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Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros finally closed a deal with Toho to do another Godzilla. This has been going on for a year or so. Surely there will be 3D like in the Legendary/Warners Clash of the Titans. But can they breathe fire into an over-sized lizard that seemed out of gas in a 1998 Roland Emmerich-directed TriStar version considered a pricey disappointment? Anybody got ideas on how to make this reptile relevant?
Do We Really Need Another Godzilla Movie?
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I would have the real TOHO version of Godzilla rise from the depths of the ocean to save the planet Earth from a giant annunaki type monster from the planet Nibiru. a type of Giant reptilian gargantua.
I would have Godzilla face-off against the Warner Brothers copyrighted superheroes, perhaps the Justice League, or one of its subunits where the heroes are not well-known. Godzilla would of course have to be the villain or against a series of "villain" monsters such as Starro the Conqueror!
Make it a comedy version with man in suits. You can even cast David Cross as a giant mole and Michael Cera as a jetpacked robot.
Nothing like an 'Arrested Development' reference to breathe life into a dull post.
Have Lucille play Godzilla! "I thought the woman was pretending a monster, but it turned out she was just out of vodka."
That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard.
Godzilla meets the Hurt Locker. Godizilla is employed by the U.S. government to track down terrorists in Afghanistan.
Roland Emmerich didn't make a Godzilla movie faithful to the spirit of Godzilla movies.
Do it like JJ did Star Trek. Boil it down to its essence and find the humanity in the story. The original Godzilla was really about post-Hiroshima Japan. This one needs a similar, but relevant theme.
This is what we (consumers) get for buying tickets to pretty much anything that comes out in 3D. Studios are going to dust off any idea that might work in the format.
Incidentally, does anyone remember what the first (non-Imax) 3D film was from this current craze? I honestly cannot remember this one.
True, but if any prod. co. can make this film work, it's Legendary Pictures.
I mean when your credits include 300, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Hangover, you've kind of earned the public's trust to make a fun movie WITH a good storyline.
It's obviously to early to tell, but I think this will be good.
Legendary has about as much to do creatively with those movies you listed as I do. They're basically money men, and that's it.
Hayl no.
The last version has the distinct honor of being one of the two movies I've ever walked out on in my life, the second being the Jerry Springer movie (cut me a break, I was in middle school. Peer pressure is ugly.).
Do we really need another Godzilla movie?
Well, perhaps only slightly more than we need another Twilight film, or anything with Taylor Lautner. But I don't suppose we'll see those run down here, will we?
uhhhh…yes, we do, considering the recent 1998 adaption was hogwash.
A cagey move and long overdue. The Emmerich version tanked not because this oversized lizard is played out, rather because Emmerich & Co. eschewed character for the usual vapid, visual feast of destruction. Godzilla is an icon with heart and personality in spades, equal parts destructor and savior. The folks behind the '98 release either forgot or never understood this fact (and coming off of ID-4, who would argue with them?).
Any genre or IP is viable once again if the characters are original and exceptionally well drawn (Exhibit A: Zombieland). Give Zilla a little Favreau treatment. Bring back the personality and fun to go along with the side-dish of destruction. Bust out the Blue Oyster Cult track, and watch the audience flock. In the hands of the right filmmaker, this is a franchise reboot with legs.
I don't know about "we", but I need another Godzilla movie. Right away, if possible. And the less relevant the better, thank you. Just find some crazy monster for Godzilla to fight, and knock a lot of buildings over.
As much as I love big monster movies, I think that all Hollywood will do is just another Emmerich rehash, featuring a CGI lizard that managed to be even less lively and believable than a man in a rubber suit, and a lot more explosions.
I'm with you! I love all Godzilla movies and can't get enough of them. As for the 1998 movie, I am rapidly falling in love with it too! I think that anybody who doesn't like this one is nuts. I think it's wonderful.
Have a giant mutated Al Gore wrestle with him in order to stop the big lizard's earth-threatening CO2 emissions. They should also give Godzilla Barney Frank's voice and have him repeatedly try to violate Al Gore. That's something I would pay to see.
It will make a TON of money whether it's good, bad, or otherwise. People will see that recognizable name, remember the crappy 1998 version, and say "I wonder if this will be any good?" The only thing that gives me hope is that LP & WB are behind it.
Wasn't "Cloverfield" the "Godzilla for the new millennium"? For crying out loud J.J Abrams even said the main inspiration for Cloverfield was Godzilla. Face it, Godzilla is a timeless icon that should be left alone as it is.
Hey Hollywood, there's a word in the dictionary called "originality". Please look it up in your spare time. Do it tonight. You'll sleep better.
"Bring back the personality and fun." Have you seen the original Gojira? Before American dubbing? It was a serious movie and arguably better.
I agree with mannycoto. The formula for making GODZILLA fun is so simple any grade schooler could figure it out with a handful of toys. Yet Emmerich is such a dolt, he botched even making a giant lizard smashing NYC a bore. Give us large spectacle, awesome fights, and eye-popping effects (not always in dark, hazy rain please) – and keep it at two hours.
Yes! Of course we do! We need a 2.0/3.0 Reboot 3D version. I agree we do not really need another Twilight? Another Thing? Another Predator? Another Alien? Hollywood is in the creative Dark Ages and has beens since the 70's. Nothing new or creative. They really did screw up the last version of this, it was very bad. I hope he breathes radiation in this reboot version and not fire. Godzilla was a result from atomic bomb testing. I hope they at least get that part right.
YES! Always room for the King of Monsters………
Roland obviously wasn't a fan of the genre and didn't get one simple point:
When it comes to giant monster movies, we're rooting for the monster.
Ending 1998's "Godzilla" with crowds of New Yorkers cheering around the dead monster was like if "Dark Knight" ended with Batman dead and unmasked surrounded by cheering Gothamites.
Also, it's a *giant* monster movie, leave the raptors to Jurassic Park, or at least keep them to a minimum like in "Cloverfield".
We need a Godzilla movie now more than ever. A proper Godzilla movie. Not a mutant iguana running away from every little thing type of movie. But a living breathing nuclear blast prehistoric dinosaur god hell bent on eradicating the race of man with apocalyptic fury type of movie. For the sake of its soul, the world needs Godzilla more than AVATAR 2. The only thing that would make the news of a new Godzilla movie even better is if at the end of the movie 'zilla is launched into space, lands on Pandora and burns the Na'Vi to ash.
Now thats a Movie, great idea!
Is like asking if we need another Streisand musical. Of course we do. Godzilla is still a massive global box office star. Emmerich didn't understand his product or he never would of allowed G. to be warm and fuzzy. You don't nuzzle Godzilla. Godzilla does not lay eggs. Mothra lays eggs. Read a book, why don'tja.
No, we don't need another Godzilla movie. We need something new and original. Hollywood is stale.
And you are a fool. Godzilla hasn't been "fresh" or "original" in over 50 years, after the second movie (which Anguirus appears in), the formula hasn't changed at all. Take Godzilla, give him a crazy-cool monster to fight, come up with a little bit of insane story for the fighting, smash/blow up a lot of buildings, enjoy the ticket sales. And the franchise is still a phenomenon (GLOBALLY even). So yeah, we do need another Godzilla movie we need another THOUSAND Godzilla movies if we can get them. As for the Roland/Emmerich Godzilla, Toho showed us what they thought of that lizard in Godzilla: Final Wars. They won't be allowing any abominations like that to happen again.
I heard this was an elevated contained Godzilla starring Taylor Lautner.
Yep, if Godzilla wrestles with Barney the Dinosaur…
1. Keep it in Japan
2. Establish the premise right away, then include a second menace that also comes from the discovery
3. This way, first Godzilla seems like foe, but then he becomes friend by vanquishing the second, greater menace
4. Stay with the "Godzilla wants to be left alone" at the end of the film.
Correct! I own most of the Godzilla movies and certainly for the heisei timeline this is almost always the basic plot. It worked for about 8-10 films so why change it now?
That said I'm not sure the western world is ready for a multi monster movie,..it might come off a little power rangery.
No we don't. Be original Hollywood. CHRIST.


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Washington, D.C. - Despite surging health insurance costs, more employees were offered health benefits by their employers between 1997 and 2001, according to a study published today in the January/February issue of the journal Health Affairs. Yet those gains may be reversed in the coming year because of the recession and a continued escalation in health care costs.
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Hearing is one of the five senses that you or anyone else relies on for communication and a whole host of other things. Among the five senses, touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight, it is often hearing which is the most easily affected. You don't have to be a senior citizen to experience hearing loss as it is quite common among younger people as well. This problem is also getting more widespread with each passing day.
Ageing is not the only factor that brings hearing impairment. The causes are many. Certain medications, continuous exposure to loud noise, genetic involvement, injury and some medical conditions may cause hearing loss.
But if you think that you are facing hearing issues, then these symptoms should raise an alarm for you to see an ENT specialist:
- You find it hard to hear phone conversations: Do you find yourself asking the person on the other end of the phone line to 'repeat' themselves, or find yourself pressing the phone instrument right into your ear? If you are trying so hard to hear, you might find yourself missing out on bits of the conversation as focussing to clearly hear the conversation is exhausting work. Getting a hearing test might be a good option if this sounds like you.
- Your TV is blaring: Do you often find people around you shouting above the TV sound complaining that it's too loud? When you find it hard to hear the TV at the average volume and find yourself turning up the sound, this could signify a hearing loss. Doctors are seeing a growing number of patients visiting them after prolonged exposure to loud music and sounds.
- You have trouble hearing in noisy environments: When you are out dining with friends or family at a busy restaurant or accompanying a friend shopping in a busy street, all that background noise makes it difficult to hear what the people are saying. People with hearing loss often have problems masking out background noise.
- You find yourself leaning closer to people to follow the conversation or staring at their lips trying to lip-read what's being said.
- Family members telling 'you're going deaf'?: Trust the views of the people closest to you, they never lie about your health. Family members often are the first to sense signs of hearing loss as they find themselves repeating things to you or calling out louder to get your 'attention'.
Options to deal with hearing loss:
Some of the options to deal with hearing loss are mentioned below.
- Once diagnosed with hearing problems, change your ways of communication - If you or your loved ones have been diagnosed with hearing problems, it is important that both adjust your ways to deal with the problem. Rather than getting angry at the other for not being able to communicate effectively, develop and strategize ways to make communication less problematic and erratic.
- Cochlear implants - This is a newer technology which has become rapidly popular in the past decade or so. These are directly implanted into the inner ear and are designed to bypass the damaged areas of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. These have become very popular, although, are not a replacement of natural hearing. It is only prescribed for people who have severe hearing loss or are deaf.
- Hearing aids - Although selecting a hearing aid is difficult as the patient needs to be comfortable, once it is completed, is one of the best solutions for the hearing impaired. The functionality of these devices can be extended with the hearing assistive technology or HAT devices that can focus the audio waves depending on the situations and give a more tailored approach for every individual's needs.
Prevention and treatment
Treatment: It is difficult to treat hearing loss as in most cases; it may be permanent, except sudden shocks, when your hearing might come back to normal. The only treatments for hearing loss are hearing aids or cochlear implants which can restore hearing partially.
Prevention: Prevention is the best method to avoid hearing loss and in most cases, you should wear ear protection such as mufflers or sound level reduction devices to protect your hearing. Also, practice listening to music, watching TV or movies at lower levels, especially if you are on the headphones. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult an Ent Specialist.
I am hearing aid user sometimes to hearing se bii proper hearing naii aa pate aurr mujhe hearing aid not give original hearing I am tensed im just 28 years old iic hearing aid user please guide.
The ear has three parts – outer, middle, and inner – through which sounds waves pass through. On reaching the inner ear, the sound waves are transmitted through a fluid medium which is carried through to the brain to produce "sound." Hearing loss can be due to problems anywhere in this circuit – from the outer ear to nerve issues in the middle ear.
There are two main types of hearing loss
Conductive hearing loss, where problems in the outer or middle ear cause problem conducting sound waves into the inner ear
Sensorineural hearing loss, where there is a problem in the nervous portion of the hearing process
Conductive hearing loss occurs due to poor conduction of sound waves to the middle ear, where it is processed to perceive the sound. Conductive hearing loss can happen due to the following reasons:
- Wax: Excessive wax accumulated in the outer ear can prevent passage of sound into the middle ear
- Infection: The outer or middle ear could be infected, affecting passage of sound waves
- Tear in the eardrum: The eardrum is a membrane through which sound waves pass. A tear due to trauma or injury can hamper this process, leading to hearing loss.
- Impact: When there is a bang on the head, there could be temporary hearing loss due to disruption of the hearing system
- Hereditary: A lot of times, hearing loss is hereditary and an exact cause may not be traceable
- Ear tumor: Middle ear tumors can also cause conductive hearing loss
- Abnormal growth: Abnormal bone growth in the middle ear can cause blockage, leading to hearing loss
- Post-surgical: The ear is a highly complex structure, and while surgical corrections are being done to treat a condition, it is very likely that other parts can be damaged
In most of the conditions mentioned above, there are some sound waves which pass through, so conductive hearing loss is often partial, wherein the person can hear but it is faint. Very rarely, it is complete where the person goes completely deaf.
This would depend on the cause of the hearing loss.
- Clearing up the wax can lead to improved hearing
- A tear in the eardrum or fluid buildup would need surgical repair to restore hearing
- Infections might require treatment with antibiotics and pain killers
- Tumors or bone growths would also require surgical correction for restoring hearing
- For outer ear blocks, audiometry is done only after the blocks are cleared
- If post correction, the hearing is not completely restored, hearing aids can be used, which often results in complete restoration. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult an Ent Specialist.
Hearing loss is experienced by millions of people these days. Ageing is not the only factor that brings hearing impairment. The causes are many. Certain medications, continuous exposure to loud noise, genetic involvement, injury and some medical conditions may cause hearing loss.
There are quite a few myths that people have come to believe about hearing loss over the years. Since it is such a common phenomenon, here we take a look at the common myths surrounding hearing loss.
Myth no. 1: Hearing loss is exclusive to elderly.
Fact: As said before, hearing loss can be an outcome of various causes. Nearly half of the people suffering from the same are below the age of 55 years. No matter what your age is, you must always get your ears checked, especially if you are feeling that are you missing things.
Myth no. 2: Diagnosing hearing loss is easy.
Fact: Most people do not come to know about the condition until it gets worse. Also, your physician never really checks for hearing loss symptoms in a general check-up unless you ask for it specifically.
So, always get a check-up done, like you do for other probable diseases.
Myth no. 3: There's no effective solution for hearing loss.
Fact: Like there have been advancements in the medical field for everything else, there are aids available these days that improve your hearing and have finer adjustments for noise adaptation. Also, there are certain other procedures and surgeries that have proved to improve the condition in many.
So, seek help as soon as possible.
Myth no. 4: The sounds aren't loud enough; my ears are healthy and fine.
Fact: If there is a problem you're experiencing with hearing, you have got to accept that and get it treated. Avoiding a certain condition will only get things worse for you.
Also, hearing aids are no more a stigma. Ear aid devices have designs similar to earphones these days, which are comfortable enough to wear. Ignoring a medical condition or inability to accept the same would only do more harm instead of making things fine. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a Ent Specialist.
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What are the eating precautions and mobile phone precautions when we are using hearing aid for hearing loss nerve weakness please tell.
My husband got diagnosed with Tinnitus around 2 months back. He joined swimming few weeks before the constant buzz in his ears. The doctors indicated the water entering inside the ears thru swimming as one of the possible causes. He is on medication since then and has been feeling little better but he has been avoiding swimming ever since. He joined that for overall health and he preferred swimming over gym. But now he doesn't at all go to swim even by using earplugs. Can you please suggest if this was the reason behind his tinnitus and if he really should avoid swimming? I want him to continue swimming n want his tinnitus also to be cured. But please advise what's good for him.
Sir, my daughter 4 years old suffering from hearing loss after typhoid due to hard injection given by doctor according to BERa test .sir please advice me to her treatment or otherwise.
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My husband says that if he can sing songs and recite dialongs /songs there should not be a problem with the hearing. Can you please explain the science behind it so that I can explain the same.
If both the sons are born deaf with no family history. Then a girl who marries the deaf elder brother has any chances of giving birth to a deaf children?
Sir, I am 70-years old and now I have a hearing trouble. Some times I use hearing Aids yet I can not hear properly. Whenever I increase the power of hearing aids by audio gram the original sound decrease day by day. Kindly advise. Yours faithfully
Audiometry test done recently revealed that I have 50% hearing loss in high frequency range, while my low frequency hearing is normal. The Tympanometry test was normal. What is possibly wrong?
My father is 65+ and is suffering with hearing problem for both ears .He is feeling some generator running sounds some time. Can this be cured permanently with out operation.
BAHA Implant
Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) is a device surgically implanted to help people suffering from a loss of hearing. Most conventional hearing aids transmit sound through air conduction. The BAHA device is suitable for conductive or mild-moderate mixed hearing loss.
Problems with hearing in the middle or outer ears can be helped with the BAHA device. The sound waves received by the BAHA device bypass the middle ear and get delivered straight to the functioning cochlea in both ears.
A BAHA device comprises of two parts:
- The processor
- A fixture which is surgically implanted behind the ear in the bone.
The implant is embedded in the bone. The processor, which remains outside, is attached to the implant. There is a microphone on the processor that picks up sounds. The sounds are passed on to the implant. The implant vibrates which triggers the Cochlear. You can consider wearing a BAHA implant if other conventional hearing aids do not work for you. BAHA implants are also given to people with collapsed or irritated ear canals.
Cochlear Implant Surgery
A complex, small electronic device that helps hearing in people with severe hearing loss or deafness is used in the Cochlear Implant Surgery. The cochlear implant comprises of an external piece behind the ear and another piece that is surgically implanted under the skin. A cochlear implant comprises of four parts:
- A microphone which picks up sounds from the surroundings
- A speech processor which chooses and arranges the sounds the microphone picks up
- A receiver/stimulator and transmitter that picks up signals from the speech processor and changes them into electric impulses
- An electrode ray, a bunch of electrodes, receives impulses the stimulator sends and transmits them to different areas of the auditory nerves.
The implant does not cure deafness; it only gives you a useful portrayal of sounds in the environment and considerable aid in understanding speech.
The surgery is done in the following way:
- The area around the site of the implant is shaved or cleaned
- The patient's vital signs are monitored through cables, patches and monitors attached to him or her
- General anaesthesia is administered through IV or through a face mask
- After the device is implanted, the patient is taken to the recovery room for the anaesthesia effect to lessen.
If we identified the hearing loss early, child can start rehabilitation early and they can grow like normal kid. They can go to normal school.
The partial or total inability to hear is known as hearing impairment or hearing loss. It can be present at birth, or develop later in life.
There are a number of factors, which may cause hearing loss
1. Age - Age is the biggest factor when it comes to the loss of hearing, and you may lose the ability to hear as you age. This condition is known as presbycusis. It becomes difficult to understand high-frequency sounds like that of a child or a woman when you get old.
2. Noise - When you are exposed to loud noises for a prolonged period of time, it damages your ears. This leads to loss of hearing. 5% of the total population of the world is affected by noise (the degree of suffering varies). It may be a result of continuous exposure to loud music or a sudden exposure to a loud noise like an explosion.
3. Hereditary disorders - Hearing disorder may be inherited by the dominant or recessive genes of parents in the child. 70-80% of these cases inherit from the recessive genes, whereas 20-25% inherit hearing loss from the dominant genes.
4. Trauma - Serious injuries of the head/ears may cause loss of hearing, which may be either temporary or permanent. When damage is caused to the brain, the brain fails to process the message conveyed by the ears. So even if the ears are totally functional, a person may face the problem in hearing.
5. Perinatal problems - The ototoxic effects on the fetus due to excess intake of alcohol during pregnancy lead to hearing the loss in about 64% of the infants born to alcoholic mothers.
Also, premature birth can be associated with hearing loss due to high risk of being exposed to noise in neonatal units.
Knowing about the causes of hearing loss can lead you a step closer to preventing this disorder as you age.
Here are some useful tips that can help prevent hearing loss:
1. Be more aware - You should be diligent and aware of the situations, which may risk your hearing ability and should try to avoid such situations as much as possible. Limit your exposure to sources of hazardous noises like firearms, firecrackers, concerts and clubs.
2. Take precautionary measures - If your occupation calls for working at an environment of loud noises, use earplugs or earmuffs to block out the excessive noise. Also, make sure that you work in a place where employers take all the necessary measures of noise control under the federal or state regulations.
3. Monitor your use of gadgets - Monitor and control the use of hearing devices, and try to reduce the use of headphones/ earphones as much as possible. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult an Ent Specialist.


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If the unfavorable conditions bothered Jessica Fogel from Sierra Canyon, it certainly was not apparent during Friday's Alpha League girls soccer match against Brentwood.
The junior striker scored a goal in the first half and found the back of the net in the second half to guide the Trailblazers to a 2-1 victory in the steady rain at Granada Hills High.
"I felt good from the start of the game until the final whistle, I'm not sure about everyone else, but I had no problems with my footing out there on the field tonight," Fogel said.
Fogel scored in the 21st minute for Sierra Canyon (10-1-4, 4-0-2) and her goal in the 52nd minute proved to be the winner against Brentwood (3-5-1, 3-3).
"Jessica is talented, she was step ahead of the defense tonight," Trailblazers coach Kristy Walker said. "I don't think we were concerned about her letting the rain be a problem."
Fogel had some help along the way, particularly from Makenna Gandara. The sophomore played well in the midfield and nearly scored from 35 yards out in the 70th minute.
"My job is to create and get the ball to Jessica. She does the rest for this team," Gandara said. "We have this connection, we know where the other one is on the field at all times."
Despite giving up a goal in the waning moments of the match, the defense for Sierra Canyon was consistent. Bailey Hobson, Hannah Hirsch and Mariah Ewing anchored the backline in front of goalkeeper Lena Perry.
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I'm sorry to barge in but we are always learning...about our self and our discoveries. Thinking can usually lead to false observations such as optical illusions. IMO the kid is right but he's wrong to say stop learning. Maybe he meant stop learning about garbage and move on to exploring discoveries that lead to other things?
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I think he meant in his own way, stop being programmed, stop accepting everything that others deem to be reality, and stop accepting what is accepted as truth. Sometimes you have to go all the way back to the beginning of what is accepted to realize it was society was built, or some science was built on a false, or at best shakey if not inefficient foundation.
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The gasoline internal combustion engine, built over 100 years ago, and improved very little. Is it the best?
People asking for health care, instead of health cures, or going to a pharmaceutical trained physician to treat their illness.
Most of the mechanical wonders of our society were invented back during the 30's and 40's and now everything has become electronic solutions.
Almost nothing is studied, or understood about the bodies electrical system, or how frequency effects the human body.
We were supposed to be flying instead of driving by now, or perhaps we can jump straight to inner dimensional travel.
History has obviously proven to be a false construct, one needs only to look at the massive giant building stones in south America.
perhaps our greatest accomplishment would be to further our intellectual abilities with different natural enhancements.
Maybe we need to move past the need for governments and centralized control all together.
Our time here is too short, how do we remedy that so that knowledge is not continually flushed away.
Farming, and food production are pathetic in this nation. We grow grass instead of food, and waste underground water resources doing it.
our housing in not very effective, and very sturdy, it doesn't stand up against much of anything. It's hard to heat and cool.
We are plugged into and dependent on a grid, on others, on the collective.
We seem to be a species consumed with our genitals.
I don't know, I'm not perfect, just pick something that interested you and follow it, and expand your mind. Tear it all down to it's basics and instead of accepting what others have done, go all the way to the root and ask, how would I have started out tackling this problem.
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Sullivan's team and individual golfers from Borgia, Union, St. Clair, Pacific and St. James will play in the Class 3 Sectional 3 Tournament at Marshfield Country Club starting at 9 a.m.
The Class 3 District 5 champion Sullivan team will be represented by Tylor Carrico, Drew Armstrong, Justin Biermann, Gavin Yociss and Ryan Juergens.
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Mr Carswell met with campaigners ahead of his debate on knife crime in Parliament on Tuesday November 27.
He discussed his upcoming Westminster appearance on Saturday November 24 at the Jackson Road shop where volunteers have been collecting signatures against knife related crime.
Mr Carswell has previously backed the Gazette's campaign Lives Not Knives, which was launched following a series of high-profile knife crimes in the town, as well as the murder of Clacton teenager Jay Whiston in Colchester in September.
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THE council should investigate the governance at Culcheth High School, claims Helen Jones Warrington North MP.
In the wake of news that the sixth form could be closing, Mrs Jones has argued that an investigation is needed to look at the plummeting numbers of students, who enrolled at the sixth form, with numbers dropping from 132 pupils in 2008 to 2009 to 57 pupils in 2013 to 2014.
Mrs Jones said the announcement came as a 'huge shock'.
She added: "Why was the problem of falling post 16 numbers not flagged up at a much earlier stage by the governors? What actions were taken to try to tackle the problem and attract more students?
"In short, what were the governors doing and why did they seemingly keep the problem such a secret? Could more have been done to try to reverse the situation?
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Looking ahead to 2012, I see more game-changing opportunities, especially in areas like health care and technology. Take cloud computing. If you use Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Gmail, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), iTunes or Facebook, you're already using cloud computing, which basically is Web-based storage. It's cool for consumers, but it's revolutionary for businesses around the world because it saves money.
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I want to know what happens with a vengeful Black Canary. I want to know how Green Lantern falls. I want to know what happens to Harley Quinn with the Joker no longer in the picture. I want to know why Superman teams up with supervillains. I want to see Batman heal. I want to find out who lives and who dies, and how. I want to see powerful beings, who were once allies, fighting each other with the future of the universe at stake.
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[MLS REWIND: Week 32] Kekuta Manneh, an 18-year-old rookie, became the youngest player to score a hat trick in MLS history as he scored three goals in the first 53 minutes to give the Vancouver Whitecaps a stunning 4-1 win at Seattle. The Vancouver win along with San Jose's 1-0 victory over Colorado and Sporting Kansas City's 0-0 tie with Houston meant that none of the four teams with a chance to clinch playoff berths Wednesday night got the job done.
Manneh is
more than two years younger than Stern John was when he scored two hat tricks for Columbus at the age of 21 in 1998. But
the young Gambian, who moved to the United States as part of a Rush Soccer exchange program at the age of 15 and was signed out of high school in Texas, punished the Sounders' defense that has allowed
nine goals in its last two games.
"It's what we were hoping for," said Vancouver coach Martin Rennie of
Manneh, who came into the game with two goals. "We kind of joked before that you're never exactly sure what you're going to get with an 18-year-old, but he's unbelievably talented and he's someone
we're really proud of and we're really glad to have him on our team. He's just showed what he can do tonight and, obviously with young players, you're not always going to get that consistent level of
performance. But you know, we did actually talk about it before that if he showed up, he could make a huge impact on the game and he did."
The Sounders have been carrying games in hand
for months from which they hoped to take points and move into the Western Conference lead, but the loss still left them a point behind Real Salt Lake with their final game in hand scheduled for Sunday
at Portland.
Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said any criticism of his team was warranted.
"It's unacceptable from us as a coaching staff,"
he said. "It's unacceptable for us as a team, and it's just unacceptable the last two performances."
Schmid said no one's job was safe.
"I think we have to look at
everything," he said. "I think we have to look at goalkeeper, I think we have to look at defenders, we have to look at midfield, and we have to look at attackers because the performance of the team
hasn't been good enough. There's nobody that's a given right now."
Despite the rout, Seattle would have clinched a berth in the playoffs, along with idle RSL, if San Jose had not beaten
Colorado, but the Quakes stayed alive with a 1-0 win on Chris Wondolowski's second-half goal.
The Vancouver and San Jose wins left seven points
between the top seven teams in the Western Conference.
Colorado, which remained in fifth place with the loss, needs to at least split with Vancouver when they meet in their last two games
to hold off the Caps, while the Quakes are now within one point of Colorado and Los Angeles, which they will face Oct. 20 on the road.
In the Eastern Conference, Sporting Kansas City
could have overtaken New York for first place and clinched a playoff berth with a win at Houston in its game in hand. But it managed only four shots in the scoreless draw.
MLS WEEK 33, Results:
Wednesday, October 9
Houston 0 Sporting KC 0.
Att.: 16,433.
Wednesday, October 9
Seattle 1 Vancouver 4.
VAN: Kekuta Manneh (Daigo Kobayashi) 12
VAN: Kekuta Manneh (Camilo, Lee Young-Pyo) 42
VAN: Kekuta Manneh (Daigo Kobayashi)
SEA: Mauro Rosales 69
VAN: Nigel Reo-Coker 82
Att.: 38,833.
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San Jose 1 Colorado 0.
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Shea Salinas) 69
Att.: 10,525.
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Saturday, October 12
2:30 pm ET
Montreal vs. New
7 pm ET
D.C. United vs. Philadelphia
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Chicago
Sunday, October 13
9 pm ET
Portland vs. Seattle ESPN
Eastern Conference:
53 (32)
*New York 15-9-8 50/39
52 (32) Sporting KC 15-10-7 44/29
48 (32) Houston 13-10-9 39/37
46 (30) Montreal 13-10-7 48/45
45 (31) Philadelphia 12-10-9 39/39
43 (31) Chicago 12-12-7 41/45
42 (31) New England
11-11-9 44/36
41 (32) Columbus 12-15-5 40/42
26 (32) Toronto FC 5-16-11 29/46
15 (31) D.C. United 3-22-6 20/55
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Western Conference:
52 (32) Real Salt Lake 15-10-7 55/40
51 (31) Seattle 15-10-6 41/38
50 (31) Portland 12-5-14 48/33
48 (31) LA Galaxy 14-11-6 51/37
48 (32) Colorado 13-10-9 42/33
47 (32) San Jose 13-11-8 33/41
45 (32) Vancouver 12-11-9 48/42
Dallas 10-10-11 43/47
26 (32) Chivas USA 6-18-8 29/60
19 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
18 Camilo (Vancouver)
18 Mike Magee (LA
15 Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)
12 Diego Fagundez (New England)
12 Dominic Oduro (Columbus)
11 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
11 Federico Higuain
11 Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
10+1 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
10 Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
10 Tim Cahill (New York)
10 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)
Conor Casey (Philadelphia)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
MLS WEEK 34, Schedule:
Wednesday, October 16
10:30 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. Montreal
Friday, October 18
8 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. D.C. United NBCSN
Saturday, October 19
2 pm ET
Montreal vs. Philadelphia
3 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Seattle NBCSN
6 pm ET
Colorado vs. Vancouver
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New England vs. Columbus
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Chicago vs. Toronto FC
10:30 pm ET
Portland vs. Real Salt
Sunday, October 20
4 pm ET
Houston vs. New York UniMas
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LA Galaxy vs. San Jose ESPN
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9 pm ET
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Saturday, October 26
3 pm ET
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San Jose vs. FC Dallas NBCSN
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Chivas USA vs. Portland
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Columbus vs. New England
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New York vs. Chicago
8 pm ET
Vancouver vs. Colorado
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Bryce could still feel the heat pulsating across the back of his neck as he made his way down the silent Parisian street. It had been something of a shame, but he didn't regret his decision to torch the safe house. In an ideal situation it would have served as a more than suitable base of operations, but they had found him, sooner than he could ever have anticipated.
The sound of sirens grew louder as he headed down a narrow alley. It would take them time to identify the charred corpse, but it wouldn't help much. Bryce knew if that agent he had killed hadn't checked in within the hour they'd be sending someone else. Bryce continued walking with a steady pace. He wasn't running and he certainly wasn't worried. As he pulled his coat tighter to keep out the crisp autumn air, he took this time to consider his options. Leaving the city wasn't an option, at least not yet. There were people he needed to speak to, and before the night was out Bryce knew the body count will have risen ever higher. Joining the throng of people on a main street Bryce decided he'd have to go and see Claude. He might be able to scrounge some information off of one of the most popular men in Paris.
No one knew his real name, but everyone knew Claude. The man moved through some tight circles, knowing dignitaries and gangsters alike. He was the proprietor of a number of well to do clubs and brothels throughout France, using a number of them as a front for his group's drug trafficking and money laundering. Bryce headed to the Fleur Noire. Not two days ago, before everything fell apart, had Bryce met Claude at this very place. It was his favorite within the capital. With any luck, he'd be in tonight.
The noise never ceased to astound Bryce as he passed through the thick double doors into the main area. All at once his senses were bombarded from all sides. The deep rhythmic bass of the music hammered against his skull, neon strobes danced across his vision. As he pushed his way through the writhing mass of dancers Bryce was able to savour the ever present odor of sweat and alcohol. Further he pushed, inch by inch, making slow progress as people on all sides jumped around, Bryce receiving an errant elbow every now and then. He was beginning to think he'd never make it through to the other side when suddenly, abruptly he did just that. Happy with his small victory he strode over towards the VIP area. In one smooth motion he had exchanged a handful of money with the guard and he was through and finally in the same room as Claude.
Bryce quickly took in his surroundings but it wasn't anything he hadn't seen before in places like this. Men and women sat dotted around the large room, engaged in their private worlds, whether it be drink, talk or sex. Claude was un-phased by Bryce's entrance, opting to leisurely do a line of coke. Not his first and certainly not his last of the night. Bryce sat down heavily. The thick perfumed air was making him slightly lightheaded. Claude sat back across the table and smiled.
"So, he grinned with his heavy French accent. I hear you are in a spot of trouble Mr Tarrant. Well never mind, it is lucky you have me here to help you out!"
Before Bryce could say anything he was waved into silence.
"Your friends called me today, told me I was to let them know if you came to see me. I said to them, I said, Ha, you do not tell the great Claude what to do! They seem to accept this," he winked with a knowing smile, "but then they tell me, Claude, if you don't pay attention we will have to come down hard on you. You know how it is. Threats were exchanged, but we managed to come to an arrangement."
Bryce was growing more uneasy with every passing second. He realized that there were six black suited bouncers in the room. Four more than usual.
Bryce sat forward slowly. "So you're telling me that you don't know where a certain fox is hiding?"
Claude laughed, "It is my job to know everything in this city. Besides I thought you wouldn't need my help. It's common knowledge all foxes live in holes! It's a shame you weren't smarter. And now you will die quicker than I expected from the likes of you."
But that's were Claude was wrong. Bryce was prepared for the heavy hand that fell on his shoulder and in an instant sprang up and brought the ashtray within his reach down onto the thugs face. Within seconds he had the man's handgun and was diving through side door. Terrified screams as two shots were fired. Bryce found himself on balcony, overlooking the dance floor. In an instant he was up and over the railings, falling once again in the mass of bodies. There were angry cries as landed on a group of girls, knocking several to the ground. It didn't matter, he was out of sight of his pursuers. Without losing much time he shoved and pushed his way out of the club, followed by angry shouts of disgruntled dancers, who had suddenly found their overpriced alcohol spilled by some stranger in a big coat.
Bryce rejoined the busy streets with a small smile on his face. The night hadn't been a total loss. Now he had a gun, and he was going fox hunting.
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b) Can I select all the options at the start (including destination database) and then complete the whole process in one go?
c) Would it be possible to add a row count check at the end which tells me which tables are not identical?
Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Item a) has been on my mind a long time. I agree that it would be a cool thing to add. What I do is migrate my schema first (without data). Then I kick off several instances (different machines if possible)
of SQLAzureMW and select a set of tables for each one to export and tell SQLAzureMW to export data only. Then I upload data from several machines. Works pretty well.
In regards to item b), I had thought about that when I first wrote SQLAzureMW, but it was designed for a two phase process: 1) Analize & modify and 2) run finished script against SQL Azure. That said, you can use SQLAzureMWBatchBackup and
SQLAzureMWBatchUpload in a batch file to export and upload in one process.
In regards to c). I kind of have that today. If you notice when you export your data, I actually write the number of records exported into my bcpargs command. Then when I upload the data, I count the number of records uploaded by BCP and
compare against the number of records exported. That is how I know when the data is 100% uploaded and also how to break up the data in batch. I could do a little better job of reporting here. I have always thought about creating a nice summary
page, I just never have gotten around to doing it because my day job has been taking up all my spare time.
Anyway, all of them are great points and I will put them on my todo list.
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I'd just like some extra opinions on how long I should "log roll" out of bed following a TT. I am 18 days PO, and aside from a wound from fleur de lis and some new swelling above my BB, I'd say I've been very impressed by the results. I'm just scared of ruining my Dr. hard work, and my results, with an interruption in muscle repair. I am already very careful not to pull myself up from a seated position, I'm really relying on my leg strength and my arms to stabilize me. Thanks for your thoughts!
How Long Should I "Log Roll" Following TT?
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It will take a lot to ruin the results
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you are doing a great job of allowing your body to heal and have a vested interest in achieving the best results possible. The best advice that I could provide is to be as careful as you seem to want to be without unduly making yourself miserable with position or movement. I would slowly start to get back to a normal routine of getting in and out of bed as this should be well tolerated by your body.
All the best,
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Tummy Tuck Recovery - Log Roll
In general, you should not stress muscle repair for about a month after tummy tucks. This includes any lifting more than 10 pounds. This advice is similar to hernia repairs and other muscle repair operations. Log rolling is done to avoid straining your muscles and possibly hurting the muscles. I would follow the advise of your doctor but my recommendation is for one month.
It sounds like you are being an excellent patient.
Good luck!
Dr Saunders
How Long Should I "Log Roll" Following TT?
There is no exact answer that is universal to patients and surgeons, so best bet is to direct this question to your surgeon.
By six weeks the healing wounds will have reached 90% of the strength that they will attain, and by that time resumption of full activities is usually permitted by most surgeons.
Best wishes.
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HOUSTON, TX-While the market growth for digital media processors has languished from weak demand for VOD (Video on Demand), streaming video and multimedia communications applications, Texas Instruments (TI) enters into the foray with Equator Technology-the market leader-and TriMedia Technologies Inc. in what is expected to be an interesting battle for market share. TI readily admits that Equator sits alone on top of the hill, but that with reportedly full software programmability, TI enters the market with more than a glimmer of hope. Rather than chase an under-developed market for set-top boxes where promises of doing it all in one chip for the cable companies has yet to enjoy widespread success, the company has decided to open up the market for derivative products.
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On the flip side of the market, Equator Technologies is not sitting still. The firm recently announced it will demonstrate a variety of advanced smart camera and intelligent video security and surveillance at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International 2002 show in Philadelphia, September 10-13. The demonstrations with DynaPel, IQinVision, Reality Commerce Corporation and VCON will showcase applications based on Equator's Broadband Signal Processor (BSP™) family of chips, and will highlight motion-tracking, camera-steadying and face recognition, all for smart camera devices-as well as digital video recording and conferencing for storing and communicating video surveillance information.
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Their former coach used to hate the afro hairstyle, insisting that at least one of the ''fro bros'' keep things short and tidy.
But for ACT Brumbies wingers Henry Speight and Joe Tomane, there is a lot to be said for the do, not the least of which is personal comfort.
"It's give and take; you lose a bit of speed with the fro, but you get a lot of comfort," Speight said.
"You don't need a cushion on the plane because the fro's there, it keeps your head warm in winter. There are more positives than the one negative of losing a bit of speed."
Speedsters and try-scoring machines, Speight, aka ''the bro with the fro'', and Tomane, ''the fro with the show'', will be key men as the Brumbies look to beat the Waikato Chiefs in a Super Rugby qualifier final at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
But the sight of the duo's frizzy hair-dos would have had former Brumbies coach Jake White getting the scissors ready, with Tomane revealing he kept his hair short and neat last year to avoid the wrath of the World Cup-winning mentor.
Now with wild-haired rugby director Laurie Fisher in charge, they have been allowed to grow and grow at will.
"I've always wanted to grow the hair,'' Tomane said. ''I didn't have much freedom when Jake was here. He likes his players clean cut.''
Speight started growing his fro as part of Fijian culture and a tribute to his cousin Malachi, who died last year.
It is hardly aerodynamic and befitting of Speight's fleet-footed try-scoring ability, but the Fijian flyer says: "When you're on to a good thing, why change it?
"Joey is a bit jealous; his is curly and has impressive size, but mine is compact and nice and tight.
"I've thought about cutting it, but the little kids love it, so I'm keeping it for them. I see the happiness in their faces; if it's another reason for them to come back and if I'm scoring tries, then why cut it?
"I think Joey was a bit scared of Jake. He didn't have the guts to grow it last year, but Jake didn't say anything to me. He must have thought it helped scoring tries – don't change a good thing."
The Brumbies have sold almost 10,000 tickets for the grand final rematch against the Chiefs.
It is just the second Super Rugby finals game in Canberra since 2004 and the club is targeting a crowd of 20,000. If it achieves its goal, the club will donate $20,000 to the Hands Across Canberra charity.
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Tomane said: "Samson was blessed with amazing power and strength, but only if he didn't cut his hair.''
Both Speight and Tomane have suffered long-term injuries this year – Speight broke his jaw and Tomane fractured his cheekbone – but they are thriving on the chance to get redemption against the Chiefs and charge towards the Brumbies' first title in 10 years.
"We're not focused on the past,'' Tomane said. ''This is a new opportunity to do something special, we're excited about the challenge and hopefully we can go all the way."


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The Belfast Project
Begun in 2000, the Belfast Project was an oral history project that aimed to document combatants' stories in the clashes between the Irish Republican Army and the Irish Loyalist Army in the 1970s through the 1990s. But the charged nature of what interviewees told the project has brought immense pressure on the project's organizers to release records of the interviews, which they'd promised to keep secret. Brooke talks with Anthony McIntyre who recorded many of the interviews for the project.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: And I'm Brooke Gladstone. It seems that oral histories are generally ignored, unless they make history. The Belfast Project is an archive of taped recollections of members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Irish Loyalist Army, who warred against each other from the seventies into the nineties.
CORRESPONDENT: The bomb blew apart the Horse and Groom Pub in Guildford, killing five people and injuring fifty more. An hour later, another pub 200 yards up the road was also bombed. Then a month later, at Woolwich in South London, another soldier's pub was bombed and two people were killed.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: They were promised that their stories would stay secret until after their deaths. That promise was broken this month, aggravating a wound that has never healed, despite 15 years of peace. Some 3500 people were killed in Ireland's so-called "time of Troubles."
The Belfast Project intended to preserve the IRA stories inside the Boston College Library, but when reports emerged about the substance of two of the interviews, the British government used the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between the US and the UK to obtain them, and much more. In particular, the British authorities wanted access to interviews that touched on the unsolved murder of Jean McConville.
CORRESPONDENT: Jean McConville's abduction, torture, murder and secret burial by the IRA nearly 40 years ago leaves many unanswered questions. The mother of ten's body was dumped on a County Louth beach and, despite extensive searches, was only found in 2003 by a passing walker.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Beth McMurtrie, whose magisterial piece about the Belfast Project ran recently in the Chronicle of Higher Education, called McConville's case, "a uniquely tragic atrocity." The widowed mother of ten was dragged from her house in front of her ten kids in 1972 and murdered as a suspected informer.
Among the interviews archived in the Belfast Project were some that implicate Gerry Adams, leader of the Sinn Fein party, often called the IRAs political wing. Anthony McIntyre, whose credentials include a PhD in political science, began recording the oral histories in the spring of 2001, for nearly six years, collecting 26 interviews with IRA members, people who had every reason to trust him.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: I served a life sentence for IRA activity, including the killing of a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force, and I have an involvement with the hunger strikes back in 1981 and 1980 and on the "blanket protest" along with Bobby Sands. And I had first went to prison when I was 16; I was released when I was 18. I returned to prison when I was 18 and was released when I was 35. And I was known to these people to be trustworthy.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: What promises did you make to them?
ANTHONY McINTYRE: That these interviews would not be released until their death or with their consent prior to that, and that neither the Provisional IRA nor the British state would be allowed to access those interviews.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: One of your interviewees, Brendan Hughes, died and a book came out by your collaborator on the project, journalist Ed Moloney. In the book, Brendon Hughes figured prominently. He told you that Gerry Adams was involved in the murder of Jean McConville, something that Adams has denied. Here's a little bit of Brendan Hughes' tape.
BRENDAN HUGHES: And I never carried out a major operation without the okay or the order from Gerry. And for him to sit in this plush office in Westminster Stormont or whatever and, and deny it, I mean, it's like Hitler denyin' that there was ever a Holocaust.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Well, during the course of the interview, Brendan revealed a lot of his life in the IRA. Gerry Adams was his operational commander in Belfast and that Gerry Adams had ordered the killing of Jean McConville, had ordered the London bombings and had ordered a, a lot of IRA activity. Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams were, were very close comrades in the IRA back in the day.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Boston College, having been confronted with this order to turn over the entire archive, calls it a victory that it doesn't have to turn the whole thing over, only 11 documents.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: What Boston College secured was a minimizing of the defeat. That is what we secured. The state seemed to have a view that we were dealing with pushover professors and we would get anything we wanted from them, and they weren't far wrong.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Pushover professors?
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Yes.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: And they weren't very far wrong, you were saying?
ANTHONY McINTYRE: No, they weren't very far wrong. There should never have been a discussion about whether we do this or we don't. They should have been straight out of the traps and said, we will fight this head on.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Mm-hmm.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Rather, Boston College was transmitting messages to the Justice Department and law enforcement that we are willing to fold, if you give us the right opportunity. But, unfortunately, for Boston College, myself, my wife and Ed Moloney to say to the stand and fight, and because we fought Boston College then, we're embarrassed.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Okay, let's, let's consider the arguments on both sides of this issue. The British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said, in a special on CNN, that no one is above the law.
PATRICK MAYHEW: We've been quite clear as a government there can be no concept of an amnesty, so we have to support the police in bringing those who committed crimes to justice.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: That's fine. What he actually means that nobody would say law enforcement is above the law, because the British authorities have withheld vital information from the, the relatives of the murdered human rights lawyer, Pat Finucane, murdered by agents of the British state. The British state have withheld vital documents from the, the victims and families of the people killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May, 1974 –
BROOKE GLADSTONE: I hear what you're saying, that they're, they're having a double standard.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Well, absolutely. But, I mean, people in Boston and in America should know British double standards from the War of Independence.
So I don't think you should be too surprised about British double standards.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Okay, then the argument for the lawyer for the McConville family says that the wounds of the Troubles can never heal, while injustice, like the murder of Mrs. McConville, is allowed to fester.
ANTHONY McINTYRE: I have a great deal of sympathy for the, the lawyer's sentiment and I have enormous sympathy for the family of Jean McConville and the family of any person killed. But it is not the task of a researcher to become a gatherer of evidence for law enforcement, even for clergymen. Now, one can argue that researchers produce knowledge and clergymen produce nonsense.
Yet, clergymen are allowed to maintain confidentiality, and researchers aren't? It seems to me to be a bizarre situation. There are certain obstacles that have to stand in the way of the state for the betterment of society. And I think that academics and journalists need to be protected from this sort of encroachment and incursion. If the only view of society that we have, the only view of the past is that of law enforcement, we will learn very little from it.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: But how can it really affect policy and improve somebody's life, if you don't get to look into it until 30 years hence and the people who committed the wrongdoing, on both sides of the struggle, are never brought to account?
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Well, I mean, we have a situation in the north where the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said that the criminal justice system had to be turned on its head in order to bring about the Good Friday Agreement. Basically, politics in the north of Ireland did trump justice, and it's also trumped truth. Truth in the north of Ireland is used for recrimination, not for reconciliation. They want to use it to yesterday's issues to fake the political battles of today.
This information wasn't gathered by ourselves as researchers to hand over to relatives, because people are simply going to clam up. All the knowledge that could have been brought to the families, at some point, under a variety of processes, about truth recovering the past has now been sabotaged by this issue. I mean, it is very sad that the McConvilles cannot get the truth. I think that the McConville family are behaving nobly and honorably. It's just that I represent a different constituency of knowledge, and ne'er the twain shall meet.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Ed Moloney, your colleague in the Belfast Project, has said that the release of the tapes could endanger your life. Do you really think that's a realistic concern?
ANTHONY McINTYRE: I am going to see people coming for me, even when they're not coming for me.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Mm-hmm. [LAUGHS]
ANTHONY McINTYRE: Because I am in the eye of the storm and I'm sensitive, former colleagues can be very vitriolic and bitter, some of them with great audacity and chutzpah!
Many of us have, for a long time, suspected there've been informers, and I am calling the participants of the Boston College Project informers. That's a load of old hooey. But we must be very cautious. But if you're asking me, do I live under the bed, fearful that I'm going to be attacked eminently, no, I don't.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Anthony McIntyre is an independent scholar.


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Outsource or Hire?
It's a decision YOU have to make.
According to the US Small Business Administration, 56% of US small businesses with 100 employees or fewer have fewer than 5 employees. With so many tasks involved with running a business - everything from hiring employees to administering benefits to processing payroll and serving customers, growing businesses are faced with the challenge of getting the work done. So how can they get the extra help they need? Do they hire additional staff members or outsource job functions?
To outsource or not to outsource? That is the question.
A growing solution among many business owners is outsourcing. Outsourcing is contracting any function, operation, job or process to a third party, as opposed to its being performed by a staff member. Outsourcing could be using a payroll company to process payroll or contracting with an outside vendor to help you manage your information technology. Here are some of the advantages of outsourcing:
- Cost and efficiency savings. Outsourcing administrative tasks can save you valuable time. And in business, time is money.
- Access to specialized expertise. You may be able to tap the expertise of contractors with specialized knowledge at a fraction of what it would cost to hire them as part of your staff.
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- Flexibility. Outsourcing provides additional flexibility to manage the ebbs and flows of your business. For example, if you operate a seasonal business, you can contract for additional employees in your busy season versus having to pay staff members all year long.
- Ability to focus on core job functions. One of the biggest advantages of outsourcing functions is that it frees business owners to focus on core business functions rather than on the tasks that aren't making your business money.
Some of the areas that are most frequently outsourced include information technology, human resources administration, accounting, marketing and security.
The drawbacks of outsourcing.
Of course, as with any major business decision you make, it's important to consider the disadvantages, which include:
- Loss of control. One of the hardest things for business owners to contend with is relinquishing control to a third party. It's the main reason why you will need to choose your strategic partners wisely.
- Security. When you turn over job functions, you are sacrificing the security and confidentiality of your company information.
- Potential decreased quality of your product or service. You must remember that no one has more pride than you when it comes to the quality of your product or service.
Do your homework before you make any decisions.
So how do you know if you should outsource or hire employees?
- Identify where you need help or areas that are tying you up from growing your business.
- Determine if you require specialized expertise to fulfill this need.
- Assess the needs of the job and the costs of hiring an employee. Be sure to consider all the costs, including recruitment costs, benefits costs, etc.
- Think about the growth of your business. Do you need assistance due to seasonal growth or because you want to expand? If the former, you'll want to outsource. If, however, you are expanding, a full-time employee may be what you need to manage future growth.
- Consult a business attorney to help you decide the best option for you. If you enter into an agreement with a firm to outsource, you'll want legal help to review the contract, to make sure your interests are protected.
The important thing to remember is to proceed with caution. Take the time to do your homework to make the best decision. In the long run, it will save you a lot of time and headaches later on.


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The 30-story Patriot Tower at 350 N. St. Paul St. in downtown Dallas has been acquired at foreclosure auction by an affiliate of Bank of America.
Bank of America lent $23.4 million in 2007 on the 615,000-square-foot downtown high-rise, previously known as One Dallas Centre.
The building was owned by California-based investor Younan Properties Inc.
The lender filed foreclosure documents on the property in August.
Quality Properties Asset Management Co. — a Bank of America entity — paid $11.875 million for the downtown office building at this month's foreclosure auction.
And Younan Properties has removed the building from its list of Dallas real estate on the company Web page.
Built in 1979, the tower at Bryan Street and St. Paul was designed by I.M. Pei & Associates. The gray metal and glass skyscraper was the first of three high-rise buildings planned on the downtown block, but construction of a second, taller office building and a luxury hotel never got off the ground.
Younan Properties still owns two other downtown skyscrapers — the 50-story Thanksgiving Tower and the 34-story KPMG Center.
The Los Angeles-based real estate investor is one of the largest office building landlords in North Texas.