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The following is a reprint of our review from TIFF.
Sophomoric, silly and pretty much a high-concept sitcom in origin, production value and tone, Gregg Araki's candy-coated "Kaboom" is ridiculous, ultra-camp and likely only appeals to his small band of constituents (and the seal-trained TIFF audiences that will laugh at anything), but the wacky picture admittedly does contain a few silly delights.
Kicking off with a strange, clue-laden dream, the absurd rom-com/murder mystery stars Thomas Dekker as Smith, a bisexual Californian college student about to go down a rabbit hole of cults, conspiracies and general weirdness. His best friend is the ginger-haired lesbian Stella (relative newcomer Haley Bennett) who is his partner in crime and a clever, quippy foil (the rest of the cast are largely unknowns as well).
Smith's haunting dream contains two female figures who enter the plot later on, a mysterious red-head (Nicole LaLiberte) and Lorelei (Roxane Mesquida), a dark-haired girl who later turns out to be a crazy lesbian witch who becomes obsessed with Stella and stalks her with her powers (no, really).
College life is typical for an Araki film, lots of gay sex, straight sex, three-ways, ecstasy-induced hook-ups, and campus parties. Smith fantasises about his dumb-as-rocks surfer roommate, Thor (Chris Zylka), and life is what you imagine for a promiscuous college kid, but things turn strange when people from his dream start turning up in real life at a party. Lorelei becomes Stella's needy girlfriend and after a drug-filled session with a random girl named London (Juno Temple, who is easily the best part of the sometimes barely tolerable movie), Smith wanders around campus, coming across the screaming and panicked red-head being chased by shadowy figures in creepy animal masks. Frantic, she gives Smith a disc of information and then is murdered in front of his eyes. The young student is knocked unconscious and we fade to black.
In the morning back in his room, he thinks it was all a euphoria-induced crazy dream and goes back to his business of scoping out guys and enjoying very casual sex with his new hookup friend London. To cut to the chase, the student soon finds out the girl's murder was actually real and he and his friends are further freaked out when they discover the body's been stolen from the local morgue.
What ensues afterwards is a twisty and winding plot of intrigue, murder, sex, and a shadowy worldwide conspiracy that includes a massive secret cult and Smith at the epicenter as the chosen one who everyone is after.
In some ways the ludicrous and convoluted plotline is ambitious and amusing — advanced irony graduates will likely adore its silly absurdisms — and in other ways it deserves a TV-like laugh track it is so pedestrian and eye-roll provoking. The filmmaker plays it broad, and while there a few laughs, "Kaboom," is so half-witted, it's hard not to wince and groan occasionally (Araki regular and Keanu Reeves-like horrible actor James Duval shows up too and his stoner "Messiah" character for example is just painfully unfunny; Kelly Lynch also co-stars). The only reason "Kaboom" can't be labeled an all-out disaster is that it's so peculiar and so outlandish there are admittedly a few moments worth relishing and chuckling over.
Araki's preoccupation with incessant sex is still in evidence and the way he fetishizes the male form would be considered incredibly sexist if he was a straight male shooting females. Production values are so poor they're distracting and the decision to use 1990s-like toaster effect transitions is just dumb (so bad it's good? Har har!). The filmmaker still has the best soundtracks in the business — shoegazery tracks by Interpol, Jesus & Mary Chain and other usual suspects, plus a score written by the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie and performed by musicians like Ulrich Schnauss — but ultimately it means very little and the music never remotely elevates the mediocre material (and at this point, it's incredibly predictable; we love Slowdive too, but dude, it's time to move on already and find a new thing).
Araki made a solid film before, "Mysterious Skin" with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and that was the first time we took him seriously, but perhaps it was a fluke never to be repeated. All we know is after 20 years of angsty, Gen-X films directed with the subtlety and nuance of John Waters, Araki apparently still has yet to mature and or say things of much substance. John Cameron Mitchell has graduated already from making films about guys sucking each other off (see the excellent "Rabbit Hole"), so maybe Araki should try the same. Lord knows after 20 years, the wild, Queer-core camp teen thing is getting really old.
While superficially the film feels like a David Lynch picture in college, it's more like "Saved By The Bell" aesthetics and sense of humor meets that bizarro world version of "Twin Peaks" and "Lost Highway," minus the masterclass director's visionary nightmarish and dreamlike tenors. [C-]


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A woman on a walk in a Pueblo neighborhood on Monday morning was attacked by two pit bulls, police said."[The victim] was basically descalped, dragged across the roadway by the two pit bulls," said Cpl. Michael Mares with the Pueblo Police Department. "The witness who stopped to render assistance was able to scare the dogs off."The woman was taken to the hospital. She is expected to survive, but she will likely have to undergo several surgeries.Animal Control officers found the two dogs and two puppies in a nearby pen.The owner, Paul Rodriguez of Pueblo, was issued a summons for two counts of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog, according to KRDO-TV.


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After decades of fighting through the World of Film, Roger Ebert reaches the final boss: the movie of HIMSELF.
As tweeted by the critic himself, Ebert's new-to-paperback memoir Life Itself has been optioned by Hoop Dreams director Steve James, screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Gangs of New York), and executive producer Martin Scorsese for adaptation into a documentary. Reached for comment by Indiewire, Ebert responded:
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The current wiretapping debate in Congress, and the media circus surrounding it, has focused on the expiration of the Protect America Act of 2007 (initially passed last August). The more pressing and oft forgotten issue, however, is the administration's longstanding violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
On December 17, 2005, President Bush revealed that the National Security Agency had been conducting domestic electronic surveillance for at least the four previous years. This so-called "Terrorist Surveillance Program" (TSP) was created to execute wiretaps against United States citizens and residents suspected of contacting foreign terrorist groups. The administration has avoided any substantive discussion of whether the program violates the Fourth Amendment by claiming that the details must remain secret. TSP began, and continues, on the sole authorization of the President. In an alarming violation of U.S. law, this program has allowed the NSA to spy on U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant.
In order to conduct electronic surveillance operations, the NSA required cooperation from U.S. telecommunications companies. Any telecom companies that provided wiretap access to the NSA without requiring a warrant have violated FISA and exposed themselves to substantial liability.
There are other statutes that can authorize wiretapping of U.S. citizens, such as 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2522, which allows federal courts to issue warrants for wiretapping U.S. citizens for law enforcement purposes. However, all of these statutes require the agency requesting the wiretap to obtain a warrant from a federal court. By couching the War on Terror in terms of national security and by designating terrorist organizations as foreign powers, the administration has moved the TSP out of the standard federal court system and into the jurisdiction of FISA.
The FISA Court
Time for some background. The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is a United States federal court authorized by the FISA legislation. The FISC reviews requests for warrants to conduct electronic surveillance (wiretapping and other similar activities) on foreign entities, but only when there is a substantial likelihood that the surveillance will impact United States persons. Initially, FISA only covered foreign surveillance, such as spying on communists, but under the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Congress expanded FISA to include terrorism and terrorist-related activities of either U.S. citizens or foreigners.
When the United States Government Can Wiretap its Own Citizens Under FISA
Normally, it is difficult for the government to authorize wiretapping of its own citizens. Enter FISA § 1802(a), which allows the President, through the Attorney General, to authorize electronic surveillance of foreign powers without a court order. If there is a substantial likelihood of picking up communications of a U.S. citizen, however, the Attorney General must obtain a warrant from the FISA court.
This hurdle is, in effect, a mere formality, because the FISA court approves nearly every application it receives. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rejected only five (that's right, just five) out of more than 20,000 applications between 1979 and 2006. Additionally, the Act allows federal officers to start a wiretap before obtaining a warrant in emergency situations so long as they obtain one retroactively within 72 hours; a provision that allows urgent matters to go through while formalities are left for later.
The repeated failures of the administration to follow these FISA application procedures are at the center of the telecom liability debate. The government could legally wiretap communications originating or terminating in the United States by complying with the Act. What the government cannot do is conduct long-term warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. Warrantless wiretaps violate the Fourth Amendment guarantee of freedom from unreasonable searches, as well as the plain language of FISA.
What the Government Requested of the Telecoms
That's the legal background, so here's where it gets juicy. The telecom companies have a powerful ally in the U.S. federal government: officers of the federal government who approved wiretaps without a warrant may face widespread civil or criminal liability if any wrongdoing comes out in court. The law takes abuse of power very seriously, and under 50 U.S.C. § 1809, an agent of the government who monitors an illegal wiretap or uses information obtained from unlawful surveillance can be punished with a fine of $10,000, five years in jail, or both.
It's currently impossible to determine the extent of the telecom industry's complicity in warrantless wiretapping activities. The administration has long hedged its statements, saying only that companies like AT&T "allegedly" cooperated with the NSA. However, during an unusual moment of clarity and openness in mid-February of 2008, administration spokeswoman Dana Perino stated that the telecom companies "certainly helped us and they helped us save lives." Days later, during an interview with Renee Montagne on February 15, 2008, the Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell stated that the main issue driving the administration's recent push for FISA reform was liability protection for the private sector. Intense disagreement about whether to grant the telecoms retroactive immunity for participating in illegal spying split the Congress in early February, and resulted in the Protect America Act expiring without a new amendment for FISA being passed.
The reason the government is so worried about telecom immunity is the ongoing lawsuit of Hepting v. AT&T. This lawsuit, filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, alleges that AT&T assisted the government in performing illegal electronic surveillance. The administration has an incentive to block the EFF's lawsuit (and others like it) by asserting "state secrets," as it's likely that a trial would reveal evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of government officials. Another twist that sets the EFF's case apart came from former AT&T employee Mark Klein, who provided the EFF attorneys with documents that revealed the installation of a secret room at AT&T's San Francisco hub in early 2003. These documents purportedly show that the NSA has the ability to copy all of the internet traffic that passes through AT&T's network. If Klein's statements are true, and assuming similar installations were conducted at other hubs, the NSA may have examined nearly every communication that has traveled over U.S. networks since 2003. On the other hand, if the complaint is dismissed because a court decides that it poses too great a risk to national security, the incriminating evidence may never see the light of day.
Liability of the Telecom Industry
Here's where it gets expensive. If the EFF's suit is allowed to proceed, and it reveals more widespread violations of the FISA laws, what can Americans do about it? FISA provides financial remedies for people who have been illegally wiretapped. Code provision 50 U.S.C. § 1810 imposes civil liability on any person (or entity) for each violation of FISA. Victims of illegal surveillance are entitled to recover $100 for each day they were wiretapped, or actual damages over $1000, whichever is greater. Additionally, FISA provides compensation for attorney's fees and other costs of litigation. This is good news for private citizens and their lawyers who contemplate facing off against well-funded corporations with truly staggering financial liability at stake.
As you may imagine, one hundred dollars per day, per person adds up over four years. If the Hepting lawsuit is successful, AT&T could face damages of over $36,500 per claimant per year. Nearly every person with a computer or phone in the United States could be impacted. If AT&T is liable to just their own customers, with over 70 million wireless subscribers, one year of warrantless wiretaps could amount to more than two and a half trillion dollars in statutory damages. The recently expired Protect America Act may protect telecom companies from liability for the period between August 2007 through 2008 or 2009, when the final year-long authorizations expire. While it was active, it enabled the Director of National Intelligence or the Attorney General to authorize warrantless acquisition of call records and related information.
The Rule of Law
When faced with accusations of such widespread and systematic disregard for FISA, the administration's preferred defense appears to involve invoking the "state secrets" privilege as often as possible. The argument claims that merely confirming the existence of the program could give America's enemies important information about one of the weapons we're using in the battle against them.
Wiretapping of United States citizens without a warrant is prohibited by law, and both the United States government and the telecommunications companies that enabled it have exposed themselves to both criminal sanctions (50 U.S.C. § 1809) and civil liability (50 U.S.C. § 1810). Unless Congress caves and grants telecoms a free pass on the lawsuits through retroactive immunity legislation (which is currently being debated in the House of Representatives), AT&T and others will face significant penalties.
A democratic government must always maintain a fine balance between security and privacy. Straying too far in either direction invites disaster. If the government is too cautious with the privacy of its citizens, it will be unable to protect them from threats. At the same time, excessive surveillance will inevitably erode the very freedoms that the government strives to protect. Granting retroactive immunity to companies that have violated the law only serves to encourage further transgressions, but enforcing the laws as they currently stand could bankrupt some of the biggest companies in the U.S. No matter which choice the legislature makes, future policy is being written – and corporate America is watching.


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The automotive industry has been a strong performer over the past year and those trends aren't showing any signs of slowing. November automotive sales are expected to grow at their fastest pace in more than four years, according to several industry analysts. But, one corner of the industry tends to be overlooked by investors: rental vehicles.
Rental car and equipment companies like Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTZ), Avis Budget Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) and Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. have seen their shares rise 33, 88, and 24% so far this year, respectively. Even moving and storage company, Amerco (Nasdaq:UHAL), saw its shares rise more than 32% so far this year.
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The vehicle rental industry has been driven by a number of different factors. Perhaps most importantly, business and leisure travel has picked up over the past several years. The U.S. Travel Association expects travel activity in the United States to reach record-breaking levels in 2013, with an increase of 1.1% over this year's levels, suggesting these trends will continue.
While increased air travel benefits companies like Hertz, Avis and Dollar Thrifty, Amerco's U-Haul has instead benefited from increases in both in-town and one-way moving transactions. The company's self-moving equipment rentals increased 5.2% during the second quarter of its fiscal 2013, while its self-storage business also saw strong improvements.
These increases in moving transactions could be tied to the improving real estate market that's driving people from apartments to homes. Pending home sales rose 5.2% in October to their highest level in over five years, according to the National Association of Realtors. These trends are also continuing to head in the right direction with increased housing affordability.
Hurricane Sandy and Europe
The rental vehicle industry is likely to see mixed results from Hurricane Sandy, but many industry experts believe that it will be a net neutral to positive. On one hand, the hurricane canceled many flights that hurt the business. But on the other hand, many people are renting long-term vehicles while waiting for the insurance claims to process.
Hertz Chairman and CEO Mark Frissora commented on a recent conference call, "We believe that when we look at the equipment rental and the Rent-a-Car business [sic] [it's] a very in-flux situation right now, but net-net it should be neutral to positive ... HERC (the company's equipment rental business) would likely be more positive than Rent-A-Car."
However, one challenging area for some rental companies are European sales, which have slowed due to macroeconomic conditions. For instance, Avis' recent quarterly profit missed analyst estimates due to the weak eurozone economy. Investors may, therefore, want to seek out companies with limited exposure to these markets.
Ideas for Playing the Sector
The rental vehicle market has several interesting dynamics for investors. Hertz's recently approved acquisition of Dollar Thrifty for $2.3 billion in cash is expected by management to generate cost synergies of $160 million per year, and it should help provide additional economies of scale to take market share from competitors like Avis and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Companies like Zipcar Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIP) are also new, profitable and growing. Although the car-sharing company reported top-line growth of only 15%, its margins expanded a quarter that some considered transitional. But, investors should be wary of the company's lofty 76 times trailing earnings, which may be too high, given its current growth rates.
The Bottom Line
Looking forward, investors in car rental companies should keep an eye on the airline industry and hotel/hospitality industry as leading indicators, while Amerco investors should watch the housing market and moving trends as leading indicators.
At the time of writing, Justin Kuepper did not own any shares in any company mentioned in this article.


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A Whitefish art studio is reaching out to their community for help with a large scale art project.
Non-profit Stumptown Art Studio is spearheading "Windows on Whitefish," a piece featuring the four seasons the community sees every year. The six by nine foot spring, summer, fall, and winter windows will be installed on the side of Latitude 48's building, replacing a mural that was beginning to wear down. Stumptown employees told us they're currently fundraising and offering classes for anyone interested in participating.
Executive Director Melanie Drown said the studio works hard to execute their larger projects. "It's intimidating because it's the biggest project we've ever undertaken," she explained, "but it's just so fun to see the look on people's faces when they come and take a class. It's just a win-win. It's going to help the community, it's going to beautify downtown, it's going to pull people together."
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Two cruise ships -- Club Med 2 and Windjammer Legacy -- that have languished on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program list-of-shame, have passed new exams. The CDC's program requires all cruise ships stopping at American ports of call to submit to rigorous semi-annual testing on everything from quality of water to galley cleanliness.
Club Med 2, which had its unfortunate 77 listed on the VSP¹s flunking chart for eight months, rebounded with an awesome 99. Legacy did almost as well; the only Windjammer ship to call at American ports, well port -- St. Thomas -- snared a 93, after having resided on the list with a 79 since May.
What took the CDC so long for the respective retests? Typically, the CDC reinspects ships that fail within a month but in both cases these ships took off for summer itineraries in strictly foreign waters and only just returned to the U.S. for winter sailings.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Anyone tuning into the Republican convention this week will see faces on stage that suggest relations with the Latino community are in a good place.
The party is showcasing some of its Latino stars, with prime speaking roles going to Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico.
Off stage, though, the GOP is devising a governing blueprint that is anathema to many Latino voters.
A platform proposal that will be voted on this week takes a strict stance toward illegal immigration. In this debate, words matter. The platform plank uses a term that many Latino public officials and activists find offensive: "illegal alien."
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It implicitly endorses the tough immigration laws passed in Arizona, Alabama and other states, saying the Obama administration's lawsuits taking aim at those laws must be "dismissed immediately."
The platform calls for completion of a "double-layered" border fence. It would withhold federal funds from universities that provide tuition benefits to "illegal aliens."
And it embraces a concept that caused Mitt Romney problems during the Republican nominating contest. People living here illegally would be encouraged to "return home voluntarily" – in other words, to self-deport.
In a Republican debate in January, Mr. Romney invoked what he called "self-deportation" — people leaving the U.S. on their own in part because they can't find work.
Not even Gov. Martinez could get behind the idea. In an interview with Newsweek she said: " 'Self deport'? What the heck does that mean?"
Pollsters say the immigration issue is important to Latino voters because it touches their lives so directly. With large extended families, many Latino citizens either know someone, live with someone or are related to someone who is undocumented but wants to stay in the U.S.
They would like to see reforms that create a pathway to legal status. The Republican immigration plank sends an entirely different message about how the problem should be solved.
A recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News-Telemundo poll showed Mr. Obama leading Mr. Romney among Latino voters 63-28. That means Mr. Romney is not keeping pace with the last Republican presidential nominee, John McCain. For comparison purposes, Sen. McCain captured 31% of the Latino vote in his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign.
The rousing convention speeches end this week. But the platform document will live on.
You can bet that if delegates formally approve it this week, the Obama campaign will make sure the immigration piece gets some attention, counteracting the good will generated by the Rubio and Martinez speeches.


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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for San Francisco to ban most displays of public nudity, ruling that an ordinance set to take effect Feb. 1 does not violate the free-speech rights of residents and visitors who like going out in the buff.
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen refused to block the ban temporarily or to allow a lawsuit challenging it to proceed. "In spite of what plaintiffs argue, nudity in and of itself is not inherently expressive," Chen wrote in an 18-page opinion.
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Minimizing the potential for leaks by applying proper design and material-selection standards is the first step in emission prevention.
First of Two Parts Operators in refineries or chemical/petrochemical plants must keep greenhouse gas (GHG) and environmental regulations for fugitive emissions in mind. One area in which this is extremely important is the processing of oil sands in Canada. Fugitive emissions are any chemical in physical form that can leak unanticipated within an installation. Knowing how to select valves that will meet or exceed volatile organic compound fugitive emission limits is critical. The costs are exorbitantly high if an operator fails to meet the requirements. End users should obtain test data that will allow for direct comparisons between valve packing, gaskets and other sealing components. Without data, end users are guessing which options are best for their applications. The operations/field data, including past experience, helps analyze the valve and packing options. Most companies require real-time testing, which will provide comparable fugitive emissions in parts per million (ppm) of hydrocarbons and chemicals. These tests include multiple test cycles that represent the plant conditions within a laboratory. These tests can be conducted at reasonable costs and within a reasonable timeframe. A few laboratories in North America are qualified and have developed a simple test procedure that can be adjusted to accommodate any off-the-shelf valve and provide the fugitive emissions in ppm, which is needed to understand how a valve will perform once it is in service. Part One of this series discusses how to eliminate fugitive emissions in valves already in service. Part Two will cover the current standards and testing procedures to ensure compliance with these standards.
Why Focus on the Fugitive Emissions of Valves?The industry statistics indicate the importance of discussing the fugitive emissions of valves specifically. Valves account for more than 51 percent of fugitive emissions, and GHGs are part of this (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Sources of fugitive emissionsCompliance standards should be created by valve manufacturers that minimally include the following:
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WESLEY CHAPEL — A special education student who was supposed to be dropped off Tuesday morning at Double Branch Elementary in Wesley Chapel instead stayed on his school bus and ended up at a bus garage in Dade City, the Pasco County School District reported.
The driver and bus aide discovered him after they arrived at the garage, but by then the boy's parents had been told he was missing, district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said.
She said the driver, Vicki Lucas-Gawel, and the aide, Graciela Herrera, have been pulled from their duties at least temporarily and will meet with the district's employee relations department Wednesday.
"It appears they did not follow procedures to make sure every student was off the bus before they left the school," Cobbe said.
She said an instructional aide at the school is supposed to meet the student at the bus when it arrives at the school. The instructional aide was there and questioned the driver when the child didn't get off the bus, Cobbe said.
The driver said the child must have gotten off with the other students, Cobbe said, because the roster showed the child had been on the bus.
The school called the parents to tell them the child was missing and the bus left the campus and headed to the bus garage in Dade City, Cobbe said.
"When they get there, they see the child is on the bus," she said.
Cobbe said the child was never alone on the bus at the garage, but by then, it had been about 45 minutes since the parents were notified.
Tuesday was the second day of school for the Pasco County School District's 2014-15 academic year.
Lucas-Gawel has been a driver with the district since 2008, Cobbe said, and Herrera has worked with the district since 2007.


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So as many of you know, I'm an assassinate junkie, but I've noticed a bug of some sort lately. It's really annoying and it's making me loose important points in kills.
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I walk up to a guy, I lock on to him and he exposes me. Fine, I think, but then comes this other guy and kills my target. Ok, so I'll just lock on to the guy killing my target, but here's where something goes wrong. When I change my target too quickly, I only get discreet on the new target aswell, although he didn't expose me.
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KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN, Nov. 9th, 2012 – Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee triumphantly returns to his homeland this week to host three Taiwanese premieres of his critically acclaimed film "Life of Pi," before its release to the public November 21st by Fox Taiwan.
This Friday, November 9th, Lee is scheduled to hold a press conference to celebrate the beginning of construction of the VFX Center in Kaohsiung City, a new state-of-the-art digital production facility to be built by Rhythm & Hues Studios ("R&H"). The global visual effects and animation company helped to make Lee's "Life of Pi" dream a reality.
The Mayor of Kaohsiung along with other senior government officials, lead actor Suraj Sharma, co-producer David Lee, Fox Taiwan representatives, and senior management of Rhythm & Hues are scheduled to participate in the event. Later in the day, Lee will screen the film in a local movie theatre for an audience of approximately one thousand, including students from local universities and the community.
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I highly recommend you do a search on here as this topic has been talked about a zillion times, thus many may not respond to it if you do a search for oil life indicator, you will find many pages and many places where they explain how it works.
On August 12, 2010 (last year) I had the oil changed on my daughter's 2010 CRV with 4628 miles on the odometer. The car was 10 months old and the "15% oil life" light was on. Now the car has 11,025 miles (July 2, 2011) but I'd like to wait until August 1, 2011 to get it changed along with a PA state inspection (the first day the car can be inspected) and new tires for daughter to take back to college about August 15th. The car won't be back home until she graduates in May. My point is to try to time everything so that she won't need any service while away (her college is 700 miles away).
Sp the "15% Oil Life" light is on again now. Will it make it until August 1st or 2nd? Does the computer work on a straight 1 year cycle since the mileage is low (about 6500 miles since the last change, as per the above numbers)? This obviously is not a huge deal but I am just wondering.
I highly recommend you do a search on here as this topic has been talked about a zillion times, thus many may not respond to it if you do a search for oil life indicator, you will find many pages and many places where they explain how it works.
I don't want a whole discussion about whether the MM is OK to follow or not. Just wondering if it will not go to zero, from the current 15%, in less than a month.
I would think it would matter how it is driven in that months time
What type oil is in there now? If it's a synth/synth blend you could probably push it. But, as stated in the last post, it really depends on how, and how much it will be driven. You could always let her use your car if she's planning a long trip. I wish her well in her last year of college.
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From the description of mileage she has done in the past, it should be fine for another month or so. If the indicator does got to zero percent left - it isn't like any harm will come to the engine. You can bet that Honda's engineers accounted for situations like what you describe.
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Thanks BigIslandV. That's sorta what I thought. She'll put on 400-500 miles max.
I believe at 15% it is a reminder that you are due for a change soon, you need to change it before it hits 0 ! That being said with another 500 odd miles you may hit 5% which is ok. You need to change it when you are at 0 !
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I am also a little more than curious about this topic and I posted the following on another site just before this one but would also like some replies from the good folks here in this site.
My instrument cluster is in km so I would like to know how many km the CRV has gone when it hits 15% and 10 and 5 and 0 on the dash where I have heard a orange "wrench ?" appears.
Because I change oil and filter every 5000 km on this vehicle and on many others I have owned previously to this one I have never seen a service warning light appear on the instrument cluster. , I have no idea how many km have been traveled at those lower numbers. I have been changing mine every time the reminder gets to 50% and have been assuming that is about 5 thousand , km .
I know many change oil at 5 K miles so my change interval is probably considerably less " if " 50 % means 5K km.
The only thing I can find in my manual is a chart of percentages all the way from 100 down to 0 that proclaims oil life but not number of kilometers at the various stages..
If anyone would like to show how many miles are driven instead of kilometers when it hits 15% and 10 and 5 and 0 that would also be of help because I can do the conversion on that .
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Most modern humans are now attempting to cram more data into their heads in a single day than most of our ancestors did during entire lifetimes, says futurist Juan Enriquez, speaking on what he calls the mind-blowing changes that big data is about to unleash on your business, your health and life in general. He adds that most people have no idea how much big data is about to change their lives.
Enriquez is managing director of Excel Venture Management and was the founding director of Harvard Business School's Life Sciences Project.
In a blog post for Inc. magazine, he puts big data in perspective with a few mind-blowing statistics, such as in the time it takes you to read this article, the amount of information being generated by the human race will have expanded by about 20 petabytes, or three times the amount of information in the Library of Congress. Individually, people try to cram in, read, understand, and remember at least 5 percent more words than the year before.
But the biggest mind blower he says is not the size of the data, but where it has taken us, which is from a place where we think certain things are true to a place where we can prove them. It has taken us to a place where we now know that after 114 years, the word "war" became more commonplace than the word "love."
What's scarier, he says, is the trail we leave in our wake that records all of our transactions, queries and clicks, and brands us with them with the equivalent of an electronic tattoo, following us for a lifetime.
On the bright side, Enriquez said, "As we know more and more about life, the universe, and all other subjects, as we double the amount of data generated by all humans within the next five years, we can begin to model, build, and scale to the point where we directly and deliberately guide the evolution of ourselves and many other species."
These challenges will, in turn, breed enormous new companies and breakthroughs, he said.
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The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook is the companion volume to the new hit public television series based on the recipes, techniques, and taste tests created by Cook's Illustrated magazine. Filmed in the actual Cook's test kitchen, both the television series and the cookbook set out to find the best methods of preparing your favorite home-cooked foods from the simplest tomato sauce to the fanciest French tart.
More than just a collection of recipes, this beautifully photographed book takes you inside the entire 2002 season of the America's Test Kitchen series, with 26 chapters each dedicated to a different episode of the show. You will meet the cast – through photographs, bios, and quotes from each member – and will follow the America's Test Kitchen process, as Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast identify common cooking problems and then test dozens of variations to come up with the best methods for preparing recipes. Many of the most popular segments of the show, including the Science Desk, Equipment Corner, and tasting Lab, have been brought to life with photos.
With more than 200 recipes and dozens of beautiful, behind-the-scenes photographs, The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook is sure to become an indispensable part of any cook's library.
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Based on the popular PBS TV series, Cook's Illustrated's America's Test Kitchen Cookbook presents more than 200 recipes in short, essay-like investigations that reflect exhaustive ingredient, equipment, and method testing. Over the years, Cook's Illustrated magazine has set itself to the task of finding the best versions of favorite dishes. The result has been often-definitive reports on how to achieve fare like thin-crust pizza, oven-fried chicken, and blueberry muffins. Readers who look to the magazine for the last word on dish preparation, and others seeking reliable, enlightening cooking counsel, will welcome this book.
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Etx125 EC wild slewing troubles.
Posted 29 June 2013 - 04:05 PM
Lately, after successful alignment and tracking, within two minutes the scope will begin (usually altazmith) an excursion in a clockwise direction without stopping.
It seems to have a mind of its own!
The excursion occurs without touching the handbox or the cords in any way the HBX lays undisturbed alongside the base.
I've looked through the Weasners ETX Site, but cannot find any more information other than to replace the cable.
I have two new Meade handbox cables and have eliminated that part as the trouble....
The motor calibration and tracking setups have been made over and over again, and I use a 12 volt battery with steady voltages and no connection problems.
Anyone remember a reference to this after-alignment-wildly-delayed-slew problem, and what was done to correct it?
Posted 30 June 2013 - 07:15 PM
Most likely the encoders in the scope's base are contaminated by grease from the gears. This can be checked by carefully removing the bottom plate, but be sure to not snap the wires connecting the battery compartment to the electronics.
Posted 01 July 2013 - 08:58 AM
At first inspection from the opening of the base, that encoder wheel was not a all visible!
But with your picture, I discovered it hiding under all the gearings.
There was a ball of grease laying over the emitter and I cleaned it with alcohol.
The telescope was bought from another fellow and I found on the power panel circuit board a repair connecting a broken track of copper.
But now, I have lost control of the azimuth speed selection and it is stuck in high speed slew.
The handbox will slew the altitude motion in slow speed as selected with the handbox.
In alignment, I get an uncontrollable azimuth rotation that will rotate endlessly..
In Calibrate Motors, altitude calibration works perfectly, with very slow motion control for re centering.
But in azimuth calibration, the re centering speed is stuck in high speed!
Your suggestion to clean the encoder was a good one and I have learned a great deal about removal and troubleshooting.
Battery power is good with no trouble there.
Would you offer any more suggestions?
Posted 01 July 2013 - 09:09 AM
thank you for taking such a excellent close up photo of the encoder for me
I just knew you'd be happy with that pic when I took it for you in 2001..!
As the problem is not resolved it may be a hardware problem, chafed wiring or such a thing. I hope it's not... Make sure all connections are in place, to the circuit board and to the R.A. drive assembly.
What won't hurt, is to update your controller with the latest firmware. Plenty of info on Weasner's site or from Meade.
After the update: Reset - Recalibrate - Retrain. Actually, you can also give this a try before updating the firmware.
One more thing to check is the scope's power source. A good 12V adapter may be a good investment if you don't have one already.
Good luck,
Posted 02 July 2013 - 10:57 AM
Posted 02 July 2013 - 02:52 PM
I borrowed an ETX handbox and did a reset, telescope, location and time, DST, Train Drives, Calibrate Drives etc...
Low and behold, the telescope is back to normal!
The only problem left now is to wire around the battery connector on the power panel. The tab was not pressing against the center post with the connector removed. Thus was unable to provide a suitable power transfer from the battery supply. Much probing damaged the power plug on the panel so I'll search for a female battery plug of some other type and attach that power connector to a position alongside the existing panel...
Again, thanks for identifying the location of that ball of grease!
I am hopeful that others may review this post and will find it useful in the troubleshooting of their scopes too.
Posted 02 July 2013 - 04:47 PM
Good to hear your scope is back in business! Is it working with the new controller only, or is the old one functioning as well?
Posted 02 July 2013 - 06:13 PM
Well to wrap up the months, I did attempt a simple ASU Download with a handbox already updated to the last and latest version.
Dumb I know...
And as the download went badly. I attempted a re-flash for memory and was just partially successful.
So I knew I had trouble with the handbox from the start.
But to give you a log of difficulties I've had with this 10 year old ETX125EC, I can list them here.
1st: Problem: Keypad was difficult in keypad presses to load for the keypad screen.
Cure: Cleaned keypad circuit board contacts per a member of the Cloudy Nights group.
2nd: Using ASU, the software allowed me to update the wrong software.
Cure: Attempting a reset, I trashed the 497 and never did reload the full ETX program. It wasn't until I borrowed a friends working handbox, that I discovered the cure for the azimuth rotating endlessly.
3rd: Trouble with the unsupported power plug separating the contactor tab that presses against the positive post.
Cure: Wiring around the faulty connector to directly solder wires to the circuit board.
May I say that each problem solved was mostly from the contributions of people like you, here on Cloudy Nights.
Finally, I would like to find someone with an old ETX125 fork mount owner, that would allow me to replace the faulty power panel for use with the normal external battery plug.
As am aside, I am grateful for this Forum to provide ideas on problems with older telescopes.
This forum keeps us alive and so useful for many more years to come.
Again, thank you Victor.
Jim in Texas, USA
Posted 03 July 2013 - 03:21 PM
Finally, I would like to find someone with an old ETX125 fork mount owner, that would allow me to replace the faulty power panel for use with the normal external battery plug.
Try Don Rothman at Astro Parts Outlet. He might have the part you need.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 05:14 PM
Thanks rdandrea. I'll send him an email.
Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:27 PM
As older telescope become obsolete, I am reminded of this Cloudy Nights site to help keep them alive.
And thanks for the reference.


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Washington Men's Tennis
February 16, 2013 - Seattle, Wash.
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The fatal gang rape of a female college student on a bus in New Delhi last December sparked outrage worldwide, and 7,000 miles away in the Seattle area, inspired a small group of South Asian women to confront a cultural taboo.
They are building on momentum that followed a local candlelight vigil for the victim with a series of communitywide dialogues about violence against women.
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"We are excited for the opportunity to reach the mainstream community, which very likely doesn't know about us," said Sarah Rizvi, program manager for API Chaya. "We are a small agency, a grass-roots organization, and the money raised from this concert will go a long way to serving victims and bringing awareness to the community."
The event comes as India is again at the center of protest after the kidnapping, rape and torture last week of a 5-year old girl in New Delhi. In March, a Swiss tourist was also raped as she camped overnight with her husband in a forest in central India.
The Delhi rape victim from December died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital 13 days after the attack. The young men responsible are on trial.
After a vigil near a statue of Gandhi at the Bellevue Library, a group of mostly South Asian women began exploring how to continue communitywide discussions around gender violence. As a result, API Chaya launched the rape response project.
It plans to rename the group Jaago, meaning "wake up."
"We felt it was a tragedy that needed to be addressed," Manpreet Kaur Sandhu, one of the volunteers, said of the rape. "These are things as a community that we don't talk about."
Joining together
API Chaya was formed two years ago when the South Asian advocacy group called Chaya merged with the Asian Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center.
It works with and advocates on behalf of women from these regions who are often silent victims of abuse — too ashamed to talk about the suffering they endure because of stigma that can be imposed by their culture.
The group does outreach work at temples and mosques and other places where families gather so that women in trouble know there's a place for them to go.
While the rate of sexual abuse and domestic violence within those communities may not differ from that of other groups, cultural factors such as patriarchal attitudes or the fear of bringing shame on one's family or community may prevent some women from reporting incidents.
What's more, language barriers and unfamiliarity with new customs might increase the likelihood a woman would stay in an unsafe situation rather than seek help.
Within many parts of South Asian culture, the concept of "the village" is still active, and what happens in a marriage or relationship can reflect on not just them and their family but often on the community as a whole.
The village phenomenon also brings comfort, Rizvi said, pointing out that in some cases people with only a distant connection to a victim — a friend of a friend of someone who knew somebody back home — might willingly take the woman into their homes.
Affluent among victims
Some of the women the organization helps, Rizvi said, are affluent and educated, in this country as dependents on their husbands' employment-based immigration visas but themselves unable to work legally in the U.S.
She said her organization sees more women of means than other agencies doing similar work.
But while other affluent women may be able to get the help they need using their own resources, "we have huge numbers of clients who are high income and highly educated but are sometimes trapped and dependent on their husbands," she said.
Sometimes an abuser may use this to his advantage, Rizvi said.
"He'd tell the woman that if she calls the police, his career will be ruined," or that Child Protective Services will take their children away or she'll be deported and separated from her children — an unacceptable option sure to bring shame not just on her but on her entire family, she said.
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It was clear after the December vigil, "that people wanted to do something, respond in some way that would be meaningful and lasting," said Sandhu, the volunteer.
The group's first event in February was the screening of the film "After the Rape," about a rural Pakistani woman, Mukhtar Mai, who in 2002 was the victim of a gang rape ordered by her tribal council as punishment for her brother's alleged transgression.
Rather than living in shame, Mai made headlines when she spoke out, fought for justice in Pakistani courts and later started two schools for girls in her village as well as a crisis center for abused women.
After watching the film, organizers held a discussion to talk about gender roles in some South Asian cultures and how differently boys and girls are treated.
Now the group is working on a forum planned for early June on the influence of media on gender violence.
Sandhu said what was most appalling after the Delhi rape were comments from some Indian immigrants and Indian government officials blaming these rapes on Western influences — including the way women dress — rather than on the men who commit these crimes.
One minister "was asking how short was her dress, was she wearing jeans or traditional sari," she recalls. "She could have been covered from head to toe, but if it's in Western wear, that's a problem."
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