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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Quotes(Page 2)
Mikael Blomkvist: I've got R.J, Rebecka Jacobsson Jacobson.
[pointing to the list of names from Harriet's notebook]
Mikael Blomkvist: I've got absolutely no idea who the rest of these people are or how they're connected to the death of a sixteen year old girl. But they…they must be somehow. So what we've gotta do is find out who they are, what happened to them and what these Leviticus verses have to do with anything.
[Lisbeth gets up]
Mikael Blomkvist: What are you doing?
Lisbeth Salander: Getting started. You can keep talking if you want.
[referring to the research he's collected so far]
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, don't you need uh…look over these?
Lisbeth Salander: I got it.
Detective Isaksson: No one has asked me about Magda in over forty years. Why would a young lady like you want to know about such an awful murder?
Lisbeth Salander: It interests me.
Detective Isaksson: Does it? Her husband was the first suspect. The husband is always the first suspect and usually the last. Not this time, we moved on to a neighbor and a vagrant. Once you get to strangers it's only a matter of time before you get to gypsies and you know you're never going to solve it.
Lisbeth Salander: How exactly was she killed?
Detective Isaksson: Miss..?
Lisbeth Salander: Salander.
Detective Isaksson: Sorry. Miss Salander, I hope you don't mind me asking, but when was the last time you ate?
Lisbeth Salander: I have a high metabolism, I can't put on weight.
Detective Isaksson: I'm asking because it is better to look at what I'm about to show you on an empty stomach.
[Lisbeth is reading another verse from Book of Leviticus]
Harriet Vanger: [voice over] If a man's offering is a lamb, it shall be a female without blemish. He should lay its hand upon its head, slaughter it, empty its blood on the base of the alter, and he shall be forgiven.
[another verse from the Book of Leviticus]
Harriet Vanger: [voice over] If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the best. Their blood shall be upon them.
Martin Vanger: Our family is impossible, that's why the company is such a mess. I apologize for my mother's behavior.
Mikael Blomkvist: I'm used to it.
Martin Vanger: It's nothing to do with you, it's between her and Henrik. She lost it when my father died, and her…her drinking got so bad that Henrik took me and my sister away from her. And left her excommunicated in the old house on the other side of the island. She hasn't forgiven him You must stay. You're the last chance Henrik has of some kind of resolution. Put this to rest, one way or another. I'll keep my mother away. But please, hurry.
Mikael Blomkvist: Of course.
[handing Mikael her report]
Lisbeth Salander: The five cases from Harriet's list, and five more she missed. Three I'm sure of. Rebecka was the first, just as you thought. The second, M.H., is Mari Holmberg, a prostitute in Kalmar, murdered in nineteen fifty four, matching Leviticus twenty eighteen.
[reading the verse from the Book of Leviticus]
Mikael Blomkvist: Right. Um…if a man lies with a woman having her sickness, he has made naked her fountain and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood.
Lisbeth Salander: She was raped and stabbed, but the cause of death was suffocation with a sanitary napkin.
Mikael Blomkvist: Okay.
Lisbeth Salander: R.L., Rakel Lunde, nineteen fifty seven. A cleaning woman and part-time palm reader. Tied with a clothes line, gagged raped, head crushed with a rock. Leviticus, twenty-seven.
[reading the verse]
Mikael Blomkvist: A woman who is a medium or sorcerer should be put to death by stoning.
[continuing the list of names from Harriet's notebook]
Lisbeth Salander: Sara Witt, nineteen sixty four. Daughter of a pastor, tied to her bed, raped, charred in the fire that burned down her house. Leviticus, twenty one nine.
Mikael Blomkvist: The…the daughter of a priest, who profanes herself by playing the harlot profanes her father and shall be burned with fire.
Lisbeth Salander: Magda Lovisa Sjöberg, nineteen sixty. Found in a barn, stabbed and raped with farm tools. The cow in the next stall had its throat slit, its blood was splashed on her and hers on it.
Mikael Blomkvist: Leviticus, twenty sixteen; if a woman lies with any beast ye shall kill the woman and the beast, their blood is upon them.
Lisbeth Salander: Lea Persson, nineteen sixty two. Found by her sister in her pet shop, raped, beaten. The killer uncaged the animals, smashed the aquariums. There was a parakeet inside her. Next, Eva Gustavsson, nineteen sixty. A runaway, raped, strangled, a burned pigeon tied around her neck. Lena Anderson, nineteen sixty seven. A student, raped, stabbed, decapitated.
Mikael Blomkvist: Okay. Alright.
Lisbeth Salander: I'm not finished.
Mikael Blomkvist: We're looking for a serial murderer, but what could that have to do with a teenager living on an island?
Lisbeth Salander: She was looking for him too.
Mikael Blomkvist: Rape, torture, fire, animals, religion. Am I missing anything?
Lisbeth Salander: The names, they're all biblical. The first woman, the whore, the Virgin Mary, Rebecka, Sara. All from the Old Testament.
Mikael Blomkvist: Which means they're all Jewish. One thing the Vangers have more than their fair share of is anti-semites.
[pointing to a figure seen through the window of one of the Vanger houses]
Mikael Blomkvist: There's one right there.
Lisbeth Salander: Harriet's name isn't.
Mikael Blomkvist: Isn't what?
Lisbeth Salander: Jewish.
Mikael Blomkvist: No.
[the next morning, Mikael finds Lisbeth using his laptop]
Mikael Blomkvist: What are you doing?
Lisbeth Salander: Reading the notes.
Mikael Blomkvist: They're encrypted.
[she gives him a look]
Lisbeth Salander: Please.
[after Mikael has tracked down the woman who was present at the parade taking pictures from behind Harriet just before she disappeared]
Mikael Blomkvist: In nineteen sixty six you were in Hedestad with your husband.
Woman from Parade: Who took these?
Mikael Blomkvist: A local photographer. You were taking pictures too that day and I'd love to look at them, if by some miracle you still have them.
Woman from Parade: It wouldn't be a miracle, we were on our honeymoon. But why?
showing her another photo from the parade where Harriet is looking across the street
Mikael Blomkvist: This…this girl. You can see her better in the enlargement. That's you there.
[pointing to the younger version of the woman standing behind Harriet taking a photo]
Mikael Blomkvist: Just after this was taken, after she'd seen something across the street, she was murdered.
Woman from Parade: How awful!
[the woman brings her photos to Mikael and he finds the photo where Harriet was looking across the street showing an obscured mysterious man]
[Lisbeth is in the elevator as Bjurman walks in]
Lisbeth Salander: How's your sex life?
[she stops the lift and turns to look at him]
Lisbeth Salander: I didn't care much for your last report. It felt perfunctory, like your heart wasn't in it. Let's see a little more enthusiasm from my recovery in next months.
[Bjurman starts to speak but Lisbeth stops him]
Lisbeth Salander: Don't speak! I don't want to hear your voice. Just nod. Start looking for a shrink you can bribe to swear under oath he can find absolutely nothing wrong with me.
[Bjurman quickly nods his head and she grabs him by the throat]
Lisbeth Salander: And stop visiting tattoo removal websites, or I'll do it again.
[she puts her hand up and points to his forehead]
Lisbeth Salander: Right here.
[after Lisbeth has treated Mikael's head wound from being shot whilst walking in the island]
Mikael Blomkvist: This is insane. I mean, these people. Somebody was shooting at me, I mean it wasn't an accident.
Lisbeth Salander: No one's shooting at you now.
[she stands in front of him and takes off her underwear]
Mikael Blomkvist: You know, I'm pretty sure this is a bad idea.
Lisbeth Salander: Why?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well apart from the fact that I'm old and we work together, which…
Lisbeth Salander: You work with what's her name, and that worked out for you.
Mikael Blomkvist: Yeah, well. I do have some standards, believe it or not.
[she takes off her top]
Lisbeth Salander: You need to stop talking.
[she pushes him down on the bed and they have sex]
[the morning after they've slept together, Mikael wakes to find Lisbeth has fixed breakfast for him]
Lisbeth Salander: I like working with you.
Mikael Blomkvist: I like working with you too.
Dirch Frode: It could have been a stray shot.
Martin Vanger: Well not by Gunnar, if he wanted to shoot him he wouldn't be here.
Dirch Frode: And then we have poachers, they shoot at anything that moves.
Martin Vanger: Or he's right, Dirch. What if he is? This has to stop.
Dirch Frode: Do you want to stop, Mikael?
Mikael Blomkvist: Look, I have police reports, photo's, Henrik's notes, my notes, Lisbeth's research. What I don't have is Vanger Industries records. That's what I want.
Dirch Frode: Why?
Mikael Blomkvist: Will you authorize it?
Dirch Frode: The private corporate records? How far back?
Mikael Blomkvist: Henrik said I could have access to everything I needed, this is what I need.
Dirch Frode: This is not what he meant.
Mikael Blomkvist: I'll sign a non-disclosure statement, if that would help.
[discussing whether Mikael should be given access to Vanger Industries records]
Martin Vanger: I think Henrik would say yes.
Dirch Frode: That's why he has me, to protect him from himself. It's insane.
Martin Vanger: What have we got to hide?
Dirch Frode: Well, for a hundred and twenty years of business, probably a lot.
Martin Vanger: This is what he needs to finish, he should have permission.
[after Mikael's been given access to Vanger Industries records]
Lisbeth Salander: What am I looking for?
Mikael Blomkvist: Any connections between Vanger Industries and the towns where the women were killed. And everything about Frode.
[after Mikael finds that Harald Vanger was taking pictures the same day Harriet went missing]
Mikael Blomkvist: Your father has taken pictures that day that no one has seen. I'd like to take a look at them.
Cecilia Vanger: So ask him?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, I was wondering if you could do that.
Cecilia Vanger: I don't speak to him, as you know.
Mikael Blomkvist: Could you make an exception, in my case?
Cecilia Vanger: Are you afraid to be in the same room with him? I'm not saying you shouldn't be,
Mikael Blomkvist: So you won't help me?
Cecilia Vanger: Sorry.
Mikael Blomkvist: Please?
[Mikael pays Harald a visit to look at the photo's he took on the day Harriet went missing]
Harald Vanger: I'm not a recluse. I don't close my door to anyone, they just don't visit.
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, perhaps if you redecorated.
Harald Vanger: Hide the past like they do, under thin shiny veneers, like an Ikea table. I am the most honest of all of them.
Mikael Blomkvist: Your family?
Harald Vanger: Sweden.
[a photo of a boy wearing a school uniform catches Mikael's attention]
Harald Vanger: Landscape? Some nice landscape there?
Mikael Blomkvist: Who is this? The blurry one. I can't tell.
[he holds the photo in front of Harald who takes a closer look]
Harald Vanger: That's Gottfried's boy.
Mikael Blomkvist: That's Martin?
Harald Vanger: Yeah. A handsome, but useless young man. Like his father.
Mikael Blomkvist: Like his father.
[after Mikael discovers that Martin is the one Harriet is staring at in the photo from the parade, Mikael breaks into Martin's home but Martin arrives and catches him outside his house]
Martin Vanger: I stopped by the hospital on my way home. Henrik asked me to ask you something.
Mikael Blomkvist: What was that?
Martin Vanger: Come on in, I'll make you a drink.
[as Mikael reluctantly enters Martin's house]
Martin Vanger: What happened to you?
Mikael Blomkvist: When?
Martin Vanger: Just now.
Mikael Blomkvist: I fell, in the dark.
Martin Vanger: You don't have a flashlight? I'll get you one.
Mikael Blomkvist: I just…I just wasn't being careful, that's all.
[Martin throws a small flashlight at Mikael]
Martin Vanger: How's the investigation going?
Mikael Blomkvist: Nothing new to report.
Martin Vanger: No? Dirch says the girl is really clever.
[as Martin pours them a drink, he notices one of his kitchen knife is missing]
Martin Vanger: Maybe she'll turn something up.
Mikael Blomkvist: Maybe. Thank you for the…
[referring to the flashlight]
Mikael Blomkvist: So what did he say?
Martin Vanger: What?
Mikael Blomkvist: You said Henrik asked you to ask me something.
Martin Vanger: Well, I just did.
Mikael Blomkvist: What?
Martin Vanger: How's the investigation?
Mikael Blomkvist: Oh, yeah.
Martin Vanger: That was his question.
[Mikael notices Martin's hunting gun]
Martin Vanger: Do you hunt? We should go hunting together sometime.
Mikael Blomkvist: Sure.
[there's a small uncomfortable silence before Martin asks]
Martin Vanger: Nothing at all? New to report?
Mikael Blomkvist: No, nothing.
Martin Vanger: I can see you're anxious.
Mikael Blomkvist: No, I'm…
Martin Vanger: Well I mean to get home after the walk.
Mikael Blomkvist: Yeah, well I suppose I am.
Martin Vanger: To have dinner with your girlfriend.
Mikael Blomkvist: Assistant.
Martin Vanger: We'd have better luck with a gun.
Mikael Blomkvist: I'm sorry?
Martin Vanger: When we go hunting, a gun rather than a knife.
[Martin gets a gun from his kitchen drawer and Mikael realizes that Martin knows about him breaking into his house]
Martin Vanger: I wanna show you something. Bring your drink, leave my knife.
[Mikael takes out the kitchen knife from his coat pocket and leaves it on the counter]
[as Martin is taking Mikael towards his basement at gunpoint] [as Martin holds Mikael captive with a noose round his neck ready to be hung and turns on camera to record their conversation] Martin Vanger: Where's this photo now? Is it with all your other crap on your desk? [as he sits across from Mikael who still has the noose round his neck] [still continuing to hold Mikael captive] Martin Vanger: It might amuse you to know that, while you were upstairs, having mousse with me and Liv, who by the way finds me very conventional, I had Aryna down in that cage. Who is Aryna you might ask. Just another girl, just another immigrant whore. [Martin strings up Mikael making him even more helpless, and cuts Mikael's shirt open] [Martin runs out of the basement and Lisbeth cuts Mikael loose] Mikael Blomkvist: How come a twenty three year old is a ward of the state? [referring to old photo's showing a naked girl] [Mikael and Lisbeth travel to London, Mikael pays a visit to Anita at her home] [after hacking into Anita's computer, Lisbeth monitors Anita after Mikael told her about Martin] [believing Anita is Harriet, Mikael confronts Anita again at her office at work] Mikael Blomkvist: So you sent the flowers? [showing her the photo of the naked girl found in Martin's place] [flashback scene to the day of the parade when Harriet notices Martin across the street] [Mikael and Lisbeth meet with Henrik in his study after has returned from hospital] [referring to the file on Wennerström that Henrik he gave to Mikael] Lisbeth Salander: What happened with Wennerström? How did he get you? Mikael Blomkvist: They'd launder money from arms drug sales of crime syndicates in Russia. And that money account for all but five percent of his holdings. The rest ends up in accounts in the Cayman Islands. [Mikael gives Lisbeth the latest edition of Milliium magazine exposing Wennerström's corruption] Mikael Blomkvist: What's wrong with you? [after Lisbeth has traveled to Europe in disguise and converted all of Wennerström's funds into bonds taking it for herself, but making it appear as if he has taken it all] [visiting her previous legal guardian who due to having a stroke is not able to talk] [last lines; Lisbeth is buying Mikael a motorcycle jacket, similar to the one she's seen him wear from an old photograph]
Martin Vanger: You know what's harder than shooting someone? Just missing him. That was very good shot up at the cabin.
Mikael Blomkvist: It didn't work. I'm here.
Martin Vanger: Mikael, it did work. You're here.
[Martin leads Mikael into his basement and gases him unconscious and hung from his neck with his hands shackled]
Martin Vanger: Why didn't you just go home?
Mikael Blomkvist: May I?
[Martin gives a cold laugh]
Martin Vanger: How did you do it? What did you find?
[Mikael doesn't answer]
Martin Vanger: We can talk, or we can just get on with it.
Mikael Blomkvist: A photograph, no one's seen.
Martin Vanger: Of?
Mikael Blomkvist: You, in an Uppsala prep-school blazer.
Martin Vanger: What does that prove?
Mikael Blomkvist: It says you lied about where you were that day.
Martin Vanger: Did I?
Mikael Blomkvist: Or rather, when.
Martin Vanger: So what? People lie all the time.
Mikael Blomkvist: It also says that you and Lena Anderson were school mates.
Martin Vanger: Lena. That was a long time ago.
Mikael Blomkvist: There's a copy on my laptop, and there's another copy on a secure website.
Martin Vanger: Copy on a secure website. That's a lie. How much does the girl know? I hope it's as much as you do, that'll make it fun. Where is she?
Mikael Blomkvist: Stockholm. She went this morning.
Martin Vanger: That's a lie. She's at our offices looking at more old crap. I got a call from our archives manager, she was very perturbed with this girl, Lisbeth. I like that name. Lisbeth. So when Lisbeth leaves, I will get a call from security so I can be at your cottage to greet her. Can't thank you enough for bringing her to me.
Martin Vanger: So what do you wanna know? You're a journalist, ask me questions.
[Mikael doesn't answer]
Martin Vanger: What do I do with the girls? That's a good question. Well before I do what we're doing, sit down, relax, have a drink. I like that part a lot, having a chat when both of you know that one of you is going to die. And afterwards I just get rid of them, far out at sea. Unlike my father, he left them scattered all over the place like trophies, that's not very smart if you ask me. He was a large and garish man, frankly he got what he deserved. You can't be a sloppy technician, you can't drink to excess like he did. It takes discipline. It's a science of a thousand details. The planning, the execution, there's the cleanup. I guess I don't have to tell you, but you're going to create quite a mess.
Martin Vanger: Let me ask you something. Why don't people trust their instincts? They sense something is wrong, someone is walking too close behind them. You knew something was wrong, but you came back into the house. Did I force you? Did I drag you in? No. All I had to do was offer you a drink. It's hard to believe that fear of offending me is stronger than the fear of pain, but you know what? It is. And they always come willingly, and they sit there, they know it's all over, just like you do. But somehow they still think that they have a chance, maybe if I say the right thing, maybe if I'm polite, if I cry, if I beg. And when I see their hope draining from their face, like it is from yours right now, I can feel myself getting hard. But you know, we're not that different, you and I. Both have urges. Satisfying mine requires more towels.
Mikael Blomkvist: Your sister wasn't.
Martin Vanger: What?
Mikael Blomkvist: Your sister, Harriet, wasn't just another girl.
Martin Vanger: You found her?
[suddenly he grabs Mikael by the throat]
Martin Vanger: What happened to her?
Mikael Blomkvist: You…killed her.
Martin Vanger: You're a useless fucking detective.
[suddenly Martin puts a plastic bag over Mikael's head cutting off his air supply]
Martin Vanger: This too tight to talk? Good. I'm tired of talking to you.
Martin Vanger: Never had a man in here before. In fact, I've never touched a man, except my father. That was out duty, Harriet's and mine.
[just as Martin is about to kill Mikael with a knife, Lisbeth appears behind him and strikes Martin in the face with a golf club]
Mikael Blomkvist: There's a gun! There's a gun on the television.
[Lisbeth grabs the gun]
Lisbeth Salander: May I kill him?
[Mikael nods his head]
Mikael Blomkvist: Yes.
[Martin flees in his car and Lisbeth gives chase on her motorcycle, causing him to crash and then die in the resulting explosion]
Lisbeth Salander: I'm mentally incompetent and can't manage daily life.
Mikael Blomkvist: Since when have they said that?
Lisbeth Salander: Since I was twelve.
Mikael Blomkvist: What happened when you were twelve?
[Lisbeth doesn't answer]
Mikael Blomkvist: I'm sorry. That's…that's none of my business.
Lisbeth Salander: I tried to kill my father, burned him alive. Got about eighty percent of him.
Mikael Blomkvist: Oh.
Lisbeth Salander: I'll make some coffee.
Mikael Blomkvist: Who's that?
Lisbeth Salander: It's Harriet. I found it in Martin's basement, among his souvenirs.
Mikael Blomkvist: Martin didn't deny killing anyone. When I mentioned Harriet he was confused. He got angry at me because I couldn't tell him what had happened to her. He didn't kill her. His father didn't do it, he was dead the year before. What if she did somehow manage to get away? And if she is still alive, then there's only one person in this family would know where she is.
[he goes over to his collection of photos of the Vanger family on the cottage wall and looks at the photo of Anita Vanger]
Anita Vanger: What do you want?
Mikael Blomkvist: Has no one called you?
Anita Vanger: About?
Mikael Blomkvist: Your cousin, Martin.
Anita Vanger: What about him?
Mikael Blomkvist: He died in a car accident last Thursday. There's going to be a memorial in Hedestad.
Anita Vanger: I'm not interested in any memorial.
Mikael Blomkvist: Yeah, I understand.
Anita Vanger: What do you understand?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, that you don't care very much for your family. Look, I just thought you should know.
Anita Vanger: Now I know.
[she shuts her front the door in his face]
Mikael Blomkvist: She still playing Solitaire?
Lisbeth Salander: Mmm.
Mikael Blomkvist: And she hasn't called anyone?
Lisbeth Salander: No.
Mikael Blomkvist: We have her cell phone too. I was so sure she was going to lead us to her.
Lisbeth Salander: Put your hand back in my shirt. There's only one reason she hasn't called Harriet. She can't, because Harriet is dead.
Anita Vanger: What is it now?
Mikael Blomkvist: Before he died, your brother hung me from a hook. Harriet.
Harriet Vanger: Yes, I did.
Mikael Blomkvist: We found in the Swedish family registry that Anita was married, but the family never knew, did they?
Harriet Vanger: No.
Mikael Blomkvist: So I'm guessing, she then came here on her married named passport and you followed on her maiden named passport.
Harriet Vanger: No, actually it was the other way round. She thought that it was safer if I traveled with someone else.
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, what did he think about that?
Harriet Vanger: Nothing, only that he loved her. She said, if you love me, you will do this and not ask why. And he never did.
Mikael Blomkvist: And they both died twenty years ago?
Harriet Vanger: Car accident. You found that out too.
Mikael Blomkvist: Is that you?
[Anita looks at the photo and becomes upset]
Harriet Vanger: I was fourteen, first time he raped.
Mikael Blomkvist: Martin?
Harriet Vanger: No. My father. Martin only started after he had died.
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, why didn't you tell somebody.
Harriet Vanger: I did, my mother.
Mikael Blomkvist: Henrik would have done something.
Harriet Vanger: I almost told him, but I was afraid because of what I'd done.
Mikael Blomkvist: I uh…
Harriet Vanger: You still don't understand, do you? A year after the first time, and there were many times during that year, my father got drunker than usual one night and he started bragging about the women he'd killed. He quoted from the bible as he tore my clothes. He tied a belt around my neck, he wanted to kill me. I um…I got out of the house, I went down to the dock. He came staggering after me. I could never fight him off in a small space, but out in the open, I was strong enough to deal with an old drunk.
[flashback scene shows Harriet hitting her father with an oar which made him fall in the lake and drown]
Harriet Vanger: When it was over, I looked up. Martin was standing there, staring at me, and all I'd accomplished was substitute one for another.
Harriet Vanger: A couple of months later, Henrik sent Martin to school in Uppsala and I thought that maybe, just maybe, the nightmare was finally over. And then I saw him, the day of the parade, across the street, and I knew that it would never be over.
Mikael Blomkvist: So how did you escape?
[flashback showing Anita helping Harriet hide]
Harriet Vanger: Anita, she…she insisted that I leave everything behind. If I took anything, the police might have suspected that I was still alive. As everyone ate dinner, I was no more than twenty meters away from them. I spent the night there, that's when the search started. In the morning she came to get me. In the morning she came to get me.. I'd grown up with that bridge as my link to home, but all I could think is if I could just get away from them, just get passed the police, then I might be safe. And I was, until you showed up.
Mikael Blomkvist: You're safe now.
Harriet Vanger: How did you get away?
Mikael Blomkvist: Someone saved me too.
[he looks over at Lisbeth standing a few feet away from them]
Henrik Vanger: I made you a promise.
[he puts a file on Wennerström in front of Mikael]
Henrik Vanger: Whether you found anything or not. So, what do you have to tell me?
[Mikael gives knowing look and Henrik is wheeled out of the room towards a Harriet walking into the Vanger house]
Harriet Vanger: Hello, Henrik.
[Henrik becomes emotional and starts crying and Harriet hugs him as they have a tearful reunion]
Dirch Frode: I barely remember Wennerström working here, much less his being fired.
Mikael Blomkvist: Well how could you, it was such a long time ago. Which is kind of more to the point than the money he embezzled from you to start the Wennerström…
Dirch Frode: If you're referring to the statute of limitations, but I had no idea this is what Henrik was holding out. If I had, I never would have let him bring you up here. He wasn't trying to deceive you.
Mikael Blomkvist: Oh, come on! He knows you can't try someone thirty five years after the event. I mean, I like Henrik, but he knows that.
Dirch Frode: Well a man's reputation use to mean something, he still believes that. I'm sure he thought that you could destroy Wennerström with this in the court of public opinion.
Mikael Blomkvist: The court of public opinion now celebrates people's bad behavior.
Dirch Frode: He's an elderly man.
Mikael Blomkvist: He promised Wennerström's carcass on a plate. This isn't even the plate! I can't do anything with this.
Dirch Frode: Yes, of course.
Mikael Blomkvist: I was stupid. I heard something, I got it from an anonymous source, who I'm now sure was one of Wennerström's lackey's. It was fake, which he easily proved in court.
Lisbeth Salander: You were quite emphatic at the way I looked into your life was illegal and immoral. Would you feel the same about Wennerström?
Mikael Blomkvist: Go on.
Lisbeth Salander: I did some work on my own on him before you hired me. I haven't had a chance to look at it all, because you and Harriet fucking Vanger have kept me busy. But I may have something.
Mikael Blomkvist: You may have something?
Lisbeth Salander: Maybe.
Erika Berger: And how do you know this?
Mikael Blomkvist: This time you don't wanna know.
Erika Berger: This time I do want to know.
Mikael Blomkvist: I have access to his computer and his accountants and his lawyers.
Erika Berger: And how do you have that?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, I could have gotten from a sources inside the company.
Erika Berger: But you didn't.
Mikael Blomkvist: But that's what you'll say.
Erika Berger: And what will you say to me?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well, that depends if you really want to know.
Erika Berger: I do. Mikael, how did you get access?
[just then Lisbeth walks into the apartment and Erika give Mikael a look]
Mikael Blomkvist: The shit hits the fan.
Lisbeth Salander: What happens now?
Mikael Blomkvist: Well he'll say it's a personal vendetta, which won't wash. The police will investigate, it'll go to court, maybe he'll go to prison.
Lisbeth Salander: You think?
Mikael Blomkvist: Probably not. These guys never do.
Lisbeth Salander: It's embarrassing.
Mikael Blomkvist: Tell me.
Lisbeth Salander: I need to borrow some money.
[Mikael goes to reach into his pocket to give her some money]
Lisbeth Salander: Fifty thousand.
[Mikael stops and looks at her]
Lisbeth Salander: I have a chance to make an investment. It's a smart safe investment.
Mikael Blomkvist: I…I really don't think I've got fifty thousand.
Lisbeth Salander: Yes, you do. You have sixty five thousand in your two accounts. I'm sorry that I know that. You'll get the money back, I promise.
Mikael Blomkvist: Okay.
[Lisbeth looks a bit shocked at his agreement]
Lisbeth Salander: Okay.
Mikael Blomkvist: You wanna a coffee?
Lisbeth Salander: The money I borrowed.
Mikael Blomkvist: Already?
[he takes the check from her]
Mikael Blomkvist: Thank you.
Lisbeth Salander: Thank you.
[she offers him the cigarette she was smoking]
Mikael Blomkvist: I…I quit. Was it good investment?
Lisbeth Salander: It was okay. What are you doing later?
Mikael Blomkvist: I'm seeing my daughter.
Lisbeth Salander: Okay.
Mikael Blomkvist: You look nice.
[she smiles at him]
Lisbeth Salander: It's Christmas again. I'll see you soon.
[she turns and walks away]
Lisbeth Salander: I miss our meetings. I'm sure you don't, why would you? I was always such a headache for you. Never showing up with good news, only problems. I have good news now, I made a friend. I mean, one that you'd approve of. I'm happy.
Tailor: It's nice.
[she looks at the old photograph of Mikael wearing the jacket to make sure it's similar]
Tailor: Your father?
Lisbeth Salander: A friend.
Tailor: Must be a very good friend.
[she rides over to Mikael's apartment, and as she's about to go up to his apartment she sees him happily walking off with Erika, prompting her to throw his gift into a dumpster and then drive off on her motorcycle]
[as Martin holds Mikael captive with a noose round his neck ready to be hung and turns on camera to record their conversation]
Martin Vanger: Where's this photo now? Is it with all your other crap on your desk?
[as he sits across from Mikael who still has the noose round his neck]
[still continuing to hold Mikael captive]
Martin Vanger: It might amuse you to know that, while you were upstairs, having mousse with me and Liv, who by the way finds me very conventional, I had Aryna down in that cage. Who is Aryna you might ask. Just another girl, just another immigrant whore.
[Martin strings up Mikael making him even more helpless, and cuts Mikael's shirt open]
[Martin runs out of the basement and Lisbeth cuts Mikael loose]
Mikael Blomkvist: How come a twenty three year old is a ward of the state?
[referring to old photo's showing a naked girl]
[Mikael and Lisbeth travel to London, Mikael pays a visit to Anita at her home]
[after hacking into Anita's computer, Lisbeth monitors Anita after Mikael told her about Martin]
[believing Anita is Harriet, Mikael confronts Anita again at her office at work]
Mikael Blomkvist: So you sent the flowers?
[showing her the photo of the naked girl found in Martin's place]
[flashback scene to the day of the parade when Harriet notices Martin across the street]
[Mikael and Lisbeth meet with Henrik in his study after has returned from hospital]
[referring to the file on Wennerström that Henrik he gave to Mikael]
Lisbeth Salander: What happened with Wennerström? How did he get you?
Mikael Blomkvist: They'd launder money from arms drug sales of crime syndicates in Russia. And that money account for all but five percent of his holdings. The rest ends up in accounts in the Cayman Islands.
[Mikael gives Lisbeth the latest edition of Milliium magazine exposing Wennerström's corruption]
Mikael Blomkvist: What's wrong with you?
[after Lisbeth has traveled to Europe in disguise and converted all of Wennerström's funds into bonds taking it for herself, but making it appear as if he has taken it all]
[visiting her previous legal guardian who due to having a stroke is not able to talk]
[last lines; Lisbeth is buying Mikael a motorcycle jacket, similar to the one she's seen him wear from an old photograph]
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WASHINGTON — Talk about ingratitude. For months the Senate has been sitting on a House-passed joint resolution proclaiming Oct. 26 as Mule Appreciation Day. This is not one of your run-of-the-mill proclamations, either. Oct. 26 marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of the country's first mule breeding stock, a gift to George Washington from King Charles III of Spain.
The Senate's failure thus far to act on the resolution is characteristic of man-mule relations in general. ''Be ye not,'' the Bible admonishes, ''as the horse or the mule, which have no understanding.'' A French proverb holds that ''The mule always keeps a kick in reserve for its master.'' A Spanish proverb in the same vein states that ''He who looks for a mule without a fault must go on foot.''

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It is thought that the name "Panama" came as a result of the discussion about building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama about the time the precinct was being founded. Originally part of the "old Clay County" area, it may have been identified differently prior to 1862-63. Located in Section 3 of Panama Precinct, a town site was laid out on land belonging to Gilbert Steeves in the late 1869, and a post office established. In Andreas' History of Nebraska of 1882, it is mentioned as "a post office," but no additional information is offered.
When the Missouri Pacific Railroad was building its line from Crete to Auburn in 1888, it passed through the town. Elinor Brown notes in her history, Lancaster County, Then & Now , that Otis Hamilton was appointed postmaster in 1900. Said to be "the first," he was perhaps the "first full time" in that position.
When Panama incorporated in 1904, the essence of its bylaws and ordinances included laws to preserve the peace and morals, and prevent nuisances, plus provisions for regulating pool halls, the sale of spirituous beverages, and prohibiting "servile work and trading on Sunday." They also provided for the grading of streets, building of sidewalks, appointment of judges and clerks, the planting of trees, and penalties for destroying them. Druggists had to be bonded and dogs had to be licensed.
The "Panama Patriot" newspaper, published by John Wood and John Ott, was published in 1892. When Glenn Pennington took over in 1909, he called it the "Panama News." Later it became the "Panama Record," the "Post," the "Press," and was finally "Lancaster Record," when published by Ira Hedges in the 1930s. On the pages of these epistles one finds many details about the people and events that occurred during the early days of the town.
Panama's District 132 was located in the south part of town. It started as a one-room school, and as the community grew, a larger frame building was built. When that schoolhouse burned in 1927, a brick building replaced it. In 1964 Panama consolidated with other school districts to form the Norris School. The high school closed that year, and the elementary students started to attend Norris in 1967.
At one time Panama had three churches: United Brethren, Christian, and Presbyterian. The latter remains an active fellowship of believers.
Panama had a good band and orchestra led by Joe Genuchi in the early 1900s.
Panama has had city water for many years, and installed a modern sewage disposal system in 1964. Its electricity is furnished by Nebraska City Utilities. The town has a modern fire house and good equipment.
Located less than a mile west of Highway 43 on state spur 143, Panama has a wide, paved Main Street. Many businesses have come and gone, leaving the community with a nucleus of services, and its post office.
The railroad depot closed its doors in 1944. Since then the line has been abandoned and the rails removed. Trucks and automobiles perform the task of supplying the community with goods and services. It is hard to imagine what it was like to wait for trains to do it all.
E. Maude Dickson Steeves, life-long resident of Panama, penned a poem in 1958 which reads, in part:
From board walks to cement,
and those hitching posts too.
To look down Main Street now
presents a different view.
And although we're not so large a town,
its nice when one goes by,
to just look up and know them, and
say a friendly "Hi!"
So friends, Panama may be slipping
and the young bloom is almost past,
but we still hope our Panama,
through many years, will last.
By Jane Graff from Elinor Brown's Lancaster County Then & Now , Andreas' History of Nebraska 1882, Perkey's Nebraska Place Names, and Nebraska Department of Roads maps.


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In The Style Of Scotty Moore
By Miguel Ángel Ariza
Maybe not many people recognise his photo, maybe there weren't too many media outlets that echoed his disappearance last year, maybe he wasn't even the best guitarist of his time...but friends, anyone on this planet considering how a 50s electric guitar sounds, will automatically think of Scotty Moore...even if they don't even know his name.
This is all possible simply because Scotty was there when the Big Bang took place. This happened when his guitar accompanied the artist who changed the world forever and of course the unconscious collective associated with Rock & Roll in the 1950s. There's no argument: Elvis is Rock and Roll, and Scotty Moore is the guitar of Rock and Roll.
Although it is quite likely his first known guitar was a '53 Telecaster, Scotty Moore had always been true to Fender's eternal competitor . His first recordings with Elvis at Sun Records were made with a Gibson ES-295. Later he would switch to a Gibson L-5 until finally he got, what for many is their flagship insignia, into his hands: a Gibson Super 400 from 1956. Maybe it was even the Gibson group itself that gave this great guitar to good old Scotty. In the 50s Gibson already knew about the trademark effect that could bring an endorsement from someone as famous in those times as Elvis' guitarist.
Apart from the characteristic sound from these guitars with their P-90 bodies, we cannot forget to mention the echo effect that has always been linked to the most primitive rock and roll guitar and more specifically to the recordings by Scotty Moore with Elvis at Sun Studios. The key to this sound was the amp Moore had built to emulate his hero Chet Atkins (who already used one), a Ray Butts Echosonic, the first amp with echo effects from tape. Put this 'slapback' effect together with a style based on Atkins' finger picking , but played comfortably with class that goes beyond average, add the most incredible and transgressing voice in history, and there you have it...the authentic sound of Rock and Roll.
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I love this site. I am 17 and I have a boyfriend, but most of the time when I fantasize and play with myself, which is almost everyday, my thoughts turn to women. I don't why it turns me on so to dream of being with a older woman!
The woman I fantasize about are usually late 20's to early 40's. And most of the time married.
I have had these fantasizes for about four years.
The first woman I dreamed about was my bestfriend's mom. She is so beautiful, funny and oh so sexy. I had a really big crush on her.
Her daughter Carrie and I used to kiss and hump and rub each other when we got the chance and I fantasized that her mom would walk in on us some time. Then it got wild in my dreams. With her and me together and sometimes with her and Carrie while I watched or the three of us together.
Oh those fantasizes soaked my bed.
I work part time in a supermarket as a cashier so I see and meet a lot of women that I would love to dream about, and when I ring up a hot woman purchsing a cucumber, I cannot help but picture her masturbating with it. I don't know why it is that married women/moms are what really gives me my wildest fantasizes but they do.
I am happy to say that I was lucky to get to see Carrie's Mom nude on more than a couple of times but that is another story. I hope to read some others fantasizes about younger and older women together. Later


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I'm that mom who...
- Has a baby with reflux. Yes, this means he might vomit while we're out and we might have to change his clothes on the restaurant table. You might see us giving him his medicine so that he's more comfortable and you might see him being super fussy and crying because he hurts.
- Will do everything I can do get my baby to not "bother" others in public. Sure, he's upset, but I'll try to make it so that he doesn't scream forever without trying to do anything about it. One thing though, he's a baby and sometimes babies cry and there's nothing you can do about it.
- Likes routines and schedules. Yes, this means scheduling my ten week old, but it's more of a flexible schedule where we can make changes as necessary. My son loves routine and so does his momma.
- Puts on a clean onesie after bath time at the end of the night and doesn't always change his outfit the next morning. Gasp! I know, right?! He's clean and happy and if we're just hanging around the house, it works out perfectly.
- Baby wears at church. It works for us and since the pediatrician said not to put him in the nursery until three months, we're holding off.
- Picks and chooses which vaccines are best for my child. Of course, I do this with my pediatrician's recommendations, but with my history of skin reactions, we're lucky we've chosen to vaccinate at all! It's something I struggled with, but after talking to his doctor, feel like we're making the best decision for him.
- Let's my baby cry it out. After one time of going to put in his paci every couple of minutes for a while, I knew something had to give. I let him fuss/cry for no longer than five minutes at a time (as long as all of his needs are met) and you know what? He falls asleep! Now, he doesn't even need us to go in most of the time and I'm so proud of him.
- Binge eats because my baby cries so much. It's getting better now that his tummy is doing better, but it's something that I seriously need to work on.
- Doesn't think I need to apologize for my parenting style. My husband and I agree with everything 100% and we do what works for us. Of course, it's constantly changing, but we're doing our best and that's all that matters.
What kind of mom are you?


text: UAlbany Athletics Women Fourth, Men Seventh in Week 3 Poll UAlbany Sports Information 02-05-2018 Related Links Rankings By Event By Team Sign Up For Free Email Updates NEW ORLEANS – The University at Albany track & field program was ranked in the Northeast Regional Top 15 again this week, with the women improving three spots to fourth and the men holding steady at seventh. The women's poll once again saw Dartmouth retain the top spot, while all 14 spots behind the Big Green saw some amount of turnover. Harvard and Syracuse swapped positions from last week, landing second and third, respectively, and Connecticut jumped nine spots to round out the top five behind UAlbany. Within the America East, New Hampshire improved two spots to 11th and UMass Lowell fell one spot to 13th. The men's poll saw decidedly less turnover than the women's. Connecticut and Syracuse remained first and second this week, followed by Army, up two spots to third, unmoved Rhode Island in fourth, and finally Boston University, up one spot to fifth. UMass Lowell jumped two spots to 12th while New Hampshire held firm at 14th. The women currently hold eight Northeast top-eight performance, six of which are new after the latest weekend of competition. Stephanie Osuji ranks second in the 200m in 23.59 and third in the 60m in 7.45. Tara Belinsky ranks fourth in the shot put in 49-08.25. Hannah Reinhardt ranks sixth in the 5,000m in 16:49.68. Dayleen Santana Rodriguez ranks eighth in the 200m in 24.35. Finally, Cara Sherman ranks eighth in the 5,000m in 15:64.79. The men hold six top-eight performances in the Northeast, though none came from this past weekend. This weekend, UAlbany will return to the Tyson Invitational at the University of Arkansas for the second straight year with a small contingent of competitors, while the remainder of the team will visit Ocean Breeze for the Fastrack National Invitational.


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If you're trying to figure out the distance in NYC from one place to another, the subway map can present you with a very distorted and misleading image. Brooklyn and Queens seem far-far away from Manhattan, when in fact, many neighborhoods in those boroughs are closer via subway than Inwood at the Northern tip of Manhattan or Battery Park City at the Southern tip.
But what about Google Maps, you might ask? As helpful as that app is calculating times and finding directions while you are on the fly, using Google Maps for a full picture of NYC on a phone or laptop screen does not obviate the issue of scale. I've never been able to use Google Maps to get a holistic spatial sense from place-to-place within the context of the five boroughs.
This post will help you to seek out and find information about real-time distance, travel time, and other ideas for deciphering distances/calculating travel time in NYC. And, this knowledge might make the difference in where you decide to look for your next coop, condo or apartment and may serve to assist you in broadening your real estate search to neighborhoods (or even boroughs) you might not have previously considered.
Since the island of Manhattan is only 13.4 miles long and 2.3 miles wide, you'd think getting from one place to another would be easy. But sometimes, public transit can be a, well, train wreck.
The MTA's Subway Map is deceiving because it makes many locations look farther away than they are while other spots may seem closer than they are. Let's pick, for example, Times Square as a destination. The Q train from Ditmas Park in Brooklyn (the Church Avenue stop) is an approximately 32-minute direct ride to Times Square whereas, from Battery Park in Manhattan, the subway ride is 25 minutes. However, you must change from the subway to the Grand Central Shuttle train or walk about 4 minutes to get to Times Square. It's six of one, a half dozen of another as the saying goes. So, Ditmas Park in Brooklyn is as close to Times Square as Battery Park City in travel terms.
It sounds old-fashioned, but there's nothing like securing a to-scale map and spreading it out on your kitchen table to take a look at what distances – walking, commuting and otherwise – look like.
Do you want to live close to a specific train line? In proximity to any subway? Maybe you have a car and don't care for the subway, but need to ensure that there is easy parking at your new place, or that your morning and evening commute aren't so long and hectic that you are frazzled by the time you arrive at work and home.
With a scaled map, you can see how far from or near to one place is to another. To-scale maps have a legend on them, which indicates, for example, a ¼ inch on the map is an actual mile, or similar. You can use a ruler (again old-fashioned, but oh-so-useful) and lay it down on the map to measure distances in real miles. You can find these types of maps at Barnes & Noble, other bookstores or order them online.
Another good example of misperceptions of distance on the NYC subway map is the L train. It looks as though if you lived in, say; the Jefferson stop on the L train, you'd be a long way from Union Square – nine stops! Seems like a lot of stops, right? And, really far into Brooklyn. Wrong! The L train stops are so close together that you can walk from the Jefferson Street stop over to the previous stop, Morgan Avenue, in 10 minutes or less. From Morgan Avenue, you can walk to Montrose Avenue in less than10 minutes…and so on. You get the idea. It's a 20-minute ride from Jefferson Street to Union Square, but you'd never know it based on looking at the MTA's subway map.
If you want to live further out in Brooklyn where prices are lower, and there is often more space, you might consider choosing a place near an express train. Then, it's no big deal getting into Manhattan for work – or play. Check out this geographically accurate NYC subway map for comparison.
If you've found a new tool or application that helps to understand distance in NYC, please write and let us know!


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Fundraising is evolving for Tiger sports
Farmington High School's move to the South Suburban Conference last fall has meant a different level of competition for most of the school's teams. It's also starting to mean a different kind of fundraising for parents.
FHS teams have had mixed results in the school's first year as a member of the South Suburban. The Tiger football team went winless last fall, while the boys hockey team made its second straight trip to the section finals and the wrestlers had their best season ever, qualifying for state as a team for the first time.
Other teams have fallen somewhere between those extremes, but with coaches and players working to be competitive on the field, FHS athletic director Bill Tschida is making changes to make teams more competitive behind the scenes.
Where in the past, a group called the Tiger Fan Club has served as a booster for all of the school's teams, Tschida has asked parents to organize individual booster clubs for each of the school's teams. Those clubs might raise money to pay for new uniforms or busing on team trips, while the Tiger Fan Club remains in place to find funding for bigger projects.
Tschida said that kind of arrangement has become the norm for high school sports.
"I think if we look at the South Suburban Conference … I would say we're kind of behind the times as far as booster clubs," he said. "I think if you looked at the Lakeville schools and the District 196 schools, they've had booster clubs in place for a longer period of time."
In some cases, those booster clubs pay for additional coaches, or for coach buses in place of school buses to take athletes to away games.
In Prior Lake, which is the model Tschida used for what he's putting in place, the big-picture booster club raised money for a new scoreboard with a large video replay screen.
"It's probably nicer than most of the MIAC schools," Tschida said.
The going is still early for Farmington's booster clubs. Some have been operating for about six months. Others are still getting organized. Tschida said what those clubs will provide for their respective teams will depend on the support they find in the community.
"This is something we are kind of feeling our way through and breaking ground on these things," he said. "We've got a lot of lessons to learn."
Those changes are also being felt at the Tiger Fan Club, which is changing its focus along with the rest of the school's teams. Rather than working the concession stand at home games, the club will focus on bigger-picture fundraising efforts and attempts to find businesses willing to provide sponsorships or advertise at FHS facilities.
Those efforts might pay for facility improvements like bathrooms or an improved entrance at Tiger Field.
"I think it's going to be a big change that's going to take a while to implement," said Tiger Fan Club president Tom Smith. "Certainly it's a 180-degree change from what the Tiger Fan Club is doing today. It's going to be a difficult change to do and track, but I think it's inevitable if we're trying to set ourselves up to be the same as the South Suburban Conference schools that are in there right now."
As part of that change, the Tiger Fan Club is looking for people interested in serving on its board. The club is currently recruiting board members for the 2015-16 school year. Anyone interested can visit tigerfanclub.org or come to the club's next meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7.


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Background: The San Diego City Council plugged a $179 million budget gap three months ago.
What's happening: Tax revenue declines and a larger than expected annual pension payment have opened a new gap of $25 million to $35 million.
The future: The gap has to be filled by June 30.
Stop me if you've heard this before: The city of San Diego has a budget deficit.
It's not the mammoth $179 million deficit the city closed three months ago, but a projected hole of $25 million to $35 million will need to be filled before the fiscal year ends June 30.
City leaders had hoped for an 18-month reprieve from budget deliberations — and from hand-wringing over cuts to libraries and public safety — after a deal enacted in December slashed heavily across nearly every department. But that won't be the case.
Half of the new budget gap, which city officials say continues to be a moving target, comes from lower-than-expected sales and hotel tax revenue, a decline that has persisted since the national recession began in 2007. The other half, roughly $15 million, derives from an unexpected increase in the city's annual pension payment as a result of investment losses.
Mayor Jerry Sanders said he shares everyone's frustration that the city is looking again at more cuts.
"We're just trying to ride through this the best we can and make as accurate of assumptions as we can, but we're not going to be completely correct, and nobody is on this stuff," Sanders said.
Sanders promised that whatever is cut this time will be long-term solutions as opposed to one-time fixes, such as tapping reserves, which were used to close much of the $179 million gap.
"We have to fix the structural deficit," he said.
The mayor plans to release his budget fixes by April 15.
Councilman Carl DeMaio said the city continues to grapple with budget gaps because leaders have failed to make progress on reducing labor costs and privatizing certain city services. DeMaio voted against the December budget deal because of those same concerns.
"Efficiency reform doesn't happen overnight, but if you don't start doing it, it never happens," DeMaio said. "That's been the problem of the city's budget. There's always been promises that we will reform city departments, but they immediately plug holes due to short-term budget fixes without solving the long-term problem."
Jay Goldstone, the city's chief operating officer, said his staff is working toward those goals and plans to bring options to the City Council soon.
"As they say, it's not ready for prime time, but it's not as if we're not doing anything," Goldstone said. "The fact that we're not engaging a particular council member in the discussion doesn't mean we're not working on it."
Some of the options likely to be used to eliminate the deficit include renegotiating contracts with private vendors and reducing the budget for replacing city-owned vehicles, Goldstone said.
The goal is to avoid any cuts to city services, he said. During the last round, the city reduced library hours, scaled back maintenance at parks and beaches, axed 200 jobs and eliminated long-standing public-safety programs, such as the horse-mounted patrol in Balboa Park.
Councilman Todd Gloria said the pending cuts will be painful to residents because the city already is falling short of their expectations in many areas.
"Sadly, the options are extremely limited in terms of how the city can address this in the short-term, and I'd expect a majority of it will have to be addressed through additional cuts to already low levels of services," Gloria said.Copyright © 2019, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Monday, March 31, 2014
Voodoo Queen
Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge #78 –Valentine 19
Model with thanks to LongStock
Some elements DeviantStock
Other elements, backgrounds (used 2), textures my collection
Another challenge - I can'r help myself ; )
Sunday, March 30, 2014
No More Music
Model - la-esmeralda-stock.deviantart.com/art/1-212001760
All other elements, textures and stuff - my collection!
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Suffragette City
Some elements DeviantScrap itKuPiLLi - other elements and textures my collection. This is just silly - what can I say - this is how I think sometimes well most times ; )
Friday, March 28, 2014
Cover Up
Model - cathleentarawhiti.deviantart.com/art/Khaleesi-7-398213695
All other textures, elements and stuff my collection. Weird I know but that's the way I roll ; )
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Day Dreaming
For Digitalmania Group www.flickr.com/groups/digitalmania/
The challenge this week is to create a collage using old photos and ephemera, in keeping with the original tones of sepia.
Flower and bird DeviantScrap. Vintage image, text, textures and other elements my collection.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
The Oasis
Created for Marcus Ranum Challenge #144
Model with thanks to Marcus Ranum
Large blue parrot - grannysatticstock.devianta
Some elements DeviantScrap
Other elements, BGs, textures and stuff - my collection. This was especially hard for me I hate green. The image for the challenge is below - I felt she looked like she should be in a jungle/tropical setting. Extracted her - found my BG and went on from there.
Model - kuoma-stock.deviantart.com
Three different backgrounds used - model extracted, moon, bird and wolves added. Textures and all elements my collection.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Person of Interest
Vintage image some elements DeviantScrap other elements, textures my collection. I have had this image for awhile and always loved it. Lots of layers in this one.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Created for 46th MMM Challenge - Theme Flowers. Picture of flowers with textures, filter, blending modes, etc. Not my usual theme.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Baddest Witch In Town
My newest digital image. I was getting bored with my work so I thought I would go back to basics for awhile. The model for this image can be found here. I am going to show the steps I took to make this final image above.
This is the actual image I started with - the original with the edges darkened - didn't have to have the edges dark but that is how I started.
I wanted something happening in the BG since I wasn't going to extract the girl and put her on some other BG. I used the above pattern and layered it side by side over the original. I completely masked out (layer mask) the girl 100% and partially masked out portions of this pattern probably 20-30% - just in places. I used a blending mode of lighten 64% opacity. Below is the result.
Next I layered this texture over the whole image masked girl where needed. I used a blending mode of Color Dodge opacity 100%. I added an adjustment layer Hue/Saturation (Saturation -58 lightness +9) I clipped it to the above two textures. The results are below.
Next I added bare tree images in the background - blending mode Multiply opacity 65% and masked out over the girl and where I didn't want tree branches. Below is the result.
Next I added some text to the bottom of the image for interest. Masked out where I didn't want it. It was a png image - soft light - opacity about 85% I didn't want it too dark but did want to see it. Result below.
I next added a few bird brushes and an edge image below blending mode screen opacity 63%.
Which leads me back to the top image my finished piece. Hope this is helpful. The next image I will probably do differently but that is how I did this one. I could have used other textures, other blending modes and the result would have been different - that is why this is so much fun - you never know what you are going to get. Is this the best way or only way of course not but it's how I did it today.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Tea Party
Models - xnbcreative.deviantart.com/art/masquerade-18th-century-ma...
Background, textures and other stuff my collection.
Candle - DeviantScrap
I am getting a bit weary and things are all starting to look the same - time to get back to basics maybe??
Friday, March 21, 2014
Playing With B&W
Vintage photo, some other stuff, some textures, blending modes and a texture filter. Wanted to try somethings in B&W not quite what I had in mind but I will try some more ; )
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Two New Challenge Pieces
American SteampunkBased on Grant Wood's American GothicFor Digitalmania Groupwww.flickr.com/groups/digitalmania/This week's challenge - Select a well known old portrait painting (eg Botticelli, Leonardo, etc) or a portrait of a famous person in history and give him or her a brand new look.
Forbidden Fruit
Model - magikstock.deviantart.com/
Sheep - DeviantScrap
All other elements and textures my collection
Just playing around with night scenes - never sure how light or dark to make them.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty - Sleeping girl and couple extracted separately from different photos, BG, textures, adjustments and blending modes added. Rose from DeviantScrap.
I love playing with vintage photos - I always wonder who there people were and what their lives were like. They make good subject matter for digital art images.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Breathe - Week 23 Challenge
My Week 23 Challenge Breathe. From a photo I took last summer at the lake. The challenge - "This piece should invite us to let go of whatever might otherwise be troubling us in our lives, and give us a few precious, lazy minutes where we can stop fidgeting with our daily concerns and imagined worries and dramas ... and just take a moment to enjoy something beautiful ... and perhaps find something extraordinary quietly awaiting us there". Below is the original photo.
Steam Traveler
Model - http://
madmoisellemelistock.deviantart .com/art/ Steampunk-Lady-looking-into-the -Sky-STOCK-399323397
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This image makes me smile for some reason ; )
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Last Stand
Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge #77 – Abandoned
Background with thanks to Ash-3xpired
Model - mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Future-War-10-58358023
Robot Dog - direwrath.deviantart.com/art/Robot-Canine-Png-Stock-29255...
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Challenge we were given the BG image below and needed to make something with it - my entry above Last Stand.
Steampunk Portrait
Steampunk Portrait
Model - madmoisellemelistock.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-Aristro...
Some elements Deviantscrap some elements and textures my collection. Steampunk girl and other elements extracted and reconfigured with textures and blending modes to make a whole.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
The Tree Line
Vintage woman pic from my collection - trees photos from the tree line behind my house - lots of layers, textures and blending modes too.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Patchwork - Created for Digitalmania image flickr group challenge. This weeks challenge was the artist CHRISTINE PELOQUIN a mixed media collage artist whose style suggests many possibilities for those who work in digital art. This was a challenge for me. I thought about how to go about this and figured I would start the same way Cristine Peloquin does. I have a large number of interesting papers so I tore some up and handmade a collage. I scanned in the collage - see the image below, and this was my base to start the image. I added the face (hard light blending mode) but I could have really added anything to this patchwork base - a crow for example (and maybe I will) - but Peloquin works manly with a face or figure. Then I proceeded to add other layers on top - lettering, alphabets, writing, other collage pieces (different blending modes but mostly multiply). What was great about my initial base collage is I could digitally cut pieces to layer on top - I wasn't really happy with the brown piece in the original base so I just cut a piece of pink out and replaced it digitally. Now I have this digital collage saved so I can used it for a base again, a texture for blending or I can just use pieces of it. I am going to make a few more of these. What fun and it makes you think having such a patterned piece for a base in an image. I flipped the image below to the right for my finished piece and moved the face around until I got a good placement with the patterns. I really like the flickr group Digitalmania - the challenges are great to get you out of a rut. I am going to go back through their archives and see what other artists they have used as their weekly challenge.
Two New Images
Garden Corner - more Photoshop play with color
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Ocean One
This image is from a photo I took at the fishing docks in Pt. Pleasant today. I'm not sure how I feel about what I have done with it but at least it is a bit different for me. Lots of great stuff down on the docks and that is Gull Island in the background. All those white dots are gulls. Too bad the tide was so low. I added lots of textures, blending modes, grunge and some faded writing.
Below is the original picture.
The Stage Door
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I have been watching "The Voice" and the contestants go thru red doors with STAGE stenciled on one side. I love the imagery so I thought I would make a digital impression of The Stage Door. Took a photo of red doors and worked up this image after last nights show.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Gentleman
Wanted to try something different today - something grungy and old looking.
The Overlook
Model - kristabelladc3.deviantart.com/art/Heartsore-20-193320295
Background sacral-stock.deviantart.com/art/Background-2-55153415
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Can you see the ghost??
Monday, March 10, 2014
In The Moonlight
So I love digital challenges and have joined a number of groups on flickr that offer challenges. I found this group called Digitalmania that offers challenges that involve taking inspiration and learning from the work of artists in many styles. Each week the name of an artist or a particular style of digital art will be posted. It is hoped that members will find inspiration that will allow them to create artpieces which include some references to the artist's style and subjects. How cool is that!!!!
This weeks artist is Christian Schloe and I happen to love his work. Above is my try at an image in his style. Below is the image I drew my inspiration from. Here is a link to see more of Christian Schole's work or you can Google him.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
In this challenge you are going to attempt to take a piece of your favorite music ... and create an image that not only captures how the music makes you feel, but amplifies its meaning in some way, through the way you choose to express it visually.
My pick Sarah McLachlan - "Angel" one of my absolute favorite songs.
You're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here.
Model - faestock.deviantart.com/
Background - ashensorrow.deviantart.com
Other elements, textures my collection
Road Trip
Some elements Holliewood Studios Deviant Scrap other elements and textures my collection - I love the bird!!!!
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Time Traveller
Steam Punk Saturday and in honor of Day Light Savings Time.
Some elements - Finecrafted Designs DeviantScrap other elements and textures my collection
Friday, March 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
The Reading Room
Created for 45th MMM Challenge
Source image with thanks to ~Brenda-Starr~
Some elements DeviantScrap - some elements my collection.
My entry above the image we were given for the challenge below.
Source image with thanks to ~Brenda-Starr~
Some elements DeviantScrap - some elements my collection.
My entry above the image we were given for the challenge below.
Why Did The Witch Cross The Road?
Model - madmoisellemelistock.deviantar
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Who Is Responsible for Your Career?
I'm in a workshop this week. There are signs all over, that say, "You are responsible for your own career."
It's true. Each of us is responsible for our own careers.
Do you act that way?
If you work for an organization, do you push for one-on-ones each week with your manager, and discuss your career, every week with your manager? If so, great. If not, why not? What's stopping you?
If you work for yourself, how often do you reflect on your work?
For each of us:
- How often do you take stock of what you do, so you don't have the same year of experience every year?
- How often do you say, "It's time to stop doing this work. It's time to work towards that kind of work."
- How often do you say, "I want to offer this thing by that time. How will I get there?"
You do it differently when you are an employee than when you are an entrepreneur. But you do it, regardless of your current role. And the closer you are to "retirement?" You really better start thinking about this.
Just because you stop working for a big company with benefits doesn't mean you will stop working. You might choose to stop working for money. (Then again, you might not!) But, you need to keep thinking. If you stop thinking, if you stop being intellectually challenged and you might die before your time. Your brain keeps growing and changing until the day you die. That's what neuroplasticity is all about.
It's very easy to let the day-to-day responsibility of the house, the spouse, the kids, and the job stop us from thinking about this greater responsibility, our careers.
Maybe you want to think about your life, instead.
What if I said, "You are responsible for your life?" Would that change how you think about this question?
You are. You are responsible for your career. You are responsible for your life. Ain't it great? Does that fill your heart with dread or with possibility?
To me, it's full of possibility. It means I can experiment. I can try something, get a little feedback, learn from it and continue. I might do the same thing, modify it, or do something else. I have the responsibility for my life to learn.
Dear adaptable problem solvers, this is your question of the week: Who is responsible for your career?
- How Do You See Yourself?
- Are You Solving Problems MacGyver-Style?


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Friday, November 25, 2011
What is Wrong With People?
7 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
This whole thing makes me ill and rises up the fury in me. Every single individual who walked away and did absolutely Nothing to help these kids should be held accountable - Every single one of them. They are ALL as guilty as Sandusky!
- November 25, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Sandusky adopted six children. Imagine how the natural mothers of those children must feel.
- November 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Patty Beeken said...
I feel like vomiting every time I read something more about this. HOW in GOD'S name can those men feel that their "excuses" makes them not liable for their act of allowing this monster to carry on for years? For a football team? We can only hope that they pay for this from a higher power if not from the law. They should all be charged as accomplices.
- November 26, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer said...
Good thing that Sandusky contained himself not to molest his adopted children.
- November 28, 2011 at 3:19 AM
I agree how the hell can these men allow this?? If it was one of their boys would they look the other way???? Even if you report it to your superior would you not follow up?? I would hope if that was my baby boy getting hurt like that someone would rush in and save him, physically remove him from the situation.. beat the hell out of the pos. I dont think I would be able to contain my anger if I walked in on something like that.
- November 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM
There is no legislation that will prevent this horrible crime. What its eventually going to come down to is vigilante justice. Mike McQuerry should have bashed Sandusky's head in right there in she shower back in '98. He missed his opportunity to shine.
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Review of 'Bombay Talkies', an Indian Film.
I got an opportunity to watch 'Bombay talkies' on the day of its release, celebrating the end of my Literature exams. I have loved the film so much that I am dedicating a space in my blog for it.
Bombay Talkies is a combination of 4 short films, 30 minutes each, directed by 4 directors of different genres. It celebrates the 100 years of Indian Cinema which began its journey on the 3rd of May, also the film release date of Bombay Talkies.
This film claims to celebrate 100 years of cinema, however it shows the least signs of the same. These are 4 short films, brainchild of the respective directors. However, you can say that these 4 short films mark the beginning of a new age Indian cinema where directors would experiment with different topics, just as these 4 have, in Bombay Talkies.
The movie begins with the end credits and unlike most other movies, sufficient time has been given to read the name in each department, thus stating the importance of the crew in the making of a film.
'Bombay Talkies' opens with Karan Johar's movie which revolves around the challenges a homosexual man encounters, in India, today. The plot is too dramatic and becomes predictable after 10 mins.The movie begins with a dream sequence where the protagonist hits his father in rage, for not understanding him, telling him that he is a homosexual and not a eunuch.This boy is disowned by his family after he voices his sexual orientation; he lives by himself.On the other hand Rani Mukherjee and Randip Hooda (couple) are shown sleeping on the either sides of the same bed. Rani Mukherjee is the entertainment head of a Newspaper and the gay protagonist is an intern in her office. Randip Hooda is a newsreader in a prominent news channel. No intern in his right frame of mind would initiate a conversation with his boss the way this protagonist does. Rani Mukherjee and the protagonist become great friends in due course of time, such that Rani Mukherjee invites him over for dinner at her place,when the protagonist falls for Rani Mukherjee's husband and also initiates intimacy.The protagonist pays a couple of private surprise visits to Randip Hooda, thus making him feel special. Randip Hooda refuses this attention in the beginning to such an extent that he hits the male protagonist brutally, when he expresses his feeling towards Randip Hooda.However, later on Randip Hooda realizes his mistake and visits the protagonists place where his self control breaks down and he ends up kissing the protagonist. (In this scene you hear a 'WHY?' sound from the audiences) Rani Mukherjee leaves her husband after knowing the bitter truth of her husband's sexual orientation. She now feels relieved, when she knows, that the reason for the distance in their relationship wasn't her (she had always thought) but her husband, who had lied to her for so many years. This entire plot moves with the old Hindi song- "Lagja Gale" in the background which makes Karan Johar's movie even more dramatic. Karan Johar has stepped outside his comfort zone and changed the existing views about him in the audiences mind with this film. From school students who drove super bikes ,speedy cars and wore bikinis to something as realistic as this, Karan Johar has leaped light years and proven that he too can make experimental and realistic cinema.The dialogues of this movie are gripping. Karan Johar is a trend setter. I wouldn't be surprized if people go around asking, "Are you a Sridevi or a Madhuri fan?''
The second movie is Dibakar Banerjee's. His plot revolves around a lower class Maharashtrian man, portrayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui who only accentuates the plot. Right from the beginning of this film one keeps guessing the plot, because Dibakar Banerjee provides extreme finer details be it the surrounding locality of Nawaaz's house, the relationship with his daughter or the presence of a giant pet bird. Banerjee has worked on finer details with remarkable precision and yet at the same time maintained naturalness. Nawaz was a part of theatre at the age of 23-24 until his father became unemployed after the shutting down of mills in Mumbai. He is not a risk taker, hence quits his passion to secure a job and lead a stress free life.His daughter is shown to suffer from some physical condition.The highlight of this movie is the silent scene where Nawaaz makes faces to get a smile on his daughter's face. His daughter doesn't smile then and complains of him telling her no new stories. On the day of his job interview, for a watchman's post he gets late and heads back home congratulating the man who had been appointed in his place.On his way back home, he gets an opportunity to act in a minor scene of a big budget Bollywood film. Nawaaz puts his heart into preparing himself for the role, until he opens the paper and reads the dialogue he was supposed to say;just one word -"Aye" and becomes disappointed when his illusions overpower his consciousness and he sees his Theatre mentor who tells him- it is because he always wanted to play safe that he is nowhere today. He tells him to understand the context of the dialogue and the different ways in which it can be said. If you have a dream and a strong desire to fulfill it then you should be ready to do the smallest work that would take you there.. The dialogues and setting of this particular scene are extremely detailed, be it an extreme long shot of Nawaaz practicing on one end and the dress-man sleeping on the other or his mentor standing in a dustbin.When the crew member asks him to wait and collect his per day amount, Nawaaz runs home to his daughter, to tell her the happenings of the entire day in the eye of a new story, which eventually makes his daughter smile. A detailed movie is often quite boring however Banerjee demonstrates the statement- 'God lies in details'. One focuses on several details at the same time and is hence, totally engrossed in the movie.One would watch Bombay talkies again for this movie.
After the interval we see Zoya Akhtar's movie. Zoya has redifined simplicity and innocence. Her story revolves around a school boy who has no interest in a mans play, i.e playing football or any such masculinity. He is shown to have female traits. He likes to dress up like girls. He is shown to have been lost in meeting his father's ambitions for him, until he watches Katrina Kaif dancing to the tunes of 'Sheila ki Jawaani', when he recognizes his area of interest i.e Dancing. His father opposes his passion for dancing and asks him to play football; which defines strength and masculinity. Brother-sister relationship scenes lift the screenplay . On seeing him dressed up in a girls attire and wearing his mothers makeup, the agitated father slaps him hard and tells him to behave like a boy. The same night the boy watches Katrina Kaif's interview where she says, ''To follow your dreams you first have to protect them from people who oppose them , hence hiding your true passions from those who oppose them is one mantra to live your dreams". He imagines Katrina Kaif as a fairy who comes out of the television screen to convey this message. This entire scene has been shot from the point of view of a 5 year old's psyche and works wonders. The boy, then begins worshiping Katrina. Several scenes make you laugh. On a whole, one feels a part of the movie and lives that innocence for 30 minutes. It's only after the movie gets over that you realize, smile didn't skip a nano second in the past 30 minutes.
All the chaos was saved for the last. I leave it up to you to decide if it was the best saved for the last.Yes, the word chaos is closely knit with Anurag Kashyap's cinematic intelligence. His movie is not about an Amitabh Bachan fan. In the beginning you might not like the plot and wonder as to where it is going? Everthing is all over the place and a lot of questions arise in your mind. The story is about a father who claims to be on the death bed (which he clearly isn't) and expresses his last wish to eat Muramba, half eaten by Amitabh Bachan. He also claims to have fulfilled a similar wish of his dying father who epitomized Dilip Kumar, who had lived long after eating the pickle half eaten by Dilip Kumar. Just to fulfill this wish the protagonist comes all the way to Mumbai from Allahabad with a Glass container containing Muramba. The movie depicts his persistence and drive to meet Amitabh Bachan to fulfill the wish of his not-so-dying father. He stands through all the thick and thins to finally pave his way towards Amitabh Bachan. Overjoyed seeing Amitabh eating the Muramba, he describes this encounter to everyone whom he meets in the train, when a cruel fellow passenger drops the glass container containing the remaining Muramba on the floor and someone steps on it to destroy the reminiscent. On reaching Allahabad, he however manages to get a similar looking muramba and a glass container. His father, however recognizes the mishap and tells him that Dilip Kumar had denied tasting the pickle so he himself had tasted it and lied to his father. The last line of the movie says, ''Kaach ki bottle main muramba kabhi nahi rakhna chahiye" , when all the loose ends come together that now instill completeness in the plot.
You have to watch the movie for Dibakar Banerjee's and Zoya Akhtar 's work. Yes you will love Nawaaz like never before.
Make sure you leave the theatre before the,"Bombay Talkies song'' appears as that would diminish the 2 hour experience to trash.


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UTHSCSA MD/PhD program provides a nurturing environment where students can receive mentorship in any clinical area of their choice. Aside from their mentor during graduate school, students receive mentorship during their research years from physicians in any area of interest. Therefore, as the student is working towards completing their PhD, they are able to convene with their clinical mentor.
Aside from the clinical and research mentors, students can also receive guidance for grant writing from an array of scientists and students in the F Troop. The F Troop was designed to give students the direction and support needed to brainstorm, write, and submit a NIH F30 NRSA grant during their research rotation or graduate school years.
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All the windows are great for the sunshine when it is 10 below outside, mom totally rules! Hey Mom,don't forget my sunscreen!
We Love a Contest: Epic Room Makeover
All the windows are great for the sunshine when it is 10 below outside, mom totally rules! Hey Mom,don't forget my sunscreen!
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- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Adorable! You have my vote.ReplyDelete
nik, i am cracking up...a little snot bubble crack up. i hope you win!!! i think you will!!! i seriously do. xoxo.ReplyDelete
Oh Oscar, you are adorable! I would love to come and make all your playroom dreams come true!! Good luck sweetie pie!ReplyDelete
Love your guts
- AnonymousSeptember 2, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Super fun post Nikki! I hope, hope , hope you win! I think Mandi hopes you win too :). Love, g.ReplyDelete
Oscar deserves this, poor guy needs some spaceReplyDelete
I LOVE your house. Like...if I could make the outside of my house look like a house, it'd be YOUR house.ReplyDelete
So cute!
Shannon, Ahh shucks, thanks for the nice comment! When we drove up to the house for the first time I shouted "we'll take it!" That was a lie, but curb appeal was really high on my criteria list!Delete
Room looks fine try doing some creative cleaning and he'll have an adorable playroom.ReplyDelete


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Huntsville, Ala. -- CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC), a high-tech small business developing innovative technologies for military and commercial markets, will be demonstrating its award winning Bio-Battery technology at the 44th Power Sources Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. The Bio-Battery is a novel micropower source which harvests energy from biological fuels such as sugars and converts them into electrical energy providing a sustained, on-demand power source. The product is adaptable for many low power applications in both the military and commercial markets. CFDRC's Bio-Battery offers several advantages over conventional fuel cells and batteries; including reduced size and weight, instant recharge, flexible shape, renewable biocatalysts, environmental-friendliness, room temperature operation, and readily available fuel source.
"The Bio-Battery is a unique product which has the potential to overcome a number of limitations with existing electrochemical power sources while generating energy in a clean, renewable fashion," said Sameer Singhal, director of micro power and sensing at CFDRC. "This demonstration of a fully-integrated system powering a real-world electronic device for extended time on multiple days is a testament to the maturity of our technology."
During the conference CFDRC will be demonstrating a fully-integrated Bio-Battery system consisting of five individual cells stacked in series to provide an open circuit voltage of >3.5V and a maximum current of >1.5mA. The Bio-Battery uses a glucose-based solution as the fuel source and powers an electronic circuit consisting of a microprocessor plus LCD display. The Bio-Battery system operates with an average power of ~1mW (V=2.0V and I=0.5mA). The technology has been developed in collaboration with the CERDEC C2D Army Power Division and the demonstration will be running at their booth (#216).
CFDRC envisions military applications such as soldier portable power, unmanned chemical/biological detection, and remote surveillance. Additional commercial applications are envisioned such as consumer electronics, toys, and implantable medical devices. CFDRC is actively seeking partners for further development and commercialization of the technology
For more information about CFDRC's Bio-Battery, contact CFDRC at 701 McMillian Way NW, Huntsville, AL, 35806; call 256-327-0664; email email@example.com.
CFDRC develops and commercializes innovative technologies for government and commercial customers. The company focuses in three areas; Aerospace & Defense, Energy & Materials, and Biomedical & Life Sciences. The multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving including simulation based design combined with prototype manufacturing and experiment validation allows for improved product development cycles.
CFDRC was founded in 1987 and it is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. The Biomedical technology branch is located in the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
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John Pallante of Barnegat, N.J., formerly of Mount Holly, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at his residence. He was 73.
Born in Mount Holly, Mr. Pallante was a lifelong Mount Holly resident before moving to Barnegat several years ago.
He had worked as a plumber and pipe-fitter at Fort Dix for over 20 years.
Mr. Pallante was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, and crab. He was dedicated to his family and friends.
The husband of the late Virginia, and the father of the late John, Mr. Pallante is survived by a daughter, Michelle King of Barnegat; a son, Brian (Marianne) of Eastampton; five grandchildren, Alexis, Charles, Kara, Jillian, and Thomas.
He was preceded in death by four sisters and six brothers and is survived by a brother, Anthony of Burlington; a sister, Christine Kelley of Burlington; and a brother, Louis of Barnegat.
A Memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday, at the Perinchief Chapels, 438 High St., Mount Holly, NJ. Interment will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Friday, at the Funeral Home.
Contributions in his name may be made to Deborah Heart and Lung Center, PO Box 820, Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Perinchief Chapels,
Mount Holly