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Robert Altman Movies
During the 1970s, an era widely recognized as a renaissance period of American moviemaking, few directors enjoyed greater prominence than Robert Altman. An iconoclast whose work acutely attacked the conventions of genre filmmaking, Altman both satirized and revitalized such warhorses as the Western, the musical, and the crime drama, waging war on the sterile artifice of mainstream storytelling by creating a singularly sprawling and deliberately messy cinematic world bursting at the seams with sounds, images, characters, and plot lines. Famed for his inventive brand of overlapping (and often improvisational) dialogue and an acknowledged master of modern camera technique, Altman's quixotic career has been uneven at best, yet he remains a pivotal figure of contemporary cinema, a true maverick responsible for many of the defining motion pictures of his times.
Born February 20, 1925, in Kansas City, MO, Altman was educated in Jesuit schools prior to joining the Army at the age of 18; over the course of WWII, he flew over 50 bombing missions in Borneo and the Dutch East Indies. Upon his discharge in 1947, Altman studied engineering at the University of Missouri, later inventing a tattooing machine designed for the identification of dogs. He entered filmmaking only as a whim, selling to RKO the script for the 1948 picture The Bodyguard, which he co-wrote with Richard Fleischer. Altman's immediate success encouraged him to move to New York City, where he attempted to forge a career as a writer; he enjoyed little luck, however, and after a similarly fruitless trip to the West Coast, he returned to Kansas City, accepting a job as a director, writer, cameraman, and editor of industrial films for the Calvin Company.
After helming some 65 industrial films and documentaries, by 1955 Altman had secured over $60,000 dollars in financing from local backers to make his own feature; two years later, the finished product, titled The Delinquents, was purchased by United Artists for 150,000, dollars. Alfred Hitchcock soon tapped him as a director for his CBS television anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. After just two episodes, he went on to direct episodes of Bonanza, Combat!, and The Kraft Television Theater.
Altman wouldn't direct another movie until 1969's That Cold Day in the Park. For his next project, he agreed to adapt a little-known Korean War-era novel satirizing life in the armed services; the film had already been passed over by over a dozen other filmmakers. Upon its 1970 release, however, M*A*S*H was widely hailed as an immediate classic, winning the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and netting six Academy Award nominations. Now recognized as a major talent, Altman fielded countless offers to direct big-budget studio films, but instead opted to develop the surreal and experimental Brewster McCloud under his own Lions Gate imprint.
With the 1971 revisionist Western McCabe and Mrs. Miller, however, Altman returned to form in stunning fashion. In a class of directors like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen, Altman helped lead a fantastic artistic movement in '70s film, from the atmospheric Raymond Chandler adaptation The Long Goodbye to the Depression-era romantic caper Thieves Like Us to the gambling study California Split.
It was with his 1975 masterpiece Nashville, however, that Altman truly reentered the American cultural consciousness. The movie was hailed from many corners as one of the decade's greatest works, earning five Oscar nominations. A sprawling, intricate meditation on show business and politics featuring some two dozen major characters, Nashville brought Altman's newly-developed Lion's Gate eight-track sound system to its full realization, allowing him to record sound live on the set with microphones instead of more cumbersome equipment, eliminating post-dubbing and making possible later mixing and unmixing to achieve a dense, multi-layered soundtrack. Altman next unveiled Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, starring Paul Newman - which sadly, met with much disappointment.
Altman next turned to 1977's 3 Women, followed a year later by A Wedding. Yet again, audiences failed to relate to the material, and after 1979's futuristic Quintet opened and closed after just one week, both the romantic comedy A Perfect Couple and the satiric Health ran into insurmountable distribution problems and barely even surfaced in theaters.
Altman next mounted Popeye, a musical based on the classic E.C. Segar comic strip with comedian Robin Williams in the title role. When the highly-anticipated production failed to live up to commercial or critical expectations, he responded by selling off Lions Gate, effectively bringing to an end his career as a mainstream Hollywood filmmaker for over a decade.
Altman then turned to the stage, forming Sandcastle 5 Productions and agreeing to direct Ed Graczyck's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean on Broadway. David Rabe's Vietnam War drama Streamers followed a year later, followed by 1984's Richard Nixon docudrama Secret Honor, filmed in a campus dormitory with the aid of student assistants while Altman was serving as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.
Returning to TV, Altman had success with the HBO miniseries Tanner '88 and the 1990 Van Gogh portrait Vincent and Theo. They both earned strong notices, prompting many to wonder if Altman was about to make a comeback; 1992's The Player, a brutal attack on Hollywood morality brimming with major stars, answered their questions. Altman was indeed back, with strong box-office receipts and three Oscar nominations to prove it. Suddenly finding himself again on the A-list, he mounted 1993's Short Cuts, adapted from short stories by Raymond Carver -- -- a brilliantly provocative look at contemporary Los Angeles society similar in execution and tone to Nashville and the recipient of almost as much acclaim. However, 1994's Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), 1996's Kansas City, and 1998's John Grisham adaptation The Gingerbread Man were dismally received. However, Altman enjoyed greater success a year later with Cookie's Fortune, an ensemble piece about the denizens of a small Mississippi town.
Altman's next project, Dr. T & the Women, received mixed reviews, but the following film, the comedic period murder-mystery, Gosford Park (2002), marked a late-career high point. The film enlisted a five-star cast including Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas and Emily Watson; adored by critics and the public alike, it subsequently culled a myriad of Oscar nominations including nods for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
A longtime fan of 30-year-plus radio humorist Garrison Keillor, Altman next devised with Keillor the idea for a filmization of his venerable Minnesota-based radio program,
A Prairie Home Companion
. Thrilled with Keillor's draft of the script, the director stepped behind the camera once again in 2005, and made full use of a once-in-a-lifetime cast that included Altman standby Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson, and Keillor himself. It opened in early summer, 2006, to wide praise for its warm geniality and folksy charm.
With more than a trace of bittersweet, poetic irony, this film, with its ruminations on the end of life, indeed proved to be Altman's last, marking a fitting cap to a masterful career. The 81-year-old director passed away, of complications from cancer, not five months after Prairie debuted, and eight months after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Oscar. He died in a Los Angeles hospital on November 20, 2006.
~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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Vincent and Theo
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The relationship between the obsessive, brilliant painter Vincent Van Gogh and his more practical brother Theo is at the center of director Robert Altman's well-received biography, originally produced as a miniseries for European television. Now universally acknowledged as masterpieces, Vincent Van Gogh's works were ignored in his lifetime, despite the best efforts of Theo, a struggling gallery owner. When he fails to make a profit from his brother's work, Theo finds himself torn between art and commerce, a conflict deepened by Vincent's increasing emotional neediness. Soon, the situation worsens, and both brothers are forced to struggle with depression and madness. Altman's distinctive directorial approach avoids clichés, allowing his leads to create contradictory and sometimes unlikable characters. Tim Roth captures Vincent's devotion to his art, his difficult personality, and his descent into mental illness without resorting to histrionics, while Paul Rhys provides equally proficient work as the more repressed Theo. The cinematography by Jean Lepine illuminates the links between Altman's trademark wandering camera and Van Gogh's impressionistic painting style. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Hollywood Mavericks
This documentary respectfully interviews a number of important American directors who have in one way or another "bucked the system." It also explores the life and work of earlier American mavericks through the tributes, reflections, and recollections of the first group. Prominent among the living directors interviewed are Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Schrader, and David Lynch. Among the directors who are discussed are Orson Welles, D.W. Griffith and Samuel Fuller. Clips from the films of these men, and interviews with important actors who have worked with them (e.g. Robert DeNiro) are another feature of this documentary, commissioned by Japanese public television corporation NHK. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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George Carlin: What am I Doing in New Jersey?
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George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey? was taped before a live audience. Carlin's conceptual brand of humor encompasses any number of topics, ranging from politics to those Seven Deadly Words. His random musings on stupid drivers would later be develop into a weekly Fox TV series. As with all of Carlin's video concerts, What Am I Doing in New Jersey is not recommended for children. This 60-minute concert was originally telecast on the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Tanner '88 [TV Series]
Written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman, this is an amusingly vicious squint at the American electoral process. Michael Murphy plays Jack Tanner, Democratic Presidential nominee. Also featured are Cynthia Nixon as Jack's teenage daughter Alex, and Pamela Reed as campaign manager T. J. Cavanaugh. Despite the mocking nature of the material, the "cinema verite" style and inclusion of real-life political figures (Bruce Babbitt, Kitty Dukakis) in cameos led some impressionable viewers to believe that Jack Tanner was an actual candidate--resulting in quite a few write-in votes in November! Originating as a two-part special, Tanner was expanded into twelve chapters, which ran irregularly from February 15 through August 27, 1988, on the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, this thought-provoking made-for-television drama chronicles the court martial of the lieutenant who commandeered the U.S.S. Caine during a potentially deadly storm. The only way his attorney can save him is to prove that Captain Queeg was mentally incompetent to safely run the ship. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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An international collection of well-known directors contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment, which illustrates Armide with exercising body-builders, to the more literal approach of Franc Roddam, who transports Tristan und Isolde's story to modern-day Las Vegas. A particular stand-out is Julian Temple's take on Rigoletto, which recasts Verdi as the accompaniment to a contemporary Southern California sex farce. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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The Dumb Waiter
Based on the one-act play by Harold Pinter, Robert Altman's The Dumb Waiter is a short made-for-TV movie originally shown on ABC. This absurdist crime story doesn't follow a traditional plot, but it follows the work of two hitmen: Ben (John Travolta) and Gus (Tom Conti). They hang out in the basement of a deserted rooming house to await their next instructions on who to kill. Thinking the house has been abandoned, things get complicated when they receive information from sources coming from other floors. They bicker between themselves as their anxiety grows about the unknown victim. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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The Room
In this made for TV drama, two youthful strangers endeavor to rent the room already owned by a strange woman and her almost comatose husband. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Beyond Therapy
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Based on the play by Christopher Durang, Robert Altman's Beyond Therapy is a comedy set in New York City but filmed in Paris, where Altman was living at the time. Arrogant Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) grows bored with his live-in lover, Bob (Christopher Guest), so he looks for a change by placing an ad in the personals. He meets neurotic Prudence (Julie Hagerty) at a French restaurant and they prove to be a terrible match-up. Then Bruce goes to see his therapist, Charlotte (Glenda Jackson), who has a strange disorder herself. In the same building, Prudence goes to see her own bizarre therapist, Stuart (Tom Conti), who believes in sex with his patients. Charlotte and Stuart also have an arrangement where they meet for anonymous sexual trysts. Meanwhile, Bob's mother (Genevieve Page) is worried about her son's relationship with Bruce and she interferes with everything. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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Based on a 1978 play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman, The Laundromat was made for cable by acclaimed director Robert Altman. Late in the middle of one night, two women from different backgrounds meet at a laundromat. Alberta (played by Carol Burnett) is a middle-aged ex-school teacher who normally does her wash in the safety of her home. Unfortunately, her washing machine is broken and, self-conscious about what it would mean if her neighbors saw her leaving home to do her laundry, she has traveled across town late at night to clean her clothes. Deedee (played by Amy Madigan) lives down the block from the laundromat. A newlywed, Deedeeis already discovering that her marriage is loveless and her husband is an adulterer. The two women -- one proper and controlled, the other free-spirited -- seem to have little in common, but as the night goes on, they let down their guards and air out their dirty laundry. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
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Fool for Love
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Though there are several actors in Fool for Love, two share the majority of screen time: Sam Shepard as Eddie, and Kim Basinger as May. May toils away at a fleabag motel; Eddie is her former love, long absent. Unexpectedly re-entering May's life, Eddie picks up where he left off, and soon the couple is alternately bickering violently and making love with equal fervor. Peripheral characters include Harry Dean Stanton as a boozed-up bum, Martha Crawford as an aristocratic would-be murderer, and Randy Quaid as the current man in the heroine's life. This one-two punch of iconoclastic playwright Sam Shepard and unconventional director Robert Altman proved a failure at the box-office and with critics. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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O.C. and Stiggs
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In what can only be described as a dramatic change of pace, Robert Altman directed this raunchy teen comedy based on the antics of two characters featured in a series of stories published in the National Lampoon. Oliver Cromwell Ogilvie (Daniel Jenkins), aka O.C., and his buddy Mark Stiggs (Neil Barry), are a pair of misfit teenagers whose greatest joy in life is making those around them miserable. O.C.'s ancient grandfather (Ray Walston) has just had his insurance cancelled, and when he discovers that suburbanite salesman Randall Schwabb (Paul Dooley) is responsible, O.C. and Stiggs swing into a summer-long campaign to get revenge on Schwabb and his family. While it received some of the most brutally negative reviews of Altman's career, O.C. and Stiggs is worth a quick look for its cast, which includes fellow outcast auteurs Dennis Hopper and Melvin Van Peebles, comics Louis Nye and Jane Curtain, the one-time glamour girl of the Clifford Irving scandal Nina Van Pallandt, and Thomas Hal Phillips, reprising his role as Hal Phillip Walker from Nashville. World music superstars King Sunny Ade and his African Beats appear and provide the musical score. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Secret Honor
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After resigning in disgrace, Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall) sits at a desk in his study late at night, dictating his memoirs. Taking one drink, then another, he rants about Eisenhower, Castro, Khruschchev, Kissinger, the Kennedys, and any number of other people, some real, some imagined, finally cohering into a remarkable explanation of why his fall from grace was actually a supreme and selfless act of patriotism. Robert Altman's film adaptation of Hall's one-man show (written by Donald Freed and Arnold Stone) makes this performance feel more cinematic than one might expect, as the visual rhythms subtly match the ebbs and flows of Hall's performance. While Hall doesn't look or sound much like Nixon, the sheer, paranoid force of his characterization is thoroughly convincing: love Nixon or hate him, Secret Honor will give you plenty of support either way. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Based on the virulently antimilitary play by David Rabe, Streamers is set in a basic-training barracks. Matthew Modine is among the raw recruits who alternate between strutting around like bantam cocks to snivelling like frightened children. To test one another's manhood, the recruits indulge in violent physical and verbal game playing. Special attention is given those whose skin color or outlook on life is at odds with the "standards" of the group. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
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At the beginning of this documentary on early cinematographer Edwin S. Porter (1869-1941), director Charles Musser gives some background on the "nickelodeons" or theaters that charged a nickel as an entrance fee, and their early (presumably cheaper) predecessors. The men who set up the programs at the nickelodeons -- including Porter at times -- arranged film clips and still slides to create about a half-hour's worth of entertainment -- they were the first film editors. By 1907, eager U.S. movie-goers were investing one million nickels per day for these shows. Edwin S. Porter was active between 1886-1915 and he is still well-known for his 1903 Great Train Robbery, the world's first narrative film, all of 12 minutes long. (It should be noted that Porter's filmography after he lost his position as head of production in Thomas Edison's studio in 1908 is not included in this documentary.) Porter worked first with multi-shot sequences as early as 1901 ("The Execution of Czolgosz" on the assassination of President McKinley, using documentary footage and a staged dramatization), running through one (small) spool of film for one sequence, and another for an additional sequence, usually from another angle or of another scene. Instead of an editor at a nickelodeon putting together two film sequences, Porter was doing the sequencing as the cinematographer. Taking this idea one step further, he pioneered "overlapping continuity," as in his landmark 1902 Life of an American Fireman. In this example of the technique, he put cameras inside and outside a burning building, and in his completed film, he first showed a rescue sequence from the inside, followed by the same sequence from the outside. In the 1930s when that film was recut with methods developed by Porter's most well-known immediate successor, David Wark Griffith, the "Fireman" film was shown with alternating interior-exterior views, from the start of the rescue to the end. Director Charles Musser comments on this later style, saying that in Porter's early years, audiences were not yet visually sophisticated enough to understand the technique of multiple, simultaneous perspectives. (At the same time, other critics maintain that Porter himself intercut the scenes.) Another pioneer in a visual medium, Pablo Picasso came of age artistically during the development of these cinematic techniques, and it is curious that his own style of showing multiple, simultaneous viewpoints of a figure in one image parallels the cinematic visions emerging first with Edwin Porter and then with D.W. Griffith. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Robert Altman directed this low-budget film version of the play by Ed Graczyk, also directed by Altman on Broadway with the same cast. The film takes place in the small Texas town of McCarthy in 1975. Inside of a five-and-dime store, a reunion is planned for the members of a local 1950s James Dean fan club. An odd assortment of women arrive, revealing hidden secrets, as Altman flashes back, showing the women as young James Dean fans, and then jumps forward to present day to reveal the ravages of time and lost innocence. Among the women returning for the reunion is Mona (Sandy Dennis), a disturbed woman who, in the '50s, got a job as an extra on the Giant shoot and nine months later gave birth to a son, who she claims is James Dean's child. There is Sissy (Cher), a wisecracking waitress, and also Joanne (Karen Black), who holds a shocking secret that is revealed at the reunion. Besides the three main players, a collection of supporting characters maneuver around the periphery. They are Stella Mae (Kathy Bates), the wife of a rich petroleum executive; Edna Louise (Marta Heflin), a shy, withdrawn woman with numerous children; Juanita (Sudie Bond), the manager of the five-and-dime store; and Joe Qualley (Mark Patton), a young man who likes to dress up in women's clothing. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Endless Love
Based on a novel by Scott Spencer, Endless Love details the doomed romance between 17-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields). Banished from Jade's home by her daddy Hugh (Don Murray), David obsessively cooks up a scheme to get back into the family's good graces. Since this plan involves setting Jade's house on fire, one can easily predict that the puppy-love romance is in for a bumpy ride. Jailed for arson, David heads directly to Jade the moment that he's released, with tragic results. Posting respectable earnings thanks to the popularity of Brooke Shields, Endless Love was also the film debut of Tom Cruise, billed 18th in the cast list. A young James Spader lends a supporting role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive's hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he's large. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee' Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his dad, Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). Director Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Rich Kids
The rich kids of the title are 12-year-old Trini Alvarado and her intellectual pal Jeremy Levy. Alvarado is down in the dumps because her parents are going through a divorce. She finds a kindred spirit in Levy, whose folks split up long ago. He points out the advantages and privileges of being a child of divorce-and is so persuasive that he almost convinces himself as well as Alvarado. An early project of director Robert M. Young, Rich Kids was produced through the auspices of Robert Altman. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A Perfect Couple
Robert Altman cooled his "innovative" jets to make the innocuous romantic comedy A Perfect Couple. Marta Heflin plays a member of a boisterous rock group. Paul Dooley is a bashful bachelor from a tradition-bound Greek family. Heflin and Dooley meet via a computer dating service, whereupon all the expected comedy setups avail themselves, though most of these setups are played as seriously as if this film were MacBeth. The best moments are the scenes with Heflin's musical group, though there are far too many of these. While Perfect Couple didn't make a dime, it still represents one of Altman's better "chamber" films. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Perhaps the least seen but most talked about film of Robert Altman's career, Quintet is a somber science fiction tale that takes place after a nuclear holocaust has thrown the world into another Ice Age. A man named Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife Vivia (Brigitte Fossey) are wandering the desolate, frozen landscape and attempting to find Essex's brother, Francha (Tom Hill). They finally locate him in a frozen city, occupied by a number of apocalyptic survivors who who pass their time playing a mysterious game called "Quintet." No one is able to explain just how it is played, but Grigor (Fernando Rey) appears to act as the referee, and the stakes of the game are unusually high - losing means being thrown out into the snow and devoured by Rottweilers. Francha is soon killed, not as a casualty of Quintet
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, but for playing an assassination game on the side to relieve his own ennui. As 'collateral damage,', Vivia and the rest of Francha's family are soon extinguished as well. Essex is not happy with the way they've been rubbed out, but as he attempts to seek revenge, he is only drawn deeper into the lethal competition of Quintet. While this picture received negative reviews on its initial release, in retrospect it is worth noting that the photography (by Jean Boffety) and production design (by Leon Ericksen) are beautiful and striking, and that the film boasts one of Altman's strongest international casts, including Vittorio Gassman, Nina Van Pallandt, and Bibi Andersson, as befits its European-art-movie ambiance; the influence of the equally opaque, allegorical, game-playing Last Year at Marienbad (1961) is especially strong. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Robert Altman, the director responsible for M*A*S*H, came up with another acronymic title for his 1979 comedy H.E.A.L.T.H The letter stand for Happiness, Energy And Longevity Through Health--the name given a health-food convention at a Florida luxury hotel. In the tradition of his earlier Nashville and A Wedding, Altman utilizes the hotel as a gathering place for numerous interrelated, interconnecting plot threads. The unifying theme is a satire of corrupt politics, a la Watergate. Playing the unflappable hotel manager, Alfre Woodard stands out in a stellar cast including Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, Henry Gibson, Dick Cavett, and Paul Dooley (who cowrote the screenplay with Altman and Frank Barhydt). By rights, H.E.A.L.T.H should have been a real crowd pleaser, but the film's preview went so poorly that its release was held up for nearly a year. Virtually thrown away by 20th Century-Fox, H.E.A.L.T.H has appeared recently on The Fox Movie Channel, but never received a commercial video release, which hasn't helped it it attain a following. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A Wedding
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Robert Altman's over-frenetic satire on American marriage rituals and hypocrisy concerns the upper-crust marriage between Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker). As the film begins, a senile bishop forgets the lines to the wedding ceremony and Nettie Sloan (the groom's grandmother) drops dead in an upstairs bedroom. Nettie's death is not disclosed to the two families who converge at the wedding reception. As the two sets of in-laws slam into each other, the bride and groom disappear in the ensuing whirlwind of chaos as both extended families vie for sexual favors and try to keep hidden never-discussed family secrets. Regina Corelli (Nina Van Pallandt) is revealed to be a drug addict, while Luigi, is endeavoring unsuccessfully to keep his Mafia connections under wraps. Meanwhile, the bride's family, although more down to earth, are revealed to be no better. Tulip Brenner (Carol Burnett) begins to flirt with one of the wedding guests, Mackenzie Goddard (Pat McCormick), while Snooks Brenner (Paul Dooley) acts like a lout and drinks heavily. And flying around the edges of the action like Tinkerbell is Buffy Brenner, the Brenners' youngest daughter, who is pregnant by the groom. As other characters bang into each other -- sexual degenerates, hard-nosed radicals, raw-boned emotional wrecks -- the wedding reception heads for its inevitable nuclear explosion. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Remember My Name
This disquieting domestic thriller from writer and director Alan Rudolph was produced by his long-time mentor Robert Altman. Anthony Perkins stars as Neil Curry, a construction worker living happily in suburbia with his wife Barbara (Berry Berenson) until their home becomes vandalized during the holiday season by a stalker. It seems that the assailant, Emily (Geraldine Chaplin), is Neil's chain-smoking, mentally disturbed ex-wife, who has just been released from jail after serving a long sentence for murder. Now she seems to be both seeking revenge for some past wrongs and attempting to win Neil back at the same time. Meanwhile, the television broadcasts the mounting death toll from a devastating earthquake in Hungary, increasing the sense of menace, though no one seems to take much notice. In supporting roles, Remember My Name (1978) featured early motion picture performances from a trio of actors that would go on to become well-known, Jeff Goldblum, Alfre Woodard and Dennis Franz. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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The Late Show
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Even though he barely makes enough money to cover his expenses and finds divorce cases (his bread and butter) unsavory, aging detective Ira Wells (Art Carney) is determined to stay active and to retain some amount of self-respect. When his partner Harry Regan (Howard Duff) is killed while on assignment, Ira agrees to take on his current case, although he can't see how it has anything to do with his friend's murder, which he is anxious to solve. In order to survive, by solving the case of his client's missing cat, and solving the murder of his friend, Ira winds up accepting a lot of help from his client Margo (Lily Tomlin). By the end of the film, it looks like an offbeat romance, or perhaps a new business partnership, is blooming. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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They used pictures from last year's BAFTA. It doesnt mean Rob will present this year.
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The "G" Series: Hip-Hop For Adults, vol. 2 by ReadJack Track 2: Tinted Glass Released October 9, 2012
This track has taken on several iterations since 2009, and it ends here, with the original production from JNX enhanced by guitar licks from Marcus Rezak. G teamed JNX & Rezak on Vol. 1's "Drop It Low," and once again they create a formidable duo. Rezak's guitar work is alternatively piercing and rumbling, and Jai Wil's vocals create an echoing contrast to G's rhymes.
Kudos as well to engineer Greg "G-Ball" Majors of The Attic, who possesses the wonderful ability to both simplify and enhance a piece of music, a vital skill for streamlining a song that has undergone a long evolution. This is another standard of Young General's live show, and one of my personal favorites.
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BOSTON -- Allston real estate and property management company Alpha Management Corp. and its owner, Anwar Faisal, have agreed to pay a total of $250,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 42 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
The Wage and Hour Division's Boston District Office found that the company and Faisal violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by misclassifying 42 workers as independent contractors and employing them for more than 40 hours per workweek without paying overtime for the excess hours. The employees worked as painters, maintenance employees, janitors, electricians, plumbers, floor installers and security guards at properties owned by Mr. Faisal and at other locations, such as Northeastern University.
"Employers who either intentionally or negligently misclassify their employees as independent contractors, thus avoiding paying legally required wages, are not just cheating vulnerable workers, they are also undercutting those employers who obey the law and pay their employees properly," said Dieera Fitzgerald, assistant director for the division's Boston office, which conducted the investigation.
Under the agreement, Alpha and Faisal will pay the workers $125,000 in back wages, minus legally required payroll taxes, covering the period of Nov. 16, 2008, through Nov. 13, 2010, plus an equal amount of liquidated damages. Proof of payment must be submitted to the Wage and Hour Division by Jan. 4, 2012. If Alpha and Faisal fail to comply with the terms of the agreement, including future compliance with all applicable provisions of the FLSA, they face possible legal action in U.S. district court.
The FLSA requires that covered employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour as well as time and one-half their regular hourly rates of pay for every hour they work beyond 40 per week. The law also requires employers to maintain accurate records of employees' wages, hours and other conditions of employment, and prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who exercise their rights under the law. The FLSA provides that employers who violate the law are liable to employees for the back wages as well as an equal amount in liquidated damages.
Detailed compliance assistance on the FLSA and other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division is available on line at http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/ca_main.htm.
The agreement was facilitated by the Labor Department's Regional Solicitor's Office in Boston. Workers and employers in Massachusetts with questions about their FLSA rights and responsibilities may call the Wage and Hour Division's Boston office at 617-624-6700 or its toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243).
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COATESVILLE, Pa.—Animal welfare officials in suburban Philadelphia are investigating the death of a caged dog found ablaze at the side of a road.
The chief of a Chester County volunteer fire company says he saw what appeared to be a brush fire along Route 82 in Coatesville on Friday night.
Fire crews responded and found a burning dog inside a crate. They worked to extinguish the flames, but the animal died.
Officials say they a necropsy is planned. They don't yet know what breed the dog was
The Chester County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating what spokesman Rich Britton calls a "despicable act of animal cruelty."


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By CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY
SEBRING -- During times of difficulty, challenge and fear, it is important to remember that America empowers people. Individuals make a difference here. Individuals working together change history.
Kevin Roberts, who served Highlands County as Director of Human Services for 13 years, personifies this reality. While he is quick to point out he does not work alone and that dozens of people have been essential in bringing his dreams to life, the fact of the matter is the landscape of Highlands County would be dramatically different if Roberts had never settled here.
A dreamer, catalyst, diplomat and pest, once Roberts sets on a project he keeps putting one foot in front of the other until the vision becomes concrete.
Take the Champion for Children Foundation, which was his solution to bureaucratic red tape. "It could make good things happen fast in Highlands County," he has said.
Supported with a unique blend of private and public funding that creates financial flexibility, it was created by the county commission, but is run by a board of directors. Partly a way for the county to provide needed services, the foundation impacts the community in a vast number of ways. Each service and each program the foundation created and supported over the years thrives to this day. Combined, they provide children -- and families with children -- advice, protection, emergency aid and support services.
Consider the list of the foundation's accomplishments: The Children Services Council, where representatives from the spectrum of children serving agencies get together regularly to brainstorm and network; The Avon Park Youth Academy, where boys in trouble with the law have an opportunity to turn their lives around; the Family Safe House; the Healthy Kids Initiative, providing medical services to school-age children; the Emergency Rescue Fund, which assists families in crisis; Vision Quest, which provides eye care for school-age children; the We Care Hotline for teens; the Kinsley L. Cox Living Memorial Fund, which provides funds for non-medical expenses for families with a seriously ill or injured child; the Champion for Children Children's Advocacy Center, a leader and model for one-stop sites providing protection, support and services for families whose children are at risk.
Roberts mentions a long list of names who were as instrumental as he in bringing the foundation to life -- people like Doris Gentry Hawthorne and Ruth Handley. Still, he can't suppress a happy smile. "Men do not give birth to anything, I gave birth to the foundation," he said, his smile widening.
For 2013 Roberts, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, builds on past achievements and plans his most ambitious project yet -- the Champion for Children Circle Theater in Sebring.
Two reasons the theater is a challenge to renovate have to do with the fact it was built in 1923, and been neglected over the last several years, in foreclosure for the last five.
"It was a mess," said Roberts, "an old, dilapidated theater, a pink dinosaur, so to speak. A rat-infested, roach-infested wreck. There isn't one square wall in the building," said Roberts, looking up at the ceiling. It needed all new wiring and plumbing, and those are only two items on a very long list.
Roberts and his crew come to the theater with plenty of experience. They have already turned an abandoned part of an air base into the APYA, a decrepit convenience store into the advocacy center, and a close-to-condemned older home into the foundation headquarters.
Even so, Roberts and the board of directors were not with doubts, especially as their goal is a self-sustaining institution. Funding was a major concern.
"The decision to move forward was a big leap," Roberts said, during an interview in the foundation's comfortable greeting room Friday morning. "I stepped out onto a diving board."
He leaned forward. "Ships are safe in port, but that's not what ships are for. It was time for action."
The theater's redesign embraces the past with an exterior reflecting the year the theater was built, 1923.
Inside, the decor is art nouveau with special touches. "Four chandeliers provide a 'wow' affect," Roberts said. "Everything is first class."
The ceiling is covered with metallic pressed tiles, typical of the 1920s.
Three tiers of seating provide excellent sight lines and the acoustics are excellent, he added.
The enlarged stage, projector and large screen, plus a compliment of theatrical lights make producing plays or presenting seminars easy. At the same time, the space has an ambiance ideal for weddings or celebration parties.
"This is the biggest, most difficult project we've ever undertaken," Roberts said, adding that the benefits to the community made all the hard work and frustration worth it.
The theater will offer various art programs for students after-school and during the summer, as well as during the school day for pre-K children. There will be programs for adults, from vintage movies to room for meetings.
Roberts laughed when asked when the theater would open -- the foundation has owned the building for two years -- "I'm saying April 1st," he said.
"You mean April Fool's day," he was asked.
"Exactly," he replied. Then he grew serious. "It's about giving not taking," he said. "About honor and glorifying the Lord. This is not a job, this is my mission."
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From boarding and daycare to checkups and surgery, the services at Chesterfield Veterinary Center have pets covered. Three doctors and a small staff work to keep dogs and cats happy and healthy. They care for animals six days a week and showcase philanthropic values as well: when the team unexpectedly and tragically lost an employee, they established a foundation in his name that benefits animal charities.
The boutique boasts a collection of doggie essentials, colorful canine clothing, toys, and services to ensure your furry friend is up to snuff. Appropriately attire an affenpinscher by bestowing her with a Juicy Couture embroidered velour hoodie ($45) for a romp in the park or an Oscar Newman peppermint pixie dress ($82) for an elegant evening. Gifting a giant schnauzer with one of Lola & Penelope's toys, such as the squeakable Harry Barker hemp dog bone ($9.75), will keep tempted teeth from chewing all your sun-dried socks. Or peruse Lola & Penelope's plentiful selection of cute leather collars ($12 and up), carriers ($49 and up), dishes ($15 and up), and deodorizing shampoos ($13.75 and up) to find the finishing touch to your home dog or cat collection. Your Groupon is valid for in-store purchases only.
Silver Maple Farm's two-acre estate teems with furry friends on loan from owners. In two-hour play sessions at doggie daycare, pooches stretch their legs, breathe fresh air, and make new friends by checking other dogs' tail areas for trading cards ($28.50/day, $21.50/half-day). The facility is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each weekday so that Fidos can socialize while their human servants are off earning money and buying kibble.
Hotel guests lick scoops of salmon or bacon-cheddar frozen yogurt before watching Disney movies in private suites. Every dog's anthropomorphic dream comes true at Petropolis Pet Center, where a dog and cat hotel indulges pets' whims with gourmet treats, snuggly blankets, feline jungle gyms, and other animal accouterments. After checking in at the front desk—a hangout for mascot Charlie the tortoise—trained staffers lead pets to lodgings or to dog day camp, where pups divided into three compatible size groups romp in the grass or atop playground equipment. An onsite grooming salon trims coats, fluffs fur with soothing low-heat and low-noise dryers, and brushes teeth to remove lingering crumbs from Petropolis Barkery's epicurean baked goods. Dogs can refine their manners at training school, learning how to sit, stay, and leave a calling card at every hydrant, before moving on to competition training. Petropolis's Pet Career School transforms amateur dog lovers into pro groomers or certified trainers and helps careers to get off the ground with job-placement assistance.
The canine caretakers at BauserHaus keep watch over their guests throughout a 7,000-square-foot facility. Organized by size, dogs spend all day trotting about indoor and outdoor play areas. Come nighttime, boarding dogs snooze in private 5'x5' pens furnished with beds and, like the homes of football stars, astroturf carpeting.


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SYRACUSE -- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand came to Syracuse Friday, touting a series of tax break proposals for small businesses, especially to benefit business women.
The senator says the tax breaks are an extension of legislation that expired earlier this year. The benefits include a number of provisions that help give small businesses the ability to grow, by offering incentives to invest in small business. Before 2009, half of the gain of a small business stock was subject to tax, now that exclusion is 75 percent. The Small Business Jobs Act expanded that to 100 percent of the gain.
Eligible small businesses have gross assets under $50 million. The stock must be held for at least 5 years.
Gillibrand says the extenders will help all small businesses, but is especially geared toward women-owned companies that may have trouble securing loans from large banks.
More than 25% of small businesses in the Empire State are owned by women.
Gillibrand made the announcement in front of Potter Heating and Air Conditioning, and Perrone Plumbing, two examples of women-owned businesses in Central New York.
"Women owned businesses see ideas through to fruition," Senator Gillibrand says.
Suzanne Kondra DeFuria has been a small business owner for 32 years. She says she appreciates the support that was leant to her.
"It's a pleasure to have a woman in my corner who understands the issues and struggles I face in these economic times," says DeFuria, President Potter Heating & AC, and the Vice President of Perrone Plumbing.
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Viral videos are not a new concept. But, the concept of marketing firms and media entities producing viral "prank" videos kind of is. WSJ's Billy Higgins has a look at our picks for the top prank videos. (Photo: YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Money flow gives a snapshot of relative buying and selling pressure in a stock.
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All songs are tiered.
MCS, I used the tiers from the RB3 engine, which is why everything but guitar has changed.
All songs are tiered.
MCS, I used the tiers from the RB3 engine, which is why everything but guitar has changed.
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I just noticed this; instead of the link going directly to the photo, it's showing the photo on Photobucket. Any particular reason for that?
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Wow, interesting tier for Revolution 9. I'm surprised you had the courage to tier it, it sure is a creepy song. I'd imagine the majority of the vocals are talkies with a few pitched ones, but I haven't heard the entire thing.
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Alright. My TMV hypothesis is holding true so far. Next songs are.....
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
The Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
Thank you, my next two requests:
"Cross-Eyed Mary" - Jethro Tull
"Holland, 1945" - Neutral Milk Hotel (with it being ITAOTS's 15 anniversary and all)
Moar Grateful Dead:
Led Zeppelin (I can dream, can't I?):
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All songs are tiered.
Radiohead, I actually noticed that as well. It's weird, and I don't understand how it happened.
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Eh, I don't really mind it. If anyone else minds it, I'll change it.
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Since there is no way I can get away with requesting Cassandra Gemini (and because Goliath is perfect as is), I'm giving a different pack now. Still tiering the rest of Dire Straits, though....
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
(because I have hope to convert you) Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
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Mottez A025PMON Eco 3 Bike Carrier
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- Folds down to allow easy storage in your car boot or home
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The Mottez Eco bike carrier is both easy to fit and extremely safe to use. Carrying up to 3 bikes, this rear bicycle carrier will allow you to enjoy family bike rides in the countryside or the city. Fixings included.
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While this particular Safety Alert For Operators stemmed from a fatal accident involving a Learjet Model 60, it's good advice for us all. And it's more critical than improving gas mileage. This SAFO emphasizes the necessity for operators of all aircraft, and especially the Learjet Model 60, to maintain the correct tire pressure. This is done by checking cold tire pressure at the intervals recommended by the manufacturer.
On September 19 of last year, a Learjet Model 60 departing the Columbia South Carolina Airport overran the runway when the crew attempted to reject the takeoff. The two crewmembers and two of the four passengers were fatally injured, the other two passengers suffered serious injuries. The aircraft was destroyed by extensive post-crash fire. The initial investigation revealed tire debris and portions of the airplane's components on the runway. It is possible that low tire pressure could have led to a tire failure.
The tires on the Lear Model 60 are designed to carry heavy loads at high speeds. Problems caused by incorrect tire pressure can lead to catastrophic failure of the tire(s). Over inflation of a tire can cause uneven tread wear, reduced traction, make the tread more susceptible to cutting, and can increase the stress on aircraft wheels. Under inflation of a tire can cause uneven tire wear and greatly increases stress and flex heating in the tire, which shortens tire life and can lead to tire blowouts.
It is imperative pilots understand the dangers of improperly inflated tires. Pressure checks of tires are most meaningful at ambient temperature when tires have been at rest for at least two hours since their last use. When tire pressure is checked with a gauge, the gauge must be calibrated.
The FAA recommends all pilots become familiar with this SAFO, and be sure to check tire pressure as recommended. In other words, don't just "kick the tires and light the fires."
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Sarah Wagner's interest in American manufacturing began with a family road trip. She and her husband loaded up their motor home in summer 2011 and visited small towns across the country whose fate seemed to be tied to the presence of industry.
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Not too long ago i purchaised a asus gaming notebook g74sx x dh71 thrue amazon.com for 1669$ + payed around 400$ for customs clearance. Brought home-unpacked-launched it up-saw "dead from a box" product.correctly it wasn't "dead" it had gpu artifacts all over the matrix (red/purple horizontal lines).Of course i knew it was some broken contact on the gpu chip.First thing i did i gave it a little pressure by pressing on the space between keyboard and numpad sections (where the gpu lies) and suddenly all artifacts disappeared until i moved my finger away.Then i made a fast windows registration and logged in the desktop screen which was freezing as hell so i tried to restart it manually with alt+f4 but it just lagged and gave me dump screen (blue screen full of numbers and letters).Then i just logged in with the "safe mode" (still with the artifacts) i logged in to the Internet to download fullmark gpu test (just to check if the gpu is alive) then i installed it but when i tried to run it up it gave me error "Could not initialize ZoomGPU.furMark startup failed.Bye! ".Then i tried to test it with a regular way by installing GTA4 and after when i pressed on the "launch the game" button i had black screen....RESTART AGAIN !...didn't help....black screen-reinsert the battery-started up it again-no black screen still lots of artifacts.Checked in the device management-display adapters-yellow exclamation mark on the Nvidia gtx 560m ! (ofc i tried to naively update the drivers but the laptop didn't find the gpu again!)
Fun begins now !
First i called and informed amazon.I told them that i want to replace my broken notebook with the new one they said "Ok but you have to send a broken back and we will exchange it within 3 days" i told them that its nearly impossible to send something from my country to USA (takes around 2 weeks of registering your invoice in the Ministry of Economics+takes 1 week to send your package and they told me that they wont cover the transfaring money so that's more 1300$ to register-send and recive it back....) so they told me to inform asus and that was the best they can do...And then I started searching for official asus representatives in my country (Georgia.(PS. NOT the USA Georgia ,its based near the Russia in the Caucasus) so i found their number then i called them ,then spoke with them explained my problem they told me i have to register my warranty which comes with the notebook.At that moment i really didn't knew how to do that so i thought i have to fill in the warranty card which came with the notebook like "your name,zip,etc etc" but i didn't understand which address line did they need from me...the address where i live or US address where my notebooks invoice is registered(by the company which sends stuff from amazon to my country).So i called asus costumer support in the US.First call was totally waste of time/money(and believe me its VERY expensive to call from my place to US!) they were asking my name/notebooks serial and bla-bla-bla! bang and i lose all my mobile phone credits...then i recalled them back and just asked them to answer to my question !First thing i asked about invoice address or my home address (PS i explained him the situation) he answered me "We need your real address...Where you live!" I asked ONE MORE time the operator "Do I need to send this "warranty blank" to you guys right ?- Yes Sir right!-Ok,shell i receive any documents or letters to my real address ?-No Sir you will get answer only by your contact e-mail."
After i did all the procession-filled in all my information in the warranty card.Then i went to the Fed Ex post office-putted warranty card with the copy of my amazon invoice in a envelope (thought just to be sure that that they wont need any evidence that i bought it) payed 40$ thou....
After 3-4 days i checked my tracking number.At this moment it was already delivered to the Asus Computer International in the Fremont California and signed by some person named S.Man.After i registered the product in vip.asus.com(btw it was a total lack with russian translation) and then i clicked on the "warranty activation" section....and boy i was confused....for me it was a big surprise than no one from the asus company even bothered treeing to write that ACTUALLY YOU CAN register warranty ONLINE on the warranty card booklet.....................i have read the warranty card VERY carefully and checked even warranty information online in the support.asus.com but i didn't find any info how to register your warranty........so now 3 days have passed and i really don't know what to do....will i receive an email? should i call them? did i send them my latter pointlessly and should that even work ?!....i don't know, i know that I'm very disappointed in the asus and amazon...
So any bright suggestions folks ?
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The Executive Dual Time is a very modern looking watch - my concern is whether it is refined enough to be taken seriously as a luxury timepiece. One element that I've never seen before is the rectangular index inside of a round dial. The bezel is black ceramic and the 43mm case is available in steel or 18k rose gold. The dual time functionality of the watch is pretty nifty. On the left side of the case are two pushers (for advancing or subtracting hours) used to operated the dual time window. The digit in the window displays the hour in GMT time, while the main minute hand is used for the minutes for both times. The watch also has a nicely integrated big date complication. While the subsidiary seconds works fine, there is nothing particularly special about it. Powering the watch is a automatic UN caliber 24 movement.
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Duke had its basketball media day Friday at the Emily Krzyzewski Center in Durham, and Observer staff writer Bret Strelow was on hand as the Blue Devils discussed the upcoming season and other topics.
Duke has three seniors who are returning starters, and over the next few weeks the coaches plan to monitor a minor, undisclosed injury to guard Seth Curry, who rode a stationary bike for parts of Friday's practice. In other injury news, redshirt freshman Marshall Plumlee's left foot was in a protective boot. He hurt the foot during an individual workout Wednesday.
Last year, point guard Quinn Cook spent most of the preseason recovering from knee surgery. Coach Mike Krzyzewski said Friday he expects Cook to start as a sophomore and have Tyler Thornton come off the bench. Redshirt freshman Alex Murphy is the most likely candidate to step in at the '3' spot.
During his opening statement, without having to be asked, Krzyzewski addressed the Lance Thomas situation.
In 2010, as a Duke senior, Thomas bought nearly $100,000 in diamond jewelry. The jeweler sued Thomas for defaulting on a $67,800 payment, and they reached a confidential settlement Sept. 18. Duke and the NCAA have been working together to determine whether Thomas violated rules pertaining to improper benefits for college athletes.
"We want to honor the integrity of that process, and that's why I haven't made any statements about it and will continue to do that," Krzyzewski said.
Will Duke get proper leadership from its seniors?
The Blue Devils needed their upperclassmen to be strong leaders last season, but that was a big adjustment considering many of them had previously been role players.
Kelly and Mason Plumlee were named captains in late April, five-plus months before the official start of practice.
"It gave them the spring and summer to already assert their leadership, and they both have done that," Krzyzewski said. "I'm especially impressed with Mason. When you see him play, I just think he's one of the best players in the United States."
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Krzyzewski, who attended West Point and served in the Army, on staying at Fort Bragg on Sunday. The team will go through a military-style training session Monday before practicing in front of soldiers later in the day.
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Right so there's also scary side to this hold drought that we haven't heard a lot about believe it or not -- The deadly bacteria is actually from riding in these dry conditions now over the past two weeks more than 100 animals have died.
In Colorado and Texas as a result of the anthrax infection.
Joining us now doctor keep you were a veterinarian with the state of Colorado.
-- -- dictionary definition of anthrax is that it's a disease infecting cattle sheep and humans.
Hot I don't know does not gonna spread to human -- things.
-- -- -- disease hasn't been seen in state for over thirty years that.
Historically we've had anthrax in cattle.
On a common basis.
Fortunately it doesn't spill over to people very often.
He shares surge started.
And summer -- somebody animals -- how many animals have been affected so far.
Well in the index -- we've had about sixty mortality is in that we have to joining ranches that it had just one how each.
So the spread outside the index branches and limited.
-- rates but.
More than 16100 animals have died that died in the 2001 anthrax outbreaks of in Texas so.
We seen on we've lost a lot of in -- -- this disease over the years is there a way to contain it.
You know that it -- ebbs and flows its us soil borne bacteria and when the conditions are right typically with either router flooding.
It creates a favorable environment for the bacteria.
-- on this case in Colorado it's been 31 years that in this area the Platte river valley the conditions are.
Favorable for the bacteria and it certainly in fact that the number of cattle.
It's interesting that the bacteria thrives in the dry conditions.
OK so you get -- that having yet ranchers working with these counts.
How do we know then that you know beef is not going to be affected beef prices because of the anthrax in these cattle.
But the overall number of cases in Colorado.
Percentage wise is exceedingly low.
Our ranchers -- where veterinarians -- where.
And the only if the ranchers C cattle are affected that have clinical signs they -- to contact their veterinarians.
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And then what are they care to our other cows -- -- cattle taken off the market.
Well the good news in this case and no cattle left the farm.
Prior to the quarantine being issued so no cattle went to livestock auction markets and more importantly no cattle went to slaughter so the food supply in the states.
OPEC is that I think is a concern at the end of the day right.
Are you worried about you know this getting -- people being nervous that you know what I'm not gonna have that stake for along -- for awhile now until they -- this anthrax thing out.
The people shouldn't be worried that it.
The overall risk of the disease in people is essentially nil the only contact would be with those branches that have infected cattle.
The food safe and in the monitoring systems have been effective and then therefore now impact on prices down around you don't think.
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I haven´t cared for the Red Cross since they charged me for cookies when I was in the service.
The Red Cross "rakes it in" in the name of the storm, but makes no promises that it will be used for the victims of the storm. Rather it goes into the organization´s general fund - and administrative costs are skimmed off the top. These are much higher than in the Salvation Army, which is manned by many volunteers and a few years ago had a direct aid rendered in the high 90th percentile of what it took in.
PS. After Red Cross administrative costs are deducted, the remainder may go anywhere - but not necessarily the named disaster area.
I never give to Red Cross. They are a fat and stupid organization. Saw firsthand after a local apartment building fire they were giving away $5000 gift cards to folks - those that told a good story, folks the apartment manager told the Red Cross rep that their units were not involved in fire. It is not their money, so they don´t care.After 9/11 scam who would ever trust them?This organizational behavior goes all the way back to my father - in 1947 when the SS Grandchamp blew up Texas City - he told me he saw the Red Cross selling blankets to the victims.
It is all Bush´s fault.
Hearings. As good as any to start challenging the profit margins and featherbedding of these organizations. Tax exempt status should be on the table.
I dislike the Red Cross organization on several levels. They are the carpetbaggers of the 20th and 21st century. Always wanting money and never doing a darn thing with it to help people. I learned this in 1960 in Beatrice Nebr. when the Blue River flooded a large portion of the town. The red cross came in and was selling their help while across the street the Salvation Army was giving eveything away. Needless to say my dad gave some bedding that we did not need to the Salvation Army. To this day I will never give a penny to the red cross.
Goes back to WW2, 2 Uncles found the SA selling coffee and donuts when they came off the front lines with not a dime between them.
I never knew a WW11 vet who did not hate the Red Cross, my father included, for the above stated reasons. Should you wish to give, donate to the Salvation Army, they did.
The wife proudly announced the other night that she´d donated $10 at the Costco register. We´ve spent better evenings together.
FEMA is even worse if that is possible.That said, the woman at the head of the Red Cross earns over $500.000 per year.
You and many others, #7, dating back to WWII, Europe.
Reallygets my goat that media pushes RC constantly. Not one dime from me. Salvation Army is wonderful.
I gave up on the Red Cross after 9/11...they ´duped´ the American public then and they are doing it now.If you want to give....give to ´Wounded Warriors´xoxox
#10, Sorry to hear that, Costco´s probably donating that to Obama´s 2016 campaign.
Every WWII vet I had the pleasure of knowing hated the Red Cross.And like other posters the SA is my major charity other than my church.And the left hates the ´Army´. That makes it a worthy charity in my book. This also reminds me to send my Christmas donation.God bless the Salvation Army.
As many times as the Red Cross has done this to raise money with no accounting for the money they raised, I´m not giving them a dime.
I donate to nothing. Let use Obama´s stash. I´m done.
Obama cares about you.
Hurricane Betsy was a devastating storm that hit New Orleans in 1965, as a young boy I remember walking down Airline Highway with my dad. The Red Cross was selling coffee. My dad said lets go over here instead. The Mafia Boss of New Orleans, Carlos Marcello had his people handing out food, ice, coffee all for free.
We are about to learn first hand why other countries give so little to charity when compared to the US in the past. Under this environment it is everyone for themselves. Sad, but now charity really does begin at home.
After the Red Cross ran its 2-minute Obama re-election ad the week before the election, I will NEVER, EVER give them another penny.
Re #8,Goes back to WW2, 2 Uncles found the SA selling coffee and donuts when they came off the front lines with not a dime between them. I have never heard of the Salvation Army selling coffee and donuts. That´s a Red Cross thing. The Salvation Army has always provided it to our military free. And in WWI it was taken close to the front lines.
I second the motion. What is the RC doing with all their money? If the Salvation Army was pulling these stunts, you can bet the feds would be on them like white on rice. Time for a proctology exam of the RC.
Red Cross. No Way! Like many others, no no no. My Dad, too, was charged time and again by the Red Cross for their "Good Samaritan" acts of kindness. Cup of coffee" smoke? Cookie or sandwich? You want it? You paid for it. After his stint in the service, he would never give to this organization. He never was adamant as to why. He just never gave them a penny. The Salvation Army was the organization who benefited from the poor decisions RC made.
My grandmother ran into hard times in the 1920s in Boston. She had three kids and no money. The Red Cross refused to help. Thank God for the Salvation Army. They were there until she could get her financial footing back. She always harbored resentment toward the Red Cross as not being a charitable organization. She passed that to her daughter/ my mother on to me.I donated money to Catholic Charities to help the victims of Sandy. CC seems to be a very highly regarded organization. I never give money to the Red Cross or the United Way.
Ditto for my WWII Dad. He had utter contempt for the Red Cross. They got the same from our family as they gave so many of our WWII troops - nothing.
When Obama showed up for his Sandy photo op and suggested the American People donate to Red Cross, I knew that within 2 weeks there would be a lot of unhappy people.
Hey #11, sorry to disappoint you but I doubt the head of the red Cross would take the job for a mere $500,000. It´s more than a MILLION and that includes a fancy car, a huge expense account and everything they can charge off to the saps that donate to it. The Salvetion Army is where to go to get any help at all! Veteran of 38 years...
I agree with everyone´s opinion of the Red Cross. My go-to charity is the Salvation Army or the Shriner´s Hospital system.
It goes back to World War I. I am old enough to remember those veterans and I was told never to donate to the Red Cross.
My Mother told me that during the Louisville Flood (1937 I think) she said Red Cross was selling blankets, coffee and donuts. Oh my WW II Dad had his own experience with them and despised the Red Cross. We could never mention that name in our house.I had my own experience. The theory is that if there is a family member who dies, notify the Red Cross and they will notify the service member overseas. The Red Cross told my family they could not locate me to pass on the death in my family.WAIT: As a member of Armed Forces Radio and TV, I had a radio show every day at 2 pm Mon thru Fri and I did the 6 pm news on TV every night. Yet the Red Cross couldn´t find me. I didn´t learn this until after I returned to the States.I have the highest respect for the Salvation Army and we (our Radio Emergency Communications Group) supported them in Florida.One more thing.
One more thing. Do you get those calls to donate to the Policemen or Firemen? Don´t donate. I read an investigation of them and they found that 85% of the donations went to Administrators salaries, phone banks and staff to make the calls. Police and Firemen only got 15% of the donations.Instead I support the local Fire and Police departments when they have fund raisers. At least I know the money is going direct to them without any middle men.
When the United Way was exposed as a high administrative cost outfit, they stopped getting my money. Well that´s not exactly right. It was when the limo and champaign lifestyle the top dogs treated themselves to made headlines that the contributions ended.The Red Cross seems to operate like a Mob protection racket, with the aftermath of war and natural disaster used as the threat.
Just checking to see when the United Way was founded (roots in the late 1800s), #35, and came across this:In May 2009, United Way of America and United Way International were integrated as one global entity, United Way Worldwide.Global entity? That means contributions can go to any country in the world? Well, that puts the lid on that one, doesn´t it? As the libs are fond of saying, "Think local." Donate locally (not forgetting needy animals) and to the Salvation Army and places like the Shriners Hospital.My original intent was to report that I worked for a UW agency in the 70s. That agency employed several social workers but what I remember most clearly is when two of those well-paid social workers spent many hours closeted together, searching through federal publications to find grants for which they could write a proposal.I was astonished to find out that it wasn´t a need that prompted a grant proposal, it was an abundance of money for certain types of projects. End of another innocence.


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49 CFR Part 1253 - RATE-MAKING ORGANIZATION; RECORDS AND REPORTS
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