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- How will the Visa and MasterCard merchant settlement affect you?
When you use your credit card to pay for groceries, your focus is likely to be how much you are paying for the items in your cart. But each time you swipe your credit card, the business you are patronizing has to pay a fee to the credit card company, called an interchange fee. The fee [...]
- CARD Act may have cost consumers billions
Back in 2009, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act was signed to great fanfare, with the White House lauding it as a "turning point for American consumers." The question is, which way have things turned for consumers? By at least one measure, the CARD Act may have been a multi-billion dollar turn [...]
- How Decision 2012 could change your credit cards
Most Americans have an active stake in one issue that might be easy to overlook in the midst of the 2012 Presidential campaign: policies affecting our day-to-day use of credit cards. Between the incumbent President, several contenders for the Republican nomination, and a Libertarian candidate, it can be tough to keep track of the various positions [...]
- A look inside the national credit card hotline
The number isn't as catchy as 911 or 411, but for beleaguered credit card holders, 1-855-411-CFPB (2372) could end up being a financial lifeline. In case you don't know what that last phone number is, that's the direct toll-free hotline to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brand new Federal agency launched on July 21. If [...]
- Which states are best for credit cards?
A curious reader recently wrote in to the CardRatings.com Ask the Expert feature to ask: "Are some states better than others when using a credit card?" Geoff Williams responds: Interesting question and kind of open-ended, so I'm not quite sure how to answer it for you, but let me give it a whirl. Do you mean is [...]
- Credit CARD Act loophole could raise your rate
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 was enacted to curtail abusive practices by credit card issuers and protect consumers from out-of-control fees and interest rates that seemed to fluctuate daily. But is the CARD Act the firewall consumer advocates wanted, or just a new way to be completely confused by the fine print? Well…both. There are [...]
- 6 surprises hidden in the Credit CARD Act
No. 5 Most-Viewed CardRatings.com Article of 2011* When the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act was ushered into law, it was heralded as a way to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices by credit card issuers. But while the new law provided some consumer benefits, many finer points of the CARD [...]
- 5 unintended consequences of the Credit CARD Act
No. 4 Most-Viewed CardRatings.com Article of 2011 Whether you loved the idea of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 (full disclosure: I'm a fan), or you thought it was yet another overreaching law, with the two-year anniversary just behind us (it was May 22), it's become apparent to industry and personal finance experts that there have [...]
- Supreme Court ruling supports credit card arbitration policies
In a 5-4 decision that affects anyone who carries a credit card or signs a cell phone contract, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 27 that companies can require customers to waive their right to participate in a class-action lawsuit, the Los Angeles Times reported. The ruling in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion overturned an earlier [...]
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- New Laws Crack Down on Free Credit Report Marketing
Since 2003, credit bureaus have been required by law to provide Americans with annual access to their credit reports, at no charge. However, the AnnualCreditReport.com web site created to manage the process has been overshadowed by a variety of services claiming to offer free insight into credit health. Many of the trial offers attached to free [...]
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- Credit CARD Act Guide Part 2: Understanding Rate, Fee, and Clarity Changes
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- Credit CARD Act Guide Part 3: Subprime-So Long Fee Harvester Cards!
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- Credit CARD Act Guide Part 4: The Death of Free Checking?
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- Credit CARD Act Guide Part 1: Last Chance for Solo Student Credit Cards
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 kicks into full effect on February 22, 2010. Consumer advocates hailed the Act's curbs on service fees and interest rate hikes, even though they played a role in some banks reducing credit limits and closing some accounts. Student borrowers earned lawmakers' attention after industry critics complained that casual campus marketing has [...]
- Six Ways the Credit CARD Act Could Cost You Big Bucks
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- CardRatings.com Poll Finds Many Disagree with Law Restricting Credit to Students
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- Cardratings.com Poll Finds Credit Card Act of 2009 Worries Consumers
Ironically, a recent poll conducted on CardRatings.com found that the CARD Act has many people worried. Two provisions of the pro-consumer act will actually go into effect this Thursday. Little Rock, AR (PRWEB) August 19, 2009 -- A recent poll conducted on consumer education site CardRatings.com found that the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act has many people worried. [...]
- New Credit Card Bill Hits College Students
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- Risk, Not Law, Cause for Rising Credit Card Rates
Rising credit card interest rates have captured the media's attention over the past few months. Even for Americans whose credit scores have not been impacted by the nation's financial crisis, sudden credit card rate hikes have caused concern. Some pundits argued that increased industry regulation could force all cardholders to pay more for their plastic. [...]
- New Credit Reporting Law (FACT)
On December 4th, President Bush signed into law the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT), a law that updates the Fair Credit Reporting Act. While parts of the law are great for consumers, others aren't. Different parts will go into effect from March 2004 through December 2004. Here are the main provisions: Free Annual [...]


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Mrs. Edna "Patsy" Ridley passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Hamilton Medical Center.
She is preceded in death by a daughter, Brenda Gail Ridley; parents, Thomas F. and Minnie L. Edwards; one sister, Missouri Scott; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Lennie and Thurman Silvers, Lewis Freeman Ridley, Henry and Margaret Ridley, and Coleman Ridley.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, W.V. Ridley Jr.; one daughter, Cathy Ridley; one special grandchild, Grant Overby and wife Jenna; one sister, Myrtle and Wilbur Brookshire; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ada Ridley, Harlen and Lois Ridley, Randy and Carolyn Ridley, Joyce Ridley and John Findley, Lisa and Harlan Blackstock, Wilbur H. Brookshire Jr. and Bessie and Jimmy Fouts; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Service for Mrs. Ridley will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Shawn Chapman Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends at 5 p.m. today at Shawn Chapman Funeral Home.
Arrangements made with integrity by Shawn Chapman Funeral Home, 2362 Highway 76, Chatsworth.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Eagle-Tribune columnist Bill Burt and Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers recently had a 30-minute discussion about the state of the Celtics.
Q: So how are your days different now that your season is over?
DOC: "Well, I'm playing golf about four days a week. That's a good thing. I enjoy that. It's also nice to be with the family a lot (at their Orlando, Fla., home). Every time I go to the office I bring out a pad of paper and I put down names and write about how we can get better. ... We have to improve our team if are going to win."
Q: So what are you writing down on that pad?
DOC: "For one, we have to take better care of the basketball. If you looked at our numbers we were third or fourth in the league in field goal percentage (actually second at 48.6 percent) yet we were 28th in turnovers. Two, our transition defense has to get better. Off the edge, in transition, we gave away too many easy baskets. Three, our bench has to get better as a group, positions we have to improve. We need a backup big (man). We need a backup for Paul Pierce. And we need a backup for Rajon Rondo."
Q: The one thing the Celtics hit on last year was bench guys you brought in, including James Posey, P.J. Brown and Sam Cassell. Is it safe to assume that the Celtics have to do a better job at filling those roles in 2009-10?
DOC: "Absolutely. We have to hit on backup positions. That's the key to our season, the subtle moves we make. One mistake we made was our locker room and our bench got too young too quickly. I think it made Rondo and Perkins younger. When guys had questions in the locker room, you had Sam, P.J. and Posey, plus the Big Three.


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It's not easy. But I think by aggressively working to make sure we're talking to people on a continual basis, attending trade shows partnering with well-known names such as Brocade and Veritas�their name helps pull us in. In fact, you just recently announced another deal with Veritas. Can you explain the details?
It means our customers now have access to their data on demand. Our products support Veritas Cluster server and we've received server qualification from Veritas. Your company has suffered from a serious identity crisis. What steps have you taken to make the Dot Hill name well known?
We knew we had an issue with name recognition. We hired [storage marketing veteran] Dick Search to head up our marketing efforts. He comes with a wealth of marketing and high-tech background. We've doubled our marketing staff and increased our marketing budget. Dick put together a very comprehensive plan that we're now implementing. He's started to get the name out there�to date we've had 30 interviews with industry analysts. We hadn't done that before. We need to explain to users the products we have and our position in the marketplace. You've announced that you're leaving the legacy business. Why?
We decided we wanted to focus all our energies on the sweet spot of the market. That's providing a solution for a SAN, storage
About 50% of our business is within the telecommunication industry. That's not just the telephone company. That also includes ISPs, ASPs, SSPs, telco initiatives, and Internet data centers. The other 50% is banking and finance and government�industries that require seriously rugged systems. Where survivability of a system is critical. Is that how you're going to compete with major storage vendors?
That, yes, but we also have a number of other differentiators with our products�features and services others don't have that. But that's not necessarily where the battle will be fought�on products alone. Our problem is that we don't get invited often enough to the party. We do very well with our customers. We have a high success rate. But, because our name is not as well known as say EMC, IBM and Sun, it's almost like things are stacked up against us. Again, this all goes back to a marketing issue. One of those product differentiators you mentioned was that your products can scale performance. A lot of companies say that. Why is yours different?
Yes, that's true. A lot of companies say that. But, there's a couple of things that they don't have. For one, we have open architecture, which we mentioned earlier. It's because we have consistent architecture that we can scale in performance, size or both�while not having to bring the system down�we can go from 73 Gigabytes to 58 Terabytes as far as capacity is concerned. We also have NEBs (Network Equipment Standards) level three certification, which is hugely important in the storage-networking world. This is a very difficult certification to pass. You'll see some companies say that they're NEBs compliant�that's not the same thing. It means they could pass the rigorous certification requirements. You differentiate your company from others by touting your open architecture. Why does open architecture matter to users?
We follow industry standards. Otherwise, you're in a totally different market. We're not tied down to one platform. I think a lot of other companies are struggling to deal with proprietary support limitations.


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"Stagnant Stock price and people see it for the sweat shop it is."
Pros – Get to work with some smart people.
Cons – Annual reviews focus more on negatives than positive. Max 5% raises, even during good times. Meager stock awards. A "Cover your ass" mentality. Lots of cussing and unprofessionalism from management. Design is king, all other depts are step children and abused. Some engineers are buddy buddy with their boss and able to slack off, you end up having to pick up the slack. Very little chance for career growth. No training provided. VERY HARD to get needed equipment (it took 2 years to get adequate chairs on test floor, people used to stand at terminals).
Advice to Senior Management – Lighten up and loosen the purse strings. Be more supportive of employees and treat them fairly.
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In Barrow county, there will be about 90 children separated from their birth families this Holiday Season. Chick-fil-A is partnering with the Barrow Ministry Village and the Department of Family and Children's Services to bring Christmas to these kids! Help us bring smiles to these children's faces by sponsoring them for Christmas. Come by CFA on November 9th between 5 and 7pm to select a foster child to sponsor this Christmas. Participants can look through children's profiles and wish list and select that special one to help!
There will also be information on becoming a foster parent for those that are interested.


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A salad dressing ad that leaves a little to the consumer imagination has drawn the ire of conservative Christians who object to having a nearly naked Zesty Guy be the life of the picnic.
Adweek reported on the Shame on Kraft campaign by One Million Moms, an arm of the American Family Association, which issued a tart rebuke to the food giants current print advertising for its Zesty Italian salad dressing.
The magazine ad stars birthday-suited model Anderson Davis (The Zesty Guy) sprawled across a red-and-white checkered picnic tablecloth, a corner of which strategically covers his male signifier. He lounges beside a basket, a bottle of wine, grapes, bread and, least prominently, the product hes serenely hawking.
Not taking the affront lying down, OMM declared it the most disgusting ad on the inside front cover that we have ever seen Kraft produce.
This is the same group that recently took affront to the NBC sitcom Save Me starring Anne Heche as a housewife who sees herself as a prophet of God.
A full 2-page ad features a n*ked man lying on a picnic blanket with only a small portion of the blanket barely covering his g*nitals. It is easy to see what the ad is really selling. (OMM said it used asterisks to get past certain spam filters.)
The organizations dressing down continued:
Kraft has gone too far and will push away loyal, conservative customers with this new ad campaign. Christians will not be able to buy Kraft dressings or any of their products until they clean up their advertising. The consumers they are attempting to attract women and mothers are the very ones they are driving away. Who will want Kraft products in their fridge or pantry if this vulgarity is what they represent. One Million Moms cannot get over the gall of this company. It is unnecessary for Kraft to use s*x to sell salad dressing!
Naturally, Kraft Foods defends its Lets Get Zesty campaign, which has shaken up a certain video channel.
The ad is a playful and flirtatious way to reach our consumers. People have overwhelmingly said theyre enjoying the campaign and having fun with it, said the conglomerate, based outside Chicago.
Kraft and The Zesty Guy are loving the exposure, if Twitter feeds are any measure.
• Both HOT and Hilarious.
• Watching zesty commercials all night.. drooling over @andersondavis. Thank you.
• If you cant handle the Zesty Italian, get out of the kitchen.


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I have been working at learning HTML and web design for a year now. I am frustrated with a form on a site that I have taken over maintenance of. I know nothing of programing CGI or PHP but I know that they work with the processing of web forms. I have a form that I would like to have submitted to multiple e-mails at the same time. Is that possible? If so, how do I do it?
My Thoughts
Forms are very challenging, especially for designers who don't know programming. The easiest way to write a form and send it to multiple people is to use a mailto form and use that to send it to multiple people. Put multiple email addresses in the action field by separating them with a comma:
<form action="mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com,email@example.com"> ... </form>
There are lots of resources on learning to build HTML forms and make them work with CGI and other scripts on this site:
- Your First HTML Form
- Mailto Forms
- Making HTML Forms Work
- Free HTML Forms Class
- Form Results by Email - CGI
- PHP Email Form
- A Simple Perl CGI Script
- Python CGI - Accessing CGI Form Data With Python's CGI
How would you help Ginger?
Would you recommend she learn to write Perl or PHP? Or is there some script that you found really easy to use? If you have suggestions for her, you can post them in the comments or reply in the forum.
- January 11, 2008 at 11:33 am(1) Nick says:
For PHP probably the best mailer out there is called 'PHP Mailer'.
Basically to create a mailer you do something like this….
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->From = "firstname.lastname@example.com";
$mail->FromName = "List manager";
$mail->Body = $body;
if(!$mail->Send()) { echo "oops didn't send something is broken";}
So then basically if you need to put variables in there from the form you create a form and submit it to a file that has the code above in it such as process_form.php and then redirect to a thank you page.
- April 7, 2010 at 4:47 am(2) dele says:
please i have created a form and i need to get the form data submitted to an email. i've tried the mailto:yourname@yourdomain but it brings me outlook to start filling in data again. I just need the form to get submitted to an email after clicking the submit button. please i do i do that?
- April 13, 2010 at 9:56 pm(3) MSOL Simple Solutions says:
Hello Dele, if you are just needing a simple HTML form, try this: HTML Comment Box Generator. This code should give you a general idea. You can further adust the code (input boxes, etc.) to suit your needs. (P.S. Use a Windows browser to be able to preview your code.) Take care!
- October 3, 2010 at 11:50 pm(4) matauwai says:
i am writing an online shopping form and would like to have it send to my business email address directly after my customer hits the submit botton. i don't want to use mailto function.
- February 25, 2011 at 10:01 am(5) web designer says:
Thank you for writing this post. Help me a lot with the custom forms I created on my site.


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A Muskogee Fire Department firefighter works a water pump outside an abandoned building that was set on fire early Friday. The building, full of abandoned apartments, was set on fire in the lower floor on the east side, Fire Capt. Bryan Fuller said. Nobody was injured, but the building showed signs of occasional occupancy, he said.


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Traffic on eastbound Columbia Pike remains shut down between Walter Reed Drive and South Cleveland Street following a business fire.
At about 2:30 p.m., the Arlington County Fire Department responded to a call at a carry-out restaurant in the 2500 block of Columbia Pike.
The fire has been extinguished. Crews are checking the building to make sure it did not spread to adjacent businesses before the fire marshal's office begins its investigation into the cause, Capt. Gregg Karl said.
The restaurant was open when the fire broke out, but no injuries have been reported, Karl said.
Westbound traffic on Columbia Pike is unaffected, Karl said.


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This year's Yankee Homecoming fireworks raffle was overseen by George Bossi, and he did a great job. George made sure to acquaint himself with all of the local marinas. They were a great team. The success of the raffle would not have been possible without all of the assistance from the marinas that sold the tickets.
The most popular event of Yankee Homecoming week, the fireworks, was held on Saturday, Aug. 3. It was a clear night and the music on the waterfront was spectacular. Al Saloky and the Compaq Big Band were fantastic. Jason Lacroix did a great job organizing the evening's events for everyone to enjoy.
Throughout the festivities, I heard comments such as "Beautiful! Such a good job with this finale"; "Most spectacular show ever" and "Best fireworks I've seen in a long time. Thank you for the wonderful night!"
The raffle takes a lot of preparation. Thank you to Newburyport Harbormaster Paul Hogg and his wonderful staff and all of our local marinas and so many individuals that helped to make this year's event awesome. The raffle drawing was held on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Newburyport Yacht Club. Please see the list below of all our winners! Thank you to everyone!
1st place: $1,500, Bob Tindle of Salisbury
2nd place: $500, Steve and Kelli Presti of Newburyport
3rd place: five $100 winners: Glenn Markey of Newburyport, Tom Bower of Newburyport, Jim Croteau of Newburyport, Ray Casio of Burlington, Paul Breston of Ashburn, Va.
One winner of a special prize donated by Edie Jones of Ring's Island Marina: two sweatshirts with monogram of your boat's name: Matt Piekarski of Milford, N.H.
Tammy Jennings
Yankee Homecoming


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Help the African Elephant
Andi Plantenberg fundraising for AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION TRUST
The goal of the African Elephant Conservation Trust is the successful conservation of Africa's elephants within the context of human needs.
Most of you know that Elephants are near and dear to my heart. I am now doing something about it!
Africa has experienced a continent-wide decline in the number of elephants in the last few decades.
Between 1979 and 1989, nearly half of Africa's elephants were killed for ivory.
I'm setting a modest goal of 200 dollars between now and the end of September. If you feel you have an extra couple bucks to help the African Elephant you can donate it here.


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By Luke Brinker
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the prominent breast cancer charity, discontinued its grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings on Tuesday. As Slate's Amanda Marcotte writes, Komen claimed that the withdrawal of funds stemmed from Rep. Cliff Stearns's (R-Florida) investigation of Planned Parenthood, but given the politically charged nature of Stearns's investigation, it's more likely that Komen simply "caved under relentless pressure."
Planned Parenthood has been under conservative assault in recent years, even facing prosecution in Kansas. The group struggled in 2011 amid federal and state budget cuts, which resulted from a largely fact-free conservative campaign against the group. Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl erroneously claimed that abortion is "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." When confronted with the actual figure – three percent – Kyl's spokesman defended his boss's comment, saying it "was not intended to be a factual statement." Anything to advance the social conservative agenda, I suppose.
What is most remarkable about the right's concerted campaign to stigmatize Planned Parenthood is that for much of its history, the family planning organization, founded by Margaret Sanger in 1916, was far from the political hot potato it is now. To be sure, social conservatives have always opposed its mission, but before party polarization set in, there was substantial bipartisan backing for Planned Parenthood. Prescott Bush and his son George Herbert Walker Bush were major fundraisers. John D. Rockefeller III was the recipient of a Margaret Sanger Award. Ann Romney, wife of Willard Mitt, was a donor in the 1990s. And until 2012, the nation's foremost breast cancer charity supported Planned Parenthood's efforts to screen women for the disease.
In an era of sham investigations, prosecution, and savage budget cuts, one might assume that Planned Parenthood has always been a lightning rod of controversy. But it has not always been true that one's political party predicted one's attitude toward the organization. Nor has it always been deemed necessary for a mainstream organization to cut all ties to a group focused on women's health. Anyone who doubts that ideological polarization has very real consequences need look no further than Komen's action yesterday.


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Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes Staff
I write about Hollywood and run the Celebrity 100 List.
When Mission: Impossible 3 hit theaters in in 2006, it was the beginning of what looked like the end of Tom Cruise's career. Cruise had been acting "erratic" over the past few months. He had famously jumped on Oprah Winfrey's couch because of his enthusiasm over his new relationship with Katie Holmes. He had a very public fight with Brooke Shields over the use of antidepressants and was more outspoken than every about Scientology.
Viacom head Sumner Redstone blamed Cruise's behavior on the lackluster box office performance of Mission: Impossible 3 and severed Paramount's ties with Cruise.
Since then Cruise's movies have underperformed at the box office. Mission: Impossible 3 actually ended up earning $400 million at the box office. The closest he's come to that in the past five years is last year's Knight & Day which brought in $262 million globally.
With Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol thought Cruise is proving that it's never wise to count the movie star completely out. Paramount (now on good terms with Cruise again) rolled out the film last week in limited (mostly IMAX) release and the movie brought in a healthy $15 million at the box office. That made the film the highest-grossing limited release debut ever beating out Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (for real).
This weekend the film will expand 3,400 theater and Exhibitor Relations expects it will top the five-day holiday box office with $37 million. That might not sound like a lot (consider the recent Harry Potter movie opened to $170 million over three days), but it's enough to put the movie on track for healthy earnings. The film outbuzzed the Sherlock Holmes sequel last week and it's getting great reviews. Mission: Impossible 4 earns a 97 out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cruise has been playing the ultimate movie star promoting the movie. Recent tabloid photos show Cruise ice skating with his daughter, Suri. There have been no Scientology scandals — only glamorous movie stars at exotic locations like Mumbai and Dubai.
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you are reaching with your article. I have been watching Cruise for years…..but he is letting his personnal life interfer with his move life. I turned him off years ago (Risky Business was a rockin' movie). He can't separate and the public will……….separate that is…….from his movies.
I agree with you Dorothy he's been quieter the past year or about his links to the church of scientology. I'm not surprised he's trying to distancing himself from the church of scientology, it's a hell of a black mark.
Will he make it? Well as you say if this film is a winner and he gets a few other good films under his belt he will be making for a come back. Bit like saying if team A scores more touch downs than team B they will win; if it happens it will be true but it hasn't happened yet.
I'm not sure Tom Cruise is out of the woods yet as regards the cult of scientology. That said this film has everything going for it in terms of hype (reviews on popular web sites – vocal support by other famous people in selected countries), timing (India first and so on) and (lack of) competition. The film also has a good director and a good collaboration with Simon Pegg; that will draw a fair amount of Brit fans despite Tom Cruise.
This film is almost certain to make a profit even with the taint of Tom Cruise's misguided financial support of the church of scientology, an organisation widely recognised as corrupt and abusive.
I won't bother going to see it myself but without a new lead character I think MI: Ghost is flogging a dead horse.
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The film opened in India where the crowds of adoring fans all but converted to scientology according to local press; even in India it seems Tom Cruise = the church of scientology. No matter there was much fan fare amid rumours the crowd had been paid to cheer, a common practice in that country apparently.
The film opens in the Uk on Boxing Day, day after Xmas day, when the British public are at their least decearning, being full of turkey and mince pies and a strong desire for refreshing entertainment.
This film has all the wind behind it that one could muster. It's not one I'll bother with but the film ought to do significantly better than the past couple of MI films.
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I think you are being premature in claiming that Cruise has repaired his image and reclaimed his throne. Let's wait for the numbers before uncorking the champayne.
Has anyone else noticed…… there has been an awful lot of prime time tv advertising pushing the trailer for this movie. I mean A LOT! It's on the magnitude of political ads just before the election. I wonder who is paying for all that expensive advertsing? Maybe Cruise himself?
Well, if he flops on this one, we all know what the next MI will be….MI5 – Ghost Career.
Tom Cruise has produced (funded) all 4 MI movies along with partial funding from other producers, like his friend JJ Abrams (Super 8 / MI3). Since MI4 has made 700M and TC is the lead actor AND the producer. We can guess he will end up making over 100M from this movie, probably more.
I will mention one thing, Cruise is an international movie star. His career isn't going anywhere. I mean there's even a Tom Cruise Day in Japan. lol
Wow, I can see there are some people who would rather back a druggie actor with no talent than a real actor who actually tries to do some good! I can't wait to say to all the nay sayers your opinion doesn't count when it comes to talent. It's funny to see the most narrow minded prejudice people are Americans. The kind that teach hate and ignorance because someone is different you all should be so proud of yourself! The only thing missing is a gas chamber to kill him with! Tom Cruise was the only person speaking out against drugging children. Guess what there are currently 300,000 babies that have been born with missing limbs, experiencing heart attacks and strokes, spinabifida because the doctor had them taking pyschotropic drugs while they were pregnant. These babies will never have a full life but the one they have will be horrifying! Cruise was the one who kept pushing the fact that these drugs were bad for kids and if it is proven that they are bad for kids then of course they are awful for fetuses. I am not a Scientologist but I salute Mr Cruise for all the children he has saved, my grandson was one of them. Even if Mr Cruise hadn't saved my grandson I would hope that I wouldn't attack him for being in love with his wife and supporting his religion.
Tom Cruise has one of the most noble hearts in the movie industry. The reason he still is incredibly powerful in hollywood after 30 years is because of his work ethics and dedication. He is very serous about entertaining the audience and does not let anything stop him from doing that. Based on his overall resume, I gladly watch his movies knowing that he does not disappoint.
He does not need a comeback, In the past 5 years he has been the leading man in three movies. Valkyrie (2008) made 200M worldwide on a 75M budget. Knight and Day (2010) made 261M worldwide on a 117M Budget. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has made 700M Worldwide on a 145M budget.
How many actors are in the movie industry today who can carry a movie as a leading man and bring over twice the budget REGARDLESS of what the movie is even about?


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More often than not, that somewhere else is Southern rap industry hub Atlanta, Georgia. While Memphis' stars were smoothing their rougher edges for mainstream acceptance around the turn of the 21st century Atlanta artists like Lil Jon and Pastor Troy were channeling Memphis energy, putting their own twists on it and rechristening it as crunk. "Crunk came from Memphis, Tennessee," explains expat hitmaker Drumma Boy. "Lil Jon is on the record as saying that."
Though Atlanta's formal crunk movement has long since past, its influence, and by extension Memphis', still trickles down. More than one Memphis producer (Drumma, Jazze Pha) has jumpstarted his career by relocating to Atlanta, while others make the trip frequently. "The only difference between here and Atlanta is that in Atlanta more business gets handled," says Gotti. "Look at Drumma Boy now, he wouldn't have been able to produce [national records] in Memphis. You have to be in the studio with some of these people to even play this music for them." Not everything that Drumma does with his Atlanta collaborators bears an explicit Memphis influence but it does pop up frequently, particularly in his work with Gucci Mane, whose rap style owes at least a bit of gratitude to Memphians like Playa Fly and Project Pat.
Virginian Lex Luger, currently hip-hop's most influential producer, has repackaged the violent energy and the horror-film-pitch of Memphis' cassette era, using it to bring Gucci's aggressive understudy Waka Flocka Flame to the mainstream, before eventually selling it to pop stars like Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Within the current framework of hip-hop, Luger's style sits closest to the legacy of gangsta rap. If a drug dealer (real or imaginary) makes a record anywhere in America today, odds are high that it owes something to Luger, and even higher that he's completely unaware of what that sound also owes to Memphis.
While this is partially the fault of a lack of local cohesion, in a wired world, aesthetics are no longer explicitly tied to place. "That's how you want your sound to be—global," says Yo Gotti, and maybe to think otherwise is nothing but sentimental idealism. As the internet disperses styles at a rapid pace and radio playlists become increasingly streamlined nationally, the natural order is becoming a blur. This is advantageous for cities like Atlanta, which now absorb and turn over styles quickly, but it doesn't favor less thriving regions. Where a city like Memphis was once able to bully its way into the spotlight by offering a unique product, today the industry simply distills the most potent fragments and spreads them around, leaving artists with few choices, slow grinding like Gotti or simply waiting for someone with enough pull to lift you up to take notice.
That's what's happening to Don Trip. A few years ago he was yet another underground rapper, flooding YouTube with videos of him in the vocal booth at his home studio, which bears the same makeshift vibe of Traphouse's upstairs. The biggest of these proved to be "Letter to My Son" a hook-less and heartfelt (if deeply uncivil) custody battle ballad that ricochets its aim from son to mother. The video's viral success caught the eyes of producers Cool & Dre who helped Trip land an Interscope deal through their Epidemic imprint. Now "Letter" is getting the label's full push, along with an added chorus from Atlanta legend Cee-Lo. Trip falls firmly alongside Gotti in the globalist camp, citing New York rappers like Jay-Z and The Lox as his main inspiration.
"My music just sound like music." Trip explains matter-of-factly, carefully avoiding any regional bias. "If you hear it you'd say I'm from the south, of course, due to the accent, but other than that you couldn't pinpoint a place and say this is where he from." And yet Memphis is where it resonates at the moment. If Yo Gotti is the king of the city, then Trip is its incumbent prince. With that royalty comes a certain obligation to the surrounding populace. Trip has been hitting the modern day chitlin' circuit hard as of late. Earlier in the week he played clubs in the surrounding Tennessee cities of Jackson and Murfreesboro, and earlier in the day he played an on-campus show at University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff. At the moment, Trip's about 30 minutes south of Memphis—straight down Route 61, The Blues Highway—at a small venue in Tunica, Mississippi. Tunica boasts a population of 1,300 and, at night, looks like nothing more than a wide sprawl of casinos and billboards.


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The stock market has generally persisted in rising, albeit at a slower and slower pace, but it has taken on the appearance of a very tired entity. Therefore, we expect that the price correction of which we have been speaking for the last couple of weeks is at hand.
Perhaps it was precipitated by the parabolic move in Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -0.16% that ran out of steam today, or perhaps it is once again worried about the Greek debit crisis. In my book, the former is more worrisome to the market than the latter.
In any case, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX +0.05% made a marginal new high for this post-October move today, at 1,355. That still leaves it below the 2011 highs, which are expected to provide resistance in the 1,360-1,370 area. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA -0.02% made a marginal new high above its 2011 levels, but it is a negative divergence that SPX has not followed. Much of the reason for that, of course, is the massive amount of dividend-chasing that has been taking place in recent months (DJIA contains more high-paying dividend stocks than SPX does).


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Beverly of "Flamingo Toes" has is clever hot Cocoa cup with marshmallows to deck out you Christmas tree; her Felt Hot Cocoa Ornament tutorial for you to create in any color you fancy, but I think the marshmallows should remain white. Beverly is a wife and mother who lives in sunny California and wears flips-flops all year but went to college in Flagstaff, AZ though where there was an actual winter. This little ornament is perfect to remind her of those cold winter nights when she curled up near a fire and sipped Cocoa. She got the idea when she was in Target the other day and saw these cute pj's in the girls section that had a smiling mug of cocoa and two little cute marshmallows on the front and this ornament was born. She has a lovely pictorial tutorial for you and a downloadable pattern. Thanks Bev for sharing this charming tutorial. Like "Flamingo Toes" on Facebook and watch her wall for new ideas.
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Cathy Love on
December 12, 2012 2:45 pm
So cute! I've been looking for a quick and easy ornament to deliver along with my cookies for Christmas this year!
Linda Lanese on
December 12, 2012 3:44 pm
I know I would love to get one of this with cookies
Beverly {Flamingo Toes} on
December 13, 2012 4:02 pm
Thanks you so much for featuring my ornament – and for the sweet write up!
Merry Christmas!
Linda Lanese on
December 13, 2012 4:53 pm
You are so welcome and you have an awesome tutorial. I like that you sahred your talent with everyone I love the cup. . .


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By BILL ARCHER
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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The bluegrass and old time music flowed through Princeton City Park and friends gathered together Saturday afternoon at the annual picnic of the Appalachian Highlands Music Association. The association holds the annual covered dish picnic as a way of thanking its members and supporters.
For the past 10 or more years, the association has worked to provide a vehicle that nourished the preservation of the music form that is unique to the Appalachian Mountain region. The association also strives to encourage young people to learn the traditional music that has been an important part of regional heritage, and to keep the art form alive for the next generation.
"We would like to get more young people involved," Richard Hypes, vice president of the association said. "In order to continue these music traditions, we need to get more young people interested. Besides, enjoying this music as a performer or in the audience is better than sitting around all day looking at a computer screen."
Second Time Around was doing its part to generate that interest with their toe-tapping rendition of "Old Joe Clark," to kick the music into high gear. "You know, all of these groups that are performing today are playing for free," Bill Morefield, a member of the AHMA Board of Directors said. "They're good to come out and perform for this picnic."
While Bill Morefield was busy listening to music and talking with friends, his wife, Doris Morefield, was busy with a group of volunteers who were helping guests fill their plates with heaping helpings of homemade side dishes, salads, baked beans, and other covered dish delights. "Please try some of this watermelon or one of these desserts," she said.
"We have about five hours of music today," Larry Cox, president of the AHMA, said. In addition to Second Time Around, the AHMA members and family were treated to performances by Diggin' Grass, Jim & Patsy Croy and the Country Pride Band, Leftover 301 and Appalachian Countdown.
"We've been holding this picnic for at least 10 years," Cox said. "This year, we will be holding our annual hog roast on Sept. 14, at the Glen Lyn, Va., Park right across the New River in Giles County. It's our major fundraiser for the year where we raise funds to support our scholarship program for young musicians."
Dakota Salmons, 16, and Sabrina Painter, 15, appeared ready, willing and able to pitch in with anything that needed to get done.
"I've been around bluegrass and old time music since I was 10 years old," Salmons said. "I like it. It's good."
"I had never really heard bluegrass music before I met Dakota," Painter said. It's OK."
"I've always enjoyed coming out to these picnics because he always finds something for me to do," Salmons said, smiling and pointing in the direction of Richard Hypes. Salmons is Cox's stepson.
Salmons and Hypes both smiled as they finished their picnic lunches.
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I can recall using an early mobile Google map to find a hotel late at night in a remote area, in heavy fog. The map got us to the point where we could see the Hotel light 100 feet in front of us. What it did not tell us was there was a river crossing our path and there was no bridge.
We were not pleased and we went back to paper maps for another two years.
Apple is taking a big hit right now. In a surprising and unprecedented move, Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized on Friday for the poor quality of Apple Maps and recommended Apple customers use rival products including Google Maps.
Apple has a long way to go, but it absolutely needed to choose the path it has taken. If it partners with another mapping company, Apple will once again be caught by the shorthairs longterm and no leadership company will abide by that. It will need to scramble to catch up. I am in no position to speculate, but the company is sitting on tons of cash and has a history of attracting shiny talent.
It also may have a few surprises hidden under its cloak. There are multiple reports that Apple Maps are better than any others available in China, the world largest and fastest-growing technology market. While we are accustomed to products working best at first in the US and Western markets, Apple may have cleverly embarked on a differed strategy. One that we in the West may have completely ignored. Start in China, where the need for mobile maps is probably greater than in any other modern country, then build West.
Apple has has another additional advantage in China, where Google and the government have a relationship that falls far short of cordial. Google keeps tweaking the nose of China's censors, to the obvious annoyance of those in power.
What would Jobs have done? We can only speculate. But my guess is he would have gritted his teeth and done precisely what Apple has done from a product standpoint—but he would have found a way to present the case better.
Read more on iOS 6 Map-gate here:
Could An Exclusive Google Maps Be Android's Killer App?
Apple's Apology Over Maps Earns Praise, Criticism and 'What Would Steve Jobs Do' Second Guessing
iOS 6 Map Flap: Should Apple Let Users Select Alternate Default Apps?
What Do Apple Employees Think Of The iOS 6 Maps App?
Most people in China do not have cars; they don't need mapping in their lives as you don't need it for walking from your master bed room to your home office. Also, I spend about 2 hours daily on the major Chinese websites and I can tell you that almost all Chinese brought iPhones only because it is a symbol of showyness, once that fails, as iphone5 does, no one is going to buy it anymore.
LOL. This guy doesn't even know the difference between Japan and China. He says: "It also may have a few surprises hidden under its kimono. There are multiple reports that Apple Maps are better than any others available in China"
And this from a Forbes writer? Hello? Japan is at the top of the developed world, and China is still a poor country. In Japan they don't even spit on the ground, while in China spitting, urinating, etc. is the norm. The author needs to get out more.
Shel Israel, is your TYPICAL Forbes HACK that doesn't know chit from shineola, just all the cliche tech words and phases that all Bloggers do. Forbes has the Tech Credibility of a Shoe Shine Stand.
I have used Apple maps in Tampa over a week now. Overall I am happy with it. No doubt, it has problems, but it is not nearly as bad as many authors claim. Frankly speaking, I don't feel missing Google Maps. The biggest problem with Google Maps in Apple devices is no voices. No matter how accurate it is, it is simply not very useful while driving. Apple Maps is accurate with voices in the cases I used (house at beach, warehouses etc). Plus you can download MapQuest app for free, which has voices too. They are all more useful in driving than Google Maps. If not for driving, Google maps is still available in mobile browsers. Apple did right thing in removing Google Maps. Why should we stick with a primitive Google Maps while Android phones have advanced one? I rather have Apple or third parties to develop one.
I tried to post the following on the Apple Support Communities thread where hundreds of Apple customers were complaining about their Maps problems. The company (thread host) did not allow it to be published and deleted it. posting it here for the benefit of suffering iLost users (like me) –
Here is a complete list of solutions to the CrapMaps problem. Each person can take their pick – whatever works for them. You will not get this complete list from Apple or any of the level six and level seven guys on this forum who have dedicated their lives and all their time to earn even more levels from Apple, while we are busy trying to do something useful out in the real world (and trying to get rid of this Maps problem so that we can go back to doing our stuff out there). There are 4 points in the list below, and 3 subpoints to the third – I fully expect the iEmployee hosts of this forum to delete some of those and ensure that suggestions that really help, but are not in the Apple roadmap or otherwise do not conform to Apple's current business interests, do not reach you -
1. Do what Tim Cook says in his Mapology letter. Check out the other apps and also the shortcuts to the Google and Nokia browser services. If any of that works for you, hallelujah!
2. For any serious use and especially when on the move, the Google and Nokia browser services suggestion will be too cumbersome and will not work. You can make the Google service easier to use by downloading the Google App called "local" and search for your location within it and ask for directions within it. The browser will open up with a solution map plus route and you will not have to torture yourself with the slow and inefficient browser search methods. For people who also need Streetview, Google is expected to launch it in the browser app in the next 2-3 weeks.
3. In case none of the apps that are suggested in the Mapology work for you (and they won't for 40-60 percent of Apple IOS6 users worldwide), you have the following options -
A. Wait for the jailbreak with the old IOS 5 Map available – This is expected in 2 weeks or less. Be warned that the jailbreak will void the Apple warranty (not that I care – I will jailbreak)
B. Wait for a Google Map App for IOS – Many accomplished journalists and others expect this to happen before December, based on their information sources. Google and Eric Schmidt are noncommittal about this – they refuse to accept or deny this in straightforward language. (They took lessons in obfuscation of information from the masters at the fruity company here, or maybe there are behind the scenes talks and negotiations still hoped or going on, and nobody wants to take a clear stand just yet).
C. Buy an additional cheap Android phone for Google Maps or replace your iLost device with a top of the line Android device. I have gone for the first alternative , hoping that one of the above will work out. The iLost, when WeFind, is actually a better experience in my opinion.
4. As consumers who have been wronged, please take all the action that you can, in all redressal forums available to you. I assume you know what that means. Hopefully, just as Apple was forced to apologise due to the initial backlash, the continuing pressure will make them open up a simple way for you to revert to the old IOS5 Maps app.
Have fun. I have wasted 3 days on this forum – hoping for a solution that I can use. In this time, I have read about the troubles that so many of you are facing because of this – I hope and pray that you do not get hurt and are able to find a solution. I have also got a lot of replies and posts from iIdiots and iFanbois with lots of points and levels, trying to be sorry apologists for a company that has failed it's consumers and still does not do the right thing – good luck to them as well.
Bye Bye.
Sorry,I failed to mention that it is an unofficial but well-known fact that some major websites in the China delete comments that point out the weakness of Apple's products, leading people to believe that they have received heavy fund from Apple. Even thought this kind of practice is common in China, but is it one of the main reasons that Google left China ?
maps was the last straw. 3 iphones, switched to galaxy s3.
Thanks for your article, its a refreshing one from all the whining ones from apple users and non-users who are basing their thoughts only aesthetics, Apple could not afford to be complacent while sleeping with the enemy, you just made clear the method behind their madness. It is however acceptable for the public to worry and expect the downfall of apple because its a company highly built on the drive of an individual who has sadly left it early. Thanks for the Insight on china market and how Google is on shaky ground there.
You mean – CrApple will EXPLOIT Cheap Child Labor in China First, then SE Asia next, then the child laborers of South America and finally Africa.
I'm SURE that's what CrApple Means.
The China-first strategy might be more brilliant than you've called out. Winning in China is a big step to winning in overall volume. Apple has never been a price leader, and had very different success in the developing world. But if iPhones are manufactured in the volume required of being the dominant phone in China, that would seem likely to put it so far ahead in volume that it would drive its pricing to be potentially more competitive in more countries. In this case, China-first could be an important piece of a world domination strategy, nicely trumping Android's volume advantage with an end-run at the weak point in its maps advantage.
I have tested out Apple's inferior Maps app – found it absolutely useless! Why cant these big technology giants all work together and help each other develop awesome products. It's a shame the world has become to money obsessed.
I'm mystified. Steve Jobs would never have allowed Maps into the iPhone in its current condition. This is a major screw up and a very negative indication of someone's judgement at Apple's highest levels, and sadly, of Tim Cook's leadership.
Excellent point about the fact that China is extremely important for Apple, as Tim Cook himself has mentioned several times.
The issue with US maps is that, despite the bashing from Android fans, and even your strong words, all current Apple users actually see either no change, or actually a major improvement.
1) Voice guidance in the native Maps
2) A lot of users already have Garmin, Navigon, TomTom, Copilot or any other nav app already installed and might not even use Google Maps at all, or have Google Search imbedded in the app
3) If anyone misses Google Maps, what is the big deal in putting the web app on the desktop ?
The hope in the Android camp is that by blitzing the Maps, they might slow the rate of defection from Android to iPhone, pegged at 22% in the latest polls. I doubt that those smart enough to get the iPhone are not aware of the fact that Google refused to provide free nav for their Google maps for iPhone, and would not realize that now they have a plethora of free and paid navigation and maps apps to choose from, some of whom are actually much better than the Google Maps.
By the way, Consumer Reports has a much better opinion about Apple Maps than the author of this article. They are independent and actually test the products instead of quoting the "consensus".


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Next spring, Dillon Stanley will get the chance to live the childhood dream of almost every young baseball players: playing ball at the next level. Following an impressive career as a pitcher and second baseman for Duncan, Stanley will continue life on the diamond at Redlands Community College with fellow Duncan alumnus Christian Thaxton.
"It was so fun being able to play here in Duncan and I'm fortunate that I'm able to keep playing in college," Stanley said. "It was a great group of guys to be with.
We got to travel to different places all the time and seeing the crowds there, they were never as big as the ones in Duncan. The majority of the time we have a ton of people watch our games, and that's an awesome thing."
For Stanley, the decision came down to college's infrastructure and its proximity to home.
"There are a lot of nice, new indoor facilities and I enjoyed touring the campus," Stanley said. "My grandparents aren't far away and the school is a lot closer to home than some of my other options."
At the later part of Stanley's high school career, his focus shifted to life after graduation. Opportunity arose when Thaxton, now a sophomore at RCC got Stanley in touch with the college's coach. The coach saw all he needed to when he visited to watch Stanley play in March.
It's the bonds with the players who came him before him like Christian, Kale Thaxton and Tyler Wilkins, that Stanley will remember most when looking back on his playing time at Duncan.
"They've always been great and were guys that can help you out along the way," Stanley said. "Tyler kind of took me under his wing and made me more comfortable playing. In baseball, it's important to know that you're out they're playing for a reason and that's how I felt."
Those bonds have continued on past playing for the Demons, as the four have come together to host a local youth baseball camp at Abe Raizen Field from June 24-7.
As far as Stanley's memories on the field, it's no contest: Duncan's come from behind, walk off win against Del City on Senior Night this spring still stands out the most.
"That's one of my greatets memories because we had just played nine or 10 innings two nights before, we had been losing down and it was a total team effort," Stanley said. "Seeing DJ Schornick hit that walk off single was something I'll always remember."
Since the days of tee ball, it's been all baseball, all the time for Stanley. His toughest competition may have come after the high school baseball season ends, as his summer team in Burkburnett, Texas includes the top players from Dallas, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
"I've learned so much playing summer ball working with the junior college coaches," Stanley said. "You're playing against a lot of guys have signed on to play in college. Last weekend we played against a couple guys that will be going to OU."


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No matter how much you have condemned the sleazy morning adult movies playing in your local cinemas, a tiny part of you wanted to know what is so exciting about it that they are still attended by so many people. Ratieka S. Dhawan lists her top five posters from the first-of-its-kind exhibition of Indian adult movie posters being held in Delhi.
Wieden+Kennedy art gallery is holding a first-of-its-kind exhibition of Indian adult movie posters. Traditional Bollywood posters have intrigued the audience, but these adult movie posters give a hint of sexuality and address the Indian culture's forbidden fantasies.
These were patronised by people coming from very conservative backgrounds who could not exercise public display of affection. Some of these are semi-porn and others can make you maneuver your thoughts to say 'wow! this is art too!'
Reshma Ki Jawani: This has been a legend in the Indian adult movies! Everyone knows Reshma, right?! *wink wink*
Her Nights: She looks like she's in pain rather than having fun. But sometimes, they're one and same, innit?
Miss Laila: Don't know how this is supposed to be sexy, but Miss Laila definitely looks scary! But to each his own, we say.
Gair Mard: This takes the award for the perfect porn movie poster – although it's hard to say whether the guy is intoxicated or simply unconscious!
Junglee Bulbul: We can't seem to get over the title – it's absolutely hilarious. Don't miss the poetic interpretation of it all on the top.
The exhibition is on till September 17, 2011 at Wieden+Kennedy.


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Martha Marcy May Marlene
Directed by Sean DurkinUnited States | 2011
The realization that the film is a portrait of Martha's subjectivity does not come instantly due to Durkin's emphasis on long takes, his suppression of extra-diegetic sound, and his refusal to write his way inside his main character's head space, all of which are general signifiers of objectivity. But what Durkin has achieved is a way of presenting the subjectivity of a person who no longer understands her own ideals, desires, and actions, who indeed is a mere physical shell missing a cohesive soul. Thematically speaking, the film's post-Manson indictment of the identity-shattering mob mentality of cults couldn't be clearer, but it's the depth of detail that Durkin and Olsen infuse into Martha's character that really allows the parable to breathe.
Fear of Fear
Directed by Rainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany | 1975
As Margot enters and leaves her apartment to visit the local chemist, for Valium and sex, the prying eyes of her in-laws often watch through a window high up above street level… all these visual and aural cues make the whole thing feel so like Hitchcock that it adds immense potency to the scenes where Fassbinder immediately strips away the excesses and bombards us with the raw practical consequences of this malaise. Much of the film skirts close to spoof but that only makes the quiet scenes of genuine loneliness or violence all the more pointed and distressing. After all, Hitchcock interjected scenes of madness with, um, car chases and fetishised romance. He never just quietly sat the camera down to watch a woman, almost absentmindedly, slice open a wrist before registering, with terror, the full extent of her actions.
Directed by Gavin O'ConnorUnited States | 2011
Part of the movie's brilliance is the way it gives hints of backstory without resorting to flashbacks or long speeches about specific things that happened to the Conlons earlier on. This is a story about aftershocks, and the screenwriters keenly observe the splintering effect that alcoholism can have on the relationships between fathers and sons and siblings. Paddy is so reviled by his boys that it's hard to imagine the broken-down old man as being a monster; we get a glimpse of that later, in a scene that's surprising in both its setup and resolution. By the time Brendan enters round five of the climactic match, we feel both the weight of his reluctance to take down the feral beast Tommy has become and the need to provide for his new family; it's a devil's bargain whose outcome is not a cheerful ending, but the beginning of a much tougher journey.
The Silence
Directed by Ingmar BergmanSweden | 1963
The Silence doesn't have a narrative form so much as an obscure musical pattern, which at a concise 92 minutes feels like a winding slow-burn towards a pensive climax. Bergman maps out the separate journeys of the three characters in this foreign land of "Tivoli", a fictional town where the inhabitants speak an inscrutable language and go about their daily activities with mechanical precision. It's logical to assume that the journey of each character is meant to intersect in some way, at least metaphorically, but Bergman keeps them self-contained, providing no recognizable motif with which to connect them. Instead, they're arranged in counterpoint to one another in an almost free-associative manner.
A Hole in My Heart
Directed by Lukas MoodyssonSweden, Denmark | 2004
[Moodysson's] attempts to question "reality" on film is hinged entirely on an unqualified presumption of gonzo aesthetics being closer to truth or allowing for more insight than other, perhaps more traditional, means. Fundamentally there's no reason within A Hole in My Heart to buy into Moodysson's perceptions and there's no denying that his film is no more or less fabrication than anything that preceded it. It does successfully highlight issues of perception but largely stumbles into the same potholes as that which it seeks to criticise – to use a rough analogy of road signs, A Hole in My Heart is a little like a protest sign noting a lack of warning for a dangerous bend that's been placed in front of and obscures the actual sign warning of that bend.
The Tree of Life
Directed by Terrence MalickUnited States | 2011
Malick's grand ruse is his inclusion of the planet-forming/cell-division/dinosaur stuff. None of this has any thematic resonance with Jack's story, unless you count the fact that, yes, all of the people in this film descended from cosmic goo. Some will argue that there must be some greater significance simply because it's all mashed together with the main story; but I have no problem calling that out as nonsense. The proof lies in Jack's story, a clichéd horror-behind-the-picket-fences yarn we've seen a thousand times before done in at least twelve more effective iterations. Malick again draws attention away from his problems by jumping around in time…
The Tree of Life
Directed by Terrence MalickUnited States | 2011
From an amorphous balloon of orange light in the center of the screen begins a series of Brakhage-like gyrations of color that culminate in a representation of the creation of the solar system that slowly morphs from abstraction to recognizable forms. Within this are certain blobs that resemble inner body fluids, perhaps an attempt to link the macro processes of the Big Bang to the micro processes of human birth. After a meteor strikes Earth, Malick drops in to observe the primordial stew of liquids and solids on the planet's surface that eventually produce oceans and landscapes. The images created in this sequence – advised by special effects legend Douglas Trumbull, referenced from NASA, and shot using either 65 mm or the massive IMAX format – are impossibly high-fidelity, giving the whole sequence the uncanny sense of actually floating over this universal phenomenon rather than just witnessing cinematic images of it.
Cría Cuervos
Directed by Carlos SauraSpain | 1976
In a manner even more forward and direct than in Tarkovsky's Mirror, a film which shares much with Cria Cuervos, Saura lets family history dissolve along with the vagaries of time and space. Though his editing appears to induce linearity, albeit with a somewhat suggestive and uncanny chronology, the sequences in Cria Cuervos – the aforementioned included – often seamlessly blend reality with distortions of it as filtered through the distressed mind of the dark-eyed protagonist. For instance, Chaplin's offhand entrance into the kitchen belies the fact, learned only minutes later, that she is actually a ghost.
Directed by Jane CampionAustralia | 1989
I previously stated that the film never had much of a stable axis, but Sweetie sends the film careening into the Sun. If Kay's hardened exterior and cynical logic makes her the superego of the film, Lemon arrives as the uninhibited id, a childish glutton whose wide eyes suggest she's always asking the world for a present for being good. She breaks into Kay's house with her junkie and "producer" boyfriend Bob while Kay and Lou are away, immediately causing a fuss when the sister returns. Kay wants her gone, but Lou tries to be nice and allows her to stay, implicitly (and, later, explicitly) excited by the sexual dynamo that just entered his joyless life.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Directed by Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand | 2010
Weerasethakul shoots these scenes with dreamlike immediacy and an old-fashioned day-for-night effect that bolsters the deep blues and greens in the color palette. In the princess sequence, the film's stylization jockeys unexpectedly between the mannered staging, framing and visual effects of a '60s costume drama and something more termitic, with loose, documentary-like compositions (the close-up of the servant from the princess's point of view stands out) and a handheld camera that reacts spontaneously to Weerasethakul's odd catfish sex scenario.
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Directed by Todd HaynesUnited States | 1987
The split between his wry framing and his sympathetic view of Carpenter allows for a more rounded reading of the situation: Haynes' intellectual remove gives him the freedom to extrapolate from Carpenter prototypical advances in a number of his core themes, while his ability to get in close and feel for a woman pulled apart at the seams keeps the film from becoming a condescending, sneering piece of avant-garde deconstruction.
The Fighter
Directed by David O. RussellUnited States | 2010
His turn as Dicky is a ghastly reminder that Bale is one of the finest—if not the finest—actors of my generation, a performer so committed that he dropped a ton of weight and picked up a deliciously charming Boston accent (I wouldn't be surprised if he actually became a crack addict in order to go full Method). Dicky is a cartoon for much of the movie, and that works in the film's favor. His big-eyed antics; his jumping out the window of a crack house multiple times; his incessant bragging about the Sugar Ray bout—all of these things denote a fractured, addictive personality that uses just the right amount of exaggeration to show us how obvious his problem is to everyone except his mother and sisters.
The Kids Are All Right
Directed by Lisa CholodenkoUnited States | 2010
It's not so much a problem that the film wears its genre on its sleeve as that it wraps it up under the pretense of being a genuine, realistic depiction of an "alternative" family life. Much of it comes down to the screenplay, which is just too traditionally structured and predictable to bring that kind of true-to-life spontaneity that you get from the best indie films. It begins idealistically, develops clichéd conflicts, then resolves them through superficial sentimentality. Essentially, it falls into the trap that so many modern indie films do: it's a mainstream, big studio work in all but budget, with all of the grit and grime of the best of its kind absorbed and assimilated into a neat and tidy system.
Winter's Bone
Directed by Debra GranikUnited States | 2010
Winter's Bone capitalizes on the dilapidation of its locales and the rich, allusive history behind them, evoking a mythological antiquity. Indeed, the Jungian/Campbellian Odyssey link nearly writes itself. Each house that Ree visits is guarded by a kind of gatekeeper, always the females, protecting the potential answer to the mysteries within. Each location gets more frightening; the first is rather benign, but the second finds Ree meeting her uncle, Teardrop (an inscrutable John Hawkes who earns his Oscar nom in a magnificently ambiguous role), who violently lashes out when she pleads with him to help her, even though he relents and later becomes her guardian angel.
Winter's Bone
Directed by Debra GranikUnited States | 2010
To be sure, Winter's Bone, by virtue of its bleak subject matter, chilly landscape shots and spare bluegrass soundtrack, continues a long line of grim Americana that has been in vogue in American independent quarters for a while now (Frozen River, Snow Angels, etc.). As a result, I approached this film with a smidgen of skepticism, ready to be somewhat irritated by a melodramatically sustained air of despair and grief. But while Granik's film is indeed relentlessly dark and unforgiving, it manages this in an utterly convincing manner, forging a deep-seated sense of oppression and desperation that is inseparable from both the locale and the troubling scenario.
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Directed by Terence DaviesUnited Kingdom | 1988
Davies frequently subverts this, introducing sound but not cutting to the scene connected to it. Images and events frequently compress illogically, allowing Davies to explain them or connect them later on. This seems to mimic the associative nesting of memory, as scenes don't unfold linearly in time but in the order in which one is associated with another, making the connections all the more suggestive. Davies also saves one of his finest moments for the transition between the film's two main sections…
Open Hearts
Directed by Susanne BierDenmark | 2002
Where love and affection is involved everyone is basically something of a slave, young and old alike, and knowledge or experience can't really diminish vulnerability. On that note the handling of sexual elements within the film was also wonderfully upfront with a sensuousness generated in the briefly glimpsed moments of passion. It's a serious indictment of the industry, although not a surprising one, that portrayals of sex that actually mirror reality are so hard to come by.
Early Spring
Directed by Yasujiro OzuJapan | 1956
Ozu almost imperceptibly builds emotional resonance via subtle visual and narrative motifs. These seem to accumulate in meaning as the film wears on, and instead of releasing the built-up tension in bursts, such as the gathering during the mother's death in Tokyo Story, Ozu diffuses it slowly, like helium leaking out of a blown-up balloon. At one point in the film we know that Masako knows that Shoji has had an affair, and though we keep waiting for a confrontation, Ozu never delivers one. Instead, he focuses his attention on the various perspectives on that affair, including Masako's mother and Shoji's co-workers.
The Silence
Directed by Ingmar BergmanSweden | 1963
The language barrier shapes all discourse in the film. In this world there is an unavoidable silence between the protagonists and all those around them. Words have little power and they are a scarcity throughout. Gesture and props might allow them some function in communicating with the locals but no true connection can be forged, not even as Anna finds some manner of sexual solace with a waiter (Birger Malmsten) she meets nearby. The sex, though fevered and shrouded in erotic shadow, is nonetheless anonymous and ungratifying.
The Idiot
Directed by Akira KurosawaJapan | 1951
There certainly is an impressive tonal note sustained throughout the project, even as the edits sometimes pile on so fast as to reduce the narrative to near tatters. It is surely this quality that has lead some to classify the film as one of Kurosawa's finest. If you can ignore the narrative lapses and unsure progression of the drama then the atmosphere the film evokes may well carry you through…
Summer Hours
Directed by Olivier AssayasFrance | 2008
…so begins a wonderful tale of inheritance tax, insurance evaluation and French administrative law. It's hardly surprising then that the strength of the film is not forged in any sort of tight plotting or clever developments. It instead lies in the clever intertwining of ideas to events which highlights the interrelation between people and things and between art and memory. The crux of this is to state the true worth of art, a value not estimable through money or prestige, and how it serves as a social marker and vessel for human concerns.


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'Game of Thrones' Actor to Star in New Cable Series THR
An actor who has made his mark in TV series including "Game of Thrones" and "Stargate: Atlantis" will star in a new limited series for Sundance Channel. The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports that Jason Momoa, who played Khal Drogo on HBO's "Thrones," will star in "The Red Road" -- previously known as "The Descendants."
The project comes from executive producer Sarah Condon, writer Aaron Guzikowski and director and showrunner Bridget Carpenter, the report notes.
"The six-episode 'Red Road' is described as a hard-hitting drama that revolves around a weathered sheriff struggling to keep his family together while policing two clashing communities: the folks in the small town in which he grew up and those in the neighboring Ramapo Mountains," THR reports. "Sarah Condon ('Bored to Death') will produce, with Contraband's Aaron Guzikowski on board to pen the script. Bridget Carpenter ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Parenthood') will executive produce and serve as showrunner."
Momoa is set to play Philip, described in the report as "a Ramapo-Indian brimming with menace, charisma and hypnotic self-confidence. He attended high school with Harold, now a police officer, and his wife Jean ('Boardwalk Empire's' Julianne Nicholson) until his supposed involvement in the death of the latter's twin brother forced him to drop out and flee the state. He's now been sent back to town by his crime-lord father to establish a new base of operations for vice and mayhem."
The project is Sundance's second original scripted series, the piece notes. The channel's first, "Rectify," is set to come back for season two next year.
THR notes: "The casting comes a day after Sundance received a record 10 Primetime Emmy nominations for its miniseries 'Top of the Lake' and 'Restless.'"
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Local golf: Bonita Springs' Schultz, Naples' Morgan among inaugural South Florida Junior Championship winners
ESTERO - Golfers from nine different states flocked to the Old Corkscrew Golf Club this weekend for the Southwest Florida Junior Championships, part of a junior golf tournament series making its debut in the area.
Justin Hogue, a former world champion calf roper, started the Junior Golf Championships in 2009 with two events in Dallas.
Since its inception, JGC has spread to Atlanta, Arizona, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and now, Florida. Unlike other junior tours, JGC offers no annual membership and its events are not invitationals; They are open to anybody. Last year, Hogue partnered with the PGA Tour Superstore, which is now the title sponsor of the JGC.
Over 60 golfers made it to the Old Corkscrew club for JGC's introduction to Southwest Florida.
Austin Schultz, a senior from South Fort Myers High School, won the boys 16-18 divisions with a 36-hole score of 149 (71-78). He held off his high school teammate and Estero resident Conrad Hahne, who had a 150 (74-76). In round one on Saturday, Schultz had six birdies to shoot his 71.
Schultz took extra pride in beating his buddy. The two have ties that extend beyond Southwest Florida.
Schultz and Hahne lived on the same golf course in Elk River, Minn., growing up. They played on the same teams and competed in the same tournaments.
Hahne made the move down to Southwest Florida last summer, while Schultz' golf game hit its stride when he came to the area three years ago.
"It feels really good to win," Schultz said. "I haven't played him (Hahne) in a while and I know he's a really good player. We're usually pretty even. Our scores go back and forth."
David Morgan, an 11-year-old Naples native who attends Seacrest Country Day, nipped Dominic Carrera of Boca by one stroke for the Boys 10-11 title, shooting a 161 (79-82).
Morgan won U.S. Kid's Golf's Southwest Florida Player of the Year award in 2007 and 2008.
As he lined up a 15-foot putt on No. 18, Morgan's mind drifted elsewhere, to something heavier than a clinching putt on a peaceful green somewhere in Southwest Florida -- even in the eyes of an 11-year-old.
"I played today for the tragedy of 9/11," Morgan said. "That's why I wanted to win. When I shot my last putt today I thought about it in my head and I drained it."
Tess Huber of Port St. Lucie, playing in the girls 16-18 division, had to play a playoff with Kayla Jones, the only competitor in the girls 14-15, after they shared a score of 159 after two rounds.
Huber beat Jones in the second hole of the sudden death playoff, earning a par on the par three, 17th hole. Jones bogeyed the hole.
"I was nervous in the tee box," Huber said. "You have to be more cautious in a playoff. I just made sure I hit the fairway and let me swing go."
Barron Collier's Josh Pisarri placed third in the boys 16-18 with a 155 two-round score (77-78). Like many, Pisarri admitted to struggling with Old Corkscrew's hilly, slick greens and narrow fairways.
"I couldn't make a putt today," Pisarri said. "Everything kept lipping out. The greens are impossible here. It's a pain. This is one of the hardest courses in Southwest Florida."
Boynton Beach native Nicklas Staub, who won the U.S. Kids World Championship in Pinehurst, N.C., last August, shot the low score of the day, winning the boys 8-9 with a 143 (67-76).
Among the locals, Brittany Shin of Cape Coral, ever the perfectionist, performed well, taking home the girls 10-11 while shooting a 160 (79-81). Naples' Emma Bradley had a 78 in the first round, but withdrew due to illness.
"I wasn't that good," Shin said. "I'm a very competitive player, so I'm sad I couldn't do better. But I guess I won."
Also, Allan Kournikova, the brother of retired tennis player Anna, competed in the boys 8-9, shooting a 174 (90-84).
South Florida Jr. Championship
at Old Corkscrew Golf Club
Sunday's results
Austin Schultz, Bonita Springs, 71-78/149
Conrad Hahne, Estero, 74-76/150
Josh Pisarri, Naples, 77-78/155
Tony Mak, Bradenton, 75-81/156
Jake Delaney, Naples, 81-83/164
Ryan Orr, Belleair, 89-77/166
Brendan Kimmey, Wellington, 87-80/167
Thomas Reber, Naples, 84-86/170
Anthony Myers, Cape Coral, 82-90/172
Justin Mankita, Westminster, Md., 93-98/191
Jeffrey Alexander, Port Charlotte, 73-79/152
Landon Weber, Bonita Springs, 91-78/169
Tyler Sloman, Miami, 93-81/174
Anthony Noll, Naples, 88-93/181
Tate Smith, Port Charlotte, 96-102/198
Chase Cutshall, West Melbourne, 85-77/162
Matt Liston, Louisville, 88-83/171
Spencer Alexander, Port Charlotte, 87-86/173
Jack Fumagalli, Naples, 92-91/183
Trace Babb, Naples, 99-90/189
Mark Iwinski, Fort Myers, 103-97/200
Luke Famer, Estero, 107-102/209
David Morgan, Naples, 79-82/161
Dominic Carrera, Boca Raton, 82-80/162
Kristian Fortis, Key Largo, 81-83/164
Alberto Martinez, Weston, 88-83/171
Harrison Ornstein, Naples, 108-90/198
Nicklas Staub, Boynton Beach, 67-76/143
Carter Dalili, Vero Beach, 80-77/157
Aidan Kramer, Oviedo, 89-84/173
Allan Kournikova, Palm Beach, 90-84/174
Luke Clanton, Miami Lakes, 87-91/178
Peyton Robertson, Fort Lauderdale, 96-84/180
Dylan Glatt, Pompano Beach, 88-92/180
Preston Weber, Bonita Springs, 97-88/185
Gabriel Hegerstrom, Coral Springs, 96-92/188
Tess Huber, Port St. Lucie, 77-82/159
Kaitie Cross, Alva, 88-87/175
Kayla Jones, Milton, Ga., 76-83/159
Emily Black, Naples, 100-96/196
Brittany Shin, Cape Coral, 79-81/160
Emma Bradley, Naples, 78-WD
Michaela Morard, Huntsville, Ala., 87-73/160
Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, 80-81/161
Nicole Svensson, Weston, 93-107/200
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Occupational therapist Jennifer Kinsey has joined Blount Memorial Business Health as rehab coordinator. She will see patients at the Blount Memorial Occupational Health Center at Springbrook located at 220 Associates Blvd. in Alcoa and at the Blount Memorial Occupational Health Center at Tellico West, which is located at 110 Deer Crossing in Vonore. Additionally , Kinsey provides Business Health rehab services to client companies in Blount, Knox, Loudon and Monroe counties.
Kinsey received bachelor and master of science degrees from Brenau University in Gainsville, Ga. in 2001 and a master of business administration with an emphasis in healthcare administration from King College in Bristol, Tenn. in 2008.
She also has received certification from the Blankenship Functional Capacity Evaluation and is a Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist.


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