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Farming is a global business these days — what happens on the far side of the world often impacts what farmers in the Southeast plant and how they market their crops.
Farming is also a local business and how the public perceives agriculture goes a long way toward influencing state and federal elected officials, who make the laws that govern agriculture. For the most part our elected officials don't really understand what farming is all about and don't have unified voice to explain it to them.
Food safety is a big public issue, yet the estimated 6-7 million tons of potentially toxic municipal waste that goes on farm land each year is not a public issue — at least not yet.
In Virginia, for example, there are about 8.5 million acres of farmland, but only 55,000 acres are treated with biosolids, a legal, but euphemistic term for municipal sludge.
Mike McEvoy, chairman of the Virginia Biosolids Council, says there is a five-year waiting period for farmers to get in on the practice of applying biosolids to farm land.
In my time with the Farm Press I have interviewed several farmers in Virginia who use biosolids on their land. The results have been good, the input-savings have been good. They understand public concern, primarily over the odor, and the farmers I know who use biosolids use it carefully and on land not adjacent to urban areas.
Then there is the case of Georgia farmers Bill Boyce and Andy McElmurray who say they lost productive farming operations and have had their personal lives turned inside out because of the use of biosolids from the municipal waste disposal plant operated by the City of Augusta, Ga.
Their story and the emotional, gut-wrenching way they tell it is as scary as any horror story you'll ever want to hear.
Andy McElmurray has become a self-made expert on the use of biosolids on farm land. He is an out-spoken critic of the biosolids industry and of local, state and federal agencies that regulate the use of biosolids, which he refers to as municipal waste.
Andy has become a sort of Erin Brockovich and Jeffery Wigand rolled into one. Erin Brockovich brought to life by Julia Roberts' award winning portrayal in the movie indirectly played a role in McElmurray's woes. Brockovich's efforts created a public outcry that forced the government to ban hexavalent chromium (chrome 6) from being used in industrial cooling systems. The replacement, molybdenum, is a primary cause of the loss of their dairy cattle, McElmurray says.
Jeffery Wigand portrayed in the movie, The Informer, by Russell Crowe, blew the whistle on the tobacco industry.
An afternoon conversation with Andy left me mad as hell about what the use of municipal waste has done to his family and that of his neighbor Bill Boyce. Like most emotional stories — there are two sides to this one, too.
There has been plenty of finger pointing going on for over 15 years between the Georgia farmers and an array of legal opponents who oppose the farm families. The cruelest irony may be that a Federal judge ruled in their favor, but forbid them from growing food chain crops on their land.
The McElmurrays and the Boyces aren't suit-happy crusaders — far from it. They are good, law-abiding country folks who have had their lives shredded by a seemingly unending stream of legal blockades, hazy regulations, and unscrupulous public officials.
Just a cursory look on the Internet will provide hundreds of cases of individuals who blame health problems on the use of biosolids. Look a different way and you'll find just as many proclaiming the benefits of biosolids on farm land.
In terms of revenue generated, the tobacco industry is a small, maybe miniscule part of U.S. agriculture and water treatment plants barely a dot on the radar screen compared to our farm industry. Public opinion, spurred on by Hollywood movies, brought both to their knees.
If the McElmurray case in Georgia, the Nancy Holt case in Burlington, N.C., the Ellington case in Gladys, Va., or one of hundreds of other equally poignant and gut-wrenching stories make it to 60 Minutes or a Hollywood movie, what impact would that publicity have on the entire agricultural industry? I don't know! I doubt those of us involved directly or indirectly want to find out.
It is wise counsel I believe for farmers to know exactly what they are getting into when they agree to have biosolids, regardless of the source, applied to their land.
Somewhere between the horror stories of the McElmurrays and Boyces of the world and the success stories of the biosolids industry there must be some common ground. For the well-being of the agricultural industry, I suggest we find it.


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The silver shovels have been lowered and raised, the symbolic dirt has been flung, the pols have grinned, the hands have been gripped, Mets on Apparent Permanent Retainer Reyes and Wright and Maine have smiled for the cameras (somebody let these guys go home!), and the new place has a name.
And not a bad name, to my mind.
CitiField. Well, OK, it is a field in a city. As my co-blogger notes, could have been worse. Could have been a lot worse. CitiField is far better than all the parks named after drinks and dot-coms and telephones and cellphones. Just imagine Banco Popular Stadium or Nymex Field or the Donald Field at Trump Meadows. Heck, the Arizona Cardinals had to fend off a restaurant chain that wanted to name their park Pink Taco Stadium. Yes really. How would that one have sat with us?
Should it have not had a corporate name at all? Maybe. But for better or for worse, this is the modern world: For all but a very few parks, a corporate moniker is practically the law of physics, and the parks that are exceptions have a history and character that not even Shea's most-avid partisans could claim for it. No one who hasn't been huffing paint thinner would ever call Shea a lyric little bandbox, or refer to its friendly confines. The Yankees, actually, are an exception to the exception: They play in a park made pedestrian by a bad makeover, yet still couldn't get away with a corporate name. So be it — let their mystique and aura and all that cost them a little money for a change. Besides, you just know they'll make up the difference by unveiling the Enterprise Rent-a-Car Captain Derek Jeter Intangibles Celebrity Pavilion and the Red Envelope Twenty-six Rings Baby Parking Complex, or similar atrocities that will test my co-blogger's newfound calm.
Jackie Robinson Field? It would have been disappointing if the Mets had reached back to Ebbets Field with only an architectural salute. But I think they did enough — and Rachel Robinson, hardly a shrinking violet at 84, said she was satisfied. For Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe to face off across the 7 tracks would have been satisfying, no argument there. And if the Mets played in Brooklyn (as I once dreamed they might), I'd campaign loudly for the idea. I saw 42 put on the outfield wall on a frozen night. I live just blocks from a plaque on the site of the old Dodger offices, commemorating where Branch Rickey and Robinson inked his big-league deal. It's a plaque facing a big, empty street corner that could use a statue to join the one outside Keyspan and the one that will be in the CitiField rotunda. But that's another post. For now, in my book, the Mets did enough.
As for those certain-to-heard taunts of ShitiField? Ha. I'm not worried. Because let's face it: That's where we play now.
I have many, many cherished memories of things that happened at Shea. Ordonez's debut. The Mets' last fight. Piazza's first game. The 10-run inning. Clontz's wild pitch. Pratt hitting it over the fence. The Grand Slam Single. Agbayani's dinger. Bobby Jones flirting with perfection. Timo jumping up to make the pennant arrive more quickly. Piazza's last game. The 2006 clincher. John Maine's season-extender. And those are just some of the big ones. I have many, many cherished memories of seeing these things that happened at Shea with people who are dear to me: my wife, my little boy, my good friend and co-blogger, my fellow travelers in orange and blue, my pals just along for a day's ride.
But these things, these memories, are not Shea itself.
That, sadly, is something else. It's broken seats and sticky concrete and bathroom lakes and escalators that don't work on Opening Day and a general, grinding crappiness that wears you down. ShitiField, in other words. And I'm ready for an end to it.
This new park? It may not be your thing if you think the retro ballparks with their bricks and their trusses have run their course. I harbor no fantasy that the decrepit ushers and lemon-pussed security guards and Aramark drones will show up for their first day of work with attitude transplants. Our park being our park, the contests on the videoboard will be a mix of illogical and insultingly easy, we'll be shown Rangers-Royals highlights, and several Met-related facts will be incorrect. But the park itself won't be shitty, if only because it'll be a modern ballpark, with all the seats actually facing the field and the action visible while getting concessions and a host of other little things other fans have been able to take for granted for years. I can't wait.
And that corporate moniker comes with a not-to-be-overlooked bonus. Twenty million dollars a year, every year. Money for a Carlos Beltran-level free agent, every year for a generation. That in itself is no guarantee of anything — Al Harazin and Jeff Torborg could have come in last with it — but it's awfully nice to have working in your favor when free agents come to visit and the draft pick you want has hired Scott Boras and the deadline deals come with contracts needing to be restructured. Does it risk turning us into the Yankees? We don't like to admit this, but to outsiders we already are. Closer to home, we've got a shortstop and third baseman who play this game with such joy you want to laugh out loud, and they've got a shortstop and third baseman who seethe and plot against each other like they're putting on some pinstriped version of "Heathers." I'm not the slightest bit worried about us turning into them.
CitiField and SNY filling the coffers, Wright and Reyes wearing the colors. I've got a name for it: The Golden Age. Let's get it started.
The silver shovels have been lowered and raised, the symbolic dirt has been flung, the pols have grinned, the hands have been gripped, Mets on Apparent Permanent Retainer Reyes and Wright and Maine have smiled for the cameras (somebody let these guys go home!), and the new place has a name.


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Business, no matter the model, should be driven by purpose, not profit. Husband-and-wife duo Ross and Danielle discovered this epiphany after struggling with several business models that had failed.
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Barbara was fine with the body she had, but she was always exhausted. When she finally found Isagenix, she found new energy and a new body.
As Bob grew older, he realized that his lack of energy and physical activity were keeping him from being an involved father and husband. He was ready for a change.


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OXNARD, California – Who do you turn to when you run out of goalkeepers? That was the question that Vancouver Whitecaps FC were faced with at training last week after a stomach virus ran through the team.
The bug hit the goalkeeping core especially hard. With Jay Nolly feeling ill and Brian Sylvestre sidelined with a hamstring injury, only Simon Thomas was available in net on Wednesday, though he too was feeling sick. The lack of healthy bodies left the squad one capable shotstopper short of fielding two teams for their scrimmage. Or so they thought...
Enter Graeme Poole, team physiotherapist by trade, fourth-string goalkeeper by destiny.
"We came down here with three 'keepers and we only had one left," said Poole. "I needed to go between the pipes. That was the only option really."
The chance to play in goal may have appeared to be a twist of fate, but Poole explains that it was no accident.
"At breakfast that morning, I mentioned to Teitur that I had played in goal for UBC while I was there. Two games, in the spring season," he revealed. "So I sort of let that slip intentionally."
Before testing his mettle, though, he was put on trial with goalkeeping coach Mike Salmon.
"He put me through all the paces and got me good and warm," said Poole "It was a real privilege to get to do the warm-up with him."
"His hands were good actually," said Salmon. "That surprised me. He had good hand-eye coordination, good reactions."
After proving to Salmon that he deserved a shot, Poole was given the nod, and maybe even a chance to impress?
"I think I gave up six goals (in 16 minutes)," admitted Poole. "Maybe some of them took it easy on me because these guys can really shoot."
While his debut performance may not have been everything that he dreamed, Poole can still see himself having a career in net.
"I think I'm about a solid seventh-string MLS goalkeeper," said Poole confidently.
Poole nearly had another chance against Ventura the next day when Thomas too was overpowered by the stomach virus. Luckily for the Whitecaps, though, Jay Nolly was able to battle through his sickness and play the full 90 minutes for the team in their 2-1 victory against the Ventura County Fusion.
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Salman at IPL final and Aamir in 10 Ka Dum
Following up to this post. As expected, Salman Khan has been very entertaining as host of the game show 10 Ka Dum. Search YouTube using the name of the show, and see for yourself. Haven't seen Shah Rukh greet a contestant on stage like this! That too with a song from an Aamir Khan film followed by one from his own. Cool, yaaron.
The exciting news is that Aamir Khan and his nephew Imran Khan recently recorded an episode of the show with Salman (per this article). Aamir and Salman are easily two of my favorite actors of all-time, and I am absolutely excited to see them on stage together! What a treat that will be!
Aamir and Salman were also seen hanging out together at the final of the Indian Premier League of cricket a couple of weeks ago (and I thought my watermarks were intrusive):
This is also where Salman performed at intermission. Here he is in a brief segment, about 3:30 into the video:
If you are a cricket fan (or even if you are not), you will also appreciate this video, in which Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh (both among the more talented cricketers in the country) respond with Katrina Kaif to Salman's question: "Who do you think is the most beautiful actress?"
Like the way the video ends, with Salman saying, "See you outside".
PS. And I thought I was a big Sachin Tendulkar fan.
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Apparently Hrithik Roshan is also busy with a show on NDTV Imagine called 'Junoon… Kuch Kar Dikhaane Ka' where he isn't a judge, host, or a contestant, but something called a goodwill ambassador. No idea what that means really. I have yet to see 10 Ka Dum, which seems like the Indian version of the Power of Ten, right? Having grown up in the U.S., I prefer the American versions because the questions are easier to answer simply because they better reflect my experiences.
Sometime last summer, I was watching Sony TV around 3 in the morning (I'm kind of an night owl) and I happened to catch 'Jeeto Chappad Phad Ke' with Govinda. The show wasn't bad, but I felt that the presence of a star host on the show really made the show a drag. Can we please just focus on the game, and not the antics and charm of the superstar host? All of the American game shows that I've come to love do not have movie stars as hosts, but instead rely primarily on unique, entertaining concepts, backed up by witty hosts, who do not overshadow the game itself.
The Aamir/Imran Khan guest appearance on 10 Ka Dum would be cool to watch. I still haven't heard Imran's voice, and by this time before Saawariya/OSO, everyone seemed to know Ranbir, Sonam, and Deepika so well.
Recently, I've been watching some episodies of 'Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hain' with Shah Rukh Khan. It's okay, nothing spectacular. SRK is charismatic, or at least attempts to be. I actually enjoyed a recent episode with Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor.
Some interesting things I noted from the show:
Saif and Kareena have no chemistry offscreen. Kareena came off as incredibly aloof. Either she was trying to boost Saif's ego, who seemed to be answering all of the questions, or really does not know much about anything (she admitted she's never had an interest in books). I've read some reports that Saif hasn't been too happy with Kareena lately and has become somewhat possessive.
There was one question under the category of Holidays (I think), which was something along the lines of…
True or False: The Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr occurs at the beginning of the month of Ramadan.
Now I never expected Bollywood stars to be religious, but I was a little taken back when Saif Ali Khan, explaining his thought process, said that there were 40 days in Ramadan.
My favorite moment of the show was when one of the "paanchvi" students brought a box of laddoos to share with Saif and Kareena. Now we all know how hard Kareena had worked to lose weight and look so thin for Tashan to the point that people began to speculate that she had an eating disorder ("Do I look anorexic?!" she snapped to someone who asked). Upon seeing the laddoos Kareena gasped and placed her hand on heart seemingly out of disbelief. To which my mom said, "Anny khuraq mahiney di nahin honi" (She probably doesn't get that much nourishment in a month), and I couldn't help but laugh.
Being a Punjabi, I have never had Sev Puri or even heard of it before. Could you explain briefly what Sev Puri is?
Anyway speaking of food, I've been sampling many desi deserts recently. I'm not a huge fan of sweets, but I've fallen in love with Motichur Laddoos and also had some amazing Kheer. Reminded me of Eid when my mom makes Saviyan. Maybe it was just the ones I had, but I also tried something called 'Chum Chum' (sort of like white Gulab Jamun), which tasted absolutely horrible! Kind of like cardboard to tell you the truth.
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The Hrithik appearances sounds interesting. I would think a goodwill ambassador would promote the show in good faith, and use his/her celebrity status to attract new viewership. The concept might not be very different from goodwill ambassadors for countries, where they represent their countries and focus on the positive, and discuss their strengths to build on and what they could do better, garnering support from other countries. For the shows, I tend to think of them as brand ambassadors, but I might be wrong.
Haven't seen the Govinda show, thanks for the info. Imran and Genelia have been quiet (typical of Aamir Khan projects), which is making things better for the film, one would think.
I was surprised with the knowledge of religion some of the Bollywood stars do have. That piece with Saif sounds very interesting, and somewhat disappointing. That Ramadan is a month really isn't unknown to most of the world :)
Your mom's comment on the laddoos and Kareena is hilarious and probably right!
Sev puri is a very popular chaat-style Bombay snack; more at this link
And all those desi deserts are yummy, although I am not the biggest fan of Chum Chum, I'll admit.
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Festive Season. Time to put on a suit! A suit is a statement and a good
suit is like a second skin. That is why it is very important to know and
choose your fit. Tommy Fazio at Nordstrom Men's Department explains the
3 classic fits here.
If you want to step it up and treat yourself to a new suit I have a couple of nice pieces in the following selection.
Alexander McQueen – Slim-Fit Wool and Mohair Blend Suit
The wool and mohair blend Suit by Alexander McQueen is cut for a slim fit and creates a streamlined silhouette. This fully lined piece is a classic black suit with its 2 buttons, flap front pockets and chestpocket. Purchase it a Mr. Porter.
A.Sauvage – All Over Print Suit
Adrien Sauvage's first ready-to-wear collection is an eye-catching design. Combining a striking tessellated pattern with a cut that favours the collections Dress Easy philosophy, the piece removes superfluous detail to leave an effortlessly wearable style. Ware the blazer with black or white pants, if you are not all that daring. Get it at Oki-Ni.
Ted Baker – Silver Single Breasted Pashion Suit
This suit by Ted Baker London is made of a wool and silk mix with a tonic finish it features slanted jet pockets and is a single breast with one button fastening. The pants come unfinished so they can be tailored into the perfect length. The lining features a floral pattern. For more information and to purchase this one check Ted Baker.
Maison Martin Margiela – Men's Jacket and Pants
This Martin Margiela 2012 suit jacket is crafted from a wool blend and features a classic lapel with two black buttons along the placket and is made tailored fit. There is double darting above each of the flap closure pockets. The cuffs fasten with four black buttons. The suit is lined with black fabric with a subtle all over 'Martin Margiela' number logo print. Available at LN-CC.
Top Man Design – Textured Suit
This suit by Top Man Design (Topshop) has a textured print in a very versatile gray. It is double-breasted with 3 black buttons and has pointed lapels. Best to keep the pants in shape with a crease. This suit is part of the Topman Design Fall/Winter 2012 Collection. Prchase it here.
Kenzo – Turquoise Mohair-Blend 2 Piece
This suit by French label Kenzo features a slim-fit single-breasted blazer and slim fit pants in an eye catching turquoise. It has a notched lapel collar and 2 buttons for closure at the front. It also features shoulder padding and 4-button sleeve cuffs.
The slim fit trousers come in 4 pocket stye and with vertical darts at the rear. Get it at Ssense.
Gant Rugger – Chalk Striped Wool-Blend Suit
This Gant Rugger navy with chalk stripe jacket and pants come in a slim fit and are completely unstructured for a sleek and elegant silhouette. Finished with contrasting lining at collar and cuffs and peaked lapels. You can purchase this suit at Mr. Porter.
Boss Black – 'James/Sharp' Trim Fit Wool Suit
BOSS Black is known for classic cuts and traditional supreme tailoring. The James/Sharp's meticulous tailoring lends a sophisticated fit and finish to a notch-lapel jacket and flat-front trousers crafted from a subtly patterned wool. Single brested with a frontal 2-button closure and 4-button cuffs the jacket features a chest pocket, flap pockets and four interior pockets. Get it at Nordstrom.
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I very much appreciate Ronn Johnson's willingness to debate on this topic, and respect his right to hold whatever views he feels are correct. However, it was a painful experience for me to watch the debate.
There is one point in particular I will address with this post.
Ronn referred to Richard Lenski's Long-Term Experimental Evolution research and was not impressed by the demonstrated ability for organisms to evolve. It amounted to a combined argument from personal incredulity and an argument from ignorance.
In the first 50 years or so after Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species the proponents of the theory had the burden of proof. It was a new theory, and all new theories must go through the rigorous process science demands to become accepted.
Today, the Theory has many independent lines of evidence converging on the same conclusion: evolution is a fact. It is one of the, if not the, most highly verified scientific theories ever.
As with any theory with massive explanatory power, there are debates in the scientific community about subtleties of mechanisms and their respective weights on outcomes.
There are two options if someone wants to claim evolution is not a fact today.
Ronn, you must prove that one of the above options is true. As a part of that, you would need to also discredit all of the fossil, DNA, chronology and geographic evidences, etc. You would need to show that ALL scientists are either villains hiding the truth from everyone and are well organized and competent enough at conspiracies to pull off the sham, or they are all incompetent in using a scientific method which does not reveal truth.
Until you do these things, you must realize that your denial of evolution is a purely faith-based position.
Good luck. I'll be waiting for your response.
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CANYON, TX — A park known to many as the "Grand Canyon of Texas" and beloved by generations who have visited its landmark features celebrates 75 years as a popular Panhandle travel destination near Amarillo, with special events and activities scheduled for the weekend of July 4-5.
To celebrate the 75th anniversary, the park is offering free admission to all visitors, waiving the customary $5 per-person adult admission fee (children ages 12 and younger are always free). The park will also host a number of activities such as nature hikes and wildlife viewing tours along some of the park's numerous nature trails.
Highlighting the weekend's festivities will be a special edition of the musical drama "Texas" on the evening of July 4-including extra fireworks and music to honor the Fourth of July tradition-and a concert by Boz Scaggs and his band the evening of July 5. Both events are scheduled for the park's Pioneer Amphitheater. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit the Partners in Palo Duro Canyon Foundation and the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation.
"Palo Duro Canyon has been important to everyone who has lived here, going back some 12,000 years," said park superintendent Randy Ferris. "From prehistoric man to the Comanche and Kiowa peoples, who considered it a sacred place, to ranchers who brought livestock here because of the water. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corp came here to restore access to this place and help build the economy. Everywhere you look, Lighthouse Rock is an icon to this region; people even name local businesses in honor of it. Now, Palo Duro Canyon State Park gives us a place to escape from our busy lives. You can still drive into the canyon, and imagine you are the first person ever to discover it."
Today, Palo Duro Canyon State Park covers 30,000 acres and ranks as the second-largest canyon in the nation. It includes numerous RV and primitive campsites, cabins, horseback riding and other popular features. The park is also a significant economic engine for the entire Panhandle region, each year generating more than $9.7 million impact on sales, $5 million on personal income, more than 100 jobs and $19,500 in sales tax for Randall County alone.
Amarillo's legendary restaurant, The Big Texan, will also be on hand serving dinner each night of the anniversary weekend, available just prior to the play "Texas" on Saturday evening, and then before the concert again on Sunday evening. Tickets to the play run from $9.95 to $29.95 with the steak dinner available for an additional $16.95 each for adults and $12.70 each for children; tickets to the Boz Scaggs concert cost $50 to $100 each depending upon the seat, but do include the steak dinner for each ticket holder.
For more information, contact Palo Duro Canyon State Park at (806) 488-2227, or visit the Web site at tpwd.texas.gov/parks. It is recommended that tickets to the show "Texas" or to the Boz Scaggs concert be purchased in advance, as seating is limited. For ticket information for either event, visit http://www.texas-show.com/ or call (806) 655-2181.
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Originating in the wooded hills above the Mediterranean, the smoketree holds true to its name. The species boasts blooms that are wispy clumps of filaments—either cream or pink—that look like puffs of smoke. This defining feature has earned it other nicknames including mist tree, cloud tree, wig tree and Jupiter's beard. It also caused Minnesota garden writer Don Engebretson to proclaim it "one of the most arresting shrubs available to…gardeners today."
This easy-to-grow specimen is a good choice for a shrub border or other grouping. It can either flourish as a multi-stemmed shrub, be pruned to a single-trunk tree or be cut back every year to maintain the look of a smaller bushy plant.


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So the Mrs. is out tonight, and I'm bored. You can probably guess what happens next!
A few bits of wood out of the shed, an old piece of rope from the sailing bag, and I'm all ready to make some flames!! Except unsurprisingly I'm not.
All I've succeeded in doing is making a decent amount of smoke, and some hot-ish dust, but nothing that could as yet be called an ember. I suspect my drill is too green / damp. Unfortunately I can't find anything better to use at the moment,
So finally we reached the lunxch spot were afriendly paddle companion showed up
After lunch the river widened a bit and we came out into the meadows
but still there
at the 29th of december friend Enno and me met for a day trip on the River Bever here in northern germany. Around 10:00 at the put in.
Me dressing up
Enno controlling his watertight bag
and finally the put in
I guess it is time to test the blogg feature. This is of course designed to be used as a traditional blog as opposed to the SotP bloggs of trips.
I'm not sure if this feature will stay activated but as long as it is here I guess I should give it a test.


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Step 1) Locate the /openshot/themes/ folder. Make a copy of the "blue_glass" folder. Call this new folder whatever you want to.
Step 2) Using Gimp (or any image editor) modify the images in this folder to your liking.
Step 3) Next time you run OpenShot, go to /Edit/Preferences, and change your theme to your new folder.
Congratulations, you have just created your first custom OpenShot theme. Now, if you are a good artist, and created something truly original and beautiful, please upload your theme folder (as a TAR) to this forum. The best themes will be considered for packaging in OpenShot! Good luck!


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In a speech to United Nations staff and delegates yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke out against the Taliban's abuse of Afghan women and girls and the trafficking of women in children for use as prostitutes in Thailand and many other nations.
"There probably is no more egregious and systematic trampling of fundamental rights of women today than what is happening in Afghanistan under the iron rule of the Taliban," said Clinton. "We have heard all of us the stories of women being flogged with metal cables because a bit of ankle would be showing. We have heard of women being taken to hospital after hospital and finally dying ... because there were no women doctors and no male doctor could be permitted to treat the women," she continued.
Clinton vehemently declared, "It is no longer acceptable to say that the abuse and mistreatment of women in cultural. It should be called what it is -- criminal." Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright has made similar remarks in the past in reference to the treatment of Afghan girls and women under the repressive Taliban regime.
Clinton also condemned the sexual trafficking of women and girls. She told the audience of how she had met with girls who were sold into sexual slavery by their families in Thailand. "I met the girls who had come home after they had been used up, after they had contracted H.I.V. and AIDS. If you've ever held the had of a 13-year-old girl dying of AIDS, you can understand how critical it is that we take every step possible to prevent this happening to any other girl, anywhere, in the world."
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By David Evans and Bonnie Goldman
JANE FOWLER LOVES TO READ about other peoples' lives. For her, heaven is a day spent lounging in her Kansas City apartment on her living room sofa, a juicy biography in hand. A bright yet modest woman, Jane would probably balk at the idea that her own life is a compelling story. At the age of 72, she is a mother, a grandmother, a retired journalist and a speaker of some note. She is also an HIV-positive divorcée.
Many women brought up in the 1940s and '50s, like Jane, were taught that if they played by the rules -- played hard, but fair -- they would be OK. Jane's early years largely confirmed this philosophy. She was a smart and pretty young woman who married an equally intelligent and attractive man. She was blessed with a beautiful and healthy son. In addition to being a mother, she was also an accomplished journalist for The Kansas City Star and Bon Appetit magazine, many years before working moms became commonplace. She lived, by her own definition, a "charmed" life, so nothing prepared Jane for the unexpected changes to come.
Although Jane says that she never indulged herself with the question "Why me?," she remembers being struck by the irony that she could become infected. "I had been married for 23 years to the same man," she said. "I was monogamous. When we divorced -- a divorce I didn't want -- I didn't quite know what to do. The counselor I saw after the split kept telling me that I needed to 'get on with my life.' That meant dating, a challenge I did not welcome. What led me to try it was the thought, 'How am I going to have the kind of social life I enjoyed as half a couple?' During the next years, I dated a few men, none of them strangers. I didn't consider myself promiscuous."
In her intimate relationships, Jane saw no need to use condoms because, as an older woman, she knew she couldn't become pregnant. She had few sexual partners and knew them well, so she didn't fear sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). But, as sex educators and medical professionals have repeatedly stated for years, you don't have to be intimate with a lot of people to become infected with HIV or any other STD. It is the people with whom we are sexual, and the kind of sex we have, that matters. For Jane, who describes herself as "the original 1950s good girl," HIV was something that happened to others.
When Jane came home from San Francisco in January 1991, after a wonderful holiday visit with friends and her son, Stephen, she knew she'd have a stack of mail to sort through. Trading the relative warmth of the Bay area for a blustery Midwestern winter hadn't put her in the best frame of mind, so when she found a letter from a health insurance company to which she had applied for new coverage, she hoped it was a friendly welcome letter. Her first shock was in finding that she'd been denied coverage. Her second came with the statement, "Your blood test disclosed a significant abnormality ... we will notify your physician."
Though Jane was completely shocked by the news, she never kept her diagnosis a secret from her family and closest friends. "I'm not the kind of person who keeps things to myself," she said. "From the moment I opened that envelope at 4 p.m. on Jan. 6, 1991, I knew there was something seriously wrong; I immediately called Stephen to talk about it. My first thought was leukemia, because during the course of my volunteer work in the mid-'80s I had spent time with a little girl who had it.
"The next day, I telephoned the insurance company, and the underwriter told me that they would have to send the results of my blood test to my physician by mail, which I knew could take several days. When I became angry and upset, the underwriter offered to fax the results instead. Several hours later I was in my doctor's office. When I asked her what was wrong, she took my hand. 'Jane,' she said, 'this insurance company claims you've tested positive for HIV.'"
A couple of weeks later, Jane found herself in the office of an anonymous HIV-testing clinic, receiving the same news all over again. The test counselor told her, "I'm sorry, but your test did come back positive." Jane was stunned. She actually had HIV. It wasn't some sort of awful mistake.
Even with the support of family and friends, Jane found herself shutting down. Within months of her diagnosis, she retired from a lifelong career in journalism to reduce stress and protect her health -- or, at least, that was what she told her friends. "In truth, I withdrew because I didn't want to face possible discrimination, rejection, intolerance," she said. "I became reclusive over the next four years, spending much of my time in my apartment, alone, watching too much TV."
Jane is no longer hiding. Far from it, in fact. In 1995 she became inspired to fight back; today, she speaks publicly all around the United States about her experiences living with HIV. Her story is not just a cautionary tale to women and men who think they aren't at risk because of their age or their small number of sexual partners. Her story is also one of hope and the activism and volunteerism that have given Jane's life new meaning and purpose. Today she is director of HIV Wisdom for Older Women, a national program that she founded in 2002 and now runs out of Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care in Kansas City. She was also the national coordinator of the National Association on HIV Over Fifty (NAHOF), which she helped found in 1995. She travels around the country often, speaking on HIV prevention and conducting workshops to raise awareness and support for older people affected by HIV.
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Editor's note: Nick Shore is the Senior Vice President of MTV Insights and Innovations.
"We are reinventing the American Dream. We haven't had that opportunity in 100 years", Philip Lauri, Creative Director of Detroit Lives!, interviewed as part of the new Generation Innovation study from MTV Research
Here in the MTV Strategic Insights team, we have carefully tracked how today's young generation - raised with much engaged parenting and education, goal-orientation and self-esteem - is reacting to graduating into a world where they hold an average of $26,000 of college debt and face double-digit unemployment levels.
In a recent MTV study entitled "Generation Innovation," we set off to look at the resiliency of a Millennial generation that is pushing back against a system in need of repair… whether the economy, the environment, the education system and more.
What we found was counter to the often-charged caricature of today's youth as "entitled" and "coddled." Instead, we found a vibrant and strong fixer/maker/builder culture where nearly 3 in 4 Millennials believe "our generation is starting a movement to change old, outdated systems." Put more broadly, if the American Dream isn't working as promised, Millennials will take it upon themselves to create the next "version" of America.
The heady mix of forces driving this generation is only partly due to their sense of needing to fix something broken. The other, even more potent, side of the coin is the primacy they place on their own power of creativity. When asked "what word best defines the DNA of your generation?" the number one response was "Creative" and number two "Self-expressive." A full 70% of Millennials in the study agreed "Creativity will save us!"
One of the first places we checked on our journey was Detroit. We were fascinated by the dynamics at work with a younger generation busy appropriating, fixing and remixing the American Dream – transforming abandoned factories into hack spaces, disused cycle tracks into playgrounds, distressed storefronts into galleries for emerging artists and untangling arcane local government departments.
Millennials have the motivation and DNA to run wild with innovation, but they also have access to the tools, technologies and platforms to make a real difference. In fact, 92% of Millennials feel "empowered" by technology (versus just 11% who feel overwhelmed by it).
What the generation is busy fixing and making is interesting to watch, for sure. But perhaps most fascinating is HOW Millennials are going about innovation and how the next version of the American Dream may manifest.
Here are the big takeaways:
#1 We do the "chill-hustle"
Far from the stereotypes of an entitled, over-trophied generation who lack resilience, we encountered Millennials doing what they call the "chill hustle." Multi-tasking, working five side projects at once, placing a portfolio of project bets, and making it all "look easy."
Fifty-five percent of Millennials in our study said, "My hustle is more important than my MBA," while 78% said "even if I have a job it's important to have a side project that could become a different career."
They have got what we dubbed "Slashitude," as in, "I'm a retail associate/CEO/ Techno DJ /food stylist." Everyone, these days it seems, is a potpourri of evolving and overlapping skills.
#2 We hack
Hacking has jumped from a niche, tech-specific behavior implying something like breaking into someone's database to being a meta-concept approach to problem solving and even business as a whole. To hack is to collectively piece together rapid-fire lateral solutions and workarounds to problems using available resources, creativity and crackling energy. We heard about storyhacks (team solutions to building narrative structures for movies, short films, etc.) and even lifehacks (easy short cuts to those bothersome speed bumps of everyday life like picking up the dry cleaning).
And by the way, heads up, The Friday night hackathon is fast replacing the dance club or party for legions of the young creative class.
#3 We Beta
In the language of the lean start-up movement, you start with an MVP (minimum viable product), get it into the hands of some users, focus intently on feedback, and then iterate like crazy. For 72% of Millennials, "Life's like an App. There's always another version around the corner."
#4 We Swarm
We already know Millennials are essentially a communal generation, and that they move together through social media to leverage change on small and even large scales (think of the social media dimension to the Occupy movement). But what we saw in the Generation Innovation study was the desire for physical proximity around projects - the thrill of sitting together, huddling around a problem, reveling in the serendipity of what Steven Johnson calls "the tangled bank."
#5 We Bubble
The simplest way to describe this is to say that Millennials have an imaginary sign above their imaginary door that says "Haters not welcome." Using their diverse but like-minded network, seeking environments that promote creativity, and tapping good old-fashioned intuition, the young people we studied built a kind of safety bubble around their projects. A semi-permeable membrane that allowed ideas, influences and constructive criticism through, but kept out the haters, as they believe nothing kills a good nascent idea faster than a certain kind of nay-saying energy.
In some of the writing on generational theory, each generation is said to conform to an archetype... the rebel, the magician, the loner and so on. And these archetypes repeat in a cyclical pattern over time. The Millennials, like the post-war "Greatest Generation," were predicted to conform to the Hero archetype.
To hear the early stereotypes of this generation, one might have wondered where that Hero was hiding. But if "Generation Innovation" is any indication – with the economy as their battle, technology as their arsenal, and innovation/creativity as their rallying cry – Millennials' ultimate victory will be, we have absolutely no doubt, quite something to celebrate.


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Change is in the wind, and the wind is a blowin' at the IGO. If you have been paying attention lately you know that we have a new/revised set of bylaws (and they are now posted on the IGO web site) and some changes coming your way so that IGO can accommodate formal incorporation of the group and maintenance of our legal/legitimate non-profit status.
The critical change at the IGO site is a new set of requirements handed down from the State of Iowa. These requirements demand that IGO maintain a list of "members" complete with everyone's first name, last name, street address, phone number and date of birth. All of this information is REQUIRED by the state if we want to establish and maintain our new status.
We will never share this information with 3rd parties, but we simply have to obtain it in order to function legitimately.
Also, we need to have individuals ONLY as members. No more couples or families listed as a single 'member'. Sorry, another rule handed to us. And as long as we are listing rules...only those members who are 18 or older will be allowed to vote online, that's why we need your date of birth.
So, here's what we need you to do... Login to the IGO web site (not the forums!) and look on the left side of the page for your username. Below that you should see a "My account" link. Click it. Now you should be viewing your account info. Near the top of the page you should see an "Edit" link. Click it. Now you see even more of your account information with fields provided where you can edit things.
If you currently share an account with your spouse or someone else then we would like to you change your username at this time (so that your spouse or partner can create a new account of their own). Most of our IGO users specify their geocaching name as their username…that's great! Keep it up, but make a small change. For example, if your real name is John Doe and your IGO username is currently "JD and Sons" then please consider changing your IGO username to "JD and Sons – John". Simple enough, right? Later on your partners (sons) can create their own new accounts under their own names like "JD and Sons – Bob" and "JD and Sons – Pete".
OK, whether you change your username or not, you also need to find the "Profile" button on your account page. Click it. Now you should see lots more information about your account, including a new section of "Required Info". Note that every field inside this section has a red asterisk beside it. That means each of these new fields is REQUIRED. You won't be able to save/update your account until you have filled in each of these, and if you don't fill these in your rights and privileges as an IGO member (including the right to cast one ballot in the election) may be revoked.
Note: As of July 2013 you are NO LONGER REQUIRED TO ENTER YOUR BIRTHDATE to qualify for voting. Instead, you simply need to check the box indicating that you are at least 18 years of age. If you fail to check this box you will NOT be elligible to vote.
Once you have filled in all the required information, and made any other changes as you wish, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the form and click "Save". If you don't, all your changes will be lost and you'll have to start all over again.
Now, if you are one of the folks who previously shared an account with someone, we ask that you visit the web site as a guest and use the "Create new account" link to create your own new account. The forms you need to fill in for this account will look very much like those that we just walked through.
There are two VERY IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS when creating a new account:
1) Create a username that is recognizable as something related to geocaching OR at the very least, don't use an account name that ends in a long string of digits and be sure you fill in ALL the required info. Someone who tries to open a new account with a username of kjsnjkerp13432, for example, will probably be denied. Why you ask? Because spam bots typically generate nonsensical usernames like that and spammers are not welcome at IGO!
2) You MUST register using a UNIQUE e-mail address! If you previously shared an e-mail address with your spouse or partner, it's time to go get a new address. Any valid e-mail address (even a free one from Gmail, Yahoo, MSN, etc.) will do, just so long as you can send and receive e-mail to confirm your registration.
Even if you follow these rules, your new account won't be active immediately so be patient, somebody will review and authorize it in a day or two. Also, your required information will be reviewed by the Board and if you meet voting eligibility rules (18 or older and a resident of Iowa, or a non-resident who has petitioned for voting rights) you'll be declared an eligible voter...but that review could also take a day or two.


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Reviewed By Greg K (East Wenatchee, WA) Reviewed for a 2009 Nissan Pathfinder —10/26/2009 1:57 PM
The intake was easy to install in about 1 hour. I didn't really expect any performance gains I could feel, so no disappointment there. I have noticed about +1mpg gain in fuel economy, which means it will pay for itself in about 2000 miles. The one thing I didn't really expect was the increased intake noise; my wife isn't a big fan of that. This kit will make your engine louder, especially in the 2000 RPM range. I placed some foam around the box, and that helped a little.


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Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PC3 20000 Cas 9 4GB Review
When you set out to overclock your system, you want to make sure you know the limitations of your hardware and work around those limits. One area where you can end up with a limitation is with your system memory. In response to the enthusiast community desire for modules that reach up to 2000MHz, 2200MHz, 2400MHz and higher, Patriot has reached a bit deeper into the chip barrel to put together a set of memory designed for use with socket 1156 Intel P55 based systems rated at 2500MHz right out of the box, using only 1.65 to 1.70 volts. Running them at 2500MHz is going to require a fairly decent overclocking Core i7 processor to get to this level, but then again, that really is the point of having a set of memory that can run at this speed. This set of memory is built for use with Intel's socket 1156 processors and P55 based motherboards. Running your Core i7 870 CPU at the default 133 bclock is going to give you a maximum memory speed of 1600MHz, a far cry from 2500MHz, so you can see the increase in speed you are looking for - 900MHz!
Patriot is targeting these modules at the extreme overclocker that is not weak in the knees when it comes to tweaking the system for maximum performance. As you can guess, getting enough memory chips to run this high is going to take some serious binning, which takes time. Time costs money and this set is going to retail at about $350. This however, is the fastest off-the-shelf kit you can currently buy. Bandwidth and performance should see some nice increases with a set of memory that can run this fast. Let's see just what they can do when paired with Intel's latest unlocked socket 1156 offering - the Core i7 875 - to see just what this set is capable of delivering.
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The packaging for this set of modules is not the standard blister you get used to seeing when buying a set of memory, that's inside an illustrated box. The front panel shows a picture of what you will find inside, the Viper II equipped Sector 5 series modules. The rear panel has minimal information listing free technical support as one of the attributes of the modules. The Patriot and Sector 5 logo are on the top left, with contact information for Patriot on the bottom of the panel. One little note on the bottom, is that these modules carry a lifetime warranty. This gives you some peace of mind when it comes to pushing these modules. Pulling the modules out of the package, you get the traditional clam-shell style package that holds the modules in place during transit. This memory has a commemorative icon on the front of the card for the modules, that shows this to be Patriot's 25th anniversary, a significant achievement.
As part of the "Extreme Performance" lineup, this set of Viper II Sector 5 DDR3 modules carries part number PVV34G2500C9K and are rated to run at an impressive 2500MHz, while still only requiring 1.65 to 1.7 volts. Timings are set at 9-11-9-27 to reach the rated speed of 2500MHz and at the time of writing, are just about the highest rated modules you can buy with anyone's money! Where the Viper II modules differ from the popular Viper series modules is the design of the heat sink. The original Viper series used an AOC design that used an aluminum/copper composite heat shield, while the Viper II uses an aircraft grade extruded aluminum design to handle the heat. This set of modules features memory IC's that are binned to make sure they reach the specified 2500MHz and are individually tested and qualified on the ASUS P7P55D.
The bar has been set, so let's see if these modules can do the magic number and then get a little more clock speed on top of what's available out of the box.


text: LAS VEGAS --DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg promised a "new era" in moviegoing Tuesday, as Hollywood studios prepared a huge slate of 3-D movies for theaters that are increasingly going digital. "It is nothing less than the greatest innovation that has happened for all of us in the movie business since the advent of color 70 years ago," Katzenberg said in an address at ShoWest, a conference in Las Vegas where studios unveil clips and other details about upcoming movie lineups. "Now it's our chance to deliver something that is far superior than anything that can be done in the home," he said. Katzenberg then showed off a 3-D clip of his studio's March 2009 release "Monsters vs. Aliens," in which the U.S. military unleashes a barrage on an alien space ship as the president fires a few rounds from a handgun, shouting "I'm a brave president!" The presentation came after the announcement of a deal calling for the conversion of 10,000 more theater screens for the digital technology needed to accommodate 3-D. Access Integrated Technologies Inc. said it had reached agreements with four studios - Disney, News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox, Viacom Inc.'s Paramount, and Universal Pictures, which is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal - to finance and equip the screens in the U.S. and Canada during the next three years. The conversion will cost as much as $700 million, said Bud Mayo, chief executive of Access Integrated Technologies, which completed a first tranche of 3,700 digital conversions in October. Hollywood is anxious to convert as many theaters as possible to the digital format, which provides sharper images while eliminating the need for expensive celluloid film. The digital technology can also be used to show 3-D movies with the addition of software and hardware costing about $25,000 per year for each screen. "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," a 3-D movie, pulled in $31.3 million in its opening weekend last month, an impressive feat because it played on only 683 screens. Many wide-release, 2-D films open on more than 3,000 screens and make half as much money. "We were in as many locations as we could possibly get," said Chuck Viane, president of distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. "If there were 3,000 3-D screens available, would we have played them all? Yeah, I think we would." "Chicken Little," the first-ever animated 3-D movie released in November 2005, made $23,864 per screen, compared with $10,949 for the 2-D version. Box office figures have shown that the enveloping feel of 3-D can attract two to three times more moviegoers who are willing to pay as much as $3 more per ticket, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Drew Crum said. At least 30 more 3-D movies are in the pipeline from Hollywood, including this summer's adaptation of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Theaters owners and studios hope the offerings will help bring people back to multiplexes for an experience that cannot be matched by increasingly sophisticated home theater systems. The theater industry is also battling competition from video games and other alternative entertainment along with Internet movie downloads. The push to convert screens had been bogged down by a number of issues, including the shaky credit market that has threatened to increase costs even further. "It's just been maybe slower than anticipated," Crum said. Thus far, about 4,000 screens - just 10 percent of the estimated 38,000 screens in the U.S. and Canada - have been outfitted with digital technology. Only about 1,040 of those screens are now outfitted to show 3-D movies. Interest in 3-D has come and gone since the 1950s, but studios began to take the format seriously again after a 3-D version of 2004's "The Polar Express" from Warner Bros. grossed more than $45 million. A number of high-profile filmmakers now have 3-D projects in the works, including James Cameron and Tim Burton. Walt Disney Co. is making "Toy Story 3" in 3-D and plans to rerelease the first two "Toy Story" films in the trilogy in the format. Along with digital projection, today's 3-D technology makes use of polarized lenses rather than the flimsy red and green cardboard cutouts of the past that could cause nausea and headaches. In October, Access Integrated Technologies completed a two-year effort to retrofit multiplex screens at a cost of nearly $280 million - about $75,000 per screen. AccessIT is recouping the cost from studios over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, theater chains are ponying up as much as $25,000 a year per screen to technology firm REAL D for the software, physical upgrades and maintenance that makes it possible to show 3-D movies. The current dearth of screens has caused some short-term kinks. DreamWorks Animation said last month it pushed back the release of its "How to Train Your Dragon" by four months to March 2010 to avoid competing for 3-D screens with Cameron's hotly anticipated feature film "Avatar." The logjam has ramped up the pressure to cut deals to convert theaters. A second financing vehicle called Digital Cinema Implementation Partners was formed last March by the three largest theater exhibitors, Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc. and Cinemark Holdings Inc. with plans to outfit their 14,500 theaters with digital technology. "We, the exhibitors, and most of the studios want to make things happen so we can support what is a major commitment by multiple parties to the 3-D space," he said. 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Day the Earth Stood Still, The (US - BD)
Gabe Powers stood still a little too long and now he can't feel his legs at all...
On a clear day in the outdoor mall an alien spacecraft lands in Washington DC. From the ship steps a humanoid alien named Klaatu, and a massive metal robot named Gort. When a frightened soldier shoots Klaatu, Gort begins to use his massive power to destroy the army around him. Klaatu stops this show of force, and is taken to a human hospital. When it's made clear that humanity isn't listening to his message of peace, the alien takes an alternative approach, infiltrating an average American family in an effort to learn more about the people he's attempting to change. But time is of the essence, as Gort has been programmed to keep the peace at any cost, and his power is enough to destroy the entirety of humanity.
The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the essential post-WWII Science Fiction movies, and one of those few movies that can truly be marked as required viewing. Unlike many other essential films of the Cold War era, there is a sense of assured filmmaking here, and besides a big silver spaceship and a big silver robot, could easily be confused with a 'real movie' by some of the world's snobbier cineastes. Stylistically the film is about half noir, half cinema verite, creating a bleak, pseudo newsreel feel. Really only the minimalist special effects and Bernard Herrmann's Theremin heavy score are there to remind us we're watching what is essentially a fantasy film.
The basic and speedy plot can be effectively and truthfully read in many layers, effectively pushing B-movie entertainment beyond period A-movies in matters of sophistication and class. Hidden Christian parallels, and specific metaphors concerning the 'Red Scare'(blacklisted actors were used), and big bomb obsessions haven't been lost on many viewers over the years, insuring that The Day the Earth Stood Still was much more quickly recognized as a masterpiece than most B-genre releases throughout the years. Those of us looking to re-watch the film with new eyes should note the totalitarian way peace is actually thrust upon humanity in the happy end.
Not exactly the ideal film for the power of high definition, The Day the Earth Stood Still does, in fact, look as relatively perfect as possible. The film is presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, and crisp black and white tone. There is all kinds of grain floating about, but it's very fine, and obviously comparable to what the print looked like when it first screened in 1951. The limitations of the older cameras and lenses (the film's budget wouldn't allow for the use of what was considered state of the art even at the time) are made clearer by the increase in clarity. Wide angle shots especially exhibit fluctuations in detail. Close ups are astonishingly detailed given the film's age. The magnificent black and white photography requires noir-ish light and dark contrast. The depth and separation of elements only rarely muddles, and is normally gorgeously sharp.
On the commentary track director Robert Wise has a brief tirade against the very idea of surround sound. If a sound occurs behind the viewer it risks their forward attention, he argues. I'm sure he's not happy to hear his simply mixed film re-mixed into 5.1 channels of DTS-HD Master Audio. I'm personally not very fond of this new mix, and am very impressed with the cleaned up original Mono track. The warmth of the dialogue is the big difference between the tracks. The DTS dialogue is a little on the over compressed to disguise any hiss or damage. Though the slight damage is clearer on the Mono track, the overall effect is much more natural. The only real advantage of the DTS track is the uncompressed Bernard Herrmann score, which peaks a bit on the Mono track. The spread of the score is impressive too, but again doesn't feel a part of the film. The score is also presented solo in full 5.1 DTS-HD MA, for those with the need to really savour that Theremin goodness.
This packed disc begins with two solid commentary tracks. The first, which was also heard on the previous DVD release, features the film's director, Robert Wise, and Nicholas Meyer, director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Meyer gives a little more personal info than needed (it's not about you, Nick), he acts as a great mediator and interviewer for Wise, who's age does factor into the speed and clarity of his commentating.
The new track is the expert track, including both film expert and composer John Morgan, and Bernard Herrmann experts Steven Smith and William Stromberg, with producer Nick Redman acting sort of as a mediator. Given the mix of commentators, it's not surprising that the bulk of the track is concerned with Bernard Herrmann's impact on the film, and on film in general. I feel no need to read Steven Smith's novel now, as I think I've learned everything about Herrmann I'll ever need to know. There is some focus on the film's more incredible political chances and impacts, but this is really a track about Herrmann, not The Day the Earth Stood Still.
'The World of Theremin' is a three part extra, beginning with 'The Mysterious, Melodious Theremin', a featurette concerning the history of the instrument. We learn who invented the thing, how it works, how to play it, and more all in a mere five and a half minutes. Next is a live performance of The Day the Earth Stood Still main title by the featurette commentator Peter Pringle, set to a backdrop of the rest of the orchestra and to scenes from the film. Then we're given a chance to play with crude virtual Theremin set up. It might not be fun for people that don't know their scales, but it's a pretty neat feature, and you can apply it to a scene in the film.
Next is another interactive feature called 'Gort Command'. This is a sort of first person shooter from Gort's point of view, played with the Blu-ray remote. It's really too difficult to be any fun. I just don't think the remote was made for this.
'The Making of The Day the Earth Stood Still' is a deeply delving, but short (twenty-six minutes) little documentary. Film and musical experts, and a few people that were actually there during filming (some via audio only) are interviewed about a million subjects, and often take the audience back to the beginning of each subject's own history. For instance, when we get to director Robert Wise, we're given a brief history of the man's entire career. Besides interview footage, behind the scenes photos, and film footage, the doc also features sections from the original script. The previous DVD release reportedly had an eighty minute making of documentary, so one wonders what in this disc's other extras hasn't simply been culled from the longer version. Perhaps one of our readers knows.
'Decoding Klaatu Barada Nikto' is a deeper look at the metaphorical nature of the film's story, exploring the current events of the time, including the beginnings of the Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, the early UN, and the reality of the atomic bomb. Experts delve into these aspects far beyond anything most of us would ever notice, including a notation of the Capra-esque love of country, and timely importance of the inclusion of an Albert Einstein like character. The featurette runs sixteen minutes, and should've been included with the making of featurette.
'A Brief History of Flying Saucers' is pretty much exactly what it says it is, covering the history of 'real life' UFO sightings in about thirty-four minutes. The featurette's tone is pretty serious, and the experts interviewed mostly don't come across as wackos, as so often is the case in these kinds of things. The pacing is actually rather jarringly fast, cutting from interview to interview, and flipping from picture to picture, but the scope, the inclusion of classic radio and television broadcasts, and some of the original sighting footage is quite entertaining and informative. It is unfortunate that Fox couldn't augment and lengthen the featurette with footage from some other flying saucer movies.
'The Astounding Harry Bates' tells us a bit about the apparently mysterious writer Harry Bates. Bates' short story 'Farewell to the Master' was the basis for the super-robot part of the movie, though apparently it was intended to be a closer adaptation. The producers manage to hunt down several Bates' experts for interview and some audio interview footage with Bates himself speaking about the film. This rather touching featurette runs eleven minutes.
'Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still' concerns the film's screenwriter. North is apparently not as mysterious as Harry Bates, because we're given a basic rundown of his entire life, and his daughters tell us much of the story. The anti-war sentiment of The Day the Earth Stood Still was not an accident, as North was in the thick of WWII around the time he started his career. Unlike other featurettes on the set, this fourteen minute mini-doc goes beyond the subject's work on The Day the Earth Stood Still, up to and past a rewrite on Coppola's Academy Award Winning Patton script. North's 1982 documentary short (twenty-seven minutes), 'Race to Oblivion', is also included.
Next Jameson K. Price reads us Harry Bates' 'Farewell to the Master'. The story is presented in three chapters. Price's voice is pretty enthralling, but there isn't any visual information or music to go along with the story, so there is a sense of lost possibilities (Blu-ray is an audio/visual medium, after all). Still, an audio book is preferable to burning one's eyes out trying to read the story on screen as text. All in all, this runs over an hour and a half.
This solid collection of extras is completed with a Fox Movienews newsreel from 1951 (including the signing of a treaty against Communist Russia, Korean War updates, a bit about the film receiving a special Sci-Fi award, and a Miss America update), trailers, and seven image galleries.
For those interested (I'm sorry this review is running late) there are about six and a half minutes of the Keanu Reeves remake, in hi-def, with 5.1 sound. Looks sharp, but not particularly interesting.
In light of the recent remake, I'm happy to announce that The Day the Earth Stood Still stands up just as well as other required viewing classics, like Vertigo, The Third Man, Lawrence of Arabia, or even Citizen Kane. I don't know what was in the older release's longer documentary, but I find it hard to believe I could learn much more about the film from this Blu-ray's ample extra features. Some may think that that Hi-Def is a little too much for an Academy ratio, black and white release from 1951, but there aren't any complaints on this disc's video quality. When it comes to the audio, however, I'd stick to the original Mono.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
Great review Gabe. Love this movie to bits!
Clavius Member Join Date: January 2004 Location: United States Posts: 223
Great read, thanks!
This movie is one of my all-time faves, that's for sure!
This movie is one of my all-time faves, that's for sure!
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,831
Have you seen the remake, Gabe?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
No. I was incapacitated when the movie came out. I figure I'll get a review copy in a few months.
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
I actually thought the remake was okay set up wise. Shame about the ending.
Krishna Jaipersad Member Join Date: October 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 166
This is one of the all-time classic sci-fi flicks!!! What were they thinking when they remade it?????
Rob Taylor Member Join Date: March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7
I hope they were thinking something different than the people who have decided to remake Forbidden Planet.
Nic Mall Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,202
God the remake is awful.
Number Six Member Join Date: March 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5
What happened to the UK release? It was due out in early December and then just vanished, I had it on pre-order too :-(
One of my favourite movies of all time, shame about the remake fingers crossed Forbidden Planet works out better...
One of my favourite movies of all time, shame about the remake fingers crossed Forbidden Planet works out better...
All ages admitted
Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd December 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Mono English, DTS 5.1 French, DTS 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish
Extras: Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyer Commentary, Expert Commentary, Isolated Score, 'The World of Theremin', 'Gort Command', Making-Of, 'Decoding Klaatu Barada Nikto', 'A Brief History of Flying Saucers', 'The Astounding Harry Bates', 'Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still', 'Race to Oblivion', Reading From 'Farewell to the Masters', Newsreel, Trailers, Image Galleries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Frances Bavier, Marshall Bradford, John Burton, Wheaton Chambers, James Craven
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 92 minutes
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
1.25 MCLE hours
All faculty, students and staff are invited to attend.
On Tuesday, March 24, Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute for Law and the Workplace will present the 31st annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture "Return of the Public: Why Market Fundamentalism Failed and What Labor Can Do About It to Save the World" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the auditorium.
Richard B. Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Kimberly M. Didier, Executive Director, Workforce Innovation and Regional Economic Development, Iowa Association of Business & Industry
Donald Kennedy, Director, High-Performance Work Organization Department, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
The current economic downturn has the U.S. labor market under a great deal of stress. Professor Freeman will make the argument that the problems of the 21st century are problems that require changes in rules and regulations that direct markets and resources toward the public good. He will show that deregulation and efforts to weaken unions have had a modest impact (with more impact on distribution than on efficiency), and that labor has been and will be massively affected by how we respond to the challenges that require public collective responses. Professor Freeman contends that as the collective voice of workers, labor can be a major force in addressing these problems. He will provide some examples of specific reforms and areas for change.
Ms. Didier will comment on the success of a small Midwestern community to reclaim 1,000 of the 1,900 jobs lost by the closing of Maytag. Mr. Kennedy will discuss the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers partnership with employers in developing high performance workplaces, including its successful efforts with Harley-Davidson.
For information about this and other upcoming CLE programs, visit www.kentlaw.edu/depts/cle.
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Whether it's a concert ticket, a costume or a custom-made piece of jewelry, if it bears the mark of someone famous, the item's value is likely to be inflated.
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KANSAS CITY – The New England Revolution selected two players in today's 2012 MLS SuperDraft, highlighted by U.S. Soccer Under-23 and UCLA midfielder Kelyn Rowe, chosen third overall. In the second round, the Revolution added Tyler Polak, a left back from Creighton University, with the 22nd overall pick. Both players recently completed their sophomore seasons at their collegiate programs.
Both players signed Generation adidas contracts with the league prior to the SuperDraft and have been automatically added to New England's roster.
"We're happy with our selections today," Revolution General Manager Michael Burns said. "To have two picks in the top 22, and to be able to sign two Generation adidas players that can join our roster immediately – we feel that it will be beneficial to both us and the players."
Rowe, 20, the 2011 Pac-12 Player of the Year as a sophomore, is a two-time All-American and has earned back-to-back all-conference honors. In 2010, he was also the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He scored six goals and added a conference-leading 10 assists in 2011, finishing his UCLA career with a total of 46 points in 46 games. Rowe was also ranked eighth in assists in NCAA Division I. After making six appearances with the U.S. U-20 National Team, the Federal Way, Wash., product recently earned a call-up to U.S. U23 (Olympic) National Team camp as the squad prepares for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Polak, 19, is a two-time NSCAA All-Midwest honoree, earning the distinction as both a freshman and sophomore, and started each of his 44 total games played at Creighton. He led the Bluejay defense as it set numerous defensive records, and led the NCAA in shutout percentage and goals against average while allowing only five goals and 2.8 shots on goal per game this season. During his Creighton career, the Lincoln, Neb., native scored three goals and added six assists. Polak has been a member of the U.S. National Team pool at the U14, U17, U18 and U20 levels. After playing every minute during CONCACAF U17 World Cup qualifying, he continued to play every minute for the U.S. during the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Rowe is expected to report to the Revolution's training camp later in January, following his training commitment to the U.S. Under-23 squad, which is currently in camp in Southern California. Polak is expected to join the Revs on Monday, Jan. 16, when they open camp at Gillette Stadium.
For up-to-the-minute information on the Revolution, visit the team's official web site at revolutionsoccer.net, or follow the team on Twitter at @NERevolution, or on Facebook at facebook.com/NERevolution.
Four- and six-game mini-game plans are on sale now and start at $84 for Category 3 tickets. Season tickets for the 2012 New England Revolution season are also on sale and start at $252 for 18-game packages. Call 1-877-GET-REVS or visit revolutionsoccer.net for more information about these plans or any other ticket option.
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Casablanca (1942)
Watch most any Warner Bros. movie, from "Blazing Saddles" (1974) to "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), and you'll see a golden "WB" logo over nostalgic piano notes. These are the notes of "As Time Goes By," the recurring theme from the film that has made Warner Bros. and all of Hollywood the most proud after 70 years.
"Casablanca" not only won Best Picture upon release, it remains the undisputed champion of Hollywood's Golden Age and, according to film critic Leonard Maltin, "The best Hollywood movie of all time." What a magnificent feat for a film that was just one of dozens cranked out by Warner Bros. in 1942, and one of three shot by Warner director Michael Curtiz that year.
Amidst the height of this studio assembly line, somehow all the stars aligned – a powerful cast, an "exotic" soundstage locale, one of the great love songs in music history, the single greatest script ever written, and current-events subject matter pitting romance against the Nazi attempt to take over the world. Continue reading


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Honduras police accused of death squad killings
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In this undated image obtained by the Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2013, a man lies on the ground surrounded by unidentified people. On Jan. 9, 2013, neighbors of Kevin Said Carranza Padilla, 28, known in the gang world as "Teiker," saw police come and take him and his girlfriend without a shot. The next morning, Jan. 10, Honduras' major newspaper, El Heraldo, reported that police had captured Carranza in connection with the murder of a police commander months earlier, publishing this photo of a shirtless, tattooed young man lying on the ground, his hands behind his back, his face partially wrapped in blue duct tape, the roll still attached. Carranza's mother, Blanca Alvarado, recognized him from his tattoos. (AP Photo)


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Open City Hall Question on Energy and Water Efficiency
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August 13, 2012
Contact: Christine Kirk, Public Affairs Manager
A new forum is open on Open City Hall - How should the City incorporate energy and water efficiency and green practices into public facilities? Should the city be a leader in incorporating these features into its own facilities, including landscaped areas and parks? To respond please go to http://www.peakdemocracy.com/portals/55/983.
The City's Comprehensive Plan Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) needs your input on Lake Oswego's future. As part of the We Love Lake Oswego community planning effort, the community will be updating goals and polices on public safety and facilities, natural hazards, solid waste, open space, local food options, natural resources and areas, wetlands, and community health. Two of the topics, energy and public facilities, are covered in this area.
Have more to say? Come see these plan areas Community Health and Public Safety and Healthy Ecosystems in action at the Community Fair, Saturday, August 25, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lower Millenium Park. Booths will be hosted by the CompPlan Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), the city's Natural Resources Advisory Board and Sustainability Advisory Board, along with other community partners.
The Comprehensive Plan update provides a blueprint for the community's decision-making over the next 25 years. For more information, visit http://welovelakeoswego.com/