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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live coverage of TNA Lockdown 2007 from St. Louis.
The pre-game show opened with a video feature on the event. Jeremy Borash was live on the "Black and Blue Carpet" with a ton of fans outside on each side of the carpet. They ran a video feature on LAX vs. Team 3D in the electrified cage.
Backstage, Christy Hemme was asking Raven for help tonight. Raven called her a harpy and scoffed at the idea that Hemme was giving them an opportunity to be on the PPV. Raven said they were going to help Hemme for their own reasons, whether she wanted them to or not.
Live in the building, which looks full, Mike Tenay and Don West welcomed everyone to the show. They ran down the lineup for tonight's PPV.
Outside, Jeremy Borash noted that Team Angle was arriving as a long hummer style limo pulled up. Kurt Angle emerged from the limo in his ring gear with Jeff Jarrett, who's grown his hair out, in tow. Borash questioned where Samoa Joe and Rhino were. Angle told Borash not to worry because the team was unified. Angle told him not to question him. Borash told Angle that Jim Cornette wanted to see him right now.
Voodoo Kin Mafia (with Lance Hoyt) vs. Serotonin (with Christy Hemme and Martyr)
Hemme looks beyond hot. Kip James and Kaz started the match. Kip shoulderblocked kaz down. Kaz was nailed with a stunner. VKM worked over Kaz with BG nailing a dropkick for a two count. Havoc tried to get involved but was tossed into the cage. Not a lot of crowd reaction to the match, not even the cage shots. Havoc came back and drilled BG in the corner. Serotonin doubled up on BG who came back with a series of rights. He charged Kaz but was kicked in the face. Kaz scored a two count. Kaz missed a top rope legdrop. Kip makes the hot tag and cleans house on everyone. Kaz is tossed into the cage, with his head sticking in between the bars. Havoc avoids the Famouser but is caught with a pumphandle slam for the pin.
Your winners, Voodoo Kin Mafia!
Hoyt and Hemme had words at ringside with Hoyt mocking her.
Backstage, Leticia was with Samoa Joe, Sting, and Rhino. She said that there seems some disappointment with the lack of unity in the company. Joe said that there's only disappointment in the team leader, Angle not telling them who the fifth member of the team was, and walked off. Sting said he's all for giving second chances but Jeff Jarrett has been given a lot of them in the past. Rhino noted that they have bigger problems than Jarrett, because when it comes down to it, it may be 6 on 4 tonight. At least they are teasing what Jarrett is going to do.
Back in the ring, Raven came to the ring to punish Serotonin. Hemme tells Raven to do it, but he turns on her and forces Serotonin to hold her, so she can take the shots. Kaz steps in the way and Hemme escapes from the ring. Kaz takes her place as the others hold her and gets drilled with the cane shots to the back. The crowd reacted to each shot and chanted, "One more time."
We went back to Tenay and West at ringside, continuing to preview the card.
Outside, Jeremy Borash was on the carpet with Gail Kim. For someone in a grudge match tonight, she was all smiles. Kim said that it was important to her because it was the first time in TNA history there will be a women's steel cage match. Jackie Moore jumped her from behind and they brawled into the crowd with security trying to pull them apart. It was brief but looked good.
They aired a video feature on the Lethal Lockdown match. They called it the most dangerous match in TNA. What about the Electrified Cage?
Kurt Angle was arguing with Jim Cornette because Cornette reversed the decision from Impact because Jeff Jarrett interfered, so Team Cage has the advantage in the Wargames aspect of the main event. The match will work far better that way in terms of drama. Cornette's reasoning was that if he didn't reverse it, Team Cage wouldn't show tonight. Great, they are making Cornette look impotent, just like every other Authority figure in TNA history. Angle and Cornette had a great segment jawing back and forth with Angle complaining his team doesn't trust him already and now he has to go tell them the decision is reversed. Cornette threw the blame back on him for bringing Jeff Jarrett back.
Don West did his patented hard sell to close out the pre-game show.
The PPV opened with a David Sahadi special video on the Lockdown PPV. It was tremendous.
TNA did all the regular pyro at the start of the building. There were some empty sections seen on camera but for the most part it looks like a full house. I'm guessing 4,500-5,000 fans, so they likely broke their attendance record.
Don West and Mike Tenay discussed the card over lots of crowd shots. Lots of signs in the crowd too.
Backstage, Leticia interviewed Jay Lethal. He told her his name was Black Machismo. He did the full Randy Savage imitation. This gimmick will be over huge, but so was Blue Meanie. Turning it into a long-term deal without breaking Lethal down into a comedy character will be the key. Time will tell.
Xcape Match: TNA X-Division champion Chris Sabin vs. Black Machismo (with Kevin Nash) vs. Shark Boy vs. Alex Shelley vs. Sonjay Dutt
It will be pinfall or submission eliminations until there are two competitors left, at which point, you have to escape the cage to win. Machismo came out and did the Megapowers handshake with Nash, who the announcers noted was at the St. Louis Cardinals game earlier today with Scott Steiner for a special presentation. They mentioned members of the Cardinals were in attendance. My guess is Lethal will win here to push him even harder.
They started with Sabin and Dutt wrestling. You can tag in and out. Dutt and Sabin webt back and forth until Sabin thumbed him in the eye. Dutt ducked several clothesline attempts and nailed a hurrancanrana. He armdragged Sabin over and cinched it in. Dutt nailed a really innovative sunset flip for a near gall. Dutt rolled through and DDT'd Sabin for a near fall. Good stuff early.
Sabin tried to superplex Dutt in but Shark Boy blind tagged in. Sabin nailed the move and Boy tried to sneak in a cover. Sharky drilled Sabin's head into his knee. Shelley tagged in. Shark Boy tried to lock in a submission but Shelley booted him in the face,. Sharky came back with a neckbreaker. Sharky drilled Shelley with chops. Shelley whipped him into the corner but Sharky kicked him and nailed a hurrancarana off the ropes. Sharky hit a missile dropkick for a two count.
Sabin got involved and they did some comedic spots where Shark Boy caused them to nail each other. It was good stuff, not campy. Sharky nailed a backbreaker over the knees on Shelley. He went for the Dead Sea Drop but Shelley prevented it and hit an inverted DDT. Savin hit a top rope legdrop and Shelley covered him. Shark Boy has been eliminated.
Lethal came off the ropes with a double sledgehammer on Shelley. The crowd was into it, chanting Black Machismo. Lethal nailed a dropkick for a two count. Shelley missed a charge in the corner. Lethal went to the top but Sabin grabbed his leg. Shelley nailed a jawbreaker off the top on Lethal. Sabin nailed Dutt and threw him into the cage. The crowd chanted "This is awesome". You could see TNA's crew egging them on.
Chris Sabin did the Garvin Stomp. Nice! Sabin and Shelley looked awesome double teaming Lethal. The crowd chanted for Shelley. They had miscommunication problems, leading to Dutt coming off the ropes with a bodypress. They came back with a double hiptoss and legdrop. The crowd chanted TNA. Shelley drilled Dutt in the corner. Lethal returned to the battle and elbowed his partner and peppered Shelley with punches. Sabin and Shelley worked over Lethal, hitting the Dream Sequence for a near fall. Good back and forth match with lots of good athletic stuff. This PPV is already better than any recent episode of Impact.
Dutt hit a springboard clothesline on Shelley. He slipped while hitting it. Dutt hit an enziguiri on Shelley, then a moonsault off the ropes for a two count. Shelley grabbed his leg. Sabin kicked him in the gut and Shelley drilled a stunner. Dutt locked on a camel clutch on Shelley while Lethal cinched in an abdominal stetch on Sabin. Sabin escaped then attacked Dutt.
Sabin and Shelley destroyed Lethal with a series of kicks to the face. Dutt attacked Sabin but was caught while attempting head scissors, pulled into the Cradleshock, nailed, and pinned. Dutt has been eliminated.
Lethal was beaten down, two on one, but came back with a running clothesline. He drilled the Lethal Combination on each of them. He went to the top and drilled Shelley with the flying elbow for the pin. Shelley has been eliminated.
You must now escape the Six Sides of Steel to win the match.
Sabin was dazed and Lethal kicked him in the jaw. Lethal began climbing the cage. Sabin followed. They battled as they made it to the top of the cage. They crossed over to the other side, racing down. They began chopping each other. Sabin kicked Lethal, who lost his footing and got his leg caught in the cage. Sabin dropped down for the win.
Your winner and still TNA X-Division champion, Chris Sabin.
Really fun match. They gave the guys time and they all tore it up. Shelley and Sabin could be the modern resurrection of the Midnight Express if TNA allowed it. They are that damn good. Lethal was super over and looked good, so who knows, maybe I am wrong about the gimmick. Time will tell. Dutt and Shark Boy put in good showings too. Really good match.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash was interviewing a jubilant Team Cage. Cage said they've got the match in the bag already. Cage said they were a unit and a machine. He said everyone on the Team was his family except for Abyss, because he was an imbecile. Abyss got in their faces but Jim Mitchell pulled out a cell phone and threatened to call the authorities. Babyface turn tease folks. Abyss screamed and sulked in the background. Cage noted Team Angle arrived separately. Cage warned Team Angle they had a traitor in their midst in Jeff Jarrett. Cage said today was like Christmas morning for him. Borash noted that if someone on his team gets a title shot if they score a pinfall. Cage said that Borash can't bring him down and Jim Cornette did him a favor because now he only has to give one person a title shot instead of all of them. He left. Scott Steiner and Tomko began arguing over the title shot. AJ Styles and Jim Mitchell had words. As Mitchell left, he called Abyss a scumbag and said that he wants Abyss' mom to go to prison.
They aired a video feature on the recent events between Robert Roode, Petey Williams, Eric Young, and Ms. Brooks
Robert Roode (with Ms. Brooks and Eric Young) vs. Petey Williams
Roode screamed at Young that he belonged to Roode and "his friend" couldn't save him tonight. He made Young sit at ringside. Roode entered the ring, where Williams went right after him, drilling Roode with a head scissors. Williams nailed a series of kicks in the corner. Williams tried to come off the ropes but slipped. Roode caught him and slammed him down with a variation of a gourdbuster. Nice save. Williams came back and tied Roode upside down, doing the "O' Canada" bit where he stands on Roode's groin. It got a big pop.
Williams charged but Roode tossed him up. Williams clotheslined himself on the top rope. Roode choked him against the ropes, talking trash at the same time. Roode slammed Williams into the corner and nailed a series of kicks. He stomped his boot in Williams' face. The crowd chanted for Petey. Roode tossed Williams into the corner and charged but Williams kicked him in the face. Williams came out of the corner but was nailed with a clothesline, taking a 360 bump.
The cameras kept showing a miserable Young watching from ringside. Roode continued to work over Williams and came off with a knee from the ropes for a two count. Roode hit a backdrop suplex for a two count. Roode went to the side chinlock. So far, it's a decent match. Williams fought his way to his feet before they were on the mat for any excessive length of time. Williams grabbed a crucifix into a sunset flip for a near fall.
Roode slammed Petey into the cage several times, then nailed a uranage for a near fall. Lots of near falls in this one. Roode calls for Brooks to grab something, She gets a hockey stick and tries to slide it in, but before he can have it, Young started yanking it. Brooks tried to pull Young off, so we had tug of war shenanigans for a moment. Young ended up with the stick.
Williams came back with some offense. Williams tried to float over but was caught. Roode hit a spinebuster for a two count. Williams called for the stick and Young after debating, gave it to him. Williams cleaned house on Roode with it several times before referee Earl Hebner took it away and tossed it out. Williams rolled up Roode for a near fall.
Williams sent Roode into the cage and called for the Canadian Destroyer. He went for the move but Roode was too strong for him and slammed Williams into the corner. He nailed the Perfectplex (called the Payoff) and scored the clean pinfall.
Your winner, Robert Roode!
This is probably the best match Roode has ever had in TNA. Nothing overly amazing but a solid heel showing for him. He's finding himself as a performer. Williams looked good as well. Another solid match.
Roode screamed at Young to go to the back,
Backstage, Kurt Angle came to Rhino in the back. He told Rhino they need to talk and Rhino said now he wants to talk. Angle explained they lost the advantage because of Jeff Jarrett. Rhino looked angry then said he can forgive and forget. Wait, Jarrett cost him the NWA title and he can forgive and forget? Seriously? He demanded Angle go talk to Samoa Joe right now and Angle walked off to find Joe.
They aired a video feature on Gail Kim vs. Jackie Moore.
Gail Kim vs. Jackie Moore
Call me crazy but I bet they have a hell of a match here. We'll see.
They started brawling on the entrance ramp. Kim hiptossed Jackie on the ramp, then sends her rolling down to the ring. They ring the bell while they are brawling around the commentators. Moore was whipped into the guard rail. Kim was tossed onto the announcers. Moore slammed her into the rail, then poured water over her head. Kim came back with a kick to the gut. They battled around the cage outside. Moore grabbed Socal Val and used her as a shield. Kim began chopping Moore, then tossed her into the cage.
Kim told them to close the door, allowing Moore to attack her with a forearm. Kim nailed headscissors and a dropkick on Moore. Kim looked to leave the cage but Moore grabbed her. She stomped Moore's hand. Moore nailed the Stun Gun on Kim. Moore nailed a German suplex on Kim.
Moore tried to escape the cage but Kim grabbed her and slammed her backwards into a corner. Moore choked Kim over the ropes, then flipper her into the ring. She scored a two count. Moore tried to climb up but was pulled down. Kim came off the middle rope with a sunset flip attempt. Moore grabbed the ropes but was pulled off.
Moore snapped Kim over by the hair and began drilling her with kicks. Kim tried to slam her but Moore escaped. They both hit the corner in the exchange and were down. Kim blocked a punch and nailed several forearms, then a clothesline. She slammed Moore, then came off the top with a missile dropkick. She covered Moore, who got her shoulder up at the last minute.
Kim began climbing out of the cage but Moore caught her. They battled in the open doorway with elbows. Kim pulled the door clothes, nailing Moore in the head. Kim teased leaving, then slammed it shut. She went to the top of the cage and dove off with a flying bodypress for the pin. She was a little high and nailed Moore only glancingly (it looked awesome in the replay as Kim connected to Moore's head), but the crowd loved it.
Your winner, Gail Kim!
A solid match. Some good brawling around ringside. Decent wrestling. A big highspot to close it. It was fine for what it was.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Bob Backlund backstage. Backlund did one of his weirdball interviews. Jeremy Borash's reactions were classic.
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It wasn't your usual Valentine's Day date.
No, 31-year-old Nikolas Harbar and 26-year-old Stephanie Pelzner of Portland, Ore., decided to dispense with the candle-lit dinner, the flowers and the chocolates, and instead take a walk on the wild side.
Or to be precise, a ride on the wild side. In a Subaru Legacy. With Pelzer in the backseat – naked, tied up and her mouth covered with duct tape.
The kinky couple parked at New Seasons Market in the city, where a passer-by made the understandable error of mistaking foreplay for a kidnapping in progress.
The responsible citizen took down the plate and phoned the authorities.
Naturally, police suspected sexual assault or worse. An alert was issued and eventually nine cruisers took off in pursuit.
At 12:56 p.m., police returning to the address of the registered car owner spotted the Suburu with Pelzner still naked and bound in the back. Harbar told officers that "they were doing some Valentine's Day role playing," according to the police report. Officers confirmed the story with Pelzner, who said she was a willing participant.
Even so, police were not amused about the wild goose chase. They decided to arrest the pair for disorderly conduct in the second degree.
Harbar and Pelzner were booked into Multnomah County Jail, where there's no safeword for getting out of its particular brand of B&D.

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Despite its potential, legitimate questions surround the widespread assumption that mobile ad spend will skyrocket to meet engagement.
Mobile faces a big gap in advertising dollars vs. consumer "eyeball time," and eCPMS are sometimes as low as 20% of their desktop counterparts.
In a recent report from BI Intelligence on the mobile advertising ecosystem, we explore the "monetization problem" in mobile, give an overview of the mobile advertising industry's size, and examine the mobile platform wars' impact on advertising, as well as the potential industry split between smartphones and tablets.
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Here's a few issues contributing to the "monetization problem" that need to be addressed:
- Targeting needs to be improved: Mobile advertising has found it hard to shake the impression that it indiscriminately sprays users. It is technically challenging to track mobile users and deliver relevant audience demographics. That's because the fragmented mobile landscape lacks the common standards and protocols that enable relatively seamless ad delivery and measurement on PCs.
- Cracking the local advertising opportunity is essential: Local is a potential blockbuster mobile advertising opportunity. Theoretically, advertisers could target advertising to consumers block-by-block. Some believe it will be a while before inventory and demand can be matched up at the precise second; others argue that no technical obstruction exists and local will be a substantial part of the market by next year.
- Enhanced ad delivery and advertising analytics could fuel growth: More efficient ad delivery models will likely be a major theme driving growth over the next few years. And better ad tracking and fine-tuned audience data are gradually allowing ad buyers to see what works and what doesn't on mobile.
- Fraudulent clicks need to be addressed: According to Trademob, as many as 40 percent of clicks on mobile ads are fraudulent or accidental. Of that 40 percent, 55 percent are accidental clicks, many of which are presumably the result of the smaller screen.
In full, the report:
- Gives an overview of the mobile advertising industry's size.
- Explores the "monetization problem," in terms of both the challenges to revenue growth and the trends working in the industry's favor.
- Examines the mobile platform wars' impact on advertising, as well as the potential industry split between smartphones and tablets.
- Outlines what is being done, and what needs to be done, for the mobile advertising industry to grow more quickly
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Slain Rockmart man was to testify in trial | Crime
ROCKMART, Ga. -- Police say a 19-year-old man found shot to death in Polk County was supposed to testify in an upcoming trial.
Desmond Ray Kinnemore was found dead in a ditch near his Rockmart home Tuesday morning. A 911 caller reported hearing gunshots around 10:30 a.m. but didn't see the shooting.
Police say Kinnemore was supposed to meet with the county district attorney this week.
Rockmart police Chief Keith Sorrells told the newspaper police hadn't named any suspects by Thursday.
Investigators were trying to determine whether Kinnemore's planned testimony could have led to his death. Details about the case he was supposed to testify in were not immediately available.


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I have created a document library and configure it to have a Document Template Excel Spreadsheet. When I create a new Document and then save the new Excel worksheet, by selecting File -> Save&Send -> Save to SharePoint and select the document library the Publish Options button is not shown.
I gues that this is a configuration issue. I have checked the configuration for Excel Services Application but I cant find any obvious cause.


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BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A 28-year-old Brunswick man was shot and killed Wednesday night.
Police responding to a call of shots fired in the 1800 block of London Street just before 8 p.m. found Antwan Lawrence with a gunshot wound in the 1000 block of Gordon Street.
Lawrence died on the way to a hospital, police said.
Police said they do not have any suspects.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Investigator Galdamez at 912- 267-5091 or the Silent Witness Hotline at 912-267-5516.


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I was amazed to come across this article in the Spectator, where Toby Young argues that the Left is liable to attack scientists who contradict some of its established beliefs. (Sound familiar?)
It relates to an anthropologist who dismissed the idea of the Noble Savage, saying humans come like us - fighting, stealing, and such - without being subjected to capitalism and the like. For that, a man's career was destroyed and only redeemed by a noble advocate.
A belated New Year competition, perhaps: can you come up with any aspect of chemistry or physics that might be similarly politically incorrect? (No biology please, we don't know whether the Left is pro the poor beleaguered creationists.)


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Over at the Maui Makers hackerspace, member Ryan K showed up with a mess of Lilikoi fruit (also known as passion fruit). Using anodized bolts (source of zinc), some thin copper pipe, wire, switches, LEDs, and a capacitor, he built himself a battery from the fruit.
The Lilikoi vine produces a massive amount of fruit in Hawaii, often creating a nuisance for home-owners who own a plant. The fruit drop and have to be cleaned up, otherwise they rot and attract insects. Ryan tasted one and noticed it was quite acidic and might be a good candidate for a homemade battery.
The fruit charge a 6800 uf capacitor, and when the volt meter hits 3v, the switch can be thrown, letting the green laser emit a short pulse. For those curious, two days later the charge was down to 1.8v. Obviously this is a supply and demand issue they'll need to sort out.


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Pan Sauteed Chicken Saltimbocca:
1 6-8 oz chicken breast pounded thin (per person)
2-3 pieces thinly slice prosciutto di parma
3-4 fresh sage leaves
Salt & Pepper to taste
4 oz. Italian blended cheeses, we use mozzarella, asiago, fontina and Parmesan
6 oz wild mushroom Marsala gravy: recipe to follow
Aqua Grill Sauteed Orcchiette with Shaved Brussels Sprouts: Recipe To follow
Chiffonade the sage leaves and sprinkle atop the pounded chicken cutlet, lightly season with salt & pepper, then lay the shaved prosciutto onto it
Gently pound the prosciutto so that it adheres to the chicken breast, with the sage sandwiched in between.
Start a medium saute pan with extra virgin olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter, when the butter is melted add the prepared chicken cutlet ham side down
Gently shaking the pan so that it doesn't stick. when the chicken is halfway cooked, flip it over and top the cutlet with the Italian cheeses. Cover the pan and lower the heat to melt the cheese and finish cooking the chicken.
Aqua Grill Sauteed Orcchiette with Shaved Brussels Sprouts:
4-5 oz cooked pasta per person
1 cup shaved brussels sprouts (per Person)
1/2 oz chopped garlic
1/2 oz minced shallot
2 oz evoo
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
4 oz chicken stock
salt & pepper to taste
fresh basil
Cook Pasta per Directions on the box, drain and reserve:
Start a medium saute pan with extra virgin olive oil, saute garlic and shallots until they start to get golden in color.
add shaved brussels sprouts, and pre cooked pasta to the pan, tossing to distribute evenly.
Add chicken stock, nutritional yeast and fresh basil, reduce slightly, then add whole butter and season with salt & pepper.
When Pasta is finished heating through and sauce is reduced, remove to a plate, then top with Fully cooked chicken cutlet.
Top with Wild Mushroom Marsala Gravy, serve and enjoy!
Wild Mushroom Marsala Gravy: makes 1 qt
1 pound cleaned & sliced wild mushrooms
1 oz chopped garlic
1 oz minced shallot
3 cups beef stock or demi glace
1 cup marsala wine
corn starch slurry as needed
saute garlic, shallots and wild mushrooms in a medium sauce pan, until they have released all their liquid
remove pan from the heat and add marsala wine to deglaze, scraping any bits from the bottom of the pan.
place back on the heat, carefully if using open flame as it may ignite.
reduce down by half, and then add beef stock, or demi-glace.
bring sauce to a boil, season as needed, and adjust the consistency of the sauce with a mixture of corn starch and water.
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Rihanna Working With Barbra Streisand
Yes, we're serious. It seems that with the successes of duets albums of the past, Barbra Streisand — with the help of her bosses at Sony Music — is now beginning to put together a duets compilation of her own. And one person that's rumored to be on the album? You guessed it, the one and only babe from Barbados … Rihanna.
In the past, the process with these types of albums has been wildly successful, pairing up a living legend with hip, younger artists for multiple intentions. Not only in hopes to make both the artist and the album more successful in stores and on iTunes, but also to help the artist grab a brand new fan base. Not that Barbra needs it — she did just sign a reported $30 million deal with Sony Music.
But the duets process does work most of the time. Just look at Tony Bennett. The legendary crooner had his first number one album with 'Duets II,' released in Sept. 2011, at the age of 85, which featured the likes of Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood, and the late and great Amy Winehouse.
Some more rumored guests to appear on the 70-year-old songstress's album are Adele and perhaps even Jay-Z. It seems that with her new deal, Barbra's ready to try something new. Who knows, the result could be very advantageous for the Brooklyn-bred singer.
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Next stop, Denmark.
Woody Allen has released films in the past decade set in London, Barcelona, Paris and New York, this year comes "Nero Fiddled" set in Rome. Now he appears to be setting his sights on Copenhagen, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film still has no title, and no one knows sharing any plot details about the film, which would shoot in 2013.
The allure of the Danish capital is much the same as the previous European locations: massive government subsidies that keep costs way down. Copenhagen is at work establishing a film fund to lure international talent, and having Allen as part of their kick-off would no doubt signal that they mean business.
Europe has clearly been good to Allen, artistically as well as commercially, as he just last month won his first Oscar in 25 years, Best Original Screenplay for "Midnight in Paris."


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APS CAM870 Magnum (2014-05-05)
Realism is the name of the game with APS's CAM870 Magnum. Not only does it feature full metal construction with real wood furniture, similar to the real thing, but the shell ejecting system allows real operation techniques to be applied to this airsoft shotgun.
Pushing realism to the edge, the APS CAM870 Magnum?s shells utilize the same concepts found in a real shotgun shell. The use of a shot cup to provide a seal and carry the projectiles to target, and the use of an activation pin striking the rear of the shell to activate the propellant (of which is compressed CO2).
Smooth pump action and reliable function make this not only a collector's gun, but with the addition of an included shell catcher, quite skirmishable in CQB/room clearing skirmish and training maneuvers.


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Projects Abroad Human Rights Office – Cape Town, South Africa – Monthly Reports
Monthly Reports from 2011
December is always a quiet month at PAHRO as many of our partner organisations are closed for Christmas and so projects are put on hold. Legal work is also slow as very few new clients come in over the Christmas and New Year period but also because follow ups on current cases are not possible due to the majority of companies and organisations that we need to get hold of shutting down for the Christmas holidays. Here are the updates on the few things that have been taking place this month.
November has been a busy month for PAHRO with a huge change around in staff after losing two of our staff members, Lyndon Metembo and Tiffani Wesley and gaining Shuan Solomons as the new Social Justice Coordinator. Volunteer numbers are starting to die down now as we approach Christmas with many volunteers leaving and heading home for the holidays or continuing with their travels. We still have a good number within the office though and a few whom will be staying right through Christmas and New Years with us. Here are some of November's highlights.
This month has been busy for PAHO, especially with the arrival of our Global Gap Year volunteers. Our social justice projects are progressing well, with a new soccer project in the works. Our mock trial program is also making huge steps and having a profound impact on both the children we are working with and the volunteers. On the legal services side, we have had many interesting cases this month, including a Road Accident Fund case, a medical negligence case, and some very interesting asylum seeker cases. Here's a summary of this month's activities
This month has been very productive for PAHO with new ideas and new projects, adding to the already successful projects currently running. Volunteers have been planning new soccer tournaments, developing new relationships with other organisations, organising a jewellery sale for the women at St. Anne's, and working hard on a variety of different legal cases. The office continues to evolve and grow as do the volunteers working in the office.
This month has been another busy one for PAHO with lots of new volunteers arriving and with that new ideas and dynamics are brought to the work we are doing. Some put all their energy and efforts into organising and pulling off a very successful soccer tournament in Manenberg, others made huge progress in terms of the work we do with the women's shelters; not forgetting the request from Bonnytoun themselves for us to spend more time with the boys each week because of the great work our volunteers have been doing there. Here's a round up of the progress being made in each of our projects.
Bonnytoun – This month Bonnytoun relocated to new premises. It is now much further away and volunteers must take time to travel there. The new premises are much more 'prison like' with the boys being placed in cells rather than dorms like the old building. They are now a lot further away from their families who are unable to visit as regularly because of the distance and many of the organisations that were also working with the boys have dropped out due to the distance.
Bonnytoun – This month started with volunteers delving into their creative side and producing their own raps to perform to the boys. The aim was to try and get the boys interested through music and get them to write their own raps/songs. Volunteers then decided to address an issue which was important to the boys – court proceedings. All of these boys have found themselves caught up in the justice system and so such a topic is of great relevance to them.
Social Justice
Police: Your Rights and Access to Justice
This month we had one workshop in this project. We visited Nima, a community which has expressed serious issues relating to local policing and violations of offender's rights. Our volunteers presented the UN's 10 Suspect Rights and a general statement on current police behaviour with reference to corruption and extortion.
Bonnytoun – This month volunteers have been getting to know the boys and learning what works with them and what they respond to. The first few workshops resulted in a fair amount of trial and error, sourcing out the boys' strengths and weaknesses.
Bonnytoun – The Bonnytoun move has not yet been confirmed and so we have still been visiting the boys at the usual place. PAHRO has decided to continue with the Bonnytoun project, regardless of the move to a much further location.
Bonnytoun – Drug addiction workshops were worked on with the boys this month. PAHRO has found there to be a crossover with the work we do at Bonnytoun and the work that Youth in Prison do there. Youth in Prison is another organisation working with Bonnytoun. They visit the boys 6 times a week, carrying out workshops similar to what PAHRO does but using creative arts.
Legal Clinics - Two more legal clinics were held in communities in Dodowa. Volunteers first held focus group discussions to determine levels of understanding of issues and which issues were most pertinent to provide legal education. PAHO returned to give presentations on child maintenance, marriage and intestacy with Legal Aid. Follow-up mediations will take place in February.


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There are very legitimate reasons to be scared that the proliferation of video surveillance is rapidly encroaching on our rights to everyday privacy and anonymity on the streets of Baltimore. Spurred on by counter-terrorism paranoia, recent advances in camera technology and computerized image processing are bringing George Orwell's dystopian nightmare of inescapable social control within reach of today's bureaucrats.
On Friday, August 2nd, 2013, Arun Gupta came to Baltimore for two events: "The Importance of Independent Media" and "The United States of Fear." Gupta argues a path forward towards directly challenging the types of fear the state, corporations, and police use to repress the population, including: identifying our fears, having honest dialogue, and build real relationships and communities of trust and solidarity.
When a calll went out in early October to "occupy" Baltimore, roughly 200 people gathered to discuss possible locations for an encampment. One initial proposal was to occupy the site of a proposed youth jail in East Baltimore, a facility that would cost the state $104 million—money that could be used for an under-funded public education system and neglected recreation centers.
In The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, author Stiegg Larson introduces us to the twenty-first century's first great traumatized protagonist, Lisbeth Salander. Called the "perfect victim" by one of her friends, she is a private investigator who faces all kinds of abuse from men in her life, men who hate women in general and her in particular. At a young age, she watched her father regularly and viciously abuse her mother.
Throughout American history, landjacking has often been accompanied by violence, whether physical or structural. The James Cameron blockbuster movie Avatar illustrated how corporate interests use naked force as they attempted to landjack the home of the Na'vi, the indigenous population on the planet Pandora. What Avatar masterfully depicts are the methods that avaricious developers or corporation interests will use in order to extract resources and maximize profits.
Interviews, on-the-scene audio reports, talks and more!


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(Multi-)Sensor Timeseries
ESA has been collecting and processing EO data from ESA missions (for example ERS-1/2, Envisat), and ESA TPM (for example AVHRR, Landsat, ALOS) for nearly three decades. To facilitate the various end-user and science applications, there is a need for the agency to support and maintain the quality aspects across missions with similar sensors. The SPPA team multi-sensor activities focus primarily on the sensor Fundamental Data Records (FDR), i.e. the level-1 data, on the instrument's core products, as outlined in the Mission Requirements Documents (MRD) of each mission, and on some select additional geophysical parameters that facilitate the improvements of the sensor FDR.
|LTDP ALTS: ATSR Long Term Stability
|LTDP EMiR: ERS/Envisat MWR Recalibration and Water Vapour Thematic Data Record Generation
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|REAPER: Reprocessing of Altimeter Products for ERS
|SCIRoCCo: Scatterometer Instrument Competence Centre
|SEOM CAWA: Advanced Clouds, Aerosols and WAter vapour products for Sentinel-3/OLCI
|SLAP: Systematic Landsat Archive Processing


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Murray Tinkelman: "The only one who had any faith in me was Chuck Cooper himself"
The connection is this: both artists were represented by the Charles E. Cooper studio. And the intersection of their careers is this: In 1958, when Lynn Buckham was enjoying immense popularity with top clients like The Saturday Evening Post, he probably had no idea his days as a magazine illustrator were numbered. Meanwhile, Murray Tinkelman's were just beginning. Buckham's style of literal narrative illustration may still have been the popular look of the mainstream in the late 50's, but photography would soon grab the lion's share of a shrinking market for magazine and advertising art.
Looking back on those days, Murray Tinkelman told an interviewer in 1970, "... the role of the illustrator is changing from a descriptive one to an interpretive one. The illustration used to be redundant, really, because it was all taken directly from the text. Nowadays the artist helps tell the story, rather than just echoing the author's words."
Murray joined the Cooper Studio in 1958. "The salesmen," says Murray, "the first two years, never had any confidence that my stuff was salable. It was infuriating."
In spite of the hurdles ( Murray made only $1,800 that first year at Cooper's ) he was gaining something more valuable than money: "I was very young, and my relationship with (Coby) Whitmore, (Joe) Bowler, (Joe) DeMers, and Lorraine Fox and Bernie D'Andrea... being mentored by those wonderful narrative illustrators... meant the world to me."
"My proclivity was in a much more decorative style."
Cooper's salesmen may not have known what to make of Murray Tinkelman, but Chuck Cooper himself must have had a sense that times were changing. Perhaps that's why he decided to take a chance on the kid with the oddball style who had wandered in for an interview from his dead-end job at a third-rate greeting card company. At the time not even Murray could have anticipated what he would accomplish.
But this colour-blind kid from a poor part of town was going to surprise everyone. This week we'll find out how.
* My Murray Tinkelman Flickr set.
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Great blog, I have the greatest respect for Murray he has been a great influence for me.ReplyDelete
Murray is the true illustration ambassador- he's got a million great stories! Love this blog.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the post about Murray. He's such a lovable personality, and was once one of my teachers. His critiques were always great, and he was someone whom you always wanted to please. A very generous, and humorous character.ReplyDelete
I love his work! I´ve seen it all over the place all my life, and I can´t wait to find out more.ReplyDelete
Leif, if you're going to cover Murray Tinkleman, you're going to have to do at least three sets: one for Murray the illustrator, one for Murray the oral historian of the illustration field, and one for Murray the art critic (in this last category, ask him about his theory on the relationship between the work of Ben Shahn and the work of Robert Weaver. You could easily fill a whole week with that material alone!)ReplyDelete
Those are just the three careers that I know about. I'm sure he has another career or two squirreled away somewhere.
I should have placed a disclaimer up front saying that there was no way I was going to be able to give people anything even close to a sense of who Murray Tinkelman is. These posts will be little more than a series of snapshots of a few interesting anecdotes along the road of Murray's early career. I think I'll pass the hot potato back into your lap to do Murray Tinkelman the justice he deserves on the Illustration Art blog!


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