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"Crash" director Paul Haggis severed his ties with the Church of Scientology in a letter to the church's celebrity affiliate in August, writing that the religion's "gay-bashing" tendencies made it impossible to remain a member of the organization.
Haggis, 56, has been a Scientologist for 35 years and won an Oscar in 2005 for co-writing the hit drama "Crash." Haggis was also behind the Oscar-winning Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood flick "Million Dollar Baby."
In the letter, Haggis blasted the Church of Scientology for its anti-gay stance, saying he could not remain part of the church because it excluded the gay community.
U.S. & World
"I could not, in good conscience, be a member of an organization where gay-bashing was tolerated," Haggis wrote in the letter to Tommy Davis, the head of Scientology's Celebrity Centre.
Haggis said Davis and the rest of the church had promised the religion would take steps to reform its anti-gay policies but that no action had been taken.
"Silence is consent, Tommy," Haggis wrote. "I refuse to consent."
Davis refuted Haggis' claims that the Church of Scientology supported political measures like California's Prop. 8, which Haggis said the church was blatantly behind.
"We're all for civil rights and minorities," Davis said. "We know what it is to be a minority and have your rights curtailed. We're very vocal and consistent in our stance on discrimination against anybody."
Tom Cruise and John Travolta are other notable celebrity Scientologists.


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People Behind KDE: Jaroslaw Staniek
On tonight's People Behind KDE we present a coder who has been the driving force behind not only the premier free software database client, Kexi, but also single handedly ported kdelibs to win32. Find out how he achieved such feats of development heights while still breeding a herd of crickets for his chameleon in our interview with Jaroslaw Staniek.
Breading crickets?!
Does he deep-fry those crickets before feeding them to his chameleon? ;-)
By Louis at Fri, 2006/10/13 - 5:00am
Re: Breading crickets?!
Of course not, it's usually important that the "meal" is in motion. Example movie:
By Jaroslaw Staniek at Fri, 2006/10/13 - 5:00am
Re: Breading crickets?!
Jaroslaw, I was just kidding about the misspelling:
bread - v. to cover with crumbs, as in cooking preparation.
I used to own a lizard also, so I know all about their feeding habits. :-) I was just having a bit of a laugh.
By Louis at Fri, 2006/10/13 - 5:00am
Re: Breading crickets?!
haha, OK, already fixed :)
By Jaroslaw Staniek at Fri, 2006/10/13 - 5:00am
QT/KDE on Cygwin
Mr. Staniek says "Under windows 2000 I heavily use and depend on the Cygwin bash shell".
Me too, so I tried qt-win-opensource-src-4.2, but I couldn't get it to work under Cygwin; qmake wouldn't build. "qt4 does not support cygwin yet and requires some patches." http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/2005-08/thread00444-0.html
There is a Qt version for mingw, I'll try that next.
KDE on Mac and KDE on Windows are very important projects to get people to Qt on a FOSS O.S.
By S Page at Sat, 2006/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: QT/KDE on Cygwin
I'm happily not involved in Windows coding, but I'm familiar with the projects. First of all it is not Qt not supporting Cygwin, it is the other way around. Cygwin typically lags behind the latest KDE releases. Beyond that I'm not sure if it ever will because the Qt4 windows package you are citing is a native GPL windows package. Cygwin provides X on Windows. Qt4 for windows is native AFAIK so that would mean no Cygwin. What Jaroslaw has been working on is KDE3 on Windows ported from Linux to Windows. KDE 4 will start off with a native windows GPL Qt.
This is similar to the Mac story where Fink (IIRC) was the library to run an X server on OS X and then a native GPL version of Qt was released. So if you're concerned about Qt/KDE on Mac and Windows introducing our software to people I'd say a lot more of them are going to be exposed if they don't have to set up an X server to run the software.
By Eric Laffoon at Sat, 2006/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: QT/KDE on Cygwin
Yeah, I know Cygwin offers an X11 server (XOrg 6.8.99) on Windows, I'm not talking about that. I just wanted to build the Qt for Windows *source* code using the build tools that I've already installed under Cygwin (g++, GNU make, etc. in the Cygwin UNIX-like environment) rather than the MinGW tools (g++, mingw32-make, etc. in a DOS-like environment) Even though the commands are similar, I realize it's non-trivial to support both, e.g. configure output has
(I occasionally ran ranger rick's fine KDE 3/Fink work on a company Mac laptop.)
By S Page at Sun, 2006/10/15 - 5:00am
Re: QT/KDE on Cygwin
By mentioning "Cygwin" I mean "running Cygwin bash shell for convenience", not linking against cygwin libs or running X11 apps. And yes, I talked about KDE3 development. I wish we could use Cygwin bash with Qt4 as well.
By Jaroslaw Staniek at Sat, 2006/10/14 - 5:00am
OT: I think I'm not the only one...
who wants to start a "Happy Birthday" thread.
Thank you _all_ KDE developers and contributors for ten amazing years.
Thorsten (user since a 0.x beta of KDE) :-)
By Thorsten Schnebeck at Sat, 2006/10/14 - 5:00am
Re: OT: I think I'm not the only one...
Right. Happy Birthday KDE, and long live thy dragon!
User since 3.0
By more at Sat, 2006/10/14 - 5:00am

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Flu shot vaccine shrinking throughout central Iowa
Clinic being held Saturday
The flu outbreak is taking the nation by storm.
Right now, 47 states, including Iowa, say the virus is widespread.
Across the state, 141 more Iowans were hospitalized last month because of the flu. That brings the number up to 480 so far this season.
If those statistics weren't troubling enough, there's now even more concern. Because protecting yourself from the flu is getting tougher throughout central Iowa.
Sarah Boese with the Polk County Health Department said the supply of the flu shot is limited.
This particularly nasty virus is spreading rapidly throughout central Iowa.
"I've never seen demand like this for it," said pharmacist Wendy Finch-Levis.
And finding the vaccine is becoming more difficult by the day.
"I think the first 10 phone calls we had this morning was, 'Do you have any flu shots?'" said Finch-Levis.
She said the pharmacy had to turn a couple of dozen people away on Friday because it didn't have any more vaccines.
"Even two or three years ago, when we had H1N1, we had quite a bit of demand then, but not like it's been this year," she added.
Finch-Levis said they only order so much, so when they are out, they are out.
Over at Polk County Health Department, Sarah Boese said they had given more than 200 vaccinations on Friday, which was the highest number of any single day this year.
She said there are enough shots to last until at least Monday.
"We will be exploring all the possibilities to get more vaccines when that time comes," said Boese.
If you are looking for a place to get a shot, there is a clinic being held on Saturday at Wesley Life Home and Community Services on 18th Street in Des Moines.
It begins at 10 a.m. and will continue until the vaccine supply runs out.
Only shots will be available, no mists. You also must be 9 years or older.


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Well, there was a fox temple Star Fox developer Dylan Cuthbert told Kotaku about. But that's not all. The game was also inspired by British television.
In a recent Nintendo interview, both company president Satoru Iwata and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto professed their love for 1960s British puppet show Thunderbirds.
Miyamoto admitted that licensing Thunderbirds for a game would have been a "dream", adding, that he even had fantasies of Star Fox being so successful that Thunderbirds co-creator Gerry Anderson would come to Japan from the UK to turn the game into a TV show.
"So for Star Fox 64, even though we would usually want the character animation to look natural, we had puppets in mind, so the characters' mouths pop open and closed."
Thunderbirds debuted on British TV during the mid-1960s, and did get a feature film version in 2004. Anderson is currently working on a CGI version of Thunderbirds, which doesn't sound nearly as neat as a puppet Star Fox send up.
Star Fox [Iwata Asks via Eurogamer]
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Going from east to west, there's the Easter Seals child care, which is in ok shape. Then there's the detached house that used to be Asian American LEAD, which provides mentoring for Asian students and is now downtown. The place is a wreck -- see it at right. It looked like it had been empty for some time, and there's a massive hole in the front and all kinds of debris in the yard. It had a big porch before that looked like it could have been nice, had it been fixed up. I'm not sure if it's being renovated or torn down, and I'm not sure which I would prefer considering the way it looks now.
Next to that is what I call the Haunted Mansion, a big mansion owned by Dorothy Brizill and Gary Imhoff, two local political activists. It's been fixed up a bit, but for awhile there there were broken and missing windows, messed up columns, debris in the yard and other problems with the house -- it was actually condemned in 2008. The house was the inspiration for this blog's Abandoned House Watch series, if that tells you anything.
1337 Girard, which is another representative in the Abandoned House Watch series, which I think used to house squatters. It's slowly getting fixed up as I see workers there all the time, and until yesterday there was a massive hole in the facade of the house on the second floor. Today that hole is repaired with a door, which is odd since it's on the second floor. We'll see what happens there, maybe making it multiple units, a walkup or something?
Continuing on and you see 1339 Girard, with the honor of being the nicest house on the block. That's not saying much, as this place has seen better days too. The box spring in the yard is gone though, which is good.
Next to that is an overgrown lot -- or I thought it was a lot until I looked at the city's property map on DC Atlas. It's actually an alley. Not sure how an alley got fenced off and filled with plants and some garbage.
Then as you continue the trip west, you come to a section of missing sidewalk. It's been like that so long that people have worn a path in the grass going around it. And yesterday there was a full trash can tipped over there. Nice.
And finally, you come to the NCBA Estates retirement home building, which was kind of grim looking. It's getting renovated with a nicer facade and balconies, but it's currently covered in scaffolding and there's construction stuff all over.
The north side of this block is rough sight, giving parts of Detroit and St. Louis a run for their money. And even stranger, the southern side of the block is perfectly nice looking with well kept up row houses. It's hands down the worst-looking stretch of road around.
Let's hope this stuff gets fixed, and soon.
UPDATE: A reader passed along the below photo of the back of Dorothy Brizill's house (the Haunted Mansion) which was hit by a tree during the hurricane. Crazy. It looks like only the facade is remaining. I wonder if it's just been the facade for awhile though, I'd be surprised that a tree could do this much damage.


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January 7, 2013 in Education (E)
[prMac.com] Coolum Beach, Australia - Created by teachers for teachers... Number Lines is the first app released as part of the demografix 'iPads for Schools' program. Teesdale Primary School, a school in Victoria Australia, submitted and crafted the ideas, features and functions of the app to suit them and the National Curriculum, while demografix developed and built the app in association with TouchScreenCraft. A percentage of the sales go back to the school as iPads for their classrooms.
Number Lines includes a variety of number lines from with multiple combinations (1-20, 20-50 as examples and multiple sequences) that can be used for supporting the teaching of addition and subtraction from Foundation to Year 4. In fact, any number line can be created and the number lines scroll horizontally to provide a true number line experience. Great for illustrating strategies in these functions and includes the ability to be able to "draw" on the screen so that students can track their counting. Used to illustrate strategies such as counting backwards and forwards in the nearest 10's.
Create your own Number Lines:
As a demografix app it has the ability to create, save and share your own user created number lines, student profiles and includes settings that allow the teacher to hide any external links or to lock the app via a PIN. Lines can be created with a user defined number of minor marks allowing for decimals and large number lines. The app also allows for negative numbers and currency lines in four currencies. Teachers can integrate images (how many, what fraction or number recognition) and audio recordings for a rich learning environment. Teachers can enable a student to record an audio answer to outline the strategy being used. Completed lessons can be automatically emailed to the teacher and include the student audio recordings and all student tracings.
Kaye, a teacher from Teesdale school and an app tester - "I'm really impressed with the app. I had time to really go through the Foundation levels today and it has turned into so much more than I ever envisioned. I'm particularly pleased with the audio features and the image counting. It works really well."
"I used "Number Lines" in class again yesterday, the Decimal 0.1 line and used it for a money lesson to calculate change. (How much change from $6.00 if you spent $2.40) Worked really well."
"Just been using Number Lines in Grade 1 and 2 and it is working really well. Students are working on subtraction worksheets. They have been working with numbers to two place values and trading between the 10's and units columns, so they have only been using the 1s line up to 20. Really helped a lot to work independently."
Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 4.2 or later
Pricing and Availability:
Number Lines 1.0 is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.
Based in Queensland, Australia, demografix pty ltd was founded in 2011 by Paul Collins and brings together a team of education thinkers and designers. Their goal is to create quality educational apps for mobile devices that engage children and facilitate thinking, learning, creating and sharing. Copyright (C) 2011-2013 demografix pty ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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FOR STORY CYPRUS BREAKING BARRIERS - In this Sunday, April 21, 2013, Greek Cypriot Yiannis Maratheftis, right, forged what some would consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci, as they stand near the Ledra Street crossing point in Cyprus' divided capital Nicosia. Akinci almost killed Maratheftis in battle with a gunshot to the head, but the two men met after Maratheftis wrote a book and following the opening of border restrictions allowing their reconciliation. April 23, 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the crossing point openings that was the culmination of a groundswell of anger from Turkish Cypriots at seeing their future drying up amid a collapsing economy. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Yiannis Maratheftis — the Greek Cypriot he almost killed in battle with a gunshot to the head.
The shooting took place on a July morning in 1974, as invading Turkish forces pushed forward in the wake a failed coup by supporters of uniting the island with Greece. The friendship took root once the two men, now in their 60s, met in 2009, an encounter made possible by the checkpoint openings. Akinci had discovered from a book Maratheftis wrote that the soldier he'd shot was alive — and sought out his onetime enemy.
The story of Maratheftis and Akinci was one of the many signs of reconciliation that emerged after the barriers were opened, allowing crossings after three decades of complete separation. The number of crossings has now reached into the millions. But these flickers of hope for reunification are at risk of being snuffed out as the island confronts what could be its worst economic crisis, making prospects for reconciliation appear dimmer than ever.
With its once-robust banking sector decimated and unemployment soaring amid harsh EU-imposed austerity, Greek Cypriots seem to have little appetite for any radical and potentially expensive change that would add to their overwhelming sense of uncertainty about their future. The island joined the European Union in 2004, but membership benefits only extend to residents in the south. The Turkish Cypriots, on the other hand, have had a close-up look at the financial chaos that EU membership can bring, and may be in no hurry to join the club.
"It worsened the prospect for settlement," says Hubert Faustmann, political science professor at the University of Nicosia. "A solution is costly, and there is less money now or hardly any money if any money left to finance that."
There's been no 10th anniversary commemoration this week. That early euphoria amid scenes of a crush people eager to cross over and see homes and properties that belonged to families for generations — then left hastily left behind — is now a faded memory.
Turkish Cypriots were first to rebel in the early 2000s against their isolation, angry at seeing their future drying up amid a collapsing economy. That compelled Turkish Cypriot authorities to loosen restrictions on crossings and to open checkpoints, putting an end to the Turkish Cypriots' nearly complete isolation on a sliver of territory recognized by no other country than Turkey.
"The opening of the gates, had opened a big door for ... the Turkish Cypriots because we were in a sort of enclave" said Turkish Cypriot Hassan Cirakli, sitting with his former Greek Cypriot schoolmate and close friend, Andreas Paralikis, in the shadow of a 12th-century cathedral converted into a mosque in the northern part of Nicosia. "We didn't have any relations with the outside world."
But the lack of a deal after so many failed attempts has sapped all optimism that reunification is possible, says Ahmet Sozen, chair of the political science department at Eastern Mediterranean University in the north.
Sozen said without real political progress, all the crossing points appeared to do was to bestow a kind of strange "normality" to the status quo.
"Unfortunately the crossing openings failed to make a huge positive difference as to how people on both sides of the divided perceive each other," says Sozen. "People in their subconscious have been reconciled with the idea that this is perhaps the best arrangement."
That pessimism doesn't faze Maratheftis or Akinci.
"Now we're fighting for peace in the same trench," said Akinci.
Maratheftis still has the bullet fragments embedded in his skull but bears no grudges. These days, the two men recount their story to schoolchildren on both sides of the divide, part of a personal quest to erase the mistrust that the barriers sustained.


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So you want to learn about Viruses. . .
This is a quick overview that I just found. From attrition.org.
When people talk about virii it is common for people to treat the virus, the trojan horse, the logic bomb, etc. as if they were one and the same. Now, personally, I find the idea insulting and I am sure that many virus writers would feel the same way. Time and time again, I have seen the worthy name of VIRUS heaped upon the ranks of such undeserving pranks as the common TROJAN horse.
To think that the two are one and the same is fine, if you are the common lamer that so often finds himself behind the computer screen. To be unable to differenciate between a virus and a trojan is perfectly acceptable for many. If you are entirely satisified with knowing just enough to be able to start your computer and run your application, then don't read this article. In fact, why don't you go buy a MacIntosh?
As for the rest of us, we realize that there IS a difference. And in order to prevent ourselves from looking like clueless idiots, we strive to learn the differences between the virus and the trojan horse and what each one is and is not capable of.
What advantage is gained by learning of such things as a computer virus?
The person who is well-informed in such matters gains many advantages over one who is not.
For one, he will quickly notice when his system shows signs of virus activity and he will catch it before it has had time to do significant damage to his system. Since he will have taken the proper precautions in advance he will be able to quickly restore his system system while suffering minimal loss.
Since he knows what a virus can and can't do, he won't believe every quirk in his hardware or software is actually the result of some devious virus. He will not be lulled into the false sense of security provided by such worthless products as CPAV or NAV. He will have the wisdom to look a trojan horse 'in the mouth'.
When it comes to virii, people are inclined to believe alot of stupid stuff. Let's face it, people are inclined to believe alot of stupid stuff period, but when it comes to virii, they tend to get even stupider.
What is a virus?
A VIRUS is a small, executable program with the ability to replicate itself by adding its code to that of a host program and/or the system area of a hard or floppy disk. The user is generally unaware of the actions of a virus as it replicates and usually only becomes aware of its presence when the virus 'activates', which it does according to a given set of conditions and at which time it is often too late.
However, once the user knows what signs to look for, it can be very obvious when viral activity occurs. More on the signs in a little bit. Let's discuss the difference between viruses.
Every virus has its own personality. Viruses differ in many ways, each having its own unique properties that make it different. Here are some ways that viruses differ from each other:
SIZE - A virus can be as small as 66 bytes or less, or as large as 4096 bytes or more. Compared to most computer programs a virus must be very small.
METHOD OF INFECTION - A virus can infect the host program in different ways. Below are three methods commonly used. They are by no means the only ways, but they are the most common. It is possible for a virus to use one or more of these methods.
OVERWRITING - When a virus infects using this method, it will simply write a copy of itself over the begining of the host program. This is a very simple method and is used by more primitive viruses. An infected file has been destroyed and must be restored from a backup disk. Overwriting tends to make the user suspicious becuase the host program no longer functions. This method of infection causes no change in the size of an infected program.
APPENDING - This method is a bit more complex. The virus appends itself onto the end of the host program and also edits the begining of the program. When the user runs the infected program it will jump to the end of the program where the virus is located, perform the functions of the virus, then return and continue to run the host program. To the user, the program is functioning normally. This method of infection causes infected programs to increase in size.
Some appending viruses are unable to tell whether or not they have already infected a program and will continue to infect the program hundreds of times, causing it to grow considerably in size.
DISK INFECTORS - Other viruses will infect the boot record or partition table. This is an executable area of the disk that is automatically run every time you boot up from the disk. This means that as soon as the computer boots up, the virus is in memory.
TSR - A virus may or may not become resident in memory. If it does go TSR, then its chances of infecting files are greatly increased. Otherwise it can only do its stuff when an infected program is run. If the virus is in memory it can infect files any time it chooses. Partition table and boot sector infecting viruses are always TSRs.
STEALTH - Some TSR viruses use a sophisticated technique called Stealth cloaking. What this means is the virus will fool the system so that everything appears to be normal. When a user does a directory listing the virus will intercept the disk read, and alter the data so that the file sizes appear to be unchanged, when in actuality they have increased in size.
Boot sector infectors may use stealth so that when the user attempts to view the boot record, instead of showing the actual boot record, a copy of the old boot record is returned instead. Because of stealth techniques it may be impossible to detect a virus once it has become resident in memory. The only sure way to check for a stealth virus is to boot from a clean, write-protected floppy, then scan the hard drive. It is a good idea to prepare such a floppy disk ahead of time, and adding anti-virus software such as Scan and F-Prot.
ACTIVATION CRITERIA AND EFFECT- The other area that gives a virus its personality is the activation criteria, or what makes it go off. Some activate by the date, others activate when a certain program is run, and other will activate when they can't find any more files that haven't been infected yet.
When a virus activates it will take a certain action. I will refer to this as the activation effect. The efffect may be as simple and harmless as displaying a message or as malicious as trashing the victim's hard drive. Obviously, you want to find the virus BEFORE it activates.
What are the ways that I can catch a virus?
Just as with the AIDS virus, there is alot of bullshit concerning the conditions under which a virus may infect your system. A virus can only be caught by executing a program that has been infected with a virus or by ATTEMPTING to boot up from an infected disk. You cannot get a virus by merely LOOKING at an infected program or disk. A virus can infect just about any executable file EXE COM OVL SYS DRV BIN and the partition table and master boot record of floppies and hard disks.
Notice that above I said "attempting" to boot up from an infected disk. Even if you attempt to boot up from A: and it tells you, "Non-System disk" and then you boot from C: instead, the virus can still be active if A: was infected. This is very important. It doesn't have to be a succesful boot for the virus to get into memory. The first thing it will probably do is infect C: drive. Then if you put a new disk in A:, that will in turn be infected. That is why it is important to keep a clean, write-protected floppy.
So, to sum it up:
You can catch a virus by executing an infected program, wether you realize the program was run or not. This includes overlay files, system drivers, EXE and COM files, etc.
You can catch a virus by ATTEMPTING to boot from an infected floppy disk or hard disk, without regard as to whether that attempt was succesful.
A cold boot will remove a virus from memory, a warm boot won't necessarily do it. So press the button on your computer instead of using CTRL-ALT-DEL.
You CAN'T get a virus just from looking at an infected disk or file.
You CAN'T get a virus from a data file, unless it is actually an executable and some other program renames it.
So in order to keep yourself in the clear, always check any new program for viruses before running it, and never leave a disk in the floppy drive when you boot up.
What are the signs that a virus is present?
There are several things that may indicate the presence of a virus on your system.
1. Unexplained file growth in EXE and COM files may indicate an appending virus.
2. Programs that used to work now return with some type of error message and fail to work at all. This may indicate an overwriting virus. Some common messages are "Program to big to fit in memory" or "Unknown Command" and other similar messages. Thes should make you suspicious.
3. Unexplained directory changes. If you execute a program and then find that you are suddenly in a different directory, this may indicate that a virus has been hunting for files to infect.
4. A decrease in available system memory. You should know how much memory is usually free on your computer. If this number drops, it may indicate a TSR virus. This does not always work since some
viruses do not protect the memory they use.
5. Unexplained ChkDsk errors. Stealth viruses will cause you to get a CHKDSK error because they are altering the info before it gets to CHKDSK. If you do a CHKDSK /F under this condition, it could CAUSE considerable damage to the directory structure when in actuality nothing was wrong in the first place.
6. Unexplained disk access. If the floppy or hard drive begin to light up all of a sudden for no reason, it could mean viral activity. It could also mean that you are running a disk cache with staged writes enabled.
7. An overall slowdown in system activity. Programs may take longer to execute than normal.
How can I protect myself against viruses?
There is one fool-proof positive method. Never run any program that isn't already on your computer and never use anybody else's disks. Unfortunately, that is practical. So what is the next best thing?
Backups - Make frequent backups of the files on your hard disk. Remember that at any given moment you may lose your entire hard drive and its contents. Do you have backups of all your important files? Things like Phone directories and passwords are especially hard to get back. So be prepared for the worst.
Rescue Disk - Many programs such as TBAV and Norton Utilities will allow you to create a 'rescue disk', which is a floppy disk that can be booted from in an emergency. On this disk will be stored a copy of important system info that could be very hard, if not impossible to come up with manually. This includes a copy of the partition table, Master Boot Record (MBR), CMOS settings, and other important system info.
Also on this disk, you should store utilities that can be used to detect, clean, and remove viruses from your hard disk. This disk should be write-protected, and should be updated any time you make changes to your system.
Knowledge - Keeping yourself well-informed about how viruses work, any new viruses, and that kind of info is very important. Most of the computer using public is entirely ignorant when it comes to viruses. By readin this article, you have already made a big step at reducing your odds of being hit by a virus.
AV Software - There are plenty of good Anti-Virus programs available on the market. Most of the good ones are usually shareware or freeware. Some are commercial. Many of the commercial ones are lousy, too. Using some of the less effective virus software can provide a false sense of security.
Anti-Virus Software
What TO use:
These are some of the AV products that I DO recommend for you to use. The more Anti-Virus software, the better protected you are. Allow me to quickly explain what a Heuristic Scan is. Normally, a virus scanner will look for a 'signature', a series of bytes that occur inside the virus that can be used to identify a specific virus. A huruistic scan takes a different approach. It evaluates the code and looks for virus-like programming techniques. This technique enables the scanner to find new or unknown viruses and variations but also tends to cause more false positives and takes longer. It is a very useful feature.
VirusScan - by MacAfee, Also known as SCAN. This is the standard, and recognizes a lot virus strains. This program is readily available and offers frequent updates.
Doctor Solomon's Anti Virus ToolKit - Although more expensive than the others, this program has some interesting utilities. It has "anti-stealth" technology, and an authorization TSR, and a Certify TSR, which only allows you to run programs that have been checked and had their CRC logged in.


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CHICO — A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a Chico resident interrupted an alleged burglary at about 12:10 p.m. today.
The boy was in the second floor of a home on the 1300 block of Salem Street when the resident saw him, according to a Chico police press release. However, the juvenile jumped out the window and fled on his bicycle.
Officers were able to locate a suspect matching his description at West 12th Street and Normal Avenue.
Several items stolen from multiple residences in the area were in his possession, according to the release.
The juvenile was positively identified after several in-field lineups were conducted, and he was booked into Butte County Juvenile Hall in Oroville.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to call Chico police at 897-4900.


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Do your children ever travel alone? "Of course not," you say. What about school trips in middle school or high school? What about overnight camp and day trips or overnights they may take?
Do your children ever travel alone?
"Of course not," you say.
What about school trips in middle school or high school? What about overnight camp and day trips? Or overnights they may take?
Any time your kids do something without you, they are traveling alone. Once kids are old enough to have these opportunities, they are old enough to not only understand important safety rules about travelling without you, but understand how to care for themselves and their health.
If they can't accomplish either of those tasks, perhaps they are not quite ready to be on their own.
10 issues to discuss
Health issues
Do your children know their health history? How about when his or her last tetanus shot was?
Even if a trip is supervised, adults won't be around all the time and won't be able to rattle off every piece of information about every child. Your child's best health historian is himself.
Simply review the highlights and write them down. Create a wallet card or small computer printout for your teen to have on hand and all health information bases will be covered. Essentials to focus on include: important illnesses and surgeries, medications and medication allergies, last tetanus shot dates and health insurance card copy and number.
Travel safety
Does your child understand how to travel safely? Whether by air, car, boat, bus or train, it is important that your child have a sense of safety issues for the modes of transportation.
Review what to do in case he or she gets separated from the group. Explain safety procedures if there will be any, and the importance of taking those seriously. And explain that with other passengers around, horsing around and being loud is not acceptable.
Calling Mom and Dad
Make sure your child knows your cell phone number. Write it down and put it in her wallet if you have to but don't just rely on her speed dial.
Technology on the go
Kids often think that being away from home is carte blanche for extra cell phone use or IM use. Never talk and walk. And, tell your child never to IM anyone he or she doesn't know.
Hotel safety
Hotels are great fun and kids (especially teens) become very excited being in a hotel room without their family. Review etiquette with your teen as well as common law concepts and the fact that the walls are thinner than they appear. Review locking the door. Review not letting strangers into their room.
911 moments
I try and keep this simple with kids away from home. If they are scared or uncomfortable and feel at all unsafe, that is a 911 moment. Better to call authorities than get into trouble. Feeling unsafe is not the time to consult a friend; it is the time to call for real help.
Basic first aid
Most local fire departments and health centers have basic first aid classes for kids and this is a fantastic idea. These courses review everything from wound care to CPR and will come in handy when you are not around. I'd strongly recommend this before your teen ventures on any trip without you.
Money safety
Preteens and teens don't understand how pickpockets and criminals think. So, be very clear and specific about safe ATM use and how to pull money out of a wallet. Review concepts like not putting a wallet on a counter or table and, for girls, not leaving a purse on the back of a chair.
Public do's and don'ts
This is a tough one. Children have to understand they represent themselves, their family and their organization. Other people are around and they have to remember to be polite and responsible. Sometimes under the influence of peers they forget this.
The dating game
It is when teens are on trips like that first dating experiences often happen; first kisses, for example.
Many organized trips have policies about fraternization and it would be a good idea to review these policies with your teen as well as reviewing safe sex practices. They key is to try and get information across without coming across too strongly.
Talking about more old fashioned dating concepts like holding hands may come in useful if your teen finds himself in a dating situation and wants to create some intimacy without going too far.
If you can impart these words of wisdom, your children will be safer and more prepared than others.
Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe is a pediatrician and mother of two from Wayland, Mass. O'Keeffe is founder and CEO of Pediatrics Now: www.pediatricsnow.com, and she is Editor-in-Chief for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communication and Media: http://aap.org/councils/media. She can be reached at email@example.com


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Toasting Not Toasting
I have a confession to make. I gave up drinking.
I know, that's crazy talk. I'm sure I will get very many angry letters from readers that support alcohol consumption. "Steve," they will say. "I'm not dunrk AT ALLllllalalal! You have to trythis. I dunno what's init, just tryit. I love you man!"
I don't think drinking is wrong. Frankly, I love it. Even when I don't drink, I have a great time going out with my friends and watching them get plastered. And I'm funnier when people are drunk. Go ahead and get smashed now, I'll be hysterical. Though I can't imagine it is much fun to read humor columns while you're drunk. (Drunk instant messaging, however, is awesome).
I gave up drinking because it was cutting into my life instead of enhancing it. I've been sober for two months, which is the longest I've gone without drinking in seven years. Wait, my mom reads this column and can do math. Uh, I mean I've been drinking lots of sacramental wine while praying. Okay, maybe not, but drinking has caused me to do a great deal of kneeling.
The last time I got drunk was after a show in upstate New York. That was a special night, because I also came down with the flu. If you think throwing up from the flu is bad, try being wasted at the same time. I spent that entire night on a strangers' couch simultaneously shivering and sweating, apparently the two great tastes that taste great together.
I cancelled my show for the next night and went home. Once I regained consciousness three days later, I made the pledge we all make: "never again." I don't know how often you've said, "never again," but that was my fourth time this year. So I didn't expect it to take.
I remember the last time I promised to stop drinking. I don't really remember it, but it's been retold to me. It was early September, and I was stumblingly hitting on a platonic friend. After she went home with a guy who could stand up straight without the aid of a wall, I took a drunken two-hour subway ride home. It was only an hour train ride, but due to delays and my inability to run for the train I missed, it took twice as long. Two hours of almost throwing up in the subway after having been rejected by a girl I shouldn't have been hitting on in the first place. Weeeee!
"But what the hell," I said the following week while having a beer, "that night wasn't so bad. I'll try it again four to five days a week for the rest of my life."
As a standup comic, I don't usually pay for alcohol. Often people buy me a few after the show, or free beer is part of my contract. And as a standup comic, I rarely go more than a few days without a six hour drive. Hangovers are bad. Hangovers are terrible on the interstate. And that's really why I stopped. The nights were fun – but the next mornings were absolutely terrible.
Free beer is usually just implied in my contract – but how cool would it be if that clause was actually there.
"Whereas the comedian enjoys libations, and we receive them at wholesale prices, therefore be it resolved we will make sure at least two of his sheets and as many as four are, completely, to the wind."
There are two types of next mornings when you drink. The amazingly fun recounting everything that happened with your friends, and the solitary "why does someone keep smacking me in the back of the head" feeling. Since I am traveling right now, I am always in a different place than the people I drank with the night before. So all I am left with is someone continually smacking me in the back of the head. On the interstate.
I don't know if this current non-drinking streak will last, but it has a better chance of lasting than my others. Because I have still been acting drunk. To get the effects of alcohol without spending the money, just become a standup comedian. If you thought alcohol lowered your inhibitions, try telling jokes to strangers every night. In the past two months, I have helped close a bar in Kansas, danced on one with five girls in Indiana, and had dinner at one with three strippers in New York. My sober stories are starting to beat my friends' drinking stories. Of course, the coolest drinking stories most of them have involve Taco Bell at 2AM.
"Dude, they were totally out of chalupas!"
"Wow. Maybe I should ask my new stripper friends what they think about that."
I'm kidding, of course. We haven't really stayed in touch.
I hope I can keep the promise I made to myself. Maybe I can stop destroying platonic friendships by hitting on everyone, buy something nice with the money I save, and actually get through life a little less hung over.
I'll drink to that.


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February 20, 2013
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IBM Storage Launch for 3Q2010
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Well, today's Tuesday, and you know what that means... IBM Announcements!
This week, IBM has their huge 3Q Launch. This on top of the [2Q results] IBM released yesterday. You can read how the rest of the company did, but it is good to see that IBM grew in both revenue and market share for storage!
As with any IBM launch of this magnitude, there are so many enhancements, I will spread them across several posts.
I'll try to get to the rest in separate posts over the rest of this week.
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Institute for Astronomy to present Maui public talk on the sun and Earth's climateUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy will hold the second UH/IfA Maui Maikalani Community Lecture, a series of free public talks, on Friday, November 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at its new building, Maikalani, in Pukalani. Dr. Jeff Kuhn will speak about "Why We REALLY Need to Know How the Sun Works: An Important Truth."
He will describe how the sun and Earth's climate systems are inextricably linked and why, despite popular video efforts to the contrary, we are not in a position to decide whether manmade or natural climate-forcing changes will dominate future climate changes.
Jeff Kuhn is the IfA associate director responsible for the Maui division. He received his PhD in physics from Princeton in 1981. He worked as an astronomer with the National Solar Observatory and as a professor in the Physics Department at Michigan State University before joining the Institute for Astronomy in 1997.
The address of Maikalani, also known as the Advanced Technology Research Center, is 34 Ohia Ku Street, Pukalani, above Kamehameha Schools in the Kulamalu Town Center (the first light after King Kekaulike High School, just off Kula Highway). For a map, go to http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/maps/Maui-ATRC.html.
Founded in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars, planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in astronomy education, deep space missions, and in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Mauna Kea.
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Avoiding Electric Shocks (Mar, 1936)
Avoiding Electric Shocks
While Making Electrical Repairs
THE home mechanic is usually not so well versed as he might be on electrical matters, and frequently receives an electric shock when attempting to replace burnt-out fuses, or making repairs on a defective lamp socket. Several safety hints here given will enable anyone to make their own general electrical repairs without danger.
Frequently fuses have to be replaced in basement cellars and, if you have a pair of rubber gloves, it is a good idea to wear them. If you are careful, however, and stand on a piece of dry board, or even on a dry folded newspaper, or wear a pair of dry rubbers, you can remove "blown" fuses and insert the new ones without receiving a shock through the body, due to contact through the shoes on a damp cellar floor.
One of the first important rules, which every electrician soon learns, is to touch "live" electric apparatus, such as fuses and switch terminals, with but one hand; if you start exploring around fuse boxes with both hands, you will probably soon get your hands in contact with live contacts of opposite polarity and receive a good shake-up— especially if you get a shock from a 220 volt line.
Most electric-light circuits operate at 110 volts potential; if you get a shock by touching a live part of such a circuit, it will not prove fatal to any normal healthy person. However, it is not the most pleasing sensation.
Fig. 2 shows how to test across, first one fuse, and then the other, with a 110-volt lamp. If the lamp lights when connected, as shown at the left of Fig. 2, fuse "B" is O.K.; if the lamp stays dark, then fuse "B" is blown. At the right of Fig. 2, if the lamp remains dark fuse "A" is blown; if it lights, then fuse "A" is O.K. Fig. 2A shows a typical test-lamp —the socket may be bakelite or porcelain socket, and the two free ends of the rubber covered wires are cleaned or "skinned" for about half an inch, for making contact with the switches, etc., which are to be tested.
If you have no test-lamp handy, you can locate a blown fuse by the substitution method, as shown in Fig. 3. In this case, by transposing the fuses and watching whether the lamps light in certain circuits, you can check up all the fuses in the fuse box, by inserting one and moving the one removed into the next fuse socket. Don't leave permanently a 30-ampere fuse in a 10-ampere branch block; as this destroys the safeguard in that particular circuit, which the 10-ampere fuses are supposed to afford. In a "pinch" larger fuses may be used temporarily in a branch circuit; but they should always be removed as soon as possible, and the proper size fuse put in place. Shocks are often received when trying to replace cartridge fuses; but a pair of pliers made of fiber or bakelite, as shown in Fig. 4, will enable you to remove cartridge fuses safely.
In attempting to remove or repair an electric-light socket do not stand on a porcelain sink or a stove, or you will most probably receive a shock; the current passing from one side of the socket through your body down through the sink and water-pipe system. Of course, the only really safe way to make repairs on electric light sockets or floor outlets is to remove both fuses in the branch fuse-block supplying the circuit, or else pull out the main-switch on the meter board and "kill" the circuit thoroughly. When you push the wall switch to turn off the drop light or ceiling fixture, one side of the circuit only is opened, as the switch is a single-pole type and the other side of the circuit remains "alive." Therefore, if you make a ground connection by standing on a hot-air heating register, touch a sink or other grounded object, you will receive a shock when you touch the live side of the socket or other device.
One of the most common electrical accidents which befalls the amateur electrician is the "fireworks" resulting from his first attempt at repairing a balky lamp-socket. Frequently a screwdriver is introduced into the socket, resulting in a flash of fire which usually blows a fuse and melts the end of the screwdriver. If the circuit is not killed by removing both fuses or opening the main switch, or at least by opening the wall-switch by pushing the black button (or push the lever to the "off" position) you had best not attempt to repair a live lamp socket. If you poke a screwdriver into a lamp circuit you will, of course, cause a direct short-circuit in most cases, as shown in Fig. 6; with resulting "fireworks" and possibly a burnt face or hand. So keep your eyes and face away from such electrical fittings because, at some time or other, it may be alive, simply because you forgot to turn the switch off or for some other reason.
Fig. 7 shows how live circuits may be handled, in connection with fixture repairs or replacements, simply by opening or connecting one joint at a time! Complete one joint and wrap it with tape before touching the other "live" wire, which can then be connected to the other remaining fixture wire quite safely. If the two live wires ("A" and "B" in Fig. 7) get together, you will have a short-circuit, a flash of sparks and a blown fuse! Also, keep live wires like this as far apart as possible, and cover one with tape as soon as the joint has been-made, before touching the other one! The reverse order is followed in disconnecting a fixture—open one side of the circuit at a time and, after the end of the live wire has been covered with tape, you can then open the second joint.
Fig. 8 shows how a person standing on a hot-air heating register may receive a shock through the body, when touching a grounded lamp socket. You may also receive a shock by touching the sink with one hand while the other is in contact with the grounded* lamp socket, or one of the live wires attached to the socket.
Once in a while, as a result of continual twisting, and the forming of knots in floor lamp cords, a short-circuit occurs and a flame may appear on the cord. The best thing to do is to pull the plug from the base receptacle; but don't grab it with the bare hands, as the wire may be hot, due to the short-circuit, and burn your hands. Grab the cord with a piece of cloth, newspaper or a towel. Persons of a high nervous temperament will usually feel the effect of a 110-volt electric shock much more severely than others; the conductivity and also the moisture on the skin greatly affect the degree of shock. When the body is immersed up to the knees in a bath-tub filled with water, don't touch electrical apparatus, for if there is a ground on the fixture you will receive a severe jolt, from the current passing through the body and the bathtub which is connected to the ground through the water-pipe system. The safest way is to step out of the tub, on to a dry bath mat or some dry papers, if nothing else, before touching the electrical fittings!
*"Ground" here means one side of the circuit accidentally connected to the metal shell of the socket or fixture.


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Critical Thinking: Should Media Withhold The Names Of Accused Killers In An Effort To Curb Future Violence?
By: Nu Yang
Q: In light of the spate of mass shootings in America, do you think media organizations should withhold the name and photo of the accused killer in an effort to curb future violence?
Gianna Cruet, 21, senior, University of Nevada, Reno
Cruet is a journalism major and current opinion editor of student newspaper The Nevada Sagebrush. She studied abroad in San Sebastian, Spain, in 2011 and interned as a news reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal last summer.
A: The United States faces several dilemmas in its efforts to halt the growing number of deadly shootings. Is it our treatment of mentally ill people that contributes to these disasters? Are gun laws strict enough, or should guns be easier to obtain so that victims in these situations can defend themselves? All are pertinent questions, and all are difficult to answer.
The question of whether the media should or should not publish essential information about killers, however, should not be a debate. I understand why people may think it is. People who, like Adam Lanza, are on the precipice of insanity, may decide that similar actions would get them attention. Maybe ensuring that Lanza doesn't get any coverage in the press would discourage potential killers.
But that solution is too simple, and its consequences are problematic. Not only do people need information, but they need to know the "why." When news of the shooting broke, I sat at my laptop refreshing CNN.com every couple of minutes. All the while I was wondering why anyone would walk into an elementary school and kill children. If the media didn't publish Lanza's name or photo, they couldn't publish information about him either, but people would still figure out who he was. I believe the families and loved ones of the victims would need to know the identity of the killer. That helps them move past their grief and, maybe, they can try to understand why he did what he did. Maybe they never would. Either way, Lanza existing as a John Doe with no photo to his name would make that impossible.
The recent shootings are not flukes, and something needs to be done about them. Restricting the media will not do that job.
Brett Fera, 30, managing editor, East Valley (Tempe, Ariz.) Tribune
Fera returned to the Tribune (where his career began) in 2011 as Web editor and became managing editor in January 2013. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and communication, and an MBA from the University of Arizona. He is a faculty associate with Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Communication.
A: For the sake of public interest — the "greater good" — or rather to satisfy the public's interest?
While the verbiage might be similar, the context is anything but. The combination of a voyeuristic society and the fight for television ratings, single-copy sales, and pageviews is undoubtedly a dangerous proposition.
The possibility of further mass violence is always present, and media outlets must be cognizant that showcasing the suspect once and again has an impact (Counterpoint: A recent Associated Press report quotes experts as saying, "There is no pattern, there is no increase," in mass shootings).
As part of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, a "national conversation" took place over the principles that underlie journalism. PEJ leaders Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach developed "The Elements of Journalism" as a result, and among those elements are a commitment to truth, loyalty to citizens, coverage that's comprehensive and proportional, the exercise of personal conscience, and a discipline of verification.
It's easy to highlight scenarios where outlets have failed in practicing one or more of these elements. Every organization is unique and must pass its own independent litmus test to determine if its methods are prudent. Local newspapers covering Newtown, Aurora, or Northwest Tucson likely owe it to their constituents — those directly connected to the event itself — to display the entire story, uncomfortable as it may be. Still, ratings be damned, a national television network has a less compelling argument to run a headshot for hours straight.
In any case, a simple "yes" or "no" isn't enough, and that's a good thing. Thought and continued conversation are imperative to champion worthwhile answers. No, media outlets should not completely withhold the name and photo of the accused, but, yes (unequivocally), coverage must be presented with restraint and respect — something seemingly missing of late.


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- 2005
- Fraggle Rock movie project first proposed by The Jim Henson Company in a press release during its 50th anniversary.
- 2006
- In an interview, Brian Henson says, "Yes, we are writing a Fraggle Rock movie and trying to pull it together. We want the movie to do something that sort of stands next to the Fraggle Rock series rather than be a continuation of the show."
- In a press release, The Jim Henson Company stated that the film was indeed in the works with a script treatment being written by Ahmet Zappa.
- Ahmet Zappa discusses his plans for the film in an interview with MTV. States that he expects the movie to hit theaters in 2009, wants celebrity cameos, new songs, and lots of puppets.
- 2008
- Yet another press release from The Jim Henson Company reveals that the Weinstein Company would be distributing the film with a new writer/director Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked), with Ahmet Zappa moved to Executive Producer spot.
- In the press release, Lisa Henson stated, "Our previous partnership with the Weinstein Company has proven to be a wonderful collaboration and we are confident that joining with them on this project will ensure audiences young and old will enjoy meeting Red, Gobo and the whole Fraggle gang. With Cory Edwards directing, this new Fraggle adventure will bring an exciting energy while honoring the heart, joy and hope of the original series."
- Edwards stated, "Jim Henson's work has had a huge influence on my life, so to get the chance to bring 'Fraggles' to the big screen is fantastic. Both Lisa and Harvey [Weinstein] have been very enthusiastic and supportive of my vision of this film. It's my goal to make Fraggle fans happy, as well as make a great stand-alone fantasy adventure film" in the same press release.
- 2009
- On his blog, Cory's Curiousities, Edwards discussed the film's music ("We are talking to some big people about being involved. MAJOR names. Everyone agrees that this music has to be more than 'kids rock,' or sing-songy stuff that is merely tolerable for adults."), script ("The other update is that I had a substantial creative meeting over at Henson on some bigger issues with the script. As excited as everyone has been about the screenplay, there were some larger, lingering notes. Notes about certain themes, about the length of time we spend in certain locations or on a certain character's story."), and delays in the project ("All parties are circling up to keep this ball moving down the field (although it's always more like pushing a boulder up a hill). For those of you who are frustrated and impatient about how long this is taking, Welcome To The Movie Business! This is nothing new. Each project of this size involves huge amounts of money and lots of people (and multiple companies) agreeing on the same creative, financial and strategic plans. And then some of those plans take a lot of time to execute.")
- Entertainment Weekly magazine featured this blurb in its December 2009 issue: Director Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked) tells EW he is overseeing a big-screen revamp of the Henson-created Fraggle Rock, the much-beloved '80s TV show about tiny Muppet-esque creatures. "We've got a script we're very excited about, but it's been a very tricky balance," reveals Edwards. "We have to appeal to 10-year-olds as well as the nostalgic 30- and 40-year-olds." The latter camp need not worry about an excess of CGI jiggery-pokery. "This is old-school Muppet tricks," reassures Edwards. "I think it's more important to the fans than it would have been to Jim. He loved any tool of creation. But yeah, we're going to do puppets."
- 2010
- Numerous production holdups begin to surface this year. Edwards is the main news source on his blog with updates on the delays, mostly pinning the problems on the Weinstein Company. Said Edwards in April 2010, "There are many crazy things going on behind the scenes to get the film funded and to get the Weinstein Company completely committed. I'm very, very frustrated with the lack of progress, to put it lightly. The script is GOOD, guys. I'm excited about it and I stand by it...I'm at a loss. I'm ready to go, but the big decision-makers are not. I've become very personally invested in this thing, and I desperately want to give you all the Fraggle movie you've been dreaming of. I get goosebumps when I think about the movie that could be. I think it's still possible. However, I'm sad to say that you may not hear any updates on Fraggle Rock for a long time."
- In May, Edwards was interviewed by The Muppet Mindset and provided a bit more insight into the film.
- In June, Edwards posted on his blog that Weinstein had begun searching for a new screenwriter for the project. He, again, blames this on Weinstein's desire for an "edgier" Fraggle Rock. "I have said repeatedly that I will do my very best to make this Fraggle movie relevant and modern, to compete with everything else out there. But what I will NOT do is sabotage what made the property beloved in the first place."
- 2011
- Edwards tells Entertainment Weekly that the project is no longer under the Weinstein Company anymore. Later that month, Craig Shemin revealed that the film will be put on hold until another production company is found for it.
- In October, the New Regency Company purchased the production rights for the film from The Jim Henson Company. New Regency is the studio behind the Alvin & the Chipmunks and Marmaduke big-screen adaptations.
- 2012
- In May, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that two new writers had been hired to pen the script for the Fraggle Rock movie project: Jim Byrkit and Alex Manugian, two co-writers of the Academy Award-winning animated film Rango.
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Lufthansa, Economy Class. Sausage, potatoes, red thing, croissant, vegetables. Mmmm, delish.
Lufthansa, Economy Class. Tortellini?, a roll, water and some candy. Sort of appetizing.
Martin Air, Economy Class. Cheese sandwich, a roll, some yogurt, candy and other assorted goodies. It was nice of them to break a dollar on this fine meal.
Turkish Airlines. Mmm, Beefaroni, hard to go wrong. Some sort of chocolate desert, veggies. Nice.
Thai food, veggies, a roll and some ginger ale.
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Looks like three dishes of the blandest food imaginable, with a couple of rolls thrown in, to sop up the gravy like substance.
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Unknown substance and rice. At least they got a cookie.
Chicken, rice, veggies, a salad, roll, and some delicious cookies.
Mmm, breakfast. Yogurt, coffee, egg product, croissant.
German Airlines, looks like some beef stroganoff.
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Some sort of chicken? meal on Philippine Airlines, comes with a rocky road bar, and a small slice of Gouda.
Iceland air food. Brown lumps of meat, a brownie, fish salad, a roll and some Icelandic butter.
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Korean Air from South Korea to Narita, Japan. Chicken, kimchi and pineapple.
JALways dinner. Mystery pink substance, and some Sakai.
Food from a flight to Helsinki, Finland. Looks like trash can scrapings and a cup of chocolate pudding.
Rice dish, banana bread, and a delicious chef salad.
Taiwanese food on China Airlines. Chicken with a side of tripe.
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Harris County Republicans worked to energize their base on Monday night with a rally at the Galleria, where a parade of statewide candidates pitched voters for support in next year's primary.
After nearly two hours of speeches, about 300 people participated in a straw poll that showed the party faithful support current Attorney General Greg Abbott for governor and picked state Sen. Dan Patrick almost 4-to-1 for lieutenant governor over the incumbent, David Dewhurst.
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