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ARCADIA - Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested an Arcadia man for the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot.
Investigators gathered evidence within the last year, leading to the arrest of 72-year-old Richard Cole at a Pasadena restaurant on Sunday.
Detectives didn't reveal the motive behind the Sept. 1, 2001 murder of Charlotte Cole.
Department spokesman Sgt. Rich Pena said there are no other suspects.
Richard Cole was initially a person of interest in the killing of his wife, according to deputies. The case remained open but went cold for 10 years.
This was the second time he has been arrested for the killing.
Deputies said Richard Cole's home was searched last year. He was arrested April 28, 2011, but was released pending further investigation.
Charlotte Cole, 50, was stabbed repeatedly behind the Coco's restaurant at 59 Las Tunas Drive, just west of Santa Anita Avenue. A customer saw her white Ford Aerostar had jumped the curb and came to rest against a hedge.
In one of the case's odd details, Arcadia police detective Bill Walton recalled in a 2004 interview that "we never located the car keys."
Authorities ruled out robbery as a motive because Cole's purse, credit cards and cash were found inside the minivan, according to Walton.
Charlotte Cole was a 21-year employee of the Montebello Unified School District and an active parishioner at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Arcadia. She was about to become the school librarian at Montebello Intermediate.
At one point, there was a combined reward of $70,000 offered in the case.
Richard Cole is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday at Pasadena Superior Court.
Sheriff's booking records show he was being held at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles in lieu of $1 million bail.


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The focal point of the Catholic Athletic Association and Camino Del Rey Association's reorganizing of its leagues has been on football.
But it is not the only sport that has had to undergo dramatic change. Girls volleyball has also been greatly impacted.
And facing the biggest adjustment will be Flintridge Sacred Heart. The Tologs, who reached the CIF-SS Division 1A semifinals last year, will be regrouped into the new Mission League, in what athletic director Stephanie Contreras termed "a super league."
"I don't know what to call our league anymore," FSHA coach Ernest Banaag said. "It's the Sunshine League all over again. I remember those years, scratching and clawing for third place."
The Mission League will now made up of Marymount, Marlborough, Harvard-Westlake, Sherman Oak's Notre Dame and FSHA.
La Salle, which has won the last two CIF-SS Division 1A titles, remains in the Camino Del Rey Association and the Del Rey League. That league will also include Bishop Amat, Bishop Montgomery, Lakewood's St. Joseph's and Mary Star of the Sea, which replaces Serra.
"I do not think many people wanted to go to the Del Rey for volleyball," La Salle athletic director Anthony Harris said.
But the new Mission League is another story. Marymount had its three consecutive CIF-SS title winning streak ended last year. FSHA and Harvard-Westlake shared the Mission title last year and the Wolverines reached the finals, losing to La Salle; the Lancers defeated FSHA in the semifinals. Harvard-Westlake defeated Notre Dame in the other semifinal game.
"After last season, it was OK, we'll build and hopefully take solo first in the Mission League," Banaag said. "I thought it was tough to beat Harvard-Westlake and now we have to worry about Marymount every year. It will be a big test for our girls. It's made our league that much tougher."
Marymount won the Sunshine League last year, with Marlborough finishing second. The league competes in the CIF-SS 1AA, which is the top division.
The reorganization, forced by a lawsuit from Damien, St. Lucy's, St. Bonaventure and Oaks Christian, was set in motion when the CIF-Southern Section tried moving those schools into parochial leagues.

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"The Passion of the Christ" stirs religious controversy in Kuwait
A religious scholar in Kuwait issued a fatwa demanding the banning of the film "The Passion of the Christ", by Mel Gibson from being screened in the Islamic world, in addition to prohibiting Muslims from watching it, saying anyone who has seen the movie must "repent".
Mohammed al-Tabatabai, who heads the oil-rich Arab kingdom's Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence) College, said Mel Gibson's film hurts religious feelings of the Muslims. "It is based on fictitious material and shows a man acting as Jesus. Both negate Islamic beliefs," said Tabatabai.
The Muslims regard Jesus as one of the three great prophets of god, along with Mohammed and Moses, and consider it a sin to mimic them. They also consider it a sin to concoct information about a prophet for making a film or a play. Some Christian and Jewish religious groups also oppose the film.
Gibson's film has stirred a religious controversy in Kuwait between majority Sunni Muslims who oppose the movie and the emirate's Shi'ite Muslims who call for showing it. The authorities, meanwhile, have not decided either way. Tabtabai went so far as to outlaw the film's screening by any Muslim country and But the emirate's leading Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Muhri said there was nothing wrong in showing the film and called on the authorities to approve it.
According to the news agency AFP, it was argued that the film is a good opportunity to reveal the crimes committed by Jews against the Christ and many other (religious) prophets. "We sincerely respect the Jewish religion and Jews, but not the Jewish Zionists, and we believe in Jesus and Moses like we believe in our own prophet," he added.
Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet like the Prophet Mohammad but, contrary to Christians, they believe God saved him from crucifixion. They also believe Jesus will return to earth before the Day of Judgment to guide the faithful.
Kuwait, where the information ministry must censor all forms of art production, has not yet decided whether to publicly screen the film or not. Kuwaiti law bars scenes or images depicting prophets, Muslim caliphs and revered figures.
Several Arab countries, including the Gulf Arab states of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, have already given the film the green light. The state national cinema company, which has a monopoly over all cinemas in Kuwait, has not purchased the film and is apparently waiting for a decision from the information ministry.
The movie, which depicts the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life in often graphic and brutal detail, has drawn a storm of criticism as it reaches cinemas worldwide after its release in the United States. Gibson's film, shot in Latin and Aramaic using little-known actors, has been a huge box-office hit in North America. –Albawaba.com
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Top Headlines
- Malaysia joins the club and bans Noah film as 'Un-Islamic'
- Mel Gibson's controversy resurrected in 'The Passion of the Christ' sequel?
- Begging for a banning: Jesus Christ biopic "The Son of God" movie may hit the Middle East
- Killing an Arab? Literally-- a Muslim Lebanese to play Christ in Nat Geo's "Killing Jesus"
- Bahrain cinema bosses back the big ban on "Noah"


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Mika Brzezinski learned a life lesson this morning: look before you leap to defend liberals . . . [h/t reader Ray R]
At the top of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough referenced the hateful emails he and Mika had received from the left and the similarly ugly signs held by Wisconsin union protesters. Mika reflexively defended the vileness, saying that people were "hurting and really don't feel like they're being heard."
Aww. But later, the show rolled video of some of the Wisconsin signs, including one with crosshairs on Gov. Walker, another calling him Hitler, one accusing him of rape, and of course that great old standard "death to tyrants."
To her credit, Mika did change her tune. View video after the jump.
Admitting that she hadn't previously seen those signs, Mika agreed with Joe that if Tea Partiers held up something similar, "they'd be on a [MSM] loop."
View the video and watch Mika's change of heart as she runs headlong into the hard reality of what's happening in Wisconsin.
Note: this is my first item after my recent move to Texas. Back online now. Lone Star regards to our NewsBusters readers!


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I you're Malaysian, watch this! It's a short film directed by Ho Yuhang (famed for his string of famous tv commercials) about a Chinese boy's misguided attempt at opening an Islamic Bank Account. It's so funny, I think I pulled a facial muscle laughing!
Ho Yuhang is definitely a force to be reckoned with!


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Welcome all, to this important hearing on the future of our country.
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security provide health and retirement security for millions of Americans. The principal aim of this hearing is to make clear that trying to "protect" the government's major entitlement programs by maintaining the status quo is, in fact, the surest way to destroy them.
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are growing at unsustainable rates, building up trillions of dollars in debt and unfunded promises that jeopardize the programs themselves, the Federal budget, and -- ultimately -- the entire U.S. economy.
The longer Congress waits, the worse these problems become, leading to an inevitable crisis that will force deep, wrenching, sudden changes with profound effects on program beneficiaries.
The fundamental missions of these programs -- to ensure health and retirement security for all Americans -- can be achieved, but only through honest leadership and real reform.
By taking action now, Congress can develop gradual, prospective changes -- keeping promises to those now in or near retirement, while securing the programs for future retirees.
I thank the distinguished panel of bipartisan experts for joining us today to share their views on the sustainability of our safety net.
I am happy to see Alice Rivlin, with whom I worked on the President's fiscal commission to put forward solutions to the unsustainable trajectory of federal health spending. Few people in Washington know more about these issues and have more credibility in addressing them than Alice does.
Jim Capretta, a former associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, is also with us today. Few in my mind have made as compelling a case as Jim on the path forward to advance real reform.
Chuck Blahous is one of the nation's foremost experts in retirement security -- this hearing would not be complete without getting his thoughts on how to save these critical programs.
And we'll hear from Paul van de Water of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. While we don't always agree on the policy path forward, I welcome his thoughts to advance an informed debate on this critical issue.
For the past several months, a number of us have been saying we need to have a serious, honest conversation with the American people about these problems.
The time for that conversation is now -- and I firmly believe the American people are ready for it. They have had enough instability in their lives lately, and they deserve a federal health and retirement safety net they can count on.
If Congress wants to avoid defaulting on federal health and retirement programs, it must advance solutions that free the nation from the shadow of debt, strengthen its health and retirement safety net, and protect those in or near retirement from disruptions.
If -- and only if -- we act now, reforms can be phased in and gradual; conducive to economic growth and consistent with our historic commitment of leaving the next generation of Americans with a more prosperous and secure nation.
With that, I will yield to Ranking Member Van Hollen for an opening statement.
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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban units with kitchens and washers and dryers
Popular property highlights
These vacation homes are located throughout the area in Davenport.
Property Features
An outdoor pool and laundry facilities are available at this smoke-free vacation home.
Room Amenities
All 150 homes have washers/dryers and feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Other amenities available to guests include 2 bathrooms, living rooms, and dining areas.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Legacy Vacation Pool Homes West 192 and Hwy 27 Area
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Vacation Home Amenities
Legacy Vacation Pool Homes West 192 and Hwy 27 Area features an outdoor pool and laundry facilities.
Legacy Vacation Pool Homes West 192 and Hwy 27 Area is a smoke-free property.
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Separate living room
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Separate dining area
- Washer/dryer
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Microwave
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Separate living room
- Separate dining area
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Stovetop
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Second bathroom
- Separate sitting area
- Shower/tub combination
- Phone
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the vacation home include an outdoor pool.
Vacation Home Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Breakage deposit: USD 45.00 per stay
- Cleaning fee: USD varies per accommodation, per stay (varies based on length of stay and unit size)
Optional extras
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for an additional fee
Vacation home Name
- Legacy Vacation Homes Davenport
- Legacy Vacation Pool Homes West 192 Hwy 27 Area House Davenport
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- Legacy Vacation Pool Homes West 192 Hwy 27 Area
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Accommodations are situated at multiple addresses. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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PlayStation Universe recently hooked up with Ripstone Games, one of the fastest growing indie publishers in the U.K., to find out about how it's managed to achieve success during a turbulent period in the industry and what its thoughts are on a variety of hot gaming topics, including the upcoming launch of PlayStation 4.
The following interview was conducted with Ripstone founder Phil Gaskell.
1. Ripstone was recently named as one of the country's fastest growing firms. What is the company doing right during a turbulent time for the industry which has seen large scale lay-offs and many publishers and development studios close their doors?
At Ripstone we're very focused and that helps during testing times like this. We're purely focused on digital downloadable games, and purely a publishing outfit so we have no internal development teams. That means we're a lean organisation that is able to move quickly to react to trends in a rapidly shifting industry. In a sequel-driven market, it also means we're more able to take risks on the brave new ideas for games that indie developers are dreaming up.
2. The power of the big publishers appears to have slipped over the past five years and we've seen the rise of digital downloads thanks to open platforms such as Android, iOS and the PlayStation Store. Do you think this is a trend that will continue? Is physical retail doomed?
Physical retail isn't doomed, if you look at this year's figures it's actually seen an increase over the past few years thanks to big launches like GTA V. Going back 50 years it was mooted that the TV would kill radio, and recently that TV is doomed thanks to the internet and streaming sites. This all needs to be put into perspective, there have been no bodies, and no chalk outlines. What these changes are doing is making things more accessible. What the openness of mobile platforms has done is both encouraged a more open approach from other platforms, and brought games to a much wider audience. It isn't killing off audiences, and it isn't killing off distribution channels. Physical retail still offers a number of very attractive benefits to gamers - they're still able to offer immediacy (no waiting for that 60Gb download, it's in your hand); they can often offer more aggressive price promotions, for example we've yet to see big franchise digital games on PSN cheaper than their retail equivalents; and of course there is still the (thorny) issue of resale value of games in the pre-owned market, will any of us ever be able to trade in all the coins we've bought in Candy Crush Saga towards a different game on mobile? I think not.
3. What are the core ingredients that you think an indie game should have in order for it to be taken on by Ripstone?
If you look at our catalogue it's quite eclectic, and I really like that. We look for things that are original, that are backed by a team that are clearly passionate about what they want to make, and are in some way personal to the creator(s). With regards to my own tastes, I get attracted to games with a striking visual style, that are taking a risk in some way, and that make me laugh. There's not enough funny games out there. That's why we jumped at the chance to work with Zoink! on Stick It To The Man. It ticks all the boxes in spades!
4. Which games has Ripstone been involved with?
If you click on to our website www.ripstone.com the games we've helped to publish are front and centre. Our first title was with Voofoo Studios and together we created the world's most beautiful chess game in Pure Chess which incidentally is making its way over most platforms this year and next! We've worked with one-man teams like Nicklas 'Nifflas' Nygren on Knytt Underground, and micro-studios like Sawfly on the quirky mobile line-drawing game Men's Room Mayhem. We're also working with bigger teams like Steel Wool Games on Flyhunter: Origins, they're a very talented team of academy award winning artists and animators who've worked on some of the world's most well-known animated movies at a very well-known animation studio; and the list goes on, Table Top Racing on PS Vita with Playrise, of course Stick It To The Man I mentioned earlier with Zoink!, and then there's all the 2014 games we've not even announced yet!!
5. With Sony's openness toward indie titles on the PS4 and the opportunity given to indies to self-publish on the PSN, how will that effect what you do?
What we do won't change, the openness is perfect for us as it encourages indies to give more serious consideration to consoles and not just mobile, which we all know can be a much tougher place to be. We help take the sting out of publishing, and allow teams to concentrate on what they're the very best at - making kick-ass games. We're not a big monolithic organisation where a game can get lost in, we provide a bespoke option and guarantee we'll be just as passionate about the game as the creators.
We also bring to the table over 50 years collectively of developing, producing, testing and publishing games with a good portion of that in digital markets. In fact I'm not sure there are many in the games industry that've shipped more digital content in their careers than we have! With all that in consideration we actually make a pretty attractive partner.
6. We're bracing ourselves for a huge influx of indie games on Sony platforms over the next few years. Do you think the indie market could get saturated like it is on iOS? And how will you manage to stand out from the growing crowd without the same huge budgets for marketing that big publishers have?
I don't think iOS is saturated by indie games, it's a lot more complex than that. It doesn't help that you are competing with non-games for people's attention. So no I'm not expecting an overcrowded market, I'm expecting a vibrant one where gamers can go to experience the weird and the wonderful. How do we compete against $$$ budgets? Isn't there a saying that it's not how big it is, but what you do with it? That's how we compete, whilst we're the first to admit we don't have bottomless pockets we are on a level playing field with regards to creativity, and you're going to see a lot of creativity come from Ripstone and the developers we work with in the coming years.
7. You have experience of publishing games across a variety of platforms, including Vita, Android and iOS. Which platform do you most enjoy working with and why?
We really love consoles. Those are places where true gamers go to buy and play games, and those are the people I most identify with having been a gamer for over 30 years. Everyone at Ripstone would agree that our speciality is with consoles, and that's why we pledge our support so strongly for them.
8. Some indies have told us that Vita has been a huge success for their digital titles, yet sales of the handheld in Europe haven't been impressive. Do you think this is likely to put off bigger publishers from spending money creating big budget/AAA titles for Vita, and do you think it's a platform that indies will now thrive on throughout the next generation?
The Vita story isn't even half told yet. The intimate connectivity it has with PS4 makes it a much stronger competitor in the long-term and I firmly believe it will be a platform that can sustain much bigger budget titles in the future. Until then Ripstone and other indies will continue to support it and see great success from it.
9. We understand that the two co-founders of Ripstone are ex-Sony employees and have vast experience with producing games for PS3. Now that you have PS4 in your hands, how do you think the hardware compares and what are you most excited about for this next-generation of console?
When we were still at Sony we were lucky enough to work with PS4 in its infancy, so it's fantastic to see it fully realised and it's a clear triumph for Mark Cerny – the lead architect - and the team. It feels like Sony are back on form, and as someone who started his career at Sony it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The exciting aspects for me are how connected these new consoles are, they've been built with today's digital and connected world in mind. I think all us gamers are in for a treat.
10. According to some schools of thought, this could be the last console generation and a 'make or break' time for Sony and Microsoft. Looking way ahead (20 years plus) what do you forsee for the future of the gaming industry?
I foresee the same brands fighting the same battle, just on different battlefields and with more competitors duking it out. I think there will still be a need and a want for physical hardware in the living room that can provide the best gaming experience plugged into the mains with no chance of the battery failing, but that hardware will also inevitably need to be portable too and allow gamers to take that experience with them in some way. So I do think we will see another generation yet. However there has and will always be one constant, that great content will drive all of this, and great games will always prevail.
11. What's your current 12 month roadmap looking like? What can we expect from Ripstone?
You're going to see a busy 2014 from us, we have some truly stunning games to announce on platforms like PS4, Wii U and Xbox One, as well as our continued support for PS3 and Vita. We're also looking at new technology and creating some awesome game experiences built around them, so expect to see our name pop up a lot more in the future!


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Get an overview of this hotelShanghai hotel in Hong Kou with restaurant and business center
Popular property highlights
Located in Hong Kou, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Lu Xun Park and Memorial, Hongkou Football Stadium, and Lu Xun Museum. Shanghai Disneyland© is 20.1 mi (32.3 km) away.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a business center, and meeting rooms are available at this hotel. Wired Internet in public areas is free. Additionally, dry cleaning, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 100 rooms offer free wired Internet, coffee makers, and TVs with cable channels. Free newspapers, safes, and showers are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities.
- Total number of rooms - 100
- Number of floors - 5
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Meeting rooms
- Free wired Internet
- Luggage storage
- Business center
- Laundry facilities
- Shopping on site
- Year Built 2000
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free wired Internet
Room Amenities
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Television
- Free toiletries
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Slippers
- Cable TV service
- Free newspaper
- In-room safe
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 9:30 AM.
Jinjiang Inn Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium has a restaurant on site.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between CNY 20 and CNY 30 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Jinjiang Inn Football Stadium
- Jinjiang Inn Football Stadium Hotel
- Jinjiang Inn Football Stadium Hotel Shanghai Hongkou
- Jinjiang Inn Shanghai Hongkou
- Jinjiang Inn Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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THERE needs to be a reality check about the production and use of energy during the next few years. We are advised that soon during winter demand for electricity may outstrip supply.
The primary reason for this is that politicians failed to make the right decisions on the development of replacement capacity for polluting and ageing coal and nuclear capacity.
The suggestion to replace that capacity with renewables in the time frame concerned is simply naive. Gas will continue to increase in use and importance for many years.
While there are environmental concerns about the extraction and use of "unconventional" gas from coal beds and shales, there is a strong case for exploiting these reserves, while developing and building low-carbon capacity, including replacement nuclear plants.
In The Press of July 23 feature on fracking, most of the important factors were mentioned, but I was dismayed by the graphic showing how it works.
The vertical boreholes in the Vale of York area would be over one kilometre deep before they would be turned horizontally into the shale strata where the fracking would take place. At these depths the earth tremor issue will probably be of little significance.
The main concerns will be those of use of water resources, the storage of chemicals, the retention and disposal of used fracking water and the transport of these materials to and from the surface sites.
It may also be necessary to purify the gas before it enters pipelines. City of York Council might do well to consult CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) policy and guidance on fracking, because if and when it takes place the operations will be in the rural parts of greater York.
David Randon, Blue Slates Close, Wheldrake, York.


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Washington (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama never asked the Senate for a hearing on his nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Donald Berwick, as far as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs knows.
Berwick was nominated on Apr. 19, and with no confirmation hearing scheduled, Obama recess-appointed him on July 7 when Congress was out of town for its July 4 vacation.
Obama made the recess appointment because a public confirmation hearing in the Senate would have made Berwick -- who has openly advocated the redistribution of wealth as part of a health care plan -- "unconfirmable," said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).
"It makes me wonder if the administration is trying to hide something, and also makes you believe that this nominee – once his positions became known to the American people – would be unconfirmable," Barrasso told CNSNews.com during a conference call on Wednesday. "But now the president has what he wanted. What he wanted is a health care rationing czar. And that's what he has."
Speaking at Wembley stadium on July 1, 2008, at an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service, Berwick said, "Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must – must -- redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional. Britain, you chose well." An article based on this speech was published in the July 26, 2008 British Medical Journal (BMJ).
In a June 2009 interview with Biotechnology Healthcare, Berwick said: "We can make a sensible social decision and say, 'Well, at this point, to have access to a particular additional benefit [new drug or medical intervention] is so expensive that our taxpayers have better use for those funds.' We make those decisions all the time. The decision is not whether or not we will ration care--the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open."
Gibbs, thus far, has not responded to questions about Berwick's remarks, and did not answer a question about whether Obama agrees with Berwick.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) also was critical last week, saying: "I'm troubled that, rather than going through the standard nomination process, Dr. Berwick was recess-appointed. Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is an essential process prescribed by the Constitution that serves as a check on executive power and protects Montanans and all Americans by ensuring that crucial questions are asked of the nominee – and answered."
At Monday's White House press briefing, during a back-and-forth with reporters, CNSNews.com asked Gibbs, "Did the president ever ask the chairman [Baucus] for a hearing?"
Gibbs answered, "Not that I'm aware."
Then, Human Events reporter John Gizzi asked, "Excuse me, Robert, how can you complain then about the process when the president --?"
Gibbs replied, "Because, as I said, this wasn't a hearing. This wasn't an issue about a hearing."
"This is your latest attempt to decide that the process was being upheld because there hadn't been a hearing scheduled," Gibbs said. "The hearing wasn't a problem, right? If there would have been a hearing, he [Berwick] would have gotten out. And guess what? Months and months and months would have passed before anybody would have consented to simply taking up the nomination."
"Now, we passed a law -- health care, Affordable Care Act -- that has to be implemented," said Gibbs. "There are things that have to be implemented by the first of the year per the law. We are not going to wait for those in the Senate that want to see this delayed and delayed and delayed before – before this is taken up."
Barrasso, one of only two medical doctors in the Senate, said Republicans wanted a hearing and a vote on this nominee.
"Medicare and Medicaid are going to disburse over $800 billion in benefits this year," Barrasso told CNSNews.com. "It is larger than the economies of many nations. This is a position that deserved a hearing. This is a position that deserved a vote."
Berwick, a professor at Harvard Medical School, was nominated on Apr. 19 but since that time, the Senate Finance Committee, with oversight of the nomination, held only 12 hearings.
With a recess appointment, the Democrat-controlled Senate Finance Committee no longer needs to hold a confirmation hearing on Berwick before the November elections and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) does not need to schedule a vote on the nomination this year.
Under the language of Article 2, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Berwick's recess appointment must "expire by the end of the next session." This means Berwick must leave office by the end of 2011 unless the Senate puts him through the constitutionally required confirmation process in the intervening time.
Gibbs has cited Martha Johnson, administrator of the General Services Administration, as an example of Republican stonewalling because she waited 10 months before confirmation.
"We've had plenty of nominees that have had hearings that wait months and months and months before the Senate would be allowed to take it up," Gibbs said. "When I say allowed to take it up -- simply getting unanimous consent to have a debate to have a vote. Sometimes, after 10 months of waiting, that unanimous consent is gotten and the approval of the nominee is unanimous."


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Alex Garcia's Residue begins shootFuturistic paranormal thriller to star Harry Potter's Natalia Tena and Misfits/Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon.
American Hustle to close Dubai festDavid O. Russell's American Hustle has been selected for the closing night gala of the 10th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), which runs December 6-14.
Another MeDir: Isabel Coixet. UK-Spain. 2013. 86mins
Barron to produce Q's English debutKolkata-based filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) is gearing up to make his English-language debut, Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron's UK-based Riley Productions.
Berlinale World Cinema Fund selects eightThe Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
Bloody Beans wins at CPH:DOXOther winners include Everyday Rebellion, Dirty Wars and A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness.
Brian Tyler, composer, Thor: The Dark WorldComposer Brian Tyler talks to ELBERT WYCHE about his musical process and how scoring Thor: The Dark World was a dream come true.
Bruce Dern to collect PSIFF honourThe star of Nebraska will attend the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 4 2014 to receive the Career Achievement Award.
Child's Pose producer wins co-pro awardThis year's European Co-Production Award – Prix Eurimages will go to Ada Solomon from Romania.
CinemaCon sets 2014 datesThe official convention of the National Association Of Theatre Owners will return to Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
Cineworld boss Steve Wiener to step downFounder and CEO to leave UK cinema chain in 2014.
Clio Barnard wins at StockholmBronze Horse for best film goes to The Selfish Giant. More wins for Fruitvale Station, Miss Violence and Screen Star of Tomorrow George MacKay.
Creative Europe approved by European ParliamentThe European Union's Creative Europe framework programme has been given a resounding vote of confidence by the European Parliament.
Diversify conferenceSlideshow from Screen International and Broadcast's Diversify conference on Nov 13.
Doc heavyweights head to IDFAKevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).
DOC NYC unveils winnersMahdi Fleifel's A World Not Ours (pictured) won the Viewfinders Competition's Grand Jury Prize on the eve of the final day of programming.
Dogwoof acquires ManakamanaDocumentary set high above the Nepalese jungle won Golden Leopard.
Emma Thompson in SBIFF honourThe star of Saving Mr Banks will receive the Modern Master Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on February 8 2014.
EuropaCorp to sue over embezzlement claimsFrench newspaper reported company is under investigation over public investment into Cité du Cinema. EuropaCorp "surprised" and "outraged" by claims of misappropriated funds.
Film Bazaar: Appetite growing for Indian cinemaFilms nurtured by Film Bazaar are beginning to secure distribution both at home and overseas, but challenges remain for independent Indian cinema. Liz Shackleton reports.
Fox Star acquires Lucia remake rightsFox Star Studios has bought the Hindi-language remake rights for crowd-funded Kannada-language drama Lucia.
Frontera, Watermark find homesMagnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the crime drama Frontera, while eOne Films US has picked up the documentary Watermark.
German distribs close AFM dealsEXCLUSIVE: New films by David Cronenberg, Quentin Dupieux and Lone Scherfig are among the titles acquired by German distributors at this year's AFM.
Get Santa, Bill get £1m from BFIFamily film from exec producer Ridley Scott and a feature from the team behind Horrible Histories both set to shoot early 2014.
Glasgow unveils new strandsNew strands include pop-up events, a focus on Chile and Oscar nominated Hollywood films from 1939.
Gotham tribute for GandolfiniSteve Buscemi will present an award in honour of the late James Gandolfini on December 2 in New York, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) top brass said.
Gravity pulls early $13.2m in ChinaUPDATED: Early numbers from Warner Bros Pictures International put the tentpole at an estimated Rmb 80.5m after the first three days.
Gravity stays top of UK box officeWarner Bros' sci-fi records second consecutive week at number one with a strong $7.7m (£4.8m); Fox's The Counsellor is the week's highest new entry with $1.3m (£815,051).
Halcyon to adapt Ost memoirsTerminator Salvation producers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson have partnered with style icon Beatrix Ost to adapt her two memoirs My Father's House: A Childhood In Wartime Bavaria and the forthcoming More Than Everything.
Hammer reboot Abominable SnowmanWoman in Black producer and Hammer to offer modern take on the Yeti myth.
Hospital 100 unveils Film listBAFTA CEO tops film list of UK creatives.
Huffman, Leguizamo join StealingDallas Buyers Club producer Rachel Winter has lined up the cast on her long-gestating next project, Stealing Cars.
Imogen Poots to star in RuinsThe UK actress is attached to star in the 1960s Ligurian drama for Cross Creek Pictures and Smuggler Films.
Indiegogo, IndieReign team upOnline marketplace IndieReign has announced a partnership with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo
ITV wins back James BondJames Bond will return to free-to-air television in the UK this year after ITV snatched the rights to the Ian Fleming franchise back from Sky.
Just Friends? gets Korean court approvalThe Supreme Court of Korea yesterday (Nov 14) overturned a teenager restricted rating given to Kim Jho Gwang-soo's gay romance Just Friends? by the Korea Media Ratings Board (KMRB).
Katzenberg, Spielberg in museum pledgeTwo of the Academy's deep-pocketed friends have each donated $10m to the forthcoming Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures.
Kenyan films go on UK tourBristol's Watershed is teaming up with Afrika Eye to present two new Kenyan films in UK cinemas through March 2014.
Larrikin launches Catalina CapitalThe Weinstein Company has secured first-look privileges on the $50m fund announced by former Dune Entertainment chairman Greg Coote and private equity executive David Calvert-Jones.
Last day: Screen Summit early bird rateDec 2 Summit also adds new 'ask the funders' panel.
Mapa wins online festival awardEXCLUSIVE: Leon Siminiani fiction-doc wins at MUBI's Dialogue of Cultures festival, which plans expansion.
Max Irons, Samantha Barks go for HarvestMax Irons and Samantha Barks are currently shooting The Devil's Harvest, in production in the Ukraine.
Member, Documented in US dealsDrafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math's documentary The Final Member, while in a separate deal CNN Films has acquired US broadcast rights to Documented.
Monsoon Shootout to open SAIFFThe South Asian International Film Festival will open on December 3 with the New York premiere of Monsoon Shootout.
National Archives honour for SpielbergSteven Spielberg collected the 2013 Records Of Achievement Award from the Foundation for the National Archives this week.
Oberoi's Island City starts productionPrincipal photography has started on Island City, written and directed by Indian filmmaker Ruchika Oberoi, which participated in NFDC Screenwriters' Lab in 2012.
Palm Springs to fete McQueenSteve McQueen, a red hot Oscar contender for 12 Years A Slave, will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Director Of The Year Award.
Palm Springs to honour BullockSandra Bullock, riding high on critical acclaim for her role in the global hit Gravity, will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress.
Paul sparks to Voltage's FathersAaron Paul has signed on to Voltage's epic romance Fathers And Daughters starring previously announced Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried.
'Peril' wins BAFTA Scotland awardsFor Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.
Peter Wintonick dies aged 60The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate has died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.
Pinewood Studios backs first shortFilm centres on a civil war in the future based around gender.
PNP checks in to Le Week-EndPacific Northwest Pictures (PNP) has acquired all Canadian rights to Roger Michell's rom-com Le Week-End starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum.
Primexchange hunts Indo-European tiesThe Primexchange co-production workshop (Nov 18-24) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a strong line-up of ten projects, along with guest project In Search Of A Miracle, based on William Dalrymple's book Nine Lives.
Producer Michael J Kagan dies aged 87Former Cannon Films exec and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves co-producer dies aged 87.
Pulse pacts with Sony/ATVEXCLUSIVE: Music giant to rep rights to Pulse's originally commissioned film and TV music, TV shows in the works.
Rai Trade seals AFM, Rome dealsEXCLUSIVE: Titles include The Mercury Factor, Neverlake, L'Intrepido and Song e' Napule.
RAM picks up Moebius for USRAM Releasing has picked up North American rights on the controversial Kim Ki-duk film Moebius from South Korean sales company Finecut.
Recyclewala unveils slate, tech labsAnand Gandhi and Sohum Shah's Recyclewala Films is branching out with a slate of new projects and the launch of several tech-oriented initiatives, including a transmedia arm.
Rigor Mortis sells for FortissimoFortissimo Films closed key territories at AFM on Juno Mak's Chinese vampire film and Hong Kong box office hit.
Robert Patrick joins HellionsThe actor has joined the cast of Toronto-based Whizbang Films and Storyteller Pictures' thriller, currently shooting almost entirely in digital infrared.
SAG mails awards ballotsBallots for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations will be posted to the SAG Awards film and television nominating committees on November 20.
San Francisco Film Society: Fall CelebrationOutgoing San Francisco Film Society executive director Ted Hope joined film-makers at the inaugural Fall Celebration on November 14 at new hot spot The Battery.
Sarah, Amazing Catfish triumph at BajaChloé Robichaud's Sarah Prefers To Run prevailed in the $15,000 Los Cabos Competition section as the second Baja International Film Festival came to a conclusion in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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Screenwriting guru Syd Field diesWriter of several influential books on screenwriting dies aged 77.
Skills can redress diversity imbalanceCreative Skillset executive director Kate O'Connor has vowed the organisation will help to improve diversity across the creative industries following Broadcast and Screen International's Diversify event last week.
Sri Lankan filmmakers wait for peace dividendA lack of government support, digital cinemas and professional producers are hampering the development of the film industry in post-war Sri Lanka.
Starred Up sets UK release dateFox Searchlight to release BIFA nominee, starring Jack O'Connell and Homeland's Rupert Friend.
Sundance hires doc leaderTabitha Jackson has been appointed director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
Tallinn welcomes 36 industry speakersBlack Nights Film Festival kicks off 17th edition with Canadian Oscar submission Gabrielle.
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Thessaloniki pays tribute to WintonickDocumentary festival to rename audience award in honour of the filmmaker who died last week.
Thor 2 adds $39m in USThor: The Dark World held on to the North American crown for its third and most likely final weekend ahead of the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Thor 2 crosses $500m globallyMarvel Studio's Thor: The Dark World surged past the milestone on November 20 and has reached $504.2m, Disney executives have reported.
Thor 2 extends int'l rule on $53mUPDATED: Thor: The Dark World used launches in Argentina, Paraguay and Hungary and a string of solid holds to boost the running total to $332.8m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
Thor 2 set to rule againThor: The Dark World is expected to extend its domination to a third consecutive weekend when it will soar past the $325m mark.
TirDir: Alberto Fasulo. Italy-Croatia. 2013. 85mins
'Tir' wins at Rome Film FestivalMatthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson win actor prizes.
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Uni dates The Purge 2Universal Pictures has set the release date for its follow-up to this year's micro-budget horror hit.
Universal breaks company recordA spokesperson said on Monday (18) the studio had broken its previous best North American box office for a calendar year of $1.335bn set in 2012.
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The new national touring production of Dreamgirls, which began in November at Apollo Theater featured in the musical's opening scenes, presents a talented cast serving the material well and some excellent production components.
Following the life of the fictional 1960s girl group the Dreams (beginning as the Dreamettes), who somewhat resemble the Supremes, Dreamgirls features an opportunity for an actress/singer to bring down the house as Effie, the rebellious Dream deemed too fat for TV, but who eventually proves the voice is the thing. Moya Angela takes on that opportunity here; she is all sass right from the start and sings emotionally and powerfully, as Dreamgirls audiences have come to expect. Deena is the Dream who is brought to the forefront for her beauty, and Lorrell is the one who is, at the start, a childlike innocent. Syesha Mercado and Adrienne Warren essay the two roles solidly, though without enough distinction to fully present each character's individual personality.
Dreamgirls' second stand-out role opportunity is that of the James Brown-esque Jimmy "Thunder" Early, and Chester Gregory does a fine job with the challenge. Chaz Lamar Shepherd plays the ambitious manager Curtis Taylor, Jr., which is usually a mostly dramatic role. But the little we hear of Shepherd's singing voice makes us really wish he had more to sing.
With most scenes depicting the Dreams and other singing groups performing on stage, paired with simultaneous backstage glimpses, Dreamgirls is a challenge to stage. Robin Wagner leads a team who succeeds in this production, with revolving walls moving and readjusting to form the physical set, which then explodes with Ken Billington's lighting, creating a multitude of stunning impressions of concert stage and backstage settings. And the many costumes by William Ivey Long are gorgeous and period-perfect. Aided by Acme Sound Partners' sound and hair design by Paul Huntley, the result is a rich and complete production. The only problems at the performance reviewed were some really poor mic cues, including a disappointing title song in which the only voices heard were those of the pit singers.
Dreamgirls is typically more entertainment than intricate story, but that's fine, with Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's '60s-sound score. Added for this production is the new song, "Listen" with lyrics by Willie Reale, written for the 2006 film version. Used as a "let's make up" scene for Effie and Deena, it fits.
The Dreamgirls national tour is at Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall through January 3. For more information, visit www.dreamgirlsonstage.com.


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THE SEA INSIDE follows the real-life story of Ramon Sampedro, who -- after becoming a quadriplegic in a horrifying swimming accident -- sued the Spanish government for the right to end his life. American audiences, whose exposure to the legal, ethical, and emotional aspects of euthanasia begin and end with the words "Dr. Kevorkian", may discover an elegance to the arguments in Alejandro Amenábar's gorgeous new film that elude the U.S. public discourse. Centered around a powerful performance by Oscar nominee Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls), THE SEA INSIDE gives healthy attention to both its dramatic concerns and social implications, and has the courage of its convictions to never waiver from Sampedro's determination...in the way that, say, a Lifetime Movie might treat the same material. But perhaps the film is too accomplished, in some respect; the glossy veneer and luxurious cinematography that wraps this story blunts the psychological brutality of illness and death it tries to capture. THE SEA INSIDE, as beautiful, assured, and professional as it is, lacks edge and power, ending up being significantly less affecting than it should be.
Amenábar, whose gifts with magic realism and atmosphere were put to great use in his last film, The Others (starring Nicole Kidman), has a gift for capturing actors bound by their own bodies. With Kidman, Amenábar built a gothic prison of her own metaphysic devising; in THE SEA INSIDE, Bardem's prison is constructed from his own useless limbs. Having rarely moved from his bed in decades, the wry but morose Sampedro has only a small bedroom window through which his mind can escape, dreaming of flying out and over trees to his most treasured place, the ocean. The ravages of time, the lack of personal privacy, and the weariness of his family have caused Sampedro's mental flights of fancy to slowly dissipate...until the arrival of two women in his life. Rosa (Lola Dueñas), a desperately lonely single mother with a fearlessly inept sense of social propriety, sees Ramon on the television and becomes a regular visitor; Ramon's new lawyer, Julia (Belén Rueda), suffers from a debilitating physical condition herself, and bonds to Ramon over their shared sense of loss. Romance figures interestingly into the relationships with both women, and THE SEA INSIDE, for a brief moment, becomes more than an argument for personal rights and the struggle for inner peace; our personal seas, it argues, can be pulled by the tides of lives outside our own.
Still, THE SEA INSIDE is neither a romance nor a soap opera; it is a drama about the rights of human beings to determine their own fate. This idea of basic freedom is a harsh one when applied to death, and it is on this central point that the film falters. While Amenábar and his co-screenwriter, Mateo Gil, are clearly ecstatic when playing out the fantastical dreams of Sampedro, they seem merely resigned to playing out emotional scenes of family distress...scenes that reek of stereotype (the angry brother, the clueless nephew, etc.).
When it comes to the politics of Ramon's choice to die, THE SEA INSIDE uncomfortably tries to leap the subject. It is telling that arguments for taking one's own life are never presented convincingly, despite many opportunities to do so and with an audience already primed to support Ramon's worldview. The strongest legal argument, it seems, is that since the government does not prosecute failed suicides, self-directed deaths should not be prosecuted, either. If that sounds weak, it is even more so in the context of the film. The reasons that Ramon wants to die make little sense to his family, and for what it's worth, THE SEA INSIDE chooses not to explore them in much detail...an argument with a quadriplegic priest on the primacy of life, for instance, is played for laughs rather than for the serious ethical and moral dilemma it is.
Compounding these problems is the style of the film itself, which presents the lush Spanish countryside in a beauteous splendor. The immensely talented cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (Talk To Her) drenches THE SEA INSIDE with warm colors and opulence; the film often resembles fine landscape paintings in its composition. (I'd be surprised if no one in the audience contemplates a trip to Spain.) Amenábar does the editing himself, and it is smooth and understated. While these touches make the film poignantly gorgeous, it also has the unsettling effect of smoothing out all the rough edges of Ramon's life; the tragic elements of his story suddenly become less so. It is not that we do not understand or sympathize with Ramon's plight; it is more of a disconnect between a man who wants to die, and a film that unwittingly celebrates all the reasons to be alive.
Having already won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor accolades at the Venice Film Festival, THE SEA INSIDE is certainly destined for more awards glory. It deserves many of them, including special praise for the work of Bardem, who effortlessly avoids the pitfalls of cinematic disabilities with a nuanced, but never prim, performance. Still, it is doubtful that THE SEA INSIDE will change many minds in the debate over euthanasia. It simply doesn't have the power to be revelatory; it remains within its own melodramatic bonds, tethered to the details but not the spirit of its story. One wonders, if there is indeed another realm we go to after we die, what Ramon might think of the film he inspired. I suspect, like most earthly things, he would lose interest in the very details that fascinate us most.
-- Gabriel Shanks
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IBM, HP, Intel and a host of smallish Linux vendors have launched a brave new group called the Open Virtualization Alliance dedicated to creating an open standard in server virtualization for the enterprise.
The OVA seems to be made up of two main groups, neither one of which is really interested in the purpose for which OVA was ostensibly formed.
The first is Red Hat, Novell and Eucalyptus Systems – Linux vendors transparently hoping a big consortium will help expand the Linux-specific virtualization market enough to make them popular again.
The other faction is made up of companies with much broader product lines that worry virtualization is to the 21st century what PC computing was to the 20th, and that the vendor whose hypervisor becomes a de facto standard (VMware) will be this century's Microsoft (when it was still, you know, Microsoft).
These guys, as ITWorld colleague Brian Profitt concludes, are mainly interested in shoving VMware, Citrix and Microsoft hard enough to make a little space for themselves in the market for the basic computing platform for the next few decades.
Not what I'd call virtuous motivations; not the mom-and-apple-pie virtues implied by the phrase "open alliance," anyway.
The other big question, at least for IBM, HP and Intel, is what happened to the rest of their commitments to "open alliances" for the DMTF's OVF, CentOS, Xen , not to mention proprietary hypervisors IBM has supported to one degree or another, including its own PowerVM, Oracle VM Server, Microsoft's Hyper-V and VMware's proprietary-turned-open-source specs VMI and VMDK or HP's HP-UX-only Integrity Virtual Machines.
IBM in particular has been trying to get a handle on virtualization ever since the mid-'90s, when VMware revived a technique IBM had used very effectively on mainframes and Unix machines, but either hadn't thought to promote on x86 servers, or was simply beaten to the punch by VMware. And Citrix. And Microsfot. And Oracle. And a lot of other companies.
IBM tried to slow and divert the cloud-computing market a couple of years ago as well, according to James Staten, virtualization and cloud analyst at Forrester.
The Cloud Manifesto published by an IBM-dominated group of vendors in 2009 was less an effort to focus development of cloud computing than an attempt to distract developers into discussions of what it was supposed to be for long enough for IBM to take the lead away from vendors that had already outrun it in the market for virtualization and weren't slowing down in the race for cloud.
IBM "got laughed out of the market" for that one, Staten said.
Most likely no one will laugh at IBM for backing such a universally well known and appreciated approach to virtualization as KVM on CentOS and Suse, of course. Most will probably just stand quietly and envy it for being able to associate itself so closely with the sexy celebrity kernel-level virtual-machine implementation of the moment.
And the OVA will set a new standard for openness and effective integration of virtualization technologies, not to mention making sure there was at least one hypervisor consistently available from reliable, mainline old-school vendors for x86 systems – not like fly-by-night versions like Xen, XenServer, Hyper-V, OracleVM, vSphere, VLX, Trango, Sun VirtualBox, Hitachi Virtage, Microsoft Virtual Server, Parallels...
Well, I think there are probably a couple more as well. Not from IBM, though (except a few of them).
Thankfully, by signing on with another virtualization standards organization, IBM and its partners in this round of Virtual Follies have cleared up the picture quite a lot.


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Two taken to HCMH after SUV, 18-wheeler collide
By PATTI SELLS | News-Telegram Feature Writer
Sept 14, 2007 - Two people were taken to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital this morning after a collision involving an 18-wheeler and a Ford Explorer.
The collision occurred about 8:35 a.m. near the intersection of State Highway 154 and FM 1567 west where a road construction crew was working.
The driver of the gravel truck, Buddy Sutton, an employee of Chamness Trucking Inc. for five years, said he was traveling south on SH 154 at approximately 60 miles per hour following the Explorer.
As they approached the road construction area, an A.K. Gillis crew member turned the road sign from "Slow" to "Stop," and Sutton's truck collided with the rear end of the Explorer.
"There was nothing I could do," Sutton said.
Sutton, unharmed but visibly shaken, declined to go the hospital. The female driver and male occupant of the Ford Explorer, both wearing seat belts, had no apparent injuries, but were taken by ambulance to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Arbala Volunteer Fire Department was first on the scene, followed by Hopkins County Sheriff's Department, Hopkins County Fire and Rescue and Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services.
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Aspen dates back to the era of the silver mines of the late 1800's. In 1893 (the height of the silver rush) a 1,840-pound, 93-percent pure silver nugget was pulled from the nearby Smuggler Mine. Afterwards many area towns suffered an economic collapse. Several prominent ghost towns can be found nearby.
In the late 1930's a simple ski area was built and the town started to come back to life as a tourism destination.
The restored 1889 Wheeler Opera House presents operas, dramas, concerts and dance throughout the year.
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PO Box 1248, Aspen, CO 81612; (800) 525-6200;
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Directions: 2 miles west of Aspen on SR-82;
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Many ghost towns from peak of the Colorado Silver/Gold mining era of the late 1800's can be found throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. Here is a list of noteworthy sites.
Ghost town located 12 miles south of Aspen on Castle Creek Rd. The lack of rail service contributed to the town's demise in the 1890's.
Ghost town located 15 miles east of Aspen on SR-82. Original mining camp of the Roaring Fork Valley, the town boomed after the first gold strike in 1879. However, the town didn't last past the turn of the century.
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Insurance safety net for policies a step closer
The government confirmed that it would proceed with a long-awaited plan to establish a safety net for policyholders when insurance companies collapse.
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor Chan Ka-keung said a consultation showed support for the plan to set up the Policyholders' Protection Fund (PPF). If approved by lawmakers, the fund would be launched in 2013 or 2014.
'The PPF will be a safety net for policyholders when an insurer becomes insolvent. It will enhance the stability and competitiveness of our insurance industry,' Chan said.
Under the proposed scheme, all insurers in Hong Kong would have to pay a levy to build up a safety net of more than HK$1.2 billion for the city's policyholders in the event of an insurance company's collapse.
The government in 2003 first consulted the market about setting up the scheme but shelved the idea due to strong opposition from the industry. But a three-month public consultation last March attracted support.
In Hong Kong, both banks and brokers have compensation funds to pay consumers in case a lender or firm collapses but there is no such arrangement for insurers.
The PPF would comprise two compensation funds - one covering life insurance policyholders and the other for general insurance policies. The original proposals covered only individuals but the government would now also cover small and medium-sized enterprises.
'We will keep the administrative procedures user-friendly to minimise the administrative cost,'' Chan said.
The proposals require all insurance companies to pay 0.07 per cent of premium income into the two compensation funds - worth HK$1.2 billion for the life sector and HK$75 million for general insurers - over 15 years.
Should policyholders need to settle claims immediately after an insurer collapses, the compensation funds would pay out.
Liquidators would also use part of the funds to finance another insurer to take over existing policies and to maintain policyholder benefits.
If no other insurers were willing to take over the policies, holders could get the cash value back from the funds.
A proposed HK$1 million cap means 90 per cent of life insurance policies and 96 per cent of general insurance policies can be fully covered.
The city's total insurance premium income stood at HK$207 billion in 2010, up 33 per cent from 2006.
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Renaissance Faire continues this weekend on Tahoe's South Shore
June 11, 2014
The 22nd annual Valhalla Renaissance Faire, an event that draws more than 8,000 people, will continue at Camp Richardson this weekend with a pirate-and-barbarian theme.
The faire will feature its usual mix of entertainment, food and merchandise and include scavenger hunts, talk-like-a-pirate competitions and more on Saturday and Sunday — the final weekend of the festival.
"This festival includes real jousting sessions and full armored combat between knights, along with culinary delicacies, craft demonstrations, ancient music, dance and comedy," according to a press release. "Patrons will participate in archery, javelin throws, and fencing. Activities for the children will include dancing, games, crafts, puppet shows and storytelling."
The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission costs $18 for adults; $13 for seniors 62 and older, military and ages 13-17 and $8 for children 6-12. Children under six are free.
A family day, with family rates, is planned Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rates on this day are $7 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12. Pets are not permitted.
Parking is available across from the festival site for $5, and free shuttles will be running from South Shore's Nevada casinos, where parking is free.
For more information, visit http://www.valhallafaire.com.
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Top China Stories from WSJ: Details in Hong Kong Crash, Oil Falls, Mao's Famine
Your daily round-up of the best of the Journal's China coverage:
Details Emerge Slowly in Hong Kong Crash: A few details emerged Wednesday about this city's worst seaborne accident in a generation, as crews continued to search for victims and investigators pored through gnarled wreckage, trying to discern what went wrong. (Free)
Oil Tumbles 4.1% on China Fears: Crude-oil futures fell by the largest percentage since mid-December, as data on China showed slowing economic growth and added a new worry to investors' concerns about global fuel demand. (Subscriber Content)
Jasper Becker: Mao's Famine Revisited: Two new books from Chinese authors detail the calamitous consequences of China's Great Leap Forward. (Subscriber Content)
ADB Cuts Asia Growth Forecasts: The Asian Development Bank slashed its forecasts for growth in emerging Asia, highlighting a significant slowdown in the region's giants, China and India, and warning of the potential for sudden flows in capital out of the area. (Subscriber Content)


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