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Photo caption: Rising Star Scouts. Troop 3 Scouts (from left) Joe Szewczyk and Aron Zamfino are congratulated by their mothers for advancing to Star Rank at a recent Court of Honor held at Derby 2nd Congregational Church.
A Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby Court of Honor was held recently at the troop's sponsoring organization, Derby 2nd Congregational Church.
Slide presentations were made by the scouts on their travels as representatives of Troop 3. Eagle Scout Neeraj Madivala and Life Scout Michael Neuendorf spoke on their month-long adventure as exchange scouts to Peterborough, England. A similar presentation was made showing the activities enjoyed by Life Scouts Steven Tracz, John Murray and Brian Welch, who were exchange scouts to Limerick, Ireland.
Crew leaders Michael Tracz, Colby McLiverty and Micheal Shea then presented photos of Troop 3's recent week-long sailing adventure in the Florida Keys as part of the BSA Florida Sea Base high adventure program. Twenty two scouts and leaders, including Limerick, Ireland exchange scouts James Glasson and Cian Neilan, served as the crew and enjoyed fishing, snorkeling and lobstering aboard 50 foot sail boats. Fifteen scouts from the troop along with Assistant Scoutmaster Jim Butler and Crew Advisor Tom Murray will participate as members of Housatonic Council BSA's contingent attending the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virgnia. Scoutmaster Randy Ritter announced plans for Troop 3's 2014 super trip, a 3-week cross country camping adventure, as part of troop's 100th anniversary celebration activities.
Senior Patrol Leader Matthew Moran directed the opening of the Court of Honor program. Stuart Oja and Zachary Thomas were welcomed as Troop 3's newest members. Joe Szewczyk and Aron Zamfino were honored for achieving Star Rank. It was also announced that Evan Altamirano has become Troop 3's 282nd scout to achieve Eagle Scout Rank since the troop was founded in 1914.
Troop Advancement Chairperson Margie Kish coordinated the recognition of the Thirty-five Troop 3 scouts earning merit badges since July: Dean Agamy: Fire Safety, David Ahearn: Communications, Evan Altamirano: Personal Fitness, Anthony Bartholomew: Archery, Leatherwork, Metalwork, Sculpture, Space Exploration, Theater, Wood Carving, James Butler: Canoeing, Lifesaving, Matthew Cafaro: Fire Safety, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geocaching, Metalwork, Wood Carving, Ryan Cafaro: Archery, Fish and Wildlife Management, Geocaching, Nature, James Chopak: Architecture, Camping, Collections, Cooking, Energy, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geocaching, Indian Lore, Kayaking, Mammal Study, Sculpture, Shotgun Shooting, Soil and Water Conservation, Space Exploration, Theater, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving, James Cobaugh: Camping, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Fish and Wildlife Management, Sculpture, and Weather.
Also, Andrew Devine: Architecture, Canoeing, Electricity, Kayaking, Nature, Jason Edwards, Athletics, Camping, Computers, Electricity, Environmental Science, Fish and Wildlife Management, Theater, Weather, Matthew Edwards: Nature, Shotgun Shooting, Michael Flora: Camping, First Aid, Geocaching, Kayaking, Swimming, Wood Carving, Julian Gilloren: Kayaking, Small Boat Sailing, Ben Grasso: Environmental Science, First Aid, Kayaking, Caine Jimmo: Leatherwork, Matthew Kish: Fish and Wildlife Management, Ryan Kish: Fish and Wildlife Management, Rifle Shooting, Wood Carving, Brandon Kling: Fire Safety, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geocaching, Metalwork, Wood Carving: Dylan Krystopowicz: Computers, Painting, and Sculpture.
Also, Dominic Livoti: Camping, Canoeing, Computers, Fish and Wildlife Management, Kayaking, Nature, Pioneering, Sculpture, Shotgun Shooting, Theater, Weather, Wilderness Survival, Naveen Madivalla: Electricity, Leatherwork, Rifle Shooting, Wood Carving, Matthew Main: Electricity, Leatherwork, Rifle Shooting, Wood Carving, Charles Manger: Fire Safety, Colby McLiverty: Electricity, Wood Carving, Matthew Moran: Archery, Communications, Fish and Wildlife Management, Nature, Theater, Elliot Moscato: Fire Safety, Joshua Moscato: Environmental Science, Leatherwork, Small Boat Sailing, Justin Patten: Geocaching, Shotgun Shooting, Space Exploration, Michael Patten: Fire Safety, Louis Richetelli, Fire Safety, Michael Shea: Canoeing, Adam Sroka: Environmental Science, Geocaching, Joseph Szewczyk: Camping, Computers, Geocaching, Swimming, Aron Zamfino: Camping, Citizenship in the World and Lifesaving.
Additional award were presented as follows: Kayaking BSA: James Chopak, Andrew Devine, Michael Flora, Julian Gilloren and Ben Grasso, Snorkeling BSA: Anthony Bartholomew, James Butler, Andrew Devine, Julian Gilloren and Michael Shea. Mile Swim awards were presented to James Chopak and Dominic Livoti. BSA Lifeguard was presented to Michael Tracz.
Troop 3 is accepting new members. Boys at least 11 years of age can visit the troop in action 7PM on Wedensdays at Derby 2nd Congregational Church, 136 Elizabeth St, across from the Derby Green.
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iO International brings customers high quality, in-language programming from countries all over the world. We are pleased to add The Israeli Network to this expanding array of viewing options.
Bethpage, NY (PRWEB) March 23, 2012
Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of The Israeli Network to its comprehensive iO International programming line-up. The Israeli Network, available on channel 1118, delivers news, entertainment and sports programming in Hebrew with English subtitles.
The Israeli Network broadcasts a mix of programming from Israel's most popular channels (Channel 2, Channel 10, Channel 1, etc.). Viewers receive daily news updates as well as breaking news. Additionally, customers can enjoy entertainment, including dramas, comedies, culture programming and shows for kids and teens. The Israeli Network also features popular Israeli sports, such as the premier soccer league and Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Euro league Basketball.
"iO International brings customers high quality, in-language programming from countries all over the world. We are pleased to add The Israeli Network to this expanding array of viewing options. The network delivers a compelling blend of news and entertainment programming directly from Israel, allowing our customers to remain connected to the pulse of The Middle East," said Bradley Feldman, Cablevision's vice president, video product management.
"We are proud to bring the Israeli viewpoint on current affairs along with Jewish tradition and Israeli cultural programs to iO TV customers. The Israeli Network will appeal to many audiences -- the American-Jewish community, Jews who care about Israel, Israelis living in the US, as well as the Americans who want to remain updated on the unfolding events in the Middle East," said Naftali Meron, CEO of The Israeli Network.
The Israel Network is available for $14.95 per month to residential and commercial customers with a digital cable set-top box and those who subscribe to Broadcast Basic service and above. Customers who are interested in receiving The Israeli Network can call 877-980-7636 to order or go to http://www.optimum.com/digital-cable-tv/international/ for additional information.
Cablevision's award-winning digital cable service, iO TV, offers customers access to hundreds of channels, including more than 50 premium movie channels, 46 channels of commercial-free digital music, thousands of titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, more than 120 free high-definition programming services and uniquely valuable and relevant local content through News 12, MSG Varsity and their companion interactive television applications.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is one of the nation's leading media and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations provide a full suite of advanced communications services that include iO TV® digital television, Optimum Online® high-speed Internet, and Optimum Voice® digital voice, all over state-of-the-art cable systems that pass nearly 6 million households and businesses across the New York tri-state area and throughout four Western states. Cablevision's telecommunications properties also include its Optimum WiFi® wireless Internet, and its Optimum Lightpath® integrated business communications solutions. Cablevision serves the New York area with compelling local content through News 12 Networks, a local news leader; MSG Varsity, a suite of television and online services covering high school activities; and, Newsday Media Group, a business unit that includes Newsday, Long Island's leading daily newspaper, and amNewYork, the nation's most widely circulated free daily serving New York City. The company also owns and operates Clearview Cinemas throughout the New York tri-state area including the famed Ziegfeld Theatre, a frequent and historic venue for film premieres and events. Additional information about Cablevision is available on the Web at http://www.cablevision.com.

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Problem: South Carolina's children consistently lag behind those in most other states in their educational performance. Multiple factors are responsible for this, but one of the main ones is the failure of the state to make quality public education a priority.
Currently the only educational requirement for the state is to provide a "minimally adequate, open and public education."
Solution: Amend the constitution to require that the state provide a high-quality public education. Define what that means and create a funding system that devotes the necessary state resources to that goal.
In her State of the State address in January, Gov. Nikki Haley called for a conversation with legislators to find a way to improve funding for the state's poorer schools.
In that address she said, "We do have to figure out a better way to bring up the schools in the poorer parts of our state, and history shows that we cannot count on their own depressed local tax bases and restrictive federal dollars to do it."
However, Haley offered no plan or ideas.
Former Gov. Richard Riley said last year that it will take much more than a conversation. "We really need a movement toward focusing on education. ... If we're going to do anything for education, everybody in the state has to be into it. We have to change our culture."
Problem: The inadequate tax bases of many I-95 Corridor and Mill Crescent counties do not properly support local public education. A 2009 study of the I-95 Corridor by Francis Marion University and South Carolina State University found that "there can be no doubt that the state has failed to provide most of the children of the I-95 Corridor counties with the educational opportunities provided in other parts of the state, and in most other parts of the country."
Solution: One partial solution is to increase state taxes to provide money for poor districts to pay for the teachers, administrators and tools they need. Two potential sources for extra money would be state taxes on tobacco and gasoline, which are among the lowest in the country. Money from the state lottery that goes to subsidize college education for students from middle- and upper-income families also could be diverted.
Another partial solution would be to return to the public school districts the power to levy property taxes on homeowners. An increase in the state sales tax was supposed to compensate for this loss, but sales taxes are less stable than property taxes and have been especially unreliable during the Great Recession and its aftermath.
Problem: Many poor children come to school ill-prepared to learn.
Solution: Under court order, the state is supposed to do more to provide pre-K education to 4-year-olds, especially in the state's poor counties, but the ruling sets no specific requirements.
Since that order was issued in 2005, the state started pilot pre-K programs in 35 of the state's 83 school districts. The annual cost to the state for those Child Development Education Pilot Programs is $17.3 million, about what it costs to build four miles of a rural interstate highway. Many of the districts were among those that sued the state in 1993, claiming it did not provide enough money and support for struggling schools. A final ruling is pending in the state Supreme Court.
The state could make considerable progress in helping prepare children for school by quickly expanding the pre-K pilot program to all school districts. Even if that costs five times what the pilot program does, it would pale in comparison with the $558 million the state plans to spend to build the seven-mile-long I-526 extension across James and Johns islands.
Problem: Teacher turnover and a lack of quality teachers are stumbling blocks. State officials say that in some rural counties, 40 percent of core courses were taught by what educators rated as lower-quality teachers.
Solution: The state could provide extra money for struggling school districts to establish cash incentives and higher salaries to lure high-caliber teachers to the I-95 Corridor and Mill Crescent. The state could set up an extensive scholarship program that would pay for college if a graduating teacher would commit to staying in one of the stressed school districts for a set number of years.
Expand the 2-year-old Teach for America program that recruits promising young teachers to work in poor and rural schools. The program currently has 113 teachers working in the I-95 Corridor and Charleston County.
Create a state-financed pool of teacher specialists to provide advanced placement and remedial courses in struggling schools.
Problem: Some districts lack money for teachers, school buildings and other resources. For example, Allendale Elementary School was built in 1956 and its roof leaks. "It rains in here," Principal Sheila Leath said.
The district regularly places buckets in classrooms and hallways and patches the holes, but the district lacks the money to install a new roof or replace the school. The district also doesn't have enough money to offer Advanced Placement classes.
Solution: Provide more direct financial aid from the state. Consolidate school districts in counties that contain multiple school districts. Some countywide school districts would still have small populations and lack tax bases, such as Allendale with just 1,400 students.
To help provide more resources, the state could pass legislation to enable countywide school districts to consolidate with other counties. The state also could provide monetary incentives to districts that consolidate. Many small school districts resist consolidation for multiple reasons, such as maintaining local schools, sports games, traditions and local control.
Fred Carter, president of Francis Marion University, says racism is another reason for resistance to consolidation. "The lyrics of the tune may be decentralization, but the tune is Dixie," he says.
Problem: Many students return to school after summer vacation each year having done little to enhance or retain what they learned the previous school year, and spend the first few weeks making up for what they forgot.
Solution: Districts could end lengthy summer vacations and convert to all-year sessions. This also would benefit poor students by ensuring that many receive at least two nutritional meals a day.
Problem: In many rural counties, about one-fourth to one-third of all adults 25 and older lack high school diplomas. The 2011 report "America's Health Rankings" lists South Carolina 47th in the percentage of high school students who graduate within four years of starting high school.
Solution: Expand adult education, literacy programs and outreach for such programs. Expand the programs and outreach to churches and unemployment centers.
Problem: Some poor school districts lose substantial numbers of students, especially white, better-off and better-performing students, to nearby school districts.
Solution: Nullify a state law created in the early 1960s during resistance to racial integration of the public schools. The law allowed children to attend classes in any other district for several reasons. Among them was if the child owned a piece of land in the other district with an assessed value of $300 or more.


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UFC 171 Tweet-Sized Stats: 26 Surprising Facts for Hendricks vs. Lawler
By Reed Kuhn
Note: Reed's book 'Fightnomics' is available now on Amazon (in Kindle and paperback versions), featuring 336 pages of statistical analysis on UFC fighters and the "hidden science" behind their fights. If you've been a fan of his Databomb columns on CagePotato, pick up a copy today.
With UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler coming up this Saturday, I decided to put together another batch of interesting facts and stats about the event, all of which fit inside Twitter's 140-character limit. Feel free to tweet 'em out yourself during the event, and let us know which ones surprised you the most. (And of course, follow @cagepotatomma and @fightnomics if you're not doing so already.) Let's begin…
The Good
7 of the Top 15 ranked @ufc welterweights are competing at #UFC171. That includes numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, & 14. Post GSP-era starts now.
Welterweight sluggers at #UFC171: punch for punch @TWooodley has the highest WW Knockdown Rate-13%. Lawler-10%, Lombard/Hendricks-6%. Ave=4%
Myles Jury has the best head striking defense at #UFC171. He makes opponents miss 93% of the time. Next best is Tyron Woodley at 80%.
Alex Garcia's UFC debut lasted just 43 seconds. He landed 9 total strikes, dropped his opponent and won by KO. He opens FS2 #UFC171 prelims
Best Takedown Defense at #UFC171 goes to Tyron Woodley-94%, Dennis Bermudez-89%, Hector Lombard-79%
Highest paced striker at #UFC171 is Jake Shields. He averages 17 strikes per minute while standing, and outworks opponents by 75%
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After Ashlee Simpson and Christina Ricci attended his Fashion Week show, designer Richard Chai celebrated Thursday by busting dance moves at a Mister H after-party. Chai was seen hanging with designer Phillip Lim, spies said, but "the moment TLC's 'No Scrubs' started playing . . . Richard started dancing and singing." He was also toasted with rounds of cocktails. Chai told us, of having a show on Fashion Week's first day, "I used to hate being first . . . Now I appreciate it and get to my friends' shows."
Piping-hot Chai: designer dances to 'No Scrubs'
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Halifax Humane Society has offered to cover the cost of sterilizing and vaccinating dozens of cats being removed from a piece of forested property that's about to be cleared for new development.
DAYTONA BEACH — Halifax Humane Society has offered to cover the cost of sterilizing and vaccinating dozens of cats being removed from a piece of forested property that's about to be cleared for new development.
Two local women have been leading the effort to get the feral and abandoned cats off the land behind the Kmart on International Speedway Boulevard before clearing work starts in late February or March.
The women in that effort, Tracy Genovese of Port Orange and Kristy Grant of Pierson, announced this week they were seeking donations to help cover the costs of spaying, neutering, vaccinating and paying for a new piece of land for the cats.
Genovese estimates about 130 cats are on the property, and she's trying to trap them and give them a new home. The trapped cats will be taken to Halifax Humane Society's Redinger Spay/Neuter Clinic on Mason Avenue and the procedures done there will be free to Genovese and Grant. The cats will then be returned to the women. Humane Society officials learned of the relocation effort from a News-Journal story Thursday and offered to help the same day.
"I think it's really wonderful," Genovese said.
"I think that people and businesses that live in a community should come together when there's a need," said Grant, who noted she's thankful to the Humane Society. "If everyone helped a little it would make quite a difference."
Trap, neuter and release "programs have continually proven to be the most effective method of controlling and reducing the feral cat population," said Halifax Humane Society Executive Director Miguel Abi-hassan. "We see this as a perfect opportunity to combine resources with a local rescue group to provide the best option for these cats."
Halifax Humane Society supports trapping, neutering and releasing cats, and has worked in support of local municipalities, including Port Orange, to launch citywide programs.


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And then I thought I'd use them for making a wreath for the door, because it's got to be easier than binding together pine cones and baubles etc, right?
Right! 20 minutes later I was finished and this was hanging on the door.
You'll need:
- coloured or patterned paper or thin card
- scissors or craft knife
- ruler & pencil
- stapler (a small one is best)
- hole puncher and string
Cut the paper into strips of equal widths (mine were 2cm wide). You'll need 2 different lengths: one shorter strip for the inside and two longer strips for the outside. How much you vary the lengths is up to you, I think mine were 12cm longer strips and about 8cm shorter strips (for the outside ring).
I made 12 large green ones for the wreath, and then 12 smaller ones with red for the inside. You could carry on making ever smaller ones to fill the whole thing in if you so wish. To put the whole thing together, staple the larger ones together at the sides (where they curve) with the top of a smaller one in between. This is where it is handy to have a small stapler. Go all the way round doing this, then, to make it more stable, staple the sides of the smaller ones together too
You can then punch a hole in the top of one of the baubles and thread a piece of string through it.
And then it's ready to hang!
See? Told you it was easy :)


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Freight hauler, farmer, sawmill owner, and possibly a hatmaker from Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
The first volume of Bartlett's accounts includes records of Bartlett's income, sales and exchange of goods and services, and details about his employees and family (such as family births, deaths, and marriages). Volume 2 contains lists of hat purchases, lists of teachers and their pay, his participation in town affairs, and a number of lyrics to Civil War songs.
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- Clapp, Joseph
- Hat trade--Massachusetts--South Hadley
- Lyman, Joseph
- Rice, Aaron
- Songs
- Songs, English
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
- Williamsburg (Mass.)--Economic conditions
- Contributors
- Bartlett, Simeon, b. 1764
- Types of material
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Countless men and women graduate from college each year hoping to improve their own lives, but Ruthly François is hoping to improve the lives of others.
François received her bachelor of science degree in Biology, summa cum laude, from Suffolk University in May and will enter a two-year post-baccalaureate program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, taking classes and conducting research for a biotech company in Cambridge.
Her goal is to earn both an MD and a PhD so that she can work in both medicine and research.
"I figure it's going to take about eight years of my life to make this happen, but it'll be worth it," says François.
Involved on and off campus
When she first arrived at Suffolk University from Haiti in 2009, a fellow student told François that the best way to enjoy Suffolk was to get involved.
François took that advice to heart and began participating as a diversity peer educator and in groups such as the Black Student Union and the Biology Honor Society.
Her most rewarding and memorable experiences, however, stem from her volunteerism. She was both a participant and a leader in Alternative Spring Break programs, building homes in Georgia and planting trees in Virginia.
Away from campus, François's involvement included volunteering at the Sharewood Clinic in Malden and at Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as coaching SAT Math and College Choice to underprivileged high school students in the Boston area.
"The most rewarding part of volunteering is knowing that you have made a difference in another person's life," she says.
Acquiring people skills
"I was shy when I first came to school here, but that's not the case now, she says. "The best things that Suffolk taught me are how to relate to people and how to become a better leader."
Her dream job is to be a neonatologist, providing medical care for infants.
"Usually, we start helping people when they are older," she says. "But I want to start helping people when they are young."


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Despite lower revenues for both fourth quarter 2010 and for the year 2010, CEO Robert Giardina was pleased with the performance of Town Sports International (TSI).
Revenue for TSI, which operates New York Sports Clubs, Boston Sports Clubs, Washington Sports Clubs and Philadelphia Sports Clubs, decreased 0.2 percent in fourth quarter 2010 ($114.1 million) compared to fourth quarter 2009 ($114.3 million) and decreased 4.7 percent in full-year 2010 ($462.4 million) compared to full-year 2009 ($485.4 million), the New York-based company announced today. The total revenue in fourth quarter 2010 includes $2.7 million of personal training revenue recognized for expired and unused sessions in three of TSI's jurisdictions.
Net income was $1.3 million in fourth quarter 2010 compared to a net loss of $7.3 million in fourth quarter 2009. For 2010, the net loss was $290,000 compared to a net loss of $5.7 million in 2009.
TSI's total member count increased 1.4 percent to 493,000 on Dec. 31, 2010, compared to 486,000 on Dec. 31, 2009. Membership attrition averaged 3.4 percent per month in fourth quarter 2010 and 3.5 percent per month in full-year 2010 compared to 3.6 percent per month in fourth quarter 2009 and 3.8 percent per month in full-year 2009.
"We are very pleased with the progress we made in 2010, and how Town Sports is positioned as we enter 2011," Giardina said in a statement. "We ended the year with some positive momentum in the business for the first time in more than two years, including improvements in our comparable club revenue comparison, as well as our personal training and membership trends. Our balance sheet has also improved from a year ago, and we believe our approach to the business is on track. We have a great team in place to execute our strategies."
For first quarter 2011, TSI expects revenue to be between $115.5 million and $116.5 million compared to $117.8 million in the same period last year. Also, the company expects its net income to be between breakeven and $500,000 in first quarter 2011.
TSI, which listed 160 total clubs at the end of last year, plans to open two clubs in the second half of this year.
TSI's stock closed today at $4.18 a share after opening at $4.15 on the NASDAQ Stock Market.


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What do Michelle Williams and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz have in common besides being the mom of an adorable child, past starring roles on the WB network and stunning good looks? Platinum blonde pixie cuts! After running around Hollywood with long ombre hair for quite a while, her husband Pete Wentz took to his Twitter account on Sunday to report that Ashlee had chopped and dyed her hair, marking a major beauty change up. "Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (@ashsimpsonwentz) new blonde pixie haircut is cute. Ill try and sneak a pic to post," he wrote. Making good on his word Tuesday, Wentz posted a picture of Ashlee and their son Bronx, who now have matching white-blonde hair. "Yah fam headed out tonight stoked! Cute hair mama!" he Tweeted. And although Ashlee has frequently changed up her style in the past–switching between all shades of red, blonde and brown–we can't decide which look we like best. Tell us: What do you think of Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's new blonde pixie cut? –Jessie Goldberg
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If this is the right place then...
I have the following from my ADSL router. (Speedtouch 716) I'm using JTR to try to crack it. JTR thinks that it is an MD5 or LM Hash depending on how I format it as below.
add name=Administrator password=_CYP_106c304154d1cd4690963400b962a6c9 role=Administrator hash2=14d73764796bd64aeb61dbbe60aa32c1 defuser=enabled
I'm not having any luck in cracking this at all. Even though the password is actually in the wordlist I'm using!
I'd appreciate people's thoughts about what algorithm is actually being used here, what the significance of the '_CYP_' is and, for bonus points, what the password is (and how you managed to get it!).


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February 7, 2001
Are there any risks to the infants of mothers with HIV who take antiretrovirals? Most studies to date have been reassuring but we must continue to be very vigilant. About two years ago, the French group reported a possible case of mitochondrial toxicity in an uninfected child exposed to AZT and 3TC in utero.
In this very brief poster, the same group report on the results of searching a database of over 5,000 mother infant pairs for possible mitochondrial toxicity. They searched using a very broad list of symptoms that might indicate mitochondrial disease, including cardiomyopathy, pancreatitis, febrile seizures, developmental delay, nystagmus or deafness. This approach identified 63 children. After excluding other causes, they felt they had 16 cases of strongly suspicious cases. The poster contained very sketchy data, but they claimed that ten cases were confirmed by biopsy. Nine of ten had some degree of abnormality of mitochondrial enzyme level and one was reported to have abnormal mitochondria on biopsy. These ten cases occurred among 2,208 uninfected but nucleoside exposed babies (roughly 0.5%).
This is a troubling report, both for the lack of detail and information that is needed to judge if these cases are truly unexplained mitochondrial disease and for the concern that the authors might be correct. There are a number of gaps in this report, including the lack of genetic evaluation, the heterogeneity of the enzyme defects, the lack of data on control biopsies, and the lack of complete biopsy data. However, nucleoside-induced mitochondrial toxicity does occur in adults on prolonged therapy and it is plausible that there might be rare episodes of drug induced toxicity in infants, or there may be children with inborn errors who are susceptible to nucleoside injury. However, an exhaustive search of a larger data base was reported last year by McKintosh, and to date, they have been unable to confirm the French findings. Nonetheless, we need to take this report seriously and try and determine if this is a real problem. However, given the 25% risk of infection in untreated children, even a 0.5% risk of toxicity would be a reasonable risk to take.
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Julian Joseph Interview
Round-up talks to Jazz ace Julian Joseph about how the MOTIF XS captured his inspiration and opened up new methods of music making for him.
"Most importantly I felt I could really function as a jazz musician with the Motif, I did not feel limited in any way"... (Julian Joseph)
The award-winning MOTIF range of instruments are a regular feature on the rock and pop scene with artists as diverse as Sir Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, Mika and Michael McDonald relying on them thanks to their vast sound libraries and audio superiority. They are however less prevalent in the world of Jazz, as indeed are synths generally. So we were delighted when Julian Joseph took some tentative steps from the acoustic grand piano and tried out the MOTIF XS. Such was his enthusiasm that within months he had completely embraced the instrument and brought it centre stage into his hectic music making schedule.
Virtuoso Pianist, bandleader, composer arranger and broadcaster Julian Joseph is one of the icons of the international jazz world. Acclaimed by critics and audiences the world over, he never fails to inspire with his mastery of the keyboard.
Julian has also established himself as a jazz pioneer in the classical world, he was the first jazz musician to give a series of concerts at London's most prestigious classical venue, the Wigmore Hall.
Recently, Julian expanded his keyboard inventory beyond his acoustic grand piano and acquired a Yamaha MOTIF XS workstation. He took time out from a busy recording schedule to visit Yamaha's flagship store in the heart of Soho to tell Round-up exclusively how his Motif has contributed to his hectic live, recording and arranging schedule.
First Impressions...
Everybody has a different way of judging the usefulness of products, and musical instruments are no exception, in the case of Julian it started with the acid test of the ability of the Motif to accurately reproduce the authentic sounds of legendary vintage electric pianos such as the Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet. Julian takes up the story " I first came across the MOTIF in Yamaha London and wanted to find out how it could perform the big keyboard sounds – that's my benchmark, in particular all the many variations on the classic Rhodes sounds, because of course players like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul and Jan Hammer all had their own interpretations of this sound. Over the years many keyboard manufacturers have tried to replicate these sounds, largely unsuccessfully. But this time I was really blown away with the detail and accuracy of them, and when I was shown how I could adjust things like phasing I was totally sold!
Next I checked out all the various ways of how it could follow harmonies with the in-built grooves, doing things like Samba, Funk and Soul riffs with me playing on top, at that point I just thought I've got to have one of these things and found myself in a world of my own for a couple of hours."
Julian has since discovered that the MOTIF has a creative role to play in his writing, arranging and producing activities too, keen to tell us about how it has allowed him to integrate his music with other instruments and technology. " It's a great writing tool ,in terms of building up ideas really quickly it's perfect , especially at the moment because I'm working on a Cuban album, so for mocking up Cuban beats and putting the harmonies in and just generally moving things around it's ideal because I can get a semblance of what I'm looking for, and for giving other musicians an idea of what I want it's perfect."
What about Julian's experience of his Motif on the live scene " I tend not to use the acoustic piano sound because I'm an acoustic pianist so I'd rather use an instrument for what it's designed for, even though the acoustic piano sound is really excellent, matter of fact I was working at home when the singer Cleveland Watkiss came round and he was blown away too, he proceeded to spend a coupe of hours making up tunes! On the live side of things, I recently took it to 'The Spin', a small jazz venue in Oxford where they don't have room for a grand piano. So I thought this would be a great opportunity to try the Motif live, last time I played there I used a Fender Rhodes. I used lots of the various classical electric pianos sounds and it was great both for straight jazz and fusion. Most importantly I felt I could really function as a jazz musician with the Motif, I did not feel limited in any way. The weighted keyboard has a really good feel too. The comments from the audience were also very encouraging, they said they could hear everything. I was very pleased with the way it worked."
How would Julian sum up the relationship between the man and the Motif and so he concludes " It's opened up a new area for me in terms of my creativity because I guess when I first started I regarded the keyboard and piano as separate things. I would play around on the keyboard the go to the piano to write my music. But now the Motif provides a new way to integrate all my writing- I've found the whole process very liberating."
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Mionix Naos 3200 Review
Have you been looking for a new mouse for your gaming setup? Maybe the mouse you have now is giving you an uncomfortable ache while you're sitting in front of your computer - gaming for hours and hours on end. Well if that's the case, you are going to want to find an ergonomic mouse that is going to fit perfectly in your hand and give you support while you are sitting there killing your friends, zombies, aliens or whatever enemies are in the game you are playing. To help with that, Mionix has released the Naos 3200 gaming mouse. This mouse comes with an ergonomic design that is going to be able to comfortably support your hand while you are gaming. Just as important to a gamer as comfort and feel are customization and the overall look of the mouse you are going to be using for hours a day. Well, Mionix understands this and has given you a great looking mouse that you are able to customize to your liking by being able to reprogram all of the buttons found on this mouse. I am excited to see how the Naos 3200 is going to be able to compare to its big brother, the Mionix Naos 5000 as well as others out on the market.
Closer Look:
Looking at the front of the package for the Mionix Naos 3200, you are going to see a large image of the Naos 3200 with the Mionix logo printed in the bottom left hand corner of the package with the slogan "LIGHT-YEARS AHEAD OF THE GAME -MIONIX.NET" printed below. Along the left edge of the package is where you are going to find the Naos 3200 Logo printed and on the opposite edge is where you are going to find a short description of the mouse: "High Performance Gaming Mouse". When you take a look at the back of the package, you are going to see the Mionix Naos 3200 logos printed along the top, with an image of the mouse with all of the key features highlighted such as the seven programmable buttons, 3200 dpi optical-LED sensor, customizable LED light system and much more. You are also going to get a quick model overview, technical specifications and sensor performance. When you open up the package, you are going to see the Minoix Naos 3200 presented in a very elegant way. The entire inside of the package is made up of a black cardboard while the mouse is displayed through a molded plastic casing to keep it protected. On the top of the lid, you will see a short paragraph explaining how Mionix came up with the Naos name, which is named after the star Naos that happens to be a blue super giant and is one of the brightest stars in our galaxy.
When you pull the Mionix Naos 3200 out of the packaging, you are going to see that it looks identical to the Mionix Naos 5000 that I reviewed earlier this year. The overall design for the Naos 3200 is for a longer, more flat mouse than most mice on the market. You are going to get many ergonomic features such as molded support all over the mouse for all of your fingers, including your ring and pinky fingers.
Taking a look the Mionix Naos 3200 from above, you are going to see that there is a scroll wheel placed in the typical spot and you will find two extra buttons located directly behind the scroll wheel that can be programmed (via the Naos software) to carry out any function. The bottom of the mouse is where you are going to find the 3200 DPI optical-LED sensor that can capture up to 6469 frames per second and that also has a 1ms response time. The USB cable that connects your Naos 3200 to your computer is two meters long and is braided to increase the durability of the cable. It does use full speed USB 2.0 Plug n Play as well as having a Gold-plated connection.
As I mentioned before, you are going to see two buttons positioned directly above the scroll wheel on the Mionix Naos 3200. These buttons can be programmed to carry out any function that you may want them to. However by default they are going to control the DPI setting profiles that you have setup in the software. There are also two buttons on the ledge that your thumb rests on. These two are also fully programmable.
Now that we know exactly how the Mionix Naos 3200 was packaged and what it looks like, it is time to get the software installed and see exactly what settings we can change.


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GCHS Class of 1996 planning reunion
The Grant County High School Class of 1996 will hold their 15-year reunion at 7 p.m. Sept. 24, at the Double Tree Inn, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport.
The cost is $35 per person and includes a buffet dinner and entertainment. Reservations should be made immediately. Please RSVP, with payment by check made payable to Gena True, 5085 Waynesville-Jamestown Road, Jamestown, Ohio 45335.
For more information, call Amanda Naranjo at 859-823-1027.
Donations needed for Adams Benefit
There will be a benefit auction on March 5 at the Corinth Community Center. The proceeds will go toward cancer treatment medical bills for Evelyn C. Adams. Doors open at 9 a.m. for preview and the auction will begin at 10 a.m.
Jerry Chism will be the primary auctioneer. Donations for the auction are still needed. If you have something to donate, call 859-234-5395.
Healthy baby workshop set for Feb. 15
There will be a Healthy Baby Workshop from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at Care Net, 305 N. Main Street, Williamstown. Workshop activities will provide information about having a healthy baby, including how to kick an unhealthy habit while you are pregnant and learning other ways to have a healthier pregnancy.
All women completing one workshop will receive a gift pack with helpful information and baby items. Door prizes will be given and pizza, drinks and dessert will be provided.
For more information and to register, call Kim Smith at 859-283-0952, extension 117.
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Let's Get Down to Business
Big personality entrepreneur has advice for the next generation
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Roy Jay is synonymous with success in the Rose City. He has made a name for himself as an entrepreneur, civic leader and general all-around big personality. At 66, he has no plans on slowing down, but he does look forward to seeing a new generation of Portlanders pass through some of the many doors he has left open for them.
"I'm a businessman first and foremost. But I'll never forget where I come from, ever," Jay said during an interview with the Portland Observer from his offices on Northeast Fremont Street in the Beaumont neighborhood.
Jay is a native Portland resident. He was raised in north Portland's public housing projects, a skinny kid who stuttered a lot, but then grew up to become an outstanding communicator and African-American leader with size 14 shoes to fill.
Even with an ever-swelling list of accolades to add to his already impressive resume of operating 11 businesses over his lifetime, he is quick to assume new responsibilities.
"I'm never gonna retire. Not because I can't, oh yeah I can do that. But see I've gotta be at the table to keep the door open for the next person," he says.
On starting a business in Portland or following dreams for a career, Jay gives inspiration to the next generation.
"There's opportunity sitting out here, all people have to do is go and apply themselves. And I'm not saying it's easy, nothing's easy," Jay says.
As the director of organizations like the Portland African American Chamber of Commerce and Project Clean Slate, he has created a pathway for people that are truly serious about enhancing their lives.
Under his leadership, the African-American chamber has been recognized as one of the best chambers of any kind in the nation. The group has served as a major catalyst for budding and established business ventures in Portland's African-American community and people of all races.
Jay is also considered the face and brand for minority convention marketing across the country. He is a front and center supporter of a proposed Portland Convention Center headquarters hotel that would generate an estimated 3,000 union construction and hotel jobs, primarily in north and northeast Portland.
He recently was bestowed a 'Bending Toward Justice' award from U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon for his efforts to help others break down barriers to employment, housing and other opportunities. Clean Slate, a non-profit project he launched without pay in 2005, has helped thousands of people erase delinquent traffic tickets and other minor criminal or civil judgments by fulfilling public service requirements and paying fines.
During its inaugural year, he was able to get the various judges, District Attorney, and Portland Police Bureau to partner with Project Clean Slate to effectively move the entire Multnomah County Circuit Courthouse to a meeting space at Portland Community College's Cascade Campus in north Portland.
For the past four years, he has hosted the 'Roy Jay Spam and Velveeta' holiday open houses for local charities. Last year he held a benefit with Mary Wilson of The Supremes in front of nearly one thousand people at the Oregon Convention Center. He plans to bring "Hitsville the Motown Review" for a benefit event in December. (Tickets go on sale after Oct. 15 or visit his website royjay.com.)


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I'm sorry for the long delay in posting here. I have an update on the paranormal phenomena in my apartment.
Not to long ago I couldn't find this box cutter I have. I looked for it through out my apartment for the better part of two
days. I was getting frustrated at not finding it, then my wife said to ask out loud for it to be returned. So I asked
for my box cutter to be returned please. The next day I found the box cutter in a drawer of one of those standing
storage containers with the three drawers. I immediately said thank you. I would like to think that this proves
the existence of ghosts and spirits.
My wife had a dream that she was talking to her father. Her father passed away in 2002 from a heart attack in his sleep. She asked me the next day what it meant. I said that when you see someone who has passed away in a dream that they did come to visit you. She was a little startled at first, but then I said that if you woke up and saw them sitting on the edge of your bed it would scare the living sh*t out of you. Knowing that my wife talked to her father made her very happy. She took his death very hard as she watched as her mother tried CPR to no avail. She basically watched her father die. I have regret that I never got the chance to meet her father. My wife knows that he was at our wedding. My wife had a sunburn on her chest in the shape of a heart. I sometimes feel his presence in our apartment checking in on my wife and her mother. I know that he likes me because I am not only taking care of his little girl but also taking care of his wife.
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Eaten Alive: Special Edition (US - DVD R1)
Gabe stops into a hotel run by a man with mommy issues, and a hungry croc
Out in the bayou, Ol' Judd (Neville Brand) runs a hotel called the Starlight. Judd isn't all there, and hasn't kept up the hotel in a while. The only thing Judd seems to care about is his 'pet' alligator, which he swears is actually a gen-u-ine African crocodile. When a handful of tourists and locals looking for trouble show up one night, it looks like Ol' Judd's croc will be eating extra good on 100%, bona fide, American human flesh.
Dark Sky
It's pretty well known in the film world that director Tobe Hopper never recovered the magic that was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. His immediate follow up, Eaten Alive, was met with critical venom and audience indifference. Several years later, the film was rediscovered on home video, and a new generation of fans started making claims on the film's quality. As a result, the film has gained a cult following, and has gone from underappreciated to over-praised.
Though I struggle to think of a single mention of the State in which the film takes place, the general consensus seems to be Louisiana (though the box art states Texas), which seems to be a logical follow up to Hooper's first hit. What's the one place in this great United States that could possibly be found scarier than the heart of rural Texas, but the dark and musty bayous of Creole State? Fairly or not, the area does have a lion's share of spooky myth surrounding it.
This is the first of many direct comparisons I will be making throughout this review to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, because one cannot fully appreciate the success or shortcomings of Eaten Alive without acknowledging the connections between the two films.
The second connection is the character of Judd, who is technically based on Texas serial killer Joe Ball, but bares an undeniable likeness to Wisconsin killer Ed Gein. More specifically, Judd bares a thematic and physical resemblance to Norman Bates, from Robert Bloch's original novel Psycho (not necessarily Hitchcock's famous film version). Bates is a sexually repressed man who blames his murders on an alternate personality. Judd is just as, if not more sexually repressed, but is less shamed by his murders, though he does seem to leave a lot of them to his pet man-eater, which has some definite Freudian undertones.
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Norman Bates was himself based on Gein, as was the most memorable killer in Hooper's previous film, Leatherface. Leatherface is a voiceless, physical embodiment of the real life mother killer; Judd is an embodiment of the tortured human being beneath. In some ways the director seems to be balking at the surface level bogeymen he himself helped to popularize. A monster with a chainsaw is scary, but an old man talking to himself can be much scarier.
TCM was just as famous for its flamboyant art direction as it was for its genuine sense of danger. Eaten Alive is even more flamboyant, to the point of almost being monochromatic for large stretches of screen time. Hooper's film has been compared to the films of Italian horror-maestros Mario Bava and Dario Argento, most specifically the extravagant excesses of Suspiria, Baron Blood, and Blood and Black Lace. Hooper's film takes place mostly on the hotel set, which changes lighting colours as the film progresses, from bright red to a cooling blue. These stylistic choices also lend themselves to a theatrical representation, and any theatre troop with a half decent budget could easily adapt the film to stage.
TCM couldn't ever be mistaken for anything other than dark and nightmarish, but there is the sense of a carnival ride, and the real psychological torments are left almost entirely on a surface level. For Eaten Alive Hooper has attempted a deeper, and more human based nightmare, and the film's extremely dark tone is unrivalled by anything else in the director's filmography. Judd isn't even the film's most frightening character, that award goes to William Finley as Chain Saw alumni Marilyn Burns' husband Roy, who seems to go mad the second Judd's croc makes short business of the family pooch.
The film is nearly plotless, and what little plot there is (most of which involves a father, daughter, and sheriff looking for the girl Judd kills in the first act), gets in the way and brings the film to a halt. The nightmarish quality of the film is experimental, but almost enough to have kept the film going. The hotel serves as a sort of weigh station for tortured souls on their way to the other side, and the fact that Judd wields a scythe when killing his victims seems to lend some credence to this metaphorical reading. But what, if any, purpose does the crocodile serve in this case?
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This is a very ambitious but utterly confused film. Hooper tries to revisit the themes of his previous film, including that of wealth and progression versus poverty and casualty, and tries to up the ante on all accounts, but always comes up short. The film's experimental nature is interesting to say the least, but doesn't make for an entertaining experience.
What we have here are four different films crammed into ninety minutes of screen time: a B-movie about a giant, man-eating crocodile, a psychoanalytical study of a tortured killer, a basic slasher movie, and a visually experimental art film. Had Hooper focused on any one of these aspects we may not have been talking about the death of his career only a few years later. This is not a case of a good or bad film, but an admirable and somewhat memorable failure.
After the revelation that was Dark Sky's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre transfer, not to mention a favourable Trilogy of Terror transfer, I was maybe expecting too much from the MPI subsidiary. Beyond the anamorphic enhancement, which is key, I'm not noticing much in the way of improvement over earlier DVD releases. The film has always been dark and muddy, somewhat on purpose, but the details have always suffered on every video release of the film. I still remember watching an old VHS that looked like it'd been through the Vietnam War. This isn't a horrible transfer, to be sure, but I'm still pretty disappointed.
There's a lot in the way of dirt and scratches, not to mention some artefacts and a series of track lines. Quite often the image is murky when not fully intended and low-lit areas are often hard to discern. It's a fine line between losing a film's tactile feel due to digital enhancement and a hard to watch picture, but I think this particular transfer trips into the latter territory. If you own older releases you might want to update for the anamorphic enhancement alone, but don't expect any The Texas Chainsaw Massacre miracles here. I might even say, based on these screen caps (new release top, old Elite release bottom) that the Elite DVD has superior detail and brightness levels. I don't own the Elite disc myself (thanks to Matt for the screen grabs), so I can't vouch for the way it looks in motion.
I should note here that this review has been sitting in limbo for an entire year because of Dark Sky's postponement of this release. Everything I said above still applies, but this new DVD does utilize a noticeably different transfer, and one I think is overall inferior to the previous one. There are moments where the image is sharper and colours brighter, but the dark scenes are now even darker, and artefacts are more prevalent. The only reasoning I can think of for the use of this new transfer, which is still not as good as the Elite release (minus anamorphic enhancement), is the framing. There is more information on the sides now.
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The original Mono soundtrack follows the transfer's lead, and is merely adequate. There is often a slight distortion and echo to voices. Music, which was composed by Hooper himself, is lacking in fidelity, and often muffled. Louder sounds, like screams, can become distorted. This is many steps beyond the old VHS audio, of course, and there is evidence of enhancement and cleaning, so perhaps this is as good as it gets. I'm not very picky when it comes to this kind of flick.
Dark Sky is doing a good job so far in giving themselves a slight edge in the extras department over their biggest genre competitors Anchor Bay and Blue Underground. This disc isn't loaded, but there are some choice bits within.
First up is a commentary track featuring producer/co-writer Mardi Rustam, actors Roberta Collins, William Finley, and Kyle Richards, and make-up artist Craig Reardon. The track is very enjoyable. Usually I don't care for tracks that are edited together from so many sources, but fortunately enough for me each participant has just enough trivia and memories to fill out the hour and a half runtime almost perfectly. There is some very trivial stuff here, but it's all in good fun. One of the better edited together tracks I've ever heard.
So why did it take a year for this DVD to be released to the public? The answer is two interviews, one with director Tobe Hooper, and another with one of the original scream queens, Marilyn Burns. Hooper's interview is great, and he has plenty to say that wasn't already covered in the commentary. Most interesting are his memories of Neville Brand, who was pretty easy to direct because he was a genuine drunken psychopath. His twenty minutes weren't entirely worth waiting a year for, but they're pretty interesting none-the-less.
'5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns' is um, a five minute interview with actress Marilyn Burns. Burns is a pleasant person, and warmly recounts the actors and Hooper, but she doesn't have any real insight. Mostly it's five minutes of fluff, though she is aware of the film's fairy tale qualities.
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From the original release are two more featurettes, the first of which is entitled 'My Name is Buck'. Anyone who's seen both Kill Bill[i] and [i]Eaten Alive will know where Tarantino took the name and catch phrase of the vile hospital orderly at the beginning of the first film in his epic ode to grindhouse. In Hopper's film Buck is a young punk with a cowboy hat, played by everyone's favourite child murdering dream master Robert Englund. Englund not only recounts his experience on Eaten Alive, but of his early career, which is a pretty sad story, as Englund was a bit of a stage prodigy before dawning the dirty fedora and striped sweater of Freddy Kruger. For the record though, the line at the beginning of the film is "My name is Buck and I'm raring to f*ck.", Tarantino altered it to " here to f*ck".
Next is a mini-doc devoted to one of Hooper's main inspirations in creating the character of Judd: the Butcher of Elmendorf, Joe Ball. I have a passing interest in true crime history, but I'm not an expert, and I knew nothing of Ball before viewing the featurette. The main interviewee is Ball's nephew, who recounts the events of his uncle's life, while a faceless narrator fills in the gaps. Ball's infamous reputation was somewhat unfounded, as it's never been proven that he fed any of his dead wives or girlfriends to his pet alligators, rather, he just shot them in the head and buried them. A fine addition to the disc. Perhaps an Ed Gein doc should've been included with the previous The Texas Chainsaw Massacre release.
The second disc is finished off with seven, count them, seven different trailers for the film (some of which weren't on that original release), TV and radio spots, alternate credits, and a fun collection of comment cards from the film's original testing.
Eaten Alive is a fun curiosity, and if you consider yourself a horror fan you might want to give it a go. It's nowhere near as bad as early estimates would have it, nor is it the revelation that more recent fans seem to think it is. It'll prove most interesting to fans of Hooper, and is an interesting example of an ultimately unsuccessful marriage of art and entertainment. The DVD isn't astounding, as the studio's previous The Texas Chainsaw Massacre release, and I'm not sure the new extras were worth the wait, but kudos to Dark Sky for not simply re-releasing the disc a year later. Avoiding a double dip is worthy of a back-pat in my book.
And make sure you don't mistake this Eaten Alive with Umberto Lenzi's 1980 cannibal shocker Mangiati Vivi (English title Eaten Alive), or you will be indubitably disappointed. Also beware that the film's alternate title Death Trap is also shared with another Italian cannibal opus, this one by Aristide Massaccesi.
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FangsFirst Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 290
In the first shot at least, I prefer the nice and dark look of Dark Sky's transfer...even if the sign becomes illegible. 2nd shot seems clearer, third seems to have better blacks by far, but those last two look very grainy. but maybe it's just edge enhancement in elite's...?
pitdeadite Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 662
I love Hooper...but he is definitely a hot/cold director. The first two "Chainsaw's" are amazing...as well as Poltergeist {even though Spielberg had his hands in it}. But his most recent pictures never came anywhere close to those previous efforts.
Vincent Pina Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 154
Gabe, is there any way to post screenshots comparing this to the old Dark Sky release that got pulled/cancelled last year? I'd like to see those differences.
As for comparing it to the Elite, I like how it is darker on the Dark Sky. I remember first watching my Elite and thinking it seemed too much like a made for TV movie with all that bright light on the set. It is supposed to be night, after all. And with it being darker, it also just seems grimier, and gives it that all around sleazier look that I think the movie/story should have.
As for comparing it to the Elite, I like how it is darker on the Dark Sky. I remember first watching my Elite and thinking it seemed too much like a made for TV movie with all that bright light on the set. It is supposed to be night, after all. And with it being darker, it also just seems grimier, and gives it that all around sleazier look that I think the movie/story should have.
Matt Stilwell Banned Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 517
The Dark Sky release definately has the better transfer. I'm gathering the first scene is supposed to be at night. Well, you can't tell from the Elite screencap. Not only is the Dark Sky transfer's framing better, the colouring is nowhere near as washed out.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st January 1995
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Producer/Writer, Cast, and Make-up Artist Commentary, "My Name is Buck" Featurette, "The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball" Featurette, Stills, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, Robert Englund
Genre: Horror
Length: 91 minutes
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The field Project Description is always soo hard for me to fill up because i could tell a Roman about it but i am sure noone would reals pages long of a descriptions maybe it would be funny or amusing because of my english mistakes hahahahah :) but anyway i try my best to keep it short and intense everyone can ask me then specifik questions wich i would loove to explain :)
this Client was the one wich touched my heart soo deeply…
she came right after when the 2 sisters was leaving my Atelier and we just talked a little bit… a few time later she asked me really seriously if i would be able to do her a dress and startet to cry a little bit she was really afraid because of her size that i woudnt be able to dress her up because she got rejected several times from other designers… that was really a sad moment because she is such a beautiful woman… at that moment i`ve promissed my self that i`m gonna make her a beautiful dress with a lot of detailings and i also promissed her that she will feel her self really comfortable and beautiful. she just stand up and huged me like i would be her son :)
anyway back to the dress :)
i had to desogn something to balance her upper body with her hips to make a moore evenly silhouette so that i could cover up her size and let her look moore smaller than she is,…
i choose to do a full Organza asymetrical layeder skirt with a beautifully beaded top and a really lightly covering bolero to cover her arms. and i think i would not do this organza skirt again because it took me houers to bring it to that shade wich was really hard work…. my hands hurt again eveb if i think about it again hahaHahah
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The whole dress is made firstly with Pure silk and than covered it with organze stripes down from the waist and covered it up again with 1 layer of organze at the top
i coloured the Silk and Organza by myself by using Grey, Yellow and Emerald Green.
for the beading i used as usual sequinses and Swarovski Crystals
the Bolero is also made with Organza and i used the colours Dusty Blue with dark Grey and a smal touch of Green
it has also as usual a Corset construcktion in the inside
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Feb 21, 2013, 08.55 AMby Maureen Kubisz
Great shape!
Feb 20, 2013, 02.06 PMby ariation
Bless your heart! You did a great job……….and a true designer never rejects someone because of their size….you are pure talent!
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.25 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
thank u really much :) ur comment is really nice and motivating and showing me again that i am doing my job well :)
it is really sad that this happens really often in designers with names because they are afraid to loose their names… of cours it is much moore difficult to dress up a size 50 than a size 36 or 38 but this is possible when u use the right technical construktion in the inside…. sometimes i feel really strange that i can hold up with my 21 years with really big designers like Yildirim Mayruk in turkey… as i sad i am really thankfull that i am gifted with a talend like that and i hope to show much moore to the world :)
Feb 20, 2013, 08.17 AMby martinK
great work and beautiful mix of colours!
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.20 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
thank u :) yesss i loove creating my own colours to give touch of uniqness moore because it will be newer ever possible again to catch tje exactly the same colour and i loove that :d
Feb 20, 2013, 02.41 AMby freakusbzzz
You are very talented.
Where did you learn?
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.19 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Thank U really much :)
the only think what i have learned was at the primary schoole how to use the sewing maschine and how a pattern works. all the other stull i created and find out by doing it by my self like dor my corset pattern wich i am really pround of took me 2 years till i got the perfect basic pattern to go with.. i am really thankfull that i am gifted with a talent like that and also really thankfull that i have the pacient to go trough it and figure it somehow out ;)
Feb 20, 2013, 12.13 AMby helenmade
This is amazing! You are so clever. And she looks so beautiful!
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.16 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Thank U :) yes she really does u know when u push it really hard and u feel like u are dieng because u are soo tired and laterly when u see the smile in the faces of the clients wich come truely from the heart… well this is the mooost beautiful thing ever :)
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