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The devil is in the details: What economists may be missing
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Jul 17, 2012. Munir Sheikh, Special to Financial Post
Canada's lack of productivity is often seen as a macroeconomic issue. Listen to any debate on the nation's productivity woes and you're bound to hear talk of corporate tax rates, R&D funding models, import/export activity and so on.
But ask any enterprising business person what is essential to a successful and profitable business and you will likely hear about the importance of leadership, good management, hiring the best and the brightest, staff incentives to encourage employees to contribute up to and beyond their potential, being aware of what is going on beyond the four walls of his or her company, and having an organizational structure that is flexible and nimble enough to act quickly to make efficient decisions in the face of change. These "micro" facets of business are generally referred to as "organizational innovation."
However, economists tend to focus more on macro factors — the importance of the contribution made by human capital, physical capital and technology. The more "micro" considerations — so critical to the success of a business — are captured only in the residual parts of economists' assessments, which they label multi-factor productivity. There is research in the U.S. that compares two companies with polarized emphasis on these micro factors. The company that invests heavily in innovative processes to improve its operations can be twice as productive as the one that doesn't.
Economists' approach of relegating the micro factors to the periphery of their calculations might not be so bad if those factors were small, or at least stable. The problem is, they're not.
The world is changing rapidly and the factors on a business leader's mind are becoming increasingly important. As a result, the multi-factor productivity residual so coveted by economists ends up becoming more like an "index of our ignorance," representing the contribution of what they see as "intangibles," but what business decision makers see as the core facets of their enterprise.
Canadian labour productivity growth has dropped sharply over time to an average of about 0.8% a year between 2000 and 2010 from 2.8% between 1960 and 1980, and 1.6% between 1980 and 2000. These are sharp declines that are not experienced by many other developed countries such as the U.S. or Australia. What explains this deterioration, which has resulted in stagnant incomes? In short, it could be a lack of attention on the decline of the "intangibles."
Calculations by Statistics Canada show that the impact of so-called intangibles turned from a strongly positive 0.6% average growth between the 1960s and 1980s. They fell to 0.3% in 19802000 and dropped further to -0.6% between 2000 and 2010.
The message one should get from these numbers is that we — and the economists who calculate our productivity — can no longer afford to ignore these residuals. The residuals have turned largely negative despite a number of structural reforms over the past two decades, such as NAFTA, GST, price stability, the elimination of the fiscal deficit and the CPP/QPP reform.
It's almost as though there's a glass ceiling that is blocking progressive structural policy changes from having a positive impact. The challenge now becomes understanding what's creating that glass ceiling.
Research undertaken in some countries, such as the Netherlands and the U.S., shows intangible factors such as the introduction of new products (product innovation) and new production processes (process innovation) are critical to productivity. However, the research also suggests that any benefits a firm derives from these forms of innovation critically depend upon how good it is on organizational innovation — precisely the elements of business operations that economists include only in the residual of their assessments. These findings may be just as relevant for Canada. If we have weak organizational innovation, it would explain why all the productivity-enhancing policy changes we have introduced may not be bearing fruit.
The trouble is, we do not have enough data to undertake serious research on the impact of organizational innovation on productivity. Some data on the topic are available from Statistics Canada and should be examined to gain whatever insight one can in studying the problem of declining productivity growth in Canada. Beyond that, however, there is a need to survey Canadian businesses on their organizational structures and innovation practices in a consistent and ongoing manner to be able to carefully study the links that have been found to be important in other countries.
As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman once said, productivity is not everything, but almost everything. Without enough growth in productivity, it simply is not possible to achieve our economic, social or environmental objectives. Any investment undertaken to study promising channels that create productivity would be worth the money.
Munir Sheikh is Distinguished Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, Queens University and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Administration, Carleton University.
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Skip to comments.Any opions on the PA candidates for U.S. Senate?
Posted on 04/18/2012 1:03:13 PM PDT by jdsteel
The top 3 candidates for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania are Tom Smith, Sam Rohrer and Steve Welch. I am doing research to try to find the best one to run against Bob Casey (D). As part of my research, I appreciate any feedback from FReepers as to which one you think is best and why. The primary is April 24th. I believe that taking the Senate is almost as important as taking the White House this election. I'm looking for the most conservative person that can win! Thanks.
Tom Smith
I'm going with Scaringi (sp?). He strikes me as an actual conservative.
I am voting for Sam. A classic good guy, and a conservative. He, I believe, is from Lancaster Co.
I am voting for Smith. Welch is not anything close to a Conservative. He voted for Obummer and sent campaign cash to Sleaztak. I don't like Sam Rohrer because he voted FOR the midnight pay raise and also he seems to be running for some higher office every time I turn around. Sam has been in elected office since '92. That is too long out of the private sector for me.
Smith seems genuine and had a real job for most of his life. For me, he seems like the most Conservative choice this time.
Don't really know the men running against Casey..
But GOOD LUCK to them all and hope one of them will send Casey home...He won over Rick on his Father's name and background ONLY he has been worthless these entire six years.very seldom do we see him in the Press or on TV, like a church mouse he runs and hides. His form letters he sends to constitutes who write or call him is a laughing matter...HE NEVER ANSWERS YOUR ORIGINIAL QUESTIONS TO HIM...just beats around the bush..
once it took two months for him to respond and I had totally forgotten what I asked him about..is that crazy or not???
Just hope PA. will vote all Democrats out and most importantly OBAMA OUT.
Scaringi is a former aide to Senator Santorum.
Supporting Sestak is a *TOTAL* deal-breaker for me. I can't begin to articulate how glad I am to not see him at my polling place anymore (for some reason the SOB always showed up here)...
Well, that settles it, then.
LOL. Good old Joe was your Rep. Lucky you. I guess you are south of me. I am in Charlie Dent territory.
Hear, hear.
Avoid Welch like the plague. He abandoned the GOP in 2007 so that he could support both Sestak and Obama, and then changed parties again just in time for this election. The PA GOP-E, especially Governor Corbett and the vile state party chairman Bob Gleason, is backing Welch because he's one of their cabal, and can self-finance with his millions.
Nobody Trusts a Republican Who Switches to the Democratic Party-- Except maybe Tom Corbett.
Smith was a democRAT his entire life until 2008. Welsh was a democRAT until 2010. They are BOTH fake phony frauds!
Sam Rohrer is the best candidate to defeat the scumbag Casey.
Did Smith vote for the Midnight Pay Raise too?
Yep. If I get on my roof I can see the Commodore Barry.
Tom Smith
Tom Smith
Yes, the more research I do the more I like Rohrer. Tom Smith and Steve Welch, have been Democrats in the past, though they now call themselves conservatives and are running as Republicans. Plus, the local liberal rag, Pittsburgh Post Gazette is backing Welch; that tells me a lot! The other two, David Christian and Marc Scaringi, seem like very nice men but have little or no experience in winning elections. We are close to November, and in order to beat the incumbent Casey it will take a smart, well-run campaign.
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Eli's Fab Former Catch-All
Name: Eli (1 month)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Previously, my son's nursery had been used as a bit of a "catch-all" - storing anything we didn't have a place for. When my husband and I found out I was pregnant, we quickly purged the room to transform it into a fun, happy and colorful nursery for our son.
A neutral backdrop provides a base for lots of color to shine in such a small room (8'.5" x 9') and we tried to select rich, saturated colors to accent the larger neutral pieces.
Over time, the room began to have a subtle animal theme as I was sourcing items, such as the fox knobs from Anthropology, art from Etsy and the prints from the Animal Print Shop over the crib. Most of the room was DIY'd, including the Ikea Hemnes dresser hack (painted in Graphite Annie Sloan Chalk Paint) the Rit dyed Ikea Ritva curtains with added blackout lining, and the mobile made from clearanced Christmas ornaments and felt balls.
The room was truly a labor of love for my husband and I, and was a huge part of us getting excited for our little boy. We love having such a special, playful and joyful place in our home!
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Anybody know of a good book to read and learn about Assembly Programming?
Yes, several. I found them on Amazon.com after using Google. I suggest you do the same.
Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.
Which coder said that nobody could outcode Microsoft in their own OS? Write a bit and make a fortune!
Actually, it is not so simple to get a good assembler learning book.
In addition, which assembler to begin with? MASM, TASM, NASM, ...
Although there is "only one assembler language", the implementations
are slightly different.
I have three online (free) references and one book to recommend:
MASM Reference[1], int80h (nasm) [2] and of course The Art of Assembly[3].
After you understand how it works, I would have a look at the
Hacker Disassembling Uncovered[4]
[1] http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/Page_TechDocs/MASMDoc/
[2] http://www.int80h.org/
[3] http://maven.smith.edu/~thiebaut/Art.../artofasm.html
[4] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...33413?v=glance
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
(Abraham Maslow, Psychologist, 1908-70)
A resource I found invaluable when learning assembly was gcc. There are compiler options so that you may output whatever c/c++ code as assembly, and allow you to compile that code.
The following website is also quite helpful:
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus
"There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from writing bad programs." - L. Flon
"Mischief my ass, you are an unethical moron." - chsh
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Elmwood 'yogurt wars' signal strip's vitality
A frozen yogurt war may be about to heat up a block this summer on Elmwood Avenue.
Crowds have been streaming into Yotality since the storefront opened earlier this month at 715 Elmwood, last occupied by Chow Chocolat. They're attracted to the low- and nonfat dairy alternatives to ice cream, and the dozens of candy and fruit toppings that can be mixed in.
Friday, White Rabbit, another frozen yogurt store with an almost identical do-it-yourself setup, is expecting a similar reaction when it opens at 802 Elmwood Ave., recently occupied by Dolci Cafe.
In both places customers grab a cup, choose the yogurt from a bank of yogurt machines, add toppings and then pay by weight. The two new frozen yogurt stores are among this summer's changes on the popular Elmwood Avenue strip, which has seen a number of new businesses spring up.
Andy Kandola, part-owner of White Rabbit, said he wasn't aware Yotality was going to come in when he signed his lease, but he remained confident there was enough frozen yogurt business to go around.
"I think that it just gives people more options, honestly speaking," Kandola said. "We believe there is a market for it in this area."
Kandola opened a second White Rabbit earlier this month at 1750 Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Tonawanda, and has a third store opening in August in Niagara Falls.
His store will offer 12 flavors of yogurt among 18 flavors in all, including sorbet, with six of them a mixture. There will also be 48 toppings.
"What attracted me is the healthy alternative for anyone who wants dessert and wants no-fat options, gluten-free options or no sugar added," Kandola said. "You can create your own dessert, and it doesn't give you that guilt factor compared to ice cream."
Kandola, who grew up partly in Buffalo and now lives on Grand Island, said he plans to have Dolci supply baked goods and hopes to partner with other local businesses as well.
"We really want to catch that local presence," Kandola said.
Gene and Suzy O'Donovan own two Yotalities in Rochester, opened another at 5757 Main St., Williamsville, just before the Elmwood store, and are eyeing three more openings by the end of summer.
They also own the Irishman Pub and Eatery in Williamsville, and years earlier opened the Montana Mills Bread Company chain.
"Frozen yogurt is very much up and coming. It's a very healthful dessert alternative. We've been in business 1½ years in Rochester, and business has been doing very well," Gene O'Donovan said.
Yotality has up to 25 flavors of yogurt, with 57 toppings.
O'Donovan said he expects the storefront to be successful despite several failed businesses that previously tried to make a go of it there.
Josephine Leticia, owner of Gelateria Luca at 988 Elmwood Ave., which primarily sells gelato, also offers freshly frozen yogurt, said there's room for everyone.
"I think it's wonderful to have more businesses coming in to Elmwood. The more the merrier. If everyone has their own niche, why not?" Leticia said.
When Yotality first opened, she said, she noticed a dip in frozen yogurt sales, but that hasn't continued. "Yesterday, we ran out of yogurt. We literally had to make batches. I don't imagine there will be yogurt wars," Leticia laughed.
Among other recent changes on Elmwood Avenue:
• Joe's Deli has opened at 534 Elmwood, in a long-vacant building last inhabited by Off the Wall restaurant.
• Second Chic consignment shop has expanded to the D'Avolio space at 810 Elmwood. D'Avolio moved to 814 Elmwood.
• Lotions and Potions moved into 779 Elmwood and changed its name to Her Story Boutique, replacing the departed Plum Pudding. Fierce Accessories moved into the former Lotions and Potions space at 798 Elmwood.
• Sugar Scrub natural nail bar and salon has moved into 806 Elmwood.
• Taste of Siam, 810 Elmwood Ave., with the same owner as Taste of Thai on Hertel Avenue, will keep a similar menu while staying open later on weekends than its North Buffalo location.
• Firefly Cupcakes has moved into the Zilly Cakes shop at 1008 Elmwood but has retained a space for Zilly to continue doing custom-designed cakes.
• New York Metro Deli opened at 500 Elmwood.
• Panera Bread is expected to open in late July at the former Blockbuster Video at 765 Elmwood.
• Savoy, 149 Elmwood, a new bar and restaurant in Allentown, has opened in the former home of Claiborne Liquors.
• Tanglewood Salon opened at 105 Elmwood, also in Allentown.
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District 9 (US - BD)
Gabe remembers hiding Prawns in his attic during the Alien Apartheid era...
In the year 1982 a giant alien spacecraft came to a standstill above Johannesburg, South Africa. After months of watching and waiting human authorities cut into the craft, and found a million huddled, malnourished insectoid aliens. The seemingly leaderless, worker class creatures are granted asylum, and put in temporary slum housing. The slum is dubbed 'District 9'. Eventually a company called Multinational United (MNU), coincidentally one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers, is placed in charge of policing and relocating the now 1.8 million aliens to 'District 10', a new camp set hundreds of miles away from Johannesburg. A middle level operative named Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is somewhat surprisingly put in charge of informing the aliens, derogatorily referred to as 'Prawns', of their recent eviction. The operation does not go down without incident.
Star Trek notwithstanding, the summer of 2009 was mostly defined by disappointment, specifically for action/adventure films. Unlikely releases like Drag Me To Hell, Up and Inglourious Basterds peppered the period with enough value to not call off the whole summer, but the time span's usually bread and butter was hindered by writer's strikes, ballooning budgets, and boring special effects. District 9 came out of nowhere, with geek cred, and Peter Jackson's name on the marquee, but not much else to suggest a good film or sleeper hit. District 9 cannot be defined as one thing, it's a mix of genres and styles including mockumentary, hard sci-fi, balls-out action, graphic, Cronenbergian body-horror, political satire, gross out comedy, and nerve shredding melodrama. What's really shocking is that every single one of these elements works like the proverbial gangbusters. Some critics and viewers have complained about the switches in tone, specifically the change from documentary style to more tradition fictional filmmaking, but I find the abrupt change-ups challenging in a positive way, and important to the breathless, unravelling nature of the story. District 9 is also the best video game movie ever made, even if it's not directly based on any pre-existing video game. Many readers probably already know that Neill Blomkamp was originally hired as a director by Jackson back when he was still producing a film based on the Halo series.
Blomkamp, and his co-writer Terri Tatchell crafted (subjectively speaking, of course) probably the most intelligent Hollywood science fiction/action film since The Matrix. The two films are comparable in their use of classic tropes and familiar concepts to tell an original story. Both films are both familiar and original, but instead of using the medium to explore mythology and philosophy (ala The Matrix), District 9 dives head first into politics, and tells its story through the modern eyes of twenty-four hour news networks and YouTube links. The first and most inescapably political step Blomkamp takes is setting the film in Johannesburg, one of the hotbeds of political upheaval in the world. Besides being the only 'Western' country in the very alien continent of Africa, South Africa is forever marked by the specter of the Apartheid era. The displaced alien motif recalls xenophobic problems found in pretty much every country in the world, but given the region's history Johannesburg really is the perfect place to reap and sow a collection of worldwide relevant political ideas—from the treatment and dehumanization of the lower class, to the Military Industrial Complex.
It's difficult to see the film as a pure adventure/horror story, but audiences disinterested in allegory or subtext (I like to call them 'boring people') should be able to just go with the flow thanks to Blomkamp's grasp of 'cheer at the boom' action. The balance between subtle allegory and full-on satire is shaky, but the shakiness partially defines the tone of the film, which toes the line on the edge of apocalyptic violence. The blackness of the comedy, on the other hand, along with the hard R nature of the violence makes for the summer's biggest money making surprise. The film is very dark, very bleak—the exact kind of thing a studio would've messed with had the film cost anything more than $30 million. Perhaps the most shocking element from a mainstream success standpoint is the deep darkness of the major characters. Wikus is a gloriously grey protagonist. In fact, he verges on genuine evil with his selfish behaviour throughout the film. It works because Christopher Johnson, the main Prawn, anchors the audience morally, and because almost everything Wikus does is understandable, if morally reprehensible (and when he does the right thing, it's arguably a biological imperative). In fact, it's hard to argue that any of the human characters are particularly humane, other than perhaps Wikus' wife, who we don't really get to know all that well anyway. Sometimes this inhumanity oversteps into parody, as in the case of the lead Merc, who practically drools black bile, but for the most part the human villainy is based in reality.
Some North American viewers and critics have dubbed District 9 'racist' based on its treatment of black Africans. Sadly, Blomkamp and his co-writer Terri Tatchell based this aspect of the film in pretty solid reality. It's not an issue of race, but of culture, and the cultures of the area are often very violent.
The effects work is subtle and expertly blended, shaming the big budget bombast of this summer's effects spectaculars. The 'lightning in a bottle' realism is exciting and enticing, in a cinema verite manner utilized by last year's surprise medium budget effects adventure Cloverfield (which doesn't compare in terms of story, but is otherwise cosmetically similar). A closer look reveals some real chinks in the armour, but the subjective camera use makes for more immediate and relatable response. This stands in direct opposition to the numbing digital effects found in most of the summer's popular films, which utilize impossible, numbing roller coaster camera moves to force their awe upon an audience. Speaking in terms of spectacle this works just fine in some cases, but it's almost impossible to develop any emotional attachment to such things. Ah, what the hell, I'll drop the pretence—I'm talking about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen most specifically here. I hope Michael Bay watched District 9 and cried himself to sleep on his giant pile of money, because he could never hope to make an effects film with half the heart for twice the money.
In discussing the film's shortcoming will involve some minor spoilers, and even minor spoilers will damage this particular viewing experience (which is too bad considering it's been months since release). Please feel free to skip the next paragraph if you haven't seen the film simply knowing that there are some plotting issues throughout the film.
The majority of notable shortcomings appear to be symptoms of the film's organic nature. There's a lot about the aliens we never learn in the course of the film, and what we're told comes from human mouths. The plot holes created by the mysterious nature of the Prawn culture are kind of a necessity, and as an audience we should be expected to fill in many of these blanks. Why are the aliens relatively mindless drones? Why can't they work their ship? Blomkamp has a lot of answers, and shares them during the disc's extras, but it's not needed unless the audience is totally unreceptive to participation, or entirely unreceptive to the allegories. The plot problem I found myself somewhat unreceptive to was that of the mysterious cylinder filled with mysterious liquid, liquid which does whatever the plot needs it to do. I've developed a bit of a hate-on for obvious MacGuffins lately, and the cylinder is almost a textbook MacGuffin, except for the fact that it also does everything. Why does It's a cheap bit of convenience in an otherwise thoughtful film.
District 9 doesn't need to look perfect to be enjoyed based on the film's style. The multiple camera set style makes for a varying image quality, which is clearly the point. Still, on this 1080p Blu-ray the bulk of the video is crystal clear and super realistic, displaying a wide range of even details, high fidelity colours, and almost zero grain. The depth of field during the helicopter shots is incredible, and the details are never obscured based on camera placement, or garbled by sheer quantity. Even the darkest night sequences are crisp and clean, with perfectly discernable highlights supported by perfectly rich blacks. The non-hi-def camera work is obviously less spectacular, but in high definition the various artefacts make their point (the footage taken of Wikus from inside MNU headquarters features edge-enhancement and a generally washed out look for example). In cinemas the shaky camera movement was a little overwhelming, but on video it's easy to appreciate the finer details, which is a slight negative for the digital effects, but a big plus for the production design. Colours also appear richer on this disc than they did in theatres, including the Prawn body paints, which really pop against the desolate browns and greys of the slums of South Africa. The green of Christopher's skin is the biggest surprise, which was greyer on the non-digital big screen.
However fantastic this disc's video is, it still doesn't compare to the utter perfection of the DTS-HD 5.1 audio track. The mixed documentary feel makes for some interesting audio design issues. Stylistically the sound moves in and out of what could be realistically picked up during an actual documentary, mostly coming out on the side of hyper reality. The track is busy throughout the entire film, including even the most visually static sequences. The outdoor scenes are overflowing with wildlife, and directional effects like moving helicopters and other vehicles. During Wikus' transformation the audio is inundated with seemingly subjective effects, like ringing and throbbing bass. On the less subtle side are the film's many and varied action scenes, which recall Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down and Star Wars in equal measures. Stray bullets and shrapnel slather the surround channels, while the LFE throbs with the punch of booming explosions. The big 'hell yeah' moment comes when the Prawn mothership turns on and lets loose a battle horn like noise that shatters the windows of the buildings around it, but the whole of the final act is an utter audiophile delight. The music is mostly made up of a mix of ambient noise and really heavy drums. When mournful vocals and exciting arrangements are pressed into the mix it's usually pretty strum and drang on the track, but never overwhelms the aggressive sound effects, or important dialogue elements.
To start us off, this District 9 comes with two menu choices. The menu you get will depend on your choice at the beginning of the disc, that of human or Prawn. This choice only changes the menu look, so far as I can tell. On both menus the extras start with director Neill Blomkamp's commentary. Blompkamp is incredibly humble and soft spoken (perhaps if the track had been recorded after the successful release he'd be a little more barrel-chested). His focus is divided throughout, leading me to think that a second track may have been advisable as well, because both the technical dialogue and the historical information is valuable. Most viewers, including myself, will go in to the film without any real understanding of the current affairs in South Africa, and without Blomkamp laying this stuff out for us we'd probably continue to live in ignorance. I had assumed the film's look was authentic, but his description of the region is downright depressing. There isn't enough discussion of the plot, and its occasional holes, but there is some back story on the alien culture, and one has to respect the director for picking a tone, and attempting to maintain subject matter focus. This is a very good track, good enough that I want more.
Available only to Blu-ray viewers is 'Joburg from Above', an interactive map of 'District 9'. This includes satellite images of the site, running text commentary from the MNU at the bottom of the screen, 'live feed' footage at the side of the screen, and options to switch to District 9, Mothership, and MNU Headquarters specific screens. From these menus the viewer can access descriptive text and video of everything alien and MNU, including weapons, vehicles and basic science. Many menus have additional sub menus.
The extras continue with twenty-two deleted scenes (23:30, HD). Most of these pertain to the mockumentary part of the film, and fill out the film's universe well, without affecting the plot of the more dramatic sections of the film. It's clear that Blomkamp wasn't exactly sure how to balance the two dominant aspects of the film, and erred on the side of too much improv. The most telling bits are one where the MNU president discusses the aliens on some kind of television segment, and a scene describing the Prawn reproduction (they are self inseminating). It's also quite amusing to watch the pre-effects scenes, which are guys in silver suits on stilts.
Next up is the three part behind the scenes documentary, entitled 'The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log' (34:30, HD). The first chapter, 'Envisioning District 9', covers the end of Blomkamp's last short, which then cut into the making of a film based on the Halo video games. After that fell through, producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh decided to help Blomkamp make an original film. This section revels some of the back story that didn't find its way into the film, and covers the process of prepping a film that looks a lot bigger than $30 million. The second part, 'Shooting District 9', covers the difficulty of filming on that budget, the technical aspects of the different styles of film, the practical effects and action, production design, and the acting process. The last part, 'Refining District 9', looks briefly at the post-production process, including visual effects, editing and sound design.
Following this is a collection of featurettes. 'Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus' (10:00, HD) takes a look at the make-up process behind the main character's gross-out evolution. 'Innovation: The Acting and Improvisation of District 9' (12:00, HD) is an interesting glance behind the character and acting process that separates the film from just about every other sci-fi film I've ever seen. The focus here is placed mostly on the film's professional actors, not the man on the street stuff. 'Concept and Design: Creating the World of District 9' (13:20, HD) has one of those self-explanatory titles, and clearly covers all the production design, concept art, and set and prop design behind the film. The creature designs are the most exciting. 'Alien Generation: The Visual Effects of District 9' (10:20, HD) also speaks for itself, and covers all the digital augmentations behind the film. Technically speaking this stuff doesn't usually interest me, but the cost effective means are pretty interesting.
Everything comes to an end with a few Sony trailers, a digital copy, and a God of War III demo (which I couldn't play on my non-PS3). Not found on the disc— any of Blomkamp's short films. What the hell, Sony?
District 9 might be the most assured and successful first film in a very long time. I'm really struggling to recall something comparable in the last two decades. It's certainly better than Peter Jackson's Bad Taste, all due respect. Just think of the possibilities now that Neill Blomkamp has one under his belt. Think of the quality differences between capable films like Public Access or Pi, and the genuine class of films like The Usual Suspects or Requiem for a Dream. Let's just pray against the sophomore slump. The disc looks great, better than even expected, and sounds just about perfect. Surely demo material. The extras stop just this side of greatness, including a commentary solid enough to want some more, a bunch of deleted scenes, and a good, but not great making-of featurette. The lack of Blomkamp's shorts, which inspired the film and Jackson's well placed faith. Here's a link, for those that are not in the know: Blomkamp's Shorts.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
Loved this film. Great review.
beckmen Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 355
Alive in Joburg REALLY should have been on this. I don't know why they wouldn't at least put that on there...
Shawn Fitzgerald Member Join Date: March 2004 Location: United States Posts: 344
Some people actually called this film racist? Pathetic.
Movie is fantastic. Can't wait to nab the blu-ray post-Christmas.
Movie is fantastic. Can't wait to nab the blu-ray post-Christmas.
Ray Waterway Member Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 462
The people that called this "racist" are folks that have probably never set foot outside their own city subdivisions, nor have they probably paid attention to HOW THE WORLD ACTUALLY IS, for God's sake. The irony is completely lost on these people, and they are the people who give this film a bad name.
Saw this movie in theaters at least three times (all with different people) and thought it was brilliant social commentary and allegory. Can't wait to take my gift card for a spin and pick this up on Blu-Ray. Thank you for the great review!
Saw this movie in theaters at least three times (all with different people) and thought it was brilliant social commentary and allegory. Can't wait to take my gift card for a spin and pick this up on Blu-Ray. Thank you for the great review!
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
Awesome movie, it looks very good on Blu ray. I wish the short that inpsired this movie would have been on the Blu ray.
I posted this on Facebook the other day, I find it interesting that two of the BEST sci fi movies of the year, District 9 and Avatar have had there CGI done by WETA. They are kicking ILM's a**. I am looking forward to seeing more movies that Weta works on in the future.
I posted this on Facebook the other day, I find it interesting that two of the BEST sci fi movies of the year, District 9 and Avatar have had there CGI done by WETA. They are kicking ILM's a**. I am looking forward to seeing more movies that Weta works on in the future.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Actually, it turns out WETA only did the mothership. I forget the name of the company Blomkamp used for the rest of the film.
I've actually had the 'racist' discussion with a few people. It's frustrating, especially when so much blatant racism goes unchecked in films like Transformers 2. It's weird being in a place where you're defending one film while berating the other.
I've actually had the 'racist' discussion with a few people. It's frustrating, especially when so much blatant racism goes unchecked in films like Transformers 2. It's weird being in a place where you're defending one film while berating the other.
mike smith3 Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 56
I think your confusing "racism" with "stereotype". There was a ton of stereotypical behavior in Transformers 2, but not racism.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
In the case of Transformers 2 the terms are interchangeable, as they present a racist view though stereotypical characters.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,831
Loved this film. Currently watching the extras. Thanks for the review, Gabe.
PS Alive in Joburg should have been included.
PS Alive in Joburg should have been included.
horrorfan25 Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,080
How ironic is it that District 9 was made for only $30 million and had amazing effects, yet directors use budgets of over $100 million and sometimes they don't even look authentic at all. District 9 shows that just because it's made on a low budget and has no-name actors, doesn't mean it can't be a good film. I actually liked this film miles better than Wolverine and Transformers 2, yet ironically they had bigger budgets and A-list actors. The movie looks phenomenal on Blu-ray both in picture and audio presentations. The extras are satisfactory already. Just if no one knows yet, you can get D9 on BD for only $18 on Amazon and if you buy IB on BD for also $18 on Amazon, you get free shipping.
Emil Ryderup Member Join Date: April 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 239
Great idea for a film, nice presentation but got sort of boring. Still respect the effort though. DOn't get the racist remarks, didn't hear anything about that here in Sweden?
roadogg31 Member Join Date: February 2008 Location: United States Posts: 202
Along with The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds, one of the best films of the past summer. Definitely the first of its kind.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd December 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Joburg from Above, Deleted Scenes, The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log, Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus, Innovation: The Acting and Improvisation of District 9, Concept and Design: Creating the World of District 9, Alien Generation: The Visual Effects of District 9, Trailers, Digital Copy, God of War III Demo
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Norman Anstey, Anthony Bishop, Anthony Fridjhon, William Allen Young, Mike Huff
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller and War
Length: 112 minutes
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Demo here, git repository. Since I cannot find any documentation directly I just wanted to tell you people that you need a subdirectory named cache thats writeable by your trac to make this work. Oh and dont wonder that it takes so much time the first time used ;). Also don't forget to grant the CODETAGS_VIEW permission.
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- When moving/deleting files with TODO tags in them, they will not disappear from the list
- I've tested this and it works fine for me - rjollos 2009-08-03.
- I am seeing this running Trac 0.12dev-r8983 and codetags-0.2 - aaron@…
- Running trac 0.11 (debian repo) I see this issue in codetags-0.2 - dagherad_at_gmail_dot_com (27th January 2010)
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- Running trac 0.11 (debian repo) I see this issue in codetags-0.2 - dagherad_at_gmail_dot_com (27th January 2010)
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- Under 0.12 stable we got a error "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'youngest_rev'", the patch CodeTags-0.12-get_repository.patch fixes this problem. All Repository request should use RepositoryManager as described in http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracDev/ApiChanges/0.12
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Star Trek star Chris Pine takes a pic with a fan while out for drinks with The Hills star Audrina Patridge at the Red Lion Tavern on Friday (May 15) in Silverlake, Calif.
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Audrina, 24, Chris, 28, first met at Tao in Las Vegas at ShoWest.
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Karachi: Top Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar today said he would not retire in the wake his criticism for some poor decisions during the India-England Mumbai Test, saying he has moved on.
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Australia`s former Test great Shane Warne had lashed out at Dar in a tweet, saying he had always been a poor umpire and bad decision maker.
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Gun turkey season is now open.
Tina Hanna, executive director of South Central Industries, is extending an invitation to Shawnee Community leaders to attend the Hassen Family Park Dedication, tour South Central facilities and meet the clients and staff.
She said South Central is hosting a Park Dedication on Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. at 130 N. Louisa, downtown Shawnee.
She added "We sincerely hope you will be able to join us for a ribbon cutting and refreshments on this special day. Please feel free to call me at 405-275-3851."
The gun season for fall turkey is opening today. It's limited to a certain number of counties and is not open statewide.
Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties are not open to fall gun turkey hunting. Seminole County is open and hunters may shoot only tom turkeys.
The season will remain open through Friday, Nov. 22, the day before the deer gun season opens statewide.
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Changes coming to the state's workers' compensation system will be outlined and questions answered during a free conference at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
The interactive video conference sponsored by the American Subcontractors Association of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network is scheduled 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, Interstate 40 and SH 18.
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Register for the conference online at www.asaok.com or call OBAN Coordinator David Hoffmeier at (405) 273-7493 ext. 2317.
Department of Public Safety officials report 63 fatalities in September this year compared to 78 in the same month last year.
During the month of September there were 14 motorcyclists and eight pedestrians who died in traffic related crashes, according to DPS.
The highest daily fatality numbers include 17 deaths on Saturdays, dropping to 11 on Mondays.
There were three days in the month of September the Department of Public Safety reported no fatalities.
Seven of the fatality crashes were alcohol-related. Fifty-one of the fatality victims were Oklahoma residents and
12 nonresidents. There were 39 male and 20 female victims.
Eleven of the fatality victims were under the age of 20. The 41- 50 year-old group led the fatality count with 15.
Oklahoma County led the state with a fatality count of eight followed by Tulsa County with seven fatalities.
The highest number of fatalities occurred on State Highways with 20. There were 14 fatalities on US Highways.
Fifty-three percent of those who died in traffic collisions were not wearing safety belts at the time of the crash.
Shawnee Electronic Recycling Day in recognition of America Recycles Day will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16 8:30 a.m.-2 pm. The dropoff location is: Direct Colors Inc., 430 E. 10th Street, Shawnee.
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Bethel's Ag Boosters are planning their dinner and auction for Saturday, Nov. 9. Dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. and the live auction begins at 6 p.m.
The FFA will be auctioning off a smoker along with several other items and also there will be silent auction tables.
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See my extensions to the article. Could anybody verify what I've found out?--Gvoncken 07:31, 25 January 2008 (PST)
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S2O necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 193 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
S2O, Incorporated was recently founded to provide IT consulting services around Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), Integration Services, Social Media, and Web Application Development.
Our company will engage in business to business relationships. Our audience will be executive level personnel at other businesses.
S2O, Incorporated needs a new logo that will serve as it's brand identity. This logo will be the inspiration for the future website and all print materials. We want to allow the designers the flexibility to be creative, so we are not building too many restrictions on the design. Here are a few too keep in mind.
:::We want:::
- "S2O" to be the only letters/numbers in the logo. Please do not add "Inc" or any other letters, numbers, or words.
- A professional looking logo, not whimsical or cartoonish
- A logo that is modern, and represents a company focused on bleeding-edge technology
- A fairly simple logo that will look good when scaled to smaller sizes
- Some graphics to be a part of the logo. Please don't use animals, people, etc. We prefer some interesting shapes or designs that will be unique, and clearly identify our brand.
- A logo that is wider than it is tall.
- The letter "O" in "S2O" to always be capitalized. The "S" is optional.
:::Some Ideas:::
- We had the idea of doing a water or liquid theme. Since S2O is similar to H2O (the periodic symbol for water), we though this might be a neat idea. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, but you may use this idea if you can be creative with it.
- We do like blue colors
- You may experiment with different fonts and combine them. For example, the "2" could be a different from the "S" and the "O"
- You may play with the size of the letters and numbers
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Little Boots: Hot New Talent Brings Tenori-On AND Stylophone To Jools Holland!
Little Boots is the musical alter ego of Blackpool lass Victoria Hesketh, former singer with Dead Disco. At last week's Later With Jools Holland show on BBC 2, Little Boots brought together vintage and new technologies, with a stunning performance that used both a Stylophone AND a Tenori-On!
Little Boots and her microKorg
Little Boots came to life when Victoria left her former band Dead Disco because, according to her, 'It was obvious to me that indie was getting boring, and things were going to go more pop,'
So she got hold of a few synths (including a microKorg she never seens too far from), a stylophone and a Tenori-On - which she claims to push "to its limits"- and started making music inspired by the likes of The Bee Gees, though tracks such as "Medley" played at Jools Holland remind of edgier acts such as Bats For Lashes.
Watch her inspired performance at Jools Holland:
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using co-ordinate geometry show that median of an equilatral triangle is perpendiculur to its opposite side.
Plse help me sir
hi mukesh,
Coordinate geometry is an unusual way to do this but OK; it can be done.
Firstly, you need to choose your triangle.
I'd keep things simple by having the base going from (0,0) to (2,0).
That makes the midpoint of the base at (1,0)
The vertex will be at (2cos60, 2sin60) = (1,√ 3)
The median joins the midpoint of the base to the vertex so that is the line x=1, which is at right angles to the base.
Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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It's not easy being a book consumer these days. For starters, books seem so long — at least compared to the blog posts and online news items that have recalibrated the pace of the average American attention span.
And that's not the half of it. Some books will kill your dreams. Worse, they'll build up your dreams and then knock them down without so much as a refund or a credit for a Frappuccino at Barnes & Noble. When that happens, the only choice is to sue.
At least that seems to be the logic of Rob Stutzman and Jonathan Wheeler, two California men so aggrieved by Lance Armstrong's recent doping admissions that they have become the named plaintiffs in a class-action complaint against Armstrong and his publishers over his memoirs "It's Not About the Bike" and "Every Second Counts."
Wheeler, an amateur cyclist and chef, and Stutzman, the former communications director for Arnold Schwarzenegger when he served as California governor (you read that right), claim they purchased Armstrong's books based on the assumption that his story of beating metastatic cancer and cleanly achieving a once-unimaginable seven Tour de France victories was true. Now however, they feel "duped," "cheated" and "betrayed."
Armstrong is not the first author to be sued by readers for presenting fiction as truth. In 2011, Greg Mortenson was sued for fudging facts and rearranging timelines in his bestselling books "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools," including a tale of having been kidnapped by the Taliban after a harrowing mountaineering expedition in Pakistan. Despite a precedent set in 2006, when James Frey, the discredited memoirist behind "A Million Little Pieces," and his publisher agreed to pay a large sum to satisfy defrauded readers, a federal judge dismissed the suit against Mortenson, calling the claims "flimsy" and "speculative."
It remains to be seen how the Armstrong suit will shake out. As with Mortenson, his readers are irked not just by his lies but by the way the lies were parlayed into a cult of hero worship (Mortenson's philanthropic work on behalf of education in Central Asia scored him lucrative speaking engagements until he was found to have misspent large sums of his charity's money).
And although Armstrong's sins are past the flimsy and speculative stage, it's difficult to imagine a judge giving much credence to a lawsuit that includes statements such as "although Stutzman does not buy or read many books, he found Armstrong's book incredibly compelling and recommended the book to several friends."
Reports about the lawsuit have made repeated use of the word "inspiring" when talking about the plaintiffs' case, the implication being that they have suffered from the loss not just of a sports hero but their own personal motivator. The root of this grievance apparently isn't so much that Armstrong lied and cheated but that his story as the ultimate survivor and champion can no longer be categorized as inspirational.
Really? Unless you had the specific goal of beating cancer, then winning the Tour de France seven times without drugs (even when all or most of your competitors were using them), it's hard to see how anyone could make the case that Armstrong's admissions materially upended their life trajectory. Armstrong (further) damaged his sport; he let down — all right, made fools of — his fans. But if you saw his books as cloud-parting, life-changing scripture, aren't you the one who's liable?
Maybe that's too harsh. In a book-buying culture that favors self-help and "business philosophy" titles over all else, maybe the only real measure of a book's worth is its to-do list. After all, acquiring a life coach and a recipe for success would make up for having to process all those words.
Suing when the recipe fails seems a bit extreme, and who knows if that's really what motivated Stutzman and Wheeler. Maybe they're angry for other reasons, maybe they're naturally litigious, or maybe they're just bored.
In any case, it seems all too clear that their ultimate gripe is with something even larger than the mythos of Lance Armstrong. Whatever it may be, it's not about books.


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Roland: What Is Mastering and Can I Do It Myself?
What is Mastering and Can I do It Myself?
Roland give us some great advice on home recording…
For all you home recorders, once you have recorded a song the mastering process then begins. It can be worth handing this task over to a pro, as it's pretty tricky…however this can be expensive unless you're making this an EP or first single and will recoup the benefits from sales.
Roland's recording gear are some of the best in the market, and are generally affordable too.
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Boss BR-800
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Guitar and bass players can join the action by plugging directly to the DR-880's Guitar/Bass Input jack, and playing through the built-in COSM Drive/Amp models and multi-effects.
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NIT semfinal round pits Terrapins against Hawkeyes
New York, NY – The Iowa Hawkeyes and Maryland Terrapins have successfully found their way to New York City, as the two teams square off on Tuesday in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden.
Iowa has won six of its last seven games heading to the Big Apple. Coach Fran McCaffery's squad downed Indiana State, Stony Brook and Virginia by double- digit margins in its first three rounds of the NIT. The Hawkeyes' last loss was a hard-fought, 59-56 battle with Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament. They have since been very tough in the postseason tourney as they ended the Cavaliers' 19-game home winning streak on Wednesday.
Roy Devyn Marble has been the go-to-guy for Iowa down the stretch. The junior swingman is averaging 25.3 points and 5.3 assists per contest so far during the NIT. He went 8-of-16 from the floor to net 24 points against Virginia's stifling defense. Zach McCabe and Adam Woodbury both tallied 10 points, the latter adding a game-high eight rebounds as well. Sophomore forward Aaron White was limited to six points, but he scored in double figures in the first two rounds, including an 11-point and 13-rebound effort against Indiana State. Iowa has just one scholarship senior on its roster, so its late-season surge is building some optimism for the future.
This will be just the third meeting in history between these schools on the hardwood. Maryland won both previous bouts. The winner of this matchup will take on either BYU or Baylor in the championship game.
The Terps rallied behind sophomore center Alex Len to outlast Alabama and pick up a 58-57 win in the quarterfinals. Maryland has been quite impressive as well in recent weeks, with five wins in six games. The only loss during that span was a 3-point setback to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament. Coach Mark Turgeon's team defeated Niagara and Denver easily in its first two NIT games.
Len tallied 15 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks as the second-seeded Terrapins outlasted the top-seeded Crimson Tide. Dez Wells and Jake Layman netted 13 points apiece for Maryland, which overcame 18 turnovers by winning the rebounding battle, 33-27. Len has the attention of NBA scouts due to his size and potential. The sophomore center is netting 12.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per tilt on the year. Wells is leading the squad in scoring with 13.1 ppg. Wells picked up some solid postseason experience last season when he was a member of Xavier's Sweet 16 team. Maryland won the NIT title in 1972.


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Brody LC, Conley M, Cox C, Kirke PN, McKeever MP, Mills JL, Molloy AM, O'Leary VB, Parle-McDermott A, Scott JM, Swanson DA. A Polymorphism, R653Q, in the trifunctional enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase/formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase is a maternal genetic risk factor for neural tube defects: Report of the birth defects research group. Am J Hum Genet, 71(5):1207-15. 2002. [PubMed]
Brody LC. CHEKs and balances: Accounting for breast cancer. Nat Genet, 31(1):3-4. 2002. [PubMed]
Yarden RI, Pardo-Reoyo S, Sgagias M, Cowan KH and Brody LC. BRCA1 regulates the G2/M checkpoint by activating Chk1 kinase upon DNA damage. Nat Genet, 30(3):285-9. 2002. [PubMed]
Kanaan Y, Kpenu E, Utley K, Adams-Campbell L, Dunston GM, Brody LC, Broome C. Inherited BRCA2 mutations in African Americans with breast and/or ovarian cancer: a study of familial and early onset cases. Hum Genet, 113(5):452-60. 2003. [PubMed]
Coyne RS, McDonald HB, Edgemon K and Brody LC. Functional characterization of BRCA1 sequence variants using a yeast small colony phenotype assay. Cancer Biology and Therapy, 3:453-7. 2004. [PubMed]
Parle-McDermott A, Pangilinan FJ, Mills JL, Signore CC, Molloy AM, Cotter A, Conley M, Cox C, Kirke PN, Scott JM and Brody LC. A polymorphism in the MTHFD1 gene increases a mother's risk of having an unexplained second trimester pregnancy loss. Molecular Human Reproduction, 11:477-480. 2005. [PubMed]
Brody LC. Treating cancer by targeting a weakness. N Engl J Med, 353(9):949-50. 2005. [PubMed]
Parle-McDermott A, Kirke PN, Mills JL, Molloy AM, Cox C, O'leary VB, Pangilinan F, Conley M, Cleary L, Brody LC. Confirmation of the R653Q polymorphism of the trifunctional C1-synthase enzyme as a maternal risk for neural tube defects in the Irish population. Eur J Hum Genet, 14:768-772. 2006. [PubMed]
Parle-McDermott A, Mills JL, Molloy AM, Carroll N, Kirke PN, Cox C, Conley MR, Pangilinan FJ, Brody LC, Scott JM. The MTHFR 1298CC and 677TT genotypes have opposite associations with red cell folate levels. Mol Genet Metab, 88:290-294. 2006. [PubMed]
Alter BP, Rosenberg PS, Brody LC. Clinical and molecular features associated with biallelic mutations in FANCD1/BRCA2. J Med Genet, 44(1):1-9. 2007. [PubMed]
Parle-McDermott A, Pangilinan F, Mills JL, Kirke PN, Gibney ER, Troendle J, O'Leary VB, Molloy AM, Conley M, Scott JM, Brody LC. The 19-bp deletion polymorphism in intron-1 of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) may decrease rather than increase risk for spina bifida in the Irish population. Am J Med Genet A, 143A(11):1174-80. 2007. [PubMed]
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Judge Edwin D. Carden
The funeral ervice for retired Judge Edwin Carden, 80, will be at 2 p.m., Thursday at First Baptist Church of Claremore, Okla. The Rev. Sam Nichols will officiate. Ed will be laid to rest at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Rice Funeral Service. Visitation was held, Wednesday, July 13, at Rice Funeral Home. Ed passed away at his home on Monday, July 11.
Ed was born in Hot Springs one of six children to the late John and Rosalie (James) Carden. The family moved to a farm in Ruledale outside of Benton. After graduating from Benton High School, Ed served his country in the Air Force with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron during the Korean War. After his service he followed his sister, Marie, and brother, James, to Tulsa, where he worked in aviation by day and studied law at night. He received his bachelor and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Tulsa. He married Patricia Blackburn in Neosho, Mo. on November 7, 1970. Their two children, Ed Jr. and Lisa, were both raised in Claremore, Okla.
Ed practiced law in Claremore before becoming assistant district attorney in 1966. He went on to serve as associate district judge for the 12 Judicial District of Oklahoma in May of 1972, until his retirement in 1991.
Respected by his peers for his insight and expertise, Ed's reputation for fairness on the bench endeared him to the community that he served. The values he exemplified were instilled from a young age by his parents. Ed was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Claremore for more than 40 years. Retirement provided Ed with time to enjoy his hobbies: traveling with family, watching the Cardinals play, and tending to his garden.
Beloved brother, husband, father, and grandfather, Ed is survived by his wife, Patricia; children, Ed Carden Jr. of Broken Arrow, Okla. and Lisa Franklin and husband, John P. of Tulsa, Okla.; three grandchildren, Jacob, Hannah and Lily; and his sister, Marie James and husband, Rodney, of Tulsa; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Ruby, and brothers, Melvin, James, and Muriel.
In lieu of flowers or other condolences, please consider sending a donation in Ed Carden's name to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 108 E. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore, OK 74017.


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Opinion: Not the RNC's Finest Hour
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on Reince Priebus's threat to pull 2016 presidential debates from networks airing Hillary Clinton films. Photo: Republican National Committee
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... National Committee chairman writes Priebus Issac was going to an NBC and CNN ... from airing the next presidential primary debates on the Republican side ... if the networks move ahead with a mini series and documentaries about ... Hillary Clinton likely Democratic contender ... diary editor Jason Riley Fox News contributor joins me now I Jason ... thus the new News hero I thought that NBC and CNN or higher eighty ... pro Hillary will ... the CSIRO and in the euro as everyone knows about ... than the media bias and you know where we should discuss the we also work for media company the entertainment division and said we don't want you know ... Fox News be punished in terms of presidential debates because twenty ... for Sentry Foxtrot and in a movie that ... a little bit like or something like that but I think ... you know to take ... the RNC ad and had a torrid here ... aam is that the worry is by this I think ... the focus should be on batting moderators of these debates and not necessarily networks in other words if you think George Stephanopoulos spend too much time asking questions about abortion ... is tricky thing John King ... will have delving into new king which is past marriages ... that's what you should take up with the network she Shallwani Last spoke with a plan to have moderating these debates ... and then that those moderators I think that would be much more productive than what was ... it that that the play here too while at the base and he seems squarely in that the Republican base is every easy to adjust for that there is a theory out there that that's what this is really about after the ... last election the RNC about this document ... called a sort of an autopsy what we need to be going forward as the party ... was the point of this document and it's a call for fewer depicts the once about ... ten to twelve that it's in the worry ... is that a lot of debate so long primary season ... you wind up with the bruised candid with high negatives going into a general action ... and so he can somehow limit the number of debates compress the primary schedule ... then you can spend working you pick the candidate then you spend your time focusing on the Democrats to push back at the RNC is getting is from the grassroots that you mention ... they like the long primary season lots debates typically the state parties who get to call sponsor these debates and they make some money to those ages just connect the dots for me for sex so ... the RNC threatens to band CNN NBC from the process and that results in fewer debates because if you are networks to air why why does two things connected well it's an argument for your debates in other words you can wind up with your debates he puts out he goes through with this ... that they'll all the movies they go within you get your debates and then you get to tell the grassroots that ... I had to pull out of this he turned the networks and the bad guys but you also only end up with your debates what I which which may be the call well could this be proceed though is that media censorship I mean ... you know who cares if NBC or CNN decides to do a documentary on Hillary Clinton she was secretary of state who was in New York State Senator ... on the bill it's not that this will actually help Hillary if she is the nominee ... I mean this versus the regular nightly News night after night pro hell of a stock that were coming here ... I don't think that these documentaries are the documentary one case in the miniseries ... and yet the case would make that much of a different that's why there's this theory out there that this is really about ... something of staff free press for Hillary and my dad we talk to NBC and he said NBC News is completely independent of NBC Entertainment has no involvement in this project ... Jason Riley editorial page four in her thank you so much for being on the show


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IT Management Slideshow: Companies Around the World Turn to the Cloud for Savings
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 05-14-2012
As organizations grow globally, CIOs and other senior managers must be aware of international tech trends in order to stay competitive in the international marketplace. A recent report released by CA Technologies, the "2012 CA Technologies Channel Index," finds that the interest in cloud technologies is growing around the world based on responses from survey participants in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Customers are turning to cloud solutions - public, private or hybrid - to increase stability and agility, while reining in costs. "Businesses see the cloud model as a good response to business and market demands," says Marco Comastri, the CA Technologies president overseeing its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "They're using the cloud to deliver new applications and services to internal and external users in a fast and cost-effective way, in turn helping drive innovation and generate new revenue streams." More than 900 CA Technologies channel partners throughout EMEA took part in the research.
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"To love the church means also to have the courage to take difficult, painful decisions, always keeping the good of the church in mind, not oneself."—Pope Benedict XVI bidding an emotional farewell at his final general audience in St. Peter's Square on the eve of his retirement.
"We do well by placing a statue of her here. But we can do no greater honor to her memory than to carry forward the power of her principle and a courage born of conviction."—President Barack Obama in comments as the nation's most powerful politicians honored Rosa Parks by unveiling her statue in a permanent place in the U.S. Capitol.
"I'm not here for the sympathy or the pat on the back. I'm here to speak up for my son."—Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was among those cut down at a Connecticut elementary school in December, asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to ban assault weapons like the one that killed his child.


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Southwest Elite 7-on-7 recap
In the end, four out-of-state teams decided the Southwest Elite 7-on-7 championship on Saturday at Shiloh Christian's Champions Stadium.
Derby (KS), Hoover (AL), Broken Arrow (OK) and Olive Branch (MS) were the semifinalists, with Derby and Olive Branch advancing to the championship game.
The Conquistadors handed defending champion Fayetteville its first loss of the event and rode that momentum out the rest of the way, defeating Derby 36-9 to advance to the national championship in Hoover, Ala.
Fayetteville, winners of the last two 7A state championships, was eliminated 35-8 by Broken Arrow, which boasted two Oklahoma State commits in running back Devon Thomas (6-1, 215) and Gyasi Akem (6-1, 220). The Purple Dogs' Jordan Dennis (6-1, 175) repeatedly made tough catches and eluded defenders all day.
Olive Branch also won the event back in 2010, and is the only non-Arkansas program to have won in the Southwest Elite's five-year existence.
Current Arkansas wide receiver D'Arthur Cowan played in the 2010 rendition for Olive Branch.
Safety Alfred Dickens (6-0, 205), an Ole Miss commit, was a ballhawk at safety all weekend and helped corral Derby tight end DeAndre Goolsby (6-5, 230), who has offers from a plethora of schools, including Arkansas.
Springdale Har-Ber was one win away from advancing to the winners bracket quarterfinals, but fell to Hoover 21-10.
Highly recruited Wildcat defensive lineman Josh Frazier looked on, supporting his teammates as they tried to fight back through the consolation bracket, but were eliminated with another loss to Hoover, 31-23.
Charleston quarterback Ty Storey, a 2015 product who recently committed to Arkansas, led his Tigers deep through the consolation bracket before falling to Rogers Heritage, which was quarterbacked by senior Josh Qualls, who continues to impress.
Bentonville tight end Jack Kraus, who is a 2014 Arkansas commit, made plays for the Tigers all weekend before El Dorado eliminated the defending 7A runner-up, 28-22.
Bolivar, Mo. quarterback Rafe Peavey, another 2014 Arkansas commit, got knocked out early on Saturday by Little Rock Christian but had a good weekend because he got to meet and get his picture taken with his idol, Tim Tebow, who spoke to the players on both Thursday at an EA Sports NCAA Football launch party and Friday night at the iNFLUENCERS rally at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center.
NOTABLE: Former Springdale Bulldog, Arkansas Razorback and USC Trojan and current Tennessee Titan wide receiver Damian Williams was in attendance Saturday…Former Pulaski Academy Bruin, USC Trojan and Arkansas Razorback Broderick Green is now coaching Pulaski Robinson's running backs and was seen helping out during the weekend.
We have several features that Arkansas high school football fans may be interested in. Check them out at the links below.
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Houma doctors with the Cardiovascular Institute of the South are the first in the nation to implant a new device for the treatment of heart failure.
Houma doctors with the Cardiovascular Institute of the South are the first in the nation to implant a new device for the treatment of heart failure.
Morgan City resident Joseph Stelly, 70, received the historic implant of the Barostim neo device, which is being studied to determine its safety and effectiveness for treating mild-to-severe heart failure. The pacemaker-like device works by painlessly stimulating natural sensors under skin in the neck to send signals to the brain to regulate blood flow.
The idea is that the device can help improve blood pressure control, increase efficiency in heart function and improve blood flow to the organs.
"Mr. Stelly's severe heart failure problem persisted despite appropriate medical therapy, and thus he seemed to be a good candidate for the Barostim neo implantation," said Dr. Richard Abben of the Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
Abben, working with Dr. Edgar Feinberg, also of the Cardiovascular Institute, implanted the device in Stelly last month. The two are serving as primary investigators for a research trial on the device, called the Barostim HOPE4HF study.
Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. It can be caused by a heart attack, which damages the heart muscle. The main symptoms of heart failure include fatigue or weakness, shortness of breath or swelling of the legs or ankles.
Without treatment, heart failure will worsen over time, and patients may die within five years of being diagnosed.
Stelly suffered from chronic heart problems, including hypertension and a weakened heart muscle. He has coronony stents and a pacemaker-defibrillator.
"I could hardly walk. I was so short-winded," Stelly said. "I couldn't breathe."
Because of these conditions, he suffered reoccurring bouts of congestive heart failure, requiring multiple hospitalizations, including two within the past six weeks.
"Mr. Stelly has been experiencing significant fatigue, reduction of exercise capacity, fluid retention and severe shortness of breath, and these symptoms have been resistant to standard heart failure medications," Abben said.
Many with heart failure continue to have symptoms despite advancements in medications and treatments. Approximately one-third of patients with heart failure either do not qualify for or do not benefit from therapy.
The implantation procedure lasted 65 minutes and was performed at Terrebonne General Medical Center.
Two weeks after the procedure, Stelly reported his problems with fatigue, shortness of breath and exercise capability were significantly improved.
"I can walk now. I can breathe," Stelly said. "Dr. Abben has been my doctor for a long time, and he saved my life."
Because the device is still in the trial phase, the potential long-term impacts and benefits will not be understood until more patients are evaluated and the study is complete, Abben said.
"But we are certainly hopeful that his gratifying improvement to this unique therapy will continue to progress and that this technology can be successfully applied to a broader group of patients with the disabling condition of heart failure," Abben said.
To qualify for participation in the trial, patients must experience severe heart failure while receiving optimal medical therapy. They either must not qualify for or have not benefitted sufficiently from cardiac resynchronization therapy.
If you think you may qualify, or if you are interested in learning more about the trial, call the Cardiovascular Institute of the South Research Department at 873-5613.
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