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Detroit, MI
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
beautiful touch
January 31, 2015
I needed an extra long shower curtain for the shower conversion kit I was adding to my clawfoot bath tub in the master bath and this curtain by marimekko fit the bill perfectly. it's defintiley not cheap, especially when you have to buy two, but it beats having to buy a liner and curtain-- and the design is so pretty.
Pros:good length, nice material, pretty design
Cons:not cheap
Cristina Y
Minneapolis, MN
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Love this shower curtain!
June 13, 2013
This curtain is lovely; a bit longer than the average shower curtain, but I prefer that look. The design is modern and gender-neutral, and paired with my pink, grey & dark green bathroom looks spectacular! It arrived very quickly and in perfect shape. I could not be happier with this purchase!
Pros:Color Design
White Plains, New York
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Beautiful Shower Curtain for my Stall
April 27, 2012
I buy the Marimekko curtains for my bathroom shower stall because I have a hard time finding the long curtains that fit my bathroom. This is the third curtain I've purchased, and I'm delighted again -- each time I've bought a different design, and they've all coordinated beautifully.
Pros:Great quality and design. Shower-stall length.
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
easy to blend in
September 25, 2011
I live in a condo with a small bathroom, with dark brown floor tiles and olive wall tiles above the tub. This shower curtain blends in very well with my bathroom. I am very satisfied with it. Because of its fine quality, I use it as an outer, decorative curtain to hang outside of the tub, and add a liner inside the tub. I would recommend this item to people with similar color schemes as my bathroom.
Princeton, NJ
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Wonderfully understated shower curtain
June 16, 2011
This shower curtain is understated and gender-neutral.
Saint paul
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Great curtain
April 27, 2011
Very sharp design, easy to match colors
Pros:The size is great, very universal
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The New Robin Is a Black Guy. And an Asian Girl. And a White Dude. And...
The new Batman is a cop. The new Robins are pretty much a gang. So, yes, the new Batman is probably going to have to arrest the new Robins. And Batgirl, too. »
The new Batman is a cop. The new Robins are pretty much a gang. So, yes, the new Batman is probably going to have to arrest the new Robins. And Batgirl, too. »
Meet Robin, the World of Warcraft tribute to legendary actor Robin Williams, who passed away last month. »
He was Batman's sidekick, an Autobot warrior, Scooby-Doo's best friend and the wholesome voice of American radio. Casey Kasem died early this morning at the age of 82. »
I don't have any information or context to provide to help you make sense of how this video came to be. The best I can do is this message board thread that has live play-by-play of the action, but it isn't necessarily all that helpful. ("No one in the crowd. Including us, know what the fucks going on. Before you… »
Superheroes and their antagonists do a lot of talking. Lots of speeches about inner turmoil, taking over the world and the fate of the universe. But what about the smaller, more mundane conversations they might have off-screen? Well, they use SMS for that. Duh. »
60s Robin is the kind of guy that poses with his hands on either hip. His lines are full of cute puns and childish cuss words. I mean, his outfit doesn't even match the glossy black of Batman's. How can they be a duo without matching… »
Robin plays a big part in the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC that hits Batman: Arkham City today. Yeah, it's apparently not that great. But the character's presence in the add-on reminds me that people exist who really, really hate the Boy Wonder. I mean, folks who rabidly rail against the very idea of a Robin. »
Fans who've been clamoring for more narrative chapters for the Dark Knight's latest video-game success and for the chance to take DLC characters like Nightwing and Robin out into the game's open-world environments might finally be getting their wish. »
Along with the long-awaited PC release of Batman: Arkham City in North America today, Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have delivered the Caped Crusader's trusty sidekick to us as well, neatly tied up with a pair of brand-new challenge maps and a couple of skins. »
By our count, there are 14 alternate costumes or characters you may play as in Batman: Arkham City, through a variety of promotions, pre-order bonuses, and timed-exclusive downloadable content available now. The "good" news, I suppose, is that all of this stuff will be available at some point—for a price. »
"We're not making a racing game," one of the creators of this fall's Batman Arkham City politely told me today when I inquired when I asked him whether the Batmobile would be featured in this fall's big video game Dark Knight sequel. »

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The Fall of Rome
Bankrupt and bloodied, Italy's political elite clings to power
May 13, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 33 • By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL
The M5S opposes what it calls the casta, the Italian political "caste." All party members are emphatic that the Italian press is part of this caste. "They want to speak to you just to make a movie of you," one of the M5S deputies told me, "to put you in a bad light." He did not think the press owned by Berlusconi was any more scurrilous than the press owned by his opponents. Grillo gave no television or newspaper interviews to the mainstream media during the campaign, and his followers have imitated his example. (This distrust does not extend to the foreign press.) With some exceptions, Italy's big papers have reciprocated the indifference. Il Fatto Quotidiano, a newspaper obsessed with sending Berlusconi and his wife to jail, has taken up Grillo's cause.
The ideology of throwing the bums out has a name in Italy. It is called qualunquismo ("whoever"-ism). February's election came within a hair's breadth of bringing qualunquismo to power for the first time since the Second World War. People liked the Grillo message. A quarter of the country voted for it, including 40 percent of factory workers, according to a study at the University of Urbino. The result had been, until the naming of Letta last week, two months of deadlock. Much that happened in those two months has strengthened the M5S case that the state is corrupt. Little about Letta's appointment will change this feeling.
The February elections ended with 26 percent for M5S, 25 percent for the left-wing PD, and 22 percent for Berlusconi's PdL. Mario Monti's technocratic government, which had been appointed at the urging of the European Union to facilitate Italy's cooperation with international monetary demands, had "balanced" Italy's books by leaving $92 billion in government contracts unpaid—many of them to small businessmen. When Monti's Civic Choice party won only 8 percent of the vote, it surprised nobody but the casta. But this three-way split did not yield the results that one might expect in an ordinary electoral system. A decade ago, Berlusconi passed a reform guaranteeing a parliamentary majority to the largest party, no matter how small its percentage of the vote. Meant to rig the system in favor of his own struggling party, it backfired. It has wound up benefiting the PD. Because it ran in a coalition with a few smaller parties, the PD could claim an extra 3 percent of the vote—its 29.54 percent gave it 340 seats. Berlusconi, through the same means, bumped up to 29.18 percent, for 124 seats. Although, in narrow terms, Grillo had the largest party, his 25.55 won him only 108 seats.
So the left had a majority in one of the two houses, but this was a majority with very little legitimacy. What legitimacy it had was further diminished by the way it had run its campaign. A year ago, the PD was rallying behind Matteo Renzi, the 37-year-old mayor of Florence who proposed to reform the party and purge its old-left cadres in the way that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair had done in their respective countries. And the party's perennial foe, Berlusconi, looked to be in permanent decline. Berlusconi was weakened by various tabloid stories about teenagers, escort services, hair implants, and dissolute parties characterized by what he called "Bunga Bunga." All polls showed it was an impossible election for the PD to lose. So strong did the PD's position appear that its leadership began to ask: Why reform at all? The party changed its nominating rules and arranged that the wheezy old apparatchik Pier Luigi Bersani be given the top spot. It was an act so brazen that it brought Berlusconi back from the dead.
It also left the PD in a tricky position when the time came to build a coalition. With few workable political programs of its own, it had spent the past several years riding a moral high horse about Silvio Berlusconi, and chasing him through the Italian justice system. Was Bersani now supposed to promise Berlusconi (behind the scenes) some kind of immunity from prosecution in order to cling to power? Or was he supposed to approach Grillo, in hopes that an anticorruption party would form a governing alliance with the party it was accusing of corruption? Bersani chose to ask Grillo. Grillo's response was to ask if Bersani was joking.
Elites on the left did not find Bersani's approach to Grillo as ridiculous as everyone else did. They assumed Grillo was, at the end of the day, someone just like themselves. To the extent he had any intelligent protest to make, they figured, he would come to realize that they had the answer to every discontent. Writing in the philosophical review MicroMega, which plays the same role in Italian political-intellectual life as, say, the New York Review of Books, Giovanni Perazzoli seemed astonished that Grillo would not want to help liberate Italy from Berlusconi. "For Grillo, the PD and the PdL are really the same," he wrote. "They're the same because they're both parties." But that is to underestimate Grillo's discrimination. They are the same in his view not because they are both parties but because they are both corrupt parties. If anything, the PD is the more dangerous to Grillo, because it is the party of skilled political operators. For a party of genuinely provincial and trodden-upon qualunqui like the M5S, the PD's invitation to "share" power was an invitation to get taken to the cleaners.
The result was the deadlock that lasted until two weeks ago. It seemed worse because of a quirk in the Italian constitution, and the role played under it by the president, the 87-year-old ex-Communist Giorgio Napolitano. The presidency is mostly a ceremonial post, but there are a couple of important exceptions. First, it is the president who invites a party to form a government, rather as the queen does in Britain. And second, the president has a potential role in adjudicating future legal complaints against politicians, including (but
Letta wants a looser fiscal policy, along the lines of the one Berlusconi campaigned for—but minus the anti-German rhetoric. The property tax that Monti's technocratic government introduced to help balance its books is not, Letta promises, gonna happen. The Italian people will like that. Letta has won himself some breathing room. But he has merely replaced Monti's strategy (solving economic problems by creating political ones) with something equally risky (solving political problems by creating economic ones). Europe's leaders still have not figured out a way to send the bill for recapitalizing the continent's banks to anyone other than the continent's voters.
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Greek leftist party Syriza, told voters during his country's last elections that they needn't ever worry that an anti-European vote would mean the cutoff of European bailouts, because bailouts are for the bankers, not for the people. For a couple of years now, this viewpoint has been a mainstream one in Greece. It is now moving to Italy, and thus to Europe's core. The consequences won't be long to await.
Christopher Caldwell is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard.
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The Lovely Bones
Peter Jackson recorded a special Movie-Con II introductio to behind-the-scenes footage and glimpses of his new film, The Lovely Bones, apologising for the fact that he can't be with us because he's "busy working with Guillermo del Toro on a film about people with hairy feet" in New Zealand. "It's not auto-biographical; it's The Hobbit." The footage is gorgeous stuff - there's more of those giant boats in giant bottles floating at sea, as well as some more Earth-bound stuff from Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci, who salutes the "poetry of the book's story, and the film".
The Universal Sizzle Reel
Universal are contributing two of the big screenings at this weekend's event, Inglourious Basterds and Funny People, but they also gave us an action-packed sizzle reel with trailers from Cirque du Freak (Ken Watanabe as the greatest giant ever), Couple's Retreat (first big laughs of the footage presented; of course the first big laughs fullstop went to Chris' opening monologue), The Invention of Lying (Ricky Gervais' latest, more big laughs), Taking Woodstock (looks just ace, and not just because Liev "Sabretooth" Schreiber appears in drag) and The Soloist (Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx tearing up a lot; expect Oscars up in here).
E1 Films: New Moon, Sorority Row and Astro Boy
Two lengthy and not-quite finished sequences from Astro Boy gave us a taste of the action and adventure we can expect from this big-screen outing for Japan's national icon. In one, technologically advanced robot Astro Boy is chased through a city by several small hover craft determined to catch him, before the gigantic and very scary looking "Spirit of Freedom" ship is sent to destroy hims where they fail. Then we see his friends decide to go help him as Astro Boy is kicked all around the city (in a way totally inconsiderate of human life or limb, or indeed property damage or congestion problems) by a Mecha-Godzilla-type monster.
After that, the Sorority Row trailer got laughs in the right places and a few jumps at the scary bits, in this remake of the "disreputable" 1980s slasher movie of the same name.
To introduce a clip of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Jamie Campbell-Bower was on hand: he plays Caius of the Volturi in the vampirey sequel. What could he tell us about his character? Well, "Caius is very old, he's sort of 3,000 years old. He has no special powers, unlike the rest of the Volturi, and he has long white hair and he likes to eat humans."
How did JCB, as we like to call him, get the role? "I auditioned for the role of Edward, and didn't get it. Then I was in the US and they asked if I'd like to go for Felix. So two weeks later I got a call to say that I didn't get Felix either, but I got Caius!" Which has got to ease the pain somewhat.
The footage then showed Bella (Kristen Stewart), devastated after being abandoned by Edward, persuading her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to restore two motorbikes for them both to ride. As she shoots off on her first attempt at motorcycling, she sees visions of Edward trying to stop her and keep her safe; but when she inevitably crashes and cuts her head, it's Jacob who has to strip off his T-shirt to clean her up (hence Chris' rather giddily renaming him Jac-Abs). As we tried to still our beating hearts, it was on to...
Momentum Trailers: Dorian Gray and District 13: Ultimatum
The creep-tastic, massively atmospheric Dorian Gray trailer sent shivers down the spine, with both the clean-cut Prince Caspian and the erstwhile Mr Darcy apparently turning to the Dark Side in Victorian London. Can't wait. After that was French action sequel District 13: Ultimatum, for which cue explosions, free-running, some spectacular stunts and a bunch of guys who appear to be Jason Statham's Gallic cousins.
Harry Brown
Lionsgate brought along three great clips from upcoming Michael Caine-starring drama Harry Brown, which largely took the audience by surprise but received a very warm welcome. The story of a pensioner-turned-vigilante on a Southeast London estate, this is going to be one to watch out for.
Director Daniel Barber introduced three pieces of footage: first, an opening scene of a phone-filmed crack-fuelled gang initiation and murder that will chill anyone who's ever walked across a park. Then a lengthy but terrifically tense encounter as Harry Brown visits two local crack dealers and tries to buy a gun off them - while ignoring the girl ODing in the corner and avoiding making them any more paranoid. Finally, we saw a clip of Brown in (slow, slightly arthritic) action, venturing into the sort of underpass that any sensible person avoids with a human shield in front of him. This is definitely a film we want to see.
Barber and co-star Sean Harris (who plays one of those drug-dealers) then took questions at some length. Barber told us how Michael Caine ordered him lunch at the best seafood restaurant in London, while Harris confessed to "TOTALLY" nicking a couple of mannerisms for his character from Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (well, if you're going to steal, steal from the best). Barber's advice to young would-be filmmakers? "Never, ever, ever give up."
Saw VI and Daybreakers
Lionsgate also brought along a new trailer for Saw VI (teaser-style: no idea what to expect other than more traps) and Daybreakers, the vampire action movie starring Ethan Hawke. On this, we have to echo our Chris: "It's like Equilibrium but with vampires! Best film ever!"
Terry Gilliam and The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Terry Gilliam proved as much fun as ever, introducing three clips from his latest film - much against his better judgment, as he said, "I don't like showing anything, no clips, no pictures, because it takes away the surprise. But I'm whoring myself to you today!" He assured us that we shouldn't think of this just as Heath Ledger's final movie: it's really a movie about Dr Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) rather than Ledger's Tony. He also told us that those who have seen the movie, with Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell standing in for Ledger in key scenes, haven't realised that it wasn't always meant to be that way (we can attest that that particular trick works well).
In the Q&A session, Gilliam played down his reputation as a sort of super-survivor who can overcome any obstacle in his filmmaking. "I have a responsibility to the film itself and the people who have gathered to work on it, and luckily I am surrounded by people who are stronger than I am. I was ready to give up on Parnassus when Heath died, but everyone told me to keep going. I get all the credit bu it's a team effort."
He praised Christopher Plummer's phenomenal work on the film, and talked a little about his next project, a return to the famously ill-fated (see Lost in La Mancha) attempt to shoot The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. "The scenes we shot all those years ago are not in the new film. We got the script back after seven years, and I read it after avoiding it all that time and realised it wasn't good enough. So Tony Grisoni and I did a rewrite and now we're hunting for actors and money, and hoping to shoot in the springtime."
Here's how you assure that no one, but no one, falls asleep after a heavy lunch: you show them footage from Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn's comic-book movie with a difference. Editor Jon Harris, star Christopher Mintz-Plasse and lucky talisman Jason Fleming were in attendance to talk about the footage, which very nearly raised the roof and caused serious damage to both the venerable BFI and the bridge above us.
The first scene, and also the opening of the film, shows a gussied up superhero preparing to leap into flight from a skyscraper on his mechanical wings - only to crash to a grizzly death below. Welcome to a superhero movie with at least a little regard for the laws of physics. Teen Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is inspired to try becoming a real-life superhero, despite his lack of, well, anything really, which leads to Scene Two, in which our hero attempts to stop two local thugs from stealing a car, and gets more than he bargained for.
"Meanwhile, across town..." Nicolas Cage (as Big Daddy) and his daughter Mindy (aka Hit Girl, played by Chloe Moretz) are training. By Daddy shooting his girl dead in the chest. It's one of the funniest things we've seen in ages, and entirely enough to make us forgive Cage for Bangkok Dangerous.
Next we see Dave's newly-christened Kick-Ass attempt to follow up some mild successes by going for a drug boss Rasul - only things, again, don't go so well - until someone unexpected intervenes...
Finally we saw a clip reel giving more of a taste of the film. Expect more action, LOTS more wrongness, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist making us laugh just by existing, Jason Fleming as a doorman, and you name it. Can. Not. Wait. And that's a feeling apparently shared by the Movie-Con goers: when editor Jon Harris confirmed that it would most likely be out early next year, there were actual groans all around the cinema.
In the Q&A afterwards, we learned why Jason Fleming is Matthew Vaughn's lucky charm. "The only one of his films I haven't been in was Swept Away, so... He said, you've got three scenes, be down here by 12 and don't muck about." We believe that: we're not sure that we believe that Chloe Moretz's mother changed the script to add the c-word to her daughter's lines, which the panel also claimed was the case.
When we asked what the Daily Mail would think, and whether there'd be any danger of copycat exploits, Jason Fleming reassuringly offered to "take full responsibility", but reckons that people are always going to do what they do. As is obvious from the footage we saw, Vaughn and company committed fully to all the swearing and violence in the comic before starting. Mintz-Plasse said, "There's so much swearing and violence in the comic that you couldn't cut it out." Harris added, "The comic fans would feel betrayed. You've got to go for it, get the R-rating or whatever, and hope that the 14- and 15- year olds will just sneak in!"
Triangle with Christopher Smith
Next up was footage from upcoming horror movie Triangle, with director Christopher Smith on hand to explain what we were seeing. The footage was unsettling and rather nightmarish: Melissa George's Jess shows up bloody to meet two of the friends who, like her, are trapped on an apparently empty ocean liner, but there's another Jess below calling up to them as they follow the bloody figure away.
Unfortunately, Smith couldn't shed huge amounts of light on what had happened without threatening the delicate balance of the twisty turny plot. "I wanted to have a character in a world where there's a time loop, so she's running away from herself. The loop doesn't perfectly reset so there's more than one of her, and there's a good side and a bad side. But there's not just one twist; there's about 50,000 of them."
"This took two years to write - there were Post-Its all over the house because I had to chart everything; it drove my wife crazy. It's a real headfuck."
What's next for him? He said that he's been thinking of doing a movie about a female werewolf called Hairy Kate (you heard it here first), so watch out for that.
The Secret Screening: District 9
Well, I thought the roof had been raised before, but as the title card "Peter Jackson Presents" appeared onscreen for Sony's District 9, the crowd quite literally went wild, whooping and hollering like, well, film fans presented with a film they'd been hoping and praying to see. The South African alien drama is both smart and silly, funny and sobering, action-packed and a character piece. Frankly, I suspect the applause at the end will dwarf that at the beginning.
Later - Yup, it pretty much did.
The Warner Bros. Slate And... Josh Berger introduced an extensive clip reel of Warner Bros.'s upcoming slate, and a crowd still on a high didn't miss a step, applauding the mere mention of each title. A large contingent of horror fans whooped and hollered for our first look at the new Nightmare On Elm Street adaptation, with Watchmen's Jackie Earle Haley slipping on Freddie Krueger's knife-gloves. We saw the still-human Krueger hounded to his death by the vengeful parents of Elm Street, and then got a taste of the dream monster he becomes.
Next was an extensive Jonah Hex clip reel, Josh Brolin playing the scarred mercenary and Megan Fox his impossibly hot companion. It didn't give much clue as to the plot, this one, but we did get a good look at Brolin's scarred face, and lots of Western / supernatural / explosive flavour. The comic-book fans in the audience seemed pleased, and Brolin's certainly bringing the gritty, Eastwood-y flavour of the comic to life.
Following that was Where The Wild Things Are. We had a behind-the-scenes look as well as the trailer, with Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze and co-writer Dave Eggers all talking about how they've adapted the book to the screen. Sendak, who spoke most, seems thrilled with what Jonze has done to his iconic creation. Interestingly, he said that the book was badly reviewed and occasionally banned when it came out, and it took about two years for momentum to gather and make it a success - so while he predicts controversy for the film, he believes strongly that it's the perfect film of his book. And the footage is extraordinary, unlike any children's film you've seen in years.
After that came Ninja Assassin, starring Korean megastar Rain as the, er, ninja assassin who rejects his upbringing and his clan. We saw a clip of absolutely bloodsoaked, astonishingly athletic fighting that promises everything one could want from a film called Ninja Assassin, really. It was sword vs. big razor chain thingies (what? I don't know exotic Eastern weaponry), and we were left thinking how astonishingly handy those could be in the office, or on a crowded tube in the morning.
And then...
Sherlock Holmes! With SPECIAL GUESTS!
Chris had been doing most of the introductions all day, and had done a sterling job of it. But even he realised his number was up when the next two guests arrived to introduce their footage: Guy Ritchie and ONLY ROBERT DOWNEY FREAKING JR showed up to introduce an extensive clip reel, with material we hadn't seen in any previous trailers. To say that nuts were gone would be an understatement. Everyone went bananas, and the clapping didn't stop for a good five minutes. One guy in Row E was practically hyperventilating - we nearly had to offer CPR.
"We're here to introduce a film that we made around Christmas last year that will come out around Christmas this year," said Ritchie.
"Aren't you supposed to say Boxing Day? Are you a real Brit or not?" interrupted Downey Jr, who claims to be Ritchie's best friend ("He calls me 'one of his best friends but really I'm his best friend'" claimed the star).
Downey Jr said, "I like to say that this film has been 122 years in the making, since Sherlock Holmes was born in the mind of Arthur Conan Doyle. The man to my left here [Ritchie] has done a wonderful job of organising this whole thing.. We worked with an incredibly talented cast and crew, but he was the one who put it together"
Ritchie told us that this was the first time this footage had been shown in the UK, Downey Jr pointing out that the director even "blew off Comic-Con, huge mistake" (the crowd appreciated that mistake mightily) and that we were the first to see this. And the footage proved action-packed, referenced what's clearly a tender bromance between Holmes and Watson (Jude Law), some serious femme fatale-ing from Rachel Adams' Irene Adler and some wonderfully sinister work from Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood. Aside from that it was pretty much all action snippets, with the only extending chunk coming from a boxing match, where we see how Sherlock plans his punches. Great stuff. Downey Jr and Ritchie, who stayed for the footage, got another huge ovation as they made for the door afterwards.
And with that, Day One finished, sending a buzzing crowd out into the South Bank evening with full goodie bags and, hopefully, full film-watching schedules for the next few months.
Iron Man 2 And Robert Downey Jr!
Well, Day Two has started with a bang. Chris "cheaper than Jimmy Carr" Hewittt got things going by almost instantly leaving the stage to President of Marvel Simon Phillips, who said that he's "the luckiest man in the world. I was at the premiere of one of our movies with my sons, and he turned to me and said, 'Daddy, when you die can I have your job?'". He introduced some B-roll footage from Iron Man 2, behind-the-scenes glimpses of pre-effects action scenes, Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanov in action, Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts and of course Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark. But while it looked good, it didn't give us much of a taste of what we can expect - so Robert Downey Jr. interrupted proceedings to demand that Phillips show us the good stuff.
He also gave us a tiny hint of what we can expect from this one. "It's not a Dark Knight, which pushed the PG-13 to a point where even I was afraid to go, but we did push the boundaries this time."
And then the footage rolled. We saw Stark, reclining in Iron Man suit sans helmet, in the curve of the iconic Randy's Donuts sign in LA. "Please step out of the donut, sir," shouted a figure down below, and it proved to be Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury. Once the pair adjuourned inside, it became clear that Stark may be suffering hallucinations, and that he's still reluctant to join Fury's "super secret boy band". We then saw Stark facing a Congressional committee determined to force him to hand over his Iron Man technology (opposite Gary Shandling's Senator Stern). Stark denies it's a weapon, claiming instead that it's a "high-tech prosthesis", a part of him, and demanding him to hand it over is like indentured service or prostitution. He claims to have "successfully privatised world peace" as a "walking nuclear deterrent".
Then we saw Mickey Rourke's Ivan Vanko preparing his own arc reactor technology and energy whips, glimpses of Romanov in action, and Don Cheadle's Rhodesy meeting with Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer to see his new selection of guns, which include an adapted mini-gun called "Uncle Gazpacho or Puff the Magic Dragon". Rhodes wants all of them - and cue a glimpse of War Machine. Aceness unparallelled.
After once again staying to watch the footage, RDJ once again skipped away to thunderous applause. This one's looking like it will easily match its predecessor.
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As if yesterday's ab-tastic scene with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) wasn't enough, fans of The Twilight Saga: New Moon were greeted today by another scene from the film's third act. Here, Bella (Kristen Stewart) has travelled to Volturra, Italy, to save twue-wuv Edward (Robert Pattinson, eeeeeeeeeek!) from...well, stepping into the sun. We saw a frantic Bella pushing her way through crowds of Italians gathered to celebrate something-or-other (well, they're Italian; it could be anything) as Edward strips off his shirt (gasp) and prepares to step into the light and get all glittery. There were bosoms heaving, I tell ya.
The Icon Clip Reel
Christopher Smith and Triangle yesterday were also Icon releases, but they came back today with some truly impressive looking trailers. First up was Pandorum, the Ben Foster / Denis Quaid / lots of scary monsters sci-fi horror. Then there was great applause for Richard Kelly's The Box, followed by the long-awaited but (judging from the response here) still keenly anticipated The Road with Viggo Mortensen. It looks every bit as tough and brilliant as the Cormac McCarthy novel on which it's based. Following that was Paranormal Activity, which is being sold as a sort of 'next Blair Witch' and certainly put the wiggins up everyone in the cinema today.
And finally we saw a big-screen trailer for Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov's 9, the computer animated movie about live sack puppets fighting to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic landscape where evil, Matrix-squid-like robots hunt down anything with a speck of life to it. The whole thing looks both scary and weird and utterly lovable: I'm there with bells on.
Having enjoyed the Sunday morning'80s sweetness of the Adventureland screening and munched our way through pints of BFI sausage rolls and tasty hand-cut chips, we settled down for an afternoon of head scratching for Kim Newman's Basterd (well, if it's good enough for QT) Hard Movie Quiz until it was time for...
The Optimum Presentation: Ponyo, The Hurt Locker, Whiteout, Bunny and the Bull
Ponyo: we got seven minutes of heaven from Miyazaki's fantastical new animation for Studio Ghibli. The footage consisted of a clip of goldfish girl Ponyo as she emerged from the depths, surrounded by her fellow fishies. In familiarly Ghibli style, the aquatic animals morph from glorious orange to the blue of the sea, growing as they do and merging with the water to eventually become the waves which Ponyo, now in girl rather than fish form, runs along to find her way to land. It's the same clip we saw at Comic-Con, and it's as glorious and magical second time around.
Next up was a preview of Kathryn Bigelow's explosive The Hurt Locker, an Iraq bomb disposal unit drama for which we saw a grippingly tense scene. In this scene, we saw the emerging dynamic of the bomb tech unit, as they are called to the scene of an abandoned car packed full of explosives. Throwing caution to the wind, and abandoning protective bodysuit and headset, their maverick new guy (Jeremy Renner as Sgt. James) keeps things tense as he attempts to defuse the device under the stress of a sniper attack and the watchful eyes of the hostile locals.
That was followed by a Q&A with the gorgeous director herself and the film's screenwriter Mark Boal. Bigelow and Boal discussed the origins of the film, which is based on Boal's journalistic 'imbed' with a bomb disposal unit in Baghdad. He explained how the naturalistic representation of the conflict and characters increases the terrifying intensity of every day doing what is probably the most dangerous job in the world. When asked if Bigelow would consider doing a calmer film in future, she sniggered: "There are a few calm moments in this – but they're very short!" Take it that's a no then!
Next up was a sneak peek at Kate Beckinsale's snowy new thriller Whiteout, set on the lonely plains of Antarctica. Playing a cop investigating a spate of mysterious deaths, Beckinsale takes time out in the trailer to have a steamy shower, just in case we forgot that she's hot under the layers of woollies and anoraks. This looks to be action filled, with plenty of crashing planes and speedy chases through the snow to add to the gore-some remains of the victims.
Last but far from least was distinctive Brit indie comedy Bunny and the Bull, direct from the warped mind of the director behind Garth Merenghi's Dark Place and The Mighty Boosh. Taking his cues from Kaufman and Gondry, writer/ helmer Paul King wrote a road-trip movie and then confined it to a Kings Cross flat, giving us a deliciously fractured, convoluted and richly textured journey into one man's memories. With cameos from comedy brights such as Boosh boys Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding and The IT Crowd's Richard Ayode (who here turns up as foot-punning tour guide) the film stars Simon Farnaby as hedonistic traveller Bunny. The pair were on hand to talk us through how the film came from King's youthful interrailing trip around Europe with the charismatic Fielding, and how a Boosh movie will be on the way shortly. Exam and Director Stuart Hazeldine
Next we saw scenes from upcoming Brit film Exam, a psychological thriller with an intriguing premise. Eight people go into a room to sit a competitive exam to land a prestigious job – but discover that there's nothing written on the exam papers. We only saw a snippet, but it's enough to get us wondering what's next.
Happily, the director, Stuart Hazeldine, was on hand with a few clues. "I decided I wanted to direct and finance a movie myself, and thought that this one-room idea was achievable. This isn't a horror, it's a thriller. Mark Kermode saw it and said it was The Apprentice Goes To Hell, but I think it's more The Apprentice in purgatory. I thought it would be interesting to see Type A personalities who can cope with anything except nothing."
Hazeldine said that he got his start reading Empire, before writing scripts when he left university and managing to sell his first one. "Then I spent 14 years being screwed over in more ways than I thought possible in Hollywood, so I decided I wanted something that was just mine." He's just worked with Alex Proyas on a new adaptation of the Tripods, and has written an adaptation of John Milton's Paradise Lost for Legendary Pictures, so fingers crossed we soon see both of those.
Disney In 3D
Next up was a whole heap of tidbits of upcoming Disney releases, all of them in glorious 3D. First we saw a sizzle reel and then two completed scenes from Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol. The reel included some interviews with the stars: Jim Carrey, who plays Scrooge, the Ghosts and four others; Colin Firth, as Scrooge's nephew Fred, Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchitt and Cary Elwes as Fenniwick. After that, it was Scrooge's encounter with the chained ghost of Jacob Marley, which scared the bejesus out of the more squeamish members of the audience, and an interview between Fred and Scrooge on the value of Christmas, which also included a glimpse of Oldman's Cratchitt.
After that, we saw a 3D trailer for Toy Story 3, the latest instalment in Buzz and Woody's adventures. It showed that Woody and Buzz' relationship is much as it ever was, with the high-tech space toy still accidentally outdoing his buddy at every turn. After that was a snippet from the unspeakably good Up, a chase scene from late in the film with our elderly hero, tethered to his floating house, his Wilderness Scout stowaway Russell, a brightly coloured bird and an incredibly enthusiastic talking dog, on the run from a huge pack of near-wild hounds. It certainly showcased the film's lovely 3D, but there's so much more there still to see!
And finally we got to see the 3D Comic-Con Tron Legacy footage: footage put together for last year but put into eyepopping 3D this year. On the basis of this lightcycle chase across the grid, with a spectacular, violent finale, and on the basis that this is old footage and they have (unbelievably) improved the effects since then, this one left us with a serious case of NeedToSeeThisAlreadyitis.
But as if that weren't enough, the event was to have quite a finale. James Cameron recorded a short introduction, just for Movie-Con II, to two scenes of footage from Avatar, due out in December. We wouldn't be exaggerating too far if we say that jaws hit the floor. The first, short scene gave a flavour to the threat in the film: Stephen Lang's Colonel Quaritch explaining to newcomers just how dangerous the world of Pandora is, and telling them frankly that they won't all make it out alive. Then we saw Jake Sully's (Sam Worthington) Avatar alive and working in the jungles of the planet. Having faced off one rhino-looking beastie, he's surprised by the much more dangerous spider-lynx looking monster, and a spectacular chase scene occurs. We also get a glimpse there of Sigourney Weaver's Grace in action: check the next issue of Empire for more on that.
Naturally, we had to see that again, so we rewound and went for a second go. As a newcomer to the footage, I now believe the hype: Avatar really might change cinema. Check back on the site tomorrow for details of how you can get to have a sneak peek as well.
And with that, Movie-Con II was over - aside from screenings of The Hurt Locker and Funny People, which are about to happen as I write this. A big thank you to the BFI, the distributors who helped out, the guests who came along and all our lovely readers who made it such a fun occasion. Roll on next year!
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A spokesperson for the Venezuelan interior ministry has announced that the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni has been discovered.
The small aircraft, which disappeared off the coast of Venezuela six months ago, had been carrying the Missoni fashion executive and his wife Maurizia Castiglioni plus another couple, a Venezuelan crew member, and the pilot. Missoni was the eldest child of the fashion house, which showed its Men's Spring 2014 collection in Milan four days ago, and co-owner with his siblings Luca and Angela.
Earlier this year it was revealed that the airline that owned the plane was not fully licensed to operate and that the pilot's license had expired more than a month before the flight. A month later, Vittorio Missoni's bag was found on the island of Bonaire.
"The Plane that crashed on January 4 has appeared," Interior Minister spokesperson Jorge Galindo said before confirming to Reuters that it was Missoni's plane. Details of the location and the plane's condition have not been revealed.


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Shimano release 2013 Dura-Ace Di2 and Dura Ace 9000 Series details...
...confirming that the electronic version is lighter than mechanical for the first time
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Shimano have released the official weights for both the mechanical and electronic versions of their 2013 Dura-Ace groupset, each of which has had a major redesign, confirming that the electronic Di2 option is the lighter of the two for the first time.
Although the Di2 derailleurs are heavier than the mechanical alternatives, the dual control levers are 128g lighter giving the electronic system a 25g lower overall weight. Up until now, Di2 users have been at a slight weight disadvantage.
Dura-Ace will become an 11-speed system for 2013, the 9000 Series mechanical version, which we were lucky enough to try out in Belgium a few weeks ago, featuring much lighter shifting than previously.
The Dura-Ace Di2 system has been totally revamped for 2013, the 9070 series electronics coming into line with those of Shimano's second tier Ultegra Di2 groupset.
Here are the weights in full:
Chainset (FC-9000) 683g
Front & rear brake callipers (BR-9000) 297g
Cassette sprockets (CS-9000) 166g
Chain (CN-9000) 243g
Rear derailleur (RD-9000) 158g
Front derailleur (FD-9000) 66g
Left & right dual control levers (ST-9000) 365g
Total weight 1,978g
Total weight with cables 2,072g
DURA-ACE 9070 Di2
Chainset (FC-9000) 683g
Front & rear brake callipers (BR-9000) 297g
Cassette sprockets (CS-9000) 166g
Chain (CN-9000) 243 g
Rear derailleur (RD-9070) 217g
Front derailleur (FD-9070) 114g
Left & right dual control levers (ST-9070) 237g
Total weight 1,957g
Total weight with wiring and internal battery (SM-BTR2) 2,047g
I guess the Di2 is a little heavier with an external battery?
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11th June 2012 - 11:00
I do wonder how much these will cost
slightly more aerodynamic than a brick
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11th June 2012 - 16:33
Cost wise is this just a kidney, as opposed to the Super Record Eps being both kidneys a lung and half a liver!?!?!
Do like that chain set though!!
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a) There should be an option to disable dock icon. Having both are redundant.
b) Even after changing the global shortcut, the menu bar still shows the default one (looks like it is hard coded).
c) Growl and or mountain lion notifications, please.
d) It still looks like a mobile web version. Why not something more mac native? Otherwise it doesn't add more than what one could accomplish over the browser.
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A physics teacher so extraordinary he can explain combustion and love
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The physics teacher Jeffrey Wright has long been a favourite of students at Louisville Male High School. Several of them say he is the best teacher they have ever had. One says he is 'the epitome of what a teacher should be'. Wright uses goofy behaviour and eye-catching experiments to grab his pupils' attention, and he keeps them engaged by investing in them as individuals. When asked why, he says that 'one size fits all' doesn't work with education. Wright learned this last lesson after his son Adam was born with Joubert syndrome, a rare disorder that limits its victims' control of their bodies. At first, Wright was furious, thinking his son would live a life of pure agony. But slowly, and with much trial and error, he is able to build a loving world for the boy, until one day he finds him signing 'Daddy, I love you.'
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Madonna Banned From Movie Theater Chain Over Texting
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Just because you're Madonna doesn't mean you can break the rules. At least, that's what one chain of cinemas is trying to enforce.
Madonna recently attended a screening of 12 Years a Slave at New York's Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center during the New York Film Festival. She angered fellow festivalgoers when she was reportedly texting during the majority of the serious, slavery-focused drama.
One viewer asked Madonna to stop texting when she replied, "It's for business… enslaver!"
Texas-based cinema chain the Alamo Drafthouse has zero tolerance for texting while a film is being shown. Founder Tim League took to Twitter to assert that the singer will be banned from watching future movies at Drafthouse until she apologizes.
Until she apologizes to movie fans, Madonna is banned from watching movies @drafthouse. ow.ly/255eik—
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League quickly recanted his tweet, telling Entertainment Weekly that it was originally written as an "offhand joke, a spur of the moment 140 characters."
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Japanese Language Placement Advisory Test
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For Japanese courses in Fall 2015, there is no blocking of registration for courses for which you've met pre-requisites outside of CCSF.
For Spring, 2016 registration procedures, watch this space.
Students with a previous background in the study of Japanese (in high school or at another school or college) may take the placement test. The test results will help to determine your appropriate CCSF course level.
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Jefferson City, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's Commissioner of Securities Matt Kitzi entered into consent orders last week with Jolee Martin of St. Charles, Missouri and her employer, World Group Securities, Inc., based in Duluth, Georgia concerning $1.2 million in unsuitable investment recommendations by Martin and lack of supervision by her employer in the sale of variable annuities to Missouri investors.
According to the first order, Martin recommended that eight Missouri residents between the ages of 72 and 87 invest in variable annuities. The Missourians invested approximately $1.2 million with Martin, resulting in commissions to World Group Securities of approximately $98,000, some of which was paid to Martin. While the investments paid large commissions to Martin and her employer, they were not suitable for her clients.
Because variable annuities include long-term commitments of money that are subject to high fees, surrender penalties and frequently higher levels of risk, they are inappropriate for many investors, especially seniors.
Two of these investors were living in nursing homes at the time of the sale. One of the sales was made to an 87 year-old Missourian, despite a policy by the annuity's producers against the sale of the annuity product to individuals over the age of 75.
"Variable annuities are complex investments that are not suitable for everyone," said Carnahan. "It is important for investors, especially those over 65, to understand how long their money will be tied up, as well as the fees and commissions associated with an investment before they hand over their hard-earned money or retirement savings."
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Mark LeGree suffered another setback concerning his National Football League career. The former Appalachian State University All-America was released by the Buffalo
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LeGree, who has bounced around with various NFL teams the last three years, was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2010 NFL Draft. After being released prior to the regular season, LeGree spent his rookie year on the practice squads of Arizona, San Francisco and the New York Jets.
LeGree rejoined the 49ers as a reserve-future signing in 2012, and had a stint with Chicago before joining the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad in the regular season. LeGree was an All-American at Appalachian Sate where he intercepted 22 passes, including a school record 10 interceptions in 2008.
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Breast cancer can cause focal temperature increase on the breast skin due to vasodilatation mediated by NO secretion from cancer cells. Our study is to evaluate this situation and to assess the diagnostic efficacy of infrared imaging (thermography)on breast cancer.
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Malignant breast neoplasms can secrete NO to induce focal vasodilatation and increased blood flow and angiogenesis to the tumor, thus increase the focal temperature, which can be evaluated by breast thermography (infrared imaging). We will evaluate the efficacy of infrared imaging for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, and if infrared imaging can effectively differentiate malignant from benign breast dieases and the sensitivity, specificity, false-negative rate will also be estimated.
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Outlined below is the process required to develop new academic programs at Towson University.
1. Letter of Intent (LOI) - The department submits a completed LOI to the college dean for approval and signature. The dean submits the LOI to the Provost's Office. The LOI is shared with the Deans' Council for feedback. If the LOI is approved by the Provost, the Provost's Office sends the signed LOI to the dean, department chair, and the Registrar.
2. The Provost's Office submits the LOI to the USM Office of Academic Affairs. The LOI should be submitted 6 to 12 months before intended submission to Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) and/or the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) . USM shares the LOI with the USM Academic Affairs Advisory Council (provosts and vice presidents). Institutions are asked to review and to respond directly to the proposing institution's provost/vice president with comments, questions or objections within 10 business days. If there are no objections, development of the formal program proposal should proceed.
3. Curricular Approval Process and Development of the New Program Proposal -The department develops the proposal and submits it with the program request form for approval to the college dean followed by the appropriate curricular approval bodies at the college and institutional levels. Departments should submit a draft proposal to the Provost's Office for guidance in developing the proposal, including budgets. All forms will be submitted online using the Curriculum Inventory Management System (CIM).
4. Undergraduate program proposals that have been submitted and approved by the dean and the College Curriculum Committee (CCC) should be forwarded to the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) for review and signature.
Graduate program proposals that have been submitted and approved by the dean of the college and the College Curriculum Committee should be forwarded to the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) for review and signature.
5. If approved by UCC or GSC, the department will be notified, and the UCC or GSC will forward the proposal to the Chair of the University Senate Executive Committee for inclusion on the next University Senate agenda for final approval.
6. Once approved and signed by the University Senate, the college dean will be notified by the University Senate. The University Senate submits the completed proposal and all curricular approval forms to the Provost's Office.
7. In the Provost's Office, the proposal is reviewed to ensure it is complete and consistent with institutional planning, USM, MHEC, and/or MSCHE requirements. Approval by the Provost and the President is required before the proposal is submitted to USM and MHEC concurrently for approval.
8. The USM Office of Academic Affairs prepares the proposal with the Chancellor's recommendation for submission to the USM Board of Regents Education Policy Committee (EPC) for its review at the next scheduled meeting. The EPC makes a recommendation to the Board of Regents at their next meeting. The EPC may recommend approval, request additional information or recommend that the proposed program not be approved. Action is taken by the Board of Regents at their next meeting, which is within 60 days of the submission to USM.
9. Proposals will be reviewed by the MHEC Secretary within 60 days after submission. MHEC concurrently reviews the proposal. However, distribution of the proposal can not occur until the proposal is fully approved by the USM Board of Regents. Proposals are circulated among segments and institutions for comment (30-day comment period). When the proposal is approved, the Secretary of MHEC sends a letter to the Provost's Office, which includes the new program inventory codes.
10. If the proposal requires approval as a substantive change by MSCHE, the department prepares the required documentation for Middle States using the Middle States Substantive Change Definitions and Instructions. The department submits the draft substantive change document to the appropriate dean for approval, and the dean's office submits the substantive change documentation to the assistant vice president for assessment for review and approval. Once the substantive change request has been approved, the substantive change request, executive summary, and copies of the MHEC approval letter are submitted by the assistant vice president for assessment to MSCHE on behalf of the Provost's Office.
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Beautiful homely rooms to relax in. Fall into a blissful sleep listening to the rushing river outside your window
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Nestled into the banks of the roaring River Tay, in the midst of the rolling hills with forests either side, lies the Inn on The Tay. A beautifully refurbished family-friendly 6 bedroom hotel. With a 56 seat restaurant and cosy bar, which overlooks the rushing frenzy of the River Tay outside.
The Inn on the Tay is a home away from home. Where service with a smile comes naturally. If you seek adventure go white water rafting, take a hike through the glorious scenery. Or simply relax and watch the world go by.
The Inn on the Tay is located just outside Aberfeldy in a small village called Grandtully, with beautiful views up and down the glen from Perthshire to the Highlands it certainly is a Bed and Breakfast that is worth a visit, if not staying for the night then for a delightful lunch or dinner from their seasonal, local menu.


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The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, Autograph Collection Review: Opened in 1892, this wedge-shaped sandstone and granite building has hosted princes and presidents, Hollywood actors and rock stars. It has been completely modernized over the years but always with an eye to preserving its history. Each of the 237 rooms has thick terry robes and down comforters. The Art Deco staterooms on the 8th and 9th floors are a little more costly but lots bigger than the hotel's other doubles. Several of the 25 suites, all with fireplaces, are named after their famous occupants, such as President Eisenhower and the Beatles. Other amenities include a 5,200-square-foot Spa at The Brown (added in 2006), complimentary high-speed Internet access, a full-time concierge and a well-equipped fitness center. An $8 million renovation planned through 2007 will add state-of-the-art meeting facilities. Every afternoon, English tea is served in the atrium lobby and Sunday sees a Dom Perignon Sunday brunch. Accommodating groups of 10 to 500 are 13,000 square feet of meeting space. Dogs are welcome and provided with doggie beds, bowls and special Bone-Apetit treats.


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Brownsfest 2012 set: Cleveland Browns backers can congregate at the 2012 Brownsfest on Saturday, April 21, at the Diplomat Banquet Center, 1956 Lyell Avenue. Phil Taylor, Cleveland's 2011 first-round pick, and retired kicker returner/running back Eric Metcalfe will headline.
The event starts at 6 p.m. and partial proceeds will support the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong. Tickets are $60, $25 for 16 and under, and can be obtained from Jimmy Lee at (585) 503-1314.
RIT, East teams to be honored: Mayor Thomas Richards will present a key to the city of Rochester to the RIT women's hockey team and the East High girls basketball team on Friday.
RIT won the NCAA Division III championship, while East captured the state Class A title, becoming the first city team from Rochester to go all the way.
The 12:30 p.m. ceremony will be held in the City Hall atrium, 30 Church St.
Titans claim title: The Webster Thomas cheerleading team earned the distinction of grand champion at the Reach the Beach Nationals Competition on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The Titans, coached by Gen Sullivan, won first place in the Open Varisty category and scored the most points in the entire competition, which featured more than 100 teams from the U.S. and Cananda.
Webster Thomas also qualified for next year's nationals in Virginia Beach, Va.
Titans cheerleader Leah Petronio took first in the Senior All-Stars Open Division, an individual competition.
Webster Thomas was the Class AA1 winner at the Section V winter championships.
Razorsharks set playoff schedule: The Rochester Razorsharks announced the dates of their first round best-of-three playoff series with the Sauk Valley Predators Tuesday.
Rochester (17-1), the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Division, will travel to Sauk Valley (13-6), No. 2 seed in the Central Division, for Game 1 on April 6 in Sterling, Ill.
Rochester hosts the Predators in Game 2 on April 7 and again in game three, if necessary, on April 9.


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Clomiphene Citrate (CC) Co-treatment With HP Urinary FSH vs HP Urinary FSH in CC-resistant PCOS
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To test whether adding small doses of HP urinary FSH to standard regimen of clomiphene citrate in clomiphene resistant PCOS well yield better results in terms of better ovulation rate,lower follicle number, less consumption of HP urinary FSH,lower treatment cost , better pregnancy rate, lower multiple pregnancy rates compared with the exclusive use of HP urinary FSH in these cases.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Drug: Step-up HP u FSH
Drug: Clomiphine citrate plus low dose uFSH
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Clomiphene Citrate Co-treatment With Low Dose HP Urinary FSH vs. HP Urinary FSH Step-up Protocol for Clomiphene-citrate Resistant PCOS Anovulatory Infertility: Randomized Controlled Trial
- ovulation rate [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]IF CC Co-treatment with low dose step-up HP urinary(u)FSH results in similar or higher ovulation rate compared with step-up low dose HP uFSH
- Live birth rate [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]% of of cases that result in live birth > 20 weeks pregnancy
- number of follicles sized 16 mm or more mean diameter in both ovaries at the time of hCG [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]To test if CC-co treatment with low dose HP uFSH results in lower number of follicles 16 mm mean diameter or more at time of triggerring ovulation compared with low dose HP uFSH
- Endometrial thickness [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Measuring endometrial thickness in mm in both study arms at the time of ovulation trigerring to see if there is difference
- serum Estradiol(E2) [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]serum level of E2 is measured in both groups at the time of ovulation triggerring to test for differences
- incidence of multiple pregnancy [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]To test if CC-co treatment with low dose HP uFSH results in lower or higher incidence of multiple pregnancies compared with low dose HP uFSH
- costs per cycle [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]costs of drugs used to induce ovulation in each arm of the study in Egyptian pounds The cost of HP uFSH per cycle was calculated by multiplying the cost of a single IU with the mean number of FSH IU used per cycle. Add to this the cost of clomiphene citrate in the relevant arm
- cost effectiveness ratio [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The cost-effectiveness ratio is calculated multiplying the cost per cycle by the total number of cycles performed in each arm then dividing the result for the number of clinical pregnancies obtained in the arm during the trial.
- clinical and biochemical predictors of response to treatment [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Clomiphene Citrate plus HP uFSH
Starting from the 2nd day of the cycle Clomiphene Citrate( CC)50 mg tablets are given in 100 mg daily dose for 5 days together with an low dose HP uFSH (half ampoule: 37.5 IU) given im daily for 8-10 days.
Drug: Clomiphine citrate plus low dose uFSH
Clomiphene citrate 50 mg tab oral tablets(Clomid 50 mg tablets Global Napi , Egypt) two tablets(100 mg) /day are started from the 2nd day of cycle for 5 days togeteher with 37.5 IU HP uFSH (Fostimone 75 IU IBSA)/day for 8 days and may be extended to 10-12 days until leading follicle diameter reaches 18 mm
Active Comparator: Step-up HP uFSH
HP uFSH started in doses of half ampole (37.5 )IU daily from the 2nd day of cycle for 7 days ,then dose is stepped-up to one ampoule ( 75 IU) for 7 days then the one and a half amps (112.5) IU /day until follicular diameter reaches 18 mm mean diameter
Drug: Step-up HP u FSH
HP u FSH (Fostimone 75 IU ,IBSA Institut Biochimique SA-CH 6903 Lugano) in doses of 37.5 IU (half ampole) im /day statrted from second day of the cycle for 7 days ,then increased to 75 IU for another 7 days ,then to 112.5 IU (one and half ampoule) untilleading follicle mean diameter reaches 18 mm
Detailed Description:
To test whether CC co- treatment with chronic low dose HP uFSH vs chronic low dose HP uFSH in CC resistant PCOS will yield better results in terms of ,ovulation rate, lower follicle number,lower HP uFSH dose ,better outcome in terms of pregnancy rates, better cost-effectiveness ratio, lower multiple pregnancy rates,lower cycle cancellation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 38 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- CC resistant PCOS
- Infertile
- Females
- Age 18-38
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hyperprolactinaemia
- Cushing syndrome
- Adult onset adrenal hyperplasia
- Age >38
- Other infertility factors in the couple than PCOS: male factor,tubal factor,edometriosis
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01212263
|Mansoura Integrated fertility Center
|Mansoura, Dekahlia, Egypt
|Study Chair:
|Mohamad E Ghanem, MD
|Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center
|Study Director:
|Mohammad A Emam, MD
|Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Mohamad E Ghanem, MD
|Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Mohamad Elsaid Ghanem, Dr, Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01212263 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 29, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 29, 2013
|Health Authority:
|Egypt:Ministry of health
Keywords provided by Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center:
Clomiphene resistance
ovulation induction
low dose uFSH
uFSH step-up protocol
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Adnexal Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Citric Acid
Chelating Agents
Estrogen Antagonists
Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Fertility Agents
Fertility Agents, Female
Hematologic Agents
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Reproductive Control Agents
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Sequestering Agents
Therapeutic Uses
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 08, 2015


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The Manhattan skyline with One World Trade Center, now the tallest... Nieuwsfoto'sAanslagen op 11 september 2001,Bedrijfsleven,Bouw,Financiën,Horizontaal,Hulpdienst beroep,Internationaal monument,Lang,Manhattan,One World Trade Center,Stad New York,Terrorisme,Verenigde Staten,World Trade Center - ManhattenPhotographer Spencer PlattCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: The Manhattan skyline with One World Trade Center, now the tallest building in the United States, is viewed on May 10, 2013 in New York City. After more than 11 years of construction and planning, One World Trade Center reached its final height Friday morning of 1,776 feet. When it opens for business in 2014, One World Trade center will be home to companies including Conde Nast and Vantone Holdings China Center. One World Trade Center is built on the site where the September 11, 2001 attacks toppled the original World Trade Center towers. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)


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Newfield Exploration Co. has signed an agreement to supply 18,000 b/d of crude oil from its Uinta basin fields to Tesoro Corp.'s 60,000 b/d Salt Lake City, Utah, refinery.
Newfield said the agreement spans a 7-year period starting in 2013 and secures additional supply capacity for the company's planned oil growth in the basin. The oil price differential associated with this agreement is not materially different than Newfield's current supply contracts in the basin.
Newfield has been active in the basin since 2004. Multiple oil-productive geologic targets exist across the acreage, and an active drilling campaign is under way to develop the more than 6,000 potential locations.
Newfield plans to test multiple horizontal intervals in 2012 in two new central basin oil developments, the Uteland Butte and Wasatch formations, on which it disclosed initial tests in mid-2011 (OGJ Online, July 20, 2011). The company has been increasing its rig count and expects to run at least eight rigs in the basin next year, up from an historic five-rig program.
Newfield sells its crude oil from the Uinta basin to multiple Salt Lake City-area refiners and continues to work with each to secure additional refining capacity to meet future growth plans from the region.


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Gettysburg College provides all full-time employees with medical, prescription and vision insurance. Three health care plans are available through Highmark Blue Shield ( PPO 1, PPO 2 and PPO 3). The cost is based on the employee's plan choice. A prescription drug plan is provided through this program. Additionally, a mail-in drug program is available for maintenance drugs. Each plan offers the same prescription and vision plan.
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Could you please send me any information to do with blind obedience of the Germans who had to kill all those Jews and the choices that were open to the Germans that had to do the exterminating
I highly recommend Christopher Browning's book, Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland.
This book is a case study that explores these issues.
Rich Green
I am currently researching a project on the implications of "ordinary germans" in the holocaust. Have you any ideas and do you feel that the German nation were guilty by association, were those who did nothing not interested, unaware or deliberately denying what was occuring? I would be grateful for any feedback *In anticipation, thank you
I believe your question is misphrased. The German nation -- that is the country -- was guilty because the acts were perpetrated in their name just as the American nation was guilty of improperly imprisoning certain American citizens of Japanese descent during WW II. I cannot impute guilt to individual Germans on this basis just as I do not impute guilt to the vast majority of Americans who did not participate in imprisoning Americans of Japanese descent.
Have you any ideas and do you feel that the German nation were guilty by association,
were those who did nothing not interested, unaware or deliberately denying what was occuring?
I believe that it varied with the individual. The reasons you cite are possible reasons. Likewise fear (it was a capital crime to speak against the policies of the nazis and over 5,000 people were executed for that reason, agreement with the policy, personal gain (many profited from both the exclusion of Jews and the confiscation of their property), and blind patriotism are other possible reasons.
I would be grateful for any feedback. In anticipation, thank you
I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to use the question answering service at The Holocaust History Project if you need further assistance.
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