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Welcome to Suddenly Press!
My name is Licurgo Vargas, and I can honestly say that I'm a true Sci-Fi lover, particularly when it comes to books.
When my son was younger, I always tell him that, "Books are better than average companions, they are dependably there when you require them." Obviously, my son grew to become a reader, too. However, he typically prefers fantasy.
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When it comes to the television, I'd reckon one of my earliest and fondest memories was when my family moved. I was in the backseat of our car and peacefully embracing a TV. They said I started crying when they took the TV away and just wouldn't stop crying until I got the chance to plug it in. Those were the days when there was contrast on the CRT monitor was so high; it hurts sometimes. Moreover, there was only one channel to choose, for lack of choice.
Some people nowadays would still tease out how terrible TV was. That was tragically true, yet I expected better. It was a blessing that there is better content now and of course, television sets from.
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Tell Me A Question: Kirk Shaw and Pound of Flesh
After burning out on the Hollywood lifestyle and feeling blacklisted, Van Damme seems slow to trust new would be collaborators. Shaw flew to Hong Kong and Belgium just to meet the man, investing and building their relationship. Now friends with a level of trust, Shaw has a great appreciation of Van Damme's character and personality, citing how much JCVD gives to everyone he meets. Whether it's a crew member or a fan; Van Damme takes the time to talk, pose for photos and sends them off with his blessing. Van Damme's agents at Gersh also reacted to the Pound of Flesh script and thought it would be an ideal leading role for their client. After years of cameos, villainous turns and supporting parts, Pound of Flesh sees Van Damme bleeding emotion as well as giving audiences plenty of ass kicking. Hong Kong based producer Mike Leeder introduced Shaw to martial artist and choreographer John Salvitti to give PoF a raw, realistic viciousness while utilizing Van Damme's trademark karate kicks.
It sounds like Shaw is very proud of the film and it could mark the start of a new era in his already impressive career. In the last year alone he's shot films in Cuba, Romania, Bulgaria, China, Brazil, Australia, Canada and the United States. Shaw is eager to learn the economics of regions, maximize budgets and show off the best parts of the countries to bring in business and expose them to the world. Speaking with Shaw, it was evident he was a very smart man who has had great success in his career yet never came off with arrogance or an attitude. His quest to reach the top and always be learning was insightful, inspiring and pretty funny when he mentioned seeing dollar signs anytime he watched a movie. What it costs for the actors, location, action, extras...the real economics of filmmaking. The knowledge off the top of his head was impressive as he spoke about wanting to make a film in South Korea with local actors in the Korean tongue as over half the films released there are S.K. productions. In India something like 94% of films are domestic versus imported so it's important to keep an eye on emerging markets and experiment.
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The foot is a very complex structure and therefore can become sore for a variety of reasons. Common causes of foot pain include sports injuries, poorly fitted shoes, health problems and trauma. They can be a combination of many predisposing factors or an effect of a single cause. The day to day stresses on the foot can be aggravated by various environments and conditions such as in workplaces and in sports. Poor biochemical alignment, ill-fitted, or inappropriate footwear can also lead to foot discomfort.
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In other words, Podiatrists advise patients on how to prevent foot problems and keep their feet healthy.
Podiatrists in Melbourne can help keep older people active by continuously maintaining and managing their feet.
Some of the most commonly treated foot problems in elderly people include soft tissue disorders, toenail and skin problems, and arthritis.
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Podiatrists are able to diagnose and treat foot complications in children through a careful examination of the food and lower limbs.
The examination allows the podiatrist to provide information on how to prevent or reduce the food deformity, which often does not develop until the second decade of life.
This information may include information on footwear, recommendations of physical exercises, treatment through the use of splints or orthotic control of the feet.
Treating People with Diabetes for foot problems
People with diabetes are at a higher risk of developing foot problems due to complications of their disease, which includes reduced blood flow and damaged nerves.
Additional Podiatry Resources
Leah Waters Podiatry Melbourne – Our Podiatrist, Leah, Podiatry portal website. Contains full details on foot problems and associated podiatry services.
Podiatry Today – Extensive Podiatry resource, written for Podiatrists covering the latest research and developments in the Podiatric industry.
Podiatry Board of Australia – The board in Australia, responsible for registering podiatrist's and podiatry students, developing codes, standards and guidelines for podiatry professionals, and approving course for accreditation .
Australian Podiatry Association – Provides a variety of information on common 'foot problems'.
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To visit our clinic from the Melbourne CBD, starting from the Melbourne Townhall in Swanston st, head down swanston street until you reach st kilda road. At St Kilda road, keep going straight for around 15km where the road eventually becomes Brighton Road and then Nepean Highway. The Pivotal Podiatry Clinic is located directly opposite the Moorabbin Town Hall.
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By: Henry J. Fromage (A Toast) –
This film examines the origins of Facebook and the several lawsuits brought against founder Mark Zuckerberg by his former friends and partners.
A Toast
We're only drinking one beer with this one, and that's to toast a job well done.This one very well may be your Best Picture winner this year, folks.
Jesse Eisenberg, as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, is special, creating a well-rounded, sympathetic character while mainly communicating in sharp one-liners and glances. His name will come up a lot this awards season.
Yep, that kid from Zombieland
Andrew Garfield as Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Severin also is excellent,
The "new" Spiderman.I know… we'll see how that one turns out.
… as is Justin Timberlake as Napster founder Sean Parker.
You probably know this guy already…
David Fincher, the guy who brought us Se7en and Fight Club, directs the heck out of this thing.In everybody else's hands this could have been a soap opera or dry paint-by-numbers drama, but Fincher puts together a great team including cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth (Fight Club as well) and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, whose electronic score is the pitch perfect complement to the film.All of this came together most spectacularly in a slo-mo rowing race set to a revved up version of In the Hall of the Mountain King.It doesn't get much better than that.
The throbbing heart of the movie, though, is Aaron Sorkin's script.You may know his work if you've ever watched The West Wing or Sports Night.The crisp, fast dialogue that is his calling card is here, but he hasn't had people this suited for it since President Bartlett.
I write him in every four years.
While that certainly helps, this script is clearly his masterpiece.
Pop open a cold one and enjoy the finest film of the year.
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JOHANNESBURG, 01 September 2017
Sappi Limited is pleased to announce that it will bolster its biorefining expertise through the acquisition of the Xylex® and Versalac® technologies owned by Plaxica Limited. The transaction will result in Sappi acquiring the sugar clean up technologies which includes the patents, knowhow, equipment and key technical staff of Plaxica. The size of the transaction does not require regulatory disclosure.
Since 2013, Sappi has advanced its efforts to expand its biorefining expertise. Part of the strategy is to extract and clean-up C5 hemicellulose sugars from our Pre-Hydrolysis Kraft (PHK) liquors for further value add to higher value products. Commenting on the transaction, Louis Kruyshaar, Executive Vice President of Sappi Biotech said "Plaxica's Xylex® solution is rated as one of the most advanced to offer optimum efficiency and economics for separation and clean-up of C5 sugars from pulp mill hydrolysates. "
The technology acquisition follows Sappi's successful commissioning of a demonstration extraction unit at its Ngodwana Mill in South Africa during April 2017 to extract a sugar rich prehydrolysate stream from the PHK pulping process. The next step towards the production of clean sugars involves the clean-up of the PHK liquor or hydrolysate to separate the xylose-rich sugars from the lignin.
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Phil Goodier, CEO of Plaxica Limited commented as follows: "This acquisition is an excellent outcome for Plaxica and our technology team. We have been working with Sappi for four years and have already built strong relationships with our new colleagues. All of us look forward to contributing to the successful commercialisation of Xylex® as part of Sappi."
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Sappi Biotech was born in 2016 as a natural progression from our existing portfolio of (then) by-product businesses, complemented by corporate development work in the bio-products arena. The decision to formalise Biotech as core Sappi business was driven by the market on the one hand (Sappi is responding to consumer trends for renewable products) and the business' strategic need to continue to innovate in new growth segments. At Sappi our goal today is to diversify into these adjacent market segments which aim to extract more value from trees and in doing so effectively strengthens the overall core business model.
Sappi Biotech is a division of Sappi Limited, a global leader in paper, paper pulp and dissolving wood pulp solutions, Sappi Limited (listed and in the Top 40 on the JSE), is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa; has over 12,000 employees; manufacturing operations on three continents, in seven countries (seven mills in Europe, three mills in America and four mills in South Africa) and customers in over 150 countries worldwide
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Two rest days in a row! Bliddy hell that's unusual for me, but yesterday saw us away for the day and time just wasn't really available for a run - so there you go.
Anyway. No ill effects and today I went out for my last long run before the taper starts ("ish).
Did 21 mile today. Twice round a well trod 10.5 mile loop that's one of my staple runs.
Now, I don't normally do a double loop when doing a long run, but because I do this particular loop so often I decided that I should try it twice - but try to maintain the same pace that I usually go at when running it once.
Don't know if it will benefit me at all, but I managed it pretty well. It's quite a hilly circuit (they ALL are round here) and I usually clock about 1:23, but today I went round in 1:24 the first circuit then 1:22 for the last.
Another benefit of doing a double loop was "no need to carry water". I just left a bottle at the start point and had a quick slug when I came round at "halfway".
Sun was out, but it did feel slightly colder today - so another good thing about a double loop; the gloves got dropped off after the first lap and picked up again just before the end.
Slightly shorter runs this week at slightly easier pace.


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Firm at centre of Rio ticket scandal channelled €36m through Dublin
Brazil firm sues after it claims it was sold €85,000 of corporate seats by THG prior to Rio, says Simon Rowe
The firm at the centre of a ticketing scandal in Rio channelled more than €35m through its IFSC registered office in 2014, according to company accounts filed in February this year.
Marcus Evans Group Services Ltd - the parent of THG - is one of the world's biggest sports ticketing and hospitality firms. Flush with success after the Sochi winter games, the Olympics and the World Cup in Brazil, a total of €35.6m cash was channelled through the firm's Dublin-based operation by way of inter-group "treasury funding" transactions.
THG had been the OCI's "authorised ticket reseller", or ATR, for the London 2012 Olympics and the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. The firm ran into controversy during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil when its then chief executive, James Sinton, was detained by police investigating a so-called "ticket mafia".
THG's Dublin-based finance director is Drimnagh man Kevin Mallon. And all of Evans' IFSC firms are tax resident in Ireland, although a number of affiliated companies are based offshore in Bermuda.
Dublin-registered Marcus Evans Group Services Limited is controlled by Marcus Evans (Investments) Ltd, a company located in Bermuda.
THG is being sued by a Brazilian company for allegedly selling unauthorised VIP corporate hospitality packages valued at €85,000.
Earlier this year THG Sports was hit with a lawsuit over the sale of 200 corporate package at the 2016 Olympics to Cosan, one of the largest industrial firms in Brazil.
The revelation, which comes just days after international arrest warrants were issued for four THG executives, adds to the growing scandal engulfing the company.
THG's Dublin-based finance director, Irishman Kevin Mallon, is already facing charges of illegally selling tickets in Rio.
Rio-based conglomerate Cosan is understood to have acquired 200 VIP hospitality packages from agents they believed were acting on behalf of THG. But when executives of Cosan Lubrificantes - a business arm of the publicly listed Cosan Group - contacted the organising committee of Rio 2016 they were informed that THG was not authorised to sell tickets.
Cosan subsequently filed a lawsuit in Brazil and is demanding "indemnification for moral damages", in addition to return of R$352.174 (€85,000) that they allege has already been paid for the premium-priced hospitality packages.
A media spokesman for THG confirmed a lawsuit has been filed by Cosan. "A court case was issued, however we cannot comment on ongoing legal proceedings," he said.
A spokesman for Cosan said: "Cosan isn't going to speak about the lawsuit until the trial."
THG says it refutes any suggestions of impropriety or breach of any laws or Rio Games' local organising committee (ROCOG) regulations.
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– From Chase's Calendar of Events
You can now look forward to more of these "holidays" on the blog. I always thought that learning about "National Spam Day" or "National Talk Like a Pirate Day" was lots of fun, so I thought that I would share them with you!
I've always felt that everyday should be National Compliment Day, because it makes people feel good to get a compliment when they have worked on what they were wearing or how they present themselves. Try making it a habit of giving someone a compliment. Not only will you feel good, you'll be making someone else feel good about themself!


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An email is a primary option for communication in workplaces and an integral part of our daily life. An Internet research suggests that about 62% of all employed Americans have Internet access and 98% of those use email on the job.
In total, 57 million employees use email for work. 78% of workers who use email send ten or fewer messages on an average day and 11% send more than 20. From my experiences and stories from my friends and clients, I've heard on countless occasions that people send inappropriate emails. They don't spell check, aren't action oriented and aren't accurate enough.
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Your emails can have a significant impact on your career success at your company and here are ten tips to write better emails:
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If you're emailing a co-worker who is also a friend, then you can be more casual than if you're emailing an executive you've never met before. It's important that you aren't too casual though because your friend could potentially forward your email to someone who you haven't met yet, and that could appear unprofessional.
8. Don't hide behind your email.
Sometimes you have to pick up the phone or go to your co-worker's office. If you're asking for a raise or you aren't getting along with your co-worker, then don't email your manager. Schedule a meeting with them and talk it out in person.
9. Use an "out of office" reply when necessary.
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If you read your email at least twice before you send it, you will naturally send better emails. Those who just fire off emails without reviewing them first usually make mistakes and look bad in the process.


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It's Thursday, and I promised you a bachelorette cake on Friday. But plans changed, I got the posting time wrong, etc. etc. … and so today, I present to you my somewhat classy (compared to the other bachelorette cakes I found on Pinterest… some of those were seriously sketch) Barbie bachelorette cake for Sara! And a recap of the entire bachelorette weekend. Buckle up, buttercups.
The cake began last Monday night. I baked the Black Magic Cake layers (four 8″ round pans), wrapped them up tightly in plastic wrap, and froze them, as I was traveling to Greenville, South Carolina for work for 2 full days last week and knew I would be pressed for time once I got back. Thursday night I made the chocolate ganache and Bakery-Style Buttercream Icing, and dyed it pink using Wilton Rose gel food coloring and put it all together!
I used Nestle TollHouse pieces for the ganache.
Easy Chocolate Ganache (makes about 2 cups)
– 1 cup (8 ounces) heavy whipping cream
– 1 cup (8 ounces) dark or milk chocolate pieces
– 1 tablespoon room temperature butter
Bring the cream to a simmer in a sauce pan. Be careful – it's easy to boil it over or scald it! Put the chocolate in a measuring cup or bowl (I thought the measuring cup method using a scale to measure was the easiest and required the least dish washing). Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let it sit for 5 minutes. Using a whisk, stir it up until creamy, then add the room temperature butter and continue whisking. Let cool for a few minutes before using to ice or drizzle over anything.
It's delicious! And the dark chocolate color was very pretty against the hot pink background of the buttercream, IMHO.
I whipped up the frosting and put the gel food coloring directly into the mixing bowl and mixed it in, since I knew I wanted the entire cake to be hot pink.
I stacked up the layers and put ganache between each one, pushing it just shy of the edges. You don't want it to run over and stain your icing.
Then I iced the cake with a crumb coat – put some icing in a separate bowl for that so you don't taint your pretty icing with crumbs!
And then decorated it in all its hot pink glory. I thought the plain hot pink was just too plain, so I drizzled some more ganache over it. It made it more sexy than little girly…. If a cake can be sexy, that is.
And I think it can be.
Pour the rest of the ganache in a ziploc or piping bag and snip the very tip of the corner/point off. That's how I drizzled the leftover ganache around the edges.
Unfortunately, this cake had to ride up the Eastern Seaboard to Charleston on Friday with a pit stop in Jacksonville to pick up Courtney. For the most part, it weathered the trip unscathed, with only a little shifting and melting. I put four kabob skewers through the center of the cake to help keep it from sliding. I had to transport this bad boy in an upside down plastic file storage box that I purchased late Thursday evening when I realized it wouldn't fit in my cake carrier. It had a pink lid to match, natch. I told Wheat that it was a "cake carrier for domestic bad asses." He said that wasn't a very good name and I shouldn't cuss. Whatevs.
On our way up to Charleston, we discovered this gem of a pit stop. If you're heading up I-95, don't miss it. Srsly.
Are those peaches? Butt-heads? Disturbing. Had to share, obvi.
We went to dinner at Oku Friday night in Charleston after some quick games with the Bachelorette. Good sushi, better atmosphere!
The Bachelorette and myself. :)
A few of our oh-so-pretty girlfriends from ADPi: Ashley, Mary Katherine (home from CHINA!), and Jennifer.
Saturday we had a beach day, and all loaded up on a party bus and headed to Folly Beach.
All Sara's sisters, her cousin, and her girlfriends from high school, college, and optometry school!
After our beach day, it was time for the lingerie shower (I didn't get pictures of it – there was lots of lace and hot pink) and the cake!
Sara had no idea I was making it or bringing it, but she had mentioned to her sister Gracie that she would like "one of those cakes where Barbie is upside down and drunk looking." We figured the lingerie shower Saturday night would be the perfect time for cake.
Barbie agreed.
Note her missing shoe.
That was a nice touch, Ashley. :)
I also brought a few cheeses I picked up from Sweet Grass Dairy back in Thomasville for the occasion.
I brought Thomasville Tomme, Green Hill, the Heat, and a Flagship white cheddar (another cheese maker). They were all a huge hit, and the girls ate every. last. morsel. Thanks again for awesome cheese, SGD!
A side note about the hotel: as you can see, there is a big crack in my cheese board. Actually, my cheese board is in two pieces. :( The bellman at our hotel (the Andrew Pinckney Inn) broke it while helping us get the massive amounts of stuff we brought up to our room. He felt so badly about it, and even brought Courtney and me a complimentary bottle of (very good) champagne to make up for it. I still managed to stick it together for the lingerie party and just tossed it afterwards, but I was really impressed with the service at the Andrew Pinckney Inn. The entire weekend, they did nothing but try their hardest to make our stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. That included seeing us walking out with six-packs of beer and getting us a cooler (just keeping it real) and having a mini fridge sent up to our room for all the wine/champagne/cake for the shower. They are awesome, and I definitely hope to stay there again! This post is not at all sponsored and they have no idea who I am. I just like to share good reviews of places that go the extra mile. Thank you, Andrew Pinckney Inn!
Back to the party.
Courtney helped us out by bringing a ton of the vino, which kept the party atmosphere going. :) Wish we had gotten a picture of the triplets!
Sara was very surprised by her cake! I think she loved it, and she especially loved the Bachelorette Barbie, complete with sash and veil.
Had to get a pic with the Bachelorette and her Barbie and the cake. So happy for you, Miss F!
After the lingerie shower, cake, and cheese, we went to 39 Rue de Jean for a late dinner.
It was SO good and very reasonably priced. I (appropriately) got a French 75 cocktail and the cavatelli pasta with seared scallops. It was delicious, and I ate almost every single bite. A lot of the girls had sushi again, and said it was good, too. The burgers looked awesome, and I snagged a mussel from across the table that was tasty, too. I would definitely go back!
After dinner, we went to da club called NV, where we posted up in the VIP room and danced the night away with Sara. However, I only took one picture of actual humans at NV. Sara's two high school friends (who we have known almost as long as we've known Sara!) Katie and Kate, Courtney, and myself.
Barbie accompanied us to dinner and the bar (which you knew if you were following me on Instagram).
By the end of the night, she was pole dancing on the champagne bottles, and it was time for her (and us) to go home.
Go home Barbie. You're drunk.
All in all, it was an awesome weekend! I've been so exhausted that it's taken me this long to update you on it. Better late than never, right?
Happy Bachelorette, Sara! So glad I was able to celebrate with you last weekend. Can't wait until October!
Look out for tomorrow's post – I'll be proving to you all that I am a certifiably insane crazy dog lady.


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Even in the annals of dumb crooks, Tommy and Rosemarie Uva weren't the sharpest tools in the shed. In the early 1990s, the young Queens couple decided to stick up Mafia social clubs.
In the abstract, the choice of location made sense. The clubs were filled with guys with fat wallets and even chunkier jewelry, and they didn't carry guns for fear of government raids and were not likely to call the police for help. But their plan had one obvious and ultimately fatal flaw: The Uvas were, after all, stealing from the Gambino and Colombo crime families. Fatal being the key word here.
When screenwriter Jonathan Fernandez heard of the Uva's imprudent Bonnie-and-Clyde scheme, he did something almost as rash. Rather than come at their tale as a storyteller, the former journalist approached it as a reporter.
When a reputed crime boss was charged in 2007 with the couple's killings, Fernandez traveled from Hollywood and spent two weeks inside the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, not far from where he grew up in New Jersey. And from Fernandez's perch in the gallery as Dominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, the script for "Rob the Mob" started to come together. The film opens Friday in Los Angeles.
The movie is playing in limited release after debuting in New York last week to strong reviews and promising box office. Like many movies made outside the studio system, it's a minor miracle that "Rob the Mob" made it this far, nearly seven years after Pizzonia was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the couple's 1992 murders.
To Fernandez, it's just the way of things in Hollywood: "Things take forever. It's the nature of the business."
As soon as he poked into several Mafia hangouts while covering the Pizzonia trial, the screenwriter, who worked briefly as an Argentina correspondent for the Associated Press and is married to a former Los Angeles Times reporter, knew the film wasn't going to be anything like the mobster movies he admired growing up.
"It was just a bunch of old guys sitting around, playing cards, in a really drab place," Fernandez said. "It looked nothing like '
As they developed the screenplay, it was clear that Fernandez, De Felitta and producer William Teitler were trying to tell an anti-"GoodFellas" tale. "I was not interested in making a Mafia movie," De Felitta said. "You can't beat the good ones. I thought it was a great true crime story and it wasn't even that well-known. But it was incredibly poignant."
Instead, they aimed to tell a comedic romance, a look at a young couple whose life ended in love, not blood. "I felt that you needed to love them," De Felitta said. "But you also needed to show what obvious limitations they had. They were crazy, but they weren't bad." (For all the couple's ineptness, their robberies also netted them a secret list of organized crime hierarchies; it was so valuable that
But as the filmmakers tried to land financing, they were repeatedly told that people weren't interested in mob movies anymore — "They're dead," was one line — even from prominent producers who said they loved the screenplay. Some even suggested they change the ending, and have the couple live, an unacceptable idea to the team.
When De Felitta couldn't land a big-name actress to star opposite Pitt, it looked as if "Rob the Mob" was dead in the water. "The project kind of languished," De Felitta said.
Rather than abandon it, the filmmakers scaled back their ambitions and reduced their budget to about $5 million and cast Arianda and Garcia, beefing up his part to help land him. With Avi Lerner's Millennium Entertainment coming in to share the production costs (Millennium is also the distributor) with some private investors, "Rob the Mob" was finally back on track.
"In a world in which studios are making the big Lego movies, writers today have to be more proactive and take more control," said Fernandez, who early in his career worked for the legendary producers Roger Corman and Dino De Laurentiis. "We ended up with a movie I'm really proud of. I couldn't be happier."


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Moments ago, the Treasury Department issued a statement saying that the White House would delay until 2015 the enforcement of the requirement for business to provide workers with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare."
Jeff Saut, the top strategist at Raymond James, just blasted an email that read: "This is a big deal. A major 2H risk off the table..."
Under the ACA, businesses employing 50 or more workers would have to offer health insurance or pay a penalty of $2,000 per worker.
Some economists noted that a reduction in "hours worked" in some industries was a sign that employers were reducing hours intentionally to dodge this cost.
Market strategists have warned that the ACA would hit the corporate bottom line, whether it be through higher health care costs or penalties.
For now, it seems that cost will be delayed.
It will be interesting to see how the market will react.


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Donegal's reign as Ulster champions is over following Saturday's one point defeat by Cavan in the Ulster semi final played in Killyclogher, Tyrone.
Cavan . . . . 1-9
Donegal . . 1-8
The first-time champions from last year came agonisingly close to snatching a dramatic win late on after they came from behind in the last quarter.
Donegal were without up to six of the team that won that first Ulster crown last summer against Monaghan. Influential half forward Shannon McGroddy also sat out the game with an injury.
Nevertheless Micheal Naughton fielded a strong side with goalkeeper Aoife McColgan the only championship debutant.
Cavan led by two points, 0-5 to 0-3, at the end of a cagey opening 30 minutes.
The Breffni ladies were a little crisper in the tackle and were up on their toes from the off. Donegal on the other hand only played in fits and starts in the opening half and their paltry three-point return for 30 plus minutes of play told its own story.
Amber Barrett from play had the game's opening score, Karen Guthrie and Yvonne McMonagle, both from frees, scored their other first half points.
Cavan were only marginally better in the scoring stakes but were guilty of some wayward shooting. They posted six first half wides to Donegal's three.
Aisling Doonan hit the Breffni Blues' opening three points, all from frees generated from Cavan forwards running at the Donegal defence and forcing the foul.
Donegal at times were a little undisciplined and lazy in the tackle and were punished by Doonan.
The sides were level three times in the first period before Cavan produced a strong finish and two late points from Amy Rooney and Caitriona Smith.
It could have been different at half time if Amber Barrett had found the Cavan net when she blasted across the goals and wide after a penetrating run early in the second quarter.
Former All Star McMonagle lofted over an early point on the resumption to reduce the margin to the minimum. However, points from Aisling Traynor and Donnan opened up a three point Cavan lead for the first time in the contest.
With the title on the line, Kathy Herron was moved to midfield and Yvonne McMonagle started to come deeper. Paula McGroary, with her first touch after being introduced, reduced the lead to two, 0-7 to 0-5.
While Doonan restored Cavan's three point lead, the momentum was with Donegal. Herron drove forward for a super point and the lead was back two as the clock ticked into the final quarter.
Donegal were in front four minutes later when Amber Barrett rattled the Cavan net from a tight angle after good interplay from Yvonne McMonagle and Niamh Hegarty.
Donegal were in front by one, 1-6 to 0-8 with ten minutes remaining.
But the lead was short lived and one minute later Amy Mooney polished off a sweeping move with a well taken goal for a 1-8 to 1-6 lead. Donegal pressed in the closing minutes and McMonagle posted two points either side of one from Doonan as Cavan held on.
Cavan: Clodagh Doonan; Shauna Lynch, Rachael Jordan, Joanne Mooney; Sheila Reilly, Laura Fitzpatrick, Sinead Greene; Donna English, Rosie Crowe; Roisin O'Keefe, Aisling Traynor (0-1), Neasa Byrd; Caitriona Smith (0-1), Aisling Doonan(0-6, 3f), Amy Rooney (1-1).
Donegal: Aoife McColgan; Teresa Doherty, Kelly Wilson, Deirdre Foley; Theresa McCafferty, Ciara Hegarty, Kathy Herron (0-1); Grainne Houston, Karen Guthrie (0-1, 1f); Roisin Friel, Niamh Hegarty, Carol Breslin; Eilish Ward, Yvonne McMonagle (0-4, 1f), Amber Barrett (1-1). Subs: Paula McGroary (0-1) for C Breslin 43; Kaneisha McKinney for R Friel 49.
Referee: Eugene O'Hare (Down).


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A four-man weave to get y'all caught up with the good, the Bayern, and Jerrells' new jeans.
Start – Unicaja's acting funny, and people are trusting Curtis Jerrells.
8:00 – Rob Scott dishes on CSKA Moscow's offseason.
13:00 – Pero Antic, Vitor Faverani, and why European role players are flocking to the NBA.
19:00 – Nemanja Bjelica, Minaugas Kuzmisnkas, and this offseason's best fits.
26:00 – The offseasons we liked. Blake, Boban, Bamberg, oh my!
37:00 – Panathinaikos is getting the band back together. Lead singer: Shang Ping.
43:00 – Which non-Euroleague Spanish team stacked up this offseason?
44:00 – The offseasons we hated. Featuring Bayern Munich, Caja Laboral and more.
58:00 – More CSKA talk. Sorry.
1:02:00 – Barcelona's offseason was also pretty weird, so we talked about that, too.
1:06:00 – Four ex-NCAA rookies we're looking forward to seeing in Europe this season.
1:10:00 – The growing trend of NBA teams stashing college draftees like Mike Muscala and Erick Green in Europe.
Follow Nick Gibson (@euro_adventures), Sam Meyerkopf (@hooplikedrazen) Rob Scott (@robscott33) and Simon Jatsch (@sjacas) on Twitter, and subscribe to the show on iTunes for free.


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Is it that yucky processed cheese in a funky brown color. Of course not, it is peanut butter is slice form. Peanut butter in slice form, what will they think up next. I guess I prefer it wrapped up then dripping all over the place out of a jar, but YUCK!!! A company called P.B. Slices now sells peanut butter wrapped up in the same little plastic packets that processed cheese comes in. I wonder what gave the company the great idea to wrap slices of peanut butter in cellophane wrap. And I thought I had too much time on my hands.
Peanut Milk
According to Wikipedia,
Yes, just when you thought you had heard of everything, along comes that great milk alternative - peanut milk. Since I too needed to know more about this truly scary substance, I turned to the Internet for research and discovered that Wikipedia had already heard of it.
"Peanut milk is a non-dairy beverage created using peanuts, water and an additional sweetener. It does not contain any lactose and is therefore suitable for people with lactose intolerance.
Peanut milk is similar to soy milk and rice milk in its production: the substance is ground, soaked, (sometimes heated) and then filtered through a fine filter -- the resulting liquid is considered the "milk".
One commercial brand which originated in San Francisco in 1999 received national attention in 2002, after a local news story reported supposed health benefits.
The manufacturing process involves splitting the peanut into two halves and collecting the moisture also known as the milk from the heart of the peanut."
Yikes!!! Now they are milking peanuts. Cows of the world watch out. And people are claiming this peanut milk has amazing qualities. Supposedly it is a magic peanut elixir. (Peanuts could use a good elixing though) It reportedly not only beefs up sexual stamina but also apparently cures everything from baldness to eczema to helping people who use crutches walk without them.
I don't think it can cure peanut allergies though......


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text: Following a testy, losing affair in OKC last night, Kobe Bryant was critical of his team's offensive attack. From the LA Times: "The Lakers trailed at halftime after that flurry, 46-43. They never led again. [Kobe] Bryant had his second bad shooting night in a row. He also had a lengthy, um, chat with Durant and Thunder guard James Harden toward the end of the game. Bryant laughed about it afterward. 'Maybe one day they'll be able to sit at my lunch table,' he said. 'Right now we're at two different lunch tables, man. The conversation's pretty brief.' Durant had 33 points for Oklahoma City (27-7), which improved to 15-1 at home. Westbrook had 19 points for the Thunder. Harden had 16. Durant and Westbrook will be at the All-Star game Sunday in Orlando. The Lakers do not play again until Wednesday against Minnesota. They could use some downtime. 'We've got to work too hard to get points,' Bryant said. 'I'm sure the coaches will talk about it over All-Star break, but we've got to make our jobs a little easier. We're going against defenses that are sending double-teams all the time. We've got to have a little more movement — free Andrew up, free Pau [Gasol] up, free myself up so I don't have to work against two guys all the time. Oklahoma does a fantastic job over there. They do a great job of putting [Durant] in the right place so he doesn't have to work too much.'"


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Paris's overworked rat-catchers staged a one-day strike Tuesday, protesting outside city hall to demand reinforcements and bonuses two months after carrying out a massive cull in the French capital.
Laying a dead rat under a giant banner reading "The staff are angry", some 50 workers -- nearly the entire staff of the city's pest control unit -- turned out for the protest.
The staff has shrunk by 14 in the past year and a half and only three dozen workers are deployed for rat-catching, according to the CGT union.
Their contribution is "central to the city and they only want to be recognised," the workers' union representative Olivier Garret told AFP.
"They are the ones exposed to the most difficult tasks... They have always been forgotten, and they have always been the ones to do the dirty work."
In addition to more staff, the workers are demanding payment of a 2,000 euro ($2,125) bonus that they say was lost in the shuffle during an administrative reorganisation.
During the December "war on rats", several of the French capital's parks and green spaces were sealed off from the public for the rat-catchers to bait traps with powerful poison.
The Champ de Mars park around the Eiffel Tower became one of many battlegrounds in the fight against the furry invaders. Most tourists remained blissfully unaware of the battle unfolding at their feet.
Paris's rat population is unknown but biologists calculate that a single pair of rats could have some 15,000 descendants by the end of a year.
The distressed pest control workers have an additional grievance dating to the terror attacks that hit Paris on November 13, 2015.
They say they were never properly thanked for their help cleaning up the Bataclan concert hall where 90 people lost their lives in a jihadist bloodbath.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo will address personal thank you letters to each staff member, her office said.


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"In short BREIN's demands are as follows:1. The Pirate Party should be banned from operating a reverse proxy for Pirate Bay2. The Pirate Party should be banned from operating a generic proxy service3. The Pirate Party should be banned from linking to third-party proxies4. The Pirate Party should be banned from listing new IP-addresses / domains Pirate Bay registers5. The Pirate Party should be banned from encouraging people to circumvent the Pirate Bay blockadeIf the Pirate Party violates the above terms BREIN asked for a penalty of €10,000 per day, up to a maximum of €250,000."~Read More: TorrentFreak
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#CISPA Replaces #SOPA As Internet's Enemy No. 1 (Must Read)
The Internet has a new enemy. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. 3523, is a "cybersecurity" bill in the House of Representatives. While CISPA does not focus primarily on intellectual property (though that's in there, too), critics say the problems with the bill run just as deep.
As with SOPA and PIPA, the first main concern about CISPA is its "broad language," which critics fear allows the legislation to be interpreted in ways that could infringe on our civil liberties. The Center for Democracy and Technology sums up the problems with CISPA this way:
• The bill has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies notwithstanding privacy and other laws;
• The bill is likely to lead to expansion of the government's role in the monitoring of private communications as a result of this sharing;
• It is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military;
• Once the information is shared with the government, it wouldn't have to be used for cybesecurity, but could instead be used for any purpose that is not specifically prohibited.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) adds that CISPA's definition of "cybersecurity" is so broad that "it leaves the door open to censor any speech that a company believes would 'degrade the network.'"
Moreover, the inclusion of "intellectual property" means that companies and the government would have "new powers to monitor and censor communications for copyright infringement."
Furthermore, critics warn that CISPA gives private companies the ability to collect and share information about their customers or users with immunity — meaning we cannot sue them for doing so, and they cannot be charged with any crimes.
According to the EFF, CISPA "effectively creates a 'cybersecurity' exemption to all existing laws."
"There are almost no restrictions on what can be collected and how it can be used, provided a company can claim it was motivated by 'cybersecurity purposes.'" the EFF continues.
"That means a company like Google, Facebook, Twitter, or AT&T could intercept your emails and text messages, send copies to one another and to the government, and modify those communications or prevent them from reaching their destination if it fits into their plan to stop cybersecurity threats."
Read the full text of CISPA here, or the full official summary at the bottom of this page.
These bills are going to keep coming…
"This Painting is Not Available in Your Country" by Paul Mutant. Featured in a Budapest exhibition by the artist, which included visualisations of how his work propagated across the internet (see article by Governance Across Borders).
Godaddy no longer supports #SOPA… that was fast. Does this mean the boycott is no longer necessary? ha.
Good work, Internet: GoDaddy has rescinded their support of SOPA. "Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why GoDaddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation – but we can clearly do better," said Warren Adelman, GoDaddy's CEO. "It's very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. GoDaddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it." The company says it had been working closely with its general counsel, Christine Jones, on hepling to mold and revise the legislation — prior to now.
Dec 29th is "Leave Godaddy Day", due to their support of SOPA.
Unless Godaddy makes a bold and significant move to reverse their support for SOPA and to powerfully demonstrate their support for Internet freedom, I'll be moving my approximately 50 domains and dedicated server.
Lifehacker has an article to help you make the move.


text: The Minister of Research & Innovation, Reza Moridi, announces $4M in funding to ePOWER through the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence Program. Dr. Jain in ePOWER Lab PV Panels being installed on the roof of Walter Light Hall as part of a CFI funded project. Doctoral student, Joanne Hui, improves the efficiency of wind turbines Sajjad Makhdoomi Kaviri and Majid Pahlevaninezhad received First Prize for the Outstanding Paper Award at the 37th IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference in October 2015. Invented at ePOWER, SPARQ's revolutionary solar micro-inverters maximize solar energy capture Dr. Yan-Fei Liu receives the IEEE Fellow award in 2013 ePOWER students celebrate a successful MASc defence Dr. Majid Pahlevani received the Best Paper Award at the 5th International IEEE Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Dr. Jain receives the 2017 IEEE Canada 'Electric Power Medal' Emeritus Professor Paresh Sen (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was chosen by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as the 2008 recipient of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Outstanding Achievement Award. Behnam Koushki, ePOWER PhD Candidate, receives the Best Presentation Recognition at IECON 2015 in Yokohoma, Japan.


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The Orange County Crime Lab produced inaccurate blood alcohol test results in 2,200 driving-under-the-influence cases filed by prosecutors this year — mistakes that could affect outcomes in dozens of cases.
Prosecutors in recent days sent letters to people charged with driving under the influence, including 900 whose cases resulted in convictions. The letters advised them that their cases were among those with miscalculations.
Crime lab officials said the "human error" occurred over nearly five months and led to mistakes in the forensic examination of blood alcohol content. But they insist the miscalculations were so few that they affect only about 200 cases. As few as 20 people could see their blood alcohol test levels drop below 0.08%, California's legal definition of DUI impairment.
But veteran DUI attorneys across Orange County said flaws with the lab's basic testing probably will affect many more cases because sentence enhancements and negotiations are often based on how far over the legal limit a motorist was determined to be.
"If it took them nearly five months to figure out this mistake, what else is there?" said Virginia Landry, an Orange County defense attorney known as the "DUI Queen." "Everyone wants the roads to be safe. But this is a forensic nightmare with a lack of integrity in the process."
She said her office is reviewing dozens of cases.
"I want all the data," she said.
Orange County Crime Lab Director Bruce Houlihan said the facility, which serves the entire county, discovered flaws in its analysis Oct. 10 while conducting an audit.
"It was a human error that led to an instrument to be wrongly calibrated," he said.
The lab tests each blood sample twice using two machines and then averages the results, Houlihan said. The error affected one of the machines beginning May 29. The machine uses five calibrator data points for levels of alcohol in the blood; one was entered incorrectly, Houlihan said.
As a result, the machine was off by 0.003 percentage points, he said.
"Because the error was so small, we didn't catch it," he said. The lab has safeguards designed to catch any error bigger than 0.004 percentage points, he added.
About 200 cases will have the blood alcohol average change by 0.01 points. Twenty people will have their blood-alcohol content dropped from 0.08% to 0.07% — below the DUI legal limit — Houlihan said.
Farrah Emami, a district attorney's spokeswoman, confirmed that the changes may affect some cases, but she said drops in blood alcohol content below the legal limit don't guarantee that charges will be dropped.
"When you arrest a person and they have a 0.07 two hours after arrest, they had a 0.08 at the time of arrest. We have obtained convictions in those cases," she said.
A Fullerton father whose son was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence said he was outraged by the errors.
"What upsets me is when authorities conduct tests, they are under penalty of perjury. Everything has to be accurate," said Miguel L., who asked that his full name not be used. "If they're not checking their machines daily, what else is happening inside that lab?"
He said his son, 22, was surprised to receive the letter from the Orange County district attorney's office. When officers stopped him for a blood alcohol test, he registered 0.09%, his father said.
"I do think it's an injustice," he said. "Imagine if you were a person who made your living driving. If you were a truck driver or someone like that, something like this could ruin your career."
Attorney Paul Wallin, whose firm represents about 100 of the 2,200 cases, said such a serious error is rare and that judges and defense attorneys would get to the bottom of it in court.
"I expect there to be hearings in some cases, and they are going to have put someone up to testify from the crime lab," he said.
Wallin said he fears those without attorneys may let wrongful convictions stand and "won't go back and challenge it."
Houlihan said the lab was prepared for whatever legal challenges appear: "I am always concerned about anything being wrong. But I'm confident in our analysis and we can explain what happened," he said.
Times staff writer Anh Do contributed to this report.


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