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February 17. 2014 8:16PM
Derry councilors to discuss contract, cell tower
By HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
— Town councilors are scheduled to revisit a proposed three-year collective bargaining agreement between the town and 29 technical and management employees during tonight's meeting.
Councilors also plan to discuss a proposal to construct an AT&T cell tower on town-owned property.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Derry Municipal Center.
Councilors voted to table consideration of the collective bargaining agreement during their last meeting on Feb. 4 because they wanted more time to review the proposal.
If the proposed contract is approved, the members of the Professional Administrative and Technical Employees Union, or PATE, would receive a 2.5 percent raise this year.
The employees would also receive raises in fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017 of 1.5 percent, 2 percent and 2 percent, respectively, if the contract is approved, said Larry Budreau, human resource director and acting town administrator.
The agreement would take effect on Feb. 23 and run through June 30, 2017. It incorporates more than 40 changes and is similar to recent agreements between the town and support staff, the Derry Police Patrolman's Association and the Teamsters.
As for the proposed cell tower, the town would lease out a small section of land at 36 Tsienneto Road to AT&T. The company wants to construct an approximately 150-foot-tall cell tower on a 50-by-50-foot area of the property, said Thomas Carrier, deputy director of public works.
AT&T wants to build the cell tower to help with poor reception in the area, according to town officials.
AT&T would pay the town $2,000 a month to lease the property, Carrier said.
The area is zoned medium residential, however, and telecommunications facilities are not permitted there, Carrier said. AT&T would need to go before the ZBA for a variance. In addition, the company would also need to obtain site plan approval from the Planning Board.
During the last discussion on the AT&T proposal, some councilors raised concerns about aesthetics and health risks. Councilors also said they wanted to get more information on how much it would cost for the town to get involved in the process of leasing out the property.


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COUNTRYSIDE, Ill., Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A car dealership's billboard alongside a Chicago-area expressway is turning heads, though in an age of distracted drivers not in the way it was intended.
Autobarn Volkswagon of Countryside, Ill., began a marketing campaign that saw QR codes being pasted on the sides of loaner cars given to customers with a message instructing passers-by to scan them with a smart phone for "THE BEST PASSAT DEAL OF YOUR LIFE."
A billboard with the same language and QR code was put up along Interstate 55, the hope being motorists would connect the dots and scan the QR codes on the loaners if they saw one, the Chicago Tribune said Thursday.
"We thought it would be a cute idea," said Ryan Graham, general manager of the dealership.
Instead, motorists have been sticking their phones out the window while driving on the highway, known locally as the Stevenson, attempting to scan the code on the billboard.
"The intention was never for a driver to stick their phones out the window on the Stevenson at 65 mph to scan the billboard,'' Graham said.
Readers complained to the Tribune about the hazard the billboard has created -- in a construction zone, no less. A call to Volkswagon's corporate office drew a rebuke of the advertisement.
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Quote from: JediJman on December 8, 2009, 04:48 PMI'm sure all your friends and family and neighbors are rooting against me too Rob. Considering that my girlfriend and her father both play in this league, there's a good chance that you're right.
I'm sure all your friends and family and neighbors are rooting against me too Rob.
So they are like Ruiner and need to rely on you for their opinions? I would assume they have pretty low involvement in the thread, so why would they have any beef with me? Like I said, an insecure need to gather support because you're to afraid to stand alone Rob.
Justin...you'll have to get a ruling on being a top 6 team...but you are definitely not a top 4 team
Congrats to Springer on the win this week as well. I got pounded this week (as did anyone that didn't have D. Clark, A. Peterson, Ray Rice, F. Davis, or Chris Johnson). I knew I was in trouble when A. Johnson scored 15 seconds into the game. Good luck next week SI!
Quote from: Scott on December 14, 2009, 10:38 PMJustin...you'll have to get a ruling on being a top 6 team...but you are definitely not a top 4 team Owich. I think DR checked out for the year, so I probably won't find out for a while. Kudos on the win & good luck next week!
Meh, it took you a little longer to flop than I thought, but you didn't fail me when it counted.You didn't have the injury excuse much at all but you did have bad luck, I'll say that.I officially rank you 12th out of 12, and my rulings are not subject to appeal.
Still, at least I made the playoffs unlike some of the has-been's in our league.
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Turbo-charged Storytime: Choose a word that will be repeated often ("green," for instance, if you're reading Green Eggs and Ham) and have your child stand up or sit down each time he hears it.
Crab Carry: Show your child how to walk like a crab: hands and feet on the floor, stomach facing up. Once he can do it, give him a goal. He can balance some beanbags on his belly and move across a marked finish line, or gather some wayward toys and move them to his room.
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury ended a second day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching verdicts in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic serving low-income women.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-shuttered Women's Medical Society Clinic, could face the death penalty if convicted by the jury in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia.
The case focuses on whether the infants were born alive and then killed.
The seven-woman, five-man jury that heard five weeks of testimony deliberated about eight hours on Wednesday before retiring.
The panel planned to resume on Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords, prosecutors said.
The charges have fueled the debate in the United States about late-term abortions.
It is legal in Pennsylvania to abort a fetus up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. Gosnell also faces other charges, including that he performed 24 abortions beyond 24 weeks.
Nine states ban abortions after 20 weeks, according to the abortion rights group NARAL. Other states recently put new restrictions on abortions, with Arkansas banning them at 12 weeks and North Dakota at six weeks.
Most abortions, 92 percent, are performed before 14 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1.3 percent are performed beyond 20 weeks.
In instructions to the jury, Judge Jeffrey Minehart said state law defines a live baby as one that is fully expelled from the mother and showing signs of life such as breathing, heart beat or movement.
If a baby shows those signs, he told the jury, "That baby is a human being."
Gosnell's defense contends there is no evidence the babies were alive after they were aborted.
In his closing argument on Monday, defense lawyer Jack McMahon cited the medical examiner's testimony that none of the 47 fetuses tested randomly from the West Philadelphia clinic had been born alive.
Assistant District Attorney Edward Cameron said in his closing argument that witnesses testified that one of the aborted babies was breathing before its neck was cut, another made a whining sound and another moved its arms and legs.
Gosnell's lawyer argued that the doctor used the drug digoxin, which would have killed the fetuses, and any noise or movement would have been involuntary spasms.
But prosecutors said Gosnell did not always use digoxin and that it did not always work properly.
Prosecutors describe Gosnell's clinic as a "house of horrors" and the trial has been watched closely by both sides of the abortion debate.
Reverend Frank Pavone, director of the anti-abortion group Priests for Life, said the often gory trial testimony "will change the conversation. ... It'll help people engage and make them realize they're not just talking about a theoretical idea."
Abortion rights activists said Gosnell was an outlier among predominantly safe and legal abortion providers.
"Gosnell ran a criminal enterprise, not a healthcare facility, and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Eric Ferrero, a spokesman for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Testimony has depicted a filthy clinic serving mostly low-income women in the largely black community. McMahon said Gosnell wanted to help the under-privileged community.
Gosnell is also charged with murdering Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, who died from a drug overdose after going to him for an abortion, prosecutors said.
The defense lawyer said Mongar was given guideline amounts of the drug Demerol as anesthesia during the abortion, as had hundreds of other women at the clinic.
Gosnell, who has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest, is on trial with Eileen O'Neill, a medical school graduate accused of billing patients and insurance companies for clinic services as if she were a licensed doctor.
Eight other defendants have pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and are awaiting sentencing. They include Gosnell's wife Pearl, a cosmetologist who helped perform abortions.
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We've reached the end of our 2013 recap! To see what else went on this year at Meijer Gardens, view Part I, II, and III of the series. The last few months have been busy ones as we planted thousands of chrysanthemums, set up our holiday displays and brought together 24 artists from around the world for our fall sculpture exhibition.
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September–December 2013
Chrysanthemums and More!
You know fall is here when Chrysanthemums and More! opens in September. Expansive mum displays, unconventional floral arrangements and the "mum wall" filled every inch of Meijer Gardens. Events like Mum Day, Giant Pumpkins and Hallowee-ones made the transition into fall fun for the whole family.
Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass
Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass was a group exhibition which showcased 24 works of glass by 25 artists from around the world and coincided with ArtPrize. The exhibition explored the creative, conceptual and formal aspects of contemporary glass sculpture and is still on display until January 5, 2014. One of the pieces, Watching by Daniel Arsham, made it on the ArtPrize Juried Short List! Stop by and see these pieces before they leave in January.
America's Garden of Art Book Released
After more than 2 years of work, we released a coffee table book titled, America's Garden of Art. It features more than 230 new color photos, with essays by our president, chief curator and historian, and offers a complete description and depiction of Meijer Gardens throughout the seasons. Pick up a copy from the Gift Shop as a perfect collector's item.
David Nash & Alexandra Fuller for The Master Lecture Series
As part of The Master Lecture Series, we welcomed lectures from award-winning author Alexandra Fuller and internationally renowned sculptor David Nash this October. Fuller spoke on being raised for most of her life in Africa, and how it influenced many of her books, such as Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood. Nash talked about his 40-year career and how he's used trees as the resource for nearly all his sculptural pursuits. His lecture was in conjunction with his visit to create a site-specific tree sculptures for the Japanese Garden.
Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World
This year marked the 19th annual Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World exhibition! This exhibition focuses on the beauty of nature during the holiday season. Everyone young and young-at-heart can enjoy the Railway Garden, a unique horticultural display featuring 30 West Michigan landmarks recreated in natural materials, model trains and railways. There's also more than 42 holiday displays to see and carolers, santa visits, family art activities and horse-drawn carriage rides to enjoy! It's going on until January 5, 2014, so stop by if you haven't already.
What a whirlwind of a year! Thank you for your continued support art, horticulture and education by being a member or guest of Meijer Gardens.
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The DLR Falcon 20E research aircraft was selected as the most appropriate aircraft for measurement flights. The Falcon has a full range of instruments to record flight dynamics and a nose boom that records the local incidence angle at the front of the aircraft in an undisturbed airflow.
The Falcon 20E in flight. The DLR research aircraft can carry up to 1100 kilograms of scientific instrumentation payload. The instruments are installed inside and below the cabin, as well as under the wings. They include a flow measuring device, the nose boom, air intakes and under-wing pods. Among other things, they include a flow measuring device, the so-called nose boom and antennas which can be mounted on the exterior of the aircraft.
On 1 May 2010, the Falcon took off at 13:00 CEST for another measurement flight over Iceland and its plume of volcanic ash. Despite light cloud cover, measurement conditions were almost perfect. The flight took the Falcon directly over the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. At a distance of approximately 200 kilometres from the volcano, the Falcon flew several times over the volcanic ash cloud at an altitude of six kilometres.
Flight with white gloves in 1976.
Left to right: Monika Krautstrunk, Head of Flight Operations at the DLR Flight Facility in Oberpfaffenhofen, Ulrich Schumann, Director of the DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oliver Brieger, Chief Technical Officer of DLR Flight Experiments, Stefan Grillenbeck, DLR test pilot, and Robert Rahn, Falcon's leading pilot.
View from the cockpit of the Falcon during a research flight in 2002. The 1.8-metre nose boom has a five-hole sensor at its tip that provides scientists with very accurate information about, among other things, the static and dynamic pressure in the atmosphere.
The Falcon on 29 September 1975 at the acceptance flight in Bordeaux.
Be it Spitsbergen, Greenland, the Tropics or the southern tip of the Americas – its deployment in the service of science has already taken the Dassault Falcon 20E research aircraft to an incredibly diverse range of places. The Falcon has been flying for the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) for the last 35 years. In this time it has contributed to answering many questions in atmospheric research and has established a worldwide reputation. Nevertheless, retirement is still a distant prospect – many more missions are planned.
In December 1975 at Villaroche, France.
Be it Spitsbergen, Greenland, the Tropics or the southern tip of the Americas – its deployment in the service of science has already taken the Dassault Falcon 20E research aircraft to an incredibly diverse range of places. The Falcon has been flying for the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) for the last 35 years. In this time it has contributed to answering many questions in atmospheric research, and has established a worldwide reputation. Nevertheless, retirement is still a distant prospect – many more missions are planned.
In the mid-seventies, DLR was looking for its own, highly capable test aircraft for atmospheric research. One particularly important consideration was the maximum achievable altitude, since the best meteorological observations and measurements are obtained at great heights. The Falcon can reach a maximum altitude of 12,800 metres, flying higher than most commercial aircraft. Another argument in favour of the jet was that it is extremely robust and agile – flying in the vicinity of thunderstorms and in turbulent wakes do not pose a problem. After extensive remodelling, the jet arrived at the DLR site in Oberpfaffenhofen on 16 July 1976. "The Falcon is still well suited to its scientific tasks, even today," explains Monika Krautstrunk, Head of Flight Operations at the DLR Flight Facility in Oberpfaffenhofen. "In 1995 the aircraft was given more powerful and environment-friendly engines, giving it a range of up to 3700 kilometres." Remote areas such as northern Sweden can be reached without a stopover.
Before embarking on its first mission as a research aircraft, the Falcon had to be extensively converted; among other things, it has three special windows on the roof and floor of the fuselage. This, for example, allows measurements to be taken using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LIDAR sends out a laser pulse and receives the signal scattered back from the atmosphere. The information obtained can be used to determine concentration profiles for water vapour, ozone or aerosol particles above or below the aircraft. The most obvious conversion was probably the nose boom; a five-hole sensor at its tip provides scientists with, among other things, very accurate information about the static and dynamic pressure in the atmosphere.
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The ASTAR (Arctic Study of Tropospheric Aerosol, Clouds and Radiation) and POLARCAT (Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport) measurement campaigns took the Falcon and its crew to the Arctic in 2007 and 2009. Here, the researchers investigated the long-range transport of emissions from North America and Eurasia to the polar region. The aircraft was again able to prove its robustness in studies carried out in the tropics for TROCCINOX (Tropical Convection, Cirrus and Nitrogen Oxides Experiment) and SCOUT (Stratospheric-Climate Links with Emphasis on the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere); the investigation focused on the regions close to large thunderclouds, which can transport trace gases from layers close to the ground to great heights in a matter of only hours and in which lighting forms nitrogen oxides. DLR carried out what are probably its best-known flights in April 2010, when the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull brought large parts of air traffic over Europe to a standstill. The Falcon was re-equipped in record time and approved for deployment over Iceland, England and Germany. The Falcon, the only aircraft in the sky, performed several measurement flights.
"The Falcon will continue to be in demand for international projects," confirms Hans Schlager from the DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics, who has already led several Falcon campaigns. "For example, we will fly to Malaysia in November 2011 to investigate the influence of biogenic halogen compounds on the distribution of ozone."
The Falcon is not just used by DLR atmospheric research specialists; often universities and other scientific institutions from Germany and abroad are involved in the missions. In addition, the aircraft is part of the European Fleet for Atmospheric Research (EUFAR) network, funded by the EU, which today comprises 46 research aircraft from 15 countries. Until 2009, the Falcon was the most frequently requested research aircraft from the entire EUFAR fleet.
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Unless the economics of cash cropping improve, look for "cattle crossing" signs as livestock move east.
"We grow more forage by accident than the West grows on purpose," one eastern Corn Belt grazing enthusiast said at the recent Great Lakes International Grazing Conference in Battle Creek, MI.
At that conference, University of Illinois Extension educator Ed Ballard talked about this waste of feed and the economics of integrating livestock into cropland by managed grazing.
He collected data from farms on 200-bu. corn land in central Illinois. While corn-soybean producers were netting at best $60/acre, graziers were making $400-500/acre.
One producer Ballard works with produced 1,174 lbs. of beef/acre by grazing stockers from April to September at a cost of 23¢/lb. Using management-intensive and year-around grazing, such levels will be "pretty common" in the future, Ballard says.
"Over the last 20 years, cash-crop income per acre has declined with many years showing little or no profit. Many farmers are living off government payments and depreciation," he says. "Many have been looking for an alternative crop. This is where grass-based animal agriculture has gained momentum over the last 10 years."
Grazing also provides a less confining and laborious option to confinement livestock systems, Ballard says. Costs are lower with less need for buildings and equipment, less labor for harvesting and manure hauling and better animal health.
Discovering that grazing can be year-round — with only a few "challenging periods" during which producers might need stored feed — has added to the appeal. So has the introduction of forage varieties and species that can be grazed through the winter.
Using such practices as late-season aerial seeding of rye, oats and turnip mixtures into standing corn, crop growers can "doublecrop" — integrating livestock into their enterprises.
Ballard sees an eastward movement of livestock production as Corn Belt crop producers convert their poorest and rolling land to permanent pasture and use their best land more intensively by both cropping and winter grazing.
The potential is exciting, he says. "Graziers are the only upbeat group in agriculture."
Feeding machine-harvested hay keeps per-cow costs at $1-1.50/day on many beef farms, Ballard says. But graziers cut that in half.
Cliff Schuette, Breese, IL, is another producer Ballard works with. He says total feed costs in his operation have been running $50-100/cow/year. Schuette has converted his most rolling land to permanent pasture and now doublecrops his good cropland by grazing through winter.
"In early August, a few things need to be done for feed in the fall and winter months," he says. "The first thing I look at is flying on some oats, rye and turnips over my cornfields."
As soon as the combine leaves the fields, fences are installed for rotational grazing of oats, rye, turnips, lost corn, husks and stalks.
"This is a perfect mix of high-quality forage with the dry matter needed to balance the diet," Schuette says.
He also stockpiles fescue in late summer and fall for late-winter grazing.
Ballard recently won funding for the Dudley Smith Initiative, a University of Illinois research project studying integration of livestock into cropping systems. The project will compare extended rotations in cool-season pasture; permanent pasture of native, warm-season grasses; winter grazing on cash-crop rotations of corn and spring oats with cover crops; and corn-soybean rotations with no grazing.
The study also will look at the effects of "sustainable" systems on rural communities.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia will host a large gathering of the Roman Catholic church called the World Meeting of Families in September 2015, an event expected to bring hundreds of thousands from around the world, church officials announced Monday.
In a statement, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Vatican announced the gathering will be held in the City of Brotherly Love from Sept. 22 through Sept. 27 in 2015.
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said he plans to give additional details about the event at a news conference Monday. Chaput, along with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, will be holding a news conference to discuss details of the event at 11 a.m. Monday.
The selection of Philadelphia as the host of the 2015 gathering was first announced by Pope Benedict XVI in Milan in June. The dates for the VIII World Meeting of Families were confirmed in a letter last month, church officials said Monday.
In June, Benedict announced the venue during a Sunday Mass in Milan celebrating the seventh such gathering of families from around the world. The pope sent his greetings to Chaput and the Catholics "of that great city" and said he was looking forward to meeting them in 2015. That was months before the announcement earlier this month that the 85-year-old Benedict would step down Feb. 28.
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Changeling (US - BD)
Gabe is pretty sure that this kid isn't Angelina's son, but he'll double check...
In 1928 Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) returns home from work to discover her nine-year-old son, Walter (Griffith), is missing. She calmly goes through the normal channels, and after a few months she's informed that Walter has been found alive. But when Walter steps off the train, Christine realizes that the police have brought back the wrong boy. It's not her son. It's not her son! Ahem. Meanwhile, Reverend Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich) continues a series of public crucifixions of the Los Angeles Police Department, and uses Christine's story as a platform to create real change.
Following the earth shatteringly incredible year 2007, 2008 was destined to be a bit of a disappointment. As someone that missed the vast majority of the year's releases, 2008 was defined broadly as the year in which some of America's most dependable filmmakers dabbled in middle of the road depressions. Oliver Stone had W., Spike Lee had Miracle at St. Anna, Steven Spielberg had Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, David Fincher had The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (I'll probably catch hell for that one), and Clint Eastwood had Changeling.
Changeling doesn't fit into my mould perfectly. First of all it wasn't Clint's only directorial releases in 2008 ( Grand Torino slipped right under the wire for the Oscars, and I hear it's a better film), and second, since this is a personal list, I should admit I lost interest in Eastwood a long time ago. I'll just quickly acknowledge this, as it puts my following review into slightly better context for readers better versed in the director's work. Basically, I didn't realize I was supposed to take Eastwood's films particularly seriously. His CV is up and down in quality all through his career. For every Bird, Unforgiven or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, we've got a glut of sub-average to middling like Sudden Impact, The Rookie, or Blood Work. Eastwood paints in very broad emotional strokes in most cases (the three films I mention as good examples are exceptions), and the last of his films I got around to seeing, Mystic River, was such an overrated mess of heavy handed, almost insulting melodrama I didn't see any reason to keep up.
I probably should've gotten around to seeing Clint's last three films (especially Letters from Iwo Jima), but I didn't, and so The Changeling is my reintroduction to the director after about six years away. I made the mistake of checking out the rottentomatoes.com page before seeing the film, which is something I usually don't do unless I'm considering seeing a film in theatres, in order to avoid slanting my opinion before viewing. This was a particularly big mistake because I learned about the Changeling drinking game. There are differing rules depending on where you go, but basically they go something like this: every time Jolie says 'That's not my son', 'I want my son', or something to that effect, you take a drink. I don't drink alcohol myself, but started the game with a full glass of water for fun. I was out of water very quickly, and decided against getting a second glass, for fear of hyper-hydration.
But beyond the silliness of the accusations, it's actually an effective criticism of the entire film, which is quite repetitive. The police and doctors constantly trying to convince Jolie that the boy is in fact her son gets ridiculous. It's a repetitive and sloppy means to drive home an obvious point that no one in the audience would possibly dispute. It becomes almost satirical, and cheapens Jolie's performance. Eastwood effectively takes forty minutes to reveal that this woman loves her child, that her child disappeared, and that the boy the police brought back is… not her son. Around the forty minute mark there is a perfectly efficient telling of the city's corruption via John Malkovich, which practically begs direct comparison on how to effectively tell a story.
My exact problem with Mystic River is my problem with Changeling—it appears that Eastwood wants to tell troubling stories, and he wants them to effect his audience emotionally, but he doesn't have faith in his audience's empathic abilities so he displays every moment as entirely black and white. The 'that's not my son' angle is just one example of this. All throughout the film Jolie is berated by jerks, making the same point again, and again, and again, trying to find a raw nerve in the audience. In my case the nerve was exposed by the grating, but it wasn't the drama, it was the insistence of this repetition. I understand it's a period piece, I understand that people reacted differently in the 1920s, and I understand that Eastwood likes telling stories in an old fashion style, but that doesn't excuse inefficient storytelling from a man we all know is capable of taut and emotionally honest work.
Eastwood's middling storytelling is all the more frustrating when we consider how interesting the story is. There has been some discussion on how true this particular story is, but the broad facts seem to be generally straight. Sluggish pacing keeps the final act from packing the punch it really should (though I question the use of the last twenty or so minutes, which really could've been summed up with a title card), but it wasn't a bad choice for film, and Eastwood's visual talents ensure that the story is juiced of all its possible visual grandeur.
Changeling isn't a great film, but it's a damn fine looking one, which is the one good thing we can almost always say about this director's work. Eastwood and cinematographer Tom Stern opt for a very traditional look at 1920s America, revelling in warm browns, very light skin tones, and deep, dark, blacks. Details are slick and tight without damaging the pretty and subtle blends of muted colour. Sometimes the post-production fiddling (I'm guessing there was a whole lot of digital grading) is very apparent, creating a strange effect in the colour timing, similar to that of colourized black and white films. The low lighting (artificial lighting posing as natural light) would likely play havoc with a standard definition disc, leading to compression noise in skin tones, and the common browns.
Changeling is filmed like a Hollywood classic, but the sound design is entirely modern. This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track isn't all that aggressive, but the stereo and surround channels are plenty busy considering the film's unassuming thematic nature. Period appropriate traffic glides through every channel, insane inmates scream out in surround sound, and paparazzi camera flashes pop behind the viewer with impacting LFE hits. The dialogue is expectedly centred according to staging, clear, and consistent, even when Jolie is devolving into hysterics. Eastwood allows his sappy streak to leak into the film's musical score, which he wrote himself. It's impressive musically speaking, but is the kind of score that doesn't really allow the audience to discover the emotions for themselves, which I suppose isn't surprising considering the contempt the director seems to have for his audience's sense of empathy.
Though there aren't a lot of extras on this disc, Blu-ray fans do get a decent selection of U-Control PiP extras, including archives (real news clippings, etc.), Los Angeles: then and now (concerning comparison images), and PiP interviews with the cast and crew. These aren't available to Profile 1.0 players, but add a bit of flavour for those with the abilities.
Featurettes start with 'Partners in Crime', a thirteen minute, relatively fluffy behind the scenes featurette, with special focus on Eastwood's laid back brand of actor direction. There's a little bit of genuinely informative stuff in the interviews and behind the scenes footage concerning the costume design, set design, etc, but it's mostly the 'We Love Clint' show, as the interviewees go on and on about how unbelievably great Eastwood is. 'The Common Thread' concerns the research that went into Jolie's performance. Unfortunately, it mostly concerns the physical attributes of the character, like the clothes, and it's only five minutes long. I genuinely feel that a decent twenty or thirty minute look at the original story would've increased my appreciation for the film. I was personally interested enough, even as someone who didn't really like the film, so I'm positive viewers that actually liked the film would get quite a bit out of such a thing
After avoiding the man's films for several years I've not changed my mind about Eastwood's tonal control. I still think he's lost his trust in his audience. I need to get around to seeing all the movies he released between Mystic River and this one so that I may properly gage the man's current standing, but I can positively judge Changeling on its own merits. Somewhere in this tangled mess of awkward narration is a great story, and despite the hyperbole, the performances are solid. The disc looks wonderful, though extras are lacking, considering the supposed wealth of information on the real life story.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 17th February 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, and Spanish
Extras: 'Partners in Crime', 'The Common Thread', PiP, Los Angeles: Then and Now, Archives
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
Genre: Drama
Length: 142 minutes
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SOM designed Mitchell Hall to seat the entire Cadet Wing (nearly 3,000 students) at one time. The dining hall is a vast open space with a 24-foot ceiling. A mezzanine level provided seating for senior personnel and quests. Mitchell Hall was expanded in 1966 to accommodate an additional 1,000 cadets.
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Thousand Oaks - DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint
Nature of Incident:
DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint
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Thousand Oaks
Date & Time:
May 25, 2013 9:00 pm until 3:00 am
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Thousand Oaks Police Department Traffic Bureau
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DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Planned this Weekend
Thousand Oaks, CA ' The Thousand Oaks Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on May 25, 2013 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 9:00 pm and 3:00 am.
The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving alcohol drop by an average of 20 percent when well-publicized checkpoints are conducted often enough.
Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Officers will also check drivers for proper licensing and will strive to delay motorists only momentarily. When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $10,000.
In 2010, over 10,000 people were killed nationally in motor vehicle traffic crashes that involved at least one driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08% or higher. In California, this deadly crime led to 791 deaths because someone failed to designate a sober driver. 'Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 4 lives and resulted in 97 injury crashes harming 124 of our friends and neighbors,' said Sgt. Barbara Payton.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent. Based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public.
'DUI Checkpoints have been an essential part of the phenomenal reduction in DUI deaths that we witnessed since 2006 in California,' said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the Office of Traffic Safety. 'But since the tragedy of DUI accounts for nearly one third of traffic fatalities, Thousand Oaks needs the high visibility enforcement and public awareness that checkpoints provide.'
Funding for this checkpoint is provided to the Thousand Oaks Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reminding everyone to continue to work together to bring an end to these tragedies. If you see a Drunk Driver ' Call 9-1-1.
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Media Release Date:
May 24, 2013
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What if I cannot attend my upcoming scheduled performance?
Single tickets purchasers may exchange their tickets to another performance of the same show for a $10 per ticket exchange fee. This must be done at least 24 hours before your performance. To exchange your tickets you may call the Sales Office at 202-488-3300, visit us in person at the Sales Office, or use our online ticket exchange form. Exchange requests online can be made 48 hours in advance.
Exchanges into a more expensive performance or seating area require payment of the upgrade amount at the time of the exchange. Refunds are not given for exchanges into less expensive performances.
If you are unable to attend another performance you may donate your tickets to Arena Stage. Tickets are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law and will be acknowledged with a written receipt. Donations must be made at least two hours before curtain.
What if I misplace my tickets for a performance?
Come to Arena Stage in person or call the Sales Office at 202-488-3300. We will verify your seating and reissue replacement tickets. The original tickets will be void.
What parking is available at the Mead Center for American Theater?
Subscribers and single-ticket purchasers may purchase parking in advance by calling the Sales Office at 202-488-3300. The subscriber rate for parking is $16 per performance. Single ticket purchasers may reserve in advance for $19 per parking space. Any parking available on the day of the performance will be sold at the garage on a first-come, first-served basis for $22. Handicapped parking may also be purchased in advance with a copy of a valid handicap parking tag.
Can we take public transportation to Arena Stage?
Absolutely. The Waterfront Metrorail station is located one block east of Arena Stage. In addition, Metrobus stops are conveniently located just steps from the theater entrance.
What dining options are available nearby?
Richard's Place, a casual self-service café with a variety of star-worthy selections, is open two hours before any curtain and closes at the start of show. Concessions, which serves lighter fare, opens a half-hour before curtain and remains open until one hour after the show concludes. For menus, more information, or to make a reservation, please click here. Within walking distance are several restaurants, including Station 4, Masala Art, Jenny's Asian Fusion, and Cantina Marina. Several restaurants in the area offer discounts for Arena Stage patrons.
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TRACY - Transportation officials announced Monday the completion of a highway project through the Delta west of Stockton.
Designed primarily to make a portion of Highway 4 straighter and safer, the Trapper Slough/Tracy Boulevard Project was valued at $16 million, according to the California Department of Transportation.
It was funded entirely through money from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more commonly known as the federal economic stimulus package.
The new road alignment increases the sight distance for drivers on Highway 4 near where it intersects with Tracy Boulevard, Caltrans officials said.
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Zëiram (US - DVD R1)
Gabe finds himself trapped in virtual reality with a really hot alien chick...
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Teppei and Kamiya, two average Joes working in the Japanese electronic services industry, stumble upon the intergalactic bounty-hunter Ilia and her partner, the artificial intelligence named Bob. Both men are accidentally transported to the 'Zone', a virtual reality in which Bob has trapped Ilia's latest prey, a biological weapon named Zeiram. The Earth natives must both survive the experience and help Ilia capture Zeiram before the Zone disappears around them.
Though most Manga and Anime based live action films fall very short of grace, I always enjoy watching them. I'm a fan of the less fantastical features in the genre, like OldBoy, Ichi the Killer, and Lady Snowblood, but I also enjoy the films that make genuine attempts at filming real people as cartoon characters. I've seen both Guyver films more than once, I've laughed at the unadulterated stupidity of the unofficial Chinese adaptation of Dragon Ball, and I've probably watched Riki-Oh more times than The Godfather.
Zeiram isn't specifically based on a previously released Manga or anime series, but it plays like one, and there was an animated prequel released after its success. For readers that like the brass tacks I'll lay the flick out as simply as Tron meets The Terminator meets the live action Guyver. It's also a Toho production, the super-studio behind the Godzilla series, so you can expect plenty of slow-motion, man-in-suit action. It's not high art; it's pure entertainment.
Though the action is defiantly not wall to wall it's imaginative and, like the rest of the film, visually striking. The Sci-Fi costumes and rubbery special effects may turn some harder to please viewers off, but fans of the old school should be in stop-motion, kung-fu fighting, over-the-top pyrotechnics heaven. The film's strongest elements are its visual presence and its willingness to embrace its silly plot, but its secret weapon its very Japanese sense of humour. The electrician everymen see just as much, if not more screen time than Ilia, ensuring there are plenty of laughs.
Research tells me that this special edition is a vast improvement over the previous R1 release, but the transfer is still plagued with problems. The big thing here is the transfers overall darkness. I couldn't get a decent screen cap of any of the films big fist fights because when the image isn't moving everything tends to blend into itself. The details are reasonably sharp, but the contrast is washed out enough that it's hard to notice. This is a colourful film, evoking a cartoon's pallet, but the colours on the transfer are often dull. The anamorphic enhancement is a big plus, and I've seen much more poorly handled transfers, but I expect a little more from Media Blasters these days.
When given the choice of an original language track and an English dub I'll always go with the original track, as any cineaste should...unless the film is a particularly cheesy man-in-suit romp. In this case I'm leaning towards the extra added fun of mismatched and overacted voices awkwardly spewing out of characters' mouths. I switched between both tracks throughout, like a good reviewer, but really liked the film more when it was bastardized by the English dub. Apparently the old release only included the English dub, so fans should be happy to double-dip.
Both tracks are presented in Dolby Digital 2.0, and neither is particularly impressive. There is very little dynamic range, and bass is quite weak. The English track has much louder dialogue than the Japanese track, but neither is the epitome of digital clarity. The flick is low budgeted and hasn't aged all that well, but the soundtrack is pretty aggressive, and adds to the overall animated feel. It's too bad neither track stepped up to task.
There isn't much here in the order of extras for a so called 'Special Edition'. I guess the anamorphic enhancement and original Japanese soundtrack are pretty 'special'. The one interview/behind the scene here is pretty long and informative to make up for a lack of solid documentary or commentary track, but it grows dull pretty quickly. It features director Keita Amemiya and actress Yuko Moriyama, both of whom strike me as insanely shy, beyond that of a normal Japanese person, and their general discomfort is rather contagious. It's nice to hear the film's history; this just isn't the best format for it. The disc also features a gallery of Media Blasters' Tokyo Shock releases.
Entertaining, well shot, funny, and featuring fun art direction, Zeiram isn't a great film, but it's probably perfect for those knowing what to expect. Did you like the live action Guyver series? Do you still watch Godzilla movies from the '70s and '80s? Are you honestly not bored by Tron? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then I see a rent or purchase of Zeiram sometime in your near future.
You can find this, and many other Japanese action flicks at xploitedcinema.com.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 7th November 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.77:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Surrond 2.0 English, Dolby Surround 2.0 Japanese
Subtitles: English
Extras: Director/Star Interview, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Keita Amemiya
Cast: Yûko Moriyama, Kunihiro Ida, Yukijiro Hotaru, Masakazu Handa, Mizuho Yoshida
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 97 minutes
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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE -- Back in 2008, I purchased a 42" LCD Magnavox TV (model # 42MF437B/37). About a year and a half later, I noticed a vertical line down the middle of the screen when the TV is on. Currently, there are a few more additional lines that appear on the screen. I called Magnavox to ask them about the problem. After being given the run around, and told that Magnavox no longer supports that model of TV (I'd have to go to a private repair service to have it fixed), I finally requested to talk to a supervisor (Reference # **). After speaking to the supervisor, and asking what Magnavox was going to do to solve my problem, I was, again, told the same thing.
Magnavox was not able to do anything to help, I'd need to see a repair service on my own. I have yet to see a repair service for the TV, but after looking on the internet about this problem, I've noticed the majority of people with the same problem have said it's cheaper to buy a new TV. When I told the supervisor at Magnavox this, I also told her I was not happy with Magnavox's lack of responsibility for their products. I also mentioned that this is a prime example of why most American companies are failing - because those companies will not back their product.
When I asked her that apparently Magnavox only builds their products to last, at the most, 3 years, she really didn't have a response (go figure). Of course, all she could say was she's sorry, but there's nothing the company can do for me. I also told her that if indeed I did purchase another TV, it surely would not be a Philips-Magnavox product. I will even expand that promise to any other type of electronic product built by Philips-Magnavox, whether it be an electric razor, DVD player, etc. So, for all you out there thinking about buying a Philips-Magnavox product - DON'T. They are not built to last, and it would be a waste of your money.
I purchased an MP3 player on 19 Jul 08. It worked fine at first. It really wasn't used a lot, not like a teenager uses them - listening to them all the time. Then one day I wanted to add some music to it, and guess what! It didn't work. Today's date is 16 Nov 08. Of course, the warranty was for 90 days, period! Never mind that it probably wasn't used 30 days. After contacting customer service at the 800 number, I followed their instructions for downloading the device manager and update. It didn't work since the MP3 player didn't work. The computer wouldn't recognize the connection.
I called customer service back as instructed. Tough!!! Warranty was no longer valid. So, I lost $40 for nothing. In this economy, that's not peanuts. I expressed that I felt the product should be replaced. The "supervisor" rejected my opinion. I did inform the customer representative that I would not buy another of their products and that I would let everyone know my opinion of their products and customer service.
In the good old American way, which apparently doesn't exist any more, they would have made good on their product. They didn't and won't, so I think their company should be ignored when you are purchasing products. I also emailed a copy of above to: ** Thank you for having this web site for consumers!
WASHINGTON -- Let me just say first I am not a difficult consumer to please, I am nearly 50 years old, and have never written a letter of complaint about anything to anyone... but here goes. I own a Magnavox 26" HDTV with a built in CD player, it is little over a year old, although the CD player failed, that is not the issue here. The power cord to the TV set was stolen during a burglary of a storage unit, since the TV was in a separate unit, it wasn't stolen, but at this point, it might as well have been.
I looked on the Magnavox website for a power cord, but the only likely item was called an "Adapt" but no photo to confirm what it was. I called the contact center, at 800-705-2000, and was on the phone for over an hour with the service rep, and he couldn't give me an answer either, and suggested I buy a new TV set to get a cord (Wholesale price $590+) I protested and he finally said "Tell you what, I will put in a request with our parts department." I said "Can I just call them directly?" He replied "No, but I can have them call you back within two weeks." Two weeks pass, no call.
I call back, and get a different guy, after he corrects the spelling errors in my address, he finds a photo confirming the part I want is an "Adapt" or part # ES9007I, I ask whether it will be shipped UPS or USPS as I have PO box, he says "No problem, it will be UPS or Fedex", it will be there in 5-7 business days. I ask if I can at least get it in three days, and he says it is impossible... so I ask for his supervisor. His supervisor not only refused to speed the shipping, he refused to give me contact info except for the Marietta GA snail mail address for Magnavox. I aske for his supervisor, and he said "I don't have one."
So... two weeks pass. No part. I call them again, and they say "It was shipped DHL, here is the tracking number."
So I call DHL, they say "We couldn't find your home, so we gave it to the USPS, we will call you back after we trace it." (Remember they don't have a PO box number for me) Two hours later, they call to say that for some reason, the package was shipped to Pennsylvania somewhere, and delivered. (Lost) They tell me to contact Magnavox. So I call Magnavox, and say "Look, can you send the part UPS or Fedex and ship it 3 day... you at least owe me this at this point."
They once again rebuff me and tell me they will send another part, this time UPS for sure (once again, I am refused any contact info for anyone above this obviously lower level individual, when you aren't trusted to even authorize speedier shipping for customer satisfaction). I get an e-mail confirming my order has been sent... DHL again. I call them back, and say "Look, we already know what is going to happen here, DHL will once again turn it over to the USPS, who can't deliver to my physical address due to no mailbox." They refuse to ship the part, as "We already have one order in progress, we can't ship another one until this one is confirmed lost or returned."
This is an insane amount of incompetence. I ask to speak to the supervisor, and you guessed it, same answer... and I was told to go to the Magnavox website for the e-mail to complain. Guess what? "E-mail services are not available at this time, please call our contact center." 1) Where in the world do they find service reps this incompetent? 2) How sad is it when a supervisor is an empty suit who cannot be trusted with authority? 3) Are, in fact, these people failing to pass on my complaints to cover their own behinds?
Mind you, I don't want anything complicated, just a power cord, I just pray these folks are not in charge of supplying anything important for aircraft or space missions.
RHODE ISLAND -- My husband purchased a Phillips Magnavox flat screen 32" LCD TV with DVD player from Sam's Club on January 29, 2007 for the amount of $838.40. The DVD player would give us problems ejecting and then stopped working altogether with a DVD stuck inside. Magnavox referred us to a repair shop, Elwin Electronics, where we could carry in our TV to be repaired. The TV was brought in on Feb. 21, 2007 and I was told it would be approximately one week to repair. I called one week later to check on status. The repair shop had ordered a DVD assembly kit on 2/26/07 and was waiting for it to be delivered.
I called the following week to check on status of repair and was told that did not resolve the issue and that a DVD player had been ordered on 3/5/07 and they were awaiting the arrival of that part. I called the following week to check in and they still had not received that part. I spent over 2 hrs. making phone calls to Magnavox and the repair center to get the any information regarding the part to this TV and what recourse I had. Magnavox informed me that the DVD player is on back order and there was no estimated wait time on this part and a refund was NOT an option.
They forwarded my case to another department and contacted me that they would only replace my product with one of the same and that the replacement TV would be sent to the repair shop within 10-14 days and I could pick it up there. Today 4/4/07 I went to the repair shop, picked up my new replacement TV, brought it home set it up and tried to watch a DVD. 15 minutes into the movie the DVD player froze and will not eject the DVD. I immediately called Magnavox and am back to square one lugging my TV back to the repair shop. This is 6 weeks now that I've been dealing with this and have been without my brand new TV.
I would like a full refund or the option to have another model TV and DVD player, but as separate units, along with a 90 day warranty. I look forward to your reply and immediate resolution to this issue. A copy of this letter has been forwarded to Magnavox at P.O. Box 671539, Marietta, Ga. 30006-0026 via complaint form at planet feedback.com. I thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
In mid-October my girlfriend ** and I purchase one of your 32 inch flat panel LC HDTV from SEARS. Luckily we also purchased Sears Master Protection Agreement which includes the ten year service package it's a good thing we did. The sound on the HDTV quit working the week after Christmas. We had an expectation of a superior quality product when we purchased a product with the Magnavox name, the HDTV functioned properly for less than 90 days when our problems began.
We called Sears and were informed that a technician could not come out before the 2nd of January. We had to wait a whole week of College Bowl games, Pro Football games, and New Years Celebrations for the technician to come and give us his opinion. After scheduling the appointment we went to Sears and spoke with a sales person with the hope that Sears would replace the HDTV for it had worked correctly for less than 90 days. We were informed that products would only be replaced if they malfunctioned in less than 30 days. So we took on the complicated task of setting up a surround-sound system to replace what was malfunctioning on the HDTV.
When the technician came to our home he couldn't fix the HDTV, he ordered some parts and did not return until the 17th of January. On his second trip he replaced the scaler board that fixed the problem with the audio and used a DVD to test his repair leaving before we reprogrammed the cable TV channels. As soon as we tried to watch the standard cable TV channels, it was clear that the scaler board was defective or wrong. The picture on the screen got all messed up there's ghosting, flickering, big black translucent squares, overexposure and the color is all messed-up.
Immediately we rushed to the phone to call Sears and see if they would resend the technician. Over the phone they scheduled an appointment for the fallowing Friday, January 6th between 8 am and 12 pm. We waited for the four hours and no technician showed. At noon we called Sears and were told our appointment was not in their system. We had no options except to schedule another appointment. This fourth appointment was scheduled for January 25th. The technician came back and said that this scaler board also is bad so he ordered a third scaler board. The technician came and installed the third board on Friday February 3rd.
Immediately it was clear that this scaler board was no different or better than the second one. Again we have ghosting, flickering, big black translucent squares, overexposure and the color is all messed-up. Luckily the technician had retained the original scaler board. He replaced the third scaler board with the original one. We are now back to the beginning with the audio problem and are currently waiting for the fourth scaler board to be installed on February 10th.
My Magnavox LCD TV is just two years old, purchased from Circuit City. I have an extended service contract (In Home-Full Service, Parts & Labor - Minor Adustment to Full Replacement) with Philips Magnavox consequent to a mail solicitation from their Service Contract Department when the original one year warranty expired. The TV has built-in left and right hand speakers. When one of the speakers started having a sound distortion I called the 800-number listed in the contract. I didn't ask but assume this is at the SCD main office.
I explained the problem to the female service technician. She asked me if the speaker was "blown." I replied that I didn't know what a blown speaker was and gave her a fuller description of the sound distortion. She said that, yes, that is a blown speaker and it is not covered under the warranty. I turned the contract over and read the exclusions and pointed out that a blown speaker was not one of them. She put me on hold for several minutes while she conferred with a supervisor. Coming back on line she advised that the supervisor confirmed that a blown speaker was not covered.
I then asked to speak to the supervisor. I was put on hold again and after about ten or fifteen minutes the connection was abruptly broken. The call had taken about 30 minutes in total. Instead of calling back I called a local Magnavox service center in Marietta, Ga. He immediately pulled up my information based on the contract number and told me someone would call me back to set up a service call.
I am delighted to say that within two days the TV has been repaired (loose speaker mounting screws) following a five minute phone call. However, I find it incredible that Magnavox allows such incompetence at the main Service Contract Dept. even though the local service here in Marietta is absolutely outstanding.


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(Video via The Gracie Academy's YouTube page)
It seems like more and more professional ball players of every stripe are taking up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA training in their off-seasons. Rarely, however, have we gotten much more than general interview references to the training they are doing.
Jiu Jitsu and salesmen extraordinaires (seriously, Rener could probably sell you your own urine) Rener and Ryron Gracie, sons of UFC founder Rorian Gracie, bring us a pretty great inside look at the fight training that at least one NFL star has been doing this past off-season. On the latest episode of their YouTube series, The Gracie Way, Rener and Ryron train with their student and Kansas City Chief All-Pro outside linebacker, Tamba Hali.
It looks like Hali has really bought in to "The Gracie Way." The 270 pound giant is focused not on getting bigger and stronger, but on getting leaner and more wholistic in his approach to health, it seems as he reveals that he has lost fifteen pounds so far training with the Gracies.
First, Hali does some hill runs, alternately pulling and pushing Ryron, who is on a skate board, up-hill. We also see Hali eat some of Rener's sandwiches and acai bowls as well as training in a gi at their Gracie Academy.
Hali not only rolls with the Gracies and other students in the video, but also with former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. Check all that out, plus Halis reflections on his training and life style over haul and his blue belt ceremony.
Then, get out there and do some training yourself on this Sunday afternoon. Only, you know, leave your computer on CagePotato and come back real quick to check out more later because we're needy and start missing you quickly.


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Former U of I student sentenced for sex assault
A 20-year-old former University of Iowa student has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting another student in 2010.
The Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports that Evan Pfeifer, of Lake Barrington, Ill., was sentenced Friday. He must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
Authorities say the victim was 19 when Pfeifer assaulted her early in the morning of Oct. 3, 2010, after a football game the day before. The woman says Pfeifer accosted her as she was walking back to her campus dorm from a party.
The woman says she didn't initially report the assault to police. She did so after she spotted Pfeifer on campus and her sister approached him and learned his name during a conversation.


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Lord Snowdon visited Bath in March 1972, to capture the devastation caused by the Sack of Bath. 21 images were published in black and white in Adam Fergusson's seminal book of the same name. Bath in Time has exclusively secured with the kind permission of Lord Snowdon, the contents of the entire shoot, seen here in full colour. Note Ham Gardens Car Park not yet built.
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Robert (Bob) Peterson, 84 - November 30, 2012Robert "Bob" Rellen Peterson, 84, of Gothenburg died Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.
Memorial services will be conducted on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel with Dr. Jeff Thurman officiating. Interment will be at the Peckham Cemetery at Gothenburg.
A book signing will take place at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Peterson was born Feb. 6, 1928, near Brady, the son of Clarence H. and Mable I. (Tarr) Peterson.
He grew up near Brady and attended Lincoln County District 74 (Union School). He graduated from Gothenburg High in 1945.
Peterson served his country as an electronic technician with the United States Coast Guard from 1945 to 1948, and graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1951.
On June 6, 1953, he married Marjorie Paustain at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln. The couple had resided at San Antonio, TX, Roland Park, KS, Baltimore, MD, and Gothenburg, where they spent their last five years living at Stone Hearth Estates.
?Peterson was a member of the Methodist Church and NARFE.
?He enjoyed gardening, travel, cooking, reading non-fiction and pets, according to family members.
?Peterson was preceded in death by: his parents, Clarence and Mable; his wife, Marjorie in 2011; an infant brother, Gerald Peterson in 1926; brother, Harold V. Peterson in 1995; son-in-law, Jon Custer in 2004.
Survivors include: his two sons—David (Carol) Peterson of Upperco, MD, and Gregory Peterson of Baltimore, MD; his daughter, Linda Custer of Linthicum Heights, MD; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church, 1401 Lake Ave., Gothenburg, NE 69138, and the Gothenburg Public Library, 1104 Lake Ave., Gothenburg, NE 69138.
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Africa's entertainment and media industry is experiencing a third wave of convergence due to the fact that the borders that once separated the entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer in a world that is rapidly digitising.
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Nairobi-based Business Daily Africa has signed an exclusive agreement with 365 Digital in Cape Town to employ the Adtech Helios IQ ad serving technology to deliver their online ad campaigns. 365's traffic team will handle the online campaign management and implementation.
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Airlink, true to its theme of the 'Freedom of the African Skies', continues to extend its reach with new African destinations and is proud to announce a new direct route from Johannesburg to Pemba, Mozambique.
Volcano 13 Apr 2007
After leading the South African business-to-business and online media in publishing daily news to the media, marketing and advertising community in South Africa, Bizcommunity.com is launching into Africa to provide our readers on the continent and advertisers with comprehensive and durable content country by country - adding to the 800 000 newsletters it already distributes monthly with SA-specific content in this industry.
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The Egyptian Minister of Education, Dr Yousry Al-Gamal, officially launched the NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project at Al-Haddain Secondary School in El Behaira Governate, Egypt, last month. The project is a joint venture of the Egyptian Government, HP Consortium, Oracle Consortium and the NEPAD e-Africa Commission.
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Reuters has expanded its television coverage of Africa with the recent launch of a dedicated daily video feed, Reuters Africa Daily. The new service provides both African and global broadcasters with a variety of video news from the region.
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Pioneers in the fields of public relations and communication academia gathered at an academic forum running alongside the main Federation of African PR Associations (FAPRA) conference last week to discuss the future public relations curriculum to be offered on tertiary level.
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The search for fresh modelling talent begins this month as TV channel M-Net and mobile phone company Nokia start holding open castings for aspiring models in Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Kampala, Kigali, Lagos, Luanda, Lusaka, Nairobi and Windhoek.
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Despite global efforts to raise awareness of intellectual property rights and the pitfalls of using computer software illegally, South Africa's piracy rate stands at 37%, with African countries topping 90%.
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Government has issued a statement in response to questions raised in parliament this week, about its delegation to the Cannes Film Festival, stating that the benefit was to local filmmakers who had the chance to network with their international counterparts.
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Press freedom suffered a substantial worldwide decline in 2003, according to a major study released internationally today by Freedom House. Legal harassment, political pressure, and violence by state and non-state actors against journalists combined to worsen conditions in many countries, resulting in the second consecutive year of a global decline in freedom for news media.
6 May 2004
The war in Iraq, which claimed a high number of journalists' lives, overshadowed press freedom worldwide in 2003, according to annual reports recently released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
6 Jan 2004
Reporters Without Borders has published its second world press freedom ranking. Like last year, the most catastrophic situation is to be found in Asia, with eight countries in the bottom ten: North Korea, Burma, Laos, China, Iran, Vietnam, Turkmenistan and Bhutan. South Africa ranked 21st.
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The Pangani Basin Water Office and IUCN through the Global Water Initiative, have supported the construction of a cattle trough in Ruvu, Same district which is in an extremely dry area of Tanzania where the majority of the population are pastoralists.
Onesmo Zakaria, with the IUCN Pangani Project Office interviewed seventy year old, Maasai elder, Mzee Laisi Mkaine. Mkaine is thankful to the donor and the partners involved in implementing the GWI Program, he thanked the donor and implementing partner for their commitment to fulfill an important priority for the community – "I have seen a huge difference between this new cattle trough and our traditional troughs".
Mkaine mentions three major differences between traditional troughs and the new GWI aided cattle trough, "our traditional troughs can only take 10 cows per phase, it takes a lot of time for communities to re-dig after rain comes and furthermore it jeopardizes lives of animals and headmen mostly youth (Morans) when it often collapses. We can see for ourselves that the new trough can serve 100 cattle per phase and is free from other hazards I mentioned".
Mzee Mkaine is very optimistic of the sustainability of the trough, "I have once visited Mkandi in Mnazi, Lushoto district where I witnessed a cattle trough which was constructed way back in 1965 and it is still intact and serves the purpose as ever before despite some small challenges such as increased number of animals".
In a closing remark, Mkaine calls upon the implementers of the initiative and other actors to find a way of helping the community to replace the hand pump with appropriate technology that can fill the already constructed tank to acquire fruitful objectives of the trough. He says, "We were promised by the district about the installment of the pump that will go concurrently with the construction of the dipping trough in the vicinity. However, the community has learned that the trough will be ready before the construction of the dipping trough and the pump installation. As a result we have mobilized ourselves so each pastoralist contributes TShs 5,000 (700,000 already in custody) to install the pump". This financial input shows continued commitment from the community. Along with Mzee Mkaine the community at Ruvu Jiungeni (Kombo Sub) Village proposes the construction of a windmill to pump water from a nearby borehole which will have a minimum running cost.
The Global Water Initiative (GWI) is funded by Howard G. Buffet Foundation and has the aim of 'ensuring that vulnerable populations world-wide have reliable access to clean water in such a way that their dignity, rights, culture and natural environment are not negatively impacted'. In Tanzania, the GWI partnership consists of CARE, Catholic Relief Services and IUCN. Story by Onesmo Zakaria (IUCN, 2009)
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