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I really started to grok the whole MDA framework at GDC this year. I'd seen it before but sort of arrogantly dismissed it as useless ludo-speak, which is easy to do what with the internet and the new glut of game-focused academics. If you don't know what the MDA framework is, here's a doc from the authors. An oversimplifying explanation would be that a game designer has an Aesthetic (A) he wishes to create and then figures out a dynamic system (D) that would create the aesthetic, working back to creating the Mechanics (M) that are the rules of the system. Players experience this framework from the opposite direction. They learn the Mechanics (M) first, participate in a Dynamic system (D) and glean some sort of Aesthetic (A) from the experience. It's actually explained from the different direction in the document, but I've found the way I've phrased it to meld better with my experience. If you have an objection, leave it in the comments. I'm here to learn. Anyway, I've found the whole exercise surprisingly useful in analyzing what works and does not work in games since really picking it up.
Now, what brings me to this is two games that have come to my attention lately: Quest for the Crown and You Have to Burn the Rope. Play both and then come back. Spoilers abound.
Okay. So both are comedic games that subtlety lampoon aspects of mass-market games. In Quest for the Crown it lampoons storytelling – throwing this superbly trite unskippable story over an arbitrary game with the absolute minimum production quality and then ending it with some of what I like to call "Aren't we great" credits that games like to make you sit through because of the ego of the dev team, which they obviously found more important than working on mechanics.
You Have To Burn the Rope is similar, but with much higher production quality. Here you have a one-level game with one monster and only one way to defeat him. In action games, the fun usually comes from figuring out what the boss' weak spot is and then exploiting that weakness with your skill. This game eschews that completely by telling you in the title what you have to do and reiterating that on your way to the boss battle. They even cared enough to give you an axe throwing mechanic that serves no purpose as you can't deal enough damage with it to overcome the boss' regeneration rate. I found that to be great attention to detail. Then you beat the colossus and you are treated to a hilarious retelling of your epic story. To me, it effectively lampoons the game makers who think their story is much bigger than their game allows it to be.
So why do I bring up MDA? What is interesting to me about these two games is that the aesthetic value of comedy, which I presume they were shooting for is supported by mechanics that only serve the aesthetic when compared to other, external games. It doesn't work in a vacuum. Now, I believe this is different than say, The Simpsons Game, which intersperses comedic skits with gameplay. In that, the sketches could survive without the gameplay. They are garnishes. While there were some funny moments in the game proper, the aesthetics served by gameplay were pretty weak overall. Or say, Portal, where the comedic elements were content, but the game could survive without it and still be successful because it hits various other aesthetics.
In the case of these two flash games, the game cannot exist without the comedic aesthetic they are trying to hit without being a completely broken experience. The in-joke was core to the experience, not a garnish.
I've always considered the mechanics to be something completely contained by the game. But these cases show that mechanics may be intertwined with something outside the game's circle. Am I missing something? I'm still picking through this MDA idea.


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This is a guest post from my daughter Sherri, who like me, is a dyslexic with learning disabilities. She touches on an important subject that many of you might be able to relate to, and possibly have even experienced yourself. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Sherri!
Dear Social Media Users, Friends, and Family…
Social media is a place where we all gather to be "social". A place to laugh, cry, and let our hair down. The internet has allowed for us to make friends across the ocean and stay in touch with family that otherwise might have not been possible. The world is changing. Social media is a huge way for people to have a party and stay at home. However, that doesn't mean we should not show empathy, compassion, and love through social media. I don't normally rant unless something touches my heart.
So here's what I have to say about my fun loving social media…
I have noticed lately, the general public's frustration with grammar and spelling.
As a dyslexic with Learning Disabilities, I noticed that those who do not have dyslexia or learning disabilities, seem to be frustrated with those of us who do struggle daily with grammar.
Grammar is one thing many struggle with. LD, Dyslexics, Foreigners learning English as a second language, and even our youth.
Our youth; some will fall into the category of LD and others are a victim of our educational system. A very broken one at that, and geared towards those without any Learning barriers.
However for those of us with learning disabilities the struggle is real and extremely frustrating.
I want to say that just because we can't spell or figure out the correct usage of the English language does not equate to the outcome of our content. Yes, I understand the same word spelt different and a comma in the correct place or not can cause confusion.
I do get that, but if you're smart enough to point out our short comings, then that means you were smart enough to know exactly what we were trying to say, and yes there are exceptions to this as well. But I'm talking in general terms here.
For the record it's not that we don't want to care about our grammar or spelling, it's that sometimes we don't know that we're actually making a mistake because it looks right to us.
I have often heard people say, "oh just ask" or 'why didn't you just look it up". If I did that every time I made a post I would have to have a person standing over me 24/7.
To those of you whom have never had any LD or Dyslexia we are not stupid and our thoughts are usually very thought provoking and deep. Spelling and grammar can be confusing.
We don't know something is wrong, so how do we know to look it up?
Remember back in Kindergarten or Preschool (or maybe you have a young child just learning to decode now) when you scribbled on your own paper and you showed it to an adult all proud of the message you just wrote, thinking you wrote a message. In your mind you were mimicking what you saw adults do. You didn't see it as wrong so you didn't ask to be shown how to do it correctly. Maybe your parents laughed and said "awe how cute". Thinking it was just a drawing.
You didn't realize adult scribble has an order and rules to it. Well for a person with LD or Dyslexia they can have the same outcome, you think your words (scribble) said something because when you type or write it, it looks correct so you move on.
I can remember being told by my teachers to look up a word I couldn't spell. How can I do that if I can't sound it out or I don't know which word is the correct usage or what letter it began with. For example, words with the "S" sound that start with "C" or the "PH" sound that start with "F". Another example is when you are spelling words such as "and", "cat", "dog" (very basic words that are learned in kindergarten), you would never think to look it up because it looks correct to you, but to some dyslexics those simple words can be confusing. Does the word "cat" start with a "C" or with a "K"? That is a thought process that some of us go through and we sometimes don't get it right.
This is something I have struggled long and hard with in my 51 years. I actually was grateful for the opportunity on social media to let my guard down a little and use abbreviations and not worry if I made an error on the correct usage. I mean, after all, I was getting my messages across, you were understanding the gist of it, so did it really matter in social situations if I misused or spelt a word wrong?
Of course in my business I am smart enough to have people proof reading my articles and blogs. That doesn't mean a mistake or two do not slip through (after all, we are all human), nor does it make my content any less valuable.
So I have noticed with social media and blogs people tend to get very fussy, however it is easy for a non-dyslexic/ non learning disabled person to see that something is wrong, but maybe not so much for a person with the learning disability.
What I'm really trying to say is that those of us with learning disabilities and dyslexia sometimes get it wrong, but you do understand the message we were trying to convey and as long as I'm using the word "their" for meaning "there" doesn't really make that much of a difference if I accidentally spelt it wrong because my dyslexia has kicked in and on that particular day it looked correct.
In this New Year let's try and show some compassion and some patience for those of us with true learning disabilities. The struggle and frustration is very real and we don't need you pointing it out to us (unless it is in a school setting). It just compounds negativity that we get on a daily basis.
I am not talking about "Street talk" where everything is pronounced incorrectly and not even in proper English. I am strictly speaking for those of us that struggle with the English language legitimately because there is a disconnect in our brains when it comes to decoding letters, numbers, and punctuation.
The struggle on a daily basis is real. Some of the most successful people out there struggled with grammar, spelling, and correct usage of words. So be kind and remember that disabilities of any kind are not synonymous with failure.
Stay positive always!
All my love,
Sherri Gwen
PS. Check out some famous people that suffer with dyslexia and became very successful. If they can do it, so can you!

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|Jun 1, 2010
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|Nov 16, 2005
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|May 20, 2003
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|Tiang Hock Lin
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|Infineon Technologies Ag
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This application is a continuation of co-pending International Application No. PCT/SG03/00120, filed May 20, 2003, which designated the United States and was published in English, which application is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to methods of packaging integrated circuits, and to the packaged integrated circuits.
Packaging refers to the process of mounting integrated circuits (dies), which are principally composed of a semiconductor within a protective body, with electric contacts of the integrated circuit connected to conductive elements extending through the body, so that the conductive elements can electrically connect the integrated circuit to other electronic circuitry. Perhaps the most common conventional packaging technique is wire bonding, in which wire bonds are formed between electrical contacts (pads) on the integrated circuit and fingers of a lead frame. A resin body is then molded around the integrated circuit and wire bonds, and the lead frame is cut to leave portions of the lead fingers projecting out of resin body, for easy connection to a PCB (printed circuit board) or other substrate.
Many variations of this technique are known, such as variations in which the integrated circuit is mounted directly on the PCB, and the wire bonds are formed directly between the PCB and the integrated circuit. In other variations, multiple integrated circuits are stacked on one surface of the PCB. In yet further variations, integrated circuits are packaged on opposite surfaces of the PCB.
Another common packaging technique employs "flip-chips", that is, integrated circuits that have electric contacts on one of their major faces, and are adapted to be placed with that major surface directed downwardly onto a surface of the substrate, with the electric contacts of the flip-chips in register with corresponding electric contacts of the substrate. Special measures are taken to ensure that all the respective pairs of contacts meet, despite any unevenness that may exist in the surface of the integrated circuit or substrate. The space between the flip-chip and the substrate is then filled with an insulating "underfill" layer.
In general terms, the present invention proposes that two integrated circuits having circuitry on respective ones of their major surfaces are ground on their opposite major surface to reduce their thickness, and that the ground integrated circuits are placed back-to-back in a chamber formed within a substrate (such as a PCB). Electrical connections are formed between pads of the integrated circuits and contact points on the walls of the chamber. The contacts points of the substrate are electrically connected to wiring, e.g., for connecting the integrated circuit to other components mounted on the substrate.
Embodiments of the invention make it possible for integrated circuits to be packaged while occupying a very small amount (or even none) of the outer surface area of the substrate. Accordingly, aspects of the invention make it possible for an increased number of integrated circuits (or other components) to be connected to a substrate without increasing the surface of the substrate.
This may be achieved without increasing the thickness of the substrate, since the total ground thickness of the integrated circuits is preferably less than the thickness of the substrate.
Therefore, in contrast to conventional techniques (such as wire bonding and flip-chips) the present invention may lead to the following possible advantages:
The surface of each integrated circuit carrying the circuitry may be formed by conventional flip-chip technology. The wall of the chamber, which this surface of the integrated circuit faces, may include contact points in register with the electric contacts of the integrated circuit, and electrically connected to leads that extend through the substrate material, e.g., to an outer surface of the substrate. When the integrated circuit is inserted into the chamber, the respective contact points of the integrated circuit and wall may directly contact each other, or with a conducting material located between them. This connection may be formed by the flip-chip process conventionally known as "thermal compression" (in which force and temperature are simultaneously applied with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) or ACP (anisotropic conductive paste) between the integrated circuit and corresponding contacts of the chamber) and/or the flip-chip process conventionally known as "solder reflowing" (such as IR solder reflowing).
The two integrated circuits may be adhered together at their ground down surfaces, for greater stability. This may be done to form a composite body, which is subsequently placed into the chamber. Alternatively, the integrated circuits may be placed consecutively into the chamber, and optionally adhered together there.
Preferably an electrically conductive layer is placed between the integrated circuits, extending over at least a part, and more preferably substantially all, of the interface between the integrated circuits. The conductive layer may for example be adhesive too, so that it performs both roles. This conductive layer may act as a common earth to which one or more of the electric contacts of either or both of the integrated circuits may be connected.
In some arrangements, the substrate may be formed as two or more substrate elements that are joined together sandwiching the integrated circuits.
One possibility is for each of two substrate elements to contain a cavity, and for the two substrate elements to be placed with the cavities facing each other to define the chamber. The cavities may be of the same size, or of different sizes, e.g., to receive respective integrated circuits of different respective sizes.
Another possibility is for the chamber to be formed as a cavity within a primary substrate element and for the cavity to be closed by one or more secondary substrate elements that are arranged to extend over an opening of the cavity. The second substrate elements may be thinner than the primary substrate elements and integrated circuits and may contain electric circuitry.
The integrated circuit package may further include, on one or both sides of the primary substrate element, (i) one or more additional integrated circuits (preferably integrated circuits ground down on their major surface opposite the circuitry, as discussed above) on the outer surfaces of the secondary substrate elements; and (ii) tertiary substrate elements over the additional integrated circuits. The electrical contacts on the additional integrated circuit(s) may face and be electrically connected to either of the secondary substrate elements or the tertiary substrate elements. Any space remaining between the secondary and tertiary substrate elements may be filed by resin material (e.g., injected as a liquid into the space and then cured), and/or by "spacer" elements, which are placed onto the secondary substrate elements before the tertiary substrate elements are located there.
Optionally, this combination of (i) additional integrated circuits and (ii) additional substrate elements, may repeated an arbitrary number of times on one or both sides of the primary substrate element.
In any case, further integrated circuits may be located on the outer surface(s) of the substrate. These further integrated circuits may be flip-chips with electrical contacts directed onto the outer surfaces of the substrate. Alternatively, any one or more of these further integrated circuits could be fixed to the outer surface(s) of the substrate by wire bonding.
Preferred features of the invention will now be described, for the sake of illustration only, with reference to the following figures in which:
Referring firstly to
In a first step of the embodiment, the integrated circuits 1, 3 are ground down by a grinding operation performed to their surfaces 13, 33 to reduce the thickness of the integrated circuits. The thinner integrated circuits 1, 3 are shown in
In a second step of the embodiment, the integrated circuits 1, 3 are adhered together by a layer 5 of adhesive, to give a composite body 7 having bumps 15, 35 on both sides. The adhered chips 1, 3 are shown in
The composite body 7 can then be embodied into a substrate 9, which is composed of two substrate elements 91, 93, shown in
Pick and place equipment is used to arrange the composite body 7 and substrates 91, 93 with the substrate elements 91, 93 sandwiching the composite body. The composite body 7 is located in the chamber 97 formed by the two cavities 95. The completed package 2 is shown in cross-section in
The substrate 9 contains electric contacts 92, which are in register with the contacts 15, 35 of the composite body 7, so that electrical connections are formed between corresponding contacts when the composite body 7 is placed into the chamber 97. As in known flip-chip technology, an interconnect material can be used between the respective contacts, such as an ACF or ACP (anisotropic conductive film or paste), an ICP (isotropic conductive paste), NCF or NCP (non-conductive film or non-conductive paste), and/or an adhesive. The MSL (moisture sensitivity level) performance of the package 2 may only depend on the substrate material, and not on under-fill or mold compound properties.
One or both of the substrate elements 91, 93 may contain electrical connections (not shown) that extend transverse to the surfaces 11, 13, 31, 33 and/or connections 94, which extend parallel to the surfaces 11, 13, 31, 33. Furthermore, components (such as passive components) may be provided within one or both of the substrate elements 91, 93. For example, these may be printed on the surfaces 911, 931 before they are placed together.
Optionally, the substrate elements may include apertures 98 for receiving a resin material 99 (such as an epoxy material). The apertures 98 are in communication with the chamber 97, and the resin material is injected into the chamber 97 after the substrate elements 91, 93 have been joined together sandwiching the composite body 7 in the chamber 97.
Additional electronic components 22 (which can comprise active and/or passive components) can be provided on the outer major surfaces 24 of the package 2, as in conventional techniques. These components 22 are electrically connected to each other as in conventional techniques (e.g., if the outer surfaces 24 of the substrate 9 are equivalent to a conventional PCB), and may be connected to the electrical contacts 15, 35 on the composite body 7 by the connections that extend transverse to the outer surfaces 24 of the package 2. The components 22 may be provided as close to each other as the components conventionally mounted on the surfaces of a PCB.
The electrical connections to and between the integrated circuits 1, 3 (especially the connections extending transverse to the surfaces 24) may be significantly shorter than the connections in conventional packaging techniques, and this reduced routing path leads to more robust signals, having less signal distortion at high operating frequency.
Many variations of the first embodiment are possible within the scope of the invention.
For example, although the integrated circuits 1, 3 have the same areas (i.e., the rectangular surfaces 11, 13, 31, 33 each have the same length and each have the same width), the invention is not limited in this respect. For dies of different areas, it may be preferable to form the cavity to be in a shape other than a cuboid. For example, the respective cavities 95 in the substrate elements 91, 93 may be of different sizes to receive respective integrated circuits of different areas, as shown in
Additionally, although the embodiment shown uses two substrate elements 91, 93, the invention is not limited in this respect, and the substrate may include any number of layers that may be combined together to form a substrate having a chamber. Electronic components, such as passive components, may be provided on any of the surfaces of any of these layers.
In a further variation, the two integrated circuits 1, 3 need not be formed into a composite body before being located in the chamber. Rather, they may be located there in separate steps carried out by the pick and place equipment. Optionally, they may be adhered by being inserted into the chamber 97.
Turning to
The second embodiment includes two integrated circuits 101, 103 adhered together by an adhesive layer 105. The integrated circuits 101, 103 have major surfaces 111, 131, which include electronic components. The opposite surfaces of the integrated circuits have been ground down as described above, and are adhered together by the layer 105. The integrated circuits 101, 103 are of different areas, though they may have substantially the same thickness. The integrated circuits 101, 103 are located within a chamber 197, which is formed as a cavity in a primary substrate element 201. The upper and lower openings of the cavity are closed by secondary substrate elements 203, 205, which are thin layers, containing electronic routing circuitry. Electric contacts 192 of this circuitry contact respective electric contacts 115, 153 of the integrated circuits 101, 103. The chamber 197 may optionally be filled with a resin material, which is injected and then cured.
The package may further include additional integrated circuits 231, 233, 251, 253 located on the outer sides of the secondary substrate elements 203, 205, and tertiary substrate elements 214, 216 covering the additional integrated circuits 231, 233, 251, 253. The additional integrated circuits 231, 233, 251, 253, like the integrated circuits 101, 103 have a first major face containing electrical circuitry and electrical contacts 235, 237, 255, 257, and a second major face, which has been ground down. Any of the additional integrated circuits 231, 233, 251, 253 may have their electrical contacts facing the corresponding secondary substrate elements 203, 205, or facing the corresponding tertiary substrate elements 214, 216.
The spaces 211, 213 between the secondary substrate elements 203, 205 and the tertiary substrate elements 214, 216 may be filled with a resin material (such as an underfill layer), which is injected and then cured. Optionally, spacer elements 207, 209 may be provided in the spaces 211, 213 to increase mechanical stability and/or to reduce the amount of resin material required.
The outer faces of the tertiary substrate elements 214, 216 constitute outer surfaces of the package, and are available for electronic components, corresponding to the components 22 of
In variations of the second embodiment, the structure of
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July 2016 Happy Hour
DSC_2403 RU's monthly Happy Hour on July 28, 2016. Amazing food and champagne! We will so miss our resident artists who is leaving this month.
People were having a great time together at RU on July 28!
RU resident artists Andreas Savva and Iván Gaete were obviously having an interesting conversation during the Happy Hour.


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A fatal bear attack in New Jersey that killed a hiker over the weekend is being investigated. State and local officials stressed that bear attacks in New Jersey are rare.
As a part of Climate Week events, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in lower Manhattan's financial district to warn that climate change is destroying Earth. The organizers of #FloodWallStreet said the sit-in aimed to disrupt business in the financial district by targeting 'corporate polluters and those profiting from the fossil fuel industry.'
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Caleb University, one of the private university, located in Imota, Lagos is in the news. The school is known to enforce strict discipline on its students. Just recently, the university caused a stir after employing extreme measures to make sure that the students complied with a law that says male students must wear low hair cut within the campus premises.
According to a student, who shared the story, barbers were positioned at the school gate to make sure that all students who came back with grown hair, cut their hair before entering the school premises. However, the action taken by the school management has come under heavy attack by social media users who found the development irritating.
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2011 Clarinda Regional Health CenterCommunity Health & Wellness Fair
What: Bedford Lab DrawWhen: April 20th - 7:00a-8:00aWhere: Bedford Senior Meal Site - 309 S. 5th Ave.
Pre-registration is requested. Payment accepted onsite. On-line pre-registration available at: www.clarindahealth.com/events_news/health_fair_form.aspPre-registration form may also be downloaded from the "Online Services" section of the CRHC website.
The May 7th CRHC Community Health & Wellness Fair is open to the public. Participants do not need to be patients of Bedford Medical Clinic or Clarinda Regional Health Center.
This year's health fair has grown! Particpants can register to participate in a 5K/10K road race-fun run/walk held prior to the health fair. The health fair will include blood pressure checks by IWCC nursing students, mini-education sessions by CRHC health care providers, personal blood work reviews by CRHC health care providers, sample free Lied Center Group Fitness classes, bike safety course for kids, stroke screening, hearing screening, free afternoon swimming provided by the Lied Center, multiple health-related booths for all ages, and much more.


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Cooking for Life
Two Baton Rouge residents collaborated on a cookbook that warrants consideration in October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment (Wimmer Cookbooks, $19.95) is a hardcover, spiral-bound collection of recipes and advice by writer Holly Clegg and oncologist and cancer researcher Gerald Miletello. The 200 recipes are arranged mainly according to chemotherapy side effects and post-treatment recovery. As loss of appetite can complicate the healing process, the authors' goal is to maintain patients' strength with tasty foods while educating them on the ins and outs of their disease. One chapter counsels caregivers on preparing dishes that the patient can reheat and serve with minimal hassle; another outlines the dos and don'ts for neutropenia (low white blood cell count). Nutritional information accompanies every recipe. To learn more, visit www.hollyclegg.com.
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Vegetarians and vegans who have found themselves floundering hungrily about the French Quarter in the past should make a note of the housemade vegetarian burger at La Fee Verte (620 Conti St., 566-7445). The black bean, garlic and onion 'patty' doesn't hold up like a burger, its consistency more conducive to spreading, but it is yummy on sliced focaccia with a smear of mayonnaise (or mustard for vegans).
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Another noteworthy French Quarter discovery this week was the dense, palm-high Creole cream cheese cheesecake at Palace Cafe (605 Canal St., 523-1661), flavored lightly with the orange essence of Grand Marnier and paved with a layer of gel-textured orange curd. A monstrous but mild-mannered dessert.
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Although she is still in her twenties, Fanny Lapp has known a lifetime of love and heartache. Twice widowed, she has a home to maintain, a renovation in the works, and a family to raise — all without a husband. Fortunately, in the Amish community, help is never far away. To ease Fanny's burdens, the bishop sends Zed Miller to the Lapp house. Fanny is drawn to kind, handsome Zed, who suffers from sins of the past. But to everything there is a season, and Fanny cannot act on her feelings while mourning her husband.
Newly returned to his Amish roots after many years in the outside world, Zed knows he must prove himself to earn acceptance from his community. Without a second thought, he picks up a hammer and sets to work helping Fanny fulfill her dream of turning an old carriage house into a women's childbirth center. Soon Zed finds himself a part of Fanny's daily chores, sharing her laughter and sorrow. Knowing that time flows like a river, running slow and steady, Zed plans to wait on his love. But when their secret is discovered, how deep will the disapproval of their community run?


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Page Girl Spotlight: Connie
How long have you worked at The Scrapbook Page?
Since October 09.
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My husband David and I have been married for 16 years. I have a son David who is a freshman at SMWest and a daughter Theresa who is an 8th grader at Westridge MS.
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I scrapbook for gifts and major events.
Your scrapbooking specialty?
I use a lot of ribbon and brads, but I don't think that I have a specialty.
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I don't like one more than another.
Your favorite non-essential scrapbook supply is . . .
My computer. I like to get information from the computer of an event, location, or whatever from the internet for my page layouts. Maybe my computer should be an "essential" item.
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I have a time limit or a gift to be given.
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top 40 radio, no rap or watching hulu.com on the computer
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Harper Lee. My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird.
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The Malayalam script is used for writing the Malayalam language, the official language of the Indian state of Kerala, and a number of minority languages spoken in India. Until the 16th century Malayalam was written in the vattezhuthu script, a Brahmic script which developed alongside Grantha writing, from which the modern Malayalam script descended.
Malayalam is written from left to right. There are fifty-three letters, called akṣaras; thirty-seven of these represent full syllables consisting of a consonant and the vowel [a], and sixteen represent independent vowels. Independent vowel letters are only used where a vowel appears at the beginning of a word. Vowels which follow a consonant are written with a diacritic above, below, to the left or right of, or flanking either side of the consonant letter. So an unmarked letter k represents the syllable [ka], but the letter k written with the e diacritic (a spiral to the left) represents the syllable [ke]. There are two vowels for which the diacritics are quite complex; [u] and [u:] are normally written with a small circle or looped circle below the letter, but can be written with one of eight other diacritics when following particular consonants. The script also contains a subset of letters called cillakṣarams 'letter fragments' for representing sonorants followed by a pause, for example (but not necessarily) at the end of a word.
Spaces are often used between words, but it is not uncommon for writers to use spacing to indicate phonological pauses, rather than lexical boundaries.
When multiple consonants are used as a cluster within a word, that is, with no vowel between them, they are traditionally written with special conjunct letters. Malayalam is known for its large number of conjuncts, which are also used for writing geminate (long) consonants. Conjuncts take several forms; the most common are decomposable left-to-right ligatures, but some combinations stack vertically. Some conjuncts are not so easily decomposable as one or both letters change shape when in a cluster. The letters y, r and v are all written as diacritics when they follow a consonant. The letter l also takes a different form when it is the second member in a consonant cluster.
To reduce the complexity associated with writing these conjuncts, an orthography reform was implemented in the 1970s which recommended the replacement of a large number of irregular conjuncts with a predictable sequence of individual letters using a virama symbol to delete the vowel inherent in all but the last consonant in the sequence. Many vowel diacritics were also redesigned so they could be written as spacing letters next to the consonant they modify. However, these changes were implemented inconsistently so that modern writing uses a mixture of traditional and reformed letters, even within the same text.
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Athens - A "final agreement" has been reached among Greek political leaders on additional austerity measures demanded by EU-IMF creditors in return for a loan bailout, a government source said on Thursday.
"There is a final agreement on the measures," the source told AFP as eurozone ministers waited in Brussels to decide on the bailout worth €130bn that officials have laboured since October to finalise.
A Eurogroup meeting of finance ministers from the 17 nations using the single currency is due to open at 17:00 GMT in Brussels.
Government spokesperson Pantelis Kapsis said: "An announcement will be issued shortly," declining to go into further detail.
Speaking in Frankfurt, European Central Bank chairman Mario Draghi said the ECB had been informed that a deal had been reached on the requested austerity measures.
Draghi told a news conference that he had received a phone call from Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos just minutes earlier, adding: "He told me that agreement has been reached and has been endorsed by major parties".
Marathon talks between the socialist, conservative and far-right party leaders backing Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' interim government early on Thursday ended with agreement on most of the measures demanded to make up a budget deficit shortage of around three billion euros.
15 000 civil service lay-offs
But officials could not agree on how to cover a €625m gap in the deal, raising the daunting prospect that complementary pensions would have to be cut in the midst of a biting recession to make up the shortfall.
Full pensions are already slated for a 15% cut, according to reports, along with a 22% reduction in the minimum wage and 15 000 civil service lay-offs under the measures demanded by the EU, IMF and the European Central Bank.
Greece has run up total debt of about €350bn, roughly 160% of its gross domestic product, and the IMF has insisted that level be brought down to a maximum of 120% of GDP by 2020.
Private creditors are also negotiating a write-off of Greek debts worth at least €100bn, and are to meet on Thursday in Paris, according to a spokesperson.
All eyes are on Greece amid fears a failure to meet its debt obligations - with a bond payment due March 20 - could spark a domino effect that undermines the entire euro common currency project.


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Holidays in Term Time
The law regarding term-time leave for pupils has changed. The amendments remove references to family holidays and extended leave as well as the threshold of 10 school days.
No parent/carer can demand leave of absence as of right. The Education regulations state that applications for leave must be made in advance by a parent/carer with whom the child lives and can only be authorized by the school in exceptional circumstances. Each application is considered individually by the school.
The following are examples of the criteria for leave of absence, which may be considered as 'exceptional':
- Service personnel returning from active deployment
- Where inflexibility of the parents' leave or working arrangement is part of the organisational or company policy. This would need to be evidenced by the production or confirmation from the organisation/company
- Where leave is recommended as part of a parents' or child's rehabilitation from medical or emotional problems. Evidence must be provided
- When a family needs to spend time together to support each other during or after a crisis
Please note: Head teachers would not be expected to class any term time holiday as exceptional.
This is not an exhaustive list and Head teachers must consider the individual circumstances of each case when making a decision on this matter.
The decision of the Head teacher is final. Parents who take a child on leave in term time without the permission of the school risk being issued with a penalty notice fine for unauthorized absences.
Taking a pupil on leave during term time interrupts teaching and learning and can disrupt educational progress. Before completing this application form parent/carers are asked to consider the effect on their child's continuity of education.


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The Youth Ministry at NPC exists to walk alongside middle and high school students as they grow in their faith in Christ, and in relationships with one another. Our programs are designed to support these two goals:
- Sunday School: We have a dedicated team of volunteer teachers who lead each class and help youth connect the teachings of our Christian creeds and Scriptures with their own lives.
- Youth Group, Retreats, Special Events: At youth group, we meet for a short devotional, but also for games and crazy fun. Friends are always invited to our events!
Confirmation: Students who are 9th grade and older can opt to participate in Confirmation, which is a dedicated season to learn about their personal faith and culminates in a public profession of faith and membership at National Presbyterian Church.
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- Grade 6: Multipurpose Room
- Grade 7: Agencies Building Lower Level
- Grade 8: Agencies Building Room 101
- Grades 9/10: Agencies Building Room 102
- Grades 11/12: Youth House
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A jagged, twin-headed hill of a similar ilk to nearby An Teallach, Beinn Dearg Mòr is nonetheless a fine peak in its own right, rising abruptly from Loch na Sealga, and the nearby bothy of Shenavall. The sharp ridgeline offers great perspectives on its larger neighbour to the north-east.
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Like Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 includes the ability to burn CDs without adding additional software. However, this feature isn't enabled by default. Here's how to start the service:
This instructs the server to start the service automatically upon a reboot, but it won't start it for this session, which is why you must also click the Start button.
To burn files to a CD-R or CD-RW on the server, individually select the desired files and/or folders and drag them to the CD burner device. Right-click the device, and choose Write These Files To CD. If you change your mind about burning the CD, right-click the device and choose Delete Temporary Files, which will empty the burn queue.


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Car bursts into flames after plowing into Fort Worth apartment
FORT WORTH, Texas - Police say a possible panic attack led to a car crashing to an apartment and bursting into flames Saturday morning.
The crash happened around 4 a.m. at the Las Mariposas Apartments in East Fort Worth.
Police say a couple inside the vehicle was having an argument when the woman turned into the apartment and started having a panic attack. When the woman tried to drive around a curve, she plowed through a fence and into the building. A fire started when she tried to restart the car.
"My neighbors were saying come out because the house is on fire, so I just came out," said resident Hattie Darty.
No one was seriously injured in the car crash or in the apartment building.
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BitCoin Bowl December 26th!
The Bitcoin Bowl is back in St.Pete. Tampa Bay's own Brenden Straubel(Jefferson High School) and Pete Dinova (East Lake) will be playing for U.C.F. along with other players from Florida and across the nation! check out http://www.stpetersburgbowl.com for more info!
BCU Moves 100% to a multimedia platform
BlueCHipperUniversity is proud to announce that it is moving to a 100% media platform. Through internet radio and live streaming BCU will no longer be a recruiting or scouting service. We will still be working with top recruiters and scouts from accros the country. To comply with NCAA NAIA JUCO FHSAA guidelines and rules, BCU will now only be a media company! Thanks to all of your continued support and make sure you check out our upcoming schedule of live shows and events!
BCU Welcomes The University Of Faith FL
We are excited about working with the new University of Faith Fl Glory Eagles Football team. In their inaugural season in the Bay Area. Coach Smith will have his friday night show on Negdog Radio, every friday @ 6;30 et. pm. Check out the UniversityofFaithfl.org out of Lakewood Ranch, Fl. We hope to be broadcasting some games in the near future for them!
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BCU Welcomes Coach Jeremy Burnett
Hometown hero aka. The Carver City Mauler has been hired as Director of Football Operations, this former NFL Minnesota Viking and USF & Jefferson High School Alumni brings over 10+ years of on the field experience to our staff. Please feel free to contact Coach Burnett for a free consultation his email is firstname.lastname@example.com or call the BCU Hotline @ 813-770-6497. We are excited about his connection with the families and local community and his experience that most youth and scholar athletes can relate to.


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The Son That Former NFL Player Rae Carruth Tried To Kill Turns 18, Still Suffering From Permanent Brain Damage
The former wide receiver, who plotted the murder of his ex, Cherica Adams, is scheduled to be released from prison soon.
Live Nation and Universal Music Group are seeking to shake up the music industry with an innovative joint management company. The new entity will be "aimed at managing and strengthening artists and their brands through a variety of worldwide sponsorships, strategic marketing campaigns and brand extension opportunities," according to a press release from both companies.
The partnership will match UMG artists with Live Nation's Front Line Management Group and Ticketmaster, providing them with ticketing and direct-to-consumer marketing and sales services.
In a statement, Irving Azoff, Executive Chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and Chairman and CEO of Front Line Management Group, said the following:
"This is an unprecedented partnership that unites the world's top music artists with the world's leading artist management, live entertainment, event ticketing and sponsorship resources to drive innovation across our industry. We see tremendous opportunities to work together to create a broad range of products built on the power of music and the direct connection between artists and fans. We look forward to working closely with Lucian Grainge and the talented UMG team in this new and exciting chapter of the music industry."
Previously Live Nation had partnered with select musicians to provide similar comprehensive services, including Madonna, U2 and Jay-Z.
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The former wide receiver, who plotted the murder of his ex, Cherica Adams, is scheduled to be released from prison soon.
Each of the men could be served a life sentence in prison.
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July 12~18, 2012 "meet me somewhere." ....how about Istanbul? I wanted to see the ocean. The city beckoned understanding quietly through the camera. Layers below language, I became aware of expansive history co~existing with a modern society. It is a metropolis like none other I have visited. ~Marybeth Lensel
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The granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards, has unveiled its nominations for the 83rd Oscars! While the usual suspects were given nods, there were still a few surprises. Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem squeezed in and bumped Robert Duvall out from the Best Actor category. Duvall's performance in "Get Low" is nominated for a SAG award but the Academy chose Bardem in his foreign-language nominated film, "Biutiful."
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" garnered 12 nominations including Best Picture. The riveting film will compete against "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "127 Hours," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit," and "Winter's Bone."
Yes, Ben Affleck's "The Town" was ignored except for Jeremy Renner's Best Supporting actor nomination. He will duke it out with front runner, "The Fighter's" Christian Bale, and John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone"), Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are All Right"), and Geoffrey Rush ("The King's Speech").
Tuesday morning, Academy president Tom Sherak and last year's Best Supporting Actress winner, Mo'Nique ("Precious") read the nominations.
We will know the winners on Feb. 27 for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Marisa Tomei and Oprah Winfrey will be among the presenters, and Anne Hathaway and James Franco will do hosting duties.
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 83rd annual Academy Awards (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"
Animated Feature Film
"How to Train Your Dragon" Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
"The Illusionist" Sylvain Chomet
"Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
"Alice in Wonderland"
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
"The King's Speech"
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
"True Grit"
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
"Black Swan" Matthew Libatique
"Inception" Wally Pfister
"The King's Speech" Danny Cohen
"The Social Network" Jeff Cronenweth
"True Grit" Roger Deakins
Costume Design
"Alice in Wonderland" Colleen Atwood
"I Am Love" Antonella Cannarozzi
"The King's Speech" Jenny Beavan
"The Tempest" Sandy Powell
"True Grit" Mary Zophres
"Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky
"The Fighter" David O. Russell
"The King's Speech" Tom Hooper
"The Social Network" David Fincher
"True Grit" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
"Exit through the Gift Shop" Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
"Gasland" Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
"Inside Job" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Restrepo" Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
"Waste Land" Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject)
"Killing in the Name" Nominees to be determined
"Poster Girl" Nominees to be determined
"Strangers No More" Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
"Sun Come Up" Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
"The Warriors of Qiugang" Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Film Editing
"Black Swan" Andrew Weisblum
"The Fighter" Pamela Martin
"The King's Speech" Tariq Anwar
"127 Hours" Jon Harris
"The Social Network" Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film
"Biutiful" Mexico
"Dogtooth" Greece
"In a Better World" Denmark
"Incendies" Canada
"Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)" Algeria
"Barney's Version" Adrien Morot
"The Way Back" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Wolfman" Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
"How to Train Your Dragon" John Powell
"Inception" Hans Zimmer
"The King's Speech" Alexandre Desplat
"127 Hours" A.R. Rahman
"The Social Network" Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
"Coming Home" from "Country Strong" Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from "Tangled" Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from "127 Hours" Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Picture
"Black Swan" Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
"The Fighter" David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
"Inception" Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
"The Kids Are All Right" Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
"The King's Speech" Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
"127 Hours" Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
"The Social Network" Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
"Toy Story 3" Darla K. Anderson, Producer
"True Grit" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
"Day & Night" Teddy Newton
"The Gruffalo" Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
"Let's Pollute" Geefwee Boedoe
"The Lost Thing" Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
"Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)" Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
"The Confession" Tanel Toom
"The Crush" Michael Creagh
"God of Love" Luke Matheny
"Na Wewe" Ivan Goldschmidt
"Wish 143" Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
"Inception" Richard King
"Toy Story 3" Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
"Tron: Legacy" Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
"True Grit" Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
"Unstoppable" Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
"Inception" Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
"The King's Speech" Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
"Salt" Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
"The Social Network" Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
"True Grit" Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
"Alice in Wonderland" Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
"Hereafter" Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
"Inception" Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
"Iron Man 2" Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"127 Hours" Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
"The Social Network" Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
"Toy Story 3" Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
"True Grit" Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Winter's Bone" Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Another Year" Written by Mike Leigh
"The Fighter" Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
"Inception" Written by Christopher Nolan
"The Kids Are All Right" Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
"The King's Speech" Screenplay by David Seidler
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Another day, another Sundance deal, this one's for "Like Crazy" starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, and Jennifer Lawrence. Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush announced the worldwide acquisition of the film set for release this year.
The Super Crispy Entertainment production from co-writer and director Drake Doremus ("Douchebag"), producers Jonathan Schwartz ("The Way Back," "Douchebag," "Funny Games") and Andrea Sperling ("Kaboom," "Sympathy For Delicious") of Super Crispy Entertainment, and executive producers Audrey and Zygi Wilf had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
Here's the rest of the press release:
Starring Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek," and "Terminator Salvation"), Felicity Jones ("The Tempest") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Winters Bone"), LIKE CRAZY was written by Doremus and Ben York Jones ("Douchebag"). The story follows a British college student who falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa. Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum said of the movie "Young love has rarely been so palpable or looked so real," while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said "Like Crazy" brings a compelling intimacy and heart-stopping delicacy to showing the push and pull of love, longing and regret."
Adam Goodman, President of Paramount's Film Group and Matt Brodlie, Senior VP of Productions and Acquisitions for Paramount, along with Indian Paintbrush's President of Production Mark Roybal negotiated for the rights with the film's reps Rich Klubeck and David Flynn from UTA, along with Schwartz and Doremus' attorney Lawrence Kopeikin from Morris Yorn.
Said Goodman, "Along with our partners at Indian Paintbrush, we are extremely pleased to be a part of such a great movie, and look forward to working with Drake, Jonathan, Andrea and a tremendous cast of actors."
A spokesperson for Indian Paintbrush added, "Drake is a brilliant filmmaker, who has crafted a fresh, iconic film. With Paramount's unrivaled production and marketing teams, Drake, Jonathan, Andrea and their amazing cast are in great hands to share this jewel of a film with the world."
"Paramount and Indian Paintbrush's passion and commitment towards the film is incredibly exciting," said Super Crispy Entertainment President and producer Jonathan Schwartz.
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Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley is cementing her status as the ingenue of the year! Her film, "Martha Marcy May Marlene," written and directed by Sean Durkin is making waves at the Sundance Fest and has just been acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures, home of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Black Swan."
Co-starring Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, and Hugh Dancy, "Martha Marcy May Marlene" follows Olsen's Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.
Fox Searchlight is planning to release the film sometime this year.
According to Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula, "We were all captivated by the compelling performances and the expert craftsmanship of Sean Durkin."
Meanwhile, Durkin said, "We are excited to be working with Searchlight, a company that has consistently embraced new voices and unique storytelling."
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Worst Film Achievement! "The Last Airbender," "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Dominate Razzie Awards Nominations!
As Hollywood prepares for the Oscar nominations tomorrow, the film industry braces for another big award event, only this time, it's for the worst of the worst!
The Razzie Award nominations are out, and the nods are full of the usual suspects. M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" received the most nominations, nine nods apiece including Worst Picture of the year!
These films are easy targets and I thought David Slade's "Eclipse" was the best film of the franchise. I guess I was wrong.
Both "Airbender" and "Eclipse" will compete against "The Bounty Hunter," "Sex & The City 2," and "Vampires Suck" for worst achievement in film.
The winners, or should we say losers, will be revealed on February 26, the night before the Academy Awards! Remember Sandra Bullock last year? She was the Worst Actress for "All About Steve," and then, swept Hollywood off its feet with her Best Actress Oscar win for "The Blind Side" the following evening.
So never fear nominees, you too can follow Bullock's footsteps!
Here's the complete list of nominations for the 31st annual Razzie Awards:
THE BOUNTY HUNTER (Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media)
THE LAST AIRBENDER (Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies)
SEX & THE CITY #2 (Warner Bros/New Line/HBO Pictures)
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Summit Entertainment)
VAMPIRES SUCK (20th Century-Fox/Regency Enterprises)
Jack Black / GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Gerard Butler / THE BOUNTY HUNTER
Ashton Kutcher / KILLERS and VALENTINE'S DAY
Taylor Lautner / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE and VALENTINE'S DAY
Robert Pattinson / REMEMBER ME and TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Jennifer Aniston / THE BOUNTY HUNTER and THE SWITCH
Mylie Cyrus / THE LAST SONG
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon / SEX & THE CITY 2
Megan Fox / JONAH HEX
Kristen Stewart / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Jessica Alba / THE KILLER INSIDE ME, LITTLE FOCKERS, MACHETE and VALENTINE'S DAY
Cher / BURLESQUE
Liza Minnelli / SEX & THE CITY 2
Nicola Peltz / THE LAST AIRBENDER
Barbra Streisand / LITTLE FOCKERS
Billy Ray Cyrus / THE SPY NEXT DOOR
George Lopez / MARMADUKE, THE SPY NEXT DOOR and VALENTINE'S DAY
Dev Patel / THE LAST AIRBENDER
Jackson Rathbone / THE LAST AIRBENDER and TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Rob Schneider / GROWN UPS
WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE Of 3-D
SAW 3-D (aka SAW VII)
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler / THE BOUNTY HUNTER
Josh Brolin's Face & Megan Fox's Accent / JONAH HEX
The Entire Cast of THE LAST AIRBENDER
The Entire Cast of SEX & THE CITY 2
The Entire Cast of TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer / VAMPIRES SUCK
Michael Patrick King / SEX & THE CITY 2
M. Night Shyamalan / THE LAST AIRBENDER
David Slade / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Sylvester Stallone / THE EXPENDABLES
LAST AIRBENDER Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
LITTLE FOCKERS, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
SEX & THE CITY #2, Written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
VAMPIRES SUCK, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
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Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday, January 25, at 5:30 in the morning, but before then, I took a stab at who and what the Academy will pick as nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards aka the Oscars!
Without further adieu, here are my predictions for the 2011 Oscar nominations! If I'm wrong come Tuesday, blame my pesky crystal ball
My 83rd Oscar Nominations Predictions
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighther
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Darren Aronofsky -- "Black Swan"
David Fincher " -- The Social Network"
Tom Hooper " -- The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan -- "Inception "
David O. Russell -- "The Fighter"
Jeff Bridges -- "True Grit"
Robert Duvall -- "Get Low"
Jesse Eisenberg -- "The Social Network"
Colin Firth -- "The King's Speech"
James Franco -- "127 Hours"
Annette Bening -- "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman -- "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman -- "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams -- "Blue Valentine"
Christian Bale -- "The Fighter"
John Hawkes -- "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner -- "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo -- "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush -- "The King's Speech"
Amy Adams -- "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter -- "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo -- "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld -- "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver -- "Animal Kingdom"
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy; Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston; Fox Searchlight
I Love You Phillip Morris, Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on the book by Steven McVicker; Roadside Attractions
The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures
The Town, Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard; Based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan; Warner Bros.
True Grit, Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on the novel by Charles Portis; Paramount Pictures
Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures
Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.
The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus Features
Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The King's Speech
True Grit
"Black Swan" -- Matthew Libatique
"Inception" -- Wally Pfister
"The King's Spech" -- Danny Cohen
"The Social Network" -- Jeff Cronenweth
"True Grit" -- Roger Deakins
Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
Black Swan – Amy Westcott
Burlesque – Michael Kaplan
The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
True Grit – Mary Zophres
"Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer"
"Earth Made of Glass"
"Inside Job"
"The Tillman Story"
"Waiting for Superman"
"Born Sweet"
"Killing in the Name"
"One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey"
"Sun Come Up"
"The Warriors of Oiugang"
"Black Swan" -- Andrew Weisblum
"The Fighter" -- Pamela Martin
"Inception" -- Lee Smith
"The King's Speech" -- Tariq Anwar
"The Social Network" -- Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter
"Biutiful," Mexico
"Incendies," Canada
"In a Better World," Denmark
"Tambien la Lluvia," Spain
"Simple Simon," Sweden
"Alice in Wonderland"
"Jonah Hex"
"The Wolfman"
Alexandre Desplot, The King's Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahmin, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception
* "I See the Light" - performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater - Tangled
* "If I Rise" - performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong - 127 Hours
* "Shine" - performed and written by John Legend - Waiting for Superman
* "We Belong Together" - performed and written by Randy Newman - Toy Story 3
* "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me Yet" - performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren - Burlesque
"The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger," Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio)
"The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
"The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion Pictures Australia)
"Sensology," Michel Gagne, director-producer (GAGNE International LLC)
"Urs," Moritz Mayerhofer, director (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)
"Ana's Playground," Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC)
"Na Wewe," Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (CUT!)
"The Six Dollar Fifty Man," Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.)
"Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words)," Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden AB)
"Wish 143," Ian Barnes, director, and Samantha Waite, producer (Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures)
"Black Swan"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"
"Tron: Legacy"
"True Grit"
"127 Hours"
"Black Swan"
"Iron Man 2"
"Tron: Legacy"
"Alice in Wonderland"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"
"Iron Man 2"
"Tron: Legacy"
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This stunning camp has recently won the ranking of best hotel in Kenya by Travel and Leisure Magazine's Best Hotels in the World 2010. Here's their recent safari update so you can find out why it's such a winner!
Here's an update on the safari action.
Weather and the plains
September saw a fair amount of unseasonal rainfall through the month, filling up the Musiara Marsh. The water came gushing under the bridge to the airstrip and on to the Mara River. The Mara River has been consistently high, mostly due to rain at its watershed in the Mau forest.
The temperatures have been very pleasant, rising to a maximum of 30 Celsius around mid day. After gorgeous mornings, it has mostly become overcast in the afternoons and raining on the odd day.
The grassland plains have been mowed down by the migration, leaving a bright green thick mat with the unpalatable dried stalks left standing, giving the impression of dry grass from a distance.
Storm over the Mara
Photo by Governors' Camp guest John Knott
Migration on the plains
Photo by guest Justin Grammaticas
The Wildebeest Migration
We have had one of the best migrations seasons ever! Dense concentrations of wildebeest and zebra have covered the plains. The herds have tended to group together at night, spreading out as the day progresses to dot the grassland. Similarly to the end of August hundreds of thousands of animals were to be seen from Governors camps looking out onto Rhino Ridge and to the east. Mid month they started moving around and over the ridge but returned again to The Marsh. The river crossings have been plentiful in September, from a few zebras to a few thousand wildebeest. The fat, ancient crocodiles still take the odd animal as they cross the Mara River, but are mostly content to watch from the sand banks as they have had their full. The river is littered with carcasses from panicked animals drowning because of the large numbers, high water and difficult exits. This is in stark contrast to last year's crossings where they mostly skipped across the river as it was so low, the crocodiles had to work hard for their meal then.
Elephant and giraffe have avoiding the masses of wildebeest and zebra, with the occasional elephant family coming to the forest every few days or so. They are to be mostly found up in the acacia woodland areas at this time, where they are feeding. The large buffalo herd with their young still frequent the marsh and return up onto the ridge, the bachelor males looking from a distance resigned to the fact they are not wanted. With the bursts of rain and the promise of more, and the charge of greenery in the Mara many of the antelope herds have been mating. The males were seen rutting and asserting their territories, once the lines have been drawn and lesser males placated, they then get on with the business at hand. Gestation periods range mostly according to the size of an antelope, the smaller gazelles and impala approximately 6 months whilst the larger waterbuck and topi 7 – 8 months. This instinctual timing coincides with the seasonal rains that commence toward the end of March, giving the young new lush grass to graze on and taller grasses to hide in.
Beautiful wild flowers have started springing up amongst the shorter grass, 'tissue paper' flowers Cycnium tubulosum, fireball lilies Scadoxus multilorus bringing a contrast of red to the plains as well as the pyjama lily Crinum macowanii with its white and purple stripes.
Dung beetles of all colours and sizes are busying themselves attempting to clear up what the wildebeest have dropped. Termites take this mammoth job on too.
'Flying ants' termite reproductives have taken to the sky to pair up and start new colony's. Timed with the rains so the earth is soft they dig down to start a new kingdom. They are a delicious meal to a lot of animals as they are packed proteins to sustain themselves whilst they create workers – birds, aardvark, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, mongoose and more all eat them.
The resident baboons are spending a lot of their time along the roads as the runoff from the rain has produced thick new nutritious shoots which they are feeding on. They will sit for hours near the roads providing great entertainment.
The core part of the Marsh Pride of lions have been happily lazing around the Musiara Marsh area this month. The pride is basically divided in two; the two males Romeo and Claude and four females, three of which are with young having three cubs each. The fourth female was sighted mating with both males at the start of the month, Romeo dominating as Claude the older lion is not in great condition. The sub-adult group are spending their time up near Mbila Shaka and on occasion come down to the marsh. There are five males and four females together with a lioness, Lispy. Lispy towards the end of the month came into season and ventured down to the marsh and picked out Romeo, a good choice, and commenced mating. The Marsh Pride have been hunting at night. The sub-adult males took down the old buffalo bull outside of Governors' Camp which was a fair accomplishment even though he was in retirement and a little worse for wear. One of the more spectacular sightings seen below the marsh bridge was all of the sub-adults trapping a large male waterbuck in the water. The waterbuck held his own, facing off any attempts that were made toward it by the lions surrounding him. This started at dawn and went until well after lunch when the waterbuck bolted once the lions lost interest and lay watching.
The Ridge Pride is still doing well, staying up on the ridge where the wildebeest have been. They too had an interesting development; whilst on a walk the three lionesses and four cubs came across a mother cheetah and her two adult cubs which they promptly chased for a while. In their excitement they had not noticed the kill which the cheetahs had to leave in a hurry, but wandered on. They then spotted a hyena which had just killed a young wildebeest and chased him of his meal and settled into their easily won prize.
The Paradise Pride is in great shape. Dominating a territory that encompasses the main crossing areas means they have food coming to them instead of having to pursue their prey. However they choose to hunt at night and relax during the day, very rarely is this pride seen hunting during the day. The pride across the Mara river from them is very different. Often seen at the crossings hiding up in the croton bushes, they ambush the unsuspecting hoards of animals that have just tired themselves out swimming through the rapids. On one occasion a single lioness killed five wildebeest.
Notch has been seen on both sides of the river with his two prides, where his five sons have split and are seen east of the river up in the Croton bushes.
Cheetah brothers
Photo by guest Daryl Black
Elephants visiting Camp
Photo by guest Jean Monfils
We have mostly seen the three cheetah boys this month who are not short of female admirers as other cheetahs have moved on.
There has been one female cheetah and her two nearly fully grown cubs near double crossing, she did come to Rhino ridge but was chased off by the Ridge Pride. This is probably why she spends her time further away.
One other female cheetah has been seen near the Talek River, once walking right by Olive the leopard.
Olive is still as relaxed as ever, giving guests amazing views of her near the Talek River in the Croton bushes. Her two cubs have moved on, leopards are not very tolerant of their cubs once they come of age, there are very rarely any free meals once they leave home. The two cubs are sticking together for the moment, they need to build up their confidence before they secure territories of their own.
The young male leopard from Olives' previous litter is in a neighbouring territory, he has been spotted a few times, once dragging a fresh wildebeest kill across the ground into cover.
The Il Moran leopard near Governors' has rarely been seen as the Marsh Pride is so incumbent and she has retreated to the forest. A male leopard was sighted along the forest near the Little Governors crossing. Whilst waiting for a crossing one of our vehicles saw a female leopard being chased out of the adjacent bushes by baboons creating mayhem amongst the mounting herds of wildebeest. Once everything had calmed down, what presumably was an older cub ran out in pursuit of its mother and stirred the wildebeest into another state.
There are a couple of jackal dens up on the plains in old termite mounds, the youngsters are nearly fully grown but still dependant on their parents. At one site hyenas tried to dig out the young whilst the adults were running in and nipping at their behinds, the hyena soon ran off.
We also had two sightings of caracal in September which was very lucky, one mother had cubs too.
With high season well underway the camps have been as busy as ever. We have also had wonderful sightings of game in camp with elephants putting in regular visits to all camps, much to the delight of guests. Elephant families have been making a habit of turning up at Little Governors' Camp at lunchtime leaving camp staff to escort guests to a safe distance away to view these magnificent animals as they pass through camp!
The Governors' Hot Air Balloon Safaris have also been enjoying spectacular game viewing this month. On the 24th clients and crew enjoyed a beautiful flight, with a glorious full moon followed by a spectacular sunrise, they had the pleasure of seeing four rhino, three lions, as well as plenty of plains game, zebra and wildebeest. Rhinos have become a fairly regular sighting on most balloon flights much to the delight of clients and balloon pilots and we have enjoyed some lovely sightings of leopard in the branches of trees.
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