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Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number: (706) 823-3408. Tournament reports must include first and last names of the participants, total numbers of fish and total weight of the catch.
Catch for Cancer Open Team
Bass Tournament
Feb. 26, Wildwood Park
This is an Evans High School senior project. Entry fee is $90 per team and includes big fish pot. Entrants must be checked in by 6 a.m. tournament day at the ramp. Tournament hours are safe light until 3:30 p.m. More information: Travis Howard, (706) 294-3212, or Eric Mora, (706) 533-0639
4th annual Tommy Shaw Memorial
Open Team Bass Tournament
March 19 at Wildwood Park
First place team wins a guaranteed $5,000. Entry fee is $100, plus $10 big fish pot fee. Two big fish pots available. $50 additional fee if neither team member is affiliated with the Clark Hill Committee. Pre-registration will take place at Academy Sports and Outdoors, 4210 Washington Road, in Evans on March 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Drawing for boat positions will start at 7. Late registration will be held tournament day at the ramp starting at 5 a.m. Entrants must be checked in by 6 a.m. tournament day. More information: Larry Gilpin, (706) 738-7663, or Barry Frazier, (706) 829-3850.
36th annual Rebel Open
March 26, Thurmond Lake
Dorn Boating and Fishing Complex
On Hawe Creek
First place is $1,000 guaranteed. Entry fee is $100 per team before March 26, $110 per team on tournament day. Big fish pot $10 per team. One place paid for each seven boats. Tournament hours are safe light until 3 p.m. For entry forms and other information: (864) 992-4540, or (864) 229-9769.
Savannah River Bass Tournament
Open Team Event
Next: March 20. Entry fee is $20 per person with 100 percent payback. Includes big fish pot. Five-fish limit. Tournament hours safe light until noon. Weigh-in at upstream ramp inside Lock and Dam Park before noon. No fishing down river. No early weigh-ins. More information: Joey Bishop at (706) 755-4651.
Saturday Morning Open Team
Bass Tournament
Next: Saturday, Wildwood Park. Tournament hours are safe light until 4 p.m. Entry fee is $50, including big fish pot. Five-fish limit. More information: Eric Mora, (706) 533-0639.
Clark Hill Striper Club
Feb. 12 results
Joseph Pearson reporting
Martin Steed, Jackson Steed, Jeff Golf, Hamp Hornes, three fish, 34.1 pounds. Tony Shapard, Roy Phillips, Tim White, two fish, 17.45 pounds. Ricky Dubose and Chris Holsonback, three fish, 15.33 pounds. Big fish: Martin Steed, 16.68 pounds.
Southern Anglers Challenge
Entry fee is $100 per team. Tournament hours are 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Information: Craig Johnson, (706) 564-9564. E-mail: outdoordestinations @knology.net.
Schedule: Feb. 26, Wildwood Park.
American Bass Anglers
Division 26 Tournaments
Feb. 12 results
William Hooker reporting
Ray Fitzgerald, five bass, 17.51 pounds. Evans Buller, Amity, Ga., five bass, 13.24 pounds. Jack Williams, Waynesboro, Ga., 12.52 pounds. Big fish: Fitzgerald, 6.16 pounds. Twenty-nine fishermen in the field.
Schedule: March 5, Wildwood Park. Tournament hours are safe light to 3 p.m. More information: Hooker, (706) 533-7329.
Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club
Fred Perry reporting
Feb. 13 results
Cary Rook and Greg Stoll, two bass, 4 pounds, 6 ounces. Jack Baker and Hunter Connell, one bass, 3 pounds, 2 ounces. Bob Palagyi and Jewell Jessie, one bass, 3 pounds, 1 ounce. Big fish: Connell, 3 pounds, 2 ounces.
Schedule at Butler Reservoir: March 6, bass tournament, safe light until noon.
More information: Perry, (706) 791-5078, or (706) 833-2834 res. or (706) 541-1057, Ext. 131.

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While Jenson Button's unfortunate use of the F-word on BBC1's formula one coverage is dealt with in just over a page by Ofcom today, the media regulator devotes nearly 10 – count 'em! – to a complaint by a Britain's Got Talent contestant that she was unfairly treated by the ITV1 programme. Emma Czikai – what do you mean you don't remember her? – claimed the programme was unfairly edited and unfairly portrayed her and her performance, which you can see here. Czikai complained after Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell buzzed her off after she sang the first line of You Raise Me Up. Sweet-natured Amanda Holden waited until the chorus before activating her buzzer. Ofcom dismissed the complaint in an exhaustive – and exhausting – verdict in its January broadcast bulletin. Ofcom's Executive Fairness Group reached its decision after considering "all the relevant material provided by both parties. This included recordings of the programmes as broadcast and transcripts, both parties written submissions and recordings and transcripts of unedited material". Rumours that Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards pressed a buzzer and a big "X" appeared on the front of his desk are apparently wide of the mark.
Emma Czikai – buzzed off by Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell before finishing line of You Raise Me Up – claimed show was unfairly editied


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Ntini upbeat about India
Makhaya Ntini believes South Africa can put their lessons learned in Bangladesh into practice in India.
Last Updated: 18/03/08 10:10am
Makhaya Ntini believes South Africa can put their lessons learned in Bangladesh into practice in India.
The Proteas whitewashed Bangladesh on their February-March tour of the country and paceman Ntini insists that experience will prove invaluable.
Bangladeshi pitches are somewhat akin to the wickets in store in India and Ntini is confident his side will have little trouble getting used to the conditions.
"It takes a lot of adapting to bowl on the subcontinent but this time it is a little different because we have just been to Bangladesh," Ntini said in the Beeld newspaper.
"We quickly adapted to local conditions and we were successful over there."
Pacemen Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, and left-arm spinners Robin Peterson and Paul Harris are all vying for selection and Ntini feels the future is bright for his nation.
"I am looking forward to bowling with Dale and Morne," he added. "They are young guys and we, as the experienced players, must take them under our wing and support them.
"In addition to the pace attack, we now also have two spinners who could do well in India.
"I am particularly excited about Robin Peterson after his seven wickets in the semi-final of the MTN series [South Africa's domestic one-day tournament].
"I am sure we'll do well in India if we do the basics well."
The teams will go head-to-head in a three Test series from March 26 before the inaugural Indian Premier League gets underway on April 18.


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Brandi Nicole Hofmeister — Babe of the Day
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Maternal interpersonal trauma and cord blood IgE levels in an inner-city cohort: A life-course perspective
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Background: Prenatal stress affects immunocompetence in offspring, although the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Objective: We sought to examine associations between maternal lifetime interpersonal trauma (IPT) and cord blood total IgE levels in a sample of urban newborns (n 5 478). Methods: Maternal IPT during childhood and adolescence (birth to 17 years), adulthood (18 years to index pregnancy), and the index pregnancy were ascertained by using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale at 28.4 6 7.9 weeks' gestation. Cord blood IgE levels were derived by using a fluoroenzyme immunoassay. We examined effects of maternal IPT on increased cord blood IgE levels (upper quartile, 1.08 IU/mL) by using logistic regression, adjusting for confounders and mediating variables. Results: Maternal trauma was categorized as unexposed (n 5 285 [60%]), early (childhood and/or teenage years only, n 5 107 [22%]), late (adulthood and/or index pregnancy only, n 5 29 [6%]), and chronic (early and late, n 5 57 [12%]) exposure. Relative to no IPT, early (odds ratio [OR], 1.78; 95% CI, 1.05- 3.00) and chronic maternal IPT (OR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.19-4.24) were independently associated with increased IgE levels in unadjusted analyses. When adjusting for standard controls, including maternal age and race, season of birth, child's sex, and childhood and current socioeconomic status, early effects became nonsignificant (OR, 1.48; 95% CI, 0.85-2.58). Chronic exposure remained significant in fully adjusted models, including standard controls, current negative life events, allergen exposure, and potential pathway variables (maternal atopy, prenatal smoking, and birth weight; OR, 2.18; 95% CI, 1.06-4.50). Conclusion: These data link chronic trauma over the mother's life course with increased IgE levels in infants at birth. Research examining associations between maternal trauma and indicators of offspring's atopic risk might be particularly relevant in inner- city high-risk populations.
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Two critics, both alike in dignity,
In fair Canada, where we lay our scene,
Where David Chang came from New York City,
With porcine blood and ramen bowls — a dream!
From Toronto's food critic Chris Nuttall-Smith:
"Momofuku gives our city glory!"
Lesley Chesterman of Montreal rebuked:
"That foreigner? Canst thou not write a story?"
And then Steve Dolinsky, a Chicago-based food writer, stepped in and started giving his take on the feud in free verse. Did it really matter, as the two critics argued, whether David Chang's status as a transplanted American helped — or harmed — the culinary reputation of the city:
I'm not sure it really matters where the chef is from, as long as he/she is turning out consistent, delicious, occasionally mind-blowing food…I think what Chang is doing in Toronto is superb local cuisine you can't find elsewhere. He name-checks plenty of Ontario farmers, wines from the nearby Niagara Region and local spirits. He offers a riff on his now-famous pork buns, serving peameal buns as well; they get a three-day brine, then are steamed and rolled in cornmeal, and get topped with Kozlik's mustard. You can find the same stuff down at the St. Lawrence Market, but here on University Avenue, it's way better.
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U.S. Debt Ceiling Fight Worries Creditors in India, China
The possibility of a U.S. debt default is causing concerns within financial circles in Asian powers China and India, and officials warn that this may erode the world's confidence in the robustness of the U.S. economy.
Indians are divided over the possibility and the implications of the likely debt default. In response to a related news item in one of India's leading financial dailies, The Economic Times, a reader questions the approach being pondered over by U.S. congressmen saying that a technical default will lead the economy into a rut and will not cure the root cause.
Where one reader believes that the U.S. will not default because it will slow down development the world over, and will pave way for China to be a superpower, another opines that the U.S., in fact, should default and "demonstrate the real situation [regarding the economy]." Yet another says, "The Fed has ruined a great nation. There is no way they can pay this debt back as their earnings are less than the accrued interest."
An official at India's central bank, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was quoted by Reuters as saying, "We don't think [debt default] is a possibility because this could then create huge panic globally."
Indian officials say they have little choice but to buy U.S. Treasury debt because it is still among the world's safest and most liquid investments. It held $39.8 billion in U.S. Treasuries as of March, U.S. data shows.
In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with congressional negotiators on the nation's debt limit.
Despite the vice president's efforts, both Democrats and Republicans are "dug in over their views about the best course of action. Democrats believe cutting jobs in a weak economy may be unwise; Republicans argue spending cuts and deficit control are the key to economic growth," according to The Los Angeles Times.
The meeting comes after news broke out this week that a growing number of mainstream Republicans had agreed to a possible technical debt default, i.e., delaying of interest payments for a few days.
Li Daokui, adviser to the People's Bank of China, said a default could undermine the U.S. dollar, and Washington needs to be dissuaded from pursuing this course of action.
"The result [of a possible U.S. debt default] will be very serious and I really hope that they would stop playing with fire," Li said, according to Reuters.
"I really worry about the risks of a U.S. debt default, which I think may lead to a decline in the dollar's value," Li was quoted as saying.
China is the largest foreign creditor to the United States, holding more than $1 trillion in Treasury debt as of March, U.S. data shows, so its concerns carry considerable weight in Washington.
Whether it is a lack of choice or a still-lingering trust in American economy, the world hopes that the U.S. will find a way to avoid pushing it into another huge global crisis.
Marc Ostwald, a strategist with Monument Securities in London, was quoted by Reuters as saying that markets were working on the assumption that the U.S. debt story "will go away." But nervousness would grow if a resolution was not reached in the next five to six weeks.
The stalemate reported after the Thursday meeting led by the vice president will not allay the growing fears of financial markets in Asia and the rest of the world.
President Barack Obama has been seeking to win congressional approval to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an Aug. 2 deadline. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are pressing for major spending cuts by the government and see minor delays as a strategy to force the federal government to do exactly that.


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Pro Report: Kerry signals pause in Middle East talks - Afghanistan presidential elections held tomorrow - Enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP grows by 3 million - Jobs growth steady, not great
WHILE YOU WERE WORKING: Afghanistan geared up for tomorrow's elections; The Boston Globe waged wonk-war with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); and Secretary of State John Kerry hit the pause button on Middle East peace talks. We pick up in Jerusalem …
BIG STORY: KERRY PRESSES 'PAUSE' ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE. Since becoming secretary of state, Kerry has already visited the Middle East more than a dozen times. He's said that he wanted a peace accord within nine months. But as Ukraine and Syria have become larger issues for the administration, he's changing his tune: "It's reality-check time," Kerry said in remarks while in Morocco. "There are limits in the amount of time and effort that the United States can spend if the parties themselves are unwilling to take constructive steps in order to be able to move forward." WSJ has a primer: http://on.wsj.com/1mJIp9z
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BOX OFFICE BRINK — AL GORE GETS A SEQUEL? Tina Daunt scoops for The Hollywood Reporter: "The creative forces behind the Oscar-winning environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth are hatching plans for a sequel to the film that raised global awareness of climate change." http://bit.ly/1pPzeq2
THIS IS PRO REPORT, and we wish we were at Nationals Park. We also wish you a great weekend. Tweet: @ kevcirilli. Email: email@example.com. Daily distraction: Slideshow of "The Art of Leadership: A President's Personal Diplomacy," an exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas: http://politi.co/1q1A55b Let's finish this week strong …
ON TAP FOR TOMORROW: AFGHANISTAN's 'FORGOTTEN' ELECTIONS. This is the first time a transfer of power will have occurred through elections in the country. Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann for NBCNews' First Read: "If Afghanistan has become America's 'forgotten war,' then the country's elections on Saturday have become the 'forgotten elections' — because they've been overshadowed by other news events here in the United States."
"But make no mistake: How the elections go will determine, in part, whether America's 13-year intervention in Afghanistan has been a success or failure, and whether they will be PERCEIVED as a success or failure. They also will play a role in determining if the U.S. continues to have any troop presence in the country after 2014."
1.) Why should the U.S. care? Issue No. 1 for Afghanistan voters is U.S. involvement in their country. NATO is withdrawing troops at the end of 2014, but President Barack Obama has said he'll keep troops on the ground to train Afghan forces. Outgoing Afghanistan President Harmid Karzai has refused to agree, and many of the top-tier candidates — including frontrunner Abdullah Abdullah — won't support it either.
2.) Who's the front-runner? There are eight candidates, but the front-runner: Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister. He's given mixed signals about whether he wants U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, as Eltaf Najafizada writes for Bloomberg: http://bloom.bg/1dNu7ot.
3.) What about the Taliban? Taliban terrorists have ramped up activity. Last week, they attacked the Independent Election Commission and killed five people. Two Western female journalists were also killed by insurgents this week. Some owners of restaurants and stores have shut down their businesses in the past few weeks because of the violence. Mushtaq Mojaddidi writes for Agence France-Presse: http://yhoo.it/1shlWEN
TODAY's TOP POLICY NEWS:
UP: MEDICAID ENROLLMENT INCREASES. Our Jennifer Haberkorn reports: "Nearly 3 million more people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program from October through February, an increase tied to the opening of the Obamacare insurance marketplaces." http://politico.pro/1jKCgKy
STEADY: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNCHANGED. The unemployment rate remains at 6.7 percent, and last month, the economy added just 192,000 jobs in March. Some economists had blamed the winter weather for the lackluster jobs reports of the past few months. March was supposed to be the first "post-winter" report. But it was tepid, to say the least. MJ Lee recaps: http://politico.pro/1shpffl RT @econjared, Jared Bernstein, who was economic adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden: "It's taken more than 6yrs for private sector to recover, an extremely stark reminder of the depth of the downturn."
OFF: SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN's MATH. Washington wonks — including liberals at Brookings — have long criticized Warren for her faulty math in criticizing the Department of Education for making money off student loans. They argue that the math just isn't there. Now those criticisms are reverberating in her home paper. Noah Bierman for The Boston Globe: http://b.globe.com/1fOyw5S
"For months, Senator Elizabeth Warren has railed against what she calls the tens of billions of dollars the federal government is making in "profits off the backs of our students" borrowing for college, labeling them 'obscene.' Those profits are key evidence in the Massachusetts Democrat's push to reduce student loan burdens. But they are in fact the subject of fierce debate in Washington. Many specialists assert that in most years the government is actually losing money on the loan program …"
— EXAMPLE: "To take one example, Warren cites an official estimate that the government will gain $185 billion in profits from the loan program over roughly the next decade. But the same federal agency that produced that estimate also said it's just as likely, if not more so, that the government will lose $95 billion over that period."
— MONEY QUOTE, from left-leaning Brookings' Matthew Chingos: "I have no idea whether Sen. Warren doesn't understand that distinction, or disagrees with it, or finds it politically convenient to point to profits being made by the government off student loans, even though they're not real."
U.S. HOUSING POLICY FOUNDATION FOR RUSSIA. Jon Prior reports: "Moscow officials hoping to boost the Russian housing market have been heading to the United States for more than a year to learn how the American mortgage machine works. That would be the machine that blew a gasket in 2007, causing a housing market crash that led to a financial crisis that then spurred on the deepest recession since the Great Depression. It's also the machine U.S. lawmakers are working to replace with a new system."
"But Russia is one of several countries hoping to export parts of the U.S. mortgage market back home as it remains a tantalizing model for foreign officials who want to make the dream of home ownership more widely available. Emissaries from Japan, Thailand and South Korea have also been studying how the U.S. housing market finds the money for so many loans." http://politico.pro/1k8Is1w
CAUGHT: TAX EVADERS. Tipsters helped the IRS collect more than $367 million in tax revenue last fiscal year, according to a new whistleblower report, significantly up since a 2006 law beefed up awards. Kim Dixon has more: http://politico.pro/PyYjZl
OUT: SHARON BURKE. The Pentagon's top energy official will step down on May 9 after almost four years in the job. In June 2010, Burke became the first assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, a category that makes up about 75 percent of the military's energy usage. Alex Guillén reports: http://politico.pro/1lGiamY
REPUBLICANS WANT MORE GUNS ON MILITARY BASES. Austin Wright on the Fort Hood aftermath at yesterday's Senate hearing: "Some Republicans say more guns are what's needed on military bases to prevent mass shootings — and they're pressing the Defense Department to reevaluate a ban on concealed personal weapons in light of Wednesday's deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. … On the other side of the issue, supporters of stricter gun laws are almost certain to point to lenient gun regulations in Texas as a factor in Wednesday's shooting, which Army leaders say was carried out by a soldier with a history of mental health issues." http://politico.pro/1lGilPn
— Sunday Show preview: Liz Cheney appears on ABC's "This Week;" Paul Ryan on CNN's "State of the Union." The full list: http://politi.co/Pz28h2
Stories from POLITICO Pro
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IRS whistleblowers helped recover $367M
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AUTHOR GERTIE LAWS will be at Barnes & Noble today to autograph copies of her books.
By LORRAINE THOMPSON, St. Augustine Record Author Gertie Laws' fascination with the history of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement in the United States, has led her to create a series of three children's books based on the life of a fictitious slave family. Laws, a first grade teacher at R. B. Hunt Elementary School on Anastasia Island, writes through the eyes of Anna, a young member of a family of slaves in the early 1700s.
Book 1
"Anna's Long Journey to Freedom," traces the family's life as cotton pickers on a South Carolina plantation. As a nine-year-old, Anna overhears conversations between her parents about the possibility of becoming freed from slavery by escaping to Spanish Florida. The story includes the journey, dangers, obstacles and sacrifices encountered on the way to Spanish Florida, which eventually was renamed St. Augustine.
Book 2
The hopes for freedom become a reality in book 2, "Living the Dream," with the establishment of Fort Mose in 1738, which gave sanctuary to approximately 100 slaves. Anna's father and other freed slave men became members of the Spanish Militia. The slaves were also converted to Catholicism, which offered the children schooling. Anna relates the early school days, the co-existence with the Spanish and Native Americans and the ultimate destruction of Fort Mose by the British.
Book 3
"A New Start," relates life at Fort Castillo and the community's 12-year efforts to rebuild Fort Mose. Anna, in this book, is a teenager living in St. Augustine at a time when the freed slaves, the Indians and the Spanish began to blend their cultures into a productive, secure Christian community.
The books, which took two years to complete, are a great resource on Florida history and are filled with references to St. Augustine-area landmarks. They also contain a number of messages for people of all ages. What Laws hopes her stories accomplish, she said, is that her young readers understand what freedom is all about. "We must learn from the past in order to create a secure future," she said.
Laws' knowledge of the history of Fort Mose is enhanced by her participation in Fort Mose National Park's re-enactment of "Flight to Freedom, An African American Celebration." She is hopeful that funds for a museum to house artifacts that have been uncovered at Fort Mose will be made available either by grants or donations. "About a quarter of the artifacts are on display at the Ponce de Leon Mall," Laws advised. "The rest are in storage at this time."
Law will be available to sign her books from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1930 U.S. 1 S. She will also sign her books at the St. Augustine Historical Society's Oldest House, located at 14 St. Frances St., from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 19. A portion of profits from the books sales will be given to the Fort Mose museum fund by Laws.
Fort Mose is located off U.S. 1, north of the City Gate, on Saratoga Street. Information on the fort is available at www.oldcity.com/sites/mose .
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The Spam Wars and Internet Governance. Again.
Every now and again, the obscure world of Internet administration comes into public view, and invites those of us in academia who have been thinking about the governance of the Internet and its infrastructure to revisit how undeveloped public law in this area is. One such moment occurred two weeks ago when Spamhaus, an important spam prevention service, became the victim of one of the most massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever.
Two weeks later, Spamhaus appears to have weathered the attack. Soon after it realized the gravity of things, its administrators enlisted the services of a company that, among other things, protects against spamming and large DDoS attacks. And, while the attack does not seem to have been as dramatic as the NY Times and other media outlets purported late last week, I nevertheless remain uncertain about where we stand. For a phenomenon as essential to public life as email, the Spamhaus attack raises far more questions than it answers. At a minimum, it invites serious reconsideration of the extant approach, particularly when the only measure of legitimacy to administer email is raw technological savvy.
Spamhaus basically administers and publishes a "blocklist" of bad computer servers from which unsolicited emails typically originate. It updates the lists frequently and regularly. The service providers and others, in turn, use the list to keep their users' free from viruses, malware, and unsolicited emails.
But this all comes at a cost. Spamhaus relegates anyone who uses blocklisted servers to Internet oblivion. Accordingly, over the years, it has been subject to tort-based defamation and interference claims by parties who claim to have been unlawfully censored. It also has been the target of DDoS attacks that sought to shut Spamhaus's servers down. Historically, however, the white hats at Spamhaus have won.
Evidently, hell hath no fury like scorned computer programmers. While Spamhaus appears to be up and running again, a vindictive group of programmers launched an unprecedented concerted attack on Spamhaus's servers, and for at least one day, took down a very small but notable chunk of the Internet with it. Fortunately, for most of us, the damage was minor and the white hats again eventually prevailed. But this conflict between mainstream and dissident technologists underscores how an unmediated focus on technological remedies in cybersecurity can quickly descend into a state of anarchy.
Clearly, neither legislators nor government agencies have been particularly effective. The amended 2003 CAN SPAM Act effectively sanctions spamming. Moreover, the Federal Trade Commission, which is empowered under that statute to bring criminal and civil enforcement actions for spamming, rarely brings such actions and, of course, only does so after the damage has been done. (Agencies across the world have commenced investigations of the culprits in the Spamhaus episode.) Finally, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is far too fraught these days to be useful.
And, to be clear, I am not talking here about cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism, where the trump card of national security silences nearly all discussion. I am talking about email, one of the most technologically banal Internet applications.
Indeed, even in the context of email, the key questions have not changed in the fifteen years since the Department of Commerce first delegated to ICANN the heady authority to administer domain name assignments. To wit: Is there a political or democratic check on the decision-making about Internet governance generally or email administration in particular? Assuming there isn't, what is the real system of checks and balances in this area, and how readily are they subject to political or democratic accountability, if at all? For the purposes of answering this prior question, should we distinguish between different Internet-based applications – that is, emailing vs. massive multiplayer online gaming? In any event, what are the principles on which disputes related to something as generic as email are resolved, and how consistently are they adhered to?
A small fraction of these considerations have been bandied about in the past year or so as concerns about governmental participation in Internet governance have become more and more conspicuous. A prescient 2000 Duke Law Review article by Michael Froomkin and much more recent scholarship by Phil Weiser and others on multistakeholder governance offer some clues. Yet, by my lights, these questions remain unanswered, when by all means they should not. At a minimum, to borrow from my current paper project on federal spectrum administration, Internet governance today could at least benefit from the well-trafficked vocabulary of public law administration (e.g., delegation, accountability, expertise). But, first, its main protagonists will have to give up on their nearly ideological view that the Internet is too exceptional or technologically exotic to be subject to public scrutiny or law. It'll probably take more than a spam-inspired cyberattack to get us there.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224559802017-11-23T09:52:34.745-05:00The Film GeekComments on movies, comic books and lifeThe Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-78262549280262848842017-10-15T18:50:00.000-04:002017-10-15T18:54:32.596-04:00A Ghost Story

My maternal grandfather -- "Papaw," we called him -- died just before my 24th birthday. I grew up living beside him, so he helped raise me.

We were very close.

Papaw had a quirky sense of humor, and anxious mannerism I notice in my adult self. He was a bit of a rebel; the sort of guy who bent the rules just up to the point of breaking them and, then, just a little more if he could.

He was the guy who would come back from the afterlife, if coming back from an afterlife was possible.

That he was that-sorta-guy haunted me for months after his death. Although I doubted an afterlife existed, I wasn't certain at that time in my life and couldn't discount it. That he was a rules-bender gave my grandmother hope. Anytime I visited her after his death, the conversation always drifted to:

Mamaw: "I'd give anything for Junior to walk into this room right now and say hello."

Me: "Yeah, but then he'd be a ghost."

Mamaw: "That doesn't matter. When you love someone as much as I love him, that doesn't matter."

Me: "Listen, I loved the man. But I ain't excited to see him as a ghost. That would freak me out! I'd scream, and run outta this house. Nope, no ghost-Papaw for me, thanks."

She'd get really quiet, and then just smile. As if I didn't understand.

Because -- as I realize more than a quarter-century later -- I didn't.

I thought about those exchanges while watching A Ghost Story. Written and directed by David Lowery, this Casey Affleck flick takes its time exploring the emotions of love and grief, and the power of personal connection. Lowery's story suggests love and grief are so powerful that they can allow us to bend the rules.

Even the rules that govern death and the afterlife.

A Ghost Story is a supernatural drama that isn't scary, and it's not an action movie -- in fact, one of the most powerful scenes in the film simply shows a woman sitting on the kitchen floor eating pie. But it's a movie that will move you in the end, if you have the patience to watch.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-8403086190441696392016-08-29T17:07:00.001-04:002016-08-29T17:07:04.254-04:00Gene Wilder: American Comic Acting Genius
1933-2016

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-21566313042189329422015-08-15T19:29:00.002-04:002015-08-15T19:30:17.506-04:00Fantastic Four

The latest incarnation isn't perfect -- hell, Ant-Man was better, after all -- but it sure isn't the flop being described by critics.

It's a solid origin story, even if this origin is different than the comic book story first told half a century ago.

Fantastic Four gives us solid character backstory, slightly better than average special effects, and a powerful villain to overcome. It fails to provide in-depth character development, forces team chemistry, and cheats the audience out of the comic-book style action it came to see.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-15224311653922117442015-04-13T14:01:00.001-04:002015-04-13T14:01:54.283-04:00Daredevil (Netflix Series)I had a consistent comic book reading routine each summer during the late 70s.

First, I'd roll the titles up into a tight tube, then stick them into the back right pocket of my Lee jeans. After making sure my parents were in another part of the house, I'd scurry up the short ladder that led to the unfinished attic of our house. Two small pieces of plywood were up there, along with a small lamp and a pillow. I'd lie flat on my stomach, look carefully over each comic cover, and determine in which order each would be read.

I saved what I suspected was the best story for last.

Able to leap tall buildings? Superman titles were always my first read. I liked the character, but his god-like powers made it impossible for me to relate.

The Fastest Man Alive? Loved the art, but Flash stories were formulaic and predictable. His comic was second.

The Dark Knight? Hadn't been created yet. There was still debate about whether Bruce Wayne was "Batman," or "The Batman," and many of us were questioning why the yellow bat-sign on his chest didn't serve as a better bullseye for criminals with guns. His title was third.

The Man Without Fear? Daredevil was read last.

"Daredevil" writers told gritty stories that felt as if they could happen in real life. Organized crime, prostitutes, underdog lawyers and journalists trying to carry out social justice. I savored the stories and waited impatiently for the next issue to hit the newsstand.

I felt the same way binge watching the new Netflix series that opened April 10, 2015. It is, in my opinion, the best comic book adaption to hit a small screen.

I don't want Season 1 to end.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-81993135838099396942015-03-08T12:09:00.001-04:002015-03-08T12:09:03.885-04:00FoxcatcherDuring high school in the early 1980s, that dark period in human history just prior to the modern Information Age, we kids spent a lot of time sitting around and talking.

Seriously, Millennials. It's true.

My friend Jamie and I dated sisters. We spent a lot of time together at their house and pretended to talk to each other, even though our true motivations were focused elsewhere. Our conversations were superficial, themed mostly on sports and girls. Jamie was a high school wrestler. I wasn't.

We had little in common other than really liking sisters.

Most days, during lulls in our conversation, Jamie would say: "Let me put you in a banana split." I'd refuse the offer, for several reasons. One of the most important reasons is because the amateur wrestling move known as the "banana split" looks like this:

Despite my "no, thanks," Jamie would laugh, jump on top of me, and contort my body into shapes not intended by intelligent design. After only a few seconds I'd tap out. Jamie and his girlfriend would laugh, and I'd pretend not to me embarrassed.

Wrestlers don't seem to mind physical intimacy. Many, I think, seek it out.

Foxcatcher, directed by Bennett Miller, is really a movie about physical intimacy. Wrestlers in the movie compete with a physical intimacy that's comparable to ballroom dance -- early scenes of the Schultz brothers practicing basic moves on each other demonstrate the grace and elegance of highly trained athletes. John du Pont (the role that will transform Steve Carell's career) longs for physical intimacy with his mother and the wrestlers he recruits, but doesn't understand how to achieve either. And it was an act of physical intimacy -- the moment when du Pont slapped the face of wrestler Mark Schultz -- that dramatically and forever altered the lives of all three main characters.

I enjoyed Foxcatcher for the brilliant acting of the main cast. The tragic real-life story, however, made me feel so uncomfortable and ill-at-ease I wanted to tap out.

Again. The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-91829900488531931332015-02-22T10:29:00.001-05:002015-02-22T10:33:20.235-05:00The Oscars: 2015 Predictions2014 was a stellar year for cinema. There was artistry (Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel), thrilling action (American Sniper), and emotion (Selma, The Theory of Everything). Movie fare was so good, in fact, it inspired The Film Geek to talk about flicks again on his blog.

A blog in 2015? You mean, it's possible to comment on topics with more than 140 letter characters?

The 87th Academy Awards will be held tonight, and I'll be watching. Hell, we'll all be watching, because it was that good of a year in film. Here are Predictions From The Film Geek:

Best Picture: Boyhood. The phenomenal success of the movie makes me wanna predict American Sniper as the winner in this category. But I'm going with Boyhood. Richard Linklater's film is an historical achievement: a compelling story told with beautiful simplicity.

Best Director: Richard Linklater. For Boyhood, Linklater was forced to direct actors during various times of their lives, a task more complicated that it might sound. During the 12-years of filming, each actor underwent physical, emotional, and psychological changes --Ellar Coletrain at six years of age needs different direction than Ellar Coletrain at eighteen. These changes undoubtedly required direction to be constantly re-invented.

Best Male Actor: Eddie Redmayne. Bradley Cooper shocked me with his uncanny performance in American Sniper. He could play spoiler in this category. But Redmayne's performance in The Theory of Everything was spirited, subtle, and complex. That's the exact formula for an Academy Award win.

Best Female Actor: Julianne Moore. I haven't yet seen Still Alice, but I would never bet against Moore any time she's on the list. She is a force.

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Edward Norton. Norton's work was the best part of Birdman, in my opinion. At least it was the only part of the film I enjoyed.

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette. She's head and shoulders above everyone else listed in this category.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-10910602386752538882015-02-21T13:20:00.001-05:002015-02-21T13:20:41.776-05:00The Theory Of EverythingI don't recall when I first became aware of Dr. Stephen Hawking. Maybe it was in the late 1980s, when he first published A Brief History of Time. It was likely a bit later, however, as I tend to discover grand works of science and art later than most.

I'm too busy reading comic books, you know.

It feels as though Hawking has always been around. Always been a part of the popular culture. Always been a part of my life. But aside from knowing he's brilliant, that he lives with ALS, and that he digs black holes, I've known little about the man.

Until now.

The Theory Of Everything, directed by James Marsh and starring Eddie Redmayne, gives some insight into the brilliant mind of Hawking. The beauty of the flick, however, is that it allows the audience an intimate look into Hawking's resilient soul. Sure, we know the dude is smart; what we didn't know was how he defied odds with dignity and grace, and that he lived his life with a hopeful determination.

Redmayne is brilliant in the lead role. He gives a blue-collar feel to Hawking as an intellectual youth, and an obvious humanity to the older Hawking as his body becomes fixed and rigid, and as he re-learns to communicate.

I predict an Oscar for Redmayne. His is the performance of a lifetime. The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-2379190280206646552015-02-17T13:28:00.001-05:002015-02-17T13:30:48.828-05:00BirdmanHoping to catch most of the Oscar nominated flicks prior to the February 22 red carpet, I purchased a digital copy of Birdman on the first evening it became available.

I'm now forever stuck with one of the most pretentious, esoteric, self-indulgent movies I've ever seen.

To be fair, the actors in Birdman deliver outstanding work, especially Edward Norton. His Mike Shiner -- a dick of a human being who hides his boorish behavior behind a "method acting" label -- is complicated and multi-layered. And Michael Keaton gives a solid performance as Riggan Thomson, the lead. But the choice to shoot the film as one long, stand alone shot without scene transition and editing was, to me, a fatal flaw.

It was distracting, and felt gimmicky.

The ending of Birdman, during which Thomson crawls out onto an open ledge and jumps, has been much talked about for its existential theme. It caused me to yawn. I half-hoped the camera would pan downward to show us a broken and bloodied Riggan Thomson on the street below.

That's an honest ending for a movie I wouldn't mind owning.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-73947106205097807902015-02-07T11:47:00.002-05:002015-02-07T11:49:40.416-05:00NightcrawlerWay back in 2007, when things called "blogs" were a daily read for many, I posted: My Top 5: Movies That Give Me The Danny Gut.

(I'll let you read the definition of "The Danny Gut" for yourself at this link.)

Anywhoo, The Danny Gut strikes when I love a movie, but it causes me emotional pain or discomfort. I got it watching Glengarry Glen Ross. I got it trying to watch Requiem For A Dream. I nearly died from the disorder watching Death Of A Salesman.

And I got hit with the bug big time while watching Nightcrawler.

Dan Gilroy hit a home run with his directorial debut. Nightcrawler is a masterpiece. Jake Gyllenhaal channels a little Travis Bickel in his creation of Lou Bloom, a character the audience can empathize with but can't allow themselves to like.

I liked Lou during sporadic moments -- a few seconds here and a few seconds there -- during the flick. And I hated myself for allowing that to happen.

It's that combination that causes The Danny Gut.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-67605246145350780372015-01-19T17:40:00.004-05:002015-01-19T17:41:37.039-05:00Selma

Despite the burdens
That result from leading change
He remained focused.

Living a life that's
Challenging and uncertain,
He remained steadfast.

Faced with doubt and fear
He looked upward and inward
To inspire others The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-5731765941911315402015-01-17T15:37:00.000-05:002015-01-19T18:51:11.065-05:00American SniperMy pellet gun -- it was a BB gun, truth be told, but "pellet gun" sounds much more dangerous -- was with me constantly during my pre-teen years, as I explored the woods on my family's small farm on weekends. I wasn't a peacenik tree hugger back then; I'd shoot at anything, alive or not.

I wasn't that good of a shot, though, so I rarely wounded or killed anything.

One Saturday, however, I took aim at a Blue jay perched nearby. I was in its space, I suppose, and it was angry. It would circle in the air above me, then dive suddenly toward my head before perching on a nearby limb to watch me and re-calculate its attack.

It was during this brief respite that I cocked my BB gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

The pellet struck the bird in the side of the head, killing it instantly. I ran to it, picked it up, and examined it closely. The bird was lifeless, but it was still beautiful. It's colors were vivid: the contrast between the light and dark blue feathers was remarkable. Realizing that I had taken the life of something so beautiful caused me to become sick to my stomach.

I dropped the bird on the ground and ran home. Overwhelmed. Embarrassed. Guilty.

The experience taught me I'm not built for killing. I just don't have the constitution for it, really. Even if faced with a do-or-die situation, I'm unsure I could view another living thing as simply a target to be shot.

Chris Kyle could.

The ability to detach might have caused problems with his marriage, and created challenges with his own emotional health. But Kyle's skill and abilities saved the lives of hundreds of U.S. soldiers in the Middle East.

It's said that those who can do, and those who can't teach. Or, as in this case, those who can't write about it on a film blog.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-26738469980227494462015-01-01T11:58:00.001-05:002015-01-01T12:22:49.566-05:00BoyhoodAlthough I didn't write about all of them here -- trying to maintain a movie blog in the days of Facebook and Twitter feels peripheral and quaint, after all -- I saw some tremendous movies in 2014.

Some were great popcorn flicks (I am Groot!), others tear-jerkers ( We are Groot ), and some movies were funny as hell (He said that he may be an... "a-hole", but he's not, and I quote, "100% a dick").

Well, just trust me . . . I saw more than one movie in twenty-fourteen.

The best of the bunch, however, was Boyhood.

Richard Linklater's Boyhood is, literally, a coming of age story. Filmed with the same cast over a twelve year period, the audience watches Mason Evans, Jr. grow from a 6-year-old child into a man. We're granted an intimate, inside-the-family perspective -- we become the aunt or uncle watching little Mason celebrate and struggle through the milestones of life.

Boyhood will be remembered as an epic achievement in film- mostly because it was filmed over a long period of time. But that's just a gimmick; that alone isn't what makes this movie great.

The movie is great because Linklater patiently and honestly explores the small moments of Mason's boyhood. As we all know, it is those small moments that make us the adults we become.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-38148598730929842342014-11-09T20:34:00.000-05:002014-11-09T20:58:46.056-05:00InterstellarEarly reviews for Interstellar have generally been positive, but varied. The Christopher Nolan flick been called "sentimental" and "thrilling", "clunky" and "epic." Like many movies of this scope, Interstellar has its hits and its misses.

Where it doesn't miss? It tells one hell of a story!

Despite its ambition, Interstellar stays focused on the narrative. It doesn't allow special effects -- there are plenty, and they are cool -- or the characters to overshadow the story. The story is told so well the audience can feel the emotional bond between pilot-turned-farmer Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and Cooper's daughter, Murphy, even though the two have few scenes together after the first act.

Nolan's epic -- and it is an epic -- may be flawed. But those flaws are forgiven.

Interstellar is just that damn good.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-18249716706513885062014-10-29T14:15:00.002-04:002014-10-29T14:16:10.906-04:00Gone GirlFrom Se7en, and on through Fight Club, Panic Room, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, I've admired the work of David Fincher. His stripped down, stark, in-the-moment narration keeps me riveted to the screen, captivated by the story.

Gone Girl was no different.

Fincher's raw, in-your-face storytelling reminds viewers that we humans have dark, sinister places deep within our souls. And way too often -- to get what we want, especially -- we go there, despite how our actions might affect others. Even others we are supposed to love.

Affleck is fine in his role as Nick Dunne, and Rosamund Pike is brilliant as Amy. But it's the structure of the film, along with the visual tone set by Fincher, that gets the flick across.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-16278651199467555422014-10-26T12:07:00.000-04:002014-10-29T13:47:11.350-04:00Edge Of TomorrowIt took me about a decade to earn my first degree from Marshall University. There were some legitimate reasons for the delay: I changed my major three times in the first four years, and took a semester off here and there to work. With hindsight, however, it's clear there was one primary reason for my slacker behavior:

The video game arcade housed in the university Student Center.

It will make little sense to Millennials, but in the mid-1980s one had to travel to an arcade (while carrying a pocket full of quarters) to play one's favorite video game. The university arcade had all the games: Pac-Man, Tron, Donkey Kong, pin-ball machines, foosball. Whatever your taste, it was there for a quarter.

And I spent my quarters on Commando.

Super Joe, the soldier who kicks ass and takes names in the world of Commando, gets airdropped into the jungle and has to shoot and grenade his way past enemy soldiers to complete his mission. Commando progressed through increasingly difficult levels. Players became experts at Commando by playing it over and over again, learning from each failure to advance another level.

The formula was always the same: Drop a quarter, get shot and lose a Super Joe, remember the pattern of the enemy specific to that level and space, drop another quarter and don't make the same mistake again.

I spent a lotta time as Super Joe. I recall once skipping a History final exam so that I could keep riding the great game I was having. (Like I said, I wasn't the most dedicated of students.)

Edge Of Tomorrow reminded me of those days as an undergraduate, plopping in quarter after quarter for a new Super Joe. Major William Cage, the character played by Tom Cruise, lives the last 48 hours of his life hundreds of times as he tries to save the planet from an alien invasion. Learning from each experience, Cage lives, dies, and repeats until he finally gets it right. The flick was surprisingly fun to watch. Dramatic and complete with appropriate moments of humor, Edge Of Tomorrow kept my attention and had me craving more.

I'm just thankful I didn't have to miss a History final exam to watch it.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-35863559494498504212014-10-26T11:15:00.002-04:002014-10-29T13:46:54.223-04:00A Million Ways To Die In The West

I've discovered Way To Die # 1,000,001: Sitting through the entire 135 minute runtime of this Blazing Saddles wannabe.

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-19883237599164479662014-08-26T15:50:00.003-04:002014-08-26T15:50:57.622-04:00When The Game Stands Tall

Too little passion
Caviezel speaks in whisper
Throughout the whole flick

Still . . .

I choked up a bit
At Chris Ryan's late game stand
Brotherhood trumps self

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-102983902262156892014-08-03T15:53:00.002-04:002014-08-03T15:55:41.772-04:00The Other WomanAn open letter to Mark King, the cheating husband who serves as the comic foil for leading ladies of the film:

August 3, 2014

Dear Mr. King,

After spending nearly two hours with your wife, Kate, I have to say:

I understand.

Sincerely,
The Film GeekThe Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-14338965754486123442014-08-01T23:17:00.001-04:002014-08-01T23:19:40.476-04:00Guardians Of The Galaxy

Back in the mid-70s, when comic books cost a quarter and stories were thirty - plus pages long, I'd buy a dozen or more each Saturday from the Ben Franklin and spend an entire afternoon reading.

The X-Men. Hulk. The Avengers. The Defenders. Tons of DC stuff. The fantasy world of comics was intoxicating; I read any and every title I could get my hands on.

Except Guardians Of The Galaxy.

Because I didn't like the first few issues of the comic, I plunked down my two-bits for other titles. My memory of the first run of that comic -- summed up pretty well as "Meh," -- made me doubt I'd enjoy this flick.

Boy, was I wrong.

James Gunn's space opera wastes no time drawing the audience into the story of Peter Quill. Quill loses his mother to cancer and gets abducted by space pirates within the first few minutes of the film. What follows is 115 minutes of pure popcorn fueled adrenaline. Guardians is a balanced blend of melodrama, romance, suspense, humor, action, 80s pop songs, and references to Kevin Bacon.

And it's the most fun I've had watching a Marvel flick since The Avengers.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-43543104810683624142014-07-27T18:42:00.000-04:002014-07-27T18:48:19.901-04:00LucyFor several years an on-going series was posted on this site called "Flashback! Bad Movies That Haunt Me." The bit generally involved me ripping on some movie I saw as a kid that was so poorly made that I remembered the badness as a result.

Is there a statute of limitations on the number of years before I can add Lucy to that list?

Luc Besson's flick begins with promise. Scarlett Johansson in the lead role is a huge get. Add a plot involving an international drug ring, plan to tell the story with interesting imagery, and sign mega-star Morgan Freeman to co-star and you might expect producers to sit back and rake in the cash and critical praise.

The problem is, Lucy doesn't deliver on its promise.

Freeman -- once an actor's actor who delivered masterful supporting performances -- is used in such a deeply peripheral role he hardly seems connected at all to the movie. The drug ring portion of the plot has no substance after the first half of the flick. And the imagery --especially the quick shot of a mouse about to be captured in a mousetrap -- comes across more pretentious than interesting.

The audience is told over and over again that we humans use only about 10% of our brain capacity. (The 10% bit isn't true science, but it's an important MacGuffin for this plot.) After watching Lucy, however, I'm afraid my brain capacity may have significantly diminished.

The Film Geekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-85835419881915192192012-09-10T21:45:00.001-04:002012-09-10T21:45:39.442-04:00Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

Four score and seven
Days ago, my wife brought forth
a new DVD

Honest Abe, it seems,
Was obsessed with killing vamps
With a silver ax

Monsters, bloodsuckers,
Civil War and slavery;
In the end, Abe wins

He reconnects states
Gets revenge for his dead mum.
Then heads off to Fords

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-46668707621350577812012-09-03T18:13:00.000-04:002012-09-03T18:13:17.424-04:00The Odd Life Of Timothy GreenDear Wayne LaPierre:

Perhaps I should have written this open letter to the President of the National Rifle Association, David Keene. But presidents seem to come and go at the NRA; you, as Executive Vice President, seem a pretty consistent face in the organization. So, this open letter is addressed to you.

My children and I enjoy movies. We watch a lot of them together at home, but we really enjoy the experience of a theater. The big screen, digital audio, the smell of popcorn, sharing the experience with a large community of people -- that's what going to the movies is all about. On this rainy Labor Day we decided going to the movies sounded better than sitting around bored at home, so we headed downtown for a matinee of The Odd Life of Timothy Green. It was while standing in life for the tickets that it happened.

"I'm nervous, Daddy." My 11-year-old daughter's comment was so outside the norm for the context -- we were, after all, standing in line for a PG-rated flick -- that it didn't register clearly at first with me.

"What," I asked, focused on finding my wallet so I could pay for the tickets.

"I'm scared. I'm so scared I'm shaking."

I signed the receipt at the window, then pulled her to the side so we could talk. "I don't understand, what is making you feel scared?"

"You, know," and she paused, and looked at the ground . . . "What happened in Colorado at the Batman movie. Do you think that could happen here? Today? To us?"

I realized this was the first time she's been inside a movie theater since that tragic July shooting at the Colorado opening of The Dark Knight Rises. She was scared. I grabbed her and held her close, and reassured her.

"No, honey, it couldn't happen here. And always remember: if something bad like that happens, I'll always protect you." But even as I said those words I knew they weren't true. It can happen anywhere, at any time. It's happened once, and it will happen again. And when it does, people will be helpless to protect themselves.

The NRA, Mr. LaPierre, spends obscene amounts of money lobbying members of congress and other politicians to ensure the interests of the organization are looked after when gun legislation is created. The NRA spent nearly $7 million dollars on elections during the last mid-term, and about $75 million on campaigns during the last two decades. That kind of money buys a lot of favor in D.C., Mr. LaPierre, and influences a lot of votes when it comes to decisions made about gun control.

I'm curious: In a culture that is no longer shocked by nearly 9,000 gun murders each year, and in a society not disturbed for more than a 48 hour news cycle about public shootings that occur in malls, at the workplace, in movie theaters, and at schools, I ask -- Who lobbies for the safety and psychological comfort of my daughter? The rights of American citizens to purchase guns does not supersede the right of my 11-year-old to feel safe -- and be safe -- as she travels about in her home community.

Sure, I know the NRA will continue lobby for broad access to firearms, and it will continue to point the finger of blame at individual criminals who use guns to commit horrific crimes. Many in the American public will continue to blend the Second Amendment with Jesus, and talk about this insane concept called God-given rights.

In the meantime, I'll hold my daughter's hand a little tighter, and tell her more lies about how safe she is on our public streets.The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-25363619333885926952012-07-29T22:06:00.001-04:002012-07-29T22:18:33.736-04:00The Dark Knight RisesI wish he hadn't.

I would rather Nolan's Batman ran wounded into the night after defeating The Joker and Harvey Dent -- never to be seen again -- than end a brilliant superhero series this way. Hell, I would have preferred seeing Bruce Wayne die in The Dark Knight rather than be involved in this piece of shit movie.

Motherfucking Hollywood ruined what should have been a great trilogy.

This isn't the rant of a fanboy gone bad. (Although the morphing of DC characters Dick Grayson and Tim Drake into John Blake, an as-yet-unheard-of character created for the flick, should piss off everyone who loves Batman comics.) Nope, this rant is based on one simple fact: The Dark Knight Rises is a really bad movie.

The movie is bloated with unnecessary imagery, cliched dialogue, and plot twists that are predictable and poorly explained. Why must Bruce Wayne use a cane to walk? Why does he have no cartilage in his knee, if he hasn't suited up as Batman since fighting Dent eight years earlier? Nolan may know, but he doesn't tell the audience. Instead, the director uses the film to reflect on the two previous installments; the technique doesn't advance the movie, it causes the movie to drag.

Roger Ebert and others have commented that the second half of The Dark Knight Rises is superb. And I agree, to some extent. Still, the conclusion is wrapped up too neatly, and the multiple plots are resolved in too hurried a fashion.

But, the real reason I didn't care for the second half?

The god damned first half put me to sleep.The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-57174513810646074822012-07-15T11:27:00.002-04:002012-07-15T12:30:59.416-04:00Ted
Ted gives us a peek

At life in the Griffin home

When Chris turns forty

Peter -- dressed as Ted

For some unexplained reason --

Gets laughs from fart jokes

Funny for a while,

Ted shows why Family Guy rocks.

It's 20 mins. long

The Film Geekhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455980.post-20535262356340922472012-07-14T11:50:00.000-04:002012-07-14T12:01:42.158-04:00The Amazing Spider-ManSure, this isn't Stan Lee's Peter Parker. And this red-and-blue arachnid is more Electric Company-Spidey than Brooding-Tobey-Maguire-Spidey. But the movie is entertaining, and worth a trip to the theater.

Here is MyTop 5 Reasons to watch The Amazing Spider-Man:

1. It's Time To Get A Real Life: As a comic book nerd, you've become sheltered, isolated, and you've developed a very narrow perspective on what's acceptable with the characters you love. I get it, man. I dig comics myself. But the most serious among us are like those snobby wine tasting freaks who sniff the goddamn cork and spit the first sip out before choosing a wine. Fuck that noise! Sometimes it's fun to buy some Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill at the local convenience store, screw the cap off, and just drink every drop from the bottle. Comic book movies are no different. The plot doesn't have to be perfectly in sync with the comic. Get a box of Goobers and a large soda, lean back in the theater chair, and enjoy a show once in a while

2. The Black Cat Rocks!: Emma Stone, who plays Gwen Stacy, should be in every scene. For two reasons: (a) Stone's acting is terrific, and she steals the film, and (b) the boots, high-socks and mini-skirt look she seems to wear throughout. (And those reasons are in no particular order.)

3. Legendary Actors: The crush I've had on Sally Field started during her Flying Nun days (I can't remember Gidget), then really kicked into gear with her sexy role in Smokey And The Bandit. She's still cute, and as Aunt May she now looks cute and wise. Field is terrific in the movie, and gives a meaty performance as the grieving widow perplexed about her nephew's unusual behavior.
(Oh yeah . . Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben was very good, too.)

4. Avengers Assemble!: This reboot is really a way to get the character into the current Marvel-film universe, and tie him into The Avengers. Period. That would have been difficult to do with the Maguire's Spidey, considering Maguire's age and the isolated narrative of those three films. Andrew Garfield is fine as Spider-Man, and excellent as teen Peter Parker. And he'll be great in the Avenger's sequel, I'm sure.

5. Web-Shooters! I was giddy when I realized in this movie Peter Parker would (as intended!) invent the webshooters used to spin and direct his webs. I hated the story-line from the other three flicks that had webs coming from Spider-Man's wrists. Hated it! One of the coolest things about the early days of Spider-Man comics was the scientific genius of Parker. When I saw the idea teased early in the movie (a scene where Parker locks his bedroom door with a wireless remote) I hoped the web shooters would re-appear. When they did, I smiled from satisfaction.

(Note to self: Grab another Boone's Farm and re-read My Top 5 Reasons #1.)

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I like how everyone is making such a big deal about another female ref. Do these announcers realize we have been dealing with Dick Bavetta for 50 years? I'd be open to anyone new at this point.
JR continues to attack the hoop with positive results.
Amare, worst interior defender since Eddy Curry. Barbosa getting points in the paint at will.
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Barbosa is having an amazing quarter to keep them in this game.
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Discuss the DataObjectManager module, and the related ImageGallery module.
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Hi, I'm having a small problem with the Image Gallery module. I've got a new Page type which extends ImageGalleryPage, however it doesn't do anything more than redefine some of the presets. When creating a new instance of this page, it seems the title of the Folder that is being created by Image Gallery is not properly inheriting the title of the Page. The behaviour is a little strange as the title in the left-hand tree view is correct, as is the title field in the main view, however the title in the button and in the table below is still displaying the default value ('New ProjectPage' in my case). I've got a screenshot of this here.
Hitting the 'Save folder name' button updates all the values as expected, however we'd rather avoid having clients perform this extra step.
ImageGallery version: Stable
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when using DOM in AssetAdmin it doesnt load the fields from the specific file Dataobject.
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That's a good idea. I'll try to get it in today. Thank you.
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I honestly don't know if these things were mentioned before (rev221), anyway:
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High Rock Lake
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North Carolina Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
-On I-85 near Thomasville is the North Carolina Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The park and monument cover 1 1/2 acres and recognizes 1,620 North Carolinians who were killed or missing during the Vietnam War. The memorial is located south of Exit 102 and is accessible from both northbound and southbound lanes.
Daniel Boone's Cave State Park
-Daniel Boone, the great hunter and pioneer hero, settled on the banks of the Yadkin River on May 1, 1750. The place where the Boone family lived is on a high hill overlooking the Yadkin River. Now a State Park, one can visit the reconstructed home of Daniel Boone and explore the cave believed to be his hideout on the Yadkin River.
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-Completed in 1856, this two-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick structure is the only remnant of the Yadkin College school buildings. Yadkin College was established by the Methodist Protestant Church Conference in 1856 through the eloquent recommendation of the Honorable Henry Walser, a State Representative, its major founder and prime leader for more than a quarter of a century. It is now a National Register Historic District.
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PEORIA, Ariz.–Matt Bush is back with the Padres' Rookie-level Arizona League team . . . where his professional career started three years ago.
This was not exactly the Padres' plan for Bush when they selected the high school shortstop with the first overall pick in the 2004 draft.
After a well-documented, tumultuous start to his professional career, Bush struggled to hit at four minor league levels, compiling career batting numbers of .221/.291/.276 in his first three seasons. A series of injuries diminished his shortstop range, leaving him with only one plus tool–a powerful right arm.
The organization finally pulled the plug on Bush's career as a shortstop on May 30 with a long anticipated move to the mound. As surreal as his three-plus years with the Padres had been, it's fitting that Bush's last game as a position player came when the Padres' California League affiliate, high Class A Lake Elsinore, had "Dr. Seuss Night" at their home park. The Storm players, including Bush, donned red & white horizontally-striped socks for the night. The players had to dodge "Thing One" and "Thing Two" as they made their way from the dugout to take the field.
Right after the "Dr. Seuss" game, Bush was sent by the Padres to Arizona to begin his conversion to pitching. The results in the Arizona League were encouraging. Bush yielded no runs in his first four appearances, striking out 11 batters in just 5 1/3 innings. The composure and poise that he's shown on the mound belie the fact that he hasn't pitched competitively in more than three years.
"Very impressive. I was pleasantly surprised," said Dave Rajsich, Bush's AZL pitching coach. "He throws a lot better than I anticipated . . . His command is much better and his velocity is a little more than I expected. (He's) much more polished than I was expecting."
Bush, whose fastball has been clocked as high as 98, also did not expect to make such a rapid adjustment to the mound.
"I was kind of surprised the way my arm reacted," he said. "It felt really good. I was throwing the ball really well, right around the strike zone. I was surprised at how hard I was throwing. I didn't think I would be throwing that hard so soon."
Bush knows that he can't live by his fastball alone. The righthander has been using an effective curveball and a slider in games, while working on a changeup on the sidelines.
"My slider and curve ball are really good," Bush said "At times, I tend to overthrow (the curve). It's still very effective. The break on it is very good."
Bush's use of the slider caught Rajsich by surprise.
"The first time I saw him throw one," said Rajsich, "he threw it in the game for a called strikeout. He hadn't even thrown one of those in sidelines sessions. I asked him what it was. He told me it was a slider and that he had occasionally thrown one in high school. Every day, it's a little more of an adventure to find out just how much he does know about pitching. I'm really pleased with his poise and his command down in the zone."
Bush is already learning that he can't just rear back and try to throw everything past the hitters.
"What I started doing here was I found out that I threw 98 so well," Bush said. "I wanted to do it again, and I wanted to do it again. My arm hurt a little bit, so now I understand I'm going to be a guy that's going to sit in the mid 90s. Every now and then, when I feel good, I'll hump it up. But I can't be trying to hump it up all the time; it's not going to work."
Perhaps trying to throw hard is why Bush's arm was a little sore; he's not going to pitch for about a week, but an MRI turned up negative. Bush has noticeably added extra bulk to his body, looking heavier than his listed weight of 170.
"He's getting stronger in the core, which is what you want," Rajsich said. "The torso, the hips and the legs . . . that's all about driving (his pitch). Now he's got to elongate everything, especially the upper body, and get the muscles stretched so that the pitching works fine and easy, utilizing the core strength that he has and incorporating that into his delivery and making everything smooth."
Bush isn't convinced that he couldn't have made the big leagues as a shortstop. It's doubtful that he'd find many concurring opinions around the game. But he's still motivated to show the baseball world that he'll get there and repay the Padres for the significant investment they've made in him.
"They (the Padres) knew what they got when they drafted me," he said. "If shortstop didn't work out, they could move me to the mound. Either way, pitching or shortstop, I'm going to do what's best for me. I'm trying to help out my career as much as I can. Making it to the big leagues has always been my goal. If it's pitching, then that's great."
Rajsich has no doubt that this change is the right move for Bush.
"When you watch him, you see how much more relaxed he is on the mound," Rajsich said.
"Actually, the more I see him, I know he really was a pitcher. That's what he is."