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Skip to comments.When tech goes wrong: Man who wins $57m on slot machine told it's a software error, offered $100
Posted on 12/13/2011 10:32:40 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
It wouldnt matter whether it was at the gambling mecca of Vegas, or, as in the case of Behar Merlaku, at a little-known casino in the tiny Austrian town of Bregenz if the bells and lights on the slot machine Im on start ringing and flashing, telling me Ive won $57 million, then of course Ill be planning my retirement. But when Swiss national Merlaku went to claim his jackpot, owners of the casino simply said thered been a software error and that the 26-year-old was therefore not entitled to the big money prize. Instead they offered him $100 and a free meal, which, hardly surprisingly, he rejected. Admittedly, it appeared that the top prize was for a five-slot match, whereas Merlaku had only managed to match four-slots, but with the machines screen and accompanying racket telling him hed won, why wouldnt he believe it?
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I'll wager that at some point, somewhere, there was a disclaimer that anyone entering the casino had to "accept," saying that the house is not responsible for software errors.
Casinos are basically honest?
Sue the heck out of them.
Yeah, software error, that explains it...
That seems to be a recurring theme with casinos.
Are they going to give refunds to all the people who previously LOST on that machine which had a software error? Or do software errors only work to the house's advantage?
who's to say the jackpot wasn't correct, and the 4 of 5 matches showing wasn't the error?
I give the guy 1 million and hope he takes it.
Stay away from electronic slot machines. Especially the ones that have a really chintzy sound of coins hitting the pan.
Would love to be involved in this trial.
"So, if a software error means an illegitimate winner was declared, did the software refund money to people who took what they believed to be a legitimate gamble?". Followed by "Has the Casino made any public offering to refund the money it then took from everyone who played in the casino?".
Throw the book, this casino is an organized group, who illegitimately defrauded every customer who came in; potentially millions of dollars, invoke RICO statues; such that paying the 'software glitch' winner his winnings would be infinitely easier than sending the entire company to jail, and fines easily 10x the winning amount.
Sure seems to be an awful lot of these slot machines that suffer software glitches just when a big payout come along.
Some enterprising young lawyer could probably cobble together a class action lawsuit against these casinos and the manufacturer. I mean if they glitch as often as they do on the big payouts what's to say they don't glitch way more often and not payout when they are supposed to?
" Sue the heck out of them. "
In the neighborhood I grew up in, people such as these Casino owners would be branded as "Welchers", and they could look forward to a short, painful, future...
This type of story is cropping up almost on a monthly basis, and a little 'street justice' would go a long way towards putting and end to it...
Especially the Injun casinos....they'll play the 'sovereign nation' card at the drop of a hat.
I am pretty sure the odds and payouts are on the face of the machine. That is the contract entered into when (prior to) placing the money in the machine. 5 of 5 wins the big payou, 4 of 5 wins $100. Black letter law.
It doesn't say "if the machine yells you won it means you won."
I don't know about the laws there but the laws here would be with the casino.
"We, uh, we fixed the *glitch*"
I only play the ones with the real spinning reels
That's awful. I can't imagine what that's like to think you can retire with Millions one moment and learn it was a mistake the next. I've only misread a lotto ticket once and thought I won $100 but only got a few bucks on the ticket. Oh well win some lose some.......
If the damn machine tells me I've won then I've won. I'm not responsible for a malfunctioning machine...Sue!
I walked out of Morongo with 2800 bucks and a voucher to come back and spend a week end once
But the machine must have said 5 0f 5.
He was Swiss and probably couldn't read Austrian.
Didn't Coke or Pepsi do something like this in the Philippines about 10 or so years ago?
No kidding. I was thinking very similar things. This is begging for a lawsuit and a federal investigation.
From the article:
"Admittedly, it appeared that the top prize was for a five-slot match, whereas Merlaku had only managed to match four-slots, "
Swissian is very close to Austrian.
It will make an interesting case. I wouldn't say it is so cut-and-dried though. I don't think anyone can show intent on the part of the casino to defraud. It was an error in the coding. The casino shouldn't always be responsible for every kind of human or machine failure. It's reasonable to limit their liability somewhere too.
I would observe that the machine didn't actually indicate a five-line winner. It indicated a small four-line winner. The mistake was in displaying the value of the pot. This is not unlike, say, winning a hand of blackjack and having the dealer dispense the wrong amount of winnings. If the dealer accidently dispenses a $1000 dollar chip for a $10 dollar winning hand-- it certainly doesn't mean that the player gets to keep the mistaken chip. Say the pit boss sees the mistake and intervenes, I think he's got every right to insist that the player take the proper amount instead.
This is why I don't gamble. The house always wins, even when it loses.
Maybe they should offer him a free Toy Yoda.
May also be related to Lichtenstinian.
The house always wins even if they have to pay off the judge, threaten the winner or his family, kill people. The legitimate gambling industry is only slightly removed from organised crime.
If you gamble best to do it as entertainment not as some form of income increaser you will always give them more than you take, simply walk in expecting to walk out with nothing and at least you will have the right mind set.
Best to not walk in at all. Your choice!
This is a recurring theme with casinos. Every big win is a software error.
But Obama can read Austrian.;)
No, it's just news when a malfunction happens. When casinos pay out every day, on a normal machine, it's not news.
Machine Bites Man.
True and there would be no issue if he had been the player because he would have read and understood all the casino disclaimers printed in bold Austrian at the front door.
I am going to side with the Casino on this one. The rules of the game state what you win for each type of roll. The roll he admits he got was a 4-match, which apparently pays out $100.
The issue is the machine mistakenly reporting what the WIN was for the 4-out-of-5 match. That's clearly an error, and he had no expectation that he should win more than what he would have expected for his match.
If he had gotten a 5-match, and they tried to argue that the software mistakenly allowed a 5-match to come up because the mis-programmed the random number generator,then I would be on HIS side, since he would have "played the machine" and gotten the 5-match on the machine, and it's not his fault that they couldn't get the machine correct.
The only way to win at the casinos is to not play.
A fool and his money....or so the saying goes...
Still, the buffets are awesome. Cheap eats, good offerings, too. I once gorged on Oysters Rockefeller and Lobster for $20..and I guarantee I ate more than Moochelle & her SS boyfriend.
Go to Vegas to people watch and eat. Other than that, you're on your own, Jobu....
The casino is in AUSTRIA!
I wonder what they can do with our voting machines?
"We're sorry sir, there's obviously been a software error. No one was supposed to win!"
5 of 5 wins the big payout, 4 of 5 wins $100. Black letter law.
It doesnt say if the machine yells you won it means you won.
I dont know about the laws there but the laws here would be with the casino.
Not so fast ... Who's to say the "software glitch" was that the win was announced? I would argue that the software glitch was in that the wrong item was displayed and that I truly had 5 of 5 ...
"It's not a bug. It's a feature"
Programed to glitch and show a impossible jackpot whenever a genuine high payout rolls up.
>>Not so fast ... Whos to say the software glitch was that the win was announced? I would argue that the software glitch was in that the wrong item was displayed and that I truly had 5 of 5 ...<<<
Then you might as well line up every single person who has used the machine since installation since the same "glitch" could incorrectly report ALL its results.
Your argument might be where they go, but it doesn't have much of a chance. The machine showed 4 matches, the payoff is for 4 matches.
>>Not so fast ... Whos to say the software glitch was that the win was announced? I would argue that the software glitch was in that the wrong item was displayed and that I truly had 5 of 5 ...<<<
Then you might as well line up every single person who has used the machine since installation since the same "glitch" could incorrectly report ALL its results.
Your argument might be where they go, but it doesn't have much of a chance. The machine showed 4 matches, the payoff is for 4 matches.
Of course. The mechanical reels just stop where the computer tells them to. The odds of certain combinations hitting are much more complicated than simply each symbol's appearance on a wheel.
There have been malfunctions reported before where the reel stopped at the wrong space, making it look like a jackpot.
Thousands of machines making thousands of calculations and movements per day, per casino. Things will happen.
Your argument might be where they go, but it doesnt have much of a chance. The machine showed 4 matches, the payoff is for 4 matches.
I'd bet that since the odds chips installed by the manufacturer (lets just say it's IGT) and customized by the casino (they set the win %) work off an algorythm to meet the percent win number that in the computer code in the "odds chip" what actually appears on the display is just a byproduct of a second chip that is told how many matches to display based on what the master odds chip tells it to display... I could easily get a jury to buy that the win announcement takes priority. Unless the casino took a dump of working real/virtual storage on the slot machine they have no defense...
Assuming your series of "ifs" could be linked, you have no law to hang your hat on. Contract law is pretty clear — the payoff is based on matches not "intended matches." (And I don't buy the win happens first, then the matching item is moved into position — and you would never get that in, even in the EU, since the overall code is a big time Trade Secret).
But in court, you never know. Especially EU courts.
Payoffs should be based on where the reels stop. If the wheels stopped "at the wrong place," indicating a jackpot, it should be paid. People don't stick coins in the machine to bet on where the wheels should stop according to some computer, they bet on where the wheels do stop.
IRT the original story, the machine indicated four out of five. I side with the casino if $100 is the proper payoff for that outcome.
I won there too.....boy that casino is really in the middle of nowhere...LOL
Unless you are driving the 10 from Phoenix to LA
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Jasper Xbox 360s on the Shelves?
Posted by XanTium | September 30 00:38 EST | News Category: Xbox360
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Jasper Xbox 360s on the Shelves?
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The whole process took 12 days.
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mmm if u look @ the posts under comments not a single person has been able to verify they have a jasper chipset
Exactly....how would they know what they're looking for in a different model? I doubt it will say Jasper on the box. 360drives has had the Jasper option available for a few months now so it was only a matter of time before people just started putting it for their model. If they're so confident that have a Jasper why not post pics on a popular website such as this one?!
HAHA, here's what one of the posters on 360 drives said was his proof that it was a Jasper "All I can say is that it was made in September, so that leads me to believe it's a Jasper, unless you think they are still making Falcons in September"
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recent price drop and now suspected jasper mobos = good deal...
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No one can claim a Jasper with out pics.
But thanks to this, idiots on gamefaqs will be all jasper this, jasper that.
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whats so good about the jasper boards as oppused to the opus boards
65nm gpu, since the gpu overheating was the major problem that caused about %99 of 3rlod alot of ppl are waiting to get a 360 with a gpu that stays cooler, not to mention the supposed redesigned cooling system (that i will be redesigning when i get my hands on one).
I think its a bit poor of xbox-scene calling this news, this is puremake believe unless there is some proof.
agreed, i would have waited for pix before i posted on main page, i think it will be mid-late nov before these start showing up but i have been wrong before.
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This means nothing without pics. People on this site have been claiming to have Jasper boards for months in their avatar info.
Maybe the title should be changed to 'Rumor:' until there's some solid proof!
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we are waiting for pictures u know substantial proof . when its gonna happen .
can somebody tell what changes of hardware will be in the mobo xcept the 65nm gpu die .
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Then I bought a Falcon with Benq yesterday, because I don't want a Liteon drive. The Falcon is in no way more silent than a Xenon and I really don't think the Jasper will be. It will be a little cooler and maybe need less power, but I don't think there will be a noticeable difference in noise production
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|North Texas Comic Book Shows presents their next Dallas Comic Book Show on Saturday July 18th, 2015.
Special guests at the event include:
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Keith Pollard, co-creator of Black Cat.
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Tugg and Blake, the inspirational rescue dog and his super-hero comic creator.
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ORLANDO MEGACON – Look What's Happening
MegaCon, the largest comic book, anime, gaming and multi media event in the southeastern U.S., begins announcing guests for the 2014 show. MegaCon will take place March 21 -23, 2014 at the Orange County Convention Center Hall SB in the North/South Building in Orlando, FL.
Confirmed comic book guests include:
J. Scott Campbell, Frank Brunner, Neal Adams, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mark Waid, Ron Marz, Greg Land, Michael Golden, Dennis Calero, George Pérez, Brandon Peterson, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Cully Hamner, Karl Story, Renee Witterstaetter, Billy Tucci (20th anniversary of Shi) and Brian Pulido (15th anniversary of Lady Death), Nick Bradshaw, Adam Kubert, Dan Jurgens, Mike Miller, Joshua Ortega, Digger, Bart Sears, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike McKone, Frank Tieri, Mike Mayhew, Chuck Dixon, Skottie Young
Confirmed media guests include:
Walking Dead – Lauren Cohan, Steven Yeun, David Morrissey, Beth Kinney, Sonequa Martin-Green
Torchwood – John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Gareth David-Lloyd
Torchwood animated series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse – Eliza Dushku
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Torchwood – James Marsters
Smallville – Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, John Glover, Laura Vandervoort, Aaron Ashmore
Napolean Dynamite – John Heder
Battlestar Galactica – Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson, Anne Lockhart
Star Wars – Peter Mayhew, Tom Kane
Comic Book Men – Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen, Bryan Johnson
Star Trek, Big Bang Theory – Wil Wheaton;
Voice Actors:
Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, Quinton Flynn, Phil LaMarr, Rich Horvitz, Vic Mignogna, Jennifer Hale
You won't want to miss Comos
First time ever official MegaCon Friday evening Dance for 18+ only
Costume Contest – Drinks – Dancing
Spectacular Laser show & visuals by Empire Visuals
Nelson Flux – Evolv 3
Hosted by Nick Wolfe
$10 – Friday evening from 9pm – 11:30pm
Introducing: The Ghost of the Robot Band with James Marsters – Saturday evening performance $20 in advance $25 at the door.
Other events include: MegaCon video gaming and the Supercon 2K series provided by National Video Gaming Association and Vibras Five.One, RPG, LARP, card and miniature gaming events, children events provided by the Skiffytown Heroes, Speed Dating, anime events, belly dancing, Indy Film Festival, movie trailers screening room, Saturday evening dance, late night adult only dance, and professional panel room.
Thanks to our sponsors: 101.1 WJRR, The am 740 Game, 104.1 Real Radio, Certified Guaranty Company, Central Florida Mensa, Students of the Unusual
The MegaCon guest list is constantly growing. Check www.MegaConvention.com frequently for more updates.
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March 21st – 23rd
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Rhode Island Comic Con Presents a Cast Reunion of the Original Battlestar Galactica in November 2012
October 24, 2012 by Brian Pate
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- Dirk Benedict (Starbuck)
- Richard Hatch (Apollo)
- Herb Jefferson, Jr. (Boomer)
- Anne Lockhart (Sheeba)
- Jack Stauffer (Bojay)
- Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia)
- Felix Silla (Lucifer)
- Noah Hathaway (Boxey)
- Sarah Rush (Flight Corporal Rigel)
Albuquerque Comic Expo (June 2011)
April 7, 2011 by Greg-ACE
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|The Albuquerque Comic Expo is the southwest's newest and most exciting comic book, pop culture, and entertainment convention! Taking place June 24th-26th, 2011, ACE features an impressive guest list of over 40 comic book, celebrity, and media guests.
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Lee, Bradbury, and Aldrin Headline Hollywood Xpo 2010
October 4, 2010 by Brian Pate
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Hollywood Xpo, October 15 – 17 at the Hilton Universal City, Features Appearances by Over 100 Stars, Reunions, Screenings & More!
(Hollywood, CA – September 29, 2010) Over 100 stars – including two American legends – iconic comics super hero creator Stan Lee and foremost science fiction and fantasy author Ray Bradbury — plus 50 luminaries from various incarnations of Star Trek and other top TV series and films — will all appear at Hollywood Xpo, the first-annual multimedia, popular culture convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror, film, TV, comics, online entertainment, literature and music. Hollywood Xpo will take place October 15 – 17, 2010 at the Hilton Universal City, 555 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City. Event hours are Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The convention kicks off Thursday night, October 14 at 8:00 p.m. with a free pre-opening day screening of Star Trek: Of Gods & Men.
Friday's highlights will include a Star Trek: Of Gods & Men on-stage reunion, featuring 15 actors from the film and most of the crew, including Star Trek original cast members Walter Koenig (Chekov), Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) and Grace Lee Whitney (Rand), as well as Alan Ruck (Captain John Harriman) on Generations, Tim Russ (Tuvok) on Voyager and more.
On Friday evening, The Hollywood Legacy Awards banquet (separate ticket required) will honor icons who have positively contributed to the richness and betterment of humanity through the popular arts, film, TV, music and literature.
Stan Lee, known to millions as the man whose super heroes propelled Marvel Comics to a preeminent position in the comic book industry and co-creator of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men and The Fantastic Four, will make a rare on-stage appearance on Saturday. Ray Bradbury – whose best-known books, masterworks "The Martian Chronicles," "The Illustrated Man," "Fahrenheit 451" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" — were all made into classic films — will also take center stage Saturday along with the cast and crew of Ray's latest movie adaptation, "Crysalis". Star Trek celebrity highlights will include Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. Riker) and Michael Dorn (Worf) on Next Generation.
Celebrities scheduled to appear on Sunday include Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) and Star Trek stars Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Paris) on Voyager and John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox), Connor Trinneer (Cmdr. "Trip" Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Lt. Reed) on Enterprise.
Other celebrity appearances will include Eric Roberts (The Expendables), Laraine Newman (Saturday Night Live), John Savage (The Deer Hunter) Catherine Hicks (7th Heaven), Erin Moran (Happy Days) and many more.
Film and TV show reunions throughout the weekend will include Lost in Space with Bill Mumy (Will Robinson) June Lockhart (Mrs. Robinson) and Mark Goddard (Major West); Ferris Bueller's Day Off with Alan Ruck (Cameron), Cindy Pickett (Mrs. Bueller) and Edie McClurg (Grace) and InAlienable with Richard Hatch (Dr. Eric Norris), Walter Koenig (Dr. Schilling) and Erick Avari (Howard Ellis).
Production talent set to appear includes Eugene 'Rod' Roddenberry, television producer and only son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and actress Majel Barrett; The Chiodo Brothers (Stephen, Charles & Edward Chiodo), sibling special effects artists, best known for their classic cult film Killer Klowns from Outer Space; Star Trek illustrator Rick Sternbach and many more.
In addition to celebrity on-stage appearances, Hollywood Xpo will feature photo opportunities with celebrity guests, autographs at the Walk of Fame, an Artist's Alley of comic book artists offering demonstrations of their work, and much more. The exhibit hall will be filled with companies and distributors selling and displaying collectibles from the worlds of sci-fi, Star Trek, comics, fantasy and horror.
A unique grid of filmmaking workshops will also be offered, where up-and-coming filmmakers can learn from award-winning directors, cameramen, makeup artists, screenwriters, actors and more about how to make your own film in the 21st century.
Hollywood Xpo tickets are available in advance (www.hollywoodxpo.com) or at the door. Three-day general admission tickets are $75, and single day general admission tickets are $25 Friday, $30 Saturday and $25 Sunday. Children and youths 17 and under are admitted free with a paying adult. Special premium reserved seating packages as well as special event tickets are available in advance through the Hollywood Xpo website. When the exhibit hall closes on Friday and Saturday night, all Hollywood Xpo ticketholders are invited to stay and enjoy a variety of special film screenings hosted by celebrities and production talent. For complete event information, visit www.hollywoodxpo.com or call 323.774.1458.
About Hollywood Xpo: Hollywood Xpo producer Planet Xpo Productions has been presenting "out of this world" events since 2003, including the Beam Me Up, Scotty…One Last Time Tribute to James Doohan, Star Trek: The Show That Changed The World Gala 40th Anniversary Celebration and The Great Bird of the Galaxy Tribute to Gene Roddenberry. Sister company, independent film production group Renegade Studios, produced webisodic Star Trek: Of Gods & Men and feature films InAlienable and Roddenberry on Patrol.
MegaCon Prepares for 2010
January 8, 2010 by Brian Pate
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Megacon 2010 – Press release 12/28/09
Orange County Convention Center – 9800 International Drive, Orlando Florida – March 12th – March 14th
The southeast's premier Comic Book, Science Fiction, Anime, multi-media event!!!
Comic book artists attending MegaCon for the first time: Olivier Coipel, Stephane Roux, Mike McKone, Justin Gray, Joe Benitez, Don Rosa, Nelson DeCastro, Alvin Lee, Mike Choi & Sonia Oback, Jim Calafiore and Graham Nolan
Many other comic book creators including: Joe Jusko, Marv Wolfman, Darwyn Cooke, Ethan Van Sciver, Adam Hughes, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jimmy Cheung, Dave Dorman, and many more…
Special Media Guests: Many Star Wars guests including – Ray Park (Saturday & Sunday only), Billy Dee Williams, Dave Barclay, Jeremy Bulloch, Maria de Aragon, Peter Mayhew, Star Trek – Nichelle Nichols, Levar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Hercules – Kevin Sorbo, Back to the Future – Lea Thompson, Claudia Wells, Big Trouble in Little China – James Hong, Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines/Painkiller Jane – Kristanna Loken, Lexx – Ellen Dubin, Farscape – Virginia Hey, Battlestar Galactica – Richard Hatch, Ghost Hunters International – Rob Demarest, Voice Actors – Neil Kaplan, Sonny Strait, Chuck Huber, Darrel Guilbeau and Cherami Leigh
Two huge Costume Contests – Robot Battles and displays – Indie Film Festival– Lego Pit & Mattel Car Racing Track for the young and old – gaming events including LAN room – continuous anime viewing rooms – performances by Willies Wenches & Oklahoma Ghostbusters
After hour events include: Indie Film Festival, LARP, RPG, and Video gaming events – and the very popular Cyberia Dance on Saturday night
Tickets are available In Advance
Online until February 26th until midnight
By Phone (386-364-1826): until February 26th until 6 pm
By Mail (5757 74th Trace, Live Oak, FL 32060): Postmarked by February 25th
Ticket Prices:
$21.00 one-day pass(plus 6.5% tax) $49.00 three-day pass(plus 6.5% tax)
Ticket Prices at the door available all three days
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In June, soon after the initial outbreak of violence in Arakan State, I wrote an analysis of events leading to the conflict there for New Mandala, an online academic forum hosted by the Australian National University.
In my analysis, I highlighted aggressive anti-Rohingya campaigns on Facebook—something that some commentators responded to by noting that Burma has very few Internet users. This, they argued, meant that the online activities of Burmese were insignificant.
More recently, however, evidence has shown that such assumptions are wrong. This year's Miss International competition, held in Japan in October, demonstrated just how zealous Burmese can be about using the Internet as a tool to advance their opinions—often at the expense of those of others.
Burmese netizens went to great pains to ensure that Nang Khin Zay Yar, the Burmese contestant, won both the Miss Internet award, based on clicks on the photo-hosting website Flickr, and the People's Choice award, based on a poll on the website pageantology.net.
The question is, how could Burmese Internet users lift their favorite to the top of both contests if their country is known to be one of the worst in the world in terms of Internet access?
While there's no reason to dispute that the charming 24-year-old ethnic Pa-O woman fully deserved both awards, it is unfortunate that her fans appeared to feel a need to cheat on her behalf. On Facebook, Burmese urged each other to vote for her repeatedly, casting doubt on the validity of the final outcome.
The voting results were intriguing. For the People's Choice award, Nang Khin Zay Yar received 39,160 out of a total 41,519 votes in her cohort, or 94.3 percent of the total. The second-place contestant from Guatemala received fewer than 1,500 votes. India, with more than a billion people and a reputation as an emerging global center of the IT industry, cast only 135 votes for its representative.
For the Miss Internet award, Nang Khin Zay Yar received 21.5 million votes, while the contestant from Macao came in second with 16.7 million votes. The extremely high vote counts suggest that multiple voting was allowed and that campaigning was common. But the Burmese voters clearly outdid their rivals in their sheer determination to win.
Indeed, I can easily attest to this: a childhood friend of mine spent hours in front of his computer clicking on Nang Khin Zay Yar's photo. Why? Because she's from our home town of Taunggyi in Shan State. So she just had to win.
For many other Burmese, supporting Miss Myanmar became a "national cause," to use a favorite phrase of the former military junta, which was fond of deciding what Burmese should all be striving for. After all, she represented Burmese pride, so every vote they cast for her was a vote for their beloved nation.
It may seem a stretch to link this sort of behavior to the outpouring of anti-Rohingya sentiment on Facebook and other social networking sites, but it's really not so far-fetched. If nationalistic sentiment could so strongly motivate some Burmese Internet users to cheat in a beauty contest, imagine the distortions they might be capable of if they believed that Muslim invaders were coming to steal their land, their women and the very soul of their Buddhist nation.
But those who spew hatred against the Rohingyas are not the only ones using the Internet to twist this issue to their own liking. While there's is plenty of anti-Rohingya and anti-Islam bile to be found online, some on the other side are also going to extremes to highlight Rohingya and Muslim victimhood, sometimes by resorting to blatant misinformation.
There are, however, also a few voices of peace and calm out there: progressive activists, ordinary Buddhist and Muslim Internet users, certain Buddhist monks, and emerging inter-faith groups. But these voices are being drowned out by a steady stream of hate speech that is already making it nearly impossible to address this issue in a clear-sighted, practical manner.
The media isn't helping much, either. Too often, its focus has been on devastating clashes and on views that detract from the message of peace that is central to both Buddhism and Islam.
To counter the deluge of distortions, we must start paying serious attention to moderate voices and publicize them as widely as possible, so that the public knows that civilized discourse is possible, even on the Internet. If not, the cycle of violence will only widen, destroying not only people's lives and homes, but also all prospect of peace in the future.
Sai Latt is a Burmese and a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University in Canada. The views expressed here are the author's own and do not reflect the editorial policies of The Irrawaddy.
Perhaps Muslim by 'ethnicity' too. It takes two to tango. Like expecting a British political leader, opposition or govt, to side with either the Catholics or the Protestants in Northern Ireland.
After a decade of study through the opportunity of Burmese Democracy Movement, a Burmese Muslim Author, born and raised in Burma, migrated to Canada as a refugee from Thai-Burma border, Sia Latt has now come out to show who he really is, a savior of his Muslim brothers in Burma.
Never has he ever been such an active guy in the whole Burma struggle in a fight against the tyrant in Burma. He is a good son of imams who do not see any wrong doing in their Muslim brothers. These are the facts: everywhere attacks happen and suicide bombers carry out their missions in the name of Allah. And what do the leaders and imams of our Muslim brothers say? "It has nothing to do with Islam." Can we accept this lack of explanation, especially when considering that so many verses of the Koran encourage the fight against non-Muslim religions and promise Paradise to their soldiers?
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Sundance Interview: Josh Ritter talks songwriting, his new novel and 'blood and guts'
PARK CITY—Josh Ritter has been named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste Magazine for good reason. As he showed here in his two packed shows at the ASCAP Cafe, his songwriting is literate and beautifully detailed, and often wrapped in shimmering melodies. He put it best himself when he told The New York Times, "I play rock 'n' roll with lots of words." If Bob Dylan, John Prine and Paul Simon had a collective son, he'd sound like Ritter. We spent a few minutes with Ritter after his second performance at Sundance and talked about his disdain for preachy songs, his first novel, and bruised hearts. His song "Change of Time" can also be heard in the trailer for Natalie Portman's new movie, "The Other Woman."
This is your second time performing at Sundance. What do you get out of it?
Oh, it's amazing. For me, any show that's a little different than normal is always good. I love performing, i love touring and it's just really great, but when you get a chance to come and see how the other half, the movie community, lives, it puts your own life and what you're doing in perspective. I love it because it's out of the ordinary.
You're playing solo here instead of with your full band. How is that different for you?
You have an enormous amount of freedom. If something's not going a certain way, you just change it. You don't have to explain to the drummer later. My band, they cover up most of my mistakes. Most of the time, anything that happens on stage, whether it's acting or playing music, it's kind of a metaphor for the rest of my life. You go up on stage to remind yourself that it's normal to mess up and it's normal for things to go bad and to go from bad to worse and it's all about how you handle it. And that is something that certainly shows up more when you're playing solo. When you fall down, no one is there to pick you up.
One of your songs, "Change of Time" was used in "Parenthood" and in the trailer for Natalie Portman's new film, "The Other Woman." What do placements mean to you in terms of financial security and exposure.
My personal feeling on this stuff is we follow our heroes and we look up to them for the choices they make. I've always appreciated the high degree of artistic integrity, but I believe that those sorts of perimeters change over time. It's impossible to sell a million records now unless you're one of a very few people and, for someone like me, the chance to write more songs is kind of paramount and if [the placement] can introduce people to my music and it can help me pay the bills and bring my band on the road, all that stuff is fantastic. There is stuff I wouldn't authorize my music to play for, but those decisions are made at the time and it's always a pleasure when somebody finds a spot for something that is in part of their vision.
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What's something you wouldn't do?
Those things change. Obviously I wouldn't do anything for tobacco. There are things that I find reprehensible. I probably would not feel comfortable with my stuff being used at the Republican National Convention (laughs)...I feel once you record a song, the song is yours, but it's not really yours anymore. It's exciting to see where songs go, you know. And it's a new thing to me. I don't feel any sadness that they go off and go other stuff. I'm proud if that happens.
An artist once told me that he'll walk through his room of guitars and one of them will call to him with a new song. Does that ever happen to you?
I wish that would happen to me! If if did, that would be amazing. I always think of someone asked Leonard Cohen, "Where do you go to get all the good songs?" And he said, 'if I knew, I'd go there more often." I really think that's true. The wonder is that it happens at all. If you write and you write and write and it's all bad and one day something good happens and, like Hemingway says, you get lucky and you write better than you can. Those are the moments you hang on for, but you gotta write through them. I never felt like writing was easy, but it's never been tortured. It's a work ethic. I have a thing in my head where i picture an eye, like an iris, and I picture it getting bigger and the stuff kind of coming through it.
In "Troubadours," a documentary that premiered here, Carole King talks about being a conduit for God, or a higher power, or whatever you want to call it, coming through her when she writes songs.
No way, I'm giving no credit to anybody else (laughs).
What strikes me about your songs is that they are so literate without ever bring pretentious. Is that a struggle?
No. I don't like to ever get preached to in songs. That's one of the reasons I don't like protest songs very much. I don't like to be taught because I feel like once you have a microphone in front of you, if you have it in front of you enough, your natural inclination is to think that you have actually something to tell people that they don't know already. And I feel that everybody knows all the big stuff; it's just saying it in a new way. And that helps me. When I've fallen in love with people's songs and their music, it's not because they taught me anything new. They just helped me to understand something and see it from a different angle.
Your first novel, "Bright's Passage," is coming out this year via a Random House imprint. What is it about?
It's about a kind of sweet normal guy from West Virginia. He goes to the first World War and he comes back and he has an angel. And it's about him and this angel escaping this wildfire for five days. It's sort of this short little comedy, you know.
Valentine's Day is coming up and you're hosting The Valentine's Day Brawl, a series of four shows where fans can write dedications for you to read on stage. What's that all about?
Having gone through my own sort of Valentine's Day drama over the last little while, I'm excited to have a great party that looks at the Valentine's Day from all angles. We're going to have slow dances, we're going to have song dedications, we're going to have voodoo dolls. I always thought Valentine's Day was like New Year's. The pressure is on you to have fun, but really it's about the martyrdom of a saint, so we're going to try to steer more towards the blood and guts than anything else.


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Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a cotton profitability workshop from 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. July 23 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock.
The center is located on U.S. Highway 1294, half a mile east of Interstate 27, just north of the Lubbock International Airport.
Jackie Smith, AgriLife Extension economist at Lubbock, said the workshop will offer pricing strategies for today's volatile cotton market. Other topics will include the expected break-even price for this year's crop, the effect of market volatility on premiums and margin costs, and how margins are set and adjusted as price and volatility change.
"Hedging with cotton futures and options has become more challenging than ever," Smith said. "The increase in volatility of the cotton market, as well as the other commodity markets, has made it expensive and difficult to use option contracts to lock in a profit.
"There seems to be very little reason to believe the volatility will go away any time soon. Because of huge expected carryover stocks, the cotton market is not experiencing the record prices of the grain markets. That's why cotton farmers have a greater need to be prepared to take advantage of any favorable pricing opportunities when they occur."
Smith said the workshop's speakers will explore pricing strategies and the management of these strategies under different market scenarios.
Individual registration, which includes lunch, is $20 at the door.
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Nazia Hassan
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Born Apr 3, 1965
Nazia Hassan was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death.… Read More
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1965 Birth Born on April 3, 1965.
1980 15 Years Old Her professional career started at the age of fifteen when she provided the lead vocals for the song Aap Jaisa Koi from the 1980 film ''Qurbani''. … Read More
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The song was a huge success in India and despite Hassan being a Pakistani, she gained overnight fame there. In 1981, Hassan won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback for "Aap Jaisa Koi". … Read More
1982 17 Years Old Hassan's second album Star/Boom Boom was released in 1982 for which she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. … Read More
1988 23 Years Old In 1988, she and her brother Zoheb appeared with music maestro Sohail Rana in his television program, Sung Sung. … Read More
1989 24 Years Old She hosted another show, Dhanak on PTV in the same year, 1989.
1991 26 Years Old 1 More Event
In addition to singing in films, Hassan had engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed as United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for Child Rights in 1991. … Read More
1995 30 Years Old Hassan was married on 30 March 1995 to businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Beg in an Islamic wedding ceremony held at Karachi,. … Read More
2000 35 Years Old Hassan fought a long battle with cancer during the last years of her life and died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35. … Read More
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Posted on 06/14/2010 12:14:05 PM PDT by Nachum
Secretary of State Clinton included the U.S. for the first time on the State Departments list of nations trafficking in persons for forced labor ranging from farm workers to pole dancers and prostitutes.
There are Americans, unfortunately, who are held in slavery, Clinton said in releasing the annual report on nations who promote or permit the international trade in human beings for profit.
The report said the main source countries for forced labor in the U.S. were Thailand, Mexico, the Philippines, Haiti and India.
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The list, ping
Sad that people are involved in human traffic behavior. I find it hard to believe that it happens in America, but I suppose it happens everywhere.
The Democrats just love outrage, don't they.
OK, if Americans are being held in slavery, what is Mrs. Clinton doing about it, other than talking about it?
I wish Dorothy's house would land on her soonest.
And there are those of you out there that still think that she would have been a better President than the big "O"!
Yeah. They're called "taxpayers".
She is enslaved to a serial philanderer with herpes and her not-so-secret lesbian "inclinations".
The liberal welfare plantation is a form of slavery. Go ahead and list that one too, Hillary!
The magnitude of state department idiocy exceeds the ability of math to express it.
Millions of Tax Slaves, for sure.
It does happen in every country. Moral Equivalentency though, in many countries they look the other way.
That is what the list is supposed to be, Hillary is an idiot.
Yes. Taxation and national debt ... her citizens are enslaved by their federal government.
Most of the ones she's speaking of are aka illegal aliens.
This is why we should have some border control. Typical Foggy bottom three faced argument while slipping in a hand job.
Have to believe this is true after seeing the Acorn videos.
Good gawd. . .just thwne I think old crusty can't be any dumber, she proves me wrong. . .
Revisionist history, it's what Democrats do. I wonder what specifics she can cite. Is she talking about the illegals being exported by gangs operating in the USA? If so, she should turn them in.
Ahh, such stupidity.
The Left truly hates America. No, stupid, we aren't a slave nation nor do we traffic in slavery. There is no official or unofficial sanction of the practice anywhere within our borders.
Yes there are incidents of criminal slavery by criminals. But by the same definition we are a nation of serial killers, cannibals, drug dealers, rapists, and people that record major league base ball games without the express written permission of the commissioner of baseball.
Just cause it happened here, doesn't mean it is either accepted or the norm. Can't her and her pantsuits just go away?
Am I wrong? Aren't a lot of people held in slavery in the US done so by fellow countrymen who come first, do well, then send for young women with promises they have no intention of fulfilling?
lemme guess...they counted all 1.4 million U.S. employees of WalMart...
Most human trafficking involves smuggling them in.
Held in slavy? What in the hell is she talking about, last time I look here in Mississippi nary a slave was to be seen.
Can you belive this 'u know what'?
I agree with Hillary.
The slaves are called: "Private sector tax payers".
One thing missing from her picture, the bags under her eyes.
All the slaves are now in NYC..................
The major sources of trafficked persons include Thailand, China, Nigeria, Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.
By that criterion, all nations are slave nations.
A disgusting Clinton lie. This NATION is not engaged in trafficing of persons. There may be scum here that do, but as a NATION we are not. READ THE TEXT. While some NATIONS are involved in this disgusting practice, in MY country, the United States, we are not. Not yet.
It's not just Hillary, the Bush Administration was working to combat this too.
Guess Mrs. Clinton has too much time on her hands as Secretary of State.
IF there is anyone in the USA held in 'slavery", Hillary, it is you!!
You should have booted that pervert you married to the curb years ago, instead of 'standing by your man' when he continued to be a total embarrassment.
Even a pole dancer would not stand for that kind of partner!!
Exactly how I feel.
I think I finaly started earning for my family about this time of year. It gets later every year.
. . . the annual report on nations who promote or permit the international trade in human beings for profit.
We now have a member of the administration going on record that they "permit" the international trade in human beings for profit!!! This should be brought up in every news conference from now on!!
As in: "Mr Gibbs when will the administration quit promoting and permitting the trade in human beings for profit as stated by Hillary Clinton and CLOSE THE BORDER?!"
Still would have been a liberal nightmare. Maybe with less socialism. The Clinton's were pragmatic liberals. They wanted to survive politically. not as committed ideologically as Obama.
0's second term dream is as dead as a an oiled up pelican
There are illegal immigrants who are smuggled in by Chinese, Vietnamese, and Mexican "coyotes". They are then forced into sex industry jobs to pay off their debts and told that they cannot go to the authorities and told that their families could face repurcussions of they go against these organized criminals.
Hardly "American" citizens. But if we cracked down on illegal immigration, we could put a bite into this.
Also there was a Saudi couple in Colorado who had a slave. They didn't pay her for working in their home and forced her to engage in sex acts with them.
But last I heard, the punishment was to pay her years of back salary.
Meanwhile what of all of the other (muslim) nations that continue to engage in slave trade because it is legal under the laws of Mohammed?
Check out http://www.notforsalecampaign.org
Socialism is slavery to the State.
Held in slavery? Yeah, Hillary. They're called TAXPAYERS!!!!!
Nobody knows, the trouble we see....nobody knows the payback...
When "O" is finished with us, we WILL be slaves...slaves to all and any lazy, stupid and demanding creeps who want to stay home and get a check in the mail while everyone else gets up aft 5:00 a.m. to go to work.
If she wants to get serious about ending slavery, she could begin by closing the border.
And it just chokes you up, don't it, bitch?
One thing missing from her picture, the bags under her eyes.
aging Hillary morph
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Totally agree. Plus not to mention that pre-orders for it may be coming soon months down the road. All people have to do is to reserve one, & keep putting down money on it until it's paid in full (including covering sales tax, etc.), they don't have to put the full amount on it right away (oh, & you'll need to probably save your receipts). That way, when it's all paid in full & when the 3DS finally releases, you should then have more money to spend games on.
If they don't do that, & chooses to wait a year or so just for the price to be lowered, then it's their own fault.
People that love to pick fights with me, they will always lose in the end.
That's cool. I don't care what they think, either. I will not buy their system if it's over $249.99 Period. If they still sell like hotcakes anyway, great. Doesn't affect me one way or another.
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..Ya know, you're right about that. Nintendo is going to sell this regardless if it's expensive, look at the Ipad...and it's add-ons to make it work right. People like 3D, that's why everybody's jumping into it...and the 3DS is going to appeal to those non-gamers or mainstream gamers even more than the genuine ones. And the thing is, those mainstream people typically have more money than the rest of us ;>> so they'll pay 300 dollars out no problem.
Look at Wii Fit...*starts laughing* I worked at Sam's Club during the Holiday season and we sold out on those, all to mainstream people and nobody that acts like a usual gamer. Whether or not the 3DS appeals to us doesn't matter, if we don't want to buy it Nintendo isn't at a loss...we're outnumbered greatly by the Mainstream society that will buy it up because of the 3D part.
Some people just deserve to die, it's up to the individual to deliver that justice. Me, I embraced the right...can you embrace it, let go of morality?
Technically it does unless you weren't interested in the system in the first place. Then again, if you weren't interested you wouldn't consider the price, you would be on some other board.
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
I don't care how much it is, I just want it out this year!
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Apple sells very high though and it's for the general public and not just gamers.
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
Nintendo aren't fools. They're not going to ask too high a price, because now they have the non-gamer market on top of their loyal fanbase. With the 3DS they might reclaim some of the more core oriented gamers they lost to sony 15 years ago. They are not going to do this at the expense of the "casual" (due to a lack of a better term) market though. So i don't see this costing over 200-220 dollars.
And for the first time since long, i have a feeling they have actually been listening to the cries of their fans.
***The Kid is in rare form tonight***
Technically it does unless you weren't interested in the system in the first place. Then again, if you weren't interested you wouldn't consider the price, you would be on some other board.
Okay, allow me to rephrase.
If it's over $249.99, it won't affect me significantly enough for me to be upset about not having the system. It willa ffect me in on principle, because I am offended by pricing scehems if I personally regard them as unjustified. I will still be indignant ON PRINCIPLE about the price if it's 300 dollars, and will react as follows: "299 U.S. dollars! Here's this giant enemy Koopa..."
But I'm not going to sweat not having the system or its games. I can patiently wait.
Oh and about preordering, a lot of people might not have a set amount of money coming in or they're just not sure of what games will be in the 3DS' future so they want to wait instead of potentially wasting $300.
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Milwaukee Music Video: Introducing rap newcomer $killz
The already busy local hip-hop scene has just gotten a little more crowded. For full-length "Watch and Learn," Anthony "$killz" Kolstad spits fast rhymes, and gets a nice boost from Aderson "Lib" Gonzalez (who worked on Yo-Dot's "Red Mist," one of my favorite local albums last year.)
Check out the video for "Watch" track "Livin' My Dream" below - but beware, there is some salty language here. »Read Full Blog Post
Diva Ross packs a lot into 84 minutes
There was no opener for Diana Ross' near-capacity concert at the Riverside Theater Tuesday. Her set — not even an hour and a half — was out before 9 p.m. Anyone who opted for the premium seats was essentially burning a buck a minute.
But judging by the audience's reaction, the vast majority thought it was worth every penny. »Read Full Article(5)
Day 34: Time Warner letter offering free movie during Ch. 4 blackout
This free Movie on Demand coupon good showed up in a reader's inbox.
Nothing we didn't already know - I wrote about it earlier - but this is the official notice. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
River Rhythms hosts special Friday night show
Things to be happy about: A raise; a winning lottery ticket; and an extra concert from Westown River Rhythms.
Good luck with the first two. We can help you with the third. River Rhythms presents Leroy Airmaster with Junior Brantley in a special Friday show at Pere Marquette Park on Old World Third St. »Read Full Article
Stories flow with the miles on Harley-Davidson ride
The leather-clad men head west on State St., Lynyrd Skynyrd blasting above the rumble of their Harleys.
It's a sunny Saturday, and for brothers Kenn and Charlie Hartmann of Illinois, it's the best kind of day. They've brought four Harley-riding friends with them to Wisconsin, but the thing about riding, the brothers say, is that you always pick up more along the way. »Read Full Article(20)
Big Sean; Alabama; the Rides; Over the Rhine; Black Joe Lewis; the Dodos; Disappears; Robbie Fulks
Big Sean »Read Full Article
BMO Harris bank plans big holiday reveal
There's a present at Red Arrow Park, 920 N. Water St., and it's not close to Christmas.
All will be revealed at noon Wednesday at the park. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Diana Ross is Coming Out
Diana Ross will definitely NOT be playing at the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary Celebration this week. Fans can see her instead at the Riverside Theater tonight, while outlaw Harley riders are cautioned to steer clear. Associated Press photo by Heiko Junge. »Read Full Blog Post(5)


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Matt Lanter ("Heroes") has signed for the lead role in Good News Holdings' thriller "Dudleytown." Story concerns a group of teens who venture into the notoriously haunted forest in the titular Connecticut town. Production begins in Connecticut in May with Greg Michael at the helm.
Lanter's credits include "Commander in Chief" and the upcoming "War Games 2."