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Let's deal with the question on everyone's mind right off the top: Would the sequel to 2010's well-regarded horror comedy "Piranha 3D" be able to match the disembodied male sex organ quotient of the original? Happily -- or perhaps unhappily, depending on your feelings -- the answer is yes, sweet lord yes!
Summer movie season is here in all it's popcorn filled glory. Though as fun and indulgent as this time of year is for film fans, it can often leave horror fans wanting. Yet a strong set of films is on the horizon that should keep genre fans relatively happy throughout their summer break.
Remind me how many D's this movie has again?
No surprise here, "Piranha 3DD" has been slapped with an R rating by the fine people at the MPAA because of it's gore and boobies. Those aren't the words they used but I think you get the idea. Boobies.
Hey remember "The X-Files"? I do too. Man we have so many memories in common. Well despite the lack luster results of 2008's "X-Files: I Want To Believe" film it looks like there's a solid chance writer Frank Spotnitz will be dropping another installment in the never ending series sometime in the next few years. Sorry fans of.... whatever the hell else he's been doing. You'll have to wait.
Vinnie Jones might be a giant man but for some reason to me he seems like a big old sweetheart. Vincent D'Onofrio on the other hand is probably a really nice guy but I always assume he's got woman locked in his basement. I'm not sure what 50 Cent does with his free time. The point here is that all three have joined Sylvester Stallone in "The Tomb", a film about a prison designer who must escape his own creation. I didn't say it was a good point.
If you like Bigfoot and you like "The Blair Witch Project" then you're going to love "Exists" which will officially start filming next week. The movie is a found footage flick by Blair Witch mastermind Eduardo Sanchez and tells the story of a group of campers in Texas who are stalked by the big one. If you're luke warm on one of those things and still like the other you might still be excited. I don't want to speak for you.
Further proof that there is no god, Mr. Tom Six himself has taken to the twitters to announce that "The Human Centipede 3" will feature no less then 500 plus people joined together. Sometimes I wish I was never born.
The words "erotic-thriller" make me really uncomfortable. Probably because the last time I saw a movie that was considered that it had Madonna pouring hot candle wax on Willem Dafoe's nipples. But "Attachment" is apparently a new one starring beaver vet Sharon Stone and today we've learned that Tom Felton has also joined the cast as the college student who has a one night stand with a married woman played by Stone. I pray for no candle wax. Or at least no Willem Dafoe.
"Piranha 3DD" has been a bit up in the air as of late but today we've learned that Dimension Films has given the boob-sploitation romp a June 1st release date. In case you've forgotten the film will be released both in theaters and VOD on the same day. Ya know, in case you can't handle seeing that kind of stuff with an audience. You sicko.
Of the 37 horror shows coming out shortly "666 Park Avenue" is the one that actually sounds kind of interesting. The show will focus on a couple that takes over running an apartment building that houses a number of residents who've sold their souls to the D-man. Matt Miller, the guy who produced "Chuck" has just signed on as executive producer of the show. I have no idea if that's a good thing or not.
To see boobies in 3D or not to see boobies in 3D. That is the question. It's a tough one, and unfortunately we're all going to have to answer it because Dimension films has just dropped that "Piranha 3DD" will be released both theatricality and on VOD at the same time. So will the dirtbag in me who wants to see bouncy things in 3D win over the part of me that hates seeing sunlight. I for one can't wait to see how this turns out.
There's so many genre shows in the works I almost forgot that there's already one I watch and kind of like. It's "American Horror Story". It's fun to learn things about each other isn't it? But the news here is that Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe will all be returning for Season 2 as different characters. The story this season will take place on the East Coast and focus on Jessica Lange's character. I also really enjoy ice cream and Neil Diamond. I love you.
New movie alert! Oh god I love new movie alerts. The project is called "The Occult" and already has Rufus Sewell, Anne Heche, and Alycia Debnam-Carey in the cast. What's more it'll be directed by Christian E. Christiansen who directed "The Roomate" and that movie was terrible! Are you pumped? I was too excited to read the plot, but I did skim it and there's something about the devil's daughter coming to earth and a small town with some girls and some killings. Oh man, it's the best Monday ever.
Good for Julia Stiles. She's landed the lead role in the upcoming NBC series "Midnight Sun" about a FBI agent trying to track down a cult that mysteriously disappeared. I believe we're one step closer to finally seeing a "Save the Last Dance 2".
The trailer for "Piranha 3DD" is finally here and I can't say there's any surprises in it but there's also everything you could possibly want. Lots of boobs, blood and over the top 3D are here for your viewing pleasure.
Did you know that Tom Sizemore is still alive? I know I was surprised too, but there he is, popping up in the new trailer for "Human Factor", a new film about two investigators trying to find the reason for a mass disappearance of homeless people. Well alright his name is in the trailer, you don't actually see him. But I have to assume he pops up somewhere. I can't imagine they dug up his corpse or anything.
I have no idea what "Jessa Kill" is about but I'm 99% sure it stars a porn star, or would be porn star, as a some kind ninja cheerleader who kills zombies. It's a web series, I know that much. The porn star thing is what really got me hooked though. Episode 1 recently launched and it kind of made me feel all squishy inside. Ya know what I mean? Me either.
Marco Beltrami, an Oscar nominated composer who has a name that makes me question my sexuality, has been hand picked by the gods to compose the score for the upcoming big screen adaptation of "World War Z". For those of you not in the know that book revolves around a UN employee who races around the world trying to stop the zombie apocalypse. Beltrami... just say it out loud.
Yesterday I guess there was news that "Piranha 3DD" would be going direct to DVD over in the UK. I was sleeping most of the day so I missed this. But today it looks like that news was horse doodie anyway so crisis averted. This morning was a real roller coaster ride of emotions for me.
Not as sexy as Rose McGowan with a gun leg, but way more awesome.
What the world needs now is more graphic novel adaptations. Now more than ever. So thank the good people at Solipsist Films who are making a big screen adaptation of the GN (let's call them GN's from now on, it sounds hip) "In The Dust". The GN tells the story of a group of families being attacked by vampires in 1930's Chicago. The world also needs more vampire movies but that goes without saying.
There hasn't been a ton of BUZZ around "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D" (see what I did there) but today we've got our first poster from the flick. And while I don't think the poster is going to cause much BUZZ on the tubes I sure am glad I SAW it. Oh man I'm on a roll today. A chainsaw roll! That makes no sense I know but let's just go with it.
If there's been a question on my mind since the announcement of "Piranha 3DD" it's how the hell were they going to bring back Ving Rhames? Well today we've got a teaser for the flick and we find out. I don't want to spoil it but it's pretty awesome. There's also a ton of boobs. It's a good day.
You don't need to know what "Black Butterfly" is about. You just need to know that Nicolas Cage has signed on to the film and that it will be awesome. Alright fine! The movie's about a drunk author who takes in a hobo in the hopes of finding inspiration. Man I can't wait to see how they make this movie awesome because that story sounds terrible.


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i.e. read as "in essence" instead of "id est" seems like a verbal eggcorn to me. do those count?
I've come across people who think 'i.e.' stands for 'in effect.' But I haven't figured out how to Google search for this.
why do you need to google search it? especially if it's read aloud?
Eggcorns should have some popular currency. Without a Google search or some other reality check, I don't know how to discriminate eggcorns from my idiosyncratic cognitive hallucinations.
No ghits for "i.e. stands for in effect" or "i.e. stands for in essence", with or without periods, and none with "means" instead of "stands for" (but see below)
15 ghits for "re stands for regarding".
Until I was in my 30s, I thought cc stood for copies (like pp for pages).
Here's a disappointing one:
I allways get a good chuckle when "smart" publications get i.e. and e.g. mixed up.
i.e. means "in effect" (thats not what it acutally stands for), and you use it to clarify a statement.
e.g. means "example given" (again, I dont' think this is what it acutally stands for), and you use it when you are giving an example
right, but my question is whether verbal as opposed to written examples count for this database (google is not relevant).
i have never seen it written that 'i.e.' stands for "in essence" but I have heard people read 'i.e.' aloud as "in essence," which i think could make it a cross-language and also verbal eggcorn, if you are counting verbal ones at all.
it was not a hallucination but if you require google for validation, i guess the answer is that you're excluding anything verbal. i think it's great to use google as a tool, but it's not a valid reason to throw out data points unless you're only talking about written examples.

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By David Holley, Xconomy Texas San Antonio—A group of San Antonio institutions are getting involved ...
(SAN ANTONIO, TX - 3 December 2012) - ViroXis Corporation today announced that it has enrolled its first patient in its Phase II study for the topical treatment of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) common skin warts using an East Indian Sandalwood oil (EISO) derived drug candidate. ViroXis' patented, EISO-derived product is being developed in accordance with the US Food and Drug Administration's 2004 Guidance for Development of Botanical Drugs and with manufacturing support from DPT Laboratories of San Antonio, TX. There are currently no approved prescription drugs to treat HPV skin warts.
The study, which is being managed by TKL Research of Rochelle Park NJ, will evaluate three strengths of the EISO drug in a total of 180 patients, with the primary endpoint of complete remission of all treated warts after 90 days and a further 90 days of follow up. Results of this study should be known by the end of 2013.
Ian Clements, President & CEO of ViroXis, said "Based on promising data in previous clinical trials with sandalwood, we are optimistic that the anti-viral activity and favorable safety profile of this essential oil will lead to a new and effective treatment for this highly prevalent and often painful and difficult-to-treat condition."
In conjunction with the initiation of the study, which is being funded by the proceeds of a $5.0M Series B financing, ViroXis is pleased to announce the appointment of three new directors to its Board: Gary Frashier (former CEO of OSI Pharmaceuticals), Catherine Burzik (former CEO of KCI) and Charles Goodrich (Managing Director of Timberline Venture Capital Investments), as well as company advisor Ernest Mario (former CEO, GlaxoSmithKline). Said ViroXis Chairman, Alan Dean, "The addition of this stellar group of advisors and directors greatly enhances the opportunity for the company to build on its success in the clinical development of its platform drug candidate".
Clinical Trial Design
The company's Phase II clinical trial will be a double-blinded, placebo- controlled, dose range-finding trial with four arms looking at safety and efficacy of three doses of the EISO-derived drug candidate in an ointment base. The patients will be adults, 18 years and above. Trial participants will be treated for up to three months and evaluated during an additional three months of follow up. The primary efficacy endpoint will be the complete resolution of warts.
About East Indian Sandalwood Oil (EISO)
EISO has previously been successfully studied in Phase I and Phase II investigator-sponsored clinical trials in adults and children for the topical treatment of warts. The positive results of these initial trials led to the issuance of three US patents for the treatment of HPV and other skin diseases.
East Indian Sandalwood oil is produced by steam distillation from the heartwood of the Santalum album tree. The essential oil is widely used in the food and fragrance industry and has been used in traditional medicine for centuries, particularly in India. EISO has been adopted in the West to treat a number of diseases and conditions, and it has been shown to be active against a variety of pathogens in addition to human papillomavirus.
Wild sources of the sandalwood tree, which is indigenous to India, are becoming increasingly scarce and supply of the oil is dwindling. To overcome this issue, ViroXis will be using sandalwood oil from trees harvested from sustainable commercial plantations in North Western Australia for its marketed drug products. ViroXis has an exclusive supply agreement with Tropical Forestry Services Corp. Ltd. (TFS) of Perth, Australia for supply of pharmaceutical grade EISO for healthcare uses. TFS, an Australian listed company (ASX: TFC), manages the largest sustainable supply of East Indian Sandalwood in the world and has won numerous awards for its ecological and environmental stewardship.
About HPV virus and Common Warts
Common warts are caused by the transmissible HPV virus and there is currently no approved prescription product for treatment of problematic warts. Typical therapies involve cutting, freezing or the use of chemical blistering agents that are painful and often cause scarring. A painless and effective treatment for this common skin condition that can be used on all warts including larger warts, large number of warts or warts in difficult locations such as the face would be a welcome addition to the therapeutic options currently available to dermatologists and pediatricians.
About ViroXis
ViroXis' mission is to develop and commercialize novel, safe and effective prescription and over-the-counter botanical products for the treatment of virally-induced skin conditions. To date, the Company has been funded by a combination of venture funding from the San Antonio-based Targeted Technology Fund I and a $2.5 million investment from the State of Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). Viroxis' $5.0M Series B financing is being managed by San Antonio-based Pasadera Capital. Botanically-derived drugs have formed the backbone of the pharmaceutical industry and the recently implemented FDA botanical guidelines aim to streamline the development of drugs, such as ViroXis' lead drug candidate, that are a mixture of plant-derived compounds rather than a single chemical entity, and that have a historical record of safe human use. ViroXis was the recipient of the 2009 Michael E. DeBakey Award from the RICE Alliance Life Sciences Ventures Forum as the most promising Life Science company in Texas.


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Brett Myers is lost.
He can't seem to break 89 mph with his fastball, which is a shock for somebody who always has been able to throw much harder. So he has abandoned his fastball early in games and has tried to fool hitters with his cutter and other offspeed pitches. It hasn't worked. He is 2-2 with a 5.11 ERA after six starts this season.
Charlie Manuel and Rich Dubee are concerned.
Dubee sounds even more frustrated.
"I think it's as simple as him throwing more fastballs and him getting out there and playing some more long toss," Dubee said. "He's not a real big believer in long toss, and I am. I think that's one way you develop arm strength. It gives you some elasticity in your arm, and I think it's something he has to buy into a little more. He doesn't do much at all. Game day, he throws five balls at a long distance and that's it."
Myers said he doesn't throw his fastball because the separation in speeds between the fastball (88 mph) and his cutter (84 mph) isn't enough. So he has thrown the cutter, hoping the extra movement on the ball might fool hitters.
"He wasn't going to throw the cutter today," Dubee said. "See how long that lasted? We were going to throw more curveballs. He threw them to the first couple hitters, and then he put it in his back pocket for whatever reason. We talked about getting away from the cutter and throwing more fastballs and throwing more curveballs because of the separation between the speeds. But he got away from that game plan for whatever reason."
Myers said he is open to doing anything that might pump up the mph on his fastball, and that means more long tossing in between starts.
We'll see what happens.
But it's obvious this is a very real concern. The Phillies expected Myers and Cole Hamels to be their 1-2 punch atop their rotation. If that doesn't happen, it's going to be very tough to hang in the National League East all season.
In the Phillies Notebook, the Phillies gave Paul Maholm credit, but they weren't amazed by his two-hitter yesterday in a 5-1 loss to the Pirates.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
American sources told Fox television early Sunday, Nov. 6 that all the senior Israeli ministers who were formerly against attacking Iran's nuclear sites are now for it, having been updated on Iran's clandestine progress toward building a nuclear weapon. This information is due to be borne out when the IAEA publishes its next Iran report Tuesday, Nov. 8. The ministers are said to have changed their minds in the belief that the next round of sanctions will not be tough enough and point to the precedent of Israel's 1981 attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor which was never rebuilt.
According to DEBKAfile's Washington sources, the Obama administration attributes the change of heart by those ministers to a conviction that Iran already has a nuclear weapon.
And so after ten days after feverish, unattributed Israeli news reporting on an imminent attack, the administration has drawn certain lines: Israel should go forward with its plans to strike Iran, while Washington will stress "diplomatic strategy."
This phrase, new in official US language on the nuclear controversy with Iran, does not rule out the military option. It was first aired last Thursday, Nov. 3 by US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes, a member of the Barack Obama party attending the G-20 summit in Cannes.


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DVOA isn't new, and it's not new to the discussions here. Given Seattle's rise as the #1 DVOA team last year, that thrilled some while it annoyed others, so this analysis might not be for everyone, but I figured I'd delve a little bit further into the numbers, and attempt to explain just how bright Seattle's outlook is going into next season.
2012 estimated wins
Seattle was 11-5 last year, but their "estimated wins" number was 13.0. Consider this scary fact as well- estimated wins factors strength of schedule, and football outsiders says our team played the 4th hardest schedule last year, and only one of those teams who had it tougher had a winning record. Those three teams who had it tougher? Arizona, St. Louis and San Francisco. Thankfully the Seahawks do not have to face themselves.
Anyway, even with a very tough schedule, FO's system thinks we were really a 13-3 team that tough lucked it's way to an 11-5 record. The average Seahawk opponent last year had a DVOA of 5.1%. So an "average" opponent for Seattle last year looked something like Carolina (5.5%), Cincy (6.1%), or Houston (6.6%). For those wondering why Carolina is there, they finished the season white hot (their defense grew by leaps and bounds) and they look to be a sleeper threat in 2013. That's what an "average" opponent looked like last year.
While Seattle still has to battle in the NFC West in 2013, their out of division schedule seems far kinder. Sure, there is change from year to year, and especially teams like Carolina and New Orleans will be better in 2013 than they were in 2012, but for the most part it's a much softer looking schedule, with the NFC North (one of the NFL's toughest divisions) being swapped for the NFC South and the AFC East being swapped for the AFC South (which is a terrible division, fighting with the AFC West as the new old NFC West doormat division). Schedule difference alone might add a win to Seattle's 2012 total.
Close losses
Seattle was 5-6 in games decided by one score last season, and 7-0 in all others. This was an improvement from 2011, a team that went 2-5 in one score games and 5-4 in all others. Seattle is a great team, and great teams don't post losing records in close games. A classic example is Atlanta, a team that was 7-3 in one score games and 7-1 in all others. The 49ers were 5-2 in one score games. The underachieving Packers were at 4-4. The Redskins, 7-5. The Vikings, 5-1. The Broncos, 4-3. The Patriots 4-4. The Bengals 5-5. The Texans, 6-0. The Colts, yup, 10-2. The Ravens, 8-4.
Seattle was the only playoff team last year to post a losing record in one score games. That's pretty startling given their statistical magnificence. And given some of the company they share near the bottom- Denver, Green Bay, New England, Cincy, I'd say having a tough luck season was practically a badge of honor last season. Those teams are usually better in close games than that, but last year was a strange one. Lots of lucky teams (in the AFC especially) that were quickly exposed in the postseason. Anyone who thinks the Texans and Colts have a great 2013 outlook should probably look at those one score game numbers again.
A correction is due. Not necessarily in 2013, but over the next decade for certain. The Packers, Broncos, Patriots, and Bengals could probably expect a boost too. Great teams with elite quarterbacks tend to do better in close games than most, too. Six close losses again for the Seahawks in 2013 would surprise me.
Weighted DVOA
DVOA is a stat that measures how efficient NFL teams are at beating other NFL teams, and weighted DVOA takes those same findings and weighs late season performance more heavily, as teams often don't hit full stride until around mid-season. Seattle finished white hot to end the season, and entering the Rams game, they had a very real chance to set the all-time FO record for weighted DVOA. The Rams top ranked pass rush (by sacks) put that dream on ice, but Seattle still finished #1 in the NFL with a comfy margin to spare.
Weighted DVOA is a pretty solid indicator for future success. The 2002 Seahawks and 2011 Seahawks being examples from our own history. Football outsiders thinks our team was the best in the NFL last year, and the arrow is still pointing up. Way up.
Offseason positioning
Seattle does not have any major contributors slated to leave in free agency. Jason Jones, Alan Branch, and Steven Hauschka top our free agent list. All three of them could be easily retained, and if they are lost, it won't be because of money. It will be because Seattle has upgrades in mind.
Seattle has 10 draft picks (and might add more) in what many (including myself) believe is one of the deepest drafts ever.
Seattle is a young team growing up
No NFL player has a brighter outlook in 2013 than Russell Wilson. After the dropfest in SF, Wilson would never post a passer rating under 88.0 again. In 8 of his last 11 starts, his passer rating exceeded 100. His total numbers since SF (including playoffs): 187/280, 2460 yards, 21 TD, 4 INT, 66.8% completion rate, 8.8 YPA, 113.4 passer rating. As a runner, he rushed 74 times 497 yards (6.71 average) and 5 TDs in that same span. From Detroit on, Wilson put up MVP type numbers. As a rookie. And though it doesn't count, he also thrashed the AFC pretty badly in the pro-bowl game as well.
He did this with a WR group that was more solid than elite. Seattle will likely improve their talent level at WR and TE this offseason. It is a stellar draft for both of those areas.
Russell Wilson is a very refined QB and it would be a surprise if he regressed in 2013. He is not a gimmick player and won't be easy to game plan. Even teams that sacked him often late in the season (Rams, Redskins) still got diced up by him and lost in the end. If I happen to be in Vegas later this year, I'll definitely look into Wilson for MVP betting. The Vegas odds are likely to be lower than the actual odds are.
The rest of the team is young and improving as well. It is likely that the 2013 team will be even stronger than the 2012 team was, especially when considering the rocky start the 2012 team got off to.
It all adds up to an extremely bright forecast for the future of the Seahawks. While anything can happen in the playoffs, I do think that Seattle will be a scary good team in 2013. The odds of 16-0 season are remote even for the greatest of teams, but I think Seattle's odds of doing just that will be the best of any team since the 2007 Patriots. I can't guarantee 13+ wins, because weird things happen in small samples and inferior teams win football games every NFL weekend, but if there really is justice in the world, Seattle will be a 13 or 14 win team in 2013.


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17 years and $400m in restitution for USS Miami arsonistBy PAT GROSSMITH
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March 15. 2013 1:09PM
PORTLAND, Maine – A former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard worker who set fire to the USS Miami nuclear submarine was sentenced Friday to a little more than 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $400M.
Casey James Fury, 26, formerly of Portsmouth, was a painter and sandblaster for three years at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, when he set a fire on May 23 in a stateroom so he could be sent home from work. The blaze, fueled by the enamel paint on the submarine's ceilings and walls, caused $450 to $500 million in damage.
Fury was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland by U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal. Fury was ordered to make $400 million in restitution, though prosecutors admit that's unlikely to happen.
Fury had agreed to a plea bargain that called for a sentence of between 15 and a half to just over 17 years on two arson counts. At sentencing, prosecutors argued for the maximum, the defense for the minimum.
The first fire was on May 23 about 5:30 p.m. Wanting to go home, Fury lit a plastic bag containing cotton rags on top of a bed in a stateroom in the forward compartment of the nuclear powered Los Angeles class attack submarine in dry dock for maintenance.
Five firefighters and two shipyard workers were injured as they fought the blaze for 12 hours.
Fury, who has a history of anxiety and depression, was in a panic that day. With no sick days or vacation time left, he set the blaze so he could go home, according to court documents filed by Federal Defender David Beneman. Fury expected someone would see the fire and put it out since the submarine is outfitted with fire extinguishers. He never expected it would cause the damage it did, Beneman said.
But the fire spread quickly igniting enamel paint used on the walls and ceiling of the submarine, Beneman wrote. Naval and ATF tests established the burning rags alone did not create enough heat or energy to spread the fire. It was the enamel paint on the walls and ceilings of the submarine that fueled the expanding fire, according to Beneman. The enamel paint hazard was not previously recognized, he said.
Less than a month after the devastating blaze, Fury started a second fire using alcohol wipes on June 16 at 7 p.m. on the dry dock blocks on which the Miami rests. Again, he did it so he could get out of work early. This fire was quickly extinguished and caused little or no damage but did result in the submarine being evacuated.
Prosecutors acknowledged Fury started the first fire as a distraction but said it spread quickly and caused catastrophic damage. Fury rushed off the submarine to safety, alongside colleagues who feared for their lives as smoke filled hallways barely large enough to walk through while wearing regular clothing, let alone fire-fighting equipment, wrote Assistant U.S. Atty. Darcie N. McElwee. The defendant then watched from the safety of the pier as others risked their lives to battle the blaze, according to McElwee.
Fury's conduct, the prosecutor said, has far-reaching consequences and, because of sequestration, repair of the USS Miami has been deferred. While the Miami is out of commission, other submarines will be at sea longer. Fury's action, the prosecutor said, cost the United States the use of an vital national asset for 18 months beyond the originally scheduled 19.6 month maintenance period.
The court recommended Fury serve his time in a prison able to address his mental health needs. On release, Fury will remain on supervised release for five years.
Union Leader correspondent Gretyl Macalaster contributed to this report.


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Some weeks seem longer than others.
Best then, to celebrate the weekend now that it's finally here.
Consider these five things to do.
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Reggae on the Delta
Enjoy Carribean food and drinks along with music out on the Delta at the Breadfruit Tree Restaurant, which has been serving up Jamaican cuisine for 24 years now.
What: Reggae on the Delta.
When: 3 to 10 pm. Saturday.
Where: Breadfruit Tree Restaurant, 8095 Rio Blanco Road, Stockton.
Tickets: $18 pre-sale, $20 at the door.
Information: (209) 952-7361.
S'more Zoo After Dark
Ever wonder what's lurking after dark at the zoo? See the critters and enjoy crafts, learn more about animals, hear stories and enjoy s'mores by a campfire. Tickets must be purchased by noon today, online only, at mgzoo.com.
What: S'more Zoo After Dark.
When: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Micke Grove Zoo, 11793 N. Micke Grove Road, Lodi.
Tickets: $8-12, free for children younger than 2.
Information: mgzoo.com or (209) 331-2138.
John Jorgenson Quintet
John Jorgenson, known for his blistering guitar licks and mastery of a broad musical palette, has earned a reputation as a guitarist who has collaborated with Elton John and Luciano Pavarotti. His quintet performs what they call gypsy jazz.
What: Twisted Oak Winery Concerts.
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Twisted Oak Winery, 4280 Red Hill Road at Highway 4, Vallecito.
Tickets: $10, child; $25, adults.
Information: twistedoak.com or (209) 736-9080
Decadent Affair
This bridal showcase features specialty food and drinks, vendor prize giveaways, contests, a bridal fashion show and all the 411 on the latest wedding trends.
What: Decadent Affair Bridal Showcase.
When: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Wine & Roses, 2505 W. Turner Road, Lodi.
Tickets: $30 per person plus tax.
Information: (209) 371-6117 or winerose.com.
New exhibit
A traveling exhibit about the Tule Lake internment camp highlights the Japanese-American experience and will make its California tour premiere at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum on Sunday.
What: "Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake."
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays through Oct. 19.
Where: San Joaquin County Historical Museum, 11793 N. Micke Grove Road, Lodi.
Admission: $2-$5.
Information: sanjoaquinhistory.org, (209) 331-2055.


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Everyone's favorite maybe-couple Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have been setting the Internet ablaze these past few days. They just spent the last week in India , where they reportedly attended a pre-engagement party together—and looked gorgeous in the process. Now they're in Brazil, where Jonas just wrapped his performance at the VillaMix Festival. Of course Chopra was in the audience, and she posted something to her Instagram Stories last night that all but confirms she's Jonas' biggest fan.
The Quantico actress uploaded a video of Jonas on stage, presumably after he finished a song, and she captioned it "Him 😍." To drive the point home further, Chopra's video zooms closer and closer onto Jonas' face. (Side note: I wonder what her favorite Nick song is?)
See, guys? Chopra and Jonas are just like any other maybe-couple. They cheer each other on at work, pose for pictures together, and hide from dozens of paparazzi—ya know, normal people stuff.
Even complex challenges can be successful at low cost and in relatively short time frames. For example, in 2002 the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) presented an open challenge to a diffuse population of civilian groups to create autonomous vehicles that could navigate an obstacle course. The first iteration of this "Grand Challenge" in 2004 was fraught with failure. But groups learned from one another, and independently modified the wide variety of first-generation designs, selecting out poor performers and replicating successful components, resulting in high success in the second year which encouraged DARPA to issue yet more complex challenges in subsequent years. The most recent DARPA challenge (to find ten weather balloons scattered around the United States) was solved within a few hours by activating thousands of independent observers on the internet. 13
A decentralized organizational structure works because it allows organisms to deal with uncertainty. Uncertainty that is created by variation lies at the core of a wide range of security concerns. Organisms in nature actively exploit uncertainty and turn it to their advantage by creating uncertainty for their adversaries and reducing uncertainty for themselves. Predators create uncertainty by stalking from hidden vantage points, but when possible, prey reduce this uncertainty by vocally or behaviorally signaling the presence of predators – a strategy that both warns fellow prey about the threat and indicates to the predator that the element of uncertainty has been removed. 14 To be effective the signaling must be directly tied to immediate threats. For example, ground squirrels will make vocal signals to bird and mammal predators (which can hear) but switch to "tail flagging" displays to deter snakes (which cannot hear), and will additionally heat their tails only when encountered by particular snakes (pit vipers) that can sense infrared signals. 15 By contrast, when organisms in a community make constant alarm calls regardless of the immediacy of the threat they only increase uncertainty for other members of the group, who must waste resources determining if the alarm is true or false. 16 Analogously, the U.S. National Threat Advisory, which has remained at level "orange" for aviation since August 2006, 17 is not aimed at deterring a particular threat and does little to reduce uncertainty among innocent travelers. We can vastly increase the uncertainty for our adversaries by just doing a small amount of random things every day in our security procedures. Currently we waste enormous resources to screen 100 percent of the people passing through security with little benefit. Laying aside the fact that this doesn't even work to find the things we are looking for (knives, guns, explosive materials, and 6 oz. tubs of strawberry yogurt, all have which have been brought through security in recent years without detection), 18 it also gives us almost no extra protection from real attackers.
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June 26, 2018 05:33 PM
Updated June 26, 2018 05:54 PM
Another international recruiting trip is coming up for the UK basketball program.
Wildcats assistant coach Joel Justus is scheduled to travel to Argentina later this week to scout the FIBA U17 World Cup, which will feature a USA Basketball U17 squad that is loaded with five-star talent .
The USA team will be led by last year's U16 MVP Vernon Carey , who is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2019 class and has UK on his list of five finalists along with Duke, North Carolina, Miami and Michigan State.
Carey — a 6-foot-10 power forward from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — is expected to take an official visit to UK this fall, and he was in Lexington two years ago for Big Blue Madness.
The squad also features Carey's five-star high school and AAU teammate,
Scottie Barnes
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first prospect from the 2020 recruiting class
to land a UK scholarship offer. Also on the U.S. team are the top three players in the 247Sports rankings for the class of 2020 —
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, Jalen Suggs and R.J. Hampton , respectively — as well as Jeremy Roach , the top point guard in the 2020 class.
UK has already been linked to all of those recruits.
This isn't the first such trip for Justus, who was in Argentina last summer to check out the USA Basketball U16 squad and went to Spain the summer before that to see the U17 team.
Last year's Argentina trip marked the early stages of UK's recruitment of James Wiseman, who later became the first player in the 2019 class to land a Wildcats scholarship offer and remains John Calipari's top target in that group . Wiseman, the No. 1 prospect in the 247Sports rankings, was invited to try out for this year's U17 team but was unable to participate because of an injury.
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Hi, I am looking to get a Windows Forensics book, as I am totally new to the subject (other than being a windows tech who sometimes gets asked to recover files and get rid of viruses on someone elses comp).
I looked on Amazon, and there are a bunch of books. The ones that had the highest ratings were from people whom I never heard of, and neither did Wikipedia. So I figure a place like AO would know better than amazon reviews which book to recommend. Basically, I would like a book that starts with some basics, but goes into great deal of.. depth?


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Large studies are increasingly being conducted on an international basis. The delays in implementation of these trials not only deprive patients of access to drugs, but delay their completion and ultimately, regulatory approval.
Durham, NC (PRWEB) January 28, 2013
A new study published in The Oncologist emphasizes the critical need for regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical clinical trial sponsors, collaborative research groups and other interests to work together to expedite study approval for clinical trials in cancer research on a global scale.
Dr. Otto Metzger Filho of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a team of international colleagues reviewed the time taken to set up the Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimization (ALTTO) trial, a phase III clinical breast cancer trial covering more than 8,300 patients in 44 participating countries.
The research team evaluated different aspects of ALTTO activation across different geographic and economic regions, measuring time intervals for regulatory approval, ethics approval, protocol amendments, and times for patient enrollment. Although some of these time periods did vary in different regions, the study's primary finding was that significant delays and bottlenecks occurred across all regions.
"Improving the efficiency of the activation process would speed up the ability to gather scientific knowledge and evaluate its applicability," said corresponding author Dr. Metzger Filho. "Most importantly, it would ultimately benefit the many patients who volunteer to participate in clinical trials. This is the only way to improve treatments for patients with cancer."
"While the study's focus on ALTTO means its findings cannot be generalized to make definitive statements about a region's clinical trial proficiency, its main finding of consistently lengthy timetables should spark a global discussion about the need to improve the efficiency of all cancer trials," Dr. Metzger Filho said.
"We hope that this study will help investigators in different regions to identify the bottlenecks in activating multinational trials and to address the problem of clinical trial participation," he said.
The European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) heralded the study. Prof Roberto Labianca, Director, Department of Oncology and Haematology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy, an ESMO spokesman, described the importance of these findings: "Unnecessary delays in the approval of clinical trials mean patients can miss the advantages of a new active drug, a new combination of drugs or a novel therapeutic strategy, because oncologists will be compelled to use traditional and potentially sub-optimal treatments."
"These findings emphasize the obvious need to expedite, and harmonize, the process for review and approval of new trials across continents. Large studies are increasingly being conducted on an international basis. The delays in implementation of these trials not only deprive patients of access to drugs, but delay their completion and ultimately, regulatory approval. No one wins, least of all the patient," said Dr. Bruce A. Chabner, Editor-in-Chief of The Oncologist and Director of Clinical Research, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
The full article titled "Analysis of Regional Timelines To Set Up a Global Phase III Clinical Trial in Breast Cancer: The ALTTO Experience" can be accessed at http://www.TheOncologist.com or contact: Sharon Lee at sharonlee (at) alphamedpress (dot) com.
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Established by oncologists to help physicians better manage their practices in an ever-changing environment, The Oncologist® is the official journal of the Society for Translational Oncology (STO). Now in its 18th year, this internationally peer-reviewed journal focuses on clear and concise interpretation addressing the multimodality diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of the cancer patient. Each issue is meant to impact the practice of oncology and to facilitate significant communication in the introduction of new medical treatments and technologies. For more information, visit http://www.TheOncologist.com.
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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
Second, while I have sometimes mistakenly answered when another person was calling for someone else (some names like Randy and Andy sound alike), I have never forgotten my own name and answered to another name because I couldn't remember my own. Do you honestly think that if God exists he doesn't even know his own name? Imagine that a Muslim comes over to my house, and after we have a long discussion and find out that we disagree on practically everything except that there is an 'uncaused cause' he says to me, "you called out to Christ and had a religious experience so maybe Allah decided to answer you even though you prayed in Jesus' name; therefore , I see no need to attempt to change any of your beliefs or behavior". Does this sound like something a devoted Muslim would say? If you have read the Qur'an, does it sound like something Allah would do?


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Jan 2010 11:37 UTC
It's funny how while software changes so fast, and many hardware components evolve at ridiculously fast paces (processors, memory, hard drives), the keyboard has remained largely unchanged over the years - until recently, that is. Even Lenovo has now buckled under the pressure, switching to a chiclet-style keyboard for ThinkPads - while also removing the SysReq key.
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RE: Insert key?
by Zbigniew on Thu 14th Jan 2010 13:22 UTC in reply to "Insert key?"
RE[2]: Insert key?
by werpu on Mon 18th Jan 2010 18:36 in reply to "RE: Insert key?"
Insert/Delete are quite commonly used - in applications - as "Insert/Delete" record (file, whatever...).
Which reminds me why do they still have the caps lock, this is insane, I curse that key at least three times per day, the only reason why it existed in the first place was Cobol, and yet no one really has moved that key into an obskure keyboard combination making place for something more useful!
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by Bill Shooter of Bul on Tue 19th Jan 2010 05:43 in reply to "RE[2]: Insert key?"
I'm not sure about Cobol being the reason for CAPS LOCK. Typewriters had it too, called the shift lock.


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Thermaltake is one of the better known manufacturers of PC cooling solutions and PC case modding, among other things. Even though the company was founded in the late 90's, it has managed to become one of the top brand names in cooling solutions with a range of products that provide cures for "thermal" problems.
For this review, we received Thermaltake's metallic enclosure for 2.5" hard disk drives, called the Muse.
It is of aluminium construction with a polished metal finish and black mirror coating...
- All aluminum fanless design
- Silver with clean appearance
- Screwless design, easy to install 2.5" H.D.D. without tools
- Blue LED to indicate digital signal
- Cypress AT2+ chip - for speed & stability
- IDE to USB2.0 interface - greater compatibility
- USB Y-cable supports signal & power, no power adapter required
- Transfer speeds up to 480Mbps
The retail package includes the following:
The Muse inside its leather case...


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Mar 6 2017
Story with Animal
March 6th, 2017, 10:00 AM
Join us in Natureplace for an animal-themed story followed by an encounter with one of our Animal Hall residents.
For children 5 and under.
Free for members, price of admission for non-members.
Animal Hall Feeding
March 6th, 2017, 10:30 AM
Here's your chance to have Earthplace staff answer all your questions while giving some of our animals their daily meals. See what a blue jay eats and why a bearded dragon eats something different. Get to know a rabbit's favorite snacks and see the guinea pigs munch away at their hay.
All are welcome!
Free for members, price of admission for non-members.
Fun For Ones
March 6th, 2017, 9:15 AM — 10:15 AM
Children and parents/caregivers play together and participate in a variety of art, science, and nature-oriented activities, including visits to the indoor and outdoor animals. Themes and activities change from week to week. Each class concludes with a group time including a story and singing time. Class size is limited to eight children. Registrants must be Earthplace members.
14 classes is $420, classes will be prorated if joining after the first session.
January 9, 23, 30
February 6, 13, 27
March 6, 13, 20, 27
April 3, 17, 24
May 1, 8
Please note: There is an additional class built in to the winter session to account for loss of days due to snow cacellations.


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Secretary of State (1997-2001); Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Chair, Albright Capital Management LLC and Best-Selling Author
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Madeleine Albright, America's first woman Secretary of State, draws on her extensive experience in public service and her ongoing work in the private sector to offer audiences a unique and up-to-the-minute perspective on the issues confronting the United States and the world.
Topics: Africa, American Politics, Asia, Change: Managing/Leading It, China, Courage, Emerging Markets, Europe, Family Relationships, Financial Markets, Foreign Policy - U.S., Global Economy, Human Rights, Inspiring Lives , Jewish Interests, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Motivation, National Security, Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges, Patriotism, Personal Growth, Risk Management, Terrorism , Women and Politics, Women's Issues
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I wanted to get my XO to connect to my WPA wireless network. First I found a WPA.sh shell script that I tried to run. Then I rebooted only to see that no networks show up at all in the Networks tool. So, Instead I upgraded to version 653 and the latest firmware. I still have the same problem. When I do a lsmod, I don't see the usb8xxx driver at all. I can modprobe it and it loads fine, but I still don't see eth0 when I run "ifconfig -a".
When usb8xxx loads, it also brings in 3 other modules (libertas, ieee80211 and ieee80211_crypt)
ifconfig -a only show the lo0 loopback interface. Any ideas?


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Spread the Wealth, Worship the Leg, End the War
I couldn't let the postmortem on Oscar's 84th close without inviting my ol' podcast pals Katey, Nick and Joe to join me for one last conversation of the season. We ended up talking for over an hour. See we all share this "can't stop talking Oscar!" addiction and none of us will ever go to rehab. So you get the podcast in two parts. Part two tomorrow night.
Here's part one where we start goofy with Octavia Spencer's ubiquity and end all serious like (well, mostly) with Viola and Meryl. Join the conversation in the comments.
Topics include but are not limited to...
- Octavia Spencer, Angelina Jolie
- "Cut To Camera 3. No, Camera 4. Wait, Back to 2!"
- Spreading the Wealth. What Did They Actually Love?
- Billy Crystal's 9th Go-Round
- Emma Stone vs. Anne Hathaway with a side of Jonah Hill
- Red Carpet Reveals and Lead Actor Presentations
- CLIPS! Commercial Breaks
- Meryl & Viola and the Narrative vs. Performance Problem
You can download the podcast on iTunes or listen right here at the bottom of the post.


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U.S. House Approves Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
Congressional Passage of Bipartisan Environmental Legislation Reauthorizes Successful Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) for Five More Years.
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) now just needs President Obama's signature for the bipartisan legislation to be reauthorized for five more years as the U.S. House of Representatives approved DERA this morning by a voice vote. The U.S. Senate had unanimously approved the legislation on December 16th. President Obama is expected to sign the reauthorization into law.
DERA (H.R. 5809) is a five-year reauthorization of the highly-successful program created in 2005 to establish voluntary national and state-level grant and loan programs to reduce diesel emissions by upgrading and modernizing older diesel engines and equipment. The bipartisan legislation was introduced on November 18th by U.S. Senators George Voinovich (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE) and cosponsored by several of their colleagues including Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK). The House sponsors were U.S. Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Laura Richardson (D-CA).
DERA is being supported by a unique and diverse coalition of more than 500 environmental, health, industry, labor and government organizations. DERA funds are used to clean up the nation's older diesels, by retrofitting or replacing them with new technologies that significantly reduce the soot and emissions. EPA estimates there to be an estimated 11 million older diesel trucks, buses, and equipment in use today.
Since 2005, the federal government has invested roughly a half-billion dollars through DERA to improve America's air quality by upgrading and modernizing older diesel engines and equipment through engine replacements and retrofits that would include new pollution-cutting filters and catalysts. When all of today's older diesels have been replaced by new models that meet current EPA standards, at least 110,000 tons of particulate matter (or soot) and 2.6 million tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides will be eliminated from the nation's air. This is the equivalent of taking 13 million of today's trucks off the roads.
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Seems like everyone is blogging about Hollywood themed cocktails for the upcoming Academy Awards, but I decided to share four libation films from 50 years ago (Mainly because I've only seen one of the films nominated for 2011). So roll out the red carpet for Blue Hawaii, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Come September, and The Hustler.
Blue Hawaii
Blue Hawaii was the 3rd top grossing Elvis film. The soundtrack album was on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 79 weeks and spent 20 weeks at #1 on the Pop Albums chart. His mother in the film was played by Angela Lansbury, but in real life Angela was only 10 years older than Elvis. Elvis was 26.
The Libations
Several tropical intoxicating libations are seen in the film, but only one is mentioned and seen. The Mai Tai. Trays of Mai Tais are passed around at a party and even shows a bartender overflowing the top of a Mai Tai with golden rum. Here is a look at the first scene from YouTube. Skip to 1:20.
One song from the film, I can't Help Falling in Love With You, was undoubtedly the best on the soundtrack. Elvis sang ICHFILWY throughout the rest of his life while wiping sweat from his face with scarfs then giving it them to women in the audience. Here is a look at Elvis 12 years after the Blue Hawaii film at age 38 in his Aloha from Hawaii TV special. Man, what a handsome man.
Mai Tai
Learn how to make a real Mai Tai from the #1 authority of all things Tiki, Beachbum Berry.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
This romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard won two Academy Awards with Best Original Score and Best Song (Moon River) and was nominated for three Academy Awards; Best Actress, Best Art Direction, and Best Screenplay. Audrey was 32 years old.
The Libations
There is drinking throughout the film and a big party scene in Audrey's apartment. Audrey pours herself milk in a cocktail glass, her and George drink whiskey, and George even has a line about drinking Champagne in the morning. You can listen to it here. People have reported that Mimosas and Planter's Punches are either mentioned or seen in the film, but I haven't watched the film close enough to confirm. Anyone out there for for certain?
Audrey drinking whiskey and milk.
Come September
This film starring Rock Hudson, Bobby Darin, and Sandra Dee was the very first film shown on transcontinental and intercontinental flights. That's kinda cool.
The Libations
Rock Hudson drinks a lot of Champagne and there's even a scene with a bird perching on the edge of a glass getting drunk from Champagne. In one scene, Rock drinks a Martini for breakfast. The servant asks him if there is anything else he may want and Rock replies, "an olive".
The best scene is when Rock tends bar and serves Bobby Darin and his friends brandy. Here is the scene from YouTube.
The Hustler
Paul Newman plays "Fast Eddie" Felson in this nine Academy Award nomination film about a pool hustler. It won Best Art Direction and Cinematography and still today is considered one of the great classics.
The Libations
As you might have guessed, there is a lot of drinking seen in the pool halls during "Fast Eddie" Felson's travels, but a bottle of whiskey is seen when he plays a 25 hour pool game against Minnesota fats and drinks the entire bottle. The whiskey? J.T.S Brown Bourbon, which is made by Heaven Hill.


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Take the Survey: 50 States, 50 FilmmakersMonday, October 26th, 2009
I've been looking over Ted Hope's blog lately and one thing he keeps returning to is the idea that in order for cinema to be truly free (i.e., liberated), we have to do our part to help film culture. I agree.
That's part of what this blog has always been about. One of the reasons I began this blog was to champion filmmakers working regionally.
But now I'd like to undertake a concrete project specifically dedicated to spotlighting filmmakers that live around the country. To do that I need your help. Not a lot of help, mind you — just a few minutes.
I'm calling this undertaking 50 States, 50 Filmmakers.
It will probably end up being a series of discussions with filmmakers working around the country. I hope to talk with others about why they live and work where they do, the challenges and opportunities they face, the resources available to them, and how they support their work. Ideally, these discussions will include links that allow you to watch or purchase their work. And I'd like to do one for each state, in case the title didn't tip you off.
So, to restate, to do this project completely, I need your help.
I want you to tell me who you think is living and making interesting films outside of New York or Los Angeles. The films can be feature films, documentaries, or short experimental works. I don't care. "Interesting" and "not-New-York-or-Los-Angeles" is all I care about.
If you want to nominate a filmmaking team or filmmaking collective, that's cool. I'm open to doing a few historical surveys, too, so if you prefer to nominate someone deceased (say, Eagle Pennell of Texas or Colorado's Stan Brakhage), go for it. I just want some interesting ideas.
So, without further ado, CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
Don't know 50 filmmakers in 50 states? That's okay. I don't either. That's why I'm doing the survey — to fill in some blanks and to get some good ideas for this thing. Just take the survey and give suggestions where you can. You don't have to provide nominations for all 50 states.
And please pass this along to your friends. I'd like as many people throwing out ideas as possible. I'm going to leave this post up for a couple of weeks, after which I'll start compiling replies.
Again, here's the link to the survey.


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Lakes Region Casino for sale last two months; asking price $3.5 million, manager saysBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
August 29. 2014 9:16PM
BELMONT — The Lakes Region Casino, a local favorite for area charitable gamblers, is for sale.
The property, which was once a greyhound racing site, has been on the market the past two months, said the casino's manager, Ryan Gloddy.
The asking price is $3.5 million, Gloddy said.
The building is a 35,000-square-foot structure on Route 106. It was built in 1975 and first used a dog track. Dog racing was dropped about six years ago, as was betting on live racing events that were simulcast in the building, a company representative said.
The track was then converted to a full-service charitable gaming facility now frequented by locals. The name was changed from "The Lodge at Belmont" to its current name.
A large share of the casino's profits go to area boys' and girls' clubs and American Legion charities. There are at least 19 charities in the area that the casino supports, Gloddy said.
The casino features a table gaming room, offering roulette, craps and cash poker games, including blackjack, Blackjack Bonus, Let It Ride, Three Card Poker and N.H. Hold'Em.
There is also a bingo room, and the lodge offers nightly poker tournaments, some of which guarantee the winner $1,000. That is one of the highest payouts at the casino, Gloddy said.
The casino has about 35 employees who aren't sure about their future.
"We don't know what's going to happen," Gloddy said. "I guess it depends on the next owner."
The current owner is Arizona businessman Craig Potts.
In March 2013, the casino shut down its slot machines when state officials ordered it to stop using Visa cards as jackpot payouts.
It then resumed slot machine operations, but with jackpots that paid in points to be redeemed for merchandise or other in-house gaming options.
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Less than a week to Gill's 100th celebrationSpecial to the Union Leader
August 30. 2013 10:33PM
This is the ninth in a series of articles from the Gill Stadium Centennial Committee leading up to the ballpark's 100-year anniversary celebration on Sept. 8.
MANCHESTER -- Almost 100 years in the making, the centennial celebration of Manchester's Gill Stadium begins in less than a week and continues through next weekend. All events are free except for the celebration's centerpiece, Saturday's high school football game between Manchester Central and Concord, with fireworks to follow.
It all begins Friday at 7 p.m. with a boys' soccer game between Central and Alvirne High of Hudson.
On Saturday, kids of all ages get to take over the field at Gill for from 1-4 p.m. The Play on the Turf event will feature music, costumed characters, races, bouncy houses, face painting, a climbing wall, a bungee jump and a pitching cage.
Next comes a series of performances by the marching bands from Concord High and the three city public high schools, Central, Memorial and West. The football game and fireworks cap off the day.
Sunday is re-dedication day, with the Temple Band, originally formed in 1799 and billing itself as "America's Oldest Town Band," getting things started with a performance at Gill from 10-11 a.m. The re-dedication ceremonies themselves begin at 11 and include speeches by local dignitaries, a review of the stadium's history and more music, by the Average Joes Barbershop Quartet and the A.O.H. Pipes and Drums.
A soccer match — originally planned to feature Southern New Hampshire University against Dowling College, but now between two yet-to-be-announced teams after the Penmen decided to play the game on their home field — is expected to follow at 1 p.m.
The celebration concludes Sunday at 7 p.m. with the only event not set for Gill: a cabaret-style show by Vaud and the Villains, who bill themselves as a "19-piece 1930s New Orleans orchestra and cabaret show."
The festivities are funded by the City of Manchester, proceeds from advertisements appearing in the Gill Stadium Centennial official souvenir book and donations from sponsors including: Members First Credit Union; Centrix Bank; Dick Anagnost; Granite State Credit Union; Merrimack County Voiture of the Forty and Eight, Number 183; American Legion Post 21 of Concord; the New Hampshire Union Leader; the state American Legion Baseball Committee; Lionel L. Leblanc; and Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas.


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TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that his ruling party must win next month's upper house elections to ensure a stable future for Japan after years of indecisive politics hampered by a divided parliament.
Abe said his economic policies, which include monetary easing and higher public spending, had significantly changed Japan's mood since he took office six months ago following the Liberal Democratic Party's sweeping election victory in the more powerful lower house.
The policies, dubbed "Abenomics," have raised share prices and boosted hopes for a sustained recovery.
"Let's bring an end to the twisted parliament through the upcoming upper house elections, and break new ground for Japan's future under a stable government. Let's make a proud Japan," Abe said at a news conference marking the end of the parliamentary session.
The opposition's control of the upper house, where half the 242 seats will be up for grabs in elections planned for July 21, has made it hard for the ruling party to pass legislation. Abe noted that a power reform bill and other bills had been voted down in the upper house, which he called "regrettable."
"The twisted parliament causes indecisive and running astray politics," he said.
If the LDP — along with its smaller, Buddhist-backed coalition partner, the New Komei Party — wins the majority of seats in the upper house, it could control both houses of parliament for the next three years.
The LDP last Thursday announced a campaign platform for the upcoming elections that included revising the constitution, joining a U.S.-led free trade initiative, promoting nuclear power technology exports, strengthening a security alliance with the U.S., and improving ties with China and South Korea.
After his success with his economic policies earned Abe solid public support, he is expected to move on to a wider, nationalistic agenda, including revising Japan's pacifist constitution to allow a stronger military and pushing for school curricula to include the defending of Japan's aggressive wartime actions.
Yet, Abe said that strengthening the economy would remain his main policy goal over the next three years, and warned that it would be difficult to get Japan out of deflation that has dragged on growth for years. The economy grew a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms last quarter, but the Bank of Japan remains far from its target of achieving 2 percent inflation within the next two years.
"Just as we were losing hope that we may never get our economy to grow back, we regained some confidence and think that perhaps Japan can play an active role in the center of the world once again," Abe said.
He also said a strong economy is key to assertive diplomacy. "A country that has lost economic power cannot demonstrate strength in diplomacy," he said.
Earlier this month, Abe announced a series of economic reforms aimed at making Japanese businesses more competitive in what has been called the "third arrow" of his economic recovery program, but investors were unimpressed by the lack of specifics and the stock market has since declined.
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Protests against stop-and-frisk have gained momentum recently, with local politicians and advocacy groups demanding changes to police policies.
On Thursday, July 5, the mayor addressed the issue in the aftermath of that morning's shooting of police officer Brian Groves in Manhattan.
"Right here in New York City we have interest groups, politicians and now judges that seem hellbent on reversing the progress that we've made," Bloomberg said.
The comments came the day of the Groves shooting, who was saved by a bullet-proof vest, and just one day after an MTA police officer was stabbed in the eye by a deranged maniac at an LIRR station in Jamaica. He survived, but may lose sight in one of his eyes.
Two recent court cases have resulted in overturning convictions of individuals who were found to have illegal guns in their possession after being searched by police officers, in what the mayor characterized as "judges putting into question what the cops are doing, when they are following the book exactly, that has been litigated before."
The mayor expressed his frustration with groups who "want to place arbitrary restrictions on police officers and hamper their ability to take guns off the street," as well as critics who claim other cities have done a better job.
"Today we are far and away the safest big city you can find in America," Bloomberg said as he cited statistics that New York City is expected to have less than 500 murders this year, whereas if it suffered from the murder rates of Los Angeles, Chicago or Baltimore it would have 600, 1,300 or 2,500 murders, respectively.


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Baby Update: No baby! Well, you knew that. I will tell you when there is one. Well, there IS one, it's just freeloading off me and my delicious iron. Stop eating all the iron, baby. And the calcium. It's not manners.
Apart from that, things are fine. I was about to roll into a rant but really, it's been going pretty good. I no longer run anywhere, or pick up things other than with my toes, and I can only wear about three items of clothing (how can I pack a hospital bag when I am currently using/wearing the things that should be packed?) but Melbourne's weather has not been overly hot, my feet and ankles have not swollen to prodigious proportions, I can still sleep and I take it on faith that I still have a lower body, even though I can't really see it. Maternity leave is an odd thing and I have baked many a slice and cleaned out cupboards and sewed stuff and put up the Christmas tree and all manner of things that I had not gotten around to before. I am trying to stop Pulling Stuff Out To Organise, and instead concentrate on Putting Stuff Back So The House Looks Presentable; harder than you might think, considering the tiny house and the sheer amount of stuff I have pulled out. I have a LOT of stuff. A LOT. And that was before the Baby Paraphernalia began marching into the house; a march which I'm sure will only continue at ever greater rates once there is, you know, an actual Baby to be using the Paraphernalia.
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U.S. stocks retreated for a fourth day, while Treasuries gained, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said nothing is happening in budget talks and the nation appears to be headed toward the fiscal cliff. The yen weakened.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index tumbled 1.1 percent to 1,404.31 at 2:12 p.m. in New York, with trading volume 18 percent below the 30-day average at this time of day. The VIX, the benchmark gauge of U.S. equity options, rallied for a sixth day. Ten-year Treasury yields were down five basis points at 1.71 percent and commodities declined. The yen fell 0.5 percent to 86.08 per dollar, near the lowest level since August 2010.
Equities extended declines as Reid said a resolution to the budget dispute before Jan. 1 appears unlikely because Republicans won't cooperate, pushing the U.S. closer to more than $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to begin in 2013. The budget impasse in Washington helped trigger a worse-than-forecast drop in the Conference Board's gauge of consumer confidence in December, the group said today.
"Markets are digesting the possibility of at least a brief visit over the cliff," Jim Russell, the Cincinnati-based chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, which oversees about $113 billion, said in a telephone interview. Investors "understand that it usually takes a crisis in Washington to get anything done," he said.
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said yesterday the government will hit its statutory debt ceiling on Dec. 31 and he will take "extraordinary measures" to postpone a U.S. default for about two months, allowing more time for lawmakers to agree on a deficit-reduction deal.
The S&P 500 fluctuated in early trading before turning lower after the Conference Board's consumer sentiment gauge slid to 65.1, below the median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg survey for a reading of 70 and down from the revised 71.5 reading for the prior month.
Other reports showed U.S. jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 350,000 last week, less than the 360,000 median estimate in a survey of economists. Purchases of new homes climbed 4.4 percent to a 377,000 annual pace, the most since April 2010, following a revised 361,000 rate in October, the Commerce Department reported today. The median estimate of 71 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for sales to increase to 380,000.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. lost more than 2.2 percent to lead declines in all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Financial, commodity and technology shares led losses in all 10 of the main groups in the S&P 500.
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Be very wary of this organization. They put additional charges on your credit card with out approval. So far in the last 2 weeks I have had $380.57 AUD in charges from this company. The full package is $215, which I signed up for , but since then an additional $171.59 has been deducted. Requests for answers have gone ignored. Overall this seems to be a fraudulent organization.
The service that MyHeritage provides is merely genetic testing. The way they analyse the samples you submit is by checking on parts of your DNA that match certain population pools. In short, they merely determine the probabilty that your genes have the same sequence as other people from other ethnicities. Proper genealogy takes a look at things beyond genetic analysis.
I thought of sharing my two cents because it wasn't fair to anyone to vent their "disappointment" that they were provided "inaccurate results" on the basis of results of DNA loci testing. Before spending your hard earned cash on a service such as this, read about it. You'll be glad you did.
One of my biggest concerns with using MyHeritage was the complaint that they whitewashed their results; which was shown to be a valid issue once I received my ethnic breakdown.
My family history can be traced primarily through indigenous Mexico and Spain. I know that there are missing gaps in the records since a lot of it was wiped out, but, the biggest percentage was simply labeled as "Central American" which I found to be ambiguous and generic. The following percentage in my breakdown was European, which makes sense, but the results attest that I am more Scandinavian than Iberian.
Seeing this, I decided to run my results through gedmatch.com using the Eurogenes K36 source. I feel like these results better encompassed what I expected to see in my ethnic breakdown. Amerindian was the biggest percentage, followed by Iberian, and Italian. There were other European percentages but they were significantly smaller--for example, Fennoscandian was only 0.78 percent which I find more accurate in light of what I know of my ancestry.
While I believe that MyHeritage is a good place to start, I would definitely recommend using a secondary site like gedmatch to verify the accuracy of the report.
Hello, I see in my Inbox that here are "Notifications (3)", but when I press it- I don't see any messages :(
Thank you.
I am aware and glad there are differences in the way DNA is mapped, this is a new science.
FTDNA has me 33% Scandinavian and I have 85 matches in Norway thru My Hereitage DNA.
"My Heritage" says I have zero (0) Scandinavian.
It also says I am 30% Italian and I have very little if no contacts in Italy.
FTDNA (your pen pal aka partner) says I have zero Italian. It is not good enough to say people move around. We are all tring to find the average and
My Heritage who I am a full "red crown" or blue! whatever, seems to be the odd one out.
delivery companies are not accepting to send my dna sample as it is liquid and its prohibited
now what do i do , how will i send it ???
i live in saudi araibia
please if anyone can help me with which delivery company accepts liquid substance
i received email in regards to dna sample with kit no mh 6s7k2d my acc no being 424336492 the dna sample was in my wifes name of heather walton 1945 as the acc is in my name i received email from heritage saying that they had received it i have been having problems trying to activate it both emails i sent3/9/18 and bck in feb
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My Fathers Family all originate from Sweden. My Grandparents & Great Great Grandparents etc are all Swedish. My Aunties, Uncles & Cousins etc are all Swedish. My Father is my Father.
I am at least 40% Scandinavian from Sverigè .
These DNA Test Results are wrong.
Please advise.
hello I wonder can anyone give me an opinion .I had my DNA results lately and I'm sceptical to say the least .Family have lived in Northern Ireland hundreds of years as far back as anyone can trace .Both names in family are Gaelic with my mothers being one of the most Irish Gaelic names in Ireland indicating ancient Gaelic ancestry .I was surprised with the level of English DNA I had as it was half of my percentage .I have no known English ancestors and the other half of my result was Irish Scottish and Welsch at 47 percent .
No other Scandinavian Iberian north Western European basically Im 98.1 percent Irish and British .
This seems right although I'd guess the Germanic English percentage to be too high ?Does anyone know does the English ethnicity indicate Anglo Saxon heritage ?Im aware a lot of the low land Scottish who came over to Northern Ireland during the plantations were Germanic who spoke scots and still to this day speak Ulsterscots a Germanic tongue.
What is hard to belive is that I have 1 percent Nigerian !And 0,9 North African !
How could this be possible if I am over 98 percent Irish and English only ?No Iberian or Italian DNA to show a journey that an ancestor would have made from Africa up into Ireland or England .
Im suspicious of the authenticy of my result and feel that because my results are so homogenous which would back up the fact that my family have lived in isolated islands for thousands of years there is no explanation for Nigeria or North African result of 1,9 combined .Does anyone have any thoughts ?
I'm pure as can be French-Canadian on mother side all the way up to 1655 in LaRochelle, France. On father side I never met him but was told he might be half irish.
58.6% Iberian 27.8% Irish/Scotish/Welsh 11% Scandinavian 1,8% central Asia (Kazakhstan or something)
France is Iberian? Or should I read it like continental Celts that could work but very loosely? For the Irish results it confirmed what I was told about my father and I was very surprised at Scandinavian origins, probably also from the father side.
It seems strange that MyHeritage cannot slice a bit more Iberian from French when other dna companies can do it. Can we expect more precise profiles overtime?I know populations moved a lot but it's a bit extreme to put them all in same Iberian basket.
Is this Iberian thing normal for a French-Canadian?
My 17 yo daughter just got her results back and they are 60.7% english 32.4% scandinavian, 5.7% east european and 1.2% west african (nigeria).
Now, from my side (im the mother) i came from a dutch mother and scottish father (dutch could be explained as english and scandinavian as dutch is not really an ethnic group) but my fathers parents are both traced back in our family tree to at least 1500 in scotland.
Scotland was originally populated by irish celts and iris welsh and scottish is marked as an individual ethnic group, how is it that 0.0% of her dna matches with scottish irish or welsh?
She is a first grade granddaughter so surely the scottish dna just hasnt dissapeared?
Two members of my family sent off swabs on Jan 27th which is 23 days ago. Neither are showing up as received by the lab. I can't believe that any item sent 1st class could take that long, so what could have happened to them?
Is there any facility to resend tests? Or, could they have been received but not logged?
I already wrote to the support, but I don't have hopes up to get an answer soon and I wanted to hear whether others have encountered similar problems.
My results are simple: 67,6% England, 31,3% Eastern Europe, 1,1% Finland. The problem is, my family tree goes back three generations on either side and they were all living in Northern Germany, from my father's side in Schleswig-Holstein and from my mother's side two generations ago they came from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Eastern Germany), thus, the Eastern European part seems legit, many have Slavic ethnicity background there, that is what I expected.
But no single mentioning of Germany seems off, and England never appears in any of the past generations, that go back up until 1800.
I uploaded my raw DNA data to GEDmatch and they calculated according to Eurogenes - K36 a much more plausible picture. They depicted Northern Germany and Denmark as the most, then the North Sea in general, including Eastern England (which seems logical, as the earlier Germanic settlers in England were Saxons, Jutes and Angles coming from Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark). So, why is it that other sites can calculate my DNA with much more precision than MyHeritage? I understand that due to the history, Northern Germany, South Scandinavian, Eastern England may be very similar. But when the calculation method is not ripe enough to distinguish it accordingly, it should simplify them but not show me completely inaccurate results.
Thanks to GEDmatch, I can now comprehend my genetic history way better, thanks to more accurate results that match neatly with my historical records.
I think, it is sad, that MyHeritage cannot do the same with the same raw DNA material. I'd like to have similar results shown in MyHeritage, too, as I like the layout and display and I don't want to have abstract information about my real heritage in numbers from other sites but have a display here with completely different(/wrong?) results.
Has anyone of you experienced similar wrong calculations? I often heard that some bug and mistakes in the calculation are spitting out wrong results for others, too. Unfortunately, my DNA was just tested, when beta 0.95 was published and I cannot see, whether according to the older beta 0.9 the results would have been more accurate.
So i've been waiting for the notification to say my sample has been recieved for a while now (3 weeks). I'm aware some people have been waiting longer than this so i'm probably way bacj in the queue.
Whats the best way to find out if my sample has been recieved?
I've been reading the forums and the quality of the results seems to be in question so now slightly worried that when I do get the results (eventually) they aren't going to be correct.
How would you query this if needed?
I got an email today saying that the gender I selected didn't match my DNA sample, I am a female. I was born female, and identity as such. My tracker had advanced to "microarray in process" and my results were predicted starting tomorrow. What do I do?
EDIT: Matter has been resolved. Thank you!
What is happening at MyHeritage support, are they shutting down?
UK Phone number is now working.
Also, finally received reply to my email.