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February 7, 2011
As I was sitting homebound in Super Bowl XLV land due to the Groundhog Day blizzard, I thought about what I could do for U.S. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, 2011, in addition to my role as a nurse practitioner providing direct patient care. In other words, how could I further assist in reducing the transmission of HIV among African Americans? So, I decided to do what I do best, which is run my mouth about sex.
As a provider, having the safer sex conversation with your patient (interchangeable with client) can be truly and utterly daunting if you have not had training, do not understand your own bias, or just feel plain uncomfortable. Years ago, when I was the program director for the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, I was asked to attend a Partnership for Health training in Oakland, Calif. What a fabulous opportunity that turned out to be: Me, a shy and retiring woman at sex training. Hah! Believe that!
The Partnership for Health program was designed at the University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine, originally as a research study funded through the National Institutes of Mental Health. It then evolved into a training program run through the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center and the Department of Preventive Medicine at USC. This program introduced a brief safer sex intervention (3-5 minutes per visit) for HIV outpatient clinics that emphasizes the importance of the partnership between the patient and his or her health care provider. The program's slogan is "The action of one. The partnership of two. The power of many," and focuses on the provider-patient relationship to stop HIV transmission.
This program requires that the provider give safer sex messages framed as a "gain" or "loss." Framing is an intervention that links a behavior with an outcome -- good or bad. A "gain frame" message is one that emphasizes a gain or advantage. For example: If you use protection, it will help keep other people free of HIV infection.
On the other hand, a "loss frame" message is one that has a loss or negative consequence as an outcome. For example: If you engage in unprotected anal or vaginal sex, your partner could get infected. Therefore, the loss frame emphasizes the loss or consequences for high-risk behaviors.
The study results reported that there was a 38 percent reduction in unprotected vaginal/anal sex (UAV) with a loss/consequences-framed message for clients with multiple sex partners. I don't know what you are seeing in your practices, but I see a lot of patients with multiple sex partners. Quick thought: Just last week I had a four-some, all HIV-positive men who have sex with men and all with syphilis from the same confirmed case, but I digress. Anyway, the loss/consequence frame was more effective than gain/advantages-framed messages because of the emotional weight; these messages may require more cognitive processing and involvement with the issue.
Aside from all of this wonderful and truly fascinating data that Jean Richardson and colleagues have provided, there was information directed toward training providers to teach safer sex to their clients. Yeah, right? What's new? Yes, I know you've heard this before, but this was special. Special, she says? Well, what can I say when there was every sex toy there known to man and some that I think they made up?
The purpose of all that visual and tactile stimulation was to train us on safer sex by making it fun and erotic for the patient and her or his partner(s). Train the trainer! Right after my own heart. How else could you get a horse to the drink if he didn't feel like it? Oops, I digress again.
So, imagine your health care provider having a candid or frank discussion with you on your sexual practices as a way to assess whether you have high-risk behaviors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Are you with me so far? OK, imagine that your health care provider, filled with genuine concern, discussed and broke out examples of how you can have safer sex while making it erotic. Brilliant! Yes, some of you will be mortified and others titillated; but truly, patients want to discuss their sexual practices, but are afraid to bring them up for fear of judgment -- real or perceived.
You may be younger, older, or of a different sexual orientation than your client, making it difficult for her or him to broach the topic of high-risk sexual practices. You may have your own hang-ups about what you consider just plain "nasty" sexual practices -- but it's not about you! When I tell you that a patient can read your body language right down to the curl of your eyelash, believe it. So that disgusted look should not be in the dialogue or the patient will shut down and that would be an utter hot mess.
Before we attempt to do this work, I recommend that as providers we should check out our own biases and proceed with caution. If you can't handle talking about bottoms, tops, rimming, tea bagging and other slang terms, than I suggest another person on your team take your place. This intervention truly works with health care provider buy-in with a committed team. That's what makes it successful.
Anyway, as an example, my precious patients throughout the years have come to me not recognizing that unprotected oral sex can lead to STIs. OK, well yes it can and will if you continue to have a steady diet of raw "partner(s) du jour." So, the message is: If you don't have protected oral sex, you can get ugly oral human papillomavirus, syphilis or herpes, so that everyone will know what you've been munching on when they look at your lips (hmm, was that a loss frame message?).
In my practice, I engage in a dialogue in very down-to-earth language that includes enjoying your "diet," but protecting yourself (and others) by using latex, polyurethane, dental dams or plastic wrap over the object of desire (i.e., anus, vagina or penis). If you don't have a flavored barrier, by all means use what is on hand: whipped cream, honey, chocolate, etc., to make it more palatable so that you can and will protect yourself. It's just simply eroticizing safer sex.
To reduce the transmission of HIV further in the African-American community this awareness day, remember to engage your patients in discussion. Keep my version of Beyoncé's song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in mind to help your patients: "If you like it better put a ring (latex or polyurethane) on it."
Tell them if they don't they will be saying, "Wa oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh oh-oh-oh, Wa oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh" when you give the diagnosis of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, herpes or human papillomavirus. Handle your business!
Bethsheba Johnson, MSN, CNS, GNP-BC, AACRN, AAHIVS, is a nurse practitioner at Peabody Health Center/AIDS Arms, Inc., in Dallas, Texas. Stay tuned for more of her writings on HIV/AIDS care on TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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Alibaba Exec Chairman Jack Ma claimed on Tuesday the Web must be an energy offered to the entire globe, placing his weight behind a U.N. ask for shopping to enhance establishing economic climates as well as assist combat destitution.
Ma, that suggests the United Nations profession as well as growth company UNCTAD on local business as well as young business owners, was the celebrity tourist attraction at a meeting on shopping for growth.
" The Web ought to be dealt with as an energy as well as ought to be dealt with additionally as the framework of worldwide growth," he claimed. "Every little thing will certainly be on the internet as well as whatever online will certainly have information. And also information will certainly be the power for advancement."
UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi claimed he as well as Ma would certainly fulfill in Kigali in July with 10 African head of states as well as young business owners, intending to convince the political leaders of their duty to assist their young populaces recognize their capacity.
Ma claimed his initial journey to Africa would certainly concentrate on shopping settlement to sustain comprehensive as well as lasting growth, in addition to education and learning as well as environmental management.
Ma, a Chinese person, claimed he would certainly bring a large team of Chinese magnate searching for organisation possibilities as well as collaboration in Africa.
He claimed Alibaba Team Holding Ltd had actually developed 33 million tasks in China since each local business online might develop at the very least 3 tasks. He fulfilled UNITED STATE President-elect Donald Trump in January as well as claimed the company would certainly develop a million UNITED STATE tasks.
Previously, a team of establishing nations released a roadmap for making use of shopping to own development, slim the electronic divide as well as aid poorer nations create.
Argentina's Foreign Preacher Susana Malcorra claimed she really hoped the Globe Profession Company would certainly concur a brand-new shopping required at a conference in Buenos Aires in December.
Pakistan's Business Preacher Khurram Dastgir Khan claimed just half the globe's populace would certainly be on the internet by year end – 40 percent in the establishing globe as well as 15 percent in poorer nations.

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Australia's most senior Catholic showed a "sociopathic lack of empathy" in dealing with victims who were raped by clergy, an inquiry has heard.
Cardinal George Pell, current Archbishop of Sydney, had tried to compel victims into silence when confronted with evidence of wrongdoing by parish priests, the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse was told on Friday.
Anthony Foster recalled meeting Cardinal Pell to discuss a priest who had repeatedly raped two of his daughters when they were at primary school.
He told the inquiry that Cardinal Pell, then the Archbishop of Melbourne, had told him, "If you don't like what we're doing, take us to court," and did not appear to be distressed by the incidents.
"In our interactions with the now-Cardinal Archbishop Pell, we experienced a sociopathic lack of empathy, typifying the attitude and responses of the church hierarchy," Mr Foster said.
Mr Foster's daughters, Emma and Katie, were repeatedly raped by the late Father Kevin O'Donnell in the 1980s and 1990s when they were at Sacred Heart Primary School in Oakleigh.
But the church was already aware that O'Donnell had been abusing children in 1946, 1958 and 1984 and failed to take any action, he said.
"Here are glaring examples of crimes that should have been reported to the police ... If they had been, Emma and Katie and scores of other victims would not have been assaulted by O'Donnell," Mr Foster told the Family and Community Development Committee.
Fr O'Donnell, who is referred to by a lawyer as a "two-a-day-man" in the Fosters' written submission to the inquiry, was charged with sex offences occurring over a 30-year period, pleaded guilty, and later died.
Mr Foster said his daughter Emma had turned to drugs and took her own life while Katie had been hit by a car while binge drinking and still needs 24-hour care for permanent disabilities.
His third daughter, Aimee, told the inquiry that she still fantasises about what life would have been like if her two sisters hadn't been sexually abused.
The church later offered the Fosters $50,000, then claimed the assaults never occurred, and finally settled for a higher undisclosed sum, the inquiry heard.
Mr Foster called for the vast wealth of the church to be accessible to victims, since current payments for victims were far below those that would be achieved in civil proceedings.
His written submission also urged the committee to call Victorian Governor Alex Chernov to give evidence on why compensation payments were capped when he was head of a compensation panel.
"Was Mr Chernov happy with this treatment of church victims?" the submission said.
The Fosters were the first victims to give evidence at the inquiry after fighting for a hearing for years.
Other victims on Friday criticised the church's internal handling of abuse, including moving pedophile priests from parish to parish.
Mairead Ashcroft told the inquiry she was abused as a child by Brother Bernard Hartman and had even received a letter of apology from him, but the church later said there was no record of her complaint.
She has spent years suffering post-traumatic stress and fearing her experience as a sex abuse victim would change her.
"I believed that I would grow up to be an abuser," she said.
Hearings will resume on Monday.


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Imager::CountColor - demonstrates writing a simple function using Imager.
use Imager; use Imager::CountColor; my $im = Imager->new(...); # some Imager image ...; # some sort of manipulation print count_color($im, $color_object);
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Athletics 365
What is Athletics 365?
Athletics 365 is a multi-event, young people development programme, which introduces athletes to the fundamental skills of athletics (vital to every sport). It is aimed predominantly at 8-15 year olds, but the resources can easily be adapted for use with younger athletes.
Athletics 365 focuses not only on how fast someone runs or how far someone jumps or throws but also, more importantly, on developing the technical skills ('how' to run, jump and throw) required to perform at full potential and move like a champion. In addition to technical skills, Athletics 365 also looks at an athlete's physical, mental and emotional development, as well as their lifestyle and social development.
The Athletics 365 programme is broken down into nine progressive stages. Each stage provides athletes with new and progressively more difficult challenges appropriate to their stage of development. Athletics 365 encourages athletes to learn all the skills and events of athletics, and reinforces the importance of a good all round skill base.
For details on the Athletics 365 App for for both Apple and Android tablets and phones click here.
As well as coaching qualifications in which the Athletics 365 principles are embedded there are also a range of workshops that we run on Youth Development. Please click here to see the upcoming Youth Development related workshops.
The stages can be seen as similar to progression in other sports, such as the martial arts 'belt system.' Through Athletics 365, England Athletics believe young people will develop the skills and confidence to excel in life; not only in athletics, but in other sports and other life pursuits.
The film below provides coaches, athletes and parents with and introduction to Athletics 365, the England Athletics Club-Based Youth Development Programme. It provides a brief explanation of the programme, how it works and some examples of the programme in action. Toni Minichiello (coach to Jessica Ennis) and Peter Stanley (formerly National Coach Mentor and former coach to Jonathan Edwards) also share their thoughts on the programme.
What resources are there to help clubs implement Athletics 365?
The Athletics 365 website is updated regularly with information. Further information will also be available through your Club Support Manager.
Click here to see all the resources.
England Athletics have developed two main products to support the implementation of Athletics 365 by clubs across the country. These are:
- Athlete's Record of Achievement
- Coaches' Pack
The Athlete's Record of Achievement Pack is used to help the athlete keep a record of all the activities they have successfully completed, and how they are improving as an athlete. The Athlete pack also provides the young person with the specific challenges they need to meet for every area of Athletics 365, and the coaching points required to help them achieve these.
The Athlete's Record of Achievement Pack also contains information on the History of Athletics, and what Athletics 365 is all about. Athletics has produced some of the greatest sports people in British history, and England Athletics feels Athletics 365 will help achieve even more successful athletes in the future.
The Coach's Pack provides a coach with the technical coaching cards and example game cards to help them deliver Athletics 365. Each technical coaching task card tries to highlight the key coaching points to ensure every athlete is able to develop their full potential.
A downloadable version of the Challenges and Curriculum document is available on the right-hand side of this page. There's also a copy of DASH AC's programme which incorporates the 365 programme.
At what stage will athletes start Athletics 365?
Most clubs will offer athletes an initial induction period, approximately 8-14 weeks in length. Within this induction period, the athlete should be introduced to all the athletics events, delivered in a fun, activity based programme which is appropriate to their age and stage of development.
The coach will use this induction period to assess the athlete's skills and stage of development against the Athletics 365 stages. At the end of the induction period, the coach will then assign the athlete to the most appropriate stage of Athletics 365 based on their observations.
In order for the athletes to miss a stage and start further along Athletics 365 (e.g. miss Red stage and start at Yellow stage), the young person must complete all of the previous stage challenges competently.
The athletes will therefore be placed by the coach at a stage which is appropriate to their stage of development, and which provides the appropriate level of challenge.
How does the athlete progress through Athletics 365?
In order for the athlete to progress from one stage to the next, they will need to complete all of the challenges within the particular stage. This means in order to receive a Stage 2 (Yellow) Award, the athlete will need to complete all of the challenges in the Physical Conditioning, Running, Jumping and Throwing sections, as well as the Lifestyle and Support and How they Think and Behave sections for Stage 2 (Yellow).
What if the athlete progress through the Running, Jumping or Throwing Challenges quicker than all the others? Does this mean they will not be allowed to progress in these areas?
No. Athletics 365 has been split into four development sections (see below) which allows the athlete to progress through three stages at a time in any given event. This means the athlete may be signed off by a coach at Stage 3 (green) for running, Stage 2 (yellow) for Jumping and Stage 1 (red) for everything else, but they will not receive their Stage 2 (yellow) or 3 (green) awards until all the challenges for every area are signed off. This is to help athletes develop their all round skills, improve their conditioning, and offer them a greater choice of events in which they can progress.
The Four Development Sections:
Beginner: New to an Athletics 365 programme and under assessment; no assigned Athletics 365 stage.
Developing - Stages 1 (red) to 3 (green) of Athletics 365: Learning and developing new skills. Able to undertake simple skills; similar to a novice.
Practising - Stages 4 (purple) to 6 (black) of Athletics 365: Has mastered the simple skills and is now practising more complex skills. Able to undertake progressively more challenging and event specific skills; similar to an intermediate athlete.
Emerging - Stages 7(bronze) to 9 (gold) of Athletics 365: Has mastered semi-complex skills and is now practising complex event specific skills. Able to undertake progressively more challenging and event specific skills; similar to an experienced or maturing athlete.
What is deemed as a competent challenge?
In order for an athlete to be signed off as competent for any challenge or skill, they must be able to demonstrate the skill at least 80% of the time, as well as during an assessment day/evening. A coach will observe this over a minimum of one term (or multiple weeks). The athlete should ensure they have learnt each skill or challenge prior to progressing onto the next stage, as the challenges become progressively harder. The athlete needs to remember that learning a skill is not as simple as demonstrating the skill once in front of a coach, but multiple times as required.
Recording completion of Athletics 365 challenges
Within the athlete pack, the athlete will have a 'Record of Achievement Chart' for each stage of Athletics 365. As they complete the challenges, and they are agreed with their coach, the athlete should tick them off on their 'Record of Achievement Chart'. Once all of the boxes are ticked, the athlete should give this chart to their coach for them to confirm that they have completed this stage of Athletics 365, and sign the athlete off.
The coach will have a choice over how they record athletes achievements; simple templates will be provided through the Athletics 365 website www.athletics365.org
What does the athlete receive on completing an Athletics 365 Stage?
This very much depends on the club and how they wish to award the Athletics 365 programme. England Athletics suggests that on completion of a given stage (e.g. Stage 4 – Purple) the athlete should receive a 365 award. These will be available later in the year from athletics 365 website www.athletics365.org.
Why does the young person have to do running, jumping and throwing to complete Athletics 365, especially where they may only want to participate in one of these event groups?
Athletics 365 is a multi skills/multi events based programme designed to develop the all round athlete.
Some of Britain's most successful athletes started by running, jumping and throwing, such as Jessica Ennis, Christine Ohuruogu and Steve Backley. England Athletics believe that through Athletics 365, athletes will have a greater choice of events and sports in which to participate and succeed, both now and later on in life. Developing a better conditioned athlete will increase the athlete's performance and minimise the likelihood of injury.
The athlete will still be encouraged to participate and compete in those events they enjoy the most, at the same time as allowing them to experience new and exciting challenges and events.
If coaches specialise athlete's training too early, there is a greater chance the athlete can develop repetition related injuries. This is particularly an issue while athletes are growing, such as when they are going through puberty, as this may affect their physical development.
How does Athletics 365 fit alongside the existing competition formats for young athletes?
Athletics 365 encourages athletes to strive for new personal bests and to perform in a competition. England Athletics recommends that at the end of each term (school terms i.e. Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays), the last week of the Athletics 365 programme is dedicated to competition. Clubs will, where possible, provide competitions such as QuadKids, Sportshall and the British Athletics Awards programme, which recognises personal bests.
We would like to thank Create Development for their support in the development of Physical Conditioning, Lifestyle & Support and Psycho Behavioural sections of the Athletics 365 curriculum


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Curried Cauliflower Soup, Chocolate Icebox Cupcakes, Buttered Potatoes, Lemon Spongettes, Gluten-Free Flatbread & The Classic Sidecar Cocktail
Hello, spring! Doesn't it feel like warmer weather is just around the corner? A bowl of this creamy, slightly spicy cauliflower soup is the perfect antidote to these lingering chilly nights. If you're having friends over to share your meal, make some herby new potatoes and a batch of socca with spring pesto to serve alongside. Watching the Mad Men premiere after dinner? This classic sidecar cocktail is a definite must.
Creamy Curried Cauliflower Soup
Chocolate Wafer Icebox Stacks
New Potatoes with Herbs and Anchovy Butter
Mad Men Premiere Party Cocktail: The Classic Sidecar
Socca Flatbread with Spring Pesto and Salad
- How to Make Classic Egg Salad
Lemon Spongettes
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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The bats came alive in Saturday afternoon's SLIAC double-dip against foe MacMurray as the Black & Orange shelled the Highlander's 9-1, 12-1, spearheaded by junior Kenny Trager's seven RBI and three-homerun effort.
The Panthers dominated both games from the outset, piling up runs on MC in debilitating fashion. Game one's dismantling was sparked by senior David Massengill's RBI double that scored freshman Wyatt Matteson in the first inning. Brother Jared Massengill joined the hit parade in the third with a 2-RBI homerun that stretched the GC lead to 3-1.
In the sixth frame Greenville exploded with a four hit, six run effort that would prove to down the opposition. Junior catcher Adam Wallace, who went 2-for-4 in the contest, added an RBI single to jump-start the offensive action. Then, with the bases juiced, Trager delivered a towering grand-slam for his first collegiate homer and the first of three that the Denver, Co. native would manufacture on the day. The offense stalled in seventh, but the damage was already applied and GC rolled to the 9-1 victory.
Defensively it was freshman hurler Tyler Pilcher who earned the win for the GC pitching staff. Pilcher tossed five full while allowing only one run on five hits with four strikeouts to help seal the opener.
In the capper, the Black & Orange again put points on the board early with David Massengill knocking in another RBI single to serve MacMurray with a 1-0 deficit after one. The offense for both clubs would lay dormant until the fourth, as GC's number two arm and junior Derek Reckmann battled hard on the mound. Reckmann tossed a two-hit, six-inning beauty to shut down the bats of MC and collect the eventual win.
After two scoreless innings, the fourth frame showcased an offensive clinic by Greenville, headlined by Trager's two-run shot to left that aided the three-hit, five-run inning. The Panthers added runs in the fifth and sixth before again catching fire at the plate in the seventh inning. Transfer Jared Massengill ignited the four-run inning and again contributed runs, this time with an RBI-double. Junior Scotty Voyles closed the deal from the mound in the bottom of the seventh, retiring both batters he faced and sealing the 12-1 win.
Offensively the Panthers mashed at plate, producing 12 runs on 12 hits as a unit. Wallace tallied a 3-for-3 performance at bat, with three runs scored. Shortstop Massengill also posted nice numbers in the capper, batting 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs.
"As a unit we really played together and trusted eachother," commented the junior third baseman Trager. "The pitching was fantastic and we all bought in to working the count as hitters. Moving forward, we are focusing on Fontbonne and what we need to do to take care of business on Tuesday."
With the pair of wins GC baseball improves to 8-14 (6-3 SLIAC) and trails Spalding by one game for third place in the conference standings. Greenville aims to build on their three-game winning streak as the squad will travel to Fontbonne University (8-1 SLIAC) on Tuesday for a double header in St. Louis.


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Quantum entanglement just got more exciting.
Photon reaches from beyond the grave in quantum trick
An experiment by Hagai Eisenberg extends the idea of "spooky action at a distance" to time by entangling a pair of photons that never coexisted.
If you have two pairs of entangled photons, taking one photon from each pair and entangling them disengages the two original pairs, and creates a second, fresh entanglement between the two, left out photons. Eisenberg's team used the swap to entangle a photon with one that no longer existed.
They started with an entangled pair of photons, 1 and 2, and then measured the quantum state of photon 1, which destroys the particle. Photon 2, however, lived on and, about 100 nanoseconds later, the team created a new pair of entangled photons, 3 and 4.
When the team entangled photon 2 with newborn photon 3, photon 4 also became entangled with photon 1 - even though 1 was by then "dead" (see diagram).
The team knew 4 was entangled with 1 by measuring 4's state, which depended on the states measured for 1, 2 and 3 (arxiv.org/abs/1209.4191v1). "Without the idea of entanglement, you cannot explain it," says von Zanthier, who was not involved in the latest experiment. "The future photon, which is not born, is strongly influenced by a photon that is already dead."
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goonter needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 178 designs submitted by 47 freelance designers.
This site will be a place where new players can come for help with games, and where experts can share their knowledge.
This site will be for gamers. It will target new, average, and experienced players alike, but for different reasons. New players will come to get general introductions to games, average players will visit to improve their game, and experienced players will come to share knowledge. It will be mostly for PC gamers, but may eventually reach out to Xbox360 or PS3 gamers as well.
I want to leave this fairly open-ended, but I have a few requirements:
-Should convey professionalism: this is a brand in and of itself, not a fantasy game fansite or blog. I'd like to steer away from fantasy fonts.
-Should "pop" against a dark background.
-I would like to have an icon logo that can stand alone, and matching text-logo.
-I really like http://99designs.com/contests/5906/entries/202 in terms of both text and logo.
-If needed, the name can be broken into two words with "Immortal" on one line and "Craft" on the next line.
A large portion of the audience will be World of Warcraft players. Also represented will be WarCraft 3, StarCraft, Counter-Strike, QuakeLive, and others. Please check out the sites for these games for an idea of audience.
I want the overall mood to convey that this is a place to come to get an edge over the competition, and take your game to the next level. It should lean more toward being badass and less toward being educational. It should also feel like this is its own brand - independent of any one game.
I'm not really set on color, but to compliment the mood of the above games, it could include orange, blue, or red. However, it should contrast against a dark background so I don't want it too dark. Or something else - it is up to the designer - as long as it looks good on a dark background.
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The world has gone nuts, bonkers, and delirious for California almonds, thanks in part to the Almond Board of California (ABC).
"We (ABC) are never satisfied with merely being good … our reputation is to push the envelope," said Richard Waycott, ABC's president and chief executive officer, Modesto, Calif.
Waycott's poised stance and voice exuded confidence during his ABC Year-in-Review report to a standing room-only crowd of almond growers, handlers, shellers/hullers, pest control advisors, chemical reps, bankers, and numerous others tethered to California's almond industry.
About 1,500 people attended the 35th annual Almond Industry Conference in Modesto in December.
"We're making history across all sorts of areas and by all sets of measures," Waycott said. "We're harvesting record crops … Virtually every month we are shipping record numbers domestically and for export. We have continued to invest in and develop premier nutrition research as compared to any other nut industry."
The almond industry is blazing trails while promoting what Waycott called the "world's healthiest specialty crop."
Absent from Waycott's address was any reference to specific challenges faced by the almond industry. Almonds were recalled in 2001 and 2004 due to salmonella found in raw almonds. The industry responded with a voluntary pasteurization plan. Mandatory almond pasteurization took effect on Sept. 1, 2007. Pasteurization is required for almonds shipped within the U.S., to Canada, and Mexico.
The almond industry has reasons to crow like a top-rated rooster. During the 2006-2007 crop year, California's 6,000 almond growers produced 1.117 billion pounds of almonds on about 615,000 bearing acres. Top producing counties included Kern (22 percent), Fresno (21 percent), and Stanislaus (15 percent), according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In 2006, almonds were California's No. 1 agricultural export with sales valued at $1.89 billion, followed by the wine industry with $736 million in sales. Almond prices averaged $1.87 per pound for the 2006-2007 crop year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Almonds ranked No. 1 in the nation in specialty crop exports with sales to 80 countries. California grows 80 percent of the world's almond supply, and 100 percent of the U.S. commercial supply.
In 2002, the ABC board of directors crafted a five-year plan to meet new industry objectives. Like a fast moving elevator, the "Good to Great"-themed effort elevated the California almond industry, as Waycott explained, from a "good" industry to "great and sustainable" status. The path has led to seeking solutions for environmental challenges, and ensuring basic and applied research capabilities to keep almond farms top performing.
"We've collaborated as an industry in the face of adversity," Waycott said. "It all comes together in a simple statement — together we can. Together there is no mountain too high or no valley too low. There's no adversity so adverse that can't be overcome."
These successes have hoisted the almond industry into a new leadership role in agriculture.
"We're a $3 billion industry that's number one in exports from the United States to the European Union, India, and number two to several other countries. We've taken on a much larger responsibility and opportunity."
That means the ABC is looking at almonds as a ladder with many rungs to elevate the industry's position in two areas — first as the 'crop of choice' by providing leadership in agricultural policy, the evolution of regulatory requirements, and setting priorities for agriculture in California and the nation.
Second is to become the 'nut of choice.' The ABC has 11-year baseline hallmark nutrition research extolling almonds as heart healthy and a cholesterol reducer. Moving forward to become essential to customers and consumers will require new creative programs, further market expansion, and new communication channels.
"As we get both of these areas firing on all cylinders, then we will realize our vision as the world's healthiest specialty crop," Waycott said.
In February 2008, the ABC board of directors will stare gain into a crystal ball — to gaze and map out the organization's direction for the next 15 years. The ABC will fine-tune existing programs to meet the new or redefined goals.
"We are extremely passionate about our mission. We feel like guardians of this industry. It is a big responsibility that we take very seriously," Waycott said.
Global marketing
A critical milestone the ABC accomplished in the 2006-2007 crop year was a global demand analysis and the resulting global marketing strategy, according to Shirley Horn, the ABC's senior director of global marketing.
The ABC's international committee headed by Dan Cummings initiated efforts to identify and capture relevant data on almond markets around the world.
"The result was probably the world's largest Excel spreadsheet," Horn said. "This new global strategic framework has become our compass for prioritizing investment decisions not only in marketing, but helping to focus the energies and efforts across the ABC organization."
The framework's crux involves three strategic imperatives: geographic, category, and health. The bottom line is better aligning ABC programs across geographies and integrating messaging within global regions. At the core of the message — a decade's work of building a portfolio based on sound science supporting the health benefits of almonds.
"We must take a more active role in building this reputation around the world. The good reputation of California almonds as crop of choice and nut of choice is a fragile gift," Horn said.
The global demand analysis identified key markets to gain the maximum use of almonds.
California almonds are exported to 90-plus countries. North America (the United States and Canada) and Europe are currently the world's mega markets for almonds — accounting for nearly three-quarters of today's volume.
"Last year these markets consumed a whopping 782 million pounds of California almonds," Horn said. "According to the demand analysis, we expect the two markets to absorb 78 percent of our 1.5 billion pound crop, or 600 million pounds each by 2010."
For these mega-almond market appetites, the ABC has placed a stronger emphasis on the industrial and food service sector — advocating that consumers love almonds and the nut adds value to products and inspires menu creations.
Probably the most successful marketing program in ABC history, Horn reflected, was the snack tin promotion. The ABC ran an advertisement in the Sept. 25, 2005 issue of Parade magazine promoting the consumption of a serving of almonds a day to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Almond-filled snack tins were mailed to the 100,000 people who responded to the ad. A follow-up survey in February 2006 indicated most almond tin recipients were still filling the tins with almonds for snacking.
Horn identified India and China as priority development markets, or "mega markets in training." Down the road, the two countries could rival North American and Europe in almond consumption.
"India has a very strong heritage for almonds … Indian mothers give their children six almonds a day before they leave for school because they believe almonds promote mental acuity," Horn noted. Japan and South Korea are viewed as regional drivers.
Horn said ongoing almond nutrition research has opened doors for almond sales.
"With the strength of our nutrition science and the relationships the almond industry has developed with key researchers around the world, we believe we're earning a seat at the table in global health and nutrition discussions," Horn said. "The scientific evidence on the nutritional health benefit of almonds gives us the opportunity not only to be part of that discussion, but part of the solution."
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Wallace ĹWallyĺ Conrad Andersen
April 6, 1941 - Jan. 27, 2008
Wallace "Wally" Conrad Andersen of Waukesha, 66, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Racine on April 6, 1941, the son of the late Alvin Louis and Ruth Lillian Andersen.
Wally grew up in Racine and graduated from Washington Park High School in 1959 and was active with their choir. In 1959, he married the former Patricia Jane Modine. She preceded him in death in 1984.
Wally was the owner of A Dickens of a Place Antique Store in Waukesha. He was a founding member of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association, an active member in the Lions Club and a board member of the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association. He had been a recognized and respected expert in antiques, woodworking tools, early American furniture and American Indian items.
Survivors include his sons, Michael Wallace (Catherine) Andersen of Shorewood, William Arthur Andersen of Baltimore and Mark Richard (Sarah Lawrence) Andersen of Eureka, Calif.; his grandchildren, Regan, Devin and Stellan Andersen; his brother, Richard Louis (Diane) Andersen of Racine; and his fiancee, Sara Altenbern Semrad, and her children, Samantha, Tyler and Thomas. He is also survived by many other relatives and friends
In addition to his parents, Wally was preceded in death by his brother, Alvin Russell Andersen of Eugene, Ore., and his niece, Kristan Mary Andersen of Racine. It was his wish to be buried with Kristan at Holy Cross Cemetery in Racine.
A celebration of Wallyĺs life will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Church and Chapel Funeral Home, 380 W. Bluemound Road (at highways J and JJ, four blocks south of Interstate 94), Waukesha, with words of remembrance being shared at 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated in Wallyĺs name to the charity of the donorĺs choice.
Wallyĺs family would like to extend a special thank you to Sara for all of her love, concern and support shown to him during his illness.
Church and Chapel Rudolph-Larsen Bros. Funeral Home is serving the family. For more information, call 549-0659 or visit www.churchandchapel.com to view the online obituary, leave condolences or receive directions.


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When most people think about snowboarding in the UK they forget we do have mountains and in Scotland we get plenty of snow. Most of it gets blown about a lot but on the whole the season runs from mid December through to springtime. For me Scotland holds a special place in my heart, its where I learned to snowboard, where I have spent many a drunken night propping up a bar talking rubbish and where many of my best friends live and ride. I thought I'd start with a little guided tour of what is available to ride in Scotland.
Snow falls every year on the mountain resorts of Nevis, Glenshee, Glencoe, Cairngorm and the Letch. I am lucky to have ridden at all these locations over the years and can honestly say that with good snow and weather they are excellent fun. They have a charm and atmosphere that a lot of European resorts can only dream of and the locals are more than happy to welcome all comers. I took a group of UK Pros to Nevis to experience the wonders of Scotland as most of them had only ever ridden in Europe.


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Persona 4 Golden's greatest strength is that everything fits together seamlessly, from the connected battle and social aspects to the fresh changes.
Newcomers are sure to find plenty to love, while series veterans can revisit fond memories and experience new content.
This game still remains one of the best RPG to date; don't miss out on your second chance to experience it.
just 4 more days.....I have been waiting on this game since june!!
You know a game is good when the lowest score is an 8.5 and all others are 9s and 10s.
i cant wait for this.. I played 3 but never played any of the others.. This game has been gettin great reviews & will make a fine addition to my vita collection.. 12 VITA games and counting.. Not to mention the psp & ps1 games
Persona 4 Golden is shaping up to be the highest rated game this year! http://www.metacritic.com/g...
quick question: Do you need to have played the previous Persona games in order to understand this one? I might consider getting this.


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AICPA Provides More Detailed Critique of Complex IRS Capitalization Rules
Temporary regulations proposed by the Internal Revenue Service governing the deduction and capitalization of tangible property expenditures would be unnecessarily complex and burdensome for many taxpayers, barring substantive changes, Patricia Thompson, chair of the American Institute of CPAs' Tax Executive Committee, said in a comment letter to the agency.
"The AICPA is concerned that the overall approach in the temporary regulations relies too heavily on a 'facts and circumstances' based approach and contains too few bright-line tests and safe harbors to alleviate administrative burden and complexity in the capitalization area," Thompson wrote. In fact, she added, additional burdens would be imposed on taxpayers – particularly small businesses – without elimination of "the often controversial aspects of applying general capitalization principles."
This letter came following the AICPA's initial comment letter on April 17, 2012, but provides greater specificity in a number of areas.
For instance, the AICPA believes the IRS should provide illustrative examples to guide taxpayers on the interrelationship of some of the temporary regulations, particularly the disposition provisions, general asset account (GAA) elections, and improvement provisions, Thompson wrote.
Providing one or two examples would "enable taxpayers to avoid unintentional missed elections in their efforts to comply with the regulations," she said.
The letter offers new recommendations on the treatment of improvements, as well as materials and supplies, under the temporary regulations. The AICPA also expanded its previous comments on dispositions/GAA elections, Method Change Guidance and acquisition costs. In the latter case, the AICPA believes the de minimis rule in the regulations, which requires an annual financial statement that meets the definition of an Applicable Financial Statement (AFS), discriminates against smaller taxpayers. While it proposes several fixes in this area, the AICPA also suggests an alternative to expand the definition of an AFS to include a financial statement that has been reviewed by a certified public accountant.


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Tuesday, 23 July 2013 06:59 PM
The owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, also raised the lower end its full-year earnings guidance.
The Richmond, Va.-based company earned $1.27 billion, or 63 cents per share, for the April-June period, up from $1.22 billion, or 60 cents a share, a year ago.
Excluding one-time items, earnings were 62 cents per share, missing Wall Street expectations by a penny.
Revenue, excluding excise taxes, decreased 2.5 percent to $4.5 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $4.62 billion.
Its shares fell 89 cents, or 2.4 percent, to close at $35.99 Tuesday.
Cigarette volumes fell nearly 7 percent to 33.8 billion cigarettes compared with a year ago. Adjusting for trade inventory changes, Altria says its cigarette volumes were down 3.5 percent during the quarter, compared with a total industry decline of 4 percent.
Marlboro volumes fell more than 7 percent, volume for its other premium brands fell by nearly 11 percent, and volumes for discount cigarette brands like L&M increased nearly 4 percent.
Its share of the U.S. retail market rose 0.3 percentage points to 50.7 percent. Marlboro's share of the U.S. market was flat at 43.7 percent.
The premium Marlboro brand has been under pressure from competitors and lower-priced cigarette brands as consumers face economic pressure and high unemployment.
Those economic challenges are in addition to the tax hikes, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma that have made the cigarette business tougher.
The Marlboro brand sold for an average of $5.78 per pack during the second quarter, compared with an average of $4.30 per pack for the cheapest brand.
The company has introduced several new products with the Marlboro brand, often with lower promotional pricing. They include special blends of both menthol and non-menthol cigarettes to try to keep the brand growing and to lure smokers away from its competitors. It has said it has a pipeline of innovative products to supplement the Marlboro brand in the future.
Altria and others are focusing on cigarette alternatives — such as electronic cigarettes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco — for future sales growth because the decline in cigarette smoking is expected to continue.
Volumes of Altria's smokeless tobacco brands such as Copenhagen and Skoal rose more than 4 percent from a year ago. For the quarter, the company's smokeless tobacco brands had 55 percent of the market, though smokeless tobacco is a tiny market compared with cigarettes.
Altria said inventory changes and retail share losses drove volumes for its Black & Mild cigars down 8 percent during the quarter.
Altria also owns a wine business, holds a voting stake in brewer SABMiller, and has a financial services division.
The company on Tuesday also raised the lower end of its full-year adjusted earnings guidance by a penny to a range of $2.36 and $2.41.
During the latest quarter, Altria said it repurchased 3.7 million shares for a total cost of about $135 million as part of a previously announced $300 million share repurchase program, which it expects to complete by the end of 2013.
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here is a funny article I found
here is the source http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/c...onhacking.html
Yale accuses Princeton of hacking into admissions Web site
By Diane Scarponi
July 25, 2002
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale University complained to the FBI on Thursday that admissions officials at Princeton hacked into a Yale Web site that was set up for prospective students.
Yale said it found 18 unauthorized log-ins to the Web site that were traced back to computers at Princeton, including computers in the admissions office.
"We're assessing the information to see if there is a federal violation," FBI spokeswoman Lisa Bull said.
The head of admissions at Princeton said the school just checked the site to see how secure it was. Princeton gained access by looking up students who had applied to both schools.
"It was really an innocent way for us to check out the security," Stephen LeMenager, Princeton's dean of admissions, told the Yale Daily News, which broke the story Thursday in its online edition.
"That was our main concern of having an online notification system, that it would be susceptible to people who had that information parents, guidance counselors, and admissions officers at other schools."
Yale said Princeton's actions violated the privacy of the students.
"We have therefore notified appropriate law enforcement authorities as well as the applicants whose Web locations were accessed," said Dorothy K. Robinson, Yale vice president and general counsel.
The Web site was activated for a few weeks in the spring so that undergraduate applicants could find out if they got in to Yale. Applicants could access the site by using their Social Security numbers and birthdates. The site included links to admissions information and personal data about the students.
If a student was admitted, the site flashed fireworks and a congratulatory message. If the student did not get in, a message indicating that was displayed.
The site included a notice that only students, not parents or others, may access the site, and it warned that Yale would investigate and act on any unauthorized use.
This was the first year Yale used the Web site, which proved to be popular with students. The day it went online in April, more than 9,700 applicants had logged in, including 1,190 of the nearly 1,500 students who were admitted.


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CheekyDevil wrote:
shadorai wrote:
CheekyDevil wrote:
I'm straight up atheist even though my family is Catholic and I was forced to go to Catholic school for a certain period of time. I've been baptized and even had my communion and confirmation. Still atheist. I respect other people's beliefs, however, and understand why they would need to something to believe in in life. It annoys me when some of them are disrespectful to my opinion, though. Once a Jehovah's Witness called me evil and told me to have fun in hell .
yeah. that's what they would tell me. i wish that there would be a law against people not being able to go up to your house and try to talk to you about religion.
Right? Geez. It starts getting annoying after awhile. Even better if EVERYONE could just be respectful of each other's opinions. I know there are some atheists out there too that act rude. Ugh I'm really getting tired of being called evil for having my own opinion .
the part i don't get, is that they tell me to go to hell, and then i say "how am i going to hell... if i don't even believe in that kind of crap?!" but the only reason i really hate religion though is it pushes down the evolution of science i respect that people believe in religion and stuff, but i wish people would not try to push it on me.
and also, i really think that death is equal. because nature doesn't have morale or righteousness and stuff like that. as far as i'm concerned, all you have to do be okay is surivive. and that could mean any means necessary.
I'm hardly active.
It has a certain note of irony to it, what you've just said, because religious institutions were once the greatest havens of science and culture the world had at one point.
I'm atheist, I don't mind in what people believe in. But in all honesty I think religion is just stupid and is the biggest problem.
I'm hardly active.
I am citizen of the world. My religion equals love. And my political view, is Oneness.
shadorai wrote:
Foggydew wrote:
It has a certain note of irony to it, what you've just said, because religious institutions were once the greatest havens of science and culture the world had at one point.
yeah. once. not now though.
I believe the problem lies in the people that are at the top rather than the chain of belief and institutions themselves.Science is dangerous to religion, as it goes far to disprove all that has happened within it. Christianity, for instance, is heavily threatened by the existence of fossils and evolution. So they either have to; Admit Genesis was a metaphor as most of the Holy Bible has been drawn to being, hurriedly make their own stories to fit in with the Bible, or dismiss all of the evidence as being false (or in extreme cases) tools used by Satan to lure those of the true faith away from the path of righteousness. I have actually seen this in action, as I belonged to a mission program when I was homeless and was almost endlessly (but hopelessly on their part) indoctrinated.
No I'm not religious, I tend to be a more of a spirtual person ^_^
And omg thats what I personally dislike about most Christians they are
so quick to judge people, like who are you to even judge?
Monotheistic pagan.
A man\'s gotta know his limitations - if he has any.
I enjoy Robert Pirsig's statement that when one person suffers from a delusion it is called "insanity". When many people suffer from a delusion it is called "religion".
A narrative has power, even when its hero is a dirty rodent carrying the plague.
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And omg thats what I personally dislike about Christians they are
so quick to judge people, like who are you to even judge?
Seems like you're judging all Christians based on a stereotype about some of them.
Basically if your parents were to tell you that stealing is bad you will most likely learn to think that way and you will judge people for stealing. You may even learn to hate thieves. Christians are the same. They put a lot of themselves into a belief that tells them to do certain things in specific ways. They judge you for doing drugs and having sex and not having morals. Realisitically, the world would be a better place if we all followed the way of the bible.
p.s I don't believe in God and I don't own a bible.
Status Message?
I am an Agnostic.
If you believe the world would be a better place without religion than it's not just religious people that believe in fairy tales.
Ignorance knows no race, creed, nationality, or religion. People would be still be the same even if they didn't have religion and they would just find some other excuse to hate, kill, or control one another. It's not like all these religious free governments are at the height of enlightenment and are leading the charge for peace.
There are plenty of stupid people who are religious and atheist. And plenty of smart religious people and atheists.
My personal thoughts on the matter (I stress personal) is that science actually strengthens the case of their being a God but science and religion battle it out and denying each other to see it.
Science proves the universe and world is complex, governed by laws, has established order, and basically makes sense but it suggests that this occurred by a big explosion and just randomly happened.
It's like looking at a house and suggesting that it all came together because an explosion happened and that's how it came out. Sure you can argue that with enough explosions the outcome would eventually become the house but the odds are heavily stacked in favor of someone creating the house.
Science may not have to acknowledge there being a greater being but it has no choice to acknowledge something beyond human comprehension is the origin point because you can all say "ok, so where did that come from" endlessly.
Agnostic atm but I hope I can find a religion that's suitable for me in the future.
Eddie Redmayne <3 aka Marius in Les Mis


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Holbrook Hall is one of several buildings on campus that posses significant historical, design, and cultural statements. The three buildings of the Shaw estate represent in their history and design the late 19th/early 20th century practice of the building of grand "cottages" and estates driven by the unusual wealth of the time. These houses reflected baronial tastes in design and statement. Particularly in its proximity to Boston, the Shaw estate stands as a good example of the desire and ability of the wealthy--if not eccentric--Shaw family to build this estate. The buildings seek to recreate an English full manor house and outbuildings. The designs are an adaptation of that era to English/baronial roots writ larger by the late 19th century American wealth. While extravagant in their original purpose, the buildings have a level of quality, grace, and grandeur that simply cannot be repeated in this day and age. The grandeur of that era, however, was not sustainable, as evidenced by the College's ability move to the Shaw Estate during the Depression. The Shaw fortune had collapsed and the whole economy could not support such living. As a result, the College took as its new base an estate that was vacant and had gone into decay. The opportunity to transform these grand buildings, Shaw Hall in particular, into the basis of the Mount Ida campus is one of the important factors in the history and uniqueness of the College. It is important that these buildings be maintained and showcased not only for their significance to the College, but as examples of a grand architectural, historical, and cultural, era now past.


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Nixon Seeks to Keep MO Security Records Closed
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon is urging renewal of exemptions from Missouri's open records law for security systems of government buildings and policies for responding to terrorism.
The exemptions protecting such information from disclosure expired at the end of 2012.
Nixon scheduled news conferences on the topic Friday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and the Missouri State Highway Patrol General Headquarters in Jefferson City. Law enforcement and public school district officials were scheduled to take part.
One exemption covered operational guidelines and policies developed by law enforcement, public safety agencies and others for preventing and responding to terrorism incidents. The other dealt with security systems and structural plans of property owned or leased by government agencies.


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The name says it all! The sport's physical and mental demands are unlike any other, as are the athletes who must be committed and focused on success.
Hall of Famer and 9-time world powerlifting champion Dan Austin teamed up with strength and conditioning expert Dr. Bryan Mann to create the sports most comprehensive resource. Powerlifting breaks down every aspect of the sport, including fueling, preparation and execution of the 3 primary lifts: bench press, squat and deadlift.
This guide includes more than 100 of the most effective exercises to enhance the 3 power movements, proven mental strategies, sample programs and periodication plans for increasing absolute strength, power and flexibility. The authors also share their secrets for preparing for competition, optimizing training, avoiding injury and advancing through the ranks. Whether you are serious about powerlifting or simply seeking a proven approach for developing strength and power from one of the most accomplished athletes, this book is a must-have.
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30 Days of Night (US - BD)
Scott McKenzie checks out the Blu-ray release of this Alaskan vampire movie...
Every twelve months, Barrow, Alaska, is plunged into darkness for thirty long days and nights. Many of the residents choose to leave the town for the month, preferring not to live in total darkness. This year, local policeman Eben (Josh Hartnett) stays in Barrow, while his estranged wife Stella (Melissa George) fails to get out of town before the airport closes down. As they prepare themselves for a long month ahead, strange events foreshadow the coming of more than just bad weather. A group of vampires has decided to make the remote town their home, giving them thirty days to feast on the residents before the sun rises again.
What strikes the viewer early on in 30 Days of Night is the atmosphere of growing tension. The first line, a single utterance of 'Strange' by Eben, comes after a few minutes of scene-setting, showing the deep cold and desolation of the Alaskan wilderness. Dialogue is kept to a minimum throughout the whole movie and the opening scenes in particular are used to make the audience feel as uneasy about the coming month of darkness as the residents themselves. We're introduced to Eben and Stella early on but we're never really given any information about the problems they have, leaving us only to speculate about the breakdown of their marriage.
As with any typical horror movie, the town contains a bunch of people who will band together to attempt to defeat the creatures that want to drink their blood. Unfortunately, aside from Stella, Eben and his brother, we don't really get enough information about them to make them any more than a vampire's potential dinner. However, the screenplay does offer some nice glimpses into the minds of people who are trapped in their houses with bloodsuckers waiting outside. Josh Hartnett performs well and while his character's decision (which is a bit of a twist so I won't give it away) near the end of the movie may leave you scratching your head, he gives a strong low-key performance. Melissa George is always watchable but I'll always find it difficult to think of her as anyone other than Angel from Home And Away.
Only a few of the genre conventions of vampires are applied to the creatures in 30 Days of Night, namely aversion to sunlight and penchant for human blood. There's no attempt to explain where they came from or where they will go after they've finished with Barrow, but that ambiguity works in the story's favour because we only find out the same information as everyone else in the movie and we're not forced to listen to a crazy old man spouting exposition for five minutes to tell us all about the vampires. The action is brutal, although not quite as bloody as I was expecting, with one of the most effective sequences being a long overhead tracking shot as the vampires massacre the town.
The only real problem I had with the movie was the timeline. While the idea of vampires taking over a town plunged into darkness for a month sounds like a great idea, the realisation of this story on film requires the viewer to suspend disbelief a little more than they might for other vampire movies. The only indication that thirty days are passing is the text that pops up on screen every now and again to tell us how far we are through the month but a lot of questions either go unanswered or barely addressed. What do the vampires do when they're not feeding? Why don't they just check out every building one by one for survivors? How do the survivors, who are hiding in silence, go to the toilet? We are left feeling like the movie occurs across one long night rather than a whole month, but apart from that 30 Days Of Night is an exciting movie that sufficiently unsettles the viewer early on to draw them in and (in my case at least) overlook the flaws.
30 Days of Night doesn't quite follow 300 or Sin City in attempting to transfer the visual style of the original graphic novel directly onto the screen, but it is a visually striking movie. On the audio commentary Josh Hartnett states that it's a shame that there weren't more scenes filmed in daylight because this is when the movie is the most visually rewarding. The landscapes of Alaska lit by the setting sun look very impressive here and there is an incredible depth to the wide shots. The picture has a blue-grey tint and the colours are purposely washed-out, with very dark blood. I'd say the transfer was flawless were it not for occasional patches of grain in out of focus backgrounds during close up shots.
With a decent range of audio tracks in different languages available on this release, you don't have to be an English-speaker to appreciate 30 Days of Night in Dolby TrueHD. Even though the gunshots and screaming sound very good in a clear and powerful track, I thought it was the moments of relative quiet that really impressed. Accompanying the wide landscape shots, the eerie sounds of wind through the surround channels work well to build the tension and unease on screen. Also of note is Brian Reitzell's original music, which consists more of a combination of strange noises rather than a flowing orchestral score. I can't imagine I would want to sit down and enjoy it on CD but within the movie it sets the tone very well.
The audio commentary is supplied by Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and producer Rob Tapert. It's a fairly lively track, and with the director suspiciously absent, Josh Hartnett supplies the more technical details. It's interesting to discover that the actors' cloudy breath is computer-generated and bubbles are commonly used on film to look like falling snow. Rob Tapert comments that this version of 30 Days of Night is the director's vision and there will be no need for a director's cut. Hmm... we'll see what happens, Rob.
There are eight featurettes, all six or seven minutes long, that cover different aspects of the production, which can be viewed one by one or all at once. 'Pre-production' follows David Slade as he attends production meetings relating to the story and his choices of crew for the movie. 'Building Barrow' focuses on the set design and shows the work that went in to building the town and the model sets. In 'The Look' the crew discuss the visual style of 30 Days of Night, describing their intention to draw inspiration from the cold look of the graphic novel. 'Blood, Guts & The Nasty #@$&!' shows behind the scenes footage from the work WETA workshop did on the special effects, including the many different types of fake blood that were used.
'Stunts' shows us the preparation that went in to a number of action sequences, including the scene where Eben and Stella's car is attacked by vampires for the first time. 'The Vampire' looks at the mythology and style of the vampires themselves. Every vampire movie establishes certain rules about the creatures and here we find out about the language they use and the way they interact with each other. 'Night Shoots' gives the cast and crew the chance to have a good moan about the implication of filming a movie almost totally at night. Finally, 'Casting' focuses on the casting decisions, including a mention of the failed attempt to obtain the services of Forrest Whittaker. Finally, '30 Images of Night' is a gallery that compares thirty stills from the movie with the corresponding art from the graphic novel.
30 Days of Night is a vampire movie that rises above the creature's usual home in straight-to-DVD releases to deliver genuine excitement and suspense. The movie looks and sounds very good on this high definition release and the set of extras gives a decent insight into the production, but there's not quite enough meat on the bones and there are no Blu-ray exclusives. If the producer is to be believed then this is the final version of the movie so if you're a fan (and I certainly am) then it's still a disc worth picking up.
Review by Scott McKenzie
cinemaniac26 Member Join Date: September 2007 Location: United States Posts: 132
I had wanted to see this, but never got around to it.
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
Must... resist... pimping... new vampire novel...
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
Michael Friedrichsen Member Join Date: September 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 578
Wasn't there a blue-ray exclusive on the US release. i believe there were am i wrong about that?
m@tt Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 551
Entertaining enough but it's been done better many a time.
Robert Beardsley Member Join Date: December 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 62
Pretty sure on the UK BD it says DTS-HD as an option.
anyway, Love the film. got it on DVD. Met Steve Niles at London Expo last month. got a free A5 poster signed by him
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
There was a bit of miscommunication. I thought Scott was reviewing the UK disc when I set the page up, but it was obviously the US disc. Changed it now.
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
I wanted to check this out.Cool plot idea.
nefilim Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 122
finally saw it yesterday, pretty good. started to drag towarads ending when nothing new was introduced. good vamp pic.
IdeaofEvil Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United States Posts: 17
I was disappointed with this in theaters. Im a fan of the Hammer series of vampire fliks and this one has no notions of anything to do with the latters kind of vampires. No crosses, steaks, holy water, etc etc.
My biggest disappointment was the generic monster fight at the end. Talk about running out of ideas...
My biggest disappointment was the generic monster fight at the end. Talk about running out of ideas...
Tom Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,497
scottmck wrote: Must... resist... pimping... new vampire novel...
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
You cheeky barsteward
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
You cheeky barsteward
J S Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 187
I loves me a good vampire movie! Unfortunately, this was not a good vampire movie.
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
Tom wrote: scottmck wrote: Must... resist... pimping... new vampire novel...
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
You cheeky barsteward
Don't worry Tom, this site gets a mention on the biography page and there are plenty of links back from the blog
Too late. Cover art by our own Mr Powers no less.
You cheeky barsteward
Don't worry Tom, this site gets a mention on the biography page and there are plenty of links back from the blog
knight d Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 221
This was a great story but the movie was boring. There isn't a single moment of horror and the acting was awful. The Mist was entirely scary and contained plenty of great characters. The only vampire movies in recent movie history I've enjoyed are Blade and Interview with the Vampire.
gridbug Member Join Date: October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 15
The "vampire-speak" gimmick got real old real fast in this one. It sounded like the main baddie kept saying the same three words over and over. Just dumb. Decent enough action though, and props to the scene where one of the good guys "loses his head" at the beginning of the third act.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th February 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai
Subtitles: English SDH, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai
Extras: Commentary, Featurettes, 30 Images 0f Night
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David Slade
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster, Danny Huston
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Length: 113 minutes
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February 7, 2008, 6:10 pm
The fashion jungle
The cast of NBC's new show "Lipstick Jungle" has been making the Fashion Week rounds. Kim Raver, who plays a magazine editor, told us at Monique Lhuillier's show that she's having a ball wearing clothes by such designers as Donna Karan and Derek Lam. "It's so much fun, especially after coming from "24," she said, adding that attending the shows is "great because I can see this side of the industry." Stylist Robert Verdi has been squiring around such celebs as Brooke Shields, Raver's co-star, as well as Eva Longoria Parker. Read more…


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — General manager Jerry Reese called Tom Coughlin an "outstanding" coach Tuesday despite a 2-6 record that puts the Giants in danger of missing the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — General manager Jerry Reese called Tom Coughlin an "outstanding" coach Tuesday despite a 2-6 record that puts the Giants in danger of missing the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons.
Reese said the 67-year-old coach has kept the team together after six straight losses to begin the season and scoffed at the idea that Coughlin's age was an issue.
Speaking at a news conference during the team's bye week, Reese was asked if the start has shaken his faith in the coach who has led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles.
"He's a heck of a football coach and he didn't forget how to coach, either, at this point, regardless of what our record looked like," he said. "He's still an outstanding football coach."
Reese's comments would suggest that Coughlin would be on solid ground to return next season. That decision, however, ultimately rests with ownership, which has been mostly silent on the matter.
The general manager refused to say if the owners felt the same way he does about Coughlin, saying they had to speak for themselves.
Coughlin, who was not available to the media Tuesday, was asked about his age in a radio interview with WFAN in New York City and challenged anyone to show up at work with him at 5 a.m. and work as hard as he does.
Reese talks with Coughlin every Monday about a range of topics. Reese said he and Coughlin have used each other for support during the losing streak, but their conversations have turned contentious at times.
"We were very honest in our meetings," Reese said. "We don't sugarcoat anything, we talk out loud. I remember one morning I walked in, I don't remember what the game was, but obviously we had lost the game, and I was like, 'Coach, the sun came up.' He was like, 'Really, it did?' They're very good meetings, they're very productive and they're very honest. We're all together."
In winning the past two games, the Giants' defense has not allowed a touchdown and the offense has not turned the ball over.
Reese believes the Giants still have a chance to win the weak NFC East. They are two games behind Dallas (4-4) with eight to play, including one against the Cowboys.
When asked what kept the team going in the drought, Reese was blunt.
"Tom Coughlin," he said.
"This is not Tom's first rodeo," said the 50-year-old Reese, who took over as general manager in 2007 and saw the team win titles that season and in 2011. "He's been around for a while and the passion that he brings to the table, all of our players can see that, owners can see that, and that's never an issue with him. For him to keep this team together, I think it shows you how much respect the players have for him and what he does for this organization."
Reese said his focus now is this season, not the future. The second half starts with a three-game homestand against Oakland, Green Bay and Dallas. New York has five at home in its final eight.
"Our players have a lot of pride and our coaches have a lot of pride and, of course, our head coach has a lot of pride," Reese said. "I still believe we can get it turned around, but we don't have a lot of margin for error. "
Reese refused to blame anyone for the Giants' worst start since a franchise-worst 0-9 beginning in 1976.
"When you're 0-6, you can frame it however you want to frame it," Reese said. "Underachieving, or whatever, the GM's decisions, coaching, how players are playing, how they're executing plays. Again, you'll be right. Our focus moving forward is we have eight games left and we're going to try with every fiber that we have to win these games and have a chance to even be there for the division."
Reese also had a vote of confidence for two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, who threw 15 interceptions in the first six games.
"I think Eli is still a very good player and after 10 years, he didn't forget how to play his position all of a sudden," he said. "There are a lot of things involved with his play and everybody's play. It's all of us. We win together, we lose together. Eli has been through some rough patches before and we've seen him pull himself out of it and really play well and I expect him to do that again."
Reese had no word on second-year running back David Wilson's neck injury. He has not played since he was hurt against Philadelphia three games ago and there is concern that the narrowing of his spinal column could be career threatening.
Reese also refused to speculate on the future of veteran offensive linemen Chris Snee (hip) and David Baas (knee) who went on injured reserve early.


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So, it's all systems go for trading Wednesday. Let's hope. The key issue: testing the connectivity of the system. The NYSE, NASDAQ, and the other exchanges need to make sure their systems connect to their customers (brokerage firms, etc.) with no problems.
The problem: many of the New York-based firms will be operating with greatly reduced staff numbers and some may be working from alternate trading sites. That increases the odds that something could go wrong.
And some of those that are staying in their usual place have no power. They are operating on generators. Some firms, I am told, spent a good part of the day making sure they had fuel for their generators. Glamorous, no?
(Read more: The NYSE Mulls the Reopening)
The post-mortem: what should be different next time? OK, it's a little early for a post-mortem, but this bugs me: this was the only time the NYSE had the opportunity to use their contingency plan (i.e. open without the floor and trade exclusively through Arca, their electronic system), and they passed up the opportunity and decided not to open the markets.
They passed because: 1) many market participants were not able to be physically present for an open on Monday, and no wanted to put anyone in harm's way, and 2) there was some concern about how well all the systems would hold up in the aftermath of the storm.
The trading community did the right thing by closing. But that doesn't mean I can't make a recommendation:
1) Have a genuine backup plan! NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer was quite blunt about this when I asked him about it on the air: "I think one thing that's clear is that we all need to sit down and just have a candid conversation about how seriously we need to take these contingency plans and whether we need to mandate testing and get the regulators involved."
(Read more: How the Fed Fought Sandy)
Amen! One thing's for sure: these "once in a century" storms are occurring a lot more frequently than once in a century...they're occurring every few years now. There will likely be more of these tests coming in the future. Our trading systems should be up for them.
I hate to call for more regulation, but that's what it's going to take. Greater regulatory oversight of technology...a focus on contingency planning....disaster recovery connectivity. Nerdy stuff, but necessary.
And one question: is it time to seriously de-centralize equity trading? New York based firms objected to the idea that the exchanges would open without them participating (can you imagine the dialogue on the conference call: "We're Goldman Sachs! You can't open without us!"). It may be nice to claim that New York is still the center of equity trading, but is that bad risk management?
(Read more: El-Erian: What Super Storm Sandy Means for the Markets)
After all, there are firms that could have traded Monday that are not in New York: GETCO, Tradebot, Virtu, could still trade. Boston firms. Small retail guys around the world might want to trade. Many high-frequency trading firms.
Here's my prediction: in a few years, this will not matter as much. The NYSE, in a pinch, will be able to open without the floor if necessary and be fully electronic. Market participants (buy and sell side firms) will be able to trade from decentralized locations. And that's not an argument in favor of eliminating the NYSE floor (I am a staunch supporter), it's just good risk management.
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How to encourage senior cats to eat
Practical tips for use at home.
Jul 17, 2012
Poor appetite in senior cats can be treated when the underlying problem is properly diagnosed. Here Dr. Susan Little offers practical tips that owners can use at home to promote their cats' food intake.


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Lucy Zhong
Why did you join Laerdal?
It is an attractive company and it seemed very diverse, from products to people. I was quite impressed by Laerdal products and mission while job interviewing.
What is the best thing about working here?
It's the great people here. They are friendly and willing to share information. I get along well with my colleagues and we believe that the products we make really do "help saving lives".
Describe a typical day at work
I prepare for meetings with different people and work on various reports. I also need to take care of people in my department and if necessary, I go through tasks and priorities with my team members.