the postcue paradigm at a processing level involving integration of object attributes in short-term memory...
- Cortical organization of environmental sounds by attributeJulia Hocking
The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Hum Brain Mapp 32:688-98. 2011....
- NESSTI: norms for environmental sound stimuliJulia Hocking
Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
PLoS ONE 8:e73382. 2013....
- The influence of colour and sound on neuronal activation during visual object namingJulia Hocking
Centre for Magnetic Resonance, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Brain Res 1241:92-102. 2008..In contrast, left antero-medial temporal activation is reduced because object recognition is facilitated after colour and form have been integrated...
- Semantic context and visual feature effects in object naming: an fMRI study using arterial spin labelingJulia Hocking
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Cogn Neurosci 21:1571-83. 2009..These results provide support for the view that the semantic context effect in object naming occurs due to an incremental learning mechanism, and involves increased demands on verbal self-monitoring...
- The role of the posterior superior temporal sulcus in audiovisual processingJulia Hocking
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG UK
Cereb Cortex 18:2439-49. 2008....
- Dissociating verbal and nonverbal audiovisual object processingJulia Hocking
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London, UK
Brain Lang 108:89-96. 2009..Thus, we demonstrate how brain activation for audiovisual integration depends on the verbal content of the stimuli, even when stimulus and task processing differences are controlled...
- Comparison of block and event-related experimental designs in diffusion-weighted functional MRIRebecca J Williams
University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging, Brisbane, Australia University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia
J Magn Reson Imaging 40:367-75. 2014..To compare diffusion-weighted functional magnetic resonance imaging (DfMRI), a novel alternative to the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) contrast, in a functional MRI experiment...
- Dynamic emotion perception and prior expectancyIlvana Dzafic
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Electronic address
Neuropsychologia 86:131-40. 2016....


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Mythlore articles via ill
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- Well, providing the article to you in PDF is probably a violation of
copyright law, though an arguable one, given that the courts haven't
really ruled on all of the niceties. It may be covered by the changes
made a few years ago in the digital extension. Many libraries have
been moving in interesting and adventurous ways to extend "fair use" in
recent years, but it really doesn't seem likely that they will succeed
in passing a court review if the publishers ever wake up and contest
it. However, if a library owns the digital version it can do so under
its contract. If it doesn't own the digital version, it almost
certainly can't legally "borrow" it via interlibrary loan from another
library with such a contract, because most such contracts now prohibit
sharing via ILL, something not true of old hard-copy. There are
libraries that have back issues of _Mythlore_, however, and it's likely
that they can provide you a traditional photocopy via interlibrary
loan, and that will probably be quicker than 6 weeks. But another
approach might be to ask a friend to do so--maybe someone here. I
almost certainly own that issue, but I'm sure I couldn't locate it in
time to help you out any qucker than Lee Speth could in Los Angeles.
But maybe there are others more organized than I or Berni P.....
On Jan 3, 2005, at 4:03 AM, email@example.com wrote:
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:25:38 -0800
> From: Elizabeth Katz <lizkatz@...>
> Subject: Re: Mythlore articles online
> David Bratman wrote:
>> Mythlore is not in a lot of libraries, but if you want a particular
>> article, all back issues of Mythlore* are available from the Society
>> for a
>> reasonable fee. Even those out of stock* may be had in photocopy
>> form.
> Yes... however, I believe the wait is something like six weeks. And it
> is understandable that a non-profit can't really manage any faster
> turnaround. Unfortunately when I'm after an article, which I happen to
> be at the moment :-) I'm in the middle of a project with a deadline.
> When my local library can find the article, they can send it in PDF
> format. This speeds things up quite a bit. I believe that this also
> preserves the copyright in someway. However, in my current situation I
> find myself once more out of luck.
> So.... Anyone know where I can locate "The Trans-cosmic Journeys in
> /The
> Chronicles of Narnia/," Steven Yandell, /Mythlore/ 43, vol. 12, no. I
> (August 1985), pp. 9-23.
> Liz Katz
David Lenander
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Roseville, MN 55113
- Elizabeth Katz said: When my local library can find the article, they
can send it in PDF
> format. This speeds things up quite a bit. I believe that this alsoproviding the article to you in PDF is probably a violation of
> preserves the copyright in someway. And David Lenander said: Well,
copyright law, though an arguable one, given that the courts haven't
really ruled on all of the niceties.
***Although it means drifting off-topic into the minutiae of
libraianship yet again... this is my area of expertise, so I can
answer some of this. As one of the technical aspects of scholarship,
it's useful for anyone who writes to be aware of how libraries function.
Almost all ILL articles are sent between libraries via PDF these days,
at least among academic libraries. Very few articles are sent physically
-- usually only books are actually mailed, when we know the patron wants
the whole book. When we get a request for a short item (article or book
chapter) that we own in physical format, we scan it as a PDF. If it's a
database item, and our license permits ILL (we here at OU won't sign a
license if it doesn't, as a matter of policy), then we print and scan
it. (The next step is just to send the file directly from the database,
but most vendors are resistant to this idea.)(Oh, and our turnaround
here, from request to delivery, is generally less than a week.)
There are some protections built in to sending a PDF; it's sent only
between libraries, not to the individual (although some libraries are
experimenting with direct delivery), and when it reaches the borrowing
library, it is placed on a secure website accessible only by the
requesting patron with a password, where it is only posted for a limited
period of time. After this time it is deleted from the borrowing
library's server. The patron accesses the website and can then read or
print the article. Of course he could save it as well, and then send it
to friends, so it's not perfect. But each article is required to carry a
stamp or cover page warning the patron that he is responsible for any
violations of copyright law once it's in his hands. A library is not
allowed to send an article if we KNOW the patron plans to violate
copyright law, and the patron is required by law to abide by fair use
when he gets the item, just as he would with any other printed matter he
obtains by any other means.
Copyright law does provide very specifically for interlibrary loan
exceptions, and includes requirements about keeping records on items
borrowed so the library can pay any required copyright fees. Databases,
however, are governed by contract, not copyright law, so any library
that wants to ensure its patrons (including its ILL patrons) enjoys the
same rights to use electronic materials as they do with physical
materials, should read and negotiate its contracts very carefully. (If
this interests anyone at all, go to my website where you will find the
texts of some of my presentations and information about my publications
on this topic.)
Janet Brennan Croft
Head of Access Services
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Bizzell 104NW
Norman OK 73019
Fax 405-325-7618
"In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was
where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given trouble;
they exist for it, they are geared to it. For the location of a mislaid
volume, an uncatalogued item, your good librarian has a ferret's nose.
Give her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle."
Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973), U.S. biographer. Adventures of a
Biographer, ch. 9 (1959).
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1874 Northwich 3 Barnoldswick Town 1
Barnoldswick Town slipped to their third successive defeat of the new Premier Division season at Northwich on Saturday.
The home side started brightly and striker Matthew Beadle missed three good chances in the opening five minutes.
He shot over the bar and had another effort scrambled clear before meeting a fine cross from Mike Brandon with a header that went just wide.
Barnoldswick weathered the early storm and almost snatched the lead from a rare attack. Liam Hoyle had time and space to shoot but his effort rebounded to safety off the foot of a post.
Brandon went close with a deflected shot before Paul Connor's right foot shot rebounded off the bar.
The pressure continued from the home side with Brandon and Rick Bailey both going close with shots.
Northwich went ahead in the 32nd minute when Brandon netted from a 30-yard free kick after Ryan Mitchell was brought down.
Barnoldswick soaked up further pressure although they had an escape when Beadle was again off target when well placed.
The visitors needed to get off to a good start in the second half, but they went further behind.
Two minutes after the restart and the second goal arrived. Connor found the unmarked Beadle who volleyed home from eight yards.
Barnoldswick didn't let their heads drop and forced a save from goalkeeper Matt Conkie before pulling a goal back.
Martin Broderick's free kick slipped through Conkie's hands and into the net to give Barnoldswick fresh hope.
Ed Hall was forced to make a couple of smart saves as Barnoldswick looked to try and salvage a point.
Such hopes were shattered after 62 when Brandon controlled the ball before turning and firing home a fierce shot.
This goal seemed to deflate Barnoldswick, but they did manage to prevent their opponents from scoring further goals.


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Raleigh, N.C. — The leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate got two chances this week to explain why voters should choose them in next month's primary to face Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in the fall.
A legislative study committee signed off on a plan to replace the Common Core standards for English and math with new standards for North Carolina public schools. Another study committee approved proposed regulations for commercial operation of drone aircraft in the state.
A Duke Energy executive told lawmakers that digging up all of the coal ash at its 33 ash ponds statewide and disposing it in lined landfills would cost $6 million to $8 million, which is at least three times the cost of letting the utility simply cover the ponds with a membrane and soil.


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DonnaL's review of MAC #130 Short Duo Fibre Brush
171 reviews
84% would repurchase
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This is my first MAC foundation brush. I was using another brand of foundation brush similar in size & diameter to the MAC 187. The 130 is indeed considerably smaller than the 187 (which appeared to be a major factor in many reviews I read prior to purchase), however, I like the smaller size as it is much easier to use given the shorter handle. I read reviews of the 130 that complained that it took "too long" to apply foundation due to its small size, however, for me this just did not hold true. It took the same amount of time for me to apply my liquid foundation using the 130 as it did using the 187 "clone". The 130's smaller size made it much easier to apply foundation around the eyes and nose compared to the larger 187.
At $40, this brush is indeed pricey but I decided to go with the higher priced MAC as my $16 "187 clone" keeps bleeding "black color" every time I wash it....not sure whats up with that! (Guess the old saying you get what you pay for holds true in makeup tools to) I will have to wait longer on the MAC brush to add to this review when it comes to any color bleeding when washed.
For now I find the MAC 130 living up to its reputation as one of the best foundation brushes on the market. I used the Pink Egg Beauty Blender sponges for several years now and really like them that is until I tried the 130!, Now I'm sticking with the MAC 130 as it does give an "air brushed" look and uses a lot less foundation in the process. ( I still love the Beauty Blender for applying my concealer).
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Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 9:48 pm on 7th February 2012.
Government Front Benchers will not oppose the motion tonight, and I am sure that hon. Members on both sides will support it.
We are strengthening the law, cracking down on rogue scrap dealers and targeting the criminals who supply them. That is the right way to tackle this devastating crime. That is what this Government are doing, and this Government are taking action. Nothing happened during the previous 13 years.


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ST. PETERSBURG — The haze that hung over Tropicana Field through Tuesday's opener from the pregame smoke machines sparked flashbacks of 1999, when another bright idea went similarly bad.
But the daze over the thrilling finish to the Rays' 4-3 victory over the Orioles was reminiscent of more recent vintage, to 2003 and Carl Crawford's dramatics in his first opening day as a Ray, and to 2008 when the wild game-ending celebrations were common occurrences.
"Our guys were just waiting for something good to happen; I felt it all night, and it did," manager Joe Maddon said. "With all the drama built and everything we've been talking about coming into this season, it was kind of nice to get it done that way."
For most of the night, it looked like it would be a disappointing start to the season of grand expectations, as the Rays trailed early before the sellout crowd of 36,973 and couldn't catch up, despite some good signs, including a massive homer by Evan Longoria into the upper deck, the second such shot in Trop history.
"A very interesting first game of the year," Maddon said.
"Only fitting," starter James Shields said. "This is the way we want to start our season off."
Down to their last two outs, the Rays rallied like they did so often (11 times, including six in the first 34 home games) in their 2008 championÂship season.
"That definitely felt like an '08 win," Crawford said. "We did that a lot that year. Hopefully we can get that feeling back."
Sean Rodriguez, in his first game as a Ray, singled to left. "That's huge," he said. "You just want to get out there and help your team out as much as you can."
Pinch-hitter Kelly Shoppach, in his first at-bat as a Ray, doubled high off the left-centerfield wall. "I gained a lot of fans," he said. "Not only out there but in the clubhouse. You help win ballgames, they tend to like you a lot more."
After O's closer Mike Gonzalez intentionally walked Jason Bartlett to set up a left-on-left matchup, Crawford, who could walk away at the end of the season as a free agent, delivered the walkoff hit, slicing a double to right that scored two.
That was only slightly less dramatic than his 2003 opening-night performance, when he made manager Lou Piniella a winner in his first game with a three-run homer to beat Boston.
"I'll take it," Crawford said. "I'm not going to ask too many questions about how I do it."
Coming off a tremendous spring, with an MLB-best 20-8-2 record, and coming into the season with high expectations, the Rays got a quick pregame speech from principal owner Stuart Sternberg that now seems prescient, as he told then how talented they were but reminded them of the hard work and determination it would take to succeed.
There were some mistakes early and also some good things. Pat Burrell chugging through a stop sign and scoring their first run. Some dazzling defense by centerfielder B.J. Upton and Rodriguez. A good-enough start by James Shields though, pitching with his very pregnant wife, Ryane, who is due Saturday, watching from the stands, he um, labored at times, allowing a career-high-matching three homers, all solo shots. And a difficult 26-pitch debut by new closer Rafael Soriano, who ended up with the win.
The haze that hung over the field, burning Maddon's eyes and blurring Upton's vision at times, was the result of smoke machines used as part of the extensive and elaborate pregame introductions. It wasn't quite as bad as the 1999 home opener, when pre-game fireworks created enough smoke that Rays outfielders lost a ball that led to two runs in a 4-1 loss.
"I probably wouldn't recommend that before a game anymore," Upton said.
"Now it's okay," Maddon said afterward. "It wasn't okay before."
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Live journey time updates for M8 motorway drivers
Live journey time updates have been introduced along the whole of the motorway linking Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The government has said they will allow journey times on the M8 to be indicated on variable message signs (VMS).
The system is claimed to be one of the most advanced in Europe.
The information was already available on the national Traffic Information website, but displaying it on the VMS signs will make it available to drivers on the move.
Transport Minister Keith Brown said: "Thousands of Scottish drivers have already signed up to Transport Scotland's free travel planning mobile phone applications and travellers can also follow updates on Twitter.
"This takes the service a step further by reaching out to motorists while they are in their cars and unable to access the internet."
The scheme was made operational after collaboration between Transport Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.
They have said they are exploring the possibility of adding further routes within Edinburgh.
Transport Scotland has said it has "ambitions" to extend the service to other major towns and cities.
Mr Brown added: "This is one of several ways in which technology is being used effectively to make road travel easier for Scotland's motorists."


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Grob Aerospace insolvency administrator Dr. Michael Jaffé announced today that two companies have expressed interest in taking over the German aircraft manufacturer. The interested parties include little known H3 Aerospace from Munich, headed by Johann Heitzmann; and Chinese manufacturer Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation (GAIC), part of the giant state group AVIC I that makes fighters, the ARJ21 regional airliner, Airbus subassemblies and many other aircraft and automotive components. Both offers are still tentative, and the winner will be selected before year-end by a creditors' committee for further negotiations. The bidders are interested primarily in Grob's trainers, which provided the bulk of the company's business in the past. Both contenders are offering around $4.5 million for the trainer business, and GAIC might offer an additional $3.5 million for the SPn after further investigation. Piston-powered Grob basic trainers are in service with several major air forces, including the British Royal Air Force, which is interested in ordering an additional batch. At press time, the fate of the SPn business jet remains uncertain. According to the insolvency administrator, negotiations are continuing with other interested parties, but the outlook for a seamless continuation of the SPn program is bleak.
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About Migalastat HCl for Fabry DiseaseMigalastat HCl is an investigational pharmacological chaperone migalastat in development as a monotherapy and in combination with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the treatment of Fabry disease. As a monotherapy, migalastat HCl is designed to bind to and stabilize, or "chaperone" a patient's own alpha-galactosidase A (alpha-Gal A) enzyme in those with genetic mutations that are amenable to this chaperone in a cell-based assay. For patients currently receiving ERT for Fabry disease, migalastat HCl in combination with ERT may improve ERT outcomes by keeping the infused alpha-Gal A enzyme in its properly folded and active form. Fabry disease is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of the alpha-Gal A enzyme. The role of alpha-Gal A within the body is to break down specific lipids in lysosomes, including globotriaosylceramide (GL-3, also known as Gb3). Lipids that can be degraded by the action of alpha-Gal A are called "substrates" of the enzyme. Reduced or absent levels of alpha-Gal A activity leads to the accumulation of GL-3 in the affected tissues, including the kidneys, heart, central nervous system, and skin. This accumulation of GL-3 is believed to cause the various manifestations of Fabry disease, including pain, kidney failure, and increased risk of heart attack and stroke. It is currently estimated that Fabry disease affects approximately 5,000 to 10,000 people worldwide. However, several literature reports suggest that Fabry disease may be significantly under diagnosed, and the prevalence of the disease may be much higher. About CHART for Pompe Disease In chaperone-advanced replacement therapy programs for Pompe disease, the small molecule pharmacological chaperone AT2220 is designed to bind to and stabilize human recombinant GAA (rhGAA) enzyme. Amicus is developing AT2220 co-administered with currently marketed ERTs (rhGAA enzymes, Myozyme/Lumizyme) in parallel with the development of a next-generation ERT (AT2220 co-formulated with a proprietary rhGAA enzyme). Positive results from a Phase 2 study ( Study 010) established human proof-of-concept that oral administration of AT2220 just prior to infusing Myozyme/Lumizyme increases enzyme activity in muscle compared to ERT alone. In preclinical studies of AT2220 co-administered and co-formulated with Myozyme/Lumizyme, greater enzyme uptake in disease-relevant tissues led to greater glycogen reduction compared to Myozyme/Lumizyme alone. These chaperone-advanced replacement therapies also have the potential to mitigate Pompe ERT-related immunogenicity because properly folded proteins are generally less prone to aggregation and less immunogenic. Pompe disease is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness and respiratory insufficiency. It is caused by a deficiency in GAA activity, which leads to accumulation of glycogen in tissues affected by the disease (primarily muscle). Pompe disease affects an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 individuals worldwide and is clinically heterogeneous in the age of onset, the extent of organ involvement, and the rate of progression.
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The Cabin in the Woods, 2012.
Directed by Drew Goddard.
Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Whitford, Richard Jenkins, Jesse Williams, Anna Hutchison and Fran Kranz.
Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Warning: Here Be Spoilers…
There are movies that serve as the defining example of their genre. The films that immediately spring to mind when you mention a cinematic category. You talk about drama and movies like The Godfather or Citizen Kane enter the conversation. If someone brings up sports movies you immediately hear Bull Durham, Rudy or Remember the Titans. Then there are the movies that attempt to go one step further and deconstruct the genre. These are interesting little meta movies that try to peel back the layers and play on our expectations. The Cabin in the Woods is one of these intricate little monsters that is as much about the horror audience as it is the horror movie.
Why do we like scary movies? What drives us to pack into a crowded theater and shriek as comely virgins and brain dead jocks are savaged by threats both supernatural and terrestrial? Horror films are designed to stir our more savage leanings, especially our penchant for sex and violence. Psychologically speaking it taps into a very primitive place. The Cabin in the Woods is posing as a horror film but it's really about something more. It's about appeasing our base urges. In reality The Cabin in the Woods is a deconstruction not only of horror films but of the fans. Films like this can often degrade into a sanctimonious circle jerk. Fortunately, it's a slightly scary, often darkly humorous examination of scary movie.
Five college kids take off for a weekend of debauchery in the middle of nowhere. How many movies have we seen with this plot? And yet somehow that is exactly the point. Right away you know you're dealing with something that feels a little too familiar. There's the criminally good looking athlete (Chris Hemsworth), the sensitive brainy guy (Jesse Williams), the slut (Anna Hutchinson), the good girl (Kristen Connelly), and the stoner/geek (Fran Kranz) to provide some comic relief. They end up at a scary little cabin that no one in their right mind would want to spend a weekend. Once there they discover a cellar full of secrets, artifacts, and journals that seem to reveal something far more sinister at play.
Soon enough the undead rise and a very recognizable scenario begins to play out. The kids are getting picked off one by one. The difference is that the undead menaces seem to be under the control of an ancient order looking for human sacrifice and are intentionally manipulating the carnage that's unfolding around them. I can't say more without giving anything away. Trust me when I say I'm being intentionally nebulous. There's an entire facet of The Cabin in the Woods that no respectable film writer should reveal. Let's just say the movie isn't exactly what you think it is, and it's a hell of a lot funnier that you'd expect. For those who have already seen it, continue reading. For those of you who haven't: stop reading here and come back to this review after you've had the pleasure of seeing the most unique horror film of the last forty years. Spoilers ahoy.
So the major twist of The Cabin in the Woods involves a group of bureaucratic technicians who control the evil little landscape where are heroes are stranded. They've been brought to the cabin to die in order to appease an ancient race of Gods who will destroy humanity if specific sacrifices aren't made. It's been going on for so long the annual sacrifice has become commonplace. Employees take bets on what evil method the kids will be dispatched with. The terrordome the kids are trapped in has access to all sorts of horrible machinations. The aforementioned zombies, werewolves, hellspawns, poltergeists, demon babies, and any other nightmare you've ever conceived. It's like the world's scariest zoo. Of course, things don't go according to plan. Despite the evil organizations best efforts, some of our disposable college students wind up surviving long enough to put the entire operation at risk.
The mayhem is controlled by two guys named Hadley (Bradley Whitford) and Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) who seem more likely to sell you a used car than control the mechanisms for appeasing an ancient race in order to save civilization. These two guys make the movie. They bring a weird sense of gravitas to the proceedings. In spite of the sheer amount of logic leaps required to buy into the premise, they make it seem remarkably probable.
It was about an hour in where i started to see beyond the horrors being displayed on screen and realized what exactly writer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard were trying to achieve. They weren't just telling an unconventional horror story, they were making a movie about horror movie fans. The kids being sacrificed on camera represents the horror films. The evil organization full of pencil pushing bureaucrats are the movie studios churning out the familiar scenarios, and the angry old Gods demanding the sacrifice of young flesh is the audience. We're the ones demanding to watch attractive people be murdered in imaginative ways. Once you realize how strangely brilliant the premise is, everything goes off the rails.
There's a scene in the third act that might be my favorite moment from any film this year. Ten minutes of unbridled insanity where every horrible creature ever imagined is let loose in a symphony of suffering – werewolves, giant snakes, masked serial killers, evil clowns, faceless ballerinas, flesh eating zombies – all of them inflicting endless pain and spilling tankers of blood onto the off white walls and linoleum flooring of a frills free office. It's like watching every horror film ever made mashed up into one long sequence. If you're a fan of horror films, this is your money shot.
The Cabin in the Woods isn't just another horror film. It's an instant classic. It doesn't define the genre, but it deconstructs it like no other film before. And it has one of the most wonderfully dark endings ever conceived. If you go in with no expectations, you're in for a wild ride. If you think you're watching another by the book hack and slash, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Well done gentlemen. Well done.
Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ ★
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Housekeeping Supervisor
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- 28 Nov 2016
- Closes
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A Stillwater man faces fifth-degree domestic assault charges after a Sunday incident involving his 40-year-old girlfriend.
The man, identified in police reports as Jeffrey Robert Lerdahl, allegedly verbally and physically assaulted his girlfriend at their Stillwater home.
The victim told officers that Lerdahl was a former U.S. Marine and she noticed his personality change after he had been watching the Military Channel. The victim added that Lerdahl had been drinking taking prescription medications that belonged to both of them before Lerdahl apparently attempted to commit suicide
Lerdahl was first taken to Lakeview Hospital, then checking himself in to a St. Paul hospital.
The assault began after Lerdahl and the victim argued and officers said in their reports that the victim had visible injuries on her body when she filed the report. The victim told officers that Lerdahl made threats to beat and kill her, put a pillow over her face, attempted to set her on fire and strangled her. She added that she lost conciousness during the incident.
When Lerdahl was released from the St. Paul hospital Wednesday, reports said Stillwater Police officers arrested him, informed him of the charges and and took him to the Washington County Jail.
Ballinger pleads guilty in Woodbury shooting, rapes
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced that Stillwater resident Demetrius Santreell Ballinger, 26, entered a series of guilty pleas Thursday in connection with an Aug. 31, 2012, standoff situation at the Red Roof Inn in Woodbury.
Ballinger entered pleas of guilty to one count of attempted second-degree intentional murder of Mark Henderson, and four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for the armed rape of four underage females. Ballinger is going to be sentenced to approximately 36 years in prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant County Attorney Siv Yurichuk. Sentencing is Oct. 7 before 10th Judicial District Judge Ellen Maas.
"We are pleased to be able to bring some closure for the victims of this defendant's heinous acts," Orput said. "While he will be serving a huge amount of time in prison, it cannot begin to recompense the harm he has caused."
Citations issued to underage drinkers
Stillwater police were called Tuesday night to 1600 Greeley Street for a possible underage drinking party.
Citations issued include to a 19-year-old female from Stillwater who had a PBT of .021, a 19-year-old male from Blaine with a PBT of .133, a 19-year-old female from Blaine with PBT of .132 and a 15-year-old juvenile from Stillwater.