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|Glossary of Film / Video Terms (A-G)
1D LUT: A 1-dimensional lookup table is a static color translation table that converts one input value to one output value. There is a 1-to-1 correspondence in the input and output values in a 1D LUT.
16 mm: The frame is one-fourth the size of a 35 mm frame and has a 1.33:1 television aspect ratio. The film can have perforations on both sides or on just one side. When compared to 35 mm, grain is more apparent.
2K: A digital image 2048 pixels wide. A standard 2K scan of a full 35 mm film frame is 2048 X 1556 pixels.
3:2 Pull-down: The telecine transfer relationship of film frames to video fields. Film shot at 24 fps is transferred to 30 fps NTSC video with an alternating three-field/two-field relationship.
3D LUT: A 3-dimensional lookup table is a static color translation table that converts a set of three input color values to another set of three output color values.
35 mm: The standard gauge for professional filmmakers, and the standard mainstream film format used for theatrical releases.
4K: A digital image 4096 pixels wide. A standard 4K scan of a full 35 mm film frame is 4096 X 3112 pixels.
65 mm: The camera film format (size) for wide-screen formats such as IMAX.
70 mm: The release print format (size) for wide-screen formats such as IMAX.
A Wind: When you hold a roll of 16 mm or other single-perf film so that the film leaves the roll from the top and toward the right, the perforations will be along the edge toward the observer.
Abrasion Marks: Scratches on film caused by dirt, improper handling, grit, emulsion pileups, and certain types of film damage (e.g., torn perforations).
Academy Aperture: In projection, the aperture cutout, designed as specified by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that provides for a screen-image aspect ratio of approximately 1.37:1; also called "sound aperture."
Acetate: Actually cellulose triacetate, the base material frequently used for motion picture films. Also, in sheet form, for overlay cells.
Acetate-Base Film: Any film with a support that contains cellulose triacetate; safety film.
Acquisition: General term used to describe the input of media for the DI process. All source media during acquisition must be digitized or transferred digitally.
Additive Color: Color mixture by adding light from any of the three primaries: red, green, and blue.
Algorithm: A procedure to perform a task. Given an initial state, an algorithm will produce a defined end-state. Computer algorithms are used to perform image-processing operations.
Aliasing: A digital artifact consisting of patterns or shapes that have no relation in size and orientation with those found in the original image. This is often caused by too low a scan resolution or sampling rate. The best solution is to acquire the image at a sufficient sampling rate or use an anti-aliasing algorithm.
Analog: A recording technique (for video or audio) that is continuously variable (as opposed to digital, which is either on or off using 1's and 0's).
Anamorphic: An optical system having different magnifications in the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image. Basically, special camera lenses squeeze the image horizontally at the time of exposure. This 2-to-1 squeeze uses as much of the negative available and still allows room for an optical sound track on the release print. The print is un-squeezed by the projector lens, which gives the characteristic wide screen (2.35:1) aspect ratio.
ANSI: American National Standards Institute.
Answer Print: The first print (combining picture and sound, if a sound picture), in release form, offered by the laboratory to the producer for acceptance. It is usually studied carefully to determine whether changes are required prior to printing the balance of the order.
Antihalation Backing (Coating): A dark layer coated on or in the film to absorb light that would otherwise be reflected back into the emulsion from the base.
Aperture: (1) Lens: The orifice, usually an adjustable iris, which limits the amount of light passing through a lens. (2) Camera: In motion picture cameras, the mask opening that defines the area of each frame exposed. (3) Projector: In motion picture projectors, the mask opening that defines the area of each frame projected.
Artifacts (Digital Artifacts): Undesirable and unintentional defects in a digital image. Artifacts are often a result of image processing.
ASA: Stands for American National Standards Institution, now International Standards Organization. Exposure Index or speed rating that denotes the film sensitivity. Actually defined only for black-and-white films, but also used in the trade for color films.
Aspect Ratio: Proportion of picture width to height. Some common aspect ratios include 1.85:1 (Acadamy Standard), 2.39:1 (Anamorphic), 1.78:1 (HD), and 1.33:1 (SD).
Asset Management: Managing, tracking, and storing data throughout the entire digital intermediate process.
Average Gradient: A measure of contrast of a photographic image, representing the slope of a portion of a characteristic curve. The term that refers to a numerical means for indicating the contrast or the photographic image.
B Wind: When you hold a roll of 16 mm or other single-perf film so that the film leaves the roll from the top and toward the right; the perforations will be along the edge away from the observer.
Backing: Coating: (e.g. anti-abrasion coating, anti-curl, or remjet backing) applied to the base side of the film to improve characteristics and performance.
Banding: Smooth graduated colors reduced to larger blocks of color. This produces a visible stepping of shades in the image.
Base: The transparent, flexible support, commonly cellulose triacetate (in motion picture cameras), on which photographic emulsions are coated to make photographic film.
Base Plus Fog: Density of the film support plus the silver or dye produced by the effects of the developer. Pertains only to an unexposed portion of the film.
Bell And Howell Perforation (BH): A film perforation shaped with flat top, flat bottom, and curved sides.
Bit: Binary digit, the smallest unit of digital information a computer can work with.
Bit Depth: The number of possible color values used in a digital image. A higher bit depth improves the tonality of an image because there are more color values to choose from.
Bitmap (Raster Image): A digital image formed by pixels mapped on a grid. Each pixel has its own color or grayscale value.
Black-And-White Film: A film that produces a monochromatic picture in shades of gray (usually a metallic silver image).
Bleach: (1) Converting a metallic silver image to a halide or other salt that can be removed from the film with hypo. When bleaching is not carried to completion, it is called reducing. (2) Any chemical reagent that can be used for bleaching.
Blowdown: Reducing a larger format to a smaller format. An example of blowing down would be going from Super 16 down to 16 mm.
Blowup: Occurs when a smaller film format is increased to a larger format. An example would be going from Super 16 up to 35 mm.
CCD (Charged Coupled Device): A chip with a fixed arrangement of sensors that convert light into electrical current. Each electrical current is in proportion to the amount of light hitting each sensor on the CCD. The electrical current is converted to digital data to create a digital image.
Calibration: Sets each device in the post-production pipeline to a specific standard. Calibration ensures all devices acquire, display, and output an accurate image.
Camera Log: A record sheet giving details of the scenes photographed on a roll of original negative.
Camera Original: Film exposed in a camera.
Cellulose Triacetate: Also referred to as "acetate." A transparent, flexible material used as a base support for photographic emulsions.
Characteristic Curve: Shows the relationship between the exposure of a photographic material and the image density produced after processing.
Check print: Used to check the quality of the bulk release work, these are made from the duplicate negative.
Cinch Marks: Short scratches on the surface of a motion picture film which run parallel to its length. These are caused by dust or other abrasive particles between film coils or improperly winding the roll, which allows one coil of film to slide against another.
Cinching: Practice of pulling the end of a film roll to tighten it. It's not recommended.
CINEMASCOPE: Trademark name of a system of anamorphic wide-screen presentation, the first commercially successful anamorphic system for the presentation of wide-screen pictures combined with stereophonic sound. The 35 mm negative camera image is compressed horizontally by 50 percent using a special anamorphic camera lens. Upon projection, the 35 mm print image is expanded horizontally by the same amount using a similar anamorphic projection lens. Depending on the type of sound used in the print, the screen image has an aspect ratio of 2:35:1 (optical sound), or 2:55:1 (4-track magnetic sound).
Circle of Confusion (CoC): The Circle of Confusion characterizes the degree of acceptable focus. The smaller the circle of confusion is, the higher the resulting image sharpness and narrower the depth of field. Traditionally, CoC's of 0.001" for 35mm formats and 0.0005" for 16mm formats are used. With modern, higher contrast, sharper lenses and finer film grains, smaller CoC's may be desired since a smaller resulting spot on the film is reproducible.
Color Analyzer: A device for determining the correct printing light ratios for printing color negatives.
Color Balance: The perceptual appearance of a color image of film as a function of the ratio of exposures of each of the primary color records on the film.
Color Channel: An RGB image is comprised of three different color channels: red, green, and blue. Each channel acts as a layer that stores tonal information. All three channels combined create the colors in the digital image.
Color Correction: The altering of the color balance by modifying the ratio of the printing light values.
Color Correction (Digital Color Grading): Process of adjusting the color and look of images in digital post-production. Digital color correction allows far more control than tradition color timing.
Color Film: Carries one or more emulsions, sensitive to different colors, and forming corresponding dye colors during processing.
Color Internegative: Negative-image color duplicate made from a positive color original. Typically used for making release prints.
Color Management: Use of appropriate hardware, software, and procedures to achieve consistent color throughout the entire digital post-production pipeline.
Color Negative: A negative (opposite) record of the original scene. Colors are complementary to the colors in the scene; light areas are dark, and dark areas are light.
Color Negative Film: Film that after processing has a color negative image. The most common film used.
Color Positive: A positive record of the original scene.
Color Print Film: Film designed for making positive prints from color originals and color duplicates.
Color Reproduction: Refers to the hue quality of rendered colors. This can include color accuracy (in memory colors or in various flesh tones), color preference, flesh-to-neutral reproduction, and tone-scale neutrality.
Color Reversal Film: Film that after processing has a color positive image. Can be an original camera film or a film in which other positive films are printed.
Color Saturation: A term used to describe the brilliance or purity of a color. When colors present in a film image are projected at the proper screen brightness and without interference from stray light, the colors that appear bright, deep, rich, and undiluted are "saturated."
Color Sensitivity: Portion of the spectrum to which a film is sensitive. The ability of the eye or photographic stock to respond to various wavelengths of light.
Color Separation Negative: Black-and-white negative made from red, green, or blue light from an original subject or from positive color film.
Color Space: The range of colors a system is able to reproduce. Digital intermediate work is typically done in the RGB color space.
Color Temperature: The color quality expressed in degrees Kelvin (K)-of the light source. The higher the color temperature, the bluer the light; the lower the temperature, the redder the light.
Color Timing: A laboratory printing process whereby the negative is graded for color and density. A color timer uses a color analyzer to look at and adjust the colors of every scene in the movie. The analyzer has controls for each of the three primary colors: red, green and blue, and overall density.
Colorist: Colorists are artists who work closely with the filmmaker to color correct the film. They help the filmmaker achieve the overall "look" they desire. Using their knowledge of color, they establish continuity between shots and make color decisions that support the story.
Complementary Color: Color that is minus one of the primary colors. Cyan is minus red-cyan and red are complementary colors; yellow is minus blue-yellow and blue are complementary colors; magenta is minus green-magenta and green are complementary colors. A color that produces white when mixed in equal parts with the primary color to which it is complementary.
Composite Print: A print of a film that contains both picture and sound track. Films regularly shown in theaters are composite prints. Also called Release Print.
Composition: The distribution, balance, and general relationship of masses and degrees of light and shade, line, and color within a picture area.
Compression: Algorithms that discard or reorganize information to reduce file size. Compression reduces the amount of storage space and bandwidth needed for images in the digital intermediate.
Conform: Match the original film to the final edited work print.
Conforming (Auto-conforming): Matching the digital intermediate to the final edit. Special conforming software is used to auto conform the digital intermediate by using an edit decision list or a film cut list provided by the editor.
Contact Print: Print made by exposing the receiving material in contact with the original. Images are the same size as the original images, but have a reversed left-to-right orientation.
Continuous Contact Printer: A printing machine where the emulsion of the negative film is in direct physical contact with the positive raw stock emulsion, and the two films are moving continuously across the printing aperture.
Contrast: (1) The general term for describing the tone separation in a print in relation to a given difference in the light-and-shade of the negative or subject from which it was made. Thus, "contrast" is the general term for the property called "gamma" (Y), which is measured by making an H & D Curve for the process under study. (2) The range of tones in a photographic negative or positive expressed as the ratio of the extreme opacities or transparencies or as the difference between the extreme densities. This range is more properly described as "scale" or "latitude." (3) The ability of a photographic material, developer, or process as a whole to differentiate among small graduations in the tones of the subject.
Control Strip: A short length of film containing a series of densities to check on laboratory procedures.
Cross Process: Shooting color reversal film but processing as a color negative film, resulting in an "alternate" look.
Curl: A defect of a photographic film consisting of unflatness in a plane cutting across the width of the film. Curl may result from improper drying conditions, and the direction and amount of curl may vary with the humidity of the air to which the film is exposed.
Curve (H&D): The characteristic curve developed by Hurter and Driffield that depicts how faithfully a photographic emulsion has reproduced the tonal scale of the original scene.
Cyan: Blue-green; the complement of red or the minus-red subtractive used in three-color processes.
D-Log E: (Density vs. the log of Exposure) The graph made by plotting the density of a film sample against the log of the exposure that made that density. Also known as D-Log H, H and D, and characteristic curve. D-Log H (H for exposure) is the technically correct term.
D Log H Curve: The curve showing the relation between the logarithm of the exposure and the resultant density on processed film. Also called the characteristic curve.
D-Max: See Maximum Density.
D-Min: See Minimum Density.
Dailies: Picture and sound work prints of a day's shooting; usually an untimed one-light print made without regard to color balance. Produced so that the action can be checked and the best takes selected; usually shown before the next day's shooting begins.
Daylight: Light consisting of a natural combination of sunlight and skylight (approximately 5500 degrees K).
Definition: The clarity or distinctness with which detail of an image is rendered. Fidelity of reproduction of sound or image.
Densitometer: Instrument used to measure the optical density of an area in a processed image by transmittance (for films) or by reflectance (for photographic prints).
Densitometry: Science of measuring the light-stopping characteristics of film or filters.
Density: Light-stopping characteristics of a film or a filter. The negative logarithm to the base ten of the transmittance (or reflectance) of a sample.
Depth of field: The distance range between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus. Depth of field depends on the lens opening, the focal length of the lens, and the distance from the lens to the subject.
Development: Process of making a visible film image from the latent image produced during exposure.
Developer: A solution used to turn the latent image into a visible image on exposed films.
Diffuse RMS Granularity: The objective measurement of grain.
Digital: A system whereby a continuously variable (analog) signal is broken down and encoded into discrete binary bits that represent a mathematical model of the original signal.
Digital Cinema Distribution Master (DCDM): Digital content that conforms to specifications set by the Digital Cinema Intiatives (DCI). The DCDM is a set of digital files that include images, audio, subtitles and other auxiliary data.
Digital Intermediate: A project in its digital state between input and final output. The digital intermediate goes through many different processes such as digital retouching, digital color grading, integration of visual effects and titling. Therefore, the term "digital intermediate" refers to the digital data's transitional nature-a state between the input stage and final delivery.
Digital Master: Final digital version with all changes in the image processing stage applied. It is used to create all distribution formats, including film, digital cinema, HD, SD, and DVD.
Digital Paint: Software tools and techniques to fix imperfections in digital images.
Digitization (Digitize): process of sampling and converting a continuously variable (analog) signal into discrete mathematical representation of that signal.
Dissolve: An optical or camera effect in which one scene gradually fades out at the same time that a second scene fades in. There is an apparent double exposure during the center portion of a dissolve sequence where the two scenes overlap.
Double-System Sound Recording: Includes a film camera and a separate device, such as a DAT, for audio. For accuracy, the camera should be synced with the sound device and the frame rate should be a constant 24 frames per second. Sound is later transferred to magnetic film and synchronized with picture in postproduction.
Downrezzing (Downsampling): Resizing a digital image to a smaller size.
DPX (Digital Picture Exchange) File: The most common file format used in digital post-production. The DPX format is an ANSI and SMPTE standard. The format provides a great deal of flexibility because it is easy to share between workstations, equipment, and facilities.
Dupe, Dupe Negative: A second generation internegative made from a master positive by printing and development or from an original negative by printing followed by reversal development.
Dust-Busting: Removal of visible dust and scratches after film has been digitized.
Dynamic Range : The range of values between the darkest and brightest perceptible points in an image.
Dye: In photography, the result of color processing in which the silver grains or incorporated color couplers have been converted into the appropriate dye to form part of the color image.
ECN-2: Process for color negative films.
ECP-2: Process for color print films.
Edge Numbers: Numbers on edges of film that identify the film; used to help match original film and sound to edited workprints. Latent-image edge numbers are put on by the manufacturer, and appear during development. Printed edge numbers are placed on the film by the lab, and can be coded for all materials so that any number of picture and sound rolls will have the same sequence. See also KEYKODE.
Edgewax: Waxing method recommended for lubricating release prints; treatment is with a solution of 50 grams of paraffin wax per litre of trichloromethane applied only to the edges of the emulsion side of the film.
EDL (Edit Decision List): List of edits prepared on a non-linear editor in timecode.
Emulsion, Emulsion Layer: (1) Broadly, any light-sensitive photographic material consisting of a gelatin emulsion containing silver halides together with the base and any other layers or ingredients that may be required to produce a film having desirable mechanical and photographic properties. (2) In discussions of the anatomy of a photographic film, the emulsion layer is any coating that contains light sensitive silver halide grains, as distinguished from the backing, base, substratum, or filter layers.
Emulsion Number: A number identifying a complete coating from a single emulsion batch or mixture.
Emulsion Side: The side of a film coated with emulsion.
Emulsion Speed: The photosensitivity of a film, usually expressed as an index number based on the film manufacturer's recommendations for the use of the film under typical conditions of exposure and development.
ESTAR Base: The trademark name applied to the polyethylene terephthalate film base manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company.
Exposure: Amount of light that acts on a photographic material; product of illumination intensity (controlled by the lens opening) and duration (controlled by the shutter opening and the frame rate).
Exposure Index (EI): Number assigned to a film that expresses its relative sensitivity to light. The EI is based on the film emulsion speed, a standard exposure technique, and specific processing solutions.
Exposure Latitude: Degree to which film can be underexposed or overexposed and still yield satisfactory results.
Exposure Meter, Incident: A meter calibrated to read and integrate all the light aimed at and failing on a subject within a large area. (Scale may be calibrated in footcandles or in photographic exposure settings.)
Exposure Meter, Reflectance: A meter calibrated to read the amount of light, within a more restricted area, reflecting from the surface of a subject or an overall scene. (Scale may be calibrated in footcandles or in photographic exposure settings.)
Exposure Setting: The lens opening selected to expose the film.
f -Number: A symbol that expresses the relative aperture of a lens or f/stop. For example, a lens having a relative aperture of 1.7 would be marked f /1.7. The smaller the f-number, the more light the lens transmits.
Fast: (1) Having a high photographic speed. The term may be applied to a photographic process as a whole, or it may refer to any element in the process, such as the optical system, emulsion, developer. (2) Resistant to the action of destructive agents. For example, a dye image may be fast to light, fast to heat, or fast to diffusion.
Ferrotyping: Shiny, blotches on the surface of processed film; caused by heat and/or moisture combined with pressure.
Film Base: Flexible, usually transparent, support on which photographic emulsions are coated.
Film Code: (or product code) is the four-digit number that the film manufacturer assigns to every film product, e.g. 5201.
Film Cut List: List containing KEYKODE Numbers that communicates what frames from the original negative should be included in the conformed negative (traditional) or digital intermediate (digital post).
Film Gate: Components that make up the pressure and aperture plates in a camera, printer, or projector.
Film Identification Code: Letter which identifies film type.
Film Perforation: Holes punched at regular intervals for the length of film, intended to be engaged by pins, pegs, and sprockets as the film is transported through the camera, projector, or other equipment.
Film Sensitivity: The ability of a photographic emulsion to form a latent image when exposed to light.
Film Speed: See "Emulsion Speed."
Final Cut: Last editing of a workprint before conforming is done or before sound workprints are mixed.
Fine Grain: Emulsion in which silver particles are very small.
First Print: The first trial composite (married) print containing both picture and sound for the purpose of checking picture and sound quality.
Fixing: The removal of unexposed silver halides from the film during processing.
Flashing: Technique for lowering contrast by giving a slight uniform exposure to film before processing.
Flat: An image is said to be "flat" if its contrast is low. Flatness is a defect that does not necessarily affect the entire density scale of a reproduction to the same degree. Thus, a picture may be "flat" in the highlight areas, "flat" in the shadow regions, or both.
Flesh-to-Neutral Reproduction: A function of a film's tone-scale neutrality and linearity and its color reproduction. A good performer will offer a neutral tone scale from black to white when flesh tones are balanced to an accurate or preferred position, and vice versa-when flesh tones look reasonable when the film's gray scale is balanced to neutral.
Focal Length: The distance from the optical center of a lens to the point at which parallel rays of light passing through it converge (the focal point).
Fog: Darkening or discoloring of a negative or print, or lightening or discoloring of a reversal material. Causes include accidental exposure to light or x-rays, overdevelopment, using outdated film, and storing film in a hot, humid place.
Footage Numbers: Also called edge numbers or KEYKODE. Sequential numbers which are pre-exposed or printed in ink at regular intervals on the edge of the film outside or in between the perforations.
Force-Process: Develop film for longer than the normal time to compensate for underexposure. More commonly called "push process."
Format: The size or aspect ratio of a motion picture frame.
FPM: Feet Per Minute, expressing the speed of film moving through a mechanism.
FPS: Frames Per Second, indicating the number or images exposed per second.
Frame (film): The individual picture image on a strip of motion picture film.
Frame (video): A complete television picture made up of two fields, produced at the rate of approximately 29.97 Hz (color), or 30 Hz (black & white).
Frame Counter: An indicator that shows the exact number of frames exposed.
Frame Line Marking: A mark placed on the edge of the film between every fourth perforation as an aid to splicing in frame when no image or frame line is visible. On 70 mm film, a small punched hole placed between every fifth perforation.
Frame-Index Marker: (35 mm only) Hyphen that occurs every four perforations to help locate position of frame line, especially in low-light level scenes. To use: Locate frame line. Determine whether it is offset from index marker by 0, +1, +2, or +3 perforations. Use this offset to find frame line elsewhere in scene. Note: The frame-index marker is not printed when it interferes with any other edgeprint information.
Frame rate: See "FPS."
Front End: General terms for all production and preparation work up to the Answer Print stage before Release Printing.
Gamma: Measurement of the contrast of an image, representing the slope of the straight-line portion of the characteristic curve.
Gate: The aperture assembly at which the film is exposed in a camera, printer, or projector.
Gelatin Filter (Gel): A light filter consisting of a gelatin sheet in which light-absorbing pigment or dye is incorporated.
Gobo: A patterned template used in lighting to create a pattern or texture in a scene. Placed between the light and the subject, a gobo can add mood, dimension, or the illusion of motion.
Grain Reduction: Digital algorithms used to reduce the amount of undesirable grain in a sequence of images.
Graininess: The character of a photographic image when, under normal viewing conditions, it appears to be made up of distinguishable particles, or grains. This is due to the grouping together, or "clumping" of the individual silver grains, which are by themselves far too small to be perceived under normal viewing conditions.
Granularity: Nonuniformity in a photographic image that can be measured with a microdensitometer.
Gray Card: A commercially prepared card that reflects 18 percent of the light hitting it. Visually it appears neutral, or a middle gray halfway between black and white.
Grayscale: A black and white image.
Gross Fog: The density of the base of the film plus the density of the fog in the emulsion. Also known as D-min and base + fog.
Guillotine Splicer: Device used for butt-splicing film with splicing tape.


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I've a program where I'm using pointers all over the place. It's starting to run up to 750mb ram so I need to work on the memory management. Currently I'm not deleting any data after using it (just letting it build up). So my options are either use temporary objects which delete at the end of the scope and copy-construct, or use shared_ptr for auto reference counting, or use an internal reference counter?
I like the idea of not using pointers, but feel copy-constructing everywhere may be inefficient when I could just pass a pointer or reference. If I pass a reference, the object has to guarantee to exist, but I'm using a lot of asynchronous events, so I can't guarantee that. Even if I keep a list or vector, and want to remove the object, I can't know if it's still required for an asynchronous event out there. So I could have it copied for async, or just use reference counting.
Which leads me to boost::shared_ptr. It's great and all, common, standard. I'm not really fond (syntactically) of wrapping all my classes with it. I could typedef it, but it still requires you use the wrapped class and the typedef at the same time.
Seems like many custom implementations use internal reference counts, build into the class or superclass, and from what I can assume a global variable. So the syntax doesn't need to be altered or increase complexity, but you still gain the benefits of memory management. Is there a boost or std way of doing this? or play it safe and stick with shared_ptr?
P.S. I'm taking out a lot of rows (1000) out of a database, converting them to objects, using them asynchronously, then ignoring them for the rest of the program and fetching 1000 more.
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If reviews identify problems within an agency, the Legislature can immediately respond with Sunset legislation during the following session. These bills either abolish or propose solutions to improve each agency. Like the review process itself, these measures are subject to months of public debate before they can pass into law.
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At small businesses throughout the region, there was uncertainty Monday about the impact of tax changes in Ohio's new budget.
Most shop owners begged off from commenting about it, saying they were either unsure how they would be affected or didn't feel like they knew enough to offer any viewpoint worth hearing.
Mary Miller, who runs Jancoa Janitorial Services based in Norwood, understands the reluctance.
"There's nothing easy about it," Miller said. "So I talked to my accountant on the way here and he's still trying to figure it out, too."
It's a mixed budget bag that includes a 50 percent tax cut for small Ohio businesses.
"It is very bold, and I appreciate bold," Miller said.
She believes Gov. John Kasich, who signed the budget Sunday night, is on the right track and that his administration is genuinely trying to improve the state's business climate.
Miller believes the tax cut will help.
"What we're excited about is the ability to save more money, to be able to set aside for the impending ACA (Affordable Care Act) in January," Miller said.
The budget slices $2.7 billion in taxes over the next three years.
Personal income taxes will drop by 8.5 percent this year, 9 percent next year and 10 percent the following year.
According to the Ohio Department of Taxation, a family of four making $50,000 a year would realize a tax savings of $96.75 in 2015.
"The income tax shift is a windfall for those who earn, who are the wealthiest – the top 1 percent in Ohio," State Rep. Connie Pillich, a Democrat.
Pillich said they'll get a $6,000 tax break on average while the lower-tiered Ohio worker will realize a comparative pittance in tax savings.
While income taxes decrease, the state sales tax will go up.
The current rate of 5.5 percent will rise to 5.75 percent, which the state says will cost the consumer an extra quarter for every $100 spent.
For realtors, it's not so much what's in the budget, it's what was taken out.
Initially, there was an additional 5 percent sales tax to most real estate services.
Under the banner of Don't Tax The American Dream, Realtors successfully argued that now is not the time to monkey with housing market momentum.
"The housing market has been hit hard these last few years," said Mark Quarry, of the Board of Realtors. "It has been tough, but we've been making progress."
Quarry says the greatest impact could be on property owners when any new levies are approved.
The state would no longer pay 12.5 percent of property taxes as it has quietly been doing all these years.
One aspect of the tax shift property owners should keep in front of them is the retroactivity of what Kasich signed last night.
The 2013 tax cut applies to the whole year, not just from July to December.
So as withholding tables are adjusted to reflect this year's 8.5 percent income tax reduction, paychecks will get a little bigger. Exactly when that happens will vary from worker to worker.
But, workers who don't realize the extra money this year should see it next spring when filing state tax return.


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Dullahan, most recently third in the Kentucky Derby, was installed as the new 9-5 morning-line favorite over 10 rivals for Saturday's 144th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes.
The 1 ½-mile "Test of the Champion" is the 11th of 13 races Saturday at Belmont Park, which also features the Grade 1, $500,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap, the Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Just a Game, the Grade 2, $400,000 Woody Stephens, presented by VisitNassauCounty.com, and the Grade 2, $400,000 True North Handicap.
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is offering a $1 million Guaranteed Pick 6 beginning with race 6, the $100,000 Easy Goer Stakes, and a $1 million Guaranteed Pick 4 beginning with race 8, the Just a Game, featuring the rematch between top turf fillies Winter Memories and Hungry Island.
The Dale Romans-trained Dullahan had been the second choice behind Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another before the Triple Crown hopeful was scratched this afternoon from the 1 ½-mile race with an injured left front tendon. The chestnut colt and jockey Mario Gutierrez will lead the post parade for the Belmont Stakes (post time 6:40 p.m., NBC 4:30 – 6 p.m.).
Winner of the 2012 Grade 1 Blue Grass and the 2011 Breeders' Futurity on the synthetic surface at Keeneland Race Course, Dullahan is a half-brother to 2009 Derby winner Mine That Bird, who was third in the Belmont. The Donegal Stable color-bearer will be ridden from post position 5 with Javier Castellano in the irons.
Second choice in the Belmont at 3-1 is Union Rags, whose seventh-place Derby finish is his only off-the-board performance in seven starts. Trained by Michael Matz for Phyllis Wyeth's Chadds Ford Stable, Union Rags won the Grade 1 Champagne over the Belmont Park main track last fall and this year won the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and finished third in the Grade 1 Florida Derby before the Derby.
Union Rags, who will leave from post position 3, will be ridden by John Velazquez, who won the 2007 Belmont aboard the filly Rags to Riches.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, whose favored Bodemeister finished second in the Derby and Preakness, will saddle the lightly raced but promising Paynter, the 7-2 third choice in the Belmont.
The son of Awesome Again, a $325,000 yearling purchase, is 2-1-0 from four starts, with a maiden and allowance win bracketing a second in the Grade 3 Derby Trial and a fourth in the Santa Anita Derby. Paynter earned a 106 Beyer Speed Figure for his 5 ¾-length allowance victory at 1 1/16 miles on Preakness day at Pimlico, highest among the Belmont contenders.
Street Life, most recently third with blinkers on in the Grade 2 Peter Pan at Belmont on May 12, is the fourth choice at 8-1 on the morning line for the Belmont. Trained by Chad Brown, the son of Street Sense has two victories in five starts, both coming over Aqueduct Racetrack's inner dirt course.
Jose Lezcano will ride Street Life from the rail.
Also starting will be Optimizer, 15-1, who is trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time winner of the Belmont; My Adonis, 15-1, attempting to give owners George and Lori Hall and trainer Kelly Breen, who won last year's race with Ruler On Ice, a Belmont repeat, and Atigun (15-1) and Unstoppable U (20-1) from the barn of trainer Ken McPeek, who in 2002 sent out 70-1 shot Sarava to win the Belmont.
Rounding out the field at odds of 30-1 on the morning line are Ravelo's Boy, Five Sixteen, and Guyana Star Dweej.


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The global economic pileup of 2008 caused nearly every auto manufacturer to postpone their new-vehicle-development programs for a while, in the interest of retrenching or re-structuring. A few years later, when the fiscal Dumpty began to be pieced back together again, the car companies re-started their stalled projects—all at once. Vehicle-development times being what they are, we are now gloriously glutted in newness.
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Jonas Valanciunas has a fractured metacarpal on the ring finger of his right hand, which means he can't be married, I think. It will also keep him out for a few weeks and gives you a reason to drop him in all but deep leagues and keeper formats. This opportunity will allow Amir Johnson and Ed Davis to shine on, those crazy diamonds. Johnson and Davis were probably already owned in most formats, and now they will be even more owned. Take that, add button! Here are some other injuries for you to ponder:
Raymond Felton – Another broken hand and broken heart: Felton has a fractured pinkie and will also miss 4-6 weeks. I guess you could say Ray *pinkie to mouth* never Felton so bad. Jason Kidd and J.R. Smith already see a ton of minutes, so probably Pablo Prigioni will benefit the most.
Wesley Matthews – On Wednesday, he was diagnosed with a left hip flexor strain. It appears to be mild, but he will be out indefinitely. Victor Claver has been starting, but Will Barton may benefit from extra time. I'm not sure how much I would invest in either.
Tyreke Evans – His knee looks okay, but the team will likely sit him until next week.
Byron Mullens – The team is being gentle with the ankle sprain, meaning he will be out for a week or two. Hakim Warrick is a decent short term add while Mullens is sullen. Actually, I don't know if Byron is sad, but he's certainly sidelined.


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VelaDx diagnostics, Thomas Jefferson University to develop molecular diagnostic assays
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Singapore: Singapore-based technology developer, VelaDx, signed a molecular diagnostic affiliation agreement with Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, US. This agreement will provide framework for parties to jointly develop, evaluate, and deploy molecular diagnostic assays for improved patient care.
The parties are formulating approaches for several projects, which include but are not limited to, the development of both next generation sequencing and quantitative PCR assays for oncological and infectious diseases. Vela will seek regulatory approval around the world for the resulting assays.
"Partnering with Jefferson provides VelaDx access to world-renowned experts in the molecular diagnostics industry. This is essential for the development of high quality molecular diagnostic assays in a dynamic clinical environment." said Mr Michael Tillmann, Vela's CEO.
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We like Samsung's innovative addition of a second screen to the ST550, but this digital camera could be improved. Its battery life is poor, the menu system needs more information, and it could use some more manual controls. However, it can take some good photos and it performs adequately in dim lighting.
Samsung's ST550 is the first compact digital camera on the market to feature two LCD screens. It's squarely aimed at the MySpace/Facebook/Twitter crowd, who tend to create interesting self-portraits for profile pictures. The quality of photos taken with the camera are good enough for use on these sites; it's not a camera that's meant to take stunning photos, but merely ones that are good.
The idea of a forward-facing screen on a digital camera is not exactly new one. For years most advanced compact cameras have featured hinged LCD screens that can rotate to make it easier for you to take self-portraits. In a small compact camera, however, a bulky hinged LCD screen is not an option.
The Samsung ST550's second LCD screen is postage-stamp sized and sits on the front of the camera next to the lens. You can't see it when it's not switched on: it blends in with the camera's black body. To enable the screen while the camera is switched on, all you have to do is tap it. Its main purpose is to make it easier for lone travellers or couples to compose self-portraits, but it can also be used as an indicator to inform your subjects when the photo is about to be taken (via a smiley face) or when the timer is about to go off (via a three second countdown). A children's mode displays images of a clown on the screen in a bid to make babies smile as you try to take their picture.
From left to right: The smiley face that tells your subjects the shot is about to be taken; the timer countdown function; the clown face that's designed to make babies smile (but which may give them a permanent case of coulrophobia).
However, the screen isn't bright enough to be used effectively in all outdoor situations. On especially bright days, you might just be able to make out the shapes on the screen and frame your shots properly.
When the screen is enabled, it will detect faces automatically and use the smile shutter. It will take a picture the moment it recognises a smile, which can be frustrating as it will often take photos while you are still setting up a shot.
Overall, it's safe to say that with a little trial and error you can get similar self-portrait results on a normal camera that doesn't have a forward-facing screen. For all Samsung's good intentions, we think the second screen is more of a gimmick than a practical feature; it might mean that you are inclined to take more self-portraits than usual.
While we appreciate the innovation, this is not a well thought out camera when it comes to user friendliness. Automatic smile shutter notwithstanding, the first thing that's annoying is the lack of a separate charger for the battery. To charge the battery, you must leave it in the camera and plug in the supplied AC adapter. The AC adapter itself is poorly designed: its cable juts off towards the side, rather than towards the bottom, which means that adjacent power sockets will be unusable. But the biggest drawback is that you can't charge a second battery while still using the camera.
Because of the camera's thirst for power, you'll definitely need a spare battery; especially if you are planning a day trip to the zoo, for example. With the second screen enabled, the camera's battery lasted just over a couple of hours — the equivalent of around 100 shots and two short videos. Most compact cameras can take 2.5 times as many shots on one charge. The worst part is that the battery indicator is very erratic. It can go from displaying a full charge to an empty battery in less then 20 shots and then go back up to showing a half-full battery. Take a few more shots and it will then show one bar of battery power remaining. It's disconcerting, especially when you leave the house knowing you've got a fully charged battery.
The menu system is also inadequate. It lacks labels, which means that it's hard to know what certain settings mean. Unless you refer to the manual, it is a process of trial and error to figure out what some of the menu icons stand for. What's also annoying is the way the menu works. Selecting a setting does not issue a prompt, but instead enables the option immediately. Because the camera uses a touch screen, it's easy to select the wrong setting by mistake; when this happens, you have to navigate all the way back to where you were in order to change it. A simple 'yes or no' when making a change would eliminate this issue.
Thankfully the touch screen is responsive and accurate. It also makes use of haptic technology, which means that you feel a little vibration every time you select something on the screen. Gestures are recognised by the screen, and this means that you can delete photos by crossing the screen, and navigate from photo to photo by flicking left or right. You can also browse photos by moving the camera slightly towards one side. This feature can be annoying if you are trying to show your friend some photos, as the camera will perceive the motion as you wanting to view the next or previous photo.
The ST550 has a 12.2-megapixel sensor and a 4.6x zoom lens. It has a wide angle of 27mm and can zoom in up to 124mm.
The top image shows the wide-angle capability, while the bottom image shows the maximum optical zoom.
The wide angle helps when taking self-portraits, but at this angle the lens distorts greatly. It makes objects look a little more stretched that they should. The lens also produces some noticeable chromatic aberration in high-contrast areas. We also noticed that while pictures were clear, they tended to look too soft.
Colours are captured reasonably well, although they do look a little too dark. Flash photography can cause headaches, as exposures and inaccurate white balance will produce washed-out colours and even darker tones.
Because the camera only has automatic and scene modes, you can't change the aperture or shutter values yourself. The only settings you can change are the ISO speed, focus mode, white balance and exposure compensation when the camera is in program mode.
When shooting in dim lighting, such as snapping photos during a museum visit, the camera will select the exposure values on its own, and it will do a good job.
Despite the camera being held in the air during this shot, the photo is not overly blurry and it will look good unless you view it at its native resolution or crop it too closely. It was taken while on a visit to the Temora Aviation Museum that was organised by Samsung.
The picture above was taken with a shutter speed of 1/13th and an ISO of 320. There is some slight blur, but considering the shot was taken with one arm holding the camera up in the air, we think the clarity of the photo is commendable. No doubt the built-in optical image stabilisation helped.
We like the built-in black and white mode, which can be enabled by selecting the 'CL' option in the Photo Style menu when in program mode.
Leave colours behind when you enter 'classic' mode (a.k.a. black and white). The picture is of a Fairchild SA-227DC Metro 23 aircraft used by Rex airlines.
Despite its reasonably good image quality, the Samsung ST550 could still use some refinement. The menu system needs to be more user-friendly and the battery life and charging options need vast improvement. We're also not convinced that the majority of people who want to take self-portraits will need a second screen, but we applaud the innovation.
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- John Bare says New York's Maker Faire highlights opportunity for education
- He says teaching science to kids can be reimagined by teaching how to make things
- He argues that it's a way to get kids to choose tinkering over watching television
- Bare: The maker movement is pioneering innovation in education in small and big ways
When 60,000 tinkerers arrive at the New York Hall of Science this weekend for World Maker Faire New York, kids will see original action figures designed on a 3-D printer, homemade race cars, robots and a sewing machine turned into a music box.
Teachers will see a chance to reimagine U.S. science education.
Parents should see a chance to replace the usual after-school and summer routines with activities that captivate kids in positive ways.
I see a way to get kids to choose tinkering over TV. Based on 16 years of hearing pitches about the next great thing in education, what jumps out is that demand from young people -- not the education industry's desire to supply something -- is driving the maker movement.
High-profile Maker Faire events are the leading edge. A layer or two beneath, in church basements, children's museums and public libraries dubbed "makerspaces" -- part high-tech shop class and part Google hangout -- kids are showing up.
It is this demand from kids like Raven Hoston-Turner, who was "super bored" before her uncle told her about the Mt. Elliott Makerspace in Detroit, that is fueling the maker movement.
The New York Hall of Science is part of network of disruptive leaders figuring out how to take this burst of maker interest and use it to improve science education.
In a new book, "Design Make Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators," editors Margaret Honey and David Kanter of the Hall of Science describe how traditional classroom approaches have suffocated science.
Schools caught up in the standardized testing sweepstakes tend to reduce classroom time for science. When schools do teach science, too often they are "telling students about science" -- and drilling for memorization -- instead of engaging them.
Elementary students receive science education for less than three hours a week. These same kids are watching TV nearly 30 hours per week.
One way to activate student learning, as professor Sugata Mitra has shown through his famous Hole-in-the-Wall experiments, is to give kids the right resources and some motivating content and then get out of the way.
As with Mitra's notion of "minimally invasive education," young people are taking it upon themselves to decide what to make. Preteens such as Quin Etnyre and Sylvia Todd are delivering classes and producing online shows for peers and adults who want to produce things with their own hands.
Thanks to innovative Pittsburgh foundations that launched the Kids + Creativity Network in 2007, the region is aligning science instruction in schools with the kinds of activities kids are doing on their own time.
The aim was to set learning on fire, says Greg Behr, executive director of Pittsburgh's Grable Foundation.
Instead of picking off one or two strong projects to support, Grable invested in building a network. Now, more than 100 groups are pulling in the same direction.
Jane Werner, executive director of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, built out a 3,000-square-foot makerspace, what it calls MakeSHOP, and is creating an additional 5,000-square-foot MakeSHOP for kids age 10 and up.
"Museums can be labs for education reform," Werner says. "No one can fail at a museum. Why not experiment with education reform at a museum?"
The Elizabeth Forward School District, south of Pittsburgh, is integrating the maker movement into the core of its education mission. The district is "remaking education," transforming traditional classrooms and the library into interactive digital learning labs.
"It helped me learn more, actually," says Alyssa, a junior.
This is what Dale Dougherty, one of the maker movement's founding fathers, wanted all along.
"What I'm really interested in is an alternative way of engaging kids and getting them into science and technology," Dougherty said.
Dougherty is CEO of Maker Media, founder of MAKE magazine, Maker Faire and the Maker Education Initiative.
This summer, the Maker Education Initiative launched Maker Corps, embedding 106 college students and young professionals from science and technology fields in 34 summer youth programs across the country, including the Pittsburgh children's museum. The initiative expects to have 1,000 corps members working with kids by 2015.
In 2007, at the same time the Kids + Creativity Network emerged, a Carnegie Foundation commission set in motion an education reform movement that included 26 states working together on Next Generation Science Standards. State by state, education officials are now deciding whether to adopt the standards.
The question hanging out there is whether the maker movement can help U.S. students move up the international rankings of science and math performance.
"Everyone is crossing their fingers and hoping there is this connection to be made," says Kanter. "Even though it's hard to prove, we need to prove it."
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Midtown Bloggerinos! Raph here, having just left Toy Fair. What's Toy Fair you ask? It's a show where the toymakers of the world meet and show off their wares to the retailers of the world. It's not just action figures though: statues, play sets, kids' toys, accessories and dolls, board games and so much more!


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- The PSU revision hasn't changed, but the vendor for the SATA data/power cable has been changed from COMAX to AsLink. The newer cable assembly is a bit shorter and feels flimsier. The manufacturing quality of the connectors themselves seem less precise and appear to be made from an inferior plastic.
- The power connector for the case fan uses a shorter cable and no longer needs a small plastic "hook" to keep excess cable out of the way.
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Directed by Lee Jae-yong (이재용)
Screenplay by Kim Dae-woo (김대우), Kim Hyeon-jeong (김현정), Lee Jae-yong (이재용)120min | Release date in South Korea : 2003/10/02
Chosun's most infamous Casanova, irresistible temptress and virtuous widow entangled in provocative and dangerous liaisons
The end of the Chosun dynasty-a period when rigid Confucianism clashed with encroaching new beliefs.
Lady Cho is a brilliant woman who mastered the classics on her own, and she resents the limited life she must lead as a woman. A devoted wife on the surface, she secretly entertains herself with sexual conquests.
On the other hand, her younger cousin Jo-won is accomplished both as a scholar and in martial arts, but rejects a high government post as if he disdains the hierarchical and patriarchal conventions of the time. He indulges in the pleasures of the flesh with as many women as he can seduce. Lady Cho was his first love, and they become co-conspirators in a high-stakes game of love and intrigue while hiding their true feelings for each other.
One day, Lady Cho asks Jo-won to deflower the innocent young Soh-ok, who is to become her husband's concubine, but his attentions are elsewhere: Lady Sook. Graceful and aloof, Lady Sook lives according to her convictions as a Catholic. Jo-won becomes obsessed with seducing her, a woman who has remained chaste for nine years since her husband's death. However, it proves to be more difficult than he expected when Chosun's greatest playboy sets out to conquer the most virtuous woman in the land...
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- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 to 4 tablespoons each low-fat mayonnaise and yogurt
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- lettuce leaves
- sprig of thyme, optional
Combine all ingredients except lettuce and thyme; mix well. Serve chicken salad on lettuce leaves. Garnish with thyme, if desired.
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 180 calories, 15 g protein, 6 g fat (28 percent calories from fat), 19 g carbohydrate, 45 mg cholesterol, 2 g fiber and 57 mg sodium.
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I have read several articles (including Postgres docs) that suggest setting the shared_buffer's config value to 25% of your total physical memory.
Using my 4 GB memory as an example... If I understand correctly, when postgres starts up, it will request ~1 GB of physical memory from the OS. It will use this for buffering purposes. Thus, when I look at a utility like "top" I see the size/RES of the postgres process to be ~1GB.
So my question is - what happens when I have POOLED connections to Postgres? i.e. A Tomcat server which keeps N number of open, idle connections to postgres? I can see there are N number of postgress processes waiting in the background for requests from Tomcat. Each process is the same size (~1Gb). They're forks of the original process, I suppose. So does that mean Postgres as a whole is taking up N*1GB of memory?? Isn't this a bad thing to make shared_buffer this large??


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I got a C++ book and some of the example had multiple .cpp and .h files.
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The future is a mysterious thing. Best to be prepared. So make your video games scalable.
Devil's Third, the upcoming game from Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki and Valhalla Games, is slated for the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
In an interview with Japanese website Game Watch Impress, Itagaki says that his team is making Devil's Third scalable so that it can run on "unannounced hardware." Like the Nintendo 3DS and the PSP2?
Instead of that, Itagaki mentioned that Nintendo might release a "high-end" game machine. He notes that he has no information about this, and this sounds like conjecture on his part.
The game designer also mentioned that he was interested in putting Devil's Third in 3D. "It's less that I like 3D," he joked, "and more that I like 'new things'."
Itagaki's newest game won't be out next year. You'll have to wait until sometime in 2012 (or beyond) for that.
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Do you know of any cases of successfully using props or cards from board games/card games (all kinds) to run a campaign, ease preparing for a session or the playing itself?
I am interested both in your personal stories and things documented on the internet (my google-fu was weak in this case).
Just for an example, I've once used the character cards from Arkham Horror to play a short horror session with my girlfriend which was a lot of fun to both of us.


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If you're not in the mood for another flop from Jennifer Lopez -- who has tragically never lived up to the promise of "Out of Sight" -- there are a pair of overlooked indies from earlier in the year, a couple of cult classics and two British crime dramas now out on DVD and Blu-ray to keep you entertained while you spend another Friday night with your two best friends, Ben & Jerry.
"The Back-Up Plan" (2010)
Jennifer Lopez stars as a woman of a certain age who's tired of waiting for Mr. Right and decides to have a child via artificial insemination. Well wouldn't you know it, she gets pregnant and then meets Mr. Right. "(A)bout as much fun as 36 hours of labor, only you don't get to go home with a baby at the end," said Connie Ogle of the Miami Herald. On DVD and Blu-ray, watch the trailer.
"City Island" (2010)
After winning the Audience Award at last year's Tribeca FIlm Festival, it took "City Island" nearly a year to get released, and once it arrived, it had trouble finding an audience. It's easy to see why -- no big-name star, no special effects, no hook -- which is a shame. Fortunately, it's exactly the kind of film -- a small, intimate comedy -- that stands up perfectly well to home viewing. And like any good indie, it's got a hilarious cameo from Alan Arkin. On DVD and Blu-ray, watch the trailer and read our review
"The Square" (2010)
From Australian brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton, a deceptively smart and tense noir thriller that lulls you to sleep as it prepares to knock you out, like a perfectly executed cinematic rope-a-dope reminiscent of early Coen Brothers. On DVD and Blu-ray, watch the trailer and read our full review.
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Israel's nominee for this year's Best Foreign Film Academy Award is filled with scenes of universal understanding that illustrate just how much human beings share, making the hatred and distrust that exists in the Middle East, seem absurdly inhumane. Tragic, bleak, intimate and gripping, "Ajami" isn't an easy film to watch but that's part of its unflinching beauty. DVD and Blu-ray, read our full review.
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... he wants to create a healing-themed board game to give hope to the children on the other side of the world.
Carsten examines an early version of his game – Carsten's wish. He remembers his eye-opening trip to India and playing Ben's video game.
When Carsten was diagnosed with leukemia he often played the game about fighting cancer by Ben Duskin – a wish kid and a leukemia patient too.
After thinking about his wish for months Carsten wondered what would happen for a child in India – a developing nation – diagnosed with leukemia. So this 8-year-old boy – dealing with the challenges of his own critical illness – tells Make-A-Wish® volunteers he wants to create a healing-themed board game to give hope to the children on the other side of the world.
Mattel's board gaming team - who produced Uno and Pictionary - learns of Carsten's wish and can't wait to work with him. Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic sends Carsten and his family to Los Angeles to discuss every detail with designers.
This wish kid creates a sketch of the board, based on The Game of Life and shows it to them. And beyond the look of the board, Carsten has some requirements to encourage the tone for the game and its players. There are no winners, or losers, he says. Instead, the players work together to help the patient drive cancer into remission. Each player takes the role of someone involved in the young patient's life: mother, father, sister, doctor, nurse and other hospital staff. Plus the game would include educational cards to explain all the procedures involved in helping a cancer patient heal.
When Mattel's staff unveils the prototype of Carsten's Wish, Carsten and his family are amazed.
"I was overwhelmed," Carsten's mother, Adrienne says. "They incorporated every one of Carsten's ideas. It was very professional and creative!"
Carsten is thrilled to finally play his game saying his favorite part is the end of the game. That's when a figure of the cancer patient emerges from a box with its "hair" restored, signaling the end of treatment.
With Carsten's approval, his game is ready to come to life. Mattel produces 25 top-quality copies. Some are going to India with others staying at hospitals near Carsten's home to give seriously ill kids some much-needed optimism during their treatments.
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What an inspiration! To be 9 years old, battling leukemia, and to have his Wish be one that will help others is amazing. What a selfless, wonderful, story! Congratulations Carsten! Keep up the good work and God bless you always!
February 24, 2008 - 8:26 AM
This is such an awesome wish! I'm sure Carsten is such an inspiration to many other sick children. As a wish granter I would love to see more than 25 copies of this game out there. I think it would definitely be a fun way to help bring some more hope into many other young lives.
April 03, 2008 - 10:35 AM
Carsten, you are an incredible boy for wanting to use your experience to help others through a scary time. Children in India are very lucky to have had you come visit their magical country. I wish you and your family all the best and lots of health!
April 13, 2008 - 3:35 PM
The wonderful thoughts that come out the mouths of our babies.As adults we should all be on one accord and think positive as our kids.That was very considerate of you Carsten. I hope that you are healed and may God continue to bless you and your family. I know the challenges, I have an 11yr old battling a kidney disease for the past 4yrs. God bless
September 13, 2008 - 9:53 PM
It is so amazing how we label them as "kids" but it is so obvious that they wear such a bigger hat. Justin's creation is amazing and doesn't sound like something a "kid" would come up with. He is truly an angel here helping others as he selflessly fights this horrible illness. God Bless you Justin. You make me, "an adult" want to be so much better.
November 25, 2008 - 9:54 AM
I think this was a great idea Carsten had. I wish they had produces more copies. I know I would have bought one not only for the local Childrens' hospital, but another one to use with kids in general as an important learning experience.
January 30, 2014 - 2:04 PM
Children never fail to amaze. To be so young, and when you're told you can have pretty much whatever you want, you choose to help people you'll never even meet. Absolutely awesome.
March 11, 2014 - 9:47 AM
What an inspiring story ! While battling leukemia at such a young age, Carsten's wish is to make a positive difference in the lives of other people ! Truly inspiring and here's to wishing Carsten a wonderful future.
December 10, 2014 - 10:33 PM
I wish create a cancer-fighting video game
I wish to be a comic book creator
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