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HIV in the Classroom: Making AIDS Activist History a Part of U.S. History
A Conversation With Jim Hubbard, Co-Director of the ACT UP Oral History Project
March 29, 2013
Do you think the general U.S. population just "got used to AIDS?" No, of course not. "It wasn't a passive process, and they weren't nice about it," recalls filmmaker Jim Hubbard; "This country had to be forced to deal with the crisis." And activist groups like ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) were at the forefront of America's earliest education about AIDS.
Fast forward a few decades, and Hubbard -- director of the gripping 2012 documentary United in Anger: A History of ACT UP -- along with renowned author and academic Sarah Schulman, are the two people behind the ACT UP Oral History Project. Since 2001, Schulman and Hubbard have been preserving the history of the influential AIDS activist group, and working to push this rich chronicle into its rightful place in mainstream U.S. history -- as a justice movement as significant, and vital to explore, as the feminist movement, the African-American civil rights movement and the LGBT rights movement. The creators of a series of over 150 interviews with original ACT UP activists, they've put ACT UP in the halls of the New York and San Francisco Public Libraries, inspired Palestinian activists, and ignited a new generation of students who didn't know you can fight the system.
Read other articles in this spotlight series.
Can you give us a quick "oral history" of the ACT UP Oral History Project?
Actually, the ACTUP Oral History Project is my day job. It took me 25 years to figure out how to do it, but I'm paid to be a filmmaker. Not getting rich, but it pays the mortgage and buys food.
The ACT UP Oral History Project began in June of 2001. It was the 20th anniversary of AIDS. I got a frantic phone call from Sarah. She was in L.A., she was driving in a car and listening to the radio and heard this radio broadcast that was in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of AIDS. Essentially, it said, "At first, Americans were upset by AIDS, and then they got used to it."
Sarah said, "We have to do something about this incredible erasure of the entire history of AIDS activism, and the work of those thousands of people who forced the U.S. government to deal with the AIDS epidemic, and changed the way the mainstream media portrayed people with AIDS and the epidemic, and got AIDS into the consciousness of Americans." It wasn't a passive process, and they weren't nice about it. This country had to be forced to deal with the crisis.
We started talking about it and decided that the best way to preserve and to tell the history of AIDS activism and ACT UP -- I think we decided to focus on ACT UP because we were involved and it was the most effective of the AIDS activist groups -- was to let the people involved tell their own stories and their own history.
One of the most important tenets of the AIDS activist movement is that people with AIDS and people in the trenches fighting the epidemic with them were the true experts on AIDS. So, we created this mechanism for them to tell their own stories. We've done 154 interviews now. They range in length from an hour to four hours long. There are complete transcripts and short video clips from 108 of the interviews on the website, actuporalhistory.org, and ultimately all the interviews will be up there. In fact, all the video of the interviews in their entirety will be on the Internet for anyone to view.
Whose interview was four hours? Whose was the longest?
There is kind of a tie for longest interviews. Richard Elovich, Maxine Wolfe, Tom Kalin, and Avram Finkelstein, and Zoe Leonard is kind of a close second. There are a number of people who just have so much to say. That's the amazing thing about these interviews, is that they are continually fascinating. There's always new information, and they're not padded. It's just filled with information, with stories, with analyses of what happened. It's just an incredible intellectual process.
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Greetings! Jeff Woolsey here from the virtualization team. We have some big news today! We just released the Windows Hyper-V BETA! The Hyper-V beta is a major step forward from the Preview release we provided just a couple of months ago. This beta is publicly available and you can download it HERE. Some of the… Read more


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[color=#696969;]Current Chapter:[/color] #14: "Statorak Furax"A Tale of Two Paths is the story of a Ga-Matoran from the Water Fragment of Shattered, who through the Olmak Effect anomaly is stranded far from Clysmax with almost no hope of ever returning. Along with her, as a Ga-Toa from Tribal, who forms a bond with the Ga-Matoran after the crash. Soon afterwards, they are separated.Constructive criticism and mountains of praise are welcome. (Preferably the latter) Also, if you have some suggestions to improve my writing style, tell me.This story was originally posted on the old boards, unfinished. Recently, I decided to pick it up again and (hopefully) finish it. I will gradually repost the chapters until I hit the new stuff, in order to avoid having the boards automerge the chapters.[font="'palatino linotype';"][color=#696969;]Mini-Guide:[/color][/font]To those unfamiliar with the Expanded Multiverse, much of this may be confusing. 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This causes unstable portals between worlds to be created, altered history, appearances, and other stuff that would make Dr. Emelius Brown throw a fit. Time-space continu-whatever and 88 mph. and all that. The governments of some of the worlds have started projects to try to combat this entropy, like Team Cipher, the subject of The Cipher Chronicles.[/color] But that doesn't matter all that much in A Tale of Two Paths.The only safe method of travel between the planets of Aethion are Olmak Totems: little wooden objects containing the fragments of the shattered Olmak. By touching one, a person is teleported from that totem to its corresponding totem on the destination world. Many beings are teleported unwillingly by Olmak anomalies: turbulent portals that are created when the Olmak Effect is particularly unstable. These anomalies are extremely dangerous, and can cause great potential physical and mental injuries. New beings are created by the olmak effect in Aethion, and like the rest of the expanded multiverse, they are usually combined from beings from the various other dimensions, and some characters, like Akla, in this story, bear an almost exact resemblance to other beings, although they always are differentiated from the source material in several ways.A few other miscellaneous facts about the Olmak Effect taken from the Official EM Reference Topic: When the Olmak Totems of a planet are brought closer together, the Olmak Effect on that planet gets worse and for this reason they are usually kept apart. Some believe that if the six totems of a planet were brought together, the resulting distorsions would teleport a person to Enigma. The Olmak Effect doesn't occur near the Izumal power source, though the reason, like the power source itself, is unknown. The only beings who don't know about, or don't accept, these findings are the Atohune natives, who believe the Olmak Effect is caused by the boredom of the spirits.[color=#696969;]Atohune[/color][color=#000000;] is the Tribal world. Heavily forested, it is populated by inumerable primitive tribes that worship 'spirits' living in gigantic towers that contain the Olmak totems of this world. These towers are carried by tribes from one location to the other for the purpose of entertaining the spirits. Since they believe that the spirits cause the Olmak effect when they are displeased, they give the towers priority over everything, and no tribe ever gets in the way if they can help it.[/color][color=#000000;]In this story, however, one of the tribes is in a bit of a tight spot. A tiny tribe of nomads is trapped between all of the tribes bearing totems, and one of the tribes want to move their tower to the location of the nomads, and unless they scram, the agressors will take them out of the picture. Their turaga will have to buy time in order to survive, but how long can they hold out?[/color][color=#696969;]Izumal[/color][color=#000000;] is the Enlightened world. [/color][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]Izumal is entirely separate from the other planets, both for their extreme technological advancement and for its culture of enlightenment and purity. This planet is unique in that it is made primarily out of protodermic silver and gold. [/font][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]Its main citizens live in a single city made mostly of powerful silver nanites with protodermic powers and a highly secret unlimited power source (or so they claim). Virtually anything you can imagine is made possible by the nanites there, and its citizens are totally at peace with each other; crime is almost unheard of, and few ever desire to leave. They do not allow travel to here from other worlds; visitors are told to immediately go home, or be imprisoned, lest the harmony of this world be unbalanced. [/font][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]They have become able to control the weather, so that clouds from the oceans move directly into receptables in the city that feed water to canals. They can also use controlled tornadoes for security purposes.[/font][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]There are outlying criminal camps in the wilderness, and criminals enter the city sometimes. There are thus police and investigators. Most crimes involve hacking, so the camps are also called hacker camps, though not every camp has hackers in it. [/font][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"]Agents wearing powerful nanite suits war against these camps, and from time to time, they show up on mysterious missions on the other planets, bullying their way to whatever it is they want. When they go on these offworld missions, they are unstoppable and spark terror in the hearts of all, but they do not kill, and their goals don't even seem to make tactical sense. They claim to be good, but most Aethion inhabitants see them as the real evil of this universe.[/font] (Taken from the Expanded Multiverse Reference Topic)[color=#696969;]The other worlds[/color][color=#000000;] are the Central planet, Alarist; the Shattered planet, Clysmax; the Industrial planet, Promathus; the Tyrant planet, Tanuuk; the Warzone planet, Barrawahi; and Enigma. Information on all these (except Enigma, obviously) can be found here[/color], but none of the story takes place on any of those planets, so it shouldn't be too important.[color=#696969;]Main Characters:[/color] [color=#696969;]Laro[/color][color=#000000;] is a toa of water from Atohune, who was sent by the turaga of her nomad tribe to retreive help from Alarist for one of their villagers. She wears a Great Mask of Concealment, and looks basically like a Toa Mata. You'll learn more about her as you read.[/color] [color=#696969;]Kiasu[/color][color=#000000;] is a Ga-Matoran from Clysmax, and serves in the air force of the Allied Fragments of Clysmax. In the midst of a firefight, she was brought to Atohune by an Olmak anomaly caused by the convergence of various Tribal Olmak Totem towers. She looks like a smaller version of the Av-Matoran/Shadow Matoran from '08, and wears a kanohi shaped like a Great Hau. [/color][color=#000000;]She has extra armor on her torso and shoulders issued by the Clysmax military, and bears the insignia of her unit and rank on her shoulders. Like Laro, you'll learn about her as you read.[/color] Here's a height comparison for your convenience:The rest of the mini-guide information will be placed in spoiler tags corresponding with each chapter. Some of the work is still in progress, so you may not find what you're looking for yet.[font="'Palatino Linotype';"][color=#696969;]Credit to:[/color][/font]bonesiii and Swert for designing the Expanded Multiverse.The winners of EM Contest 2: Name the Expanded Multiverse, for the names of the planets/multiverse/etc. More specifically, Lloyd: The White Wolf, for the name "Aethion"; Advant, for the name "Alarist"; ~~Zarkan~~, for the name "Promathus"; Xander004, for the name "Atohune"; Uzumakikunai, for the name "Barrawahi"; makuta of xhini nui, for the name "Tanuuk"; TRINUMA NUVA: One Traveler, for the name "Izumal"; and finally, Good Omens for the name "Clysmax".Credit to Axinian for the character of Statorak Furax, featured in Chapter 3.Credit to BCii for the original idea of the Judgement Cannon.And all the other Expanded Multiverse contributors.[font="'palatino linotype';"][color=#696969;]Special Thanks to:[/color][/font]GaliGee, for if she hadn't written her stories, I might not have attempted to write mine.Exo-Fat for creating the Abyss and Abyssal Plain RPG's, in which I created the original character of Akla, and otherwise, Akla would not be in this story.Charles Dickens for writing A Tale of Two Cities, which gave me the idea for the title. 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Looks like iBooks 3.0 may be making an appearance at this Tuesday's iPad mini event, at least if specifications that mysteriously showed up in a book listing on the iBookstore is correct. Florian Innocente of iGen.fr caught the reference in a volume of The Largo Winch series.
This wouldn't be the first time iTunes revealed something it ought not be revealing, but it's impossible to rule out simple errors in the strings as well, so it's important to remember nothing is confirmed until Apple announces it.
However, this is in line with what iMore has been hearing since we first learned about the iPad mini back in May -- namely that the iPad mini is aimed squarely at Amazon, the Kindle, and their Kindle books empire, much in the same way as Apple has aimed past features and services at Google and Android. Ebooks, unlike music and video, is one of the few areas where Amazon has a good content presence, and reading is one of the few areas where, at least in some markets, the Kindle may be preferred over the current 9.7-inch iPad.
Apple, of course, would rather everyone use an iPad, and it looks increasingly like they're going to make their case for that using the iPad mini in just a few days time...
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The Lakers' assorted round of castoffs that make up the team's bench have mixed in a dose of energy here and a dash of shooting there that often makes coach Mike D'Antoni joke he'd rather start them.
But the Lakers' 114-108 loss Sunday to the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center revealed one indisputable reality. The Lakers' bench may lead the league in scoring. They may have guided the Lakers out of a 17-point deficit against Portland after missing their first 11 shots of the game, and a 20-point deficit in the second half. They may have helped the Lakers exceed expectations as they nurse a sidelined Kobe Bryant (left Achilles tendon) and Steve Nash (back). But the Lakers' starting lineup left a hole too deep to climb. It also didn't help there remained an obvious talent disparity between the Lakers (9-9) and Trail Blazers (14-3), who boasts last year's NBA rookie of the year in Damian Lillard (24 points) and two-time NBA All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge (27 points).
"I didn't think the energy was good," D'Antoni said. "I didn't think we fought through adversity. I didn't think we were tough enough. I didn't think there was enough resistance defensively."
Hence, the Lakers fourth-quarter lineup featured Pau Gasol, Jordan Hill and Steve Blake mostly sitting the entire fourth quarter, while reserves named Xavier Henry, Robert Sacre and Shawne Williams closed out the game.
Henry boasted a career-high 27 points on 9 of 12, while Sacre posted a career-high 12 points. But Lillard's 3-pointer, Jodie Meek's turnover and a Wesley Mathews making a pair of free throws quickly quieted the Staples Center crowd after Sacre's bank shot cut Portland's lead to 101-100 with 3:06 remaining. Nick Young's layup cut the Blazers' lead to 110-108 with 18.6 seconds left, but Mo Williams made two foul shots on the next possession to secure the win.
"We know Mike likes to stick with units that are functioning. I wasn't upset because they were making a big run," Gasol said. "I didn't have a particularly good night. The guys did an excellent job hustling and giving ourselves a chance."
Easier said than done.
Gasol scored only six points on 3-of-15 shooting by missing a flurry of open shots, while nursing a sprained right ankle and sprained left hand. Gasol plans to receive an MRI today on his ankle. Hill, who recently sprained his left ankle, scored only two points, missed both of his shot attempts and grabbed six rebounds. After quickly ascending into the starting lineup through his energy, Hill has gone on a three-game stretch where he's scored only two points.
The Lakers also fielded more injuries when backup guard Jordan Farmar left midway through the first quarter because of what the team called a moderately sprained left hamstring. Farmar will have tests today, though team doctors are determining whether he will receive an MRI, ultrasound or both. That forced D'Antoni to rely on Henry to play point guard
"I like the guys on our team because we're in it to win," Henry said. "When you play hard and play aggressive, good things happen."
Hence, why Sacre fielded "M-V-P" chants as he stepped to the free-throw line.
"I needed to focus on myself and get those shots down," Sacre said. "That's all I cared about."
Those cheers are normally reserved for Bryant, of course, providing yet another reminder that the Lakers miss him.
After all, there's only so much an assorted lineup of castoffs can do to help the Lakers overachieve.


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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
As I was searching the recipe index of my blog this morning because I had some extremely ripe bananas that I didn't want to waste, I realized that my recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake was not listed there even though I was sure that I had posted the recipe to my blog once upon a time. It turns out I did post it way back when I was a novice blogger, so much of a novice that I didn't even know how to upload photos yet but there it was….a sad little post from June 23, 2009, in plain ordinary text,with no bells, no whistles, and saddest of all, no pictures.
This recipe is so good and I make it so often that it deserves renewed attention. It's a favorite around here.
Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
1/2 cup butter ( 1 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup apple sauce or sour cream
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 very ripe bananas)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cream the butter and gradually add sugar. Add bananas. Add eggs. Mix well.
Combine flour and baking soda and add to the creamed mixture. Add the apple sauce or sour cream. Add the vanilla. Mix well but do not over beat.
Pour the batter into a greased 9 inch square baking pan. (I have a square stoneware baking pan that I just love to use for this, but any square pan will work. Sprinkle the top with the chocolate chips till well covered. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Use a tester to make sure it is done in the middle. Cool. And enjoy. I hear it's delicious with a tall glass of ice cold milk. Me…I like it with a hot cup of tea.
I am linking up this post to Sweet as Sugar Cookies Blog where you can find lots of other great recipes.
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I bet Hubby would like it if I use the dark ghirardelli chips... he's a chocolate snob you know... LOL
- January 3, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- The enchanted home said...
This is downright mean...not good for me to be looking at this GIANT sized heavenly looking picture of this decadent cake right when I am famished!! On top of that I happen to have all the ingredients and am home for the day...hummmm, are you thinking what I am thinking?
- January 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Hello ... it's nice to meet and follow you.
stop by sometime.
ciao bella
Creative Carmelina
- January 3, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
OMG, this is not on my new year's list of foods!
- January 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
Sounds nice and easy-yum:@)
- January 3, 2012 at 2:02 PM
- Jo said...
I just happen to have a few bananas in need of a good recipe! Guess what I'll be making this evening :)
Sounds like we shared the same "fun" over the holidays. On to brighter days and no unexpected surprises! Happy New Year.
- January 3, 2012 at 4:24 PM
- 4thelove! said...
wonderful post...will try this for sure....
- January 3, 2012 at 5:38 PM
- Henley on the Horn said...
I bet my children will love this!!!!
- January 4, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- EliFla said...
I continue to watch the pics...and I want a slice of this cake..... hugs and happy new year, Flavia
- January 4, 2012 at 8:35 AM
- Manuela@A Cultivated Nest said...
This and the peppermint oreos are really tempting me! They look so good!
I left you a reply in my gardening post about the raised beds. But no they don't have bottoms. You could build ones with bottoms and I know there are ones for sale with bottoms for people that put them on their driveways etc.
- January 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes said...
Well, I think you've paid your debt to your "Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake" giving it center stage in the new year!
It looks delicious and one I"ll make the next time I don't know what to do with those overripe bananas! I could actually go for a "breakfast slice" and a cup of tea!
Happy New Year!
- January 7, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- CosmoGirl Carla said...
Now that looks delish! I have over ripe bananas on the counter that were going to get smooshed up in a bread recipe today, but I think I may change it up and use your recipe insead, Lisa. Thanks for sharing!
- January 7, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- manu said...
Banana and chocolate together are the perfect combo!!
- January 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- From Beyond My Kitchen Window said...
Oh boy does this look good. Chocolate and bananas are a natural together.
- January 7, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Lisa said...
Love how you piled on the chocolate chips. Super yummy. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog till Monday night and I'd love it if you'd come by and link your cake up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2012/01/sweets-for-saturday-51.html
- January 8, 2012 at 12:02 AM
- Carla said...
This looks awesome!! I'm definitely going to make this next time I have some ripe bananas! I love it that it doesn't have a super long list of ingredients either! Sweet and simple.
- January 8, 2012 at 6:10 AM
- CosmoGirl Carla said...
Hey Lisa! Just wanted to pop over to tell you I made this super-delish cake last Sunday when all my boys were home watching the playoff games. It was a HUGE hit! I doubled the recipe, and we ate every bit of it that night. We are some sweet-lovin' oinkers,I'll tell ya! I'll definitely be making it again :o)
- January 14, 2012 at 4:50 AM
- The Daily Connoisseur said...
This looks absolutely delicious- I have bookmarked it! Thank you for this. And thanks for your comment on my blog- I am so happy you enjoyed my book! xo
- January 14, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- The Daily Connoisseur said...
Hi Lisa I'm back! I was so desperate to make this cake but didn't have applesauce or sour cream so I improvised and used my daughter's baby food apple and apricot puree- it turned out brilliantly :) Thanks for the delicious recipe xo
- January 15, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- ButterYum said...
Yikes - I should NOT have looked at this fabulous cake before dinner. Pinning it!!!
PS - NC would be wonderful, but we're going to TN. I'm ready for the adventure, but very sad to be leaving VA.
- January 16, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- Lisa said...
I made this for food day at work last weekend (plus 1 for the family) and it was a big hit.
- January 18, 2012 at 6:46 PM


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Mayor Coleen J. Seng and the City Law Department announced today that E-One, the manufacturer of the City's five new fire trucks, will retrofit the fire trucks at no expense to the City to correct items that did not meet City specification. Once the vehicles are brought into compliance, the City will calculate the liquidated damages and seek payment of the amount calculated. The Law Department negotiated the agreement during meetings with E-One and EDM, Inc., a Lincoln truck dealer, about deficiencies with the new trucks.
The deficiencies were identified last month after Mayor Seng directed a team of City employees to inspect the five trucks the City had in its possession. The report identified 52 items that did not appear to meet the City specifications. Some were minor, but others were major, such as the number of cross members, which provide stability for the frames of the trucks.
The city has resolved the majority of the 52 item in dispute. Of the major items, E-One has agreed to fix the following serious deviations:
Mayor Seng said the Lincoln Police Department continues its investigation into whether any laws were violated, and the City-County Personnel Department continue its investigation into whether any personnel rules were violated. Last week, the Mayor announced that the City has contracted with Talent Plus, a global human resources consulting firm based in Lincoln, to conduct a management assessment of the Lincoln Fire and Rescue Department.


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|To hear the Spotify playlist that inspired Koethi, click here.
When Koethi Zan was born in the sleepy farming town of Opp, Alabama, the "City of Opportunity," her mother was Valedictorian of the local public high school and her father the star of its football team. Her parents named her after the homecoming queen of Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College, perhaps hopeful that some of that glory would rub off on her. But Koethi would never be a homecoming queen. In fact, she spent most of her youth in her room, reading, listening to Morrissey, and avoiding everything connected to high school football - not an easy task in those parts.
After graduation, Koethi put herself through Birmingham-Southern College with scholarships and a small "cow fund" courtesy of Molly, the Charolais heifer she received as her third birthday present. She used the money wisely, travelling to New Orleans on the weekends to hit the club scene, almost always in silver-sequined costume, surrounded by transvestites, Goth kids and her gay male entourage. Perhaps, in some roundabout way, she had fulfilled her homecoming queen destiny after all.
Then, in what may have been a misguided fit of pique, Koethi threw away her all-black daywear and her thrift-store evening gowns, and went to Yale Law School, with some vague idea of becoming a film producer. Afterwards, however, she unexpectedly found herself twenty-eight stories up in the Manhattan offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, a prestigious white shoe law firm that represented mostly investment banks. She regularly pulled all-nighters working on secured financings and revolving credit facilities. She tended to wear demure black pantsuits, with her hair up.
It didn't take her long to realize corporate life wasn't for her, and Koethi spent the next fifteen years practicing entertainment law both in private practice (at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and, later, Schreck Rose & Dapello) and in-house business and legal affairs positions (for the film producer, Ed Pressman, and, most recently, at MTV), with a slight detour along the way to study cinema at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
As an entertainment lawyer, Koethi attended glamorous premieres and openings, international film festivals and celebrity-filled parties. She dealt with gritty production issues as varied as suicide threats, drug overdoses and sex-tape allegations. She warred with Hollywood agents and befriended reality stars.
Then, while Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at MTV, she decided to fulfill a lifelong dream on the side, and in the early mornings she wrote a crime novel, The Never List.
Now, coming full circle in a way, Koethi, her husband, Stephen Metcalf, and their two daughters, live in an old farmhouse in a rural community in upstate New York. Her husband occasionally watches a football game on television. But her daughters have never even heard of homecoming queens.


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beautiful spring day we put on our leathers and headed out on the
motorcycle. It was a scenic ride
from our home in Cabot, to Freeport, PA, a small
town on the Allegheny River about 30 minutes away. I guess you could say "over the river
and through the woods". We were
told about a yacht club at the end of the road that winds through the golf
course. When we pulled into the
marina, there was a 34' Chris Craft, 1973 houseboat for sale. It looked huge sitting on the trailer
and, since our last boat was a 16' ski boat, we were both thinking it was too
big for us. Well, we couldn't leave
without taking a walk out onto the dock. We met another couple who asked if we needed help. It's a small club so everybody knows
everybody. They informed us that
Joe and Jan were "going the other way". We looked puzzled so they went on to
explain that they were selling their boat to spend more time riding
motorcycles. The light bulb went
on-it was fate. We said "It can't
hurt to ask", and before we knew it, we had traded our Suzuki for a
houseboat! Once we installed an A/C
unit, a TV and a queen sized mattress, the "Sick Day Resort" had all the
comforts of home. That was two years ago and we are having way too much fun to
miss the bike.
Coming up with a name was more difficult than we
expected. Everything we thought of
was too long, too complicated, too hard to spell. We finally got tired of bouncing names
off each other and said "Lets just call her BOB-a guy with no arms and no legs
floating in the water!" We laughed
and said we could get the decal guy to make the `O' look like a bobber. The next day we learned that Jeff needed
foot surgery and suddenly "Sick Day Resort" sounded more appropriate.
stay on our boat all summer long because it's not much further for either of us
to drive to work from River Forest Yacht Club. Even with the price of gas, it's worth a
few extra miles to go to sleep and wake up on the river. We have weathered some storms only to
come about and see the most picturesque skies. It really is God's ever changing etch-a-
Although we spend much of our time at the dock, we enjoy
inviting friends and family to be "captain for a day". There is nothing like a relaxing dinner
cruise to wash away your tension. We have some unique recipes like crawfish etouffee and pineapple
burgers. Ultimately we end up
concocting a drink of the day, such as margaritas or purple hooters, or our own
4th of July invention that we call Red, White, and Blue. Which is blue raspberry
martini mix, a splash of vodka, maraschino cherries and mini marshmallows. We absolutely love sharing our creations
with everyone at the dock. Good
friends.good food.good times!
Luckily it's a pet-friendly place because we don't go
anywhere without our German Shepherd, Max. He loves chilling under the bimini, or bikini top as we call it; which, by
the way, is the best place to catch some rays, catch some zzzzz's, or catch some
fish. After dark we turn on the
tunes and dance like no one is watching (because no one is watching).
Houseboating is more than a sport or a hobby; it's a
lifestyle, and it's our passion. We
are water lovers but never knew this houseboating life existed so close to
home. The only sad part here in
Pennsylvania is putting her away for the winter. Our dream is to someday move south and
live on a houseboat year round. Until then, we are making the most of our summers at the Sick Day
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Prove Me Wrong "Briggy Baseball"…Please!
When the Tampa Bay Rays traded SS Jason
Bartlett in the off season, I was hoping that young shortstop Reid
Brignac had made the transition needed to play on a daily basis and
provide a stop gap up the middle using the assets of his outstanding
athletic ability.
Having a solid and consistent bat to go
along with a brick wall defense would just be the delicious icing on
the proverbial cake. But something seems to be missing. What I have
seen so far this season is a young player who is still trying to find
his groove.
Your alter ego "Briggy Baseball" has
the defensive chops to play at this level. I am still waiting for
that player we have seen the past 2 Springs that seemed to punish the
ball both at the plate and in the field. Somewhere, somehow this guy
who produced some dramatic defensive moves and provided more than a
few gasps has been MIA in the Rays infield.
Maybe I am being a bit too critical
here right now since the Rays staff and the front office must have
seen the potential and commitment intertwine as you must have made
the needed steps to sprint over the hump ans was the perfect
candidate to replace Bartlett.
I wasn't expecting a early season
hiccup of 3 errors and a .971 Fielding Average with 25 games under
your belt. Do I push that under the category of "growing pains"
as you learn the position full-time, or do you need a little more
work than we all originally diagnosed.
Please prove me wrong over the next 10
days. Come on Briggy, you have the talent and the moxy to push out of
this sluggish mode and provide a solid game day performance as the
Rays try and raise the Rays win levels. A good guy in that shortstop
slot will go a long way in securing a few wins.
I want to overlook an early potential
fielding error when there was some miscommunication between you and
Second Baseman Ben Zobrist when no one was covering the bag when
Toronto OF Rajai Davis stole a base in the first inning. Blue Jay OF
Cory Patterson, who is a left-handed batter was at the plate, and if
I remember, when a base runner steals off a left-hander, it is the
Short Stop's responsibility to cover the bag.
It might have been a slight malfunction
made more interesting by your acrobatic save of the ball not going to
the outfield wall by hurling you body perpendicular to the turf and
grabbing it on the bounce like it was designed that way. If someone
would have been there to catch a great throw by Rays catcher John
Jaso, it would have been another caught base stealer on Jaso's stat
I have seen more than a few plays in
the field by you in this young 2011 season to make me think it is
just an on-field adjustment for you, but do we have the time to wait
for all the pieces to be pushed into place? A .971 Fielding
Percentage is above average for a young player…over 162 games, not
a stitch over 2 dozen starts.
If you glove is having a bit of a
problem, it can be compensated by bringing the lumber at the plate,
but you are hitting at a .240 mark against right-handers (like
tonight's starter Brandon Morrow) and has struggled profusely to post
a disappointing .125 against southpaws. Coming into 2011 you were a
.268 hitter against right-handed pitching with 9 career Home Runs.
Instead you are hovering at a .206
average right now with no Home Runs and 4 RBI. Brignac has not had a
extra base hit in 31 games, the longest drought in Rays history.
Interesting enough, the former streak of 29 games without an extra
base hit was by former SS Bartlett back in 2008. Tonight you have
gone 0-for-2 with a nice bunt, but still you are just a bad game away
from meeting Mr. Mendoza.
Do we have to post up teammates Elliot
Johnson or Sean Rodriguez at your spot when Southpaws hit the mound.
I had such great expectations for you since your rookie campaign
where you ranked in 3rd among rookies with a .256 average
4th in RBIs (45), and 4th with 8 Home Runs. You future to
me looked bright as the Rays sunburst.
But I am beginning to worry more and
more with each ball hit towards the hole if the athlete in you is
clicking that night. Becoming more anxious when you hit the plate,
mostly against right-handers now and you seem to have lost that "pop"
that produced a stellar .367 average.
Somewhere between Opening Day and now
the lines have crossed somehow. Briggy you are better than this both
on the field and at the plate. Adjustments have to be made now, or
you might see yourself sitting more and more and might lose that
chance to compete nightly.
Maybe going back to "Briggy Baseball" basics is the best solution. You have one of the best infield
instructors in Coach Tom Foley in your clubhouse, maybe sitting near
him when you are on the bench against right-handers will make the
bells and whistles finally begin to chime for you.
I really want to see the "Briggy
Baseball" persona we have fallen in love with over the past 2 seasons
to rear its charismatic head. You have the talent, now it is time to
show all of us why you are here and not back with Triple-A Durham as
you figure things out. Please prove me wrong Briggy….I double-dog
dare you…..Please.
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The sad part, that I fear, is that Reid will actually listen to you and become the top flight performer that he is capable of! So, please do me a favor, and keep this on the down low. An underachiever is the best case scenario…for me! ;)
Actually had big expectations for Brignac. I picked him up for my Fantasy team before the season and dropped him a week ago for a Colorado 2B.
Still have faith in the kid, and hope he can find his way soon….or he will be on a flight to Durham.
I really do hope he reads this, responds and take it to the limit.
Besides, some of his Tweets are down-right funny as heck.
Rays Renegade
I caught the tail end of last night's game. It was close and exciting. my wife's uncle was down in Florida last month and went to a Ray's game. They go every year.
—Mark Gauthier
It was a tale of two games.
Before the 7th inning iut was a pretty even game on both sides, but suddenly someone with a mask decided he wanted to control the game.
Rays do a great job of having something going on every 1/2 inning to keep the game pace at an excited state all the way to the 27th out.
Been to a lot of ballparks, and the Rays in-game promotions and activities are some of the best in sports…period.
Rays Renegade


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After the death of my close friend, companion and little fluffy feather face Peter (One of my cockatiels), I felt inclined to create this challenge.
In Memorium
It may sound morbid at first, but I want you to create an image for a loved one (Family member, or pet, or friend) who has passed on in CELEBRATION of their lives and everything they brought to yours.
Medals will be awarded to the sweetest memorium image, not for drawing skill.
You have 3 months and you may enter as many times as you like with any type of art.


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Senior Spotlight: Raymond Jimenez
Caltech's Class of 2013 is a group of passionate, curious, and creative individuals who have spent their undergraduate years advancing research, challenging both conventional thinking and one another. They have thrived in a rigorous and unique academic environment, and built the kinds of skills in both leadership and partnership that will support them as they pursue their biggest and best ideas well into the future.
Over the next few weeks, the stories of just a few of these remarkable graduates will be featured here. Watch as they and their peers are honored at Caltech's 119th Commencement on June 14 at 10 a.m. If you can't be in Pasadena, the ceremony will be live-streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/caltech.
Talented, curious, fun, innovative, and wildly intelligent. Although these adjectives describe many Caltech students, they come to mind instantly when talking to senior Raymond Jimenez. The electrical engineering major is brimming with ideas and technical know-how. During his years at Caltech, for example, he developed new circuit designs for neural probes and figured out how to vastly increase the computing power available to students in Dabney, his undergraduate house; in his free time he has been designing a small-scale particle accelerator. Jimenez even helped improve the displays on the Tokyo Metro while interning for Mitsubishi last summer.
Jimenez, a native of Duarte, began his association with Caltech when he was a high-school junior at Polytechnic School (across the street from the Institute) and had the chance to work in the lab of Paul Bellan, a professor of applied physics. From the outset, Jimenez was struck by the freedom Caltech students were given to figure out unique solutions to research problems. Bellan gave Jimenez a spending allowance and suggested that he figure out how to make a smaller version of an experimental setup the group had been using to produce laboratory versions of the sun's coronal bursts. "There was a lot of trust put in me," Jimenez says. "I got to design my own hardware. I helped make a mock-up of the experiment using normal, basically everyday materials, instead of a bunch of fancy big-science things."
That's something Jimenez loves—showing that individuals can do science that is typically restricted to huge research teams with millions of dollars. He hopes that the room-sized particle accelerator for which he is currently drawing up plans will give students first-hand experience with such an instrument. "It's one thing to say you know that the paths of electrons can be bent using a magnetic field and another to actually go into the lab and then be able to say that you've bent the paths of electrons using a magnetic field," says Jimenez, who hopes to build the accelerator in the next few years. "A big dream of mine is to actually see if there's a way for interested people to not have to go through the usual channels to do science."
According to Jimenez, if you want to do science on a modest budget, it helps to know how to build things yourself. One of his favorite classes at Caltech was APh/EE 9, Solid-State Electronics for Integrated Circuits—a course then taught by Oskar Painter, also a professor of applied physics. In the class, students learn to make transistors for computer chips. "You might think that transistors are only available to really well-stocked companies with big research budgets, so it was really cool to be able to make one and participate in that hands-on way," he says.
After taking APh/EE 9, Jimenez completed a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) project with Axel Scherer, the Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics, in which he helped design circuitry for a computer chip that may eventually be used in tiny implantable neural probes that measure human brain activity.
Scherer describes Jimenez as "one of the most capable undergraduates whom I have had the pleasure of working with over my past 20 years at Caltech," adding that he has "extraordinary" abilities. "Raymond brought tremendous enthusiasm, talent, and insight to our neural probe project," Scherer says. "It was fun working with him on our research projects, and I think of him more as a scientific collaborator than as a student."
Jimenez has also been active outside of the lab and classroom. He has particularly enjoyed Caltech's unique housing system for undergraduate students and served as the vice president of Dabney House during his junior year. He was especially innovative as Dabney's system administrator, shifting available funding to create a scientific computing cluster with a hundred terabytes of storage for students to use for their classes and projects.
Sound as if Jimenez has been spread a bit thin? He says that one of the most significant skills he has gained from his time at Caltech is the ability to manage his priorities and his time. "The workload at Caltech showed me what I can achieve in a given time period," Jimenez says. "If you're pushed and you know what your total output can be, then you have a baseline standard to compare yourself to."
Starting in July, Jimenez will take that knowledge with him to the Hawthorne-based commercial space-transport company SpaceX, where he will work on the avionics team.


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File: server.rb
Tiny, fast & funny HTTP server
Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby libraries in web history:
- the Mongrel parser: the root of Mongrel speed and security
- Event Machine: a network I/O library with extremely high scalability, performance and stability
- Rack: a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks
Which makes it, with all humility, the most secure, stable, fast and extensible Ruby web server bundled in an easy to use gem for your own pleasure.
Site: code.macournoyer.com/thin/ Group: groups.google.com/group/thin-ruby/topics Bugs: thin.lighthouseapp.com/projects/7212-thin Code: github.com/macournoyer/thin IRC: thin on freenode
For the latest stable version:
sudo gem install thin
Or from source:
git clone git://github.com/macournoyer/thin.git cd thin rake install
A thin script offers an easy way to start your Rails application:
cd to/your/rails/app thin start
But Thin is also usable with a Rack config file. You need to setup a config.ru file and pass it to the thin script:
cat config.ru app = proc do |env| [ 200, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html', 'Content-Length' => '2' }, ['hi'] ] end run app thin start -R config.ru
See example directory for more samples and run 'thin -h' for usage.
Ruby License, www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt.
The parser was stolen from Mongrel mongrel.rubyforge.org by Zed Shaw. Mongrel Web Server (Mongrel) is copyrighted free software by Zed A. Shaw <zedshaw at zedshaw dot com> You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL.
Thin is copyright Marc-Andre Cournoyer <email@example.com>
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Advance notice of upcoming change in scoring/ranking
One consequence of our analysis is that we are changing the algorithm we use in scoring and thus ranking. We will publish a full explanation on Monday, but we wanted to give you advance notice of three things:
1. The #1 ranked player for the week as of Friday may not be the #1 ranked player for this week come Monday, so that prize will not be awarded until early next week.
2. You can expect to see major changes in the ranking on Monday, so don't be shocked. Or, rather, feel free to be shocked, but at least not surprised.
3. Looking further ahead, we plan to hold the championship playoff in the middle of July, not immediately after the end of June. We need time to, quite honestly, finish implementing the playoff process and also to identify all participants in the playoff.
Thanks so much for your patience as smooth out the functioning and accuracy of the PL/SQL Challenge. We know that your rankings on the website are important to you, and we are doing everything we can to ensure that your ranking accurately reflects the effort you put into answering those quizzes!
Warm regards,
Steven Feuerstein and Finn Ellebaek Nielsen
The PL/SQL Challenge
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Does 2. means that the calculations will be done on all the current results? Or only on new quizes?ReplyDelete
What I want to know, is what is the effect if I take a three week leave and I don't have internet access (oh horror). I'm a little afraid for my scores in total or quarter.
With the upcoming changes in the ranking system I would suggest a little tweak.
The summer is coming. Many will have their leave. Some will go on vacation, some staycation, some will not have a break at all.
You know how it goes: we will be cried by our partners for wasting our time in some connectivity challenged internet point just to take the daily quiz.
But I HAVE to take THE Challenge.
There is also the case that someone could not take the quiz for business constraints, or for personal problems.
In order to address these situations, I suggest that the quarterly ranking does not account the (you choose the number) n lower scores from the total.
In this way we could balance these situations that can happen to anyone.
What do you think about this?
Sterol Andro
The calculations were performed for all quizzes already taken, and of course will apply to future quizzes as well.ReplyDelete
If you take off 3 weeks, yes, you will likely fall behind other players.
Sterol, you are proposing that we ignore a certain number of the lowest quiz scores (or missing the quiz entirely) in calculating the rankings. That is an intriguing idea, but it seems to me that it penalizes those who make the effort to play every day and score well.
What argument do you have for the way this rule would "punish" those who play each day?


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A home economics classic
Spanish (Style) Rice
I love to serve this rice with my Taco Bake!
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 green pepper diced
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese optional
- 4 cups white rice prepared
- In a large stock pot, add ground beef, green peppers and onion over medium high heat.
- Add a dash of salt and pepper to mixture.
- Cook until ground beef is brown and crumbled and veggies are tender.
- Drain excess grease.
- Put ground beef mixture back into stock pot.
- Add prepared rice and can of tomato sauce.
- Stir until thoroughly combined and heated through.
- Taste and check for seasonings at this point.
- Turn off heat and add cheese (if using) until melted.
- Stir mixture to combine and serve.
My Mom occasionally adds cheese to her rice to make it a bit more gooey and yummy. If you are using boil-in-the-bag rice, you will need 2 bags of rice for this recipe. 2 cups of dry rice will make 4 cups prepared. To reheat: put a cup or so of rice into a microwaveable-safe bowl. Sprinkle with about a tbsp. of water or chicken broth. Cover with paper towel and heat for about 1 minute. Stir to make sure it is evenly warmed through. Microwave for additional 20-30 seconds if necessary.


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I was planning on visiting Sagitarius A, the black hole in the centre of the galaxy but since then I learned that it's likely to take me 3 to 4 months to do that and I think that if I play the game some more I can get a ship that will do that in about 40% less time. So I may end up turning around, not sure yet.
But anyway, at the start of my trip I decided to swing by Sol with the intention of landing on the moon but unfortunately the moon is not a landable body for some reason.
So instead I swung by Europa
And landed to get a look up at Jupiter
And while in the neighbourhood, checked out Saturn's rings
Still having fun with the game although I do wish that I could log in and do some shooting sometimes. Right now if I wanted to shoot something, I'd have to turn round and spend a few hours getting home first.


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Bron: http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Trafficking-in-human-beings/Types-of-human-trafficking
There are many forms of trafficking, but one consistent aspect is the abuse of the inherent vulnerability of the victims.
Trafficking for forced labour
Victims of this widespread form of trafficking come primarily from developing countries. They are recruited and trafficked using deception and coercion and find themselves held in conditions of slavery in a variety of jobs. Men, women and children are engaged in agricultural, fisheries and construction work, along with domestic servitude and other labour-intensive jobs.
Read about our operations targeting forced child labour in Africa.
Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation
This prevalent form of trafficking affects every region in the world, either as a source, transit or destination country. Women and children from developing countries, and from vulnerable parts of society in developed countries, are lured by promises of decent employment into leaving their homes and travelling to what they consider will be a better life. Victims are often provided with false travel documents and an organized network is used to transport them to the destination country, where they find themselves forced into sexual slavery and held in inhumane conditions and constant fear.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism
This crime type has been apparent in Asia for many years and has now taken hold in Africa as well as Central and South America. The phenomenon is promoted by the growth of inexpensive air travel and the relatively low risk of prohibition and prosecution in these destinations for engaging in sexual relations with minors.
Trafficking for tissue, cells and organs
Trafficking in humans for the purpose of using their organs, in particular kidneys, is a rapidly growing field of criminal activity. In many countries, waiting lists for transplants are very long, and criminals have seized this opportunity to exploit the desperation of patients and potential donors. The health of victims, even their lives, is at risk as operations may be carried out in clandestine conditions with no medical follow-up. An ageing population and increased incidence of diabetes in many developed countries is likely to increase the requirement for organ transplants and make this crime even more lucrative.
People smuggling
Closely connected to trafficking in human beings is the issue of people smuggling. This has taken on new proportions in recent months, especially in the Mediterranean region, and it is clear that organized criminal networks are taking advantage of the humanitarian crisis for financial gain.


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Even though my story's science is too soft, and it's written so that there's no real reason to address this, I can't help but be curious. My questions are:
1: Is there a way for a human-sized biped to walk comfortably with digitigrade legs?
2: If such a species were shorter, say, shoulder height, would it reduce the disadvantage from legs like this?
3: At what point/size do two digitigrade legs cease to become advantageous, if they ever are at all?


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SDCC 09 - IRON MAN 2 Cast & Crew Show Swagger at Comic-Con
Swagger is one of those great words ruined from overuse by lazy sportswriters when describing the attitude and approach of athletes and teams. The great ones have it, flaunt it, feed off it, radiate it.
If you were in the wildly-overcrowded Hall H Saturday for the Iron Man 2 panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego, there was no question that what was emanating from the stage when director Jon Favreau and his top-drawer cast took command of the Con, was pure, unadulterated, 100% natural, no preservatives… swagger.
How confident were they? They ended the panel 15 minutes early.
Team Shellhead did what it set out to do, reclaim Hall H from the Twilight 'tweeners and stake their claim as the first Must-See Movie of 2010. Why take up any more time than necessary?
Efficiency is a Favreau trademark. Principal photography on the film wrapped on time a week before the Con. He told reporters afterward the presentation for San Diego had been in the works for months.
"It was a little nerve-wracking, because last time we came out of nowhere. And this time, everyone was like, Okay, whaddaya got for us?" Favreau said.
What they 'got' was a trailer packed with hints of what's in store for Tony Stark. First, he's facing off with the U.S. government over ownership of the Iron Man technology. Rhodey is caught in the middle of this dispute. Somewhere in here fit Justin Hammer and Ivan Venko (Whiplash), who have teamed up for reasons yet unknown to take down Stark. The Black Widow is also lurking. Electric whips crack, bombs fill the skies and War Machine opens fire.
Samuel L. Jackson is also back as Nick Fury, helping to continue to set the table for an Avengers movie which Marvel producer Kevin Feige says will include Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. and likely the Black Widow.
But it all started with Iron Man. The 2007 hit was a huge gambit, the first self-financed big-budget movie from Marvel Productions. Not only did it earn $583 million worldwide, it launched the Marvel movie brand and its ambitious slate of inter-connected films, and provided instant credibility.
When you're responsible for that kind of success, how do you not have a little extra pep in your step?
Backstage immediately after the panel, Robert Downey Jr. was holding court like a king, or a Don. He greeted well-wishers with a smile and a handshake before going to meet with the press.
"…The great thing about sitting there in the hall with 6,000 people was watching Don Cheadle in his full bad-assness," Downey Jr. said. "This is the first time I've seen the properly almost-done CGI version of War Machine, and they [the Hall H fans] just went bats**t crazy and so did I because I'm like, 'Oh, that's right. 'The new real-deal Holyfield in this movie is Don as Rhodey as War Machine, and it's going to be cool."
Swapping out actors in a key role is a nightmare scenario for most franchises. Look what the revolving Caped Crusader scenario did to the first Batman movie series.
But if there were questions on anyone's minds in Hall H about Don Cheadle taking over for Terrence Howard as Rhodey, they were forgotten amid the explosion of fandemonium in Hall H when War Machine briefly appeared.
"I thought the reaction to [the] footage was fantastic,"Cheadle said after. "I had never seen it before [today] and it was really impressive."
As for stepping into a role originated onscreen by a fellow Oscar-nominated actor, Cheadle said he took the practical approach.
"Somebody's going to be disappointed," he said. "I don't have any control over people's perception of my ability to take over another character so, I don't really spend a lot of time worrying about that."
That was hard, "Favreau said about replacing Howard. "I mean, it was very hard. I like Terrence a lot. I think he's very talented and um…it would have been a different process working with him than with Don. Don's a guy that I understand…he and I think alike. He's a producer and a filmmaker. He brings a different set of skills and abilities to it."
He also didn't bring much knowledge of the Iron Man mythos to the role. Cheadle, who said there have been no talks of a War Machine spin-off movie, admitted he "didn't know there was a guy inside [the Iron Man suit] until the first movie. I thought it was a robot, which is why I wasn't really into it."
Scarlett Johansson also joins the cast as Natasha Romanov, a.k.a. Russian spy The Black Widow. Johansson, who described the Iron Man 2 sets as "huge" and "over the top," says she read many of the Widow's comic book story arcs.
She also trained for five months to get in fighting shape, and proudly claims she did 97% of her own stunts.
"I wanted to give it everything that I had. And I hate to see a movie where you see a character and you don't buy that he's going to [be able to] beat the living s#&t out of you."
While the Comic-Con footage of her in action drew loud cheers, she knows some geeks don't buy her yet as the Widow.
"I totally get it. I have the same reaction when I hear they're remaking something like…'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'… how is that possible?" Johansson reasoned. "For me, it was more about proving to myself…and to the fans…that I was the right person for this job. "
Another newcomer to the set, Sam Rockwell, is portraying weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer. What little we saw of him in the trailer hints at a fast-talking sleaze ball. The actor says Hammer's relationship with Stark is similar to the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
"He's trying to shake things up a little for Tony. He's taking over where Tony left off [in the weapons business]," Rockwell said.
Rockwell, who says his taste for comics as kid ran through Conan, Hulk, and the occasional Spider-Man issue, says his incarnation of Hammer came mostly from ideas bounced between him and Favreau.
"We messed around with the idea of a smoking jacket or an ascot…or slicking his hair back but we decided to just invent our own thing."
As the guy whose name is above the title, Downey Jr. seems to relish the extra attention and responsibility that comes with the territory. He also knows that, with the training wheels off the franchise, they can really push the boundaries of the superhero movie genre.
"I think by getting over the origin-story anxiety … it's harder to tell a cooler story than an origin story," the actor said. "… But the nice thing is the more we looked, the more we talked and the more we kind of studied each other's uh, eyes and hearts about… a) how happy we were and satisfied we were with the result of the first one, and b), the obligation of the serious sleeve-rolling competition of … how much of our asses can we work out to try and [top the first one]."
"I have this false sense of security that comes with doing No. 2 to a comic book movie "according to Favreau. "They always tend to be the ones that … you get the origin story out of the way, its playful, its fun, a lot is forgiven… Once I get my cast locked down and I believe in them, I'm more relaxed than they are because it's on them, but I know I got the right guys."
Favreau went out of his way to praise Rourke – who was not at Comic-Con – for his portrayal of Whiplash.
"Mickey gave us the freedom to have a lot of fun within this world and maintain our tone, while still having this sense of doom hanging over the film," Favreau said.
On a Favreau set, freedom is apparently a two-way street. Both Rockwell and Cheadle said the riffs and adlibs with Downey Jr. began as soon as they arrived on set.
What does that say about the confidence, the swagger, of a director, that he trusts his actors enough to let them freelance on a film as huge and with as much riding on it as Iron Man 2"
When the topic of the Avengers movie came up again, Favreau said he honestly has no idea if he'll even want to direct it after being involved with Iron Man for four-plus years at that point.
Of course, few people actually believe he would turn down the chance to helm the ultimate superhero team-up movie if offered, including Favreau it would seem.
He admitted it was difficult having to drop out of directing the upcoming comedy Couples Retreat due to conflicts with Iron Man 2, saying it was hard to just be an actor on a project he was involved with from the start.
'It's strange when you have to change those hats cause I'm not used to that and uh, going from…just being uh, from directing and creating this world to just being Happy Hogan in The Avengers …I'm not going to lie, it would be strange. I'll also be involved as an executive producer, but its a lot different being a consultant on something and the guy calling the shots. They're a lot of people collaborating on Iron Man, but I know at the end of the day, the buck stops here. There's a lot of pressure, but I enjoy it."


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The new CUBRID Manager & Query Browser v2013.05 are here!
The new CUBRID Manager & Query Browser v2013.05 are here!
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Along with the latest CUBRID Migration Toolkit release we are now announcing new 2013.05 versions (build 0120) of CUBRID Manager and CUBRID Query Browser tools which allow users to administer their CUBRID Database Servers and execute queries in a friendly desktop GUI application.
You can download CM and CQB by following these links:
- CM: http://www.cubrid.org/?mid=downloads&item=cubrid_manager&os=detect&cubrid=any
- CQB: http://www.cubrid.org/?mid=downloads&item=cubrid_query_browser&os=detect&cubrid=any
As CQB is a subset of CM tool, the key features of this release is the same for both. They are:
- All versions of CUBRID Server since 8.2.2 are supported.
- Improved Query Tuning Mode feature: allows users to see the results of query tuning and compare the before/after results of query statistics and execution plan.
- Improved results output when concurrently executing queries: allows to compare the output results (data/columns/records) by applying different colors.
- Added search functionality to query results: now users can search within the results set in the Results Tab.
- Improved Import Wizard: added support to export the failed data and display the error message for each failed query.
A number of bugs have also been fixed in this release. For full list of changes, refer to CUBRID Manager Release Notes.
How to upgrade
Users of CM/CQB version 1.2 and above will be automatically notified about the new updates via the built-in update feature. Users of older versions need to manually uninstall the existing version of CM or CQB, then download and install the latest version from the links provided above.
CUBRID Server compatibility
CUBRID Server version 8.2.2+ are supported. When establishing a connection with CUBRID Server, users can indicate the version of a server. CM and CQB usually will automatically detect the Server version.
CM and CQB tools require JRE 1.6 or later.
Feature Walkthrough with Screenshots
Query Tuning Mode
The Tuning Mode is designed to allow users to compare the statistics and execution plan of two queries side by side. Sometimes you want to tweak the query and see how it compares to its original version. You want to see the differences between the number of fetched results, the number of dirty pages created, whether or not I/O reads and writes occur, and finally the total cost of executing the queries. These are the features you can obtain via the Tuning Mode.
To enable the Tuning Mode, toggle on the Tuning Mode button as shown in the Figure 1 below. When the Tuning Mode is enabled, CM/CQB will notify you that the tuning mode has been started. However, nothing else special happens at this moment.
Figure 1: Enable Tuning Mode.
Once you execute a query in tuning mode, a new window will popup (Figure 2 below) which will display the statistics and execution plan cache for this query on the left panel.
Figure 2: Tuning Mode window (click to enlarge).
To run the second query and compare its results on the right panel, you need to check "Display on the right panel (R)" checkbox as shown below in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Change the panel to run the second query.
Once the right side is checked, run the modified version of the original query. The right side of the Tuning Mode window will auto udpate and display the statistics and execution plan (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Compare two queries in Tuning Mode.
This is one of the great features we are very excited about in this new release.
Multple SQL execution on multiple databases in parallel
CM and CQB allow to execute multiple queries at once not only on a single connected database, but also on multiple databases. Image you want to query a master and one or more of the slave nodes to check if the data on the selected nodes are identical, or you want to query the production server and compare it against the stage server, or during the migration you want to query the destination database and compare the results with those of the source database. Concurrent SQL execution on multiple databases is a really useful feature to accomplish all these tasks.
In this release we have improved how results are displayed when executing multiple queries on multiple databases. You can now compare the results of executed queries side by side in a convenient popup window (Figure 5).
Figure 5: Comparison of the results of multiple queries.
Search within the Results Set
Since this new release CM and CQB provide a search functionality in the Results Tab (Figure 6). This allows users to filter the fetched result set in real time while the matched column values get highlighted.
Figure 6: Search within Results Set.
Improved Import Wizard
In CM and CQB users can import data into a database from various sources (SQL/TXT/CSV/XLS). All import operations are logged and kept in the import history so that users can rerun them again if necessary (Figure 7).
Figure 7: Import Wizard.
In this new release we have added a new feature which will export a list of erroneous queries into an external SQL file (Figure 8). If an error occurs while importing the data, you can click on "Browse error log..." button which will navigate you to a file where all problematic queries are logged.
Figure 8: Browse error logs.
Alternatively, you can double click on the import row (highlighted in red upon failure), and a popup window will appear where you can see a list of failed queries along with an error message for each query (Figure 9).
Figure 9: View failed queries.
This is a list of prominent features we wanted to share with you today. There are many more improvements (36 improvements, 66 bug fixes) we have made in this release. Refer to CUBRID Manager Release Notes to see the full list.
If you have any comments or questions, there is a comment form below. We always look forward to receiving a feedback.
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I have had three different topics for posts floating around my brain- some of them since the end of last week but just have not had the patience to actually sit down with them and write them out. I am worried if I don't do it soon they will go **poof** the way many of my best ideas do when I don't give them the attention they deserve or need. But these are topics that I REALLY want to discuss here- so I am going to do them right here in this post even though they aren't related really except that they are all NASCAR related. So bear with me.
I am going to start off with pit crew members: In the last two races there have been at least two incidents of crew members being hit on pit road. In Richmond, Tony ended up flipping the tire carrier (Dwayne Moore)for David Reutimann's 00 team, and just this past weekend at Louden, Clint Pittman a rear tire changer for Casey Mear's had his foot fractured when run over (by Denny Hamlin if memory serves me correctly) on pitroad. He will be out the rest of the season. Now I know I have talked about how I am completely fascinated with pit crews. My friend and I were talking about the "controlled" chaos of the ballet that is a pitstop. I know that probably doesn't sound very manly to describe a pitstop as a ballet- but that is exactly what it is. It is extremely choreographed however when things things go wrong sometimes they go very very wrong as in the case with the two crew members getting hit lately. Dwayne Moore, tire carrier recently clipped by Tony Stewart, suggests in an article on NASCAR.COM that when a driver clips a crewman that the driver should be penalized. I really don't know if I agree with that or not- in both cases recently- I don't think that the drivers saw the crew members until after the damage had been done. It appeared to me that both were coming around from car when the car the crew members were working on were canted in their pitbox so that the rear was obscuring the view of the crew member. I don't know if there is anything more that can be done- but I don't necessarily think that penalizing drivers is the answer. Of course then again it's not my butt out there with these 3400 lb cars zooming in and out within inches of me either.
Now onto Sponsors: Within the last two days two major sponsors have pulled sponsorships from their teams for next season: Jack Daniels (currently sponsor's Casey Mear's 07) and Jim Beam (current sponsor of Robby Gordon's 7). These are just the latest in some sponsors pulling out of our sport. However, I was thinking this would probably be the perfect opportunity for a sponsor to come into the sport. How about an Apple sponsored car? Or Itunes? Or…(and you know the guys would be completely unimpressed by this one) but how about a Dooney & Bourke car (can you imagine the paint schemes on that sucker? Wicked cool). Maybe a GOOGLE car? or a Kraft car? (I could go on and on so I will stop here).
And, finally, banquet tickets: NASCAR announced a little over a week ago that they would be allocating 300 banquet tickets for the top 12 teams to give away to fans. I was so excited when they announced that they would be moving the banquet to Las Vegas this year – because I can totally go- the awards banquet is actually on one of my furlough days so technically I wouldn't even need much time off. However, it's getting my hands on two tickets that is going to be the trick. I REALLY want to go so you can bet I am going to be keeping my eyes open at the websites of all 12 teams hoping to luck into something. What's a girl got to do to get two tickets to the banquet anyway? Can you imagine the tweets from that event? I really want to be there live and in the flesh and not watching it again this year on my TV thinking damn it would be fun to be there! I want to be in that 25% of the audience that is fans! If you see any opportunities you let me know!
UPDATED TO ADD PENALTY POINTS: NASCAR announced today that the number 18 Joe Gibbs Racing driven by Kyle Busch was penalized 25 owner points, 25 driver points an the crew chief, Steve Addington, was penalized $25,000 and placed on probabtion until the end of the year for failing post race inspection after the race at Louden. The car was in violation of 12-4-I (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-12.8 1B (the height of the car at the left front fender did not meet the required specification; too low in post-race inspection) of the 2009 NASCAR rule book. What that means in English? Is that the left front was too low. They were also cited for 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing).


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