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|Download driver for: SONY SVD1121C5EB
|Supported System
|Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows XP, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003
|File Size
|1359 kb
|Audio Driver Registry Patch for SONY SVD1121C5EB
How can I Update Sony Drivers?
There are a number of frequent alerts along with other messages which you may get in the driver upgrading procedure, many of which I've paraphrased and listed right here along with advice on how to proceed:
QUESTION: the computer system now have to power-on some time right before it might start-up, but it really will just shutdown some minute later on.the pc is related right to energy point.but a while it may possibly very last 1 hour just before shutdown once again.any guidance are going to be appreciated. thks.
ANSWER: Let us isolate the problem by executing a power cycle: Remove the battery and all peripherals -> press and hold the facility button for 5 seconds OR, if the battery is not removable, get rid of all peripherals -> look to get a battery off button to the base of the notebook -> press the button for five seconds -> chances are you'll utilize a protection pin.
Method to Update Driver with Device Manager
1. Find Control Panel.
Note: If you don't see these options, your Control Panel view may be set to Large icons, Small icons, or Classic View, depending on your version of Windows. If so, find and choose Device Manager from the big collection of icons you see and then skip to Step 3 below.
2. Open Device Manager
From the open Control Panel window, click System, choose the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button.
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"Mamma's Trilogy," which Hoboken filmmaker Frank Gigante describes as "a soft horror film," will screen as part of the Bergenfield Film Festival on Thursday, May 1. It will be presented at 6:15 p.m. at Bow Tie Cinemas, 58 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield.
Consisting of three darkly comic short films, the movie mocks stereotypical characters and cites Sergio Leone's "The Good the Bad & The Ugly" as an influence.
There is only one person that the cold blooded killer protagonist fears – his Italian Mamma!
Tormented by his mother's ways, he makes his family and friends victims of his twisted killings, taking his bizarre situation to another level and dimension.
The story of a son's greed for money and a mother who forgives her son even after his actions put him over the limit, "Frank's" voyage leads us to find out that disrespecting your Italian mother can get you into more trouble than having a gambling debt.
Included by Gigante in the cast of the very low budget trilogy project were a bunch of Hudson County friends, including John McKnight of the Failla Memorial Home in Hoboken and Lou from Mr. L's Barber Shop, and various members of the San Giacomo Club.
The festival
The Bergenfield Film Festival's goal is to celebrate independent and mainstream cinema and bring it to the northern New Jersey area. The BFF aims to support filmmakers based in New Jersey as well as the world over. It is held each year, one night only, within five separate screening rooms inside the Bow Tie Cinemas in Bergenfield.
Filmmakers from all over the world have come to the festival over the last eight years to see theirs and others' movies screened. It is run by the Bergenfield Film Coalition (a non-profit organization).
General admission is $12 per person and senior and student admission is $10 per person.

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The Swedish newspaper the Norlandska Socialdemokraten is reporting (link in Swedish) that the Lightning have signaled their intention to sign Swedish sniper Johan Harju at the end of this season. Lulea GM Lars Bergstrom is quoted in the paper as being resigned to the fact that Harju and his teammate, Edmonton prospect Linus Omark, will be headed to North America next season. Harju, who was drafted by the Lightning in the 6th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, has played much of this season at second line center for Lulea, but can also play left wing. The 22 year old, 6'3" 205 lbs forward is currently tied for 12th in the Elitserien in scoring with 20 goals and 34 points in 44 games. Those 20 goals are tied for 4th best in the league and his 9 power play goals are tied for 3rd best.
Hat tip to Sotnos from the message boards.


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Licensing Expo, the annual meeting place for the global licensing industry, occurred last week in Las Vegas. The exhibitors included a number of the top toy companies, which were on-hand showing off upcoming play products and making announcements about new licensing deals.
Check out this exclusive gallery, which features lots of the licensed toys that we're all sure to be excited about in the months ahead.


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Lauren Scott Collins and Michael L. Scott sold Unit B, 213 Gordon St. to Investment Property Exchange Services Inc. for $238,500.
Roger and Kathleen Newsome sold Unit 22, 313 Meeting St. to 313 Meeting Street LLC for $304,500.
David and Sonya Dunn sold Unit 207, 350 King St. to Clayton Hunter Malcom for $274,000.
2 Laurens Street LLC sold Unit 1G, 2 Laurens St., Anson House to Dennis E. and Karen J. Swanson for $800,000.
Glen S. Leibowitz and Karin Molder sold 26 Archdale St. to Frances M. Williams for $825,000.
James Washington sold 2 Rose Lane to Hardtack Properties LLC for $275,000.
Walter V. Davidson Jr. and Salley B. Davidson sold 35 Legare St. to HCF Realty LLC for $1.8 million.
E. Patterson Milbourn sold 22 Maverick St. to Aaron S. Engel for $247,000.
David Pierard sold 30 Bull St. to Toro Property Group LLC for $625,000.
Jeremiah M. Callahan and Robert E. Tobin sold 169 Maple St. to Neil W. Lykins for $212,000.
Marc J. Engelke sold 191 Sans Souci St. to Sarah L. S. and James H. Phillips for $525,000.
L & J Investments of Elm Street LLC and Woco LLC sold 156 Tradd St. to Debra C. and Jeffrey G. Ohstrom for $700,000.
Frederick H. and Martine P. Dulles sold 57 Tradd St. to River Bend Ranch Properties LLC for $1.3 million.
Robert L. and Lauren M. Munach sold 427 W. Indian Ave., Sunset Point to Edward D. Laird Jr. and Ellen A. Laird for $230,000.
Anna H. Lanier and Ruth Hammett sold 8040 Little Britton Road to Little Britton LLC for $1.2 million.
Louis S. and Kathleen R. Levine sold Unit 323 D, 7600 Palmetto Drive, Shipwatch to Carl Edward Yost for $515,000.
Antionette B. Kimball and Paul D. Zisk sold Unit 209 C, 1400 Ocean Blvd., Oceanside Villas to John Lloyd and Michelle Treber for $249,000.
Paul J. and Carole L.W. Ziegler sold 17 Fairway Oaks Lane, Fairway Oaks to Stephen C. and Tamra M. Herndon for $700,000.
Teresa B. Price sold 783 Jim Isle Drive, Battery Point to Gary F. Johnson for $234,900.
Matthew T. Rutter and Courtney J. Murren sold 1011 Wayfarer Lane, Bayview Farms to Sara L. and Kristoffer C. Rust for $297,000.
Darren L. and Karynn L. Messer sold 1109 Eaglewood Trail, Eaglewood Retreat to James H. and Michelle A. Lundy for $380,000.
Robert L. Smith III and Carla K. Griffiths sold 2512 Rutherford Way, Essex Farms of Carolina Bay to Matthew King Augustus and Kathryn M. Ryan for $256,500.
TD Investments LLC and CF03 LLC sold 1573 Folly Road to Folly Road Investments LLC for $906,052.
Robert J. Lovinger sold 4 South Held Circle to Jessica L. and Jesse D. Kaasa for $200,000.
Linda G. Renken sold 976 Fort Sumter Drive, Lawton Bluff to Thurman and Kristen Keene for $525,000.
David Huffman and Karen Elaine Baker sold 2107 Club View Court, Needlegrass to Eric Czech and Loren Francis for $400,000.
SC Renovation Group LLC sold 832 Duck Hawk Retreat, Parrot Creek to Jeffrey T. Tubbs Jr. and Elizabeth B. Deaderick for $386,000.
Susan D. Trott sold 2077 Terrabrook Lane to Lia-Megan Ramsey and John D. Ramsey III for $340,000.
Kenneth C. Feagin sold 1933 Marsh Oak Lane, Bohicket Marina Village to Michael W. and Jennifer L. Clary for $315,000.
Low Country Residential Builders LLC sold 3020 Fosters Glenn Drive, Foster's Glenn to Anna H. Lanier for $369,900.
Low Country Residential Builders LLC sold 3032 Fosters Glenn Drive, Foster's Glenn to Benjamin R. and Michelle L. Fleming for $396,000.
Michael C. Jennings sold 2635 Exchange Landing Road, Miller Hill to Chance Michael Jennings for $325,000.
Rolling Dunes Properties LLC sold 2250 Rolling Dune Road to John Preston Bailey and Cynthia R. Nixon for $762,500.
Eastwood Construction LLC sold 1204 Updyke Drive, Swygerts Landing to Carole A. and Harold Murray for $299,500.
Eastwood Construction LLC sold 1217 Twitchell St., Swygerts Landing to Gregory R. and Katherine G. Pfeninger for $309,940.
Robert G. Wysong and Marisa C. Faverio sold 1528 Maple Grove Drive, The Retreat at Johns Island to Brian Lachance for $291,500.
Kiawah Development Partners LLC sold 54 Lemoyne Lane, Cassique to Jonathan Centurino for $1.2 million.
Eniko A. Nicolais sold 2264 Shipwatch Road, Shipwatch Villas to Thomas Fordham Brewer and Janice Gwen Derrickson for $390,000.
William E. and Christina D. Fowler sold 149 High Dunes Lane, Ocean Park to Fowler Family Trust for $278,282.
Kennedy Family LP sold 7550 Ethel Post Office Road, Salt Water Marsh to Ronald L. and Valerie E. Hall for $300,000.
Robert M. and Elizabeth G. Frazer sold 1751 Wyngate Circle, Wyngate to Dale R. and Susan B. Tuttle for $200,000.
Millard Kevin Blackburn sold 118 Cooper River Drive, The Tides to Ellsworth Weatherby III and Cynthia L. Weatherby for $427,500.
Glenn Thomas Chason Jr. sold 2037 Ashburton Way, Andover at Park West to Patrick and Taryn Kramer for $840,000.
The Ryland Group Inc. sold 3623 Shutesbury St., Carolina Park to David E. and Casey M. Schwartz for $433,410.
Weekley Homes LLC sold 1547 Watoga Way, Carolina Park to Zemin Su and Jing Dong for $457,169.
Weekley Homes LLC sold 3620 Maidstone Drive, Carolina Park to John C. and Heather C. Meade for $494,706.
Ashley S. and Robert J. Nutley sold 1725 Canyon Oaks Drive, Cathedral Oaks at Seaside Farms to John P. and Kelli A. Sheen for $675,000.
1749 Homestead LLC and Cloice D. Janson sold 1749 Canyon Oaks Drive, Cathedral Oaks at Seaside Farms to Robert J. Markisello and Mary Sue Andrews for $725,000.
Erik R. and Sheila R. Silden sold 3335 Lindner Lane, Cotton Creek at Planter's Pointe to Matthew W. and Kristin L. Bucalo for $275,000.
Sarah Jane Carver sold 769 Creekside Drive, Creekside Park to Bryan R. and Jamie L. Derrickson for $515,000.
Kelly L. and David F. Hildebrand sold 1513 Cypress Pointe Drive, Cypress Pointe at Dunes West to Mark E. and Julie E. Coggins for $317,000.
Jason E. Shamis sold 1610 Fiddlers Marsh Drive, Fiddlers Marsh to John F. and Carlton F. Williamson for $355,000.
Elliott and Melinda F. Torres sold 1587 Thomas Barksdale Way, Foxmoor to 1587 Thomas Barksdale Wonders LLC for $280,000.
Joan C. McKevlin sold 1600 Thomas Barksdale Way, Foxmoor to Joseph W. Detyens Jr. for $300,000.
William Sutler sold 263 Marsh Ibis Trail, Grassy Creek to Michael W. and Deanna R. Yen for $532,500.
Carolina Cottage Homes LLC sold 827 Bridge Point Circle, Harbour Watch to Larkin and Margaret D. Coleman for $829,900.
Marlene A. Jeno sold 710 Stucco Lane, Hibben at Belle Hall Plantation to Joseph and Bonnie Turco for $565,000.
Nancy W. Collins sold 574 Chimney Bluff Road, Hobcaw Creek Plantation to Elizabeth and Thomas J. Wann for $619,000.
John H. Disher III sold 1587 Home Farm Road to Amelia M. Hollingsworth for $230,000.
Joka II LLC sold 2673 Magnolia Woods Drive, Magnolia Woods to Kevin F. and Carol F. De Campo for $512,000.
Joan A. Stannard sold 1246 Lake Mallard Blvd., Mallard Lakes to Circle 909 LLC for $209,000.
Judith A. and Gary H. Lunsford sold 1444 Bloomingdale Lane, Marsh Walk at Park West to William P. and Elizabeth M. Shanaman for $389,900.
Jason A. and Kasey H. Smith sold 2137 Beckenham Drive, Masonborough at Park West to Duncan L. McGoogan Jr. and Sharon W. McGoogan for $725,000.
Richard H. and Carolyn M. Byerly sold 1443 Inland Creek Way, Oakhaven Plantation to Kenneth J. Lowry III for $415,000.
Neil A. and Halle McComb sold 611 Ruby Drive, Pleasant Homes to Courtney L. Heuring and James L. Hutson for $353,500.
Jerry R. and Lois P. Feguer sold 2083 Presidio Drive, Quail Hollow to Ryan E. and Amy P. Grueninger for $247,000.
Celeste S. Lenhart sold 1611 Omni Blvd., Ravens Run to Mark D.J. and Barbara C. Henley for $1.5 million.
Joseph M. and Bonnie L. Turco sold 2511 Cheswick Lane, Rivertowne to Tony R. and Janet E. Long for $400,000.
Jeffery M. and Kelly Scheerer sold 950 Night Heron Drive, Shemwood to Jordan and Sarah Cooper for $349,000.
Beth Hipp Clifton sold 1057 S. Shem Drive, Shemwood to Alisha S. and Michael L. Martini for $440,000.
Michael A. and Suzanne Kaufman sold 1123 Morning Glory Court, Snee Farm Gardens to Toni W. and Charles M. Ciany for $215,000.
Fiddler Cay Properties LLC sold 1266 Horseshoe Bend, Sweetgrass to Joshua D. Drake and Stefani A. Zimmerman for $370,118.
Kay D. Woelfel sold 3152 Linksland Road, The Glen at St. Andrews to Tracey L. and Milton F. Mahon for $375,000.
Palmetto Sunset LLC sold 1447 Heather St., The Highlands to Timothy and Angela Tice for $360,000.
Winston-Carlyle Charleston National LLC sold 1572 Porchers Bluff Road, The Retreat at Charleston National Country Club to Kathleen G. Moore for $309,327.
Tamarra N. Byrd Kolb sold 165 Historic Drive, The Veranda at Belle Hall Plantation to Michael and Cristan Lawrie for $279,000.
Kris B. Topping sold 1488 Village Square, Village Square to Dorothy E. Jones for $308,000.
Thomas N. Smith sold 1180 Manor Lane, Wakendaw Manor to Adam L. and Stephanie A. Boozer for $675,000.
Kevin Dale Borden sold 1343 Appling Drive, Watermark to William A. and Jennifer L. Sutler for $405,900.
Mary J. Lovell sold 1439 Penshell Place, Watermark to Kevin D. and Caroline F. Borden for $510,000.
Kurt B. and Tracy H. Liebmann sold 1261 Old Course Lane, Westchester at Charleston National to Brandon I. and Carrie Brady for $335,000.
Dobson Homes LLC sold 1134 Wexford Park, Wexford Park to Lela and Mark Whitfield for $346,000.
Zhongde Wang and Wenying Xiong sold 2152 Tall Grass Circle, Whispering Marsh at Dunes West to Verna and Donald W. Kee for $430,000.
Ann Cabot-Williams sold 3577 West Higgins Drive, Madison at Hamlin Plantation to Daniel D. and Meredith S. Tanton for $355,000.
Sid's Building Corp. sold 5115 Dorchester Road to Rap Selbyville LLC for $350,000.
Eastwood Construction LLC sold 4909 West Liberty Park Circle, Oak Terrace Preserve to Randy E. Adkins Jr. and Sherlonda T. Adkins for $291,595.
Sandlapper One Assoc. LLC sold 7630 Sandlapper Parkway to Ratner Family LP for $495,000.
The Island Place Ltd. sold 3117 Marshall Blvd. to 3117 Marshall LLC for $635,000.
Charles A. and Mary B. Dipaolo sold 4869 Bears Bluff Road to Huey LLC for $450,000.
Justin D. and Hunter N. Pierce sold 57 Avondale Ave. to Jonathan Holt for $215,000.
Des Properties LLC sold 1935 Belgrade Ave. to Autometrics Motosports Inc. for $500,000.
Centex Homes sold 4266 William E. Murray Blvd., Creekside of Carolina Bay to John C. Tindall for $260,865.
Centex Homes sold 1821 Bermuda Stone Road, Creekside of Carolina Bay to Robert D. and Donna L. Letteney for $377,860.
Sabal Homes at Grand Oaks LLC sold 1013 Ashley Gardens Blvd., Grand Oaks Townhomes to Jessie Marie Stimpson for $233,035.
Margaret Artlip sold 423 Manorwood Lane, Magnolia Lakes to Gary Chase Black and Emily Meghan Whitaker for $219,000.
Ellis W. Ethridge sold 2258 Tomedjan Ave. to Thomas T. and Ann K. Cissell for $237,000.
Ruby H. Preacher sold 22 Eton Road, Sandhurst to Christopher P. and Carrie C. Gentry for $355,000.
Mungo Homes Coastal Division LLC sold 2136 Ashley Cooper Lane, The Woodlands of West Ashley to Rodney and Mariana Nesbitt for $224,295.
Michelle Catherine Milzow sold 611 Wateree Drive, West Oak Forest to Megan and Andres Betancourt for $239,900.
The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between March 24-28.
Crescent Homes LLC sold 466 Nelliefield Trail, Nelliefield Plantation to Amy L. Longworth for $257,035.
Gary T. and Susan DeCamillo sold 970 Harbortowne Road, Daniel Island Park to Annmarie Fini and Thomas Jerucki for $380,000.
Jennifer Lynn and Brian Christopher Peura sold 7540 Farr St. to Delaura L. and Dean M. Hubbs for $680,000.
Joshua P. and Anise B. Farmer sold 104 Clouter Creek Drive, Shellring at Saint Thomas Island to Scott and Amy C. Romfo for $361,000.
Andrew P. and Elizabeth T. Dennis sold 1323 Ette St. to Kenneth D. and Eunice R. Sherrill for $478,000.
Patrick M. Bachrodt sold 2405 Louisville St., Old Landing at Smythe Park to Richard L. and Mitzi L. Loudin for $687,250.
Thomas S. and Ellen L. Block sold 1710 Simmons Forge St., Ralston Creek to Nona Lorene and James Bonheimer for $265,000.
Weekley Homes LLC sold 1513 Willtown St., Old Landing at Smythe Park to Edward J. Giove for $673,320.
Eastwood Construction LLC sold 442 Delmont Drive, Montague Plantation to Brandon D. and Elizabeth T. Vincent for $228,225.
Eastwood Construction LLC sold 105 Santino Court, Montague Plantation to Jason C. and Lindsey G. Pogar for $210,295.
Steven S. Steenberg sold 1232 Woodsage Drive, Tanner Plantation to Jay W. and Crystal L. Biller for $279,000.
Crystal Lynn and Jay William Biller sold 1098 Francis Marion Circle, Stony Landing to Rebecca and Steven Kimmel for $270,000.
Robert L. and Frankie M. Brown sold 1700 Albert Storm Ave. to William Martin and Danielle Marie McGrew for $223,000.
Sabal Homes at Sanctuary Cove LLC sold 132 Glenspring Drive, Cane Bay to Nathan Adam Hayden for $221,085.
Dan Ryan Builders SC LLC sold 218 Daybreak Blvd., Cane Bay to Elizabeth O. and Kevin L. Rudy for $249,990.
Pulte Home Corp. sold 249 Waterfront Park Drive, Cane Bay to Agnes M. and George L. Courville for $272,465.
Pulte Home Corp. sold 429 Eastern Isle Ave., Cane Bay to Joanne B. and Patrick K. Hawkins for $270,240.
Pulte Home Corp. sold 477 Eastern Isle Ave., Cane Bay to Joseph M. Tucker for $274,415.
Pulte Home Corp. sold 453 Eastern Isle Ave., Cane Bay to Robert N. and Karin R. O'Callaghan for $278,015.
The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between March 24-28.
Dennis D. Hill sold Lot 4, First Bend Road to Michael and Charlene A. Frazier for $299,000.
Morris B. and Leslie B. Lee sold 8709 Alexandria Drive, Cedar Grove to James E. and Gretchen McDaniel Slone for $380,500.
Jeffrey B. and Elizabeth R. Berk sold 5445 Kings River Drive, Taylor Plantation to Deitra A. and Ramon P. Abraham for $240,000.
The Ryland Group Inc. sold 5444 River Island Court, Taylor Plantation to Travis L. and Penny L. Kiker for $315,000.
Deborah D. Calkins sold 1009 Thoroughbred Court, Trotters Ridge to Ronald T. Ward for $231,900.
Gary R. and Julie B. Ward sold 9170 Markleys Grove Blvd., Wescott Plantation to Shawn and Misty Gambill for $250,000.
Nathan C. and Elissa N. Weirich sold 9141 Markleys Grove Blvd., Wescott Plantation to Dustin Russell and Samantha Rae Schwartz for $261,900.
Francis A. Eadie sold 321 Renau Blvd., Linkside Village to Thomas A. and Barbara A. Iorizzo for $270,000.
Terry A. and Jill M. Ippel sold 105 Grayson Lane, Ashborough West to Stephen J. and Anne M. Link for $238,750.
Lloyd B. Williams sold 103 W. Walker Drive, Tea Farm to Calvin K. and Libussa B. Huge for $225,000.
Weekley Homes LP sold 105 Ashley Bluffs Road, Bluffs at Ashley River to Robert Jenkins for $227,000.


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Quote of the Day.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
The U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations or should I say the lack of a deal just yet resulted in an early day rally on Tuesday stalling by the afternoon and sending equities and oil into negative territory for the day. Comments from both sides in the media created more uncertainty for market participants sending the weak longs to the sidelines. The markets are playing out as I have been suggesting for weeks... higher than normal volatility and sudden price reversals for nothing other than comments over the media airwaves. This pattern will continue until there is a clear signal that a deal has been reached. At the moment most traders and investors have a very short term horizon and seem very unwilling to sit with any major position for any length of time.
Overnight we have seen a modest rebound in equities and oil prices on comments from the newly installed Chinese government indicating that they will keep their macroeconomic policies stable making adjustments as needed. Market participants in Asia took that as a positive sign resulting in a rally in most Asian equity markets that has carried over into European trading. Just about every area of the global economy is fragile at best with some areas showing signs of stability. The macroeconomic data over the next month or so will be very telling as to whether what looks like stability in some areas is truly the beginning of a turning point or simply a continuation of the slow growth pattern that has been in play for well over a year.
For example in the U.S. the ever important nonfarm payroll data will be released on Friday. The market is currently expecting 90,000 new jobs created with the headline unemployment number coming in at 8%. If the actual number is in sync with the expectations it will certainly not be a very robust outlook and one that suggests the U.S. economy is still not creating nearly enough jobs to simply keep up with the new entrants into the economy let alone impacting the large numbers of people already out of work.


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Last Minute Crew
Thu, 02/14/2013 - 2:31pm
The American Samoa Community College Glee Club Band 'aka' Last Minute Crew entertaining the passengers from the cruise ship MS Marina that arrived yesterday morning in the territory. The group was taking a break from singing island tunes for the passengers of the ship, when Samoa News got a chance to take a snapshot.[photo: Jeff Hayner]


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Nephrotic syndrome is a group of symptoms that include protein in the urine, low blood protein levels, high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, and swelling.
Nephrotic syndrome is caused by different disorders that damage the kidneys. This damage leads to the release of too much protein in the urine.
The most common cause in children is minimal change disease. Membranous glomerulonephritis is the most common cause in adults.
This condition can also occur from:
It can occur with kidney disorders such as:
Nephrotic syndrome can affect all age groups. In children, it is most common between ages 2 and 6. This disorder occurs slightly more often in males than females.
Swelling (edema) is the most common symptom. It may occur:
Other symptoms include:
The doctor will perform a physical exam. Laboratory tests will be done to see how well the kidneys are working. They include:
Fats are often also present in the urine. Blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels may be high.
A kidney biopsy may be needed to find the cause of the disorder.
Tests to rule out various causes may include the following:
This disease may also change the results of the following tests:
The goals of treatment are to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and delay kidney damage. To control nephrotic syndrome, you must treat the disorder that is causing it. You may need treatment for life.
The outcome varies. The condition may be acute and short-term or chronic and not respond to treatment. The complications that occur can also affect the outcome.
Some people may eventually need dialysis and a kidney transplant.
Call your health care provider if:
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you have convulsions.
Treating conditions that can cause nephrotic syndrome may help prevent the syndrome.
Appel GB. Glomerular disorders and nephrotic syndromes. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 122.
Nachman PH, Jennette JC, Falk RJ. Primary glomerular disease. In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 30.


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The SEC Tournament signals the start of a new season for the Gators. How long — or how short — is this second season going to be?
Coming down the stretch in May, the Florida baseball team expected to produce a strong finish that would generate momentum and lots of positive vibes entering postseason play.
That did not happen.
The Gators faded, instead, losing eight of their last 10 SEC games to finish with a losing conference record (14-16).
But UF coach Kevin O'Sullivan says it's time to forget about all that negative stuff. The fade. The disappointing record. The up-and-down season (29-27) that seemed to feature more down than up.
It's tournament time. Time for a fresh start, O'Sullivan said.
"We have not played as well as we wanted to the past couple of weeks," O'Sullivan said Monday. "Since the game (a loss at Georgia) ended on Saturday, it's a new season. The position is you start 0-0. Everyone starts with a clean slate.
"There have been some bright moments during the season for us, and some moments that haven't been so bright. Right now, our focus is on starting with a clean slate."
The SEC Tournament signals the start of a new season for the Gators. The big question now is, how long — or how short — is this second season going to be?
UF faces Texas A&M (30-25 overall and 13-16 in the SEC) today at 5:30 in one of four single-elimination games. A loss, and the Gators go back home, maybe for the rest of the postseason.
Even though many are projecting the Gators to make the NCAA Tournament field regardless of what happens in Hoover, Ala., there are no guarantees if Florida goes one-and-done today.
"In a one-game season like we've got, you lose and you go home," O'Sullivan said. "Your mindset changes a little bit (when you're in a single-elimination situation). You've got to have a little bit more urgency. And, obviously, if we want to continue to play, we have to play well (today) or we're going to be packing up and going home.
"We'll do everything we can to win. The other teams will do the same. It would help the kids prepare mentally for what's ahead of them if we're fortunate enough to make the postseason, where there is little margin for error. It should act as a good tune-up for the teams moving on."
The Gators are putting their chances of advancing in the hands of sophomore right-hander Johnny Magliozzi, who has saved 12 games as UF's closer this season. Magliozzi (4-1, 2.14 ERA) will be making only his third start of the year.
If UF does advance, No. 1 starter Jonathon Crawford (3-6, 4.03) would go against Vanderbilt on Wednesday.
"We're going to start Magliozzi," O'Sullivan said. "He was very limited this weekend against Georgia. He's started a few games for us. We're going to get him out there and give him a chance to get us off on the right foot.
"If we're fortunate enough to win, we'll throw Crawford on Wednesday. But our whole focus is on (today's game)."
The Gators and Aggies did not face each other in the regular season. But A&M is a team that O'Sullivan said impressed him when he watched the Aggies on television and as he scouted them in preparation for today's game.
"Rob (Childress) and his staff do a really good job," O'Sullivan said. "They're well coached. They're aggressive. I know they like to run the basepaths. Obviously, their starter (Daniel Mengden) has been their No. 1 guy for most of the season. He's got a power arm. He's going to attack.
"It's going to be another SEC game. It's not going to be easy. It's going to be one of those games where it's going to come down to who commands the ball and who makes plays defensively and who comes up with a timely hit.
"We are fully aware how good a team Texas A&M is. It's going to be one of those Friday night SEC-type atmospheres, I'm sure."
Mengden is 7-3 with a 1.92 ERA, and has been overpowering at times.
"Great arm, great breaking ball, good change-up," O'Sullivan said. "I know he's a two-way player. He's caught in the past.
"He's got some attitude on the mound, some aggressiveness about him. He'd sling it up there at 93, 94, 95 (miles per hour), and he's going to compete. He's got multiple pitches he can throw for strikes. He's got the personality to handle being No.1 (in the rotation). It goes back to a typical Friday night game in this league."
Only this game comes with a lot more pressure than one of those Friday night SEC games. The loser goes home.
"Our only focus is doing our best against Florida," Childress said. "They have a very talented team. We have to win (today). This is the most important game of the year for us. We've got to do whatever we've got to do to try and win this game."
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Energy Storage Sector Looks to Solid State Solutions
By Paula Doe, SEMI Emerging and Adjacent Markets
Cymbet EnerChips chip-scale solid state batteries in a commercially available product
Chip-sized and stamp-sized solid-state batteries are showing up in chip- and board-level backup power, and for storing harvested energy to enable wireless systems. Larger capacity versions may be coming next.
"Bringing energy storage into the IC realm should provide a path to increasing process efficiency and decreasing costs," says Planar Energy CEO Scott Faris. "We picked energy storage as a market that's been under invested and is ripe for a sea change. It's like going from vacuum tubes to the transistor era. Further scaling in liquid battery technology doesn't even make sense to think about—it's like making bigger vacuum tubes."
Planar Energy (Orlando, FL) is targeting large capacity automotive batteries, but other companies like Infinite Power Solutions (Littleton, CO) and Cymbet Corp. (Elk River, MN) are applying solid-state technology to make small batteries that can be integrated with electronics and energy harvesters to back up systems or to run sensors or wireless systems almost indefinitely.
IPS Gets 100mA from Stamp-sized Cells
IPS' largest rechargeable, thin-film lithium micro-energy cell is about the size of two postage stamps (50 mm x 25 mm), and some 170 µm thin, but it claims 2.5mAh capacity and continuous current output of 100mA.
Tim Bradow, VP of business development at IPS, says that's enough for a wide range of products. This cell can provide backup power for real time clocks, memory devices, and solid-state drives, and can store the ambient energy collected by solar, piezoelectric, or thermoelectric energy harvesters to power wireless sensors, powered cards, active RFID tags, watches, consumer electronics and medical devices. Bradow also describes products in development that include remote controls that replace infrared diodes with low power RF signals and micro energy cells continuously trickle charged by solar cells, and wireless automotive switches that look to replace the cost and weight of copper wiring with RF signals and micro energy cells continually recharged with vibrational energy harvesting.
IPS uses lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON) for the solid electrolyte, which provides good mobility of Li ions across the very thin electrolyte film, enabling high continuous discharge currents. The solid electrolyte also prevents electrons from leaking across the cell, so the unit does not lose charge in storage. The films are deposited on metal foil substrates in large chambers with conventional PVD tools from the flat panel industry, but with unique target materials and proprietary hardware and processes. The metal substrate also serves as the positive terminal to simplify the architecture and to eliminate the need for expensive metal deposition such as platinum. The foil also serves as a moisture-resistant encapsulant.
The small batteries can be combined for more power and capacity, but there's also still headroom for process improvement with better target materials and deposition processes, notes Bradow. The company has doubled the product's capacity in the last several years, and has demonstrated up to 4mAh on a single 25 mm x 25 mm cell in the lab.
"Solid state always wins", argues Bradow, pointing to the history of vacuum tubes, records, tapes, cameras, and, perhaps next, lighting. An additional push towards solid state may well come from environmental regulations, which now prevent the common trash disposal of a variety of wet chemical batteries in many locations around the world, and which could eventually lead to the banning of their use in certain consumer electronics.
Cymbet Makes Chip Batteries
Cymbet Corp. uses a similar LiPON solid electrolyte, but in an even smaller form factor, for a battery-in-a-chip package that aims to make local energy storage just another electronic component on the board or in the SiP. The chip-scale batteries are finding traction for embedded backup power to replace coin cells or supercapacitors in backing up memory, microcontrollers, and real time clocks in electronic systems.
These chip-like rechargeable lithium-based batteries, with nominal capacity of 50µAh in an 8x8 mm package, are made on silicon wafers with conventional deposition and etch tools, though unconventional materials. The chips withstand up to 260°C, so they can be reflow soldered in normal board assembly. They are sold as a bare die, or packaged with a power management ASIC in a SiP. Cymbet's power management IC converts and regulates input ranging from 2.5V to 5.5V and a steady 3.3V output.
Cymbet also sees a big market developing for storing harvested energy for wireless sensor networks, to control and reduce energy usage in smart buildings, and to monitor and control industrial processes, where there is immediate ROI. Cymbet's vice-president of marketing, Steve Grady, also notes there are a lot of medical applications in the pipeline, from external devices like neurostimulators and smart patches, to internal systems that monitor processes in the body, all powered by RF induction. "There are still ecosystem issues," he notes. "But there is big potential in powered sensors, using energy storage at the point of load. The market has moved from the stage of 'that sounds interesting,' to the stage of actually shipping product in volume."
Planar Energy Aims at R2R Deposition of Large-area Thin Films with 200mAh/g
Planar Energy, meanwhile, intends to extend solid state battery technology to larger capacity batteries with a roll-to-roll spray coating process that it claims challenges vacuum deposition in quality.
The company claims its solid electrolyte improves LiPON's ionic conductivity by orders of magnitude, and a new cathode material enables reversible capacities of more than 200mAh/g.
The company started specifically with the idea of trying to leverage the materials and processes of the IC, PV and FPD industries for energy storage. Solid-state technology is harder for large capacity batteries because solid electrolyte conductivity rates are limited in thicker films, and because large batteries need thick 10 micron films deposited at rates of tens of meters per minute to be economical.
Planar uses a stack architecture developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which uses some layers as both packaging and active layer simultaneously, and reduces the number of deposition steps for simpler manufacture. The original work deposited a lithium cathode layer over a LiPON electrolyte, and then applied a charge, which sent the lithium through the LiPON to form a metal anode on the other side, thus eliminating the separate deposition of the anode and protecting the buried anode from the atmosphere and corrosion.
Also key is a high speed roll-to-roll solution coating process that originated in Bell Labs' work on copper interconnect and was later taken up again at the University of Central Florida for deposition of compound semiconductor films for solar cells. The process sprays aqueous elements directly on the surface and works through nanoparticle self assembly, enabling deposition of multiple materials with precise gradient control. Planar's Faris says this process enables a new solid electrolyte material that matches liquid in ionic conductivity, creating ionic pathways across thick film cathode layers by grading dopant concentration to change conductivity as the film gets thicker.
"We've done 52 different materials systems in both this process and vacuum deposition, and get equal or better quality," claims Faris. He says the technology could potentially enable batteries with 2X to 3X the energy density of current lithium ion batteries at lower cost.
The company received $4 million in funding from DOE in April to accelerate commercialization. Faris reports that the company has picked its material of choice, demonstrated the performance of the film, and is now building an integrated device and optimizing the stack. It's in the process of moving to an R2R tool, targeting first samples in the next quarter or two, and then will start a demo/pilot line.
These speakers will update SEMICON West attendees on this recent progress in solid-state energy storage technology in the session on micromanufacturing technology for energy applications on Tuesday (July 13) in the afternoon. That program also features Texas Instruments' Mark Buccini's overview of ultra-low-power wireless and energy harvesting technology, updates from IMEC and Microgen Systems on their progress on more efficient MEMS energy harvesting, and Nextreme Thermal Solutions' update on using thermal energy harvesting systems.
For more information on SEMICON West 2010 , please visit http://www.semiconwest.org/SessionsEvents/ExtremeElectronics/ctr_036657
Companies with innovative technologies and solutions are invited to exhibit at SEMICON West within the Extreme Electronics zone. Close proximity to the presentation stage plus focused attendee marketing ensures high visibility with visitors focused on and interested in emerging technologies.
To join one of the SEMI "Extreme Electronics" online communities (Printed and Flexible Electronics, LEDs, and/or MEMS), please visit http://www.semi.org/en/EventsTradeshows/CTR_029333
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Recently at a New York deli, a woman called the employees idiots and said both they and the way they cooked her food were disgusting. Kathleen Hanna, long a powerful voice for human decency as frontwoman for influential '90s punk band Bikini Kill, was there. And she couldn't stand by in silence.
"I actually got up in this woman's face and called her some really bad names," says Hanna, now the singer of the Julie Ruin and the subject of the documentary "The Punk Singer," opening Dec. 6, by phone from New York. "Her behavior was horrifying, and we ended up not getting our food because she was acting like such a jerk that we just left. As we were walking away, I just walked right up to her and told her what I thought of her. It was partially because the people working behind the counter maybe couldn't say, 'Hey, I think you're a real jerk' because they could lose their jobs. But I wasn't working and I had the ability to say that, and if I worked there I would want to see somebody walk up and tell that person what an asshole they were. And I did; I told her she was an asshole.
"And some other choice words which I won't repeat."
That social action won't be surprising to anyone who sees "The Punk Singer," which charts the life and career of the now 45-year-old Hanna, focusing on not just Hanna's bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre but her role in the Riot Grrrl movement, her marriage to the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz and her friendship with Kurt Cobain that led to her inspiring "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by spray-painting "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a wall.
Something depressing that came to mind watching "The Punk Singer" is the fact that the movie deals with some things that happened 20 years ago, yet a lot of the women's issues are still very prevalent and the music industry is not better. How should I feel about that?
[Laughs] I think you should be pissed, and you should start a petition on Change.org. No, you should go out in the street and scream! I don't know. I mean, I feel totally crazy. I feel the same way I did in the '90s. I'm like, "Really, you're challenging abortion again? What other amendments are we going to just go after?" It's absolutely insane. I hear these young girls who are in bands talking about the sexism and the racism that they're experiencing and I'm just like really annoyed, but at the same time I go to shows and there actually is female participation. There's way more women in bands; there's way more women in audiences. When we first started playing there'd be like three women, maybe five women at a show. And that's something positive that's really changed. And the other thing is just that women in bands are talking about what they're experiencing. They might not be writing songs about it, but when they do press they're like, "I am experiencing this sexism on the Internet" or "I feel as a woman of color I'm put in this one box, and I don't want to be in that box." So it's great that that's happening 'cause I didn't see that happening in the '90s. I wanted to end on a positive note with that question. [Laughs]
On the overall spectrum of how far there is to go, between some of the stuff in the movie and how far we've come since then, have we covered a lot of the ground or are we maybe only 25 percent of the way toward what needs to change?
I think that it's always one step forward and [two steps] back. History really is not linear. It goes through waves, especially with feminism, where people are really interested in it again and I think now is one of those times. I mean, Miley Cyrus just came out saying, "I'm one of the biggest feminists in the world." When does it happen when a young pop star does that? Whether you love her or you hate her, it's pretty interesting that she's using that word and that's such a mainstream context.
Were you happy or unhappy when you heard that?
Yeah, I think it's really great. Like I said, I don't know how I feel about her as a performer. I like that "Party in the U.S.A." song a lot, but I haven't really heard anything else from her really or paid attention. I didn't see the VMA performance, so I don't really have any comment on that. I just think that people are talking and girls are seeing this film or reading the Riot Grrrl collection book that came out or Sara Marcus, this woman wrote a book about Riot Grrrl ["Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution"]. They're getting interested in punk rock feminism and reading other books, getting interested in women's studies, and it really does come in these 20-year waves where people who were super-active maybe in the '90s are now older and hopefully wiser [Laughs] and are able to step back and write books about what we were doing, and then younger people are able to benefit from that and be like, "Oh, here's the great stuff they did, and here's the ways that they messed up" and try to do something better.
I'm not sure what Miley Cyrus meant by that, and I didn't know if you thought it was a good thing for anyone with that amount of attention to use the word feminism and try to represent something, or if it can be a bad thing if what you think that is or what you think she's standing for is going in the wrong direction.
Yeah, I mean I've always thought that there's just as many different kinds of feminism as there are people in the world. So whatever. If she thinks she's a feminist, she's a feminist. I'm not the police. I'm not going to say she's not a member [Laiughs] of the secret club, 'cause there is no secret club.
So there is no feminist police that anyone should be watching out for?
No [Laughs], we are not coming after you any time soon that I know of. And hopefully no one is coming after Miley Cyrus. I know she was slut shamed about whatever she did with Robin Thicke on TV. Again I didn't see it so I can't really comment on it, I just heard people saying she was slutty or whatever. But any time a girl or a woman who's that much in the mainstream even uses that word, now we're having a conversation about it, and that's what's really great. People start having conversations. People started having conversations about gay marriage. I never ever thought I would live in my life to see gay marriage be legal anywhere, but it started with a conversation and now it's happening. So that's kind of how I feel about the word feminism being in the mainstream. There was an episode of "Scandal," which is such a hugely popular TV show--and I love it because I love watching Kerry Washington do that weird thing with her face that she does [Laughs]. I don't know if you've ever seen it and her crazy clothes--but there was this whole thing where they talked about sexism, and I was really blown away because you just don't see that, except for maybe once in a while on like MSNBC.
There's been so much attention on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" incident; I'm wondering if there's a story you haven't told about that friendship that might resonate with people.
I mean, I guess the thing that was really interesting to me was that there was a time in Olympia, Washington that things felt very electric, and Nirvana was very much a part of that. We were there when Dave [Grohl] first showed up and became the new drummer and was sleeping on Kurt's couch. Kurt was a hard nut to crack. He could be really quiet, and he got pissed at me a couple times. [Laughs]
About what?
I don't want to say because I feel like it would be disrespectful to him to talk about the argument.
I will say this: There was a time where we shared lyrics that we were writing with each other that was really special to me because I had never done that before. We actually played … it's the game where you take a piece of paper—exquisite corpse—and one person draws the legs and they fold it over and then another person draws the torso and they fold it over and another person draws the head, and then you pull out the paper and then you see what person you guys drew. You don't see what the other person is drawing when you're drawing your thing. You just do the last line. We did that with lyrics one day, and it was really fun. Where he would write some lines and fold it over and I would just see the last line that he had written and then I would write. I had these weird little mini-writing workshops with them that were the first time that I put myself out in that way in front of somebody, like showed them my [bleepin'] journal.
Do you remember anything specific that came out of there, even if it was just one line?
Oh, I have no idea. I don't remember what the lyrics we were working on were, the songs or anything like that. I just remember sitting in an apartment and playing that weird game and talking about lyrics and him showing me some stuff and me showing him stuff and it being the first time I had ever done that with anybody, and so that was a special memory. We really lost touch before he passed away a lot because I don't do heroin, and it's really hard to be around people who are users if you're not a user.
You said recently, "Sometimes the best thing you can do is just walk right past a person and have a great day, but sometimes you feel like you really need to say something." At this point in your life, how do you feel like you know the difference between when you need to step up and speak out and when you need to hold your tongue and move on?
You know, I'm still really bad at that. I actually got up in this woman's face and called her some really bad names today because she was yelling at these people behind the counter at a deli, calling them idiots. And she was being totally awful and telling them the way that they were cooking her food was disgusting and that they were disgusting and they were idiots. Her behavior was horrifying, and we ended up not getting our food because she was acting like such a jerk that we just left. But as we were walking away, I just walked right up to her and told her what I thought of her and then walked away. It was partially because the people working behind the counter maybe couldn't say, "Hey, I think you're a real jerk" because they could lose their jobs. But I wasn't working and I had the ability to say that, and if I worked there I would want to see somebody, another customer, walk up and tell that person what an asshole they were. And I did; I told her she was an asshole. And some other choice words which I won't repeat.
Was there any reaction? Did everyone start applauding?
No, no, no, no. I actually had a meeting, and I was supposed to be there in five minutes, so I didn't stick around to see what happened afterwards. I really felt like at that point they should have called security on her. I kind of wanted to go back after I was done with my meeting and see what had happened, but I was so grossed out by her behavior and I'm still—even right now, I'm thinking of her face. You know people who go to Starbucks and they treat the people who work there like total crap and they're like (in whiny, nasal voice), "I said a double tall skinny latte with foam!"? I just find those people insufferable.
I think it would be difficult to find someone who'd say, "I love those people!"
[Laughs] I know. But if I think somebody might have a weapon on them, I don't say something. Or if I think they might be really crazy. She wasn't really crazy; she was just an asshole. If it's somebody who's really crazy and might have a weapon on them, that's when I don't say anything.
On the subject of intervening and expressing your opinion, I really found it interesting in the movie, your relationship with Adam and what happens at the '99 MTV Video Music Awards. I'm wondering if you think he would have made those comments about sexual assault at Woodstock if not for your influence.
Oh, absolutely not. I mean, absolutely not. [Laughs] I was like, "You are lucky you get to make this speech. You're probably going to get this award, so you should say something." He totally agreed with me. He was angry about it; it wasn't false. But it was my idea that he say something. He did. But there was another time that a writer called his band out on something homophobic they had done when they were much younger, and he took out a piece of paper and wrote a letter to the magazine and apologized for being homophobic when he was younger and apologized to the gay community. And that was him. So we are a team.
I totally appreciate what you said in the movie about how people can't decide who you fall in love with, but obviously you had opinions about things that the Beastie Boys had said. Was that something that became a conversation topic here and there between you two?
Yeah. Of course it had to be acknowledged. It's been joked about; it's been acknowledged. It's been painful to have to see or hear some of that stuff that he did a long time ago and just kind of feel grossed out for a second. But then I'm like, "That's not who I fell in love with. That's some weird whippersnapper bratty dude who din't know any better." And I'm really really proud of him and I'm really proud of his band. They in a way were king of the dudes, and they made the decision to change and to change publicily and to say, "Hey, we made mistakes and this is who we are now." And I think that's really positive. And I think it's really great. Think of all the frat dudes who were so into "License to Ill" or whatever and then got into "Paul's Boutique" and then maybe saw Adam make that speech about Woodstock and kind of reconsidered some things that they thought about women. I think it's really positive that people change in public. It's not hypocritical that you once were like this, and now you're this different person. We age and we change and we grow, and that's a good thing.
And you can't blame someone that you're together with for their past, or hold that against them necessarily.
I mean, it can annoy me! [Laughs] The one way that I think about it is if someone was filming me and I was writing songs when I was 17, I'm sure there would be tons of [bleep] I would be embarrassed about too. If he didn't feel weird about it or embarrassed, there'd be a problem. But I didn't tell him to feel that way. They had already stopped doing certain songs in their set because they felt they were sexist. They were confronting sexism in other bands as well, and they did that without my prompting. I met Mike D actually before I met Adam, and he was really really interested in Riot Grrrl and feminism and wanted to know more, and it was really great to have a guy that was so interested and wanted to know, "How do you think we can make our crowd safer for women?" We had a lot of really nice talks about it, and I appreciated their interest early on. It wasn't like I brought this thing to them. They were already in the process of change.
Obviously we can't predict the future, but I have to ask: You talked about the way women's rights have still come up in politics and the Republican party has gone after that stuff. If you ask people who's going to win in 2016, Hillary Clinton would probably be toward the top of their list. That would be a humongous moment for the country and for women. Do you think that would have a long-lasting impact on femisnism? I know that's a pretty large question.
You know, I probably maybe before Obama was elected would have said yes, but seeing how his presidency has been completely blocked--and knowing that actually I think the first black mayor in Chicago, the same identical thing happened, where everything he tried to pass was filibusters. They're basically making it like he's not really the president because they won't let him do anything. They just tie his hands, and I would be worried that they'd do the same thing with Hillary. When Hillary was running in the primaries here, there were a lot of really sexist posters all over New York City. And that really disturbed me greatly. But I would just be worried that the same thing would happen and Republicans would just block everything that she did so that they could later do what they're going to do to Obama and say that she was ineffectual. I hate to be a downer [Laughs]. I voted for Obama, but I would definitely like to see Hillary be in the White House more than Chris Christie or any Republican, but I'm not sure what would happen. It's not like Obama being president made racism go away, so I don't see why Hillary being president would make sexism go away. I think in a way it does a disservice because it makes people say, "Well, look, there's an African-American man who's president, so how can you guys complain anymore about racism?" That makes me really sad because there's so many conversations about race that really really need to be taking place, especially today with recent events that have happened. Like that girl looking for help after a car accident and being shot in the face. I don't know if you read about that.
I think that's a fantastic point. I interviewed Forest Whitaker about "Lee Daniels' The Butler." I was making the case for why I didn't think it was right that the movie makes people walk out and feel great about where we're at, and he was asserting that it ends at the election of Obama and that was great and people had hope and that was OK. I was like, "Yeah, but that didn't happen yesterday."
Yeah. You're right, and things have taken a real sharp turn. Like Sarah Palin's back on TV now? What?! Go away! [Laughs]
On Chicago: "My favorite [thing] to do is to go to all the thrift stores 'cause you guys have amazing thrift stores, and I love to get really wet burritos in Chicago. [Laughs] There's this one place that I always go to that makes these really wet burritos. In New York you get these really dry burritos. I can't describe it. They put extra cheese and extra sauce and extra everything in 'em. I guess the other thing I really love about Chicago is I love all the signs. The signage everywhere, like funeral home signs and drugstore signs. There's a lot of old-fashioned signs there. I don't know if you notice that because you live there, but I'm always amazed by it."
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Gabe could have sworn he already saw this movie, only without the wrestler...
Joe Conrad (Stone Cold Steve Austin) is a mysterious man awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison (is there any other kind?). He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Professional wrestling, the pseudo-sport, isn't really my thing, and hasn't been since I was about nine years old. I don't really get the whole 'grown men watching other grown men in underwear fake fighting' thing, but I still watch cartoons on a regular basis and giddily cheer at a well executed gore effect, so I am not one to judge. I do enjoy watching a fake fight when it's augmented with special effects, music, and perfect camera angles, so watching a movie starring a big buff pro wrestler fake fight on the big screen is definitely not below me. These guys are tailor made for medium budget action spectaculars, the kind Van Damme and Seagal use to make before the world forgot about them. I don't fully support the WWE, but I fully support them starting a movie line… so long as I don't have to watch them.
The Condemned is a really bad movie, even on its lowbrow terms. The formula could have worked broadly on concept with just a couple additions. We've got a bunch of perfect two-dimensional villains (what can I say, I still like Vinnie Jones), but our lead hero has absolutely zero charisma. Stone Cold Steve Austin may look the part, and he may have the physical abilities, and he may have the built in audience to sell the part, but he's no Clint Eastwood, Arnold Swarzenegger or Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. He's not even a Hulk Hogan. Hell, even Andre the Giant was more charming than this guy, and I couldn't understand a word he said. With a better lead the next step would've been getting at least one writer with a sense of humour on staff. The film's tone is ridiculously downbeat without any sense of irony or outrage.
Problemo numero uno, however, is the fact that The Condemned is based (whether the filmmakers admit it or not) on two better films, and it's not hard to compare. Most obvious to American viewers are the parallels to Arnie Swartzenegger's Running Man (which all us Lucio Fulci fans know came after New Gladiators), from which The Condemned takes its many anti-conglomerate media cues. The more interesting source of encouragement comes from Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale. The Running Man stuff works because the trope has been nuzzled in the collective subconscious for decades, and because Running Man was a tongue-in-cheek motion picture. Comparing the film to Battle Royale doesn't go so well, because Fukasaku's film is everything this one isn't—dramatic, suspenseful, shocking, potent, subtle when needed, and clever beyond all sense. Most importantly, Battle Royale has something to say about humanity, society, and violence.
Every time The Condemned tries to develop a conscience, I can't help but roll my eyes until I'm dizzy. These hands are really heavy. Picture Manute Bol's hands on Shirley Temple's body and you're about half way there. Sometimes a movie really needs to know its place to succeed, and filmmakers that mistake amateur for maverick often squander patience. The Running Man is great because it makes its political and social points with a wink. The Condemned sucks because it tries to pull dramatic substance from a silly action film, as if the MPAA were standing by with a calculator insuring that there were at least three denouncements of violence for every five cheers for more blood. Most unfortunately these awkward stabs at humanity aren't even unintentionally funny, they're just painful, and there are a lot of them. And there are plot holes.
It may suck, but The Condemned looks pretty good. There's nothing original about Scott Wiper's vision, but he has the wherewithal to get it on screen. According to our friends at imdb.com the film was made with HD cameras, and it shows even on this non-HD transfer. Skin tones are eerily consistent and clean, black levels are as deep as my set would allow, and the lush green of the island forest pop right out of the screen. Details are crystal clear without any edge enhancement, even during darkly lit sequences. I can find plenty of bad things to say about the movie itself, but there's nothing wrong with this transfer except maybe a little compression noise. Unfortunately, Wiper is so dependent on 'shaky-cam' that it was almost impossible to get a decent screen grab of any action.
Somewhere there's a rulebook that wrongly informs young filmmakers that bad scripting can be covered up with a lot of noise. The Condemned is a very loud movie, from its ridiculously boisterous body blows, to its awful, popular music soundtrack (The Prodigy's 'Firestarter' is a quick way to date your film). The bass levels are very high, a little too high for the other volume levels. It's impressive and furious and all, but it drowns out the other channels even at relatively low volume levels (or at least it did on my system). As long as the bass isn't overpowering everything the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix it sounds very clear, and the surround channels are quite lively.
Scott Wiper gets to talk on two commentary tracks, one all alone, and another with Austin. Wiper is slightly obnoxious, and talks about the film as if it were approaching the pinnacle of the art form. He is, however, well prepared for the track, remembers the names of every person on set, and does a pretty good job keeping the silence filled. Austin is a surprisingly consistent commentator, and his candour and general intelligence is charming, much more charming than his acting. Wiper acts as a moderator on Austin's track and is good at keeping him on track. Note: not a single mention of Battle Royale on two tracks.
The making-of featurette is divided into five parts, totalling around forty minutes, and covering the script, actors, director, effects, and fight choreography. It's all informative, but the people involved are a little smug about their modest achievements. I know making movies isn't as easy as it looks, but it's not that bad. You aren't the first people to film in a real jungle, or the first people to try to reinvent analogue action for the digital age. There's so much back patting that you can almost feel the bruises, and nary and iota of modesty in sight.
'Capital Carnage Reunion' is a look back at a British WWE match featuring Vinnie Jones and Steve Austin in 1998. I had no idea such a thing had even occurred, but readily admit it's all quite amusing. Basically the event is shown on a PC to the big boys, who laugh and give us a little behind the scenes insight. It only lasts about three minutes.
'Stone Cold at Movie World' is a minute and a half footage from an autograph signing in Australia during the filming of the movie. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when these good-natured Aussies got their first glimpse at such an un-WWE like feature. This is followed by a storyboard comparison, a trailer, and trailers for other LionsGate releases.
I don't know who this film is made for. It's too mopey for WWE and action flick fans, and it's too tactless and stupid for the kinds of people that attend message movies. It's pointlessly preachy and uncomfortable in its own skin. Steve Austin's Conrad is too boring and goodie-goodie to compete with the likes of more recent action heroes like Crank's Chev Chelios or Shoot 'Em Up's Smith (both much better silly action films). The Condemned is a flick that is dated in all the wrong ways, and has nothing to say about anything. It make's Eli Roth's Hostel films look like the most important statement on film violence in motion picture history.
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After stationing myself in Australia starting 2015, I have been looking at its multicultural diversity with great awe and respect.On March 5th, Saturday 2016 I had the unique opportunity to perform alongside some very talented musicians from Brisbane at The BEMAC, Queensland Multicultural Centre, Kangaroo Point. The cause was a good one too, raising funds for the Fiji cyclone.
Ragas and Jazz
My doctoral thesis happens to be on Ragas and how they can be used with their aesthetics upheld, in World music structures, with particular reference to Jazz and Western Art music. To this end I found this collaboration immensely helpful. The Jazz guitarist for the evening was Bart Stenhouse, a reputed name in the circles here. My first meeting with him was at the venue, hours before the performance. I learned that he is an avid learner of Hindustani Classical music and has collaborated with some brilliant artistes from India. I was happy to note that he understands ragas, and the grammar and syntax associated with them. He said to me that he tries to be as true to the raga as possible, considering the many differences Jazz as from Classical music, I thought this was a solid outlook to Raga based fusion. Upon conversation I learnt from him that one of the basic differences between Indian Classical music and Jazz is that, while Indian music uses a drone, (tanpura) and sticks to a single tonic throughout the piece, Jazz structures itself based on harmonic progressions, dictated by the dynamically changing chord progressions, with the tonic shifting sometimes even as frequently as a few bars! In these cases, the mode changes, so we Indian artistes hear a different raga due to the modal shift of tonic as we perceive it. How do we strike a balance while performing with these different conditions? Artistes have done it before, including the great Shakti group with John Mc Laughlin jiving to heady raga blends, guitarist Prasanna, Toby Wren and many others. The difference with my approach to the "fusion" is that my composition rely heavily on the Raga, its personality, nuances, aesthetics and subtle movements between notes. I am absolutely aware that rhythm forms the foundation for music and rhythmic aspects would certainly compliment the texture of my pieces, but never dominate the melodic aspects. I am a vocal artiste, and I think that would play an important part in the improvisations that I envisage, resulting in "pitch continuum" (Battey, 2004, p. 2), gamakas, microtonal illuminations and movements being a vital ingredient of my creations.
Case study- 1
We played an awesome line up of pieces that day, including one of my recent compositions. This was in 4/4, a simple piece in Raga Suddha Dhanyasi "Hari Om Tat Sat". Raga Suddha Dhanyasi is a pentatonic scale. In C. We got through the compositional structure without transgressing the raga boundaries, but I was looking forward to the Jazz music kicking in to make sense of why we are all calling it fusion. And then it came! When I started improvising with solfa passages "kalpanaswaras" within the raga, Bart came in with his Jazz playing. His progressions were heavy on harmonies, but he stuck to the raga's framework. He brought in "gamakas" as well. "Ornamentation ( gamaka) is essential in Karnatak raga performance. In the broadest sense, gamaka encompasses controlled shaking, articulating, sliding, glottal stops, and other vocal or instrumental manipulation".(Alexander Street, 1999). In Suddha Dhanyasi the gamaka occurs in the third note, the E and at seventh note B flat. We played around with the rhythm and I extemporised my swara patterns to fall into a 16 beat cycle, so did he. I came up with korvai-s – patterns for the finishing touch, often repeating thrice. He played patterns too, based on Jazz rhythmic grooves, often starting off-beat and then returning on the beat. Trent on the drums brought in polyrhythm, a feature of Jazz music. It was a dynamically changing musical hybrid. We then decided to move to an allied raga, Jog. We brought in the D# as well conjunct the existing E natural , and the A conjunct the existing B flat. Now that the blues notes had been added the piece gained more texture, this little change broadened the scope for improvisation from both our perspectives. What followed was an exchange, me in "Jog" raga and Bart sounding more "jazzy" due to the newly acquired notes, adding to his palette. Bart is a Jazz guitarist who as he said stayed in the Raga mood when performing fusion attempts and consciously avoided digressions. This was evident to me in this piece.
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Another piece that stood out was in raga Vachaspati, composed by Bart. I was pleasantly surprised to note that this was in pure Vachaspati.
About Vachaspati, this is what I wrote in my Raga column in The Hindu(2013) http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/positively-tranquil/article5429675.ece.
I presented an "alapana"( freestyled vocalisation of the raga that is non-metered ) while Bart and Trent played rhythmic grooves well within the raga. I noted that Vachaspati lends itself to great harmonies and as Ravikiran (2014) has expressed harmonies within ragas, I was able to appreciate the possibilities across the two systems.
I rounded off with a tihai , also tried konakkol (jathi-s that have a meter to them, that are fit into the tala framework) as rhythmic combinations throughout the pieces.
Fig 1. The score I wrote for "Hari Om Tat Sat"- Raga Suddha Dhanyasi
The learning curve
The good news was that I had started writing music in western notation as part of this evolutionary process that I am going through. From being a singer who is told what to sing to being a composer who envisages the output a certain way and writes it down with complete integrity to be followed by others with the same care and attention to detail. I identify with Becker(1986) and realise this way of notating and vertical compositional structure was never part of my musical cultural upbringing. But I am learning, and growing with every new opportunity.
In the words of Robert Morris(2006)
"Carnatic music is one of the most colourful, complete, and highly evolved melodic systems of the world. It has four basic characteristics: it focuses on melody (permutations of successive notes) as opposed to harmony (simultaneous combinations of notes such as chords); it gives equal importance to melody, rhythm, and lyrics; it places equal emphasis on composition and improvisation; and it combines grace and force in adequate proportions."(Morris, 2006, p. 255)
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The team consisted of Kush Sami (tabla), Parth Raval (keys), and Darshil (flute) apart from Bart, Trent and myself. A joyful encounter.
The team consisted of Kush Sami (tabla), Parth Raval (keys), and Darshil (flute) apart from Bart, Trent and myself. A joyful encounter.
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