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Big Sean fumbles the flow at Rave show
Even the most dedicated hip-hop fan might have to admit that rap shows are not usually known for their excellent pacing.
Songs die just as they're getting started; shout-outs take the place of choruses or, although this is rarer, the performer follows a whim and recruits female fans to compete in an informal contest of callipygous qualities.
Saturday night at the Eagles Ballroom in The Rave, Big Sean didn't indulge in that last act of padding, but his set wasn't free of filler.
This was despite the fact that, by the time the Detroit MC came out, the stage had been flashed by enough spotlights and obscured by enough smoke to pass for a particularly disorienting dance club - and a good dance club's music mix is all about maintaining the flow.
This was also despite the fact that, when Big Sean buckled down, his mouth was, contrary to the old saying, capable of both writing and cashing checks.
"Guap," the lead single from his forthcoming second album, "Hall of Fame," had a sharply minimal backing that allowed his more surreal takes on what all his money could buy - a blimp, a fish tank to be stocked with sharks - to stand out from the usual litany of consumerist and gangster fantasies.
"Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay," his Barry White-style sex-you-up song, took time away from boasting to make sure that the object of his lustful affection was in the mood, thanks to the titular Marvin Gaye and wine.
And "Memories (Part II)" built on a John Legend-sung refrain with acknowledgments of the apprehensiveness that any intelligent rapper should feel toward the fickle nature of fame, and with how its trappings can feel like traps.
Unfortunately, for every few minutes of ready rhymes and steady beats (the latter ably provided by DJ Mo Beatz), there was a long moment of something that stopped the show dead.
The most conspicuous example was Big Sean's repeatedly telling the crowd to "make some noise." This is a common rap problem, but one longs for the MC who realizes that a great concert will generate audience noise without the exhortations.
And there were other weird, needless bits of business: some guy wearing a Detroit Tigers jersey with a lion's head and paws, too many smash-cut endings for too many short songs and a dance-party mode during which the main attraction said little.
The gratitude Big Sean gave to the crowd, which nearly filled the venue, suggested he had a lot to say. He might've spent more time saying it, uninterrupted.
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|Executive Summary: An extranet is a network that companies use to exchange information with clients, customers, or business partners.Because of its ease of use, document management capabilities, security, search, and change notification, Microsoft SharePoint has emerged as one of the top platforms on which to build an extranet.
I recently finished an extranet system implementation using Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0. In this overview of my experiences and guidance, I outline the benefits of using SharePoint for your extranet solution, describe extranet topology and taxonomy, explain the available authentication methods, and offer recommendations for extranets that span several disciplines.
An extranet is a network typically used to exchange information between someone in your company and a client, customer, or business partner. It's an extension of a company's intranet, but not as public as its public website. Because of this, a company most likely has multiple extranets—one for each client, customer, or partner.
When designing an extranet solution, you usually desire a similar set of requirements. An example of a prioritized list of requirements might include the following:
- Security
- Ease of use
- Document management
- Searching
- Change notification
- Lists (calendar of events, contacts, tasks or other custom data)
Ten years ago, a company that wanted an extranet solution would need to build one from scratch or hire a consultant to customize a product that did something similar to what the company required. Since then, extranets have become so popular that hosted extranet solutions have emerged to satisfy the demand.
During the past few years, SharePoint has emerged as one of the top extranet solutions that companies are considering. SharePoint is not only a collaboration website, but a framework that developers can use to build entire applications. Out of the box, SharePoint includes document management, search, change notification, and list functionality while maintaining a high ease of use through its UI customization options. To finish out our requirements list, all SharePoint content is stored within a SQL Server database, so security can be well-controlled.
Although I used WSS 3.0 for my extranet, you could also use Microsoft Office Share- Point Server (MOSS) 2007. For a discussion about which platform is best suited for your situation, see the sidebar "SharePoint Extranets: WSS or MOSS?".
Extranet Topology
Because SharePoint is an ASP.NET 2.0 web application, it supports any external-facing topology that web applications support. The best practice is to host SharePoint within the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and use Microsoft ISA Server as an applicationlevel firewall. For more details about the different topologies and architectures, read Microsoft's extranet topology guidance at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263513.aspx.
Extranet Taxonomy
At the highest level, SharePoint organizes itself as a collection of web applications. A web application can have multiple site collections that each contain multiple sites. Because of the time it takes for configuration, you don't create a new web application in SharePoint each time you need to provision an extranet. Therefore, the SharePoint object that best maps to an extranet is a site collection. A single web application can contain as many as 50,000 site collections before performance begins to degrade. Figure 1 shows an example of a basic taxonomy.
SharePoint organizes information in site collections into a set of content databases. See the web-exclusive sidebar "Content Databases for Extranets" (www.windowsitpro.com, InstantDoc ID 99654) for more information and recommendations regarding content databases.
When determining how to authenticate users in SharePoint, you have more options in WSS 3.0 than ever before, thanks mostly to ASP.NET 2.0's membership provider API. Each web application supports as many as five different authentication methods (or providers) through the use of a feature called zones. Each time a new authentication provider is added to a web application, a new website is created for that zone in Microsoft IIS. Table 1 lists the zones for an extranet web application. Even though the site address is different between zones, SharePoint will resolve both requests to the same web application.
SharePoint also allows port numbers for zone identification, as Table 2 shows, but this is not typically recommended for extranets since firewalls usually only allow web traffic ports such as 80 and 443. Also, some features of SharePoint might not behave as intended on a custom port over the internet.
Web Figure 1 shows the Zone name options displayed on the Extend an Existing Web Application page. Zone names suggest a specific usage, but it's only for administrative convenience. When extending an existing web application to a new zone, the name you choose doesn't matter.
You have three options for web authentication: Windows, ASP.NET Forms, or web single sign-on (SSO). The following discussion outlines these authentication types to help you determine which one is best for your specific requirements.
Windows authentication. In WSS 2.0, Windows authentication was the only authentication option. Even though the authentication system has been drastically improved in WSS 3.0, Windows authentication is still the only choice that offers all SharePoint features and enhanced client integration out of the box. Although features such as support for WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) and Microsoft Office integration might not be your highest priority, they're very convenient in some circumstances.
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In organizations that use Active Directory (AD), Windows authentication is the most popular choice for internal users. It allows them to access extranets without having to sign in if they use their browser's integrated Windows authentication feature. In Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), you can configure this feature by including the address in the Local Intranet sites list.
ASP.NET forms-based authentication. Historically, users behind proxy servers have had difficulty accessing a website that requires Windows authentication. Therefore, one of the authentication options in WSS 3.0 is ASP.NET Forms, or forms-based authentication (FBA). FBA is the same authentication provider model included with ASP.NET 2.0. It presents the user with a web page (form) containing a text box for the username and password. FBA is extensible, letting you use any authentication and authorization method you require, provided you write a custom provider. Because writing an authentication provider is time consuming and a major project in itself, some providers are offered out of the box. ASP.NET includes a provider for SQL Server databases, and MOSS adds one for LDAP (such as AD or Active Directory Application Mode—ADAM). If you plan to use ADAM with WSS, you should consider using the External Collaboration Toolkit solution accelerator, which includes a provider for ADAM. You can download the toolkit at www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D9AF2C25-989C-45C4-8008-1F15722190ED&displaylang=en. FBA does have some caveats, however. See the sidebar "FBA: the Downside" to find out what you should know before selecting FBA as your authentication method.
Web SSO authentication. Web SSO authentication involves setting up a domain trust over the Internet with another company, such as a business partner. This method uses Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), but it can also accept SAML 1.1 tokens from other identity management systems that implement the WS-Federation specification. By trusting an organization through Web SSO, you can leave the tasks of provisioning and deactivating accounts to your Web SSO partners.
Zone Address Consolidation
Most extranet zone configurations in the documentation and articles I've read appear similar to those in Table 1. The assumption about this configuration is that you'll authenticate internal users using Windows via an intranetlike address and authenticate external users using FBA via an Internet-like address. This configuration can create confusion for users, both internal and external, during collaboration. It would be more intuitive to have a single website address for both internal and external users. However, SharePoint doesn't offer an easy way to configure multiple zones that use the same host header. To set this up, you'll need to use IIS.
IIS won't host two websites with the same host name on the same port unless the request originates from different IP addresses. To enable this behavior for Share- Point, first assign multiple IP addresses to your web server. Then, open each website and assign it to a different IP address.
SharePoint doesn't provide an option to specify an IP address when creating or extending a web application. The workaround is to enter a random port number along with the common host name on the Extend an Existing Web Application page. After the site is created, change the port back to 80 and set up your IP address binding.
The ability of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to protect sensitive data over the Internet makes it a must-have for extranets. Ideally, an SSL connection should be forced for external users, but for performance reasons, optional for users already logged on to the local network. To make sure SharePoint will serve up requests for an SSL-protected site, you need to create an HTTP Secure (https) alternate access mapping (AAM) entry. Setting up an SSL certificate in IIS for a SharePoint website is no different than for any other IIS website.
Now that I've made my case for consolidated zone addressing, how would this work with SSL? Let's imagine a hypothetical collaboration case. An internal employee accesses the extranet from within the company via Windows authentication without SSL. The employee creates a document and emails an external user a shortcut to the document. Because the internal user isn't required to use SSL, the link might look like this: http://extranet.company.com/sites/xyzco/documents/doc1.doc. Because the external user can't access the website without an encrypted (i.e., SSL) connection to the web server, clicking this link would return an error message. The web server intercepts the error and tries to correct the link by changing its prefix to https instead of http (e.g., https://extranet.company.com/sites/xyzco/documents/doc1.doc). The request is then processed, and the document is downloaded. You can implement this automatic redirection for SharePoint by taking the following steps in IIS:
1. Right-click the website and choose Properties. Click the Directory Security tab. Click Edit under the Secure Communications section and select the Require secure channel (SSL) check box as Figure 2 shows. This will reject non-encrypted traffic and provide an HTTP 403.4 (Forbidden. SSL required) error message.
2. Replace IIS's 403-4 error page with one that redirects all "http" requests to "https". One way to do this is to add the following JavaScript code to the 403-4.htm error page:
if (location.protocol != 'https:') window.location = 'https://' + location.host + location.pathname + location.search;
Alternatively, you could avoid setting up two zones and simply use Windows authentication for internal and external users. This would mean you currently have only one website in IIS, and this setting would force internal and external users to use SSL. Because IIS can't discern whether a user is internal or external, you'll need to create another website if you want this behavior. You'll still need to extend the web application to another zone even if it uses the same authentication provider.
To put it all together, consider the extranet web application's zone configuration example in Table 3. This configuration uses three IP addresses on the web server to assign requests to specific zones. In IIS, the websites would look like those in Web Figure 2.
The only remaining challenge is to make sure the right IP address is used for each website. Because your company manages its DNS, you can assign the extranet's site address to the IP address that IIS is using for the internal authentication provider. Also controlled within your company's environment is how the external DNS entry (and external IP address) is mapped to an internal IP address (For example, a firewall translates an external IP address into a specific internal IP address that's different from the one your internal DNS uses.) Finally, business partners that use Web SSO will need to add a new forward lookup DNS zone in their environment to override the default public DNS entry. Keep in mind that if you plan to provide multiple externally facing zones that share the same site address, you'll need a separate public IP address for each one that points to your web server.
Extranets Made Easier
Extranets are complicated, and what I've outlined is definitely a simplistic solution and shouldn't be considered the ideal extranet solution for every situation. Based on my experience with SharePoint for this implementation and seeing what the platform is capable of, I believe that SharePoint will continue to grow in popularity and maturity as an extranet solution.


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Orphan Works bill in the UK
Posted 01 February 2010 - 03:29 PM
As in is 'no metadata' enough to call it orphaned, or is there an expectation of reasonable search procedures? Eg if there is an image on Flickr and marked as copyrighted, does 'there was no metadata on the image _I_ got' count as a reasonable defense?
Posted 01 February 2010 - 11:46 PM
Is there anything about how much work has been done before its reasonable to call it orphaned?
The section of the Bill related to Orphans is littered with "we will decide later, just agree to what we want in principle". Knowing how competent governments are, this is exceedingly dangerous.
Without going into how our parliament (mal)functions, what the government is doing is asking for major changes to copyright law with primary legislation before deciding how the changes will work and implementing those with secondary legislation. Primary legislation means a full debate and scrutiny in parliament. Secondary does not.
It is being argued that these changes - changes that are as wide-ranging as these - require primary legislation.
If the Bill passes into law as it stands, the government can pretty much decide how images would be considered orphans. They have good intentions (and I quote) "It is not indended that the definition [of an orphan] will cover work such as yours...." but there is nothing in primary legislation to that effect.
So it may not be their intention to screw every photographer on the planet, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Just about anyone on the planet with a PC can create their own orphan image (strip the metadata, crop the ©) so can only guess at what our government would consider orphaned at this stage.
If you want to write raising objections then the email addresses are on page 1 of this thread.
Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:53 PM
Dear Nick Raynsford,
I'm writing to you to ask you to support the amendment proposed to the Digital Economy Bill that is currently supported in the upper house by Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Razzall, Viscount Bridgeman and Baroness Buscombe. Specifically their intention to oppose that Clause 42 stand part of the Bill. Specifically removing the Orphan Works and Extended Collective Licensing in their entirety.
I'm particularly concerned about this bill with respect of photography as a keen amateur photographer. The Orphan Works proposals are badly thought out and show a lack of understanding and thought as to how 'Orphan works' are be created on the internet. Photos are commonly taken from sharing sites, personal websites etc and used on other websites without permission after stripping out any copyright information. Under this bill that would then be classed as an Orphan Work and fair game for commercial use. To say that this happens all the time would be an understatement. Image theft on the internet is rife and this bill aims to provide some kind of legality to secondary use of stolen images.
Furthermore many issues are not addressed and I dont believe they have been properly considered. Photographers are often required to gain model releases for commercial works. What would happen should an Orphan work be found and used in a way that is against the terms of the model release? Who would be responsible for the breach of contract and subsequent damages? The photographer, the user of the photo? It's not clear and in practice could never work. This goes double for photo's involving minors.
Lastly, I find it most bizarre that, in a bill where the rights of corporate copyright holders are judged so important that the government is proposing to do away with the due process of law to prevent copyright 'theft' and piracy, that at the same time seeks to specifically undermine the existing rights of individual professional and amateur photographers and copyright holders. A cynic might suggest that this bill has been drafted explicitly to benefit corporations at the expense of the indivuals existing rights.
In summary - I feel that just because you can't trace the owner of a copyrighted item does not give you the right to use that item. I believe it's quite explicitly the reverse - if you can't find the owner then you do not have the right to use that item. Certainly I give nobody permission to use my photos and my rights as the creator and copyright holders should be respected over the rights of all would be users whether they can track me down or not.
I hope that you feel the same way as me and will see fit to vote against the bill as it stands unless the offending Clause 42 is removed.
Posted 02 February 2010 - 11:55 PM
I've just sent an email to my MP via the website writetothem.com..............
Many thanks Wizbowes. The more who write, the better......MPs are listening - there is an election looming.
Edited by decosnapper, 02 February 2010 - 11:56 PM.
Posted 03 February 2010 - 04:38 AM
There are hundreds of cars in my street. Just because I don't know who they belong to does not mean I should steal one - right?
What if there is a car parked in front of your house and it has been there for 17 years ... but the law says to tow it, you need permission of the owner.
At what point would you tow the car without the owner's permission? Would you ever seek to change that law?
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 06:28 AM
What if there is a car parked in front of your house and it has been there for 17 years ... but the law says to tow it, you need permission of the owner.
At what point would you tow the car without the owner's permission? Would you ever seek to change that law?
But you've extended the analogy without defining your terms. The original was about people stealing cars when you don't know the owners. You're talking about the government towing cars.
Given that:
'Stealing a car' = 'Using an orphan work'
in the original analogy, can you explain what 'Towing a car' means in the context of this analogy. It makes no sense to me,
Edited by wizbowes, 03 February 2010 - 06:28 AM.
Posted 03 February 2010 - 06:53 AM
What if there is a car parked in front of your house and it has been there for 17 years ... but the law says to tow it, you need permission of the owner.
At what point would you tow the car without the owner's permission? Would you ever seek to change that law?
It can be a mistake to draw comparisons between copyright protected works and tangible items like cars. If someone steals my car, they deny me the use of said object but if someone copies one of my images then they are not directly depriving me of said image, just the income from a legitimate license - I still have the copy of my image.
On reflection I would not have used the car thief analogy in this case.
Posted 10 February 2010 - 12:13 AM
I will update more once I have fully digested the ramifications.
Posted 10 February 2010 - 03:29 AM
It is imperative that as many photographers as possible write to their MP and Lord Mandelson to voice their opposition to this Bill. To find your MP, use They Work for You. If every member of Digigreen writes, then we have more than 200 emails hitting the inbox protesting at these changes. Here's a sample that everyone is free to use and amend as they see fit. I did not write it, but credit must go to Tony Sleep (see his website, if you don't know his work) for his succinct summary of the problems we face:-
"Re Digital Economy Bill.
The end game is now in sight. The Digital Economy Bill introduces orphan works rights, which - unless amended, which HMG says it will not - will allow the commercial use of any photograph whose author cannot be identified through a suitably negligent search. That is about 90% of the photos on the internet.
Copyright in photos is essentially going to cease to exist, since there is no ineradicable way of associating ownership details short of plastering your name right across the image. We've pressed for mandatory attribution to deter orphans being made in the first place, but nobody is listening.
Many publishers hate that idea, because it costs them money. Besides they are major creators of orphans by stripping metadata, and fully intend to take advantage of not knowing who made the photos they have anonymised. But they are Industry of great weight and value to the economy, so their lobbying is listened to and ours isn't.
So Flickr, Google Images, personal websites, all of it will become commercial publishers' free photolibrary. A small fee - to be decided by Peter Mandelson's office - will have to be deposited with a collecting society in case the owner spots the usage. The author who discovers his work has been used as an orphan can then make a claim and receive a percentage of the peanuts, after the collecting society has had its share.
This is a slight improvement over earlier proposals, whereby HMG simply planned to keep all the fees instead.
Essentially, if photos were cars, so long as the numberplate is missing (or you can get rid of it and claim it was), you'll be able to legally TWOC and use it.
The quaint notion that the author has prime and inalienable rights over his/her own work, must be able to restrict usage, negotiate a fee, prevent usage they consider immoral or distasteful, or assert their moral right to attribution, is about to pass into history.
I urge you to amend the Act and remove Clause 42 (Orphan works) from the Digital Economy Bill in its entirety."
I cannot achieve much on my own.....but collective will have an effect and get this amended. Write, and write now
Thanks in advance.
Posted 11 February 2010 - 01:38 PM
There's a BSOUP meeting next wednesday. Perhaps somebody could try to rally some support there.
Posted 11 February 2010 - 02:06 PM
Done as mentioned before but with no response.
There's a BSOUP meeting next wednesday. Perhaps somebody could try to rally some support there.
I did mention it at the Dec BSOUP but will do so again this Wednesday....and drop the Chairman an email suggesting a good idea to circulate to the member list via email too....
Wizbowes, thanks for emailing. Can I suggest you call the MP's office and ask why there has been no response? When I rang my MP's secretary after the most generic and bland response she suggested "...we could hope someone reads it..." I nearly blew a bloody fuse. Since when has "hope" been a strategy for success?
Posted 14 February 2010 - 01:29 AM
Pressure on our elected representatives is now the only way to stop the Bill, and time is short.
Tony Sleep has put together an excellent template letter and it can be downloaded here:-
Template letter to your MP
Its a template letter that every photographer can use, but it is far better if everyone can write their own, unique response. Campaign-style template letters receive less attention than the personal letter, so adapt it, change it - but do write.
Email is good - An actual paper-based letter is even better. And if you want to really get their attention, use Recorded Delivery....they might think the Fees Office are getting in touch.
If you are UK based and do not know the address for your MP or even their name, it is easy to find at They Work For You using nothing more than your postcode.
Collectively we can achieve more than mere individuals. Next time you see an underwater photographer, stop and ask them "What did you do to stop Orphan Works?"
If you live abroad, please send all objections to both Lord Mandelson and the Digital Bill Assistant Manager, using the template letter if needed but at least reminding them of the worldwide reach of the web:-
Digital Economy Assistant Bill Manager
Email:- firstname.lastname@example.com
Lord Mandelson:-
If you don't think it won't affect you think again. The web works here in the UK and any images posted anywhere else on the planet can be orphaned and used. The UK government has a record level of debt and would just love to use any revenue they can to repay the loans..... but is this right? Does our government deserve this money?
Posted 16 February 2010 - 07:53 AM
Paul Kay,Canon EOS5DII SEACAM c/w S45, 8-15, 24L,35L, 60/2.8 (+Ext12II) & 100/2.8 Macros - Sony A7II SEACAM 28/2 & 50/2.8 Macro - UK/Ireland Seacam Sales -see marinewildlife
Posted 16 February 2010 - 08:19 AM
I've written my MP! To be perfectly honest I can't see how any orphan works bill can operate legally if it doesn't have international agreement. Using a foreign national's 'orphaned' image will still be a breach of copyright in many countries and the potential for legal action is enormous. IF this bill gets passed I would suggest that complaining to the EC's legal department (by both UK and EC national's) may result in it being declared illegal under EC law etc., etc.
This is indeed a possible route....there is some information I would like to share on this very matter, but require permission to do so. Watch this space.
Thanks for writing Paul.
For those interested, a Facebook Group has been started to oppose the Digital Economy Bill and Orphan Works
Posted 16 February 2010 - 12:10 PM
Paul Kay,Canon EOS5DII SEACAM c/w S45, 8-15, 24L,35L, 60/2.8 (+Ext12II) & 100/2.8 Macros - Sony A7II SEACAM 28/2 & 50/2.8 Macro - UK/Ireland Seacam Sales -see marinewildlife
Posted 18 February 2010 - 11:35 AM
"I have noted your comments and am making your views known to the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Digital Britain, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills who is the Minister responsible for taking the Bill through the Commons. As you may know, the Bill will next be debated in the House of Lords 1st March during its Report Stage."
I do have to say the my MP (Betty Williams, standing down at the election to be) has always responded and has been very helpful whenever contacted (she voted against Iraq despite the Whips - not an easy thing to do apparently). So if nothing else she will have flagged up another letter of opposition.
Paul Kay,Canon EOS5DII SEACAM c/w S45, 8-15, 24L,35L, 60/2.8 (+Ext12II) & 100/2.8 Macros - Sony A7II SEACAM 28/2 & 50/2.8 Macro - UK/Ireland Seacam Sales -see marinewildlife
Posted 16 March 2010 - 10:08 AM
Paul Kay,Canon EOS5DII SEACAM c/w S45, 8-15, 24L,35L, 60/2.8 (+Ext12II) & 100/2.8 Macros - Sony A7II SEACAM 28/2 & 50/2.8 Macro - UK/Ireland Seacam Sales -see marinewildlife
Posted 16 March 2010 - 10:50 AM
Looks like a lot of people have been writing. The response is partly here:
Thanks Paul. The page is riddled with lots of kind, gentle soothing words encouraging us to trust our government.....but it short on reasoning and a connection with reality. From their assertion of moral rights preventing publishers "from carrying out legitimate editing activities and add unacceptable overheads" (Germany and France have publishing industries, with full moral rights for authors - why is the UK different?) to "licensing of orphan works would be at the market rate" (Market rate on art? Is my unmade bed worth the same as Tracy Emin's? I don't think so....) the page is littered with reasoning and argument that fails to stack up on the real, live voting planet.
Nice words from HMG are intended to reassure; "If it proves impossible to devise a scheme for a particular area that does not unfairly disadvantage rights holders interests, then the Government will have the flexibility to not authorise any schemes to be set up in that areas." And they are at liberty to ignore any reasoning and reality of the rights holders and carry on as they, or their BBC Worldwide/British Library lobbying, see fit.. The record on government consultation with respect to copyright does not fill me with a great deal of faith in their words.
It has been suggested that creatives can search the orphan works register for their images. Nice phrases like "The effectiveness of electronic searching will also increase as image recognition technology improves.". But until then what? Review each one individually? The logic is if such a search technology existed, would it be possible to use that to find the content creator instead of the reverse?
In summary, the document is not a cast-iron commitment or guarantee to do anything in the interests of the creator in mind.
But its not over yet. There are moves afoot to alter the views of all parties as to the suitability of orphans. I will update more when I can.
Posted 16 March 2010 - 11:28 PM
Looks like a lot of people have been writing. The response is partly here:
For a longer, detailed analysis of why the Intellectual Property Office link is full of garbage, it's worth having a read of this page:-
Copyright Action - Why IPO is wrong
Posted 17 March 2010 - 04:24 AM
Paul Kay,Canon EOS5DII SEACAM c/w S45, 8-15, 24L,35L, 60/2.8 (+Ext12II) & 100/2.8 Macros - Sony A7II SEACAM 28/2 & 50/2.8 Macro - UK/Ireland Seacam Sales -see marinewildlife


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It could be the next level, another 100 points of your magic skills, you becoming proficient in astrology and so forth. Generally, you can use it in games and video projects when you reach a certain goal or develop some abilities and some new horizons are opening up.
Because of its design, it can also be successfully used as a logo or intro wherever you want.
Kit includes 2 variants of short music pieces: "The Next Achievement – I" and "The Next Achievement – II", both of 8.5 seconds length.
If you want some custom edition of this piece, feel free to contact me. In simple cases this can be done fast and for free.
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Disney Interactive Studios announced today a demo of Split/Second, the action racing game from award winning Black Rock Studio, is available now on Microsoft's Xbox LIVE. The Split/Second demo will be available exclusively on Xbox LIVE until May 11, when it will also become available on the PlayStation Network. Set within the world of a fictional reality TV show, Split/Second gives gamers the opportunity to not only race to the finish line, but also trigger explosive events to take out opponents, alter the track and become the season champion.
The demo will allow players to experience the Airport Terminal level in race mode. Players will race through a fictional airport terminal taking out opponents by triggering events, such as bringing down the air traffic control tower and a remotely piloted cargo plane, in an exciting race to the finish line.
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Minneapolis, MN – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, commented today on the dynamics of the abortion issue in the Presidential race.
"Now that the Presidential candidates have chosen their running mates, it is clearer how the abortion issue will play out in the elections. We have seen over the last several elections the existence of the 'pro-life increment.' Within that segment of the electorate for whom a candidate's position on abortion matters to their vote (a segment of approximately one-third or more), the voters choose pro-life candidates over those who support legal abortion. That margin tends to be two-to-one in favor of pro-life. That means that pro-life candidates have, just on this issue, enough of an increment to win many elections."
Both Presidential candidates have chosen running mates who share their own views on legal abortion. Fr. Pavone stated, "This means we can expect to see the pro-life increment work with full force in this election."
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President Barack Obama is heading toward bruising fights on Capitol Hill on multiple fronts even before second-term Inauguration Day festivities fade.
Battle lines are forming in the Senate over his latest national-security team selections and in both chambers over his proposal to raise the government's borrowing limit. And an expected major White House push on gun-control is already encountering heavy, mostly GOP pushback — even though nothing specific is yet on the table.
On Monday, Obama brushed aside intensifying Republican objections to his choice of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. The president also was naming counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA. Both choices are controversial but Hagel has drawn the most fire.
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Former President George W. Bush proclaimed his 2004 re-election victory gave him "political capital" to spend on pushing his agenda. But it only amounted to loose change that got him little.
Now Obama is about to find out how much political goodwill he has in the bank.
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*disclamer* just to start this of i am not some pro l33t player or anything like that and this just my opinion and it is subject to change.
tier 1-
GHEIST their bonus is just so damn stong and well their cards are much better than their counterpart the Roots imo, i dont think they are the best and they have their weakness "like SoB" and their mono decks arent as stong with the recent perma banns
Montana that attack reduction is just insane, they have so many good cards like Mona, Griezzo and Spiaghi probably the best clan, makes a nice mono or half deck
Skeelz so solid good in a half deck, mono and splash does pretty much every thing. nuff said
Piranas before i get started i have to say they are my main "well used to be" their bonus is really good, clans that need it like Rescue and GHEIST are just slaughtered most of their cards have huge power, pill manipulation is real strong Scrubb can just overpill and get away with it. Only down side half deck isnt so strong imo and their perma banns really make a difference.
Vortex their clan bonus is so forgiving and allows you to make huge plays and not geting punished for it, however the main problem is their bonus doent win fights. btw they are on the edge of being top of tier 2 but im nice like that.
ok so thats the end of tier 1 i just wanna say that thats not in any order and that if your favourite clan isnt there tier 2 is still very viable they just have down sides that tier 1 dont.
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Jungo they are amazing they have a diverse ability pool, their bonus makes a huge gap and dr doenst matter. they make a really good half deck, but imo they cant really amount to anything else not really a bad thing though
Pussycats atm i think they are so good and a staple in most half decks (at least for me), that dr is soo good i actually think they are the best clan they just bring so much utility to the table. they need other clans like Junks, Montana or Jungo to deal any real damage though
Rescue have 1 of the strongest bonuses in the game in a mono deck their cards are really strong aswell but with out their bonus alot of their cards are really lackluster and their perma banns hurt so much and without another clan to combat their problems they will really be second to Montana (on a side note they havnt really got a good new addition in ages)
All Stars are insanely good their bonus is just so good, with Saki or Rob Cr they make a crazy half deck which takes up no space. not much else to say almost tier 1 worthy
Junks i think their quite strong they sit high in tier 2, their bonus is good just not the best although they make up for it with alot of power, attack and pill manipulation so yeah their kinda good
Sakrohm yeah they are good their clan bonus is kinda average but the clan has a few insane cards like Uranus, Stella, Petra, Stigma (banned) but any way they make a great half deck not much else thats why their tier 2
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0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Wednesday 07/11/2012, 16:37
@{ wow did I here PRAXIE? thats ridiculous you have no idea what this game is about dude...
reason griezzo is bad is NOT only because of that horrible 5 power, but also because it gets completely owned by the competition in its clan. Edd cr, desmond, donnie even vito with that soa all are more solid options against this 5 power 4*.
sorry skeelz is at the bottom 2 tiers no way at the top.... ok greem looks good but thats pretty much the only threatening card. I mean I have seen mono work but it gets owned by every other clan out there (especially pussycats/ freaks) they simply lack damage output, or even power output. Heck, you can even lose EASILY to gheist/roots/piranas/nightmare if you dont read correctly.
all the other clans you have mentioned are... debatable but cmon all stars has to be in the list as well as roots.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Wednesday 07/11/2012, 17:56
It's interesting to hear how different the opinions are in regards to this. I think that shows a pretty well-balannced game!
1) Almost every clan can be effectively utilized in a half-deck. Rescue is the only exception to the rule.
2) It's definitely possible to evaluate clans in an unbiased way. Assume every other temp-ban card is unbanned... Now assign two rankings: where Clan X would be with THEIR best cards unbanned, and also where they would be with their best cards banned. For example, Jungo is still strong enough to run when Askai and Troompah are banned, but are arguably one of the top clans when they are unbanned.
3) Nevermind individual cards for a second, let's take a look at clan bonuses.
-Freaks have THE strongest damage bonus... A 1st turn Freaks hit can net up to 6 extra damage. Yes, their bonus only ever matters once per game, but run them in a half deck and you have room for another clan bonus to help you wall, gain life, or DR.
-Jungo are a close second on the damage bonus front. Why? Their bonus makes positive gap. A Jungo hit almost always makes a 2HKO impossible, and has great synergy with poison. In a way, it is like upping the damage min on your poison by 2!
-Vortex. Sweet, sweet Vortex. Most of UR doesn't realize this, but since Vortex gain 2/3 pillz back, they effectively give cards played after one of them loses a HUGE attack manip bonus. (2 pills x7 power = 14 attack.)
-All Stars have the best round-winning bonus for high-pill fights.
Azeem- Colossus Harbingers of Ares Wednesday 07/11/2012, 19:14
Vortex ? Ok sure they win 50/50's but a good player doesn't make them. Montana are great without their bonus but without -12 attack min 8 it is a huge thing missed.
Why are AS a underpowered clan? they are an amazing clan! Ulu Watu they aren't good but on certain weeks like this one, I always consider using them.
Also Bezerk are actually a really good half deck to use I don't see why people don't use them. On Soa Weeks It's saying "Use Bezerk" Because Bezerk can create that life gap if they want with basically 2 cards (Say Melanie + Elvis for example) there's an instant 10 life gap. Bezerk are just underused because of that min of 2.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Thursday 08/11/2012, 01:09
I keep bringing this up, but a disproportional amount of my Top 100s have been either Vortex/Jungo or Vortex/GHEIST. Vortex doesn't just win 50/50s. Vortex allows you to make safe openers more often than not, or to try to call a low-pilled bluff with no detriment to you if you called wrong. They can also be used to just gain pills to get more threatening cards through. Fighting a hand with Dagg, Deea, and a couple of high-damage SoA cards is by no means easy.
It's okay though -- I don't mind that everyone else can't see how powerful that bonus is, I'd just as soon keep it to myself... If some of the good players here learned to use Vortex effectively, it would definitely make my life harder.
At any rate, it would be good if people gave some clans the benefit of the doubt. Just because *you* can't make it work, doesn't mean it *doesn't* work.
-Rescue is worthless without Lea and Elvira.
-Pussycats have great synergy with Freaks which are great with Bogdan and Olga unbanned, or Frozn with Kalindra unbanned, Jungo is good with Askai and solid 2*'s in Jean and Pegh,
-Vortex has an AMAZING Clan Bonus but some of their cardpool can be considered subpar, and as previously mentioned, their bonus doesn't help them WIN fights or reward them for winning, so I consider them mid-low tier 2.
-Skeelz basically rely on being in a mono deck and their abilities aren't that great, and even then, their clan bonus does NOTHING facing 18 out of 22 clans, and select members from those 18 clans, which on average for me has resulted in about 1 round where the bonus "negated" the opponent's card out of 1 match. I think they would probably be low tier 2.
Honestly I think that the OP just doesn't have enough experience in ELO to be making a tier list yet.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Thursday 08/11/2012, 05:52
"Honestly I think that the OP just doesn't have enough experience in ELO to be making a tier list yet."
Very true. Don't mean to discourage the OP, but until you're hitting at least 1300 with ease every week, all you should do is keep learning...
If this thread has shown anything it's that there's a lot of debate as to which clans are best, even among very strong players.
@Czar Glacier because i feel that Vortex, Piranas and Skeelz have little to no limitations and can do alot, rather than being contained to a half deck or having a bad match ups for example Piranas have little trouble regardless of what clan they are facing. i agree that jungo are very very good and have so many options and imo they are tier 1 worthy just are the Pussycats but they are still lacking in mono. and as for All stars they are great but SoB hurts them alot. also why would you use the Uppers when you can use Montana
@Richliu i agree that i am not as experienced as others but that was never the point i wanted to create a tier list were others could vioce their opinion and make a difference to the results if they had a stong point or had the communities backing.


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Bruce Willis left 'The Expendables 3' after allegedly demanding $4 million for four days work after reportedly only being offered $3 million
Bruce Willis quit 'The Expendables 3' after reportedly demanding $1 million a day.
The 'Red 2' actor departed the star-studded action movie after allegedly refusing to appear in the motion picture for a staggering $3 million for four days filming in Bulgaria.
An insider told The Hollywood Reporter: "He said he'd drop out unless he got $4 million, a million dollars a day. Stallone and everybody else involved said no."
As a result, Willis - who played the role of Church in the first two films - exited the Sylvester Stallone-penned motion picture and was quickly replaced by Harrison Ford.
The source continued: "I think [Willis] was pretty surprised he was replaced in 72 hours by Harrison Ford - a better actor, a much nicer person and a more interesting direction for the film."
Following the news of Willis' departure, Stallone took to Twitter to slam his former co-star for being "greedy" and "lazy".
He wrote: "GREEDY AND LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE.
"WILLIS OUT... HARRISON FORD IN !!!! GREAT NEWS !!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!" (sic)
The Patrick Hughes-directed sequel, which also stars Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, is due for release in August 2014.
Willis has not commented on the claims, while Ford's role is yet to be announced.


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One downfall to its location, however, is the presence of some unwanted seaside visitors that are out to swoop up free meals from patrons at the hotel's outdoor restaurants: seagulls.
Justin Wilson, the hotel's director of food and beverage services, said the birds have pestered guests at the hotel's restaurants on several occasions.
In one instance, a guest was dining alone and was served one of the restaurants' large pork chop entrees.
"The gentleman was thrilled when he was presented with the dish and took the time to tuck his napkin into the neck of his shirt and prepare to enjoy his entrée. Just as his fork and knife were in his hand, a seagull plopped down onto his table and snatched away his pork chop," he said. "It was a sizeable chop too. We were surprised the seagull was able to carry it."
The gentleman opted to dine in his room where another pork chop was rushed up, free of lurking poachers.
"We had another instance where a guest was given her breakfast and screamed quite loudly when a seagull's wing hit her face as the seagull dive-bombed into her chef's omelet," he said. "She was quite startled."
Wilson said the hotel has attempted to get rid of the birds using various methods, including installing a bird wire atop the roof, but the birds "figured it out."
After some brainstorming, management figured out a unique solution to rid the persistent thieves without the use of chemicals, noisemakers or violent methods.
The management enlisted the help of falconer Larry Cosgrove from Airstrike Bird Control, who comes to the hotel three days each week and uses predatory birds to scare off seagulls.
The birds — Peepers the owl and Pearl the hawk — are highly trained not to attack guests, steal food or harm any nearby wildlife and Airstrike Bird Control is highly regulated on both state and federal levels. Cosgrove iterated, however, that the birds are still wild animals.
"Ethically, we would not be able to do this if they were not wild," he said. "If a perfectly good bird is kept in a cage and not allowed to do its thing, that goes against its nature."
At the moment, the birds are not permitted to take full flight at the hotel, preventing a natural turf war from developing. For now, Cosgrove allows the birds to take off on short, controlled flights or he keeps the birds tethered beneath the seagulls to discourage them from swooping down on guests.
"Once the hawks or owls are above the seagulls, their natural inclination is to attack. When he keeps them tethered beneath the gulls, they simply sit there and the seagulls get agitated. The hawks and owls seem to not even notice or care," Wilson said. "We are not trying to eliminate or harm any of the seagulls, but rather encourage them to move."
Cosgrove said the number of seagull nests at the site have dropped from 100 to 10 just from the gulls' exposure to the predatory birds.
"After six weeks, I noticed that there's half of the birds there," Cosgrove said. "There is a definite difference. I don't think they'll ever completely go away, but we can keep it in control and keep the numbers down."
He said the process is ongoing. Over time, seagulls will begin to think of the property as their natural predators' lair and steer clear of the area. The predatory birds, however, must make regular appearances in order for that long-term goal to take effect.
"Not only is it a cool visual effect, it also is the most natural and effective solution," Wilson said. "It's humane in that it allows nature to run its course."
The unique solution is still in its early stages and the process may take time, but it could prove to be the long-term answer to the issue of those pesky seaside visitors.


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Talk:Release 0.8
From Habari Project
Freeze new features by creating a release branch.
Update version.php with the new release version.
Notify testers and 3rd-party developers of the upcoming release. Notify translators so they can update with any changes.
Following the Test Procedure, check each feature.
Audit the files for security issues.
Build the release documentation:
Write the release notes.
Summarize issues fixed - need not be comprehensive (include Trac report URL).
Summarize features added.
Write the upgrading process, include any necessary files.
Update the user manual to reflect changes since the last release.
Update new.html to reflect release notes.
Update upgrading.html to reflect upgrade notes for this version.
Approval of the PMC to release.
Grab translations from launchpad.
Create a tag for the release from the release branch. Note that your remotes might not be called origin.
- In habari/system:
- git checkout 0.8 Checkout the release branch.
- git tag -a v0.8 -m 'Version 0.8' Create an annotated tag for the release.
- git push --tags origin 0.8 Publish the tag to the release branch.
- In habari/doc:
- git pull origin master Update to the latest manual.
- In habari/habari:
- git add system;git commit -m "Update system submodule to 0.8" Update the reference to the system submodule to point at the new tag.
- git add doc;git commit -m "Update doc submodule" Update the reference to the doc submodule.
- git push origin master Publish the updated master.
- In habari/system:
- git checkout master Checkout the master branch.
- git merge 0.8 Merge the new tag into the master branch.
- Edit system/classes/version.php to change to the next alpha, HABARI_VERSION = '0.9-alpha'.
- git commit -a -m "Bump version to 0.9-alpha" Commit the version change.
- Optionally git describe to show that master is now ahead of the 0.8 tag by the number of commits not merged to the release branch.
- git push origin master Publish the new tag and version update.
- In habari/system:
- Prepare the release package.
- Deploy release archive to download location.
Update the version number for the update beacon on hp.o
- Upgrade the demo site to the new version.
- Update IRC topic.
- /msg ChanServ OP #habari yournick
- /msg ChanServ TOPIC #habari Habari Project: http://habariproject.org/ • 0.8 Now Available! • Chat logs: http://drunkenmonkey.org/irc/habari/
- /msg ChanServ DEOP #habari yournick
- Announce the release on our home page, wiki, and mailing lists.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A private watchdog organization investigating problems in the Veterans Affairs Department defied a federal subpoena Friday to turn over to the Obama administration materials it received from federal whistleblowers.
The directive ordered the Washington-based Project on Government Oversight to surrender copies of all records and identifying information from federal employees or others who submitted complaints about the VA, which they believed would remain anonymous. POGO said the material was digitally encrypted when the group received it.
The organization, which earned awards earlier this week by the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative and business reporting, deliberately ignored the order by the veterans agency's inspector general to turn over the files by 10 a.m. Friday, POGO spokesman Joe Newman said.
The counselor to the inspector general, Maureen Regan, told The Associated Press the group would be given until the end of the business day Friday before the government decided how or whether to respond. That could include seeking court sanctions against POGO, negotiating for the records or dropping the matter entirely.
"We assumed they weren't coming," Regan said.
POGO, which discloses government misconduct and advocates for whistleblower protections, had set up a secure website, vaoversight.org, to solicit complaints from insiders about fraud, waste or abuse inside the Veterans Affairs Department. It included instructions to "maximize your security and anonymity" and promised whistleblowers it would "protect your identity while trying to expose and remedy the problems you have identified."
"Unless you have already been publicly labeled as a whistleblower, we usually do not recommend making your identity public and exposing yourself to the many risks associated with doing so," the website warned.
The VA's acting inspector general, Richard J. Griffin, is investigating whether the agency provided timely care to veterans at its medical center in Phoenix. In an administrative subpoena Griffin issued May 30, he ordered POGO to turn over records of any complaints it received from current or former employees or others about the Phoenix facility and all other VA medical centers. Administrative subpoenas are not approved by a judge.
The group's executive director, Danielle Brian, asked Griffin in a letter June 9 to revoke the subpoena. She said POGO would not turn over the records and to do so would cause "irreparable harm" to the organization because whistleblowers would be suspicious it couldn't protect their confidentiality. She called the subpoena "little more than an invasive fishing expedition" and said it infringed on the group's freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom of association.
The Obama administration earlier this year issued new rules limiting the Justice Department from issuing subpoenas for obtaining records from news media organizations in leaks investigations. Those new rules followed disclosures that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed telephone records for reporters and editors for the AP, and also had secretly used a search warrant to obtain emails of a Fox News journalist as part of a separate investigation.
POGO earlier this week won the Dateline Award for investigative reporting from its local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for its project on lax security at U.S. embassies overseas. It also won a business journalism award for its reporting on efforts by former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission to influence regulations.


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So Romney is flying tonight on a plane -- having more fun sleeping over in Philly before a day of events tomorrow. There's a fundraiser at the Union League, which is just the setting to dispel the notion that he's the candidate of the 1 Percent. He also comes out to (barely) Delaware County, where he speaks at the Valley Forge Military Academy. The hard-discipline school -- which educated some kids of the Chicago mob in the 1960s, true story -- is apparently also a favorite stop for Republican candidates. In fact, it was there at VMFA in 2000, when I was the Daily News political writer and we actually went to stuff, that I "confronted" Dick Cheney face to face.
Now anyone who's been reading Attytood for the last 7-and-a-half years (or it's long forgotten "pilot" episode, called "Campaign Extra!" with an exclamation point) knows that Cheney is the bete noir of the blog, pure evil rendered into human form, walking among us lowly mortals. So you can imagine the hard-hitting questions I asked the GOP vice presidential candidate as we sat around a small table -- Cheney, his wife Lynne and a small gaggle of local reporters -- and gazed out at the football field and the late summer foliage.
Here's an excerpt from the Daily News of Sept. 7, 2000 (via Nexis, so no link):
The GOP's Dick Cheney brought his quiet quest for the vice presidency to the Philadelphia suburbs yesterday, and bowed to political reality by saying he now "probably" would support the massive Delaware County defense contract that he sought so aggressively to kill a decade ago.
Responding to a question from the Daily News, Cheney conceded that he had lost the battle to kill the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor helicopter - manufactured by the Boeing Corp. in Ridley Park - and that he would likely support the project if he and George W. Bush are elected in November.
"We're committed now, and we've made a significant upfront investment, and if I had to sit down today and decide what our needs are and given the status of the program, I'd probably go forward with it," said Cheney.
Wow. Nothing about his secret energy task force, or his ties to Halliburton, or whether he planned to invade Iraq, or what his view was of torture or "waterboarding," or his views on duck-hunting safety (heh). Because on September 6, 2000, we had no idea what Cheney had up his sleeve with that "quiet quest" that I wrote about. At that moment, Cheney was the grown-up, the "smart one," not a monster. We just didn't know.
I only bring it up because it's a reminder that for all the words and all the blather about a 2012 presidential campaign that's gone on for months and months, what will probably strike us years from now will be the things we didn't know, and the questions we didn't ask. It never would have occurred to me in a million years to ask Cheney whether he was going to invade Iraq.
So what aren't we asking Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan?
Think about it this weekend.


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Bay of Blood (IT - DVD R2)
Gabe takes a trip to the bay that built the Crystal Lake, and started a genre..
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A wealthy heiress and landowner dies under mysterious circumstances (her husband did it, but don't worry, he was done in too), and anyone with a minute claim to her property shows up to collect. The would-be heirs and heiresses start offing each other in increasingly creative and graphic ways, along with some dimwitted teenagers that stop by the bay looking for a party. Basically, it's Ten Little Indians on the bay.
I know you've been saying for some time now, "Gabe, what's with all the love for Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci? Aren't you forgetting someone?", and by God you're right. How could I go so long without spooning a bit of much needed love upon the real Godfather of Italian horror cinema, Mario Bava?
Bava, for those who don't know, is quite possibly the most influential filmmaker to ever come out of the spaghetti factory. More influential than Argento, more influential than Antonioni, more influential than Bertolucci, even more influential than Felinni. The only Italian director I can think of that may've had a larger effect on modern film is Sergio Leone, but it's a close call. Unfortunately for Bava, his influence has given rise to some of the worst horror film and thrillers available, but it's not as if he gets the credit anyway.
Some of Bava's biggest fans include Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante, Dario Argento (who worked with Bava and his son), Tim Burton, John Carpenter, and of course, Quentin Tarantino. Bava's influence is most obvious in three films – Black Sunday, Planet of the Vampires, and this one Bay of Blood (aka: Twitch of the Death Nerve, Blood Bath, and Reazione a Catena among others). Black Sunday is the quintessential film in Bava's cannon, and its unabashedly gothic atmosphere had an obvious effect on young filmmakers like Roger Corman in the 1960s. It became the director's signature look.
Vampires took this gothic look to the Sci-Fi realm, where Bava utilized atmospheric smoke to hide the production's low budget. This look had an obvious influence on Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi masterpiece Alien, though whether it was Scott or writer Dan O'Bannon that developed this influence is up for argument. Filmmakers were not as willing to reveal their inspirations during the pre-Tarantino it seems.
Bava brought the Giallo genre to the forefront of Italian cinema with films like The Evil Eye and Blood and Black Lace. Dario Argento would soon popularize the genre with his solo directorial début, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Though these Giallo films had an influence on the slasher genre (genre forerunner John Carpenter has admitted as such) it was Bay of Blood that would be specifically copied by the ne plus ultra of slasher film series, Friday the 13th. The first chapter of the popular camp crystal lake chronicles owes almost everything to Bava's film, right down to the style of sweater its killer wears (who if you'll remember was Mrs. Voorhees, not Jason). The first sequel even lifted Bay of Blood's most popular murder, the steak-through-a-couple bit.
Bay of Blood is not Bava's best film, but it's definitely in the top five, and a very easy place to start. The plot is swift, and in a way kind of pointless. There's nothing 'challenging' about the production, unlike some of Bava's more experimental and cerebral work (see Lisa and the Devil if that's more your thing, but be sure to avoid the American re-release version titled House of Exorcism). The only thing standing in the way of all out mainstream acceptance of the film is Bava's decision to pull focus between each scene, rather than wiping, cutting, or fading. The effect is a bit jarring, and doesn't quite work because the cuts can still be seen.
Bay of Blood is a great amalgamation of Bava's most popular film styles, his Giallo thrillers and his mod-chic comic book capers. Anyone who's had the utter pleasure of ever seeing Danger: Diabolik knows how far over-the-top Bava can go without ever faltering. I guarantee this is the most fun you'll ever have watching an "important" film. It's dated to be sure, but in a beautiful time-capsule way, and we wouldn't want it to look any different.
I use to own the region free Simtar budget release of Bay of Blood, and it was sad. The picture was way too dark, to the point that I couldn't tell what was going on half the time, and the non-anamorphic aspect ratio changed through-out the run time from 1.33:1, to 1.66:1, to about 1.77:1. I should've bought the Image release under the title Twitch of the Death Nerve (which sounds like a bitchin' heavy metal band) when I had the chance, but it's out of print now. Thankfully, Raro Video's Italian release is a fine substitution, and anamorphic to boot.
Every DVD version of the film has its problems, and this releases is its contrast levels, which are too high. The Image and German releases, from what I can tell from various comparisons about the net, are too dark overall, but are much softer. Bright spots are far too bright and detail is lacking as a result. There's also plenty of film grain and a whole bunch of film artefacts, but nothing too brutal. This disc is a step up from the Simtar release to be sure, but there's plenty of room for improvement.
I'm making a last minute addition here to say that I just watched part of the film on an IFC channel broadcast, and their transfer was head and heels above this or any other transfer I've seen. There must be a good print out there somewhere.
The one thing Argento has always had on Bava was the effort he put into his film's soundtracks, and the employment of the prog rock band Goblin was a very important aspect of his early work. As a former cinematographer, Bava has never seemed that concerned with audio, but usually his films don't suffer. Bava has opted for a kind of swinger's score on this particular film, and it usually works. The occasional thriller motifs are a bit lacking, and the film's overall silence is a little cheapening.
This Dolby Digital Mono track is serviceable, but a tad tinny. There were a few audio pops throughout, and sometimes dialogue is distorted. This is one of the few Italian genre pictures I've seen that was obviously recorded in its original language. Usually an Italian dub will still feature plenty of bad dubbing for the non-Italian crewmembers, but for the most part the lip-sync is right on. The disc's packaging lists an additional English track, but there is none.
The discs main special feature, aside from a trailer, is a featurette about the director himself. Running about 20 minutes, this mini doc features interviews with Bava's contemporaries, biographers, co-workers, and his family. Everyone seems to be in agreement that Bava was an underrated genius who was just about the nicest, least conceited man you'd ever meet. The doc isn't as encompassing as the hour-long American produced doc, Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (which can be seen on the IFC channel on American cable every once and a while), but covers a lot of the same bases, and is a welcome addition to the disc.
If you consider yourself a fan of slasher flicks and want to get back to the genre's roots, or you simply want to take your first steps into the world of one of Italian cinema's real maestros, pick up a copy of Bay of Blood. It was part of the original Video Nasties list, but seems to have been removed recently, and is now available in the U.K.. This DVD features a fine little documentary that will assist new viewers in their impending Bava endeavor, but is lacking a bit in the video field.
Now if you excuse me, I've got some catching up to do on Bava myself. I'm going to rent The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Black Sabbath.
You can purchase this, and other Bava films from my friends at Xploitedcinema.com
Review by Gabriel Powers
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
Great Bava film. 100 times better than that "Friday The 13th" film that ripped it off.
Matt Contributor Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,113
Kind of wish MGM/Fox would go ahead and release the AIP release of Black Sabbath on DVD. The uncut, Italian language version Image put out is good and all, but Karloff's voice is badly dubbed in Italian and I grew up with the American version and kind of miss it since my VHS copy gave up the ghost.
I'm kind of asshamed to admit I've never seen Black Sabbath. Maybe IFC will show it this weekend, they're doing some sort of all Bava month or something.
dvdfreak82 Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 15
in Australia its called 'Twitch of the Death Nerve'
pretty good movie though.
pretty good movie though.
So is the Image US release, as metioned in my review.
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
Cool movie and great review Gabe! Cheers.
Chocula Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 106
Cleave it to Bava to bring on the gore, think i'll give this a look see.
Adrian Senior Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,305
Gabe, maybe you can answer this, but what is the correct language for these movies? Is it Italian?
Most Italian films of the ilk and era were recorded without sound, with international casts, so it's almost impossible to say what the correct language is. This one has pretty good lypsync, so I'd say Italian for this one. Spaghetti Westerns are the worst because the leads are often speaking English, German, or Spanish, but the supporting cast is almost exclusively Italian or Spanish.
mvario Member Join Date: August 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 1
Bay of Blood Adrian wrote: Gabe, maybe you can answer this, but what is the correct language for these movies? Is it Italian?
With Bay of Blood there are two versions, it was shot with the actors speaking English for the international version and again with the actors speaking Italian for the Italian version. Scenes with no dialog for the most part appear the same. There are some differences in some of the dialog scenes though.
With Bay of Blood there are two versions, it was shot with the actors speaking English for the international version and again with the actors speaking Italian for the Italian version. Scenes with no dialog for the most part appear the same. There are some differences in some of the dialog scenes though.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th February 2005
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Italian Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English
Extras: L'arte del Delitto Documentary, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonté, Anna Maria Rosati, Chris Avram
Genre: Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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