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Another Fire Hits a Boeing Dreamliner
U.S. aviation safety officials are probing an electrical fire that hit a three-week-old Boeing Co. BA 0.88% 787 Dreamliner on Monday just after passengers and crew had left a Japan Airlines Co. 9201 0.95% flight at Boston's Logan International Airport.
The blaze comes at a sensitive time for Boeing, which is ramping up production to work through a backlog of almost 800 of the jets, which are made mostly of carbon-fiber composites rather than aluminum and have a more complex electrical system than most existing passenger planes.
The fire was in the aft electrical equipment bay, where electrical problems and an earlier in-flight Dreamliner fire have been reported. In 2010, an electrical fire in the same bay forced a Boeing test plane to make an emergency landing in Texas. More recently, a power panel in the bay prompted an emergency landing in New Orleans by a United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL -0.69% 787.
Previous Coverage
- Boeing Is Likely to Overtake Airbus (1/03/13)
- Boeing Hits Target for Newest Jets (12/21/12)
- Boeing Continues Probe of 787 Electrical Issues (12/16/12)
- United Blames Failed Generator for Dreamliner Diversion (12/05/12)
- Mechanical Issue Diverts Dreamliner (12/04/12)
"This [incident] goes to the heart of the innovative side of the 787," said Hans Weber, president of TECOP International Inc., an aviation consulting group that specializes in aircraft certification. Mr. Weber remained concerned that spate of electrical issues aboard the 787 could make it more difficult for the plane to fly extended missions far from diversion airports.
Boeing traced the cause of the 2010 fire to a stray item left inside a power panel, which—along with electrical software—was redesigned to prevent any repeat. It is still trying to determine what caused the panel problem in the United 787.
Glitches are common for new aircraft, but the 787 has faced a number of problems with its engines and electrical system in recent months. Boeing and airlines recently replaced power panels inside the bay on at least five Dreamliners stemming from the New Orleans emergency. A Qatar Airways 787 was grounded the same month for repairs after power panel issues.
The Massachusetts Port Authority said the jet, carrying 173 passengers and a crew of 11, had arrived safely in Boston at about 10:06 a.m. Monday local time after a 13-hour flight from Tokyo. The agency received a call about smoke in the cabin from a worker at 10:30 a.m., after passengers had already left the plane.
JAL spokeswoman Carol Anderson said in an emailed statement, "the smoke was traced to a fire from the battery used for the auxiliary power unit."
Richard Walsh, a Massport spokesman, said the jet's auxiliary power unit battery, which is housed in a small compartment known as the aft electrical equipment bay, exploded after crews believed the fire was extinguished. One firefighter suffered minor injuries from exposure to a fire suppressant, he added.
The auxiliary battery, made with lithium ion components, may have been damaged by a fire ax, exacerbating the situation, said a person familiar with the incident.
Boeing and JAL, which flies 787s from Tokyo to San Diego, Moscow, Singapore and Beijing, said they were investigating the incident.
The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet opened a formal investigation, but has dispatched personnel to the scene in Boston, according to spokesman Eric Weiss.
"We are aware of the event and are working with our customer," said Boeing spokesman Marc Birtel. He declined further comment.
The 787 was designed for long over-water routes between midsize cities that couldn't profitably accommodate a larger jet with more seats. It has had to meet a stringent set of regulations to ensure the jet can still fly safely in the event one of its two engines fail.
Those regulations include strict guidelines for the lithium ion batteries on the 787 because of concerns about the batteries' potential flammability.
During the 787's development, Boeing repeatedly affirmed that it complied with the expanded safety standards for the batteries, which are part of the aircraft's emergency power system.
Safety concerns about lithium ion batteries as cargo recently prompted some airlines to begin isolating shipments and enhancing fire suppression. The batteries are suspected of contributing to two jumbo-jet 747 freighter crashes since 2010.
The 787, the first jetliner made from a majority of lightweight carbon fiber composites, eliminates hot, heavy and hard-to-maintain pneumatic systems that power key parts of the jet.
Boeing's design is considered "more-electric," controlling parts of the aircraft such as the starting of the engines to the anti-ice system.
The aircraft was part of a group of seven Dreamliners delivered to six Boeing customers during a 25-hour period in late December, a record touted by the plane maker.
Video images of the affected plane and records from Flightaware.com indicate it was delivered to JAL on Dec. 20.
Boeing shares slid in the wake of reports of the incident, and were off 2%, or $1.56, at $76.13 in 4 p.m. New York Stock Exchange trading on Monday.
—Andy Pasztor contributed to this article.
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Corrections & Amplifications
The National Transportation Safety Board hadn't opened a formal investigation as of Monday into the incident that caused an electrical fire on a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Boston's Logan International Airport. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said a formal investigation had been opened Monday.


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Tech Trends for 2012
Here we go again! Time to look at potential tech trends for the next year. While it has barely even snowed yet in Chicago nor really gotten that cold, it is definitely December.
This first set of tech trends comes from Jason Hiner at Tech Republic. He reported on the Gartner Group's annual symposium where they revealed their list of the 10 most strategic tech trends of 2012. Drum roll, please:
- Media tablets and beyond – the era of Microsoft and PC domination coming to a close
- Mobile-centric applications and interfaces – building user interfaces for multiple screen sizes
- Contextual and social user experience – using information about an end user to improve the quality of the interaction with the device
- Internet of Things – objects acting as user of other systems
- App stores and marketplaces – a new term emerges: apptepreneurs
- Next-gen analytics – mobile devices being able to self-analyze for full optimization
- Big data – new and exotic technologies are required to manage the extreme volume of data created today
- In-memory computing – faster response time in analytical operations
- Extreme low-energy servers – new entrants to the server business proposing a radical way for future servers to work
- Cloud computing – cloud computing was very recently number one and now is number ten. This is significant that it is viewed as not living up to its hype.
Pete Cashmore, the editor of Mashable, shares his list of the Top 10 Technology Trends for 2012.
As he points out, "Predicting what will happen in 2012, therefore, is a shot in the dark: A year is virtually a lifetime in the digital era."
- Touch Computing – we'll be using our mice less often and increasingly using desktop computers in similar ways to how we use tablets and smartphones.
- Social Gestures – 'frictionless sharing' – where with the click of a button you can share what you are doing from services like Spotify, to social networks (once you authorize it of course)
- NFC and Mobile Payments – with the success of the Square Payment dongle for iPhone, and NFC (Near Field Communication) in 2011, awareness of this technology will likely make it more popular in 2012…it's not without a lot of security concerns…
- Beyond the iPad – the iPad costs $499′ the Kindle Fire is $199. There has been speculation that while the iPad is king today, it may lose the crown in 2012.
- TV everywhere – with the rise of the tablet, it's easier to have 'TV in your hand' but the cable companies have ways to keep you tethered to subscriptions.
- Voice Control – thanks to the popularity of Siri and the iPhone 4S, voice recognition and voice search will show up on more devices.
- Spatial Gestures – personally, I was fascinated with the technology in the movie Minority Report and hope I see it in my lifetime. Microsoft Kinect is an example of using spatial gestures in current technology.
- Second-Screen Experiences – Cashmore says, "It refers to apps (mainly on the iPad) that listen to the audio output of your TV and display content related to the show or movie you're watching." An example from the music industry is Gracenote.
- Flexible Screens – Can you imagine a phone that rolls up in your pocket, or one that you can slip into your wallet like a dollar bill? Bendable interfaces will be seen more in 2012, though it's likely to not be fully implemented for a number of years.
- HTML5 – this fifth version of HTML, could take the place of Flash on many mobile devices.
What are your predictions for 2012?
By the way, this blog post was written on an iPad using touch technology!

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By Teresa Rivas
Boeing (BA) had a rough landing Friday, falling nearly 5% after a fire broke out in one of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Today, the stock erased much of those losses, rising nearly 4% in afternoon trading, on news that investigators have honed in on an emergency locator transmitter as a potential cause for the fire at Heathrow Airport.
The transmitter is made by Honeywell (HON), which was recently falling on the news. While investigators have indicated that they don't think that the plane's batteries, which had caused a previous fire, were to blame, they didn't say whether the transmitter was the cause of the flames or simply contributed to the plane's damage.
The devices are widely used and are a safety measure to help rescuers locate a plane in the event of a crash. As The Wall Street Journal reports: "The transmitter is installed in the ceiling above the rear doors of the Dreamliner and is at the center of the larger of two areas of fuselage skin damage seen on TV footage of the affected jet."
Boeing had reached a new 16-year high of $108.15 before news broke Friday, levels the stock hadn't seen since 2007. The shares are up nearly 40% in the past year, well outpacing the broader market.


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A self-taught dance critic whose first article on the subject was a piece for Barnard Magazine snared an impressive honor this spring when she was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. Tobi Bernstein Tobias was lauded for nearly a decade of work on ArtsJournal.com "that reveals passion as well as deep historical knowledge of dance, her well-expressed arguments coming from the heart as well as the head," the Pulitzer board wrote.
The accolade was much appreciated but not dramatically life changing. "You write the way you write and you try to do your best and you try to grow," she says. "It's the day-to-day plugging away at it that makes for so-called success." For Tobias, that meant spending more than two decades as New York magazine's dance critic and writing regularly for Dance Magazine and The Village Voice.
Tobias's Pulitzer honor was recognition of her keen insights about dancers, choreographers, and dance, says ArtsJournal founder and editor Douglas McLennan, who urged her to submit an entry in the criticism category. (McLennan was a Pulitzer Prize juror in 2011 and 2012, but recused himself from the deliberations for the 2012 criticism selection.) "Being a good critic is a very difficult mix of skills," McLennan says. "Tobi is what I'd call a professional watcher. She has a great depth of experience and knows the art form very well. She has the historical context and perspective, and the ability to relate it to where the field has been."
Enchanted as a youngster by a LIFE magazine photo of Diana Adams, a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, Tobias asked her mother to take her to a performance. The company, then led by choreographer George Balanchine, was at its peak of artistic creativity. Tobias was hooked.
At Barnard, she studied English with a concentration in writing, and loitered in the hazy basement halls of the French department, where the professors smoked Gauloises cigarettes, "for the ostensible glamour." Tobias earned a master's degree from New York University in 1962, married, and had two children.
She became a professional dance writer in the early 1970s with a piece for Barnard about choreographer Twyla Tharp '63. The article inspired Tobias to seek work from dance publications. Several gave her assignments; her new career blossomed. Her criticism and profiles of dancers and choreographers began appearing in New York magazine, where she became the dance critic for 22 years. In the 1980s, Tobias led a Barnard seminar on dance writing— "an unteachable thing, but I taught it," she says.
An effective critic, Tobias says, "has to be good at seeing." Critics must respond emotionally to art and decipher what an artist is trying to communicate. "Usually a dance critic goes to look at a dance and then tells readers, 'this is what I saw,'" she says. "But what about what you thought or what you felt, or both? What was really going on? There's a kind of dance criticism that is just a kind of note-taking about what went on, and that doesn't fly."


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Facebook (FB) this afternoon are up $1.45, or 5.3%, at $28.88, after the company last night reported Q1 revenue that topped expectations, including revenue from mobile advertising that was higher than most expected.
On the conference call with investors following the report, CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked things off with prepared remarks about how excited he is regarding "Facebook Home," the recently introduced program for Google's (GOOG) Android that takes over your smartphone's user interface, and also about Instagram, the image sharing service the company acquired last year:
We're planning on iterating [FB Home] quickly and tuning things based on feedback. We haven't really started encouraging people to install it from within our apps yet. And it's only available on a few phones. But over the next few months we hope to push this out much more broadly and get this in the hands of a lot more people. We're excited about Home because we think it's a great product. But Home is also an important milestone for our Company. This is a completely new kind of mobile experience based on people, not apps. And we think this is how phones and computers should work. I'm looking forward to sharing more with you on the experiences that are borne on mobile that we're building over the rest of this year [...] 'm really proud of how Instagram is doing. Kevin and his team have made amazing progress since last April. When we agreed to acquire them, the Instagram community had 22 million people actively using their service every month. And today, over 100 million people are using Instagram each month. The Instagram community is growing even faster than the Facebook community did when it was this size. And the two communities complement each other to create some great experiences where you can capture any moment in your life and easily share it across all the communities you care about.
Kevin Landis of FirstHand was on CNBC this morning to articulate the bull case on the stock. When asked if the shares could ever get back to their IPO price of $38. Quipped Landis, "Forget the IPO price, $31.50 is my cost!" Said Landis, "They're trying to build a great tech franchise, and they've got a great thing to build it on, the fact that humans like to socialize, and they've got no competitor in sight."
Added Landis, "In this mobile transition, they prioritized exactly correctly, and they're executing. What's not to like here?"
There were no ratings changes today, that I can see, and most price targets seem to be staying put. Analysts are adjusting estimates slightly here and there:
Doug Anmuth, J.P. Morgan: Reiterates an Overweight rating and a $35 price target. "Importantly, Facebook's monthly and daily user metrics continued to grow in all markets, despite meaningful Street concerns about engagement [...] We recognize that some may view 1Q earnings as a non-event, but we are encouraged by Mobile upside, improving engagement trends, and better than expected profitability. Facebook continues to lay the foundation for future growth and we remain bullish as it is early in social advertising with less than 10% of budgets allocated to social, the new News Feed should improve the user experience while also attracting more advertising through better formats including video, and Facebook advertisers are achieving strong ROI through newer formats/products such as Mobile App Install Ads, FBX, and Custom Audiences." Anmuth's 2013 estimates go to $6.4 billion and 51 cents per share from a prior $6.28 billion and 50 cents per share.
Mark Mahaney, RBC Capital: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $32 price target. "At the margin we are more positive. We see modest upside to our PT, so we don't view current levels as providing an aggressive entry point. But FB is clearly addressing two of the biggest issues from its IPO days – Zynga dependency and Mobile Monetization uncertainty. On the first, FB is showing significant Payment Revenue diversification, recording record gaming revenue despite a materially declining contribution from Zynga. On the second, FB has gone from $0 to a $1.5B Mobile Revenue run rate in less than a year without a negative impact on engagement. In fact, rising MAU/DAU to a record 60% in Q1 suggests that Mobile is nicely incremental/accretive to FB usage – a point the Mobile Bears have missed. Finally, we continue to view Facebook as arguably the most under-levered name in the Internet sector – i.e. it's the company that has pulled the least number of growth levers to date." Mahaney's 2013 estimates go to $6.9 billion and 56 cents per share from a prior $6.8 billion and 55 cents per share.
Ralph Schackart, William Blair & Co.: Reiterates an Outperform rating, writing that "about $2-$3 of downside in the stock and about $5 of upside near term. Facebook reported that roughly 30% of its advertising revenue during the quarter, or about $374 million, was from mobile advertising products, above expectations of $344 million. Facebook has a solid quarter, in our view, as it topped investor expectations for mobile and managed to keep desktop revenue flat year-over-year. For the third quarter in a row, Facebook accelerated advertising revenue growth. We continue to believe the company
can deliver 30%-plus ad growth during 2013 by increasing the value of its ad inventory through FBX, CPM mix shift to mobile ads, introducing of video ads (potentially $10 CPMs), and providing advertisers more information about the demographics of users who click on their ads. We maintain our Outperform rating." Schackart's estimates for 2013 go to $6.57 billion and 53 cents per share from a prior $6.55 billion and 51 cents per share.
Anthony DiClemente, Barclays: Reiterates an Equal Weight rating on the shares and a $30 price target. "FB's mobile monetization story continues to
improve, though it may be coming at the expense of desktop ad revenue, which was flat Y/Y [...] Most of FB's clients allow the company to show their ads across both Desktop and Mobile, and thus this quarter's ad revenue mix is a reflection of FB choosing to serve more impressions on mobile devices. Accordingly, while mobile ad revenue will remain a very important trend going forward, we believe investors must also be mindful of FB's consolidated advertising revenue trajectory, which accelerated modestly in 1Q." DiClemente revised his 2013 outlook to $6.52 billion in revenue and 53 cents EPS from a prior $6.34 billion and 47 cents.
Evan Wilson, Pacific Crest: Reiterates a Sector Perform rating. "There was no smoking gun on the quarter regarding usage, but we also do not feel much more confident it has changed trajectory. Its comments about fewer younger users did not inspire confidence. Facebook reiterates focus on ad quality. Consistent with our recent note, Facebook is now clearly more focused on higher-quality ads and pricing rather than on new pockets of inventory. We think this increases risk to its revenue acceleration as it will face its first real comparisons in the mobile business and ad-quality enhancements are more difficult to drive in the near term." Wilson's estimates for 2013 are unchanged at $6.9 billion and 58 cents.


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libreoffice help ported to clucene
From the things that make me happy department. Years ago our help documentation source was parsed with a bunch of java tools. At the time gcj was the only possibility for us in RHEL/Fedora and the build time for all localized langpacks that we included was about 26 hours in our build system.
Which was a bit depressing.
So I rewrote it in c++, taking super care to keep the same JavaHelp-derived format and so forth. Which brought build times down to about 10 hours.
Which made me happy.
At some stage though, then it was decided to then index our help with lucene, which brought back java as a build-time and run-time dependency for building help and searching it at run-time.
Which made me sad again, though openjdk was the default for us at this stage, so it wasn't as much of a pain, though that's why you have that perceptual lag when you first search for a term in help.
But now, for LibreOffice 3.6, Gert van Valkenhoef has ported our lucene code to clucene. helpcontent builds faster, and there's no lag on searching for something in help.
Which made me happy.
Distro's that want to use –with-system-clucene will need to build and install clucene's contribs-lib


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I presume many of you will be leaving in the next few days for Indy, be safe! Have good travels and good times at the convention, I look forward to hearing everyone's tales. :)
P.S. Say hello to Rick McCallum for me, and if anyone cares to snag his autograph for me I would be forever in your debt. :D


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Considered the last of the great horror masterpieces from director Dario Argento's greatest and most critically acclaimed period of filmmaking to date, Terror At The Opera comes to DVD in March as a special edition featuring two edits of the film and three separate audio dubs, including the infamous English language 'Cannes Film Festival dub' and the 'studio approved dub' that replaced it.
An homage to 'The Phantom Of The Opera' (which Argento would remake a decade later) by way of Alfred Hitchcock, Terror At The Opera stars Ian Charleson (Gandhi; Chariots Of Fire) in his final feature appearance and Daria Nicolodi (Mother Of Tears; Scarlet Diva; Phenomena; Tenebre; Inferno) in the disturbing tale of a sadistic hooded killer who torments and abuses a diva with whom he has become obsessed.
Spanish actress Cristina Marsillach stars as Betty, a young and inexperienced opera singer who gets at a chance at her big break starring in a production of Verdi's 'Macbeth' when the lead is forced to pull out following a road accident. Despite her belief that the production is cursed, Betty accepts the role and receives universal acclaim for her performance. Unfortunately, her star turn also attracts the attention of a mysterious psychopathic 'fan' who repeatedly kidnaps her, ties her up and, by taping needles to her eyelids so she is unable to blink, forces her to witness him violently murdering her friends, colleagues and acquaintances. But who is the masked killer and why is he targeting her?
Boasting stunning cinematography by Oscar winning cameraman Ronnie Taylor (Gandhi) and some of the most bravura and memorable set pieces of any of Argento's films – notably the descent of a conspiracy of ravens in the Parma Opera House career and a truly breathtaking murder sequence – the film also features musical contributions from Claudio Simonetti, Brian Eno and Bill Wyman.
Terror At The Opera (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (15.99) by Arrow Video on 22nd March 2010.
Special Features include: double sided sleeve featuring new artwork; exclusive collector's booklet; poster; feature presentation (102 minutes) with English 5.1 and Italian 5.1 audio options; US edit of feature (91 minutes) with original 'Cannes dub' (English 2.0); US edit of feature (91 minutes) with approved, re-dubbed English 2.0 audio; Dario Argento filmography and biography; photo gallery; Opera by Demonia music video; Dario Argento trailer gallery; Top 6 gore scenes; US trailer; International trailer.
The Stendhal Syndrome
Considered by many to be a remarkable return to vintage form for the Italian master of suspense and terror, Dario Argento (Tenebrae; Suspiria; Terror At The Opera), The Stendhal Syndrome stars the director's real life daughter, Asia Argento (xXx; The Red Siren) as Anna Manni. A young detective in Rome's anti-rape unit. Anna suffers from Stendhal Syndrome, a mental condition that causes her to retreat into horrifying hallucinations when confronted with works of art.
On the trail of a serial rapist and killer, she is given the suspect's whereabouts by way of a tip-off. But, unknown to Anna, the killer has discovered the secret of her illness and uses it against her, eventually kidnapping her and forcing her to become an unwilling witness to his crimes. Of course, this being a Dario Argento film, nothing is quite as it seems and the plot takes a terrifying twist when Anna discovers the true face of madness.
An atmospheric and chilling study of the effects of insanity and violence, The Stendhal Syndrome is full of the dazzling cinematic style and technical wizardry audiences have come to expect from Argento. Co-written by the director's frequent collaborator Franco Ferrini (Phenomena; Trauma; Opera), the film also features a haunting score by award-winning composer Ennio Morricone (The Untouchables; The Mission).
The Stendhal Syndrome (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (15.99) by Arrow Video on 22nd March 2010.
Special Features include: double sided sleeve featuring new artwork; exclusive collector's booklet; poster; Dario Argento trailer gallery; theatrical trailer; English 5.1 and Italian 5.1 audio options.
The Card Player
Starring Liam Cunningham (Dog Soldiers), Stefania Rocca (The Talented Mr. Ripley), Claudio Santamari (The Son's Room) and the director's daughter, Fiore Argento (Demons; Phenomena), and featuring an innovative score by regular Argento collaborator, former Goblin keyboard player Claudio Simonetti (Sleepless), The Card Player sees Italian horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria; Tenebrae) moving into classic detective thriller territory in what is generally considered to be his most commercially accessible work to date.
A serial killer is on the loose in Rome, kidnapping women and using them as the stake in a series of deadly games of poker played with the police over the internet. If the police win, the victim is set free; if they lose, the victim dies and the police are rewarded with a gruesome video of the murder being committed. When a British tourist becomes involved, disgraced Irish cop John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) is sent to Rome to investigate. There, he teams up with Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca), the no-nonsense Italian detective heading up the investigation. Once they set about tracking down the killer, they are forced to play the game themselves, but the stakes are raised even higher when a police chief's daughter (Fiore Argento) is abducted and it becomes apparent the 'Card Player' knows more about Anna than she would like.
Full of all the trademark elements that have earned Argento such a huge and loyal fanbase among horror aficionados, The Card Player is an innovative, modern day thriller highlighted by a dazzling set-piece set around a breathtaking 'cat and mouse' chase between Anna and the film's eponymous killer.
The Card Player (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (15.99) by Arrow Video on 22nd March 2010.
Special Features include: double sided sleeve featuring new artwork; exclusive collector's booklet; poster; 'The Making of The Card Player' featurette; 'The Card Player' promo; trailer; Dario Argento trailer gallery; English 5.1 and 2.0 audio options.
Fans of Italian horror may also be interested in this forthcoming release…
City of the Living Dead
One of the most revered zombie films of all time amongst horror fans, Lucio Fulci's classic City Of The Living Dead gets the full Arrow Video treatment on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2010, presenting the film fully restored and uncut and complete with a host of unique and exclusive extras and featurettes specially commissioned for this must-have release.
Among the many extras are a newly recorded audio commentary with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice, an introduction to the film by star Carlo De Mejo, 'Carlo Of The Living Dead', a 17-minute featurette in which De Mejo reflects upon his time working with the Italian master of splatter, Lucio Fulci, plus 'Penning Some Paura' in which the film's screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti shares his recollections of writing an Italian horror classic.
The 50-minute 'The Many Lives And Deaths Of Giovanni Lombaro Radice' presents an extensive biography of the legendary screen victim, who guides viewers through the making of his most famous gut-crunching classics including 'House On The Edge Of The Park', 'Cannibal Apocalypse', 'Cannibal Ferox' and, of course, 'City of the Living Dead'.
In addition to providing an alternative audio commentary to the main feature, legendary horror actress Catriona MacCall recalls playing the role of Mary in the film in 'Dame Of The Dead' and reflects upon the film 30 years on. Catriona also appears alongside Giovanni Lombardo Radice in a 20-minute retrospective Q&A session exclusively filmed live at the Glasgow Film Theatre following a recent special screening of the film.
Filmed in the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome, 'Profondo Luigi: A Colleague's Memories Of Lucio Fulci' focuses on director Luigi Cozzi (Contamination; Starcrash; The Killer Must Kill Again) who talks about his own memories of Lucio Fulci and the Italian boom in zombie horror, while in 'Fulci's Daughter: Memories of the Italian Gore Maestro', Antonella Fulci, the daughter of the legendary filmmaker, reflects upon 'City Of The Living Dead', the experience of visiting her father's sets and about his enduring legacy.
Both the DVD and the Blu-ray releases of 'City Of The Living Dead' also come with four sleeve artwork options, double-sided poster, six postcards and a newly commissioned booklet, 'Fulci Of The Living Dead', written by Calum Waddell and featuring exclusive new interviews with Sergio Stivaletti (Wax Mask), Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Fulci and Ian McCulloch (Zombie Flesh Eaters) among others, providing an in depth career retrospective on the Grand Old Man of Italian Gore.
Directed by Lucio Fulci (The House By The Cemetery; The Beyond; Zombie Flesh Eaters) and starring Christopher George (Mortuary; The Exterminator; Grizzly), Catriona MacColl (The House By The Cemetery; The Beyond), Carlo De Mejo (The House By The Cemetery; Alien Contamination), Giovanni Lombardo Radice (Cannibal Apocalypse; Demons 3 and 4) and Michele Soavi (Demons; Phenomena; Tenebrae), City Of The Living Dead begins with the suicide of a priest in a church cemetery in the small town of Dunwich, New England. A sacrilegious act, the priest's death mysteriously results in the opening of the gates of hell and, as fate would have it, it falls upon a reporter, a young psychic, a psychiatrist and his patient to team up and find a way to close the portal before All Saints Day, when the dead will rise and feed upon the living.
A hugely influential and much-admired work of horror cinema by one of the genre's undisputed masters, City Of The Living Dead, taken purely as a stand-alone film, is a must-see horror classic. Now, this definitive special release from Arrow Video is, without doubt, a must-have for every horror fan.
City Of The Living Dead (cert. 18) will be released a two-disc DVD (£17.99) and single-disc Blu-ray (£22.99) by Arrow Video on 24th May 2010.
Special Features include: newly recorded audio commentary by actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice; audio commentary by actress Catriona MacColl and author Jay Slater; introduction to the film by star Carlo De Mejo; 'Carlo Of The Living Dead featurette; 'The Many Lives And Deaths Of Giovanni Lombardo Radice' featurette; 'Dame Of The Dead' featurette; 'Fulci's Daughter: Memories Of The Italian Gore Maestro' featurette; 'Penning Some Paura' featurette; 'Profondo Luigi: A Colleague's Memories Of Lucio Fulci' featurette; Catriona MacCall and Giovanni Lombardo Radice Q&A session at the Glasgow Film Theatre; 'Fulci In The House – The Italian Master Of Splatter' featurette.
UK exclusive features directed by Calum Waddell and edited and produced by Naomi Holwill with associate producer Nick Frame.


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Karl H. Williams
MADISON – On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, Karl H. Williams, was peacefully called home by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at the age of 76.
He was born in Schuylkill County, PA on Feb. 1, 1937, the son of Harold and Blanche (Bressler) Williams. After graduating from high school in Middletown, PA, Karl joined the U.S. Air Force, where he served four years of duty.
Karl Married Darlene Unterseher on Dec. 24, 1959 in Baltimore, MD. Karl and Darlene would move to Madison where Karl began his career with the U.S. Post Office. He worked for the post office for 36 years, retiring Aug. 27, 1999 as clerk.
Karl enjoyed spending time with his family, especially watching his kids bowl. He love to take the family camping, boating, biking and fishing. He was a good handyman and gardner. Karl volunteered and had a true passion at the Riverwood Food Pantry, from the time it opened until his Alzehiemers would not allow him to be there.
Karl is survived by his wife of 53 years, Darlene; two children, Gregg and Melissa Williams, both of Madison; granddaughter, Kimberly Vilhauer, of Sioux Falls, SD; a brother, Keith (Barb) Williams, of Middletown, PA and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A Celebration of Karl's Life will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park Mausoleum, 401 Femrite Dr., Monona on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 beginning at 3 p.m. with Pastor Joel Alberti officiating. Military honors will follow the service. Visitation will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park Mausoleum on Thursday from 2 p.m. until the time of service.
The family would like to thank the staff's of Hannah's House and Southern Care Hospice for there exceptional care of Karl. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Southern Care Hospice, 402 Gammon Pl., Madison, WI 53719.


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Vienna Youth Soccer is partnering with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) by offering the "Double Goal Coach 1" certificate. This is a NCSL-required class. All new and current VYS coaches are encouraged to attend.
Double-Goal Coach I: '"Coaching for Winning and Life Lessons" Workshop
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Date: August 28
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text: When Jeff was living in Chicago performing in the band for the Blue Man Group and Erin was busy in Kansas City hosting CinemaKC and performing with Alacartoona, they began to practice in the car while commuting between the two cities. These videotaped practices led to gigs across the country. They now both call Kansas City home and will be showcasing local and national talent when they host EVE, the iconic New Year's Eve Party at the Kauffman Center. Randy Mason welcomed them to The Local Show for a preview of what to expect at the event as they ring in the new year.


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50 local gas stations found shorting customers
Inspectors inspect Wisconsin gas pumps
MADISON, Wis. - Inspectors found a few dozen local gas stations shortchanging their customers at the pump, as a new proposal could add to the team of people making sure drivers get what they pay for, a WISC-TV investigation revealed.
About 50 stations throughout southern and southwestern Wisconsin didn't deliver enough fuel since the start of 2011, mostly because of mechanical errors, inspectors said.
"You never know what you're going to get, which is why we're out here doing this," said Jared Williams, a state inspector who covers all of Dane and Iowa counties, except Madison.
No stations were shorting customers in Madison, records indicate. The city, like other metropolitan areas in Wisconsin, has its own inspectors who are able to check every pump yearly.
"I take it really seriously because I'm a consumer too, and I have to fill up my tank," said Cindy Lease, one of three city inspectors. "The cost of fuel has gone up so much, I think people are more aware of making sure everything's right."
The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has just 14 inspectors that perform quantity checks in outstate areas, including all of Madison's suburbs, Janesville and Beloit. Stations in cities with more than 5,000 people get tested every year, but not so in rural areas.
"I try to get out to as many pumps as I can in a year's time," Williams said.
Department officials have asked Gov. Scott Walker to triple the number of inspectors in his biennial budget. A separate agency does quality tests, meaning many stations get two inspections per year.
That's inefficient, and training all of them to perform one complete test would allow them to check more stations every year, department leaders said.
About 97.9 percent of pumps in 2011 were within the error rate that's allowed, state data indicate. Only 0.4 percent shortchange customers.
"They're not the evil that everybody thinks they are," Williams said.
Of those that failed tests and had pumps "red-tagged," or shut down until they're fixed, a station in Monona was off by 5 cents a gallon. Another pump in Sun Prairie was off by 29 cents a gallon.
Just as many, if not more, stations give customers more fuel that what they paid for. One pump in Beloit was giving drivers an extra 52 cents a gallon.
All of those errors were fixed, managers told WISC-TV.
State and local inspectors check for errors by pumping five gallons into their proving devices, which have a level to indicate the actual amount pumped. Errors are within the allowed range if they're only a few tablespoons under- or over-delivering.50 local gas stations found shorting customers
It's impossible to check the mechanics of a pump without the expensive devices the inspectors have, but consumers can still look out for two kinds of errors -- meter creep and meter jump.
Meter creep happens when cents continue to add up even after the consumer stops the pump, while meter jump takes place when the price calculates before the consumer begins pumping.
"Since I've been doing this job, I've told my family and my friends to always make sure the pump starts on zero," Williams said. If it doesn't, don't pump and tell the cashier immediately, he said.
No matter whether the station is in a populated area or a rural one, inspectors respond to consumer complaints within two weeks, Williams said.
To report a complaint, call the state hotline, 1-800-422-7128.
To see whether your station passed the inspection -- or whether it was tested at all in 2011 and 2012, click on the links below to access databases.
- Wisconsin DATCP Pump Accuracy Overview
- Madison Gas Station Inspections
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Do-ahead dish! Enhance savory, sausage stuffing by stirring in colorful, tart cranberries.
Spicy sausage comes in both 12-ounce and 16-ounce packages. Either size will work well in this recipe.
This dish is the perfect side for an unstuffed bird or turkey breast. Add green beans and a fruit salad for an easy holiday meal.
Just before serving, sprinkle the casserole with a few dried cranberries or tuck sprigs of fresh parsley or fresh sage leaves around the edge of the dish.
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Farbers give $10M to Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
Pharmaceutical industry veteran William Farber and his wife, Audrey, have made a $10 million gift to Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
The gift establishes an endowment for the temple's Susan and Rabbi Harold Loss Early Childhood Center, the temple said in a news release.
The endowment, in turn, will support the center's preschool program and provide yearly scholarships to temple members seeking a Jewish education for their preschool to kindergarten-aged children.
William Farber, chairman emeritus of Philadelphia-based generic drug manufacturer Lannett Co. Inc., and his wife have been longtime members of Temple Israel — one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in the country — and live in West Bloomfield.
Farber, now in his 80s, retired from Lannett in 2011 after serving as chairman of the board for 20 years.
Prior to joining Lannett, Farber was CEO of the former Michigan Pharmacal Corp. in Auburn Hills from 1965 through 1990 and a registered pharmacist in Michigan for more than 40 years, among other positions, according to Forbes.com.


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Here's a tummy-warming meal made conveniently with frozen veggies, cooked chicken and biscuit mix. It's so easy!
If you can't find seasoned diced chicken in the meat section of your store, check the deli or cut up a seasoned rotisserie chicken from the deli. A whole chicken, cut up, yields about 3 cups.
Is your kitchen "lid challenged"? Foil works as well as a lid on round casserole dishes as it does on square baking dishes and pans.
Pair this easy supper with a bagged salad tossed with a tangy dressing such as raspberry vinaigrette, or serve with a fresh fruit salad.
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Dance Theater of Nepal to perform, Nov. 18
Posted November 7, 2000; 02:02 p.m.
Dance Theater of Nepal will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18 in the Film and Dance Theatre of the Frist Campus Center, Princeton University. The concert will feature master Nepali dancer, musician, teacher, and Dance Theater of Nepal co-director, Raj Kapoor, and eleven other artists performing dances, songs, and instrumentals that represent the diverse and rich cultural heritage of Nepal.
The program will feature ten dances, including the Avalokiteshvara Dance, a classical spiritual discipline dance that is popular in Buddhist traditions; the Newari Dance, a folk dance that recognizes the Newari people, the first settlers of the Kathmandu valley; the Lakhe Dance, a masked dance depicting a demonic-like deity that is driven away with the birth of Krishna, who signifies benevolent and divine power; the Shebru Dance, a dance from Sherpa, who are known for their mountaineering skills; and the popular Jhhyaure Dance, a folk dance.
Located in the Himalayas of South Asia, Nepal is home to Hindus and Buddhists, as well as other groups including Magars, Ksatriyas, Brahmins, Newars, Tamangs, Gurungs, and Sherpas. Nepals music and dance are a major force in the daily lives of the people and represent their religious, cultural, and personal experiences.
The Princeton University International Center and the South Asian Students Association, with financial assistance and co-sponsorship from the Undergraduate Student Government Projects Board and the Frist Campus Center, organize the concert. Admission is free with a Princeton University ID and a limited number of general admission tickets are available for $10. Tickets can be picked up or purchased at the Welcome Desk of the Frist Campus Center. For more information, contact the International Center at Princeton University at (609) 258-5006.
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Lion Fight 7: Tiffany Van Soest Ready for Action
- Written by Dave Walsh
Lion Fight 7 is coming up this weekend, headlined by Joe Schilling squaring off against Eddie Walker, but on the undercard there is a whole hell of a lot going on as well. One of the bigger fights on the undercard is Jeri Sitzes vs. Tiffany Van Soest for the WBC 122lbs International Championship. Jeff Dojillo of Can't Stop Crazy caught up with Tiffany to get her thoughts on the upcoming fight and she talks about sacrificing her professional career to chase her dream.


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Warren Haynes Discusses His Grateful Dead Tribute Show and Gov't Mule's Star-Studded New Album, 'Shout!'
Red Rocks is a musical mecca, a natural amphitheater in the foothills of the Rockies renowned for its great sound and serene setting. On this summer night, afternoon storms have given way to sunshine. A rainbow spreads across the plains behind the stage, helping to make the place feel even more magical.
On the stage, flanked by massive slabs of red rocks, the Colorado Symphony is taking its place, the black-clad musicians ambling out to their seats with instruments in hand. It's an unusual setting for an orchestra—and an unusual crowd for one.
The steep rows of seats are filled with longhaired fans wearing Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers T-shirts. They're buzzing with anticipation, and maybe a little something else, too.
The conductor strides outs with a wave and takes his place in front of the musicians, with his back to the audience. Behind him, a trio of more casually dressed musicians shuffle out and take their places: drummer Jeff Sipe, bassist Lincoln Schleifer and, at the lead, guitarist Warren Haynes, who is grasping Jerry Garcia's iconic custom-made Wolf guitar. Built for Garcia by luthier Doug Irwin in 1972 and 1973, Wolf was one of the Grateful Dead leader's main guitars. It sold for $789,000 at auction in 2002, and its appearance here tonight is indeed special.
With a smile and a wave, Haynes is ready for business. The orchestra launches into the show's overture, a sweeping, majestic take on the Grateful Dead's psychedelic masterpiece "Dark Star." It must have been precisely what Jerry Garcia's family had in mind when they commissioned Haynes to pick material and work with arrangers to craft this unique tribute to the late guitarist.
A couple of hours later, after playing 19 Garcia songs both iconic and underground, Haynes stands in front of his dressing room in the cave-like basement backstage, shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with orchestra members. Around the corner, small plaques mark every concert ever held at the venue, going back to 1947.
Haynes has been playing here since 1989, appearing with the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, the Dead and Phil Lesh and Friends. A decade ago, he even received a trophy from the Red Rocks promoter after he appeared at the venue eight times with three bands in one summer. However, this is the first time Haynes has ever fronted an orchestra, and who's to say what may come next for the prolific guitarist. After all, Haynes has always been open to musical exploration.
As a case in point, look no further than Shout!, Gov't Mule's new, 10th studio album and their first for Blue Note Records. It's the band's first new recording in four years, coming on the heels of a yearlong hiatus, the first of the band's almost 20-year career.
Featuring Haynes, drummer Matt Abts, bassist Jorgen Carlsson and keyboardist/guitarist Danny Louis, Shout! is a diverse album. Its songs range from the punchy, new wave–inspired "Funny Little Tragedy" to the album-closing guitar jam of "Bring on the Music." This stylistic breadth is reflected in the range of guest singers who appear on the accompanying bonus disc, where they deliver their own takes on the album's songs. Among them are Dave Matthews, Steve Winwood, Jim James, Elvis Costello, Ben Harper, Grace Potter, Myles Kennedy, Glenn Hughes and Dr. John.
Clearly, Haynes' career is anything but predictable. As he settles into his dressing room at Red Rocks after the concert, Guitar World takes the opportunity to talk to him about these new projects and what's ahead for him and the long-running Gov't Mule.
GUITAR WORLD: How did this symphonic exploration of the Grateful Dead's music come about?
Jerry's people called to say they had an idea about putting on some performances with symphonies playing Jerry's music. They asked me to be involved as the first guest artist. I picked the material and sent my arrangement ideas to three arrangers, who took it from there. I actually called Phil [Lesh, Grateful Dead founder and bassist] when it was time to pick arrangers and got his take on the concept and some help picking the arrangers. That's his world. He knows more about classical music than anyone I know, and far, far more than I do.


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Last February, I touched on a primary assessment drill. Here, we'll break primary assessment into five drills using a single rescuer. Primary assessment can lead to caring for and monitoring an unconscious victim, dealing with severe bleeding, providing rescue breathing, or CPR. It includes:
Check for responsiveness/summons EMS (body rolling victim when necessary).
Look, listen and feel for breathing with a pulse check.
If there's severe bleeding, provide care.
Sound easy? It's not! Primary assessment with a progression to the appropriate patient care should take under a minute. Also, most PA training is done in a quiet setting and several steps skimmed over verbally rather than done physically.
Speed and proficiency are mandatory for effective assessment. Train with these drills to get your team ready for the challenge. The rescuer's personal safety is key, and a scene size-up with gloving up is the prequel to every primary assessment.
Gloving up during scene size-up drill: Have the team line up with gloves in hand. Objective: Each must have their gloves on in the time it takes to verbalize all components of a scene size-up. Scene size-up should be a scan including the following:
Check for environmental dangers.
Determine the number of victims.
Assess if more resources are needed.
Determine the cause of victim's injury.
Assess if the victim should be extricated.
Depending on your agency, local protocols and training level, scene size-up could include if spinal precautions are needed.
This is all done before entering the scene and making contact with patient while simultaneously pulling gloves from a fanny pack and putting them on. Timing goal: 10-12 seconds to finish the objective with a trainer reciting the components.
Once proficient, move to variations:
Lifeguards start with gloves in their fanny packs (no change).
In verbal unison, guards recite the components of scene size-up while gloving up (15 seconds, then reduce to 10-12 seconds once proficient).
Combine the two variations above: Guards verbalize scene size-up starting with gloves in fanny packs (15 seconds, then reduce to 10-12 seconds) .
Body roll drill: Form teams of three: a primary rescuer, a secondary rescuer and a victim. Victim is on their side, rescuer(s) 5-10 feet away. Objective: Primary rescuer checks victim's responsiveness, states, "No response," body rolls victim to a supine position. Be careful with head, neck and back while rolling the victim. A secondary rescuer arrives. The primary rescuer tells the secondary rescuer to "activate EMS." Timing goal: 5-7 seconds to finish objective.
Once proficient, move to variations:
Victim is in prone position (10 seconds).
Rescuers start with gloves on (no change).
Once victim is supine, rescuer takes lateral or cephalic position (no change).
Victim is prone; rescuers body roll them. Once victim is supine, secondary rescuer leaves to activate EMS and the primary moves to lateral or cephalic position on victim (5-7 seconds).
Airway maneuver progression drill: This drill was mentioned in Nov./Dec. 2013 and is integral to PA. Several variations have been modified to include quickly checking for breathing and pulse for no more than 10 seconds.) Pair the guards as rescuer and victim. Victim is supine on ground; rescuer, 5-10 feet away. Objective: Rescuer moves to victim's lateral side; opens airway with head-tilt/chin-lift. Rescuer now can look, listen, feel for breathing. Timing goal: 5 seconds to finish objective. Once proficient, move to variations:
Rescuer in cephalic position does jaw-thrust with head extension (5 seconds).
Rescuer checks pulse after opening airway in lateral position (no change).
Rescuer checks pulse after opening airway in cephalic position (no change).
Rescuer opens airway in lateral position, checks for breathing and pulse for no more than 10 seconds (up to 15 seconds).
Rescuer opens airway in cephalic position, checks for breathing and pulse for no more than 10 seconds (up to 15 seconds).
Scan for bleeding drill: Guards are paired as rescuer and victim. Victim is supine on ground; rescuer checks for breathing, pulse. Rescuer says, "Scanning for severe bleeding," and awaits trainer's cue for type of care to provide. Objective: Rescuer provides the appropriate care based within time frame allowed. Timing goal: Vary depending on the victim's medical condition.
Trainer states that the victim has:
"No severe bleeding; victim is breathing." Rescuer maintains an open airway on the victim. (5 seconds).
"Severe bleeding from (L or R) leg." Rescuer requests assistance, provides direct pressure to control bleeding (10 seconds).
"No severe bleeding, no breathing, but there's a pulse." Rescuer provides adult rescue breathing with a pocket mask for three breaths, making chest rise (18 seconds).
"No severe bleeding, no breathing, no pulse." Rescuer does CPR for one cycle, 30 compressions with 2 breaths (30 seconds). Once proficient, reduce to 24 seconds.
Add another rescuer and modify care that supports two rescuers.
"No severe bleeding; victim's breathing." Rescuers keep airway open (5 seconds).
"Severe bleeding from (L or R) leg." Primary rescuer provides direct pressure to control bleeding, secondary rescuer retrieves first aid kit; both rescuers use bandages, gauze to stop bleeding (20 seconds).
"No severe bleeding, no breathing, but there's a pulse." Primary rescuer provides adult rescue breathing with pocket mask; secondary rescuer retrieves BVM and assembles as other rescuer performs three breaths, making chest rise. Rescuers use BVM for one breath (25 seconds).
"No severe bleeding, no breathing, no pulse." Rescuers provide two-person CPR for one cycle, 30 compressions with 2 breaths (30 seconds). When proficient, reduce to 24 seconds.
Once the team is proficient in all the drills, link them together with the primary assessment combination drill: End goal is to do a sequence connecting all 4 drills into one fluid drill. First, combine two drills, then add more once the team shows proficiency. Objective: Rescuer(s) finish combined drills within the timing goals. To attain success, it will likely take several in-service trainings. Timing goal: The timing goal from each drill and variation should be added together; it varies depending on the drill combination (45-90 seconds).
Remember, practice builds skill, which in turn builds personal empowerment, elevating the rescuer to an aquatics professional. Train often, and with a passion.


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The demand for tickets to Bubbles and Sweets... With a Twist spawned a slew of exclamation-filled want ads on Craigslist, desperate texts to festival organizers, and even a hand-scrawled "wanted" poster pinned to Starbucks' bulletin board. This annual soiree, where everything is either sweet or effervescent or both, is a favorite of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival's younger set, as evidenced by the throngs of pretty young things dressed in cocktail party frippery who flocked to the tents in Marion Square for the 9 p.m. party. Short hemlines and sky-high heels were de rigueur at this see-and-be-seen scene sponsored by Charleston magazine and the Art Institute of Charleston.
In previous years, a suave deejay served as warden of the fete's flow, but organizers decided to ratchet up the ruckus with a cover band called Hot Sauce that churned out rock versions of popular top 40 hits, including Ke$ha and Fergie. A few old school favorites—Madonna's Holiday, anyone?—kept the beat bouncing right along, and the syncopation of a few hundred sugar buzzed bodies on the crowded dance floor left even the bystanders breathless.
Kelly Wilson, a favored local dame of dark chocolate (although don't ask her to make a molten cake when figs are in season), lived up to her reputation for clever confections with a bubble gum ice cream float that Charleston food editor Marion Sullivan dubbed delicious!
In addition to the 12 local pastry chefs who participated in Bubbles and Sweets, Elizabeth Falkner of San Francisco's Citizen Cake had a plum position beneath the carnival-style lightbulb sign that spelled S-W-E-E-T-S. She popped up at the late night after party hosted by FIG, and we wished she could have been convinced to stick around the city long enough to whip up her classic carrot birthday cake for a celebration later this week...
The ice luge was popular. The portions were substantial. And the pink, furry handcuffs-as-decor were eye-catching. We're looking at you, Mitchell Crosby, party planner extraordinaire.
In short, this fete would have even the most dour Oompa Loompa doing pirouettes of spun sugared glee amid mounds of bon bons. Right, Denise Barto?


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Hiding in the laundry chute of his luxury riverside apartment, Hohepa Morehu-Barlow fumed as he watched detectives rummage through his trove of designer belongings.
The "royal" was in hiding. His home and its contents - from the collection of Louis Vuitton gear to the HRH-embroidered garments and crown - were about to be seized by the Queensland Government.
The raid capped an almighty fall from grace.
The New Zealander's life of lies toppled faster than he could comprehend - his existence was funded by A$16.6 million ($20.8 million) stolen from the state Government, not an allowance he received as a Tahitian prince, as he had managed to convince friends, colleagues, bosses and perhaps even himself.
"The idea of [police] going through 'his' property, it was the most offensive thing anyone could do, he was offended," says his former lawyer AdamMagill.
As Morehu-Barlow hid from police who had swarmed through his home, his face and name were printed in papers and broadcast on TV on both sides of the Tasman.
He was outed as a pretentious Kiwi bureaucrat who perpetrated an outrageous fraud to fund his lifestyle as one of Brisbane's fashionable high-flyers.
His slush fund bought him designer clothes, expensive liquor, and all the "friends" he wanted.
As he was sentenced this week to 14 years in a Queensland jail after pleading guilty to eight fraud and drugs charges, he finally had the notoriety he had perhaps always craved.
The guillotine had fallen, but as he was led to the cells of the Brisbane District Court he grinned widely. Everyone knew who he was.
Hohepa Morehu-Barlow was born in New Zealand on February 13, 1975, the eldest of six children.
According to the lawyer who represented him in court this week, he had a troubled upbringing in Thames.
David Shepherd told the court his client's father was a drunken and violent man who often beat their mother and she, in turn, would leave the house. Her children had to fend for themselves.
As youngsters, Morehu-Barlow, his four brothers and sister would roam the streets looking for food or family members for help. Morehu-Barlow was always riddled with guilt and shame about the life he and his siblings lived.
His only escape was at school, where he was a diligent student. He graduated from Thames High School in 1993 and went on to study at the Taranaki Polytechnic and then Victoria University of Wellington before dropping out in favour of a move to Australia to join his sister Kelly Barlow in 2001.
Though he lacked a degree, his climb through the ranks of Queensland Health was impressive.
"He got something like five promotions in a two-year period," Mr Magill says. "He's very articulate. He's an intelligent bloke."
Morehu-Barlow, who started calling himself Joel, was a middle-level finance manager estimated to be earning A$100,000 a year when Brisbane's social life beckoned.
He had learned how the health department grants system worked and hatched a plot to manipulate it. Increasingly large sums were paid, purportedly to a business which he set up himself, but they actually went to his personal bank account.
The money was spent on designer threads, parties, holidays and a collection of gaudy belongings, including a crown and items with fake royal crests.
He began to tell people he was a Tahitian prince, and worked only because his parents would otherwise stop his large allowance.
The fraud fuelled the lie and the lie hid the fraud.
The motivation perhaps came from the suicide of a brother in 2007, a tragedy that had a "profound effect" on him, his lawyer told the court this week.
The guilt Morehu-Barlow felt as a helpless older brother when they were children returned and he began using more party drugs.
When he was arrested he was found sprawled on the bed in his luxury apartment after an apparently deliberate overdose.
"He revisited all of those feelings of inadequacy and deprivation he felt when he was a child," Mr Shepherd said.
"Accessing money was perhaps a way of alleviating those feelings of guilt. The spiral began ... [and] it became compulsive.
"He became a relatively popular character, [which] provided a buffer for him against the feelings of guilt but also put pressure on him to maintain the facade.
"When it reached its final inevitable conclusion he attempted to kill himself and that's when he was found by police."
Morehu-Barlow stole almost A$17 million between 2008 and his arrest in December 2011. Police froze A$12 million of assets, including his A$5.65 million apartment, a Mercedes-Benz and an Audi A4.
During the days he hid in his laundry chute, family in Australia and New Zealand were shocked to hear what he was accused of.
"We were actually preparing for my uncle's wedding and then next minute he was all over the news," first cousin Shannon Morehu said.
"It was a big shock. But family stick together. You can pick your friends but your family you're stuck with."
If Joel Barlow was a prince then James St was almost certainly his kingdom.
A playground for the affluent and arty, the leafy precinct in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley is filled with hip clubs and restaurants and designer everything.
Here he could splash his stolen millions on everything, including newfound "friends", although few of them want to talk about him now.
Nestled beside a cafe just off James St is Libertine Parfumerie, the posh designer fragrance store many believed Morehu-Barlow co-owned. Owner Nick Smart was reluctant to discuss him this week.
Mr Smart, a tall man as delicately preened as the fake prince himself, is prickly and defensive when questioned and claims he can't comment about Morehu-Barlow because "Joel was a client".
"Everyone knows Joel Barlow," one woman says as she walks into another James St store and overhears a conversation about the man.
What do you know about him? "He's a very naughty boy," she says.
He may have been naughty but no one on James St complained. Some genuinely believed he was royalty, one woman says, and Morehu-Barlow's arrogance and outlandish sprees only helped convince others.
"I know people who were convinced he was a prince," she says from behind a desk at an avant-garde furniture store.
"'Our Tahitian prince' they used to call him, because he was such a good customer."
Contemporary jewellery store Stone and Metal was one of the beneficiaries of his spending. He once walked through the store with his phone glued to his ear as he pointed at expensive pieces of jewellery to look at.
Eventually the woman in the store asked which of the items he wanted to buy. "All of them," he replied.
Nearby, in Brisbane's nightclub district, Morehu-Barlow threw a A$140,000 birthday bash for the people he liked to impress.
It was capped with a cake designed to look like luggage from Louis Vuitton, the designer store where he spent more than A$600,000 and was reportedly the biggest customer in the Southern Hemisphere.
"He was tied up in that lie. He thought he was invincible," Mr Magill says.
"From the outside looking in he had everything he could have wanted. He could do anything he wanted.
"He was living the lie and ... because he had that much money he had the ability to pull it off, pull off the ultimate fraud."
But his time was running out, and as quickly as he was arrested and cut off from his A$12 million of assets, those he called friends began distancing themselves from him.
The prince had fallen from his fictitious throne.
In the Arthur Gorrie Correction Centre on Brisbane's outskirts, Morehu-Barlow's A$6 million apartment has been replaced by a cell, designer suits by prison-issue tracksuits. The sports cars and luxury luggage are gone. The only mod cons are a Sony PlayStation and satellite TV network Foxtel.
Many of his "friends" stopped contacting him after his arrest, his cousin Shannon Morehu said.
Some still visit but it's mostly whanau who make regular trips to see how he is.
He is behind bars until at least December 2016, when he can apply for parole. When he's released he will be deported to New Zealand.
But it may have been his notoriety that meant Morehu-Barlow was "upbeat" when family visited on Sunday; that meant he smiled widely as he waved goodbye to friends and family in the Brisbane District Court this week.
As Adam Magill walked through the prison on his way to meet Morehu-Barlow shortly after his arrest, the lawyer greeted a number of former clients who were behind bars.
Initially Mr Magill thought the "penny had dropped" for Morehu-Barlow, that he had realised his lies had finally caught up with him.
But the fraudster still lusted for glamour. He enjoyed the attention.
"You're almost as famous as I am," he told his lawyer, whom he would soon run out of money to pay.
Deception began early
Hohepa Morehu-Barlow was a fraudster long before he moved to Australia and started stealing from Queensland Health.
In New Zealand in 1998, he was still known as Joseph Barlow, the name he grew up with.
It was about this time he was dragged before a court for stealing almost $32,000 from his employer, a charge that brought him a suspended eight-month jail term.
The next year he changed his name to Hohepa, the Maori equivalent of Joseph, and hyphenated his surname to include his father's family name.
This would be his identity for a new life in Australia.
He moved across the Tasman in the early 2000s but it wasn't until 2007 that he started work for Queensland Health.
Over four years he managed to fleece the state Government of more than $16 million. But his lies began before he was even employed.
On his CV, Morehu-Barlow claimed to have a high-ranking law degree from Victoria University of Wellington, a qualification that landed him on the path to becoming a senior finance manager.
After his arrest police found the degree never existed. Morehu-Barlow had started a bachelor of commerce but never completed it.
Nevertheless, once ensconced at Queensland Health he set up a fake business and forged documents, including letters under the state health minister's hand, to legitimise the transfer of state funds to his personal account.
He forged more documents for the largest, and last, of his 62 fraudulent payments, purportedly for a dental building at a Queensland university.
His lies were discovered after a mid-level manager suspicious of the large amount involved searched for information about the business and found Morehu-Barlow was the director.
In court, his lawyer David Shepherd said Morehu-Barlow felt he could have been caught at any time.
"That behaviour can be seen as compulsive and self-destructive rather than the desire to have money."
But Judge Kerry O'Brien described Morehu-Barlow's offending as an "audacious scheme ... to obtain an opulent and extravagant lifestyle [and] a way for you to ingratiate yourself to other people. Your dishonesty only ceased with police involvement."
Rich tally
Many of the items seized from Hopeha Morehu-Barlow's home were auctioned in Brisbane this month. They included dozens of items from his favoured designer, Louis Vuitton.
There were 15 business shirts, 28 ties, 30 pairs of shoes, four suits, five jackets, one fur-like collar, one dinner coat, one vest and one bathrobe.
The list of Louis Vuitton accessories included 26 scarves (one made of fox fur), nine cufflinks and a wallet, embossed with HRH.
From the same designer he had six overnight bags, three sports bags, three satchels, four towels, an umbrella, business card holder, laptop bag and iPad holder.
He bought art, designer alcohol, including vintage champagne, and a signed All Black jersey.
Other belongings up for sale included 22 sets of rosary beads, nine antique robots, three iPhones, a Hermes saddle, a Whitney Houston 2010 tour book and an iPod engraved with HRH Hohepa Morehu-Barlow.
The auction raised more than $1 million for Queensland Health.
Rise and fall
1975 Born, the oldest of six children, grew up in Thames
1993 Graduated from Thames High School
1996-2001 Victoria University of Wellington
2001 Moved to Australia
2005 Started work at Queensland Health
2008 Began defrauding the health department of A$5 millionNov
2011 Forged documents to have A$11 million transferred into his bank account
Dec 2011 Arrested after hiding from police for two days
2013 Pleads guilty to biggest fraud so far on Queensland Government and sentenced to 14 years' jail Dec
2016 Eligible for parole


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Then one of those "Texas things" happened.
I'd yelped for the umpteenth time on a slate call and then closed my eyes for a catnap. Just as I was getting comfortable, however, a gobble floated out of the timber. Yeah, right. I closed my eyes again. Another gobble erupted.
OK, fine. I nudged my friend, and we gave chase. Within minutes, the bird was gobbling regularly at my calling, but he seemed stuck at a small, open flat about 120 yards below us. My buddy hadn't killed many turkeys, so I set him up near a small rise and walked behind him to float-call. With any luck, I'd pull the longbeard right down my friend's barrel.
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TUPELO – The Natchez Trace Parkway kicked off its 75th year Tuesday with a visit from the director of the National Park Service.
It's only the second time a current director has visited the parkway, according to Dale Wilkerson, acting superintendent of the Natchez Trace. The last visit was in 1962.
Jon Jarvis has been director of the NPS since November 2009. It's the highest rank in the agency. But Tuesday when he met with Trace employees, he reminded them he spent years working in the field.
"I'm a career guy in a political job," he said. "As a career guy, I know what you do and I have incredible appreciation for it. I know how hard you work."
The parkway, which spans from Natchez to Nashville, has about 180 employees. Employees within 50 miles of Tupelo were encouraged to attend and meet Jarvis.
Jarvis focused his presentation on the NPS' 100th anniversary in 2016. The agency is making partnerships and is looking for ways to create buzz.
One of the "coolest" partnerships so far, Jarvis said, is with the Tournament of Roses. In 2016, the Rose Parade's theme will be the National Park Service, with the 100-plus floats representing a park or something about the agency.
He's also working to make sure the NPS remains relevant to the American public.
"It's a big, crazy, competitive world out there," he said. "I worry about the next 100 years."
He said the NPS is researching how social media, sports stars and Hollywood actors can be incorporated to help promote the agency.
"We are the largest informal education organization in the United States," he said. "We have, in my mind, a deep societal responsibility to present these places – not only the physical place, but the emotions behind it. We have the responsibility to remind people what it means to be an American."
The Natchez Trace Parkway fits the bill, Jarvis said Tuesday, calling it a "slice of history."
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Robert R. "Bob" Weaver, age 85, of Madison, passed away on January 22, 2013 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, with his family by his side.
Bob was born on October 8, 1927 to Lem J. Weaver and Elvy Hughes in La Mesa, New Mexico. He and his family (older brother John and sister Merle) were part of the great workers' migration of the 1930s, when his family was forced to take whatever work was available from the mining towns in New Mexico and Arizona to the orchard fields and forests of Oregon and California. Bob attended eight grammar schools and three high schools and was hard working from a very young age, undertaking a variety of youth jobs including carrying water to silver miners and laying railroad ties. Bob was a great lover of the outdoors and animals. For fun he and John would catch wild donkeys and ride them over the summer, and while in northern California he learned to love camping and fishing, a pass-time that he continued to enjoy throughout his life. Bob also adored dogs and hated to see their suffering, once long ago losing part of a finger to save his bulldog from a fight. But it was Lois, his loyal white Labrador, who brought him the most happiness later in life.
After his high school graduation at age 17 he first tried join the US Navy by stowing away on a navy transport with John, only later to be officially enlisted with his parents' support. He served from 1945 to 1954 at the US Naval Air Station in Oakland California. Beginning his career as a Storekeeper, 3rd class he worked in various positions achieving the rank of Disbursing Clerk 1st class. After an honorable discharge he went on to be an active Naval Reservist with the US Naval Surface Division - Seabees - in Madison Wisconsin until 1968. During his service he received numerous commendations and was consistently praised for excellent service and performance of the highest caliber. One of his commanding officers commented, "Bob always acted in the highest tradition of the Navy and got the most from his men. He was extremely impressive and wore his uniform with great pride."
Bob married the love of his life, Barbara Ann Flood, in 1951 while stationed in Oakland. They moved to Madison in 1952 and lived on the Central and West sides of Madison for over 50 years where they had three children, Mary, Michael and Thomas.
Bob worked for 34 years as a Permit Supervisor for the State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, until his retirement in 1989. He was also an active member of Bethel Lutheran Church, ushering there for over 30 years. He continued to be active with the Christian Men's and Friendly Visitors groups at Bethel. Bob also adopted the Norwegian traditions of Barb's family and was a long time member of the Idun Lodge of the Sons of Norway. He was an excellent lefse maker and loved lutefisk dinners.
Bob is survived by his wife of 62 years, Barbara, three children, Mary (Jeff); Michael (Teresa) and Thomas (Rachel) and seven grandchildren: Evan, Lucas, Amy, Sara, Ruby, Matilda and Abigail as well as his sister Merle. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother John Weaver.
Visitation will be held at Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Road on Friday, February 8, 2013 from 4 - 7 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Avenue, on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at Bethel from 10:00 am until time of service. Interment of cremains will be at the Bonnet Prairie Cemetery in a private service at a later date.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Bethel Lutheran Church - Media Ministry; Oakwood Foundation or the Bonnet Prairie Foundation.
Thanks to all the doctors and nurses at the Cardiac ICU at the University of Wisconsin Hospital. A special thank you to Stephanie and the entire staff at the UW Preventative Cardiology Clinic for your dedication, friendship and watchful eye as Bob did his cardiac rehab over the years.
Dad, there will never be enough words to tell you how much we all love you and miss you. Rest easy.


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