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What sunk the TNG movie franchise: Insurrection or Nemesis?
Neither.. the TNG franchise literally had no where else to go. The Insurrection and Nemesis movies were great on their own...But they just didnt add anything to the franchise that couldnt be seen on one of the hour episodes.
That's the real problem with all four of the
Next Generation
films. None of them break new ground with the characters or the universe. They're simply two hour long episodes with a budget.
Data's emotion chip?
Riker and Troi getting married?
Riker moving on to a different command?
Data dying?
Enterprise being destroyed?
if you compare this to the TOS movies, TNG arguably did more stuff to change it up. In TOS, you got Spock's death which was quickly undone, Kirk's promotion which was undone eventually, Kirk getting a son which was undone, the Enterprise being destroyed, and... Sulu becoming a captain in the last movie.
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Green Ronin
Chris G.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 03/22/2006 00:00:00
Shadowspawns Guide to Sanctuary
It is always good times when I find myself back in the place that is Thieves World. I grew up reading the books and playing in the setting using the old box set. I was overjoyed when Green Ronin announced the release of this product line in 2004 and was thrilled to get the Thieves? World Players Manual at Gen Con in 2005. This is the third book in the series and it continues to give excellent information for the setting. The city continues to get great definition and the world around it comes into great view.
Shadowspawn?s Guide to Sanctuary is the third in the Thieves? World line of books from Green Ronin. The book is designed by Aaron Rosenberg and Robert J Schwalb. The book is in PDF format as well as available in print. The PDF version is full book marked and both have really good art and layouts. This is a good sized book being two hundred and fifty six pages long.
The book covers in really good detail the city and its inhabitants. One great thing the book does is cover both major time periods from the short stories: the Rankan and Irrune times. The book starts with a good introduction explaining the city and its constants. This is good enough to bring people not familiar with the city into an understanding of what the city of Sanctuary is. The book then goes into background and history of the city. This is mostly new information that at times was hinted at in the novels and short stories but never really explained in such detail.
The second chapter though is were things really start to get good. This chapter really goes into some of the day to grind of the city. I really like how it emphases legitimate businesses. It does a great job of showing that not everything in the city is corrupt and illegal. I think it is an idea that can easily be forgotten in the evil that goes on here. It also covers the illegal activity like the drugs, slavery, and gangs. The chapter deals with the politics, the laws, guards and other figures of authority, and the many different organizations that appear throughout the books. I really like that it takes care to inform the reader which of the two eras that things happen in. Much is actually fitting for both setting but there are specific items that only go on for one of the times.
The city is not completely fleshed out. One day a thriving shop can be abandoned or changed into something else the next week. There is a very nice set of tables in the third chapter to fill out the buildings and to randomly determine what is where. The city then gets rather will fleshed out. The more well known locales are defined and explained in the book and each section of the city is also written about. It does a very complete job of covering the city.
The book also contains the many NPCs from the books. This includes people from both time periods and it stats them up very well in d20 system presented in the Thieves? World Players Manual. This is the first place that stat blocks and game mechanics really come into play. The book can be used as a guide to play in this setting using other rule systems. There are a lot of NPCs of specific people nicely detailed and stated. The book also goes into good detail about adventuring in Sanctuary. It is one thing to present a setting but at times it might be tough for one to envision how adventures work. There are some good rule variants here like action points, and round robin DMing, and character clusters. Some of these options like the Round Robin and Character Clusters can really be used well to make the games feel a bit more like the short stories penned by different authors and with many different characters being focused on.
The book finishes up with more character options. There are prestige classes, backgrounds, cultures, and feats. This is good information but it is obviously not what the book is built around. I like how it feels that the stuff is there but the information on the city is the primary focus. The book also has new magical rules in the form of Ur Words. These are nice option to use magic but I think a little more explanation would be useful. They feel a little tacked on.
The book continues in the strong line of Thieves World books. It gives one the city of Sanctuary with its entire people. I really like how this book lets the city come alive and gives a DM all the tools one needs to really get the setting going. When the book is combined with the Thieves? World Players Manual it really allows one to play campaigns in the treacherous city of Sanctuary.
: Very complete bringing the city to life
: Ur Words just needed a little something extra
: Excellent
: Very Satisfied
[5 of 5 Stars!]
Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary
Green Ronin
Rob M.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 02/28/2006 00:00:00
Shadowspawn?s Guide to Sanctuary is a 252 page PDF (257 with Full color cover, OGL/Credits page, & 3 pages of ads) city guide for D20/D&D 3.5, It features an overview of the infamous city at the center of the Thieves? World novels, Sanctuary. The guide is made up of 8 chapters and an introduction. Chapter one provides a timeline and history of Sanctuary from it?s founding by Ilsigi tribesmen, through it?s subjugation by the Rankan Empire, the occupation of the Beysib, onto current times and the rule of the nomadic Irrune. Chapter two provides an overview of life in the city of Sanctuary. Chapter three provides an overview of the city of Sanctuary, its districts and notable locations, outlying areas and the surrounding region, during both the Rankan era, and the current Irrune era. Chapter four provides listings for major characters, as featured in the books, from the Rankan era, while chapter five provides listings of major characters, as featured in the books, from the Irrune Era. Chapter six covers adventuring in Sanctuary. Chapter seven offers write-ups of several common character?s to be found in Sanctuary, saving the GM the trouble of generating them himself. Finally, chapter 8 is the player?s expansion, adding additional cultures, backgrounds, feats, and prestige classes, and a section on Ur-Words.
The introduction provides an overview of Sanctuary as a gaming setting, discussing the types of campaign that fit within it?s Eras, and the nature and tone of the games staged in the setting, ending with an encouragement to fill in the ?undiscovered country? of the setting with your own ideas and character?s, just as the writer?s of the anthologies worked alongside and in-between the other writers in the setting. Or to change major features of the setting to reflect developments you have instituted.
Chapter one provides an informative overview of Sanctuary?s history with an emphasis on the Rankan and Irrune eras, as featured in the Thieves? World anthologies. This is especially useful for old fans, like me, who may not be familiar with the new stories set in the Irrune era.
Chapter two gives you a street, or gutter, level overview of life in Sanctuary, in both the Rankan and Irrune eras, with notes about economics & industry, religion, drugs & the drug trade (always a major theme in the original anthologies, and a major part of the grim & gritty tone of the stories.), food, entertainment, and of course crime, and for those who get caught, punishment. The chapter then goes on to cover the politics of the city, and its police & military forces. The chapter ends with information on other power groups and organizations within the city, such as the Blue Star Adepts, which featured in the original anthology.
Chapter three provides an overview of the geography and layout of Sanctuary, providing descriptions of its major districts and notable locations, such as the Vulgar Unicorn tavern in the Maze, or the location of Prince Kadakithis? palace, which was destroyed during the Irrune era. Tables providing random building types are provided as well as maps of Sanctuary during the Rankan and Irrune eras. Each map features keyed entries listing the various described locations. There is also a map provided for the infamous Vulgar Unicorn, whose write-up includes a listing of drink prices and other bits of setting detail.
Chapter four and five include write-ups, with description, personality, stat-blocks and notes, for major characters from the Thieves? World anthologies, both from the original series? Rankan Era, and the new series? Irrune Era. All of the notables are included, such as the wizard Enas Yorl, Hanse called Shadowspawn, your titular guide to Sanctuary, the former gladiator turned crime lord Jubal, Lastel ?One-Thumb? the owner of the Vulgar Unicorn, Lythande, the Blue Star Adept, the stepson Nikodamus, and nigh-immortal Tempus, godsworn of Vashanka.
Chapter six covers adventuring in sanctuary, including rules for adapting the basic classes and D&Ds magic system to feel more like magic in the Thieves? World setting. Some optional rules variants, including Action Points, as present in D20 Modern, and a class defense bonus, to reflect that armor is rarely worn in thieves? world setting. Another interesting variant offered for the campaign structure is the use of Round-Robin GMing, or character clusters. These variants are meant to reflect the differences of voice and style, and tone, to a certain degree, present in the anthologies, due to the different authors writing the individual stories. The chapter is rounded out by a short section on bringing across a city atmosphere, and the dirty, squalid place that is Sanctuary, in particular. Finally, a table of 100 adventure seeds, and an expansive collection of Rankan Era adventure outlines is provided.
Chapter seven provides a convenient selection of NPC write-ups for common character types to be encountered in Sanctuary, saving the GM the trouble of statting them up himself.
Finally, chapter eight provides an additional selection of crunchy player options. This includes additional minor cultures a character may be from, most of which are common to the Rankan era. Next is a selection of additional backgrounds, providing more Sanctuary specific ?life-paths? a character might have followed. A selection of new feats are provided, most of which are based on the Ur-word ?magic? system also detailed in this chapter. Finally eight new prestige classes are included, some of the more interesting ones being Harka Bey Assassin and Nisibisi Spy.
The PDF itself is a very attractive affair, done in black & white with grayscale artwork. It is laid out in two columns with plenty of white-space. It features an appealing decorative font for section headings, and a clear readable font for body text. However, many section headings are done as a white text on a solid black bar, another ink waster, while others use a thick rule or thin double rule. The header and footer use a dark text color on a solid textured graphic, which was presumably colored in the print version, which is going to kill your ink and mortally wound your toner if you print the PDF. The color is a nice full-color piece featuring Shadowspawn in some kind of action pose in an alleyway. Pretty, but another terrible ink sucker. The artwork is of decent to good quality, done by a number of artists, ranging from simple line art to ?painted? grayscale pieces.
Overall, this is an excellent product, packed with lots of good details on Sanctuary, its history, peoples, politics, and customs. The city is laid bare for your adventuring pleasure with lots of description and adventure hooks gracing the chapters, and interesting color quips from Shadowspawn here and there. So, if you are playing a D20 Thieves? World game, buy it, if you want to run a Thieves World game in another system, it is still worth the money, and it is even a worthwhile purchase for a plain old Thieves? World fanboy. Unfortunately, as PDFs go, it is a masochistic purchase if you want a print-out of it. So only print out bits you need, or get it printed a print-shop, your ink/toner cartridge will appreciate your mercy, not to mention your wallet.
: Maps, history, color quotes by Shadowspawn, story pulls, and extra culture write-ups
: The print version of a PDF (and with a busy "print" design like this, there should be a print version) should not be the PDF converted from the dead-tree version of the product, but the PDF with the ink-wasting decorative elements and fancy backgrounds removed, thank you, drive through. Oh, what?s up with the 3 pages, of dark background ads at the back, you got stock in a printer company or something?
: Excellent
: Satisfied
[4 of 5 Stars!]
Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary
Green Ronin
Anthony R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 12/18/2005 00:00:00
Shadowspawn?s Guide to Sanctuary is a big 257-page PDF with color cover and black & white interior. It has a table of contents, index and is fully bookmarked. The layout is up to Green Ronin?s usual high standards and the book is heavily (and excellently) illustrated. Like the Player?s Guide, it has the dark bands at the top and bottom of each page, but they have been lightened somewhat to cut down on printer ink suck. I tried to find out if there was an update available that omitted the bands, but I could not get that information at the time of this review.
The Guide is divided into eight chapters and in many ways is actually two books in one! By that I mean information is provided throughout the book for both the classic Rankan era and the current Irrune era. Both eras get roughly equivalent coverage and so fans of the old books should be as happy as fans of the new series.
The book kicks off with an overview of the history of Sanctuary, all the way through the time of troubles and into the new era. This was great for me because I am much more familiar with the old books than with the new. The next chapter provides an overview of life in Sanctuary with details on the various power groups, the justice system, rulers and industries, both legitimate and illegitimate. The next chapter covers the various districts and points of interest in those districts, including maps and descriptions for the infamous Vulgar Unicorn. Two-page maps are also included of Sanctuary in both the Rankan and Irrune eras. I really like the maps of Sanctuary. The tread the line between being functional and being nice to look at. The numbered keys are also easy to pick out, which is an issue with some maps.
Two chapters cover Sanctuary?s significant NPCs. Each NPC gets about half a page of coverage, which includes sections on description, personality and the obligatory stat block. You get details for all the characters you would expect, including Enas Yorl, Shadowspawn and One Thumb in the Rankan Era and Elisar, G?han the Wanderer and Lone in the Irrune era. About seventy-five NPCs are detailed in total between the two eras.
A chapter on adventuring in Sanctuary gives the GM some sample adventure ideas for both eras, including a table listing ?One Hundred Thieves? World Adventure Ideas?, which I thought was pretty neat. There is a smorgasbord of other information, including an optional action point system, Thieves? World diseases and more. The next chapter lists various ?common characters? for the GM to use. This is a GREAT idea. Churning out stat blocks for minor NPCs like guards, beggars, priests, etc. is a real chore in the d20 system and this chapter lists stat blocks for well over a dozen common NPC types. Thank you Green Ronin.
If the Thieves? World Player?s Manual didn?t provide you with enough options, a Player?s Expansion piles on additional cultures, backgrounds, feats and eight new prestige classes. There is also additional information about Ur-Words and tables of Ur-Words in their various scarcities.
Shadowspawn?s Guide to Sanctuary is a very nice companion to the Player?s Manual. With the two books, a GM has everything he needs to run a campaign in Sanctuary. I confess that with a book this big, I really want a physical copy of the book, rather than the PDF, but an electronic copy does make it easy to print out things like NPC stat blocks for use at the game table and it is also a nice searchable reference. If you are interested in gaming in the Thieves? World universe, this is an excellent resource.
: It is an exellent companion to the Player's Manual. Stat blocks for common NPCs is a real time saver for GMs.
: I would have liked to see some maps included for common locations like shops, houses, etc.
: Excellent
: Very Satisfied
[5 of 5 Stars!]
Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary
Green Ronin
Josh B.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 11/24/2005 00:00:00
The Thieves' World stories give rise to such notables as Cappen Varra, Enas Yorl and One Thumb to name but a few. Just as important as any of these figures is the city of Sanctuary itself. It provides the backdrop, shaping (and just as offing) taking the lives of the players on its decrepit stage. It is fitting then that Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary provides more information on both the city, and some of the more notable figures to walk the streets. Most of the information in this product is devoted to the Rankan & Irrune eras as presented in the stories.
We learn the history of Sanctuary, and have a chance to walk the streets of its distrincts ? seeing the sights and learnings its secrets. More than just a guide to the streets and alleys, information about life in the wretched hive of scum and villainy is provided; from what you eat, to who controls the drug supply, and what the proper Sanctan punishment should be applied to your PCs when they get caught being naughty.
Details for some of the important players from both the Rankan and Irrune eras is provided, as is information about some of the unique and magical items carried by these notables. Though they may be less recognizable, the everyday people that fill the city are more important than the (in)famous, and receive a chapter all their own.
For characters there are new cultures, backgrounds, feats, and prestige classes such as the Harka Bey assassin, or the coveted title of Freelancer.
Supplemental material, new and variant rules are laced throughout the book; covering such things as converting other material to your Thieves' World game, a quick reference rule for knowing how likely a PC is to be spotted while doing something he shouldn't be, or the much sought power of the Ur-Words.
If you play Thieves' World this is a must have, and if you're looking to bring Sanctuary and its characters into your games, there's plenty of information you're likely to find useful.
: More information on groups like the Beysib, and the mysterious Shapeshifters.
Details that help bring the city of Sanctuary to life.
: Despite being well bookmarked, I miss the hyperlinked table of contents of the Player's Guide.
Ur-Words struck me as being less the language that was used to speak the universe into being, and more like a complex alternate way to cast spells.
I would've liked at least a few more quips and quotes from Shadowspawn.
: Excellent
: Very Satisfied
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Exhibits at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts a collection of viewpoints
Currently at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, five solo exhibits fill the top floor, offering a wide variety of contemporary viewpoints.
In one gallery, Elin Lennox's large, abstract photographs seem simultaneously familiar and disorienting. Shot on film, then printed digitally after minimal color adjustment, the photos are straightforward documents of ephemeral constructions, ones that function in limbo between painting, photography and sculpture.
"Pastoral Deluxe, Exhibit A," for example, is full of familiar-yet-indiscriminate objects, set adrift on a sea of foam. In "Pastoral Deluxe, Exhibit C," Lennox combines similar objects, but with an applied pattern. And in "Pastoral Deluxe, Exhibit B," pattern is lost completely to an organic unfolding of elements. Though each piece is unique, seen together, Lennox's five works on display evoke the traditions of abstract painting, and the aesthetics of microscopic imaging, Hubble space images and landscapes.
Elizabeth Mooney's "Shifting Panoramas" in an adjacent gallery have a similar disorienting effect, conjuring associations with the 20th century abstract art canon, while being grounded in something completely real.
Mooney's six paintings and two kinetic sculptures consider both the effect of optical devices on the perception of nature and the speed at which landscape is experienced.
This is most obvious in the kinetic works, like "Study for an Ecstatic Gazer," which successfully attempts to evoke the feeling of perceiving landscape in a bits-and-pieces manner resulting in a collective whole, as if, in this case, walking by a picket fence and getting passing glimpses of the yard contained within.
The paintings, however, are more static representations, presenting the viewer with an abstracted vantage of place and space in an attempt to reconsider our collective ideas of beauty within landscape.
Memory in the age of digital experience is the focus of Ben Hernstrom and Frank Ferraro's video installation "RECALL." As the artists contend in their statement, rapidly developing digital technologies, such as cell phones, computers and cameras, have not only allowed us to capture our individual experiences, but made it possible to transmit this digital information, thus making it available to anyone with the technology to experience it.
RECALL investigates how these issues influence how we experience and remember our daily lives and the lives of others. A site specific, immersive audio/video installation, it utilizes a multi-video projection system along with pre-recorded sound designed to initiate and investigate interactions between human experience, digital documentation, reproduction and dissemination and how these components relate to or effect memory.
Thus the imagery focuses on themes of intimacy, place, family and time, and range from the everyday occurrences we all experience, such as sleeping, to more intimate events that are at once personal, yet universal, such receiving a kiss.
From the familiar to the imagined, Thea Augustina Eck's installation "Inisiaqpunga and the waking" takes visitors on a Jules Verne-like fantasy expedition, exploring stories surrounding the Arctic and Antarctic.
In preparation for the project, Eck scoured archived documentary, poetic inventions and phantasms of personal imagination to come up with something really creative -- an imagined expedition that seems every bit real, right down to the pseudo-documentary photographs that look to have captured a real event. Add to that a very convincing dog sled filled with biscuits commanding the center of one of the two galleries that contain the exhibit.
As Eck relays it, the installation reflects on a lonesome wandering, high in the Arctic, in search of ghosts left from the famed Sir John Franklin expedition of 1845. Sent as the largest and most technically advanced of its time, the British expedition sought to finalize the Northwest Passage to the Pacific as well as to obtain calculations around the magnetic North Pole. The story pauses on the deathly silence of the entire 133-member crew by 1847, and gathers momentum as search and rescue expeditions spilled into the Arctic seeking clues.
As the statement reads: "Over 150 years seasonal freezing and thawing hid and uncovered objects and tragic histories surrounding the expedition's fate. And as a result, the threaded fingers of a map filled up with intricate coastlines, Inuit populations encountered, and inventions and communication methods appropriated or generated. The western shroud over the Arctic was rent from the globe."
In the Inuktitut language, inisiaqpunga describes the act of following a lone trail left by an occasional traveler. "Inisiaqpunga and the waking" seeks not to retell but rather to pursue the emotional voice, the soliloquy and lament, for a tragic narrative.
Finally, from imagined expeditions to imaginary worlds, James Robert Southard takes viewers into a photographic realm of his own devising with his exhibit, "The Inherent Pull." Here Southard has digitally constructed dour settings from miniature sets manufactured out of a variety of materials, which are based on film noir.
While using film noir lighting, he assembled scenes that address scale, believability and the moment of reveal. These scenes reflect familiar locations and environments that evoke an emotional reaction based on these perceptions, which is produced in such a genre.
For example, in "The Inherent Pull, #2," Southard created a believable cityscape that is not so much real, as it looks like a representation of what one would find in a film noir type scene or even a comic book representing something real. Here, the viewer's perspective is on the street, looking up at massive buildings, enhanced all too well by dark, moody lighting.
The fun in Southard's exhibit comes when one realizes the clouds you think you are seeing are actually "manufactured" by the artist from cotton balls. Manufactured like everything else in these scenes, which most effectively fool the eye and play with perception in the most inventive of ways.Additional Information:
Pittsburgh Center of the Arts solo exhibits
What: Five solo exhibits -- 'Pastoral Deluxe: Elin Lennox'; 'RECALL: Ben Hernstrom & Frank Ferraro'; 'Shifting Panoramas: Elizabeth Mooney'; 'Inisiaqpunga and the waking: Thea Augustina Eck'; 'The Inherent Pull: James Robert Southard'
When: Through June 13. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays
Admission: $5 suggested donation; free for Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts members
Where: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside
Details: 412-361-0873 or website
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I composed this early on this morning as I was thinking about my favorite pony, Cody. If you have any comments, criticism or even critique I would LOVE to hear it! Please take the time to read, and enjoy!
You arrived one fine morning,
Ignored by nearly everyone.
I went about my usual work,
Not aware of what was to come...
That evening I was working late,
As Jose was walking you by.
I studied you for a moment or two,
And let out a joyful cry!
You had a beautiful Buckskin coat,
And deep brown puppy dog eyes.
With all your stunning features,
You really had caught my eye!
Your soft nicker soon filled the air,
I rubbed your velvety nose.
Grabbing my saddle and bridle,
Then grooming you head-to-toe.
It was early January of 2006,
I hopped right on your back.
You threw me off without a cause,
Abruptly followed by your tack.
You continued to buck and rear,
You wouldn't stay on the rail.
I trained you still for endless days,
And look how far we've come!
Four years slowly passed by,
Oh! My beautiful boy.
For you are perfect in every way!
He knew it all,
A shining star,
I knew we'd make it someday!
His walk and trot were flawless,
His canter, sheer perfection.
He soared through the air,
With such great ease,
3"3 jumps were now a breeze!
He and I had formed a team,
Even attended the local shows!
1st place in all our classes,
Grand Champion, way to go!
And to this day I can be found,
Astride my favorite horse.
Cody my lovely Mustang,
Cody, my best friend...


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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has cut the lead of front-runner Pier Luigi Bersani to 5 percentage points in the countdown to Italian parliamentary elections Feb. 24-25. Berlusconi is tapping into public anger over a banking scandal at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BMPS:IM) and soaking up the popular adulation over the signing of striker Mario Balotelli to Berlusconi's Milan soccer team.
Berlusconi's bloc gained to 27.8 percent, picking up 1.1 percentage points in a week, acccording to an SWG poll released Feb. 1. Bersani's forces slipped 1.6 points to 32.8 percent. The three-time premier has cut Bersani's lead in half in a month and he may soon be entering in the margin-of-error territory. The jump in the polls is reviving memories of 2006, when he trailed by about 5 points going into the elections, only to lose by a 10th of a percent.
Revelations that Banca Monte Paschi hid details of structured finance deals that may produce hundreds of millions of euros in losses is embroiling everyone from Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti to European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, while providing fodder for Berlusconi to slam his rivals in attacks that are fueling his comeback.
Berlusconi also got a bounce from Milan signing Balotelli, the 22-year-old striker who scored 20 goals this season for Manchester City and was a hero in Italy's run to the finals of the European Championship. The 20 million pounds that Milan reportedly paid for Balotelli will seem like chump change to the billionaire Berlusconi if he pulls off an election upset. Berlusconi got some quick dividends when Balotelli scored two goals in his first game to lead Milan to victory over Udinese. Roberto Weber, chairman of pollster SWG, said last week the signing probably added about 0.3 percentage point to Berlusconi's support in the week.
The three-time premier's jump in the polls didn't seem to be hurt by his comments on Holocaust Remembrance Day last weekend, when he praised Fascists dictator Benito Mussolini for "doing a lot of good things." The remarks prompted headlines and condemnation from around the world, but his supporters seem to have taken it in stride.


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LA CROSSE, Wis. — October 1, 2012. Errant gunshots are an obvious health risk during fall hunting season, but a range of other dangers also can send hunters to the hospital or worse: heart attacks, injured backs and broken bones are among the most common medical emergencies. Emergency medicine physician Eric Grube, D.O., of the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse offers several tips for a safe hunting season.
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"I am a hunter and always need to remind myself to lead by example when I'm in the woods," Dr. Grube says. "Hunting can be a fun sport for all to enjoy. But we need to make sure that fun isn't spoiled by some unfortunate accident."
Hunters should make sure they are properly educated about their surroundings. They also should be diligent with safety precautions, wear clothing suitable for hunting and for the weather, stay level headed, and always alert other hunters to their presence, he says.
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Dr. Grube notes four basic rules of firearm safety from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources known as TAB-K: Treat every firearm as if it is loaded, always point the muzzle in a safe direction, be certain of your target and what's beyond it, and keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot.
For example, if a hunter stumbles with a firearm in one hand and nothing in the other, whatever that person does with the free hand will automatically happen with the hand holding the gun, the agency notes. So if a finger is inside the trigger guard, that hand will likely close around the pistol grip of the gun and on the trigger causing an unwanted discharge.
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NEWS: A jury has found Spyros Panos did not depart from the standard of care in the first of more than 250 civil lawsuits against the former surgeon. The jury in state Supreme Court in White Plains rendered a verdict just before noon today, said Jeffrey Schietzelt, attorney for plaintiff Sylvia Puiatti. By a 5 -1 vote the jury found Panos "didn't depart from the standard of care," he said. Puiatti, a Pleasant Valley widow sued Panos, both as an individual and as executor of the estate of her husband, Bernard Puiatti, who died at age 78 on Jan. 19, 2008.
A local airman, home on leave before a long deployment to Greenland, gave his sister the surprise of a lifetime today. Airman 1st Class Mark Thomas, Jr., a Beacon High School graduate, just got home from North Dakota, where he's been training for the security forces post he'll hold when he leaves for the Thule Air Base in Greenland. This morning, with help from district officials, the siblings reunited in front of an auditorium full of Arlington Middle School students. After students performed a premiere of "Shrek, the musical", Principal Paul Hackett called Julianna Thomas, 13, onto the stage in the auditorium - she had won tickets to see the performance of her choice this weekend, he said. "Can someone...bring those tickets out?" Hackett said, pretending to misplace them before asking for help delivering them to the stage. Mark Thomas, Jr. dressed in full U.S. Air Force uniform, was waiting behind the closed stage curtain holding a bouquet of flowers. "I haven't seen her in about six or seven months," said the airman minutes before reuniting with her. "I think it will be a great surprise." The curtain opened and a shocked Julianna Thomas gave her brother a hug. "He's an amazing brother," she said. Mom Patricia Pompilio helped pull the plan together, but it was her son's idea, she said. When Julianna was little, "he always helped me bathe and change her," said the proud mom, who added that her older son, Nicholas Thomas, is an active duty U.S. Marine Corps serviceman.
The owner of two local Domino's Pizza locations is one of six franchise owners involved in a $448,000 settlement with underpaid minimum-wage employees, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's Office announced today. John Cilmi, who owns eight Domino's restaurants, operating as JMC Holdings Inc. must pay $100,000 in connection with the settlement, the attorney general's office said. The settlement will be distributed to about 750 employees. Most will receive between $200 and $2,000, according to the attorney general's office. "The violations in these cases demonstrate a statewide pattern of Domino's franchisees flouting the law and illegally chiseling at the pay of minimum-wage workers, who struggle to survive as it is," Schneiderman said in a statement. According to Schneiderman's office, some of the franchise owners refused to pay employees overtime when they worked more than 40 hours at more than one Domino's location. Others paid delivery drivers less than minimum wage, among other violations of labor laws from 2007 to 2013. Cilmi owns two Domino's locations in Dutchess County. Those locations are: 10 Taft Ave. in the Town of Poughkeepsie and 1582 Route 9 in Wappingers Falls. He owns additional locations in Westchester County and New York City. It is unclear at this time what specific violations Cilmi was cited for. The franchise owners involved in the settlement must submit quarterly reports to the attorney general's office for two to three years.
BUSINESS: Jobs grew in the mid-Hudson counties as well as in the broader Hudson Valley region in February, the state Department of Labor reported today. The region saw a year-over-year gain of 1.1 percent in private-sector jobs, though it still lags that of the state and nation, noted labor analyst Johny Nelson of the department. But there was even better news to the north, as the area covering Dutchess and Orange counties had private job growth of 2.6 percent while Ulster County rose by 3.5 percent, the strongest gain of any of the state's metropolitan statistical areas. The results still show gains if reported on a total basis, including government jobs. The Dutchess-Orange area posted a total nonfarm jobs gain of 1.8 percent, while Ulster had a 1.7 percent growth. The seven-county Hudson Valley region rose by 0.6 percent for total nonfarm jobs. Statewide, the private job count was up by only 0.2 percent in February, but nevertheless raised the state's private jobs count to an all-time high of 7,543,100.
COMING FRIDAY: Tracy Patterson and the late Floyd Patterson put the mid-Hudson Valley on the world boxing map. On Sunday, the two will be recognized for their accomplishments when they are among the 20 inductees into the third class of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. The Pattersons are both two-time world champions who trained boxers after retiring from the ring. Read more in Sports.
Red Fox Friday looks back at the Marist College women's basketball team's run to a ninth consecutive NCAA Division I Tournament. The Red Foxes, who lost to Iowa in Sunday's opening round of the NCAA Tournament, defeated Quinnipiac for their 10th Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament title in 11 years.
WEATHER: Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a high of about 32, the National Weather Service says. Friday will bring rain with a high of about 52.
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IDFA, the world's biggest documentary festival, began on Thursday with a rousing address from festival director Ally Derks addressing the recent murder of the filmmaker Theo Van Gogh.
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Beautiful climb up to the ski resort. Relentless, but not too steep for most of the ride
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Retroactive Increase in Excludible Transit Benefits for 2014
Section 103 of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA) retroactively increased the monthly transit benefit exclusion from $130 to $250 per participating employee for the period of January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. This increase in the monthly transit benefit exclusion does not extend past December 31, 2014. For 2015, the monthly exclusion is $130.
Within this article,
- "Transit benefits" refers to any combination of transit passes and transportation in a commuter highway vehicle that meets the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 132 and the applicable regulations. For more information, see "Transportation (Commuting) Benefits" in Publication 15-B, Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits.
- "Excess transit benefits" refers to transit benefits provided during 2014 by an employer to an employee in excess of $130 per month and up to $250 per month. These excess transit benefits are now excluded from the employee's gross income and wages.
Employers that provided excess transit benefits during 2014 and treated those benefits as taxable wages must reduce the taxable wages of affected employees, as reported on Forms 941 and W-2 and any equivalent forms. The exclusion applies whether the employer provided the transit benefits out of its own funds or whether the transit benefits were provided through salary reduction arrangements.
Employer Procedures
The IRS issued Notice 2015-02 to provide guidance to employers on how to account for the retroactive change when filing Forms 941 and W-2.
Employers must reduce the taxable wages of affected employees, as reported on Forms 941 and W-2 and any equivalent forms, by the amount of any excess transit benefits. For example, if an employer gave its employees monthly transit passes worth $200 per month and included $70 in wages, it must now remove that $70 from wages. Or, if the employer ran a salary reduction plan and allowed the employees to allocate more than $130 (up to $250) to transit benefits, it must now remove the amount above $130 from wages. For example, if the employee purchased a $200 transit pass by way of a pre-tax deduction of $130 and a post-tax deduction of $70, the $70 post-tax deduction must now be treated as a pre-tax deduction.
Under normal rules, employers who originally treated these excess transit benefits as includible in gross income and wages and withheld income taxes and FICA taxes would be required to file Form 941-X for each quarter to make corrections.
Notice 2015-2 provides a special administrative procedure for employers that have not yet filed their fourth quarter Form 941 for 2014 and that meet the other requirements below. Under this special administrative procedure, employers may account for the excess transit benefits they provided in 2014 by reducing the wages reported on their 4th quarter 2014 Form 941 by the excess transit benefits for all four quarters of 2014. By taking advantage of this special administrative procedure, employers will avoid having to file Forms 941-X and Forms W-2c.
In order to use this special administrative procedure,
- Employers must repay or reimburse their employees for the overcollected FICA tax (including any Additional Medicare Tax) on the excess transit benefits for all four quarters of 2014 on or before filing the fourth quarter Form 941.
- Employers do not need to obtain written statements from their employees confirming, for each employee, that the employee did not make a claim (or if the employee did make a claim, the claim was rejected) and will not make a claim for refund of FICA tax overcollected in a prior year .
- Employers may correct the employer share of FICA tax only if the corresponding employees' share of FICA tax has been repaid or reimbursed to the employees.
- Employers, in reporting amounts on its fourth quarter Form 941, will reduce the fourth quarter Wages, tips and compensation reported on line 2, Taxable social security wages reported on line 5a, Taxable Medicare wages and tips reported on line 5c, and Taxable wages & tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding reported on line 5d by the excess transit benefits for all four quarters of 2014.
- To ensure that the Form 941 line 10 (Total taxes after adjustment) matches Form 941 line 14, employers must reduce the last liability of the quarter reported (that is, Month 3 on line 14 of Form 941 or the last liability entry on Schedule B) by the amount of the tax reduction due to use of the special administrative procedure. If the amount of the tax reduction exceeds the last liability of the quarter reported on line 14 or Schedule B, the employer should apply the amount of the tax reduction to reduce previous liabilities in reverse order until the amount of the tax reduction is completely used. Note that negative numbers must not be entered on Line 14 or Schedule B.
Employers who do not take advantage of the special procedure must follow normal processes to correct their Form 941 for each period, including repaying or reimbursing employees for overcollected social security and Medicare taxes (but not Additional Medicare Tax), obtaining written employee statements, and filing Form 941-X for each affected period. If the excludible transit benefits were included on Forms W-2, the employers should prepare Forms W-2c to remove the excludible transit benefits from their employees' income and wages and file Forms W-2c with the Social Security Administration and furnish them to its employees.
The same procedures are available to filers of other employment tax returns reporting social security and Medicare taxes (e.g., the related Spanish-language return or return for U.S. possessions) and to filers of employment tax returns reporting taxes under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act.
Employee Procedures
Employees whose employer provided transit benefits above $130 per month in 2014 and withheld income tax, social security, and Medicare taxes on the amount over $130 may be entitled to a refund of taxes withheld on the excess transit benefits (the portion over $130 and up to $250 per month).
Recovering Income Taxes
An employee will get credit on their Form 1040 for withheld federal income taxes reported on Form W-2. An employer may not repay or reimburse their employee or seek a refund from the IRS on the employee's behalf for the income taxes withheld on the excess transit benefits in 2014.
If the excludible transit benefits were included on Form W-2, the employer should prepare a Form W-2c to remove the excess transit benefits from income and wages and furnish a copy to their employee. Employees who do not receive a Form W-2c from their employer should ask for one. If the employer does not provide one, the employee should follow the instructions in Tax Topic 154.
If an employee receives a Form W-2c and has already filed their income tax return, they will have to file a Form 1040X to reflect the decrease in taxable income due to the retroactive increase in excludible transit benefits. If an employee receives a Form W-2c and has not filed their income tax return before receiving the Form W-2c, they can simply file their Form 1040 using the Form W-2c.
Recovering Social Security, Medicare Taxes, and Additional Medicare Taxes
Unlike the income tax, an employer must repay or reimburse an employee in a later year for the social security and Medicare taxes withheld on the excess transit benefits in 2014.
In addition, employers using the special administrative procedure described above must repay or reimburse an employee for the Additional Medicare Tax withheld on the excess transit benefits in 2014. Employees of employers that do not use the special administrative procedure will account for any overwithheld Additional Medicare Tax when they prepare Form 8959, Additional Medicare Tax, and attach it to their individual income tax return.
Employees should seek refunds of social security and Medicare taxes from their employer first. An employer using the special administrative procedure described above must repay or reimburse the employee for the overcollected FICA tax (including any Additional Medicare Tax) before filing the fourth quarter Form 941. An employer not using the special administrative procedure must repay or reimburse the employee or seek a refund from the IRS on behalf of an employee for social security and Medicare taxes on the excess transit benefits. If an employer not using the special administrative procedure files a claim for refund, without repaying or reimbursing the employee first, the IRS will refund the taxes to the employer, who will then give the employee their share.
If an employer does not repay or reimburse their employee, or agree to seek the refund of social security and Medicare taxes on their employee's behalf, the employee may file a Form 843, Claim For Refund and Request for Abatement (PDF), to obtain a refund. An employee should not attach Form 843 to the employee's income tax return. File Form 843 separately.
On Form 843, employees need to explain in detail their reasons for filing the claim and show the computation of the refund. In 2014, the employee tax rate for social security tax was 6.2% and the Medicare tax rate was 1.45%.
Employees must, if possible, attach a statement from their employer which includes the following:
- The amount, if any, of excess tax withheld that the employer has repaid or reimbursed and the amount, if any, of credit or refund claimed by the employer or authorized by the employee to be claimed by the employer.
- The fact that the statement is made in support of the claim for refund of employee tax paid by the employer to the IRS.
If a statement cannot be obtained from the employer, the employee should attach a statement with the same information to the best of their knowledge and belief and include in the statement an explanation of why a statement could not be obtained from the employer.
An employee must also attach a copy of the employee's Form W-2 or Form W-2c to prove the amount of social security and Medicare taxes withheld. Note that social security taxes are only refunded to the extent that the excess transit benefits, when added to other wages for the year, did not exceed the social security wage base for 2014 ($117,100).
Employees should write "Transit Benefits" in dark, bold letters across the top margin of Form 843.
Note: Employees may not seek a refund of the social security and Medicare taxes on excess transit benefits withheld by their employer on Form 1040. In addition, the procedures for seeking a refund of excess social security taxes due to having multiple employers do not apply. If an employee does have multiple employers and think they may have had excess social security taxes withheld they should consult Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax, and the Instructions for Form 843.
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Ryan Reynold and Blake Lively got hitched!
Yup, the Hollywood hotties, who never even announced an engagement, went off and got married in South Carolina Sunday night in a very secretive and intimate ceremony with close friends and family.
But ever since these two got together, it's been a whirlwind romance.
You don't remember?
March 15, 2010: Production begins on The Green Lantern, with Reynolds playing the titular hero and Lively his love interest. "They had a great chemistry from day one," an on-set source tells E! News. "They really clicked with one another and you could tell a great friendship developing...I actually think they took a cooking class together at one point. I know they spent time off the set, and not just on it."
Dec. 14, 2010: Reynolds and wife Scarlett Johansson officially separate. Just days later, they announce they are divorcing.
June 15, 2011: Lively and Reynolds hit the red carpet for The Green Lantern—at the time they appeared to be simply chummy costars. She had been romanced by Leonardo DiCaprio. He had been spending quality time with "good friend" Sandra Bullock following his split with Johansson.
Oct. 2, 2011: A couple alert on these two was set off after they were spotted at a Radiohead show and sushi dinner over the weekend.
Oct. 3, 2011: Blake and Ryan were seen having an extremely early (not even 5 a.m.) smoochfest while waiting for a train at Boston's Back Bay station.
Oct. 22, 2011: The actress was seen leaving Reynold's Boston apartment in the morning.
Oct. 25, 2011: Blake sent her dog, Penny, out to visit Ryan on the set of R.I.P.D. in Boston as a birthday surprise, and the small puppy was decorated with a bunch of balloons!
April 23: The couple supposedly purchased a "beautiful country home" in Bedford, N.Y., about an hour outside of their New York City stomping grounds, but a source told E! News the home was only in Lively's name.
July 8: Wedding rumors started swirling after a police report (filed by Reynolds who complained that a photographer was following him) stated, "upon arrival I spoke with Ryan Reynolds and his wife," and referred to this so-called wife another time in the report as well. They were just a couple months too early.
Sept. 9: Lively, 25, and Reynolds, 35, get married at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., just outside of Charleston. The newlywed's reception took place underneath a large white tent with music from Lively's friend Florence Welch (yes, she of Florence + the Machine) and a DJ for other tunes.
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Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere is the third installment in the Ace Combat series of games. A major departure from every other game in the series, it featured a futuristic storyline involving a war between a group of multinational corporations, General Resource and Neuwork(Neucom). This game taking place in the future (between January 1 and July 21, 2040), revolves around a war between a group of corporations, General Resource and Neuwork(Neucom) fighting over territorial disputes in the Usean continent, and eventually a prototype fighter known as the X-49 Night Raven. During a period of financial chaos, the many governments of the world have evolved into mytocracies. These corporations, like the governments they control, have disputes often, and eventually a war is sparked. The organization that responsible for the useless war is the Ouroboros. They started the war because the organization was lack of economic and political power.
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Kota Kemuning has and is still growing at a tremendous phase. In return it ain't a boring township any more. While the traffic jam is something I drag about, we now have plenty of options for food; coffee shops, hawker stalls, fast food outlets and restaurants. In fact, we've passed by "Taste Garden" numerous times because its situated across McDonalds and George Chuah's Nasi Lemak Stall on the other side.
I've many a times coaxed my other half and finally, he agreed; a lunch meal in this restaurant.
The menu is quite basic yet you can round up on what to order. Their specialty is home made/rolled noodles alongside with fish as the star ingredient.
The home made noodle soup was the appropriate choice for someone like me who prefer noodles in broth or "soupy noodle". On the other hand, my other half opted for the dry fish noodle set. Except for waiting for the meals, everything else we needed; spoons and chopsticks, chili dip and soy sauce etc etc were there on our table.
My bowl of soupy noodle had good flavor; silky soft noodles, fish cakes, salad leaves, fried garlic shallots and spring onions soaked up in fish broth.
It was beautiful in appearance and beautiful in taste. My other half's dry fish paste noodle was equally good; served with a bowl of fish soup with salad leaves swimming inside.
We also called for a plate of fried fish dumpling; crispy fried and piping hot; almost right out from the frying pan.
As we eat, we added the chili dip on and over the dishes.
The chili dip wasn't a knock out. In fact it lacked the typical Malaysian spicy level; obviously the "oommph"was missing. Well, we were slightly disappointed. For us, a spicy and flavourful sambal/chilli dip is an important facet to sharpen and add zest for whichever meals what so ever. Nevertheless, we still continued eating while sipping the pineapple icy drink
I had one more order waiting; a warm combo of barley with gingko nuts which I didn't regret ordering.
As indicated in the menu, the dishes are reasonably priced; almost the same you pay at hawker stalls. The restaurant is clean, spacious and when we were here, we noticed that the owner was around; probably/maybe an indicator for the "alert" customer service at:
10A, Jalan Anggerik Vanilla U 31/U
Kota Kemuning
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Shallotte Police charged the following people and investigated the following incidents during the past week.
•Police charged Daniel W. Bay, 43, of 6650 Ocean Highway, Ocean Isle Beach, with driving while impaired, open container, driving while license revoked and no insurance.
•Police charged Louis J. Rowan III, 48, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., with driving while impaired and driving while license revoked. He was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center on a $500 secured bond.
The K-9 enforcement team answers calls, conducts driver's license checkpoints and assists with other agencies when K-9s are needed.
K-9 deputies answered 9 calls, wrote 20 uniform citations and made 16 drug arrests.
The following suspects were charged. All information is taken directly from arrest reports and citations.
•David Butler Smith, 25, of 304 Glenwood Drive, Elizabethtown; charged with possession of ½ ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver's license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff's office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.
Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit charged the following individuals last week. The suspects and their charges, which are taken directly from arrest reports and citations, are:
•Glenn Frank Hubbard Jr., 31, of 314 Amhurst Ave., High Point; charged with possession of ½ ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies investigated the following incidents last week, which are taken directly from sheriff's office incident reports:
•Property damage on Boones Neck Road in Supply; suspect removed mailbox from its post.
•Larceny on Beach Drive in Calabash; suspect stole a $300 tiller from victim's business.
•Larceny on Sabbath Home Road in Supply; suspect stole medication, aftershave, hair product and beer from victim's business.
District Attorney Rex Gore cleared Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputy Bradley Hardee in last Sunday's fatal shooting.
Hardee had been on administrative duty since Sunday, Sept. 6, when he shot and killed 49-year-old Alton Walters after attempting to arrest him during a domestic call, Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram said.
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The latest pseudo-crisis among entertainment freaks is the release of Guitar Hero 5 featuring the likeness of late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.
A spate of recent feline returns, along with a promotion borrowed from the Michigan Humane Society, have spurred Cat Tails cat rescue to offer its own promotional adoption campaign for 'certified pre-owned' cats. A poster is being used during Cat Tails' adopt-a-thons at PetSmart in Wilmington. Pictured is Billy Bob, an affectionate, playful orange 5-year-old adopted from Cat Tails in 2004. Billy Bob was recently returned to Cat Tails because a child in his household had an allergy. His front paws have been declawed.
If it's September, it's time to party hearty in the manner of Germany.
Stage II Productions is celebrating the season with its annual Oktoberfest celebration this Saturday, Sept. 19, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Stage II Studio, 807 N. Howe St. in Southport behind Smithville Commons.
Described as a celebration of beer, bratwurst and ballyhoo, highlights include traditional German food, drink and dancing to authentic music by the Harbour Towne Fest Band, described as the premier Oktoberfest band for Wilmington and the Cape Fear region.
Playing before enthusiastic fans, the West Brunswick High School volleyball team swept East Bladen Sept. 10 and improved to 2-1 in the Waccamaw Conference.
The Lady Trojans won 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 and improved to 2-1 in the conference, 8-1 overall.
Keri Nolan finished with a season-high 16 kills in leading the attack.
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Everything in moderation, losing weight should be a lifestyle so enjoy everything!
The key to my healthy eating and weight loss has been reducing my portion sizes and keeping in mind the phrase "Everything in Moderation".


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Water battles or water breaking? That's the choice of new movies this weekend.
"Battleship" - inspired by the classic board game - serves up Michael Bay-style militarized bombast, in an obnoxiously loud action thriller that pits U.S. Navy ships against alien invaders at sea. Director Peter Berg mashes up elements of "Transformers," "Pearl Harbor" and "Armageddon" in one brainless package.
"What to Expect When You're Expecting" - inspired by the self-help book - is an uneven comedy following five women through impending motherhood. Some of the performers, like Cameron Diaz as a celebrity fitness trainer, are annoying. Others, notably Anna Kendrick's turn as a food-truck chef knocked up after a one-night stand with a rival cook (Chace Crawford), are quite touching. The best jokes come from "The Dudes Group," a collection of stroller-pushing dads led by Chris Rock.
Best of the week is "Sound of My Voice," with another star turn by actress/screenwriter Brit Marling ("Another Earth"). Here, she plays an enigmatic cult leader who claims to be from the future, and whose words unnerve two would-be investigative journalists. The movie's sparse style highlights Marling's ethereal screen presence.
Lastly, there's "First Position," a documentary about the young dancers in an international ballet competition. Director Bess Kargman draws some compelling portraits of the dancers, but doesn't show enough of the dancing.
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For a second consecutive year, the German government is extending grant support to a project 'Meri Shakti Meri Beti' implemented by Delhi-based NGO Centre for Social Research (CSR). The project aims at curbing the incidents of pre-natal sex selection in Delhi. The financing agreement was signed by Germany's Ambassador in New Delhi Michael Steiner and Ranjana Kumari, director of CSR on Tuesday, 12 February at the German Embassy.
Germany has allocated Rs. 70,00,010 (approximately 100,000 euros) to the project for the period from 1 February – 31 December 2013. Commenting on the support of the German government, Dr. Kumari said, "Centre for Social Research has been working on the issue of sex selective abortions since 1987 through a range of direct action programmes, education initiatives with local authoritative bodies and the community at large, and advocacy and lobbying campaigns at national and international levels. Our partnership with the German Embassy over the past four years has given us the opportunity to better structure and resource our programmes. It has also helped us to expand the reach of these initiatives and to positively impact more women across Delhi and beyond."
Enlarge image (© picture alliance / Arco Images GmbH) The overarching goal of 'Meri Shakti Meri Beti' is to curb declining sex ratio in Delhi by changing people's mindset about rights of girl children and their value in society and improving implementation of the PC-PNDT Act.
In the new phase of MSMB, CSR aims to strengthen city-wide efforts to combat sex-selection that are currently disconnected and operate on a limited scale. The aim is to collaborate with NGOs across Delhi to replicate the MSMB model, improve the quality and effectiveness of community-level activities addressing sex-selective abortion, and increase broader public awareness of the issue.
The programme will also focus intesely on improving implementation of the PC-PNDT Act and prosecution of cases under the Act through judicial training programmes that address weaknesses in establishing appropriate evidence. This work will leverage district-level relationships with government officials and local partners that CSR developed during Phase 1 of the programme.
After signing the grant agreement, Ambassador Steiner said, "I commend Dr. Ranjana Kumari and her team at CSR for their impressive work in the field of human rights and women's empowerment. Grassroots work is essential in order to curb the decreasing sex ratio in Delhi and to improve the situation of the girl child. We will continue to promote gender equality as it is a central pillar of our human rights policy."
Improving women's human rights is a central element of the German government's human rights policy, encompassing both national policy towards women and foreign and development policy. Since the 2000 Millennium Summit, Germany has spent well over half of its bilateral development cooperation funds to promote projects which have a proven positive impact on gender equality.


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Haunch of Venison Berlin will this winter present of a series of works from the internationally renowned US artist Bill Viola, in his first solo exhibition in Berlin in six years.
The exhibition includes the large-scale video/sound installation 'The Messenger' (1996) originally commissioned for Durham Cathedral by the Chaplaincy to the Arts and Recreation, North East England. It depicts the continual rising and sinking of a male figure as he slowly journeys between a blue-black underwater realm and the bright daylight of the world above its surface.
New works will also be presented from the 'Transfigurations' series – a cyclical progression of images that describe a series of encounters at the intersection between life and death. The first in this series was the three channel installation 'Ocean Without a Shore' (2007) created for the 52nd Venice Biennale. In Berlin the works shown will be single and multiple channel pieces, with one piece, 'Small Saints' (2008), using six tiny OLED screens, a new technology with special luminance.
During the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, two early video films will be screened in the main space of the gallery as part of Forum expanded. 'Hatsu-Yume (First Dream)' (1981, 57 minutes) is structured on the cycle of one day, images gradually moving from light into darkness, presenting a visual journey through the landscape of Japan from the rural areas of the far North to the underworld nighttime scenes of the streets of modern Tokyo.
'The Passing' (1991, 54 minutes) is a personal response by the artist to the spiritual extremes of birth and death in his family. Black and white nocturnal imagery and underwater scenes depict a twilight environment hovering on the borders of human perception and consciousness.