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Sequels became credible in 1974 with The Godfather 2. The critical consensus [1] is that it surpassed the original. Due to the self editing process a work of fiction is approximately 50% of its original intent. Ergo a completed story – plot permitting – has enough material to be continued. There are characters to be resolved. There are themes to be examined. The trilogy – in motion pictures – is exploitative. Horror movies are exploitative by default. Sequels rarely work.
Bride of Frankenstein 1935 and The Curse of the Cat People 1944 were a long time ago.
Halloween 1978 was phenomenal success[2]. The commercial nature of the industry notwithstanding the conclusion of the original film meant there was a narrative basis for a sequel. The first hurdle for any sequel is the writer. It is his story more so than the director. It is his continuity. The next hurdle is the actors. They are visual continuity. John Carpenter and Debra Hill wrote and produced the original. They returned to write and produce Halloween 2. Jamie Lee Curtis returned. Donald Pleasance returned. Charles Cyphers returned as the sheriff. Even Nancy Kyes returned as a corpse.
Halloween 2 continues the night he came home. This premise is simple ingenuity from the writers. It means no exposition from any of the characters. It means the audience would have to watch the original to understand the sequel. It means Michael Myers continues to stalk and slash his way to Jamie Lee. Did James Cameron watch this movie before writing Aliens 1986? If Halloween is a stalker movie Halloween 2 is a full blown slasher.
Myers cuts his first kill at 12 minutes. He is relentless henceforth. However there is a moment of prudence (it would be folly to call it mercy). In a tension addled sequence Michael doesn't kill Mrs Elrod. It mirrors the scene in the original when he didn't kill Nurse Marion. Both women survived due to practical reasons: Myers is on a mission.
Laurie Strode: "Why me?"
The best part of this plot is the move the action to a confined space. It is also the Achilles Heel. Haddonfield has got to be the most deserted hospital until Autopsy 2009. At least the latter had a narrative reason. The lack of bodies –patients and staff – is down to low budget. It intrudes on the suspension of disbelief.
Actress Nancy Stephens reprises her Nurse Marion character. Her role is the reveal. She tells Loomis why Michael Myers is fixated on Laurie Strode. It is the raison d'être for both movies. It is the prelude to the end.
Within the confines of the hospital Michael has free reign to stalk and slash everyone on his way to Laurie. Each kill is different. The movie does its best to build the staff into characters thereby amplifying the effects of the kills. Though the actors don't have much time or lines, with the exception of Tawny Moyer, they convince. The killings range from horror – Mr Garret – to inventive – Mrs Alves – to boring – Karen.
The best performances come from the stalwart Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee. From the off Loomis is strident that Myers is "not human". How can he be? He took six bullets and he got up and walked away. This informs the audience that a more inventive method must be used to kill the shape. Jamie Lee as Laurie Strode is wounded, drugged, exhausted. Yet she understands that Michael is coming for her. She's too weak to run. She has to rely on instinct.
Director Rick Rosenthal mimics Carpenter's style from the original. He infuses the 2.35:1 aspect ratio with long shots, corridors and filled backgrounds. Rosenthal also shows he is adept at set pieces: Michael's chase of Laurie in the store room in particular. Composer Alan Howarth was brought in to sex up Carpenter's original score. This is a theme that is equal to James Bond in movie iconography. Howarth adds orchestral texture to what tinny keyboards. Although it was unnecessary it is a job well done.
Halloween 2 is a perfect sequel. It concludes the narrative the original started with a barnstorming sequence. Laurie Strode stands to face the dragon but it is Jamie Lee Curtis who blooms as the ultimate final girl. Donald Pleasance plays Loomis as a necessary hero. John Carpenter and Debra Hill didn't work together again for another 15 years. Michael Myers will never rest in peace.
Halloween 2 opens with an epigram. It's something to do with horses and dreams. Oh dear. Writer, director, producer Rob Zombie returns for the sequel of his remake – which is not a remake of the sequel. Zombie manages to bring with him the vast majority of the cast from his 2007 remake. Unfortunately for him (and this film) he doesn't lure the best performer; Daeg Faerch was the best of a bad bunch in Halloween 2007. The opening sequence shows another actor Chase Vanek as young Michael Myers. The kid fits the role. He's as bad as the rest of them.
Why is the young Michael Myers a presence in this film? It allows for the presence of middle-aged Sheri Moon Zombie who plays his mother. As her name suggests she is married to the director. He's the only gig in town[3]. Deborah Myers committed suicide in the remake. Her presence in this film is that of apparition. It's contrived. It's unnecessary. It's a betrayal of contract between cinema and audience. Halloween 2 doesn't exist to entertain. It exists to indulge (Rob Zombie and spouse).
Why Zombie would want to disassociate himself from Halloween 2 1981 is perplexing[4]. By virtue of his 2007 effort he is a non talented. This is evident in the reworking of the 1981 script. The first 25 minutes follow the trajectory of the '81 sequel: Michael attacks Laurie at Haddonfield General. Then she wakes up. It was all a dream. Not since
has such a device been wantonly abused. It's a swerve on the audience and with over 90 minutes left it germinates bad will. Dallas
A note on the hospital sequence; in the '81 sequel Mrs Alves was played by Gloria Gifford. She was the de facto boss of the hospital - respected if not like by all staff both men and women. She goes missing. Her off camera slaying was the most inventive death in the picture.
In '09 the renamed Nurse Daniels is written as a minstrel and played so by actress Octavia Spencer. Her first scene is 'ghetto talk' about something or the other while her white colleague bawls her head off. They hi-five each other and the stereotype couldn't be more crude. Here is Nurse Daniels aka Mammy. Her murder is the most brutal and pornographic in the whole film.
John Carpenter (and James Cameron) has always put black people in position of relative power in their movies. There is safety and comfort in watching their films because racism will not be a factor. That they are in the minority is an overstatement. The majority is the likes of Rob Zombie and his/their pure evil inspired fantasies on other human beings. Sickening.
Laurie wakes from her dream. Its two years later: October 29th. Enough time for Michael to walk his way back to Haddonfield. The story never explains where he's been or what he's been up to. Maybe he only kills on October 31st.
Zombie is good when it comes to white trash characters; the ambulance crew mirror the asylum screws from the first film. The Rabbit in Red strip joint sequence is fun - to a point. He is horrible at girl speak. All Laurie and her friends do is use swear words. Like totally rad dude.
Malcolm McDowell is back as Loomis to further the embarrassment. Margot Kidder plays a psychiatrist - that's the only original thought in this flick. Rarely do films as obnoxious as this actually get released. There are bad films out there. A lot of bad films exist purely for a profit. Halloween 2 exists because a nasty troll got hold a camera and the studio said have at it.
This is the tenth of the Halloween films. It's far and away the worst. Undoubtedly at some point there will be more to follow. So long as none of the future films involve Rob Zombie then none will ever be as bad as this.
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Murray L. Weidenbaum, Ph.D., chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Reagan administration, will speak on the current state of the U.S. economy at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, in the Leadership Room of Lindenwood University's Spellmann Campus Center.
Weidenbaum, who appears as part of the university's Economic Policy Lecture Series, will present a speech titled, "Challenges Facing the U.S. Economy: Short–and Long–Term Solutions." The event is free and open to the public.
Weidenbaum was President Ronald Reagan's first chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in 1981 and '82 and was one of the key shapers of the administration's economic policy, as well as a frequent spokesman on economic and financial issues for the administration.
He was also assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy in the Nixon administration and has served on the faculty at Washington University since 1964, where he was chairman of the economics department from 1966 to '69. He is currently the Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor at Washington University.
Prior to coming to Washington University, he was a corporate economist at the Boeing Company. He is currently on the boards of directors for Harbour Group, Macroeconomic Advisors and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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The Skeldar V-200 vertical-lift unmanned aerial system by Saab of Sweden has verified key capabilities in flight testing in Sweden and the United States.
The testing to demonstrate both land-based and sea-based operations, were conducted in night and day circumstances and showed system capabilities, including convoy shadowing, performance of its EO/IR sensors, as well as precision landing.
Long-range missions using tactical hand-over between ground control stations were also demonstrated.
Saab said a heavy fuel engine for the Skeldar-200 has been verified and delivered and is cleared for flight testing.
"The Skeldar V-200 has passed yet another important milestone in the program with these key capabilities verified and demonstrated to various customers," says Mikael Franzen, director of Saab's Tactical UAS business area.
"The combination of two alternative engine types, a modular payload design, and the ability to incorporate and utilize a variety of data link systems, provides a true multi-mission capability for the Skeldar V-200 and a flexibility that enables the customer (to) successfully meet their mission objectives on land or at sea."


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A mixture of local talent and world-renowned experts are scheduled to give talks at the TEDx Jacksonville Connecting Currents event, to be held Oct. 26 on WJCT's sound stage.
Participants include Barbara Colaciello, Jacksonville Beach actor, playwright and storyteller; Hank Coxe, a Jacksonville attorney; Nancy Soderberg, UNF professor and former UN ambassador and White House advisor; Bruce Ganger, executive director of Second Harvest North Florida; Ben Warner, president and CEO of Jacksonville Community Council.
Also, Matt Rutherford, the first person to complete nonstop single-handed voyages around North and South America; former U.S. Rep. Robert Inglis, with the distinction of being uninvited to the Tea Party; TEDGlobal Fellow Aman Mojadidi, an American Southerner born to Afghan parents; Chevara Orrin, a black Jewish mother, activist and survivor who will discuss simple human interaction; Lawanda Ravoira, an expert on challenges girls in the juvenile justice system face; and Patricia Siemen, a Dominican sister and attorney who will discuss the long-term ecological health of the Earth.


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What is Section 1202?
Section 1202 is a section of the Internal Revenue Code which provides an exclusion (sometimes in whole and sometimes in part) for gain in certain small business stock sales by taxpayers other than corporations.
What is the amount of the exclusion?
For qualified small business stock acquired between September 27, 2010, and until the end of 2013 (thanks to the fiscal cliff bill!), the exclusion is 100%, and that includes an exclusion from the alternative minimum tax. There is an overall cap on this exclusion, but it is significant–in general it is the greater of $10M or 10x the adjusted basis of the taxpayer's stock.
What is qualified small business stock?
With limited exceptions and subject to compliance with certain reporting requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, QSB stock means any stock acquired on original issuance by the taxpayer from a domestic C corporation after August 10, 1993 that meets the following requirements:
- the aggregate gross assets of the corporation must not have exceeded $50 million at the time of and immediately after the issuance of the stock; and
- at least 80% of the assets, by value, of the corporation must have been used in an active conduct of one or more "qualified trade or businesses."
Can founders qualify?
Yes, founders' stock can qualify for the Section 1202 qualified small business stock benefit.
Can you form as an S corporation and still have your founders stock qualify?
No, you have to form as a C corporation in order for the stock to potentially qualify for the 1202 exclusion.
What is a qualified trade or business?
A qualified trade or business generally means any trade or business other than:
- any trade or business involving the performance of a services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, athletics, financial services, brokerage services, or any trade or business where the principal asset of such trade or business is the reputation or skill of 1 or more of its employees
- any banking, insurance, financing, leasing, investing, or similar business
- any farming business (including the business of raising or harvesting trees),
- any business involving the production or extraction of products of a character with respect to which a deduction is allowable under section 613 or 613A
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The investment has to be in qualified small business stock, and the stock has to be held for 5 years. There are numerous rules that apply in order to qualify for this benefit. You should consult with a tax advisor to assure that you qualify for the benefit.


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Last week we reported that the CyanogenMod team had added almost a dozen new phones and tablets to their list of officially-supported devices, including Barnes & Noble's increasingly affordable Nook HD and Nook HD+. At the time the B&N tablet builds weren't quite ready, but nightly ROM builds just showed up for both the 7-inch and 9-inch versions. Go forth, ROM addicts, and flash to your heart's content.
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April 14, 1932 - November 30, 2012
Monroe, NY
George F. Cannock, 60 year area resident, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 80.
Son of the late George E. Cannock and Gladys G. Earle Cannock, he was born April 14, 1932 in Bellavista Callao, Peru.
He retired from Ford Motor Company in Mahwah, NJ and IBM in East Fishkill. George served our country as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1953 1956. He belonged to many ecological and environmental organizations.
George is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Joan Ryan Cannock; children: Hillary J. Hess and family in Lake Oswego, Oregon, Bonnie J. Sisco and family in Wurtsboro, and George W. Cannock and his family in Chester; his brother, Fred W. Cannock of New Port Richey, FL and eight grandchildren.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe, a member of American Legion Post 488 in Monroe and previously a member and Past Commander of American Legion Post 487 in Mahwah, NJ. He enjoyed camping. Twice he and Joan camped cross country. He visited 49 states at different occasions, missing Hawaii. When asked why not there, his answer was always that he was building a raft.
"George was a beloved husband, father and grandfather who was loyal, honest and true, and our family has lost a dear friend."
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4 at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Ave., Monroe. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 5 at the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe, 142 Stage Road, Monroe with the Rev. Alex Lever officiating. Cremation will take place at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope. Interment of cremains will be in Seamanville Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe.
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Soviet Union intervenes in Czechoslovakia
In the face of rising anti-Soviet protests in Czechoslovakia, Soviet troops (backed by troops from other Warsaw Pact nations) intervene to crush the protest and restore order. The brutal Soviet action shocked the West and dealt a devastating blow to U.S.-Soviet relations.
The troubles in Czechoslovakia began when Alexander Dubcek took over as secretary general of the nation's Communist Party in January 1968. It was immediately apparent that Dubcek wanted a major overhaul of Czechoslovakia's political and economic system—he called his particular ideology "Socialism with a human face." He called for greater political freedom, including more participation by noncommunist parties. Dubcek also pressed for economic policies that would ensure less state control and more reliance on free market economics. Finally, he insisted on greater freedom from Soviet domination, although he reiterated his nation's allegiance to the Warsaw Pact, the Soviet bloc's counterpart to NATO.
Dubcek's policies shocked the Soviets and leaders in other Eastern European nations. Throughout early and mid-1968, negotiations took place between Dubcek and representatives from Russia and other Soviet bloc nations in an attempt to have the Czechoslovakian leader soften his reforms. Dubcek refused, and tensions with the Soviet Union steadily increased. Meanwhile, the sudden atmosphere of freedom that Dubcek was encouraging took root, and Czech citizens embraced and celebrated the new tolerance for free exchange of ideas and open discussion in what came to be known as the "Prague Spring." On the night of August 20, 1968, more than 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops crossed into Czechoslovakia and headed for the capital city of Prague. In just over a day, the entire country was occupied; within a week nearly three-quarters of a million foreign troops were in Czechoslovakia. Anti-Soviet riots broke out in Prague, but these were viciously crushed and thousands of Czechs fled the country.
The Soviet action in August 1968 shocked the West. Not since 1956, when Soviet troops intervened in Hungary, had the Russian government resorted to such force to bring one of its communist allies into line with its own policies. The Czech invasion was particularly damaging to U.S.-Soviet relations. In June 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson met with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin to begin discussions related to a number of issues, including arms control. It was agreed that Johnson would visit the Soviet Union in October 1968 to continue the talks. The Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia caused Johnson to cancel his visit abruptly.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the United States is finishing the job it started in Afghanistan.
The president says he will seek to bring the U.S. force in Afghanistan down to 9,800 as the American combat mission ends later this year. He then intends to withdraw most those forces by the end of 2016.
Obama said from the Rose Garden on Tuesday, quote: "This is the year we will conclude our combat mission in Afghanistan."
Obama said U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan longer than many Americans expected. He said the forces have struck significant blows against al-Qaida's leadership, eliminated Osama bin Laden and prevented Afghanistan from being used as a base against the U.S.


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Gwen will be shipped to my granddaughter whose favorite color is "girl blue." I hope she likes it. She's five so a little young for a tooth pillow, but she's sure to need it sometime in the next year or two!
Yesterday I used this pillow to show you how to applique onto fabric. Go here to read that post.
By posting that tutorial, I gave most of the directions on how to make these tooth pillows. There are step-by-step instructions on appliqueing in that post. (This she-monster applique pattern can be bought here.)
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Tori Spelling Spills Her Secrets
Tori Spelling has decided to spill her secrets to the world and I cannot be happier. I love Tori and her show...I'm glad that she's all good considering the way she grew up. (Besides we have the same name...SHHHHHH!!!)
Here are some of the juicy bits that have been spilled:
On 'Beverly Hills, 90210'
- I had an insta-crush on Brian Austin Green. Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and I became friends ... I cheated on [my first boyfriend] by hooking up with my costar Brian. Brian was the only guy on the show my age. We had something going (or not going) over the years we worked together. We were always fighting, making up, having fun, and hating each other. We were just young.
Where Are They Now?
What are Spelling's '90210' pals up to these days? We've got the scoop on Jason Priestly, Shannen Doherty and the rest of the gang.
· '90210' Cast Then & Now
- The center of this high school clique was Shannen and Jennie. Shannen had everything, but she could be arrogant and carefree. Jennie was outspoken when she thought Shannen was out of line. Sometimes they got along, but there were explosions. Once, they got into a fistfight ... For the most part, the cast and crew functioned as a close family. And in the course of the ten years the show was on the air, everyone in the cast pretty much slept with everyone else. We all would laugh about it years later.
On Meeting Future Husband Dean McDermott
- I'd been instantly attracted to men before, but this was different. It was love at first sight. I fell so hard ... I thought that was adorable. Then I noticed he had a wedding ring. When someone asked, he pulled out photos of his children. And -- oh, yeah -- I had a husband too. It was fun to flirt, but I knew nothing would happen ... But: Dean and I went to a bar after dinner. And we spent the night at the Cartier Place. The following day when I woke up next to Dean, I had no regrets. Something was really wrong with my marriage. Not only because I slept with this guy—though that certainly wasn't a positive sign—but because I didn't regret it.
On Breaking the News About Dean to Husband Charlie Shanian
- I told him that I'd never been in love with him. I loved him and he'd been a friend to me, but I married him because he was a great guy, a guy who took care of me. Charlie didn't want to hear it. He kept saying, "Where's all this coming from? We have a perfect relationship." Then he turned to me. "Did you cheat on me?" I said yes. He said, "It was with Dean, wasn't it?" I said yes. He said, "I should have known."
On Plastic Surgery
- If knew the styles were going to be the way they are now, I wouldn't have gotten my boobs done in the '90s. The clothes now wear so much better when you're smaller. In the '90s it was all about big boobs in halter tops.
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LeAnn Rimes Does Fitness
LeAnn Rimes is on the March 2008 cover of Fitness magazine. I find it all kind of fake but whatever.
This is what LeAnn says:
"I wasn't taking care of my health. I was getting out of breath in the middle of the show . . . and sometimes I was getting really sick." The solution came with the emotional stability provided by her husband Dean — who also provided her something more: a workout partner. "[Dean and I] both push each other to be better."
This is what LeAnn eats in a day:
I usually eat a bowl of oatmeal with agave nectar, dried cherries, and walnuts in the morning. I have a protein shake after the gym, then grilled chicken, a whole-wheat pita, and humus for lunch.
Come afternoon there's another snack, then, for dinner, I might have trout with spinach sautéed in garlic and olive oil and a piece of dark chocolate for dessert.
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Ellen Page On Ellen Degeneres
Ellen Page made an appearance on Ellen Degeneres talking about the Oscars.
Ellen Page shared with Ellen one of her anxiety dreams about the Oscars...
"I had one where I was with my stylist and she's kind of helping me out and she's awesome, and she had me in jeans, and I was like, 'Sam, this is awesome I feel really comfortable but I think I need to wear a dress,'" she said.
"So we throw on a dress, and it's strapless and dark red, a lovely dress.
"I get to the Oscars, and I'm totally late. I'm like the new kid who shows up really late. Not, not cool, and I look down and at the strapless dress, and I'm wearing a sports bra!"
DeGeneres comforted the actress with a champagne toast in honor of her nomination and her recent 21st birthday.
"Wow, I've never tasted liquor before!" Page cracked.
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Heath Ledger's Final Painting Update
Since my first post of Heath Ledger's painting has been destroyed I thought I would offer this update.
Heath Ledger sat for a revealing portrait session just weeks before his tragic
death on January 22.
Australian artist Vincent Fantauzzo tells PageSix.com
his painting is the result of an intense collaboration between himself and the
28-year-old star. "Before we did the painting we talked to all hours," he says.
"The night before, we talked about the painting and about art, and about all
sorts of things."The haunting image "was an idea we discussed together and came
up with... it was about how we all have different consciences and voices in our
head that tell us what to do and how to react. They're not good or bad, they're
just voices that we hear, telling us how to behave. That's what the other
figures are in the painting."When it came to the sitting, however, the talk
stopped. "Heath was really serious and focused and almost in a meditation. He's
quite serious."
Heath sat for a few hour-plus sessions, and then Vincent finished off the
painting. Unfortunately, the actor never saw the finished product.
"It's a real shame, because I never let people see a painting until it's completely finished. I had been text-messaging photos to all our friends, and he was the only one who didn't get to see it."
Since Heath's death, Vincent has been inundated with e-mails from fans all over the world. He says, "It's amazing how many people he touched, and it's pretty cool to be a part of sharing" the Heath that he knew. That Heath "loved and adored" daughter Matilda, got involved in his friends' projects, and lit up a room. "He was very free-spirited and he took his own road, his own path to success. When you met Heath or when you were in a room with Heath, he had such an amazing energy, such a strong presence."
Vincent hopes that comes through in the work. "Heath had such a distinctive voice, I wanted people to look at the painting and think of his voice and what he could be saying. I think that when someone looks at the painting, it's tempting to know what he's saying or what he's whispering, so they can imagine it themselves, but they'll never know."
Vincent's painting is up for Australia's prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture, which was his and Heath's plan all along. Still, for the artist and other friends who knew Heath, the focus remains on their loss. "It's just been really hard on everyone. I think now is a really hard time, because reality kind of kicks in. Time slows down and everyone just misses him."
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I have to say when I saw these pictures at LaLate I had to get them all for myself. So I did....
They title the segment as "Killer Khakis" for the Old Hollywood-esque revival of khaki business suits this season, as sported by Milo in the photoshoot (photographer is Nathaniel Goldberg).
And a question for Milo,
Finally, the man weight...I think he looks awesome....way better than the first season.
GQ: It seems like you've aged a decade since the first season of
'Heroes.' What gives?
Going through my twenties playing a teenager
was kind of rough. I just finally put on a little man-weight. My face changed.
Nothing I could do about it, man. It was a ****ing train I could not stop.
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These are the newest pictures of Jamie Lynn Spears and the maybe baby daddy, Casey. These were released in the February 25 issue of OK! Magazine. She looks like she is just wearing over sized shirts to try to cover it up. Is she a little embarrassed? Let's hope! And the shirt she is wearing says Hawaiian not Heineken like everyone reported.
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Check out the mitts on Matilda...they don't match...just like how Heath would dress her.
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It is so nice to see a smile on the faces of the Jolie-Pitt family!!
The family took to the slopes last weekend at Mammoth Mountain ski resort.
The boys tried all the sports, from tubing to snowboarding, while the girls
watched from the sidelines. Any baby bump was bundled up in black and was kept
out of harm's way; Angelina didn't do any snow sports during the two-day
While 32-year-old Angie and an expressive Zahara, 3, sat in the snow and cheered
on the older boys, Brad went tubing with a fast-growing, exuberant Pax, 4, who
Brad told "that's OK — way to go" when the newest Jolie-Pitt fell down. Papa
Pitt also assisted Maddox, 6, during his snowboarding lesson where he kept
telling Mad that he was doing a good job. The 44-year-old dad also slid down a
bunny hill with youngest daughter, 21-month-old Shiloh. Precious.
I can't believe that they finally took Shiloh out....ABOUT TIME!
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Hayden Christensen Does Details Magazine
Hayden Christensen is on the cover of Details and he is looking really hot. May be that's because he's Canadian just like me, and all Canadians are hot!!!
Here is some of the article that is included with the hot pictures of Hayden:
There's a new set [of kitchen cabinets] in [Hayden's] house, which
Christensen just refinished himself. "You put down a coat of black, then a coat
of this special crackle finish, then a coat of white over that," he says,
explaining how he got the shabby-chic look. He has plenty of projects to keep
him busy—he's planting trees, clearing fields, moving earth. He's hoping to
plant some lavender fields. "It doesn't require much maintenance, but apparently
it's a bitch to harvest, because you have to cut it all by hand," he says. He's
even thinking of acquiring some livestock. "Start off with some cattle and
horses, then get a little more inventive. Get some sheep, some goats. Maybe an
[He] lets loose a war whoop. "I try to do that at least once a day," Hayden says. I can see why—if only as a daily affirmation that out here, beyond the staring strangers and the worries about career moves and typecasting and what might come next, there are still a few basic benefits of choosing stardom—namely freedom, and acreage, and toys. If he needs further affirmation, he can always check above the crackled cabinets. Up there, he has a series of large metal letters that spell out a motto: ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM. "It was a saying among soldiers in World War II," he explains. "It means 'Don't let the bastards get you down.'"
It sounds like even though Hayden gets $7 million a picture he can stay grounded. Catch the whole interview here.
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Q: You're such a famous actor — how important is your family in keeping you grounded?
A: My family is my sanctuary. I live for them. I finally found a reason to exist in this world. There's nothing like it. I would give away everything if I could only keep my family. They have given me life, and they're the greatest gift in the world. "
Q: How do you keep your romance with Vanessa so strong?
A: I think trust is the most important thing in a relationship, along with the ability to communicate honestly with each other. Once communication stops, that waylays danger.
Q: You and Vanessa never married — do you think you will at some point?
A: We have considered ourselves husband and wife since the day we moved in together. We just haven't gone through the formality.
Q: How do you feel about having to raise your children in today's uncertain world? A: As a parent, my job, besides giving them love and education, is to protect them by not allowing the harsh realities and difficulties of our world into theirs. You've got these pure, innocent little things, and all they want is love and happiness.
Q: You move around with your family a lot, having lived in LA and France. Have you always been such a free spirit?
A: Yes. It has to do with my upbringing. I don't like to be stuck in one place for too long. We were total nomads when I was growing up. We traveled around all the time. It's ingrained in my being. I think it's good for kids to get out there and see the world.
Q: You've been working a lot lately. What would be your dream vacation?
A: Running around on the beach with the kids and taking them out on the boat. I want to take them swimming with dolphins, though hopefully not with sharks!
He sounds like such a down to earth guy. How amazing is Johnny??
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For more information go to his website: Emzy.Collins.com
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Paul Kersey becomes a divided person: A man who saves lives, and a man who takes them; a husband and father trying to take care of his family, and a shadowy figure fighting Chicago crime; a surgeon extracting bullets from suspects' bodies, and the vigilante called "The Grim Reaper" who detectives are quickly closing in on.
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Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language throughoutCastBruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean NorrisDirectorEli RothWriterScott Alexander
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By Peter Oliver
As anyone knows who has spent any time in Vermont -- particularly in the quirky crossover season of fall -- the weather you see isn't always the weather you get. Many of the record number of 108 riders lining up in the cool, swirling fog at the start of the Allen Clark Memorial Hill Climb on Sunday morning looked like they were preparing for a winter assault of Everest. Gloves, hats, layers of clothing -- they were ready for serious combat with the elements in the 6.2-mile ride to the top of Appalachian Gap.
What they didn't know was that, just a couple of miles up the road, the sun was out, the wind was down, the temperature was breaching 60, and the radiance of foliage at its peak was on dramatic display. Like a step through the looking glass, from the Himalayas to the tropics.
Perhaps such unexpected meteorological coziness was an inspiration to Kristen Gohr of Reading, Massachusetts, who zoomed up the hill in 28 minutes, 6 seconds, smashing the women's course record. The previous record, held by local speedballer Audrey Huffman, had stood for eight years. So many had tried, but until Gohr clipped out of her pedals at the top of the Gap, none had succeeded in setting a new standard. Gohr collected a $100 cash bonus for her record-breaking ride.
As it turns out, however, setting hill-climbing records is nothing new for Gohr. She also set a women's course record a month ago in the Burke Mountain Bike Race. Such freakishly good climbing ability enabled her to win the women's 30-and-over title in the new, season-long BUMPS series, of which the Allen Clark climb was the final event of the season. The Bike Up the Mountain Points Series included the major hill climbs of the Northeast, from Whiteface to Mt. Washington.
John Bayley of Watertown, Massachusetts, wasn't quite quick enough to better the men's course record of 24:59, but his winning time, 26:00, wasn't exactly chump change. Bayley, too, had a BUMPS title in his sights -- in the men's 40-and-over category -- and his winning Allen Clark ride sealed the deal.
Both Bayley and Gohr were acknowledged, along with other series winners including overall champion Doug Jansen of Pelham, New Hampshire, in a post-race awards ceremony under brilliant, blue skies at Mad River Glen. When you've raced up mountains to the tune of more than 20,000 vertical feet, someone ought to throw a medal around your neck and give you a pat on the back.
Local riders fared most respectably on Sunday, and the most respectable among them was Jim Komarmi, who finished third overall in winning the men's 30-and-over category with a time of 26:52. Komarmi was seen at the post-race awards leaning over his handlebars and musing about how speedy he might have been were he blessed with the thread-thin body of a natural climber rather than a physique more common to a footballer. At 187 pounds, a guy just isn't supposed to be able to pedal uphill as fast as Komarmi. As one bystander suggested, put Komarmi's engine inside a 135-pound body and . . . well, just imagine.
Not far behind Komarmi in second place among the 30-and-over men was Adam Whitney, who crossed the line with a time of 28:32. This presumably gives the Whitney family bragging rights for the year; wife Marilyn Ruseckas came in with a clocking of 32:27, a mere 14 seconds short of winning the women's 40-and-over category.
The event, in support of Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports and in honor of the late Valley cycling legend, Allen Clark, continues to grow in size and prestige. The number of participants far exceeded last year's total number of 72 entrants. And to be part of the BUMPS series has certainly helped to turn the hill climb, once a largely local event, into something with a far wider reach. Riders this year came from as far away as Colorado and Philadelphia. In expanding the scope and appeal of an uphill bike race, of course, good weather helps, too.
For full race results, go to achillclimb.org.
2009 Stark Mountain Hill Climb results
Hardy souls weather elements -- seven complete duathlon
It was a drizzly soggy October 3, 2009, and 33 hardy souls completed the rugged ascent to the top of Stark Mountain. They were running the 11th annual Stark Mountain Hill Climb sponsored by the Stark Mountain Foundation.
This year's proceeds went to the Green Mountain Club towards the Stark Mountain Foundation's endowment towards the maintenance and repair of sections of the Long Trail located on Stark Mountain in Fayston. This year's sponsors included the Mad River Glen Cooperative, Onion River Sports, Canus Goat's Milk, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Small Dog Electronics.
On Sunday, October 4, 2009, seven of these hardy souls also cycled the annual Allen Clark Memorial (Bike) Hill Climb to the top of Appalachian Gap thereby completing the annual Green and Gold Hill Climb Duathlon.
In the run, Eric Morse of Berlin, Vermont, finished first in a time of 25:28 while the first woman finisher was Kelly Steadman of Waitsfield in 30:58. Both were off the existing course records, 23:51:05 set by Dave Dunham of Massachusetts and 30:09 set by Harriott Shea of East Montpelier. The wet and slippery conditions were not favorable to fast times, nor was the dense fog that had settled in over the top of the mountain cutting out all visibility.
First master was Eric Friedman of Fayston in 34:47 and first senior Brian Holtan of Waitsfield in 31:48. Rounding out the top women were Georgina Milligan (31:45) of Middlebury, Audrey Huffman (33:31) of Waitsfield, Tara Geraghty-Moats (37:37) and Betsy Geraghty (38:28) of Fairlee, and Kate Williams (40:28) of Waitsfield. Tara Geraghty-Moats was first junior woman while her mom, Betsy Geraghty, was first senior woman. Dick Burtt of Charlestown, MA, finished first in the over 60-veteran category and was the oldest finisher.
The top duathlete was Peter Wadsworth (30) from Winooski in a combined time of 66:36.30. In order the finishers after him were Marc Hammond (43) of Waitsfield in 73:44.90, John Himmelsbach (51) of Waitsfield in 74:25.09, Myles Webster (36) of Norwich in 76:22.14, Chris Cote (46) of Duxbury in 76:26.42, and George Gonnella (50) of Pepperell, MA, in a time of 77:11.15.
The course records set in 2006 are Thorin Markinson in 53:25 and Sara Walker in 68:43. No women competed in the duathlon this year, but a new junior champion emerged. Marcus Russ (14) of Westport, Connecticut, completed the run in the top 10 overall and then the shortened junior bike course in a combined time of 55:51.
Complete results can be found on the Stark Mountain Foundation website, www.starkmountain.org.
Complete results for the Allen Clark Memorial (Bike) Hill Climb are at www.achillclimb.org.


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I love panel 6. <3
Oh, perfect!
Hehehe, so cute.
This has to be my favorite one so far. Excellent job!!!!
LOL! I love these two.
I love this panel! And the last two! I love Tess…and Jeremy…and….Charlie…and everyone else. ;)
Ohh… This last sequence made a very very bad weekend sort of okay. Awwww! The sunny kiss panel is my favorite.
I just absolutely love the expressions in these panels, their wide cheesy grins, and Tess's hand wave thingy. This is my favorite page! (apart from the kiss obviously)
I'm assuming that since they can see them kissing, so can everyone else :P
Panels 6 and 8 side by side evoke many a smile.
Now might I say a similar romantic moment for Tess and Ben is in order (though not of course to steal Charlie and Jeremy's thunder). = ) They are just too cute together.
I can't wait to see more reactions!
Panel 8 = Epic win.
I love Ben and Tess. If so more than Charlie and Jeremy.
Yeah, I said it.
Panels 6 and 9 are my faves. I'm with Georgia. Ben and Tess for the win.
aaaw, they're so cute. I was in Italy while these last pages were posted. So major treat when I returned! All those nice pages, one after the other!
Haha, I love Ben's groans in the first panel coupled with Tess' expression. I imagine that he's groaning less for the sake of authenticity and more because Tess is raining pain upon him.
Lol! I thought the same thing. :D
Hahaha this page made my day. One of the thousands of reasons this is my favorite webcomic.
I'm waiting for Tess to realize that she's almost lying on Ben in that last panel. :P Lovely as usual, and I agree with Kelly Anne about panel 1.
quiet down in front you confederate, we're trying to watch the "fireworks"
OK so if Ben and Tess can see them can the audience and mayor too?
XD is that the french guy?
I think that 2-4 should be made into one of the avatars that can be found on the Extras page. It'd be great to have those three images in one avatar!
Lol at 5 and 6.
HA! I love Tess' face in panel 7. She's just too cute.
Hahaha, I love how Ben doesn't even realize that Tess is laying on his chest and abdomen. I guess the guy is really into watching Jeremy and Charlie! I'd love for Charlie and Jeremy to break the kiss and just stare awkwardly back at Tess and Ben. :3
Hey, it's Alex! Yay secondary characters. ^^ Good thing he doesn't get a bruise from that before. xD
I love Tess's hand wave thing in the last panel. xD
Hee hee.
<3 Tess and Ben *huggles*
oh when will they kiss as well?!
panel 5′s great. yank that bonnet, Ben.
I love them. And I love Ben. And I love how Tess is all "oooh!" =D
I love Ben's expressions! :D
All of these facial expressions are marvelous. Your ability to depict the more subtle of emotions is truly enviable.
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Dr. Rashid Shaz's interview with Mr. Adnan Oktar (Future Islam Magazine and Milli Times International Newspaper, India, 1 July 2010)
DR. RASHID SHAZ: Now with my own findings, the things that I've been reading of Harun Yahya, of his books and especially last night just I finished his book called the Islamic Unity. In this perspective, I have some questions. May I please get acknowledged?
ADNAN OKTAR: All right, insha'Allah.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: So the first question is that when we call it Islamic Unity, we know that how Islamic Unity was. I mean, it was actually abolished in the past with emergence of Arab nationalism and so forth. But at the very basis of Muslim division lies the division of fiqh. So I have been very closely watching the scene in Afghanistan and I have been very much associated with the groups, visited their bases. When Afghanistan got liberated, then Muslims started fighting among themselves. So when will it be that we get a line to rule, the question comes which fiqh should prevail whether the Hanafi, Shafi'i or Hanbali or whatever? These artificial divisions have kept the Ummah divided for many centuries. So do you propose any solution?
ADNAN OKTAR: Our Prophet (saas) has told us the answer to this, and we can immediately grasp it when we totally follow our Prophet (saas). Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the cure for it. Our Prophet (saas) has said that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come in the End Times. The time has come, and the portents have been revealed. It's all about following Hazrat Mahdi (as). He will bring all the scholars and all the holy figures together. He will establish an assembly of scholars and will leave no sects behind. It will be just as it was in the time of the Companions. The Ummah will continue to suffer so long as it remains at a distance from Hazrat Mahdi (as). It will escape this suffering if it draws close to Hazrat Mahdi (as), insha'Allah.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: Well, there has been a political initiative in the past. The Ummah prayed in the Holy Haram of Mecca for five hundred years or so, in different groups. There was a Hanafi period and a Shafi'i period and a Hanbali period in the Holy Haram of Mecca for five hundred years. Then comes a political move by Ibn Saud, and he rolled back all the Musalman and only now united Musalman to the entire Ummah. So before the Mahdi comes, there is an initiative, an example, which may set things in order.
ADNAN OKTAR: Yes. It will not be like that in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). It will be as in the time of the Companions. There will be no Shiites or Sunnis. Our Prophet (saas) told this. He says he will restore the religion to its original form.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: In the hadith literature, there has been all these overlap among the three personalities, Mahdi, Qaim Al-Zaman or what the Shiah call him the 12th Imam and the Messiah. So the return of three figures, they overlap. And the information in hadith literature always overlap over these personalities. This is one point. Another is that among the scholars of Islam, during all these years, there has been no consensus whether the Mahdi will arrive. And all the traditions about the Mahdi has been a matter of debate among the ulama. Muhammad Iqbal, because in India in his time the fitna of Qadiani came up, so Muhammed Iqbal was forced to make a research. He himself was a philosopher, a poet, so he asked some learned scholars in India to make a search about the Mahdi and all the traditions. And there are some good researchers now in Urdu that says that it is very difficult to establish and most of these traditions that they are going back to the Prophet (saas). Because in the area there is a tradition in Abu Dawud, you have also spoken in your book The Islamic Unity. But with your finding, for example the dajjal in Bukhari, in Muatta we have no information about it. But in later traditions it comes. So if coming of the Mahdi is so much part of the faith, it has always been a matter of debate among Muslim scholars, so if it is so center to Islamic faith, why we do not find it in the Quran?
ADNAN OKTAR: They say that out of weakness of faith. Almighty Allah speaks of Muslims ruling the world in verse 55 of Surat an-Nur. He says Muslims will rule the world. That is a verse about the system of the Mahdi. There are at least 10 such verses in the Qur'an, about the global dominion of Islam. He speaks of Mahdis and dajjals in the Qur'an. Much of the Qur'an is about pharaohs, Nimrods and dajjals. It refers to the dajjals who will come in the End Times, and the prophets are the Mahdis of their centuries.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: So you mean to say that the new Mahdi will be a Prophet?
ADNAN OKTAR: No prophet will come after our Prophet (saas). But he is the greatest guide there has ever been. We can see from Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet Jesus (as) will be Hazrat Mahdi's (as) helper. That is why Hazrat Mahdi (as) is such an important person.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: So if Mahdi is not a Prophet, and Jesus being a Prophet, he comes just as a helper? So how it comes that a prophet becomes subordinate to a man who is not even a Prophet?
ADNAN OKTAR: That is the wisdom of Allah. He does not explicitly say in the Qur'an that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come, but He clearly refers to the system of the Mahdi in Surat al-Kahf, Surah Yusuf and in the story of Solomon. These things are covered in detail on our web site. Looking at those one can see all the answers, with hundreds or thousands of supporting proof. People must make use of them. I mean, I prove it with the verses of the Qur'an and with the hadiths. There is much detailed information there.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: There came up another question. Because the books of Muslim faith or aqaid, when we take like Ash'ari and before that for example if we take Tabari and we come down to Gazali and others. We find that the book definition of aqaid is changing from time to time. Because the books of aqidah addresses the questions of their time, but there are certain points on which there is a general agreement, it is unchangeable. For example about the Muslim belief, it is very much stated in the Qur'an in a verse. So this becomes the very backbone of Muslim aqidah. Being people to accept something and they will ask the writing in the text itself not in the traditions, because on the traditions there is disagreement. The Shia do not accept the books of Sunni and Ibadis they do not accept neither the Shia books of hadith nor the Sunni books of hadiths. So, I mean, my feeling has been that these are the points which are debatable, which some people may believe, may not believe. When we start the revival work, we start with something on which everybody agrees on it. And this revival of the work for Islamic unity should not wait or cannot afford to wait for the Mahdi to come. We have to start preparing, we have to take initiative. When Khomeini did it in Iran he said, "We are waiting the day for the Imam Ghaib. We are not sitting," he said.
ADNAN OKTAR: The system of the Mahdi is too powerful to be stopped anyway. That can be seen from the hadiths. With the system of the Mahdi will arise a force that cannot be stopped. You will see this within the next 10 years.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: So this thing is his prediction or how have you calculated? Because there are some people in the past who made? He made this prediction on what basis?
ADNAN OKTAR: Bediüzzaman Said Nursi and the hadiths both say this.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: Are there any hadiths that say the time?
ADNAN OKTAR: There are hadiths about the life span of the community being 7000 years. Our Prophet (saas) says that 5600 years of that have already passed. There are 8 hadiths about that. There are 8 hadiths from Suyuti. Take 5600 from 7000 and 1400 years remain. We are now in 1431 (Hijri), so Hazrat Mahdi (as) must already have come, so the Day of Reckoning must also be close at hand.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: Thank you very much. In fact this actually came up, I mean in the very beginning. What actually I wanted to ask some questions about your contributions too. Because your writings have produced you know, have attracted the new Muslim minds especially with the creation and myth and with his attack on Darwinism. That was one of the very positive contributions that people like. And it was Mr. Anthony Flew who got converted too, by reading these two books he says about intelligent design. So I think that, from the entire Islamic world, yours was a single voice and so well-authenticated and documented. So this is actually something that not only impressed me but a number of people like us, that we took of this challenge and especially with the new development of knowledge of our DNA and other things, I mean all perceptions are changing. So in chapter 19, in Origin of Species, that is about the eyes, there was always a gap. People always feared that there is a God because eye is always a fully developed organ from day one. So, I think that this is the point that Mr. Harun Yahya has contributed. What is needed more is that this kind of information reaches to our religious seminaries you know, our traditional Arabic madrasah which teach fiqh and shariah. They never took of this challenge to evaluate on solid intellectual grounds. So do you have some sort of plan for?
ADNAN OKTAR: May Allah be pleased. You have produced very honest and excellent analyses. I think there will be a huge opening up in the next 10 years, insha'Allah. And we will strive with all our might, with your help. We will obtain excellent results. We would hope for your prayers about this.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: A last question, actually I am trying to get your comments on the kind of thing I'll be coming to. I have been trying to figure out to imagine Islam without the full fiqh. Because, Islam was there before them. So is it possible and how do you react to this idea then? Do you imagine Islam without a full fiqh?
ADNAN OKTAR: We will leave that to Hazrat Mahdi (as) insha'Allah and to the assembly of the scholars of Islam. They will sort it out, insha'Allah.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: I'm not asking questions now. I'm saying that your call for Islamic Unity is a good initiative and the time is right for this. The Ummah is in distress. They are looking for some initiative from anywhere. With the Turkish coming now on the political scene and the Ummah has expectations of it. I think if with your presence here and with your group you can start this initiative, you will find that I will be one of your supporters, I will be one of your hands insha'Allah in India.
ADNAN OKTAR: Estafurullah, you are our brothers. We are already allied. We will speak all the time and exchange information.
DR. RASHID SHAZ: This is not a question. This is to get some enlightenment from him. Because he is senior to me in this field.
ADNAN OKTAR: Estafurullah. May Allah be pleased. He [Allah] uses you and me as His instruments. All power lies with Allah, masha'Allah. It is our destiny to meet like this. You are my brother, and we will speak again.
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Old farmer Skinner squints his eye, "Them boys may be gone for good! That priest got them all wound up and they hauled off in the night. I know where they headed. There's a old pile of ruins north of Wickersham along the overland road that leads to Iron Mountain. It's about twelve mile or so. Last time them boys were here, they broke the symbol of Adalbern. Me missus done patched it up, but I don't know if there's enough paste to patch them boys up. Maybe you can do something to get rid of that priest?"
He hands you a small sack of silver, "I got this off the boys. Put it to good use for us."
The trip northward would take a full day, you realize that preparations may be in order this day for a trip in the morrow.


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The issue:
There is this little annoying file called hiberfil.sys that takes up 16GB (equate to my system memory) of my precious C:\ drive space that I cannot delete / rename. It would be wonderful if it can actually sleep/hibernate. But the problem is, I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V enabled which doesn't support hibernate. So why should I pay 16GB of disk space for something that's not even of use to me.
The journey:
I started off with hunting down the windows process with procmon (the new filemon) that's locking the file and preventing me from deleting it. Boy, it did not end pretty. It BSoD'd on me.
Lots of folks seem to suggest to run the following simple power configuration command line to disable hibernation and delete this little blood sucker. There is also a MSFT KB and FixIt for it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730
powercfg.exe –hibernate off
But the system seems to think that it's already off, also it cannot be switched on. And rightly so!!!Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.C:\Users\Administrator>powercfg -h offHibernation failed with the following error: The request is not supported.The following items are preventing hibernation on this system.An internal system component has disabled hibernation.
There also has been suggestions to boot into another OS and delete this file. But as soon as I boot up my server 08, the file just gets created again.
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Thanks for http://forums.techarena.in/windows-server-help/1172294.htm
All it takes it to modify the registry key to 0 and a reboot to disable Hibernate…


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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is experiencing the antithesis of the "Dubai Chalo" mantra of the '60s and '70s. Dubai is likely the shed 10% of its population over the next two years, as a result of unmanageable debt, failing businesses and shrinkage of property values. This is only to be expected — unsound economics have driven Dubai's growth in recent years. Unlike other states in the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai has no oil of its own. Indeed, from the emirati pearl merchants of the early 1900s to the establishment of the Jebel Ali Port in the 1970s, its historic strength has been trade.
However, the single minded pursuit of turning this free-trade town into a megacity rivaling New York or Los Angeles is as bad an idea today as it was when it was conceived. And now, conservative but oil-rich Abu Dhabi, who many said was slow off the mark in this maddening real estate circus, is having the last laugh. The Maktoums of Dubai have had to had to swallow their pride and approach Abu Dhabi to bail them out. But even Abu Dhabi's bailout of Dubai comes with strings attached:
[T]he rapid deceleration had given rise to speculation that Abu Dhabi, the richest member of the UAE, might have to bail out its flashier neighbour. Rumours spread that Abu Dhabi would only stump up the cash if Dubai ceded control of its successful airline, Emirates.
Federal support has come through folding Dubai's troubled mortgage companies into well-capitalised Abu Dhabi banks. There have been other direct discussions between Dubai and Abu Dhabi state companies, although none has reached agreement.
Sheikh Mohammed's Dubai International Capital fund, whose assets have shrunk sharply, briefly courted investment from Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment arm. No substantive discussions ensued, people close to the matter say, but the incident fuelled rumours of a bail-out. Well before the credit crisis raised questions about Dubai's solvency, Mubadala and Dubai Aluminium had been discussing equity restructuring of their joint venture, Emirates Aluminium, a vast smelter on the Abu Dhabi/Dubai border.
What Dubai needs to do now is to rightsize. New York City was not built overnight. Even if NYC's economy relies heavily on financial markets, these markets trade against tangible products — from the pharmaceuticals of New Jersey, to the automobiles of Detroit. Dubai's financial markets trade in recycled financial instruments, which have a tendency to flourish during the good times, and falter during the bad. This blogger also feels that Dubai (and the UAE as a whole) needs to address debt insolvency. Given that foreigners and foreign owned entities form the majority of Dubai's demographic and economic footprint, a credit history check system such as the one in the United States would be ineffective. Yet, there is an urgent need to address the frequency with which expatriates and foreign-owned companies run up substantial debt and abscond from the country. The current economic crisis in Dubai is as much a result of a nonexistent debt reconciliation system, as it is due to building artificial islands, skyscrapers and magical kingdoms that no one could afford.
The one benefit of an Abu Dhabi bailout might be that the UAE would start functioning more like a federation with a visible nucleus (Abu Dhabi) than the disagreegated collection of city-states that it now is.
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Early Life
David Henry Thoreau, who, characteristically, chose to reverse the order of his first and middle names, was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. Though he traveled widely in his imagination, he spent most of his forty-four years in that remarkable New England town. His mother, née Cynthia Dunbar, was a forceful, socially conscious woman of Scottish ancestry. His father, John Thoreau, came of French Huguenot stock; a reticent man, he was not very successful in business until he became a pioneer manufacturer of lead pencils. Henry was very close to his older brother John, whose death in 1842 affected him deeply. His sister Helen died in 1849, but his other sister, Sophia, survived him to serve as the guardian of his reputation.
After his graduation from Harvard, Thoreau taught briefly in a Concord school, but he resigned rather than be required to flog his pupils. From 1838 to 1841, he ran his own, relatively progressive, school in Concord, teaching Latin, Greek, and science. He spent 1843 in Staten Island, as a tutor in the household of Ralph Waldo Emerson's brother William. He also worked at various times as a house painter, carpenter, mason, surveyor, and pencil maker. During the years he lived with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wife, Thoreau served as a kind of handyman. He also helped Emerson edit the Transcendentalist magazine The Dial.
Thoreau gave his first public lecture in the Concord Lyceum in 1838, and he continued intermittently as a lecturer for the remainder of his life. He was uncompromising toward his audience, particularly on the subject of slavery, and the reaction to his presentations was mixed. At Emerson's instigation, Thoreau began to keep a journal, which, published posthumously, serves as a valuable source for his experiences, observations, and reflections.
At five foot seven, he was slightly taller than average for his time, with longish hair and a prominent nose. He was striking, though not especially handsome, in appearance, and he made no effort to dress stylishly. Thoreau's only proposal of marriage, to a seventeen-year-old woman in 1840, was rejected, and he recoiled in horror from another woman's offer to him. He died, an equable bachelor, of the tuberculosis that first struck him in 1836 and that afflicted several members of his family.
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From August 31 to September 13, 1839, during a break from their school, Thoreau and his brother John traveled by canoe along the Concord and Merrimack rivers. Over the course of a decade, Thoreau transformed their experiences into A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), one of only two Thoreau books published during his lifetime. A short work, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers reshapes a fourteen-day excursion into a Saturday-Friday rhythm. In addition to recording the flora, fauna, and people that Thoreau encountered along the way, the book is a miscellany of poems and essays on a variety of topics, including friendship, local history, fishing, Christianity, Oriental religion, quackery, and Geoffrey Chaucer. Thoreau published one thousand copies of the work at his own expense, and he noted in his journal that 706 of them remained unsold in his attic.
On July 4, 1845, Thoreau moved into a cabin which he had built on land belonging to Emerson, along the shores of Walden Pond, two miles from Concord. He lived there, alone, for more than two years, until September 6, 1847, but in his account of his stay, the experience is translated into the natural cycle of a single year. Because of the indifferent response to A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers , Thoreau did not rush into print with his second book. Instead, between 1846, when he first began writing it, and 1854, when he...
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WASHINGTON - June 14, 2013
As the Senate debates the most far reaching immigration bill in a generation, all eyes are on Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio, wondering if he might walk away from it.
There are concerns that the rising political star from Florida, crucial to attracting Republican support for the legislation, may decide it doesn't do enough to bolster security on the U.S.-Mexico border – a priority for conservatives.
But another Cuban-American, Senator Robert Menendez, could be equally important to the bill's fate, even though the Democrat from New Jersey has kept a lower profile than Rubio as one of the eight Senate co-authors of the immigration bill.
Menendez' concern – the opposite of Rubio's – is that the bill could become so tough as to gut its centerpiece, a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.
The only Latino Democrat in the Senate, Menendez has the trust of immigrant groups that have been critical to the bill's momentum. If he were to walk away, so might many Latino backers of the bill, along with other Democratic lawmakers.
"I don't envision" withdrawing support, Menendez said. But he would "reserve the right," he told Reuters. "What I am not going to sell to the (Latino) community is something that does not meet our collective core principles."
Menendez' words are taken seriously. He pulled his support from an immigration bill in 2007 when he thought it broke with his principles and the interests of the Latino community.
Rubio and Menendez, along with six other Republicans and Democrats, form the bi-partisan Gang of Eight, which is steering the legislation's passage. The possibility of a gang implosion hangs over the debate now underway in the Senate.
The bill that the gang rolled out in April would provide a 13-year path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
But to garner Republican votes, it exacts a price: it toughens border security and imposes a series of burdens on illegal immigrants, including fees and fines.
If the Senate makes the pathway too easy, it would lose Republicans and its prospects would become even more challenging in the Republican-led House of Representatives. But if the bill makes the path too arduous, it could lose Menendez and Democrats, who control the U.S. Senate.
The push-and-shove has begun, and Rubio and Menendez are in the middle of it.
Rubio, the Florida Republican, has been in talks with Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn over an amendment Cornyn is sponsoring that would delay green cards for undocumented immigrants if certain border-security targets are not met. Rubio is "supportive of the idea," said his spokesman Alex Conant.
But Menendez cited the Cornyn amendment as exactly the type of change to the bill he will fight, saying it would undermine the pathway to citizenship "because it creates triggers that can never be achieved."
The differences between Rubio and Menendez don't stop there.
Rubio, 42, was elected to the Senate in 2010 and is a novice in the Congress. The 59-year-old Menendez is a chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a 20-year veteran of Congress, starting as a House member from New Jersey and then moving to the Senate in 2006.
Rubio is a media-magnet, thanks to his charisma, his 2016 presidential possibilities and his unique role as a Cuban-American senator in a party trying to reach out to Hispanic voters.
Menendez has kept a lower profile, although he does give frequent interviews to Spanish-language media.
While Rubio was being toasted last year as the new face of the Republican Party, Menendez was fighting off allegations about his relationship with Salomon Melgen, a political donor and friend.
Immigration advocates believe the Melgen controversy may be part of why Menendez has shown a preference for a more low-key public profile.
Menendez disagrees. Working out of the limelight, he said, is his nature. "I consider myself a workhorse versus a show horse … I don't need to try to be a press hound for the purposes of getting credit."
He is more of a "behind-the-scenes guy," said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. "He's very cerebral and a cool customer."
He was part of Senate group that drafted a pathway-to-citizenship proposal in 2007 but ended up walking away from it when, at the urging of Republicans, the measure was changed to sharply reduce the role of family ties in legal immigration.
"He plays a very important role in the sense that if those things – the legalization and citizenship piece – are put under threat, his voice is going to reverberate all over the Senate on that," said Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro, director of civic engagement and immigration at the National Council of La Raza, the largest U.S. Hispanic civil rights group.
Martinez-De-Castro praised Rubio for supporting the immigration bill but said the Republican senator is not the one "carrying the water" on issues such as the path to citizenship.
"Rubio represents where the Republican party wants to go. And I think that Menendez represents the Latino community writ large," she said.
Mee Moua, the head of the Asian American Justice Center, sees Menendez as an "inside champion," especially on issues of family unification raised by the bill.
Family unification remains a priority for Menendez as the Senate debates immigration.
Many Republicans believe the current immigration system places too much weight on family ties in the awarding of green cards and want to see more emphasis on the work skills of people seeking to come to the United States.
But Democrats argue that preserving family unity should be an important goal of the immigration system.
During the Gang of Eight's closed-door negotiations, Menendez pressed Republicans such as South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham to preserve some emphasis on family ties. Under a compromise, the sibling category for green cards was eliminated. Sponsorship of adult children was preserved but with new limits. Unmarried children could get green cards and married sons and daughters 31 and under would also be eligible.
"The two driving goals are that there must be a legitimate and achievable pathway to citizenship and that we have to preserve the core family reunification as a principle of our immigration reform," Menendez said.
Scott Corley, executive director of Compete America, said he did not think the other members of the gang would allow changes to the immigration bill that Menendez could not support.
"I don't think they will even consider anything that causes Bob Menendez to walk. I think (Republican Senator) John McCain would walk with Bob Menendez if something like that were to happen," he said. McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, is also a member of the Gang of Eight.


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We at Wild Mahseer can arrange for guests to take jungle treks at both Kaziranga and Nameri National Parks.
Trekking in Kaziranga National Park, a 2-hour drive from our property, is permitted in the tropical mixed forests of Panbari Reserve Forest under the Bokakhat Beat (5 km) and in the Kukurkata Reserve Forest under the Burapahar Range (10 km).
The Panbari Reserve Forest terrain has a gentle slope as compared with the terrain of Kukurkata Reserve Forest, which is hilly with mainly tropical moist mixed forest vegetation. From the hilltop of Kukurkata you will see a panoramic view of the floodplain and ecosystem of Kaziranga National Park. It has a good diversity of birds and primates.
As both the Reserve Forests are frequented by the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros and wild Asian elephants it is imperative you have an armed guard provided by the park management to accompany you.
If guests would like us to create a Kaziranga trekking package or incorporate it in one of our elephant and jeep safari packages, please e-mail us with your requirements.
A closer option for trekking is the Nameri National Park, 35 kms from Tezpur and only 30 minutes from Wild Mahseer. Located at the foothills of the eastern Himalayas with its hills covered in deciduous forests, it covers 200 sq kms and has the Jia Bhoroli River flowing through it. Treks can be arranged for a couple of hours before breakfast at dawn, for a half-day or full-day.
We have a special relationship with our friends at the Eco Camp nearby and before or after a trek guests can buy snacks, drinks or a full meal at their open-air restaurant to enjoy in the camp's beautiful grounds. It is also possible to visit the Pygmy Hog Foundation located near the Eco Camp and learn about the species, one of the world's most endangered mammals, which after captive breeding in Guwahati is being kept in semi-natural conditions at the pre-release centre in Nameri prior to being set free into the park.
As Nameri National Park is also a tiger reserve and home to many wild elephants, it is imperative that visitors are accompanied by an armed park ranger at all times.
Please note the park is closed during the summer monsoon season from May to October.


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Roughly 50 percent of RSMCs work out of offices with letter carriers and postal clerks. The rest work with rural postmasters (represented by the CPAA).
For many years, RSMCs were considered "contractors" rather than employees, which meant that they had no rights, no benefits and inferior working conditions. RSMCs were often told to accept a contract for less money or else they would lose their route and their job. After they deducted their expenses from their earnings, many earned minimum wage or less.
Things changed for the better on September 30, 2003, when RSMCs ratified a collective agreement making them CUPW members with rights.
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