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|It was calm before the storm
Clad in summerwear, a group of boys enjoy spring break in the park last Thursday, just two days before the area was blasted by another round of winter. Playing hoops are (l-r): Quinton Hite, Brendon Barry, TJ Johnson, Christian White, Sam Rowley, Miles Lagler, Derek Sis, Chase Miyamoto. (Photo by Samantha Goff)
Indicating wind force, the icicles on a sign coming into Grant along with water accumulation in every low spot, supports Saturday's weather event as a "spring blizzard." According to the National Weather Service, areas in Perkins County received between 11.5 to 12 inches of snow. (Photos by Jan Rahn)

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Are you hungry for facts and stories about Passover? Here is some interesting information you might enjoy and ponder.
The Burning Bush
We learn in the Passover story that Moses experiences a holy moment with God when he notices a burning bush in the desert. Many historians and scientists indicate that in ancient times, desert brush would catch on fire, spontaneously, quite regularly. This miracle of the burning bush was most likely not that fact that it was burning, but that it was burning without being consumed. This strikes me as a good lesson about the power of observation – sometimes things that seem quite ordinary, are in fact, anything but, and offer us extraordinary opportunities for holiness, and in Moses' case, finding our destiny.


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I now have the ZD working except that my composed mail sits in the outbox and does not appear to be "sent." Is there a way to force a send or should that happen when I hit "synchronize mailbox with on-line server?"
During the account setup (a Yahoo Small Business account), I was not asked about the smtp information.
I am using build 1249 downloaded this morning at 9am EST.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Iowa State's Betsy Saina, Meghan Nelson and Dani Stack, placed first, ninth and 12th, respectively, in the 10,000 meters race of the NCAA West Regional Thursday in Myers Stadium to qualify for the NCAA Championships, June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore.
Ej Okoro moved one step closer to Eugene, advancing to the regional semifinal in the 800 meters, which will be run Friday. Cyclone 400-meter hurdlers Ese Okoro and Donnise Powell also advanced to Friday semifinal action in the 400-meter hurdles.
"I think it was fitting that the three seniors, Betsy, Meaghan and Dani, ran well tonight," Iowa State head coach Corey Ihmels said. "Those three women have done so much to put our program on the map."
Saina won the women's 10,000-meter race in 34:52.34. Nelson finished ninth in 35:04.96. Stack was 12th in 35:14.54. Okoro was third in her 800-meter heat, finishing in 2:06.94. Okoro won her heat and was the fifth-fastest overall qualifier in 58.18. Powell was third in the same heat, and ranked 15th overall with a time of 59.11.
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Hammer Throw – 1) Chelsea Cassulo, Arizona State, 229-11; 15) Hayli Bozarth, IOWA STATE, 196-11; 45t) Leishema Hampton, IOWA STATE, foul.
1,500-meters-1) Amanda Mergaert, Utah, 4:19.08; 38) Maggie Gannon, IOWA STATE, 4:35.98
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The Federal Reserve cut its economic projections for the next two years to weigh the markets down to a lower close with the Dow losing 12 points to 12,824. Nasdaq edged up a fraction to 2930.
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Shares of James River Coal (Nasdaq: JRCC) and Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX) climbed over expectations that coal demand will increase in India and China.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) announced a special dividend of approximately $10 per share.
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I believe something like 1200 tags is issued for either my unit/season in the breaks for elk archery.
The season is from 9/1 to 10/14.
Wouldn't everyone benefit from splitting this entire season into sections kind of like NM does with their archery elk tags/seasons in the Gila/archery?
They could split the season into 3-15day seasons and spread out the pressure, at least for non-residents who I doubt almost no non-res hunt the entire 1.5month archery season and most non-res wouldn't even hunt the entire 15 days.
They could also make the 1st season the shortest, then the 2nd season a bit longer, and finally 3rd season the longest, maybe like 12 days, 15 days, 18 days. Kinda like a pre-rut/opener season, followed by a rut season hunt, followed by a post rut.
Personally I'd rather hunt with 400 other hunters than 1200.
Seems like a win-win to me, more seasons, less pressure, same odds/same # of tags,
It might even be possible to issue even more tags and reduce pressure, ie 3 seasons of 500 tags would feel like less guys in the field than 1 season with 1200 tags.
Also I would bet most of those 1200 tags hunt closer to the opener/first 3 weeks than any other time, or just the first 2 weeks.


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After a pretty rockin' concert from Maroon 5 (who are better than Maroon 4!), it was time for the last day of general session keynotes.
As a reminder, all the general session keynotes (and a ton more) can be found on the Livestream site.
Another one of my livestream videos has been posted. This video is me talking with CTO of Industrial Sector Dr Naguib Attia about service management and Industrial sector.
I should also mention that Dave Barlett (VP of Industry Solutions and @davebart on Twitter) wrote another one of his fantastic blogs about Smarter Buildings over on the Smarter Planet blog.
I will also point you to the IBM Pulse 2012 press kit that has some great client success stories and exciting new announcements.
Now, onto the general sessions.
The intro video from IBM Research (@IBMResearch).
The video, which you really need to watch on the Livestream, showcases our "5 in 5" (five technology innovations that will occur in the next five years).
- Energy: People power will come to life
- Security: You will never need a password again
- Mind reading: no longer science fiction
- Mobile: The digital divide will cease to exist
- Analytics: Junk mail will become priority mail
Today's keynote are about the future of innovation (and BTW, Visibility. Control. Automation (VCA)™ provides that innovation).
First to the stage was Erich Clementi (Sr. Vice President, IBM Global Technology Services) to talk about service aggregation.
Smarter Computing is offering new opportunities that will impact the infrastructure due to the unprecedented scale in everything and the way consumability (everything everywhere every time) is changing how IT needs to respond and react.
The boundaries of IT are changing, the infrastructure is changing. Anywhere. Anytime and any device is the new reality.
Erich remarked that the industrializatin of IT supported services (think Ford assembly line) will open up new options in sourcing services. This will reinvent all sorts of services born on the cloud to be more complex and with richer options.
The hybrid cloud will be critical because customers are going to run workloads where it meets the best fit. So these hybrid clouds need to be interconnected, integrated, seamless, secure, auditable and dependable.
This is changing the role of the CIO.
There was an interesting comment Erich made that James Governor (@monkchips) and I were talking about on Twitter. "We are confronted by the infrastructures our clients have, not the ones we wish they have." James responded (and I tend to agree), "make them change. the status quo is not acceptable."
Erich showed how CAPEX utilization is actually a minor benefit of going to the cloud whereas things like the standardization from being on the cloud provide the greater value to customers and it's in OPEX where the bigger savings come in.
There is an existing world that will need to be re-factored and re-thought out to get to the cloud.
Erich left the audience with three interesting thoughts:
- Cloud is easy for consumption, but it requires a different delivery model
- Changes in the role of IT will allow them to get closer to the business
- you need a partner that gives you the choice and will get you there (like IBM)
Helene Armitage (GM of IBM System Software and Systems Growth) was next to present on innovations and Smarter Computing.
(I worked with Helene when she was in charge of AIX development it was her leadership with AIX, in my opinion, that helped get us back in the game in the early 00's with pSeries).
Helene did a very nice transition from Erich's keynote to talk about how these are the systems that are powering the things Erich discussed previously.
Consumer behavior is what is driving what happens in the IT data center and influencing hardware design. Consumers are creating data that is being captured and driven and running in the back-end systems in these data centers.
We need to evolve what is there today, but the rate and pace of change will continue to grow and the requirements for hardware will be driven by consumers. Where the consumers go, the IT department has to follow.
Smarter Computing systems are designed for data, delivered in the cloud and tuned to task. Helene used a good healthcare example. The data explosion in general, let alone healthcare (which Manoj will discuss), is phenomenal.
Everything is instrumented and capturing data. Data growth will be at 50x by 2020. An estimated 80% of the world's population will have a mobile device in the coming years.
The social implications of this data explosion will affect how hardware requirements are written. Enterprise systems with performance, scalability, reliability and availability will be critical.
Flexible systems to manage the data and remain secure will be important (and Helene gave a mention of RAS in this instance).
Helene also left the audience with three things (it's a day for lists):
- The "consumerization" of IT
- Data without limits
- Partners who can do this (like IBM)
Helene handed the stage to Manoj Saxena (GM of IBM Watson, @manojsaxena).
(I call IBM Watson "he," though I was corrected on Twitter and IBM Watson could very well be "she")
Jeopardy was not the end, it was just the beginning of putting IBM Watson to work.
IBM Watson is currently focused on Healthcare (and now) Financial Services Sector jobs and is a key enabler for Smarter Planet and the new problem of data explosion.
Consider that 90% of data was generated over the past 2 years. 80% is unstructured and only 20% of it is used by traditional systems.
Those companies that can effectively use this "Big Data" are more successful.
Manoj is breaking down how IBM Watson does its magic. It not only reads Big Data, it understands it. IBM Watson is a filter, that's what makes it so good
Healthcare is a great place to start with IBM Watson because of the data explosion. Doctors can not keep up with this explosion and as a result, 1 in 5 diagnosis in the US are incorrect.
Between 44,000 - 98,000 people die every year because of being misdiagnosised, so it is crucial to get this right. (another sobering thought about how what we do impacts lives).
1 in 4 people will die of cancer and 20-44% of errors occure in the first diagnosis. So better diagnosis and treatment is far more complex than Jeopardy answers, but IBM Watson is learning about what it needs to do.
IBM Watson is going after cancer as a medical assistant. It's being packaged with "adviser cartridges" for different areas of different industries and will be in the cloud (public, private or hybrid - whatever works for the customer).
IBM Watson is about selling business outcomes.
The keynote sessions concluded with Grady Booch (IBM Fellow) interviewing The Woz.
Better than Frost/Nixon if you ask me! Here are some of the highlights (and it's all on the Livestream).
- >Woz talked about how he built floppy drive support for the Apple so he could get to go to Las Vegas (and did it in two weeks!)
- His proudest moment in his life was when he graduated (and education was a running theme).
- Think out new answers that are better and not just taking what is already out there.
- Woz offered HP the personal computer five times. They turned it down. (and they woulda done it wrong he says)
- Woz thought everyone would become a programmer. But apps changed that (like spreadsheet).
- VisiCalc on the Apple ][ changed the world. The first "killer app."
- The differentiator in the Mac (over the PC) was in the software.
- Linking personal relationships to the work people are doing spawns innovation. Give workers more meaning in their work and that will spawn innovation and make them productive.
- His pre-Apple routine was: work at HP making calculators, go home. Watch Star Trek. Work on personal projects.
- Woz delivered a working prototype of Breakout to Atari in 4 days!
- Woz and Steve Jobs used a Blue Box to phone the Pope (something I was telling @mhuntalas about yesterday)
- Woz believes the brain is computable (which he didn't in prior years).
- Woz was expecting programming to be taught in the schools. They taught typing instead.
- Woz says we might stumble upon consciousness in computing, much like created brain inadvertently through Internet.
- The Woz Bucket List: Ayers Rock, Tasmania and to get 750,000 on Gameboy Tetris.
- Every week in the Homebrew Computing club, the world was changed forever (and that was in the 70's).
- The iPhone has human senses like sight, speech, hearing and touch. And one we don't have (GPS).
- Answer engines. Not search engines will be important in the future.
- Woz recognizes the importance of marketing as key to Apple's success (and watching IBM's use of it back in the day he said was impressive).
- Advice on business: be a marketing driven company. Innovation needs to go from the top all the way down.
FYI, Todd Watson (aka @TurboTodd) will have an interview on his blog that is not to miss.
That wraps up another year of Pulse! Can't wait to see y'all next year in 2013!
Additional Related Links:
- Pulse Home Page (includes our LiveStream feed)
- Pulse Conversations
- Pulse Press Kit
- Livestream videos from Pulse (Pulse folder)
- Tivoli User Group (TUG)
- Twitter: our core hashtag is #ibmpulse and you can also follow us on @servicemgmt, @ibmtivoli, @ibmpulse, @assetmgmt, @ibmsecurity, @ibmstorage and @ibmcloud
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Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington.
The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington D.C. area to scribble the words "Come Together" on cups for drink orders on Thursday and Friday. CEO Howard Schultz says the words are intended as a message to lawmakers about the damage being caused by the divisive negotiations over the "fiscal cliff."
It's the first time employees at Starbucks U.S. cafes are being asked to write anything other than customers' names on cups.
While companies generally steer clear of politics, the plea to "Come Together" is a sentiment unlikely to cause controversy. If anything, Starbucks could score points with customers and burnish its image as a socially conscious company.
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Testimony :: Col. Kenneth Baillie
Commanding Officer - Salvation Army-Moscow, Russia
From Moscow I direct Salvation Army work in five east European countries. First I will briefly comment on our religious registration situation in each of the five, then comment at more length on our one major problem.
In Georgia there is no law requiring religious registration. In order for the Salvation Army to conduct ordinary business, i.e. hold title to a vehicle, open a bank account, sign a rental lease, etc., we are registered as a charity.
In Moldova and Ukraine we have full nationwide registration as a religious group. In both cases we were present in the countries for several years, doing our ministries and establishing our reputation, as a result of which in the year 2000 we were granted our registrations, for which we are thankful.
In Romania we began our ministries over two years ago. Admittedly we are not yet well known. In our first attempts to register our own law firm did not understand us well enough, and consequently tried to register us as a >charitable foundation=. When we corrected that misinformation and tried to register as a church (a church which, as an expression of its faith, does a variety of social ministries) we encountered apparent difficulty in using the word >church=. It seems only some in Romania can use that word. But we were told that the alternate title >Christian mission= may be acceptable. That is all right with us, so we are pursuing that possibility at present. An interesting historical footnote: in late nineteenth century England where the Salvation Army began, our legal name prior to 'The Salvation Army' was 'The Christian Mission'. So we are returning to our roots.
In Russia as of February 2001 we are registered nationwide as a centralized religious organization ('CRO'). We had applied for CRO in September 2000 but we did not know what was happening with our application until three months later. That was when the media had a field day with the Moscow city denial of our local city registration. It was an entirely separate issue, of course, but the worldwide publicity did not make a careful distinction, and consequently misdirected criticism redounded to the federal ministry though the real problem was with the city ministry. The federal ministry of justice did take up our case. There were meetings of the federal >committee of religious expertise=, the report endorsing us was drafted promptly, further meetings were held with federal ministry of justice officials, and we were awarded our CRO in early February 2001. Another historical footnote: the CRO registration renews the comparable status we in 1922 until >liquidated= by the Bolsheviks. We are very grateful for the federal ministry's positive actions on our behalf.
The city of Moscow is another story. We returned to Moscow in late 1991 and were well received by numerous public officials. We obtained registration as a religious organization in 1992. We have worked in Moscow ever since, with never a hint from any official of any dissatisfaction with our ministries. On many, many occasions we have worked in cooperation with officials to distribute humanitarian aid. Our records show involvement with over 800 government departments, orphanages, hospitals, prisons, etc. Never had anyone in the city government voiced any criticism or raised any questions.
In response to the 1997 federal law we applied for re-registration of our Moscow branch, never imagining it would be anything but pro forma. Over a period of weeks from November 1998 to late January 1999 we worked with a staff person in the city Ministry of Justice. Through numerous meetings and phone calls we fulfilled requests for additional documents, changes in wording, etc. until everything was deemed satisfactory. On 18 January 1999 the staffer called to say we should have our signed and stamped registration on Friday, two days hence. On Friday, however, the same staff person called to say in rather sheepish voice, "There's a problem."
It is now nearly three years later, and to say the least there is still a problem! On 19 or 20 January 1999 someone in the Moscow Ministry of Justice ('MMJ') took an ideological decision to deny our application. That is abundantly clear. Three years of meetings, documents, media statements, and legal briefs all point to an arbitrary, discriminatory, secret decision. To this day we do not know who made the decision, or why.
At first MMJ's B.S. Saliukov said he had received our application but would not act on it. He gave no reason though such is required by law. Our lawyer insisted he tell us what requirements of the law we allegedly had not fulfilled. In discussion Saliukov told our lawyers what needed to be changed in our application documents. We agreed, and submitted the changed documents. Saliukov's response was to say again that our application would not receive any consideration. This time he gave two reasons: his department was not competent to judge whether we are a religious group, and our documents were not in order according to the law. This second reason was a contradiction to what he had said in requiring various changes, to which we had agreed. Now evidently there were more aspects 'not in order' but he did not give specifics.
In regard to the first reason ('not competent to judge') Saliukov said our case was being sent to the city's 'committee of religious expertise' ('CE') for the purpose of determining if we are a legitimate religious group with a favorable reputation. However, in April we learned Saliukov had not in fact sent our case to the city CE. In reality, there was no city CE. Instead, Saliukov now asserted that in the absence of a CE he could function in the CE's role. There is no provision for this in the law. To the contrary, the law established the CE precisely to keep government bureaucrats from making decisions about religious matters for which they have inadequate competence. This was what Saliukov acknowledged in his earlier letter, but now, contradicting himself and asserting a power he did not possess, he said he would conduct the 'expertise' himself.
In June our lawyers complained that no answer had been received within the three months maximum time allowed by law. Under the law when a case is referred to CE up to six months is allowed so that the CE has time to function. But it was improper for the ministry to claim it was a CE, and to claim the CE did function. The effect was to waste six months of our time. No CE was ever done. The ministry has not produced any findings of the CE as required by law (as apparently there are none). Six months to the day V. N. Zhbankov issued a flat denial of our application. It was clear to us, however, that the decision had been taken six months earlier. But now we had six months less time before the expiry deadline.
Zhbankov gave four reasons for denial. Three of them were misapplications of the law. (1) He said our governing board had only five members present when it approved the new proposed charter while there are actually six members of the board. But the existing charter under which the board was functioning clearly specifies a quorum as four. (2) He claimed that ten Russian citizens would have to form the religious organization. But to construct this assertion he extracted a sentence from article 8.3 of the law, having to do with forming an original, new organization. There is no mention of the number ten in article 8.1 having to do with making changes to an existing charter. (3) He claimed that photocopies of the visas of non-Russian members of the governing board were not submitted, therefore the vote on the charter revision was invalid. But the law does not state that visas must be submitted. Six months earlier the MMJ had asked for photocopies of passports, and these were supplied by our lawyers, but MMJ never asked for visa photocopies. Further, MMJ staff had said in February 1999 that all necessary documents were to hand. And further still, when our lawyers submitted our application documents the cover letter specifically said that if any further documents were required that we would supply them. Nonetheless, Zhbankov failed to ask for visa copies, waited an improperly long six months, then blamed the Salvation Army for not having submitted the copies he never asked for, and the law doesn't require!
The fourth alleged reason for denial was significant. The Salvation Army is a worldwide organization with headquarters in London, England. Zhbankov claimed that we could only have a 'representative office of a foreign organization' in Moscow. There is provision for such in the 1997 law, but a 'representative office' status grants little or no opportunity for our ministries. The 'representative office' category would leave us unable to hold worship services, visit a hospital or orphanage, import humanitarian aid, operate our leaders' training college, etc. The hidden injustice in this is that since 1992 we had a much higher category of registration, a 'local religious organization', which allowed our ministries to operate legally. Why the 1992 category of 'local religious organization' could not be renewed was not explained by Zhbankov. We can only conclude it was a veiled attempt to foreclose on our religious rights. Ever since Zhbankov has made statements to the media to the effect that we have "failed to meet the requirements of the law" or we are "trying to evade obeying Russian law". This is disingenuous at best. What it really means is that we have refused to be forced into the 'representative office' category because it would deny virtually all religious rights, rights we have had since 1992.
Zhbankov would not discuss the three spurious legal claims or the injustice of the 'representative office' category so we had no choice but to sue in court. Ten months were wasted while two courts claimed lack of jurisdiction. Ultimately an appeals court directed the case back to the first court but the ten months lost time were never to be recovered, and the clock was ticking toward expiry of the existing charter.
The court trial of our case violated due process. The city failed to send its lawyer to the trial. Under proper procedure the judge should have issued a declaratory judgment in our favor. Instead, the judge permitted the city to submit a written brief after the trial date, and completely unknown to us! Any first year law student knows how wrong this is yet the judge not only permitted the city attorney to do this secretly but quoted the city's brief at considerable length in the text of the eventual judgment. The Salvation Army's lengthy verbal arguments and accompanying written brief were dismissed with exactly one sentence. The judge simply noted we had submitted arguments but did not address a single one of them, as required by proper procedure.
The city's brief violated procedure by introducing new reasons for denial of our registration. Under proper procedure the city could only defend its original four reasons, not introduce new ones. But it did so, and the judge allowed it. For instance, the city argued that the Army's documents did not make clear the religious beliefs of the Salvation Army. This cannot be true. The full statement of beliefs had been included in the 1992 charter and had sufficed for eight years. No explanation was given why the same statement was now deemed 'unclear'.
In what became the focal point of media attention later, the city claimed the Salvation Army was a military threat to Russia. MMJ quoted at length from various Russian laws having to do with insurrection, subversion, militaristic formations and national security. Then, in a leap of illogic, the city asserted that since the Salvation Army has the word 'army' in its title then "it will be inevitable that members of the organization will break Russian law…" But no evidence was submitted. One would think that if we were a threat to Russia and were 'inevitably' going to break the law that after eight years of properly registered work in Moscow the city could cite at least a few instances in support of their charge. So a peace-loving organization, known and respected for its work in 107 other countries, was rendered a threat to Russia's security by the pen of the city's lawyer. Most lawyers would be embarrassed to submit such legal illogic. And most judges would toss it out of court.
Finally, the MMJ brought up the 'representative office' claim again. By this time, almost a year later, another similar case had worked its way to decision at Russia's Constitutional Court. In that case the Jesuits had been denied registration because their 'headquarters' was in Rome. The Constitutional Court overturned the government denial of registration, noting that an article in the 1997 law specifically provided for foreign-based churches to be registered. Our lawyers noted the provision in the law, and the Constitutional Court decision with its direct parallel to our situation, but the judge ruled for the city.
We appealed the lower court decision. Three months later (November 28, 2000) the appeal was denied. Most of the lower court arguments were re-hashed but there were a few new arguments. (1) The governing board visa copies had been submitted in the meantime but now the court claimed that "a visa is not the document that proves [board members] are lawfully residing on the territory of the Russian Federation." But these visas are precisely what the MMJ and lower court said, after the fact, were needed to prove lawful residency. Furthermore, if the visas would not prove legal residence then what would? There is nothing else! (2) In long and convoluted language the court asserted that the Salvation Army's documents did not meet requirements of the law. But the MMJ's own staffer had said they did. And if the staffer was wrong, why did the MMJ's deputy minister take six months to say so? And why did it not spell out clearly in what ways the documents were supposedly at fault? In fact, MMJ gave only four reasons, each of which the Salvation Army challenged. Both the MMJ and the courts have continued – improperly – to invent new alleged reasons for denial. (3) Interestingly, the appeals court did agree that the MMJ and lower court were wrong in asserting that the Salvation Army is a military threat. But the MMJ's Zhbankov has continued for almost a year to make the discredited charge in statements to the media.
Under Russia's legal system there was no further automatic right of appeal for the Salvation Army. Reluctantly we took our case to the European Court of Human Rights. The case has been accepted and efforts are underway through diplomatic channels to achieve a resolution.
In the summer of 2001 the city's MMJ took the matter much further by filing in court for 'liquidation' of the 1992 charter. This was a serious escalation of the situation at a time when city officials were giving assurances in diplomatic channels that the problem would be resolved soon. The MMJ claimed two reasons. (1) It said the Army had failed to re-register by the legal deadline. Yes, of course -- because the MMJ had refused to issue our re-registration. (2) The city claimed the Army had not filed a required annual report about its continued operations for three years. There is a provision in the law for liquidation of a religious group which becomes defunct, three consecutive years of non-reporting being the presumed proof. We admit we failed to report in two of the three years, a mistake we regret. But we did report in 1999 (we have conclusive proof) so the law's requirement of three consecutive years (1998, 1999, 2000) cannot be sustained. And in any event, considering all the meetings and documents and correspondence which the Salvation Army had with the MMJ in the three year period, it is ludicrous for MMJ to assert that it doesn't know of the Army's existence any longer!
The case was heard in another Moscow court on September 11-12, 2001. On the first day, when about 30 media reporters were present with TV cameras, the judge appeared to be interested in receiving documentation to show the Army's lawful presence in Moscow – tax audits, payment of employee taxes, correspondence with MMJ, etc. Court was adjourned one day so that the judge, as she said, could contact the tax authorities about us. By the next day media interest had turned to the terrorist attacks in America and only four print reporters returned to the courtroom. The judge refused to let the Army's attorney speak at all, and refused to consider the Salvation Army's many documents stacked on tables in front of her. She left the courtroom and within ten minutes returned to read out a lengthy, already-typed judgment for liquidation.
The written judgment was not given to the Army for twelve days though the law requires a maximum of three days. Right of appeal ends after ten days. The Army intends to appeal anyway, even though the late document theoretically precludes an appeal. The outcome is very uncertain.
A further concern is the threat by Mr. Zhbankov to confiscate Salvation Army properties and assets in Moscow. To protect our three properties we applied to transfer ownership from the old, expired city registration to the new national registration. But city property registration officials have required change after change, document after document, in a process that has gone on for months when it normally takes two weeks. We note that the deputy head of the city ministry of justice (Zhbankov), the property registration office, and the courts are all under the same ministry of justice.
In addition to dealing with the MMJ and the courts the Salvation Army has had to endure repeated public disinformation to the media by the MMJ's Vladimir Zhbankov. He has repeatedly linked us with the Jehovah's Witnesses when there is absolutely no connection. Around the world Jehovah's Witnesses do not enjoy the same public recognition and respect as the Salvation Army. Zhbankov appears to be sowing seeds of doubt and distrust in the public mind by linking us to an unpopular religious group.
Zhbankov has claimed we have not brought our documents into line with the law. This is another way of making the Salvation Army seem at fault. What he doesn't say is that he is attempting to deny our religious rights by forcing us to settle for the useless 'representative office' status. The only way we are not in line with the law is that we won't bend to his discriminatory construction of the law.
He has called our lawyers foreigners, appealing to populist Russian fears of all things foreign. It is not true. At all times in the past three years our lawyers have been Russians.
He has called our lawyers 'unscrupulous' and 'incompetent'. One of our law firms is a major international law firm with a large Moscow office. Our second law firm has established itself with a national reputation for matters dealing with religious law. Zhbankov's un-lawyerly characterizations are regrettable. But he has privately and publicly demanded that the Salvation Army abandon use of our law firms and use a law firm which he (Zhbankov) 'recommends'. We reject the demand, for obvious reasons.
He has claimed that we are not a legitimate religious organization but rather a military group bent on the violent overthrow of the Russian government. The federal government's committee of religious expertise ruled otherwise almost a year ago, and anywhere else around the world people know better. But Zhbankov has continued to make the charge to the media.
We have offered again and again to negotiate revised wording of the proposed registration, changing it to the precise wording already approved by the federal ministry for our CRO. But Zhbankov has refused, and then given statements to the media that we "refused to bring the documents into line with the law".
In conclusion, we believe the Salvation Army has been discriminated against by the Moscow city Ministry of Justice. Moscow courts have followed the MMJ line. And Zhbankov has manipulated the popular understanding of the issue through propaganda and disinformation.
The federal ministry of justice has failed to intervene with the city though we understand it should do so in order to uphold Russia's constitution and any number of international treaty obligations. We continue to hope federal officials will step in soon to resolve the situation.
We remain hopeful that various high level contacts and diplomatic efforts may still prompt federal officials to resolve the matter. But if all such efforts fail then we believe the European Court of Human Rights will eventually establish justice where it has been denied.
We are saddened to have been drawn into this situation. It is not something we have experienced elsewhere. We do not normally resort to the courts. We just want to be left alone to do our ministries. We regret the embarrassment and ill will the Moscow situation has brought upon Russia, which is particularly ironic when it was the federal ministry whom we commend and thank for having granted us full registration. We desire harmonious, cooperative relationships with government officials. We have such relationships in other countries, and in fifteen other Russian cities where we minister. Despite all that has happened we still wish to have good relationships in Moscow, and look forward hopefully to the day when that may be so.


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Well it has been a long time since I last came to this site. Sorry guys but I got caught up in quite a bit since then, but I finally managed to get the basics of my map finished it only took me a full forever...
I know it's not great, and that I have a long way to go still, but looking at it makes me feel like I have accomplished something.
The five land masses are the five main countries which will be radically redesigned the moment I want to add a new country but I guess any one who thinks a prototype needs to remain the same will just have to deal with it.
I have forgotten the intended names for to right most countries, however the Top left is Norein 'ya, the bottom left is Dam Neiko, and the center is Sohain.
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Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Brian Flynn and Jochen Hecht scored 12 seconds
apart late in the third period, lifting the Buffalo Sabres over the Ottawa
Senators, 4-2. Luke Adam and Steve Ott also lit the lamp for the Sabres, who
sit four points out of the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. Ryan Miller
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in the first round, and though two more of his new teammates failed to
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Energy Gains Are Adding Fuel And New Jobs to U.S. Economy
May 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger-than-expected April rebound in job creation and recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its long funk....
thanks haliburton.
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the "free" market system is dead... normally with added drilling and production the retail prices of energy should be way down...but with the Federal Reserve Banks QEs not a chance... IKE and Ronald were correct. Govt. is the problem
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Most of the job growth was in the "McJobs" low pay service and retail sectors.
Only 2400 manufacturing jobs and higher tech higher paying jobs.
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"The energy breakthroughs have come despite Obama's heavy emphasis on promoting renewable clean-energy sources, such as wind and solar power, for the future."
Think how good it would be if the Feds opened up ANWR and other FEDERAL lands. All this is being accomplished with PRIVATE funds and land.
So much for the "peak oil" myth!
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Hi, I'm looking to do a little development work with Zimbra and thought I'd start by trying to compile up the source code, only to be stymied at the first hurdle - I can't seem to download it!
export P4PORT=codes.zimbra.com:2666
p4 -u public -P public1234 -c public-view sync -f //depot/zcs/IRONMAIDEN/...
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I am campaining to switch from MailEnable to ZCS, most of my users are using Outlook 2003 as their client, I think if I do the port forwarding correctly I won't need to worry about the fact that MailEnables IMAP sucks big time and doesn't work with imapsync. (Just venting)
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My real problem is adding a global footer to all messages from our domain, creating both HTML and plain text versions when required and ignoring calendar requests (cause they get goofy in Outlook 2003 if you add text to them), also ignoring messages that already have the comment
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What's working for your affiliate? Or not?
I am the President for PPA of Massachusetts and since this area is for discussion-lets start one.
What's working in your state? What's not? Is membership down or up? How many members do you have? How many events do you offer your members per year?
Our Annual Convention is next week and we were disappointed in low print case turnout. Our membership stands at just about 100 right now but many of our members renew at Convention so we have a better picture next week.
It seemed online forums had taken over as the way to learn, thus reducing membership in person to person organizations. But this past year it seems that even the forums have slowed way down and now facebook groups are all the rage. I don't find them to be as user friendly or as helpful as forums so I am hoping to see a resurgence in actual groups.
If you agree-what are steps you are taking/have taken towards that end?Cathy Broderick, CPP, Choco-holic
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Wisconsin is following someone else's lead and having a "party" in a different room during print judging with images being piped into that party room. There will be scoring contests to see who can get closest to the final score. I don't know details yet.
Hands-on shooting is helpful.
Keep an eye on Wisconsin's convention next weekend.
Also, check out what David Ziser to some state convention and turned it into "ProPhoto Expo". Don't know all the details but it was massive.
Re: What's working for your affiliate? Or not?
Cat, we just had our state convention (Arizona) a few weeks ago and it was successful, but we are always looking for ways to increase attendees, membership, revenue, etc. I'm the current chairperson for 2013 convention and the incoming President for AzPPA.
At the last several affiliate leadership meetings that were held (with PPA as the gracious host), we were able to share a lot of great ideas with other affiliates around the country in person. If you (or another leader from your chapter) has a chance to attend the next affiliate leadership meeting I would highly recommend it.
To answer your question about what events we hold for our membership, we have approximately 130 members, and we hold monthly meetings, bi-annual print critiques, annual convention, fall festival (multi-day workshop), studio tours, and a number of all-day seminars throughout the year. We keep our membership quite busy
As Fuzzy mentioned, there are a few affiliates that have been doing some very interesting things with print competition - separate viewing rooms with a party atmosphere, digital presentations, etc. - to add excitement and hopefully get more attendees to get involved in the competition process. We are looking to implement these ideas into our convention in 2013. In speaking with David Trust, he offered to have his team assist with specifications on digital print viewing so that we can be 'in sync' with regional and international specifications where possible.
Fuzzy - do you have any additional information on what David has been doing with the 'ProPhoto Expo'? I"m very interested to learn more about it.
Re: What's working for your affiliate? Or not?Also, check out what David Ziser to some state convention and turned it into "ProPhoto Expo". Don't know all the details but it was massive.
California's convention, I believe, is the largest state convention in the country. The ProPhoto Expo is the Trade show part, and Western States Convention is the program side. In the past 6 years, it has drawn an average of 125 vendors and about 3500 attendees, and has been a major "pillar" of PP California.
The real change happened when the board of directors, and the convention committee, focused on experience, rather than benefits. If you try to market your convention based on education and print comp, you will get little or no interest. Ask anyone about Texas school, "what's great about Texas School", and I've found that a majority of the answers are "the parties"! Very few say "the education".
That's why the idea of a "sports bar" during print comp on a "closed circuit" television is a wonderful idea started by PP Louisiana. It's the experience, not the print comp. And by the way, you learn about the print competition process at the same time.
Think in terms of why many of you buy Apple products. They managed to turn customer control into a wonderful user experience. Think about it. Everything in apple is proprietary, and they made it the best feature as to why you should buy their products!
Cat, if you want to PM me, I can give you a few suggestions. I've just consulted PP Maine and PPANE for a bit to help them with a few ideas to make some positive changes to their associations.
This has been my personal mission as a PPA Board member. I really believe that the affiliates need to be strengthened so that PPA will have a better supply of future leaders.Michael Gan,M.Photog.Cr. CPP,
Meritage House of Photography
If your business depends on you, you don't own a business-you have a job. And it's the worst job in the world because you're working for a lunatic... You can't close it when you want to, because if it's closed you don't get paid. You can't leave it when you want to, because if you leave there's nobody there to do the work. You can't sell it when you want to, because who wants to buy a job?http://www.meritageonmain.blogspot.com
—Michael Gerber
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I am a member of the PhotoProNetwork that Fuzzy mentioned and have worked closely with David over this past year building it to what it is today which is massive. Here are some stats from our convention a few weeks ago.
1. PhotoPro Expo 2012 was the LARGEST regional photographic event in the USA with over 1,000 - yes – over 1,000 photographers in attendance!
2. PhotoPro Expo 2012 was the fourth largest photographic convention in the country!
3. PhotoPro Expo 2012's trade-show was also the largest regional trade show in the country and the largest in the Midwest.
4. PhotoPro Expo 2012 hosted photographers from 25 states and Canada – the first time ever a regional convention had such a geographic diversity!
5. The speaker lineup - Scott Kelby, Vincent LaForet, Jerry Ghionis, et. al. rocked the house with huge crowds for all programs – even those beginning at 7:30 a.m. Jerry Ghionis brought down the house Saturday morning with a standing ovation from a 625+ crowd!
6. We awarded the PhotoPro Expo attendees more dollars in Door Prizes than any photographic convention in the country, if not the world – over $25,000 at last count!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7. PhotoPro Expo 2012 was the first fully juried photographic print competition to go "LIVE" - broadcasting over the internet to all the states in the union and dozens of country's around the world – including the Federated States of Micronesia – yes, they were listening to us in the middle of the Pacific ocean!!!
Last year we had a little 300 in attendance. There is no single thing that made this happen. It was a combination of efforts that each did their own part in adding to the success. We are still the KPPA(Kentucky Professional Photographers Assn) but we dropped our borders to do business as the PhotoProNetwork. This has made us more of a regional influence and as you can see the region was hungry for it.
If you want you can call me and I will gladly fill you in on how we made it happen.Greg Yager CPP
"Be prepared to lose anything you are not willing to share" - me
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Michael, AzPPA would love to hear any advice you can provide to us in how to improve our state convention attendance, enhance attendee experience,etc. I agree, just as photographers we sell the experience as much as quality, our association needs to do the same. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - either on this forum or if you prefer by PM. Thanks Michael.
Re: What's working for your affiliate? Or not?
Great Robert! Love to help. PM sentMichael Gan,M.Photog.Cr. CPP,
Meritage House of Photography
If your business depends on you, you don't own a business-you have a job. And it's the worst job in the world because you're working for a lunatic... You can't close it when you want to, because if it's closed you don't get paid. You can't leave it when you want to, because if you leave there's nobody there to do the work. You can't sell it when you want to, because who wants to buy a job?http://www.meritageonmain.blogspot.com
—Michael Gerber
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Last edited by Rick_Massarini; 02-22-2012 at 09:57 PM.The best way to gain for yourself is to give OF yourself.
- - - So get out there and volunteer for something ...
Rick Massarini, M. Photog., Cr., CPP., F-PPLA
PPA Affiliate Juror; 97th Recipient PPA Directors Award
ASP Governor, SW District Rep. & Convention Booth Chair
PPLA Past President & Fellow
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Rick, Shirley and photographed a sexy portrait of the two of us (she's sexy, I'm not) and wanted to enter it, but instead of the full frontal image, I chose a more conservative (tightly cropped) version of it because I was afraid of this party atmosphere and the possible embarrassment. I've never been to this kind of judging. Is there respect for adult images or is there elbowing and "Yeah baby!" comments when nudes come around?
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I guess it will all depend upon the crowd. At PPLA, it was fun, a bit loud, but it was still kept professional. Most of the noise was around the participants trying to out judge the judges and predict what the final score would be. There would be moaning when everyone missed the score and there would be cheering when someone hit the score on the nose. The "Sports Bar" was in a room across the hall from the judging room which was still just a bit too close, so the judges could hear the noise, but we had issues in piping the audio to a room on another floor, so we had to hold it where we could run wires for the speakers so that the judges comments could be heard in the "Sports Bar". Our convention was held in New Orleans, so nudity is pretty commonplace so if any nudes did come up, they were pretty much just taken at face value and just judged. There wasn't anything shown in the judging that anyone couldn't see more of just a few block walk away. In a more conservative town, you might get a different reaction, so those in charge of the room may need to make an announcement about having it be fun, but keeping it professional too.
How many "Yeah Baby"s you might get depends on how many ladies you have in the room and just how sexy you look in the photo...
Last edited by Rick_Massarini; 02-23-2012 at 01:04 AM.The best way to gain for yourself is to give OF yourself.
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Rick Massarini, M. Photog., Cr., CPP., F-PPLA
PPA Affiliate Juror; 97th Recipient PPA Directors Award
ASP Governor, SW District Rep. & Convention Booth Chair
PPLA Past President & Fellow


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Fat commissions aren't always the answer to great sales performance. Apple salespeople (as they explained to me) make more by getting promoted, and they get promoted by receiving high marks on customer-satisfaction forms. That's partly why you can lose an entire afternoon at an Apple store just gabbing about computers (or music or movies or whatever); for the blue-shirts, it's not all about closing the deal, it's about building relationships between customers and the Apple brand. They know you'll buy something eventually. And as technology obsolesces faster and sales cycles grow shorter, that relationship ensures you'll be back—again and again.
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Looper (2012)
Looper SynopsisIn the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a looper a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joes future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.
Looper Release Date
In Theaters September 28, 2012
Looper Credits
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Noah Segan and Jeff Daniels
Written by: Rian Johnson
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Produced by: Ram Bergman and James D. Stern
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Distributor: TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict
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Watch Women Beat The Hell Out Of People In This Epic Supercut
Do you like films with strong female leads? Do you like to watch "the fairer sex" prove that theyre not as fair as society has often portrayed them? Then youll get a kick out of this supercut tribute to women in prominent action movie roles literally.
by Nick Romano January 27, 2015 comments
The 5 Worst Snubs Of The 2013 Oscar Nominations
We've all had a few hours now to process this year's Oscar nominations, to scream to the heavens demanding justice for Ben Affleck or running through the forest with fireworks to celebrate Beasts of the Southern Wild. So now that the dust has settled, what are the snubs that are still burning us up? Who are we going to miss the most on Oscar night?
by Katey, Eric, Kristy, Sean & Mack January 10, 2013 comments
Looper, Lincoln And More Score Writers Guild Screenplay Nominations
With tricky rules about eligibility and three different categories, the Writers Guild of America always manages to honor more screenplays than the Oscars or the Golden Globes-- which usually makes for an interesting batch of nominees. Today they announced their picks for the 2012 films, and with expected Oscar contenders like Lincoln, Life of Pi
by Katey Rich January 4, 2013 comments
Looper Deleted Scene Has Emily Blunt And Garret Dillahunt Sharing A Tense Moment
Rian Johnson's sci-fi thriller Looper arrived on DVD and Blu-ray this week, offering a number of bonus features, among which are deleted scenes. One of them has made its way online and gives us a look at a tense moment between Emily Blunt and Garret Dillahunt.
by Kelly West January 2, 2013 comments
The 10 Best On-Screen Couples Of 2012
As we put a cap on the cinematic year, we wanted to go back and single out the duos who turned our heads with combustible on-screen chemistry. We admit to cheating in at least one selection, and we admit an over-reliance on the Hollywood bromance. But we think its a great list.
by Sean O'Connell December 31, 2012 comments
Bruce Willis' 10 Most Terrifying Characters
Over the course of his twenty-five-plus year career, Willis has painted hundreds of rooms red with the fluids of his foes, and something tells me twenty-five years from now, hell be sitting on a stoop with a shotgun, picking off bad guys and pleasing audiences in yet another terrifying turn on screen.
by Mack Rawden December 30, 2012 comments
The Top 10 Movies Of 2012: Mack's List
The following ten movies are the ones that have really stuck with me. Theyre the ones that have gotten better with months or weeks of age and have separated themselves from the pack. Some of them will definitely be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and others will not even be considered. Some of them youll probably agree with, and some of them will probably make you laugh and doubt my credibility.
by Mack Rawden December 28, 2012 comments
Giveaway: Win A Copy Of Looper Along With A Badass Pocket Watch
Cinema Blend is giving away one copy of the Looper Blu-ray. As if getting a free copy of a time traveling tale featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis playing the same character wasnt enough, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment also has a Looper look-alike pocket watch to giveaway along with the copy of the movie.
by Jessica Rawden December 28, 2012 comments
The 10 Most Disappointing Movies Of 2012
Looking back a year full of movies you have to remember the bad with the good. We can celebrate the best of the best and express our love and appreciation for them, but for the sake of balance its important to look back at the ones that we expected more from the ones that didnt deliver on expectations or hopes. These are the titles we see in theaters and leave saying, Man, I wish that was better.
by Eric Eisenberg December 27, 2012 comments
Ask Looper Director Rian Johnson Anything: Live Chat Here
Now, as the movie nears release on Blu-ray, Johnson is ready and willing to answer all your Looper questions, and hell be doing it right here, live, as part of the live chat embedded below. Join in, ask him anything. Our live chat with Rian Johnson kicks off right here.
by CB December 17, 2012 comments
Looper Will Hit Blu-ray At The End Of December
Rian Johnsons low-budget science fiction flick, Looper is traveling on to Blu-ray sooner than your might guess. Looper will be hitting Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on December 31, just before the new year. Consider the Blu-ray your post-holiday treat.
by Jessica Rawden November 19, 2012 comments
Looper Diagrammed With Straws, Even Though Bruce Willis Said Not To
This fall's twisty sci-fi movie Looper inspired a lot of people to dig through its logic and potential plot holes, but the movie itself cut off that kind of analysis at the pass, having Bruce Willis's character scoff at a suggestion to figure out how time travel works: " If we start talking about it well be here all day, making diagrams with straws!
by Katey Rich November 5, 2012 comments
New Infographic Illustrates A Major Flaw In Looper's Ending
Let this be your warning that the following article contains spoilers about Looper. You probably should have figured that out from the headline, but we here at Cinema Blend believe in safety nets. For those of you who have seen Looper or just don't care about spoilers, enjoy!
by Eric Eisenberg October 9, 2012 comments
Watch Looper As A Disney Movie
Genre-bending writer-director Rian Johnson's recently released sci-fi thriller Looper is not only dazzling critics with its compelling new take on the time travel subgenre, but also scoring with audiences, debuting at #2 its opening weekend behind Adam Sandler's record-breaking animated romp Hotel Transylvania. So just imagine how well Looper would have done at the box office if it were a bit more family friendly!
by Kristy Puchko October 3, 2012 comments
Now Streaming: Netflix Instant Alternatives to Looper, Pitch Perfect, And V/H/S
With so many titles to choose from, Netflix Instant's library can be overwhelming. And so we offer this bi-weekly column as a tool to cut through the clutter by highlighting some now streaming titles that pair nicely with the latest theatrical releases. This week we've selected a trio of time travel tales, competition-fueled comedies and found footage frighteners for your home-viewing pleasure.
by Kristy Puchko October 1, 2012 comments
Weekend Box Office: Hotel Transylvania Arrives Early, Breaks Records
September's a slow month at the box office. The biggest September weekends are still smaller than major days in the cash heady months of summer and Christmas. But, once in a while something comes along in September that draws a crowd and this year Halloween came early to give the sleepy month a little boost.
by Scott Gwin September 30, 2012 comments
Hotel Transylvania And Looper Take Over Friday Box Office
Sony Pictures is competing against itself at the box office this weekend, and lucky for them, both of their offerings are getting a warm reception, taking the #1 and #2 spots among Friday moviegoers. The animated family film Hotel Transylvania, featuring the voices of Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez, made $11 million on Friday
by Katey Rich September 29, 2012 comments
Great Debate: What's The Best Kind Of Time Travel Story?
Much as we love Pitch Perfect, the big release of this weekend is undeniably Looper, the time travel thriller in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hit man in the future, who's suddenly assigned to assassinate himself, only 30 years older and played by Bruce Willis
by Katey Rich and Kristy Puchko September 28, 2012 comments
Operation Kino 82: Looper And Getting On Board With Time Travel Logic
This week on Operation Kino, we're reviewing Looper or maybe we already reviewed it, 30 years ago, back before time travel was possible but illegal. After that, inspired by Looper and it's time travel plot, we talk about time travel devices in movies, and specifically how films that ask you to follow their logic
by Operation Kino September 28, 2012 comments
Looper Director Says Shakespeare, David Bowie And Harrison Ford Inspired His Story
Dont be surprised if you absorb a number of European influences during your Looper screening. As Johnson explains, most of the city scenes he conceived and penned for the movie happened while he was living in Belgrade, Serbia and nursing a bruised heart over a girl he actively pursued.
by Sean O'Connell September 26, 2012 comments
Looper Interview: Emily Blunt Talks Shotguns, Redemption And A Nickname For Her Fans
Earlier this week, we sat down with Looper star Joseph Gordon-Levitt to discuss his character, a hit man tasked with eliminating targets from a distant future. While JGLs character goes on the hunt for his older self, his paths cross with a lovely but cautious farmer whose son has a bigger role in the larger Looper story.
by Sean O'Connell September 26, 2012 comments
Looper Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt On The Butterfly Effect And His Impersonation Skills
Well have Looper interviews on the site throughout the week, as Sony was kind enough to grant us one-on-one access with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and Johnson. We dove into such thought-provoking topics as the butterfly effect, the overwhelming affect true love can have on an individuals heart, and Blunts ability to chop wood convincingly.
by Sean O'Connell September 24, 2012 comments
This Rotten Week: Predicting Looper, Won't Back Down And Hotel Transylvania Reviews
I could see my breath this morning on my walk to get a coffee, which only means one thing. The autumn movie season must be up in full swing. (What did you think it meant?) This week we've got JGL getting loopy, parents combatting evil teachers and Dracula doing the family thing
by Doug Norrie September 23, 2012 comments
Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Rian Johnson Answer What Is A Looper?
Genre-bending writer-director Rian Johnson. The ever-compelling Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Bruce "Yippee Ki Yay Motherfucker" Willis. If these three elements aren't enough to make you madly desire to see Looper no questions asked, thento be frankyou make no sense at all to me.
by Kristy Puchko September 15, 2012 comments
First Clip From Looper: Bruce Willis Doesn't Want To Talk About Time Travel
On paper backwards time travel seems really simple - person travels from "Future Point A" to "Past Point B" - but when you really start digging into it it becomes insanely complicated. Is a person literally traveling to their own past, or are they visiting an alternate timeline? If it's not an alternate timeline, does that mean every thing that happens post-time travel has a direct effect on "Future Point A"?
by Eric Eisenberg August 30, 2012 comments
Looper Interactive Trailer Will Blow You Away
Were hoping that the rest of Looper ends up being as cool as the films promotional material. But based on the early trailers, and the presentation Sony brought to Comic-Con in July, were pretty confident Brick director Johnson will be able to deliver on the potential of his engaging premise.
by Sean O'Connell August 27, 2012 comments
Looper Debuts New Poster And Featurette About The Unusual Score
Looper may not be the biggest or flashiest film coming out in the next few months, but it might be the most interesting, with a twisty time-travel premise and the so-crazy-it-has-to-work idea of having Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing a younger version of Bruce Willis. The film's tagline-- "Hunted by your future. Haunted by your past"-
by Katey Rich August 23, 2012 comments
New Looper International Trailer Arrives Along With New Viral Campaign
With each new trailer I get more and more excited for Looper. It's not just the thrill of seeing new footage and looking forward to the performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, but also just the fact that each new preview delivers just a little bit more information about the science-fiction world that the movie has established and with each new detail that's revealed I'm left a little bit more impatient. And this new international trailer isn't helping at all:
by Eric Eisenberg August 14, 2012 comments
Check Out This Cool Fan Poster For Rian Johnson's Looper
The idea behind Rian Johnson's Looper is so cool and creative that that it's inspiring fan art more than a month before its release. While the promotional art for the film has actually been pretty spectacular (at least by Hollywood standards), this one, which was drawn by artist Daniel Keane, takes the cake.
by Eric Eisenberg August 9, 2012 comments
Looper Breaks Out The Big Guns For International Poster
Looper would be high on our must-see list for the second half of 2012, even if we knew absolutely nothing about director Rian Johnson. But, add Johnsons name to the mix, and were clawing our eyes out waiting for the opportunity to see the new film.
by Sean O'Connell August 3, 2012 comments
UPDATED: Looper, Cloud Atlas, Argo And Many More Set For Toronto Film Festival Premieres
Kicking things off will be Rian Johnson's Looper, the twisty time-travel thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, which will be the festival's opening film. Looper stole the show at Comic Con a few weeks ago, but the opening night spot at TIFF is a huge spotlight for what's essentially a genre movie from a director with only two other films behind him.
by Katey Rich July 24, 2012 comments
Looper Gets A New Official Website, Releases 12 New Stills
If you've been searching around for reviews of The Dark Knight Rises, you may notice a certain pattern: near universal praise for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The young actor steals nearly every scene he's in, and is easily one of the best parts of the movie (as noted by both Katey and me in our respective reviews). And while audiences will get a full dose of Gordon-Levitt this weekend, there's a lot more on the way, including the awesome looking Rian Johnson film Looper.
by Eric Eisenberg July 20, 2012 comments
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explains How To Become Bruce Willis At Looper Comic Con Press Conference
Joseph Gordon-Levitt had one hell of a 2011, making movies with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), and then Rian Johnson, reuniting with his Brick director to star in the time-travel thriller Looper
by Katey Rich July 13, 2012 comments
Looper Comic Con 2012 Live Blog
Sonys Hall H panel shifts gears from the futuristic expanse of Len Wisemans Total Recall to the time travel thrills of Rian Johnsons Looper, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis playing versions of the same person locked in a battle that could mean one of them has to die.
by Sean O'Connell July 13, 2012 comments
Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Bruce Willis Face Off In Incredible New Looper Trailer
Set in the not-too-distant future, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe, a young man who works for a crime syndicate as a Looper. In the future criminals send their marks back in time 30 years where Joe is waiting to kill them and collect his money. But when the mob tries to close the loop by sending an older version of Joe (Bruce Willis) back in time, the older version manages to escape and young Joe is forced to track him down.
by Eric Eisenberg June 28, 2012 comments
Looper UK Trailer Reveals Much, Much More Of The Plot
Director Rian Johnson has done an admirable job so far of keeping secrets about his upcoming movie Looper, a thriller set in a near-future where criminals use time travel to "disappear" the people they need assassinated. So far we knew that Joseph Gordon-Levitt played one of those assassins
by Katey Rich June 27, 2012 comments
Looper Gets Extended Release In China
Regardless of what anyone might tell you, the goal of any movie is to make money, maybe not a ton of money but at least some money. If little scenes can be flipped around, added or removed in order to generate a much greater return, studios are almost always willing to do so, and Joseph Gordon-Levitts upcoming Looper is a great example of that.
by Mack Rawden June 25, 2012 comments
Three New Looper Images Arrive Online
The film is set in a future where time travel has been invented, but is highly illegal. In fact, criminals have found a way to use it in which they send murder victims back 30 years in the past to a hitman waiting to kill them. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one of these hitmen. But when Joe's bosses decide that it's time to close the loop, they send Joe's future self to be killed.
by Eric Eisenberg April 30, 2012 comments
Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Rian Johnson Explain Looper's Time Travel Laws
One of the greatest things about the science-fiction genre is that it allows the creator to build a world from the ground up. Whether they want it to reflect the world we live in now, or be completely unrecognizable, the author has the chance to do whatever they want. The drawback of this is that rules of the universe need to be created, and thats particularly important in the case of time travel.
by Eric Eisenberg April 13, 2012 comments
Looper Trailer Has Joseph Gordon-Levitt Hunting Himself
All week, weve been teased about the upcoming teaser trailer for Looper. The teaser trailer has now arrived online! It's full of shooting, explosions, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt attempting to kill his future-self. Check it out ahead and decide for yourself if it was worth the wait...
by Kelly West April 12, 2012 comments
Check Out The Latest Trailer Teaser For Looper, Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Looper stars Gordon-Levitt as Joe, a hitman who is living in a distant future where time travel exists, but is highly illegal. The mob uses the technology to send targets 30 years into the past where Joe waits for them and kills them. While Joe has made a solid career for himself doing the job, everything starts going wrong when his bosses decide to close the loop.
by Eric Eisenberg April 11, 2012 comments
Get Ready For The Looper Trailer With This Second Teaser
I am dying to see some real footage from writer/director Rian Johnson's Looper and luckily I won't have to wait much longer. The first official trailer for the time travel thriller is scheduled to arrive online this Thursday, but in the run-up Sony has been releasing a series of teases hosted by Johnson and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who starred in the filmmaker's debut, Brick, and had a cameo in the follow-up, The Brothers Bloom).
by Eric Eisenberg April 10, 2012 comments
Get A Sneak Peek At Looper, Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
In my opinion there are few movies released in the last decade better than Rian Johnson's Brick. In addition to being a great twisty, moody neo-noir, it also introduced us to a fascinating new filmmaker. A few years later Johnson took a left turn when he wrote and directed The Brothers Bloom, a con film with a completely different atmosphere than his first movie. Now, four years later, the writer/director is just about ready to release his latest film
by Eric Eisenberg April 9, 2012 comments
Looper Poster Transforms Joseph Gordon-Levitt Into Bruce Willis
The whole mirror image thing happening vertically makes the poster immediately distinct from all the garbage floating heads we usually see, and I love the effect of both actors disintegrating, either by explosion or the passing of time. You also notice, of course, that Levitt is wearing blue contacts
by Katey Rich April 6, 2012 comments
First Look At Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Rian Johnson's Looper
In Looper, the upcoming science-fiction film from Brick director Rian Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis play the same character, Joe. Because the plot involves time travel, the movie has Gordon-Levitt playing the present day version of Joe while Willis is the future version. There's one problem, however: Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks nothing like Bruce Willis.
by Eric Eisenberg March 17, 2012 comments
Looper Director Rian Johnson Shares Details On His Time-Travel Thriller
What of the time-travel element, which Johnson readily admits just never makes sense in most sci-fi films? "If you just tell somebody the plot, you're inevitably telling them the time travel stuff, but the movie actually uses that as a set-up, he explains. The best parallel I can draw is to the first Terminator moviem where time travel is used to set up this impossible situation between these people and then that situation plays itself out."
by Sean O'Connell January 16, 2012 comments
Looper Set Photo Reveals A Very Cool Looking Machine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a number of projects in the works, among which is The Looper, a film that reunites him with Brick director Rian Johnson. Those interested in following the progress of what sounds like a sci-fi/action thriller, will definitely want to follow the movies Tumblr. Today, a photo was posted that gives us a look at what could prove to be a very crucial piece of the films set.
by Kelly West January 2, 2012 comments
Bruce Willis Shoots Fire In First Image From Rian Johnson's Looper
The image emphasizes muscle over what I imagine is a more intellectual and sci-fi side to the film, but I don't mind it for now. Empire also has more plot details on the film than I've seen anywhere before. I've included them after the image, but spoiler alert for anyone who's super-duper sensitive about these things
by Katey Rich May 13, 2011 comments
Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo And Noah Segan Join The Cast Of Looper
Though he's only made two films, Rian Johnson has quickly shown a knack for attracting top-tier talent. His debut, Brick, attracted the likes of Joseph Gordon Levitt
by Eric Eisenberg January 21, 2011 comments
Primer Mastermind Shane Carruth Joins Production On Rian Johnson's Looper
Primer, which Carruth wrote, directed, starred in and designed, is one of the twistiest and most satisfying time-travel stories you could hope to see, and fans of the sci-fi genre have been dying to see Carruth follow up on it
by Katey Rich January 18, 2011 comments


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston says it is completed.
State Attorney Willie Meggs has scheduled a news conference for this afternoon to announce his findings in the December 2012 incident.
A lawyer for Winston has suggested that the star quarterback and the accuser had consensual sex, but the victim's family has accused the 19-year-old of rape.
Winston is a favorite for this year's Heisman Trophy. Voting for that trophy ends on Monday.
FSU is the No. 1 team in the country and a favorite to go to the BCS National Championship.


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