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Lea Michele: 'New Year's Eve' Premiere with Ashton Kutcher!
Lea Michele laughs with Ashton Kutcher on the red carpet of the New Year's Eve premiere held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Monday (December 5) in Hollywood.
The 25-year-old actress looked stunning in a Valentino dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, and Neil Lane jewels.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Lea Michele
"Thank you to my amazing glam team @marktownsend1 and @melaniemakeup @EsteeStanley I love you guys!!!!!!" Lea tweeted in appreciation to her team for helping her prep!
Be sure to catch New Year's Eve when it hits theatres this Friday (December 9)!

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SOURCE: DataStax
January 16, 2013 11:22 ET
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 16, 2013) -
DataStax, the company that powers the big data apps that transform business, today announced the early adopter program (EAP) launch of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 3.0. The new version provides core security capabilities to the entire Cassandra community, as well as the advanced data protection that businesses expect in an enterprise-grade database. DSE 3.0 supplies the type of security framework that allows modern enterprises to confidently adopt NoSQL databases as they safely scale their big data infrastructure.
"DSE 3.0 combines the security and easy manageability that modern businesses require for their enterprise-class applications," said Robin Schumacher, vice president of products, DataStax. "Our new version features both internal and external authentication, easy object permission management, transparent data encryption, data auditing, secured client to node transport, and an improved visual administration environment that enables businesses to easily and securely deploy and manage large database clusters both on premise and in the cloud."
Security For The Community
DataStax Enterprise Edition is a complete big data platform, built on Apache Cassandra, that is architected to manage real-time, analytic, and enterprise search data all in the same database cluster. With the release of DSE 3.0, DataStax is providing security features both to the open source community and to the enterprise. For the Cassandra NoSQL community, DataStax is making the following security enhancements freely available to everyone who uses Apache Cassandra:
Security For The Enterprise
In addition to the general security features being made available to the entire Cassandra NoSQL community, DSE 3.0 supplies the following features to enterprises that require advanced security when handling mission-critical data:
"The addition of new security features in both Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise is indicative of the ongoing maturation of NoSQL databases in-keeping with an increasing interest from Web companies and traditional enterprises alike," said Matt Aslett, research manager, data management and analytics, 451 Research. "The full range of security features delivered in DSE 3.0 is not likely to be necessary for every project, but having authentication, encryption and auditing on the list of features will likely help open doors to adoption by mainstream users."
Streamlined, Big Data Management
DSE 3.0 also simplifies management of big data systems and supplies greater ease of use for day-to-day administration tasks. OpsCenter Enterprise 3.0, a visual browser-based solution for managing big data platforms, provides the following new features:
"DSE 3.0 lets us easily manage our big data needs and gain important insights that help us serve our customers, and ultimately patients, more effectively," said Terrell Deppe, chief technology officer, HealthCare Anytime. "We are committed to protecting patient health information, and DSE's new security features greatly enhance the strength of our solutions. These features have arrived at just the right time for us because the volume and velocity of our data is bigger than ever."
About DataStax
DataStax powers the big data apps that transform business for more than 200 customers, including startups and 20 of the Fortune 100. DataStax delivers a massively scalable, flexible and continuously available big data platform built on Apache Cassandra™. DataStax integrates enterprise-ready Cassandra, Apache Hadoop™ for analytics and Apache Solr™ for search across multi-datacenters and in the cloud.
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Watch The ::God Is Imaginary Videos On YouTube ::
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Fact 1 - Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 deletes portions of the Nicene Creed of 325, even though we read from the "Definition of the faith" of the council of Chalcedon in 451 that:…we have renewed the unerring creed of the fathers. We have proclaimed to all the creed of the 318 [i.e. Nicene Creed of 325]; and we have made our own those fathers who accepted this agreed statement of religion—the 150 who later met in great Constantinople and themselves set their seal to the same creed. (Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, Volume 1, Norman P. Tanner, S.J. editor, 1990, p. 83.)Fact 2 – The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 is not "the creed of the 318" [i.e. Nicene Creed of 325].Fact 3 – "No copy of the council's doctrinal decisions, entitled ????? ??? ????????????? ???????? (record of the tome and anathemas), has survived." (Ibid., p. 21.)Fact 4 – "The Second Council of Constantinople, A. D. 381, was not originally a general council". (Joseph Pohle, The Trinity, English trans. Arthur Preuss, 1912, p. 129.)http://articulifidei.blogspot.com/2010/02/nicene-creed-vs-niceno.html
3. The idea that God is an essence that manifests itself in or by three persons is an innovation .....
I asked this question in another thread, but seems it may be applicable here...in the same vein as "A design then a designer"... A son then a mother? Seems to me we're missing a goddess, no?
I find it a bit curious that you'd post this here, Olivianus. We're atheists. When it comes to Trinitarianism vs. the various non-Trinitarian theologies, we don't have a dog in that hunt.


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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 -- About Large Meetings
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 > Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server > Scheduling and Attending Meetings
You can schedule meetings with up to 550 participants in either all speaker (everyone may speak) or lecture-style format. For greater efficiency, we recommend that you schedule large meetings (over 100 participants) as lecture-style. You can enhance lecture-style meetings with Q&A meeting features.
As well as setting the Lecture Meeting Attend Settings parameter, we recommend that you also set the parameters for large meetings as shown in Table: Recommended Parameters for Large Meetings.
Table: Recommended Parameters for Large Meetings
|For This Parameter
Entry Announcement (Announces participants as they enter the meeting)
Silent so that late comers do not disturb the meeting
Departure Announcement (Announces participants when they exit the meeting)
Silent to avoid disturbing the meeting
Disable Roll Call (Participants hear a list of the first 120 users currently in the meeting)
Yes for large meetings, when you want to disable the roll call feature and avoid disturbing participants
To enhance any lecture-style meeting with Q&A features, see the About Q&A Meetings.
Application and Desktop Sharing Considerations for Large Meetings
For an optimal meeting experience, we recommend that presenters use application or desktop sharing only for meetings with less than 350 participants (or 300 participants if SSL is enabled on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server). For larger meetings, we recommend that presenters upload a PowerPoint file to be converted to a presentation either before the meeting (by adding it as an attachment from the meeting scheduling pages) or during the meeting (by uploading the file from the Share tool Documents menu), and share the PowerPoint presentation from within the meeting room.


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Hello! I have recently gained interest in robotics and I've been reading books about it for several weeks now. I would like to start making one now but I have no clue where to get the materials. The only part im pretty sure I will buy is the Parallax Basic Stamp 1. I am going to Manhattan soon and some hobby stores where i can get certain materials and parts is greatly appreciated.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Mar 2013 09:57 UTC
"The Ubuntu SDK preview is just over 2 months old, but we've already seen a lot of development starting with it. Read below for a high-level look at some of the apps that are currently being written." Looks like a good start.
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RE[2]: Great idea
by WereCatf on Wed 13th Mar 2013 19:46 UTC in reply to "RE: Great idea"
But then beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I've never really been a big fan of flat design.
I find the "flat design" more appealing than the whole opposite direction like e.g. Apple is so fond of, but aside from the looks I think Ubuntu-folks are leaning too far on the flat side of things: completely flat UI often fails to give any sort of a hint as to what elements in the UI can be interacted with and what elements are just display-only whereas applying some shadowing or gradients here and there -- with care -- can instantly transform the app into something that's immediately obvious.
If nothing else Ubuntu-folks need to define a way of colouring the interactive elements differently from the rest.
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Check out Science AMA Series: We're Drs. Michael Keefer and James Kobie, infectious .... (Thanks to Paul Nelson for alerting me to the discussion.)Here's part of the introduction ...
Yesterday NIH announced its latest round of ENCODE funding, which includes support for five new collaborative centers focused on using cutting edge techniques to characterize the candidate functional elements in healthy and diseased human cells. For example, when and where does an element function, and what exactly does it do.
UCSF is host to two of these five new centers, where researchers are using CRISPR gene editing, embryonic stem cells, and other new tools that let us rapidly screen hundreds of thousands of genome sequences in many different cell types at a time to learn which sequences are biologically relevant — and in what contexts they matter.
Today's AMA brings together the leaders of NIH's ENCODE project and the leaders of UCSF's partner research centers.
Your hosts today are:
Nadav Ahituv, UCSF professor in the department of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences. Interested in gene regulation and how its alteration leads to morphological differences between organisms and human disease. Loves science and juggling.
Elise Feingold: Lead Program Director, Functional Genomics Program, NHGRI. I've been part of the ENCODE Project Management team since its start in 2003. I came up with the project's name, ENCODE!
Dan Gilchrist, Program Director, Computational Genomics and Data Science, NHGRI. I joined the ENCODE Project Management team in 2014. Interests include mechanisms of gene regulation, using informatics to address biological questions, surf fishing.
Mike Pazin, Program Director, Functional Genomics Program, NHGRI. I've been part of the ENCODE Project Management team since 2011. My background is in chromatin structure and gene regulation. I love science, learning about how things work, and playing music.
Yin Shen: Assistant Professor in Neurology and Institute for Human Genetics, UCSF. I am interested in how genetics and epigenetics contribute to human health and diseases, especial for the human brain and complex neurological diseases. If I am not doing science, I like experimenting in the kitchen.


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Secretary of State (2013–2017)
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One of the most respected voices in the world, John Kerry shares incomparable insight into global affairs, the future of American diplomacy, and America's interests in an interconnected world.
Topics: Africa, American Politics, Asia, Change: Managing/Leading It, China, Courage, Crisis Management, Current Events, Cyber Security, Disaster Preparedness, Education, Election Forecast/Analysis, Emerging Markets, Energy - Alternative & Technology, Energy - Policy , Environmental Issues, Europe, Financial Markets, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy - U.S., Global Economy, Global Trade, Government Regulation, Health Care Policy, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Latin America, Leadership, Middle East, Motivation, National Security, Negotiation, Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges, Patriotism, Risk Management, Terrorism
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With unique insight and a career launching and fronting the world's three major global news networks, Riz Khan is one of the most recognized, trusted and respected international journalists today.
Governor of the Bank of England (2003-2013)
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A judge set bail Monday at $460,000 cash for a 28-year-old man who investigators allege was a Las Vegas Strip pimp who threatened and beat a woman when she tried to quit working as his prostitute — including putting a wet towel over her face and suffocating her in an experience she told police was like being "water boarded."
Arman Izadi won't post bail and intends to fight the 20 felony charges filed against him, his attorney said outside court. The charges include kidnapping, pandering, living from the earnings of a prostitute, battery, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, extortion and coercion.
"There is a wide difference between what has been charged and what is true," Izadi's attorney, Ben Nadig, said.
Izadi's mother watched in court from a motorized wheelchair as Justice of the Peace Cynthia Cruz ordered that before posting bail, Izadi would have to prove the money came from legal and legitimate sources. Izadi told Las Vegas police before his arrest that he was a casino host.
Izadi also faces sentencing May 15 in Clark County District Court in another criminal case alleging he attacked a man he had hired to film a music video.
Izadi pleaded guilty in October to a reduced charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm in a plea deal that would have gotten him probation.
Prosecutor Marc Schifalacqua said he'll seek to have that deal withdrawn. The state court judge who approved it already has ordered that if Izadi is freed in the pandering case, he will be held without bail pending sentencing.
Cruz also scheduled a May 20 preliminary hearing in the new case stemming from Izadi's arrest last Wednesday, but Schifalacqua said prosecutors have served notice that they may take the case to a grand jury. That could move the case to state court and make the evidence hearing moot.
Izadi could face up to life in prison if he is convicted of kidnapping, and decades in prison on other charges.
He is accused of pandering and living off the earnings of three women, and of attacking one of them in a walk-in shower.
That woman told police that for more than an hour Izadi choked her with his hands, beat her, cut on the leg with a knife and held her beneath a spray of water that he changed from scalding hot to ice cold before placing the wet towel over her face.
The woman told police she felt as if she was drowning, but that Izadi slapped her face to rouse her before she lapsed into unconsciousness.
Izadi also allegedly led the woman to an apartment balcony and threatened to throw her over the rail.
The attack stopped when she agreed to have Izadi's name tattooed on her neck, according to the police report. While at the tattoo shop, she was able to send a text message to her mother saying that he was trying to kill her, police said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The dramatic Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage is forcing Republican leaders to cope, in bright daylight, with something they'd rather handle discreetly: the careful balance between placating their conservative base and reaching out to centrist voters crucial in presidential elections.
Top GOP leaders showed notable restraint this week, while conservative activists fulminated against the court's decision, which requires the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage.
It's a delicate political dance that establishment Republicans perform whenever divisive social issues gain new prominence. Republicans are unified and confident in their anti-tax, small-government principles. But nonfinancial issues cause more problems.
Republicans are struggling to keep pace with rapidly increasing public acceptance of gay rights. They're also embroiled in intraparty debates over illegal immigration. And a third sensitive issue charged back into prominence this month when House Republicans voted to sharply restrict abortion rights. A similar bill triggered a midnight standoff this week in the Texas legislature.
All these issues pose major challenges to Republican leaders in Washington if not elsewhere. Conservative activists, who form the party's backbone, care passionately about these matters, and they will give Republican candidates only so much leeway before rebelling. Many House Republicans, in particular, cater to such voters, hoping to avoid a GOP primary challenge from the right.
But up-for-grabs centrist voters hold more moderate views on these issues. Their drift towards Democrats in recent years is a key reason why Republicans lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections.
The high court's rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act already is stirring new debates over gay rights in the states, with unpredictable effects on state and federal elections. Thirty-seven states still bar same-sex marriage, including presidential battlegrounds Ohio, Florida and Virginia. If activists try to legalize gay marriage in these states, it might fire up conservatives and help GOP candidates in next year's midterm elections. But it also might drive a further wedge between Republican presidential hopefuls and unaligned voters in 2016 and beyond.
"In less than a decade, opposition to gay marriage has transformed from a marginal political winner for Republicans to a liability with swing voters," said GOP consultant John Ullyot.
National Republican leaders carefully calibrated their responses this week to the Supreme Court's ruling. House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement: "While I am obviously disappointed in the ruling, it is always critical that we protect our system of checks and balances." He said he hopes states "will define marriage as the union between one man and one woman."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued no statement at all. His aides, when asked, said McConnell "supports traditional marriage."
Boehner said he has no plans to deal with a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and it would have no chance anyway in the Senate.
The Democratic National Committee chortled that "some Republican leaders are conspicuously missing in action."
The GOP's most conservative lawmakers, meanwhile, blasted away.
"Marriage was debased today," said Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana said it was "a sad day when the same court that upheld Obamacare decides to reverse course on thousands of years of tradition and a strong bipartisan coalition in Congress."
Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas vowed to introduce a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. "These unelected judges have allowed the desires of adults to trump the needs of children," he said.
Huelskamp, who has feuded with Boehner, dismissed what he called the Republican "establishment class in Washington."
"You have consultant after consultant who suggested that Republicans change their positions and abdicate their principles," he said. "There's always the argument, that, 'Boy, if we were more like Democrats, we'd win elections.' Ask John McCain how that worked out."
McCain, who lost to President Barack Obama in 2008, was generally seen as a moderate — or at least unorthodox — Republican.
After Mitt Romney's loss to Obama last fall, establishment Republicans underwent weeks of soul-searching and self-scrutiny. A party-commissioned report said Republicans must embrace "comprehensive immigration reform" to improve their damaged relationship with Hispanic voters. That's generally interpreted as including a pathway to citizenship for millions living here illegally.
Many House Republicans reject the advice.
"The biggest mistake we can make as a party is to pander to the Hispanic community," said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. The top priority is to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, he said, adding: "the American people are with the Republicans on this."
Huelskamp agreed. "How do you reach out to Latinos?" he said. "On marriage and family and life issues, that is the biggest attraction they have to the party now."
Such discussions unsettle Republican presidential campaign strategists. Blatantly catering to centrist voters in 2016 could antagonize loyal conservatives who have funded and supported the party for years. But standing pat on immigration, gay marriage and other issues could perpetuate, or worsen, the political dynamics that lifted Obama to consecutive wins.
Even some Democrats sympathize. The GOP's hard-right base "is more demanding and more important" than was the Democrats' liberal base in the early 1990s, said Al From, an architect of Bill Clinton's successful bid to nudge his party toward the center two decades ago.
Elected Republican leaders' virtual silence over Wednesday's gay marriage ruling suggested they'd prefer to de-emphasize the matter as next year's midterm elections approach. Their most conservative colleagues won't play along.
"The court got it wrong," said Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo. "The debate over marriage will continue, with the states leading the way."
Associated Press writer Pauline Jelinek contributed to this report.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Californians may have missed out on this week's record-setting Powerball lottery drawing, but they will be able to buy tickets to the multistate game starting next spring.
The California Lottery Commission voted Thursday to adopt the jackpot lottery Powerball, joining the 42 other states that already play it, along with the District of Columbia. Retailers will begin selling tickets in April.
Powerball frenzy hit a peak this week as the jackpot soared to a record $588 million. Two players, in Missouri and Arizona, matched all six numbers and are expected to share the prize.
In California, Lottery Director Robert T. O'Neill says Powerball could bring in an additional $50 million to $100 million for public schools. It is California's second multistate game, after Mega Millions.


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Psycho II & Psycho III (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks into the Bates Motel and is the 1,000th critic to make that reference
Psycho II
While reviewing Douglas Hickox's Zulu Dawn, a prequel to Zulu that was released 15 years after the original, I wondered if the space between them set some kind of record. I came to the uninformed conclusion that the 16-year period from Return of the Jedi to The Phantom Menace's must've been the longest stretch, entirely forgetting that Richard Franklin's Psycho II was released a whopping 23 years after Hitchcock's original redefined cinematic horror. I'm sure there's an even longer gap out there somewhere, but I can't imagine a sequel to a film as important and influential as Psycho having its accepted, canon sequel (not an Italian cash-in) released as late as Psycho II. The Star Wars analogy isn't even appropriate, because by the time that franchise reached Jedi it was already dealing with diminished returns. Psycho went out on top. It was a phenomenon when released and its reputation has only grown with time. In addition, The Phantom Menace was released (initially) to unbridled enthusiasm – it was a social event. When Psycho II opened (against, no kidding, Return of the Jedi) it was met with muted skepticism. In the end, Franklin's film made enough money at the box office, but the major critics weren't particularly supportive. But, like the original, Psycho II's reputation has improved with time.
Screenwriter Tom Holland (writer/director of Fright Night and Child's Play) took on the challenge with a conceptual slant that made use of the huge gap between films and paid deft homage to the original's major themes (so many evil mothers!). The film begins with Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) being found sane and released from the psychiatric hospital. His attempts at re-entering a normal life are interrupted when Lila Loomis (Vera Miles) and her daughter Mary (Meg Tilly) conspire to drive him insane. But the plan is complicated when Mary realizes she cares for Norman and someone starts offing interlopers with a big, sharp, butcher knife. For his part Franklin, who got the job after he made a particularly Hitchcockian Australian thriller called Roadgames, creates a doom-soaked mood and keeps his direction simple (save some outrageously Welles-ian crane shots), so that Holland's clever and at times touching screenplay can do its job. For the sake of context, it's important to note that the film was made at the height of the early '80s slasher boom, yet it does not conform to many of the genre's conventions. Franklin's certainly earns his R-rating with some spectacular scenes of violence, but doesn't revel in the gore, nor is Holland's script over-populated by a cadre of nubile college students. In fact, the one scene featuring heavy-petting teenagers (which appears to be poking fun at the genre's conventions) actually serves the story, because it is the audience's first clue as to what's happening in the Bates Motel basement. Beside this one scene, the mystery surrounding the murderer's identity and Norman's 'mythology' are really the only particularly 'slashery' things about this straight-faced mix of melodrama and suspense. Sometimes the melodrama veers into soap opera territory, but the tone serves the film's intent to make us pity poor Norman right up to the shovel-to-the-head surprise ending.
This disc marks Psycho II's first Blu-ray release and is presented in 1080p video, framed at the correct 1.85:1 aspect ratio (most of the earlier DVD releases were pan & scan). It is a particularly handsome film thanks in large part to the efforts of John Carpenter's favourite cinematographer, Dean Cundey. Cundey's expert use of colour and contrast makes it a prime candidate for an HD upgrade. Psycho II is slightly less stylized than some of Cundey's work, but follows the lead he set for himself, including hard shadows, soft highlights, and vivid blue & orange gels. The darkness is not a problem, thanks to the differentiations created by sharp edges, and the more surreal colours pop nicely against the warm brown base palette. The film does look its age – it has a constant stream of fine grain and a few flecks of print damage, but it also offers plenty of complex details and patterns that were missing on SD versions. Scream Factory has included a 5.1 remix and the original 2.0 sound here, both presented in uncompressed DTS-HD Master Audio. This isn't the film's first 5.1 release, but it is the first time this mix has been released stateside. The remix is subtle enough that I'm going to recommend it over the 2.0 track, if for no other reason than the discrete center channel. The surround speakers are left relatively quiet, but the stereo speakers offer plenty of ambience and texture. There's also no notable difference in the incidental effects between the two tracks. The only real 'problem' with the remix is that Jerry Goldsmith's score sounds so outrageously great that it doesn't quite match the 'age' of the rest of the track. The extras include an audio commentary with screenwriter Tom Holland, an optional audio track featuring 15 minutes of vintage interviews with Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, Richard Franklin, and Alfred Hitchcock, cast and crew interviews from an EPK (35:20, SD from a video source), two trailers, four TV spots, and a still gallery.
Psycho III
Psycho III picks up right where the last film left off – with Norman attempting to regain normalcy after murdering another mother figure. After establishing the essential ingredients of previous film, Charles Edward Pogue's screenplay returns to Hitchcock's original formula to turn it on its head. The first act recasts the Marion Crane character as Maureen Coyle (Diana Scarwid), a pixie-haired nun who leaves her convent, following a crisis of faith (and some involuntary nunslaughter). Maureen finds herself at the Bates Motel, where Norman immediately notices that she bears a striking resemblance to someone 'Mother' once killed. Norman watches through his peephole as she strips for a bath, then, like clockwork, grabs his favourite wig, enters the bathroom with a butcher knife overhead, and…notices that Maureen has slit her wrists. This is more than a simple twist on the theme – it's a clever way of giving Norman a second chance, which helps to preserve the audience's sympathy for him as he goes about his dirty business (there's no question as to who is doing the killing this time).
I have to admit that I'm far less familiar with Psycho III than I am with the first two films in the series. I was under the impression that it was mostly respected simply because Anthony Perkins was given a chance at the helm and didn't totally muck it up. Watching the film again for the first time in probably 15 years, I'm pleasantly surprised to see not only that Psycho III is the most entertaining of the sequels, but that Perkins took on the challenge with all the piss and vinegar of a first-time filmmaker half his age. It makes sense that he would know what he was doing, because he spent his acting career working with some of the best directors in the history of the medium, including George Cukor, Stanley Kramer, Orson Welles, René Clément, Stephen Sondheim, Mike Nichols, John Huston, Sidney Lumet, Ken Russell, and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock. He had to have learned something along the way. Some critics have compared his work here favourably to Hitch's (he makes references to Vertigo, The Birds, and, of course, the first Psycho), but he appears to have also been inspired by filmmakers that were known for their Hitchcock mimicry, chiefly Brian DePalma, Dario Argento, and even Michael Mann – all filmmakers with much more of an '80s mentality. Franklin mostly avoided period specifications, but Perkins dives head first into the MTV Generation's affection for rapid editing, long shadows, and neon gels. He's also more willing to include gratuitous T&A and graphic violence than Franklin was. Sometimes all of this style gets in the way of the central story, which splits the film between a traditional dramatic thriller, a music video, and a typical, post- Friday the 13th slasher.
Psycho III's first ever 1080p, 1.85:1 Blu-ray transfer is solid, but slightly mushier than the Psycho II disc. The overall image quality is a little uneven, which makes me assume less effort was put into cleaning the print. Some scenes appear nearly perfect, while others are notable more grainy and dusted with artefacts. Details are crisp and robust, though, sometimes, over-sharpening causes minor edge haloes. Cinematographer Bruce Surtees, who made a name for himself shooting early Clint Eastwood movies, keeps his foundation palette relatively brownish, but saturates the more ornate sequences in hyper-vibrant and clean neon hues. These only feature a hint of low level noise during the grainier, less constrasty moments. This Blu-ray features the first R1 version of Psycho III's 5.1 mix and it is presented here in DTS-HD Master Audio, alongside another DTS-HD track in the original 2.0. Again, the discrete center channel dialogue and stronger musical track are enough for me to recommend the 5.1 remix over the 2.0 original, but neither is weak. In fact, both are even stronger than their Psycho II counterparts. The basic volume levels are keyed a little higher, leading to minor distortion on the loudest dialogue, but the effects work is warmer and more natural. Composer Carter Burwell, who you probably know from his with work with the Coen Brothers, avoided almost any comparisons to Bernard Herrmann with this unique and eerie score that blends electronic and symphonic elements. The extras include an audio commentary with screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue, Watch the Guitar, an interview with actor Jeff Fahey (16:50, HD), Patsy's Last Night, an interview with actress-turned-director Katt Shea (8:40, HD), Mother's Maker, an interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Westmore (11:10, HD), Body Double, an interview with Diana Scarwid's body double, Brinke Stevens (5:10, HD), a trailer, a TV spot, and a still gallery.
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I love these movies.
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The bit with the shovel is for eternity.
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The 19 years in between The Last Picture Show and Texasville is pretty close, and the Show is arguably no less an important film than Psycho.
There's also 20 years in between Romero's Day and Land of the Dead films, 19 in between Indiana Jones flicks and 29 in between John Carpenter's The Thing and 2011's The Thing, as long as you count it as a prequel/sequel and not and remake.
There's also 20 years in between Romero's Day and Land of the Dead films, 19 in between Indiana Jones flicks and 29 in between John Carpenter's The Thing and 2011's The Thing, as long as you count it as a prequel/sequel and not and remake.
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We're not counting the 2011 The Thing for anything -_-
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I had to do a double-take on the cover for Psycho III. I could have sworn that it was Vince McMahon on the cover!
Mel Armoogan Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 154
lmao. He does kind of look like Vinnie Mac on that cover.
There's always all those dtv Disney sequel's that get released decades after its predecessor debuted... But like Thing '11, I'm sure we're not counting those either.
On that note, I look forward to seeing these in HD after this review.
There's always all those dtv Disney sequel's that get released decades after its predecessor debuted... But like Thing '11, I'm sure we're not counting those either.
On that note, I look forward to seeing these in HD after this review.
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"You smell like toasted cheese sandwiches."
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I have both of these winging their way to my home - niceeeeeeeeeeee.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 24th September 2013
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Screenwriter Commentaries, Interview Audio Option, Vintage EPK Interviews, Watch the Guitar, Patsy's Last Night, Mother's Maker, Body Double, Trailers, TV Spots, Stills
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Richard Franklin, Anthony Perkins
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Horror and Thriller
Length: 205 minutes
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Hill International Inc., a Marlton-based construction risk manager, announced today it has received a contract extension from Jabal Omar Development Co. in connection with the Jabal Omar development in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
According to the announcement, the two-year contract extension has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $28.7 million. The Jabal Omar development, situated on 57 acres, includes 37 towers with a total built-up area of 21.5 million square feet of space, including hospitality, residential, retail, commercial and religious facilities. Hill has been the project manager on the development since 2010.


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Yes, there's a Catholic presence in Nepal. It's not large, but it's there.
It's all of about 7,500 people in a predominantly Hindu country of 28.5 million.
Father Silas Bogati, executive director of Caritas Nepal, wants people in the U.S. to know the Catholic community is prospering despite its tiny size.
Father Bogati recently visited Catholic News Service to discuss the work of Caritas Nepal.
The agency has been a leader in resettlement efforts for some of the 120,000 Lhotshampa, the Nepali-speaking Hindu people from southern Bhutan who have been forced to leave their majority Buddhist homeland since the early 1990s. Caritas Nepal also runs a network of schools that has enrolled up to 40,000 students at any one time.
The program has a human trafficking prevention program , promotes human rights and the rights of women and a peace building educational project.
Overall, Caritas Nepal has a $3.5 million budget and regularly partners with the U.S.-based Catholic Relief Services.
Catholics have a presence in 40 of the 75 districts in the country, which is the size of Arkansas and has seven of the world's 10 highest mountain peaks.
Father Bogati said the country has progressed since 2006, when a Maoist-led 10-year civil war ended. The war and related protests led the country's monarchy to step down in favor of a parliamentary form of government.
Problems still arise from time to time for the church though. In May the Church of the Assumption in Katmandu was bombed during Mass. Two people were killed and a dozen were wounded in the attack. But such incidents are not discouraging the church from carrying out its ministries, Father Bogati said.
Nepal continues to work its way through a negotiated peace process that began at the war's end. Father Bogati described it as "one step forward, two steps back."
"If the international community could see to it that they don't abandon us at the critical juncture, it would be a tremendous help in the peace process," he said.


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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Setting up the RaceTrack sample application
Installing the Grails Acegi plugin
Creating the Acegi Security components
Configuring Acegi Security to secure the application
This article discusses the integration of the grails-acegi plugin with a sample Grails application. As part of this integration, there are three major components which will be used – Groovy, Grails and Acegi Security.
Groovy is a powerful, high level language for the Java platform which compiles down to Java bytecode. It is similar in concept to Ruby or Python, however it is tightly integrated with the Java platform. This allows you to utilize a powerful and concise coding syntax while at the same time allowing you to stay on the JVM and protect your investment in the existing Java platform and surrounding libraries.
Grails is a full stack framework implemented in Groovy. Grails attempts to solve many pieces of the web development puzzle through both the Grails core technology and associated plug-ins. Out-of-the-box capabilities include:
- An Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) layer built on Hibernate
- An expressive view technology called Groovy Server Pages (GSP)
- A controller layer built on Spring MVC
- A command line scripting environment built on Gant, a Groovy-based version of Ant
- An embedded Jetty container which is configured for on-the-fly reloading of resources
- Dependency injection via the built-in Spring container
- Support for internationalization (i18n) built through Spring's MessageSource API
- A transactional service layer which utilizes Spring transaction management
- Extensive use of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs)
Acegi Security is a powerful, flexible security solution for enterprise software, with a particular emphasis on applications that use Spring. Acegi provides comprehensive authentication, authorization, instance-based access control, channel security and human user detection capabilities.
This article assumes that you have completed the Grails tutorial found in Getting Started with Grails by Jason Rudolph, and have implemented the RaceTrack sample application. The grails-acegi plugin will then be integrated with RaceTrack to provide security for your application. Utilizing the grails-acegi plugin avoids the overhead of having to implement Grails interceptors in your application, provides more flexibility than interceptors, and also saves reimplementing your own security system by leveraging Acegi.
Setting up the RaceTrack sample application
First, you will need to download Grails 1.0, the grails-acegi-0.2 plugin and Java SE JDK 5.0 or greater.
At this point, you are assumed to have implemented most of the RaceTrack application as described in Getting Started with Grails. However, you do not have to complete the entire tutorial in order to test the grails-acegi plugin – all which is required are the domain classes and controllers, and scaffolding of the controllers is good enough for testing.
Figure 1 – Directory structure after creating the racetrack application
Your RaceTrack application directory should look like the one shown in Figure 1 above. Now, open up the \grails-app\domain folder:
Figure 2 – domain classes directory
As you can see in Figure 2, the "domain" directory only contains 2 domain classes: Race and Registration. Now, open up the \grails-app\controllers folder and confirm that it has a controller for each domain class as shown in Figure 3 below:
Figure 3 – Controllers directory
These controllers can be empty, scaffold controllers, e.g.:
class RaceController { def scaffold = Race }
class RegistrationController { def scaffold = Registration }
This is sufficient to get the application up and running. After you start the RaceTrack application, you should be able to see the 2 controllers you created in the controller list as in Figure 4 below:
Figure 4 – Index page before Grails-Acegi Plugin
Installing the Grails Acegi plugin
Next is the installation of the grails-acegi plugin so that the RaceTrack take advantage of the role-based security this plugin provides. In the command prompt , navigate to "racetrack" directory and run this command:
grails install-plugin [path-to]/grails-acegi-0.2.zip
This command creates a plugin directory under the "racetrack" directory as in Figure 5 below:
Figure 5 – plugins directory created after installing the plugin
Creating the Acegi Security components
The next step is to create domain classes that will represent User Accounts and Roles. To begin this process, run the following command:
grails create-auth-domains AuthUser Role
This will create two domain classes (AuthUser and Role), set up the AcegiConfig class, and create the Login and Logout controllers. The AuthUser domain class will represent your users, so for every new user will create a new record in the Auth_User table. The Role domain class will represent security roles that every user is allowed to have – Roles will be assigned to AuthUsers. Both of these classes are shown in Figure 6 below.
The AcegiConfig class (Figure 7) defines the security configuration for your application. It contains the names of the user domain class (in this case AuthUser) and the role domain class (in this case Role), whether to use dynamic vs. static secured urls, and how to setup email alerts (turns them off or on).
Figure 6 – AuthUser.groovy, Role.groovy and Requestmap.groovy (used in AcegiConfig)
Figure 7 – AcegiConfig.groovy created
In order to create new AuthUsers, create new Roles and assign Roles to AuthUsers, we will have to run two commands. One will generate the CRUD controls for domains:
grails generate-manager
and the second to generate registration for controllers and domains:
grails generate-registration
These commands give the user the ability to register and create their username and password, and the default security role will be assigned to that user. The set of controllers generated can be seen in Figure 8 below:
Figure 8 – CRUD controllers (Login and Logout controllers are created when the Auth and Role domains are created)
Figure 9 – Controllers available after grails-acegi-plugin installation
Go to the RaceTrack homepage – it should look similar to Figure 9 above.
Configuring Acegi Security to secure the application
We will now create a User role and a Manager role – to do this, first click on RoleController, and then enter a Role Name of 'user' and some sort of role description (Figure 10). Note that the RoleController will take care of converting 'user' to 'ROLE_USER', which is what it is called in the database and by Acegi's configuration. Repeat the same steps to create a manager role.
Figure 10 – Creating a user role
Go back to the home page, and click on UserController. Now, create a user with the 'user' role, and another user with a 'manager' role, as in Figure 11 below:
Figure 11 – Create a standard user, enable the account and assign the 'user' role
Our Roles and Users are now sufficiently configured, so the next step is securing the RaceTrack application. There are two ways to how you can secure your URLs: One is dynamically via RequestmapController, and the other is through editing the AcegiConfig.groovy file directly. The dynamic configuration is the recommended choice, so we will proceed with that.
Before we secure the application, we need to think about the access rules that should be present in the application. A manager is allowed read/write access to any page in the application, which means:
A user is allowed read-only access to some of the pages, including:
These rules now need to be translated into entries in the Acegi request map using the RequestmapController. From the RaceTrack homepage, click on RequestmapController, and go to the 'create a new requestmap' page. In the URL field enter "/race/**", and in the Role field enter "manager" (Figure 12) – this will create a rule which allows any user with the manager role to access all URLs under /race. Do the same thing for registration (URL: /registration/**).
Figure 12 – Manager access rules
As a note, a good practice is to grant all user rights to the manager role as well. Next the access rules for the user role will be created -- in the URL field enter "/race/list/**", and in the Role field enter "user, manager" (Figure 13 - note that roles are separated with a comma). This will create an access rule which allows both users and managers to access the race list page. Note that you will needed to specify both roles -- if you only assign this URL to the user role, it will override the previous rule for manager and will only allow the user role to access the page. Repeat the previous step for the rest of the rules defined previously – this will create all of the access rules for the race and registration pages.
Figure 13 – Creating rule for /race/list/** page – give access to users and managers
From the RaceTrack homepage, click on either RaceController or RegistrationController (the controllers for the views we secured). You will now notice that you have been automatically redirected to the Login page. If you first log in as a user with the manager role, notice that you will be able to view, create, update and delete anything on the race and registration pages.
Figure 14 – Logging in as a user
Return to the RaceTrack homepage and click on the LogoutController -- this will invalidate your user session and log you out. Click on LoginController again, but this time log in as a user with the user role.If you then go to the /race/list subpage (either by going directly to http://localhost:8080/racetrack/race/list or by navigating through the controller interface), you should be able to see the race/list view (Figure 15).
Remember that the access rules allow only managers to create new records, and users can only read data through the List and Show views – this means that if you try to click on New Race (http://localhost:8080/racetrack/race/create) while logged in as a user with the user role, Acegi will prevent you from navigating to that page, which prevents creation of a new record.
How does this work? Recall that we granted access to /race/* to a manager, but only granted access to /race/list/* and /race/show/* to a user. When a user with the 'user' role attempts to access the /race/create page, Acegi looks at the set of roles for the user and sees that they only have the 'user' role – since our Request map said that the user must have the 'manager' role to be granted access to this page, permission to access the page is denied.
As a side note, in a real application you will probably want to display a better error page than the default one (Figure 16).
Figure 15 – Race List view
Figure 16 – Access denied error page
Congratulations – you now have a fully secured instance of the RaceTrack application!
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Problem with acegi when configuring pooled=true in Datasource.groovy
Franz Schmid
first of all thank you very much for your (even for a newbie like me) easily understandable explanation.
First I got the example to work without problems. But to get better performance i wanted to have my database connections pooled. So I configured pooled=true in Datasource.groovy. As soon as i did this I could only call a few pages before the application stopped responding. After looking at debug output i think the reason is that acegi is waiting for getting another connection from connection pool.
Here are the last debug output statements:
org.acegisecurity.ui.WebAuthenticationDetails@255f8: RemoteIpAddress: 127.0.0.1; SessionId: 1raoz7gc3n0mf; Granted Authorities: ROLE_ANONYMOUS'
org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter Populated SecurityContextHolder with anonymous token: 'org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousAuthenticationToken@90572420: Username: anonymousUser; Password: [PROTECTED]; Authenticated: true; Details: org.acegisecurity.ui.WebAuthenticationDetails@255f8: RemoteIpAddress: 127.0.0.1; SessionId: 1raoz7gc3n0mf; Granted Authorities: ROLE_ANONYMOUS'
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy /customer/list at position 7 of 8 in additional filter chain; firing Filter: 'org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter@697087'
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy /customer/list at position 7 of 8 in additional filter chain; firing Filter: 'org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter@697087'
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy /customer/list at position 8 of 8 in additional filter chain; firing Filter: 'org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor@5acf13'
org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy /customer/list at position 8 of 8 in additional filter chain; firing Filter: 'org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor@5acf13'
org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl opened session at timestamp: 4933924451647488
org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher about to open PreparedStatement (open PreparedStatements: 0, globally: 0)
org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager opening JDBC connection
I seached and posted in grails user maillist, unfortunately without result.
Do you know about this problem?
Are you missing the AuthenticateService object?
ed young
I think the plugin is missing the AuthenticateService.groovy file. Because of this, you can't register a new user.
Am I missing something?
Re: Are you missing the AuthenticateService object?
Fadi Shami
%your application dir%\plugins\acegi-0.2\grails-app\services
Use lowercase in the RequestMapper URL patterns
John Lindwall
If you configure the Requestmap using mixed-case then the Acegi will fail to patern-match that URL, and hence fail to protect those pages.
e.g. /purchaseOrder/**
By enabling Acegi debugging I could see that Acegi was configured to convert all URLs to lowercase before attempting pattern matching. To fix this problem, I used lowercase URL patterns in the Requestmap and it worked great.
e.g. /purchaseorder/**
Thanks for the excellent tutorial!
Re: Use lowercase in the RequestMapper URL patterns
Franz Schmid
I tried some more things and found out that if I use static requestMapString instead of useRequestMapDomainClass it works fine with my pooled datasource.
So it seems to me that there is a problem in data access (perhaps release of connections not correctly implemented) when loading database contents of table requestmap.
Re: Are you missing the AuthenticateService object?
Chen Jianfeng
AuthenticateService.groovy.But now I can register new users.
When trying to grails generate-registration,I can't get connection to Internet because I use the compus net and download jars then put them into lib file.First time I also could not register users.
And now I am confused.
Authentication with Active Directory
Cross World
Thank you very much for your easily understandable tutorial.
Is there also any solution, to authenticate users from an Active Directory.
Can you tell me how to inplement that with grails or do you know any tutorials?
Re: Are you missing the AuthenticateService object?
Chen Jianfeng
Heidi Nuhm
I've installed acegi in my application and have generated the domains, managers und registration. But when I try to compile and restart my Application, I got a BeanCreationException. I had to import the AuthenticateService manual. And there are errors in my Logincontroller like it doesn't find the imported packages.
Can anybody help me?
How can I add new fields to AuthUser / User? Why 2 types of users?
Bob Bowen
But the problem is:
1. In the tutorial UserController is used, NOT AuthUserController. When I go to create a new User using UserController my new fields aren't there. How can I get Grails to generate my gsp's for user?
2. If I instead use the AuthUser controller, my new fields show up but the password doesn't save correctly. This is because AuthUserController doesn't have hardly any of the code UserController has, such as ciphering the password. Also, roles don't show up in the page, and I imagine won't be saved if I stick them there by hand.
I am not sure what the difference is between AuthUser and User but there is only one domain object, AuthUser, and only one table, auth_user. So if I want to add additional fields do I edit the AuthUser domain object but then edit by hand user/create.gsp, user/edit.gsp?
UrlMapping to redirect Error to a custom view throws IllegalStateException
Stefan Maiwald
As far as described, I was able to follow and to make it work. Even the basic tutorial at the grails.org site works.
The next step I try to redirect to a more user friendly view when the HTTP Error 403 comes via UrlMappings.groovy like:
class UrlMappings {
static mappings = {
constraints { }
But this leads to an Exception:
Nested in org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: No thread-bound request found: Are you referring to request attributes outside of an actual web request, or processing a request outside of the originally receiving thread? If you are actually operating within a web request and still receive this message, your code is probably running outside of DispatcherServlet/DispatcherPortlet: In this case, use RequestContextListener or RequestContextFilter to expose the current request
Seems that there's something missing?
Re: Problem with acegi when configuring pooled=true in Datasource.groovy
Stefan Maiwald
I discovered the same problem in a similar environment.
Seems like a bug.
Re: How can I add new fields to AuthUser / User? Why 2 types of users?
yang poplar
Using Existing Acegi Components with Grails acegi plug in
Chawki Mguedmini
I want to know if is't possible to use an already existing Acegi Components with the Grails acegi plugin and how.
Thanks in advance
Some tips on Acegi and OpenId
Rajiv Narula
See my post below
Dynamic Redirection issue
Pooja bawa
I am stuck on dynamically redirecting user to original page after redirect to Login page, please let through example.


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improve your English quickly with us but you will also have fun while
you are learning. Our goal is for you to be happy so we use qualified teachers who understand what you want and need to learn.
Our school is located in a quiet residential area in the West End of Edinburgh but is still only 10 minutes walk from the city's main shopping streets and the historic "Edinburgh Castle".
In the busy summer period we also use extra premises which are usually very near the school so you may study there too.
Our staff will do everything they can to look after you and help you while you are doing your course in Edinburgh. The Welfare officer will help you with things like registering with a doctor and if we cannot help you we will do our best to find someone who can.
Why study English with us?
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- Small groups
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If you cannot find the information you are looking for please contact us. We are happy to answer any questions you have about your English lessons. If you prefer, why not come to see us in Edinburgh. You will get a very warm welcome and you can have a look around our Language School before you decide to learn English with us.


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Taking Christmas a step further, Warwick business treats shelter residents to Disney on Ice
Christmas continued well past Dec. 25 for members of House of Hope, CDC. Tim Sawyer, founder and owner of Astonish, a digital marketing system for insurance companies, decided to play Santa this year. With the help of Trailways bus lines, Disney on Ice and the House of Hope, Tim put together a daytrip for nearly 60 people from local shelters.
Astonish is located just down the road from House of Hope, and Sawyer said he is familiar with the work they do. This year, he wanted to help the community, and thought that doing something for the residents of the House of Hope and Rhode Island Family Shelter would be the perfect way to do it.
"They do so much great work," he said of both institutions.
So a few weeks before Christmas, Sawyer placed a call to House of Hope. Together, they brainstormed a way to make Sawyer's vision for an extended Christmas a reality.
Thanks to Sawyer, those from the Rhode Island Family Shelter and House of Hope got a special treat on Saturday, Dec. 29, when a Trailways bus pulled up in front of the women's shelter in Governor Francis Farms. After picking up a few families there, the 57-passenger bus headed to the Rhode Island Family Shelter in Conimicut, where it filled to capacity. The driver was about to take the families to the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, where they'd catch an afternoon performance of Disney on Ice.
But not before a special visit from Santa Claus, who gave each parent $25 per child to spend on toys and souvenirs at the show.
The whole thing went off without a hitch, thanks to the careful planning of Sawyer and his father, Tom.
"He's an amazing guy," said Tim of his dad. "My best friend in the world."
Tim said his father taught him to be kind and giving.
"He came from nothing," said Tim. "He worked hard his whole life."
Tom eventually became the publisher of a newspaper, and spent his career focusing on giving back to the community. Tim said his father would always donate whatever he could "cobble together."
When Tim was younger, Tom was heavily involved with the Salvation Army, and took a group of shelter residents out for a trip around the holidays.
"That stuck with me for a long time," said Tim. "People appreciated it. It was something I always wanted to do."
On Dec. 29, Tom, 70, joined his son Tim, 45, as they made the rounds from the House of Hope to the Rhode Island Family Shelter. The two smiled and laughed as they helped people board the bus that was about to whisk them away for the afternoon.
Between the cost of the tickets to Disney on Ice, the $25 each family was given and additional expenses for the bus driver, Tim said the trip cost him about $3,600.
Tom McCaughey, owner of Trailways, donated the bus for the trip, a $700 cost. Area resident Dan Cunningham played Santa Claus at no charge.
"It's the little things that make a big difference," said Tim.
Tim said he was prompted to collaborate with the House of Hope and Family Shelter after seeing all the great work they did. He also knows the face of homeless people has changed.
He said he has heard of formerly working, middle-class individuals now struggling to find jobs.
"It's not that people aren't trying [to find work], they're trying," he said.
And Tim and his company aren't strangers to philanthropy; Astonish has donated $50,000 to the Make A Wish Foundation. Although he has dug deep into his pockets to put smiles on children's faces, Tim said it's more about the action than the amount. His father taught him to give whatever he could spare.
"Whatever it is we can do, we have an obligation to do that," he said.
On Saturday, the bright smiles of the children and their parents (especially upon seeing Santa) were proof that doing a little goes a long way.
Tiffany Handy, mother to Serena, age 4, and Natasha, 2, said the day out was a good family trip. Elsie Curtis, 7, said the Trailways bus reminded her of something pop star Justin Bieber would ride in.
"It's cool," she said, as her dad, Mark, looked on. He has been living in a House of Hope home for the past two years, and said he was grateful to be able to take the day trip with his daughter. Elsie said she was looking forward to the Disney on Ice show, and was most excited to see Sleeping Beauty.
Azalea Tavares, age 6, was hopeful Tinkerbell would make an appearance, while John Harley, 5, anxiously awaited seeing Mickey Mouse. Both Azalea and John are children of House of Hope workers who took the trip with shelter residents.
"The trip was fantastic," said Patti Macreading, executive director of the Rhode Island Family Shelter last week. "[The families] are still talking about it."
Macreading is grateful to Tim for allowing the families at the shelter to do something they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford.
"We need a little bit of good news in Rhode Island," said Tim.


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The Taleban, an Islamic fundamentalist regime in Afghanistan, has imposed even greater restrictions on women. Currently, women in Afghanistan are forced to cover themselves from head-to-foot, may not go anywhere outside without a relative male accompanying them and cannot attend school. Windows in a house's room which contains women must be colored black so no one can look inside.
Now the Taleban has also issued an order that women must avoid making noise with their feet when walking. In two memos written last week by the religious police, formerly known as the Department for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice, and sent to all local and international agencies, the Taleban also formalized rules that women can work only in the medical sector (they cannot take any senior positions). In the medical sector, women cannot enter wards where non-relative males are hospitalized. Native women also cannot ride in cars with foreign women, and that aid to women (who are increasingly destitute because of the ban on working) must be channeled through male relatives. Aid agencies trying to help women must also, "gain permission from the Department for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice to employ or assist women."
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By KASIE HUNT and PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Newt Gingrich acknowledged Saturday that his rivals' attacks have taken their toll on his presidential campaign as he's zoomed to be Mitt Romney's chief challenger.
Romney predicted that conservative voters will reject Gingrich as they learn more about the former House speaker's lengthy Washington record.
Gingrich cited "the extraordinary negativity of the campaign" in explaining why he was inclined to hold teleconferences with supporters every few days so people can discuss ideas and his campaign can "encourage them to raise any of these things that you get in the mail that are junk and dishonest."
"I'll be glad to personally answer, so you're hearing it from my very own lips," he said Saturday from Washington in such a forum with Iowa backers. "We don't have our advertising versus their advertising, but you get to ask me directly."
Romney campaigned in early voting South Carolina, where tea party activists have given Gingrich a strong lead in polls. Romney told reporters that many voters now are just beginning to pay attention to the race and will turn on Gingrich after they learn about his time in Washington and his role with mortgage company Freddie Mac, a quasi-government agency.
Gingrich's consulting firm collected $1.6 million from the company.
"I think as tea partyers concentrate on that, for instance, they'll say, 'Wow, this really isn't the guy that would represent our views,'" Romney said after a town hall meeting with South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott. "Many tea party folks, I believe, are going to find me to be the ideal candidate."
Gingrich said the attacks on his record have been brutal, but he insisted they are exaggerated.
"I just want to set the record straight," Gingrich told Iowa supporters. "We were paid annually for six years, so the numbers you see are six years of work. Most of that money went to pay overhead - for staff, for other things. It didn't go directly to me. It went to the company that provided consulting advice."
Romney also went after Gingrich's repeated insistence that he never lobbied Congress after he stepped down as speaker.
"I'm going to let the lawyers decide what is and what is not lobbying, but when it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, typically it's a duck," Romney said.
Other candidates focused their campaigns on Iowa, which holds its leadoff caucuses Jan. 3.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry were on bus tours through rural Iowa. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum stuck to a plan that has won him the honor of spending the most time in the state, yet has not yet translated into support in polls.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who has a loyal following among his party's libertarian wing, worked to build momentum and organization in Iowa, although he did not have public events scheduled until midweek.
With Iowans incredibly undecided, most candidates are redoubling efforts before voters largely tune out the race for the week between Christmas and New Year.
Gingrich, who faces the toughest criticism on the airwaves, had a conference call with reporters and planned to appear on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.
As the Iowa vote neared, his decision to take the weekend off from campaigning raised eyebrows given his rivals' busy schedules.
Gingrich has prided himself on a nontraditional campaign, but his advantages in the polls could shift if the only exposure to Gingrich comes through rivals' negative ads.
Paul last week released an ad accusing Gingrich of "serial hypocrisy" and Bachmann opened her bus tour on Friday suggesting that he was arrogant during this past week's final debate before the caucuses.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who has kept Iowa at arm's length after investing heavily here four years ago only to come up short, planned town hall-style meetings in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Even so, his advisers note they have kept in touch with supporters of his 2008 campaign that came in second place in Iowa.
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who early on decided against competing in Iowa, planned a town hall-style meeting in New Hampshire. Huntsman, who also served as President Barack Obama's ambassador to China, has kept his focus on New Hampshire, where independent voters are the largest bloc and can vote in either party's primary.
Elliott reported from Des Moines, Iowa.
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WRID Board Members and Grand Prairie farmers Dan Hooks, Jack Evans and John Kerksieck shared the challenges they face daily in managing their farming operations, according to WRID Chief Engineer and Director Dennis Carman.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller, out of Washington D.C., visited with local farmers through the White River Irrigation District (WRID).
WRID Board Members and Grand Prairie farmers Dan Hooks, Jack Evans and John Kerksieck shared the challenges they face daily in managing their farming operations, according to WRID Chief Engineer and Director Dennis Carman.
"We are out of ground water where I farm south of Hazen, and we have had to build reservoirs, tailwater recovery systems, add underground pipes and improve our irrigation efficiency just to stay in operation," Hooks said to Weller. "These are very expensive investments, but they are a necessity if we are going to continue farming the land. We could not have implemented those changes without financial help, at least not in a timely manner. I hope you continue that funding to help me and my neighbors implement these conservation measures."
During this visit, Weller was provided information and an overview of the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project currently under construction. The water delivery system hopes to provide a dependable supply of irrigation water to farms in the Grand Prairie region.
Weller then toured a completed reservoir, tailwater recovery system and other water, nutrient, energy and soil conservation practices that was made on a farm near Carlisle.
"This provided the opportunity to educate Weller on what he can do from Washington to help us address our resource problems," Carman said in a statement.
Weller was encouraged to continue the various NRCS programs that help implement these practices, especially the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) and the Mississippi River Basin Initiative (MRBI) that provides financial assistance to help farmers implement the needed conservation practices.
Over a three-year period, $35-$40 million will be made available to farmers in portions of Prairie, Monroe, Arkansas, Lonoke and Jefferson counties through MRBI.
Additional funding is provided through EQIP, the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) and other NRCS and Farm Services Agency administered programs.
Additional information is available from the local USDA offices, Carman explained.
For more information, contact the WRID office, located at 157 E. Front Street in Hazen or contact Carman at (870) 255-2202.


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Two University of Notre Dame business professors were awarded first place during an academic competition for their paper that examines how investors search for information. Zhi Da and Pengjie (Paul) Gao, assistant finance professors at the Mendoza College of Business, received the award during the annual competition sponsored by the Chicago Quantitative Alliance on Sept. 17.
From more than 60 original entries, Da and Gao's research was selected with two other papers by the alliance for presentation. The second and third prize winners were from MIT and the Federal Reserve Board.
The Chicago Quantitative Alliance is a national membership organization that provides quantitative investment professionals a forum to interchange ideas and share experiences.
Da and Gao's paper, "In search of attention," co-authored with Joey Engelberg from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won first place with its empirical analysis of how limited attention on the part of investors may affect stock prices. The researchers proposed a new and more direct way to measure investors' demand for information. They suggested tracking aggregate search frequency on Google, an inexpensive and real-time method to measure retail investors' active attention as opposed to passive attention, such as a newspaper article that may or may not gain a lot of readers.
Tracking Google searches predicts most other attention measures, Gao said. Also, changes in search frequency directly relate to trading behavior of less sophisticated investors: They get their information from the Internet, and the more they research, the more they may become overconfident about their stock picks. This leads investors to trade more (a 1 percent increase in search frequency leads to a statistically significant 0.102 percent increase in individual orders and a 0.054 percent increase in trading volume), pushing prices away from fundamentals.
According to Gao, these price spikes are particularly relevant during an initial public offering and can contribute to a big first-day return and long-run underperformance.
Assistant Professor Gao studies asset prices, household financial decisions and institutional investor behaviors. Assistant Professor Da's research focuses on empirical asset pricing and investment.
To learn more about their research, contact Zhi Da at (574) 631- 0354 or email@example.com, or Pengjie Gao at (574) 631-8048 or email@example.com.


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Bringing Back the Smile - Zuhria's story
Zuhria Ahmed Yonis was only 15 years old when she lost one of her legs."It was spring time. I went with my mother and friends to harvest, when suddenly a mine exploded under my feet." Zuhria said.
- 2,719 prosthetic limbs and 8,780 orthoses and 9,120 mobility aids
- Maintained 8,819 orthopedic limbs
- 421 persons with disabilities benefited from income generation projects
Zuhria is married and is the mother of five children. Three of Zuhria's children go to school, while the others stay at home to support their elderly father. Zuhria is the head and sole breadwinner of her family.
The Diana Prosthetic Limbs Centre (DPLC) in the Soran District in Erbil was able to help Zuhria with prostheses and enrolling her in a six-month vocational training programme in tailoring, funded by the Government of Japan through UNDP Iraq.
During her training, Zuhria could not leave her family and was obliged to travel two hours every day to the centre to attend the course.
"My husband could not work and we had hardly any source of income. I needed a profession and becoming a tailor was a great opportunity to have a better life for my children and I."
After completing her training in March 2010, DPLC helped Zuhria to establish a tailoring shop at home. Through this small business Zuhria is now able to support her family.
Zuhria believes the training had a considerable impact on her life. "Through this support, my life has changed and our worst problems are now solved. We are smiling again." she said
This project was funded by the Government of Japan, with UNDP providing technical support to the three national NGOs.
The assistance provided 21,097 physiotherapy services to persons with disabilities, gave 2,719 prosthetic limbs and 8,780 orthoses and 9,120 mobility aids, and maintained 8,819 orthopedic limbs. 421 persons with disabilities benefited from income generation projects and 90 persons received vocational training in carpentry, blacksmithing, computing and tailoring. In addition, 52 home adaptations were completed, improving victim's mobility within their homes*.
To ensure sustainability of the NGOs' operations, UNDP conducts capacity building activities to improve management and resource mobilisation in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Tomorrow's men's volleyball match at Limestone College has been postponed due to impending winter weather in the Gaffney, S.C. area.
The match will be made up on Thursday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m. as the second of three consecutive road conference matches for the Tornado. King will now play at Pfeiffer, Limestone, and Erskine on consecutive nights. The Tornado have not faced the Falcons or Flying Fleet this season, while the Saints defeated King 3-1 in the conference opener for both teams on January 17 in Bristol.
King is now 5-4 on the season and 2-2 in conference play after splitting a pair of road matches this weekend. The Tornado took a thrilling-five set victory on Friday at Barton before falling in a close-knit four-set affair at preseason conference favorites Mount Olive on Saturday afternoon. Saturday's loss snapped a three-match winning streak for the Tornado, who will now next compete on Saturday in a road match at Belmont Abbey. King defeated the Crusaders 3-2 on January 18 in Bristol.


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1. Some people believe that Lindows.com promised Microsoft Windows application compatibility two years ago and that later you opted-out from this promise. What is the whole story and truth about this?
Kevin Carmony: When we started Lindows.com, we thought it might help people who were migrating to desktop Linux if they could still run their legacy Microsoft Windows software. So, we invested over a half million dollars into WINE, a technology used to run Microsoft Windows software under Linux. Most of that investment went to to pay Codeweavers to get Microsoft Office 2000 to run under Linux. After a few months of working on this project, Codeweavers did get Microsoft Office to run, but two other interesting things happened simultaneously as well. The first was that we decided it made more sense to put development into helping create better native Linux applications, and second, Codeweavers became re-energized and excited about WINE. Because all of our WINE code was open sourced, we wished Jeremy and company good luck, walked away from our investment, and discontinued any further work with WINE. Codeweavers then continued on with this code as the starting place for what later became Crossover Office.
The bottom line, is we simply decided that it made more sense for us to invest in encouraging software development for Linux applications. We realized that it didn't make much sense that someone would choose Linux for its openness and affordability, only to then run proprietary and expensive MS Windows software, such as Microsoft's $500 office suite. We realized that Microsoft Windows compatibility was facilitating movement in a direction contrary to the real strengths of Linux...open, affordable, secure, and stable, so we moved 100% of our energy into helping bring more and better Linux applications to the market. (I talk about this more in your later questions.)
Interestingly, however, was that because we attracted a fair amount of attention in those early days with WINE, it got companies like Codeweavers, SuSE and Xandros excited about Microsoft Windows compatibility. The irony is that while these companies were getting excited and jumping into this, we were changing our direction and moving completely away from Microsoft Windows compatibility. We've never regretted our decision to use and support native Linux software. We would rather help support the development of good substitutes for Microsoft Windows software. For example, we think Mozilla is a much superior product to IE. We'd rather invest in making Mozilla better than getting IE to run on Linux. We wish those who continue on with WINE the best of luck, it really is an amazing project, but it's just not the direction that fits our vision of Linux's future.
So, yes, we did change our direction, but that's what good companies do. It's rare that a company doesn't need to adjust to things as they move down the road with their business plan. When we made this change, we came out to our users candidly about our decision, and extended the time frame of our normal money-back guarantee to anyone who didn't want to continue on with LindowsOS, regardless of how long ago they had purchased LindowsOS. Fortunately, very few took us up on that offer, but rather joined us in our effort to support native Linux software.
We made this shift almost two years ago, but it's funny how long it takes to get past the first thing someone hears about you. I guess it's true what they say about first impressions, they're very hard to shake.
2. What are the contributions to open source Lindows.com has done so far? Is it mostly code, money or other types of support you offer, and how?
Kevin Carmony: We do all of those. For example, we contribute back all of our code for any open source projects we work on or pay to have worked on. Our code doesn't always get used, but we always submit it back. For instance, we worked with the GAIM developers as we made several changes to their Instant Messenger. We paid them to make some changes and our engineers made others. As we always do, we offered all of this work back to GAIM. So far they have only used about half of the changes, and we're fine with that, that's their decision. We submit everything back and let the maintainers decide what gets used or not.
We have also spent a lot of direct cash on open source projects as well. I already mentioned the nearly $500,000 we paid to improve WINE. We have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on other projects as well. For example, we have an on-going relationship with MozDev.org where we pay them to make dozens of changes that we think make Mozilla more powerful and easier to use, and all those changes are given back and many appear in the main tree for Mozilla. We're paying for the work on many exciting new features for Mozilla that everyone will ultimately enjoy, not just LindowsOS users.
We sponsor several Linux and open source web sites. For example, KDE-look.org had to shut down until we stepped up to sponsor them. We now also sponsor their sister site, KDE-apps.org. We also just arranged to bring apps.kde.com back to life, which was forced to shut down for lack of funding. We're always on the look out for sites to sponsor. If a site promotes Linux in a meaningful way, and can have a real impact on things, we're interested.
We have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Reiser4, the amazing, "unbreakable" new version of the open source ReiserFS file system which will be included in our next release of LindowsOS. Our CEO, Michael Robertson, was also a big financial supporter of ReiserFS when he was CEO of MP3.com. We have also spent tens of thousands of dollars as the sole sponsor and financier for Nvu, an ftp-integrated, ultra easy-to-use web authoring system, ala Dreamweaver and Frontpage. I've been running an alpha copy of Nvu on my computer and and it's an awesome program! Nvu will be offering downloads of the first beta release within the next few weeks. We're very proud and excited to see this project coming to life.
We support open source in many ways that go unnoticed, simply because we don't broadcast everything we help with. We want to help to see these projects succeed, not to give ourselves a pat on the back. We finally did, however, put up a web page that lists our contributions, because some people were assuming we didn't do much in this area. You can find that page at http://lindows.com/opensource. Considering we're not profitable and lose money each month, I'm very happy with the amount of support we give to open source projects.
Finally, but perhaps most important, I'll add that Linux needs more than just more lines of code. The more people who start using Linux, the more developers it will attract to it. (Ask any Palm OS developer about this dynamic.) So, Linux also needs marketing, distribution, education, leadership, vision, and so on. I'd like to think Lindows.com is doing a great deal in this area. Every day hundreds of new people are seeing Linux pop up on their new computer. We think that's a very good thing for Linux.
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