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Report: Aspinwall finances look good
Aspinwall officials are encouraged with how the borough's finances look halfway through the year.
Tom Golden, auditor, presented a study of the borough's finances to council members last week. He told officials that expenses for various departments are close or slightly above 50 percent at the halfway point of the year.
"Overall budget-wise, we're staying close to where we want to be," Golden said.
Golden said revenue is up 6.6 percent from last year, and expenses are down more than 1 percent from last year. Not needing a tax-anticipation note last year made for a better budget this year, he said.
"We're running better revenue and slightly better on the expense side," Golden said.
The borough will need to continue improving its reserves to ensure that it can survive any emergencies that might come up in the future, "so that if we have something occur, we can handle it without crisis," Golden said.
Councilman Kevin Gordon said the borough's finances are improving with reserves increasing and pensions strong.
"Things have gone very well the last couple years," Gordon said.
Gordon asked council members to review the report and mark down any questions on budget items so those questions can be answered.
"We'll resolve that in the next couple meetings," Gordon said.
Gordon said there were no red flags in the report but planned to use it to get a closer look at the finances of the borough.
"We're obviously way better than where we were three or four years ago," Golden said.
Tom McGee is an associate editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 1513 or email@example.com.

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Word...Life is one of those slept on albums from the early 90's that was often compared to Nas' Illmatic, and slowly became a sought after favorite amongst hip hop fans everywhere. Produced almost entirely by D.I.T.C staple Buckwild, and receiving a huge push from already majorly respected names and contributors Lord Finesse and Organized Konfusion, the album featured solid production and the Queens mc's sophisticated flow and storytelling rhymes throughout.
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The Register tests negative for Gates London meet
Microsoft chief here to sign copies of his new book tomorrow.. but don't tell anyone
Bill Gates is in London tomorrow (Friday) to publicise his book Business@ the Speed of Thought and preach to business leaders who lack his unique business acumen. The man who spawned the Great Satan of Software will be at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Gate, W2 from noon onward - although entry to the oversubscribed book-signing event is by invitation only. The arrangements were confirmed today by staff at the Royal Lancaster Hotel. The Register was told about Billg Ates' visit earlier this week by PR bunnies at Text 100 who immediately slapped the Brotherhood of the Vulture with an oral NDA to keep mum about the visit after they let it slip in conversation. The promise of a ticket to the event -- and a copy of Ates' book -- never materialised. The Register, so it seems, did not make the grade after being told that the whole thing had been orchestrated from the US and that the invitation list had been thoroughly vetted in advance. There was nothing anyone in the UK could do about it, said an apologetic spokeswoman, although it is understood that a handful of UK print journalists will be there. No doubt the FT will be in the front row after serialising Ates' book in its pink bits prior to publication of the weighty tome. Ates' visit to London comes just weeks after another high-profile American, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, visited the UK to publicise her book. Let's hope Ates succeeds as well as she did. ®


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Turkey is a good source of lean protein, which means that it is a good choice if you are trying to lose weight or manage your weight. Turkey can also be used to help prevent and treat your Type 2 diabetes. If you are shopping for ground turkey make sure that you select ground turkey that is at least 90 percent lean. Ground turkey also offers iron and zinc, which are important for maintaining eye health and healthy hair. Selenium is another nutrient found in turkey which can help to prevent and manage arthritis.
Turkey bacon is a popular alternative to pork bacon because pork bacon is high in saturated fat and can increase the risk of health disease and diabetes when it is eaten in excess. Lean turkey bacon is a better choice. However, you should watch out for the salt content as turkey bacon often includes high levels of sodium.
Turkey breasts contain many of the benefits of ground turkey. However, you should know that packaged and deli turkey breast often has very high levels of sodium, which can increase blood pressure. If you eat deli meat, opt for versions that are low in sodium.
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A PLAY centre has held a party for a five-year-old battling cancer to raise money to help him walk again.
Zoom, in Station Road, Beaconsfield, which is closing after 17 years, held a charity bash on Friday, March 9, for Charlie Walker, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.
Owner Linda Iacobucci said: "I got a letter from Charlie's mum asking for raffle prizes. We get a lot of letters asking for things for different charities, but I saw this one and thought we had to help."
A year ago Charlie, who lives in Wooburn Green, was given a 15 per cent chance of surviving a brain tumour.
An operation to remove the tumour after it spread to him spine left Charlie paralysed, but his parents hope he can learn to walk again with the help of specialist physio costing up to £1,300 per session.
All money raised by Zoom's event will go towards paying the course costs.
Charlie's mum, Lorna Walker, said: "It's great of Linda to have the event. Charlie used to love going to Zoom. He loved playing in the ball pit, but he can't anymore – he can only crawl and he gets tired quickly.
"A cancellation came up for a session in March so we're hoping Charlie can get started straight away.
"We just want to get Charlie walking again. He loved playing football, and watching Wycombe Wanderers, and he wants to be able to play with his sister again on the trampoline."
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VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Technique: How to Make Perfect Pound CakePound cake is one of the best dessert delivery systems out there. When I look at pound cake, I see a blank canvas that's begging to be painted with macerated fruits, drizzled with chocolaty syrups, piled with dollops of whipped cream. It has the perfect texture for soaking up juices and sauces, and unlike some other cakes, it doesn't go to mush. Read More ]]>
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VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Technique: How to Make BonbonsFor Valentine's Day this year, I won't be handing my money over to Hallmark or Hershey's or even Jacques Torres. Instead, I've invested in a gift for myself that will keep on giving to others for years to come: an acrylic bonbon mold and some high-quality, couverture dark chocolate. With these items, I can create chocolate bonbons custom-made to suit my sweetheart's tastes (or my own). Read More ]]>
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VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Technique: How to Make a Chocolate SouffleBefore the proliferation of molten chocolate lava cakes on restaurant dessert menus in the last quarter of the 20th century, there was the chocolate soufflé. Rich and decadent, yet impossibly fluffy with its warm, oozing center, chocolate soufflé is the great grandmother to all of the warm, partially baked chocolate desserts that followed. Learn how to make it right here. Read More ]]>
VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Techniques: How to Make Spritz CookiesFor a number of reasons, spritz are a serious contender for the title of my favorite cookie. They suite my taste exactly; crisp, made primarily of butter, perfectly balanced with a nice hit of vanilla and salt. Best of all, they appeal to the geeky, perfectionist baker in me, because learning to make perfect spritz cookies is a marathon, not a sprint, and I'm still only on mile 13. I love a good challenge in the kitchen. Read More ]]>
VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Technique: How to Make OrangettesOrangettes are the ultimate candy for those who love the chocolate and orange flavor combination. They are brilliant in their simplicity, made of nothing but orange peel, sugar, and the best dark chocolate you can get your hands on. They are also relatively easy to make at home, have a long shelf life, and are quite beautiful. They're the perfect project for gifting or squirreling away for a stash. Read More ]]>
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VIEW GALLERY: Sweet Technique: How to Make CroissantsThe croissant (and its cousin, pain au chocolat) embodies of all the techniques I love most in the world of pastry. I find the lamination process, with its series of well-timed folds and turns, challenging, meditative and satisfying. And, on the other hand, I also respect the need for flexibility and the attention that must be paid to a yeasted dough, by adjusting for variables like ingredients and temperatures, for proper dough development and rise. I also love eating them. Read More ]]>
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Reader: Moe's barbecue is better than anything from Texas
Barbecue at Moe's, a Colorado creation.
One reader who moved to Denver just two months ago can't wait to leave town -- and the dozens of commenters who've responded to his post can't wait for him to get lost, either.
Among greylopht's complaints?
There is zero culture here, and folks want to be outdoors folks. Their version of outdoors is visiting a strip mall, but they dress all REI for it. There has been some good food, but over priced.
See his complete rant on why Denver sucks here -- along with more than 160 comments in response, most of them heated defenses of Denver.
Among the comments is a defense of Denver barbecue. Says kwame:
Moe's BBQ is better than any of that Texas shit.
Good news, kwame: Moe's Original Bar B Que, which got its start in Vail in 2001, will add a ninth Colorado location this month -- in a historic cabin in Breckenridge. Moe's has two very popular outlets in metro Denver, including one at 530 Broadway and one complete with a bowling alley a few miles further down Broadway.
What's your favorite barbecue in Denver? And what do you think of greylopht's rant?
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Mysterious Skin
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in
Mysterious Skin
An astounding film, as complex as it is disturbing, about two boys whose lives collide: brooding, sexual Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who yearns for love in all the wrong places, and awkward, cloistered Brian (Brady Corbett), whose life is consumed with finding the answer to a nightmare that haunted his childhood. They're an unlikely pair, though they both embark on journeys of self-discovery - Neil to New York and a hustler's life, and Brian to Neil's hometown in an almost comical search for what he believes is a childhood encounter with a UFO.
Director Gregg Araki has crafted an intense film, presenting an uncompromising story. A less courageous director might have held back. Gordon-Levitt and Corbett deliver fantastic performances, particularly the former, who infuses Neil with an engaging vulnerability. The conclusion is compelling, with a twist that avoids playing like a cheap trick, as many do.
DVD extras: Commentary by Araki and filmed book readings of Scott Heim's novel, on which the film is based.
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Early media reports made it sound as if the Holy Father and President Obama concentrated all their conversation on what the press termed "areas of agreement."
It turns out that they were talking through their press badges.
According to Vatican Radio, Pope Francis and the Holy Father discussed "questions of particular relevance for the Church in that country, such as the exercise of the rights to religious freedom, life, and conscientious objection, as well as the issue of immigration reform."
I believe that's a polite way of saying that the Pope talked to the Prez about the HHS Mandate, and other administration attacks on religious freedom, as well as the president's support for abortion, and embryonic stem cell research.
Pope Francis has a history of being gentle in his dealings with ordinary folks and downright tough about the things he says to those with power and authority. I never thought for minute that he would make an exception for the President of the United States.
Will the Pope's words affect President Obama's actions? The knee jerk reaction is to say probably not. But I am someone who God turned upside down. I not only believe that the Holy Spirit can change people. I know He does.
Let's pray that something got through to our President.
And in the meantime, let's also thank God for giving us this good and holy man to be our Pope.


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Robot Ramble: New Project for the New Guy
Hey all,
I am trying to build a robot, and have another thread in the mechanical part of this site (http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=301.0) , but I started this to address my other concerns. Hopefully, this thread will continue and be updated.
My first question: How does the micro-controller receive signals from the H-bridge, and how it would send signals to the servos? I understand that it is connected through a mounted port, but I'm wondering what what it actually sends. I am trying to understand my project as much as possible. Thanks!
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The H-bridge does not send out signals - the microcontroller sends signals to the H-bridge by making the digital output pins high or low.
The digital output pins are also used for sending out signals to servos, but instead the signal is a special frequency.
If you are using remote control, then you probably dont need a microcontroller or an H-bridge. Read this tutorial:
Basically you buy a remote and a reciever, attach a battery and your servos to the reciever, and you're done!
I see now.
My second question: if I were to use a Play Station 2 controller to control my robot through my microcontroller, how would I program my micro-controller. What I mean is, how do I synchronize buttons on the controller to preform certain tasks on the robot?
hmmmm looks hard:
but ive never tried . . .
i recommend just making your own switch box, or going remote controlled
The other option, if you are a PC programmer, is to use a Logitech gaming pad, which can be wireless or not. DirectInput makes it fairly easy to interface to a device like that from any MS language like VB...
- Jon
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Rachel Aaron
Ilona Andrews
Beth Bernobich
Lois McMaster Bujold
William C. Dietz
Stephen R. Donaldson
Felix Gilman
Lena Meydan
Lavie Tidhar
David J. Williams
Connie Willis
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Galen Beckett
Larry Correia
Esther M. Friesner
Sylvia Kelso
Sylvia Kelso
Jonathan Maberry
Niven & Lerner
Okorafor & Mohanraj
Rachel Swirsky
Gav Thorpe
Scott Westerfeld
2010 Directories
1. Novels
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Banks, Iain M. :
Surface Detail
Far future SF novel set in the author's Culture, about a war between supporters and opponents of virtual hells where thousands of races consign the souls of their sinners.
Butcher, Jim :
Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
Fantasy collection of 11 stories featuring crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden in Chicago, following the novel Changes (2010). One story, concluding novella "Aftermath", is original to this book.
del Toro, Guillermo, & Chuck Hogan :
The Fall
Vampire novel, second of a trilogy following The Strain (2009), in which a vampiric virus infects New York City.
Gilman, Laura Anne :
Weight of Stone
Fantasy novel, second book of "The Vineart War" following Flesh and Fire (2009), set in a world where magic is created from wine.
Hendee, Barb :
Memories of Envy
Fantasy novel, third in the "Vampire Memories" series following Blood Memories (2008) and Hunting Memories (2009), about a reluctant vampire, Eleisha Clevon, who has learned how to feed from her victims without killing them, and who seeks others of her inclination.
Kadrey, Richard :
Kill the Dead
Urban fantasy thriller, sequel to Sandman Slim (2009), about a hit man from Hell, James Stark, who returns to life in Los Angeles. In this book he becomes Lucifer's bodyguard.
Kearney, Paul :
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Ten Thousand (2008), about a young war-leader named Corvus.
Kiernan, Celine :
The Rebel Prince
Fantasy novel, the third book of the "Moorehawke" trilogy following The Poison Throne (2008 UK, 2009 US) and The Crowded Shadows (2009 UK, 2010 US), involving political intrigue in an alternate 15th-century Europe.
Lima, Maria :
Blood Heat
Fantasy/paranormal/mystery novel, fourth in the Blood Lines series following Matters of the Blood (2007), Blood Bargain (2008), and Blood Kin (2009), about a woman from a paranormal family in Texas.
Navarro, Yvonne :
Dark fantasy novel, first of a series, about a fallen angel who's come to Earth and a serial killer terrifying Chicago.
Palmer, Philip :
Version 43
SF novel, described by its author as a "pulp noir novel set in a far future universe", about a cyborg cop sent to investigate a killing on a criminal planet.
Stackpole, Michael A. :
At the Queen's Command: The Crown Colonies, Book 1
Alternate history fantasy novel, first book in "The Crown Colonies", that re-imagines the American Revolutionary War.
VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. :
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
Anthology of 22 stories, plus a collaborative "Secret History of Steampunk", nonfiction by Gail Carriger and Jake von Slatt, and a roundtable interview; sequel to 2008 anthology Steampunk.
Weber, David :
Out of the Dark
Audiobook version of Weber's military SF novel, first of a trilogy, in which humanity resists an attempt by the Galactic Hegemony to neutralize Earth via invasion by the alien, doglike Shongairi.
Wells, Dan :
Mr. Monster
Horror novel, sequel to the author's debut novel I Am Not a Serial Killer (March 2010), about a psychopath who targets serial killers.
Wilson, F. Paul :
Fatal Error
Fantasy/thriller novel, 14th in the "Repairman Jack" series about a vigilante hero who deals in the paranormal, following last year's Ground Zero.
Zajac, Gord :
Major Karnage
SF novel, the author's first novel, about a former military man, consigned to an insane asylum with the advent of world peace, who escapes to fight invading aliens.
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"This one might be trouble."
She heard one of them say this, only ten or so metres away in the darkness. Even over her fear, the sheer naked terror of being hunted, she felt a shiver of excitement, of something like triumph, when she realised they were talking about her. Yes, she thought, she would be trouble, she already was trouble. And they were worried too; the hunters experienced their own fears during the chase. Well, at least one of them did. The man who'd spoken was Jasken; Veppers' principal bodyguard and chief of security. Jasken. Of course; who else?
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I was in a cheerful mood. The sky was a rich blue. The twelve moons of Belladonna shone, it seemed to me, like globes on a Christmas tree in the daytime sky. I could smell heliotropes, growing in banks beside the moving walkways, and orchids and lilies and peonies growing in baskets that hovered above the pedestrian boulevard.
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Being "sealed" also means if you turn the battery on its side or end the acid won't spill out.
Battery configuration.
All single, SLA type, electric scooter batteries are 12 volt.
An electric scooter with a volt rating of 12 volts has 1 battery.
An electric scooter with a volt rating of 24 volts uses 2 batteries wired in series.
A scooter with a 36 volt rating uses 3 batteries wired in series, 48 volt rating has 4 batteries wired in series and so on.
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is the indicator of how much electric power can be supplied to the system by a single battery. If a battery has an amp rating of 7 amps it means that single battery can provide 7 amps of electric power to the electric scooters system. Two 7 amp batteries would provide 14 amps, three 7 amp batteries would deliver 21 amps and so on. Battery amperage ratings are very important in determining how far and how fast an electric scooter will go.
Charging Your Electric Scooter Batteries.
You should recharge your electric scooters batteries every time you use it.
After you have completed assembly do not ride your electric scooter until the initial charge has completed. This could take 6 hours or more. (It's best to let it charge for up to 24 hours!) Every charge afterward should be no less than 4 hours, even if your charger shows a green light in less time.
The battery charger used with this type of electric scooter will have a green light that comes on indicating the batteries are fully recharged. This green light will light up when the charger senses a good surface charge and does not mean the batteries are indeed, fully charged. Let the batteries charge for at least 4 hours after the green light comes on to ensure the batteries are fully charged.
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Urbi et Orbi ("to the City [of Rome] and to the World") was a standard opening of Roman proclamations. The term is now used to denote a papal address and Apostolic Blessing that is addressed to the City of Rome and to the entire world.
The blessing takes place at each Easter and Christmas celebration in Rome from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. Part of the urbi et orbi blessing is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin through a plenary indulgence attached to the Papal blessing.
The blessings at Christmas and Easter are broadcast throughout the world by the European Broadcasting Union. The remission and forgiveness of sins is not only granted to the people in St. Peter's Square but also to Catholics watching the ceremony on television and listening on radio. Before this blessing the Pope gives an address to the crowd and to the world, with seasonal greetings in many of the major world languages.
Urbi et orbi is also used at St. Peter's at the Papal inauguration and, on very rare occasions, as the blessing of pilgrims and during the Holy Year (Jubilee).
The main phrase of the blessing ends Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti descendat super vos et maneat semper (And may the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, descend on you and remain with you always).
Latin Text of the Blessing
The text of blessing in Latin is:
Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus: de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.
R/ Amen.
Precibus et meritis beatæ Mariae semper Virginis, beati Michaelis Archangeli, beati Ioannis Baptistæ, et sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli et omnium Sanctorum misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus; et dimissis omnibus peccatis vestris, perducat vos Iesus Christus ad vitam æternam.
R/ Amen.
Indulgentiam, absolutionem et remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, spatium verae et fructuosae poenitentiæ, cor semper penitens, et emendationem vitae, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus; et finalem perseverantiam in bonis operibus tribuat vobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus.
R/ Amen.
Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti descendat super vos et maneat semper.
R/ Amen.
English Translation
The approximate English translation is as follows:
May the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in whose power and authority we have confidence, intercede on our behalf to the Lord.
R/ Amen.
Through the prayers and merits of the Blessed Mary ever-virgin, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of Blessed John the Baptist, and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, may Almighty God have mercy on you, and with your sins forgiven, may Jesus Christ lead you into everlasting life.
R/ Amen.
May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant you indulgence, absolution, and remission of all your sins, time for a true and fruitful penance, an always repentant heart and amendment of life, the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit, and final perseverance in good works.
R/ Amen.
And may the blessing of Almighty God, + the Father, + the Son, and + the Holy Spirit, descend on you and remain with you always.
R/ Amen.
Older practice
Prior to the occupation of Rome by the army of the Kingdom of Italy (September 20, 1870), this blessing was given more frequently and at specific basilicas at Rome:
- St. Peter's Basilica—Holy Thursday, Easter, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, and at the Papal Coronation
- St. John Lateran—Ascension (sometimes this was postponed until Pentecost), and when a new pope was enthroned as Bishop of Rome
- St. Mary Major—Assumption
After the occupation, Pope Pius IX considered himself a "Prisoner in the Vatican" and in protest ceased to give the blessing. The practice was later resumed, though in a more limited manner, following the resolution of the so-called "Roman Question" (i.e., the legal relationship between the Vatican and the Italian government).
Pope Innocent X in the Jubilee of 1650 on the Epiphany, Pentecost, and All Saints, as well as later popes, including Pope Pius IX, for special reasons, gave this solemn blessing from the balcony of the Quirinal Palace.
External links
- Urbi et Orbi article from The Catholic Encyclopedia
- "Apostolic Blessing". The Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02602a.htm.
- Audio of Pope John Paul I's first Urbi et Orbi blessing following his election as Pope
- Pope John Paul II's Urbi et Orbi messages
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After years of fighting, a lawsuit over whether a religious group has the right to install its Seven Aphorisms in the same Duchesne public park where a Ten Commandments monument stands has ended quietly.
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball dismissed a suit filed by the Salt Lake City-based Summum against Duchesne City. The organization's battle to erect a monument listing its principles became moot when the municipality moved the Ten Commandments out of Roy Park this past spring and placed it in the city cemetery.
Members of Summum sued Duchesne in 2003 and Pleasant Grove in 2005 after the cities rejected their offered displays, proposed to be similar in size and nature to the Ten Commandments.
The cities' lawyers argued that allowing Summum's display would force municipalities to either remove long-standing monuments or give equal access to any group demanding it.
The lawsuits made their way to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where a panel said the municipalities must allow Summum to put up its monuments -- and the only way around that would be to take down the Ten Commandments. Both municipalities then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 10th Circuit ruling.
In the Pleasant Grove case, the Supreme Court court ruled unanimously in February that the city did not violate Summum's free-speech rights when it refused permission to place a Seven Aphorisms monument in a public park.
The high court never ruled on the Duchesne suit, which was sent back to U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City for a decision based on the Pleasant Grove ruling.
Brian Barnard, Summum's attorney, said at the time that the Supreme Court ruling opened the door for another challenge, this one based on church-state separation claims. But the removal of the Ten Commandments from Roy Park eliminated Duchesne's practice of favoring one set of religious beliefs over others, he said.
Su Menu, Summum president, said the group never requested that religious monuments be removed from government property.
"Just as the citizens of Duchesne have benefited from the display of the Decalogue, so, too, would they have benefited from the display of our Seven Aphorisms," Menu said.
Summum -- which was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in a pyramid-shaped temple -- is based on Gnostic Christianity and encourages some Egyptian practices, such as mummification. The religion's aphorisms involve psychokinesis, correspondence, vibration, opposition, rhythm, cause and effect, and gender.


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The requested documents pertain to the store's policies on shoplifting prevention and detaining individuals suspected of theft.
To support my habit I stole; I was into shoplifting and got busted a couple of times for that.
A year before that, a court ordered her to get mental-health counseling after she was busted for shoplifting.
A French sales clerk hovers over Mariame, as if assuming she is shoplifting because she is black and from the projects.
This is shoplifting at its most mediagenic: disgraced ingénues in tasteful pastels, facing the firing squad.
On a charge of shoplifting she was given an indeterminate sentence of one to ten years in the penitentiary at Joliet.
He wanted me to talk the gang into shoplifting, but I wouldn't.
The hardest bout I ever had was with a woman—Sally Wells, who was afterwards lagged for shoplifting.
"It's a wonder you weren't arrested for shoplifting," said Mr. Brief.
These lessons were in shoplifting, pocket picking, purse snatching and other forms of larceny requiring skill and deftness.
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Bridgeview, Ill. • With a makeshift lineup up front, the odds of much scoring seemed slim for Real Salt Lake on Wednesday.
So the main charge for those playing behind were to keep host Chicago off the board.
Goalie Nick Rimando and the RSL defense didn't disappoint as they combined for the season's eighth shutout in a 0-0 Major League Soccer deadlock at Toyota Park.
"I think in all we played great defense," Rimando said. "Their opportunities came from our mistakes bad clearances, bad balls, bad giveaways. But I thought we reacted well and we put all of our fires out defensively."
Rimando recorded his seventh shutout of the season and second of the month for RSL (6-3-5, 23 points).
Real's front line players on Wednesday had played in only a collective 18 games, with Fabián Espíndola the veteran with nine. He was joined by Artur Aghasyan, making his first start.
Espíndola left after seven minutes, replaced by 17-year-old Luis Gil, playing in just his seventh game.
"Tonight for 80 or 70 minutes of the game, we have an apprentice player and a 17-year-old as our two forwards out there," Real coach Jason Kreis said. "And credit to them, I thought they did a pretty admirable job; at least they fought."
Instead it was midfielders who helped pick up the pace.
One of RSL's best first half opportunities came in the 29th minute as Robbie Russell crossed to midfielder Collen Warren.
Warren lined a shot right above Fire goalie Sean Johnson, who leaped straight up at the last second and punched the ball away.
In the 43rd minute, midfielder Will Johnson's running shot was just off target as it hit the side of the net. Then in stoppage time, Warren was briefly along with the ball outside the Chicago goal box, but lost possession as he tried to set up a try.
But RSL's opportunities diminished in the second half as the game's momentum swung with Chicago sharpening its attack. Still, neither team found the back of the net.
The tie was the fourth in Chicago past five games.
"We didn't have a good start to the game and I thought we were a little bit sluggish," Fire interim coach Frank Klopas said. "We forced the ball and made turnovers at times."
But Klopas, named head coach several weeks ago after the firing of Carlos de los Cobos, said his team's play was much improved in the second half.
"We were better with the ball, we moved the ball better and looked to switch the point of attack," he said. "We pushed the game, but unfortunately you only get one point [with a tie]."
The Fire outshot Real Salt Lake 13-11, with a 7-4 second half advantage. They also had a 4-2 edge in shots on goal.
Real has a quick turnaround and hosts Toronto FC on Saturday, the first of fou straight games at Rio Tinto Stadium. They also host Wilmington (N.C.) at 7 p.m. next Tuesday in a U.S. Open Cup match.
R Nick Rimando and the RSL defense combine for the team's eighth shutout of the season.
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The 34 Dems Who Voted No on Health Care
Washington Wire decided to take another look at the 34 Democrats who voted against the health-care bill, including some of the procedural votes along the way. It's mostly hair-splitting, we know, but we suspect that voters in these districts might hear about the differences between a motion to recommit, agreement to the resolution, vote on passage and reconciliation in the coming months.
So, here's the parsing:
Thirteen of the 34 Democrats cast procedural votes with their party, potentially getting them into hot water for re-election campaigns even though they voted against the bill's House passage in November and final passage Sunday night. They are: Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania, John Barrow of Georgia, Rick Boucher of Virginia, Ben Chandler of Kentucky, Larry Kissell of North Carolina, Jim Marshall of Georgia, Jim Matheson of Utah, Michael McMahon of New York, Harry Teague of New Mexico, John Tanner of Tennessee (who's retiring this year) and his colleague Lincoln Davis, Ike Skelton of Missouri and Collin Peterson of Minnesota.
Five Democrats voted no every step of the way, including an amendment, championed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D., Mich.), aimed at making the bill more palatable to antiabortion advocates by guaranteeing no federal money would be used for abortions. They mostly represent districts where they're vulnerable to Republican challengers, except for John Adler of New Jersey, who said the bill didn't go far enough to rein in costs and expand health care. The others are: Chet Edwards of Texas, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota, Frank Kratovil of Maryland and Glenn Nye of Virginia. We'll also put Walt Minnick of Idaho in that camp, even though he voted in November to "recommit" the bill, i.e. send it back and start again.
Ten Democrats voted for the Stupak amendment but said no in every procedural vote on the bill, as well as on its final passage: Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Travis Childers and Gene Taylor of Mississippi, Tim Holden of Pennslvania, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, Charlie Melancon of Louisiana, Mike Ross of Arkansas, Bobby Bright and Artur Davis of Alabama (though Davis didn't take part in one of those procedural votes.)
Five Democrats face a rough ride from the left of their party: they voted "yes" on health care in November and "no" on Sunday.
Two of those members, Daniel Lipinski of Illinois and Marion Berry of Arkansas, have indicated that they still didn't feel that the abortion issue had been resolved. (For more on that, click here and here.
That leaves Zack Space of Ohio, Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Michael Arcuri of New York as the three members who appear to have been swayed against the health legislation by the campaign which has been waged over the last year. Space and
Arcuri switched from "yes" to "no" for reasons which had to do with costs, not abortion, they've said. For Lynch, it ended up being about the absence of a public option and the "Cadillac" tax on generous health plans.
Further complicating matters: Lynch and Lipinski then went on to vote for the reconciliation bill – the accompanying package of changes to the main health care bill. But another Democrat, Jim Cooper of Tennessee, voted against the changes after voting for the main bill.


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The system also allows you to do a perfect standing start launch each and every time..you apply and maintain full throttle then side step the clutch while the racelogic system modulates the revs and wheel spin so you have maximum traction at all times...with the throttle pinned to the floor throughout....
What you may not know is that it has not been possible to fit this system to many cars built after 2001, including all BMW models, for two reasons :
1.the car's DME would read the traction system cutting in as a fault and go into limp mode
2. Later cars fitted with can- bus signal abs sensors could not be made to communicate with the waveform or hall effect pickups of the Racelogic ECU
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We have been working closely with Racelogic over the last 3 months to find a way around these issues, which we have now done. CA managed to find a way to reprogramme the DME so as not to interfere, and Racelogic modified the very latest traction ECU ( exclusive to the latest U.S.Mustang cars) to handle the BMW can bus signals.
Obviously the BMW DSC system is switched off when using the Racelogic.
Today we finished fine tuning the system, and it works a treat !
Attached are images and videos of the skid marks left on the road by our M3's tyres after do standing starts both with Racelogic launch control ( on the right of the road ), and without ( on the left).
You can clearly see on the right the much shorter and segmented "skids" as the Racelogic modulated power every 1/100 of a second as it sensed wheel slip, to give as perfect a launch as physically possible, thus cutting down 0 - 60 and 1/4 mile times. We reckon this system knocks about 2/10 ths sec off the cars 0- 60....
In a few days we will post up videos of the bannana doing power slides around the track both with racelogic traction control on and off, where again you will see how more controlled and "safe" the car behaves with the system activated at different percentage settings.
These systems are now available for retail, exclusively from CA Automotive, for all manual and auto models ( please note of course that autos will not be able to use launch control).
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Teacher preparation in a remote Indigenous school: A human rights issue?
Whatman, Susan L. (2002) Teacher preparation in a remote Indigenous school: A human rights issue? Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 4(2), pp. 16-24.
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In this paper, issues are examined concerning the preparation, orientation and expectations of teachers who were appointed to a state school within a remote Indigenous community. The data were drawn from critical case study research undertaken in this school over several years. Issues in this paper are examined from the point of view of how they impact upon the Indigenous students' human rights in relation to their educational experiences. Human Rights in education are defined according to appropriate international and national documents as they relate to education for Indigenous peoples.
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Global problems facing the marine fisheries sector, including overfishing and the marginalization of the small-scale sector, are leading to increased international awareness of the need to improve transparency in fisheries governance.
Data collated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows that since the early 1980s total landings of fish from the sea have decreased steadily and the majority of commercially targeted fish stocks are fully exploited or overexploited. The global commercial fishing fleet is now estimated to be at least twice the size needed to catch marine fish sustainably, and many forms of industrial fishing cause high levels of by-catch and discards. The World Bank has estimated that, due to subsidies, waste and unsustainable management, losses from marine fisheries exceed $50 billion per year (World Bank, 2009).
The inability to stem overfishing represents a profound failure of governance on national and international levels. Lack of transparency and government openness is increasingly recognised as part of the problem. In many coastal and island states, basic information on which companies are allowed to fish, how much these companies can catch, how much revenue is being generated from fisheries and how this is being spent is obscured from the public. Commercial fisheries tend to be secretive, aided by the fact that they operate 'off-shore' and out of sight. Studies on illegal fishing in Africa, which has been conservatively estimated to be worth $1 billion each year, claim that levels of illegal fishing are closely related to proxies of good governance, including transparency, media freedom and the rule of law (MRAG, 2005).
Citizens living in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America disproportionately feel the negative impacts of governance failure, corruption and overfishing. This is partly due to the importance of marine fisheries to national incomes, diets and livelihoods in many poorer coastal and island states. Lack of transparency is not only undermining the effectiveness of fisheries management and denying national revenues; it is also obscuring the true value of marine resources, as well as the social and economic cost of losing them. Less than half of African countries publish data on fish catches and exports, and illegally caught fish may account for up to 30% of fish trade worldwide (FAO, 2010). A commitment by governments, in all regions, to be more open about the management of fisheries would lead to improved knowledge about the actual and potential contribution of fisheries, which in turn may stimulate political will to better address the threats caused by overfishing and the further degradation of marine ecosystems (Standing, 2011).
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Gabon publishes its registry of fishing licences on the internet
Gabon published a full list of fishing licences online for the first time in 2010.
The EU has released data on fishing subsidies amounting to 1 billion Euros
Having responded positively to a request for information, the EU released comprehensive data on fisheries subsidies in 2008, amounting to approximately 1 billion Euros. An NGO initiative http://fishsubsidy.org has made this information publicly available through a searchable website. Subsequent analysis of the data by fishsubsidy.org and other organisations, including Greenpeace and UN Environment Programme, has greatly enhanced debates on EU subsidy reforms, including raising awareness of where capacity-enhancing subsidies have been given to boats targeting overfished stocks, and where subsidies have been given to boats known to be engaged in illegal fishing.
The EU started publishing details of fisheries access agreements with developing countries in the early 1990s
All contracts signed between the EU and third countries are available on the EU's website, as well as some meeting notes from the joint committees that oversee the implementation of these agreements. Certain other documents, such as ex ante and post ante evaluations of these agreements commissioned by the European Commission (EC) were considered confidential until 2012, but through advocacy campaigns and formal requests for information sent to the EC, these are now being published by the EC and NGOs.
The fisheries authorities of Madagascar publish complete details of fishing licences in local newspapers
In Madagascar, all details of fishing licences started to be published in local newspapers during the late 1990s, and information on the contribution of fishing companies to the economy was made public. This enhanced transparency resulted in central government receiving more fees from fishing licences, and fishing companies that were performing poorly were exposed. By 2003, the value added by the commercial fishing sector had increased by 4.5 million Euros.
The government of New Zealand publishes regular updates on cases of illegal fishing
The website of the Ministry of Fisheries, www.fish.govt.nz, provides regular updates on cases of illegal fishing. The Ministry also publishes statistics on penalties and fines in its annual reports.


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The search for the biomarkers to precisely and non-invasively characterize the biology of prostate cancer (PCa) is the focus of many laboratories across the world. Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) remains the standard diagnostic tool for PCa, its low specificity leads to unnecessary biopsies in a substantial number of patients. More importantly, with the current status of knowledge, it is very difficult to early identify individuals with a life-threatening disease who require an immediate treatment. The significant advances in genetics and biotechnology in recent years has led to the discovery of new molecular markers including
Prostate cancer (PCa) constitutes the most common cancer in men with a steadily rising incidence affecting on average one in six men during their lifetime [
Markers research has been the focus of many laboratories across the world. Within the last decade, due to a significant advance in genetics and cell biology, new emerging molecular markers have been widely investigated [
Apart from being highly sensitive and specific, a biomarker should be easily detectable with non-invasive methods, e.g., using blood or urine samples. As cancerous cells with high levels of
The PCA3 score correlates with the likelihood of positive biopsy and by that means helps clinicians in biopsy making decisions. The higher the PCA3 score the greater the probability of a positive biopsy. Deras
As the results of different studies are conflicting, the questionable aspect of PCA3 score remains its ability to assess PCa aggressiveness or its clinical behavior. The discrepancies between studies are most probably related to cohort differences, different end points,
In one of the recently published papers, Hessels
Advantageously for diagnostic purposes, unlike PSA concentration, PCA3 score is independent of prostate volume, the number of prior biopsies and unaffected by patients' age. Most importantly, the test is not influenced by principal causes of non-cancerous PSA elevations,
In addition, PCA3 test allows detection of the precancerous lesion known in PCa as high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN). Popa
Genetic alterations are considered as initial events in oncogenesis occurring in almost all human malignancies [
In recent studies gene rearrangements involving androgen regulated gene
The data on the association between
Currently, we are still unable to discriminate between clinically important and indolent prostate malignancies, e.g., a low PCA3 score does not exclude a clinically significant tumor. Therefore, some authors are trying to evaluate whether the specificity and sensitivity of PCa detection could increase by combining novel molecular biomarkers. Hessels
Taken together, PSA testing revolutionized the management of PCa in the last century. However, considering the well-known limitation of PSA in cancer detection, especially its low specificity, the development of new markers are necessary. With the current status of knowledge, PCA3 assay might be a useful tool for biopsy making decisions to helps urologists avoid unnecessary biopsies, as well as serving as a very good test for screening patients with unspecific causes of PSA elevations. Despite very promising data, further investigations and prospective clinical trials are required mainly to assess prognostic performance of PCA3 score. The presence of positive prostate biopsy findings despite the negative
Maciej Salagierski was awarded a European Urological Scholarship Programme grant: S-02-2008 from the European Association of Urology for performing the project: New targets for molecular diagnostic of Prostate Cancer in the Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.


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Singer-songwriter Shane Howard looks back over his career and to the future, writes Warwick McFadyen.
'They're all little rooms in a house."
The speaker and builder of this house is Shane Howard. The rooms are his songs. Open a door and you enter a part of his life.
Howard is speaking about his recently released double-CD Retrospect 1982-2002. After two decades in the music business, Howard feels the compilation serves as a "marker" to his career, both for himself and the audience.
For someone who rarely looks back on his work, selecting the songs has been an "interesting and strange process". In the self-examination, some songs came back as a "little painful and some joyful".
In the looking back, Howard says, two aspects came to the fore: musically among the good moments, there was also "plenty to cringe at"; and second, the framing of a man's spiritual world.
"From a lyrical point of view," Howard says, "you can see your moral universe that you've built and you can hope there's some sort of consistency there."
It speaks to the songwriter's analytical nature that he offers up this reflection. It isn't only emotion that goes into the songs, but history and experience, both his and that of other people's.
Retrospect includes Let the Franklin Flow, from 1983, which was written in protest at the proposed damming of the Franklin River. The song was only ever released as a single, but here it has a time and a place. A belonging. It follows Solid Rock and Razor's Edge, when Goanna were in the mainstream in the early '80s. In a remastered CD of Spirit of Place, Let the Franklin Flow is a bonus track. After the boom came the bust. The band broke up, Howard went bush, literally and metaphorically. He and corporate music parted company.
Two decades later, a new Howard album, Another Country, is due for release. It is self-financed and is distributed by independent company Metropolitan Groove Merchants. After the past few albums exploring his Irish ancestry, Another Country returns to the wider landscape of his country. The trouble is, he doesn't like what he sees. "We're living in an Australia I don't recognise any more," he says.
The country I grew up in, the country I love, never invaded countries pre-emptively."
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"The country I grew up in, the country I love, never invaded countries pre-emptively. I thought it was a nation egalitarian in nature - it's not any more. So many values have been squandered by this country.
"I remember Paul Keating saying years ago that the prime minister is responsible for the moral health of the country . . . and I think we're seeing the truth of that. John Howard is squandering the moral health of the nation incrementally.
"But, in a funny way in the midst of everything, I'm more optimistic than ever before. The Africans have a saying about life, that the cycle leads from innocence to experience to chosen innocence. I feel like I'm entering the era of chosen innocence."
The album also explores the inner landscape; of what it means to be human. The opening track, Coopers Creek, sets the scene when Howard sings "let's go deeper into the soul".
"Dad had a major stroke a year ago - he's 88 this year - and still going," Howard says. "There's been time to prepare for the finality of a life, as prepared as you think you are, but when something major happens, you realise how unprepared you are.
"It made me think about mortality, love, family and values."
The cold shadow of death floated into his dreams about four months ago while he was sleeping. It woke him with a start, and gave an insight into what lies ahead. "I remember waking up about four months ago in the middle of the night and realising, 'It comes to an end'. I mean, we know that, but it was like a moment of revelation.
"But in many ways it's a joyful thing to get to this age (He's 50 in January). There's a lot of friends who didn't."
Howard looks to his father as a light by which to lead his life. "My father gave me a strong view of a good life fulfilled," he says. "He's a very simple and honest man."
The relationship between father and son, man and God and humanity is examined in the song Abraham on Another Country. Howard was fascinated with the story of a father, the love of God and son and which loyalty would win out and why. To Howard, love of a son would triumph over obedience to God. "There's a humanism that goes beyond religion," he says.
Another Country takes Howard back into a band setting and pairs him up again with longtime collaborator, guitarist Phil Butson.
"When I listen back to Retrospect, I've been struck by the fact that all the beautiful guitar lines are Phil's and how connected he was to what I've done."
With a new batch of songs coming into being, Howard persuaded Butson to abandon the recording console for a while and bring his guitar down to the "Killarney shed", Howard's name for his home recording studio near Port Fairy. "The album just grew from there," he says.
That he has been able to keep nurturing a career in music, he puts down, in part, to good fortune. The Irish singer Mary Black has recorded many of his songs and taken him on tour through Europe, Ireland and the US. "I owe my creative existence to Mary Black and other artists, just through the flow of royalties through the leaner years," he says. "If you're an obscure artist in America, you can still make a living, whereas if you're an obscure artist in this country, you better get another job."
Still, would Howard live in another country when the life of this one flows through his art? It's impossible to think of him moving his house of song.
Another Country will be released in August. Retrospect is available now. A tour is scheduled for September.
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BURGLARS took a large amount of tobacco and cigarettes after breaking into the High Post Filling station.
The thieves broke into the station between 12.30am and 5.15am on September 24.
Discarded items were located on the opposite side of the road to the garage behind the hedge and in the golf club grounds. Police have released CCTV images of three men they would like to identify in connection with the incident.
DC Kate Martin said: "We believe that the suspects were in and around the forecourt for four to five hours and are appealing for anyone who saw these men or who has any information regarding their identity to come forward."
Officers would also like to speak to anyone who has information about cigarettes or tobacco being offered for sale.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact DC Martin at Salisbury CID on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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US in Progress initiative to showcase five features by independent US filmmakers.
Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Michael Tully's [pictured] coming-of-age-vacation comedy Ping Pong Summer kicks off the latest edition of US in Progress on Thursday.
The US in Progress initiative, hosted by the Champs Elysées Film Festival, will showcase five features by independent US filmmakers over the coming two days to some 30 European buyers.
Set against the Maryland beach resort of Ocean City, Ping Pong Summer combines a cast of unknown adolescent actors with established big screen stars Susan Sarandon and John Hannah.
The picture was among six recipients last year of a $300,000 grant from the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Other projects in that selection included Fruitvale and Short Term 12.
Tully's previous films include Cocaine Angel, Silver Jew and Septien.
Also screening on Thursday is New York director Leah Meyerhoff's I Believe in Unicorns about a teenager who runs away with an older boy to escape the day-to-day grind of caring for her disabled mother. The cast features host of indie stalwarts including Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz and Joshua Leonard.
Pictures due to screen on Friday comprise Jaffe Zinn's Children, Tommy Oliver's 1982 and Shawn Telford's BFE.
Children revolves around a southern Idaho camping trip by two women which turns murderous when one of them becomes convinced that they are living in the end of times as prophesied in the book of Revelations, or Apocalypse. It is Zinn's second feature after the award-winning Magic Valley.
Oliver's semi-autobiographical Philadelphia-set 1982 tackles the issue of crack cocaine through the tale of a father trying to protect his daughter from the impact of his wife's drug addiction.
Shawn Telford's dark comedy BFE follows the adventures of a terminally ill old man and his grandson as they look for a way to end the former's life.
US in Progress is a joint venture between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, the Champ-Elysées Film Festival and Black Rabbit Film.
It aims to present US Indie films in post-production to potential European buyers. Distributors due to attend the event this year included French Bac Films, Memento, Wild Bunch and MK2 as well as the UK's Hanway and Soda Pictures, Danish Level K and Germany's K5.
The second edition of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, running June 12-18 and devoted to showing mainly US fare, opened on Wednesday evening with a screening of Brian Dannelly's Struck by Lightening, featuring Glee star Chris Colfer, who also wrote the script. Eurozoom will release the film in France on June 19.
Nine independent US pictures will screen in the festival including Jocelyn Towne's I am I, Sean Garrity's Blood Pressure, the Helen Hunt and Alice Eve-starring Decoding Annie Parker, documentary How to Make Money Selling Drugs and Thanks for Sharing, starring Mark Ruffalo and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's Girl Most Likely will shut the festival in the presence of its two stars Kristen Wiig and Darren Criss.
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text: The Twitter account @evleaks has been responsible for a number of handset leaks in the past, so it is no surprise to see another break via its feed, the Samsung Galaxy Premier.The phone has been doing the rounds online for a while now, but only in terms of a basic breakdown of features. This is the first image of the handset, which is expected to slip into the top end of Samsung's range alongside the Galaxy S III and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.There isn't a lot of detail with the image, simply a message saying: 'Samsung GT-I9260 (Galaxy Premier?) in the wild.' So it's just as well that those details about the phone's inner workings have previously appeared online.That points to an Android smartphone running Jelly Bean from launch and with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED screen with 720p resolution, an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, a microSD slot and as you might have guessed, Samsung's TouchWiz UI.Samsung looks to have the premium end of its range pretty well catered for right now, so it will be interesting to see just how Samsung will pitch the Galaxy Premier. We should find out fairly soon if this is a finished handset, as an announcement is likely to be made before the year is out.Source: Softpedia