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CATEGORIES MoviesIt. Is. Here. The first teaser for "Catching Fire," the highly anticipated follow-up to "The Hunger Games," debuted during the MTV Movie Awards -- and it's far more than just a teaser.
Here, we finally get a look at the return of our champions, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), as they have now become a beacon of hope for the people of Panem. Obviously, this doesn't sit well with President Snow (Donald Sutherland), who looks to turn the masses against them. This teaser also gives us our first glimpse at Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee.
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AWESOME cover art by Silvestry. Totally intense! This book is more or less like a prequel to Wolverine #49-50...it brings up a LOT of unanswered questions that hopefully will be revealed later on in Wolverine #49 and Wolverine #50. Not an extremely eventful book, but it brings a lot of flashback memories that will continue to nag at you unless you read the next few issues of Wolverine.
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"Dreams of Gore: Phase One"
Logan, Jubilee, and their guide Harry Tabeshaw are up somewhere in Alberta, Canada, where they encounter an abandoned nuclear research facility in the middle of nowhere. Harry refuses to go in, saying that no wild animals had ever been noticed to venture into the compound. Still, Logan enters the compound, and Jubilee didn't have much of a choice but to enter as well. As Logan wanders around, he feels that he has been here before, but somehow, he couldn't remember it. On rollerblades, Jubes discovers in a garage an old Lotus Seven (a car) with the keys still in the ignition.
As he gets behind the wheels of it, he is suddenly overcome by a memory of him being abducted in his car by three men in long trench coats who managed to haul Logan off to "the professor" after pistol-whipping him.
Next thing he knows, he is on the ground, and Jubilee was standing in front of him. He tells her he had some kind of crazy daydream, wondering if it was a fragment of real memory. Jubilee tells him that she had discovered a door with claw marks that was unlocked. Upon entering that chamber, Logan is then overcome by another memory of himself being an uncontrolled Weapon X project. Next thing he knows, he has his claws extended and was almost about to attack Jubilee, who had found a gun in his compartment.
After Jubilee shows him the gun and he has it in his hands, Logan is overwhelmed by another memory of him and Sabretooth as partners that was on a sting operation on arms trafficking. They were involved in a major shootout, where each side was killing each other. Silver Fox, who was involved in the other side, was almost about to kill them. And as this scene goes on, we see subheadings talking about the Weapon X project..on how they implant false memories in their subjects and how they would be as close to reality as possible, which would help to severe trauma, thus disallowing the sensation of pain.
Next thing Logan knows, he's back into reality. Logan feels too confused in here, since it was making too many unanswered questions pop up. He and Jubilee leaves.

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Casey, Hung, and Dale hug each other tightly and Dale says, "I won one, goddammit!"
Next week: we've got Todd English with not enough powder on his greasy face, Rocco with way too much scruff on his, Michelle Bernstein with way too much Sandra Bernhard, and Ted with way too much Gail.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - iPad in the Classroom? TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in iPad in the Classroom? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Technology Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ncarawayJoined: 15 Feb 2010Posts: 96Location: Tainan, Taiwan Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: iPad in the Classroom? I don't own an iPad but have been considering buying one and thought it might be useful in the classroom. I've been searching for some relevant apps but nothing is jumping out at me as "must have". So I thought I'd see if anyone else is using an iPad in their classroom. I'm thinking not just for use in teaching (e.g., displaying flash cards) but also in managing the classroom (recording grades, seating charts, lesson plans, etc) since it would be convenient to access both at home and at school. I welcome any thoughts or insights. Many thanks! Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 9378Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject: I worked on a project at one school where ipads were issued to the students on a regular basis (just for in-class use). The regular teachers agreed that it was more of a distraction and time-waster than a real aid, but I suspect that this was mostly related to poor applications than to the notion that the device hasn't got any classroom potential. It would be interesting to hear if there are more effective apps out there; I guess that in our field there is probably a huge untapped market for someone clever enough to come up with some actually useful EFL apps. Back to top ncarawayJoined: 15 Feb 2010Posts: 96Location: Tainan, Taiwan Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:02 am Post subject: Thanks for your feedback. I've seen news reports of iPads being helpful with special needs children, especially children with autism. I can imagine them having some use in a regular classroom but I think it would require a lot of planning and specialized applications. I've been trying to encourage my school to use Google Docs for collaboration on things like curriculum planning and lesson plans. Similarly, a Google Sites website could be used for giving parents and students access to grades, homework, etc. However, I think convincing them of the utility will be an uphill battle. And then there's the new technology learning curve. I was in the IT field before becoming a teacher so my perspective is a little different, I suppose. Back to top Teacher JackJoined: 22 Aug 2012Posts: 63Location: China Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject: Get an Android tablet with HDMI out and you can probably find a good use for it in a classroom in place of a laptop. Back to top Guy CourchesneJoined: 10 Mar 2003Posts: 9398Location: Mexico City Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:44 pm Post subject: I posted a question some time ago along this topic (not many answers unfortunately)...I've been using an ipad with my 3 year old daughter for some time now. I'm impressed with how easily she picked it up. Great apps out there for ABCs and 123s. I'd love to hear if anyone is using ipads in groups with young learners. Back to top tttompatzJoined: 06 Mar 2010Posts: 1951Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: I've had moderate success using them in a mainstream, primary levels environment but I am not sure about apps (beyond the electronic dictionary) for use in an EFL/ESL environment. There is some useful stuff for use at the low end (basics like ABC, nursery rhymes, voice recorder/mirror, little kids and at the high end IELTS / TOEIC test prep, dictionary, etc., but not much in between. That said, for those who are teaching or assisting in business related EFL, all of the business related apps CAN be used in practice for what they are to build on a learners skills that exist and need improvement. . Back to top greenpeaceJoined: 14 Mar 2008Posts: 12 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:08 am Post subject: A Great Podcast for ipads in the clasroom This podcast is highly relevant to this ipad in the classroom conversation. www.readandrendered.libsyn.com Back to top ncarawayJoined: 15 Feb 2010Posts: 96Location: Tainan, Taiwan Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject: Not specifically ESL/EFL, but it looks like this trend is growing: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/world/middleeast/29iht-educlede29.html Of course, my original question wasn't aimed at student use but at teacher use. I don't own an iPad (yet) but I have been testing using a netbook in the classroom. Yes, it's bulky, but I am finding it useful. Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject: When I was in Korea teaching kids I constantly thought "You know, I could really use a tablet," mostly to show pictures and occasional videos around the class much more easily than with my laptop. This is because I was teaching Korean kids, and had to have a lot of entertaining pictures and videos to back up my points. Now though I'm in Turkey teaching adults, and I use my Android tablet mostly to check the time, and occasionally to show a pictures of a word I'm trying to define or a person. I've also used Google Maps once or twice to talk about travel or directions, but this is helped by relatively small class sizes (like usually 2-6 students). I don't think it would work for travel and directions if you have more than one table full of people, unless you have more than one tablet. That said, I think you're thinking about it the wrong way. As someone who grew up with computers, it was second-nature to use my laptop in the classroom, even though I could probably do most of the things I used it for without a laptop, while those that I couldn't (like lessons on how a substantial portion of the internet not found at Naver.com can be a useful tool for research) are things that wouldn't have been necessary before the invention of laptops. If you get a tablet and use it yourself, you won't be asking "how can I work this into my class?" you'll be bringing it along to all your classes, and using it if and when you need it. 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3 - Before his second feature directorial effort, Mother Of George, hits theaters next week Friday, you should check out Andrew Dosunmu's enchanting, acclaimed feature film debut, Restless City, especially if you're not at all familiar with his work. Although it's one of those films that begs to be seen on as large a screen as possible (you can thank Bradford Young's beautiful cinematography for that), this will prepare you for what's to come.
Restless City tells the story of young, nomadic Senegalese immigrant, Djbirl (played by Sy Alassane), an aspiring musician, struggling to survive on the fringes of New York City. When he falls in love with a prostitute (Jamaican-born model/actress Nicole Grey) who works for Bekay, the local loan shark, he suddenly finds some much needed meaning and purpose to his otherwise aimless existence, forcing him to make decisions that eventually prove fatal.
The New York City-set story is one that I've championed on this site since its Sundance debut in January 2011. So check it out for yourselves if you haven't yet.
By the way, the star of Dosunmu's upcoming Mother Of George (you'll also know her as Michonne from The Walking Dead), Danai Gurira, has a supporting role in Restless City.
Mark | September 8, 2013 7:13 PM
I really liked "Gun Hill Road" even if I thought the ending was a bit abrupt. Still, I recommend it.
diane | September 7, 2013 9:56 AM
now this list is way better than last weeks list!
Bussy25 | September 6, 2013 10:55 PM
I don't know if you have picked La Mission directed by Peter Bratt, starring Benjamin Bratt in the past, but that would be a good pick for next week, hot romance with Erika Alexander. And very solid story.
tmack | September 6, 2013 7:17 PM
And IFC is making Blue Caprice available on iTunes on Sept 17!


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News: Wiz Khalifa Lights Up Post-'Rolling Papers' Expectations: "I Just Really Wanted It To Be The Best Rap Album Possible"
Friday, Jul 27, 2012 2:47PM
Taylor Gang leader Wiz Khalifa recently discussed the content behind his upcoming O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*gga In First Class) album and why he is willing to push his musical boundaries.
Although brief with his words, Khalifa emphasized coming up with relatable hits and swaying away from the more "obvious"-sounding tunes.
Wiz Khalifa isn't worried about a sophomore jinx. Instead, Taylor Gang captain is focusing on giving fans the best listening experience possible with his upcoming O.N.I.F.C. (Only N---a in First Class). "I just really wanted it to be the best rap album possible with a bunch of less obvious songs in your face, but with stuff that makes sense and that it relates to people who enjoy music," he told MTV News when taking part in our Hip-Hop Music Preview. (MTV)
A few months ago, Mobb Deep's Prodigy reacted to Khalifa choosing an album title similar to his H.N.I.C. (Head N*gga In Charge) solo debut.
"Yeah, I heard about the Wiz Khalifa project coming out. I forgot the exact name of what he called it, but I read an article that he got the idea of doing that from my H.N.I.C. projects that I put out," Prodigy said in an interview. "That's all love. I love Wiz Khalifa, I love his music. I ain't mad at ya, dogs. Let's do something together. Let's do a song or something. Let's do a tour or something. I got ya back, thun." (MTV)
In February, Wiz reflected on his 2011 gold-selling Rolling Papers Atlantic Records debut.
"Moving on to the music, I haven't been this excited about any of my projects ever. I remember when i made kush and orange juice, I listened to it and knew I had created a new genre that wld change music.The mistake i made on Rolling Papers was thinking it was time to move on from that genre not knowing that it had impacted people so much. The album did great numbers, but creatively wasn't my best work. No regrets though. We live and we learn." [sic] (The Lvls!x)
He also gave fans an idea of what to expect from the upcoming LP.
"So for my fans sake and own personal enjoyment, Ive gone further into the world we've created and elaborated on our genre with the mixtape Taylor Allderdice and of course my sophomore album ONIFC. Im so confident in the artistry and creativity of these projects because so much living went along with them. These aren't songs aimed to be hits or widely accepted or even understood. Iss for people who live like us and can relate. And informative to those who can't. Either way we're inviting mu fuggas deep into our world and I can't wait. I got new visuals, a new clothing line, and the new show is gonna be amazing. This is for us. Taylor Gang Or Die." [sic] (The Lvls!x)
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Is it worth purchasing it?
I have a budget for a little-bit over a thousand dollars due to selling a laptop which I used for gaming. But I have educational discount also which will bring it down to the "lowest" of 900 dollars.
The Specifications:
OS: Mac OS X 10.8 aka Mountain Lion
Storage: 500 GB Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Processor: 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5
I have been reading some reviews from other websites which gets around 7-8 hours in daily use of using the Macbook Pro. But there is supposedly be a refresh for the Macbook Pro (rumored next month?) which will bring them with Haswell processors.
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As soon as David Moyes was appointed as Sir Alex's successor, Leighton Baines was immediately touted as his first port of call in the summer transfer market. Chosen in the PFA Team of the Year for the last two years in a row, the 28-year-old left back has established himself as one of the League's finest footballers and worthy of a move to a Top Four club.
Even though United already have Patrice Evra and Alexander Buttner in their squad, presuming Fabio reverts to right back next season, there is a sense that neither can guarantee top-level performances next season. The former is on a downward trajectory and the latter is defensively inept. As such, it is no surprise a big money move is only 15/4 with bwinbetting.com to arrive at Old Trafford in the next few months.
Once again, Leighton Baines showed his quality this season by coupling hi excellent defensive work with a clinical finish in front of goal. Scoring 5 goals and creating 5 assists, he is consistently one of the most dangerous creators in the country and was the only player in Europe's big five leagues to create over 100 chances this season (@OptaJoe). Utilising his fitness to get up and down without hesitation, Baines has a beautiful left foot which he uses to whip in dangerous crosses. By doing so, he offers an excellent outlet for the midfield and would offer an improvement on Evra's generally limited crossing repertoire.
Historically, critics pointed out that his tackling was inferior to Ashley Cole's but recent improvement has seen him recently oust the Chelsea man from his throne. As such, he is almost the finished product whose main weakness, like Evra, stems from his aerial disadvantage.
Consistently praised by players and managers alike, Baines is only likely to play better in a better side. Feeding the likes of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, as opposed to Nikica Jelavic, his productivity is only likely to increase, even though his ability at penalty kicks would probably be ignored. In a generally more attacking side, his opportunity to create chances would be increased and he'd provide a nice balance to Rafael on the right hand side.
Although Baines performances individually are unlikely to improve past his 28th birthday, he could improve the fluency of the team. Whereas Evra has struggled to build a rapport with the right footed Ashley Young, Baines has built an intuitive partnership to the right footed Steven Pienaar. Considering the money already invested in Ashley Young, the Glazer's may feel buying Baines is one of the best ways to maximise their investment.
Although the likes of Fabio da Silva and Alexander Buttner are able to play in a variety of positions, both Patrice Evra and Leighton Baines excel in their primary position. If David Moyes did bring him in, there would be little to no point in shifting him to the left wing or defensive midfield.
As mentioned, both Evra and Baines only play at LB. In keeping with that theme, Baines was the only outfield player to play every minute of every Premier League game for his side last season. He is at an age where he is at his best on the pitch. Whereas Evra has shown signs of fatigue on a number of occasions, it seems unlikely that Baines would necessarily benefit from rotation. Therefore, Moyes must decide whether is prepared to drop an important character from the current squad in place of a statistically superior newbie.
Despite a recent resurgence, it is well known that Manchester United have been looking for a replacement for Patrice Evra over recent years and, although he was much improved this season, the arrival of David Moyes has only intensified the chatter (EG, 'Moyes is looking to make Baines his first signing'). Even though Manchester United are in urgent need of a midfielder and a winger, the acquisition of a top class left back will be a long term target for David Moyes in the coming years.
Even though Baines is no spring chicken, few would be surprised if the 28 year old followed to Old Trafford this summer. Whether Moyes will have the £15 to £20 million pounds available to sign him, will depend on whether or not he decides other positions are in more urgent need of reform.
to push for Europe. Their European campaign ended with a loss to Villareal in the qualifying round. Moyes fought back by signing Nuno Valente , Andy van der Meyde , Simon Davies , and Phil Neville ; signed Matteo Ferrari on loan; and made Mikel Arteta a permanent signing. They climbed from bottom place in late October to a secure 11th place finish at the end of the season.
With that in mind, the question to be asked at left back now is whether the Brazilian Fabio (loaned out last season) is ready for the step-up into the first team.
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Archive for September, 2008
The Independant Party of Vincent and Rosie
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
It was announced that myself and Rosie are seeking office. We would like to be your next Prime Ministers. Yes, simultaneously. That way we only have to work half the time. And we want to take turns living at 24 Sussex Drive. It would like having a time-share on the property.
To be honest, we haven't really nailed down a platform for the campaign. We figure it's more important to find the right theme song for the campaign first then the rest will just fall into place. So if you have any suggestions for not just a good campaign song but a GREAT one, then click the headline above or phone us up during the show (5:30-9am). We will announce the winner selection on the next show.
If you're really creative and you want to make a logo for our party then we would forever be greatful and would easily give you all the perks possible should we get into office. We are the Independant Party of Vincent & Rosie.
Thank you for your support. As a token of appreciation, here is the link to watching the brother Noel of Oasis getting popped off stage.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to see comedian DJ Hazard at the Blarney Stone. Show time is 9pm.
Yes… we can do it for you, too.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Today on the show we proudly launched a new program called the Vince-and-Rosie-Make-A-Wish-Corporation-of-Institutions. While it may appear to be a branch of the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, it is in fact soley independent. The Foundation has a history of granting astonishes wishes for people. Rosie and I unfortunately don't have that kind of clout but any business or program has to start small and build itself bigger.
So today was day 1. We granted a wish for Pam who really wanted to be a guest cohost on the morning show. Mission accomplished! She had fun and nobody got hurt which surprised me because Pam lives on the North side so she was obviously packing at the very least a knife if not some kind of pistol.
Now it can be your turn. Wish for whatever you want. If you accept that we have limitations than we'll accept your request. Why wish upon a star when you can wish upon two of them – the Vince and Rosie Make A Wish Corporation of Institutions. Note: the word 'stars' to describe myself and Rosie was used more for cleverness than for accuracy.
Make a wish and we will make it come true (maybe). Don't be shy. Make your wish one of two ways. Either email email@example.com or call 403-327-7999 between 5:30-9am Mon-Fri to speak with the CEO of the Corporation of Institutions (which is me) or my secretary (which is Rosie). All we need is your name, your phone number and your wish. At the Vince and Rosie Make A Wish Corporation of Institutions our slogan is "We WILL make it happen, maybe."


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CATEGORIES MoviesWarning: This review will contain spoilers. If you haven't read the book you might not want to read this review until after you've seen the movie.
Thursay night I dragged my almost 40-year-old body to the theaters for the 12:01 a.m. showing of The Hunger Games along with a sold out theatre of teens, adults, parents and children. I was nervous that there would be no way that the film could live up to the huge hype it had created or to the books that I devoured in days. Thankfully I was wrong. It was well worth the sleep deprivation.
It is almost the norm that film adaptations rarely live up to the quality of the book that it's adapted from. I won't argue that The Hunger Games the movie was as good as The Hunger Games the book, but I do think that Gary Ross did incredible job in bringing Suzanne Collins' vision to the big screen. I'm not sure if I would have felt the same if I watched the movie without having first read the books but knowing the entire back story was a definite advantage, especially when it came to character development. But what Gary Ross does brilliantly is paint the picture of the brutality that is The Hunger Games. At no point in the film do you 'root' for anyone because you never forget how incredibly sick and tragic The Games really are.
Debra Zane was the casting director and she hit the nail on the head with each and every character -- from the leads all the way down to the nameless tributes. Let's start with the supporting characters. I was initially very hesitant about the casting of Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, but was very pleasantly surprised at how much I loved him. But Woody's Haymitch is different than the Haymitch in the book -- I think mostly because in the confines of two and a half hours we needed to see more of Haymitch working behind the scenes and less of Haymitch falling down drunk. Lenny Kravitz was so good as Cinna, but Elizabeth Banks was perfection as Effie Trinket. She captured Effie's personality perfectly in each and every scene she was in. Donald Sutherland can do no wrong in my eyes and played President Snow with a quiet eeriness that made you, as the viewer, squirm. Stanley Tucci was not what I pictured as Caesar Flickerman but was fantastic in his role as the talk show host who seemed to delight in turning a game about children fighting to the death into a ratings winner. Wes Bentley might have been my only complaint in the film. Wes played head gamemaker Seneca Crane and he is a character that I don't remember much of in the book but he seemed to have a rather large role in the film. To be honest I would have preferred less of Seneca in favour of more character development of the mains. Props to the tributes as well -- even though they were limited in their screen time their casting made them exactly who you pictured them to be. Alexander Ludwig's Cato was scary and sad at the same time.
Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence were the ideal casting choices to play their characters of Gale, Peeta and Katniss. I know that there's a lot of you who didn't like the casting of Josh Hutcherson as Peeta because when comparing Hutcherson to Hemsworth it's hard to believe that one would choose Hutcherson. But I liked his casting from the beginning and although Hemsworth is really good as Gale, I liked Hutcherson. A lot. But make no mistake, this is Jennifer Lawrence's movie. Her portrayal of Katniss is spot on and at no point do you ever doubt that you are watching exactly the character that you imagined in your head after staying up all night reading about. Jennifer was Katniss Everdeen in this movie and portrayed her exactly the way you wanted to see her -- strong, resilient and a survivor.
I do think that in the movie the relationship development seemed rushed. But I get that in the confines of two and a half hours something has to give, and the creators must have relied heavily on the fact that the majority of their audience will have read the book so they could fill in the missing pieces for themselves. Like I said before, the entire Haymitch storyline was a bit different, mostly because I assume the writers had to ensure that we knew what Haymitch's role in The Hunger Games was. There was no time to waste on scenes of him falling down drunk while he was supposed to be securing sponsor donations for his tributes. So in the book where we slowly realize that he has been playing the game all along, there is no time for that in the movie. Lenny Kravitz, for all the hype of him being Cinna, was also in very few scenes --- although the scene in which he says goodbye to Katniss was probably the best and most intense in the entire movie. The same with Rue -- the Rue/Katniss relationship felt a little rushed and I wonder if those who saw the movie without reading the book would really understand the connection.
And then there was Katniss and Peeta. Let it be known that after reading the book I was firmly on Team Peeta, but Liam Hemsworth's strong portrayal of Gale definitely made me waiver on that. I know that some people thought that the cave scene between Katniss and Peeta -- the one that is so pivotal in the book -- was rushed in the movie, and the relationship that developed didn't seem authentic. But I think that's the point. It isn't authentic and to the main characters they're just putting on a show and trying to make everyone believe that they're the star crossed lovers that they really aren't. I was ok with it, and I was ok with Hutcherson as Peeta.
The set designers do a fantastic job creating the bleakness and despair of District 12 and contrasting it well with the gaucheness and excess of the Capital. But the arena was not what I had imagined. The Cornucopia was not at all what I had pictured in my mind and I found myself distracted by it. There were also a few scenes of The Capital where the CGI was a bit too blatant for my liking but understandable when you consider what they're trying to convey.
For all the hype that The Hunger Games has created for itself I am very happy to say that it did not disappoint, and I am very happy that I sacrificed sleep and attended the midnight showing. It was definitely worth it. And you will leave that theater eagerly anticipating Catching Fire, I promise.
I give The Hunger Games 4.5 out of 5 daisies.
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This year the Budget has created a path for the return of gold smuggling and perhaps a return to the 'glittering' 70's and 80's. In fact, this illegitimate traffic in gold could now go a step further, by clearing the way for bringing back slush funds converted into gold at present stashed abroad. Neel Shah gives readers a glimpse of and old trend, which had ceased to exist...!
"I must be cruel only to be kind," was the first statement of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday before starting the reading of the highlights of the 2012 Budget. This sentence of 'Pranabda', taken from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', would go down well with gold smugglers, as the Budget has yet again opened the doors to gold smuggling in India, which had come to an absolute halt in the early 90's.
The reason for this thankless state of affairs is the government's newly declared intent to slap additional taxes of excise and customs duty on imports of gold. The customs duty has been doubled from 2 per cent to 4 per cent and 1 per cent as the excise duty on the gold import.
"To avoid these duties, which would surely trigger the price rise of around 2.5 per cent to 4 per cent in gold purchase, the jewellers would prefer gold import through illegal channels," informs Kumar Jain, vice president of Mumbai Jewellers Association.
The members of Bombay Bullion Association (BBA) agrees with Jain that the government's decision would encourage smuggling but added that the this would not reach the levels that existed in the 70's and 80's. In such a scenario, around 10 per cent of the demand for gold would be met by smuggling, according to a BBA member. He added that "the gold traders would try to evade not only the 4 per cent custom duty but also 1 per cent VAT, which would help the trader gain 5 per cent profit."
Being the world's top gold importer, India imported around 970 tonnes of gold in 2011, in which over half the volume was to meet the demands of the jewellery market. If one considers this and puts the BBA member's statement into perspective, then annually around 100 tonnes of gold would be smuggled in India, which would be worth around Rs.28,000 crore.
Smugglers and gold smuggling
To Indians, gold is much more than a precious metal. Indians have a mystic attachment to it and there is no festive or family occasion where gold does not play a part. In India people buy gold for its own sake and jewellery is handed down from generation to generation. Also, people in India never sell gold unless there is a real crisis and only as a last resort. And yet the price of gold is perhaps the highest in India.
Smuggling of gold into India has always been a lucrative business for those willing to take the risks. Considering the current scenario, it seems that nearly 10 per cent of the demand would be through smuggling, and the profits would be large enough for the smugglers to take the risk.
Commenting on the issue, a senior customs officer in Mumbai, requesting anonymity, said, "Gold smuggling would certainly again start in India regardless of the gold price being high, as Indians insist on gold being a part of the transaction in each and every marriage, and largely, every significant family function."
"There will be a little change in smuggling styles, with the smugglers using all three routes, sea, land and air, along with the traditional style of smuggling through couriers," said the custom officer.
However, there would be a significant change in the form of gold smuggled gold this time. Unlike earlier days, when the smugglers would bring in contraband in the form of pure gold bars and coins, this time they would directly smuggle in jewellery that would be a finished gold product, said Mumbai's custom officials. For this, Dubai and Hong Kong will be the smugglers paradise from where the finished gold jewellery would be smuggled to India.
According to DRI sources, apart from the 5 per cent duty evasion in India, there are two important factors why the smugglers would prefer Dubai and Hong Kong for smuggling the finished gold jewellery, rather than bringing in the pure gold bars from any other countries.
First, the finished gold jewellery would cut making charges for the jeweller purchasing gold from smugglers. In turn, the reason for this is that the gold jewellery from Dubai and Hong Kong are machine made products. In India, the jewellery is usually made by the hand, which increases the price of jewellery due to making charges.
Second, these two countries are free from local taxations like sales tax, excise tax and VAT, which would serve the purposes of both the smugglers as well as the gold traders.
Elaborating on the smugglers using the air route for smuggling, sources in the customs said the smugglers would approach gullible Indian workers earning their livelihood in Gulf countries. These people will be used as couriers and will be paid a sum of Rs.15,000 to 20,000 for each consignment of over 50 grams of gold, which would be five tolas. Such a practice was followed in the 80's, wherein the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs in Mumbai, had arrested more than 200 people in 1987. These arrests had taken place as the government had then completely prohibited import of pure gold bars and coins, except for the licensed dealers.
Politicians' and industrialists' black money a major factor in gold smuggling
It is, perhaps, a known fact that politicians and industrialists have slush funds stashed abroad, which is converted into gold bars and jewellery. The illegitimate traffic in gold import would become a way for these politicians and industrialists to bring back their ill-gotten money converted into gold, said insiders in the BBA. This could be a major factor in the gold smuggling, as this factor alone would threaten to surpass the dizzy levels of gold smuggling, in terms of value, recorded in the post-emergency period, added market speculators.
Moreover, it would also help the smuggler's gang mushroom and operate with great vigour and with virtual impunity, as the value of the contraband in traffic is firmly set in the range of thousands of crores of rupees.'
The age-old attraction for the yellow metal in India is unlikely to wane and considering this there seems to be hardly any possibility that gold prices would ever come down. And in any case, so long as such government policies exist, gold smuggling will beckon brightly... leaving the smuggler laughing all the way to the bank.
Rise of the monopoly man
One man who was raking it in on spiraling gold prices in the 80's was Dawood Ibrahim, son of a retired head constable and now a globally declared terrorist worth over Rs.25,000 crore.
Thanks to the elimination of most of his rivals, either through gang warfare or through police encounters, Dawood emerged as a monopoly smuggler who can control the flow of gold into then Bombay and cash in on the prevailing gold prices.
A discussion with the DRI sleuths and customs officials revealed intriguing viewpoints: since it was not possible to curb gold smuggling activities then, why not create a monopoly smuggler? After all, isn't it easier to keep tabs on one gang instead of a large number of splinter groups? With only one smuggler around, the official said, it was easy for the agencies to keep track of how much gold comes in and how much silver goes out. The RBI, for instance, can monitor the repercussions of an increase in the supply of gold on the economy.
Is this why Dawood's rivals were eliminated? The list of the killed is almost endless... Mahesh Dholakia, Rahim Khan, Samad Khan, Amirzada Nawabkhan, Alamjeb Zangrez, Kalya Antony, Kalya Mehmood, Abdul Kunju, Chandrashekar Safalika, Adam Sohel Sheikh, Rajan Nair alias Bada Rajan...
This list, for those who know what was happening in the underworld, is one sided. Those who were killed in either gang warfare or through police encounters, belonged to the groups in opposition to Dawood.
In fact, the creation of a monopoly smuggler had made a quick killing possible through an artificial increase or decrease of gold prices in Bombay's bullion market. The process was simple: after gold shipments from Dubai got underwritten by a syndicate in Bombay, enough gold was brought in to cater to boom conditions in the market. A boom situation, as everyone knows, prevails during April-May (the marriage season) and during October-November (the festival season). Gold would be purchased by the consumers during this time period, whatever the cost.
An artificial shortage was thus created by squeezing out the supply of gold and one sure fire method of doing it was by tipping-off the customs of the forthcoming gold shipments from Dubai. Two or three seizures of Rs.5 to 10 crores and suddenly there was no gold in the market. So what was available for Rs.2,000 per ten grams then in the market immediately zoomed to Rs.3,500 – a simple reaction to the laws of demand and supply.
Once the price of gold had gone up, it was time for releasing hoarded gold brought in by the monopoly smuggler, whether it was Dawood or his senior, Haji Mastaan. For those who were affiliated to this inner circle, the profit margin tripled but for those who did not belong, anonymous tip-offs and seizures of rivals of the monopoly smuggler not only lost them their shipments but also landed them behind the bars.
The creation of Dawood as a monopoly smuggler was systematic, either through the physical elimination of his rivals or death in police encounters. While the police had eliminated at least 80 notorious mafioso in shootouts in the 80's, not a single person affiliated with Dawood's camp was touched.
Curiously, the fortunes of men who had masterminded the gold syndicate – from its beginnings to early 80's – rose and fell with the rise and fall of ruling governments. Ageing dons like Mastaan, Yusuf Patel and Karim Lala, became respectable folk, thanks to the rise of the Janata Government in 1977, who granted them Amnesty in exchange for their vote banks and liquid cash.
These men, who took gold smuggling to its peak in the late 70's, diverted riches into real estate and construction and soon, the slumlord who used to expand horizontally on land, started increasing his holdings vertically by grabbling old tenements and illegal FSI.
The Janata Government which bestowed respectability on men like Mastaan, Patel and Lala, however did not last long. It came toppling down and in the process shook up the hierarchy in organized crime. New politicians cropped up and along with them came a relatively new entrant into smuggling – Vardarajan Mudaliar and the south-Indian mafia. Taking off from an illicit liquor empire, he quickly took over dock smuggling and according to the records in crime branch in 1982; Mudaliar started grossing over Rs.40 crore from the docks alone. He also started breaking into coastal smuggling, which was till then dominated by only one community.
Mudaliar and his men had just got entrenched and were making a concentrated drive towards respectability when Indira Gandhi's assassination changed the political picture. The old order was eased out and new ministers took over and pretty soon the foundations of Mudaliar's empire started shaking. From 1984-1986, his illicit liquor network was smashed, his henchmen were held and he himself was forced to flee to Madras.
During the same time period, Dawood's counterpart in Central Bombay, Karim Lala, saw his men whittled down, either through gang warfare or through police encounters. The victims included nephew Samad Khan and brother Rahim Khan. Lala himself was jailed, on rather flimsy charges, and released by the police only after a year.
Till the 1993 blasts, there were no rivals for Dawood and he was able to control his activities efficiently. In simple words, the law looked the other way during his crime activities. Will this era come back? Will Dawood back get into gold smuggling? The answer, if history is any indication, will depend on the fortunes of the present government.


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The winner of this fight will challenge Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight strap. Former WEC champ Henderson (14-2) has won both his UFC fights against Mark Bocek and Jim Miller by unanimous decision. Guida (29-11) has won his last four fights and is coming off a win over Anthony Pettis.
The live blog is below.
Round 1: Herb Dean is our referee for this bout. He gives them the signal to start, and right away Guida comes bouncing out to the center of the cage, hair flying everywhere. They square off and swing away, and Guida goes down. He recovers quickly and reaches for Henderson's legs even as Henderson keeps peppering him with short punches. Guida keeps digging for the takedown and Henderson is forced to put all his energy into defending for the moment. A chant of "Guida!" erupts in the crowd. Henderson manages to turn Guida and put his back against the fence in the clinch. Guida distracts Henderson with a short hook and then nearly gets the takedown, but they settle for disengaging and moving back towards the center. Jumping knee attempt from Guida, then a hard right that hurts Henderson. Guida tries to lock up a guillotine as Henderson tries for the takedown to let himself recover. They separate in the final ten seconds and Henderson goes to work with kicks before the horn. The crowd roars its approval. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 2: Henderson catches Guida leaning in and hammers him with a knee. Guida shoots and gets the takedown, but can't keep Henderson down. Henderson turns it around with a takedown of his own, but Guida works up to his feet. Henderson works short punches and knees in the clinch, and Guida fires off a hook before getting another takedown. There is an awful lot of hair flying around in this cage. Henderson works back up and they continue battling in the clinch before working their way out. Spinning backfist from Guida surprises Henderson, but Guida loses his balance and tumbles to the mat. Henderson follows, looking to keep him down, and Guida nearly locks up a guillotine. Henderson gets off to the side and then takes Guida's back in the scramble, but there's not enough time for him to capitalize. MMA Fighting scores it 10-10.
Round 3: The crowd gives both fighters a huge ovation to start the third and final round. It doesn't take long before they square up and trade bombs again, with each man landing well. Henderson tosses out an axe kick that looks like something from a Taekwondo tournament. They clinch against the fence and Guida marches Henderson all the way across the cage in search of a takedown, but Henderson defends well and reverses him. Good knees in the clinch from Henderson, but Guida steps back with a hook and a head kick that both just miss. Henderson uses the whiffed kick to put Guida on his back, then takes his back when he tries to escape. Henderson has the body triangle here in the final minute, but Guida escapes and puts Henderson down. Guida's trying to lock up a guillotine from the top, but Henderson is hanging on, bucking from the bottom and forcing him to shift his weight. Guida's squeezing with everything he's got, but Henderson slips free and dumps him on his back, standing up and blasting away to the back of his head just before the horn. Herb Dean steps in to correct this, but the fight's already over, so it's just a friendly conversation. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Guida.
Ben Henderson def. Clay Guida via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
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Sarah Grant
Musings on Poker and Other Stuff
Where the Magic Happens
So basically the boss asked up to come up with some new and fresh ideas for the WSOP. He recommended that we look around at some of the stuff that we like watching. I'm not much of an internet surfer. I literally just found out about reddit. I've only had twitter for a little over a year. I mean, I am way behind the times. So behind the times in fact that I still LOVE Saturday Night Live. I haven't had tv since I was 12 so I kind of though it was all over for me. Then suddenly I get a free subscription to Hulu for some reason and bang...SNL back it my life. I was searching through SNL vid clips for inspiration when I discovered, 7 Minutes in Heaven. It is a Saturday Night Live writer, in the closet with famous people. Genius.
Also I love Ellen. But we will get to that later. So I gave it a shot. Here is my PokerNews version of 7 Minutes in Heaven.
So then I just saw this Ellen montage and was hoping we might be able to do a PokerNews version of this.
Tricks of the Trade
I have spent the majority of my life under the impression that some girls are just soooooooooooo pretty. I mean you see these hot actresses and presenters on camera and one has to feel that you somehow fall short. Well, girls, you are so wrong. In the last year I have been exposed to an arsenal of tricks that infinitely increase your hotness. I don't know how I missed it all these years. Maybe I didn't have enough girlfriends. Or maybe I just wasn't searching YouTube enough. But let me just give you a few examples.
1. Boobs
Being that I am a cheap woman. Let me re-phrase that. Being that I was a cheap woman, my bras tended to be no more that $10 and did not exactly do much in the pushing up department. Introduce: Victoria's Secret. That B*tch kept it so secret I didn't get on the band wagon till last month. Well, couple that with some additional training, like putting make-up on your chest given by the always hilarious Jenna Marbles.
So, here is me last year
And post boob training
Wow, where'd those come from?
2. Hair
At the PCA I was hanging out with these girls and I kept asking, how is it possible that you all have such long hair. The reply, "hello girl, extensions." I was under the impression extensions were reserved for famous celebs with thousands of dollars to drop after they have to chop their hair for a role. Wrong. You can get em for $200 and they will totally change your look. Here is how you do them, I'm putting this girl in because she is hot so it isn't boring to watch.
Yesterday I was running late so here is my regular hair, it's not bad. I love my hair. But wait...
With some extensions up in there.
I know right??? Almost seems unfair. By the time we unpack all our luggage, guys are like, 'wait...what?' LOL. Truth be told I don't wear make up unless I have to. I'm definitely a hippy in my off time. But it is fun to watch the changes as I am introduced to all this new beauty advice being on camera.
I gotta go make some videos... I'll post some more tricks later.
Fav Vids so Far
Welp, we are nearly 27 events deep in the WSOP. As always it is going by SO fast. I was re-watching some of my favorite videos so far this year and figured I would post em up and see what you guys think to.
As I expected, my favorite so far is the THE STRADDLE. This is a Series where Kristy gets to just put together whatever she wants. She is so creative and works so well with her camera guy...everything they do is genius.
I personally love the chance to put poker players on blast. Facebook, along with a few other things, has essentially eliminated privacy. Thus, if you've done it...someone tweeted it, snapped a pic, Instagramed or Facebooked it. Looking forward to more of this series from the players who play on and off the felt.
Lynn has always been the best at blowing that bankroll. So she headed over to see what Vanessa Rousso had put together in terms of housing for some of pokers' best gals.
Obviously there are more gems coming out every day, so I'll keep adding and you guys keep letting us know what you love and hate.
And We're Back Baby
We are back in the Rio and it feels great! It's crazy how working can actually feel great. This is how we like to kick it off every year.
Kmo and I started it off just the two of us and our camera girl Tennille.
Then FINALLY Lynn arrived. So obviously we had to have a girls dinner immediately.
And Kristy was able to grant us with some awesome BFF necklaces. (yes, we are 12)
I'm just having fun seeing everyone again and working again. I love being able to work from home, but sometimes it feels so good to laugh and joke and play with other people. I'm so stoked for this year and to watch the lives of so many people change.


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An Open Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives: Vote "YES" on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
February 15, 2005
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the 350,000 members of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), I write to offer our views concerning the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (S. 5) recently passed by the Senate and scheduled for a vote in the House on Thursday. Specifically, we urge you to vote YES on S. 5.
America's legal system is already the most expensive in the history of the world. As the American Tort Reform Foundation observes, the U.S. tort system imposed costs of $152 billion on the American economy in 1994 -- in subsequent years these costs have risen by 125 percent. In fact, tort costs already represent 2.2 percent of America's Gross Domestic Product.
For taxpayers and consumers these statistics are very bad news, since they are the ones who largely end up footing the bill for the trial lawyers' exploits. This is true in private actions, because when a company has to pay millions for a claim, those costs are generally passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices (although employees and shareholders also take a hit).
Therefore, Thursday's passage of legislation in the Senate that would move most class-action suits with aggregate claims of $5 million or more from state courts to federal courts is a win for taxpayers, consumers, and the economy. The Senate's bipartisan vote in favor of legislation that had failed in the three previous Congresses is a welcome sign that the stranglehold trial lawyers have on Washington is beginning to slip.
NTU and its members applaud the persistence of those in Congress who have fought for this opportunity to finally put a crimp in the ability of trial lawyers to "forum shop" class-action lawsuits for the purpose of achieving excessive personal financial gain. Thus, we strongly encourage you to maintain your position in suport of S. 5 as this crucial vote approaches.
We need to stop the frivolous and abusive tactics of the trial lawyers in many areas, including medical malpractice and asbestos. NTU hopes that House passage of S. 5 will provide Congress with the necessary momentum to tackle these other issues this year. Accordingly, a YES vote on S. 5 will be weighted favorably in NTU's 2005 Rating of Congress.
John Berthoud, Ph.D


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15-09-2010 18:44
I want view for example avi files on my C6. Therefore I want to install a movieflvplayer recommended by an symbian site ( http://pr.movieflvplayer.com/ ).
When I download the .exe file, it gives an error on my C6. This application is not supported by your phone.
Can somebody help me with this topic?
Thanks in advance.
Solved! Go to Solution.
16-09-2010 12:25
Symbian uses the SIS format for package installation, EXE is not supported. Further I really doubt this software is any good, the software previews on you link just show pictures from VLC Player and there is no other option on this page than to download an .exe. I'd rather not get in touch with this.
When it comes to AVIs i think you have to convert them first before you can watch them on the nokia.
16-09-2010 16:15
16-09-2010 20:48
Thanks for the response,
Which divxplayer do you recommend? Do you have a link for me?
Thanks in advance.
17-09-2010 1:33
17-09-2010 1:50
17-09-2010 14:24
Thanks pudu,
I have download the divx player on my C-6, but its not possible to select the player as default.
Do you have any idea how to do this?
Thanks again.
17-09-2010 15:09
17-09-2010 15:35
That's also not possible. The video doen't apear in the "refresh video list" ???
17-09-2010 16:20
17-09-2010 17:26
Sorry, does not work. I did installed the correct version......
18-09-2010 6:55
28-07-2012 8:25
i installed s60v5
pudu wrote:
you will get divx and avi files by refreshing, but this player is limited to video size and bitrate cos' its only a portable player
divx player. itz telling player experied. can u suggesse some other verion


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Before Pink married Carey Hart most everyone thought was gay anyway…so I'm not sure why this news is such a big deal. The British tab News of the World has just outed Pink as bi-sexual. This timing of this news is confusing to me since Pink and Carey supposedly reunited just last week.
"I would also be just as happy with a new women. I'm not complicated, I sing about love in all its shapes, forms and colors."
Pink also supposedly told the magazine that she's "not embarrassed about being bisexual, and that "love is pure and I try to keep it that way. This is who I am, what I feel." She says that while it's probably "unnecessary to draw the subject out, but I think it even more stupid not to discuss it."


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So it recently occurred to me that our new international scout team of Pete Philo and Tony Ronzone are pretty much unprecedented in the NBA. The league knows these guys are the best, and we have a number of prospects that these guys have told us to pick up.
What happens if these guys all turn out?
The NBA is not known for being especially knowledgable about Euro players. There's a chance that our scouting staff will give us an enormous advantage over other teams when drafting in the second round, potentially adding consistent talent that is greater than what most teams find among college kids.
There is an added bonus in that we could legitimately be the first "international" NBA team. The cliche that Prokhorov has talked about and that the league craves.
We will know better after next year when we have our biggest talent, Rubio, in the fold, but with guys like Pekovic and possibly Bjelica joining us this year, maybe we'll see the first step to our new second round dominance.
One of the reasons that teams don't like to draft Euro players is that they often don't come to the NBA right away. A legitimate concern that our team could bypass be drafting one in the second every year, so that we have a constant stream of guys who want to be here, and with more developed games than their American counterparts.
Now, I don't expect us to always go Euro. BPA will always be the slogan, but if Philo and Ronzone can tell us the real deal on Euros, we'll be one step ahead of every other team on who the real BPA is.
Go Wolves!


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August 25, 2004
Albany-- The battle lines are drawn, and it's doctors versus Phoebe Putney administrators. Dougherty County Medical Society is highly critical of the hospital's decision to sue a man who helped gather information on Phoebe for a class action lawsuit.
The doctors say the hospital is violating the man's rights and the suit is counterproductive to providing quality health care. They portray the hospital with a heart as heartless.
After a class action lawsuit was filed against Phoebe for overcharging uninsured patients, Phoebe went after a man who helped gather information for that suit. Hospital administrators filed a suit of their own against Charles Rehberg. As a result, doctors are calling for Phoebe's CEO to resign.
The doctors say Phoebe is trying to bully a man who helped gather information on the hospital. Dr. Daniel Rhoads is the Medical Society president. "The general feeling of the membership last night, is that it's inappropriate for an organization such as Pheobe Putney hospital to use public funds to intimidate individuals who are using their first amendment rights and freedom of speech."
Intimidation that Charles Rehberg says happened outside his office, Albany Surgical P. C. Rehberg blew the whistle on Phoebe because he says he was accosted by two men who threatened him and his family.
Phoebe's lawyer Rick Langley says they're not suing Rehberg because he helped a lawyer gather information on the hospital. "[The accusations] That is absolutely and categorically untrue."
But, it is true that since the lawsuit was filed, doctors in the medical society are asking hospital CEO Joel Wernick, who has been Phoebe administrator since 1988, to resign. The resolution says the lawsuit against Rehberg "Represents a serious challenge to our constitutional right to free speech."
Phoebe says it's suing Rehberg for jamming hospital fax machines with Phoebe Factoids, info sheets outlining everything from Phoebe's Cayman Island bank accounts to Joel Wernick's huge $700,000 annual salary.
But Phoebe says the Factoids crossed the line. Langley: "This campaign depicts Joel Wernick of being in the Klu Klux Klan and accuses the hospital of having floors that are all white and all black. This sort of conduct is so reprehen... it absolutely demands a response."
And the Medical Society agrees, but "We have no legal authority over the hospital except for practicing medicine," said Rhoads.
I spoke to member of the Dougherty County Medical Society who supports Joel Wernick. He says the resolution was passed by 35 members who attended the meeting.
Phoebe claims all this got started with a prior incident between the hospital and Albany Surgical. According to Phoebe's attorney, Albany Surgical PC wanted to add a free standing center to their building, but the state denied them. They say that's why the Phoebe Factoids began.
South Georgia newspaper readers came face to face with the Phoebe flap this morning. A full page ad was bought by the Scruggs Law Firm of Mississippi. Attorney Richard Scruggs, is suing Phoebe and 45 other hospitals for overcharging uninsured patients.
Written as a letter to the citizens of Albany, the ad condemns "intimidating actions taken by Phoebe Putney Hospital" against Charles Rehberg.
Reberg, who works for a doctor's office in Albany, helped Scruggs gather info on Phoebe for the class action suit. The ad states Charles Rehberg faces "threats, a lawsuit, and a smear campaign funded with tax dollars."
Phoebe's lawyer says his detectives did not threaten Rehberg when they confronted him.
"They are both retired agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They conducted their activities, I am absolutely as they should. Everything was open and above board," said Phoebe's Attorney Rick Langley .
The full page ad challenges readers to ask doctors what they think about Phoebe's business practices. A full page advertisement in the Albany newspaper costs $5,900.
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Last week I broke down the off season moves that were made by each of the Cowboys divisional rivals. Now that training camp has begun, I will be serving up a weekly look at what is currently transpiring around the NFC East.
New York Giants
- While Cowboys fans are excited about the battles between Dez Bryant and Mo Claiborne; our friends in New York are being treated to a similar contest between two of their young stars. Ed Valentine of Big Blue View explains:
The third day of training camp practices for the New York Giants was highlighted by a terrific battle between two young, developing players the Giants desperately need to step up in 2013 -- third-year cornerback Prince Amukamara and second-year wide receiver Rueben Randle.
It's impossible to declare a winner in their one-on-one contest. Each player had his moments.
- Although the Giants do have several players coming off of injuries; so far the opening few days have been injury free. The only issue to report is that wide receiver Hakeem Nicks is dealing with a slight groin injury. Another issue of particular concern to Dallas is the recovery of Jason Pierre-Paul. According to the latest news, JPP is 70% sure that he will be ready for the opening game against Dallas.
- Texas A&M product Demontre Moore is impressing coaches during his rookie camp. The defensive end has shown up strong in the pass rush and appears to be giving first round pick Justin Pugh fits. Along with the addition of Cullen Jenkins on the defensive line, it looks like the early tale of the Giants camp is a saga of the rich getting richer.
- The first big question everyone asks about the Redskins concerns the progress RGIII is making. For now, Bobby Trey continues to be limited, WJLA in Richmond gives a rundown of what camp is like for Griffin. He currently is limited to individual and 7 on 7 drills, although Mike Shanahan is slowly adding things to his plate. Griffin reports that, for him, it is an exercise in patience.
- The Redskins are facing a pair of suspensions to start the season; both Jarvis Jenkins and Rob Jackson will miss four games each for violations of the NFL's substance abuse policy. Here is more from Dan Chiarrocchi of Hogs Haven.
- In addition to the suspensions, injuries are taking their toll as well. Even though the team received positive news regarding DeAngelo Hall and Trent Williams recently; Adam Carriker, with an injured quad, and Kennan Robinson, who has a torn pec, are serious blows to the Washington defense. Donte' Stallworth has also missed three practices with hamstring issues.
- It has been a rough camp for the Eagles so far. Both Jeremy Maclin and linebacker Jason Phillips have already been lost for the season thanks to ACL injuries. Offensive lineman Todd Herremans has also missed time due to knee issues.
- An interesting note: Chip Kelly will not be allowing much contact in his "padded" practices. Brandon Lee Gowton of Bleeding Green Nation passes this along:
HC Chip Kelly - (picture):
• On if the Eagles will tackle to the ground in practice: "No, we have four preseason games for that."
- Still no news out of Philly regarding who will be the Eagles quarterback in 2013. The one thing we know for sure: it won't be Donovan McNabb. The former starter in Philadelphia, he Donovan returned for one day to retire from the NFL as an Eagle.
So far, there is not much to report other than the injuries. That will change as things really get into full swing around the division, and I will be here to keep everyone up to date. For now I will leave you with a quote that sums up my intent with this series:
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.


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"No flour, no Torah; no Torah, no flour." – Pirkei Avot 3:21
When you enter another's vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want, until you are full, but you must not put any in your vessel. – Deuteronomy 23:25
Moses instructs the people to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might (Deut 6:5). We repeat this commandment whenever we recite the Shema. How does this come about? One way is through the observance of mitzvot related to Shabbat, holidays, lifecycle and other rituals. The Torah also teaches that love of God is cultivated and expressed through our love of others and, specifically, by avoiding of any action which may detract from another's well-being.
A traveler, worker, neighbor or anyone else who is hungry may eat from someone else's vineyard (Deut 23:25) or field of grain (Deut 23:26) until they are full, but taking more is prohibited. This limitation preserves the owner's food supply and possible source of livelihood. As He fed them the finest wheat (Ps 81:17), so too a person with a productive vineyard or field may not worsen another's hunger.
This commandment is as important for us as it was for our ancestors. When we have the means to provide immediate relief, we cannot turn away from those who are suffering. When we are the ones in need, we may not abuse the generosity of others. Its underlying principles, recognition of our inter-dependence and the mutuality of obligations in our relationships with others, have even more profound implications.
As we approach the Yamim Noraim (High Holidays), we can include along with our preparations of honey cakes and other seasonal baking an honest accounting of where we have cultivated and expressed love through acts of justice, integrity, equity, philanthropy, and generosity this year and where we have fallen short; what we hope to continue and what we need to change in the year to come.
"The Torah begins and ends with acts of loving kindness."
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Jon Venables convicted, with accomplice Robert Thompson, both 10 at the time, of the 1993 murder of James Bulger, 2, in Bootle, Merseyside, near Liverpool has been released from prison. Though Venables was sentenced to indefinite incarceration, after serving the minimum required eight years, the parole board decided in 2001 that he could be safely released. He would remain on probation for life.
Regarding life probation in the UK, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson explained, "Their life license lasts for the rest of their lives, and they may be recalled to prison at any time for breaching their license conditions." Though in Venables' case it seems that authorities have exercised a great deal of latitude when deciding the seriousness of his parole violations.
The facts of his life between 2001 and 2010 are hazy, but it seems that during that time Venables violated several of the conditions of his parole: He returned to Merseyside, he was arrested on suspicion of brawling outside a bar in 2008, was found in possession of cocaine, and at least twice, possibly while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, revealed his true identity to a friend.
In 2010 he was brought up on child porn charges and re-incarcerated. Having denied Venables parole on in 2011, the board ruled in July 2013, that he could again be safely released. His release is complicated by the fact that he is essentially in hiding.
The murder of James Bulger, who was lured out of a shopping mall and beaten to death with metal rods and bricks, so outraged the public that both killers have had to have their identities and their families protected.
Thompson seems to have done okay staying out of the public eye, but not Venables. Each time he revealed his true identity and each time he is released from prison it seems that he gets a new fake life. According to BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw, "Venables has been given a new identity. This is believed to be the third or fourth fresh identity he has been given, but there's been no confirmation of this." This all at the taxpayers' expense.
Though he has received counseling over the years, many, including the victim's parents do not agree with the parole board's decision to release Venables. Denise Fergus, James Bulger's mother, reportedly believes that his is a "danger to the public." Bulger's father, Ralph Bulger, said through his attorney, that he believes Venables could reoffend and that "innocent people could suffer."
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Coldplay premiered their single, "Atlas," from the soundtrack to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" on Friday, Sept. 6.
The ballad debuted with a lyric video, which can be viewed below. It is the first time Coldplay has ever recorded an original song for a motion picture, according to Lionsgate, the studio behind "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
"I have great respect and admiration for Coldplay, and we are thrilled with how well they have connected to the themes and ideas within the film," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" director Francis Lawrence said in a statement when the song was first announced last month. "Their unwavering passion and excitement for the project elevated the collaboration even further, and we can't wait to share this music with audiences around the world."
"Atlas" is the first new song from the band since they released their last full-length album "Mylo Xyloto" in October 2011. The song is also available for purchase on iTunes.
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is set to hit theaters on Nov. 22. In the film, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) attempt to adjust to life after winning the Hunger Games in the first movie. Their return to normal life is cut short when their names are once again called for the 75th annual Hunger Games, also known as the Quarter Quell. Once there, they must fight for their lives and face off against other previous Hunger Games champions amidst a politically hostile time in the country, Panem.
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One of the best looking Blus ever comes out this week among a crop of decent releases across the board.
PICK OF THE WEEK: RANGO (Gore Verbinski, 2011, USA).
Paramount's first non-Dreamworks animated effort in years, and the first time ILM have attempted making a full CG animation, Rango is a delightfully odd and cinephile happy film which maybe doesn't have quite enough to keep the kids amused throughout, but then hey, I'm 26 what do I care?
The simple tale of a lizard who finds himself in a make-shift Western town whose then made mayor and investigates the town's lack of water, it marks itself out as "different" from its brethren through one of the more distinctive feels I've ever seen in a kids animation. The whole thing is bloody gorgeous with some at-times photo-real locations mixing up with unusual and at-times a tad creepy character designs, a surreal sense of humour filled with peculiar sights and a great many non-sequiters in the dialogue and a general quirky tone which never comes close to annoying and instead just fills the film up with character.
Johnny Depp is a lot of fun as Rango, a would-be actor who sees his new role as a big performance piece before having to grow up, Isla Fisher offers a nice line in throwback "hard woman with a heart of gold" and the rest of the cast is filled out with spot-on character actors and a badass performance from Bill Nighy. There's not a lot I don't recommend about Rango, the sheer fact that in my screening, kids got audibly bored. I doubt you will though.
I got the Blu through late last week and looked through it a little, and the picture is as good as I'd read, it being pin sharp and detail cranked up to the max, it's a wholly impressive transfer and certainly the best I've seen since Tron: Legacy's jaw-dropping picture. Features on the disc also look decent with an Extended Version which includes an alternate ending which continues where the theatrical version leaves off, a commentary with Verbinski and various others, a 50 minute making of which I've watched which also goes some way to showing why the film cost $135,000,000, a full length storyboard-to-screen comparison and various other shorter pieces. The makers of this disc seem to have realised that the film isn't quite a straight kid's flick as this is one of the more "adult" group of features I've yet seen for this type of film. Available for around £16 online in a Triple Play edition, it's a tad expensive but if you liked the film, this may well be a no-brainer, it was for me.
 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Brad Furman, 2011, USA).
Terrible bloody name eh? "The Lincoln Lawyer", what does that mean? A lawyer who worked for Lincoln? That's genuinely what I thought it was when I first read about this film but no, this actually turned out to be a fun piece of pulpy nonsense which I very much enjoyed in the cinema a few months back.
Matthew McConaughey is the lawyer of the title who works out of his Lincoln car and specialises in getting the scum back on the streets. He gets a new client, a rich playboy (Ryan Phillipe) who appears to have beaten and raped a bar worker. But did he? He may have, he may not have…
Surrounded by a great supporting cast including Marisa Tomei, Bryan Cranston and William H. Macy, McConaughey puts in a likable performance despite being a bit of a scumbag though by the end you are very much rooting for him. The whole thing feels like a trashy novel you'd read on a beach with twists, sex and a general feel of sticky dirt to the whole thing which makes it seem more real than the screenplay would suggest. I'm not entirely sure how effective a rewatch this would be but as a rental, it's very much recommended.
The disc itself doesn't have too much to shout about on the face of it with only a few featurettes, deleted scenes and a trailer making up the extras and at £15 online it's not worth a blind buy at all but as I've said, if you want something to rent this week, certainly go for it.
DAZED & CONFUSED (Richard Linklater, 1993, USA).
Everyone knows and loves Dazed & Confused I think that's pretty much fair to say. So why the hell isn't it my pick of the week?
Well, like many Criterion releases that come out in the UK, we've got rather stiffed on the features, and even also the brilliant packaging they do other there. Oh, how I'd love to have a multi-region Blu player, how I would love to pay over the odds to import these discs. I do that on occasion, hell I paid £15.99 just for the pleasure of owning Down Terrace in HD but it's not something I want to do all the time and so this release from Universal which does have deleted scenes, a featurette and some sort of "U-Control" feature related to the music, for the sheer fact that the US DVD has so much more on it, I can't straight up have this as my Pick of the Week.
Saying this though, it's widely available for £7.99 online and is also a part of Play.com's 2 for £15 deal so I'll likely bite soon myself, thus negating everything I just said. What a dick.
American Grafittit – Lucas before Lucas became Lucas.
Fast Times At Ridgemont High – One of Sean Penn's best performances in a fun ensemble high-school comedy.
Cry-Baby – Johnny Depp + John Waters. Oh yeah.
National Lampoon's Animal House – TOGA TOGA TOGA.
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – Weirdly not as good as I was led to believe, interesting social networking commentary, shitty everything else.
Middle Men – Luke Wilson continues his string of straight-to-video mehness.
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Like all superheroes, your Rev has a true identity. In my true identity, I am a gainfully employed art critic and was included in about 5 minutes of an artist documentary film that is premiering on June 16 at the LA County Museum of Art - at the screening I will be interviewing the subject of the movie, Robert Williams - Mister Bitchn on stage at the museum's theater.
For those of you who were not aware, Robert is most notable for founding the magazine Juxtapoz in 1995 and was painted the controversial original album cover for the Guns-N-Roses album Appetite for Destruction, which like all things cool, was censored. You know, the little things in life.


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It's been a long week of Bond here at The Playlist, and the release of "Skyfall" is only a few hours away. We've looked at the best villains, the best action scenes and the worst of the franchise, so what better place to end up than with the very best of the series?
As we said yesterday, the Bond franchise doesn't have the best hit rate, even if fans can find something to embrace in most entries. But there's still a few crackers out there -- most of Roger Moore's era is pretty poor, most of Connery's is decent, and Daniel Craig is 2 for 3 at this stage, putting him one better than Pierce Brosnan. We've picked out our five favorites from the last 50 years of the franchise below, but you can argue the cause of your own favorites in the comments section.
The first Bond film, "Dr. No," has its charms, but feels constrained by its budget, with the franchise still finding its feet. But consider those feet found in the second film, "From Russia With Love," which even more so than its predecessor manages to both establish and virtually perfect the formula that would serve the series so well over the years. The plot is fairly down to earth: as revenge for the death of Dr. No, SPECTRE plan to steal an Enigma machine-type cryptography device from the Soviets using the unwitting cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) as the means through which to obtain it. Bond is sent to Istanbul to meet with her, but swiftly discovers that he's being set up. Fairly faithful to Fleming's novel (as many of the early Bonds were), it's gritty, down-to-earth stuff decades before it was fashionable, with the plot leaning closer to John Le Carre or Len Deighton than the more out-there stuff that was to come; gripping, but not convoluted. And the bigger budget really shows, with a number of top set-pieces that remain strong today including the attack on the gypsy settlement, the train fight, and the final boat chase and its explosive climax. The use of Istanbul (returned to in "Skyfall"), the Orient Express and Venice as locations give it a real '60s glamour too, while Connery is at the peak of his depiction of the character -- charming, but legitimately scary when he has to be. For all the good Bonds that have come since, this one might remain our favorite.
Not that Eon Productions dropped the ball next time out. "Goldfinger" sees a marked difference in tone a year on, with a sly humor often absent from its predecessors and fantastical elements, including lasers, razor-tipped bowler hats and a team of aviatrixes led by a woman called Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman). And despite all that, the film's a winner, establishing that 007 could be a lot of fun and appeal to a wider audience, while still maintaining a degree of integrity. The film starts with Bond in Miami, asked to observe questionable gold dealer Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe). The mission sees Bond's latest ladyfriend memorably murdered by being covered in gold paint, and 007 heads to Switzerland to investigate further, eventually ending up back in the U.S where Goldfinger intends to irradiate the gold in Fort Knox. It's the first of the three films so far to really, truly flirt with absurdity, but it just stops short of full-on camp, with Connery maintaining some grit, but having a little more fun (and no wonder he's enjoying himself; he struck a deal during filming to get 5% of the gross on the film). The villains are cracking, the girls are kick-ass, and much of the classic 007 iconography, including Ken Adams' stunning production design and the Aston Martin DB7, is here. And while it might be somewhat lacking in jaw-dropping stuntwork, the fights are pretty strong. Finally, this sees the real establishment of another tradition, the Bond song, with Shirley Bassey contributing one of the real classics of the franchise. The Roger Moore era would take some of the sillier aspects of this one and build on them, but here, they feel entirely refreshing.
JazzKO | March 30, 2014 3:48 PM
I can live with this list. Glad to see Lazenby's version in there. Skyfall sucked.
SirG | March 3, 2014 3:44 PM
It would be wonderful to see another James Bond film directed by Martin Campbell
MJ | November 12, 2012 11:21 PM
No order: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldfinger, Skyfall, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace, Licence to Kill.
nightgoat72 | November 12, 2012 12:44 AM
A refreshingly good top 5, but no one will ever convince me Casino Royale is a good movie.
My top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. Goldfinger
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. GoldenEye
5. The World is Not Enough
...and my bottom 5:
5. Licence to Kill
4. Quantum of Solace
3. For Your Eyes Only
2. Die Another Day
1. Skyfall
Stevo the Magnificent | November 12, 2012 12:34 AM
A pity both Peter Hunt and George Lazenby didn't return for 'Diamonds Are Forever'...
PROSPERITY | November 11, 2012 9:27 PM
Nice work.
Alan E. Smith | November 9, 2012 11:21 AM
This is my top 5 exactly. 'From Russia With Love' and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' are at the top: the former for its epitome of cool '60s, Cold War-era style; the latter for its eclectic direction, visuals and layered story.
James | November 8, 2012 6:14 PM
Nice list. My Top 5:
1.) Goldfinger
2.) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3.) For Your Eyes Only
4.) The Living Daylights
5.) Quantum of Solace
dryer | November 8, 2012 5:58 PM
No particular order-
Casino Royale
On Her Majesty's Service
A View To Kill
A License To Kill (My first Bond film)
Dan Ashcroft | November 8, 2012 3:44 PM
'Skyfall' isn't just the best Bond film, I think it's in a class of its own. From the opening shot where a few bars of the Bond theme introduces us to an out of focus shot of Bond holding a gun, every scene is superbly directed, shot and acted. The plot is actually very similar to 'The World is Not Enough' - a villain with a vendetta against M and MI6, the bombing of the MI6 HQ in London and M having a much more central role. It's set largely in a very real looking modern Britain and that gives a less glamorous but more believable feel. Ben Whishaw steals every scene as Q.
As runners up for best Bond film, I'd have 'Casino Royale', 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 'The Spy Who Loved Me', the last being the most inventive of the series.


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You can't be good at everything. Take Bob Davie, for instance. Bob Davie can tan. My god, can that man tan. Bob Davie has a multi-layered coating of sun-baked skin flakes a rotisserie chicken would envy. If people randomly approach him on the street with basting brushes and holding forks, surely they're not to blame.
No one pays him to think, though. He's paid to talk, and on ESPN these can be very different things depending on who's doing the speaking. Davie is known as an announcer these days for ESPN's college football team. He has trademarks. He overemphasizes unimportant words in sentences like this: "The most important thing IN the game is taking care OF the footbaw." He also loves saying the word "footbaw," which would be charming if it didn't make up thirty percent of what he said. Take this sentence from Saturday's broadcast of the Alamo Bowl, for example:
"Texas Tech Footbaw they screen footbaw with the footbaw footbaw footbaw Mike Leach footbaw gosh footbaw."
He may not have said that in so many words, but after five minutes your brain tunes out Davie completely and translates everything to that anyway. Count it as a miracle that we heard this comment, then, which actually came out of Bob Davie's sober mouth on Saturday night.
"Craig James is courageous."
Courageous. Yes, we remember the time Craig James donated one of his eight kidneys to a sick little girl, all the while refusing to take his eyes off the microscope in the lab where he's curing AIDScancerplague. I personally recall the time Craig James fistfought with the chupacabra to help restore America's pride during the humiliations of NAFTA negotiations back in 1991. Who can forget James punching Hitler in the face at Woodstock Two and saving that girl from getting raped by a Nazi Biker Gang? Let's not even get into the time he saved Christmas with five safety pins and some well-timed macrame.
He's done so much for this country that picking one moment is hard. If forced, though, I'd have to agree. Nothing is as courageous as coming out in defense of your grown and reportedly lazy and entitled son on national television, using your broadcast connections to serve as a "source close to the family" on ESPN, and then bravely enduring the "victimhood" of giving Texas Tech administrators an excuse to fire the best coach in the history of their school. As Peter King would say: "Craig James defines bravery."
(Phil Simms, that coward, never said a thing about his son's troubled tenure at Texas, and let him be his own man. Clearly cowardice in action, that.)
Davie cleared that all up for us on numerous occasions Saturday night, with he and Mike Patrick hammering home the company line and sealing up the case broadcast ESPN has been making all along without excusing one of the principals from the coverage of the case itself. It is a gross lapse in journalistic standards to not excuse James from the story altogether, but ESPN bizarrely compounded the mistake by allowing James to openly stump for his family's "victimhood," and then doubling the weirdness by having no one question the accusers' account of the events.
By the time Davie and Patrick recited the Ballad of Craig James, Modern American Hero, the case had become infinitely more complex. Texas Tech officials clearly did not get along with Leach; James was a malcontent whose shoddy effort and entitled behavior was widely known and corroborated by coaches; and Leach's own trainers and medical staff said the coach acted in a fashion they did not condone. Contradictions and complexities just lying all over the place, and no one to even attempt to sort through them on-air besides Trevor Matich, ESPN's only on-air commentator who attempted to paint a complete picture on-air of the case's nuances and complexities.
Instead we got Craig James, American Patriot and Study In Victimhood, and a storyline swallowed almost entirely wholesale by ESPN's on-air talent without the slightest hint of professional scrutiny or skepticism. It happened for the same reason James never should have been a part of the story to begin with: because they're taking paychecks, and that matters in different ways to some people.
Some people see money as a reward for work, and some see it as a reward for loyalty. Those who take it for work are referred to as "employees." Those who take it for loyalty go by a different name entirely: whores. And if you're seeing Bob Davie in a miniskirt shimmying on the corner looking for a good time, I have three words for you. You. Are. Welcome.


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Tommy Hanson vs. Edwin Jackson
- Michael Bourn - CF
- Martin Prado - LF
- Jason Heyward - RF
- Brian McCann - C
- Freddie Freeman - 1B
- Dan Uggla - 2B
- Juan Francisco - 3B
- Andrelton Simmons - SS
- Tommy Hanson - P
(Despite what you may have seen today, Brian McCann is not playing third base. Sorry.)
Jackson has been knocked around his last two starts (10 runs in 10.1 IP), so perhaps the Atlanta offense can come to life today. Hanson, though, has given up 10 runs in 11 innings against the Nats this year.
Also, Ben Sheets has been activated from the DL.
Just keep winning! Go Braves!!