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Just thought I would make a post about Natural Selection 2, as it has yet to be a fully featured RPS post nor has it a had thread on the forums, afaik.
So, for those who do not know what NS2 is it is a sequel to a mod for HL1, developed in a new engine called Spark created by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The gameplay concept is sci-fi aliens vs marines with FPS and RTS perspectives and mechanics. So each team has a commander and fight for resources, map control and destroying their structures. In addition it has tech trees and upgrades as well.
It is currently in preorder access beta, with still some features left to be added, and is out August/September I believe.
Some quotes and nominations from E3:
Kotaku: NS2 is a genius mash of Counter-Strike and Starcraft
GameSpy: NS2 is a PC exclusive shooter you should watch
PC Gamer: NS2 Dev: It's the most moddable game ever
GameSpy: Best Indie Game E3 2012: Winner
Destructoid: Best of PC - Nominated, Best of Indie - Nominated
Also here are two preview videos:
I play it quite regularly and enjoy it immensely. It also has jetpacks and wall-climbing aliens!
Anyone else playing, or are planning to play it? If you are new I dearly recommend you to check out tutorials, as in game tutorials and help is very limited at the moment!
ps. I think it is quite a shame that this has not received more than 1 post (in February) on the frontpage, as it is certainly a news worthy game I would think.


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Lil' Kim kept her word to meet the Valentine's Day deadline for her new mixtape 'Black Friday,' but anyone looking to feed their hard drive with new heat were greeted with a surprise. Dropping the tape early yesterday evening, the Queen Bee tweeted a link to a PayPal account to purchase the offering for $9.99, surprising fans who expected the street CD to be a freebie.
Despite slapping a price tag on the tape, the Brooklyn diva sweetened the incentive by promising that the first 100,000 copies sold will arrive in the mailbox with an autograph. Kim also shocked the Internet with the graphic cover image for the 'tape, boasting an old picture Photoshopped to have her brandishing a blood-soaked sword and a headless portrait of Nicki Minaj, insinuating her decapitation.
For those leery of forking over the dough to purchase the tape, Kimmy Blanco also released the full-length version of her track 'Pissin' on 'Em,' which sees her firing shots at Minaj over her instrumental from the track 'Did It on 'Em.' The song features gruff lyrics about holding the female rap crown, as well as Kim reconfiguring rhymes from the original tune.
'Black Friday' is Kim's second mixtape release to date, following 2008's 'Ms. G.O.A.T.' The tape featured previously released tracks from her oeuvre, as well as reconfigurations of classics from female rappers including Lauryn Hill's 'Lost Ones' and Lady of Rage's 'Afro Puffs.'
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I sometimes wish I had a "type" of person I'm looking for, but I'm really all over the place. It's been my experience that some personalities just click the right way in spite of what might seem like huge differences, and I love it when that happens! In terms of my own personality... Everybody always says they're easy-going, but I'm the real deal there. I just think that life's *way* too short to obsess over the small things, and if you get caught up in those you'll miss the good stuff. I forgive minor faults when I can, and I actually enjoy it when things don't go quite as planned, because you gotta be ready for anything! I love some intelligent conversation, even though I'll be the last person to promise that I've always got something smart to say. I feel like a lot of people these days are desperately trying to be expert critics of anything and everything around them, but for my part, I find that everything goes a little more smoothly when I seek out the good things rather than highlight the bad. I give people a lot more credit for trying to do something and occasionally screwing it up than for always sitting on the sidelines!
Movies? This is tough! The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars 4-6, Indiana Jones 1-3 (Harrison Ford mancrush), Serenity, Under Siege, Heat, Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, Superbad, Blazing Saddles, Dawn of the Dead, The Road, The Thing.
Shows? The Walking Dead. Firefly. Star Trek. Honestly, I feel like most shows fall apart pretty quickly so it's hard to nail down which ones stand out.
Music? Not so partial to country or hard rock, but you know, there are all kinds of songs I like in those categories too, so I guess I'm not even going to bother. I will say that I own more music by the Killers than anything else.
Food? Um.... I'll eat pretty much anything :|


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We just finished the fourth day of SQLskills learning. Today was all on indexes and statistics. We learned about choosing a clustering key, what makes a good one, what makes a bad one. We also have to keep in mind the consequences to non-clustered indexes when choosing the clustered index. We learned about why SQL will choose to use a certain index and why it might use one we wouldn't expect.
Tipping points are interesting. These are the point at which SQL says, it's cheaper to do a scan with sequential IOs instead of a lookup with random IOs. I was amazed at how small a percentage is required before it tips to a scan. The narrower the table, the quicker the tip. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you have to be aware of it. Covering indexes aren't affected by tipping points.
Which brings up covering indexes. Be careful of creating too many and too narrow of covering indexes. You really need to consider the entire workload before creating any new indexes. You should also periodically review indexes for consolidation.
There seems to be many misconceptions hanging around or old best practices that have been superseded when 7.0 / 2000 came out. For example, you don't necessarily have to list the most selective column in a NC index. List in order of use frequency.
Tonight Paul & Kimberly opened the floor to anyone wanting to present a 20 minute topic. Kendra Little (blog | twitter), Brian D. Knight (twitter), Trevor Barkhouse (blog | twitter), Martin Hill (blog | twitter) and myself presented. I know I flubbed my presentation by going down a rabbit hole. Twenty minutes isn't enough to go down those holes. I need better presentation discipline and posture.
Today was a bit more difficult staying focused. I think it's just being in the same environment for almost a week. Hopefully I'll be more focused tomorrow.


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The Effect of Triflusal on Peripheral Microcirculation Dysfunction
This study has been completed.
Yonsei University
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Yonsei University
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First received: May 31, 2012
Last updated: March 4, 2014
Last verified: March 2014
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To explore the efficacy of triflusal in patients with symptomatic peripheral microcirculation dysfunction. Triflusal is a salicylate compound approved in several countries as antithrombotic agent and it additionally has vasodilatory effect. The hypothesis is to explore if there is a improvement of peripheral microcirculation by triflusal.
|Vasospastic Syndrome
|Drug: Triflusal Drug: Aspirin
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Triflusal on Peripheral Microcirculation Dysfunction: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Study.
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Drug Information available for: AspirinU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Yonsei University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Primary Outcome - The amount of blood flow measured by finger doppler ultrasonography. The improvement of subjective symptom measured by questionaire. [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]Comparison of the PSV (peak systolic velocity) and EDV (end diastolic velocity) measured by finger doppler ultrasonography between disgren and aspirin groups after 6 weeks treatment.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Disgren
Dose: 300mg bid, Mode of administration: oral, Duration: from randomization to 6 week, crossover-design.
Drug: Triflusal
Dose: 300mg bid, Mode of administration: oral, Duration: from randomization to 6 week, crossover-design.
Other Name: Disgren®
Experimental: Aspirin
Dose: 150mg bid, Mode of administration: oral, from randomization to 6weeks, crossover-design.
Drug: Aspirin
Dose: 150mg bid, Mode of administration: oral, from randomization to 6weeks, crossover-design.
Other Name: Astrix
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Between 40 and 70 years of age
- Diagnosed vasospastic syndrome with nailfold capillaroscopy (Fingertip is subjected to carbon dioxide at -15°C for 60 seconds. People found to have a blood-flow standstill of at least 12s in one or more capillaries were defined as having vasospasticity)
- More than seven points in 10-question interview provided by Nagashima et al.
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior documented diabetes
- Overt peripheral artery disease
- Pregnant or nursing
- bleeding tendency
- Any contraindication of antiplatelet agent
- Thrombocytopenia (platelet < 100,000mm3)
- Chronic liver disease (ALT > 100 IU/L or AST > 100 IU/L) or renal dysfunction (creatinine > 4.0 mg/dl)
- Patients who can not stop to take aspirin
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01612273
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01612273
|Korea, Republic of
|Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, severance hospital
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752
Sponsors and Collaborators
Yonsei University
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Yonsei University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01612273 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 31, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 4, 2014
Keywords provided by Yonsei University:
Vasospastic syndrome
Vascular dysregulation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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" Genre: War & Western - War / Theatrical Release: 1970 / Director: Brian G. Hutton / Actors: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas ... / DVD released 01 June, 2006 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen "
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With World War II coming to an end less than 25 years earlier the fashion by the film studios to release war films was getting quite intense given the nature and the fact that the films told the stories of actual events. Even though the majority of the films such as Battle of Britain and The Great Escape were based on true events, any film that took a different direction stood out from the others is easily remembered for what it is. Kelley's Heroes, released in 1970, is one of these films as the story told is set in wartime Europe but has a rather refreshing angle that allows the story to remove itself from the war and go off in a new direction to tread new territory.
A pre-Dirty Harry Clint Eastwood plays Kelly, an American Officer who performs interrogation on a captured German by means of getting him drunk. When the inebriated German rambles on about the hidden Gold being guarded in a French town Kelley and his band decide to take a detour from the war in an attempt to get the Gold for themselves; something that is worth in the region of $16 million to them. In the confusion of the continuous air bombardment from their own troops, Kelly hatches a plan and gathers what starts out to be a small band of soldiers, but as word spreads it soon becomes obvious that everyone wants a piece of this. Kelly gets help from an infantry of Tanks led by Donald Sutherland, whose character of Oddball is a somewhat strange character given the fact that he is a totally laidback hippy!
The film has a good cast, a young Eastwood who looks the part as Kelly proving his worth with a plan that he will see through leading a band of soldiers across Europe. Eastwood only has to stand there to deliver a thousand word stare at someone and in the film he does this a few times, he never seems to overplay his part as the leader at all with his dialogue being short and sharp. The men look up to him throughout and follow his lead. Eastwood using his part to give a scowl look that in some cases steals the scene from others.
Backing Eastwood up is Telly Savalas as Joe, a Sergeant that is second in command. Continually shouting and giving order Savalas is a hard as nails soldier that cares for the troops but doesn't want anyone to see it. Although not by the book in more ways than one the character does deliver on what he needs to do. Having a Tank Commander being played by Donald Sutherland... well it ain't going to be played straight!! The character of the long haired Oddball is an out of time Hippy dressed in various parts of various uniforms who believes negative waves are the cause of bad issues. He is the comic relief in the film and some of his antics do make you laugh when they happen, a good example is a scene where the tanks are in a face to face fight. Oddball's tank fires at point blank range, only for Kelly to discover they are firing paint instead of live rounds. Also his Tank is heavily customised as well to make the War more bearable for him and his team! Add in American comic Don Rickles as a wheeler dealer type character, Carroll O'Connor as the General and the cast and you have a very good mix and wide scope of characters that stand out on screen. Refreshingly all characters are used and never underused as they are all given a part to play and lines to deliver.
The film works on many levels, the adventure, the sporadic comedy that is well places and delivered well and also the action. The scenes have been shot in an epic style as you see war planes, explosions, gunfire, destroyed buildings and bridges. All happening with a vast amount of noise and chaos surrounding the subject that the film is showing, this takes the film to another level as it makes the film more interesting to watch and I have to say that I was impressed with this as it does given an additional level of quality to the film overall. Of course with all the noise going on it means that the characters do rather a lot of shouting whether it's on a radio or at each other the whole reality of War is bought to the screen in a rather frightening and realistic manner giving the viewer the experience of what is happening. Continuity is upheld throughout the film with the tanks and vehicles looking very convincing in appearance when on screen.
Even though in some parts of the film is entirely light hearted in nature, the film does not stray away from death at all, there are characters that are killed off as the film progresses and German soldiers killed in cold blooded circumstances, and again this brings a balance to the story, in the end the climax of the film could easily have gone into a massive battle with bloodshed at every turn, however it doesn't and the climax of the film, without going too deep, is satisfactory and to be honest quite right for the story. There is a strong statement within the film itself and I have heard some say that as this was released when America was involved with Vietnam, that a string anti-Vietnam message is projected. That is up to the viewer decide, for me this is a good film that entertains.
This film knows where it is based and knows what it wants to achieve from the outset and the pace of the film never lets up after the opening titles. There is a fair amount of suspense involved in the story, for example the team getting caught in a minefield en route to the village with a German patrol being spotted approaching. The situations such as this do tend to bring the characters together and its not just Kelly that has to "save the day" for the others as it's a case of everyone acting as a team and not as individuals. One thing that I noticed throughout is the film dares to be bold, after all this is a heist film that is set with the War as a background and so the location straight away has an expanded scope for things to happen and situations to be faced. In the film the exploits of Kelly's Heroes in their jaunt reached the ears of the General who becomes interested in what is happening and how this is being done, but never asks why it is being done. The portrayal by Carroll O'Connor is that of satire and the Officers that report to him are portrayed as inept and bumbling. Whether this was to make the leads look better I am unsure, but this certainly does add to the story and gives the character of the General who seems totally bored with what he is doing a new fresh stance, which leads him to become part of the story.
The action sequences themselves are well done and done without going over the top, in fact even though there is comedy in the film it is well balanced and used in quite a dry manner that allows the story to be told without being overshadowed for any reason by a person or part of the film. By this I mean that people will remember the film for what they are doing rather than a singular thing happening. Okay Sutherland does come close to stealing the film as his character would rather sunbathe than fight the War, and does this to genuine hilarity when one of his Tanks breakdown, but for me it is a number of things that combine to make the film what it is. Burning Bridges is a song that is used throughout the film and is a song that you won't get out of your head for days after. The soundtrack has been performed by Lalo Schifrin, a legend with who Eastwood would appear in the credits with numerous times after this film. The title song is somewhat futuristic with the setting of the story and definitely has that 60's vibe to it. At one point Schifrin does pay musical homage to Eastwood's previous cowboy films as a few familiar notes are played when the three main characters of Kelly, Joe and Oddball walk down to meet the Germans. Nice twist and a good way of playing the scene out.
Personally I was surprised this came out on Blu-ray, but am glad it did as I had the DVD version as well. The Khaki colours of the American uniforms with the Grey of the German tunics look splendid on screen whilst the dirt and grime of the battlefield location shown in the film look sharp and clear to the extent that footprints can be seen in the mud. The early scenes in the barn with dust dropping down from roof onto Kelly show the powerful clarity of the media as I swear the individual grains can be seen when an explosion nearby occurs. If you don't consider the Menus are part of the Extras then your going to be disappointed as only the trailer for the film is included, okay there could have easily been a little bit of effort with regards to the Extras being pumped up, but unfortunately not. However I wasn't that bothered about this as the film is undeniably another classic with the clarity and sound, so watching the film in its entire 146 minutes in an absolute pleasure to uphold and a film that you could easily watch again and again.
Overall it's a good old Sunday afternoon movie to watch, Sutherland as the Hippy Tank driving Commander will always be remembered as will the story and the other cast members, one thing I was surprised at was the natural delivery of the banter by the cast when they were talking as there is no floundering or looking like they were reading from idiot boards.
Kelly's Heroes for me was one of those films that I was unaware of until I was in my uncles house one Easter and he was already watching it. Having never heard of it before I was dubious - I'm not a big fan of older world war 2 films. But this one caught my attention straight away. Not just with the stellar cast but with the humour wit and charm in every scene. The main names in the film you will all recognise as follows:
Clint Eastwood ... Pvt. Kelly
Telly Savalas ... MSgt. Big Joe
Don Rickles ... SSgt. Crapgame
Carroll O'Connor ... Maj. Gen. Colt
Donald Sutherland ... Sgt. Oddball (tank commander)
There is also a great supporting cast, the premise of the show is this the U.S. Army's 35th Infantry Division are nearing the town of Nancy when one of the division's platoons receives orders to pull out. They feel aggravated by this because they are always the one's who are caught up in the dog fights over the territory but when the final push comes to invade and take over the land they are always removed from the front line and never get to take in the appreciation the local people feel for their liberators. They are also eager to get into Nancy in order to find a decent place to get some R&R.
Meanwhile Kelly (Clint Eastwood) has captured Colonel Dankhopf (David Hurst) of German Intelligence who has a gold bar in his possession, Kelly gets him drunk to try to get information about the gold. Dankhopf blurts out that there is a cache of 14,000 gold bars (worth $16,000,000) stored in a bank vault 30 miles behind enemy lines in the town of Clermont.
Kelly gathers his platoon to inform them of this and tells them of his scheme. Wanting to keep it low key and to just a few men - which they find difficult as they need supplies and loud mouth supply sergeant "Crapgame" Don Rickles is the man they must deal with. As the story unfolds it transpires that the plot requires more and more support including Tanks and a bridge (complete with bridge building unit). A pact ensues whereby any man who makes it to Claremont gets an equal share.
The tanks are commanded by Oddball (Donald Sutherland) who is a very "60's hippy stoner type character" which is a bit out of place in 40s WW2 but funny none the less.
As the daring mission unfolds Allied HQ gets word of the incursion via intercepted radio transmissions American Major General Colt (O'Connor), he misinterprets them as patriotic soldiers pushing forward to win the war, he is determined to join them on the front and bestow all involved with medals. One of my favourite lines in the film is when he is trying to tune in the transmissions and is interrupted by a junior office to whom he yells "SHUSH WE GOT THE GAME ON BOOKER!" as if it were a sports event and not a life and death warzone situation.
Upon arriving at there destination via many twists and turn in there way the platoon are struck by yet more obstacles in there way - not least the Germans in situ!. Can they get the gold?, Can they get out before the Major General Arrives and their identity's are exposed?, how many will have to share in the money?.
This is a fantastic film that I have watched over and over again since I purchased the DVD, it has a great soundtrack, its both poignant and funny throughout with great one liners from Eastwood, Savalas, O'Connor and Sutherland. The DVD can be purchased from as low as £3.97 at Tescos.
Highly Recommend.
Kelly's heroes is a rollicking good, rip roaring, good old fashioned boys action / adventure film about a quest for riches - A huge pile of Gold bullion in this case. This particular version of the genre just happens to be set somewhere in northern France in war torn Europe, towards the end of World War two. The cast is headed by Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas, the co stars are nearly all people you will see and say, "Oh I've seen him before in loads of things, what's his name? It is, for a less than serious war film a good strong cast.
The plot.
In a Nutshell, Kelly (Clint Eastwood) leads a rag tag army of waifs, strays and "Oddball" on a quest behind Germans line to a sleepy town which just happens to house a bank containing millions of Dollars worth of Gold. The only problem is that it is guarded by three German Tiger tanks that are not to be messed with. The whole film is shot with a great deal of humour and is really great fun throughout. The plot sounds quite ordinary and is, of course a well worn track, as literally hundreds of films, depicting every age in history, have been made following a similar theme. This is one of the best.
I have deliberately left the plot and details very, very vague as I don't want to spoil any of it for you by revealing too much detail. Suffice to say it goes along at a good pace and there is always something happening.
Kelly's Heroes is not to be taken seriously at all and is to be enjoyed for what it, a great fun vehicle for all involved in it. None more so than "Oddball" as mentioned above. "Oddball" is the star of the show, he is a "Barking" mad Sherman Tank commander who gets roped in at a very early stage and steals the show all the way through. In fact the film is worth watching just for him. Who is "Oddball" played by? Donald Sutherland of all people, he plays the part brilliantly.
If you want to immerse yourself in World War two for a couple of hours or so, but want a light hearted time with some great laughs and some serious fun as well, then grab a copy of Kelly's heroes and enjoy.
Don't think about it, don't look at the Historical inaccuracies, don't question anything, just sit down and lap it up - "Woof Woof Woof"...... That will mean something to you after you have watched it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
In the run up to Christmas each year the television programme controllers dig out all the usual played to death subject and run then just once more on the off chance that hiding under a rock in some far flung corner of a field there is someone who still hasn't seen this selection of classic films, they vary from ET to the Great Escape, in and amongst this years offerings was Kellys Heroes. My other half was mortified to discover that I'd never seen this and set about obtaining a copy with which to torture me. I should point out that I am not a Clint Eastwood far. I am the polar opposite but this doesn't stop the other half trying to educate me with epic westerns such as Two Mules for Sister Sara.
So if it stars Clint Eastwood it must be a really bad 1960s western. Nope. Turns out it's a World War II film shot in location in Yugoslavia where it rains seemingly none stop. Clint has lots of well known co-stars including Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland. Its not like any other WWII film I've had the misfortune of seeing although it did remind me quite a lot of Three Kings staring George Clooney although clearly that was made several decades later about a completely different war but the plot lines are remarkably similar.
Clint (as Kelly) is a serving demoted US soldier on the front line who kidnaps a German army officer and discovers this one man is the key to 14,000 solid gold bar which are held in a bank 30 miles behind enemy lines. He sets about obtaining them with the help of several hundred AWOL US soldiers. It's a classic everything that can go wrong will go wrong but the majority of Kellys accomplices emerge with all limbs still attached.
Why this film has achieved cult status as a must watch classic completely escapes me. I would gladly have turned it off after the first 30 minutes as incredibly dull and ridiculously far fetched. Just how many complete nut cases does the US army have? And why are most of them in command positions?
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Kelly's Heroes is a film which I have never actually sat and watched the whole way through, it has been on the television so many times and I have caught bits of it and so hubby finally persuaded me to sit and watch it with him.
The film is about Private Kelly an American solider fighting in World War 2. He is very bossy and cannot stand the fact that he used to be a Lieutenant but got busted down to Private and still thinks he has the authority to do as he wishes. He kidnaps a German Officer who is in possession of some paperwork and Kelly soon finds out that it is details of where over 16 million Dollars of Gold is being kept.
Kelly sees an opportunity to get something out of the war and decides he is going to go after the gold. Kelly asks Sgt. Joe to translate the Garman paperwork and they soon realise that the gold is being kept in a bank behind enemy lines. Kelly is not put off by this and sets about getting himself a team together to go for the gold. The first member of the team is Oddball, who is in possession of 3 Sherman Tanks and he s willing to go along as long as he can take his men with him.
Just how many more men will find a way of getting in on the gold trail with Kelly and will they finally manage to get through the enemy lines to reach this gold?
I was quite surprised by this film as I did think it was going to be a typical war film which I would have no interest in but I have to say that I did in fact enjoy it. Thought that the storyline was good and could be very real but I doubt it ever really happened during the war but it was enjoyable to watch.
Clint Eastwood did a great job of portraying a busted down solider. He had a great air of authority and he managed to still get respect from his senior soldier, maybe the prospect of the gold helped with this! Oddball was without a doubt my favourite character in the film as also my hubby's. He managed to bring a completely different character to the war and he also added a lot of humour to the story. Donald Sutherland took the role of oddball and I think he did a wonderful job, there was a touch of a Hippy in him and I especially enjoyed him going into enemy territory to fight the Tiger Tanks with his music playing out of a loud speaker on top of his own tank!
Supporting actors in this film included Carroll O'Connor, Gavin MacLeod, Terry Sevalas and Don Rickles all of who did a super job in their roles and all of the characters were extremely believable and they all had a good on screen chemistry which added to the film.
The film was set during the Second World War in France and I thought that a lot of time and effort was put into making this film look very authentic and real. The sets and costumes were all well made and a lot of attention to detail was noticeable. I thought that the uniforms which the soldiers were wearing all looked authentic and they all looked like proper soldiers. The music was good in this film and I found it did add to the tension and emotions which we were supposed to be feeling. I think some credit should be given to the musical director for his part in the making of this.
I though that the addition of humour to the film was well done and it did take the war slightly out of the equation of the film and pushed it slightly to the back and made the story more about the gold. Don't get me wrong we do have lots of war scenes I the film but nothing like a normal war film. I think that there were a lot of tongue-in-cheek jokes which made for better viewing n my opinion. Oddball of cause bought the majority of the wit and humour.
The DVD which I have does minimal features which only include:-
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
I am glad in a way that there are no documentaries which are about how the film was made as hubby would have really wanted to have watched them so I would have had to have suffered them!.
The film has a running time of 138 minutes which felt to be just slightly too long about thought that it could quite easily have been made into a 2 hour film without loosing any of the storyline. The rating on the film is a PG and I do agree with this. There are some scenes of war fighting but nothing which cannot be seen in any Sunday afternoon war film. The DVD is widely available and I managed to get mine from Amazon for just under £5.
I do recommend this film as I think Eastwood and his fellow actors have managed to show a slightly different side to the war and done so with a lot of Humour and wit!
It is the Second World War and the American GI's are wondering what are they doing over here? A platoon of American soldiers are thousands of miles from home, fighting in what appears to them to be a chaotic war with no end in sight. One of the members of the platoon (Kelly) discovers that in a bank 30 miles behind the German lines there is a pile of 14,000 gold bars worth $16 million. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) persuades the rest of the platoon to join him in a mad plan to steal the gold for themselves. Eventually he also manages to talk round Big Joe, the platoon sergeant (Telly Savalas) to lead them on the mission. Along the way Kelly bribes a number of other people to help him and teams up with Oddball (Donald Sutherland) a commander of a set of three Sherman tanks. There is plenty of action sequences in the film and the "hippie" antics of Oddball give a twisted humour to the whole affair. The film is extremely well made and acted, especially Telly Savalas as the leader of this contrived team of men. Do they succeed in getting the gold? Well, I am afraid you will have to watch the film to find that out, but I would recommend this film if you enjoy war films that do not take themselves too seriously. This is an excellent film that shows the American soldiers as a very formidable force, when there is a matter of personal gain involved. As Oddball would say, "soak up those positive vibes man".
I am not a big fan of war movies, which is just as well because this isn't really a war movie. It's a heist movie. It just happens to be set during a war (WW2). Not only that but this has enough humour in it to enable it to avoid taking itself too seriously. We are well into the final stages of WW2. The Normandy landings took place some time ago and the Germans are being pushed back on all fronts. Little pockets of strong resistance are being met and one near Nancy interests Kelly (Clint Eastwood). In appalling weather, Kelly has got himself behind enemy lines and has captured a German intelligence officer. Smuggling him back to his own base, which is coming under heavy enemy attack, he interrogates the officer. In the officer's briefcase he finds a "lead" bar, there to make it sink in the river in the event of risk of being captured. But wait, why is there a golden glint coming from a scratch on this "lead" bar? It turns out there is more where this came from, much, much more. Now the attractions of a war, which is being won anyway, begin to pale against the prospect of unimaginable riches. But, the horde is behind enemy lines. Kelly needs a plan and some help. Gathered to his small private army along the way is his superior officer Big Joe (Telly Savalas), who needs some pursuading but only after everyone else in the company is in. The mottley crew he assembles includes crooked quartermaster Crapgame (Don Rickles), incompetent artillery master Mulligan (Telly's little brother, George), "hippy" tank commander Oddball (Donald Sutherland - played to perfection) and others picked up along the way. Do they succeed? Well, you will have to watch the film to find that out. The is a superbly entertaining film. I never tire of watching it. All the performances are spot-on. Donald Sutherland's Oddball is definitely
the star of the film although Eastwood could rightly consider this also one of his very best performances. Why "Woof woof"? You'll have to watch the film to find out!
Clint Eastwood strolls onto the film in his army gear and you think, yet another war movie, but wait, this one isn't. Instead of lets take a bridge or something, or lets kill loads of Germans, the core principle to this movie is lets take a bunch of soldiers, trek deep into enemy territory and steal a bunch of gold. An intriguing idea which turns into a classic movie. This is definitely one to watch. So rent it, buy it or just pray it returns to the TV soon.
A classic war film. This film occupies a rather interesting niche in movie history. In principle, it is a second world war film, with some spaghetti western influence, not to mention a sixties soundtrack which is obviously not in keeping with the period the film is set in. Likewise, Donald Sutherland's hippy tank commander is two decades early on the scene!! All these factors, as well as a cracking cast, contribute to a fantastic film, which must count as one of Clint Eastwood's finest. The purists would no doubt give it a panning, but the duel between a german tiger tank and an american sherman at the end is fantastic. The best points about this film would have to be Eastwood's cool and collected Kelly, and the comedic brilliance of Sutherland's Oddball.
Kelly's Heroes reunited Clint Eastwood with his Where Eagles Dare director Brian G Hutton, then added The Dirty Dozen star Telly Savalas in MGM's quest to turn WWII movie celluloid into box office gold three times running. The result, a sprawling adventure about a group of soldiers led by Kelly (Eastwood) on a private mission behind enemy lines to recover a cache of Nazi treasure, echoed its predecessors but wasn't as successful. While Where Eagle's Dare was somewhat tongue in cheek, Kelly's Heroes went for a cynical comic amorality with many plot parallels to 1969's The Italian Job, written by screenwriter Troy Kennedy-Martin the year before. Donald Sutherland, who also starred in the big-screen M*A*S*H (1970), plays a hippie tank commander decades before his time, and it's hard not to see both movies as more commentaries on Vietnam than on the wars in which they were ostensibly set. Though it is intermittently very funny, and despite some expertly staged action, Kelly's Heroes never really convinces as satire or adventure. On the DVD: Kelly's Heroes is presented on disc in a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer which is immaculate and taken from a virtually perfect master. The images are so clean and sharp they look brand new, outclassing many current theatrical prints. The three-channel sound concentrates most of the action to the centre speaker but does an excellent job of capturing the often turbulent soundtrack. The only real extra is the original trailer, presented anamorphically at 1.77:1.--Gary S Dalkin


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It seems to me that Microsoft is being a little more aggressive in pushing people towards Windows 8. If anyone really loves this, I'd like to hear why. the best i've seem from reviews i've read is "you'll get used it." I've never even touched it myself, but don't feel the pressing need to switch. autocad isn't going to work on a touch screen because my fingers are too fat. the same goes with trying to edit at a pixel level in photoshop. graphics cards suck on touch screen monitors, too.
i know a few of you are switching to mac, but i don't want to go that route either. has anyone tried linux? there is a drafting program that a few people have mentioned that works with mac and cost less, which also works with linux so that should be doable. i forget the name (maybe it was draftsight?), but if you're one of these people have you had any issues with compatibility when working with others? i think when the world changes to the point where i have to upgrade again, i'd like to seriously consider moving to linux.
I now have a windows 8 machine w/Revit - it works I have no problems with it - why?
Most offices use Windows and will upgrade to windows 8 as soon as Revit 2014 comes out - I use 2013 and it works in Windows 8 even though it is not supported - 2014 will be.
I would love to use a Mac - but architecture offices don't use them - besides - Win 8 is a lot better than 7 and if you hate 8 just use the desktop and you won't notice anything.
Linux - would love to go back to that
Xenakis, how is Windows 8 better than 7? I thought that 8 was windows 7 skinned with the new tile interface (which you point, can be hidden)
I use my Mac (OS Lion) for AutoCad 2013 and Windows XP for Revit 2013 and sometimes for AutoCad. I don't use Windows anymore, so I prefer to use a "basic" OS for that. However, will Revit 2014 and AutoCad 2014 will be supported for Windows XP as well?
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We should add pages like "Naruto vs Sasuke", "Sasori vs Sakura and Chiyo", etc. --Chance135 (talk) 17:52, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
- We don't do fight pages if that's what you're suggesting. That's what the arc pages are for, they describe the events of an arc, including fights. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:03, November 26, 2011 (UTC)
At least we could add them as Redirect pages to the arc pages. --Chance135 (talk) 10:02, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
The problem with that is must fights are over multiple chapters. Any way, whats wrong with typing in the chapter name or number and then reading it there? Seems easier to me. Joshbl56 05:44, December 2, 2011 (UTC)


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Floor Statements
December 5, 2013
"Thank you for being here. We talk in Washington about big numbers - billions, millions - of people. Too infrequently we talk about individuals, the Stans, the Veras, the Lisas of America that our actions affect immediately and directly on a daily basis.
Hoyer Remembers the Legacy of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Before the 50th Anniversary of His Assassination
November 21, 2013
"I thank the Gentleman from Connecticut. Not only for the special order but for the speech he gave as we led into this special order about that wrenching day in November, the 22nd of November, 1963. Where he was, the memory he had. And I thank the Leader who has recalled so well what John Kennedy meant to our generation.
November 20, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, I see four people in the gallery. I see three Members on the Floor. The galleries are empty. The Floor is empty. Because we are not doing anything. And it's not because we don't have a lot of things to do. We have six – seven if you count tomorrow, where we will leave by 12:00 – six full days left in the session in 2013. And yet we fiddle here while the country sees itself burning.
November 19, 2013
"Madam Speaker, this bill and the other two House bills we will consider this week were put forward, in my opinion, to fill time. Yes, they are unifying issues on the Republican side of the aisle, Madam Speaker, but they're not pressing. Even if they were good policy, they're not pressing.
November 19, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, we have ten days left in this session, this year's session, according to the schedule. We're supposed to adjourn on December 13 – somewhat ironically, Friday the 13th – and yet, Mr. Speaker, we see time is running out, and we're not addressing the critical issue and the critical responsibility of funding the government, of applying resources to our priorities.
November 18, 2013
"Another issue which you did not mention, Mr. Leader, is immigration. As you know, this issue passed very handily through the United States Senate on a vote of 68-32, and I'm very hopeful that we could move this legislation.
November 15, 2013
"Another issue which you did not mention, Mr. Leader, is immigration. As you know, this issue passed very handily through the United States Senate on a vote of 68-32, and I'm very hopeful that we could move this legislation.
November 15, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill, which will undermine the providing of health care at affordable prices for millions and millions and millions of Americans.
October 30, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, budget conferees are now meeting or will be meeting shortly to negotiate a budget for the remainder of this fiscal year. And they have a real opportunity to look beyond that mission and lay the groundwork for a long-term solution to our deficits that is balanced and restores certainty to our economy.
October 24, 2013
"I would ... ask the Majority Leader whether or not there is any thought about bringing to the Floor before the end of the year the immigration bill. And I would yield to my friend for the purposes of a response."
October 23, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, this is how we ought to work. This is how the Congress ought to work with one another – all 435 of us. I don't mean that 435 are going to vote for the bill, but we have worked together on this bill.
October 22, 2013
"Bill Young was my friend. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Bill Young was an example for us all. I will have the privilege of speaking on Thursday, at his request, at his funeral. Bill and I served on the Appropriations Committee for twenty-three years together. Then I left when I became Majority Leader.
October 11, 2013
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Many of my colleagues on either side of the aisle have stated their preference for, as the Gentlelady from North Carolina said, opening the government. They want to open the government as soon as possible and would vote for a clean bill.
October 9, 2013
"The previous speaker said that the shutdown should be unacceptable. I agree with that. And we could all, within the next half an hour, vote to make the unacceptable not the policy that we are pursuing.
October 8, 2013
"Now I rise in opposition to this bill that's been put on the Floor, which is another way to distract from the business at hand: opening up our government. And eight days from now, our government will be in a position for the first time in history where we won't be able to pay our bills.
October 5, 2013
"I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and I want to thank my colleague Frank Wolf. There's no harder advocate, more effective advocate for federal employees than Frank Wolf. He and I have worked together for over 32 years on behalf of the interests of those people who work for the American people every day to make them safer, healthier, more informed.
October 4, 2013
"I thank the Ranking Member of the Rule Committees for yielding and thank Ms. Slaughter for the extraordinary leadership she has shown and the work she's been doing.
October 4, 2013
"So we stand ready on this side of the aisle, I say, as one of the leaders of my party, to vote now to open government. And, yes, to do what in a democracy we ought to do: sit down and discuss compromises."
October 2, 2013
"My friends on this side say they want to keep the government open. We say we want to keep the government open. My friends on this side sent a bill over to the Senate that had $986 billion in funding. We agreed to $986 billion in funding. What's the problem?
October 1, 2013
"I thank the Gentleman for yielding. There is not a Member of this House who does not respect and support the veterans of this country. The Gentleman who just spoke talked about preventing pain. What we want to do is prevent pain not only to veterans, but to children, to families, to teachers, to medical professionals, to farmers, to all those who every day rely on the federal government to be in operation. Not piecemeal, not choosing between this and that, between the winners and the losers.
September 30, 2013
"I thank the Speaker. Tonight is about the continuing, destructive obsession that our Republican friends have and their refusal to recognize there was an election just some months ago.
September 28, 2013
"Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mr. Moran, for yielding.
September 28, 2013
"I thank the Gentlelady for yielding. The Gentleman from Georgia said that this health care was about one-sixth of the economy. He's right. [But] this continuing resolution is about 100 percent of the economy.
Hoyer: House Should Come Together on Behalf of the American People and Act Responsibly on CR, Debt Limit
September 27, 2013
"Ladies and Gentlemen of this House, there are 435 of us that have been asked by our fellow citizens to come to Washington, D.C., to have the extraordinary privilege of sitting on this Floor and making, they hope, responsible decisions for their country. I regret that the House is not full at this point in time.
September 20, 2013
"Madam Speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only if the Democratic Senate and the Democratic President will agree to dismantle the health care reform law that will help millions of Americans access quality, affordable care. That isn't going to happen, and it is a blatant act of hostage-taking.
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We boarded early to maximize our weekend. Boarding was easy and quick. Once aboard we checked out our cabin..category 4 outside cabin. Unlike other posts her the A/C was freezing (we had to turn it down) The bathroom was excellent with a fullshower vanity area desk and flat screen and plenty of closet space for twon people for two days.
We then went exploring. The staff was excellent and friendly. The pool deck was a lot of fun. The drinks were excellent and priced below what you would pay mainland for top shelf.
Off to dinner. The first night was the Crystal room. Great service really good food and a good selection ( AGAIN BASED ON A 2 NIGHT CRUISE).
Off to the show. probalbly the weakest link. Had a good time but I'll give it a "C" More
Our shore excursion was off to Our Lucaya and beach. AWSOME...
We laid by the ocean had a fun catered lunch laid by the pool which is a great pool and drank umbrella drinks. A Fabulous day.
That evening we dit it all over again but this time at Rio. Had the Sea Bass and again everyhting was great.
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I've been memed, by a Dominican, no less.
The Questions:
(1) Favorite devotion or prayer to Jesus:
The Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Jesus prayer.
(2) Favorite Marian devotion or prayer:
The Holy Rosary, although I also try to say the Angelus when I remember.
(3) Do you wear a scapular or medal:
I wear the brown scapular and the Miraculous Medal, which also has the St. Benedict medal. I also ear a crucifix on the same chain as the Miraculous Medal.
(4) Do you have holy water in your home:
(5) Do you offer up your sufferings:
I do, but I need to do it with more regularity.
(6) Do you observe First Fridays and First Saturdays:
(7) Do you go to Eucharistic Adoration? How frequently:
Not very oten. This is another thing I need to do more frequently.
(8) Are you a Saturday night Mass person or Sunday morning:
Sunday morning, 10:00 at St. John's Cathedral. The choir is excellent,and the music is typically good (though occasionally they sing something by Haugen, Haas, or Shutte).
(9) Do you say prayers at mealtime:
Yes. Always.
(10) Favorite saints:
St. Francis, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas
(11) Do you know the Apostles Creed by heart:
Yes. However, when I'm the Precentor for Vespers or Compline, I have to read it from the book. That translation uses more archaic language.
(12) Do you usually say short prayers (aspirations) during the course of the day:
Yes, whenever the need strikes me. Sometimes it's frequent.
(13) Bonus question: When you pass an accident or other serious mishap, do you say a quick prayer for the persons involved:
I do try.
(14) Wolftracker's bonus question: What sin do you find most difficult to manage from day to day:
I sometimes think uncharitable thoughts. I have to remind myself (or be reminded) that we are all children of God.
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New Bellevue website Flipt says if a house is a good investment
Updated 9:57 am, Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Flipt has suspended operations, posting a message reading, "Thank you for your support. We have experienced an overwhelming amount of demand. We are working hard to improve our service. Sign up to receive an update when we relaunch."
Tim Ellis, author of the Seattle Bubble blog, reported that Flipt had a photo of his home that he had only posted to Zillow. Following this, GeekWire reported that Zillow sent a cease-and-desist letter to Flipt, alleging that the new company improperly used its data.
Flipt CEO Andrey Nokhrin told GeekWire that Flipt was having trouble obtaining real estate data, so they used Zillow data as a "quick hack" to validate demand for the service
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When Andrey Nokhrin was shopping for his first house, he knew he wouldn't be able to buy his dream home. So he wanted to make sure it was a good investment.
"I bought, actually, a house that ended up being a disaster," he said this week.
Despite working in construction and development, Nokhrin went three times over budget fixing the place up, then decided he didn't want to live in that area.
"So it ended up being a rental, and it's not the best rental," he said.
That's the kind of situation Nokhrin's new website, Bellevue-based Flipt, aims to help prevent.
Flipt bills itself as "the CarFax for real estate." Its algorithm crunches public and proprietary data to score a home's investment potential in three scenarios:
- Fix & Flip, which looks at the location, foreclosure status, condition and age of the property to determine the potential return on a quick turn-around project;
- Buy & Hold, which calculates potential appreciation over an extended period of time, based on home values, speed of appreciation in the area and the type of home; and
- Rent Out, which estimates rent and cash flow potential using demographics, location and the number of bedrooms.
"You don't need to have tons of experience or education to find the top investment for yourself," Nokhrin said.
Flipt also uses image recognition to pick out details about a home's condition, such as whether may need a new roof or repainting, although it hasn't yet figured out how to present such unconfirmed details to the public.
Nokhrin sees Flipt appealing to first-time buyers who want to ensure they're making a good investment and people looking to buy investment property, seeking better returns than the stock market is providing.
Users also can look up homes they already own to determine potential rent and sale prices -- something sites such as Zillow and Trulia also provide.
"I definitely believe we're not worse than some of the other estimates, and for some properties we're better," Nokhrin said. He said Flipt estimates have come closer to actual sales prices in many cases.
Flipt plans to make money by selling ads to real estate agents who want to help users buy homes in particular zip codes. That's also something Zillow does, although Zillow charges more, promises fewer views and has a backlog of agents looking to buy ad space, according to Nokhrin.
"We believe that we have better traffic than even Zillow has," Nokhrin said, asserting that Flipt users are more tech savvy and serious about buying.
Flipt is starting with a focus on the Seattle area, although it has some agents signed up in California, Nevada, Florida and New York.
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Her breakout performance was in the indie film, Winter's Bone (2010). Jennifer has since become one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood, starring in the Hunger Games series (2012–15) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has been named one of the most powerful women in film by a host of magazines that regularly praise her straight-talking style.


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I imagine they will handle it like they have in the season as an elite team themselves.
I imagine they will handle it like they have in the season as an elite team themselves.
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Giving New Purpose To the Space Program
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Special to The New York Times
Published: December 11, 1990
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10— Ever since the lunar explorations of Apollo two decades ago, a general perception of the American civilian space program has been that of a giant spaceship in a decaying orbit: still capable of some brilliant flourishes, but directionless and drifting lower with diminishing ground support.
Nothing, not even the Challenger tragedy in 1986, could change its course and reinvigorate it with a new sense of purpose.
But the White House, Congressional leaders, scientists and some of the space agency's harshest critics believe the program has now been shown the way back to steady orbit with a more promising future. In their view, the committee assessing the future of the civilian space program, in its report today, has done nothing less than lay out a realistic blueprint for the post-shuttle, post-cold-war era of space exploration. Facing the Facts
In what could be a historic turning point, the committee confronted facts that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had long refused to face and identified the two major stumbling blocks to fundamental change -- the unreliable space shuttle and the poorly conceived Freedom space station. The committee recommended a gradual phasing out of the first and a sweeping redesign of the second.
The shuttles would be largely replaced by a fleet of heavy-lift rockets, for robotic operations and later for human flight. The space station would be stripped to a more modest size and given a more narrowly defined objective: studies in the life sciences. It so happens that more powerful rockets and experience in the effects of long-duration flight on human physiology would be essential prerequisites for reaching goals set by President Bush last year, a return of astronauts to the Moon to establish permanent outposts and the eventual flight of humans to Mars, perhaps by 2019.
Unlike many Government reports, this one is not so likely to sink out of sight, because it strikes chords pleasing to a wide range of interests.
A senior White House official said some of the committee's recommendations could be incorporated in the 1992 budget that is being prepared for submission to Congress in late January. NASA officials will be asked to confer with the Office of Management and Budget within 30 days. 'Go as You Pay' Effort
President Bush should like what he sees because the committee endorses his view that the long-term "magnet of the manned space program is the planet Mars" and favors a "go as you pay" effort to get there that might not be so frightening to fiscal conservatives. And Vice President Dan Quayle, who directs the National Space Council, has already praised the committee's findings and is expected by his associates to take a forceful hand in seeing that many of the recommendations are carried out. He may try to use the space issue as a means of gaining greater political visibility.
The report is likely to strike a responsive note in Congress, at least on the point of redesigning the space station to reduce costs, whose estimated cost had risen as high as $35 billion for the decade. The appropriations committees had already told NASA to come up with a less expensive concept or have it scrapped altogether. At the same time, the budget-conscious Congress eliminated almost every cent requested for the kinds of long-range technology development being recommended by the committee.
Senator Al Gore, Democrat of Tennessee, said the changes were needed to restore confidence in NASA and added that the Science, Technology and Space subcommittee, which he heads, would conduct hearings in the next session. Representative Bill Green, a Manhattan Republican who is a frequent critic of NASA operations, agreed with the proposed changes in the space station and the call for greater emphasis on scientific research by NASA, but cautioned that the advisory committee's underlying assumption of that NASA's appropriations would grow 10 percent a year over the decade, after taking inflation into account, "seems difficult to attain."
The most exuberant response so far has come from scientists, who cannot believe their possible good fortune. "This could be the dawn of a second golden age," said Dr. Bruce C. Murray, a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology who has been especially critical of the space program's emphasis on the shuttles and space station at the expense of scientific exploration. 'Realistic' Recommendations
John E. Pike, a space policy analyst for the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, had high expectations that many of the changes would come about. Unlike other recent examinations of space policy, he said, "This is a realistic set of recommendations rather than a pie-in-the-sky wish list."
NASA officials, if not elated, were at least relieved that the advisory committee had not proposed a major overhaul of the agency's organization, as some had feared. The agency's leaders said they were pleased with the report's general tone and would take the recommendations seriously.
"There may be some initial resentment at NASA," said Dr. John M. Logsdon, a space policy expert at George Washington University and frequent advisor to the agency. "But there's so much common sense in the report that NASA will finally fall behind it as the best way to get White House and Congressional support."
If the recommendations are adopted, it will be the beginning of the end for the shuttle program. The military is no longer interested in using the shuttle, commercial payloads were barred after the Challenger accident and now NASA is even being told to find something less expensive and more reliable for its own operations. Shuttles will still be needed through the end of the decade, the committee concluded, but less and less so. A proposed fifth shuttle would not be built, with the money saved going to the heavy-lift boosters.
The committee also recognized another ending for the space program: the end of its cold war connection.
"Clearly times have changed," said Norman R. Augustine, head of the committee and chairman of the Martin Marietta Corporation. "The heavy driver for the space program used to be competition with the Soviets. Today, there is not that clear competition, but the fundamental values of exploration that drive us. They are less tangible, but no less important."


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The four-year-old girl was walking through a carpark on Lighthouse Road with her parents when the hit-and-run incident occurred around 6.30am on Saturday morning
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Combine top medical care and a holiday in these countries where specialists are well-trained and might be cheaper than at home.
Want it modified, enhanced, drilled out, implanted or just plain alleviated? Would you rather channel most of your hard-earned cash into a holiday? Find an excuse to embark on an exotic adventure with a medicinal tweak from these ten destinations.
Although the very visible poverty and social ills might scare some off, getting your eyes fixed in this country just might make sense. Eye surgery is just one of the advanced treatments offered in India, where top doctors commandeer the latest technologies and speak faultless English. Aravind's Eye Hospitals, headquartered in Madurai but with locations around India, hasa remarkable program originally designed to minimise unnecessary blindness; in addition to foreigners, it has helped more than 2.4 million Indians to see in the past 30 years. They treat everything from glaucoma to cataracts and even perform eye replacements. Patients relax in private suites costing $20 per day.
Bangkok, Thailand
Back in 1984, British pop singer Murray Head noted that "one night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble". Oh, but Bangkok makes a hard man so much more than that. Welcome to Thailand, the sex-change capital of the world. Whether you want to re-emerge from the operating room as he or she, Bangkok's specialist surgeons can perform the task of "gender reassignment" with a few deft scalpel slices. If your medical concerns spring from something other than gender confusion, Thailand is also famous for heart surgery, eye surgery and more. State-of-the-art Bumrungrad International Hospital is a major destination for overseas patients.
Beijing, China
Somehow, experiencing acupuncture in its home setting just feels right - especially when you get the balms, oils and smelly unguents of traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, since 1975 Beijing has been home to the International Acupuncture Training Centre, a university for foreign doctors who want to have a stab at it. There are many treatment centres around the city. And, along with this ancient Chinese wisdom, the People's Republic is pioneering stem cell treatments, offering patients with the gravest conditions a chance to try new treatments banned (usually for political reasons) by their home governments. If you want to be the prick-ee rather than the prick-er, book yourself a treatment at Dongzhimen Hospital.
North Americans and others head to Colombia for complex treatments performed by crack doctors at bargain rates. Cities such as Bogotá, Colombia's capital, offer a wide variety of medical treatments and operations. Specialities in Colombia include joint surgeries, and getting a hip replaced or "resurfaced" costs one-fifth of the cost of US hospitals, while the prosthetics used are of high international quality. Many Colombian doctors are foreign trained as well. Colombia is also often visited for procedures that range from dentistry and cosmetic surgery to open-heart surgery. December to March is Bogotá's dry season; the city is perched 2,600m above sea level, so be sure to allow a couple of days to acclimatise when you arrive.
Nuuk, Greenland
If you happen to be in Greenland and, say, a polar bear bites your arm off, do not just leave it there! Dronning Ingrids Hospital, in the southwestern capital of Nuuk , is the main hospital on this frigid maritime landmass, and is specially distinguished for performing special operations requiring very low temperatures (such as reattaching severed limbs). Built in 1954, the Dronning Ingrids does not need air-conditioning, and the heating system prevents any contaminated airflow. You will quickly feel good as new when recovering on this sparsely populated island stuck unpromisingly between Canada and Iceland. The air is clean and, er, invigorating, and the seafood is excellent. Charter a boat with an English-speaking skipper - see the city from a different angle before sailing over the deserted horizon.
Tehran, Iran
How does Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad keep up such a fierce stare? We are not implying anything, but plastic surgery in Tehran is indeed big business these days. Nose jobs are seen as especially important, interestingly enough. For Muslim women in the Islamic Republic, a nose is often one of the few body parts to be visible; however, Iranian men too think that improvising off a classic Persian nose can make them somehow more seductive. Iranian plastic surgeons do lifts, chin implants, tummy tucks and almost everything else tha is done in the West, but for less. Make sure you check the latest visa situation.
If you arrive on a Communist-run island and have your passport and money confiscated by the authorities, one might say it just comes with the territory - or, you might actually be at Cuba's addiction rehabilitation clinics, where it is often standard procedure. Frequented by ordinary folks and famous figures too (Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was one such client), Cuba's rehab villas are renowned for their professional service and effectiveness - along with a price around half of that in the US. Rehab here mixes balmy island living with no-nonsense regimes for keeping you stone-cold sober in seclusion, with the assistance of trained psychologists, doctors, sociologists and - of course - Caribbean breezes from the beach. If you want to follow in Maradona's footsteps you can book a stint of private rehab through an operator such as Grupo Cubanacan.
Skopje, Macedonia
For a decade, UN and NATO employees in the Balkans, as well as expats, have hit the Macedonian capital for affordable, high-quality dental work. Macedonian dentists are generally well trained, and many speak English. Some even have webcams, so you can get the added excitement of watching your mouth being drilled too. Everything from check-ups and fillings to implant work and cosmetic dentistry is available, and at prices significantly less than in Western Europe or North America. Skopje's conveniently situated en route for travellers passing through Southeastern Europe, and offers a mix of history and nightlife. Flash your new smile in one of Skopje's numerous cafes, where the in-crowd love to be seen.
Some of the world's best medical treatment is found in Israel, and the country's state-of-the-art facilities have made it the destination of choice for many medical tourists. Although it is generally not a bargain, the services are wide and the skill level very high. Everything from IVF fertilisation to advanced cancer therapy is done here. Plus, the salt and unique nutrients in Israel's Dead Sea make this a much-visited place for those with various skin problems, as well as rheumatologic and lung conditions - and floating effortlessly on this super-saline body of water, amazingly situated below sea level, is a therapeutic experience in itself. For the ultimate therapeutic treatment, slap on some Dead Sea gunk, available at many of the area's hotels, and give yourself an invigorating mud pack.
Mix procedures with pleasures in Malaysia, another leading destination for medical travellers. Places like the beach resort town of Penang, on the country's northwestern coast, are popular for breast-enhancement surgery, and package-tour companies even offer such trips. It is good that a recuperative beach vacation is included, since doctors warn that long plane journeys after surgery can cause thrombosis. The dynamic capital, Kuala Lumpur, home to the Petronas Towers - some 451.9m high - is where more complex procedures (such as brain surgery for epilepsy) are performed. Some medical procedures at the Petronas Towers might help with epilepsy, but they will do nothing for vertigo sufferers who choose to access the 41st-floor skybridge.
The article 'Lonely Planet's top 10 spots for medical adventures' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet.


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Manitoba companies and governments aren't letting the global economic uncertainty put a crimp in their capital spending plans this year, a new survey indicates.
Statistics Canada's annual survey of private and public investment intentions shows spending on construction projects and machinery and equipment is expected to grow at one of the fastest paces in the country this year -- a projected 8.5 per cent to $13.4 billion from $13.3 billion in 2012.
That's nearly four times the projected national average gain of 1.7 per cent. And among the provinces, it's expected to be second only to Newfoundland and Labrador's 9.7 per cent.
"I was a bit surprised when I saw the numbers," Wilf Falk, the province's chief statistician, said Wednesday. "That's is a bit stronger than I thought it would be."
Statistics Canada said public-sector investment in Manitoba is expected to climb by 12.9 per cent to a projected $4.6 billion from $4.1 billion in 2012. That's more than double the projected national average increase of five per cent.
And private-sector spending is expected to jump by 6.3 per cent to $8.8 billion from $8.2 billion. That's more than six times the projected national average increase of 0.8 per cent.
Falk said the strong private-sector spending is likely a by-product of a healthy provincial economy, which is expected to grow by more than two per cent in 2013.
And a projected 38 per cent jump in spending by the utilities sector is the driving force behind the jump in public-sector spending, Falk said: "I'm assuming a lot of that is Hydro development in the north."
The national numbers suggest corporations are taking a wait-and-see approach to capital investments, a position that could dampen modest expectations for economic growth in 2013.
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U.S. District Judge John Roll was a man of routine. Every day at about 5:30 a.m., he'd be up, often making his wife breakfast. He'd walk his two basset hounds, then swim at the Northwest YMCA.
Last Friday night he went to dinner with his wife - they were soon to celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary - then went home and watched a Clint Eastwood movie.
The following morning, as he did every Saturday, the judge, 63, went to Mass.
A man of deep faith, Roll attended a Catholic elementary school and Salpointe Catholic High School.
He kept a biography of St. Thomas More - the patron saint of judges - in his office. A marshal on his security detail quipped that although he'd been raised Catholic, Roll went to Mass more often in a month than the marshal had in a decade.
Sundays held the same kind of devotion. Roll would start the day reading Catholic publications and then head to noon Mass.
In the 1980s, he trained to become a lector, attending a class meant to prepare lay people to do the first and second readings during Mass. It's not as though readers become actors, but there is a certain art of proclamation. A certain elocution and projection is required.
Roll was an apt student. Intent. Those who witnessed him in action could sense he had swallowed the words, reflected upon them, and then brought them forth to share with others.
After morning Mass last Saturday, Roll stopped by his house and then left again at about five minutes before 10, saying he was going to "drop in" to say hello to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He figured he'd be home shortly.
When he arrived, he told Giffords staffer Mark Kimble he wanted to thank Giffords for her support. The two had worked together on securing funding for the Yuma courthouse, which is likely to begin construction in six months. Long concerned about the flood of felony cases coming in to the understaffed court, Roll had recently proclaimed a judicial emergency in Southern Arizona - a declaration Giffords had supported at the end of December.
While he waited to speak with her, the shots rang out.
It wasn't Roll's first brush with violence. In 2009, U.S. marshals started giving him around-the-clock security because of death threats he'd received in a contentious immigration case. Neighbor George Kriss, a 70-year-old retired pilot who often chatted with Roll when he was out watering his plants, finally asked about the amped-up security.
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