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True Classics, a miss but, well, the best laid plans of mice and men, as they say ...
The rules are simple: write a limerick about a movie made before 1982. If possible, make it stylishly bawdy.
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Said the blonde to the man on the Limited,
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So he ordered the trout,
Then whipped his own out.
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SALEM - Curtis C. Harris, Jr., 83, of Salem, died at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Courtyard at Lexington in Salem.
He was born Aug. 6, 1930 in Cape May, New Jersey, a son of the late Curtis Sr. and Jennie (Reeves) Harris.
Curtis graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in economics. He worked at the University of Maryland for 25 years where he taught economics and did research before retiring in 1992. He was also the author of numerous books in his specialty of regional and urban economics.
He moved here from Vero Beach, Florida area where he had resided for 20 years and was a Salem area resident for two years. Mr. Harris was a member of both the First United Methodist Church in Vero Beach, Florida and Salem United Methodist Church and served in the Coast Guard during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Harris was a devout Bible scholar, who enjoyed building elaborate large scale model railroads and was an avid fan of Walt Disney World.
His first wife, Mary (Will) Harris preceded him in death on Oct. 20, 1976. A daughter, Kathleen Solos also preceded him in death in March of 2012.
His wife, Martha (Meyers Costal) Harris, whom he married Dec. 26, 1990, survives him along with children, Curtis (Julia) Harris of Vero Beach, Florida, Geoffrey (Sandie) Harris of Baltimore, Maryland, Jan (Michael) Penn of Myersville, Maryland, David (Sherry) Costal of Edinburg, Pennsylvania, Richard (Leslie) Costal of Salem, Ohio, Linda Costal of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and Sandra Coe of New Middletown, Ohio; two sisters, Jeanette Harris and Helen (Jack) Sayre, all of Cape May, New Jersey; a brother, Harry (Karen) Harris of Port St. Lucie, Florida; 19 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the Stark Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Don Monaco officiating. Calling hours will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday prior to the service.
The family wishes to thank the staff members of the Courtyard at Lexington for their loving care given to Curtis.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, PO Box 703, Salem, OH 44460, Alzheimer's Association, 1815 W. Market St, #301, Akron, Ohio 44313 and Grace Hospice, 7206 Market St, Youngstown, OH 44512.
His obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.starkmemorial.com.
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Steel, ivory, gold
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Museum no. M.101-1923
This knife was probably used by a scrivener, or scribe, to trim feathers into writing quills. It is a forerunner of the folding penknife. The figure of a saint is etched on the blade but wear on the cutting edge has almost obliterated whatever he held in his right hand. Blades are difficult to date as designs were used over a long time. Blades were also hard-wearing and might be refitted with handles during their lifetime.


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Sen. Arlen Specter is right: An "objective investigation" is needed.
But rather than looking into the New England Patriots taping of opponents' signals, we need to be looking into why Pennsylvania's senior senator is wasting time mugging for the cameras about the so-called Spygate rather than addressing the real needs of his constituents.
Specter has come under widespread criticism for continuing to focus on the improper taping by the Patriots and the NFL's response. And the Pennsylvania Republican deserves every bit of it.
When it comes to addressing the needs of Americans, worrying about the Patriots' cheating isn't even on the map.
Fuel prices are reaching the stratosphere; the economy is wobbly; inflation is inflating; Americans are losing jobs; prices for food and other necessities are rising; the cost of health care continues to be an ailment; our roads and infrastructure are falling apart; laws and regulations continue to impede energy development in this country; terrorism remains a frightening prospect; our borders leak like a sieve; and, certainly not least, our troops are strained from fighting two wars, and some are coming home to embarrassing living conditions at military facilities.
And Specter thinks Spygate is worthy of Congress' time and our tax dollars? Talk about government waste — now that's a subject worthy of an objective investigation.
Specter needs to spend some time with his constituents and find out what issues are affecting their lives and are a real worry to them. We'd bet Spygate would be way down the list, if it shows up at all.
Our members of Congress are supposed to serve the needs of the public. It's time for Specter to forget the taping by the Patriots and address the critical issues really facing Americans.


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"She really delivered," said Libby Davis, 27, of Baton Rouge radio station WFMF, which gave away tickets to the late-night rehearsal. "There were only 150 people there, but she put on a great show."
As for how Spears looks, Davis says, "Her body is definitely back. We could see her arm and leg muscles from where we were sitting. In typical Britney fashion, the costumes were pretty scanty. It was Cirque du Soleil meets Moulin Rouge."
Davis's group waited through the first dress rehearsal for family and friends, which they could hear but not see. Once inside, "Everybody was chanting, 'Britney, Britney, Britney,' screaming, 'We support you, Britney,' " says Davis.
"She put on the entire show as if it were a full house. She catered to us," adds Davis. "She even stopped during 'Womanizer' because she realized we couldn't see her. She said, 'Let's do it over.' "
Manager Weighs InSpears's manager, Larry Rudolph, told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday that fans should have high expectations for the tour, which is sponsored by Virgin Mobile.
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You are mission the point. ĀA corporation is an invention of the government, not of the free market. ĀYes, in a free market people can work together. ĀBut in a truly free market, they couldn't hide behind some "I didn't do that, the corporation did that!" bs. ĀA human being built the car that had glue under the gas pedal. ĀA human being designed it that way. ĀA human being safety inspected it (alledgely) and a human being sold it. ĀThose human beings should be held responsible for the results of their actions. ĀNot hide behind some fictional "Entity" called a corporation.

The BP oil spill? ĀThat was a human who did that. ĀA human being is resposible for that - NOT a "Corporation". ĀCorporations are a fiction that we all (or most of us) just willingly accept as truth.

If there was a Free Market - along with Personal Responsibility (the other side of the "Yes, Mr. Obama, I really DID 'build that'." coin) - then you wouldn't need government interference. ĀStandard laws that apply to any human being (don't kill, don't steal, don't harm, etc.) would still be around and enforcable. ĀIn fact, they'd be far more enforcable than they are today, because - as the law currently recognizes it - so much harm is done by "Corporations" who cannot be jailed, or killed, or punished in any way other than fines.

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On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Stephen Kraus <email@example.com> wrote:

Well you are right about one thing at least: Money's intrensic value is not a physical item, its set by consumer and producer demand.

Which is ironically why Bitcoin will never be a MAJOR currency or a replacement for the Dollar.

I never said it couldn't be a currency, see my previous reference to trading sea shells for cash and giving them a value, technically that makes them a currency, but the value of my sea shell currency is still hard set on how many USD I can get for the value of my sea shell, which might fluctuate depending on how many sea shells I have.

Its therefore a currency. Not a good one, but a currency.

Chad:

They WERE a corporation. Competing in a market. By driving every other competitor out of the market via either hostile buyouts or threats.

In a free market, as you suggest, who is to tell these guys that they cannot do such thing? How do we keep a large, extremely profitable business from simply destroying all other businesses that compete with them? We can't regulate them, that would defeat the whole point of a free market.

Innovation? They could just steal an innovative idea. See Thomas Edison for a good example of a man who basically bought peoples ideas, paid them nearly nothing for them, claimed them as his own, and then drove them out of the market.

There is no such thing as a free market, its like saying having a game of chess, but everything is fair game.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Tyler Mittan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

There has a lot been said since I last checked so I haven't been keeping up, but I do think that this nonsense about REAL, PHYSICAL things is nonsense. Money is not all real, physical things.. Not unless you think a credit card swipe is somehow valuable. All credit is a transfer of, not funds, but credit it. It's really just a mark in a ledger. It is only when the bank goes to the other bank that it is fulfilled. It's virtually a credit.

It strikes me as odd for someone who is so anti-gold standard to make claims like this which are so pro-gold standard it hurts.

Second, value is subjective (you can think Menger and the Austrians who found this concept in which all modern day economics is built on except socialists). NOTHING IS INTRINSICALLY VALUABLE. It seems like this is something we all agree on. Given that money is not necessarily a physical thing, and that value is subjective, we can see how bitcoin could be considered money if valued by enough people.

Now that we've established that, we should look at why bitcoin is not widely accepted which I mentioned before:
 1. People don't know about it. Economists and computer geeks, but if you were to ask the average, say, psychology student whom has not interest in politics whatsoever (and there are plenty) or virtually anyone else, they most likely wouldn't know about it.. this begs the question: even if they did know about it, would they want it?
 2. They might. The underlying point of me posting this was to show that competing currencies could be a thing. They could be a thing that work very well (as they have historically.. look up Richard Timberlake, Lawrence White, and George Selgin). We can't say for sure if bitcoins would be a very valuable thing, but we do know that it's getting very popular.. this begs the question, if it's so popular, why aren't businesses buying it?
 3. This can be answered mostly by the fact that the legality of it is iffy at best. It can also be answered that people trust the backing of a government (whom obviously have a pretty poor track record, but people don't know better).

So, there's no reason to think that bitcoins can't be money. I am not saying they are widely accepted. I am not saying if they were legal that they even would be widely accepted. I am saying that competing currencies can, and should, be a thing to keep the dollar honest.

On Aug 22, 2013 5:05 PM, "Stephen Kraus" <email@example.com> wrote:

John...that is called the exchange rate. It really doesn't make bitcoins any more legitimate as a REPLACEMENT for the USD or as even a strong competitor.

 On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:53 PM, John Aldrich <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

Quoting Stephen Kraus <email@example.com>:

 Its funny that, Aaron a good comparison.

 Because if I sell something on Ebay, I set a price in USD.

 And if paypal doesn't give my bank my USD, I get cross

 Yes, that's true, Stephen... but if someone in, say, Germany, wants to buy what you're selling, they will pay you via PayPal in DeutschMarks, which Paypal will CONVERT to $USD. Or if you want to buy something for your VW from someone in Germa ny, they are likely selling in DM, and you will pay in $USD, but THEY will receive DM from PayPal. Similarly, in theory, PayPal could start accepting Bitcoins and then convert them to $USD or whatever currency, or just bank them like you do with your local currency.

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Jane Xhilone and Matthew Arndt have announced their engagement. The couple plans to wed May 1, 1999, in Portland, Oregon.
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Black Wii Bundle Now Official and Coming This Sunday
Get the current Wii package in addition to Wii Sports Resort and a MotionPlus for $199.99.
Just as reported last week, Nintendo is preparing to launch a new Wii console bundle this Sunday, May 9. The bundle includes what you currently get when you pick up a Wii -- a console, Wii remote, nunchuk, and a copy of Wii Sports -- as well as two new additions: A copy of Wii Sports Resort and the Resort-required Wii MotionPlus attachment. The system and controllers will be available in either black or white and will be available for the current price of $199.99.
"Nintendo leads the way in delivering rich motion-control gaming experiences at an accessible price point," said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in a press release. "By including even more of our top-quality hardware and software in the basic Wii system package, we're extending that commitment to entertainment and value. Now more than ever, consumers can count on Nintendo to deliver inclusive fun and advanced motion controls at a mass-market price."
Black Wii remotes and nunchuks have been available in the United States since November, but the black console remained unavailable until now. The announcement doesn't come as much of a surprise after the news was leaked early last week and then confirmed by a scan of a GameStop flyer showing the contents of the bundle, including the black Wii.
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Now is the timePosted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by ManGamer79
I've been waiting to buy a wii,you can't beat this deal
my bro waitedPosted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by osebass
to get his wii, and now he can pick one up in black. Japan's had it for over a year i think, and its about time it headed stateside. i was holding out to buy a black one, but it never came to be, so i pulled the trigger a year ago. too bad
Nintendo leads the way...Posted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by solidfenix
in collecting dust in my closet
my sons birthdays coming upPosted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by ELAbiggdogg
so its about that time . ill be getting it for him. pretty good deal. beeeaatch
The Black Console Looks CoolPosted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by kscripter
The blue light with black looks pretty cool. About time the finally release the black console!
Wii Would Like To Play More GamesPosted: May 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by Mr.LametoWatch
Might as well. Most stores give away Sports Resort with a Wii anyway.


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OSCAR: Now Every Campaign Enters Crucial Final Stretch
The Oscar ballots went into the mail today and should be in every one of the 5,755 voting members' hands by tomorrow, or at least by the weekend depending on how long it takes some of them to travel to snowbound or far-flung places. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has set a due date of February 22nd, which could be a lifetime considering the ever-changing twists and turns of this surprising awards season. That's why no major Academy Awards campaign seems willing to give up the hunt for gold quite yet.
For this second phase of Oscar campaigning, studios have tweaked, or in some cases completely retooled, their advertising to incorporate catch phrases and/or images they hope the Academy will notice. Warner Bros has noticeably increased its Inception buys on TV and in print and online. With its 10 nominations, True Grit is now suddenly "the most honored American movie of the year" (a not-so-subtle dig at the very British King's Speech). While Paramount's other contender, The Fighter, has new fighting words saying that "Nothing can stop an underdog whose time has come". Disney wants voters to know "the most successful animated film in history" (Toy Story 3 in case you live in a cave) is now nominated for Best Picture. While Fox Searchlight has changed up their Black Swan poster with a highly dramatic pose by Natalie Portman surrounded by several flying black tutu feathers and Best Actress accolades in the background with the new tagline, "Dare To Be Bold".
As for The Social Network, their ads continue to emphasize the overwhelming critical support and Best Picture awards it has received so far. The new tagline somewhat wistfully says "Look Forward", something clearly Sony wants to do after getting broadsided by the PGA, DGA, and SAG. And they can look forward to a certain WGA win for Aaron Sorkin this Saturday. My sources say spirits definitely hit a low at the studio this weekend after repeated recent losses. But producer Scott Rudin has gone on record saying there is plenty of time left for a turnaround. A studio spokesperson says "many events around the city are planned" to get that momentum going again. The January 29th Saturday Night Live hosting gig by star Jesse Eisenberg was a plus in that regard. His appearance alongside the real Mark Zuckerberg was a coup for a lot of talk and YouTube action. The film is still favored by numerous pundits to take home Oscars in key categories including Adapted Screenplay, Music Score, and even Director for David Fincher, despite his loss last weekend at the DGA to The King's Speech helmer Tom Hooper.
Oscar consultants have been revving up for this and, believe it or not, they have been finding inventive ways to keep the contenders on the Q&A circuit even though all the major Guild contests are over. The WGA awards are this weekend but voting closed last week. And most Q&As are done since Academy rules prohibit studios from staging these sessions directly for AMPAS voters (who have a large crossover membership in the guilds, of course). American Cinematheque helps to fill the void. The Social Network has already done an event for American Cinematheque and now its competitors are playing catch-up there.
That's where Inception's Christopher Nolan will be this Friday night, obstensibly for a Memento Blu-Ray launch screening at Hollywood's Egyptian theatre. Or The Fighter's David O. Russell chatting it up there Saturday night after a screening of his Oscar contender. At another American Cinematheque event at the Westside's Aero, Tom Hooper and Colin Firth appear Thursday after The King's Speech screening while Darren Aronofsky shows up February 7th after Black Swan reels. The next night, 127 Hours nominees like screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and composer AR Rahman appear during a double feature of that Danny Boyle film and their big 2008 winner, Slumdog Millionaire.
February 7th is the Oscar nominees luncheon and a lot of them are in town. Warner Bros is throwing a reception and discussion session that evening with the "below the line" contenders from Inception at the Landmark. While Focus Features launches a heavily advertised two-day retrospective of Annette Bening films at the Beverly Hills Music Hall. It salutes "one of the greatest ever American film actors", and subtly reminding voters of her many Oscar nominated – but never winning (yet) – performances, including American Beauty, Being Julia, The Grifters, and, of course, The Kids Are All Right. Bening will appear for a Q&A. It isn't lost on Focus that the Music Hall marquee with Bening all over it will be seen by lots of voters as it is in a prime location almost directly across from the Academy on heavily travelled Wilshire Blvd.
Meanwhile, Social Network nominees Sorkin and co-producer Michael DeLuca were among the many Oscar nominees on view at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival since it began a week ago. There were so many newly minted Oscar hopefuls there they were practically tripping over each other at nightly on-stage career tributes to Annette Bening, James Franco, Christopher Nolan, and Geoffrey Rush held at the massive 2,000 seat Arlington Theatre Friday through Monday evenings, all of them near-sellouts. Coming up this weekend is another tribute to Best Actress nominee Nicole Kidman and "Virtuoso" awards to other noms like John Hawkes, Hailee Steinfeld, and Jacki Weaver along with Social Network's Andrew Garfield and Another Year's Lesley Manville.
Why the contender crush at this fest? It goes back to those ballots that went out today. At least 100 of them are sent to Academy members who live in the cushy Santa Barbara/Montecito area considered by awards consultants a voter-rich region. And in a close race, every ballot can make a big difference, even a small fest because it's scheduled at awards time and the local press makes such a big deal of it. So even though Oscar host/nominee James Franco was knee-deep in rehearsals all day Saturday, he made the trek up north, late for his tribute but there nonetheless. Bening and husband Warren Beatty stayed at the post tribute-party at SBIFF Board Chairman (and former MGM-UA head) Jeffrey Barbakow's sprawling Montecito estate past 1 AM on Friday. (As Barbakow told me, "How do you tell Warren Beatty it's time to leave your house?")
I moderated the tributes to Nolan and Rush. Nolan opened up about his career even though he remained customarily coy when I tried to get news out of him regarding his upcoming Dark Knight Rises (which he's co-writing and directing and producing) and Superman reboot (which he's producing). His Inception star Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a heartfelt speech before presenting Nolan with the "Modern Master" award. Nolan later at his post-party remained sanguine when I asked how he felt about his latest snub from the Academy's Directors branch even though he has two other Inception nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. But after three DGA nominations in 10 years, and no corresponding Oscar nods for directing, it's clearly frustrating. The snub has received more Internet protest than anything else regarding Oscar this season. Nolan, though, is staying above the fray. "Fortunately I am in a 12-week prep for Dark Knight Rises so that's keeping me concentrated through all of this. The thing I was most surprised about was no film editing nomination for Lee Smith. I thought he was a sure thing to win. I asked both Lee and [composer] Hans Zimmer to do things that had not been done before," he told me.
Tuesday night, Nolan was back on the circuit accepting the Visionary Award from the Visual Effects Society which also gave their top prize to Inception, certainly the Oscar favorite in that category.
Rush had flown in Sunday from Sydney where he is doing a play, Diary Of a Madman, and, no pun intended, had to rush to the airport immediately following his Monday night tribute to head back to Sydney. Then it's back to LA for the nominees lunch Monday and on to New York where he will be appearing in the same play. He'll have Oscar night off on February 27th. Earlier in the day he was feted at a Peninsula Hotel luncheon hosted by his Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer that drew lots of fellow actors. He and his castmates, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter along with director Tom Hooper and co-producer Gareth Unwin, then made the trip to Santa Barara, still reeling from weekend victories at the DGA and SAG. SBIFF handed them another Ensemble award (presented by Hooper) in addition to Rush's Montecito award (presented by Firth).
In the Green Room before the show, Unwin told me any decision about cutting a special PG or PG-13 version of the film instead of the current R would not be made until closer to the DVD release and certainly not before the Oscars. It's a delicate issue, particularly for Hooper who has previously told me the scene in question where the King uses a series of expletives as a stuttering exercise is crucial to the movie.
Inception was an awful movie. The Juno girl was way too young for her role and the film was average
@The Truth Maybe you just didn't get all the great things that were happening visually and mentally (no pun intended). I'm not being smug and saying I got it the first time around, but the more times you watch it the more you appreciate another detail or the way a scene is edited. Plus the Score by Zimmer is truly epic! While I understand your opinion since some of my friends feel the same way, I encourage you to watch it again because some truly great films are misunderstood with one viewing. But this comes from a Nolan fanboy of course!
Actually, Inception is lackluster at best but more accurately just a really bad movie. The cinema is about moving pictures that tell a story, not characters who spend a good 80-90% of the movie explaining the logistics of these neat-o dream worlds that nestle into each other like Russian dolls.
Though I rarely agree with the Academy, I'd concur with the "snubbing" of Nolan in Directing Oscar because he's not a very good director. He's a good creator of spectacle which is a very different thing from telling a coherent, compelling story. A truck flipping over in The Dark Knight? Sure, I guess that's pretty cool – but that whole scene is poorly shot and edited with no real momentum, pace or story sense. Don't even get me started on Inception…
I really wish that Annette Bening would get best actress — she gives a great performance — she has long deserved it but has always gotten sidelined by hilary swank! Just one look at Bugsy just proves what a superb actress she is. Natalie Portman is good but she has so many chances to get nominated, how much longer do they have to wait to give it to Annette?
Just remember that scene at the dinner table after she has just come from the bathroom — all the inner turmoil going on in the kids are alright.
The Academy should be bold and make different choices and annette is very deserving.
I also hope Bening pulls the upset. But Portman will win. They always go with the babe in Best Actress over the veteran.
I know even if the performance of the veteran is better than the babe — just typical older members of hollywood. Just look at reese witherspoon — as much as i like her as an actress, she was not deserving. And do people really like black swan that much?
Yeah, it's a shame Meryl Streep never wins.
i don't know if you are being sarcastic but meryl streep has not won since 1982.
Yes, despite her reputation and two distant wins, Meryl Streep has lost more often than any other actor/actress. She has had to sit on her hands a whopping 14 out of 16 times while other actresses have claimed an oscar. No actor or actress has even been nominated 14 times. Maybe next year she'll get her LONG overdue 3rd oscar.
Go Nicole Kidman. Even though she already has a statue for 'The Hours' she deserves another one for her amazing work in 'Rabbit Hole'. I'm sure if more Academy voters WATCHED the film they would have also nominated the film for Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Adapted Screenplay.
One of the most overlooked filmed of 2010.
Couldn't agree more, I would also add best supporting actor (Miles Teller). Rabbit Hole was probably my favourite 2010-film.
Ya i definitely agree.
She gave the best performance of year.
@phantom i agree regarding the 6 noms it deserved.
I do agree that Nicole kidman gave the performance of the year — that scene with the tape getting accidentally erased has me so moved every time i think about it. the problem is that lionsgate is only playing it in 100 theaters — the same studio that didn't release the hurt locker — so it's just not gonna get any buzz and it is definitely the most overlooked movie — but go over to goldderby.latimes.com and they had predicted an upset. but really i think the only upset that could possibly happen right now is annette bening. natalie portman does not give the performance of the year.
No sorry. Nicole Kidman is not allowed to win another Oscar after the crime she commited against Julianne Moore in 2002 to win her first.
Nicole kidman deserved that oscar for the hours and she deserves it for rabbit hole. If julianne moore had listened to tom o'neill and put herself in the supporting category, she would be the front runner.
Adapted scplay: Please, anyone but pompous Aaron the Sorkin.
How many of the 5,755 voters actually do not turn in their ballots?
I'd be interested to know the number of ballots that actually determine the winner(s).
I know that the producers don't really want that to happen, but with this ranking system for Best Picture especially, I think it might get those of us who are uninvolved more interested if we could see how much everything else lost by too. I know, an old, stupid idea…
It's a good year for the Aussies, but over here the sentimental favourite is Jacki Weaver, who trully is amazing!!! Geoffrey and Nicole have theirs, now let Jacki join the winning contingent. PLEASE!!
why don't they just change the name for "best picture" to "best oscar campaign"?
I just hope Natalie Portman does not win.
Best Actress is a STRONG category, so any of the other actresses are deserving.
Portman's acting was good, but it was not nuanced and layered like the other brilliant performances. Portman keeps complimenting Darren because, with his direction, editing, make-up, music, special effects, she came out looking pretty good. But strip it all away, her acting is not that special.
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In this thesis we have attempted to give an overview of eye-gaze media; how the techniques work, what the psychological background is, what present-day implementations are like, what potentials exist in it and finally we have given two examples of possible future eye-gaze applications.
The generally rising interest in eye-gaze media is a result of the development of unobtrusive, video-camera-based eye-tracking techniques that make it possible to use eye-movements for real-time feed-back to the eye-tracked user. In this way eyes can also be used as output-organs, thus increasing the bandwidth of communication from the user to the computer. Using eye-gaze for interaction in multi-modal non-command user interfaces where the interface itself is as transparent as possible and the user simply interacts with her actual data will result in a more "natural," "direct" way of manipulating data.
The structure of the eye-which provides high-acuity foveal vision in the centre and low-acuity peripheral vision in the remaining part of the retina-makes it necessary for human beings to move their eyes about to observe all of their surroundings. This is accomplished mainly by fixations where the eyes are stationary separated by saccades where the eyes move in a ballistic way to view a new point in the visual scene. Research has shown that the place for the next fixation is determined during the fixation, and according to the feature integration theory proposed by Treisman, these processes can be divided into a pre-attentive, parallel phase and a subsequent attentive, serial phase. The pre-attentive phase is unlimited in capacity and operates in parallel across the entire visual field, calculating local mismatch for basic features like orientation, size, colour, movement direction. These mismatch values are added together and in the attentive stage mismatching objects are serially inspected according to their degree of mismatch. The pre-attentive phase is driven by bottom-up processes, whereas the attentive phase is at least partly under strategic control through top-down processes that-according to the zoom lens metaphor-can limit attention to a greater or smaller part of the visual scene. Finally, the different basic features from the selected objects are integrated and stimulus is identified, before the next fixation position is determined.
Eye movements can be classified according to the situation in which they occur into spontaneous, task-oriented, orientation of thought and intentional manipulatory looking. The last class of looking, intentional manipulatory looking, is a new class of looking we propose which will become more widespread with the introduction of eye-gaze controlled applications. It is a kind of looking where the observer actively uses her eyes for manipulating the surroundings; people have always been using their eyes to manipulate the world-one can think of the situation where busy people look at their watches to make others finish quickly-but with the introduction of eye-tracking intentional manipulatory looking will be much more powerful.
To explain why eye-gaze is so interesting an aspect to track one can picture the cognitive processes that constitute perception as activities in working memory, which is a part of the short-term memory. According to two assumptions suggested by Just & Carpenter, the immediacy assumption which states that fixated objects are immediately processed and the eye-mind assumption which states that the eye looks at an object as long as it is being processed, one can assume that if the subject's current task requires information from the display, then we can assume that the direction of eye-gaze is a good indicator of what is currently being processed.
An interesting finding by Yarbus is that eye-gaze occurs in cycles, creating a pattern, a scanpath. When a subject views a picture, the informative areas are rapidly sought out and scanned, and this scanpath is then repeated. It is important to notice that the scanpath is determined both by picture compositional factors and by idiosyncratic factors.
Several eye-gaze controllable applications exist today, mostly communication applications for disabled people, as the use of their eyes is the fastest way to manipulate their prosthetic devices. However, gradually eye-gaze based systems intended for use by non-disabled people are being developed. One such application is an experimental eye-gaze based interface called the EyeCatcher that is a part of the exhibition at the Experimentarium . The EyeCatcher utilizes EyeCons, medium-sized eye-gaze activated animated icons that allow the user to directly perceive when an eye-gaze based selection will be effectuated. EyeCons also serve to separate the gaze-responsive area from the selectable objects, so as to circumvent the Midas Touch Problem-the problem of accidentally activating objects by looking at them.
We have carried out a minor evaluation of the EyeCatcher showing that even though the current-day eye-tracking techniques are unobtrusive, they still leave a lot to be desired; many people had difficulties calibrating the system, and successful use of the EyeCatcher depended on the visitor keeping her head completely motionless. Despite these at times severe technical problems people seemed very positively inclined towards the concept of using eyes as output-organs, and a majority of the guests expressed that they believed eye-gaze operated applications will be an everyday thing in the future. We have also timed ourselves to try to see whether we would experience any speed-up in performance from training. Unfortunately, the application running was not suited for this purpose, so we cannot conclude anything concerning this aspect; it must be a topic for future research. During our evaluation we found several problems that we have listed in the thesis; some were due to the sensitive eye-tracking technology, some were interface problems, but many were also plain ordinary practical problems with the way the installation was set up.
In this thesis we have also argued that eye-gaze interfaces will be faster to operate because "the eye is there before the hand," but that since eye-movements normally are subconscious, information about the user should, wherever possible, be obtained from the user's natural eye-movements. In general, several input modes besides eye-gaze should be used, as this increase in bandwidth of communication from human to computer can support a more "natural" form of human communication, where the different modalities supplement each other to disambiguate the input.
We argue that the main problems that should be addressed by eye-gaze research are how the eye-tracking data should be used, how to solve the Midas Touch Problem and how to solve the One-Way Zoom Problem. The latter is the problem of how to "zoom out" after having "zoomed in" by gazing at some object.
We also propose some usability criteria for eye gaze media; the criteria determine that a good eye-gaze media should offer a high degree of involuntariness, tracking data utilization, modality integration, customizability and technical transparency.
Finally, we try to make some predictions about the future; we argue that eye-gaze media will experience the ketchup effect, where the number of eye-gaze based applications will explode in the next few decades. An important factor in this process is that the basic technology-eye-tracking equipment-must be improved, especially to allow for greater user mobility and less re-calibration.
An eye-gaze based application is described in this thesis: interest and emotion sensitive media (IES). IES can in principle use tracking data from several modalities to determine the user's current interest; this is used in navigating through for example a film. Such films are analogous to hypertext, only the scenes between branching points are temporal instead of spatial. This can potentially cause problems when producing an IES film-especially if one is to cater for multiple people watching each their own version of the same film together. One very serious problem in this connection is that sound is not as directionally controllable as light, and therefore semi-obtrusive techniques like head-phones must be used. Problems also arise when considering the tracking of the IES-viewers; how should the equipment react to users out of view? How should the final decision of which scene to show next be made?
An important issue is how to display the gaze-responsive areas, the so-called activation ares. Of several possibilities, we suggest using invisible activation areas, as we argue that users should not be conscious of being tracked.
Several aspects regarding the production of IES films must be considered; the producer will need some form of script planner, and some means of performing semi-automated activation area selection must be conceived, too. Problems concerning the combination of current-day video compression techniques with IES are outlined; the solution seems to be to integrate the activation area selection and the compression ratio processes. Finally, one must not forget that IES can alter the artistic expressions of the present TV and video media; one must not underestimate the effect of taking part in the navigation of the film one is watching.


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OPENING TUESDAY, 21 June 2010 (previews from 15 June), Moira Buffini's new Greek myth-inspired play Welcome to Thebes premieres at the National, directed by former artistic director Richard Eyre and running in rep in the NT Olivier as part of the Travelex £10 Tickets season. David Harewood and Nikki Amuka-Bird lead the cast as Theseus and Eurydice, whose story is transplanted to the present day in the aftermath of a brutal war.
ALSO ON TUESDAY (previews from 19 June), Footsbarn's new circus show Sorry! erects its big top in Victoria Park, care of the Barbican Centre, for a limited season to 4 July.
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The need to show gratitude and respect to those who gave the full measure of themselves motivated scores of people throughout the River Valley to pay tribute to America's military veterans on Memorial Day.
People of all ages turned out for the numerous parades and solemn ceremonies held in the area, including those in East Liverpool, Wellsville and Chester.
Attendance was strong for the Memorial Day parade that wound through downtown East Liverpool, featuring music by the East Liverpool and Beaver Local high school marching bands, ending with a ceremony in front of city hall.
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Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6450 and American Legion Post 121 Honor Guard march down Carolina Avenue in Chester on Monday during the city's Memorial Day services. (Photo by Richard Sberna)
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Wellsville Mayor Susan Haugh told attendees of a ceremony at the Fourth Street Memorial that the strength of their presence shows how appreciated the sacrifices of military service members and their families are by the community. "It is our small way of honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today," she said.
Haugh emphasized that many of these fallen soldiers weren't volunteers - and even those who were didn't embrace the idea being in war - but had accepted the call when it came. "Simply put, they were ordinary people, like you and me, who responded in extraordinary ways," Haugh said.
Councilman Don Brown, president of the Wellsville Veterans Memorial Council and a Korean War veteran, said the crowd at the ceremony seems to grow larger with each passing year, for which he is very grateful. He praised the members of Boy Scout Troop 29 and their scoutmaster, Tom Eberhart, for their assistance in placing flags on every military veteran's gravestone at Spring Hill Cemetery.
The Rev. Duane Hetzer, pastor of Riverside Presbyterian Church, delivered the invocation and benediction, during which he said God had blessed America with freedom and liberty that should not be taken for granted. "Let us serve each other and our country with boldness and grace," he said.
Dorothy Patterson, who served as treasurer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5647 for 30 years, has attended the Memorial Day services for more than 20 years. A strong family connection to the holiday prompts her to come each year. "I had two brothers in the Navy, and a brother in the Army, and a grandson in the Air Force, and a son in Vietnam," Patterson said.
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Lewis evoked the experiences of those who died in service to America and are now in God's presence. "You know them now - what they lost and gained in life and death," she said.
Lewis prayed that the living may remember them and, in their honor, have the resolve to make a better world. "Let us live with integrity and do the work of justice with compassion that yields the fruit of peace," she said. Lewis also prayed for the safety of active service members, and for the community to properly welcome them when they come home. "Empower us to tenderly receive those who return to us, to care for the wounded in heart or mind or body," she said.
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The San Diego Zoo's new giant panda cub, now 45 days old, has been crossing milestones on a daily basis, and just after being determined a male, he has started to open his eyes.
In another 55 days, the panda will have a name, one that the public can help determine by submitting suggestions on the San Diego Global Wildlife Conservancy website from Sep. 17 through Sep. 24.
Now that he's all 45-days-grown, the panda weighs in at 4 lbs. and at last measurement, was 16 inches long. According to the zoo, his girth indicates that he's nursing well.
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Paul T. Williams, Ph.D., from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, examined whether post-diagnosis running and walking differ in their impact on breast cancer mortality. Mortality was compared with baseline exercise energy expenditure (metabolic equivalents [METs], with 1 MET-hour equivalent to 1 km run) in 272 runners and 714 walkers previously diagnosed with breast cancer (mean, 7.9 years before baseline).
During 9.1 years of surveillance, 46 women died from breast cancer (13 runners and 33 walkers). The researchers found that breast cancer mortality decreased an average of 23.9 percent MET-hours/day (P = 0.004) for all runners and walkers combined. The decrease was significantly greater for running than walking (risk per MET-hours/day run versus walked, P = 0.03). For the runners, there was an average decrease in breast cancer mortality of 40.9 percent per MET-hours/day run (P = 0.0004). Compared with less than 1.07 MET-hours/day run, breast cancer mortality was 87.4 percent lower for 1.8 to 3.6 MET-hours/day (P = 0.008) and 95.4 percent lower for the ≥3.6 MET-hours/day (P = 0.0004). For the 714 walkers, there was a nonsignificant 4.6 percent decrease seen in breast cancer mortality per MET-hours/day walked (P = 0.71).
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December Friday Drop-in
Just a note to everyone. Friday's will be drop in curling for the busy month of December. I will be working up a sign-up form soon and it will go out to everyone in the club. The official league will begin in Janurary. Hope to see a bunch of you all this Friday!
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Thousand Islands National Park
|Thousand Islands National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
|United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
|Nearest city
|Brockville, Ontario
|44°21′09″N 75°57′19″W / 44.35263°N 75.95532°WCoordinates: 44°21′09″N 75°57′19″W / 44.35263°N 75.95532°W
|24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
|Governing body
|Parks Canada
Thousand Islands National Park (established 1904) is located on the 1000 Islands Parkway in the Thousand Islands Region of the Saint Lawrence River. The islands are actually the worn-down tops of ancient mountains. This region, the Frontenac Axis, connects the Canadian Shield from Algonquin Park in Ontario to the Adirondack Mountains in New York.
The park consists of 21 islands plus many smaller islets, 2 mainland properties and a visitor centre at Mallorytown, Ontario on the mainland. It is one of Canada's smallest national parks with a total area of 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi).
Much of the park is only accessible by boat. Trail systems can be found on the mainland along the 1000 Islands Parkway at Mallorytown Landing, Jones Creek and Landon Bay. There are picnic, camping and oTENTik facilities on several islands and at Mallorytown Landing. Mallorytown Landing is a day use area that offers a large parking, a boat ramp, several oTENTiks, picnic gazebos, play ground, animal exhibits, travelling exhibits, and interpreters to help you along the way.
The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve, in which the park is located, is known as being one of the highest areas of biodiversity in Canada.[citation needed]
The first inhabitants of the park area are thought to have been hunting and fishing peoples who arrived following the last glacial period approximately 10,000 years ago. Many artifacts have been found in the park, including a 2500-year-old pot that was found by a diver in 1979. Pictographs are still visible on some shoreline cliffs despite damage due to acid rain and vandals.
By the early 17th century, the Iroquois people had put up large summer encampments on the riverbanks from which they fished the rich waters. Around this time they began to be visited by French explorers, fur traders, and missionaries following the St Lawrence river to seek their fortune in the new world. Following the American Revolution at the end of the 18th century, European settlers began moving into the area and the traditional fishing encampments were displaced. A few Iroquois still returned to fish, but by the 1860s fish stocks were greatly depleted.
During the War of 1812, the area of today's National Park was visited by both British and American warships. A British gunboat was sunk nearby and the preserved hull was raised in 1967. It now resides at the park. Martello towers were built in the area to defend the British from American invasion. Inside the park, Cedar Island, a small island visible from downtown Kingston, Ontario, is the site of a Martello tower named Cathcart Tower.
The park was established in 1904, the first Canadian national park east of the Rocky Mountains. It was called St. Lawrence Islands National Park until 2013, when it was renamed to Thousand Islands National Park to reflect the natural area in the name.[1]
Animals that inhabit this national park are coyotes, deer, porcupines, beavers, foxes, skunks, raccoons, turkey vultures, rabbits, squirrels, and weasels.
See also[edit]
- ^ Parks Canada: Government of Canada Names Thousand Islands National Park , 2013-03-28
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thousand Islands National Park.


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Mohamed Heikal: Journalist who became a confidant of Nasser
In a 2007 audience with The Independent's Robert Fisk, Heikal provoked uproar in Egypt when he said that Mubarak lived in a 'world of fantasy'
In a 2007 audience with The Independent's Robert Fisk, Heikal provoked uproar in Egypt when he said that Mubarak lived in a 'world of fantasy'
Pro-Morsi supporters convicted on charges ranging from rioting to sabotage
Nasser didn't hesitate to call on the hangman to decapitate the Brotherhood
The controversial archaeologist Zahi Hawass reveals how her lateness led to upset
Sexual violence and reduced representation mean the Arab Spring has only made problem worse
Police chief killed during raid, which had been held by Islamists for a month
Move marks the next stage in the crackdown on the Islamist group
As everyone says endlessly, the shadow of Iraq hangs over Syria. More exactly, it's the shadow of Tony Blair -- or an echo, heard all the way through Thursday's debate
Freeing the jailed leader symbolises 'return to the practices of the old state'
Mr Badie and his deputy Khairat el-Shater, go on trial later this month for their alleged role in the killing of eight protesters in June
Release of dictator signals end of hopes of Arab Spring
Thousands visited the country before the slide into violence
Army helicopters hover over Cairo as forces continue bloody crackdown
Hundreds of thousands support the coup – just as many do not. And the future for Egypt is looking increasingly bloody. Robert Fisk reports from Cairo
Coalition that united to remove Morsi from power looks to turn the screw on Muslim Brotherhood
William Burns, the US Deputy Secretary of State, has said America will not take sides in Egypt's political turmoil. The comment came during the first official visit by a US diplomat to Egypt since the army-backed revolt which ousted President Mohamed Morsi this month.


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Breaking in a barrel
Tools and Technologies
Rifle Country
> Breaking in a barrel
January 15, 2005, 05:46 PM
What's the best way to break in a new barrel?
(CZ-527 in .223)
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January 15, 2005, 07:24 PM
I just shoot it, then I clean it after the first shooting session. Repeat as necessary.
January 15, 2005, 08:55 PM
Here's a blurb from the late Mr. Gale McMillan. On this subject, I'm more apt to believe Mr. McMillan's words than most others.
"As a barrel maker I have looked in thousands of new and used barrels
with a bore scope and I will tell you that if every one followed the
prescribed break in method A very large number would do more harm than
help. The reason you hear of the help in accuracy is because if you
chamber barrel with a reamer that has a dull throater instead of cutting
clean sharp rifling it smears a burr up on the down wind side of the
rifling. It takes from 1 to 2 hundred rounds to burn this bur out and
the rifle to settle down and shoot its best. Any one who chambers rifle
barrels has tolerances on how dull to let the reamer get and factories
let them go longer than any competent smithe would. Another tidbit to
consider, Take a 300Win Mag. that has a life expectancy of 1000 rounds.
Use 10% of it up with your break in procedure for ever 10 barrels the
barrel maker makes he has to make one more just to take care of the
break in. no wonder barrel makers like to see this."
Source? http://yarchive.net/gun/barrel/break_in.html
January 15, 2005, 09:16 PM
I like to use JB Bore Bright (http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1161&title=J-B+BORE+BRIGHT) on my new barrels.
Quintin Likely
January 15, 2005, 11:28 PM
There's a few different schools on breaking in barrels. One side says that on less expensive (cheaper, if you want to use that term) barrels, shoot one/clean one may help smooth out any factory imperfections that might be in the tube. Then there's the camp that says with high grade match barrels, you won't notice any difference if they're broken in or not, since they're probably about as good as they'll get from the manufacturer.
I just shoot and clean.
January 16, 2005, 12:17 AM
Shoot it, when you get home clean it, repeat as necessary! :)
January 16, 2005, 12:50 AM
When I buy a new rifle, I thoroughly clean it, and then push a dry patch down the barrel, If I feel and rough spots, then I use JBs bore polish on it until the dry patch will slide down the barrel smoothly. Then I just shoot it and clean as you normally would.
The JB treatment is VERY time consuming and some brand new barrels will never smooth out... I have had a couple that never would smooth up but surprisingly shot very well, they just copper fouled bad. I've had others that were extremely smooth and they shot like crap....
What got me started on this is I had a 222 that just wouldn't shoot like it should have and coppered up. I tried the JB and the gun shot like a house afire and virtually no copper fouling out of it anymore.
I have a couple CZs and they both have good barrels, one only took about 30 minutes with the JB and the other was so smooth on the first dry patch that I didn't bother.
January 16, 2005, 04:55 AM
definatly agree with Mr. Gale McMillan on this one ...
January 16, 2005, 07:48 AM
Outstanding info! Thank you all very much. :)
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So, as I mentioned, I made the long trip home last week.
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Absolutely delicious. I initially had doubts about how it would turn out, however I followed the recipe strictly and it was wonderful. A hit at my families early Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you!
I needed to use up some matzoh crackers, and subbed them for the saltines in this recipe. Poured mushroom soup over the top, baked it, and we ate it casserole style. Yum :)
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The Research Grant Program stimulates epilepsy research by providing funding for investigators in the early stages of their careers. Seed grants are awarded to clinical investigators or basic scientists for support of biological or behavioral research which will advance the understanding, treatment, and prevention of epilepsy.
One- and two-year Research Grants fund clinical and laboratory investigators in the early stages of their careers. Established researchers (Associate Professor level or above) are ineligible for the grants, which seed studies in biology and behavior to advance understanding, treatment, and prevention of epilepsy.
Past awardees include:
Neurotrophins and fetal anticonvulsant syndromeKevin Bath, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Brown University Providence, RI, United States
This proposal will use preclinical models of early life exposure to anti-seizure medications to test the hypothesis that multiple AEDs contribute to a common disruption in brain development underlying many of the observed AED side effects.
The role of miRNA-mediated regulation of Kv4.2 during status epilepticusChristina Gross, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Emory University Atlanta, GA, United States
A major challenge in epilepsy research is the identification of therapeutic strategies that are beneficial for patients with epilepsy disorders of different etiologies. Potassium channels play an important role to control neuronal activity and excitability in the brain, and might thus be promising therapeutic targets. This research will analyze how a specific potassium channel, Kv4.2, a major player to limit brain activity, is controlled by a group of small RNAs. In the future, these small RNAs might be used as therapeutic tools to manipulate Kv4.2 function and modulate brain activity in epilepsy of different etiologies.
Contribution of cortical interneurons to epilepsyIllya Kruglikov, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor New York University, School of Medicine New York, NY, United States
Healthy brain function depends on a precise balance of excitation and inhibition. Decreasing inhibition causes runaway excitation and consequently epilepsy. Inhibition is provided by a small and diverse group of neurons called interneurons. This project addresses the contribution of different cortical interneuron types to the development of epilepsy by genetically removing a protein, which when mutated known to cause epilepsy in humans. One goal of this project is to study the type of epileptic seizures produced by affecting specific interneuron populations. Another is to understand the wiring of cortical circuits leading to seizure generation. This project will advance our understanding of the cellular and circuit mechanisms of epilepsy.
Interaction between TrkB signaling in interneurons and epilepsyKeri Martinowich, Ph.D. Investigator Lieber Institute Baltimore, MD, United States
Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that arise from disruptions in neuron firing patterns that lead to excessive excitation. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to hyperexcitability and spontaneous seizures is crucial to identify targets for drug development. Investigations of the cellular and molecular origins of brain hyperexcitability leading to epilepsy have identified the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). There is extensive evidence that BDNF, signaling through its receptor TrkB, is involved in epilepsy. However, both proepileptogenic and antiepileptogenic effects have been attributed to BDNF/TrkB signaling. This study characterizes the less well-understood mechanisms by which reductions in BDNF potentiate seizure development by influencing inhibitory transmission.
Potential for seizure control of isovaline in EpilepsyDamian Shin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Albany Medical College Albany, NY, United States
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that affects 65 million people worldwide and is characterized by recurrent seizures. While many patients are treatable with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), some do not respond and others experience adverse effects. Therefore, there is considerable interest in identifying novel candidates for AED development. Here, I assess whether isovaline, an amino acid with a unique structure that attenuates seizure-like events in brain slices, has utility as a new AED in acutely and chronically seizing animals. If so, then a new class of drugs may revolve around the unique properties of this amino acid.
Ultra High Resolution DTI of the Hippocampus in EpilepsyMichael Zeineh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Stanford University Stanford, CA, United States
Epilepsy is when patients have frequent seizures. Often, there is a defect in a part of the brain causing these seizures. If the defect can be found, surgery can eliminate the seizures. However, current techniques often cannot find the defect. Diffusion imaging is a new method that looks at the microscopic motion of water in the brain. This project will use high-definition diffusion imaging in epilepsy patients to identify with greater accuracy the parts of the brain that are causing the seizures.


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There are at least 245 million women around the world who have been widowed and more than 115 million of them or forced to live in devastating poverty, according to a new report.Two million Afghan widows face the most hardship, it said, along with at least 740,000 Iraqi widows who lost their husbands in the ongoing conflicts. In Africa, widows and their children are evicted from their family homes, and elderly widows are often the only ones left to caring for grandchildren orphaned by HIV/Aids crisis. There are also child widows aged between seven and 17 in developing countries.
The Invisible Forgotten Sufferers: The Plight of Widows around the World, report was launched on Tuesday by Cherie Blair, wife of the former prime minister, in New York."Across the world, widows suffer dreadful discrimination and abuse," Mrs Blair said. "In too many cases they're pushed to the very margins of society, trapped in poverty and left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation." She told how many widows are cheated out of their husbands' legacies and property and made to leave their family home — and because they have no money they can't support their children, "so misery is heaped on grief."
The report was carried out for the Loomba Foundation which works o help widows and educates their children in 12 countries. Mrs Blair, president of the foundation said: "The plight of widows — in the shadows of the world — is a human rights catastrophe. It's really a hidden humanitarian crisis."
The countries with the most widows in 2010 were, according to the report, China with 43 million, India with 42.4 million, the United States with 13.6 million, Indonesia with 9.4 million, Japan with 7.4 million, Russia with 7.1 million, Brazil with 5.6 million, Germany with 5.1 million, and Bangladesh and Vietnam with about 4.7 million each. Mrs Blair said that women are widowed when their husbands are killed in war, die of diseases including HIV/Aids, or are killed because they work in dangerous conditions which are often the only job options for poor men. She said that when their husbands die, some women are wrongly accused of murder or witchcraft, or forced to marry another member of the family, many lose their husband's money and property and get forced out of their homes and many are raped.
Children suffer also when widows suffer, the report said, highlighting that more than 500 million children of widows are trapped in an underworld of disease, forced labour, homelessness and violence, denied schooling, or preyed upon by human traffickers.


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In the what-will-they-think-of-next department, there's this from the Pentagon: More pilots will be training to fly unmanned drones from the safety of the ground than to fly the Air Force's fighters and bombers.
Sounds futuristic, but it's not. It a here-and-now thing, demonstrated earlier this month when a missile fired from a Predator took out Baitullah Meshud, top boss of the Taliban in that country. In the process, it dealt the Islamist insurgency a serious blow and helped better U.S.-Pakistan relations.
In the beginning, drones were invaluable for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, armed with high-resolution cameras. But the Predator (and the Reaper, a swifter, more heavily armed version) has become a flying platform for precision-guided munitions that, unlike a manned aircraft, can hover for long periods over or near a target.
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is working on an unmanned craft that can stay aloft for five years. You read right, five years. Shades of Star Wars, or Buck Rogers for those of a certain age.
At present, some 1,000 Air Force men and women are training to direct Predator and Reaper missions, an indication that use of these systems is here to stay -- even expand -- as the Pentagon looks ahead.
Will unmanned planes replace the storied combat pilots, the dog-fight aces, in wars of the future? Not likely anytime soon. For all the technological marvels built into a modern military aircraft, it still requires a swivel-necked pilot aware of all around him and making instantaneous, almost reflective decisions to win the battles that control air space.
The current generation of unmanned aircraft are vulnerable to sophisticated air defense systems -- and will be until wedded to stealth radar-evading technology. But they're effective in supporting ground troops, who can communicate with them, and are ideal for the wars of the present against small units of fast-moving terrorists,
They're a lot safer for pilots than manned aircraft. And a lot cheaper, too.


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File this one under "Why didn't I think of that?"
Bill Moyer, 73, wears a "Bullshit Protector" flap over his ear while President George W. Bush, on screen at rear, addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their 106th convention Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, in Salt Lake City. Moyer served in Korea and Vietnam, and in the post- WWII occupation of Germany. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)


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The Reputations
The Reputations' MP3 page is short on info, but long on edgy, old - school alternative rock that would have sounded great on 120 Minutes back when it was hosted by Dave Kendall and actually worth watching. Hailing from Oyster Bay, the Reputations carry echoes of legendary left - of - center rockers like the Pixies and the Replacements, stirred with an impatient suburban angst that's all their own.
The site's first track, "Crosses," comes right at you in a Clash - esque fashion, with solid pop melodies camouflaged by an all-consuming chaos. This is the kind of tinny indie - rock single you play repeatedly until your roommate strangles you. Atonal yet strangely hooky guitar lines follow lead vocalist Joshua Kane's slurring rant across this percolating shamble of a song. The tune ends in exactly the right spot, after exhausting some two minutes' worth of feedback - ridden rock 'n' roll bliss.
"Empty," on the other hand, takes a sneakier path toward the listener, starting off as a Pavement - ish country ballad before crashing into another melancholy anthem 30 seconds in. This track has an earnest, confessional feel, with none of the beer - commercial machismo that pollutes what passes for "alternative" these days on K-Rock.
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On "Glen Cove," earnestness goes a note too far, and the beat fails to push the track forward with the same wired energy that drove the previous two. Those songs continually surprised me with chaotic twists and turns, but "Glen Cove," much like the town itself, doesn't offer many memorable moments. Allow me to suggest Sayville next time.
The Replacements confess on their site that they haven't played out enough, but their recordings seem instinctive and playful. The players chat with each other between bridges, and you get the sense their parents are in the kitchen holding their hands over their ears while the kids play. The Reputations' roots lie in the "classic alternative rock" of the late '80s and early '90s, and like their heroes, the musicians have a distinctive force and purpose propelling them along. That's quite a reputation to live up to.
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Rogar Wood Wine Opener Table Stand - Walnut
The Rogar 0403 Table Stand allows for easy mobility. The wine opener securely clamps to the metal arm of this stand, making it possible to be carried easily from the kitchen to the dining room and even out to the deck for outdoor entertaining. Wine opener shown in the image is to be purchased separately with the table stand.
- Manufacturer: RogarDesigned to work with all Rogar wine openers
- Model: 0403Allows for easy mobility
- Table stand is offered in a WalnutWeight: 8 pounds
- Warranty: One Year LimitedDimensions: 18.5"h x 8"w x 12"d
- Height: 18.5"
- Width: 8"
- Depth: 12"