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BY Ned Fox
Sally woke up and rolled over, looking at the clock/MP3 player she decided she better get up and get the kids off to school. She sat up and swung her legs onto the floor. Her distended belly resting on her thighs, bulging over the waist band of her nightie bikini panty, Sally patted her round, pregnant looking belly and got up. She went into the bathroom, brushed her hair and a quick splash on her face. She ran her hands over her round belly, giving it a pat and admired that after seven years, her artificially distended belly still was firm and looked like she was really pregnant.
Sally had given birth to twins a little over seven years ago. She and Dave had another child, a boy six years earlier, so after twin girls, they decided the family was large enough.
Sally loved being pregnant, she loved her belly bulging way out in front her, even the cute little waddle she developed in her third trimester. Dave too loved Sallys shape when she was huge with child. She also loved not worrying about her weight, being able, if not encouraged to eat all she wanted.
After the twins, Sally and Dave decided that Sally should have her abdomen permanently distended. In 2033, with warming climate, total elimination of all weight related medical issues and much skimpier clothing, having a round firm belly became as much of a fashion trend as large breasts had been thirty years earlier.
Soon after she stopped nursing the girls, Sally started on Belly Perm, one of the best abdominal distention formulas on the market. She loved the rich flavors of the calorie laden shakes, with special enzymes designed to put the extra fat cells just where they should be for large round bellies. Sally ballooned on the shakes, rapidly gaining back the pounds and especially the inches she had lost nursing the twins. Within only a few months, Sally had grown an awesome belly, even larger than when she was pregnant with the twins!
Sally had done so well on Belly Perm that the company offered her a job as one of their in home trainer/coach/counselors, Sally leapt at the chance to work for the company helping other women grow magnificent bellies!
Sally ran her hands over her round bottom, noticing that her bikini panty was cutting in a little more lately into her plump thighs. She giggled thinking, Dave just loves my body, big booty and all! Giving her round cheeks a little pat, making them jiggle in the nylon material.
Sally went down to the kitchen. It was around seventy-eight degrees in the house, likely to be another hot day again as usual. Sally loved to putter around the house in just a bikini panty and a short t-shirt, that deliberately rode up on her favorite fashion asset, her round belly. Sally reached up, having to heft her belly onto the counter to reach the upper shelf in the cabinet. She got down her can of Belly Perm and started to scoop out some of the rich powder for her morning shake. She liked to have her shake early. Her girls, Jennifer and Jane, were getting curious about Moms special milk shakes. They started asking to try some, telling Sally she should share her shakes with them. Belly Perm is a prescription only product. Minors are, by law, forbidden from obtaining or using the product.
Sally mixed up her shake two scoops of Belly Perm, two scoops of ice cream and sixteen ounces of whole milk, she ran the blender and quickly started to drink the thick, rich shake. Knowing Jen and Jane would be up very soon, hearing the blender go off.
Sally finished her shake, with a little burp, patting her now slightly bloated belly, she started to fix her brood their lunches. The girls got little snack trays, chocolate milk cartons, a package of cookies and an apple. Dave, Jr. got four sandwiches, three cartons of chocolate milk, three packages of cookies and some weight gain/energy bars. Dave Jr was going out for his middle school sumo team and thus needed to gain weight to make the team.
Soon Dave, Jr. and the twins were in the kitchen. Sally fixed them the nice rich breakfast, of waffles, syrup, butter, powdered sugar and tall glasses of sweetened juice. The kids devoured the delicious breakfast.
Sally checked to make sure the twins had on the right color uniform briefs and t-shirt in their school colors. The color of the nylon briefs and t-shirts alternated weeks. The climate being now so warm that children now attended school in uniforms that thirty years ago would be considered swim suits. Dave, Jr. could wear either briefs or what used to be called gym shorts. He wore briefs too, since most of the guys on the sumo team wore briefs, to show off to the girls.
The twins came up to Sally and kissed her belly button, giggling and patting Moms round tummy, Dave Jr. just gave his mom a peck on her cheek and followed the girls out to catch the bus.
Sally admired her nice healthy children. The twins weight now is normal, but thirty, forty years ago would have been considered plump. Dave, Jr. was getting even by modern standards quite heavy, but since sumo was now virtually the only athletic activity practiced in high or middle schools anymore he was encouraged to go out for the team.
The rising heat, has driven most activities inside. There are few outdoor sports left, as the number of heat related injuries increased worried administrators and parents sought less physical activities.
The childhood obesity epidemic of the early 2000s is now the norm, with children and most adults now being what used to be referred to as clinically obese. The old BMI numbers are now 10 to 20 percent higher than thirty years ago.
Sally cleared up the kids breakfast dishes and got ready to fix Dave a nice big breakfast. While cleaning up, she noticed that it was harder to fit between the breakfast nook table and the kitchen island, her plump bottom bumping into the counter and her round belly knocking the chairs around. She giggled, thinking, I will need to cut back on Belly Perm shakes with my clients or my bottom and belly wont fit in the kitchen anymore. She giggled to herself.
Dave walked into the kitchen. Hey babe, what are you laughing about? Sally giggled again and patted her belly, Oh nothing dear, just thinking my belly is starting to get a little too big, thats all.
Dave chuckled and walked over to his hottie wife. Sally, baby, your belly can never be to big for me ! Oh Dave, you are so sweet! I just dont want my tummy to start to sag, I love how nice and firm I have been able to keep my tummy! Beside, I think my bottom is growing now too! She slapped her bikini clad bottom causing a wonderful jiggle.
Dave came up and hugged his wife. Running his hand over her plump bottom and cupping his hand around Sally awesome belly. She giggled, Dave, you are getting me excited and I have an appointment this morning with Janie Fox.
Dave gave Sallys plump bottom another pat, sending jiggles through her panties, Sally giggled, I need to be careful today how much I eat with Janie Fox. Her husband really wants her to get huge and so does she. Janie is now one of the largest of my clients.
Hey babe, you dont have to worry about how big you are getting, I love your bod! Said Dave, playfully poking Sally round tummy.
Dave sat down to his large breakfast. Dave used to weight over three hundred pounds, but the heat was too uncomfortable, so Dave eased up on his eating and dropped down to a still ample two hundred seventy on a five foot ten inch frame.
Dave struggle up, having eaten too much, which was easy for him to do with Sallys hot belly to watch while he eats, he pulled his shirt back down over his own belly, gave Sally a kiss and a pat on her belly and headed out the door.
Sally puttered around cleaning up eating all the left over sausage, bacon, pancakes, French toast and syrup. She glanced at the clock and thought, Oh my, I shouldnt have eaten all those leftovers, now I am bloated and I have to go to Janie Foxs house in fifteen minutes, and she insists that I eat with her. Well I am glad, Dave loves my belly and bottom, because I know they will be larger today!
Sally took a quick shower, dusted herself with powder and pulled on her Belly Perm uniform, black, bikini cut nylon panties, and a tight form fitting Under Armor pink shirt, cut short to show off her belly.
She went out to her car, though Janies house was only two blocks away, it was so hot already, Sally drove as usual.
She pulled into Janies drive way and walked up to the front door and rang the bell. She heard Janie call, Just minute Sally, Ill be right there! The door opened and Sally was startled by the view of Janies massive belly bulging toward her in tight nylon maternity briefs.
Janie burped, BURP, Oh excuse me Sally, I didnt mean to belch in your face! Please come in, I have cooked up a feast to have with my formula today!
Sally followed Janies huge bottom to the kitchen and just as she had feared, Janie had a massive feed all over the kitchen.
Let me measure you first, before we get started. Said Sally. Janie came over to her and lifted her arms up as Sally ran the tape around her young protégés massive belly, she was startled by the measurement! Janie, Oh my you are nearly fifty inches around!
Janie giggled, I know, my Ned wants me to get huge! He really encourages me to eat as much as I can! Janie, was the much younger bride of a successful executive. He had never married and met Janie at work, when she was assigned as his secretary/assistant.
They fell in love and soon after were married. The couple did not want children, but did want the other benefits of pregnancy, which meant weight gain!
Sally lets get started I am so hungry and I want to surprise Ned by being really, really bloated and fat tonight when he gets home! He just loves it when I get stuffed full! giggled Janie.
Sally mixed up a shake for Janie and gave it to her. She shrieked with joy and she literally chugged it down!
Sally now you! implored Janie.
No Janie, I have already had my shake early this morning. You go ahead and start eating. Replied Sally.
Oh Sally Please, please join me, I hate to eat alone and there is plenty here for us to enjoy ourselves, oh please.
Sally thought for a moment, Well she is my best client, I will get paid for spending the whole day here, plus I know she wont give up either. Well I hope Dave is true to his word about my belly getting bigger, because I think it is going to get a lot bigger today.
Okay, Janie, you win! Sally fixed herself a shake and drank it down. Rubbing her belly, she surveyed the feast in Janies kitchen. She thought, God there is a ton of food here, maybe I shouldnt have agreed to indulge with Janie. But it was already too late!
Sally and Janies appetites kicked into overdrive being chemically induced by the Belly Perm formula which is also designed to affect their metabolic rate, turning nearly all calories into fat very rapidly. The formula also contains enzymes that make the fat cells become mostly visceral fat around organs thus making nice firm round bellies!
The girls laid into the feast with gusto, shoveling rich treats into their mouths, giggling and then eating even more.
They quickly went through all of the breakfast foods, downing pancakes, French toast, omelets, quiches, eggs, bacon, sausages, pitchers of juices and pastries.
They started in on pizzas, pasta smothered in rich sauces. They ate brats, hamburgers, hot dogs and potato salad.
Sally watched in awe as Janies belly expanded and bloated out. Her reinforced special panties were straining to keep her belly contained. Sally heard seems popping, but Janie just giggled and kept on eating.
It was nearly five when Sally finally felt so stuffed that she knew she had to leave or end up lying, comatose with food, on Janies kitchen floor.
Sally staggered to her feet, here magnificent belly bulging straight out in front of her, now several inches larger then just a few hours earlier. She looked down at her huge round orb, patting it, she thought how much Dave was going to love this!
Janie was in a stupor. She was sitting, her legs spread out with here massive belly bulging between them. Here panty was barely hanging in there.
Janie burped, BURP, HIC, BURP Oh Sally your tummy is so big! I hope you are not mad at me for making eat all day with me! BURP,HIC, BUUURRRP!
No Janie its ok, I dont mind, I think my husband is going to like my handy work tonight! Sally waddled over to Janie and gave her hug, though bending down was difficult. Thank you Janie for a wonderful and I do mean FULL day! I need to get home Dave and the kids will be home soon. Bye Bye.
Sally waddled to her car and opened the door, it was hot out and she got pretty warm getting in, she had to push the seat back to get her belly in, she was so bloated and stuffed.
She drove the couple of blocks home and drove into the garage. She squeezed herself out of the car and staggered/waddled into the house.
Dave, Jr and the twins were in the kitchen snacking, they looked up and shrieked when they saw how big their mom now was. Mommy, your tummy is so much bigger, what did you do today to get so much fatter?
Mommy spent the day eating too much with Mrs. Fox, guys. Dave, help me over to the sofa I need to get off my feet, dear. Dave helped his engorged mom onto the couch. The kids stared at their moms massive belly bulging up in the air.
Sallys cell phone went off. She struggled to grab it, answering, This is Sally, may I help you? Sally, this is Ned Fox, I just want to call the thank you for all you did today for my Janie, she looks so fantastic, you really have out done yourself, Janie can not stop telling me how much fun you two had today and how encouraging you have been of our quest to get Janies belly as large as we can, thank you so much!
Ned you are so welcome, it was my pleasure to help Janie today, it is what I am here for! Oh Ned make sure you apply our special cream to Janies abdomen. It will help her skin stretch out and not have any stretch marks! said Sally.
Ned hung up. Sally thought, Well that is one happy customer. Now I need to tend to my belly!
Girls, get Mommys special cream out of the bathroom for me, please. Yes mommy responded the twins in unison. The twin brought out the tube of cream. Sally squeezed some onto her hands and started to rub her belly. The twin giggled, Mommy can we touch your tummy it is so pretty and round, please Mommy! Sally smiled ,of course you may girls, gently though, Mommy is very, very full right now!
Sally uniform shirt had ridden up to her bra, her belly now bulged over the bikini panty, in fact she was so distended that Sally could not see her feet!
Just then Dave got home from work. The twins raced to meet him at the door. Daddy, Daddy, mommys tummy is really, really fat , she is lying on the couch, she can barely move! shrieked the girls.
Dave came around the corner in the room. Sally looked up, with her hand resting on her belly, she giggled, I over did it had Janie Foxs today, dear, I hope you dont mind a lot more of me!
Dave came over to Sally, Oh My God, Baby you look fantastic! Your belly is awesome! What did you two do? Oh Dave, Janie and I stuffed ourselves all day, I have been eating since ten oclock this morning I am so stuffed, but I feel great!
Just then, Jane and Jennifer piped up. Mommy, Daddy were hungry whats for dinner?
Sally groaned, Oh Dave I too stuffed to cook tonight, why dont you take the kids to the buffet and I will lie here and digest this gorge. She said, patting her belly, now starting to jiggle again as some of pressure eased.
Youre not getting away that easily! Said Dave. Baby I cant take my eyes off of you, you look fantastic right now, Im not letting you out of my sight!
Oh Dave, that is so sweet, but I am a sight! I got all hot eating and then got really warm getting into the car at Janies house. I would like to take a shower, but that would take a lot of time. All of you go ahead!
Dave said, Jane and Jenny go to moms closet and get one of her pull-over dresses, hurry girls!
Oh Dave, my panties are so tight right now, I think I am going to burst out of them and my t-shirt is nearly ruined too! Complained an engorged Sally from the couch.
Dave just smiled and patted Sallys awesome belly. The twins hurried in with a light blue pull-over smock type dress. Dave cajoled Sally to her feet and slid the dress over her head and smoothed it over her belly and boobs.
Sally giggled under her breath, Youre so awful! Dave smiled and poked Sallys belly, Lets go show off our amazing mom, guys!
The smock did not come down low enough to cover Sallys belly, leaving a nice view of under belly and black, over stretched nylon panty peaking out.
The kids ran to Daves car while he guided a waddling/staggering Sally to the car. Loading her in the front seat they drove the few blocks to their favorite buffet.
The kids ran in and went right to their favorite buffet lines, the staff recognizing them knew that Dave and Sally would be in to pay the dinner fee.
When Sally finally waddled in the staff was stunned! They complimented Sally on her great belly, knowing she was one of the local reps for Belly Perm. Dave guided Sally to a table and sat her down. He had a waiter bring over a pitcher of iced tea, nice and sweetened for Sally as she was now so warm from the effort of getting inside.
Dave and kids came back to the table with trays and plates overflowing with their favorites. They laid into the meal with the usual gusto. Dave always insists that the family really get their moneys worth at the buffet, which means eat all you can!
Sally waddled to the rest room, on her way back she felt she now had some room for a plate or two of pancakes, one of her favorites at the buffet.
Lowering herself onto her chair she could not help admire her family now on their third servings. Now Jane and Jennifer, dont eat so fast, I dont want you to get sick, we have plenty of time to clean your plates and get more if you want.
Sally started in on her pancakes. Just then a plump young woman came up to her.
Excuse me, Im so sorry in interrupt you dinner, but my husband insists I get your card, the waitress told me you are one of the local Belly Perm representatives. Yes I am replied Sally getting a card out of her purse. Here you are, just give me a call and I can send our information to your doctor too!
Oh thank you so much, I just want to say you are my hero, I am in awe of your body, you just look so fantastic, my husband and I can barely keep our eyes off of you!
Thirty minutes later, Sally was comfortably full again. Dave and the kids were sitting back in their chairs rubbing their bellies, complaining as usual that they had eaten too much.
Okay boys and girls it time to head home, we need to get to bed and digest all this wonderful food we have eaten tonight, especially mommy! chuckled Dave.
The family waddled out. Sallys belly swaying as she struggled to walk. Many of their fellow patrons were watching her. The guys with a bit of lust in their eyes, the women with envy in theirs.
When they got home, Sally fed the kids a few handfuls of ginger snap cookies to sooth their tummies. She ate a couple of handfuls herself patting her belly. She could tell she was so much larger than just this morning!
Sally waddled to their bedroom. Dave, help me pull off this dress it is to tight for me get over my head. Dave dutifully pulled the dress off his wife and was rewarded with an awesome few of Sallys engorged abdomen, round, bulging with days largesse.
Sally looked in the mirror, Oh my God, Dave I am so huge, I cant believe I did this to myself today! I am going to be even bigger in the morning! I should never have had two doses of Belly Perm in such a short time! I think I gained twenty pounds today, look at my bottom and my thighs, I am going to really be waddling in the morning.
Sally was now nearly in tears, seeing the damage she had done to her figure in just one day of losing her self control.
Dave came over to Sally and placed his hands under her huge belly and gave it a lift. He kissed her hard on the lips, Sally this (shaking her belly) can never, ever be too big! I agree with Janies husband Ned, bellies should be ginormous!
Sally kissed Dave again, hard, pushing her belly into him, Dave weight until you see how big I will be in the morning!
Both Dave and Sally were so bloated all they could do was fool around with each other bodies that night. Sally slept like a log, her body digesting and distributing all the fat cells being produced by her day long gorge.
Sally woke, needing the use the bathroom, she struggled to sit up, her massive belly now bulged out to her knees! Oh my God she thought, I am even bigger than I dared imagine! My tummy must be as big as Janies was before our gorge yesterday, I must be fifty inches around. She reached back and patted her bottom, now a certifiable booty straining at the bikini panty of her teddie.
She stood up, a little wobbly but not as bad as she thought and waddled to the bathroom. She could feel her thigh rubbing together and her bottom bouncing in rhythm with her belly swaying. She thought, God I feel like a goose all fattened up for Christmas!
After the bathroom she went over to Daves side of the bed and stuck her massive belly in his face. Dave dear, time to wake up and see how fat you wife is now! she giggled.
Dave rolled over, his own belly sticking up under the covers to stare right at Sallys enormous tummy bulging out almost is his face. Sally, baby, your belly is awesome, you were right your are even bigger this morning!
Oh Dave I feel so sexy! But I am a little worried I may be getting too big! I dont want to lose my job at Belly Perm, I really enjoy working for them. Honey, I am going to get the kids off to school, you rest for a while.
Sally waddled to the bedroom door, Dave watching her awesome bottom bouncing up and down in her tight nylon, lacy panty he thought, God, Sally is so awesome what a figure she has, all I have to do is look at her and I get aroused!
Sally waddled into the kitchen, she was up a little late. The girls and Dave, Jr were already in there eating bowls of cereal, with whole milk and sugar.
The girls giggled, Mommy you tummy is so pretty and round this morning! The girls watched as Sally maneuvered herself around the counters to get to the cabinet with her Belly Perm formula.
Sally tried to reach the cabinet, but her amazing belly was in the way. Dave, honey, can you help me? Sure Mom, replied Dave, Jr. Come over her dear and help me lift my tummy onto the counter. Awe Mom! replied Dave. Oh honey its not that bad, Mommy needs your help though and I dont want to make daddy come down stairs to early! Ok Mom Dave lifted, while Sally arched her back and got her belly on the counter. Oh thank you dearest, that was a big help and wasnt that gross touching a girls belly now was it! No Mom it wasnt. Your tummy sure is big though! chuckled Dave,Jr.
Sally thought, I wonder what Dave would think if he saw what Janie Fox looks like this morning!
Sally got down her formula and had Dave get her other ingredients so she would not have to slide her belly off the counter. After drinking down her shake and stifling a belch she fixed the kids lunches, checking make sure the twins briefs were clean and the right colors for the day, she sent the kids off to wait for the bus. Do to the current climate, it was considered to hot to let children walk or ride bikes to school, all children virtually received door to door service.
Sally was about to waddle back to the bedroom when the phone rang. Hello she said, Sally! It is Janie Fox, Oh my God you should see me, I am absolutely huge! My belly is over sixty inches around, I look down and all I see between my boobs is my belly! Oh Sally I cant thank you enough for yesterday! Ned is beside himself, he cant keep his hands off of me, massaging my belly! Sally I feel fantastic, I am finally the wife my husband has dreamed of since we got married!
By now both Sally and Janie were in tears. Janie that is great, I am so happy for you, to tell you the truth I really enjoyed our little binge yesterday too! Dave is delighted with my figure!
Sally hung up the phone and dried her tears of joy. Then thinking to herself, I dont have any appointments and Dave can easily take a personal day. Sally started getting out mixes and ingredients and started cooking up a massive feast!
She waddled into the bedroom, her hands caressing her belly, she stuck her tummy in Daves face. Wake up dearest I have a surprise for you! Dave kissed Sally belly and patted it. Oh baby you look so sexy right now!
Sally giggled, I will really looks sexy when you get done stuffing me! Daves eyes widened. You mean it baby, you will let me stuff you like we used to for foreplay?
Sally placed Daves hand on her belly. I got a call from Janie Fox this morning. She is so happy, she is huge and she and Ned love how big her belly is! Dave, make be huge, I want to be as big maybe even bigger than Janie, feed me baby FEED ME!
Sally started to waddled toward the kitchen with Dave right behind her poking her round bottom, Hurry dear I dont want to waste away!
Dave called the office on his cell while feeding Sally her eight or ninth plate of waffles. He said he might be in tomorrow, his wife needed some additional care.
Dave and Sally binged, gorged, stuffed themselves all day, though Sally made sure she got the most.
Her belly swelled and swelled with the massive feast of rich, fattening food. Dave had to help her waddled to their bedroom to sleep it off.
When the kids got home they were stunned that the kitchen was nearly stripped of food. It didnt take them long to figure out what mom and dad had been doing once they saw their Dads bloated, swollen belly sticking out.
Wheres Mommy? asked the twins. Dave burped, Excuse me girls, Mommy is resting, she had a little too much to eat today.
The girls giggled, Is Mommy tummy really, really big and round! Dave had to chuckle, he new how much the twin admired their Moms huge orb of a belly. Yes, girls, Mommys tummy is very, very round!
That evening, Dave ordered in Pizza, Sally was just to huge to fit into any of her clothes and the house was stripped of food. He had a dozen large pizzas delivered, two for the kids and ten for he and Sally!
True to her word, Sally gorged and binge her belly to larger than even Janie Foxs massive belly. Sally belly measured just over seventy inches around, several inches larger than Sallys height!
The twins tried their hardest to emulate their mommy, Dave, Jr, with his moms help easily made the sumo team. Sally had to retire from Belly Perm, she was just to big now to call on clients homes anymore!
Ned Foxs investment banking firm bought Belly Perm on Neds recommendation especially after the board saw what their products did for Neds wife!
Sally was asked to be a consultant, which she immediately agreed to.
The Belly or Belly. Future fiction. Global warming has driven populations inside, wearing much less clothing and a very sedentary lifestyle. Medical science has eliminated obesity related illnesses. Weight gain during pregnancy is encouraged.
Love ya Ned but I have to say, when it gets really hot out the last thing I would want to do would be stuff myself. Like when the temperature is over 90 I just don't want to eat. So yeah
One assumption I made writing this, is that, due to the heat, most people would be shut inside air conditioned homes/stores/cars/schools/offices, etc. Therefor there would be nothing else to do, but eat.
If look at the obesity trends in America, the regions with the highest percentage of obesity are those in the south and Midwest with the brutally hot summers.
If look at the obesity trends in America, the regions with the highest percentage of obesity are those in the south and Midwest with the brutally hot summers.
and now get her pregnant with all the fat on her body ... would make her huge all over. that would be so sexy
Another great story. Boy do I wish the future was like this. Actually I wish the present was like this.
Thank you for the kind comment. I know, I would love this to be true today! Imagine women trying to gain weight and get huge bellies to be in fashion, what a world it would be!
Ned Fox
Ned Fox
You should make. Sequel to this. Just a younger girl and a starting customer. I love it
If and when you do, notify me
Thanks for the kind comments. I might just to a sequel to this one.
Ned Fox
Ned Fox
Can someone please invent this
you really need to get these stories illustrated imo... also, actually invent belly perm
dragoncmdr: I know, I did do a couple of drawings for this story, but I don't know what I did with them. I agree with you on Belly Perm, abdominal expansion formula, I love the whole concept of it!
Ned Fox
Ned Fox
Those are two messed up twins.
OMG One of your BEST ones yet if not THE BEST one I've ever read!!!!!!!! God only if this story could be a reality!!!! Mmmmmmmmmm AWESOME!!!!!
Animagus716: Thank you so much for the compliment! I am working on a couple of more stories, hopefully to add soon!


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Finally, Matteo Guidicelli admitted in an interview with Don Tagala in the U.S. which aired on ABS-CBN's "TV Patrol" this evening, June 23, 2014, that the pop princess, Sarah Geronimo is his girlfriend. Several days ago, before Matteo left the country to attend the PAFCOM Golf Tournament 2014 in the U.S., the pop princess, Sarah Geronimo, confirmed in an interview with Ogie Diaz that she and Matteo are officially on.
She did not reveal the reason why she decided to share her relationship with the hunk actor, but according to some observers, Sarah was forced to admit the relationship to end their haters and bashers' negative comments. After watching her interview with Ogie Diaz and MJ Felipe at the sideline of Star Cinema's thanksgiving party for the success of the movie "Maybe This Time," popsters took to their social media accounts and expressed their happiness not only for Sarah but also for Matteo.
They immediately congratulated the couple especially Sarah for her courage to reveal the real truth behind her closeness with the actor-athlete. Even up to now, the social media accounts of the confirmed couple are still flooding with tweets and messages, but if their fans and supporters are still enjoying the moment, philstar.com, one of the most credible entertainment websites owned and operated by The Philippine Star, the flagship newspaper of the Star Group of Publications, confirms that Sarah and Matteo have been a couple since October 2013.
Based on its published article, Sarah and Matteo are enjoying their relationship for almost eight months now. In their previous interviews with reporters, they insisted that their fans and supporters will know the status of their relationship in due time. Last week, some people say the time has already come because of the pop princess' biggest revelation on the issue. After her admission, popsters warned Matteo to take care of Sarah if he wants to get their solid support.
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TROY, N.Y. – Former Washington State infielder Nick Tanielu has been named to the 2014 New York-Penn League All-Star Game.
The 2014 MLB draft pick will represent the Tri-City ValleyCats, the Short Season A affiliate of the Houston Astros, and the North Division in the event scheduled for Aug. 19 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Tanielu was named to the ValleyCats' player of the month for July after batting .344 (32-for-93) with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 29 RBI and a .380 on-base percentage in 23 games.
For the season, Tanielu is batting .306 with 14 extra-base hits and 34 RBI. He finished his Washington State career with a .364 batting average, second in school history.


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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has vowed tax breaks for small business, extra help for apprentices and the creation of a new jobs-and-training super agency in a major election pitch less than a week out from polling day.
Formally launching Labor's campaign in Brisbane, Mr Rudd unveiled a raft of announcements centred on the economy and on securing 21st century jobs by strengthening training programs and protecting TAFE funding.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd embraces his wife Therese Rein who introduced him at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Declaring Labor is ''now engaged in the fight of our lives'', Mr Rudd sought to portray Labor as the party of building the nation and his opponent Tony Abbott as a leader who would cut services.
''We are in the business of building the house up,'' Mr Rudd said. ''The conservatives have always been in the business of tearing the house down.''
Speaking smoothly and confidently, Mr Rudd insisted Labor was not done - despite polls showing a clear Coalition victory was likely - and that people should ''never, ever, ever underestimate my fighting spirit as your Prime Minister''.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with Bob Hawke at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr Rudd vowed to take on state governments over cuts to TAFE funding and announced plans to integrate the training and employment services systems in Australia, creating a new super agency, Jobs and Training Australia.
The Prime Minister also pledged a $10,000 tax break to small businesses and a boost to apprenticeship tool grants from $5500 to $6000, which he said would help 70,000 Australian apprentices.
And he targeted the resources industry over using local suppliers, promising to force all projects worth $300 million or more to adopt Australian Industry Participation Plans - a measure he said would generate up to $624 million in extra work for local firms each year.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with Paul Keating and Senator John Faulkner at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr Rudd drew heavily on the achievements and economic reforms of his Labor forebears, including Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and - notably - Julia Gillard, whom he praised for the national disability scheme.
Introduced by his wife Therese Rein, Mr Rudd focused heavily on Labor values and the need for secure jobs. He said the ''core'' of his ''vision for the Australia of the 21st century'' was that every Australian had the right to ''a good job ... with fair wages and conditions''.
Repeating Labor's - largely discredited - claim that the Coalition would cut government services by $70 billion, Mr Rudd said people should not vote for Mr Abbott if they did not know where those cuts would fall.
Bill Shorten (centre) listens to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd alongside Joel Fitzgibbon, Brendan O'Connor and Sharon Bird. Photo: Andrew Meares
''He's asking for you to buy something sight unseen.''
However he tacitly acknowledged for the first time that the cuts might be smaller, saying that just $20 billion in cuts - which is more in line with independent assessments of the Coalition's costings shortfall - would close 5000 hospital beds, sack one in 20 teachers and reduce family payments by 5 per cent.
Under his threat to the states, Mr Rudd said Labor would force statement governments to maintain and grow their TAFE funding in the wake of Victorian cuts in particular. If states refused, he would move to fund TAFEs directly from Commonwealth money, he said.
Former treasurer Wayne Swan listens to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Under his promised reform to training and employment schemes, anyone who loses their job will get a ''return to work plan'' within two days of registering with an employment services provider. This will guarantee them access to further training.
Mr Rudd admitted Labor had made mistakes but quoted an Adelaide migrant who he said told him recently, ''Kevin, the only blokes who never made mistakes are those blokes who never do anything.''
He also mentioned - if obliquely - his commitment to gay marriage, saying that he wanted an inclusive Australia free from discrimination on race, gender or sexuality.
Ms Gillard didn't attend the launch, but Mr Hawke and Mr Keating were in the front row as Mr Rudd delivered his speech, which was widely seen as vital for rallying the Labor troops.
Introducing her husband, Ms Rein said Mr Rudd's tough upbringing meant he understood the need for job security as he steered Australia through the global financial crisis.
''This is the man who knew in his heart that every job and every business and every home lost would be another boy or girl somewhere, growing up without feeling safe and that that really mattered,'' she said.
She called her husband, ''My best friend, the love of my life, my companion for over 35 years ... through the good times and the not so good times.''


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The RAT crews also performed work on other hard-to-reach systems, such as the actuating components of the 40-by-80 test section overhead doors.
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-- After almost three years of inactivity, the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) at Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif., is preparing for it first test under Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), which is tentatively scheduled for December 2006.
NFAC is being reactivated as an AEDC remote operating location.
Among recent accomplishments in preparing the facility for operation, was to inspect and do maintenance on the wind tunnel's system of eight vane sets.
"This was a rewarding achievement that brought together the efforts of a new NFAC work force and the irreplaceable counsel of former staff, combined with the expertise of a specialized contractor service," said Col. Vince Albert, NFAC director.
"It is an example of the resourceful approach the NFAC is taking to bring back the historical facility from the previous three years of facility mothball status."
The vane sets, which are both impressive and critical structural and aerodynamic components of the wind tunnel circuit, are located throughout the wind tunnel directing the airflow generated by the fan, drive system and to configure the wind tunnel to the 40-by-80 test or the 80-by-20 test section modes.
Consisting of as little as six large moving doors to as many as 162 fixed air foil-shaped columns, the vane sets span along lengths of up to 244 feet and ceiling heights to 132 feet.
After years of non-operation and as the date of activation - December 2006 - approaches, the system of vane sets had to undergo a thorough inspection and maintenance program.
To achieve this task, the NFAC looked to the specialized contract services of Remote Access Technology (RAT) based in Rodeo, Calif.
RAT specializes in industrial rope access methods to safely achieve elevated access of hard to reach areas for inspection, maintenance, non-destructive testing and more.
While a RAT crew of five managed the job of rigging, climbing and accessing vane areas, NFAC engineers and consultants on the ground communicated the working tasks, monitored safety procedures and addressed all reports on the spot. The combined team inspected the integrity of all vane set structures and associated mechanisms and assemblies, performed magnetic particle testing of critical weld locations and suspected weld cracks, cleaned and lubricated critical mechanical components, repaired faulty electrical and structural components, photographed abnormalities and documented their work.
"While demonstrating an impeccable safety standard, the NFAC and RAT team successfully completed a thorough inspection and maintenance program of the vane sets as well as repair tasks within a time frame of one month," said Nick Jize, NFAC contractor site manager. "That is a job that historically required several months for NFAC technicians to accomplish with the use of man-lift baskets and scaffolding."
Col. Albert praised the crews' efforts toward getting the facility operational again.
"The vane set project exemplifies the resourceful approach the new NFAC staff has taken in the endeavor to activate the aging wind tunnel facility," said Colonel Albert. "Working closely together with retired consultants and utilizing the expertise of RAT, the NFAC has developed a flexible and cost-effective option for specialized elevated access and servicing. With the job now successfully completed and the integrity and vitality of the vane set system established, the NFAC has now come one milestone closer to the eventual activation and operation of the wind tunnel."
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Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper believes his team will go from survivors to contenders by the end of the season because of the injury problems it is currently dealing with.
"There's no question we come out of this a better team," Cooper told NHL.com. "The one thing is if we ever do get healthy, which eventually we should, there are going to be really tough decisions for us to make. That's a good thing."
The tough decisions Cooper is making nowadays have more to do with the psyche of the young players who have been thrust into larger-than-expected roles because of the injuries to Steven Stamkos, Ryan Malone, Victor Hedman, Eric Brewer (who recently returned) and others.
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Ambitious, heart-felt and radiating a palpable energy, Hair marks another solid success for Aurora's Paramount Theatre. This isn't the most polished production of the 44-year-old "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical." On the con-side: Director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell has made some dubious editing choices, and the ensemble's choreography sometimes looks more sloppy than spontaneous. Acoustical problems opening night left some of the lyrics garbled (whether the result of sound design or vocal problems is anybody's guess.) Finally, one major casting misfire robs the show of one of its funniest (and most subversive) sight-gags.
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The cast attacks with gusto the emotional underpinnings of Gerome Ragni and James Rado's story of hippies and protestors tuning in, turning on, dropping out and trying to find a place for themselves in a world where the draft has made cannon fodder of their generation. That unflagging ebullience goes a long way toward masking the places where the production falters. The infamous nude scene, for example, seems to come out of nowhere. Ideally, the collective shucking of bell bottoms and dashikis comes across as a strong, impromptu statement about embracing individuality, owning up to vulnerability and protesting the forced lemming-like behavior the draft inflicts. Here, all that nakedness is little more than a gorgeous tableau, a scene-ender that's beautiful and memorable but largely void of meaning beyond those memorable aesthetics.
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MEDINA — The prosecutor and defense attorneys in Steven Cepec's capital murder trial can't talk to reporters about a possible plea bargain.
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"Judge, if I pleaded guilty to murder, would you be the one sentencing me?" Cepec asked county Common Pleas Judge James L. Kimbler on Friday afternoon after the jury was dismissed from the courtroom.
"If you were convicted of murder and not aggravated murder, yes," Kimbler responded.
Kimbler issued a gag order Tuesday — the day after the judge rejected defense motions seeking to throw out Cepec's multiple confessions that he killed 73-year-old Frank Munz, of Chatham Township, on June 3, 2010.
In the days following his arrest, sheriff deputies said Cepec admitted at least five times to killing Munz.
After the ruling upholding the confessions was announced, a Gazette reporter asked county Prosecutor Dean Holman about the possibility of a plea bargain that would drop the death penalty in return for a guilty plea. Holman deferred to Kimbler, who issued the gag order.
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Will Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston officially end the fight over Brad Pitt before the summer of 2012 begins? There is a good possibility that a reconciliation of sorts is already percolating behind the scenes between the two famous women. On May 31st, Gather Celebs reported on a grocery store tabloid claim that Angie and Jen are mending fences. But Brangelina was such a celebrity scandal, it seems unlikely the ladies will be able to save face and spend any time socially together any time soon.
Why would Angelina Jolie ever be interested in making peace with the former friends star? Most likely because her children are getting older and of the age that other kids at school are likely to share negative gossip about their parents. Brad's been regularly accused of being in love with his ex and Angie's already hinted in the past that such scandalous rumors presented as truth might hurt them.
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"The Enquirer reports that Jennifer sent the Oscar winner flowers to congratulate her on her engagement to Brad, which was nice (if it actually happened)" says the writer at Gather. "Angelina called to thank the Emmy winner, and the two made plans to meet for lunch later this summer. But [celebrity friends] fear there's too much bad blood between the [estranged] women [for a long-term truce to be successful]."
Hollywood insiders know, "Jen and Angelina have hated each other for years, and they've each thought long and hard about what they'd say if they ever got face to face." While both women have done their best to refrain from bashing one another in public, there have been enough slips that let fans of both actresses know there is still a decidedly chilly vibe.
According to tabloids, a "friend of Jennifer" dished dirt to The Enquirer -- a personal betrayal that always makes rumor mill reports seem worse than anyone who talked may have ever intended. "Angelina will be going on the attack about Jen always playing the victim -- and Jen is going to blast back at Angie for being Hollywood's greatest husband stealer."
What might be motivating Jennifer Aniston to make peace with Angelina Jolie? The big fat engagement ring he put on his baby mom's finger back in the spring. Clearly, a wedding announcement is on the horizon and she may just be readying herself emotionally for what is sure to be a chaotic paparazzi scene.
More over, Aniston has herself been living with Justin Theroux. She and the Hollywood screen writer have purchased a home together, adopted a dog, and seem to be settling into a lifestyle of D.I.N.K. rather rapidly. ["Dinks" are dual income couples with no kids.] She even says she plans to be married again soon to him (and is in no way hoping to get back together with Pitt).
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IDC: Software is #1 roadblock
By Melvin Koh on Jun 27, 2008
The recent IDC presentation at the ISC2008 conference state that software is the biggest roadblock for HPC users now... I couldn't agree more. As clusters grow larger and more complex, better management tools are required. Managing and monitoring HPC cluster typically uses different bits and pieces of different tools; setting up and operating the cluster becomes very difficult. Sun has also recognize this and also taking a very serious look at this, which is why we have the Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition. It is currently based on CentOS and still needs more work to be the complete easy-to-use management solution. We have also started the HPC-Stack project under OpenSolaris community for the OpenSolaris edition of the software stack.
Management software is only one piece of the puzzle. The other piece is the development tools and parallel libraries. As processor gets more cores and number of cores per cluster grows, many applications will need to be redesign and new programming paradigms are needed to ease development and improve efficiency.


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Ranked among the nation's most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana's leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions, workplaces, schools and homes.
A mammogram is an x-ray examination of the breast. It is used to detect and diagnose breast disease in women who either have breast problems such as a lump, pain, or nipple discharge, as well as for women who have no breast complaints.
Mammography cannot prove that an abnormal area is cancer, but if it raises a significant suspicion of cancer, tissue will be removed for a biopsy. Tissue may be removed by needle or open surgical biopsy and examined under a microscope to determine if it is cancer.
Mammography has been used for about 30 years, and in the past 15 years technical advancements have greatly improved both the technique and results. Today, dedicated equipment, used only for breast x-rays, produces studies that are high in quality but low in radiation dose. Radiation risks are considered to be negligible.
According to the National Cancer Institute:
The recent development of digital mammography technology shows promise for improved breast imaging. Digital mammography provides electronic images of the breasts that can be enhanced by computer technology, stored on computers, and even transmitted electronically in situations where remote access to the mammogram is required.
X-rays of the breast are different than those used than for other parts of the body. The breast x-ray does not penetrate tissue as easily as the x-ray used for routine x-rays of other parts of the body. The breast is compressed by the mammogram equipment to spread the tissue apart. This allows for a lower dose of radiation. Compression of the breast may cause temporary discomfort, but is necessary to produce a good mammogram. The compression only lasts for a few seconds for each image of the breast.
A breast health nurse or x-ray technologist usually takes the x-rays, but the resulting films are read and interpreted by a radiologist, who reports the results to your physician.
The American Cancer Society recommends the following screening guidelines for early detection of cancer in women who have no symptoms:
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Valley residents and visitors will enjoy the experience of a leisurely guided trail ride in the beautiful Massanutten Mountains.
All of our horses are trail-wise and gentle, so even if you've never sat astride a horse, you will feel completely at ease. Our knowledgeable and experienced trail guides will match the horse and the rider and give everyone riding instructions before and during the ride.
We are open year-round, seven days a week, weather–permitting. Our rides are one-hour long and suitable for the beginner 10 years old and older or anyone else who loves to ride and to observe nature at its best.
Trail rides are by reservation only and, during the busy season, can be fully booked several days in advance.
- One-hour trail rides around the base of Massanutten Mountain
- Special discounts for church, school and company groups.
Pony Rides
- Suitable for children 2 and older or the first-time rider.
- Gentle, full-size horses are hand-led for 2 laps around a designated area inside the arena, next to the petting farm.
- By appointment, April through November only.
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- Minimum height 4'8"
- Maximum weight 240 pounds
- No sandals or clogs
- No alcoholic beverages or smoking
- Advance reservations must be made with major credit card or cash.
- No shows will be billed if cancellation of reservation is not made at least two hours prior to scheduled event.
- Each participant will be required to sign a liability release form
- Helmets are provided and are mandatory for children under 18
- Follow Resort directions from Route 33 up Route 644 passing Woodstone Meadows Check-in.
- Take first left onto Red Cedar Lane and immediate left onto Ag Center Drive.
- Stables are on the left.
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By Greg Mills
The well oiled machine that is the Apple iTunes/App store is a far cry from the Android apps stores. While there are stories in the press about various app developers beginning to write apps for the Google smart phones, there are also just as many stories about developer's serious problems dealing with that loosely controlled "go to market" system.
Google engineer Andy Rubin was quoted as saying the Android platform is "still seeing the 1.0 version of the ecosystem." The race to quantity has resulted in a quality program for Android Apps. The percentage of apps that crash all the time are much higher that what we see in the iOS platform. Looser controls mean less quality for the end user.
While developers moan and groan about Apple's stringent and less-than-transparent review process and express great anger at their control over both content and the working of the apps, Apple developers who do things right get paid. Some of...| Read more »


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This page provides information on federal laws, and regulations that govern animals used in research, testing, teaching, and exhibition. It also provides animal welfare guidelines, policies and codes of practices from around the world.
Government and Professional Resources
Animal Welfare Act
The Animal Welfare Act was signed into law in 1966. While its original intent was to regulate the care and use of animals in the laboratory, it has become the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species coverage or specifications for animal care and use, but all refer to the Animal Welfare Act as the minimum acceptable standard.
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act
Originally passed in 1958, the law that is enforced today by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was passed as the Humane Slaughter Act of 1978. This Act requires the proper treatment and humane handling of all food animals slaughtered in USDA inspected slaughter plants. It does not apply to chickens or other birds.
Horse Protection Act
Enforced by USDA-Animal Care, this law prohibits horses subjected to a process called soring from participating in exhibitions, sales, shows, or auctions.
Twenty-Eight Hour Law
Originally enacted in 1873 and 1906, the law was repealed and reenacted in 1994 by PL 103-272. This law requires that animals being transported across state lines (by truck, rail carrier, express carrier, or common carrier (except by air or water)) may not be confined for more than 28 consecutive hours without being unloaded for food, water, and rest. The law is also known as the "Cruelty to Animals Act," the "Live Stock Transportation Act," and the "Food and Rest Law." It does not apply to poultry or to animals being transported in a vehicle where they have food, water, space, and the ability to rest.


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There Will Be Blood
|Daniel Day-Lewis
|Daniel Plainview
|Paul Dano
|Paul Sunday/Eli Sunday
|Ciaran Hinds
|Dillon Freasier
|Kevin J. O'Connor
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|Paul Thomas Anderson
|Rated R
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God and mammon wrestle in Paul Thomas Anderson's stunning epic of the dawn of the American oil business, and it isn't even a contest. Mammon wins going away, but still comes to a bad end.
Daniel Day-Lewis bestrides the narrow world like a colossus as Daniel Plainview, a turn-of-the-last-century prospector for gold and silver who stumbles upon oil in rural California and goes after it with the ferocity, focus, and ethical sensitivity of a feral cat. Like most overnight successes, Plainview has been knocking around at this business for a number of years when his ship comes in. The movie opens in 1898, with Daniel in a deep shaft below the desert floor, scrabbling away at the rock like an underground animal. For the first fifteen minutes there is no dialogue, just grunts and the sounds of digging, explosion, splintering wood, and a cry of pain.
When at last he talks, Day-Lewis channels the well-chewed, growling accents of the Hustons, Walter and John, a faintly Irish-tinged, leathery voice that carries no hint of Plainview's Wisconsin origins. But it underlines his character, a duplicitous, persuasive, ruthlessly ambitious operator who will tread silkshod or roughshod, whichever is most efficient, over whatever people, obstacles, and opportunities lie in his path to wealth.
"I want to earn enough money so I can get away from everyone," he confides to the long-lost half-brother, Henry (Kevin J. O'Connor) who shows up unexpectedly after his big strike. "I hate most people."
By 1902 Plainview is traveling the West, drilling for oil. He is accompanied by his adopted son H.W. (Dillon Freasier), inherited as a baby when the boy's father is killed in a drilling accident. As he grows older, H.W. provides an earnest and innocent face that can be a reassuring prop when Daniel is negotiating drilling leases with local folks. But there is a real affection there too, set up in a lovely moment on a train when the infant reaches a chubby hand up to explore Plainview's stubbled lantern jaw and shaggy mustache. Plainview's big break comes in 1911, in the form of Paul Sunday (Paul Dano), a young man who comes to him with an offer to sell information about the location of his family's California farm, where crops won't grow, but oil puddles on the flinty surface. Daniel goes, sees, and finds it good. He cheats Sunday's family, buys up all (or almost all) the drilling rights and rights-of-way in the area on the cheap, strikes an ocean of oil, and builds a pipeline to deliver his product direct to the Pacific coast.
Paul Sunday's twin brother Eli (also Paul Dano) is a fundamentalist Holy Roller preacher who becomes Plainview's primary nemesis and antagonist. As Daniel's stature grows, so too does Eli's as he attempts to hitch his church's wagon to the star of oil. But the hard-headed, unreligious Daniel gives little ground until an early and forgotten oversight comes hack to bite him, and he must bend his knee in a bitter concession to Eli's world. That concession will rankle and gnaw at him until at the movie's end, in a terrifying turnabout, it bursts forth like a gusher.
Anderson digs into the American mystique and into the vaults of Hollywood greatness to produce a picture that is intensely and thoroughly its own, yet teems with ghosts of movies past. You'll sense the presence of Giant (and this movie is shot in the dusty footprints of that one, in Marfa, Texas, which also witnessed the making of No Country for Old Men this year.) You'll feel a shadow of Citizen Kane, a breath of East of Eden, a shiver of Elmer Gantry. But Anderson, who made his name with the Los Angeles-centric Boogie Nights and Magnolia, here opens a door and steps through into startlingly new territory.
There Will Be Blood is loosely adapted by Anderson from the novel Oil! by the great muckraker Upton Sinclair. It's a hard movie, hard in the sense of lack of softness. There are virtually no women to gentle it. Its milieu is rough and grimy. The movie is unrelentingly compelling, and yet even at two hours and forty minutes it seems incomplete. It lurches forward in time in choppy ways, it sketches in characters (like Ciaran Hinds's Fletcher) who are only hinted at, and it leaves a lot unsaid about the growth of Eli's charismatic preacher. The story involves an essential struggle between the red-toothed forces of Darwinian capital and rapacious evangelism. Anderson's title promises an apocalypse. His movie is full of Old Testament imagery, symbolism, and proportion, yet when the whistle blows for the final play, God's team is under-trained, and the clash is not between equals.
But then, it is hard to imagine an equal to the character that Day-Lewis builds. Every twitch, every fidget, every spark that dances in his dangerous eyes and every tooth bared by his dangerous smile, tells who he is. His walk, the hunch of his shoulders, the startling ferocity of his bursts of violence are all tiles in the mosaic that makes this performance the odds-on Oscar favorite.
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RESULTS ARE IN...hooray...
Archos 605 vs. Cowon O2 (winner displayed in bold)
BUILD QUALITY: ARCHOS - The Archos 605's screen is glare resistant, fingerprint resistant, scratch resistant, and non-glossy. At least I haven't seemed to have scratched my Cowon yet. Good thing it is protected by all of the dust and fingerprint residue that it attracts...
RESOLUTION: ARCHOS - the 605's 800x480 makes low resolutions blurry, which is considerably better than pixelated. Higher resolutions still looks pixelated on the Cowon O2, but look stunning on the Archos. SIDENOTE: Due to a lower resolution, battery life on the Cowon is much better. I actively worried about the battery dying on my Archos, but with my Cowon, I barely even take note of what the battery shows me. Not to mention you have to lug another dock around just to get a decently fast AC Adapter charge for the Archos. Points for Cowon, but there should be a better compromise...650x348?
RESOLUTION SUPPORT: TIE - The highest resolution that I can play with the 605 is 748x422 (Wide). With Dark Knight encoded down from 1280x720, it looks absolutely amazing. However, it is incredibly slow to load and navigate through the file and Archos' poor pixel-type support causes it to crash if it does not like a single frame of the encoding. Cowon O2 can support this resolution and higher, but it runs very slow (my fault maybe?). Either way, I see no reason that firmware cannot eventually fix this. SIDENOTE: Until Cowon releases an RGB Component or HDMI Cable, High-Definition is utterly useless.
VIEWING ANGLES: ARCHOS - You can look at the Archos 605 at every angle that you want to and still be able to discern the picture. Cowon has very little side-on viewing capability and its head-on view is darker than either vertical tilt view.
COLORS: COWON - Cowon makes use of very dark blacks, bright whites and vivid colors. Archos, has much more washed out colors with very grey blacks. Due to some not-so-great darkness scaling with the O2, some videos appear too dark, where some lighter greys are more black than they should be. SIDENOTE: Cowon DOES NOT have a Brightness, Contrast, Gamma scale, while the Archos does. You can improve the Archos, but it still doesn't even tie with the Cowon. The Cowon has an LCD Color changer, but it does very little to effect the quality of the video.
REFRESH RATE: ARCHOS - Severe ghosting on the Cowon O2, especially in comparison with the Archos 605. After watching for awhile you tend not to notice it, but knowing otherwise, it is a major problem. I didn't even notice Archos 605 had any ghosting until I looked carefully to compare the players. There is no excuse for this, especially since they are already pushing it with a low resolution.
SCREEN SHAPE: TIE - The Cowon is wider while the Archos is taller. Archos allows 4:3 videos to play larger, while widescreen has less letterboxing on the Cowon. It is a lose-lose for either player because you cannot have the best of both worlds, though Cowon may have an edge as HDTV is becoming more widely available.
TOUCHSCREEN: COWON - Very sensitive and accurate for the Cowon O2 (because of firmware update?). I rarely ever miss my target and I barely have to touch it. With the Archos 605, you have to poke around or tap something several times to get it to register, which can be frustrating. SIDENOTE: Cowon's hold button completely disables the touchscreen while the Archos' will continue to show a pop-up telling you how to disable it. This is especially annoying when you are watching a video on hold and simply want to move your player. Even more points for Cowon.
COLOR INTEGRITY: COWON - By this, I mean color banding and splotchiness (actually a word?). Cowon's colors fade perfectly into the next in a decent video encoding. The very same video on the Archos is very splotchy and shades of colors are clearly separated into bands. They tend to disappear when using higher bitrate videos, but watching the very same file, you can easily tell the difference.
COMPARISON SHOTS: The first is meant to show the color differences while the second is meant to show color banding (focus on the kid's hair, though the banding is MUCH more visible in person).
In the world of PMPs, it is impossible to find one player that does everything right. Better yet, every similarly classed player is almost completely contrastable. Meaning that in Pros and Cons lists, everything is on either end of the spectrum, rather than each having a feature that is SLIGHTLY better or very comparable to the other player. I could ALMOST take that back if the S9 had an SD slot. Deal-breaker.
Would it be so hard to have a video player be 650x368? Or some similar middleground? Videos would look much better without a huge cost to the battery.
It is still arguable for which screen is better. It comes down to what qualities one would find to be the most important. I cannot even in my own head decide which one I truly like better. I would certainly miss the brighter and more varied colors of the Cowon. if I were to get rid of it. And I would miss the high-resolution screen if I were to get rid of my Archos. And I could go on. I think that this comparison won't drive somebody to pick one or the other, but it gives a product for that person to compare to make a better decision, and also to help people who have an O2 already to construct an educated opinion of the quality of the player's screen.
EDIT: I'm sure the Archos 5 is great too, but it is not really all that comparable to the Cowon O2, considering its HD-based, no SD slot, it's larger size, its internet capabilities, and most importantly, it's price! (including peripherals and plugins) The Archos 605 is the closest competitor.
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Using Gom encoder, I have tried various settings for my "acquired" BD versions of movies and have been successful encoding down to 1280x720 at a very high bit-rate.
Dark Knight for example looks very sharp and fluid, no slowdowns, even fairly quick to load.
I'm hoping in future firmware that 720P movies can be dragged onto this player without converting but for now, I'm pretty happy with what it does.
Gom encoder? How long does it take? What are the settings you used? Is it really sharp and fluid? What is reduced.....only bitrate?
I'm looking at my player now (was at work when I posted last post) and just so you guys know what settings.....Now this is a BT Blueray movie (already compressed, 8GB in size) but what my O2 reads to the right of the highlighted movie...
"2538MB, 1280x720, XVID, 25 Fps, 2011 Kbps"....audio is "48Hz, 320Kbps, Stereo."
I've tried other downloaded 720P movies including Eagle Eye and they all work excellent.
xvid must be the key because absolutely every x264 encoding runs the same for me...crappy
and now i cant overstate this...Cowon MUST come out with a Component RGB Cable to output HD...otherwise it is stupid
EDIT: I tried encoding HD into XviD, and it works absolutely perfectly, not to mention once I convert all of my videos, I'm going to save over 80GB of space on my harddrive, and I love the Gom Player with all of its features like sharpen, smoothen, deblock, etc....thanks a lot Yosh70
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