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Focus: NE/SE Asia methylene chloride may weaken on tepid demand
Methylene chloride spot prices in northeast and southeast Asia may fall in the coming weeks as demand continues to be weak, and with the key China market saddled with high inventory of the material
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Asia's naphtha prices are likely to remain buoyant in response to tightening supply and firm demand in the region
Focus: Impact from China PDH start-ups seen kicking in from H2 2014
The impact of new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) units in China on the Asia's propylene market may kick in from the second half of 2014 as operations take time to stabilise and amid tight supply in northeast Asia next year
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Availability of low density polyethylene (LDPE) in the Middle East has been tightening as regional producers are allocating more volumes to China, where prices of the polymer are higher
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Don't put me in a hospital for saying this, but I think this is the one surface on which her game continued to improve through the late stages of her career, say '84- 88. After that 83' loss to Jordan, she was not really upset on grass courts at all until the day she retired. She lost two semis to someone lower seeded. One to Mandlikova in Wimbledon 86, and to Sukova in Eastborne in '88. Neither is properly viewed as an upset on grass. If you view it that way, she did better on grass than hard courts, carpet or clay!
Physically she got faster and stronger. She got more pop on her serve and any net shyness from her early and mid career wore off. Her relative lack of patience for long rallies with younger baseliners, made her more bold off the ground. It did not necessarily show itself in results, because she kept meeting that damn Czeck girl. but really, her game fit grass better and better until 88-89 than it did when she was winning Wimbledon.
I not only agree with you but recall an article pre wimbledon 1989 which said exactly that (it may have been the wimbledon programme - i have it somewhere & will dig it out) Evert 's best chances were on grass in a grand slam as she handled the surface so much better than most other players & for all the reasons you've listed.
Shes the most competitive athlete Ive ever played against, without any question.-BJK on Evert, 1987
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Archive for the 'Exhibitions' Category
March 5th, 2013
Here Are The Highlights From World Tennis Day (Nadal, Djokovic Included) [Video]
Here are the highlights from the World Tennis Day celebration.
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 9:36 am in Exhibitions, Videos | 56 Comments »
March 4th, 2013
Novak Djokovic Sits Courtside At LA Laker Game, Meets Kobe Bryant
Novak Djokovic was at the LA Laker game on Sunday where he met NBA stars Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard.
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March 4th, 2013
Juan Martin Del Potro Rings NASDAQ Opening Bell, Apple Stock Sinks To New 52-Week Low
Juan Martin Del Potro was on hand this morning in New York City to ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell.
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March 4th, 2013
World Tennis Day Is Upon Us, Here's What On Tap
The Inaugural World Tennis Day will be celebrated Monday, March 4. That's today!
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January 3rd, 2013
Murray Needs Three In Debut At Brisbane, Serena Stomps Stephens, Gets Azarenka Tonight; Tomic In Tune
Serena continues to win while Andy Murray struggled in his debut.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:54 am in Brisbane, Doha, Exhibitions | 49 Comments »
December 31st, 2012
Novak Djokovic Is OK After Scary Autograph Mishap [Video]
Novak Djokovic survived an injury scare while signing autographs at the Hopman Cup.
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December 28th, 2012
Novak Djokovic: I'm Already Surprised By Where My Game Is At
It's just an exhibition to the start the year, but Novak Djokovic is already making a statement that he is in mid-season form. After trouncing David Ferrer 60, 63 to reach the Abu Dhabi final, the world No. 1 declared he's surprised by his level of play. "The way I was playing in the three [...]
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December 25th, 2012
Stomach Virus Forces Rafael Nadal Out Of Abu Dhabi
Rafael Nadal will have to wait just a little longer to make his long-awaiting return to pro tennis.
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December 11th, 2012
Roger Federer Has A Laugh Watching Wozniacki Imitate Serena In Sao Paulo [Video]
Caroline Wozniacki draws a smile from Roger Federer after imitating Serena Williams.
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December 2nd, 2012
Roger Federer's South American Exhibition Schedule
Roger Federer upcoming South American exhibition schedule.
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Cummings: Fight ahead for federal pay raise
Wednesday - 1/11/2012, 11:29am EST
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are promising to protect federal workforce pay and benefits. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the committee, said that his party has a fight on its hands if it hopes to deliver on President Barack Obama's promised 0.5 percent pay increase for federal employees.
"What we've found over the past two years is that the Republicans have been bashing federal employees, and they're going to do everything in their power to make sure they don't get that modest, 0.5 percent increase after suffering two years of no pay raises," Cummings told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin Wednesday morning. "So, we're just going to have to fight it tooth and nail."
According to Cummings, not only is the GOP's goal to block pay increases for federal employees, they're also trying to cut the number of federal jobs.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)(AP Photo)
"All that does is do harm to your federal workforce," he said. "Who wants to then come and work for the federal government? We also find that people are leaving because they see that they're not treated properly and they're bashed every day."
"We get these false statements that federal employees are making more money than the private sector," Cummings said. "I don't know what federal employees they're talking about. I know the ones in my office aren't."
One of the things that Cummings and his colleagues have noticed is that when federal employees are eliminated and their jobs are subsequently filled with private contractors, those contractors are costing the federal government far more money.
"Just because we reduce on the size of the federal employees does not mean that you don't increase your cost," Cummings said. "In many instances, surveys have shown that the federal employee does a far more effective and efficient job than the person who's contracted to do the job."
Postal reform promises to be a big issue for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2012. "By the end of the year, [USPS] will have run out of money if we don't do something as soon as possible," Cummings said.
He pointed to the Postal Service's reducing its 700,000-plus workforce by 100,000 over the last several years as a positive effort.
"Still, Chairman [Darrell] Issa (R-Calif.), as we are about to address the postal issues, is saying that he wants to make sure that over 130,000 of them are let go without any kind of benefits exiting package," Cummings said. "He wants some kind of control board to abrogate all of the union rights of these folks."
Federal News Radio's request for comment from Issa was not immediately returned.
Eighty percent of USPS expenses are in employee expenses. To reduce USPS staff, Democrats have put forward their own proposal to allow postal employees to use money that they overpaid in retirement benefits to pay for early retirement.
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Deputies said he may have a broken leg.
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Kitty just got my photos and I can't thank you enough. You did such a good job shipping them and keeping them straight. Thank you!
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Didn't get in on this, but kitty you are awesome for constantly doing stuff like this! so cool.
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Got mine today - looks great. Thanks to Kitty!!!!
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I said "You've just answered your own question son."
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Ulteo Partners with Microsoft to Further Integrate the Open Virtual Desktop into Windows
Open source startup selected for Initiative for the Economic Development of the Software publishers and Start-up by MS France.
Ulteo announced a partnership with Microsoft France to further integrate the open source Open Virtual Desktop into Windows environments. The OVD allows end users to publish Linux or Windows business applications from virtual environment, rather than install the applications (and therefore the operating system) onto a local machine.
Microsoft has given Ulteo access to proprietary products such as Sharepoint, Microsoft HyperV, App-V and Azure. Ulteo is using this access to create more remote access options for IT departments to build around. In addition to customer servers and data centers, remote access via the cloud will soon be a viable option for the OVD.
Version 2.0 of the Open Virtual Desktop is available now with 2.5 in beta. More information can be found at ulteo.com.
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The Return of the Giant NYC Dance Club
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July 4, 1976 Was a Ramones-less Weekend in NYC
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LIVE REVIEW: Karen O at McKittrick Hotel
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Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album
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Meet Lady Casa, America's Most Famous Raver
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Ridiculous Kanye West-isms, In Illustrated Form
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Casting Martin Scorsese's New Ramones Movie
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Dancer in the Dark is ostensibly about an oppressed factory worker named Selma (played by Björk), who is going blind and who is saving every hard-earned penny to buy an operation for her son in order to save him from this congenital condition. Her money is stolen by a loathsome cop who has pretended to be her friend, who then weirdly (unbelievably, you might say) insists that she shoot him. She complies, then gives the money to the eye surgeon, is betrayed, caught, and executed. Meanwhile, in her fantasies, everyone sings and dances.
Like von Trier's previous Breaking the Waves, this is the story of transfiguring agony experienced by a childlike innocent. In the earlier film, the heroine's masochistic sexual sacrifice, supposedly made to save her husband, makes emotional sense because of the intense mystical relationship von Trier built between the two characters. But in Dancer, he has Selma sacrificing herself for her child, and yet the child barely exists. She appears more involved with her imaginary musicals and seems absolutely indifferent to her son's emotional well-being. Neither the devotion of her friends nor the malevolent selfishness of the cop quite makes sense, at least as they are portrayed. However, in a deeper, stranger sense, Dancer is the more powerful film, its real force being an undercurrent that has only a refracted relationship to the supposed story. That force is derived not from the story of sacrifice, but from an ecstatic spiritual underpinning that is about the transcendence of "character" and "plot."
This is where von Trier's genius shows itself: In making music so important in the film, and in choosing a pop singer with a forceful, otherworldly persona to be his star, he seems to understand that his irrational, ecstatic theme is better served by voice and sound than by story. In this light the musical sequences are not just charming, innocent delusions; they are there to show that under the "story" of these lives there is a broader reality in which people who are deadly serious enemies or dear friends are merely playing roles almost for the sake of the soul's exercise. Further, these roles are in fact flimsy and can be stepped out of for transcendent moments that expose human personality as a mask and human action, whether compassionate or cruel, as a kind of ridiculous theater. (For example, after Selma shoots the cop, he gets up off the floor and they sing together; he understands that she merely, as the lyrics say, did what [she] had to do.) In these terms, Selma is not an innocent, she is a blind "seer" who understands all this through music in a way that the people around her do not. As a story, the movie fails this material because, if it is about the illusion of "character" and "plot" in human life, then paradoxically its own plot and characters need to be highly developed and believable illusions, not hastily constructed cutouts. But "I've Seen It All" very nearly redeems this failure, almost making the film and the soundtrack into a hybrid art form, and hinting at a way of creating stories through different mediasomething like what people used to talk about when CD-ROM first came into existence.
In the movie, the song is sung by Selma and a man with a hopeless crush on her who has realized she is going blind and confronted her with it. He pleads with her to get an operation to restore her sight, and she says she has no need to see anymore. They are on a train track when a train roars by; suddenly they are on the train itself, singing as they speed past domestic tableaux, while rail workers do balletic routines. It is essentially a love song of renunciation and it is unbelievably tender: The man keeps holding up all the things she will miss seeing, and she answers with what she has seen. "You've never been to Niagara Falls?" "I've seen waterit's water, that's all." It's about outer abundanceall the great stuff like Niagaraversus the inner abundance that comes from being able to see what's right before you. The song opens and contracts; smallness becomes bigness, the man's idea of big becomes small, and then you can't tell which is which.
On the album, the actor is replaced by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, and he and Björk share the roles so that sometimes it is she who interrogates him. (That makes sense in the song because it doesn't matter which character is answering or asking, it is the exultant feel of expansion and contraction, of acknowledgment and release.) Without the visual aspect, the song is stripped down and childishly simple, with Seuss-like lyrics and a monotonous industrial backbeat. It is also lush, expansive, emotionally complex. Björk's voice goes from crumpled, nearly retarded, to wide and powerful as a highway to heaven. Yorke's voice, sometimes rhetorically sentimental yet giving full honor to the tenderness of sentiment, has never been more beautiful or nuanced. He can also sound like a righteous therapist: When she asks, in the voice of a pinched imp, "What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?" he answers, "All walls are great if your roof doesn't fall," and he seems nearly too pleased with this bit of wisdom. But the stuck-up part is tonally cut with a gentleness that gets fully expressed on that last word, "fall." When he asks, "Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?" his voice describes sorrow and tenderness in so many shades you can't parse it. And so she answers with a singsong insouciance that is almost bratty: "To be honest, I really don't care." And then the music opens out like sky, full of feeling, and Björk's voice opens even more, in an electric combination of pain and joybecausealmost any woman would care. Her joy is that of a person with so little joy in her life that she's been forced to find it where she can, and both singers understand this: "I've seen it all, I've seen the dark, I've seen the brightness in one little spark." Yorke and Björk sing this line in a duet, West Side Story style, and together they give reality to lyrics that, taken strictly at face value, could be New Age treacle.
In fact, I've quoted the lyrics here mainly to locate particular emotional shifts in the song; it's the voices and music, not the lyrics, that mark these shifts most effectively. It's the voices and music that convey the mystery, the transient changeability of human feeling, better than the movie. The song creates a sense of beauty and abundance that the struggling movie characters, with their small lives, would not seem entitled to, yet which they can not only possess through the strength of their inner abundance, but which they can also refuse. Because the song itself is finally a refusal, one that acknowledges the transient beauty of all that it refusesholding it, and then letting it go with even greater fullness.
It's also, more simply, a powerful example of what's populist in "pop"its gorgeous ordinariness. "I've Seen It All" is a passionate evocation of what is great in ordinary people, with their crummy jobs and fantasies, people who are not even supposed to "have a life." When I interviewed Radiohead some time ago, bassist Ed O'Brien gave me a talking to about how pop songs are just like snapshots meant to be thrown away the next day. That is very true. But in the sense suggested by "I've Seen It All," that is also true of everything human. And I mean that in a good way.
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Weak foundation resulted in structure collapse, say officials
The three houses that came down on Monday morning and the other houses abutting the storm water drain in Okalipuram have all been labelled as encroachments by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). However, the residents rubbish the BBMP's claim insisting they have the requisite documents.
Satish Nataraj told The Hindu they have been living in the area, behind the Muddaiah Silk Factory, since 1973. "We were earlier in Swatantrapalya. Our houses were acquired for the construction of a public toilet. The then councillor Balasundaram asked us to build our houses here. We have ration cards, electoral photo identity cards and even Aadhaar cards now," he said.
Another resident, A. Selvaraj, said that their family, after moving to the area, had even paid tax to the corporation, displaying a photocopy of the receipt. The receipt for Rs. 39 tax amount in 1973 was issued by the erstwhile Bangalore City Corporation. He, however, did not produce any documents to prove that tax had been paid thereafter.
'No documents'
BBMP officials said the houses were all encroachments and their owners had no property documents to prove their ownership. They told The Hindu on condition of anonymity that weak foundations had ended in structure collapse. The buildings stood over the already weakened retaining wall of the major storm water drain of the Vrishabhavati Valley.
An official said the masonry of the retaining wall was at least 50 years old. It had become weak due to exposure to the elements over the years and due to the chemical reactions from the sewage let into the storm water drain. "Work on reconstruction and strengthening of the retaining wall was taken up because it had weakened. In some places, the stones have come away. We are strengthening it with cement."
The official pointed to the Shakti Ganapathi Temple standing on a dilapidated section of the wall, indicating its precarious position. The footbridge connecting two bylanes over the drain was also in a bad shape. "We want to bring down those structures as well, as they are accidents waiting to happen. But residents are opposed to this."
Work taken up
Emergency works on remodelling of the drain that flows from Sankey Tank to Vrishabhavati Valley has been taken up at Rs.1.2 crore. The BBMP officials claimed that the work was taken up only 15 days ago, while the residents said it was going on for the past two months.
Title deeds
Meanwhile, Gandhinagar MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao said that most residents there have been given hakku patras (title deeds). "Only six houses were left out. The file regarding issuing hakku patras to them is currently with the BBMP Commissioner." He added that once the Commissioner approves the proposal, the residents who have now been rendered homeless will be sanctioned homes under some housing scheme.
Keywords: Okalipuram building collapse, Bangalore building collapse, encroachments, BBMP, Vrishabhavathi drain


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Son of LSU's Miles throws no-hitter in prep tourney
MAY 11, 2013 8:07p ET
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This is the second HORRORFEST film I saw, this time during the 'Encore
Nights', (the other was UNREST). I already knew what to expect from
having seen the previews on the website, so in spite of the presence of
one of my favorite B-movie actors, Tcheky Karyo, and the fact that I am
a rabid PRISON BREAK fan, (so you know when Dominic Purcell popped up,
I was already breaking out the credit card at MovieTickets.com), I
didn't go in with extremely high expectations. I expected to see
something probably at about the "Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie" level.
However, I was surprised that THE GRAVEDANCERS does climb a few notches
above that, thanks to some nifty special effects, better than your
average low-budget horror indie.
The story reaches back into the past to dig up a few good scares, culling from such classics as 13 GHOSTS and THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, then going a bit further with scenes that are very similar to parts of THE ENTITY, THE CHANGELING, THE EXORCIST and the EVIL DEAD movies. There's even a nod or two here to Italian horror by directors like Argento and Fulci, only with the gore factor toned WAY down.
Three college friends: Harris McKay (Purcell), Sid Vance (Marcus Thomas) and Harris's old flame, Kira (Josie Maran) have all gathered for the funeral of a fourth buddy from the 'old days'. Sid urges the group to return to the cemetery after the funeral to give their compadre a more informal farewell. When Sid finds a mysterious card on their friend's grave, he reads the poem inside aloud, something which exhorts them to celebrate their friend's life - not by mourning, but by dancing - which they do after way too much cheap booze...on some surrounding graves.
Two weeks afterward, the crap hits the fan. Harris's wife, Allison (Clare Kramer) starts seeing things and hearing strange noises in their house. The sightings and the things going 'bump' in the night (AND in the daytime!) start to intensify, and it's then that Harris and Allison discover that they're not alone...Weird things are happening with Kira and Sid, too, and Kira suffers the worst of it (you'll have to see how - it's one of the movie's creepier scenes.)
Two parapsychologists come to the group's aid from the local university: Vincent (Karyo) and his assistant, Culpepper (Meghan Perry). But when they finally diagnose the hauntings, the news isn't good. The card Sid found was a reworked version of a gravedancing curse that really pisses off the spirits of those whose graves were desecrated, and within a month's time, the culprits will be "laid to their rest" by the avenging spirits. The remainder of THE GRAVEDANCERS chronicles how the group attempts to break the curse before it's too late for all of them.
I am willing to give any low-budget movie credit for at least trying to entertain, and this one really does go for it. Brad Keene and Chris Skinner's script is hardly the most original tale in the world, but it does take elements of horror, usually done as really bad clichés, and tries to put a brand new spin on them. I certainly find that commendable, at a time when flayed skin and shredded body parts are what's passing for plotting in most horror films these days.
Mike Mendez certainly does know his scary movies, because I could see some of the more "obvious" scares coming from a mile off. But that's just me. People who don't usually patronize this genre will probably have a lot of frightful fun. There are a couple of 'jumps' here and there that people will call cheap scares, but is n't that what horror movies used to be about? Suspense, atmosphere and a couple of freak-out scenes that might make you wet yourself a little?
Also: the mix of digital and practical effects for the ghosts were as unsettling as they needed to be. One scene where Harris is in bed with his "assigned" evil spirit is very effective. And the major scene in the third act where everything goes to hell is as well-done as I hoped it would be, though the digital effects here were probably a little too much.
Acting-wise, Purcell looks as sturdy and square-jawed as the horror hero should be, and the rest of the cast is about 'okay'. The standouts, though, are Kramer as Allison, who looks appropriately terrified, and Tcheky Karyo, who has precision scene-stealing down to a science.
I had to laugh at some comments about "Scooby-Doo" here, because I couldn't help but think about Meghan Perry's uncanny resemblance to Velma. Not to mention Sid-as-'Shaggy' and Harris as...okay, okay, I won't go there.
So THE GRAVEDANCERS isn't the movie that fits the HORRORFEST over-hype, either, but when it's available for DVD rental, or if it pops up on the Sci-Fi Channel on a lazy Saturday afternoon, I think I'd give it another whirl. Beats watching people rip out their own clavicles in SAW 3...
I would give this rating a negative 5, but only can go as low as a one.
The acting in this flick was so bad, it was down right hilarious.
The plot could have been so much more creative, and the special effects were funny as the devil.
I suppose 12 year old would really find this flick scary. Unfortunately, it came with phony over ratings and in fact wasn't really worth making.
I regret to say, show this at a party of 11-12 year old, they will delight in it. Also I suppose people with severe to moderate brain damage might enjoy it.
Its a dud.
I just watched this movie and had to write this because of some other
comments that were posted here; someone even called this movie "best
horror flick recently" or something like that...
I couldn't agree less! This movie is just stupid, not scary, filled with plot holes in the already cliché-seen it a hundred times-wannabe-horror plot. Acting, continuity, gags, thrill effects - nothing worked out in this movie. May it be that it is a matter of taste whether you like or dislike this movie, but i read an awful lot of comments here about this movie that i think really treated it way to good.
You can say as positive aspects that considering the obviously low budget of the movie the cinematography and some visual effects are quite OK, but this couldn't save the rest for me...I can just say; you are not missing anything not watching this flick!
Even the director himself admits that his movie wasn't that
greatsometimes he even compares it to a joke. I'm here to say it
outright sucked, even for an indie film.
The opening scene was solid and probably the best scene in the movie. After that, you're thrust into cliché after cliché. It reminded me of those old kid's books/mini-movies, Goosebumps, but without the solid plot structure. Honestly, some of them have better plotting and stories than this. This is nothing but pure traditional horror than your grandparents enjoyed, but it isn't scary or have any true horror to it.
I respect and like the director after hearing his commentary. And it would be a lie to say there aren't some nifty death/scare scenes. But the story and the flow suck, even for amateur filmmakers. Look up Mike Mendez when he makes his next movieavoid this one with your life unless it's free to watch on TV.
Saw the premiere at Tribeca. Was really hoping to love it. Forgave the first onslaught of horror clichés, writing them off as elements of horror movie tradition, but as they wore endlessly on, so did my patience. The director (Mike Mendez) should be praised for doing what he could with an abominable script, mediocre actors, and laughable makeup & effects. The atmosphere was genuinely creepy and the photography very good. However, Mendez overused the clichéd "Creepy music building to a benign startle" and "Eerie silence punctuated by loud startling noise" ad nauseum. Get a new gimmick. Overall, I would be excited to see what Mendez would do with a better script and cast, a larger budget, and the confidence to rely on atmosphere and story rather than cheap scares.
Mike Mendez directs this supernatural horror that manages to be a great
mix of the darkly humorous with the deadly serious and the clichéd with
the fresh.
The story is a pretty simple one; three friends (Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran and Marcus Thomas) let their hair down after the funeral of another friend of theirs. The night ends with them dancing on some graves and making themselves the focus of attention for some very angry spirits. Some mildly spooky behaviour soon escalates and the trio find out that they only have a limited timeframe in which to fix things before they are dragged off by the angry spirits. Can a couple of paranormal investigators (played by Tchéky Karyo and Megahn Perry) help? Is there anything that can undo the damage that has been done?
Providing a great mix of low-key spookiness with some nice jump scares and creepy imagery, The Gravedancers is one of the better "little" horror movies you could treat yourself to watching. The acting is all okay, if nothing special, and the effects are very well done, for the most part. There are a few twists and turns here and there but, by and large, this is a straightforward thrill-ride. Yes, there are moments when it comes very close to being impossible to swallow but it just, somehow, manages to keep you onside and involved with the plight of the characters so that you're too busy wanting to see someone get saved than wondering just how far-fetched it's all getting.
I'd like to see more from Mike Mendez. On the basis of this movie, he knows how the genre works and makes the most out of the little moments of unease in between the big scares. Which is a major asset for anyone making horror, in my book.
See this if you like: Flatliners, Night Of The Demon, Drag Me To Hell.
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The movie fails twice: mediocre story,poor acting,awful directing relying on horrible (and non-scary) special effects.The movie hits rock bottom when they hire ghost busters (from a famous university of course),one of them is the unfortunate Tcheky Karyo in what is perhaps the worst part of his career;he is abetted by a bubble head assistant (collaborator,she says)."The night of the living dead" has still no contenders in this field.
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Mike Mendez has the talent to direct a really great horror film. However, Gravedancers is not it. Gravedancers is not a bad flick. Actually, it's one of the better films from the first After Dark Horrorfest. But it's just silly enough to keep it from reaching the "classic" echelon. The plot follows a group of old college friends who gather to attend a funeral for one of their own. They drink a little alcohol to celebrate their fallen compadre and pretty soon are dancing on graves; hence the title. The ghosts of said graves aren't particularly impressed with their dance skills and decide to haunt them and make their lives a living hell until the next full moon. It sounds a little wacky, no? It is, and it hurts the film. It straddles the line between cheesy and terrifying a little too much often tipping the scales into the cheesy territory. But when's it's terrifying, MAN! Mendez packs a genuine thrill into the scares. There are a couple of scenes that rivaled Exorcist III on the jump scale. For that alone I have to recommend you give this a look. Just remember I warned you about the goofy parts and you will probably enjoy Gravedancers. For the next, drop the comedy Mendez.
Wow! I get to see Tchéky Karyo (The Patriot) two days in a row. I just
watched him with Nick Nolte in The Good Thief, and now here he is as a
ghost hunter (yeah, right) with a beautiful assistant Megahn Perry.
But, they come in later.
First, there is the grave dancing - and grave pissing. I am sure everyone has at least thought about pissing or dancing on someone's grave. Well, you might want to rethink that after seeing this film, especially if you are the type that watches "Ghost Hunters" on TV. Hee Hee.
After doing the drunken deeds, our heroes: Dominic Purcell (Primeval, Equilibrium), Josie Maran (Van Helsing) and Marcus Thomas (Edmond), are getting their reward - crazed spirits after them.
This spooky film has it all: creaky sound, apparitions, super special effects, blood and gore, and perversion in what i would call a traditional horror film. There is enough to keep your interest throughout, and certainly enough to keep you jumping out of your seat.
And, hey, I wonder who did the casting here as I see a couple of more people from The Patriot?
Gravedancers is one of those films that just plays fun. While watching it you think how much fun the makers must have had cause the gleeful way in which it plays out suggests that. essentially, three friends dance on some graves during a drunken night of mourning a recently deceased friend. Of course, this being a horror film they get more than they bargained for since a curse is laid on them and the spirits of the occupants of the three graves come back for revenge. The cast is uniformly strong, especially Tcheky Karyo and Clare Kramer. The FX are strong, although they are used sparingly and effectively. The climax is a nod to Evil Dead II and cements the old school style of the film. All in all, a fun fright flick.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - An organization of mostly displaced white farmers in Zimbabwe said Thursday upcoming harvests of the corn staple are forecast to decline by tens of thousands of tons despite recent good rains and the nation's troubled economy will again rely on costly food imports and donor handouts.
The Commercial Farmers Union on Thursday said production in the former regional breadbasket remains in turmoil. It said blacks resettled on formerly white-owned farms seized since 2000 are "in dire straits" because they don't have necessary finance.
Union head Charles Taffs said collapsing rural infrastructure may be helped by a new, financial recovery plan by ex-farmers who don't expect to regain their seized farms.
Latest annual corn production is estimated at 833,000 tons, down by 60,000 tons from last year, compared to more than 2 million tons harvested in 2000.
The collapse of the rural economy is causing mass migration to already stressed towns and cities, he said.
Farm dam walls have not been maintained, fencing has been uprooted and conservation laws are being openly disregarded with drastic environmental consequences, Taffs told reporters.
Taffs said his organization has drawn up a broad recovery program to restore the value of land against which loans could be obtained by the new farmers and former owners would provide support and advice drawn from long years of experience in farming.
"People are starving in this country. It is time to act. We can't wait any longer," Taffs said.
The farmers' proposals call for foreign funding for an issue of bonds to pay compensation to farmers who lost their land and the creation of a Land Bank where the bonds, redeemable later, and title deeds would be deposited and made available as capital for new farmers to restart derelict properties and `'reenergize the land market."
If that happened and farming got back on its feet on a commercial basis, the ex-owners would have a viable investment in bonds with returns comparable to any good investment worldwide, Taffs said.
"It won't cost the government anything. It will be a minimum burden to donors. The benefits will be immediate and immense. If it's in place before the planting season, we could be self-sufficient in food again within a year," he said.
The organization says less than 400 of its 4,500 white farmer members in 2000 are still on the land, half of them are actively farming and just 10 are still farming on the commercial scale they were in 2000.
"Our sector has been really been taken down. The new farmers have access to the land but no access to assistance," he said.
Taffs said the farmers did not envisage getting their land back. Some had died penniless since the often violent land seizures began in what President Robert Mugabe insisted was a program to reform imbalances in colonial-era ownership of prime land by whites, mostly the descendants of British and South African settlers.
"We don't want to turn the clock back. We want to go forward in a pragmatic manner. What is lost has to be monetized and put back into the economy to ensure a bright future for the people through the successful completion of the land reform program," he said.
Experts from 50 nations, many from Africa, and officials of international financial institutions helped draw up the recovery plan unveiled Thursday.
After years of meltdown since the collapse of the agriculture-based economy, Mugabe's party says there's no cash to pay out displaced white farmers. In the past, it acknowledged the need compensate former owners for buildings and improvements on the land. Many of the best former white farms were given to Mugabe loyalists and cronies and now lie idle.
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"It's a win-win for everyone. I think there's been a real shift in the government position. We still need broad acceptance of the program but I think we are closer to a solution than we have ever been," Taffs said.
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The two of us paddling can easily cruise at 3+ mph which is impressive for an inflatable. Our fiberglass kayak was not even a full 1-mph faster when cruising (which is most of the time). Top speed (all out) on the fiberglass was about 1.5mph faster. So this one does have it's limit but 3+ mph cruising is fantastic for an inflatable.
If you want the very best handling, fastest lake or sea kayak this is the one you buy. We think the 15' size is best for two full sized adults. It's comfortable and floats nice and high. We are glad we did not get the 12'.
We also like the inflatable seats because you sit up a little higher. I highly recommend this boat. If you want a deep, high capacity, cargo inflatable canoe get a Kaboat. If you just want to paddle and explore get one of these. We have both.
I've had several inflatable boats, kayaks, and hard shell kayaks since 1984. This one is way up there on our list of favorites.
They finally figured out inflatable kayaks.
Comparing times of hauling out the hard shell kayak, mounting it on top of the car, and then taking it down, the SeaEagle wins hands down in time use. Another aspect to the Sea Eagle that I could not find in similar hard shell kayaks was a weight capacity of 795 lbs. You can pack your whole house in this thing.
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Planning on building a small bouldering wall in my basement this summer. Trying to decide how big i want the wall and which pack of holds i should buy. What is a good number for holds per square foot? I was thinking about 1 hold per sq ft. So thats would be a 30 pack per sheet of ply wood. Is this accurate? What do you guys think?
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One hold per square foot should be more than awesome, if it feels sparse you can always fill in with some foot jibs. I would just go to you local gym and see what they do; unless you're making a systems wall, in which case you're going to want a specialized hold pack.
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Relying on young voters is a risk for Obama (as it was for Kerry) given their uncertain turnout. What's essential, then, is his ability to battle McCain to a standstill among over-30s, a group Kerry lost by 7 points. And that has much to do with the economy.
Among all registered voters, 53 percent call the economy the single most important issue in their vote, much like the national figure, with all other answers in the single digits. And among likely voters, those focused on the economy favor Obama by 61-34 percent; among those who name any other issue, McCain leads, 57-38 percent.
Eighty-six percent of registered voters in Ohio are worried about the economy's direction, and 70 percent are worried about their own families' finances -- two more groups in which Obama has broad advantages. His lead peaks among those who are "very" worried, and that high-level worry is strongest in the important northeast region.
Economic worry at the personal, household level also peaks, naturally, among lower-income Ohioans. And notably, Obama holds a 10-point edge among working-class whites in the state, those with household incomes under $50,000 a year.
Obama's trouble connecting with working-class whites helped Hillary Clinton beat him in the Ohio primary. But now, among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who'd preferred Clinton for the nomination, 82 percent prefer Obama to McCain. That's 10 points better than Obama's support among Clinton Democrats nationally.
There's another way in which the economy throws its weight in vote preferences: Ohioans divide closely on whether they care more about the candidates' personal qualities or their positions on the issues. Among likely voters more focused on personal qualities, McCain has a 62-34 percent lead. But among those more concerned with the issues -- the economy chief among them -- it's 65-30 percent for Obama.
Ohio isn't the only state where economic concern is boosting Obama. The same effect has appeared in national ABC/Post polls since Sept. 22, in an ABC/Post Virginia poll Sept. 21, and in a variety of state polls from other sources.
Head-to-head on issues, in this survey Obama leads McCain by 13 points, 52-39 percent, in trust to handle the economy, and by similar margins on creating jobs and in trust to handle taxes, a point of sharp contention between them. They're even in trust to handle a major crisis, and McCain's usual edges in trust to handle terrorism and the Iraq war are single-digit margins here. Obama's +8 on energy policy.
Personal attributes also differentiate the two. Obama connects especially in trust to bring needed change to Washington, a 2-1 lead over McCain; and in better understanding the economic problems people are having -- potentially an essential point given the level of concern, and a 53-35 percent Obama advantage, again much like the national figure.
Obama also has an 8-point edge as the stronger leader; and the two run closer -- about evenly -- on who better "shares your values," an opening for McCain.
McCain's best line of attack continues to be Obama's experience; while 52 percent of registered voters say he has the kind of experience it takes to serve effectively as president, a very substantial 46 percent say he does not. That result more than anything explains why Obama's advantage on the economy and other issues and attributes doesn't translate into a bigger lead over McCain in vote preference.


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'The Pearl' dome house - passive solar design with a touch of high-tech
By Gizmag Team
March 16, 2011
Like its stablemate the Domespace house, David Fanchon's eco-friendly design is aimed at maximizing passive solar energy – though unlike the Domespace there's no rotating option. Dubbed "The Pearl," the standout features of the elegant domed structure are its integrated solar panels which can be adjusted to different angles to provide additional shade and optimize energy collection through the changing seasons.
The pictures tell the story of the way in which The Pearl takes advantage of passive solar principles. Large south-facing (or north-facing if you reside below the equator) bay windows fitted with an automated venting system soak up the winter sun and allow light to enter every room, while the white steel roof reflects the sun in summer.
Some additional energy saving options are not as apparent from the designs – the roofing shell can be insulated with a layer of air and cork beads (>R28), external walls are made of 12" thick compressed straw and the design can incorporate geothermal and wood pellet fed heating systems. There's also a rain water storage tank located at the base of the northern pedestal.
The aerodynamic dome shape delivers protection from high winds and wild weather and the arch shape also provides resistance to earthquakes.
The timber is FSC certified and the interior layout is fully customizable – the trick would be to make sure your property's best views lay to the south so you can make the most of the full 180 degree view from the main living area.
More info at the Solaleya site.
From the top-down view, you will note that there is still a lot of direct sunlight heating in the main room... This thing has the potential to be a greenhouse in the Summer. That looks like a computer graphic, and the \"real\" photo looks like the solar panels may extend a bit further forward, blocking more direct sunlight than the graphic alludes.
Otherwise, a pleasant looking beach vacation home.Matt Rings
Very much like a design from Jacque Fresco from The Venus Project. Check it out!... thevenusproject.comGeorgina Quiñones
Still nothing compared to the monolithic dome structures of Monolithic.com
Nice variation in design though. Could be useful in non-earthquake, tornado and hurricane zones of the world.Facebook User


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Narayana moves resolution to sail with TDP at party's State executive
CPI may seek at least 25 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats in the ensuing polls
Party demands government to roll back the price of petrol and diesel
HYDERABAD: The CPI is likely to formally announce its decision to align with the Telugu Desam Party in the next elections on Monday.
CPI State secretary K. Narayana moved a resolution on the decision to sail with the TDP during the party's State executive meeting here on Sunday.
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The resolution comes in the light of CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan's insistence that the decision on the alliance would be based on the national perspective besides ensuring that Left unity was maintained.
Mr. Bardhan is learnt to have explained to the State committee that aligning with the TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu would work to the advantage of the Left parties.
The CPI has reportedly decided to seek at least 25 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats as part of the alliance. The CPI adopted another resolution demanding the government to roll back the price of petrol by Rs. 15 a litre and diesel by Rs. 10 in the light of the significant drop in crude oil prices in the international markets. It would stage demonstrations on November 27 in support of its demand.
CPI (M) to hold talks
Meanwhile, CPI (M) State secretary B.V. Raghavulu told reporters that the two parties would hold discussions with other parties after a joint announcement was made on their stand on alliances. Replying to a query on the TRS which made overtures to align with the Left, he said: "Defeating the Congress continues to be on the top of our agenda and it is for TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao to clarify whether he had changed his stand."
Meanwhile, the CPI (M) State committee, at a meeting of its executive, demanded that the government declare the mandals that received low rainfall as drought mandals and pay compensation to farmers who suffered crop losses.


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Hostel Safari - Cuiaba
Setting simple, comfortable and homey, making your stay as pleasant as possible and doing what you, you feel at home, family style townhouse located in downtown cuiaba with tourist information in Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish.
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