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thanks for the info. I'll definately give 9 gigs a shot for the next one I rip. (probably the Life series)
And do an A/B Comparison between the disk and the rip.
Next question... both my 1TB drives will be full tomorrow and I'm probably not even half way done!!
I'm looking at 2 TB drives and the black caviar is honestly too expensive for pure data storage IMO. I've read that the WD green's have the "head parking" that can cause premature drive failure and/or skipping during video playback.
The Samsung F3 2Tb drive has a lot of favorable reviews and I recall that the F1 and F2 both also had excellent reviews. It's also pretty fairly priced.
Be careful with 2 terrabyte drives. I have 2 hitachi drives and I had to RMA twice to get one of them to work. (
) I don't know about the other drives that much. Don't get performance drives just something stable.
If you want to ensure perfect 1080p I would encode at maybe 11 or 12 gigs and allow the audio to encode as well. I would probably stick with dvd 9 size, but depending on enthusiast in you you will need to experiment a lot to find your perfect medium. Mine was 4 gigs at 720p. It takes a long time to fill up 4 terrabytes with that.
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Schwarzenegger pushes local governments on climate
DAVIS, Calif. In the year since an attempt for a global climate-change treaty failed, California has been trying a different strategy to reduce greenhouse gases.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing state and regional governments around the world to act, saying the effort must be led locally in the absence of national and international momentum.
The outgoing Republican governor on Monday kicked off his third and final California climate summit at the University of California, Davis, just outside Sacramento.
Schwarzenegger is hoping states and provinces from more than 20 countries will launch their own program to secure financing for carbon-cutting projects in industrialized and developing nations.
"I know that together we can usher in a new era and build a cleaner and brighter, more prosperous future. So, I say let's do it," Schwarzenegger told about 1,500 attendees from more than 80 countries.
Last December, countries participating in the United Nations climate talks in Denmark failed to agree on an international treaty that would have required them to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The pact that is expected to be signed Tuesday in California comes two weeks before the start of a U.N. climate summit in Mexico. Organizers of that event hope to reach a global finance agreement giving poor countries money to cope with the effects of rising temperatures and become more energy efficient.
But the talks leading to that meeting already have divided rich and developing nations over the issue of intellectual property rights. That doesn't bode well for making any binding cuts in greenhouse gases that many scientists say countries will need to effectively combat global warming.
In the U.S., where Republicans are taking control of the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama has abandoned legislation that would cap emissions through a carbon market. Republicans consider it a tax on business.
Instead, the Obama administration intends to bypass Congress and regulate greenhouse gases directly through federal agencies.
Schwarzenegger said the failures at the federal and international levels should not discourage local governments from adopting their own policies on climate change.
"I'm sure that many of you of course were discouraged and wondered what does it all mean for our environmental movement here," Schwarzenegger said about the failed talks in Copenhagen. "Is this vision of a clean-energy future just a fairy tale?"
The governor went on to say a "green revolution" is happening at the local level in places like Africa, Australia, China, Norway and the U.S.
While local and regional collaboration is applauded by scientists and environmental advocates, it's uncertain whether such a piecemeal approach can address the rise of greenhouse gases and temperatures being felt around the world.
"You can't solve this challenge with just 20 provinces or states taking action. We need 20, 50 countries taking action," said Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Ultimately we need an international agreement that moves all countries forward."
Still, the idea that California, other states and leaders of provinces in Morocco and France are moving forward with their own nonprofit financing program gives hope to Schmidt and others in the environmental community.

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Have had the HQ Adventure gear for 2 years non. Have to say that I am very happy with it. I live in Victoria, Australia, so we have quite a variance in weather 8 -mid 40's C temperature changes. So far the suit has survived the hot weather quite well. In saying that it still gets hot, but the venting works well, whilst moving. Like anything once stopped you heat up quickly. For summer riding and more off road, slow going I have gone to the Rally jacket. Bit lighter and more ability to open it up. The HQ gear handles the rain really well. Have ridden for hours in heavy rain and pulled up totally dry. Havent really had to use the warm liner in it, as havent really felt the need. Thing to look at is that the fit of the jacket is changed noticably with just the waterproof liner inserted. Feels quite snug.
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Pediatric Neurosurgeons to sponsor invitational meeting on Myelomeningocele
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The Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children's of Alabama is sponsoring and coordinating an invitational meeting of Pediatric Neurosurgeons and researchers in Myelomeningocele on September 10-13, 2014. The meeting will incorporate a process of critical review of the literature with the ultimate goal of developing evidence based guidelines for a child with a Myelomeningocele. The meeting is being spear headed by Dr. Jeffrey Blount and Dr. Jerry Oakes, professors of Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, September 10 followed by sessions on Thursday, September 11 and Friday, September 12. Sessions will include critical discussions and review of papers on Myelomeningocele surrounding a variety of topics (including acute/chronic management of hydrocephalus, in-utero surgery of MMC, management of the C2M and management of the tethered spinal cord). A concluding session on will be held Saturday, September 13 to summarize and lay the ground work for the next stage of the guidelines development process.
All UAB Department of Neurosurgery faculty and residents are invited.
Inquiries can be made to Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children's of Alabama by calling 205-638-9653.
UAB implants responsive neurostimulator for epilepsy seizure control
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UAB is the first medical center in the Southeast to implant a new type of electrical stimulator to control seizures in patients with epilepsy.
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On June 18, neurosurgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham implanted a new type of electrical stimulator to control seizures in patients with difficult-to-control epilepsy.
It marked the first time in the Southeast the RNS system by NeuroPace had been implanted since the device gained FDA approval in November 2013. The first patient was a 24-year-old woman from central Alabama.
RNS stands for responsive neurostimulation.
"It is designed to record patient's specific brain activity and recognize patterns that are associated with seizures," said Kristen Riley, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. "The RNS system then delivers stimulation in order to help modulate and control the seizures."
The system consists of electrodes attached by leads to a generator which can communicate with a computer. The generator is curved so that it can be placed within a patient's skull. It is a little bigger than a flash drive.
"We drill a trough for the device so that it is flush within the skull," said Riley. "There is not a raised area; it's basically hidden within the skull."
The electrodes are placed near the location in the brain where a patient's seizures are triggered. Jerzy Szaflarski, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurology and director of the UAB Epilepsy Center, says the RNS system can be customized for each individual patient so that it learns which patterns of brain activity lead to seizures in that patient. He says data from research studies dating back several years indicate that many patients will respond to the stimulation and have significant reduction in their seizures.
"This is not a treatment that will cure epilepsy," he said. "This is a treatment that will help control seizures in a very specific group of patients who are not otherwise candidates for surgery. I don't expect too many patients to become seizure-free; but if we can decrease their seizures by even half, we can make huge improvements in their lives."
The RNS system is for patients with severe seizures who do not respond to medications and are not candidates for surgery because the location of their seizure onset is at a sensitive part of the brain. It is also only for patients whose seizure onset can be traced to just one or two locations in the brain.
"We're very excited to offer this therapy to our patients who are not candidates for more traditional therapies for epilepsy," said Szaflarski. "We see multiple patients like that every year, and the RNS system could make a huge difference in the lives of those patients. There is already data to show that the quality of life of those patients has improved significantly with RNS."
For more information on the RNS system, contact the UAB Epilepsy Center or make an appointment via the Kirklin Clinic at 205-801-8986.
UAB Neurosurgery Residents Attend Advances in Brain Tumor Management Conference
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The Department of Neurosurgery residents recently attended the Advances in Brain Tumor Management Conference jointly sponsored by the Columbia University Department of Neurosurgery and the American Association of Surgeons. The Conference was held June 6, 2014 in New York.
Dr. Mark Hadley, UAB neurosurgeon, was one of the presenters at the conference. He spoke on "Perfusion Pressure Management in the Peri-operative Treatment of Spinal Cord Pathology".
The learning objectives of the conference were:
- Recognize CNS malignancies and other neurological diseases.
- Understand diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors and other neurological diseases.
- Discuss a multidisciplinary approach to treating brain tumors and other neurological diseases.
Coaches, Parents Offered Brain Injury Information at "Cutting Edge Concussion Summit" Conference
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Children's of Alabama was host to the inaugural "Cutting Edge Concussion Summit- Maintaining the Competitive Edge" on Friday, June 13, at 8 a.m. in its Bradley Lecture Center. The Summit attracted approximately 200 attendees.
The day-long conference was open to the public and hosted by UAB Sports Medicine at Children's in conjunction with the Wise Up! Initiative. The conference featured presentations geared to coaches, athletic trainers and parents. Sessions included Critical Changes in Concussion Culture, Epidemiology of Sports and Recreation-Related TBI, and a panel discussion on Prolonged Recovery from Concussion among others.
"The evolution of concussion legislation and best practice is ongoing," said Drew Ferguson, director of UAB Sports Medicine at Children's of Alabama. "It's imperative to understand how young athletes are affected by concussion symptoms in both the short term and the long term. The more parents, athletic trainers and coaches know about concussions, the safer our young athletes will be."
Speakers included former college and NFL players including John Parker Wilson, Chris Redman and Tyler Watts as well as representatives from the CDC, renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Jim Johnston and Alabama High School Athletic Association Director, Steve Savarese. Topics that were addressed included Return-to-Play and Return-to –Think legislature as well as helmet standards, diagnosis and management of concussions and establishing a multi-disciplinary concussion program. Joel Stitzel and Alex Powers from Wake Forest University presented their groundbreaking research on impact biomechanics of youth football.
Children's of Alabama has provided specialized medical care for ill and injured children across the state and throughout the southeastern U.S. since 1911. For the past four years, Children's has been ranked among the best children's hospital programs in the nation by US News & World Report. Last year, patients made more than 670,000 outpatient and nearly 14,000 inpatient visits to Children's from every county in Alabama and from 41 other states and four foreign countries. With more than 2 million square feet, it is the third largest pediatric medical facility in the U.S. Children's offers inpatient and outpatient services across its Russell Campus on Birmingham's historic Southside with additional outpatient services provided at Children's South and Children's on 3rd. Primary care is provided at more than a dozen medical offices in communities across central Alabama. Children's of Alabama is the only medical center in Alabama dedicated solely to the care and treatment of children. It is a private, not-for-profit medical center that serves as the primary site of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric medicine, surgery, research and residency programs. Children's recently moved much of its inpatient services into a new building named The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children. More information is available at www.childrensal.org.
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UAB-developed viral therapy shows promise against brain tumors
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The virus, G207, is a modified herpes simplex virus that in two previous UAB studies has been shown to be safe when used as a sole therapy. The new findings, published April 8, 2014 in Molecular Therapy, indicate the virus is also safe when used in combination with low doses of radiation therapy.
The study examined nine patients with malignant glioma, and all nine tolerated the therapy well. None developed encephalitis, the brain inflammation often associated with herpes simplex; the gene responsible for causing encephalitis has been removed from G207. Some patients also showed evidence of tumor reduction, and survival rates were increased for others.
"This was a phase one study designed foremost to see whether the therapy was safe," said James M. Markert, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UAB and the study's first author. "While this study, with a limited number of patients and no controls, prevents any conclusions about the efficacy of this treatment, the decrease in tumor size seen on MRI's in some patients, as well as an increase in survival in some patients without other proven treatment options, is highly encouraging."
G207 was administered directly to glioma cells in the brain, followed the next day by a low-dose radiation treatment.
The virus works by infecting tumor cells and replicating until it overwhelms the cell's machinery and causes the cell to rupture and die, releasing new viral particles. The virus has been genetically modified so that it can reproduce only in tumor cells, which lack the stronger antiviral defense mechanisms of healthy brain cells. After destroying a tumor cell, the virus moves on, looking for new tumor cells to infect.
While the study was designed for each patient to receive one dose of G207, two of the nine patients received a second dose as part of a compassionate-use protocol.
"While we cannot draw any firm conclusions from just two study subjects, we are encouraged to note that both of the compassionate-use patients tolerated the second dose extremely well, indicating that the drug may be suitable for multiple use," said Markert.
UAB is gearing up for another study with a new modified version of herpes simplex virus called M032. Preliminary studies have indicated M032 could be an even more effective therapy. It includes a genetically engineered protein called IL12, which the researchers believe will induce a stronger immune response and will contribute to increased anti-angiogenesis, the process of shutting off the blood supply to tumor cells, denying oxygen and essential nutrients.
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DENVER — Being good friends and complementing each other on the court aren't required components for success in tennis doubles. But it sure helps, as is the case with Chatfield's Lauren Froning and Olivia Boyd.
Chatfield senior Eric Berg placed fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.39 seconds and he took fifth in the 100 backstroke in 52.20 as the Chargers finished eighth with 115 points at the 5A boys state swimming championships on May 16 at the Air Force Academy.
Chatfield's 200 freestyle relay team of Cal Reynolds, Berg, Santana Garcia and Payton Sage came in fifth in 1 minute, 27.79 seconds. Garcia took sixth in the 100 butterfly in 52.40, while Chatfield's 200 medley relay team of Reynolds, Berg, Garcia and Tucker Rivera was seventh in 1:37.16.
LAKEWOOD — Marin Olson and her Columbine Lady Rebels teammates have had to adjust. First, they lost leading goal scorer Tatum Barton to injury in the last week of the regular season, and then there was the weather. Rain pelted Lakewood Memorial Field on May 8 for the second round of the 5A state girls soccer tournament.
But the sophomore midfielder/defender had an upbeat attitude about the conditions. You just have to go out and play, she said, and that's what her team did, even though it was facing archrival and thorn-in-the-side Chatfield.
ARVADA — The music that Santana Garcia was jamming to suddenly turned off, so he started following the introduction music being played over the sound system at George J. Meyers Swimming Center. The rhythm just felt right. How did he know? The charismatic Chatfield Senior High swimmer flashed the No. 1 signal prior to the 50-yard freestyle finals on May 9.
And, you know what, he was right.
The puddles on the north side of the field slowed down Front Range Christian's pressing offense a little bit in the first half. Evangelical Christian's defense, however, wasn't quite as fortunate.
The host Lady Falcons, the No. 2 seed in the inaugural 12-team 2A state girls soccer tournament, weren't about to let their upstart opponents rain on their parade. Marcella Marquis scored the first of Front Range Christian's three first-half goals, and Sophie Kern added a pair in the second half for a 5-0 victory May 8.
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AURORA — Dakota Ridge High School's lead golfer Gillian Vance led the 5A Northern Regionals tournament beautifully until a hiccup at the end. She came in second overall May 4 at the Aurora Golf Club at Heather Ridge.
DENVER — A May ending to their Chatfield girls lacrosse careers was inevitable for Kendra Lanuza, the school's career scoring leader, and Adam Everett, the lone coach in program history. They just wish it had come later than the second round of the state playoffs.
But no farewell tears were shed or regrets uttered after second-seeded Mullen struck for two goals in the first overtime and held on for a 10-9 home victory on May 8.
Chargers rally again, win District 4 tournament
FRUITA — The Chatfield Chargers are headed back to the eight-team 5A state tournament.
Chatfield (11-10), which opened the season 2-9, rallied to win the 5A Jeffco League title for the first time in 25 years. It followed that up with back-to-back wins on May 9 in the 5A District 4 tournament to seal its bid to state.
In the deciding game, the Chargers rolled past Smoky Hill 12-1.
Jeffco Open Space is moving forward with plans to acquire more than 1,000 acres on Douglas Mountain near Golden and another 37 acres adjacent to Meyer Ranch Park in Aspen Park. The Jeffco Open Space Advisory Committee unanimously recommended the acquisitions, which were endorsed by members of Plan Jeffco and the Clear Creek Land Conservancy at the June 4 OSAC meeting. If approved by the county commissioners, Open Space would spend nearly $5 million to purchase the properties.
Littleton residents who celebrated Saturday's warm, sunny weather with a morning bike ride at Hudson Gardens got free water and safety advice along the way.
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I do see everyones point in the fact the winners are always the same, they go on somewhat of a cycle, but it's the same with the ad campaign challenge.
But my one complaint with the complaints is we changed the voting system to accommodate the lack of voting so we left it up to the previous winner to select the winners and still that doesn't seem good enough, I do think the voting as it stands is fine but I think the previous winners need to have a bit of variety in who they are picking because I do get the sense that sometimes that the winners are picking their friends over the true competition.
All feedback is welcome and if you would like to go back to the old voting system then we can perhaps have a trial and see how we get on or we can leave it as it is?
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but the voting system is such a drag to be honest, it took a lot of time and at the end of that period, not many people involved. the biggest issue of all, not that I want to be hateful, but I disagree with most of the results. if we are going back to the voting, the rules need to be adjusted. like giving points, I think we can just make it easy as picking three favorite covers instead. and some other things like the deadline of results blahblahblah
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^That's how the previous system was, you would PM me with your list of your top three favorite covers, but nobody could even do that half of the time I would receive 3 or 4 PM's when there would be say 10-15 members participating in the challenges, I mean does it really take that long to pick 3 winners and send them in a PM? the covers take longer than that to make and still now people have to be reminded to post their winners when it's just one person picking the winners.
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I don't even think it matters who win's anyways, just remember that we all enjoy seeing your work and just beacuse you don't place it dosen't mean you have no talent. I love seeing all the new concepts and layouts that you guys come up with. I will admit that I quit participating for a while because the same 2-3 members kept winning, but now I could care less because I have fun making my covers and posting them. that is what this theead should be about, the fun of creating.
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personally I just want to hear what you guys think of my covers, either good or bad comments are better than no comment. these few weeks I feel like we are dumping something here and run, no fun at all...
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The voting seems more fair for me, but instead of sending PM (which is sometimes could be pretty lazy for some, including me hehe) what about posting the poll on this thread?
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I mean I dont even care about winning. I just love making covers. This week I got second place. Last week I didnt get any. Ive never won any challenge. Second Third whatsoever. My first cover was in 2010.
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I never check the winners - I just really enjoy everyone's talent & creativity. And I am super jealous because I would luv to create a cover but am totally clueless - even with some incrediblely patient tfsers.
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The mention of praise and critiquing.. isn't that what Karma is there for? I think for there to be public praise would be incredibly tiresome of every cover, of course some members choose to voice it in the thread and some via karma, I'm not saying it's a no go area, but with the praise everyone must take criticism so expect some people to actually say 'in fact I don't like it' and this is again where problems have risen before.
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the voting is really a problem and i wish we could have the best of both worlds (NO, not that Hannah Montana thing ) the simplicity of one voter & taste range of all participants....... i have no idea
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I come up with a crazy idea, we can still vote, but the winner and challenge announcer can be different person, the announcer will reveal the theme for next challenge and the next announcer (one of the first~fifth place due to the result of next challenge voting, which will be known at the end of the next week), how do you guys think
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^ and how will the announcer be chosen?
maybe it could be a turn per round..... starting with the next round's 3rd or even the 5th place, for the follwing week it will be the 2nd/4th place and so on?
what do you guys think? with that we have a always winner and everyone gets the chance to choose a new theme.....
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But that is the concept we currently have going on, the announcers are always different since they are the winners.
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for example, if I am the announcer of this week, I will announce the theme and the next announcer is the 5th place of the next week result. apparently I wouldn't know how the vote goes right?
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^But what would be the point in there being a winner? since the reward in winning is picking the theme and announcing the winners...
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Sukiyaki With Tofu
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|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Soy sauce
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|Thinly sliced bok choy
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Partially freeze beef.
Slice beef very thinly across the grain into bite-size strips.
Dissolve beef bouillon granules in boiling water; add soy sauce and sugar.
Preheat a wok or large skillet over high heat; add oil.
Add bok choy, green onions, and celery; stir-fry 2 minutes.
Remove bok choy, green onions, and celery.
Add tofu, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and water chestnuts; stir-fry 1 minute.
Remove vegetables.
Add the beef to hot wok or skillet; stir-fry 2 minutes or till meat is just browned.
Stir beef bouillon mixture; stir into beef.
Cook and stir till bubbly.
Stir in vegetables.
Cover and cook for 1 minute or till just heated through.
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Channel One has postponed tonight's final episode of 'Sewing for Bread,' and creators of the series claim the reason is a less-than-flattering depiction of Amir Peretz.
If you turn on your TV set at 9:30 P.M. tonight to see the sixth and final episode of the docu-series "Sewing for Bread" ("Daroma" in Hebrew), aired for the past five weeks on Channel One, you'll be disappointed. You won't be seeing the final chapter in this moving drama about the seamstresses of Mitzpeh Ramon, who two years ago turned a failing factory into their own cooperative enterprise; instead, you'll be watching a rerun about Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon's last day earthbound before his recent trip to the moon. The affair of the final episode of "Sewing for Bread" is causing something of a stir right now. At this writing, Channel One is saying the program will be aired next week.
The documentary series made by Doron Tzabari and Julie Shlez tells the story of the Mitzpeh Ramon seamstresses over a period of about two years. It all began in 2000, when the factory where they worked was headed for closure. First they protested; then they took things into their own hands and ran it as a cooperative, launched with Histadrut assistance at the initiative of Histadrut chairman Amir Peretz.
What began as an optimistic story about the liberation of women workers ends gloomily, at least from the standpoint of the series' protagonists and the role played by Amir Peretz in the affair. In February 2002, three of the original leaders of the grassroots revolution at the plant quit, in the context of a conflict with Danny Sheetrit, secretary of the Workers' Council of Mitzpeh Ramon and de facto representative of Amir Peretz there. All three - Havatzelet Ingbar, the central heroine who led the women's struggle, Avigail Yifrah and Smadar Levy - have been out of work for nearly a year. The factory is running without them. The last episode is the saddest of the six, and could do a lot of damage to Peretz' public image. The episode presents the collapse of the dream, the price paid by the women who spearheaded it, and the power struggles between the women workers and the Histadrut representatives. As Tzabari put it, it shows "50 years of what's wrong with the Histadrut in one episode." Among other things, Ingbar tries repeatedly to contact Peretz for help, but gets no response.
In the last two weeks, the drama behind the scenes has been no less stormy than the one recounted in the series itself. It stars two outraged series creators, Peretz's representatives, the film's central heroine, and of course, the people who run Channel One.
Havatzelet Ingbar says that after she sent Peretz a copy of her letter of resignation in February 2002, she didn't receive a single telephone call from the Histadrut chairman. She's been sitting at home for seven months, and all her attempts to make contact with him through his office have been unavailing.
Shlez says Peretz and his people began to take an interest in the series only in September, after it won first prize for a docudrama series at the Haifa Film Festival. Peretz also began taking an interest in Ingbar at that point, maybe because someone close to him realized that "Sewing for Bread" wouldn't do him any good, although only the first four episodes had been aired at that point. "Suddenly they wanted to meet with Havatzelet urgently, immediately," says Shlez. "We'd been inviting them to attend events involving the series all along, and they ignored us. The minute they realized there's a series and it's out there, and that they'd made a political error, they started putting pressure on Havatzelet, and the day the awards were announced, they asked to meet with her right away."
Peretz came to a screening in Sderot in October, and met with a cool reception from Ingbar. Subsequently, several feelers were put out on Peretz's behalf to Ingbar, and around the time the first episode of "Sewing for Bread" was aired on Channel One, the two met privately.
"He told me it was his personal mission," says Ingbar, "to bring a smile back to my face. He talked with me about setting up a new cooperative in Mitzpeh Ramon that I would head - a laundry. I told him I wanted to think it over. I didn't want him to fix me up with work, but to make public that justice was on my side, because before I quit, they had made all kinds of accusations against me."
This marked the start of a very odd sequence of events that continued over the last two weeks, at a time when electioneering was reaching a peak and when the final episode, the most damaging to Peretz, which had not yet been seen anywhere, was about to be aired on national TV.
On Friday, a week and a half ago, Iche Menahem, chairman of the Center for Cooperation in Manufacturing and Transportation at the Histadrut, met with series creators Shlez and Tzabari in Tel Aviv. There are conflicting reports as to what was said at that meeting. Tzabari and Shlez allege that Menahem explained to them that the final episode was liable to damage Peretz during "a sensitive election period," and hence he proposed changing it and showing how Ingbar would be getting a laundry to manage, at Peretz's initiative. Tzabari says there was already talk of a potential new series to be called, perhaps, "The Laundry."
Menahem denies this, and says that in the wake of criticism penned by Meir Schnitzer in Ma'ariv, which mentions that at the end of the series, the cooperative was closed down, he fears the final episode presents the facts inaccurately. Menahem: "I didn't suggest changing the end of the series. I said that if that's what is conveyed at the end of the episode, it's not fair, because we did a fine thing there. We opened a cooperative. There are problems, like everywhere else in the country. I said that if [the episode conveyed] that the plant was closed, it's not accurate, and it will harm the establishment of additional cooperatives. They said it was too bad we hadn't met sooner. I didn't ask them to change anything; the film was already finished. They clarified for me that the final episode did not convey the idea that the plant was closed."
Whether by chance or otherwise, last Wednesday, Ingbar, the heroine of the series, was also invited to a meeting, but this time with someone else from Peretz's circle, Shmulik Cohen, head of the election effort on behalf of the Am Ehad party headed by Peretz. Cohen proposed that Ingbar appear in an election spot for the party and sing Peretz's praises, despite the fact that she doesn't work at the factory any longer. Cohen even showed her a prepared monolog that he thought would be suitable for her to read from. Ingbar refused.
"I was candid," she says. "It's true that Amir Peretz invited me to a meeting, but I don't think that a spot like that will do him any good, and certainly wouldn't do me any. The sixth chapter has to be seen and Amir Peretz has to respond, along with me. Injustice was done here, people destroyed my good name, Sheetrit incited against me, and they want me to do their propaganda." Cohen says in response that he met with about 30 people who were slated to appear as "witnesses" on the party's broadcasts, and in the end it was decided not to use that type of spot after all, for professional reasons. As to Ingbar, Cohen says, "I emphasized to her that I had no intention of asking her to do anything she wasn't a full partner to, or didn't feel comfortable with."
But that wasn't the end of the tribulations of "Sewing for Bread." On Monday of last week, Channel One head Yossi Meshulam was frantically looking for Tzabari. As the latter tells it, he hadn't had a single phone call from the Israel Broadcasting Authority prior to that point, despite the praise heaped on the series and its good ratings - about 11 percent on average. Now Meshulam announced that the final episode would not be aired this week, because the film on astronaut Ilan Ramon was being aired again, and in fact the last chapter would be postponed two weeks, or maybe even three, because of changes in the programming schedule.
Actually, without saying it outright, Meshulam was telling Tzabari that the last episode would be postponed until after the elections. Tzabari was outraged. "Suddenly it all came together. It was three days after [IBA] Director Barel said that all the MKs know they'll find a sympathetic ear with him. He has no shame whatever. It's really Tony Soprano meets Salah Shabati. They're acting like the Stalin folks in the 1950s - they think they can chop an episode from a series for no reason."
An angry letter from Tzabari to Barel modified Meshulam's decision: The broadcast would be delayed only a week. But now a new demand has surfaced, apparently coming from the direction of the Channel One documentary division chief, Natan Caspi. Shlez and Tzabari have been asked to reopen the final episode and, in the last few minutes when the end of the story is related on screen in print, to permit a rejoinder by Peretz and the current head of the factory. According to Caspi, without this change, it won't be possible to broadcast the last few minutes of the series which, in the opinion of the legal department of the IBA, is libelous.
The creators have rejected the Channel One proposal out of hand, but it raises an interesting question: Is a docudrama like "Sewing for Bread" a piece of journalism that must be balanced and permit the right of response to all parties, or is it a piece of art done from the point of view of its creators and hence should on no account be tinkered with? Orna Lin, the attorney for Shlez and Tzabari, was quick to respond yesterday to the IBA, saying the series is an artistic creation in every respect: "The demand to change the series is interference in the creative freedom and freedom of speech of the creators and the protagonists, and violates basic rights protected by Israeli law."
Meshulam thinks otherwise. "They're putting out slander," he says, "and it's legitimate to change the text on-screen at the end. This isn't `Gone with the Wind,' it's a documentary film. It's not a work of art, but letters on a black screen. People are slandered, so why not present a response? We, unlike in print journalism, behave with fairness." Lin proposes a discussion in the studio after the film is shown, with participation by anyone who feels himself to have been injured by the series. Meshulam rejects this possibility.
For Tzabari, the affair thus far is reason enough to declare war on Channel One and the head of the IBA. "No public entity operates that way," he says. "These are civil servants lording it over the public and behaving like strongmen and bullies, with no transparency. And good Lord, they have a budget of a billion shekels."
The person who sounds most relaxed in this affair is Cohen, who's in charge of Peretz's positive image. He actually thinks that "Sewing for Bread" is a very moving series that basically portrays Peretz in a positive light. He denies any connection between Am Ehad and the conversation Menahem conducted with the series' creators; he denies outright any allegations by the creators that Peretz's people approached the management of Channel One about postponing airing the program or changing the last episode.
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Does it annoy anybody else? The only time the game seems to go good on this level is when there are no pre-placed buildings. This allows people to gather rift and build only the nesscecary things (most of the time), but they do it slow enough that one can start building another base in the middle of the map at the same time. It's still a struggle, but this is the only way I've seen two bases develop without interference.
All other times, when someone tries to expand, they can't because the building limit has been reached. So, you're stuck having to spawn at your base and travel all the way across the map just to get in reach of an enemy. If you fly, it goes faster, but it's still extremely annoying.
It's already been talked about, but they should probably increase the building limit on large maps. You reach the limit WAY to fast with more people (lately I've been playing with 20-30 people, and the building limit is maxed when literally there is nothing going on...no expansions or anything).
Also, if there is an expansion, normally it's nothing more than an outpost, hover-bike, and shield generator. This makes sense...but it's just so weak and very unfitting for the whole battle scenario.
On the smaller levels, expansions are usually worth more than just spawn points. They're safe havens. On the larger maps this is not the case. It's very annoying.
And off topic, but is anybody else annoyed at the change of altitude one can reach before they stall in a hawk? It's so much lower now (it seems) that it's aggrivating. Literally, it's a little taller than the tallest mountain on Dust. Maybe I'm just imagining things, but it really seems A LOT lower in all the maps.
3 years ago#2
The build limit really does test ya teamwork on dust, if there's 16 people all going their own separate paths it's an nightmare!
Hopefully in the proper game you can put the build limit up, I think 64 would be good without getting too hectic on the large maps, on the small maps that would be quite funny!
I've noticed that low ceiling your talking about as well, it seems weird that super-awesome space-faring jet craft can't go higher then a few hundred feet in the air?!
It's unrealistic. I don't like it.
lol, seriously though, it might be because of beam turret range and dive-bombing the enemy base with the TOW from miles up. Having a high ceiling would give the hawks more freedom, freedom they don't deserve!
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3 years ago#3
The low ceiling did disappoint me, but I think it's to make it harder to fly straight up then divebomb with a torpedo.
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Yeah, I understand why they did it, but none the less it really startled me. I was planning on dive bombing a base below me (haha), but I go up for about 3 seconds and then BAM, I'm stalled. I was quite worried I'd get shot down needless to say.
And the building limit only seems to be a problem more so for CTF. TDM, although still annoying, doesn't have quite the impact because everyone is just focussed on killing each other that expanding bases don't provide much assistance anyways other than making the killing faster.
Heck, I was playing a 30 TDM today and was having a blast. Come to realize the enemy was the only one who had an expanded base...and it wasn't much. Just an outpost with a bunker and perhaps a hawk pad or hover bike? I'm not sure, but it didn't provide much advantage.
3 years ago#5
When you stall, change into mech mode. I found this out a few days ago, and it's really fun to lure an enemy itno stalling then flakking them while they descend.
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3 years ago#6
The whole build thing is stupid.
I like the old Warhawk better.
Spoiler is plot element, not your ignorance.
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The whole build thing is stupid.
I like the old Warhawk better.
So why are you here on the Starhawk boards?
3 years ago#8
Because I can.
Spoiler is plot element, not your ignorance.
3 years ago#9
no, being able to build structures is awesome. i actually wish it was even more tactical/strategy-based.
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Performance Space 122 is set to present the New York premiere of Newyorkland, from performance group Temporary Distortion. Merging film and live performance, the work follows four cops who struggle with the rigorous demands of the NYPD. Newyorkland was commissioned by PS122 as part of COIL, PS122's annual performance festival.
14 performances of Newyorkland will take place Jan 12–28 (see schedule above) at the Howard Gillman Performance Space at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Critics are welcome as of January 13 for an official opening of January 17. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students, seniors) and can be purchased online at ps122.org or by phone at 212.352.3101. The Baryshnikov Arts Center is located at 450 West 37th Street in New York City.
Both terrifying and touchingly vulnerable, Newyorkland sheds a dark light on the secretive, fraternal society that is the NYPD and the thin line that officers must walk between righteousness and corruption. The work combines representations of cops from TV and film with testimonials from police officers in director Kenneth Collins immediate family. In merging this private history with fiction, Collins has set out to create one of his most personal works to date. The Seattle Times writes, "Newyorkland is a fascinating window into a cop's often isolating experiences."
Staged in one of the company's signature box-like structures, Newyorkland fuses live performance and film to create a claustrophobic, yet meditative work. The box-like installation serves as a framework for the both the performers' restrained acting style and as a canvas for the arresting images of video designer William Cusick, who blends cinéma vérité, documentary realism and pure fiction. "Seamless and gorgeous," writes Seattle's The Stranger, "a dreamy, poetic, abstracted, and sometimes scary meditation on what it's like to live behind a badge."
Newyorkland features direction and set and lighting design by Kenneth Collins, video design and direction by William Cusick, music and sound by John Sully, and costumes by TaraFawn Marek. The stage cast includes Nick Bixby, Daniel Brown, Al Di Martino and Brian Greer. Prior to PS122, Newyorkland was presented at Theatre Junction (Calgary, Canada) and On the Boards (Seattle, Washington).
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Since its inception in 2002, Temporary Distortion has earned a reputation for pushing the boundaries of theater by staging unsettling, meditative performances in claustrophobic, boxlike structures that feature minimal physical movement and a uniquely restrained acting style. In the company's work, projected video is juxtaposed with live performance to create dreamlike double worlds that fracture traditional notions of narrative coherence and merge film, performance, and visual art.
In these four-dimensional theatrical installations, the performers never make eye contact, never touch and barely move. Meanwhile, a journey on film unfolds around them in a hyper-real world of blood, sweat, and death that is ironically more physical than the presence of the live performer.
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Temporary Distortion is based in New York City, where its work has been presented at The Chocolate Factory, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater and Performance Space 122. The Company's work has also been presented internationally at: Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane, Australia), Exit Festival (Paris, France), Gare Saint-Sauveur (Lille, France), LiFE (Saint-Nazaire, France), Mois Multi (Quebec City, Canada), Prague Quadrennial (Prague, Czech Republic), Salzburg Festival (Salzburg, Austria), SPAC (Shizuoka, Japan), Théâtre de l'Agora (Évry, France), Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse, France), Theatre National de Toulouse (Toulouse, France), Trafó (Budapest, Hungary), Usine-C (Montreal, Canada), Via (Maubeuge, France).
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eBook Description: Sometimes death leads you to life? Chris Fletcher, government experiment, healer, lover and friend, heads to San Francisco, where she again attempts to hunt down the man who created her, all the while being hunted herself. As she seeks out the person who wants to kill her, she not only meets new friends, but discovers that her story has become something of a legend. While the underground experiment community has lifted her up to hero status, Chris knows the danger in such a thing and puts her focus on finding her maker. But, in the end, what she seeks to destroy may end up changing her life forever. Excerpt: There were two women and one man. I had only known their kind once before in my life. I was? I guess the word is overjoyed at having found them. The man was big, muscular but not too much, and had close cropped black hair. His eyes were golden brown, much darker than Jonas's yellow ones, but still holding the same mystery. His face was a chiseled, utter perfection. Had he been another being I would have recommended modeling to him and his friends. The women were just as beautiful and perfect. The taller one looked much like the man, who I knew to be her brother. She had long, flowing raven black hair that reached to her waist. Her eyes were the same deep gold color. Her features were striking, enough to make any man stop in his tracks. The other woman, the one who thought of herself as their sister but technically was not, had shorter hair, blonde and soft. She was obviously the strong one, more of a leader than even the man was. She was plain, though still lovely, but I knew she was the wild one. Her eyes, when they finally locked on mine and noticed me watching them, were sky blue, bright and powerful. They reminded me a little of Starch's. Her name was Ripley, and she recognized me in an instant. Much to my surprise - or is it dismay? - she practically worshipped me. She spoke of me as often as she could, made it her mission in life to seek out the woman who started the revolution. Well, I found her, and she wasn't going to let me leave her sights until she got a proper introduction. Though I had no idea what she was thinking when the word 'revolution' went through her head. I am about the furthest thing from a revolutionary I can think of.
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Well, nap time is over. Did you miss me? I clearly remember a time when I missed me; I just didn't know it then. I keep promising I'll explain, but only in due time. My life has been a myriad of events. This is just another one of those events. Ones that didn't turn out anywhere near what they started out to be.
I awoke to the sound of a scream, short and pitched. I sat bolt upright in bed, slapping my hands over my ears to stifle the sound but only succeeded in making my head pound harder. Although it was over it seemed like it was going to last forever. The sound continued to ring in my head. Then someone grabbed my hands, pulling them away from my ears. As I sat trembling, the echo in my head diminished. Silence followed, deathly and disturbing. Kinda like those tense moments just before Dracula gives his eternal kiss in those old movies. I sat there, staring into a pair of deep amber eyes, tiger's eyes set in a face that was all too human, and yet not.
He broke the silence by saying my name. "Chris?"
It was me. I had been screaming.
I put my hands to my head if only to try and stop it from trying to explode. My heartbeat was amplified, racing.
I took three long breaths to calm myself then I felt like I was able to remove my hands from my temples. "I'm okay," I said quietly.
Jonas, who knew better than I did if I was okay or not, put his arms around me and pulled me to him. I nestled my head against his chest, winding my arms around his broad body. I concentrated on the steady thumping of his heart. Jonas stroked my hair, knowing I got just as much comfort from his touch as from his words, if not more. I was still shaking when I pulled away from him, but I did feel a bit better. A bit less afraid of the sound of my own voice. I brushed my hair back with my fingers and awaited his words.
"What was it?" he asked me.
I shook my head. I suddenly had intense images of a man, crazed and raving, in a cell at the end of a long white hall, and there was a voice and a face that I loved, a man who didn't know me, his own daughter. A man who might never know me again. I knew what I dreamed of, but I wasn't ready to tell. "I don't remember," I lied.
"Okay," Jonas said, knowing full well that I was lying but having the sense not to pry though I did; have the sense to pry, I mean. He knew enough about what had become of Christian to make a pretty educated guess at what had made me scream like that.
A sudden chill went down my spine, freezing me to the bone. I snuggled back beneath the covers, trying to find warmth. He joined me and held me tightly in his arms, his head against my back. I listened until his breathing turned to soft snores. I knew I wouldn't fall asleep again, not tonight. Too many bad images were floating around in my head. After all, it hadn't been all that long since Starch and I had destroyed the complex at S-4, burned the empty hulk of Cannon Air Force Base to the ground and found the letter from my maker on the front door. I had murdered people at S-4, and I could not count how many had died there. You know what they say...that can do shit to you but that certainly wasn't what was 'doing shit' to me.