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The big Apple WWDC show starts at 1pm Eastern time today, in which new products will be touted, a new operating system likely unveiled, and other things by, of, and for Apple are shown. Apple is just one company, though, and the noise and press thrown up around WWDC can be a bit much for those with lots of work to do, or uncertain Team Apple allegiances.
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- 7 Bizarre Apple Products That Were Just Too Weird to Exist: Succinct roundup of seven prototypes or rough-draft ideas that Apple never brought to market. A nice reprieve from the message that Apple knows exactly what you want, and has created a magical tool to fulfill that want.
- AT&T adding push-to-talk capabilities to iPhones: An intriguing move to snap up the Nextel customers, primarily government and large corporate, that have relied on the instant push-to-talk feature of the network, which is shutting down on June 30.
- 4 UX Problems Holding Back Crypto And Anti-Wiretapping Technology: Thought-provoking take on some of the simple factors that keep internet users from living a web life that the NSA cannot so easily pick apart.
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Morristown Kick Off Shop Local Effort
11/22/12 5:36PM By Amy Kolb Noyes
Between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and all those door-busting deals at big box stores, it's more than apparent the holiday shopping season is upon us.
In rural places like Morristown, it's easy for shoppers to hop online, or drive to a hub like Williston. It's also not far to venture across the border to New Hampshire to take advantage of chain-store promotions.
But Morristown is home to around 75 locally owned businesses. And this year they're banding together to encourage shoppers to stay close to home. The shopkeepers are calling their campaign: Keep Your Money Home for the Holidays.
Tricia Follert is Morristown's community development coordinator. She says people don't realize how important it is to support their local merchants.
"We want to encourage people to shop locally. People need to understand that if they don't shop locally, we don't have local businesses," Follert said.
Here's how the program works: Each business has donated two gift certificates. With each purchase, shoppers can enter their name in a raffle.
Winners will be drawn in mid-January. They'll either receive a gift certificate to the store where they shopped, or a set of five gift certificates to other area businesses.
Follert says shop owners are hoping the second drawing will bring some new customers through their doors, in a time when business is slow.
"We really ran it until mid-January because that's a time when businesses start
to go down in their sales. So maybe this will bring someone new into a business
they've never been in, or they'll see someone new," Follert said.
Follert says this holiday season could make or break some of Morristown's locally owned businesses.
"These businesses, as most small businesses, are struggling. But if we support them, they're going to be here for us. So we need to be there for them," Follert said.
Morristown's buy locally campaign runs through January 15th.

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The Flex-Hone Tool can be mounted in a hand tool or machine tool chuck, for finishing or resurfacing of hard metals, ceramics, and other tough materials used in items like ports, sleeves, and cylindrical bores.
Los Angeles-based Brush Research Manufacturing is known for inventing the Flex-Hone Tool, now a global brand. This year, the ISO 9001:2008-certified supplier is marking 55 years of surface finishing innovations, and unveiling new products, strengthening supply chains — and helping manufacturers save time and money.
"Keep an open mind," company founder Steve Rands said, "… experiment. Nothing improves until someone stops and questions an accepted assumption." BRM continues to uphold Rands' vision by offering innovations like a new generation of Flex-Hones and other specialty abrasive brushes.
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BRM's signature product, the Flex-Hone, remains the standard for all finishing tools. With a stiff metal stem and flexible nylon abrasive filaments, it removes cut, torn, or folded metal while leaving the base metal undisturbed.
Versatile and easy-to-use, the flexible hone performs edge blending, plateau honing, polishing and chamfer operations, and it can be used with manual or automated production equipment, or even a handheld electric drill.
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George W., the Ill-Suited President
By Stan Crock
So President George W. Bush now has most of his Cabinet in place. He has unveiled his education plan. And he has scheduled a trip to Mexico -- his first foreign foray as President. But none of those was the REALLY big Bush story of his 10 first days in office. Everybody missed this one: The President is clearly ill-suited for the job. I mean this in a sartorial sense.
He can't tie a tie. Look at the pictures. His knot is as awkward as his speeches with a Teleprompter. His tongue gets tied better than his cravat. But that's not all. Bush's shirt collars don't quite fit. And some of his outer-coat sleeves are too short. He's more pubescent than Presidential. If his father's Administration was J. Press, his is Not Pressed.
This is serious: Bush's tailoring troubles could have real-world consequences. How can he sit down with foreign leaders who shop on Saville Row or the Champs Elysee? Will Bush's clothes be the napkins?
I wonder if his appearance stems from his days at Andover. I attended that New England prep school just after Bush departed, and I can attest that taste was verboten. We had to wear dress pants and jackets and ties, but they didn't have to match. Even in the late spring, we had to wear jackets in class, but some of the guys tore off the backs of their shirts so they wouldn't be so hot. (This was a clever ploy except when a teacher occasionally gave us permission to take off our coats in class.) So, I understand the possible origins of Dubya's haphazard haberdashery.
Bush looks a lot more comfortable at his ranch in Crawford in informal attire. It just fits him a lot better -- which may tell us something about where he belongs. But he's our President. And he has to get used to this tie business. One of his first post-Inaugural edicts was to abolish casual dress in the White House, opting for traditional business attire.
That was a mistake. When President Clinton went casual, he tended to appear slightly paunchy. But casual dress is tailor-made for Bush. State dinners, of course, would have been an exception to a casual-dress code. But that would have been O.K. because Bush actually looked fine at the black-tie-and-boots Inaugural ball. Did he rent the tux? After all, he's one of the few people who might look better in rented apparel.
Maybe he'll grow into his clothes, just as folks hope he'll grow into the job. A man his age won't have trouble filling out shirt collars over time. I'm amazed at how mine shrink just hanging in the closet. The same thing happens to the waists of my pants -- a bunch get smaller all at once when I haven't even worn them. The tie could be more problematic for Bush. If he has that much trouble tieing it now, what will happen when arthritis strikes?
Fortunately, there's a simple solution to all of this. While Dubya is filling out his staff, he should carve out a role for Naomi Wolf. Remember her? She's the feminist author and clothes adviser Al Gore hired during the campaign for some obscene sum who told him to wear earth tones. Come to think of it, if Bush had hired her, maybe he would have really won the election.
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I haven't been giving Marvel much attention in my reviews, so i figured its time to change that. What better way to start off the Marvel love than with a review of this stellar series? Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 collects the first 18 issues of this fantastic run into one nice tpb. The series lasted for 50 issues which was then gathered in 8 volumes or the 3 Ultimate Collections. The series during its initial run starting in 2004 was actually called Cable and Deadpool, but the Ultimate Collections switched the names around. Seriously, check it out and then compare it to the cover posted at the top of this blog. I guess since Deadpool's popularity took a big upswing during this run, they figured his name was more marketable being first? I honestly have no idea.
This is my favorite Deadpool series i have ever read. It is so much fun with great writing and characterization. The interactions between Deadpool and Cable are brilliantly written. This book also contains my favorite two-page spread in all of comics. Its not some big action set piece, or super stylized rendition, or heroic pose, or anything like that. You know what, i will just post it and you can see for yourself.
Hahahaha. He has to put the mask on when ANSWERING THE PHONE to be Deadpool. Hahahaha. Cracks me up! Anyway, from the posted pages, you can see the art style, the detail, and the writing style. For those of you unfamiliar with either of these characters, you don't need any prior knowledge going into this book. It explains everything you need to know about the characters history.
I have literally no complaints about this book. I was monumentally entertained from start to finish and recommend this to anyone and everyone. It has humor, violence, tragedy, character arcs, intrigue, and mystery. Even if you are not a comic fan, if the 2 pages posted above brought a smile to your face, give this book a chance. You may just find out you actually are a comic fan and just didn't know it yet! I give this my "Thumbs up of Approval", oh and an A rating too
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This light, clear soup of strawberry juice could be described as a fruit consommé. But is it a first course or dessert? The answer is, it can be both, though for an appetizer I wouldn't recommend topping it with ice cream. It's a good recipe to make when strawberries are at their peak and reasonably priced. And just as melon can be enhanced with a fiery spike of ginger, so strawberries get a kick from black pepper.
1. Set aside one-third of the strawberries, selecting the firmest ones.
2. Cut up the rest of the fruit and place in a large, heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Sprinkle with the granulated sugar. Slit the vanilla bean open and scrape out the seeds, adding them to the bowl along with the mint leaves.
3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it over the pan of simmering water for 30-40 minutes, so the strawberries exude their juice. Remove from the heat, let cool, and chill for 2-3 hours.
4. About 30 minutes before serving, pour the strawberry juice into a sieve set over a bowl and allow it to drip through; don't rub the pulp. Meanwhile, place the reserved strawberries in a shallow bowl, sprinkle with the confectioners' sugar, and leave until they start to "bleed."
5. Divide the strawberries among 4 chilled deep, lipped plates. Sprinkle lightly with the pepper and pour the chilled "jus" around them.
Fabulous topped with a scoop of Chocolate and Thyme Ice Cream (page 61 in the book) as illustrated here, or the more subtle Fromage Blanc Sorbet (page 76 of the book).
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Excellent-looking. It seems like Buick's going with an Enclave formula here - a "concept" car with minimal production changes. I don't like the color scheme with the interior though...
However, it seems very promising. Hopefully it'll be named Invicta when it hits production.
EDIT: I see push-button start!
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Interesting. A bit more squared off around the lights and top of the grille than I thought and depicted in my chop below. Not sure I like that on a Buick which usually is more rounded in it's styling.
This is not a thinly veiled production car as there are cut lines that differ from the production prototype. The cut line at the base of the A pillar is changed, as is the cut line between the front bumper clip and the front fender. The lower vent under the front bumper will be almost exactly as portrayed on my chop, going by the spy pic. Also the top of the grille on the spy pic shows a much softer top to the waterfall grille bars with less protrusion out from the horizontal grille surround. This concept also has a lower roofline and a shorter trunk than the prototype. So it will be interesting to see how 'softened' the design is on the final production car.
Below is a comparison between parts of the concept and the production prototype. I thought I would explain why they are different and what it may mean for how much of the concepts design makes it to production.
If you look at the red arrow on the concepts inset pic of the A pillar you will see that the line next to the windscreen is sharp, making the A pillar slab sided. But if you look at the red arrow on the A pillar on the prototype on the trailer you will see that the A pillar is curved and rounded like most cars. This is because, especially with CAFÉ, you need the best aerodynamics for low fuel use.
We know with the Volt concept that it was made before going in the wind tunnel and they have had to change a lot. The same with this concept. As wind piles up as it runs into the windscreen and forms a high-pressure zone then it must move around the windscreen. Some goes up over the roof and the rest goes around the sides.
So a high-pressure stream of air has to pass across the A pillar at high speed from the windscreen side to the side windows. If this is rounded then the air moves smoothly and maintains it's laminar flow, meaning that it doesn't break up and start to tumble and cause eddies and turbulence, which saps fuel economy. But if the edge is sharp then it's like falling over a small waterfall, and just like the water bubbles and boils around turbulently under a waterfall, so too would air over that concept's sharp A pillar.
The problem is that if they smooth that off, as they have done, then what of the sharp raised ridge on the bonnet which the A pillar flows into and which the portholes are on the inside edge of? Will they be softened and rounded too - probably. They may even have to reposition the portholes.
If we look at the inset of the concepts grille and compare it to the prototypes grille we see under the red arrows that the top of the grille bars sit out much further on the concept than on the production prototype. This is again due to airflow. Those 'teeth' like tops of the grille on the concept would be like forcing air through a comb, it would cause a break-up of the laminar flow needed. The prototypes much smoother softer grille will interfere with airflow much less and get better fuel economy.
The sharp edge at the top of the lights may also have to be rounded more in the name of good aerodynamics and fuel economy.
Just though I'd share these little interesting facts.
I think these colored cars are closer to what the production cars will look like. I raised the roof, smoothed the body a little and changed the grille and under bumper vent to match the prototype.
OK. I did this one with smaller wheels just for jason4225 who asked for them and more normal side windows.
I also made the B pillar more prominent and changed the A pillar and front clip cut lines to production.
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Well if it's close to the car in those pics the "It's just an Aura crowd" will be sad. That looks awesome! That will sit beautifully alongside the Enclave. The Chinese Park Avenue is too tame next to this thing! Can't wait to see it... the simple addition of this car (again, assuming it looks as good in production form) gives me hope for Buick.
Much better then the Lucerne and Lacrosse ,
which isnt saying much. But I'd buy one.
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Very nice design. The portholes on top of the hood may need to grow on me a bit, but I don't think they take away from the design.
The teal/aqua backlighting works for me. But, wasn't that Oldsmobile's signature backlighting scheme? Pontiac has red. Saturn has amber. Chevrolet has blue (I read one Malibu review where the author said he felt like he was on the set of Tron with the mood lighting). It seems like I remember Olds having the teal/aqua. I've never been a big Buick guy. So I have no idea if Buick had a signature backlighting.
looks nice!
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I don't care for the belt line but then I would imagine the car manufacturers are working to create something "different and exciting"
Hope its a winner for buick.
Beautiful car. Can't wait to see it in production form. Now let's see what Lucerne replacement will look like.
Armrests looks plenty long to me.
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Wow...I really really like it Congrats Buick
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During a presentation to investors and financial analysts in October 2014, GM President Dan Ammann said, "We talk much less than we should, frankly, when we talk about Buick and GMC," and called them "huge profit contributors." "We will be investing significantly in these brands to continue the momentum they have," Ammann promised.
WOW......What a beautiful car. I love everything about it. I think I see my next car in this one. Can't wait to see it next spring.
Nice, VERY nice.
This is it folks. Minimal changes from show car and you have the next Buick Invicta. The interior has a lot of heritage Buick cues. Wow. Exterior carries the theme. The rear looks nice. Those tail lights are both classy and modern.
Good job. Still looks very American, for all those who worried about the Chinese influence. The Chinese probably worked on engineering issues, such as testing, more than they did design. They have a lot of engineers in that country and they work cheap. If it is going to be sold there, let them be a part of it and they will buy it. Global world now.
That is a beautiful car. The full canopy glass won't make it naturally but a cool design none the less.
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Divergent Opinions: When I Don't Agree with the Giant Bomb Staff
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It's bound to happen, especially when reviews are so totally opinion based on this site rather than the analytical, clinical style of GameSpot of old. That is, I find myself totally disagreeing with the Giant Bomb crew's assessment of certain games from time to time. I tend to be de acuerdo with them more often than not, and that's why I like them and trust their judgment. But every now and then I so totally disagree that it bothers me. So here's a nice little list of the games that have stood out to me the most.
Dead Space 2
Brad raved about this, and Jeff respects it a lot and spoke of it as if it's serious Game of the Year material that Ryan definitely needs to play before those discussions happen. I just played it, being a pretty big fan of the first game, and was screaming at it and ready to rip it to pieces by half way through. It's frustrating and cheaply difficult, it's badly paced and so identical to the first game that I was actually pretty mad at it. The storytelling was better, but the rest was just such a waste. I might even go back to my review and change it from four stars to three. Maybe I'm in the severe minority here, but I was very disappointed by this game. The average Amazon reviews are lower than the first game's though, so maybe not. Brad's statement of "You could have told me it was just more Dead Space..." is annoying, since I actually got sick of the first one before the credits rolled anyway due to poor pacing, and the second game is worse. Ugh.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
I was catching up on old Bombcasts, and Ryan specifically was talking this game up as being a really fun romp. I LOVE me some Mario Bros. and was excited to check it out, and I freaking hate it! It's one of the laziest games Nintendo has made for the Wii this side of Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii. The only good things were done better in the 2006 DS game! It's frustrating, has bad controls, and is really boring. Whatever. I hate it. I may beat it eventually just to spite it, but UGGGGGGHHHH... Super Mario Galaxy 2, in the words of IGN (I think) makes this game look like some sort of fan-made flash game by comparison. It's creative, consistently fun, challenging but fair, and marvelous in every way. I totally agree with Ryan on that one.
Rhythm Heaven
Jeff loves him some Rhythm Heaven, and I love the WarioWare games and other random assortment-style games. I thought it would be a perfect fit. This game, however, is terrible. The controls are unforgivably bad and the objectives are inane. Bleaugh. Hey, but I agree with Jeff on one thing: Picross 3D is pretty flippin' sweet.
Bionic Commando Rearmed
The NES Bionic Commando game is one of my very, very favorite games of all time. It's fun, challenging, and varied. It also has kick-butt music. I was so stoked for this game when I saw the announcement trailer that I nearly wet myself. Then I played it...and it's really dumb. I don't like the remixed music, I don't like the controls at all, I don't like the overall feel of the game or the strange, oversaturated graphics. There's little I like about this game, actually. It feels like a shoddy cash-in. Jeff seemed to love it, though, and it's well liked. Maybe I'm crazy.
Rock Band 3
Let me preface this by saying that overall I think Rock Band 3 is a fantastic improvement over the past iterations and has a ton of great new features. Okay? I'm not crazy here. My trouble is that it's just not mind-blowing in any way. The progression stats and all that are fantastic, but the way things were moved around sometimes makes it hard to access. It's hard to tell where my songs actually came from (Rock Band 2, DLC, Rock Band 3, etc.) and switching around instruments causes you to change to a horrifically ugly default character instead of the one you had saved. My biggest complaint, though, is the poorly implemented keyboard controller. It receives praise from nearly every editorial site I've seen, and I can only chalk that up to the lack of expertise or experience of each of these sources when it comes to playing piano. I've played since I was seven and am a fairly well accomplished pianist in classical, rock, jazz, and many other styles. I can play really, really hard stuff very well. So when I find the keys nigh-on unplayable due to the nit-picky and poorly laid-out nature of Pro Keys, it's a bad sign. Playing piano allows for improvisation and trills, and is dependent on feel, but the nature of the note setup is the requirement of absolute rigid exactness. Sometimes I can't even figure out what I'm messing up. The worst, though, is the notation. Everything seems shifted over one note farther than it actually is, so I rarely read it right even after getting all the keys achievements and practicing hard at it. Would it kill them to allow an option to put the note names above the note line so you at least know where your hands are? Geez...at least playing guitar is still loads of fun.
I'm probably expecting way too much and being irrational here, but c'mon! I should love to play the keys in this game. It seems like it was made for me!
Fable II
They openly admit there's lots of problems, but they still love the heck out of this game. I don't know why. I played a bunch of it and it feels like utter garbage. Nothing is right in this poorly-made game, at least in my opinion. Whatever. Play it if you like. Crazy people.
Metroid: Other M
Of all the...this is another example of Brad being crazy I guess. I like the guy a lot and all but...this game is FREAKING TERRIBLE. I love, love, LOVE the Metroid series and have played every single game multiple times, and I even like Ninja Gaiden too. This game is so bad my roommate and I sat in utter shock for the longest time trying to figure out if this was just some kind of practical joke. Thumbs down, everyone! Somebody please shoot me...
This game was an alright copycat of God of War and Zelda. It was kinda slow-paced and boring a lot of times, and enemies were sometimes weirdly cheap in a way that the gameplay wasn't built for. Actually, the controls were straight-up pretty bad. Jeff seemed to like it a lot though. Not that he thought it was a masterpiece, because it wasn't. Whatever. Good on him I guess. I'd put it more at the three stars range, personally.
Alan Wake
Here's a first for this list: a time when I felt the editors didn't give the game a fair shake. Brad's review was very fair, and he seemed to really enjoy the story and characters and the general action. But when it came to Game of the Year time, everybody talked as if the game was a failure and just didn't live up to expectations. WHAT? This game was LOADS better than freaking Halo Reach and should have gotten the 360 GOTY award. Was this even an honorable mention? I think the gameplay was good up to a little before the end, and the story was one of the best of any game I've ever played. I am going to go back and S-rank this game too. It's amazing, scary, gripping...geez you guys are lame sometimes. On that note, I want to know what unknown, ethereal third-person shooters these guys are playing when they say that Alan Wake and Mass Effect 2 are simply passable. Gears of War is better, as is Uncharted, but I can't think of any others that are any better than these. What, is Army of Two better? Kane and Lynch? Heck no.
Now I just have beef with the whole editorial industry, I guess, because nearly EVERYONE openly admits that the gameplay in these games is generally downright awful and the best parts about it are the characters and storylines...which are mainly just overblown, profane stereotypes. Tons of people, after raving about this game in reviews and giving it perfect scores, wanted to go back and modify it because I think the realized how poor it really was. What gives? These guys still gave it GOTY over Gears of War 2 and MGS4 despite the arguing of everyone but Jeff that the actual game part of it was horrible. Brad didn't even want to finish it at all despite the great story because it was so annoying and frustrating. Do you understand it? Maybe I'm just not rough enough. Whatever. I think glorifying gangs and mafias is a bad idea one way or another, even if this game does paint it as an awful world to live in. Whatever. Again, play it if you like it, I guess. It just seems like a collection of everything wrong in games these days.
Prince of Persia
I like the art style of this reboot, but...uh, remember how the first Assassin's Creed was extremely repetitive to the point of being almost painfully boring after a short while? Yeah, this game's even worse, because the stuff you're doing isn't even as cool or fluid as the AC series. Dang it, I really wanted to like this game too because it's so pretty and stuff but...it ain't no Sands of Time, that's for sure. Now THAT was a game. Dang it Brad, you crazy.
Despite this rant, brought on by my recent experience with Dead Space 2, I more often than not find myself agreeing with the assessments these guys put on games and I trust their journalism. But every now and then...geez, you guys...I know an opinion's an opinion, but sometimes you can be straight up wrong. Maybe I'm wrong. Whatever. I'm not suggesting they should change their opinions or their reviews, I just don't agree sometimes. Whatever. Peace.


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I had one treatment of it so far. As JD 29 said the tattoo is basically tattooed over with a tattoo gun with no ink this is to break up the ink particles (tattoos are not stains they are thousands of individual ink globules Inserted into the skin). The solution is a scabbing agent which is applied with a cotton bud type stick then left to soak into the thousands tiny holes for 10-15 minutes then wiped away and dressed. You MUST then let the scab form and fall of on its own DO NOT PICK. I stress this as I couldn't help myself and picked a part off and the skin there is now really pink however the rest I the skin is fine.
My tattoo is on my stomach about 6 years old and all black. Its about 6x3 inches and 6 letters and was professionally done. During the process you can see all the ink coming out and is absorbed/wiped away with the solution.
Apart from the area I picked the rest if the tattoo is much lighter and the skin on som parts is just new skin again. I reckon another 2 or 3 treatments will be needed to remove the whole thing.
I can't stress enough how much your results rely on YOU following the after advice to keep it dry and not to pick the scab.
This is the opposite of aftercare for getting a tattoo which encourages keeping it moist and using healing creams which are designed to prevent and reduce scabbing therefore reducing ink loss.
It was fully explained to me that because your are effectively removing the top layers of the skin over the surface of the tattoo you are causing brand new skin cells to form which are slightly pink in colour (very pink if you pick the scab) this fades over time as the skin ages and toughens but can take up to 18 months to totally blend in with the surrounding skin.
I believe the people reporting to doctors are either just those unlucky few who have rubbish natural skin healing and scar easily, have not had the last part explained by their technician or are have caused actual scaring by picking the scabs.
My technician did indeed attend the course in Las Vegas and showed me the certificate and website of the company. In her opinion it is not as popular as lazers in the medical community as it is quite a new method and the lazers are extrememly expensive to buy and therefore people dont want to now stop using something which they paid so much to use and earns more money due to the increased treatments required. my technician says that as all she needed to pay for was the course, tattoo gun and the solution she doesnt have a big overlay and therefore the procesure is quite cheap and uses this more as a method of attracting people to her business and then encouraging then ti het other treatments which so make money (Ifound her honest no bullshit attitude very comforting and is the main reason I went for this instead of lazers...and it works I also ended up buying lazer hair removal and i'm very glad I did.
She also had a book of photographs of all the her patients (assuming you consent to the photos being taken) to show me and put me at ease as I am very caution and mistrusting of there's beauty clinics in general. She also asks her patients if they are wiling to have there contact details passed to other patients. I was able to contact someone who had it done and schedule my first appointment for the same time they were going in for their 2nd so I could see how there's looked and not have to trust photos on a website.
I would recommend this method to anyone as I feel it is the most obvious and natural way of renovating a tattoo as it so similar to the method it applied. Much more accurate in relation to skin depth than lasers and without the worry of exploding ink particals to be dissolved and flushed by the body (tattoo ink can be made of all sorts of materials including, metals, minerals' plant extracts etc which could cause a reaction if it enters the system)
I have seen better than expected results after my first treatment. Just wish I didn't pick that one small part off as it will take a long time to lighten and may even leave a slight scar but again that is down to my own fault.
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There are 32 comments on the Charleston Gazette story from Oct 11, 2009, titled Princeton DHHR employees complain of sick building. In it, Charleston Gazette reports that:
Ventilation is so poor in Department of Health and Human Service offices in Princeton that it might be posing continuing health risks to employees and visitors, according to a state inspection report.
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#1 Oct 15, 2009
I've never heard of anything quite like this, they mention the term "sick building syndome."
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#2 Oct 15, 2009
I took a friend over there the other day and i had trouble breathing due to the poor air quality and had to go out side the building is not sick it makes you sick.
#3 Oct 15, 2009
I understand its where dirty air or air with "nasty stuff" keeps being circulated through the building over and over. It is a ventilation problem.
#4 Oct 15, 2009
It has something to do with it being a central air system. You know how they tell you to have your vent ducts cleaned once a year. It the same process if you dont do it in buildings,(even homes) with a centeral air system then stuff starts growing. YOu dont do it for a year you might be ok but after a while you get dust that starts gowing mold, keep repeating and the particles filter in the air and you are breathing that stufff. Then you get sick. Classic syndrome
#5 Oct 15, 2009
I am very concerned with these issues. My spouse is having problems with breathing to the point that has caused trips to the hospital & doctors for treatments & at times has required hospitalization. Something has to be done before more health problems arise & more workers or customers will have to see doctors or be hospitalized. People want to blame breathing problems on smoking, but what about those that do not smoke? My spouse does not smoke & is not around second hand smoke, but yet has difficulty breathing & other lung problems.
Anhyone that has worked in the Mercer County DHHR building or has been there with someone or for their own personal reasons can tell you that the place is very hard to breath in and at most times has a very weird smell in the air. It is hot and stuffy in there at most times. If it is the ventilation system, then for God's sake replace it, upgrade, clean it or whatever it takes. Why should people's health be at risk. No one should have to work or visit a building such as this. Someone do something!!!
#6 Oct 15, 2009
I figured that it meant that something was growing in the ventilation system, but they don't mention what it might be. I assumed it was mold, but I wonder what kind? Some types of mold are deadly.
Mercer County Health Department is in terrible need of renovations also. I think that it is a real shame that the people who are supposed to help and protect others in our community are subject to these kinds of conditions. Not to mention that the people that they serve are subjected to them as well.
#7 Oct 17, 2009
air system hell, have you seen some of the ppl over there. They haven't bathe in months.
#8 Oct 17, 2009
Yeah but they dont normally spend 8 hours day 5 days a week there.
#9 Oct 18, 2009
My wife and I were in Princeton a few days ago. Didn't see any sick buildings, but we ate a very interesting restaurant. If you visit Princeton you must check out Jimmie's Restaurant. It is a dining experience you'll never forget.
#10 Oct 18, 2009
If u people remember correctly that building was built on a big swamp, thats the problem the moisture is seeping up into the building causing mold problems and hard to tell what else
#12 Oct 19, 2009
I was also in the DHHR the other day for a case I am working on , I was fine when I went in at 8:45 by 10:45 I couldn't breathe & had smell on my clothes ???
As for Jimmie's restautant you did't there did you ?
#13 Oct 20, 2009
Its all the stinky people in there. They think that bars of soap cost too much.
#14 Oct 20, 2009
Oh, come on. There really is no need to bash people who get services from the DHHR.
You may think it is funny, but when you see an elderly person doing without food because they are too ashamed of what people will think of them to go to the DHHR to get assistance, it isn't.
#15 Oct 21, 2009
Old people arent the ones that smell bad...I worked with the public for over 6 years and its the 20-50 year old crowd that cant figure out how proper hygiene works.
#16 Oct 21, 2009
I worked in electronics at a local Department store and it infuriated me when I would see people come in that was on welfare and mental disability and they would buy xbox games and cds instead of soap and shampoo and things for their children...All you have to do is pretend to slit your wrist and act crazy and you will get a little check every month. A check that you and I pay for so I think I do have a say.
#17 Oct 21, 2009
Ok maybe but let me ask you this. If you went into mcdonalds and saw thoesme people working would YOU buy a hamburger. I worked with truly mentally ill peeople and let me tell you if I saw any of my clients working there I would noteat. End of discussion I would walk out without eating even if i had already paid for ti.
#18 Oct 21, 2009
There is jobs that they can do. I have family that is and they manager to clean their room,make up their beds and take a shower all with the mind capacity of a 6 year old. Door Greeters at walmart? Baggers? Help clean the side of the road? plenty of things.
#19 Oct 21, 2009
How did you know that they were on welfare or disability?
#20 Oct 21, 2009
That wasn't the point. You said:
"Its all the stinky people in there. They think that bars of soap cost too much."
You didn't specify who you were talking about. People read things like that and do not want to be seen in that light, nor seen in relation to it.
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Whos trying to desensitize? Its just the way the worlds become. Growing up Ive always heard from older people it was never an issue before. I don't like seeing ricers run around but thats no reason to ban them, just as because someone doesn't like seeing a gun doesn't give them the right to ban or or try to. Everyone has their opinion. And agreed they think things would be great having no guns but thats just in a state that will never happen, well unless marshall law is enacted and the military goes door to door.....
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First, there are entire libraries filled with laws and no cop will know every law. It's simple. They know laws they deal with regularly. Open carry is a relatively new (it's not but the movement sort of is) idea and not everyone has been brought up to speed on the issue. However, the law is fairly cut and dry like most laws. What's not cut and dry is the individuals actually doing it. Which is why there are the douchers carrying ARs as if on patrol for terrorists.
Second, carrying a simple handgun on your hip in many situations, or even a long gun in the woods and such is the norm and nobody is shocked to see it. The large packs of people that get together for these dinners and such at family restaurants carrying long guns is not the norm. The argument of spreading awareness and desensitizing the public to the sight of guns is a widely used argument by the open carry supporters. Frankly, if I was sitting at a Ponderosa and a bunch of people came in carrying rifles, I wouldn't exactly feel comfortable and I'm a gun guy. I have one on me at all times. There are just too many variables, and most of all, I don't know what sort of doucher is actually in control of the weapon in the first place. Many just think if they have a gun they somehow become a badass and they can now protect themselves and everyone else. WRONG. Thats not even legal in the first place, nor is it safe considering most people don't have any sort of actual training with the weapon. Hitting a target is not training either. Then there is the fact that many people carrying weapons exposed at walking around like it's nothing more than a cheap cellphone on their belt. I've personally witnessed on more than one occasion where a person is open carrying a handgun in a holster and Joe Public who happens to be standing very near them is eyeing it up and would have a very easy time removing the weapon from the holster and taking it. Granted, Joe Public isn't likely going to try that but you can bet Joe Dirtbag would. Why not just hand them a gun in the first place? Did you know that the leading causing of police officer shootings is by their own weapons? Weapons that they have had extensive training on how to use them, and more importantly how to retain them.
Third, you've said it a few times now about us thinking open carry should be banned. This simply isn't true. We are all gun nuts. We love guns. What we don't want is the untrained sissy who believes he will now be respected by carrying a gun to end up ruining it for all of us.
Oh, and don't for a minute think the govt. taking our guns will never happen. The govt. has been and will continue to increase gun regulations. Also remember that even though there are lots of gun owners and supporters, there are far more gun haters. We are the minority.
|July 15th, 2012, 09:00 PM
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What these open carry morons fail to recognize is that 2nd amendment is just one act of congress from going away... the Bill of Rights has been amended a few times throughout history and you are fool if you don't think it could happen again.
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|July 16th, 2012, 06:02 AM
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I love these debates. This topic comes on the board and suddenly we have a bunch of OC lovers joining up to perpetuate their convoluted views to the regulars.
I'm all for the 2nd Amendent, open carry, concealed, etc. What I don't like seeing is douchers who believe every conspiricy theory they hear waving guns of all sizes around in public because "IT'S THEIR GAWD GIVEN RIGHT". These same people tend to think cops are on a mission to fukc with them just because the cops have nothing better to do. When you discuss reasonable OC practices and ideals with the wack job side of OC, they fail to grasp the concept because their minds can not follow logic or reason and they are completly missing a bullshit filter for their ears.
|July 16th, 2012, 12:01 PM
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If I were a scum bag, and I was going to rob a place or someone in general and I had a weapon that I was prepared to use if need be the first thing I would do is pop the guy OCing right in the face. Not only would that set the "tone" for the experience, but it would eliminate an obvious threat before he even knew what the fukc was going on.
Now there is also the flip side of maybe I'm not armed, or I'm not prepared to use my weapon, and yes seeing that guy with a gun on his hip may make me think twice about what I'm going to do.
However, given the amount of robberies that end with someone dead these days and the level of violent crimes I'm going to wager the first scenario is more likely.
Open carry parties, and open carrying in general, is not the way to go about educating and conditioning the general public to not fear guns and the people who carry them.
|July 16th, 2012, 12:37 PM
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I'm not so sure I agree. I think there are a lot of wanna be punks who would shrink at the thought of getting shot at. I believe a weapon is a deterrant.
I also think that done discretely, common sightings of a gun on a belt is not a bad thing and people would adjust to it. But for every 100 people OCing discretely, one stupid wanna-be ruins it.
It's like a few years ago when Ted Nugent still lived here and has his morning radio show. He was promoting people to turn out for a township (or something) meeting. He preached over and over, no camo clothing, no knives on your belts, dress professional and create a good image. Same goes here.
|July 16th, 2012, 01:08 PM
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Granted the average kid that is stealing shit out of your car or out of your garage out in the suburbs may well be that way. But I think more often than not the kind of people that are really pulling off armed robberies are the same people that will take your $5, then shoot you for shits and gigs...
It seems like every news report shows these criminals being more and more ruthless and senselessly violent. Gone are the days of a guy taking your wallet, pistol whipping you, then going on his way. Now they take your wallet, beat you, shoot you, and let you watch them rape your wife while you lie there choking to death on your own blood.
|July 16th, 2012, 01:12 PM
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To me that's not the guy you need to worry about. That is still the scared punk kid that is going to take your wallet and ruin your day. For him you are right the weapon in view is a deterrant.
I'd be more worried about the ones out there that aren't afraid of getting shot at, or think they have the situation under control. He's the guy that's going to shoot first then take what he wants. For him I don't believe the weapon is a deterrent, it's just a threat that needs to be dealt with first.
|July 16th, 2012, 09:37 PM
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A good majority of the people that open carry are young men who want to look cool and they figure that having a gun on their hip is the answer. More often or not, these people don't know the first thing about gun safety, they don't understand the laws surrounding their rights (other than they can carry a gun openly..), and usually they are the people that you wouldn't see actually standing up and using their gun in a situation where an innocent person's life is in danger anyway. When the decision comes down to taking someone's life or walking away when you have no attachment to the situation, that would be a hard call. So for those of you OC'ers that say that you better hope that someone open carrying is there when my loved one's lives are threatened, those are big words, I would like to see the number of you that would actually put your life (possibility of prison, public humiliation, people looking down on you, living with your actions) on the line for someone that you didn't know.
Me personally, I conceal carry every day. I don't think that showing off my gun is "cool", I don't believe that someone knowing that I have a gun benefits me in any way. I too would face the same decisions stated above in the event that I had the ability to tilt the tables for a stranger. I am personally part of the younger generation and believe that more emphasis should be put on gun safety practices and training. I don't believe enough people posses the knowledge that I see necessary to carry a loaded firearm around everyday. I was actually mildly disgusted at how easy it was to get my CPL. When my friends and I get together for dinner we usually just call it dinner, we dont feel the need to advertise it as a concealed carry dinner, post ads and fliers, encourage everyone to strap up, post times, and attract as much attention about the event as possible. This is the main reason that I have such a problem with the majority of the open carry crowd.
Not to say that everyone falls within these generalizations.
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|July 17th, 2012, 11:12 AM
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I saw a guy open carry at Homedepot this past weekend. he was old and looked like a weirdo. I didnt take my eye off of him the whole time he was around. Personally I think OC just draws to much attention I would rather cc and have the public or criminals not look twice at me.
That being said I still like the fact that we have that right and Im glad people still stand behind it and fight to keep it.
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Can someone show me a case when OC caused the criminal to shoot that person and then continue on with the intended crime. Thus must happen every day in states that only allow OC. I would also bet that thousands of people who CC get shot when they print too. I see people OC and CC everyday.once I notice they are armed nothing about how I go about my business changes. Trailrail if the guy looks like a "weirdo" what difference does it make if he is armed? If someone is suspicious you should always keep yourself in a spot which benifits you in a bad situation. Let me guess you sit with your back to the door at restaurants too. I'm not saying OC doesn't cause a stir, and I too think many times its for show.
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How sorry should we be feeling for Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the "three diamond hooker" who has brought down the Governor of New York? On the one hand, she had a squalid childhood of destitution and abuse, developed a drug habit, and was reduced to selling her body when her dreams of hip-hop stardom came to nought. On the other hand, she was taking large wadfuls of cash from the punters, and keeping her music career on life-support with the proceeds. And now she finds herself the gobsmacked beneficiary of the randomness of Fortuna (Imperatrix Mundi, as the song goes).
She may even get a record deal. Though on this evidence, her career in the music business is likely to be considerably shorter and less lucrative than her early purchase on the entertainment industry.
Yesterday her MySpace profile was still up and running, and I cached the salient points before, inevitably, it ceased to function. Between the breaking of her role in the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal (primarily in the New York Times) and the site's succumbing to the waves of hackers it attracted the kind of hits that your emulous Heresiarch could only dream of. I gather it's back on again. But unless you want to listen to more of her alleged music, here's an extract from her tragic tale:
I live in New York and am on top of the world. Been here since 2004 and I love this city, I love my life here. But, my path has not been easy. When I was 17, I left home. It was my decision and I've never looked back. Left my hometown. Left a broken family. Left abuse. Left an older brother who had already split. Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again. Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone. I have been alone. I have abused drugs. I have been broke and homeless. But, I survived, on my own. I am here, in NY because of my music.
Something for everyone here. The feminist analysis of prostitution - all prostitutes are victims, and all their clients are abusers - will find ample confirmation from the clearly sad story of Ashley's childhood. Her "route into prostitution", if you like. Not all alumnae of the Emperor's Club VIP will share her sorry past, but many will. Or as Heather Mallick puts it, failing to see any distinction between $5000 seven-diamond hookers and the poor murdered streetwalkers of Ipswitch,
Dupre's real story is the same as that of the scarily skinny mottled-looking creature you see in the park/verdant expanse of dogshit at 2am giving off bad smells not of her own making....Anyone who watched The Sopranos knows what happens to the Ashleys of this world.
Because The Sopranos was a documentary, wasn't it?
But was Ashley's swerve into the escort business really the consequence of misery and low self-esteem, or something more conscious, informed, calculating even?
Here's what the woman herself says:
I spent the first two years getting to know the music scene, networking in clubs and connecting with the industry. Now, it's all about my music. It's all about expressing me. I can sit here now, and knowingly tell you that life's hard sometimes. But, I made it. I'm still here and I love who I am. If I never went through the hard times, I would not be able to appreciate the good ones. Cliché, yes, but I know it's true.
That's therapyspeak for you. But whatever her "issues", low self-esteem isn't obviously one of them. She could almost be Velma in Chicago:
No, I'm no one's wife
But, oh I love my life
And all... that... jazz!!
The New York Post, quoting people who know her, painted Ashley as the ultimate party girl, who made friends with club promoters, danced on tables and "bragged about hobnobbing with hip-hoppers like Sean "Diddy" Combs.". "Like all of them, she wanted to hang out with guys with money", said a source. Originally working as a waitress (don't they all), she obviously found the gig with the Emperors Club rather more lucrative. As the source went on to relate:
Nobody knew she was a prostitute. Everyone assumes it goes on, but you never know which girls are involved. Now it makes sense where her Cartier watch, her Louis Vuitton bathing suit and her trips to St.-Tropez came from.
(cue sound of small change hitting the floor).
One may deplore the fact that rich and powerful men aren't satisfied with their wives and seek to buy the company of attractive young women. One may deplore the unfair economic system that enables some wannabe stars to pursue their possibly narcissistic ambitions while living off Daddy's trust fund while others have to make the choice between waitressing and pumps from WalMart or prostitution and Manolo Blahnik. But such is the world. And Ashley Youmans, aka Ashley DiPietro, aka Ashley Alexandra Dupré, aka Kristen, aka Nina Vanetta would seem today, briefly at least, to be on top of it.
Will she cope? Well, her outlook on life would seem to draw deep from the well of philosophy. In a blog entry, she offers these pearls of wisdom:
If you are in a relationship, and it is "doing absolutely nothing" for you, makes you feel bad about yourself or situations, just causing unneccesary drama, and ruining things that you may actually care about...why would you want that in your life?? you need to surround yourself with the people that make you feel good, and that will help you get to that next step in your life. that is what a relationship is all about...growing and moving forward.
Surround yourself around people that are making moves, and doing what "they want and love" with their lives, positive energy...thats what life is all about...living. Because if you dont, misery loves company, they will only try to bring you down with them...but the question is, are you strong enough, to not let that happen?
Profound stuff. If she doesn't make it in the music industry, perhaps she could give Oprah a run for her money.


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Culture Clash: Hitchcock blondes
Tippi Hedren vs Grace Kelly
By Holly Williams
"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints." So claimed Alfred Hitchcock. He made Tippi Hedren - spotted her in an advert, cast her in The Birds and psycho-sexual thriller Marnie – but he also broke her, in famously difficult shoots. His methods may have been mean, but Hedren gave fine performances in two of his greatest films.
Hitch's much-loved platinum princess Grace Kelly starred in Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief; his camera loved her too, lingering on her beauty, her graceful walk, her romantic smooches. Then she only went and left him, and her career, for the Prince of Monaco… a final regal role for the original Ice(-blonde) Queen.
The winner: Grace Kelly
The deleted emails of...Kanye West (as read by John Walsh)
From: yeezus@Iam God.com
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Subject: need to rectify something I misspoke
OK listen up my man, this interview wit me in today's paper, I liked it fine, Ima let you go on living (joke) I think I come across as a regular guy, confident in my awesomeness, credible, influential, relevant, a kinda hybrid of Gandhi, Marx, Steve Jobs, De Vinci, J Caesar, J Christ, Wagner and Richard Pryor, you know what I'm sayin'? Only thing I gotta issue wit here is that I'm quoted twice saying "the fact that I can't sing that well" or some shit like that. That can't be right. The sumbitch tape machine musta bin faulty. But it's all right. Because I want you to take them words off the online version and then recall the whole paper edition, wherever they gone, and pulp 'em all. And then we'll do the thing again, only wit'out that bit. You got me?
Let me know when it's done. Peace upon you. KW
Instant ethics
By Ellen E Jones
Dear Ellen
Q. What music is it OK to play in a convertible in traffic?
A. Your choice must express contrition for the hubris of owning a convertible in Britain. I suggest "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by BJ Thomas segueing gently into "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles.
By Liam O'Brien
Chester's Midsummer Watch, featuring a parade of giant dragons and elephant puppets, is a local tradition dating back to 1498. Today and tomorrow, city centre, midsummerwatch.co.uk
Vermeer's music paintings are going on display at the National Gallery. There will be live performances to bring them to life. 26 June – 8 September, nationalgallery.org.uk
This delightful hippo footstool (see gallery) has a sturdy steel frame and a hand-stained leather exterior. They're made by Omersa in Lincolnshire. £360, liberty.co.uk
Indy Index
By Liam O'Brien
- The Vue cinema chain has been sold to Canadian investors for £935m, two years after a private equity firm bought it for £450m
- Last year, Cineworld acquired Picturehouse Cinemas for £47m, vowing not to change its art-house programming
-172.5 million cinema tickets were sold in the UK in 2012, with a total value of £1.1 billion
- In 1946, 1.64 billion cinema tickets were sold in the UK
- Until it closed in 2008, Britain's smallest cinema was La Charrette in Gorseinon, Wales. It had 23 seats, housed in a disused railway carriage
- The BFI Imax in London has the UK's biggest screen. It's 26 metres wide and 20 metres high
- Just 3.4% of all film viewing is done at the cinema
- The Duke of York in Brighton is our oldest cinema – it opened on September 22 1910
- The average ticket price to go and see a film is £6.37, up from £4.40 in 2000
- A peak hours ticket at the Leicester Square Odeon for a 3D film costs up to £24
- Saturday is the busiest day at the cinemas, but if you want quiet go on a Tuesday – only 9% of the weekly box office comes from Tuesday sales
- Second big payday for Vue cinema chain founder after £935m deal, The Independent
- Cineworld acquires Picturehouse for £47.3m, Screen Daily
- The UK box office in 2012, BFI and European Audivisual Observatory
- UK cinema - annual admissions 1935-2012, the Cinema Exhibitors' Association
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- Statistical Yearbook 2012, BFI
- UK cinema - average ticket prices 2000-2012, the Cinema Exhibitors' Association
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The Tunisian Mobile Film Festival will ask teams of budding filmmakers to shoot a one-minute movie on a mobile phone and upload it to the Internet
Teams of up to six people under the age of 30 and residing in Tunisia are eligible to enter.
The ten best entries will be chosen by a jury and the winning teams will participate in a three-day workshop with professionals from the Tunisian film industry, including Ben Ammar, at the Empire Studio film sets near the resort city of Hammamet.
During the workshop teams will develop, shoot and edit a three-minute film, which in turn will be judged by a jury and the public. These films will also be made with cellphones, to be provided by the organizers.
Ben Ammar argued that while there has been a lot of creative potential in the country, young Tunisian filmmakers lack the opportunity to develop their skills. The competition is a way to uncover and nurture new talent, through new technologies, he said.
He added that young people's familiarity with smartphones and their accessibility would encourage more people to express themselves.
"Talent can't stay hidden in the closet," he said. "Technology can help bring it out."
Young filmmakers will be able to find out more about the first stage of the competition by accessing the website www.tmff.tn from April 10 until April 20 when the competition closes. The workshop for winning teams will run from April 27 to 29.
All entries must feature the theme of the competition, which in its inaugural year is the Tunisian flag.
In related news, Ben Ammar also announced that the back-lot of the Empire studios in Hammamet will be open to the public on May 13 for a free festival of street art and culture. Named "Sunny Street Day," the event will feature street art, music, hip hop battles, as well as competitions for BMX, skaters and rollerbladers.
Source: http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/04/06/tunisian-filmmaker-ben-ammar-in-search-of-new-talent/
"Islamists, leftist activists, rebellious workers and trade unionists underwent the same torture and abuse"
"I'm convinced that great directors from this region of the world will emerge, and that Arab cinema will be increasingly exported"
In September 2013, we visited the set of El Ott. Watch our making-of here
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Sunday's games
Huddersfield 6-52 Bradford
Bulls captain Robbie Paul grabbed a hat-trick of tries as his side recorded their 12th straight win.
The visitors ran in nine tries to close to within two points of Leeds Rhinos, who they meet at Odsal on Friday in a repeat of the Challenge Cup final.
Bradford scored three tries in the first 14 minutes and had the game wrapped up by
half-time when they led 28-0.
Centre Scott Naylor got in on the try spree to bring up a career century and winger Tevita Vaikona grabbed a brace to take his tally for the season to eight.
Little went right for Huddersfield, who have lost their last four games after previously raising expectations with three successive victories.
Huddersfield: St Hilaire, O'Hare, Bailey, Bloem, Cooper, Costin, Holroyd, Fleary, March, Gannon, O'Doherty, Crabtree, Turner. Replacements: Gene, Slicker, Greenwood, Morrison.
Bradford: Paul, Vaikona, Naylor, Hape, Vainikolo, Pratt, Deacon, Vagana, A. Smith, Gartner, Gilmour, Peacock, Forshaw. Replacements: Reardon, Radford, Parker, Anderson.
Referee: Ian Smith (Oldham).
Castleford 40-2 Widnes
Castleford ran in seven tries as they totally outplayed play-off rivals Widnes at The
Jules O'Neill put Widnes ahead with a ninth-minute penalty goal - their only points of the game - after Castleford were penalised for ripping the ball out in a two-man tackle.
Castleford got the opening try in the 16th minute when lively hooker Ryan Hudson burst through from a play the ball and Wayne Bartrim added the goal.
They increased their lead in the 28th minute when teenage full-back Tom Saxton went over, with Bartrim adding his second goal.
Widnes' hopes faded further two minutes into the second half when good play by
Orr, Andy Lynch and Michael Eagar resulted in Darren Rogers collecting his first try.
Rogers then raced 70 yards for his second and the hosts put the game out of reach when Orr's pass put Lynch over and Orr added the conversion.
The home side rounded things off with further tries from Andy McNally and on-loan signing Jon Hepworth, with Bartrim adding his fifth goal.
Castleford: Saxton, Pryce, Gibson, Eagar, Rogers, Orr, Healey, Sykes, Hudson, Smith, Johnson, Fritz, Bartrim. Replacements: Hepworth, Blakeway, McNally, Lynch.
Widnes: Atcheson, Demetriou, Frame, Hughes, Giles, Lawford, Sheridan, Relf, Millard, J. O'Neill, Hay, McCurrie, J. O'Neill. Replacements: Potter, Farrell, Cantillon, McDonald.
Referee: Peter Taberner (Wigan)
Saturday's game
Leeds 10-10 Hull
Steve Prescott landed a last-gasp penalty to secure Hull a share of the spoils against the Tetley's Super League leaders at Headingley.
A 10th-minute try by Australian winger Colin Best and two goals from Prescott helped Hull to a deserved half-time lead in a close-fought game played in difficult conditions.
But the Rhinos, inspired by the returning Matt Adamson and fellow forward Dave Furner, dominated the second half to make it 10 games without defeat.
But they led 8-0 thanks to Best's score and two succesful kicks from Prescott.
A handling error by Richard Horne allowed second rower Willie Poching to carsh over for the home side's first try.
Then centre Chris McKenna glided over for a second to level the scores.
Sinfield missed both conversion attempts but he edged his side in front for the first time on 65 minutes with a penalty before Prescott tied the match in injury time.
Leeds: Connolly, Calderwood, McKenna, Senior, Cummins, Dunemann, McGuire, Bailey, Diskin, McDermott, Furner, Poching, Sinfield. Replacements: Burrow, Adamson, Jones-Buchanan, McDonald.
Hull: R. Horne, Best, Kohe-Love, Yeaman, Prescott, Cook, T. Smith, Greenhill, Treister, King, Maher, Ryan, Chester. Replacements: Carvell, G. Horne, Last, Donkin.
Referee: Steve Ganson (St Helens).
Friday's games
Wigan 21-20 Warrington
Wigan skipper Andy Farrell scored the winning drop-goal seconds from time to celebrate his comeback after a three-month injury lay-off in dramatic style.
Warrington looked set to take the points when Lee Briers knocked over two late
drop-goals but Farrell levelled it with a penalty before stealing the points with a superb field goal.
Warrington cashed in on brilliant kicking from skipper Briers to lead 12-6 at half-time, with Sid Domic and Brent Grose touching down either side of a score from Wigan scrum-half Adrian Lam.
Shaun Briscoe made up for an earlier mistake by grabbing two tries in the space of three minutes for Wigan.
Warrington hit back when Briers darted over for their third try and the conversion made it 18-18.
Two Briers drop goals edged Warrington in front before Farrell levelled it with a penalty and then hit the crucial one-pointer to grab the win.
Wigan: Briscoe, Carney, Aspinwall, Hodgson, Ainscough, Graham,
Lam, O'Connor, Newton, Sculthorpe, Johnson, Tickle, Farrell.
Replacements: Cassidy, Bibey, M. Smith, Hock.
Warrington: Penny, Appo, Sibbit, Grose, Smyth, Briers, Burns,
Fozzard, Clarke, Hilton, Domic, Wainwright, Guisset.
Replacements: Gleeson, P. Wood, Noone, Stevens.
Referee: Richard Silverwood (Dewsbury).
Wakefield 22-18 Halifax
Jamie Rooney produced an impressive display as Wakefield condemned bottom club Halifax to a ninth successive defeat.
The former Featherstone stand-off combined superbly with veteran half-back Brad Davis to lay on all three of his side's tries.
Rooney also kicked five goals from six attempts as Wakefield recorded back-to-back wins for the first time in more than two years.
Davis scored the Wildcats' first try after 17 minutes and Richard Newlove added another after Sean Penkywicz had touched down for Halifax.
Davis and Rooney combined again on 62 minutes but the visitors grabbed consolation tries from substitute Liam Finn and winger Lee Greenwood.
Injury-hit Halifax are now four points adrift and look firm favourites to go down with just a third of the season gone.
Wakefield: Holland, Sovatabua, Ellis, Newlove, Halpenny, Rooney,
Davis, Korkidas, March, Hood, Slattery, Field, Knott.
Replacements: Seers, Jeffries, Wrench, Snitch.
Halifax: Finnerty, L. Greenwood, Donlan, Clayton, Frew, Dorahy,
Penkywicz, Hobson, Lawless, Davidson, Cruckshank, Brocklehurst,
Replacements: Halliwell, Finn, Birchall, Seu Seu.
Referee: Robert Connolly (Wigan).
St Helens 62-16 London
Keiron Cunningham and Mick Higham helped themselves to hat-tricks as St Helens returned to winning ways with an 11-try demolition of London at Knowsley Road.
The Tetley's Super League champions, who suffered a shock defeat by Wakefield last week, overpowered the lacklustre Broncos to claim only their third win in eight matches.
Cunningham began the onslaught with his first two tries since returning from a long injury lay-off after London's Chris Thorman had knocked over an early penalty.
Thorman pulled back two more points after 17 minutes but Cunningham set up a try for Paul Sculthorpe and Darren Smith added a fourth on 23 minutes.
Higham came off the bench to score another just before the break after Steve Hall had
been sin-binned for holding down Chris Joynt.
Dom Peters touched down for London just before the break but Jon Wilkin grabbed his first try for Saints after the restart.
Francis Stephenson scored again for the visitors but Mike Bennett, Gleeson, Higham (twice) and Cunningham cashed in as London's defence crumbled.
St Helens: Wellens, Albert, Gleeson, Newlove, Stewart,
Sculthorpe, Long, Britt, Cunningham, Joynt, Bennett, Wilkin,
Replacements: Higham, Gardner, Stankevitch, Ward.
London: Hall, Purdham, Toshack, Jackson, Peters, Thorman, Moran,
Bawden, Peden, Marshall, Retchless, Kennedy, Dymock.Replacements: Budworth, Martin, Stephenson, Gallagher.
Referee: Ronnie Laughton (Barnsley).


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No. 9 Long Beach State Strikes First With 3-1 Win Over Trojans
Feb. 13, 2004
LONG BEACH - Long Beach State ace Jered Weaver struck out 14 batters in seven innings Friday as the No. 9 Long Beach State 49ers defeated the USC Trojans, 3-1, in non-conference action at Blair Field. It was the regular season opener for the Trojans.
Weaver started the game by striking out 10 straight batters in front of the Blair Field crowd of 3,163, a new Long Beach State school record.
Long Beach State (3-1) scored in the first after USC freshman starter Ian Kennedy walked first baseman Mike Hofius with the bases loaded and one out. Kennedy then struck out third baseman Danny Mocny and left fielder John Bowker to end the threat.
Kennedy, the first freshman No. 1 starter for USC (0-1) since Randy Flores in 1994, went five innings and allowed only one run on two hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. After allowing the run, Kennedy retired nine straight 49ers.
"Jered set the tempo and I just wanted to keep it going," said Kennedy.
USC catcher Baron Frost led off the top of the third by reaching first after a third strike and wild pitch by Weaver. After advancing to second on a passed ball, Frost was stranded as Weaver recorded the rare feat of four strikeouts in one inning after striking out the side.
Frost started in place of preseason All-American Jeff Clement, who will not play this weekend due to an earlier bout with mononucleosis.
In the top of the fourth, USC first baseman Joey Metropoulos was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a double by shortstop Blake Sharpe. Freshman Daniel Perales grounded out to second, scoring Metropoulos to tie the game at 1-1.
Josh Rummonds (0-1) relieved Kennedy before the bottom of the sixth and allowed the go-ahead run with two outs. After giving up a walk and a bunt single, Rummonds hit Steve Velazco and Chuck Sindlinger back-to-back to score Mocny.
Jason Vargas singled in Brad Davis for the 49ers' third run of the game in the seventh.
The series moves to Dedeaux Field tomorrow with a 1 p.m. start. USC will honor former head coach Rod Dedeaux's 90th birthday with a pre-game ceremony beginning at 12:30 p.m. Guests will include former Trojan pitcher and Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, former Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda, former Dodgers' owner Peter O'Malley and former Trojan and major leaguer Roy Smalley.
Tomorrow's game will be broadcast live, along with Gametracker play-by-play, on usctrojans.com.
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