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How the Override of the Veto of the 9/11 Lawsuit Bill Could Come Back to Bite Americans
Important Anti-War Films That Reveal the Uncensored History of the United States
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Truthdig contributor Fred Branfman, who was among the first to inform the world that the aerial war in Vietnam had spilled into neighboring Laos, and who campaigned to end the war, died of ALS on Sept. 24 at his home in Budapest.
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There are few scenarios more frightening for America than a domestic nuclear terrorist attack. We now know that U.S. policy is actually increasing the danger of a nuclear incident.
Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating many of them today.
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Greatly expanded U.S. military Special Ops teams, U.S. drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security.
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It is amazing how little commentary there has been on the key issue raised by the McChrystal Affair: Should U.S. war policy be made by Rolling Stone?
U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano
The immensity of Iraqi civilian suffering is incomprehensible. How can war's cheerleaders like Christopher Hitchens claim to fight on behalf of the people whose lives they helped destroy?
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Whether in war or finance, the imperial mentality of elites is increasingly threatening the "unpeople" of the world, as Noam Chomsky writes in his latest book.
Should progressives hold themselves to a higher standard than the name-calling and intellectual violence that conservative bloggers routinely engage in? Much could rest on the answer to this question.
One of our beacons of integrity has flickered out. Our world has suddenly become a little darker, a little colder, a little more bitter and a little more insane.
In Theodore Roszak's spirited new manifesto, he calls on aging baby boomers to rekindle their youthful idealism and remake America.
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The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan, a policy that could make even the Nixon-Kissinger destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory.
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Hillary Clinton Could Have Been a Part of This Magical Second Term
She left Obama at the right time.By Dan Amira
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Ooredoo announced in late March that it has reached an agreement with Level 3 Communications to launch a content delivery network (CDN) node in Doha, which will allow the telecoms operator to offer enhanced wholesale business services. The CDN will increase the speed of delivery of content, particularly those bandwidth-intensive ones and originating from overseas, which chimes with the growing popularity of services such as video conferencing among businesses.
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Ooredoo sees Level 3's CDN as an important step in its international connectivity strategy to make Qatar one of the best-connected countries in the world - Level 3 is providing the operator with increased IP connectivity at multiple points of presence across Europe.
Ooredoo is increasingly stepping up its efforts to offer more sophisticated services to its enterprise customers, which is a response to the growing demand. Businesses are looking to better leverage on technological advancements to reduce cost and improve efficiencies. For example, cloud solutions could be used in industries such as healthcare, logistics and manufacturing.
Earlier in January 2013, the operator partnered with Akamai to offer cloud-based services in Qatar. Under the partnership, Ooredoo use s Akamai's Intelligent Platform to provide cloud solutions such as video, web-acceleration and mobile applications to its clients in the media, banking and e-commerce markets. Akamai's technology enable s Ooredoo to give faster access to multimedia content on mobile devices and online to its corporate clients. The operator's virtual computing platform offers cost-effective IT infrastructure, primarily to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
The move towards deploying the necessary infrastructure for bandwidth-intensive services in the region is not isolated to Ooredoo. In early March, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) announced that it will host a new Level 3 CDN node within its newly opened SmartHub facility. Level 3's global CDN provid es the UAE incumbent with network reach, performance and scalability for its customers in multiple markets. The agreement expands Etisalat's portfolio of services, leveraging the CDN for video and other offerings. CDN solutions can help minimise the need for sending local traffic outside the network, raising connectivity times and reducing routing costs for end-users.
Since launching wholesale services in 2010, Ooredoo reported that IT and broadband requirements in Qatar have risen by more than 40%, resulting in the operator building landing stations to connect to the Tata Global Network and Gulf Bridge International submarine cable systems. The advantages of deploying CDN are not limited to the enterprise market as consumer data demand is also on a rapid surge. Overall, we believe that the collaboration with Level 3 fits nicely with Ooredoo's strategy of scaling the profitable mobile data and focusing on the enterprise (datacentres and B2B operations) as well as mobile and broadband segments.


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Ravenscourt is less a traditional park, more a secret garden. While larger than your average private acreage, it has a refreshing local feel and is suitably off the beaten track. Even in the height of summer it remains blissfully calm, part of the reason being that west London is awash with big-name parks with Hyde and Holland being the main attractions. Ravenscourt Park's Walled Garden is an extra hidden gem. Tucked away in the north-east corner, it exudes a Zen-like charm and is the perfect place to wile away an afternoon. If staring at plants isn't your thing, then there are passable tennis courts, a bowling lawn and a putting green. Kids are well catered for with a nature trail and four play areas which feature a paddling pool, a rope and post fitness circuit and an adventure playground with fort-style climbing frames, slides and a popular basket swing (adults are often seen commandeering the seriously fun rope slide). Annual events include a spectacular bonfire night, Carter's Steam Fair and an alfresco opera season.
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Betty Jo Wiggins Clark of Cross, wife of Samuel Clark, passed away March 3, 2014 in Mt. Pleasant. She was 71.
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Surviving in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Kelly C. Connor; a son, Samuel Bubba Clark; sisters Sadie Odom and husband, Fred, and Lynda Martin and husband, Ronald; a brother, Richard Wiggins and wife, Jane; and three grandchildren, Chelsie Clark, Sammy Connor and Cortez Gonzalez.
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New York City (NYC) is the "city that never sleeps." It is well-known for its nightlife and hidden haunts. From the eclectic cuisine to the mosaic bar scene,"Gotham" offers a bit of something for everyone. In that vain, here are seven life-changing experiences in NYC bars you should have before you get old.
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How can you motivate that reluctant student? And what about yourself? Perhaps the answer lies in your mindset.
Carol Dweck is the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Random House, 2006) and serves as the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Science and is the recipient of numerous awards for her contributions to education. We talked to her about mindsets and how they can help — or hinder — motivation.
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In a growth mindset, people believe that their abilities can be developed through learning, perseverance, and good mentoring. In this mindset, they don't necessarily believe that everyone can do anything or anyone can be Einstein, but they understand that everyone can develop further. This is the mindset that promotes challenge seeking and resilience, because it's oriented towards learning, not measuring the self.
EH: Are these mindsets innate, or are they learned?
Carol: We've shown in our research that mindsets are things that people can learn. I don't rule out the possibility that some kids have a temperament that orients them one way or the other, but we've shown that the environment is a huge factor.
We've also shown that the type of praise adults use with kids can shape their mindsets. For example, praising intelligence makes students think it's a fixed trait. It puts them in a fixed mindset, making them vulnerable, whereas praising the process they engage in encourages more of a growth mindset.
We've found that you can teach kids a growth mindset directly by teaching them about the brain and how it changes with learning. When we teach kids the growth mindset, their motivation changes and their grades increase. We teach them that when you stretch yourself to learn something new, the neurons in the brain form new connections. Over time, you can enhance your intellectual abilities.
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This is the third volume of the series of "Masters of Medicine," and the subject is in every way a worthy one. Sir James Simpson's works have always been read with admiration in America, and the older members of the profession owe much to those unrivaled "Lectures on the Diseases of Women," published by Blanchard and Lea in 1863, which had such a wide circulation here. The enumerated list of titles of his works in the Surgeon-General's "Index Catalogue" is prodigious in number and scope. Dr. Gordon has given us a faithful biography of this remarkable man, and it is one of the most interesting volumes of the series so far printed.
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SALISBURY, N.C. -- Can you imagine doing the dishes and then discovering a snake in the dishwasher? Well, that's the shocking surprise a Salisbury woman discovered at her home. The snake slithered up the cabinet and into the dish rack.
Animal experts are saying snake sightings may be on the rise as the weather starts to change.
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There's been no shortage of snake sightings this summer in the Carolinas.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office had an encounter with a large black snake when it crawled into the IT office. In Matthews, a woman witnessed two snakes fighting feet from her home. There was also an incident at the Lowe's in Denver; a venomous Copperhead snake attacked an employee in the garden section. He was in the hospital for days.
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If I had enough money, I would put this on billboards for Al Davis to see. I just can't seem to let it go.
I have 10 scientific and logical reasons why Huff should play corner for the Raiders.
Let's get started!
If I had enough money, I would put this on billboards for Al Davis to see. I just can't seem to let it go.
I have 10 scientific and logical reasons why Huff should play corner for the Raiders.
Let's get started!
Michael Huff was excellent in coverage while at the University of Texas. Many thought of him as a corner coming out, and would draft him as such.
Huff had a brilliant career at Texas. He played free safety and was a shutdown corner when needed.
Huff held then Oklahoma All-American receiver Mark Clayton to three catches for 19 yards. That was the performance of his junior season in 2004.
During his senior season in 2005, Huff drew the assignment of Ohio Buckeye star Ted Ginn Jr. Ginn was held to two catches for nine yards.
At the Combine, Huff showed that he has great feet and hips. He also showed that he had the hands of a receiver.
At 6'1, 205 pounds, Huff has the size of a physical, bump-and-run corner. His 21 reps at 225 pounds would suggest that he is that as well.
A 4.3 40-yard dash is definitely what Al Davis loves in his corners. Huff gave him that, and a 40.5-inch vertical leap.
Upon the selection of Huff, the Raiders mysteriously moved him to strong safety. Life in the box isn't for Huff, but he did shut down tightends in the passing game.
Huff has made great strides since getting moved back to free safety. It is more natural for him than strong safety, but he is still in man coverage at times.
There wouldn't be any confusion or coverage rust for Huff. He would simply be doing what comes natural to him anyway.
Who better to mentor him in the transition than the master himself: Nnamdi Asomugha, who was also a safety in college.
It was not until his fourth year that he broke out as a corner. Guess what? Huff had better coverage skills than Asomugha coming out of college.
Does that mean the he will be better than Asomugha now?
Goodness no!
Asomugha is, hands down, best in the game! However, I can see Huff in the Pro Bowl at corner.
Huff is a little in light in the buns for a strong safety. The Raiders strangely moved him there and it made him look like a bust.
Perhaps they should have done a little more research on him before making such a move with him. In college, he developed a reputation early on.
He was looked at as a speedster that didn't look for contact very much. Huff's response to it was, "I didn't have to make too much contact in high school."
Huff did eventually grow to hit people a little. However, I have to pull out a quote from Bill Parcells who said, "If they don't bite when they are puppies, they probably never will."
Well, Huff doesn't bite big enough to be a strong safety, anyway.
Thank goodness we have Tyvon Branch in his stead now. Branch is certain to see a Pro Bowl at strong safety soon.
If you are in the last line of defense, you better make the tackle. Huff isn't a bad tackler, but he's not the surest of tacklers.
He would be a good tackler for a corner though. Even in his breakthrough year, he had a few tackling mishaps as the last line of defense.
Such a man outside of Tyvon Branch is on the Raider roster.
Mitchell is that guy we need at free safety. He is a sure tackler that can knock down a building. Mitchell and Branch could potentially give us Tatum and Atkinson all over again.
They may not be quite as good, but they would give the Raiders that same fear factor. Big hits often lead to alligator arms.
Big hits also lead to turnovers and change the momentum of the game. Intimidation is mostly what I'm looking for.
It also puts the Raider's best 11 on the field.
Please don't get me wrong. I love Chris Johnson. He is a very solid corner, but you need to be more than a solid player when opposite Asomugha.
Look at DeAngelo Hall. He thought he was the best in the game, until he had to play opposite Asomugha. He's doing okay in Washington these days.
Fabian Washington is another example. He was doing okay in Baltimore before he was injured. He was badly picked on while in Oakland.
I see Huff as another shutdown corner. Johnson on the opposing team's number three receiver would give them nowhere to throw.
The move will give the Raiders the best pair of corners since Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes. Opposing teams will have to pick their poison.
The Raiders now use the elephant scheme with blitzes, and having two great bump-and-run corners in coverage will cause a lot more sacks available to the Raider"s front seven.
Huff welcomes the challenge of playing on the island. The fact that he wants to do it is the best reason.
We all do things much better when we want to do it! That has to be a big part of why he didn't succeed as a strong safety.
Huff was on Twitter with teammate Tyvon Branch and spoke of how he had the best feet in the secondary. He then said, "You, me, Mitchy, and Nnam...where they gonna go? Especially with the front seven we got."
Tyvon would respond from there, " That would be a lethal secondary. They also spoke of setting up a meeting to push for it."
Many have already been calling Huff a bust until he came on for a decent season last year. Would he really put it on the line if he didn't know he could do this?
He and Branch even realize how great of a secondary they could be.
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Posted on 10/02/2009 12:00:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Looking for a fitting historical analogy to describe the current "cable wars?" Try the firebombing of Dresden.
Fox News has been dominating its competitors now for some time, but the latest round of Abritron ratings shows FNC absolutely scorching rivals CNN and MSNBC:
(Chart at link)
As you can see, every show in the top ten is from Fox News, as are 13 out of the top 15. In fact, only one of Fox News' fourteen programs is ranked below #15 in the ratings. That show is Red Eye, which airs from 3-4am - and it still pulls in more viewers than MSNBC's Morning Joe.
The personal battle between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann is no contest. Even O'Reilly's repeat show at 11pm pulls in 52% more viewers than Olberman's prime time show.(continued)
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David Brooks wouldn't be impressed.
>The personal battle between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann is no contest. Even O'Reilly's repeat show at 11pm pulls in 52% more viewers than Olberman's prime time show.(continued)
This is something I don't get. Fox's ratings have been the highest for a long time, even during the campaign. More conservative viewers than liberal in all of the news channels.
So how come zero won?
"So how come zero won?"
Two words: "John McCain"
Thanks to some state primaries that allow anyone to vote Republican, we had John McCain as a nominee. Fox News is not the GOP, no matter what Rachel Mannow tells you.
Still doesn't make sense if you look at the numbers.
All this tells me is that too many conservatives did not vote, and proportionatley more liberals did (with acorns help of course).
Amazing what honest coverage and keeping commentary truly separate from news will do for a network.
Statement by the FCC diversity Czar in 3.....2....1.....
Yeah - Redeye beats Morning Joe.
That's GOTTA hurt.
Actually, let me word it this way:
Redeye gives Morning Joe a black eye.
I wonder what would happen if they put a Beck repeat in the O'Reilly repeat slot?
You didn't buy his BS not did you buy the media's. You didn't and neither did I.
AND IT HADD NOTHING TO DO WITH McCAIN
BS is BS as is your blaming McCain for the actions of others
The numbers are such:
About 5 million people get their news from Fox News Channel.
About 40 million people get their news from ABCNBCCBSCNNMSNBCPBS.
They control the primary and secondary schools, the news media, the entertainment media and a surprisingly large number of churches.
They should be beating us by 30 points in every election. The only reason they don't is because the truth is on our side.
You people amaze me.
You are so toatlly in bed with the leftist thinking that you put the blame on everything else than the true cause.
The true cause is that half of the population was brainwashed into liking zero and maybe, just maybe Sarah might have been the only person to stop them
Blame your neighbors, the ones with their hands out. They were the ones who feel for it. Blame the ones who voted
While I am on a roll.....only the left balme everyone but themselves.
THIS IS AMERICA!!!! GOT IT!!!!!! The people voted for what they thought was GOD!!!! Idiots, then and idiots now.
Brain washing, they bought it hook line and sinker. You blame McCain, I blame the mindless moonbats, because they were the ones who voted
Like hell it didn't. McCain was a train wreck. He was born to lose.
>> I wonder what would happen if they put a Beck repeat in the OReilly repeat slot? <<
They need to do this!
I hate waiting till midnight to see Beck.
"Vote Conservative"
Very understandable. McCain was no conservative. And certainly GWB was not one either. And I held my nose and voted for both over time. Never again.
"Blame the ones who voted"?? I held my nose and voted for McCain. Blame the jerks who didn't vote.
Don't be amazed. I blame everyone. Including the Soros sock-puppet from Arizona.
yeah, and who put him as our candidate WHO???
We did,see the fault where it lies and do something about it. If he was the best we could come up with then it is our fault, by your own words
There is enough fault to go all round, but to blame one person, God forebid. It is our countrym we are not in Venezuela yet are we
Semi-relevant: Yet Princess Cruise Lines refuses to add Fox News to its in-cabin closed-circuit TV lineup. CNN is the only option. We were on a 14-day cruise during the time Cheney had the shooting accident. Imagine having CNN as the only news station. Torture!
Independents in New Hampshire, Democrats in South Carolina, illegal crossover voters in Florida. And Mike Huckabee's idiots in West Virginia (who switched and voted for McQueeg in the runoff).
While you weren't paying attention, McCain was working with Goerge Soros and Theresa Heinz Kerry's money at the Reform Institute to turn our primaries into a free-for-all. John McCain's train wreck candidacy was the payoff.
You got a mouse in your pocket? Who's this "we"? I didn't even contemplate casting a vote for that jerkweed in the primary.
I'm just surprised anybody watches Larry King. I'm also surprised Olbermann beats Red Eye. If Fox would put Red Eye on a couple of hours earlier, they'd jump up several slots.
where were you, where were any of us who groaned "oh No" when his name came up. Who of us tried to take it off, who of us tried there best to get a better, stronger, more conservative name on the ballot? Who indeed.
It is always the left that makes a mountain out of the smallest stone. I would like to think that those on this forum have their eyes open enough to see the big picture.
As it turned out, that election was lost the moment zeros name came up; simply because "we" thought it could never happen. WE have to get out of this "blame" everyone else mentality....and no one has ever been able to convince me how not voting for one side is not a vote for the other.
Probably for the same reason Al Franken won. ACORN!
A huge majority of dead people vote Democrat.
"While you weren't paying attention, McCain was working with Goerge Soros and Theresa Heinz Kerry's money at the Reform Institute to turn our primaries into a free-for-all. John McCain's train wreck candidacy was the payoff."
Thank you, I surely wasn't paying attention. Neither were a lot of people
>> Imagine having CNN as the only news station. Torture! <<
If you can't take that mild torture, then be sure you never vacation in Europe.
That's because most of the hotels over there carry only CNN INTERNATIONAL, which is so much worse that it makes the "domestic" version of CNN seem almost conservative.
Good thing we were all having such a great time that there were precious few minutes to sit around watching the tube.
Leni ("Bahama Mama", organizer for the voyages)
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Cyberlink PowerDirector
|CyberLink PowerDirector includes all the powerful video editing tools for high quality video productions - 100-track timeline, MultiCam Editing, the world's fastest 64-bit TrueVelocity engine, and much more. It comes with over $650 worth of premium effects and templates to enrich your video creation, 10GB cloud services for the first year, and PowerDirector Mobile for video editing on smart devices.
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"The previous post is theatrical and in my opinion is also inaccurate." - It's clear that nicksson hasn't used this tool in anger as this software is a triumph of style over substance which is exemplified by the grandiose statement that "It comes with over $650 worth of premium effects and templates to enrich your video creation"; in whose opinion is that? And another wopper is "use magic tools in your production?". No! the real test of a decent video tool is that it produces good quality video which is compatible with the widest range of other vendor's software & this tool produces video which continually causes other packages to crash. You can't not use the internal codecs either - their mpeg2 encoder produced some really ugly interlace artifacts when resampling from HD to DVD. It really ought to be able to offer a frameserver or a vfw (or equivalent) plug-in interface for third party encoders.
Two positives about PowerDirector is the multicam tool (synchronising seperate audio & video clips from the same scene) and that it is the only tool I found that at a reasonable price point that can author valid AVCHD-DVD discs.
So if you are not too fussed about overall quality & high bit rates this tool may suite you as a one stop package.
The previous post is theatrical and in my opinion is also inaccurate. Cyberlink PD is a very easy to use software and without exaggerated needs. Of course, if you have a wood PC then for you PD will be for sure a CPU and RAM killer. Although PD is considered a "consumer" or a "prosumer" soft, you can do easily a lot of things, you have a lot of effects, transitions, tools, enchancements - right out of the box, and the final quality is very good for home-made videos. Yes, it have also a lot of issues and frecvently crashes for various reasons, but it is the best and most complete package in its price range and target. I have tryed not only PD from 10 to 13, but also many other video editors, inclusive Adobe and Sony products, but for my comfort and because of the multitude of EASY to use tools I constantly returned to PD.
So, if you are not satisfyed with PD, dont buy it, but for me definitively does WORTH to try and use it.
Final Decision
CYBERLINK it is a CPU and RAM KILLER,
also i tried version from 8 to 13
uninstal this shet and reinstal OS
After last probes seems that a little more encoding speed (50% increase) and more time (lenght) of encoded video (20% more lenght) upon the CyberLink freez.
Solution execute:
1.presentation font cahe (wpf 3.0 also know as PresentationFontCahe.exe as is apear in task manager)from services (where apear like Windows Presentation Font Cache 126.96.36.199),
2.change logon account of Cyberlink RichVide Service (CVBS)from System to LocalService (also from Services of ControlPanel-Performance and Maintenance-Administrative Tools in XP
speed up but still freeez
All software from CyberLink are some error in their programs about to memory usage virtualy or not) regarrdles of any driver upadte.
I make all update and respect every pass that they recomend and CyberLink frez at 80-90% of memory usage.
Eat memory and dont releas them.
Also software it is good even very god.
I have tried so many video editing/DVD production programs, I was ready to give up many times.
After reading reviews on several suites, I decided to try PowerDirector 13. I am impressed.
I finally was able to actually produce a movie of our senior center stage performances, with a menu that actually worked, and played straight through on my DVD player without skipping, hanging, or otherwise being a non-functional PITA. I have never been able to do that before because so many other program directions are convoluted, or non-existent. I have a lot of learning to do, but Cyberlink provides great tutorials to help you get going.
Thank you Cyberlink. You saved my sanity.
This is, overall, a very decent application. There are, however, several limitations you may want to be aware of before you buy it.
It is true that you can modify and add things to their basic template. You can even download templates that others have created. However, you are required to include the following items in every DVD/Blu-Ray project:
Main Menu
- My Videos label (which you can change to say anything, but you cannot remove)
- Play button (you can link this to any video and rename it, but you cannot remove or hide it)
- Scenes/Chapters button (you can link this to submenus and rename it, but you cannot remove or hide it)
- Subtitle button (this is linked to the pre-defined Subtitle menu. you can rename it but you can't remove or hide it)
- for the scene/chapter pages, you can set the number of buttons to be 1 or higher, but you must have at least 1 scene menu page with at least 1 scene.
In other words, if you want to have a single film with no chapters and no subtitle page, you cannot do it with this software. That's a real pain in the ass.
On the upside, you can create a full film including subtitles. And while you can force the subtitles to always be on, you cannot set those subtitles to be on by default while still allowing someone to turn them off.
Hope this helps you choose the right product.
This is the only editing software I've found that supports smart-rendering for AVCHD files. It's been phenomenal for my needs. I was able to take a small test file (720p/60 w/5.1 AC3), cut/trim, add a fade-in, and produce a 4-minute output file in less than one minute.
Everything else I tried forced me to re-render the entire file, take anywhere from 10-45 minutes, depending on the software, and none could match quality and size of the original source.
I cannot recommend this highly enough. Give it a shot.
Crap. Does not burn DVDs on new i7 quad core with 8 GB ram and 1 GB GPU. Support gave me various scenarios to try, nothing worked. Stay away!
powerdirector 9 ultra64 edition is underrated great noise reduction and less power than TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 can save u upgrading
A decent software program when it works, has some bugs and can be unstable at times. It WILL not auto download and install templates. It hangs and will screw up the application when you have to end task it and start over. If you need a new template, download and install it manually! Also, don't expect any help from these guys, you are on your own...
I do have a gripe ... the working resolution ... I use a Sony HDTV and my resolution is ... 1280 x 720 ... I have to change my resolution to 1024 x 768 ... to use it ... what was round is not round in that resolution.
I keep ... QuickResNT ... running in the background ... not hard to change resolutions but I really wish I could use PowerDirector 8 with the resolution ... 1280 x 720.
I tried it--Nice gpu acceleration and good quality--My only beef, and Ive read the manual and still cant figure out..It wont save avc/264 in mp4 format. It will only save in m2ts and it encodes everything interlaced even though the source files are progressive...
Works just fine for me ... I like the video capture section ... feature for scan for OTA digital channels and record them ... I tried it out ... I like it. Using the ATI HDTV 650 PCI tuner card and the ATI HDTV Wonder PCI card. Works just fine ... it does not crash on my system ... at all.
This software is NON-FUNCTIONAL, since it is unable to produce any output without crashing. I was never able to produce a blu-ray disk or produce any finished project file, because it crashed. The only thing it can do is crash. It runs for 5 minutes and then crashes. There is no free phone tech support, so I tried using the web-based support. Nothing got fixed. AVOID THIS SOFTWARE LIKE THE PLAGUE IT IS.
absolutely awesome, i just converted a 2 hour 53 minute 720p to 720x480 widescreen avc in about 1 hour 30 minutes, just unbelievable (i should mention i enabled cuda acceleration and my rig consists of a E7400 with a 9600 GSO).
Looking for Advanced Author Package..Have Linux & Win NT
Looked at
Power Director 5... 4/10 (Windows only)
Can not build use (custom) menus
Only 11 Precanned Menus Linear *1* Menu Templates
Very weak editing of templates...
Can not change or Add buttons to templates.
Templates very restrictive
can not import menus/templates
Corel/Ulead Movie Factory 5..6..7 (6/10) (Windows only)
Can not build use (custom) menus
Has 40 Precanned Menus Linear *1* Menu Templates
Can change button Styles/Frames/Layout
Can not add custom buttons to Menu.
can not import menus/Templates
PGCEdit( Linux and Win NT Versions)
Fantastic IFO editor ....But does not edit vobs
Can add buttons but these do not show on DVD visually .
Since program can not edit Sub pictures in vobs
Still looking for a good (Advanced) DVD Author
I read about all the crashes users experience, and customer support not responding, here is my experience:
I received Power Director with my JVC HDcamcorder, ithin a few days I figured out it wasn't a full working version, burning DVDs was impossible. I decided to upgrade via download. The program kept crashing every few minutes, my auto-saved project simpkly disappeared and the BAK file was unusable.
I contacted customer support (you have to register and be a member, which is free) and although it was weekend, I received a response.
Here is what makes the software work:
1. You have to have the latest Version of DirectX, which should be 10, they suggest 9.0C.
2. Display should be set to 1024 x 768 and color 32 bit (mine is higher and it is ok).
3. Increase virtual memory: right klick on MyComputer, then properties, advanced, under virtual memory select custom, enter initial value as 512 and max value 1024. If your settings are higher, leave it that way.
4. Disable Antivirus software!!!!!! That seems to be the most important part.
I followed their advice, the program did not crash again.
Regarding the unsuable BAK file:
Rename BAK file in MPG file, open Power Director and import the file, if it doesn't work, you have to redo your project.
I have used it some, and it is better than I was expecting. I've used plenty other software that I just wanted to use to trim films. This does trimming and a lot more, and ealily. The only problem I've had is that it sometimes imports VOBs and chops them up into 30sec chunks AND puts them in reverse order!
While PowerDirector 5.0 is extremely easy to use for simple video creation, you have to squeeze your work in between crashes. In 20 years of installing and using all sorts of software, I have never run across such a temperamental program.
The program crashes when loading, crashes when adding files, crashes when cutting or splitting video, in short, you are always on the edge of your seat while using it. I took to saving my work after each change I made.
Lest you think this is a problem with my computer, I tried the program on 2 other computers with similiar results. Cyberlink sent me the CD just in case both of my 2 downloads were bad. (Of course, same results.)
In short, you take your chances with this product. Save your money and keep shopping.
Pinnacle - unstable. Vegas & Ulead - lack of functionality. But I love this particular program, but obviously, Cyberlink are NOT listening.
It crashes when you open your save file. When you try to burn the DVD, it has errors or either it wouldn't allow you to burn your dvd. Duh! That is why I bought the program in the first place - it is to burn the video onto the DVD, not keep it on the computer. Anyway, with the patches they recommended, it did not resolved any of the issues. I am guessing they saying the files are patches but it is not.!
Somebody in Cyberlink should be shot for using old DLLs. I saw 2 old DLLs in the program directory, comctl32.dll and msvcp60.dll. Try copying these 2 dlls from your Windows directory and paste them into the PowerDirector directory. After I pasted these 2 DLLs, the program could at least load nicely. Don't know about crashes at other places.
I am giving all scores 5 because I haven't played much with it yet. Just writing this reply in case anyone can't get it to run during startup.
I too have a problem. I purchased directly from them ver 5. Program starts ok, but as soon as I click on capture, it starts initializing then crashes. It gives me the same error message. I emailed tech support several times. I never even got an answer. I tried it on two different computers. Same result. There tech support section on there website is a joke. The FAQ is mostly about serial number installation and general installation. Very little, if none concerning crashes, bugs, etc. BTW, I did upgrade using the patch. Still no luck. I did search of other forums concerning this product and it seems many people have a problem with this program. I would stay away from it. There are many other programs that do the same thing and more. Wish I was aware before I bought it.
This is a very easy to use video editor, video converter and dvd authoring suite. It's ideal for put home digital video (DV etc) into DVDs for watching. You can do it all from this one app.
It's super easy to use compared to the other apps with only Ulead coming close. It comes with timeline editing, menus, dissolves, titles, audio etc etc and you can put together perfectly decent disks.
The DVD authoring part (EZ Producer) does a good but basic job of authoring DVDs and will convert most common formats for you. I not use this as my standard method of coverting TV series AVIs to DVD. I can just select say 4 AVI episodes, design a basic menu and click burn - it will do all the conversion and authoring for me and it's quick too. The results are just as good as using WinAVI + TMPG DVD Author and LOT quicker. It comes with DivX.
If you are a serious video nut then this won't be of interest but for most people just looking to do basic editing, format conversion and disk authoring.
An idiot can use it with no manual
I have had this program from V4.0 and each update gets buggier and crashes more frequntly than the last, after the latest update I have finally consigned it to the bin to say it is useless is an understatement, there is virtually nothing that this program will complete it crashes more frequntly than any other software I have tried, it manages about 3 to 4 mins into anything and away it goes.
The tech support whilst pleasant enough are a joke they can't resolve anything, if you like a challenge go ahead but like me if you expect the software to work as it should then do yourself a favour and stay away from this!!
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Pretty Kitchen Soap Dispenser
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I have a bottle fetish. I look, I see art...lol. I spotted a really neat shaped bottle in the super market on the olive oil shelf, MIIIIIIIIIIIIINE... I had to have it. So I bought it, used the oil, peeled off the stickers and sent it through the dishwasher.
I wanted an attractive dish soap dispenser sitting by my kitchen sink so I brought home a bottle of green and a bottle of blue dish soap and filled my new bottle half full of each color. It's really interesting how they blend yet stay somewhat separated for days and it looks really pretty. I stuck a sticker on the side of flowers just for fun.
You can use different colors and see what you get but it is always a pleasure to look at and a fun way to use your soap. Success!
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Who's in charge?
A recent letter gave the writer's idea of what the president "should have" said in the State of the Union address. The gist of his suggestion was that since members of Congress refuse to do what the president wants done, they should go home and return their paychecks.
I would hope the letter writer would go home and read the Constitution. Maybe a quick glance at the Federalist Papers would give him an idea of what our government is actually about.
What we have is a republic, where the representatives of the people make laws and, just as importantly, don't make laws in accordance with the wishes of their constituents, nor the president. The president's job is to sign the bills into law, administer the laws, which he's not doing, and govern the executive branch.
Congress does not have any obligation to the president other than respecting his veto, unless it has the votes to override it. We elect members of Congress to do what we think is proper for us, and we can un-elect them just as easily.
The president doesn't choose them and he can't fire them. He can suggest laws, he can lobby for laws, but he can't make laws and he can't force Congress to make laws. This is called "separation of powers."
Gloria B. Jenkins
Stonewood Drive
Bridge solution
Those whitish cable-stays on the Ravenel bridge seem to be hollow or tubular. If they are hollow, stopping the formation of "ice bombs" during freezes should be easy.
Large engines would be positioned inside the bridge towers at a height where the cable-stays hook up to the tower itself. The engines would power a forced-air system to supply warm (or at least warmer) air through the tubes and melt the ice quickly.
The system need not operate very long - only between the periods when the air turns freezing and the air turns warm enough to melt ice on its own. Of course, it would take money to buy the engines, install them, operate them and perform maintenance.
Still, it's far cheaper than negotiating with people whose cars (and persons) were harmed by the "ice bombs." By operating the forced-air system as soon as freezing starts, the "ice bombs" would never form and the bridge could open sooner.
Alfred Waldrep
Lockwood Drive
Tree controversy
I love trees. I have a yard full of them. We all love the aesthetic beauty of the I-26 approach to the Lowcountry.
For months the majority of letters gracing these pages have been against any tree removal on the I-26 corridor.
The common theme is that the trees are innocent. Excessive speed and bad driving are at fault.
Blow a rear tire, or get bumped, and the result can be hitting a solid tree only a few feet from the highway. Whether you hit that tree at 50 mph or 80 mph, the result is likely the same.
Many solutions have been proposed: clear-cutting, partial cutting and guardrails are all expensive. Insulating chosen, limited tree areas with cane or a more forgiving tree species is an option.
There must be a sizable buffer zone between the highway and any potentially large trees. This uncontrolled tree growth is unacceptable.
Whatever the cause, a driver should have a reasonable expectation of survival in these accidents.
The few remaining memorial crosses along I-26 represent real lives. One life is worth more than all the trees in question.
John B. Peace
Parish Parc Drive
Lost truth
When is a lie a lie? Or does it only matter who is telling the lie?
This country's morals and values have really changed a lot since 1992. On Presidents Day, I reflected back to Bush 41 and how the Democrats cajoled him into changing his stance on no new taxes. At that time the news media reported for months that he lied.
Now with President Obama everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie or distortion, and there's nothing but deafening silence from the press. (The press acted in the same fashion with President Clinton and the whole Monica Lewinsky affair as well).
As a country, we have really sunk low when we either no longer know the truth or just don't care.
Tim Peyton
Deercreek Road
Mount Pleasant
Pedestrian safety
I love a good contradiction, and "pedestrian friendly" Charleston is a good one. Over a quarter million drivers pass into the city daily. (256,500 according to the S.C, Department of Transportation 2012). The 2010 census counted 31,123 citizens on the city peninsula. That ratio is about 10 cars per citizen.
South Carolina is the sixth most dangerous state in America for walkers. Charleston was built and designed before the automobile with alleys and narrow carriage roads. Sadly, many two-way streets are now one-way streets and thus more dangerous. The intersection of Coming Street and I-26 has 61,800 vehicles pass per day, one way. Innocent pedestrians try to cross. Don't mistakenly step into the road; you will surely die.
Ashley Avenue, formerly two-way, funnels 2,611 cars a day through Hampton Park to join 9,900 drivers on Rutledge Avenue heading to an on-ramp for I-26 through Hampton Park.
Indeed, there are many solutions. One is to change one-way streets back to the original two-way flow. That may seem counter-intuitive to some, but as the city continues to fill former parking lots with buildings the problem is solved.
Further, MUSC has piloted a plan to bus employees from distant lots of Northwoods Mall, Wal-Mart and Citadel Mall to the hospital. It's hugely successful. These free buses are in high demand and filling bus loads.
And South Carolina must raise the 16-cent state gas tax to the national average of 35 cents. Higher fuel costs would "drive" people into carpools and buses.
Lastly, move downtown. The 1980 U.S. census counted 41,000 people downtown. There are lots of empty spaces to live close to work and school.
Most people are walkers at some point in the day; make walking safe.
F.X. Clasby III
Riverside Drive
Natural selection
The Post and Courier report on Sen. Mike Fair's argument against teaching natural selection in public schools was alarming and puts into question the phenomenal high school education that I have received.
What Sen. Fair fails to understand is that science classes should teach what current scientific evidence supports. South Carolina schools teach evolution because the case for evolution is very strong. Until there is a better case for creationism than evolution, then evolution should remain what is taught.
This is not a case of "controversy" or teaching students both sides of an issue, as state Education Superintendent Mick Zais put it. Creationism is inevitably grounded in intelligent design. Evolution does not explain the origin of life, but it acts as the simplest means of explanation for the continued existence of it.
There is no scientific controversy regarding evolution, as it does not dictate that life was or was not created by an intelligent being or by the replication of stable molecules. It only states, again, that when life formed, evolution took the reins on how life would progress.
Ultimately, I do not want to see South Carolina, which has historically been rated very high in its scientific education, lower its educational standards to appease a political or religious agenda.
That we are one of the most religious states in the country while retaining one of the highest standards of scientific education is a testament that science and religion can successfully co-exist and a tradition that should be continued long into our future.
Christopher Robinson
Carolinian Drive


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Hover above the icons to see hotel photo and details.
Click the hotel to go to the main hotel page.
Ramada At Spokane Airport Hotel3 star hotel
Wingate By Wyndham Spokane Airport Hotel2 star hotel
Best Western Plus Peppertree Airport Inn Spokane3 star hotel
Hilton Garden Inn Spokane Airport3 star hotel
Holiday Inn Spokane Airport3 star hotel
Stratford Suites Inn Airway Heights3 star hotel
Days Inn And Suites Airway Heights/Spokane Airport2 star hotel
Super 8 Spokane/West Hotel2 star hotel
Solar World Estates West Hotel Airway Heights2 star hotel
Northern Quest Resort & Casino Airway Heights4 star hotel
Hampton Inn Spokane3 star hotel
Spokane House Hotel2 star hotel
Red Lion Inn & Suites Spokane3 star hotel
Americas Best Value Inn Spokane2 star hotel
Knights Inn Spokane Airport2 star hotel
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Spokane2 star hotel
Tiki Lodge Spokane2 star hotel
- 1702 W. Dean Ave , Spokane, WA, United States (Map)
The Montvale Hotel Spokane4 star hotel
Hotel Ruby Spokane2 star hotel
The Spokane Club Inn3 star hotel
Ruby2 Hotel Spokane2 star hotel
- 111 South Post Street, Spokane, WA, United States, 99201 (Map)
- 10 South Post Street, Spokane, WA, United States, 99201 (Map)
- 808 West Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States, 99201 (Map)
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EPA Coordinator Greg Weigel said the biggest concern now is a nearby drinking water well that provides water to the entire town. For the rest of the week they'll be checking to make sure the contaminate isn't spreading. Soil samples will be taken as the EPA drills five holes, each one reaching depths of forty feet.
The drinking water was sampled a year ago," said Weigel. "It will be sampled again but it does not show contaminate, that's the good news. But we're concerned that if that contamination that PCE is not removed and allowed to migrate it could follow that well to the lower drinking water and contaminate the drinking water."
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Jill Louise Walser of Amarillo and Stacy Don Ward of Wellington were married Saturday, June 22, at First Baptist Church. James McLeod officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Janet Walser of Lubbock and Ken Walser of Hereford. Grandparents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Coffman of Deming, N.M., and Guy Walser of Hereford.
Parents of the groom are Cheryl Ward of Hale Center and Stacy Ward of Amarillo. Grandmother of the groom is Alma Ward of Claude.
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Flower girls were Caitlyn and Abby Shaffer, both of Amarillo. Ring bearer was Garret Stephens of Childress, cousin of the groom. Ushers were Caleb Holt of Albuquerque, N.M., and Scott Parr of Abilene.
The wedding reception was held at the Amarillo Club. Reception attendants were Lisa Shoesmith of San Antonio, Traci Gibson of Pensacola, Fla., and Katrina Gunnels of Amarillo.
The bride graduated from Hereford High School. She graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock with a bachelor of science degree in human development and family studies. She is a teacher for Amarillo Independent School District.
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pamyj posted on Aug 30, 2013 11:50:12 AM - Report post
Also having the same problem hope this gets fixed soon
My friends tell me to get a life. Is that a new simulation game or something?
SinX7 posted on Aug 30, 2013 4:14:08 PM - Report post
The new Alpha 13+ update trainer doesn't seem to work. Any time the trainer is activated, it crash, regardless if any cheats is activated or not. For me, it seems to crash when I'm building anything with no cheats activated and only the trainer activated.
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0x90 posted on Aug 30, 2013 10:49:33 PM - Report post
I am moving to a new appartment today so Things are getting delayed a bit. I will take a Look on the issue in the following days.
Maxybo posted on Aug 31, 2013 8:58:13 AM - Report post
Just to confirm, also crashing for me a short time once activated, i'm using alpha 13 retail.
Ract posted on Aug 31, 2013 9:50:59 AM - Report post
Same problem here... Alpha 13 Trainer will crash as soon as I activate it (F1). My Build Alpha 13 Steam Version.
Hope this get fixed soon!
SinX7 posted on Aug 31, 2013 4:22:36 PM - Report post
Give 0x90 a few days guys. He needs to finish moving and setting up his place before he can fix it. And in no time, the trainer will work as intended!
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I am moving to a new appartment today so Things are getting delayed a bit. I will take a Look on the issue in the following days.
Have fun and congratz my friend,
take the time needed to make yourself feel @ home.
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Chris Hemsworth Cast as Receptionist in Paul Feig's 'Ghostbusters'
This is just perfect. Director Paul Feig has revealed on Twitter early casting news for the new all-female Ghostbusters movie he's currently working on. Feig has announced that Chris Hemsworth, the God of Thunder Thor himself!, will be playing the receptionist in Ghostbusters. Our presumption is this means he's taking on the same role that Annie Potts played as Janine in the original films, which is a perfect swap of the character. Mostly because Hemsworth is becoming funnier (did you see the Vacation trailer?), and yet he's still a talented actor who can take on challenging roles like Rush and In the Heart of the Sea. And because we know Feig is great breaking down usually badass actors, like Jason Statham in Spy. See the tweet below.
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Impressive Cast Set for Next Film Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
One of the big breakout films of Sundance this year is Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award at the festival in January. It's the second feature film directed by up-and-comer Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who also directed The Town That Dreaded Sundown (the remake) before Me and Earl. Deadline has announced his next project, titled Collateral Beauty, from a screenplay written by Allan Loeb (21, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Switch, Just Go with It, Rock of Ages). Not only that but Gomez-Rejon has lined up talented performers Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara to star in the film, which has financing in place from PalmStar Media and Likely Story. So what is the new film about?
› Posted June 9 in Casting, Movie News | Comments
Dwayne Johnson Bringing Us the 'Big Trouble in Little China' Remake
Another day, another remake. But this one might actually work. Big news coming from The Wrap, where they're reporting that 20th Century Fox is in negotiations to sign on Dwayne Johnson for a remake of cult favorite Big Trouble in Little China. Johnson is looking at starring in and producing the remake of the John Carpenter film, which is getting a script from X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz. The original Big Trouble in Little China, released in 1986, is an action cult classic starring Kurt Russell as a trucker who gets dragged into some wacky weird mystical showdown in Chinatown. If you've never seen it, first order of business is finding an old VHS copy and having a blast. As for the remake, I'm actually curious.
› Posted June 1 in Casting, Development, Movie News | Comments
William Fichtner Also Cast in Emmerich's 'Independence Day' Sequel
The cast for this big sequel continues to grow, with yet another intriguing name. Deadline reports that actor William Fichtner is joining Roland Emmerich's Independence Day 2 as a "top general". Apparently Fichtner's role as a general will get "even larger in the two films that will follow." Very interesting. Fichtner has appeared in a variety of films recently, including The Homesman, Elysium, The Lone Ranger, Phantom, Wrong, Drive Angry and The Dark Knight of course. He's always great to see in a movie, and I'm curious why his role will expand as it goes on. Does something happen to him or is he just a survivor? This also indicates that Fox is really pushing forward with a new trilogy of Independence Day movies coming up.
› Posted May 29 in Casting, Movie News, SciFi | Comments
Actor Chris Pine Cast in DC's 'Wonder Woman' Movie as Co-Star
And then there was a man. Variety is reporting that the DC Comics take on Wonder Woman has cast the first male in the movie. Chris Pine will co-star with Gal Gadot, who is playing Wonder Woman, in the movie being directed by Patty Jenkins later this year. Pine will co-star as the love interest Steve Trevor in the origin story of the Amazonian warrior turned superhero. Variety also mentions that Scott Eastwood was rumored to be a top contender for the role, but in the end it went to Pine, who won over the WB execs. The actor is currently filming the thriller Comancheria and will start on Star Trek 3 right after, then this movie.
› Posted May 28 in Casting, Development, Movie News | Comments
Tilda Swinton is The Ancient One for Marvel Studio's 'Dr. Strange'
Whoa. Some impressive casting news for Marvel's Dr. Strange movie in the works. THR is reporting that Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton is discussions to play the character called The Ancient One, a Tibetan mystic who is a mentor to Dr. Strange, originally a male role in the comics but now a female role in the movie. Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, The Day the Earth Stood Still) is at the helm of this new Marvel introduction, and it seems like he's really pushing for bold choices in the cast. Benedict Cumberbatch is set to play the lead Dr. Strange, and now with Swinton, this is an excellent duo so far. More casting news is likely on the way soon, as shooting us supposed to begin in November. Read on.
› Posted May 27 in Casting, Marvel, Movie News | Comments
Disney Sets Reese Witherspoon to Star in Live-Action 'Tink' Movie
"Don't you understand, Tink? You mean more to me than anything in this whole world!" More Tinkerbell? Yep. THR is reporting that Reese Witherspoon has been cast in Disney's live-action film Tink, which will be another movie about Tinker Bell, to star Witherspoon. She will also help produce the project with her partner Bruna Papandrea at their company Pacific Standard. Alas, any plot details are unknown other than that the film is inspired by the world of the classic novel. That novel being "Peter and Wendy" written by J.M. Barrie, where the Tinker Bell character first originated from. No director is attached to this yet either.
› Posted May 21 in Casting, Movie News | Comments
Jared Hess Reteaming with Jack Black for 'Micronations' Comedy
The next project from director Jared Hess, who previously gave us Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Gentlemen Broncos and Don Verdean (at Sundance 2015), has been revealed. Hess is confirmed to direct Micronations. The Buffalo Film Company has announced details about the new film, which will star Jack Black as a loveable oddball who finds a place to belong among the bizarre and ridiculous world of "do-it-yourself countries" - made up of various eccentrics and visionaries who have declared their own backyards sovereign nations… or "micronations." After taking on religious antics with Don Verdean, this sounds like the perfect topic for Hess & Black to tackle next. And should fit right in with today's crazy political culture.
› Posted May 18 in Casting, Movie News | Comments
Samuel L. Jackson Joins Latest Remake of Classic Horror 'The Blob'
Another day, another remake. This time it's The Blob, which has been remade once (or twice) before. The original The Blob is a horror classic from 1958, and it was remade in 1988 into a just-as-good-if-not-better sci-fi thriller. Now they're working on yet another remake at Goldcrest Films with Simon West (Con-Air, The General's Daughter, The Mechanic, Expendables 2) attached to direct. If they want to keep everything nice and neat, this next one should debut in 2018 then it'll be 30 years between each remake. The latest news is that Samuel L. Jackson has been officially cast in the new film, playing a biochemistry professor.
› Posted May 14 in Casting, Movie News | Comments
Diego Luna & Ben Mendelsohn Also Cast in 'Star Wars: Rogue One'
More casting news for the upcoming Star Wars Anthology spin-off titled Rogue One, being directed by Gareth Edwards. With shooting starting up soon, they're finalizing casting and so far we've seen them making some excellent choices: Felicity Jones and Riz Ahmed are confirmed. And now Variety can confirm a few others: Diego Luna and Ben Mendelsohn. The plot, revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim a few months ago, follows a band of resistance fighters on a daring mission to steal the Death Star (plans). Luna will play a lead role alongside Jones and Ahmed, however Mendelsohn is apparently playing the lead antagonist (or "primary villain" as he's being called). Now this new movie is really starting to come together.
› Posted May 13 in Casting, Movie News, Star Wars | Comments
Anne Hathaway Cast in Nacho Vigalondo's New Project 'Colossal'
If you've been following the career of funky Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, this is pretty big for him and I'm already curious to see it. THR is reporting that a Cannes project being sold in the market this year is one titled Colossal, from Nacho Vigalondo (of 7:35 in the Morning, Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial), and it will star Anne Hathaway. The pitch for it is pretty dang cool - check this out: "Described as Godzilla meets Lost in Translation — Hathaway will play Gloria, an ordinary woman who, after losing her job and her fiancé, decides to leave her life in New York to move back to her hometown." I bet you're curious, too.
› Posted May 12 in Casting, Development, Movie News | Comments
Natalie Portman Cast in Marielle Heller's Next Project on Ginsburg
One of the films we've been supporting ever since it first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival is a little gem called The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Ethan's review), which Sony Pictures Classics is releasing later this year. Well, the director of that film, Marielle Heller (seen left above), is a very talented filmmaker who has already landed her next big directing gig. Deadline reports that Heller is set to direct a project called On The Basis Of Sex for Focus Features, and the exciting news is that she has secured Natalie Portman for the lead role. Whoa! Portman is now (hopefully) going to be working with two of the very best up-and-coming filmmakers out there - Alex Garland and Marielle Heller. I couldn't be happier about this news.
› Posted May 11 in Casting, Development, Movie News | Comments
Natalie Portman to Lead Alex Garland's Next Sci-Fi Film 'Annihilation'
Now this is some great casting we can be excited about! Variety is reporting that an Oscar winning actress is likely going to end up starring in the next sci-fi creation from Alex Garland, a screenwriter turned director whose feature directing debut Ex Machina is playing in theaters now. The project is called Annihilation, an adaptation of the Jeff VanderMeer series of novels, about a biologist who signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition to "Area X" where the laws of nature don't apply. Paramount is developing and Garland has been talking about it in interviews with the attitude of "let's see if it happens", but it sounds like the project is gaining momentum, especially with a star like Portman. This is very good news for the science fiction genre.
› Posted May 7 in Casting, Movie News, SciFi | Comments
'Ant-Man's' Paul Rudd Listed in the Cast of 'Captain America: Civil War'
Briefly: Marvel is following up with some big news they've been holding onto, waiting until Avengers: Age of Ultron has opened in theaters. The next movie they're making is Captain America: Civil War, which while is a sequel to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it continues after Age of Ultron and seems to be more of a setup for Infinity War down the line. We've been writing about casting for months (including Martin Freeman this week) but now they've confirmed a complete synopsis and complete cast. And included in the cast is one Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, along with Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.
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The restaurant brines and seasons the turkey breast, but customers roast it at home, ostensibly getting maximum turkey aroma wafting through the house.
The ready-to-bake, 10- to 12-pound boneless breast is $49.95. A dinner package is $89.95, which includes the breast, stuffing, gravy, creamed spinach and pumpkin pie. Instructions for baking the breast are included. The turkey is hormone-free, and feeds eight to 10 people.
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-Smooth athlete. Very fluid and mobile.
-Good instincts as a scorer and shot-creator.
-Terrific footwork on drives
-Shifty ball-handler with right hand. Changes speeds and directions. Gets low to the ground
-Doesn't turn ball over very often (13% career TOV%)
-Has done a great job of getting to free throw line at every level he's played at (6.7 attempts per-40 even in ACB)
-Has good shooting mechanics and has made quite a few 3-pointers in his career (2.5 makes per-40 in 113 career games)
-Reliable free throw shooter (85% in Crete, 78% career)
-Great instincts jumping in the passing lanes (2.6 steals per-40 in Crete, close to 2 per-40 career)
-Very thin frame which may struggle to fill out long-term
-Very poor finisher around the basket. Has struggled to convert inside the arc at every level he's played at. Career 40% 2P%. Shocking 24% for 2 at this tournament
-Not an explosive athlete. That, combined with his thin frame makes it difficult for him to finish around the rim. Settles for floaters regularly. Crumbles at the first sign of contact. Needs to improve his off hand on his finishes
-Struggling badly with his jump-shot as of late. 29% for 3 in the ACB this season. 30% at this tournament. In a huge funk from beyond the arc in past year plus.
-Not a great passer. Looks to create almost exclusively for himself
-A little bit of a gunner at times. Takes questionable shots
-Poor defender. Lacks toughness and strength. Intensity level leaves a lot to be desired. Doesn't close out with urgency. Doesn't fight through screens.
Outlook: Creative shooting guard with nice scoring instincts. In the midst of a difficult period, coming off a tough season in the ACB. Seems to have lost much of his swagger which made him such an intriguing player earlier in his career. Frame needs to improve substantially. Still flashes signs of intrigue with his ability to draw fouls, get in the passing lanes and make an occasional jumper, but needs to improve his defense, shooting consistency and become a much better finisher inside the arc to reach the tremendous potential he showed earlier in his career. Rights are owned by Barcelona, so will almost certainly be on loan again next year.
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Jonathan Givony
-Solid height for a wing player
-Shows tremendous scoring instincts (17.4 points in 25.7 minutes per game at the NIJT). Very aggressive offensive player
-Outstanding perimeter shooter (47% 3P% at NIJT). Can make shots with feet set or off the dribble
-Can come off screens
-Punishes close-outs by attacking the rim hard
-Has a nice first step and a good knack for drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line
-Finishes creatively around the basket with either hand
-Very skinny at the moment. Possesses somewhat of a narrow frame
-Gets pushed around by older players. Struggles to finish through traffic at times
-Defensive potential a question mark
-Needs to improve passing skills and ability to create for others. Only dished out two assists in 231 minutes.
Outlook: Exceptionally talented young scorer. Looks like a baby but has a killer's mentality. Comes on the floor looking to put up points, but doesn't force the issue and plays within a team concept. Lack of strength affects everything he does at the moment, but he just turned 17 two months ago so he still has plenty of time to work on his frame.


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It took a while for popular quintet ETC to return to the stage after 2008's successful "Bring It Back" concert, but bring it back the band finally did last Sunday night at the Bitec complex in Bang Na. The new show, "Back to Basics", mined the group's latest mini-album, "Push".
Singer Apiwat "Neung" Pongwat, keyboard players Manluck "Soh" Toomkanont and Sothinan "Bee" Chailangkarn, guitarist Pairoj "Ole" Tammarot and bassist Porrachaya "Mint" Ramyothin performed on a stage illuminated by suspended coloured spotlights. Big vertical screens played old-fashioned graphics and song lyrics.
Neung, wearing a smart black suit, opened the three-hour show at 8pm with a string of hit singles, "Khai Niyam", "Ya Tham", Plien" and "Chao Chai Nitra".
In promoting the concert earlier, ETC had invited its fans to come and discover who were their inspirations. It turned out that the members decided the 1990s to become musicians due in large part to the R&B trio Soul After Six, and now here was Soul After Six joining them onstage.
The trio showed off remarkable skills and great voices on such familiar songs as "Kon Hin Lamur", "Hen Chan Mai", "Roo" and "Rak Kao Kao", on which Neung chimed in.
The ambience was fully relaxed while another guest, Singto Namchok, did an acoustic set on a small stage at the heart of hall. He sang his popular single "Ting" and the Stevie Wonder classic "I Just Called to Say I Love You".
More romance ensued with a short piano solo by guest Nat Sakdathorn, who drew applause with his own hit "Ploa Thur" and ETC's "Natee Sudtai".
Sarunrat "Lydia" Visutthithada then appeared onstage in a lovely black and red dress to offer "Lerm" and Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You" in a powerful voice.
The guests were all terrific, but the highlight of the evening was still ETC when all five members took turns doing hilarious impressions of famous artists.
Bee, with his curly, spongy hair, looked just like singer-saxophonist Sobchai "Ford" Kraiyoonsen while playing "Rak Thur". Mint set the bass aside to mimic Songsit "Kob" Roongnophakunsri on "Patiharn", and tanned Soh displayed his dance moves performing Bruno Mars's "Lazy Song".
Neung was his usual tidy, gentle self in evoking Uthen "The" Prommin on the tender song "Kohok Na Tai", and Ole did a clever take on Patiparn "Mos" Pataweekarn's "Leaw Lai".
A slew of fast tracks - "Nag Fah", "Rak Khon Aow Tae Jai" and "Jing Jing" - turned the hall into a joy-filled disco, and the "house" was truly on fire for the thunderous encore, "Phao Thur Kuer Kham Tob".
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