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Letters to the editor for Dec. 4, 2012
Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:37 p.m.
Back together
When President Barack Obama surprised everybody, including himself, by taking over the presidency in 2008, the stupefied Republicans began to wail the old music hall song, "Stop the world, I want to get off" ... and they carried on with the chant until today.
Now they want to get back on again with the rest of us. House Speaker John Boehner complained on Friday that "no substantive talks between the White House and the House have been taking place."
So the GOP may actually want to turn around and join the club after four years of negativism and obstruction. There are 47 percent of us, if I remember correctly, so let's invite them back in. They will still be dragging their heels by Pavlovian reaction, but they are Americans.
The national economy is nothing to brag about, but it is perking up a bit. The infamous storm, Sandy, was a setback, but we are recovering. The wretched "cliff" everybody is talking about is not rattling the economists so much anymore. Perhaps congeniality can be restored between the parties, and we will have progress in Washington.
We have had troubles of late, but the rest of the world is worse off by far. Even China is slumping a bit. The European Union is teetering. The smart move for America is to steer clear of what George Washington called "entangling alliances." America is a country, not an empire. Our government has played the Syrian card correctly, and kept Syria's troubles internal, to be settled between the Syrians and Assad. Let's be sure that Afghanistan is our last international adventure — for this decade at least.
Edward Rapp
Bringing jobs back
My Congratulations to the Star-Banner and its owner, Halifax Media Group, for bringing customer service for the paper back from the Philippines to our local area. It is a great example of practicing what you preach. The Star-Banner has consistently promoted creating local jobs.
The seven local employees created will support their families, pay taxes here and I am sure provide excellent customer service.
I just want to say there are many of us who care about American jobs and this reinforces my decision to remain a subscriber. I believe this is how you compete in a tough market — keep your customers happy.
George E. Clark Jr.
Unscathed and grateful
Friday was the end of hurricane season. That's cause for celebration — usually only for the Southeast and Gulf Coast, but this year the Northeast is also glad to see it go.
If you laid back a supply of perishable food for hurricane season, now is the time to box it up and donate it to your local soup kitchen or food distribution center. This is a way you can show your thankfulness for not having needed it yourself.
Judy Wright
It's the spending, stupid!
Five new taxes to pay for Obamacare, with more to come in 2014. Proposed nationalization of 401(k) and IRA accounts. Proposals to eliminate home mortgage deductions and deductions for charitable giving. A 1 percent "transaction fee" for all bank deposits and withdrawals. Doubling the tax rate on investment income.
These are just a few of the new taxes you voted for. The complete list is far too long for a letter to the Star-Banner.
The Socialist Democrat Party just doesn't get it! It's not the taxes, it's the spending, stupid!
Don Goodman
Working together
The election is over. One man won, one man lost. That's the way it works.
We have a president that was elected by the majority of Americans. Some will like him, some will not. What is most important at this point to set aside differences and come together to support our president. Most of all, we must demand bipartisanship from our lawmakers. Without cooperation and compromise nothing will be accomplished. That is already obvious.
It is all too clear that the only concern in Washington is re-election. We cannot have an effective presidency without support from citizens as well as lawmakers. Working together is what makes America the greatest country in the world.
We are all Americans. Let us act like Americans! Remember, just because you don't like the president, it doesn't mean everyone should dislike him. Despite differences of opinion, mutual respect and cooperation are imperative. Divisiveness helps no one. United we stand, divided we fall. Let us hope that this holiday season will indeed bring goodwill to all.
Nancy Dunleavy
Dismal days ahead
A short period of time has passed since the presidential election, and it is now time to reflect on what the majority of voters have handed us by re-electing our current president:
1. An unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, the highest for any incumbent since FDR.
2. More importantly the real unemployment rate, including those who have stopped looking for jobs and the underemployed, is in the range of 15 percent, higher than most years of the Great Depression.
3. Food stamp growth is 75 percent greater than job growth under Obama. Forty-six million Americans are now on food stamps.
4. The housing collapse is now deeper than at the peak of the Great Depression.
5. The net worth of the average American is down.
6. New business start-ups are at the lowest level in 30 years.
I must say that it appears that the majority of those who voted for President Obama did not bother to examine these facts. With another four years of this incomprehensible poor leadership, we ensure a dismal future for coming generations.
Joseph T. Hines
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- The mystery monkey of Tampa Bay has been a celebrity for more than three years now. He has been spotted all over the Bay area, has his own Facebook page, been featured on Comedy Central's Colbert Report, and has been a popular resident in south St. Petersburg... until now.
The rhesus macaque has bitten someone in the area of Boyd Hill Nature Park, an elderly woman.
Jeff Seilbach is a neighbor of the woman who was attacked, and says it was just a matter of time. "You should see my neighbor's back. The bite marks and claw marks. It just shows you what this animal is capable of," says Seilbach.
10 News spoke with the victim, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"I was in shock. He's been here about a year and a half, that we've known... but they're still wild animals," she says. "Lately he's gotten aggressive with male teenagers, male people. And the people in the neighborhood stay at a distance, but they don't realize at any given moment, he could flip.
On Tuesday, the victim's daughter told 10 News, "The monkey is not afraid of people, so I don't go outside very often. I don't trust the monkey."
Neighbor Jeff agrees. Just a few months ago, wildlife officials urged the public not to feed the monkey, fearing he would become dependant on humans for food, becoming aggressive, and that's exactly what's happened.
"He gets up in my tree and starts shaking it because he wants to be fed. If you don't feed him, he cops an attitude," says Seilbach.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission issued this statement Tuesday night: "FWC's concern is for the woman who was bitten and the animal. In order to bring this to its best possible conclusion, we need the cooperation of everyone in staying away from the area so that we can do our job."
The monkey attack victim says she hopes the animal will not be killed, but instead captured and put in a sanctuary. Officials believe the monkey was cast out of a colony in Silver Springs, near Ocala.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo SynopsisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larssons literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy. Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon. The screenplay is by Steven Zaillian.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Release Date
In Theaters December 21, 2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Credits
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen and Joely Richardson
Written by: Steven Zaillian
Directed by: David Fincher
Produced by: Scott Rudin
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
External Info: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Official Website
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Rooney Mara Still Thinks She's Making Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2
Earlier this month, a surprising report made the rounds regarding the Dragon Tattoo franchise. With David Finchers 2011 adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel being considered a disappointment, the story suggested that the series is going in a different direction moving forward.
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Another Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? Here's The Latest
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Might Have A New Plan
Despite being based on a massively popular series of novels, David Finchers 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larssons The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo underperformed. Since then, theres been a great deal of talk about whether or not well see the rest of the novels on screen, but now it looks like Sony has a plan in place.
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The 10 Greatest Banned Movie Posters Of All-Time
Did you see the poster for Eli Roths new movie got banned in Italy. Its unclear exactly why the Italians considered it so far over the line, but then again, movie posters are banned for a wide variety of reasons that arent exactly clear.
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The Girl Who Played With Fire Reignites With New Screenwriter
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by Nick Venable July 17, 2013 comments
Could Daniel Craig Be Written Out Of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Sequel?
THR says Craig wants(s) a pay raise, not a cut, in the wake of Skyfall grossing $1 billion worldwide. As a result, Craigs character in the movie journalist Mikael Blomkvist might be written out of the sequel, erased from screenwriter Steven Zaillians treatment of the sequel.
by Sean O'Connell January 31, 2013 comments
The Girl Who Played With Fire Movie Still Happening But Won't Get A 2013 Release
Those hoping to see a follow-up to the 2011 murder mystery The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may eventually get their wish. But from what's being reported, it doesn't sound like it's going to happen any time in the near future. On the bright side, there is still reportedly a script in the works.
by Kelly West August 22, 2012 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Was A Modest Loss According To MGM
The proverbial belt might have to be tightened to better meet diminished expectations for adaptations of Steig Larssons second and third book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Reports at the time of Dragons release suggested that Mara and Daniel Craig locked in for sequels, but Fincher had not, and might not be interested in the time commitment if he has to scale down his vision for financial reasons.
by Sean O'Connell March 26, 2012 comments
Read All About Your 2012 Oscar Winners
As Im sure you are aware, the Academy Awards were held tonight and some of the best movies of 2011 were awarded Oscars for their achievements. But the timespan between January 1st and December 31st is a long there are new movies being released every single weekend. As a result, theres a good chance that a) you might not have seen every title that won an award tonight and/or b) you might have missed our coverage of said title. Well, youre in luck.
by Eric Eisenberg February 26, 2012 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Won't Be Released In India Because Fincher Refuses To Censor His Work
There is a lot of harsh content in David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. There are scenes of brutal violence, rape, torture, nudity and everything else that the MPAA tries to shield from us on a daily basis. Somewhat surprisingly, though, the ratings board never even threatened to slap the movie with the dreaded NC-17, which would have forced the director to make cuts and edits that weren't part of his original vision.
by Eric Eisenberg January 27, 2012 comments
If David Fincher Isn't Making The Dragon Tattoo Sequel, What Should He Direct Next?
We've always got our eye on the future, so we're more concerned about Sony's plans to go forward with the Dragon Tattoo sequel this year, even though Fincher may not be on board. To go over Fincher's options and the fact that he might make his 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie instead, Sean O'Connell and Katey Rich jumped on gchat and talked it out
by Katey Rich and Sean O'Connell January 9, 2012 comments
A Detailed Discussion Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo With Screenwriter Steven Zaillian
"I've never done a project based on something as well-known as this." That might sound surprising coming from a screenwriter like Steven Zaillian, whose credits this year alone include an adaptation of the bestseller Moneyball, and also wrote the screenplays for American Gangster and Schindler's List. But The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is no ordinary book adaptation
by Katey Rich January 3, 2012 comments
Ever Wonder What Scartlett Johansson Would Look Like As Lisbeth Salander?
Guaranteed, this will be the creepiest thing you see online today. Two years ago, relative newcomer Noomi Rapace set the standard for playing Lisbeth Salander - the androgynous goth computer hacker who Stieg Larsson introduced in his best-selling Millennium trilogy - and few thought another actress could play her as effectively until Rooney Mara reinvented the role for David Finchers American adaptation of the familiar material.
by Sean O'Connell December 27, 2011 comments
The 10 Best Movie Music Moments Of 2011
Much like 2010, this year was packed with not only amazing soundtracks, but also movies that knew how to use songs to perfect effect. From the synth sounds in Drive to the insanely happy tunes in The Muppets, this year in music moments made audiences feel unending joy and devastating sadness, but it all made for great times at the cinema.
by Eric Eisenberg December 23, 2011 comments
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by Op Kino December 23, 2011 comments
8 Biggest Differences Between The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Book And Movie
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by Jessica Grabert December 22, 2011 comments
Dragon Tattoo Opens Strong On Tuesday, But Is Beaten By Mission Impossible
This weekend both will be competing against new openers like The Adventures of Tintin-- which opens today-- and We Bought A Zoo, War Horse and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, all of them opening throughout the weekend. What had initially looked like a huge Friday bottleneck has spread out a little bit thanks to early bows for Mission and Tattoo
by Katey Rich December 21, 2011 comments
The Five Most Common Misconceptions About David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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by Eric Eisenberg December 20, 2011 comments
Dragon Tattoo Star Rooney Mara Talks On-Set Bruises And Becoming Lisbeth Salander
By all accounts every sacrifice paid off-- even the film's weaker reviews single Mara out, and though she says she's "shot myself in the leg" in finding equally worthwhile projects to do next, she's suddenly a very big deal when a year ago few people knew her name. I talked to Mara-- still with the black hair, though minus the many piercings
by Katey Rich December 20, 2011 comments
Dragon Tattoo's Mara, Craig And Fincher Talk Motorcycles And Suffering Take After Take
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by Katey Rich December 20, 2011 comments
Dragon Tattoo Sequels Would Shoot Back-To-Back, Says Fincher
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by Katey Rich December 17, 2011 comments
David Fincher And His Editors Dissect A Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Scene
The sequence comes early in the movie, and merely sets up the details that MIkael and his now-famous research assistant Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) will be solving throughout the film. And the slideshow gets into so many of the details that Fincher is famous for focusing on, but for which we can really credit the editors-- the way they tighten a scene to make it go faster
by Katey Rich December 15, 2011 comments
Why Don't Women Want To See The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?
Women, especially those over 25, are hugely likely to have kids, and the commitment of hiring a babysitter so they can go see Dragon Tattoo is far more significant than reading 20 pages of the book at a time before bed. In Stieg Larsson's novels, you can immerse yourself in the world of Lisbeth and Mikael on your own schedule
by Katey Rich December 14, 2011 comments
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo's Release Date Pushed Up
This really is a smart move. As Blake explained, next week is a crazy time for new releases, with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and The Adventures of Tintin also set to come out on December 21st. While it's not much of a buffer, why not take advantage of the fact that fans of Stieg Larsson's books and David Fincher want to see the movie as early as they can? It may not end up having the biggest impact on the movie's box office totals, but it's still a good plan.
by Eric Eisenberg December 13, 2011 comments
Rooney Mara Reveals All About Her Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Merkin
What's brilliant about the film is the way Fincher's attention to detail makes all of that more than just titillation or exploitation; even when you see Mara's Lisbeth Salander stripped naked, it's for a purpose and a clear explanation of her character. And yes, that includes the moment when you see Lisbeth Salander's pubic hair
by Katey Rich December 13, 2011 comments
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Long movie run-times can be both a blessing and a curse. For starters, they can have direct impact on the box office because theaters can't have as many screenings and if left in incapable hands, a two and a half hour movie can feel like an eternity. The positive side, however, is that no matter how many advertisements come out, it's hard to spoil the film.
by Eric Eisenberg December 12, 2011 comments
Watch The Immigrant Song Music Video From The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
If you're like me then you've been listening to the Karen O/Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the last week and a half. Though the song was first heard in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo teaser trailer that came out all the way back in May, people that pre-ordered the soundtrack back on December 1st were given a free download of the song on iTunes
by Eric Eisenberg December 11, 2011 comments
Emma Roberts And Joe Manganiello Parody The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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by Kelly West December 8, 2011 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Viral Strikes Again With Fake Hard Copy Report
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by Eric Eisenberg December 6, 2011 comments
David Fincher Speaks Out On Dragon Tattoo Embargo Controversy
While this, in his words, tempest in a teapot rages on around his film, I don't blame Fincher for being annoyed. He's not trying to control the opinions of film critics or change the minds of people who didn't like his movie; he just wants people to stick to their word, and not throw a wrench into the difficult process of releasing a movie as big as this one
by Katey Rich December 6, 2011 comments
Two New Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Images Show A Brooding Lisbeth Salander
By now you're probably very familiar with the image of Lisbeth Salander, the leather-wearing, pierced hacker who finds herself striking up an unlikely friendship with Blomkvist, a journalist assigned by a wealthy industrialist (Christopher Plummer) to investigate the murder of his niece Harriet 40 years earlier
by Katey Rich December 5, 2011 comments
Watch The New 8-Minute Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trailer
In addition to releasing six tracks from the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack and offering his and Karen O's cover of "Immigrant Song," Trent Reznor linked last night to a new eight-minute trailer for the movie, complete with music he and collaborator Atticus Ross scored specifically for this trailer
by Katey Rich December 2, 2011 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack Available For Pre-Order, Hear A Six-Track Sampler Now
Last year, prior to the release of David Fincher's The Social Network, it was clear that the folks behind the soundtrack knew exactly what they had. I say this with absolute confidence because 13 days before the film hit theaters on October 1, 2010, a five-track sampler of the soundtrack was released for free public download. The film's music, of course, went on to win Best Original Score at the Academy Awards, delivering Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross their first Oscars.
by Eric Eisenberg December 1, 2011 comments
10 New Images From David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
When you really think about it, Sony Pictures really doesn't need to release stills for David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. That's not to say that the images that we've seen aren't spectacular, but the first teaser trailer, which came out back in May, was essentially the greatest still presentation of all time: quick single shots edited together under one of the greatest covers of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" that I have ever heard.
by Eric Eisenberg November 28, 2011 comments
New The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Still Has Daniel Craig Being Hounded By Journalists
In David Fincher's adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Daniel Craig plays Mikael Blomkvist, a damn fine journalist who is stuck in a bad situation. At the start of the story we learn that the character had written an article about a sleazy industrialist that turned out to be based on false information. The result was Blomkvist being sued for libel , which, in Sweden, is punishable by not only a fine, but a jail sentence.
by Eric Eisenberg November 21, 2011 comments
David Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack Reveals Its Stark Cover Art
Mouth Taped Shut, the viral site associated with David Finchers U.S. adaptation of Stieg Larssons The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, strikes again. The site has been Ground Zero for a global treasure hunt, helping fans decipher clues that has led to strategically hidden GWDT keepsakes. Now theyre revealing the cover art for the films soundtrack. We have it inside.
by Sean O'Connell November 15, 2011 comments
New Girl With The Dragon Tattoo TV Spot Is All About Lisbeth Salander
A couple weeks ago a report came out saying that David Fincher has a three hour cut of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo getting set to be released on December 21st. That, of course, is an abnormal runtime for a movie that exists outside of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series, but it's been reflected in the movie's marketing.
by Eric Eisenberg November 14, 2011 comments
Two New TV Spots For David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Based on the worldwide bestseller by Stieg Larsson, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo stars Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist who has just had his good name dragged through the mud during a libel case. Seeing an opportunity, a wealthy industrialist named Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) hires Blomkvist for an investigation: he wants to know who murdered his niece over forty years ago.
by Eric Eisenberg November 8, 2011 comments
H&M To Sell Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Clothing Line
Lisbeth Salander is a survivor of abuse and rape, a dour and violent girl who trusts nobody, a misunderstood genius who has trouble communicating that to the world. So why wouldn't you want to dress like her? Believe it or not, H&M thinks you want to do just that
by Katey Rich October 26, 2011 comments
New Poster For David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo viral site, Mouth-Taped-Shut.com, has been on a real roll as of late. First there was the mystery site that revealed new stills from the movie, then came the strange video that seemed to be filmed with a super 8 camera, and, most recently, they've begun a campaign in which pressed flowers are left in secret locations around the country. Today's big reveal, however, is a bit more simple: a brand new one-sheet.
by Eric Eisenberg October 24, 2011 comments
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Prize Found In L.A. As Viral Treasure Hunt Gets Underway
The search kicked of when the word lust was added to the URL for WhatIsHiddenInSnow.com. It revealed a photo of a location in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles, with the words taped behind.
by Sean O'Connell October 22, 2011 comments
New Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Viral Site Launched, Help Us Solve The Mystery
When I posted the newest viral video from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo earlier today, I questioned if it contained any secrets or hints. One of our astute readers pointed out that one of the cars has the word "Glance" written backwards on its license plate. Apparently that was a clue to something bigger, as a new viral site for the new David Fincher movie has been launched.
by Eric Eisenberg October 20, 2011 comments
Watch New Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Viral Video; Fincher And Sony Clashing Over Run Time?
The real story behind The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo starts 40 years in the past. Sure, for most of the movie we follow disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and anti-social hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) as they try to solve a murder for retired industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), but the crime was committed decades earlier, during a horrific car crash on the only bridge off of the Vanger estate.
by Eric Eisenberg October 20, 2011 comments
Fincher Explains Why He Didn't Cast Scarlett Johansson In Dragon Tattoo
Read the whole article and I promise you won't be thinking about whether or not Scarlett Johansson would have been good in it. Months before the movie comes out, Rooney Mara is already feeling like the crucial heart of Dragon Tattoo. As Fincher told the Vogue reporter, "Oh, man. Shes a weirdo. Shes a great weirdo.
by Katey Rich October 17, 2011 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Viral Site Reveals New Stills From The Film
If you haven't already been over to Mouth-Taped-Shut.com - the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo viral site - you are really missing out. Though it looks like your standard Tumblr account, every few hours or so it's updated with some really awesome photographs from behind the scenes of the new David Fincher film. One of today's images, however, came with a little secret.
by Eric Eisenberg October 10, 2011 comments
Stunning New Images From David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's worldwide best-selling trilogy, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo centers on a disgraced journalist (Craig) who is hired by a wealthy industrialist (Christopher Plummer) to solve a forty year old murder. Enlisting the help of a young anti-social hacker (Mara), the journalist begins to investigate the crime and discovers some truly horrifying secrets.
by Eric Eisenberg October 7, 2011 comments
Listen To Four Minutes Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Score, Watch Metal Posters Being Made
Last year was a brilliant time for movie music in general, from Hans Zimmer's Inception score to the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack to Daft Punk's music for Tron: Legacy, but the king of the hill was the score written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for David Fincher's The Social Network. The Oscar for Best Original Score is impressive, but what's truly amazing about it is...
by Eric Eisenberg October 3, 2011 comments
Daniel Craig And Rooney Mara Share Smoke In New Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Images
Based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy" and adapted by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, and Robin Wright. The plot centers on a disgraced journalist named Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) who is hired by a wealthy industrialist to solve a 40 -year-old murder.
by Eric Eisenberg September 30, 2011 comments
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Theatrical Trailer Arrives Online
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A doctor guides robotic arms to do surgery on the heart. The surgery is done through several tiny keyhole incisions.
Robot-assisted cardiac procedures are done to treat a variety of conditions:
Benefits of robot-assisted cardiac procedures may include:
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have a robot-assisted cardiac procedure, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
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About minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Surgery website. Available at:
http://www.columbiasurgery.org/pat/mirobotic/procedures.html. Accessed July 25, 2013.
Atrial septic defect repair. Inova Health System website. Available at:
http://www.inova.org/healthcare-services/pediatrics/types-of-services/pediatric-cardiovascular-program/procedures/atrial-septic-defect-repair.jsp. Accessed July 25, 2013.
Mitral valve repair. Society of Thoracic Surgeons website. Available at:
http://www.sts.org/sections/patientinformation/valvesurgery/mitralvalverepair/. Accessed July 25, 2013.
Robot-assisted heart surgery: how it works. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/services/surgery/robotically-assisted-heart-surgery.aspx. Accessed July 25, 2013.
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AUBURN, Wash. (September 21, 2013) – Agoodlawyerwilldo wore down Inquiry Miss and Kamilche Gold and drew clear for a 3 ¼-length victory in the $11,650 feature race for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Emerald Downs.
Ridden by Jennifer Whitaker, Agoodlawyerwilldo ran 6 ½ furlongs in 1:16.32 and paid $4.80, $2.80 and $2.40. Chris Stenslie is the trainer and co-owner with One Horse Will Do Corp.
A 3-year-old Kentucky-bred by Lawyer Ron, Agoodlawyer Willdo is finishing the season on a roll, winning two straight and three of her last four starts overall. Her lifetime record is 4-2-2 in 13 starts, with earnings of $38,171 including $6,408 for Saturday's victory.
Inquiry Miss, ridden by Nate Chaves, took a short lead past mid-stretch but was overtaken by Agoodlawyer Willdo and finished second. Inquiry Miss paid $3.60 and $3.
Kamilche Gold, a 15-to-1 long shot ridden by Debbie Hoonan, was a neck back in third place and paid $5.20. Society Girl, Strange Luck and Premo Jewel completed the order of finish.
NOTES: Stenslie, fourth in the trainers' standings with 32 wins, had back-to-back winners as Sharp Focus won Saturday's sixth race…A victory on Sharp Focus ($7.80) in race six gave jockey Rocco Bowen his 50th win of the meet, equaling his total from last season…Hoonan and Javier Matias rode two winners each Saturday…Isaias Enriquez remains two wins behind the sidelined Juan Gutierrez in the jockeys' standing. With four days left, defending champion Gutierrez owns a 96-94 lead…Jeff Metz took a 39-38 lead over Frank Lucarelli in the trainers' standings, as West Jet ($14.40) prevailed in race six…Juan Sanguino continues to add to his single-season record for most wins by a Quarter Horse trainer, scoring his ninth win of the meet as Dashin Baby Boy ($6.80) and Leonel Camacho-Flores won the 400-yard opener in :20.61…Apprentice Maggie Hardison, who rode most of the meet at Emerald Downs, notched her first California win aboard Craspedia ($42) in the fourth race at Fairplex Park…Live racing continues Sunday with first post 2 p.m. The $22,575 allowance feature for older fillies and mares goes as race eight at 5:10 p.m., with 8-to-5 morning line favorite Kind of Naughty and 3-to-1 second choice Stephanie Plum both shooting for their fifth wins of the meeting.


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"The quality of life on our seminary campus is determined by many factors. When you're a five year old, it's having a fun place to play," said Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary President Jeff Iorg.
Dr. Iorg was joined by the Seminary's Board of Trustees, staff, local students, families and a collection of children from nearby Golden Gate Academy preschool as a new playground was officially dedicated on April 8, 2008 at 1:15 PM.
"The original playground was 47 years old," recalled trustee Bob Galey. "This is something that has been on our prayer list for five or six years." As a trustee on the student committee, he would meet with students, many of them young parents, and they would tell him their concerns. He would report back to the trustees and a recurring theme each year was a new playground. But there were always more important items, and the playground never rose to the top of the list. "I'm just real excited that it's finally become a reality," he said.
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Community Playground, Inc. of Novato handled the installation, which took four months to complete. Total cost of the project was $80,000 for new equipment and installation. "The 5,000 square foot play area includes 320 lineal feet of concrete and 280 cubic yards of engineered wood fibers, what we used to call tan bark," said Robert Dvorak, director of facilities management and project supervisor.
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Executive Director - Citizen's Advocacy Office, and Chairperson, Albanian Coalition Against Corruption
Testimony about Albania issues!
By Kreshnik SPAHIU
Director of Citizens Advocacy Office
Chairman, Albanian Coalition Against Corruption
The host of "Good morning Albania", a popular TV-radio talk opens his show with "Love your country, like Albanians love America!"
Albania is a small, but a great friend and ally of the U.S.A. In five minutes, if I could, I call upon your imagination to take you over 10,000 miles away across the Atlantic ocean, in a country in the middle of Europe, where almost everyone in urban and rural areas flies the U.S. flag, where often times the US dollar is the purchasing currency that "competes" Albanian lek.
U.S.A. is loved by Albanians, even though not many Americans live, work, and have business in Albania. Unlike many countries and governments that are partners with the U.S.A., such relations with Albania and Albanians do not stem from any sort of governmental or diplomatic partnership. Said plain and simple for America, Albania is a true partner-nation regardless of language, nationality, religion, and tradition. Feelings that Albanians have for Americans have been and remain unique.
This is true because of historical reasons (i.e., statement of President Woodrow Wilson in 1920 on self-determination of nations) that never got vanished even during 50 years of one of the harshest dictatorships in the Eastern Europe. Albanians have felt closer the land of freedom after the fall of the Berlin Wall. US-led NATO intervention in Kosovo, continuous assistance and support towards further democratization and rule of law, and support for the euro-Atlantic integration are efforts that can never be forgotten.
Three years ago we established a Coalition of Civil Society in the fight against corruption. Time proved that it came about in the right time. Politics and politicians had grown distant from voters. Instead of governing for the interest of those who voted them in the office, they began to take care of their own personal interest. Coalition of Civil Society group's active organizations, which programs and campaigns, aimed at fight against corruption. Establishment of that Coalition was necessary because corruption, power abuse, nepotism, excessive bureaucracy, organized crime, smuggling and creation of illegal monopolies in business and mass media by handful politicians have become a serious challenge to the rule of law and country's economic development. Those reasons disqualified Albania in its bid to Millennium Challenge Account Fund.
Although, situation has improved significantly in terms of adoption of a legal framework to fight against various forms of trafficking, Albania still remains a country that both exports and produces narco–trafficking, as well as a green light for human beings trafficking.
Unfortunately children and women can be sold and purchased like any other good. Often they sell for less than a laptop computer or a TV set. Thousands of victims are witnesses of malfunctioning of the justice system, which fails to punish exploiters and effectively fight well organized crime rings. High level of corruption in the judiciary so far has favored considerably the tolerance to and co-existence with crime. Thus the inclination to view involvement into trafficking as a way of life as strengthened.
Democracy is being held hostage of "state capture". Construction industry that is currently booming in Albania is said to have blossomed largely with money of corrupted officials involved in money laundering activities, narco-trafficking and trafficking of human beings. They have gradually have invested their businesses, and now not only they corrupt, but also they want to buy power.
Ambitions of those people to turn in to politic and influence mass media has put democracy in the crossroad. If up until now, there were doubts whether crime was linked to politics, quite soon we risk not distinguishing one from the other. This is true due to individuals who should face justice, rather than "contributing in politics".
Honorable Members of the Congress:
What I just said is not hypothesis. Last year's elections proved an ongoing trend of election of dubious businessmen. It all builds upon an empty ground where there is no legislation, nor rules on the conflict of interests, lack of committees of electoral ethics. Controlling mechanisms of money laundering and declaration of personal assets do not function properly.
The Organization I am Chairman of (Citizens Advocacy Office) is involved in an awareness campaign and public denunciation. We have increased the role of civil society in the process of economic and political decision making. Our most recent initiative is a movement to seek transparency of the party financing. It is an obligation under the Constitution that political parties shall make public and transparent their financing. For 14 years now they have refused to comply with that Constitutional requirement.
In an attempt to increase transparency, Albanian Coalition against Corruption insisted in the preparation and passage of a law that obligates high-ranking officials to disclose their personal assets. The law is in the process of implementation, and yet being questioned by false declarations made by politicians and high-ranking officials. It is perhaps, the moment to inform you that formally Albania has world's "poorest" Prime Minister, who has declared that does not have shelter of his own, and his only asset is an armored Mercedes Benz, whom he has forgotten who he got it from. It is only acceptable for Albanian politicians that a $ 150,000 USD vehicle constitutes a gift, and not a bribe.
Personal hatred between leaders of politics has produced continuous political instability. Since 1990 a number of presidents, secretaries of state, and party leaders, have changed in your country, while in Albania anything similar has happened very little to none.
Independence of judiciary, institutions and mass media from politics is a challenge of our [Albanian] times. The majority of Albanians view resolution of such challenges by current politicians merely a mission impossible.
Albanians are looking for a change. Leaving the country to Europe and the U.S.A. is not a solution to the problems. It is clear that those who have enjoyed abuse of power and continue to do so will not give power at their own will. The answer to this is punishment of abusers with the free vote. I am afraid that the free vote has been seriously damaged in Albania. Votes do not get count and voters do not get heard. Albanian politicians trust to the muscles of their militants and manipulation of votes, than the free will of the voters. It is a fact that Albania is the only country in the region that cannot realize free and fair elections. For this political elite bears responsibility. I think it is the time to support a new political thought that is currently being cultivated in Albania. Halls and squares are packed with people not anymore because political leaders show up. Albania has the people and capacities capable to bring a change.
We are trying to articulate concerns and abuses done to and suffered by the citizens due misbehavior and abuse of power.
We have improved significantly the awareness level of the civil and constitutional rights transforming the society needs into indicators for change in governance and in compilation of strategies for the establishment of rule of law in Albania. Albania has change several government but never governance model. Civil society has a different vision from the politicians relevant with Albania future. A new and better governance need a younger generation and new strategy build on the different mentality. We demand support for our symbolic efforts because we have cultivated a radical change from a rot corruptive system to an opportunity for dynamic social change. Strengthening partnership with civil society is more strategic than any diplomatic relation between ours countries. Governments come and go, politicians do so as well, but the rout of the friendship and feeling are deeper to the society.
Right before I left for this trip, many people I know and I don't, friends and citizens asked me to greet the message of the President Bush to deny U.S. entry visa for corrupted officials from all over the world. They are expecting USA to assist establishing and strengthening rule of law in Albania. Meanwhile we wish that USA could support Albania to pass at the next bid of Millennium Challenge Account Fund and to advocate or push Albania towards Euro Atlantic integration. This might happen not because of government but because of such a partner-nation as Albanian.
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- Brian SOct 2, 2011, 9:40:00 PM
Wow, thanks for the great story Vitaly! Very impressive race, and congratulations. I can only dream of EC at this point, but it would be quite a challenge and I'd like to do it someday. Maybe death ride first :-) Way to stick it out to the end, and nice time. See you on hawk hill.ReplyDelete
Great report Vitaly!ReplyDelete
I did this race for the first time this year with objective to finish entire race. I did bonk at last miles of White Mt. climb and had to stop for couple minutes to eat half a cliff bar and drink and was able to finish also under 14h.
Thanks for reading! White mountains is very tough climb, even without everything else already in your legs. Great effort, Alexander. Hopefully I'll see you there next year!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOct 6, 2011, 7:21:00 PM
Anyone know where all the pics ended up? There were at least a half dozen photogs and they were snapping shots at every corner it seemed.ReplyDelete
Great write up. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I've just started my Everest Challenge 2012 blog here.
Maybe see you out there in 2012!


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I arrived in Little Rock after a 5 hour drive, found a walmart easily (in the not so great part of town), cranked up the generator and both air conditioners for a while, and settled down for the night. Great internet, authentic mexican food a short walk away, and a residential neighborhood to walk the dogs. It is so humid tonight the outside of the Bounder is dripping wet. What are we going to do when we're on the water without air conditioning. Remember the luxury of the RV, that's what we're going to do.
I'm finally starting to get organized in term of all the documents and business stuff I've brought along. Parked here with the air conditioning on low in the back, it is cool, dry, cozy, and safe. It is 9:15 in the morning and I've got time. The dogs are crashed out on the floor. I'm tuned into this radio station that targets my exact music style and demographic. I enjoyed a fresh ground, hot cup of coffee from the capresso (more about that later). I think I'll vaccume and then head over for that $3 breakfast. Then perhaps another walk with the dogs and a shorter travel today so I leave time to work on a court pleading that is due in about a week.
I achieved a milestone today by staying in bed until 7:00 a.m. Haven't done that in as long as I can remember. The sun is coming out and the kampground is full of activity. We took a hike this morning through the many forest trails that surround this site. I was afraid we would get lost, but they all seem to end back at the park eventually. Jake and Anne are doing fine so far. I'm not doing so bad myself.
05/23/2008, KOA Kampground, Oklahoma City
What a day! I drove farther today than before. Got well into Oklahoma. Stopped at a Walmart but they were not welcoming there and it was really hot and humid and the internet connection was slow since verizon doesn't have broadband anywhere yet in Oklahoma except Tulsa. Fortunately, the next few places I'm going are properly connected according to the web site. I splurged almost $40 for this KOA outside Oklahoma City but I couldn't access the free wireless here because my card is not receiving for some reason. At least I have verizon as a consolation. It has worked everywhere, if slowly. Nevertheless, this KOA is THE BOMB. I've been to some campsites in my day, and this place is serious about their kamp experience (the kamp thing is a KOA trademark, and is so campy as to be adopted). I walked around with the dogs after dark and the entire place is packed this Friday night. No suprise. "Nice" weather, paved roads, nice facilities, meals delivered to your door if you wish, activities for adults and kids, breakfasts in the morning for $3, trails where the dogs can walk without a leash (no warning about leashes whatsoever!). I'm not leaving until the check-out time of 11:00. I may pay the extra $2 per hour until the mandatory check out at 1.
05/23/2008, Painted Desert National Monument
I really enjoy walking through ancient places, looking around, and thinking how it was to live in such a place so long ago with no running water, electricity, heat, cooling. The wind was really blowing. Evidently the structures protected the people from the weather, among other things. After I left the monument I drove several hundred miles east through New Mexico until I reached the place I am writing from, Santa Rosa. It is a town that thrived when route 66 passed through it but is now rather sleepy. Sleepy enough so that I parked in the parked lot of an abandoned Pizza Hut within sight of the main drag and nobody seemed to care. Walked the dogs this morning to this great town park with playgrounds and a lake. Time to head off for another day on the road.
05/23/2008, Painted Desert National Monument
There were thriving native communities living in the area now part of the monument. They farmed and hunted around 1000 years ago.
I headed out east after spending the night in Winslow, Arizona. It was cold out and I cranked up the heater when I awoke. While walking the dogs in the morning, I came across three homeless people who had obviously spent that cold night sleeping behind a landrymat. Made me realize how fortunate I am. Drove about an hour and decided to visit the Painted Desert National Monument. I highly recommend this place, located about two hours east of Flagstaff off highway 40. Incredible. The picture doesn't even begin to do it justice. That is a piece of petrified wood at the bottom. There was petrified wood all over the ground in places and the colors of the landscape, it was like another planet or something. I stayed for several hours and explored many sites.
It was much cooler when we arrived in Flagstaff. We played outside in the backyard and had a ball on the trampoline. Especially Jake. It got rainy as I arrived at the Walmart parking log, but the Bounder doesn't care. I enjoyed the sunset while speaking to family over the phone. The video link to Panama was very clear thanks to the broadband available here in Winslow from my verizon card. Leaving soon for another day on the road.
05/22/2008, Between Tucson and Phoenix
I'm writing from the parking lot of the Walmart in Winslow, Arizona. The computer is being powered by an inverter plugged into the cigarette lighter of the Bounder. I've got classical music playing in the background. It is just starting to be light. The drive north from Tucson yesterday was rough. Heavy winds and hot conditions made the steering difficult at times, but we made around 350 miles, including a several hour stop in Flagstaff to play with Alyson and her kids.
05/21/2008, Backyard
By the time I got everything loaded and organized enough to drive, it was just about 4:00 p.m. I decided I was too exhausted to rush off right away and thought it best to enjoy one more evening (including air conditioning) at the Boulder Canyon house. Cousin Jodi and childhood friend Jenn came over to enjoy the sunset. Matt and Albert in Panama City joined in for a time via Skype. Jenn and I enjoyed the speghetti, meatballs and salad my mother sent me off with. It is now 5:00 in the morning and I am about to take the dogs for a walk down in the wash. Then we'll head out. I've already had one unfortunate set back early this morning. I checked my e-mail and discovered I received a traffic ticket from one of those new computer photo-sensor systems. I was sure I had that light. Scary little brother. It uses sensors on the ground, takes photos from several angles, integrates that with the computer data feed from the traffic light, determines if there is a violation, and even offers a video. I hope they have a defensive driving school in Oriental, NC.


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Taylor Nielsen, a member of the Wallace FFA Chapter, has been selected to participate in the third annual Agricultural Issues Academy (AIA) on April 3 as part of the 2013 Nebraska State FFA Convention held in Lincoln. AIA is a leadership-based academy that focuses on providing participants with skills needed to become spokespeople for the agriculture industry. The day-long program will expose participants to current agriculture issues, develop communication skills, and provide an opportunity to meet with industry leaders and law makers.


text: Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo Child, competes in the Sparkle & Shine Pageant while filming scenes for her TLC reality show called "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" in Cochran Georgia. Also in attendance to support Alana was her mother June, Her father Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, her three sisters, her one-month-old niece Kaitlyn, and her uncle "Poodle". During the crowning session at the end of the pageant, Alana was surprised on stage by a visit from her former pet pig "Glitzy", which she was recently forced to return to the breeder. August 26, 2012.


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PADEN CITY - When you talk about experience in high school sports there are different levels and different things to take into consideration.
Case in point, Coach Fred King and his Paden City boys' basketball team.
The roster includes one senior, five sophomores and five freshmen.
However, the five sophomores all received significant playing time a season ago, with some even starting, and the last thing that King wants to talk about heading into this season is youth.
''We have five sophomores that all played enough last year to know what is going on and who all grew up real quick, King said. ''And I expect them play like juniors this year and be ready to go.''
Senior point guard Drew Bidwell (5-foot-9) is the lone upperclassman on the roster and returns to lead the Wildcats offense and will be joined in the starting lineup by three sophomores and a freshman. Two kids who will be counted on heavily are sophomore returning starters Kennedy Cain (6-5, forward) and Zach Heasley (6-3, center). Classmate Craig Allen (6-0, guard) and freshman Luke Cooper (6-2, center) round out the starting five.
''There will be other kids who crack the starting lineup from time to time, but this is our core group,'' King said. ''We have three kids who can shoot the lights out from the outside and three kids who can post-up inside, things we haven't had in the past.
''We have more latitude and kids know what to do now. Another key is that we are two-deep at every position but point guard and that is a huge thing for us. The biggest thing we have to change is that we have to get physical.
''There is no question that we weren't very tough on either end last year and we cannot be afraid to body people up. We need to do to teams what they have been doing to us. All I want the kids to do is go out and let them know that you came to play.
''I have some physical kids on the bench and I will not be afraid to bring them in. When they hit the floor the officials had better have the whistles ready.''
The big four coming off the bench include sophomores Brandon Cross (6-0, guard) and Kane Pyles (5-10, center) and freshmen Logan Carroll (6-1, forward) and Devin Price (5-8, guard). Also available are sophomore Levi Meadows (5-8, guard) and freshmen Kris Byers (5-5, guard) and Andrew Dennis (5-4, guard), all of who will see playing time.
"Our coaching staff has a chance to change the culture a little bit here and get back to winning this year,'' King said. ''I had never had three losing seasons in a row before and it has to stop. We have been very soft the last couple of years and we are doing a good job of instituting physicality on both offense and defense. We had more kids play as freshmen than any team in the state last year and that will pay off this year.
''There are, and will be, no excuse this year. These kids have had playing time now and they should be grown up enough and ready to turn this around and start winning basketball games.''


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At TheLadders, we've always made time to get out of the office together. And while we've never been into trust falls or rope bridges, we have enjoyed paintball and bowling and competitive triathalons -- or even just picnicking in the park with each other -- over the years.
But this fall, I decided to try something new. We've all heard the expression "you eat what you kill", but what if your team had to, you know, actually eat what they kill?
I took my team, by bus and boat, to find out on the swirling seas around Montauk.
Now at TheLadders, which I co-founded with my friends Andrew and Marc almost a decade ago, we've always been a nimble company. Our mantra from the early days was "We'll make it even if we never raise a dime!"
Being resilient has served us well. We've only raised $8 mm in equity capital and we pioneered a new industry, signing up over 5 million job-seekers and 25,000 recruiters to our professional job-matching service. After our first raise in 2004, we never raised another round. Success with that type of bootstrapping means always being resourceful.
Which leads me to last Tuesday and a bus carrying me and twenty of my top colleagues to Montauk. We boarded the 85-foot Marlin VI Princess for a five-hour fishing trip. With a twist.
You see, "eat what you kill" is a common saying in our tech community, but tonight, it was also our bill of fare. I told my team that that night, dinner was our responsibility:
"Tonight, we will be eating what we kill.
Fish is the only item on the menu, but not just any kind of fish. It will be true, locally sourced, line-caught, fresh fish, right off of this boat.
Caught by you.
So, if you want to feast, let's catch a lot of great fish. If you want to go home hungry, let's come back empty-handed. The choice is yours."
So we fished...
and fished...
and fished...
and fished.
And took in the scenery.
We had a blast.
And we caught 22 fish: four large striped bass, several bluefish and few tuna.
And they were tasty.
And we learned a lesson, in the way that only "doing it yourself" can really teach you.
If you want to learn about bootstrapping your business, my saying is:
"Eat what you kill!"
Alex Douzet is Co-Founder and COO of TheLadders. In this role, Alex is responsible for the company strategy, global business operations, and product development.


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On my Fedora 11 x64 system I got this problem since my upgrade a few hours ago from version ZCS 7.0.0 to 7.1.4. Can't seem to find a solution for these hight CPU spikes.
I also have the same problem on a newly installed server running Centos 6.2 with 2GBs of RAM and a fresh install of ZCS 7.1.4 and zero mailboxes. Both are VM's are running on VMware vSphere5.
I edited the crontab adjusting jobs that run every 2 minutes to a longer time period.
Also entered these commands which worked for older versions:
Still got these spikes every 2 minutes, sometimes 2:20 minutes. (see the graphs)Code:zmlocalconfig -e zmmtaconfig_interval=6000 zmprov mcf zimbraLogRawLifetime 7d zmprov mcf zimbraLogSummaryLifetime 30d
Any suggestions on what this is and how to increase the time interval?
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PASADENA, Calif. -- Some heartwarming moments on a chilly day boosted the spirits of some 700,000 spectators during the 124th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
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Spectators rose to a standing ovation when Army Sgt. First Class Eric Pazz, who was riding on the Natural Balance Pet Foods float, hopped off and walked over to his surprised wife Miriam and 4-year-old son Eric Jr. Miriam Pazz had been told she had won a contest to attend the parade and did not know her husband, who is deployed in Afghanistan, would be there.
Cheers also went up for a Virginia couple who tied the knot aboard Farmers Insurance "Love Float." Gerald Sapienza and Nicole Angelillo were high school classmates who reconnected 10 years later and won the parade wedding over three other couples in a nationwide contest.
The parade's theme this year was "Oh the Places You'll Go!" named in honor of the Dr. Seuss book. It served as a fitting slogan for grand marshal British primatologist Jane Goodall, who has spent much of her life in Tanzania studying chimpanzees.
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Opti-Spark Ignition System Tune-UpWritten by on September 17, 2007 Contributors: John McGann Don't be afraid that you can't even see your distributor. With new MSD goodies, you too can tackle the Opti-Spark tune-up.
Man, time flies. It seems like just a couple years ago when GM introduced the first major renovation of its small-block, but of course, that was back in 1991 for the '92 Corvette. At the time, one of the big deals of the Gen II engine was the Opti-Spark ignition system, which was driven directly off the cam and treated the engine "like eight one-cylinder engines," according to GM, in reference to the system's agility in constantly adjusting ignition timing based on need. The Opti-Spark system still used a distributor and conventional spark-plug wires, but it seemed to be considered a maintenance-free device, at least if the 100,000 spark plugs were any indication. But now the youngest of LT1-powered cars have been on the road for about nine years, and it's pretty common to see them with well over 100K on the clock. What's more, time has shown that LT1s tend to be hard on their ignition systems, if only because the plug wires are routed behind the exhaust manifolds where they are frequently baked prematurely. The resulting increases in resistance can in turn stress the distributor cap, and that's where a lot of guys get hung up.
If it isn't the fear of the unknown causing hesitation in tearing the system open, it's the lack of available parts, or at least their unusually high cost. Apparently, since GM didn't intend for this system to need frequent maintenance, the cap and rotor were not initially available on their own, and a whole new Opti-Spark unit had to be purchased. Later, the cap and rotor were sold separately, but often at a price that made the complete Opti unit seem more attractive. Now MSD has stepped up to offer its own version of the Opti-Spark cap and rotor, and by the time you read this, a complete, billet-housing Opti-Spark distributor. Both the cap-and-roller sets and complete distributors will be offered in early and late designs to cover all LT1 applications. We'll tackle the simple tune-up parts and illustrate that getting the job done on a Caprice/ Impala, isn't so bad. Have a look.
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Within a few minutes, and with a few twists of a flathead screwdriver, the air inlet ducting and radiator hoses are removed (obviously, make sure the car is cool first), making the front of the engine a little less cluttered. The bad news is the water pump, air pump, and crank balancer all have to come off to get to the Opti unit, but it really isn't that tough once you know where the fasteners are and the removal procedure.If GM hadn't used one of the water-pump bolts as a mounting stud for one of the air-pump bracket's mounting ears, the air pump could stay in place while the water pump comes out, but it did, so it does. There are three bolts holding the electric air pump to its bracket--a 10mm socket easily removes them, and then the pump can be swung out of the way with its hoses and wiring intact.The air-pump bracket has three mounting bolts, and a 916 will get them if you don't have a 14mm socket. The bolt over the water-pump stud accounts for one, another is in the center of the bracket, and a third is tucked behind a spark-plug wire. Pull the second wire from the top on the left bank and stick the socket through to the bolt.Now the six water-pump bolts can come off, releasing the pump. Expect coolant to come out of the bolt holes, even after you drain the radiator.When the bolts are out, break the gasket's seal and carefully pull the pump straight off (it has two mounting dowels), taking care not to drop the splined drive collar. We'd recommend leaving the collar on the pump's shaft so you don't forget to put it back.The crank balancer on the LT1 looks like a typical small-block Chevy piece. Fortunately, it mounts to a separate hub, so it doesn't require a puller for removal. Just remove the three bolts and rock or gently tap it off the crank hub.Finally, the Opti-Spark unit is revealed. Only three bolts fasten it to the engine, but before removing them, pull the plug wires (mark them if it's not obvious where they go) and the electrical harness connector. The 10mm socket will remove the three bolts--the top two are easily seen at the top of the unit; the bottom bolt is on the right of the bottom. With the bolts out, carefully pull the unit off and disconnect the two vent hoses.On the bench, the four tiny bolts holding the distributor cap to the Opti housing are more apparent. They use an unusual inverted Torx-style head, which most of us don't have a tool for. The techs at MSD claim the company'scap and rotor sets will include the required tool, but our test cap didn't. We used a trick we found on the Internet of using one of the throttle-body top plate screws as a socket. Wrap the screw in tape to protect the threads and then clamp it with a small vice grip. Now it can be used to remove the Opti's bolts. Note: The likelihood of the throttle-body screw's threads being damaged is high.The new MSD Opti-Spark cap and rotor are direct replacements, though MSD claims they're more durable and resistant to internal breakdown. They're also competitively priced with factory stuff ($150.88 at summitracing.com). The MSD Opti cap and rotor sets will include a new seal, hardware, and the aforementioned tool, but like the tool, we didn't get the seal or hardware with our test kit. Luckily our factory stuff was fine and we bolted it all back together. Order PN 8481 for early LT1 ('92-'94) and PN 84811 for late ('95-'97).
After plugging the vent hoses back in place, the Opti unit is returned to the engine. Don't worry about synchronizing the timing--it will only interface with its drive in one position. Now is a good time to replace questionable oil seals and definitely the right excuse to do the plug wires, but be warned, it's not fun. Tech tip: Accessing the plug wires on an LT1 is often easier through the wheel wells with the wheels removed. You can get a set of pre-made LT1 wires and a new coil from MSD as well.


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Athens, GA (Sports Network) - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope racked up 25 points, nine rebounds and four steals, as the Georgia Bulldogs fended off the Tennessee Volunteers, 78-68, in Southeastern Conference play at Stegeman Coliseum.
Charles Mann tied a career-high with 18 points to go along with eight assists for the Bulldogs (14-15, 8-8 SEC), who entered the day with losses in four of their previous five contests.
The Volunteers (17-11, 9-7) saw their season-long, six-game win streak come to a halt despite a 35-point outburst from Jordan McRae, who buried 8-of-11 3- pointers. His 35 points were the most by a Vols player in seven years. However, Kenny Hall was the only other double-digit scorer for UT, finishing with 10 points in 16 minutes off the bench.
Tennessee trailed by only a 25-22 halftime margin after shooting just 8-of-27 from the floor in the opening period. UGA went on an early 15-4 run, but the Vols scored the final eight points of the half.
The back-and-forth battle continued until the Bulldogs put together a 9-2 spurt to go up, 62-50, with just under three minutes to play in regulation. The Bulldogs used a 20-of-24 effort at the foul line over the final 20 minutes to secure the victory.
With the victory, UGA swept the season series with Tennessee for the first time since 2001.
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