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Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar strides through a Los Angeles Catholic church, one that happens to be Bob Hope's former house of worship, built in a Mission Revival...
HOLLYWOOD Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar strides through a Los Angeles Catholic church, one that happens to be Bob Hope's former house of worship, built in a Mission Revival style emboldened by the theatrical flourishes of an architectural subgenre known as Hollywood Spanish. He appraises the aesthetic eclecticism with the practiced eye of a connoisseur the way a restaurant critic might rate a new French bistro.
There's Jesus on the cross, suspended in the filtered light that streams down over the altar. "It's pretty good," he murmurs appreciatively in Spanish. "Not as bloody as the ones we have in Spain." He runs his hand over the church's heavy wooden doors, carved with a jumble of Baroque embellishments. "Here they have taken leave of all sobriety," he pronounces approvingly, an amused smile warming his face.
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He lifts his eyes to the gilt stencils in the ceiling. "The light in here is beautiful. Churches always give me such a feeling of peace," he says. "Sometimes I wish I was a believer. Imagine coming to a place where you kneel down, recount all of your sins, and you are pardoned. Imagine how wonderful that would be. It is a marvelous invention."
The unburdening of a long-held secret, and its mortal consequences, are a central thread of his latest film, "Bad Education," a drama fueled by sexual tensions in the Catholic Church that stars Gael García Bernal as the "homme fatale."
The film has opened in Roman Catholic enclaves such as Rome and Madrid, Spain. But in the United States, where the church has been beset by sex-abuse scandals, a story driven by the transgressions of a pederast priest might have an unintended resonance when the film opens here in December.
Dark departure
For Almodóvar, "Bad Education" is something of a dark departure, a foray into film noir that he says is informed by the hard-boiled style of dated cinematic police thrillers as well as by the more ponderous meditations on power in "The Godfather."
"The idea of the Mafia is something very close to the church, and I'm not the first to allude to that. If you remember, in 'The Godfather' you see the power of the church and the Vatican. In 'The Godfather,' the church is treated like a kind of Mafia," says Almodóvar, sitting at the dining room table of a two-story Mediterranean-style house on the property of a hotel where he and his entourage stay when he comes to Los Angeles.
Almodóvar, 52, is dressed in a black shirt, black pants and black boots; setting off his spiky gray hair. He is an attentive, effusive conversationalist, with a disarming warmth and ease that gives him the strangely familiar air of an old friend you haven't seen in a long time.
"Bad Education" is "not exactly autobiographical," Almodóvar says but it does draw on memories of his boyhood church school, where he said a priest molested a score of his classmates.
When the priest's behavior became notorious, the church simply transferred him to another post an illustration, Almodóvar says, of a patriarchal culture in which "they protect each other, their fellow priests, not the children."
Once, Almodóvar says, he was sitting on the ground during recess when the pedophile priest of his boyhood school was walking through the schoolyard with a young student, Vicente, "who was his favorite, his de facto boyfriend."
The priest cast Almodóvar a dark look and asked him sternly what game he could possibly be playing down on the ground. "I said to him 'and Vicente, what game is he playing?' " Almodóvar recalls and the priest reached down and slapped him hard, twice.
However, " 'Bad Education' is not a settling of scores with the priests who badly educated me, or with the clergy in general," Almodóvar wrote in a statement. "If I had needed to take revenge, I wouldn't have waited 40 years to do so. The church doesn't interest me, not even as an adversary."
"The film is autobiographical in a deeper sense," Almodóvar wrote. "I am behind those characters, but I'm not telling my life story."
"The many faces of passion"
The theatricality of the church has been a leitmotif in the films of Almodóvar, who was a soloist in his church choir and took Mass in Latin. But a morality play was not Almodóvar's intention with "Bad Education," although it is partly, he says, about the abuses of power. For him it is a film about "the many faces of passion" including the obsessive passion that was a staple of his earlier films.
"This is about people who live passionately, without limits, without caring that the passion will lead them to their death," he says.
It is also a cinematic celebration of the sensualism of García Bernal, whose physical charisma the planes of his face, his eyes, the muscles of his body become as much an element of the film's aesthetic as the lusciously saturated colors and beautifully composed shots that make all Almodóvar films a visual feast. García Bernal plays three characters, including a transvestite, an interesting stretch for an actor who stars in "The Motorcycle Diaries" as Che Guevara, Latin America's premier "machista leninista."
"Gael is very unusual," Almodóvar says. "I never dreamed he would be such a beautiful woman. I discovered he has a very delicate profile. Turn him one way and he looks very masculine, turn him another way and he looks delicate and feminine."
Mixed motives, scrambled plots
"Bad Education" is suffused with a familiar complexity of character and moral ambivalence. In the world of Almodóvar, gender distinctions are blurry. Sinners are illuminated by saintly impulses. Men dress as women and women become bullfighters.
Motives are as mixed as the emotions of the young Islamic exile commando in "Labyrinth of Passion" played by a young Antonio Banderas who is handed a photograph of his next victim, the son of the Shah of Iran, and recognizes him as the guy he has been pining for ever since he picked him up in a nightclub and shared an evening of passion.
Even his plots are scrambled, with characters propelled through labyrinthine twists, parallel plots, blind alley plots. Dramas that are, as Almodóvar says of "Bad Education" "multiple stories that, like Russian dolls, are hidden inside each other and are really only one."
Almodóvar admits that people miss his funny movies. When he walks down the street in Spain, he said, people call out to him: "Pedro! Make us another comedy!"
But his earliest comedies, he said, captured the frenzied energy of the "Movida" a word that literally translates as "the movement" but is used to mean "the scene" the name of the cultural rebirth unleashed by the 1975 death of fascist dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.
His latest films, "Talk to Her" and "All About My Mother," have grown more contemplative by degrees, and social commentary has crept into his social satire. In "Talk to Her," a nurse remarks to another nurse that priests in Africa had raped nuns because they were too afraid of AIDS to continue coercing local women into sex. Almodóvar says the character was expressing his own shock at the church scandal in Africa and his impatience with the underlying social inequalities.
"Women should be priests, just like men," he says. "The church is a place where a woman is an inferior. It's a manifestation of secular machismo. … "
It's late afternoon by the time the black limousine carrying Almodóvar and his entourage pulls up to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood for a photo shoot.
Almodóvar keeps up the conversation between shots, talking about the-turn-of-the-century Catalan architect Antonin Gaudi, creator of the astonishingly surreal Barcelona church, La Sagrada Famila, that has been in perpetual construction for 100 years.
He stares heavenward and points to the face of the church, where the word "Humilitas" is emblazoned over the doorway. Humility. "How strange to see that word on a facade," he said, with a sense of wonder. "It's lovely."


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Sustainability & Recycling - History
Sustainability is the focus of our efforts right now but the MUSC recycling program has been around for over 15 years and has a long list of accomplishments. For more information on the Sustainability Program at MUSC, call 2-4066 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Here are some of our recent accomplishments;
2014 Recycling Numbers
2013 Recycling Numbers
click here for pdf of 2013 highlights (2-page document)
Completed Sustainable projects:
- First LEED building (Bio Engineering Building) has earned GOLD certification!
- Geothermal system installed in Anderson House
- Heat Wheel installed in Harborview Tower
- Recycling truck converted to run on Bio-diesel
- Plug-in stations installed for Emergency vehicles
- Plug-in station for EV charging
- Over 1K employees commute daily on CARTA Park and Ride Express bus routes
- Chemical management policies are in place
- All fluorescent tubes on campus have been replaced by reduced mercury lamps
- Mercury thermometers have been eliminated
- Eco-Friendly Grounds: Pest Control (IPM), organic fertilizer and indigenous landscaping
- 2.8 million pounds were recycled
- 47,000 lbs of chemical related waste were burned for fuel
- Achieved $335,000 savings on the Medical Center landfill user fee since 1994
- Top 10 in two categories of Recyclemania 2012: office paper and cardboard
- MUSC's recycling program handled 27% of the institution's FY12 Total Solid Waste
Timeline: 2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010 - 2011 - 2012
- 1991: The Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Program started. Volunteers were assigned specific boxes to take care of. All money collected from this recycling program pays for non-medical items essential to the recovery of pediatric burn patients at MUSC. ACBC funds have also been used to build mobile fire-safety houses for fire and burn prevention education.
- 1992: The recycling committee was formed and had its first meeting on April 7th. The committee tackled questions like what to recycle, how to recycle, and where to take the commodities collected. Once these questions were answered the committee bought recycling bins for offices, set a training schedule, and set a date for the kick-off party.
- 1993: The kick-off party was set for Jan 15. The MUSC recycling logo was created in a contest and Dr. Recycle made his debut. Aluminum and scrap metal recycling was joined by cardboard, phone books, and office paper. University housekeeping and hospital environmental services collected paper from desk side bins and put it in 30 yard containers donated by Walmart. A baler for cardboard was brought online in the hospital. MUSC went from recycling 4 tons in three months to recycling 20 tons in three months. Recycling rate is 1.4%.
1994: Some ACBC volunteers left the university and cans bins were being neglected. The paper recycling program ceased to progress and took on a status quo effect. There were still some very good recyclers out there who managed to recycle over 110 tons for the 93-94 fiscal year. Recycling rate is 2.0%.
1995: In March, MUSC hired the first full time recycling coordinator. In June, the first Recycling Assistant was hired. By the end of the year, we were recycling in 18 buildings on campus. Yard waste, paint, newspaper, books, magazines, six-pack rings, ni-cad batteries, lead-acid batteries, plastic, glass, and steel were all added to the list of recyclables. MUSC recycled over 175 tons for 94-95 fiscal year. Recycling rate is 4.1%.
1996: The recycling office teamed with the legal office to achieve a refund of $28,700 on the user fee bill for 1994 and we saved $34,250 on the 1995 bill due to better record keeping by the recycling program. Scrap metal was added to the list of recyclables. By the end of the year, we were recycling in 29 buildings on campus. We were awarded the Best Collegiate Recycling Award from the South Carolina Clean and Beautiful Organization. Recycling rate is 10.8%.
- 1997: A $25,580 grant was received from the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management. The state negotiated with the county to reduce the user fee bill by 25% for a savings of $49,198. The second recycling assistant was hired in March and the third assistant in May. By the end of the year, we were recycling in 47 buildings on campus. We were awarded the Best Collegiate Recycling Award from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Recycling rate is 10.3%.
- 1998: A $20,000 grant was received from the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management. The state received another 25% reduction in the user fee bill for a savings of $56,614. By the end of the year, we were recycling in 64 buildings on campus. We added pallets and paint to our recyclables list. We were awarded the Spotlight Award for Excellence in Waste Reduction and Recycling from the Carolina Recycling Association. Recycling rate is 12.4%.
- 1999: We received a $15,000 grant from the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management, a $7,000 demonstration contract from the State Energy Office, and a grant of $15,000 from the Sustainable Universities Initiative to start a new waste reduction program which employs worms. Please visit the vermicompost page for more information. We added 4 new buildings to our collection schedule and a new cardboard baler at the Harper Student Center. Recycling rate is 13.6%.
- 2000: We started this year with a press release on the vermicomposting program. We were featured in an article in the Post and Courier, The State Paper, The Sun News, and the Charlotte Observer. The program has also been featured in the State Energy Office Newsletter The Energy Connection, the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management South Carolina Recycles Magazine, The Medical University of South Carolina's annual report, the Prudential Charleston Region Newsletter, and the Medical University of South Carolina Division of Finance and Administration Newsletter. We received a $10,000 grant from the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management to purchase a chipper/shredder and 90 gallon cart dumper. The grounds crew will use the chipper/shredder to mulch limbs and leaves for the campus. We put out over 100 new recycling bins and added 7 new buildings to our collection schedule. Recycling rate is 16%.
- 2001: In December 2000, we reduced our staff from 4 and a half to three and a half. Instead of dumping all our office paper into dumpsters we set up 4 stations to house our full 90 gallon carts. A contractor would empty these carts at these locations. This move cut our expenses dramatically. We then added a plastic, glass and steel recycling program to our list of recycling duties. Charleston County Recycling placed a container on campus for storage and transportation of these recyclables. The duty of making sure the non-hazardous waste oil was recycled was also added to our repertoire. In August, we added a new program to collect nickel cadmium, lithium ion, and nickel metal hydride batteries. We received a $10,000 grant from the Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Solid Waste Management to purchase 8-8 yard cardboard recycling containers like the ones you see at fast food restaurants with the slit in them, and more recycling bins to help us help you recycle. Recycling rate is 20%. Catalyst article
- 2002: We started the year with a 3.7% cut in State funding. The Recycling Coordinator received the Quest for Excellence First Mate Award from the MUSC Division of Finance and Administration for the fourth quarter of 2001. A fair amount of time was spent on rewriting and bidding the solid waste contract which was awarded to a new company in April and 24 dumpsters on campus were switched out. We started the year with low cardboard prices. The price of cardboard really hurt our recycling efforts. Toward the end of the year we found market options more favorable, prices and the amount of cardboard recycled were on the rise. The 8 yard containers for cardboard were purchased and Charleston County started to service them on June 8. This will free up 8 man hours and we will increase our plastic, glass, and steel collection service. MUSC recycled Quad C and D Buildings, Catalyst Article, CRA Article. MUSC was featured in an EPA Best Practices for Healthcare Facilities Guide on Reuseable Totes, Blue Wrap and Composting. In April, the State cut funding again by 2.52%. Our staff was reduced to two full-time and two part-time employees in the fall of 2002. Recycling rate is 21%.
- 2003: In May, we started transporting all of our office paper to the warehouse on Arco Lane. Once the paper is there it is emptied from 90 gallon carts into gaylord boxes and stored. Twice a month the Department of Corrections sends an 18 wheel trailer to pick up the boxes. All of the paper is then shredded and baled for recycling by DOC. The Hospital Authority started recycling disposable single use medical devises. The grounds crew started corral composting in January. MUSC Recycling was very busy with publishing information to help other Colleges and Universities learn from our success or from the success of others. Recycling and Beyond: A College Campus Primer written by MUSC Recycling Coordinator, Christine von Kolnitz and University of Oregon Recycling Coordinator, Karyn Kaplan was published on the internet. MUSC was featured in an EPA web page "EPA Colleges and Universities Integrated Strategy" Recycling rate is 26%.
- 2004: MUSC helped put together the H2E 10 Step Guide to Composting in Healthcare Facilities. The Aluminum Cans for Burned Children received a $620 donation from Alcoa see Catalyst Article. MUSC was sighted for information in a National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Vermicomposting Program at Clemson.
- 2005: The MUSC recycling department received recognition in the form of an article in the Charleston Regional Business Journal. The grounds crew took over the daily operation of the worm bin in November. MUSC wins EPA Waste Wise Award for Rookie Reporting and an honorable mention in the Collegiate Category. The CRA Fall R Word announces MUSC EPA Waste Wise Award. The MUSC Catalyst announced EPA Waste Wise Award. Office paper recycling went confidential this year. All office paper is now being handled securely and is being shredded.
2007: Campus-wide Lights Out campaign was launched. The goal of the campaign was to reduce MUSC's carbon footprint by educating the MUSC community on global warming. In April, the Sustainability Program was created. The President's Climate Commitment was signed by Dr Greenberg and a sustainability Action Plan was drafted: it was presented to the Medical Center Communications team on April 20 and included an employee education program focused on the need to conserve energy, reduce waste, promote reuse and increase recycling on campus. In July, the FY06 recycling figures were recognized by an Award from the Outstanding College and University Waste Reduction/Recycling Program. MUSC recycled a record 27% of solid Waste in 2006-2007
- MUSC Sustainability Program was featured on Wellness Wednesday:staff and students had an opportunity to ask questions and pick up free office supplies from the R.O.S.E. (Reusable Office Exchange) Program.
- MUSC Green Team was created and met the third Thursday of every month
- The February 1 issue of the Catalyst included a front page article about the first sustainable building on campus: College of Pharmacy's Anderson House was renovated and outfitted with a Geothermal Heat Pump for Climate control.
- MUSC Recycling program reached the Top 5 in three categories among the 200 schools that participated in the 2008 Recyclemania competition.
- Commuter Bus ridership rose by almost 200%. To encourage carpooling, assigned parking became available in August for registered participants. A Farmer's market took place in the horseshoe every Friday: several local vendors were invited and participated in this effort to buy local produce.
- Research funded by the Sustainable Universities Initiative was successful:
- Dr Michael Schmidt confirmed his hypothesis that Copper is effective in killing bacteria in the Operating Room http://www.musc.edu/pr/copper.htm
- Dr May discovered an alternative energy source in Microbial Based Fuel Cells
- Recycling truck was outfitted to run on Bio-Fuel
- MUSC was one of the recipients of the Environmental Justice Achievement Award http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2008/co10-31epa.html
- 28% of Solid waste was recycled in 2007-2008
- Energy Performance Contract was signed and implementation began with the new year: all toilets were changed reducing 2 gallons from every flush,aereators were installed on all faucets to further reduce water consumption. All light fixtures were changed to low mercury lights and work began on the boilers and steam projects. Read more...
- On Jan 18, MUSC joined the RecycleManiacs for another ten-week competition finishing in the top 25 contestants among 514 registered schools in Corrugated Cardboard and the top 30 in the recycled paper category.
- on Jan 29, MUSC's Anderson House wins the Preservation Society of Charleston Award - the renovation included the first geo-thermal heating and cooling unit on campus. Read more...
- On Mar 3, The MUSC Recycling Program was recognized by DHEC with an award for the Outstanding College and University Waste Reduction and Recycling Program.
- On April 28 MUSC Celebrated Earth Day with a Green Day festival. Over 30 vendors and approximately 1,000 people attended the event.
- July saw the groundbreaking ceremony for MUSC's first LEED certified building: the Bioengineering Building which will be home to several labs, classrooms and a large auditorium.
- on November 9-13 Sustainability Awareness Week was very instructive
- 25% of Solid Waste was recycled in 2009
- Work continues on the Energy Performance Contract: 49,000 light fixtures have been replaced for energy efficient ones, 1815 low flush toilets have been installed along with 211 urinals and 2571 flow restrictors. Automatic lighting and HVAC controls and elimination. For more information click here
- This year MUSC placed third in the paper recycling category and ranked 10th in the corrugated cardboard category among over 600 registered colleges and universities during the annual RecycleMania ten-week competition.
- On April 20th, MUSC's Earth Day celebration featured over 60 vendors who presented their green products and services to the over 2000 MUSC attendees. Click here for a presentation and pictures of the event.
- The Microbial Fuel Cell research project headed by Dr Harold May was awarded $2.3 million in federal funding: the project is now housed in the SCRA (South Carolina Research Authority) MUSC Innovation Center located at 645 Meeting Street. This facility will provide the support that the project needs to commercialize this renewable fuel source.
- Recycling made a grand debut at the graduation ceremonies on May 17, 2010. The commencement guide included location of recycling bins and an announcement was made by MUSC's President reminding attendees to place their unwanted programs and water bottles in the appropriate containers.
- The Sustainability Pledge was created to provide an opportunity for students, staff and faculty to make a commitment to participate in MUSC's effort to become a more sustainable campus. A link to the Pledge is available on the Sustainability and Recycling homepage.
- 27% of Solid Waste was recycled in 2010
- In 2011 MUSC received two awards: the DHEC Earth Day award and the Community Pride citizen award; see details here
- Recycling plastics from the OR began: containers were provided for each of the 19 procedure rooms and OR staff was instructed to collect the plastic in a designated container in the soiled utility room where we have access.
- This year MUSC placed 9th in the paper recycling category and ranked 18th in the corrugated cardboard category among over 600 registered colleges and universities during the annual RecycleMania ten-week competition.
- MUSC celebrated America Recycles Day on Nov 15th with a Clinics Recycle day. The focus of this year's educational effort was to create awareness of recycling in general: a free gift was offered to all those who brought an unusual item, one that was not being recycled already; click here for photos of the event
- Urban Garden was planted in March 2012 after asphalt was removed from parking lot at the corner of President and Bee streets; see pictures of the farm
- Arboretum designation is sought: we planted three native pines tres on April 27, inventory of trees revealed that we have over 3,000 trees, 66 species and about 300 are native. The goal is to increase the diversity while emphasizing native plantings; click here for more info on Grounds
- MUSC received the Green Business Pioneer Award on Feb 8 from the City of Charleston in recognition of this institution's support of green practices.
- This year MUSC placed seventh in the paper recycling category and ninth in the corrugated cardboard category among over 600 registered colleges and universities during the annual RecycleMania ten-week competition.
- MUSC Dental School participated in the 2012 Green Business Challenge - a friendly competition among businesses in Charleston to encourage businesses to reduce waste, increase efficiency in energy and water consumption and reward green purchasing.
- Earth Day was celebrated on April 22: it began with a Bike to Work day and bike registration opportunity. The whole day was a great success; see pictures here
- We participated in 2012 Keep Charleston Beautiful Clean Cities Sweep by adopting several commuter parking lots;
- We increased the amount of recycling collected at Graduation in May: 12 cases of water were sent to the Grounds department to keep workers hydrated during the hot weather, most of the programs were recovered and shredded and then recycled with our office paper and there were more bags of recycling than waste at the end of the ceremony.
- Our second shredding truck came into operations to join our over-tasked first truck. we now shred paper in all MUSC satellite clinics as well as weekly shredding at Trident Technical College.
- MUSC celebrated America Recycles Day on Nov 15th with a Clinics Recycle day. The focus of this educational effort was to create awareness of how toxic electronics can be to the environment if not disposed of properly: a free gift was offered to all those who brought an item of e-waste.
- In FY13 MUSC recycled 500 tons of paper and 380 tons of cardboard and 446 tons of other recyclable items for a total of 1,342 tons or 2,684,580 pounds of recycling or 27% of our waste. New this year is food waste (47 tons in FY13) the pre-consumer food waste from the cafeteria is being collected on Sabin Street in special green totes and sent to Bee's Ferry Compost facility. A portion of the compost that is produced returns to our campus to enrich the soil on MUSC grounds.
- We finished 2013 RecycleMania in the middle of the pack: our best results were in paper and cardboard followed by plastics, glass and metals. The weekly Trivia question was a popular activity and brought many visitors to our site. The questions focused on our campus and helped increase awareness of current sustainable practices at MUSC.
- MUSC was the recipient of the 2013 Stephanie Davis Waste Reduction Award in recognition of MUSC's efforts to "green" healthcare.
- Community Pride presented two Captain Pride awards to MUSC: The Captain Pride award was presented to Grounds Department and to the Office of Health promotion and Sodexo our cafeteria operator. Community Pride, Inc. of Charleston County is a non-profit organization that promotes environmental stewardship among all citizens of Charleston County.
- MUSC participated for a fourth year in the City of Charleston Green Business Challenge: The College of Dental Medicine continued their participation in an attempt to achieve the goals that had not bee attained in their first year. Sodexo joined the Challenge this year.
- Earth Day was celebrated on April 16th in the horseshoe with over 60 vendors who displayed their green services, products, crafts and shared their love of the environment with our staff, students and faculty.
- On April 26th, and in celebration of National Arbor Day, MUSC received Arboretum designation and Tree Campus USA certification. Focused on diversification with a special emphasis in planting native trees and plants, the grounds department has again surpassed itself in the beautification of our grounds: 55 trees were added this year alone! The Greenberg Greenway was dedicated in the summer in appreciation of Dr Greenberg's contribution to making MUSC a GREENER campus! Thank you Dr Greenberg, you are sorely missed!
- America Recycles Day was celebrated on Nov 15th with great success. click here for pictures of our Green Events
- South Carolina State Arbor Day was celebrated on December 5th vendors included tree landscape and garden service providers as well as suppliers. Local artists with a focus on trees, nature and wood were present as well as Bee Keepers!
- The Medicinal Garden is providing us with a great educational tool on how to use herbs for healing.
- The Butterfly garden is educating our community about the importance of creating and preserving special habitats for insects and birds.
- The MUSC Urban Farm had a good harvest in 2013 which was shared with local organizations such as Ronal McDonald House and Crisis Ministries. Community members who helped plant, weed or harvest also partook of the bounty. 240 educational sessions were held at the Urban Farm in 2013

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1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . Of all posterity! (Milton)
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Baby It's You! - This new Broadway musical tells the inspiring story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who changed the recording world forever when she discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records, becoming the music industry's first female powerhouse. Starring Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) as Greenberg.
High - When Sister Jamison Connolly (Kathleen Turner) agrees to sponsor a 19-year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat his addiction, her own faith is ultimately tested. Struggling between the knowledge she possesses as a rehabilitation counselor and a woman of religious conviction, she begins to question her belief in miracles and whether people can find the courage to change.
The Motherf**cker With the Hat - In this new high-octane, verbal cage match about love, fidelity, and misplaced haberdashery Jackie and Veronica have been in love since the 8th grade. But now, although Jackie is clean and sober on parole under the guidance of his sponsor, Ralph D, he's living with volatile Veronica who, while fiercely loving, is far from sober. Starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock and Annabella Sciorra.
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Pain-free Stubbs set for Monday return
Pain-free Stubbs set for Monday return
CINCINNATI -- Reds fans may see a familiar face in the lineup Monday night as center fielder Drew Stubbs is set to make his return to Cincinnati after three rehab appearances in Class A Dayton.
Stubbs, who has been out since June 6 with a strained left oblique, made his second of three scheduled starts for Dayton on Saturday, again playing without pain.
Stubbs played seven innings in the 6-3 loss, going 0-for-4 at the plate with one strikeout.
Stubbs played five innings Friday night with an 0-for-2 showing at the plate, and is set to play a full nine innings Sunday before returning to the club Monday.
"That's the plan, but I have a lot of plans," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It depends on how he feels. I'm sure he'll be back here, probably."


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How to create a D3D Hack
Hello everyone, this guide I will explain how to create a D3D hack, I will do for Metin2, but you can do it with anything you want.
Materials needed:
- VC++ 6.0: Download
- MS DirectX SDK 9.0 (Summer 2004):Download
- D3D framework per D3D8 e D3D9 (Hans' s base):Download
Now we prepare the project:
First of all, for those who had not already done so, you need to install VC + + 6.0 and the SDK that you downloaded.
Open VC + + 6.0 and then create a new project for a DLL by going to "File> New> Data Projects> Win32 Dynamic-Link Library> Ok." Project Name is precisely the name of the project, for example, I'll call M2 D3D Hack. There you will open a new window where you choose "An empty DLL project" and press Finish.
Now we import the files into the project by going to the Hans' base "Project> Add to Project> Files ", find the folder of the base of Hans and set the following files one by one:
- D3dbase.h
- D3dbase.cpp
- D3dmenu.h
- D3dmenu.cpp
- Hackbase.cpp
Important: Do not import the files "d3dfont .*"
We prepare the import of the SDK:
Now we turn to import the files and libraries we need to work in D3D. Go to "Tools> Options> Directories tab" us ensure that the parameter "Show directories for" there is "Include Files" and add a new line in the folder "includes" contained in scrtella where you installed the SDK, in my case is: "E:\PROGRAMMI\MICROSOFT DIRECTX 9.0 SDK (SUMMER 2004)\INCLUDE"
Now in "Show directories for" choose "Library Files" and instead of the folder "includes" add the folder "LIB" that in my case here: "E:\PROGRAMMI\MICROSOFT DIRECTX 9.0 SDK (SUMMER 2004)\LIB"
Configure the base for D3D8/D3D9:
Now depending on the game choose between D3D9 or D3D8, in my case I use the D3D8 and then go to edit the file d3dbase.h:
And replace it with://#define FOR_D3D8
#define FOR_D3D9
Now everything is ready and you can test that there are no errors by pressing F7, if built correctly means that we can continue and enter the number of hacks!Code:
#define FOR_D3D8
//#define FOR_D3D9
We create the functions for the hack:
We must now create the functions for the various hacks that call again.
As an example I will create a function that changes the speed of movement (Metin2). The base pointer is 0x5F29BC (old) while the two are respectively offset 0x10 and 0x5B6 in hex of course.
The first step is to define the various Address / Offsets (do this in just under the include "hackbase.cpp")
And this is how we can simply create a function that changes the speed of movement (still in "hackbase.cpp"):#define Base_Pointer 0x5F29BC
#define Ofs_MovSpeed_1 0x10
#define Ofs_MovSpeed_2 0x5B6
We need to create the various options to select multiple speeds, for example, we do so that you can choose the speed from 1 to 4 with a range of "0.5". Then also add a variable that allows us to choose the 'hack must be enabled by default or not.void MovSpeed(speedVal)
DWORD Addy1 = *(DWORD*)Base_Pointer; //I read the value of the base pointer
DWORD Addy1 = *(DWORD*)(addy1+Ofs_MovSpeed_1) + Ofs_MovSpeed_2; //I read the value of the value of base pointer + the first offset addy + the second offset
*(DWORD*)Addy1 = speedVal; //Change the address of the speed with the value "speedVal" which will be defined by using the function
In this case, I place "CH_Movspeed = 0" so that when you inject the hack is the speed of movement will be set to OFF. If I wanted to set it up as 2.5 I have declared: "CH_Movspeed = 5" because if "Off" is in position 0 of the list, 2.5 is in fifth place.char *opt_MovSpeed[] = { "Off", "0,0", "1,0", "1,5", "2,0", "2,5", "3,0", "3,5", "4,0" };
int CH_MovSpeed = 0;
Add hacks into d3d menu:
Let us then adding the hack menu, to do so you add a new line between existing as:
Where "Mov Speed" is the text that appears in the menu, CH_MovSpeed is the variable declared previously that contains the state of the hack (enabled, disabled, etc.), opt_MovSpeed are available and the number 9 instead of options.pMenu->AddItem("Mov Speed" , &CH_MovSpeed , opt_MovSpeed, 9);
Now we adapt the function created above to our options:
void MovSpeed(speedVal)
DWORD Addy1 = *(DWORD*)Base_Pointer;
DWORD Addy1 = *(DWORD*)(addy1+Ofs_MovSpeed_1) + Ofs_MovSpeed_2;
*(long*)Addy1 = (16226 + (speedVal * 0,5 * 60));
Doing it this way, if we set up the hack for example "0.0" which is the number one option we have: 15256 + (1 x 0.5 x 60) = 16,256 which is the default speed of Metin2.
If, however, will be set to "2.5" is the fifth option we have: 15256 + (5 x 0.5 x 60) = 16,406 and so on ...
We implement the functions in the menu:
Now we're almost done, we just attach our function with the menu. To do this we always go in "hackbase.cpp" and see:
Change this function:// Seperate thread for making hacks
DWORD WINAPI HACKthread( LPVOID param )
// --- hack loop
while (1) {
// ..if (CH_stamina) ....
// ..
return 0;
We've finished! To release the hack going on "Build> Set Active Project Configuraton" and choose "Win32-Release". Finally, press F7 and find our DLL into the folder of our project!// Seperate thread for making hacks
DWORD WINAPI HACKthread( LPVOID param )
// --- hack loop
while (1) {
if (CH_MovSpeed != 0)
return 0;
Now it's up to you to try to understand everything and how to create something more advanced. For the functions of the methods I used some 'orthodox hurry but you can use the method that will seem more appropriate


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Waters Introduces Bill to Reform the Use of Consultants in Banking Enforcement Consent Orders
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, announced today that she has introduced legislation to reform the use of independent consultants in banking regulation and enforcement processes. She is joined by Representatives Elijah E. Cummings, Al Green and John Conyers, Jr. as original cosponsors.
The Stop Outsourcing Banking Enforcement and Examination Act would impose significant transparency measures on banking enforcement by requiring that consent orders between federal banking regulators and companies subject to their oversight be made public whenever the use of outside consultants in involved.
The legislation is primarily intended to address conflicts of interest in the use of independent consultants which are paid by the institutions whose work they have been hired to investigate. For example, in the Independent Foreclosure Review, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency instructed mortgage servicers to hire outside consultants to determine the degree of harm those companies had done to borrowers who had been foreclosed upon improperly.
The bill mandates strict conflict of interest rules by requiring the disclosure of any business relationship between consultants, banking regulators, and financial institutions. It would also bar independent consultants from reviewing their own work, or from participating in a consent order when their work will be concurrently reviewed by other consultants.
"There are clear conflicts of interest in the use of private consultants which are paid by the companies they oversee," said Congresswoman Waters. "This is not "independence" – it is work for hire. It is not an academic issue. In the case of the Independent Foreclosure Review, when "independent" consultants fail to accurately assess error rates for improper foreclosures, it means that regulators may vastly underestimate the damage done to aggrieved borrowers. This conflict of interest favors the companies which pay outside consultants over the consumers who have been wronged. The situation clearly requires a legislative remedy."
Other enhanced oversight provisions mandated by the legislation include:
Ranking Member Waters has repeatedly and outspokenly criticized the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process, which she has closely monitored since its inception in early 2011.


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release is subject to the bidding requirements of this
Section. Offers to purchase capacity must include desired
receipt and delivery point(s), contract volume, and contract
term and price information.
(c) A Releasing Shipper may post an offer to release capacity by
completing the Request Form for Release of Firm Capacity on
Paiute's Electronic Bulletin Board. Basis for released
quantity should be per day for transportation, storage
injection, storage withdrawal, and a per-release quantity
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addition, offers to release capacity may be made by
submitting to Paiute in hard copy form the Request Form for
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Selectable audio and subtitle stream for default settings.
Just like a regular DVD player we should be able to select which audio and subtiitle stream we want our WD TV to have as default.198 votes
Support for video playlists
It's useful for playing music videos without pauses. I have hundreds of music videoclips and it's most annoying to have to select one video after another.
So making a video playlist would be perfect as we could just pick the one we wanted and the WDTV would play those videoclips without stopping.
And it should have also the ability to play them randomly , with repeat functions.193 votesstarted · 3 comments · Admin →
support of DV format will be appreciate
I cannot view my DV camcorder movies :(189 votes
Bug: 23.976fps files @ 1080p/24 still stutter
In "1080p 24Hz" display resolution mode, 23.976 fps video files (e.g. .M2TS) suffer a short stuttering/juddering in an exactly 40-seconds cycle.189 votes
DVD ISO Support for Chapters shorter than 30 mins
DVD Isos with chapters shorter than 30 mins (< 1GB) are not playable... Why?187 votes
Support for .CUE audio playlists
To be able to play .cue playlists (handy for single CD-Flacfiles with -cue files as produced by for instance EAC)182 votes
Go in standby when powering on
When i power on my Hifi-Hardware WDTV automatically starts. I want it to go into standby like any other hardware (TV,AV-Receiver,Sat-Receiver...).182 votes
ape codec
please try to implement this codec155 votes
Shut-down timer
I'd like to see a simple shot-down timer implemented.
Just something like 15,30,45,60,90,120min would be cool.
It could be placed under the menu that you get while playing video (where you have subtitles, zoom,etc)150 votes
exFAT support
it's new file system. replacement for FAT32.
no limits for file size and more....150 votes
to easily switch list/thumbnail view when navigating folders
It should be possible to easily (at the press of a button) switch between LIST VIEW and THUMBNAIL VIEW, while navigating folders. Without going to the Settings. Because some folders look better with thumbs, and others (esp when no thumbs available) look better in list.149 votes
Add Dutch language support
For the menu.145 votes
support .mov file (video/audio) taken by Canon SX1 is
Able to playback .mov files by Canon SX1 with:
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Codec ID : sowt139 votes
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Would be nice to change skins so the looks of your browser can be changed just like eg winamp.137 votes
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bit-transparent Audio playback
Play (send) audio file without reclocking nor up/downsampling. So for example, 44.1KHz/16 bit files comes out as 44/1KHz/16bit through the Toslink interface.135 votes
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With Charlie Strong's arrival at Louisville, the state of Florida immediately became a major priority in recruiting. Already Strong has had tremendous success in the Sunshine State. On Thursday night that success continued with the commitment of Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Treasure Coast center Mike Romano.
"I committed to Louisville," Romano said Thursday evening. "I've been talking to my coach and my parents for the past couple of days about committing and I felt that Louisville is the best place for me."
The major factors that played into Romano's decision were his faith in Charlie Strong and his familiarity with the program.
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"I know Coach Strong is going to turn that program around and my boy Deon (Rogers) is up there too so I'll have a teammate up there with me," he said.
Another major positive for Louisville is the opportunity to play early.
"They told me that if I enroll early, I'd be able to start as a freshman," he said. "Playing time is a big thing for me. I want to go to a college where I can have an immediate impact."
Romano has yet to visit the Louisville campus but has plans on visiting along with 2010 commitment Deon Rogers for the Louisville spring game this spring. The commitment was one that Romano wanted to get out of the way early so that he could focus his attention on closing out his high school career.
Though Florida is typically known for talent at the skill positions, there is still plenty of talent in the trenches as well. Romano is one representative of that talent. Along with his ability though, he has the mentality you want out of an offensive lineman.
"My strength is just being aggressive until the whistle is blown on every play," he said. "I keep running my feet until that whistle is blown."
Along with his interest from Louisville, Romano was picking up interest from the likes of Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Miami and USF. Though he is a solid commitment, Romano does plan on taking official visits in the fall.


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India is another home of mine: Pak folk singer
Pakistan folk singer Arif Lohar who recently performed in Amritsar, says both Pakistan and India must encourage music festivals.chandigarh Updated: Oct 23, 2013 11:50 IST
'Jugni king' Arif Lohar — the famous folk singer from Pakistan — who made Indian music lovers love Sufi music even more, reworked his magic and left the audience spellbound last Friday during a two-day Sufi festival in the city, called Amrit De Sur, which was organised by Music Today and Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board (PHTPB).
Arif had travelled a long distance from Delhi, where he had gone to perform before coming to Amritsar, but exertion was nowhere written on his face as he talked with HT.
(Arif Lohar during his performance in Amritsar last week. HT Photo)
"It really excites me whenever I am in India and I thank everyone who loves me so much. As always, I am offered superb hospitality, so much so that I feel at home here. I will continue coming to India to not only entertain, but also to promote love and peace between both India and Pakistan," he said. About Amritsar, Arif paused to think before commenting, "Amritsar was the first platform where I performed in India, and it all began with the blessings of the late couple Mrs and Mr Shivender Sandhu, who gave me the chance to come to India in 2007 for their Saanjh festival that took off in the same year."
Arif hails from a rich musical family of Pakistan and says he took inspiration from his father, Aalam Lohar. It is now Arif's turn to feel proud of his six-year-old son who is also following in the footsteps of his father. "My blessings are with him and I will continue to inspire and support him," beamed Arif, who has toured all over the world for his concerts.
In India, his recent hit songs such as Jugni from the film Cocktail and Bhaag Milkha from the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag have made him a popular name. For Jugni, he "thanks Allah for making the family creation a super hit all over the world." His passion in Sufi music is the language of the soul, says Arif. "Sufism is more than just singing, it gives many inspiring and meaningful messages, teaches the society the right way of life and expresses what our soul wants to say," added the singer.
To the youth, Arif advises to never forget their roots and heritage. "If we cannot respect our own culture and traditions, we will never be able to stand tall in life," he believes.
Now that Diwali is around the corner, Arif had another message for the youngsters.
"It is a very special festival. Let us say no to fireworks and celebrate it with lights and sweets, especially ladoos, which are my favourite and of course by promoting love and peace," he smiled.
Before signing off, Arif doesn't forget to add that governments of both India and Pakistan must encourage music festivals that not only promote culture but also galvanise cordial relations between the two countries.


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OverviewMoose Peak is located in the heart of the high Uintas of Utah in the northeast corner of the state, south of Wyoming. It lies in the middle of the Squaw benchmark ridge which is positioned between the Little East Fork Blacks Fork and the East Fork Smiths Fork. Virtually all of the Uinta peaks do not stand out by themselves. They are merely bumps connected to other bumps along long ridges. Moose Peak is no exception, but while it may be just a tiny bump on a long ridge, it is a very pretty, tiny bump on a very pretty, long ridge, with amazing scenery all about. Located to its southeast are the Red Castle Lakes and Wilson Peak.
To the west of Moose Peak lies the Blacks Fork Ridge and behind it the 13000 footers East Lovenia, Lovenia, Wasatch BM, NW Wasatch, and Tokewanna, all poke out.
The north ridge of Moose Peak is very gently graded tundra, as are the north ridges of many other Uinta Peaks on the north slope, such as Lamotte, North Beulah, Powell, and Tokewanna. These ridges do not steepen until shortly before their corresponding peaks.
The south ridge of Moose Peak consists of a series of bumps which look brick red close up but from far away the whole ridge looks pink on its east side.
In general, views north along the ridge have a reddish hue. At the time I hiked this peak, views to the south were distinctly brown and not very colorful. Like most other Uinta Peaks, the summit consists of a jumbled up pile of rocks.
To the south of Moose Peak, along the ridge, lies 12686' Squaw Peak. The highpoint of the ridge is 12990' Squaw Benchmark, located at the very south end. At the north end is Bald Mountain (11776').
Moose Peak is 12780 feet tall and has a prominence of 400 feet putting it at number 30 of 118 on Scott's list of 12000 footers in Utah with over 200 feet of prominence. It has no official name.
Getting ThereMoose Peak is most easily accessed by the East Fork Blacks Fork Trailhead which is the way I went, but you can also access it by the China Meadows Trailhead.
East Fork Blacks Fork Trailhead
Take I80 to exit 34 in Wyoming and head to Fort Bridger. Go 5.3 miles to a blinking red light. Turn right on Wyoming state route 414 and go 3 miles to Wyoming state route 410. Turn right onto 410 and follow it for 13 miles. First you will see a sign that says the pavement ends in 750 feet. Shortly you will see another sign for "Blacks Fork River Access Area" and then another one that says "Wasatch Nat'l Forest/Meeks Cabin 13". If you miss the signs, don't worry, the three sets of rumble strips should wake you up. Do as the signs say and turn left. The road you turn onto starts out paved but soon changes to dirt. Follow the main road 23.6 miles to the signboard (just past a gate) for the East Fork Blacks Fork Trail. The trail start is just before the signboard. There is no parking right at the trail start. Instead, continue on the road for just a few feet and turn right and then left into the parking lot.
On the Wyoming side, the dirt road is beautifully graded and maintained and you can make good time. Once it crosses the Utah border it gets noticably worse and once it passes the intersection with the dirt road headed for the Mirror Lake Highway, it gets worse still. It's somewhat rocky but is fine for passenger cars if you go slow.
China Meadows
Take I80 to exit 34 in Wyoming and head to Fort Bridger. Go 5.3 miles to a blinking red light. Turn right onto Wyoming state route 414 and go 3 miles to Wyoming state route 410. Turn right onto 410 and follow it for 7 miles until it makes the second sharp right bend where there is a sign for Robertson. At this bend, you go straight onto a very well maintained dirt road. Follow the signs for the China Meadows Trailhead which you will reach in 20 miles or so.
Red Tape
Normal wilderness area restrictions apply. Check the signboard at the trailhead for the most uptodate information.
There is a free campground at the East Fork Blacks Fork Trailhead. There are 7 official sites all of which have fire pits. Four of these have picnic tables and three do not. Even on weekends, I've seen at most three sites in use. There is no water so you need to bring your own.
When to Climb
Late summer and early fall are great times to hike in the Uintas, because the temperatures are still fairly warm, the stream crossings are easier, and there are no mosquitoes.
The dirt road to the East Fork Blacks Fork Trailhead is not plowed.
The dirt road to the China Meadows Trailhead is only plowed for the first 7-8 miles or so. The plowing stops at the left turn to the Henrys Fork Trailhead.
Routes OverviewLittle East Fork Blacks Fork
Judging from a map and pictures, it looks as though one could scramble up the west ridge of Moose Peak to the summit. As shown in the picture to the left there wouldn't be many trees on this route, so if you hate bushwhacking, this might be a good way to ascend the ridge. But, since I have not personally gone this way, I cannot vouch for it.
East Fork Smiths Fork
Judging from a map and pictures, it looks as though one could scramble up to either the north or south saddles of Moose Peak from the East Fork Smiths Fork Trail accessed via the China Meadows Trailhead. The terrain does not look particularly difficult, however, I did not go this way so I can not personally vouch for it. It is clear however, that this side of the ridge is generally less steep than the west side of the ridge, (i.e. the Little East Fork Blacks Fork side).
Squaw Benchmark Ridge Loop
Instead of climbing Moose Peak directly as in the two routes mentioned above, I think it is more rewarding to get on the ridge at your first opportunity and walk along the whole thing. You can start at the East Fork Blacks Fork Trailhead, bushwhack up to the ridge, follow the ridge over Moose Peak, Squaw Peak, and Squaw Benchmark to point 12960, turn west and follow the main Uinta crest west to Squaw Pass, and then take the Little East Fork Blacks Fork and the East Fork Blacks Fork trails back to the trailhead. Check the route page for more info.
Mountain Weather
A typical summer day in the Uintas dawns without a cloud in the sky. By mid morning faint wisps of clouds are seen on the horizon. By midday the sky is half full of big puffy clouds. In the afternoon the sky is mostly overcast and possibly raining, but by early evening blue sky makes a comeback. Afternoon thunderstorms are frequent.
Here is a link to the current 7 day forecast for Moose Peak.


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These Stunning Photos Of Woodstock In 1969 Perfectly Capture The Moment. Just Wow.
On August 15, 1969, people came together to celebrate peace, love, and rock 'n' roll in upstate New York. The festival was marketed as "Three Days of Peace and Music." The event was organized to raise enough funds to build a recording studio. A 600-acre farm served as the gathering place of what was initially going to be 186,000 attending, turned out to be about 500,000 people at Woodstock.
The self-described hippies enjoyed a weekend of music from Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, Joan Baez, and Jimi Hendrix. Rolling Stones magazine has named what is now simply called Woodstock as part of the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll".
The original Woodstock poster.
186,000 tickets were slated to be sold. When nearly 300,000 people began to show up on Friday, organizers made the event free to everyone.
The youth of the 1960s began to be referred as Woodstock Nation.
The location: Max Yasgur's dairy farm. When asked for his location to repeat the Woodstock phenomenon, Yasgur said he would stick to dairy farming.
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Guests receive free parking during their stay, this package includes 6 more days of parking.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes have signed goaltender Jason LaBarbera to a two-year contract, the team announced Monday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
LaBarbera played in 17 games with the Coyotes last season, posting a 7-6-3 record with a 3.26 goals-against average, a .909 save percentage and two shutouts. On March 18, LaBarbera recorded a team season high 46 saves against the Canucks.
Since joining the Coyotes as a free agent in 2009, LaBarbera has recorded a 15-11-4 record over 34 games.
"We are very pleased to sign Jason to a new contract," general manager Don Maloney said. "Jason is a quality NHL goaltender who has played well for us and been an extremely reliable player. We look forward to having him back next season."
In seven seasons with the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks and the Coyotes, LaBarbera has played in 141 games posting a record of 52-55-14 with a 2.90 GAA, a .906 save percentage and six shutouts.


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DOCTORS' GUIDE TO CHRONIC PAIN: The Newest, Quickest, and Most Effective Ways to Find Relief
More than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, says the author of this book on conventional and alternative treatments for pain, and 25 million more experience acute pain each year. If those sufferers are patient enough to wade through the sea of extraneous information and redundancies at the beginning of this book, they'll be pleased to find easy to implement self-care tips, medical measures and complimentary options on ailments ranging from arthritis to chronic fatigue syndrome, neck pain to premenstrual syndrome. There's a particularly helpful discussion of various drug treatments including NSAIDs (like ibuprofen and naproxen), acetaminophens (like Tylenol) and opioids (such as codeine and morphine). Laliberte, a freelance health writer, also addresses the "mind over matter" aspects of pain, explaining, "[H]ow you handle your feelings can make a difference in how much you suffer," before discussing yoga and other "tension-taming tactics." The chapter on "Getting Physical" offers instruction on such therapies as exercise, massage, whirlpools, electrical stimulation and ultrasound. This general book contains a wealth of information for pain sufferers, and the sidebars, illustrations and glossary add further value. (Mar.)
Release date: 03/01/2004


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I have been taking Cialis for about a 1 1/2 weeks now and both my wife and I have noticed a change in my behavior towards her. I have gone from not being able to get a real hard erection to now getting erections throughout the day for the smallest of reasons. I find now that I want sex so badly that I behave in an aggressive manner. We have had sex once since I've started taking Cialis, but now I have an insatiable appetite for sex. I seem to being making many bonehead choices such as fondling her in her sleep or turning to porn the minute she turns her back so as to masturbate, these are things I know she doesn't like and that I haven't done in the past. They are out of character for me and these decisions I've made have led to more serious problems in an already heavily troubled marraige.
ED was one of the issues that has troubled our marraige over the last 8 months and now I am behaving like a different person in just this last 1 1/2 weeks.
Is it possible that Cialis (or ED medicine in general) can be the cause of this? If so, can anyone tell me where I can find out more information on this?
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My pharmacy found a study that was reported in a medical journal called The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. The study is called "Neurologic, psychological, and aggressive disturbances with sildenafil." It reveals that there is some evidence suggesting a link between sildenafil and aggressive behavior. The way my pharmacist explained the study was that sildenafil may cause aggressive behavior by inhibiting PDE-5 in the brain.
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Thank you for being honest about this....I am having the same problem but I am on the other end of it! My husband is doing the same thing to me! It has become serious and now to the point that he has gotten physical when I denied him sex! I don't know what to do because I don't want to call the police because this is not who he is, and by putting him in jail won't help the problem because it will be the same thing when he was to get out! Also, on the other hand I don't want to sport a black eye for weeks because this medication has caused this problem. I have contact his doctor and waiting for a call back from them!
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When men are denied sex, especially once they have an erection, they get extremely frustrated! If this is coupled with other emotions in a relationship, it can get out of hand.
I have come off the "sledgehammer" PDE5s, because they force a strong physiological reaction and have a variety of side effects.
A much softer and natural way to try to fix ED with positive side effects is (1) switch diet to unprocessed, natural, caveman foods, (2) start lifting weights, which improves body composition, sleep and confidence (such as stronglifts 5x5) and (3) use a few sensible supplements like Carnitine, Omega-3 (wholemega is really high quality), Gingko Biloba and Arginine, which will improve overall circulation - also where it counts. I have been taking L-arginine from Germany called amitamin M Forte.
All the supplements are available over the counter for relatively little money, but you do need to make sure you take good quality and the right dose. This is a very subtle and natural way to get healthy and blood flowing again.
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If that picture is the clearest frame, then it's impossible. There just isn't enough information to pick out any distinctive shapes. Sometimes different frames can reveal different unique characteristics and by piecing them together you can reconstruct the image, but this image is out of focus and overexposed. There is no identifiable shape in that plate. You can't even tell how many characters it's supposed have, much less what they are. No amount of enhancing can bring out something that isn't there.
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Yeah I figured it was a longshot so what about camera 2?
Man what the hell remember that movie with kevin costner what was it no way out? They were using computers with the power of a casio watch to clear up that picture remember
The ones I've helped nab have usually been from recognizing the vehicle later in the same general area. Canvassing the neighborhood with a photo helps sometimes if anyone was paying attention. Then I would turn the investigation over to the DA and let them follow it up. A few times I've been lucky enough to capture a face and that was a positive ID.
Never have been able to get a license plate clearly enough to be of much help. That takes a good quality camera and a decent recording format and a lot of luck. Most regular outdoor surveillance cameras end up with dirt on the lens or spiderwebs and are recorded on older timelaspe VCRs, so not much to work with at times.
I did manage to upgrade our equipment and get some higher definition cameras (600 line) and a couple of C-mount telephoto lenses and a low light (.0001 lux) camera for night use. I also picked up a DVR with H.264 encoding and motion detection and two 500GB HDDs, and it could record at 15fps or 30fps and still have room left on the drives even after a day or two. With motion detection or scheduling, a week or two.
Our Sheriffs electronic crime unit was using a low end Dazzle box for capture on a older Emachine. They apparently never watched CSI. I did introduce them to VirtualDub and Gimp.
I enhance the capped images with Photoshop and give them that, plus caps of the original for evidence, and they've done fairly well prosecuting after the DA finishes their investigation.
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Dude, did you blur out the bottom of that 2nd screenshot? 'Cuz it's been blurred to a rediculous amount (after about 2/3 of the way down).
I can see the very top of the head/tail lights and car model insignia/logo, and then, WHAM, it's like a smudge/wipe.
Note: as mentioned above, you could use a video system with motion tracking (like "anti-shake"), combined with frame summation--IF you have more shots before and after in the sequence and they're not all crap either. But don't hold your breath..
yeah, I agree with redwudz. You can do some superb things with decent source footage, but the worse it gets the less you can do of use (and often, the LESS processing you should do or you'll be creating weird artifacts). This stuff is 'pert near bottom-of-the-barrel when it comes to IDENTIFICATION (it's fine for recognition).
That first pic at the top I zoomed in with Sony Vegas I thought maybe somehow I could do somethin with the vegas software to get the plate #. I know who this guy is that I got a problem with. Short story he tried to break down my front door and if it would have been wood and not steel it would have been busted down. I got a criminal mischief case against him. Misdeameanor. So if I ever catch him on my property then I got a trespass case.
Yeah I got the survelliance system pretty much figured out. I've got everything hardwired and I'm using a computer as my dvr. I've got my cameras power plugged into one box which uses only one outlet so that was pretty cool. I need to add a couple of ups boxes for the computer and camera power supply. Surprisingly the computer dvr (vista) works pretty good without freezing or rebooting. Yeah I still need to add a couple of more cameras. Thats the good thing bout havin more than one different angles.
This whole situation has been pretty expensive between the firearms,ammo,target range(ranch land), gas to drive to range, beer to drink at ranch, and cameras and accessories.
So is the bottom line that if I can't see the image in my recording theres no way to enhance it to make out a face or license plate?
What you need is a good high resolution still camera with a motion sensing trigger. Or maybe a good high definition camcorder. Those might give you enough to work with, especially if they are zoomed into a narrow area.
So, if I get this right, you're saying these screenshots are processed and not sources?
If you want better suggestions here, you're gonna have to give us originals to work with...
edit: and if you want any more help from me, lose the ethnic remarks! I'm married to a wonderful hispanic-american and lived in Austin for many years, so I know the people there (of various ethnicities)--that kind of crap is totally unnecessary.
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Let me just stick to my original question I was just trying to give a little bit of the story cause in a way its kind of funny. Plus maybe someone went thru the same dill with a neighbor and went the cctv route and had some good info like redwudz gave me.
Yes those are screenshots from avi files from my computer dvr.
I guess just to wrap it up to enhance the video just use gimp and photoshop?
The dvr is recording in 640 x 480 and I have the De-inerlace unchecked and record quality is set to highest.
In your second sample image:
everything outside the highlighted area is wasted pixels. The area interest is roughly 320x200, 64,000 pixels. The license plate covers about 14x8 pixels. If you had used an 8 megapixel camera and zoomed into that small area you would have 8 million pixels (~3600x2400) to work with instead of 64,000. The license plate would cover about 140x80 pixels. You probably would have been able to read the license plate easily.
A clear license plate at ~140x80 (a digital camera image wouldn't be this sharp):
And at 14x8 (again, a digital camera will not give an image even this sharp):
You will never be able to read the text in the smaller image.
I'll do it....I'll pawn my 52 in tv and my truck...
Set up a motion-sensitive pencil cam in the back of the p/u (or even inside the cab pointing out the back)
John, were you able to get Vegas software to figure out the license plate?
I had some issues with cars entering my drive way and found a hi res camera at www.apexcctv.com that did the trick for me. it is only $95 with 520 TVL, part # is AP-148Z.
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