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Illustration based on information from SSE's Consolidated Segmental Statements published from 2010-2014 which are available on our website.Average costs per energy bill weighted to reflect our customer based (59% electricity, 41% gas).Costs will vary depending on fuel(s), region and tariff.
We'd like you to understand how the cost of an energy bill is made up. The chart shows you the costs involved in supplying electricity and gas, including the profit we earn doing so. The figures are based on an average of SSE's figures for the last four financial years ending March 2013.
Green Deal is now closed to new applications. However, if you already have a Green Deal agreement with us, any prices or discounts we quote don't include your Green Deal payments.
The wholesale price of gas and electricity fluctuates throughout the year and we try to purchase at the best time to help keep our prices as low as possible. We also have gas storage facilities which enable us to purchase when the price is lower which again helps us keep prices down.
On top of wholesale prices there are additional costs involved in buying gas and electricity.
Because electricity is generated in different places spread across the country and the supply in these areas doesn't always exactly match the demand, there is a need to move electricity around the electricity distribution network in order to ensure every home has a supply when needed. The job of balancing supply with demand is carried out by National Grid and they have to recover their costs from suppliers. This is known as the Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS).
Each year the industry as a whole estimates the total amount of gas which its customers are likely to use for the year ahead. At the year end there needs to be reconciliation between this and the extra amount of gas that is actually used. The difference is then spread across the supply companies based on their market share so that it can be recovered. This is known as Reconciliation by Difference (RbD).
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The Mick LaSalle salutations
Updated 3:09 am, Sunday, February 3, 2013
The practice of addressing people exactly as they address me came about spontaneously from the first column in 2003. If someone wrote "Hi Mick," I knew I couldn't formalize that into "Dear Mr. LaSalle," but that also meant that I couldn't address the person as "Mr." or "Ms." without sounding like a stiff. And if the person addressed me in a formal way, I didn't want to assume a familiarity that wasn't there.
Curiously, people often comment on this - always positively. And some have used it to clever advantage. By calling me all-seeing and all-knowing, they guarantee that they will be called the same and that their omniscience will be made manifest to a wide reading public. Interestingly, though just as many women write to me as men, it seems that only guys see this for the grand opportunity it truly is.
Here are some of the best salutations.
-- Dear great and wondrous Mick (Steven Bignell, Santa Cruz)
-- Dear Mick-O-Rama (Jacob Shafer, Mill Valley)
-- Hello to the Esteemed Inimitable Mick LaSalle (David Swope, Sausalito)
-- Dear All-Seeing Mr. Mick (Neal Ross Attinson, Sonoma)
-- Dear Great and Powerful Mick LaSalle (Robert Baker, Lagunitas)
-- Dear Oh Insightful One Mick LaSalle (Steve Metzger, Chico)
-- Dear Straight-Genre-No-Chaser Mick (George Station, Pacific Grove, Monterey County)
-- To the Smartest and Second Best-Looking Guy I Know Mick LaSalle (Jeff Lerman, San Rafael)
-- Hello Masterful Movie Man Mick LaSalle (Julian Grant, San Francisco)
-- Dear Inimitably Sagacious Mick (Lanny Middings, San Ramon)
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Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
I own property in California which is managed by a property management company. The company terminated my contract with 10 days notice when our contract clearly states 30 days is required. The company did not give my tenants any notice that they were terminating their contract as well. Do we have recourse and can we collect damages.
Asked on 7/16/13, 2:54 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach
Your tenants are your tenants. The property management company simply acts as your agent. I don't understand what you mean by the fact that the company terminated the tenants' contract as well. Do you mean that the property management company is trying to evict your tenants? If you don't want them evicted, or the lease terminated you have the right to keep them in.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|4 Mar 1986
|Filing date
|20 Jan 1984
|Priority date
|20 Jan 1984
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Michael T. Nixon
|Original Assignee
|Nixon Michael T
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (41), Classifications (29), Legal Events (12)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
To ensure that their products are of a high quality and free from any contamination introduced during the manufacturing process, companies in many industries, including the food preparation, electronics, medical device manufacturing and drug preparation industries, must manufacture their products in an unusually clean, sterile environment which is free of sources of contamination. Further, because the machinery used in production facilities is often very noisy, steps must be taken to maintain sound emissions at a tolerable level, i.e., a level which is comfortable for employees working in the facility and which allows the employees to easily communicate with each other. Regretably, those means which may be taken to control sound emissions lie at crosspurposes to conventional means for avoiding contamination.
In the past, acoustical panels have been used to control sound emissions but these panels are not suitable for use in an environment where sterile, clean conditions are required. Acoustical panels used in the past have generally been made of a fibrous material to which a paint or other film-forming material was applied for appearance purposes. Also, acoustical panels traditionally have had a roughened irregular surface which created both coating difficulties, as well as cleaning difficulties. As a result, it has been extremely difficult to provide appropriate control of sound emissions in those environments where sterile and clean conditions are required, such as in typical clean-room facilities. Accordingly, these panels, as utilized in the past, were not suitable for use in a clean-room environment because:
(1) the fibrous material present on the surface of conventional acoustical panels would break down in time and the surface-exposed fibers would be dislodged and free to move throughout the clean-room facility, thus creating a source of contamination;
(2) washing or otherwise attempting to clean the panels would damage the surfaces thereof; and
(3) repeated painting of the panels to maintain their appearance would destroy their sound absorbing capabilities, as well as necessitating labor-intensive operations which are, of course, time-consuming.
In later acoustical panel designs, such as that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 2,802,764, attempts were made to overcome the above-described problems by stretching a thin film or membrane of a material such as "Mylar" or "Saran" over exposed portions of the panel. Adding such a thin film, however, often caused the panel to warp and lose its desired predetermined shape. Normally, conventional acoustical panels have been in the form of rectangular parallelepipeds. Further, the film covering was simply not sufficiently durable to permit extended use and scrubbing in a manufacturing facility. Attempts by others to improve durability were too costly to be efficient.
The present invention comprises an inexpensive, durable, easily cleaned acoustical panel well suited for use in clean-room facilities, such as are found in food processing plants, kitchens and drug manufacturing plants. These improved acoustical panels may be used as an effective, cost efficient sound absorbing covering for walls and ceilings or as a liner for air ducts. Other applications, of course, are likewise appropriate for these devices. Additionally, the acoustical panels of the present invention have been found to possess a noise reduction coefficient of up to 0.95 and meets U.S.D.A. and F.D.A. sanitation requirements, and to carry a Class A fire prevention rating having a flame spread of 25.
Various advantages and features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and forming a part hereof. However, for a better understanding of the invention, its advantages, and the objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the drawings which form a further part hereof, and to the accompanying descriptive matter, in which there are illustrated and described certain preferred embodiments of the invention.
In the drawings, in which reference numerals identify the various elements throughout the several views:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view with portions of certain layers thereof partially broken away so as to expose the layers and show the acoustical panel of the invention.
Referring now to the drawing, an acoustical panel 10 according to the invention is shown to comprise an inner core 12, a middle layer 13, edge supports 14, and an outer layer 15.
The inner core 12 is comprised of a loosely woven, sound absorbing, fibrous material, preferably fiberglass, having a density in the range of six pounds per cubic foot. This core can be of any desired size or shape. Preferably, however, it is of a uniform thickness and dimension so that the panel 10 will fit into a standard 2'�2' or 2'�4' tee-bar suspension grid. As indicated, and traditionally, this core member 12 will be in the form of a conventional rectangular parallelepiped, thus achieving the result of uniform thickness and dimension for the finished panel.
To enhance durability without adversely significantly affecting the sound absorption properties of panel 10, one or more middle layers such as middle layer 13 has been added to one or both major surfaces of the inner core portion. In the preferred embodiment, this layer is normally constructed of a tightly woven fibrous material such as molded fiberglass having a relatively greater density, such as in the range of approximately 13.5 pounds per cubic foot. This layer, too, is created to possess a uniform thickness, about 1/16" being the optimum thickness, and is dimensioned so that panel 1 will fit into the standard 2'�2' or 2'�4' standard tee-bar suspension grid.
Those skilled in the art will recognize that the middle layer 13 can also be constructed of a thin layer of perforated metal or of a plastic substance such as vinyl, with such a structure still permitting a high degree of sound absorption and, at the same time, producing greater durability, this structure also possessing the requisite amount of stiffness and/or resistance to warping. Use of perforated metal or a plastic member such as vinyl has the additional advantage of being easily painted a color which contrasts with the color of the outside surface of panel 10. Surface or skin perforations can cause the fibrous material to become dislodged, or to otherwise leak from the panel destroying or impairing the sterility of the clean-room environment. Hence, it is often necessary that damaged or perforated panels be quickly detected and immediately replaced. Detection of surface perforations is aided by the use of contrasting colors.
To provide a neat edge detail appearance and to produce a panel in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped with flat exposed surfaces that may be utilized to engage the tee-bar support grid on all of its four sides, edge supports 14 have been added around the perimeter of each panel between the outer layer 15 and the edges of the middle layers 13 and inner core 12. These edge supports may conveniently be constructed of high density molded fiberglass, metal or stiff plastic. However, in the preferred embodiment the perimeter edge or side supports are constructed out of pressed cardboard paper. Cardboard edge supports offer the advantages of being economical, stiff enough to produce the desired results, and not so stiff or rigid that the corners or edges cut or perforate the outer layer either while or after the outer layer is applied. Further, cardboard can easily be cut, formed and configured to a size equal to the length and width of the edges of the panel. Pressed cardboard is, of course, commercially available, with a thickness of approximately 1/16th inch having been found to be suitable, desirable, and highly useful.
The purpose of the outer film layer is to contain the sound absorbing materials of the inner core and middle layer. It must be highly durable, washable, and steam-cleanable. It must not interfere with or hinder the sound absorbing characteristics of the panel, and be reasonably free of any tendency to reflect sound waves. It should also be impervious to common solvents, acids, greases and other chemicals. Cryovac films, polyolefin films and stress-oriented polyvinyl floride films such as Tedlar, manufactured by the DuPont Company, seem to sufficiently meet these design parameters, with Type 15, 1.5 mil thickness Tedlar proving to be the most effective.
The panel is constructed by mating the inner core with the middle layer and then applying the edge supports to the combination of the inner core and middle layer. Suitable adhesives may be used in these steps but the use of adhesives has been found to be generally unnecessary.
A polyvinyl floride film bag is then constructed by folding the film in the middle and welding or heat sealing along two of the edges leaving only one edge open. The bag is then inverted; the assembly of the inner core 12, middle layer 13 and edge supports 14 is inserted in the bag; the final edge is heat sealed and the film is then heat shrunk to provide a tight, firm fit. One skilled in the art will recognize that the corners can be tucked as shown generally at 16 in FIG. 1 to improve appearance. Also, the bag can be vented to allow air to escape during the heat shrinking process by putting two holes 17 and 18 in the film preferably on the backside of panel 10. These air vent holes can be covered by a label later to preserve integrity and prevent fibrous material from escaping once the heat shrinking process is complete. Finally, one skilled in the art will recognize that the panels of the invention can be modified in a number of ways to permit fastening of the panel for use in a wide variety of applications. For example, brackets can be attached to the edges with screws (if this method is used, the edges of the fiberglass should be dipped in a resin, a common practice, to increase the holding power of the screws), or grommets can be used to support perforations through the untucked seal of the polyvinyl film bag.
Numerous characteristics and advantages of the invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, and the novel features thereof are pointed out in the appended claims. The disclosure, however, is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts, within the principle of the invention, to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|6 Feb 1937
|14 Feb 1939
|Burgess Battery Co
|Sound-absorbing construction
|8 Oct 1952
|13 Aug 1957
|Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp
|Acoustical material
|24 Dec 1959
|21 Jan 1964
|Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp
|Sound absorbing film faced boards of mineral fibers and method of making same
|23 Sep 1971
|9 Jul 1974
|Mc Donnell Douglas Corp
|Decorative acoustic panel
|18 Jul 1972
|29 Oct 1974
|Armstrong Cork Co
|Perforated vinyl film ceiling board
|5 Oct 1973
|7 Jan 1975
|Le Masurier Philip H
|Sound absorbing panel
|3 Dec 1975
|8 Nov 1977
|Conwed Corporation
|Lightweight sound absorbent panels having high noise reduction coefficient
|10 Jun 1977
|3 Apr 1979
|Petrovec David C
|Acoustical panel with rigidified edges
|7 Mar 1978
|25 Mar 1980
|Wendt Alan C
|Sound absorbing panels
|26 Dec 1978
|29 Apr 1980
|Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
|End cap and suspension means for acoustical ceiling baffle
|5 Mar 1979
|26 Aug 1980
|L. E. Carpenter & Company, Inc.
|Flexible acoustical wall covering, method of making same, and wall panel employing same
|28 Sep 1979
|14 Jul 1981
|Armand Lerner
|Sound barrier
|17 Dec 1980
|2 Feb 1982
|Rohr Industries, Inc.
|Bulk acoustic absorber panels for use in high speed gas flow environments
|26 Jun 1981
|18 May 1982
|Armand Lerner
|Sound barrier
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|31 May 1989
|25 Dec 1990
|Charriere J J
|Structural member with heat shrinkable outer support covering
|1 May 1990
|15 Oct 1991
|Veldhoen George G
|Flat panel and method for fabricating it
|6 Mar 1995
|8 Jul 1997
|Perdue; Jay
|Sound absorbing panel
|25 Jun 2002
|21 Nov 2006
|David Zuppan
|Foundation wall system
|3 Apr 2008
|20 Jul 2010
|Soundtech, Inc.
|Transparent acoustical laminate wall system and method of forming same
|25 Jul 2002
|17 Aug 2010
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|System for joining building panels
|9 Jul 2007
|28 Sep 2010
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floor panel with sealing means
|5 Jan 2007
|26 Apr 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboards having a resilent surface layer with a decorative groove
|26 Jul 2002
|4 Oct 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floor panel with sealing means
|9 Jul 2007
|14 Feb 2012
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Method for manufacturing floorboard having surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers
|11 Mar 2011
|21 Aug 2012
|V�linge Innovation AB
|Set of floorboards with sealing arrangement
|8 Nov 2010
|23 Oct 2012
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard, system and method for forming a flooring, and a flooring formed thereof
|3 Sep 2010
|5 Feb 2013
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient floor
|18 Jul 2012
|20 Aug 2013
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Set F floorboards with overlapping edges
|21 Jan 2011
|19 Nov 2013
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floor panel with sealing means
|13 Sep 2012
|24 Dec 2013
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard, system and method for forming a flooring, and a flooring formed thereof
|11 Mar 2011
|1 Apr 2014
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Method for making floorboards with decorative grooves
|4 Jan 2013
|24 Jun 2014
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient floor
|4 Jan 2012
|12 Aug 2014
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard and method for manufacturing thereof
|16 Jul 2013
|29 Dec 2015
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Set of floorboards having a resilient groove
|8 May 2014
|2 Feb 2016
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient floor
|28 Aug 2012
|19 Apr 2016
|Valinge Flooring Technology Ab
|Mechanical locking system for floor panels
|7 Jul 2014
|9 Aug 2016
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard and method for manufacturing thereof
|15 Nov 2013
|28 Mar 2017
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard, system and method for forming a flooring, and a flooring formed thereof
|19 Nov 2015
|19 Sep 2017
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboards comprising a decorative edge part in a resilient surface layer
|25 Jul 2002
|5 Dec 2002
|Tony Pervan
|System for joining building panels
|26 Jul 2002
|6 Feb 2003
|Darko Pervan
|Floor panel with sealing means
|25 Jun 2002
|25 Dec 2003
|David Zuppan
|Foundation wall system
|5 Jan 2007
|2 Aug 2007
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient groove
|9 Jul 2007
|3 Jan 2008
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard and method for manufacturing thereof
|9 Jul 2007
|23 Oct 2008
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floor panel with sealing means
|8 Nov 2010
|24 Feb 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floorboard, system and method for forming a flooring, and a flooring formed thereof
|3 Sep 2010
|10 Mar 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient floor
|21 Jan 2011
|9 Jun 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Floor panel with sealing means
|11 Mar 2011
|30 Jun 2011
|Valinge Innovation Ab
|Resilient groove
|29 Sep 1988
|5 Apr 1989
|George Gustaaf Veldhoen
|Method for fabricating a flat panel
|29 Sep 1988
|4 Mar 1992
|George Gustaaf Veldhoen
|Method for fabricating a flat panel
|25 May 1989
|6 Dec 1989
|J.J. Charriere
|Composite article comprising a central core wrapped in a cover, and its uses
|25 Jun 2003
|3 Jun 2004
|David Zuppan
|Foundation wall system
|24 Apr 2007
|17 Jan 2008
|Frenzelit-Werke Gmbh & Co. Kg
|Sliding element in the form of an acoustic cushion for soundproofing power turbines
|24 Apr 2007
|10 Apr 2008
|Frenzelit Werke Gmbh & Co Kg
|Sliding element in the form of an acoustic cushion for soundproofing power turbines
|U.S. Classification
|428/68, 428/137, 428/193, 428/218, 428/76, 428/138, 181/294, 428/457, 181/291, 428/192, 428/131
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|7 Apr 1986
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The first organized baseball match in Salem was held in 1867, between the Pacific Club's "town nine" and a group of young men from Willamette University known as the "college nine." The teams played on a field just east of where the Marion County Courthouse now stands.
It is information such as this that the fortunate attendee will pick up at the show, The Boys of Summer, held at Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill for two months.
The exhibition is a fun and breezy affair, with solid information (baseball began in the 1750s as a form of British cricket and rounders, and American barnball) embedded every step of the way.
In one section, an 1897 challenge is issued in the Salem newspaper of the time, the Capitol Journal, between teams of town bartenders and barbers;
"The bar tenders team… will be hard to beat. The JOURNAL would be pleased to see the "Knights of the Razor" accept the challenge immediately and put up an intensely interesting game. We predict they will give their robust competitors a close shave."
The Boys of Summer provides many such nuggets, including stadiums of many eras, Mid-Valley teams that reached from Grand Rhonde to Mt. Angel, Portland down to Albany, Native American teams, youth teams, the modern Volcano team that became champions in 2006 and 2007, several sketches by Homer Davenport – and more.
Were you aware that in the early days, games continued as long as necessary until a team reached a score of 21?
Such tidbits and many more are ripe for discovery at this unique show.
The Boys of Summer – Mid-Valley Baseball
June 20 – August 18, 2013
Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill
1313 Mill Street SE, Salem


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Our repair team is an expert and master in rug repairs. We are serving more than 1,300 rug dealers all over United States. We treat every rug with care, weather it is hand made or machine made. We classify the rug by the style, origin, condition, age and dye. We at Fred Remmers do provide service to dealers (wholesale & retail) as well as private customers, and have done so for many years. Rugs differ in many ways, and as such, each rug needs specific assessments to the repair process. The experts at our facility will examine each rug individually and will be sure to pay close attention to the needs of the repair. EXAMPLE: They will be looking for wear and tare, pre-existing damage, color fading, and stains (big or small), etc.
Repairing your rug is very important. You want to be sure you are protecting your investment, and in doing so, repairs are imminent. It is important to repair any and all issues with your oriental rug before other damages occur. Simple repairs can be done within a day.
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Commonly known issues that can cause damage to your rugs are: water damage, chemical damage, pet stains, sun damage, etc…
Be very careful when adding chemicals to spots, as the spots may worsen.
Our prices are very competitive, and reasonable. Our workmanship is the best there is and our dedication belongs to you.
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Hospitals Increasingly Launching "Quiet Campaigns" for Patient Safety
The worldwide hospital average for noise is approximately 72 decibels during the daytime and 60 decibels during the nighttime, according to the news report. These levels are far above the World Health Organization's standard of a maximum of 40 decibels. Technology and the rush of hospital care are the main contributors to such high levels of noise, according to the news report.
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The noise levels are cause for concerns, as more studies show higher noise levels can disrupt patients' sleep, increase stress levels and pave the way to medical errors and alarm fatigue. Patients staying at noisier hospitals also request more pain killers and may experience higher heart rates, blood pressure, respiratory rates and cortisol levels, according to the news report.
Hospitals throughout the country are combating the high noise levels through different "quiet campaigns," including nixing intercom paging and metal trash cans, implementing noise-absorbing flooring and paneling and dimming lights as a reminder to staff members to hush their voices, according to the news report.
Read the news report about hospital noise.
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One of the most admired singers around the world Jennifer Lopez showed her hot Latin temper wearing a risqué outfit for her first hometown concert held in the Bronx.
'Jenny from the block' stripped down to the black stockings demonstrating her curvaceous body to the fascinated audience, Daily Mail revealed.
The 44-year-old music star and American Idol judge together with her dancers rocked the stage with in the energetic performance.
No other place feels like home, and Jen was noticeably indulged into delivering a great show, once she even placed her hands over her chest while performing yet another hit.
Interestingly, she also wore a costume which paid homage to her legendary 2000 Grammy dress by Versace. Fourteen years passed by… and Jenny has become even more beautiful! See the 2000 dress below:
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For over 30 years Oak Grove has been at the forefront of transformative education, addressing the whole process of what it means to live and to learn. Our understanding of how learning occurs continues to expand and grow as we explore and share with other educators what works well for student learning.
The faculty at Oak Grove School spend a full week before school begins, two full days over winter break, and a full week before summer break meeting intensively to share, exchange, reflect on, and discuss their teaching practice. A range of respected educators have worked with our teachers on such topics as Non-Violent Communication and Project-Based Learning. Our teachers also benefit from teacher exchange programs and partnerships with our sister schools in England and India. In turn, many educators visit the school each year to see our work in action.
Through an affiliation with the Coalition of Essential Schools and a professional development partnership with Wildwood Secondary School in Los Angeles, Oak Grove School faculty developed and implemented The Arts of Living and Learning, a framework that integrates the philosophical intent of the school as expressed by our founder J. Krishnamurti, with common principles of educational practice as expressed by the Coalition of Essential Schools.
We hope that these partnerships will both nurture our growth as a school and also provide a forum for sharing our approach to education with the world. Indeed, as we look around the world, it seems that the need for an education such as ours, one that is "whole, mindful, and intelligent" has never been greater than now.


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Since it first started screening at genre festivals a while back, "Splice" has been garnering rabid word of mouth and a reputation for being one of the hottest science fiction/horror tickets for some time. Having gone down particularly well at prestigious gatherings such as Sundance and Stiges, the film has now been picked up for wider distribution, with a summer release slot having apparently been staked out, surely a great show of confidence in its quality.
The film was directed by Vincenzo Natali, still probably best known for his 1997 brain teaser "Cube", and boasts a vaguely top drawer cast headlined by Adrien Brody, presumably still trying to live down his bizarre performance in Argento's "Giallo", and Sarah Polley. Add to this a potentially fascinating and controversial premise involving DNA tomfoolery and some superb special effects, and "Splice" certainly seems to tick all the right boxes. Sadly, it also ticks all the wrong boxes, and despite a few flashes of creativity, it sees Natali quite inexplicably playing things safe, following every genre cliché imaginable and eliciting laughter where it seems to be aiming for wonder or fear.
The plot sees Brody and Polley as a couple of hip young scientists working away on gene splicing. The audience is clued in to the fact that they are cooler than the average lab coat wearer by the fact that they have appeared on the front of a magazine and that they listen to groovy old time music. The two rebellious nerds decide to go against the wishes of their tedious corporate employers by mixing human DNA with that of a variety of animals, resulting in a weird, deformed infant creature they dub Dren. After the beastie rather unsurprisingly grows and develops intellectually at a rapid rate, they take the obvious route, and decide to take her home to their farmhouse, where the keep her in a dirty old barn. As Dren grows into a strange looking young woman (now played by actress Delphine Chanéac), her bonds with Brody and Polley begin to shift, pushing them into increasingly uncomfortable, and even dangerous situations.
In fairness, it should be stated at this point that the following comments contain a certain level of spoilers. However, the chances are pretty high that any genre fans reading the above synopsis will have a very accurate idea of where "Splice" is going regardless – especially those who have seen "Species" and its myriad sequels, or even "Jurassic Park", from which it lifts a couple of groan-worthy riffs. Indeed, the main problem with the film is that it is inherently predictable from almost the first frame, dropping in laughably clumsy hints as to how the characters, human and otherwise are going to develop. Brody and Polley are sexually distant? Polley has mother issues? Dren starts drawing pictures of Brody and flitting her eyelashes at him? Check, check and check. Pretty much every one of the later supposed plot twists are spelled out well in advance, and as a result the film frequently feels redundant, especially in its latter, surprise free stages.
If anything, the film resembles a soap opera more than anything else, with the behaviour of the supposedly super intelligent scientist couple verging on the absurd on countless occasions. The film is not so much one which relies on a few wrong decisions here and there to help the plot along, so much as it requires a complete suspension of disbelief as to how people would act in such a situation. To be fair, this does make for some very amusing scenes, with Brody in particular having to act his way gamely through some deliciously ludicrous sequences. The script is embarrassingly straight-faced, and the supporting cast themselves are little more than painfully transparent stereotypes – corporate cynic, pointless brother with 'potential victim' stamped on his forehead, and so on.
Whilst the special effects are of a good standard throughout, and Natali wisely never over uses them, they are never inherently believable, mainly since Dren herself is a patently foolish beast. Far more interesting are a couple of non-humanoid creations which show up early on, though once they have established their point in the plot (underlining a lesson which Brody and Polley predictably fail to pay attention to), they are simply forgotten. These few scenes aside, the film is certainly likely to appal science fiction fans and horror fans alike, as it never explores the concept in any depth, pointedly ignoring its more complex possibilities, and is utterly devoid of scare scenes or shocks until the lame wrap up. At the same time, it determinedly eschews any kind of psychological or moral depth, showing a light hearted touch that may or may not have been intentional, but which certainly serves to undermine any big themes or questions hinted at.
All of this may sound somewhat harsh, but for a film which promises so much, "Splice" really does fail to deliver. Disappointingly standard in terms of plotting, clichéd and needlessly mild mannered, it is likely only to please the most undemanding of genre fans, or for those who really desperate or lonely enough to be caught up by the central question – which revolves not around whether or not it is morally correct to screw around with human and animal DNA, but whether or not it is ok to have sex with the results. And then whether or not to feel bad afterwards.
(This review was originally published on SciFiCool.com)
Vincenzo Natali (director) / Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor (screenplay)
CAST: Adrien Brody … Clive
Sarah Polley … Elsa
David Hewlett … Barlow
Abigail Chu … Young Dren
Delphine Chanéac … Dren
Stephanie Baird … Elsa / PD
Brandon McGibbon … Gavin
Amanda Brugel … Melinda Finch


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If k = 4, the first digit of the number cannot exceed 2, and
so must be even to achieve an even product. Thus, for some
positive integers m and x � 10m - 1, we must have
4(2 ×10m + x) = 10x + 2, whence
Solution 2. [A. Critch] Suppose that multiplication is
positive for some k � 3. Let the number be d ·10m+ u for a positive digit d, a positive integer m and
a nonnegative integer u < 10m - 1. Then
k(d ·10m + u) = 10u + d, whence
Comment. When k = 3, the first digit must be 1, 2 or 3. It can be shown that 2 and 3 do not work, so that we must have 3(10m + x) = 10x + 1 for x = (3 ×10m - 1)/7. This actually gives a result when m � 5 (mod 6). Indeed, when m = 5, we obtain the example 142857.
Solution. We have than y1(y2 - y3) = x2 - x3 = y4(y2 - y3), whence (y1 - y4)(y2 - y3) = 0. Similarly, (y1 - y2)(y3 - y4) = 0 = (y1 - y3)(y2 - y4). From this, we deduce that three of the four yi must be equal. Suppose, wolog, that y1 = y2 = y3 = u and y4 = v. Then the system can be solved to obtain x1 = x2 = x3 = u2/2 and x4 = uv - (u2/2) = 1/2u(2v - u). (This includes the case u = v.)
Solution 1. First, suppose that a = 1. Then all of the equations in the system become x1 + x2 + �+ xn = 1, which has infinitely many solutions; any n-1 of the xi's can be chosen arbitrarily and the remaining one solved for.
Henceforth, assume that a � 1.
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When a � 1 - n, then
Solution 2. As above, we dispose first of the case a = 1.
Suppose that a � 1.Taking the difference of adjacent equations
leads to (a - 1)(xi+1 - xi) = ai - ai-1, so that
xi+1 = xi + ai-1 for 1 � i � n-1.
Hence xi = x1 + (1 + a + �+ ai-2) for 2 � i � n.
From the first equation, we find that
Comment. Beware of the "easy" questions. Many solvers had only a superficial analysis which did not consider the possibility that a denominator might vanish, and almost nobody picked up the (n, a) = (2, -1) case. When you write up your solution, it is good to dispose of the singular cases first before you get into the general situation.
Solution. A rotation of 60� about the vertex A takes triangle ACC� to the triangle AB�B, and so BB� = CC�. Similarly, it can be shown that each of these is equal to AA�. Suppose that BB� and CC� intersect in F. From the rotation, �BFC� = 60� = �BAC�, so that AFBC� is concyclic.
hence �C�FB = �C�AB = 60�. Also �AFC� = �ABC� = 60�, �AFB� = 60� and so �BFC = �C�FB� = 120�. Since �BFC + �BA�C = 180�, the quadrilateral BFCA� is concyclic and �BFA� = �BCA� = 60�. Hence �AFA� = �AFC�+�C�FB + �BFA� = 180�, so that A, A� and F are collinear, and AA�, BB� and CC� intersect at F.
From Ptolemy's Theorem, AB ·C�F = AF ·BC�+ FB ·AC� , whence C�F = AF + BF. Similarly, A�F = BF + CF and C�F = AF + BF. Indeed, AA� = BB� = CC� = AF + A�F = AF + BF + CF.
[J. Zhao] Let O be the circumcentre of triangle A�B�C� and let the respective midpoints of A�A", B�B", C�C" be X, Y, Z. Since OX ^A�A", OX ^FX. Similarly, OY ^FY and OZ ^FZ, so that X, Y, Z lie on the circle with diameter OF. Suppose, wolog, that F lies on the arc ZX. Then �XZY = �XFY = �A�FB" = 60� and �ZXY = �ZFY = 60�, so that XYZ is an equilateral triangle and Ptolemy's theorem yields that FY = FX + FZ.
Applying the same reasoning all around, we see that each side of one tetrahedron intersects a face of the other in its centroid one third of the way along its length. Thus GA� intersects TBC in A1, GB� intersects TAC in B1, GC� intersects TAB in C1, TA intersects GB�C� in A2, TB intersects GA�C� in B2 and TC intersects GA�B� in C2. Note that the Ai� = Aj, Bi� = Bj, Ci� = Cj for i � j.
The intersection of the two tetrahedra is a parallelepiped with vertices T, A2, B2, C2, A1, B1, C1, G and faces TA2C1B2, TB2A1C2, TC2B1A2, GA1C2B1, GB1A2C1, GC1B2A1 (to see that, say, TB2A1C2 is a parallelogram, note that a dilation with centre T and factor 3/2 takes it to a parallelogram with diagonal TD). The volume of this parallelpiped is three times that of the skew pyramid TB2A1C2A2 with base TB2A1C2 and altitude dropped from A2, which in turn is twice that of tetrahedron TA2B2C2. But the volume of tetrahedron TA2B2C2 is 1/27 = (1/3)3 that of TABC since it can be obtained from TABC by a dilation with centre T and factor 1/3. Hence the volume of the parallelpiped common to both tetraheda TABC and GA�B�C� is 6 ×(1/27) = 2/9 is the volume of either of these tetrahedra.


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Appropriate Names
Posted by Viktoria Michaelis on April 18, 2013 in Immoral Conversations | ∞
We've all come across them, people whose names seem to fit perfectly with their appearance, their job or whatever. Here, for your edification, is one I found recently.
Photo Source: Fox News
Now clean up the coffee you just snorted.
Have you come across any other good examples? I'd love to hear about them!
Love & Kisses, Viki.
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"Fox News" is also self-explanatory.
Try to hear "Fox" in Spanish in your mind for the full coffee snort.


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Andrew Pendleton, from Christian Aid, on the UK's hidden carbon dioxide emissions
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22nd February, 2007Christian Aid this week released a report showing that, if account is taken of the UK's overseas investments, the country is responsible for as much as 15 per cent of global emissions of CO2. We asked Andrew Pendleton, the lead author of the research, where we go now. more...
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The Art of Cycling
How to ride on city streets
While there are thousands of books on bicycling, this is the best book I've come across that offers lots of hard-earned, practical advice for staying alive. A former bike messenger, Hurst interviewed many expert cyclists and accomplished what a great how-to book should: he distilled years of experience into a readable, understandable book that can help those with less experience gain tremendously—without having to make all the mistakes themselves.
Readers learn what to be most wary of in city traffic, where to position yourself (not always to the right), how to do hand signals (not what you learned in driver's ed), the surprising benefits of glancing back, the danger lurking behind gaps in traffic. These and many other practical tips might save you from painful first-hand experience.
I take special delight in how-to books that delve into the counter-intuitive aspects that seem to be part of doing many sports well. For instance, Hurst tells us that vigilance while cycling can actually be relaxing rather than tiresome; it requires light but constant attention and thus ideally takes you away from other thoughts and cares. The more you ride the better you can become at vigilance—although riding will never be a time to totally relax, nor a place to daydream.
If you cycle, or love someone who does, get this book.02/14/11
Before the Leonardo controversy, the invention of the bicycle was most often credited, quite erroneously, to a German fellow named Baron Karl von Drais de Saverbrun, or just Drais. Drais built a wooden, two-wheeled vehicle in 1816 and patented it as the draisienne.
The Art of Cycling Robert Hurst 2006, 288 p. $12


text: At the age of 17, Larry started her career as a vocalist with a wild bunch of musicians, mixing hip-hop, funk, ska, rock'a'billy and grunge. Later on, she discovered her unbridled passion for Jazz music at the Jazzstudio in Antwerp, where she finetuned her vocal skills under the tutelage of renowned Jazzmen such as Chris Joris, Ernst Vranckx and David Crane. She was influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, amongst others, which she integrated in her natural bluesy interpretations. Her career took a decisive turn when she was chosen to become the new lead-singer of the very popular Belgian funky bluesband 'Blue Blot'. But that was then... This is now: her first solo album 'Just call me ... Larry' has recently been released and many journalists claim it to be the beginning of a very promising career. Groovy jazz with a touch of blues, pop and bossa nova: that's Larry...Make Larry Playlist


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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Separated by a Past Life Retro Couple: Me and Mary Travers
I went through some old photos and the ones that were taken at a friend's wedding a few years ago seemed to look like her the most. I Photoshopped a few together for comparison - close, no?
I even have Mary's side profile, especially her nose, although I couldn't find any good side profiles of me to compare. I love my bob, but maybe I should grow my hair out a bit longer. Now if only I could SING like Mary! Better yet, how cool would it be to meet a guy who looked like someone famous from the 60s...hmmm....I'll take a John Sebastian lookalike these days. We could be the cutest retro couple ever!
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WOW! That is amazing!ReplyDelete
You really, really do!ReplyDelete
Yes you two look alike and, darling, you are both goregous!ReplyDelete
I have a friend who does these side by sides all the time and the one she most looks like is Roberta Collins (Google her if you aren't sure who she is). I didn't realize it until she said it and now I can't think of Roberta without thinking of her...
I agree - you both definitely look alike. A guy in high school said that I looked like Jane Fonda in 9 to 5, probably because of my big glasses.ReplyDelete
WOW! That IS your Doppelganger!! Amazing!ReplyDelete
Ha ha, thanks everyone! I lucked out finding a picture of her that seems to capture my features, but I'm sure if I dug deeper I might have more similar ones somewhere. Of course, no one tells me that I look like her because a lot of people, sadly, don't know who she was and a lot of people younger than me have never heard of Peter, Paul & Mary. :(ReplyDelete
Amanda By Night - I'll have to look up Roberta Collins; can't say I know who she is.
Lara Ann - Jane Fonda is not bad at all!
I love Peter Paul and Mary. And you most definitely look like Mary. How cool!ReplyDelete
Pam, I just stumbled onto this post and wow do you ever look alike. Gorgeous gals!ReplyDelete


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Written on: 08/11/2011
It is a good MP3 it has a good screen and sound quality. I had one it worked for 3 years it still works and has only now started to fail on me. The only things that i didn't like is that if a pause a song it will turn it self of in a couple on minutes.I would recomed this to any one who likes cheap but good quality basic item. Thank you for reading!! … Read Full Review
Written on: 29/01/2011
The mp3 used to work fine until I had my computer fixed which removed a lot of stuff. I have windows xp still and now it doesnt recognise it becuase of the driver problem. Ive looked on the samsung website but i cant find the driver and can seen to make it connect at all :(. Please help… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/10/2009
i have had this mp3 for about a year, up until now it has been fine, great sound quality, good value for money, compact light weight model. Ive had no trouble in connecting it my PC or any other PC.
However recently when i turn the player on it turns off straight away and the end goes blue,i have to wait several minutes before it will turn on, i can listen to a few songs then the same problem will occur. no one ive seen on here has had this problem so im not sure how to sort this out… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/07/2010
is there is some body who wants to sell his samsung yp u3 1 gb . mail me vineet.aquarius(at)gmail.com
Written on: 01/10/2009
It says its compatible with vista, xp and other softwares... BUt has never worked on an XP computer!!! and not just mine, my friend brought one and hers didnt either!! she was smart enough to keep her reciept so she returned it but im stuck with a piece of crap i cant even put music on!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/08/2009
Good Points of the samsung yp-u3:
Sound Quality
Easy Menus to navigate into the songs
Bad Points:
Is an MTP device, so not every computer recognizes it!
It doesn't play m4a files
The player is really good, it has a decent battery and a great sound quality if you put DNSE at Rock, but I have a problem with it: Almost all my songs are in m4a files, it doesn't read them, I bought it because it was the only "good" player on the store (Others were disposable players, like Titan or 'til… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/06/2009
The Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is excellent! My sister took it to legoland and lost it and Im going to buy another one but maybe different colour!… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/06/2009
The Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is relible and good quality… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/05/2009
do not buy this Samsung YP-U3 1 GB . it is a fantastic mp3 player while it works, but many many people seem to have had the same problem as me with samsung mp3 players in general. one day you will plug your mp3 player into your pc and it will not connect, the pc will recognise it and disconnect it immediately, probably with a message about an mtp driver it needs to install, which consequently it will not be able to find. when you do find it and download it (from the microsoft website) it still… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/06/2009
I have just bought a Samsung YP-P3 and it has the same driver problem (i.e. the PC stopped recognising it and you cannot find the driver). I was a fan of Samsung, but this has put me off. I can't believe that Samsung have not recognised this fault and put a fix on their website - really rubbish site by the way!
Written on: 02/03/2010
I found this review helpful because...it seems every other person is ecountering the same problem. is samsung for real? had a samsung phone too...also gave me much trouble. what lifespan is to be expected for samsung products in general???
Written on: 12/04/2009
I Loved my U3 and got very attached to it. It has a decent battery life and looks really good with good sound quality... But, yeah... I do think there's something going on with it cos it just randomly stopped working a week after the 1 year warrenty ran out. and to prove it wasn't me that broke it my brothers broke a few days after mine… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/02/2009 by g4rfi3ld (7 reviews written)
First of all, the Samsung U3 is a good budget player.
I bought this one for my sister, back at christmas and I truly must say, the U3 provides far more than I've expected.
The overall sound quality is very good, which (I think can be referred to Samsung's technique called DNSE). Anyhow, the player, itself, is easy carry around and it provides everything neccessary to listen to music but unfortuneletly that's about it.
Listening to music is one thing, but controlling your player to play the… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/11/2008
My player stopped charging (on different computers I tried) exactly one day after the one year guarantee ran out. With today's technology, I'm very suspicious that it was programmed to stop working after 365 days. I took good care of my player: I never dropped it and it was not damaged in any way. If this is Samsung's way of getting the consumer to go out and buy a replacement product from them, it's not going to work on me, I'm going to buy a replacement player from a different manufacturer… Read Full Review
Written on: 18/10/2008
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Written on: 09/10/2008 by stuntmaster (4 reviews written)
I think the Samsung YP-U3 1 GB is a slim mp3 player, with a cool looking display, thats blue on black.
it can pump out tunes very well, and is quite loud.
Feature wise it can play DRM files, and most of the main formats that are AAC, MP3, OGG, and WMA. and all tagging information is supported there as well.
The player comes with its own music manager and store called emodio (it was originally called samsung media studio). it's easy to use and does allow you to purchase tracks, and music from it… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/09/2008
I can see the player on my work PC and it is easy to transfer songs.
On my home PC I can't get it working. I've done all the recommended stuff with media player 10, but there must be something else.
It is amazing that a company can go to all the trouble of developing and producing such an item and then throw away their customer base by giving no assistance on a major flaw. No more Samsung for me… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/09/2008 by kbyakuya06 (1 review written)
My 1 Gig Samsung YP-U3 is very easy to use. I haven't had any problem so far. I owned different disappointing music players before, but this the best one I have tried, so far. Very neat, simple, and straight to the point. Performs what it's made for, and more. No mess, no unnecessary clutter, etc… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/08/2008
I have problem to connect with my usb or other portable drive is successful connecting but when I connect my Samsung YP - U3 then the message display that is hardware problem im using window xp 2… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/08/2008
Found it really easy to get working - plug and play really. Interface seems intuitive. I like it a lot so far… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/08/2008 by Hackett7 (1 review written)
Bought a Samsung YP-U3 yesterday and the same problems as everyone else. The following worked though (from another trouble shooting web site).
1. Download Windows Media Player 11.
2. Download Windows Media Player 10 SDK.
3. Download mtppk12.exe from Windows Update.
Don't ask me why but my lap-top (running XP Professional) now recognises the MP3 as a mass storage device and lets me download tracks to it… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/07/2008
It seem the 'driver' problem it's because it need WMP 10 installed. enough for my to return it. Samsung had never heard about Linux??… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/07/2008
Same problems as others - device isn't recognised. I have WMP 10 and the drivers and I've tried deleting and reinstalling etc. still no joy.
When it working its OK but unable to add more music/remove music because can't recognise it!
Pointless… Read Full Review
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Photographer's Note
This cafe in Vizag, India is named (rather unusually) as 'Coffee pastry and conversation'. The place is not big and the coffee just above average. But one of the walls is filled with posters of yesteryear Hollywood films and one is never short of fine company at this place.
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tenretin (2803) 2014-01-16 10:28
Hello Satya,
Your Photo is fun and full of details.
Well done and well framed.
Jean Philippe
Periko (7014) 2014-01-16 10:43
It seems to be a nice place to spend a good time.
pajaran (71598) 2014-01-16 11:29
Dobro vece.
Lep pogled na reklamne plakate filmova i junaka ...
Dobar snimak, lepo pokazano mesto, lepe boje.
Dobar rad i kontrast, lepo pokazane plakate filmova i zvezda.
Prijatno vece i lepa noc, sve najbolje.
Good evening.
Nice view of the advertising posters of films and characters ...
Good shot, nice place indicated, beautiful colors.
Good work and contrast nicely shown posters of movies and stars.
Have a nice evening and night, all the best.
wolf38 (30) 2014-01-17 6:43
Hi Satya. People like those cafées with pictures on the walls - and I also. Everything looks quaint and cultish. Stars and starlets let things to be alive and our imagination.
Best rgds, Wolfgang.
Silvio1953 (162160) 2014-01-17 10:57
Ciao Satya, great view of lovelycafe, excelent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
Cricri (133190) 2014-01-17 12:10
Hi Satya
Superbe ce mur plein d'affiche de star, affiche de film, bonne lumière, très belle présentation
Belle soirée
I liked the title of your shot
coffee with the stars nice idea
used in our days to decorate
new restaurants or cafe
pleasant place and wall filled
with posters of famous actors
and films
No_One (4) 2014-02-15 1:55
Hi Satya
as I view your image I am sitting having a cup of very average coffee in a small town in the middle of Ireland and the decor is quite boring. But sharing your photo I can transport myself to India and enjoy this great selection of yesteryear movies instead. The Power of photography has just made my weekend breakfast so much more exotic :)
thanks for sharing
Graal (103038) 2014-03-12 7:46
Hello Satya,
amazing interior of cafe. Interesting wall with the portraits of famous artists. Good shot and presentation here.
Have a nice evening.
serp2000 (46526) 2014-03-21 10:05
Namaste, Satya,
Very nice interior of the cafe, I see a lot of the classic movies posters. Good exposure, fine details.
Thanks for so interesting report.
Greetings from Russia!
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- Date Taken: 2014-01-14
- Categories: Daily Life
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Walker does deserve an enormous amount of credit for approaching seemingly familiar territory in a decidedly different way. Even apart from his three leads, Walker has surrounded himself by a number of other always-appreciated faces, among them Brad William Henke, Radha Mitchell, and Breaking Bad's Dean Norris. (The less said about the long-haired pimp played by 50 Cent, though, the better.) The atmospheric cinematography is often striking, and although The Frozen Ground essentially went straight to video on these shores, its production values are by any standard cinematic. The film benefits immensely from the location photography -- shot in and around Hansen's actual hunting grounds -- and the biting Alaskan cold is very much a character in its own right.
The most troublesome thing about The Frozen Ground is that it's very much the movie it sets out to be. The film is unmistakeably a drama, deliberately steering clear of any standard issue thriller conventions. The Frozen Ground weaves together three connected but
Though it's very much appreciated that Walker has set out to make something different than the same stock thriller we've all seen however many dozens of times, The Frozen Ground is subdued to too far an extreme. There isn't a sense of urgency. The largely parallel storylines too often feel disconnected from one another. Though Hudgens is outstanding as the troubled Cindy Paulson, delivering what is easily the film's most complex and intense performance, she's surrounded by actors who are almost always muted. There's little fire to be found in Cage and Cusack here, too subdued to inspire much in the way of emotional investment. Walker is disinterested in conventional thrills but little else takes their place to truly engage. The frenetic editing and handheld camerawork try to infuse some energy into the film, but they instead make the early stretches of The Frozen Ground feel choppy and almost disorienting.
Some filmmakers aim in a particular direction and fail to hit their marks. Walker, on the other hand, makes it clear in the extras elsewhere on this disc that these are deliberate choices, ones that really are achieved rather than the aftermath of a misfire. I respect that he's trying to accomplish something more respectful and distinctive with The Frozen Ground, but the end result is too dreary, insufficiently engaging, and -- Vanessa Hudgens' tremendous performance aside -- disappointingly forgettable. Rent It.
This Blu-ray release of The Frozen Ground is astonishingly crisp and detailed. Contrast remains robust throughout, benefitting from deep, inky blacks. Though its palette is generally frigid and gray, The Frozen Ground's colors can be striking when the opportunity presents itself. The scope presentation has been encoded at an impressively high bitrate, helping to stave off any concerns with the authoring. The Frozen Ground is also free of any artifacts from edge enhancement or excessive digital noise reduction. This is a first-rate effort from Lionsgate that leaves very little room for complaint.
The Frozen Ground takes a deliberately subdued approach, and much the same can be said about its six-channel, 24-bit DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Dialogue is the focal point, consistently rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. The surrounds are largely reserved for light atmospherics, such as the light rustle of leaves in the wind, as well as reinforcing the score. Activity in the lower frequencies is modest at best. Though the audio here isn't especially immersive, it's still a reasonably strong complement for such an understated drama.
There are no dubs or alternate mixes. Subtitles are offered in English (SDH) and Spanish.
Though Lionsgate decided against a theatrical release for The Frozen Ground on these shores, it's been lavished with the special edition treatment just the same.
The Frozen Ground comes packaged in a lightly embossed slipcover, and an UltraViolet digital copy code is tucked inside.
The Final Word
The Frozen Ground is a thoughtful and well-crafted film that shrugs off the trappings so often associated with serial killer antagonists. That would be commendable were it not also so dreary and uninvolving. This is a movie with an approach I respect but can't say I particularly enjoy, and it's difficult to recommend as a purchase sight unseen. Rent It.


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Asian stock markets fell Thursday after the U.S. central bank signaled recovery in the world's largest economy would be slow.
It was the region's first decline after four straight days of gains. The euro, meanwhile, held onto most of its big advance overnight after Greece announced new measures to help solve its debt crisis. Oil prices hovered near $81 a barrel.
The move lower in regional markets tracked U.S. stocks, where the Federal Reserve's announcement that economic improvements have been "modest" undermined faith in a quicker rebound. Wall Street, up earlier in the day, lost ground to finish largely where it started.
Markets have been volatile this year, with investors whipsawed by concerns surrounding Greece's finances, China's economy and America's recovery.
John Mar, head of sales trading at Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong, pointed to declining trading volumes as a sign investors were still treading cautiously.
"It's indicative of uncertainty in the market," Mar said. "Sentiment is still confused, and we could pull back further in the short term."
Nearly every major Asian market traded in the red.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock average fell 97.88 points, or 1 percent, to 10,155.26.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 110.54 points, or 0.5 percent, to 20,766.25 and South Korea's index was down 8.54 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,613.90.
Shanghai's index lost 1 percent, India's market was off 0.5 percent and Taiwan retreated by 0.8 percent.
In currencies, the dollar was flat at 88.46 yen. The euro was slightly lower at $1.3673 from $1.3693.
Oil prices eased modestly after a two-day jump fueled by growing investor optimism that global crude demand is recovering. The benchmark contract was changing hands at $80.64 a barrel, down 23 cents after climbing $1.19 overnight.
The Dow fell 9.22, or 0.1 percent, to 10,396.76. It had risen nearly 64 points during trading.
The broader S&P 500 index rose 0.48, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,118.79, its highest close since Jan. 20. The Nasdaq composite index slipped 0.11, or less than 0.1 percent, to 2,280.68.


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The living room wars move on to the remote control. Motorola takes on TiVo Slide with NYXboard, its own version of the keyboard remote control.
The NYXboard remote packs in a compact QWERTY-keyboard on the back of its standard cable box remote. Sensors recognize which side is facing up and deactivate the side not in use. No more worrying about accidentally changing the channel while using the keyboard side of the remote!
The remote controls both the cable TV set-top box and the television set.
Motorola is expected to make the remote available by the end of the year, but it will be up to the individual cable companies as to whether customers will actually receive the keyboard remote with their cable TV boxes.


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You have to see the limo Tajh Boyd took to an autograph signing
Tajh Boyd knows how to make an entrance.
The Clemson QB, who will hear his name get called in next week's NFL Draft, took a limo to an autograph signing Friday. But it wasn't just any limo.
It was this limo:
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Decision to suspend air link to the US sends out bad signal
Given our peripheral location on the western edge of Europe we depend heavily on good air and sea links for both pleasure and business trips. But these links provide more than just alternative routes to and from the province. They also send a signal to investors and tourists that Northern Ireland is accessible and therefore it is imperative that we retain as many air and sea services as possible.
It is disappointing that United Airways is going to suspend what is the only direct flight from Belfast to America. The Newark service will go out of operation for nine weeks from January next year. It is part of cutbacks being implemented by the airline which will also affect flights to and from Manchester, Rome and Dublin. However, unlike Belfast, those airports will continue to have direct flights to the US during this period.
There may be sound business reasons for the airline's decisions – the number of passengers using the route on the first few months of the year is lower than at other times – but the value of the Belfast-Newark link is great. We look to the US for new investment and America has been a strong partner in the peace process and subsequent economic development here. Breaking this link, even for a short period of time, has great psychological as well as practical consequences.
It could also put off some US investors who would see the air link as more tenuous now. United Airways, it has to be accepted, has been a strong advocate of this route which has been going for around 10 years and has attracted some 850,000 passengers during that period.
Nowhere else will the impact of the suspension be felt as keenly as here, and not least by Belfast International Airport. Perhaps United could reconsider its decision – the savings surely can be recouped elsewhere in its operation – and send out the message that Northern Ireland is always open for business.
Belfast Telegraph